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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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GAB releases recall names Board decides to post over 1 million signatures, addresses online amid personal privacy debate Ilona Argirion Reporter

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Interesting weather we’re having, eh? University of Wisconsin senior Barbara Jedele enjoys an unseasonably balmy day in late January on the Memorial Union Terrace Tuesday. She said since Wisconsin winters are usually too cold, it was worth it to take in a warm day in one of campus’s best sunny spots.

State election officials publicly released the recall petitions for Gov. Scott Walker online Tuesday night, reversing their original decision to postpone publication amid privacy concerns. Government Accountability Board spokesperson Reid Magney said the board gave Walker’s campaign electronic copies of the petitions containing an estimated one million signatures Friday, and promised to post them online for the public to see Monday.

Reid said the board originally decided to hold off on posting the recall petitions after hearing concerns about releasing the addresses of domestic violence victims, along with complaints from individuals who signed the petitions and did not want their names released. GAB Director Kevin Kennedy said in a statement the petitions were released under Wisconsin law, a position also publically supported by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. “Unlike an elector’s vote, which is private and

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UW breaks ground on Camp Randall renovations $76.8M project for ‘Athletic Village’ to include new spaces for athletes to train Alyssa Smith Herald Contributor In less than two years, students can expect a newly renovated Camp Randall stadium, which will include a three-story addition to create facilities for student athletes to train and study. The University of Wisconsin project to build a new “Athletic Village” to

upgrade existing athletic facilities entered the first of three phases at the conclusion of the 201112 football season and will likely have cost $76.8 million upon its projected completion in 2014. Athletic Department spokesperson Justin Doherty said the first phase of construction will create a tunnel from underneath the McClain Athletic Facility to the field level at Camp Randall, as well as replace the turf and adjust some minor seating problems inside the bowl. Doherty said a lot of the facilities in the McClain

Athletic Facility and related areas are significantly outdated at this point, and the goal of the project is to provide student athletes with upgraded locker rooms, weight rooms and athletic training centers. Doherty cited UW’s need to stay competitive with other Big Ten schools as an added reason for the renovations. For example, the new weight room created through the project will be 17,000 square feet, as compared to the current 7,824 square-foot space. Other upgrades will include the reconstruction

of the north and northeast ends of Camp Randall, renovation of the second floor and east side and upgrading existing spaces such as shower areas and restrooms. The renovations make up only part of the UW Athletics Facilities Master Plan, which was developed and put into action in 2008, according to Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture. The Master Plan also includes projects such as building the new men’s hockey practice facility, which is still underway, in addition to a new indoor

Falk to address aiding growth

swimming and diving complex and other future developments. “It’s really geared toward student athletes and providing this for them,” Brown said. Brown said along with facility upgrades, student athletes can also expect to see new tutoring services and academic support services, with the reconstruction providing space for these additional services. The project’s total budget of $76.8 million came from UW Athletic Department

The project includes: • A new three-story academic and strength training center • Renovation of university sports locker rooms • New turf and a tunnel in Camp Randall • A 32,00 ft. sq. addition to Camp Randall’s north end • Renovation of the McClain Athletic Facility basement

RENOVATIONS, page 5

Student Judiciary denies additional MCSC appeal Ruling ends MCSC’s appeal process; org will not be eligible Katie Caron Higher Education Editor

Former Dane Co. executive gears up to challenge Walker

In a written decision released Tuesday night, the judicial arm of the University of Wisconsin student government detailed its reasons for denying the Multicultural Student Coalition’s appeal against the Student Services Finance Committee. Student Judiciary

Mike Kujak State Legislature Editor Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk is one of two Democrats who have announced a run against Gov. Scott Walker in a likely recall election. Falk served as Dane County executive for four consecutive terms from 1996 to 2011 and ran for governor in 2002, but lost during a primary. The Badger Herald sat down with Falk to discuss her gubernatorial aspirations. The Badger Herald: Wisconsin’s political landscape has changed a lot in the last year. What would you do to adapt to a new political scene? Kathleen Falk: I’d govern very differently. The hallmark of my life’s work has been bringing people together who disagree. When I was elected county executive for 15 years, one of the biggest issues was how to grow and build more homes. I brought environmentalists, realtors and builders together to protect the [Department of Natural Resources], wildlife,

Athletic Village features

Chief Justice Kathryn Fifield said the decision means the end of the “back and forth” over funding that occurred between SSFC and MCSC during most of last semester. “This should be the end of MCSC’s dealings with [the Associated Students of Madison] for now. I don’t know what course of action they will take going forward,” Fifield said. “They can’t appeal anything else within ASM at this point.” In the report, SJ explains the reasoning behind denying an appeal to the previous judicial decision, which

dismissed MCSC’s accusation that SSFC violated viewpoint neutrality in the decision not to grant the organization General Student Services Fund eligibility. MCSC’s most recent appeal alleged that Student Judiciary erred in its decision on the grounds that it misunderstood legal requirements and failed to recognize important facts in its evaluation. MCSC leadership also commented they had discovered new evidence that would change the original

APPEAL, page 6

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Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk said she championed bringing opposing parties together on key issues during her tenure and that the signatures gathered in her previous race demonstrate the support of the people of Wis. streams and the quality of life in the state. That’s what I’ve spent my life doing, bringing people together and solving problems. BH: What would you do differently from your race for governor in 2002? KF: Well first, there [are] others like my friend Tom Barrett whose running has lost twice. But last time I ran I got 1.56 million signatures, which is 50,000 more than our Democrat candidate got last year, so people [would] vote for me across the state. BH: Why did you decide to step down early from your position as Dane County executive in April of last year? KF: When I was elected, I promised to get two things done. The first was to build this manure digester and we got it

built. It’s helping our dairy farms to grow here and it’s the green SCAN THE QR CODE technology [for] the to watch exclusive video coverage future. online. The other goal I had was to launch the [Coalition to Reduce Alcohol Abuse], another thing that is important on this campus. The culture of Wisconsin drinking is so off the charts on every barometer. I launched that coalition to change our culture. When those were done, I also turned 60 and I knew I had one

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A recent stall on the controversial aspects of the Downtown Plan, along with ideas to both preserve and enhance the 100 Block of State Street, was the key issue in a Tuesday night discussion session among Madison City Council members. Downtown Plan Project Managers Bill Fruhling and Brad Murphy presented the council with nine main aspects of the plan, many of which the officials said would affect University of Wisconsin students. Each tenant of the plan, dubbed a “key,” presents recommendations for Madison over the next 20 years. The first key point aims to celebrate the lakes, Fruhling said. It proposed to make parks and areas along the lakefronts more inviting. Other key points include strengthening the region’s economic engine and ensuring a quality urban

environment. “Our downtown, because of our isthmus location, has some iconic views,” Fruhling said. “We need to make sure, from here on out, that those views are preserved.” Maximum building heights in the downtown area are also being proposed, he said. These are aimed at strengthening the character of the downtown’s unique neighborhoods. Fruhling stressed the importance of preserving key views, such as those from the Capitol to both lakes. “A lot of the development interests have articulated very clearly about the height limits proposed in the plan,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. The future of the Mifflin Street neighborhood’s development was also discussed by members in the meeting. Mifflin Street is an area that has generated a lot of dialogue on its future, Fruhling said. There have been a number of new

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Members of the Madison Common Council heard from project managers on the Downtown Plan Tuesday night. One of the plan’s hotly contested aspects includes the redevelopment for the 100 Block of State Street. New transportation avenues on Langdon Street and housing for the Mifflin Street area are also in the plans. developments proposed, many of which are on the peripheries of the Mifflin Street area. A new “urban lane” between West Washington Avenue and West Mifflin Street is proposed in the Downtown Plan and could include other new developments along with the plan, Fruhling said. “The plan wants to continue to make the downtown an even better place to live than it already is,” Fruhling said. “It discusses housing for students as we see a shift of students living closer to campus.”

The plan also advises a number of more efficient transportation choices for the downtown area. The idea to create a Langdon mid-block path is also up for consideration in the plan. There is currently a welltraveled pedestrian path through the Langdon Street area, Fruhling said; some of it is through public land, some through private land and some through parking lots. The Downtown Plan hopes to formalize these thoroughfares to make the area a safer place to walk. The plan also proposes to make landmarks and historic districts of the city

much more experiential. Fruhling said it recommends a more comprehensive approach to building up those historic districts such as State Street, Mansion Hill and the Langdon Street neighborhood. Finally, the plan contains provisions to expand its recreational, cultural and entertainment offerings while becoming a model for sustainability. Over the next two months, the Downtown Plan will be presented to the remaining commissions. After these presentations, developers will focus on getting the plan approved.

Policy to curb gathering by homeless Madison ordinance on congregating in city, county spaces allows officers to remove individuals for ‘bad behavior’ Lesia Witkowsky Herald Contributor Madison policymakers have begun exercising efforts to address homeless people sleeping and drinking alcohol in city buildings as the details of a city ordinance billed to ensure employees’ safety begins to take effect. Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said a recently approved ordinance aims to address the congregating of homeless individuals in city buildings by enforcing the prohibition of alcohol within those buildings. The ordinance allows Madison police officers to arrests citizens carrying or drinking alcohol inside city- or county-owned buildings. “When it was approved, the police department did reach-out work and let homeless people know [about the ordinance],”

Woulf said. “We just wanted to make sure they were aware that the police department can now enforce those rules.” Woulf said the number of homeless people congregating inside cityowned buildings has been on the rise this winter due to the inability to utilize other public gathering spaces that have been open to the homeless community in the past, such as the Central Library and Capitol building. With the closings of these public spaces, members of the homeless community have turned to other options for warmth and space in a building, including area shelters. Porchlight, a local organization that provides shelter for the homeless community, recently opened a daytime resource center in a building site previously occupied by the Don Miller car dealership

on East Washington Street. Executive Director Steve Schooler said the center is only open during the day, but offers an alternative space for the homeless community to gather and stay warm during the winter months. The center will close in mid-March, once temperatures have risen.

