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Bars could sue patrons New legislation would allow taverns to sue underage persons in court for $1,000 fine Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor A new bill proposed in the Assembly would allow establishments to bring a civil lawsuit against underage drinkers in bars regardless of whether police issued a criminal citation.

According to the Legislature website’s analysis, the bill would allow a holder of a liquor license to bring a lawsuit against a person who is drinking underage. The license holder has to prove the underage person’s conduct constituted an underage violation, but the action may be brought regardless of whether the underage person received a citation or a conviction for the violation.

The Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics debated the bill in a public hearing on Thursday. Rep. Andrew Jacque, R-Bellevue, authored the bill with the help of the Green Bay Police Department and the Tavern League of Wisconsin, a nonprofit association representing the retail beverage alcohol industry in the state.

“Underage drinking is a tremendous public health concern in Wisconsin,” Jacque said. “It’s a problem

that pervades our culture in epidemic proportions and deserves a vigorous response.”

Jacque said the bill is modeled after a state law in Alaska passed in 2001.

He said Alaska’s system has been a success and a great strategy for fighting underage drinking.

Rep. Sam Kerkman, R-Powers Lake, questioned in what ways the establishment would be responsible for gathering evidence during the event under question.

Rep. Jacque said if the establishment didn’t acquire the ID of the potential offender, the establishment could also use video footage or data from an ID scanner to prove their case in court.

Tavern League of Wisconsin President Rob Swearingen said when a minor comes into the tavern, they are knowingly breaking the law and this bill simply holds their pocketbook accountable for that action.

He also said the bill gives bouncers extra incentive to be a little more active on the job.

Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project spokesperson Julia Sherman said the proposal would differ from the Alaska

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Interim Chancellor David Ward told attendees reallocating and managing campus resources will be more important than flexibility in facing hefty cuts in funding from the state.

Ward says resource use is key In forum on future of public universities, officials call for unity between faculty, students Katie Caron Higher Education Editor In light of impending budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System, Interim Chancellor David Ward spoke about the future of the University of Wisconsin in a public forum Wednesday evening.

Ward spoke along with a panel made up of Sara Goldrick-Rab, a UW educational policy studies and sociology associate professor, and Joel Rogers, a UW law and political

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institution is in crisis, and that’s what we’re facing.”

Ward said over time, the nation has moved from a place where tuition was nothing to worry about to a place where it is “moderate at best.” He said the increasing burden on individuals to pay tuition with less state contribution creates a situation where need-based aid drives tuition up to a point where it cannot be pushed any more.

Ward also said in the dialogue surrounding

science professor.

The panel addressed issues relating to higher education and solutions to the problems institutions like UW currently face.

Ward said the need for UW to take action and make changes to its own institution is crucial to the solution for decreasing public funding.

“Who is going help regain the public nature of our public environment if we don’t do it to ourselves?” he asked. “What we do and what we are as a public

higher education issues he felt reallocation is a better word than flexibility. By this, he said he meant that innovating and expanding upon current structures in the institution are more effective than simply being flexible.

“Let’s be honest; we want to reallocate resources, not flexibility,” Ward said.

“I think if we could push reallocation and push innovation, we might have a chance at making

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Adidas responds to report of factory labor violations Company says it cut ties with factory before violations, not liable for severances Katie Caron Higher Education Editor In an ongoing conflict over labor violations by a company subcontracted

by Adidas, the sports giant released a response Thursday denying liability for $3.4 million in severance pay owed to over 2,800 workers.

The apparel company — which is contracted to provide University of Wisconsin apparel and equipment for all sports teams — issued a statement denying responsibility for

actions taken by a previous owner of the Indonesian factory PT Kizone after it closed abruptly and left thousands of workers unemployed.

Two weeks ago, Interim Chancellor David Ward asked for a response from Adidas after the investigative organization Worker Rights Consortium released a report which found PT Kizone violated codes of conduct when its owner fled without paying workers.

In the statement, Adidas said it is committed to adhering to UW’s “strict code of conduct” but that it ultimately will not take responsibility for the actions taken by the former factory owner because it upheld its part of the contract and made no violations.

“The central fact remains that the PT Kizone factory was illegally closed and abandoned by its owner, not by the Adidas Group, and this occurred more than six months after we placed our last order with them,” the statement said. “Enforcing the rule of law is core to sustainable business and we

cannot be held responsible for someone else breaking the law.”

This response is consistent with the WRC report, which included Adidas’ previous claim that it was not liable since the violations occurred after it left the factory and that it is not responsible for actions taken by

power to set standards for how the factories they contract out to should treat their workers, and our labor code of conduct — like that of other universities — says the licensee has to take responsibility for the actions of subcontractors,” Perkins

subcontractors.

Student Labor Action Coalition member John Perkins said Adidas’ claim of no responsibility is in violation of the university’s code of conduct, and the group intends to put pressure on Ward to take action.

“Adidas has the market

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A history of UW’s relationship with Adidas Dec. 2011

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This way up Brian Thue, a member of Rhythm Per Second, busts a move during one of UW’s Freestyle Funk Sessions. The organization combines upright street dance styles including Popping, Locking, Waving and House.

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UW LLPC votes to request Ward give Adidas 90 days notice of termination

Adidas responds to allegations, refusing to accept responsibility and liability for the factory in question

Council passes final Union budget at nearly $43 million Budget would draw on over $9 million in student fees, headed to SSFC Courtney Mullen Campus Editor The Wisconsin Union Council met to approve a budget of nearly $43 million last night, which would draw on about $9 million in student segregated fees, a measure members said was a necessity due to a budget deficit.

“Unfortunately, in late September we got an email asking us to put our revenue down by $370,000.

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The budget now is based on a 3 percent fee increase plus a $5 increase in segregated fees for students for the next three years,” said Wisconsin Union Associate Director Hank Walter, who presented the budget.

Some 25.6 percent of the total of the operating budget for the Wisconsin Union comes from fees, while the other 74.4 percent is generated by the Union’s own revenue, Walter said.

Associated Students of Madison Rep. Sam Seering said he was very comfortable passing the budget.

Wisconsin Union President Katie Fischer said the segregated fees

only support expenses related to maintaining and operating the facilities.

However, it is the Union’s own revenue, which comes from over two dozen units, that funds the Union’s programs and services as well as supports the cost of maintaining and managing the Union’s facilities, Fischer said.

The Union’s $43 million budget is comprised of a combination of approximately 75 different budgets.

Walter went on to explain that $4.3 million is budgeted for student wages for next year,

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City Hall Editor After downtown bar owners came under fire for entry policies some critics called discriminatory, Madison city officials plan to host training to address fair entrance rules and maintain safety for patrons.

The training session, set to be headed by several city agencies Feb. 20, is a revised version of previous trainings for bar staff and city officials to help better understand the best and fairest policy for patrons entering establishments.

Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said this will be the first time a training session has been held since the city revised the programming. He said the primary difference with this

session will be addressing the diversity of viewpoints on bar entrance policies.

“Instead of being primarily driven by the police department, we’re having a variety of different agencies talk about different things,“ Woulf said.

He said the featured agencies include the Madison Police Department, the city attorney’s office, the Madison Fire Department, the Department of Civil Rights and the mayor’s office, with each agency emphasizing different important issues.

For instance, Woulf said MFD will focus on overcrowding issues, while DCR will look at legal parameters and give a presentation on learning about how biases affect how people do their jobs.

Woulf said his department

in the mayor’s office will look at strategies for enforcing general safety measures in and around the establishments, as well as touch on the legal parameters surrounding entrance policies.

Woulf also said the session will partner with some bar owners to get the perspective of workers, including employees who work the doors at bars.

“The reason the mayor’s office and other agencies felt they needed to get involved was the spike in violence over the summer that was unusual for the downtown area,” Woulf said.

The issue stems from past grievances, brought up by the Equal Opportunities Commission and other institutions, that requiring bar patrons to present either

a driver’s license or a passport discriminated against underrepresented groups.

Members brought up findings that showed a much higher percentage of minority groups being affected by the policy, which caused further contention in city committees.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said this is an issue that has been discussed since the summer as the city saw more violent incidents happening in and outside of bars.

He said this is a more formalized response to the situation now that they have had time to digest what the legal options are versus the illegal ones.

Resnick said the city regularly has training with bar staff to go over policies and how to handle patrons in situations like fights or

extreme intoxication.

Additionally, Resnick said most of the bars have stopped the controversial entrance practices.

“Many bars have realized there is a drawback on these policies, and the mayor’s office works intimately with the bars to work on this issue,” Resnick said.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said while his department has done training in the past with bar staff about the best policies, the office will not be directly involved in the February training.

Resnick said the issue of bar security is a major one in downtown bars because of their very high turnover.

“Hopefully the results are bars that are both safer environments and have better interactions with their patrons,” Resnick said.

