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SOAR changes inspire optimism UW officials confident in policies to allow more time for advising sessions on campus Tara Golshan Herald Contributor

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Police attempted to keep order at last year’s block party, when violence and record citations marred the event. The mayor told students the party could continue but to plan the event with safety in mind.

Mifflin faces uncertainty Famed block party details in flux as police call for shift away from focus on alcohol Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor During an early planning meeting for the Mifflin Street Block Party between city officials and neighbors, many of the details for the event remained uncertain, as organizers are working to find solutions to decrease public intoxication and ensure the event can continue safely.

While preliminary planning for the Mifflin Street Block Party still faces a number of challenges, students are hopeful solutions will be reached for the controversial annual event set to take place in May. A meeting of the Mifflin

Neighborhood Association Thursday produced extensive feedback from the police, residents and students on the fate of the upcoming block party and weighed the idea of a possible sponsorship for the event.

The Madison Police Department presented its own list of recommendations for what it would like to see at the event, including prohibiting street-use permits, not closing streets and continuing to enforce city ordinances. Officers in attendance also suggested lowering the emphasis on alcohol and promoting a positive theme for the event in order to ensure safety for attendees.

Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Chair Hannah Somers said the issue of a sponsor was difficult to work around, and a compromise of partial sponsorship or funding might be a better alternative.

Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said requiring a sponsor for one year was a big step.

He said without a sponsor, there could be no streetuse permit and therefore no parking, restroom facilities or street vendors, all of which were discussed in students’ meeting with Mayor Paul Soglin earlier this month.

Somers detailed three key efforts student volunteers are using as objectives for

State will be battleground for 2012 race, polls find Purple State survey gives Obama edge over challengers, test for Santorum Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor In what is already shaping up to be a heated national race, President Barack Obama leads all Republican candidates currently competing in the Republican National Convention primary, according to two polls released over the past two days that focus on Wisconsin’s possible role as a battleground state.

The first poll, released by Marquette Law School Wednesday, found Obama leading former

Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 51 percent to 40 percent, and leading former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 53 percent to 38 percent.

Another poll was conducted by Purple Strategies, a polling company formed from the merger of a Republican polling company and a Democratic polling company.

Dubbed the “Purple Poll,” it surveyed 12 states considered to be swing states in the election, showing Obama leading Santorum by 2 percent and Romney by 4 percent.

According to the Marquette poll, Santorum leads among those who said they would vote in the Republican primary in Wisconsin on April 3 with 34 percent followed by Mitt Romney with 18 percent

planning: restrictions in the residence halls on overnight guests, similar to those during Freakfest, no open containers on the street and a social media campaign to promote other events on the day of the block party.

MPD Lt. Dave McCaw said it would be difficult to apply the “Freakfest formula” to Mifflin, as the street is private property and cannot be blocked off.

Some members of the Neighborhood Association also raised concerns about students being pushed indoors or onto porches by prohibiting them from using the street.

“People need to know that

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University of Wisconsin officials expressed early optimism about changes incoming students can expect for this summer’s Student Orientation, Advising and Registration program at a recent forum, including placement testing alterations and a revamped advising schedule.

About 50 members of the UW community gathered Thursday for the third session of the SOAR Update Forum series held by the core-planning team of the Center for the First-Year Experience. Prompted by student focus groups and research evaluations, the sessions focus on presenting the upcoming pilot changes to SOAR, CFYE Co-interim Director Carren Martin said.

The changes, applied first in late 2011 and now into 2012, begin with the SOAR reservation process and placement testing. Although fundamentally the same, SOAR reservations must now be made at least one week out from placement testing dates, Chris Verhaeghe, coordinator of Orientation Advising and Operations, said.

In addition to placement testing no longer being conducted at SOAR, a computer-based testing service will be provided with an additional fee, Martin said. However, she said the piloted computer program has not been receiving as

much interest as expected.

“The computer-based testing demand is a little slower than we thought it would be,” Martin said.

“There is really nothing to compare it to, so it will be an interesting test case to see how many students really do prefer that option.”

SOAR attendance will still be permitted for those students who fail to follow the new reservation-testing policy. However, the lack of placement scores will impact enrolling for classes, Verhaeghe said.

SOAR Program Changes • Students will take placement tests before SOAR instead of during • Placement tests can be taken either on paper or on a computer • Placement tests will be available at more sites and on more dates SOURCE: UW-Madison News

Drawing from regional reservation statistics, Martin said she finds that the new system is working.

“Updates from regional testing indicates that reservations for this time of year are up right now, so it appears that people are getting the message that

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The direction of the economy 37%: getting better 32%: getting worse

The GOP Nominating Process 18%: strengthening nominees 56%: weakening nominees

The Election: Obama vs.

Santorum 47%: Obama 42%: Santorum SOURCE: The Purple Poll

and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul with 17 percent.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs said while the winner of a presidential primary is usually decided

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SSFC boosts mental health student services in budget Taleel Mohieldin Herald Contributor Members of a branch of the University of Wisconsin student government voted to increase the University Heath Services’ budget to accommodate mental health service needs on campus in addition to approving two other

budgets on Thursday.

Former Student Services Finance Committee Secretary Jair Alvarez voiced concerns in open forum about the limited number of UHS psychologist visits available, saying students are currently able to schedule only one psychologist visit every two months.

Alvarez said students should be allowed at least one psychologist visit per month and added the current state especially impacts students who do not have insurance and whose health care relies on services from UHS. “It’s our job to fill the

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A fourth lawsuit was filed to question the legality of Wisconsin’s voter identification law Thursday, alleging the law disenfranchises minorities from voting in elections.

The Advancement Project, a group based in Washington, D.C., filed the lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board in Milwaukee on behalf of several groups who claim the law discriminates against Latinos and black voters, the Advancement Project’s attorney Denise Lieberman said.

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issued ID card or driver’s license in order to vote. The first election under the law was the spring primary held last Tuesday.

According to Lieberman, the lawsuit differs from the earlier three because it is the only lawsuit that has been filed under the Voting Rights Act, a law that forbids discriminatory voting practices.

“We believe the Voting Rights Act is the most powerful mechanism to challenge this voter ID law, because the hurtles [the new Wisconsin voter ID law] imposes, particularly on minorities, is exactly what [the act] was passed to eradicate,” Lieberman said.

There are five plaintiffs listed in the lawsuit, including The Advancement Project, The League of

United Latin American Citizens of Wisconsin, the League of Young Voters Education Fund, Milwaukee Area Labor Council and Cross Lutheran Church in Milwaukee.

Lieberman also said evidence from a 2005 study conducted by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor John Pawasarat demonstrates the law will continue to hit young people hardest.

“In the state of Wisconsin, 78 percent of African American men ages 18 to 24 don’t have a driver’s license. Among African American women, 66 percent don’t have a driver’s license,” Lieberman said.

“It is believed that current statistics remain consistent.”

However, the Republican National Lawyers

Association called the lawsuit “outrageous” in a statement and said it was not based on reality.

Michael Thielen, executive director of the RNLA, said in an email to The Badger Herald the statistics Lieberman cited are inaccurate.

“Considering that the Advancement Project, the League of Young Voters and the Milwaukee Area Labor Council are relying on such flawed studies, their lawsuit is unwarranted,” Thielen said.

