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Rule calls council vote into question Critics claim ASM constitution requires higher majority for new reps’ approval Katherine Krueger Deputy News Editor Whether two previously ousted student government representatives received the votes necessary to legally regain their seats last week could hinge on the interpretation of a provision in the student government’s constitution. While rules on voting The Badger Herald file photo for new legislation and Beth Huang and Niko Magallon fielded questions during a press conference held earlier this year. They are two Student Council mem- other appointments call bers who were recently reappointed to their positions on ASM after they were removed for an issue stemming from an election violation. for a two-thirds majority

by Student Council, some student government experts are questioning whether the constitutional provision that calls for a two-thirds vote by the entire council means Beth Huang and Niko Magallon were appointed illegally. According to Article VII, Section 4 of the Associated Students of Madison constitution, “The [Student Council] shall by two-thirds vote of the entire SC, excluding vacancies, fill vacancies in the SC with an ASM member of the same academic unit.” In the Student Council’s Nov. 2 meeting, Huang and Magallon, who were previously removed from

More degree options key to jobs State Reporter At a committee meeting aimed to increase employment for graduates, members of the Legislature and higher education groups recommended expanding the number of degree programs in the University of Wisconsin System and getting more students to apply to college directly after high school. The main focus of the Joint Committee on Colleges and Universities hearing Tuesday was ensuring jobs for graduates, increasing the number of graduates and emphasizing the importance of student aid in higher

education. Bruce Vandal, director of the Post-Secondary and Workforce Development Institute, presented data at the hearing collected by the Education Commission of the State and the National Center for Higher Education and Management Systems. The data included statistics about Wisconsin’s rank on the national level concerning graduation rates, degree holders and demographic trends in postsecondary education. Wisconsin is average compared to other states when it comes to the number of associate or higher degrees it awards during a given year, Vandal

said. While Wisconsin is well above the national average in number of high school seniors who graduate, he said only 59 percent of those students go directly to post-secondary education, which is below the national average. Vandal said immediate enrollment into higher education dramatically improves a student’s potential to get a job. Vandal highlighted several strategies intended to increase access to postsecondary education, including reducing the time and number of credits it takes to earn a degree. Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, said while

ARTICLE VII: Student Council Section 4: Vacancies. The SC shall by two-thirds vote of the entire SC, excluding vacancies, fill vacancies in the SC with an ASM member of the same academic unit.

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national comparisons are important, the real focus should be on where Wisconsin is on the global scale. Vandal also said the global viewpoint is important. He said that compared to other industrialized nations, the college attainment rate in Wisconsin, as well as the U.S., is falling behind. “If we are going to compete in a global economy, we need a welleducated workforce,” Vandal said. Staying competitive was not the only area the committee said Wisconsin

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Former UW student pleads guilty in child porn case Minn. native used campus internet to distribute, possess illegal material Olivia Raedecke News Reporter A former University of Wisconsin student pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of child

pornography Monday, an activity that he performed on the UW server. Matthew Hendrickson now faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison. The investigation of his actions dates back more than a year. U.S. Attorney Office spokesperson Myra Longfield said an undercover FBI agent located in Los Angeles was monitoring a file sharing network called

Gigatribe and noticed an individual was sharing child pornography images. The agent traced the IP address to the UW server and was then able to obtain a subpoena to trace the IP address of the computer to Hendrickson. “A search warrant was issued Sept. 23, 2010, and [Hendrickson’s] computer was taken,” Longfield said. Longfield said a search

confirmed there were files containing pornographic images of children on Hendrickson’s computer. Hendrickson was taken into custody July 1 in Minnesota, where he had his first court appearance, she said. He was then taken to appear in court in Madison, where he was released pending trail. After his guilty plea, he was taken into custody in Madison, where he will serve his

sentence in the federal prison. Hendrickson’s sentencing date is Jan. 13, 2012, and he will remain in custody until that time. According to Brian Rust, spokesperson for UW’s Division of Information Technology, the university does not monitor its network to find file sharing like Hendriskson was doing. It is only standard for them to take a broad

look at the activity on the network to ensure that it is not reaching capacity. The network as a whole can track what percentage of people on the UW network are file sharing, but there is no way to tell whether it is legal or illegal. Though the security personal at DoIT do have the capacity to track files, it is not a priority for the

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CRIME in Brief LUCKY APARTMENTS Fire Madison firefighters were called to a seventh floor balcony at Lucky Apartments on University Avenue after a grill caught fire Tuesday morning, a Madison Fire Department report said. Fire crews initially believed the fire was on the fifth floor, but saw flames reflected in seventh story windows when they entered the building. The grill was burning on an outside porch, the report said. It took a full extinguisher and four pitchers to completely put out the blaze. The report said the apartment’s occupants were cooperative, but will be issued a citation. Students should remember grills and cooking appliances

with an open flame are not allowed on combustible balconies, the report said.

NORTH HENRY STREET Heroin Overdose A 24-year-old man was brought into a hospital Sunday for a heroin overdose. He had been there just hours beforehand to pick up a 26-year-old friend who had also overdosed. The two men live in the same apartment building, a Madison Police report said. Police said both men have struggled to beat their addictions. After returning to his apartment following his overdose, the 26-year-old was awoken by his neighbor falling over after allegedly shooting up heroin. He attempted CPR and called 911, the report said.

Heroin is a growing problem in Madison and is prevalent in the downtown area. “Many of the actual uses tend to be on side streets from Langdon [Street] that go towards the lake,” Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said. “There have been ordinances to give police more coverage of the area.”

FORDEM AVENUE Driving Under the Influence A Rio, Wis., man was arrested and suspected of heroin use Friday after getting in a car accident on Fordem Avenue, an MPD report said. The man tried to drive between two cars that were stopped next to each other at a red light. The move scraped both cars and the suspect’s own. © 2011 BADGER HERALD

Police were called, the report said, and the responding officer noted the driver was stumbling, slurring and had drooping eyelids. The officer performed a field sobriety test, which the man failed. He then admitted to shooting heroin, the report said. Needles and other paraphernalia were found in the car.

TOLMAN TERRACE Battery Officers responded to multiple calls about the backyard beating of a 19-year-old man on Monday, an MPD report said. A total of six teenagers allegedly punched and kicked the victim, resulting in numerous non-life-threatening injuries. The incident was following a verbal confrontation earlier in the day, the report said.

All six suspects were apprehended and arrested, the report said. They were arrested for substantial battery. Police said many of those involved are closely affiliated with Madison gangs.

NORTH THOMPSON DRIVE Weapons Violation Police were called Friday when four teenagers on North Thompson Drive allegedly attacked an 18-year-old Madison man because of a dispute over a woman, an MPD report said. The report said officers found the victim lying face down with cuts on his head, stomach and shoulder. The cuts all required stitches. A box cutter was found by the victim, which police believe may have been used in the attack.

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Development focuses on pedestrians, bikes underneath both blocks. The conceptual building designs include The city is looking a bicycle center, office to residents to weigh space, residential living in on plans for the areas and areas dedicated development of Judge to retail. The suggested Doyle Square, a project that seeks to redevelop building design consists the area’s pedestrian and of two towers ranging bicycle accessibility, as from eight to 12 stories, which could contain well as tourist appeal. Judge Doyle Square either office or residential is the area bordered by space. The towers would Martin Luther King Jr. likely be separated by Boulevard, Doty Street one story dedicated to and Wilson Street. stores. One of the highlights Currently, it contains the Municipal Building and of the development was one of the city’s oldest the bicycle center, which would have parking an entrance ramps. on Pinckney The area “Public Street and with the involvement is a would span parking 3,000 square ramp, very important feet. It would called Block part of this entire also provide 105, was secure bicycle the main project.” parking, point of 24-hour discussion Melissa Huggins access and at a public meeting Urban Assets Consultant several minor additions Tuesday, in its initial with what the public’s thoughts design. Pinckney Street, were on the preliminary designs taking the main which separates the two stage. The proposal was blocks that are being redesigned, would generally well-received. Ald. Mike Verveer, be transformed into a District 4, said he “pedestrian corridor,” Eric Lawson, believes the downtown said blocks are currently president and CEO of Potter Lawson, Inc., one underutilized. “There is no denying of the consulting firms we should redevelop on the project. By making Pinckney both of these prime real estate blocks with Street more pedestrian maximum amount of and bicyclist friendly, public participation,” the team of consultants hopes to encourage Verveer said. The current parking tourism and retail efforts ramp, which Verveer while capitalizing on the described as a waste of view of Lake Monona. “Public involvement money to continue to maintain, will be taken is a very important part of this entire project,” down. The ramp would be Urban Assets consultant replaced with a five- Melissa Huggins said. The consultants story underground ramp that would stretch are immersed in the

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planning stage of the project, which is the first phase of a three-phase process that lasts more than five years. Another highlight in the project is the planning stages of the process and the new underground parking ramp are not funded by city taxpayer dollars. “All of these planners and consultants that are doing the work are paid through a federal grant,” Verveer said. “Replacement for the parking ramp is 100 percent funded from Parking Utility.”

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Ald. Marsha Rommel, District 6, and Bill Knobeloch, the city’s parking operations manager, review the proposed concept for a block south of the Capitol during Tuesday’s meeting. The new concepts were well-received by those in attendance.

City’s repeat offenders urged to change ways For sake of public good, MPD, FBI bring Madison’s prominent criminals together to warn of severe punishment Andrea Choi News Reporter Law enforcement officials, including federal and state prosecutors, the FBI and the city attorney, gathered Tuesday to offer a choice to the city’s 10 most prominent criminals: make a change with the help of community members or receive the maximum penalty allowed by law. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said the 10 offenders asked to attend the meeting were charged with a total of 413 criminal offenses, which took up a disproportionately large part of the city’s crimes. Lt. Tom Woodmansee, an MPD detective, said the selected offenders are currently under state or federal supervision. MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said

police narrowed down a long list of offenders to 10 through a series of repeated processes, including looking into each offender’s family background. Police requested that the names of the chosen criminals not be released to the public. Woodmansee added the focused deterrence program was crafted after long-term research and observing similar models in other cities. DeSpain said this approach to lowering crime rates appeared to be working very well in other regions in the country. Both he and Woodmansee are confident it will succeed in the Madison area. “There is a two-fold goal,” Woodmansee said. “The first is: Don’t do it again, or we will

scrutinize you. We want you to succeed. We want to offer you better lives. The driving force is not the police. The driving force behind this thing is the community.” Crimes committed by the offenders include but are not limited to homicide, drug dealing and multiple sexual assaults against children, Woodmansee said. “Our kids are caught up in violence and drug dealing on the streets, and you are responsible,” Wray said to the offenders. He added that a Special Investigations Unit was launched to monitor the offenders. This unit is comprised of Woodmansee and three other detectives. The unit had received more than $700,000 in federal funding from the United States Department

of Justice, Wray said. Community members were also present at the meeting to urge the offenders to end the cycle of violence and to stop harming the community. They offered to assist the offenders who wanted to make a change with education, housing, transportation and employment. Gary Jackson, spokesperson from the Drug Enforcement Administration, said he will seek the lengthiest penalty if the offenders commit drug-related crimes again. He added he would work personally with federal attorney to execute the prosecution. “Prove to your community, prove to your family, prove to your community that you are worthy of this golden opportunity. Don’t let

this opportunity go by,” Jackson said. U.S. attorney John Vaudreuil said to the offenders that this is their last chance and that they are the fortunate few to be offered help from the community. He added that if the offenders commit a crime again, their minimum prison stays would be 15 years. Given their histories, it is likely those sentences would be longer. Mayor Paul Soglin said in a statement he is confident that this deterrence approach will not only have a positive effect on the community’s safety but also on the lives of the targeted individuals. The offenders were instructed not to speak while the meeting was open to the media.

