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After being held under 100 rushing yards for the first time since 2009,, Wisconsin is looking for answers this week. | 16

Following the accidental death of a UW electrician in July, the university introduced new plans for tougher safety measures | 5

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Landlords given controversial rights Assembly passes bill allowing personal tenant information to be required for rent Samuel Schmitt News Reporter A bill that gives landlords more leverage in tenant agreements by altering 25-year-old housing ordinances passed the Assembly last night.

The landlord bill was introduced by Senators Frank Lasee, R-De Pere, Pam Galloway, R-Wausau and Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, and affects several Madison housing ordinances that involve security deposits, apartment showings and renter’s protections.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the bill would have a significant impact on

the working relationship between landlords and tenants.

“All the rights evolved in Madison in the last 25 years will go away,” Resnick said.

According to the bill, security deposits will no longer be limited to one month’s rent, check-in and check-out forms will not be required and landlords will not be obligated to include photos or an itemized list for any deductions from a security deposit because of damages.

Landlords will also not be required to give 24 hours notice to tenants in order to show an apartment — it will now be reduced to 12 hours notice, and there will be no restrictions on entry to show the apartment. In the past, landlords were limited to three hour increments, three days a week to show apartments, according to the bill.

Owners can also now

require Social Security numbers and deny renters on the basis of income, according to the bill.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he believes the legislation will have a detrimental effect on all renters, but students will be especially affected.

“A lot of students don’t have much negotiating powers because there are not a lot of vacancies,” Verveer said. “They won’t think twice about the money in the deposits.”

Verveer emphasized that the thousands of students who live off campus are subject to the most adverse effects from poor handling on the landlords’ part.

Executive Director of the Madison Tenant Resource Center Brenda Konkel, which helps students avoid mistreatment from landlords, said she has many concerns about the bill. She expressed concern

for the international students who do not have Social Security numbers as well as for students whose parents do not pay their security deposits.

Still, those in favor of the bill said it provides landlords with necessary protection.

Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, said the bill seems like “common sense.”

“Why would we want to discourage people from making money by renting?” he said during debate on the Assembly floor. “Renting to good people and knowing they’ll take care of your property is important. Why wouldn’t you think we should be able to ask people how much they make and whether they’ve committed a crime?”

Madison Chief of Police Noble Wray also stressed the importance of

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Changes to Landlord-Tenant Law Protects a landlord’s right to: • Obtain personal information of prospective tenants • Consider a prospective tenant’s personal information as far back in time as desired • Show properties on 12 hour notice and enter into a rental agreement with a prospective tenant while a current tenant resides there

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Committee reconsiders Union redesign plans Danielle Miller News Reporter Following a recent student vote against a proposed redesign project of the student theater lounge addition to the Memorial Union, members of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Design Committee considered their next steps in moving the project forward at a meeting Tuesday night.

The Associated Students of Madison referendum asked students to vote on the proposed glass extension to the existing theater in the Memorial Union and found a majority of students voicing opinions against the proposal. The committee is now faced with options to move forward with renovations that coordinate with what students want and the preservation of the

historic building. Speakers laid out concerns during the meeting’s open forum with an overwhelming sentiment among speakers in support of the student vote rejecting the lounge design and favoring protection of the building’s architectural integrity.

Speaking against the referendum, Dierk Polzin, who has been an employee at the Memorial Union for 35 years, said

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Cast members Shannon Prickett and Aldo Perrelli perform in the Nov. 1 version of the University Opera’s La Bohéme.

The production ran last Friday and Sunday, with its culminating performance Tuesday for the UW School of Music.

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the committee’s redesign proposal was overreaching. “[The committee] overstepped with the Union Terrace ‘glass box,’ and I think that was pretty obvious with the student referendum,” he said.

The results showed students voted down the lounge design with 50.24 percent support.

One option presented by Student Project Manager Colin Plunkett was to

revisit the plan presented in the 2006 referendum that would have erected a glass wall under the current canopy.

Committee member John Staley, who serves as a University of Wisconsin faculty and staff representative, proposed the possibility of moving the existing glass of the building outward to keep the same lines and shape of the building as is.

Union Associate Director Hank Walter said the new plan should incorporate better accessibility to the theater balcony on the second floor. Currently the balcony is inaccessible to students and faculty, remaining locked except for private events. UW students and committee members Katie Ruocco and John Skic voiced their

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GOP senator opposition could stall redistricting Tori Thompson News Reporter Although state senators introduced a bill Monday that would put controversial district redraws into play for potential senator recall elections in the coming months, one Republican senator has spoken out against the bill, posing a potential roadblock for its smooth passage in the body.

Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, announced his opposition to the bill Monday, which Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said could block the bill entirely from a passing vote in the Senate.

The bill would move up the date the new boundary lines go into effect, which Schultz has said would allow voters to recall him that were not the original

constituents to put him in office.

“I’m not going to vote for it because the people who sent me to Madison are the ones who should decide whether I ought to be recalled or not,” Schultz said.

Without Schultz’s opposition, Heck said, the bill would still pass in committee, but would not pass in the state Senate, where the Republicans have a one-seat majority.

“Schultz is absolutely right [in his opposition of the bill],” Heck said. “The voters of these districts were told they would be changed in November of 2012.”

According to Heck, the redistricting bill, which passed with its original enactment date over the summer, draws up new districts that favor Republican candidates.

This bill is an attempt to give the Republicans

an advantage before the general elections in 2012 and a response to threats of recall.

Andrew Welhouse, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said the bill is a necessary measure and would clear up confusion before recall elections could take place.

“There were a lot of questions about what representation means,” Welhouse said. “This bill was an effort ... to clear up a lot of issues and a lot of those unanswered questions.”

Currently, Wisconsin has one district with more than 35,000 above the average requirement and one with 19,000 people below it, Welhouse said.

He said elections cannot be run well with districts that are not constitutionally proportional.

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Debate erupts surrounding affirmative action legislation Adrianna Viswantha News Reporter

Matt Huppert State Editor In a marathon Assembly meeting Tuesday night, House members were split along party lines as contention rose surrounding a last minute proposal which would make it harder for minority students to receive a higher education grant.

Late into Tuesday’s Assembly meeting, an amendment proposed

by Rep. Peggy Krusick, D-Milwaukee, to a bill on enrollment requirements for talent incentive grants in higher education was met with scorn from fellow Democratic representatives.

Krusick’s amendment would prevent the Higher Education Aids Board from granting a talent incentive program grant to a student based on their status as a minority. These grants are

limited to no more than $1,800 for an academic year.

Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said Republicans were purposefully ignoring the committee process on this particular amendment, which he called an abuse of power.

Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, said the amendment was “just plain racist.” He said the measure would succeed in preventing minority groups from receiving jobs they

would have been eligible for if they had been able to afford higher education.

With the elimination of a minority based determination, Rep. Joan Bellwag, R-Markesan, said a student of any race would have an equal opportunity to receive a grant.

As of a 4 a.m. press time, the Assembly floor was in recess for a Democratic caucus on the measure.

Legislators also debated the appointment method for the University of Wisconsin

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Board of Regents and whether or not constituents in certain areas of the Capitol should be allowed to have cameras and video recorders in light of the recent revelation to allow concealed weapons in the building.

An Assembly bill introduced by Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, and other members of the Aseembly expands the appointment of members to the UW System Board of Regents. The bill passed in

hearings Tuesday.

David Giroux, spokesperson for the Board of Regents, said the board has taken a position in favor of the bill.

According to Giroux, the government appoints 16 of the 18 members of the board, including two student members.

The exceptions are the Superintendent of Schools and the Wisconsin Technical Colleges Board President,

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Overture Center staff members gathered in front of the City Council Tuesday night to express their disappointment concerning the council’s previous decision to reduce the center’s budget and urged the alders to increase funding to support local art.

Although the city promised the nonprofit Overture Center Foundation a $2 million budget in December 2010, Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposed Executive Operating Budget for 2012 only allocates $1.35 million. Council members later proposed to add $500,000 to that, but the proposal was denied.

Beth Racette, who ran community programs at Overture for 15 years, said the Overture staff has been working with staff shortages for a very long time.

“The current economic model does not support fine art,” she said.

Racette said Overture offers a wide range of programs that people from various economic levels could attend. She

added Overture often gathered public input.

She said the state has been reducing art into economic equations, which she alleged has resulted in the distortion to the truth of what the Overture Center stands for. She said studies show the Overture is an economic engine in the city and county.

She added that Overture also serves a cultural purpose in the community.

“Art allows us to know more about ourselves,” she said. “Art allows us to know more about others.

Art allows us to laugh and cry. These are essential acts and qualities for a democratic society,” she said.

She asked the council to keep its commitment to Overture’s development, arguing the center cannot sustain any further cuts.

Steve Head, an employee of the University of Wisconsin School of Education, also asked the council to support Overture’s budget as much as possible.

“When people come to Overture they bring their communities with them,” Head said. “I know it

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Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, considers the arguments brought in front of City Council Tuesday night when members of the Overture staff brought to light the body’s failure to provide the $2 million budget it had promised the center in December 2010. Mayor Paul Soglin has only allocated $1.35 million in his budget. makes a difference.”

Apart from the public hearing, the council members also held discussion on a proposed amendment which motioned to exempt certain properties in James Madison Park from the shoreline parks referendum requirement.

According to the Department of Planning & Community & Economic Development, all public parks in Madison that border lakes or waterways will be protected as public open space.

Voter approval by city

referendum is required for any change in the legal status of and before beginning or continuing major construction in any of these public parks, according to the department.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, opposed the change.

“On a fairness basis, properties should be equal in consideration,” she said.

“I think you should treat them equally.”

However, Ald. Steve King, District 7, was “100 percent against the referendum.”

“We are the ones who were called to make decisions,” he said. “I don’t think we should shift responsibility by sending it back to the public on legislative matters.”

The motion was approved.

The council also took time to show gratitude to veterans and families for their contribution to the country and the community.

Ald. Paul Skidmore said Madison is home for about 12,900 veterans.

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REDISTRICTING, from 1 Welhouse also said with new district maps already drawn out, using the old maps would lead to citizens being confused about who represents them.

Still, Heck alleged the bill was “terrible” and “confusing” for voters.

He said the nature of the bill is very partisan and primarily meant to assist Republicans in the potential recall elections presumed to be approaching. “[The Senate] has designed a very

Republican bill that confuses voters and makes it very easy for Republicans to win any recall elections that may occur,” Heck said.

