2012.02.12

State of the Union

Columnists, editors and students weigh in with what they hope to hear from Obama’s speech tonight OPINION | 4

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 Volume XLIV, Issue 75

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

www.badgerherald.com

Gov. to tackle work training Walker looks to fund workforce development, expand medical colleges in new state budget Maryn Zwier Reporter Gov. Scott Walker unveiled plans to increase funding to strengthen workforce development in Wisconsin as part of his biennial budget plan.

According to a statement, Walker wants to add $132 million to programs focused on allowing people access to valuable skills for getting jobs.

Walker plans on allocating $100 million to economic development programs and initiatives that provide training for workers. A large part of this $100 million targets initiatives for the Wisconsin Technical College System, the Department of Workforce Development, K-12 programs and the University of Wisconsin System, the statement said.

WTCS spokesperson Conor Smyth said that although Walker has not yet formally announced his budget, they are looking forward to learning more about the details of the investment.

“We definitely see it as a sustainable investment,” Smyth said, expressing the organization’s interest in continuing to develop career pathways.

The state’s technical college system currently has a unique system based on employer interest in particular industries, allowing individuals to get their education one piece at a time, he said.

Having an entry-level skills component in place, followed by intermediate and advanced components, permits students to come and go as their careers

progress, Smyth said. He added this approach is of interest and value to the system.

“The entire approach is based on addressing the skills gap,” Smyth said. “We’re interested beyond manufacturing. There are other sectors and industries who need skilled workers as well.”

According to Walker’s statement, recent studies show an increasing need for more health care professionals as well.

The Medical College of Wisconsin is one of the organizations receiving set to receive these funds. According to spokesperson Maureen Mack, the college would receive $7.4 million for infrastructure investment and an additional $1.75 million to expand family physician training programs.

This $7.4 million will go toward expanding the MCW campus to Green Bay and central Wisconsin, Mack said.

The additional $1.75 million will go toward training additional family medicine physicians and funding MCW programs. Mack said MCW trains physicians with the hope they will remain in Wisconsin and alleviate the shortage, making this investment a sustainable one.

“Starting up medical schools is an expensive endeavor,” Mack said. “We’re certainly very grateful to the governor for addressing this important cause in his budget.”

In addition to this $100 million, Walker proposed an additional $32 million in funding to create new systems to help strengthen

TRAINING, page 2

Strung out Madlen Breckbill performs violin on campus at a Classical Revolution event, a California-based organization to promote high quality chamber music.

Jen Small The Badger Herald

Ethnic studies event finalized Bryan Kristensen Herald Contributor A student government committee finalized plans for an upcoming ethnic studies roundtable and announced the music group that will perform at the event next week.

In a meeting Monday, the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee completed plans for an ethnic studies dinner to weigh possible changes to the University of Wisconsin’s ethnic studies requirement.

Diversity Committee Chair Mia Akers said the event will be held in Union South on Monday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.

Akers said the

event will begin with a historical context regarding the background information for the ethnic studies requirement, followed by a performance by First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning community member Dominique Ricks.

After the performance

by Ricks, Diversity Committee members will lead dinner and a small round table discussion with the students in attendance, Akers said.

She added the small group discussion is meant to give students the opportunity to answer questions about the ethnic studies requirement and what they feel could be done

to improve ethnic studies on campus.

Vice Chair of the Diversity Committee Hannah Kinsella said in roundtable discussions all forms of feedback are welcome and facilitators and committee members should be prepared not only to hear feedback to improve the ethnic studies requirement but also feedback from people who feel the requirement is perfectly fine the way it is or not necessary at all.

“In any workspace that you will be in, it will be important to be culturally competent and aware of history and issues of diversity, so having this is important to being successful in life, if not

already here on campus,” Kinsella said.

During the roundtable discussion, students will be asked to answer two questions: “What has been your personal experience in the ethnic studies courses you have taken or are currently enrolled in?” and “The University is drafting a new Campus Diversity Plan. How do you think the ethnic studies requirement could be released or improved?” according to Diversity Committee Secretary Madison Tully.

Akers said once dinner and the roundtable discussions have concluded, students will

EVENT, page 2

MPD begins staffing plans for alternative May 4 event Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor A Madison Police Department officer addressed possible police strategies for both the planned alternative spring event and the Mifflin Street Block Party in a neighborhood meeting Monday.

MPD Lt. Kelly Donahue said the University of Wisconsin has plans to have a spring party on university property the same day the Mifflin Street Block Party is held. She said the party will be a festival to encourage school spirit and play live music and added MPD is waiting to receive final plans to make further decisions.

“We’ll wait to see how things shake out for [the alternative] party, and then we will make plans for how we will police that

Ian Thomasgard The Badger Herald

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the alternative May 4 event would only be success with students’ support and involvement.

area,” she said.

Donahue said MPD will continue to staff downtown during the block party event, but policing will look different than it has in the past. She said officers will be more mobile.

At last year’s event, it was noticeable that Langdon Street and some other neighborhoods required more staffing than in past years. She said most parties at the Mifflin Street Block Party take place during the day but many parties continue into the night, which will lengthen the work day.

Donahue said the cost to police the 2012 Mifflin event doubled from previous years. She said this was in response to the difficulties MPD had the previous year.

She said the 2011 Mifflin was a

“violent” party. Stabbings, sexual assaults and other behavior MPD had not seen in previous years occurred at the 2011 event and caused MPD to increase the police presence in 2012, Donahue said.

Donahue said the alternative event has been a grassroots planning effort from a group of students and is being based on the spring parties held at other universities.

“It really has come from the students,” she said. “Hopefully, we can encourage that and make it a positive event.”

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said Donahue’s talk was part of a larger dialogue about planning for the May 4 event.

MPD, page 2

Metro ridership sees slight drop during 2012 INSIDE Bus company cites decline in riders on campus, UW Transportation budget as possible causes Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Madison Metro reported the bus system experienced a slight decline in ridership in 2012, mainly due to a lower level of campus usage.

Madison Metro spokesperson Mick Rusch said people rode the bus 14,592,214 times in 2012.

This is down from the 14,923,970 bus rides people took in 2011. Rusch said Madison Metro is not concerned about the slight

dip because 2011 was an alltime high in ridership.

Rusch said he attributed the slight dip in ridership to students in the downtown area riding the bus less.

“Our buses are still extremely full,” Rusch said.

Rusch said one of the main reasons ridership decreased is because of reductions in Route 80 service. He said overall, ridership was down 2.2 percent in 2012. However, he said if the University of Wisconsin campus area was taken out of the calculation,

ridership would have went up 1.7 percent.

Metro bus services at UW were cut back after UW’s Transportation Department reduced their budget, Rusch said.

“We worked with them to minimize impact on students but also meet their budget,” Rusch said.

Route 80 through 84 remain free. He said students have been riding other buses where they need to swipe their bus pass, such as Route 6, more frequently this year. He

said Metro is paid $1.15 per swipe.

Rusch said the City of Madison discussed raising bus fares for 2013, but decided against the measure. He said they instead chose targeted fare increases, meaning only the prices of 31-day bus passes and 31-day senior disabled bus passes have been raised to $58 and $29 respectively.

He said this will raise $60,000 for Madison Metro and the extra revenue will go toward helping buses that are extremely full on

© 2013 BADGER HERALD

some routes, including University Avenue.

“Things are going well and we appreciate UW students riding the bus,” Rusch said.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said the city is excited city ridership is generally increasing at the rate it is. She said it is a difficult situation because although ridership is going up, the city cannot add as many routes as it would like.

