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After two tough losses, Wisconsin returned to its winnng ways Wednesday in a 70-42 victory over in-state rival Green Bay. | 12

State considers altering Regent body Walker signs bill requiring rep. from each congressional district on board Leah Linscheid Deputy State Editor The composition of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents could be significantly altered after Gov. Scott Walker signed

a law Tuesday requesting the state appoint at least one member from every congressional district to the governing body. According to UW spokesperson David Giroux, the bill, introduced by Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, and Rep. Erik Severson, R-Star Prairie, was designed to require the Board of Regents to represent all eight congressional districts in Wisconsin. The Board of Regents is

composed of 18 members, 14 of which are appointed by the governor. According to Giroux, only these 14 members will be affected by the new legislation. “[The law] is a way to ensure that the board will consistently have some sort of geographic diversity,” Giroux said. “If you look at our current board, we have members from all but the sixth congressional district, but historically we’ve had large number of regents

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from Milwaukee and Madison, the state’s two population centers.” Bill Oemichen, CEO of Cooperative Network, an organization that supports cooperative businesses located across the state, said the new law would address concerns that rural Wisconsin areas have had less representation on the Board of Regents in recent years. “Roughly 40 percent of the state’s population comes from the Milwaukee and Madison

areas, but regents from these areas make up about 70 percent of the board,” Oemichen said. “We believe that with greater geographical diversity, there will be a broader representation on the Board of Regents and that will result in decisions that will reflect all the areas of the state.” Political science professor Donald Downs expressed concerns that the law would negatively affect UW. He said it is important

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for the board to consider geographical diversity, because taxpayers across the state help finance the UW System. However, he said this hurts the position UW has on the board. “Geographic diversity on the board is a valid concern, but it should not trump concerns about the board’s dedication to higher education in the system. As a member of [UW], I don’t want to see it compromise any

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Renovation plans could provide minimal environmental harm if executed properly Danielle Miller Campus Reporter Upon recommendation by the University of Wisconsin administration, an environmental study group hosted a public meeting Wednesday night to explore the possible green impacts the renovations planned for the Memorial Union could have on the surrounding area. Led by Ben Peotter from Cornerstone Environmental Group, the meeting looked into the elements and environmental impact involved in the revised Memorial Union Renovations, Shoreline Rehabilitation and Alumni Park Project. Peotter said comments received from the public during the scoping period were taken into account

to draft the redesign and create the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment. Phase one of the proposed renovation project, August 2012 to July 2014, concentrates on the Memorial Union Theater area. Renovations include an entirely rebuilt Hoofers area, mechanical modifications, theater loading door relocation, a play circle addition and the theater lounge addition, according to Del Wilson, partner at Uihlein-Wilson Architects and the project architect. The lounge design, which students negatively responded to in this year ’s student government referendum, has been redesigned to cut back the space by 22 feet because of concerns

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UHS Violence Prevention staff members Shira Phelps and Carmen Hotvedt said the attitude toward sexual assault victims and crimes on campus needs to change to decrease their prevalence.

Campus climate fosters assault Alcohol culture puts UW at risk for increased sex crimes; reported incidents rise Pamela Selman News Content Editor Well before taking their first steps onto a college campus, the majority of women have at some point heard the statistic that one in every four females will be the victim of rape or attempted rape during their college years. Members of the University of Wisconsin community working to combat sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking on campus say the issue is as prevalent as ever at UW and remains an equally dominant concern at other Big 10 universities.

Many of the cases brought to PAVE, O’Reilly said, involve students drinking at a party and being coerced into a situation they are not comfortable with, despite the fact that the circumstances may look different from the outside. As a result of the key role alcohol plays in sexual assault incidents on college campuses,

Empowerment spokesperson Jacqueline O’Reilly said, is that alcohol is the number one drug behind rape. “Often times, students disclose to us and it’s a very similar story often involving alcohol,” O’Reilly said. “If you listen to the language students are using, alcohol is seen as the gateway to consent, but if anything, it inhibits the ability to consent.”

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Sexual assaults on UW System campuses In 2009, the University of Wisconsin system released its most recent statistics on sexual assault on system campuses. This graphic compares the number of campus-area assaults (blue bars) to the percentage of total assaults in the campus’ county (black line).

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Members of the UW community listen in on a presentation demonstrating the environmental impact the Memorial Union plans could have. Parties were concerned with preserving a 150-year-old oak tree.

From a young age, women are taught to “watch their drinks” and not seriously socialize with individuals they do know well. But, what many women on college campuses fail to realize, Promoting Awareness, Victim

System restructuring team looks to other states for guidance Sean Kirkby State Reporter A task force focused on the University of Wisconsin System convened for the first time Wednesday to consider changes that could be made to the system in order to increase its flexibility. On Wednesday, Aims McGuinness, senior associate of the National Center on Higher Education Management

Systems, presented the task force with lessons he had learned from studying other states’ higher education systems. His lessons included keeping agreements between state and higher education systems simple, decentralizing the higher education system and giving it more flexibility from the state government, and making clear what problems the task force wants to solve.

“If you can really be clear about what problems you’re solving in Wisconsin, you will be way way ahead [of other states],” McGuinness said. “That is fundamental. Working hard and trying to change things with the wrong problems would be the worst disaster.” Last session, when the Joint Finance Committee studied proposals from the governor for the UW System, including

a proposal to break UW from the rest of the system, JFC decided to form a special task force to review those proposals, Rep. Pat Strachota, R-West Bend, said. Members of the task force include UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells, UW-Platteville Chancellor Daniel Shields, Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, and UW Vice Chancellor for

Administration Darrell Bazzell. David Olien, Senior Vice President Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System and task force member, said the biggest problem facing the UW System is a lack of funds. “As I look at long term projections for this state with the demands of Medicaid and other programs, I find it very hard to find how any governor, any legislature,

is going to allocate more money to the UW System than it did this year … unless there’s an economic turnaround that nobody suspects,” Olien said. While agreeing one of the major problems facing public universities throughout the nation was tuition, McGuinness said the real issue is figuring out where the money goes to and demonstrating how

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Members of the student government eliminated half of their meetings for the upcoming semester through a vote Wednesday night to begin conducting meetings every other week instead of once a week, as is current practice. During the last Student Council meeting of the semester, the body passed the Coordinating Council sponsored item, which will come into effect when Student Council reconvenes in January. Rep. Nancy Rydberg said the intention of the legislation was to allow for more time for productivity outside of meetings and said she felt it would allow for members to utilize this time better than during

UNION, from 1 about the view of the lake, Wilson said. It has also been redesigned to be slightly removed from the existing building to keep its historic exterior visible. As part of phase two, June 2014 to June 2017, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and The Daily Scoop will move to the other side of the Union to provide direct access from Alumni Park, and office space will be added to the fifth floor. Wilson also said the connecting units between the entrance hall and wings will be rebuilt using the historic stones. JJR Landscape Architects’ Ed Freer presented the redesign for the Memorial Union Terrace/ Shoreline and the Alumni Park. He said changes will be made

ASSAULT, from 1 victims are often blamed for the assault, Shira Phelps, University Health Services Violence Against Women Prevention Coordinator. Situations often arise, Phelps said, where the perpetrator will argue the charges are questionable because both parties were under the influence. “The excuse that gets jumbled is ‘I was drunk, too, so technically didn’t we rape each other?’” Phelps said. “You don’t get off for killing someone when you’re drunk, so why would you get away for sexual assault when drunk? Alcohol does not make it okay.” Because of the heavy drinking culture in Madison, alcohol’s role in sexual assault is especially prevalent on the UW campus, Carmen Hotvedt, UHS Violence Prevention Specialist, said. A study conducted during the spring 2010 semester showed UW was on par with other Big 10 campuses in regard to sexual assault prevalence. Still, Hotvedt said, UW has to consider the potential for greater problems on campus in light of the study’s showings. “There’s no indication that sexual assault at UW is any worse or better than at any other Big 10 campus, but we also know that we have a very high-risk drinking issue here,” Hotvedt said. “And, because

meetings, which she described as inefficient. “Giving ourselves an extra week to talk to each other and work with committees is in the best interest of students and this council as a whole,” she said. “I think this backlog of legislation has nothing to do with the frequency of our meetings.” Rep. Mia Akers said the idea was valid in theory but expressed concern that with the new meeting schedule, people would not necessarily utilize their time on their own unless mandated. After debate, Student Council voted in favor of the item, which can be reversed or changed at any point in the future if the body votes to do so. The governing body also addressed the Contract Services Process before Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart recommended tabling it to the next meeting at the request of Secretary Clay Thomas for formatting reasons.

in the elevation of the terrace without loss of square footage. Freer also addressed public concern about the loss of an approximately 150-year-old oak tree along with other oaks. “Great lengths have been taken to assess these trees, and great lengths will be taken to protect these trees during construction,” Freer said. Peotter added project leaders are trying to find an “innovative” way in which to incorporate the 150-year-old tree into the redesign. Physical impacts of the project include vehicular and pedestrian rerouting, as well as limitation of access to the lake, Peotter said. Overall, he said the project will result in the “reduction of impervious surface,” which he said equates to better water quality.

SSFC Rep. Ellie Bruecker spoke to Student Council to explain the process before fielding questions from members of the body. She said the CSP would allow for services to be contracted out through a bidding process involving SSFC, a procurement board and Student Council. She also stressed the CSP is in no way a solution to the problem facing Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group. SSFC Rep. David Vines spoke out in open forum against the process, arguing it would open the university up to potential lawsuits and create unnecessary branches of government. “I’m really concerned that this is a way to bypass the GSSF funding process and undermine SSFC,” Vines said. “It’s going to put us in a whole lot of legal problems.” Neibart also encouraged members to contact her regarding the CSP legislation and said she wants people

Although new trees will be planted, the project is also likely to result in the loss of mature trees. “There’s a question to whether some of these trees will survive construction.” Peotter said. Following the meeting, the project will await approval from the Board of Regents. Once approval is secured, Peotter said the estimated completion date for the entire renovation project is during the fall of 2016. “I think a lot of the elements with the project are long overdue,” UW alum Melissa Freer said. “From what I’ve seen tonight, they’ve really listened to a lot of the comments people have made and incorporated them into the redesign. I’m really looking forward to it.”

most sexual assaults on campuses peer-to-peer happens when alcohol is in use, that might give us some different information [from the study].”

