2011.10.31

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCON WISCONSIN’S NSIN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 Monday, October 31, 2011

www.badgerherald.com

SPORTS | RECAP

BY THE NUMBERS

Badgers vexed, once again, by late TD pass For the second week in a row, Wisconsin lost in heartbreaking fashion after holding an early lead. | 10

89

For the first time since Nov. 2009, the Badgers were held to less than 100 yards rushing, gaining only 89 yards in the loss.

Volume XLIII, Issue 40

SPORTS | SIDEBAR Road horrors haunt UW In a brutal two-week road series, the Badgers lost in an eerily similar fashion to both MSU, OSU. | 10

Low crime, smaller crowd at Freakfest Citations down from last 2 years; while event could be more popular, officials declare success Eliot Markman News Reporter Saturday’s Freakfest was a success from a safety and security standpoint, but this year’s paid attendance was one of the lowest in recent years.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the event had approximately 25,000 paid attendees. An additional estimated 5,00010,000 people obtained complimentary admission or arrived before 7 p.m, making total attendance close to last year ’s. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the complimentary admission numbers include partygoers who snuck onto State Street.

Last year, approximately 35,000 people attended the Halloween celebration. In 2009, the event brought around 44,000 party-goers.

Verveer said although Freakfest is relatively popular among students, he would like to see its popularity increase.

“Saturday’s Freakfest was the quietest I’ve seen the festival since the late 1990s,” Verveer said. “I would really like to encourage a dialogue to make Freakfest more popular for students.

Would students find Freakfest more popular if there was a higher caliber artists in exchange for higher ticket process?”

Initial reports from the Madison Police Department said there were 30 citations during the event, down from 43 arrests and citations in 2010 and 52 arrests and citations in 2009.

According to an MPD incident report, only one person this year was taken to jail.

MPD is expected to release more details on individual incidents today.

Madison Police Sgt. Linda Covert said the event was relatively low in crime.

“Overall it was a successful night because there were no significant events reported as of 2 a.m.,” she said.

During the night, MPD Cpt. Richard Bach said the event was going well.

“Things are going fine so far,” Bach said. “We expect something similar to last year ’s orderly crowd.”

Police were brought in from throughout the county to ensure the event was safe. In total, there were six different police departments.

Resnick said Freakfest was an overall fun and safe event for those in attendance.

“I thought it was a very positive atmosphere, as positive as it could be after a disappointing loss with Ohio State,” he said. “Frank Productions and the Madison Police Department had the number of units needed out there.”

This year ’s Freakfest featured a number of artists including headliners All Time Low and Neon Trees. The performances were largely Matt Hintz The Badger Herald well-received.

On any other night, dressing up in superhero garb would be pretty conspicuous, but Captain America blends right in on State Street during this year’s Freakfest celebration.

“Neon Trees were dressed in full costume and seemed like they were just another crazy drunk student on State Street,” University of Wisconsin sophomore Ben Gordon said. “Gotta love 2011 2010 2009 Madison.”

Several of the lesserknown groups also Tickets garnered excitement in the 25,000 35,000 44,000 purchased early hours of the festival.

Quiet Corral of Lawrence, Kan., was a fan favorite. “[They have a] cool mix of styles and instrumentation — Arrests/ 30 43 52 hopefully they get bigger,” citations UW student Neal Behrendt said.

Much of the excitement John Lemmon The Badger Herald throughout the night SOURCE: The Badger Herald

Freakfest By the numbers

If a lion holding a bicycle aloft was the strangest thing you saw this weekend, then you probably missed the dozens of other costumes like death metal rockers, werewolves and gruesome monsters.

FREAKFEST, page 3

Under Wis. pay plan, no raises for UW employees Compensation has not increased in years, but benefits generally intact Tara Hoffman News Reporter Employees at the University of Wisconsin, including classified and academic staff, will not receive any raises under the 2011-13 compensation plan for the state, but

benefits, including sick leave and parts of the health insurance plan for state employees, did not get significantly cut, according to documents from the Department of Administration.

Every two years, a new state compensation plan is released that shows the salary, benefits and other work place rules. The 2009-11 plan also did not grant raises.

“In fact, employees’ pay was reduced more than 3 percent due to

furloughs,” Academic Personnel Offi ce Director Steve Lund said.

Lund said the last compensation plan that increased pay for employees took place in the 2007-09 biennium, allowing a 2 percent raise in the first year and a 1 percent raise in the second year.

Transfer rights, increased discretion on starting salaries in some positions and the possibility of giving pay increases to individuals

based on performance have been discussed in the new plan as well, Lund said.

Lund added the conversion of unused sick leave to payment for health insurance premiums will remain in the new compensation plan.

Lund said the Office of State Employment Relations submitted this compensation plan to take effect during the biennium occurring between July 1, 2011, and

June 30, 2013. Approval by the Joint Committee on Employment Relations will be deliberated in the next few weeks.

If the plan is approved, it will become effective on January 1, 2012, according to a UW statement.

UW Faculty Senate member Bradford Barham said when the Compensation Plan came out, UW still intended to pursue the next year ’s improvements in compensation.

“There may be other

ways we can do it besides the state plan, so I don’t know whether they’re referring to that or not,” Barham said. “It’s a wide open discussion.”

The budget repair bill created a difference in this biennium’s compensation plan versus the previous compensation plan by altering the scope of collective bargaining in terms of wages, Lund said.

“Any sort of

PAY, page 3

As bills pass in jobs session, Dems question effectiveness Critics say legislation not conducive to job creation; Walker says necessary for growth Leopoldo Rocha State Reporter A month after its initial implementation, the Wisconsin Legislature’s special session on jobs continues to be a divisive issue between Republicans and Democrats.

The “Back to Work”

special session that Gov. Scott Walker called on Sept.

27 consists of 24 bills from both parties. The bills are directed toward lowering the unemployment rate, which has risen to 7.9 percent since Walker took office.

The special session has so far passed four bills in the Senate and none in the Assembly, although both chambers have met in their regular session and passed legislation as usual.

Several bills from the special session will be dealt with in committee this

week, including legislation that allows an employer to fire or refuse to hire an employee who has been convicted of a crime regardless of its nature. The bills passed in the Senate earlier last week and are up for debate in the Assembly.

Walker released a statement on Oct. 27 that highlighted the special session’s accomplishments and said he hopes that more of the proposed legislation will pass.

“This productive special session proves that we are laser beam-focused

on making it easier for employers to create jobs in Wisconsin,” Walker said. “I am confident that more pro-jobs bills will make their way to my desk and become law, helping small business owners and employers put more people back to work.”

Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, criticized the loss of jobs under Walker’s tenure, citing monthly losses in private and public sector. He pointed to the state’s rise in the unemployment level while there has been

© 2011 BADGER HERALD

modest economic growth at the national level.

Larson said that the Legislature needs to not only create jobs, but also ensure that people have the training to fill the jobs that are already available.

“We also need to educate the workforce with skills that are needed right now for jobs that are open like welding and nursing. The technical schools got their funding cut by one third by the Republicans [earlier this year], and the big proposal I put forward was to restore their funding,”

Larson said.

Larson said the special session largely favors the special interests that support Republican legislators and does not represent the interests of the majority of people.

Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said the overall goal of the special session has been to improve the bottom line of businesses in the state and create an atmosphere that allows them to be

JOBS, page 3

2

The Badger Herald | News | Monday, October 31, 2011

Events today 10-11 a.m.

UW-Madison Science Alliance GeneticsBiotechnology Center

Noon-1 p.m.

Italian Conversation Table Sun Garden, Union South

TODAY

TOMORROW

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

51 34

64 46

58 37

49 39

55 44

partly cloudy

mostly sunny

few showers

few showers

partly cloudy

City officials contest new shelter location With winter coming, Madison leaders disagree if East Washington Avenue best spot for homeless population

Events tomorrow

Molly McCall

7 p.m.

UW Russian Folk Orchestra

With Madison’s Central Library set to close next month for renovations, there is uncertainty about where the city’s homeless will be able to find shelter during the winter.

Steve Schooler, executive director of Porchlight, Inc., is suggesting the former Don Miller properties on East Washington Avenue be turned into a temporary day shelter for the homeless people of Madison.

Mayor Paul Soglin said he is opposed to Schooler’s proposition.

“The zoning on the property is such that it could easily cost more than $100,000 and 6 months to prepare it,” he

1418 Van Hise Hall

Need to publicize your event?

Send an email to: editor@badgerherald.com

15,000 copies printed every weekday.

Published since September 10, 1969.