Additionally, polls have shown many Wisconsin voters are in favor of a law requiring voter ID, he said.

Luis Garza, the state director of League of United Latin American Citizens of Wisconsin, contended that voter fraud rarely happens,

and it has never been necessary to protect against it. He also characterized the law as an attack to keep minority populations from voting.

“It’s interesting that 2008 had an unprecedented number of African American and Latino voters, and now all of a sudden Wisconsin finds the need to enact a voter ID law,” Garza said.

Still, the documentation of voter fraud in 2004 by the Milwaukee Police Department is reason for Wisconsin voters to be concerned, RNLA Wisconsin Chapter Chair Donald Daugherty said in a statement.

Reid Magney, a spokesperson for the GAB, declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Lawmakers favor lifting state cap on Family Care Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor After unanimous bipartisan approval in the Senate, a bill that would lift the enrollment cap on the state’s long-term health care program for elderly and disabled citizens received support from both legislators and citizens during a public hearing held Thursday.

The Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care heard testimony on the bill to end a prohibition allowing Family Care to expand to other counties.

Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, who authored the bill, said the biennium budget put a temporary cap on enrollment until the Department of Health Services could streamline costs. Kaufert said the department has introduced reforms and said lifting the cap is a moral decision.

“I believe we not only have a financial responsibility … to be good stewards of the state resources, but we have a moral responsibility to take care of some of these folks and help them,” Kaufert said.

Committee Chair Rep. Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, said he

fears the government might not be able to afford an expansion on Family Care. Knodl said the worst case scenario would be to expand the program, offer people benefits and then have to take those benefits away because the government did not have enough money.

Kaufert said DHS has found ways of meeting the financial cost and that if it does not lift the cap, many people would be put in a situation where the state would have to pay more to take care of them.

Barbara Beckert, director of the Milwaukee Office of Disability Rights Wisconsin, said removing the caps on enrollment does not go far enough.

She said only 57 out of 72 counties have Family Care and argued the Legislature should expand coverage to these other counties.

She also told the story of a young man who was injured in a diving accident. As his parents aged, they could no longer take care of him.

“So when they went into crisis, there was no help available for this young man, and he had to go into a nursing home,” Beckert said. “Now wasn’t that a waste of resources?

It’s a tragedy for this

young man, and it’s a tragedy for his family.”

Benjamin Barrett, chair of the Independent Living Council of Wisconsin, said the wait list for individuals with intellectual disabilities used to be more than eight years long.

He said elderly people in his county had been caring for their children all their life.

“When you hear somebody say they’re 88 years old and they can’t care for themselves anymore let alone their child, and then they’re told there’s an eight year wait list, and then the health care crisis happens and their child gets institutionalized, … there’s got to be a way to move forward on this,” Barrett said.

Jason Endres, a concerned citizen, came from Eau Claire to testify at the hearing. He said because of a Family Care program, he has been able to have a care dog, named Bella, and that the program helped one of his friends become a valued member of society.

“I am in support of this bill. And I just want to say that the Senate has passed this unanimously and didn’t see any amendments,” Endres said. “Please pass it as it is.”

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First Year program coordinator Dave Lauer said SOAR will be partnering with First Wave to address issues beyond academics at the program. A focus on individualized advising time is another focus of the changes.

SOAR, from 1 they need to do this early,” Martin said.

Along with the reservation and placement test changes, issues stemming from SOAR schedules are also being addressed, Martin said.

According to Annette McDaniel, assistant dean and founder of the Transfer Transition Program, the new schedule is meant to enhance the welcoming experience of SOAR. “It will bring more fanfare, more pomp and circumstance, and more welcome for the start of SOAR,” McDaniel said. “More excitement and flare to celebrate their joining of the Badger community.”

McDaniel also noted the new schedule for transfer students’ SOAR is aimed at setting out

a clear expectation that incoming students will have individualized advising time.

According to Cross College Career Advisor Diana Maki, the new freshmen scheduling changes will emulate the transfer program, including a change from one advising day to both days.

“Similar to transfer sessions, we want this to be more student-driven, more active, more engaging and to encourage thinking about what the Wisconsin experience means,” Maki said.

First Year Program Coordinator Dave Lauer also said the SOAR program will partner with the campus spoken word and hip hop learning community First Wave to address greater issues involving students’ personal relationship with academics and school life.

MIFFLIN, from 1 just as many bad things happen on the street as do in houses and in backyards,” McCaw said.

“It’s not the location. It’s too many people and too much alcohol.”

He said sponsorship for the event has been largely unsuccessful or has not achieved the goals the city has hoped. He said MPD would not rely on the event to be a police event if there is no sponsor to pay for them.

Additionally, the idea of moving the Block Party to an entirely new location was brought up with the hope of taking away some of the residential issues and hype associated with the area.

Student Council Rep. Devon Maier said moving the location of the Block Party would “kill” the event.

Somers and Maier, along with Mifflin Street resident Indy Stluka, presented their ideas for other events for students to rally around, including “Rock the Vote” in conjunction with upcoming elections and a community breakfast before the Block Party.

Ultimately, the Neighborhood Association and student government members decided to meet weekly to biweekly from next Sunday, Mar. 4, until the Block Party to reach a consensus and solution.

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Majority of state unions vote to seek recertification Officials say process is lengthy, expensive, holds little tangible benefits from voting Josh Brandau Herald Contributor Despite changes approved by the Legislature last year to curtail the power of unions to collectively bargain for benefits, a majority of Wisconsin unions have voted to go through recertification in the past year, a process some officials characterized as lengthy and costly for little tangible benefit.

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by April 3, this year’s contest could still be up in the air when the primary makes its way to Wisconsin, potentially making Wisconsin a key state in winning the RNC primary.

With Super Tuesday coming up, Downs said there are still a lot of delegates left for the taking, under a “nonwinner take all” system.

“Most primaries in the past have been winner take all, especially on the Republican side,” Downs said. “McCain won less than 50 percent of the vote in many states in ‘08 but he got all the delegates because of plurality. This primary is different.”

Downs said Romney is still the favorite to win the primary because of ads and large amounts of funding from SuperPACS. However, he said Santorum is still a significant threat because of his solid social conservative base and the general lack of enthusiasm for the GOP field of candidates.

In the Purple Poll, which focuses on 12 swing states that the Purple Strategies group believes will decide the 2012 presidential election, Wisconsin is grouped together with Iowa and Minnesota in the “Heartland” category of the poll.

According to statistics released by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commissions, 35 out of 39 unions voted to recertify their collective bargaining rights in a voting period that ended Tuesday.

The collective bargaining law passed by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration implemented measures as to how unions can recertify and operate, changing the process on two distinct fronts. In past years unions only had to certify once unless they opted to decertify, in which case the process would start over again.

This formation process entailed receiving a simple

Doug Usher, a managing partner of research for Purple Strategies, said the biggest finding of February’s poll was Santorum’s outperformance of Romney when compared to Obama.

“This is the first time we’ve tested Santorum,” Usher said.

“As of January he didn’t seem to be competitive. But we’ve tested four other challengers including Jeb Bush, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain against Obama.

This is the first time that anyone has done better than Romney when compared to the president.”