REALITY ON THE UW CAMPUS According to the 2009 UW System Sexual Assault Report, the UW campus led the other universities in the System for sexual assaults reported both on and offcampus. The System saw a total of 170 reported sexual assaults at its 13 campuses with UW hosting 45 of the assaults, more than a fourth of all reported attacks, according to the report. Of those attacks, 13 occurred on campus with 32 taking place offcampus. Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said statistically, sexual assaults on campus and in Madison went up over the last year, but Kelly Anderson, Director of the Madison Rape Crisis Center, said the spike could just be a reflection of an increase in students reporting. DeSpain said students rarely bring cases forward involving strangers, but when those incidents are reported, they are taken very seriously because the greater community is put at risk. UW saw a spike in stranger assaults against women this past summer when a string of unsolved attacks on University

Avenue left the campus on alert, DeSpain said. While alcohol is involved in a number of sexual assault cases on campuses nationwide, O’Reilly said 90 percent of college assaults are committed by an acquaintance. According to the UW System report, 28 of the 45 assaults on the UW campus were committed by acquaintances; nine had perpetrators who were non-acquaintances. In eight of the reports, it was unknown whether the offender was an acquaintance. Still, O’Reilly said only five percent of college-aged sexual assault victims disclose to police or any type of authoritative body, so when a university releases statistics on sexual assaults, she said the numbers are often inaccurate. “Those numbers aren’t an accurate representation of what’s going on throughout campus because of how intolerant people can be to victims disclosing,” O’Reilly said. “We don’t really have numbers to measure its occurrence.” While Anderson said the numbers reported likely do not reflect the reality of sexual assault on campus, she said she believes UW legitimately reports the number of assaults disclosed to the university. Anderson said it is important for students to recognize the numbers still refl ect an incomplete

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ASM Rep. David Vines said if Student Council approves a Contract Status Process, it could open UW up to a series of lawsuits and create unnecessary branches of government. to understand why she has grown passionate about the issue when she initially opposed the Campus Service Fund last year. After tabling the legislation, the council conducted a question and answer session with all four candidates up for nomination as the next Diversity Committee chair. Council voted to appoint Niko Magallon to fill the position. He

has assumed the role of previous Chair Tangela Roberts. Student Council also voted to pass legislation to shift funds to provide for a Coordinating Council retreat, as well as United States Student Association membership legislation, which will establish accountability guidelines to evaluate Associated Students of Madison’s association with regional and national organizations.

interest in governing the state as a whole instead more than it already has,” of focusing solely on their respective districts. Downs said. “I’ve observed and Severson addressed these concerns and said worked with a number he did not anticipate any of regents appointed by problems with UW’s three different governors, and I can representation tell you that within the generally, Board of regents from Regents. all over the Severson “ ... generally, state have also reiterated regents from all done a very that the board represents the over the state have good job of embracing entire UW done a very good their system, not job of embracing statewide just UW. roles,” “The Board their statewide Giroux said. of Regents roles.” “... I think isn’t there to just take care David Giroux geographic of Madison; UW System diversity very it’s there for Spokesperson is important, all the UW but I also schools,” think we Severson said. “It’s there to ensure that should continue to make schools from every district sure all regents embrace their role as a statewide are spoken for.” Giroux said members governing board, as they of the board have certainly have done in the traditionally shown an past.”

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picture because of underreporting. Despite federal requirements to track and report assaults on campus, Anderson said prospective students and parents at other universities around the country are often fed false information in an attempt to make the campuses look safer. “It’s a huge challenge for universities who are being honest and confronting this problem — that’s when you get pegged as being less safe, whereas campuses who cover it up are going to have stats that make them look better,” Anderson said. “The biggest variable between campuses is not how much sexual assault is happening, but rather how many victims feel safe reporting and getting the help they need.” When students come to PAVE members to disclose, O’Reilly said two common trends prevail: The attack is often non-violent and often comes down to the perpetrator not getting consent. During a 20092010 campus survey conducted by the violence prevention ward of UHS, four in five students said they were willing to get verbal consent from a partner, Hotvedt said. “We need to start looking at what about that one in five is going to make them think they have consent,” Hotvedt said. “They can see their partner is clearly drunk,

but they cannot identify those other warning factors for someone being incapacitated.”

GETTING JUSTICE: NOT AN EASY TASK While only five percent of college students are reporting sexual assaults to authorities, according to Anderson, an even lower number of women eventually get justice. Anderson said the Dane County District Attorney’s Office, where assaults reported to UWPD or MPD would be prosecuted, is currently understaffed, resulting in an increase in plea bargains and some cases being entirely dropped, even when the DA is confident in the case. Cases often never see a jury trial, Anderson said, because of the societal norms associated with sexual assault and the consequent negative jury response. Anderson pointed to a recent allegation being dropped against Ald. Brian Solomon, District 10, despite the DA’s remarks that she was confident Solomon had sexually assaulted a city clerk. “It’s very hard to put the victim through a jury trial when you’re sure you won’t get a conviction even when you know the law was broken,” Anderson said. “Nationally speaking, only about 10 percent of victims who report end up seeing their perpetrators serving a day incarcerated.”

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St. Paul designs pushed against

Student religious groups tackle faith-based issues Badger Catholic, AHA highlight perspectives on abortion, marriage Courtney Mullen

UDC denies initial approval to campus construction project

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UDC member Dick Wagner reviews proposals Wednesday. The St. Paul student center was sent back for work.

The city’s Urban Design Commission expressed concerns Wednesday regarding proposed renovations to the St. Paul’s University Catholic Center that would expand the site to allow for increased student use and functionality. The proposed six-story facility would go beyond simply being a chapel, said Bob Krupa, spokesperson for RDG Planning & Design, which is overseeing the project. “This is not simply a church but an ecclesiastical building with four parts,” he said. “A chapel, a student center, living quarters for staff and an educational facility.” He said the center would be accessible to all students, regardless of religion. The commission voted to continue discussing the project in the future rather than grant it initial approval, saying developers needed to give major considerations to elements of the design before moving forward. Members’ concerns echoed city officials’ past worries the complex and ornate design of the new facility would take away from the historic State Street block, particularly the landmark Presbyterian House adjacent to St. Paul’s.

Randy Milbrath, also representing RDG, said the new building would obstruct views from the top one or two floors of Pres House but added talks with the apartments received no complaints. “We’ve been in open discussion with [Pres House],” he said. “We’ve entered a verbal agreement — they’re understanding that that’s the scenario we’re in. The design does not adversely affect Pres House.” Members also expressed concern that the building’s design would be too much for the architecturally simple block. “We’re intending for a landmark type of building,” Milbrath said. “There’s [a] historic precedent to what we’re using as architecture. There’s a level of detail and range of color and material that we looked to for influence on what we’re doing here.” He said the building’s design was inspired by famed churches St. Bartholomew’s, Christ Methodist and Trinity Church. That emphasis on traditional design, he said, led developers to reject UDC’s initial suggestion to remove some of the windows from the design. “Look at other historic

buildings in the area,” he said. “We need as much natural light and ventilation as possible. Some of those windows open into offices.” Milbrath said city officials and Madison residents had been concerned the building would block views of the Capitol and the downtown area. He added, however, RDG had taken test photos to dispel those concerns. “St. Paul’s doesn’t impact the view corridor from Bascom Hill or block the view of the Capitol in any way, from any angle,” he said. “We’ve also negotiated with neighbors about this.” Commission members also showed concern that the facility would have insufficient bike, moped and vehicle parking, a factor Milbrath and Krupa agreed to consider before returning to UDC. Ultimately, however, Milbrath said the renovations were necessary to allow for a welcoming building for students, faculty and staff. “Right now, the chapel is the coldest, most uninviting space on planet earth,” he said. “It has meaning for people who like it, but as a student center, it wouldn’t work. You’d end up demolishing the whole interior.”

Two University of Wisconsin student organizations centered around religious concepts tackled controversial topics during a debate sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Society and Politics Committee last night. Badger Catholic and the Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics participated in the event, which drew more than 150 people. Four members represented each organization. The debate began with the issue of samesex marriage. The AHA team defended the idea that same-sex couples should receive equal rights as opposite-sex couples, while Badger Catholic’s team said marriage is about more than being in a loving and committed relationship. “Marriage is the union between a man and a woman that is given to us by biology and by God,” said Matt Bayer, a fourth-year UW graduate student representing Badger Catholic. “This does not mean that same-sex couples cannot raise children well; it just means that if we allow this to happen we are blurring the line to what marriage is.” AHA member and UW freshman Quinn Heck disagreed, arguing he could not see any

“moral reason why this shouldn’t be made legal in our secular society.” The debate then turned to abortion, with the main argument between the two groups focusing on where to draw the line on when a fetus becomes a person. Badger Catholic representatives argued the fetus is a person at the moment of conception, while AHA suggested various

“I personally like to be confronted with viewpoints of different people because it ensures that I have a solid understanding of my own opinions.” Emily Hilts UW sophomore

points along the line of development. “A person is more than just reflexes. Until brain waves are developed, a woman should have the full right to terminate a pregnancy if she deems it is necessary,” said Michael Ramuta, a UW junior and AHA member. After heated pingponging on what constitutes a fetus and the moral grounds for abortion, the contestants turned to embryonic stem cell research. AHA’s representatives said they believed in

the use of stem cell research because of the promising place it holds concerning research for current diseases, while Badger Catholic’s team said it does not support this type of research because it harms human life. “Every human life is sacred and embryonic cells are alive. I do not believe that the end justifies the means,” said Mindy Wesely while defending Badger Catholic’s point. The final topic debated was contraception. AHA supports the use of contraception and sees it as a modern technology and not an issue of debate, while Badger Catholic said sex is more than just a physical act — its purpose being procreation — and therefore methods of contraception should not be necessary. Every member of the audience was provided a debate questionnaire with the topics to fill out their opinions on the issues both before and after the debate. Many audience members did not leave the event with different opinions than they originally had but said their own beliefs were instead strengthened. UW sophomore Emily Hilts said she found the event fascinating and thinks attending similar events is an important part of the college experience. “I personally like to be confronted with the viewpoints of other people because it ensures that I have a solid understanding of my own opinions,” Hilts said.

