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Recall expectations surpassed by 500K Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor

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Recall petition volunteers turn in more than 1 million signatures to trigger a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker on Jan. 17.

Democrats step up to challenge governor

With more than a million signatures in tow, recall organizers turned over the petitions gathered to trigger a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker, making it the most

participated-in recall effort per capita in American history.

United Wisconsin Vice Chair Ryan Lawler said the milestone marks the end of a 60-day process that began November 15 to collect the 540,208 valid signatures required to trigger a election for the governor. He said this is the first statewide recall

in Wisconin’s history and the third in the history of the United States.

United Wisconsin turned in a total of 1.9 million signatures to trigger special elections for Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four state senators

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Panda love connection The Henry Vilas Zoo’s newest resident, a male red panda named Lum, poses for the public during one of his first public appearances. The zoo sought out the panda as a potential mate for Sha-Lei, the zoo’s resident female red panda.

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Falk, Cullen officially enter into potential gubernatorial race, others expected to run Sean Kirkby State Political Editor As a potential governor recall election looms in the near future, Democratic candidates are already declaring their intentions to run for the party’s nomination.

Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk made her mark as the first official candidate in the race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker, filing papers to run Jan. 18. Her announcement came the morning after petitioners filed more than one million recall petitions against Walker.

Falk said she would bring executive experience to the governor’s office after serving a 14-year tenure as Dane County Executive.

“I am ready to go,” Falk said. “I am ready to balance the budget, as I have been doing in Dane County every year.”

Falk’s announcement has already drawn attacks from Walker’s campaign.

Ciara Matthews, spokesperson for the Friends of Scott Walker Campaign, said in a statement Falk has already run and lost in a race for the governor’s office twice before.

“Kathleen Falk’s announcement […] comes as no surprise, as we have long anticipated she would be the nominee hand-picked by big-government, public employee union bosses,” Matthews said.

Still, no clear frontrunner has been established in the fight for the party’s

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Proposed constitution could change ASM Governing documents aim to address ‘constitutional crisis’ by restructuring, streamlining processes Katherine Krueger News Content Editor In answer to cries of a constitutional crisis and ineffectiveness taking center stage for much of the Associated Students of Madison’s fall semester, one group of students has crafted a new governing document to fix a student government they see as broken.

Members of the ASM Constitutional Committee, a

grassroots coalition of students from different sectors of campus, said the group aims to restructure the government to foster better student leaders and allow more students to get involved in their governance.

Among the groups involved in framing the new document were student government leaders from the colleges, members of the editorial boards from both campus newspapers and leaders from General Student Services

Ward: Adidas has 2 weeks to reply to labor allegations UW could terminate contract if company refuses to back pay employees $3.4M Katie Caron Higher Education Editor The latest development in the investigation of an Adidas subcontracted factory brings a report that could potentially lead to the University of Wisconsin cutting ties with the sportswear giant.

On Jan. 19, the Worker

Rights Consortium, an organization that monitors and investigates working conditions and labor rights violations in collegiate apparel factories, released a full report on its investigation of PT Kizone, an Indonesian factory which makes collegiate goods sold

by Adidas and other sports companies.

After the Labor Licensing Policy Committee brought allegations of code of conduct violations at the factory to UW’s attention in December, Interim Chancellor David Ward solicited the organization’s

help to further investigate the case.

In its newest report, WRC found violations occurred when the owner of PT Kizone fled the factory when it shut down in January of last year without compensating about 2,700 workers more than $3.4 million in severance pay.

WRC Executive Director Scott Nova said UW has been considered a leader in the area of labor licensing for many years. He also emphasized this case is especially significant

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Among the changes included in the document, the constitution outlines the creation of an executive branch, with a president and vice president, a Senate as the legislative branch and a judicial branch.

According to the document, the president and vice president would run on a joint ticket and be elected by the student body in the spring. The president

would appoint a Cabinet of Directors to chair the grassroots ASM committees, which will remain unchanged.

The constitution also mandates the creation of an Appropriations Branch, which splits the current duties of the Student Services Finance Committee into four subcommittees.

Sarah Neibart, one of the two

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Staffers at the McBurney Center give an inside peak to what the center does and who can qualify for their support services.

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Veterans of Madison’s food scene recently collaborated to open a bakery on Madison’s east side called 4 & 20.

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Chadima resignation prompts investigation Ward calls for closed review into misconduct accusations against top athletics official following Rose Bowl Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor Although few specifics have been released about the circumstances surrounding the resignation of a top University of Wisconsin Athletics official, an investigation into allegations of misconduct is underway.

Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima resigned in early January after allegations of misconduct surfaced.

Chadima was placed on administrative leave Jan. 6

by Athletic Director Barry Alvarez. He resigned later that day.

The events prompted Interim Chancellor David Ward to appoint an independent review board to investigate the allegations.

UW officials have declined to comment on what the allegations involves,

including if criminal charges are likely to be filed.

On Thursday, Chadima released a formal statement apologizing for his “recent lapse of judgment.”

“I have resigned as associate athletic director from UWso Chadima Madison as not to bring disrepute to the University of Wisconsin,” Chadima said in the statement. “I deeply regret leaving under these circumstances and disappoint those people with, and for whom, I have worked.”

According a statement from Ward, the independent review panel will be led by retired Dane County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler. Other members of the panel include a former assistant

chief of the UW Police Department and two former UW deans.

Vince Sweeney, vice chancellor for University Relations, confirmed a panel is reviewing an allegation of misconduct but declined to elaborate on the allegations against Chadima, saying he could not comment on the details while the process of review is ongoing.

“We’re simply allowing the process to unfold,” Sweeney said.

“The independent review panel is doing its work, and we’re waiting for word from the panel.”

Sweeney added the review panel is determining its own schedule, and he was not aware when new information would be released.

Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, released a statement earlier this month criticizing UW for a lack of

transparency in the review.

His spokesperson, Mike Mikalsen, said Nass was concerned both about the potentially criminal nature of Chadima’s conduct and the validity of the UW panel.

“We are concerned that there is an attempt on the part of the university to contain the information until a time when it wouldn’t be as damaging, which by all indication now is clearly something serious,” Mikalsen said. “It’s not just your run-of-the-mill employee misconduct.”

He said Nass also spoke with Ward, who said he would not change the review panel. Mikalsen added Nass is concerned over the composition of the panel being mostly former administrators with strong ties to UW. Mikalsen added it seems clear the incident occurred while Chadima was in

California for the Rose Bowl, raising concerns over why police were not contacted.

When asked if recent allegations of Chadima’s intoxication during a party in California played a role in the incident, Mikalsen said intoxication may be one factor.

He added he believes new information will come to light in the coming days.

Shortly after Nass’s call for transparency, Ward released a second statement saying the panel must be allowed to complete its work to protect the integrity of the review and those who have shared their information.

“UW-Madison employees are held to a high standard of professional conduct,” Ward said in the statement.

“We encourage reporting and take reports of misconduct very seriously.”

System set to absorb additional $65.7M in cuts Latest budget lapse calls for UW schools to take hardest hit statewide, officials cut programs to account for $46.1M in slashes to be made in 2012 Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor The University of Wisconsin System is facing an additional $65.7 million in budget cuts throughout the next two years, bringing the total reduction in the budget to more than double the largest cut in the System’s history.

The Wisconsin Department of Administration called for cutting $174.3 million across the state in late December, with the UW System receiving the hardest hit at $46.1 million for 2012, 38 percent of the lapse.

“We had no idea, no way of knowing that the university would be asked to absorb such a disproportionate share of that $174 million of cuts,” UW System spokesperson David Giroux said. “The UW System usually covers 7 percent of state expenditures.”

In addition to the $250 million base in permanent

reductions to UW funding in the state budget, the new budget lapse will bring the total loss in the System budget to $310 million over the next two fiscal years.

Darrell Bazzell, UW vice chancellor for Administration, said there is no campus-level plan for dealing with the cuts because the lapses are assigned to individual schools and colleges.

UW deans are currently in the process of deciding how these cuts will be assigned. The flagship’s College of Letters and Science will handle $4.3 million in cuts, with slashes to other colleges totaling $10 million. Giroux said these cuts are substantial at a time when students have already committed significant resources to the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates.

Giroux said the UW System will either be forced to reduce the number of people getting paid or leave vacancies open by not hiring. These

staffing changes could lead to longer waiting lists for classes or lengthening the time students will need to acquire their degree.

“Ultimately, these funding reductions will result in students needing more time to get their degrees, which means they need to pay more, which means they will pay more debt, and that means you’re occupying a seat that a freshman can’t fill,” Giroux said. “It’s a cascading effect.”

UW’s School of Education recently decided to cut its master’s program for counseling psychology, as well as many one-credit physical education courses.

UW professor Bruce Wampold, chair of the counseling psychology department, said the deans have suspended admissions to the master’s program, but currently enrolled students will be able to finish the program.

“Budget cuts force one to look at where there are opportunities to make

cuts, and unfortunately the person who ran the school counseling program left,” Wampold said. “So that was the only flexibility we had.”

University officials provided the state with a number of alternative scenarios, Giroux said, meeting in public and private to arrive at a compromise in the UW budget that would not be as erroneous to students.

In a memo to Wisconsin Budget Director Brian Hayes, UW System President Kevin Reilly proposed a compromise of an 18 percent cut, arguing it would be a more proportional share of the state budget cuts.

The memo outlined other key ways the budget cuts will impact students, including incurring more debt, delaying entry to UW and increased costs of getting a degree.

“When you’re talking about eliminating people, you’re talking about eliminating services,” Giroux said. “There’s no two ways about it.”

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Disability center tailors missions McBurney moves to transitional outlooks, uses grant funding to service holistically Pamela Selman News Editor Despite having recently moved to a new location in a more populated and accessible area on campus, the McBurney Disability Center and its staffers behind the scenes are still mysteries to a sizeable population at the University of Wisconsin.

The center, which services about 900 UW students facing various disabilities each academic year, relocated to East Campus Mall last spring in an effort to allow students a more social place to meet while still maintaining a professional and private feel, the center’s Director Cathy Trueba said.

While the move has been positive on many fronts, Trueba said the majority of students still fail to have a real understanding of what the center does.

Students with mental health and physical barriers can apply for services in a number of functional areas, including classroom accommodations, adaptive technology and psychological intervention.

The move, Trueba said, has helped the center to transition from providing only required accommodations to capturing a more holistic approach.

“We’re trying to move away from only mandated accommodations by creating a space to be with other students who have shared experiences,” Trueba said.

“They can be with students who get it — it was a very powerful move.”

McBurney was recently awarded an $80,000 annually renewable Madison Initiative for Undergraduates grant, which Trueba said the center intends to use toward creating more comprehensive services with a focus on transitioning to UW. The grant money will allow McBurney to set up a transition program divided into working with prospective students and first year students, creating the Wisconsin Experience — showing students with disabilities they can participate in things like internships and study abroad programs, Trueba said.

“It’s our effort to look at the undergraduate experience as an entire trajectory,” Trueba said. “We want to make sure students know that while some things, like certain study abroad experiences, are not practical, study abroad as a concept is.”

The center staffs a small team of accommodation specialists, like Todd Schwanke, who work one

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The McBurney Resource Center serves more than 900 students each academic year, and recently moved to a new location on East Campus Mall. Staffers say students may not know they qualify for services because the center provides accommodations for those with physical and/or psychological conditions. on one with students from the moment students identify they might have a need for services. These specialists, Schwanke said, work to ensure students have equal access to the wide array of opportunities available on the UW campus and experience a smooth transition into each academic semester.

Schwanke, who also works in the center’s document conversion department, spends the weeks before each semester aiding the transfer of regular classroom materials to electronic, audio or braille formats. Still, he said, the staff is always working to find new ways students can experience

accommodations, especially using new tools that can be transcended outside of the classroom.

“It’s the big picture of developing skills for students who are here to earn a degree,” Schwanke said. “We want to provide them tools they can take out into the employment environment or while looking at internships — we’re increasing our focus here to transitioning.”

A large part of making the transition onto the UW campus for students with disabilities, Schwanke said, is leveling the playing field so all students are given an equal opportunity to succeed.

Approximately 75 percent of the students who receive McBurney services have “hidden disabilities,” he said, making it sometimes difficult for classmates to understand what the center does and why some students receive seemingly preferential treatment.

“The intent is to provide equal access to all students so they can perform at their highest level,” Schwanke said. “[When people think about disabilities,] they immediately think of hearing, visual or wheelchair limitations, but we’re not a center limited by disability type. We’re open to all students.”

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Investigation into former Walker affiliates advances Three with ties to governor arrested on embezzlement fraud charges Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor As the state buzzed with news of recall petitions being filed against Gov. Scott Walker, three men with ties to Walker were arrested Jan. 5 on embezzlement charges as part of an ongoing criminal investigation by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.

According to the criminal complaints filed by the DA’s office, former Walker Deputy Chief of Staff Tim Russell, Kevin Kavanaugh and Brian

Pierick were arrested on a total of 10 counts.

Of the embezzlement allegations filed in the complaints, the largest included charging Russell with stealing at least $21,000 from the Heritage Guard Preservation Society and charging Kavanaugh for embezzling at least $42,232 from the Military Order of the Purple Heart between 2006 and 2009. The money the DA said the two men embezzled originally was intended for veterans and their families, but the reports suggest it may have actually been used to fund Caribbean cruises, wedding expenses and renewing Walker’s campaign website domains.

The criminal complaint said Walker appointed both men during his time

as Milwaukee County filed against Pierick, Russell’s Executive. If convicted, each longtime business and life could face up to 10 years in partner and the original owner of Walker’s initial prison. campaign According website, also to Russell’s included a online court charge of child records, his “...[T]here is enticement, preliminary strong evidence or exposing a hearing is sexual organ scheduled for that [Gov. Scott Jan. 23, and Walker] is running to a minor, on multiple he has not Wisconsin as accounts announced a pay-to-play between how he September and plans to plea. plantation for Kavanaugh’s corporate special November 2010.

The charge is a online court interests.” records said Mike Tate Class D felony he is pleading Democratic Party of that could lead to up to 25 years not guilty to Wisconsin Chair in prison. the theft and While Russell fraud charges.

He is scheduled to appear at a is not officially charged with the enticement charge in his court conference on Jan. 30.

The criminal complaint own complaint, he is linked as

a co-conspirator in Pierick’s complaint. The complaints said that both men made an attempt together to lure a 17-year-old boy into Russell’s van for a sexual encounter.

Russell also appeared in a photo with Pierick holding martini glasses that was sent in a text message to a teenage boy, the complaint said.

Pierick’s initial preliminary hearing in Waukesha County Circuit Court was scheduled for Jan. 12, but was rescheduled to Jan. 26 by a request of his recently appointed attorney.

According to a report by the Associated Press, Walker said in a conference call with reporters that he was “disappointed” with the charges against Russell and Kavanaugh and emphasized it was his then-chief of staff

CRIME in Brief STATE STREET Weapons Violation Shots fired at Frida Mexican Grill on State Street resulted in two nonlife threatening injuries on New Year’s Eve, a Madison Police Department incident report said.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the two victims were battered inside the bar following a dispute, and one suspect fired a round inside the bar, prompting patrons to run outside. The battery of the victims continued outside the bar.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the restaurant closed permanently shortly after the incident. He said the shooting on New Year’s Eve was troubling, and the city took immediate action.

Verveer said the owner of Frida and the property’s owner, the Overture Foundation, agreed that Frida be closed immediately

following the shooting, and that an eviction notice had been pending for Frida because they owed rent.

“There has been a pattern of violence that emerged since Frida morphed from a restaurant into a nightclub,” Verveer said.

DeSpain said there are suspects identified, and MPD is working with the district attorney’s office to make a charging decision.

WEST GORHAM Arrested Person A 19-year-old Madison resident received a threatening anonymous email demanding $25,000 earlier this month, according to a police report.

The email said a person had been hired to kill the victim if he did not turn over the money, and that he should not contact the authorities, the report said.

The victim called the police and reported the in-

cident, and did not give any information to the anonymous sender. The investigation into the sender’s identity is ongoing, the report said.

The report said Madisonians should be wary of Internet fraud, and that people should not give any personal information to anonymous sources online.

EAST MIFFLIN Weapons Violation According to an incident report from Jan. 5, a man who legally changed his name to Beezow Doo-Doo Zoppitybop-Bop-Bop was arrested on the 800 block of East Mifflin Street for illegal possession of a weapon and marijuana.

The report said Zoppitybop-Bop-Bop was also in violation of the rules of his probation following past concealed weapons violations, and was not permitted to have weapons or drugs.

Zoppitybop-Bop-Bop was arrested and booked into

the Dane County Jail.

UNIVERSITY AVENUE Fight As part of a minor outbreak of crime that broke out in downtown on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, an MPD report said a fight broke out at the Vintage Bar and Grill on University Avenue Jan. 1.

Bo Morrison, one of two 19-year-old males trying to get into the bar, had his ID taken by the bouncer, and subsequently punched the bouncer in the face, the report said.

According to the report, the other 19-year-old male, Peter Bellante, began to fight the second bouncer, but both Bellante and Morrison were detained by police and taken to the Dane County Jail.

STATE STREET Arrested Person Members of the MPD

force were kept busy New Year’s Day as officers responded to reports of a 19-year-old man and an unidentified acquaintance harassing people in the State Street area.

When suspect Justin Sharlow was told to leave with his acquaintance, he tried to get past the officers, and subsequently tripped over an officer’s foot, the report said.

Sharlow then attempted to charge the officer, but was subdued, the report said. Two small bags of marijuana were confiscated from Sharlow, and he was taken to the Dane County Jail.

SOUTH BASSETT Residential Burglary A police report from Jan. 7 detailed the arrest of Michael Clausen, 33, of Madison, for burglary and a parole violation.

According to the report, the 19-year-old male victim, a University of Wisconsin student, heard sounds

who alerted investigators to Kavanaugh’s dealings with the Purple Heart Group’s funds.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate released a statement on the day of the arrests saying the arrest and criminal charges announced against close aides to Walker send disturbing signals about the governor’s management and judgment.

“Top aides to his campaign and his current and former administrations have been linked to an ongoing corruption probe,” Tate said in the statement. “And there is strong evidence that he is running Wisconsin as a pay-to-play plantation for corporate special interests.”

- The Associated Press contributed to this story.

coming from his neighbors’ apartment, who he knew were not at home.

DeSpain said the 911 dispatcher told the victim to stay in his locked room, and he remained on the phone with them while the police arrived.

DeSpain also said officers found Clausen in a stairwell and recovered the stolen items.nastics, table tennis and curling, to name a few.

BROOM STREET Accident According to an MPD report from Jan. 9, a 21-year-old cyclist was hit by a taxi-van on Broom Street, and suffered serious injuries.

The report said the driver, 26, said he was backing into a parking spot, and the cyclist ran into the van.

DeSpain said it appeared the driver was not to blame, and it is possible the biker biked into the back of the van.

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Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced her candidacy earlier this month while Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, has also officially filed paperwork to face off against Gov. Scott Walker in a possible recall election. Experts project additional challengers will announce their candidacy in the coming weeks, as workers continue to verify more than 1 million petition signatures.

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Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville, has also filed papers but said he plans to formally announce his candidacy in about three weeks.

Cullen said few people expected to declare their candidacy in the first few days following the turnin of petitions because the primary for the nomination is far off.

“I think I’m the best candidate to begin to heal

the state and lower the anger level,” Cullen said.

“I do not think [Walker] can do that. He has divided the state, but I think that I can heal this state better than anybody.”

A survey conducted by the Public Policy Polling Jan. 16 asked 552 likely Democratic primary voters who they would vote for if a primary were held between four contenders for the Democratic nomination.

According to the poll, 26 percent of people said they would vote for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who ran against Walker in the last election. Twenty-two percent said they would vote for Falk, 21 percent for former Congressman David Obey and 11 percent for Cullen. The margin of error for the poll was 4.3 percent.

However, Dennis Dresang, University of Wisconsin political science professor, said the poll is only catching name recognitions and nothing more. He said Barrett is polling first

place because he was the Democratic candidate for governor last time.

UW political science professor Barry Burden agreed with Dresang that the poll probably has more to do with name recognition. In an email to The Badger Herald, Burden said it was important to note Falk had run for the seat in 2002, while Cullen has been out of the state spotlight for a while.

Burden also said the poll left out potential candidates like Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Madison, Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha and former congressman Steve Kagen.

Dresang said another factor to consider lies in the fact that many people who signed the petitions will probably support any candidate who is not Walker.

“If you’re a Democrat and think[ing] about running, it’s a good time,” Dresang said. “There are over a million people who are going to vote for you and not Walker.”

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Ordinance aimed at house parties stalls in city process Nuisance bill tied up following debate on language, criteria definition

based off the circumstances in general,” Woulf said.

“They basically feel they need larger discretion instead of being hemmed in by a tight, specific definition.”

Woulf said the ALRC did not discuss MPD’s suggestion immediately, but the committee will likely address it at the next meeting.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, agreed the main controversy of the ordinance is its language.

“I think we need to have criteria that don’t go too far but also don’t do so little that it isn’t worth the effort,” Verveer said. “It seems to me that there needs to be some norms or standards.”

Verveer suggested the context of the party should be taken into consideration, citing the time of the week and location of the party to be important factors in determining whether a party should be considered a nuisance.

Currently, no language in the ordinance is finalized, according to Woulf. If ALRC decides on a definition for a nuisance party at its next meeting, the ordinance would be sent to the Public Safety Review Committee

and would not reach the City Council for a final vote until late February at the earliest.

At its November meeting, members of ALRC argued to stall a decision until after students are back on campus after winter break so that key stakeholders can voice their concerns.

“Certainly students will have an opportunity to provide input as [the ordinance] goes through the process,” Woulf said.

“It’s important to know it’s not set in stone by any means. We’re a long ways away from finalizing the definition and ultimately the final vote.”

Woulf said longer term goals of encouraging alternative entertainment options for underage students will be addressed in the future as well.

According to Verveer, another aim of the ordinance is to hold landlords more accountable for violations taking place at their properties.

“We already have on the books plenty of laws to deal with house parties,” Verveer said. “We really should be concentrating on the landlords but getting them involved only in the most

into consideration.

“It is the scope of the because of the number human impact that is particularly of people noteworthy impacted. in this case,” Beyond “It is the scope Nova said. the 2,700 “This is an workers who of human impact went without that is particularly enormous legally interesting in this number of people mandated who’ve been pay, Nova said case.”

Scott Nova effectively it is important WRC Executive Director robbed of to note money they that more earned at a than 10,000 time when people have been impacted when those they needed the money workers’ families are taken most.”

Ward released a statement Jan.19 on the report and expressed concern and a commitment to ensuring social responsibility on the part of companies like Adidas.

Ward said he is currently reviewing the report with lawyers, the LLPC and the university committee, and said he will ask Adidas for a detailed written response to the report by Feb. 2.

Nova also said it is also important to note that Nike — which also subcontracted through PT Kizone — has agreed to contribute

Leah Linscheid City Life Editor An ordinance that would give the city more ways to crack down on nuisance house parties continues to be tied up in committee as students and the Madison Police Department take concern with its language.

According to Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf, the Alcohol License Review Committee tentatively defined a nuisance party to be in violation of four out of nine violations concerning alcohol and noise levels.

In an official report, MPD opposed such a specific criteria-based definition, arguing police need the flexibility to address different situations that can occur in the context of a party.

“The police department wanted to loosen the definition and said determination of a nuisance house party should be made

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CONSTITUTION, from 1 Greek representatives on the body and the current SSFC chair, said the last semester of ASM shed light on the inconsistencies that exist between the bylaws and the constitution.

“A constitutional crisis has arisen in that the bylaws and the constitution don’t match,” she said. “The new constitution will make the government more efficient and cater to students’ interests more directly.”

She added the creation of four standing committees on student organization funding, internal financing, ancillary and auxiliary funding, and space allocation under one branch would make the funding process more accessible to students.

The new governing document would also serve to streamline the duties of various committees and function in a model similar to the United States’ government, ACC Chair Alex Brousseau said.

She said many of the problems with ASM in the past and current sessions have been internally based. She also said inconsistencies arise because every branch of the body has many duties and their separation of power allowed by the current structure is not that concrete.

Brousseau, who is the chair of The Badger Herald Editorial Board

and a law school student, cited last semester’s controversies surrounding the appointments of Beth Huang and Niko Magallon, as well as the proposed legislation to establish a committee with oversight over SSFC, as examples of the deficiencies in the current constitution.

By hosting information sessions for nearly two weeks in the Student Activity Center, she said students will be able to provide feedback and discuss the proposed constitution and participate in its revisions.

“By doing this, we’re bringing light to the deficiencies and by having students participating in crafting bylaws and the constitution and showing that ASM can do good instead of just getting bad press,” Brousseau said.

Ronald Crandall, president of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Student Government, characterized the new constitution as a fundamental shift that stands to change student involvement in politics and get more people involved in ASM. Crandall said the proposed constitution lends a more legitimate tone to the work the various student councils across the University of Wisconsin System have been doing for years, and said it helps to reconcile the gap that currently exists between

ASM and the students in their constituency.

The new structure allows for the development of student leaders in their respective schools and within ASM, he said, and could effectively help students better than in the current structure.

ASM Chair Allie Gardner questioned the inclusiveness of the project and said she had not been involved in drafting the new constitution. She suggested students had been informed during the process only selectively, saying current committee chairs and Student Council representatives she had spoken with were not informed of the initiative.

“People will make the argument that the effectiveness of ASM is due to the students involved or the structure and we have to figure out to what extent those statements are actually true,” she said.

“Having a wide level of student engagement is really important and any changes need to explain how to continue to expand student involvement.”

Information sessions on the constitution will be hosted every day in the SAC beginning Monday and running until Feb. 5, with the kickoff also taking place Monday. The committee will also be launching a website for any student to view the documents before a presentation to Student Council Feb. 29.

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The Nuisance Party Ordinance, dubbed the “keg ordinance’ by opponents, would allow Madison Police Department officers more flexibility in entering loud and over-populated parties. MPD asked the city to rewrite the language so that officers can more loosely determine a nuisance party based on circumstances.

The Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee formally submitted a letter of opposition to the ordinance.

According to Chair Hannah Somers, the ordinance would not necessarily hold landlords accountable as some supporters say it will.

“We’ve had conversations with landlords, and in short, we just don’t think the ordinance is really going to accomplish what it set forth to accomplish,” Somers said.

ALRC will take up the ordinance for further discussion at its next meeting Jan. 25.

monetarily while Adidas suppliers do not pay their has at present refused to workers, according to the WRC report. take any Ward also said action or in the statement compensate he thinks any workers. “Many peer universities have compensation Adidas for the PT has refused previously shown Kizone workers to pay a commitment will go more because smoothly it asserts to social if other it had left responsibility ... ” universities the factory Adidas before the David Ward with apparel violations Interim Chancellor agreements join happened in a coalition and it is not obligated to compensate of support. He expressed people when contract a desire for the LLPC, UW

Athletic Department and student government to reach out to those at other institutions who also work with Adidas.

“Many peer universities have previously shown a commitment to social responsibility, and I am hopeful that they will share our concern and lend support to our efforts,” Ward said in the statement.

Currently, Adidas provides apparel and equipment to all UW sports teams in a deal worth about $2.5 million, which runs through June of 2016.

aggravated, acute cases.”

Verveer said the ordinance would force landlords to legally take responsibility in part for nuisance house parties by requiring them to take action against tenants in violation of the ordinance terms.

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Porchlight fire displaces residents Blaze at local housing center leaves $750K in damage, leaves 12 with destroyed homes Leah Linscheid City Life Editor Residents of a campusarea transitional housing facility were able to return to their homes shortly after the shelter experienced a devastating fire that displaced dozens of its members Jan. 13.

Porchlight, a community housing organization that provides food, counseling and shelter to homeless people in the downtown area, reopened its North Brooks Street location doors to the approximately 80 evacuated residents Jan. 14 and 15, executive director Steven Schooler said. Twelve residents, whose apartments were severely damaged by the fire, smoke and water, were not able to return.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the nearby St. Francis Episcopal Student Center agreed to

postpone its construction of a student high-rise to instead house the displaced residents.

“This is a great neighborly gesture by the church,” Resnick said.

Porchlight residents were also able to stay overnight at a shelter set up by the Red Cross at West High School Jan. 13, Schooler said.

Schooler said the nearby placement at St. Francis is beneficial to the residents for reasons beyond just shelter.

“It’s really a fabulous thing because not only does it allow us to put all the displaced persons in a building all together, but it also puts them someplace near Porchlight to allow us to continue our program work with them,” Schooler said.

Schooler said Porchlight hopes to return the 12 displaced members to their homes by early March.

Eric Dahl, spokesperson for the Madison Fire Department, said officers responded to the scene Jan. 13 at 6:40 p.m., and had it under control 20 minutes later. The fire reportedly occurred on the second floor of the west wing of Porchlight, where the heaviest damage was found.

Three residents were taken to the hospital because of smoke inhalation, Schooler said.

Two have since been released.

Schooler said Porchlight employees are in the process of cleaning debris from the damaged west wing and reconstructing apartments that were lost in the fire.

“We are going forward,” Schooler said. “It will be tight to get it done by March, but we are trying in every way to do what we can.”

Fire and water damage

was centered on the first and second floor of Porchlight’s west wing, Dahl said. Smoke damage occurred throughout the building because of the building’s ventilation systems. Dahl said initial estimates of Porchlight’s damage caused by the fire were near $750,000.

Fire investigation specialists are conducting an investigation to determine the specific cause of the fire. Specialists will review statements from occupants of the building and their own observations, Dahl said.

Resnick said Porchlight is dealing with the damage well and expects a quick recovery.

“It is a tragedy,” Resnick said. “It’s really unfortunate knowing the valuable services Porchlight provides to the city, but it’s great to hear that they’re quickly recovering.”

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Porchlight assisted housing shelter stands partially destroyed after a roaring fire captivated the building Jan. 13. Displaced residents are currently being housed for free at the nearby St. Francis Student Center.

Mining legislation to be central issue in new session Bill set to decrease DNR regulations, streamline permits on light agenda Michael Kujak State Legislative Editor While supporters of new mining legislation say the initiative as a way to streamline Wisconsin’s iron mining permit process, the bill likely to be one of the key issues of the upcoming legislative session has vocal critics.

According to the Wisconsin Legislature’s website, the mining bill was introduced to the committee on Jobs, Economy and Small

Business in December of last year.

The bill would decrease current Department of Natural Resources regulations for ferrous minerals, including iron, and streamline the permitting and public hearing process for proposed mining projects, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau’s analysis.

The analysis also said current state law requires the DNR to hold at least one informational meeting on an environmental impact report for a mining project.

The new bill would not require such an informational meeting.

The bill had two public hearings since

its introduction, one in Milwaukee and the other in Hurley.

Gogebic Taconite LLC is a development-stage iron ore mining in Ashland and Iron counties in Wisconsin which works to assemble the required information to begin the permitting process, according to their website.

The proposed mine would create 3,000 or more construction jobs to build the mine, according to the information page on GTAC’s website. It would also create over 700 direct mining jobs, each with an annual average salary estimated at $60,000.

Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber, D-Appleton, who is on the committee to which the bill was referred,

said she did not support the bill and it should be completely rewritten.

Schaber detailed many problems with the bill, including how it limits Native American tribes’ ability to participate in the process, ties the hands of the DNR by limiting the amount of time they have to review regulations and eliminates the ability for a citizen to file civil suits against the proposed projects.

According to a filing with the Government Accountability Board, GTAC has spent $114,883 since July of last year lobbying state officials in support of its proposal to open the mine.

The company has also donated $21,500 to

Wisconsin politicians since August of last year. $11,500 of these donations came from Chris Cline, the owner of The Cline Group, which is the parent company of GTAC, according the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign’s online database.

The company donated $10,000 to Gov. Scott Walker, with $8,000 coming directly from Cline, $1,500 to Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon and $1,000 to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.

When asked what his top priorities were for the upcoming legislative session at a Wispolitics luncheon on January 12, Jeff Fitzgerald said the passing the mining bill

would be one of his top priorities since it would be a creator of jobs in the state.

Common Cause in Wisconsin Director Jay Heck said the trend of GTAC’s political donations in Wisconsin, along with out-of-state donations like Cline’s coming in to affect state politics, is becoming more popular.

“It used to be that legislation came primarily from in state,” Heck said.

“It’s the way the game is played in Illinois, where for years they’ve had a reputation of anything goes.

We’ve moved away from a system like Minnesota, which has actually done a great job at maintaining small, publicly-funded elections.”

Money-saving administrative initiative enters second phase Work of consulting firm, UW officials across campus to begin looking at data Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor A University of Wisconsin initiative aimed at examining administrative efficiency and effectiveness is entering its second phase, establishing university-run groups to analyze potential areas to save costs before changes are implemented.

Under the Administrative Excellence project, the Huron Consulting Group has been analyzing data in a number of areas across departments on

campus. This data was then benchmarked against standards in higher education to highlight opportunities to improve the level of services and save costs, Vice Chancellor for Administration Alice Gustafson said.

Gustafson said the upcoming second phase would essentially be a “deep dive in the data” to ensure university officials understand the data and are using administrative resources efficiently.

“This project is about rethinking how we approach the administrative and business work that we do on this campus to support the mission of the university,” Gustafson said. “We have to be willing to step back and rethink how we do business

and find new ways to do said. Teams have been set up for each of these business.”

The project’s steering seven projects and given committee, comprised of an aggressive timeline to analyze the chancellor, the data the provosts more before and vice ultimately chancellor for “I think we can deciding administration, see a stronger should prioritized partnership now...” which be implanted. more than 75 “We’d like opportunities Alice Gustafson something for potential Vice Chancellor that would savings.

The for Administration be easy to Advisory do, drop Committee some dollars then narrowed down to these areas down to seven that the demonstrate cost savings program will focus on in and that is quick to provide some momentum in terms of phase two.

These seven projects this project,” Gustafson said. include strategic purchasing, “We’ll do this for as long as classroom utilization we think there will be gains and email and calendar and opportunities for the consolidation, Gustafson university to improve our

work.”

Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said the seven teams will be working to analyze in greater depth all of the data and to identify whether to move the ideas into implementation.

Gustafson also said the process will mean giving the data to the teams, seeking out any missing information, talking to stakeholders who are involved in the process before ultimately building a business case for recommendations.

“It was uncomfortable for some on campus to have outside consultants come in,” Gustafson said. “I think we can see a stronger partnership now. … They’re just providing support to the work teams and providing

analysis. They’re here in a support capacity.”

The teams are comprised of team leaders who have greater expertise in the subject matter or experience in the field, as well as some student representatives, Gustafson said. While Huron consultants are still involved, they currently serve in roles of project support.

Gustafson said examining UW’s budget is especially important in light of the severity of recent budget cuts from the state and in order to ensure the university can move forward in the most effective way possible.

She said most of the teams have been given a 17- to 22week timeline, with phase two slated for completion over the summer.

Revised State Street plan up for debate Developers resubmit plans on 100 block redevelopment in effort to preserve historical sites Leah Linschied City Life Editor Members from the Block 100 Foundation submitted revised plans for the renovation of the historic State Street block Monday after community members voiced concerns for preserving the street’s historically significant features.

According to project manager George Austin, the foundation offered its application for renovations to the 100 block of State Street on Jan. 9.

The plans were revised to save the landmark Castle and Doyle building and the façade of an adjacent building, addressing concerns that the renovations would destroy the historic character of State Street.

Austin contends the redevelopment plans would ultimately benefit the street’s commercial life.

“It’s important to keep Courtesy of the City of Madison State Street healthy in the After city-wide controversy erupted surrounding proposed revisions to the 100 block of State Street, future, and reinvestment developers recently submitted a new plan that aims to better preserve the historical integrity of the area. of the street is the best

approach to maintaining it,” Austin said. “[The renovations] will improve the economic efficiency of the building, give the properties a new 100-year life and take care of maintenance that has accumulated over the last 100 years.”

Several buildings on the 100 block would be demolished and replaced with space for retail and restaurants, Austin said.

Additional space for offices would be located on upper levels of the newly constructed buildings.

Income from the properties would be gifted to the Overture Center under terms decided by the Block 100 Foundation, he said.

According to Austin, the plans would benefit State Street in that they would both preserve historical landmarks and strengthen State Street as a shopping district.

“Often in urban development, there are different approaches,” Austin said. “We think we have the best approach that will meet the widest opportunities and

needs of the block, but that doesn’t mean all people will agree. There will always be different opinions.”

The proposal will likely encounter continued resistance from historic preservationists who are against the project.

Jason Tish, executive director of Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, said the renovations to the 100 block would still be detrimental to State Street’s character despite the revisions made to save the Castle and Doyle building.

Tish cited the Overture Center as an example of a historic block that was removed in favor of sleek and modern architecture.

“State Street has a character that becomes the identity of Madison for the people that visit it,” Tish said. “This proposal would erode that historic character, much the same way the 200 block has been completely obliterated by the Overture Center.”

Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will hold a

meeting Jan. 23 to present its own proposal to refurbish State Street’s 100 block.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, expressed support for the plan revisions but said the foundation will continue to face hurdles with community members that oppose renovations to the 100 block.

“I think the developers are moving in the right direction,” Verveer said. “I am supportive of the changes they’ve made thus far, but the modifications most likely won’t go far enough for many in the community.”

Verveer said the renovations would potentially be a controversial subject in the coming months as the plans make their way through city committees. Verveer said city ordinance requires the Landmarks Commission to approve or deny the plans, a decision that the foundation can appeal.

Verveer will hold a public hearing for community members to voice their opinions Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Madison Senior Center on Mifflin Street.

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UW bird flu research stalls amid bioterror concerns Researcher takes 60 days to investigate concerns virus may fall into wrong hands Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor A University of Wisconsin scientist has suspended his research on the avian flu virus following concerns that it may pose a bioterrorism or pandemic threat if the strain were released or fell into the wrong hands.

UW professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka and other influenza researchers said they would suspend their research for 60 days in order to provide time for

discussion and debate on the issues surrounding the bird flu, in a statement released earlier this month through the journal “Nature.”

According to a “Science” magazine report, similar research conducted in the Netherlands resulted in a genetically-altered H5N1 avian influenza strain that is now transmissible between ferrets, which most closely mimic the human response to the flu. Some scientists are worried the virus would trigger an influenza pandemic if accidentally released, the report said.

“A perceived fear that the ferret-transmissible H5HA viruses may escape from the laboratories has generated intense public debate in the media on the benefits and

potential harm of this type National Science Advisory for Biosecurity of research,” the scientists Board both said in the statement Friday. recommended The researchers hope “Nature” and “Science” to assure the public magazines publish only the main experiments conclusions are conducted made in the with the “Some scientists flu studies, but appropriate are worried not to reveal oversight in more details safe facilities the virus on replicating by highly- would trigger the virus. trained an influenza The personnel to pandemic if journals “minimize and authors any risk of accidentally agreed to the accidental released.” censoring, release,” the but on the statement “Science” Magazine report condition said. they will They added they will continue to study be allowed to publish the transmissibility of the information to legitimate flu researchers on a needavian influenza virus.

In late December, to-know basis, “Nature” leaders at the United States reported.

Kawaoka’s research is essential in understanding the avian flu and how it changes from host to host, UW spokesperson Terry Devitt said.

The research will help to inform public health, global flu surveillance and the development of countermeasures in the event of a global flu pandemic, he added.

“As with any pathogen, there are legitimate concerns about security and safety,” Devitt said in an email to The Badger Herald.

“The university takes such concerns with the utmost seriousness and has a model program for the oversight of research with pathogens and toxins.”

Devitt added research is conducted in a high-level

biosafety environment meant to protect the virus.

Kawaoka has been researching influenza at UW for at least a decade, Devitt said. Kawaoka is the principal investigator for this study, leading the team of researchers involved.

According to leaders at the Center for Biosecurity of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, while most laboratories have “outstanding” safety records, there are no guarantees that a deadly strain of the avian flu would not escape accidentally.

“Given the potential global consequences of an accident with the newly modified strain of avian flu,” a statement released by the Center said, “we are playing with fire.”

Supreme Court considers weapon rules in courthouse Only certain persons can conceal firearms Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor Amid statewide concern regarding the place for concealed carry in Wisconsin courthouses, the state’s Supreme Court has delayed discussion on weapon policy in courtrooms.

After hearing testimony at its Jan. 11 meeting, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson said the court will wait to investigate issues around concealed carry before making a decision about the presence of guns in courtrooms.

“It’s a significant issue but not one that the court should tackle at this time,” Abrahamson said. “That’s a special area that should be looked at special if and when

we do it.”

During public testimony, Tony Gibart, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Coalition against Domestic Violence, asked the court to consider passing statewide regulations permitting only sworn, on-duty police officers to carry weapons in Wisconsin courtrooms and courthouses.

While the concealed carry legislation bans most people from carrying weapons in the courthouse except law enforcement officers, it makes exceptions for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys who have concealed carry licenses.

It also makes exceptions for any individual who has received written permission from a judge to carry a weapon in a Wisconsin courthouse or courtroom, Gibart said.

He added that if victims of domestic violence

believe an abuser or some other dangerous person in a courtroom might have access to a weapon, they might not be willing to come forward to get justice.

“There really is no place for firearms or other weapons in Wisconsin courts except with trained law enforcement officers,” Gibart said. “We view the presence of weapons in Wisconsin courthouses as really hampering the administration of justice in our state.”

While more than 75 percent of counties in Wisconsin have banned concealed carry in county buildings including courtrooms, the way statute is written could allow a conflict between a judge’s ruling and a county ordinance or local rule, Gibart said.

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Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson suggests the court needs to investigate the regulations for firearms in chambers at a later time, calling it a “significant issue.”

Bohren, who served on the Planning and Policy Advisory Committee that offered a revised set of rules for courts security and facilities for approval by the court, said concealed carry is a complex matter and many of the concerns Gibart raised are important.

However, Bohren said he would like to see the court focus specifically on the matter through a task force or a committee to determine how concealed carry impacts not only individual judges, but the whole court system.

“This is a controversial matter. You need time and you need patience to think it through, to evaluate ideas, to sort of weigh and balance and to reflect, and you cannot always do that in a short period of time,” Bohren said.

In an administrative meeting following public testimonies, the Supreme Court approved a series of revised rules allowing for county judges to appoint a security and facilities committee to make recommendations on circuit

court security and facilities policies.

These recommendations could include developing a preparedness plan for natural disasters, a system of reporting and responding to incidents occurring in court facilities, and a juror safety policy.

The Supreme Court also approved safety recommendations that judge benches, court reporter stations and clerk stations should be equipped with built-in bullet-resistant barriers.

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Moooovin’ on up A member of the University of Wisconsin dairy science department milks a cow in the Dairy Cattle Center. The Badger cows, which help students training in the program, are available for public viewing daily from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The 56-year-old facilities are also slated for remodeling beginning in May. Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Race between Baldwin, Neumann heats up with endorsement from sitting senators Mike Kujak

conservative, but over the years I’ve seen so State Legislative Editor many come up here and wilt and just go along The race for United with the program here.

States Sen. Herb Kohl’s We need people like soon-to-be vacant Senate Mark Neumann who seat is heating up with we know is not afraid of Kohl announcing his Republicans or Democrats endorsement of Rep. or anyone, and Tammy Baldwin that’s who I want and Mark Neumann standing next to me receiving an when we go into endorsement from the next session,” Sen. Jim DeMint, DeMint said in the R-South Carolina. statement.

A statement According to the released from Baldwin release, Neumann Baldwin’s campaign has also received on Jan. 9 announced endorsements from the Kohl’s endorsement. Tea Party Fund, Sen. Rand The endorsement came Paul, R-Kentucky, and the five days into Baldwin’s Club for Growth. seven-day January Jobs Wisconsin Assembly Tour across Wisconsin, Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, in which she met R-Horicon, who with employers, has also announced workers and small plans to run, has business owners yet to announce in communities any new updates throughout the state. since his campaign’s In the release, launch.

Kohl said “Tammy He did, however, Baldwin has Neumann introduce the core served our state and our of his campaign message country with conviction, and strategy at a luncheon compassion and common hosted by WisPolitics.com sense, and she will be an on Jan. 12. Fitzgerald said excellent senator who will he believed Wisconsin’s make Wisconsin proud.” political scene is a Since her campaign microcosm of what is began in September, happening in Washington Baldwin has also received D.C., and he would run endorsements from his campaign on what the the Service Employees Legislature accomplished International Union, over the past year in AFL-CIO and former U.S. Wisconsin.

Senator Russ Feingold.

Burden said while UW political science it could be a difficult professor Barry Burden task for Fitzgerald to said Baldwin could have win, he does have a few a significant advantage in key advantages in the the race because there is race. He explained that currently no challenger Neumann and Thompson to face Baldwin in a both have been out of possible Democratic politics and haven’t run primary before the successful campaigns general election. He also since the 1990s, while said Baldwin would be Fitzgerald currently holds able to campaign and a significant position in raise money while the the Legislature.

Republican candidates are Former Gov. Tommy campaigning against each Thompson, Frank Lasee other in the primary that and John Schiess are also takes place in August. vying for the Republican On Jan. 7, Mark nomination. The most Neumann, who has also recent polling data announced plans to run collected in October by for the seat, released a Public Policy Polling put statement announcing Thompson in the lead an endorsement from with 35 percent of the DeMint. The senator vote. Neumann followed praised Neumann’s closely behind him with record in Wisconsin as a 29 percent, and State conservative.

Assembly Speaker Jeff “Almost every Fitzgerald received 21 Republican runs as a percent.

Walker launches job preparation group Secondary education leaders, private sector join forces to examine transition processes Meghan Zernick Herald Contributor Amid allegations Gov. Scott Walker has not met the job creation goals he promised since taking office, the governor recently established a workforce readiness council, which aims to create degree programs to move people into the workforce.

Walker signed an executive order Jan. 13 creating the College and Workforce Readiness Council, set to create degree programs requiring less time and money and allowing students to transfer credits from high school to college with greater ease.

The council will be made up of 15 members, including cabinet secretaries and representatives from both the public and private schools systems, as well as from small businesses, Walker said in a statement.

Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said partnering secondary education programs with private sector employers who are looking for employees

within the state will cause not be able to correct the unemployment rates in $71 million worth of funding Walker cut from Wisconsin Wisconsin to drop.

Werwie said the ultimate technical colleges and $250 outcome would hopefully million worth of funding be that all students would cuts from the University of have access to the type of Wisconsin System.

“Over the education they past year, need to gain we’ve seen employment “We can ensure that when it in the state.

“We can that the education comes to jobs and protecting ensure that that kids are the economic the education security of the that the kids getting will lead middle class, are getting directly into the governor will lead jobs and help is all style and directly into no substance,” jobs and help kids through the Roys said. kids through transition from “The one the transition student life into thing that from student the working Gov. Walker life into the has made working world, world.”

Cullen Werwie Wisconsin “ Werwie said.

Gov. Walker spokesperson number one Still, Rep. in is cuts to Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said she education in the nation, and has great doubts about the those cuts are going to have initiative. She said council a devastating and long-term will not have more economic impact on our economic success than the passing of success.”

UW System spokesperson Walker’s budget, which she said has resulted in more and David Giroux said he is in more job losses each month support of Walker’s council.

Giroux said the system since it was passed.

Roys said the council will believes anything to help the

governing body reach its goal of producing more college graduates and a more robust workforce in Wisconsin is a positive, despite the cuts the System has sustained.

“We’ll hope that this council helps facilitate that kind of progress for the state,” he said.

The proposed council, Giroux said, would be beneficial in providing a forum for the Legislature, the governor and educational officials to create a plan to improve education for the future.

A solid plan, he said, could help ensure post-secondary education correlates with high employment numbers throughout the state.

“If you look across the states today, the states with the higher percentages of college graduates have high incomes,” Giroux said. “The states with lower percentages of college graduates have lower incomes.”

This council is part of Walker’s plan to create 250,000 new jobs by 2015.

The council aims to have a detailed plan to achieve these goals by Dec. 31, 2012.

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State reps set sights on Baldwin’s congressional seat Race between Roys, Pocan heats up with endorsements from local political figures Michael Kujak State Legislative Editor Despite the cold temperatures, the race for the Democratic nomination in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District is heating up as local politicians gain key endorsements.

Former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle endorsed Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, to replace Congresswoman

Tammy Baldwin, who is leaving Congress to seek election in the Senate.

“In my time as governor, I’ve seen a lot of legislators at work. Mark’s ability to get things done for working people truly stood out,” Doyle said in a statement.

“As chair of the budget committee during the worst deficit in the state’s history, he faced down the right-wing extremists in the Legislature pushing for unfair, draconian cuts and showed true leadership in the process.”

Pocan said he was honored to receive the endorsement because Doyle singled him out for his work on legislation.

Pocan has also received

endorsements from Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. Pocan said he is the only candidate currently running for the Democratic nomination who has received endorsements from unions.

Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, who is also running for Baldwin’s seat, has received the endorsements of five out of six Democratic party chairs in the 2nd Congressional District, according to a statement.

“Kelda is one of our generation’s brightest stars,” Sachin Chheda, chair of the Milwaukee Democratic Party, said in a statement.

“She’s an effective and strong spokesperson for children and families, and we need her voice in the U.S. Congress.”

Roys said the endorsements represent her strong grassroots support throughout the district and also reflect her campaign promise of not accepting money from corporate donors.

Matt Silverman, a local lawyer and Iraq War veteran also running for the Democratic nomination, said his campaign has started off well as he meets with citizens across the district.

Dane County Treasurer Dave Worzala is also running for the Democratic

nomination.

According to Mike Herl, chair of the Republican Party of Dane County, several people have talked about running for the Republican nomination, but no one has yet declared they will seek the nomination.

Joe Kopsick, an independent candidate, is also running for Baldwin’s seat.

While finance reports for from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 are not released until the end of January, Pocan said he raised about $110,000 from contributors in the first quarter of fundraising from July 1 to Sept. 30. According to Pocan, Roys raised approximately $50,000,

and Worzala raised about $25,000. Silverman did not declare his candidacy until after the end of the first quarter of fundraising.

The state’s general primary for all political parties is Aug. 14. In this primary, both Republican and Democratic voters will choose the candidates who will receive each party’s nomination. The winner of each primary will then go on to the general election Nov. 6, Pocan said.

“This is a very Democratic district, and whoever wins the Democratic nomination at the Aug. 14 primary stands a very good chance of winning the November general election,” Pocan said.

City recommends equal benefits for domestic partners Policy would extend rights of marriage from employers to registered couples Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor An ordinance introduced to the city’s Affirmative Action Commission Tuesday would require contractors to give equal benefits to domestic partners and spouses of their employees.

The ordinance was introduced by Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, with the assistance of Assistant City Attorney Lara Mainella.

Verveer said half of the City Council, as well as Mayor Paul Soglin, are sponsors of the ordinance.

“If they offer [certain benefits] to married employees, they have to offer it to domestic partnerships, gay or straight,” Verveer said.

According to Verveer, Dane County already has a similar ordinance on the books as of 2008. However, he said there remains an issue of enforcement of the Dane County ordinance.

Verveer said former Gov. Jim Doyle changed the law that allowed domestic partners to have full equal benefits in health insurance.

He also said advocates had already worked hard

for equal benefits in other areas.

“When state law changed and employees were able to enjoy equal benefits is when I decided to move this forward,” Verveer said.

Norman Davis, an Affirmative Action Commission member, said he is heading the enforcement effort for the new ordinance.

He said they would enforce the ordinance with possible sanctions if a contractor did not comply.

Department of Civil Rights Director Lucia Nuñez said enforcement of the ordinance will be complaint-driven. She said complaints can be made to the Affirmative Action

Commission, which will then investigate the issue.

“Just as with other measures of enforcement, we want the contractor to achieve compliance,” Davis said.

If a contractor will ultimately not comply, the city may cancel or terminate the contract, declare the contractor ineligible from procuring future funds, or other measures may be taken, Davis said.

He added contractors must post the requirement in their company of equal benefits at their place of business.

Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Katie Belanger said in a statement that

the group supports the legislation, calling it both important and overdue.

Belanger’s statement said members of the organization are glad to see the city of Madison moving forward with LGBT equality in the workplace and join Dane County and other governmental bodies in their efforts.

“It’s important to note that this ordinance does not mandate domestic partner coverage if an employer does not offer spousal benefits — it only includes those who have been unfairly left out in the past,” the statement said.

Mainella said the ordinance has broadened the definition of domestic

partnership so that the contractor has a way to prove that people are in a domestic partnership.

According to Mainella, couples must show that they are registered, which is the equivalent of a marriage license.

Verveer said that over half of Fortune 500 companies offer domestic partnerships benefits in addition to many other companies in the city of Madison already.

“It is not the foreign concept it once was,” Verveer said.

The Affirmative Action Commission voted unanimously in favor of helping to bring the ordinance to the city.

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Bills introduced to toughen OWI penalties in state Legislation would establish sobriety checkpoints across Wis., raise penalties Leopoldo Rocha Staff Reporter In the new session of the Wisconsin Legislature, lawmakers are planning to take up four bills proposed in early December that would create harsher penalties for drunken driving.

Rep. Josh Zepnick, D-Milwaukee, introduced legislation that would establish a pilot program where three counties in Wisconsin would create a

sobriety checkpoint. The results and costs of each checkpoint would then be reported back to the Legislature, the state patrol and the governor’s office.

Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving, said she strongly supports the proposal. She also said the Tavern League of Wisconsin would likely continue to lobby against sobriety checkpoints.

Zepnick also introduced an OWI bill which would impound the cars of firsttime offenders for a time period of 30 to 60 days.

Repeat offenders could have their cars impounded for 60 days to six months, according to the language of the bill.

Emerson said impounding cars was already on the books as state law before being repealed in 2009.

“We have been there and done that,” Emerson said.

“Cops hated it. Prosecutors hated it. Those tools have been available, but they haven’t been used.”

Rep. Anthony Staskunas, D-West Allis, has also introduced two other bills to address drunk driving in the state. One bill up for consideration in the Assembly would make every fourth OWI offense a felony. The offender would face a minimum fine of $600 and also serve a full prison sentence between six months and six years. The current law makes a fourth OWI offense a felony only

under certain circumstances.

The Department of Corrections’ fiscal estimates for the legislation said this measure would cause the department to increase its budget between $59.1 million to $78.5 million annually because they would have to increase their prison population size, hire additional staff and open new facilities.

Staskunas characterized these estimated costs as “greatly overblown.”

Staskunas said the other bill he introduced would help offset these costs.

The bill would require all first-time OWI offenders to drive a vehicle with an ignition interlock device.

The current law requires an ignition interlock device for

repeat offenders as well as some first offenders under certain circumstances.

This bill would reduce the costs of agencies because it would lead to the prevention of future offenses to prosecute and penalize, Staskunas said.

“The key here is that we are going to intervene with someone on their very first conviction,” Staskunas said.

Emerson said this proposal would also reduce future OWI offenses.

The bills come after a major push in late 2009 to address drunken driving offenses, when Wisconsin Act 100 was approved in the Legislature. According to a Legislative Reference Bureau statement, the act required ignition interlock

devices for all repeat offenders, increased some penalties and removed vehicle impounding for OWI offenders. Only one legislator voted against it, and the law was signed by former Gov. Jim Doyle.

Emerson and Staskunas agreed that although the new bills in the Assembly could prove effective, there is much more work to do, especially in prevention services.

“I think there needs to be more opportunity for treatment and intervention,” Emerson said.

“There just isn’t the political will because it would be political suicide. It illustrates whether politicians are willing to do what really needs to be done.”

Tensions rise as school board shoots down charter program Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor Tensions have been running high among members of an agency pushing for a local charter school and the Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education.

The Urban League of Greater Madison, a local minority advocacy group, opposed the school board’s December decision to prevent the academy’s proposed opening of Madison Preparatory Academy in 2012.

Still, ULGM spokesperson Laura DeRoche-Perez said one board member proposed establishing the school in 2013, when the current collective

bargaining situation for teachers would have expired.

Controversy has surrounded the charter school proposal in part because Madison prep wanted to bring in non-unionized teachers in order to better serve underrepresented youth in the community, but MMSD has suggested doing so would be impossible because the district is under contract to hire only unionized teachers.

“There are three board members who would support the decision, and any other board member could vote for 2013,” DeRoche-Perez said.

“We will continue to reach out and clarify the language, look at the proposal and ask questions.”

MMSD superintendent

Daniel Nerad said although the motion by one board member to vote on establishing the school in 2013 died because it did not get a second motion, Madison Prep has suggested they would like to open the school in 2013, if not now.

Nerad also said contracts for employees such as teachers end June 30, 2013, and Madison Prep said there would be more flexibility at that time in terms of hiring.

“When we were planning with Madison Prep, we discussed delaying,” Nerad said. “They didn’t want to because they wanted to start working with kids as soon as possible.”

He said because the school would now be a noninstrumentality charter

school, it is a much more separate idea in many ways, including hiring. Teachers at Madison Prep could not be school district employees.

DeRoche-Perez said opposition to Madison Prep stems from people who resist change and also from the issue becoming unnecessarily tied up with state politics. She said it is not clear why people oppose Madison Prep, arguing ULGM is not anti-union, but pro-children.

She also said Madison Prep would have to pay fees to ULGM for backoffice work and finance management.

Charter schools like Madison Prep pay fees like this depending on the school, state law, whether

the school is the first of its kind and if it is part of an organization with other charter schools, DeRochePerez said.

Nerad said the board offered an amount he believed the program could be funded at, but it was not at the level requested by Madison Prep.

He also said in Madison Prep’s budgeted plan, the district would pay a management fee to Madison Prep, and the board was not sure why.

DeRoche-Perez said Madison Prep was an initiative of ULGM, but is now growing into its own identity. As soon as paperwork is completed, she said it would be an entirely separate organization.

“If we look back in Madison’s history, there is a lot related to trying to address the achievement gap issue, and the subsequent pushback either from district or community members who don’t like the solution,” DeRoche-Perez said.

Marj Passman, vice president of the Madison Metropolitan School Board, said despite contention surrounding the prep school, ULGM is important in terms of community outreach.

Passman said the parents must be reached out to, and ULGM helps those parents help their children.

“If parents are engaged in education, the child will succeed,” Passman said. “In education, it’s the only given we have.”

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Zoo aims for species preservation with new animals Vilas Zoo welcomes new male red panda, other endangered residents to Madison Katie Slavin Contributor The Henry Vilas Zoo welcomed a new batch of exotic animals including a male red panda, who will help the zoo renew their efforts to preserve and protect the endangered species.

According to a statement form the zoo, the park recently obtained three new exotic animals, a male red panda dubbed Lum, an orange-rumped agouti named Steve and a twoyear-old female Malayan tapir named Hattie.

Deforestation is the primary threat of the extinction for the red panda, while the tapir is endangered because of habitat loss and hunting, the statement said.

The Henry Vilas Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Animals, which is home to the AZA Species Survival Plan Program. According to the organization’s website, the mission of their Species Survival Plan Program is to cooperatively manage a specific, often threatened or endangered, species population within AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums.

Zoo Curator Erin Flynn said the three new inhabitants of the zoo are a part of the Species Survival Program, which works to make pairings based on the animal genetics most conducive to reproduction.

It is a significant testament to the network between zoos and how they work with one another, Flynn said.

“If you have a female, and another zoo has a male genetic match, they will generally send the male to the female for breeding purposes,” Flynn said. “You want to have the most genetically valuable matches in a captive population, and our red panda is a very good, healthy female.”

According to the AZA website, as of September, 2001 there are 225 accredited zoos. However, the Henry Vilas Zoo is one of only 71 AZA-accredited zoos in North America that have pandas right now, making it very important for the pandas to breed, Flynn said.

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A Henry Vilas Zoo zookeeeper feeds the new male red panda as the zoo’s female panda, Sha-Lei, looks on. The new resident recently debuted to the public after coming from a zoo in Cincinnati.

Interim Zoo Director Ronda Schwetz said in a statement the new members of the Henry Vilas Zoo family will help to do even more to educate visitors about the animals and what can be done to preserve them and their habitats.

As a free zoo, Henry Vilas is available to everyone, and there is a lot of community pride that goes into the zoo, Flynn said. There is a large range of visitors, as people can take a leisurely stroll through the zoo on their way to work or visit the zoo with a class.

“A zoo keeps an animal for life,” Flynn said. “The zoo industry has come a very long way, and we are working to preserve these animals in the long run.

They have top of the line quality exhibits, and they fulfill an important need in the community as far as education goes. People are able to interact in the educational process.”

The pandas will be on public display, and anyone can visit the new creatures between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily.

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Protesters call for repeal of Citizens United ruling Sean Kirkby Politics Editor In near zero degree temperatures and after officials declared a citywide snow emergency, more than 50 protesters gathered outside Kastenmeier Federal Courthouse Friday as part of a nationwide protest against unlimited corporate spending in elections.

The protest commemorates the second anniversary of the Jan. 21, 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, which in a 5-4 decision, ruled the First Amendment prohibits the government from placing political contribution limits on corporations.

Friday’s rallyleaders said the ultimate goal is to reverse the 2010 decision to gain a greater presence of democracy across the United States.

“We’re working to overturn Citizens United because we believe in the value of a true democratic government; a government of, by and for the people not of,by and for the corporation,” Sierra Pope, co-chair of South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend said. “[Citizens United] has created a pro-corporate agenda in our country, which despite snowstorms and the current visibility of about half a mile, we can still see very clearly.”

Mindy Preston, a member

of SCWMA, said Citizens United also made corporations indistinguishable from people by giving them free speech in the form of political contributions.

Preston said citizens need to demand an amendment to the Constitution to eliminate corporate personhood. She said about 15,000 people in Madison signed a petition demanding an amendment in fall 2010.

Citizens also signed a petition to have a resolution put on the city and county ballot that stated Madison and Dane County residents do not support Citizens United, do not believe corporations are people and want a constitutional amendment to overturn the decision, Pope said.

The resolution passed in Dane County with more than 132,000 votes, and volunteers are now working to demand the amendment at town halls and city council chambers across the nation, Preston said.

Seventy-six percent of the American public came out in opposition of the Citizens United decision, Rothschild said.

Mike McCabe, executive director of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, said Citizens United also led to the creation of SuperPACs, which organized to help presidential candidates. The court ruled these do not give rise to corruption because they

operate independently from the candidates.

However, McCabe said with presidential candidate aides, associates and business partners can run SuperPACs and the same firm that produces the candidate’s ads can also produce the SuperPACs as long as there is no coordination.

“That’s what the Supreme Court gave us — sheer and unadulterated lunacy,” McCabe said.

Since Madison passed its resolution banning corporate personhood, the city councils of New York City, Los Angeles and other cities throughout the country have passed similar resolutions, Pope said.

She said state legislators are working with SCWMA to pass a resolution to ban corporate personhood in Wisconsin.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, said state legislators plan to introduce a resolution to end corporate personhood. She also said while amending the federal constitution to get rid of the Citizens United decision is important, it is also important to change the state constitution to make it clear Wisconsin will not allow corporate contributions.

Protesters also sang anticorporation songs as group organizers passed around hand warmers. Pope said The Associated Press the event is one of a 130 happening at court houses Citizens called for a constitutional amendment to end personhood for corporations on Jan. 20 during the two-year anniversary for the Citizens United decision in Montpelier, Vt. Similar rallies were hosted at 130 courthouses around the country, including the Kastenmeier Federal Courthouse in Madison. throughout the country.

Clerks work to correct errors in redistricting system Federal court order questions whether law attempts to hide real aims from public Sean Kirkby State Legislative Editor As clerks around the state work to correct errors that placed voters in the wrong district, a recent federal court order characterized the redistricting legislation as an attempt to conceal what actually transpired in the bill’s introduction.

Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said the system for voter registration is going through a statewide software change, which is causing addresses

to be listed in the wrong districts.

The older software used address ranges to determine which ward, school district and aldermanic district a person should vote in, Witzel-Behl said. If an address fell between two different addresses, it was assigned to that district.

However, the state’s new software uses geo-coding, which uses map coordinates instead of addresses to figure out which district a person would vote in, Witzel-Behl said. As a result, the city clerk’s office is correcting errors that placed about 1,000 Madison voters in the wrong precinct.

“We had some cleanup work to do to make sure each person was listed in

the correct district,” WitzelBehl said.

The new system is an improvement since it would have taken several months under the old system to fix errors in the transition period during redistricting.

Under the new system, errors can be fixed in a few weeks, Witzel-Behl said.

However, if the new computer system does not know where to geocode an address, it places it at zero degrees latitude and longitude, which is off the coast of Nigeria, WitzelBehl said.

State clerks are also having difficulties due to the way the Legislature redrew districts over the summer.

Every 10 years, after the U.S. Census Bureau conducts its census, the Legislature has

to redraw the congressional, State Senate and Assembly districts to match the data, Kevin Kennedy, Government Accountability Board director, and Nathaniel Robinson, GAB Elections Division administrator, said in joint a Jan.13 memo.

However, rather than waiting until local governments finished creating their municipal and ward districts and building the districts with them, the Legislature formed new voting districts based on census blocks, they said in the statement.

“According to the Census Bureau, the Census geographic data is accurate to approximately 50 meters,” Kennedy and Robinson said. “50 meters

can be enough for a house to potentially appear in the wrong district.”

If clerks do not correct these errors, some voters could be taken off poll lists or registered in the wrong polling place, Kennedy and Robinson said.

The redistricting acts passed by the Legislature have also been called into question as a result of recent legal action.

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has sued against the legislation in federal court and is awaiting a trial date, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski said.

In a different lawsuit against the redistricting plans, a federal three judge panel ordered Joe Handrick, a lobbyist hired

by the Legislature to assist redistricting, to give a disposition about the role he played, a Jan. 4 court order said. Handrick’s attorneys had tried to prevent Handrick from giving testimony two times before the order.

“Quite frankly, the Legislature and the actions of its counsel give every appearance of flailing wildly in a desperate attempt to hide from both the court and the public the true nature of exactly what transpired in the redistricting process,” the judges said in the order.

Witzel-Behl said that people who have any questions about where they should go to vote should visit cityofmadison.com/ wheredoivote.

Gableman focus of ethics complaint Lawmakers call for Supreme Court justice’s removal after allegations of biased ruling Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor State lawmakers are calling for the ousting of a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice after allegations surfaced in December that several state ethics codes had been violated.

A joint resolution, drafted by Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said Justice Michael Gableman violated the state’s ethics codes while presiding over cases involving a law firm that had previously represented him without charging any legal fees.

“Justice Gableman’s legal and ethical misconduct regrettably compel the Legislature to remove him,” Roys said. “I hope by doing so we can start to rebuild the public’s trust in Wisconsin’s government that has been broken over the past year.”

According to Wisconsin’s ethics code, a state public official is prohibited to solicit or accept anything of

value if it can reasonably be expected to influence the official’s judgment or could reasonably be considered as a reward for official actions.

In an email to The Badger Herald, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald’s spokesperson Andrew Welhouse responded to Roys’ resolution, comparing it to attempts to trigger a recall election against Gov. Scott Walker.

“They’re trying to overturn one statewide election with the recall of Gov. Walker, and now they’re trying to overturn another with Justice Gableman,” Welhouse said.

“At some point, you would think they’d realize that there’s more to Wisconsin than what Madison wants and that elections actually matter in a democracy.”

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign said in a statement released in late December that it was the first to file an ethical complaint against Gableman.

According to the statement, Gableman failed to disclose and recuse himself from cases in which Best & Friedrich Law Firm appeared before him, including a suit seeking to invalidate the Milwaukee Sick Leave Ordinance.

Had Gableman recused himself from the paid sick days case, the statement said a 3-3 judgment would have been a 3-2 Supreme Court majority which would have overturned the injunction and enabled more than 120,000 Milwaukee families to receive sick days.

A day before Roys released her resolution, the 9to5 National Association of Working Women also filed a complaint against Gableman, reflecting many of the same complaints WDC’s original complaint addressed.

“Justice Gableman has compromised the trust of the Wisconsinites he was elected to serve,” 9to5 Director Dana Schultz said in a statement.