Heck said support of the bill could harm some Republicans’ reputations with their constituents and warned Republicans should be thoughtful in their thought process when determining whether or not to pass the bill in committee.

Schultz resonated Heck’s concerns and said those who support the bill could face negative campaign ads alleging

Republicans cared more about protecting their own jobs than creating and protecting jobs for Wisconsinites.

The vote was tabled today and will not be voted on tomorrow, Heck said.

“There’s uncertainty that the vote would pass in committee,” Heck said.

“This was a move by the Republicans to earn time garner more support for the bill.”

Heck said he predicts the bill will fail.

credit information,” Wray said in the letter.

“A drug conviction, for example, can wreak havoc on a neighborhood and decrease quality of life.”

Associated Students of Madison Legislative Chair Hannah Somers voiced concern for student welfare in the bill’s aftermath.

ASM has adamantly worked to oppose the bill and sponsored a student call-in to their representatives last week.

“It is definitely going to negatively impact renters, especially student renters,” she said. “It makes it all the more important for students to know what their rights are.”

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LANDLORDS, from 1 knowing a potential tenant’s legal background.

In a letter to Vos, Wray expressed his support for the bill and said it would have a positive impact on the Madison community, Vos said.

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Tensions were high Tuesday night as members of the public interrupted the Assembly meeting on allowing cameras in Capitol galleries. Dozens have been arrested so far for violating the ordinance.

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Giroux said the Board would not be affected very much by the new legislation.

The bill requires one citizen member from each congressional district of Wisconsin to serve on the board.

“We have nearly full representation already,” Giroux said.

He said only one or two districts are currently not represented.

Giroux said he has served 11 years on the UW System Board of Regents, and has observed boards appointed by both Republican and Democratic governments.

He said regardless of which party holds the power, regents have done a very good job of representing all of Wisconsin.

“All members have served the university as very strong advocates and have represented it very well,” Giroux said.

Although members from districts centered around Madison and Milwaukee have historically held more seats on the board because of their large populations, they have all worked hard in the past to represent the state as a whole, Giroux

said.

Another pressing issue in the Legislature Tuesday night was possession of cameras and video recorders in viewing galleries in government hearing rooms.

According to a statement released last week by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a dozen protestors were arrested last Thursday for filming and holding up signs in the gallery during the Assembly hearing.

Members of the public were also arrested Tuesday night during the Assembly’s meeting because of camera violations. There was also a large presence of state patrol officers present in the gallery throughout most of the meeting.

FOIC said the Open Meetings Law of 1977 gives observers the right to film or photograph a public governmental meeting, so long as it does not interfere with the proceedings.

FOIC President Bill Lueders said the arrests of observers with cameras violates the Open Meetings Law. He said he is calling upon members of the state Legislature, as well as law enforcement to uphold the law in this situation.

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November rolls in Native American recognition Beginning of month encourages campus push for improved cultural education Olivia Raedeke News Reporter As Halloween festivals came to a close and a warm fall day rolled in the beginning of a new month, Nov. 1 marked the start of National Native American Heritage Month, which will be celebrated on campus through a mix of cultural events still in the scheduling phases.

According to Aaron Bird Bear, a recruitment and retention specialist at the University of Wisconsin

School of Education, the Native American community on campus consists of about 300 students and 24 faculty and staff members.

Bird Bear said these individuals use the month as a means to celebrate the variety of cultures brought together by the university.

“Native American Heritage Month is a catalyst for the small American Indian campus community at the University of Wisconsin to organize and celebrate our many cultures,” said Bird Bear.

From these students, a Native student organization, Wunk Sheek, was spawned to organize events to educate the UW community about

the various histories and cultures of indigenous peoples today, Bird Bear said.

Bird Bear added this group serves as a learning experience for everyone, allowing students within it to learn about other Native American cultures outside of their own.

“Of the 564 federallyrecognized American Indian and Alaska Native nations, more than 40 are represented in our campus community,” Bird Bear said.

Last year, Wunk Sheek coordinated a beading workshop to educate students on different arts and crafts, said Ryan Young, the group’s cosecretary, in an email to The Badger Herald.

Young added that while the student organization does not currently have a set list scheduled, other organizations will be putting on movies throughout the month.

Bird Bear said UW students also have the opportunity to take two Native American languages to connect both indigenous and nonindigenous students to these cultures through the UW curriculum.

Young said he believes Native American issues should be recognized outside of just these 30 days.

“As much as I respect that we have a month for native heritage, I believe that education about Native Americans should

not be specific to just the month of November,” Young said.

Young also spoke on native appropriation to be seen around the UW campus, especially following this past Halloween weekend and previous year’s Freakfest pictures. Some examples Young listed include “headdresses,” “war paint,” “brown clothes with fringe” and “moccasins.”

The campus, Young said, should also recognize the importance of education on the culture’s history.

“Everyone wants free education, but not a lot of people try to learn something new in their free time,” Young said. “I also feel that this month, while positive in promoting the

education of our history, continues to push us back into history books and not show current native issues.”

Young mentioned the need to break the assumption that all natives were killed and pointed to a rise in unemployment, suicide, alcoholism and illness rates for indigenous peoples as concerns warranting further community education.

November was declared National American Indian Heritage Month in 1990 by then President George H.W. Bush after the first American Indian Day in May 1916, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs website. Since 1994, the name of the month has changed several times.

CRIME in Brief PARK STREET

Robbery

Battery

According to an MPD report, two masked men, one wearing a hockey mask and the other a ski mask, attacked a woman from behind on Saturday afternoon.

While the 18-year-old woman resisted their efforts, the suspects stole her wallet.

The two robbers then jumped into a car described as a rusty blue pickup truck that was driven by a third man.

While walking down the 100 block of North Park Street early Saturday morning with his friends, a 20-year-old University of Wisconsin student was punched in the face and sent to the hospital with injuries that required several sutures.

The victim alleged a friend of his was attacked by the suspect’s group, and the victim then stepped in to defend his friend, a Madison Police Department report said.

The suspect was then arrested for aggravated assault, the report said.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said these types of incidents often lead to controversial outcomes.

“Maybe the moral of the story is don’t try to be the peacemaker, but a lot of times in these incidents, the victim is certainly not to blame whatsoever,” Verveer said.

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E. WASHINGTON AVENUE Robbery Monday afternoon, a woman wearing a “Scream” mask unsuccessfully attempted to rob a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on East Washington Avenue.

According to the MPD report, the store manager was able to escape into a back office before the woman could steal anything.

While there has not yet been an arrest, police are

looking into this case as a possible connection to another recent robbery of a nearby nail salon.

“To avoid these kinds of crimes, I suggest being aware, paying attention to your surroundings and staying in well-lit areas,” Ald. Larry Palm, District 15, said.

E. WASHINGTON AVENUE Robbery In a possibly related incident, a woman wearing a “Scream” mask walked into Myle’s Nails on East Washington Avenue on Saturday afternoon with the intention of robbing the business, an MPD report said.

However, the patrons inside the salon locked the doors in an attempt to keep the woman from escaping.

According to an MPD report, the woman circumvented their efforts by throwing a gold Buddha statue through the window and escaping through the hole it had left in the glass.

No arrests have been

made, but detectives are following up on strong leads and looking into this as a possible connection to the KFC attempted robbery, the report said.

WASHINGTON AVENUE Weapons Violation While riding a Madison Metro bus on Sunday afternoon, a 13-year-old girl was amused by the sight of a fellow passenger wearing a cowboy hat that had a plastic penis emblem affixed to it.

The man gestured to a holstered silver handgun on his hip and told the girl not to “mess with him,” an MPD report said.

Later that day, the girl and her boyfriend ran into the man again at a bus stop, and he removed the gun from his holster and showed the weapon to the teenagers.

A concerned citizen saw there was a gun involved and called the police.

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UW explores new campus safety policy In light of recent staff electrocution death, officials review precautionary measures, look to implement changes Julia Skulstad News Reporter Following the electrocution of a University of Wisconsin employee this past July, officials are planning out detailed changes to be implemented across the campus to protect students and employees.

After reviewing the university’s current practices, the UW Environment, Health and Safety Department is in the process of creating new safety enhancements and re-emphasizing longstanding practices on campus, according to a UW statement.

Paul Umbeck, director of EH&S in the division of Facilities Planning and Management, said numerous changes are being made as a result of the death of UW electrician Brad Krause.

According to the UW

statement, there has been a decline in the number of reported incidents caused by electrocution or electricity-related incidents on campus over the past decade, but more work still needs to be done.

Umbeck said he believes reviewing standard operating procedures and reconstruction of training and education procedures are of utmost importance regarding changes to safety enhancements.

The university is working on better risk and hazard assessments, he said, and is planning to review possibly outdated documentation. Umbeck’s department is looking at current standard operating procedures to see what needs to be updated, specifically pertaining to problems where policy lacks the ability to address individual issues physically met by workers in the field.

UW officials have also

agreed to review the electric shop’s existing electrical safety policy and personal protective equipment policy for the shop, the statement said.

They have also agreed to evaluate and perform written hazard assessments for selecting personal protective equipment and use for shop employees, while at the same time hosting training sessions for employees on a more regular basis.

“Supervisors and campus safety officials will document a minimum of 12 work-practice observations to evaluate compliance with health and safety requirements,” the statement said. “Officials will [also] arrange for first ID and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation training for electrical shop employees.”

Umbeck also said there is great importance in improving policy and training because of

variation of the design and age of buildings on campus.

The department is integrating three new training sessions this week regarding safety in the field, and sessions will focus on understanding risks and proper use of personal protective equipment, he said.

“We’re committed to do whatever is needed to avoid a recurrence of a situation like this,” John Harrod, director of the UW Physical Plant, said in a statement. “These measures are needed to make sure that everyone has the safest possible work environment and values a culture of safety.”

According to Umbeck, university officials hired an outside master electrician to conduct training and are also working on electing an electrical journey safety officer to assess high-risk documentation and review

State faces redistricting bill suit Latino group files against GAB, alleging proposed legislation minimizes minority vote Illona Argirion News Reporter An immigrant advocacy group in Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against state election officials on the basis that the newly drafted district map unfairly weakens the voice of a growing minority group in the Milwaukee area.

On Monday, Voces de la Frontera — a Wisconsin leading immigrant rights group — filed a federal lawsuit seeking a declaration that Wisconsin’s newly approved legislative redistricting map deprives the Latino community of Milwaukee’s south side of an effective voting majority in the eighth Assembly district.