Telephone Fax

608.257.4712 608.257.6899

Herald editorial Editor-in-Chief Signe Brewster Managing Editor Carolyn Briggs Editor-at-Large Jake Begun News Adelaide Blanchard News Content Pam Selman Deputy News Katherine Krueger Multimedia Ryan Rainey Assoc. Multimedia Ramsey Statz Video Director Heather Burian Campus Selby Rodriguez State Matt Huppert City Ally Boutelle Deputy State Leah Linscheid Editorial Page Allegra Dimperio Editorial Page Content Taylor Nye Ed. Board Chairman Alex Brousseau Sports Mike Fiammetta Sports Content Elliot Hughes Associate Sports Kelly Erickson Ian McCue Brett Sommers Sarah Witman Lin Weeks Noah Yuenkel Zach Butzler Tom Guthrie Ellen Anevicius James Zhang Kristin Prewitt Katie Foran-McHale Photo Megan McCormick Assoc. Photo Malory Goldin Matt Hintz Design Directors Eric Wiegmann Alex Laedtke Page Designers Sigrid Hubertz Kellie McGinnis Katie Gaab Gus McNair Web Director Adam Parkzer Deputy Web Director Tim Hadick Web Associate Kevin Zhu Web Consultant Charlie Gorichanaz

Statistics ArtsEtc. ArtsEtc. Content Comics Copy Chief Assoc. Copy Chief Copy Editors

Herald business Publisher Peter Hoeschele Business Mgr. Corey Chamberlain Business Assoc.

Megan Howard

Herald advertising Bryant Miller Advertising Director Mitch Hawes Display Manager Roshni Nedungadi Classified Mgr. Anna Elsmo-Siebert Executives Max Nonnamaker Jillian Grupp Danielle Hanaford Matthew Preston Myla Rosenbloom Alissa Siegenthaler

Board of directors Chairman

Jake Begun Vice Chairman

Peter Hoeschele Vice Chairman

Signe Brewster Vice Chairman

Bryant Miller Corey Chamberlain Mitch Hawes Roshni Nedungadi Pam Selman Eric Wiegmann Readers may pick up one complimentary issue each day.

Additional copies must be picked up at 326 W. Gorham St. for $0.25 each. Contents may not be reproduced without written consent of the editor in chief. Copyright 2011, The Badger Herald, Inc.

City Reporter

said.

Schooler said he will meet with Soglin this Tuesday to find out more on why he opposes turning the vacant car sale showrooms into a temporary shelter, Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said.

The city purchased a number of properties under a land-banking program, and three proposals are going to be looked at, Soglin said.

The proposals range from housing to commercial usage, and it is likely that all will be developed, he added.

“City ordinances require that the property be brought up to current standards as it relates to landscaping and set backs,” Soglin said.

“While the building could

be used as a day shelter for less than 100 people, the property would first have to meet these requirements,” he added.

Schooler said he believes the Don Miller property would be a perfect location.

“It is vacant, it would come at very low cost and it is within walking distance of the downtown,” he said in an email to The Badger Herald. “It also is a fairly large space that could accommodate a number of people comfortably.”

Schooler said the loss of the library leaves something to be desired for Madison’s homeless.

“The downtown library and the Capitol basement, which formerly allowed persons to have a place to be during the day, are

closed,” Schooler said.

“These were two spaces that significant numbers of homeless used to keep warm during the day for the winter months.

Also, at the library they could access resources for employment and housing.”

According to the Porchlight, Inc. website, Madison’s 2008 homeless population rose to its highest level since 2000.

Its largest increase was in families with children.

In 2008, more than 3,300 people were turned away from shelters due to lack of space.

Maniaci said she would have been apprehensive about the proposition six months ago, but current circumstances have changed her mind.

The increase in

homeless people downtown, specifically outside the Salvation Army on East Mifflin Street, is alarming, she said.

Maniaci said her constituents have brought the increase of foreclosurerelated homelessness to her attention.

Maniaci acknowledged the proposition’s potential, but she does not know how her neighborhood would feel about it.

“As we head into colder weather, we need to have something together,” she said.

She added she is willing to have a conversation to see what can be done.

“We need to pull together to find a solution that will work for the community,” she said.

NCAA raises academic bar UW confident about meeting new standards to maintain higher GPAs Tahleel Mohieldin News Reporter New academic standards for student athletes adopted Thursday are tougher, but members of University of Wisconsin Athletics say the new changes will have little effect on their athletes.

The measure, adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Board of Directors, mandates eligibility to participate in postseason competition is contingent on a certain level of academic performance, according to NCAA President Mark Emmert. “[These measures create] incentives for all athletic departments to make sure that they’re

“I strongly support measures that strengthen academic support for student-athletes.”

Dale Bjorling

University of Wisconsin Athletic Board Chair

doing the right things by their student athletes in terms of their education and their graduation rates,” Emmert said.

Emmert also noted the measures are intended to “make certain that student [athletes] are going to be students who happen to be athletes, not the other way around.”

The measure requires teams to maintain a minimum 930 Academic Progress Rate for participation in postseason competition, which is roughly a 50 percent graduation success rate, Emmert said.

New measures will begin phasing in during the 2012-13 school year, he added. Soon afterward, for the 201415 school year, teams that don’t achieve a 930 APR will be ineligible for postseason participation, he said.

The D1 board also passed a proposal increasing initial eligibility standards for incoming freshmen and transfer students. Under the proposal, immediate access for freshmen to competition is a 2.3 GPA and 2.5 for transfers, Emmert said.

“The change in GPA would not have a great effect on Wisconsin

athletics, because, historically, we have very few junior college transfers, and the vast majority of our entering student athletes have higher GPAs than the proposed minimum,” University of Wisconsin Athletic Board Chair Dale Bjorling said.

Furthermore, the board also adopted a new three-level penalty structure. The first level reduces the allowed number of practice hours a week from 20 to 16, with four hours to be used for academic activities, Bjorling said.

The second level adds to the first in competition reduction, Bjorling added. The third level entails several penalty options like coaching suspensions, financial aid reductions and restricted NCAA membership.

“I think the threetiered system is a reasonable way to start,” said Athletic Board Chair Dale Bjorling.

“With anything of this sort, you have to see how this is actually applied before you can accurately judge.”

Under the new 930 APR, 17 teams in the FBS, 37 teams in the FCS and 99 teams in men’s basketball would be subject to penalties, Emmert said.

However, he said Wisconsin teams will not be subject to these measures, as all UW teams are above the 930 APR. “Changes in APR requirements would have no affect on individual student athletes that hold the scholarship, but could affect the number of scholarships an institution is able to offer if this becomes one of the penalties for falling below the minimal APR,” Bjorling said.

Under the new measures, athletes can receive additional scholarship funds of up to the institution’s full cost of attendance or $2,000, whichever is less, Bjorling said.

“I strongly support measures that strengthen academic support for student athletes,” Bjorling said. “A very small percentage will actually make their living in an athletic-related field, and I believe the schools have an obligation to support their academic progress through graduation to give them the knowledge and skills to succeed in life, regardless of their career.”

Matt Hintz The Badger Herald file photo

The Wisconsin state Capitol, both the symbol and setting for much of Wisconsin’s recent political drama, will now be one of the state buildings where individuals with permits and training can bring concealed weapons when the law goes into effect this week.

Concealed carry permitted in Capitol, state buildings Senate will not allow guns; legislators can decide if weapons OK in their offices Leah Linscheid Deputy State Editor Citizens who meet the requirements of the concealed carry law will be allowed to bring a handgun to most state facilities, including the Capitol, when the law goes into effect this week.

By making concealed weapons available in nearly all state facilities, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said the original intention of the legislation is being upheld.

“The department has an obligation to uphold the intent and spirit of the law and, therefore, strong justification was required to prohibit concealed carry in state facilities,” Huebsch said in a statement released by the DOA Friday. “We looked closely at the wide range of services and programs the state provides, and have identified a limited number of locations that weapons will not be permitted.”

The statement said concealed guns will

not be permitted in buildings providing services to individuals with disabilities or those with criminal histories.

Buildings storing combustible materials will also be exempt from the concealed carry law.

The Wisconsin Senate will not allow firearms in its gallery on days the Senate is in session.

“The Senate currently has a number of rules for people,” Andrew Welhouse, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, said.

“Laptops, food and drink aren’t allowed in the gallery. This is going to be one more regulation that we add to that list.”

The statement said state employees will be allowed to carry a concealed gun if they have been licensed to do so.

According to Welhouse, whether the policy will take effect will be voted on Monday.

“The reason we passed the bill in the first place is to enhance a person’s ability to protect themselves,” Welhouse said. “Forty-eight other states have this same policy in place for their citizens, and we think it’s a reasonable ability to help people protect themselves.”

Julie Laundrie, spokesperson for Sen. John Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said both Senate and Assembly members will make their own decisions about whether concealed carry of a gun would be permitted in their respective offices.

Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, released a statement Monday in response to the DOA’s concealed carry policy.

Barca said in the statement that no elected official campaigned on the idea that concealed weapons should be allowed in the Capitol. He said Gov. Scott Walker’s focus should be on job creation.

Barca said in the statement that with regard to concealed weapons, Wisconsin has gone from being one of the most restrictive states to one of the least restrictive states. He said he supports the rights granted in the second amendment of the constitution, but said the lack of restrictions for concealed carry go to far.

