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Session approaches contentious end Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor In a final late-night session for the Wisconsin Assembly, lawmakers rushed through more than 50 bills to pass before the state’s legislative session ends for the year, including a bill that would make changes to abortion procedures.

Lawmakers debated a bill which would require a physician to conduct a physical examination before giving an abortion-inducing pill to a patient, and mandate a physician be present when giving the pill. The bill passed the Republican-controlled Assembly 60-33 and will head to Gov. Scott Walker for signing.

Under the bill, doctors would also have to inform a woman seeking an abortion 24 hours before the procedure that she has a right to refuse, her consent is not voluntary if anyone coerces her and it is illegal for a doctor to perform an abortion without her consent.

Co-author Rep. Michelle Litjens, R-Oshkosh, asked

lawmakers to consider the bill as a protection for women, not an abortion bill.

“We’re encouraging women to do what they should be doing. Again, this is not about abortion; abortion is very legal in the state of Wisconsin,” Litjens said.

“What we’re talking about here is protecting women and respecting women so

they have the opportunity to make the best decision for themselves.”

Litjens said an abusive boyfriend could coerce a woman into an abortion and this bill would guarantee she is not receiving a procedure she does not want.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, said the bill intrudes on patient-physician

relations by making doctors who do not follow the rules felons.

“This is big brother government. This is a lot more government, and it’s in an area where you least want it” Taylor said.

Legislators turned down 15 amendments offered by

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Potential Mifflin sponsor secured If deal falls through, block party could see hurdles in vending, public amenities Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor Funding for the Mifflin Street Block Party looks more definite after a city meeting Thursday which also brought a proposal for a downtown development.

The Downtown Coordinating Committee met to discuss new developments in the planning of this year’s block party.

There have been efforts in recent months between Mayor Paul Soglin, city staff, neighborhood residents and students to formulate a plan

that makes the party beneficial to all those involved.

Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said this planning committee has met for three weeks now to talk about the details of the upcoming party.

Woulf said the committee has now obtained a potential sponsor, a caterer from Hudson, and that a more solid plan should be put together by Friday or Monday.

“If this plan goes through, we’ll go with this sponsor,” Woulf said. “If not, the city will have to prepare for the absence of a sponsor.”

Ald. Mike Verveer,

District 4, said there has not been a sponsor for most of the 43 years the event has run. However, he said if there is no agreement with a sponsor, there would be none of the facilities such as food vendors, public toilets or entertainment the planning committee had wanted.

He added there would also need to be a change to the city’s vending ordinance, which currently prohibits venders in the part of downtown where the block party takes place.

Woulf said the planning committee is concentrating on work with city officials and

planning the event, while the caterer would be concentrating on the food aspect of the event.

He said this caterer has been in town for the party in previous years.

“Even though we don’t have concrete plans, it is quite exciting to have such a diverse group, especially college students who have not been involved so early on,” Verveer said.

Additionally, Steve Cover, director of planning, community and economic development in the city, presented updates on the project proposed by Soglin to create a new

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Settin’ sail Members of the UW Sailing Team, a group sponsored through Hoofers, gathers at the Memorial Union docks to set their team pier in place. The team is preparing earlier than usual in light of unusually warm temperatures this week.

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Members of the University of Wisconsin community take in the 70 degree weather at the Memorial Union Terrace Thursday. The beloved terrace chairs could return as early as today, forcing people to use ledges as makeshift seats.

Terrace chairs set to make comeback With unusually high temperatures, Union staff agrees to set out UW icons earlier than planned Katie Caron Higher Education Editor As students and alumni took to spots like Memorial Union Terrace and Bascom Hill to enjoy record-breaking high temperatures in Madison Thursday, the Wisconsin Union announced some highlyrequested news.

Although winter does not officially end for four more days, the Union has announced that the iconic chairs that grace the terrace will be back by Monday, and possibly as soon as today.

Wisconsin Union Directorate President Katie Fischer said in an email to The Badger Herald that the Union is working to get the chairs out for today at the earliest and that the recent weather has caused an accelerated timetable since they are usually brought out in mid-April.

Fischer said every year after snow and ice is off of the Terrace, there is an inspection for any needed repairs as well as a thorough cleaning of the surface.

“With the unusually warm

weather … and the fact that the forecast is for it to stay this way for the next couple weeks, we’ve accelerated the timetable,” she said in her email.

She said with the record highs and quick turn around from winter weather, they have been able to change the schedule for the cleaning to Friday morning as well as push the reservation for the trucks needed to move the chairs to an earlier date.

The chairs are stored at a warehouse in Verona, she said, and they are kept inside out of cold weather and precipitation to prolong their life.

Fischer said the chairs are great in their own right with their colors and design but that to her what makes the chairs iconic on campus is the Terrace experience associated with them.

“At least in my opinion, sitting out on the Terrace with a bunch of friends on a warm summer night is what college at UW-Madison is all about,” she said.

Fischer said although the

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City continues to cast doubt INSIDE on landlord-tenant legislation Andrea Choi Herald Contributor Discrepancies between tenants and their landlords came to a head at a city meeting Thursday after the recent passage of two Senate bills that would drastically change the rights of each group.

The Landlord and Tenant Issues Subcommittee met to discuss a Senate bill that passed last November, along the new tenant-landlord

law in a different bill passed Wednesday.

Board members said many tenants and some landlords are still confused or uninformed about the new legislations.

Brenda Konkel, executive director of the Tenant Resource Center, said the November bill has a huge impact on tenants, including students.

One of the key items of the bill says that security deposits imposed on tenants

are no longer limited to one month’s rent. Another major change is that landlords can deny housing when tenants refuse to disclose their social security number.

Landlords also do not have to take pictures to show the conditions of the property and things that need to be repaired to the tenants.

“The problem is that many legislators are landlords themselves,” she said. “A lot

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100 block gains alternative plan Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor The hotly debated plan for the 100 block of State Street now has yet another perspective that would alter the appearance of the downtown area.

The new proposal, from Landmarks Commission member Stuart Levitan, would retain the Fairchild and Schubert buildings, planned for demolition under the main plan put forth by Jerry Frautschi and Pleasant Rowland, and instead replace the Buell and Haswell buildings with open green space.

