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University, IFC to look into reports that racial slurs were directed at 2 students

Jackie Allen Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor University of Wisconsin officials are investigating a campus fraternity after releasing a report of a racial incident involving two black female students last Friday morning.

According to a statement released by UW on Wednesday, two female students reported they were walking on the property of Delta Upsilon Fraternity on Frances Street when they were targeted with racial slurs and “class-oriented taunts” from students who were having a party on the porch.

The women also reported a glass bottle was thrown at them as they were leaving the premises, but no injuries were reported, according to the statement.

Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp said he is investigating the allegations in an effort to both confirm the facts of the incident and determine whether any organizational

or individual discipline is necessary.

Helmkamp said while the investigation is still in its early stages, sanctions at the organizational level range from written warnings to a suspension, with individual sanctions ranging from a UW reprimand to suspension or expulsion.

According to the statement, Dean of Students Lori Berquam issued an emergency suspension to Delta Upsilon, pending confirmation by the Committee on Student Organizations.

This prevents a student organization from holding Greek events, reserving space or enjoying other privileges of student organization status.

“It certainly falls below what I think everyone would have as the expectations, not just of the behavior, but the attitudes of UW students,” Helmkamp said of the incident. “There are still

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an intense security plan, coordination of staff members, ways to work with police, knowing how to deal with unplanned issues and knowing when to shut the event down if anything gets out of hand,” Woulf said.

With All Star Catering out, the city is looking for new methods to

University of Wisconsin officials emphasized meetings held on restructuring the university’s human resources system were and are open to the public following a petition to the Wisconsin Attorney General that claimed the meetings violated state Open Meetings Law. On Monday, the Wisconsin University Union, a group of faculty and academic staff, filed a petition to request Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen determine whether closed meetings hosted to develop the new policies violate the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law. Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said in a statement released Wednesday the Advisory Committee and work teams involved in the project allow visitors to attend meetings and no one who has asked to attend has been refused.

“Although we stand by our position that these meetings involving members of the

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Planning efforts have aimed to increase safety measures from the 2011 block party. With no sponsor, the city may alter city ordinances.

Without sponsor, city takes up Mifflin plans Cogan Schneier Herald Contributor After a potential sponsor for the Mifflin Street Block Party recently backed out of negotiations, the city is returning to the idea of planning the event on its own.

According to Madison Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf, All Star

Catering, a Hudsonbased business that had applied for a permit to sponsor the event, chose not to sponsor the block party after discussing the intensity of the task.

Mifflin requires a high level of planning, Woulf said, including tasks above and beyond providing space and food for party participants. “[The party involves]

Thrill of victory, agony of defeat Newly elected members of the Associated Students of Madison, the University of Wisconsin’s student government, gathered on Wednesday to hear the election results. The race included Student Council, Student Services Finance Committee and Senior Class officers Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

City OKs student housing projects Developments on Brooks, Dayton Street approved despite campus’ objections Leah Linscheid City Life Editor Several downtown residential proposals were granted unanimous approval from a city commission at its meeting Wednesday evening, including two that would provide new housing for University of Wisconsin students.

The Urban Design Commission unanimously approved three downtown area developments, including a proposal by Joseph Lee and Associates that would primarily target UW students at its location on North Brooks Street.

The proposal was met with some opposition at the meeting by UW Campus Planning Director Gary Brown, who said the development would not fit well with the layout of the current Brooks Street

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community.

“The university continues to take issue with this project because it doesn’t conform to the neighborhood plan,” Brown said.

However, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, expressed his support of the development to UDC members.

He added he thought the proposal would fit well in the neighborhood, contrary to Brown’s belief.

“This is a strong piece of urban development, and I think it does match a consistency in the neighborhood,” Resnick said. “There are many pieces to this project that I like quite a bit, particularly how it approaches parking issues … being in close proximity to campus. I feel like it would be very

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State’s Building Commission approves INSIDE second phase of Athletic Village project Wis. stands firm on budget slated to expand Camp Randall facilities Julia Jacobson Reporter A state commission approved plans to renovate a Camp Randall facility as part of the second phase of the University of Wisconsin’s plan to build a new center for student athletes to train.

The State of Wisconsin Building Commission approved Phase Two of UW’s plans to build the Student Athlete Performance

Center at a meeting yesterday, which will renovate existing facilities.

In the next step to construct the “Athletic Village,” the UW Athletic Department expects to renovate the Dave McClain Athletic Facility with the installation of a new theater and roof.

Phase Two of the plan alone is expected to cost almost $35 million of the total budget of $76.8 million for the project. The majority of the funds will come from revenue borrowing, but $3.65 million in gift donations will also be put toward the project. None of the project is funded by tax revenue from the state, Brown said.

UW System Vice President of Capital Planning and Budget David Miller said the plan might cost more than original budget projections at a meeting of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the State Building Commission held Wednesday.

“As the project team is getting the final pricing of components, like the scoreboard and looking at the entire project, it appears that Phase Two might include an increase to the total project cost, with some minor changes,” Miller said.

Miller also added some of the increased funding will be put toward preparations for the

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While campaigning for the Associated Students of Madison spring races was still in progress, allegations of election violations against a slate of students who ran in the election began to surface.

Student Election Commission Chair Mickey Stevens said complaints have been filed against the BOOP slate as a whole, as well as against some specific

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members. He said the person who filed the complaint is choosing to remain anonymous at the moment.

Documents obtained by The Badger Herald Tuesday include the complaint letter filed as well as photographic “evidence” of the alleged elections violations.

The complaint letter claims BOOP members violated policy on several counts, including committing chalking violations through name defamation, using

sound amplification on East Campus Mall, campaigning in the ASM office and using university academic listservs, among other complaints.

The complaint also included photographs showing “BOOP” written in chalk over nonBOOP candidate Maria Giannopoulos’ name, in addition to a photograph that reads “she’s crazy” written in chalk with an arrow pointing to the candidate’s name.

In an email to The Badger

Herald, Giannopoulos, who won a Letters and Science seat on Student Council last night, said she found the chalking next to her name to be defamatory and she would appreciate if people would “play nice in elections” in the future.

BOOP slate candidate Maxwell Love, who also won a Letters and Science seat in the election, said he had not heard of the allegations, but said these kinds of issues seem to come up every year.

Stevens said the SEC will review the complaints and deliberate before voting if members want to file complaints to the Student Judiciary on behalf of the complainant.

A possible outcome could mean a change in the election results if the violations are found to be true and valid, Stevens said.

He added if any candidates were to be disqualified, then runners-up would move into the vacated seats.

City adjusts after Voter ID rulings Following 2 judges’ injunctions to stop law’s enforcement, officials to train for April race Leah Linscheid Ctiy Life Editor After considerable time and money being spent educating Madison’s citizens about voting requirements under the photo identification law, two injunctions have changed the law’s implementation in time for the next election.

City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said Madison spent nearly $350,000 to address the voter ID laws, using the money to hire additional election officials and hold informational sessions for Madison voters about the law’s provisions.

Due to the injunctions, issued by both Dane County Court Judge Richard Niess and David Flanagan to immediately halt the law’s enforcement, 40 informational sessions will be hosted across the city to train election officials on the current voting requirements, she said.

The first session will take place Wednesday, with the last will being held the day before the April 3 election for the Republican presidential primary and other local races, according to Witzel-Behl.

She added the city will also hold a city-wide conference call with Madison’s 88 chief election officials the night before the April 3 election to ensure that if the law changes again before that time, all officials would understand the appropriate protocol.

University of Wisconsin public affairs professor Donald Moynihan said confusion at the polls as a result of the injunctions is not very likely.

“I don’t think it’ll have a great negative effect not to have the voter ID law at the polls,” Moynihan said.

“For the short run, given the fact that there’s no voter ID, voters are going to experience the status quo at

the polls and not experience that much difficulty.”

Witzel-Behl agreed she did not anticipate increased confusion at the polls.

She added the biggest problem under the voter ID law in the February election was the requirement of providing proof of residence, a stipulation that has not been stymied by the injunctions.

To register as a voter 20 or fewer days before an election, an individual must provide documented proof of residence under the law, which could include a utility bill, bank statement or a government-issued form.

In past elections, individuals could bring along a friend or neighbor to confirm their place of residence, Witzel-Behl said.

This is no longer acceptable.

Witzel-Behl said 35 people were unable to vote in the February election because they did not provide proof of residence as required under the voter ID law. She added most of these individuals lived on or near campus.

“The thing about the proof of residence is most of the people who were unable to register live in student areas,” Witzel-Behl said. “Twentyeight of 35 were in wards that primarily have student voters.”

She also expressed concern that the large number of problems with proof of residence in largely student-dominated areas will prove to be a more serious issue for the April 3 election, when turnout is typically significantly higher than in the February elections.