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Legislators push for extended unemployment benefits With Dec. 31 expiration nearing, Wis. Dems. ask Congress to extend aid to avoid poverty Mike Kujak State Reporter Several lawmakers are officially calling for Wisconsin’s unemployment benefits to be extended before they expire for citizens on Dec. 31. A statement released by 34 state Democrats urged Congress to extend the benefits because of the current recession. According to

SYSTEM from 1 higher education will benefit the state. The legislature charged the task force to decide whether there was a need to restructure the UW System and, if so, to provide recommendations to the new governing structure, Michael Falbo, chair of the task force and a member of the UW System Board of Regents, said. The task force also would have to decide how system employees would move from the current system to a newer system, whether tuition flexibility could be extended to the UW System while ensuring access and affordability and what role the legislature should have

the statement, 234,000 Wisconsin residents are currently unemployed, and approximately 60,000 Wisconsin claimants receive benefits each week under the federal extended benefits program. Rep. Kelda Roys, D-Madison, a co-signer of the letter to Congress, said for most families that have someone who is currently out of work, unemployment benefits are often the only thing that keep them out of poverty. “This is important because when consumers can’t buy, it has a further negative impact on the economy,” Roys said. “We know that consumer demand is what drives the economy and creates

in establishing tuition rates, Falbo said. For the task force’s next meeting in January, Falbo said he would like to have the UW System present the force with the system’s goals, directions and data to clarify what reforms the system needs. The task force would look at those goals from the perspectives of legislative representatives and from the committee’s business experience, and decide whether they can design a more flexible system, Falbo said. “Where we go from here is going to be, I think, very crucial,” Strachota said. “I think we have to have the debate on higher education in the State of Wisconsin.”

jobs, particularly for low-income people and for those who are on unemployment. It’s a minimal benefit, but they’re spending every dollar of it to stay afloat.” According to Rep. Corey Mason, D-Racine, another co-signer on the letter, unemployment is vital to several Wisconsin citizens. Mason said unemployment acts as a safety net for those who are unable to find jobs in the current economy. “There are a lot of people who want to get back to work, but the jobs just aren’t there,” Mason said. “Being a few weeks away from Christmas, it seems like the wrong thing to do if we’re a state who cares about our fellow citizens.”

Assembly Minority Leader Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha said in an email recent statistics have shown Wisconsin led the nation in job loss in October. “It is vital that Congress act to make sure Wisconsin families have access to this safety net, in the state where it was created, while they continue to seek employment,” he said in the email. Earlier in November, U.S. House Democrats introduced legislation that would extend the federal unemployment insurance program through the 2012 calendar year and give breaks to states trying to maintain their assistance programs. Political science

professor Barry Burden said unemployment benefit debates often center around Democrats wanting to put more money in the programs while Republicans wish to cut spending. “This is a game the two parties usually play with each other,” Burden said. “Democrats almost always want to extend unemployment benefits, and Republicans almost always want them to expire because they are too expensive.” Burden said Democrats might have the upper hand because most of the public believes unemployment benefits are the right thing to do. However, he also said Republicans may suggest a counter-offer

to attempt to allocate unemployment benefits from another government program to avoid increasing government spending. Burden likened the process to a similar one that has occurred when natural disasters take place. “After the flooding and the hurricanes and the heat, Democrats wanted to put more money into FEMA to help people relocate and rebuild homes,” Burden said. “Republicans said they didn’t want to do that unless we could find somewhere else to make the cuts. Both sides have a good argument to make. It’s usually a hard compromise to bridge.”

Alliant Center could see expansion Parisi says venue draws millions annually, has higher potential with additional benefits Molly McCall City Reporter Dane County Executive Joe Parisi unveiled the formation of a task force Wednesday that will review the community’s needs and decide on a plan of action as the county looks to expand the Alliant Energy Center. The Alliant Energy Center currently is as a key economic server in Dane County, bringing in more than $88 million for local economic stimulation annually, according to a statement from Parisi’s office. Still, Parisi said a task force diving into the center’s possibilities could

bring further benefits to the community. “The time has come again to assess what possibilities exist for expansion or upgrades of this diverse facility and create a plan of action that fits within our current economic climate,” Parisi said in a statement. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Parisi said he is currently unaware how large the expansion is going to be. The task force is going to look at the market and potential demand to assess not only the current needs of the people who hold exhibitions at center but also the future needs of those people, he said. Right now the task

force is looking at possible options of expansion and making a menu of different ideas for ways to keep the grounds thriving and evolving, Parisi said, adding “everything is on the table.” County officials also believe the development of the area is essential, but say the project needs to be carried out correctly from start to finish to achieve best results. “What we do with these grounds will play a large part in our community’s future. We really need to take our time and get it right,” Rick Phelps, former Dane County executive and new chair of the Expansion Exploration Task Force, said

in a statement. The task force will take their list of options to the community this summer and into early fall to get feedback, Parisi said. The county will then implement whatever plan reflects the sustainability of the center and is in harmony with the community’s input, he added. Parisi said he hopes the expansion will maintain business and find areas with a potential for growth. According to the statement, considering and identifying private/ public partnerships or other investment opportunities to aid funding are essential to the task force’s process.

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Movement fails to hold 99 percent accountable Jeﬀ Schultz Staff Writer If you’ve read any of my previous op-eds for The Badger Herald, you’ve probably come to the accurate conclusion that I have liberal tendencies. I don’t trust free markets. I believe that labor unions and government regulations do more good than harm. Thus, my ambivalence toward the Occupy Wall Street

movement should come as a surprise. The Occupy Wall Street movement just leaves me wanting more. Granted, I haven’t been to Zuccotti Park or any of the Occupy protests, but I understand that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are angry over the concentration of wealth in the hands of a select few. I identify with that anger. I also like the proponents of Occupy Wall Street. I support labor organizations, like the AFL-CIO, and activists like Michael Moore, the movement’s biggest supporters. However, I can’t help but feel that Occupy Wall Street’s rhetoric is a bit too

99 percent of Americans who aren’t CEOs or investment bankers, but a majority of the 99 percent did elect presidents committed to maintaining the pro-business status quo; Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama. Also, where were the mass protests when former President George W. Bush cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans, or when Congress repealed the Glass-Steagall Act? It seems when times were good, the 99 percent was happy to have the 1 percent hold the reins of power. Now that things have taken a turn for the worse, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are looking for someone to blame when

simple. One of the first things that I noticed when I logged onto occupywallst. org is this sentence: “The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.” The whole sentence is filled with assumptions and rhetorical flourishes. I take issue with the claim that the 99 percent, a term which is inherently problematic, “tolerate[d] the greed and corruption of the 1 percent.” I’d say that the 99 percent actively supported and perpetuated this “greed and corruption.” I don’t want to make mass generalizations about the

unionized teachers. This is causing a head on collision between Madison’s support for unions and the desire to close the achievement gap. While support for public employees is important, the pressing need to teach Madison’s underprivileged children trumps the problems unions see with these proposed schools. However, it is important the city view the schools not as a permanent solution but as an experiment. The charter schools would use methods focused on academic rigor, such as a 215-day school year and single-sex classes. While none of these methods have been proven to increase school performance, experimentation is the best way to find out if they will. Although these techniques could be implemented in a public school system instead, Gov.

Scott Walker’s cuts to public education have made conducting this experiment on a larger scale impossible. For this reason, these charter schools are the most effective way currently proposed to judge the outcome of these measures. Other programs are wellmeaning and have made progress toward closing the achievement gap. However, the Urban League has forced Madisonians to face the facts anew and deal with the reality that past programs have not gone far enough to address the needs of students of color or lower socioeconomic status. We can all agree the education system needs repair. With systemwide legislative reform unlikely, the proposed charter schools are the best method the city has to immediately address these contradictions.

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Protesting bill cheap political ploy Spencer Lindsay Staff Writer The state legislature is considering a law proposed by Gov. Scott Walker this week that would require protesters to give three days prior notice and make them pay for security when protesting on the Capitol. This law is a cheap tactic to keep the governor out of the way of scrutiny, and it is a limit on free speech. The timing of this measure should be held suspect. Walker is among the most protested figures in American politics and is likely to become only the third governor over the past century to face a recall election. This is a clear and blatant move to keep protestors off his back: Legislation is totally unnecessary to clear the five protesters left at the Capitol. In my first visit to the Capitol last week I saw

few protesters. They were being loud and obnoxious, but they weren’t causing any harm, and they certainly were not disrupting the business of the building. I disagreed with their message — which I believe was one of a Walker conspiracy theory — but the Capitol is a legitimate and reasonable forum to vent their beliefs. Some of the most meaningful assemblies in history are those which happen spontaneously. When the news was released that Osama bin Laden had been killed in May, many students in the D.C. area flocked to the Capitol. During the Vietnam War the protesters — who were mostly spontaneous — had a profound effect on President Lyndon Johnson. Johnson was so haunted by the war that he refused to run for reelection. The measure limits First Amendment rights and forces free speech to go through a bureaucratic protest permit process. Overall, this is not good for the state or for individual rights. Walker faced the

that left the homeless, the migrant workers, and the custodians barely able to scrape together a living. We wanted low taxes and easyto-access mortgages. Perhaps it’s human nature to not question the establishment when we are satisfied with our conditions. However, now that we realize that America can’t continue down this path, we can take responsibility for some of our own corruption and greed. Otherwise, Occupy Wall Street and this depression will come to naught. Jeff Schultz (jdschultz@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in history.