Business board approves project Committee passes Downtown Plan with revisions to attract companies of all sizes Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor The ongoing Downtown Plan debate moved through the Madison Central Business Improvement District Committee Thursday, ultimately garnering general support for its vision of sustaining a vibrant and healthy downtown business and entertainment district.

BID Executive Director Mary Carbine said because the plan must go through the city process, which could be quite lengthy, the group formed a subcommittee to address the issue. The subcommittee then issued a 13-page report on the Downtown Plan.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the BID Board voted unanimously to recommend the plan and refer it to the City Council, with several recommendations.

He said BID’s expertise is in retail and leasing issues, and it felt the larger issues addressed in the plan, such as the future of the Mifflin neighborhood, were best addressed by other committees.

Carbine said the BID board focused on aspects of the plan that affect the State Street and Capitol Square retail, restaurant and entertainment district.

“In order to make the downtown district very healthy, we felt the plan needed a bolder vision and a strategy that was more grounded in economic realities,” Carbine said.

According to the subcommittee’s report, the plan must bring to the district the kind of neighborhood-serving retail stores that residents would want, such as grocery, general goods, furniture and department-type stores.

Carbine said the biggest challenge for the downtown area is the small but strong

customer base that gives local businesses their market.

The area relies on spending by students, visitors and downtown residents, Carbine said.

“The economy here is like three legs of a stool,” she said. “We have two legs that are sort of tippy because they’re not always there.”

Verveer said one recommendation passed at the meeting was that the plan must support a flexible mix of local, regional and national retail, as well as a mix of store sizes and types, including medium and large buildings.

The report said it encouraged the plan to allow for diversity in building height and mass to attract a larger customer base.

Although the plan seeks to preserve the very small storefronts to support local business, Carbine said, the BID board believes these businesses are better supported by allowing for a mix in store sizes.

“There needs to be a better mix of sizes because sometimes you need larger stores to have the kind of goods people want,” Carbine said.

She said there should also be a mix of different sized retailers incorporated into the area to keep the area 85 percent locally owned and strongly supported by the community Carbine said members expect they will have another chance for the BID board to weigh in on the plan before the Plan Commission and the City Council take a final vote on moving forward with the plan.

The board’s next meeting, scheduled for March 1, may not see more immediate progress on the plan because other committees may not have commented on the plan yet, Carbine said.

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Wisconsin Union Council members voted to approve a budget which would call for more then $9 million in student fees to fund a deficit.

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“I am glad that we can put $4.3 million back into the student’s pockets,” Walter said.

Union Council faces a challenge regarding the $270,000 deficit and budgeting for the upcoming year, as it is not fully aware of the construction schedule yet and will not know some major pieces of it until the end of February, Walter said.

This will require some estimation on Union Council’s part, he added.

With this in mind, Union Council has requested $9.469 million in segregated fees, an amount lower than the $11.85 million that it would likely be without the profit from dining hall services to offset the budget.

Walter also highlighted that Der Rathskeller and the Daily Scoop are among the most profitable areas in the Union.

The process for budget approval started with Union Council reviewing the budget. The budget will be sent on to the Student Services Finance Committee for review. SSFC would pass the budget on to the chancellor, who would make a final decision before sending it to the Board of Regents for approval.

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Goldrick-Rab said in her view, a major problem facing the university is an emerging “rhetoric of us and them.” She said in addition to this kind of narrative being present between university members and state policymakers, a divide among faculty also exists as well as a need to collaborate

Union Council also briefly discussed its next meeting, which will be held solely for selecting officers for the Wisconsin Union and the Wisconsin Union Directorate for the upcoming school year.

Union Council’s next meeting will be held on March 1, 2012.

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as a community.

“We’re not making common cause, frankly, and it is contributing to the fact that we’re unsuccessful with our arguments,” she said. “There’s a rhetorical and emotional piece to all of this.” ,Rogers said he also felt a major problem is a public divide over the issue of higher education. He added working together is beneficial when seeking to overcome budget cuts.

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of Madison Chair Allie Gardner attended the forum and said in an email to The Badger Herald that Goldrick-Rab’s point on faculty togetherness were innovative.

Overall, Ward said he is not sure a short-term solution exists to problems facing UW and higher education in general, but that aiming for long term solutions and a dialogue of reallocation of resources within the institution should be beneficial.

without taking history or conduct into account. “ Sherman also said the bill creates financial incentives for establishments with liquor licenses to profit from the illegal activity.

She said establishments could advertise in a college community, allow underage drinkers to enter and then charge them with underage drinking.

Timothy Hoel of Eau Claire, who said he worked as an alcohol prevention specialist for several years, testified that the bill doesn’t keep underage drinkers off these premises and could actually create a financial safety net of profit for the establishments.

Hoel said if either one or multiple people would be charged with an underage drinking violation at an establishment, the police would issue only one citation. However, under this proposal the establishment could bring a civil suit against each individual, making it easy for the establishment to profit from the law.

“This bill is absolutely backwards,” said Hoel.

“Remember that having a liquor license is not a right but a privilege granted to an individual. A bill such as this could turn into lord enforcement and turn into a lucrative opportunity for any license establishment.”

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Under the Alaska law, if an individual was found guilty they were able to attend an alcohol use reform program and pay a $300 fine. This proposal does not offer such a program and only enforces the full $1,000 fine.

“Despite the many factors that enable underage drinking, including the recently extra hours of sale each day, this proposal assigns financial responsibility youth and their parents alone.”

Sherman said. “It creates a system that assumes guilt and imposes guilt on youth

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UW to change SOAR placement testing procedures Based on students’ feedback, tests will be completed before arrival on campus Kylie Peterson Herald Contributor Due largely to feedback from students, the University of Wisconsin is changing the way it administers placement tests in order to give students more time to focus on the advising process and registering for classes.

As the result of students’ comments, new students will now be required to take placement tests before the Student Orientation, Advising and Registration

program and will also now have the option to take the test in paper or computer format.

“We’re happy to make changes to make this process as convenient as possible,” John Lucas, a spokesperson for UW, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Additionally, students expressed the desire for computer-based placement tests and for increasing options in test sites and locations, the statement said.

According to the statement, the Center for the First-Year Experience recently decided to implement three primary changes to SOAR’s two-day program after a review of the UW orientation program

that began in 2009.

First, students must now complete placement tests before SOAR, allowing the orientation process to emphasize advising and enrollment, the statement said.

“This will give students more time to carefully consider classes and more time for reflection,” said Carren Martin, the cointerim director for the Center for the First-Year Student Experience. “They literally get to sleep on it.”

Additionally, students expressed that taking placement tests while at SOAR made for a long and stressful experience, Martin said.

A second adjustment to the program is that incoming students will have

the option to complete their placement tests in traditional paper-and-pencil form or on a computer, the statement said.

Darcy Wittberger, student service coordinator at the Center for the FirstYear Experience, said the addition of computer-based tests is especially exciting for tech-savvy students, in an email to The Badger Herald.

Although computer-based tests will be offered, students still cannot take tests from a remote location, as all tests must be proctored.

Students who choose to take placement tests online will be charged an additional fee split into three different costs, depending on where the student takes the placement tests, according

to the SOAR website.

Finally, in comparison to past years, the number of test sites and the amount of times placement tests are offered will increase, the statement said.

Increasing time and location availability for regional placement tests is a major benefit for incoming students, Martin said. She also stressed the importance of highlighting these changes to avoid confusion and ensure new students receive accurate information during the process.

One drawback to the new program, Martin said, is that students must plan further ahead in order to complete their placement tests on time. The previous system required students

to take placement tests in conjunction with the SOAR program, but now tests must be completed a week before the student’s SOAR reservation.

“Although there will be plenty of availability, we encourage students to think well in advance about their summer plans,” Martin said.

These placement tests, which incoming students are required to take, gauge the appropriate course level for incoming students.

Advisors then use these scores to help assist students in choosing the best class for their skill level. Students will receive their test results and placement decisions during SOAR, the website said.

“We’re now in the process of getting the word out to new students,” Lucas said.

UW Foundation endowment up 20.7% Value of nonprofit fundraising body reported at $1.87 billion, now ranks No. 34 in nation Tess Keegan Herald Contributor

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Committee members voiced concerns about an inconsistency in the ASM rules which capped fines for groups at $1,000, while some said the violation was due to human error.

SSFC issues fine for MCSC wages Members vote to serve penalty of over $2,000 for group’s third policy violation Tahleel Mohieldin Campus Editor Following heated debate, members of a branch of the University of Wisconsin student government voted in favor of a fine of $2,205.87 for the Multicultural Student Coalition following the organization’s third incident of a wage violation.

The Student Services Finance Committee set the amount of the fine, which equals exactly 1 percent of MCSC’s budget. The fine will remove funds from advertising, travel, honoraria and training areas, which do not include funding for salaries or any direct services provided by MCSC. According to the Associated Students of Madison bylaws, a third offense results in the freezing of an organization’s assets for 15 weeks. Rep. David Vines said he favored a fine rather than freezing MCSC’s budget.