Calls made to the office of the DOA, Walker, Rep. Stephen Nass, R-Whitewater, Rep. Kelda Roys, D-Madison and Mark Pocan, D-Madison, were not returned as of press time.

The Badger Herald | News | Monday, October 31, 2011

PAY, from 1 compensation plan will have to spell out what the rules are, so we’ll no longer be collectively bargained,” UW Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said.

The provision of more information to help employees understand the implications of the new compensation plan will take place in the near future.

The Office of State Employment Relations will start to brief some

JOBS, from 1 profitable.

He said the Legislature is creating an improved business climate by promoting regulation reform and tax credits.

He said businesses must be allowed to be profitable in order to have the resources to hire workers, as well as to provide higher salaries and better benefits.

Mikalsen said one bill cannot magically create jobs in the state. State and federal Democrats have tried and failed using this method, he said, particularly with their stimulus bills.

Jay Heck, the executive director for Common Cause Wisconsin, said the special session as well as

of the affected agencies about the specifics about what is being presented to the Legislature, Bazzell said.

Bazzell said he is unsure whether UW is involved in the plan or not because the decisions are focused on state agencies, and the UW is not a state agency.

A meeting will be held this Monday with the administration to discuss the implications of the compensation plan and its restrictions, Barham said.

the Legislature in general has not been bipartisan this year, calling the legislation that has passed this year “very one-sided.”

Heck said the special session is an attempt by Republicans to increase their electoral chances in the 2012 elections by showing loyalty to businesses.

“The Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald is running for the U.S. Senate, so I think he wanted to show the business community he was friendly towards them and not particularly interested in bipartisanship,” Heck said. “The special session has been about a lot of things, but it has not been about jobs at all.”

FREAKFEST, from 1 surrounded the vast array of costumes. Some of the more common costumes included various members of the Packers, Occupy Wall Street protesters and people dressed as “The 1 Percent.”

One of the most popular costumes was that of Travis Miller of Duluth, Minn., who came out on State Street as the shower scene from Karate Kid. He wore a movable shower set that was attached to his shoulders and a bathrobe.

“I have probably had 200-plus photos and an interview with NBC,” Miller said early in the night. “ It’s been pretty popular.”

Charlie Goldstone of Frank Productions, the company that organizes Freakfest, would not comment on the event.

3

Opinion

Editorial Page Editor Allegra Dimperio oped@badgerherald.com

4

The Badger Herald | Opinion | Monday, October 31, 2011

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Students have right to critical review of F50 Wisconsin State Statute 36.09(5) asserts, “Students in consultation with the chancellor and subject to the final confirmation of the board shall have the responsibility for the disposition of those student fees which constitute substantial support for campus student activities.”

When the merger of the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State University systems happened in 1974, state statute 36.09(5) guaranteed students direct purview over their “Student Activity Fees,” institutionalizing students’ role in shared governance.

Our argument that UW System Financial Policy 50, or F50, contradicts existing statutes pertaining to student fee autonomy does not revolve around whether or not the Board of Regents is a state agency, as was suggested in an Oct. 17 editorial, “Tread Softly on F50.” Clearly they are: The Board of Regents

is directly appointed by the governor and is considered to be a state agency, just as the individual UW institutions and campuses are.

It is clear to students across the state that F50, which makes the distinction between how and who spends student fees, contradicts the spirit of student participation in shared governance, not to mention volumes of state law, case law and UW System policy.

What we are asking is not for students to be the sole reviser of F50, but for the Board of Regents to form a committee with student involvement, and to hold a comprehensive review of F50 that would clarify these many contradictions and which would then be promulgated under UW System administrative code.

The administrative rule making process is the only means that the System may use to re-interpret a Wisconsin State Statute. This

process is clearly laid out in state statute 227.01(13).

The reinterpretation of F50 first took place in 1978 when university administration made the distinction between allocable and non-allocable student fees. This was an unilateral decision by university administration that was eventually made into an overarching System policy in the 1980s. It is clear that now is the time for another reinterpretation.

There is true need for this review, the major reason being that it is inconsistent with most other practices we operate under.

Recently, U.S. Federal District Judge Lynn Adelman wrote in an opinion concerning UW that “decision makers have had trouble determining what Policy F50 means,” “Policy F50 [is] not a model of clear draftsmanship” and “even Chancellor Martin has expressed dissatisfaction with Policy F50.” When a federal

judge feels the necessity to weigh in on the contradictory and confusing nature of a policy there can be no doubt about the necessity for change. F50, it’s time to go.

The dangers of amending UW System financial policy described by the Herald display a basic misunderstanding of the differences between amending a policy, creating an administrative rule and amending state law.

Our campaign is to require an illegal policy to be vetted through the rule making process and brought up to code with the rights guaranteed to students under state statute 36.09(5). The Legislature and governor are only minimally involved in the rule making process, and at no point does this process allow for amendments to state law, from which students derive their rights.

We are confident that despite the current political climate students have a strong

case for correcting an illegal policy that has already stood for too long.

If successful, students will be charged with the task of creating an infrastructure to properly manage and distribute these fees, and as the Herald points out, this will not be easy.

The warning, however, that we ought to be careful what we wish for because we might not be ready for the responsibility, does not make us shy away from this.

Rather, it reminds us that in times like this we need to rise to the occasion and assert that we, the students, are ready and able to restore student authority over our money.

We’ve got a plan, and we’re ready to make this happen, because if we tread too softly, we just might sink.

Sarah Neibart (neibart@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and international studies. She is the chair of SSFC.

SSFC denial of MCSC funding empty exercise of authority Naama Nagar Guest Columnist

The Associated Students of Madison’s Student Services Finance Committee decided last week to revoke the Multicultural Student Coalition’s eligibility for segregated fee-based funding.

This is the last move in what has become a trend of targeting student organizations who work to promote a more diverse and inclusive campus climate, including the Movimiento Estudiantil

Chicano de Aztlán, Wunk Sheek, Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, Asian Pacific American Council and the Campus Women’s Center.

It is sad and ironic that in an establishment that praises itself for promoting the Wisconsin Idea and has embraced an official diversity policy of “Inclusive Excellence,” the students’ elected government does not steer as the avant garde of such efforts, but rather attempts to hinder and reverse them.

Consider one example.

As with MCSC, SSFC

had sought to deny CWC funding on the basis of insufficient “direct services.” As a result, the CWC staff spent more than 100 hours working on providing SSFC with documents for the lengthy hearing process. Surely these hours must have come on the expense of us, who use the center’s services, “direct” and “indirect” alike.

If this experience is any indication at all, SSFC might try to take MCSC through a lengthy process that exhausts all possible procedures, as well as the

statement by diverting their energy to tedious paperwork. But to be less cynical and more realistic, it is also possible SSFC simply does what every organization does best — preserving the grounds for its own operations in order to justify its existence. If this is the case, SSFC is more than successful, for it gradually establishes its superiority and tyrant rule over student life.

There is a crucial difference between leadership and technocracy.

The SSFC majority have proven that they are

organization’s valuable resources.

I can think of only few reasons to justify such an attitude.

One option may be that SSFC secretly promotes a hidden agenda of transforming all student activists into lawyers and accountants by forcing them to gain the precious expertise of dealing with countless hearings and appeals.

Alternatively, it could be the case that SSFC tries to prevent student organizations from fulfilling their mission

terribly good bureaucrats, but not much more than that.

They lack the visionary and out-of-the-box way of thinking that characterizes the best of our student organizations, such as MCSC. While they praise themselves as the guardians of our collective monies, they fail to guarantee our shared interests. And if an ASM body can’t do that, what is it good for?

Naama Nagar (nnagar@ ssc.wisc.edu) is a graduate student in sociology.

Herald Editorial No flash photography: silencer required On Friday, it became official: Wisconsinites with a concealed carry permit can bring their guns in any public building they want, including the Capitol.

Members of the state Senate have said they will likely ban guns in the galleries, but Assembly leaders said they will follow the Department of Administration’s lead and allow guns at their meetings.

While this board sees no reason to need a gun while watching an Assembly debate, we recognize that this law is not entirely about

practicality.

The Capitol is a destination, and the notion that someone needs a gun at that destination strikes us as problematic.

However, the Assembly has chosen to value the right to have a gun nearly anywhere, including their gallery and floor. But, if we are going to be throwing around phrases like “personal freedom,” we need to apply it to more than just deadly firearms.

A rule passed earlier this year banned from galleries cameras, microphones, video equipment,

ringing cell phones, signs and a number of behaviors deemed disruptive in both houses.

The new limitations — almost certainly passed in response to the wave of protesters making their descent on the Capitol — were reportedly meant to keep distractions to legislators and citizens at a minimum.