METRO, page 2

‘Hotdoggers’ an exclusive bunch Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile spreads wiener whistle cheer across the nation

ARTS | 6

B1G Ten-uous Heroic men’s basketball win against Michigan might not translate in post season

SPORTS | 8

2

The Badger Herald | News | Tuesday, February 12, 2013 TODAY

TOMORROW

29 24

28 9 snow

Telephone Fax

partly cloudy

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

37 18

30 20

35 25

cloudy

sunny

partly cloudy

608.257.4712 608.257.6899

Arts center to match funding

15,000 copies printed every weekday.

Published since September 10, 1969.

Herald editorial

Vanessa Vosen

Editor-in-Chief Ryan Rainey Managing Editor Katherine Krueger Editor-at-Large Pamela Selman News Katie Caron News Content Cammy Albert Deputy News Tara Golshan City Hall Sarah Eucalano City Life Allison Johnson State Politics Alice Coyne Senior Legislative Polo Rocha Senior Campus Julia Skulstad Higher Education Noah Goetzel Editorial Page Charles Godfrey Ed. Page Content Joe Timmerman Ed. Board Chair Leah Linscheid Sports Nick Korger Sports Content Nick Daniels Senior Associate Sports Sean Zak Associates Spencer Smith Caroline Sage Lee Gordon Tim Hadick Colin Kellogg Noah Yuenkel Kelsey Sorenson Andy Fate Kelsey Fenton Jen Small Design Directors Sigrid Hubertz Gus McNair Page Designers Katie Gaab Ali Sinkula Maddy Raff Web Director Will Haynes Web Consultant Charlie Gorichanaz

Statistics ArtsEtc. ArtsEtc. Content Comics Copy Chief Photo Assoc. Photo

Herald business Publisher General Mgr. Business Assoc.

Peter Hoeschele Luke Nevermann Caroline Johnson

Herald advertising Jillian Grupp Advertising Director Julia Welytok Display Manager Elise Watson Classified Mgr. Mackenzie Chaffee Executives Alyssa Smith Tara Hoffman Zack Legge

Lauren Anderson Madison Wiberg Austin Marg

Board of directors Chairman Vice Chairman Vice Chairman Vice Chairman

Corey ChamberlainPeter Hoeschele Ryan Rainey Jillian Grupp Tim Hadick Pam Selman Julia Welytok Elise Watson Katie Caron

Herald Contributor

Mary Kuckuk The Badger Herald

Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow member Patrick Sullivan said the Student Judiciary appeal highlights SSFC’s discrimination in decisions with student organizations doing advocacy work. Committee members maintained the eligibility decision was made with viewpoint neutrality.

Student court to rule on CFACT funding appeal Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor A financial branch of the student government denied the claim by a student organization that it violated viewpoint neutrality in its budget decision Student Judiciary hearing Monday.

Following a denial of eligibility, the Student Judiciary heard allegations from the Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow against the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee.

CFACT member Patrick Sullivan said contrary to SSFC’s argument, the appeal is not about the validity of SSFC’s eligibility bylaws or the committee’s discretion on those bylaws.

Sullivan said the appeal is about the discriminatory impact of SSFC’s eligibility decisions that granted some Registered Student Organizations eligibility for advocacy training stewardship, but denied eligibility to CFACT for some more, if not the same, direct services.

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker said this claim by CFACT is not valid. CFACT is not identical to any currently eligible General Student

Services Fund group, she said.

“I find no evidence of any viewpoint neutrality or other violations in the eligibility decision for CFACT,” Bruecker said.

Sullivan said the panel and SSFC used what CFACT believes is a narrow definition of viewpoint discrimination.

He cited inconsistencies in the application of the ASM bylaws being used for different RSOs and having a negative view of CFACT’s political or social perspective as examples of the student finance board’s viewpoint discrimination.

SSFC may not exclude CFACT for advocacy training, but may grant eligibility for similar RSOs, Sullivan said.

Sullivan said CFACT was denied eligibility, even though they have similar advocacy training as other student organizations such as the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, Student Leadership Program, Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and F.H. King.

“If advocacy training is not a direct service for some RSOs, then the exclusion of an RSO that provides that direct service would be viewpoint discrimination,” he said.

Sullivan said the committee members who concluded

CFACT does not provide a specific identifiable direct service violated viewpoint neutrality by deciding other RSOs do provide direct service for an identical activity. He said this violation justifies reversal of the committee’s decision.

Bruecker said the title “advocacy training” does not automatically constitute a direct service. The burden of proof is on the group to demonstrate the direct services meet the requirements, which CFACT failed to demonstrate, she added.

“Whether CFACT feels their services are identical to other eligible GSSFs is not relevant, because they did not prove to SSFC that what they thought were direct services met the direct service criteria,” Bruecker said.

Student Judiciary Chief Justice Nick Checker asked Sullivan if he looked through other groups’ eligibility applications for examples of how CFACT’s direct services are identical to that of other GSSFs in preparation for the hearing and that he was not fully convinced that they were identical.

Checker said the panel will make a decision on the matter within 10 school days.

A new matching fundraiser campaign for the Overture Center will bridge local philanthropists with individual donors in hopes of raising $600,000 to maintain low-cost programming.

The Kelly Family Foundation, MGE Foundation and Diane Christensen, an Overture Center Foundation Board of Directors member, plan to match individual gifts of $300,000, according to the center’s website. The campaign, called “Match to Amaze,” runs until April 30 and aims to raise $600,000 for the center. “[The funds go] into the continuation of the low-cost programming, primarily for youth,” Bob Miller, Overture Center interim vice president of advancement, said.

He said a $10,000 gift the Overture Center received Monday was likely due to either the “email blast” or advertisements in local newspapers. The matching gift aspect of the campaigns turned the $10,000 gift into $20,000 in support for Overture, Miller said.

Miller said he is very confident the center will meet its fundraising goal.

Overture’s overall 2013 fundraising goal of $2.4 million is the same goal set and reached in 2012.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, currently serves on the Overture Center Foundation Board of Directors and expressed his support for the fundraising effort.

“If we are not successful in raising the necessary funds to keep the building open, it would be a huge, unspeakable loss to the community,” Verveer said.

He said Madison has a long, proud tradition of supporting the arts, particularly the Overture Center and its predecessor, the Madison Civic Center.

Verveer praised the Overture Center, calling it “the lifeblood

of the area’s performing and visual arts.” The institution’s long-term success is dependent on its fundraising, he said.

Verveer said Overture could not live up to its mission, especially its free and reduced programming, if it was not for both private and public financial contributions.

“The two go hand in hand, and both are indispensable to our longterm success,” Verveer said.

Verveer said he was grateful for the three generous individuals and entities that stepped up to match individual gifts.

But private funding is not the only funding critical to the success of the Overture Center, he added.

“For a community of our size, it is impossible to expect an arts facility of Overture’s caliber to be supported only by private donations,” Verveer said.

The city of Madison’s budget provides necessary and critical funding to the Overture Center. Annually, the city provides almost $2 million in support to the center, Verveer said.

Miller said he understands the importance of both public and private funding.

Miller, who is also the mayor of Monona, also emphasized the critical importance of city funding for the center.

Verveer said he acknowledges the city government’s contribution and involvement, but also hopes for higher levels of government to begin interacting with the center because citizens from all over the state attend Overture Center productions.

Dane County provided their first grant of $5,000 to the institution this year, Verveer said.

He added said he hopes Dane County’s involvement this year paves the way for a strong partnership between higher levels of Wisconsin government and the Overture Center.

Priebus says Wisconsin model for national party to expand base Alice Coyne State Politics Editor Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus applauded Wisconsin’s government as a national model for the Republican Party and addressed party priorities Sunday.

On WISN’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha,” Priebus said Wisconsin GOP’s open door policy to all members of the party, from Tea Party members to conservatives to moderates, was a model example for the national party.