The lawsuit was filed

by Voces de la Frontera and Latino community members Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez and Erica Ramirez, according to a statement from the group.

“As a result of the

redistricting plan, Latino citizens have less opportunity than other members of the electorate to participate in the political process and to elect candidates of their choice to the Legislature of Wisconsin,” the lawsuit said.

In an email to The Badger Herald, Reid Magney, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, said the newly passed redistricting would come into effect for the regularly-scheduled elections, and therefore, the new districts would first have an impact in November 2012.

According to Magney, the GAB is aware of the lawsuit but has not yet been served. Although the details of the trial are therefore still not known, Magney said while the Legislature draws the district boundaries, in the event of a legal challenge, the GAB is the defendant in the lawsuit.

The statement said the

number of Latinos on Milwaukee’s south side has risen dramatically.

“The population of the Latino community on Milwaukee’s south side had increased by 44 percent, to the point that it was sufficiently large to support a geographically compact single legislative district with a majority of voting age Latinos who are citizens of the United States,” the statement said.

“The Walker redistricting plan reduces that potential majority to just over 40 percent and demonstrates intent to deprive Milwaukee’s Latino community of a voting majority by dividing and diluting our community’s vote.”

There are some legal precedents in place to make certain that the minority voters are not diluted too much, such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden said, but otherwise there are very few restrictions.

Burden said the effect of redistricting on minority groups depends on who is drawing the lines.

“The two basic options are to ‘pack’ minority voters into a common districts or ‘crack’ them between two or more districts to dilute their influence,” Burden said.

This occurs because Republicans are in charge of the current redistricting process in Wisconsin, Burden said.

Because Latinos and African Americans tend to favor Democrats, he said the GOP has no interest in maximizing minority voter influence.

“It is complicated — or maybe simplified — because partisanship and demographics tend to go together. A map that favors Republicans is also one that discounts the impact of minority voters,” Burden said.

“Courts have to be convinced that only partisan factors are at work and not attempts to weaken minority voter influence.”

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Members of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Design Committee met Tuesday to discuss the opposition it received from students to its proposal for the “glass box” extension on the student lounge/theater during last month’s Associated Students of Madison referendum. The group went back to the drawing boards and will further consider proposals made Tuesday at the committee’s next meeting. Members raised concerns on how to make the reinvestment design more cohesive to student needs and provide more facilities for student usage.

UNION, from 1 concern in regards to study space for students.

While Skic said it is important to have adequate space for students, Ruocco questioned whether the space will be somewhere students think of when they need a place to study and to what extent students would be made aware of the space.

Tom Smith, UW

Alumni Representative for the committee, raised further concern for the functionality of the lounge.

“The theater has never had adequate space with regard to refreshments during intermission … if that’s being thrown out the door it’s a waste of money and resources,” he said.

Walter agreed, arguing refreshments were not expected as part of the

theater experience in the 1930s when the current design was drawn up, but said that expectation has since changed.

Design principal Del Wilson spoke to the committee about options available in a new design and the relationship of the existing building with an addition.

He suggested that variations be designed for the current proposed plan and that by looking

into alternatives, the renovation would cost less money to build.

In a meeting with the campus architect, Wilson discussed letting the curve of the building be exposed and reducing the square footage of the design. The committee closed the meeting after deciding more alternative plans would be drawn up to incorporate the suggestions made Tuesday night.

procedures. “[This is a] huge step forward for the campus to improve high-risk safety,” he said.

Umbeck said the campus mourns Krause’s loss and said this occurrence has brought more attention to safety. “[This] has brought safety closer to the forefront of work on campus, [making this] positive in the sense that it has called all of us to get together to make sure this does not happen again,” Umbeck said.

Krause was repairing lights above the Mills Concert Hall in the Humanities Building in a confined area before he was killed, according to the UW statement. He was not wearing properly insulated gloves, which resulted in his electrocution around 4:10 p.m. on July 26. Krause was later pronounced dead at UW Hospital at 5:15 p.m.

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4HE "ADGER (ERALD ASO to that moment when you go to write on someone’s wall only to ďŹ nd out that you have been defriended. bitchessss SO to Catalina the zoo 360 ta, you are my favorite invasive exotic

0ROUD TO BE YOUR NEIGHBOR SINCE

SO to the dead cat on the roof on Dayton that we lovingly call RooďŹ e.

While it’s been fun watching you decompose since May, the fact

that your mummiďŹ ed skin is now starting to fall o is a little more than disturbing. Please don’t stay there all winter, because I’m afraid to know what you’ll look like after you unthaw in the spring.

ASO to the guy in my physics discussion who chews/chomps on his gum like a horse. I swear, if you don’t STFU I will personally remove that glob from your mouth myself. Disgusting? Yes. But hey, if you can cross the line, so can I. ASO to the fact that Halloween weekend in Madison single-handedly brings down my GPA every fall semester. SO to the fact that I’d never trade my Halloween weekends in Madison for those grade points.

ASO to College Library.

You rent iPads, and I have gotten nothing done in the past three days SO to one of my new favorite past times being browsing the UW Dean’s List for people I know.

ASO to realizing almost everyone I know is too stupid/slacks too much to be on it.

SO to the girl who ran full speed into a taxi cab door on University Friday night. I’ve never seen someone’s entire body stop so fast. You never could

have seen it coming, seeing as the passenger door opened the second your reached it. It was like watching a scene out of Zombieland when Tennessee uses his door to take out running zombies. Way to take it like a champ and get up after taking probably the hardest hit of your life!

ASO to crazy TA graders. A simple slash or checkmark will do. No need to cross out my entire answer. It just makes me feel extrastupid.

SO to the extra pep in my step while walking to class today. Did I ace my midterm? Nope.

Did I have mind-blowing sex last night? Nope.

I’m listening to Michael Buble’s Christmas CD, sucka.

ASO to the broskis behind me in Calc 211.

In a 50 minute class period you managed to accumulate $10+ in debt to the douchebag jar.

HUGEEEE SO to the three guys dressed as stormtroopers standing on the bridge over University this afternoon waving at cars. You reminded me why I love Halloween so much. I almost got into a wreck trying to honk and wave at you but it would have been worth it.

Made my day.

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WORLD

NEWS IN BRIEF

ASIAN STOCK MARKETS CONTINUE LAWYERS REPRESENTING PRISONERS DOWNSLIDE OVER FEARS GREEK AT GUANTANAMO SAY GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC RESCUE PLAN MAY FAIL VIOLATING ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks continued to slump Wednesday, as fears intensified that Greece might reject a controversial austerity plan to rescue its economy and default on its massive debts.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index tumbled 1.9 percent to 8,665.20. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 1.3 percent to 19,114.04. South Korea’s Kospi index sank 1.4 percent to 1,882.24. Australia’s S&P ASX 200 index lost 1.2 percent to 4,181.40.

Benchmarks in Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia also fell.

A wave of selling swept across global markets Tuesday, a day after Greece’s prime minister said he would

call a national vote on an unpopular European plan that would result in painful tax increases and drastic welfare cuts to rescue that nation’s economy.

If the European rescue plan falls through and Greece defaults on its debt, the ripple effect would be global.

Europe could fall into recession, hurting a major market for American exports, and banks could severely restrict lending.

The Dow fell 2.5 percent to close at 11,657.96 on Tuesday. It was the biggest drop since Sept. 22. The S&P 500 lost 2.8 percent to 1,218.28.

The Nasdaq composite dropped 2.9 percent to 2,606.96.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Lawyers appointed to represent some of the most notorious prisoners at Guantanamo Bay accused the U.S. government Tuesday of making it impossible for them to do their jobs by improperly reviewing all communications between them and their clients.

Lawyers for six of the “high-value detainees,” including prisoners facing war crimes trials for the Sept.

11 attack, sent a letter to a senior Pentagon official urging him to overturn what they said were new policies that violate attorney-client privilege.

The lawyers said in the letter that

officials are reading attorney-client communications, which they assert is illegal, violates legal ethical guidelines and will halt the war crimes proceedings that are supposed to resume soon at the U.S. base in Cuba.

“The review and censorship of legal materials will effectively grind litigation to a halt by barring legally required attorney-client communications,” the lawyers wrote in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.

The letter is signed by nine defense lawyers, seven of whom are active military officers, and is addressed to Deputy Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs William Lietzau.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONTROL RIOT VIOLENCE THAT MARRED SUMMER

REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN LIBYA MARK NEW LEVEL OF PERSONAL SCORE-SETTING THROUGH PUBLIC SHOOTING

NIGERIAN COURT DENIES MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY CLAIM OF FRAUDULENT ELECTION PRACTICES

LONDON (AP) — Britain will roll out programs pioneered in the United States to tackle gang violence as part of the country’s response to summer riots in which hundreds of young people committed arson, looting and attacks on police officers, the government said Tuesday.

Though a government report released last week showed that fewer than one in 10 people arrested for riot-linked crimes were gang members, Britain’s Home Secretary Theresa May said 10 million pounds ($16 million) would be used to guide young people away from crime in 30 of the country’s worst affected areas.

In the immediate aftermath of the unrest, Prime Minister David Cameron had blamed “opportunist thugs in gangs” for coordinating the violence and looting during the August riots that raged over four nights across England. He asked May and other ministers to work on a new strategy for tackling gangs.

Last week’s report showed police believe gangs “did not play a pivotal role” in the unrest, but ministers say a new strategy is needed to help young people at risk.

“We need to change the life stories of young people currently ending up dead or wounded on our streets or locked in a cycle of re-offending,” May told lawmakers.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Groups of Libyan fighters involved in a personal feud exchanged fire at a major hospital, leaving one dead and five wounded over two days of battles, the hospital’s security chief said Tuesday.

It was one of the most serious cases of personal score-settling by revolutionary forces since they toppled the regime of Moammar Gadhafi late last month, capturing and killing the former dictator.

Libya is awash in weapons, and the country’s interim leaders have promised repeatedly they would collect them, now that the eight-month civil war is over. However, the government has not followed through, and rival military commanders jockeying for position appear reluctant to be the first to have their fighters disarm.

The most recent incident began Sunday with a clash in a Tripoli neighborhood between fighters from the towns of Zintan and Misrata.

