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Registered parties could shape Mifflin MPD considering policy to allow some leniency for hosts during 2012 event Leah Linscheid City Life Editor In a move to provide a safer atmosphere at the 2012 Mifflin Street Block Party, students working with Madison officials have proposed an idea that would allow Mifflin Street house parties to gain a higher degree of legitimacy with city police.

Edgewood College student and Mifflin Street resident Michael Stulka suggested at

a recent Mifflin Street Block Party meeting that house parties be registered with Madison Police Department.

Stulka said the move would promote a student focus on policing the event themselves.

Under Stulka’s registration idea, MPD would provide assistance to the registered house party should it get out of control. Officers would also post signs reading, “No trespassing – registered house party” at the residence.

In return, residents would sign a contract outlining stipulations for the party, including no guests under the age of 21, no sale of alcohol and maintaining house capacity, which is typically 50 people per house for Mifflin

Street residences, according to MPD Lt. Dave McCaw. McCaw said Mifflin Street residents finding that their party has grown out of control can call MPD for assistance with minimal or no repercussions for the hosts.

Stulka said the registration proposal is one example of the legitimate solutions reached by the Mifflin Street Block Party committee, comprised of both city officials and students.

“The committee is working hard to make the event as safe as possible and [to make sure] it [can] continue,” Stulka said. “Given the cards that we were dealt with … we’re trying to do the best that we possibly can.”

McCaw said Stulka’s

idea would also initiate a conversation between Mifflin Street residents and MPD officers to promote safety, a top priority for this year’s event after multiple stabbings and record arrests at the 2012 party.

“What we’re doing is providing a personal service,” McCaw said. “The truth is that every year at Mifflin, I’m on the street looking for the people who come down here to disrupt it, but with 10,000 people there, it’s hard for me to find them. With the registration, I’m not longer fishing for them. The parties are finding them for me and calling me to deal with it.”

House party registration requests will also be extended to streets neighboring Mifflin

Street, including Bassett, Broom, West Washington and Dayton Streets, Stulka said.

The idea has garnered broad support from both city officials and MPD officers, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Verveer said. “It’s probably the most tangible tool thus far coming out of the planning process students have been involved in with the city.”

Verveer added in a message to The Badger Herald MPD is expected to finalize and implement the registration proposal in the next several days.

In the coming weeks, MPD

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Registering Mifflin Parties MPD offers a three-point contract for Mifflin residents

1. EVERYONE MUST BE 21 All residents and guests of the house party must be 21.

2. THE HOUSE MUST REMAIN UNDER CAPACITY It is the resident’s responsibility to keep the house below capacity.

3. NO ALCOHOL MAY BE SOLD Unless the resident has a permit, absolutely no alcohol can be sold to guests.

SOURCE: Lt. Dave McCaw, Madison Police Department

Injunction implemented on Ward’s MCSC order Student Judiciary takes stance against rehearing proposal, says it has own rules Katie Caron Higher Education Editor The judicial body of University of Wisconsin’s student government ordered a temporary injunction Tuesday on the Associated Students of Madison taking up a contentious item ordered by interim Chancellor David Ward.

The Student Judiciary voted unanimously to place a temporary injunction on ASM Student Council taking up a hearing for Multicultural Student Coalition’s budget eligibility, which Ward mandated the council do in a letter Sunday.

About three weeks ago, MCSC appealed to Ward

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for funding eligibility, arguing Student Services Finance Committee violated viewpoint neutrality when it originally denied the group eligibility.

Ward’s decision letter released Sunday said that no viewpoint neutrality violation occurred, but that a mistake in ASM bylaws’ definition of “viewpoint neutral fashion” meant that MCSC’s eligibility hearing should have originally been remanded to Student Council, not SSFC. In his letter Ward said that as a result of this bylaw error, he was both ordering that ASM correct its bylaws to have the proper language in addition to remanding MCSC’s eligibility hearing to Student Council to be addressed within five school days.

SJ’s injunction is temporary and will remain in effect until Ward releases a written decision delineating specific violations of

viewpoint neutrality violation independent of ASM bylaw interpretation, SJ Chief Justice Kate Fifield said.

She said the injunction is motivated by the need to make clear that Ward had no authority to hand the decision back to Student Council and override SJ’s decision.

“ASM is the independent student government on this campus. We make and enforce our own rules … and we have the authority to go about that business without interference from the administration of this university,” Fifield said. “This (injunction) tries to put it down on paper that the Student Judiciary is the final arbiter of ASM disputes and that the chancellor can’t step in and undo that.”

Fifield said she met with Dean of Students Lori Berquam and UW Legal Counsel Nancy Lynch Monday along with SSFC

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Student Judiciary Kate Fifield refuses to accept interim Chancellor David Ward’s order that ASM reconsider funding for a student group based off of a claim that the student government’s bylaws were flawed. Fifield said the governing body has its own rules and policies that it follows and should not have to appease Ward.

Rep. Cale Plamann and chair Sarah Neibart to discuss Ward’s decision.

She said Lynch said the university is responsible for

Equality clashes A speaker draws attention to the gap between men and women’s salaries at a rally fighting for pay equality outside the Capitol Tuesday. The event came after some legislators grew angry when Gov. Scott Walker signed a series of bills last week.

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State Legislature Editor Six fake Democrats will remain on the recall election ballots after the state election board unanimously approved its staff recommendations to do so at a meeting on Tuesday.

The Government Accountability Board unanimously ruled no election fraud was occurring and the board did not have the authority to decide the validity of the candidate’s intended party affiliation.

“There’s no legal basis for us to question whether they are real Republicans or real Democrats,” GAB Executive Director Kevin

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Leah Linscheid After demonstrating what Dane County officials deemed strong leadership abilities and desirable personality traits, Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs was selected for an upper-level management position at the county level Tuesday.

Tubbs Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced that Tubbs will take the county position of director of emergency management.

Parisi cited Tubbs’ four decades of experience in law enforcement as a driving factor to choose him for the position.

“He just has a fantastic resume with 40 years

the defensibility of funding systems on campus, but that she disagreed with her because the sole authority to interpret ASM bylaws should

Kennedy said. “Even if those preferences have been made public about why these candidates are running, the board points out that the public should make these decisions in the elections.”

Kennedy said he did not believe this lack of legal precedent was “a hole in the system” and said it would be very hard to create any legal litmus test for testing one’s party affiliation.

The decision by the GAB confirms the primary recall election date of May 8 and general election date of June 5.

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Protestors demanded equal pay for women at an event at the Capitol on Tuesday, which commemorated “Equal Pay Day” across the country.

Hosted by Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, the event drew nearly 100 people to hear several speakers address the issue of a woman’s right to demand equal pay for doing the same job as a man.

Attorney Linda Roberson, University of Wisconsin graduate student Laura Fahey and Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health Executive Director Sara Finger spoke at the event with Roys.

Discussing Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, and his statement that women are paid less because “money is more important for men,” Roys

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said she was appalled such “retrograde” comments are still being made in 2012.

Roys added Gov. Scott Walker repealed the equal pay law secretly without inviting the media, the public or other legislators.

“I believe that women and girls should be able to participate equally and fully on the social, political and economic levels in our society,” Roys said.

Rep. Michelle Litjens, R-Oshkosh, did not attend the event but said the recently reformed law that passed in 2009 had nothing to do with equal pay for women in the state of Wisconsin.

She added that women still have guaranteed equal pay at the federal and at the state level.

“It is in state statute that women cannot be discriminated against for employment purposes,” Litjens said. “It is illegal to pay a woman less for doing the same as a man.

The state protects workers from being discriminated against, and that has not changed.”

Litjens said the Department of Workforce Development allows women, minorities or anyone else to file a claim at no cost to themselves if they feel that they are being discriminated against. The department will then investigate that claim, and that person could potentially have their job reinstated and receive two years’ worth of pay, according to the DWD’s current regulations.

Roberson talked about how women have been working from the beginning of January all the way until April 17 for free just to earn what men earned in 2011.

Roberson also said only when the Equal Pay Enforcement Act was passed in 2009 did the gender gap increase from 75 to 77.8 cents per dollar

All work and no pay Gov. Scott Walker signed into action a bill to repeal the 2009 Equal Pay Act. It was originally instated to provide a legal avenue to fight wage discrimination.

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that a man earns. Roberson said that now by making it harder for a woman to take her case to court, Walker has made it that much more difficult for a woman to enforce her right to receive equal pay for performing the same job as a man.

“A right without a real remedy isn’t a real right,” Roberson said. “Women

earn less than men because employers can get away with paying us less, regardless of the law that’s in the books that is not being enforced. Young women today should not be putting up with this crap. I truly believe that a woman who votes for the Republican Party at a time like this is like a deer joining the NRA.”

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Expert: Society needs new attitude on sexual assaults for their own reasons.

Friedman said this victimblaming model of sexual assault, like rape, is not inevitable.

“This is really hard to get across to people in general, because it’s like asking them to consider that there’s something other than air that they could breathe,” Friedman said. “Most people just think this is true, but it is a paradigm and we could be living in another one.”

Friedman called her theory the “performance model,” which thinks about sex as a collaborative, creative exchange. One key component to this theory was the idea of enthusiastic consent, which means people are obligated to only be sexual with others when sure they are “into it.”

She also addressed problems surrounding rapesupportive culture, where sexual assault is considered normal and others dismiss rape based on other prevalent attitudes.