Levitan said the Buell and Haswell buildings on State Street do not retain many important historic features any longer and said having a garden in the space there would break up the block nicely.

“We could sacrifice the Buell and Haswell buildings for the overall good of the project, whereas the Fairchild building has more historic value, and the Schubert building is already a landmark,” Levitan said.

He said the only way to save the Fairchild building is to replace the Buell and Haswell buildings, but that it is a sacrifice the Landmarks Commission is willing to make.

Jason Tish, spokesperson for the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, said the trust has been working on a similar project to Levitan’s, which it presented several weeks ago to city committees.

Tish said the Trust likes the idea of an open space mid-block on the street, rather than on a corner as in the Frautschi proposal.

He said there has been fairly earnest reception in the planning department toward Levitan’s idea and that the trust could also support him.

Levitan said he used the same architect and illustrator to design his project that the trust did for its alternative

Tenant Bill Highlights • Check-in and check-out forms or photos are no longer required to deduct damages from security deposits • Landlords can give 12hour notice instead of 24 hours before showing apartments • Landlords can ask for any amount as a security deposit instead of one month’s rent or less SOURCE: TenantResourceCenter.org

proposal, but the projects themselves are separate.

Tish said if the 100 Block Foundation, Frautschi’s organization, wants to have open space on the block, then working with others to come up with a design for the dense urban block is a good compromise.

“Right now, it’s not an attractive block, and that’s one of the complaints of the foundation,” Tish said. “It can very easily be made to be attractive.”

He said other aspects of the foundation’s plan could still be used, such as the demolition and reconstruction of the Vallender Building and the rehabilitation of the Castle and Doyle building, both on State Street.

To redesign the open space and create it where the Buell and Haswell buildings are could make it an attractive space, Tish said.

Levitan said he is confident his plan would be a success, both among city committees and city residents.

“I really believe the Frautschis are trying to do a good thing,” Levitan said. “They are trying to do something they think will be good for downtown, and it’s important to recognize that,” he said.

He said the Frautschis’ $20 million proposal is a generous gift, but it may not be the one the city wants.

Levitan said even if all the city committees and the City Council approve the 100 Block Foundation’s proposal, many of the city’s residents will not like the project.

“If the Frautschis say it’s good enough for them, this thing would go through unanimously,” Levitan said.

“I respect how difficult the process has been for them, but at some point, they have to realize there’s an easy way to do something and a hard way to do something.”

As of press time, calls to Frautschi and Project Manager George Austin had not been returned.

TENANT, from 1 of students participated in the rally last year, but the bill got passed anyway.”

The Tenant Resource Center has designed two versions of new “Tenant and Landlord Rights and Responsibilities” pamphlets.

In one of the versions, old legislation changed by the November bill is crossed out so readers can better understand the changes, Konkel said.

Committee members said that despite how the new marked pamphlets are

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ASM Transportation Program Adviser Margaret Bergamini says UW faculty and students make up around 50 percent of the Metro riders.

Budget cuts could mean hike in UW transit funds Tahleel Mohieldin Herald Contributor Student budget concerns over campus transportation were addressed at a University of Wisconsin student government meeting Wednesday when the Student Services Finance Committee heard a budget presentation from Student Transportation Program Board members.

The STPB proposed budget for the 2013 fiscal year amounted to $4,219,700, a five percent— or between $150,000 and $200,000— increase from last year’s budget.

Wilson said the hike can be attributed to an increase in bus ridership, which includes an increase in student use of the service.

“We are very happy about [the increase in ridership], and we want people to ride the bus — we want people to use their passes,” said SSFC Vice Chair Chase Wilson, who is also a member of the transportation board.

Wilson also said students make up the highest number of metro users, generating nearly three million buss pass uses in an academic year.

Associated Students of Madison Transportation Program Advisor Margaret Bergamini added that close to 50 percent of Madison Metro’s ridership

very long, it is important to make them available to avoid confusions.

In addition to to the November bill, the Senate passed a bill Wednesday which rewrote tenant-landlord laws.

One key part of the new bill is that the state and cities now cannot prohibit landlords from pursuing eviction of a tenant. Cities are not allowed to ban evictions on holidays such as Christmas and landlords are also given the power to dispose of leftbehind property.

“A big change is that they can basically have [tenants’]

is comprised of UW faculty and students.

“This is a status quo year for Madison Metro; it is difficult to get public funding in the U.S.,” Bergamini said.

Wilson said this is a result of budget cuts at all levels of the government, which have meant it is increasingly harder to get funding for federal and state transportation and that all consumers — including students — will face increased costs.

The budget for SafeCab, a complimentary service to students late at night, however, has decreased $20,000, which also reflects a change in ridership, Wilson said.

While ridership for SafeCabs have decreased, Wilson said STPB has no plans to discontinue the service.

He added that the STPB budget reflects usage, so there are no additional charges for upkeep. STPB is still hoping for a large-scale study on UW bus systems so it can make changes for next year, Wilson said.

During the hearing, STPB also proposed a decrease in advertising and promotion costs for next year. The board intends to pull advertisement for bus passes from the popular satirical newspaper, The Onion, and instead opt to advertise via UW email list servers.

In the presentation of the workers’ compensation line of the budget, Bergamini said the hours students put in distributing the cards is necessary especially with the increasing demand for bus passes. STPB employs students at $9.19 an hour to distribute the buss passes.

“Never have we had a site closed because no one was there, and hopefully [we] never will,” she added.

The compensation piece of the budget will remain as it has been in the last couple of years, if passed as proposed. SSFC will make a decision on STPB’s overall budget at the next SSFC meeting, which will be held March 18.

SSFC also discussed committee Chair Sarah Neibart’s meeting with Interim Chancellor David Ward in which she talked with him about the committee’s non-allocable budget recommendations.

Neibart said she told Ward “this is what we recommend, (and) this is what students can pay.”

Neibart met with Ward last Wednesday to report SSFC’s budget for the year.

Neibart said she is uncertain how the chancellor will respond but is prepared to appeal to the Board of Regents if Ward overturns SSFC’s decision.