How Wis. politics stole Christmas

Herald Editorial A worthy experiment Above all else, Madison selfidentifies as liberal. For this reason, the Urban League’s new single sex, predominately minority charter schools put the community between a rock and a progressive place. One of the things Madison should be most ashamed of is the unusually high achievement gap in its public schools. Fifty-two percent of black male students graduated public high school in Madison in 2009, compared to 88 percent of white students, mirroring the graduation rates of highly segregated cities such as Washington, D.C. On the other hand, the city prides itself on its unwavering support of collective bargaining rights, demonstrated by this spring’s protests. The proposed charter schools cannot affordably employ

they should be questioning the choices of America’s vaunted middle class. What troubles me the most about the Occupy Wall Street movement is its underlying message that “We’re all in it together against ‘the man.’” The problem is we’re not all in it together and many of us are “the man,” even if we don’t run a multinational corporation or have a trust fund. American society is highly stratified, and it was that way long before our current depression (and yes, it is a depression). Yet, while many of us in the middle class were sharing in the wealth, we did not want to address the structural inequalities

scrutiny of large-scale protests in the Capitol building last year, and consequently he is likely to face a recall. His motive for the measure requiring permits to protest in the Capitol is likely to limit the scrutiny he will face during the upcoming election season. Protesters’ messages are not always correct, and in fact they are often wrong. One needs only to travel to the nation’s capital to see evidence of protesters’ misguided messages. Some say the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 were an inside job, some say the moon landing was a farce, some say Bill Clinton murdered Vince Foster, and they have been laughed to the bottom of the political dialogue. Those who do not make good points will not be seen as credible. Nonetheless, even these conspiracy theorists have a rightful place in our political dialogue. In some ways they are watchmen, so when our government does do something wrong people will realize it. Limiting their forum greatly hinders democracy, and that is exactly what

Walker is doing with this piece of legislation. The Capitol is supposed to be the center of political discussion in the state, and this law undermines that. One thing in this bill that may be legitimate is that protesters would have to pay for any security costs they accrue. It is a reasonable point to say that the state should not be sponsoring their political message (or any political message for that matter) by giving them the Capitol security on the taxpayer dime. This measure should be debated and is a more complicated issue. Forcing protesters who are expressing their First Amendment right of peaceful assembly and speech to get permits three days before their protest undermines those rights. The measure is a restriction on our rights, and nothing more than a cheap electoral tactic. I hope to see plenty of unlicensed protesters down at the Capitol trying to stop this bill. Spencer Lindsay (sclindsay@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in political science.

Shawn Rajanayagam Columnist Last Friday, Gov. Scott Walker lit up the Capitol’s Christmas tree (I think calling it a “holiday tree,” as some have suggested, might be taking political correctness a little too far) at 8:15 a.m. Note that usually the lighting of the tree occurs around midday, but due to previous engagements that Walker had arranged in Milwaukee, this year it occurred a little earlier. It’s not my prerogative to investigate the veracity of these claims, or whether Walker was just hoping to dodge the recall protesters. What I will comment on is the Recall Walker demonstrators who showed up early at the Capitol, and then proceeded to boo Walker while he conducted the ceremony. Scott Walker may be a shitty governor, but he isn’t the Grinch. While the recall petitions certainly have their merits, I feel that booing at a Christmas ceremony is taking things a little too far. The Wisconsin State Journal notes that the protesters did not attempt to disrupt or otherwise interrupt the ceremony itself, but still, it was definitely not a classy move by the protesters to boo Walker when he is in the middle of an age-old ceremony that has nothing to do with politics. And then there’s Senator Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, suggesting that Walker’s decision to light the tree a few hours early has “screwed up one of the finest traditions in the state Capitol.” If you don’t understand why people are frustrated with the political leadership in this country, look no further. If you have resorted to attacking your opposition about a Christmas tree, you probably need to rethink your approach. As it is, around 200 people attended the lighting of the tree, including a

couple of dozen recall demonstrators. There were also several military veterans in attendance, given that this year the lighting of the tree was dedicated to veterans. This is another reason that the actions of the protesters struck me as tasteless: The veterans who were being honored would surely have been rankled by the open disrespect shown by the protesters. Funnier still is Fox News’ reaction to the protesters. They posted on their blog a video of some spectators, most likely recall demonstrators, doing the Nazi salute as Walker spoke at the lighting of the tree. The caption for the post on their website was “Libs Rock Nazi Salute During Christmas Tree Lighting.” Because, you know, all liberals are Nazis, right? This is even worse than the recall protesters booing Walker at the Christmas tree ceremony. But that is, more or less, the shape of partisan

Scott Walker may be a shitty governor, but he isn’t the Grinch. While the recall petitions certainly have their place, I feel that booing at a Christmas ceremony is taking things a little too far. politics in this country. Rather than criticism based on substantive policy and ideology, both liberals and conservatives criticize their counterparts along petty lines that have little relation to, well, anything. The protest ended with the demonstrators hanging a huge “RECALL” poster over the second floor railing. Given that they didn’t have a permit for the display, it was promptly taken down by Capitol police officers, so it had little effect. I guess that just about sums up Wisconsin politics though — just a bunch of noise, no real result. Shawn Rajanayagam (rajanayagam@wisc. edu) is a senior majoring in political science and American studies.

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Wisconsinite Aaron Collins and native Israeli Netalee Sheinman are the couple that own and operate the Banzo cart. They hope eventually to open a take-out restaurant and later a café.

Touch of Mediterranean in new cart Banzo adds authenticity to Library Mall lunches; owners optimistic for future Aly Pavela ArtsEtc. Reporter Cheese curds, custard, New Glarus beer, falafel. Which of these is not like the rest? Operating since the annual city food cart review this fall, the bright lime-green Banzo food cart has dared to be different. Their risk has definitely been worth the delicious reward to the Madison community. Banzo, a Mediterranean, falafel and hummus food cart, has arrived in the Madison food cart scene. And holy garbanzo beans, has it made an entrance. The cart is operated by a young, outgoing couple: Wisconsin native Aaron Collins and Netalee Sheinman, who was born and raised in Israel. The two met studying abroad in Australia. They present falafel, Israeli deep-fried garbanzo beans, as it should be — as street food. Collins described the food as, “Mediterranean, pita, street food, falafel, hummus, chicken, beef.” He laughed. “It’s kind of hard to really describe all at once.” There is one easy way to describe the food at Banzo: amazing. Made evident by the masses crowded around the cart at lunch and the murmurs about the new green food cart around campus, Banzo has

gained quick popularity. A few years ago, Collins and Sheinman lived in New York. Every time they visited Madison, however, they would miss the great falafel stands in New York. “We always kind of laughed, and said, wouldn’t it be funny if we brought one here? After a while we decided to finally try it, and here we are,” said Collins. The Banzo, their signature freshly made falafel, is offered as a sandwich for $6 or as a platter for $7 and comes with hummus, pita, salad and couscous. It’s topped with tahini, yogurt-dill sauce and hot sauce. “Falafel and hummus; everybody really has their own, different take on it in the Middle East,” explained Collins. “We just try to do everything, fresh — traditional flavors with a modern street food flair to it.” But their take on falafel is not all Banzo has to offer. Other entrees include The Chick (grilled chicken), The Slider (mini burgers made with fresh beef from Jenifer Street Market), The Harvest (falafel, eggplant, potatoes and chopped cucumber-tomato salad) and The F Bomb (falafel with either grilled chicken or mini beef burgers). All entrees are offered with the option of as a pita sandwich ($7) or a

platter ($8). Free toppings include hummus, chopped salad, hand-cut chips and pickles. Additionally, hand-cut fries and hummus are offered as sides. Banzo also offers homemade soups like carrot ginger, organic butternut squash and vegan lentil soups. Collins and Sheinman cheerfully hand these in “shots” to customers while waiting or they can be ordered with pita bread for $5.00 Hungry yet? “Our most popular sandwich lately has been The Harvest, which is all vegetarian and vegan. ... It’s falafel with eggplant and fresh spinach, and that has been by far our most popular sandwich since we’ve moved to Library Mall, aside from the classic falafel,” said Collins. Collins explained that the two try to use local ingredients and support local businesses. “The more local something is, the better chance it has of being fresh, compared to something that has traveled who knows how long.” Most of the food Collins and Sheinman use is from Wisconsin or somewhere in the Midwest. Their beef is from the Jenifer Street Market here in Madison. One item that they import is their pita bread, which comes straight from Israel. As for the future,

Banzo expects to start delivery soon. They are adding new sandwiches, hummus plates and sides like couscous, tabouli and baba ghanoush (eggplant salad). They hope to turn their kitchen space on Sherman Avenue into a take-out restaurant, and then later into a café. Collins explained he was nervous to bring a heavily vegetarian falafel cart to Madison. “I was worried not having any cheese on the cart. I was thinking oh God, this is going to be a disaster, no one is going to want anything that doesn’t have cheese on it or if they don’t know what it is.” It seems that Banzo’s cheeseless cusine is speaking for itself. “People have really responded well, even if they don’t know what it is. … I’m really happy about that,” said Collins. “Anyone who hasn’t tried [falafel] should give it a try.” So grab a friend and some cash, and head to Banzo for a savory lunch that will rock your taste buds and maybe even introduce you to your new favorite ethnic food. Banzo is equipped with a Facebook page and Twitter updates about their location and specials. Collins said their website, www. banzomadison.com, will be launching soon.