Friedman showed a slide of a “Rape Apology Bingo” card to illustrate the concept

that showed common victimblaming excuses, including statements the victim was trying to make the man pay or was simply faking the allegation.

She added while other crimes besides rape have the same rate of fake accusals, no other crime allegation is dismissed because of the assumption the victim is faking the charge.

Adding different perceptions can affect how people respond to sexual assault cases, Friedman drew contrasts between country singer Taylor Swift and pop star Rihanna. She said in a study, over half of high school students said Rihanna must have done something to deserve the sexual assault.

“Think about what would have happened if Taylor Swift had been beaten,” Friedman said. “We would have had a national dialogue. Think about what happened when she got interrupted by a black man.”

By promoting enthusiastic consent and living sex lives differently, Friedman said people can reject instances

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of experience that I think makes him the ideal candidate for this job,” Parisi said. “He has a wealth of experience, and he is certainly the type of person I want by my side should the unthinkable happen. We’re very fortunate in Dane County to have someone of this caliber who has accepted the position.”

Tubbs’ new position requires him to coordinate local agencies, including county, city and state law enforcement, in the event of emergencies to provide a safe response for the county’s citizens, Parisi said.

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Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor In a keynote speech Tuesday night for a University of Wisconsin student organization’s sexual assault awareness month, an author and activist urged audiences to think about sex in a way that breaks from victim-blaming culture in a discussion on sexual assault and the myths surrounding it.

The author of a new nonfiction work entitled, “What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety,” Jaclyn Friedman, addressed different models of thinking about sex that could change how people view assaults.

She said victim-blaming, when people attribute the cause of an assault to the victim’s clothing or choices, often is a result of thinking about sex as a commodity, a worldview in which women view virginity as extremely valuable, attempt to make sex more appealing and assume that women do not want sex

“I saw him at work during what was arguably the most difficult time in our state’s history.”

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Author and sexual assault expert Jaclyn Friedman sheds light on victim-blaming habits, calling for an alteration in the way society thinks about sex and the things they believe lead up to unwanted advances. where others try to shame or blame them for their sexual choices, which could also more clearly identify those who condone sexual assault.

In an interview with The Badger Herald after Friedman’s speech, Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment Chair Val Kowis said Friedman’s speech matched the theme for month’s events of “Myth Busters,” by addressing common misconceptions

surrounding sexual assault.

In response to a question on what could be done to improve campus climate surrounding instances of sexual assault, Kowis said first-year education on sexual assault is key.

Kowis added PAVE is working on a resolution that would be reviewed by the UW student government in the next few weeks, which would make sexual assault education for first-year students mandatory.

“I’m honored to be selected by County Executive Joe Parisi to serve the great citizens of Dane County as the Emergency Management Director,” said Tubbs. “I pledge to the citizens that life safety and the protection of property will always be the number one priority of my staff and me. I look forward to working with the Dane County Emergency Management Staff, County Executive Parisi, the Dane County Board and our citizens.”

As chief of the Capitol Police, Tubbs also worked with Parisi during his time in the state Legislature,

most notably during last year’s protests against Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget repair bill.

Parisi said Tubbs’ handling of the situation proved him to be a worthy candidate for the position.

“I saw him at work during what was arguably the most difficult time in our state’s history when we had thousands of people protesting at the Capitol,” Parisi said. “It was obvious that he had an incredible skillset and was able to be a source of calm in the storm.”

Tubbs will take the position June 4 with an annual salary of $95,000, according to the statement.

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FAKE, from 1 statement the party was pleased with the GAB’s certification and said the candidates were running so there is one primary and one general election date for all candidates facing a recall.

Jeremy Levinson, the attorney challenging the Republican-backed Democrats’ ability to appear on the ballot, was discouraged by the decision.

“This is a situation where the Republican Party was clear that this was a scam to get an advantage by changing the date and protecting the incumbents,” Levinson said.

“Unfortunately today, the GAB found for the first time in history that if you provide fraudulent information of some kind, it doesn’t count. “ Levinson added the

next likely step would be bringing the GAB’s decision into the court system and challenging it there. He said it was unlikely the future challenges in court would be made in time to affect the recall elections.

Attorney Joe Olsen, who represented the Republicanbacked Democrats’ ability to appear on the ballot, said he refuted the idea that the candidates were committing any kind of fraud.

“For the argument to be made that the candidate is somehow defrauding the signer with the nomination paper is completely backwards,” Olsen said.

“The elector tells the GAB who they want to see on the ballot. We have an open primary system … the GAB doesn’t decide who represents what party, the people do.”

Lori Compas, who is running against Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, in one of the six recall elections, appeared before the board before it made its decision.

She questioned what impact the decision would have on the integrity of the ballot.

Compas said while she understood why Republican incumbents would fear standing for reelection on the same day as the Democratic primary, she said a greater issue of voter trust in the system was at stake.

“Just this past weekend a woman asked me for some sort of proof that I was the real candidate,” Compas said. “She asked me if the ballot would indicate which candidates were fake. This is a truly bizarre situation.

People need to be able to trust the information that appears on their ballot.”

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Vinehout: UW System funds, tuition costs priorities Mike Kujak State Legislature Editor Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, revealed her economic plan if elected to the governor’s seat Tuesday, which involves increasing funding to the University of Wisconsin System, a day after many contenders for the Democratic nomination promised to repeal tax cuts supported by Gov. Scott Walker.

In her plan, Vinehout also said she will keep tuition low and encourage students to complete their bachelor’s degree.

“We must recognize not all smart students are rich

students,” Vinehout said in her plan. “We have to increase our levels of student aid so that students from low income families are not denied an opportunity.”

The plan also said Vinehout would work to increase access to affordable health care and to “resurrect” high-speed rail options for Wisconsin.

Vinehout said her plan recognizes the public sector and the private sectors are not “enemies” and each needs the other to thrive.

“Our current economic plan is to starve the public sector,” Vinehout said in her plan. “The theory goes this way: If taxes are reduced, regulations are eliminated

and programs are slashed, the private sector will be set free and thrive. The facts don’t support that theory.”

However, Michael Hintze, Tea Party Patriots’ Wisconsin state coordinator, said evidence and a number of economists have shown lowering taxes and cutting government spending will improve the economy. He said the unemployment rate is not dropping because of the uncertainty the recalls have created in Wisconsin’s business climate.

On Monday, Milwaukee Mayor and gubernatorial contender Tom Barrett promised that if elected, he would end many of the tax breaks for corporations

passed under Walker’s administration. A campaign statement said Walker has delivered $2.3 billion in tax breaks to the rich and corporations throughout the next 10 years, while at the same time raising taxes about $50 million for seniors.

“Tom Barrett will restore tax fairness by ending tax cuts for the super rich and corporate special interests and restoring tax credits for seniors and the working poor,” Phil Walzak, Barrett’s spokesperson said.

Scot Ross, spokesperson for former Dane County Executive and current gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Falk, said Falk, like Barrett, wants to end

tax credits Walker put in place for corporations, while getting rid of the “tax hikes” he said Walker has imposed on seniors and poor families.

Secretary of State Doug La Follette, who is also running for the Democratic nomination, said he would also support closing the “Las Vegas” tax loophole, a $30 to $40 million special tax break for out-of-state corporations.

He said the same amount of money was cut from the technical college system, which he said plays a bigger role in the state’s economy since they give students the skills employers want.

While Vinehout did not say in her plan whether she will support getting rid of

the tax cuts for corporations, the plan did say Wisconsin must reevaluate its revenue structure. If the state decides to keep tax credits, Vinehout said in her plan that it needs to ensure companies are accountable for the jobs they create.

However, Hintze warned repealing the tax cuts would cause the employers to leave the state “in droves,” citing what is happening now in Illinois.

“If Barrett or Falk get in and undo what Walker has done, the state would flip 180 degrees and we would see business go somewhere else,” Hintze said.

Walker’s campaign did not return requests for comment.

9 incoming ASM members could lose council seats Alleged BOOP election violations brought before SJ for consideration Tahleel Mohieldin Herald Contributor

The judicial body of the University of Wisconsin student government convened Tuesday night for a hearing involving allegations of violations that supposedly took place during the Associated Students of Madison elections.

The Student Judiciary hearing of Student Election Commission vs. BOOP came after an individual, who has

chosen to remain anonymous throughout the proceedings, filed the complaint against BOOP, a campaign slate in the ASM election last month.

The complaint alleged BOOP violated two ASM election rules for the spring 2012 election.

SEC Chair Mickey Stevens said SEC felt there was probable cause to file the complaint with SJ. The petition implicates all 22 members of BOOP, which could potentially lead to the disqualification of all BOOP candidates from the 2012 spring election. Nine of the BOOP candidates were elected to seats, but could lose their positions.

Stevens said according to SJ case law “any candidate may be held liable for an action

committed in their name.”

ASM Election Rule 12 states that candidates and their affiliates must respect the postings and chalking of all others involved in the elections by not altering them.

BOOP candidates are being accused of chalking or writing over the names of candidates who were not running on the BOOP slate. Specifically, the complaint alleges BOOP candidates wrote over ASM candidate Maria Giannopoulos’ name and writing “she’s crazy” in chalk with an arrow pointing to the candidate’s name.

BOOP candidate Maxwell Love said although there is proof that chalking occurred, he does not know who did it and there is no way to prove

who did. Love said the photos presented by the petitioner did not meet the clear evidence standard that would make a candidate liable according to SJ case law.