“Many of our downtown officers work very hard trying to help those who are in need.” Joel DeSpain MPD spokesperson Despite alternative buildings directed at sheltering homeless citizens, several still congregate inside city and county buildings.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said Madison police have identified several homeless people who have caused disruptions within city buildings in the past. “Very recently the precinct captain sent an email containing images of five individuals who are no longer welcome,” Resnick said. “These individuals were banned from entering city buildings due to bad behavior, including the consumption of alcohol in public bathrooms and the threatening of a custodian.” Resnick said these identifications and the recent ordinance are not a crackdown on the homeless community, but instead are an attempt to address the issue of safety inside city buildings. The Madison Police Department has also dealt with safety issues concerning the homeless community. MPD

spokesperson Joel DeSpain said citizens with no permanent address have often been removed from private properties. This has frequently happened in offcampus student housing areas, DeSpain said. He said MPD has also made efforts to help the homeless community, with officers distributing blankets, hats and mittens to those without a permanent address throughout the winter months. “Many of our downtown officers work very hard trying to help those who are in need by plugging them in to the resources that are available to them,” DeSpain said. “Our department cares about the safety of everyone in the community, and those who do not have a permanent address are part of that community.” Leah Linscheid contributed to this report.

CRIME in Brief WEST GORHAM Sexual Assault

A report from the Madison Police Department said a woman contacted officials Saturday saying she believed she had been sexually assaulted after a man she did not know offered to walk her home from a bar and entered her apartment. MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the woman, 27, was not entirely sure what had happened but had been drinking, which may have attributed to her unclear recollection of the incidents of the night. Additionally, DeSpain said the woman’s debit card was taken and used by the suspect. “This is likely a case of acquaintance sexual assault, even if she had not known the suspect very long,” DeSpain said. He said this was not an instance of someone breaking into a residence and assaulting the victim, or the victim being assaulted on

the street. DeSpain said once a detective can talk to the woman, they will have more information on what transpired.

involving UW students arise, he contacts the dean’s office so the university can reach out to the victims and give them whatever support they need.

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EAST WASHINGTON Sexual Assault

Officers were called to a hospital after an 18-year-old male victim was admitted with a broken jaw early Sunday morning, a MPD report said.

A 43-year-old woman reported she was sexually assaulted Jan. 29 at a day shelter when a 60-year-old man touched her inappropriately, a police report said.

DeSpain said the victim, a University of Wisconsin student, was unable to provide much information and was intoxicated. A detective has been assigned to follow up on the case.

The report said the man, Kenneth Archer of Madison, was arrested for fourth-degree sexual assault after the victim said he touched her through her jeans.

The victim came home to his dorm room injured and his roommate helped him, DeSpain said. The Dean of Students’ office, which DeSpain contacted, said the student recalled more of the incident when he spoke with a university official at the office. DeSpain said when crimes

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said it is very rare to see instances of sexual assault in this area. “It hasn’t happened for a while,” Maniaci said. “I can’t remember the last time it happened in this neighborhood.” According to the report, the assault happened when the victim and others at the shelter were

viewing a video.

EAST WASHINGTON Animal Complaint — Disturbance A 7-month-old pit bull terrier was tasered Jan. 31 after attacking its owner and two other pedestrians, a MPD report said. Maniaci said this is a rare incident in the East Washington area, because it is largely composed of rental properties, very few of which have pets. She said she knows of only one other incident within the last nine months that involved aggressive animals. The report said the dog initially attacked its owner and then two passersby who attempted to help her. Maniaci said Public Health and MPD will be following up with both the owner of the animal and the owner of the property.

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When I grow up... Students attended the Spring Career and Internship Fair held Tuesday from 4:30-8 p.m. at the Kohl Center to get their feet wet with job prospects and networking for the future. Jill Peters The Badger Herald

Three Dems to face off with GOP in recall races Assistant minority leader, other former lawmakers prepare to enter recall fray Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor As Republican state senators facing recall elections review petition signatures for the possibility to challenge them in court, three Democratic candidates have launched campaigns to run against them. At a rally at Monona Terrace Tuesday Seidel evening, Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller, D-Monona, introduced the three candidates and said the recall Dexter elections are meant to hold the Republican state senators accountable for following Gov. Scott Walker’s agenda and dividing the Lehman state. Assembly Minority Leader Donna Seidel, D-Wausau, said she will run against Sen. Pam Galloway, R-Wausau. Kristen Dexter, a former state representative, plans to challenge Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls

League of Women Voters illuminates ID ‘quagmire’ Member say law casts voters into Catch-22 with birth certificates, voting Julia Jacobson Herald Contributor As the state election season approaches, the League of Women Voters voiced concerns over a possible bureaucratic quagmire surrounding the identification documents necessary to receive an ID that will be accepted to vote at the polls. A statement released by the League said citizens could be caught in a Catch-22 when trying to get an ID, saying if citizens need a photo ID to vote, they will have to show a certified birth certificate. However, if citizens need a certified birth certificate, they will be required to show a photo ID. According the statement, just a few weeks ago you could order a copy of a Wisconsin birth certificate by mail without this documentation. You had to provide information, such as your parents’ names and your date and place of birth, and

then the postal service provided the final check by not delivering a birth certificate if the person does not live at the address. The statement said the changes came when the Department of Health Services’ Vital Records Office recently revised its policies to request that citizens include a copy of a government-issued photo ID with their mailed or inperson request for a birth certificate. A statement from the American Civil Liberties Union said the civil rights group is also currently pursuing a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the voter ID law. The organization claims the law violates the 14th and 24th amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Wisconsin ACLU spokesperson Stacy Harbaugh said she is concerned with the implications of the voter ID law. Under the new law, citizens who were able to vote last year will not be able to do so this year, Harbaugh said. “The biggest problem that this law has created among qualified voters is a lot of confusion,” Harbaugh said. “Even regular voters are

confused about what the photo ID law really says.” Current law requires Wisconsin residents to present a current photo ID, typically a driver’s license, at a polling place in order to vote. Voters without driver’s licenses can also obtain a free ID card at a Department of Motor Vehicles service center. According to ASM Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Sommers, the new voter ID law comes with new policies for University of Wisconsin students and to obtain a voter ID card, students must visit the Wiscard office and verify their signature before the card can be printed. Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Mike McCabe said the voter ID law limits the ability of students, senior citizens and low-income people to vote because these groups of people are unlikely to possess necessary identification, particularly driver’s licenses. “A lot of people don’t think anything about this law ... because they have a voter ID. They don’t think about the groups of people unlikely to have an ID,” he said.

and John Lehman, a former state senator and Assembly member, said he plans to run against Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine. “The last six months when the Republican agenda has been in effect, we’ve been going backward,” Miller said. “We’ve been losing ground. It’s time to turn the state back onto a path of success for all of us and not just a few.” Seidel said she will run against Galloway because she was inspired by the commitment of thousands of people throughout her district who collected signatures. She said the main issues facing the district are growing jobs, creating a stronger economy and supporting education. She also said ensuring adequate health care coverage will be a key issue in her campaign, as well as maintaining an open and honest government. Galloway’s campaign released a statement criticizing Seidel for catering to liberal special interest groups and for increasing taxes. “The last time Sen. Galloway’s opponent was in charge of our state budget, Wisconsin was left with a $3.6 billion deficit, which amounted to nearly $640 owed for every man, woman and child in Wisconsin,” the statement said. “It was Donna Seidel’s 2009 budget that increased taxes by billions of dollars on the working families and job creators of our state.” Dexter said she decided to run because of the enthusiasm of the volunteers who collected signatures.

She said many of the volunteers came from a wide variety of background such as independents, Republicans and people who had never before been involved in politics. Dexter also ran against Moulton for an Assembly seat in a 2008 election and defeated him, Miller said. Moulton’s campaign spokesperson Nick Lauren said in a statement Dexter voted for more than $5 billion in tax increases, presided over the loss of more than 120,000 Wisconsin jobs and had ties to liberal special interest groups. Lehman said he plans to run against Wanggaard because the senator has not listened to the citizens of his district and has sided with Walker even when compromises were offered in the legislature. “We know that there are enough signatures to have a recall,” Lehman said. “And we’re ready and eager to let the citizen voice back into the process once more.” Wanggaard said in a statement voters rejected Lehman and his policies about a year ago when they voted Lehman out of office because of his work with former Gov. Jim Doyle, which cost the state 150,000 jobs. He said he looks forward to running his record against Lehman again. Brad Wojciechowski, spokesperson for the State Senate Democratic Committee, said a candidate has not come forward yet to challenge Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, who could also face a recall election.

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Don’t sneeze UW student Tianbo Sui attempts to extract a Jenga block during a round of the Transfer Student Game Night, hosted Tuesday at Union South. The event gave students the chance to mingle with other new students and begin to better connect with campus.