The committee anticipates a response from Ward next Wednesday.

property left behind or abandoned and sell them and profit from it,” Konkel said.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said that the new bill is much less about Madison and has a lot to do with storage properties. She added that the language of the text in the bill is very hard to understand and may cause confusion.

Konkel said only a small group of landlords are aware of the possible new changes.

“We are in very bad shape before it involves rewriting everything and retraining your staff and volunteers.

It’s absolutely awful that they don’t understand,” Konkel said.

She also said many people have been

contacting the center for information, but the center does not have the capacity to fulfill all its needs.

Assistant City Attorney Lana Mades said no changes in legal documents can be made based on the the bill before it is approved by the Assembly and the governor.

Konkel said she would hold off making any decision about the bills for the moment.

She said the changes made in the pamphlets are only based on the November bill at the current stage. If the new pamphlets are approved by the whole housing committee, they will be available on the Internet and will also be distributed physically to landlords.

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Study connects drinking to ER costs UW researchers examine link between college students blacking out, medical care fees Julia Skulstad Herald Contributor

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A catering company out of Hudson has shown interest in sponsoring this year’s block party. Without a sponsor, the city would have to make amendments to controlling the party.

MIFFLIN, from 1 facility for the Madison Fire Department.

The proposal at Johnson, Henry and Dayton would be a mixed-use project with developer Hovde Properties for more permanent, professional housing along with new administrative space for MFD’s Station One. Cover said the property to be developed, owned

by Hovde, is directly adjacent to the current location of the administration site for Station One. MFD officials have said the current facility is too small for the number of officers at the station and that the building is in need of repairs.

SESSION, from 1 Democrats. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, offered a substitute amendment, tabled on a 61-32 vote, which would have applied the bill to men who take Viagra.

Pocan listed the side effects of Viagra, which include chest pains, blurred vision and gastritis, a disease Pocan did not know about but said sounds “really bad.”

“I think in 14 years that’s the first time I’ve had the chance to say erectile dysfunction on the floor,” Pocan said.

He said his amendment would establish equality between both genders under the bill, rather than targeting one gender unfairly. Pocan added the bill shows legislators do not trust Wisconsinites to make decisions.

While admitting the side effects of Viagra sound “terrible,” Rep. Tom Larson, R-Colfax, said a difference exists between administering Viagra and getting an abortion.

“There’s a side effect to abortion also: a guarantee that 100 percent of the time there’s going to be a dead baby,” Larson said.

The Assembly also passed a bill on a 80-14 vote establishing Walker’s Lead to Read initiative, which aims to have all students reading by fourth grade. It too will go to Walker’s desk for signing.

Rep. Sondy PopeRoberts, D-Middleton, said she would support the bill but would have liked it to include accountability measures for voucher schools especially since taxpayers are funding the students.

As of 3 a.m., Democrats were still in caucus. The Assembly was planning on taking up tenants’ rights legislation, but had not yet debated the bill as of press time.

TERRACE. from 1 chairs will be coming out within the next few days, the Terrace will not be operating in full capacity quite yet since there is still the possibility of a hard frost that could harm hardto-repair equipment.

In an online post, the Union said the first person to take a picture of the chairs and tag “The Wisconsin Union” in their Facebook photo could be featured in the Union’s “Terrace Views” newsletter.

Cover said the renovation of the current facility, which is on the city’s budget schedule, would cost $1.6 million if it went through.

“We have an opportunity to create a brand new, state-ofthe-art facility in this brand new development package,” Cover said. “As of this morning, we’re moving forward and hoping this can work out.”

The developers’ goal of beginning construction before Dec. 31 may seem “aggressive,” he said, and it may be one of the biggest issues the developers run into.

There are several upcoming city meetings scheduled to discuss the project further.

The results of a study from two University of Wisconsin researchers suggest alcohol-induced blackouts are a strong predictor of emergency room costs for college drinkers.

According to the study, which the researchers conducted on students who consumed the same amount of alcohol, those who experienced six or more blackouts in one year were 70 percent more likely to visit the ER than those who did not deal with blackouts.

The study said out of 954 students monitored, 404 visited the emergency department throughout a two-year observation period, and of these visits, oneeighth were associated with blackout drinking.

Injuries from these visits ranged from broken bones to head and brain injuries.

Marlon Mundt, assistant professor at UW who conducted the study, said the field an understudied area of research that can be used to identify students who are at high risk for ER visits, where those who experience alcohol-induced blackouts are placed in the high-risk group.

According to the study, the ability to assess health care costs associated with high-

risk college drinkers could help inform policy makers and school administrators in their decision making on cost-effective ways to combat alcohol injury on college campuses.

“Not everyone who drinks ends up in the ER,” Mundt said. “But if we raise awareness on this issue, hopefully this connection will have some impact in reigning in high-risk drinking events on college campuses.”

According to Mundt, UW makes contact with students through University Health Services and disciplinary events, as well as in times where excessive drinking is not an issue.

He added more should be done to help students become more aware of the consequences associated with experiencing alcoholinduced blackouts.

“There needs to be more research on this topic, but starting at UW and shining a light on this issue is a good first step,” Mundt said.

Mundt said his research was based on data coming

Binge Drinking: By the numbers

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from a college health intervention study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism conducted at five universities in the U.S. and one university in Canada.

Mundt took the data from this study and then asked specific questions about college drinking and the consequences associated

with it, he said.

To do this, Mundt said he put together data from blackouts and emergency departments to see if they were connected.

“And that’s what I found,” Mundt said. “Since ER visits can be costly, I wanted to quantify just how much of an impact that high-risk drinking is associated with high-cost medical care.”

Tom Sieger, Prevention Director at the University Health Services, said UW in particular has a history of heavy drinking.

“We do have some concerns,” Sieger said.

“We have many sources of data and information that suggests that UW-Madison students engage in high-risk drinking much more so than their colleges in other UW System schools.”

Sieger pointed to a study administered by UHS throughout the System schools, which found 70 percent of UW students engage in high-risk or binge drinking compared to 62 percent doing so in other UW System schools.