Usher said Obama has been polling higher and higher in Wisconsin, which could be the result of a number of factors.

“The economic recovery in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin has been performing relatively well in the country, plus in general Democrats seem to do a bit better in those states,” Usher said.

When asked about the criteria for determining the 12 swing states, Usher said nine of the states have swung back and forth in their political support since 1998, and the other three, including Wisconsin, have been decided by three points or fewer in recent presidential elections.

majority of votes from individual voting members.

The recent law favors a new format, which not only calls for unions to recertify annually but also to receive a majority from the entire bargaining unit and not just from individuals that attend the voting session.

So far, Laura Dresser, associate director for the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, said many teachers’ unions have pursued recertification and won their elections, while many of the state unions have decided to remain uncertified.

Kevin Gundlach, president of the South Central Federation of Labor, which oversees many

voids, … and if us stepping in is helpful, then I think we should do it,” Rep. Tia Nowack said.

The committee ultimately decided to add two full-time mental heath providers to UHS’s proposed budget.

Chair Sarah Neibart said Alvarez is not the only student voicing these concerns, as Associated Students of Madison constituents have also expressed a desire to implement changes that would increase the services provided by UHS. Following the discussion, Rep. Cale Plamann made a motion to amend UHS’s budget by increasing it by $184,000 to reflect the change, bringing the total to $11,251,950.

Plamann said he was pleased with the transparency in UHS’s budget, stating he could see exactly the amounts and locations of the funding. A majority vote approved the

negotiable,” he said.

Dues, which are essential for unions to operate, may also be a tough selling point, Dresser said.

Although state bills concerning union rights have been passed in other parts of the country, such changes are unprecedented in the state of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin unions have had collective bargaining rights for the previous five decades.

“What unions will do, and what we will do as workers, and within our own community … is we’re organizing, we’re mobilizing, and we’re going to fight back [against the bill],” Gundlach said.

Arizona professor Gary Rhoades says funding for-profit colleges puts strain on students Tess Keegan Herald Contributor In light of current challenges to higher education across the nation, a professor from the University of Arizona held a guest lecture on campus Thursday to address topics of “academic capitalism” and its relevance to the University of Wisconsin.

Professor Gary Rhoades said over the last 25 years there has been an “acceleration of the past” in higher education.

He called President Barack Obama’s rhetoric “Kennedy-esque,” by comparing his goal of having 50 percent more U.S. citizens complete community college degrees by 2020 to Kennedy’s 1961 speech about putting man on the moon.

Rhoades said the majority of federal support for higher education goes to for-

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budget.

“We work hard to do the right thing and be good stewards,” UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said. “I’m really impressed with SSFC’s recognition of the need to increase mental health on campus.”

Nowack said SSFC has an open and productive relationship with UHS, and she feels the fact that the committee was able to add items students have expressed a need for is a testament to that.

Both SSFC and UHS now await the chancellor’s final approval for full implementation of the budget amendment.

The committee also approved the budget proposal for the Rape Crisis Center.

Plamann said while SSFC cannot file an open records request for more information with the center in order to protect the privacy of those utilizing its services, the group serves an important need in the

Regardless, he said there are also a number of other barriers to recertification besides the new voting structure.

“It’s an expensive, timeconsuming process for little tangible benefit,” Allen said.

“The only thing that can be bargained at the table is [workers’] wages and benefits, and it’s capped by the [Consumer Price Index].”

Additionally, Allen said this is a very different landscape than unions faced in previous years.

He said unions often ensure safe working conditions as well as “fair” workplace rules. Those are things that are “not

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UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman praised the committee for recognizing the need to increase mental health resources available on campus.

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labor unions throughout the state, reiterated the hurdle of recertification.

He compared the process to a politician seeking to be elected within a community.

“It’s very, very difficult to demand that if you have a population of a town that has 10,000 voters there and 3,000 of them vote regularly,” Gundlach said.

“Well, no one would get elected then, because you would need 5,000 plus one.”

Bob Allen, spokesperson for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said that many of the local unions they represent would decide whether or not to recertify individually.

campus community.

During the meeting, Secretary Ellie Bruecker was nominated to represent SSFC on the center’s board.

Following the approval of Tenant Resource Center’s budget proposal, SSFC nominated Nowack to serve on the Tenant Resource Center Board.

Nowack said it is important for SSFC representatives to serve on the board because of the tenant rights legislation coming up in the state Legislature.

Neibart also said she will meet with UW Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell to discuss SSFC’s latest budget recommendations for Wisconsin Union and Recreational Sports following the committee’s recent decision to reject the two organizations’ budget proposals.

SSFC will hear UW’s bus pass proposal and discuss internal subcommittee topics at its next meaning, scheduled for March 9.

profit schools, which puts further strain on public universities like UW that aim to maximize excellence in conjunction with affordability.

In light of the current state budget lapse, Rhoades said instead of emphasizing the inevitable dwindling state support in discussions on higher education policy, society should focus on the bigger picture.

The general public, Rhoades said, is oftentimes left in the dark about what goes on in large research universities like UW, leading some to be cynical of its relevance to their lives.

Citing UW’s role in public health and education, he said we must “puncture the demonizing view of what we do.”

Rhoades shared an anecdote about a student from Rutgers University

who told him she had always associated debt with “making bad choices.”

The student chose a public university specifically to avoid the burden of debt, yet found herself swamped in loans by her junior year. Rhoades said this is a point at which the system has betrayed America’s youth.

Henry Richardson, an employee at the mailroom of UWExtension and union member, said he thinks greater diversity in decision-making committees at UW would be beneficial.

“There are six or seven committees made up of a token student, a union representative and the rest are mostly HR representatives that do not genuinely have the best interest of faculty members in mind. We need to have more balanced committees,” Richardson said.

Rhoades also appealed to the union protests last year, saying although unions did not come out on top in Wisconsin, it was this fervor that stimulated and inspired groups far from campus, such as We Are Ohio, that did successfully kill union reform legislation.

“If we don’t make changes now, it spells out trouble in 10-15 years,” Rhoades said.

Associated Students of Madison Student Council Chair Allie Gardner attended the lecture and said the message that students are at the forefront of changing the discourse of higher education was highly applicable.

“To alter discourse and build the necessary coalitions, pressure needs to be applied to our decision-makers, and we need to engage the greater Wisconsin community,” she said.

“Who better to do that then us?”

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Two separate bills have been proposed in the Legislature that would repeal current law allowing for awarded damages in gender and racial discrimination civil cases.

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Wisconsin tort reform: Justified or not?

Reginald Young Editorial Content Editor There recently have been two proposed tort reform bills in our state Legislature regarding gender and racial discrimination. In essence, they seek to take away the ability of a claimant to receive compensatory and punitive damages in civil court. Compensatory damages reimburse for loss, injury or harm caused to a claimant, while punitive damages are meant as a disincentive for the behavior that caused harm in the first place. “Tort reform” refers to a reduction or limitation of these damages.

The proposed bills would basically take away a claimant’s ability to sue his or her employer for discrimination beyond simple back pay, attorney’s fees, etc. There are several implications of nullifying compensatory and punitive damages in this instance.

Mostly, I see problems with the lack of compensatory damages; it would say that your suffering was worth nothing.

