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City to seek input for ’12 block party Ally Boutelle City Editor The Mifflin Neighborhood Association met Thursday to review safety concerns on the Mifflin Street Block Party and begin plans to collaborate with students, along with reviewing several development projects in the Mifflin area. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the association is interested in collaborating with students as conversations

about the future of the block party begin. Verveer said the Associated Students of Madison will combine with Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc. and the Mifflin West District to hold a series of meetings that will be open to the public. The first meeting, Verveer said, will be held sometime between Thanksgiving and University of Wisconsin final exams. A tentative date has been

set for Dec. 8, Verveer said. The meeting’s location is currently undetermined. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin had scheduled a discussion with city officials to kick off the Mifflin discussion, Verveer said, but the meeting was cancelled because of budget proceedings. It will be rescheduled for sometime within the next two weeks. The neighborhood association also discussed plans for the possible relocation of the Mercury

Café. The restaurant’s proposed new venue is on the 200 block of North Frances Street. Mercury Café owner Vasili Kallias said the café’s location on East Mifflin Street was severely damaged by the June fire in the neighboring Capitol Apartments building. Verveer said if the proposal created by Kallias and his partner Ed Tallard, owner of Tallard Apartments, goes through, two adjacent old houses on the 200 block would be

converted. The front house, facing North Frances Street, would become the restaurant’s new location, while the house in back would be rented out to tenants, Verveer said. Kallias said he and Tallard would consider the possibility of tearing down the houses and rebuilding in the future, but did not have current plans to do any demolition. The project has become controversial because it would require adjustment

of current zoning, Verveer said. “It’s not a slam dunk because the entire block, with the exception of the Nitty Gritty, is zoned residential,” he said. “They want to zone it commercial.” Kallias said he wants to get the project moving “as soon as I can”. The association also reviewed the plan for a 12-story student high rise on West Johnson Street,

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Bar admission rule questioned Ally Boutelle City Editor

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Neha Suri was a senior at the University of Wisconsin when she died from bacterial meningitis in Feb. 2010. Suri was studying political science and journalism, and at her memorial, chairs from both departments pledged they would start a scholarship in her honor. Suri is warmly remembered by her friends and neighbors.

Student’s memory honored in 5K Olivia Demarinis News Reporter A 5K race in Minneapolis will help build a scholarship founded in honor of an athletic and beloved University of Wisconsin senior whose tragic death shook the University of Wisconsin campus over a year and a half ago.

On Feb. 2, 2010, UW senior Neha Suri died from bacterial meningitis. This weekend, a Run/Walk in her memory in will raise money for a UW scholarship created in her honor. Bacterial meningitis is a severe but rare infection that causes damage to the brain and spinal cord.

On Jan. 25 2010, Suri was rushed to the hospital and was put in an induced coma as of Jan. 26. After a week in critical condition, she passed away the afternoon of the Feb. 2. A memorial service for her was held in Lathrop Hall the day after her death, where over 100 students, along with family members

and faculty members including Dean of Students Lori Berquam and former Chancellor Biddy Martin mourned the loss. “[It is] evident that she didn’t just visit this school,” Martin said at the service. “… [Suri] managed in a relatively short time to make

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The city’s Equal Opportunities Commission took action Thursday against a bar policy which requires a driver’s license for entry, citing possible prejudice and discriminatory practices as reasons to fight against the policy. In addition to the concerns about discrimination raised by the bar policy, commission members worried the policy was not being consistently enforced. Lucía Nuñez, director of the Department of Civil Rights, said there is no current ordinance that addresses uniform bar admittance or discrimination that may take place when bar security determines who to allow in. Multiple commission members were concerned not having such an ordinance could lead to bars that have adopted the policy not universally asking for a driver’s license for admission. Rather, the members said, bar security could require a license from some prospective patrons while allowing others to slide by. Members are concerned security could

make those decisions on the basis of race. Members said they understand and respect bars’ rights to have admittance policies like dress codes, but feel universal application is paramount for equality. EOC Executive Committee President Coco Bustamante said admissions guidelines are necessary, but should be enforced fairly. “The police have standard protocol for how they establish age and identity,” she said. “That should be clear and easy to apply to admission.” Ald. Brian Solomon, District 10, said it would take a “solid six to eight months” for a potential ordinance about universal enforcement to go through the city process. In the meantime, commission member Brian Benford suggested the commission create a subcommittee to raise public awareness and take action against the policy. The commission motioned to create the subcommittee immediately. Benford and members Sean Saiz and Katherine Cramer Walsh volunteered as members. City Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark

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Controversial student org funding method introduced Katie Caron Campus Reporter The leader of the Student Services Finance Committee unveiled a plan to bring back the controversial Campus Services Fund to provide funding for student organizations seeking contract status. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart presented a new direction for the contract status debate, which includes eligibility for segregated fees and introduced an idea to bring back the Campus Services Fund. The CSF, which was proposed last year but was not implemented, would provide a separate funding process for student organizations which have sought or currently seek eligibility and work independently of the General Student Services Fund realm. Last week, the committee addressed the ongoing issue of how to fund groups that have

been granted eligibility. This would particularly affect the Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, as they have requested contract status but have yet to obtain it. Neibart said she had been thinking of reintroducing the CSF as a last resort and it is a viable solution to problems regarding contract status groups. “This is not the solution to every problem within SSFC, but this is the solution to the problem at hand — contract status,” she said. Neibart said the CSF would in no way be SSFC’s “baby,” because SSFC deals more with GSSF than with CSF. The Associated Students of Madison Student Council will primarily make decisions regarding CSF. Neibart said the CSF would involve a bidding process for services that do not fall within GSSF funding.

If a group believed it could offer a service that does not exist at the University of Wisconsin, it could gain funding through a process where student organizations would debate that service’s worth on campus. SSFC Rep. David Vines asked why the committee could not just edit what exists in SSFC bylaws to work more efficiently for contract status groups. Neibart said SSFC does not have the authority to create an internal process, according to UW Legal. Rep. Cale Plamann said this process would be effective in that it would target services rather than specific figures in the bidding process, thus avoiding viewpoint neutrality violations. Neibart said a finalized draft of the new CSF will be ideally introduced during Monday’s meeting. She also addressed the opposition the CSF faced last year. Groups including

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SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart speaks during Thursday night’s meeting, where the Student Leadership Program’s budget was decided and PAVE presented their budget for next year. Neibart spearheaded the initiative to bring back the Campus Services Fund back as a funding option. WISPIRG, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, and the Multicultural Student Coalition feared the GSSF would become undervalued with the

introduction of the CSF, Neibart said. Because the two processes would be separate and SSFC will always be primarily concerned with direct

student services, this shouldn’t be a concern, she added. WISPIRG Chair Matt Kozlowski said in an

