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Tensions run high at ASM meeting Katie Caron Higher Education Editor In a heated meeting last night, members of University of Wisconsin student government once again did not vote on a funding eligibility decision for a student organization. Among accusations of viewpoint neutrality violations during the meeting and debate over the processes being used, members of Associated Students of Madison Student Council did not vote on the Multicultural Student Coalition’s eligibility as had been originally planned after a hearing last week. This came after Student Services Finance Committee voted to support Chair Sarah Neibart’s move to freeze MCSC’s funds Monday after learning of four alleged intentional policy violations made by the group. In last night’s meeting, MCSC member Swati

Bhargava read a message from MCSC member Althea Miller, which said the occurences were a misunderstanding and that MCSC would never go out of its way to violate a policy. Tensions rose during the meeting when the body decided not to allow members of SSFC to have speaking rights. Student Council Chair Allie Gardner said she would not be allowing it because the decision was in the hands of Student Council and not SSFC, and a motion to overrule her failed. SSFC Secretary Ellie Bruecker spoke in open forum and said she was disappointed in the body for silencing a group of student voices. “I agree that this is Student Council’s decision,” she said. “But we aren’t here to give opinions but rather to be here as unbiased resources.” Student Council again came to a point of contention when Gardner said the body would vote on who would be

allowed to vote in the eligibility decision. Ultimately, the body voted to exclude anyone from voting who had not been present at the eligibility hearing last week. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Rep. Cale Plamann said this constituted a viewpoint neutrality violation, because UW Legal had made it clear that Student Council would have to follow the same process SSFC does in eligibility decisions. He said SSFC’s consistent procedure this year has been to allow members to vote on eligibility either if they were at the budget hearing or if they lobbied with the group and listened to meeting minutes. He said the vote showed members were voting with a clear intention to exclude other representatives from voting despite adhering to the process SSFC had been uniformly using. “You have to have a uniform

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ASM Chair Allie Gardner was met with opposition Tuesday night at a special student government meeting because she said SSFC members would not be able to speak during the meeting. She also proposed a vote on what the requirements would be for ASM members to vote on the contentious MCSC eligibility decision. process,” he said. “What was done here was done clearly for political reasons … people were well aware of the members who would be excluded by their

Badger nation idolization University of Wisconsin junior Neal Cragg listens to the judges’ critiques after performing Skinny Love by Bon Iver at Tuesday’s All Campus Idol event. The event, which took place at the Overture Center, was part of the week-long All Campus Party. Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

vote and made that vote for a political reason.” In an interview with the Herald, Neibart said she found this to be a blatant viewpoint

neutrality violation as well. She also said for members to silence the voices of

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Wis. leads US in 2011-12 job loss Stats show state lost 23,900 positions with majority coming from pubic sector work Mike Kujak State Legislature Editor Despite numbers last week showing a decrease in statewide unemployment, Wisconsin is the only state in the country to experience a statistically significant job loss throughout the last year, according to recently gathered national statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Wisconsin lost 23,900 jobs from March 2011 to March 2012, with 17,800 of the losses coming from the public sector

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Record job loss

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Jobs lost in Wisconsin in November, the highest nationally

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Jobs lost between March 2011 and March 2012

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Wisconsin’s unemployment rate, the lowest level in a year SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics

UW pulls anti-Mifflin video, dean continues safety push Kelsey Ryan Herald Contributor After receiving a negative reaction from students and other viewers, University of Wisconsin officials pulled Dean of Students Lori Berquam’s Mifflin Street Block Party safety video early this morning.

Berquam said the video, which encouraged that students “don’t go” to Mifflin, was ultimately removed after responses caused it to veer away from its intended message “It started being much more mean-spirited and left the educational realm,” Berquam said. “I hope that the message wasn’t lost.

The message about the students being safe is what is important.” Berquam said her concerns about student safety stemmed from previous Mifflin events that resulted in sexual assaults and stabbings. She said a UW student suggested she create a video to reach out to

students, rather than an all-campus email. After speaking with the Advisory Board, students and the city, Berquam said she put the idea into action by creating the non-scripted, low-dollar video to convey her message to students. “In general, Lori and the Division of Student Life care deeply about student

safety, and that was the whole intent of the video,” UW spokesperson John Lucas said. Berquam said she would prefer students did not attend the event, but if they do, she hopes they take all necessary precautions to remain safe. This might include not taking a drink from an

unknown person and going with trusted friends. Despite the intent of the video, many students had an adverse reaction, which brought an influx of negative comments on the video as well as a wave of new Mifflin T-shirt designs.