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ASM, from 1 They were approved by representatives by a vote of 15 votes “yes,” four “no” votes and seven abstentions, and given the oath of office immediately after. They participated as voting members of council for the remainder of the meeting. Because 15 affirmative votes do not constitute two-thirds of the 30 full members of Student Council, some are questioning whether Huang and Magallon netted the majority support needed to regain their seats. Former ASM Chair Brandon Williams said the constitutional provision goes above and beyond

the bylaws in this area and the requirement that nominees have to achieve two-thirds of the total number on Student Council represents a purposefully higher threshold than the normal majority of voting members present. Williams said in this situation, the seven abstentions from the vote would effectively count as ‘no’ votes because they do not go toward achieving the two-thirds majority in favor of approving the candidates. While Williams said the action was likely not a case of malfeasance, representatives need to examine the issue. “They need to address this issue immediately

and need to make sure they [were] put on council in the proper procedure,” he said. “It raises serious questions, and if that’s the case, they will need to go back and look at the votes from last week.” Current ASM Chair Allie Gardner maintains the vote to appoint the two representatives is no different than any other vote by the body and, therefore, Huang and Magallon were legally confirmed according to ASM procedures. She said abstentions are always excluded in any final vote count, so the 15 votes in favor and four against in last Wednesday’s meeting met the same majority required for other votes in

council. “We were following the process by filling vacancies through Nominations Board, the same as we always have for appointments,” Gardner said. “We did get two-thirds of the full council. … As soon as they were sworn in officials, they had voting rights.” Student Judiciary Chief Justice Kathryn Fifield said student justices could not comment on the actions of council or interpretations of the ASM constitution outside of official hearings. She also said if an individual wanted the judicial branch of ASM to comment on the interpretation, a formal complaint would have

to be filed. Fifield added she was unaware of a precedent set by an earlier ruling on the interpretation of the provision on Student Council vacancies. Rep. Tom Templeton said his interpretation of the constitution’s provision is that twothirds of the entire council was needed, and the 15 votes in favor of the appointment do not satisfy that requirement. He said the possible disparity in interpretations raises questions about the role the newly appointed representatives played in last week’s meeting and whether they should retain voting rights in today’s Student Council

meeting. “It raises questions on what all we voted on, as well as their voices in the debate, which could have influenced others’ votes and what the impact of the meeting was,” Templeton said. He also said the framers of the constitution likely included the distinct wording as a safeguard to make sure every representative’s vote matters and to avoid any action that could appear as an act of “cronyism.” Huang said the appointments were finalized in the same way “every single vote is finalized” when the chair announced the vote count and whether the measure passes or fails.

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Transition to go beyond SOAR for new students New orientation for freshmen, transfer students to focus on safety, academics Julia Skulstad News Reporter The University of Wisconsin Center for the First-Year Experience is working on implementing widespread changes to the first-year orientation process to ensure students have a successful start to college. As of next year, firstyear students will be faced with revamped orientation programs at Student Orientation, Advising and Registration throughout the entirety of their first year at the

university. Director of CFYE Wren Singer said changes have been thought about for the past few years and are based on the need to stretch the orientation process beyond the time spent at SOAR. “[The] big picture for these efforts is to make sure all students have a great and successful first year,” Singer said. While many changes are already set, CFYE is hosting a conference Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to discuss more ideas for making freshmen and transfer students more comfortable at UW. The new program will include two required orientation seminars for first-year students. One will focus on campus life

Additionally, Singer and safety, and the other will place emphasis on said CFYE speaks to academic achievement faculty and TAs to and campus involvement. instruct them on how to teach in more The appropriate current ways to help Wisconsin “In hindsight, I with the Experience first-year Seminar realized that I immersion available to didn’t get the best process. students as Singer said a one credit schedule I could have.” there are course “still things open for all students first-year students Tessa Coggio need to hear,” features UW freshman and students will benefit instruction from CFYE’s to help prolonged students learn about the ways they orientation because the can adjust to a college information is delivered academic and social at the time when it will have the most impact. lifestyle. According to Singer, There are currently separate versions of this SOAR is going to become class for both freshmen more academically based and feature more focus on and transfer students.

advising and enrollment. Singer said students attending SOAR next summer will experience advising on both days versus previous sessions that featured one day of campus life orientation and one day for advising and course enrollment. Singer said more time for advising and enrollment will give students the ability to think about their course enrollment choices and the modifications will hopefully create a less stressful and rushed environment concerning first-year course enrollment. UW freshman Tessa Coggio said she thought changes concerning a prolonged orientation would be highly beneficial and said she

wished new students had more time to adjust to life in college before classes started. She added enrollment advising at SOAR was lacking. “In hindsight, I realized that I didn’t get the best schedule I could have,” Coggio said. Coggio believes she was not given enough information to create a schedule that worked for her and felt as if she had to “teach herself” as she “did not really understand the system.” Signer also noted in a release from UW the center is looking to revise the way transfer students are welcomed to UW, adding they are currently in the initial stages of forming a new Transfer Transition Program to help with this goal.

Cain’s allegations may be elephant in debate room Republican runners may steer clear of accusations in favor of economic issues Philip Elliott Associated Press

Steve Peoples Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The economy is supposed to be the focus when Republican presidential contenders share a debate stage for the first time since allegations of sexual impropriety rocked Republican Herman Cain’s presidential bid. But as the candidates gather Wednesday night in ailing Michigan, Cain’s troubles are certain to loom large over the Oakland University debate hall — whether or not the rivals address the accusations directly during the two-hour face off. With voting in the GOP nomination race set to begin in fewer than 60 days, Republican officials and presidential contenders alike are growing increasingly frustrated that the political conversation has been hijacked by the furor surrounding Cain. “Only Herman Cain can address the issues before him. In the meantime it’s sucking all the oxygen out of the room, depriving the people of this country from a conversation about the issues that really do matter,” Republican contender and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman told The Associated Press Tuesday. “That’s the price we pay when these

things happen.” Like the rest of Cain’s opponents, Huntsman did not call for him to leave the presidential contest or rush to his defense, illustrating the sensitivity — and the unpredictability — of the escalating situation. In a multi-candidate field, there’s no guarantee that one candidate’s demise will be any single candidate’s gain. Even so, some of Cain rivals — namely fellow conservatives who are struggling to gain ground against better-known, betterfunded rivals — sense an opportunity to steal support away from the former businessman should he implode after recently emerging as the strongest challenger to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in some polls. At the same time, Romney’s steadyas-it-goes campaign — focused primarily on the general election and President Barack Obama — could benefit from an extended distraction as the political attacks are focused elsewhere. Romney is considered the man to beat in the evolving Republican contest to face Obama next fall. The other candidates have had mixed success jockeying to emerge as the Romney alternative for several months. It looked as if Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was rising earlier in the summer, but she faded after the brief rise of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. After Perry stumbled through recent debates, Cain took his place near the top of many early state polls and national surveys. With Cain’s political future

now uncertain, some see potential in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has a history of personal problems as well. “The more chaos and distractions there are in the rest of the field, the better it is for Mitt Romney,” said GOP strategist Todd Harris, who is not aligned with any presidential campaign. “While the political world’s attention has been shifting around from Bachmann to Perry to Cain to Gingrich, Romney has been slowly and methodically putting a campaign together that’s built to last.” The candidates, Romney included, publicly said they would like to steer the conversation back to substantive issues. In an interview with ABC News and Yahoo! News, the former Massachusetts governor targeted Obama and his stewardship of the economy. “The last thing this president and his team want to do is to talk about their record,” Romney said. “They failed.” Yet he also called the allegations against Cain “particularly disturbing.” “These are serious allegations and they’re going to have to be addressed,” Romney said. Sharon Bialek, a former National Restaurant Association employee, accused Cain this week of unwanted sexual advances more than a decade ago on a night they met to discuss her job prospects. She is the fourth woman to allege sexual impropriety, but the first to speak publicly.

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Ohio votes down limits on collective bargaining Legislation similar to Wisconsin’s fails while governor’s approval rating dips Annie Murphy News Reporter Months after the contentious passage of the budget repair bill in Wisconsin, residents of another Midwest state voted against a measure similar in its attempt to curb rights of public employees. On Tuesday, Ohioans voted to repeal the controversial collective bargaining law that originated in the state’s Senate, which would have limited the collective

bargaining rights of 350,000 unionized public workers. Similar to the contentious restriction on union bargaining rights that occurred in Wisconsin last spring, the bill had been backed by the Republicancontrolled Legislature and the state’s Republican governor, Gov. John Kasich. According to the Public Policy Polling statement released Monday before the election, 59 percent of voters were determined to reject the Senate bill and 36 percent wished to approve it. PPP also stated Kasich currently holds a 33 percent approval rating, with 57 percent disapproving of his work, making him one of the more unpopular governors in the country.

When Ohioans surveyed by PPP were asked if they would reelect former Gov. Ted Strickland over Kasich, Ohioans said they would by a 55-37 margin, the statement said. With very weak support from his state, many were skeptical that Kasich would stop the bill from being repealed. “We will know how people feel about the law by [Tuesday night], but a clear majority of Ohioans are against the legislation,” David Cohen, University of Akron political science professor and UW alumnus, said Tuesday afternoon before the results were announced. Mike Schlater, president of Technical Equipment in Cincinnati, Ohio, said

passing the bill would have been a positive change for the state. “It’s a good thing for the local Ohio community because it will enhance the ability of school districts to remain strong for our student population,” Schlater said early Tuesday. The public employee collective bargaining reform law in Ohio was signed by Kasich last spring and passed with a 17-16 margin in the Ohio Senate. Right now the Republican Party has complete control over the state government, but Kasich was struggling to gain support to pass his bill. While the bill parallels to the laws implemented in Wisconsin last spring in many ways, there are also

clear differences between the two states’ approaches to restrict collective bargaining laws, Cohen said. The bill is similar because it intends to reduce or eliminate the collective bargaining rights for public employees. It is different, however, because the Ohio legislation limits the rights of safety forces, such as police officers and firefighters, which were exempted in Wisconsin. “In Ohio, the safety forces [that are being protected] have taken the lead in opposing the legislation and organizing opposition,” Cohen said. The Ohio Senate bill would have greatly hurt university faculty and

public school teachers, because it would treat the professors as management, and therefore it would prevent the faculty from organizing unions or collectively bargaining, Cohen said. Another difference between Wisconsin’s legislation and Ohio’s is the latter allows for laws that have been passed by the state to be challenged through a referendum process if enough signatures can be collected in support. According to Cohen, a situation like that occurred this summer in Ohio, which resulted in yesterday’s vote against the bill. --The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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President Barack Obama speaks to students on Library Mall during his visit to the University of Wisconsin campus in 2010. Obama’s health care plan has come under fire by critics who claim Americans should not be forced to purchase health insurance. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the issue.

Court supports health care law Despite approval from appeals judges, “Obamacare” will get more legal scrutiny Ilona Argirion News Reporter President Barack Obama’s plan to make healthcare available to all Americans has received support from the United States Court of Appeals. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a split opinion upholding the lower court’s ruling that found Congress did not overstep its authority in requiring people to have insurance or pay a penalty on their taxes beginning in 2014. On Tuesday, a primarily conservative appeals court panel said Obama’s healthcare law is indeed constitutional. The decision comes while the Supreme Court prepares to consider whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law’s requirement

that all Americans buy health insurance this week, University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs said. Downs, a Badger Herald adviser, said the Affordable Care Act is comprised of two major aspects: trying to control overall costs and providing coverage for those that are not yet covered. With these goals in mind, the main controversy lies in whether or not mandating a requirement that all Americans must buy health insurance or pay a penalty through the means of higher taxes is constitutional, he said. “The right to be free from federal regulation is not absolute and yields to the imperative that Congress be free to forge national solutions to national problems,” wrote Justice Laurence Silberman in the majority opinion. The federal appeals court in Cincinnati also upheld the law; however, the federal appeals court in Atlanta

rejected the controversial requirement but upheld the rest of the law. Nevertheless, there has yet to be a definite decision regarding the bill, and it must ultimately be settled by the Supreme Court, Downs said. Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, which filed the suit in Washington, said the group is considering whether to ask the full appeals court to hear the case or make a request directly to the Supreme Court. “We still remain confident that Obamacare and the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, is the wrong prescription for America and ultimately will be struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Sekulow said. In a White House statement, Obama adviser Stephanie Cutter said opponents who say the individual mandate provision exceeded Congress’ power to

regulate commerce “are simply wrong.” She went on to point out that people who make a decision to forego health insurance do not opt out of the health care market. Cutter argued in the statement that their actions do not solely affect them but instead are shifted to others — in such cases as when they become ill or injured and cannot pay their bills. $43 billion in unpaid bills in 2008 alone are then the responsibility of doctors, hospitals, insured individuals, taxpayers and even small businesses throughout the nation, she said in the statement. Regardless, Downs said, many are still not convinced by this argument. “This does not mark the end of any legal battle over the healthcare act. This is the first time that the courts have had to force people to buy something, and it’s pushing the envelope. There is a 50-50 chance that the law will pass — it is too close to call,” Downs said.