A woman can sue an employer for gender discrimination and get back pay, but what about the emotional frustration?

Isn’t that worth something?

Repealing compensatory damages is like saying “the time and energy you spent dealing with this harm isn’t worth a dime.”

If you, like me, have ever had a close relation experience something like a car accident due to another negligent driver, you know that the time and energy spent on the harm sure as hell are worth a lot more than nothing.

While a car accident isn’t really comparable to workplace discrimination,

it does illustrate the point that suffering is worth something beyond the face value of a wrong. Thus, compensatory damages shouldn’t be redacted from current gender and race discrimination law.

Then there’s the punitive side of tort reform. When awarded by the courts, this kind of damage puts economic incentives to change behavior on the party responsible for harm.

In this instance, it would put further monetary pressure on an employer to not discriminate in the future beyond court costs and reinstated back pay.

Corporate fines are often said to be ineffective at changing behavior. I know very few citizens who have changed their driving behaviors after getting speeding tickets. Yet, the government still gives them out.

If I knew that every time I sped I would get a ticket, I probably wouldn’t ever speed. That’s the inherent problem behind punitive damages applied to corporations; the damages are perceived as minimal and inconsistent — kind of like how I perceived speeding enforcement when I got my three speeding tickets. It’s not that punitive damages are ineffective; it’s that they aren’t employed consistently enough. Not all cases go to court; not all victims file charges. Thus, the real problem behind punitive damages is that not every act of discrimination is subject to them, but that doesn’t warrant their erasure.

Tort reform takes away the ability of citizens to receive monetary compensation for nonphysical suffering and shirks the real problem behind punitive damages’ ineffectiveness. On this basis, the proposed pieces of legislation should not be enacted.

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

Alex Brousseau Editorial Board Chair Republican state legislators have begun to tackle tort reform by proposing two bills which would limit excessive compensations and keep frivolous lawsuits out of the oversaturated court system.

Both pieces of legislation — one relating to racial discrimination, the other to gender discrimination — eliminate the ability of the claimant to receive compensatory and punitive damages while still forcing those found guilty of discrimination to pay back pay, additional costs and attorney fees. One bill also requires the claimant to exhaust all administrative remedies through the Department of Workforce Development before filing a lawsuit in the courts. Both bills are part of a larger nationwide legal movement called tort reform, which aims to cap awards of damages and procedurally limit the ability to file claims.

The world of tort law — or in layman’s terms, civil lawsuits claiming injuries — is expanding at an enormous rate.

Legislatures are expanding possible crimes, individuals are suing at greater rates and lawsuits are becoming more and more costly due to their reliance on expert witnesses and several-day trials. These, along with ever-crowding court dockets, are making civil lawsuits more and more expensive by the day.

The goal of tort reform is to stop this dangerous trend without infringing on a person’s right to be compensated for wrong done against them.

By forcing individuals to exhaust administrative remedies before going straight to the courts, the legislation cuts costs and limits the amount of frivolous lawsuits. It

also allows for internal conflict resolution by judicial processes and administrative law justices which, for all intents and purposes, are the same as the courts. Victims are still compensated for the wrong done to them, and companies are still punished.

By capping awards of damages, tort reform bills are ensuring that victims are receiving all the money they are owed — no more and no less. With potential compensation for things like emotional distress, pain and suffering, individuals are suing for outrageous amounts, often for millions of dollars when they are owed as most a few thousand dollars. These damages are also extremely difficult to calculate, and any awards are based on speculations at best.

Punitive damages, which are theoretically meant to deter companies, especially large companies, from engaging in unlawful activity, are largely ineffective at doing so. A multi-billion dollar company hell-bent on screwing over its workers is not going to be phased by punitive damages.

It will only force a settlement, brush the case off its shoulder and include it in the “cost of business” column.

A far more effective way to get the attention of these companies and keep them from engaging in illegal activities is through classaction lawsuits, which are not affected by tort reform. Class actions bring together a large group of claimants who have been wronged in the same way into one lawsuit, putting the voice of thousands behind one.

Although the payouts are often smaller, the effect is twice as strong.

Tort reform does not inhibit the rights of individuals or make it less likely that someone can receive damages for being wrongly discriminated. It only cuts back on the frivolous and costly lawsuits which saturate our judicial system and of which some individuals have come to take advantage.

Alex Brousseau (abrousseau@ badgerherald.com) is a second year law student.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Former Gov. Tommy Thompson said Thursday he didn’t expect any Republican challengers in the U.S. Senate race and those who believe his time has passed should ‘get the hell out of [his] way.’”

-Associated Press Political blunders aren’t age discriminating. It doesn’t matter if you’re Democrat or Republican, young or old, as a politician, you’re entitled to be an egoist from time to time.

President Barack Obama should really employ this kind of rhetoric: Mitt, Newt and Rick, get the hell out of his way. Equal, fair and civic competition is overrated. We should just get rid of elections and put our public offices up on eBay.

On Monday, more than 300 religious leaders from across the state presented an open letter to the government and people of Wisconsin calling for a dramatic reduction in the state prison population. The initiative, called the “11x15” campaign, is a nod to the dimensions of the standard prison cell they believe unjustly cages thousands and is being spearheaded by a group called WISDOM. WISDOM is, by its own account, an umbrella organization composed of nine separate faithbased communities from around the state.

WISDOM’s mission is basically to unite people of faith so that they may stand together in combating social injustice.

The campaign aims to persuade Wisconsinites that a decrease in the prison population from 21,095 to 11,000 prisoners would be a good thing for the prisoners themselves and everyone else.

Statistics from the Joint Finance Committee show that of the 21,095 current prisoners in the state, only 12,720 are violent offenders. That leaves just about 40 percent of the prison population as nonviolent offenders.

I don’t even want to think about how many of those nonviolent offenders are imprisoned for petty drug charges; it’s hard for me to imagine a more perverse way of handling a very personal issue like substance abuse than isolation and imprisonment.

Furthermore, the vast majority of nonviolent offenders, whatever their crime, do not need to be in prison if they are not a greater danger to society than anyone else is; you’re either kidding yourself or you’re very boring if you don’t think you have any potential to ever be a danger to society.

Mohandas Gandhi famously said, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Conversely, the St. Lunatic Nelly said, “If you take a life, you goin’ lose yours too.” I know Wisconsin does not practice capital punishment, but the same concept applies. This latter brand of justice seems to appeal to Americans, especially Texans, and it is not without merit. However, the former kind of justice is that which WISDOM, rightly, is seeking to advance.

Most people intuitively find the tit-for-tat nature of retributive justice compelling. It resonates with people because it has an air of fairness about it. We are taught from a young age that as members of society, our actions have consequences on other people’s lives; if we violate their rights, we will be subject to punishment.

This can be a powerful deterrent for crime and wrongdoing in general, and it may be the case that some criminals, in particular some violent offenders, just cannot be reformed. However, for every individual and society as a whole, restorative justice is a much better option than retributive.

The justice system in the United States is atrociously skewed against minorities and men.