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UWPD stands guard at ASM INSIDE meeting following online threat Jackie Allen Campus Life Editor The University of Wisconsin administration and Police Department are investigating an apparent safety threat against “those in power and those with perceived power” posted anonymously on Tuesday in the online comments of a Badger Herald article. Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmcamp

said officials deemed the threat to be credible based on its specificity, adding they have informed UWPD in an attempt to determine the individual’s identity and the intent of the comment. The threat was brought to officials after a member of the Herald’s editorial staff notified UW Communications. Helmkamp added they do not know who is responsible for the

comment, which was posted at around 8 a.m. on an article detailing the Student Services Finance Committee’s Monday vote that found the Multicultural Student Coalition intentionally violated a Wisconsin and UW policy. It was removed at roughly 11 a.m. At this time, officials are also unsure if the

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Wisconsin legislators are calling on the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which would result in a loss of millions in funding to the state if not restored. The act provides $7.5 million in federal funding to Wisconsin each year to be used for supporting child advocacy centers, sexual assault prevention programs, special prosecution units and other local violence prevention measures. Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, sent a letter to Congress on Monday, along with 35 other state legislators. The letter urged both of Wisconsin’s U.S. senators to support the act when it comes to vote later

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this week. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin, was a cosponsor of the bill and, pending any major changes in the next few days, will vote for the bill when it comes to the floor later this week, according to spokesperson Dawn Schueller. In an email to The Badger Herald, the office of Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, said he would not be voting to restore the act. While the statement from his office said it is critical to ensure that laws are in place to prevent and deter crime against both women and men, the act has become “laden with a number of unrelated, controversial provisions.” Johnson’s statement added he hopes the Senate has an opportunity to debate the bill in an open and transparent

process, which would allow the Senate to address these concerns in a bipartisan way. According to Eric Peterson, Taylor’s chief of staff, the reauthorization is now in danger because of a “pushback” from the GOP in Congress. “We’re hearing the rhetoric from Washington that to expand this to include certain immigration or LGBT persons that were never a part of the Violence Against Women Act before would be a problem,” Peterson said. Taylor supports the funding currently provided in the act allocated for Wisconsin, according to Peterson. Enacted in 1994 by current Vice President Joe Biden, the act was successfully reauthorized in 2000 and 2005 with the support of

both parties. Attorney General Eric Holder defended the legislation in a statement last week and said fulfilling this commitment has never been more urgent after estimates show more than two million adults and more than 15 million children are exposed to domestic violence every single year. In purely economic terms, Holder said domestic violence costs our nation $8 billion annually in lost productivity and health care costs. Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault spokesperson Stephen Montagna said funding like this act provides has been in desperate need since the economic crisis. He said when pressures of an economic crisis are added to

domestic situations they can cause violence and assault rates to go up. “Sexual assault service providers are losing funds, yet the state has seen an increase in requests for services,” Montagna said. “The community is saying we need more and the services are being severely impacted because of it.” Rep. Dick Spanbauer, R-Oshkosh, was the only Republican in the Legislature to sign Taylor’s letter to the U.S. Senate but did not return calls for comment. However, the act has found support by several Republican senators, including Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nevada, and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, who came out with statements throughout the last two days supporting the act.

Event meant to foster city business start-ups Leah Linscheid City Life Editor Madison entrepreneurs will join forces this weekend as they participate in a new city business event encouraging young professionals and students to work collaboratively and share ideas to form start-up businesses. Startup Weekend Madison hopes to facilitate conversations between developers, marketers and designers that may ultimately lead to collaboration and the creation of new businesses, according to a statement from the city. The event, organized by individuals from the University of Wisconsin, Madison Area Technical College and Edgewood College, among others, will take place April 27-29.

According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, the event will serve as a forum to launch a new initiative by the city to provide data to the public. Resnick said datasets utilized by city officials, including school system data, voting locations and transportation information, will be available for purposes of transparency and accountability. The datasets will also provide young entrepreneurs with information to create mobile applications, Resnick said. Communities in New York and Chicago have utilized city datasets for similar purposes, particularly for transportation applications. “This is a huge, huge step forward for Madison,” Resnick said. “Industry-wise, people are really talking about it.”