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CONVICTION, from 1 university. “We have much bigger things to worry about,” Rust said. By using the IP address, you can trace where information comes from within a network. This is how they were able to find Hendrickson’s computer within the UW network. While the university is not always tracking files, if someone has had threatening web content sent to them, they should report them to the police or the security personnel at DoIT. The security personnel are then able to track and verify the sender of said content, Rust said. He added they are trained to work with the police to do forensics on the network or machines linked to the network to find information, but usually only do so when court ordered. “We don’t monitor ... what [activities] people are using the network for specifically,” Rust said. “But if the police department contacts us with a court ordered request to access files, emails or machines, we can access the information on it for forensics.”

TUITION, from 1 could improve upon. Kevin Reilly, president of the UW System, said the UW System intends to put together a statewide plan to create more degrees at state institutions in order to ensure more job opportunities after graduation. This includes moving specific degree programs to campuses where they may be more effective. “The UW has stepped up, and we are not just talking about this — we are aimed at it, and we know in each

The cold, bitter day draws to a close on University Avenue, where the trees — days ago adorn with red and yellow leaves — now stand bare. Matt Hintz The Badger Herald

case whether we’re on the right trajectory,” Reilly said. Rolf Wegenke, president and CEO of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, said there are immediate skills shortages that need to be addressed regarding the job search. Employers say their top priorities in graduates include communication, critical thinking and creative and innovative skills, rather than specific ones. Sen. Jessica King, D-Oshkosh, also said the requirements for jobs are changing. King said

some degrees held by Wisconsinites today may not be worth what they used to be. “We may need to reevaluate what kind of jobs we are trying to create,” King said. Harsdorf said no matter what type of higher education institute a student attends, the goal is employment. “We could literally double the number of graduates, but we don’t have the jobs here. We haven’t done what we needed to do,” Harsdorf said.

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University of Wisconsin students spend some time in front of Bascom Hall, which acts as not only a classroom, but as an academic planning and advising center for the campus. The entire UW System may need to look at what types of degree programs are offered.

Generational wealth gap biggest on record Report highlights correlation with educational cuts, more Medicare Hope Yen Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt. The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. While people typically accumulate assets as they age, this wealth gap is now more than double what it was in 2005 and nearly five times the 10-to-1 disparity a quarter-century ago, after adjusting for inflation. The analysis by the Pew Research Center reflects the impact of the economic downturn, which has hit young adults particularly hard. More are pursuing college or advanced degrees, taking on debt as they wait for the job market to recover. Others are struggling to pay mortgage costs on homes now worth less than when they were bought in the housing boom. The report, coming

out before the Nov. 23 deadline for a special congressional committee to propose $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over 10 years, casts a spotlight on a government safety net that has buoyed older Americans on Social Security and Medicare amid wider cuts to education and other programs, including cash assistance for poor families. Complaints about wealth inequality, high unemployment and student debt also have been front and center at Occupy Wall Street protests around the country. “It makes us wonder whether the extraordinary amount of resources we spend on retirees and their health care should be at least partially reallocated to those who are hurting worse than them,” said Harry Holzer, a labor economist and public policy professor at Georgetown University who called the magnitude of the wealth gap “striking.” The median net worth of households headed by someone 65 or older was $170,494. That is 42 percent more than in 1984, when the Census Bureau first began measuring wealth broken down by age. The median net worth for the younger-age households was $3,662, down by 68 percent from a quartercentury ago, according to the Pew analysis. Net worth includes the value of a person’s home, possessions and savings accumulated over the years, including

stocks, bank accounts, real estate, cars, boats or other property, minus any debt such as mortgages, college loans and credit card bills. Older Americans tend to hold more net worth because they are more likely to have paid off their mortgages and built up more savings from salary, stocks and other investments over time. The median is the midpoint, and thus refers to a typical household. The 47-to-1 wealth gap between old and young is believed by demographers to be the highest ever, even predating government records. In all, 37 percent of younger-age households have a net worth of zero or less, nearly double the share in 1984. But among households headed by a person 65 or older, the percentage in that category has been largely unchanged at 8 percent. While the wealth gap has been widening gradually due to delayed marriage and increases in single parenting among young adults, the housing bust and recession have made it significantly worse. For young adults, the main asset is their home. Their housing wealth dropped 31 percent from 1984, the result of increased debt and falling home values. In contrast, Americans 65 or older were more likely to have bought homes long before the housing boom and thus saw a 57 percent gain in housing wealth even after the bust.

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Classifieds SO to the guy blasting Katie Perry while sitting by himself in the dark in one of the cluster classrooms at the HSLC. You sir, are a man’s man. (History)SO to the Salem witch trials. Witches and bitches. SO to your bed for still smelling like the girl you slept with the night before. Mmmm. Shout out to the awkward second when you’re studying with a group of friends and the table vibrates, causing everyone to check their phones. ASO to it never being mine {forever alone} Questionable SO to my stats professor who just threatened to spank my friend and I for talking in class. I cant decide whether to laug or beincredibly creeped out. ASO to being that girl that straight up just collapsed on the stairs in Ingraham. Collapsed, not fell. I had my hands in my pockets and couldn’t get them out in time to break my fall, therefore looking like a dead ﬁsh tripping up the stairs instead of a normal human. Good start to the week. ASO to the boy who walked extremely close to me, farted, and then ran away on my walk

home today. Really? Is that how you pick up girls in bars too? SO to the guy at Nitty on Friday night who moonwalked past our table. SO to the fact he told me my friends and I were “hard to read” and that was his ice breaker. Haha You were cute, see you dancin again soon? SO to the wisc.edu page. Hot guys and monkeys are my favorite things and now I can look at them at the same time <3 SO to creeping on assigned group project group members on facebook before your first meeting.. its all good, they’re all normal. SO to flannel sheet season. Rawr. SO to that awkward moment when you find out that your good friend from high school is now a porn star ASO to officially becoming the Jimmy John’s of the bedroom this weekend SO to the Ian’s employee who brought out a slice of pizza for the homeless man who was dumpster diving in the rain. That’s the way to pay it forward. Bravo to you!

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WHAT IS THIS

SUDOKU

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

U WHITE BREAD & TOAST

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MIKE BERG

NONSENSE? Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

TWENTY POUND BABY

DIFFICULTY RATING: ...and 60% those guys who wear fedoras

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YOURMOMETER

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HOW DO I

KAKURO?

I know, I know. Kakuro. Looks crazy, right? This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to. Repeating numbers? Not in this part of town. And that’s that, slick.

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

DIFFICULTY RATING: Finding the pun up there funny. Huh? Huh??

REHABILITATING MR. WIGGLES

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

3 3 3 3

6 7 23 24

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

4 4 4 4

10 11 29 30

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

5 5 5 5

15 16 34 35

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

6 6 6 6

21 22 38 39

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

7 7 7 7

28 29 41 42

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

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

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

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ERICA LOPPNOW

RANDOM DOODLES

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BUNI

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PRIMAL URGES

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MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

THE SKY PIRATES

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Across 1 Volcano output 4 Prospects 10 Dash 14 Person with a corner ofc., maybe 15 The Scourge of God 16 Queen in “The Lion King” 17 “The Godfather” actor 18 The 21st Amendment, e.g. 19 Sting 20 Knight ___ (former newspaper group) 22 “Falcon Crest” actress 24 Awakening 26 “How ___ Your Mother” 27 Some cons 29 It might be golden 33 Final words? 36 Dockworkers’ grp. 37 Allergyaﬄicted dwarf 38 Car with the

44 45 46 47 49 51 55 59 60 61 63

numeral 9 in all its model names Pro baseball level … or a hint to 12 answers in this puzzle River across the French/ German border Speed skater Eric who won ﬁve gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics Location of the quadriceps Enterprise captain prior to Kirk Dangerous snake Raspy Captain of sci-ﬁ Newborn Language of Cape Town Antitank artillery operator, e.g. Grill Jungle vines It may be

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eaten with tikka masala Itch Like Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon Here, in Québec ___ Turing, a founding father of computer science Annual event in Los Angeles Summer, in Québec

Down 1 Capital of Ghana 2 It’s said to be salubrious 3 1953 John Wayne ﬁlm 4 City or lake in northern Italy 5 Repeated step 6 The Racer’s Edge 7 “___ yellow ribbon …” 8 Singer Morissette 9 Low bow

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10 Give a right to 11 ___ de Triomphe 12 Jai ___ 13 Carquest competitor 21 Make dirty … or clean 23 ___ Lewis with the 2008 #1 hit “Bleeding Love” 25 Doozy 28 Painter Picasso 30 He loved Lucy

CROSSWORD 31 Walton who wrote “The Compleat Angler” 32 Jane of literature 33 Producer of workplace regs. 34 Bleated 35 Footnote abbr. 37 Set apart 39 Shortstop Jeter 40 Put pressure (on) 43 Inhabitant 45 New York’s ___ Station 47 Fine-tuning 48 Drunkards 50 It has its moments 52 “___ Get Your Gun” 53 Boston Harbor event precipitator 54 ___ Macmillan, classmate of Harry Potter 55 Blue-green 56 Roll up, as a ﬂag 57 Gulf of ___, arm of the Baltic 58 Room in una casa 62 “Born on the Fourth of July” setting, familiarly

Rocky the Herald Comics Raccoon™ I’m not late for this class, I’m early for the next one. I tried to explain to my TA that it’s impossible to take attendance in a course about general relativity, but for someone who can talk for hours about the speed of light, he’s not all that bright.

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SO to the girl in my Chinese Class. I always see you looking right at my junk when I look at your melons.... In the nervous game, I guarantee you I wouldn’t lose. SO to Charlie Kelly. When my life sucks, I turn to you. Wish I could be at Paddy’s Pub right about now... SO to the girl in my class with an absolutely glorious ass. Although I am a conﬁdently heterosexual female, I just need to say bravo. SO to “bare being while radio posed

ads for Trojan skin” condoms on all the time I work. How is a listener supto diﬀerenti-

ate between the “bare skin” condoms you are actually selling, and the “bear skin” condoms that pop into my head every time I hear the ad. That shit sounds uncomfortable for all parties involved. Beary funny though, either way. ASO to the girl who asked me to leave the game after Jump Around. Sorry, but my love for the Badgers far exceeds my desire to hook-up with you. SO to my roommate for putting “Lumos” and “Knox” labels on all of our lightswitches. I want you to know that I say it out loud whenever I turn them on or oﬀ and I feel just like magic. Thanks for

making my day, everyday! SO to the squirrels on campus. You don’t move when people come close and you’re so cute and adorable that I just want to pet you. However, ASO to rabies. SO to the sign outside of Coﬀeebytes that said “Try our new Test Tea!” Does it also come with a teabag? Premature SO to slamming some gopher holes this weekend. Petey’s gunna be a stonewall friday night, and Russell’s gunna drop bombs saturday before Ramage does damage later that night. 3-0 anyone?