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett asked Penn State students on Thursday to refrain from the violence that wracked their college town after famed football coach Joe Paterno was fired, saying the nation is watching their behavior. At a news conference in State College, Corbett also expressed disappointment in Paterno and university President Graham Spanier, who were fired by university trustees the night before for their handling of child sex abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach. Thousands of students took to the streets Wednesday night after Paterno’s dismissal, overturning a TV news van and throwing rocks, bottles and other hard objects at police and others. “I believe in your right of assembly and your right to express your

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opinions,” Corbett said. “I do not believe, nor does anyone believe, in your right to violence.” Investigators said they were reviewing video footage and have identified numerous suspects who could be charged with riot, attempted arson or other counts. “The crowd initially was a peaceful demonstration against Coach Paterno’s firing. The crowd quickly turned from a peaceful demonstration to a riotous mob,” State College police said in a statement. “The mob attempted to light vehicles on fire, and tore down light posts and street signs.” In the statement, police estimated the crowd totaled as many as 4,000 to 5,000 people and that officers made numerous orders to disperse but eventually had to use pepper spray. About 100 police officers were downtown, many wearing helmets. Authorities didn’t say

how many arrests had been made. Paterno had announced earlier Wednesday that he planned to retire after the season and expressed remorse for not having done more after he learned of sex abuse allegations that had been lodged against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who has denied the charges. On Wednesday night, the board of trustees announced his immediate firing. Meanwhile, a group that advocates for the rights of people abused by Catholic priests released a statement cautioning Paterno’s supporters to think about the consequences of their actions. “As for the students who are rallying around Paterno, we hope university officials will ask them to consider the anguish their actions are causing the victimized children as well as other members of their community

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Police attempt to contain the student riots at Penn State University very early Thursday morning. The riots began after the campus’ football coach was removed due to a sex scandal. who are victims of sexual violence,” BishopAccountability.org said in the statement. “To observers of the Catholic crisis, this phenomenon is sadly familiar,” the group said. “The students are similar to the parishioners who

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JFC votes to alter Medicare, Medicaid; critics say many would be uninsured Grant Hermes State Reporter Zhao Lim The Badger Herald

The State’s Joint Finance Committee passed a proposed change in Medicare and Medicaid aimed at reducing the budget deficit that may leave tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents uninsured. Approved after a lengthy debate at a hearing Thursday, the plan, proposed by the Department of Health Services, would restrict BadgerCare eligibility from adults under 26 who are covered by their parents’ major medical coverage. The JFC passed the vote 11 to 7. The bill was later approved through for further discussion by both houses in later legislative sessions. The vote was predominately split down party lines. It would also call for a cap of 5 percent of total income on monthly premiums for coverage while raising co-pays, according to a DHS statement. The proposed changes to BadgerCare would save money and help repair the deficit that has been created and partially attributed to faults in the current DHS system, according to the statement.

rally around abusive priests and complicit bishops. This kind of deference to powerful authority figures helps create a culture in which victims are silenced and officials feel entitled to hide crimes rather than calling the police. “

During Thursday morning’s JFC meeting, Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, supported the changes to the state’s health care plans, saying they would leave some uninsured, but make sense given the limited funds the state has had to deal with. DHS Secretary Dennis JFC during the hearing Smith said during the the findings of 64,000 hearing the only changes individuals left uninsured a conservative they are making would be was the premium and co-pay estimate. Mason went on to say changes along with the coverage for people under the committee is trying to put the new policies 26. “There are still groups, through based on a false the mentally ill and early- deadline. “The diagnosed Walker budget children, gave us this that we still deadline. We care very “There are still can change it. much about groups, the We are better and are not mentally ill and than this. harming with Wisconsin this plan,” he early-diagnosed deserves said. children, that better than According we still care very this,” Mason to findings said. from the much about and are not harming JFC CoLegislative Chair Rep. Finance with this plan.” Robin Vos, Council and R-Rochester, a release Dennis Smith said the plan from the DHS Secretary is innovative Wisconsin and the right Council on thing to do Children and during a time Families, the proposed plan would of limited resources. He said putting the prevent 64,000 Wisconsin residents access to policy in place swiftly is BadgerCare, 29,000 of necessary in order to keep the budget in check. those being children. “The timeline is wise, Bureau Fiscal Analyst Eric Peck told Rep. Cory and the time for social Mason, D-Racine, and the justice achieved through

government money is over,” Vos said. Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, said the issue is about the most vulnerable in our society. “You made a choice, Mr. Chair, that we reward those who make more in the stock markets and neglect those who can’t afford a raise in their copay,” he said. Bob Jacobson, spokesperson for the Council for Children and Families, said there are other solutions to the problem if the legislation would not be constricted by the “false deadline” of Dec. 31 written into the governor’s budget plan. This plan will do more harm than good, Jacobson said. “There are so many people that will be priced out of health care by this. It is more of a shift of money than a plan to reduce debt.” The approved changes will move on to higher offices of legislation for further review before being put into action sometime during the next session.

of her life something singular and something important.” Suri was a journalism and political science major who wrote for the Daily Cardinal and worked for Recreational Sports at the SERF. A native of Singapore, she was very involved in campus activities and held an internship at the State Capitol. To commemorate Suri’s commitment to her studies as a Badger, the Department of Political Science and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication have established The Neha Suri Scholarship Fund. “We were all shocked [by Suri’s death], and we weren’t sure how to help,” said Carl Jaeger, a friend of Suri’s and Badger Herald alumnus. This scholarship, he said, will help others to be touched by the life of a “very sweet and caring girl.” This annual scholarship will be given to juniors or seniors majoring in political science or journalism, especially those applicants who are undertaking this combined major, as well as involved on campus. The Daily Cardinal Alumni Association donated a seed gift of $1,000. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Department of Political Science each also contributed $1,000. Ideally, if the scholarship can reach $10,000, it will then be considered a permanent endowment in the College of Letters and Sciences, allowing the interest from this amount to be given to students. To help accomplish the $10,000 goal, Suri’s friends and family have organized a 5K Run/ Walk on Saturday Nov. 12 in Minneapolis, where her closest family and friends in the U.S. live. The event runs from 9 a.m. to noon. The path of the run-walk tours Lake of the Isles, one of the many scenic spots in Minneapolis. Registration costs for the 5K, including a t-shirt, are $25 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under. To register for the Run/Walk for Neha event, please visit: http://www.wix. com/runforneha/ nehasuri#!run-or-walk. To donate to the Neha Suri Scholarship Fund, please visit: https:// secure.supportuw.org/ MultiPage/processStep1. do?seq=9805.