“We have a great model

METRO, from 1 She said Metro’s annual budget is approximately $50 million. The money Metro takes in from fares alone is approximately $15 million.

Maniaci said she was upset with UW Transportation for cutting the SAFEride bus route, which runs at night. SAFEride buses used to come every 15 minutes.

Due to budget cuts, however, it now only comes every 30 minutes, and an area of about one quarter mile was cut from service. She said this is a challenge for graduate students and other students who live further from the

in Wisconsin,” Priebus said on the program, which WisPolitics.com produces.

“The reason why the party succeeds in Wisconsin is that you have total respect for everybody in the party.”

Priebus also said Republicans need to branch out to traditionally blue swing states during future elections to regain their former position as a powerful party.

He said it was also important for the party to work together and fight for deserved support nationwide in response to the last election.

“We’ve entered into the

university.

Maniaci said she is looking to initiate a late-night circulatory route. She said the route she envisions would go from Capitol Square to the Barrymore Theater and would make stops along Willy Street and other high student density areas.

She said the route would run Friday and Saturday nights during the school year and would cost $35,000.

The route would provide safe, latenight transportation between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m “It would serve everybody,” she said. “Everybody in neighborhoods from Capitol Square to Barrymore theater.”

world of permanent politics,” Priebus said. “Instead of whining about it, it’s time for our party to join in and become a granular, coastto-coast operation, in the community. And I think that is a mental shift for our party.”

University of Wisconsin political science professor David Canon agreed the GOP should branch out to blue states, but questioned whether Wisconsin was a good example for the party to follow.

Canon said the state government has seen increased polarization, reflected in Wisconsin’s

MPD, from 1 He said a coalition of student organizations led by the Associated Students of Madison and the Wisconsin Union Directorate are planning an event tentatively to be held at Union South and Engineering Mall. He said the event may also shut down traffic on Randall Avenue and use the street for the event.

“The current situation is the city is waiting to see how the student-organized event for the west campus area develops,” Verveer said.

Verveer said MPD has not released the official police report from the 2012 Mifflin. He said the report is complete and received approval from MPD Chief Noble Wray months ago.

In an effort to make campus safer for students,

status as a battleground state. He said many public opinion polls demonstrate people are much more in favor of bipartisanship and compromise in their government, and polarization is not a way to attract independents and moderates.

At the moment, Gov. Scott Walker’s strength does not lie in reaching out to the middle, Canon said. Rather, Canon said he is popular among Tea Party Republicans who stand their ground and do not compromise. He said upcoming legislation will be more indicative of which direction Walker will choose to move toward the left or

Donahue said she will be supervising a community policing team made up of five police officers and one sergeant. She said they will be on patrol Wednesdays through Saturdays and will work 10-hour shifts.

Donahue said the team is a result of MPD needing more help downtown.

The team will be the only department in the police force working on a 10-hour shift, she said.

According to Donahue, there had also been a bump in burglaries over the holidays. She said this is not uncommon since burglaries happen when students go home for break and their mail accumulates at their residence.

Now that Madison has welcomed the students back, Donahue said she hopes burglaries will go down.

further toward the right.

Expanding Medicaid with federal money would be a good signal of this direction, Canon said. He said If Walker decides to accept the funding, this may signify he is trying to move more toward the center as a model for blue state expansion.

However, if he rejects these funds, it may indicate he wants to retain Republican base support with a vision for a potential presidential candidacy, he said.

Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck pointed to the partisan nature of this argument and said it is

EVENT, from 1 have the opportunity to speak in front of the entire audience in the Open Mic/Open Forum to say what they discussed in small groups and any additional information or input they would like to share.

Members of the Diversity Committee will document the responses from these questions and send them to the University Planning Committee for Ethnic Studies. The Committee will use them as input for the new review and possible changes to

TRAINING, from 1 workforce development, including developing a labor force market system that tracks job vacancies and matches candidates with careers suited to their abilities, the statement

understandable that Priebus, as Chairman of the RNC, would support Walker and his administration’s policies.

Heck also said Wisconsin government’s polarization is hurting Walker’s primary goal of bringing jobs to Wisconsin.

Companies do not want to relocate to a state with so much division, he said.

Priebus likely advocated for reaching out to blue states because of former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney’s defeat in Wisconsin during the 2012 presidential election, Heck said. “[Wisconsin government] must be less divisive and more inclusive,” he said.

the ethnic studies requirement, Akers said.

Akers said she hopes students will be very open in their responses to the questions and will be able to recreate the requirement, so it may be more interactive and accessible to students.

“For the first time, this is asking students how their education should be shaped,” Akers said. “It’s asking students to look at their education and how they want to shape it for the betterment of themselves and future students.”

said. released statements applauding Walker’s decision Walker will introduce his full budget plan for 2013-2015 on Feb. 20.

State Politics Editor Alice Coyne contributed to this article.

The Badger Herald | News | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

3

Opinion

Charles Godfrey, Editorial Page Editor oped@badgerherald.com

4

The Badger Herald | Opinion | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

A ROUGH DRAFT of While President Barack Obama handily defeated former Gov. Mitt Romney last fall, election season gave Americans an opportunity to reflect on his first four years in office.

The election raised questions as to whether or not Obama followed through on the campaign promises he ran on in 2008, and his performance in his first term was cast into scrutiny. The American people considered the president’s achievements and weighed his agenda for the future of

A significant portion of the Jared Mehre State of the Union address Columnist should focus the gun control debate. The president should In the wake of the Newtown, give attention to the victims Conn. shooting, gun control of gun violence, describe has taken center stage in both the benefits of stricter gun state and national politics. In legislation and demand a time tonight’s State of the Union table for when the American address, President Barack people can expect to start Obama must capitalize on his seeing effective legislation. momentum to further the gun Effective gun legislation control debate. that requires The attention background gun control “ ... Obama must put checks, is currently bans assault receiving will pressure on Congress to weapons not last forever start building tangible and limits – eventually legislation from the gun magazine people will capacities is begin to focus control debate.” possible, but on other issues.

Congress must Obama has laid act now. It is up to Obama to out what he would like see in motivate the public to demand a gun control bill passed by Congress pass gun control Congress, such as imposing an legislation, and he can begin assault weapons ban, limiting this process with his State of magazines to only 10 bullets the Union address. and expanding mental health programs. In his State of the Jared Mehre ( jmehre@wisc.

Union address, Obama must put edu) is a sophomore majoring in pressure on Congress to start political science, sociology and building tangible legislation legal studies. from the gun control debate.

Unemployment crisis continues to dominate Editorial Content Editor President Barack Obama’s second term is off to a chaotic start. In the first few weeks since his inauguration, most of the nation’s focus has been on the issues of immigration, gun control and, of course, the wonderful senatorial sideshow of cabinet confirmations. While all (or at least two) of these issues are very important, let’s not forget what most of the last presidential campaign — and even the one before it — was about: the economy, stupid.

We may have managed to avert a double-dip recession (despite Congress’s best efforts) but we’re not out of the woods yet. With upcoming fights over sequester, the U.S. economy is still in danger of being plunged back into stagnation, or worse, recession.

Simply put, our lukewarm recovery is not enough. We’re a whole hell of a lot better off than we were four years ago,

NEXT FOUR YEARS

the country against that of his opponent.

On the whole, their response was positive.

Obama proved he is still the right man for the job – at least for the majority of Americans.

Today, in his State of the Union address, Obama is poised to unveil his agenda for his second term in office. The economy remains sluggish in the wake of the recession, and America’s involvement in Afghanistan and the Middle East continues to be a subject of national debate. Current

Gun control legislation deserves center stage

Joe Timmerman

the

but that isn’t saying very much.