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ASO to the wasp wreaking some havoc on the 80 today. The bus was ﬁlled to capacity and you were just cruising around. SO to seeing some people’s worst nightmares coming true with a bee in their face and nowhere to run. DSO to that wasp being such a bad ass that it’s still alive and moving in November in WI.

that jumped oﬀ her recall walker bike no handed and scaled a wall, all while eating a sammie and holding a steady headbang. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU. holy shit

SO to the groups of hot guys that have been coming to tour our apartment the last few weeks. Why don’t you come upstairs and meet me up there sometime?

SO to getting to go back stage with Big Sean this weekend & eat some of his Finally Famous Food. I DO IT.

Belated HSO to the older middle-aged woman who approached me in the bathroom on Saturday at the game and asked me if I represented “the authorities” and then proceeded to pull a ﬂask out of her boobs and pour her liquor into her soda cups. I clearly was a student who had been drinking, but your rebellious ways made me proud. Stay forever young! SO to the supermodel

SO to wise people who inspire me in everyday life. In the words of the great Colonel Sanders, “I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.”

ASO to the quote on the ‘quote of the day’ app on my friends phone that read: “There is no better high than discovery.” I can think of a lot of highs that are WAYYYY better than that. ASO to myself. You know you’re a hipster when a good indie song comes on shuﬀle and you start to imagine you are walking in slomo like you were cast in a Wes Anderson ﬁlm. SO to the guy with the megaphone near Doty who

keeps announcing Packer touchdowns. You are making my lack of a tv and studying muchh more bearable. ASO to a girl my friend hooked up with for thinking it is a good idea to use teeth, seriously, what led you to believe that? He couldn’t walk normal for 3 days. T(hankful) SO to providing me with comedic material for life. SO to the Asian lady who walked into class 25 minutes late today, sat next to me in the front row, and began taking swigs of something with vodka in it from a Barbie thermos. You were unreal. SO to dating one of the sassiest girls I have ever met and loving it. A(SO) to the apparent fact that I gain happiness from sparring words jokingly with those whom I am closest. SO to guys that walk you home. How refreshing.

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SO to myself how becoming Band groupie ter of a few loving where headed.

for somea Badger in a matweeks. I’m this is

can’t wait that long to get ridiculous again. Any one know of any valid excuses to go out in a costume in November?

SO to getting to have sex all this weekend. In the immortal words of JD: “dry spell, prepare to be moistened.”

ASO to turning 22 and nothing fun to look forward to. SO to the fact that I will be getting “21st birthday drunk” this weekend to celebrate. DASO to this not being socially

ASO to Halloween being a whole year away. I

acceptable for much longer. SO to the ginger the green patagonia in 9:55 philosophy 101. i never thought a ginger coud be so sexy but you, sir, have proved me wrong. SO to my roommate for being so sexually deprived that it is impacting her studies to

the point where she has day sex dreams during class. SO to Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. Make my heart go boom boom. ASO to the fact that my first instinct when the shout out page is down to write a shout out about how much it sucks that the shout out page is down. What are you

doing to my brain? ASO to drunk goggles causing you to hook up with unattractive people... WOOPS! ASO to girls who wear UGGS. Either pick up your damn feet or get a real pair of boots, I’m sick and tired of hearing your heels scrape on the sidewalk from a mile away.

ASO to people eating crunchy things in quiet places. DASO to me not having another place to go right now and having to hear someone eat something crunchy. *chomp chomp* STRANGLE!!! HMFASO to Penn State University.

Editorial Page Editor Allegra Dimperio oped@badgerherald.com

The Badger Herald | Opinion | Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Opinion

SSFC rep’s remarks display anti-constituent thinking Catholic prejudices — at least in this country. I have come to understand my heritage through textbook chapters, movies about the English occupation of Ireland and (don’t hate!) U2 songs from the early 1980s. Ryan Rainey However, currently marEditorial Board Member ginalized groups like gay Americans, African AmerA few weeks ago, I was icans and Latinos do not lucky enough to meet José have the opportunity to be Antonio Vargas, the Pulit- so passive in understandzer Prize-winning former ing American prejudices Washington Post reporter against different ethniciwho revealed himself to ties. Instead, they are living be an undocumented im- through it. National conmigrant in a moving New versations about ethnicity, York Times Magazine migration, social welfare essay this summer. Var- and crime are dominated gas said something that by negative and deconstruck a chord with me: structive comments about “Only white people can race in this country. If you teach other white people do not believe me, just about white privilege.” wait until a slew of comI do not have any menters hiding behind qualms in admitting that I their online pseudonyms have lived a highly privi- incoherently attack my leged life. The era of op- take on race in America. In this national and lopression my Irish and Polish ancestors faced cal climate where racist more than a century ago tendencies still exist, the has transitioned into a Multicultural Student Cotime of opportunity free alition has asked for more from sweatshops or anti- than $1 million in student

fees funding from the Student Services Finance Committee. The more than month-long process has been scarred by personal accusations of racism from some MCSC members and allies. The dispute has exposed some of the most grave problems with honest discourse on this campus that existed long before MCSC sent their waiver to SSFC. For example, at last Thursday’s SSFC meeting, Student Council Rep. Clay Thomas opened his open forum testimony with a not-so-welcoming salutation: “Hello, fellow rich white folks.” In this case, I am not singling out Thomas because his actions in Associated Students of Madison meetings are normally counterproductive to creating any sort of civil dialogue about the issues facing student government or multicultural groups, but instead because his greeting has become emblematic of the way some of our representatives in ASM talk about each other

— and their constituents. Poverty exists on a continuum, meaning that — at least in my opinion — people like me with white privilege but not a ton of money still have more opportunities than a black or Latino student from a poor community, who still have more opportunities to live a fulﬁlled life than those living in the most poor and crimeridden slum of Rio de Janeiro or Johannesburg. Thomas’ statement unnecessarily generalized all SSFC members — or even all student government representatives — as a group similar to stereotypical lawmakers in Congress: rich, suit-wearing oligarchs with no regard for their constituents. But unfortunately for Thomas and those who agree with him, student government representatives likely have more complex ﬁnancial situations they probably do not often discuss with their colleagues. His comments are most disturbing for the way they

misrepresent the views of white multicultural allies on this campus who often come from working class backgrounds. Just because Thomas screwed up, however, does not mean student leaders on the other end of the ASM political spectrum are off the hook. ASM’s legendary ruling “boys’ club” that dominated student government leadership during my ﬁrst two years in Madison were just as guilty for less-thancivil governing. In late 2009, words like “douchebag” were tossed around a Student Council session, and earlier that year rumors abounded that SSFC Chair Kurt Gosselin threatened to provide less opportunities for groups that were too vocal in their opposition to a new constitution that eventually failed in a referendum. Gosselin denied the accusations to The Badger Herald at the time and has since graduated. However, he still regularly weighs in on ASM issues from his

blog, North Park Street, where he regularly sensationalizes ASM’s problems and missteps from his perch several hundred miles away from Madison. Gosselin, like any true and savvy politician, jumps on whichever opportunity he ﬁnds to call leaders like Chair Allie Gardner or former Vice Chair Beth Huang corrupt. Unfortunately for Gosselin, Gardner and those closest to her in ASM are among the only leaders committed to keeping policy-making discussions civil, despite their incompetence this session. For sensitive issues like the MCSC approval process, the tactics that people like him and Thomas use distract from the most important conversation ASM should be having: how to make the SSFC process as accessible as possible for groups like MCSC. Ryan Rainey (rrainey@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in journalism and Latin American studies.

Obama’s Chicago-style politics conceal Solyndragate Vincent Borkowski Staff Writer Here is some news you will not hear in the mainstream liberal media because it puts President Barack Obama in an embarrassing light. Anything that does that is immediately covered up, and the Solyndra scandal is big news, really. If it was any member of the right wing, then they would be cruciﬁed by the liberal media by now. Obama has wasted a huge amount of money (that part is not new) by attempting to fund a failed alternative energy corporation in the private sector. Do not get me wrong — I am all for supporting the private sector. But playing favorites is wrong and unfair to the rest of all the business owners, large and small. Solyndra, an alternative energy company, was given $535 million from your pockets in the form of the

enormous taxes that the Obama administration has instituted. This was not a successful venture, as the company went bankrupt almost immediately. Despite being told by accountants and auditors in his own party that Solyndra was in rocky ﬁnancial shape, Obama decided to blow taxpayer dollars on a worthless venture. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, and Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Florida, called out the poor decision to Obama before the company went bankrupt. They were criticized as being “wrong” and “having no faith in renewable energy.” Somehow, according to Obama, Upton (who served several years in the Ofﬁce of Management and Budget under Reagan) and Stearns (who was part of the Committee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade) apparently have no idea how to spend money and run a business.

Despite warnings by conservatives who had strong knowledge of the floundering business, Obama went ahead and signed away more than half a billion dollars of tax payer money to a failing company. He publicly visited the factory himself, praising it generously. Months and taxpayer dollars later, the firm folded, putting more than 1,000 American workers out of a job. What is bothering is the fact that this story may go a bit deeper. Not only did Obama decide to ignore the Republicans who were entirely correct (that part is not new), but he also decided to ignore the experts in finances inside his own party and those nonpartisan ones hired to investigate Department of Energy spending. Despite criticism on both sides of the aisle, he still wastes more than half a billion dollars. What would cause

him to make such an expensive and ill-advised move? Was it an intoxicated Biden calling him a softie? The answer is that one of Obama’s highest fundraising people, Steve Spinner, is an employee of the U.S. Department of Energy and was one of the monitors of the deal that threw easy cash to Solyndra. It seems that Obama is quite bendable to the will of his fundraisers. Our president, the one who promised to never play party politics if he was elected, has reneged on his promise (this actually is not the ﬁrst time) and is wasting our taxpayer money to support his fundraising friends. It is unsure how deeply Spinner and Obama are entangled with Solyndra’s executive board or shareholders, but it seems quite apparent that they at least know each other very well and will “help each other out.” GOP legislators have is-

sued a subpoena for the president’s communication on Solyndra, and Obama’s office is stonewalling them. This is what really screams coverup to me. So far, they are turned over 85,000 pages of documents, but when Republicans pushed to see 1,000 more pages, they balked and called the subpoena “overbroad.” These further 1,000 pages are the critical ones which reveal that Obama made this poor decision despite warnings and that his fundraising buddy has ties to Solyndra. Furthermore, Republicans asked for this months ago, and it still has not come to light. This signifies the very definition of corruption. Obama has abused his power for far too long and wasted far too much money. He got away with it for two years due to the lack of legislative oversight from a Democratcontrolled Congress. We should be thanking our

lucky stars for such people as Upton and Stearns who are not afraid to call out Obama when he makes (yet another) mistake. It is disgusting by how much money we can throw to the wind so that Obama can have his way. This represents nothing more than what is known as “Chicago-style politics” in which your fundraisers get to have a huge say in any legislation a politician passes if elected. It was seen back in 2008 when Obama was able to escape detection for selling his Senate seat (Gov. Rod Blagojevich was punished instead) using an intermediary. It is seen now with Obama playing favorites based on who won him the most cash. Obama awards those who play his lap dog while he destroys American jobs in the process. Vincent Borkowski (vborkowski@wisc. edu) is a junior majoring in neurobiology.