According to Mike McCabe, WDC Executive Director, his organization and 9to5 are the only two groups that have publicly filed complaints against Gableman on the ethic charges.

The state Constitution requires a two-thirds majority from both houses to remove the justice, Roys said. She requested fellow legislators sign the resolution by Jan. 18.

Still, McCabe said it would be hard to imagine the resolution passing the Legislature as it exists today.

“Its unlikely the governor would support it,” McCabe said. “It’s unlikely justice [will be] coming from the Legislature in this instance. That’s why our focus has been filing the complaint with the [Government Accountability Board] and the state’s judicial commission to trigger investigation by those agencies. It’s just the more realistic path.”

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FROM 1: Numbers point to likely recall to the Government Accountability Board on Jan. 17.

Lawler said the recall petitioners turned in 845,000 signatures collected for Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch; 21,000 for Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls; 21,000 for Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau; 24,000 for Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine;

and 20,600 for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.

In the hours following United Wisconsin’s announcement, Walker’s campaign issued a statement from the governor on the impending recall election and signatures being turned in.

“I look forward to talking to the people

of Wisconsin about my continued promises to control government spending, balance the budget and hold the line on taxes,” Walker said in the statement. “I expect Wisconsin voters will stand with me and keep moving Wisconsin forward.”

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said the total number

of signatures collected to recall Walker represents nearly half, or 46 percent, of the electorate, and is just a few thousand votes shy of the total votes Walker received in his original run for office in 2010.

A group comprised of recall petitioners from every county that collected signatures for the recall marched around the

Capitol Square before heading to the GAB office to turn in the signatures.

According the Democratic Party of Wisconsin’s website, 22 recall petition turnin parties were held throughout the state.

Madison’s was held just blocks away from the Capitol at Monona Terrace.

One day after the

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Hundreds of recall supporters march around the Capitol Jan. 17 before turning in boxes filled with petitions against Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, as well as petitions against four GOP senators.

signatures were turned in, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced her plans to run against Walker in the recall election in a video on her campaign’s website.

“Thanks to the inspiring grassroots movement that has bloomed in Wisconsin, we have shown we can stand up to Scott Walker’s extreme agenda when we do it together,” Falk said.

“Now it is time to show how we can govern, together.”

Friends of Scott Walker spokesperson Ciara Matthews, issued a statement following Falk’s announcement that said the announcement came as no surprise.

“Falk has already lost two statewide elections, failing to earn the trust of Wisconsin voters,” Matthews said. “Governor Walker’s record of success and progress will stand in stark contrast to Falk’s intent to take Wisconsin back to the days of record job loss, massive deficits and double-digit tax increases.”

According to reports filed in the Wisconsin Campaign Finance Information System, the Friends of Scott Walker, one of the governor’s campaign fundraisers, has raised $5.1 million since July. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and United Wisconsin combined have raised about $1.5 million in the same amount of time.

Elections board outlines petition review process GAB intends to ask courts for deadline extension, unsure of completion date Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor After receiving an estimated 1.9 million signatures meant to trigger various recall elections throughout the state, Wisconsin’s chief election official said he did not know how long it would take to review and verify signatures for elections that could cost the state millions of dollars.

Typically, the Government Accountability Board has 31 days to review recall petitions after petitioners file them.

However, given the large number of signatures, GAB plans to ask a judge for an extension, said Kevin Kennedy, GAB director and general counsel, at a press conference Jan. 17.

“Right now, I can’t tell you how long the petition review process will take,” Kennedy said. “We will be filing a case in Dane County Circuit Court soon to begin the process of

extending deadlines.”

After receiving the petitions, GAB staffers began to scan and process the signatures at an undisclosed place in Madison, Kennedy said.

They will install a web camera so the public can watch the processing.

As soon as workers finish scanning petitions, GAB will give copies to the officeholders who will have 10 days to review the petitions and prepare legal challenges, Kennedy said.

GAB will also post scans of the petitions on its website.

“Once the petitions have been scanned, workers will begin the facial review of petition pages, looking for any errors or omissions that would automatically disqualify signatures,” Kennedy said. “They will also look for and flag any obviously factitious names for review by staff and possible removal.”

GAB staff will also create a database of names of people who signed the petitions and use it to search for possible duplicate signatures, Kennedy said.

If the GAB determines the number of signatures is sufficient, the board will schedule an election on a Tuesday six weeks from

the date of the decision.

However, this date could also be challenged in courts, Kennedy said.

“Once the petitions have been scanned, workers will being the facial review of petition pages, looking for any errors or omissions that would automatically disqualify signatures.”

Kevin Kennedy GAB director

The date of that election could also be pushed back four weeks if the Democratic Party has a primary. Mike Tate, Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said at a press conference before the ballots were turned in he expects the recall election for Gov. Scott Walker to be held after May 1.

Jeremy Levinson, an attorney for DPW, said the GAB should only count until they reach 540,208 verified signatures. He said GAB could continue counting for historical purposes, but should start moving to hold an election as soon as possible.

“We urge them not to waste the taxpayers’ time or their money by delaying the inevitable,” Levinson said.

GAB has hired 30 temporary workers to review and scan petitions, and it plans to hire another 20. Because state statutes require GAB staff be nonpartisan, temporary workers cannot have signed a petition or contributed to a political campaign in the past 12 months, Kennedy said.

Kennedy said the board’s goal is to hold the Walker recall election and the four state senators who also face recall on the same date, if possible, to save counties and local government money.

The total cost of holding one general statewide recall election would be $9 million, GAB spokesperson Reid Magney said. However, if there is a primary, the total cost for the state would increase.

Walker recall by the numbers 1.9 million Total recall signatures for state politicians

1,128,941 Votes for Walker in the 2010 gubernatorial election

$9 million Estimated cost of a recall election

3,000 Approximate weight, in pounds, of the recall signatures

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Days the GAB has set aside to review the signatures

GOP senators up for recall elections Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor Recall campaigns turned in more than enough signatures to trigger special elections against four Republican senators who found themselves under fire last spring after voting in favor of a controversial bill set to curb collective bargaining rights.

Petitioners attempting to recall Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, turned in an estimated 20,600 signatures Jan. 17, about 4,000 more than needed to trigger his recall election.

“We’re proud of our accomplishment,” said Lori Compas, spokesperson for the Committee to Recall Scott Fitzgerald. “This has been serious and difficult work. This isn’t a party. It’s a really serious day for us.

We’re just glad we were able

to accomplish our goal and exercise our constitutional right to do this.”

Compas said she did not know of any candidates who will run against Fitzgerald but said most of the volunteers would now be focusing on voter registration and education efforts.

Compas said people have suggested her as a candidate, but she has not given much thought to the proposal and has only focused on collecting signatures.

Fitzgerald said in a statement he would welcome the challenge of a Democrat.

“If the petitions are found to be sufficient and a recall election moves forward, I will embrace the opportunity to run on my record and the accomplishments Senate Republicans have made over the past year,” Fitzgerald said.

Recall petitioners also

Sen. Jeff Fitzgerald Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Juneau R-Wausau

Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine

Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls

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turned in signatures to recall Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau, Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, and Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls.

At a press conference, Mike Tate, executive director of the Democratic

Party of Wisconsin, said petitioners had collected about 56 percent more signatures than they needed to recall Wanggaard, about 40 percent signatures more than needed to recall Moulton and 34 percent more signatures than needed

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to recall Galloway.

While state election officials have suggested that if petitions are sufficient, they will ask a judge to hold all recall elections for Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican senators on the same day, Tate said the GAB

number of signatures needed

Estimated number of signatures received

should only do this if they have sufficient cause.

“I think that these elections should be held with all due legal speed,” Tate said. “We support having them on the same day if it is within an appropriate time frame.”

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Next stop: Sochi 2014 International students new to the University of Wisconsin campus glide by during an open skate event at the Shell Friday night. The event was hosted as part of the activities sponsored by SOAR. Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Campus brand sales hit record Partially due to 2 Rose Bowl trips, UW profits $3.3M from trademarked items most likely increase for the upcoming year.

Fischer also said The 2010–11 fiscal the increase in sales of year marked a period of trademarked UW licensed record-breaking sales of merchandise greatly came trademarked University of as a consequence of the Wisconsin merchandise, Wisconsin Badgers football bringing with it an increase team’s appearance in the 2011 Rose Bowl, but in financial aid to students.

The profits marked said the increase in sales the highest total in the cannot be solely attributed history of the Wisconsin to the successful football licensing program, as UW program.

“Given the tremendous inherited $3,326,879 in gross royalties of licensed success of the football program this year, I hope merchandise.

According to Cindy Van that 2011-12 will be as good as this last Matre, UW’s year,” she said. trademark “And it is not licensing “These funds football alone, director, but the men the profits combined with and women’s — after the other grants, hockey, expenses basketball, for the scholarships, loans and work, wrestling — all trademark of the sports licensing make attending that office are UW a reality for really our student deducted athletes work — are split undergraduates so hard in on evenly who wish to our behalf — between graduate as real Badger the Athletic Badgers but face pride with Department a wonderful and the large financial tangential Office of barriers.” outcome.”

Financial Aid. Van Matre She Susan Fischer agreed that the said the Office of Financial Aid Rose Bowl was profits are Director a significant important factor in the because profit increase. the Office “A successful football of Financial Aid uses always helps the money to award season royalties scholarships called increase Bucky Grants to students because the two highest quarters for in need who are often buying merchandise first-generation college collegiate occur between July and attendees.

According to Susan December,” Van Matre Fischer, director of the said. “The 2011 Rose Bowl Office of Financial Aid, royalties totaled $171,000, everyone in the office is which was lower than I pleased to see this increase expected, but the Rose Bowl appearance likely in gift funds.

“These funds combined created demand for other with the other grants, Wisconsin logo items.”

Along with more people scholarships, loans and work, make attending UW wearing UW apparel, Van a reality for undergraduates Matre said UW products who wish to graduate as have been made more Badgers but face large available to alumni and financial barriers,” Fischer fans recently as they can said. “Every dollar makes a be found in many places, not just in Madison or difference.”

The record-breaking Wisconsin.

Van Matre said several sales will mean an increase in the amount of need- online ordering options based institutional financial are now available to UW aid that will be distributed fans, making it easier for displaced fans to get in the upcoming year.

Fischer said it is too soon Badger products.

UW ranked third among to predict precisely what the royalties will be from Collegiate Licensing Big this current year because it Ten clients and 15th overall takes a while for the funds among the Collegiate Licensing Corporation’s to trickle down. colleges and She said 155 students 160 received a Bucky Grant last universities for the 2010– year, but this number will 2011 fiscal year.

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ROTC program opens to MATC UW detachment allows local students to enroll while maintaining status at base school Katie Caron Higher Education Editor Under an agreement signed earlier this month, Madison Area Technical College students can now enroll in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program at the University of Wisconsin while still pursuing their studies at their base college.

Capt. Jesse Somann, unit admissions officer for Air Force ROTC Detachment 925 at UW, said he has already received more calls and interest in the program since the partnership was signed and announced Jan. 6.

As the person in charge of recruiting to the UW ROTC program, Somann said throughout the course of the past couple of years, he had been receiving a few calls each semester from MATC students expressing interest in such a program.

“We did have an interest — we have for the past couple of years — but we just weren’t really able to do anything with it until now,” Somann said. “It is already producing some leads for us and some extra interest, so that’s been great.”

The partnership came to fruition after he began working with administrators at MATC and other cadres at UW before the fall semester started, Somann said. He said a main reason for the partnership is making it easier for MATC students transferring to UW to complete the program on time.

Somann said MATC students looking at transferring to UW down the line to enroll in ROTC courses — especially those transferring during their junior year — were often at a disadvantage and behind in the program because it

requires at least three years to complete at UW. Todd Stebbins, Dean of Arts and Sciences at MATC, said Somann contacted him last summer about the program, and he thought it would be beneficial to accommodate the interest of MATC students looking to take ROTC courses at UW. “What’s in it for our students is the opportunity to get involved for those interested in in the ROTC program, so when they transfer to UW they can finish it on time,” Stebbins said.

Stebbins said MATC sends the largest number of transfer students to UW of any school, with about 300 transferring each academic year and about 800 on campus right now.

Somann also said although the partnership likely will not change anything about the

program itself, it could allow for more collaboration with MATC in future years. He said this could include sharing more facilities or resources within the program.

“It won’t change us as a detachment, but what it will do is allow us to do more collaboration with MATC in the future,” he said. “It opens up more doors for our program as a whole.”

In addition to the new partnership, UW ROTC has other cross-town agreements with UWWhitewater, Edgewood College and Maranatha Baptist Bible College.

The UW detachment also was awarded the National Right of Line Award, which recognizes the best small detachment out of the 52 in the country. It is given based on training, education, recruiting and performance.

Gingrich comes out ahead in South Carolina primary Charles Babington Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.

Gingrich’s come-frombehind win in the South Carolina primary snatches away the quick and easy way for the GOP to pick its presidential nominee. Only days ago, it seemed that party activists would settle for Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who stirs few passions but who has the looks, money, experience and discipline to make a solid case against President Barack Obama in November.

Now, the party cannot avoid a wrenching and perhaps lengthy nomination fight. It can cast its lot with the establishment’s cool embodiment of competence, forged in corporate board rooms, or with the angerventing champion of inyour-face conservatism and grandiose ideas.

It’s soul-searching time for Republicans. It might not be pretty.

Romney still might win the nomination, of course. He carries several advantages into Florida and beyond, and

party insiders still consider him the front-runner. And it’s conceivable that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum can battle back and take the anti-Romney title from Gingrich. After all, he bested Gingrich in Iowa and New Hampshire.

But Santorum’s third-place finish in South Carolina will doubtlessly prompt some conservative leaders to urge him to step aside and back Gingrich, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry did Thursday.

Even if Santorum revives his campaign in Florida, the fundamental intraparty debate will be the same.

Voters associate Gingrich and Santorum with social issues such as abortion, and with unyielding fealty to conservative ideals. That’s in contrast to Romney’s flexibility and past embraces of legalized abortion, gun control and gay rights.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul will stay in the race, but he factors only tangentially in such discussions. His fans are largely a mix of libertarians, isolationists and pacifists, many of whom will abandon the GOP nominee if it’s not the Texas congressman.

Strategically, Romney maintains a big edge in money and organization. He faces a dilemma, however.

Gingrich resuscitated his struggling campaign in this state with combative debate

performances featuring nearcontempt for Obama and the news media. Romney likely would love to choke off that supply by drastically reducing the number of debates.

Ducking Gingrich after losing to him in South Carolina would suggest panic or fear, however, and all four candidates are scheduled to debate Monday in Florida.

Gingrich is benefitting “from the inherent animosity and mistrust GOP primary voters have with mainstream media,” said Republican strategist Terry Holt. “Their first instinct is to rebel, and that’s what they did. The question is whether he can sustain that anger and build it into a legitimate challenge to the frontrunner.”

Gingrich tried to stoke that anger with his victory speech Saturday. He referred repeatedly to “elites” in Washington and New York who don’t understand or care about working-class Americans. He decried “the growing anti-religious bigotry of our elites.”

Gingrich made $3.1 million in 2010, but he nonetheless is tapping middle-class resentment in ways reminiscent of Sarah Palin.

“I articulate the deepestheld values in the American people,” he said.

Despite their contrasting personalities, Romney and Gingrich don’t differ greatly

The Associated Press

Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich shake hands after a heated debate in South Carolina. Gingrich unexpectedly swept the primary away from Romney, who experts had considered to be the front-runner. on policy. Both call for lower taxes, less regulation, ending “Obamacare” and a robust military. They promise to cut spending and increase jobs without offering many details of how they would do so in a divided nation and Congress.

Romney vs. Gingrich in some ways mirrors the Democrats’ 2008 choice between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, which turned mostly on questions of personality, style and biography. The Republicans’ choice, however, will plumb deeper veins of emotion and

ideology.

Romney appeals to Republicans who want a competent, even-tempered nominee with a track record in business and finance.

His backers are willing to overlook his past support of abortion rights and his seeming tone-deafness on money matters — even if it feeds caricatures of him as a tycoon.

Until Saturday, GOP polls had shown Romney easily ahead on the question of who would be Obama’s toughest challenger. South Carolina

exit polls, however, showed Gingrich with an edge among those who said it was most important that their candidate be able to beat Obama.

Romney will try to regain that advantage in Florida, which votes Jan. 31. It’s not clear what strategies will work. In his concession speech Saturday, Romney said Obama has attacked free enterprise and “we cannot defeat that president with a candidate who has joined that very assault on free enterprise.”

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Search of capsized ship reveals captain’s documents Death toll reaches 12 as divers seek out more than 20 missing people

in the rear of the vessel, Coast Guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said. It was not immediately clear if the woman was a passenger or crew member. A female Peruvian bartender and several adult female Trisha Thomas passengers were among the Associated Press 21 people listed as missing before the latest corpse was GIGLIO, Italy (AP) found.

— Divers plumbing Relatives of the bartender the capsized Costa Concordia’s murky depths pulled out the body of a woman in a life vest Saturday, while scuba-diving police swam through the captain’s cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the cruise liner after it was gashed by a rocky reef on the Tuscan coast.

Hoping for a miracle — or at least for the recovery of bodies from the ship that has become an underwater tomb — relatives of some of the 20 missing appealed to survivors of the Jan. 13 shipwreck to offer details that could help divers reach loved ones while it is still possible to search the luxury liner. The clock is ticking because the craft is perched precariously on a rocky ledge of seabed near Giglio island.

“We are asking the 4,000 persons who were on board to give any information they can about any of the persons still missing,” said Alain Litzler, a Frenchman who is the father of missing passenger Mylene Litzler.

“We need precise information to help the search and rescue teams find them.”

The death toll rose to at least 12 Saturday after a water-logged body was extracted from a passageway near a gathering point for evacuation by lifeboats

and of an Indian crewman, along with two children of an elderly couple from Minnesota who are among the missing, boarded a boat Saturday to view the wrecked Concordia Saturday, said a maritime official, Fabrizio Palombo.

Family members tossed flowers near the site while islanders standing on the rocky edge of the island also

strew bouquets on the water in a tribute to the victims.

Another Coast Guard official, Cosimo Nicastro, said the woman’s body was found during a particularly risky inspection.

“The corridor was very narrow, and the divers’ lines risked snagging” on furniture and objects floating in the passageway, Nicastro said. To help the

coast guard divers reach the area, Italian navy divers had preceded them, setting off charges to blast holes for easier entrance and exit.

Meanwhile, police divers, carrying out orders from prosecutors investigating Captain Francesco Schettino for suspected manslaughter and abandoning the ship, swam through the cold, dark

waters to reach his cabin.

State TV and the Italian news agency ANSA reported that the divers located and remove his safe and two suitcases. His passport and several documents were also pulled out, state media said.

Searchers inspecting the bridge Saturday also found a hard disk containing data of the voyage, Sky TG24 TV reported.

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The opinion section n of a paper exists for a reason: It goes beyond the facts of a story to interpret nterpret it. The section helps readers eaders think about the headlines nes on a deeper level. Yes, an opinion pinion is an inherently biased piece iece of writing. However, in taking aking a side, it forces the reader er to think about an issue; it makes es the reader feel some connection ection to the news.

An opinion is a piecee of writing that attempts to invoke k emotion, and it motivates the reader to take a side. Sometimes it’s the side of the author, and sometimes it’s a stark opposition. Either way,

it aims to get the reader involved in an issue.

This section helps test the strength of arguments. You might not agree with what a state official does, but can you explain why? When you read how someone else explains their reasoning you’re forced f d to either h align with them or differ in some way. In either case, you have to think about an issue more than you otherwise would have.

Madison is in for some politically-charged politically charged times in the next few months. One common critique we hear of this university is that the student body is incredibly like-minded;

news tends to spread among friends in an unreliably biased manner, and we often only hear one side of a story in daily conversation.

We hope the opinion section will help students think deeply about the b h issues that h lie l ahead h d and appreciate those issues are almost always more complicated than what you read in the headlines or what you hear from

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Of course, we hope ho to make sure this section presents wellp written opinions from both fr sides of issues. So if i you disagree with what’s being written, then w apply to be a writer, write and help us diversify our opinion opini arsenal. We want to personally welcome you to the opinion section, and we sect are looking forward forwar to what will no doubt be a great grea semester of sifting and winnowing. winnow Taylor Nye, Editorial Page Editor and Reggie Young, Content Editor

Herald Editorial Help us take back ASM Inquiry before transparency After watching our student government fail its constituents for years, many University of Wisconsin students begin to wonder what they can do to change the Associated Students of Madison rather than sit on the sidelines and complain.

We have found a sound solution.

The Badger Herald Editorial Board — in collaboration with the Daily Cardinal Editorial Board, General Student Services Fund groups, campus student governments, the Greek community and other students — has decided to take matters into our own hands and propose a new constitution for ASM. We have worked hard to create a strong and cohesive document that will promote a more effective and participatory student government.

Some of the major

changes include creating an executive, changing the composition of the legislative body — now known as the Senate — to include college student governments and creating more funding streams in the Appropriations Branch.

To avoid the dysfunction that has blighted ASM for more than a decade, we need your help and input, and there are several ways to get involved.

The committee that drafted the new constitution will be holding open forums for the next two weeks in the Student Activity Center. Students who have been directly involved in the preliminary process will be there to answer your questions, take suggestions and explain at length the importance of this change for student government. On days where open forums are not being held, the chair

of the committee will be holding office hours to hear any further concerns from the student body. There is also a website (www. asmconstitution.com) where anyone can view and download the proposed documents, interact with the committee members via Facebook or Twitter and locate contact information for any of the committee members.

Dysfunction is built into ASM’s very institutional structure, and your participation is the most crucial element of solving this problem. By making ASM a more representative and less ideological body, we can finally have a student government that advocates for the student voice.

ASM needs to change and your say in how it changes is crucial. Come to our meetings and be a part of campus history.

From the despicable acts of assault and abuse at Syracuse and Penn State to Ohio State’s tattoo debacle, it has been an eventful year in college athletics for all the wrong reasons.

Unfortunately for the University of Wisconsin, a controversy of its own may cast a shadow over a season ended in sunny Pasadena, Calif.

John Chadima, senior associate athletic director, resigned Jan. 13 on the heels of allegations of misconduct in the lead-up to the Rose Bowl. In the following weeks, UW officials have been mum on details, citing the need for an impartial and thorough investigation of the events.

To assuage the danger of conviction in a court of public opinion, and to ensure

the fullest and most objective investigation possible, this board believes the interest in withholding the information outweighs the demands for its release at this time. And upon the completion of the investigation, a full report must be released to the public.

Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, has criticized the university administration’s silence on the issue, citing the need for more transparent proceedings given the year’s string of controversies, and encouraged the composition of the appointed four-member investigative panel be changed.

That panel, comprised of a former Dane County Circuit Court judge and three former UW administrators, is

burdened by too many “strings or attachments to the institution,” Nass said in a statement. But with criminal charges yet to be filed, who better to determine violations of university policy than those most knowledgeable in the field?

The administration should be applauded for acting quickly and assembling an investigative body before the situation, whatever it may be, had time to implode.

Now is not the time for unfounded speculation and the demonizing of a proactive response to misconduct by a university official. A serious, critical and impartial eye is necessary for the truth to be found, and this is the first step, but the second step must be full transparency.

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Gableman’s removal unlikely despite ethical issues Joe Timmerman Staff Writer Judge Michael Gableman’s tenure as a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice has been rocky. In his 2008 campaign for the Supreme Court, Gableman came under fire for an advertisement he ran against his opponent that may not have been completely truthful. This potential ethics violation came before the court and resulted in a 3-3 decision, split along ideological lines.

The meaning of this split decision was ambiguous, and as a result nothing really happened.

Now this is where things get fun: According to the

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gableman accepted free legal services from a well-known law firm, Michael Best & Friedrich. The agreement between Gableman and the firm stated they would only be compensated if Gableman won the case, which would result in the state claims board paying Gableman’s legal fees. Since the decision was split, the firm representing Gableman was never paid. However, the important part is regardless of the decision, there was no scenario that would necessitate Gableman to pay for the firm that represented him — thus, free legal services.

There isn’t anything wrong with this sort of

agreement on its own. It’s fairly common for law firms to receive payment only if they win the case.

However, not every client is a Supreme Court justice.

Since accepting free legal services from Michael Best & Friedrich, Gableman has presided over several cases in the Supreme Court that were represented by the same firm. This has been much to the ire of, well, people with morals. Although I’m no legal expert, I’d imagine the value of the services provided to Gableman reaches well into thousands of dollars. Imagine if a company or individual had simply given a Supreme Court justice several thousands dollars, and then

asked him to rule on a case they were involved in. While not exactly the same, these two situations are more similar than different.

As a result of this situation, State Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, has proposed a resolution to remove Gableman from his position on the Supreme Court. Wisconsin’s constitution allows for a Supreme Court justice to be removed by a two-thirds vote in the Assembly and Senate. According to a statement released on Roys’ website, “Regrettably, Justice Gableman has committed numerous ethical and legal violations that leave him unfit for continued service on Wisconsin’s highest

court.” Clearly, Gableman’s actions have constituted a serious conflict of interest.

Unfortunately, it appears that Roys’ resolution faces a tremendously uphill battle. With both houses controlled by Republicans, it seems unlikely that any progress will be made toward removing Gableman from office. This is a classic example of politics trumping responsible government.

While candidates for the Supreme Court don’t technically run with any party, there are fairly clear ideological splits on the Court, and Gableman is widely considered to be a member of the Court’s conservative wing. Thus, despite his ethics violations,

the Republican majorities in the Assembly and Senate will likely support him for fear of a less conservative justice winning a spot on the bench.

By ruling on cases involving attorneys from whom he has accepted free legal services, Justice Gableman is setting a dangerous precedent. This type of blatant conflict of interest should be illegal, and Gableman should be held accountable for his actions.

And above all, politicians should transcend their party affiliations and do what’s right.

Joe Timmerman ( jptimmerman@wisc.edu) is a freshman intending to major in math and economics.

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Politics motivate Dems’ SOPA support risky in 2012 limits on speech Hannah Sleznikow Staff Writer In light of the recent Recall Walker movement, Gov. Scott Walker’s antiunion stance is increasingly under fire. A law was passed in 2011 eliminating the collective bargaining rights of public workers, with the exception of police and firefighters, and forced them to contribute to their own health care and pension. It became clear the Walker administration’s objective was to eliminate the threat of unions by depriving them of any power to collectively bargain whatsoever. This reality has fueled opposition to Walker and has served as a pivotal catalyst for recall election efforts.

Restrictions on unions impose obvious limitations on freedom of association rights. By undermining the activities of unions, the Walker administration is infringing on workers’ rights to associate themselves with an organization. More significantly, it counters the core principles that unions embrace, namely the importance of workers having a voice in their working conditions. But where do the restrictions end?

According to the Wausau Daily Herald, roughly 75 protestors gathered outside Lincoln Hills School in Irma, Wis., to protest an incident in which a youth counselor was sent home without pay for wearing a T-shirt with a union logo. The longtime employee had reportedly never been told that union clothing could not be worn at work during the 30 years that he had worked at the school, nor was there a written policy about graphics on clothing.

This incident raises some serious concerns in regard to freedom of expression and what can arguably be deemed censorship.

Although reasonable time, place and manner limitations are appropriate in work environments, any such restriction must be content-neutral and cannot be discriminatory toward viewpoints. In this case, the issue was not the fact that the T-shirt displayed a logo, but rather that it displayed a union logo. By banning only clothing promoting unions, the officials at Lincoln Hills School were clearly targeting a pro-union viewpoint, and by doing so, they were infringing on the employee’s freedom of expression.

Beyond the freedom of expression issue, this incident also raises concerns about censorship.

By imposing viewpointdiscriminatory restrictions on something as basic as clothing, the officials at Lincoln Hills sent a clear message that even something as seemingly insignificant as a union logo poses enough of a danger that it must be banned. Based on reports in the Wausau Daily Herald, there is no evidence that a disturbance preceded the incident, thus reinforcing the shirt itself was not presenting a threat to the functioning of the school or the overall school environment.

Although the Wausau Daily Herald reported the Wisconsin Department of Corrections is undertaking an investigation of the incident, it is critical to bear in mind that even the most isolated incident of censorship should not be taken lightly. Restrictions on an individual’s First Amendment rights must be justified by a substantial interest unrelated to the suppression of free expression. In this case, it is apparent the choice to ban clothing promoting unions is no coincidence, but rather the reflection of a proWalker viewpoint.

Although reasonable time, place and manner limitations are appropriate in work environments, any such restriction must be contentneutral and cannot be discriminatory toward viewpoints.

Political undertones are undoubtedly to blame for this incident, and the controversy surrounding Walker’s anti-union legislation is certainly warranted. However, this incident brings to light a critical question. At what point does government action infringe upon its citizens’ right to free speech and expression? Censoring any trace of union support, whether in the form of clothing or any other form of expression, would be a clear attempt to smother the embers of thought before they can ignite into flames of action. This is not the democratic way, but rather a suppression of ideas — ideas that contribute to the free flow of public discourse in a liberal democracy. Although seemingly small and isolated, let this incident be a reminder of the potential danger of hindering the freedom of open discourse.

Hannah Sleznikow (hsleznikow@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science.

Ryan Rainey Managing Editor Madison is an innovative and creative city. Perhaps you have already heard this.

The University of Wisconsin and the city of Madison share a rare relationship, unique among college towns and the institutions that call them home. For the last decade or two, this has been the result of an enthusiastic pool of recent graduates who have entered the technology industry — either as creative contributors like the eastsiders behind Chad Vader or the industry innovators like Epic Systems, which started in Madison and currently owns a large corporate campus in Verona.

Because of this, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, two pieces of federal legislation which would severely curtail the rights of Internet entrepreneurs and innovators, would affect Madison’s metropolitan area on a level similar to other hubs for the online industry like San Francisco, Seattle or New York.

Despite its small size, Madison is an area that depends heavily on the Internet. In 2010, the community became heavily invested in a bid to bring Google’s ultrahigh speed service, Google Fiber, to town. UW itself is already a significant source of online traffic that caters to professors and researchers who regularly publish and share their work with students, using the Internet as their primary educational and entertainment tool.

The technology industry might be crucial for the economy of Wisconsin’s second-largest city, but our congressional delegation has been reluctant to heavily contribute to the debate about SOPA and PIPA. It took until Wednesday’s online “blackout,” in which The Badger Herald participated, for Madison’s own Democratic Rep. Tammy Baldwin to release a statement announcing she would not support the legislation.

Last Tuesday, Baldwin’s press representative said she had “some reservations” about the legislation. Baldwin still was staying unusually quiet about the issue.

Baldwin has rightfully earned her title as one of the most effective progressive voices in the House of Representatives.

However, her reluctance to be one of the major progressive voices to come out early against SOPA and PIPA exposes several important aspects of her position in Congress, her campaign for Senate and the disappointing representation of Congress’ Democratic caucus.

Ever since her first Congressional victory in the 1990s, Baldwin has essentially been a shoo-in to win Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District.

Still, she needs donations to keep her biannual campaigns afloat, and she predictably receives large donations from trade unions and equal rights advocacy groups.

A brief scan of the history of donations to Baldwin’s campaign committee might explain her reluctance to oppose SOPA immediately. In 2010, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association donated $10,000 to Baldwin’s campaign, tying it with three other unions as the

top donor to the Baldwin campaign. Unsurprisingly, the NCTA is one of the many organizations affiliated with the entertainment industry that supports SOPA. It’s refreshing to see Baldwin actually break from the disturbing trend of Democrats voting on the sides of organizations that help bankroll their campaigns. But with that refreshment comes a more bitter aftertaste: Baldwin did not join the anti-SOPA movement in Congress early enough to align with her progressive allies like Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a fellow Democrat, or conservative libertarians like Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

Although both bills are now entering their death-rattle phase, both senators have said they plan to filibuster PIPA when it reaches the Senate floor this week, and many libertarians and progressives in the House realized the dangerous consequences of SOPA long before the blackout was even planned.

This issue could have consequences for Baldwin’s campaign to replace Sen. Herb Kohl this year. Kohl actually co-sponsors PIPA. Baldwin’s likely Republican opponent in the race, former Gov. Tommy Thompson, said he opposes SOPA and PIPA. “This bill is a broad overreach by the government to address some valid concerns, but it also raises issues of regulation and censorship that cannot be supported,” Thompson’s spokesperson Darrin Schmitz said in an email.

Baldwin’s response to the blackout last week was equally heavy-handed but contained one nugget that suggested SOPA’s supporters did not support censoring online content.

“I do not believe that it is the intent of supporters of

this legislation to promote Internet censorship,” Baldwin said in a statement. “However, the bill as written will have a chilling effect on Internet expression.”

Perhaps Baldwin was just being nice to her colleagues in Congress.

But if SOPA and PIPA’s supporters do not endorse Internet censorship, they would have rescinded their support for the legislation, as many Republicans and Democrats already have.

Baldwin’s response wrongly defends SOPA’s supporters as advocates for an open Internet when those who have followed the bill’s history know that it always has been a poorly-written piece of legislation that was composed by Luddites.

For this reason, Baldwin should begin to worry about censorship and Internet piracy becoming an important issue in her race against a Republican rival later this year. Although she should be applauded for ultimately opposing SOPA, her affiliation-bydefault with Kohl and her financial connections to entertainment lobbyists could become an important distinction against a moderate Republican or libertarian like Tommy Thompson.

Young people who are highly concerned for the future of the Internet and censorship will be watching this Senate race closely. As Ron Paul’s presidential candidacy has proven, many youth voters are not afraid to jump Democratic ship for a libertarian candidate who advocates for a free Internet. Baldwin’s late announcement of her opposition to SOPA may have been a costly political mistake.

Ryan Rainey (rrainey@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in journalism and Latin American studies.

Transparency key in UW initiative Adelaide Blanchard Editor-at-Large About a year ago, documents with New Badger Partnership details leaked to an agitated campus community and created a poly-headed PRnightmare-monster for the University of Wisconsin’s administration.

It came at a time when many in the state and UW were already tense due to budget cuts and policies coming down from the Capitol. Whether the New Badger Partnership plans were made in earnest or not, the critics cast the plan as backdoor dealing with the Walker administration and cultivated a mistrust of the UW administration.

