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Collective bargaining law upheld Federal judge maintains majority of legislation limiting public union workers’ rights Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor

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Tom Barrett, Gov. Scott Walker’s original opponent in 2010, is making another bid for governor.

A federal judge upheld most of the law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature last year that limited collective bargaining rights for many public employee unions, while striking down sections relating to annual recertification and allowing union members to deduct fees from their paycheck.

Judge William Conley of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on March 30 issued an order and opinion that

said, according to equal protection and First Amendment grounds, general employee unions do not have to recertify on an annual basis if the state does not require public safety unions to recertify annually.

The order and opinion also said that general employee unions could be allowed to deduct union dues from paychecks because public safety unions are allowed to.

However, Conley upheld the limiting of collective bargaining rights for general employee unions.

Mary Bell, president of

the Wisconsin Education Association Council, one of the organizations that brought the suit against the law, said in a statement the ruling is one more step in repealing the budget repair law.

“The court ruling goes to show that [the law] was never about balancing the state’s budget like Gov. (Scott) Walker claimed,” Bell said in the statement.

“It was a mean-spirited attack designed to attack unions and the workers who belong to unions.”

However, she said in the statement that members of her union still lack

GAB OKs recall races State Legislative Editor Recall election dates are set after the Government Accountability Board approved staff recommendations last Friday to certify the recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four Republican state senators.

Primaries will be held on May 8 followed by a general election on June 5. Following the announcement, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced his candidacy for the race against the governor.

Barrett joins Secretary of State Doug La Follette, Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk in the Democratic primary race for the governor’s seat.

The GAB staff certified 900,938 signatures on the Walker recall petitions and 808,990 on the Kleefisch petitions.

Each office required 540,208 valid signatures to trigger a recall election.

Walker’s campaign released a statement following the certification that said the group had anticipated the election process moving forward.

“Now it is time for voters to examine the choice they will be faced with in June,” spokesperson Ciara Matthews said in the statement. “Voters are not prepared to reverse the tremendous progress the Governor has made by prematurely ending his term in this $9 million power grab by out-of-state special

interests.”

Attorneys representing the recall petitioners and the challengers to the recall petitioners joined GAB Director Kevin Kennedy in thanking the GAB’s staff for the hard work accomplished in turbulent times of Wisconsin government.

Directly following the meeting, Falk waited outside the board’s room for interviews. When asked about recent polling that put the governor ahead of the Democratic candidates, Falk said it is proof of a highly polarized state.

“It’s dead even statistically,” Falk said. “They want a governor who can bring the state together and get things done. There is a better way.”

Falk also talked about her pledge to restore collective bargaining, and when asked if she would raise taxes to restore it, she said she would not raise taxes on Wisconsin families.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said the party would not be challenging any of the petition numbers certified today and that they were happy with the certified results.

“Today, for the first time in Wisconsin history, a recall election was certified against a sitting governor,” Tate said.

“This is no great cause for celebration, mainly because the reasons for the recall are so grave.”

Tate added Walker’s campaign could not provide a single example of petition fraud to the board, despite Republican persistence that

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Three Republican candidates hope for gubernatorial win Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor

Higher Education Editor After a student appealed Interim Chancellor David Ward’s decision to overturn a budget decision made by the student government, a University of Wisconsin System official denied the appeal last week, which could mean a lawsuit is on the horizon.

In a letter to Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart, who filed the appeal on behalf of the committee as well as Associated Students

of Madison Student Council and the Segregated University Fee Advisory Committee, UW System President Kevin Reilly said the appeal is “not appropriate to be taken up by the Board (of Regents)” and that Ward’s decision stands.

This comes after Ward’s decision in late March to overturn decisions made by SSFC and ASM Student Council to not fund Wisconsin Union and Rec Sports’ non-allocable budgets within the 2012-13 fiscal year segregated fee budget.

In a March letter to Neibart

Romney getting to that level is nobody getting to that level.”

In the case of no candidate reaching the total numbers of delegates needed, Dresang said a brokered convention, or a reshuffling and trading of delegates, would be triggered and a winner would be chosen.

Dresang said if Gingrich dropped out of the race and enough votes from his camps swung over to Santorum’s, a convention could be held.

Santorum is far behind in delegate count, but with his home state of Pennsylvania and Texas coming up, Dresang said it is still a possibility for him to catch up.

More than 1 million of the state’s 4.3 million

As a recall election for Gov. Scott Walker looms in the near future, three Republican candidates have stepped forward to possibly challenge Walker in a primary for the Republican nomination.

Michael Mangan, a Milwaukee energy engineer, Arthur KohlRiggs, a Madison citizen, and Patrick O’Brien, a New Glarus stay-at-home father, have filed paperwork with the Government Accountability Board for potential runs against Walker in a May 8 primary election.

Mangan, who said he was a “recovering Democrat,” also ran as an independent candidate for governor in 1994, 1998 and 2002.

He said he has a plan that would cut the state’s energy costs by 30 percent and use the saved money to cover the costs of Medicare and other programs.

He said he had decided to not run for governor again after 2002 until this last year when he discovered he had ancestors who fought for the North during the Civil War. He said if he had ancestors who died for Lincoln, he could make a smaller sacrifice by running

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After wins in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Romney looks like the favorite over Santorum, Paul and Gingrich.

Romney takes Wis., may clinch nomination Experts argue his recent wins cement frontrunner status Mike Kujak State Legislative Editor Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Wisconsin GOP primary Tuesday, and experts predict it is unlikely for any other candidate to win the Republican nomination.

Romney received 44.1 percent of the vote, closely followed by former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum with 36.9 percent. Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich lagged far behind, with Paul receiving 11.2 percent and Gingrich receiving 5.8

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collective bargaining rights and will continue fighting until they get them back.

Assembly Majority Leader Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, and Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, said in a joint statement that while they were disappointed that two parts of the law were struck down, the majority of the law was found to be constitutional.

They said they are hopeful the ruling will be appealed.

“The reforms in [the budget repair law] have undeniably helped the state move forward past difficult

and ASM Student Council Chair Allie Gardner, Ward conveyed his formal decision to overturn that of ASM and accept the budgets to avoid resulting “untenable choices.”

Neibart previously said SSFC’s reason for disapproving the budgets boiled down a need for more transparency as to how and where specifically the funds within them would be utilized.

In the appeal, Neibart said there is an issue with Ward’s assertion that UW can designate

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percent.

On the same night, Romney also won Maryland and the Washington, D.C., area.

The three wins put Romney’s delegate total at 658, past the halfway mark for total delegates needed to receive the nomination.

UW political science professor Dennis Dresang said it was a bit too early to call the race for Romney but that any other candidate receiving enough delegates would be unlikely.

“Romney has political momentum, but he doesn’t have the delegates yet,” Dresang said. “The safest thing to say is it’s unlikely any other candidate is going to reach the 1,444 delegates needed. The only other possibility besides

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University of Wisconsin student Leland Pan secured a victory in the race for a seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

The Dane County Board of Supervisors is in charge of county ordinances, levying taxes and passing laws concerning law enforcement and appropriates money for services. The District 5 seat has typically been held by students in the past.

The April 3 board elections secured a supermajority for Democrats on the board, with 28 of the 37 seats.

Supermajorities on the Dane County Board of Supervisors are rare, with Republicans holding the last one nearly 30 years ago, Chair Scott McDonell said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Pan thanked his supporters in the district for supporting him throughout the process.

He said he is considered to be relatively young to hold a district seat that is typically occupied by an upperclassman student, but he cited his experiences in local politics as justification.

Pan is involved in both the Associated Students of Madison and the Student Labor Committee, as well as the Madison

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GOP, from 1 as a “Lincoln Republican”, saying he wanted to “reconstitute the progressive part of the party that has gone into the closet”.