Love said it would be unreasonable to expect BOOP members to be aware of the violation, noting it had rained previous to BOOP’s chalking.

He said several members of BOOP were absent during the planning process and that it would be “ridiculous” to hold them accountable.

The petition also concerns an election rule which states, “all state, city, and university rules regarding campaigning or advertising shall apply to candidates.”

Stevens submitted video

evidence showing individuals on East Campus Mall playing music through AMP speakers.

Several BOOP members admitted to having been present. The event violated city and university law because the space was not approved nor was there a permit acquired for the music.

BOOP members argued that because the event violated university and City of Madison policy and did not constitute an election violation, it should therefore not be arbitrated by SJ. Stevens said this violation of the law was well within the legal jurisdiction of SJ. “If it’s illegal to do something outside the election by no means should it be legal during,” he said.

However, Love said both the City of Madison and the university were aware of the violation, and that an officer was present during the time of the event but did not approach any BOOP members.

BOOP candidate Libby WickBander said it was unfortunate that students could be kicked out of their positions for attempting to reach out to fellow students on campus.

“We are being publicly humiliated,” she said.

SJ will make a decision on within two weeks. In the event that BOOP candidates are disqualified from their positions, vacated seats will be filled by the runners-up or the ASM Nominations Board would fill the position.

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City Council stands firm on closing Occupy site Evacuation required

by Madison statute, but issue draws light to homeless problem Camille Albert Reporter After a lengthy debate at its meeting Tuesday evening, Madison’s City Council voted against allowing Occupy Madison to extend its campground permit on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue.

The council ultimately opposed a proposal by Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, which would allow the organization to remain on East Washington Avenue for an additional two months.

The permit was originally planned to expire April 30.

In a substitute of a bill proposed by Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, the council instead concluded the city would continue to pursue housing solutions for Madison’s homeless population.

According to City Attorney Michael May, the

permit that Occupy Madison currently has includes a stipulation that limits the amount of time at a given location to four months in a calendar year. He added the restriction exists to ensure that the campground is temporary and does not become permanent.

Council members were informed at the meeting that the city would be acting in violation of zoning issues by allowing Occupy Madison to stay at their current site any longer. May said that the city has been acting in violation since October.

“Asking for the permit isn’t realistic at this point, but there are alternatives,” Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, said.

Katie Crawley, spokesperson for Mayor Paul Soglin, said in an interview with The Badger Herald the mayor is opposed to a permit extension, and the expiration of the permit has consistently been reinforced throughout the months Occupy Madison has resided at the East Washington Avenue site.

At the meeting, Soglin

proposed a focus on aiding the homeless community with more permanent solutions, as opposed to finding shelter in tents, as is the current norm for Occupy Madison.

“What I’m recommending follows the agreement we had with the state of Wisconsin, the failure to abide by it by April 30 is going to put the officials in a very difficult position,” Soglin said. “With the limited resources our city has, the commitment has to be permanent housing solutions, that’s the direction we have to go.”

Madison Police Department Chief Noble Wray said there is an “uncomfortable feeling” among MPD officers about extending the time on the permit without the specificity of the site’s purpose as complaint calls increase.

Ald. Brian Solomon, District 10, argued in favor of the permit extension and said it would aid Occupy Madison’s transition from its current location to a site that can serve as a more permanent residence.

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Occupy Madison member Will Gruber addresses the City Council Tuesday night, explaining his personal connection to the movement and asking the body to respect the community the occupation has built. The council ultimately decided to close the movement’s site, but said it will look into homeless housing options.

He stressed the importance of the issue because of the growing number of homeless people in Madison, noting the Occupy Madison provides shelter to the community.

David Peters, member of Occupy Madison, said Soglin is at fault for “evicting innocent people” by refusing to extend the organization’s permit.

Peters added that Soglin’s statement that the city has spent tens of thousands of dollars on accommodating the organization is a false one.

“That is a bald-faced lie, it hasn’t cost thousands of dollars and we haven’t gotten anything from the city,” Peters said. “We’re taking things into our own hands.”

At its meeting, the council also unanimously voted to elect Ald. Shiva BidarSielaff, District 5, as the committee’s president for the upcoming year.

Bidar-Sielaff has served for the past year as council president pro tem under council President Lauren Cnare, District 3. She has served as a member of City Council since 2009.

Gordon Commons to model contemporary food, styles Renovated dining hall will feature 13 restaurant stations, several seating areas Kelsey Ryan Herald Contributor Southeast campus residents are slated to welcome a new variety of food options to their palettes next year as university officials revealed further plans for the redesign of Gordon Commons Tuesday.

With fireplaces on the upper and lower levels as well as balcony-like seating, the new $41.3 million Gordon Commons facility will have a much more contemporary

feel, University Housing spokesperson Brendon Dybdahl said.

“The new dining hall will be a much more inviting space and obviously much more modern,” Dybdahl said. “It will have a much warmer feel to it.”

Dybdahl said the new facility will involve a marketplace concept, with 13 different food stations, including a coffee shop, to choose from. He said this will give students a much wider variety of food to choose from, better fitting their needs as they are squeezing in a meal before class or grabbing food to go.

Because of these various needs, Dybdahl said the university has created different places to sit and eat, as opposed to the

current Gordon Commons, which is comprised of one large dining area. “[There will be] some sit-down areas, [and] some other areas that are going to have more high tables and stools for when you’re on the go or you’re on your way to class,” he said. “It’ll have a variety of different seating options.”

He added some of these options will include balcony seating on the upper level of the new Gordon Commons that will look out onto the soon-tocome green space replacing the location of the current Gordon Commons.

The tearing down of the old Gordon Commons and replacing the 55,000 square foot area with green space and outdoor seating is expected to be

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Students who live on Mifflin Street or in the surrounding areas could be given the option of registering their block party event with MPD. Registered parties will not be allowed to sell liquor or have attendees under 21 years old, but hosts can call MPD for assistance in clearing out unwanted guests.

MIFFLIN, from 1 officers will visit Mifflin Street residences to propose the house party registration idea. Verveer said although the registration would eliminate several headaches

INJUNCTION, from 1 that it is practically unenforceable and that “in all likelihood this would be purely symbolic.” She said it could also make ASM look divided if Student Council decides to take up the eligibility hearing anyway.

But, she said, she sees it as the only defense against an increasing ease in people looking at SJ as merely an

for party hosts, residents choosing not to enter into the contract would not face penalties.

“There is no requirement or intent to make the agreement compulsory whatsoever, but the reality

advisory body.

Associate Justice Nick Checker said he agreed at the necessity of the injunction, arguing Ward had no authority to make the decision he did.

Fifield said she expects Student Council will go ahead with the hearing despite the injunction, but that the injunction is important for precedent and affecting future SJs.

is that residents will find that they have more of an easy-going block party if they are on the same page as the cops,” Verveer said.

“It will allow for residents to hopefully have relatively problem-free parties.”

completed by the end of fall 2013, Dybdahl said. The area will be an extension of East Campus Mall.

“It will be kind of like a terrace where students can sit and eat,” he said.

“Students can use it for recreation or just hanging out or whatever they would like to do.”

As far as the financial aspects go, Director of Dining and Culinary Services Barbara Phelan said building an entirely new facility was more cost effective than renovating the old one.

She said a significant amount of preliminary planning was put into the project.

“We did quite a bit of research for quite a long time, and building the new building was the right

choice to me,” Phelan said.

A team of directors and managers has helped make the new Gordon Commons

“The new dining hall will be a much more inviting space and obviously much more modern. It will have a much warmer feel to it.”

Brendon Dybdahl

Univeristy Housing Spokesperson possible, eventually paying off acquired debt through resident fees and basic

revenue, Phelan added. She also said there is a master plan that involves paying off the debt over a period of time.

Looking to the future, Phelan said officials are projected to have the keys to the new facility by the end of May. Through June and July, staff training will take place, allowing them to learn how to use all of the new equipment.

In early August, the last conference group of the summer will serve as Gordon Commons’ “test run” before students start piling in after move-in day of 2012, she said.

“We’ll have some pretty exciting food and we’re really excited for it to open.

I would encourage people to visit us in the fall,” Phelan said.

To place an ad in Classifieds: Roshni Nedungadi rnedungadi@badgerherald.com 257.4712 ext. 311

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Classifieds SO to the person who left a banana peel on the floor in one of the classrooms in education just before spring break. I appreciate the humor!

running down State St pushing over the newspaper stands

by Walgreens. Celebrating your first beer is exciting, but don’t trash our city.

ASO to being more likely to get Packers season tickets than finding a table at College Library on a Sunday night...

SO to the shout outs! You make me so happy!!!!

SO to Student Center and all my classes still being open even though I forgot to enroll when I was supposed to! haha ASO to the jackass

SO to all the sexy guys in the business school libraries. I will be coming to study here for often. Related ASO to myself for looking like I just rolled out of bed while every other girl is wearing a skirt and

heels.

WTFSO to the half eaten completely frozen chicken pot pie in the Ian’s bathroom. You could have asked us to cook it for you in the oven, we probably would have.

Sincerely, confused employee.

Q(urious)SO to the Shout-Out community, wouldn’t it be better if the greek shout-out battle itself was in greek?

This way the rest of the world could not give a fuck easier as we couldn’t read it.