“By voting to freeze the budget you’d be voting to shut down MCSC. That would be a tremendous injustice not only to MCSC but to the entire student body,” Vines said in the meeting.

At one point, Rep. Cale Plamann suggested there may have been an error in the SSFC bylaw that would result in the 1 percent penalty not exceeding $1,000.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, SSFC Chair Neibart said she believes there is an error in the GSSF accountability section of ASM bylaw under the third offense, which currently states that an organization may “receive another 1% penalty not to exceed 15 weeks.”

She said she thinks the bylaw should say “$1,000” rather than “15 weeks” in line with the second and fourth offense provisions of bylaw.

In addition, she said she thinks the committee should be able--as it has been doing--to charge 1 percent or a minimum of $1,000 rather than what the bylaw currently states as

“the penalty will equal 1% of the group’s budget but will not exceed $1,000.”

She said the body has been operating under the 1 percent or a minimum of $1,000 interpretation and that she will talk to SSFC’s advisor to straighten out the issue.

The committee voted to opt out of the harsher penalty, and while the majority of members agreed the penalty was too harsh, some were concerned the lesser penalty was too lenient.

“The fact that this is their third violation — in open forum [MCSC] said the same stuff they did the first and second time. I’m not convinced it won’t happen again,” Rep. Dan Posca said.

MCSC representatives contended the violation was a result of human error.

MCSC administrative staff member LeighAnn Eason said the organization intends to restructure its accountability process by “checking and double checking.” She added MCSC intends to get the organization’s alumni involved in training to ensure another infraction does not occur.

SSFC Secretary Ellie Bruecker said she hopes to forge a connection wherein MCSC would feel comfortable coming to the committee for help.

During the meeting, SSFC also debated the productivity and potential restructuring of the accountability liaison position.

Rep. Tia Nowack said she felt the position is broken and unnecessary, while Vice Chair Chase Wilson disagreed, saying it is important to check in on student groups.

“If we are giving out such large amounts of money, it would be an egregious error to eliminate the accountability liaison position,” Wilson said.

“It’s our job to know what students are up to.”

While board members agreed on the need to change the position, they were not able to come to an overall agreement by the end of the meeting.

Even in the midst of harsh economic times, the University of Wisconsin Foundation’s endowment grew 20.7 percent during the year, a certain percentage of which will be given to departments across campus.

An annual survey conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers found the foundation’s endowment grew between the fiscal year 2010 and 2011.

The jump slightly surpassed the national average of 19.2 percent growth and increased UW’s endowment pool from $1.55 billion to $1.87 billion.

UW Foundation President Mike Knetter said the growth is “better than average” in terms of annual market returns and cited various ways this increase can positively impact the UW campus.

Each year, the university is allowed 4.5 percent of the market value to allocate as it sees fit, he said.

The figures place UW’s endowment at No. 34 in the nation, with Harvard ranking first with $31.73 billion and Yale University in second at $19.37 billion.

Knetter said the reported amount is comprised

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of several smaller endowments that have been initiated for specific departments or in honor of faculty members, which are further supported by donor gifts each year.

In this way, money is not spent haphazardly on whatever initiative university officials deem most important, but rather is designated to the discretion of departments to decide where the funds would be most beneficial, he said.

Knetter added departmental discretion includes areas such as recruiting graduate students and research assistants, increasing a highly valued professor’s salary or ordering new shipments of classroom and laboratory resources.

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Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of educational policy studies and sociology, said despite its sizable growth, UW’s endowment is rather small in comparison to that of peer universities, including the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.

According to the survey, Michigan’s and Northwestern’s endowments weigh in at $7.83 billion and $7.18 billion, respectively.

UW also falls behind the University of Minnesota, which has an endowment of $2.5 billion, and Ohio State University, which came in at $2.12 billion for the fiscal year.

Knetter said he is not concerned by UW’s comparatively smaller endowment but that his

focus is to make sure the university has the resources to do all it aspires to do.

Goldrick-Rab said the possibility of an increase in financial aid for students in the midst of state budget cuts would largely depend upon how much of the endowment is designated to the Office of Student Financial Aid, since many departments will likely spend their share on retaining staff and merely staying afloat.

“Frankly, what the endowment is going to do is fill the massive, unexpected hole left in our budget by the state’s withdrawal of its support,” Goldrick-Rab said.

She cited hefty state budget cuts as a primary determining factor in how departments will ration their share of usable funds this year.

Students should be aware, she said, that during a normal time, this boost would be a wonderful thing and that UW could do something quite valuable with the increase.

Instead, because the state has pulled out so much funding, priorities must be rearranged.

“What Chancellor Ward calls the ‘margin of excellence’ — what this endowment is supposed to be for — we are not going to be able to use it for that margin; we’re just going to use it for survival,” Goldrick-Rab said.

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Vice President Biden details plan to cut tuition Obama initiative aims to reduce student costs by cutting aid to negligent universities Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor A plan offered by President Obama aims to reduce the cost of tuition, but has yet to receive support from universities due to its ambiguities.

Vice President Joe Biden provided details and rationale behind the plans, which

Obama introduced in the State of Union, in a press conference call Wednesday.

“It’s in the overwhelming interest of this country that everybody who is able to get a college degree, get one[…] any country that out-educates us is going to outcompete us,” Biden said.

Biden said a key issue facing college students is tuition increases. He said tuition at public universities has increased almost 300 percent in the past 20 years.

One of the reasons that tuition has increased is because of the recession which caused states to cut aid to

universities when balancing their budgets, Biden said.

Biden said if universities keep on increasing the prices to that extent, it will not matter what aid the Federal government gives to students because that aid would not be able to keep up with the rising costs.

Biden said universities must become more efficient and think more creatively about how to cut costs.

Since the administration is going to be able to increase the amount of Perkins loans and double the number of work study programs, Biden said the Federal government will save $10 billion.

“With that $10 billion dollar pot, we’re going to be saying to universities, look, if you don’t keep tuition under control and bring down costs then you’re not going to get this portion of the aid,” Biden said.

He said the Obama administration is going to come up with a fair formula to induce states and if Universities that keep costs down and tuition under control would receive assistance from another billion dollar fund.

However, ambiguities in the Obama administration plan have left some universities wanting more information on the changes he has proposed.

For instance, the Obama administration has not issued any information about what would comprise the formula, David Giroux, University of Wisconsin System spokesperson said.

“We’ve read a bit about those proposals but the details are still fuzzy and we need to see those details,” Giroux said.

Giroux also said the UWSystem is worried it could be punished if the formula does not take into account certain aspects.

He said the UW-system

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Vice President Joe Biden outlined the details behind the president’s plan to reform universities, which was originally introduced in the State of the Union. has a good record on keeping tuition costs down.

However, he said people in the system are afraid since the plan is ambiguous that if tuition costs continue to increase, they may be punished for their past success.

“We expect the university system will fare well under Obama’s plans, but we need to have a little more context

ADIDAS, from 1 said in an interview with The Badger Herald.

Perkins said SLAC members will go to Ward’s office today to convince him and the Labor Licensing Policy Committee to take action against Adidas. He said the group would encourage Ward to put Adidas on another 90-day notice to pay back the workers, and if Adidas still refuses to accept liability, he should cut ties with the apparel company.

and specifics,” Giroux said.

Joanne Berg, vice provost for University of WisconsinMadison Division of Enrollment Management, said while the university does not have an official reaction to Obama’s speech, they are thinking deeply about Obama’s plan and considering everything that might happen between now and its possible

implementation.

She said a key feature of the program is to keep campuses accountable and UW-Madison already offers many accountability features to students and the public, including programs that allow students to calculate net price calculators so they can determine how much they are paying.

The Adidas statement also said the company aims for transparency in enforcing workplace standards and that it is “sympathetic to the plight of the workers and their families.” With this, Adidas said it met with the union representing the workers this week and is scheduling meetings with embassies in Jakarta, Korea and the United States.

The company also said it is encouraging Adidas suppliers near the PT Kizone location to hire the

former workers in addition to funding an independent job placement agency to work with the former workers. Thus far, Adidas says almost 950 former PT Kizone workers have found jobs — 300 of which are at other Adidas suppliers.

Vice Chancellor for University Relations Vince Sweeney said in an email to The Badger Herald last night that the university is currently reviewing the document from Adidas but does not have a response at this time.

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Herald Editorial Nuisance nonsense Part of Madison’s reputation as a great college town comes from a strong belief in the maturity and importance of its students.

However, under the guise of student safety, the Nuisance Party Ordinance belittles and demeans the student body.

The ordinance would grant police more avenues to crack down on parties by establishing criteria to determine “nuisance” offenders. It also would give landlords the power to evict tenants for repeated nuisance parties.