We Yankees are all too quick to thumb our noses at the South and their racial injustice without taking a look at our own failures. An analysis by Mother Jones Magazine showed more than half of all prisoners in Wisconsin are black, compared to roughly six percent of the state’s population. That is horrendous. There is almost certainly inherent bias against minorities built into the system by way of jury selection, judges, sentencing, ability to afford an attorney, etc.

Equally important, though, the conditions that force people into a life of crime need to be addressed. But they won’t see great improvement any time soon. What we can change now, however, is how we deal with criminals once they have already been convicted. Isolating and imprisoning them will only serve to dehumanize them and make them bitter. Alternatives to incarceration such as victim-offender mediation, counseling and community service can help both the offender and the victim to move forward. Furthermore, it benefits society as a whole by reincorporating people ready and able to be good citizens, not to mention saving tax dollars. Gov. Scott Walker, we’re looking at you.

The 300 religious leaders of WISDOM who are promoting the “11x15” campaign are an inspiration. It is all too easy for people, myself included, to denigrate organized religion when we see its proponents savagely beating their drums over non-issues like homosexuality, contraceptives and evolution. Amid the melee it is easy to forget about all the positive things churches, synagogues, mosques and other religious institutions do for their communities. The WISDOM 300 leaders are a wonderful example of the positive role religious leaders can play with a little clarity of purpose.

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

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Grimy chills, champagne thrills on Deadmeat Tour

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Dubstep DJ Datsik mixed hip-hop, popular electronic tracks and original material in his set at the Orpheum.

Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Editor Although the Orpheum’s sound system may have been ill-equipped to handle the heavy dose of bass Datsik’s signature grimy wobbles threw at it, from the moment the baseballcapped Canadian dubstep DJ climbed up behind his booth it was clear he was going to do his damnedest to ensure the audience had as much fun as he did.

Luckily, fun was what the overwhelming number of baseball-capped crowd members came out on a Wednesday night were after.

Though the audience wasn’t instantly sold on Datsik’s opening wubs, the cheer that erupted when the DJ segued into Skrillex’s remix of “Levels” further shook the alreadyvibrating venue. When he segued out of the everpopular tune, however, the audience became markedly less thrilled.

The first third of Datsik’s set featured no video visuals, no dance beat consistency, and no solid “fuck yeah” moments from the largely house kid audience. The tracks were

definitely grimy, undeniably hip-hop heady and undoubtedly Datsik, but the difficulty in discerning one song from another or even in describing this part of the set as a collection of songs left the audience almost listless, waiting to pounce on whatever beat they could pump their fists to.

Datsik, however was amped the entire set: Even when he stopped to take a drink, his head was nodding and his other hand was flailing. Maybe it was the Rockstar he was chugging, but everyone else had to wait for a moment of dub genius to become enthused.

Until he played “The Devil’s Den,” that is. The Skrillex and Wolfgang Gartner track awoke the beast in the audience, sending one fan flying over the crowd in what would prove to be far from the last body pass of the night.

When Datsik transitioned out of the song with a buildup that could only be described as filthy, his video kicked in, flashing a Technicolor mirror video of the DJ thrashing and tweaking his set.

The rest of the set was a whirlwind of bobbing

heads, remixed tracks and Datsik favorites. Fans heard everything from Kanye and Jay-Z’s “Niggas in Paris” to a revamped version of Datsik’s own collaboration with Excision, “Swagga,” to a shockingly good dubstep mix of Calvin Harris’ “Feel So Close,” with DJ Khaled’s club favorite “I’m On One” and Knife Party’s “Internet Friends” thrown in for good measure.

In his hour long set, Datsik stayed true to his hip-hop influences by mixing in both Ice Cube and Dead Prez, but appeased the mainstream dubstep (cough, brostep) fanbase with some Bassnectar and Rusko as well. Only in the final moments (after crying “I’m going to play something obnoxious right now”) did the true Datsik wobble reemerge, but only as part of an aborted finale cut off by time restraints.

At the end of he night, Datsik brought Madison a varied set the audience hungrily ate up. Although his original material has not yet proved drool-worthy to the masses, the live set cemented the DJ’s status as a masterful remixer who can throw a hell of a party.

Andrew Fate The Badger Herald

Steve Aoki graced the crowd with his blend of poppy electro and undeniable stage presence Wednesday night.

Adelaide Blanchard ArtsEtc. Contributor Steve Aoki turned the Orpheum Theater into his own personal playground on Wednesday night, and the Madison crowd was more than happy to indulge his antics in return for a hypnotic light show and a steady stream of house beats.

Although his set was relatively short — stretching a bit over an hour including the encore — Aoki packed it with champagne, cake and crowd-surfing, not to mention his tracks.

His Madison stop with Datsik was part of the 2012 Deadmeat Tour, a show hyped as having a new light show. The epileptic, geometric display delivered. Above Aoki and his glowing deck were five gigantic screens blasting neon-drenched images of everything from disembodied eyeballs to lyrics and pictures of Aoki himself.

Aoki gave the audience zero down time, and paced his hits so the furious energy of bros and candy kids alike never had time to ebb. Early in the show,

he released “Turbulence,” his collaboration with Lil Jon and Laidback Luke, onto the crowd, and didn’t disappoint with “Warp” midway through.

But the hip-hop producer and the Bloody Beetroots were far from the only artists to make a musical cameo. Aoki played his new tracks with Rivers Cuomo of Weezer (“Emergency People”) and Kid Cudi (“Cudi the Kid”). His “Pursuit of Happiness” remix punctuated the show climatically, paired with a dizzying flow of psychedelic light.

In a symbiotic Wednesday show, Aoki fed off the crowd’s energy, and the crowd in turn willingly bought what he was selling through his speakers.

Just as the light show constantly reminded the crowd they were in the presence of Steve Aoki with a barrage of pictures of him

rocking his signature mane, Aoki knew his audience.

He donned a Badgers’ jersey and danced around with a cheese head—and somewhere along the line, both the jersey and the cheese head got lost.

The music would’ve been enough, but at least four bottles of champagne, a bowl of candy and a cake in the face of a few lucky Aoki groupies were just the right amount of whimsy to make the show something to behold.

He jumped into the crowd on several occasions — to the anxiety of the security staff on stage — taking pictures and generally loving life. But just as a kid gets tired after running around a jungle gym non-stop, by the end of the show, a sweaty and shirtless Aoki looked beat.

Kneeling on the top of his booth, he stretched out his arms like a sort of Christ of House.

In a symbiotic Wednesday show, Aoki fed off the crowd’s energy, and the crowd in turn willingly bought what he was selling through his speakers. It was only fitting that he obliged clamoring fans after the show with an encore spin.

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Multi-player madness: Let the rivalries begin Andrew Lahr Herald Arcade Columnist Sometimes there’s nothing better than some split-screen action to add a little friendly competition to your weekend binge-session. That being said, if you’re going to have a group of people over and you’re thinking of whipping out a game or two for some multiplayer action, what should you go for?

Do you opt for the shooter, or something less intimidating? It’s a serious dilemma, and depends largely on who you have over. Luckily for you, I’ve compiled a list of “the best of the best” when it comes to party games that are sure to please. Yeah, the list is pretty Nintendo-heavy, but let’s be honest: When it comes to games that actually promote social interaction, Nintendo knows what’s up. So behold,

the best of the party games.