Walker’s rotunda Christmas tree should really be pagan tree

Matt Jeﬀers Columnist Members of the Freedom from Religion Foundation were upset by Gov. Scott Walker’s announcement on Nov. 7th that the tree to be erected in the Capital Rotunda later this month will be called a “Christmas Tree.” The president of the group, Annie Laurie Gaylor, called it rude and insensitive to those who are not Christian. To be upset about something as trivial as this is a bit absurd; however, there is no doubt room for worry when it comes to matters of religion, for it always has a way of creeping into public policy. The Constitution establishment clause clearly annunciates that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” and the government putting up a Christmas tree is not establishing a law concerning religion; it is merely a public display in line with social tradi-

tion. I like Christmas trees just as most people do, and although I find many elements of the Christian tradition to be quite repulsive and immoral, I do not find anything wrong with decorating evergreen trees and covering them with fanciful lights and ornaments. However, the group is not protesting the tree itself, but rather the name which the Governor’s Office is calling it, which, by the way, goes against past legislation that says it is to be called a “holiday tree.” Personally, I think “holiday tree” is quite a lame name. However, FFRF has a better point than they know. Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ on Dec. 25, despite the fact that the Bible does not actually give a date for his birth. However, there is a good pagan reason to celebrate Dec. 25, which is actually the winter solstice. If you know your mythology, you also know that this is very important to ancient cultures because of its seasonal significance. It represents the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days, which is important for agricultural cultures whose lives revolved around the sun and harvest.

In pre-Christian Europe, this period was a time of festivals and religious observances as the Sun god now began to beat back the forces of darkness and return to shine on the ﬁelds. The use of evergreen trees, decorations and other such traditions can be traced back to this pagan lineage. Consider that during the feast of Saturnalia, Romans decorated their houses with evergreen branches or the Northern Europeans who attached candles to trees in honor of their god, Wōden. Christmas has adapted countless traditions and festivals into itself as cultural and religious forces have changed over time. Members of FFRF should not argue for the holiday tree, but rather for the pagan tree, because historically speaking, that is what it is. Ultimately, I do not think it inappropriate for the government to take part in cultural tradition, and even as an anti-theist, I greatly enjoy and look forward the coming, of the winter solstice, and I may just make a toast to the long forgotten Gods of old. Matt Jeffers (mjeffers@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in economics and philosophy.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Making students’ sex lives more consensual, sensual Sam Johnson Hump Day Columnist I want to share a personal experience with you all: During a recent hook-up, something startling happened. The other person asked me for my consent at every step of the way, and I mean every step. “Can I take your shirt off now?” “Do you like having your neck kissed?” “What do you want to do next?” in a low, breathy, sultry voice. And let me tell you, it was hot. Startling, yes, but that was because it was a brand new concept. No one had ever asked in that way before, but I highly recommend giving it a try sometime. It is always the responsibility of the person initiating sex to actively get consent and

not just wait for the other person to give it up. I have heard some people say that the confusion about consent is due to the vague way in which people say no. So just to be clear — “I have a headache,” means no. “I’m not in the mood,” also means no. These are not open invitations to provide counterarguments such as “take an Advil,” or “I can get you in the mood [wink, wink].” These are nice ways of politely declining an offer in a way meant to cushion the blow of hurt feelings. We tend to treat sex as a game of collect and conquer. A lot of this stems from the way we speak about sex — fuck them, screw them, bang them, do them. Notice how this implies we are doing things to each other instead of with each other? I get it — when we are horny and we really want to get with someone, we just want to let them know how much it

would rock to rock their world. But if we ever find ourselves trying to convince someone to have sex with us, that is probably an indication we should back off. Saying things like, “But don’t you love me?” or “It’ll feel really good,” or “You owe me,” or even — and I’ve heard this one before — “But baby, it’s my birthday” can all be considered coercion. Coerced sex equals nonconsensual sex. Enthusiasm is important. We want people to want to have sex with us, right? Otherwise, what is the point? They are not going to enjoy it, and I have a feeling if they are not into it, it is going to be boring for you as well. Simply lying there and taking it does not count as enthusiastic in my book. Just one last reminder about alcohol since many students want to know how much is too much to drink: Three-fourths of sexual assault cases on our campus involve the

use of alcohol. I cannot provide you with a blood alcohol level at which a person is no longer able to give consent, but that is not the point. Plus, I doubt most of you keep a breathalyzer with your condom supply anyway. But a good general rule to live by is this: If we would not feel comfortable giving someone the keys to our car to drive us home, we should not be having sex with them. If there is any inkling in our minds that the person we are trying to hook up with would say no in a sober state of mind, it is a better idea to wait until they are sobered up to ask. The sex will probably be more coherent anyway. Being a bit buzzed is much different than being intoxicated; slurred words, stumbling and unconsciousness are all tell-tale confirmations that your partner can no longer give consent under Wisconsin law. I am rather confused about the confusion

surrounding consent. Badgers, I gotta ask you — what kind of sex are you having out there if you are not asking for consent? Because asking for consent involves asking what turns your partner on and what they like. It opens the door to the pleasurable world of participatory sexual experiences. In the foreword of a book called “Yes Means Yes,” Margaret Cho — who happens to be my favorite comedian — expands even further on the concept of consent. In reflecting on her experiences, she begins to understand all the sex she has had in her life was not truly consensual. She writes, “I said ‘yes’ because I felt it was too much trouble to say no. I said yes because I didn’t want to defend my ‘no,’ qualify it, justify it, deserve it.” Ask yourself — have you ever had sex just because you felt obligated to? So I am calling on you

all to help each other out. Remember how I said consent can be sexy a couple of weeks ago? I gave you all some examples; now it is your turn. Send us your sexiest, coolest, most casual ways to ask for consent that have worked for you. Let us brainstorm with each other and swap tips. We will publish the best ones submitted. Badgers, I know you are all smart, and most of this info may seem obvious. But let us remember that one in four women on this campus and one in 33 men will be the victim of rape or attempted rape before they graduate. That is a whole lot of lack of consent! So, let us use these rules and ask for permission before we do things to each other’s bodies, shall we? It is just plain polite! Sam the sexpert wants you to send her your sexiest, coolest ways to ask for consent at humpday@ badgerherald.com.

Youth’s death sparks eﬀort to combat brain injuries Boarders promise to wear helmets funded by foundation begun by concerned couple Kevin Kousha ArtsEtc. Reporter The average skateboarder or longboarder enters the “scene” sometime in their teenage years. Middleaged parents Barry and Marcy Tilmann were a little late on the trend, only seeing their time consumed by it in recent years after it took the life of Ian, their son. Ian Tilmann died the night of May 16, 2005, riding down “Cemetery Hill” in Clearwater, Fla., on his longboard. His board stopped suddenly when one wheel rubbed against the underside of his deck, throwing him off abruptly at an estimated speed of 20 mph. He wasn’t wearing a helmet. His skull cracked from one ear around the back of his head to his other ear. Upon impact, his brain hit his skull in four different locations. Over the next week, his brain swelled into his brain stem, inhibiting his body’s ability to perform basic functions like breathing. Ian never regained consciousness and, after 10 days in the hospital, died from the injuries sustained to his head. Barry and Marcy believe a helmet would have saved his life. Despite his size, at 5-foot-5 inches and 115 pounds, Ian joined the Marines earlier in his life, not only avoiding serious injury, but also winning numerous commendations. He found his passion not only in longboarding, but also in motorcycle riding, and made sure to wear his helmet when riding his motorcycle. In the 10 days after the accident and before Ian’s death, money began to pour in from friends and family to aid in his recovery and rehabilitation. Marcy recalled, “When Ian died, I knew immediately what to do with the money,”

and she wasted no time in pursuing that goal. The parents committed the money to purchasing helmets to give to others in hopes of preventing such a tragedy from happening to someone else and their family. Those were the seeds that would grow into the Ian Tilmann Foundation. The core idea of the foundation is simple: By simply filling out a onepage contract promising to wear a helmet, any rider is eligible to receive a helmet for free. The foundation has become an integral part of the skateboarding community in the United States, especially for longboarders, and has become part of a growing pro-helmet movement gaining momentum across the globe. The Tilmanns, too, have become an important part of the longboarding communtiy. Barry is constantly travelling around the U.S. to represent the foundation. It makes a regular appearance at the Surf Expo event biannually, alongside established names in the extreme sports industry. Barry has even spoken in front of tens of thousands of Marines on the importance of helmet safety — since many Marines, like Ian, participate in one or more extreme sports. From a small, grassroots initiative, the organization has grown into the only national organization of its kind. Now, Barry is pushing to organize races around the country with the help of local contacts in hopes of creating a regular race schedule. With each race, there will be a pool of new riders signing up for races requiring helmets. When referring to the 3,600-plus helmets they have given away to date, Marcy remarked, “We’ve made a start.” By pushing helmet safety and helping to organize legally sanctioned races of all types across the country, the foundation has helped to legitimize a sport once on the fringe of the public view. The Ian Tilmann Foundation has proven some riders are dedicated

Photo courtesy of Barry and Marcy Tilmann

Ever since the death of their son, Ian, in a Florida longboarding accident, parents Barry and Marcy Tilmann have dedicated their lives to a program that supplies boarders with helmets. enough to wear a helmet, and some are even willing to dedicate their time contributing to the cause in whatever ways they can. Putting the concept of free helmets into practice has proven very effective. The foundation has reported saving five lives, 35 people from hospitalization and countless people from traumatic brain injury since its inception. When referring to the foundation’s success so far, Barry said he believes those figures are “without question, our greatest accomplishment.” This fact is particularly heartening because brain injuries are irreversible, and the damage caused by them is, too. Prevention is the only way to avoid such damage, which is costly. Lives are, of course, priceless, but many who survive head trauma

do not fare much better. People suffering from serious head injuries can lose their ability to speak properly, even to walk. Their recovery is not guaranteed and is a process often taking years and endless sums of money. A $50 helmet is all that’s required to prevent most of these injuries, and even for the others a more protective $300 helmet is still cheaper than the alternative. Many riders are beginning to realize this truth. In fact, the Ian Tilmann Foundation has been met with such popularity that the organization has had to delay helmet shipments in the recent past. In a matter of months, the Tilmanns have pushed to raise enough to meet ever-growing demand. To Marcy, the largest obstacle is finding the money for the 1,000-plus helmet contracts currently in their

queue. Barry has found yet another sizeable obstacle, he said. Especially among skateboard companies, the prevailing attitude holds skateboarding as relatively safe, and assuming the thrill of skateboarding comes from perceived danger. As such, many companies regularly produce media featuring riders without helmets. Barry said he believes “skateboarding is an extreme-action sport that is intrinsically hazardous. Our message to skaters is to make a promise to oneself.” Perhaps the most fascinating part of the Tilmann’s story is how they have reacted to the death of their son. At the time of his death, they were not even aware a longboard could so easily take the rider’s life — they thought Ian’s death was simply a freak accident.

Every hour, three skateboarders in the U.S. are sent to the hospital with traumatic brain injuries. Every week, a skateboarder dies from similar injury. Despite the tragedy the Tilmanns endured, they dove into the subculture surrounding the sport responsible for taking their son’s life and embraced it. As Marcy explained, “When you lose a child, you change,” and as such she made sure, along with her husband, that the change would be positive — and trigger a movement around the country. More information about the Ian Tilmann Foundation can be found at www. theiantilmannfoundation. org. Longboarders of UW, a student organization on campus, raises funds to buy helmets from the nationwide foundation.