In its more recent pursuits to become more efficient, it seems the current UW administration learned from the New Badger Partnership’s mistake: Clandestine planning, even in nascent stages, can be destructive.

Earlier last year, the university hired an outside

consulting firm to figure out how the university can change some of its practices to save money. The initiative is a worthy and necessary effort, especially as the university braces for budget cuts upon budget cuts. With the $300 million in cuts the UW System will have to work around in the next two years, every bit of savings will help. Based on the Huron Consulting Firm’s findings, UW can improve purchasing necessary supplies, leasing space and communicating. The initiative has been dubbed Administrative Excellence.

The first phase gathered that data, pinpointing areas where UW was inefficient and needlessly hemorrhaging money. In the second phase — an ongoing process that started in November 2011 — groups are being formed to make an execution plan. According to the Administrative Excellence timeline, phase three will be implementation.

Based on the amount of documents, slideshows and graphs released on the UW website, it seems as though the powers that be on Bascom Hill believe few things inspire students’ hearts and minds more than administrative procedure.

Sarcasm aside,

administration at a university is important — it’s like a frame around a painting. A good frame showcases and secures its contents, and often the simplest of its kind are the best.

Administration at a university is very important — it’s like a frame around a painting. A good frame showcases and secures its contents, and often the simplest of its kind are the best.

However, as it turned out, some of the UW’s administrative practices were not so simple.

However, as it turned out, some of UW’s administrative practices were not so simple.

The preliminary results and recommendations from Administrative Excellence revealed scattered internal business proceedings, often citing lack of consistency in campus-wide policy.

Notoriously, the recommendations highlight

one ridiculous and unnecessary practice of ordering 250 types of black pens.

Furthermore, it is an expensive undertaking — the director from Huron is making $272 per hour — even with the discounted analysis rate. The plans project tangible results, and it is going to be important to make sure those are met.

The likelihood of achieving the projected savings will be clearer as the project moves forward, and hopefully the cost of hiring Huron will not eclipse the short-term savings.

It is tempting to think there would be no need for a watchdog with so much information publicly available, but it is still important for press and student leaders to remain attentive as the phases move forward. Administrative Excellence is nowhere near as big a project as the New Badger Partnership was, but its efforts at transparency are nonetheless recognized.

Hopefully the level of transparency will be an example for future administrative endeavors and plans at UW. Adelaide Blanchard (ablanchard@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in journalism.

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The Good, the Bad, and Gov. Scott Walker Taylor Nye Editorial Page Editor Last week, I accompanied my father as he joined the Austin Federation of Musicians, Chapter 433.

He now joins more than 2,000 workers back in my colder home of Wisconsin, which ranks 2.3 percent higher than the national average for percentage of unionized workers.

However, Wisconsin has recently experienced a slew of union debates as a result of the partisan leveraging

of Gov. Scott Walker’s administration entering recall panic.

Texas is a “right to work” state, meaning employers do not have to hire only unionized workers.

Wisconsin, on the other hand, is not. This means it’s up to each company to reach an accord with its employees about union policies. It also means situations escalate quickly.

The Manitowoc Company is faced with just such a dilemma. As of Jan. 13, the manufacturer wants to move away from being a “union shop,” or a company that employs only union members. A 200-strong picketing line of unionized machinists says differently.

This is just one strike in a slew of recent union

struggles. As of early January, Wisconsin police and firefighters are faced with the choice of either losing bargaining rights or taking contract concessions.

Furthermore, an angry chasm has been created between public safety workers, who are just now having to deal with the consequences of Walker’s Legislature, and other government employees who have been without adequate pay for a while.

Additionally, rallies are taking place in Wausau, where a juvenile corrections counselor was sent home without pay for wearing a T-shirt with a union logo.

An investigation is being launched, but it’s unclear as to how far up the decision goes. As reported by the

Wausau Daily Herald, Ken Pickett, a retired school teacher, said, “People [in the management] are trying to appease Walker and his agenda.”

Union disputes, while certainly the focal point, are set against a background of little snags.

Union disputes, while certainly the focal point, are set against a background of little snags telling us the administration’s days are numbered. In the last week alone, Walker was booed at a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at the Capitol and was denounced by the keynote

speaker. Meanwhile, jobs are down, redistricting may fall out and a close appointee may be charged with theft.

It’s easy to imagine the current Wisconsin state government as a western, and the recall as the showdown. Our antagonist, Walker, is starting his descent into madness.

He’s losing his grip on the already-passed collective bargaining laws. He’s no longer sure he can trust his allies, and the unions are waiting in the wings to reverse his decisions the moment the recall succeeds.

The future’s uncertain, paranoia’s setting in and there’s danger around every turn.

The denouement of every western, of course, is the culminating chaos, a

no-holds-barred, one-man assault on the nameless and faceless forces of evil. With 200 strikers in Manitowoc, marchers in Wausau and a city full of dissatisfied policemen and firefighters, it’s easy to see how Walker might feel cornered and outnumbered.

Unfortunately, Walker still has time left in office, and such extensive union backlash could still lead him to strike a blow to collective bargaining. A man apart with nothing left to lose, Walker can still go down shooting against workers and their rights.

Taylor Nye (tenye@wisc. edu) is a junior majoring in archaeology, human evolutionary biology and Latin American studies.

Walker should embrace recall as part of civic process Reggie Young Editorial Page Content Editor Earlier this month, more than one million recall signatures for Gov. Scott Walker were filed. Recent reports show a recall election for the governor could cost at least nine million dollars.

Democrats label the cost as “the best down payment people can make for Wisconsin’s future” and claim Walker has already, and will continue to, cost the

middle and lower classes millions. Republicans have countered, saying the state simply cannot afford the recall and argue that the money could “be used for other initiatives like job creation.”

I have heard supporters of Walker rail against the existence of recalls and claim that Democrats shouldn’t even be allowed to try to recall Walker. But recall is part of the civic process. It is part of that notion we have all heard time and time again in any civics class: checks and balances. Recall is a way for the people to check executive power to ensure it does not get out of hand.

No one is perfect.

That includes voters and politicians. Perhaps voters

weren’t as informed as they wish they had been, or maybe they just weren’t motivated to go to the polls.

Some Republicans argue that “Democrats had their chance” and didn’t vote, or voted for Walker even though they disagree with what he has done. But it is not that simple.

Elected politicians often believe they have a mandate from the people to help enact the legislation which they favor. And in general, they do. You can expect a Democratic president to try to get Democratic legislation enacted. However, those expectations have limits.

Unions have been part of Wisconsin life for quite some time. I think even some Republicans were

not expecting Walker’s union reforms to be as wide-reaching as they were. Walker’s campaign site made “no mention of a large-scale diminishment of labor unions’ ability to negotiate contracts.” Very little of his campaigning ever mentioned unions at all.

So is union reform something Wisconsin truly wants? There is no way to know without a recall.

Walker should embrace his chance to find out if he truly has a mandate from the people. He now has an opportunity to campaign on the union reform he claims Wisconsin citizens want and find out if they actually do.

Some claim a Democratic candidate running against

Walker will be handpicked by the unions. Any candidate who wouldn’t fight to the death to defend unions simply will not receive campaign funding from them. But isn’t this exactly Walker’s position?

A lot of his campaign funds come from business. If a Democratic candidate can be said to be hand-picked by unions, then Walker can be said to be hand-picked by businesses.

James Madison once remarked “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” But angels don’t govern men; men do, and they are imperfect. Thus, checks and balances, like recalls, are much needed.

All in all, Walker ought to embrace the recall. It is an important check and balance on executive power. It gives him a chance to defend his administration’s positions.

It gives him a chance to reflect on their effects.

Most importantly, it gives him a chance to see if he actually does have a mandate to reform unions.

And if Republicans want to slam the recall process as being too costly, then why aren’t they complaining about the $100,000 that checking for duplicate names on petitions will cost?

Reggie Young (rcyoung3@ wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in legal studies and Scandinavian studies.

Addie Blanchard The Badger Herald

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Herald gears up for a new semester with new faces, website Signe Brewster Editor-in-Chief Welcome back to the pages of The Badger Herald.

Between recalls, budget cuts and the fight for a

new Associated Students of Madison constitution, it is shaping up to be a heavy semester for the Madison media. To continue to provide University of Wisconsin students with the best possible coverage, we are making a number of changes: Expanded editorial staff At the very heart of the Herald’s news department, there is a set of editors that run the campus, city, state and higher

education desks. They are called associates, and they perform one of most important-- not to mention most stressful--jobs at the paper by managing reporters, editing news content and doing original reporting.

This semester, the Herald moved from four associates to six. The higher education desk will be absorbed into campus, leaving three desks that each have two beats. This

will allow us to devote more resources to coverage each day and make for greater nuance in our reporting.

A new website After many months of planning, a new Herald website is nearing completion. It is clean, beautiful and compatible with the newest storytelling platforms the web has to offer. With the ability to integrate new kinds of content, our

site will be the dynamic companion to the print edition it was always meant to be.

As always, Herald readers are encouraged to submit their feedback, whether they have a concern about a component of the website or reaction to a story.

We are also looking for new writers in the sports, arts, news and opinion departments, plus bloggers, podcasters, videographers

and photographers. If you have a skill or want to develop one, we are interested in finding a place for you. Email me at editor@badgerherald.com for more details.

Have a wonderful semester, Badgers. We will be here, online and in print, five days a week.

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Concealed carry dangers Madison physics research outweigh possible benefits helps Wisconsin economy Spencer Lindsay Staff Writer As of Nov. 1, 2011, the concealed weapons law in the state of Wisconsin has changed, allowing residents to carry concealed weapons in Wisconsin as long as they have a permit to do so. I will not deny this law in theory could have some positive effects.

However, the major cities in Wisconsin will be more dangerous because of the implementation of concealed carry.

Supporters of concealed carry say it is just as much a protection of citizens at large as their Second Amendment rights are. They say allowing citizens to carry weapons will prevent crime because citizens who carry guns will act as watchdogs over the community, intervening in the midst of the unthinkable. There certainly are a number of cases to support this.

There are many anecdotal cases of liquor store owners saving their lives with the use of firearms.

Just this month there was a case in which a woman in Oklahoma potentially saved herself by opening fire on an intruder (albeit in her home). There are cases in which firearms are a protection of citizens, however, this is not normally the case.

ABC News and the Bethlehem, Penn., police conducted an experiment regarding concealed carry in which students were trained to fire a weapon.

Later, they simulated

a gunman entering a lecture hall with the trained students being the only one carrying a weapon. The experiment found that while citizens carrying weapons do have the potential to be heroic, more often than not they will likely end up dead.

Proponents point to Michigan as a case in which after a concealed carry law was implemented in 2001, the crime rate dropped dramatically. It is true that Michigan has seen an approximately 15 percent decrease in violent crime in the past 10 years.

However, many have noted that the connection isn’t strong enough.

Other states which have loosened concealed carry laws in the past 10 years have not seen the same success. Ohio has seen a virtually stagnant violent crime rate since allowing concealed carry in 2004.

Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico, all which implemented conceal carry in 2003, saw large increases in violent crime in the following three to five years before seeing those rates decline. It is important to note that these states have seen their crime rates decline in the past three years; however, this is in accordance with the national average, which is now as low as it has been since 1979.

Even taking into account the potential good that could come from this law, it is impossible to separate it from the fact that guns are extremely dangerous.

In 2007, roughly 31,000 people died because of gun-related incidents.

The vast majority of those were homicides or suicides. Although violent gun deaths have

seen a decrease in the past four years, guns are responsible for 68 percent of homicides in America and even a higher percentage in the inner cities.

Madison and Milwaukee could see an increased number of guns in the hands of the wrong people. Detroit’s violent crime rate dropped initially after the concealed carry law took effect in Michigan.

But over the next three years, the violent crime rate spiked. 2012 is on pace to be the most violent year since the spike, and has 80 percent more homicides than it did at this point in 2008. The homicide rate in St. Louis has nearly doubled since 2003, when Missouri implemented their concealed carry.

Minneapolis also saw an increase in homicides by about 33 percent between the implementation of concealed carry in 2003 and 2006 — thankfully, this has significantly dropped. Milwaukee and Madison have reason to fear a similar increase in violent crime (God forbid).

Because there is no reason to believe that concealed carry will discourage crime, and there is reason to believe that crime will increase in cities because of the law, it is ill-advised and should be repealed as soon as possible. Madison and Milwaukee should enforce the law as strictly as possible to assure the rate of violent crime is as low as possible. Hopefully we will not see the effects of this dangerous decision.

Spencer Lindsay (sclindsay@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in political science.

Charles Godfrey Columnist Being a physics major, I feel almost comfortable admitting between classes last spring I would often wander around Chamberlain Hall and look at the research facilities like normal people wander around a museum. I’d ogle at the glittering metal chambers and the technicolor web of entangled wires that surround them, the vast arrays of batteries providing intense bursts of DC current, and ponder the displays with charts of data I don’t really understand. It was a very effective way to waste time between lectures and discussions.

Recently I heard rumor of a new and intriguing experiment that will soon be under way in Sterling Hall. The Madison Plasma Dynamo Experiment takes place in a massive aluminum sphere that spans three meters in diameter and tips the scales at a whopping 5,000 kilograms. According to University of Wisconsin physics professor Cary Forest, it looks like the Death Star from “Star Wars.”

Inside the sphere, microwaves will heat gases above 200,000 degrees Celsius and convert them to plasma, while thousands of powerful magnets embedded in the aluminum shell stir the mix. All the while, arrays of probes and interferometers will collect never-before-seen data on the resulting home-grown plasma dynamo. After years of experimental design, the MPDX is slated to begin sometime next fall.

Plasma has often been referred to as the fourth

state of matter — it is essentially a gas in which all nuclei have been stripped of their electrons. When plasma is stirred and begins to flow, electrical dynamics generate magnetic fields, and voila, you have a plasma dynamo. Today, these plasma dynamos are only vaguely understood. Says Forest, “We’re basically trying to stir the plasma like a big blender. It’s turbulent.

And magically, magnetic fields come out of this mess.”

Magnetic dynamos, and especially plasma dynamos, represent the cutting edge of physics research. Astrophysicists have identified plasma dynamos within stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters, but until now, scientists have resorted to studying these phenomena from a distance. The MPDX will allow physicists to observe plasma dynamos under controlled conditions in the lab and gain powerful insights which may lead to a further understanding of the dynamics of stars and galaxies.

“[MPDX] looks like the Death Star from ‘Star Wars.’”

The genius of the Plasma Dynamo Experiment is it closely approximates cosmic processes in the lab, where various conditions can be replicated and more precise data will be collected. Inside Sterling Hall, researchers will be able to generate and study plasma dynamos with a precision impossible to achieve from astronomical measurements.

In the words of Professor Forest, “We can’t build a star.

We can’t build an earth. But we can build some parts of them.” Forest speaks of a shining example of sifting and winnowing at its best.

Experiments like the MPDX highlight the strength of the

UW as a research institution — those who are interested have a front seat view of the frontiers of science and technology.

Gov. Scott Walker would be thrilled to know that the massive Death-Star-shaped Plasma Dynamo sphere was fabricated in Wisconsin at Portage Casting and Mold.

Dan Griep, the company’s director of tooling, reassured everyone “the foundry-tooling industry in Wisconsin is alive and well, and we are definitely open for this business.”

Three other Wisconsin companies participated in the project — D&S Machine Services, Metallic Bonds and Lafayette Testing Services contributed the seal between the two separate halves of the sphere, a heat-resistant ceramic coating for the interior and X-ray structural analysis, respectively.

All told, it is impressive that the central piece of technology for an experiment as advanced as the MPDX could be constructed locally in the state of Wisconsin. This is a reassuring sign the state’s science and technology industry is still alive and kicking, and the decision to build the dynamo in Wisconsin is a strong vote of confidence in the state’s engineering expertise.

Beyond its impact in the physics world, the plasma dynamo has already benefitted Wisconsin’s economy and provided national recognition for numerous Wisconsin companies. This experiment has probably made a greater impact on the state economy than Walker’s special legislative session to create jobs. It has certainly been a more scientific undertaking, despite the Walker’s effort to focus on jobs “like a laser.”

Charles Godfrey (cwgodfrey@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in math and physics.

Police, firefighters’ special status reveal Walker’s agenda Ryan Plesh Columnist Last February, Gov. Scott Walker proposed a budget bill that included massive cuts for state employees, prompting massive demonstrations in Madison.

The most controversial provisions in the legislation eliminated collective bargaining rights for the unions representing state employees and also forced them to pay much more for health care benefits. Most state employees eventually conceded paying more for health care benefits is not entirely unfair, but

the stripping of collective bargaining rights was seen simply as a way for the governor to consolidate power over the unions.

The alleged impetus for cutting the bargaining rights of the unions, according to Walker, was to balance the budget.

Interestingly though, firefighters and police officers were exempt from the changes regarding collective bargaining rights, despite the fact that they are a large contingency of state employees. It seems clear enough Walker could have employed less divisive means toward balancing the budget, but obviously exempting certain state employees would only lead to complaints of unfairness from the others.

Walker claims excluding firefighters and police officers from the collective

bargaining rights arrangement was necessary in order to ensure public safety in case of unrest resulting from the new changes. Curiously, this indicates Walker rightly anticipated the legislation would be controversial, even though he believed no one should be surprised by it.

It’s intriguing Walker does not even try to offer an alternative explanation for why firefighters and police officers were exempt.

He does not even try to make the case they need not be included because it would not help balance the budget, even though this is his stated objective. He also does not try to make the case that firefighters and police officers deserve greater benefits because the work they do is more difficult or more important.

Walker simply stated firefighters and police officers were excluded because it is imperative they do not strike during a time of public unrest as a consequence of the cuts.

In other words, it was a compromise. The governor was willing to compromise when it allowed him to achieve his objective. Yet he would not compromise his principles when it came to allowing state employees to keep their health care benefits and collective bargaining rights, because they should have no greater benefits or rights than private sector employee.

This raises the question of what exactly Walker’s goal is.

We can debate whether Walker’s budget bill was necessary, prudent or simply destructive, but there can be no doubt

about the fairness of creating two classes of state employees. It’s absolutely unfair firefighters and police officers should get to keep the same benefits and rights which other state employees are deprived of, simply because of their usefulness in implementing Walker’s policies.

I have spoken to many people from different parts of Wisconsin, and there certainly is no consensus regarding whether Walker’s legislation is fair. Some of the people I’ve spoken with, including state employees, think that it is perfectly reasonable.

Others, willing to brave the bitter Wisconsin winter gathered at the Capitol to show they do not support the legislation. Personally, I find the cuts unfair, but in the words of Gerald Ford, “A government big enough

to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.“ I think most Wisconsinites would be ready and willing to have a respectful debate over what the best way to balance the budget is, but dividing people, especially in this way, is not the best solution. The only reason the firefighters and police get to keep their rights and benefits while no other state employees do is because they hold the guns. And hoses, but guns are more dramatic, so let’s stick with that. Walker needs them because without their support, he can’t do much.

But that doesn’t necessarily make them more deserving.

Ryan Plesh (rplesh@wisc. edu) is a senior majoring in philosophy and physics.

DEAR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, You may have noticed last semester that Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment wrote guest columns that appeared on Oct. 3, Oct. 12 and Oct. 17 to promote domestic violence awareness month. This was part of an ongoing effort by the opinion section to incorporate the voice of student organizations on the page.

We strongly encourage you to submit a guest column or letter to the editor about a cause important to your organization so it can be featured in addition to our daily content.

Publication is based on space and takes into account relevance and quality. Letters should be sent exclusively to The Badger Herald, and unsigned letters will not be published. All submissions may be edited by the Herald for length and style.

So send us a letter. It’s an easy way to get your message out, and we welcome the unique perspective you could bring to the opinion section.

Sincerely, Taylor Nye and Reggie Young Editorial Page Editor and Editorial Page Content Editor

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Meet the editorial board The Badger Herald Editorial Board is a voice for students on campus. We are a seven-member board consisting of University of Wisconsin students from different majors, backgrounds and political affiliations. We tackle only the most important issues in state, city and campus life.

Hard work and deliberation goes into each piece we write. We look into every issue thoroughly by doing extensive research, meeting with community leaders and asking difficult questions. We then debate and craft each editorial board piece into one cohesive argument with one

cohesive voice — the students’ voice.

We have worked to promote the voice and rights of students. In the coming semester, we will be at the forefront of the battle to improve the Associated Students of Madison’s structure in order to serve and represent students. We will also be hosting, endorsing and discussing political candidates as well as the important issues in the upcoming state and county elections. It is going to be a busy semester, but we look forward to the challenges it will bring.

Here is this year’s editorial board.

Alex Brousseau

Signe Brewster

Ryan Rainey

Addie Blanchard

Editorial Board Chairman

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Editor-at-Large

In my second semester as chair, I have big things planned for this paper and for this university.

I am a second-year law student concentrating in criminal law. As an undergrad at UW, I majored in political science and French. However, a passion of mine has always been journalism. I have worked at the Herald since 2007 and was head of the news department before making the switch to opinion.

I bring to the board a conservative voice that is not often heard in Madison. My friends often describe me as a conservative with a brain, as I rely more on rational thinking than what any party dictates I should believe. I am liberal on many social issues but conservative on the rest. I also bring my background in the legal world and the unique mindset that comes with being a lawyer.

This semester, I will be chair of the committee working to introduce a new constitution to fix ASM’s crumbling structure. I also look forward to debating state politics with the rest of the board as we will tackle the recall elections. This city needs to know how all its students think, not just those who think alike.

When I first joined the editorial board one year ago, I did so begrudgingly. It was a nuisance, a distraction from the real challenge of running a newspaper that inspired me to spend four years at the Herald.

In the time since, that mindset has changed. I now see every meeting as a chance to make something happen to better UW. I am a student, and that is what matters to me when I chime in at editorial board meetings. This board advocates for the UW community, and that often means setting aside personal beliefs or venturing into territory that has nothing to do with Republicans or Independents.

Outside of board meetings, I am the editor-in-chief at the Herald. I started as a reporter here in the fall of 2008 and moved on to become campus editor, deputy news editor, news content editor and editor-at-large. I have interned at SUN Newspapers in Minnesota, the Wisconsin State Journal, and offManhattan and The Onion in New York.

I am a life sciences communication major, which stems from my love of putting words to complex environmental or technological concepts. I plan to pursue a career in journalism after I graduate this year.

Like most of my Herald colleagues, I pledge allegiance to journalism before any sort of ideology. I do, however, harbor a variety of progressive and libertarian views, and I don’t apologize for them. Beyond acting as one of the board’s most outspoken leftists, I also occasionally like to jump to the defense of conservatives since I grew up in a half-Republican household. Notice how I’m trying to grant myself every political label to avoid appearing like a hack? That’s intentional.

If you walk into The Badger Herald’s office and find no one in the editorial department but hear an impassioned and loud voice emerging from an editorial board meeting, that’s probably me, defending my “libertarian streak” my friends love to ridicule.

I study journalism and Latin American studies here so I can ultimately work as a journalist in Latin America, preferably Brazil, after graduation. This summer I plan to study abroad in São Paulo. Much of my understanding of American politics and public policy is filtered through the prism of international politics in countries like Brazil and Mexico, which might explain my moderate liberalism.

I look forward to any feedback or challenges throughout what is certain to be an exciting semester — I’m always up for a reasoned and civil debate.

While my two-year long stint on the Herald news team left me void of opinions on any topic whatsoever, it did show me how both the left and the right are prone to masturbatory nonsense.

But I’m not bitter.

Political ideology should not be an end, but rather a means. It’s easy to get caught in talking points and movements and choosing sides. I’m guilty of this, but politics must have a purpose, and that purpose must be to serve people.

The same really goes for news.

I edited news for a long time, and it definitely sharpened my shenanigans detector, which can still be faulty at times.

I’m interested in equality and rights in minority communities as well as women’s health. How the media portrays and writes about these issues is just as important as the coverage itself.

I’ve seen instances of insensitivity and ignorance in coverage of race, sexual assault and disability. I intend to use my space on this hallowed opinion page to call out any cases I see in local media. I might be too PC, but that’s the side I err on.

I invite any and all challengers in the comment section.

Taylor Nye

Reggie Young

Jake Begun

Editorial Page Editor

Editorial Page Content Editor

Editorial Board Member

Born in Texas to a family of capitalismloving, fire-breathing libertarians, I decided to attend college in the freethinking, picket-sign-waving capital of the Midwest. My political views reflect this tug-of-war, and every issue is a clean slate I think about and discuss extensively before deciding where I stand. I hope this can reflect the diversity of students and their opinions at UW. Unlike my co-board members, I’m not a journalism major. I study human evolutionary biology, archaeology and Latin American studies. I’m sure it’ll all come out in the wash.

I came to The Badger Herald as a freshman and wrote for opinion for two years before, in an interesting turn of events, I was hired last-minute as the section’s content editor.

That coincidence has turned out to be one of the more significant experiences I’ve had. I love my job, and I love cultivating the page as a forum for all different voices and viewpoints.

In my short time on this ed board I’ve learned so much about city, state and campus politics, and I’m excited to continue for what is going to be a politically interesting semester.

I never saw myself as the type to work at a newspaper. But as time went by, I started to like being an opinion writer more and more. And now here I am, looking forward to my first semester here at the Herald.

If you forced me, I would probably label myself as a progressive who thinks all Russ Feingold touches is gold. But I see myself more as a devil’s advocate who simply likes to keep asking questions.

I try to stay away from picking sides, as no side of any argument is perfect. I’m hoping these qualities will help me on the ed board as it gives more voice to the student body.

I idolize scholars like Paul Krugman and Gary Becker who critique what goes on in Congress with economics-based reasoning.

I bring a pre-law, economist-at-heart mindset to the board. and like to think outside of party lines, instead using common sense.

I’ve already had a great time putting my mind together with the others here.

There are definitely big things planned this semester at the Herald and the university, and I’m glad I’ll get to help represent the student body during it all.

I’m a senior majoring in history and journalism, a frustrated liberal with conservative pragmatism envy and have a real knack for being insulted online.

I got my start as a city reporter in fall 2009 and became city editor the following semester. Following a stint as editorial page editor in 2010, I became editor-at-large last semester.

The boss decided to keep me around for my last semester at UW, and for that I thank her.

My knowledge of city, state and campus issues has grown considerably in my time with the paper; knowledge I put to use — or disuse depending on who you ask — in helping to craft the editorial positions of the Herald.

Entering my fourth semester as a member of the Herald Editorial Board, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of smart and passionate individuals, from fellow Heralders to our community guest members.

And although the faces may change from semester to semester, the goal of better informing students remains the same.

Sports Editor Elliot Hughes sports@badgerherald.com

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Marcus Cromartie (center) along with Marquis Mason (left) and Alec Lerner (right) feel the sting of their second consecutive Rose Bowl loss. Cromartie had 47 tackles this season after stepping into a starting role after Devin Smith suffered a season-ending injury in week two.

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Rose Bowl win eludes UW again As offenses rule, Ducks outdo Badgers in 45-38 shootout Elliot Hughes Sports Editor PASADENA, Calif. — The scoreboard flashed a Rose Bowl record of 83 points, and more than half a mile’s worth of yards were covered. But once the dust settled in the fourth

quarter of the wild west shootout between Oregon and Wisconsin, there sat a lifeless football along the sideline.

And a Duck landed on it.

The No. 10 Badgers (113) dropped their second consecutive Rose Bowl Game, 45-38, to the No. 5 Ducks (12-2) on Jan. 2 amid a vibrant display of offensive skill.

Driving with nearly four minutes remaining in regulation, University of Wisconsin wide receiver Jared Abbrederis fumbled

just before being run out of bounds after hauling in a 29-yard pass that would have situated the Badgers inside the Ducks’ 30-yard line.

The ball slipped from his grasp and came to rest near the sideline, where Oregon linebacker Michael Clay pounced on it.

Wisconsin’s defense ultimately managed to give its offense the ball back with 16 seconds left, but with no timeouts the Badgers ran out of time with 25 yards still to go for

the tying score.

“I’m kind of tired of tears of sadness, I want to come out here and experience tears of joy at some point,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. “I wouldn’t trade any place in the world for that locker room that I have right now, the way that they continue to persevere. Obviously, it’s not an outcome that we’re happy with, it’s something that will carry with us for the rest of our lives [and] the entire coaching career for me.”

What might occupy Bielema’s mind in the aftermath of the game is an episode in the third quarter that resulted in the team’s second timeout being utilized not but five minutes into the second half.

Down 35-31 after a 29yard field goal from Philip Welch, Wisconsin kicked off to Oregon’s De’Anthony Thomas, who kneeled the ball in the endzone with his foot on the goal line.

Bielema recognized Thomas potentially could

have erred to the extent that his knee would be ruled as a downed ball on the 1-yard line and subsequently a timeout was taken.

Postgame, Bielema said he asked the referee if the play was reviewable.

But because the official could not answer in time, Wisconsin was charged a timeout rather than a challenge.

“It looked like the ball was out over the line and

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Bielema reels in 3 coaches Canada fills open OC position, Markuson comes to Wisconsin after 14 years in SEC Elliot Hughes Sports Editor

Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor

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Badger defenseman Justin Schultz celebrates his goal in Friday night’s 4-0 win over the Seawolves. Schultz accounted for another four assists over the course of the weekend.

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A weekend full of wins Against Alaska-Anchorage, rookie Rumpel earns 2nd shutout in last 3 games Brett Sommers Statistics Editor The Wisconsin men’s hockey team entered the rink Saturday night looking for its second WCHA sweep of the season after winning 4-0 Friday against Alaska-Anchorage.

They had to work for it, but the Badgers

accomplished what they wanted at the Kohl Center.

In a 3-2 game, the highlight reel play of the night was also the most important goal of the game. Tied at 2-2 with just over four minutes to play in regulation, UW center Mark Zengerle found teammate Joseph LaBate at center ice, who

proceeded to pass the puck to Justin Schultz flying down the right wing.

It looked as if Schultz would take the puck all the way to the net, but instead dumped it off at the last second for LaBate, who was crashing hard to the net and put it away for the game-winning goal.

The win put the Badgers

(11-10-2, 6-9-2) two games above .500 for the first time all season and added to a season-best stretch of five wins in their last six games.

“We hope [the winning streak] helps us mature as a team,” UW head coach Mike Eaves said. “One of

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With the departure of six assistant coaches directly following the 2012 Rose Bowl, the Wisconsin football team became a true land of opportunity for football coaches.

As such, head coach Bret Bielema is already well at work to fill those vacancies, hiring Matt Canada as the program’s new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, appointing Zach Azzanni to lead UW-Madison’s wide receivers and Mike Markuson to guide the offensive line.

The hirings, which came between Jan. 16 and Jan. 21, have given shape to an offensive staff that will have just one carryover from 2011. Positions to coach tight ends, linebackers and safeties, meanwhile, still remain unfilled as of Jan. 21.

Markuson is the latest to join Bielema’s staff after spending the previous 14 years coaching in the SEC at Arkansas (1998-2007) and Ole Miss (2008-2011).

Since 2003, Markuson has developed six players into All-Americans, including Michael Oher, who was a first-round draft choice by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 and subject of

the movie “The Blind Side.” He will replace Bob Bostad, who in four years at Wisconsin churned out four All-Americans.

Markuson has been coaching college football since 1983 and in his five years as run game coordinator at Arkansas, the Razorbacks led the SEC in rushing four times. In 2006 and 2007, Arkansas finished fourth nationally in rushing offense.

“I’m very thankful to two people, coach Bielema and coach Alvarez,” Markuson said. “I go back with coach Alvarez to 1989 when I was a graduate assistant at Notre Dame and when I was interested in the job, I had [former Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt] call him, and that really got the ball rolling.”

“It’s great to be able to get back home. I’m a Minnesota guy, and my family and I are thrilled to be back in the Midwest and in the Big Ten.” When it came to filling the vacant offensive coordinator position, Bielema started with a list of 75 names and narrowed it down to 12 interviews.

Canada was Bielema’s last interview and the only job offer he extended.

“I was happy I waited a long time,” Bielema said.

“I really like the fact that Matt has been in a couple

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Bielema must win BCS bowl in 2012 Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up Two high-octane offenses, two Rose Bowl berths and two crushing losses.

For the most part, the Wisconsin Badgers have triggered that trio of recent memories in the minds of college football pundits and fans throughout the nation. Within the friendly confines of Madison, the progress Bret Bielema & Co. have made in transforming UW into a brutally proficient dynamo and a consistent Big Ten power is the fallback saving grace for a program once again puzzled by its inability to win in Pasadena.

Three weeks ago, the Oregon Ducks met the Badgers in the 98th Rose Bowl Game and meted out what Wisconsin feared most — another shattering last-minute loss in college football’s oldest bowl game. One year after Tank Carder and Texas Christian denied Wisconsin a late two-point conversion in a 21-19 thriller, the Ducks

out-dueled the Badgers in a 45-38 shootout that many saw coming but very few actually comprehended once it was all over.

The spirits of Wisconsin fans were eventually buoyed by the surprising return of Montee Ball for his senior season, but the rest of the nation sees a team that loses arguably the best quarterback in school history, Russell Wilson, as well as a bevy of assistant coaches.

Once offensive coordinator Paul Chryst’s departure for Pittsburgh was revealed not too long before the Rose Bowl, concern started to mount. Chryst, not long after developing a prolific steamroller of an offense year in and year out despite the team’s varying levels of talent in each, then took with him offensive line coach Bob Bostad, linebackers coach Dave Huxtable and tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator Joe Rudolph.

Wide receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander also left for Arizona State, and just a few short days after his second Rose Bowl loss, Bielema found himself without five of his top assistants. Center Peter Konz, with a presumable starting gig in the NFL beckoning, jumped to the pros and left the Badgers

with a third offensive lineman to replace for next season.

Of course, Bielema brought in all of these now departed assistants himself, proving an ability to bring in top coaches from across the country.

He’s already brought in Matt Canada from Northern Illinois to serve as offensive coordinator and Zach Azzanni from Western Kentucky as the next wide receivers coach.

In the coming days, the remainder of Bielema’s staff should be filled, and Wisconsin will have at least some of its pressing concerns quelled.