UW Wiscard Program Manager Jim Wysocky said UW provides an enrollment verification and address form through its website that is an acceptable proof of residency for voting registration.

Wysocky added UW will continue to issue voting ID cards for its students until directed otherwise.

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Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni gave a talk on campus Wednesday as a part of the Union’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Nikki Giovanni advocates students’ creative pursuits Leah Dittberner Herald Contributor Famed poet, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni took the stage yesterday to advocate the necessity of finding one’s voice in a time of political turbulence in order to create a difference, as a part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.

Giovanni is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., the author of the poem “We Are Virginia Tech,” and numerous books of poetry. According to her website, Giovanni’s work focuses on the individual, her poetry expressing racial pride, respect for family and her own personal experiences.

The civil rights movement also inspired much of her early poetry, and she is noted for her outspokenness as a writer and lecturer.

Giovanni was dubbed early in her career as the “Princess of Black Poetry,” her website adds.

In her speech on campus Wednesday, Giovanni emphasized the importance of education and urged students to be grateful for the opportunities life

presents.

“Life is precious and important. We are trying to give you a chance to recreate this world,” she said. “As young Americans, there is no reason you should be afraid of anything.”

Giovanni also said people must come together through the process of accepting cultural diversity on all levels. She added she believes education in foreign languages should start at earlier ages.

“Whatever you’re doing, it ought to be your dream or your trip. Don’t let other people drag you down,” she said. “You have to go down on your own. If you make it, it’s yours, and if you don’t you know why.”

Giovanni also urged the audience to see the world through eager eyes and live each day with artistic inspiration, saying young adults should embrace the opportunities open to them.

Giovanni said young adults in their 20s should “wake up smiling” because there are many exciting opportunities available to explore.

Giovanni’s work appeals to people across generations, and her poems are taught in classrooms around

the country, UW AfroAmerican Studies professor Sandra Adell said.

“After having taught her poetry in my classes for years, I am excited to finally have this opportunity to meet her and to say how much we all appreciate her passion, her commitment to social justice and, of course, her poetry,” Adell said.

Adell added there has been a tremendous amount of excitement among students and faculty alike since it was announced a few weeks ago that Giovanni would be coming to campus.

With her outspoken presence on paper, onstage or at the head of a lecture hall, Giovanni serves as a source of inspiration for thousands of young writers and artists, Adell said.

One audience member said even without an artistic background, Giovanni’s message resonated.

“I thought she was amazing. I’m not an artist myself but I do appreciate her work.

She’s someone you read growing up and always want to see. Seeing her is something I can cross off of my bucket list,” graduate student Bukky Akinsiku said.

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INVESTIGATION, from 1 a lot of positives at this university, and I think one of those is the ability to look at shortcomings and learn from them.”

He added he will attempt to move the investigation along as quickly as possible without jeopardizing the integrity of the investigation.

Interfraternity Council President Owen Hull said in a statement Wednesday the Greek community is saddened to hear of the allegations and extends its sympathy to the victims

of the incident.

Hull added IFC, the Multicultural Greek Council, National PanHellenic Council and Panhellenic Association are in full support of the investigation and will defer to the university’s judgment.

“We condemn the alleged behavior but maintain that these actions are unreflective of our community,” Hull said in the statement. “We as Greeks share common values and will fight to ensure that these values are upheld by all of our chapters.”

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REDESIGN, from 1 campus community do not trigger the open meetings law, I want to make it clear that going forward any interested person is welcome to attend all meetings of the Advisory Committee and work teams,” Bazzell said.

WUU’s complaint focused on Advisory Committee meetings, which coordinate projects completed by the various teams of the HR Design Project.

Bazzell added the products of the work teams are an initial step in the process of redesigning the personnel system, with campus engagement events to gather more feedback on their findings to be hosted in April.

Hundreds of campus employees have already attended in-campus forums or participated in web chats during February, Bazzell said.

He added openness has been a cornerstone in the project from the beginning and has helped to make the project successful.

“As I have said before, the opportunity to refine a human resources system to meet the unique needs of a worldclass research and teaching institution doesn’t come along often: We need to make sure we get it right,” Bazzell said.

WUU member David Ahrens said Bazzell’s statement repeats the rhetoric of an open process UW officials have used before, but lacks true transparency.

Ahrens said an open meeting means members of the public can attend a meeting at their discretion, rather than the discretion of the people holding the meeting. He added while the design meetings are open to participants who request an invitation, this process does mean the meetings are open

according to state law.

“I think the points Vice Chancellor Bazzell makes throughout is the importance of the project,” Ahrens said. “If nothing else, that underlines the reason why these meetings should be open.”

Ahrens added if the Attorney General finds the meetings are in violation of the Open Meetings Law, the individuals hosting the meetings will be held liable

rather than the university.

UW could also potentially not reimburse the individuals, who could be fined hundreds of dollars if the meetings were closed illegally, Ahrens said.

“I think that if [UW] was told they were liable, they would look more closely at the actual law,” Ahrens said.

“Because I think that if you look at the actual law the position of the university is not really defensible.”

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Police calls have increased since ALDO revisions Camille Albert Reporter A review of changes made to a city alcohol density ordinance to allow for increased flexibility in opening new taverns in Madison’s downtown, found while the changes may have given a boost to entertainment venues, they coincided with increased numbers of police calls in the area.

At the Wednesday meeting of the Alcohol License Review Committee, Alcohol Policy

Coordinator Mark Woulf presented an annual review of the Alcohol License Density Ordinance, which places strict guidelines on new taverns attempting to obtain a liquor license in the downtown area.

The annual review of the ordinance functions to determine if ALDO is fulfilling its purpose of decreasing the crime rate in Madison, Woulf said.

The most consistent marker ALRC looks for is calls to Madison Police Department, which are generated any time

a police officer is dispatched, according to Woulf. ALRC tracks the alcohol and related crime between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. downtown, he said.

“Previously, we looked at battery, fight calls, disturbance calls and aggravated battery,” Woulf said. “This year, we looked back and looked at other sorts of calls for service that are most likely related.”

Woulf said the calls to police on State Street were much heavier in 2011 than in the past.

Other calls for services examined this year included alcohol conveyance, OWI, intoxicated persons, protective custody conveyance, local ordinance violation, domestic disturbance, sexual assaults and noise complaints, Woulf said. He added the calls were generally associated with house parties and bars.

ALDO, which was first implemented in 2007, aims to decrease alcoholrelated incidents in the downtown area by reducing the number and capacity of alcohol licenses, among other initiatives. Since 2007, six taverns have closed as a result of ALDO, Woulf added.

He said two of the six were vacancies and the remaining businesses are still licensed, but not as taverns.

“Pretty much what it

does is prevent any new tavern from opening downtown,” Woulf said of ALDO. Last July, ALRC members made significant changes to the ordinance that would provide more flexibility for establishments with entertainment offerings in the downtown area.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said entertainment establishments in the downtown area have felt the negative effects of the ordinance the greatest and the changes to the ordinance have addressed this issue.

“From my perspective, the biggest impact ALDO has in a negative sense is the fact that it really, formally had a chilling effect on entertainment establishments,” Verveer said.

ALDO could cause concern because individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 are allowed in taverns if those taverns provide entertainment such as music, Verveer said.

The changes provided opportunities for establishments not focused solely on alcohol to obtain licenses, Woulf added.

Restaurants are not as restricted as taverns under ALDO and therefore are not subject to the same criteria for alcohol licenses, he said. Establishments are considered a tavern if more than 50 percent of total sales come from alcohol sales.

Woulf added restaurants, establishments with alcohol sales less than 50 percent, are expected to maintain their status of a restaurant in order to have lesser restrictions.

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of the event, even if that requires us to take on more of a burden to make sure we are reducing the event,” Woulf said.

Another main concern for this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party, in light of last year’s stabbing incidents, is safety for the party’s participants.

Verveer said one of the ways students and city officials alike believe the event can be made safer is to make alternatives to drinking available, including having food options at the block party.

However, without a sponsor, Madison officials will not be able to issue a street use permit, and thus vendors in the neighborhood would be illegal under city ordinance.

To allow for vendors at the event, a change in the ordinance would be needed. Verveer, who has worked with Soglin, students and the city to plan the event, said he

and Soglin introduced an ordinance to make this change at a recent City Council meeting.

Verveer said the change would possibly allow vendors to set up on Mifflin Street during the event.

The next steps in planning Mifflin involve meetings with the city staff, Woulf said.

He added a meeting to address the recently approved nuisance party ordinance is planned for Madison police and Mifflin Street landlords.