Mangan said he has experience as a police officer, school board member and a former school district energy manager, where he cut energy use by 25 percent and saved the school district $3.5 million. His platform involves a repeal of concealed carry laws which he said would reduce gun

community as a whole. He serves as representative of the College of Letters and Sciences and has also been involved in numerous local organizations, including the local Tenant Resource Center and Rape Crisis Center.

He was met with contention after posting controversial Facebook statuses and speaking out against interim Chancellor David Ward.

According to Pan, the local elections partly illustrate the “continuous backlash” to many of the policies enacted by Gov. Scott Walker.

He added the administration’s enactment of property tax levies and the cutting of social services played a role in the local elections. “[The people of Dane County] really showed that they want to vote people in who were willing to defend those services, who were willing to stand up to those funding cuts,” Pan said.

McDonell said in the email that after Walker passed the controversial budget repair bill, more Democrats participated in local elections this spring.

Republicans voting to cut collective bargaining rights aligned themselves with Walker, McDonell said in the email.

Some districts in Dane County that are typically conservative in their vote, including Deforest,

violence.

Kohl-Riggs said he filed his paperwork with the GAB as a way to protest Walker’s policies. He said he is also running to prevent Republican voters from influencing the Democratic primary.

He said if Walker runs unopposed, his supporters would try to influence the primary. The winner of the Democratic primary would need 35 percent of the vote and a small and organized group could have an impact, Kohl-Riggs said.

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Leland Pan, pictured at a Student Services Finance Committee meeting, has long been involved in politics both on campus and in the community as a whole.

Stoughton and Sun Prairie, elected Democrats to the Board this past election.

The supermajority on the board, according to McDonell, will not change much due to the fact that the Democrats had previously already held a majority of the seats.

McDonell cited that making improvements to the lakes will be less difficult after the recent elections.

UW junior John Magnino, who ran against Pan for the District 5 seat

on the board, cited the special circumstances that made the election unpredictable due to its occurrence over spring beak.

“It was a clean race, and maybe if it was during the regular school time, it would have gone differently, but it didn’t, so best of luck to [Pan] in the next two years on the county board,” Magnino said.

He added he has no plans to run for the position in the future.

“If I were to win, my main policy is openness. I would listen to what people say,” Kohl-Riggs said. “There has been a disconnect between what people want to see and the real issues they get.”

O’Brien said he was running for the Republican nomination for governor because he felt responsible for voting for Walker in the primary. He defined himself as a moderate Republican.

He said his campaign is focused on job creation and long-term economic goals by investing in agriculture

and dairy products. He said his plan focuses on areas connected with agriculture, such as highway repair and fixing roads so they can handle more traffic and as governor, he would not roll back environmental restrictions.

Mangan said normally the GAB gives candidates six weeks to collect 2,000 signatures to get on a nomination ballot. However, due to the recall, the GAB has only given people 10 days to collect the 2,000 signatures.

He said this is a huge hurdle

APPEAL, from 1 areas of student services and programming as non-allocable, meaning that that “students are required to pay whatever amount of fees the UWMadison sets.”

She said this adopted practice in UW campus policies violates state statute 36.9.05, which states that students have primary authority over where fees go, and that as a result, student shared governance is removed.

“The definition of ‘nonallocable’ is found nowhere in state statute, additionally neither is the legal ability for UW System to create such a differentiation within student fees,” she wrote to Reilly.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, Neibart said UW System policy has not

BARGAINING, from 1 financial times,” Suder and Vos said in the statement.

“The reforms were used by local governments and school districts to balance their budgets. Together with our jobs agenda, [the law] helped turn the tide and move the state toward a more prosperous future for its citizens.”

Cullen Werwie, spokesperson Walker, said in an email to The Badger Herald that while the Department of Justice is handling the case and will ultimately make the final decision on an appeal, he thinks an appeal is likely.

Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty, which filed a “friend of the court” brief with the court in support of the Walker administration, said an appeal in the case would go to the Seventh Circuit Court, which would have to take on the case, regardless of who appealed.

He said depending on the decision of the Circuit Court, whoever was dissatisfied with the decision could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case. However, he said the Supreme Court only takes 1 percent of the cases it is asked to take up, and typically the court only takes up those cases that raise an interesting turn of law.

Esenberg said WILL filed the brief with the court as part of a group of clients who preferred to negotiate plans on an individual basis rather than through unionized bargaining.

to meet unless candidates have a fair amount of money.

He said he has filed a federal lawsuit that would require the GAB to prorate the signatures on time so candidates would only have to collect 400 to 500 signatures. However, he said the GAB received the lawsuit on Wednesday and sent it to the Department of Justice and that the time to file nomination papers is next Tuesday. He accused the GAB of keeping the doors closed to alternative candidates.

been in direct correlation with state statute, and that behind her appeal was her belief that there is no distinction between allocable and non-allocable when it comes to “student life, services and interests” under state law.

In addition to this, she said Ward’s decision to forward an independently created and altered budget for Wisconsin Union and Rec Sports was illegal, because the law under the legal framework of Spoto v. Board of Regents requires him to reengage in negotiations with students to reach an agreement.

In his response letter of denial, Reilly said the budgets of both entities have been deemed nonallocable, and that “the use of non-allocable SUF in both budgets seems appropriately related to supporting the long-term commitments for fixed financial obligations and ongoing operating costs.”

He cited Board of Regents policy 30-5(1), which affirmed that “the institutions are responsible for defining the allocable and non-allocable portions of the student fee and that only allocable fee disputes may be brought before the Board for resolution.”

With this he said the appeal on the non-allocable budgets is not appropriate, adding that he would like to sit down with UW System student government leaders to discuss F-50 and “the various attitudes about its implementation that seem to exist” in the System.

Neibart said at this juncture, she will likely move forward with a lawsuit against the Board of Regents in addition to going to the Legislative Reference Bureau for administrative rules. She said she is in the process of accessing the shared governance defense fund through United Council.

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Suspect arrested in Planned Parenthood bombing Facility met with damage after small explosive was left on clinic windowsill Camille Albert Reporter Police arrested a suspect last Tuesday in a bombing incident at a Planned Parenthood facility in Grand Chute, Wis. According to a statement released by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, a “small, homemade explosive device” was placed on an outdoor windowsill of the facility April 1. The device caused a small fire, which resulted in some damage to an exam room. There were no injuries.

According to a statement released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a witness reported seeing a white SUV leave the building as the flames emerged that belonged to Francis Grady, 50.

Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson said security video recordings

from Planned Parenthood confirmed the white vehicle reported by the witness.

The next day, investigators discovered the same vehicle was involved in a traffic accident and were then able to track down the suspect, he said.

“We’re confident in our arrest decision, and there’s no indication we had that we should be looking at somebody else,” Peterson said. “In order for us to make an arrest, we needed probable cause and we had enough to make that arrest, but that’s insufficient for a conviction.”

Peterson said Grady appeared in federal court in Green Bay last Wednesday afternoon.

Although it is currently under consideration by the police, investigations suggest the incident was performed by Grady alone without involvement from others, Peterson said. He said Planned Parenthood is wary about risks and takes considerable precaution on a regular basis.

“Unfortunately, they know people feel strongly about their services and

Final Recall Numbers Signatures submitted

Signatures struck

Valid signatures

Gov. Walker

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Lt. Gov. Kleefisch

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RECALL, from 1 fraud was occurring during the petition gathering process.

Of the five names brought forward by the staff as being fictitious signatures, four of them were approved.

The board struck down the names Adolf Hitler, Mick E. Mous, Donald L. Duck and I Love Scott Walker Thanks.