Rhetoric throughout the ordinance’s progression through city bodies has reflected how little some city officials think of students. At Wednesday’s Housing Committee meeting, Ald. Paul

Skidmore, District 9, supported an idea to bring nuisance renters’ parents into the equation. It reflected all-too-closely a mindset that has surfaced among the mayor and police as well.

The Nuisance Party Ordinance’s language is ambiguous and raises questions about its actual intent. Skidmore and others claim it is geared toward “large parties” with “behavioral issues.” But the criteria for a nuisance party suggests alcohol control is a motivating factor, since the first seven of the 17 qualifying violations mention it.

Proponents of the ordinance have also been attesting it is not aimed at the Mifflin Street Block Party. They claim the block party

will not be eliminated since the ordinance will only affect large parties. But that is exactly what Mifflin is. The pressure being put on enacting the ordinance sometime before the block party raises obvious suspicions.

Parties have always been a part of student culture. And, yes, there are consequences to unruly and unwise behavior. But this ordinance is not the solution.

The Nuisance Party Ordinance has been crafted not out of a respect for students, but out of a belief in our lack of ability to be adults, which stands contrary to the fact that college is a time for increased responsibility. In the process of balancing safety and fun, students need to be treated like citizens.

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Alcohol a scapegoat for Chadima Vincent Dumas Guest Columnist Due to the allegations that Athletic Director John Chadima assaulted a student worker at a party while in a California hotel, University of Wisconsin Chancellor David Ward has suggested the university alcohol policy should be subjected to a review. If you failed to follow that, it’s because it makes no sense.

Since the incident report was released last week detailing that alcohol was bought and provided by the Athletic Department to student employees who were minors, people have questioned the advisability of such a practice. While I see the merit of the school not providing to minors, I confess to being bewildered about how the sexual assault has anything to do with that.

By pushing the focus from the abysmally licentious behavior of Chadima to the easy target of alcohol, Ward has at once pardoned the accused Chadima and incited undue alarm about the role of alcohol on campus.

Let this be clear: If the investigation is correct, this was not an

alcohol-induced lapse in judgment. In the report, the committee examined Chadima’s phone records and found that the night before the party, Chadima had texted a different student worker than the one who was assaulted, and “demanded that the student come to Chadima’s J.W. Marriott Hotel suite and threatened to fire him if he did not comply.” One can only speculate about the reasons Chadima wanted this other student there, but considering the assaulted student reported Chadima had used similar language, our speculations grow gloomy.

Whatever may be the case, one thing is clear: This was not the first time Chadima had abused his position of authority and leadership over students. The idea that this could somehow be turned into a message for substance abstinence or a lesson about the dangers of alcohol is ridiculous.

Unless Chadima was plastered the night before as well, this had nothing to do with his intoxication; and even if he was, alcohol should not cause him to attempt to force himself on a student.

That two-dozen underaged students were able

to get through their night of Dionysian revelry without ambushing an underling seems to escape those who would turn this into an opportunity to enforce some teetotaling policy.

Both lecherous predators and those charged with keeping an eye out for them find alcohol a fine excuse when something goes wrong.

Despite frequent imbibing, the vast majority will never engage in criminal, especially unethical activity. To say that alcohol is the problem diverts attention from the perpetrators to the anonymous, drinking multitude.

In a statement last week, Chadima contradicted himself, saying, “[I] make no excuses … alcohol had controlled and consumed my life. Chadima offered up alcohol as an excuse, which Ward and others have graciously accepted, continuing the long tradition of people and institutions that hide misconduct behind the

narrative of an out-ofcontrol alcoholic culture.

Alcohol, especially on college campuses across the nation, has become a convenient device by which the moral transgressions of a few are projected onto the many. Despite frequent imbibing, the vast majority will never engage in criminal, especially unethical, activity.

To say that alcohol is the problem diverts attention from the perpetrators to the anonymous, drinking multitude. This association is not only unjustified, but immoral.

Even the most ardent alcoholic should refuse to take responsibility for the misconduct of others.

There is no need for a revision of the university’s alcohol policy to become a priority, and neither is there a need to go on ruminating over conspiracy theories placing alcohol as the second shooter. There was only one person responsible for the whole affair, and responsibility should be given to whom it is due.

Vincent Dumas (vdumas@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in history, philosophy, and minoring in computer science.

Ryan Rainey Managing Editor By the end of this month, Chancellor David Ward might be lucky enough to receive a freshly-baked cake from his friends at the Student Labor Action Coalition.

It’s all part of the cyclical relationship between SLAC and the University of Wisconsin: Licensed company does something bad, SLAC raises a fuss, licensed company doesn’t do anything, UW stays quiet, UW eventually cuts or threatens to cut contract with licensed company, chancellor receives a cake and sometimes, the licensed company does the right thing and reevaluates its labor practices.

Right now, we’re in the “UW stays quiet” phase of this cycle. SLAC will hold a rally outside of Ward’s office today to encourage him to cut the university’s contract with Adidas because of an accusation that employees at an Indonesian factory manufacturing Adidas products did not receive severance packages after being laid-off. Biddy Martin’s administration cut UW’s contract with Nike in 2010.

SLAC, despite frequently being assailed as a “protest club,” is on the right track.

In the likely decision that Ward does not cut UW’s contract with Adidas — the contract is significantly more financially substantial than Nike’s — the athletic wear giant should at least be endlessly ridiculed for a jejune strategy in handling an important controversy.

“The central fact remains that the PT Kizone factory was illegally closed and abandoned by its owner, not by the Adidas Group, and this occurred more than six months after we placed our last order with them,” Adidas said in a statement yesterday. “We honored all terms of our contract, paying the factory owners every penny owed.”

That’s corporate PR speak for “we’re a good company and didn’t do anything wrong because it was the other guy who screwed up, not us.” Adidas’ strategy appears to be passing blame for the incident to a little-known international contractor that should be held accountable for unfair labor practices.

Adidas is a mammothsized corporation with

extensive financial resources. PT Kizone is a tiny regional supplier known mostly in the United States for its unfair labor practices.

It doesn’t have an official website, likely for its own protection.

Adidas, like most large apparel conglomerates, exerts a significant financial influence over contractors like PT Kizone. Michael Reich, a professor of labor economics at the University of California-Berkeley, told me contractors like PT Kizone often devote 100 percent of their resources to one company.

Reich said he served on UC’s committee to oversee licensee fair labor practices of licensees and found that companies often decide to quickly clean up practices overseas.

“What I saw was that the actual labor cost in these plants is very small compared to the final product price,” Reich said. “Really, it wasn’t that expensive to clean up the conditions.”

That statement easily could have come from a SLAC member in Madison.

Instead, it came from the director of one of the leading labor economics institutes in the nation. Jon Perkins, SLAC’s spokesperson, also said Adidas has a significant amount of resources at its disposal to reprimand PT Kizone.

This is why I’m puzzled at Adidas’ response to its most recent controversy at UW. Instead of publicly chastising or reprimanding PT Kizone for the unfair practices, it simply said the blame does not lie with Adidas. It has worsened its own reputation among UW students and only done more to anger SLAC and anti-sweatshop activists.

Of course, it wouldn’t be fair for me to say these things without acknowledging that I typed this column on a MacBook Pro, a product from another company that has passed blame for disturbing labor practices to a weaker contractor in Asia.

But both the cases of Apple and Adidas have begun important conversations about corporate responsibility versus cheap labor. Adidas had an easy way out of this most recent campus controversy but for some absurd reason decided to make things more difficult and subject themselves to an even longer PR crisis on a large university campus.

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

Boettcher’s courageous ‘It Gets Better’ video praiseworthy Hannah Sleznikow Columnist The University of Wisconsin has a rich history of social tolerance.

It also has a legacy of activism, fostering not only acceptance but also open discourse and the free expression of ideas. With this said, it still requires courageous individuals to contribute and express their opinions in order to maintain an environment of inclusiveness and acceptance.

One UW student in particular recently established himself as one of these important individuals. Senior Colton Boettcher produced and edited a music video

speaking out against antigay bullying that has been gaining national attention.

The music video is set to the Lady Gaga song “Hair,” and is essentially an unconventional take on a Cinderella story. With more than 440,000 views on YouTube since being posted last Thursday, this video is certainly making an impact.

In addition, Lady Gaga has taken notice of the video, lending her support to the cause and disseminating it via her Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Anti-gay bullying is undoubtedly an issue that deserves the utmost public concern. According to the It Gets Better Project website, nine out of 10 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students have experienced some form of harassment at school. In addition, more than one-third of LGBT youth have attempted suicide. These statistics are telling in regard to the immediacy of this problem.

There are certainly inherent obstacles in coping with the issue at hand, namely the remaining prevalence of heterosexism and homophobia in the Madison community and beyond. Reality dictates that many remain hesitant to come to terms with matters involving sex and sexual orientation due to these sentiments. This has, and will continue to be, a habitual barrier to social progress in this country.