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Groups weigh impacts of cultural stereotypes Jackie Allen Campus Reporter Several student organizations gathered Thursday night to debate cultural appropriation — the assumption of elements of one culture by a different cultural group — and how appropriation affects diversity in America. Members from the American Asian Student Union, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán and Wunk Sheek illustrated several examples of cultural appropriation in the media and pop culture, including Halloween costumes, hiphop and movies.

MEChA member Jorge Trinidad-Espinoza said a lot of cultural appropriation occurs in pop culture. “It’s important to look at racism, not on a personal level, but on a systematic level,” Trinidad-Espinoza said. “Hip-hop was originally about promoting culture … but you see it today and it’s materialistic, and the reason for that is because a lot of people who consume hip-hop aren’t African-American anymore.” He said hip-hop was originally a part of musical culture within the AfricanAmerican community that has changed to become

more marketable to white people. “We’re not trying to attack white people or white culture,” Wunk Sheek member Ryan Young said. “But we’re just trying to have a discussion about cultural appropriation.” AASU member Wesley Ho added part of this aspect of cultural appropriation takes place simply because there is a market available for the music industry to promote hip-hop songs to. He added certain video games generate profits without thinking about the cultural stereotypes they perpetuate. Young said Halloween

is a major contemporary example of cultural appropriation, as many people will wear racially provocative costumes without thinking about the tradition or connotations of the culturally-inspired ware. While some members said Halloween simply provides an opportunity for people to dress in a different way, others said dressing in Native American-style attire or in stereotypical outfits perpetuates ignorance and racism about different cultures. “For this discussion, we shouldn’t have examples from Halloween,” Ho said. “I want it to be more

BLOCK PARTY, from 1 adjacent to the Double Tree Hotel and a three- to sixstory apartment building on West Dayton Street. Association members raised questions about the buildings’ respective developers choosing to collaborate despite their different project timelines. Scott Faust, the developer of the three- to six-story building on West Dayton Street, hopes to break ground as early as this August. In contrast, Ron Fedler, developer of the 12-story building on West Johnson Street, will not begin construction for “at least a couple of years.” Fedler is just embarking on the city review process. West Mifflin District Chair Larry Warman said he disagreed with the developers’ decision to collaborate on the projects. “If they’re doing it at separate time frames, why are they doing it together?” he asked. The developers of the 12-story building will begin the review process when they go before the city’s Urban Design Commission on Nov. 23.

of a discussion of daily appropriation.” However, Young argued Halloween is the largest and most public display of cultural appropriation in the United States. Other members attempted to create a distinction between those who wear a culturallyinspired costume with knowledge of the culture versus those without that knowledge. “There’s a thin line, regardless of whether or not they had knowledge of the culture,” Young said. “There are still some people who will get angry … and a lot of people tend to stop the argument by saying they weren’t trying

to offend anyone.” Ho added the difference between qualifying an act of cultural appropriation as racist or not depends on many factors and is incredibly abstract. Members also debated in the influence of Americanized food, particularly Chinese dishes. Young said many Native American inspired foods are not made accurately or are served without explaining the cultural significance behind it. “For me, personally, a lot of problems occur because … of a lack of education,” Young said. “It needs to be a subject that’s elaborated.”

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“Our goal is to try to educate establishment owners on some of those implications and provide them to keep [their establishments] safe without discriminating,” he said. Commission members said the urgency of the issue comes from revealing statistics about who has a driver’s license in Wisconsin. Seventy-eight percent of black men between 18 and 24 don’t have a license, while only 36 percent of white males of the same age do not. Solomon said the commission has three possible choices for how to combat the policy. “We can sit back and wait to see if a complaint gets filed, we could look at an ordinance change [prohibiting the policy] or we can work with bar owners and figure out a solution,” he said.

Woulf said the city is also taking action to educate the public and bar owners about the policy and its potential discriminatory implications. He said Mayor Paul Soglin will meet with a small group of bar owners to go over the policy and discuss its possible consequences. The city will also hold a tavern safety training session sometime in December. “[The session] will give bar owners and managers the best practices for management and admissions policies,” Woulf said. Woulf said the sessions are the mayor’s office’s response to the “great Megan McCormick The Badger Herald file photo deal” of public concern Johnny O’s on University Avenue is a favorite downtown haunt for students and Madison residents. The bar’s owner has said the ordinance gives bars more that the bar policy could authority over what kind of identification it accepts, which has been a good thing since security encounters people trying to pass off fake IDs to gain entry. be discriminatory.

STUDENT ORG, from 1 interview with The Badger Herald that WISPIRG has felt the contracting process

has not been that complicated and that he feels reintroducing the CSF is unnecessary. “Other schools in this country do this without

making this a huge to-do, so we at UWMadison can do this effectively,” Kozlowski said in the interview. “I think that creating a

whole new process is a mistake.” SSFC also passed the $68,761 2012-2013 budget for the Student Leadership Program.

Student organization Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment also presented its budget, which SSFC will vote on next week.

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Two-party system leaves much to be desired reelection of President Barack Obama. A smaller number have likely already made up their mind to vote for the GOP nominee, whoever he (sorry, Ms. Bachmann) ends up being. Zach Butzler A choice few might pull Guest Columnist the lever for somebody else, but let’s face it: In this country, our twoWednesday’s party duopoly — which “Presidential Debate” was prominently on between the College display Wednesday Democrats and College night — means we only Republicans, while get two choices for laudable in its efforts president. And as South to elevate discourse Park so eloquently put it on campus, was in the run-up to the 2004 glaringly indicative of election, too often we end a fundamental flaw at up being forced to choose the heart of our current between a douche and a political landscape. turd. In the “yes or no” Of course, we could response round, there vote third-party, but let’s were only a few topics be honest. A vote for a the debaters gave the third-party, with the way same response for, the system is now, is at echoing the polarizing best a symbolic gesture. nature of today’s national political scene and leaving The effect of having only two viable options, then, people who don’t think is a homogenization of every issue is black and political thought. In a white out in the cold. country as diverse as Less than a year from ours, to pretend that all now, many students political opinion must fall on campus will be under the tents of two voting in their first diametrically opposed presidential election. groups is ridiculous. The overwhelming Republicans and majority (this is Madison, Democrats, though remember) will be seemingly mortal casting their vote for the

enemies, have common ground in wanting to maintain this status quo. They do not want there to be more choices; they will fight to the death anything that represents a threat to their duopoly. And the general public, more or less, has tacitly agreed to what is essentially a false dichotomy. But could we be seeing a paradigm shift? Since the election of President Obama in 2008, we have seen political unrest via the rise of the Tea Party on the right, and most recently via the predominately left-wing movement of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Approval ratings of Congress are always low, but according to the latest CBS/New York Times poll, a minuscule 9 percent of the public approves of the job Congress is doing, an all-time low. If there has ever been a time to start having a conversation about getting rid of this two-party duopoly, isn’t it now? I am not naive enough to think that any change is going to come soon; it might not even come in our lifetimes. We are

just too entrenched in the current system. But there is something we can do now to help bring about a wider range of party choice: allow fusion voting. Fusion voting is when multiple parties are allowed to nominate the same candidate. This may sound strange, but what fusion voting does