Imagine being handed a magazine already open to the best, most interesting page. Anyone’s interest would be immediately engaged, piqued, and that person would probably be tempted to give the rest of the magazine a shot. There might even be some residual nostalgia as the rest of the pages flipped by, causing the tendency to overlook otherwise glaring flaws, or at least the illusion that drooping levels of excitement are due to the law of diminishing returns Such is the unfortunate case of The Black Keys’ El Camino, an album whose rollicking start combined with the band’s previous successes creates a veneer of excitement that the doesn’t hold up to inspection. The Black Keys drop in hard, applying a defibrillator of a guitar riff to the faded-in flatline of a single distorted note. On top of that foundation, drum set and high-octave synth bring to life a song screaming for a crazy dance from its very first breath. That Frankenstein’s Monster of a single was anthropomorphized in the video for “Lonely Boy” in the form of a meme-y, gif-able dancing geezer. It’s an excellent time, and catchy like a motherfucker. But kicking off an album with a lead, viral single carries risk as well — namely, that putting your best foot forward doesn’t matter much if you remain standing in that same spot for the next half-hour. And, oh, that El Camino even did that, rather than take a procession of baby steps backward over the next 10 tracks. Blues rock is a confining enough genre by itself, seeing as its foundation is a chord progression that’s been defined for about a hundred years. But the band fails to break through the monotony with the same regularity they’ve managed on previous albums; the easiest (though not the only) way to do this is to turn up the volume and let rip with new-school guitar, but nowhere on El Camino is there the fusion solo action of Brothers’ “Sinister Kid,” the spacey bridgework of Attack and Release’s “Strange Times” or even the unrequited joy of “Tighten Up.” The

Black Keys seems to have trapped itself within its own form; then again, it’s probably hard to sell a bitchin’ sloppy solo as a Zales commercial. No, The Black Keys have found its niche genre, perfected it, then disappeared into so much mid-tempo, minor thirded, hand-clapping oblivion. Save for the acoustic half of a song called “Little Black Submarines,” the distorted electric guitar blues riffs and lyrics about lost loves run together until a jolt on the track “Stop Stop.” It seems like a welcome change-up until the horrible realization that the song is just, in the worst way possible, unpolished Maroon 5, complete with teen-pop lyricism like: “I hounded you forever / But you never saw / This love was so strong it should have / Been against the law.”

No, The Black Keys have found their niche genre, perfected it, then disappeared into so much mid-tempo, minor thirded, hand-clapping oblivion. Save for the acoustic half of a song called “Little Black Submarines,” the distorted electric guitar blues riffs and lyrics about lost loves run together.

As disheartening as it is, with El Camino, The Black Keys has essentially created a musical “Maxim” magazine, and not just because it’s an album about girls that’s named after a muscle car. Its form hits that tenor as well: It’s definitely glossy, and it might be fun in parts, but that doesn’t mean it’s any good.

THE BLACK KEYS ‘EL CAMINO’

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Picking over strategies for college town grocery shopping

Allegra Dimperio Chew on This Columnist The holiday season ushers in snow, the end of the semester and visions of hot cocoa and homework-free days. It also brings the harsh reality that I spent all of my money on Christmas presents. For a college food columnist, the last few weeks of class bring the anxiety of not being able to afford to eat out. So this week I won’t be discussing restaurants or desserts or sandwiches. Instead, I’ll be giving advice on someplace we can all afford to eat from — the grocery store. For most on campus,

Fresh Madison Market and Capitol Centre Market are the only options for groceries. While they definitely have the convenience factor, I’m going to tell you a secret about campus grocery stores: They’re out to make a profit. Without competition, campus grocery stores have no incentive to go lower on prices. While they do a tremendous service to students by offering groceries within walking distance, in some respects they straight up take advantage of students’ limited mobility. But have no fear, being willing to catch the bus to Woodman’s or even Trader Joe’s can cut down on costs and increase variety. At Fresh Market, a box of Kashi cereal is $5. Yes, it is organic, and yes, you

can expect to pay more for it than Cheerios. But at Woodman’s that same box of cereal is $3.50. While not all products have such extreme price differences, 25 cents here and a dollar there add up quickly when you do your weekly shopping. Woodman’s is a great alternative to campus stores because of its low prices and large selection of brand-name goods. You want Lay’s Potato Chips, they have ten varieties; you want spaghetti sauce, there’s a whole aisle stocked with Ragu, Prego and DiSalvo’s. At Woodman’s, even the personal care products cost less than they do downtown — a Crest toothbrush is a full $2 less than at Walgreens. While the locations are a bit out of the way and the store doesn’t accept credit cards (though debit is fine), the prices really do

make it worth the trip. One area where Woodman’s is perhaps not the best choice is its produce department. The

Without competition, campus grocery stores have no incentive to go lower on prices. While they do a tremendous service to students by offering groceries within walking distance, in some respects they straight up take advantage of students’ limited mobility. prices are low and they do carry some hard-tofind fruits and veggies, but the quality is just not always there. If you’re into organic, Trader

Joe’s has a much better selection, though Fresh Market may carry similar, slightly lower quality options for better prices. One thing Trader Joe’s does have that no other grocery can top is frozen foods. Most of us can’t or won’t cook but want more than a frozen pizza or Hot Pocket. Luckily, Trader Joe heard this plea and delivered. At his store, you can buy frozen sweet potato gnocchi with butter and sage for $2.99, frozen ready-to-eat edamame for $1.69 and frozen enchiladas, egg rolls and samosas for under $4. While the store does sell single-serve items, most are good for at least two meals. If you’re looking for Tombstone Pizza or Texas Toast, you won’t find it at Trader Joe’s, though the store does offer its own versions of both. It definitely is not the place

to go if you’re brand loyal, but if you can overlook a name you’ll wind up getting food that is mostly preservative — and artificial ingredient — free at a good price. Fresh Market is great for its take-and-eat items, and Cap Center is good for when you’ve run out of Wheat Thins and milk. But there can be more to grocery shopping than paying too much for your Lean Cuisine. While many students will be headed home to enjoy free groceries for a while, using that free bus pass when you get back will let you hold onto more of your Christmas and Hanukkah cash. You might even find a new stay-in meal favorite. Allegra Dimperio (adimperio@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in journalism.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, December 8, 2011

TOP UPCOMING BOWL GAMES Rose Bowl No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 10 Wisconsin

Fiesta Bowl No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 Stanford

BCS Championship No. 1 LSU vs. No. 2 Alabama

Mon., Jan. 2 • 4 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 2 • 7:30 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 9 • 7:30 p.m.

It’s pretty safe to say that there will be a lot of offense on the field in Pasadena. The Ducks and Badgers are ranked third and fourth in the nation in scoring, respectively. It could very well come down to who has the ball last.

Two of the one-loss titans clash, both trying to prove they deserved a shot at the title over Alabama. It will be fun to see two of the best quarterbacks in college football, Andrew Luck and Brandon Weeden, air it out.

Game of the Century Part II. LSU came away the victor in overtime in week 10, but the Tide missed four field goals in the process. Game two should be just as exciting as these defensive juggernauts collide.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK

313

The number of rushing yards North Texas running back Lance Dunbar had on 40 carries in the Mean Green’s 59-7 win over Middle Tennessee. The 313 yard performance still fell short of LaDainian Tomlinson’s FBS record 406.

NATIONAL RANKINGS BCS Standings 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma St. 4. Stanford 5. Oregon 6. Arkansas 7. Boise State 8. Kansas State 9. S. Carolina 10. Wisconsin 11. Virginia Tech 12. Baylor 13. Michigan

14. Oklahoma 15. Clemson 16. Georgia 17. Michigan St. 18. TCU 19. Houston 20. Nebraska 21. Southern Miss 22. Penn State 23. W. Virginia 24. Texas 25. Auburn

PLAYER TO WATCH

ACC

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Wilson’s first game against Michigan State was mostly forgettable despite the Badgers’ late rally, but in Indy on Saturday, Wilson regained his MVP form, throwing for three TDs in another rally and sending UW to the Rose Bowl.

Fedora led the Golden Eagles to an upset win in Houston over the undefeated, sixth-ranked Cougars. Southern Miss not only knocked Houston out of a BCS Bowl game, but cost C-USA at least 10 million dollars because of it. Hats off to Fedora for preserving the game’s integrity.

HEISMAN HOPEFULS 1. Trent Richardson, RB, Ala. ‘11: 1,583 yards, 23 Total TDs 2. Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford ‘11: 3,170 yards, 37 Total TDs 3. Robert Griffin III, QB, Baylor ‘11: 3,998 yards, 45 Total TDs 4. Montee Ball, RB, Wisc. ‘11: 1,759 yards, 38 Total TDs 5. Matt Barkley, QB, USC ‘11: 3,528 yards, 41 total TDs

CONFERENCE POWER RANKINGS

SEC — First place in the Conference Power Rankings is cemented. The conference that wins the BCS National Championship has to be ranked number one, and since it’s the SEC no matter what, this one is sealed.

Big XII — Spots two through five are pretty much up for grabs, depending how the bowl games all shake out by the beginning of January, but Oklahoma State and Kansas State have a good shot to hold the Big 12 at number two.

2. 3.

Pac-12 — Well, USC can’t go bowling, so that hurts the Pac-12’s chances of moving up, but if Oregon were to beat Wisconsin and Stanford beat Oklahoma State, the Pac-12 could just move a little higher.