To be sure, waving signs and shouting during debate is going to be problematic to both those participating in and watching the session. Silent video recording and non-flash photography,

Alex Brousseau

Signe Brewster

Carolyn Briggs

Editorial Board Chairman

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

however, does nothing to alter the flow of the meeting, especially considering almost all meetings are already being recorded and photographed by various media outlets.

Clearly, Wisconsin Assembly members value the right to bear arms. But if they think the freedom to carry a gun outweighs any safety threats that may arise, they also need to amend the rule and allow non-disruptive forms of recording, including video, microphones and non-flash photography.

Jake Begun

Allegra Dimperio

Taylor Nye

Ryan Rainey

Editor-at-Large

Editorial Page Editor

Editorial Page Content Editor

Editorial Board Member

Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think it’s now become an event that we don’t have to be embarrassed about.”

-Joel DeSpain, Madison Police Spokesman Much to the chagrin of Madisonians with romantic notions of Halloween’s gone by, this year’s Freakfest was relatively tame. Though roughly 40,000 revelers drunkenly stumbled along State Street, a mere 30 citations and one arrest were made over the course of the night. While no storefronts were smashed and no tear gas was deployed, no epic tales were told either. With All Time Low on the main stage, the night’s entertainment rested in watching cartoon characters, sports stars, barefoot nurses, cops and school girls weave about guessing each other’s costumes. Though obviously safety is essential to a successful Freakfest, the happiness of the police force does not an awesome party make. Here’s to hoping a balance can be found between tame and mundane for Freakfest 2012.

Your Opinion · Send your letters to the editor and guest columns to oped@badgerherald.com. Publication is based on space and takes into account relevance and quality. Letters should be sent exclusively to the Herald. Unsigned letters will not be published. All submissions may be edited by the Herald for length and style. Reader feedback on all articles and columns can be posted at badgerherald.com, where all print content is archived.

The Badger Herald | Monday, October 31, 2011

5

Photos by Matt Hintz The Badger Herald

Comics

Hungover Is a Nice Way of Putting It Noah J. Yuenkel comics@badgerherald.com

6

The Badger Herald | Comics | Monday, October 31, 2011

WHAT IS THIS

SUDOKU

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

S

U

D

O

K

U WHITE BREAD & TOAST

toast@badgerherald.com

MIKE BERG

NONSENSE? Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

TWENTY POUND BABY

DIFFICULTY RATING: Sleeping in class

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

K

A

K

U

R

O

baby@badgerherald.com

STEPHEN TYLER CONRAD

YOURMOMETER

LAURA “HOBBES” LEGAULT

C’EST LA MORT

PARAGON

yourmom@badgerherald.com

HOW DO I

KAKURO?

I know, I know. Kakuro.

Looks crazy, right?

This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to.

Repeating numbers?

Not in this part of town.

And that’s that, slick.

paragon@badgerherald.com

The Kakuro Unique Sum Chart Cells Clue 2 3 2 4 2 16 2 17

DIFFICULTY RATING: Two-day-old dry-heaves in class

REHABILITATING MR. WIGGLES

Possibilities { 1, 2 } { 1, 3 } { 7, 9 } { 8, 9 }

3 3 3 3

6 7 23 24

{ 1, 2, 3 } { 1, 2, 4 } { 6, 8, 9 } { 7, 8, 9 }

4 4 4 4

10 11 29 30

{ 1, 2, 3, 4 } { 1, 2, 3, 5 } { 5, 7, 8, 9 } { 6, 7, 8, 9 }

5 5 5 5

15 16 34 35

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 } { 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

6 6 6 6

21 22 38 39

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 } { 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

7 7 7 7

28 29 41 42

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 } { 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

www.neilswaab.com

NEIL SWAAB

MADCAPS

HERALD COMICS 1

2

3

4

pascle@badgerherald.com

random@badgerherald.com

7

8

9

17

18

19

26

27

21

22

23

24

28

29

35

30

36 40

41

42

43

44

45

52

11

12

13

32

33

34

56

57

58

37

39

51

10

31

38

50

ERICA LOPPNOW

6

16

47

RANDOM DOODLES

5 15

25

RYAN PAGELOW

PRESENTS

14

20

BUNI

madcaps@badgerherald.com

MOLLY MALONEY

46

48

49 53

54

55

59

60

61

62

63

64

65

66

67

Puzzle by David Gray

CLASSIC PRIMAL URGES

MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

THE SKY PIRATES

primal@badgerherald.com

ANDREW MEGOW

COLLIN LA FLEUR

DENIS HART

mcm@badgerherald.com

skypirate@badgerherald.com

Across 1 Little argument 5 Result of a mosquito bite 9 / 14 Gas company famous for its toy trucks 15 Classic soda brand 16 Acknowledge as true, as a crime 17 Operatic solo 18 Signal, as a cab 19 Common mirage image 20 Some McDonald’s burgers 23 Fourbaggers: Abbr.

24 View 25 Look up to 29 It might make you go “Achoo!”

31 January 1 for the Rose

Bowl, e.g.

35 Good, in Guatemala 36 Wild pig 37 ___ exhaust 38 Part of a 2005 Harry Potter title 41 “That’s ___ haven’t heard” 42 Paris airport 43 Be a cast member of 44 Double-___ (oboe, e.g.)

45 Bus. opposite 46 Party south of the border 47 Years on end 49 Partners for mas 50 1987 Stanley Kubrick classic 59 Lightningfast Bolt 60 Actor Morales 61 ___ avis 62 Tooth: Prefix 63 For fear that 64 French friends 65 Heavy carts

66 Tibetan priest 67 Word that can follow the start of 20-, 38- or 50-Across Down 1 N.B.A. nickname until 2011 2 Llama land 3 It’s north of the Indian Ocean 4 Former Russian royal 5 “Yoo-hoo” response 6 They may stream down the cheeks 7 Chocolate-___ 8 Hawaiian port 9 English biscuit served with tea 10 Items for gamblers who cheat 11 Area that may have stained-glass

Get today’s puzzle solutions at badgerherald.com

windows 12 Use a teaspoon in tea, e.g.

13 “Bonanza” brother 21 Pulsate painfully 22 Improperly seize 25 Despise 26 One of the Allman Brothers 27 Brawl 28 Cheating on a spouse

CROSSWORD 29 April 1 victims 30 ___ Gaga 32 Female relations 33 Not said explicitly 34 1941 chart-topper “Maria ___” 36 Drill a hole 39 Michaels of “S.N.L.” 40 Mrs. Gorbachev 46 Tex-Mex wrap 48 Old Dodges 49 Ecto- or protoending 50 Elmer with a doublebarreled shotgun 51 Manipulator 52 Actress Turner 53 Explain to 54 On an ocean voyage 55 Creature that sidles 56 ___ Sutra 57 Attorney General Holder 58 Work to do

Rocky the Herald Comics Raccoon™

Don’t be putting none of those circus peanuts or candy corn in my trick or treat bag.

I’ll thank you kindly in advance for a handful of airplane liquor bottles.

Or cash.

ArtsEtc. Editor Sarah Witman arts@badgerherald.com

7

The Badger Herald | Arts | Monday, October 31, 2011

ArtsEtc.

‘Rum Diary’ pours low proof, tasteless concoction Depp’s famous face can’t save confused story, weak cast of characters in film

opportunity and the native Puerto Ricans, who seem to want nothing to do with the vacation home-owning “gringos” who have taken over their beaches. Sanderson needs Kemp to be the invisible Holly Hartung force behind his success ArtsEtc. Writer by writing stories that will portray his plan in a “There’s a thin veneer favorable light. between the dream and The two are also linked the reality. You wake ‘em because Sanderson’s up and people might ask girlfriend, Chenault for their money back.”

(Amber Heard, “Drive These cynical words Angry”), is the sexual come from a weary editor object of Kemp’s desire who cautions journalist throughout the film.

Frank Kemp (Johnny The film has all the Depp, “Pirates of the elements of a captivating Carribean: On Stranger story — booze-fueled Tides”), from reporting escapades in an exotic on hard-hitting issues that setting, eccentric might shatter illusions supporting characters of the American Dream and a critique of the among the “vividly American Dream — but average” readership of “Rum Diary” tries and a mediocre fails to be too newspaper many things. based in San There are many What results Juan, Puerto is a sub-par similarities between Rico, in film that Kemp and Thompson feels at best 1960.

While — both are journalists like a crappy this quote with a penchant wateredis meant to down version for drinking and highlight of something a central shenanigans — but you’ve seen theme of Kemp’s character before.

Johnny This is the Depp’s new lacks the dimension second time movie based needed to carry a hit Depp has on a Hunter film. starred in S. Thompson a film that novel, it is pays tribute also laced to the infamous Gonzo with irony, because journalist, which partially movie-goers might ask explains why the movie for their money back after lacks originality. seeing “The Rum Diary.”

However, unlike The film depicts the “Fear and Loathing in conflict between the Las Vegas,” Depp does American businessmen not portray Thompson like Sanderson (Aaron directly. Instead, he plays Eckhart, “Battle: Los Kemp, the main character Angeles”), who see the from Thompson’s novel island as a real estate on which the film is based.