Entrepreneurs participating in Startup Weekend Madison will be the first to be able to use the city datasets, which may prove to be advantageous in creating new products or startup businesses. “Basically all the right players will be in the right room, so we thought it was a perfect time to announce the availability of the datasets,” Resnick said. Startup Weekend Madison organizer Forrest Woolworth said the event will kick off Friday evening with introduction activities and speakers. Participants will then group together to share ideas and potentially begin to formulate ideas for products or startup businesses. The groups will present their ideas at the event’s end on Sunday. The statement noted the

event is one of the largest and well-known in its entrepreneurial field in the world. “Madison is the perfect location for this event,” Mayor Paul Soglin said in the statement. “The combination of the UW, Madison College, and Edgewood in conjunction with startup entrepreneurs provides a great environment for this innovative event. The City of Madison Information Technology Department has been working with organizers to prepare for this event. The city welcomes all of the attendees, and I look forward to visiting with many participants.” Resnick added the city will provide IT professionals and online tutorials for event participants interested in utilizing city datasets to create

a product or service. According to the statement, young businesses have played an integral part in Madison’s economy by providing the community with jobs and raising significant amounts of capital. The statement also stressed the importance of entrepreneurship to the city’s economy, adding that Madison was rated as one of the top 10 cities to start a business in. Startup Weekend Madison is part of the city’s Capital Entrepreneurs Week, which begins April 25 with several educational and networking activities targeted at young entrepreneurs in the area. The event is sponsored by Google, Earth Information Technologies and Epic Systems, among area businesses, according to Woolworth.

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JOBS, from 1 and 6,100 coming from the private sector. The loss was the largest decrease in percentage terms of all 50 states. However, Wisconsin was one of 18 states that had a statistically significant drop in the unemployment rate during the same period, from 7.6 percent to 6.8 percent. Gov. Scott Walker’s spokesperson Cullen Werwie said Wisconsin’s economy is turning around, but there is still a lot of work to do. According to Werwie, the state added more than 15,000 private sector jobs since the start of the year and the state’s unemployment rate is down to the lowest rate since 2008. University of Wisconsin professor of economics Andrew Reschovsky

said while the losses in the public sector are consistent with the Walker administration’s policies,

“The evidence suggests that there is nothing that Walker’s administration is doing specifically to cause a slow in growth.” Andrew Reschovsky

UW economics professor the losses in the private sector are more of a mystery. “I wish I could say I know what is causing the private sector job losses,” Reschovsky said. “The evidence suggests that there is nothing that Walker’s administration is

doing specifically to cause a slow in growth.” Reschovsky said one of the reasons the state could be lagging behind other states is because of the diverse nature of the state’s economy. He said the state brings in a lot of business from Europe, which is currently undergoing a financial crisis of its own. An important thing to keep in mind, Reschovsky said, is there is only so much that can be done at the state level to encourage job growth and that politicians are likely to receive credit or criticism for changes they do not have complete control over. Two gubernatorial candidates running against Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, released statements criticizing the governor for his failures to create jobs in the state.

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GAB installs new system for Waukesha vote counts Changes will allow quicker election reporting following numerous problems Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor State election officials are working with Waukesha County to implement a quicker system of reporting election night results after multiple instances of irregularities, which led to a statewide recount for a Supreme Court race last year. Government Accountability Director Kevin Kennedy said in a

statement that the GAB is working with Waukesha County officials to allow county clerks to electronically submit unofficial election night totals, rather than having to bring them to the court house. According to the statement, municipal clerks would still be required to present the documents by 4 p.m. the day following the election. “The GAB has been working with Waukesha County officials for some time now to help them improve their election night reporting processes,” Kennedy said in the statement. “Following media reports of delays in posting election night

results for the April 3 Spring Election, our staff reached out to the Waukesha County Clerk’s Office to offer further technical assistance.” Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said Waukesha’s results from past elections were some of the last to be reported in the state and that the results led to the suspicion of result manipulation. Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus did not follow the correct procedure for reporting results as laid out by GAB. Last year in April, the county left out the city of Brookfield leading to initial reports that Assistant Attorney General JoAnne

Nelson Institute gains new director from U of Arizona Brienne Schaefer Herald Contributor The main institution focused on environmental issues on the University of Wisconsin campus will have a new director in the fall. Paul Robbins from the University of Arizona has been selected as the director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW. Currently the director of the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, Robbins will begin with his new position Sept. 1 of this year. UW Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul DeLuca said the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies was looking for someone with a broad vision for the Nelson Institute and who is able to idealize what it should be like