Associated Press

The best, worst of the 2011 college football bowl season Brett Sommers Statistics Editor The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl and the Little Caesars Bowl are just a few of the un-prestigiouslynamed bowl games that combine to make up the 2011-12 college football bowl season. Offering 70 Division I-A football programs a postseason berth is enough to make anyone shake their head. Which games should you spend time watching? Which appear to be complete wastes of time? This issue of Gridiron Nation highlights the five most entertaining bowl games outside the BCS Championship, Rose, Fiesta, Sugar and Orange Bowl games, as well as warns you against five bowls that could leave you passed out on your plate of holiday dinner. First, a look at the best of the non-BCS bowl variety: The TicketCity Bowl is one bowl that brings a lot of intrigue. The scandal-plagued Penn State Nittany Lions with take on the fellow felines of the University of Houston Cougars. Houston was ranked sixth last week in the BCS until it lost the C-USA Championship to Southern Mississippi. At 12-1, Houston’s top-ranked offense looks to pose a tough task for Penn State, which has lost two of its last three games. Given time to catch its breath and prepare, Penn State should play well and make this a good football game, as Houston will hope to take out its frustration after missing out on a BCS game. Pick: Penn State on a game-winning field goal. The Chick-fil-A Bowl simply has two good teams that know how to play good football. Virginia finished 8-4 out of the ACC, and Auburn is ranked No. 25, despite going just 7-5 this season. All of Auburn’s losses are to teams that are currently ranked, and though Virginia’s

Big Ten — This always seems to be the time of year where the big bruising teams of the Big Ten fail miserably to match up with the rest of the country. Maybe this is the year the conference comes away with a winning bowl record.

ACC — Still just Clemson and Virginia Tech keeping the ACC’s head above water, but the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl should both be entertaining games to watch and a chance for the two big dogs in the ACC to win.

Conf. 6-2 5-3 5-3 4-4 3-5 1-7

Team Va. Tech Virginia Ga. Tech Miami UNC Duke

Conf. 7-1 5-3 5-3 3-5 3-5 1-7

Overall 10-3 6-6 8-4 7-5 4-8 2-10

Coastal

Team Cinci. WVU Louisville Rutgers Pitt UCONN S. Florida Syracuse

Overall 11-2 8-4 8-4 6-6 7-5 3-9

It’s Official

last game was a stinker against Virginia Tech with an ACC Championship Game appearance on the line, the Cavaliers can play some very stingy defense. Pick: Auburn in a close one. The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic features two of the best offenses in football, both of which had chances to win their conferences late in the season. Kansas State and Arkansas will put up a lot of points and do it different ways. The Wildcats have a strong running game, and the Razorbacks love to air it out with Tyler Wilson, who threw 22 touchdowns and just six picks on the year. Pick: Wildcats by seven. The Capital One Bowl is Nebraska’s first opportunity to bring some street cred to the Big Ten. Taking on a very good South Carolina team, Nebraska will have to make sure to contain Gamecock quarterback Connor Shaw, who has played some very solid games since taking over for the dismissed Stephen Garcia. Pick: Gamecocks by 10; the SEC still rules. The Outback Bowl is another setup game for the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl, and it should be a great contest, matching up second-place Big Ten team Michigan State against secondplace SEC team Georgia. Both squads lost their conference championship games, though quite differently. Michigan State lost by three to Wisconsin in the final minutes, and Georgia got blown out by LSU in the second half. Both will be looking for a positive note heading into the offseason. Pick: Spartans by a score. Now, a look at the snoozers: The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl pits the Big Ten’s Illinois, loser of six straight after starting 6-0, against Pac-12 default entry (due to USC being ineligible) UCLA, the only bowl-bound team with a losing record at 6-7. It’s difficult to argue that any bowl has two less deserving teams playing in the same game. These two teams don’t even deserve to have anybody watch this game, and the winner should probably receive a bronze miniature toilet to put in its trophy case back on campus. Pick: Slight advantage UCLA.

The Maaco Bowl Las Vegas could prove less of a snoozer and more of a winner depending on which team Arizona State decides to bring onto the field against the Boise State Broncos. After being denied a BCS bid, the Broncos may be looking to run the score up as much as possible. Arizona State was ranked as late as week 10, but after losing five of its last six games and firing its head coach, it’s a wonder how the Sun Devils lasted that long. Pick: Broncos in a blowout. The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl is yet another obscene bowl title and another game to blaze through while flipping channels on the couch at home. Mississippi State takes on Wake Forest in Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State began the season with high expectations and played inconsistently all season, winning consecutive games just one time. Wake Forest started 4-1 and then lost five of seven. Pick: SEC >ACC. Mississippi State in a close, low-scoring affair. The Insight Bowl never figured to have powerhouse and early-season No. 1 Oklahoma as a representative, but alas, here the Sooners are. Oklahoma is a better team than its current No. 14 BCS ranking indicates, and Iowa doesn’t appear capable of putting up a fight against such an offensive power. Against ranked opponents this year, all from the Big Ten, Iowa was 1-2 and averaged just 17.3 points per game. The Sooners averaged over 40 on the season. Pick: Sooners surge. The Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl is the last of the games you should try hard to avoid. It’s a warm up on Jan. 2 for the Rose Bowl and Fiesta Bowl and has big-name programs, but the inputs just don’t translate to positive outputs. Ohio State takes on Florida, ironically featuring the last and upcoming Urban Meyer-coached team. The Buckeyes lost three in a row to end the season, and the Gators lost six of their last eight. Both teams should feel pretty happy to be playing in a January Bowl game that sets up some of the best games of the year. Pick: The game in is Jacksonville, Fla. Gators by double digits.

QUICK HITS

The LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide finally know for certain they will meet again for the national championship. Is it fair? Nope. But the BCS has never exactly been the poster child of fair, has it? Despite many feeling like Oklahoma State and/or other didn’t get a fair shake, let’s not forget that although college football needs a playoff, the nation is all but guaranteed a great game between the Tigers and Tide.

If Only There Were as Many Presents Over the Holidays as Bowl Games

There are definitely some juicy matchups this bowl season, but as with the unhappiness over who plays in the new year, everyone must also deal with the unpleasantness of waiting a month to see those games played. Bowl games are more abundant than presents on Christmas morning, so think how great it would be for the BCS system to go bye-bye and have meaningful, tournament style games throughout December.

Conf. 5-2 5-2 5-2 4-3 4-3 3-4 1-6 1-6

Overall 9-3 9-3 7-5 8-4 6-6 5-7 5-7 5-7

BIG TEN

The Orange Bowl is one of five prestigious BCS bowl games to watch in the new year, but what other games in the 2011-12 bowl season should be watched, or maybe ignored?

COACH OF THE WEEK Larry Fedora Southern Miss

Team Clemson WF FSU NC State BC Maryland

BIG EAST

Russell Wilson Quarterback, Wisconsin

He hasn’t received much attention as LSU’s fourth-leading rusher, but don’t sleep on Hilliard, who made his presence known against Georgia Saturday. Hilliard only had nine touches but scored three touchdowns.

14. Clemson 15. TCU 16. Baylor 17. Houston 18. Georgia 19. Oklahoma 20. Nebraska 21. Southern Miss 22. W. Virginia 23. Penn State 24. Cincinnati 25. Florida State

Atlantic

Richardson needs to have a strong game for the Crimson Tide to turn the tables on LSU. He had a combined 28 touches for 169 yards in the first meeting, but he failed to crack the end zone, something he must do for Alabama to become national champs.

Kenny Hilliard Running Back, LSU

1. LSU (59) 2. Alabama 3. Oklahoma St. 4. Stanford 5. Oregon 6. Boise State 7. Arkansas 8. Wisconsin 9. S. Carolina 10. Kansas State 11. Virginia Tech 12. Michigan 13. Michigan St.

STANDINGS

Trent Richardson Running Back, Alabama

FRESHMAN FOCUS

USA Today Coaches’ Top 25

Leaders Team Wisconsin Penn St. Purdue Ohio State Illinois Indiana

Conf. 6-2 6-2 4-4 3-5 2-6 0-8

Overall 11-2 9-3 6-6 6-6 6-6 1-11

Legends Team Mich. St. Michigan Nebraska Iowa NU Minn.

Conf. 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-4 3-5 2-6

Overall 10-3 10-2 9-3 7-5 6-6 3-9

PAC-12 North Team Oregon Stanford Wash. California Oreg. St. Wash. St.

Conf. 8-1 8-1 5-4 4-5 3-6 2-7

Team USC UCLA AZ State Utah Colorado Arizona

Conf. 7-2 5-4 4-5 4-5 2-7 2-7

Overall 11-2 11-1 7-5 7-5 3-9 4-8

South Overall 10-2 6-7 6-6 7-5 3-10 4-8

BIG XII Team Ok. St. Kansas St. Baylor Oklahoma Missouri Texas A&M Iowa State TTU Kansas

Conf. 8-1 7-2 6-3 6-3 5-4 4-5 4-5 3-6 2-7 0-9

Overall 11-1 10-2 9-3 9-3 7-5 7-5 6-6 6-6 5-7 2-10

SEC East Team Georgia S Carolina Florida Vandy Kentucky Tennessee

Conf. 7-1 6-2 3-5 2-6 2-6 1-7

Team LSU Alabama Arkansas Auburn Miss St. Ole Miss

Conf. 8-0 7-1 6-2 4-4 2-6 0-8

Overall 10-3 10-2 6-6 6-6 5-7 5-7

West Overall 13-0 11-1 10-2 7-5 6-6 2-10

2011 STAT LEADERS Quarterback Rating 1. Robert Griffin III, Baylor 2. Russell Wilson, Wisc. 3. Case Keenum, Houston 4. Kellen Moore, Boise State 5. Andrew Luck, Stanford

192.3 191.6 177.9 176.8 167.5

Rushing Yards 1. Montee Ball, Wisconsin 2. Bobby Rainey, WKU 3. Ronnie Hillman, SDSU 4. LaMichael James, Oregon 5. David Wilson, Va. Tech

1,759 1,695 1,656 1,646 1,627

Receiving Yards 1. Kendall Wright, Baylor 1,572 2. Jordan White, WMU 1,527 3. Patrick Edwards, Houston 1,524 4. Nick Harwell, Mia. (OH) 1,425 5. Marquess Wilson, WSU 1,388

Sacks 1. Whitney Mercilus, Illinois 2. Jarvis Jones, Georgia 3. Trevardo Williams, Conn. 4. Sammy Brown, Houston 5. Brant Joiner, Arkansas St.