A Zintan fighter was killed and another, from Misrata, was wounded and taken by his friends to Tripoli’s Central Hospital, said Abdel Nasser alMohandes, security chief at hospital.

Gunmen from Zintan followed their Misrata rivals to the hospital.

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An election tribunal on Tuesday dismissed the main opposition party’s challenge over fraud claims in the April presidential election, revalidating the ruling party’s win in Africa’s most populous nation.

The Congress for Progressive Change’s election lawsuit failed to cast reasonable doubt on the results that handed victory to President Goodluck Jonathan about six months ago, said Judge Kumai Akaas, who led a panel of four judges that reached an unanimous decision.

“The petitioner did not discharge the burden of proof, even on the balance of probability,” Akaas said.

Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari’s party challenged the results of the April 16 vote soon after the nation’s election body announced that Jonathan had won 22.4 million votes.

The election body said Buhari had come in second place with 12.2 million votes, with the results giving Jonathan enough votes in at least 24 of Nigeria’s 36 states to avoid a runoff.

The opposition vowed to appeal the ruling.

ISRAEL TAKES MILITARY STANCE AGAINST ATTACKS FROM GAZA, EGYPT CONTINUES WORK ON TRUCE TO END VIOLENT STREAK JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has authorized its military to take all necessary steps to stop rocket fire from Gaza, including a ground operation, an Israeli military official said Tuesday, as Egypt worked on a truce and said Israel had agreed to delay stepping up its response.

The Israeli government decision stopped well short of ordering tanks to roll into Gaza, and it appeared unlikely that would happen, as rocket fire all but stopped over the past day. The official said the decision authorized the military to act in accordance with the severity of Palestinian attacks, meaning that a ground offensive would be ordered only after massive rocket fire.

The Israeli official spoke on condition of anonymity because no

statement was made.

Egypt’s ambassador to the Palestinian Authority said Tuesday that Egypt obtained an Israeli pledge to hold its fire while efforts were under way to persuade Palestinian militants to stop the rocket barrages.

This is the third case of Egyptian diplomatic involvement with Israel over the last month, after two prisoner exchanges. Israel has been concerned that Egypt’s new rulers might toughen their line on Israel in accordance with widespread public dislike of the Jewish state despite a 1979 peace treaty. Egypt’s diplomatic activity might calm those concerns.

The sudden spike in violence began when militants in Gaza started firing salvos at Israel late last week, and Israeli retaliated with airstrikes.

AMERICAN-EDUCATED PROFESSOR STEPS INTO NEW ROLE FOLLOWING LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A U.S.educated engineering professor with little political experience is Libya’s new prime minister, a choice that could reassure Western nations that helped topple Moammar Gadhafi and Libyans who consider many prominent figures tainted by links to the former regime.

Abdurrahim el-Keib was chosen late Monday by Libya’s National Transitional Council, winning 26 of 51 votes. He has two weeks to appoint a new interim government that will clear the way for the drafting of a constitution as well as general elections.

El-Keib, who now lives in Tripoli, said he would ensure that Libya respects the rule of law.

“We guarantee that we are after a nation that respects human rights and does not permit abuse of human rights. But we need time,” he said late Monday after being elected.

He replaces outgoing interim Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, who had pledged to step down after the fall of Gadhafi’s regime.

El-Keib holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University and joined the teaching staff of the University of Alabama in 1985, according to a biography posted by a former employer, the Petroleum Institute in the United Arab Emirates. El-Keib also taught at North Carolina State, the biography said.

Eric Wiegmann The Badger Herald Design

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SO to being pregnant Beyonce. ASO to everyone thinking I was just pregnant.

SO to all the awesome walk of shames. Halloween... the joy you bring all of us.

ASO to getting to the point of facebook creeping when you say outloud to yourself ‘WTF am I doing!?!?’

For example, I just realized I was looking at the profile of my boyfriend’s stepmom’s sister’s husband. WTF AM I DOING!?!?

SO to Tommy in my English class. We eye fuck constantly. Drinks at Vintage on Friday?

ASO to crushing on someone who’s somewhat famous on campus, making it so that you know a lot more about them than they know about

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you. How can any interaction NOT be awkward?

SO to the highlight of my days being when I get to eat somethingspicy and to anyone else that feels this way. DSO to Siracha.

SO to this city being the easiest game of Where’s Waldo ever.

SO to the badger guy who blew a kiss to a middle aged woman in her car when she honked at him for crossing the street when she had a green light. Hilariously classy.

SO to whoever left the two nickels in the vending machine in college. I don’t have any cool story saying I was ten cents under what I needed but whenever I am, I will remember you. do da da da.

ASO to the girl who just ran over a traffic cone while on her moped. Seriously!? I mean come on, there are enough jokes about women being bad drivers with cars but that cone was like the size of your moped! Get off your iphone!

SO to the guy on Mills who snuck up behind his girl when she had her headphones in, making her scream, “HOLY FU!#*NG SH*T!!” loud enough that concerned people riding the 80 came out to look. At first me and my friends thought we’d have to Catch a Predator with your ass, but then saw you two were together and LOFAO. Funniest/ cutest shit ever.

(Highly Impressive) HISO to the pirate chick who gave an incredible right hook to

the guy that grabbed her ass, then proceeded to say “touch me one more time”. I have never seen a 6’3” man piss his pants. Legitimate props to you.

SO to my five year old nephew playing Mario Cart. Hearing him start singing “We are the 3 best friends that anyone could have” after yelling “Get it like a man!” Literally has me laughing in the other room.

SO to the boy dressed as Harry Potter at the party I was at last night. You looked exactly like Daniel Radcliffe, and I gladly would have headed back to Gryffindor tower with you.

SO to Jimmy John’s for always coming fast.

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SO to the girl screaming at her boyfriend and crying hysterically outside Barnard.

I’m really sorry you clearly weren’t having a good night but thanks for being damn entertaining. DSO to sitcomlevel shoutfests being played out in costume, thanks Halloween.

ASO to puzzles. I like crosswords, I’ll even do the occasional Sudoku or Kakuro. Women though? I’d rather it made sense. DASO to my Downtown/ campus, heated/ un- love life. derground parking $150/month at the Embassy 505 University SO to the Madison Mud Ave. Parking also available for run, especially the $90/month at 431/435 W. John- team dressed as chickson. Call 608-256-7368 for more ens, with Farmer McDoninfo or stop by the Embassy ald watching over the office. flock.

ASO to waking up this morning and not feeling like p diddy. I don’t know how the real kesha does it.

SO to the cute guy in my mechanical engineering lab. You’re adorable. Sincerely, the only girl in the class.

ASO to realizing that when students write unclearly about something complex their professors say their essay was ‘poorly written,’ but when someone published writes unclearly about something complex professors say the essay is ‘hard to read,’ which implies that it’s important and intellectual. Double standards, guys, double standards.

SO to eight pizza Henry

the group of who piled into a delivery car on and Wilson last

night. That wasn’t a taxi.

ASO to Random Girl walking down Bascom just now who exclaimed “I am so neurotic! I finished a 6 page paper 1 day before it is due”. Good news: you aren’t neurotic! Bad news: you are just a crappy planner/student SO to my Lapras for always seeming to survive with 1hp. I love you man. ASO to choosing to battle the Elite 4 over the battle with my bio textbook..

SO to the guy in the banana costume at Freakfest being chased by two guys in gorilla costumes. DSO to him yelling “I DON’T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE!!!” as he ran for his life.

SO to my dad who, when I was freaking out about tests and career choices, told me to just take a shot and go to bed. Daddy says...

SO to learning how to Bucky, Acing tests and getting lucky.

It’s jumping around and Sweet Caroline, Teams of champions and athletes, so fine.

This is 4 years of crazy, stressful, and drunk, Paying the rent and sharing a bunk. I love it all and sure wouldn’t trade To be a Spartan and never get laid. So Badgers, cheer on for red and white, Come follow me by the moon’s shining light!

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Opinion

Editorial Page Editor Allegra Dimperio oped@badgerherald.com

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Herald Editorial 1,379 percent ridiculous The Associated Students of Madison has drawn no shortage of ire from this board in the past and will likely continue to do as much in the future. But the current session’s chronic inability to establish itself as even marginally relevant to the student body is a feat not seen in recent years.

ASM’s Coordinating Council, comprised of committee leadership and Chair Allie Gardner, has put together an internal budget dangerously out of touch with student interests and wasteful of student dollars.

This is embodied clearly in a request for $100,000 for training from ASM alumni.

Proposed changes to the

budget include: Gutting all but a dollar from a $75,000 commencement speaker fund, withdrawing a combined $40,000 sponsorship of the All Campus Party and Homecoming, slashing funds for the Textbook Swap — one of the few programs visible to students — and sinking $25,000 into travel and membership in the United States Student Association, an organization of dubious efficacy.

Perhaps one of the most face-palmingly frustrating items is the proposed “training from alumni.” Total training and orientation appropriations approved for the current session

of ASM total $7,250. The Coordinating Council’s proposed budget maintains current funding for ASM’s various bodies, but tacks on the aforementioned alumni item to the tune of $100,000 — a 1,379 percent increase.

While more direction and guidance for ASM leadership would be more than welcome given the currently proposed budget, throwing $100,000 in student dollars at the problem is not going to fix it. ASM already pays 11 professional staff, over half of whom are dedicated to training and advising.

The students in ASM leadership positions ostensibly have an interest in improving this campus

institution and the wider campus. To incentivize former campus leaders to perform a job they should already be doing is a disservice to University of Wisconsin students and those leaders with a vested interest in seeing student governments after them succeed.

It’s no secret political grudges and personal animosities arise between sessions of ASM. These differences must be put aside. Outgoing leaders instructing their predecessors in procedure and protocol is an effective and cost-free method to ensure stability from session to session.

Training, or lack thereof,

should not be defined or directed by perceived differences in leadership style.

If training by alumni is deemed truly necessary, ASM needs to ensure that those currently in leadership positions cannot use this generous allowance to facilitate cronyism from session to session between political allies or current members.

Student Council should take a critical look at their responsibility to students as they debate the Coordinating Council’s recommendations tonight, just as students should take a critical look at the priorities of those who represent them.

Alex Brousseau

Signe Brewster

Carolyn Briggs

Editorial Board Chairman

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Jake Begun

Allegra Dimperio

Taylor Nye

Ryan Rainey

Editor-at-Large

Editorial Page Editor

Editorial Page Content Editor

Editorial Board Member

Weekly non-voting Community Members Brandon Williams | Former ASM Chair

Adam Johnson | Former ASM Vice Chair

Ed i t o r i a l B o a r d o p i n i o n s a r e c ra f t e d i n d e p e n d e n t l y o f n e w s c o v e ra g e .