An unemployment rate of 7.9 percent is still unacceptable.

Obama needs to use the bully pulpit to bring Congress together over the one issue that truly should be bipartisan — the economy. As we’ve seen, both parties can find as many issues as they please to disagree with each other over, but there are plenty of common sense reforms that could significantly improve the economic situation.

Obama will certainly discuss a wide range of issues in his address — as he should.

However, it’s important we don’t lose focus on what can do the most good for the most people. And as long as unemployment remains as high as it is, there isn’t anything except putting people back to work that can do just that.

Joe Timmerman ( jtimmerman@badgerherald. com) is a sophomore majoring in economics and math.

events have put pressure on legislators in Washington to pass a bill on gun control and there has been talk of comprehensive immigration reform. Expect Obama to address all of these things in his address.

The State of the Union address will be broadcast on all major networks at 9 p.m. EST -- which means 8 p.m. here in Madison. We asked columnists and political organizations on campus what they want to hear from the president this evening.

Here’s what they had to say.

Green jobs key to economic success Ryan Rainey Editor-in-Chief One of my strongest hopes for what President Barack Obama will introduce in tonight’s State of the Union address — a renewed commitment to the green jobs agenda — is highly unlikely to even receive lip service when he steps onto the House floor.

Green jobs became the

Achilles’ heel of Obama’s 2012 re-election effort after his first term’s closest brush with scandal. The controversy over the administration’s decision to tout green tech startup Solyndra hit rock bottom and became the center of conservative calls for firings by the time election season arrived.

But the public endorsement of private sustainable enterprise is

crucial for the nation’s economic development. Obama should prove the Solyndra mess did not terrify him as much as his advisers and reintroduce the nation to this crucial conversation.

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

Obama must stay true to ‘progressive vision’ Chris Hoffman Guest Columnist I am hopeful President Barack Obama will expand on the progressive vision for the country he laid out in his inaugural address. As a student, I am most excited to hear his plans for this country’s education system. He campaigned on hiring 100,000 new math and science teachers, and I look forward to hearing how he will accomplish this, especially in light of state governments cutting back on education funding. I also hope he will detail how he plans to keep interest rates low for college students.

Furthermore, I would like the president to continue treating climate change as a top priority for his second term. As a young American, I am extremely concerned about the effects of rising temperatures and sea

levels over my lifetime. I hope President Obama will detail his plans to reduce carbon emissions, specifically through regulations reducing pollution from coal power plants.

President Obama made history during his campaign for his personal support of gay marriage.

I look forward to the president continuing to advocate for the LGBTQ community and build on his previous accomplishments, like ending “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Specifically, I hope the president will continue to push for an LGBTQ-inclusive immigration reform package creating a pathway to citizenship.

As Republicans examine their recent electoral struggles with the Latino community, now is the time to finally pass comprehensive immigration reform allowing undocumented immigrants to come out of the

shadows.

Finally, I hope the president again urges Congress to act on his proposals to reduce gun violence.

Common sense measures such as ending the gun show loophole, limiting magazine size and banning assault weapons can save lives. This nation has seen too many mentally ill individuals acquire assault weapons too easily. The time is now to enact measures to reduce gun violence, and I hope the president will spur Congress to action.

President Obama has a fantastic opportunity to continue pushing the progressive vision of America he outlined in his inaugural address, and I look forward to hearing his proposals for his second term.

Chris Hoffman (cmhoffman3@ wisc.edu) is chair of the College Democrats.

U.S. not ready for ‘misguided’ austerity Aaron Loudenslager Columnist In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama should unequivocally state he will not adopt the economic austerity policies congressional Republicans have been advocating for the past few years. In addition, he should demonstrate his full commitment to embracing Keynesian economic programs during his second term, at least until the economy has recovered from the 2008 recession.

During an economic recession, there is at least one truism: austerity programs don’t work.

As John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.”

Although the American economy is no longer in a free fall, no rational person could assert the U.S. economy is booming. At least our economy is still expanding

but it is obvious it is growing very slowly.

Great Britain has endorsed economic austerity programs since Prime Minister David Cameron took office in 2010. As Cameron said in a 2012 speech, “Our deficit reduction plan is not an alternative to a growth plan: it’s the very foundation of our growth plan.” Given that Britain’s gross domestic product grew at an average rate of 0.9 percent per year between 2010 and 2012 — the same time period of Britain’s austerity program — I don’t think Cameron understands what austerity programs do to economic growth.

Obama, in contrast, has not embraced austerity programs here in the U.S. In doing so, he has angered congressional Republicans who are more concerned with entitlement reform than making sure our economy continues to grow. This

might explain why America’s GDP grew at an average rate of 2.1 percent annually between 2010 and 2012, compared to Britain’s growth rate of 0.9 percent.

It is true our economy is still sluggish. Yet it is equally true austerity programs hurt a fragile economy — especially an economy recovering from the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression. Obama must clearly state his intentions to implement more Keynesian economic stimulus programs in his second term to guarantee continued economic growth and job creation here in the U.S. He must reject the misguided austerity policies congressional Republicans advocate which will weaken our economic recovery efforts.

Aaron Loudenslager (aloudenslager@wisc.edu) is a first-year law student.

Your Opinion · Send your letters to the editor and guest columns to oped@badgerherald.com. Publication is based on space and takes into account relevance and quality. Letters should be sent exclusively to the Herald. Unsigned letters will not be published. All submissions may be edited by the Herald for length and style. Reader feedback on all articles and columns can be posted at badgerherald.com, where all print content is archived.

Comics

Able to Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound After Some Warm-ups Noah J. Yuenkel comics@badgerherald.com

5

The Badger Herald | Comics | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

WHAT IS THIS

SUDOKU

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

S

U

D

O

U WHITE BREAD & TOAST

K

toast@badgerherald.com

MIKE BERG

NONSENSE? Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

TWENTY POUND BABY

DIFFICULTY RATING: Faster than a speeding fast thing that is fast

YOURMOMETER

C’EST LA MORT

BUNI random@badgerherald.com

ERICA LOPPNOW

skypirate@badgerherald.com

COLLIN LA FLEUR

1

2

3

4

comics@badgerherald.com

BRONTË MANSFIELD

14

20 24 27 31

32

33

37

53 55

58

59 60 61 62 64 66 67

68 69 70 1

Woman” character Strange things What circles in a Venn diagram do Network with more than 900 stations Party person?: Abbr.

Straightaway Distant Out-and-out Sore, and more ___-goat “Hey Jude” vis-à-vis “Revolution,” e.g.

Man-___ Leoni of “Tower Heist” Set designer’s 2

3

interest 71 Orchestra grouping 72 Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr.

Down 1 2003 Celine Dion album 2 Periods of de-escalation, perhaps 3 U.S. secretary of state tied for the second-longest time in office 4 Former tennis star Michael 5 Fix, as laces 6 Rioting 7 Early 11thcentury year 8 Person likely to have a good 4

5

6

7

tan 9 Bagel choice 10 Audio problem 11 “Yes” 12 Patisserie treat 13 Lustrous 23 Pan-fries 26 Five-spot 28 Like some wit 31 ___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle’s solution 34 Sample 35 Hand-holding event 37 Indianapolisto-Cincinnati dir.

40 More deserving of an R 8

9

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

25

22

26 30

33

34

38

39

35

48

40

41 46

51

54

55

58

59

60

63

64

42

43

37

53

62

13

32

36

50

12

28

45

49

11

24

31

44 47

23

27

29

10

rating, say 41 Targets appear on them 42 Some cases 43 2012, for one 44 33rd prez 46 Outlet for une rivière 47 Basketball squad, e.g.