14.5 13.5 12.5 12.5 12.0

The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, December 8, 2011

Part 2 of 2

Double duty for lineman Frederick juggles football with computer engineering, leads Badgers to key victory Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor In 2010, Travis Frederick was redshirted due to the Badgers’ surplus of talented offensive linemen. Wisconsin made the Rose Bowl that year, and after three starting offensive linemen graduated and were selected in April’s NFL Draft, Frederick had a prized opportunity staring him right in the face. When the Badgers returned from the summer for fall camp, Frederick lined up at left guard, directly next to the center, as if he hadn’t missed any games at all.

“He’s really, really smart. He takes coaching and undertands. Those kind of guys to have are pricless because they can right a lot of things.” Bob Bostad

Offensive Line Coach

“He’s really, really smart,” offensive line coach Bob Bostad says. “He takes coaching and understands. Those kind of guys to have are priceless because they can right a lot of things.” That last part, about

pricelessly righting a lot of things along the offensive line, ultimately became an incredible instance of foresight by Bostad, who gave that quote just a few days before Wisconsin’s first road game of the season at Michigan State. The Badgers, a perfect 6-0 at that point and quickly gaining steam in the national title picture, fell to the Spartans on a stunning 44-yard Hail Mary as time expired. The loss was utterly deflating — especially considering that Wisconsin went on to lose in nearly identical fashion the next week at Ohio State. Three weeks and three wins later came another road trip, this time to Illinois, a once-promising team starving for a win after dropping its last six games. With a top-20 defense, the Fighting Illini just hadn’t been able to muster enough consistent offense without suffering turnovers, penalties and overall miscues to string together any wins. Nevertheless, Illinois mustered 224 yards of offense to Wisconsin’s 93 in the first half and held a 17-7 lead after two quarters. After a 12-play, 30-yard drive right out of halftime, the Badgers punched the ball in the end zone with a five-yard pass to running back Montee Ball that trimmed their deficit

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Travis Frederick was named a consensus second-team All-Big Ten player by the coaches and the media following his performance this season on the offensive line and filling in at center. to three points. Illinois quarterback Reilly O’Toole threw an interception four plays later, and Wisconsin appeared set to take the lead. But on a 3rd-and-12 near midfield, with redshirt sophomore Ryan Groy filling in for Peter Konz at center after the junior dislocated his ankle the week prior, Groy snapped the ball high over quarterback Russell Wilson’s head. Wilson, who had lined up in the shotgun a few yards behind Groy, alertly scrambled backwards and fell on the ball 19 yards back down the field. The Badgers were fortunate to recover the football, but having a strong drive ruined by

the miscue was too close to being a disaster that Bostad decided to move Groy to left guard and have Frederick take over at center. Six minutes later, Wilson ran the ball in the end zone to put Wisconsin ahead for good. “When Ryan put that one over [Wilson’s] head, I think that [Bostad] just kind of felt that it was time to make a switch,” Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema said after the game. “He thought that would calm him down a little bit. [Frederick’s] pretty calm under pressure, and it obviously ended up working out very, very well.” Bielema didn’t say it right there, but Frederick

ended up staying at center for the Badgers’ next game, a 45-7 trouncing of Penn State back at Camp Randall, and the one after as well, a 42-39 thriller in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game against, of all teams, Michigan State. Frederick wasn’t able to share his thoughts on winning the conference’s first title game with the media — or on his being named a consensus second-team All-Big Ten player by coaches and media this week. Fittingly, he had an exam during the assigned media availability for offensive players. With the specter of the Rose Bowl hanging over the final days of the fall

semester, integer divider co-processors wouldn’t seem to be on the minds of too many Badgers. But they are on Frederick’s, a task that remains daunting even after three years of doubling as a doublemajor engineering student and an elite college football player. “I would say almost weekly,” Frederick says when asked if he ever feels overwhelmed. “Almost weekly, I get those moments. It kind of keeps growing, and you’re like, ‘Oh man, what am I doing?’ Then you sit down and make your lists, all those things and that kind of helps. You just power through it, and you get used to it.”

Ammerman helps power UW’s offense Senior forward adds standout final year to list of achievements in career as Badger Austin Scher Sports Writer Senior forward Brooke Ammerman of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team is not just having a standout season. She’s having a standout career. Halfway through her senior season, Ammerman already ranks in the top 10 for career goals, points, shots, power play goals and game-winning goals in Badger women’s hockey history. In her eyes, the statistics only tell part of Ammerman’s story. “I think [my success] has a lot to do with my teammates. I’ve learned a lot from the leaders of the past, and my teammates have always made me better.” Ammerman said.

KORGER, from 12 Badgers held them to 61. While there were questions about Berggren coming into the season, the junior has largely shown a good feel for his talent, as the center averages 12 points and five rebounds per game. The big man is still shooting better than .350 from three, despite a rough outing against Marquette. However, there is a point on the Badgers needing another scoring threat to emerge on the blocks. Besides Berggren, none of the Badger post players averages double figures. Across the board, the Badgers don’t physically look much different on paper. Last year’s starting lineup included Tim Jarmusz (6-foot-6, 205 pounds), Keaton Nankivil (6-foot-8, 240 pounds) and Jon Leuer (6-foot-10, 228 pounds). Wisconsin replaced last year’s senior starters with Ryan Evans (6-foot-6, 210 pounds)

“[This year], we’ve just been moving the puck well, and we’ve been on fire since the beginning of the season, so I can’t complain.” Since arriving in Madison in 2008, Ammerman has had plenty of success as a Badger. Her first national championship came on the heels of being named WCHA Rookie of the Week three times, UW Rookie of the Year and earning spots on the All-WCHA Rookie Team and All-WCHA Third Team. Her success continued into fall 2009, and although the team did not have a championshipcaliber season, personal accolades for Ammerman piled up. The season started with Ammerman being named WCHA Preseason Player of the Year and ended once again with a spot on the All-WCHA third team. In between, she led the team with 20 goals, 38 points and 166 shots. She also was named the team’s

Mike Bruesewitz (6-foot6, 220 pounds) and Jared Berggren (6-foot-10, 235 pounds). However, the new starters seem to be experiencing a bit of a learning curve as of late. During last week’s games, Wisconsin was outrebounded 26-39 against UNC and 28-41 against MU, giving up 16 offensive rebounds to the Golden Eagles. Don’t worry about the Badgers. Bo Ryan is a great coach, and he has seen rough stretches before. As long as the Badgers continue to play solid defense, it seems logical that the team will continue to win games and make the strides necessary to improve in areas of concern and once again make the NCAA tournament as a high seed. Nick is a senior majoring in English and history. What are your concerns about the men’s basketball team? Let him know at nkorger@ badgerherald.com.

Offensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on the WCHA All-Star Team. The 2010-2011 season ended with a second national championship in three years for Ammerman

“I think [my success] has a lot to do with my teammates. I’ve learned a lot from the leaders of the past, and my teammates have always made me better.”

Brooke Ammerman Forward

and the Badgers. Her two power-play goals in the NCAA Frozen Four and stellar play throughout the postseason earned her a spot on the Frozen Four All-Tournament team. Ammerman’s goal

against Boston University ultimately won the championship game. She finished the season with 17 goals, eight on the power play, and a total of 46 points, six of which came during a weekend sweep of St. Cloud State that earned her WCHA Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second straight year. This season, Ammerman currently leads the team in power play goals with six and sits second on the team with 22 assists, 38 points and a plus-minus of plus33, behind only linemate and junior forward Brianna Decker in all three categories. Together, the pair has developed chemistry that has impressed head coach Mark Johnson and the rest of the coaching staff while contributing close to 40 percent of UW’s goals and points thus far. “[Ammerman and Decker] have been good; they’ve got quite a bit of chemistry,” Johnson

TAYLOR, from 12 2.66 assist-to-turnover ratio — and forced the Phoenix into 16 turnovers. “I don’t think I would say [we’re] settling, but just trying to make good decisions every time down the court and get the best shot,” Taylor said. “Shots aren’t falling

INSIDE, from 12 have had to rely on an inside presence as a result. “We emphasize hitting the post; we want to get the ball inside to start games,” UW-GB head coach Brian Wardle said. “But obviously, we’ve got to be basketball

said. “They create a lot of opportunities, score a lot of goals, do well on the power play, kill penalties [and] eat up a lot of minutes for us. When you find kids with good chemistry, you generally stay with it.” Ammerman is part of a Badger senior class that has accomplished a great deal, including winning national championships in 2009 and 2011. That senior class also set an NCAA record with 37 wins during the 2010-2011 season, including winning the last 27 straight. Before losing to Minnesota Oct. 16 this year, Wisconsin’s 32 straight wins tied a program and NCAA record. “They’re a fun group,” Johnson said of the senior class. “There’s some interesting personalities, but there’s a lot of energy, a lot of skill, a lot of talent within there. When they’re focused and working hard, they’re a pretty tough group to play against, and that’s certainly one of the reasons they’ve been

successful. They have half a season to go, and hopefully it will continue.” With a tough matchup against Minnesota coming after this weekend’s series with Bemidji State, Ammerman, the rest of the seniors and Coach Johnson hope to avenge their only loss of the season with a weekend sweep. With the team currently riding a 12game win streak, the senior class has a chance to create success similar to that of last year’s. With Ammerman currently on a 10-game point streak of her own, she has the opportunity to climb even higher among the ranks of Badger hockey greats. “I think we will be a good success,” Ammerman said. “There’s definitely going to be adversity along the way; it just depends on how we will bounce back from that. The second half [of the season] is really hard, but I think we will have a pretty exciting and successful season.”

for some guys right now, but we’ll keep working, keep getting better every day and that’ll come.” With the game clearly in hand, Wisconsin’s lead blossomed to its largest at 28 points, 6840, with 2:14 remaining in the game. Green Bay was led by 7-foot-1, 215-pound center Alec Brown

with 10 points. Brown pulled down just four rebounds, well short of his 7.5 per game average. Forwards Brennan Cougill and Daniel Turner each scored six points, while Cougill led the Phoenix with eight rebounds (five offensive). “That was definitely an emphasis of ours

in practice the last few days,” Berggren said of limiting Brown. “We knew he’s a good player; if he catches it inside, it’s not good for us. So we just tried to focus on keeping the ball out of his hands, working to front him, force them to throw some lobs over the top and have some backside help.”

players too and just see that the help is there and skip the ball, then maybe try and give it a second look. We talk a lot about second looks, … and we just didn’t do a good job of that tonight.” Against the Badgers, the Phoenix scored 18 points below their

season average and saw their most potent offensive threat, 7-foot-1 center Alec Brown, kept in check. Brown entered the Kohl Center a 47.7 percent shooter and left after hitting 25 percent of his shots for 10 points. With Berggren defending him most

of the night and other teammates helping out, Brown found it difficult to get into a rhythm all night. “I remember it was probably a poor decision to try to pass [inside],” Wardle said. “Wisconsin did a good job of helping from the weak side on Alec all night.”