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By Bess Donoghue ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Among the many pieces of art in Union South’s Gallery 1308, brightly colored sculptures and drawings are rather noticeable in the Time (Im)material exhibition. This collection of art, coined as mixed media sculptures, comes from the creative mind of Madison artist Michael Velliquette. “I’ve always gravitated towards things that are quick and easy, sort of expressionistic. … I call myself a sculptor, but I don’t do stone sculpture or anything like that,” Velliquette said. When he began his work, Velliquette focused on installations, particularly one large-scale piece titled “You in the I” that allowed viewers to walk inside the space made of cardboard, plastic and aluminum. Since that piece, Velliquette has developed a standard of materials to use for his work — specifically paper. “Around 2005, in an effort to focus my practice, I started working with paper exclusively,” Velliquette said. “I explored the scope of pushing the paper and sort of seeing what form it could take the longer I worked with it.” After some time creating more dramatic works, specifically one based on mythical gods, Velliquette is revisiting the concepts of his earlier repertoire. After the release of his first book earlier this year, “Lairs of the Unconscious,” which details his work since 2004, Velliquette is reliving the nostalgia of his artwork from the beginning of his career. The artist’s pieces, which can be seen on his website, www.velliquette.com, are intricately detailed through his use of multiple colors and shapes. In order to have more more freedom with his color palette, he has been painting his own construction paper over the past couple of years. With each project, Velliquette calls the art an evolving process, which he understands can be difficult for people to conceptualize. “You push that hobby to a point that there’s this space when people see what it is that you’ve done,” he said. “They have no frame of reference for how that’s possible. But the truth is, it’s just a lot of looking and observing at this intuitive process.” Although his use of bright colors and complex constructions could be seen as a representation of more modern art, Velliquette has specific reasoning for his technique. “I’m interested in art that is generous to the viewers. Generous for me is not necessarily easy, but generous in terms of that amount of visual information that it gives to the viewer,” Velliquette said. Color, for him, creates many visual contrasts and a visually stimulating encounter — embedding a positive experience for himself. “So, I equate that experience of hyper-color as something that also stimulates a positive experience in the viewer,” Velliquette said. The attention to detail in any sort of artwork is very exciting for the artist. Throughout his experiences with artwork from around the world, he said he is always impressed by what can be created with merely the human hand. “There are some evolutionary biologists who talk about the need for art — the ability to exercise their skill, with creating out of a raw material. That

became advantageous from an evolutionary point of view, that level of sophistication and problemsolving,” Velliquette said. With each project, Velliquette has a formulaic planning routine with the basis of each art piece. First, a general drawing is sketched onto paper for the shaping of the piece. From there, the sketches are cut into three-dimensional forms to create a base. Finally, he adds multiple layers of colorful paper for the bright design. For the many layers of bright paper, he uses an acrylic paint. In a recent exhibition at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, titled Chromatopia, Velliquette tried to create an important significance for the colors in his work. “I like to think of them as being relics or pieces of a culture that is not a culture necessarily of Earth, but part of a culture that worships color or form,” he said. When he reflects on his history, there is a consistent interest in art. However, when he arrived at Florida State University, he intended to study English before realizing art was more enjoyable and interesting. After he switched his major, he began to compile his own portfolio. While studying art, Velliquette began to grasp an understanding of how to make art out of all materials available. He was also influenced by artists Paul Thek and Ed Keinholz, who are artists from the late 1960s and made art with found objects and mixed media. “I have a lot of eclectic interests with things that inspire me visually. It could be anything from a haircut on a poodle to some exquisite Mandala painting. That kind of range of eclectic interests was easy for me to express in a lot of different materials,” Velliquette said. Now Velliquette has the opportunity to teach University of Wisconsin students what he discovered from his experiences. In an attempt to broaden its course offerings, the art department allowed Velliquette to start “Art 100: An Introduction to Art,” a studio and lecture course designed for non-art majors that offers a broad introduction to all forms of art media. “It’s important to people that even aren’t artists to have the ability to think creatively because if you can think creatively, you can see multiple solutions to any given problem,” Velliquette said. With a large collection of art in his toolbox, Velliquette loves every body of artwork and is especially happy to have continued pursuing a passion. In advice to students about pursuing an art career, he urges aspiring artists to test their commitment to the field of study. “Go for a period of time without art-making as a career goal, and just to do something else. See if they continue to make art during that period. If they find the time and desire to make art and if that time and desire overshadows their desire to do whatever else their doing, then they should consider a career in the arts,” Velliquette said. Looking to the future, Velliquette has multiple shows to prepare for that keep him busy, including one that will not begin until 2013. While in preparation for these exhibitions, Velliquette would like to experiment with other forms of art such as

stained glass, lighting and weaving. For now, he continues to provide the Madison community with positive and energetic artwork — hoping to convince Madison of the value art can provide to enrich lives. “It’s proof of the imagination. It’s proof that humans have the ability to think in the most complex and abstract ways and to try to make those abstract thoughts visible in material,” Velliquette said. “It’s the celebration of imagination.”

Photos courtesy of Michael Velliquette

, Michael Velliquette s gallery Time Im material will run at Gallery 1308 in Union South through Nov. 29.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Division-leading Blackhawks shut out in 3-0 loss Blues pick up first win under new coach as Halak holds Chicago scoreless ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Ken Hitchcock’s debut as St. Louis Blues coach was a huge success -- even if he had quibbles with his first game behind the bench in nearly two years. “I think far and away the weakest player was me,” the 59-year-old Hitchcock said after the Blues beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Tuesday night. “I’m going to have to get a little bit further up to speed because it was a playoff atmosphere with a playoff-style game.” Jaroslav Halak shrugged off his shaky start to the season with 29 saves and Chris Stewart scored on the power play to end a 10-game goal drought. T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist, and defensemen

SHED, from 20 three. Paape has played one less game, but in the past two weeks no one would have guessed it. The Appleton native has scored a goal in each of Wisconsin’s last three games. Eaves credits Paape’s success to the game experience he’s had so far. “The young man that jumps off the page after this past weekend is a guy like Matthew Paape,” Eaves said. “I think the game is starting to slow down for him. It’s not a rat race; it’s starting to slow down. Even in the early games you could tell he was hurrying things. “When he should have had more poise and confidence with the puck, he was chipping or shooting it too early. Now he’s starting to slow down.” A month into the season, after three overtime losses, a series sweep at home and finally picking up a point

MCCUE, from 20 father should have been reason enough to make sure Sandusky’s actions received appropriate attention. He certainly isn’t the only person to blame for this massive cover-up, but as the head of the football program, he should rightfully be held responsible. As the winningest coach in FBS history, Paterno has received plenty of positive attention over the years, and in such a position he must also be subject to the justified criticism he faces. Between the big paychecks and the allure of being one of the most highly regarded coaches in college football comes the expectation that a head coach will step up in difficult situations and make the tough — but right — decisions in such disturbing situations. High profile coaches are supposed to make bigtime decisions, and JoePa simply hasn’t lived up to that standard. Additionally, the scandal that is quickly casting a dark shadow over Beaver Stadium was only worsened

Barret Jackman and Kevin Shattenkirk had two assists apiece. The Blues’ 6-7 start cost coach Davis Payne his job, and several players mentioned the Hitchcock hire as a “wake-up call.” Their penalty kill was impressive, blanking the Blackhawks on nine chances. “Guys were buying in all over the ice, making plays,” said captain David Backes, who was plus-2. “Jaro was outstanding, he bailed us out when we needed it at critical times in the game.” Stewart’s deflection in the second period was only the fourth goal in 41 power-play opportunities for St. Louis, which entered as the NHL’s worst team with the man advantage. At his introductory news conference Monday morning, Hitchcock said it would take only one practice to fix the power play.

on the road, the Badgers have learned a lot about themselves as a team. For the freshmen, they got a crash course about playing college hockey. “I think even from summer we’ve come a

“I think the game is starting to slow down for [Matthew Paape].” Mike Eaves Head Coach

long way,” Paape said. “We’re getting stronger, getting our feet under ourselves on the ice, getting accustomed to the speed of the game, the big bodies [and] just being able to make smart plays out there. I think we’ve come a long way.” Little also noted the freshmen’s progress and was impressed by their willingness to learn. “I think every single one of them has grown

by the university’s poor handling of the situation. Only allowing questions regarding the Nebraska game at Paterno’s Tuesday press conference and then canceling it only makes it appear that the university is still trying to hide information from the media. There is no worse way to deal with a scandal built around a cover-up of sexual abuse allegations than to not allow access to a head coach who reportedly had knowledge of Sandusky’s alleged actions. After destroying any hope of limiting the damage of this breathtaking scandal, Paterno has no choice but to step down. With Curley, the athletic director, and vice president for business and finance Gary Schultz stepping down Monday in light of perjury charges, it’s clear that Paterno’s career has come to an unexpected end. The head coach’s son, Scott Paterno, said his father has not been asked to step down, but it needs to be done. No one wanted it to

“To be able to grasp a couple of the concepts this quick on the power play is a real good sign,” Hitchcock said. “And our penalty kill battled like crazy.” Hitchcock coached his first game since getting fired by Columbus in January 2010. He encountered a mental challenge after Scott Nichol was sidelined by an upper-body injury in the first period. “I was down to 11 forwards and I was like, lost,” Hitchcock said. “I was up to speed for a little while but when it really got going I need to improve.” Corey Crawford made 20 saves for Central Division-leading Chicago, which has lost three in a row. The Blackhawks were blanked for the second time, and the power play took the brunt of the blame. “Right now who cares about the stat?” forward

Jonathan Toews said. “We know we’ve got to be better, so we’ve got to keep working on it. I don’t know what else you want me to say.” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville had little to say that was positive. “Our puck possession, our puck movement, was terrible,” Quenneville said. “It’s certainly unacceptable.” Hitchcock was the third straight Blues coach to face the Blackhawks in his first game at home. The first to win, too, after Payne lost 6-3 in 2010 and Andy Murray fell 3-2 in 2006. Hitchcock became the first Blues coach to win in his debut, period, since Mike Keenan on Jan. 20, 1995. Halak entered 1-6 with a 3.35 goals-against average and has been splitting time with backup goalie Brian Elliott. Halak was especially strong during several scrambles in front

a lot,” he said. “They come in, a lot of them are pretty raw and they get their feet wet pretty quick. There are a lot of them in the lineup every night. They’re all willing to go out there and work and learn. That’s what I’ve been most impressed with, just their willingness to go out there and learn.” While the freshmen certainly have to catch up to the speed of the game, Woods said it’s an overall team effort. The best help is from the guys who have already been there. “I think it’s more of the older guys helping us out,” Woods said. “They’ve been in our spots before so they kind of make it easier on us and show us the ropes. It makes it a lot easier when you get on the ice.” Ultimately, learning the game, growing and shedding that youthful image all come from game experience and the situations Wisconsin puts itself in. Eaves said he believes that every weekend has

shown a fair amount of growth for his team, especially for one so young. “Every time we play — when we played against North Dakota it was an acceleration, going up and playing at a place we just did is an acceleration, because that’s kind of a wacky atmosphere up there — every weekend presents its own way of helping these kids grow up because every weekend was the first,” Eaves said. “It’s all brand new. It’s exciting, but it’s all brand new.” And hosting No. 1 Minnesota this weekend will be no different. But it will be a chance for UW to finally shed those young modifiers that currently define it. “I think it’s going to be a lot easier with our crowd. Minnesota is probably our biggest rival,” Woods said. “It just gives you a little jump in your step and makes you want to wake up in the morning. … We want to show that we can play with the best.”

end this way. Whether an alumnus who lives for gamedays in State College or a diehard SEC fan, Paterno was a character respected around the country. He was the old-school,

for front row seats and studied in Paterno Library. As a man whose legacy is felt across campus, it’s hard to believe he played an integral role in a scandal that could have the program and university hurting for years. When the Nittany Lions take the field at Beaver Stadium Saturday, there will be a certain somberness among the cheering crowds. Fans will look down on the once alluring head coach with a radically different point of view, realizing what he allowed Sandusky to get away with. It’s an end no one could have imagined, but it’s here. Whether a firstyear coach or a man who has paced the sidelines for 46 years, a scandal of this magnitude can only be overcome by starting anew.