Super Smash Bros.: The “Super Smash Bros.” series is truly a thing of its own.

Whoever came up with the idea of beating the hell out of each other with famous Nintendo characters, Pokémon and other various pixelated warriors deserves a Nobel Prize, or at least a firm handshake.

With only a set number of precious lives on a confining map, few other games can inspire such heated gameplay.

Once everyone finds a character they like and gets the hang of the controls, it’s funny to see the intense rivalries that develop over the course of the night. I have witnessed many a thrown controller and miniature brawl as a result of Super Smash, and hope to see many more.

There’s one Super Smash game for each of the last

three Nintendo systems, but if you ask me, “SSB Melee” on the trusty GameCube is unmatched.

Rock Band: “Rock Band” takes a lot of flak for being cheesy and overpriced. Sure, it is, but that doesn’t make the experience any less fun.

Granted, this game isn’t for everyone. If you’re hanging out with a lot of self-conscious, timid, or musically challenged people, this probably won’t fly. On the other hand, when you find the right group, “Rock Band” can be one of the best ways to cap a night of intoxication.

It’s also a fun way to see who’s best at what when it comes to the instruments.

Sure, they’re just pieces of plastic, but once the music gets going no one really seems to care. Put the drunkest guy on bass, trust me.

Halo 2: Anyone who has

any problem with this game can buzz off. “Halo” had to be on this list, and “Halo 2” represents the best “Halo” multiplayer to date. Why? “Halo 2” occupies best stage in the chain of Halo evolution.

It maintains the simplicity of “Halo” plus improved graphics, maps and weaponry without the over-the-top additions that made “Halo 3” suck.

In “Halo 2” you can play a legitimate game of “MLG” or “shotty snipes” on Lockout without some asshole jetpacking all over the map, throwing gadgets left and right. As an added plus, if you’re playing online, you probably won’t find some hyperactive 10-year-old with a speech impediment screeching in your ear.

WarHawk: It’s pretty rare to see a split screen, air combat game that “works.” This is why

“WarHawk” was such a great title. As far as I know, this is the only game that allows you to go toe-to-toe with three others in futuristic and agile flying death-machines.

Although it can be tough to get the hang of the controls, once you do, this title is pure gold.

Also, if you’re going to play it drunk, make sure everyone else is plastered too; otherwise I guarantee you’ll be at a serious disadvantage.

Mario Kart: This one is a given. In this day and age, anyone who hasn’t played “Mario Kart” at least once has probably never had the luxury of electricity. Those of us lucky enough to have played this little gem with three other decent players know just how intense (and at times frustrating) a game can get.

Flying down Rainbow Road in first place can be a nail-biting experience to say the least.

I happen to suck at this game, but it doesn’t bother me much, mainly because last place always gets the best powerups from their floating cube thingamajigs. “Ohhh a Bowser Ball? Why thank you very much Mr. Handicap!”

Super Monkey Ball: Sometimes I wonder just how stoned the designers of this game had to get before they thought up the pure genius that made this game what it is.

Players get to race, battle and fly around as monkeys sealed within giant balls. Needless to say, the unusual circumstances actually make for some of the best and most unique split screen experiences you can have.

Andrew Lahr is a creative writing major by day, gamer by night. Email questions, comments and column ideas to aplahr@ wisc.edu

Sleigh Bells’ ‘Reign of Terror’ packs punch of reality Turn to darker side for indie band’s sophomore album Katherine Krueger ArtsEtc. Contributor Sleigh Bells did not arrive on the indie music scene quietly. From the first pounding rift on its 2010 debut Treats, the band thrust a defiant fist — or middle finger — in the air, demanding attention with a unique brand of rock that prided itself on being loud.

On its second studio effort, Reign of Terror, the group’s sound succeeds in growing up without getting boring.

While Sleigh Bells was originally the brainchild of guitarist Derek Miller, this

release comes off as the work of a cohesive and visionary band. Alexis Krauss, who quickly became the indie man’s pinup of choice, actively contributed to the production and songwriting of the newest album, and the collaboration shows.

While the tone of the album is markedly darker, the two produce an album that can still pump up the volume at a party without feeling vapid, one of Treats’ main failings.

Terror also succeeds in allowing the band enough proverbial room to grow, which can be a painful undertaking when an established band changes a successful formula on its sophomore release.

Miller, who is responsible for many of the band’s lyrics,

has spoken out about his personal struggles since the release of its party-hard debut, including the death of his father in a motorcycle accident and his mother’s diagnosis with cancer. This sense of everything crashing down in an instant is a sentiment Terror hinges on.

The single “Born to Lose” talks of witnessing a friend’s suicidal thoughts, while “Leader of the Pack” depicts a motorcycle crash and is a far cry from a Shangri-Las cover.

But it isn’t all gloom and doom: Sleigh Bells manages to achieve catharsis through expertly proportioned ‘80s metal sounds (a la Def Leppard), and Krauss’s airy vocals and the tearing guitar chords that were the band’s main gimmick on Treats.

The studded leather jacket defiance that drew fans in the beginning remains, but reappears with a new sense of soul and a well-defined identity.

While this album contains no equivalents to the infectious hooks of “Tell ‘Em,” “Crown on the Ground,” or “Infinity Guitars” off Treats, several of the newest releases are unforgettable, mostly for packing a punch that resonates.

“End of the Line” attempts to articulate the breathless feeling of losing someone important, and “Comeback Kid” is the rallying cry for a washed-up underdog.

Another standout, the hair metal ballad-channeling “You Lost Me” envelopes and expands as Krauss intones,

“Don’t run away from me baby/ Just go away from me baby” in a line that is equal parts raw plea and resigned defiance before building to a familiar thrashing.

The album draws to an end with “D.O.A.,” a song that, with finger snaps as a dominant sound, feels threadbare by Sleigh Bells standards.

As Krauss sings, “How come nobody knows/ How the chorus should go?” it is clear she is done with simply kicking up dust to attract interest among the general din of the band’s contemporaries.

Instead, Terror dwells on the mixed hand life can deal and then dismisses it with a professional poker player’s candor: You win some and you lose some.

If Treats was an album to spend the night head banging, raging and setting the city on fire to, Sleigh Bells’ new album provides glimpses to the dark side of fun: The self-reflection and sense of loss that are known to creep up as the high wears off.

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Sports SLATE, from 8 Forward Brooke Ammerman is coming off a six-point weekend against Ohio State and was named co-WCHA offensive player of the week Wednesday.

The senior leads the team with 41 assists and is tied for third in the nation in points with 68.

In their defensive zone, the Badgers have been equally successful.

Sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby co-leads the nation in save percentage at .950 and has recorded seven shutouts thus far.

With junior defensemen Stefanie McKeough back in the lineup, the depth of Wisconsin’s defense will be tough to break down.

“We have an anchor with Rigsby in the back, so it gives you confidence knowing she is there if you make a mistake,” McKeough said. “We have a lot of depth with the seven of us back there, so anytime one of us is down,

FIAMMETTA, from 8 For a team that shoots 73.4 percent from the free throw line — third in the conference and 44th in the nation — Wisconsin is remarkably stubborn when it comes to actually getting there.

That statistic begs the question: Why in the world is that the case?