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Wis. must return to comprehensive sex education Hannah Sleznikow Columnist In light of the recent repeal of the Wisconsin’s Healthy Youth Act, school sex education has been thrust into the spotlight as a critical controversial issue, as reported by Reuters.

According to NARAL ProChoice Wisconsin, there are roughly 900,000 teen pregnancies in the United States each year, and 48 percent of all new sexually transmitted infection (STI) cases occur among teens and young adults ages 15-24.

Based on these staggering statistics, it is very apparent why this issue has raised public concern.

The rationale of

the law’s conservative opponents is clear; in their minds abstinencefocused education offers a sufficient solution to the moral dilemma posed by teenage sex. However, society’s approach to sex education can have far greater implications than the moral ones upon which these opponents base their argument.

The implementation of abstinence-focused education in schools will likely lead to lack of awareness among young people, and, by extension, elevated teen pregnancy and STI rates — both consequences that will adversely affect the economy and society at large.

One of the most significant consequences of teen pregnancy is an increase in high school dropout rates. According to One Wisconsin Now, more than 60 percent of mothers

under the age of 18 never graduate from high school.

In addition, young fathers are also more likely to drop out. In a society in which a high school diploma is often a fundamental requirement for minimum-wage employment, this poses a serious problem.

Young parents forced to drop out will inevitably suffer the consequences of being undereducated in a competitive economy where advancement is heavily dependent upon academic credentials. Gone are the days when the acquisition of a high school diploma offered a guarantee of employment; graduation from high school has become a basic expectation for success in the work force.

The failure of young parents to complete a high school education is bound to affect more than just the individuals that drop out. Society and

the Wisconsin economy will suffer as a result of increased teen pregnancy.

As shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a correlation between the quality of worker education and higher earnings and lower unemployment rates. Although seemingly an isolated issue, the high school dropout rate resulting from teen pregnancy could have a far greater impact if teen pregnancy rates increase as a result of the repeal of the Healthy Youth Act. Although teen pregnancy is an adverse result of inadequate sex education, it is certainly not the only one. STI rates are also disproportionately high among teens and young people ages 1524, arguably due to a sex education program that fails to account for real-life circumstances. In essence, protecting oneself from STIs can be as simple as knowing

how to properly use effective barrier methods, such as condoms. However, hindering a complete education on sexual health by implementing of abstinence-focused sex education programs is unwise. The result will likely lead to fewer young people gaining a full awareness of birth control options and sexual wellness that could lead to immeasurably safer sexual practices.

In terms of social consequences, studies done by groups like Advocates for Youth consistently indicate that abstinence-focused sex education has little effect on sexual behavior in youth.

With this in mind, the approach to sex education should be focused more on educating young people within the confines of their already existing attitudes rather than attempting to facilitate change where it is unlikely to occur.

Whether we as a

society —our legislators in particular — are willing to accept it or not, young people are going to engage in sexual behavior. This is an undeniable reality that we need to accept and learn to respond to effectively.

Abstinence-focused education programs fail to address youth sexual health issues in the confines of this reality. No one is denying that abstinence is the safest approach to sex, however it is utterly unreasonable to presume that all, or even most young people will choose this route. It is time for Wisconsin’s legislators to learn to accept reality. The fact that young people have sex is not changing. What must change, however, is the return to comprehensive and honest sex education for our youth.

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

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Republican presidential nominee hopeful Rick Santorum is running against other potential candidates, including Mitt Romney, in Wisconsin’s primary. The contest will prove to be unpredictable thanks to the state’s unique political year.

Republican primary set to be unpredictable in Wis. Ryan Plesh Columnist The Wisconsin Primary is coming up on April 3. A recent poll by Marquette Law School shows former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum with a healthy 16-point lead over the nextclosest candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

The Wisconsin GOP Primary could be pretty important. Romney will almost certainly win the Republican nomination regardless of what happens, but Santorum could prove to be another slick spot on the road to the nomination.

Moreover, the contest could be telling for state elections, despite difficulties in interpreting the results because of the open primary.

Upon looking at a map of the primary results thus far, like this one from The New York Times, it is easy to see who is winning.

Romney is winning not only in total number of states and delegates, but also potential swing states in the general election. Neither Gingrich nor Santorum has won a potential swing state yet.

A brokered convention is the only possibility that would allow someone other than Romney to be the Republican nominee.

This is unlikely in the first place, but even if it occurs, Romney will probably still be the nominee. He will have won far more delegates than any other candidate, and it would just be too

controversial to strip him of his frontrunner status so late in the game.

Of course, only so much analysis can be extracted, because there are no Republicans facing Democrats in the primaries.

Still, Romney is worried about losing Wisconsin. This could be an indication that the state is polarized and its Republicans have moved even further to the right.

If Santorum wins, it could energize the Walker campaign. Rick Santorum is a divisive candidate.

Whether you agree with him or not, he tells it the way he sees it, and that is often controversial and even offensive. Similarly, despite protests by scores of thousands of people, Gov. Scott Walker brazenly stayed the course with his budget plan. If Wisconsinites are willing to go for a divisive candidate like Santorum, that may be a sign of their willingness to re-elect Walker.

Further complicating matters, Wisconsin has an open primary, which means that all registered voters in the state are permitted to vote in the primaries.

This can lead to interesting results in any primary season; the reasons someone of a different political persuasion may cast a ballot for someone on the other side can be complicated.

In this rather bizarre primary season, it is no secret that some liberallyminded individuals have been voting for Santorum either simply to further fracture Republican unity, or because they are confident Obama would beat Santorum in a general election. An open primary makes it more difficult to try to extrapolate the primary results to the recall election.

In addition, the Wisconsin voter ID law was just recently struck down by a Dane County judge, so it will not be in effect for the primary. Many people who would have perhaps been disenfranchised by the new legislation will be able to vote in the April primary if they so choose. Among the groups most likely to have been affected by the law are the homeless, minorities and students, especially those from out of state.

On top of all of this, the primary will be held April 3, right in the middle of spring break. Some students may be sticking around Madison and may still choose to vote, but many others will be out of the state or even the country. Student participation in Republican primaries is probably pretty low on this campus anyway, but it still means a less representative sample of the population. I do not think it is too bold to predict that few students would be out at the polls supporting Santorum.