HSO to whoever is playing We Are Young on the piano at Ebling library. You have some serious mad skills and that song just brightens the dreary depression that is studying. Rock on my friend.

ASO to my mom. I love you and Imma let you finish, but if you think what I post on facebook is “offensive,” don’t look at it.

ASO to putting my Nutella somewhere soo safe and secure that I lost it.

ArtsEtc. Editor Lin Weeks arts@badgerherald.com

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ArtsEtc.

For sustainability on the Lakeshore campus, Emily Adams looks to the sky

Kevin Kousha

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ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

adison has no apparent shortage of water.

Sandwiched between two lakes with others in the area, many familiar sights around town are near a body of water. Yet water usage and shortage has become a global issue, worsening with the world’s growing population.

Certain large organizations and non-profits have tried to tackle the problem on the global scale. Many people have taken personal initiatives with smaller projects, too. Madison has one such individual, and her name is Emily Adams.

While always interested in sustainability, Adams admits that until recently, “I’ve always been a very devoted recycler, but that was the extent of my environmental conservation efforts.” It was her experiences at the University of Wisconsin that galvanized her passion and helped her find an outlet. She claims that “coming to (UW) has unveiled the importance of protecting our Earth to me.”

Adams’ interest in conserving water started with issues of global health. After a number of classes on the topic last semester, she recalls, “Water sustainability really struck a chord with me.” As a housing resident, she witnessed water usage and waste, on a larger scale. “Water is such a precious resource, even though it may appear we have an abundance of it.” She also found not only inefficiency but opportunity, and her interest in water sustainability would soon become a tangible project.

The average student might have harnessed this motivation into a poster campaign, or a one-off discussion on water use. Adams, however, shows little interest in thinking on a small scale. “I knew I wanted to come up with a project that would impact the residence hall

communities on campus,” she recalls. Doing most of the work herself, she began to sketch up ideas before settling on what to do first. Currently, she is working on the first step of her plan, installing rain collection barrels on the roof of Tripp Hall.

Originally, the barrels were to be installed on the roof of Cole Hall. The placement would have been fitting, since the building houses the GreenHouse Learning Community, which centers on sustainability. But the building’s roof is flat and drains through the center of the building straight to the lake.

Adams had to adapt, and she looked to other buildings.

The barrels are a solid concept on their own, but Adams has also planned every detail. Not only does the system collect water for landscaping uses, it also eliminates the unattractive drainage system currently used in Tripp. The barrels are even routed to a drip watering system that regularly and precisely waters the plants near the roots. In true form, Adams is even being efficient in using the water being saved.

“water is such a precious resource, even though it may appear we have an abundance of it.”

Emily Adams UW Student

While the number of barrels is currently up in the air, there will likely be three or four, eventually. With data from the Wisconsin State Climatology Office, Adams estimates the

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

UW student Emily Adams says her planned system will save an average of 40,000 gallons of water each year between the months of April and November. barrels will collect rain from April to November and will hopefully cover much of Tripp’s 2,500 square foot roof. They are estimated to save an average of 40,000 gallons of water annually just from Tripp’s roof.

As Adams puts it simply, “This is a significant amount of water saved.” It would be hard to argue otherwise.

Adams also hopes to merge physical and educational sustainability efforts. While conserving water with the barrels, she also hopes to educate students on efficient water usage to maximize conservation. In her words, the goal of the project is “building a bridge between the physical structures that are created, and the value of sustainability and conservation.”

So far, she considers the different drainage systems on various buildings to be her largest obstacle. The systems are not uniform and vary with building design. Adams doesn’t seem fazed, though, stating that “different types of drainage

systems are going to continue to challenge my efforts, but I know I will find a way to overcome it.”

If everything goes as planned, both parts of this effort will be made possible by cooperation from student organizations and volunteers on or around campus. Adams places a considerable amount of weight on these volunteers, saying that “student involvement is very important to the project.” She hopes to tap into the resources and knowledge of organizations like REthink Wisconsin and the GreenHouse Learning Community to help bring the project to the attention of the entire campus.

That doesn’t mean that the barrels on Tripp are the end for the physical water conservation plan. Adams’ tenacity has found her planning on a larger scale. She hopes to eventually install the barrels on university buildings in addition to other buildings in University Housing, and she’s already scoping out options, listing

Bascom Hall, the Red Gym, Soil Sciences, Allen Centennial Gardens and many others. The scheme even has a name: Bucky Barrels.

This “multifarious” approach, as Adams put it, is the most exciting part of the initiative.

The potential for F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture to use the barrels is one such possibility. They might eventually be able to water plants at the Eagle Heights Community Garden with just water from the barrels.

Even with her perseverance and her progress, Adams admits, “When my idea was still a spark, I thought it was going to be a cake walk to put together.” She is undaunted, saying, “It has been a long process, but it has been a satisfying one.”

Her primary motivation is hoping to see her project realized on the largest scale. As she puts it, “To watch something you have envisioned go from a spark to an illuminating flame is an incredible feeling.”

Eric Wiegmann The Badger Herald Design

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ASO to getting so excited about getting my schedule perfect that I proceeded to spill water all over my computer and had to buy a friggin new one.

moped. Sweet ride man. Work it.

ASO to the dick who decided to bring tuna into the CS lab. What better to compliment the smell of sweating nerds than rancid can-fish.

SO to Neopets! I feel like a dork playing them, but the games are awesome!

SO to the girl who saved my grade by letting me use her print card when mine wasn’t working in the Chemistry Library when I had 7 minutes to print two essays and turn them in downstairs. Without you, I wouldn’t be passing this class.

SO to the guy I saw around 12:30 at Kelly’s Market filling up his light pink

ASO to crushes with significant others.

Here’s to hoping you break up over the summer...

SO to a kickass birthday party on thursday, Bassnectar on friday, and a great first date on saturday. SO to warm nights, thunderstorms, and making out in the rain.

BRING ON SUMMER!!

SO to the Most Interesting Man in the World. He doesn’t always party, but when he does, he parties like a Badger.

SO to the guy wear-

ing the multicolored sweater with the world on it, so awesome.

ASO to the alarming number of people on campus who refuse to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze. I can literally see all the shit coming out of your face...and it’s disgusting.

SO to one of my internship supervisors for bringing in cake today! DSO to a song

by Cake playing on Pandora once I got said cake... sometimes the internet scares me a little.

SO when your roommate tells everyone her platinum blonde hair is natural and you’ve witnessed her dying her hair once a month the past year...

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THE BADGER HERALD PRESENTS HUMP DAY

Exploring sex, relationships Amie Kjellstrom Hump Day Columnist It’s Hump Day again, and you know what that means — another round of sex questions, another round of sex answers.

In the past, I’ve prioritized answering your sex questions over your relationship questions (this is, after all, a sex column). But this week, I decided that I’d answer questions not about romance, but about the way that sex changes, complicates and otherwise impacts relationships not just with your partner, but with others around you as well. Here goes.

Photo courtesy of canvasmatch

The web-based company, founded by UW graduates Jake Gafner and Walker Richardson, allows patrons to commission paintings like the one shown above, “Surrealist Apple,” by Kelly Tudisco.

New site matches artists, patrons Former students create forum through which buyers may commission personalized works Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Content Editor For most college students, throwing back a few beers and talking about the future is a fun pastime, a way to pretend they won’t get swallowed up in the corporate machine like the rest of their classmates.

For recently graduated UW alumns Jake Gafner and Walker Richardson, however, that fun pastime turned into an up and running web-based LLC. Gafner and Richardson are the founders and owners of canvasmatch.com, a site that Gafner described as “an art platform where artists can make money doing what they love and where people who like art can get unique, personalized artwork.”

The site is essentially an evolved art commission website, where potential buyers can post their ideas for artwork they want created and choose from artists interested in creating it.

Unlike traditional commission sites, on canvasmatch, buyers and sellers keep in contact throughout the completion of the art, ensuring that the buyer is happy with the end result.

“Commissioning art isn’t a new idea, but you need a structure around the process to get the artist and the buyer on the same page, because they kind of speak a different language,” Gafner said.

Gafner brought the

idea for canvasmatch to Richardson two summers ago after he was commissioned by a friend to paint still lifes for her kitchen. At the time, Gafner was still in grad school and Richardson had just graduated with a degree in computer science and a B.S. in personal finance.

“Through that experience I learned that it’s hard to make money as an artist unless you’re famous or have enough work to fill a gallery, and that if you’re commissioning art, as an artist it’s really hard to know what’s in the buyer’s head.”

Gafner said. “The idea kind of came from both of those.”

But Gafner was no aspiring artist, as Richardson explains. “Jake brought the idea to me.

Although he was in school earning his degree in industrial engineering and is a classic left-brainer on paper, he had randomly immersed himself in the world of commissioned artwork,” Richardson said.

Although art was a new angle, the idea of creating a web startup was a familiar one. “(Richardson and I) would get together weekly and have a few beers and throw out entrepreneurial ideas, and this is one we threw out and thought, you know, this could actually be a real business,” Gafner said. “We knew we wanted to start something that was low overhead, scalable and took advantage of a twosided platform,” Richardson

added.

“Canvasmatch seemed to pass the test.”

The only problem was that neither Gafner nor Richardson had any experience in building a website. “We decided we wanted to build the whole thing from scratch,” Gafner said. “But neither one of us knew anything about coding.” This did not deter the friends from going ahead with the project, however.