However, Fungky Van Den Elzen, the fifth name, was located by the staff

before the meeting and his signature was validated by the board.

During the meeting the GAB also approved a motion to direct its staff to provide public access on the board’s website to the petitions from the six recall elections in searchable format.

The database has since been posted on the website, with the ability to search all six petitions by the first and last name of those who signed the petition.

some will act out,” Peterson said.

He added there have not been a rash of violent incidents at this Planned Parenthood location recently.

There have been peaceful prayer sessions that have not caused disruptions in the past, he added.

Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said that although the incident is disturbing and tragic, it has recently been a common occurrence.

“In 2011, there were over 100 acts of terrorism and violence against reproductive health care providers,” Roys said. “I think it stems from extremism.”

A statement from the Democratic Party of Wisconsin said that more

than 36 hours after the bombing, Gov. Scott Walker has still made no public condemnation of the act of violence.

According to Roys, the silence of anti-choice leaders is the most disturbing part about the incident.

She added Walker’s reaction to this incident is not surprising.

“I’m disappointed but not surprised that he’s been silenced on this issue, given his extreme record of denying women access to reproductive health care,” Roys said.

“He’s shown himself to be totally unconcerned with the needs of working families in Wisconsin.”

Democratic Party of Wisconsin Graeme Zielinski

expressed shock that Walker has not publicly denounced the bombing. In contrast, Zielinski said that Republican primary candidate Rick Santorum condemned the attack and showed some leadership qualities, unlike Mitt Romney.

State Sen. Robert Cowles,

R-Green Bay, did condemn the act and said it was immoral simply in terms of breaking the law.

“We’re a nation of laws, not a nation of men and women,” Cowles said. “You can’t go out and be vandalizing somebody’s property.”

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Wisconsin Primary Results April 3, 2012 44.1%

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Leah Linscheid City Life Editor A proposal to split the city of Madison’s Housing Committee in two may help the commission to meet quorum for the first time in months.

According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, he and other city officials plan to introduce reforms that would split the commission into two smaller committees, titled the Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee and Housing Strategy Committee.

Resnick said splitting the committee would make it easier to meet quorum, which requires half of the committee to be present at meetings. At 15 members, the Housing Committee is currently one of the largest

city commissions and has five vacant seats, making it more difficult for half the committee to be in attendance at meetings.

He added that the committee has been able to meet quorum only three times in the last year, severely curbing its ability to discuss salient housing issues in Madison.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, a co-sponsor of the proposal, said the reform is necessary to making the Housing Committee a more functional, efficient component of the city.

“What we’re doing here is recognizing the fact that the Housing Committee is one of the largest in City Hall, and it’s dysfunctional,” Verveer said. “Realizing the committee has not been effective in the last couple

of years, we have to end this joke of a committee, due to its structure and lack of appointments.”

Splitting the committee would also allow city officials to be more focused in their discussions of housing issues, Resnick said.

“Essentially what we’re doing is splitting some of those responsibilities between two committees, so you will end up having a more focused committee — one that will dive into tenant laws and another that will dive into housing strategy,” Resnick said.

Verveer said affordable housing, both for students and other Madison citizens, will be a main focus for the Housing Strategy Committee.

Resnick added the committee would be

especially pertinent to campus because it would address whether an appropriate mix of high-rise apartments and houses are available to students with a wide range of incomes.

The two proposed committees would better reflect city housing issues, including recent tenantlandlord laws passed by the state Legislature, Verveer said. “[The Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee] can look for creative solutions that other communities are doing that protect tenants confined by [the recent tenant-landlord law],” Resnick said.

Resnick cited an ordinance he hopes to propose in the near future that would impact how locks are changed in Madison

homes. He said this and other creative solutions would be discussed by the Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee and would better resolve the housing issues Madison residents are currently facing.

Resnick, Verveer, Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, will introduce the reforms at the City Council meeting Tuesday evening.

Resnick said, “ironically,” the reform will be sent to the Housing Committee for discussion, despite the fact the commission has struggled to meet quorum.

He said other committees, including the Economic Development Committee, will likely take up the reform at their meetings this week to ensure it is considered.

Wrestlers recruited by UW face charges Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor Two high school wrestlers recruited by the University of Wisconsin are facing disorderly conduct charges for alleged behavior against a fellow teammate.

Devin Peterson, 18, and Rylan Lubeck, 18, both UW

wrestling recruits from Lincoln High School in Wood County, Wis., were charged with disorderly conduct due to alleged inappropriate behavior toward a younger wrestling teammate. According to the criminal complaint, Lubeck and three other wrestlers danced naked around the

ninth-grade member of the wrestling team, as well as touched him inappropriately in the high school locker room.

According to court records, Lubeck is pleading not guilty for disorderly conduct with a decision yet to be reached in an upcoming trial.

Peterson pleaded no contest and was determined guilty by a Wood County Circuit Court Judge. The judge sentenced Peterson to three days of jail time, 100 hours of community service and to write a three-page paper outlining the effects of the case within 30 days, according to Wisconsin court records.

The judge also ruled Peterson to return to jail from March 23 to April 1, the week of the high school’s spring break.

Citing interviews with Wisconsin Rapids police officers, the complaint said the victim, a younger

student, told the coach about the situation, adding the coach wanted him to wrestle more during the spring season, but he did not want to continue wrestling because of the harassment he was enduring.

The defendant added later in the season that Lubeck “went crazy screaming” while standing nude on a bench and swinging his penis next to the victim.

Lubeck also locked the wrestler in his locker and continued to dance around him naked at multiple points throughout the wrestling season.

Other witnesses interviewed said the wrestlers would grab others’ genitals as they came out of the showers, which was ongoing throughout the wrestling season, the complaint said. It added a mother of one of the victims said he suffers from anxiety and has nightmares due to the harassment.

UW Athletics spokesperson Justin Doherty said the Athletics Department is aware of the

charges as they have been reported in newspapers, but did not comment more on the case, citing that one of the cases is still in the legal process.

“We’re aware that one of them is still working its way through the legal system,” Doherty said.

He would not comment on whether or not the athletes’ recruitment status or potential scholarships would be revoked due to the charges.

UW Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said he did not know the details surrounding the case yet, but in similar cases where prospective UW athletes face criminal charges the coaches will decide the future of their recruitment or scholarships.

“Usually a coach will make a judgment on the severity of the situation and whether a scholarship should be extended or not,” Bazzell said.

“But initially a coach will take a review of the severity of the situation.”

36.9%

Santorum 11.2%

Paul

5.9%

Gingrich Other

2.0%

SOURCE: AP

ROMNEY, from 1 eligible voters turned out for the election. The turnout of 25 percent of the state is lower than the Government Accountability Board’s prediction of 35 percent released last week.

Dresang said while turnout was high compared to other states, it has been a relatively slow year across the nation with less people turning out than in the 2008 Democratic primary.

Following the results, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Brad Courtney released a statement thanking the presidential nominees for spending time in the state and complimented the voters of Wisconsin on its highest turnout rate in a presidential primary since 1980.

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus also released a statement regarding the primary, congratulating Romney on his victory and saying the vote shows Wisconsin understands the dangers of “big government policies” that “the state endured for years at the hand of Democrats in Madison.”

The Democratic Party of Wisconsin also filed a complaint with the GAB election night, alleging election bribery took place in Waukesha, where GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, were handing out sandwiches in exchange for votes in the primary.

According to the complaint, Romney and Ryan were handing out sandwiches “in exchange for votes in a video posted on YouTube.”

“So bring your friends to the polls, get out and vote and if you want another sandwich, there are more back there,” Romney said in the video.