Group prepares plan for disasters

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Kelsey Ryan Herald Contributor A University of Wisconsin group working to develop a campus-wide plan to react to possible disasters held an open house on Tuesday aimed at gathering students’ ideas and feedback on the plan. Members of the committee are working to get their mitigation plan approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after receiving a grant for the plan a little over a year ago. Disaster Resistant University Project Manager Tom McClintock said the committee is made up of members of the UW Hospital and Clinics, as well as the Arboretum. Prior to the open house, the planning committee devised goals and objectives and discussed its progress on the project. One idea in progress is developing a mass communication system where Madison residents would receive a text should there be some sort of disaster taking place. The committee is continuing to work with these plans to develop “the brick and mortar” of the entire plan, according to committee member John Buechler. He said disasters are likely going to happen in the future, and this is an issue that needs to be addressed. “It’s not if a disaster happens, it’s a matter of when,” Buechler said. “More and more universities are getting hit, from [being in] hazardous areas and lack of attention.” Once the committee’s plan is in place, university officials and FEMA must approve its provisions. After approval, the university would be eligible for funding to put the plan into action. “It’s a fairly new program and not something easily done in a university of this magnitude,” Principal Investigator Stephen Ventura said. Thus far, the only school in Wisconsin with a mitigation

FALK, from 1 more big job in me. I knew I needed to go out and get it. I told the world 16 months ago I was going to get it. BH: Job creation is a key issue on both sides of the aisle. What initiatives would you support to create more jobs in Wisconsin? KF: I know I’m talking to an audience that must be thinking about this a lot. As students, you’ve got college loans to pay off and you want a job when you get through here. It is so important. What Gov. Walker did is promise to create 250,000 jobs. Even his own administration acknowledges he will fall short of that. There is a better way. My campaign will be speaking to that a lot in

NAMES, from 1 confidential, the signing of recall petition is a public process,” Kennedy said in the statement. “In addition to providing copies to requestors, the GAB will continue its past practice, and put all 153,335 pages of PDF copies of the petitions online later today.” Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment spokesperson Jacqueline O’Reilly said the board’s decision was disappointing since releasing the addresses of past assault victims could be dangerous. “People in general can decide what amount of information they want out,” she said. “But obviously when the victims of stalkinG and physical assault’s safety

the coming months. To give you an example of what I can do, if you take real problems for cleaning up lakes, growing dairy

plan is the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, which finished the implementation of its plan in 2008. In hopes of getting to that point, the committee planning team created a process involving four steps: hazard identification, risk assessment, mitigation strategies and FEMA plan approval. So far DRU is in the planning process for the third step — creating mitigation strategies. As for the first and second steps, the planning team has identified the most prominent hazards that could occur in the campus area. The hazards fall under the three categories of natural hazards, technological hazards and political hazards. The most likely disasters to possibly occur consist of severe winter storms, excessive heat and flooding, but do not exclude structure fire and building collapse, political hazards or civil disturbance, according to committee members at the meeting. By determining these hazards, McClintock and the team were able to simulate potential scenarios with corresponding responses. “We try to recreate historical events. We try to create a worst case scenario,” McClintock said. At the meeting, McClintock described one simulation which displayed all of the areas that would be affected should a chemical spill occur and infect the streets of Madison. Flash floods on the UW campus in 2006 and 2009 caused damage to the university valued in the millions, and McClintock said he believed developing a mitigation plan for UW is more than necessary. Committee member Dan Martin also added that for every dollar put into preparation in disaster mitigation, four are saved in damage. Looking forward, the committee aims to finalize its plan for FEMA and UW approval before putting it to action.

herds and a need for green energy and you come up with a new solution you can create jobs.

BH: After seeing all the out-of-state money come into the recalls last summer, a lot of people are questioning campaign finance. Do you support campaign finance reform? And what reforms would you like to see put in place? KF: I’m shaking my head in chagrin here. I don’t come from wealth. I suspect many of your readers don’t either. What we’ve seen is something so off that charts by any other horrendous campaign records-setting drive. Gov. Walker has collected over $4 million in the last month alone, most of which is from out-of-state. But what I have is a million people who want our state back. I’ve learned that there’s a point where no money can buy back the trust of the people.

is put in jeopardy, that should be given significant weight in the decision. “ O’Reilly questioned whether making the addresses public was necessary and said releasing just the name or picture of the signatures after confirming the addresses could have been an alternative and safer way to release the information. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said in a statement to ratify the situation, attorneys from the Department of Justice met with GAB staff Tuesday to discuss the matter. “I believe the public should have access to the recall petitions,” Hollen said in the statement. “If there are any issues about disclosure, we are ready to work with GAB

to resolve those issues so that as much information as possible can be made available as soon as possible.” Hollen said he did not believe any signatures should be redacted, saying petition signers, including domestic violence victims, should have no expectation of privacy. Wisconsin Democratic Party spokesperson Graeme Zielinski said he did not have a problem with the GAB’s original decision to delay electronically posting the petitions because it did not delay the recall process. “People should be supportive of the GAB’s efforts to take steps to address the concerns raised by victims’ rights groups about their privacy,” Zielinski said.

“What I have is a million people who want our state back. ... There’s a point where no money can buy back the trust of the people.” Kathleen Falk

Candidate for Walker recall election

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Mayor names two Madison poets laureate Leah Linscheid City Life Editor Madison Mayor Paul Soglin honored two local writers Monday by announcing their new positions as poets laureate. Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman have agreed to share the volunteer position, Madison Arts Administrator Karin Wolf said. The positions entail creating poems for particular functions at

the request of the mayor’s office, including important city events or honoring a visiting dignitary. She added poets laureate also serve as advocates for poetry in the surrounding communities on behalf of the city. “They frequently go to schools, jails, nursing homes or any public gathering place to get people fired up about words, literacy and poetry,” Wolf said. “Our last poet often did workshops to

help people find their voice with words.” Fabu, a former Madison poet laureate, created a program that displayed poems from area high school students on Metro buses. Wolf said Busse and Vardaman would likely strive to continue this and other city programs created by past poets laureate. Busse and Vardaman are co-editors of Verse Wisconsin, a poetry magazine that has a visible online presence nationally

and internationally, Wolf said. Busse discussed her excitement about taking the poet laureate position,and said she is looking forward to carrying on the work of previous poets. “Wendy and I are hoping to continue the work of Fabu,” Busse said. “She did a lot of work putting poetry in the public where you wouldn’t necessarily expect to see it. She worked to get poetry into publications

around town, and she was instrumental in getting poems on sidewalks on Willy Street.” Busse said she and Vardaman willould focus on partnering with institutions around the city to develop new programs. Busse also expressed her interest in emphasizing the importance of poetry in communities. “I have really been thinking about what role poetry can play in specific fabrics of life and what

role it has in the public square,” Busse said. “We’re used to thinking of poetry in bookstores, but what role does poetry play in a more public institution? That’s what I’m thinking of right now as we begin this adventure.” The poet laureate position entails a fouryear term, Wolf said. The position dates back to 1977, when Madison was one of the first cities in the nation to begin appointing the position.

UW’s surgery dept. ranks highly for research funding Division ranks No. 12 among peers for National Institute of Health funding Jane Milne Herald Contributor After receiving $5.8 million in funding from the National Institute of Health alone this past year, the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Surgery was recently ranked 12th among all academic surgery departments in the country for research dollars coming into the school from NIH. Based largely on the amount of NIH funding, the ranking is a 10-place jump

RENOVATIONS, from 1 program revenue as well as private gifts, Doherty said. The renovations will not require tax dollars from the state. Although the initial phase is set to be completed in May, the final two phases will continue into 2014. However, Doherty said construction should

from the department’s 22nd place ranking in 2008 when the department received $4.4 million in funding. Department Chair K. Kent said he believes the funding has been so high for the Department of Surgery because of the hospital’s close proximity to the UW campus and the potential for collaboration with the school. For the future, Kent said the department hopes to increase the already large amount of clinical outcome research that is done. He said what makes the department unique is the emphasis placed on research, describing it as a “much more academic and research-interested culture” than other surgery departments. Recently, the department

brought Caprice Greenberg to the institution from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She specializes in clinical outcome research, an area of research Kent said has factored into the large amount of federal funding the whole department receives. According to a School of Medicine and Public Health statement, the department had 181 total employees engaged in funded research, including 48 students, 39 faculty and 23 scientists. Additionally, there was an increase in publications from the department, with 334 research publications authored by the department for the year in contrast to 251 in 2009. Kent highlighted achievements such as

not interfere with future athletic seasons as Camp Randall and its surrounding facilities will remain open during construction. “We’ll still be conducting the football season,” Doherty said. “UW Athletics will make necessary adjustments for safety and efficiency during football season.” Doherty said he also does

not expect renovations to interfere with community life, explaining that students and community members should be aware that there will be construction but that it should ultimately not cause any problems. If kept on schedule, the student athlete performance center project should be completed and open by Jan. 1, 2014.

increased nonfederal funding, internal funding, clinical trials funding and total extramural funding.

“Everyone was coming in with excitement about the research they’re working on.” K. Kent Surgery Department Chair

The recent funding figures from 2011 excludes some types of NIH funding such as federal subcontracts, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and

career development awards, the statement said. With these included, the total amount would amount to $7 million in federal funding for 2011. In the third annual Department of Surgery Research Retreat held over winter break, Kent said he discussed many of its accomplishments over the past year as well as goals for the future. Kent said he felt the retreat was the best of the past three years. “It was incredibly stimulating and gratifying. We had over 100 surgeons and researchers there. Everyone was coming in with excitement about the research they’re working on. It was a hugely successful endeavor for us,” Kent said.

At the conference in January, Kent was one of nine speakers at sessions. Others included keynote speaker Douglas Wiegman, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at UW. Weigman spoke on “Principles of Human Factors Engineering and their Application to Surgical Performance.” A second was Clifford Ko, professor of surgery and director of the University of California-Los Angeles Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality at the David Geffen School of Medicine. Overall, Kent said he thinks the federal funding to the department will only increase from this point and hopes to rank in the top 10 within the next few years.