“We just bought a book and we started reading it, and we created a very rudimentary website,” Gafner said. “From there we just read other books or we read stuff online, and we just kept going.”

Canvasmatch officially launched in February of this year, exactly a year after Gafner and Richardson began work on the project.

Both have managed to juggle the site and their fulltime jobs.

“If you’re working on the site at 1 a.m. when you have to go to work the next day, it’s tough,” Gafner admitted.

But neither Gafner nor Richardson have shied from the responsibilities that come with starting and singlehandedly operating their own business.

“Jake and I are 50/50 in this, so we share the founder title,” Richardson said. “He is responsible for the back-end code as the developer, and I make everything pretty as the designer.”

After coming up with a

concept, learning to code, building a website, and applying for a business license, Gafner and Richardson now have an up and running web startup with 22 contributing artists and 70 potential buyers registered.

According to Gafner, artists in any medium can join the site, and buyers don’t need anything but an idea to seek commissioned art.

Although Gafner admits the site is still in its infancy, he hopes it will have 250 users by June, a goal he sees as reachable. At the moment, “We’re really focusing on getting buyers that have ideas for art, because they’re the ones that will bring the artists along,” he said. “My focus is on helping artists make money.” So far the site has helped artists make roughly $2,500 through commissions.

For students interested in starting their own businesses, “There are a lot of resources out there, even if you don’t know anyone who’s done anything like this,” Gafner said.

Books, local government, the Internet and campus resources are among those Gafner and Richardson cite as ways to get started. But above all for Gafner, “The best advice that I have is to just do it.”

For more information on canvasmatch, or to register as an artist or buyer, visit www. canvasmatch.com.

If I don’t feel comfortable doing all the kinky, sometimes degrading things that my boyfriend sees in porn, will it change the way he feels about me?

Will this make him disappointed in our sex life?

First, consider that most people know the majority of mainstream porn isn’t real. While this may come as a surprise to some, most people realize that a woman who is literally choking on a man’s penis and has tears running down her face isn’t really experiencing that orgasm she’s sounding out. That being said, part of the appeal of porn is that it portrays something happening that the viewer knows can’t happen in his or her real life — things they would never expect their partners to actually do.

It sounds like the problem here may be more of a communication issue than a sex issue. Is your boyfriend actually demanding that you do things you find degrading, or are you simply feeling intimidated by the things you see happening in the kind of porn he watches? If he’s trying to manipulate you into having a kind of sex you’re uncomfortable with, drop this asshole.

But if he’s not trying to coerce you, talk to him about how you feel. Try to find out: Is watching this type of porn around you his way of hinting that he wants to try new things in bed? If so, talk about some of the kinkier things you’ve both been dying to try and then give them a shot.

One of the things I love most about my girlfriend is that she’s never afraid to let me know when I’m doing a good job in bed. I guess you could call her a “screamer.” But it really bothers my roommates how loud she is when we have sex. I’ve tried to tell her to keep it down, but she says she can’t help it. I’ve tried explaining to them that she can’t help it, but they’re still angry. What should we do? Who’s right here?

In my opinion, no one is right or wrong in this situation — it’s more a matter of establishing and respecting an agreement with your roommates. To be honest, I’m torn on how to answer this, because part of me says it’s no one’s business who you have sex with, when, where, why, at what time of night, how loudly, etc.

But the other part of me remembers living below an obnoxiously loud, continuously inebriated couple that always had sex around 4 a.m. and she, too, was a screamer whose late-night moans of delight made me want to fucking kill myself. So I see both sides.

Here’s what you should do: Sit down with your roommates and your girlfriend together, because it seems like you’ve been playing messenger between them to no avail. Ask them exactly why they’re upset (my guess is that like most people, they just want to sleep), and agree on which nights of the week are “quiet nights,” during which you and your girlfriend promise not to wake them at all hours. Also agree on which nights are not quiet nights (likely weekends), during which they can’t complain about the noises coming from your bedroom. Yes, talking about it is going to be awkward, but if you value your friendships with your roommates as much as you value your relationship with your girlfriend, you need to find a way to respectfully meet the needs of both.

My parents are pretty strict Christians who taught my brother and I to wait until marriage to have sex. My little brother, who’s a freshman in college, had sex with his new girlfriend and is worried about whether he contracted a Sexually Transmitted Infection. He wants my parents’ support, but is worried his choice not to wait until marriage will upset them. Should he tell them?

Oh boy. I wish I could tell you exactly what to do, but you know your parents better than I do.

Gauge how you think they’ll react to this news and weigh the risks and benefits of telling them. Are they extreme enough in their beliefs to cut him out of their lives? Or is it possible that they’ll understand that — spoiler alert! — 20-something students at college have sex sometimes? Regardless of what you guys decide, go with your brother to University Health Services to get checked for STIs (for free and in confidence), and make your decision after you get the results.

How do I tell someone I’ve never met that I’m attracted to them without being a creep?

I can’t speak for everyone, but “Hi, I think you’re beautiful/ attractive/interesting/ sexy/etc.” would certainly do the trick for me.

Sometimes the best way to approach someone you are attracted to is simply by being honest.

If you like her style, tell her. If you like his hair, tell him. But use common sense. If you like the way someone’s penis bulges against his pleats, tone it down a bit.

All jokes aside, just talk to the person. No, this does not mean adding them on Facebook and then silently following their status updates for the rest of your life. Just go say hi.

‘Til next week, Badgers!

Send your questions, comments and column ideas to humpday@ badgerherald.com. Do it.

Right now. Okay … go.

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ASO to my roommate who don’t know how to clean because she’s “used to their cleaning ladies doing all that stuff at home.” Seriously?!

SO to the guy by La Ville/the Aberdeen who just shouted out his window, “It’s my money! And i need it NOW!!” Bahahaha I died. Night made.

SO to the thunder.

ASO to the over-thetop drunk shrieking that is immediately following it. lighting. thunder. shrieking. repeat.

SO to Pottermore sorting me into Hufflepuff! I’m a badger even in the magical world!

ASO to the girl THREADING another girl’s eyebrows... at COLLEGE LIBRARY. What the fuck? Are you running a beauty salon in here? I am impressed by your threading skills, but this is definitely not the place to be doing that...

SO to the old woman sitting near me at College blasting Party Rock Anthem so loud from her headphones that I could party rock too! made my day SO to people calling other people asshats. ASSHATS?!

A hat for my ass?!

What a silly concept, I love it.

SO to my lost shoe

on basset, please come back to me. DSO to going barefoot to JDs, nothing better to ease the pain of a lost shoe.

ASO to the person who ask for the password to the WiFi on campus. Congrats, you made it plainly clear to tell you don’t go here. DASO for them asking if they could use my password after learning it was our student IDs. Excuse me, but fuck no.

ASO to College Library having single ply toilet paper.

Really? Didn’t know the chancellor was Dwight K. Shrute.I think I spend enough money on tuition to get the softest toilet paper ever made for my bum.

SO to the man in a suit skateboarding down university. Fuck yeah, you classy dude!

HASO to the middle-aged Grumpelstiltskin turning onto University who nearly ran me over, all while staring me down like it was my fault that the sign still said I could cross the street.

Weird SO to the guy in Eng 500 who was looking at pictures of parasites on his laptop the whole time... However, SO to you because even though they were nasty ass pictures, I couldn’t look away

ASO to myself for drunk texting my old crush every single weekend. Considering we’re no longer hooking up and he has a girlfriend you would think I’d develop some selfcontrol. But I have now revealed every thought, emotion and deepest darkest secrets through text.

Alcohol has officially become my dignities worst nightmare.

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Opinion

RECALLS SWEEP WISCONSIN Focus on candidates, not unions in election If a Democratic governor is elected and Democrats gain a majority in the Senate in recall elections this summer, much of the legislation Gov. Scott Walker has pushed will still be around for a while. I don’t like it and you might not like it, but that’s the reality. Collective bargaining will undeniably be the central issue.

But it shouldn’t be.

Considering most of the impetus for the recall has come from unions, it’s not surprising that collective bargaining will be at the heart of the election. I often wonder if a candidate like Kathleen Falk would have even had a semblance of a chance if she didn’t have the unions’ support.

And of course, with unions comes money, money that can be spent on ads attacking Democrats, like

the one the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported was run against Tom Barrett.

Since much of the discourse has focused on collective bargaining and other voter ID and reproductive rights legislation, the fact that Wisconsin politics are incapacitated and divided has been forgotten. We shouldn’t choose the Democratic candidate that supports unions the most, or who promises to fight tooth and nail to overturn everything Walker has done. We ought to support the candidate who can most help heal the acrimonious political state of Wisconsin.

Reginald Young (ryoung@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in legal studies and Scandinavian studies.

Governorship no longer reflects true leadership Now that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has entered the ring, things are looking less promising for, well, just about everyone else. Dane County Executive and Democratic candidate Kathleen Falk is pissed, and Gov. Scott Walker has a little more reason to start looking through the classifieds.

But especially, this means the candidates I think would do best, Kathleen Vinehout and Douglas La Follette, don’t stand a chance in hell. Not that they ever did.

Vinehout has the most widereaching experience and influence.

She’s not like Falk (too local) and she encompasses both big-city and small-town Wisconsin as well as legislators and farmers alike. Of the four candidates, she was the only one to outline a decisive plan

for what her tenure might entail.

And La Follette is a thoughtful and measured man who refuses to fundraise and organized the first Earth Day. These are qualities I think would actually make for a good governor.