Photo courtesy of GK Films

Johnny Depp stars in director Bruce Richardson’s lackluster adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s semi-autobigraphical novel. Set in Puerto Rico, the film is trite in parts and boring in others.

There are many similarities between Kemp and Thompson — both are journalists with a penchant for drinking and shenanigans — but Kemp’s character lacks the dimension needed to carry a hit film. Kemp is not the stereotypically good journalist who just wants to tell the honest to goodness truth, nor is he

the charismatic bad boy you secretly root for, a la Frank Lucas in “American Gangster.” He is shy and somewhat pathetic, but not pathetic enough to garner the audience’s sympathy. In other words, Kemp is not a likeable protagonist, but he is also not an unlikeable protagonist. He’s just there.

In addition to having a protagonist who lacks charm, “Rum Diary” cannot decide what it wants to be. Like a badly mixed highball, it is one part critique of American capitalism and imperialism, one part love story and a long dash of alcohol-induced antics.

Although many Hollywood films weave

several story lines into one cohesive narrative, this is not the case with “The Rum Diary.” The movie as a whole is disjointed, uninspiring and difficult to watch in its entirety.

THE RUM DIARY Bruce Robinson

DJ’s Segredo set wows enthusiastic, costumed crowd Wolfgang Gartner weaves obscure, popular in frenetic weekend concert Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc Writer At 12:20 on Sunday morning, a cheer swelled from the crowd of sweaty, costumed coeds at Segredo. The ghosts, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, slutty fill-inthe-blanks, kandi kids and club-goers stopped churning for a moment and looked up: Wolfgang Gartner had finally arrived.

The Top 100 DJ opened his set with obvious technical skill, whirling

the knobs and pressing the buttons like a concert pianist plucks at the keys.

The crowd’s attention, however, was on different matters. The audience of roughly 500 was bobbing, fist pumping, grinding and shoving, only coming up for air in the few moments of silence before a build.

Those who were listening to more than the persistent thump heard a set filled with unreleased remixes, Wolfgang classics and transitions with varied degrees of seamlessness. Wolfgang Gartner has a reputation for playing unexpected sets, and this weekend was no exception: His single “Forever” with Will.I.Am was absent, but a split second flirt with

Swedish House Mafia’s ”Save the World” found its way in.

The set dragged initially, lending credibility to complaints that Wolfgang’s tracks all sound the same. While the show picked up as it went along, there was a moment where it actually was the same: The DJ slipped one track in twice. Yet while there were certainly moments of monotony, tracks like “Illmerica” and “Wolfgang’s 5th Symphony” shone through and set the crowd spinning.

Armed with flashing LED foam sticks, the crowd jammed the dance floor and spilled out into the bar space around the stage. Yet besides the writhing bodies, there

wasn’t much for them to look at. Wolfgang’s visuals were nonexistent, something likely keeping

The ghosts, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, slutty fill-in-theblanks, kandi kids and club-goers stopped churning for a moment and looked up: Wolfgang Gartner had finally arrived. him in the bottom half of the Top 100. While he had video, it was a short loop flashing his name with blinking shapes, an effect more commonly found among openers rather

than main acts.

Wolfgang typically has a light show to make up for his video, but the elaborate lights seen at festivals and larger venues were absent from Segredo, as they are for most small clubs. The black light, laser-like spinners and dizzying strobe light in the club were impressive for a venue of Segredo’s size but a bit lackluster for those accustomed to meticulously orchestrated light shows.

For his part, Wolfgang did seem to put more energy into this show than shows past. While the DJ stayed firmly rooted behind his controls, he led the crowd in claps, did his own version of a fist pump and sang along to “Get ‘Em,” his recent

collaboration with Eve, and his remix of The Ting Ting’s “Hands.”

After just more than an hour and a half, the final chords of “Animal Rights” were ringing, the crowd was gasping for more and Wolfgang made his exit. After its less-thaninspired beginning, the show ended on a high: Wolfgang tweeted the night was “unbelievable,” the crowd was left with a Deadmau5 collaboration they actually knew and the boys at Segredo and Electronic Dance Madison had their video footage of a party done right. As the crowd shuffled out of the club and into the reality that is University Avenue at bar time, one thing was clear: Madison is ready for more electronic.

Online program eliminates ‘guilty pleasure’ from music vocabulary Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor Admit it. Just admit it.

You never liked the Mars Volta. Or Architecture in Helsinki, Theophilus London or Animal Collective, for that matter. All the T-shirts purchased and concerts idly attended to seem cool have been a big waste of time and money.

And the bigger agony is — once the realization hits — you have an iPod full of meaningless songs and nothing to replace them with, since you haven’t spent any time developing your true musical tastes.

Luckily, you’re alive in 2011 — during the age of Spotify and Facebook — which are making it a lot easier to reject an endless cycle of conformity. Spotify is

an international musicsharing program that was made available to the U.S. this summer, and has now become mainstream via its partnership with Facebook. Spotify is not a music downloading program, rather it allows users to search for a single song and listen to it from their computer multiple times, whenever they choose. When a Facebook user signs up for Spotify, it will ask for permission to display users’ activity (every song they listen to) in Facebook friends’ newsfeeds. The reaction so far is that most users agree to these terms, and thus the music listening process becomes much more transparent among people than it ever was with iTunes, Pandora, etc.

This partnership works to recording companies’ advantage, since it extends consumer discussion about music to a whole new level, which could lead to more outside music purchases.

But even more so, it’s helped music enthusiasts get in touch with their

own musical identities.

The knowledge that everyone can see what a person is listening to eliminates any pretense of cool ennui they might have previously entertained. Spotify, in one sense, could be the very thing to make music posers shed their shroud of faux musical taste and give in to some real listening. This could become an era of “Everybody knows I only listen to Sublime anyway, so why should I give a fuck?”

They can see what their friends actually listen to, which is an honest and utterly refreshing experience. They might find they like the same music by going to Spotify and listening to it on their own time, which is made even easier by the physical record of sorts to be had by Facebook’s history. It’s far less intimidating than previously, where an unknown band might be brought up in conversation and then forgotten. That feeling

of inadequacy can be easily eliminated by a few minutes spent on Spotify.

Of course, there are

The music listening process becomes much more transparent among people than it ever was. ... Spotify, in one sense, could be the very thing to make music posers shed their shroud of faux musical taste and give in to some real listening. those for whom the problem will only be amplified by Spotify and Facebook. They could choose to be super strategic, opting only to play songs on Spotify they think others will approve of. To each his own, but that would almost be neurotic to do all of the time, like

untagging photos has become for some people.

It’s always a possibility, but I do not foresee that being the norm.

Plus, Spotify is such a useful tool that it would be a shame to censor oneself, and thereby limit its functionality.

The thing that makes it unique from Pandora and Grooveshark is that it’s not practical for constant music listening, but it is one of the most effective programs out there to instantly find, among its vast music library, an individual song; what you really want to listen to at that moment. I find it hard to imagine very many people letting that unique technology go to waste, even if it means all their friends will see they’ve been listening to the “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” soundtrack.

On a related topic, right now my No. 4 most played song on iTunes is “Hot” by Avril Lavigne.

It’s not the first thing I’d bring up around someone I want to impress, but

I’m comfortable with that fact. It’s gotten right around 60 plays, and I can’t wait to blast it even more times on my Spotify account so all the world can witness my undying love for the pop-punk princess; kind of like how Arts Etc. Content Editor Lin Weeks’ mancrush on Jay Z should be announced to Facebook friends any day now, thanks to Spotify.

So, finally, you can be honest with yourself and everyone around you.

The fortunate thing is: If you’re at the point of being Facebook friends with someone, they should already know you enough to be accepting of your music choices. The time you spent building up that self-image of a Mars Volta die-hard could have been better spent exploring music you actually might enjoy, so why not start now? There’s a lot of it out there, and nothing could help your street cred more than having a wide range of (genuine) musical interests.

To place an ad in Classifieds: Roshni Nedungadi rnedungadi@badgerherald.com 257.4712 ext. 311

8

The Badger Herald | Classifieds | Monday, October 31, 2011

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

!Bartending! $300/day potential.

No experience neccesary. Training available. 800-965-6520 ext. 120

Apartments and houses all around campus available for Fall 2012. Many include porches, basements, and your own yard.

See addresses, prices, pictures and layouts at tallardapartments. com, or call 250-0202! Owner managed with 24 hour staffing.

Contemporary Services Corporation “CSC” is the new event staff and security contractor for the University of Wisconsin’s athletic and entertainment events.