The GAB has yet to respond to the complaint.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Unpaid internships divide classes Meher Ahmad Staff Writer Internship season is upon us, as thousands of undergraduates scramble for the summer rite of passage that has become virtually necessary to secure jobs after graduation.

This is the second year I’ve spent countless hours ensuring a summer position to fill the space that would otherwise be empty on my resume. The process of applying, on top of a full course load and the stresses that entails, was grueling, to say the least.

But securing my internship was only step one of securing my summer plans. My parents warned me when I declared my humanities major of the sparse income I would undoubtedly have for a large portion of my life, but I never thought that it would mean I wouldn’t get a salary at all.

Out of the four internships I have had, not one has been paid.

This is perhaps a symptom of the nonprofit status

of the organizations that offered them, but the trend of unpaid apprenticeships has been growing, especially after the 2008 financial crisis.

Companies, especially those whose budgets rely on donations or subscriptions, have had little flexibility to provide entry-level jobs, positions that are often easily filled with willing and eager unpaid volunteers like myself.

I have accepted that in order to make connections and further my career, I have to take unpaid positions and absorb the cost. However, I’m lucky that my parents fund a great deal of these endeavors, funding without which I would be forced to take up paying jobs that are less substantive on my resume.

The New York Times reports that in February of this year, a Harper’s Bazaar intern filed suit against the fashion magazine’s parent company, Hearst Corporation, for failing to provide her a salary despite the recent graduate’s 55-hour weeks and “professional” duties.

Her case against Hearst essentially amounts to accusations of wage theft.

I find myself in a similarly difficult position, though the internships I’ve had have all been excellent experiences

with a great amount of hands-on learning. While I haven’t had grueling workweeks, the dilemma of paying my rent with no paycheck has yet to be solved.

But again, I am blessed with the family I happened to be born into. For those without financial backing, unpaid internships simply aren’t an option. And in this increasingly competitive job market, where Puget Sound Business Journal reports 8.9 percent of college grads are unemployed and thousands more are graduating into the same pool, having a lackluster resume isn’t much of an option either.

I don’t find a fault with the legality of unpaid internships. I have treated my past internships as classes, the same way I pay roughly $2,000 to take a course at this university.

I had agreed to work without pay, and if I didn’t agree with the contract each internship put forth, I could have always refused it.

But foregoing these internships could potentially mean foregoing a more lucrative job once I graduate. The notion that undergrads, who Sallie Mae reports carry on average $3,173 dollars in credit card debt, mostly accrued as a result

of their tuition, would have the option to work without pay automatically limits unpaid internships to those of upper classes.

For the students whose families are unwilling or unable to support them financially, the value of an investment in an unpaid internship may not compare to the value of a paid job. In most fields, especially in the humanities and the arts, a resume and one’s experience are virtually mandatory to secure a job after graduation.

The current job market, coupled with widespread use of unpaid interns, has structurally left those in middle and lower classes without an entry into certain fields.

As I transition out of the comfort of my parents’ checkbook, the harsh reality of working a nine-to-five with nothing in the bank is quickly encroaching. Although my internships may not be lucrative, I’m left only with the hope that they will pay off, in more ways than one, once I have graduated. For those without the luxury of working without pay, that hope is harder to grasp.

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

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Gov. Scott Walker’s prospects for winning a recall election look good thanks to endorsements and a plethora of opponents running in the Democratic primary, like Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

Myriad of opponents good for Gov. Walker

Vincent Borkowski Staff Writer

Brewers’ payroll shows economics Charles Godfrey Columnist In reference to the Milwaukee Brewers’ payroll for the upcoming season, which is the first in team history to exceed $100 million, primary owner Mark Attanasio said it was simply the price of winning, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Unfortunately, he’s right.

For the Brewers, a payroll in the eight-digit range is unprecedented, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It comes as the result of a few successful seasons, which have catapulted the team from small market status to the Major League Baseball’s “middle class.”

Attanasio asserted to the Wisconsin State Journal that, “We’ve moved from a small market to midmarket status,” a major transition that has been made possible by growing attendance, increased media presence and winning records. General Manager Doug Melvin claims, “When you win, you’ve got to pay the players. … If you don’t, then you tell people that you may have to take a step backward.”

According to Attanasio

and Melvin, a sizable payroll is a necessary measure to remain competitive in the big leagues. Evidently, Attanasio’s investment in the team is paying off. Since he bought the team in 2005, the Brewers’ payroll has increased from $27 million to $96 million, and it will continue to grow in the upcoming season. In 2008, the team made its first postseason appearance in 26 years — last fall, the Brewers won their first division title in 29 years.

Perhaps money can’t buy happiness, but for the Brewers, a lot of money has gone a long way. In the MLB, the dollar might be mightier than the Louisville Slugger. I won’t waste five minutes of your day by complaining about how much money goes into professional sports.

Those arguments are baseless — the fact of the matter is that professional athletes, managers, owners and networks generate billions of dollars of revenue. They earn the money.

Those who complain about Alex Rodriguez’s million dollar annual salary that ESPN has reported on and argue “he’s just playing a game” fail to realize that as long as fans are willing to pay to watch baseball, the MLB is selling a product.

To complain about the amount of money in professional sports is to complain about capitalism. To the extent

that MLB teams are considered as competing businesses, the amount of money that goes into professional baseball is justified.

On the other hand, the considerable influence of eight-digit payrolls has been counterproductive for competition for the game of baseball itself.

According to Attanasio, “There are 30 teams, and there’s probably 10 that are large market, 10 that are mid-market and 10 that are small or smaller market.” This is the salary gradient of pro baseball.

The unfortunate truth is that while it’s impossible to buy a division title directly, a large budget greatly increases the chances of success.

While I have no lack of respect for the Milwaukee Brewers, I’ll always be a loyal fan of the Minnesota Twins — so I know what it feels like to cheer for what has essentially been the MLB’s most successful farm team for the past decade. There’s a growing list of Twins players who have been bought — I mean traded — to big spenders in the East shortly after they became All-Stars — David Ortiz and Johan Santana, to name a couple. In this respect I can sympathize with Brewers fans who have watched the likes of C.C. Sabathia and Prince Fielder leave town for lucrative multi-year contracts. The problem with money in baseball isn’t that there is too much money, it’s that the

uneven distribution of money is mirrored by an uneven distribution of talent — hence uneven competition.

Melvin addresses the impact of money on competition in the MLB, saying, “It’s not always about the money, but there’s times you have to spend the money to remain competitive and to try to get to the postseason.” An MLB team is at once a competitive business, and a baseball club — the business game is all about balancing a payroll and working out deals with television networks, and the baseball game is, well, just baseball.

Today, these two pursuits have overlapped completely. It’s exciting to see a team like the Brewers heading into a promising season with the momentum of a long awaited division title, but it’s hard to ignore the fact that the Brewers’ success is directly correlated with the money Attanasio puts into payroll. This newfound success is evidence of the fact that in professional baseball, market competition is as important as athletic talent and managerial strategy. In fact, these financial considerations largely determine which teams end up with the talent to make it to the playoffs.

Charles Godfrey (cwgodfrey@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in math and physics.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BITCHY A roundup of some of the more thought-provoking (or thoughtless) comments left on badgerherald.com In response to the 3/28 column:

Democracy hindered by uninformed voting

by David Vines

Ha, limited government and enumerated powers. Tell that to the woman who’s doctor the Republican government just forced to stick a camera up her vagina.

Right now, the odds of Gov. Scott Walker being reelected look good.

Very good, in fact. As of Sunday, he had received endorsements from both the Wisconsin Farm Bureau and the Wisconsin Builders’ Association, according to Walker’s website. These are two huge endorsements that will mean a lot when the election takes place, as both groups have many members and their support signals confidence in the ideas that are helping Wisconsin prosper since former Gov. Jim Doyle left the state in economic shambles.