The results of the Wisconsin primary will be tough to predict.

If Santorum wins, the Walker campaign will be encouraged by Wisconsinites’ support of a social conservative like Walker. At first glance, common sense would seem to support the notion that a more moderate, purple state like Wisconsin would be inclined toward Romney. However, the open primary changes the game by including registered Democrats and independents, and common sense seems to be in short supply this primary season.

Boop! However odd the name is, it signifies a distinct shift in the potential of a group of individuals running for the Associated Students of Madison Student Council.

The calm, yet determined nature of the Boop slate reminds me of something one of the best visionaries in the movement to rebuild the American dream, Grace Lee Boggs, said.

According to Boggs, “These are the times to grow our souls. Each of us is called upon to embrace the conviction that despite the powers and principalities bent on commodifying all our human relationships, we have within us the power to create the world anew.” By now you’re probably wondering what a 96-year-old activist has to do with the Boop slate, let alone the ASM Student Council elections.

Simply put, the Boop slate is different from other slates that have

run for council because a majority of the students running are unaffiliated with student organizations.

In fact, this year they’re relatively unaffiliated with anyone; this is arguably the first time students have come together organically, in contrast to being selected by the small, entrenched group of ASM “career professionals.” I, having served as a first year representative two years ago, only decided to run after I found out how promising the group seemed. Their goal is to pool elements of their creative vision to bring positive change to campus.

The slate’s platform may sound relatively familiar to folks on campus who have been around for a couple of years because it is based on the tenants of accessibility of resources, maximizing accountability from the administration and transparency between ASM and its members and increased involvement and participation from fellow University of Wisconsin

students.

However, it is fundamentally different in one distinct way: The issues are approached with a calm, collected understanding of what change requires on this campus, and there is an element of “coolness” that inevitably reflects the fact that the students on the slate are as interested in enacting positive change as they are in getting to know one another, and other students in a “soulful” way.

Perhaps this is how Grace Lee Boggs has had an influence on this year’s election. Boop’s goal is “to create the world anew,” or in this case, transform ASM back to what it really is: an association with the mission of activating students to seek positive change and not a student government preoccupied on enforcing pointless bylaw changes on a mostly uninterested majority.

Maxwell Love (mlove@ wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in political science and African-American studies.

Adelaide Blanchard The Badger Herald

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

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Badger Herald alum, New York Times’ Bassey Etim embraces digital technology with ‘The God Project’ Katie Foran-McHale ArtsEtc. Columnist Bassey Etim, an alumnus of both the University of Wisconsin and The Badger Herald, has an impressive resume. He’s currently the community manager for The New York Times, he published his first book, “The God Project,” late last year and he released an accompanying soundtrack on which he performs. Oh, and he’s 25-years-old.

Etim’s interest in journalism began while growing up on Milwaukee’s north side, watching network and cable news with his mother. But gradually, his interest began to shift away from broadcasting.

“I realized that the printed word was the only form of news that wasn’t corrupted by the needs of its format,” he said. “In TV, you can only tell the story that fits within a certain space, whereas there’s a lot of great ways to package something in print or on the web.”

And while he incorporates many aspects of multimedia in his current work at the Times and in his recently published novel, the printed word remains one of his top passions.

After moving to Madison from Milwaukee to complete a degree in journalism and political science, Etim began his varied resume at the Herald, where he started as a state political reporter, moved to opinion writing and editing, covered sports and arts and eventually worked his way up to the position of managing

editor.

Shortly after graduating, Etim scored his job at the Times, where he runs a team of comment moderators for the newspaper’s website. He sets the moderation guidelines and serves as the editorial head of a team of developers that builds user-generated content in a role that he describes as “a tech guy for the newsroom” where he blogs and does some reporting on the side.

“I try to translate the Times’ standards into standards that work for Internet content and for all kinds of user-generated content,” he said.

The approach at the Times to control commenting is one where quality trumps quantity.

In any given article, Etim strives to make the comments section its own piece of content.

“People can come to the Times for quality stuff, scroll down to the end of an article and see other smart, intelligent opinions here,” he said. “It’s all high quality, good analysis from your fellow citizens from around the world.”

In between painting the walls of the Herald office his junior year of college and taking one week off to write in his Brooklyn apartment, Etim completed his first novel, “The God Project.” It tells the story of two manufactured prophets in a time of political apathy. In the book, UW graduate political science student Ashley Ambrose preaches hope and optimism for a global resolution to unify under one government while glorified businessman Jack Coppell singlehandedly ends a Nigerian civil war and calls for

the disassembly of government as a whole. Audiences are receptive to both “prophets,” as a scientific endeavor is revealed that would change humankind.

The book, by and for the digital age we live in, is available only in digital form and has an accompanying website to provide readers an entry point with multimedia materials including character diaries, Etim’s soundtrack, excerpts, an upcoming music video and more.

“I got to try some cool experimental stuff that helped me tell the story I wanted to tell,” he said.

And much like the multifaceted way Etim is presenting the novel with its complementary materials, the book itself is presented in an unusual way. Narrated by one of its protagonists, an engineer who brings about colossal human discovery, the book assumes the reader — a person who lives decades in the future — already knows parts of the story, revealing itself to today’s audiences in small but seductive pieces.

One of the novel’s most captivating moments is when Ambrose, the young prophet spawned by a UW political science professor, declares on a media celebrity’s tour, “I am more human than the nation-state, and I won’t die for her unless she’ll die for me.” It may seem trite to today’s jaded reader, but with the intricate priming of the book’s geopolitical climate and circumstances, it leaves Ambrose’s audiences in an uproar and quickly earns him prophet status.

In writing the book, Etim reflected on his motives. In the age of new media, he thought, “What would happen if Jesus came back today? There would be a certain modernism to it,” he said.

Etim’s fondness for UW also shines throughout, with references to students and professors at the Memorial Union Terrace, UW buildings and campus reporters.

In his list of acknowledgments at the end of the book, Etim pays tribute to his years at the Herald: “As long as you exist, and so long as pure love for the art of journalism is in your hearts, this country will have a fighting chance.”