Between the big paychecks and the allure of being one of the most highly regarded coaches in college football comes the expectation that a head coach will step up in difficult situations and make the tough — but right — decisions in such disturbing situations. grandfather-like character who had hardly changed since his first game as head coach in 1966. Even if he was nothing more than a figurehead at Penn State in recent years, he remained the pride of the program and a man revered by students. Students camped out in “Paternoville”

Ian is a junior majoring in journalism. Do you agree that JoePa needs to go, or should the university allow him to finish out the year? Let him know at imccue@badgerherald. com or tweet @imccue.

of the net, earning his first shutout since last season’s finale against Nashville. “When a coaching change happened so fast, we just needed to probably look in the mirror and ask yourself if that was the best you have,” Halak said. “Everybody did their best.” Stewart, who finished last season with 15 goals in the last 28 games, scored his third of the season and first since Oct. 13 for a 2-0 lead at 1:23 of the second. Stewart, who was planted in the slot to redirect a feed from Oshie, totaled just one assist during his slump. The Blues blunted a late charge by the Blackhawks when Oshie scored his third goal in three games on an innocent-looking shot from the left circle at 13:54. Vladimir Sobotka drove to the net and wedged the puck past Crawford midway through the first

period for his first goal since March 30. He has four points in the last four games. Game notes The Blues paid tribute to Pavol Demitra and Igor Korolev, who died in the plane crash that wiped out a Russian KHL team, in a pregame ceremony attended by Korolev’s wife and two daughters along with several former teammates, including Brett Hull. The Blues wore patches with the No. 38, worn by both Demitra and Korolev, and placed a mural honoring Demitra in the lower bowl concourse. ... Blues forward Scott Nichol (upper body) was sidelined in the first period. ... Hitchcock coached his 1,043rd game, sixth-most on the active list. Quenneville is third with 1,096. ... The attendance of 19,150 was the Blues’ 46th sellout in a row.

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Who deserves No. 3 spot in BCS rankings? Alabama’s dominance in college football’s toughest conference earns itself right to stay ahead of unproven Stanford of Pac-12 For a team with sky-high hopes, the Alabama football team’s loss to LSU this past weekend was a devastating one indeed. Not only have the chances dimmed for the Crimson Tide to win the SEC West and, subsequently, the SEC itself, but now its hold on a BCS Championship Game invitation has slipped as well. But it did not slip far and justifiably so. Following then-No. 2 Alabama’s baseball-esque 9-6 loss to No. 1 LSU last Saturday, many people thought — or at least hoped — Stanford would be able to leapfrog the Crimson Tide into the third position of the BCS rankings. Nope! Alabama merely slipped one place, denying Stanford the chance of bettering its position to contend for a national title. Naturally, Cardinal fans felt ousted by this move from the admittedly nefarious BCS system. This time, however, that fiendish system actually got it right. Stanford does not have any business being above Alabama any more than the Florida Panhandle does, and the reason is obvious. Through nine games and victories this season, the Cardinal has played two ranked teams. Its highest ranked opponent — USC, which came in at No. 20 in the AP Top 25 poll — tested Stanford to the brink in a 56-48 triple overtime game. Its other contest against a ranked opponent, Washington, featured a convincing 65-21 victory. However,

the Huskies rested on the fringe of the rankings — at No. 25 — and had to visit the Cardinal in their own stadium. . That is not exactly a simmering resume, especially when teams in the lower fifth of the national polls prove to be a hell of a test. Until Stanford plays No. 7 Oregon this upcoming Saturday, the proposition that the Cardinal could compete with Alabama, Oklahoma State or LSU is foolish. The Crimson Tide, meanwhile, has proven itself week after week in the toughest conference in the college landscape. Alabama, which has played teams ranked No. 1, 12 and 14, has not allowed any opponents to score more than 14 points and has only allowed 10 points or more three times in nine games. Stanford has succeeded in preventing less than 10 points or more just twice this season — against the likes of San Jose State and Colorado. So kudos to the Cardinal, I guess. LSU averages 35.9 points per game and against Alabama, was reduced to nine points. If just one of Alabama’s two kickers, Jeremy Shelley and Cade Foster hadn’t caved in the biggest game of the year the Crimson Tide would’ve won the “Game of the Century.” Quite simply, Alabama’s offense put itself in position to win more often than LSU did, and its two kickers failed to do their job. It would be criminal to see Stanford, which plays in the milquetoast Pac-12 conference, leapfrog a proven squad after it loses to the No. 1 team in the country by three points.

BALL, from 20 about Montee is that he’s going to run north and south. He’s going to hit the hole and he’s not going to dance around. For offensive linemen, that’s really helpful, because that makes it easier for you to stay on a guy or be on the right landmark on a guy because you know that [Montee’s] going to hit that north and south.” The progression Ball has taken from sophomore to junior year seems natural, though his emergence as Wisconsin’s top rushing threat has clear roots. Last season, Ball burst into prominence following a promising freshman year to join the Badgers’ three-headed running back monster with then-junior John Clay and then-freshman James White. White and Clay each eclipsed 1,000 yards on the season (1,052 and

Despite weaker schedule, polls should not look beyond Cardinal’s undefeated season; Crimson Tide’s loss at home proves weakness As great of a game Alabama played against LSU Saturday, these are five reasons why the Stanford Cardinal should be ranked No. 3 in the BCS ahead of Alabama right now. 1. The simplest reason Stanford deserves to be ranked ahead of Alabama right now is that the Cardinal is 9-0. It has long been the common rule that if only two BCS automatic qualifying schools remain undefeated for the entire season, those two teams should face off in the national title game. Temporarily forgetting No. 2 Oklahoma State, if the season ended today, Stanford would be robbed of that standard. If the BCS wants to avoid one more reason for a playoff in college football, rank Stanford ahead of Alabama. 2. Alabama lost at home, so it seems quite understandable why the polls reflect Alabama as more deserving of the No. 3 spot. Alabama and LSU played a close game; it was entertaining and it went into overtime. How could any other team play LSU, clearly the best team in the country, any closer? But do not forget Bama and LSU played in Tuscaloosa. Had the Tide lost on the road by three points in overtime, it would be a better argument, but the Tide lost at home. Why does Alabama deserve to be ranked No. 3 when it can’t even defend its home turf? 3. The Alabama defense is the biggest reason why the Tide is still regarded as one of the best teams in college football, and rightly so. But surprisingly, Stanford is no slouch on that side of the ball either. The Cardinal

1,012, respectively), but Ball fell four yards short of the standard coveted by running backs. Ball’s 18 touchdowns did lead Wisconsin’s Rose Bowl squad, though a sense of failure lingered as the Wentzville, Mo., native entered the offseason. “The benchmark for running backs, they want to reach 1,000 yards,” Ball said. “Last year, I fell short, and I really wanted to make sure that I made that mark this year.” In reaching that mark through nine games this season, Ball has also surpassed his 18-touchdown total from last season. His 162 carries are one carry short of all he got last year, a sign of his blossoming into Wisconsin’s true No. 1 running back. Entering the season, a two-pronged attack with Ball and White was largely expected, but the sophomore has taken a

defense may simply be overshadowed by a phenomenal offense. Stanford falls in at No. 11 in scoring defense at 16.6 points allowed per game and third in rush defense just behind Alabama and LSU, allowing 78.9 rushing yards per game. But perhaps more impressively, the Cardinal defense stands above Alabama in one notable defensive category: sacks. Stanford ranks ninth, averaging 3.11 sacks per game, while Alabama falls to the middle of the pack at No. 49 with just two sacks per game. 4. To complement the previous point, Stanford also ranks No. 1 in the country in sacks given up. At just 0.44 sacks allowed per game, Andrew Luck has been able to sit in the pocket long enough to shred defenses all season long. With such great pass protection, Stanford may prove able to move the ball even against a potential SEC foe like LSU. 5. It is interesting how this debate ties the Heisman Trophy and better positioning to win a national championship together. It is often argued that to win a Heisman you must be on a great — not just good — team to win. As of now, Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck is far and away the frontrunner for this year’s most prestigious award in college football. By not moving Stanford ahead of Alabama, the BCS is diminishing the brand of the Heisman Trophy, especially if Luck wins the trophy and Oklahoma State falls. The BCS would be stripping a great team, with arguably the best player in college football, of a chance to win a national title.

backseat to Ball. After averaging 6.7 yards per carry last year, White is averaging 5.1 this season. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native hasn’t rushed for 100 yards in a single game all season, and since rushing for 87 yards on 13 carries (6.7 yards per) on Oct. 15 against Indiana, he hasn’t rushed for more than 4.0 yards per carry in any game since. In fact, his totals have fallen every game since — from 3.8 to 3.2 and then 2.9 against Purdue. White’s decline hasn’t necessarily harmed the Badgers — he has continued to develop as a strong receiver out of the backfield — though it has cemented Ball’s role as the top running back on the team. “I really wanted to become the feature back,” Ball said of his offseason goals. “I wanted all that pressure on my shoulders. I feel like I really enjoy

pressure; I want to see what I can do with it. James, the same thing; he wants to be the feature back as well. I feel like I worked extremely hard in the offseason and carried it forward to this season.” In adapting to a role requiring more responsibility and accountability, Ball has proven a heightened sense of leadership that Wisconsin’s offense surely needed once Clay decided to leave early for the NFL after last season. “It’s always a transition from being one of a couple guys with an upperclassman above you to being the guy,” Hammock said. “I think he’s taken that responsibility, he’s taken that ownership. You can see it in practice, the way he works he says, ‘I’m going to lead by the way I work, and I want you guys to follow me.’ He’s done a great job with doing that.”

The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Men’s soccer set to kick off postseason play Badgers square off with Wolverines in first round of Big Ten Tournament Nick Daniels Men’s Soccer Writer With their seasonlong goal of reaching the NCAA tournament in jeopardy, the Wisconsin men’s soccer team will enter their opening round game against Michigan Wednesday with their dream on the line. Starting Wednesday, the Big Ten Tournament kicks off in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Badgers, who earned the No. 3 seed in the tournament with a 9-7-2 record overall, are set to play the hometown Michigan Wolverines, the No. 6 seed (5-13-1 overall), in the first round of the tournament. “It’s Michigan’s home field; there is an advantage there, no question about it,” head coach John Trask said. “Having said that, it’s the Big Ten Tournament, it doesn’t matter if it was being played on Mars. Every single team will be ready to play and that includes us, and we are looking forward to a great event.” While it appears to be a tough draw for the Badgers to play the tournament host, they actually enter familiar territory, having already defeated the Wolverines once in Ann Arbor this year. In their second game of Big Ten play in October, the Badgers pulled out a

hard fought 2-1 victory against the Wolverines despite being outshot 23-6 by the home team. Still, statistics can be deceptive, and the Badgers have managed to score goals all year with relatively little shot production. “We feel confident that we can play with any team,” junior midfielder Tomislav Zadro said. “They may have outshot us, but we dominated in goals and that is all that matters. If we can do that again, I think we will be fine no matter how many shots they take. Many of the shots they took were from 40 yards out, and we are quite content to let them take those; it is hard to score from there.” Should the Badgers manage to defeat the Wolverines for a second time this season, they would be faced with either the No. 2 seed Ohio State or the No. 7 seed Penn State. Regardless, the Badgers likely need multiple wins in the Big Ten Tournament to be considered for an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. Only one team, the winner of the Big Ten Tournament, is guaranteed a spot, and the Badgers would need to win three games in five days to come out on top. “We need to keep winning,” Trask said. “The easiest way to [get in] would be to win the Big Ten Tournament and get into the NCAA tournament automatically. That way we wouldn’t have to worry about any other teams. … I don’t like to leave things to other teams. “Having said that, to

go and win the Big Ten means we have to win three games in a short period of time, which is extremely hard.” At the beginning of the season, it would have seemed an unlikely story to say that the Badgers had a shot at the Big Ten Tournament trophy. They entered the season picked in the coach’s poll to finish last (out of seven) in the Big Ten, but after silencing the skeptics with a solid third place finish in the conference, the Badgers believe they are legitimate title contenders. “You have to play to your own standards,” senior forward Josh Thiermann said. “It is important to go into the game with the mindset that, if you don’t go into the game and impose your will on the other team, that you could lose and we can’t afford to do that.” Still, their path to the Big Ten Tournament final is not an easy one. The most likely scenario to winning the tournament includes facing the two Big Ten teams that defeated them in the regular season, Northwestern and Ohio State, which are seeded No. 1 and No. 2 in the tournament, respectively. Northwestern, which has a first-round bye in the tournament, does not play until Friday, when they face the winner of the Indiana vs. Michigan State game. The Wildcats were the only team in the Big Ten to go undefeated this year, and in a matchup in Evanston, Ill., earlier this year, the Badgers were unable to score

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With 19 points this season, midfielder Tomislav Zadro’s offensive production could determine how far the Badgers go in the Big Ten Tournament. and ultimately lost to Northwestern, 1-0. With so little season left for the Badgers, who are now one loss away from the end to their season, each game takes on new meaning. This is especially true for the

seniors on the squad, for many of whom this is their last competitive season. “If we lose, it could all be over,” Thiermann said. “You want to go into every game with the mindset that you’re gonna

win it. With that said, being a senior, knowing that you’re just on that verge [of the NCAA tournament], I’m sure there will be that little bit more intensity, urgency from us to keep the season alive.”