These endorsements come as no surprise, and there will likely be many more.

With Walker eliminating a $3.6 billion budget deficit, as stated by his website, he can count on much support in the future. He did this with a terrible national economy in the background and with doubters on the left trying to stop him from accomplishing his financially sound budget reforms. Many other states are not faring well under President Barack Obama’s spend-happy reign, including Illinois, where The Huffington Post reports taxes have been raised extremely high. You’ll notice that tax increases have not occurred in Wisconsin, and you have Mr. Walker to thank for that.

How do certain members of the left thank him for saving the state economy, creating new jobs and reforming the state budget?

With lies and half-truths.

So many members of the left think they can be governor, and already many have thrown their names in for the chance to be governor. Of recent surprise is Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. You may remember him as having already failed to win the governor’s seat twice and for dumping millions of pounds of sewage into Lake Michigan, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Add to the list several Democratic politicians, and you have a opposition force that’s almost laughable. My estimate is that by the time the election occurs, at least 20 people will have signed up to oppose Walker. Notice that Barrett became more vocal for his gubernatorial run after he was reelected to his mayor position. A good idea based on his previous two attempts.

What’s worse is that all these opponents are just

copies of one another.

Already the opponents of Walker are throwing mud and in the most disgraceful way. According to 620 WTMJ, certain comments were made about Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch by radio talk show hosts which were uncalled for. John “Sly” Sylvester gave her the suggestion on air that she perform sexual favors for Milwaukee radio show hosts to win her upcoming election. The left is rearing its ugly head already, and it will only get worse and they grow more desperate.

While Walker is receiving huge endorsements, showing that what he has done is working, his opponents throw insults in order to bolster the dozen or so opponents he currently has.

I have yet to see an honest and civil candidate run against Walker, and my guess is that it will never happen.

So many opponents means more chances to lie about our governor, but it also means that the vote will be split for each candidate who runs, making this an easy election.

Not one candidate has presented themselves as a decent replacement, and this may continue even up to the election. It’s hard to unseat an incumbent, especially as one as supported as Walker.

It will be even harder to do so with a dozen candidates, especially when they start to tear each other apart.

Walker is in a good position now, and if I were him I would just sit back, let the endorsements roll in and watch my reforms fix the state.

I have yet to see an honest and civil candidate run against Walker, and my guess is that it will never happen.

If my endorsement were worth anything, I would endorse Scott Walker for governor. I would do so for every recall election every year if I had to. With the left destroying jobs by removing the northern Wisconsin mine and sending letters to teachers associations confessing to try to make it easier to defeat Walker, according to the governor’s office, I do not see why anyone would support any of their candidates. Spending huge amounts of money is a bad idea in this national economy, and even Walker’s reforms cannot save the state should a Barrett or a Falk take over and restart Doyle’s spend-happy regiment.

Vincent Borkowski (vborkowski@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in neurobiology.

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Bombastic Minaj reloads with ‘Roman Reloaded’ Still profane and insane, sophomore album step closer to maturity for rapper Sam Berg ArtsEtc. Reporter Nicki Minaj is back and as unhinged as ever in her latest release Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. While Reloaded contains its fair share of missteps into R&B vocalism, the album’s diverse beats and provocative lyrics deliver a product well worth a listen.

The album’s namesake, Roman Zolanski, appears frequently on the record in the form of a bastardized British accent-wielding Nicki Minaj.

As Roman Zolanski, the rapper known for saying whatever the hell she wants exercises a fouler mouth than most female performers. On “Come on a Cone” Minaj coos, “If you wasn’t so ugly / I put my dick in your face.”

One should not get too caught up in the personal meanings of Minaj’s lyrics when she is in character.

Roman Zolanski, Minaj has said, is a gay lunatic who lives inside of her. He says his own piece when necessary and is completely separate from the Trinidadian rapper.

If that sounds crazy, it is.

Other voices of Minaj attempt to help out the gay man inside Minaj throughout the record. In “Roman Holiday” an upbeat

chorus repeats “Take your medication Roman / Take a short vacation Roman / You’ll be okay.”

Minaj is at her strongest on Reloaded at her meanest and dirtiest. She strikes gold when she raps on dicks and coke, and of course when she trash talks. One of the things that make Minaj a respectable presence in contemporary music is her willingness to challenge norms.

Minaj cites female rappers like Missy Eliot (who she admires for saying whatever she wants however she wants) as influences, but takes their talent and adds a tough offensiveness that has been absent from female rap.

People have long criticized rap for its often misogynistic overtones, and Minaj herself reappropriates lyrics that would give any third-wave feminist night terrors into catchy raps. Minaj turns words like “bitch” and “ho” from meaning female or promiscuous female to meaning a weak person, a hater, or anything else, really.

When Minaj says bitch it is like any male rapper representing himself and undercutting the credibility of his competition. “Bitches ain’t shit and they ain’t say nothin’ / A hundred motherfuckers can’t tell me nothing,” Minaj snarls on “Beez in the Trap.”

“Stupid Hoe” also delivers some classic sass directed at an unknown rival. “I’m Angelina, you Jennifer / Come on bitch, you see

where Brad at.”

Minaj channels all the machismo contained in much contemporary hip-hop into her own brand of asexual (bisexual?) music. “Ice my wristes then I piss on bitches / You can suck my disnick if you take this jizz-this” she continues in “Stupid Hoe.” Forays into R&B territory feel like forced attempts at making singles for Clear Channel stations.

Tracks like “Gun Shot” and “Masquerade” fall flat as examples of the saccharin pop vocals that make listening to Top 40 music a drag. “Turn Me On” in particular is a shameless attempt at profiting from the popularity of Rihanna’s dance pop sound. It is not a weak track sonically, but the lyrics are paper thin and the beat feels hollow and uninspired.

Nicki Minaj went into making Reloaded with a mind to put out a diverse record with something for any taste.

To this effect, it is impossible to say she did anything but succeed.

The vocals go from the tough to the sweet (to the very, very sweet at times) and the beats go from heavy to so light you would think they were going to pop. It is a scattershot of musicianship that will strike a chord with anyone willing to give it an honest chance.

Ultimately Nicki Minaj’s tendency to rap and sing about little more than sex and partying, bitches and blow jobs holds her sophomore record back from

ArtsEtc.

Photo courtesy of Young Money Records

Provocative and pink-haired Nicki Minaj’s newest album mixes sticky-sweet pop and jaw-droppingly vulgar lyrics. achieving the kind of depth necessary to make it into an album future generations will return to Fortunately, the sonic diversity and the signs of an experimenting Minaj hint at a maturing artist who should prove to be even more serious in her next release.

Roman Reloaded highlights Minaj’s place as a rapper unlike any other now or ever before. Anyone who thinks that hip-hop music is dead

or static need look no further than Nicki Minaj to see that is not the case.

In a world of largely homogeneous pop music, Minaj delivers a vulgar originality that is refreshing to audiences used to recycled beats and lyrics that seem to never change. Although flawed, Roman Reloaded proves itself as a masterpiece compared to many of its contemporaries.

½ PINK FRIDAY: ROMAN RELOADED NICKI MINAJ

Gull, White Rabbits combination proves opposites attract Extraordinary performances from opener, main act at High Noon Saloon Kevin Kousha ArtsEtc. Staff Writer White Rabbits came through Madison once this school year already, playing on a crowded Memorial Union Terrace.

This time, they came through the High Noon Saloon, touring with Gull and guest Coo Woo. While the venues are quite different, White Rabbits put on a good show for

both.