48 Piece of hard-hitting journalism 49 ___ valve 51 Fund-raiser’s request 54 Thumb twiddler 56 Made an X, maybe 57 Servers at some restaurants 63 Stir 65 “Norma ___”

52 56

57

65

61 66

67

68

69

70

71

72

Puzzle by David J. Kahn

40

41 45

48 53 58

PRESENTS 5

59

62 65

Across 1 Constant nuisance 5 Dashboard device, briefly 9 Post-op program 14 Writer Wister 15 Say again 16 To love, in Milan 17 Voting district 18 Laine of jazz fame 19 South Pacific island nation 20 1977 Boz Scaggs hit 23 Neth. neighbor 24 “Sophie’s Choice” novelist 25 Hoyle of “Hoyle’s Rules of Games” 27 Source of ground chuck 31 Bird with red-eyed and yellowthroated varieties 34 Coal-rich area

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

CROSSWORD

maybe 30 Passé 31 Going by way 18 19 of 21 22 23 32 Lestrade of Sherlock Hol25 26 mes stories, 28 29 30 e.g.

33 E.R. doctors 34 35 36 work them 36 ___ favor 38 39 38 Photographer 42 43 44 Arbus 41 Some 46 47 window 49 50 51 52 installations, for short 54 55 56 57 43 Baby powder component 60 61 44 Whom G 63 64 movies are for 46 Best Actress 66 67 winner for “The Hours” Puzzle by Allan E. Parrish 47 ___ Tower 11 Frequent, as a 48 Woman with with “over” in Europe club 62 Toy truck 35 Common an Afro, 12 One side in maker cotton swab maybe the Falklands 50 “Good job!”

63 Hankering 37 Italian War 64 At least once diminutive 51 Sharp-___ 13 Vandyke, e.g. 52 Bygone 65 Firebug’s suffix 21 Manhattan offense 38 UnsportsRussian district with 66 Result of a manlike leaders art galleries successful slap 39 Year, in 55 Down in a 22 Doubting shot Yucatán hurry 26 1974 John 67 Covers, as a 40 Film 56 Corn syrup Wayne crime football field terrier played brand drama

by Skippy 57 Gymnast 28 Taking drugs Down 42 “Picnic” Korbut regularly 1 Big New playwright 59 Original 29 Popcorn Year’s Day 43 Volga River “King Kong” order for two, events native studio 2 Lie ahead 45 All-in-one 3 Dweebish offer Rocky the Herald Comics Raccoon™ 4 Sign, as a 48 Takes hold check 49 Skeptic’s You can have 5 Dance music response my gun when genre 53 Here, to you pry it out of 6 Rights org.

Henri my cold, dead since 1920 54 Something hands.

7 Restaurant with which I guess this figure you might do 8 What a the actions at wasn’t the best horseshoer the ends of weather for shoes 20-, 27- and skeet shooting.

9 Like “The 45-Across Exorcist” 58 Hurricane, and “Lethal e.g.

Weapon” 60 Fair share, 10 Nondance maybe music genre 61 Wild about, 15

17

Across 1 Atypical 4 Bit 9 Ballet dips 14 Once called 15 Skater Sonja 16 Station wagon rear door feature 17 Fraternity letter 18 Open courts 19 Light on one’s feet 20 Kind of party 21 German “never” 22 TV drama featuring Ted Danson as D. B. Russell 24 MS. enclosure 25 Maddens 27 Submits 29 “Three Men in ___” (“Our Gang” short) 30 Popular perfume 32 Golfer McIlroy who won the 2011 U.S. Open 33 Starts over, in a way 36 Good-looker 38 Short rebuke 39 Items in a personnel director’s in-box 41 ___ Jordan, real name of the Green Lantern 44 Grand ___ 45 Israeli, e.g.

47 Snow ___ 50 Paucity 52 ___ Candy, “Wonder

yaboi@badgerherald.com

VINCENT CHENG

HERALD COMICS BEADY EYES

pascle@badgerherald.com

RYAN PAGELOW

YA BOI INC. THE SKY PIRATES

paragon@badgerherald.com

PARAGON

yourmom@badgerherald.com

LAURA “HOBBES” LEGAULT

RANDOM DOODLES

baby@badgerherald.com

STEPHEN TYLER CONRAD

16

Get today’s puzzle solutions at badgerherald.com

ArtsEtc.

ArtsEtc. Editors Tim Hadick & Colin Kellogg arts@badgerherald.com

6

The Badger Herald | Arts | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

ARTSETC. PRESENTS LOW FAT TUESDAY

Work for heart health this Feb. Rachel Werts Low-Fat Tuesday Columnist The 14th of February might be famous for matters of the heart, but did you know the whole month is dedicated to heart health? February is American Heart Month, bringing heart disease and its methods of prevention into the spotlight. Maintaining a healthy heart is not something that should be put off until old age. Habits started today will have their effect later in life. Read on for some suggestions on how to share a heart healthy Valentine’s Day with your sweetheart.

1. Say “ohm” together There is an even better reason to try yoga with your significant other than to see him or her in a pair of yoga pants. A study by the University of Kansas Medical Center found that one of the benefits of yoga is regulation of heart rate. This type of exercise can also lower resting heart rate and reduce stress.

There are several yoga studios in the Madison area offering classes for a range of skill levels. An easy way to locate a nearby studio is through yogafinder.com.

2. Give back together Instead of giving your honey an expensive gift, suggest a volunteer activity the two of you can complete together. Research done by the Corporation for National & Community Service has found volunteers report improvements in physical and psychological health, lower rates of depression and mortality as well as increased life satisfaction.

Increasing your partner’s life satisfaction is only second to the good you will be doing for the community. To find volunteer opportunities in the Madison area, you can try going to the Morgridge Center for Public Service on campus or check out their website at morgridge.wisc. edu.

3. Cook a meal together Forget all those expensive Valentine’s Day specials on the square. A great way to have a delicious (and healthy) meal together is to cook one right at home. To make an especially heart-healthy meal, pick a recipe high in fruits and vegetables and omega-3 fatty acids. Good sources of omega-3s include salmon, tuna, trout, canola oil, kidney beans and walnuts.

Cooking at home also

allows you to control the sodium content of the meal.

Instead of flavoring with salt, try picking out a new spice blend with your partner from the spice aisle at the grocery store.

4.Kick your nasty habit Kissing an ash tray is never appealing, and quitting smoking is one of the best things that can be done for a healthier heart. If you or your partner is a smoker looking to quit, University Health Services offer tips on their website, uhs.wisc.edu. Or, you can call their office to speak with a clinician in person.

This habit can be especially hard to quit if you and your partner are used to smoking together.

Smokefree.gov offers advice on how to deal with relationships and quitting smoking at the same time.

5. Enjoy each other’s company Unhealthy relationships won’t do your heart any favors. Research on civil servants in Great Britain found that throughout a 12year period, people in poor relationships were more likely to have heart trouble by as much as 34 percent. A happier couple may mean healthier hearts.

A State University of New York at Oswego study also found that drops in blood pressure occurred when subjects simply spent time with their partner. The school year can get hectic, but setting aside time to spend together is worth the extra effort.

6. If you do chocolate, keep it dark and limit it to 1.5 oz.

The claim about dark chocolate and the benefits its antioxidants can have on the heart are nearly infamous.

Although dark chocolate is preferred over other varieties and may have benefits for the heart, this is only true if the serving size is kept to 1.5 ounces.

Chocolate is considered dark when it has a cocoa content greater than 35 percent. The antioxidant content increases with the percent cocoa. How much is 1.5 ounces exactly? It is about the size of 3 tablespoons or equal to 45 grams. It equates to about 150-200 calories depending on the cocoa butter content of the candy.

Check the label on the candy wrapper or ask the attendant at the candy counter to weigh out the correct amount.