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APPEAL, from 1 hearing decision and asserted that SSFC is a coequal branch. In the report, the student court dismissed all of the claims. The court dismissed MCSC’s assertion that the body misinterpreted the bylaws on viewpoint neutrality, ruling that the organization’s claim of a procedural error leading to a violation by SSFC was not factually-based. The judiciary also dismissed MCSC’s claim that new evidence had been discovered, as one of MCSC’s claims was presented as hearsay and other “new evidence” was irrelevant to the case. Regarding MCSC’s claim that SSFC is a co-equal branch, SJ found this argument had little basis in fact. “MCSC proposed the idea that SSFC is subordinate to other bodies in Student Council, and this claim wasn’t really fleshed out and they didn’t give us enough to dig into,” Fifield said. In addition, MCSC argued the case should be remanded to Student

Council because of repeated viewpoint neutrality violations that occurred in SSFC’s denial of eligibility for MCSC. SJ dismissed this in its decision, ruling it would not do so because no violations occurred. With all three main issues raised by MCSC dismissed, SJ ordered the denial of the appeals case. SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said she was not surprised by the decision and she felt SJ upheld SSFC’s processes. “Like in any democratic process, MCSC had a right to appeal. But the Student Judiciary was thorough in its findings and decision,” Neibart said. “SJ upheld their policies and procedures and I was not surprised by their decision.” With this denial of an appeal, MCSC will no longer be able to attain GSSF funding for the next fiscal year, since SJ has definitively upheld SSFC’s decision to deny funding and MCSC can no longer appeal through ASM. MCSC did not return contact attempts as of press time.

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Wednesday, February 1, 2012

State of the State has flawed logic

Herald Editorial Neither of the above Higher education is becoming less and less of a priority for legislators across the country, and the students at the University of Wisconsin need a close ally to defend it at the state and national level. While UW students have been presented with two lobbying groups to represent them, neither option provides the necessary voice and scope. Members of the Student Services Finance Committee eliminated all funding for the United States Student Association membership last week. SSFC members compared USSA to United Council, which currently represents UW, saying while USSA has more resources available to it, UW’s connections to USSA could tarnish the campus’ reputation. Committee members grappled with who should represent and lobby for the UW campus — United Council, USSA or both? We say neither.

Historically, UW has had strong ties to UC, which represents schools in the UW System that vote to be a member. Each semester, UW uses student dollars to pay for UC membership. At three dollars per

[UC’s] efforts at providing a unifying and effective voice for student issues have been lackluster. student every semester, this totals approximately $246,000 per year from UW alone, according to SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart. Their efforts at providing a unifying and effective voice for student issues have been lackluster. While UC’s mediocrity is not worth the cost, USSA’s devotion

to non-student issues is also cause for concern. UW would spend $10,000 for USSA membership per year and $15,000 for travelling to conferences, according to Neibart. Their mission is too broad to have lasting effects on the specific issues facing UW and their stance is too politically charged. To effectively fight for student issues for the UW campus, there must be organizations that will exert more muscle than UC and have a narrowly tailored mission, unlike USSA. Money that would be appropriated to USSA and UC should be diverted to dedicated UW-centric lobbyists at the federal and state levels. Unfortunately, the value placed on higher education is getting lower and lower. As the UW System sustains more cuts and class sizes get tighter, it is apparent a clearer, stronger voice for students is vital.

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Students need to step up ACC input Alex Brousseau Editorial Board Chair As chair of the Associated Students of Madison Constitutional Committee, I am deeply disappointed with the lack of response — negative or positive — that our student body has given toward our efforts to improve our student government’s constitution. At our opening press conference, attendance was high, with representatives from the following organizations in attendance: ASM Student Council (including Chair Allie Gardner), ASM Student Services Finance Committee, F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture, Greater University Tuition Services, Multicultural Student Coalition, Wisconsin Student Lobby, Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group, StudentPrint and the Working Class Student Union. Interest appeared high. Students appeared to want to be involved. They came with great suggestions and thoughtful criticism, which was excellent given the small window they had to review the document. And then, nothing. There has been little to no attendance at the ACC information sessions. Members of the committee sit in a large room, waiting for students to come and

give their input. But we are disappointed every time. This lack of participation simply perpetuates the idea that students, while quick to criticize, simply do not give a damn. Last semester, while the committee was formulating its game plan, I was told numerous times that students simply do not care enough about ASM to get involved and that seeking student input would be worthless. “Students are apathetic,” they said. “They are quick to criticize, but don’t care enough to want to fix it.” The ACC could have listened to these individuals and pushed for this document to be adopted asis, foregoing student input or any sort of transparency. Instead, we decided to give the student body the benefit of the doubt. We thought students would see how inept ASM is and want

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Two students attend a meeting last week to discuss the newly proposed constitution, which is now in two weeks of open forums.

transparent, with all the information about the committee and the documents up on our website (www. ... Students, while quick asmconstitution. com) and Facebook to criticize, simply do page (Students for a More Effective ASM). not give a damn. Every single student is now involved in the to be a part of solution, or drafting process, and that they would want to be is encouraged to come involved in how they are forward with ideas and represented at the student amendments at our government, University of information sessions or Wisconsin administration via email (future.asm@ and state level. gmail.com). Although So far, we have been we are only holding proven dead wrong. open meetings for two For the criticism we weeks, we are eagerly received at the beginning of awaiting the supposed the process — for our lack throngs of individuals of transparency, for not who have ideas on including enough students how to better the new in the drafting process and constitution. for rushing the adoption of The ACC brought the document — no one has this document before come forward. the student body We are now 100 percent because we could not

in good faith advocate for changes without the input of those who it affects. However, if students are not willing to participate, we cannot do our job. Please help us represent you before our student government by coming to our remaining information sessions, participating in our debate and being a part of the process. I hope you can feel motivated to step up and tell us what you think, whether you agree with me or not. Alex Brousseau (abrousseau@ badgerherald.com) is a second year law student and the chair of the Associated Students of Madison Constitutional Committee.

Reginald Young Editorial Page Content Editor Last Wednesday, Gov. Scott Walker gave his State of the State address. In doing so, he pulled a Fox News. Walker made a lot of claims throughout his speech, so let’s start at the beginning. He noted that since the last time he addressed Wisconsin a year ago, the unemployment rate has fallen. He failed to mention the recent Department of Workforce Development survey in December that showed we lost private sector jobs for six straight months. Yes, there has been some improvement. But whether Walker’s administration can implicitly claim responsibility is highly debatable. We’re in a period of economic recovery, so there is a certain level of jobs that will appear regardless of government action. Furthermore, Brian Jacobsen, a senior portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds and associate professor at Wisconsin Lutheran College, noted in the Journal Sentinel that Wisconsin’s “unemployment rate … has been improving for bad reasons.” For example, economists note that some improvement in the employment rate is attributable to the more than 1,000 Wisconsinites who stopped looking for work in December. They didn’t find jobs; they just gave up. This did, however, make the unemployment rate decrease. Thus, Walker’s implied claim of his administration being responsible for a falling unemployment rate is notably questionable. Walker went on to comment on how his administration has balanced the state’s budget “without raising taxes, without massive layoffs and without using budget tricks.” It’s a good thing the upper class didn’t have to bear as much burden as the middle and lower classes. I remember a wealthy friend remarking in 2009 that they didn’t feel the recession at all, since they weren’t facing any financial hardships. It’s nice knowing the wealthy sleep just as comfortably now thanks having the same tax rates prior to the recession. Walker’s administration may not have directly raised taxes, but by radically reforming and stripping unions down, it placed a tax on the middle and lower classes. The working class has been taxed. That which we call a tax by any other name will create just as heavy of a burden. The governor went on to claim that people create jobs, not the government. I’m so glad our federal government understood that when they created all the jobs with New Deal legislation that lifted our country out of the Great Depression. Our state’s governor also claimed that Wisconsin passed pro-jobs legislation with “lawmakers in both parties.” But I seem to remember he refused to compromise a single inch on union reform. Walker claimed that “94 percent of our job creators believe Wisconsin is headed in the right direction.” But John Heywood, an economist at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, remarked in the Journal Sentinel that,

based on the Department of Workforce Development data, Wisconsin is experiencing a deteriorating labor market. Jeff Gerkin, a general manager in the Midwest for Right Management, also noted in the Journal Sentinel that businesses remain skittish to add workers. These raise obvious doubts about Walker’s claim. Walker stressed making Wisconsin pro-business. Everything his administration has done related to business can be classified as supplyside economics. This ideology posits that by making life easier for businesses, those businesses will grow, and as a result the economy will as well. This is the “trickle-down” idea from Ronald Reagan’s era. This approach is inherently faulty. A basic tenet of economics is that people make decisions that optimize their own lives. So why would an employer give his employees a larger bonus when the company turns a larger profit? Economist and Princeton University professor Paul Krugman recently wrote on this idea of business deregulation that Walker has been touting. Republicans laud it as creating growth, but you must ask, for whom? Deregulation, “if you’re talking about the 1 percent,” causes wonderful things to happen. The other 99 percent of Wisconsin, however, won’t experience the growth the Walker administration pretends will happen. Then there’s the education that Walker continually talked about improving. He cited personal examples where unions in the education setting caused problems. But those are exceptions. And yes, some reform would have been good for unions. But a broken window doesn’t justify razing the whole building to the ground. Walker put forward a plan to figure out which schools are failing and need help. This has been done before. It was called the No Child Left Behind Act, and resulted in a race to the bottom. Schools will be encouraged to lower their internal standards to appear to be “succeeding.” I found it ironic that Walker spent so much of his speech talking about education, because his administration has helped make the UW System face the third-largest cuts in the country. The UW System makes up 7 percent of the state budget, but has taken 38 percent of the cuts. Walker mentioned in most parts of Wisconsin he has found “a sense of respect.” It’s a good thing he gives that same respect to Wisconsinites’ exercise of free speech, like when he acknowledged during a prank call he considered planting troublemakers in the protesting crowds last fall. And as for moving the state forward, the Walker administration has undone union protections that have been in this state since the early 1900s. Our state seems to be moving backward when viewed historically. So what does this all mean about the State of the State? It was like watching Fox News. Everything seems glorious because only one side is told. The future seems bright because you’re staring blindingly into the sun. I let my guard down, and Walker convinced me that everything he was saying was true. Then critical thinking set in. Reginald Young (ryoung@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in legal studies and Scandinavian studies.