10 years from now. “His main responsibility will be not just execute the ‘mission’ but make an impact across campus by working with others,” DeLuca said. In a UW statement, Robbins said he thinks UW is central to research on wildlife, energy and transportation. He said with so many problems facing the Earth, his main goal will be to make the institute the “international destination for knowledge and community outreach.” “The main objective of the Nelson Institute is to act as our vehicle to study environmental driven issues, including social problems, contaminations and resource, people, politics and policy issues. Basically, we study any issues that look at environmental change,” DeLuca said. Robbins also said in the statement that environmental

education has become much more than earth science, and that the field has become more interdisciplinary. Before heading to UW this September, Robbins will continue his current work at the University of Arizona, where he studies human environmental practices and knowledge, the influence non-humans have on humans and the “implications these interactions hold for ecosystem health, local community and social justice,” according to his staff page biography. He has lectured his students on various topics that include environmental studies, natural resource policy and social theory, according to the statement. Robbins is also a UW alumnus who earned his B.A. in anthropology in 1989. He has a doctorate in geography from Clark University.

Kloppenburg won a Supreme Court election by a few hundred votes. County officials missed counting the 14,000 votes in Brookfield, which, when finally included in the counts, put Supreme Court Justice David Prosser ahead in the state by 7,000 votes. The mistake led to a GAB investigation into the numbers and a statewide recount. Heck said the election night misreporting in Waukesha has been a problem for more than a year, and the implementation of faster election results will guarantee fewer gray areas surrounding results. “This would lead to

less suspicion of possible manipulation of election results,” Heck said. “There is no evidence of manipulation in the past election, but the delay raised enough concerns among voters for the May 8 primary election.” Andrea Kaminski, executive director of the Women’s League of Voters of Wisconsin, said the GAB has gotten involved because of the repeated election problems in Waukesha County. Kaminski added that for the April 3 presidential primary, the county had more problems with recording votes leading to the involvement from the GAB because error reporting has

THREAT, from 1 individual in question is a student or non-student, Helmkamp said. The user’s IP address indicates the comment was posted just east of Vilas Park. No other comments have previously been posted from the IP address on the Herald’s website. Helmkamp added similar, threatening comments on electronic and social media sites are somewhat frequent on campus and can harm the campus climate. “I think … when somebody makes a comment like this it really damages the community as a whole because then folks aren’t at ease and it’s very hard for the community to grapple with it,” Helmkamp said. “It’s not just the individuals involved who feel threatened by this kind of commentary.”

Following the online comment, SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said UWPD will monitor Associated Students of Madison and committee meetings. Members are also being advised to walk home with others, she said. UWPD officers were present at Tuesday night’s special ASM meeting, which was slated to potentially take up the MCSC funding decision. “I was really worried,” Neibart said. “It’s incredibly important for students on this campus that they feel safe … and if their safety is not upheld it’s incredibly worrying to me.” Helmkamp said it is important for students and members throughout the campus community to notify the Division of Student Life or UWPD when they see threatening comments. Following notification, he said UW

become a continued problem. Earlier this month, Nickolaus, who oversaw both the primary and the Supreme Court election, gave her election duties to a deputy county clerk to prevent a public call for her resignation, according to a statement from Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas. Vrakas said in his statement that he gave Nickolaus two options: resign or designate the deputy clerk to run the upcoming recall election. He said by stepping aside and allowing outside consultants and county staff to work together, Nickolaus has helped restore confidence in the election process.

administrators take steps to intervene and resolve the situation. UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin added people are less likely to post inappropriate or threatening messages when they are not allowed to comment anonymously, which can also make it easier for police to track who is making the threats. “I think the action of removing the comment is the most that can be done at this point,” Chapin said. “That’s one of the challenges with blogs and online postings.” Helmkamp said officials hope to determine the comment was not a threat and take steps to ease tensions, but are currently working to do what is best for the campus community. - Higher Education Editor Katie Caron contributed to this story.

ASM, from 1 some students and to disregard the information regarding MCSC’s intentional policy violations was inappropriate and immature. “Even though we didn’t want this in this body, my stance on this was if this was going to happen in this body it had to be done right,” she said. In the final minutes of the meeting, Student Council got to debating MCSC’s eligibility, and after two members spoke the body adjourned.

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Dean Lori Berquam’s video telling students not to go to this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party was taken down, but not before students made t-shirts referencing the video for the event.