For more info about Etim and “The God Project,” go to www. godprojectextras.com.

Young author gives ‘Boomerang Generation’ voice Leigh Stein’s novel documents year in life of recent grad living back at home Sam Berg ArtsEtc. Reporter Leigh Stein published her debut novel this year, proving herself as a strong writer with a sharp awareness of contemporary youth culture.

“The Fallback Plan” offers a realistic depiction of a girl forced to move back in with her parents and get a job babysitting in her first year out of college, all the while trying to cope with the question of what it means to “grow up.”

The Badger Herald had a chance to speak with Stein about writing a first novel and the experience of getting a book published.

“It’s funny,” Stein said.

“You think your book is going to come out and your life is going to be completely different.

But mostly my life is the same. I work two jobs and I go to school full-time at Brooklyn College. So it’s pretty busy (laughs).”

Stein’s idea for the book came from her first-hand experience as a boomerang child returning home to

her parents.

“Having just lived at home the experience was really fresh in my mind as something I wanted to write about,” Stein said.

“Esther [the main character] is a kind of exaggerated version of me. It’s a fictional book but I wanted to describe that experience at home when you’re kind of caught between childhood and adulthood and that’s definitely something I experienced as well,” she explained.

The vivid realism of “Fallback Plan” comes as no accident for Stein, whose first-hand experience of a strange professional relationship informed the story.

“I set out to write a babysitting story because when I was 20 I had a job babysitting for a woman,” Stein said. “We got into an intense relationship where I basically felt like she was paying me to be her friend.

I cared a lot about the child but eventually I had to quit because it was like I was spending every waking hour with this person. That experience really rattled me and was something I wanted to write about.”

Like many writers, Stein went into retreat to work on her art.

“I was living at home in

Chicago with my parents and I met a guy who knew I wanted to be a writer. He said, ‘Why don’t we move somewhere so you can write a book?’ So we moved to Albuquerque, N.M., and that’s where I started the book,” Stein said.

While Jack Kerouac was said to have written “On The Road” in one fevered writing session and Samuel Taylor Coleridge claimed to write poems in his dreams, Stein’s creative process seems a lot more like actual work.

“I like writing in the mornings. I write really slowly so I tend to underwrite. A lot of people overwrite but I need to set word-count goals for myself,” Stein said.

“Usually I write a scene of dialogue first, almost like a play, and then I fill in all the other stuff that happens. I keep going from the morning until I meet my work goal and then I have a glass of wine,” Stein said with a laugh.

Stein was forced to come to terms with people’s interpretations of her book and their newly-formed ideas of her as a writer.

While Stein sees herself as just writing what she knows, some see her as speaking for a generation.

“I just wanted to write about a babysitter,” Stein

said. “But a weird thing that happened to me was, you know, you write a book and you think that it’s one book. But then everyone’s like ‘Oh you’ve written a coming-of-age story’ or ‘You wrote a book about the Boomerang Generation.’”

People’s reactions to her first book, while mostly positive, have put pressure on Stein as an artist.

“Now that I’m writing a second novel, that’s more stressful for me because now people have read my work and there’s this expectation of what kind of a writer I am. People are like ‘Oh, she’s such a funny writer’ and I think ‘Do I have to be funny all the time? Is that my shtick?’”

Stein said.

As a current college student, Stein identifies strongly with other undergrads who may be trying to pursue writing as a career. For these creative types, Stein had this advice to offer.

“It’s one thing to finish writing something and give it to your mom who’s going to tell you how wonderful you are, but having a couple good readers who are nice to you but know how to give you criticism is really important,” Stein said.

For those looking to see

their name in ink, she added, “With publishing: just start [with small publications] and just get a few things published. You can look online for literary magazines.

Just build you portfolio that

way.”

Leigh Stein’s first novel, “The Fallback Plan,” is available at book retailers nationwide. For more information about the book or the author visit www.mphbooks.com

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Sports FOE, from 8 Head coach Mark Johnson said the WCHA conference tournament loss may have helped his team grow.

“It’s one of those games where [Minnesota-Duluth] probably wanted a little more than we did,” Johnson said.

“In the big picture, that’s okay. If it helped us win this past Saturday, then it’s a good thing. The biggest trophy, the biggest prize, is yet to be given out, and that’s the one we’re shooting for.”

Johnson and many of his players own NCAA tournament and Frozen Four experience that is often invaluable this time of year.

This marks Knight’s fourth Frozen Four in her four seasons at Wisconsin.

“I’m not nervous; I’m more of an excited nervous if anything,” Knight said. “I know the format. I know the ins and outs on what needs to be done and what you have to do. And I’ve also lost going to the Frozen Four, so I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum.

I think if anything, it brings sort of a different type of wisdom.”

That loss came in Knight’s freshman year at the 2008 National Championship game against Minnesota-Duluth.

Although it was four years ago, the game took place in Duluth, making Knight even

more motivated to avenge that loss.

“I have my freshman year engraved in the back of my mind,” Knight said. “That’s definitely a huge regret, and it’d be nice to go out and leave without any regrets.”

With experienced team leaders like Knight and Decker, Johnson is confident in his team. But he knows the outcome of this year’s Frozen Four stands upon the Badgers’ performance in big moments.

“It really comes down to executing,” Johnson said.

“We can talk a lot about little things, but it really comes down to playing relaxed, playing confident and playing to win.”

FIAMMETTA, from 8 he scored 19 points while dishing out six assists.

Taylor was starting to catch fire right when Wisconsin needed it most.

In the Badgers’ final five games of the season, UW’s point guard averaged 17.6 points per game.

But as a point guard, particularly in Bo Ryan’s system, Taylor’s never been just a scorer.

Thursday’s game against Montana was perfect evidence of that, as he scored 17 points but added eight rebounds and six assists without turning the ball over once.

Occasionally, in those moments where Wisconsin’s offense just doesn’t seem to work, Badgers fans clamor for Taylor to be more aggressive on offense. It sure is encouraging to see him score nearly 30 points in a game, but a wellrounded effort like the one he set forth against Montana most aptly situates Wisconsin for victory. Moving forward, a Taylor who is clicking on all cylinders while still providing for his teammates bodes very well for the Badgers.