But the tide of adversity flowing from the Rose Bowl has made abundantly clear that 2012 will be unlike anything Bielema has faced at Wisconsin. To keep pace with a fan base that has shown a hankering for persistent success, Bielema must thrive this season.

Specifically, he must finally win a BCS bowl game.

Wisconsin has a prideful bond with the Rose Bowl, site of the program’s greatest triumphs, but more than a decade has passed since the Badgers have won in Pasadena.

That history, forged by the successes of Barry Alvarez, Ron Dayne and the like, put Wisconsin football on

the map in the ‘90s, but as names like Bielema, Wilson and Ball become more and more relevant, those older Badger teams are pushed further out of mind.

In the days since returning from the Rose Bowl, Bielema’s been busy hitting the road to hold together a recruiting class

The Badgers run the risk of becoming the San Diego Chargers of college football, a team with a championship “window” that was once wide open but closes with every year that passes without a bona fide postseason vicotry. Wisconsin won the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game, but that’s now more of an expectation than a landmark achievement. that could understandably be questioning their commitments to a program once again undergoing significant turnover. Sure, teams throughout the country deal with the same thing — worse, even — every offseason. As a team still solidly positioned to

resume its perch atop the Big Ten, especially given Ohio State’s postseason restrictions, the Badgers will have to suffer longer to scratch away the allure recruits see in Wisconsin.

But say Bielema can’t win The Big One in 2012. Say Ball, steady as anyone in the country with an already proven track record of scoring touchdowns, just isn’t enough to compensate for the struggles of any one of UW’s five wildly inexperienced quarterbacks. Say the Badgers discover that without Wilson’s prized mobility and ability to make plays outside of the pocket, the offense is taken down several notches.

What happens then?

The Badgers run the risk of becoming the San Diego Chargers of college football, a team with a championship “window” that was once wide open but closes with every year that passes without a bona fide postseason victory. Wisconsin won the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game, but that’s now more of an expectation than a landmark achievement.

Make no mistake — the last two years of Bielema’s tenure at Wisconsin have been some of the brightest in program history. The

win over undefeated, No. 1 Ohio State, the rousing gut-check victory at Iowa the very next week and all the greatest moments of this season have combined to give fans a truly memorable run, unrivaled throughout much of the BCS. But over time, the mere fact that Wisconsin won is what will matter and what will be remembered.

Outside of Madison, where that statement rings even truer, national media and critics won’t be as charmed by the group of impressive characters (Ball, Wilson and J.J. Watt to name a few) Wisconsin has or the ability to resurrect oncelost seasons (i.e. the games against Ohio State and Iowa in 2010 and Illinois in 2011).

Truly elite national powers are built upon wins on the biggest of stages, and for all Bielema has built on Alvarez’ legacy, the number of landmark victories on his résumé greatly pales in comparison to his mentor’s.

Both for the sake of himself and the program, Bielema needs a BCS victory in 2012.

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. What are your expectations for next season? Let him know on Twitter @mikefiammetta.

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Key defensive breakdowns spell heartbreak Wisconsin surrenders 621 yards in second-consecutive 45-38 Rose Bowl shootout with Oregon, blames it on little mistakes Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor PASADENA, Calif. — It was the storyline from the beginning. The 98th Rose Bowl was expected to be a shootout.

All season long, the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (12-2, 8-1 Pac-12) were a fast-paced offensive machine, while the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers (11-3, 6-2 Big Ten) were methodical

giants. Neither defense was expected to slow down the other offense, and the team with the ball in the end was likely going to be the winner.

With a few key plays on both sides of the ball, it was Oregon who came out the victor, 45-38 — sending Wisconsin home in heartbreak for the second year in a row.

Despite the extra weeks of preparation that were

presumed to help UW’s defense figure out how to slow down the blisteringly swift Ducks offense, Oregon worked efficiently, averaging six minutes of possession per quarter and gaining 621 offensive yards.

“Obviously a couple of mental breakdowns whether it be key reads, reactions,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “We didn’t even challenge them on two or three of their scores, and nobody can win doing that. We do know they had the speed to outrun us if they got to that point.”

And the Ducks certainly did.

On several occasions, Oregon was able to break loose and gain major yardage, ending the game with 356 rushing yards, averaging 8.6 yards per carry.

The production of Oregon freshman wide receiver De’Anthony Thomas largely embodied Wisconsin’s defensive struggle. On only two carries, Thomas ran for the third-most yards in the game with 155 yards — only nine yards shorter than Wisconsin junior running back Montee Ball’s game-high 164 yards.

The majority of that production came on a 91-

yard touchdown run to end the first quarter.

Senior punter Brad Nortman came in for his first punt of the game, launching a 33-yard punt, which Wisconsin downed on the Oregon five yard line. With very comfortable field position, the Badgers let Thomas slip right by to go essentially end-to-end to tie up the game at 1414 at the end of the first quarter.

“There were a lot of plays that we all wish we could get back, but that first play where we came out and No. 6 scores, a lot of players couldn’t get past that play and were holding their heads down,” senior defensive end Louis Nzegwu said. “We all try and get together and tell them to stay stout, but it kind of lingered in some of the players’ heads the rest of the game. I think it just kind of hurt our focus.”

Nzegwu, in one of Wisconsin’s rare shining defensive moments of the game, picked up a fumble linebacker Mike Taylor forced on Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas and returned it 33 yards for a touchdown. The score was the senior’s lone touchdown of his career.

“I’m glad I could reach the end zone, … especially in the last game of my career,” Nzegwu said. “I’d trade that for a win any day.”

As the Ducks’ speed and run game wore down the Badgers, glaring defensive breakdowns plagued the secondary as well.

Junior cornerback Marcus Cromartie, capping an up-and-down season, gave one of his weakest performances of the year, going headto-head with Oregon wide receiver Lavasier Tuinei. The senior led all receivers with 158 yards on eight catches and two touchdowns. Tuinei also brought down a 41-yarder in the fourth quarter that led to the final score of the game, putting Oregon ahead by a touchdown.

Senior safety Aaron Henry, in his most subdued state of the entire season, didn’t credit Oregon’s breakneck pace to Wisconsin’s defensive woes but instead cited small mistakes as the difference-maker.

“We did some good things defensively, but at the end of the day it ended up hurting us, the things we didn’t capitalize on,” Henry said. “It was so small and minute, you

guys probably did catch onto it, but the coaches did and we did, and it ended up hurting us.”

Nzegwu echoed those sentiments.

“It’s truly a game of inches,” Nzegwu said.

“There’s some guys not filling the right gaps that blew us for big plays.

They are what we saw on film. We could have taken advantage of them, but some of us just weren’t focused and some of us tried to do too much, and it ended in big plays.”

Essentially, the Badgers didn’t feel the Ducks wore them down. It was simply key mistakes that led to big Oregon plays.

“Obviously, we didn’t have a certain number of plays that were fit up gap assignment-wise,” Bielema said. “But there was really never an issue of a guy being outgassed or not in a correct position because of timing.”

Largely a result of the shoddy secondary giving one of its worst performances in allowing 276 passing yards, Wisconsin was forced to face its second consecutive Rose Bowl loss.

“It hurts a lot more the second time around,” Henry said.

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Oregon quarterback Darron Thomas (5) was one of several Ducks that enjoyed a big game against the Wisconsin defense, despite giving up a fumble that resulted in a Badger touchdown. Thomas completed 17 of 23 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns.

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Badgers short on time in 2nd half Pair of 3rd quarter timeouts cause lastminute comeback to stumble Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. — Once again, the Wisconsin Badgers took a game of great magnitude down to the very last second.

This time, however, time passed by a little too quickly for an offense forced to overcome a seven-point deficit more than halfway through the fourth quarter.

Consequently, the No. 5 Oregon Ducks (12-2, 8-1 Pac-12) were able to outlast the No. 10 Badgers (11-3, 6-2 Big Ten) in the 98th Rose Bowl Game Monday afternoon.

After two exceedingly confusing plays early in the second half, the Badgers were left with just one timeout for the final 25:50 of the game. The result was a final drive that had

Wisconsin scrambling to cover 87 yards with just 16 seconds remaining. Though two long passes from quarterback Russell Wilson brought the Badgers 62 yards downfield, the clock expired before a third play — and a pass into the end zone — could be attempted.

After running back Montee Ball rushed for 13 yards on a 3rd-and-1 from Oregon’s 27-yard line early in the third quarter, head coach Bret Bielema sprinted over to the referee on his sideline to call a timeout as the Badgers were lining up for the next play. 12:18 remained in the quarter, and with Wisconsin already trailing 35-28 against an Oregon team that had gained 341 yards on just 29 first-half plays, the early loss of a timeout was puzzling.

Ball did hurdle a defender at the end of his run and appeared to catch a helmet to the groin, though he showed barely any sign of injury after being tackled by a crowd of Oregon players. After the game, Bielema said

the Badgers lined up in a “busted formation” on the play and he wanted to make sure they were not flagged for a 5-yard penalty.

“It was basically, for lack of a better term, the wide receiver was on the side opposite of what we had

“I was trying to ask the official on my sideline if I could challenge [the player] not getting across the line and [the ref] looked at me like I had three heads.”

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lined up,” Bielema said.

On the field, however, the situation wasn’t as clear for Wisconsin’s players.

“I’m not exactly sure,” left guard Travis Frederick said. “I was in there, they called a timeout. I just do what they tell me to do.”

After the timeout, Ball

rushed for another two yards to the Ducks’ 12yard line. After a rush for no gain and an incomplete pass, Wisconsin was forced to kick a 29-yard field goal, bringing the score to 35-31 in favor of Oregon.

On the ensuing kickoff, Oregon returner De’Anthony Thomas caught the football and took a knee in the endzone.

Referees called the play a touchback and advanced the ball to the Ducks’ 20-yard line, though the Badgers’ sideline insisted the play should be ruled down at the one-yard line because it appeared Thomas stepped out of the endzone before taking the knee.

Bielema wanted the play to be reviewed, though after huddling with officials, none was given. The referees also declined to announce any sort of explanation, instead whistling ahead the start of the play.

“I saw the return man put his foot on the line and it looked like the ball was out over the line,” Bielema

said. “I was trying to ask the official on my sideline if I could challenge him not getting across the line and he looked at me like I had three heads. They couldn’t get the answer, so they called a timeout and then they actually came back to me and said because they couldn’t give me the information in an adequate amount of time, they weren’t going to use that as a I challenge, they were going to use it as a timeout.”

Wisconsin’s defense ultimately held Oregon to a three-and-out, and the Badgers scored a touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Wilson to wide receiver Nick Toon after a 9-play, 62-yard drive. The play put the Badgers ahead 38-35, and that score held through the end of the third quarter.

However, Wisconsin entered the fourth quarter with just one timeout.

Oregon’s defense, which had surrendered 399 yards in the first three quarters, stiffened to allow Wisconsin just 109 in the

final quarter. The Ducks were able to muster 10 points of their own, taking a 45-38 lead an 11-yard pass from quarterback Darron Thomas to wide receiver Lavasier Tuinei at the 14:35 mark.

Following a three-andout by the Badgers’ offense, the Ducks were able to grind the clock away with a 12-play, 76-yard drive that consumed 5:54. Kicker Alejandro Maldonado’s 30-yard field goal left Wisconsin 6:50 to score seven points, but again, with just one timeout.

“When you’re presented with an opportunity and you’re right there, you’re so close, for the second year in a row to be at The Granddaddy of Them All and to lose, it’s heartbreaking, man,” safety Aaron Henry said. “A lot of people may say it’s just a game, it’s just a game, it’s just a game; but when you put all you have into the game, it hurts. When you invest time in something, whether it’s a relationship or a family member, … and you lose it, it’s painful.”

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Schultz, Rumpel power UW to sweep Goalie becomes 1st freshman to post 2 shutouts in 3 decades Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor The men’s hockey team may finally be able to shed the youthful tag it’s been wearing all year.

After sweeping Alaska Anchorage (6-14-2, 3-141 WCHA) with 4-0 and 3-2 decisions at home, Wisconsin (12-10-2, 7-9-2 WCHA) earned its second conference sweep of the season — third sweep overall — and finally broke above a .500 record.

Junior forward Derek Lee broke the sweep down to the bare essentials that made the distinction between a win and a loss.

“It’s the little things that we did this weekend,” Lee said. “And a lot of guys stepped up for us.

With seven goals on the series coming from

ELUDES, from C1 I was trying to ask the official on my sideline if I could challenge,” Bielema said. “Couldn’t get the answer, so they called a timeout and actually came back to me and said because they couldn’t give me the information in an adequate amount of time they weren’t going to use that as a challenge, they were going to use it as a timeout.”

In the end, the series of events resulted in Wisconsin getting the ball back with seconds left in the fourth quarter and no timeouts. On the Ducks’ 25-yard line, the Badgers could not spike the ball before the clock struck zero.

Away from the sidelines, however, was a back-and-forth offensive circus in which only once did a team score two consecutive touchdowns.

The affair featured three lead changes in the second half and 1,129 yards of combined offense in the game.

Badger quarterback Russell Wilson passed for 296 yards and two touchdowns while his counterpart, Darron Thomas, threw for 268 yards and three scores for the Ducks.

UW running back Montee Ball ran for 169 yards and a touchdown, tying Barry Sanders’ single-season NCAA record of 39 in one season. UO back LaMichael James put

seven different Badgers, Wisconsin was looking consistently stronger than it has throughout the first half of the year.

But it was two key performances that made the difference in each game.

Schultz continually a game-changer Junior defenseman Justin Schultz will always be a catchy topic.

It’s rare for him to not make a difference in any performance and whether by assist or goal, he — along side sophomore Mark Zengerle — is normally quarterbacking UW’s offense.

With four assists and a goal on the weekend, Schultz ended with a plus-7 on the ice.

But without a beautiful backhanded pass from Schultz, UW wouldn’t have swept UAA and could be cemented at its .500 status.

Streaking up the right side, Schultz took a pass from freshman forward Joseph LaBate at center

up 161 yards and two touchdowns himself, while De’Anthony Thomas crossed the goal line on both of his two carries and ran for 155 yards.

Wideouts Nick Toon and Abbrederis both eclipsed 100 receiving yards and each scored for Wisconsin, while Oregon’s Lavasier Tuinei

“There were plays where we stopped them, we got off the field, and there were plays where we [had] blown coverage and blown assignments”

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caught eight passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns.

Neither defense could stop the other’s offense, but in the end it was Oregon who finished with more points and yards despite having for the ball for 11 fewer minutes.

“There were plays where we stopped them, we got off the field and there were plays where we [had] blown coverage and blown assignments,” linebacker Mike Taylor said, who forced a fumble that resulted in a touchdown. “They make you pay for it; they’ve

ice. Schultz drove all the way to the net before tapping it out to LaBate in the slot, who notched the go-ahead goal.

“I don’t think he gets tired, to be honest with you,” Lee said. “He’s just so effortless when he skates. Basically he’s so competitive that he wants to be out there. It showed tonight once again; every night it shows. He’s a game-changer. It was a real nice pass over to LaBate to finish it.”

While Lee joked about his fellow Canadian’s playmaking ability, Eaves spoke about Schultz’s heightened fitness and mechanics.

“I think one of the Justin has going for him is because he’s such an effective skater, he doesn’t have to work as hard as some people do when they skate,” Eaves said.

Rumpel stone cold in shutout In a 4-0 decision Friday night, freshman netminder Joel Rumpel could not

got fast guys and when you do that a lot of the time they’re just going to score.”

Wisconsin and Oregon knotted up at 28-28 at the half after sledgehammering each other’s defenses for two quarters. Scores included a 38-yard pass from Wilson to Abbrederis to kick off the day and a 33-yard fumble recovery by defensive end Louis Nzegwu in the second quarter.

Oregon countered with 91 and 54-yard strikes of their own in the highest scoring half of any previous Rose Bowl.

While yards continued to pile up in the second half, points eventually slowed somewhat.

Wisconsin outscored Oregon in the second quarter but was shut out, 10-0, in the fourth.

Despite winning the third-down conversion battle, Wisconsin’s offense was slowed and stopped in important moments in the second half.

The Badgers committed both of their turnovers in the period, and after gaining 123 yards in the first half, Ball was held to just 47 in the second.

“They started to come down pretty fast, their safeties — as soon as I got the ball, going through the hole, they were right there in front of me, within three yards,” Ball said. “… Other than that, we fell out of rhythm a couple times.”

have been more solid in net or look more sure of himself. After turning away 23 shots, Rumpel earned his second shutout in a three game span and of the season.

“He’s patient in there, and his rebound control has been looking really good.”

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The last time a rookie posted two shutouts in a single season for the Badgers was in the 1980-81 season.

Head coach Mike Eaves broke Rumpel’s performance down to the simple metaphor — that incidentally mixed two opposites.

“His virtue is his vice,” Eaves said Friday night.

WINS , from C1 the things that we felt was frustrating after the first period tonight, we didn’t come out and play nearly as hard or as effective as we needed to, which was disappointing.”

Apart from the exciting game winner, most of the game’s entertainment was contained to a three minute and 15 second span in the second period when both teams exploded.

UAA got the scoring barrage started, earning its first lead of the series with a goal from Austin Coldwell just over three minutes into the period. The Badgers answered immediately with a goal just 16 seconds later from Tyler Barnes and a goal from Derek Lee a little more than a minute after Barnes’ quick response. But UAA wasn’t about to go away, getting a game-tying goal from Curtis Leinweber less than two minutes after the Badgers took the lead, tying the game at 2-2.

“The nice thing about that part of the game, it got the crowd into it and there was some energy back in the building again,” Eaves said. “Then it was a couple of heavyweights throwing punches at each other trying to find a weak spot and take over.”

Game one Friday night marked a historical stretch of play by Rumpel and the resurgence of an offense that had been shut out 3-0 in its previous game against Minnesota State.

Winning 4-0 in front of more than 10,000 fans who

“His virtue of having ice in his veins is a very good thing as a goaltender because he’s not going to get rattled. At the same time that pilot [light] in his belly has got to be lit.”

And it certainly was.

While Rumpel gave up two goals the following night, he still faced a total of 50 shots on the weekend, resulting in 48 saves.

Rumpel has started all six games since the break and has only allowed eight goals through that stretch, going 5-1.

“He’s patient in there, and his rebound control has been looking really good,” Zengerle said, speaking to Rumpel’s development throughout the season. “There were some shots today, they were tough shots, a lot of deflections that he moved and got the save on.”

Notoriously one of the most laid-back players on the team, Rumpel’s calm demeanor and maturing confidence in the crease has started to trickle through the rest of the

locker room.

“He’s one of the most laid back goaltenders I’ve ever played with; I think all the guys would agree with that,” freshman Jake McCabe said. “It was kind of scaring us at first.

Usually your goalies are all nervous before the game, but he’s nice and relaxed. I think it’s starting to get us relaxed. We see him in net, nice and confident.”

While Rumple wasn’t able to cap off the sweep with another shutout, he still made key saves that kept the Badgers in the game.

Through the beginning of the second half of the season, Rumpel has started to pull away as Eaves’ goto goalie, but the freshman can’t lose whatever is currently fueling his play.

“We as a coaching staff don’t to want him to ever lose that ice in the veins because that’s one of the skills he has, but he … is raising that level of competitiveness by turning up the flame in his belly,” Eaves said.

braved Friday’s snow storm, the Badgers scored once in the first period, twice in the second and recorded one final tally in the third period as Rumpel put the finishing touch on his second shutout in three games. Friday’s game marked the first time a rookie Badger goaltender has had multiple shutouts since the 1980-81 campaign when Terry Kleisinger

said. “We said to the boys, ‘You know fellas you battle so much harder against each other all week and then you come out in the game and they want to do things right,’ but there has got to be that level of compete and energy.”

Zengerle, who had his 20-game point streak halted last weekend, broke the monotonous tempo with his tenth goal of the season midway through the first period to put Wisconsin up 1-0. Zengerle also went on to score his team-leading 34th, 35th and 36th points of the season. “[Zengerle] is playing to his strengths and his strengths are his ability to see the ice, and he really has the innate ability to know what he is going to do before he gets the puck on his stick,” Eaves said. “That’s what good offensive players do.”

All-American Justin Schultz, who had been held scoreless in three consecutive contests, complemented Zengerle by collecting three points of his own including the Badgers’ final goal and assists on the goal by Zengerle and a second-period score by Jake McCabe.

“I think those guys like Mark [Zengerle] and Justin [Schultz], they know they are going to be back on the score sheet,” Eaves said. “It is part of who they are, the fact that they weren’t is a rare thing.”

Wisconsin’s other goal was scored by Frank Simonelli barely 40 seconds into the second period to put the Badgers up 2-0.

“I think those guys like Mark [Zengerle] and Justin [Schultz], they know they are going to be back on the score sheet.”

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accomplished the feat.

“He looks a lot more confident [than at the beginning of the season] for sure ... He was doing great before break for us, and ever since break he’s been locking the door for us,” Zengerle said.

Despite the wide margin of victory for Wisconsin, the game had a relatively uneventful feel, as a back and forth pace dominated much of the action. The first penalty of the contest didn’t even occur until the second period as there were a total of just four power plays in the entire game.

“The first period seemed... very methodical, but that’s not the level of energy we need to play with,” Eaves

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Ball to return as Konz turns pro Running back elects to stay for 4th year, hopes for another chance at Heisman Elliot Hughes Sports Editor

Following a disappointing 45-38 loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, the number of players and coaches set to leave the Wisconsin football team surely left Badger faithfuls with the sourest of tastes on their tongues.

But on Jan. 5, Montee Ball delivered a heck of a tasty treat.

Ball, who just completed a junior season in which he was named a Heisman Trophy finalist, announced he will return to the Badgers for his senior season three days after falling short in Pasadena.

“It came down to looking in the mirror and telling myself what’s best for myself and my family and just listening to my heart,” Ball said, before addressing Badger fans directly. “And to the entire Wisconsin nation, I will be returning for my senior season.”

The Badgers will lose 11 starters next season, as well as five assistant coaches, which means Ball should be a central figure in the University of Wisconsin’s 2012 success.

Postseason games Megan McCormick The Badger Herald included, Ball led the nation After tying an NCAA record with 39 touchdowns in one season, Montee Ball assured Badger fans his career at Wisconsin isn’t over yet. in 2011 with 1,923 yards

(6.4 yards per carry) and tied Barry Sanders’ singleseason touchdown record of 39. As a multitude of school and NCAA records fell at the hands of Ball, he earned consensus All-American recognition and was named the Ameche-Dayne Big Ten Running Back of the Year, among other honors.

Nevertheless, Ball’s initial report back from the NFL told him he’d likely be a third-round pick, which didn’t satisfy him. Ball said that led him to lean toward staying in Madison.

Ball cited several reasons for returning, among them: an excitement to continue his career with his teammates and coaches, consultations with his parents and no concerns about money. He also believed he could improve his draft stock with another year at UW. Ball shed 20 pounds for the 2011 season in an effort to improve his speed and agility. He weighed in at 210 pounds in the season opener, but now says he plans on putting on “about 10 pounds” to increase his strength.

“When they came back and said third round, I was really disappointed,” Ball said. “I do believe I am better than the third round. “…Just sit back and relax and enjoy another great season … like I said, it’s my decision and I believe I made the right one.”

Konz headed for the pros

While Ball elected to stay, one man who helped plow the road for the running back — redshirt junior Peter Konz, a starter at center for two seasons — officially announced his decision to enter the NFL draft Jan. 10.

“As you’ve probably heard, I have decided to forgo my senior season and enter the NFL draft,” Konz said in an open letter to Badger fans, referencing early reports that he had decided to enter the draft.

Konz earned first-team All-American honors in 2011 and was named a Rimington Trophy finalist, an award given every year to the nation’s top center.

As a redshirt sophomore in 2010, his first year as a starter, Konz also earned consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten recognition.

Konz, who plans to graduate this spring with a degree in communication arts, said he felt confident in leaving behind the college game with ample support from his friends and family and after receiving “secondto-none training” from the coaching and training staff as well as his teammates at Wisconsin.

“As I thought about it, I realized I was ready for hundreds of reasons,” he said. “I know from what [UW personnel] have taught me about perseverance, hard work and integrity that I can start my professional career and feel confident in my abilities.”

McCabe making his mark 6 weeks after half-inch tendon-severing cut, freshman defenseman leaving bigger impact Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor Heading into the 2011-12 season, a lot was expected of rookie defensemen Jake McCabe.

The Eau Claire native was in the starting lineup from the beginning of the season alongside All-American blue liner Justin Schultz. Like any freshman, McCabe was adjusting to the pace of the game and trying to make his mark on his new team.

“I knew I had the chance to jump right in, and I was looking forward to the opportunity,” McCabe said.

“Those first two weekends, playing with Schultz, it helped having a guy back there, an All-American. It’s encouraging that there’s someone back there if you do mess up.”

Throughout the first couple weeks it was clear McCabe was adjusting well to the game, but before he could find his way onto the stat sheet, his season was derailed by a half-inch cut to his hand.

In Wisconsin’s conference home opener against North Dakota, the

Badgers skated to a 5-3 win over the Fighting Sioux, but not before they would lose a player to hand injury No. 1 of the season (three other Badger skaters have gone on to have a hand injury so far this season).

McCabe took off his glove as he went to take a swig of water on the bench. In what can only be described as an unforeseen freak accident, McCabe removed his glove as a fellow Badger was hopping over the board and his skate accidentally swiped McCabe’s knuckle.

The freshman didn’t think anything of it and went back out on the ice for his next shift. That’s when he knew something was wrong.

“It was literally a halfinch cut, I thought it was innocent,” McCabe said.

“As I was going out there squeezing my stick and couldn’t really unsqueeze I realized something wasn’t quite right.”

The small, simple gash cut through his tendon and cost him the next six weeks of his rookie season.

“No kidding, I couldn’t lift my middle finger up,”

McCabe said. “It was tough, but I made my way back.

“It was frustrating, but it’s nice to get back in the lineup and start contributing to the guys and moving forward every game.”

Certainly McCabe has had a very peculiar freshman year, but a little time watching from the stands may actually have been a good thing.

While nothing can replace game experience, McCabe was able to consistently observe his team and get a different, but helpful, perspective.

“I think him being able to watch a couple games in the stands after being injured has really showed him to calm the game down and let the game come to him,” junior defensemen John Ramage said. “He definitely has the ability to do that.

“It does help watching the game and trying to get better. To have that urge to come back makes you want it a little more.”

Before the first half of the season was over, McCabe got the chance

to get his season headed in the right direction — otherwise known as normalcy.

McCabe made his postinjury debut against No. 1 Minnesota-Duluth Dec. 9 at the Kohl Center. As Wisconsin skated to a 3-3 tie against the nation’s best, McCabe notched his first point of the season on an assist and only continued to score from there.

Through eight games back, the rookie blue liner has amassed six points with three goals — two of which were game-winning scores — and three assists.

According to McCabe, finally getting the chance to play and find his spot on the roster has simply allowed him to gain more confidence.

“Oh, tons of confidence,” McCabe added. “You build off that confidence. Our power play has really been clicking lately — obviously that’s where my two goals came from; both happened to be game winners. …

Once you have confidence, you’re more poised with the puck and you’re more confident making plays by yourself; you’re not relying

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Jake McCabe started alongside All-American Justin Schultz through the first five games of the season before suffering a hand injury. After six weeks off, the freshman has scored three goals since being back. on the others around you.”

The freshman may still be getting used to the game now, but the expectations that were held for him at the beginning of the season are starting to be met.

Even his new defensive partner, Ramage, has said he’s learned a few new things from McCabe.

“I know being paired with him the last couple weekends have really helped both him and me,” Ramage said. “We work well off each other, and it’s

exciting to see him start doing well, putting up the points he’s able to put up.”

Head coach Mike Eaves is just happy to have the talented freshman active once again.

“The things that he has naturally — his puck handling, his ability to shoot the puck, his ability to see the game, his ability to have poise and confidence with the puck — those are things you miss from the lineup when he’s not there,” Eaves said.

Schultz top candidate for Hobey Baker Award sitting atop the WCHA and boasting a No. 1 national ranking.

The men’s cross country team won its 13th straight Big Ten title on the road to yet another national title.

Two years ago, men’s Kelly Erickson hockey went on a hot streak Erickson the Red all the way to the national championship game, only to fall to Boston College, When considering college but also provided Wisconsin athletics, Wisconsin isn’t with its first-ever Hobey by any means immediately Baker Award winner in Blake mentioned.

Geoffrion.

But consider for a moment And now — to only add to exactly what Wisconsin athletes have accomplished in Wisconsin’s apparently secret athletic success as illustrated the last several years: by these few examples — Football won the Big Wisconsin has a strong shot Ten title two years in a row, at claiming another Hobey earned a Rose Bowl berth Baker. His name is Justin each year and produced two Schultz. top-10 Heisman vote-getters Last year, as a sophomore, in 2011 . the junior defenseman was Women’s hockey won its fourth national championship a finalist for college hockey’s most prestigious award. in six years in the 2010-11 Throughout the 2010-11 season, when it fielded a Patty season, the West Kelowna, Kazmaier Memorial Award British Columbia, native winner, Meghan Duggan, and carried UW’s offense with 18 has continued that success goals and 29 assists. His 47 into this year — currently

points led all blue-liners in the nation and placed him among the nation’s top 20 points leaders, sitting in a comfortable tie at No. 17.

Well if it was impressive then, Schultz must be shocking the pants off of the hockey world this season, as he already has 37 points — No. 5 nationally — on 12 goals and 25 assists. The junior is the Badgers’ No.2 offensive power, one point behind Mark Zengerle — who could certainly be putting together his own Hobey Baker worthy season.

While Zengerle leads the Badgers with 38 points Schultz has scored two more goals on the season — despite Zengerle’s 20-game point streak, second in UW history behind head coach Mike Eaves’ 21-game streak which he set in the 1977-78 season.

Back to Schultz.

As everyone was away on winter break, Schultz and the rest of the Badgers had to get back to the grind early as usual. In Wisconsin’s

first game of what will be a season-defining second half, Schultz made an admirable case for his candidacy.

Five minutes and 50 seconds into the first period, Schultz got tangled up in the slot only to take a shot from his knees and send the puck past the Rochester Institute of Technology netminder, putting the Badgers up 1-0.

And he wasn’t done yet.

The junior defenseman went on to score a power play goal 13 and a half minutes into the second and notched two assists on two other power play goals in the second.

His first assist of the night — on a Michael Mersch goal — barely went off the sophomore forward, and as a result, many initially credited it to Schultz. As he had a fleeting hat trick, his performance still reminded everyone else exactly what he’s capable of.

Even before the RIT game, before the season even began, Schultz was a player people

couldn’t stop talking about.

Coaches from around the league, more often than not, mention needing to keep an eye on “No. 6” and how his name jumps off the page when it comes to scouting reports.

Speaking with the team throughout the season, his own teammates will bring him up without being prompted. He’s not part of the question, but he’s part of the answer.

Two years ago, Geoffrion provided Wisconsin with its first Hobey Baker — given UW’s stock of historical skaters, it’s quite shocking to even comprehend that point — but he did so with 28 goals and 22 assists for 50 points and an unwavering enforcer mentality.

While Schultz certainly isn’t Wisconsin’s enforcer, he’s a silent leader that is the current foundation of Wisconsin hockey.

There are four simple criteria for the Hobey Baker Award: strength of

character, outstanding skills, sportsmanship and scholastic achievement, along with compliance with the NCAA rules.

Even though we’re only barely over halfway through the season, Schultz fulfills every single requirement.

The junior, while not an extrovert, is someone all his teammates look up to, and while I cannot speak specifically to his academics, he’s certainly a student-athlete that respects other players, from his own teammates to opposing teams — even the fiercest of his rivals around the WCHA. He’s simply one hell of player that you can’t help but enjoy watching.

Kelly is a junior majoring in journalism. Think it’s high time Schultz was named among hockey’s elite? Let her know at kerickson@badgerherald.com or follow her on Twitter @ kellymerickson.badgerherald. com or follow her on Twitter @ kellymerickson.

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Bielema undeserving of fans’ ire Elliot Hughes Look Hughe’s Laughing Now Shortly after the Wisconsin football team lost its second consecutive Rose Bowl — this time to Oregon in a 45-38 blur of offensive prowess — one thing racked my patience more than anything else.

It wasn’t that, for the second year in a row, I had driven more than 2,000 miles to ultimately watch the players of some other team sandwich a rose between their teeth and dance in a storm of confetti not cardinal and white.

Instead, what upset me so much was the fans who took to the social networking feeds to blame head coach Bret Bielema for the loss and proclaim a desire for him to be fired.

Despite the fact Bielema currently has the nation’s fourth-best winning

percentage (.759 and, by the way, he’s .688 in the Big Ten) and despite the fact that he brought two more Big Ten title banners to Madison all on his own, there is at least a faction of Badger fans that does not like Bielema and does not appreciate his accomplishments.

But for the wolves who surrounded Bielema in the game’s after-hours: Back off.

Bielema made a mistake in that game, yes, but the loss wasn’t entirely his fault. Not by a long shot. And the very notion of him being fired right now is foolhardy.

So first, let’s put to rest one inflammatory misconception first — that the Rose Bowl was lost thanks to Bielema.

Bielema put a course of events into motion early in the third quarter that resulted in Wisconsin being charged its second timeout of the half — still with just over 25 minutes of football to be played. It was one of those moments where, unanimously, every onlooker said to him or herself “that could come back to haunt them later.”

And it most did.

Wisconsin’s comeback effort ended on the Oregon 25-yard line as time expired. The Badgers never had a chance to shoot for the endzone. A timeout would’ve helped.

People can chew Bielema out for that all they want; they are more than welcome to. But don’t act like it was the game’s deal breaker.

Two timeouts in the first five minutes of the second half is a big mistake, but I’d argue that allowing an obnoxious 621 yards of offense and a devastatingly late fumble by wide receiver Jared Abbrederis were bigger.

Oregon’s offense ran unrestrained all game.

The Ducks were just unambiguously better and made Badger defenders look overwhelmed.

You just can’t coach speed.