DEAN, from 1 UW students created video-inspired tank tops to wear to the event saying “Dean said don’t go, we say YOLO.” Another student created a remix of the original video, mixing Berquam’s message of “don’t go” with music artist Mike Posner’s song “Please Don’t Go.” The YouTube video gained thousands of views and shares within hours of its posting. Berquam said she has

seen the remix, likes it and hopes it incites conversation. “If all of the students on this campus are talking about this, maybe they’ll take care of themselves,” Berquam said. “I’ll just own that I’m not a really good video personality.” Despite controversy, Berquam expressed that she still hopes the video was a platform for safety. “Even if this saves one student, then I’m okay [with being] the butt of jokes,” she said.

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SJ bars BOOP members from first meeting votes

Campus streets could be 2-way

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Camille Albert Herald Contributor The long-debated discussion surrounding whether to convert two downtown streets to two-way may soon come to a head in Madison’s City Council. The City Council may decide as soon as May whether to convert Gorham and West Johnson Streets to two-way during reconstruction set to occur in 2014, according to Strand Associates Project Manager Jeff Held. Talks have been ongoing since last summer, but general discussions surrounding the potential conversions have taken place for the last decade. Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, predicted City Council will vote to keep the streets one-way. “The neighborhood understands it’s reconstructed as a one-way street,” Maniaci said. The support at a citywide level is one-way.” Maniaci has proposed a resolution that would provide the option of converting the streets to twoway in 15 or 20 years, leaving May’s City Council decision more open-ended. Still, the Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association has formally expressed its support of the conversion. “What’s clear is that this is not a new idea,” TLNA Secretary Joe Schumow said. “The neighborhood has been supportive of the idea since before I moved into the neighborhood.” Schumow said the conversion would benefit the city by slowing driving speeds on the busy streets, which would be advantageous to families living in the area. Chair of the TLNA Transportation Committee

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The City Council could soon take up the debate on whether or not to change West Johnson and Gorham Streets to two-way streets during scheduled construction planned for 2014.

Timothy Olsen said the two-way street conversion would also improve positive congestion on Johnson and Gorham, as well as reduce traffic. However, according to Maniaci, the safety benefits of converting West Johnson and Gorham Streets do not currently outweigh the costs. “The only advantage would be that car speeds would be slower, but I don’t know if that on its own is a beneficial thing,” Maniaci said. “There would be less cars on Johnson and Gorham, and where do they go?” Although TLNA has expressed concern about traffic on the busy streets, a survey indicated that a significant majority of the residents would like to see the street stay as a one-way, Maniaci said. She added that both West Johnson and Gorham Streets currently function well, and traffic and speed issues typically only occur during rush hour.

Held said city officials will most likely still look for other ways during the streets’ reconstruction to affect change in traffic speeds. Olsen said businesses can particularly benefit from a two-way conversion of West Johnson and Gorham Streets, because congestion resulting from the conversion would bring more customers into neighborhood shops. He added businesses often have less value if they are located on one-ways. “Enforcing high traffic volumes reduces quality of life,” Olsen said. “Congestion is highly desirable for businesses and often for neighborhood quality, particularly congestion in terms of pedestrians.” According to Maniaci, Mayor Paul Soglin feels strongly about maintaining the streets’ one-way status and does not feel City Council should re-evaluate that status in the near future. Soglin’s office did not return calls as of press time.

Members of the Student Judiciary placed moderately severe penalties on some future members of the student government Tuesday night after allegations were brought forth against representatives of the BOOP slate. Student Judiciary ruled Tuesday that several students who ran as a coalition on the spring 2012 Associated Students of Madison ballot violated a number of election rules, which Chair Kate Fifield said mandated punishments. Most notably, none of the nine elected BOOP officials will be sworn in at ASM’s first meeting of the next session, according to the SJ decision. They will instead be sworn in at a later date. “Because not all of the members participated in the [questionable] events, not all should be outright disqualified, so we decided to go with a lesser, but still severe punishment,” Fifield said. “Given that so many

elected officials’ candidacies were at stake, the Student Judiciary took this decision very seriously and considered all the possible outcomes and decided that this one maximized the goals of effective deterrent while not inflicting the most severe punishment.” One of the most contentious arguments SJ had to rule on in this case, Fifield said, was whether or not BOOP members should be held collectively accountable, which SJ ruled they must be. The governing body’s leadership is typically voted on during the first ASM meetings of each session. The disqualification, Fifield said, will bar BOOP representatives from both voting in the elections and running for the positions. BOOP member Maxwell Love said the group will appeal SJ’s decision. He questioned the political merits of disqualifying the entire slate from the first meeting. “Obviously, the biggest point to note is that the