MCSC needs cooperation for funds Alex Brousseau Editorial Board Chair The Multicultural Student Coalition is an extremely important student organization on campus that has seen quite a bit of press recently, showing its forcefulness in dealing with the Associated Students of Madison and the Student Services Finance Committee. However, the controversial and callous nature of its actions has turned many people sour toward the group’s cause, and rightly so.

The controversy began when MCSC requested a budget of $1.27 million and turned in its waiver application —necessary to overcome the $250,000 funding cap — several

hours after deadline.

After being denied funding, MCSC asked for an extension to finish its budget in case SSFC’s decision was overturned by the Student Judiciary.

Finally, MCSC missed the deadline to file an appeal through SSFC’s internal review process.

MCSC attributed these missteps to the racist and Eurocentric nature of the student government’s internal procedures.

Personally, I understand its argument that ASM and SSFC’s procedures are steeped in white supremacy.

After all, parliamentary procedure and our very own United States government were created by a group of white men whose ideals were anything but politically correct for our time.

However, while I am sympathetic to the group’s grievances, its members are going about trying to change the system in the most awful way possible.

Instead of proposing a new system of government or trying to enact any meaningful change from within the organization, the leaders of MCSC are refusing to follow the rules and chastising SSFC members as racist when they get denied funding.

Things like deadlines and forms are simple things to follow. However, MCSC has missed several deadlines and has refused to follow the necessary forms and procedures, saying that certain questions were “Eurocentric” and “white supremacist.”

It is not through lack of effort by SSFC members that MCSC continues to miss deadlines and not follow the rules. Members of SSFC have personally contacted the leaders of MCSC many times in an effort to ensure they understand SSFC’s procedures and to understand their point of view. However, their efforts to help have only been met with a cold shoulder by the

organization’s leadership.

To put it bluntly, MCSC needs to get its act together if it wants to be taken seriously. While I understand acceptance in an inherently white-dominated organization is not what the members are striving for, they are going to need it if they want funding in order to spread their message.

MCSC should — like other organizations which do not receive funding from segregated fees — get money through other funding streams this year. It should then step back, take a hard look at its organization, and come back next year with a revised and more effective plan of tackling its perceived racial problems in SSFC and ASM as a whole.

MCSC is a student organization which could have a tremendous impact on our campus in a profoundly great way.

However, as long as it continues to ostracize outsiders and throw around

Taylor Frechette The Badger Herald

MCSC member Nneka Akubeze argued before SSFC for an extension on a budget deadline. The group originally protested itemized budgets as inherently racist. the word “racist” like we do “newspaper,” it can never hope to accomplish its goals, no matter how important or noble.

Alex Brousseau (abrousseau@badgerherald. com) is a second year law student.

Laws should be much stricter on multiple OWI charges Matt Jeffers Columinst In the late hours between Friday, Oct. 29, and Saturday, Oct. 30, two Wisconsin men were arrested on individual counts of drunken driving. They were repeat offenders, and between them they had ten “operating a vehicle while intoxicated charges.” These drivers, while surely not wanting or intending to kill other people, have a greater chance of doing so given their repeat history of negligent driving. It could very well have been that this past Friday night instead of just having another OWI conviction that they would also have

a manslaughter charge against them.

The inability to drive even moderately OK while intoxicated has been proven without doubt, and this fact is, of course, reflected in the statistics. In 2009 alone, there were 251 fatalities caused by drunken drivers on Wisconsin roads, which accounts for slightly less than half of the vehicle-related deaths in Wisconsin.

The problem of drunken driving is preventable but not by making more anti-drunken driving commercials.

Let us return to those gentlemen who between them received ten OWI convictions and ask: How is it even possible to get five-plus OWIs? It is possible to get many OWIs because the current Wisconsin laws easily allows it. Consider that on the second offense, your license is suspended for up to 18 months; on

the third, fourth, fifth and sixth offenses, your license is suspended for up to three years. That is right; there is no increase in maximum license suspension between the third and sixth offense.

The maximum period that your license can be suspended in the State of Wisconsin following an OWI (omitting the occurrence of any other charge) is three years. If you commit a homicide while you are intoxicated, you will then have the terrible inconvenience of having to wait five years before you can receive a license again.

Shouldn’t it be that someone who has killed another person while driving drunk has his or her license revoked for the remainder of their days?

Assuming, of course, that the death was legitimately the person’s fault, how can the State justify giving a license to an individual that has operated a

vehicle so negligently that he or she killed somebody because of it? One may ask, “How will they get to work or travel?”

Public transportation, taxi systems, friends and family, etc. are options.

What should not be an option is letting somebody whose driving has caused a death get back behind the wheel.

Turning back to the issue of repeat offenders, is it really a good idea to have a three year maximum restriction on how long an individual’s license can be revoked?

Certainly for the first offense it is reasonable to have a maximum period of license revocation of a year or so. This is in light of the idea that people make mistakes, especially when they are young and that a few nights in jail and a license revocation will drastically affect their behavior and outlook.

However, it seems that the second and

third offenses ought to be much greater periods of revocation and punishment. Every time an individual is driving drunk, he is threatening the lives and well-being of all others on the road, and repeat offenders clearly show a great risk of being drunk on the road often. After the fourth OWI offense, should an individual really be allowed to get his license back? It is certainly apparent that after a fourth offense, this is going to be a lifelong issue for this person. Allowing them back on the road is just unnecessarily risking the lives of others and is morally irresponsible.

An additional provision that ought to be included is that the penalty for operating without a license should be severe for individuals who have a drunken driving record. The level of severity should be

directly proportional to the number of OWI offenses that one has. This provision is necessary to support the effectiveness of the law. Nobody would take license revocation seriously if the penalty for driving without it was mild or just a mere fine.

The laws have one good provision. It involves mandatory Interlock Ignition Devices, which require that individuals with OWIs cannot operate their vehicles without undergoing a breathalyzer test.

However, this is one of the few sensible policies under the law. The current drunken driving laws and punishments do not accurately reflect the seriousness and destructiveness of this crime and ought to be changed.

Matt Jeffers (mjeffers@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in philosophy and economics.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The

life legacy and

of

Brendan Scanlon a week after Brendan’s death, at a Madison funeral home off Odana Road. The stolid, generic art on the walls was replaced with Brendan’s work, transforming the place into a gallery.

“We never called it a funeral, basically,” Bill said.

“A celebration of his life.

Unbelievable. I mean, almost 800 people showed up, including a huge crowd from Chicago.”

That contingent arrived the night before the service, and by the morning, Brendan’s father explained, they had made sure all of Madison knew why they were there.

“A lot of them went out and put up ‘SOLVE R.I.P.’ all over the place around the neighborhood,” he said. “A controversy arose because of the tagging. … There are people that are just assholes. They came out of the woodwork, but of course that generated a lot of support.

It was like, ‘Come on! What does it hurt to put … ” “’SOLVE’ on the sidewalk,” Eileen finished, leading the room into a pregnant, contextual silence.

Lin Weeks ArtsEtc. Content Editor Brendan Scanlon sits on a striped couch in a plaid shirt that is stained with orange paint.

He is holding rolling paper; an ice cream pint container is balanced in his lap. One hand dips into the container and comes out with a short handful which he sprinkles into the paper with precision. He rolls, licks, lights, inhales and speaks.

“When I was a little kid, I would, like, write on shit. You know, the whole crayon on wall thing, and Mom’s all like, ‘Aaahhhh!’ And then, when I got a little older and I was still a kid, I would write on shit.” He goes on. “Where I grew up, spray paint was readily available. And you’re like, oh, wow, look. This is a lot bigger. It’s, like, better.”

Scanlon is not identified as such in the video, uploaded to YouTube 11 days after his death.

His face is cut off at the eyes, an amateur documentarian’s attempt to obscure his identity.

Scanlon tells the camera he currently makes art on the streets of Chicago, under the name “SOLVE.” Has he ever been arrested? Yes, recently.

“For graffiti-related things.”

From somewhere offscreen, he produces a book called “Street Art and the War on Terror.” His work has been featured there, but it was misexplained in the caption.

The photo shows a helmet atop a rifle stuck to a black utility box. It is not a veiled criticism of our military-industrial society, as the book would have it, but something much more simple and pure. It is the classic battle cross, minus the boots. It is a tribute to the fallen in sticker form.

There is a full-sized version of that work just inside the front door of Bill Scanlon and Eileen McGlynn’s house two blocks south of Willy Street. They point it out, like proud parents ought to, and they explain how they knew Brendan would be an artist even before he did.

“I guess you would say he always thought outside the box. I don’t know if that was his distinct personality or just being the youngest. He wanted to challenge everything,” McGlynn said. “Just challenge authority and ask ‘why?’ He was very intellegent, as well as creative. I used to volunteer in his classes when he was younger, and his teacher said, ‘I’m just not sure what to do with Brendan. He can act like he’s not listening.

He’s engaging students while I’m trying to teach, and then he raises his hand and he knows the answer.’”

Bill Scanlon concurred his son showed creative inclinations from an early age.

“He connected to music ... when he was in grammar school, yet,” he said. “And he stuck with it ‘til the end, really.”

But in terms of visual art, Brendan didn’t find his groove until his junior year of high school at Madison East. He did some tagging — straight, unartful graffitti — in middle school, but that was more a reflection of an adolescent seeking thrills or fighting boredom than a measure of

All photographs courtesy of Bill Scanlon and Eileen McGlynn

artistic expression.

An inspiring art class had a profound effect on Brendan’s life, though, according to Bill Scanlon.

“Once Brendan started to take art classes at East High, and thanks to the excellent art teachers he had there, it was like a light turned on in his head,” he wrote in an email. “At that point, he started to be a happy person and was able to start to plan how he could lead his life following his passion.”

That passion led Brendan to the Illinois Institute of Art in downtown Chicago, from which he graduated in 2007 with a degree in visual communications. He secured a job as a graphic artist with an advertising firm after graduation, but by that time he had developed a second, more nocturnal, hobby as a guerilla artist: first under the name “Urban,” and later using “SOLVE.” The Chicago police were not the only ones that noticed; Brendan’s work had a legitimate following in both the underground art scene and with an attentive portion of the

general public.