S PORTS 2nd half play boosts UW

Sports Editor Mike Fiammetta sports@badgerherald.com

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Taylor leads Wisconsin past in-state rival Green Bay with 15 points, career-high 10 assists Mike Fiammetta Sports Editor After seeing its perfect start to the season muddied by two consecutive losses, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team got back on track Wednesday night. Despite another weak first-half showing, the Badgers (7-2) shot 57.7 percent from the floor in the second half of a 70-42 win over UW-Green Bay (4-5) at the Kohl Center. Point guard Jordan Taylor led all scorers with 15 points and added a career-high 10 assists, while forward Ryan Evans scored 14 points and forward/center Jared Berggren contributed 13. The victory comes four days after Wisconsin had its 23-game home win streak snapped by another in-state rival, Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald the No. 16 Marquette Jordan Taylor notched a double-double against Green Bay as Wisconsin got its first Golden Eagles, in a 61win in three games Wednesday night. Taylor leads the Badgers in points and assists. 54 loss. Three days prior

to that, the Badgers fell on the road to the thenNo. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels 60-57. Both games, especially the UNC one, saw UW play inspired basketball at times, though the complete efforts ultimately were not enough to pull out wins. “You should be on a mission every night,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “I don’t try to get guys more revved up for one game than another. Bright young men figure out that every contest is pretty important, every possession is. There wasn’t anything different in what we were doing.” Initially, it appeared the Badgers would be in for another battle at home, as UW shot just 12-for-33 (36.4 percent) from the field in the first half. After a layup by guard/forward Rob Wilson (five points, two blocks) put Wisconsin ahead 8-2 at the 15:31 mark, the Badgers went scoreless for the next four

minutes. When Green Bay guard Steve Baker drew a foul on a layup and converted the and-one attempt to bring the score to 12-11 with 10:20 left in the first half, the Phoenix came as close as they would all game. From that point until halftime, UW built a 21-10 run that had the Badgers leading 33-21 at the break. “We played a good team on a mission tonight,” UW-GB head coach Brian Wardle said. “We knew right off the bat that Wisconsin was coming out.” The first half was especially successful for Wisconsin’s bench, which scored 14 points to Green Bay’s seven. For the game, UW’s bench players outscored UW-GB’s 21-16, led by guard Ben Brust’s six points. Freshman guard Traevon Jackson and freshman forward Frank Kaminsky each scored four points in 11 and 14 minutes of playing

time, respectively. The second half unfolded much more smoothly for the Badgers, who outscored the Phoenix 19-8 in the first 10 minutes out of halftime. Taylor led a UW offense that seemed to get to the basket more than did in the first half — and overall, more than it had in the past two games. The senior point guard converted four of his six free throw attempts, but Wisconsin still struggled as a team to make its free throws — a still-troubling sign for a team that made 81.8 percent of its tries last season and nearly broke the NCAA record of 82.2 percent. The Badgers finished the game 13-for19 from the charity stripe, just 68.4 percent. Nevertheless, Taylor and the Badgers took solace in the fact they recorded 16 assists to just six turnovers — a solid

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Berggren, Evans provide stronger inside presence to get Badgers back on track through the first half. The Badgers spent the rest Sports Content Editor of the game cleaning up After seeing its inside that dimension, however, game outperformed in finishing the night with 36 its last two contests, rebounds to Green Bay’s the Wisconsin men’s 37. Forward Mike basketball team reestablished a presence Bruesewitz led the charge in the paint Wednesday on the glass for UW with night that was hard for its eight rebounds, while Evans plucked opponents away six more, to as well. apprehend. Elsewhere, It may “We didn’t Wisconsin not have really make any spent exactly been an adjustments. We of all-around didn’t change what one-third its shots in the successful first half on game down we were trying to three-pointers low for do; we just did it a Wisconsin little bit better. We but saw little success (2-of(7-2), which 11), dragging ended its took advantage of team’s two game some things in the the shooting slide in a 70- second half, got percentage 42 win over better looks, but down to Wisconsin.364. The Green Bay we didn’t change misfires were (4-5), but any philosophy.” compounded at times the Badger Bo Ryan by the lack of offense Head Coach rebounding, and the seemed to Badgers didn’t impose its begin to really will over the separate themselves from sizeable Phoenix. Thirty-six of the the Phoenix until the latter Badgers’ points came part of the first half. Entering the second from the paint, where the team saw plenty of finesse period with a 33-21 lead, maintained down low from several Wisconsin players, including point and built on a cushy lead guard Jordan Taylor (15 by spending less time points), forward Ryan on three-pointers (6-ofEvans (14) and forward/ 26) and more time near center Jared Berggren (13). the rim. That lead to a Wisconsin started 57.7 clip in the half and the night slow in the raised the Badgers’ overall rebounding effort, losing shooting percentage to by as much as 14-2 in that .458 on the night. Wisconsin converted regard about midway

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Wisconsin scored 36 points in the paint against Green Bay, and forward/center Jared Berggren had 13. Despite battling a Phoenix squad with some size, the Badgers rolled. 17.6 percent of its threepoint attempts on the night, compared to a 54.5 success rate inside the arc. “I guess that’s nice; you know, you can go out and still put up 70 points when you shoot not a very good (three-point) percentage,” Taylor, who also set a career-high with 10 assists, said. “We did a good job of touching Jared and Ryan down low, and they made some nice

moves down there.” “[We] got to the foul line, did a little better job of making free throws, still got to do a better job of taking advantage of that.” The rim was, indeed, also better attacked. Prior to facing the Phoenix, the Badgers had averaged merely 10 free throws a game, but reached the line 19 times Wednesday night — only to score on 13 of

those tries. According to Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan, the shift in shot placement didn’t come by any mandated halftime adjustments. Rather, the Badgers just took what the Phoenix gave them in the second half. “We didn’t really make any adjustments. We didn’t change what we were trying to do; we just did it a little bit better,”

Ryan said. “We took advantage of some things in the second half, got better looks, but we didn’t change any philosophy.” Success in the interior stretched to the defensive realm, as well. The Phoenix have struggled from outside all season (shooting 28 percent from three-point range prior to Wednesday night) and

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For Bo, men’s hoops, it’s still too early Nick Korger Korger’s Korner There is always talk about how Wisconsin basketball doesn’t get enough respect, and for good reason. It seems every season sports writers, analysts and talking heads pick the Badgers to finish somewhere in the middle or bottom half of the Big Ten. But somehow, Bo Ryan and his timetested methods bring the Badgers to the top tier of the Big Ten and to the

NCAA tournament. In a young season that has already seen the Badgers ranked as high as No. 7 in the polls, Wisconsin has tripped up lately in two back-to-back losses. A loss to North Carolina and a rare home loss against Marquette have many people questioning their stance on the Badgers this season and what the rest of the year holds for them. It seemed like there were two schools of thought going into the season. The first was that the Badgers were well deserving of the preseason rankings and that Bo would once again turn out a great squad despite losing three starters from last year to graduation — and

Jordan Taylor would lead Wisconsin once again to a deep tournament run. The other view was that the Badgers were overrated. People questioned the Badgers’ depth on the bench, the lack of a dominant scoring forward and the team’s reliance on Jordan Taylor’s hot shooting on possessions with the shot clock winding down. Others simply questioned if the Badgers could consistently win shooting a high number of three pointers each game. With two back-to-back losses, it seems easy to give in to the naysayers. The Marquette game saw Taylor commit five turnovers and record zero assists. “Teams will key on

Jordan Taylor,” the negative fan will say. “He doesn’t even have a real supporting cast to back him up. What happens when his shots aren’t falling? You can’t always rely on the senior to have a hot hand.” “Shut your filthy mouth,” the optimist will respond. “If these two losses have taught us anything, it is the fact that Wisconsin’s defense can keep them in any ball game no matter how poorly they shoot. North Carolina is probably one of the most athletic teams in the nation next to Kentucky, and the Badgers held them to 60 points. Wisconsin only shot .359 from the floor and still managed to keep the game close.”

“Yes, but they lost,” the pessimist will retort. “You can’t rely on the three ball that much in your offense and expect to consistently win. Nobody can keep up the high shooting percentage from beyond the arc, not even the Badgers. If they don’t find a real post presence besides Berggren, they won’t be able to score consistently in the paint, and that’s the only real safety blanket you have when you’re shooting cold from the field.” “It’s still early in the season,” the optimist will reply. “Kaminsky shows promise. Berggren can only get better. Brust is a great athlete and Gasser will get his shooting stroke going from three again. You can’t abandon

a team after just two games. Basketball is a long season; there will be ups and downs, peaks and valleys, highs and lows. It happens every year. All you can do is move on and learn from your defeats.” Like the argument laid out above, there are some positives that can be drawn from the pair of losses. Wisconsin held both its high-scoring, ranked opponents well below their season averages for points — Marquette averaged 88 points, but Wisconsin held them to 60. North Carolina also averaged 88 points per game coming into the game against Wisconsin, yet the

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