However, we must work within the framework of these limitations to raise awareness and work toward a resolution of this pressing social issue.

Social change is, by nature, slow to occur.

However, history suggests that it is often the work of passionate individuals that facilitate this progress: first gaining tolerance, and then acceptance.

Boettcher’s video sends the clear message that LGBT students deserve

acceptance. The lyrics of Lady Gaga’s song “Hair” say it all. “Why can’t I be who I wanna be?”

This statement speaks volumes in regard to the dilemma facing many students who fall outside of what others deem “the norm.” But who makes the determination as to what this expectation of “normalcy” is? The term “normal” is to each their own. No individual fits this imaginary ideal perfectly, so why does society perpetually try to target those that fail to do so?

This demonstrates clear social hypocrisy, and is the absolute least constructive approach to bettering society as a whole.

In stark contrast, Boettcher’s music video is a phenomenal example of how addressing issues in a bold yet constructive manner can effectively shed light on a matter that many are tentative to come to terms with. Although the

anti-gay bullying message is conveyed clearly and convincingly, this video is appealing for more than just its social commentary. With excellent choreography, captivating theatrics and engaging music, it is a truly enchanting piece of artistry that deserves the positive acclaim it is receiving.

For social change to occur, we must collectively assume responsibility for the conditions in which we live.

Like Lady Gaga herself, Boettcher’s music video proves that the unconventional is often the most captivating. This video serves as a critical example of how one bold individual can generate widespread awareness via constructive contributions to the everflowing stream of public

discourse. As a society and a student body, we have much to learn from such a display of courage and activism.

Without bold individuals willing to put forth their own opinions, where would we be as a society?

For social change to occur, we must collectively assume responsibility for the conditions in which we live. Activism is indeed paramount to this accountability. In reality, the right and freedom to be who one chooses to be is not a given for everyone, but rather a liberty reserved for those that society deems to fit its definition of “normal.”

In the words of Lady Gaga, “I just want to be free, I just want to be me.” It is time to make this a right for every individual regardless of whether or not they fit the rigid mold of “normalcy.”

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

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‘Incredibly Close’ but no cigar for Daldry’s film Film overdoes it with attempt to get too close for comfort Tim Hadick ArtsEtc. Writer Stephen Daldry’s (“The Reader”) newest screen adaptation, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” is a well thought-out story of a 9/11 child-victim’s struggle to cope with loss.

But it tries a bit too hard.

Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn, debut) and his father (Tom Hanks, “Larry Crowne”) have a visibly close relationship. Oskar’s father tries to keep his son’s unique mind busy through scavenger hunts and mind exercises. But that is all interrupted when Oskar’s father dies in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.

After a year of putting his emotions on hold, Oskar rediscovers his

father’s spirit of adventure when he finds a mysterious key in his father’s belongings. As he searches for the key’s owner throughout New York City, Oskar pushes himself out of his comfort zone and is helped by unlikely characters in a journey of self-discovery, growing up and overcoming fears.

Oskar reveals the emotional trauma he endured as a result of the “worst day” throughout the film bit by bit.

Although he seems sound at the beginning of the movie, Oskar takes the audience by surprise in his willingness to vocalize his pain with strangers. In many scenes his physical and mental scars are too overbearing and obvious to be believable, but in others his actions and thought process are clear and understandable.

If taken from a child’s viewpoint, Oskar is just trying his best to survive

without the one he knew he could rely on. When Oskar finally tells the whole story of the “worst day,” his strength and stability demand to be admired.

Horn has a very promising career ahead of him.

Despite the chemistry between Oskar and his father, Oskar’s mother (Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”) is represented as an almost absent parent until her husband is killed, and she and Oskar are forced together.

Bullock is simply amazing as Oskar’s mother as she tries to repair her relationship with her son, if there was one to repair at all. Scenes showing her emotional struggles with Oskar are intense, heartbreaking and more powerful than any other film this year. It’s a wonder she was overlooked this award season.

Max von Sydow (“Robin Hood”) plays the mysterious mute renter

of Oskar’s grandmother’s spare room. At first, he and Oskar help one another out of their respective shells and grow a visible bond. However, while the plot seemed to be turning to focus completely on their relationship, Oskar demonstrates that he is the stronger character, breaking down The Renter who then runs away.

The meaning of his escape is there, but never again addressed, leaving a large loose end. Even at the end of the movie when a conclusion for The Renter is roughly produced, the essential question of his running away is not answered.

Symbolism plays a very large role in “Incredibly Close.” However, its place in the film is questionable.

From the obvious image of the key in Oskar’s life to the images of The Falling Man throughout, having such prominent devices helps the audience keep

track of Oskar’s emotional state. However, the film ultimately feels like it’s trying to be too deep for its own good.

While everything is ultimately well puttogether and makes sense, the sheer amount of weight “Incredibly Close” puts on the audience’s mind becomes more of a burden than something to be remembered.

Oskar’s search for the lock the key fits into leads him all over New York City. The film is shot with brilliant detail and showcases the diversity and size of the sprawling metropolis. “Incredibly Close” has a very large cast, most of whom are the random citizens of all boroughs of the city whom Oskar asks for clues relating to the key.

While Oskar’s interactions are brief, they never feel out of place or forced. Every side character is clearly helping

Oskar understand a world without his father. The film has surprise performances

by Viola Davis (“The Help”) and John Goodman (“The Artist”), and while their acting is superb, their presence seems only to validate “Incredibly Close” as an Oscar contender.

The overall message of “Incredibly Close” is one of acceptance and the unpredictability of life. The film’s themes are well conveyed, if a little overdone, with brilliant acting and a connected storyline that’s not too hard to follow. While definitely not a front-runner for Best Picture, following Oskar’s journey is not a waste of time and leaves a lasting emotional impression.

½ EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE Stephen Daldry

‘Bangarang’ new direction for DJ Skrillex EP shows diversified sound with unexpected elements and collaborations Whitney Marshall ArtsEtc. Writer While listening to the latest album by Skrillex, Bangarang, I find my foot tapping and my head nodding along with the beat. The longer I listen, the harder it is to resist the urge to dance around the room in what I imagine to be the only way suitable — a combination of head banging and jumping that is only ever acceptable among large crowds of similarly dancing people.

But by the time the final song wraps up and my dancing urges subside, I’m left not knowing what to think: for Skrillex has provided a musical experience unlike anything of the ordinary.

His songs are infectious and as some have described, “facemelting.” As catchy as the tunes are, the only words stuck in my head are the few mixed in with the auditory montage of music, robotically electronic sounds and what can only be described as intentional glitches.

... After getting over the serious lack of much to sing along with, it’s easier to settle into the electronic trancelike state that these musical creations induce.

After considering the title of this album, I decide it to be very fitting.

Like a boomerang, the musical themes, few sung words and, of course, the banging beat return over and over again.

This repetitive quality to Skrillex’s work makes for great background music at parties and the strong bass means a few awesome new additions to any existing gym or running playlist. At first it may seem difficult to imagine using this music purely for listening pleasure, but after getting over the serious lack of much to sing along with, it’s easier to settle into the electronic trance-like state that these musical creations induce.

Skrillex is known for his unique style, which mixes dubstep, house

and electronic influences.

Along with producing his own music on Big Beat Records and his own label OWSLA, he has produced remixes for famed artists and bands including Lady Gaga, La Roux and The Black Eyed Peas. He has also received numerous Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist in 2011.

Much of this success can be credited to the chart-topping EP that was Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. At this point it’s hard to say whether Bangarang will meet the same fate. While it certainly follows Skrillex’s previous work in terms of style, it also brings a few new elements to the table.

Skrillex incorporated traces of rap, R&B, ’90s, techno and worldly influences into his signature sound. The album also features collaborations with such varied artists as 12th Planet, Ellie Goulding and Wolfgang Gartner.

A great surprise comes with the last track of the album, “Skrillex Orchestral Suite,” which is significantly more soft and sweet than what Skrillex fans are probably used to.

Although Skrillex’s previous and very wellknown album may have catchier and more melodic sounds, his newer album provides much more variety. It fuses standard genres in a way that has rarely been heard before while managing to pioneer a newfangled genre of its own.

With the help of similar artists such as David Guetta and Deadmau5, electronic music is certainly on the rise. It has already developed a broad fan base and is now starting to encroach on Top 40 status. With this change in the direction of popular music and Skrillex’s ever growing success, the only place he’ll be going any time soon is to the top.

BANGARANG SKRILLEX

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A young “Bookless” attendee left her mark on the old Central Library on Saturday, which is closed to make way for the new renovated building.

Turning the page on Central Library Local artists and book-enthusiasts turned the vacant library into a giant piece of art Kevin Mahoney ArtsEtc, Writer The stacks were empty, the desks were chopped, the computers were tossed, and the library had gone “Bookless.”