And Abbrederis, who otherwise had a superb game (four catches, 119 yards, one touchdown, 201 kickoff yards), made one of the biggest mental mistakes of UW’s season. With four minutes remaining, Abbrederis hauled in a pass that would have situated Wisconsin inside the Oregon

30-yard line.

After securing the ball, Abbrederis turned upfield.

The sideline rested two yards to his left, and he had four Duck defenders closing in from literally all other directions. He was cornered and had little hope of gaining a substantial addition of yards.

Down seven points with four minutes remaining, ball security is the priority and you elect to go out of bounds in that situation. Instead, Abbrederis unnecessarily rammed into the first defender that greeted him, and the ball jostled loose.

Then a Duck dived on it like it was bread in the water.

You can encapsulate the Badgers’ loss by including all three of those mishaps — Bielema’s timeout, the ruinous defense and Abbrederis’ fumble. Singling one out is unfair and doesn’t quite tell the whole story.

On to Bielema’s job security.

Losing the big one two years a row has made at least a part of Badger Nation forget that Bielema brought together an exceptional

coaching staff and group of players that won two consecutive Big Ten titles.

They don’t understand that he’s the architect behind UW’s recent success (need I say again the winning percentage and conference titles?).

Critics have again found fertilizer for the assertion that Bielema cannot win a big game, though that argument, used against many a sports figure, is just fallacious to begin with and an inaccurate one in the case of Bielema.

Bielema has dethroned a No. 1-ranked opponent, blasted away Nebraska in its first Big Ten game and won the inaugural conference title game. But fans want a Rose Bowl victory.

It can obviously still be achieved.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly supposedly couldn’t win a BCS big game after he lost a Rose Bowl and then a national championship game.

But then he won this year’s Rose Bowl.

Certain coaching decisions made by Bielema have gone under the microscope, but what Bielema has proven over

his tenure at Wisconsin is that he’s willing to be aggressive in going for the win, something I admire greatly in a football coach. Rather than act conservatively in crunch time and make decisions geared more toward keeping postgame controversy at bay, Bielema goes for the win.

You can call it reckless, but it has its benefits, like Brad Nortman’s fake punt versus Iowa.

In the media room after the Rose Bowl, I watched Bielema hold back tears as he offered a public apology to Badger fans, while calling them the “best fans in the world.”

And then he quite rightly said: “I’m not going to apologize for a group that [won] the division title, won a Big Ten title and earned a chance to come out here and play a quality football team and unfortunately came up a little bit short.”

Neither should any of the fans.

Elliot is a senior majoring in journalism. You can tweet your thoughts of Bielema @ elliothughes12.

Bruesewitz emerges in Badgers’ streak Junior forward’s play vital as UW fights back from poor Big Ten start Elliot Hughes Sports Editor Overall, it’s been a rude introduction to the conference season for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team in 2011-12.

Under head coach Bo Ryan, Wisconsin isn’t accustomed to beginning the conference season with an uphill climb, as the Badgers found themselves to be 1-3 against Big Ten foes for the first time since 2001.

Nor do the Badgers ever make it a habit to lose at the Kohl Center, which they’ve done three times this year — twice in conference play.

But a big reason why Wisconsin has been able to swim back to the surface so quickly and hold its head above water, with a 4-3 conference record as of Jan. 21, has been the presence and hustle of junior forward Mike Bruesewitz.

He’s done it in a different way each time, but in Wisconsin’s victories against Purdue, Nebraska and Northwestern, Bruesewitz provided an essential contribution when needed most.

Early in the second half on the road against the Boilermakers on Jan. 12, the Badgers watched their 45-30 lead dwindle to 45-43 in less than just four minutes. Over that time, UW missed two shots and turned the ball over three times. Things looked grim for the Badgers, who had only won at Mackey Arena one other time since 1972.

But Bruesewitz nailed a three-pointer for Wisconsin, cushioning its lead somewhat against Purdue’s growing momentum. The Badgers’ next three possessions all were fruitless, but they held off the Boilermakers from making a bucket of their own during their next three possessions as well, all of which were ended by a Bruesewitz defensive rebound.

The 6-foot-6, 222 pound forward then sunk another three, which further stymied Purdue’s comeback and gave Wisconsin a 51-45 lead.

After guard Ben Brust hit yet another three on the following possession, the Badgers effectively ended any hope Purdue had.

“That place was getting loud, and when I knocked the first one down in the corner, it kind of stunned the crowd a little bit; they got out of it a little bit,” Bruesewitz said.

“And then the second (threepointer), and then when Ben knocked down that one on the wing, it got quiet just as quick.

“It just felt good to help the team.”

Bruesewitz shot 4-for-4 that night, all from downtown, scoring 12 points — which was the first time he’d scored

double digits in 12 games.

Despite Bruesewitz’s deftness at shooting the ball anywhere on the court and his capability with hitting clutch shots, the forward has never quite molded into the form of a prolific scorer for the Badgers.

As an oft-used bench player a season ago, Bruesewitz averaged 5.8 points per game during conference play. Now, as a starter, he’s scoring at a pace of 7.4 points per game against Big Ten foes.

The mold he has formed into — ever since he first arrived into Madison and will never shake off — is that of an aggressive contender for the ball whenever it is up for grabs, whose hustle and energy catapults his team when caught in the doldrums.

Following his 12-point performance at Purdue, Wisconsin welcomed Nebraska into the Kohl Center for a game in which both teams struggled to produce offensively.

Bruesewitz had four points and five rebounds to his name as he lined up for Jordan Taylor to attempt two free throws with 17 seconds left and UW up 48-45.

After converting the first shot, Taylor missed the second, but it was Bruesewitz who hustled to reach the ball first and tip it away from the crowd. Taylor then regained possession and subsequently earned two more tosses at the line, hitting both and putting the Huskers out of reach.

“Those are things that you’ve seen him do for a while,” Taylor said of Bruesewitz’s play. “He’s always hustling, he’s always working hard. That’s all you can really ask for in Mike — a kind of catalyst for our team, a poster boy for scrapping and running around and getting hustle plays.”

Bruesewitz said he learned the tricks of an energetic and scrappy style of play by playing against men of his father’s age as a sixth and seventh grader. Against those men, he was told by his dad not to expect the ball much and to concentrate on defending. And if he ever expected to score, he’d have to rebound.

“I learned that way,” he said.

“You learn a lot of tricks from old guys; old guys are really crafty. You learn how to use your butt, how to use your hips, how to push off without getting called for push offs, how to use your beer belly.”

But three days later, Bruesewitz offered a little bit of everything for Wisconsin against Northwestern at the Kohl Center. In a first half filled with plenty of offense, Bruesewitz helped keep Wisconsin in the game by scoring 12 points and dishing out three assists.

With the game tied at 32-32 in the final minute, Bruesewitz swung his arm across the bottom of the rim to lay one in between two defenders and give UW a twopoint advantage.

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Mike Bruesewitz (31), rises above Northwestern defenders for one of his five rebounds in a 77-57 win over the Wildcats Jan. 18. While being known as a hustler with infectious energy, Bruesewitz has proven marksmanship ability, scoring 13 points that night for Wisconsin on 5-of-10 shooting. During conference play, Bruesewitz sports a team-best .435 clip from the arc.

Northwestern carried the ball back down with time still remaining. Its star forward John Shurna held the ball, but Bruesewitz knocked the ball loose, preventing Shurna from getting a shot off in time.

The Badgers went into the locker room with the lead and began the second half on

a 21-8 scoring run that the Wildcats never recovered from.

“Mike kept us in the game without a doubt (in the first half ),” forward Ryan Evans said. “ … Just hitting threes, hitting shots, being the energizer, it was just huge for us in the first half.”

Bruesewitz finished that

evening with 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, including 2-of-5 from the field, and he complemented that with five rebounds, four assists, one block and two steals.

Though he may be known as a scrapper, Bruesewitz’s teammates know he can fill a different role when needed. And right now, he’s

got UW feeling good in an uncharacteristic season.

“If his shot’s not there he’s going to pass, he’s going to make hard cuts, set good screens, things like that, get on the glass, get on the floor,” Berggren said. “When it does present itself, he’s going to knock down some big shots.

He’s got a great attitude.”

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Mass Exodus After two consecutive trips to the Rose Bowl, Wisconsin may very well be entering a rebuilding year. Teams deal with departures after every season, but this time the Badgers will have to replace 13 starters as well as six assistant coaches, marking a drain of talent not commonly seen, even in the college game.

SHELTON JOHNSON

AARON HENRY

Aaron Henry

First-team All-Big Ten by coaches, honorable mention by media.

SS

FS S

KEVIN CLAXTON

CHRS BORLAND

MIKE TAYLOR

Started 10 games, accumulated 6.5 tackles for loss in 2011.

OLB OLLB

MLB

LOUIS NZEGWU

PATRICK BUTRYM

Two-year starter, had 4.5 sacks in 2011.

Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten.

OLB

ETHAN HEMER

BRENDAN KELLY

CB

CB B

MARCUS CROMARTIE

ANTONIO FENELUS

DE E

DTT

DT

DE

Named first-team All-Big Ten by media in 2010, ‘11.

DEFENSE OFFENSE

WR W R NICK TOON Third in school history with 2,447 receving yards.

LT RICKY WAGNER

LG TRAVIS FREDERICK

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RG G

RT R T

PETER KONZ

KEVIN ZEITLER

JOSH OGLESBY

Rimington Trophy finalist, first-team All-American in 2011.

First-team All-American, consensus firstteam All-Big Ten in 2011.

Consensus firstteam All-Big Ten in 2011, started 27 games in career.

WR JARED ABBREDERIS

BRADIE EWING

K PHILIP WELCH

RB

Second in school history with .773 field goal percentage.

FFB B

Caught 20 passes for 246 yards, considered to be a top fullback prospect in NFL draft.

MONTEE BALL

QB B

P BRAD NORTMAN Fake punt extraordinaire, third in school history with 42.1 yards per punt.

RUSSEL WILSON Set NCAA record with 191.8 passer rating in 2011.

ERIC WIEGMANN BADGER HERALD DESIGN

COACHING STAFF BRET BIELEMA

HEAD COACH

PAUL CHRYST

OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR & QBs

THOMAS HAMMOCK RUNNING BACKS

Offense averaged 31.9 points, 408.6 yards per game in six years.

BOB BOSTAD

OFFENSIVE LINE

Developed four AllAmericans in four years.

CHARLIE PARTRIDGE CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR & DEFENSIVE LINE

CHRIS ASH

CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR & DEFENSIVE BACKS

DELVAUGHN ALEXANDER

JOE RUDOLPH

Coached Luke Swann, Paul Hubbard; developed Toon, Abbrederis.

Coached three tight ends currently playing in the NFL.

DAVE HUXTABLE

DEMONTIE CROSS

WIDE RECIEVERS

LINEBACKERS

Coached Borland, Taylor, who combinied for 268 tackles.

TIGHT ENDS

SPECIAL TEAMS & SAFETIES

Developed Abbrederis into one of nation’s top punt return talents.

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Thomas guides Badgers With women’s basketball enduring a rough season, senior forward’s leadership crucial Ian McCue Associate Sports Editor With a 5-12 record as of Jan. 21 and a season full of heartbreaking losses, perhaps no player has played a more crucial role in keeping the Badgers fighting for every win than Ashley Thomas.

A forward now in her final year suiting up for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team, Thomas’ voice can often be heard echoing through the Kohl Center during practice and booming into the bleachers during games.

While rather reserved off the court, the Glenview, Ill., native is well known for her energy and enthusiasm on the hardwood.

“She’s definitely outspoken on the court,” Kelsey said. “She talks probably the absolute best of anybody we have. … She’s communicating out there and helping people get to the right spot. She’s by far our most aggressive player, and that’s all because she’s conscientious of what she’s doing out there and trying to help others.”

A natural post player at 6-foot-2, Thomas — along with fellow forwards Anya Covington and Cassie Rochel — was part of the group attempting to fill the void of last year’s dominating inside duo of Lin Zastrow and Tara Steinbauer. As seniors in the 2010-11 season, Zastrow and Steinbauer both ranked among the team’s top three scorers.

Never averaging more than 10.5 minutes per game in her first three years in Madison, Thomas now averages close to 30

minutes a night. A solid scorer in her first year as a starter, the senior posts six points per contest but proved she was a true offensive threat in a career high 14-point, sevenrebound performance against Saint Louis.

“She’s really taken on that responsibility of being a vocal leader, and it’s definitely helped us out a lot,” guard Jade Davis, also a senior, said. “Especially losing three starters last year, we needed someone to really step into that role and take responsibility for that, and she’s done a great job of it.”

“She talks probably the absolute best of anybody we have.”

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But it’s not just Thomas’ tireless communication on the court that has earned her a starting spot. Seeing most of her floor time due to her strong defensive presence, she has now stepped in as one of the Badgers’ more skilled post players.

The numbers are not eye-popping, but teammates note that her ability to find the bottom of the net has improved dramatically since arriving in Madison as a freshman.

“In the past, I knew what my role was on offense: … more or less a screener, a passer, just more of a low player,” Thomas said. “The main area I’ve gotten better at is being able to score on the

block and being a scoring presence. Obviously, I’m not as consistent as I wish I could be.”

Though best known for making her voice heard on the court, Thomas has also become a model for success away from the Kohl Center’s hardwood.

An active member of the faith-based group Athletes in Action and a recipient of the 2009-10 Big Ten Sportsmanship award, Thomas has a sense of responsibility and purpose that spreads to her teammates.

For Kelsey, the senior tri-captain is the player every coach hopes to have on their team — one who can keep the team together and motivated through the tough losing streaks and lengthy practices.

“It’s easy to coach kids like her because you know what they are going to bring to the table 99 percent of the time,” Kelsey said. “ … She’s confident in herself as far as basketball goes, and I know every coach would want someone that they don’t have to poke and prod to be ready to go and beg to play hard and be aggressive. That’s just her nature.”

Graduating this spring, Thomas says she doesn’t have a detailed plan for the future but is committed to going to seminary and getting involved in youth ministry.

It’s a career that seems to suit her perfectly when considering the part she plays for the Badgers.

As the emotional and vocal leader of Wisconsin all season, she sees communication as a major thing she can provide every day, whether in

practice or the heat of a game. The floaters may not always drop and the ball may not always bounce off the glass to collect rebounds, but teammates can help compensate for that.

Her real talent is not one that can be substituted easily — directing people to their spot on the floor and lighting players up in huddles is what her teammates and coaches have come to expect from the wise veteran.

“It’s always been something that’s easy for me to do — I know I can talk, and if I’m talking I know that I’m going to help Zhao Lim The Badger Herald myself be doing the right things because I’m saying it,” After only averaging eight minutes and one point a game as a junior, Ashley Thomas said.

Thomas now averages close to 30 minutes and six points a game as a senior.

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Badgers’ shooting fluctuating early Inefficient offense dooms UW twice at home; hands turn hot versus PU, NU Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer In a deeper-than-usual Big Ten this season, the Wisconsin Badgers have been challenged early and often through the first seven games of their conference slate.

Though they were riding a three-game winning streak entering Sunday’s game at Illinois, the Badgers initially dropped three of their first four games in Big Ten play. After beating newcomer Nebraska on the road Dec. 27, Wisconsin lost its next three, at home to Iowa, at home to Michigan State and at Michigan.

More than anything else, the two consecutive losses at the Kohl Center were most stunning for the Badgers, a team that takes great pride in its home record. Back on Dec. 3, Marquette snapped Wisconsin’s 23-game home winning streak. For the season, the Badgers are 2-2 at home in Big Ten play.

The mark, though a result of several different contests, has one fairly simple common denominator — shooting.

After wins, UW players and coaches celebrate the team’s depth and the balanced scoring it fosters.

“Since our scoring is so balanced, other teams have to cover everybody on our team every night,” guard/ forward Ryan Evans said after Wisconsin’s 77-57 win over Northwestern on Jan. 18. “That’s big because you don’t know who is going to

be hot, and you can’t just focus on one person.”

Following losses, which have seen the Badgers shoot as poorly as 16 for 51 from the field (31.4 percent, against Michigan Jan. 8), the explanations are harder to come by. For a team that, as usual, blazed through its non-conference schedule with frequent lights-out shooting efforts, Wisconsin’s hot-and-cold manifested itself at the worst time, right near the beginning of Big Ten play.

In that three-game losing streak, the Badgers posted three of their four worst shooting percentages of the conference season, never hitting above 34.8 percent.

In the second game against Nebraska Jan. 15, which Wisconsin ultimately won 50-45, the Badgers were just 15 for 48 from the field (31.3 percent), though they reached the foul line

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Guard Josh Gasser reacts after hitting the Badgers’ third 3-pointer in a row to take a 9-2 lead early Jan. 18 against Northwestern.

48 times and hit 18 (75 percent).

“The game doesn’t change for us, what we’re trying to do,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “It’s just at times, everybody goes through this with shooting. I’ve seen it more in the past couple years than probably 10 years combined — just kind of the swings in shooting percentages, in guys’ confidence, in guys being comfortable in what they’re doing.”

As usual, Wisconsin’s saving grace has been its defense. The Badgers lead the nation in both points allowed per game (49.0) and opposing field goal percentage (35.4 percent).

But with uncharacteristic struggles — a relative term, as the Badgers are still fourth in the Big Ten at 71.7 percent from the free throw line but subpar for a Ryan-coached team — from the charity stripe, the inconsistent shooting performances have the

ability to derail Wisconsin’s season against a tough Big Ten slate.

“We knew that going into the year that it was going to be a night-in, night-out grind, even more so than it normally is in the league just because there are so many good teams,” point guard Jordan Taylor said.

Aside from the weak shooting in the win over Nebraska, Wisconsin’s three-game winning streak has seen a pair of its finest shooting efforts of the season. On the road at Purdue — Mackey Arena is consistently one of the nation’s toughest venues, especially for a team having lost three in a row — the Badgers sunk 47.5 percent of their shots and 45 percent from three-point range. Against Northwestern Wednesday, Wisconsin was 50 percent from the field (27-of-54) and 52.2 percent from three-point (12-of-23).

“I think a lot of guys

spent a lot of time in the gym, myself included,” forward Mike Bruesewitz said of UW’s improved shooting effort. “I think everybody has done that.

There have been a lot of extra hours after practice, before practice. We do that anyways, but we’ve been in kind of a slump.

“Also we’re moving quite a bit better without the basketball. We’re making good cuts and getting a little bit more open shots, and that’s why they are falling.”

For Ryan, tasked with quelling the worries prompted by his team’s up-and-down shooting while simultaneously finding ways to improve it, the answers are relatively straightforward.

“You don’t whine, you don’t complain, you don’t feel sorry for yourself — you just play and practice and practice and practice some more,” Ryan said.

“It’s always all smiles when the ball’s going down.”

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Future bright for Kelsey, Badgers Nick Korger Korger’s Korner The first time I ever sat down to interview Wisconsin women’s basketball head coach Bobbie Kelsey, one trait shined through our conversation. This woman is a winner and will accept nothing less than complete success on and off the court from her team.

A quick glance at the record of the program thus far in Kelsey’s first year at UW (5-12, 1-4, as of Jan. 21), does little to awe eyes unfamiliar to the team. However, the changes are coming, and the improvements are there under Kelsey, even if they are gradual. But before judging Kelsey and her team by record alone, it’s important to understand the challenges a first year coach faces in taking over a program like that of the Wisconsin women’s basketball team.

The first major issue for a new coach is introducing a new style to a group of players that hasn’t been brought up with and accustomed to another. Kelsey likes to push the ball in an uptempo offensive game while her predecessor, Lisa Stone, ran a more grind-it-out half court style resembling the men’s team. Kelsey told me at the beginning of the year that there aren’t teams in the NCAA tournament who are “walking it up the court.”

So the challenge began for Kelsey, as the first year coach tried to make the upperclassmen forget what they had known their whole career, as the freshman and sophomores benefited from being relatively untouched by the previous system.

After 17 games in her inaugural season, Kelsey has the Badgers showing glimpses and spurts of what her offensive system can yield. In Wisconsin’s last two games, the team has averaged 69.5 points after averaging 51 points per game in the team’s previous seven contests.

“The kids believe they can win every game until they go out and it’s something different,” Kelsey said. “You have to believe you’re going to win; otherwise you’re never even going to have a chance to win.”

Which is exactly what a team and its players must believe if Kelsey hopes to build Wisconsin into a powerhouse in the Big Ten. Another large problem Kelsey faces is her personnel on her

roster this season. It’s extremely hard to say just how good the Badgers can be when the players Kelsey is working with right now aren’t even her own. Every player on the current roster for the Badgers was recruited by former coach Lisa Stone, so it may take a few years and a few recruiting classes of Kelsey’s to see the true potential of a Kelsey team.

But there is plenty of talent on the current Badger roster to believe that Wisconsin still has a chance to have success this year. The true challenge that remains for Kelsey is trying to implant her mindset and the necessary steps for success into her current players. For Kelsey, it will take more than one season to change a program that has only reached the NCAA tournament seven times in its 37-year history.

“You don’t have a lot of time during the season,” Kelsey said.

“It’s not that the players aren’t willing; obviously you have to light a fire up under them, but that’s everywhere you go. When they see the fruits of their labors a little bit even though we haven’t won a lot of games, they can see we’re getting better, and that makes them want to work harder and put in that extra effort. But it takes time to change the mindset of everyone.”

“I didn’t get to work with them in the spring and the summer because I was hired in April,” Kelsey continued. “When I first started working with this group this season, that work ethic hadn’t been instilled in them yet as a group, that this hard work is a Wisconsin basketball type thing. Some teams around the country are known for their work in the offseason, and it shows during the year.

You don’t have to be a McDonald’s All-American to improve, that’s just you getting your butt in the gym, in the weight room, doing what you have to do to get better. That’s where the difference is made.”

That work ethic is something Kelsey has already begun to inspire in her players. During my time interviewing Kelsey on Jan. 17 after the team’s practice, redshirt junior Tiera Stephen was on the Kohl Center floor shooting jumpers.

“Success doesn’t start with the games,” Kelsey said. “It’s the extra work you put in. You never know if you’re going to play a lot in the game.

I tell the team that the game isn’t the time to show me something new; you show me every day in practice what you can do, and I’ll decide if you can do it in the game. Don’t start doing something

new in the game you haven’t been practicing.”

And that’s exactly the largest challenge Kelsey faces: changing the culture of a program that has only mildly tasted success.

That exact fact makes Kelsey just what the doctor ordered for this historically underachieving program.

Kelsey has never known anything in her life but success. As a player at Stanford, Kelsey went to three Final Fours in her five years in the program,

including the national championship in 1992.

In her past four years as an assistant coach at Stanford, Kelsey helped lead the Cardinals to four consecutive Final Four appearances including two appearances in the national championship game.

Throughout the interview with Kelsey, one quote in particular caught my attention when the question came up about the problems she had encountered in her

first season. Her response was that she was trying to engrain in her team the necessary work ethic and the requirements of work outside of practice in the game.

“Right now we don’t have school, so why are you napping?” Kelsey said. “Get your butt in the gym. You say you want to win, so do what winners do. Winners work extra when nobody is around, when the big lights aren’t on and everyone is screaming in the gym.”

And that mentality right there is the reason Bobbie Kelsey will turn the Badgers women’s basketball program around. A winner’s a winner, and if the Badgers hope to reach historic heights as a program, it’s only fitting a proven winner is at the helm to coach.

Nick is a senior majoring in history and english. Have your own opinion on what makes a coach truly great?

Let Nick know at nkorger@ badgerherald.com

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THIS WEEK’S TOP GAMES No. 4 Duke at Maryland

No. 1 Syracuse at Cincinnati

Wed., Jan. 25, 8 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 23, 6:00 p.m.

The Orange looks for 22-0 as it heads into Cincinnati to take on a dangerous Bearcat squad. Syracuse and Cincinnati are one and two in the Big East, and this road test will be one of the toughest challenges for the Orange so far.

No. 13 Indiana at Wisconsin

The Blue Devils swept the Terrapins in three meetings last season. Wednesday is the only regular season matchup, it’s in College Park, and Maryland needs a big victory as its tough stretch through the ACC gets rolling.

Thurs., Jan. 26, 8 p.m.

With how competitive the Big Ten has been so far, this matchup is an important game for both teams. The Badgers will look to avoid a fourth home loss as the Hoosiers search for their first win in Madison since ’98.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK

19

The number of games it took for Kentucky freshman forward, Anthony Davis, to break the school record of blocked shots in a season. The mark stood at 84, but after

NATIONAL RANKINGS Associated Press Top 25 1. Syracuse (60) 2. Kentucky (4) 3. Baylor (1) 4. Duke 5. Missouri 6. Ohio State 7. Kansas 8. UNC 9. Michigan St. 10. Georgetown 11. Indiana 12. Murray St. 13. Connecticut

14. UNLV 15. Virginia 16. SDSU 17. Florida 18. Miss. State 19. Creighton 20. Michigan 21. Marquette 22. Illinois 23. Louisville 23. Saint Mary’s 25. Kansas State

TEAM OF THE WEEK

ACC

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Associated Press

Looks of disbelief weren’t hard to find on the faces of North Carolina players in their meeting with unranked Florida State on Jan. 14, which they lost, 90-57.

North Carolina not living up to championship-caliber billing

Kyle O’Quinn Norfolk State Spartans

NAISMITH WATCH 1. Kevin Jones, G, W. Virginia 20.4 ppg, 11.4 rpg, 1.1 bpg 2. Anthony Davis, F, Kentucky 13.8 ppg, 10.4 rpg, 4.7 bpg 3. Will Barton, F, Memphis 18.5 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.6 apg 4. John Jenkins, G, Vanderbilt 19.8 ppg, 45.3 3P% 5.Kenny Boynton, G, Florida 18.7 ppg, 3.1 apg, 45.8 3P%

CONFERENCE POWER RANKINGS

1.

Big 12 — Three teams in the top seven speaks to the depth of the Big 12 Conference. Even more telling is the overall winning percentage of the league, (.715) tops of the major conferences.

2.

Big Ten — We might not know how good the Big Ten really is until tournament time with the way the Big Ten has beaten up on itself already, but the Leaders and Legends of basketball still have the second highest winning percentage (.713).

3.

Big East — Every year the Big East always seems to be the deepest league until faltering in the tournament.

This year the league doesn’t appear as deep, but it does boast an undefeated No. 1 Syracuse.

4.

ACC — The ACC has handful of mediocre teams, but when you have Duke and North Carolina in the top 10, there are always chances for a national championship.

5.

SEC — The SEC looked a lot stronger at the beginning of the season, but how often are preseason rankings accurate? Kentucky is playing great and Vandy is a pleasant surprise. The Commodores have won seven straight.

Team

Conf.

Overall

Duke UNC NC State Florida St. Virginia Maryland WF BC Miami Clemson Ga. Tech Va. Tech

4-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-3 1-3 0-4

16-2 16-3 14-5 12-6 15-2 12-6 11-8 7-12 10-6 9-9 8-10 11-7

BIG EAST

Deividas Dulkys Florida State Seminoles

Henderson countered Wake Forest’s 61 percent field goal percentage by shooting 73.3% from the field himself en route to a career-high 35 points. The junior also went 12-of-14 from the free throw line.

14. Florida 15. Miss. St. 16. SDSU 17. Virginia 18. Creighton 19. Michigan 20. UNLV 21. Louisville 22. Marquette 23. Saint Mary’s 24. Harvard 25. Illinois

STANDINGS

Talk about Racers. Murray State burst from the gate this season and sits at 19-0. Yes, the Racers are from the Ohio Valley Conference, but being undefeated at this point in the season is always an impressive accomplishment regardless of conference. Any big time school that draws Murray State in the tourney will not be happy.

TOP PERFORMANCE

1. Syracuse (31) 2. Kentucky 3. Baylor 4. Duke 5. Missouri 6. Ohio State 7. Kansas 8. UNC 9. Michigan St. 10. Murray St. 11. Connecticut 12. Georgetown 13. Indiana

**All Standings are accurate as of 2:30 p.m., January 21**

Murray State Racers

Anybody who averages 7.6 points per game yet leads his team to a 33-point drubbing over the No. 3 ranked team in the country with 32 points must be named player of the week. Dulkys killed North Carolina last Saturday, making 12 field goals including an 8-of10 display from downtown.

USA Today Top 25

Brett Sommers Statistics Editor North Carolina rebounded in its win over Virginia Tech on Saturday. So what? That hardly erases the 33-point dismantling the Tar Heels experienced at the hands of the Florida State Seminoles earlier in the week. Not only do many questions remain after the inexplicable loss to the Seminoles, but in UNC’s “bounce back” win, they lost starting guard Dexter Strickland for the season to a torn ACL. Now the Heels not only have to overcome a questionable loss, but they have to do it without a key player for the rest of the season.

The Tar Heels began the regular season ranked No. 1 and were preseason favorites to win a national championship in the Superdome April 2, behind surprising returnee and All-American sophomore forward Harrison Barnes. Despite a 15-2 start to the season, before being dissected for 32 points by FSU guard Deividas Dulkys, who averages just 7.6 points per game, there have been some curiosities to UNC’s game that should have them concerned.

The most prominent factor might be how much North Carolina struggles when it matches up against good defensive teams. Two of North Carolina’s losses, against Kentucky and Florida State, and its three point escape at home against Wisconsin, shows how vulnerable the Tar Heels become against a good defense. In those three contests, UNC’s average shooting percentage was just 40.4 percent, nearly eight percent below its season

average and its scoring average was just 63 points per game, 22.2 points below the team’s season average.

How good are Wisconsin, Kentucky and Florida State, defensively? They rank No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 respectively in field goal percentage defense in the country. Wisconsin also ranks first in scoring defense.

Not pushovers by any means, but how will North Carolina fare come tournament time, when it is forced to play against defenses fighting harder than ever before, because of the fear of elimination? It doesn’t guarantee a loss, as shown by the team’s win against the Badgers, but it could mean struggles for the top-ranked offense in the country.

Another curious aspect in Chapel Hill is how the Tar Heels will handle increased competition as they move into the complete Atlantic Coast Conference schedule and the conference tournament. UNC has not played an overwhelmingly difficult schedule this year, but when it has played the good teams — teams with an overall winning record and a member of a major conference — North Carolina is just 4-3.

Two of the losses occurred on the road, one was on a neutral floor, and, of the four wins, three were at home and the season opener against Michigan State was on neutral court on the USS Carl Vinson, anchored off the coast of San Diego. The country needs to see more than the Heels outshooting their opponents in their own gym, especially when it comes time to fill out brackets. Sorry, beating Long Beach State by six, as the Heels did in December, is not going to be good enough for anyone. If North Carolina wants to win it all, they will have to win big.

Maybe less relevant and more entertaining, as ESPN Radio’s Scott Van Pelt pointed out, teams looking to win championships don’t lose by 33 points to unranked teams, which is probably

a good point. Five of the Heels’ six regular season losses last season didn’t total up to 33 points.

Looking back at national champions since 1980, not one champion lost by 33, and only four of those champions even had a losing margin of 20 or more.

Is it fair to say that North Carolina has a soft team or doesn’t have the mental toughness required to win a championship? It might be, but that can’t be determined for quite some time. What can be said for sure is that it’s unacceptable for a team loaded with talent, including multiple NBA draft lottery picks, to get beaten so badly by Florida State.

Ah! There it is. The most important key for the person that plays devil’s advocate to this argument.

North Carolina is undeniably talented. Playmakers like Harrison Barnes, defensive stalwarts like John Henson and fantastic passers like Kendall Marshall together on the same team almost automatically make up a squad capable of winning a championship, but it is going to take a significant amount of growth to make that happen.

This is a very young team. The Heels have five seniors, but star forward Tyler Zeller is the only one who averages above six minutes per game. The rest of the lineup consists of three juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen. If the Tar Heels of North Carolina are going to overcome such an embarrassing loss, it is going to take some senior leadership from Zeller, or for one of the other stars to step up, become a leader and motivate UNC to be great. Right now it just looks like they think they’re great.

Brett is a senior studying journalism. Think UNC will recover and win the national championship, or was the loss to FSU a sign of things to come? Let Brett know at bsommers@badgerherald.com or send him a tweet @BAsportswriter.

3 POINTERS

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It doesn’t happen very often that a team’s leading scorer is sent to the bench let alone kicked off the team, but that is exactly what happened with Utah point guard Josh “Jiggy” Watkins.

Watkins was removed from the team by head coach Larry Krystkowiak for an undisclosed team rules violation, according to an Associated Press report. Watkins was the only senior on the team and was averaging 15.6 points and 4.8 assists per game.

2

If there wasn’t enough speculation surrounding the sexual abuse cases at Penn State and Syracuse, now one accuser of former Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine has admitted to lying about the accusation. Floyd VanHooser, who is in prison, wrote a letter saying he lied about his accusation of Fine. Three other men have accused Fine of the same crimes, but in two of those cases the statute of limitations has expired.

3

The University of Miami may be setting a new standard when it comes to how much contact boosters have with athletes. Under current NCAA rules, athletes are allowed to be provided meals by boosters or be hosted at boosters’ homes, but Miami has decided it will no longer allow its student athletes such interactions. With as many rules violations that seem to occur every year surrounding improper benefits, might other schools follow?

Team Syracuse Cincinnati G’Town Marquette WVU S. Florida Seton Hall UConn ND Rutgers Louisville Villanova St. John’s Prov.

DePaul Pittsburgh

Conf.

7-0 5-1 6-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 3-3 3-4 2-4 2-5 2-5 1-5 1-5 0-6

Overall 20-0 15-4 16-3 15-4 14-5 11-8 15-4 14-4 11-8 11-9 14-5 9-10 8-10 12-7 10-8 11-8

BIG TEN Team

Conf.

Overall

Mich. St. Michigan Ohio State Illinois Wisconsin Purdue Indiana Iowa Minnesota NW Nebraska

Penn State 5-2 5-2 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 3-4 3-4 2-4 2-4

2-5 2-5 16-4 15-4 16-3 15-4 15-5 14-6 15-4 11-9 14-5

BIG XII Team

Conf.