No. 2 reason for optimism: Ryan Evans keeps showing up As great as the stud on any given team can be, the No. 2 option is almost always necessary to achieve true greatness.

For the Badgers this season, that’s been Evans.

The 6-foot-6, 210-pound guard/forward has blossomed into a player who can truly do it all on the court — shoot, drive, rebound and defend.

Evans is second on the team with 10.9 points per game and first with 6.8 rebounds per game.

More importantly, he’s been the steadiest Badger over the second half of

EVANS, from 8 to 48-38. But the Badgers called timeout and then outscored Montana 25-11 the rest of the way, never letting the Grizzlies push the pace like they wanted.

“They weren’t turning the ball over,” Cherry said.

“We sped them up at times, but I felt like somehow they always kicked it to an

the season. In each of his last 12 games, Evans has scored in double figures.

Twice in that span he recorded a double-double.

Against Montana, Evans tied for the game-high with 18 points while also adding eight rebounds.

His emergence as a bona fide complement to Taylor eases the scoring load falling on the shoulders of his teammates while also fostering a steadying presence for a team prone to lethal scoring droughts.

In Evans, the Badgers have a player big enough to score on the post and in the paint but also step back and sink a jumper.

Evans, like so many Wisconsin forwards over the years, is also a skilled perimeter player in that when he’s on the floor, defenses have to account for him. Though he was 2-for-6 from 3-point range against Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament, Evans will never be mistaken for a 3-pointer.

However, his agility and ball skills make him a threat to consistently drive to the hoop that defenses absolutely must account for.

In every aspect of his game, Evans is light years ahead of where he was as a sophomore. Now, he’s nearly as important to this team as Taylor.

No. 3 reason for optimism: Rob Wilson won’t slow down Since his “Holy S***, Did He Really Just Do That?”

30-point performance in Wisconsin’s win over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament, there’s no way to avoid talking about Wilson.

Previously known as the Badgers’ “other senior” behind Taylor, Wilson emerged as the Badgers’ most important role player down the stretch. Particularly with Bruesewitz struggling to

open shooter who made a dagger 3, and put a little damper in our comeback.”

The Grizzles shot just 38 percent against the nation’s No. 1 scoring defense.

“We pride ourselves on creating doubt in the minds of our opponents, and I thought they really did a good job of that tonight,” Montana coach Wayne Tinkle said. “Our guys battled back. We made a nice little run there in the second half and they always had an answer, a lot of dagger plays there in the second half, so proud of my group. It’s been a heck of a year.”

The Badgers held Cherry, Montana’s leading scorer (16.0) and spark plug, to nine points on 3-of-14 shooting — and zero assists.

“We just made sure

put points on the board, Wilson’s ability to come off the bench and fit right in paid dividends for a Wisconsin team that appeared to have all its pieces finally fitting together just right. After seeing 16 minutes of playing time against Michigan State Feb. 16, Wilson finished the season playing at least 10 minutes in each game.

He scored 11 points against Iowa, nine three days later in Wisconsin’s rousing road upset of Ohio State and then finished the regular season with eight points on senior day.

Then came his 30-point outburst in Indianapolis, and there was no way Wilson was fading out of sight any time soon.

More so than any singular statistic, Wilson’s greatest contribution comes in that he can take the floor and supply nearly anything Wisconsin needs.

Though he certainly won’t have too many more 30-point games, his scoring acumen is proven.

Wilson, listed as a guard/ forward at 6-foot-4, 200 pounds can also defend opponents of varying size while maintaining an ability to put the ball on the floor and drive to the hoop with frequency.

Perhaps it sounds silly to hail a bench player as one of Wisconsin’s biggest strengths moving forward through the NCAA tournament, but that’s just how the Badgers’ season has unfolded. Outside of Taylor, several players have had to step into unfamiliar roles. Now, Wilson is that player, and Wisconsin is absolutely better for it.

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism.

How do you feel about the Badgers’ chances in the NCAA Tournament? Let him know on Twitter @ mikefiammetta.

that we tried to run him off the 3-point line and tried to get some help to him and squeeze the court, make the driving lane smaller,” Ryan said.

Wisconsin had to replace three senior forwards who went on to play pro ball -- Jon Leuer (18.3-point average), Keaton Nankivil (9.7) and Tim Jarmusz (3.9).

Thanks to Taylor, their trio of replacements combined to average 26.9 points.

Taylor’s stats all went down, surely costing him a shot at another All-America honor, but it was all so that the Badgers would be rolling like they are now.

“Well, I know I certainly wouldn’t want to trade him with the deadline today,” Ryan cracked, referring to the main story in the NBA on Thursday.

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#SCHULTZ WATCH Men’s hockey junior D-man was named a top-10 finalist for the 2012 Hobey Baker

Evans leads men’s hoops in 1st round Finishing 10-of-19 from long distance, Badgers overpower Grizzlies 73-49 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Backseat Badger?

Not on this day.

All-America point guard Jordan Taylor deliberately diminished his offensive output during his senior season, knowing he had to nurture three new starting forwards if Wisconsin was to have any chance of another NCAA tournament run in March.

On Thursday, Taylor scored 17 points, pulled down eight rebounds, dished out six assists and committed no turnovers in masterfully directing the fourth-seeded Badgers’ 7349 rout of Montana in the East Regional.

“I’m just coming out trying to do anything I can to help my team win,” Taylor said. “I felt like I got some open looks there, especially in the first half.

It’s the same for me as it is for everybody else.

If you get an open look, you’ve just got to step in and knock it down. Just be aggressive and play confident.”

Ryan Evans, one of the newcomers who

benefited greatly from Taylor’s unselfish play and mentoring, led Wisconsin with 18 points and added eight boards to make up for five turnovers.

“I wanted to come out and play aggressive and loose. Not with the idea that I was going to have five turnovers, but kind of help relieve pressure from Jordan and the rest of them,” said Evans, who had 14 points in the first half as the fourth-seeded Badgers built a double-digit lead that the Grizzlies couldn’t erase.