Before making room for the long-awaited, sparkling new Central Library on Mifflin, the old and beloved library first had to be reduced to rubble. However, since it was destined to be destroyed, why not create something constructive from the destruction? This was exactly what librarian and artist Trent Miller was thinking when he proposed the idea for “Bookless” as a fundraiser for the new library.

The general concept behind “Bookless” was to turn the library into an “arts incubator.” From the non-fiction to the mysteries section, the library was to be adorned with works of local art. Miller became gallery coordinator and contacted artists all across Madison with the offer to use an entire building as their canvas.

Clearly sensing the enormous potential a vacant library could provide, artists jumped at the opportunity. Day by day, the library was decorated with original installations ranging between paintings, sculptures, stop-motion videos, photography and interactive pieces until the library itself became a work of art.

Miller’s efforts culminated in a refreshingly unique one-day affair on Saturday, with 100 artists, five bands, various DJs and a variety

of interactive activities.

Food and drink were also provided by Dobra Tea, The Great Dane, Merchant and Underground Food Collective.

“Bookless” began in the early afternoon with a family-friendly environment, offering a number of handson activities for children including an entire wall for free-form painting. The true entertainment for the children, however, simply came in the opportunity to yell and sprint after one another in a place as sacredly silent as a library.

This was only the start of the excitement. Just as the old Central Library did before closing its doors, the event provided something for all ages and inclinations. After the family fun, the library closed its doors for a few hours to set up for the real party. Re-opening later that night, “Bookless” dimmed the lights, brought out the DJ and poured the drinks.

Amid a maze of empty stacks, under floating mannequins and beside an immense wooden dragon,

the basement became an arthouse nightclub. The building was brimming with Madison art lovers, library enthusiasts and those who just came for the party.

No matter your motivation for coming, once there you were enveloped by art.

This was the true nuance of “Bookless”: even the mundane was turned artistic.

Old microfilm was used as caution tape, the electrical outlets were blocked off by discarded New York Times film cases, and the walls in the stairwell were scrawled with poetry.

Upon entering each new room, visitors were greeted by the unexpected. You could move from a room glazed with mirrored surfaces to one painted entirely hot pink then to one mingled with twisting pipes that once contained wires for the library.

Some of the most memorable pieces repurposed library supplies into new forms. They varied between wall collages of colorful bookends, swells of blue magazine containers

arranged like waves of water, a stack of desks arranged isolated in the center of a room held together by bright neon tape and library chairs embedded in walls of chopped lumber.

The truth is that all libraries are filled with works of art, whether its in the words of Jack Kerouac, Jane Austen, or William Shakespeare. Libraries let you enter a world separate from your own; they bring to life creativity and inspiration, blending the worlds of imagination and reality. In this vein, “Bookless” was an unbounded success.

Embracing limitless creation and expression, the Madison Public Library has vividly brought the magic of a library to our attention.

If the success of “Bookless” is any sign of what is to come from the Madison Public Library, it would come as no surprise to me if the line at the grand opening of the new Central Library were to snake around the street just as it did this past weekend for “Bookless.”

Anyone interested is invited to attend a Badger Herald open house on Monday, February 6 at 5 p.m. at 321 West Gorham Street.

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“It was unfortunate that Morgan couldn’t make that shot; she usually does,” Kelsey said. “She was trying really hard to make that shot, but it didn’t come down to that shot.”

In overtime, the Badgers fell cold, hitting just 3-of-10 shots.

WELCOME, from 10 are third at 39.1.

“It’ll be a grind-out game, definitely,” forward Mike Bruesewitz said. “I think it’ll just be the team that takes advantage of their opportunities, knocks down shots when they’re there.

It’ll be another game of loose balls; it might be the team with the bloodiest jersey at the end who’s going to come out on top.”

Sullinger, a consensus preseason All-American this year who was widely projected to be a lottery pick in April’s NBA Draft had he entered, remains Ohio State’s biggest name, but the most riveting

Iowa, meanwhile, was 4-for-7 and reached the free throw line six times, converting four. The teams traded possessions to open the extra period, with a Rochel jumper tying the game at 77-77 with 2:48 left. Wurtz had a solid attempt at a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left but air-balled it.

In the scrum for the rebound, Iowa guard Jaime Printy appeared to get tangled up and fell to the floor clutching her left knee. She stayed down for several minutes before

being helped off the court, unable to put pressure on her left leg.

Wisconsin was unable to muster any more offense until guard AnnMarie Brown sunk a layup at the buzzer with the game already out of hand.

“We needed one more person scoring a little bit more with Anya being out,” Kelsey said. “We’re not a one-person band here. Obviously we missed her, but we had enough to win the game, and we didn’t pull it out.”

battle could come between the two point guards. Taylor, though his scoring numbers are down from last year, still leads Wisconsin with 14.1 points and 4.3 assists per game. He’ll be matched up against Buckeye point guard Aaron Craft, a sophomore who averages 8.1 points and 5.0 assists per game.

The 6-foot-2, 190-pound Craft might lack the strength of the 6-foot-1, 195-pound Taylor, but his quick hands have produced 2.4 steals per game, tops in the Big Ten. “He’s tenacious, man. He doesn’t quit,” Taylor said of Craft. “He seems like he never gets tired.

You would think a guy who plays

35 minutes a game would get tired or maybe relax, but he’s just relentless. Obviously, he kind of spearheads their defensive effort.”

Whether the game is indeed a defensive slug-out or a surprising shootout — Wisconsin’s scored as many as 77 points in Big Ten play while Ohio State’s eclipsed that total five separate times — last year’s developments don’t mean anything to a pair of teams eyeing a much bigger prize.

With only a month left in Big Ten play and the conference standings as tight as possible, each loss greatly curtails any possible margin for error.

“It’s a brand new 40 minutes,” Taylor said. “We’ve just got to try to find a way to neutralize a really good team again.”

FIAMMETTA, from 10 to recall, scored just eight points on 2-for-9 shooting in a full 40 minutes of playing time.

That’s a very large reason why last year is meaningless now, but it’s not the largest.

Simply put, a Wisconsin victory this weekend could propel the Badgers into first place in the Big Ten, just three weeks after a three-game losing streak brought doom and gloom clouds so thick that you’d think Bo Ryan’s pixie dust — the stock reserved for pulling his team into the NCAA tournament year in and year out — had been spoiled.

But for sentiment’s sake, let’s expound on the rivalry talk. No matter how much Minnesota is perceived to be on the “upswing,” how long will it take until we see anything close to what Wisconsin-Ohio State has brought us? Minnesota hasn’t touched Paul Bunyan’s Axe since 2003, and in the past two years they’ve been outscored by a combined 47 points.

Where else should we look? Iowa, a football rivalry at most, now lies opposite Wisconsin in the Big Ten’s Legends Division. So does Michigan, the second-most obnoxious team in the Big Ten, as well as newcomer Nebraska.

In the Badgers’ Leaders Division, Penn State remains an awfully enormous question mark, while Purdue, Illinois and Indiana really pose zero semblance of anything close to a legitimate rival.

That leaves Ohio State and Michigan

State, and boy, those Spartans come pretty close. After all, they supplied the first Hail Mary Heartbreaker Wisconsin fans suffered this season, back in Spartan Stadium Oct. 22.

The Badgers ultimately reaped sweet revenge in the Big Ten Championship Game in an absolute thriller that once again denied those bitter Spartans a BCS bowl berth, and you can bet this upcoming season’s matchup (an eerily timed Oct. 27) will be certified mustwatch material.

But who really makes your blood boil? Yes, Michigan State games seem to be developing a penchant for delivering truly remarkable drama and all-time classic moments, but who do you like beating the most? The Spartans have that indisputably vile bluster, but make no mistake — they’re second-fiddle rivals to the Buckeyes.

Whether you’re a senior scratching off your last days in Madison on your bedroom wall or an underclassmen who’s still been unbelievably spoiled (in a truly fantastic way) by Wisconsin athletics these past two or three seasons, savor this Ohio State game this weekend.

The players won’t say as much, but knowing what happened last year and even more so what can happen this year with sustained success, they sure will be as well.

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. Are you planning on packing the Kohl Center this weekend? Let him know on Twitter @ mikefiammetta.

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Back at home, Badgers aim for 6th-place finish Against strong St. Cloud State squad, improving special teams play key for Wisconsin following 2 losses at North Dakota Brett Sommers Statistics Editor This weekend, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team will host a rematch series with St. Cloud State, a team that delivered the Badgers’ worst loss of the season — a 7-2 decision in November.

But the Badgers rallied in game two to tie 3-3.

According to freshman goaltender Joel Rumpel, the Badgers picked up an extra dose of confidence despite the ups and downs of that series.