Overall

Kansas Baylor Missouri Iowa State Kansas St. Oklahoma Texas Ok. State A&M Texas Tech

5-0 4-1 4-1 3-2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 1-4 0-5

15-3 17-1 17-1 13-5 13-4 12-5 12-6 9-9 10-7 7-10

PAC-12 Team

Conf.

Overall

California Stanford Oregon Arizona Colorado Wash.

UCLA Wash. St. Ariz. State Oregon St. Utah USC

6-1 5-2 5-2 4-2 4-2 4-2 3-3 2-4 2-4 2-5 1-5 0-6

16-4 15-4 14-5 13-6 12-6 11-7 10-8 10-8 6-12 12-7 4-14 5-14

Team

Conf.

SEC Kentucky 5-0 Vandy 4-0 Florida 2-1 Miss. State 2-2 Arkansas 2-2 Ole Miss 2-2 LSU 2-2 Alabama 2-3 Auburn 1-3 Georgia 1-3 Tennessee 1-3 S. Carolina 0-3

Overall 19-1 14-4 14-4 15-4 13-5 12-6 12-6 13-6 11-7 10-8 8-10 8-9

NATIONAL LEADERS **All Stats are accurate as of 2:30 p.m., January 21**

Points 1. Damian Lillard, WEB 2. Doug McDermott, CREI 3. Reggie Hamilton, OAK 4. Gerardo Suero, ALBY 5. Terrel Stoglin, MD

25.1 23.8 23.4 21.3 21.2

Rebounds 1. O.D. Anosike, SIE 2. Thomas Robinson, KU 3. Arsalan Kazemi, RICE 4. Jamelle Haggins, DEL 5. Kevin Jones, WVU

12.6 12.3 11.7 11.4 11.4

Assists 1. Scott Machado, IONA 2. Kendall Marshall, UNC 3. Jesse Sanders, LIB 4. Jordan Theodore, HALL 5. Vincent Council, PROV

10.6 9.5 7.9 7.5 7.1

Blocks 1. Anthony Davis, UK 2. C.J. Aiken, JOES 3. Damian Eargle, YSU 4. William Mosley, NWST 5. Darrius Garrett, RICH

4.7 4.3 4.2 4.2 3.7

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Canada — who has built up seven years of experience as an offensive coordinator and 11 as a quarterbacks coach with Indiana, Northern Illinois and Butler — spent the 2011 season at NIU in an identical role he’ll have at UW. “I’m truly excited for the opportunity to come to Wisconsin,” Canada said. “It’s a program that I’ve followed closely for a number of years. I’ve always been impressed with their tradition, especially offensively with their style of play, and I can’t wait to be a part of that.”

He faces the challenging task of replacing Paul Chryst

“We’re going to block. We’re going to be the best blocking receivers.”

Zach Azzanni

Wide Receivers Coach at both positions, who led record-breaking offenses at Wisconsin that averaged 31.9 points and 408.6 yards per game over six years.

In 2011, Canada led a formidable offense that finished within the country’s top 12 in scoring offense, total offense and rushing offense. Both NIU and UW were two of five teams in the nation to average at least 230 yards rushing and passing last season.

Canada employed the spread offense at Northern Illinois and at Indiana, but it appears he is willing to adopt the prostyle offense usually seen at Wisconsin.

“Matt has a terrific history as an offensive coordinator and has excelled at developing quarterbacks throughout his career,” Bielema said.

“I know he is very excited about running a pro-style offense and handling a game the way we typically have at Wisconsin. I think this is a great hire for us, and I can’t wait for him to get to work with our coaches and players.”

Huskies’ quarterback Chandler Harnish finished ninth in the country in total offense

last season, averaging 328.2 yards per game 2010. In his first stint at Northern Illinois, Canada also coached two-time NFL All-Pro running back Michael Turner as well as current UW running backs coach Thomas Hammock.

Three quarterbacks Canada oversaw at Indiana — Ben Chappell, Kellen Lewis and Blake Powers — hold the school’s top three spots in singleseason touchdowns, yards, completions, attempts and completion percentage.

As for Azzanni, Wisconsin will also be his third home in as many years, as he spent 2011 as offensive coordinator/ wide receivers coach for Western Kentucky and 2010 coaching wideouts for Florida.

Azzanni replaces DelVaughn Alexander, who left Wisconsin to join Arizona State’s staff after five years at Wisconsin.

“Zach is a great fit for Wisconsin,” Bielema said.

“He is a terrific coach who stresses fundamentals and is also a great recruiter.

His coaching philosophy, personality and character fit perfectly with what we do here and how we do it. I’ve known Zach for a number of years, and I’m very excited to be able to add him to our staff.”

Azzanni stressed an importance to teach his wideouts how to block, which fits well into Wisconsin’s famed run game.

“We’re going to block,” Azzanni said. “We’re going to be the best blocking receivers. The reason I believe in that is because it opens up the passing game for those kids later.”

Over the course of his 13-year coaching career, Azzanni has twice worked alongside Urban Meyer, now head coach at Ohio State, as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green from 2001-02 and again at Florida in 2010.

With Azzanni commanding Western Kentucky’s offense, the Hilltoppers featured standouts at running back and tight end. Bobby Rainey averaged 141.3 yards per game, second highest in the nation, while Jack Doyle finished fifth in the nation among tight ends with 614 receiving yards.

Over his tenure coaching wide receivers at Bowling Green (200306) and Central Michigan (2007-09), Azzanni helped produce seven players that signed NFL contracts, including Pro Bowler Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Badgers sweep cross-state rival RECAP

UW wins 4-3 Saturday, shuts out Bulldogs 2-0 in game one matchup Caroline Sage Women’s Hockey Writer In its first time back home since November, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team continued to dominate opponents by sweeping Minnesota-Duluth.

The top ranked Badgers (22-2-2)

beat the Bulldogs (12-11-1) in overtime Saturday afternoon in a hard fought 4-3 victory.

UW was able to shut out Minnesota-Duluth Friday in game won by a score of 2-0.

Senior forward Brooke Ammerman gave the Badgers their winning goal just 44 seconds into the overtime period. Ammerman scored on a backhanded shot into an open net after a shot by junior forward Brianna Decker rebounded her way.

“Decker made a nice shot on net, and I was able to sneak the puck in,” Ammerman said.

“To be able to win a game like that and come home, it is really fun.”

Both Ammerman and Decker had two goals in Saturday’s game, with one and two assists respectively.

The duo — along with senior forward Carolyne Prevost, who had three assists on the night — continues to dominate play as a line.

While the Badgers gave up

a goal just nine seconds into the game, they were able to fight back and tie the game up. At 6:44 in the first period, Decker scored from inside the right circle to make the score 1-1, with assists going to Prevost and Ammerman.

“We don’t like to start a game letting in a goal, but again it is a chance to see how you respond,” Head Coach Mark Johnson said.

“I thought we responded well off the goal. … Overall it was a pretty good effort, and I am certainly pleased with the victory.”

The Badgers took the lead off a pair of power play goals in the second period. Decker again got one past Duluth’s goaltender Jennifer Harss, this time on a perfectly executed give-and-go with Prevost at the 13-minute mark. Ammerman made it a 3-1 lead just 2:03 later as the puck slipped between Harss’ legs.

Duluth didn’t let up and scored a goal of its own 32 seconds later on a shot that sailed past Wisconsin’s sophomore goalie Alex Rigsby. Duluth tied it up, 3-3, in the third period, sending the game into overtime.

Wisconsin posted 31 shots

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Second on the team with 54 points, senior forward Brooke Ammerman has helped direct a powerful Wisconsin offensive attack. on the night compared to the Bulldogs’ 25.

“We ended up sneaking a lot in today; not as many shots as we usually get, but when you play Duluth it is always a transition game and a lot of the time the game is played in the neutral zone,” Decker said. “Not as many shots as we would like, but at least we got some in.”

Game one of the series was a much different story as the Badgers were able to shut out the Bulldogs in their 2-0 victory, but it wasn’t their best performance.

“It was a game that never

really got any flow to it or rhythm,” said Johnson.

“Little things that can make a big difference in a game we didn’t do well, but the most important thing is winning the game.”

Wisconsin’s first goal came from junior forward Alev Kelter off a slap shot in the right circle at 2:56 in the second period; her first goal of the season.

Sophomore Madison Packer put away the second goal just two minutes later on a backhanded shot inside the slot. While previously a defenseman for the Badgers, Kelter has shown significant

success up front.

“I was just coming off the bench so I was right there,” Kelter said. “To jump up in the play is something that usually happens a lot as a defenseman, so just to have a forward role is pretty exciting.”

While a successful night, UW was outshot by the Bulldogs 36-23. Rigsby had 36 saves in the game and 58 in the series to help give the Badgers the win.

Up next, Wisconsin will continue its home stretch facing Bemidji State Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center.

UW molding into Kelsey’s style Nick Korger Associate Sports Editor Nobody ever said it was going to be an easy transition for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team under a new coach and a new system.

But what the record of the Badgers doesn’t reflect is the team is finally showing signs of the team head coach

Bobbie Kelsey knows they can be.

Losers of seven of their last eight games, including a six game slide which lasted almost an entire month, the Badgers (5-12, 1-4) snapped their losing streak by winning their first conference game on the road against Illinois 70-67 on Jan. 8 and continued their solid play by taking No. 15/23

Nebraska down to the wire at the Kohl Center before falling to the Huskers 75-69 on Jan. 12.

Offensively, the Badgers were struggling to find an answer during their six-game losing streak. Although facing difficult competition, including four straight games against ranked opponents, the Badgers only averaged 51.5 points per game during their skid. But in the past two games, the Badgers are averaging 69.5 points, significantly higher than the 56.8 points the team averages per game for the entire season and the points averaged during the six-game slide.

For senior guard Jade Davis, the recent improvement is a result of the team’s growing understanding of coach Kelsey’s offense through the continued experience of games and practice.

“The games are fast.

If you don’t understand the offense, initially it’s hard to see it with fast movement and knowing where to be,” Davis said. “It definitely takes knowing it indepth in practice and the experience in the games to help make it what it is.

We’re understanding the offense a lot more; we’re not settling for the first look. We’re doing the little things now. We’re not settling with just being out there.”

Junior guard Taylor Wurtz voiced the same belief: The Badgers’ recent improved play is a reflection of the work they put in every day in practice.

“Everything starts with practice,” Wurtz said. “We’ve been coming into practice knowing we have to improve. We’re working really hard and that’s been huge. We’ve picked it up in the games too; we always go in with the underdog mentality and give it our all.”

While the Badgers appear to be breaking through offensively, they are still struggling to find a rhythm on defense this year. The Badgers rank 324 out of 336 teams ranked in Division I women’s basketball in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents on average to shoot 44.1 percent from the floor. In the past eight games, the Badgers have stayed true to that trend, allowing opponents on average to shoot 46.7 percent from the floor.

For Davis, the high numbers opponents have

been shooting from the floor comes from the Badgers not containing opposing players from getting into the lane.

“We’ve been giving up a lot of layups,” Davis said. “Coach has been preaching one-onone containment and stopping the fast breaks.

The high percentage comes from us giving up layups and a lot of easy looks.”

Efforts to stop that trend have been incorporated every day in practice.

“As far as the oneon-one drives go, we’ve been working on that every day in practice,” Kelsey said. “Some of it’s technique, but most of it’s will. You can’t let a person go one direction with it and not force them to handle the ball at all to score. It’s a personal pride thing; you have to dig in and stop somebody.”

For Kelsey, the defensive struggles can be linked to offensive issues as well. While the Badgers are giving up a high percentage from the floor, Wisconsin is struggling to match their opponent’s production, shooting 38.7 percent on average. If the Badgers are to compete down the stretch, they will need to outshoot their opponents until they fix their defensive struggles.

“The problem is all the other players we face can shoot,” Kelsey said. “You can’t really leave any of the players we’ve faced on other teams because they don’t have any weak shooters. That’s been a little tough, and that’s why I tell our players it’s important for us to hit shots because when they leave certain players on our team open, we have to knock them down.

We have to do what people are doing to us; our entire team needs to be able to consistently make the open looks so other teams will have to respect us like we have with them.

While the Badgers enter a favorable stretch on their schedule where the team will face five straight unranked opponents, including three at home, Kelsey and Davis see the team on the right track to fixing their struggles.

“We’re keying in on the things we need to do to get better,” Kelsey said.

“We’re working on taking away the other team’s favorite tendencies offensively. You can’t leave the best players open.”

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Tough B1G bruising UW Indiana has proven the team is regaining its spot as a national basketball powerhouse. Tom Crean is finally getting the pieces to fall together and, with the impressive post play of freshman Ian McCue Cody Zeller, the Hoosiers Right on Cue will be a tough matchup for Wisconsin.

Less than a month ago, According to Cindy the Wisconsin basketball Boren of The Washington team looked poised to Post, the Big Ten could make a run for a Big have nine of its 12 teams Ten title once again as dancing come March. it flirted with a top 10 That’s right, nine teams, ranking and turned heads or three-quarters of the with its stellar shooting.

How quickly things can conference, in case you can’t handle the math. change.

Atlantic Coast Ranked as high as No. Conference and Big 7 in the coaches poll and East fans will likely sitting comfortably at No. dismiss the Big Ten’s 11 just after Christmas, the Badgers then dropped dominance in 2012 on grounds that the teams three of their first four lack explosive scorers games in Big Ten play. and high-flying offenses Three games in a row that are commonplace — including two losses on the east coast. It’s at home. For Wisconsin true that Big Ten play fans spoiled by Bo Ryan’s is often dominated by unexpectedly strong defensive battles with conference finishes, a final scores in the 50s or 1-3 start sounded like 60s (Indiana is the only nothing more than a Big Ten squad to rank in terrifying dream. the top 25 nationally in While it was a scoring offense), but that rocky run for the shouldn’t disqualify it Badgers, much of that from being the country’s underperforming falls on best conference top to the strength of the Big bottom.

Ten, which currently sits Although probably atop college basketball its best showing in as the nation’s premier recent memory, the conference. With five strength of the Big Ten teams from the nation’s alone doesn’t justify an oldest conference ranked 1-3 start to conference in the latest polls — and play. When the Badgers Wisconsin sitting just climbed the polls early outside — the Big Ten’s in the year, they were talent in 2012 has Big shooting the lights out.

Ten Commissioner Jim As Taylor fought off a slump, players like Mike Bruesewitz, Brust and at times Ryan Evans But losses to came out of the shadows Michigan State to power Wisconsin’s offense. and Michigan are a The post game was product of a tougher- still lacking, but when UW was nailing half its than-usual Big Ten. shots from long-range, it This year’s rendition wasn’t much of an issue. of the swing offense Such a slump can only be expected from a team has plenty of talent that relies on jump shots but lacks experience. and three-pointers, and all signs are pointing to a quick turnaround for Delany drooling. The Ryan’s squad. conference standings With three straight remain a crowded battle victories over Big Ten for the top spot, as five teams boast no more than opponents, including a statement road win five losses, as of Jan. 21. over Purdue, the NCAA There’s no excuse for a tournament is well within home court loss to Iowa, reach of Taylor & Co. other than atrocious Despite the disappointing shooting — 10.7 percent start, the Badgers still from beyond the arc, exude a don’t-hurtseriously? — but losses yourself Bo Ryan-coached to Michigan State and Michigan are a product of team. Wisconsin leads the country in turnovers a tougher-than-usual Big per game — nine — and Ten. This year’s rendition holds its competition to of the swing offense has just 35.1 percent shooting plenty of talent but lacks from the field, tops in the experience, an issue that nation. The fundamentals has shown through early are there — the shooting in the conference season. isn’t.

Star guard Jordan Wisconsin fans have Taylor has yet to find been spoiled under his shooting rhythm, Ryan for his tremendous and the Badgers are success on the hardwood, still seeking a dominant a mark proven last post presence. Senior year when the Badgers forward Jared Berggren finished the season has certainly stepped undefeated in Madison. his game up, as he now But those numbers can’t averages double figures, be maintained when the but is simply not the Big Ten is this good. consistent post presence UW has faced defeat Wisconsin desperately in front of a home needs. Though Ben Brust crowd three times this has saved UW with his season and — maybe explosive scoring ability I’m a pessimist — but several times this season, the Badgers lack a serious they will likely pick up another rare loss at the No. 2 scorer behind Kohl Center before the Taylor. year is out. Perhaps Just don’t expect it will pay off and the things to get any easier heightened competition soon — the conference is in the regular season will simply loaded with deep, prepare Wisconsin for talented teams. a deep run in the NCAA A Jared Sullingerpowered Ohio State is the tourney.

It may keep another conference favorite, and Big Ten title banner rightfully so, but Tom from the rafters of the Izzo’s Michigan State Kohl Center, but this team has proven they’re ultimately benefits the up for the challenge conference. I can see after working through Delany’s wide-mouthed one of the toughest grin from here. nonconference schedules in the country. After an Ian is a junior majoring 18-point beatdown of in journalism. Think the Badgers, Michigan the Badgers are still solidified its place underperforming in a as a conference title talent-loaded Big Ten? contender with a nailOr is the oldest athletic biting victory over the conference overrated? Let Spartans. him know at imccue@ And after pulling off badgerherald.com or upsets over Ohio State tweet @imccue. and Kentucky this year,

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Carolyne Prevost has only played in 19 of UW’s 26 games — due to a knee injury — but still boasts 39 points on 17 goals and 22 assists, which is good for fourth-most on the team.

Prevost returns to rink After missing time with knee injury, forward making her presence felt in final season Caroline Sage Women’s Hockey Writer After suffering a midseason injury, senior forward and assistant captain Carolyne Prevost returned to the ice and is already making significant contributions to the Wisconsin women’s hockey team.

Prevost tallied seven points in a two game series against the North Dakota Sioux Jan. 13-14. It was just her second series back after missing several games due to a knee injury.

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association named Prevost offensive player of the week on Wednesday for her impressive four goals and three assists against the Sioux.

In game one of the series, she posted one goal and three assists to help the Badgers beat UND in a decisive 8-2 victory.

While game two was less successful for UW, tying the Sioux 4-4, Prevost put away three of the team’s goals, her second hat trick of the season.

“You don’t know how kids will be after going though an extended time off and fighting an injury, but [Prevost] worked hard

through rehab and getting herself in good condition,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “When you come back and have success, that helps with the confidence right away, so it was good to see her play the way she has the last four games, and it certainly helps us win.”

While the team tied and lost in their series at Minnesota in early January, it was a successful first weekend back for Prevost. She assisted on two goals and scored one of her own in the first game.

However, the success Prevost is bringing to the ice is nothing new for the Badgers. Throughout the season, Prevost has been consistently creating opportunities and scoring goals, making her a major contributor to Wisconsin’s impressive accomplishments this season.

She currently ranks fourth on the team in points at 36, with 17 goals and 19 assists.

“I think her consistency in each game has been her biggest asset this past year,” Johnson said. “From the first games to where we are right now, she has

played each game the same way; she has played hard, … and the confidence she has built along with the scoring is a pretty good combination.”

Along with consistency, Prevost’s speed, allowing her to quickly get up the ice, has been a major asset to her teammates. The Badgers have found great success with Prevost in their first line alongside junior forward Brianna Decker and senior forward Brooke Ammerman.

Together, the trio has combined for 62 of the team’s 117 goals this season.

“Our chemistry has been great, we’re having fun and were staying positive, and I think that has carried though to success on the ice,” Prevost said.

With the early success Prevost had to start off the season, including three goals and two assists back in October against the Sioux, her knee injury came at the most inopportune time. Prevost missed the last five games of 2011, including the series against Minnesota State and Bemidji State in December.

While the senior saw her injury as a setback in her final year as a Badger,

she took advantage of her time off the ice to see the bigger picture and make a successful recovery, which has only motivated her further.

“It was a setback having an injury, especially senior year when you are trying to take everything in and you have to miss a few games,” Prevost said. “But I had time to step back and look at the big picture and appreciate a lot of the things that I don’t when I was just going to the rink everyday.“ Prevost has been in a world of hockey ever since she was young. The native of Ontario, Canada, followed in her father’s footsteps as a hockey player since starting to play at age 6, and she hasn’t looked back since.

As she looks forward with her career at Wisconsin winding down, Prevost can’t see her time on the ice ending soon.

“I still want to be playing hockey. I’m not sure where I will be next year, hopefully somewhere in Ontario or Canada,” she said. “Hopefully, I will keep going with the [Canadian] national team program and see where that all takes me.”

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Big Ten picture remains unclear

“The Big Ten’s going to be like this the whole year. If you have a cold night, you’re not going to walk away .” — Bo Ryan Ryan and his team have certainly felt that assessment come true on two occasions. Over break, the Kohl Center was twice proven to be conquerable in a game of bad shooting against a Big Ten foe.

No clear cut favorite to win conference crown after plenty of surprises Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer

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The happenings and mishaps of Big Ten men’s basketball and WCHA men’s hockey from winter break.

Hawkeyes surprise on way to solid start Elliot Hughes

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Sports Editor While many considered the Big Ten to be one of, or even the best, conference in college basketball entering this season, little, if anything, was expected of lowly Iowa, who has not had a winning year since the 2006-07 season.

But after making some noise with upsets against then-No. 11 Wisconsin (in the Kohl Center, no less) and then-No. 13 Michigan, Iowa has made it clear that it refuses to be a pushover anymore.

Head coach Fran McCaffery reiterated that concept on Jan. 10, a night where things weren’t going so well for Iowa against then-No. 7 Michigan State.

Down 69-41 with 10:55 remaining in the game, the Hawkeyes gathered around McCaffery on the floor during a timeout, where the second-year coach, during an already animated pep-talk, proceeded to pick up and slam a chair onto the court in front of his players.

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany was later quoted by USA Today expressing his preference that the episode never be repeated. But in a press conference two days after the incident, McCaffery made it quite clear he has no apologies to offer and no plans to tone down his actions on the sidelines.

“No, not at all,” McCaffery said when asked if he has any regrets. “If anybody thinks I’m going to sit there with my hands crossed when we’re down by 40, they got the wrong guy, OK. I was brought in here to change the culture.

I’m going to coach with passion, and my players know that.”

As of Jan. 21, McCaffery has the Hawkeyes sitting in eighth place in the Big Ten and has already almost met the team’s win totals from a year ago — McCaffery’s first year on the job. The Hawkeyes finished with an 1120 overall mark in 2010-11 and a 4-14 record in conference play. With 11 games remaining on the schedule, Iowa already has posted an 11-9 record and a 3-4 streak in conference play.

One of the conference’s most pleasant surprises, the Hawkeyes are doing damage with a solid rebounding game and a steady offense headed by guard Matt Gatens and forwards Melsahn Basabe and Zach McCabe.

Though they don’t seem prepared to fight for the throne of the conference, Iowa appears to at least be a thorn in the side of the Big Ten’s very best.

“I have no regrets, I have no apologies, none whatsoever. I’m going to continue to coach the same way, and we’re going to keep working, improving, and battling, and fighting until we’re up by 40,” McCaffery said.

Upsets aplenty in WCHA; UND, UMN end in fisticuffs Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor Nothing is ever surprising in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

The WCHA has historically been a gritty, tough conference where anyone can beat anyone. And over break, it saw a fair amount of upsets.

So as Colorado College took a loss from St. Cloud State, NebraskaOmaha bested Minnesota-Duluth and Wisconsin was blanked by Minnesota State, no upset was more defining than North Dakota’s 2-1 rout of Minnesota.

North Dakota suffered a road sweep at Minnesota earlier in the year and was more than looking forward to the chance to get another shot at the conference leader.

Certainly, after a Friday night win, UND’s confidence could not have been higher. But oh, how hard the

Hopefully, you got some nice rest over winter break. For college basketball fans, a fresh mind’s certainly needed to decipher the Big Ten. While you were out — with all stats as of Jan. 21 — Wisconsin beat conference newcomer Nebraska but proceeded to lose three straight — including the first two at home. A terrible showing on the road at Michigan followed in the form of a 59-41 loss, but then the Badgers rebounded by traveling to Purdue and shooting the lights out in a 67-62 victory.

Famous for their consistency in reaching 10 consecutive NCAA tournaments under Bo Ryan, the Badgers topsy-turvy season to date might as well serve as the template for the rest of the conference.

Illinois, with a 15-3 overall record and 4-1 mark in Big Ten play, has sat near the top of the conference for most of the season, but even the Illini have laid some eggs in the form of a 64-48 mid-December loss to Nevada-Las Vegas (now highly ranked, but still) and a 7560 loss at Purdue on New Year’s Eve. Michigan, seemingly back to prominence, brought a 14-3 record (4-1 Big Ten) into Iowa City Jan. 14 — and the Hawkeyes responded with a 75-59 demolition of the Wolverines.

Indeed, Iowa has been one of the conference’s biggest surprises, picking up wins at Wisconsin and Minnesota in addition to the Michigan game, but sits at just 11-9 (3-4 Big Ten).

Ohio State, of course, is still a top-10 team, though the Buckeyes already have been upset on more than one occasion this season.

Michigan State rebounded from its arduous first two games, losses to North Carolina and Duke, winning 15 straight games before dropping two in a row to Northwestern and Michigan.

Indiana became one of the nation’s darlings after its rousing 73-72 victory over undefeated No. 1 Kentucky Dec. 10 in Assembly Hall but sits just 3-3 in Big Ten play.

Individually, familiar names in OSU’s Jared Sullinger and PU’s Robbie Hummel reside in the top five for scoring — albeit at Nos. 4 and 5. Two Northwestern Wildcats, John Shurna (first with 19.1 points per game) and Drew Crawford (third with 17.6) bookend Penn State’s Tim Frazier (18.2).

So what’s the deal — is the Big Ten oceandeep in talent, or just highly mediocre? Cases could be made for both, but hey — it’s only January.

mighty fall.

The following night, Minnesota smacked North Dakota 6-2, and UND wasn’t too happy about it.

While they’re no longer known as the Fighting Sioux, senior defenseman Ben Blood personified the nickname to an extreme, throwing a punch at 5-foot-8, 173-pound freshman forward Kyle Rau of Minnesota.

Blood, standing at 6-foot-4, 226 pounds, is UND’s biggest skater. Rau, on the other hand, is Minnesota’s smallest. Sure, it wasn’t a classic David versus Goliath, but Blood’s move tainted his image, making him out to be one of the dirtiest players on the ice, and caused the assistant captain to lose his title.

With the Big Ten adding hockey to its lineup, the series was the last time Minnesota and North Dakota would meet as conference foes at UND. And what a note the rivalry went out on.

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Zengerle misses chance at history by 1 game Sophomore forward’s 20-game point streak snapped against Minnesota State as men’s hockey finally surges over .500 mark for season Brett Sommers Statistics Editor As Western Collegiate Hockey Association play continued over the University of Wisconsin’s winter break, the Badgers compiled a XXXX (change Saturday) record, an impressive run that allowed Wisconsin to finally climb over the .500 mark for the first time after showing signs of youth all season. One of the best stretches of the Badgers’ season not only improved their record but included a career milestone for one Badger and marked the end of an impressive and nearschool record for another.

In game one, at Minnesota State on Jan. 13, Wisconsin not only collected its first road win of the season, but freshman goaltender Joel Rumpel

stonewalled the Mavericks’ offense for his first career shutout in the 4-0 win. It was Wisconsin’s first team shutout since Jan. 7 last season. “[Rumpel was] very good.

He only let two goals in all weekend, ... he did a fine job for us, gave us a chance both nights,” head coach Mike Eaves said.

The following night in game two, the Badgers had the tables turned on them, being shut out for the first time this season.

With zero on the scoreboard, Mark Zengerle had his 20game point streak snapped, leaving him one game shy of tying the school record set by Eaves in 1977-78.

“It’s quite an accomplishment,” Eaves said.

“I don’t think people realize, to be that consistent, what goes

into it. And Mark has always been a player that has found his way in the score sheet, and probably on Saturday, just like the rest of the team, had as good of scoring chances that he set up, or he had himself, as

any other night that he’s had in the streak. The puck just would not find its way into the back of the net. But it speaks to the consistency of his play and effort over the course of those 20 games.”

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An ArtsEtc. Guide to

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The ArtsEtc. editors reveal their choices for the best meals and deals around town this week.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the formation of Madison’s Restaurant Week: Madison Magazine’s marketing director explains the conception and execution of the twice-yearly celebration of the local food scene included],” she said.

The format of the event — six ArtsEtc. Editor days of participating restaurants When Tiffany Thom Kenney, overhauling their menus into marketing director at Madison a three course meal with three Magazine, left Las Vegas in 2006, choices for each course, all for a she brought something back with predetermined price ($15 for lunch; her. Rather than, say, gambling debt, $25 for dinner) — has remained or a weird rash, or a diamond ring largely static since 2007. What has of unknown origin, Kenney carried changed is the number of options an idea back to the capital city of for Madison diners.

“What we’ve done is we’ve added America’s Dairyland, one that she’d turn into a full blown event the more restaurants. As there are more people who go out to dine, we have following year.

Kenney had gone to Las Vegas to to make sure there are enough attend a conference for members of places to go out. Because a lot of city and regional publications, and the places, the reservations get full a talk given by another magazine weeks ahead of time,” Kinney said.

Kinney called caught her the event a “win attention. win - win.” The “I had heard “We probably wouldn’t open -most obvious a presentation of from San Diego it up to someone like a Pizza beneficiaries, course, are local [Magazine], Hut, but otherwise we’re foodies and their who was doing pretty open.” wallets, plus San Diego the owners of Restaurant Tiffany Thom Kenney restaurants that get Week. And we Madison Magazine weeks of promotion took some of not only in Madison those ideas, Magazine, but that inspiration. also in other local And of course, every community — though some of it is the same — publications where ad space is there’s always something different available for periods shorter than a month. But Kinney pointed out or unique,” Kenney said.

Specifically, the Madison market there’s a third group that comes demanded a lower price point for out ahead during Restaurant Week: a meal than the $45 offerings in the staff and servers at dozens of San Diego. Additionally, Kenney suddenly-booked restaurants all made the call to remove any sort throughout the isthmus.

“People who are working at the of fine dining designation from the participating restaurants, restaurants themselves — their tips presumably hoping to capitalize are really nice that week. They’re on Madison’s burgeoning swath used to working and having maybe of upscale pub and contemporary five or six tables a night, and now American offerings. However, they’re having 15 to 20 tables she did elaborate that there are a night. I think it really helps certain standards a Restaurant everybody, and that’s what we like.

Week restaurant needs to meet for It’s economic stimulation for the whole community,” she said. inclusion.

So where does the organizer “The big thing for us is to support as much local business as we can,” of Restaurant Week eat during Kenney said. “We probably wouldn’t Restaurant Week?

“Oh my goodness, it’s the hardest open it up to someone like a Pizza Hut, but otherwise we’re pretty thing of the whole year,” Kinney said, perhaps in the interest of open.”

The magazine’s marketing diplomacy, perhaps spoiled for department approaches some choice. “We do Restaurant Week in restaurants about participating, the summer and the winter each year and we spend a lot of time while others ask to be included.

“At Madison Magazine we sort of with those menus each year. And it’s have a good pulse on who and what always the hardest thing to pick.”

But finally, Kinney relented: “I is going on, about which restaurants would be good for our readers, don’t have a favorite,” she said. and for the community. … If we’ve “But I am going to make it to both got room for them, and if it fits Sardine and 43 North this time the mold, they absolutely [can be around.”

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dinner TRIO DE CAUSITAS A traditional preparation of freshly mashed potatoes, infused with key lime juice and pressed into a cake with assorted fillings TACU TACU AIRE, MAR Y TIERRA (1) Bite-sized juicy lamb pieces, cooked in cilantro sauce, (2) crispy duck confit covered with cilantro sauce, (3) fried fish covered with reduction of spicy seafood base sauce EXOTIC PERUVIAN DESSERTS IN ONE PLATE Chicha morada sorbet, Teja Inka Heritage authentic handmade truffle, Maracuya cheesecake, and Alfajor de Maca

dinner RABBIT CONFIT SALAD Celery, fingerling potatoes, golden raisins and harissa ranch ROOT BEER BRAISED PORK SHOULDER Fennel-potato gratin, spinach and vanilla-truffle spiced braising jus PASSION FRUIT PARFAIT Tamarind curd, cilantro and coconut powder

dinner SQUASH SOUP Roasted butternut squash with winter spice, garnished with toasted pumpkin seed oil TRUFFLED TRUMPET MUSHROOMS Tossed with black truffle vinaigrette, set on Anson Mills polenta with braised kale and porcini broth GRILLED GINGERBREAD Served with pumpkin ice cream

dinner SALAD OF ROASTED PEAR Radicchio, frisee, Wisconsin blue cheese, walnuts with warm bacon-pear vinaigrette HOUSE-MADE CAVATELLI PASTA Roasted winter root vegetables, black truffle butter MOCHA BAVARIAN CAKE

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Web of espionage tangled in le Carré adaptation ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ underwhelms with complex plot, misplaced subtlety Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor Emeritus What makes a good candidate for a book-tofilm adaptation? No one would touch Tolkien’s popular Lord of the Rings trilogy until Peter Jackson finally approached it in the early 2000s. And fans of American novelist William Faulkner probably never could have believed his unchronological, streamof-consciousness interior monologue-filled book “As I Lay Dying” would have been transformable into film. Yet, James Franco began writing a screenplay this summer for the formerly-assumed “unfilmable” prose.

With all these risks being taken in literary cinema, something like a John le Carré spy novel should be, by comparison, an effortless blockbuster. By design, his books are generally acclaimed for their depth of characters, nail-biting drama and invigorating action.

Regrettably, none of these meritorious, film-worthy qualities carry over to Tomas Alfredson’s recent “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” despite

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Although Thomas Alfredson’s movie stays loyal to the novel of the same name, the action ultimately translates poorly to the big screen. a decent budget and cast studded with stars.

The story follows retired spy George Smiley (Gary Oldman, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”), who is called back into action after a botched job in Budapest leaves an agent and innocent bystander dead. He is told by an insider, rogue spy Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy, “Inception”), that these deaths were no accident: One of his old friends from MI6’s inner circle, or “the circus,” is a double-agent for Russia.

Smiley must find the mole’s identity without letting on to anyone in the circus that a search is underway.

Or, that’s what viewers might have taken away, had they already read the book. Otherwise, the film is fearfully dull, leaving the viewer confused and far from entertained.