UW’s pair of seniors leading women’s volleyball

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Setter Janelle Gabrielsen is a central part of UW’s volleyball team and is the second Badger ever to eclipse 1,000 digs and 3,000 assists in her career. She’s helped usher in a young team that’s rolled with some of the nation’s top competition.

Gabrielsen takes aim at school records, Ohlander provides depth for Badgers Nick Korger Extra Points Editor The Wisconsin volleyball roster is a list with 17 roster spots; six freshmen, five sophomores and four juniors take up 15 of them. In those remaining roster slots, you will find the names of the two lone seniors on this year ’s squad: Janelle Gabrielsen and Elle Ohlander. The two senior captains for head coach Pete Waite’s team are winding down their collegiate careers in impressive

manners, as both seniors are currently shining brightly for the Badgers. While both are succeeding on the court, the two captains have a friendship that first began when they were just freshmen in 2008. “I noticed that [Elle] was a lot like me,” Gabrielsen said. “We’re both really calm and cool on the court, and we like to have fun out there. We have fun playing together, and we gel really well.” And the similarities extend off the court, as well. “I thought she was crazy,” Ohlander said. “We have very similar personalities, so we kind of feed off of each other.” It’s a chemistry Waite saw from day one. “The thing they both

had in common was that they both had a great positive spirit in the way they went about things, which I thought was really important,” Waite said. “They came in and worked hard and had fun. It was something they brought to the team and helped loosen everyone up a bit.” Gabrielsen is currently enjoying a historic senior campaign, as the setter recently eclipsed the 1,000 dig mark. Gabrielsen currently has 1,052 digs, along with 3,290 assists. Besides being seventh in Wisconsin history in career assists and ninth in digs, Gabrielsen is only the second Badger ever to have recorded 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs. Gabrielsen is also a threat for a double-double

every night. Gabrielsen currently has 10 doubledoubles on the season, giving her 47 for her career. Gabrielsen also earned a triple-double against Duke this year, where the senior recorded 11 kills, 12 digs and 20 assists. She has one other tripledouble in her career as well; as a freshman in 2008, she recorded the first triple-double by a Badger since 1988 against Michigan. “She’s well-rounded,” Waite said. “You find very few setters who can attack like she does. She’s got an amazing knack for blocking, and she’s a great server as well. She goes after any target I ask her to; she’s really given us a lot of strengths in a lot of areas.”

Gabrielsen looks to her basketball background as a reason for her multifaceted game. Playing for Menomonee Falls in high school, Gabrielsen broke the school record for points and was named conference player of the year as a senior. “When I was younger, I was a multi-sport athlete,” Gabrielsen said. “Being good at basketball and volleyball helped me with my athleticism, so I could play any position on the court.” While Gabrielsen has enjoyed success on the court throughout the season, her fellow senior and captain Ohlander has found a different path to success. As a freshman, Ohlander saw the most action, starting 28 of the

31 matches and ranking second on the team in hitting percentage and blocks. In each of the last three years, the middle blocker has seen her role on the court decrease, but the senior has always been ready to step in when the team needs her. The best example of this always-ready mentality came Sunday, when the Badgers upset the thenNo.6 Penn State Nittany Lions. Ohlander was called into the game in the first set and responded in a big way, electrifying the crowd with a kill and a service ace in two key plays that gave the Badgers their first lead of the entire set. Ohlander went on to record three kills, two service aces and four blocks, playing major minutes in all five sets, helping spark the Badgers to the team’s first win over the Nittany Lions since 2006. “You always have to be prepared to step in,” Ohlander said. “In practice, we mix up lineups all the time so it comes down to whoever ’s ready on game day. I just want to play every point as hard as I can and have fun in the process. I know [Janelle] and I only have three weeks left minimum or a month and a half maximum, so that’s a short amount of time. We just want to do everything we can for this team and enjoy ourselves.” Waite liked what he saw Sunday from Ohlander, and the performance may have earned the senior an extended role on the court in the upcoming future. “For right now, she’s on the court and playing,” Waite said. “She brings a little bigger block to us, and the more time she has on the court, the better she’ll continue to get. I know she’s an extremely hard worker and wants to be out there.” With the Badgers on the brink of an at-large tournament birth, the rest of the team is eager to send these two seniors off with a post-season run. “We have to play for our seniors,” sophomore Annemarie Hickey said. “It’s their last year, and they want to go out with every win they can. They’re great leaders and fun to be on the court with. They’re such a big part of our team.”

S PORTS Ball blossoms into UW’s feature back Sports Editor

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Junior knocking down personal goals, approaching school rush records Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor If one game could adequately encapsulate what Montee Ball has become to the Wisconsin football team, it came last Saturday against Purdue. With the Badgers having suffered two agonizing last-minute losses at Ohio State and at Michigan State, Wisconsin was in dire need of a victory to preserve its Big Ten title and BCS bowl hopes. A loss would have given UW its third of the season and relegated all of the Badgers’ lofty postseason hopes to whatif status. On the first play from scrimmage, Ball took a handoff from quarterback Russell Wilson and surged through a perfectly formed hole by left guard Travis Frederick (who had pulled from left-to-right), wide receiver Nick Toon (responsible for blocking the safety that came down in run support) and tight end Jake Byrne (coming in motion to the right side to block the left defensive end). About seven yards later, Ball made one would-be tackler miss and sprinted 44 yards downfield before being tripped up. The rush set up Wisconsin’s first touchdown of the day four plays later, but it also set a promising tone for both UW’s offense and Ball himself. The

Badgers, finally back at home, got the win they desperately needed, while Ball rushed 20 times for a career-high 223 yards and three touchdowns. His 11.2 yards-per-carry average was the highest of his career and his three touchdowns tied Brian Calhoun’s school record of 24 in a single season. Wisconsin routed Purdue 62-17, and many of the wrongs in UW’s suddenly topsy-turvy season were righted. For Ball, Saturday’s game was arguably the finest of his career and a profound testament to the season he’s been having. Through nine games, Ball has rushed for 1,076 yards and 21 touchdowns on 162 carries. Those 21 touchdowns are the most in the nation, and his 6.6-yards-per-carry average is the highest in the Big Ten. “Most of his numbers have come when the game is not out of hand,” running backs coach Thomas Hammock said. “He hasn’t been in games where he pads stats or does some things like that. Obviously, that’s not a part of the game. You want to play when needed. Every time he’s played, he’s been needed. Nothing more, nothing less.” All together, Ball’s performance has bolstered an offense that was already widely expected to be one of the nation’s most electric once Wilson transferred over the summer. “He’s running really, really hard,” Frederick said of Ball. “What I love

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Ball, who currently leads the Big Ten in yards per carry, had a career game against Purdue, rushing for 223 yards and three touchdowns in a 62-17 rout for the Badgers.

Scandal calls for JoePa’s departure Ian McCue McCue’s View

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Forward Brendan Woods, among other freshmen, is steadily catching on to the speed of the college level, posting one goal and three assists in the first month of his career.

How to shed a youthful image Stacked with inexperience, Wisconsin’s roster begins evolving into playmakers Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor The Wisconsin men’s hockey team is ready to put any references to their youthful, inexperienced roster to rest. But when there are nine freshmen on the team — with a total of 20 underclassmen — those stunting adjectives are bound to stick around no matter the record, conference standing or upset win. Head coach Mike Eaves knows the only way to get past the youthful tag is that the Badgers have to start focusing on the details. “It’s attention to detail,” Eaves said. “Little things like protecting the puck along the wall, not getting beat on wall to the front of the net, having good

stick position, widening your base so you’re stronger in the corner. It’s a matter of being there, but not just being there — being effective. That’s a step from being youthful to effective, which is part of being an upperclassmen.” And the message has been sent down the lines of the team as well. “I don’t think there’s one specific thing, we just have to grow in all aspects of our game,” junior forward Ryan Little said. “Just be more consistent and you know that’s something that comes with time. I think every week we’re just going out there to improve.” While Eaves would not say that any of his freshmen are playing beyond their years just yet, some have already begun to stand out early.

Eaves plays two freshmen goalies — Landon Peterson and Joel Rumpel — to mind the net Fridays and Saturdays. Eaves has said he considers the two to be neck and neck, though Rumpel has the statistical advantage with 157 saves for a .913 save percentage and a 3-1-1 record. Peterson isn’t far behind, with 140 saves for a .875 save percentage, but his record is only 1-4-0. But, of course, when only freshmen tend goal, they’re going to stick out. And the young cubs are finally starting to make an impact on offense as well. Straight out of high school, forward Joe LaBate is already playing on the top line and has posted eight points on the season. LaBate scored his first goal in UW’s

season opener, netting the game-tying goal to send it into overtime. The Badgers went on to lose 3-2 to Northern Michigan. “We didn’t know for sure [how he would handle college hockey] because he’s a high school kid,” freshman forward Brendan Woods said. “It’s a big step. From juniors it’s a lot easier because you’re playing with the older kids. LaBate, I think he’s showed up the most. He came out on the first line. That’s pretty impressive for all of us to see.” LaBate has notched two goals this season, and Woods has started to make a difference with one goal himself. The only other freshman with more goals is Matt Paape, who has netted

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In a matter of days, Joe Paterno went from being one of the most respected men in college football to one of the most criticized. As the most powerful figure in the Penn State football program, he is what the program stands for. He carries responsibility for everything that characterizes the classic navy and white uniforms that dot the field of Beaver Stadium. With such a title, Paterno must acknowledge that he did not take appropriate action after learning of the disturbing allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. Paterno must realize that he was integral to the cover-up of the scandal in State College. He must realize that it’s time to step down. The time to leave is now. Paterno is a man with, up until perhaps now, a nearly infallible legacy, and it’s understandable that some want to let him finish out the year and leave with some sense of pride. But there is simply too much at stake in this situation. The allegations are much too sobering to allow him to represent the program any longer. At this point, his legacy is nothing more than a minor concern in comparison to the fact that Paterno knew about the alleged inappropriate activities of his close

friend and fellow coach. Despite Matt Millen’s tear-filled attempt to claim the investigation is still ongoing, that people shouldn’t be so quick to judge the man at the helm of his alma mater, it’s clear Paterno had knowledge of the allegations facing his coach. No further investigation is needed to prove that the man in the thick, dark-framed glasses with the raspy voice deserves significant responsibility for this scandal. According to the grand jury testimony, the legendary coach was informed of Sandusky’s alleged inappropriate behavior with a boy in the locker room shower in 2002 and reported the activity to athletic director Tim Curley and other school administrators, but did nothing more than that. When a head coach, particularly one of the most powerful men on campus such as Paterno, learns of such an incident, reporting to school officials is simply not enough. He should have gone to the police and sought attention for the issue, but instead he decided to simply fulfill his legal obligation and do nothing more. It’s certainly possible that Paterno did not realize that Sandusky had allegedly assaulted close to 20 boys, according to a breaking story on myfoxphilly. com, but one incident is more than ample grounds to take action. Friendships must be placed aside when there are accusations of sexual abuse. Apart from his duty as a head coach, his role as a

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