“I think we need to review what we did good [in game two], what we did bad. It was a close one in overtime there, but I think this weekend we can face them a little stronger [than last time],” Rumpel said. “[The first series] definitely gives us a little more confidence going into the weekend. You kind of know how they are going to play, what they are going to bring at you. There isn’t too many new surprises coming your way, so confidence is the biggest thing; it helps.”

The series marks the first of two consecutive home sets for the Badgers as they try to position themselves among the top six teams in the WCHA in order to earn home ice advantage in the first round of the conference playoffs. They currently sit at ninth place.

After having won five of six games leading into the Jan. 27 matchup at North Dakota, the Badgers were swept by UND. “The lesson that was made available to us last

week was the fact that we didn’t do a very good job in the offensive zone in terms of getting offensive rebounds and spending time in their zone,” head coach Mike Eaves said.

“We didn’t create enough offense. That has been a point of emphasis this week, so hopefully we learned our lesson and we’re a better team in that area because that in and of itself will help us win. It’s not a big picture thing; it’s taking care of the details within the game, and we’ll continue to do that.”

Now UW will look to return to the comfier confines of home where it sports an 11-4-1 record, as opposed to a dismal 1-8-1 road record.

“This year, we have fared a little stronger when we’re at home opposed to on the road, so it will be nice to get these four games all at the Kohl Center in front of our fans and hopefully get a little momentum, get on a run and hopefully take it with us on the road,” Rumpel said.

One area the Badgers will look to improve upon since the last meeting and on the season in general will be its special teams play on the power play and penalty kill.

On the season, the Badgers are converting just 21.1 percent of their power play opportunities and killing opponents’ chances at a 75.5 percent clip.

In the last series against St. Cloud State, Wisconsin’s numbers were even worse, converting just 2-of-11 (.182) power play chances.

“Special teams, both PP and PK, we are going to

Noah Willman The Badger Herald

Goaltender Joel Rumpel, who currently holds a .915 save percentage, and the rest of the Badgers are comfortable at the Kohl Center, where they’ve won 10 more games than on the road. have to do a better job on both of those,” UW points leader Mark Zengerle said.

“Especially the PK, we have to shut that down. We are trying to get more offense sustained; more than just goals, but sustaining offense, getting more shots, more opportunities — which will lead to more goals.”

One bright spot for the Badgers in their trip to St. Cloud was the play of freshman forward Matt

Paape who had arguably his best series of the season, scoring three points on the weekend, including a goal in each game.

Strong play from role players like Paape in Friday and Saturday’s games would go a long way in helping the Badgers ascend the conference ladder.

“You have to feel good about that, knowing that you played well against these guys, but as a team we didn’t get too many points

when we went up there.

We have to take advantage of home ice here, playing in our own barn,” Paape said. “Right now we’re at a situation in the season where every point matters, so we just have to take one night at a time and do what we can.”

With just eight games remaining in the regular season and the last four on the road, the two games against St. Cloud State are critical for the Badgers’

stretch run to postseason, and the sense of urgency is definitely not lost on anyone.

“We are going into this series as two must-wins,” Zengerle said. “We want to get four points, and our goal is to get home ice [in the first round of the WCHA playoffs]. It’s kind of a long shot right now, but it’s still a shot. If there is any opportunity to get that, we have to get four this weekend.”

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Career nights don’t bring win Despite 27 points from Wurtz, 16 from Davis, Badgers can’t pick up 4th straight Brett Sommers Statistics Editor

Andy Fate The Badger Herald

Wisconsin forward Brianna Decker is just one of three Badger skaters with over 20 goals on the season. After its offense was slowed last week, UW hopes to work out the kinks against MSU.

Minnesota State next for UW With playoffs looming, Badgers looking for offensive production against Mavericks Nathan Palm Extra Points Editor The Wisconsin women’s hockey team will try to extend its winning streak to five games this weekend against Minnesota State.

Minnesota State has had a tough season thus far.

The Mavericks are just 3-19 in WCHA play and own a 7-21 overall record. They face the difficult task of playing on the road against a Badger team that has only lost two games this season.

UW has been very productive offensively throughout the season, but it struggled last week against Bemidji State’s stout defense. Players had ample opportunities to score but struggled against Bemidji’s talented goaltender. The team still found a way to win both games, but it hopes to have more success against Minnesota State.

“You’re always making adjustments, you’re always fine tuning things,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “Last week, when we played against a team that defends well and has a good goaltender, it’s going to be a challenge to score.

Hopefully we can take some lessons we learned last

week and translate them to this week.”

The Badgers also went through their weekly preparation of analyzing film of their next opponent.

They don’t key in on specific players in their preparation but rather examine their opponent’s strategy in certain situations, like power plays.

The Badgers never overlook an opponent, especially in a tough WCHA

“Hopefully we can take some lessons we learned last week and translate them to this week.”

Mark Johnson Head Coach

conference, but they should not have to make many adjustments this weekend.

They dominated Minnesota State when the teams faced off earlier this season in Mankato, when the Badgers outscored the Mavericks 9-1 in the early December series.

Minnesota State’s Kari Lundberg is the leading

goal scorer for her team this season with just eight goals. The Mavericks will need plenty of offensive production from her and her teammates against the Badgers. It’s difficult for any team to score on UW goaltender Alex Rigsby, the nation’s leading goaltender with a .949 save percentage, and the task is even more daunting for the Mavericks struggling offense.

Minnesota State will also have to keep a close eye on the Badgers’ forwards.

Brianna Decker, Brooke Ammerman and Hilary Knight have all recorded more than 20 goals this season. Carolyne Prevost would probably be the fourth member of that group had she not suffered a knee injury earlier in the season. Decker has played an especially major role in the Badgers’ offense, leading the nation with 28 goals this year.

Minnesota State goalies Ali Altmann and Danielle Butters have been splitting time in goal this season.

Altmann has played about three times more than Butters, but the Mavericks will need one of them to slow down the Badgers’ high-scoring offense.

Only three series remain

for the Badgers before the playoffs begin in late February, and coaches always want their team to be in top form entering the postseason. Johnson and his players have been stressing this mindset during the final stretch of the season.

“Like coach always says, the second half of the season is more important,” Decker said. “Everybody is fighting for a spot, so we just have to play our best hockey and not worry about who we’re playing.”

Given the team’s winning pedigree, most expect the team to be playing until mid-March and make another appearance in the Frozen Four. Keeping players healthy and wellrested is a top priority for a team that will most likely make a run deep into the playoffs, but that doesn’t mean Johnson will approach games like this weekend any differently.

“We’ll play to win the games here; everybody’s playing for something right now,” Johnson said.

“Everybody’s trying to jockey for position. So whether it’s this weekend or next weekend, every game’s got a meaning to it, so you can’t get ahead of yourself.”

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team was desperately attempting to reach .500 in Big Ten play for the first time after opening 1-5, and thanks to outstanding play from a trio of Wisconsin guards, the Badgers nearly pulled off their fourth straight conference victory.

But, due in part to a late flurry of cold-handed shots, UW fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes 85-79 in overtime.

Wisconsin guards Jade Davis and Taylor Wurtz lit up the Hawkeyes from everywhere on the court in the first half, shooting a combined 11-of-13 (.846).

The 16 first-half points for Davis were already a careerhigh, yet despite the torrid shooting display, the Badgers clung to just a 44-38 lead at the break. “[In the] first half, Wisconsin just shot the lights out,” Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder said. “They did a great job, but I don’t think our defense was maybe where it needed to be.”

The second half scoring was nearly a mirror image for the Badgers in terms of leading scorers, with the exception of sophomore guard Morgan Paige picking up where Jade Davis left off. Paige scored 12 points to complement Wurtz’s 14 points in the second half and overtime.

The 27 total points from Wurtz was a career-high, but unfortunately for the Badgers, even career-high scoring nights from two Badgers and an impressive 17 points from Paige weren’t enough.

The high-scoring totals in the second half of Wurtz and Paige weren’t indicative of the shooting percentages the Badgers had in the second half. After shooting 58.1 percent as a team in the first half, Wisconsin could barely find the rim in the second, converting just 27.2 percent of its shots.

The poor shooting was

exactly what Iowa needed to overcome its early deficit, led by a trio of its own that forced the majority of the game into a back-and-forth affair.

Freshman Iowa guard Samantha Logic, who turned down the recruiting efforts of Wisconsin, couldn’t have asked for a better homecoming. Logic recorded career-highs in points with 20, rebounds with 13 and assists with eight.

Not to be outdone, the bigger unstoppable force that Wisconsin couldn’t seem to slow down was 6-foot-5 junior center Morgan Johnson. Johnson scored 27 points and reeled in 11 rebounds, dominating the paint.

“We tried to front [Johnson] a little bit, and that was working for a little while, but then we had to make an adjustment and kind of stand behind her,” UW head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “Either way you aren’t at an advantage because ... when she is around the ball, she picks it up and scores.”