“Some gatherings during the block party might be subject to that new ordinance, though I would think most would not because there are criteria as to if you are considered a big enough problem to be a part of it,” Verveer said.

In addition, there will be a neighborhood meeting open to the entire community to weigh the planning of the event on March 27 at 7 p.m. at the Madison Senior Center.

support any additions that extend beyond the original budget. Any additional funding would have to come from private gifts or donations, he said.

If completed on schedule, the estimated date of completion for the project is Jan. 1, 2014.

The McClain Facility will house football locker rooms, an instructional space, locker rooms for football coaches and an equipment area. Renovations to the McClain facility were necessary because of its outdated locker rooms, weight rooms and training areas, Athletic Department spokesperson Justin Doherty said in a previous

interview.

The plan also expands Camp Randall and connects the McClain Center and stadium with a tunnel, Gary Brown, director of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

“The overall design for the addition includes elements that create a more collegiate athletic feel to the north end of the Camp Randall Stadium … the site landscape has been designed to unify the overall pedestrian experience with simple paving patterns, more trees and improved areas for bike and moped parking,” Brown said.

plan the block party. Woulf added the city’s plans for the event are not currently fully defined.

“At this point, the city is expecting to be on our own to figure out exactly what to do,” Woulf said.

“It’s [Mayor Paul Soglin’s] preference that we have food carts and porta potties down there on that day. [We] don’t want to necessarily sponsor the event, but we are looking for ways to accomplish the goals.”

Even in past years when the party had sponsors, the city typically funds certain aspects of the event, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. He said Madison has always covered costs of police and fire departments.

Woulf said costs are not the real concern for this year’s event.

“Our focus this year is not as much on the cost as it is on reducing the impact

ATHLETIC VILLAGE, from 1 final and third phase of the plan, which will most likely be presented to the commission next month.

Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, chair of the subcommittee, said he approved the plan because it would allow UW to offer facilities and services like better locker rooms and onsite tutoring for incoming athletes.

“We are monitoring it along the way, but the key thing is that we become a first class facility in the Big Ten,” Kaufert said.

He also said although the Legislature approved the $76 million, they would not

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Balance shifts in ASM New faces brought to Council as slate picks up 9 seats

VOTER TURNOUT This ASM election saw 11.4 percent of 40,238 enrolled students vote.

11.4% voted

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Student elections officials hail above-average turnout A higher number of students voted in the University of Wisconsin student government elections than had been projected for the spring races, with a total 11.4 percent of the student body casting their votes.

Student Election Commission Chair Mickey Stevens said the 11.4 percent turnout represented a good turnout this spring, with 4,573 completed ballots out of the 40,238 total student enrollment for the semester. UW students cast online ballots for Associated Students of Madison candidates vying for open seats on Student Council, Student Services Finance Committee seats and senior class officers.

“The 11.4 percent was actually fairly surprising in my opinion,” Stevens said.

“We were expecting 9 or 10 percent, so I was fairly happy with that.”

Stevens said commission members had expected a lower turnout because there was no referendum on the

ballot for the first time in several years. He added although last year’s turnout was roughly 15 percent, when compared to similar elections without a referendum on the ballot, this year’s turnout ranked “very well.”

The last time a similar election was held, when the only referendum on the ballot was a United Council of UW Students referendum, was held in 2009. The 2009 election received a total of 8.8 percent in voter turnout, with 3,496 completed ballots.

Several of the races were also decided by extremely close margins, with the School of Education student council seat going to UW senior Chris Spears by nine votes and the School of Business seat going to Yonas Zewdie, a junior, by four votes.

The highest vote earners went to College of Letters & Science candidates, with the top seven candidates each receiving more than 1,000 votes. UW freshman Devon Maier scored the most votes of any candidate with 1,151.

University of Wisconsin elections brought new faces to student government, as council members pledged to change policies affecting the student body and provide a student voice to governance on campus.

Associated Students of Madison Student Council seats allotted for the College of Letters and Science had the biggest returns of the night, with each of the 12 winners receiving from 600 to more than 1,000 votes.

Current members Maria Giannopoulos, Andrew Bulovsky, Sarah Neibart and Nikolas Magallon all retained their seats on the council for next year.

Current Chief of Staff David Gardner was also voted in.

The Graduate School seats and College of Engineering seats had the next-biggest vote getters, with the top recipient for the Graduate School receiving nearly 500 votes and top Engineering candidate receiving more than 300 votes.

UW senior Chris Spears, who won the Student Council seat for the College of Education by a total of nine votes, said he was glad to win such a close race and is looking forward to the upcoming Student Council session.

“The Student Council needed new people, new blood, new ideas [and] diversity as well,” Spears said. “It needed a voice to represent the student body in a better way than it was being represented this year.”

Current Student Services Finance committee Chair Sarah Neibart, who will stay on as a committee member, said she was excited to return as a council member for the next session.

Neibart added with the recent decisions from Interim Chancellor David Ward, she has seen an increased interest on the finance committee about nonallocable student funds, which she hopes to carry in to her work on Student Council meetings next year.

“Being involved in Student Council when I was a freshman and SSFC committee Chair, I’ve had both student perspectives and I’m really excited to get what I’ve learned and … make a change and make ASM a more effective ASM,” Neibart said.

UW junior Justin Bloesch, who previously was on the SSFC committee but stepped down for the spring semester to study abroad, ran again but lost the seat to UW sophomore and SSFC newcomer Ian Malmstadt by 48

votes.

BOOP, a slate organized to coordinate a group effort to win election onto ASM, also won a total of nine seats out of 24 for which their candidates campaigned.

BOOP candidate Maxwell Love, who won one of 12 of the Student Council seats, said while it is unfortunate not everybody was successful in their campaigns, he felt the group was effectively represented.

“I feel like BOOP campaigned on things that really meant things to students,” Love said. “Obviously there are a lot of issues that affect students, but I feel like the group that got elected from BOOP will be able to represent the specific interests that got them elected.”

Love added candidates who did not win their seats will still be involved in the student government by getting involved on committees and other groups on campus.

Senior class officers were also announced, with Elizabeth Pike winning the position of President with 1,087 votes over BOOP-endorsed Isaac Solano and Myranda Tanck winning the vice presidency. The positions of secretary and treasurer went to write-in candidates.

ELECTION RESULTS

CLASS OFFICERS

College of Letters and Science Representatives

Senior Class President

Devon Maier Maxwell John Love Maria Giannopoulos Andrew Bulovsky German Larrain Sean Patrick McNally Sarah Neibart Dougie Moss Libby Wick-Bander Jeremy Levinger Nikolas Magallon David Gardner

Elizabeth Pike

Senior Class Vice President Myranda Tanck

Senior Class Secretary Luke Nevermann

Senior Class Treasurer Aimee Katz

Nonpartisan presidential ticket to be on Wis. ballot Americans Elect backs candidates independent of party processes Mike Kujak State Legislature Editor

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The city’s Urban Design Commission approved plans for new housing developments on campus Wednesday, including plans for West Dayton Street.

PROJECTS, from 1 appealing to students. I see this as being a strong project for my district.”

The meeting marked the fourth time JLA architect Joseph Lee presented his proposal for the North Brooks Street development.

Madison’s Plan Commission also discussed the proposal and weighed the matter, Lee said.

A second residential development that gained unanimous approval featured a 65-foot development on West Dayton Street. The development would be constructed adjacent to a fire station currently used as a residential building on Dayton and Randall Streets, according to Randy Bruce, architect at Knothe and Bruce Architects, LLC. The plan would also include the decommissioning of the

residential station.

In its second presentation at UDC, Bruce gained unanimous support for the initial approval from the commission.

The third approved proposal was presented

by Valerio Dewalt Train, an architectural firm out of Chicago. The proposal would work to rehabilitate an apartment building on East Mifflin and North Webster Streets that was significantly damaged in a fire last summer.

Commission members expressed their support for the proposal, calling it a beneficial project for the damaged building.

“This [is a] transition of this building,” UDC member Melissa Huggins said. “You’re inserting a modern dialogue that is very intriguing, and this building can now have a new life. It’s a modern

insertion.”

VDT Principal Architect David Jennerjahn said the company plans to purchase the building, currently owned

by Urban Land Investments of Madison, and rehabilitate the areas damaged by fire and other weather elements in the past months.

Jennerjahn added the company has discussed its plans with Mansion Hill Neighborhood Association, which fully supported the proposal.

“This is gratifying to work on because everyone is happy we’re saving the building,” Jennerjahn said.

“All the feedback we’ve gotten so far has been very positive.”

Jennerjahn said the plan would manipulate the interior design of the building, creating a more modern design for continued, viable residential use.