The fact that Texas Congressman Ron Paul is running for the Republican nomination is exactly what’s wrong with the two-party system. is allow third parties to have more influence in elections, which, theoretically, would gradually increase their power until they become viable options on their own. For instance, the Tea Party could break off from the GOP and become their own party. However, instead of nominating their own candidate, they would essentially endorse the Republican candidate — who undoubtedly

would have a better shot at winning a general election. The reason this would increase their influence is because people would have the option of voting for, say, Mitt Romney, by checking the box for either Mitt RomneyRepublican or Mitt Romney-Tea Party. Thus, when election results are totaled, if Romney wins the election he is forced to acknowledge the support of the Tea Party. The end goal, although admittedly far down the road, would be for the parties to gain enough ground to nominate their own candidates. Currently, fusion voting is illegal in all but eight states (and is obviously not allowed in presidential elections). Yet in this country we are fond of speaking of “the marketplace of ideas” — why not allow more viable voices in the political marketplace? The fact that Texas Congressman Ron Paul — and if he isn’t a libertarian, no one is — is running for the Republican nomination is exactly what’s wrong with the system. If he wanted any chance at all

of being elected, he had no choice but to run as a Republican. And that’s a damn shame. Reasonable people may disagree on whether fusion voting is a good idea or not, but the end goal of a wider range of political viewpoints having real power is something we should all be able to get behind. Even four viable options instead of two would make a world of difference. Imagine a 2012 election where we could choose between Russ Feingold, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. The debates alone would be spectacular, elevating discourse beyond the this or that nature of Wednesday’s “Presidential Debate.” But instead, once the GOP gets around to nominating Romney, we’ll once again sit through another election full of homogeneous political thought, with only two real choices in the end. I’ll let you decide who’s the douche and who’s the turd. Zach Butzler (zbutzler@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in political science.

Lesson for all universities in Penn State controversy Signe Brewster Editor in Chief Few things are too big to fail. If the allegations are true that former Pennsylvania State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky molested at least eight boys, he acted on the misconception his connections and position of power rendered him too big to fail. When Head Coach Joe Paterno attempted to wait until the end of the football season to retire, he exposed that he believed the Penn State football

team to be too big to fail. When a scared team of janitors decided to not report what they had seen and heard because they thought it would jeopardize their jobs, they acted on the belief the Penn State athletic department was too big to fail. When Graduate Assistant Mike McQeary failed to report what he had seen to the police, he displayed he believed his superiors were too big to fail. When Paterno, University President Graham Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Senior Vice President Gary Schultz failed to take further action upon hearing reports of inappropriate acts by Sandusky, they acted on their conviction Penn State

was too big to fail. When students took to the streets of Happy Valley, leaving shouts and broken glass in their wake, they showed they thought the old definition of a Nittany Lion was too big to fail. They were all wrong. The Penn State Board of Trustees recognized each of the parties’ failures when it stepped in Wednesday to fire Paterno and Spanier and express its outrage over the sexual assault allegations. The board’s members recognized one of the few things that must be considered too big to fail is respect for your fellow human. No one is too small to matter. On Wednesday night, Paterno left his house to greet the throngs of people occupying his yard. As he moved to walk back

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Former Pennsylvania State University defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky celebrated with players at the Alamo Bowl in 1999. Sandusky is charged with 40 criminal counts of sexual assault over a 15-year period. He is out on bail. inside, “We are Penn State!” rang out from one of the students in the crowd, according to The New York Times. Paterno turned and said: “That’s right. We are Penn State. Don’t ever forget it.” Everyone involved in the Sandusky scandal lost sight of what it means

to be Penn State and recognize what principles are too important to forget. From that very first inkling of drifting away, they set themselves up for failure. Halfway across the country, we are the University of Wisconsin. Like at Penn State, part of who we are is taking

action when something is not right. We must not make the same mistake of believing the status quo is too big to fail. No one is too small to recognize that. Signe Brewster (sbrewster@badgerherald. com) is a senior majoring in life science communication.

Herald Editorial Renters Beware As student renters in Madison, we should consider ourselves very lucky that decades worth of leaders in municipal government have fought for tenants’ rights. Our city has some of the toughest pro-tenant laws in Wisconsin. Because this board is pleased with the current laws in place in Madison, we are enraged by the Legislature’s recent passage of a bill that would severely restrict the tenant rights of all Wisconsin renters, especially students

and low-income families. The bill, which Gov. Scott Walker will likely sign next month, reverses many rights student renters take for granted, including the right to reasonable showing times, the right to a fair security deposit and the right not to be judged on the basis of income. Most egregiously, the law stipulates that landlords no longer have to provide check-in and check-out forms for their residents, stripping away the right for

tenants to hold landlords accountable for pre-existing problems with their properties. Tenant laws such as these are best left up to the municipalities who understand the nuances of their renting communities. By passing this bill, the Legislature has assumed the needs of student renters in Madison are exactly the same as those of lifelong renters in other cities like Sheboygan or Beloit. Madison’s current laws are

law because of the Legislature’s decision. This is not surprising, but still disturbing. To most effectively protest the Legislature’s decision, we have advice for students: Be vigilant, and educate yourself on what is legal under the new bill. Read the bill, read the paper or talk to your representative on City Council. It might be bad legislation, but that does not mean big property managers should win.

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Found vs. Found event provides competition of ephemera Reclaimed collections of film footage, notes come together for first time on two-week tour Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor To the cash-crunched student, finding money on the ground is a luxury and thrill. To the curious human, however, there’s something about a crumpled wad of loose leaf notebook paper that incites just as much excitement and wonder: Is it a note? After all, a note is where subject matter too sensitive or complex to put into verbal conversation finds its way. Davy Rothbart, from NPR’s This American Life, took hold of this idea in the early 2000s and turned it into his life’s ongoing art project, resulting in the Found books and Found Magazine. Readers continue to submit hundreds of found postcards, shopping lists, flyers and notes each year. Now, meet Nick Preuher and Joe Pickett. Both are Wisconsinites, but a similar passion to Rothbart’s has thrown them to all corners of the nation the past seven years. The pair hoards any and all film footage it comes across — the weirder, the better. Both groups have been aware of the other for years, but never collaborated.