“You used to have guys like [Alando] Tucker to get in the lane,” Phil Mitten, a UW basketball blogger, said in a phone conversation, referring to the former Badger and four-year NBA pro who led UW to the 2005 Elite Eight. “If you go back and look at the statistics, he probably helped skew our expectations for what a Bo Ryan-coached team would do in a normal year just because he was so far and away the foul generator on those teams.”

To necessitate moving the ball around in Bo Ryan’s swing offense, post players often need to move further from the hoop, where they’re naturally most comfortable.

He also typically reaches the free throw line fewer times than the normal “big man” — this year, point guard Jordan Taylor leads the team in free throw attempts (130, entering Wednesday night’s contest)

UNFAMILIAR, from 8 of friends and family that’s still up there, so I’m excited.

Some of the guys were asking me where it was. They knew it was in northern Minnesota, but they didn’t really know where, so I was describing that a little bit.”

Joining the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 2010, the Badgers hosted the Beavers last season, sweeping their newest conference adversary with a 3-2 Friday night win and a 2-0 decision Saturday. The teams have met on neutral ice once

the others can get the energy back going.”

McKeough returned to the ice Feb. 12 after suffering an upper body injury but looked like she hadn’t missed a shift.

She has scored a goal and assisted on two since returning.

The Mavericks have put their tough regular season behind them and will likely be ready to make a run at defeating their top-ranked opponent.

Entering the playoffs, the Badgers have one big advantage over their opponents: experience. All but four of their players — the freshmen — were a part of last year’s national championship team and know what it takes to be successful.

“Our younger players will be able to watch the older girls and [that] will certainly help to settle them down,” Johnson said.

“Nothing can buy that, so it’s going to be important.”

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by a wide margin and shooting guard Josh Gasser is third (64). For the season, the Badgers have attempted 317 free throws, ranking them 10th in the Big Ten and 317th in the nation.

“Well, I think we always want to get to the free throw line if we can,” assistant coach Gary Close said. “If the defense is just going to sag all the way around the basket and give you open shots, then you’re going to have to make some to make them come out and create lanes to drive.

But we’ve always wanted to be not only a balanced team inside and out, but also a balanced team with a lot of guys scoring. When we are, we’re a little more effective.”

Recently, players like Jon Leuer, Keaton Nankivil and Brian Butch have filled that role of perimeter-friendly big man for Ryan, adding impressive shooting touches from the perimeter that have made the 3-pointer an increasingly more significant part of the offense.

Always a strong defensive team under Ryan, the Badgers allow just 51.1 points per game, fewest in the nation. UW also ranks fourth in the nation and second in the Big Ten in opposing field goal percentage at 37.4 percent.

Thus, it’s been Wisconsin’s

before, in the first round of the 2006 NCAA tournament.

But in the WCHA era, this week marks only the second time the two teams have met and the first time even Eaves has been to Bemidji’s new arena.

“I talked to (women’s hockey head coach) Mark Johnson at the radio show; he says it’s a great facility,” Eaves said. “… I think everybody is looking really forward to going and seeing what they have to offer.”

With only two more series remaining in regular season play, the Badgers are

of-three series will take place at the Eagle’s Nest in Verona, Wis., an arena that has sold out WCHA playoff games in the past.

“A lot of us really enjoy being out there,” McKeough said. “We have the opportunity to play there in the summer time, so we are familiar with the rink. Obviously we love playing at the Kohl Center, but it’s about the same size rink. We do enjoy it.”

Having put the 4-2 loss against Ohio State behind it, Wisconsin has remained focused on the road ahead during practice. Johnson said a focus on successful power plays and penalty kills this past week will be crucial in this weekend’s games. “[Players] have to understand that when they are one the ice they have to be able to execute, that’s the big thing being able to do it under pressure,” Johnson said. “We will find out a lot about the team this weekend.”

offense that’s prevented the team from seizing a top spot this year in the conference.

The Badgers rank 10th in scoring offense (63.9 points per game) and shots attempted (52.6 per game), as well as 11th in field goal percentage (42.3 percent).

But if a team also doesn’t shoot many free throws, where do its points come from? This is where the 3-point shooting comes into play, and many observers wonder if taking so many shots farther from the hoop really helps facilitate Wisconsin’s offense. This season, the Badgers have attempted 306 3-pointers in conference play, third-most in the Big Ten. “When you rely on the 3-point shot like they do here, you’re always going to stand the chance of either flaming out early or getting hot and going deep [in the NCAA tournament],” Mitten said. “They haven’t done the latter, so either they’re due, or it’s been amazing that they haven’t flamed out in the first round more often considering how much they rely on the 3-point shot.”

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looking to make the most of what games they have left.

Currently sitting in 10th place in the WCHA, Wisconsin trails eighth place Bemidji by only three points.

UW is beyond recognizing the importance of the weekend or any remaining series — the team has known just how important each series has been through the second half of the season. Rather, they just need to win, plain and simple.

“We need four points,” sophomore Keegan Meuer said. “We’ve said it for the past couple of weeks; but it’s

Wisconsin swept by Iowa in 67-66 upset Hawkeyes keep Badgers at bay this season, stall UW once again IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The first 2,000 fans through the doors for Iowa’s home game with No. 16 Wisconsin on Thursday night got a free bobblehead of Hawkeyes senior Matt Gatens.

Gatens made sure the other 12,000 or so were left with something to remember him by as well.

Gatens scored a careerhigh 33 points and Iowa beat No. 16 Wisconsin 67-66 for its second straight win over a ranked opponent.

It was the second straight career-high for Gatens, who had 30 points in Iowa’s win over thenNo. 18 Indiana on Sunday.

He was 7 of 10 shooting from 3-point range in both games, and at one point hit 12 straight 3s dating to that effort against the Hoosiers.

“As a shooter sometimes you get in those zones, and luckily for me it’s going over a few games,” Gatens said. “You get in that zone and you don’t really care who’s on you or where they’re at. You just want to get the ball and put it in.”

Wisconsin (20-8, 9-6 Big Ten) lost for just the third time in 11 games, largely because Gatens kept getting the ball and putting it in.

The Badgers did get within 65-63 on Jordan Taylor’s layup with 4 seconds left. But Gatens made two free throws to cap his brilliant night for the Hawkeyes (15-13, 7-8), who celebrated along with a rowdy bunch of students who stormed the court.

Taylor’s meaningless 3-pointer at the buzzer was the closest the Badgers would get in the second half.

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kind of been do or die for us.

Every game has been the most important game of the season for quite a while now, but we need four points. A split will do us no good.”

For a team that is 1-8-1 on the road, winning has not been an easy task.

But after a 5-2 rout of a potential conference titlecontending Denver team last weekend in its final home game of the season, Wisconsin knows it just has to keep the offense rolling and continue to get shots on net.

“We have to go and bottle what we did on Saturday,”

Evans each had 14 points for Wisconsin, which never led and got swept by Iowa in the regular season for the first time since 1994-95.

“He’s playing really well, and we knew it.

It’s not like we were surprised,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said about Gatens. “You’ve got to give the guy credit when he knocks those kinds of shots down. There was a lot of up hands. It wasn’t hand down, man down.

Those were tough shots.”