Voters will have a chance to cast their ballot for an alternative third party presidential candidate to be selected by a nonpartisan organization this November, after supporters collected nearly double the amount of signatures needed to get a candidate on the ballot.

Americans Elect, a national nonpartisan organization founded for the purpose of adding alternative candidates to the 2012 presidential election ballot, turned over 17,666 signatures to the Government Accountability Board’s office Wednesday morning.

Gary Filipp, Americans Elect University of Wisconsin campus leader, who turned in the signatures, said the group was formed so people usually left out of the nominating process could participate in deciding who becomes America’s president.

“Americans Elect is unique in that any

American can be a member,” Filipp said. “[This is] as opposed to a party system where only members of the party or those who donate can vote; all you have to be is a registered voter.”

Americans Elect spokesperson Allison Grant said unlike other major parties’ nomination processes, Americans Elect has three separate rounds of voting to decide the candidate who will be on the ticket.

She said the first round happens in May, which will narrow down the candidates. After this, there will be six candidates in June’s third nomination round, with the final candidate being decided after that.

Grant added the final six candidates have to declare a vice presidential candidate during the third round, and the candidate will have to be of a different party than themselves.

The organization’s website said Americans Elect is planning to put the first directly elected nonpartisan candidate on the 2012 ballot in all 50 states and has collected over 2.4 million signatures so far.

A statement from the organization said Wisconsin will be the 19th state so far to have the Americans Elect

nominee on the state’s 2012 presidential ballot.

Certification is pending in five other states, and efforts similar to Filipp’s are being pursued in 19 other states.

He said the difficulty of getting on the ballot varies significantly from state to state.

“Each state is very different because each has their own rules for who can be on the ballot,” Filipp said. “Most of that is because the Legislature can affect who has ballot access and what signatures are required. There’s also a lot of different timelines involved.”

As of Wednesday, the top declared candidates include former Republican Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer and Salt Lake City Mayor and Justice Party member Rocky Anderson.

The top non-declared candidates include Texan Republican Rep. Ron Paul, former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman and Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders.

“Ron Paul has the highest amount of supporters at this point,” Grant said. “But we encourage anyone to participate in the process because at the end of the day it is up to the registered voters to decide.”

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Recalls taken too lightly, detrimental to democracy Jake Begun Editorial Board Member Just as some words seem to lose their meaning if you say them too often (deadline … deadline … deadline … ), so too do some facets of the political process. As a recovering recall fiend, I have made my share of transgressions of reason, but this whole recall schtick is getting old.

I’ll admit I was caught up in the first round of recalls in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining legislation. But much like sleeping on the marble floors of the state capitol, what started as a meaningful gesture quickly became a political stunt.

Regardless of the merits of the latest proposed recalls against Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar, and Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, Wisconsin needs to take a step back and reappraise exactly how politics in the state ought to function.

The recall process should be reserved for egregious violations of proper conduct, not some petty disagreement. No,

Walker is not violating human rights with the legislation he approves.

No, Democratic senators should not be booted from office for seeking to allow thorough discourse on the passage of a farreaching bill. Recalls are now considered a relatively mundane political tool rather than the last recourse for legitimate grievances against a

The constant antagonizing has to end, and the first step is to once again take the concept of recalls seriously. Prior to the first round of recalls last year, there had been only 20 state legislative recalls since 1908, according to The Jouranl Sentinel. legislator. Somewhere along the line we lost our way, but resolution has certainly been sought.

Both sides of the aisle have cried foul over an alleged dearth of civility, and yet meaningful measures aimed at resolving this issue have been disappointingly unilateral. In a decision

earlier this month, the Assembly voted in favor of an amendment to the state’s constitution requiring a crime or an ethics violation before a recall could be triggered.

The decision, though technically bipartisan (read: one Democrat), must go before the next session and a public referendum before going into effect.

To be fair, the argument that Republicans are just trying to save their own asses certainly has some credence. Yet the fact of the matter is Democrats, in their obstinance, are encouraging a system in which public officials are in constant fear of facing recalls and citizens are forced to foot the bill with the passage of every piece of unpopular legislation.

Republicans surely had their fun with complete control of the Legislature, but with that majority seeming less and less secure, thanks in large part to recalls, they will be forced to temper their stances. Democrats would be wise to follow suit in pursuing more modest goals should they take the Senate and the governor’s office, though if their track record of cheerleading every progressive/ liberal/union cause is any indication, this hope is in vain.

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Recent recalls borught against Senators Bob Jauch and Dale Schultz show recalls have become viewed as a petty tool that can be pettily thrown around. electoral attrition is no way to govern a state and only serves to widen the gap between political affiliations. Groups such as Citizens for Responsible Government, the organization pursuing the Jauch and Schultz recalls, are only justifying the continued reliance on

recalls by Democrats and their supporters.

The constant antagonizing has to end, and the first step is to once again take the concept of recalls seriously. Prior to the first round of recalls last year, there had been only 20 state legislative recalls since 1908, according to

The Journal Sentinel. Why is that? Because it is a serious measure, one that has recently been taken far too lightly in the state of Wisconsin.

Jake Begun ( jbegun@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in history and journalism.

America’s decline merely empty doomsday claims Nathaniel Olson Guest Columnist This Thursday, Robert Lieber, one of America’s leading scholars on the subject of American leadership and its position in the international arena, will deliver a lecture that echoes the message of his newest book, “Power and Willpower in the American Future: Why America is Not Destined to Decline” at the Lubar Commons on the 7th floor of the Law School.

Lieber argues the decline of America’s international status and standing has been overstated and the discourse surrounding the rise of competitive, rival states has been exaggerated and hyperbolic. He is right on

the mark. Although the U.S., after the booming decade of the 1990s, finds itself in a much more precarious and unstable position than when I was a child, its core values, technological advantages and academic institutions still leave it unmatched in the global context.

Lieber’s book focuses on several facets of the American economic and military situation, from problems with domestic demand to issues of imperial overstretch.

While he concedes America’s difficulties are significant and that our world is not as stable as we may like to believe, his message is undeniably positive; the U.S. dollar is still the world’s reserve currency, America’s civil society is healthy and its anemic economy should

bounce back by the end of the next presidential term, regardless of who takes office.

Don’t get me started on global “adversaries.”

Anyone who thinks the

Lieber argues the decline of America’s international status and standing has been overstated and the discourse surrounding the rise of competitve, rival states has been exaggerated and hyperbolic.

Chinese economy will replace America’s as the lynchpin of world economy has a difficult position to

argue. There’s also little chance this growth will raise the mean standard of life for the average Chinese citizen.

At least the Communists thought everyone deserved health coverage. As reported by The Raw Story, Chinese military spending, although exceeding all prior levels of past decades, is minute compared to U.S. expenditures. And the amount of funds dedicated to research and development by the American government outpaces China by a longshot. Let me know when they move a few aircraft carriers into a body of water outside of their hemisphere; I won’t hold my breath.

Perhaps the most important aspect of Lieber’s book is that it

frames a key issue of the upcoming presidential election: whether the U.S. has experienced an uncharacteristic decline on President Barack Obama’s watch.

Watching Mitt Romney, the inevitable Republican nominee, campaign this season on the soapbox of “making America great again” has been about all I can stomach. Mitt’s campaign slogan, “Believe in America,” is an ethic that argues our problems are more than skin-deep, that the problem with our nation is that we’ve lost the skill set and the will to compete with other nations for jobs and influence.

One of Romney’s associated Super PAC’s, Coalition of Americans for Political Equality, runs a website asking

for donations to help “reinforce the America we once knew.” There is an America “we once knew” folks, and you’re living in it. That America does a great job of keeping the world relatively calm, maintaining free commerce and moving progressive international issues of human and women’s rights forward, albeit slower and more selectively than some of us would like. Lieber’s book argues persuasively that we’re not on the highway to hell or the road to ruin, but maybe it would not hurt to repave the driveway. In this, I think we can all agree.

Nathaniel Olson (naolson@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science, history and psychology.

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SLAC on Adidas: watchdogs or ignoramuses?

Given situation’s complex nature, the Student Labor Action Committee should let campus administration deal with Adidas

Zach Buztler Staff Columnist The University of Wisconsin has a great history of ensuring it engages in responsible relationships with outside groups. If problems arise, a process unfolds and sometimes — as in the case with Nike — ties are severed. But the key word here is process.

The Student Labor Action Coalition does not seem interested in letting the process run its course. Last month, it gathered outside Bascom Hill and chanted, “We are unstoppable!

Another world is possible!” and demanded Chancellor David Ward cut ties with Adidas over alleged workers

rights violations over one of its subconctracted factories.

Nobody is arguing Adidas should be able to do whatever it wants and not pay workers what they deserve. But it all isn’t so black and white. Contractual issues are complicated, and making demands of the chancellor — who has a bit more on his plate than SLAC — seems rather childish to me.