Wisconsin played without its best post player in senior Anya Covington, and though Kelsey downplayed her absence, there still seemed to be a void in the Wisconsin defense.

“Anya [Covington] being out really didn’t hurt us,” UW head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “We just didn’t take advantage of what we had. “ Senior guard Camille Wahlin also chipped in 14 points and four assists for the Hawkeyes to round out Iowa’s own three doubledigit scorers.

The game essentially came down to who was more consistent, and for the Badgers the only consistency in the second half was the constant contact of the ball on rim, severely curtailing the early high shooting percentages.

“I think as this season goes on we’re learning a lot more about ourselves and our team as a whole,” Davis said.

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Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer This weekend, a burgeoning Big Ten rivalry takes a backseat to more pressing matters.

With only one game in the loss column separating the two, No. 19 Wisconsin (18-5, 7-3) hosts No. 3 Ohio State (19-3, 7-2) Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center with plenty more at stake than mere bragging rights. Depending on what happens elsewhere in the conference this weekend, an Ohio State loss could give the Big Ten four teams with three losses apiece.

As usual, Wisconsin and Ohio State met twice last year, splitting each contest. The first came in Madison, when the Buckeyes were undefeated and the nation’s No. 1 team. A two-point Ohio State-lead at halftime ended in a 71-67 upset for Wisconsin, ranked No. 13 at the time, and sent much of the

Kohl Center crowd charging to the court.

Though the Buckeyes ultimately returned the favor in the last game of the regular season, a 9365 thrashing in Columbus, Ohio, Wisconsin’s victory — handing Ohio State the first of only two losses on the season — and the subsequent court-storming became an indelible image of the 2010-11 season.

“As far as what that has to do with this year, it’s zero impact on the game this year,” point guard Jordan Taylor said. “We’re a completely different team, they’re a completely different team. I think both our teams have different strengths than we did last year.”

This year, both squads enter their matchup riding uplifting win streaks. Winners of six straight, the Badgers have reversed their positioning in the Big Ten

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following a troubling three-game losing streak in early January.

Wisconsin traveled to Penn State Tuesday night and overcame a 2317 first-half deficit by shooting 10for-22 from the field in the second half of a 52-46 win. Point guard Jordan Taylor led the Badgers as usual, scoring 18 points and dishing out five assists, though his 4-for-12 shooting continued his downward trend from last season.

“Every game means pretty much the same at this point; it’s a

Big Ten game,” guard Josh Gasser said. “We’re just really happy with the position we’re in right now.

Looking back at a few weeks ago, knowing that we’re in this position is a good feeling. We control our own destiny, so we’ve just got to take it game by game.”

Ohio State, meanwhile, enters Saturday on a four-game winning streak after dispatching Michigan 64-49 last Sunday in Columbus.

Sophomore guard Lenzelle Smith, Jr., continued his breakout season,

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leading all scorers with 17 points and also grabbing 12 rebounds.

Three other Buckeye starters — forwards Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas and guard William Buford — also scored in double figures to round out what is again one of the Big Ten’s most talented starting fives.

Though both teams have proven capable of explosive shooting streaks — particularly the Badgers, who rank third in the Big Ten at 36.6 percent from 3-point range — Saturday’s game could boil down to a defensive battle. Wisconsin and Ohio State are the Big Ten’s top two defenses, allowing just 49.5 and 55.6 points per game, respectively.

The Badgers are also tops in opposing field goal percentage at 36.2 percent, while the Buckeyes

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UW rekindles its best rivalry

Revenge eludes UW in overtime Wisconsin falls to Iowa, 85-79, for 2nd time this season; Covington sidelined with illness Mike Fiammetta Senior Sports Writer A lights-out shooting effort in the first half carried the Wisconsin women’s basketball team for much of the night, but overtime proved too much for the Badgers.

After making more than half their attempts from the field in the first half Thursday night, Wisconsin (8-14, 4-6) faltered in the extra period and fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes (13-10, 5-5) 8579 at the Kohl Center.

With UW’s second-leading scorer, forward Anya Covington, on the sidelines due to an illness, guard Taylor Wurtz led Wisconsin with a career-high 27 points. Guard Jade Davis also topped her career best with 16. For Iowa, center Morgan Johnson carried the Hawkeyes with 27 points, and guard Samantha Logic scored 20. “[Johnson] does a great job of catching and finishing at the basket,” Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “When she’s around the ball, she picks it up and scores.”

The Badgers, who entered Thursday night averaging the second-fewest points in the Big Ten (59.1 per game), sprinted into halftime with a 44-38 lead thanks to 18-for-31 shooting (58.1 percent). That included 8-for-11 (72.7 percent) shooting from behind the arc, thanks in large part to Davis’ 4-of-5 3-point shooting. Davis

was 6-for-7 in the first half but finished 6-for-10, as all of her points came in the first half.

“We played much better defense in the second half,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said.

“Obviously defended the three better, kept track of Jade Davis much better. She had an outstanding first half, and we just really tried hard to keep track of her in the second half and not let her get those open looks.”

“In the first half, I was looking for my shot a lot more,” Davis added. “In the second half, I kind of strayed away from it. … I just have to keep attacking them back, which I stopped.”

Wisconsin’s largest lead came at the 17:41 mark in the second half, when guard Morgan Paige sunk two free throws to put the Badgers ahead 50-40. Paige finished with 17 points on 5-of12 shooting.

Over the next three minutes, both teams traded baskets.

More free throws from Paige put Wisconsin up 56-48 with 14:32 remaining, but over the next 6:47, Iowa put together a 12-0 run that seemed to deflate the Badgers. Two free throws by forward/center Cassie Rochel (eight points, seven rebounds and four blocks) put Wisconsin back on the board and made the score 60-58 in favor of Iowa with 8:45 to go.

“We didn’t score for [nearly] eight minutes,” Kelsey said.

“You can’t be out there not

Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up

Noah Willman The Badger Herald

Junior guard Taylor Wurtz had a career night against the Hawkeyes, powering the Badgers offense with 27 points and eight rebounds on an 8-of-15 shooting night. scoring for eight minutes.

That’s unheard of if you’re going to try to win a game.”

The remainder of regulation stayed relatively close, with the lead swinging no larger than five points on either side. After a 3-pointer

by Paige at the 5:26 mark, the Badgers drew within two points at 68-66. Three minutes later, Iowa’s Kamille Wahlin put the Hawkeyes up 73-68 with two free throws.

Wahlin finished with 14 points, four rebounds and four assists.

On Wisconsin’s next possession, Wurtz was fouled

as she drove for a layup. UW’s leading scorer hit both free throws to bring the Badgers within three with 2:05 to go. After Iowa got four shot attempts on their next trip down the court — three from behind the arc — Wurtz tied the game on a trey of her own off a nice drive-and-kick from Paige with 1:10 remaining.

The Badgers gained possession of the ball and called timeout with 28 seconds remaining on the clock, setting up their final play of regulation. Paige

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Consider it a symptom of Impending Graduationitis or whatever you want, but a stark reality faces University of Wisconsin seniors this weekend.

With the men’s hockey team stuck in ninth place in the WCHA, the responsibility for those truly spectacular, intoxicating moments that power the Kohl Center falls to the hardwood. Men’s basketball, as you many know, hosts the Buckeyes from The Ohio State University, and that’s a team that isn’t really liked around here — or anywhere else outside of Columbus, Ohio, for that matter.

The last time the Buckeyes invaded the Kohl Center was Feb. 12, four months after John Clay and the Wisconsin Football Badgers ran Ohio State out of Camp Randall Stadium in a 31-18 victory.

OSU was the country’s No. 1 team entering that weekend, and they were a perfect 6-0 before thousands of Badger faithful Jumped Around on them.

More relevant, of course, is what transpired in the Kohl Center that February afternoon. Ohio State, again, was the nation’s top team. Again, they were also

undefeated. This time, it was much farther into the season, and the Buckeyes had collected 24 straight wins.

You remember what happened over the course of that game. A tight first half ended with a 2-point Ohio State lead. Then, Jordan Taylor and 21 second-half points happened. Then, despite trailing by as many as 15 points, despite battling a Buckeye squad shooting above 50 percent from the field, the Badgers won.

Then, the floodgates opened for the student section, and Taylor, Jon Leuer and a whole bunch of Badgers were hoisted up off the ground and into Wisconsin lore.

“It’s something that you’ll probably just remember forever,” Taylor said Thursday afternoon.

He added to that by detailing the pleasantry of defeating the No. 1 team on your home court — and then stated that it has “zero impact” on this weekend’s game.

Of course, the Buckeyes got a second chance with the Badgers last season on their home court. They made the most of it in a 93-65 trouncing of Wisconsin, a picking apart proverbial bone by proverbial bone. Jon Diebler rained fire from the skies, sinking seven of his eight 3-point attempts, while Ohio State collectively shot 68 percent from the floor and 93 percent from behind the arc.

Taylor, as he’d be the first

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