With Gatens hitting from long range, Taylor saddled with three fouls and Iowa ahead by 13

“You’ve got to give the guy credit when he knocks those kinds of shots down.”

Bo Ryan UW Men’s Basketball points with 17:33 left, it looked nearly hopeless for the Badgers early in the second half.

Wisconsin rallied behind its well-honed resiliency, getting within a possession midway through the second half.

Iowa answered with Gatens, the heart of soul of a program that he’s helped appear as promising as it’s been since he arrived four years ago.

The Badgers rattled off a 12-2 run, capped when former Iowa commit Ben Brust drilled a 3 in transition to cut the Hawkeyes’ lead to 5148 with 12:56 to go. But Gatens followed two jumpers with challenged 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to push Iowa back ahead 61-50 with 9:13 to go.

Aaron White added 12 points for Iowa. The Hawkeyes won despite going the final 7:29 without a field goal and allowing the Badgers to keep pulling within

Eaves said. “Not only playing well but finishing offensively.

Our [goal] would be to bottle that and take that on the road with us.”

“I think we go back and just look at what we did well and how we did it so well,” Meuer said. “I think it was the first time we put up 35 shots in a while. We kept them under 20, and we got a lot of scoring chances. We got a lot of pucks on the net. … If we just keep getting pucks on net and keep getting traffic in front, we’re going to find ourselves with good opportunities to score.”

Regardless, the Badgers

a possession in a final minute that was more frantic than it needed to be.

“When you’re playing well and you’ve got a lead like that, you’ve just got to shut the door,” White said. “That’s the next step, along with consistent effort like we had tonight.”

Iowa pulled off what at the time appeared to be a stunning New Year’s Eve result; beating Wisconsin 72-65 at the Kohl Center for their first victory in Madison since 2000.

It didn’t look so stunning after the first 20 minutes of the rematch.

Iowa came out and scored 16 points in less than 5 minutes against the nation’s leader in fewest points allowed per game. Gatens hit his first six shots as the Hawkeyes pushed their lead to 35-24.

Melsahn Basabe capped a rousing stretch for Iowa, throwing down a dunk off a through-the-legs pass from Devyn Marble, and White’s slam off another turnover helped put Iowa ahead 43-34 at halftime.

The Hawkeyes were just nine points from topping Wisconsin’s 51.1 points with a half to go. Not surprisingly, it was by far the most the Badgers had let up in the first half all season.

Gatens’ streak ended at 12 straight 3-pointers, and his bid for 13 early in the second half rattled off the rim.

“When someone’s that hot, there’s really nothing you can do,” Evans said.

Rob Wilson chipped in 11 points, Brust had 10 and Taylor finished with nine points, four assists and four turnovers for Wisconsin, which closes out its Big Ten road slate at No. 8 Ohio State on Sunday.a “We’ll prepare for them like we prepare for any other game. We know what we’re facing. We know who they are, where they are. We’ll find the gym and compete,” Ryan said about the Buckeyes.

hope to continue last weekend’s win and its adjoining momentum through the remainder of the season.

“I think Saturday was just huge to get out of a losing streak,” Faust said. “To get that win and play better was a huge boost to the team. It’s just brought back a new level of excitement and energy, and I think we’re just going to try and carry that into Bemidji and keep going. We don’t want to get too carried away, but we have playoffs coming up; we just have to keep improving and getting better every weekend.”

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UW enters unfamiliar territory Wisconsin continues along ‘do-or-die’ 2nd half with 1st-ever road trip to Bemidji State Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor All season long, when the Wisconsin men’s hockey team has taken a road trip, there’s always been concern over how the youngest Badgers will handle a new atmosphere.

As they head to Bemidji State (15-14-3, 9-12-3 WCHA) this weekend, the youngsters aren’t the only ones who have never visited BSU before — in fact, Wisconsin (13-15-2, 8-14-2 WCHA) as a whole has never set foot on its foe’s campus.

“Well, I hope I perform well; I’ll probably be outstanding behind the bench,” head coach Mike Eaves joked.

In fact, some of the guys can’t even locate Bemidji, Minn., on a map.

Sophomore defenseman Joe Faust used to live in the northern woods of Minnesota, not too far away from Bemidji, and has received questions about it.

“I went to a school called Greenway,” Faust said. “I have a lot

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The Wisconsin Badgers head to unfamiliar Bemidji State this weekend in the second-to-last series of the regular season. The Badgers sit just three points behind the Beavers in the conference standings and need to continue their recent success if they want to have any hope of catching BSU this weekend on the road. UW is only 1-8-1 on the road this season.

Fluky 3-point shooting stalls Badgers, again Mike Fiammetta Noah Willman The Badger Herald

Brooke Ammerman posted six points in the final series of the regular season against Ohio State on two goals and four assists. Ammerman leads UW with 41 assists and is second with 68 points.

Mavericks 1st up on playoff slate Wisconsin expects revived determination from Mankato as postseason gives new life Caroline Sage Women’s Hockey Writer After ending the regular season with a disappointing loss to Ohio State last weekend, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team is eager to begin postseason play.

The Badgers (29-3-2, 23-3-2 WCHA) will host Mankato State (7-25-1, 3-241) in the first round of the WCHA tournament this weekend. Finishing the regular season with a record

of 23-3-2 in conference, UW earned the top seed in the tournament.

The Mavericks had a more challenging season, winning only three games against conference opponents. But Wisconsin’s head coach Mark Johnson recognizes that with the end of the regular season, past success no longer makes a difference.

“It’s a playoff atmosphere.

Everyone is at the starting gate; everyone has the same record, so it’s competition,”

Johnson said. “You have to be at a high level, be consistent and eliminate teams, and that is always hard to do.”

Consistency is one thing Wisconsin displayed throughout its season both offensively and defensively.

With six Badger players posting more than 20 points, the Mavericks will have to shut down multiple scorers in order to be successful.

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HOLY CRAP! THAT’S NUTS!

17 UW swept MSU in both regular season series by a combined 17 goals.

Mike’d Up In a word, Wednesday night’s trip to Iowa City was a fiasco for Wisconsin.

Yes, the atmosphere in Carver-Hawkeye Arena last night was raucous and disruptive — it must’ve been, given how the free pizza and bobbleheads for fans prompted a courtrushing following Iowa’s second win of the season against Wisconsin. The Badgers even shot above 50 percent from the field.

Ryan Evans also extended his string of double-digit scoring outings (now at seven), and suddenly, what’s there to complain about?

Ah yes, the final score.

And the fact that this Badgers team, which continues to define itself by its love for the

3-pointer, couldn’t keep pace with a Hawkeyes team lying at 7-8 in Big Ten play. No doubt, Iowa benefited from playing on its home court in shooting 48 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from behind the arc. The great majority of that was senior guard Matt Gatens, who scored 33 points on 12-for18 shooting (7-for-10 from 3-point).

The Badgers, for all the positives they set forth Wednesday night, hit only six of their 16 3-point attempts (37.5 percent).

And of course, that once again limited their free throw attempts, which were sorely needed in the wake of a nine-point halftime deficit and an offense that might’ve been efficient, but not very timely.

UW reached the foul line only three times, and Evans took all three. He made two, and the Badgers were simply unable to keep pace with the hot-shooting Hawkeyes.

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