Ward has handled this in a professional and thoughtful manner. He has addressed members of student government as well as the Labor Licensing Policy Committee. He explained his rationale for not immediately cutting ties with Adidas last month, citing a threat of a lawsuit, which would the be the last thing the university needs.

According to a UW statement, Ward said “I believe that UW-Madison is in the best position to create meaningful progress if we

work directly with Adidas to attempt to contribute to the well-being of displaced Indonesian workers. I do not believe that the termination of our relationship is productive at this point, since it does not provide resolution to the severance issue and may put the university in difficult legal footing in the future.”

Seems pretty reasonable to me. Ward’s job is to do what’s best for the university, not to appease student groups.

I can’t pretend to know to all the facts in this case, but neither should SLAC. Painting this as a black and white issue in which you’re either for injustice or against it is absurd. I appreciate SLAC’s passion. But we get nowhere with knee-jerk reactions, hyperbole or silly chants.

Zach Butzler (zbutzler@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and political science.

Labor rights-supporting groups like SLAC are necessary part of campus, help keep corporations like Adidas in check

Meher Ahmad Staff Columnist As the latest laborrelated incident in a long history of apparel problems at the University of Wisconsin, the current Adidas drama is an issue the university has had to deal with before. After cutting ties with Nike in 2010, UW has made it clear it rightfully can and will take action against corporations that violate or abuse laborers.

Corporations are inclined to cut cost, and it is no secret unions, with their protection of laborers’ rights and wages, are a hindrance in reaching maximum

profits. That is why it would make sense for Adidas to want to choose union-free factories in Southeast Asia to produce its products. Workers with little organizational rights are more subservient to the cost-cutting violations of labor protocol.

It is understandable that Chancellor David Ward

The globalized economy has made it increasingly easy for corporations to abuse their immense power and take advantage of the worker. must take his time and weigh the countless factors that go into breaking a multimillion dollar contract. However, the

power of an organization like the Student Labor Action Coalition cannot be underestimated. While its ultimate goal of breaking contractual ties between Adidas and UW may not be reached, its role as a watchdog organization, and a vigilant one at that, is critical in holding massive corporations in check.

The globalized economy has made it increasingly easy for corporations to abuse their immense power and take advantage of the worker. If it were not for groups like SLAC, the situation in PT Kizone in Indonesia would likely be ignored, and we’d continue to be ignorant consumers of goods made in deplorable working conditions.

Meher Ahmad (mahmad@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in international studies and Middle Eastern studies.

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Live from Miami: BH does Ultra

Famed electronic festival’s killer lineup promises unforgettable performances this weekend Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Content Editor David Guetta. Armin van Buuren. Tiësto. Avicii.

Skrillex. And those are just the household names. What sounds like a name drop from DJ Mag’s Top 100 list is in fact just a few of the headliners at this year’s Ultra Music Festival.

Yes, Ultra is back and it’s bringing its star-studded “I can’t believe they’re all in one place” lineup to Miami for its 14th year to cap off Winter Music Conference. This year, The Badger Herald was lucky enough to snag a press pass to bring the sights and sounds of the festival back to Madison.

Those attending Ultra this weekend can expect three days of sunshine, insanity

and electronic music bliss at the festival awarded Best Music Event of 2011 by the International Dance Music Awards. More than 100,000 electronic fans from 70 different countries came to Miami’s Bayfront Park last March to hear the hooks, drops, buildups and bass of the genre’s best artists, and this year’s sold-out show promises no smaller or less diverse a crowd.

Those lucky or diehard enough to have secured a ticket and a way to Miami will hear everyone from Afrojack to Zed’s Dead, with more than 350 DJs confirmed for the festival itself and more in town for the 200+ other events taking place during the 10 days of Winter Music Conference. If there is a DJ you love and you have the

money, chances are you can catch them in Miami at a pool party, afterparty, nightclub or Ultra itself sometime during the conference.

The festival has a reputation for bringing in both the best seasoned artists and the most promising up-and-coming acts the electronic genre has to offer.

Ultra’s artists come from all subgenres of electronic, with acts like Dash Berlin and ATB repping the trance scene, Avicii and Kaskade covering house, the likes of Mord Fustang, Bassnectar and 12th Planet appeasing the dubstep kids, Madeon and Justice satisfying the French electropop requirement and Kraftwerk and New Order representing the electronic legends category, with Benny Benassi, Carl Cox and Fatboy

Slim following in their footsteps. Glitch hop, drum and bass, electro, ambient, hardstep and moombahton DJs will be there as well, guaranteeing there will be more must-see acts than hours to see them.

Along with the eight stages of non-stop music, fest attendees can check out non-profit orgs’ and charities’ booths in the Eco Village, buy merch from various vendors and experience the unforgettable taste of hot festival food on even hotter days. They can also enjoy the spectacle that is 200,000 electronic fans decked out in bikinis, furry boots, body paint and the deadmau5 heads that come out regardless of whether the DJ is in attendance or not.

The Badger Herald will be

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Dutch DJ Afrojack basks in the energy of the 150,000-strong crowd from Ultra Music Festival’s Main Stage last year. He’ll return to the stage this weekend. covering the festivities and bringing you show recaps, interviews with artists and live tweets and photos of the action. Follow our Twitter feed @BH_Arts and check out The Beat Goes On blog on our website to keep up to date on the chaos.

The festival will be streaming live from youtube. com/umftv, but if you’re tempted to swing down to Miami to experience the fun in person, check out wintermusicconference.com to see the events and where to buy tickets.

‘Translating military jobs into civilian language’ Returning veterans face challenge marketing skills to hesitant employers Bennet Goldstein ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Gov. Scott Walker’s talking about it. President Barack Obama’s talking about it. It’s the “Year of the Veteran” in Wisconsin. And we’re all talking about veterans’ need for jobs.

The conversation tends to go like this: American veterans are coming home from tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan, only to be met with unemployment on the home front. At the very least, we owe our veterans jobs out of respect for their service.

So, politicians tell us to pull out our “can-do” American spirit and find our vets some jobs. We hold job fairs. We lobby at our state capitols. And businesses are encouraged to hire veteran employees.

So why, then, are approximately 11.5 percent of veterans who served any time since September 2001 unemployed, compared to the 8.3 percent of the general American population?

Although this data collected

by the American Bureau of Labor Statistics provides succinct numbers, the explanations behind the data are multifaceted.

Wisconsin is no exception to national trends, as William “BJ” Ganem, at the Dane County Veterans Service Office, knows firsthand. After serving in the Marine Corps for 10 years, Ganem now helps veterans return to civilian life.

“We are a one-stop-shop for veterans,” Ganem said. “As they get out, they come out [to the Veterans Service Office] and I explain what education benefits are available to them, [which] local business and organizations are vet friendly and [those that] offer discounts and maybe even special promotions for veterans.”

Talking to veterans about employment is not an easy task. Describing the “typical veteran” and his or her employment opportunities is as unrealistic as lumping together all University of Wisconsin students and then making career recommendations.

Veterans come to Madison with varied employment backgrounds and experience.

“They [served as] mechanics, they were driving heavy trucks, to being infantry.

You … have a jack-of-all-trades

there [with the infantry],” Ganem said. “Some [work as] intelligence components.

Others work from aircrafts.”

Problems often arise with the process of communicating military experience to civilian employers.

“Often when [veterans] get back, they’re frustrated because everybody wants to thank them for their service and think what they did is great, but [employers] don’t think that those skills will apply to their jobs,” Ganem said. “That’s completely untrue.”

This gap is what John Bechtol, UW assistant dean of students and veterans affairs, refers to as the problems of “translating military jobs into civilian language.”

The difficulties in translation often start before veterans have even been discharged from the military.

In the discharge process, individuals attend a crammed series of all-day, back-to-back classes and lectures to help them readjust to civilian life.

“You spend eight hours a day [in sessions],” Bechtol said.

“Every hour a different agency comes in.”

Many classes focus on career skills, such as writing a resume or sitting in an interview. In the flurry of tasks needed to successfully exit the

military, however, there is not always time for veterans to reflect on their professional development.

“By the time you get done with the third day, its like ‘God, give me my airline ticket, let me go.,’” Bechtol laughed.

Once back in their homes, veterans are faced with an additional set of obstacles in landing a job. While the U.S. military understands and relies upon the expertise of its troops, civilian employers may not be as acquainted with the rigor of the training.

This leaves the responsibility for communicating this information to the veteran jobseeker.

“The vets don’t really know how to translate what they did in the military. And the employers are not as knowledgeable as to what is expected of people in the military and how they can benefit them,” Ganem notes.