Opening act Gull is only Nathaniel Rappole.

Donning a particular mask, Rappole becomes a oneman music maker. Using a scratchy microphone, one hand for guitar and the other for drums, Rappole loops riffs and vocals to layer his tracks. His musical style varies from track to track but keeps a certain rock sounding, crunchy undertone. Unlike many masked rockers, he takes off his mask for interviews and even during shows.

Rappole’s long hair flew around his head as he worked an improvised drum set. He ran around

the stage, furiously working his electronic and musical equipment.

Climbing on speakers, Rappole would cock his head and moan into his mask’s microphone to create eerie backgrounds for some tracks. Gull is certainly an unusual spectacle, but the passion and energy for a good show is always present.

White Rabbits, on the other hand, is a group of six men. The band is often labeled as percussionheavy, with two drummers instead of one. They work a full outfit of guitars, drums, keyboards and microphones to create their own unique sound.

At a venue like the High Noon Saloon, they take up a considerable amount of stage space, at times even seeming comically cramped.

Touring along with the release of their new album, Milk Famous, White Rabbits have been trying out new material on the way. While their latest album has had mixed reviews from fans and critics, it has not detracted from their performance. The group has considerable presence and energy that is always impressive to see, and their new tracks worked well in their set list.

The pairing of improv performance musician

Gull and indie rock White Rabbits might seem odd at first, as they seem like visual and musical opposites. Yet both acts have some inherently unusual qualities that make them worth seeing and also make them a good touring pair. Live, they are both very different acts to watch, but together, they make for an interesting night of music.

With two openers, the show lasted more than three hours. Along with Coo Woo, the lineup had good diversity and all involved performed well.

Despite its length, the acts stayed fresh, and the show never dragged.

While it’s a little distance from campus, the High Noon Saloon is nonetheless worth the trek, and proved it so yet again with the White Rabbits show. Each venue in Madison seems to have its own distinctive charm, and the High Noon Salon is no different.

White Rabbits still have a number of shows before their tour ends. They will be touring until May 1, rounding out their tour with a half-month stretch in Europe. While a stretch from the High Noon Saloon and certainly the Terrace, it’s nice to see the band still play with such energy at smaller venue in a smaller town.

ARTSETC. PRESENTS HUMPDAY EXTRA

Walker legislation brings latest chapter in ‘War on Women’ Amie Kjellstrom Humpday Columnist Over the last 14 months, we’ve grown accustomed to headlines about the atrocious shit that Gov. Scott Walker has done in our state. What’s worse, we’ve grown accustomed to being deceived by our lawmakers, after over a year of hearing about Walker signing bills into law “privately,” “in secret,” “overnight,” etc.

This weekend was no different. Late Thursday evening, after thousands of people made their way home to spend Easter and Passover with their families, Walker signed a slew of controversial, anti-women’s rights bills into law in the blink of an eye.

What exactly did Walker do Thursday night? Are you ready for this?

Walker repealed the Healthy Youth Act I’d be lying if I said I didn’t see this coming. In case

you didn’t know, the 2010 Healthy Youth Act required that Wisconsin schools teach comprehensive, scientific, medically accurate sexual education at an ageappropriate level. So in place of an act that has led to a decrease in the number of teenage pregnancies as well as a decrease in the number of new sexually transmitted infections among teenagers, Walker is now requiring that all Wisconsin schools teach abstinence as “the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and STDs.” What does this mean for Wisconsin’s youth?

According to Planned Parenthood, it means that teens will no longer receive information about contraception to help prevent pregnancy and infection. It means that teens will be forced to “return to a failed abstinence-only until marriage” form of sex ed. It means that volunteer doctors and nurses will literally be banned from teaching teenagers sex ed in Wisconsin schools. And worst of all, it means that teens will no longer learn the skills they need to make informed decisions about sexual behavior.

What’s worse? The bill to

repeal the Healthy Youth Act was authored by state Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin — a woman. Chew on that.

Walker repealed Wisconsin’s Equal Pay law Yep, you read that right.

Scott Walker repealed the 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which deterred employers from discriminating against women. But this isn’t just about the money: Repealing the law means there will be no remedy for women to press charges against men who sexually harass them in the workplace. And this isn’t just about women, either: Repealing the law also means that minorities who are harassed at work because of their race will have less power to take their cases to court.

I never thought I’d say this, but this is way worse than “Mad Men.” What the fuck is this, 1850?

Walker requires that all women seeking an abortion speak with a doctor to ensure that no one is forcing her to undergo the procedure While this law isn’t as extreme as the proposed law in Pennsylvania

requiring that women undergo penetrative vaginal ultrasounds, it’s not far off. Any woman seeking an abortion will now be required to undergo a physical examination with a doctor, alone (the woman’s partner will not be allowed in the room), so that the doctor can verify that the woman is not being coerced into having an abortion.

Women will also be required to see a picture of their child before going through with an abortion.

Are you going to show me a picture of a tumor before you remove it from my breast?

Let’s read between the lines here. By signing this bill into law, Walker’s saying that women can’t be trusted to make their own decisions about their bodies. Since he clearly believes that women can’t think for themselves, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a bill proposing banning women from higher education.

Walker blocked abortion coverage through health care exchanges Although Walker made an exception for victims of rape, incest or medical necessity, women in

Wisconsin will no longer be able to use insurance coverage for legal abortion procedures.

I said it in my last article about the War on Women, and I’ll say it again: What the fucking fuck?

Tanya Atkinson, executive director of the Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, had this to say about the new laws: “The reason that Gov. Walker signed these anti-women bills in the dark of the night, without public notice, before a holiday weekend, is that he is banking on the fact that women are NOT watching and women will not vote on June 5. In fact, he is betting his job on it.”

Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if Walker found a way to repeal the 19th Amendment so that women in Wisconsin are unable to vote in the recall election on June 5th.

The bottom line: It doesn’t matter if you’re pro-life or pro-choice, for or against abstinence-only sex ed, against this bill or that bill, blah blah blah. What matters is that women — more than half of the population — are being forced to comply with someone else’s personal beliefs. Women are

being forced to submit to procedures that will shame and embarrass them and convince them that their lives are worth less than their male counterparts’.

So I am begging you: Vote in the recall election on June 5. Vote in the presidential election in a few months.

Share this article with your mothers, sisters, girlfriends, friends and all the women in your lives. Educate the people you love about these issues, because these laws will affect the people you love.

And keep in mind: what happened here on Thursday represents just one front of the Republican War on Women. How long until Republicans revoke access to birth control? How long until Walker signs a bill requiring women to prove they’re fit to be mothers before having children?

When will we collectively stand up and say, enough is enough?

Amie Kjellstrom is a senior majoring in English and International Studies. To help take a stand against the War on Women, contact Amie at amie.kjellstrom@gmail.com or humpday@badgerherald. com.

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HMFASO to my best friend getting us kicked out of the club, puking all over the cab on the ride home, and proceeding to shit in our hotel bathroom shower. DHMFASO to said friend hooking up with the guy I had been hitting on all week the very next day. SO to her being incredibly hungover for 15 of the 20 hours on the car ride home.

Karma’s a bitch.

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companies such as IBM and therefore should be given the same considerations as any other CEO that comes before them. It’s simply common sense.

How this issue will be resolved will only play out in due time. Either Augusta National will demount from its high horse and extend Rometty an invitation or it won’t and the issue will — most likely — sadly fade out of the public eye and become a non-issue.

this time of year, but it gives us hope for the future.

Augusta National has always been a traditional boys club. Just imagine if you will, a nicely painted “He-man Woman Haters” sign propped up outside its clubhouse.