This week’s recipe is a heart healthy fish dish that would make an easy and fun couple’s cooking session.

Rachel Werts is a fifth year senior majoring in dietetics. She works as a nutrition assistant at the Waisman Center.

Honey and soy salmon for two Ingredients: •1 scallion, minced •2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce •1 tablespoon rice vinegar •1 tablespoon honey •1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger •2 salmon fillets •1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds •1 tablespoon olive oil •1 zucchini, sliced •1 red pepper, cut into thin slices •1 red onion, cut into slices 1. Whisk scallion, soy sauce, vinegar, honey and ginger in a medium bowl until the honey is dissolved. Place salmon in a sealable plastic bag, add 3 tablespoons of the sauce and refrigerate; let marinate for 15 minutes. Reserve the remaining sauce.

2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a small baking pan with foil and coat with cooking spray.

3. Transfer the salmon to the pan, skinned-side down.

(Discard the marinade.) Broil the salmon 4 to 6 inches from the heat source until cooked through, which takes approximately 10 minutes. (The baking time can vary greatly depending on the height of the rack in your oven. It can even take up to 20 minutes. Make sure to check the salmon is opaque all the way through before removing from heat).

4. While the salmon is cooking add olive oil to a large skillet and heat over medium heat. Add in the onion and sauté 1-2 minutes until tender. Add pepper and zucchini and sauté until all vegetables are tender. Remove from heat and cover with foil.

5. To toast sesame seeds, heat a small dry skillet over low heat. Add seeds and stir constantly, until golden and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl and let cool.

6. Remove salmon from the oven and serve over vegetables.

Drizzle with the reserved sauce and garnish with sesame seeds.

Photo Courtesy of Oscar Mayer

Six “Hotdogger” teams drive their own Wienermobiles around the country to promote Oscar Mayer products at fairs and festivals and to hand out those famous wiener whistles.

Graduates relish Wienermobile job With only 12 ‘Hotdoggers’ selected, driving hot dog makes for unique career choice Nick Korger ArtsEtc. Contributor Chances are you knew the words to the Oscar Mayer Wiener theme song growing up. Sure, everyone has wished they could be an Oscar Mayer Wiener, but would you want to drive one across the country for 12 months?

Well, that’s a job many would “relish.” And yes, using ridiculous puns is just one of the perks of this unique job.

Meet “Deli” Eliot Pattee and “Cookout” Kelly Goldthorpe, two members of one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. These lucky “Hotdoggers,” as they’re officially called, are just two of 12 current drivers that have the opportunity to drive around the most recognizable vehicle in the country.

Pattee, a 2012 University of Wisconsin finance graduate, and Goldthorpe, a University of Missouri journalism graduate, have spent the past seven months on the road driving the Wienermobile for Oscar Mayer, promoting the brand by attending national fairs, festivals and events while working with local media.

“I got interested in the Hotdogger position a year ago when old Hotdoggers came on campus to recruit for the position,” Pattee said. “It’s kind of come full circle, now that I’m on my

old campus to recruit new ones for next year.”

Pattee and Goldthorpe were two of the “lucky dogs” selected from over 1,200 applicants, most of whom are recent college graduates, making their position of driving an oversized hot dog on wheels one of the most coveted in the nation.

“Statistically speaking, it’s harder to get a job driving the Wienermobile than it is to get into Harvard,” Goldthorpe said. “It’s pretty tough. You’ve got to ‘cut the mustard’ and brush up on your hot dog history.

There’s only 12 people per year, so more people have gone to space than driven the Wienermobile.”

The first step of the process for the two was going through the training process at “Hot Dog High” at the Oscar Meyer headquarters in Madison.

There, the new hires are taught the ins and outs of their jobs, including how to drive the behemoth trademark vehicle.

With each of the six Hotdogger teams split up into various regions throughout the country, Pattee and Goldthorpe are actually just in the beginnings of their “wienerful” relationship.

Each spent the first seven months of their job with another partner, with Pattee in the southeast and Goldthorpe in the

southwest.

But the regions the drivers and brand promoters are tied to aren’t exactly binding.

Pattee started off his job in Washington D.C., covering the nation’s largest barbecue competition and also got a chance to travel to SEC college football tailgates and an NFL game at the Georgia Dome.

Goldthorpe got a chance to see the Golden Gate Bridge and the Grand Canyon and she also went as far north as Boise, Idaho and as far east as Lubbock, Texas.

“The boundaries aren’t really definite. It’s wherever they need you,” Goldthorpe said.

Driving the Wienermobile also brings a requirement for generating smiles and, although the drivers claim to be trained to “drive and wave” at the same time, both have enjoyed their various interactions on the road while traveling from city to city.

“We’ve had people follow us for miles and miles because they want a wiener whistle,” Pattee said. “You don’t realize it until you pull over at a rest stop.”

“People just love the Wienermobile, kids are pressed up against the glass, people take pictures.

The Wienermobile brings attention to us, people are always smiling and happy to see us,” Pattee added.

However, a life on the road has its downside.

The friendship between drivers becomes like a family, not only because the Hotdoggers spend around 18 hours a day with each other, but also because the drivers only have a few weeks during their 12-month stint to spend with their families.

But the sacrifices are well worth it. One of the rewards is being able to put on their résumé that they are the 25th group ever to drive the Wienermobile. Some of these employees have even showed up for their job interviews driving the biggest bun on wheels.

After the two are done with their stints driving the Wienermobile, Goldthorpe will enroll in graduate school at the University of Georgia and Pattee is still unsure what his plans.

“There’s definitely going to be an adjustment period,” Goldthorpe said. “They do say that right when you finish it’s like you’re living somewhere, you have roots, you have to pay rent, you don’t have to wave when your driving [because] people are weirded out because they don’t know you.”

Will the Hotdoggers be able to turn off their ridiculous pun-filled dialogue?

“Probably not,” Goldthorpe said with a smile.

To place an ad in Classifieds: Elise Watson ewatson@badgerherald.com 257.4712 ext. 311

7

The Badger Herald | Classifieds | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

2 Bedroom for August on Mifflin St. with newer kitchen and bath. Porch, laundry, free parking, works well for 3 people, owner managed. $1095/month $Bartending$ $300/day poten- (608) 238-0698 goulettepm@ tial. No experience necessary. charter.net Training available. 18+. 800-96515 S. Charter: Great 7 BR 2nd fl.

6520 ext. 120 flat just off Regent St. w/2 baths PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! & rec room/den, across from city SAVE MONEY! Maine camp park with sand volleyball and needs fun loving counselors basketball. Includes central air, to teach all land, adventure & thermo-paned windows, dishwater sports. Great summer! washers, and on-site laundry. All Call 888-844-8080, apply: camp- large bedrooms wired for cable/ cedar.com phone/internet. $3695/mo. + VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY utilities. tallardapartments.com MEDICAL Technicians needed 250-0202 in western Dane County. Free 3 Bedroom for August on Broom Training. Books/ Tuition paid Street. Spacious first floor of in exchange for volunteer ser- house with remodeled kitchen. vice. Summer classes available. $1595 plus heat/electricity. CenContact 608-795-9860 or email tral air, parking available. greenmzems1@gmail.com for details. bushmadison.com 256-0525 STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM. Paid Survey Takers Needed in Madison. 100% Free to Join.

Click on Surveys.

SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS WANTED Michigan overnight camps, Office and maintenance jobs too. Salary $1900 plus room/board. Learm more and apply online www.lwcgwc. com, or call 888-459-2492

Classifieds

PARKING A few parking spots left around campus. Beat the rush before the snow flies! Spots on sale for as little as $39/ mo in some locations! tallardapartments.com 250-0202

Randall Park Rentals has studios, 1 and 2 bedrooms available next fall. 1320 Spring St. (608) 251-2715 www.colonialmanagement.com

Sports

UW begins preparation for outdoor border battle Cole Monka Sports Writer Fresh off a victory against Bemidji State, the focus of UW men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves’ press conference Monday was this weekend’s series with Minnesota.