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Classifieds SO to the two girls in Bio151. Yes, Darwin invented gravity, discovered south america,created the ostrich, AND proved that the world wasn’t flat. ASO to realizing the guy I’m into was born the same day that my mom died. Of all the turn offs, definitely didn’t see that one coming... SO to the guy with the sign at the basketball game tonight that said “Miss America Call Me”. I hope you get some action. SO to be strangely turned on by the guy beating a rug against a tree outside the KHK house. No innuendos, that’s exactly what he was doing... SO to how hilarious it is when you see people practically fall out of their seats in surprise when the new buzzers for Der Rathskeller and The Sett go off. DSO to seeing it happen daily! SO to just seeing my ridiculously

awesome/hilarious/ attractive physics TA from last semester. ASO to me not ripping off all my clothes and pulling a Spongebob in the hallway of Chamberlin right then and there. Maybe next time... SO to just picking random clothes in my closet to wear so people think i am a hipster. SO to all the Badgers who made it out to the monster truck show Saturday night and dressed accordingly. Who doesn’t like to see a mechanical fire-breathing T-Rex bite a car in half, Chalkboard Chuck calling it quits after the first run, and some of America’s finest people in the seats? SO to the girl in the crazy cool hat and the stenography equipment at college library. You ma’am are getting a shoutout because you’re awesome! ASO to feeling like a walk of shame coming home from the library on Saturday night of syllabus week..

SO to my roommate’s snoring. It’s like the bell signalling the start of round one with the clown. SO to the Milwaukee Bucks Radio broadcaster bragging that he had a 4.0 GPA every year.....2.0 the ﬁrst semester and 2.0 the second. ASO to “talking quietly” instead of whispering in lectures. There’s a diﬀerence, learn it. It’s not getting in the way of my learning but it’s really doing a number on my Temple Run score ASO to procrastination. SO to my procrastination being looking at pictures of cats online. I have to accept my fate that I’m going to grow up to be the lonely old man with too many cats. SO to the guy in Stats 301 who knew so much about corn. It was funny seeing the puzzled faces of the coasties sitting near me who had no idea what you were talking about.

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SO to coming up with a name to call the various Badgers, including myself, who have come to this beautiful university neither from the coast nor from Wisconsin: Midwesties. SO to staying up past 1AM searching for the perfect picture of Justin Bieber to use as my facebook cover photo. Priorities... I gots them. SO to Engineering for giving me free printing even though I don’t pay your diﬀerential tuition. I just printed oﬀ 43 pages of Schrute Bucks. Thanks Guys! ASO to people who unnecessarily add extra lettersss to wordsss to make them

sound whinyyyyyy or excited or something. Goo Badgers is NOT the same as Go Badgers! Please don’t goo, Badgers. Pleaseeeee. SO to my friend for accidentally uploading a naked photo of herself on Facebook from her phone when she tried to delete it. SO to my personal ﬁnance book referencing the fact that the Packers won Super Bowl I and Super Bowl XXXI SO to the girl that walked in to the men’s locker room at the SERF Thursday night at 8:30 P.M. Thanks for the laughs:):):):) ASO to the guy in STATS 301 who turned

our example on corn yield analysis into a farming lesson. NOBODY cares about how to grow corn. SO to the girl next to the girl sitting next to me in my 8:50 drinking Hershey’s chocolate milk through a straw. Never grow up. SO to the snowbucky on Breese Terrace. Mad props ASO to the female in Native American Lit who made the profound statement “But 2080 hasn’t happened yet” when referring to a projection for the year 2080. SO to making beercheese soup with venison sausage. Yes, I’m from Wisconsin.

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UW’s Taste of Cultures series vai para o Brasil Kate Northey ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Those looking to celebrate Carnival can explore Brazilian culture without having to leave campus by attending Taste of Cultures: Discover Brazil in the Great Hall at Memorial Union Feb. 9. This event — or rather, party — will feature a slew of examples of Brazilian culture, including music, dancing and food. In addition, it’s free for anyone and everyone to attend and add some cultural excitement to the typical Thirsty Thursday. “So many of our students do travel abroad, but for those that can’t, this is a free opportunity for people to get a taste of a different culture,” said Katie Wirka, one of the international student advisors overseeing this

project. The event is unique because Brazilian exchange students attending school in Madison organized it themselves. They have been planning since November, voting on what to have at the event to best showcase their home country, of which they are very proud. Thiago Santos, one of the students, said, “I think it’s really important to have natives [plan the event], so that you can have more authentic food, music — everything.” The event will kick off with a performance by the Handphibians, a large drumming group that resembles Brazilian baterias, or percussion battery. “The singer is Brazilian. It’s a really cool group because it’s eclectic,” Wirka said. “It’s people from all

walks of life who are just interested in drumming this kind of samba music you hear.” Next there will be a PowerPoint presentation representing all five regions of Brazil. “They are really trying to emphasize the diversity of their country and present it in a way that’s not only educational, but super fun,” Wirka said. After the presentation, there will be a panel discussion where the audience can ask questions. The panel will be made up of Brazilian students, Brazilian community members and university professors who are more than qualified to answer any question thrown at them. This is an opportunity to learn more about the country and its culture.

After the panel discussion concludes, food will be served. A wide array of dishes will be offered — each of which has passed the Brazilian taste test. This includes the vegetarian offerings. A soupy bean mixture with pieces of meat in it, called feijoada, will be served with plain white rice. Many traditional Brazilian recipes call for meat, but here the vegetarian dish will replace chicken with apples for a vegetable-loaded dish. Brigadeiro is being served for dessert. This is an authentic Brazilian bonbon that involves melting condensed milk, cocoa powder and butter together at the perfect temperature to form little bite-sized chocolate balls. “It’s like a little piece of heaven; it’s really good,”

Santos said. As if the food will not be an experience of its own, traditional samba and capoeira performances will commence while partygoers enjoy their meals. Cody Jussel from Dance Fabulous is bringing some of her students to perform a few choreographed samba numbers. Later that night, the group will begin teaching the basics of samba to any spectators looking to pick up a fun new skill. After that, a local capoeira group will be coming to show off their moves and interesting musical sound. Capoeira is a form of martial arts common in Brazil that combines the movements of dance with music. Once everyone finishes eating and the performances end, party favors will be passed around so that

everyone can celebrate Carnival in style. “We are going to have balloons and confetti. It’s going to be really colorful and happy,” Santos said. “We are using the colors of the Brazilian flag — green, blue and yellow — to decorate.” At this time, the Handphibians will return to the party to electrify and excite the crowd. Dancing is strongly encouraged, especially if it is newlylearned samba moves. Wirka summed up the event: “You’ll learn something. You’ll meet people. You’ll dance. You’ll eat. You’ll get to experience things that you do not get on a daily basis.” Taste of Cultures: Discover Brazil will be held Thursday, Feb. 9 from 6-8 p.m. at 800 Langdon St. Admission is free.

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Hump Day tackles porn use, penile fractures, more Sam Johnson Hump Day Columnist Hey, Hump Day readers. I don’t know about you all, but I can already tell what my favorite class is going to be this semester: Gender and Reproductive and Sexual Health. I am feeling inspired.

Lately I’m not as turned on by having sex with my girlfriend. She’s amazingly sexy, but my dick just doesn’t get as hard anymore and sometimes I can’t get it up at all with her. BUT I can still get aroused when I jerk it to porn. A friend told me this can happen when you watch too much porn. Is that true? Let me start by saying that there are a number of issues that can lead to lowered

sexual libido or situationspecific boner loss that may have nothing to do with your porn use. Obviously maintaining an adequate and healthy amount of sleep, nutrition and exercise is important, as is stress management. But yes, porn-induced erectile dysfunction is a newly emerging topic of study in the field of psychology and human sexuality. Online sexual health forums for men are blowing up with hundreds of threads and comments on your exact concern, so you’re definitely not alone. A recent article in Psychology Today explained the science behind this dopamine desensitization. With today’s instant access to increasingly extreme material on the web, we can spend hours of exposure to hardcore scenes without ever coming down from “dopamine spikes” — fastforwarding to the cumshots, having a live webcam browser open on the side, loading multiple videos. Frankly, and frighteningly, it can all

just make real life sex seem vanilla. The recommended prescription for treatment: abstaining from porn for about 6-12 weeks. Once you can fully fill your cock with blood by pure touch again — no porn or fantasy required — you should be recovered, at least for now. Everything in moderation, my dear.