But what can be taken away from this year’s Masters is simple: Gender inequality is extremely pervasive in American society, Tiger Woods’ club-kicking outburst only shows he’s not on top of his game yet and double eagles are the making for a true Sunday run.

Kelly is a junior majoring in journalism. Ever made a hole-in-one? Well, she has.

Tell her your story on Twitter @kellymerickson or at kerickson@badgerherald.com.

KE: Focusing on one of your breakout players this year, Mark Zengerle, did you see that coming?

ME: We were hoping.

We saw the potential even as a freshman. He had five goals and 31 assists, 41 games, 36 points — you’re thinking, that’s not a bad freshman year. But there were areas where he needed to grow, he needed to shoot the puck more, to stop around the puck more and play

HAMMOCK, from 10 of the effort to keep up Wisconsin’s recent titlewinning success.

“Anytime you get asked to take on more responsibilities is an honor,” Hammock said.

“Just want to make sure we continue to recruit the type of athletes that have helped this program win and do it the right way.”

Enticing job offers are always eating away at coaching staffs when they achieve the level of success the Badgers have recently — winning two consecutive Big Ten titles and appearing in the

more aggressive around the puck and be better defensively. He did all those things. His goals more than doubled, he had just about the same amount of assists, his shots on net doubled and his play away from the puck was much better. He was more responsible. We even started using him in penalty killing situations and key face offs. So he grew exponentially from his freshman year, but now you ask the question — and we will ask Mark this question — OK, where do you see yourself improving? We have ideas in our own heads, but we

subsequent Rose Bowls.

And Hammock wasn’t excused from the increased interest, either. His stock rose with the rest of them and his phone rang.

Hammock fielded at least two job offers over the course of the offseason, with the most recent calling coming from the St. Louis Rams. In late February, Hammock interviewed for that open running backs position but after being offered the job, he chose instead to stay in Madison.

Days later, Bielema anointed him recruiting coordinator.

“I’ve known Thomas

want to ask where [he]

“We came a long way. It was one of the most rewarding years as a staff because of where we started and where we ended.”

Mike Eaves Head Coach

is at and kind of pick his brain a little bit and

for a long time, so when he came in the door I was ready to give him a lot of

“I had never been a part of a championship team, and it was a good feeling.”

Thomas Hammock

Running Backs Coach

responsibility,” Bielema said. “And just the way he handled his business during that transition, you know he had some opportunities

do this thing together because if we can have that growth again in certain areas of his game, then he’ll be world class.

KE: Is it good to hear from a guy like Zengerle that he’s “100 percent” coming back next year?

ME: As a younger coach, I would have said yes. As a coach that’s been through the trenches a little bit, I’ve heard that before and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t.

Justin Schultz said the same thing and he was back. I believe Mark sees value in coming back, so

to leave us and didn’t waffle at all.

“His role has expanded as recruiting coordinator, and he’s taking that and running with it full go.”

Hammock’s reason for staying isn’t anything complicated: He enjoys working at Wisconsin, and he and his family enjoy living in Madison. A former 1,000-yard rusher for Northern Illinois whose playing career was cut short by a life-threatening heart condition, Hammock began coaching at Wisconsin as a graduate assistant during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

He thrived from the

I do believe the fact that Mark will be back. If he can take another step like he did this year, then he’s going to have a decision to make at the end of his junior year, but there are definitely areas that he can come back and improve. I think he senses that. The other thing is I think that third year of school, you get that third year under your belt, 90 percent of guys that get their third year done come back and finish. If you only get two years, only 50 percent of them come back. I think that resonates in Mark’s mind as well.

sidelines and quickly worked his way up to being the co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach at Minnesota in 2010.

But after that season, Wisconsin had a seat to fill, and Hammock was willing to take the demotion back down to just coaching running backs in order to be back in Madison.

“I GA’d here and had a great experience and wanted to be a part of this team,” Hammock said. “I like it here, my family likes it here. Last year was the first [time] I had ever been apart of a championship team, and it was a good feeling and I want to continue moving forward in that direction.”

His choice to stay certainly pleased those directly beneath him as well. Last season, an already motivated Montee Ball quickly bought into Hammock’s leadership. And when Ball, a Heisman finalist, was invited to New York for the trophy’s presentation, it was Hammock — not Chryst, the offensive coordinator who had presided over Ball’s entire collegiate career — that joined the running back along with Bielema.

And in the aftermath of the 2011 season, when one assistant coach after another decided to leave the program, Ball admits he became worried that a domino effect would strike Hammock.

But it the end, Ball ended up breathing a sigh of relief.

“To be honest, yeah,” Ball said, when asked if he was concerned about Hammock staying or leaving. “A lot (of coaches) left, it circulated in my mind a little bit.

“But I talked to him and once he made his decision to stay we were all grateful for it because he’s a great person, first off, to be around and also for us running backs, to have him teaching us is something we’re grateful for.

Comics

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WHAT IS THIS

SUDOKU

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

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toast@badgerherald.com

MIKE BERG

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

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

TWENTY POUND BABY

DIFFICULTY RATING: Cease the party, start the panic

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

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baby@badgerherald.com

STEPHEN TYLER CONRAD

YOURMOMETER

LAURA “HOBBES” LEGAULT

C’EST LA MORT

PARAGON

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HOW DO I

KAKURO?

I know, I know. Kakuro.

Looks crazy, right?

This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to.

Repeating numbers?

Not in this part of town.

And that’s that, slick.

paragon@badgerherald.com

The Kakuro Unique Sum Chart Cells Clue 2 3 2 4 2 16 2 17

DIFFICULTY: Facing the stark reality that your break was only boring

REHABILITATING MR. WIGGLES

Possibilities { 1, 2 } { 1, 3 } { 7, 9 } { 8, 9 }

3 3 3 3

6 7 23 24

{ 1, 2, 3 } { 1, 2, 4 } { 6, 8, 9 } { 7, 8, 9 }

4 4 4 4

10 11 29 30

{ 1, 2, 3, 4 } { 1, 2, 3, 5 } { 5, 7, 8, 9 } { 6, 7, 8, 9 }

5 5 5 5

15 16 34 35

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 } { 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

6 6 6 6

21 22 38 39

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 } { 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

7 7 7 7

28 29 41 42

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 } { 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

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{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 } { 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 }

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MADCAPS

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Puzzle by Mike Nothnagel

PRIMAL URGES

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ANDREW MEGOW

MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

THE SKY PIRATES

COLLIN LA FLEUR

DENIS HART

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Across 1 Nickname for Louis Armstrong 6 Plain as day 11 Apply with a cotton ball, say 14 Table of data, e.g.

15 Challenger 16 School’s URL ending 17 Hirsute carnival attraction 19 Writer Anaïs 20 Order of coffee in a small cup 21 Roved 23 Pink 24 Trying to make sense of 26 Apollo 11’s destination 28 Stave off, as a disaster 29 Arouse from sleep 32 Computer file extension 33 “Hmm, I guess so” 36 ___-Wan Kenobi 37 Hit HBO

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series set in Baltimore “Evil Woman” rock grp.

Clark ___, Superman’s alter ego Lumberjack’s tool Gridiron units Dwarves’ representative in the Fellowship of the Ring Skeptic’s rejoinder Eleventh hour Rick’s love in “Casablanca” Cause of “I” strain?

Inquisition targets Chest bone Children’s game hinted at by the circled letters TiVo, for one, in brief Inventor Howe Hit the

accelerator 67 Mediterranean, e.g.

68 Hear again, as a case 69 Simple kind of question Down 1 Cavalry sword 2 “You ___ stupid!”

3 Pitfalls 4 Request from a tired child 5 Jekyll’s alter ego 6 Most likely to win, as a favorite 7 Bravery 8 ___ of Good Feelings 9 1948 John Wayne western 10 Sign on a tray of samples 11 Scouting mission leader?