For a life so defined by intricately planned works of art executed in secrecy, Brendan’s death was starkly random and public. Early in the morning on June 14, 2008, Brendan and several friends were hosting a party, when, Bill and Eileen said, a group of neighborhood thugs broke in on the action.

As Bill explained, it was not the first time that group had crashed a party Brendan was attending, so perhaps that is why, according to a Chicago Tribune report of the case, Brendan initiated a fight with a member of the crew.

Moments after, while fleeing the scene, Brendan was stopped, pinned and pummeled in an alleyway. The fight should have ended there, but a man named Kirk Tobolski wielded an intricately-decorated switchblade he had received as a gift for his birthday just days before. Sickeningly eager to use it, Tobolski stabbed Brendan in the chest, killing him on the spot.

Tobolski was arrested within the hour. He was convicted

of second degree murder this summer and sentenced to 12 years in prison, with a possibility of parole after six.

Madison freelance writer Emily Mills remembers the mural at Mother Fool’s on Williamson Street. The artist Ben Bauman painted Brendan’s smiling face in highcontrast color, looking into the distance, on the right side of the coffeehouse. Down to the left were seven multicolored “SOLVE” tags. Mills had read articles about his death, but the size and beauty of the mural made her think about its meaning.

“Clearly he’d had an impact,” she said. “People liked him and liked his work, and he had a pretty good network of people not just in this area but out in Chicago too. … It was an awesome mural, and I wanted to find out who this kid was that someone had gone to the trouble.”

Bill and Eileen remember the funeral service that took place

In an interview with a frequent collaborator, published posthumously on www.urb. com, Brendan talked about one of his projects. Disgusted with the ugly electricity boxes that dominated street corners in his neighborhood — he felt blank spaces like that were “an obscenity,” Bill said — Brendan began to paint them in bright greens, pinks and purples.

Then, the next night, he would come back and add contrasting polka dots, lending a festive atmosphere to the concrete cityscape.

“I love the idea of this completely ridiculous thing going up in the city,” Brendan said in that interview. “Because the city is so serious, people are going and doing their business, and you have to rush from here to there … I think it’s kind of a stop and smell the flowers thing, like hopefully people will stop and get a smile out of it.”

If Brendan has a legacy, it is two-fold, and it is summed up perfectly by that statement. His personality left a lasting impact on people, and he wanted to change the way people think about art. Take Emily Mills — after seeing the mural at Mother Fool’s, she did some research and started a blog to catalog the street art all over Madison, which remains active today.

Or take the hundreds of people worldwide that have posted “SOLVE” tributes, thanks to an initiative by his friends and parents to send stickers bearing his name to anyone that asks. The stickers are up in six continents, but when asked what message they hoped the project would convey, Bill and Eileen struggled to settle on a specific answer, like the question had missed an obvious point.

It probably had. In all likelihood, the decals do not carry any complicated message about the politics of art or the state of the world. Rather, their meaning is far simpler and more pure. They are street art in memoriam, a tribute to the fallen in sticker form.

Eric Wiegmann The Badger Herald Design

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Florence, Machine assemble second hit album Strong vocalist, band prove to be efficient producers of quality baroque-pop sounds Josie Bonefas ArtsEtc. Writer Florence + the Machine truly is a machine at creating great albums.

Florence Welch’s voice shines especially in the band’s newest album, Ceremonials, which came out Tuesday.

The lead single from the album, “Shake It Out,” is catchy and inspirational.

It is a feel-good song that audiences of all types will definitely enjoy.

Reminiscent of “Dog Days Are Over,” the lead single from Florence + the Machine’s 2009 album Lungs, “Shake It Out” stays true to the band’s style from its previous work.

However, the song is not something that fans have already heard from the band.

This song is sure to be a hit on the radio and a fan favorite. It is the type of song to pick the listener up

after a rough day, but it can “Never Let Me Go” and also be enjoyed simply for “No Light, No Light.”

These songs were all quite its likeable melody.

Welch’s unique voice catchy and had classic floats through the melodies Welch intensity in the and produces an intense vocals.

Welch demonstrates tone to nearly all the songs singing talent, on the album. Fans will her not be disappointed with showcasing her wide range the quality, as the band and distinctive lyrical succeeds in delivering presentation. The listener many memorable and cannot help but smile powerful songs that when listening to these listeners can get excited tunes, and longtime fans will definitely about. want to listen Overall, the to these over style of the and over album grows Meaningful lyrics again. from what plus a hauntingly The lyrics has been seen beautiful melodic in “No Light, in Florence + No Light” are the Machine’s line is the equation for the particularly previous interesting. album. ideal song.

The meaning However, of the song is fans will still be content in hearing the special and powerful. The band’s ability to maintain song describes a struggling its unique sound within the relationship, and this is music world. Many of the a song that listeners can songs have a nice beat to relate directly to their them, with cool backbeats lives. This is not always and intense vocals. Welch the case for Florence + Machine’s lyrics; brings her dramatic flair the to all the songs, so there is sometimes they tend to hardly a dull moment on be cryptic and somewhat obscure. Meaningful lyrics the album.

Certain songs definitely plus a hauntingly beautiful did pop, though, namely melodic line is the equation “Only If For A Night,” for the ideal song, which

Florence + the Machine achieves with this track.

The song “Breaking Down” differs from Florence + the Machine’s typical sound.

The instrumentation is not what the band usually does, and the lyric presentation is less intense than what Welch is usually known for.

The vocals sound breathy, and the note range is not as big as in many of the band’s songs. However, this change of style is not a bad thing; it is good for the band to grow and take some risks on songs.

Whether the band found success in this risk or not is up to each listener’s preference.

The entire album has a good mix of the band staying true to its original style, but also continuing to grow with its sound.

As always, Welch’s vocals succeed in making every song sound interesting and unique, making Ceremonials a great addition to her band’s body of work.

CEREMONIALS Florence + the Machine

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Ethereal band Florence + the Machine follows up the strong showing of its first album ‘Lungs’ with ‘Ceremonials,’ which is already beginning to receive positive critical feedback.

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Exploring health questions from aphrodisiacs to orgasms Amie Kjellstrom Hump Day Columnist

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Despite his past, and paternal personal life, Bob Saget will bring adult comedy befitting friends B.J. Novak and Dane Cook to the Orpheum Friday.

Saget to bring ugly humor to ‘beautiful’ Orpheum theater Though it’s been eons since ‘Full House’ days, fans must prepare for far cruder comedian Sam Berg ArtsEtc. Writer Whether you know him as the single dad from one of the most popular sitcoms of all time, “Full House,” or as a comedian famous for his raunchy style, Bob Saget has become an indelible part of American pop culture.

The Badger Herald got a chance to talk to the prolific performer coming to Madison this weekend.

Saget spoke on his widespanning entertainment career and life as a father of three daughters.

Saget proved his chops at directing at an early age. He won the Student Academy Award at 22 and went on to direct “Dirty Work,” which has since gained a cult following.

“One of my favorite things is directing,” Saget said. “But it takes like a year to direct something.

It’s something I love, but — believe it or not — it’s something I would like to do more as I get older. The more I start to decay, the more I’d want to direct.

But I love acting a lot, and I love stand-up a whole lot.”

Although his work spans from hosting game shows to playing a single dad, Saget sees his current calling to be where he started his career: stand-up comedy.

“Whatever I do, I give 1,000 percent to it, so right now I’m working on a new hour of stand-up. And I love that a lot,” Saget said.

“It’s got a couple of songs from my last special, but pretty much the rest of it is a new hour. And that makes it really fun for me.

Especially coming to [The Orpheum] which I know is

a beautiful theater, which makes my R-rated stuff that much more fun.”

He likes to keep his material fresh and rarely reuses old material.

Occasionally, though, Saget brings out audience favorites to please crowds.

“I do a couple songs because people want to hear — if you can believe it — ‘My Dog Licked My Balls’ because people tend to like it,” Saget said. “And they like ‘Danny Tanner Was Not Gay,’ which was to the tune of the Backstreet Boys’ ‘I Want it That Way.’ So those are things that I kind of have to do because it’s expected.”

The comedian appreciates his start on “Full House” even though it is now tough for him to watch.

‘The more I start to decay, the more I’d want to direct.

But I love acting a lot, and I love stand-up a whole lot. ... Whatever I do I give 1,000 percent to it.’

Bob Saget Comedian “One time one of my daughters was watching [‘Full House’], and I was in a dinosaur outfit. And I was like, ‘Holy crap, turn this thing off.’ I can’t believe the things I did on there,” Saget said. “But, you know, it’s a part of pop culture. It’s a cool thing to be part of.”

He gives the show due credit for his current success.

“It’s really nice that I have — I guess you’d say ‘fan base’ would be the word for it,” Saget said.

“So people already come to the theater knowing they saw me wherever they’ve

seen me do something that made them laugh.

And then they know that I did that, so that’s an extra joke.”

Saget said he enjoys stand-up because of the variety it offers and because his established notoriety provides a helpful foundation.

“For me, it’s more fun to do [stand-up] because it’s an opposite day thing.

Everybody who is 20 years old was eight when [‘Full House’] was on,” Saget said. “People say once people know you then it’s easier to do comedy. And people know me from many things, you know?

They know me from [‘Full House’], they know me from the video thing, (‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’). And then I’ve done a lot of different stuff since then.”

The comedian manages to make time for his three daughters even with his busy schedule, going as far as helping to organize their senior parties in high school.

“On their grad night, [the school] takes the seniors somewhere and they wouldn’t tell them where they were taking them. And I would always set up the show,” he said.

“One year they were saying all my friends — Jeff Ross, B.J. Novak and Dane Cook — would come up and do a set for them. And I would host it and be pretty R-rated and embarrass their friends. …

I’m just really lucky. [My daughters] are three really amazing people. And I’m hoping to have more as soon as we hang up.”

Bob Saget is performing at the Orpheum Theater Friday.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and the performance begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 for general admission. For more information, contact the Orpheum Theater directly at 608-355-8755.

This week, I want to answer some of your questions about sex and health. Don’t worry; I am not going to preach at you. This ain’t your fourth grade puberty lesson.

Are there any health benefits to sex besides just burning calories?

Absolutely! First off, you are right to bring up the fact that sex burns calories — who can complain about that? Did you know you burn just shy of 100 calories from a half hour of moderately intense sex? Ramp it up to fierce, and you will burn about 200 calories. I would take that over the two-mile run any day.