What are the most common STIs on campus? HPV, chlamydia and herpes. University Health Services sees three, three and one new cases, respectively, of each from students every week. And that doesn’t even count the students who don’t know they have it or get diagnosed elsewhere. HPV is pretty prevalent in general. It is often referred to as the “common cold” of sexually transmitted infections. More than 80 percent of women will have or have had HPV by the time they reach age 50 and at least half of all sexually men are infected. But it does not always present any

symptoms, and normally the immune system works it right out without the person ever knowing they have it. Chlamydia is especially important for reproductive health. It is the leading cause of infertility in American women. This is because an untreated case of chlamydia can make its way up into the reproductive tract and cause scarring in the fallopian tubes, which is the site of fertilization. Fortunately, chlamydia is entirely curable and many clinics have implemented opt-out testing strategies, meaning they will test you automatically unless you decline.

I’ve heard there is a time of the month that girls are especially likely to get pregnant. Is that true? And if it is, please tell me so I can avoid it. Yes, it is totally true. It’s called the fertility window and it coincides with ovulation, the time when a ripe egg matures and pops out of the ovary. Avoid the five days leading up to and the actual day of ovulation,

which is day 14 of a standard 28 day cycle, day one being the first day of the period. But here’s the tricky part — most people who menstruate do not actually have regular cycles. So unless they are tracking it every month (there’s an app for that) there’s no foolproof way to know.

I’m a female in my early 20s. When do I need to start doing kegel exercises? There is not really a need to do kegel exercises. They are usually recommended for female-bodied people later in life, especially in preparation for childbearing or in the early stages of a prolapsed uterus of bladder. Those are conditions in which gravity is not kind and the organs start falling out of the body. Do not Google image search. However, you might want to consider starting just to improve the intensity and length of orgasms. You can easily do kegels by pretending to lift weights with your vagina. Squeeze, hold and release the muscles you

would use to stop peeing. Do a few sets of these throughout the day — in class, while walking, wherever!

Is it true that you can break your penis? Yup. The technical term is a penile fracture. It is pretty rare, but also pretty painful. If you do happen to break your penis, you will definitely know it. You’ll hear a loud popping noise, lose your boner right away, and be able to see your penis instantly start bruising like a peach. So you should pretty much go to the hospital right away because this can cause a permanent curve and even erectile dysfunction. Any guesses as to the most common sex position that leads to penile fractures? Woman-on-top. In 2005, a dude actually tried to sue his ex-girlfriend for breaking his dick by riding him too hard. He lost. Sam’s favorite topic in the whole wide world is sexual and reproductive health. Give Sam and Amie some more sugar at humpday@badgerherald.com.

‘The Grey’: Tense, empty, passable arctic thrill ride Leading man saves survival movie from off-white oblivion Sam Berg ArtsEtc. Reporter Wolves are back, but it’s not another “Twilight” sequel. This winter, there is “The Grey,” an existential manversus-beast flick with more violence than sense and more fun than substance. “The Grey” is rated R, presumably to keep out immature viewers. But its pudgy, cartoonish wolf monsters would barely convince a zoo-going fourth grader of their authenticity, much less a legal adult. Beyond the silly character models of the wolves that are so important to the plot, “The Grey” delivers a story that is ultimately more about surviving harsh circumstances than bloodthirsty monster wolves. “The Grey” focuses its attention on a group of plane crash survivors on their way to Anchorage from their jobs at a remote oil-drilling facility. The survivors try to find their way to help before hordes of inexplicably homicidal wolves kill them. Liam Neeson (“Unknown”) plays John Ottway, a man whose job is to shoot the wolves that constantly attack the employees at the drilling facility. Flashbacks reveal a former lover of his who calls to him, “Don’t be afraid,” in

scenes that add a sheen of sentimentality without any substance. While Ottway is a flat character who spends the film either leading or brooding, Neeson delivers the part with a persuasive intensity that prevents the rest of the film from falling into cheesiness by a hair-thin margin. The rest of the characters are all deviant transplants who never reveal much aside from each of their own novel distinctions. One of the seven survivors has a daughter he mentions whenever possible. Another is an alcoholic. One is an abashed coward who informs the rest of the cast of their impending doom. The supporting cast play to these caricatures so strongly, it is a relief when the wolves finally put one of them out of their misery. The rest are equally forgettable, as writer/director Joe Carnahan illustrates with their grisly deaths at the jaws of the wolves. The more apathetic a viewer is toward a character, the more satisfying it is to witness their graphic death. Even the wolves in “The Grey” overact, sometimes melodramatically approaching the humans just to get a scare before walking backwards into the darkness of the woods. Aside from the eyesore beasts, the visuals in the film are stunning. The blinding white snowfall create the same suspense and mystery as a deep night’s complete

darkness. Carnahan mixes these two elements together to sustain a dangerous atmosphere even in the daytime. The men never appear to be safe, whether it is day or night, and Carnahan expertly crafts the film around a suspense that never wanes. For viewers going into “The Grey” in search of a fresh take on the horror genre, the film is a success. While the dialogue is sometimes pointless and strained, the action and premise take “Grey” to respectable heights, rendering it a timeless addition to its genre. When one takes “The Grey” in terms of its creature-feature predecessors, the film especially shines as a gem in a community of films that usually go straight to video. By using an actual species that exists in normal Alaskan conditions, “The Grey” retains an element of realism that no number of stupid-looking wolves can totally dissolve. At its heart, the film is about men on an aimless journey to near-certain death, who are finally learning what they have been living for. Scenes of the harsh environment come across as beautiful studies of the northern tundra. Filmed in Canada, “The Grey” presents an authentic view of the harsh winters that occur north of the border. Even sitting in the theaters, viewers will feel the cold of Alaskan climes that make Madison look like Miami Beach. A powerful classical score

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Liam Neeson’s manic intensiveness carries Joe Carnahan’s entertaining but otherwise vacant creature thriller, set in wintry Alaska. done by Marc Streitenfield provides much-needed gravity to the “The Grey” not present in any of the characters. The orchestral instrumentals add a thin air of respectability to a film that starts and ends with little perceivable purpose. “The Grey” is fun and

frightening for the viewer who just wants to go along for the ride. Once you spend to much time examining the flashbacks and back stories of all the characters, the plot begins to wear at its seams. This film offers quick and dirty fun that is different

from other releases in recent history. Go if you like wolves, blood and Liam Neeson’s intense facial expressions.

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Wisconsin rolls to 6th straight victory Taylor puts up 18 points, leads Badgers in 52-46 road victory STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The Penn State coach paced the sideline wearing jet-black Nike sneakers and rolled-up khakis. It was basketball coach Patrick Chambers’ tribute to the late Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno. The Nittany Lions fell 5246 to No. 19 Wisconsin, but Chambers’ attire provided a highlight at the Jordan Center on Tuesday night — five days after a public memorial service for Paterno was held in the same arena. “It was a tribute to Coach Paterno and what he’s done and what he’s meant to this university,” Chambers said. Jordan Taylor scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer from the top of key with 1:44 left, and the Badgers held on for their sixth straight victory. Taylor made six free throws over the final minute, helping the Badgers (18-5, 7-3 Big Ten) overcome an early nine-point deficit. Trailing 40-38, Penn State (10-13, 2-8) missed on three tries to tie or take the lead. Jon Graham missed two foul shots before Jermaine Marshall misfired on a 3 and missed a layup after grabbing his own rebound. Taylor took over from there with his clutch 3. He scored 13 of Wisconsin’s last 17 points. Tim Frazier led Penn State with 21 points. It was Penn State’s first

RHYTHM, from 14 Badgers in scoring against the Hoosiers with 13 points and kept the team alive with two clutch three-pointers. They came midway through the second half when the two sides were trading the lead after nearly every possession. Brust was then limited against Penn State after it was announced he would be a gametime decision to play after waking up that morning with an illness. He went 0-for-4 with a turnover in 11 minutes. Elsewhere, though, forwards Rob Wilson and Frank Kaminsky, on eight and seven minutes of play, both hit three-pointers against the Nittany Lions. During a 58-second span in the second half, Kaminsky hit his three-pointer, blocked a shot, grabbed a rebound and then had the assist on Wilson’s trey. Wilson also added a block against PSU. Players of the week — Ryan Evans and Jared Berggren Neither player necessarily had a perfect game against either the Hoosiers or Nittany Lions, but eliminate the performance of one or the other and Wisconsin’s

home game since Paterno died Jan. 22 from lung cancer, a little more than two months after he was fired from the school in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach. Paterno was never charged in the scandal. Chambers and his coaching staff were already scheduled to wear sneakers Tuesday night as part of Coaches vs. Cancer awareness week. “I wanted to bring that to the forefront and let people know I’m on board and we’re going to work extremely hard with Coaches Versus Cancer and do whatever we can to beat cancer,” Chambers said. But he took it a step further by adding the rolledup khakis — just like JoePa used to across the street from the Jordan Center at Beaver Stadium. Chambers called the look a “one-time thing.” Before the game, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan took his team to the bronzed statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium. Ryan said he left a hat at the makeshift memorial inscribed with the phrase “To the greatest teacher ever.” Paterno won a Division I-record 409 games over 46 seasons. “Why wouldn’t you?” Ryan responded rhetorically when asked about taking his players to the statue. “I would’ve played for the guy. I would’ve coached with the guy.” Six-foot-10 center Jared Berggren added eight points and 10 rebounds for Wisconsin, helping to get the offense going down low in

winning streak might have ended last Thursday. Against Indiana, Berggren played a large role in keeping Zeller off the scoreboard. Berggren blocked three of Zeller’s shots and had a total of five on the night: a career-best. He followed that up with eight points, 10 rebounds, two blocks and one steal against Penn State. Six of his points came in the first five-and-a-half minutes of the second half and his allaround energy in that final period looked contagious for a team that looked off in the first. For Evans, despite having a difficult time on offense against the Hoosiers (going 2-for-8 from the field), he pulled through for his team in crunch time, going 6-for-6 from the line in the game’s final four-and-a-half minutes. All in all, Evans hit all eight of his free throw attempts that night and finished with 12 points, nine rebounds (four offensive), two assists and a block. He complemented that with 11 points and six rebounds against the Nittany Lions and was the most efficient shooter of the night, scoring 5 of 12 from the field.