Games against a rival like No. 2 Minnesota always have a buzz around them, but this weekend is special. Sunday’s game will be the only outdoor game either team has this season, and it will be played on Chicago’s historic Soldier Field.

When asked about Sunday’s game, dubbed the “Hockey City Classic,” Eaves was excited about the implications that the game could have for Wisconsin.

HOME, from 8 them as athletes. They’re starting to get competition under their belt and we’re gelling as a team.”

One of the younger talents Bertha is referring to is Oskar Wikberg.

Only a freshman, Wikberg has already made a large impact on the team. Raised in Täby, Sweden, he has been a tennis standout for many years, eventually winning the Swedish U18 singles national championship.

Wikberg has built a very strong 15-2 record individually to start his college career and although he is in a new environment, he seems to be finding his place smoothly and naturally with the help of older teammates.

GRADES, from 8 Hardaway got their points, almost every look was contested by UW’s starting lineup. Sometimes, good players just make shots — as seen by the three-pointer by Hardaway over Bruesewitz in the waning seconds of regulation.

Berggren played well, but aside from the explosive dunk against the Wolverines, he has still yet to put on a dominating offensive performance.

Bench — C In what is becoming an increasingly familiar tale, freshman forward Sam

KORGER, from 8 a staple of Ryan-coached teams: free throws.

The Badgers couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat when it comes to shooting freebies from the charity stripe. With a team percentage of 61.9 from the line, Wisconsin ranks as the 332nd free throw shooting group in the nation.

By the way, there are 345 teams in Division 1 hoops. So, technically, the Badgers are the 14th worst

“This weekend will serve to be a real emotional boost,” Eaves said. “The fact that we play, [have] a day off, and then do something totally out of the norm, playing outside in front of 50,000 plus people, I think it’s a really good thing.”

Eaves, who has coached teams in outdoor games before — including a game at Camp Randall two years ago against Michigan — hopes his previous experience, along with the experience from the players who participated in that game, will give the Badgers an edge in terms of the intangibles that come with this type of event.

“I don’t know what Minnesota knows about playing outside,” Eaves said.

“I don’t know what kind of underwear they are going to wear … I don’t know if that becomes a big factor. So it’s hard to measure. A lot of our guys, I’d have to go check our list. How many of our guys played that outdoor game at Camp Randall, that’s another factor.”

With only eight games left in the season, Wisconsin is tied for fifth in the WCHA standings with 25 points, just one point behind Minnesota and six points off the pace of first-place St. Cloud State.

If the Badgers are hoping to launch a late-season run for the top of the standings, there may be no better opportunity than under the lights of Soldier Field against a rival like Minnesota.

But in order to do that,

“Our chemistry is really good,” Wikberg says, “Bill [Bertha] helps out younger players and gives us advice, we have a good mix of young players and older players and it’s a perfect match.”

Wikberg and Bertha both have the potential to make some noise individually in the NCAA tournament but they are clearly focused on the team.

“My goal is for the team to reach the NCAA tournament,” Wikberg said.

“Making the tournament individually is just a bonus.

My first goal is for the team to reach the tournament. It’s a tough goal but it is very possible. We have to do it one match at a time.”

The 12-match home stand to begin the year is critical for a young team trying to

find their comfort zone and chemistry for the season.

“It’s very important to start off on the right foot at home,” says Wikberg. “It’s much tougher on the road with bigger crowds. If we could get a few people to our home matches we could use that to our advantage.”

As youthful as the team may be, it’s clear “the sky is the limit” mindset has taken over the program. When asked about the team’s youth and diversity, Van Emburgh displayed confidence.

“We have a great mix. It doesn’t matter where [our guys] are from as long as they have the same goals,” he said. “It comes down to whether we have good guys who are hard workers and on the same page and the answer to that is yes.”

Dekker is turning into the one-man star of Wisconsin’s bench. He provided 14 critical first half minutes and actually led all scorers with nine points at the break, lighting a fire under his teammates each time he stepped onto the floor.

Dekker’s defense still comes with an “under construction” sign in tow and his four turnovers — including an ill-advised behind-the-back bounce pass that rolled through the paint and out of bounds — speak to his youth.

Dekker also hit a timely three-pointer with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left to cut into the Wolverines six-point lead, their largest

of the game. Sophomore forward Frank Kaminsky and freshman redshirt guard George Marshall were the only other non-starters to see the court, with Marshall sinking one of his two threepoint tries.

It was those three players, and only those three, who came off the bench against Iowa and the group did not match its modest contributions against Michigan. Dekker only fired off four shots, finishing with five points and collected two rebounds. Marshall had a rough night, missing all four of his shots and going scoreless in 14 minutes of play.

free throw shooting team in the country. Just for comparison, the 2011-2012 Sweet 16 Wisconsin team shot nearly 74 percent from the line.

And even though the Badgers have an easier schedule than any team in the top four spots of the conference, it’s still a Big Ten conference where any team can beat the other on any given night.

In the most physical and competitive conference in the entire country, a

consistent level of high play is necessary to come out on top. And in a season where Wisconsin has been up-anddown, it’s not too bold to say the Badgers won’t end up finishing their fairytale at the end of the Big Ten season.

Nick Korger is a fifthyear senior majoring in history and English. Think Bo Ryan and Wisconsin will find a way to get it done?

Let him know at nkorger@ badgerherald.com

Wisconsin will need to score goals, plain and simple. Over the past week of games, Wisconsin’s two leading scorers — junior forwards Tyler Barnes and Mark Zengerle — have both been held off the stat sheet, a particularly worrying situation as the Badgers take on the second-ranked college hockey team in the country.

“I think one of the greatest challenges of our job is to try to figure out where these young people are at in their growth emotionally, mentally, physically and try to coach them up,” Eaves said. “It’s really easy to get down and berate them. I think there has to be some honesty in your talk, but at the same time you have to

find where they are at, what’s going on.”

Even if the offense does get firing on all cylinders, another boost may be coming for UW, in the form of sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe.

“Jake made progress this Saturday on the ice,” Eaves said. “I’m hoping that with another day off that he’ll come out today and be able to do more, and be ready to get interjected back into the lineup.”

The return of McCabe could be great news for Wisconsin, whose squad has been riddled with injuries the whole season.

McCabe is currently seventh on the team in points with 10 and fifth in assists with eight.

The presence of one of the better players on the team could give UW help with their struggling power play.

The struggles with injury and the power play has led to an interesting season so far, one in which the Badgers have tied the school record for both ties (seven) and overtime games (seven).

“Moving forward we keep pressing on the same things that we’ve been hitting in practice,” Eaves said. “I think that if we can get our power play to spike up a little bit here by getting everybody back on that number one unit that we would like to, that [could] be a difference maker in those close games.”

Sports Editor Nick Korger sports@badgerherald.com

8 | Sports | Tuesday, February 12, 2013

SPORTS

Herald doles out football awards

After a season that saw Wisconsin football make its way to a third-straight Rose Bowl, the Herald will hand out its 2012 end of season awards Wednesday.

Darrah named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week HERALD SPORTS ON THE WEB Pitcher Cassandra Darrah started her junior campaign out with a bang at the First Pitch Classic in Charlotte, N.C., winning three games with a .61 ERA en route to being named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week.

badgerherald.com/sports Twitter: @bheraldsports Email: sports@badgerherald.com

Badger tennis holds its own at home Bertha, Wikberg looking to bring squad back to 1st NCAA tournament since 2010 Max Meyers Sports Writer As the seemingly endless winter weather continues to pummel Madison, the Wisconsin men’s tennis team is preparing for a big spring by heating it up during their season-opening 12-match homestand at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium. Having already jumped to a quick 5-1 start to open their season, the Badgers look to build on their early season success as the homestand continues.