To help make this process easier, Ganem and his office offer career services.

The services largely teach professional marketing strategies — the sorts of skills that college students have available to them, but that many veterans do not, particularly those who have not had the opportunity to attend college.

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How the $1.29 single killed albums

Regen McCracken Paper Radio Columnist The album is a strange and endangered beast in today’s music scene.

Artists’ definitions of what constitutes an album vary wildly from genre to genre, sub-genre to sub-genre and even musician to musician.

Confusing things further are releases that are not exactly albums but rather fall under the term “singles” or “EPs.” Furthermore, with the way music is distributed and listened to by today’s instant-gratification obsessed, technologicallysavvy listeners, the very existence and viability of the album as we know it are called into question.

Are albums still necessary? Are they still commercially profitable? Do they still make sense for the artist? Do they still make sense for the consumer?

It is probably best to begin by defining the term “album” by its denotative and connotative meanings.

Dictionary.com defines album (in the musical context) as “a phonograph record or set of records containing several musical selections, a complete play, opera, etc.” Clearly, this

definition is a bit outdated, but the main idea is clear.

Connotatively, “album” has (or, perhaps, had) come to mean a collection of songs on or in a central theme (or themes) that an artist has written and placed in a particular order for the purpose of best expressing the meaning of the music.

It is easiest to see this definition of an album in what is known as a “concept album.” By Wikipedia’s definition, a concept album is just what it sounds like: an album “unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative or lyrical.”

Some famous examples of concept albums are Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Rush’s 2112 (which is only a concept album for one side of the record, or one half the CD for modern listeners), Between the Buried and Me’s Colors, Opeth’s Blackwater Park, Protest the Hero’s Kezia and Green Day’s American Idiot.

All of these examples are cohesive from beginning to end, and it is exceedingly easy to see how they are meant as a singular piece of art, rather than just a collection of songs that were recorded at the same time.

But concept albums are not the only albums that may be seen as such.

An album does not need to have fancy transitions between songs, lyrics that tell a story from beginning to end or common musical

themes. However, to really be an album in the sense that word has come to be defined, the collection of songs must have some sense of cohesiveness that ties it together. Otherwise, it just becomes a collection of songs that does not complement one another, creating a problem for the consumer and for the album as a musical medium.

Much of today’s music industry is based around hit singles and consumers purchasing those singles via iTunes or similar sources; as a result, people buy full albums far less frequently than in previous times, and those consumers that do purchase entire albums seldom listen to them as albums, thanks to iPods and short attention spans.

These two factors combine together to influence the way artists produce and package their music.

Many popular albums today are simply collections of songs that do not really go together at all. This, in turn, pushes consumers to download only the tracks they want off the album, and the cycle continues.

As it happens, albums, in the traditional, connotative sense of the word are more likely to be found outside of the “popular” avenues that most people travel. This makes for a more shallow listening experience in genres that fall into “mainstream” categories. The existence

of concept albums — and, more broadly, albums that actually make sense the way they’re put together and composed — outside of the mainstream is just another reason on the incredibly long (and growing) list of reasons to swim into deeper, more unfamiliar musical waters.

So, do albums have a future? In short, yes, though probably not within the mainstream market.

Because of the current state of the music industry, $9.99 digital albums are not as profitable as releasing several singles for $1.29 on iTunes, not to mention the money production companies can save by declining to create physical copies. It is possible that albums as we know them are already on their way out for popular music. This is unfortunate, because albums are, as an art form, still very much necessary.

There are few greater pleasures in life than the all-out barrage of emotion and artistry that an album (especially a concept album) unleashes from beginning to end upon a listener. Consumers that do not allow themselves this pleasure are truly missing out on stories that cannot be told in any other medium.

Regen McCracken is a junior intending to major in journalism. Send questions and comments to mccracken@ wisc.edu.

Veterans have many unique skills, giving them an edge over undergraduates, the extent of which they might not even be aware.

“Oftentimes, I focus on the leadership skills that they gain, the punctuality [and] the level of commitment,” Ganem said. “Oftentimes you’ll see that veterans call in sick a lot less than non-veterans. They work longer hours voluntarily than non-veterans. There’s an innate sense to complete the mission, or complete the job.”

Bechtol sees other problems, many of which are the practicalities that result from being an active service member. Those individuals who are serving in active duty are often away from their homes, and thus away from a professional network of contacts.

“I come back. I’ve been gone for six, 10 years, whatever. I don’t have a network of people necessarily.

I may have some family, but there’s no [one] from school; I wasn’t working part time at a store,” Bechtol grimaced.

“You [the veteran] look good on paper, but I don’t know you versus … [the guy who is] not great, but I know him.”

Many of the strategies government officials have proposed focus on things veterans can do. But the

veterans themselves are only one audience to which they can speak. Both Bechtol and Ganem see the education of the public as equally necessary if job opportunities for veterans are to be improved.

Ganem gives some history on the matter, a lot of which has to do with the military’s current size.

“If you go back 40, 50 years ago, you have more people that participated in the military and had a better understanding of what was expected and what they were gonna get out of hiring a veteran; versus now we only have 260,000 uniformed personnel protecting the 313 million people that live in this country.” he said.

Wisconsin veterans are returning home to a complicated scenario. On one hand, they receive affirmation for their service. On the other, they may encounter a doublestandard in what is asked from veteran jobseekers, or ignorance of job skills they offer.

Ganem wants civilians to understand they hold incredible responsibility for changing this. “We don’t have a set group of people that are slated to protect us. Someone’s gotta raise their hand.

Someone’s gotta say ‘Yeah, I’ll go do it.’”

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Underclassmen crucial for Big Ten play Despite 2nd-year status, Carey, Satral growing into role as UW’s top players Lee Gordon Men’s Tennis Writer In collegiate sports, seniors are not only the most experienced players, but often the emotional and mental leaders of the entire team as well. It is the duty of the seniors to perform well in pressure situations as well as serve as mentors for the younger teammates.

Unfortunately for the Wisconsin men’s tennis team, there is not a single senior on the roster. In fact, there are only two upperclassmen on a team of 11.

With a lack of senior players, the recent success of the 8-5 Badgers has been due to a rising sophomore class. Without an obvious, defined leader, the secondyear players have made a commitment to put the team on their backs.

Head coach Greg Van Emburgh is looking for the class of 2014 to make its mark this season.

“I think they’re gaining experience, and I think they can have a major impact on this team,” Van Emburgh said. “We’re looking for them to take more of a leadership role than they would normally do when you have a couple of seniors on the team.”

The prospect of youth can be a double-edged sword for any team — it can provide a sense of energy and allow for significant improvement among

younger players, but a lack of experience can hinder any team over a lengthy season.

In the case of the Badgers, the young players have quickly gained experience by facing challenging opponents on the road.

Five of Wisconsin’s six road matches this season have been against ranked opponents, and the team was able to earn its first win away from the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in its most recent road test against Idaho.

Van Emburgh said he thinks the tough schedule early in the season will prepare the team for difficult upcoming conference matches.

“It was imperative for them to play those top teams and experience that,” Van Emburgh said.

“I think they’ll be up for the challenge in our next matches in the Big Ten conference because this year the Big Ten Conference is very, very strong.”

It’s no stretch to say the Big Ten is strong this year, as eight of Wisconsin’s remaining 10 conference matches are ranked, four of which are in the top 25.

The looming matches create an opportunity for the sophomore class to contribute to the team.

Half of the singles lineup consists of sophomores, as does four of the six doubles players.

With a menacing schedule ahead of them, it remains to be seen if the Badgers can succeed in Big Ten play with their only conference match thus far being a 6-1 loss to rival

Minnesota.

Sophomore Rod Carey recognized the key to the team’s success is to maintain its focus and jump ahead early in matches.

“I just want to keep doing the things we’ve been doing, playing good and just stay focused, make sure [to] try to get early starts in our matches and try to get on top of them early,” Carey said.

The Bahamas native has picked up his singles game since a three-match skid stalled his progress. He has won five of six efforts, with all of his victories coming in straight sets.

Fellow sophomore Petr Satral has also provided a boost to the bulk of the singles lineup. Prevailing in four of his last five matches, he said the best way to lead a team is to serve as an example on the court.

“I will definitely try to be a leader and try to help my team at the best possible way,” Satral said. “I will try to just win as many matches as possible.”

Van Emburgh has been thrilled with the way two of his star sophomores have played recently. “[Carey and Satral] really starting to grow into their responsibility,” Van Emburgh said. “If they’re playing the type of tennis I know that they can produce, I think they’re going to have a great season. I think they’ve both really turned it around, and I look for a lot of success for them for the rest of the year.”