the second half after his team struggled from the field early. Berggren scored six of the Badgers’ first eight points of the second half, before Taylor closed it out. The much-anticipated point guard matchup with Taylor and Frazier got off to a slow start with the two combining for just nine points in the first half. They seemed to go backand-forth down the stretch in the second. Frazier scored 17 points after halftime, often maneuvering in the lane around the Badgers’ tough defense for mid-range jumpers or one-handed floaters. Wisconsin was allowing just 49.6 points per game on opponents’ 36 percent shooting — both NCAA lows. Penn State shot 36 percent for the game but made just seven field goals in the second half, six by Frazier. His jumper got the Nittany Lions within 40-38 with 3:36 left, setting up the stage for the potential late heroics by Graham and Marshall. Instead, it was Taylor who stole the show — as usual. He finished 4 of 12 from the field but 8 of 10 from the foul line. He added five assists and three rebounds. Ryan Evans added 11 points and six rebounds for the Badgers, who got a nice lift going into Saturday’s showdown against No. 3 Ohio State. Marshall finished with 13 points, 10 in the first half. He scored six points during a 10-0 run to help Penn State build an 18-9 lead late in the first half.

MCCUE, from 14 none of the six straight victories came against any of the Big Ten’s top trio (Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan), but it has been an impressive run regardless. It’s fair to toss aside victories over Nebraska and Penn State as games Wisconsin should have won, but defeating Purdue and Illinois on their respective home floors is no modest achievement. The loss to Wisconsin remains the only defeat at Assembly Hall this season for Illinois, and Purdue has dropped only one other game — by two points to Michigan — in West Lafayette. These numbers all point to quality victories over two teams that will likely find themselves in the NCAA tournament come March. Additionally, the Badgers haven’t won six games in a row since the 2007-08 season, the last time they arrived back in Madison with both the Big Ten regular season and conference tournament trophies. Not that I’m making any predictions — or am I? Yet a higher spot in the Big Ten standings and

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Jordan Taylor scored 18 points against PSU Tuesday night, spurring UW to its sixth straight win. Taylor also had five steals and one turnover.

happier fans aren’t the only positives to emerge from the rejuvenating streak. Of equal importance is the confidence Ryan’s squad has gained by proving that even without the likes of Jon Leuer and Keaton Nankivil, it can still contend alongside the strongest Big Ten lineup in recent memory. For a team that relies so heavily on outside shooting, a natural product of UW’s swing offense, confidence in mid-range jumpers and shots from long range will be key to keep up the winning style of late. Taylor, a preseason All-American, has failed to find a true rhythm all year and is currently hitting 39.1 percent of his shots from the floor and just 31.7 percent from beyond the arc. But that hasn’t stopped him from firing off more shots, exactly the attitude this team must carry through the final stretch of conference play and into the all-important tournament. The most interesting and promising part of this streak is that the shooting has been by no measure stellar. Shooting woes — which dismantled the Badgers

during their disappointing start to Big Ten play — seem less noticeable, as the Badgers are currently hitting 41.4 percent of their shots during the triumphant streak. That number is nothing to scoff at, but it’s also noticeably lower than their .431 percentage on the year, a number that reflects those terrible shooting performances in late December and early January. If UW is less accurate from the floor during this latest stretch and still racking up their biggest wins of the season, it’s clear that weak shooting doesn’t always correlate to defeat for this team. Never was this clearer than in the ugly win over the Nittany Lions, when they managed just 17 points in the first half and limped to a 35.4 shooting percentage from the floor and 26.3 percent from 3-point range. However, UW found a way to leave State College with a victory, and it’s precisely that ability to come out on top when things aren’t running smoothly that could power them to the most unexpected of conference titles. Let’s say Taylor regains

last year’s form, and hits just a few more of those threepointers with a defender right on top of him, and the ever-promising Mike Bruesewitz finds some consistency — suddenly the Badgers look like Big Ten champs. Taylor’s 18-point performance against Penn State, during which he showed flashes of last year’s brilliance, may have been the spark needed to get his team playing at its prime. The Big Ten is, after all, a defense-first league — the combined scores of Illinois-Michigan State and Wisconsin-Penn State Tuesday night could be matched in a single ACC game — so don’t doubt the Badgers’ chances because of their sometimes anemic offense. In a year in which the conference standings are cluttered and no squad has yet to pull away, it’s not always the most talented or even best team that finishes first. And this year, that team might just be Wisconsin. Ian is a junior majoring in journalism. Do you think the Badgers have what it takes to bring home a Big Ten Title? Let him know at imccue@ badgerherald.com.

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Taylor Wurtz leads the Badgers with 331 points on the season, averaging 15.8 per game and 160 rebounds, averaging 7.6 per game. Before Wisconsin’s three-game run Wurtz was shouldering much of UW’s offense, but with more help from her teammates the season has been able to get back on track.

Hot shooting sparks season turnaround Badgers’ improved offensive chemistry yields better results Nick Korger Associate Sports Editor

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13 Losses This Season It has been a struggle this season for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team. At one point enduring a six-game losing streak, the Badgers were clawing to scratch off a single W in the win column. But the Badgers have answered their struggles in recent weeks with a new kind of streak. Winners of three straight conference games and four of their last six, the Badgers are playing with a renewed sense of energy, responding strongly to a rough start that saw the team lose three straight to open up conference play. The string of victories is something Wisconsin is new to this season, as the team had not won consecutive games since the last week of November. For the players, this streak was always a feat they knew they could accomplish. “We’ve always expected to win those close games in the past,” senior forward Ashley Thomas said. “It’s disheartening when you work so hard in the first half and then you come back out in the second half and it’s almost like a completely different game.

HOCKEY, from 14 has done so far this season. “The power play has been pretty solid — we’ve been about 20 percent all year,” Eaves said. “It sputtered this weekend, but otherwise it’s been a pretty good thing for us. “Its percentage has been about the same all year. It just seems in games that when we needed to have it, it wasn’t there for us and other games when we had leads, we were scored on.” Last weekend, UND’s penalty kill philosophy was simple: Cut off Schultz and Zengerle. As a result, the Badgers only capitalized on one of their seven chances, losing a fair amount of momentum in the process. Schultz has a total of 16 points on the power play on five goals and 11 assists. While Zengerle has one more point, Schultz’s play from the point has set up key scoring opportunities. Mersch, while thankful for the goal this weekend, knows he and his

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It’s really encouraging we’ve taken that step and grown through that and now we’re able to play the complete 40 minutes.” One of the areas the Badgers have improved on vastly to this point is closing out games. In four of the team’s 13 losses this season the Badgers have either been trailing by one or leading at halftime, only to allow the second half and the game to escape through their clutches. In their past three victories, however, Wisconsin has held on to any lead it has possessed on its way to closing out games. Perhaps the biggest indicator of the improvement the team has made to this point was seen in their game against Michigan this past Monday. Allowing the Wolverines to claw back from a 16-point hole and

teammates need to start leading by example and making up for whenever Schultz — or Zengerle — are keyed in on by the penalty killers. “Everybody knows how good Justin and Mark are, so I think they’re starting to key on them a little bit more,” Mersch said. “They’re great playmakers. They make things happen on our power play. So I think guys just need to step up — me, Jake, Barney — making more plays, opening up more space for them so that they can create more opportunities.” Overall, Eaves said he is aware of the state of the special teams, but it’s improving — regardless of the off weekend it had on the road. “Special teams, the one side of it that has been disappointing from the beginning was the penalty killing,” Eaves said. “But it’s raised its level and we’re at a level now that we can compete and do a pretty good job on it.”

take the lead in the second half, the Badgers turned the ball over and started to self-destruct, as poor shot selection and a Michigan press spelled conundrums for Wisconsin. But the Badgers and head coach Bobbie Kelsey would not let another game slip away, calling a timeout that resulted in sophomore guard Morgan Paige slicing down the lane for a layup in what was the defining moment of the game. “When coach called the timeout she told us to stop settling for threes against their zone and look to attack,” Paige said. “We made the adjustment at the timeout to either attack the middle or look to pass it into one of our posts down low. I looked down the lane and saw a lot of space so I just took it strong.” Offensively, the Badgers have been models of

consistency during their three-game streak. Although Wisconsin has finally begun to cement the flow and chemistry of Kelsey’s offense, the first two months of the season were characterized by the Badgers struggling to find a single good look in a possession. In the Badgers’ 13 losses this season, the team has shot on average 36.1 percent from the floor. While the Badgers have shot an average of 46.8 percent during their recent streak, the team has looked more in sync than ever, as dribble penetration, solid post production and smart passes have given the Badgers high percentage shots throughout the court. Another side effect for the Badgers in their offensive awakening has been the production of junior Taylor Wurtz. While Wurtz had led Wisconsin in scoring with an average close to 16 points per night, her teammates have recently helped shoulder some of the scoring load. Earlier in the season when the Badgers struggled from the field, it often looked like Wurtz was pressing for her shots, as the star guard was often the only Wisconsin player in a rhythm from the floor. In the Badgers’ 13 losses this season, Wurtz has shot on average 36.3 percent from the field, but in the Badgers’ recent streak, Wurtz has shot 47.1 percent from the floor, resulting

from better looks, thanks to her teammates’ recent hot shooting. During the first two months of the season the Badgers struggled to find looks early during a possession, often letting the clock wind down under eight seconds before hoisting up a contested look. After nearly three months of competition, the Badgers’ offense has a new feel of flow to it, as the team continues to run a quick transition offense that finds open looks earlier in the shot clock. With the average time per offensive position seemingly dropping every week, Kelsey’s fast paced system is finally yielding fruits in the form of wins for Wisconsin. “It definitely was an emphasis by coach for us over winter break that we didn’t have class so we should be in the gym all the time working

on offensive stuff,” Thomas said. “I think that definitely helped us getting in that extra work. But constantly going over offense in practice has helped us get that flow and be consistent. We know the plays work, but we don’t always execute them properly and get those good shots that come from executing properly.” The Badgers’ recent success will be tested in the coming days, as the team faces three opponents ranked in the top 25 in their next five games, with every ranked matchup occurring away from the home floor of the Kohl Center. “I think it’s great we’re still the underdog because we play like we have nothing to lose,” Thomas said. “Going into these next games with this streak of wins should give us that confidence to know we can play with anybody.”