We are looking for friendly, energetic, guest service savvy applicants and are currently accepting applications for PT positions. Stop by our office at 2979 Triverton Pike Drive between 9AM and 6PM to pick up an application today! Or call us at (608)807-5494 option 1 www. csc-usa.com/madison

Classifieds

PARKING Beat the snow, secure winter parking before it’s gone. Parking near Kohl Center, Vilas, and Camp Randall. Prices starting at $49/month. Call Tallard Apartments at 608-250-0202. See Parking Maps on our website at tallardapartments.com DOWNTOWN/ CAMPUS PARKING: Above and Underground Parking located on Spring, Mills, Randall, Orchard, Fahrenbrook.

Flexible terms, great rates. Call 255-3933 or johne@jsmproperties.com today!

Earn $100-$3200/ month to drive our cars with ads. www.

FreeCarJobs.com Person to hang signs at 26 gas stations in Madison from 11/10/111/16/11. Contact: ncaputa@ gsamedia.com STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM. Paid Survey. Takers Needed in Madison. 100% Free to Join.

Click on Surveys.

BadgerHerald.com

Downtown/ campus, heated/ underground parking $150/month at the Embassy 505 University Ave. Parking also available for $90/month at 431/435 W. Johnson. Call 608-256-7368 for more info or stop by the Embassy office.

WW: Waking up to assorted wigs, bandanas, lipstick on the wall and innumerable bottles of gin and schnapps and a broken toilet on Saturday morning in my apartment and taking approximately 45 minutes to fix and clean everything to pre-party status.

WW: Deciding not to study for an upcoming midterm on Saturday afternoon, and instead attending a Kegs and Eggs

party resulting in a long day of drinking and mischievous activity. Got home at 1am, past out until 2:30am, continued the Halloween festivities. The real win was waking up Sunday alive and with a functioning liver.

WW: I attend a party where I don’t know anyone, and down 5 shots of skittles vodka in a row in an attempt to make talking to people

less awkward. I awake the next morning in a strange bed wearing no pants and a shirt that reads “I <3 nukes” AWW (Alumni Weekend Win): Homecoming 1982:Badgers have annihilated Toledo and a group of former cross country runners are looking for a trophy to commemorate the victory. They spot the FIGI’s float with a large Bucky Badger standing forlorn

and alone. The first runner sprints up and tackles Bucky.

He knocks the head loose. The second runner successfully takes the head off and is off to the races with a crowd of drunken fraternity boys giving chase. The wasted frat rats are no match for our gallant runners and Bucky’s head proudly resided on their coffee table for the rest of the season.

Win.

Sports HORRORS, from 10 just something he was trying to create, and that’s what he did.”

Miller ’s last rushing touchdown, with 4:39 remaining in the game, gave the Buckeyes a 26-14 lead and seemed to put a dagger in the Badgers’ hopes of a comeback.

Instead, it only invigorated it.

Wilson responded with a four-play, 66-yard drive in just 51 seconds that was capped with a 17-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jared Abbrederis.

Wisconsin’s defense then stopped Ohio State in three plays and forced a punt, giving the Badgers the ball back with 2:36 left on their own 36-yard line.

Again, Wisconsin went the distance, marching the 68 yards in four plays and 1:18 with the drive culminating in a 49-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to a wide-open Abbrederis.

That was followed with a pass to running back Montee Ball for an extra two points, giving the Badgers a 29-26 advantage.

But that gave the snap, the momentum Buckeyes 1:18 to score as began to swing in favor well — and they did, in of the Buckeyes.

Herron ran up the 58 seconds. and down “We knew we had to middle get our offense the ball the field for a gain back, and they put it of 57 yards that put in the endzone — and the Buckeyes on the Wisconsin we had 18-yard the lead line.

Four this time,” “The thing about plays later, defensive the defense is Miller juked tackle past UW Patrick you can have 70 defensive Butrym great plays, and lineman said, if there’s 75 total Brendan clearly plays and you let Kelly for frustrated a 1-yard for the five of them get touchdown, second and the consecutive away from you, week. “We that can definitely Buckeyes convert the cost your team the took a 10-7 lead. two-point game.”

But OSU conversion Aaron Henry struck again for the Safety soon enough field goal when it [lead] and what do you know, they forced UW to punt after three plays. The scored a touchdown.”

Wisconsin got the ball punt never quite fully back for the game’s final lifted off, however, as moments, but couldn’t defensive back Corey summon a miracle finish Brown blocked Brad Nortman’s punt, which of its own.

The two teams entered was then recovered at the locker room at the 1-yard line.

“I thought we got it halftime with Wisconsin up 7-3 and the two off in a good time, and defenses dominating. I think the only way Ohio State received the someone would have ball to begin the second got to it is if they had half, and from its first come free,” punter Brad

Nortman said. “It was surprising they got there (for the block).”

Three plays later, OSU increased its lead to 17-7 when running back Jordan Hall took it around the trenches and plunged in for the score.

Wisconsin held Ohio State to 104 yards of offense in the first half, but opened up in the second to allow 253 more. The Buckeyes also converted 11 of 20 thirddown conversions, as well as another fourthdown try.

Although the Badgers eventually made a comeback, the Buckeyes simply made more plays, according to Henry.

“The thing about the defense is you can have 70 great plays, and if there’s 75 total plays and you let five of them get away from you, that can definitely cost your team the game,” Henry said. “For the most part, we played some good snaps on defense. But it was probably about four, five, six plays that got away from us. It was definitely unfortunate, because that didn’t reflect on how we played.”

remaining with less than two minutes remaining in Continuing the critical, the game. Bielema used all repeated miscues himself, three on MSU’s last drive, Wilson once again was which began at the 1:26 called for a crucial mark with the score tied intentional grounding at 31-31 and the Spartans penalty. Last week in East beginning from their own Lansing, Mich., the call 25-yard line. The last was undeniable, as Wilson timeout was called with 30 dropped back deep into seconds left and seemed his own endzone to pass to allow a Michigan State and was forced to get rid team content to let the of the football. Grounding clock run out into overtime was called, and since the with another chance to eek penalty was committed out a win, as it eventually in UW’s endzone, a safety did.

Against Ohio State, was called.

Saturday night’s call was Wisconsin carried two much closer, but it came on timeouts into the final the first play of the fourth quarter. Trailing 26-21, quarter (last week’s was in Bielema called both while the second). At Wisconsin’s OSU began from its own 20-yard line own 21-yard with 3:48 left line, Wilson on the clock. rolled right “I know we’ve got The first came beyond great kids, and before 3rdthe right unfortunately and-5, which hashmark the Buckeyes to avoid the this is a learning eventually Buckeye experience that failed to pass rush, convert after curled back the only way you committing to his left get it is to go a holding and crossed through it.” penalty that back over the Badgers the hash in Bret Bielema declined. After doing so. He Head Coach that play, on appeared 4th-and-1, to simply Bielema called throw the UW’s final ball away timeout, with again, 2:49 left on the toward the OSU sideline, though it clock and a punt pending.

Doing so gave Wisconsin seemed Wilson might have ample time to score the been outside the pocket.

“Yeah, I definitely go-ahead touchdown at thought I was out of the the 1:18 mark, but that pocket on the intentional also ultimately proved too grounding,” Wilson said. much time to give Miller “Plus, we had [wide and the Ohio State offense. receiver Nick] Toon coming The Buckeyes scored for across the field, so I was the final time with 20 trying to throw it to him seconds left, and though or get it near him. He was the Badgers were able to on the hash, if not past the scamper as far as OSU’s hash. It’s just one of those 45-yard line in that time things, I thought it was not span, it was ultimately not intentional grounding, but enough.

“You have to win on they called it and you can’t the road,” Henry said. do anything about it.”

As if a vital Big Ten loss “Unfortunately for us, we on the road — along with haven’t been able to do all the miscues — wasn’t that the last two weeks. painful enough, Bielema But believe me, we’ll get evoked some of the horrors it right, and we’ll get it of Michigan State once together. It’s back at square again with his timeout one, and we’ve got to do usage late in the game. In the things that we know East Lansing, the Badgers are necessary and put us in had all three timeouts a great position to win.”

MISTAKES, from 10

The Badger Herald | Sports | Monday, October 31, 2011

9

UW splits high-scoring, penalty-ridden series with UNO RECAP

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Mark Zengerle netted two goals Saturday night, leading UW’s offense. Zengerle ended the series with six points, adding four assists to his two goals.

Badgers lose early 3-0 lead Friday night, hold on to 3-goal lead Saturday for the win Brett Sommers Statistics Editor Aggressive checking, multiple fights and high scores were the trademarks of the Wisconsin men’s hockey games this weekend at the Kohl Center, from the drop of the first puck on Friday until the final horn Saturday night.

Wisconsin (4-4-0, 3-30) and Nebraska-Omaha (4-4-0, 3-1-0) clashed for only the eighth and ninth

times in history, but there looked to be no love lost between the two teams who split the series, the Mavericks taking game one 5-4 and the Badgers winning game two 6-3.