“Found vs. Found” will be just such an occasion, with what was described by Preuher as a “battle royale of found stuff.” While the event is being pitched as a head-to-head, “Fight Club”type ordeal, the groups have worked in close collaboration with each other this fall — and found kinship in the tight parallels of their work. “We’ve based it as a competition,” Prueher said, lamenting that Found Footage has been victorious in only one of four shows on the tour so far. “There are three rounds, and we each have 12 minutes to show off our best finds in those rounds. At the end of the 12 minutes, we nominate three impartial judges in the audience and if they think Found Magazine won, they hold up the magazine. If they think Found Footage won, they hold up the VHS tape.” Pickett and Prueher have both worked for The Onion, and Prueher spent many years with the Letterman show. Although audience members might feel compelled to describe Sunday night’s show as a lively, interactive form of art, Prueher said he and Pickett consider themselves more comedic than artistic. Rather, he said, it is the innate concept behind both projects that emotes artistry on its own — providing glimpses into strangers’ most intimate thoughts for an appreciative and engaged public audience.

“There certainly is something interesting about this footage, that would otherwise be lost through the ages, that we’ve rescued,” he said. “Exercise videos, training videos and other people’s home movies that were meant to be watched privately. When you have a room full of people, and it’s projected onto the big screen, there’s something magical that happens; like you’re all part of a happening.” While the entries to Rothbart’s magazine and books come from thousands of readers worldwide, what Prueher does is a mostly domestic project. Found Footage is the result of more than 20 years spent valiantly thrifting, rummaging, picking and dumpsterdiving for film of all sorts to reclaim — the show Sunday will be a selection of their favorite films from these travels. When asked by The Badger Herald, Prueher said he could see how the project definitively depicts Americana. “By and large we are a fairly ridiculous people,” he said. “We are obsessed with video, and have a lot of ambition even if we don’t have the talent to back it up. These films help tell part of the story.” He continued that even though he presents these films from a comedic perspective — embodied in the playful, “boxer’s ring” motif of the Found vs. Found event — he and the rest of the

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Davy Rothbart has amassed a collection of found notes sent in by readers for nearly a decade. His project teams up with Found Footage at the Orpheum Sunday. team have a reverence for the people in the found footage; people whom they’ve never met but compose the motley cast in their nationallytouring show. “Even though we’re sort of laughing at them, we are doing it from a place of love because we found the footage; we appreciate it ourselves,” he said. “I think it is pretty revealing about who we are as a people, even more so than a really polished work of art. If you’re only looking at Citizen Kane and the AFI [American Film Institute] top list of films, it’s a pretty incomplete picture of our culture.”

Davy’s brother, Peter, who plays guitar and tours with Found, is “the best ‘note-finder’ in the world,” according to Davy. But what makes a good note-finder, anyway? Clearly a unique subset of personality traits and skills must be involved. Prueher wasn’t sure, but intoned that — like footage finding — it is an acquired talent. “I think it’s the same as VHS; it takes an awareness,” he explained. “I think we went through a good portion of our teenage years without even looking for VHS tapes, but once we knew you could do something cool with them, like show

friends — and it’s the same with notes — all of a sudden your feelers are out and you’re very aware of notes taped to a door, or on the ground, or in a tree. Once you are attuned to it you are constantly looking out.” Found vs. Found will face off Sunday, showcasing the Rothbart brothers’ collection and music alongside the film compilation made by Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett. Tickets are $13, one dollar of which will go to support the Goodman Community Center, a resource in the area that provides free tutoring, recreation and afterschool programs. The match commences at 8 p.m.

Modern Warfare enters round three with near perfection Ultra-hyped game provides satisfying addition to popular series of shooters Andrew Lahr Herald Arcade Columnist Call of Duty’s Modern Warfare is the best-selling shooter series of all time and for good reason. Infinity Ward’s prized shooter caters to all aspects of society, transcending class, age, sex and geography, bringing us all together to kill each other in the most entertaining ways imaginable. There are some out there that hate it for its long-standing, clichéd popularity, but far more love it for what it is: a consistently well-made and addictive game that guarantees months of glorious, competitive carnage. Tuesday saw the release of the series’ most recent installment, Modern Warfare 3, one of the most hyped games of the past

year. But, with strong anticipation comes high expectation. Does Modern Warfare 3 eclipse the precedent set by its predecessors? You bet it does. By sticking to its principles and making change where change was needed, Modern Warfare 3 has not only met expectations, but exceeded them. The Modern Warfare series is as famed as its spectacular single-player campaign, and Modern Warfare 3 is no different. Although MW3’s overall storyline has been confusing from the start, the non-stop, heart-pounding action is more than enough to make up for its convoluted plot. Essentially, it’s World War III, and the Russians are responsible — of course. You need to do everything in your power to stop the prospect of giant fur hats and cheap vodka from spreading to the rest of the world. The sheer variety of settings in which players are able to dish out

punishment throughout the campaign is astounding. One moment you’ll be covertly sabotaging subs in the Hudson and the next you’ll be fighting biological warfare in Paris. One noteworthy campaign moment actually has you taking out angry commies on a falling airplane without the luxury of gravity. Infinity Ward put a great deal of time and effort into creating immersive environments and clever battle scenarios, and it shows. As usual, Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer game play is nothing short of perfection. The addition of new features, including new unlocks and game modes, makes what was once addicting now the virtual crack cocaine of video games. Past Modern Warfare games have been revered for their ability to keep players “wanting more,” and Infinity Ward was smart enough to change just enough to revitalize the gameplay without compromising playability.

The first thing you’ll notice when entering Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer is the new game modes. “Kill Confirmed Mode” is a great new twist to team death match and requires you to kill an enemy, plus recover a dog tag from his body in order to get the point for your team. It requires a totally new strategic approach to win, not to mention it’s one hell of a time. MW3’s new “Survival Mode” has wave after wave of enemies, including rabid dogs, suicide bombers and attack helicopters repeatedly attempting to end your life. You earn cash for kills and can use it to upgrade weapons and buy various forms of defenses. It’s certainly not an original idea, but who’s complaining? It’s about time we get to this game type in a Modern Warfare game. The one problem with survival mode is if your partner dies, everything is over. It would have been nice if the game allowed

you to continue on even if just one of you survives — in case your teammate isn’t quite so skilled with the controller. The new kill-streak rewards feature for players also adds a new twist to online play. When creating your class in Modern Warfare 3, you now can choose from three different “strike packages,” which determine which killstreaks you may use, including Osprey gunships and remote-controlled, armored mini-tanks. Thankfully, Infinity Ward has done away with the game-ending nuke awarded for 25 kills in a row. Now, you get the MOAB (Mother of all Bombs), and though it kills the entire other team, it doesn’t end the game like its radioactive counterpart. While the changes to multiplayer are definitely a step up from that of Modern Warfare 2, players won’t find anything radically different. Infinity Ward stuck with a definite, Modern Warfare blueprint, and was no doubt cautious not to stray too far from it.