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UW’s struggling penalty kill, power play improving Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor Wisconsin mens hockey head coach Mike Eaves will be the first to admit special teams play has not been an all-around strength of his team this year. In fact, he has no qualms acknowledging that when it comes to killing penalties, Wisconsin has been disappointing throughout the season — posting a 75.5 percent success rate on the kill. The inefficiency the Badgers have faced skating a man down hasn’t been more evident in recent weeks than last weekend. “We made a big mistake on Saturday that they capitalized on pretty easily and on Friday night we were OK, but again we gave up a goal that in those tight situations ... you can’t be giving anything up,” Eaves said of the penalty kill. Through 26 games this season, the Badgers (12-12-2, 7-11-2 WCHA) have compiled 156 penalties, averaging six a game. But with a handful of major penalties, UW is spending an average of 14 minutes in the sin bin per night. Eaves said last week, before hitting the road against a rowdy North Dakota team, that one way his young team could keep maturing is to stay disciplined. Instead UW gave UND nine power play chances over the weekend, three of which the former Fighting Sioux capitalized on. Friday night alone, the Badgers went

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2-for-3 on the kill, which, in the words of sophomore forward Mark Zengerle “is bad.” “Coaches say the best penalty kill is to stay out of the box,” sophomore forward Michael Mersch said. “When penalties happen — they’re going to happen throughout a game — but it’s a matter of blocking shots and clearing the puck out of our zone.” Mersch, in fact, is the leading culprit in putting the Badgers on the kill, amassing 13 penalties and 37 penalty minutes so far this season. Zengerle is right behind him with 36 minutes. But with the worst success rate on the penalty kill in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, the Badgers need to find a way to turn things around — which they’ve started to do according to Eaves. “We only had two returning forwards and it struggled right out of the gate,” Eaves said. “But I will say this, since the middle of December or the beginning of December, we’ve been in the mid-80 percent. That’s been a good side of it. We’ve improved in that area and we need to continue to improve. “You look at the numbers and you say the numbers are so bad, it’s hard to bring them up.” Despite the improvements, UW needs to find some consistency — a concept that Wisconsin has yet to grasp thoroughly this season. Noting the fluctuating special teams success, junior defenseman Justin Schultz said — in true Schultz fashion — simple hard work would remedy the problem. “I think just keep working hard in practice and I think our penalty kill has been

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Michael Mersch has 22 points this season on 10 goals and 12 assists, good for third on the team. Mersch has scored six times on the power play, which is the most by any Badger. really good at times and at times it’s been kind of weak,” Schultz said. “So just to find that consistency and making sure we go out there every time and killing them off.” But a successful penalty kill isn’t the only special teams play that has eluded the Badgers from time to time this season. Wisconsin’s power

The Badgers’ penalty kill success rate, which is the worst in the WCHA.

play has seen better days. Capitalizing on 26 of 123 power plays so far this season, the Badgers have converted 21.1 percent of their chances with the man advantage. Mersch leads UW with six power play goals, which he credits mostly to his position in front of the net. “When you sit around the

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Wisconsin has scored on 26 of its power plays this season, giving them a 21.1 percent conversion rate.

net, good things happen,” Mersch said. “That’s my spot on the power play so I’m just kind of whacking things home. They’re not too pretty, but they find their way in the back of the net, which is nice.” The first power play unit for the majority of the season — comprised of Zengerle, Mersch, Schultz, sophomore forward Tyler Barnes and freshman defenseman Jake McCabe — accounts for 19 of UW’s power play goals and 34 assists on those goals. According to Mersch, the

right guys for the job are on the ice; they just need to capitalize on the chances they are given. “I think we have the right personnel, it’s just a matter of executing, that’s what we need to work on,” Mersch said. “I think we just need to start executing a little more and keep working hard and good things will happen.” Despite a ninth place conference ranking on the power play, Eaves is still pleased with what his team

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Grades: Badgers continue to seek rhythm from floor Wisconsin defense remains steadfast in latest string of wins Elliot Hughes Sports Editor Every week, Herald Sports will offer a report card on the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s most recent two games. No. 20 Wisconsin (18-5, 7-3) eked out a 52-46 win at Penn State (10-13, 2-8) Tuesday — its sixth consecutive win in the Big Ten. The win moved the Badgers into sole possession of second place, just a half game behind Ohio State — set to play Wisconsin at the Kohl Center Saturday. The win also gave the Badgers a 4-1 road record. Before its victory over Penn State, Wisconsin last played Jan. 26 against thenNo. 16 Indiana at home and took that one by a score of 57-50.

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Jared Berggren has played a revamped defensive game over the past week, recording seven blocks in the past two games.

Offense — 3 out of 5 Collectively, Wisconsin’s shooting might have been the lowlight between its last two games. While Wisconsin shot decently enough against

Indiana (39.6 percent), it performed atrociously in the first half against Penn State (26.9) before turning things around in the second (45.5). Both Penn State (36) and Indiana (45.7) shot better and out-rebounded Wisconsin, but UW was able to claim wins by hitting more threepointers and free throws, as well as committing less turnovers in both games. Not that the three-point percentage is a redeeming quality, though, as Wisconsin hit just nine of 36. Free throws, on the other hand, were quality, with the Badgers hitting 28 of 38 (73.7 percent). Defense — 4 out of 5 While the point totals of Wisconsin may look impressive — holding IU, the conference’s highest scoring team, nearly 30 points below its average and bottling up PSU with 46 points — it’s still the slower pace of the offense that takes away some credit from the “D.” The Nittany Lions and Hoosiers both, for the most part, ran efficient offenses against the Badgers, too; regardless of the scoreboard totals. As previously stated,

Indiana converted 45.7 percent of its shots while Penn State hit 45.8 in the first half before collapsing in the second and hitting a mere 26.9. The Badgers looked sharp on the ball against Indiana but played sloppy in the first half against Penn State, at times applying too much pressure on rising star guard Tim Frazier, which opened up good looks for teammates. Nevertheless, Wisconsin quelled two of the Big Ten’s top 10 offensive individuals over the two-game stretch. Although Frazier scored 21 points for Penn State, Wisconsin’s Josh Gasser made him work hard to do so, holding the PSU guard to 8-of-22 shooting. The Badgers were also able to get Cody Zeller into foul trouble early and hold him to just seven points on the night. Bench — 3.5 out of 5 Reserves didn’t see too much playing time over the two games but filled in admirably when called upon. Guard Ben Brust, in 22 minutes on the court, led the

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Wisconsin’s will to win trumps shooting woes Ian McCue Right on Cue Three short weeks ago, it looked like this would finally be the year Bo Ryan could not pull off another miracle and have his team vie for a Big Ten title.

But Wisconsin’s welldocumented turnaround not only has the Badgers back in the rankings at No. 19/20, but also just a half-game out of first in an ever-competitive Big Ten title race. Winners of six in a row and relishing their seat at the No. 2 standing in what is widely considered the nation’s top league this season, this year’s turnaround is probably Ryan’s finest showing yet in his 11th season as head coach.

While UW appeared to have the pieces for a surprisingly strong squad early in the year, finding itself inside the top 10 shortly after Thanksgiving, the rough start to conference play seems to have served as a kind of wake-up call. The Badgers have looked like an entirely new team as of late, and though it’s hard to see a deep March Madness run in this year’s roster, they have a legitimate shot at taking home the NCAA’s most competitive conference

crown. That’s quite an impressive spot to be in considering that Wisconsin lost to Iowa at home a month ago to start the unforgiving streak. Again, that’s Iowa, in basketball, at the Kohl Center (and no, I still haven’t gotten over that). After battling it out with perennial bottom-dweller Penn State Tuesday night, Wisconsin moved to 7-3 in conference play with a chance to take down Big Ten favorite and conference-

leader Ohio State at home Saturday. In what should be a raucous home environment — something the Kohl Center has often lacked this year — there’s a solid chance Jordan Taylor will finally explode and take down the No. 3 team in the country. Sure, on paper Jared Berggren is no match for the double-double machine known as Jared Sullinger. But he proved to be a solid defender against Indiana’s freshman sensation Cody

Zeller and may be able to control the tremendously athletic Buckeye forward. Then again, Wisconsin could just as easily struggle with its outside shooting and find itself in a deep hole against an Ohio State squad that recently manhandled Michigan, the same team that routed the Badgers by 18 in the midst of the aforementioned losing streak. Critics will note that

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