It’s an important string of matches for a team that has big plans for the upcoming season.

“It’s nice to play at home because all of the guys, even new guys, are very comfortable in Nielson,” head coach Greg Van Emburgh said. “[Being at home] enables young guys to play their best tennis and gets everyone on the same page.”

Getting everyone comfortable and on the same page early in the season will be a critical task for Van Emburgh as the competition picks up for a Badger team featuring three freshmen. Nonetheless, grand expectations remain this spring for a team that feels it has something to prove.

“I believe we’re one of the most underrated, underranked teams in the country,” Van Emburgh said. “We have two seniors who understand

what it takes to win, and the younger guys are definitely ready for their matches.”

Van Emburgh said his team goals for the years were to “finish strong in the Big Ten and get back into the NCAA tournament.”

The Division I men’s tennis championship is a single elimination bracket draw, formatted the same way as Division I basketball’s March Madness tournament. It is no small task reaching the tournament, as only the top 64 teams in the country are invited.

The last Badger team to earn a spot in the tournament was the 2009-2010 squad, which advanced to the round of 16, something no Wisconsin team had done in the program’s history.

The only remaining member of the 2009-2010 group on this year’s Wisconsin team, senior captain Billy Bertha, understands the challenge of making the tournament but knows it’s still a real possibility.

“We’ve been practicing very hard,” Bertha said. “Everyone is more focused, staying earlier and leaving later at practice and in the weight room as well.

“The new guys are getting used to college tennis and learning what is expected of

HOME, page 7

Photo Courtesy of UW Athletics

Billy Bertha is the lone senior on the Wisconsin squad. Although he has been an average leader in the singles game at 5-5, he has dominated the doubles slate with a re cord of 9-1.

No B1G title for UW basketball Nick Korger Korger’s Korner

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Freshman Sam Dekker has provided a consistent scoring role off the bench for Wisconsin this season but rarely receives support from other bench players in the scoring department for UW.

Grades: Defense key in big win Nick Korger Sports Editor

Ian McCue Senior Sports Writer Offense — BThe magic number for the Badgers has been 60 this season. Wisconsin’s record in games in which the team scores 60 points or more is an impressive 15-2, compared to 2-7 in the games the squad has scored less than that amount.

Both of UW’s wins this past week came thanks to steady offensive production in the Michigan game and timely scoring during its contest with Iowa. The Badgers actually outshot the Wolverines this past Saturday, shooting 43.9 percent from the field.

The Badgers once again relied heavily on the three, shooting a combined 49 attempts from beyond the arc, making 17 of them for a 35 percent conversion rate. The reliance on the three almost cost Wisconsin in its doubleovertime win against Iowa, highlighted by senior forward Mike Bruesewitz’s 0-for-6 shooting performance from

deep.

But the team has displayed a recent renewal in attacking the paint, getting increased touches to redshirt fifth-year seniors Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans on the blocks.

The aggressiveness has paid off, mainly because of the athletic prowess of the pair, forcing doubles from both the Hawkeyes and Wolverines.

Defense — B+ Michigan’s Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. are the type of players who can make even the strongest defenders look silly by regularly sinking shots with a hand in their face. Such was the case when Hardaway hit a three-pointer with little more than two seconds on the clock despite a lockdown defensive possession from Bruesewitz.

Hardaway had an efficient 8-of-17 night from the field and finished with 18 points, while Burke, the Batman to Hardaway’s Robin, scored 19 on 8-of-21 shooting.

Sophomore guard Traevon Jackson defended Burke for much of the game and kept

him to only seven points in the opening half. The Wolverines’ star point guard took over the way elite players do for certain stretches of the second half, but when guarding a player of Burke’s caliber, it’s about limiting the damage as opposed to fully taking him out of the game.

Similar defensive play against Iowa was critical to the Badgers pulling off the victory over Iowa Wednesday night. While the Hawkeyes lack the athletically gifted players of Michigan, star forward Aaron White managed only 30 percent shooting from the field and 13 points. Iowa shot less than 34 percent as a team and a dismal 21.7 percent from three-point land, allowing UW to earn a victory despite an equally ineffective night shooting the ball.

Starters — B Besides junior guard Ben Brust, who was just named coBig Ten Player of the Week, and Berggren, the Badgers’ starting five on offense were far from perfect at times this

past week.

Sure, Evans had a combined 26 points in the last two games, but his efficiency and shot selection were less than stellar. Evans made just one 15-foot jumper while going a combined 10-for-29 from the field. The majority of Evans’ made baskets came from his renewed presence in the low blocks, posting up his defender and getting easy looks inside. Evans was also one of the Wisconsin starters who was much cleaner and aggressive in his cuts to the basket, not only helping lead to open looks but also freeing up outside looks.

Jackson was solid at the point, but still continued to struggle with limiting his turnovers, committing a combined 10 in the Badgers’ two wins compared to just nine assists.

Defensively, the group held Michigan to less than 40 percent shooting from the floor and Iowa to less than 35 percent. And although star UM players Burke and

GRADES, page 7

Everybody loves a fairytale ending.

Don’t lie to me guys - you watched Disney growing up. You sat in your one-piece pajamas and watched “The Lion King.” You died a little inside when it didn’t work out between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries (THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER).

Wait, that’s just me?

But, the point is: we as a society enjoy a feel-good story.

The same principle goes for the world of sports.

Think of the made-forHollywood storylines that helped write such classics like “Rudy,” “Remember the Titans” and “Miracle”?

It’s the same principle.

We love the underdog, the never-say-never moment in sports where the odds are defined in a moment of triumph.

College basketball is a case-and-point in this argument. The NCAA tournament calls the underdog team that surprises the perennial heavyweights a “Cinderella,” a group trying to ride its dreams of making the championship game as far as its carriage will take them before it turns back to a proverbial pumpkin. The public loves to embrace the upset.

Junior guard Ben Brust’s last second, gametying 40-plus foot heave at the buzzer helped propel Wisconsin to its overtime upset of the No. 3 team in the nation this past Saturday. And as you could guess, the nation went insane for the shot.

It was incredible, amazing and something the average sports fan only sees a handful of times in a season, let alone a lifetime.

And then, Brust hit the three-pointer in overtime that eventually turned into the game-winner. It was official just seconds after the initial miracle shot of Brust - the nation was watching Wisconsin.

Twitter was going crazy, talking heads in the media were abuzz with head coach Bo Ryan and Wisconsin stealing another win over a ranked team and, above all, people drooled over the tantalizing highlight reel play that Brust had produced.

With the extreme range of emotion a game and shot like that produces, it’s understandable that just days later, with the Badgers sitting a game out of first place in the indisputably best conference in college basketball, its fan base enveloped itself in the hype and momentum train that blew itself through the Kohl Center after the conclusion of Saturday’s win over the Wolverines.

But, let’s sit back and remember a sobering fact.

Wisconsin is still Wisconsin.

This is the same team that almost got blown out at Hawkeye-Carver Arena one game after upsetting the No. 2 Indiana Hoosiers on the road for the biggest win in program history.

If there’s anything we’ve learned this season, it’s that this 2013 Bo Ryan team has all the essential basics that has made Wisconsin successful during his now-12 years with the program. The Badgers are tough, gritty and have solid fundamentals.

But they aren’t perfect.

This season, Wisconsin is absolutely lackluster in a category that has been

KORGER, page 7