Besides burning calories, there are few more benefits to having sex. Muscles — including the heart — grow stronger, and self-esteem levels increase as a result of having sex frequently.

Orgasm-inducing sex has been proven to reduce stress by lowering blood pressure and cortisol levels in women, increasing health levels overall.

Not only that, but after orgasm, your body releases a hormone called oxytocin. This is sometimes referred to as the “cuddle hormone” because it makes you feel more intimate with your partner, as well as a little sleepy. Oxytocin also signals the release of endorphins, those feel-good chemicals you produce by hitting the gym, so good sex can literally improve your mood.

For women with menstrual cramps, sex can make you feel better. Orgasms cause your uterus to contract, which relaxes the muscles and relieves your cramps. Cool, huh?

If your partner is not comfortable having sex during your cycle, grab a toy and buckle up.

Lastly, did I mention pleasure? One of the biggest health benefits of having sex is getting to know your body and finding the best ways to make yourself feel good.

I am a guy, and I do not masturbate.

People reading this might be thinking “yeah, right,” but I do not really like it that much, and I have only done it a handful of times in my life. So my question is this: Is it healthy for a guy not to masturbate?

First, I want to take a second and commend you for challenging the projected cultural “norm” — the idea that “all guys masturbate, all the time.” You’re doing what feels right for you and your body, and I wanted to publish your question to encourage others to do so as well.

Now, recent studies have suggested — but have not officially proven — that male masturbation may reduce the chances of developing prostate cancer, which could be a benefit of masturbating.

But choosing not to masturbate certainly will not cause prostate cancer — see the difference?

Also, many people claim masturbation helps release built-up sexual tension from not having sex, but if you are not experiencing this “tension,” then choosing not to masturbate is perfectly healthy.

One thing to note: Infrequent masturbation will increase sperm count, which is perfectly safe and may increase your fertility. So, while this is good, if you are in a heterosexual relationship and trying to avoid pregnancy, be sure to take sufficient measures to protect yourselves during intercourse. On the flip side, if you are trying to get pregnant, not masturbating may actually help you and your partner get pregnant more quickly.

Is it true that if I start using a vibrator to masturbate, I will not be able to cum from vaginal intercourse?

Can I really get “addicted” to my vibrator?

While it may take longer for you to orgasm from other forms of stimulation (hands, mouth, etc.) if you get used to using a vibrator to orgasm, your body will continue to respond to stimulation regardless of where it’s coming from — in other words, using a vibrator to climax won’t make you incapable of achieving orgasm from other forms of stimulation.

However, if you are only climaxing by

using your vibrator, you may want to consider incorporating your vibrator into the bedroom with your partner. If you are concerned that your vibrator will ruin sex, think again: It can be a really fun and pleasurable addition to the bedroom.

As far as getting “addicted” to your vibrator, do not fear, my dear. Addiction involves tolerance, which means it would take more and more of something to achieve the same effect.

Vibrators can actually have the opposite effect: Once you learn how to get yourself off with your vibrator, it may actually take less stimulation to achieve orgasm. Yay!

Are aphrodisiacs real? Does my diet have any effect on my sex life?

There is little scientific proof that aphrodisiacs exist, despite many people’s belief that certain foods — chocolate, oysters, strawberries, etc. — can magically increase your libido.

But certain foods do have an impact on your sex life. For example, multiple studies have found that soy, a food that binds estrogen receptors, can help maintain vaginal lubrication. Certain types of chili peppers have also been proven to sharpen nerve endings and to signal the release of endorphins, which can ultimately increase the degree of pleasure you will experience. For men, some foods — kiwis, pineapple, spearmint, green tea and water — will make your semen taste sweeter and lighter.

More generally, it is important to note that your diet affects everything from your mood to your overall level of health. So rather than searching for mystical libidoenhancing foods, you should focus on eating healthy (and exercising) if you are looking to boost your libido. Work on incorporating a good balance of fresh fruits, vegetables and lean proteins into your diet to stimulate stamina and energy levels and to increase overall well being.

‘Til next week.

Amie Kjellstrom is a senior English major eagerly awaiting your sex questions. Hit her up at humpday@badgerherald. com.

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The Badger Herald | Comics | Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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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.

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DIFFICULTY RATING: “No, no, honestly: we did a poll.”

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, November 2, 2011

HUMBLED, from 16 only one.

For center Peter Konz, determining the exact issue that caused the wheels to fall off is difficult.

“I don’t know; it’s hard to pinpoint one thing,” Konz said. “They were very targeted on the run game. They wanted to stop the run game because they thought they had some good guys in their backfield.”

While OSU’s secondary was having a successful night, Ball was still able to break free for a big gain eventually. On Ball’s 40-yard run, Konz set a formidable block so the junior to squeeze up the middle into an open backfield.

Taking it up the middle and straight down the field is a trademark of Wisconsin run game.

But against Ohio State, both Ball and White were

either forced or called to run outside more. Unable to consistently turn the corner and go straight down the field, the run game suffered.

“They were blowing the inside up,” Ball said.

“They were making me move, making me run side to side, which that’s not my game at all. They exploited me there.”

But because of the defense the Buckeyes were showing, Chryst felt going to the outside was the best option.

“I think early in the game, you go off of what you’ve seen,” Chryst said about calling for a run up the middle or outside.

“You try to balance what they do and you try to balance it with the kind of things that fit you as a team. … There were times when it was a little bit of a guessing game.

For example, if they’ve shown a tendency to blitz on the open side

or the field side, just cause you haven’t seen it, every run has to protect against that.”

With the way they struggled on the ground that week and faced a heartbreaking loss one week earlier, the Badgers have no shortage of confidence they can make the necessary adjustments to prevent such an offensive breakdown from happening again — whether it’s for the rest of the season or another two years.

“We just weren’t communicating as an offense as a whole,” running back James White said. “We weren’t executing the plays and it’s going to happen some times, but we’re going out there this week trying to correct those mistakes and get ready for Purdue. “[We need] to stop worrying about the big picture and go back to the little details. That’s what is going to get you as far as you want to go and executing as an offense as a whole.”

White has seen a significant drop in his carries since the beginning of the year, mainly due to the hot streak Ball is on. White only has four touchdowns this season and 474 yards on 85 attempts. He averages only 59.2 yards per game and 5.6 yards per carry.

Saturday night was a rough one for White, who ran the ball five times for a gain of 16 yards.

White’s numbers epitomize the run game against OSU and any time a major factor of an offense is missing, the whole will most likely stumble.

Prior to Saturday night, Wisconsin had rushed for over 100 yards in 22 straight games. Without the legendary ground game, the Badgers simply appear off kilter.

Regardless, Ball knows that as one streak ends, another one must begin.

“We’re going to create another one,” Ball said. “What we’re focusing on is starting fast and [making] sure we get another streak going here.”

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RETURN, from 16 right direction and they go as a group, they are going to be successful.”

The last time the two teams faced each other, Sept. 29, they played to a 2-2, double-overtime finish. The teams needed to overcome heavy rain and wind gusts near 30 miles per hour in the contest.

“Every team usually has a very good weapon, and we tend to deal with those weapons very well.

Obviously, they’ll get their chances and I’m sure [Uhl will] be dangerous, but we’ve always been good at handling these situations.”

Paula Wilkins Head Coach In order to best Minnesota this time around, Wilkins said consistency is critical.

“I think we need to have a quicker start, but, as we’ve said all season, the biggest thing is consistency throughout the game,” she said. “I think we have good splits, and against Minnesota we had a good 15-minute segment in the second half. I think there’s going to have to be longer consistency, and we have to capitalize on opportunities when we get them.”

Although Minnesota’s offense ranks in the middle of the conference statistically, freshman forward Taylor Uhl was recently named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and is coming off a hat trick in the Gophers’ 6-3

MCCUE, from 16 Although it might not be the best time to say this following two brutal losses that crushed the national attention the Badgers were receiving, Wisconsin is starting to earn consideration from big-time recruits across the country. UW is usually able to bring in the best players in the state, including five-star tackle Josh Ogelsby in 2007, but often struggles to bring the best players from other parts of the country to Madison.

For the class of 2012, Wisconsin has already received commitments from six four-star recruits, a noticeable improvement over last year’s three, especially considering that it is barely November.

Perhaps most notable among these top-notch high school players is California native and quarterback Bart Houston, a player who could soon find himself in the driver’s seat of the Badger offense.

With several offers from several Pac-12 schools already on the line, Houston decided to spend his career in the comforts of Camp Randall before the end of his junior year. Likely turning down future offers from the top programs in the country, Houston is a prime example of a player that would likely not have considered Wisconsin just a couple years back.

Another big name pickup for the Badgers in 2012 is tackle J.J. Denman, an imposing character at 6-foot-7, 305 lbs., who turned down the likes of Penn State (his hometown squad), Notre Dame, Miami (Fla.) and South Carolina. Committing to the Badgers just two weeks ago (back when there were still dreams of a national championship appearance), Denman is another player who doesn’t fit the classic mold of a Wisconsin recruit.

Denman signing up to wear the ‘Motion W’ made for three fourstar offensive linemen

win over Nebraska. Uhl also received Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the performance.

Despite the legitimate challenge Uhl poses to the Badgers, senior goalkeeper Michele Dalton, who was named Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year on Tuesday, noted that UW has faced more than its share of offensive threats.

“I would say that we wouldn’t treat [Uhl] any differently than Sarah Hagen, or Maya Hayes, or (Laura) Heyboer; the list goes on. Every team usually has a very good weapon, and we tend to deal with those weapons very well.

Obviously, they’ll get their chances, and I’m sure she’ll be dangerous, but we’ve always been good at handling these situations,” Dalton said.

Defensively, the Gophers are eighth in the Big Ten in goals allowed.

This could turn out to be key, as the Badgers’ offense may find it easier to have success and complement UW’s strong defense.

Interestingly, the upcoming contest with Minnesota marks the latest start time for a UW women’s soccer game this season. With a 7:30 kickoff, Nosbusch said she likes the mindset of playing in a night game.

“I think we’re pretty excited about playing the night game,” Nosbusch said. “It kind of makes the atmosphere a little bit more exciting, and we can usually run a bit longer in night games.”

Also of note, junior defender Lindsey Johnson earned second-team All Big Ten honors, and freshman forward Cara Walls made the Big Ten All-Freshman team.