Wisconsin got off to fast starts both nights, but Saturday the Badgers were able to hang on to their 3-0 lead in the first period. The first goal game came on Wisconsin’s second shorthanded goal of the season. Tyler Barnes was able to hold UNO goalie John Faulkner long enough on a 2-on-1 break for Mark Zengerle to convert Barnes’ lastsecond pass into a goal before Faulkner could recover.

Matt Paape scored the first goal of his collegiate career just more than six minutes after a series of rebound attempts that Faulkner was unable to control, and 25 seconds after that, Zengerle scored his second goal of the game off another last second pass, this time from Justin Schultz, to make it 3-0.

The Mavericks were able to find their way onto the scoreboard in the final three minutes of the period. UNO’s leading goal scorer, Terry Broadhurst, found the back of the net to make the score 3-1.

The Badgers were able to answer in the final 15 seconds of the period

on a power play goal by Frankie Simonelli, his first of the season, to give Wisconsin a three-goal lead.

Wisconsin managed to outshoot NebraskaOmaha in the first period 14-10, but the Mavericks would put incessant pressure on Badger goalie Joel Rumpel the rest of the game. UNO would outshoot UW 15-4 in the second period and 17-6 in the third.

“I think a lot of it is trying to get quality chances,” Zengerle said.

“A lot of the shots they got today are shots we are going to give them by just keeping them on the outside and letting whatever goalie is in net see it.”

Despite the large disparity in shots, Wisconsin managed to keep pace with NebraskaOmaha, each team scoring two goals the remainder of the game.

UW’s Ryan Little was able to knock in a rebound 3:03 into the second period and UNO added two power play goals in the third period, one by Alex Hudson, the other on a 6-on4 advantage after the Mavericks temporarily pulled Faulkner from the goal with 5:05 remaining.

The Badgers refused to yield again in the final five minutes and added an empty net goal with 1:38 to play to seal the game at 6-3.

“The mindset going into tonight’s game was that we definitely wanted

SIDEBAR

Badgers, Mavericks combine for 33 penalties, 18 goals in physical WCHA matchup Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor Agonizing losses seem to come in bunches.

With 20 seconds to go in the game, the Badgers were in need of a score after giving up an early lead. Wisconsin couldn’t create any offense to secure the win and faced a heartbreaking loss.

Luckily for the men’s hockey team (4-4-0, 3-3-0 WCHA), they had another game to even things up with the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (4-4-0, 3-1-0 WCHA).

On both Friday and Saturday night, Wisconsin took an early 3-1 lead over Nebraska-Omaha.

While they were unable to protect such an advantage Friday night, losing 5-4, the Badgers held on Saturday night, winning 6-3.

A total of 18 goals were scored in the entire series — of which only one goal was scored in the second period per game by the winning team — the amount of goals was minimal when compared to the multitude of penalties.

In the two game series both teams combined for a total of 33 penalties. On Friday night alone there were 19 penalties, 15 of which came in the first period. For a comparison, Wisconsin only managed 22 shots on goal in that

FIAMMETTA, from 10 grace normally would provoke questions regarding the leadership on this team, but even the most brief look at Wisconsin’s four captains seems to debunk them.

Wilson, though far from perfect against the Buckeyes, put the Badgers firmly in the national title picture and very nearly avoided this midseason collapse with two stellar late comebacks on the road. Bradie Ewing, reliable as ever, played one of his finest games in Columbus, providing a tremendous safety blanket for Wilson in the passing game in addition to usual wellrounded contributions.

Aaron Henry and Patrick Butrym continue to lead as necessary and produce without much fanfare, though they’ve clearly

game.

Friday night, six of the games nine goals were power play goals, four of which were in the favor of the Mavericks.

Head coach Mike Eaves attributes the loss to UW’s poor penalty kill.

“When you give up four power play goals yeah,” Eaves said. “We blocked some shots, we did some

“It’s nice to get some wins in all the things that we’ve been going through because it gives us good motivation to stay on course.”

Mike Eaves Head Coach

decent things, but the details in the end allowed them to score some goals that’s what we have to shore up.”

“In college hockey, there’s a lot of special teams that comes into play. … [Friday night] we didn’t kill off enough penalties, and that resulted in a loss,” sophomore defensemen Frankie Simonelli said.

Saturday night the special teams play swung in favor of the Badgers, as sophomore forward Mark Zengerle started the night off with a shorthanded

anchored their respective positions.

Perhaps a different picture has unfolded behind the scenes, in the locker room, than the one that’s been painted under the spotlight of the

Wilson, though far from perfect against the Buckeyes, put the Badgers firmly in the national title picture and very nearly avoided this midseason collapse with two stellar late comebacks on the road. media. Speculating any further is an injustice to a team that nevertheless has put itself in position to have something to play for in November and December. With some

goal 7:52 into the first.

Simonelli netted the Badgers lone power play goal of the night with 15 seconds left in the first, putting UW on top of UNO 4-1 with two periods of play left to go.

“We play with, ‘You go if you got the ice,’ and we got the ice,” Zengerle said. “It was going to be a one-on-one, and [Tyler Barnes] kind of jumped it.

He did a great job selling the D-man and the goalie too there, and he put it right on my stick and I put it in the 6-foot frame or whatever it is.”

Much like Eaves wanted, those little details were executed in a more consistent and stronger way Saturday night with Zengerle and Barnes leading by example.

“We started doing rehearsals on who can do penalty kills for us,” Eaves said. “Mr. Zenegerle and Mr. Barnes — above and beyond scoring the shorthanded goal — they did a very nice job of showing that they understood what the scheme was when we’re killing penalties.

They were willing to block shots, and I thought they really stepped up.

They got some serious minutes added to their game because of that fact.

That was a real pleasant surprise.”

Youth is no excuse At the beginning of

help — and/or further chaos in the Big Ten — a trip to the conference title game in Indianapolis is indeed still possible, though the Badgers absolutely must win the remainder of their games.

So many questions were born Saturday night, and a few more answers likely would provide a little relief for a fan base that is aching for some.

With that said, the most concrete takeaway from this weekend is obvious.

For all the promise this season appeared to hold, the Badgers were just not for real.

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. Where does this team go from here? Share your thoughts with him on Twitter @ mikefiammetta and be sure to follow @BHeraldSports for all the latest Badgers news.

the season, with all his Badger cubs in tow, Eaves would have been more than happy to end the first month at .500.

Now that he’s seen what his team is capable of doing on the ice and the amount of goals they’ve scored — 28 goals in eight games — and multiple moments of tough play beyond their years, Eaves believes his team was capable of more than just an average month.

“I think if somebody would have said that before the first month started, I think we would have taken it, especially considering the youth that we have, the untested goaltenders and all of that,” Eaves said. “ …

We’re learning quickly. It’s nice to get some wins in all the things that we’ve been going through because it gives us good motivation to stay on course.”

As for the players, they’re trying to shed the youthful image. Rather than using it as an excuse — which was one thing even Eaves cited during Friday’s postgame press conference — the players want to move beyond it.

“We’re trying to get rid of that right away,” Zengerle said. “We don’t want the term ‘young’ to be an excuse for us. We want to grow and get as good as possible. We’re trying to swipe that label off us as we speak.”

to jump out and have the same start as we did last night, which we did,” Simonelli said. “We sharpened up our penalty kill a little bit and cracked down on the details and had more success tonight.”

In the words of Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves, the two

“The mindset going into tonight’s game was that we definitely wanted to jump out and have the same start as we did last night, which we did. We sharpened up our penalty kill a little bit and cracked down on the details and had more success tonight.”

Frankie Simonelli Defenseman

games were eerily similar. Game one had an even faster start with the Badgers’ Derek Lee scoring an openingminute goal to put Wisconsin up 1-0, and just more than three minutes later, Barnes was able to find the net off a fantastic spinning pass from the left circle by Zengerle to make it 2-0.

Less than 30 seconds later, aggression hit

its peak for the series when UNO’s Zahn Raubenthheimer put a devastating back check on Wisconsin’s Ryan Little, leading to his ejection from the game and several punches thrown between the teams near center ice.

The Badgers were awarded a power play after a lengthy delay to determine the outcome of the play, and the Badgers cashed in, increasing their lead to 3-0 less than six minutes into the game.

From that point forward, the game was all Nebraska-Omaha.

The Mavericks would outscore the Badgers 5-1 over the final two periods, three goals in the third period alone.

Four of UNO’s five goals were of the power play variety, the last of which came with 21 seconds to play, capping off a furious comeback to give UNO its first lead of the game and the win 5-4.

After the game, Eaves pointed out that an upper-body injury to junior Derek Lee was a huge loss for Wisconsin to overcome on the fly.

“The lead was early, it was 3-0, then 3-1,” Eaves said. “I think the turning point was when we lost Derek Lee; we lose a junior, center iceman.

It was on a power play and penalty killing. In the second period we are trying to find the right mix and who can play with who, and it took us out of our rhythm a little bit.”