The nature of a spy novel demands the use of code names, intelligence lingo and deceptive characters with multiple identities — so it makes sense that “Tinker Tailor” should be a confusing film at the start.

But by revealing nothing about anyone’s true motives or identity until the final minutes, the script gives viewers scant time to catch up to the action, and the bulk

of dialogue is lost on all but those already enlightened by le Carré’s text.

Even with the scattered, shallow script, the film might have been alright if Alfredson had relied more on action sequences — the trait most people go to a spy film hoping to see. Unfortunately, it is here that “Tinker Tailor” also falters.

Violence is overly minimized in any scenario that might border on action: a single bullet wound here, a narrow miss there. Some scenes utilized gruesome images to achieve an intended shock-value, but the characters were

never developed enough glimpse of how well-done to inflict any kind of the film could have been emotional response if more of an emotional to the in viewers. These few connection attempts at excitement characters had been made are outnumbered by early on. frequent sit-down conversations to try to Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin uncover the Soviet mole Firth, Tom Hardy — always between Smiley and some other agent, Credits: Directed by always enigmatic and Thomas Alfredson; writalways involving a bottle ten by Bridget O’Connor of brandy. It’s amazing the and Peter Straughan; quality of reconnaissance based on the novel by Smiley was repeatedly John le Carré; produced able to muster with half by Tim Bevan; Running a bottle of brandy in his time 2:07 system.

The actingv in Rating: R “Tinker Tailor” was not necessarily the problem. Opened worldwide Jan. 14 As with any film featuring British characters, the casting directors needed “Tinker Tailor” might do no more than draw from the limitless pool of stay loyal to the book Harry Potter talent — with from which it was made, Oldman (Sirius Black) but it does not do it as Smiley, John Hurt justice; it can’t hold the (Ollivander) as Control, interest of a newcomer the convoluted Roger Lloyd-Pack (Barty to Crouch Sr.) playing the storyline. Many nuances part of Mendel — the of the writing, such as le addition of Ralph Fiennes Carré’s reduction of coldor Helena Bonham Carter blooded secret agents would have really made to fairytale-esque game it a party. Furthermore, pieces, could have added Hardy dazzled in his first a more universal element major role since 2010’s of depth if greater “Inception,” portraying emphasized — but when the beleaguered spy who touched upon only briefly falls in love with, then lost meaning entirely.

Since le Carré worked loses, the battered wife of an enemy (Svetlana in British Intelligence Khodchenkova, “Five for a short time, his spy novels — eight of which Brides”).

Kathy Burke focus on the George character of (“Elizabeth”) plays a Smiley former intelligence “Tinker Tailor Soldier agent who was fired Spy” — have been praised their refreshing when she got too close for to uncovering the mole. realism. It seems that Her acting in this role is when directed in such a way, a “real” impressive spy story and convincing, The film is doesn’t contain the but fearfully dull, elements underutilized leaving the necessary within the plot.

Even viewer confused for a good Colin Firth, and far from spy film. in the fresh entertained. Altogether, this work aftermath turned of being out to be awarded frustrating, Best Actor by the Academy for his unsatisfying, and — as leading role in “The King’s much as viewers might try Speech,” did not offer — difficult to appreciate. enough power to save the thoroughly unsatisfying “Tinker Tailor,” through no fault of his own talent, but rather a puzzling and Tinker Tailor understated script.

Artful visual effects Soldier Spy and camera angles give a THOMAS ALFREDSON

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New bakery serves pastries of cartoonish proportion East side’s 4 & 20 new brainchild of former L’Etoile food professionals Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor Emeritus Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye.

Four and 20 blackbirds, Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn’t that a dainty dish To set before the king?

Pastry chef Mandy Puntney always knew she’d like to run a bakery named “4 & 20” after the pie-oriented nursery rhyme. When her business associate Scott Spilger also came up with the same name — serendipitously and independently — they knew it was meant to be.

Spilger, who co-owns the newly-opened bakery and café on Madison’s east side with Puntney’s fiancé, Evan Dannells, knew at once this name would capture the essence of whimsy and fun the trio hopes to achieve with 4 & 20.

Spilger and Dannells met while working at the upscale restaurant L’Etoile on Capitol Square.

The three restaurateurs also operated a catering company on the west side, working full-time up until the soft opening of 4 & 20’s doors in late December. They said the process was an altogether new and rapid one, but in most cases the start-up strains have been abated by the satisfaction of being their own bosses — in the comfort of their firstever, self-designed kitchen space.

“This is something I’ve just been waiting to do,” Dannells said. “Long hours and lots of hard work hurts a lot less because you’re doing it for yourself.

From the baker’s perspective, Mandy is grateful for the freedom to bake whatever inspires her on any given day, in addition to the daily standards of pies, scones and her take on the classic morning bun that she selected for the menu. And she is elated to finally have a window in her kitchen.

“Bakeries are really to begin developing a notorious for shoving handful of gluten-free the baker in the back baked goods.

“Gluten-free products are somewhere,” Dannells said. “I used to joke with really hit or miss because Mandy and say, ‘Go to your wheat is really the easiest medium to bake with,” dungeon!’” said.

“We’re Far from dungeon-like, Dannells the bakery’s space has a testing things, and once we fresh interior, with real have a few things we can flowers in jars for each stand by in terms of quality table. It will soon have walls we’ll have some.”

This goes along with adorned with artwork to “soften the echoes,” Spilger the philosophy of 4 & 20 said. There are currently in general: A vaster menu two other part-time does not signify a superior employees working in the bakery.

“We prefer to do a few shop, but one of the owners will always be on-site to things very, very well than perpetuate their goal of to try to offer all varieties of baked goods,” maintaining Dannells a deep, stressed. visible “We’ve captured “Quality will involvement something always suffer in 4 & 20. when you “A true different. … In try to get too bakery is a way, they are ambitious unique to a caricature of about quantity. this area Madison is of the what we normally east side,” think of as pie. Our one of a few towns where Dannells apple pie starts people really said.

“It’s with four pounds appreciate that, small; we have our of apples, which is I think.”

One such hands on way more than you item that has this place get in any other been tried and our best and tested to interest is pie.” perfection is in keeping Scott Spilger Puntney’s pie, everybody 4 & 20 Co-Owner which Spilger happy.” said is as Since all delicious as it three pastry is fun. Although professionals no blackbirds live in the area, they had an advantage will find their way into in forecasting what treats hers, Puntney’s variety of might be popular with pies harken back to the nursery rhyme imagery of patrons.

“I think we got awfully, 4 & 20’s name — and is a awfully close because staple for which the bakery we’ve had a very warm hopes to be known.

“We’ve captured reception,” Dannells said.

“I’m getting to feed people something different. … In a that I already know from way, they are a caricature of what we normally think around my neighborhood.”

Filling a void in the of as pie,” Spilger said. “Our community has been at the apple pie starts with four forefront of his business pounds of apples, which is way more than you get in process.

“It’s great to hear any other pie. It also has [community members] this huge dome on it.”

At the time of the say they’ve always hoped something like this would interview, 4 & 20 had one open,” he said. “It’s easy lonely review on Yelp.com to develop a disconnect — the foodie’s standard between the people who measurement for eyeing make the food and their up a new restaurant — target audience, but being but the bakery and café in a place that’s really open, has been quickly gaining and where we can get feedback, recommendations “likes” on its Facebook has been fantastic.”

Along with locally business page.

“In a way it’s less about sourcing ingredients whenever possible for being the best,” Spilger its treats, soups and said, “but doing good work sandwiches, 4 & 20 hopes for its own sake.”

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Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Content Editor

Cherry Pie - $3.50 4 & 20 chose their name for their pies (four

and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie), and taking a peek into their display case shows why. The pies are perfectly constructed, with lattice tops that would make your home economics teacher green

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Morning Bun - $2.50 By most accounts, the morning bun was actually created right here in Madison at the longclosed and long-missed

Ovens of Brittany. In its original form, the morning bun is croissant dough rolled in brown sugar and cinnamon and twisted up a la cinnamon roll. 4 & 20’s twist on the classic eschews

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Glazed strawberry orange scone — $2 When

yearning

for

baked goods, scones are not typically what first comes to mind. 4 & 20’s glazed strawberry

with envy. When served, not a crumb of the flaky, firm and made from scratch crust stuck to the pan.

Unlike store-bought cherry pies, a bite of the inside of 4 & 20’s version revealed actual cherries, not cherry filling. The pie was so chock full of cherries that several actually tumbled out while taking a bite. This fruit-and-crust approach to pie utilizes fresh fruits and leaves out preservatives, but it also leaves out sweeteners.

The cherry pie may not be quite sweet enough for those used to canned pie filling, but will be spot on for those who describe desserts as “too sweet.”

brown sugar, opting instead to roll the dough in granulated sugar.

When baking, the sugar partially melts onto the exterior of the bun, leaving a pastry that is both crispy on the outside and flaky on the inside. The almost shellacked sugary exterior makes the pastry a trick to eat with your hands, but you’ll want to lick your fingers if you do. Like the typical morning bun, the interior of the pastry is filled with an addictive cinnamon sugar goo, but unlike a typical morning bun, 4 & 20’s version is just as sweet on the outside. The question is not whether to order, but which side to attack first.

orange scone attempts to change that. Sweet as a muffin but texturally akin to a buttery biscuit, the bakery’s massive scone delivers a playful spin on the cranberry orange scone found everywhere else. Luckily, they chose to leave the dryness at the other bakeries. The strawberry is subtle, but it works for those who prefer not to be overwhelmed by synthetic flavors in the morning. The glaze makes the scone just sweet enough to pique the interest of those who typically opt for less dense breakfasts.

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MMoCA exhibit examines revolutionary prints ‘¡Tierra y Libertad!’ gives high-contrast look at turbulent period in Mexico Lin Weeks ArtsEtc. Editor There’s something amusingly obscure about a roomful of prints by Mexican artists mostly done in the first half of the 20th century. Next to a Diego Rivera mural — a comparison which the new exhibit in MMoCA directly invokes by calling the prints a “parallel”

movement to Mexican muralism — a small, framed lithograph would look insignificant and dwarfed.

But ¡Tierra y Libertad! has no murals, only prints, and rather than blasting onlookers over the head with colorful, near-narrative art, the collection is interesting in its minute detail and oversized themes.

According to the information provided by the museum, printmaking was embraced by Mexican revolutionaries as a populist, accessible medium. Nearly all the works centered around heavy themes of labor, family and war, though not all were

set in Mexico. One, depicting the harrowing scene of hundreds of gaunt bodies jammed into a train car was identified as one of the first images of the Holocaust to exist outside of Europe.

The curators of ¡Tierra y Libertad! appear to have had very little interest in the light-hearted or whimsical.

This was an intelligent choice; the stark black and whites of woodcuts and etchings cast a high contrast spotlight on their topics.

Of the more than 60 prints collected in the exhibit, the most striking was “La Sombra,” a lithograph created in 1939 by Jesus

Escobedo. In it, a cloaked man stands. A street lamp is the only light source, and it casts a long shadow (sombra in Spanish) of him and his overcoat into the foreground of the picture. Although the man is obscured, the shadow illuminates a nightmarish scene. There’s a traditional Mexican skull, an emaciated mother and child and a disembodied eye all swirled together into a surreal black and white fantasy.

The viewer is left with the impression that these things are either the man’s burden or his memories; he is either awaiting the worst or the worst has already happened.

Not all of the prints are so direct in their message.

Another memorable work, titled “Inditos,” or “Indians,” shows several laborers carrying heavy loads. Their features are obscured except for their legs and the things they carry, dehumanizing them to laborer status.

A spiky cactus occupies most of the page, but in the background, several mountains loom behind.

They’re drawn as simple triangles, and their presence makes the parallel with the exodus from ancient Egypt unavoidable.

On a more meta scale, ¡Tierra y Libertad! poses the

classic query of artists in turbulent times: Is it enough to simply record what’s going on, or is carving a woodblock of state brutality akin to permission by inaction?

Indeed, one print by Leopald Méndez shows the artist Jose Guadalupe Posada carving a police beating into a zinc engraving — it’s a peek through a window through which there’s a window through which there is war.

But the very existence of ¡Tierra y Libertad! and the documented importance of the art movement to Mexico answers those questions implicitly: Like history books, art is created by the victors.

‘A Different Kind of Fix’ is futuristic, anthemic success Bombay Bicycle Club defies genre boundaries with its newest album Kevin Mahoney ArtsEtc. Writer Any attempt to categorize Bombay Bicycle Club is now utterly futile with the release of its third album, A Different Kind of Fix. Although not

as jarring of a shift as the band’s strictly acoustic second album, Flaws, BBC still managed to surprise fans by expanding beyond the guitar-centered indie sound of its freshman record with a more electronic and production heavy Fix. BBC has combined its freak-folk vocals and indiedance rhythms with the digital instrumentation of Animal Collective’s producer, Ben Allen, to create something truly addictive.

Listeners enter the with a ragtime piano beat album with “How Can — similar to Matt and You Swallow So Much Kim’s “Daylight” — that Sleep,” which begins with makes it impossible to a minute-long prologue of avoid nodding your head. muted vocal wails layered The track continues with over light guitar riffs from a dance-inducing drum Jack Steadman and Jamie beat, soothing and bouncy vocals and MacColl. rhythmic This handopening BBC has clapping. By feels like combined its the end of the it belongs song it is clear in every freak-folk vocals why the song indie movie and indiewas chosen as soundtrack dance rhythms the single. It past, with the digital is incredibly present listenable, and future, instrumentation and there something of Animal is literally which Collective’s nothing makes objectionable it quite producer, Ben in it. lovable.

Allen, to create The The track something truly harmonies introduces and two of addictive. instrumentals the major remain fresh themes of throughout the album: infectious melodies and the whole of the LP. incessantly repetitive However, the band has succumbed to the enticing lyrics.

One of the catchiest use of a single repetitive tracks on the album is the lyric to carry the load of single, “Shuffle,” released a the vocals throughout day before the rest of the most of the songs. On album. The track opens the first track, the line,

“Can I wake you up/ Is it late enough?” is repeated over and over, with the instrumentals providing the only variety.

This technique, used in the same vein by Death Cab For Cutie, leaves the listener wishing that each time they hear the lyric is the last. Although the hooky beats and silky guitar chords do a great job of drawing most of the song’s attention, you eventually notice you have heard the same nine words repeated throughout the entire track and just want to hear something different.

Despite the lyrical faults, Steadman’s voice is an instrument in its own right. Steadman reflects the band itself in his impressive versatility.

Throughout most of the album, Steadman has the pleading warble of Jim James’s Iron and Wine, but more of a Jim James on ecstasy. Then in the final track, “Still,” he reveals a more naked and distressed voice that will leave at least a few listeners wishing

he would sing a cover of “Hallelujah.”

What makes this album most impressive is its subtlety. As you move through it, you aren’t ever positive whether it’s truly got you convinced or not.

The waves of soft drums, jaunty keyboard and ethereal backup vocals wash over the album without allowing listeners to realize how much you are truly appreciating it.

But eventually the pleasing aesthetics of Fix are nearly undeniable.

The band’s melodies flow into the subconscious like a welcome dream, leaving room for a craving of another fix of the album.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIX Bombay Bicycle Club

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Avoid ‘drunchies’ to salvage wallet, waist Rachel Werts Low-fat Tuesday Columnist The spring semester is just beginning, and the city is full of undergrads looking to break through the winter break boredom to enjoy all the fun that Madison has to offer.

Many may choose to take full advantage of “syllabus week,” staying up late and partying to the wee hours of the morning, and ending the night by scarfing down their favorite on-campus munchies.

Celebrating the return to Badgerland over and over during the first few weeks of school can do a number on a healthy weight and diet.

These junk foods are fine as an occasional indulgence, but in excess they can really pack a punch of calories and lead to weight gain.

So how can you resist the late night noshing? Read below for information on your favorite Madtown “drunchies” and strategies to avoid them.

Of course, for many a night simply isn’t complete without a slice of Mac n’ Cheese pizza at Ian’s Pizza. The restaurant doesn’t provide nutritional information, but by consulting a similar menu

item from the pizza chain restaurant CiCi’s, a slice of Ian’s Mac n’ Cheese can be estimated at about 300 calories per slice.

To put this into perspective this is about 12-14 percent of your daily caloric need, or the energy equivalent of a three-mile run. As a one time indulgence this doesn’t sound too bad, but remember that if you don’t burn it off, all those extra calories will be stored as fat.

For those of you who stop at A8 China on the way home, I chose to research a popular sweet and sour chicken dish. Based on the nutritional info given

by Chin’s Asia Fresh for a similar dish, I estimate a dish of sweet and A8 China sweet and sour chicken to be between 900-1100 calories.

That is more than half the calories you need in a single day. Because a pound of fat is equal to about 3500 calories, just about three trips to A8 China can pack on a whole pound — and that is not even counting any drinks you had beforehand.

Ok, so maybe next time you’ll crave Mexican instead of Chinese, but heading for Qdoba or Chipotle can derail your diet as well. A standard grilled chicken Queso burrito from Qdoba, complete with rice, beans, and sour cream, packs 1100 calories. To burn this off you would need to walk up Bascom Hill 45 times!

For those of you who try to choose a lighter fare

and head for Jimmy John’s, think twice. A number one “Pepe” at the sub shop packs 614 calories. Remember, just because something has lettuce and tomato on it does not mean it is low calorie.

Essentially what it comes down to is that all calories not burned off by normal body functions or physical activity, no matter what type of food or drink they came from, will be stored as fat.

By binging on drunchies you’re essentially adding on an entire meal or more’s worth of calories to your day. Because your stomach is empty after about 6 hours, you’re still going to wake up hungry for breakfast the next morning. If you do the math it’s clear how easy it is to add on the pounds.

So how do you resist the late night munchies? You can pass on the food all together. Taking out only enough cash for whatever activities you have planned for the night will prevent late-night food purchases.

(Passing on late night food will also pad your wallet!)

Or you can prepare a lowercalorie alternative bed-time snack before you go out.

A simple turkey sandwich or heating up a serving of spaghetti noodles and sauce will save you money and calories.

For more information on your favorite foods, or with future Low-fat Tuesday column ideas, write to Wisconsin.dnc@gmail.com.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK BBQ chicken burrito This week’s recipe is a lightened up version of a burrito, packed with fiber to keep you feeling satisfied!

INGREDIENTS 1 2-pound roasted chicken, skin discarded, meat removed from bones and shredded (4 cups) 1/2 cup prepared barbecue sauce 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed 1/2 cup frozen corn, thawed, or canned corn, drained 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream 4 leaves romaine lettuce 4 10-inch whole-wheat tortillas 2 limes, cut in wedges PREPARATION Place a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, barbecue sauce, beans, corn and sour cream; stir to combine. Cook until hot, 4 to 5 minutes.

Assemble the wraps by placing a lettuce leaf in the center of each tortilla and topping with one-fourth of the chicken mixture; roll as you would a burrito. Slice in half diagonally and serve warm, with lime wedges.

Makes 4 servings

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Electronic artist Paper Diamond will bring his own brand of lights and sound to the Majestic on King Street Thursday night.

Paper Diamond to bring love for music to Madison Colorado-based electronic project set to flow into Madison Thursday Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Content Editor He opened for Bassnectar on New Year’s Eve 2011. He’s pals with Pretty Lights. The label he founded just sent Two Fresh on 41 tour dates with Skrillex. While the name Paper Diamond may not yet be on your radar, the producer/performer/ man about Boulder is undeniably making his mark on the electronic scene. In the words of Paper Diamond mastermind Alex Botwin himself, “It’s been a whirlwind year.”

While Paper Diamond is a relatively new project for the man of many hats, Alex has been making electronic music since age 19, playing bass in the Pnuma Trio and producing as Alex B. At the moment, it appears the Paper Diamond project will be the one to stick.

With his club-ready mixes and already packed tour schedule, “Paper Diamond is full steam ahead right now,” Alex said. “I don’t see it stopping anytime soon.”

He caught up with The Badger Herald just before getting back on the road to talk about his upcoming show at the Majestic and the future of Paper Diamond.

“Music is going to change, and people will either change with it or they won’t,” he said from his studio in Colorado. Going from playing live electronic sets with The Pnuma Trio

Rivals on all borders of Badger State Holly Hartung Dairyland Down-Low columnist

The Sconnie vs. Coastie rivalry is a hot topic, particularly this frigid time of year, when North Face jackets, UGG boots and leggings are out in full force. However, today I am going to remain mute on this topic. There’s a simple reason why: Coasties do not exist anywhere else in the state, meaning this rivalry is limited to Madison.

A true Sconnie is far too preoccupied with cross-state rivalries to be concerned about people from the coast. Accordingly, today I present a border rivalry guide to break down what Wisconsinites think of their neighboring states.

Illinois The Illinois resident is perhaps the Wisconsinite’s biggest foe. Surprisingly, this rivalry is not just about football. Despite the innate hatred for the Bears that 90 percent of Wisconsinites are born with, there is one thing Cheeseheads hate more than Ditka-worshiping super fans or even khaki-shortswearing Cubs fans.

Wisconsinites cannot stand Illinois drivers.

FIB, or Fucking Illinois Bastard, is a rather nasty term used by Wisconsinites to describe anyone driving a car with Illinois

plates. FIBs are disliked on Wisconsin roadways because they refuse to leave their aggressive driving tactics learned on Chicago’s freeways behind, even when cruising down simple twolane highways in Wisconsin.

Sadly, there is little even the most courteous Illinois driver can do to change a Wisconsinite’s mind. This is because Wisconsinites take their time spent fishing, hunting and waterskiing at their cabins very seriously, and they want to hoard the north woods of Wisconsin for themselves.

Like a hipster who cannot get over the fact that Vampire Weekend is now mainstream, Wisconsinites are bitter that Illinoisans discovered their happy place.

(Upper) Michigan Speaking of up north, Yoopers are by far some of da friendliest people you’ll ever meet, hey. That does not mean they are immune from criticism. Although they spend their time in a similar fashion to those who live in northern Wisconsin or those who travel there on vacation, their speech makes them the butt of many jokes.

Most jabs at Yoopers take the form of impersonation.

That means replacing the “th” sound with a “d,” adding “hey” to most sentences and eliminating key prepositions.

For example, to mock a Yooper, a Wisconsinite might say “Do yous wanna go Kmart, hey? I gotta get somma dat oil fer my snowmobile.”

Ironically, many Wisconsinites are blissfully

unaware of their own accent, which can be just as potent as a Yooper’s. The difference is in the vowels.

Someday I will learn how to pronounce the short “a” sound, but for now I will continue to tell people I live in Maaaaadison, Wiscaaaaaansin.

other than the Packers. They are incredulous that some University of Wisconsin parents seem more hell-bent on getting wasted on game day than their kids. To that, I say, “Mom, Dad — grab the PBR! Let’s challenge these jokers to a drinking contest and show ‘em who’s boss!”

Minnesota

Iowa

In contrast to Illinois, the rivalry with our western neighbors is all about football. There is no greater joy for a Wisconsinite than to rip apart a Vikings fan or revel in a Vikings loss.

To wear a purple jersey is to declare war and open oneself up to unrelenting verbal attack.

Outside of the realm of football, Wisconsinites generally do not have a problem with Minnesotans.

We view them as friendly neighbors who aren’t much different than us. What many Wisconsinites don’t know is that friendliness is just a façade.

You see, Minnesotans’ Scandanavian heritage prevents them from being confrontational about their disdain for others.

To get the full story about how Minnesotans view Wisconsinites, you need to be part of their inner circle. That’s why I’ve been conducting a year-long investigative journalism venture that involves “dating” a Minnesotan in order to learn their secrets.

Through my covert mission, I have learned that Minnesotans think we Sconnies are overly boisterous party animals who need to find a hobby

My knowledge of people from Iowa is limited to what I learned when I played the part of Zaneeta (eek gads!) in The Music Man in high school. Apparently they have an aversion to pool halls? Although I could be mistaken, in my 22 years of being a Wisconsinite, I have heard little to no criticism of Iowans. We are typically too busy griping about FIBs to fully develop another rivalry.

Where is the love?

The downside to Sconnie pride is letting our love of beer and football cloud our judgment. It’s important not to take these rivalries too seriously or you might miss the big picture.

We Midwesterners are perceived as being friendly by the rest of the nation.

If we cannot get over our differences, how will we ever compete with southern hospitality?

Damn. Did I just ruin my point by suggesting an end to competition for the sake of a bigger competition?

Whatevs, man. Go Badgers!

Holly Hartung (hhartung2@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism and communication arts. If ya have ideas for future Dairlyand DownLow columns, send ‘em her way.

to down-tempo studio work as Alex B to the now dance-emphasized mélange of sounds he’s producing as Paper Diamond, Alex has proved he’s more than capable of changing with it.

Signed to Pretty Lights Music and his own label, Elm & Oak, Alex describes Paper Diamond’s sound as “dance music with intention.” “It’s a wide variety of genres, but it’s danceable music that flows together and still sounds like me,” he said.

His first EP, Levitate, featured a variety of influences, from dubstep to hip-hop to the chill electronic beats that seem to seep from Colorado. The soon-to-be-released EP, Paragon, promises to be just as diverse. “It’s very unique and very catchy,” Alex said.

Both titles are available for free download at paperdiamond.com.

But Alex isn’t spending all of his time in the studio these days. His Winter Tour has him playing everywhere from Chicago to Pittsburg to Knoxville, Tenn. While dates have only been announced through March, Alex promised that there’s no end in sight for Paper Diamond shows.

“We have a bunch of festivals already lined up for this year and a bunch that we can’t announce yet, but we’re definitely going to be all over the place this summer,” he said. When asked where he saw himself in a year, Alex responded with a laugh “probably on an airplane somewhere.”

And what does Alex have to say about his shows? “I think the people that come

to the shows are coming to have a good time and party, and if you like to have fun then Paper Diamond is something you can definitely get into.”

Even those that have seen Paper Diamond before can look forward to a whole new experience with the Winter Tour.

“My set is always different, so I’m able to improvise when I’m on stage and really go with the crowd and see how they’re feeling and adjust to however I want the show to be,” Alex explained.

“This is the one time that I’m coming to Madison in the next little while, so I’m really planning something special for you guys.”

Thursday’s show will feature Paper Diamond’s own light setup and a brand new set. “I’m going to be playing a bunch of exclusive music that no one has heard yet from the new record, and I’ve got a couple of new remixes that I’ve been saving for tour,” Alex said.

While Alex says “the sky is the limit” for the future of Paper Diamond, for now he’s happy to be where he currently stands.

“I do everything for the love of music, and I’m just grateful to be able to tour and play shows and spread happiness and inspiration to people all over the world,” he said. “I definitely get excited about it every single night, and I can’t wait to get on the road. So yeah, I’ll see you in Madison soon.”

Paper Diamond will perform at Madison’s Majestic Theatre Jan. 26. Doors open at 9 p.m.

Tickets are $13 in advance or $15 at the door.

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Classifieds SO to higher education, better beer, better fans, and an all around better university.

SO to 2012.

ASO to finding out my roommate is a Woo Girl. DASO to this roommate being a guy.

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SO to my fellow coworker who introduced me to Socially Awkward Penguin.

You know you are an awkward person when you can relate your life to nearly every one that is posted.

Whoops.

ASO to being so easily distracted when studying that I watched an entire series of videos on youtube about garlic. SO to now being an expert on different varieties of garlic, when to plant, when to harvest, and how to dry it.

HMFSO to being back on WISCO turf. Madison, it’s been way too long. London was great, but you will always be #1 to me!

YEAHHH BUCKY!!!

HMFSO to my safecab driver on Saturday.

I have never had anyone ask to be my hair agent before, not sure what that is, but after I took a long look at your waist length mullet I knew it was meant to be.

SO to a-bar indoor slip-n-slide’s down my apartment hallway. ASO to our neighbors that called JSM on us, talk about the fun police.

ASO to break screwing up my sleep schedule. Alternating nights of 2 and 14 hours of sleep is highly inconvenient.

SO to picking potential cities for post-graduation jobs based on the size of the WAA group there.

SO to good grades offsetting parents’ impressions of the extent of my alcoholism HMFSO to coming back to school and being able to check out hotties....Ones that I don’t already know from high school.

Badgers, all of you are goddamn sexy. I LOVE COLLEGE.

HSO to my chinchilla. May not be a badger per se, but dude’s a straight up badass that deserves to be called a Badger :D HMFSO to National Hugging Day this Saturday! Hug away Badgers, hug away :3 ASO to realizing in my countdown to my 21st birthday that I was probably conceived around New Years. Was I an accident?

SO to drinking beer in the back of a pick-up truck at party in a barn. DSO to Wisconsin being the only state where this is socially acceptable.

SO to the guy at Qdoba tonight wearing a bath robe..... the dude abides ASO to watching The Bachelor and feeling the need to get married. HMFSO to being young, wild, and free.

ASO to Frida’s closing. But bigger ASO to whoever the fuckbrought a gun there and fired it!!

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ASO to the Oxford comma. It’s frivolous British nonsense and I refuse to use it. Not today, not tomorrow and not any day after that. WHAT NOW?!

SO to snow and snow accessories SO to the commercial that says “money ball has already won four golden globes” and instead hearing it as “montee ball”. i wouldn’t be surprised if he did win 4 golden globes.

DSO to montee coming back for another year. ball so hard motha fuckas wanna sign him...

SO to any boys willing to go see the

orchestra on the weekends and watch Doctor Who on the weeknights. Please reaffirm my faith that you exist!

SO to the guy who was looking at porn today at the business library.. on the library computers.. in the wideopen... where everyone could see..

Classy.

SO to counting down the days until my birthday when I turn 25. Oh oops...I think I meant my older sister’s birthday. Can’t wait to paint the town red with her ID and pretend to celebrate “my” birthday. DSO to older siblings.

SO to meeting a fellow badger at the pool in florida!! DSO to him graduating in ‘54 and meeting his wife at UW. ASO to him for never having gone back to visit after he graduated... what?

SO to being so so so excited that montee ball is coming back!!

SO to all the kids from high school that thought they were awesome four years ago but didn’t give two shits about their education.

Winter and summer breaks are always a good time to see how your lives have (or

haven’t) progressed.

Sorry I’m not sorry about your dead end job, whore of a girlfriend, and living with your parents.

SO to getting whistled at while at the mall. ASO to getting whistled at while at the mall. Man up or fuck off. DASO to him driving astupid jacked up truck. Yay you think I’m hot, bummer you seem like a d-bag.

SO to the DoIt Tech guys. You are all just so nerdy and sexy. What I would do to you...

ASO to cereal for always seeming like there is so much left in the box, and realizing it’s actually only enough to fill half a bowl.

RSO to discovering the deliciousness of combining Golden Grahams and Honey Smacks. SO to breakfast.

SO to Bryant for being a bomb dig Ad Director SO/ASO to spending all day yesterday watching the Dance Moms marathon with my roommate. It’s like a train wreck.

You just can’t stop watching the drama these grown women cause.

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Next to Camp Randall- spacious shared bath studio- available now $442/month. Heat is included. Call Randall Park @251-2715.

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

ASO to my phone replacing ‘iPod’ with ‘opossum’. Definitely NOT interchangeable...

SO to the rent a cop

4 BEDROOM AT 521 W. Dayton.

High end finishes. 2 new bathrooms, new kitchen, dishwasher. $2,295. MADISONCAMPUSRENTALS.COM

Parking available now, Kohl Cenwho graced my party ter. Call or text (608)695-3937.

Parking: a few spaces left in the Vilas neighborhood and Camp Randall areas. Forget the odd/ Fall 2012 rentals. Studios even snowfall parking rules and through 10 bedroom units. rent one of the last spots left! www.a-p-properties.com or call/ 250-0202. text (608) 695-3937.

LARGE 3BR FALL. 409 W. Dayton. New kitchen, dishwasher/ microwave, free laundry in apt.

New carpet/ hardwood floors, central air, fully furnished, porches. $1400. 835-2637.

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hanging out with garden gnomes since 1969

with his presence last night. i mean you were trying so hard to be a hard ass, but upon finding out that our last names were similar, you turned into a nice, middle aged teddy bear. i’m sorry, i do not plan on researching my geneology to see if our families “came over here on the boat together” SO to reppin’ Badger gear all over Beijing and Hong Kong.

Nothing like wearing clothes from the

best school ever in the best cities ever. ASO to the one guy wearing Oregon gear looking like a total bum. Socks and sandals. Lols.

beer like I do

ASO to being separated from my one true love. SO to returning to Madison to reunite with the Plaza and their alarmingly tantilizing cheddar muchers...

Silver lining SO that somewhere, in the fetal position, Aaron Rodgers is still adorable.

SO to going to another college campus and being asked if I was a man for the way I put back beers. After saying no, I just go to Wisconsin, they said everything made sense. DSO to beer and all the Wisconsin girls that love

SO to the two yearold boy who hit on my 12 year-old sister today. “How you doin’?”

SO to classes starting. Not for school, but because it means that Madison will be back in full force.

Party on.

SO to Barbie who’s fictional hometown is in Wisco. ASO to the fact that she is most def a coastie...

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SO to the Packers having more time to make State Farm commercials.

SO to nearly getting steamrolled by the girl’s XC/ track team as they ran down Engineering Drive. Honestly, I can think of no better way to die than being trampled by a gaggle of beautiful, fit women.

ASO to browsing the student orgs and not finding what I was looking for. No gun/ rifle/marksmanship club? No undergraduate Slavic student org? What’s a girl to do?

ASO to being home for break and being surrounded by high school-esque immaturity. SO to going to Madison and therefore knowing I am doing better things with my life than 94% of the people I have seen from my high school.

SO to the cereal box, you become so interesting while I eat my cereal ASO to what I think is a cavity. SO to stuffing as many fruit roll ups as I can fit in my mouth anyway.

ASO to getting an email for an in-

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DASO to being a guy...

SO to sex. ASO to my room now smelling like sex. Oy. SO to my co-worker at UHS who just said “dammit” after sneezing. I’ll safely assume you just dropped your bid for the world record time in between sneezes, sorry buddy.

SO to #swagrid SO to loving Gucci Mane and not caring who knows it! #gucci.

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