With the sophomores thriving as of late, the team appears to have plenty to look forward to. The young players have a lot of

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At one point this season, sophomore Rod Carey (pictured) found himself in a three-match skid. But the Bahamas native has since turned things around, winning five of his last six for the Badgers. Fellow sophomore Petr Satral has also won four of his last five. potential, but confidence and motivation will be essential if the Badgers are to succeed in conference competitions.

A clash with the No. 25 Michigan Wolverines on Friday will test the youth of the Badgers lineup more

so than previous nonconference matchups. Even without senior leadership, Carey said everyone on the team is pursuing the same goal.

“Because there’s no seniors on the team and no real captain or leader, it’s

more like a group effort,” Carey said. “Everyone has to try to put the same amount of effort in to make the team because there’s no one really leading, so we all have to try to kind of push the team in the right direction together.”

Ohio State, Cincinnati to rekindle rivalry Squads meet for just 2nd time since 1962; battle for place in Elite Eight BOSTON (AP) -There are 347 schools playing Division I men’s basketball. Thirteen are from Ohio. Four of those are among the 16 teams still playing in the NCAA tournament.

Only one calls itself The

Ohio State University.

The flagship school from the leading basketball state in the nation -- in this tournament, at least -- will play Cincinnati on Thursday night in an East Regional semifinal that is as much a Battle of the Buckeye State as it is a chance to move one game closer to a national title.

“What I’ve felt all along is it’s just a tremendous state for basketball,” said Ohio State coach Thad Matta, who also coached at

Miami of Ohio and Xavier before taking over the Buckeyes in 2004.

“I think a lot of times in the high school ranks it gets tabbed as a football state, just all the great players that they’ve put out. But just in the time that I’ve been there ...

I’ve got a pretty good understanding of how passionate the fans are.

It takes a lot of luck for four teams to get here, obviously. I think it speaks volumes to the level of

basketball in the state.”

Although it is bordered by hoops hotbeds Kentucky (a state with nine NCAA titles) and Indiana (five), Ohio hasn’t really been considered a basketball state since placing a team in four straight championship games from 1960-63.

(Ohio State won the first, then lost the next two to Cincinnati; the Bearcats returned in `63 and lost to Loyola of Chicago.)

Ohio State has won two

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The Buckeyes’ Jared Sullinger was one of the most dominant post players in the Big Ten this year, averaging a double-double with 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds in the regular season.

football championships since then, but its appearance in the basketball title game in 2007 is the only one for the state since the `60s.

Even -- gasp! -- Michigan, with three men’s basketball championship since then, has more to show from its trips to the NCAA tournament.

“Ohio, everybody knows them as a football state. But we have a little bit of basketball talent inside those borders,” said Buckeyes forward Jared Sullinger, a Columbus native who is one of three Ohioans among the top four scorers on the team.

“It’s just finally showing now.”

And not just at Ohio State.

Along with the Buckeyes and Bearcats, Xavier and Ohio have reached the round of 16 this year, with Xavier set to play Baylor in the South Regional semis and Ohio preparing for North Carolina in the Midwest.

“I think the fact that you have four Ohio teams in the Sweet 16 is a sense of great pride for our state,” Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin said. “In Cincinnati alone we have two, so it’s great for our community. ... It’s probably good that we’re up here in Boston.

We don’t have to worry so much about the ticket requests for the game.”

Cronin said there isn’t much of a rivalry with Ohio State because Cincinnati is tucked into the southern

corner of the state, just over the Ohio River from Kentucky. The city as close to Louisville and Lexington as Columbus, and the Bearcats were in Conference USA with the Cardinals before they both joined the Big East.

But there’s more to it than that.

Despite being separated by a little more than 100 miles along Interstate 71, Ohio State and Cincinnati have met just once since the 1962 championship game. In the meantime, there have been allegations flying both ways of recruiting violations, hiring snubs and scheduling snobbery.

“It still kind of has bad blood between the two schools,” Sullinger said.

“So this one is going to be remembered for whoever goes to the Elite 8, and it’s going to be a battle of Ohio.”

For the winner, though, there’s more at stake: A spot in the regional finals, and a chance to bring back to Ohio its first NCAA title since 1962.

“I think by us playing here in the Sweet 16, it’s not about Cincinnati versus Ohio State. It’s about advancing, trying to get to the Elite 8,” said Bearcats forward Yancy Gates, a Cincinnati native.

“Really we’re just focused on trying to get to New Orleans like everybody else here. It’s not about whether we’re playing Ohio State or Florida State; it’s about the task at hand.”

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Sophomore Darrah dominant on mound Sean Zak Softball Writer As the Wisconsin softball schedule makes the turn from non-conference tournaments to Big Ten play, the Badgers will be looking for consistency.

For Cassandra Darrah, a rising talent on the mound for the Badgers, the timing is perfect.

The sophomore pitcher was dominant last weekend in Santa Barbara, carrying the Badgers through tight competition by surrendering only a single run and seven hits over two games and 13 innings of work.

While Darrah’s performance in Santa Barbara was masterful, it was partially masked by Wisconsin finishing 1-2 on the weekend, with the one run she did yield, giving Oklahoma State the lead in a spirited 1-0 final on Sunday afternoon.

In relinquishing the lone run of the game, Darrah

highlighted her minor mistakes as the obvious outcome that she wished to change. Head coach Yvette Healy believes otherwise, and said Darrah did exactly the job she was asked to do.

“We tell the pitchers ‘just give us a chance to win the game, keep us in the game, hold the other team down,’” Healy said. “We don’t ask them to shut teams out very often; we just ask [the pitchers] to hold them to two or three and hope that we can score four. [Darrah] has definitely overachieved those expectations.”

Even though runs were rare throughout the weekend — Wisconsin only tallied four runs in three games — most pitchers would be disappointed in their teams’ performance by failing to produce any runs. Darrah is different, however, and retains strong trust in her teammates.

“I don’t let it bother me,” Darrah said. “I know that they’re working hard for me.”

The team clearly works hard behind the pitching of Darrah and she delivers when she is on the mound.

The Badgers are 7-3 when she is the starting pitcher, and while that certainly is a product of her team-leading 2.48 ERA, Healy sees a different team when Darrah toes the rubber.

“The team plays really well behind Cassandra, which is what we like,” Healy said. “They’re fired up, they hit better, they have a better batting average, so she has a nice presence out there. She brings some of that x-factor.”

Regardless of what that “x-factor” entails, it is working for the Iowa native. She also leads the team in innings pitched at 62, victories with seven and shutouts with three.

In most situations, these numbers would tag Darrah as the ace of the Badgers’ pitching staff. Healy is not ready for that association, though, but noted that heading into Big Ten play,

Darrah is right where the coaching staff wants her to be.

“She has had some really nice weekends as of late.

She is definitely coming on at the right time,” Healy said. “Over the last two weekends, she has put together two of her best performances, and that’s right where you want her to be.”

However, not everything has been rosy for Darrah this year. She spent the fall — a critical training time for softball teams — on the sidelines with a pair of herniated disks in her back.

This was the first time in her softball career that Darrah had experienced an injury serious enough to keep her off the field, stunting her off-season development and making the start to the season even more challenging.

“The season started out kind of rough for me, and I didn’t really feel like me,” Darrah noted. “I didn’t have fall to work on things, so it

was tough.”

Her injury may have temporarily confined her to the dugout, but it was only a matter of time before Darrah began to pitch in a dominating fashion.

Progress was inevitable.

Fellow pitcher Meghan McIntosh has witnessed major improvements in Darrah’s game this season.

The sophomore said their relationship as pitchers has made such advancements even more noticeable as they help each other from inning to inning.

“She is really composed out there on the mound and hits her locations very well, staying down in the zone,” McIntosh said.

“She has developed a drop ball and has been really consistent with her curves this year. Everything is down, and her changeup is great.”

Thus far, her development has translated into success.

Even when she is not at the top of her game,

Darrah is able to keep the Badgers close enough for the offense to manufacture crucial runs and keep the game competitive.

Even if she is not dominating opponents like she did in a two-hit shutout of Santa Barbara Friday, Darrah is still pitching very well. Only once this season has she surrendered more than five runs, and that came against nationallyranked Florida State.

Nonetheless, she was able to keep Wisconsin within striking distance as the Badgers fell 6-2. This fulfills the exact wishes of Healy, who sees quite a bright future down the road for the striving sophomore.

“I really think she has the ability to hold teams down, so she could keep us in literally every single game,” Healy said.

“That would be a huge accomplishment for her, so she could definitely develop into one of the best pitchers in the Big Ten.”

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Sports KORGER, from 12 the middle, thus drawing multiple defenders inside and allowing easy kick out passes for open 3s.