Modern Warfare 3 had the potential to push the boundaries of the series if its creators had wanted, but it didn’t. Whether for lack of creativity or fear of public outcry, Modern Warfare 3 won’t blow you away with new content. That being said, those who love Modern Warfare for what it is will have no problem with this game. In fact, they might just be in love. It’s an excellently crafted game, full of the perfect blend of addicting multiplayer and a captivating campaign that is sure to have staying power. I don’t doubt that the title will shatter every sales record in history, just as its predecessors have. I give Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 a score of 3.5 out of 4 stars — for sheer brilliance in the absence of significant change. Andrew Lahr is a creative writing major by day, gamer by night. Didn’t agree with his feedback on COD: Modern Warfare? Email questions, comments and column ideas to aplahr@wisc.edu.

‘Hello Sadness’ release met by fans’ appreciative greeting Gloomy lyrics strike balance with catchy tunes on newest Los Campesinos! album Kate Northey ArtsEtc. Staff Writer The most recent album by indie band Los Campesinos!, called Hello Sadness, is defined by its gloominess. Los Campesinos! members belt out song after song filled with a depressing compilation of words. In “Life is a Long Time,” one of 10 tracks debuting on the band’s new album, Los Campesinos! vocalists

lament: “And life, life is a long time/ too long in my mind, too long by far/ Between my waterfalls and your landslides, there’s cartography in every scar.” Los Campesinos! is a relatively young indie band whose roots extend to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Just five years ago, the seven young college students came together to perform at a student union club night at Cardiff University in Wales. Ironically, none of them are Welsh. The group’s songs offer a unique sound, blended together through the musical intonations of guitars, violins,

keyboards, hand claps and even a glockenspiel. Those on Hello Sadness are not the effervescent pop songs we have become accustomed to. Instead, Los Campesinos! sings about the heartfelt emotions experienced by abandoned lovers — confusion, anger, jealousy, isolation. These feelings are wrapped up in morose, often chaotic, lyrics like, “No one matters, no one matters, no one cares,” or “Shout at the world because the world doesn’t love you” and “We are beautiful, we are doomed.” But, surprisingly, the tunes are lively and engaging and offer a

sense of hope rather than the hopelessness the lyrics often imply. There is a blatant honesty about Los Campesinos! — a sense of what you see is what you get. One almost feels many of the words being sung are an important part of the tales of love that must be told, but often are not. Perhaps the only part of the band that rings false is the last names of the band members. All seven have adopted the last name Campesinos! and no amount of digging reveals their true surnames. Fans have personally identified with Los Campesinos! since the debut of its first album,

Hold On Now, Youngster, released in February 2008. Just eight months later, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed delivered the two of the one-two punch. Hello Sadness is no different. While a few members of Los Campesinos! have changed since the band’s first appearance in May 2006, the core of the group has remained the same. The lyrics to its music open a window into the years when each band member came of age. Currently, their Facebook page has accumulated over 66,000 likes and over 19,000 fans are following them on Twitter. Such statistics

are just numbers, and arguably inherently meaningless. But with Facebook comments like, “You’ve outdone yourselves again,” “Marry me Garreth” and “My happiness dance continues” are any hint of the success of Los Campesinos! latest album, Hello Sadness is destined to be a hit.

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Badgers cross border to defend Bunyan’s Axe Wisconsin seeks 1st true road victory in 121st meeting with arch rival Minnesota Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Editor It’s all about the axe. The Wisconsin football team travels to Minnesota this Saturday to attempt to hold onto Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the eighth year running. According the linebacker Chris Borland, the main focus all week has been all about the legendary trophy. “Keeping the axe, that’s the biggest thing,” Borland said. “It’s important to us, it’s important to the fans and the game is on the road, so it’s going to be a challenge, but we’re ready

for it.” Although the main theme is the axe and winning the 121st game in the NCAA’s longest rivalry, the Badgers have yet to win a conference game on the road this season. Despite the bottom-feeder status Minnesota has been tagged with for most of the season, it won’t be an easy road trip. In the past two weeks Minnesota has shown that it’s finally coming together and finding a team chemistry that is transferring onto the field. Two weeks ago, Minnesota upset a struggling Iowa team, 22-21, and then traveled to Michigan State the following weekend and stuck with the Spartans well into the fourth quarter before losing 31-24. Regardless of the teams

current records and their respective successes or failures, Wisconsin knows it will always be a tough fight in the longtime Border Battle. “Any time you play Minnesota in the Border Battle, it doesn’t matter their record, it doesn’t matter where they’re at or what they’re doing, they’re going to play tough,” defensive end Brendan Kelly said. “They’re a tough team to beat, and it definitely looks like the last couple games they’ve ... kind of found their rhythm. I’m excited to go against them especially back in my home state.” The last time these two teams met in Minnesota, it was a close one till the end. Minnesota led 13-10 at halftime, and Wisconsin didn’t pull away for the 31-28 win until the fourth

quarter. In similar fashion, the Badgers believe they’ll have another fight from the Gopher offense this year rather than the 4123 drubbing they gave the Gophers a year ago. This is largely due to UM quarterback Marqueis Gray, who threw for a season high 295 yards last week and three touchdowns while completing 19-of-32 passing attempts. “The thing about Gray is he’s definitely got a lot more confidence as the season’s gone on,” Kelly said. “That’s something you’ve got to be aware of and obviously be ready for. Just containing him and being smart — kind of what we did with Martinez and doing the right things — breaking down when you come to tackle him and respecting his ability

athletically.” As Wisconsin seeks its first Big Ten road win this year, it has to establish its offense early — something it struggled to do consistently in Colombus and East Lansing. “It’s important [to establish themselves early] because it’s the next game,” Borland said. “The fact that it’s on the road is always a challenge. This is a rivalry game, even more is at stake.” With the offense rolling against Purdue — led by running back Montee Ball and his 223 yard, four touchdown game — the main unit in need of help is the special teams, which gave up big returns on kickoffs. Head coach Bret Bielema addressed the issue in his weekly press conference Monday.