Sports Editor Mike Fiammetta sports@badgerherald.com

10

The Badger Herald | Sports | Monday, October 31, 2011

WISCONSIN

29

SPORTS 33

OHIO STATE

Zhao Lim The Badger Herald

For the second week in a row, one of Brad Nortman’s punts was blocked, leading to seven points for the respective week’s opponent. Nortman has 25 punts this season for 1,019 yards, an average of 40.8 yards per punt. Nortman has only punted half as many times as UW opponents, who have punted 51 times this season.

Similar horrors strike Badgers in Ohio RECAP

UW falls to OSU, 33-29, in similar scenario to last week’s heartbreaker Elliot Hughes Sports Content Editor COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second week in a row, torments continued for the Wisconsin football team: a blocked punt and a late comeback squandered by a lastsecond touchdown pass upheld upon further review.

Ohio State freshman quarterback Braxton Miller threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Devin Smith with 20 seconds remaining to defeat Wisconsin 33-29 Saturday night at Ohio Stadium.

For the second week in a row, the Badgers lost a road game on a touchdown pass of 40 yards or more with just seconds left.

“It was another heartbreaking loss for us,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “Our kids never quit.

They’re

going to be tested in an unbelievable fashion after the last two weeks. I can’t describe the feeling of having to face those guys after all they’ve put in.”

While last week’s loss to Michigan State nearly ended all hope for a national championship, Saturday’s defeat puts Wisconsin (6-2, 2-2) three games behind first-place Penn State in the Big Ten Leaders Division. The Badgers also share that spot with Illinois and Ohio State (5-3, 2-2).

Miller finished the game, completing seven of 12 passes for 89 yards

and one touchdown and also ran for an additional 107 yards and two scores.

UW quarterback Russell Wilson completed 20 of 32 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns, while the Wisconsin backfield was held to only 89 yards rushing. It was the first time Wisconsin was held to less than 100 yards rushing since Nov. 21, 2009, against Northwestern, who capped the Badgers at 99 yards.

Miller, on the other hand, contributed to an Ohio State rushing attack

that accumulated 268 yards. Running back Dan “Boom” Herron led all rushers with 160 yards on 33 attempts (4.8 yards per carry) in his second game back from a six-game suspension.

On the game-winning play, Miller avoided two potential sacks as he scrambled toward the right sidelines. Just before crossing the line of scrimmage, Miller heaved a deep pass to Smith, who had slipped past the UW defense and caught the ball in the middle of the endzone between defensive backs Marcus

Cromartie and Aaron Henry.

An official’s review confirmed that Miller never crossed the line of scrimmage.

“I was to the field, so I really didn’t get a good look of who was on the backside,” Henry said, referring to Smith, who had crossed over into Henry’s half of the field on the play. “I was just kind of quartering up my zone. … Braxton Miller threw back across the field — across his body, scrambling — and it was

who easily caught the pass for a 40-yard touchdown with 20 seconds remaining in the 33-29 Buckeyes victory.

The stunning loss comes one week after the Badgers lost to Michigan State on a 44-yard Hail Mary as time expired. That game was heartbreaking in its own right — Wisconsin’s national title hopes were dashed, quarterback Russell Wilson’s Heisman Trophy hopes were essentially ruined and the Badgers’ perfect season was annihilated.

Saturday night in Columbus?

Heartbreak only begins to describe what happened to Wisconsin.

“I guess we always believe that everything

happens for a reason, and these things are just so overwhelmingly negative,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “I know we’ve got great kids, and unfortunately this is a learning experience that the only way you get it is to go through it.”

Cruel and unusual as Ohio State’s final score seemed, Wisconsin should have seen the writing on the wall.

For the second consecutive week, the Badgers’ opponent blocked a Brad Nortman punt that resulted in a touchdown shortly after.

Wilson, though his final numbers of 20-for-32 passing, 253 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions painted an impressive

picture, struggled with his accuracy, missing many more throws than he had in any other game to date.

Running back Montee Ball, despite finishing with a healthy 5.0 yards per carry average with 85 yards on 17 carries, took a while to truly get going — along with the rest of Wisconsin’s rushing attack.

For the first time since the Nov. 21, 2009, game at Northwestern, Wisconsin was held under 100 rushing yards. Ohio State, despite its unranked status, was buoyed by the seventh-highest crowd in Ohio Stadium history (105,511) in stifling the nation’s No. 5 scoring offense (47.4 points per game).

“You can tell Ohio State’s

pretty good. Defeating some blocks, it was tough to get the edge on them all day,” Bielema said. “We tried to get some plays going inside and outside, and they were very, very good. They’re a solid football team defensively.”

Also similar to the Michigan State game was how Wisconsin began the game, winning the opening coin toss and electing to receive yet again. Against MSU, UW scored a touchdown on its first drive. Saturday, the Badgers were stifled after a four-play, 27-yard drive.

After stopping Ohio State on its first drive, Wisconsin developed an eightplay, 69-yard drive that culminated in a 22-yard pass from Wilson to Ball.

Ohio State did not score until 2:25 remained in the second quarter, on a 39yard field goal from kicker Drew Basil. Wisconsin was fortunate to take a 7-3 lead into halftime but clearly disappointed with its lack of offensive production.

“I think that they came out with some big stops,” Wilson said. “In terms of lacking urgency, you don’t want to go too fast all the time. You want to make sure that everybody’s clicking, everybody’s on the same page — especially when you’re playing away, you want to make sure everybody’s understanding everything and what’s going on the field.”

HORRORS, page 8

SIDEBAR

Wisconsin repeats many mistakes from 33-29 loss to Michigan State Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor COLUMBUS, Ohio — Halloween weekend was truly horrific for the Wisconsin Badgers.

For the second consecutive week, a last-second heave to the endzone felled No. 15 Wisconsin (7-2, 3-2), as Ohio State (5-3, 2-2) freshman quarterback Braxton Miller evaded the UW pass rush, rolled right and lobbed the football to a wide-open Devin Smith,

MISTAKES, page 8

Enthusiastic postseason hopes simply illusions Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wisconsin’s first trip to Ohio Stadium since 2009 was so cruel to the Badgers that you’d have to wonder if some sort of karmic revolt conspired to shatter the hearts of Bret Bielema & co. one more time.

In the span of one week, the Badgers have plummeted from a team with national title aspirations, and a quarterback with Heisman Trophy hopes, to one

wondering how far it can sputter with the wheels fallen off and the season having taken the worst possible turn.

But for all the misery that, for whatever reasons, struck a team and a fan base so gosh-darn happy to finally have a seemingly elite squad that would once again carry Wisconsin to the BCS promised land, there are very clear reasons why it was all a flash in the pan. The Badgers, for all their sheer brilliance through the season’s first six games, are simply not as good as everyone thought.

It was absolutely so exciting for Wisconsin to get behind Russell Wilson and drive the RussellManiaXVI Heisman campaign, and the fact

that a Rose Bowl berth was suddenly designated as Plan B is a resounding testament to the progress this program has made over the past two years.

And while a return trip to Pasadena remains scarcely feasible, the Badgers’ first two true road tests of the season proved that this team just wasn’t ready for actual upper-echelon status. Calling them “fraudulent” is likely a bit excessive — they did fall by a combined 10 points in two of the toughest environments in the country — but the Badgers showed over the past two weeks that all the illusions of grandeur envisaged in Madison really were just illusions.

The statement reeks of

cliché over-simplification, but to a great extent, it’s true — legitimately great teams win on the road.

Squads “destined” for postseason greatness do not allow two blocked punts in back-to-back weekends, on the road in the heart of the Big Ten schedule. Teams that finish atop conference standings and computer rankings follow up on quick starts; they don’t get outscored 26-0 in the second quarters of two games after opening the first quarters with 21 unanswered points.

The realizations discovered Saturday night in Columbus are harsh, and the numbers only bolster their sting. Wilson finished 20-of-32 for 253 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions, but

he missed more throws than he had in any game (as a Badger) to date.

Montee Ball, despite finishing with a 5-yardsper-carry average, was held to just 85 yards and one touchdown rushing and receiving respectively.

Wisconsin’s rushing attack as a whole mustered only 89 yards, the first time the Badgers have failed to eclipse the 100-yard mark since Nov. 21, 2009, at Northwestern.

Wisconsin even exited Ohio Stadium with a plus-one turnover margin, though its greatest miscue — the blocked punt in the third quarter — proved more critical than any negative play from Ohio State. The blunders committed by the Badgers over the past two games

have been so monumental that it’s a wonder they were able to mount desperate comebacks not only once, but twice.

That speaks to the unmistakable talent on this team, but it also highlights a sizable void that, until it’s filled, will bar Wisconsin from maximizing its potential.

The Badgers lost so much following the Rose Bowl — J.J. Watt’s mesmerizing ability to produce in the biggest moments and his sheer willpower, as well as the aggressive leadership on and off the field of Gabe Carimi and John Moffitt — that it’s kind of a wonder national title hopes once seemed so genuine.

The abrupt fall from

FIAMMETTA, page 9