But that’s not what the office is about nowadays. So Vinehout and La Follette, I urge you: If you want to become governor someday, make a splash. Be a dick to someone. Defund something.

If you want to keep being an honorable and hardworking politician, then the governorship really isn’t for you anyway.

Taylor Nye (tnye@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in human evolutionary biology and Latin American studies.

Partisan politics should tear Wisconsin asunder Conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican, Wisconsin people are passionate and the Wisconsin recall elections offer the people of this great state an opportunity for a creative, progressive pursuit: Let’s see how mean we can get.

Let’s focus our time and energy to get nasty. I want to see unions tearing down Democrats tearing down Republicans tearing down even more unions so political discourse represents a rat king, tangled and gnawing at one another.

Let’s find a way to entrench family time, our friendships and our workplace in scathing political rants based on what we heard on TV and the radio.

Let’s alienate each other with awkward, bold, angry displays of party pride.

Let’s take the low road and drag everyone — both our supporters

and our opponents — down with us. Let’s use that progressive energy and ingenuity our state is known for to make some creative political slurs. There are walls to be broken down and records to beat. Think of all the different things you can call Tom Barrett, Scott Walker, Kathleen Falk!

Let’s make fun of strangers on the Internet. Let’s fight on Twitter and let’s fight on Facebook. Let’s confuse intelligent political discourse with a snappy tweet.

Even though there is plenty of trolling on those forums, we can’t stop there. What about LinkedIn and Tumblr? What about MySpace? OkCupid? And don’t forget comment boards. Never forget comment boards.

Adelaide Blanchard (ablanchard@badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in journalism.

Frivolous recall election wastes taxpayer dollars With the recall election only a few months away, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has decided to shake up the ballot by tossing his name into the ring. What was going to be a battle between former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Gov. Scott Walker will now likely turn out to be a rerun of the 2010 gubernatorial election.

Conservatives and liberals alike had decried the recall elections as frivolous and a waste of the taxpayer money. These singleissue elections are keeping our elected officials away from their duties and forcing them to focus on reelection well before when it would normally be necessary. This is a great threat to democracy as it is putting a halt on our government.

The gubernatorial election is particularly disturbing because it is essentially a redo of the 2010 election, when Wisconsin conservatives came to the polls in droves and elected Walker as their governor. Barrett lost by more than 120,000 votes. Now, two years later, liberals are still pining over their loss and looking for a second chance.

The one silver lining to Barrett’s entrance is that he is a far better Democratic candidate than Falk, despite what the malevolent unions say. As the mayor of one of the largest cities in Wisconsin, he far has more relevant experience. Falk’s only qualification is as Dane County Executive, where she supervised one of the wealthiest and uncontroversial counties in Wisconsin.

Although she has an excellent reputation with the unions, she was also in charge when a known deficiency at the Dane County 911 Center led to an unsolved murder of a University of Wisconsin student.

Liberals claim “this (recall election) is what democracy looks like,” but all I see is a group of little kids throwing a temper tantrum because they did not get their way.

Barrett’s entrance into the race just confirms this.

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

Recall has potential to actually help state When this whole mess started over a year ago, I was thrilled.

I lived a block and a half from the biggest action in the state, thousands upon thousands of protestors circling the Capitol, genuine outrage, creative signage; what wasn’t to love? It was an exciting time to live in Wisconsin, people were united behind a cause and taking an active and reasoned role in their government.

That didn’t last long though.

Drum circles, vuvuzelas, inane chanting, moronic hashtags, Ed Schultz and that guy from The Nation who kept weaseling his way to microphones; these were dark and stupid times for Wisconsin. Worse yet, there was no end in sight.

But now there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and no, it’s not some weak metaphor for hope or solidarity. We have a real opportunity to affect some change in the state of Wisconsin and restore some sanity and moderation to our politics and the way we interact.

All it’s going to take is reclaiming Wisconsin. Or empowering the unions. Or ousting Gov. Scott Walker. Or ending the war on Wisconsin workers. Or taking back the Legislature.

What were we doing again?

Kill the Bill?

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

Following protests, Wisconsin returns to dull politics as usual Wisconsin politics was boring as hell in 2010. Tommy Thompson refused to run against Russ Feingold for the U.S. Senate. The tears streaming down the faces of Feingold’s supporters in Middleton became election night’s top story, and the symbolism behind Sen. Ron Johnson’s status as a “plastics manufacturer” was a snort-worthy summation to the mundane stupidity of the entire affair.

Liberals were disengaged and didn’t even care when Scott Walker put his hand on the Bible in January. Tea Party revolution or not — no one in the national press wanted to know what was happening in Madison after much more interesting things happened in Nevada, Delaware and Ohio.

Obviously, much has changed since then.

One thing has not: The candidates Wisconsin regularly offers for public office are some of the most dull and uncreative in the nation.

Walker is a deeply flawed governor who, despite his good personal manners, has manufactured the political destruction of a once-stable state.

Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk signed a Faustian pact with the state’s unions that makes it clear she has forgotten that liberals care about issues beyond collective bargaining. Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, is easily the most likeable candidate in the field, but her rural background makes

her too distant from manufacturing and metropolitan progressivism to truly convince voters in Milwaukee and Madison she can tackle Walker. Secretary of State Doug La Follette only can claim one significant accomplishment in his political career and consistently runs on the coattails of The Greatest Wisconsinite Who Ever Lived, with whom he shares a surname.

And then there’s Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a good man who just can’t get people involved enough and certainly isn’t capable of defending himself. He’s too conservative. He’s too liberal. He’s too boring. He’s too humble for not bragging enough about how he got his ass kicked to solve a conflict at the Wisconsin State Fair. He’s the Mitt Romney of Wisconsin politics.

After all of the work that went into 2011’s protests, liberals deserve better than the candidates they have been dealt in the recall election. And when the election is over, everyone will realize how Wisconsin squandered an opportunity to bring a truly transformational figure to heal the state’s wounds.

Thanks a lot, Russ.

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

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Herald Editorial Take it back, Ward

Nathaniel Olson Staff Writer

Just when we all thought the nightmare had ended, the Multicultural Student Coalition’s eligibility decision reappeared as interim Chancellor David Ward gave new flame to controversy.

After months of appeals and denials of MCSC’s budget eligibility by Associated Students of Madison’s Student Services Finance Committee and Student Judiciary, the student group took their grievances all the way to the chancellor. In a 17-page letter, MCSC made allegations of systematic discrimination, racism and viewpoint neutrality violations by members of SSFC, University of Wisconsin administration, ASM committees and a slew of other individuals.

Ward responded to MCSC’s appeal Friday, ruling that although SSFC did not engage in viewpoint neutrality violation when it denied the group funding, the ASM bylaws contain an incorrect definition of “viewpoint neutrality.” Therefore, Ward said, the decision should have been remanded to Student Council rather than back to SSFC within five school days.

Ward’s decision is not only infeasible, but also unconstitutional.

SSFC members go through weeks of viewpoint neutrality

violation training during the summer before being eligible to rule on budget decisions.

Student Council members are not required to go through such training because it is not within their purview to make such budget decisions. To be able to rule on MCSC’s eligibility, representatives would need to complete the same viewpoint neutrality training as SSFC members — an impossible task, considering ASM only has five days to rule on the decision.

In addition, nowhere in the ASM bylaws or constitution is Student Council granted the authority to hear budget decisions in this fashion. “The only time SJ is required to remand a decision to Student Council is when a group successfully appeals ‘an eligibility or funding decision on the basis that the decision was not made in a viewpoint neutral manner,’ and even then only when ‘a viewpoint neutrality violation is found against the funding body,’” third year law student and former SSFC member Cale Plamann wrote in a letter to Ward.

It is SSFC and SJ’s duty to uphold the ASM bylaws and constitution, and precedent set by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the distribution of segregated fees, not Student Council’s. This

dictates the manner in which SSFC makes their decisions. Remanding the decision to Student Council is therefore a de facto overturning of SSFC and SJ’s decisions by a biased and untrained group of people.

Ward’s decision also directed “ASM to restore the language in its bylaws identifying the avenue of a viewpoint neutrality appeal to the chancellor and to revise the definition of viewpoint neutral fashion in its bylaws to reflect the appropriate legal definition.”

Ward has no power to demand the student government revise its bylaws, constitution, procedures or even the paper they print their agendas on. Although it is wise for ASM to revise the bylaw in order to avoid future lawsuits, Ward’s approach was autocratic and indicative of his view of students: We cannot handle these things on our own.

In the end, Ward’s decision is infeasible and contrary to binding SJ, Supreme Court and SSFC decisions. It also assumes power far beyond what the chancellor is given vis-à-vis the student government. If Ward truly cares about his students and doing the right thing, he will revisit his decision and admit he was wrong, no matter how politically embarrassing that may be.

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Shit show degrades Wisconsin Joe Timmerman Columnist According to Urban Dictionary, the definition of a “shit show” is as follows: “A description of an event or situation which is characterized by an [sic] ridiculously inordinate amount of frenetic activity.

Disorganization and chaos to an absurd degree. Often associated with extreme ineptitude/incompetence and or sudden and unexpected failure” (emphasis mine). I do not think there’s a more apt description of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court in its current state.

For those not keeping track at home, the state’s highest court has produced a number of interesting scandals, two of which I will focus on. To make things even better, when combined with the nowtraditional suffix “-gate,” these events produce some of the most hilarious names for scandals since Janet Jackson’s “Nipplegate.” First

came “Bitchgate,” which took place in February 2011.