The other two newcomers in the lineup that benefited from Taylor’s dial-it-down style early in the season also came up big. Mike Bruesewitz had eight points and four boards, and Jared Berggren blocked seven shots.

The Badgers (25-9) improved to 10-1 in NCAA tournament openers under Bo Ryan, the winningest coach in the program’s history.

Wisconsin will face Vanderbilt on Saturday after the Commodores beat Harvard 79-70.

Art Steward had 18 points for the Grizzles (257), who were familiar with the Badgers’ style because one of their assistants, Freddie Owens, played at

Wisconsin from 2001-04.

But his inside information couldn’t help the Grizzlies pull off the upset.

Montana was riding a school-record 14-game winning streak, having already established its best record in two decades. The team’s previous loss was Jan. 14 at Weber State, the same squad it wiped out by 19 in the Big Sky title game.

The 13th-seeded Grizzlies only held two leads against the bigger, badder Badgers — 2-0 and 5-2 on Derek Selvig’s 3-pointer, which was quickly matched by a 3 from Josh Gasser, who scored 12 points.

Evans averaged 10.9 points in the regular season and topped that in the first half when his 14 points helped the Badgers to a 3929 halftime cushion.

Wisconsin, making its 14th straight appearance in the NCAA tournament, raced out to a 14-7 lead when Evans swished his first four shots, including a 3-pointer from the top of the key.

The Grizzlies made a charge in the second half when Mathias Ward sank two free throws and a 3-pointer and Will Cherry hit another 3 to cut Wisconsin’s 16-point lead

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Point guard Jordan Taylor (11) finished with 17 points on an efficient 6-of-10 night from the floor and also grabbed eight rebounds.

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Junior forward Brianna Decker — who led Wisconsin this season with 80 points, a total that ranks second nationally — is a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

Familiar rival awaits Badgers Knight looks to make up for freshman year national championship loss in Duluth Nathan Palm Women’s Hockey Writer It’s been another exceptional season for the Badgers as they make their sixth Frozen Four appearance in seven seasons this weekend in Duluth. But for the Badgers, only two games stand in the way of hoisting another national championship trophy.

In Friday evening’s semifinal game, Wisconsin (32-4-2) finds itself in a familiar position. UW will take on Boston College (249-3) — the same opponent the Badgers faced in last year’s Frozen Four semifinal

game.

The Badgers narrowly defeated the Eagles in last year’s final, 3-2, so Wisconsin is prepared for a revengedriven BC squad.

“I think they’re going to have some revenge in them to get back at us for last year’s loss,” junior forward Brianna Decker said. “They have a different team, and so do we, so it’s a completely a blank slate; I think we’re just going to have to see what we’re up against.”

Senior forward Hilary Knight also said she believes that despite last year’s result, the win over Boston College doesn’t translate over to what happens in this year’s

semifinal.

“We just have to remember that we’re a new team, and it’s a different year,” Knight said.

“And everything that we accomplished against Boston College last year is kind of irrelevant this week.”

Knight and the rest of the team desire a much better result in Duluth than their last outing in Amsoil Arena, where the Badgers lost 1-3 in the WCHA semifinal to Minnesota-Duluth.

Winning the WCHA regular season title, the Badgers were favorites to win the conference tournament as well, but the UMD Bulldogs shocked them.

Amsoil Arena — home to this year’s NCAA Frozen Four — features a smaller rink size than that of the Kohl Center in Madison.

Knight believes it takes adjusting to get used to smaller rinks, but UW’s main focus remains playing well from the moment the start.

“I think this time we’re ready; obviously we ran out of time on Friday [in Duluth] and tried to compete a little bit too late in the game and ended up losing,” Knight said. “But I think if we come out ready to go in the first second, at the drop of the puck, I think we’ll be fine.”

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Looking strictly at seeding, Thursday transpired precisely according to plan for the Wisconsin Badgers.

A 73-49 win over 13thseeded Montana advanced fourth-seeded Wisconsin to the Round of 32, where the Badgers will meet the fifth-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday.

The sizable difference between Wisconsin and Montana was just as present in their sheer talent as it was in their seeding, as the Badgers never trailed after the 17:00 mark in the first half.

Taken at face value, Wisconsin’s openinground game of the NCAA tournament was perhaps its finest performance of the season. Defense is never the issue with these Badgers, so seeing an offensive performance in which four players scored in double figures and the team collectively made nearly half of its shots (47.9 percent) was tremendously encouraging.

In playing the Commodores Saturday, the Badgers will face a team almost as inconsistent as they are. Vanderbilt entered the NCAA tournament riding a threegame winning streak, including a 71-64 win over the top overall seed, the Kentucky Wildcats, in the SEC tournament championship game.

Prior to that streak, the Commodores had lost two of their last three games. A three-game winning streak preceded that, though a stretch where the Wildcats lost three of four came first.

Either way, Wisconsin

has to feel confident moving forward in the NCAA Tournament. In March Madness, nothing really can be held as certain, as the actual matchups tend to forecast the outcomes of games better than the actual seedings. Vanderbilt, a No. 5 seed, will face a Wisconsin team that, save the Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss to Michigan State, has played its best basketball for the last month of the season.

Individual performances reigned over the final result — Wisconsin was the favorite, anyway — Thursday afternoon. Jared Berggren, still working to improve his consistency, played a terrific all-around game, scoring five points but adding seven blocks.

Mike Bruesewitz, who had missed his last 18 shot attempts entering Thursday’s game and hadn’t made a 3-pointer since Feb. 9, scored eight points on 3-of-5 shooting (2-for-3 from 3-point range).

Simply put, there are several reasons why the Badgers enter their matchup with the Commodores riding high.

Three, however, stand out as significantly more important than the rest.

No. 1 reason for optimism: Jordan Taylor is Jordan Taylor again When you’re named a preseason All-American entering your senior season, the world is expected of you.

A mediocre — by his standards — beginning to the season halted much of that All-American talk and, for all intents and purposes, shelved it for the rest of the year.

But in Wisconsin’s third Big Ten game of the year, a hard-fought overtime loss to Michigan State, Taylor scored 28 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Two games later, in a win over Nebraska,

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