12 “Goodbye, mon ami!”

13 Kind of cake that’s ring-shaped

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18 Gas brand with a tiger symbol 22 Farming: Prefix 25 Cab 27 Province west of Que. 29 Chinese cooker 30 Lincoln, informally 31 World’s longest venomous snake 32 Rams fan?

34 Obsolete

CROSSWORD 35 Some boxing wins, for short 38 One-third the length of the Belmont Stakes 39 Interstate sign with an arrow 40 Ogle 43 ___ torch (outdoor party lighting) 46 Up for discussion 48 One in a pit at a concert 49 “Whatever you want” 50 Capital of Switzerland 51 “Study, study, study” types 52 “Just tell me the answer” 53 Start of a rumor 55 Property claims 56 Welcome at the front door 57 Invite out for 60 A little “out there,” as humor 63 Dah’s counterpart in Morse code

Rocky the Herald Comics Raccoon™

UHS gave out free condoms before spring break.

Why don’t they supply free penicillin afterwards?

Sports Editor Elliot Hughes sports@badgerherald.com

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SPORTS

Follow Herald Sports Online Follow on Twitter @BHeraldsports or on www.badgerherald.com

Looking back on 2011-12

Men’s hockey head coach sits down with Herald Sports for 4-part Q&A on state of Badgers Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor After an overtime wraparound goal killed their season, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team boarded a plane home March 11 with the harsh reality of the offseason quickly setting in. The Badger Herald’s Kelly Erickson was eventually able to catch up with head coach Mike Eaves to discuss, at length, the Badgers’ volatile 1718-2 season in this first of a four-part conversation.

In the second part, Eaves will talk about defensive phenom Justin Schultz, his younger players in the third portion and rounds out the conversation looking towards next year

in the fourth installment.

Kelly Erickson: How would you define this last season?

Mike Eaves: It was a unique season in terms of the tenure that we’ve had here. We just finished our 10th year, and it was unique in the fact that we were so young — two freshman goalies, 20 underclassmen — and going into the season we could say to each other that ‘OK, we know we’re going to be young and we’re going to have to teach and be patient,’ but then when the rubber hits the road and the verbage becomes a reality, you go ‘Wow, we’ve got a long way to go.’ And you know what?

We came a long way. It was

one of the most rewarding years as a staff because of where we started and where we ended. I said this during the course, especially late in the year, if it wasn’t for walking right by the standing boards every day, it almost surprised us that we were in ninth or 10th place.

Man, it didn’t seem like that. I guess the reasons that we said that is we had been in the trenches with these young men and seen how far they had come, and we felt really good about that. The end product, when we were playing some of our best hockey at the end of the year and came up a dollar short and a day late and ran out of time, however you want to

qualify it, and didn’t get to keep playing, that was the disappointing part.

KE: It being your 10th year, do you wish that it had ended differently?

ME: Well you always want to be playing at this time of year. It’s actually hard to watch the games on TV. I find myself watching then walking out of the room, then watching and walking out of the room because the difference between being there and not being there is a matter of an inch. We’re talking three or four games that we had different results, finding a way to get more goals. It’s hard watching

LOOKING BACK, page 8

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

In his 10th season as a head coach at his alma mater, Mike Eaves knew he’d have his hands full with his youthful squad. With 20 underclassmen, Eaves was pleased with how much they grew.

As exodus ensues, Hammock stays UW’s lone coaching carryover on offense embraces expanded role on staff Elliot Hughes Sports Editor Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

As a position coach for Montee Ball, Thomas Hammock helped mold Ball’s 2011 season into a Heisman-worthy campaign with 39 touchdowns on the season.

One year ago, Thomas Hammock was the newcomer on the coaching staff of Wisconsin’s offense — all of his colleagues had walked the halls and sidelines of Camp Randall Stadium for years.

But only a few weeks after that first season ended did Hammock suddenly become the guy with the most seniority in head coach Bret Bielema’s offensive staff.

Before the Rose Bowl had even been played, two of Hammock’s colleagues

formally announced their decision to leave the program, starting with then-offensive coordinator Paul Chryst, who took the head coaching position at Pittsburgh.

By that time, thenoffensive line coach Bob Bostad had announced his intention to leave for Pittsburgh as well (although he eventually wound up taking a job with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), and two more assistants would later leave UW to migrate east with Chryst.

All in all, three offensive assistants settled at Pittsburgh while a fourth left for a job at Arizona State, rendering Hammock as the only carryover into the 2012 season.

“In this profession we understand the business and they had an

opportunity to leave for better opportunities or opportunities they felt were better,” Hammock said.

His choice to stay certainly made things easier for Bielema, who was forced to make five hirings — all done by early February.

Hammock’s loyalty may not have given him the promotion to offensive coordinator, but there’s no question Bielema poured an extra dose of trust into Hammock, the lone offensive pillar from last year that didn’t fall, this offseason.

Bielema announced in early March that Hammock would take over as the team’s recruiting coordinator, putting him in the foreground

HAMMOCK, page 8

Augusta gender issue exemplifies inequality Kelly Erickson Erickson the Red In the week prior to the 2012 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, concerns over whether Tiger Woods would finally notch his 18th major or not stormed through sports media.

Well, after finishing two over par, the clear answer is no.

But through all the questions following Woods like a personal rain cloud, this year’s Masters has been marred by a much larger and more worrisome issue: gender equality.

Augusta National has always been a traditional boys club. Just imagine if you will, a nicely painted “He-man Woman Haters” sign propped up outside its clubhouse.

It has faced criticism about their male-members only policy in the past, but this time around, those concerns have a legitimate and pressing context.

Here are the facts: IBM is a longtime corporate sponsor of the Masters.

Every one of IBM’s last four CEOs have been invited to be members of the club,

all of whom were men. But IBM recently hired a new CEO, Virginia Rometty, who just happens to be a woman.

So the outcry? Augusta has yet to extend an invitation to Rometty to join the highbrow, storied organization that it is.

The golf club has a tradition (surprise, surprise) of being slow on the uptake when it comes to diversifying its members.

It wasn’t until 1990 that Augusta National finally admitted black members, and it even used to have a policy that all caddies had to be black before finally admitting them as members.

In 2012, only 22 years after finally diversifying its membership, Augusta National has yet to admit a woman, and as to why is completely baffling.

The club was founded as a men’s golf club in 1933.

When it was established, it was certainly a different time. The Great Depression was still in full swing, World War II was lingering on the horizon unbeknownst to the entire world, and women were still homebodies that catered to their husbands and children. But that was 79 years ago.

Along with the civil rights movement in the 1960s, women fueled the feminist movement seeking a greater sense of equality with their male counterparts in society.

While great strides have been made with more successful women in the work force, such as Rometty, and a greater percentage of women at universities and claiming higher-profile jobs, there still remains a base of inequality that cannot be ignored.

Augusta National, despite the exclusivity that exists with the sheer cost of its membership fees, is a prime example of this deeprooted gender inequality that permeates all levels of society.

In 2002, the National Council of Women’s Organizations led a protest campaign that made some waves and a clear point to Augusta National’s leadership, but failed to create any sort of change.

Now, 10 years later, that very same leadership has been faced with the same questions, but has continued to remain silent.

“Their silence sent a message loud and clear: “We respect the boys at Augusta National Golf Club more than we respect our female CEO,’’’ Martha Burk, former head of NCWO, wrote April 6 in an online column for WeNews.

Essentially what this issue comes down to lies in the fact that it is 2012.

We live in a time where women are CEOs of major

ERICKSON, page 8