With the Court arguing over a contentious issue, Justice David Prosser’s temper boiled over. This resulted in him yelling at Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, “You are a total bitch!” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Justice Ann Bradley recounted the incident in an email sent to Prosser: “In a fit of temper, you were screaming at the chief; calling her a ‘bitch,’ threatening her with ‘ ... I will destroy you;’ and describing the means of destruction as a war against her ‘and it won’t be a ground war.’” Nice.

Then comes “Chokegate,” which involved, not surprisingly, choking. Yes, this is real. The details are contested, but the gist of the situation is that, while several justices were gathered in Bradley’s office discussing the contentious collective bargaining law, the argument became heated and, one way or another, Prosser’s hands ended up at the throat of Bradley. There are conflicting reports from the justices in the room as to whether or not Prosser was provoked. Regardless of who instigated the situation, it makes for quite the story

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— and not one befitting of the state’s high Court.

Of course, there are also ethical questions swirling around Justice Michael Gableman, which I wrote about last semester.

As the Wisconsin State Journal reports, these incidents have now culminated in a disciplinary case against Prosser, centered around the Chokegate incident.

In response, Prosser has requested that Abrahamson and Bradley recuse themselves from the disciplinary case because of their involvement with the situation. If they agree to step aside, Prosser has said he will likely ask every other justice to do the same. If every justice were to recuse his or her self, the case would no longer happen, because the Supreme Court is the only body that can hear disciplinary cases against Wisconsin judges.

According to the Court’s rules, judges shall: “maintain a cordial and respectful demeanor,” “be civil in their dealings with one another,” “abstain from making disparaging, demeaning, or sarcastic remarks or comments about one another” and “abstain from any conduct that may be characterized as uncivil,

abrasive, abusive, hostile or obstructive.” I’m not a lawyer, but Bitchgate and Chokegate may qualify as “uncivil, abrasive, abusive, hostile or obstructive.”

The point of all this is that the judicial system, and especially the state Supreme Court, needs to be better than this. Courts are supposed to be above petty politics and political divisions, especially during times of historic partisanship. Instead, our Court embodies them. As much incivility as there is in the state’s contentious discourse, it’s rare to see bickering — and violence — of this level. Each and every justice — from all points on the political spectrum — needs to set aside his or her ideological differences in order to, in the Wisconsin Court System’s own words, decide cases to “ensure independent, open, fair and efficient resolution of disputes in accordance with the federal and state constitutions and laws.”

If they can’t, then Mifflin might have to relinquish its title as the biggest shit show in town.

Joe Timmerman ( jptimmerman@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in math and economics.

As spring rolls around and we in Madison start to venture outside for more fun in the sun, it’s important to remember that warm weather is hardly ubiquitous in its good-hearted nature. In fact, halfway across the world in Afghanistan, the spring brings violence and conflict as the local guerilla groups that oppose the American, Afghan and other coalition forces inside the country take advantage of the warmth to mount bold offenses, reports the Israel Times. This should hardly qualify as news.

For the 10-plus years we have been at war in Afghanistan, the Taliban and offshoot groups such as the Haqqani network break off fighting in the winter and come back, coordinated and determined after the snow melts to fight off foreign intruders that they have been rebelling against for three decades.

However, recent developments in the country should not go by without note. The New York Times reports a recent string of greenon-blue killings, where American or Afghani forces have been killed or betrayed to the Taliban by “friendly” members of the Afghani army or police force. MSNBC reports we discovered suicide vests within the Afghan defense ministry itself. There have been coordinated attacks, reports the Guardian, earlier this week on three different provinces, including the capital of Kabul, that border the Pakistani tribal regions. This all points to the harsh reality that, notwithstanding the significant gains made in women’s rights, secular education and infrastructure development, the security forces on the ground in Afghanistan are not fighting their 11th year of the war. They are fighting their first year for the 11th time.

The past 10 years of the war in Afghanistan paint a bleak picture for the future. Far too many failed policies, missed opportunities and complete strategic gaffes have led me to believe that our efforts and presence in the country are futile at best and actively harmful at worst.

A paper by United States Agency for International Development found that the U.S. has failed to develop a comprehensive agricultural program that would eliminate the enormous poppy cultivation and heroin production schemes that provide practically unlimited revenue to the Taliban. USAID also states that instead of eliminating strongmen, America employed them by turning them into clients and funding the

same warlords that had terrorized so many of the Afghan people for the previous decade.

Most importantly, USAID said, it enacted policies and strategies that propped up violent, undemocratic regimes such as the Pakistani military, who used aid money to modernize its military in ways more akin to fighting its neighbor India than to preventing or fighting domestic terrorist groups or the governments of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, which is supported in Pakistaniborn journalist Ahmed Rashid’s 2008 book “Descent into Chaos.”

In response to recent CNN poll suggesting that more than 70 percent of Americans now support withdrawal, the New York Times’ Room for Debate section featured arguments about Afghan pullout several weeks ago. The authors split about 50-50 between arguing for immediate pullout and advocating a stay-the-course policy. Arguments were divided along familiar fault lines, with those encouraging withdrawal contending that pullout was inevitable and those resisting departure arguing that Afghani institutions such as the government, the police forces and the army needed more time and development before they could ensure the countries safety on their own. A single Afghani writer argued that not only did the U.S. need to remain in the country for longer, it needed to stay past the deadline of 2014 set by the military for full withdrawal. Staying for an extra two years will not be the difference between success and failure.

As bleak as the picture looks, there are bright spots. When terrorist groups launched attacks on the Afghan parliament earlier this week from strongholds across the border in Pakistan, The New York Times reports representatives of three different ethnic groups banded together inside the parliament building instead of splitting apart.

One member, Muhammad Naim Hamidzai Lali, grabbed his bodyguard’s machine gun and went to the roof to take the fight to the opposition directly. As he put it, “The Parliament is the house of the nation, and we are representatives of the people and we need to defend the nation’s house … So I took the gun from my bodyguard and began shooting at the terrorists.” Lali’s actions belie the one fact we know about Afghanistan: The Afghans are the only ones who can save it.

Nathaniel Olson (naolson4@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science, history and psychology.

Walker’s misgivings do not necessitate ousting in recall Matthew Payne Guest columnist It was a cold evening in Madison last February when I decided to take a walk around the Capitol Square. I was curious to see what was making megaphone-wielding protesters barge into classrooms. A friend had just forwarded me an email from his professor saying class was cancelled – citing Marx in his suggestion that students use the time off to go protest.

While lingering around the periphery of the crowd, I heard Jesse Jackson’s voice come over the loudspeaker, “You are winning the Super Bowl of worker’s rights.”

But he was wrong.

The legions of unionists descending on Madison were losing. Gov. Scott

Walker’s budget plan would soon pass the state Senate — despite the fact that the so-called “Fab 14” were cavorting around in the Land of Lincoln. One judicial referendum election and several recall elections later, the curbs on union power Walker enacted remain intact.

Jackson’s words however raised a valid point — we are in fact at a Super Bowl of sorts. Though in this contest, we are playing for no less than the ensured prosperity of future generations. And Wisconsin is at the center of it all.

Unions are spending millions here to overthrow a governor who was democratically elected less than two years ago. Why? Because he challenged their authority, and now it’s

payback time. No, not for Wisconsin’s teachers and middle-class families. Both those groups are better off thanks to Walker’s reforms.

The Wisconsin Retirement System finds a reasonable 5.8 percent of income public sector employees now contribute to their pensions and 12.6 percent they contribute to their health insurance made it so the state didn’t need to layoff teachers to balance the budget. And the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the middle class now benefits from the state’s lowest unemployment rate in four years.

What this recall election is really about is payback for unions. Those outrageous assaults on collective bargaining power — read: union power – must be

answered for. It doesn’t matter that school boards have more freedom to make decisions that best suit their district. Today’s TMJ4 shows it doesn’t matter that as of the start of this school year, 69 percent of those school districts reported savings totaling over $160 million.

The savings came at the expense of union power, you must understand. Scott Walker must be brought to justice.

But fiat justitia ruat caelum — let justice be done though the heavens fall.

Unions will spend millions of dollars and expend countless resources in the course of their recall efforts.

By the time general election fundraising kicks into high gear, many state Democratic donors will be tapped out. Even if they succeed

in overthrowing Walker, collective bargaining power will not be reinstated without control of the state Assembly.

Beyond union follies however, Wisconsin’s recall election is only the beginning of a battle our generation will fight the rest of our lives. The adults spent too much. And it’s our job to pay their debts.

It will be our responsibility to continuously confront a public sector which seeks to expand, at the expense of a private sector that can’t afford it.

Now we can ignore our responsibility and continue to demand the government give us everything we want.

Every time we do not get what we want, we can chalk it up to an unprecedented attack on our rights as the recall movement is doing. Or

make a scapegoat out of the wealthy like our generation is now famous for doing thanks to Occupy Wall Street.

Or we can do the opposite.

On June 5 we can choose individual responsibility over government entitlement.

We can ensure future generations are not burdened by staggering debt and an expanding public sector. We can show that our generation is willing to ratify Walker’s limits on union power, if it means our schools can make choices that benefit students.

The Super Bowl is on. Which team will you root for?