Another way the Badgers can beat the zone is by stretching it. The Badgers may have a hard time working the ball into the posts because of the length, size and athleticism of every single Orange player on the floor. Combined with ‘Cuse’s terrific active hands and athleticism, any ill-conceived or lazy pass against their 2-3 is a certain turnover.

However, if the Badgers truly wish to beat the Orange’s zone, they need to hit a few outside shots.

In the two games where Syracuse has fallen this year, opponents have on average shot 47 percent from beyond the arc. The Badgers may not need to shoot that well, but if Jordan Taylor and Ben Brust can show some of the range they did in Wisconsin’s win against Vanderbilt, Syracuse will be forced to stretch its zone outside of the 3-point line, making them vulnerable

ELITE EIGHT, from 12 with, the Badgers are sure to face plenty of individual challenges.

Wisconsin doesn’t use as expansive of a rotation (seven players average at least 10 minutes), but the last two games seem to indicate the Badgers’ roster is coalescing and peaking as a whole.

Against Vanderbilt, Wisconsin had five players score in doubledigits and frustrated the Commodores’ two

Limit turnovers, don’t give up dribble penetration The Syracuse offense can directly relate to the turnovers its 2-3 defense causes. The Orange know how to get the ball better than almost any team in the nation, averaging the third most steals per game in the country at just over nine. The Orange have an entire roster full of athletes who are at their best when they are running the floor in transition off a turnover.

Layups, alley-oop dunks, kick-out bombs from beyond the arc — all just aspects of a dangerous group of bright orange jerseys in transition.

If one thing is for certain, it’s that the Badgers cannot hope to run with the Orange.

Rather, the Badgers must be even more methodical and precise on the offensive end than usual.

Because Syracuse is at its most dangerous in transition, the best way to limit that transition is to prevent it entirely.

Wisconsin’s Taylor is one of the best point guards in the nation when it comes to not turning the ball over, which is essential if the Badgers look to keep the game at their own pace throughout the game and in the halfcourt.

Defensively in the half-court, the Badgers face the daunting task of containing the Orange’s offense. Syracuse’s offense is a lot like Montana’s, except with players of the highest athletic caliber. Almost every player in the Syracuse rotation can knock down the 3, making them a team that can kill you on offense

talented guards, John Jenkins and Taylor, who combined for 7-of-25 shooting for 22 points.

Prior to that, Wisconsin shot 47.9 percent from the field against Montana.

The most pleasant emergence over that two-game span for the Badgers is that of forward Mike Bruesewitz. Before the Montana game, the 6-foot-6 junior had not converted a 3-pointer since Feb. 9 against Minnesota — a nine-

game streak.

Bruesewitz hit 2-of-3 treys versus the Grizzlies en route to scoring eight points and followed that up by dropping two more 3s and 10 points on the Commodores.

“I think every single one of us, coming into the tournament, knew we could rely on Mike,” Taylor said. “I heard the stat after the (Montana) game, that he hadn’t hit a 3 since Feb. 9, and I don’t think anybody on our team knew that.”

for dribble penetration and the easy looks from kick-out passes that result from said penetration.

Syracuse holds opposing teams to a 38.3 field goal percentage, the seventh best in the nation. If the Badgers hope to beat up Syracuse offensively, they will need to have good offensive balance, which means not relying solely on the 3-ball but instead balancing an inside-outside attack to give the Syracuse zone fits.

Discipline is a key when attacking the zone, and that’s something Bo Ryan’s squad has in spades, especially with Taylor at the point.

from both inside and outside.

Cincinnati most recently had success against Syracuse in the Big East tournament by forcing them to shoot outside or off the dribble, solidifying the middle and penetration with a 2-3 zone of their own.

While the chances of Bo Ryan opening the game with the Badgers in a zone defense are minimal, Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin did reveal a formula to beating the Orange.

By limiting the dribble-drive penetration of the Syracuse

guards to a minimum, he effectively forced the Orange to shoot contested jump shots rather than the open 3s and layups they are accustomed to creating off successful dribble drives into the lane.

Final Prediction If the Badgers want to walk out of this game with a victory, they’ll have to make their shots. Syracuse may be the more athletic team compared to Wisconsin, but the halfcourt discipline on offense

and defense that Bo Ryan has honed in his players should prove to give the Badgers a promising shot at victory. If Wisconsin can exert its will by controlling the tempo of the game and making it a halfcourt slug-fest, the Badgers should beat a top-seeded team in the tournament for the first time under Bo Ryan.

Wisconsin 65 Syracuse 63 Think Nick left anything out?

Email him to let him know at nkorger@badgerherald.com.

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Wisconsin continues chase for elusive Elite Eight appearance ELLIOT HUGHES | SPORTS EDITOR With a tournament appearance in all 11 years as the head coach of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team, Bo Ryan has made it this far three times before.

But he’s only advanced from the Sweet 16 once. Come Thursday evening, he’ll have another chance when he and the rest of No. 4-seeded Wisconsin (26-9) tip off with top-seeded Syracuse (33-2) at the TD Garden in Boston.

The Badgers are coming off two impressive showings in the East Region of the NCAA tournament. A 73-49 win over No. 13 Montana in the Round of 64 came before a 60-57 victory over fifth-seeded Vanderbilt that clinched UW’s second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance — a run achieved for the first time in school history.

Meanwhile, the Orange, despite being a team of top-seed caliber, was tested early in its 28th tournament appearance under head coach Jim Boeheim.

Syracuse barely worked its way past 16-seeded UNC-Asheville in a 58-55 game that featured two controversial calls by referees that went in ‘Cuse’s favor in final minutes.

Prior to the tournament,

Syracuse announced that center Fab Melo, the Big East Defensive Player of the Year, would sit out the rest of the postseason because of academic issues. As a result, many expected the Orange to be the first No. 1 seed knocked out, but in the Round of 32, Syracuse cruised past 8-seed Kansas State, 75-59.

Ask any members of Wisconsin’s coaching staff or roster, and they’ll tell you Melo’s absence hardly makes a difference.

Melo, a 7-foot, 244-pound sophomore, was the centerpiece of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone defense.

He’s since been replaced by 6-foot-9, 222-pound forward Rakeem Christmas and 6-foot-10, 213-pound center Baye Keita.

“I don’t know if there’s much difference at all,” assistant coach Gary Close said of a Melo-less Orange. “The two guys that came in — Christmas and Keita — are a lot like Fab: They’re long; they’re athletic.

“They have a responsibility of covering the basket, and they do it well. I don’t think from a defensive standpoint there’s a whole lot of difference without [Melo].”

Melo’s biggest contribution

came on defense, where he averaged 2.6 blocks over the course of 30 games while averaging 7.8 points on the other end.

But Syracuse has the depth to absorb the absence.

The Orange rotate nine players of formidable length onto the floor and all are led by guards Kris Joseph and Scoop Jardine, who have 49 and 47 steals on the year, respectively. Joseph leads the way with 13.7 points per game while Jardine paces Syracuse with a team-best 4.8 assists.

“They’re typical New York, east coast guards,” Jeffrey Taylor said, who roomed with Jardine at a basketball camp over the summer. “They believe they can do anything, and quite frankly they probably can; they’re all really talented, skilled with the ball. Especially Scoop; he’s a floor general. He’s extremely driven.

“Rooming with him this summer, talking to him, you can tell he’s not going to let anything stand in his way when it comes to achieving what he wants to achieve.”

With a host of able-bodied scorers and defenders to deal

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Keys to Badger victory over topseeded Orange NICK KORGER KORGER’S KORNER KOR

No time to waste! Wisconsin Badgers, Syracuse Orange.

Let’s break down the keys for a Badger victory.

Beating the Syracuse 2-3 zone We’ve heard about it the entire college basketball season, how Syracuse’s hyped 2-3 zone defense is one of the hardest to beat in the nation. There’s plenty of support for this belief, most likely in the fact that Syracuse has lost only twice this season. However, the Orange have yet to face a team as disciplined as Wisconsin.

With 6-foot-9 freshman Rakeem Christmas taking the suspended Fab Melo’s spot in two tournament wins, the Orange have yet to play a team from a power conference at full-strength (Kansas State had to play Syracuse this past Saturday without starting senior forward Jamar Samuels due to eligibility issues). If UNC-Asheville could nearly upset Syracuse, there is absolutely no reason the Badgers cannot do so Thursday night.

The easiest way to beat the Orange’s stifling 2-3 zone is to feed the ball to the high and low posts. This may seem like elementary theory, but the soft spots against the 2-3 are the high post and sometimes the short corner near the low block.

If Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans can make some shots early on in the paint to even remotely put pressure on the middle of the 2-3, Syracuse’s zone will have to collapse to solidify

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