“Anytime you have a fundamental breakdown in any phase of the game — offense, defense, special teams — I think you’ve got to look at, A, what you’re doing; B, who you’re doing it with; and, C, what are the results?” Bielema said. “So we’ll take that and move forward and, hopefully, have a better performance on Saturday.” Kelly essentially summed up the feel of the game by noting the importance of the rivalry, especially given his Minnesota roots. “Hopefully I can swing that [axe] a lot harder this Saturday night,” he said. “Hopefully this week I’ll be able to run around the field with that thing. I’ve never not had it. I don’t know what it would feel like to not have it, but I don’t want to find out.”

Wisconsin can’t afford to take Minnesota lightly Kelly Erickson Erickson the Red It was a cold, rainy October morning. My expectations for the Badgers were high, and despite this being their first road game, Wisconsin boasted a perfect 4-0 record at home and was coming off a 44-14 win over Michigan State the week before. Of course, my naïve freshman self gloated at the fact that Wisconsin was sure to win.

Then the game started. And the NCAA’s oldest rivalry was very much alive. UW went up early with a John Clay touchdown after six minutes of play, but Minnesota responded as if our defense barely existed. Before it seemed feasible, the Gophers were up 13-10 at halftime. Wisconsin clearly didn’t want to lose the axe and gained a 24-13 lead at the start of the fourth quarter. Unfortunately this is when things got uncomfortable. Running back Zach Brown fumbled, and the ball was picked up by Minnesota cornerback Marcus Sherels who returned it 88 yards for a touchdown.

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8.7 points and 6.3 rebounds per game during the NCAA Tournament. “Mike is just confident and continuing to grow mentally,” Taylor said. “He took a lot of strides last year. I remember the UNLV game; he felt so bad because he threw the ball away, and we told him to keep his head up.” “Later in the season he came up big for us … game in and game out he was making big shots for us.” Nankivil and Leuer acted as two of UW’s three top scorers a year ago, and Taylor is the lone returning player to have averaged double-digit scoring for a entire season. With a large enough void to fill on the frontline, Ryan admits he’s on the look-out for a consistent scorer, but he’s not too worried about nobody stepping up on the frontline. “We have to figure out right now where the points are coming from, and usually there’s something about points. People usually step up and get them if you run good offense, get good shots, if you have guys that are unselfish,” he said.

players. Another fan-favorite from Minnesota, “Breuser” has earned the adoration of Badger Nation for his knack for making hustle plays and rebounding prowess, as well as a trademark red-orange afro that he’s since traded in for a more subdued buzz cut. Bruesewitz averaged 4.6 points and 3.1 rebounds per game in 2010, though he also emerged as a reliable shooting threat in converting .471 from the field and .323 from behind the arc. Bruesewitz will likely be joined by redshirt junior guard/ forward Ryan Evans and redshirt junior forward/center Jared Berggren as players with sizable targets on their backs this season, as each of those two could be a replacement for Leuer and Nankivil. In Taylor ’s eyes, though, that change is allowed some time to develop. “We don’t really change much in terms

The rest of the game unraveled similarly, until O’Brien Schofield sacked Gopher quarterback Adam Weber and forced a fumble that linebacker Chris Borland fell on. Borland’s recovery preserved a 31-28 victory and kept the axe in Madison for another year. Last season the rivalry took a turn for the boring, as the Badgers absolutely pummeled the Gophers, 4123, and held onto the axe for the seventh year in a row. The rivalry seemed to be hanging on the very edge of its life. The only real, nervewracking Border Battle left was between the hockey teams on both the men’s and women’s side. But this year, football’s

of our style of play,” Taylor said. “It’s the same every year. It just kind of really depends on who’s going to step up. It could be Ryan; if it’s Ryan, it might be closer to the basket. If it’s Jared, it might be closer to the basket. If it’s Ben (Brust), it might be making shots or making plays and getting guys involved and getting open shots. It could be a variety of different things.” Regardless of the number or magnitude of the question marks infiltrating the Badgers this season, Taylor ’s proven ability to lead by example has stemmed most of the anticipated national criticism. Wisconsin begins the season ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 15 in the AP Top 25, and the Badgers were also picked to finish second in the Big Ten preseason coaches’ poll. Of course, critics have steadily grown to expect Ryan’s Badgers to continue playing into March, though the losses this

Border Battle could once again be an interesting game. The Gophers were laughable at best at the beginning of the season, but in the last two weeks they’ve proved they aren’t an automatic win. Two weeks ago, Minnesota shocked the Big Ten with a 22-21 win over Iowa. Regardless of the fact that Iowa isn’t having a great year, Minnesota was a justified underdog given the way it was performing throughout the season. A week later they traveled to East Lansing and stayed with the Spartans into the fourth quarter, losing 31-24. While any analyst can sit here and say the Badgers

year ’s team is tasked with compensating for might be unprecedented in recent Wisconsin history. That’s where Taylor comes in, as Paris said, as the returning presence powerful enough to quell concerns entering previously uncharted territory. “It’s more comforting, I think any coach in America would tell you, if you could have the head of the dragon be a guy who’s been here for four years,” Paris said. “It’s a little more comforting for not only the coaches, but more importantly, for the guys that are going to be out there in the foxhole with him. Those guys have to know that they can count on the guy and know that he’s calm and he’s going to handle situations, he’s going to get them in the right spot if they don’t know what they’re doing.” “If something gets thrown at them, they can respond to adversity.”

should be fine, the recent mistakes they’ve made beg to differ. First of all, Wisconsin certainly can’t underestimate Minnesota, especially considering UW has yet to win a road game in the Big Ten. In each of its two conference road games, Wisconsin has allowed a blocked punt and a lastminute lobbed pass for a touchdown. The memories are recent and the wounds are fresh. Wisconsin did not even give its best performance against Purdue, even with home-AstroTurf advantage. Despite UW’s 62-17 win and running back Montee Ball’s mind blowing performance, Wisconsin’s

special teams coverage looked as if it forgot a game was happening and gave up 246 yards on seven kick-off returns. The defense also stumbled early, letting Purdue tie the game about 20 seconds after UW went up 7-0. While it righted itself and didn’t allow Purdue to score in the second half, Purdue still found ways to exploit Wisconsin’s secondary. This weekend could be shaping up to be one of the most interesting games in the 121-year-old rivalry’s recent history. Kelly is a junior majoring in journalism. Concerned about the Border Battle? Let her know by tweeting @kellymerickson.