Freshman midfielder Julia Roddar was also recognized as the recipient of Wisconsin’s Sportsmanship Award.

coming in 2012, as he is joined by guard Dan Voltz and tackle Kyle Dodson. Though finding big, talented bodies for the O-line has never been much of an issue, getting an out-of-state player sought after by some of the best programs in the country shows just how far the Wisconsin program has come. After all, at a school with such a strong commitment to pounding the ball on the ground, perhaps there is no better place to show your ability in the trenches than as a member of Bielema’s offense.

While this recruiting breakthrough can be at least partly attributed to having the right combination of personalities on the coaching staff, it’s also

As the Badgers start to cash in on their recent success, it seems like they are destined to continue to be one of the best teams in the Big Ten. a serious testament to the fact that Wisconsin is rapidly gaining respect across the nation. Before coaches can even think about trying to bring in a player being recruited by the powerhouses of the Big 12 and SEC, they have to prove that their squad can regularly produce on the field.

Critics of today’s overhyped recruiting process may point out that national rankings are entirely subjective and don’t indicate how a player will fare at the college level. For years, UW relied on this notion, signing underrated and overlooked players who couldn’t be happier to sign with a serious contender such as Wisconsin. It’s certainly true that the recruiting system has plenty of faults and is in no way

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Volleyball team longs for NCAAs With 3-year absence following nine consecutive appearances, Badgers eager to return Nick Korger Extra Points Editor It has been a long time for the Wisconsin volleyball team — since 2007 to be exact.

That was the last time the program reached the NCAA tournament, a destination head coach Pete Waite has taken the Badgers to nine times in his 12 years at the helm.

The nine tournament appearances for Wisconsin all occurred consecutively in Waite’s first nine seasons. Waite experienced his highest level of success when he took the Badgers to the NCAA championship in 2000, his second year as the program’s coach.

Lately, however, the Badgers have failed to make the tournament for three straight years.

“I hate to say it, but injuries have really made the difference the last three years,” Waite said. “You have to have a lot of luck as you go along the way to make the tournament. We had a bump in the road when Crystal (Graff) went down this year, but Bailey (Reshel) has filled in nicely. I think we are on track this year; I’m seeing a lot of good things.”

With 64 teams invited to the tournament and 33 of those spots reserved for conference champions, the Badgers have been left out in the cold the last three years because of tough luck in their conference slate. The past three years combined, the Badgers are 18-42, going 7-13 in 2008, 6-14 in 2009 and 5-15 in 2010. This year, Waite’s

indicative of how they will transition to the next level, but signing the big names proves just how valuable playing in games such as the Rose Bowl can be.

After two consecutive 10-plus-win seasons, and another one likely on the way (they can’t lose to Purdue, right?), Badger fans shouldn’t be surprised that UW’s success on the field is attracting the top talent in the nation.

As ESPN announcers tossed Wisconsin’s name around in the national title conversation, they basically offered free advertising for the UW program. Little things like Russell Wilson’s pitch that more players should consider Wisconsin in ESPN’s “Year of the Quarterback: Depth Chart” documentary can have a surprisingly large impact on recruits that are receiving loads of recruiting letters every day.

As the Badgers start to cash in on their recent success, it seems like they are destined to continue to be one of the best teams in the Big Ten. The tear-jerking losses to Ohio State and Michigan State have fans down on the program right now, but there is still plenty to look forward to. Sure, these guys might be nothing more than big names with way too much hype and unreal comparisons attached to their name, but great teams start with great recruiting.

Wisconsin fans have always taken pride in the fact that their program is built on hard-working, overachieving players, but perhaps it’s time for a change of attitude. As Badger fans are starting to expect an annual trip to Pasadena, it’s clear that the reputation of the Bielema’s program isn’t just changing in Madison.

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squad is currently 5-7 in conference, but will need to turn it up a notch if it hopes to sneak into this year’s tournament.

“We’re going to have to rack up a few wins here coming up in conference play,” Waite said. “The good thing is a lot of the teams we’re playing are ranked teams. If we can get those ranked wins, it really boosts you up. With those wins,

“Knowing that I only have one season left after this, I really want to experience getting back to the tournament, especially knowing we have the team and the weapons to get there.”

Alexis Mitchell Middle Blocker you move up in the conference standings, and usually five or six teams from the Big Ten go to the tournament. So we will be fighting and scraping to get one of those top spots.”

A tough conference and consequently difficult schedule seem to be both a blessing and a curse for the Badgers. The blessing of playing in the Big Ten for Wisconsin is in the plethora of ranked opponents the conference provides.

The Badgers have already played

ranked conference opponents seven times, winning two of those matches. Currently, the conference boasts six different ranked teams, making the Badgers climb to a potential at-large bid for the tournament a steep one.

However, the curse for Wisconsin in the upcoming month is its tough schedule.

The Badgers face six opponents ranked in the top 25 in their remaining nine conference contests. Of the six matches remaining on the Badgers’ schedule against ranked opponents, four of them will take place in the the Field House. Currently sitting at one game back from fifth place, the Badgers will need to pull out some upsets at home if they hope to disrupt the current trend of missing the tournament.

“It’s all about us getting back to the way we played when we beat ranked teams like Michigan and Ohio State,” Waite said. “We have to take care of the ball and play tight as a unit. We have to have a single focus of what’s best for the team and what each person can do for the team. Once we do all of that, we can do some great things in this last month.”

In the ranks of the Badgers roster, not one of the 17 players has ever been to the NCAA tournament in her career. For players like Alexis Mitchell, that just adds motivational fuel to the fire to reach that elusive first trip.

“I’m a junior, and my

first two years we didn’t make the tournament,” Mitchell said. “I was a younger, more inexperienced player, so I don’t think that affected me as much.

Knowing that I only have one season left after this, I really want to experience getting back to the tournament, especially knowing we have the team and the weapons to get there.”

For one of the two lone seniors on Wisconsin, this November represents one last chance to taste the postseason.

“I think not being in the tournament and being a senior, knowing this is my last chance, definitely motivates me,” Janelle Gabrielsen said. “The seniors are trying to get that motivation we feel to rub off on the underclassmen. We just have to give it our all these last games.”

The leadership of the senior captains Gabrielsen and Elle Ohlander is something the young Badgers will have to rely on as the team prepares for a gritty last month of the season that will either make or break the Badgers’ tournament dreams.

“It doesn’t matter if you have been to the tournament or not,” Waite said. “If you battle every day in the practices, those results will show up during those weekend matches.

In the next couple days, we have to crank up everybody’s intensity and really have the players battling for each other.”

S PORTS Humbled ground game starts anew Sports Editor

Mike Fiammetta sports@badgerherald.com

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Badgers look to get rushing attack back on track after being held to 89 yards Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor Just less than two years ago, the Wisconsin football team went on the road and was shockingly held to only 99 rushing yards in a very unWisconsin-like manner.

Last weekend against Ohio State it happened Zhao Lim The Badger Herald again, except this time Sophomore running back James White (20) had a quiet Saturday night against the Buckeyes, rushing just five times for 16 yards. Wisconsin was held to

only 89 yards.

For a program like UW that is not only built on the run, but notorious for its bruising running game, 89 yards just won’t cut it.

“Yeah, [it’s] very frustrating,” running back Montee Ball said. “Any running back will say the same thing; of course you want to make the big plays and stuff like that, but you know Ohio State did a great job blowing things up. We hurt ourselves for not playing with urgency.”

Ball has led Wisconsin’s rushing attack and has garnered national

attention for his ability to find the endzone.

This season, he has 18 touchdowns and 853 rushing yards on 142 attempts. He averages 106.6 yards per game and six yards per carry.

But last weekend was a different story.

Ball ran for 85 yards on 17 carries, and almost half of those yards came on a late-game dash for 40 yards. While he finished with one touchdown on the ground and an average of five yards per carry, for most of the game he was averaging

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Wisconsin returns to conference tournament No. 4 UW faces off with No. 3 UMN in 1st Big Ten Tournament appearance since 2006 Tom Guthrie Women’s Soccer Writer With the Big Ten Tournament beginning Wednesday at Northwestern, the fourth-seeded Wisconsin women’s soccer team will face the No. 3 Minnesota Gophers at 7:30 p.m.

Wisconsin last appeared in the

conference tournament in 2006 and holds a 1210-2 overall record in its history of tournament play. If the Badgers are victorious, they will face the winner of No. 1 Penn State vs.

No. 8 Northwestern in the semifinals Friday afternoon. Another win would put UW in the championship game, which will be played Sunday afternoon.

If UW loses, the team will be eliminated from the tournament and must wait for the NCAA tournament selection show, which will air at

3:30 p.m Monday, to see if it earns a berth in the NCAA tournament.

With every game having the potential to be UW’s last of the season, senior forward Laurie Nosbusch knows the Badgers must make the absolute most of its their opportunity.

“I think, for all the seniors, we just want to play every game like it’s our last,” Nosbusch said.

“If we play like that, it probably won’t be our last. So, we just want to go out with desperation and know that we want to remember the game

well and not have any regrets.”

Despite failing to take advantage of earning the three seed after losing to Iowa this past Saturday, head coach Paula Wilkins emphasized that UW still has the power to determine the outcome of its season.

“Their fate is in their own hands,” Wilkins said.

“I’ve believed that all along during the season.

They’re in control of their own destiny. They’re talented enough; I think that if their focus is in the

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Senior Laurie Nosbusch (16) and the Badgers are determined to keep their season and NCAA Tournament hopes alive by taking down neighboring rival Minnesota today.

UW recruiting better than ever Ian McCue McCue’s View While two straight losses have certainly quieted the hype about Wisconsin developing into a premier football program, it’s clear the Badgers are still establishing a national reputation that has them attracting some of the best players in the nation.

Bret Bielema and co. are often known for picking up the guys who are overlooked by the big names of the SEC — the three-star, hard-nosed players — and developing them

into some of the best players at their position in college football.

Players such as standout Badger linebacker Mike Taylor, a two-star recruit who has turned into one of UW’s top playmakers on the defensive side of the ball, offer a prime example of what Wisconsin is all about.

While most schools battle to lock up the speedy and flashy players that abound at the nation’s top high school programs, UW’s program has been known for picking up the so-called blue collar guys whose hard work leads them to success between the hashmarks.

But, that’s all starting to change as the Badgers begin to build a nationally recognized brand of football.

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