Matthew Payne (mjpayne@ wisc.edu) is a Robert Bartley fellow at the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal and a senior majoring in Chinese and economics.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, April 18, 2012

ABOUND, from 16 preparing them for the inevitable moment when someone goes down with an injury.

And at Wisconsin,

regardless of how the approach to the game changes under Markuson, the standards offensive linemen hold themselves to remain a bastion of stability.

“I don’t think we’ll be

much different, just replacing a couple All-Americans, but every year we kind of fill of those positions,” Wagner said. “Just kind of different techniques, a couple different plays here and there.”

MCCUE, from 16 ball. Last year, he managed only 57 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Although dreams of another transfer quarterback making a similar impact are simply unrealistic, the Badgers do not need the new 6-foot-3 athlete under center to play as critical a role in the offense as Wilson did. The newest addition to the 2012 Badgers’ roster admitted that his predecessor’s success played a role in the decision to select Wisconsin, but even he realizes he can’t recreate the incredible things Wilson did in one year, with one special collection of players working around him.

“The fact that he showed it is possible was big. But at the same time, I’m a different player,” O’Brien said in a March 28 teleconference shortly after announcing his decision. “I’m in a little bit different situation.”

O’Brien is a major upgrade from the likes of Joel Stave and Joe Brennan, two players with little experience who suddenly rose to the top of the depth chart as more promising options

battled injuries. Before the transfer, questions arose as to whether these players had the confidence and experience to be the game manager-type quarterbacks needed in the Badgers’ run-first offense.

But with a Heisman candidate (dare I say, frontrunner) in the backfield by the name of Montee Ball, O’Brien needs to be little more than the second coming of Scott Tolzien. His goal for every game should be as follows: run convincing play-action passes, fumblefree handoffs and avoid sloppy passes that lead to interceptions. The Kernersville, N.C., native doesn’t need to make game-winning throws to Jeff Duckworth and make eye-popping scrambles in the pocket.

Perhaps even more than in years past, Bielema’s 2012 squad will rely on running the ball with a long list of talented backs that also includes James White and the speedy Melvin Gordon. Add a defense that returns its two biggest playmakers in linebackers Chris Borland and Mike Taylor, along with a talented group of veterans leading the secondary, and the

quarterback position becomes a secondary concern.

In O’Brien, Wisconsin gets a confident passer who is not expected to and will not be the centerpiece of new offensive coordinator Matt Canada’s offense. The man himself realizes he can’t be the next Wilson, that he can’t reproduce the spectacular year that landed the Badgers back in Pasadena in January.

“Our paths are kind of similar coming from the ACC to Wisconsin but it’s a new year, a new season, and 2012 has yet to be written,” O’Brien said in the teleconference.

The Wilson experience was thrilling, and it left Wisconsin fans longing for more. But that was one year, and the one fast approaching is a new beast.

As O’Brien notes, “2012 has yet to be written,” and it’s best not to script the career of UW’s latest transfer quarterback on a single, sublime experience.

Ian is a junior majoring in journalism. Think Danny O’Brien is the reincarnation of Russell Wilson and will flourish in Wisconsin’s prostyle offense? Let him know at imccue@badgerherald.com or tweet @imccue.

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Re-learning her lifelong game Online: Women’s tennis senior Alaina Trgovich is back on top after an ACL tear her first year at UW.

Uncertainties abound on O-line Offensive line focused despite losing 3 starters, position coach Ian McCue Associate Sports Editor At a program renowned for the pure mass of its offensive linemen who often manhandled opponents, more impressive skills such as versatility are often overlooked.

Standing as a testament of each player’s deep understanding of the different techniques and responsibilities of each position, the ability to line up at several spots along the offensive line was a trademark of now departed O-line coach Bob Bostad’s system.

Redshirt junior Travis Frederick, the centerpiece of this year’s line, started 11 games at left guard and two more at center while filling in for All-American Peter Konz last season. Ryan Groy, another returning trenchman who saw serious playing time last year, shared the spot with Frederick’s place at left guard and also lined up at center.

And though the offensive line’s basic scheme and approach will remain nearly identical under new position coach Mike Markuson, this constant rotation of players at different spots likely will not be as commonplace under Markuson.

“I think it’s going to be a little bit less [position changes] than you’ve seen in the past,” Frederick said. “The new coach wants to keep it focused on one position, and get you moving in there.”

As the offensive line looks to fill the voids of three starters in Konz, Kevin Zeitler and former right tackle Josh Oglesby, the

Badgers are experimenting with different players at several spots on the line. And though the spring may be a kind of musical chairs among offensive linemen, by August Markuson hopes to have a fairly stable list of his starters for next season’s opener.

Frederick has all but locked up the spot at center — a position his new coach believes suits the Sharon, Wis., native’s intelligence for the game — and though not set in stone, Ryan Groy and Ricky Wagner look like the probable starters at left guard and left tackle, respectively. But along the right side, where Zeitler and Oglesby played last year, the competition is much more open.

“Obviously there’s some depth issues there, but you just got to fight through that, try to get guys in the right position where they can feel comfortable helping the team,” Markuson said.

“So that’s why we’re moving around some, experimenting.”

Wagner, who started all 14 games for Wisconsin last season at left tackle, mentioned that his preferred spot is at right guard.

While players say they valued the increased versatility of playing two or three different spots in the same year, many seem to appreciate the fact that they can focus their work on a single position. Rob Havenstein, Oglesby’s backup, explained the extra preparation required when there was the potential of being thrown into a different spot.

“For me last year, I was the backup tackle, so I watched a lot of tackle,” Havenstein said. “But I also knew I could be thrown in there at guard, so watch some film at guard, get your mind right, and then just have technique sound in practice.”

But in a system that has

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Travis Frederick is widely expected to fill in at center on the offensive line after the early departure of Peter Konz. Frederick is one of few offensive linemen to know his spot on the line next season. become a breeding ground for NFL-caliber offense lineman, filling in vacated spots has become little more than an annual routine. Havenstein — an early frontrunner for the starting spot at right tackle currently nursing a shoulder injury — noted that he always emulated his predecessors in Oglesby and current tackle Gabe Carimi, now with the Chicago Bears.

This cycle of younger linemen picking up tips and improving their technique by learning from their

accomplished predecessors is something Frederick sees as a strength of the program.

“That’s something our offensive line has always been really good at,” Frederick said. “Just having a chance to step up and taking advantage of that, guys that are just stepping up and taking their play to the next level.

“Our group does a good job of fostering that development and moving forward with that.”

Despite all the change taking place around UW’s

offensive line, Frederick is pleased with the chemistry he has seen from the newest collection of burly runblockers.

Among that group there is perhaps no spot more wide open than right guard, the former home of Zeitler. Casey Dehn looks to have a good shot at landing the starting job. However, fifth-year senior Robert Burge, a player who has spent a majority of his career as a special teams player, is also competing for the spot.

This major transition for players comes during an offseason stretch where the Badgers lost their offensive line coach and their offensive coordinator, the two coaches that work most closely with this tight-knit group. But Frederick found a silver lining in all this turnover: The experimentation with different players that comes with a fresh face at the helm has drawn familiarized more players with each other,

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Wilson-like expectations for O’Brien unrealistic Ian McCue Right on Cue As incoming transfer quarterback Danny O’Brien begins his career as a Badger this fall, his career will be forever linked to that of an accomplished predecessor.

But, no matter how much Wisconsin fans dream of O’Brien recreating the

magic Russell Wilson brought to Bret Bielema’s team in 2011, those expecting such success are destined for disappointment.

Although both hailed from the Atlantic Coast Conference — O’Brien from Maryland and Wilson from North Carolina State — their career achievements before arriving in Madison reveal a sizable gap between where each stood when deciding to make the jump to the Big Ten. The former Maryland quarterback’s numbers are nothing to toss aside, but he simply is not the proven

player Wilson was when he arrived in Madison last June.

O’Brien did manage 2,438 passing yards and 22 end zone tosses in an impressive 2010 rookie campaign that earned him ACC Rookie of the Year honors. However, he was benched last season after struggling under new head coach Randy Edsall and finished the year with just 1,648 yards through the air and three more interceptions (10) than touchdowns.

O’Brien has displayed moments of greatness in his time at Maryland, like when he threw for 348

yards on 31-of-44 passing in a 2011 season-opening victory over Miami (the same game where the Terrapins unveiled those rather disastrous uniforms).

But he followed up such inspiring play with three interceptions in a loss to West Virginia.

Conversely, the man who ignited UW’s offense last season with his speed and his accuracy through the air came in as a proven threeyear starter.

Questions lingered about how Wilson’s game would hold up in a more competitive conference with

stronger, faster defensive players when he decided to forego a professional baseball career. He quickly silenced such doubts, leading the Badgers to a Rose Bowl in a season where he threw 33 touchdowns to just four interceptions en route to closing the year with a laser-like 72.8 completion percentage.

Wilson also added another dimension to the Wisconsin offense with his ability to use his feet, getting out of pressure situations and moving the ball down the field when opponents limited the

passing options. Boasting nine rushing touchdowns and 435 yards on the ground in his final season with the Wolfpack, the N.C. State star had already solidified himself as a dual-threat passer.

In his best season suiting up for Maryland as a redshirt freshman, O’Brien rushed for negative 48 yards and a single touchdown.

That’s right, he lost yardage when rushing in 2010 — likely the result of sacks — but it speaks to his ability, or lack thereof, to run with the

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