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Preseason All-American point guard returns to guide young Badgers following last year’s stunning season Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor After 10 of the most consistent years in college basketball, the Wisconsin Badgers are undergoing a considerable makeover as the curtain draws on the 2011 season. Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil, two fouryear mainstays of head coach Bo Ryan’s rocksolid program, are gone. With them, they take Wisconsin’s leading scorer and top shotblocker, respectively, from a Badger squad buoyed mainly by one thing — the return of point guard Jordan Taylor. The tale of Taylor ’s 2010-11 exploits has become one of Madison’s favorites, as the 6-foot-1, 195-pound point guard from Bloomington, Minn., blossomed from a steady contributor in his first two years at UW into one of the nation’s top all around players. The Badgers returned to the Sweet Sixteen last year for the first time since 2008, and they owed much of it to Taylor, who finished just behind Leuer ’s scoring mark of 18.3 points per game

with 18.1 himself and led the team with 4.7 assists per game. His penchant for not only big moments (like his 27 points in a rousing come-from-behind victory over No. 1 Ohio State, or his secondhalf Superman effort that nearly brought the Badgers back from a 20-point deficit against Butler), but also for smart, steady basketball (which resulted in the nation’s top assist-toturnover ratio of plus3.83) earned him a sizable leadership role on a team that already had seniors Leuer, Nankivil and Tim Jarmusz ahead of him. Of course, his milewide smile and ‘roundthe-clock nonchalance didn’t hurt. “It’s not really my personality to say it’s my team or anything like that,” Taylor said. “For me, we’re the Wisconsin Badgers. I’m the oldest player on the team; me and Rob [Wilson], we’re the seniors, we’ve been here the longest.” But with the Badgers moving on without two of its top three scorers from last season, Taylor ’s no longer one of the central cogs in the machine that Ryan has

piloted to 10 consecutive NCAA tournaments — he is the cog. “He was a leader last year,” assistant coach Lamont Paris said. “He’s actually the one guy on the team whose role probably won’t change that much. He’s going to have to do the same. If he can score more, great. But it may not be possible. His role’s going to be the same and we need to count on him — and we can count on him — to provide that same thing.” The loss of Leuer and Nankivil rings loud largely because of the weighty numbers they posted in their UW careers, but the identity they brought to the floor might be missed more than anything this year. Both players stood taller than 6-foot-8 and weighed at least 228 pounds, but together they formed one of the nation’s most flexible frontcourt duos with their abilities to put the ball on the floor and also shoot from outside. Nankivil finished second in the Big Ten with a .457 three-point shooting percentage while Leuer finished at .370 from behind the arc. Leuer led the Badgers in scoring,

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and Nankivil was third on the team behind Taylor with 9.7 points per game. “In any season in college basketball, your team is going to make all types of changes throughout the course of the year,” Paris said. “That team last year, however, had a lot of veterans. You had three

year. This year, guys’ roles are going to be completely changed.” Paris specifically mentioned junior forward Mike Bruesewitz as one player who will be expected to elevate himself into one of the team’s most valuable

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seniors that were starting, you had Jordan Taylor as a junior — you had more veteran guys. There probably wasn’t as much maneuvering around as far as your role. “Guys had a good feel for what their role was, and now it’s just about jelling in those roles throughout the whole

One year ago, Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan faced the prospect of replacing his entire backcourt, which was worth 168 starts between just two players. Players leave every year in the college game, but this past offseason demanded an even “taller” order, as Ryan’s entire frontcourt graduated, taking with it 203 games worth of starting experience. With preseason AllAmerican senior Jordan Taylor and sophomore Josh Gasser returning to their respective guard positions, the eye of the Badgers turns to the front line where Tim Jarmusz, Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil are no longer present. The above three bigs wielded a savviness from the perimeter and on the defensive side of the ball, but the new, upcoming edition of the Wisconsin frontline may be heading in a slightly different direction. With the three most likely successors, junior Mike Bruesewitz and redshirt juniors Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans, several members of the team are expecting a stronger presence in the paint this season. Last year, more than half of Nankivil and Jarmusz’s shots came from the arc and just over 30 percent of Leuer ’s team-leading 483 shots originated there as well. “Not that we can’t shoot, I think we’re both pretty comfortable stepping outside and shooting it, but I think we are a little bit more going inside and I think that’s something coach has seen early on in practice and something he really wants to emphasize

early on,” Berggren said, referring to himself and redshirt freshman Evan Anderson. “We’re definitely more comfortable rolling to the basket, posting up, things like that, and I think we’ll see more of that this year.” Berggren appeared in 29 games last season, averaging 6.9 minutes per contest and converting .491 percent of his shots. Bruesewitz, meanwhile, appeared in every game, averaging just under 20 minutes, and put forth a .471 shooting percentage from the field. Evans, an athletically gifted, 6-foot-6, 210-pound forward, didn’t fare as well from the field last season, despite showing flashes of success. He shot at a clip of .311 percent and rarely attempted the three-ball. Anderson, on the other hand, still remains a bit of an enigma after redshirting last season. Standing at 6-foot-10, Anderson is tied with Berggren as the team’s second-tallest player, as freshman Frank Kaminsky stands one inch taller. But what sets Anderson apart is his 260-pound frame, which is 25 pounds heavier than the Badgers’ runner-up, Berggren. “He’s so wide and long; he’s tough to score on,” Berggren said. “You can’t move him in the post, and it’s hard to get shots over him. He’s got a huge wingspan. I definitely think he can contribute this year.” Prior to Wisconsin’s exhibition matchup against WisconsinSteven’s Point on Nov. 5, Anderson said the role he hoped to fulfill was to “back up Jared Berggren in the post,” but he ultimately wasn’t sure how Ryan would utilize

him this year. Berggren and Anderson seem to represent the only options the team has for a true big man this season. And with Berggren zeroing in on a starting job, Ryan seemed to have suggested during the team’s media day on Oct. 24 that Anderson’s role is still up on the air. Against the Pointers, Anderson logged only two minutes of playing time. “We might not be as big,” Ryan said of the team’s collective size. “We could be, but then again, we might not be.” As much as players believe the 2011-12 season will feature more post-play and slashing than in years past, Ryan likes to remind people that putting bigs in the post was still an important element to a team that, at times, relied heavily on three-pointers in 2010-11. “I’ll give you the stat: The highest-percentage three is the three that was received from the post,” Ryan said. “Because a player catching is facing the rim in a shooting position, in a ready position. You don’t have to worry about charting it; we’ve already done it over the years.” One player who benefited from such passes last season was Bruesewitz, who converted 32 percent of his shots from the perimeter. With Leuer ’s departure, the hardworking Bruesewitz will be counted on to develop into a consistent scorer. The 6-foot-6, 222 pound forward was a key figure despite coming off the bench most of last year. He scored 10 points in the second half of Wisconsin’s comeback victory over No. 1-ranked Ohio State and produced

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