second punishment shows that BOOP will be on probation for the entire first meeting, and that’s very clearly a political issue,” Love said. Still, BOOP has the option to appeal SJ’s decision, which Love said would happen in coming days. Love said he believes based on the legal arguments and precedent BOOP provided, SJ should have reached a different decision. All BOOP members will also be required to submit a brochure to SJ outlining ways in which candidates can run a clean campaign, Fifield said. Representatives will have three weeks to complete the brochure and gain SJ approval, and no candidate will be allowed to assume their seat on ASM until the brochures have been certified. The penalties come after an anonymous petitioner brought forward complaints that BOOP candidates had illegally utilized sound amplifying equipment and chalked over other candidates’ writing during the spring campaign process.

Chalkin’ for a cause University of Wisconsin student Becky Hall, who heads up the Going for 10,000 student organization on campus, chalks information about Multiple Sclerosis on East Campus Mall Tuesday. Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

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SO to waking up every Wednesday knowing it’s going to at least start out well with shout outs and chocolate milk. SO to the interesting lad near University today. How often does one, while walking to class, pass a bicyclist with a pair of antlers attached to his helmet? ASO to the guy I am sitting next to in college library that keeps making his computer (on dictionary.com) say “tramp” repeatedly. Dude, I don’t know if you are trying to tell me something or not. Either way, stop it, you’re being creepy. SO to the chillin’ awesome duck couple that waddled right up to my group while we were studying on Bascom, and proceeded to walk all over our notes like nobody’s business. ASO

to not having food for them! ASO to that awkward moment when you draw the ball portion of a ball-and-socket joint from the side view an realize you just drew a penis in front of your lab partners. SO to engineering. SO to the guy carrying a Union pitcher filled with water up Bascom - rough night? SO to the dog walking down Langdon this morning with a toy in its mouth that was as big as its body. I wanted to pick you up and steal you SO to sloths. meep meep meep SO to the kraken. worlds most delicious rum. ASO to the kraken. worlds poorest decisions. SO to Prof. Avramenko for playing

the SOVIET NATIONAL ANTHEM before class because we are reading Marx. I was born in the Soviet Union and you totally made my day. ASO to the guy who squealed out of the mcdonald’s drunk thru last night. like that was going to make up for you running into the drive thru pole. DASO to the guy who called my friend a bitch as you drove away. you drive a nissan maxima. SO to Amsterdam over 420 weekend. ASO to accidentally turning down the “budget” street of the Red Light District. Some things you can’t unsee... SO to hearing an ice cream truck drive by my house - I didn’t know they even existed anymore! SO to reading the word “brats” like the food instead of

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a type of person everytime and then laughing at the sentence it creates. SO to Jim the chem demo man, not sure if growing a rattail or mullet but you stay fly dude. Stay fly... SO to Luke Skywalker. I’ve always empathized with your plight, and hope to be like you one day. ASO to still being stuck on Tatooine. ASO to sororities and fraternities being referred to as Greek or the Greek Community. I’m actually Greek..like “Opa!” and “I love feta cheese.” Actually BEING Greek is awesome. “Greek” is lame. SO to the guy I saw unicycling up Dayton wearing an elephant costume. I don’t know where you were going, but you were going in style SO to the man at Union South right now classily studying, chowing down a burger, and finishing it off with your very - own - pitcher. Nothing says Wisco like a little burger to go with that beer! True Badger spirit. Good luck

with your homework ;) SO to the days to come of sitting at the union with a pitcher of beer, a deck of cards and good friends, instead of a pile of books, my computer and pending exams. I can’t wait to start my 3rd summer in Madison! SO to the new liveaction Mr. Wiggles movie featuring Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch! SO to discovering the loch ness monster way out in lake mendota on the campus map. thank you to whoever made that map for making my day!

SO to the boy in my Com. Arts discussion who has the Jif logo a his computer background. That’s fricken’ AWESOME. SO to the group just playing a causal game of croquet in Henry Mall Monday afternoon. HSO to all of them dressing the part with khakis and sweatervests SO to the blond guy who was at Memorial Union today with a blue sweatshirt. You were so cute! Then I realized you were wearing crocs... From the girl with disappointment writ-

ten all over her face. SO to my environmental studies 339 prof reminding me of The Frizz (in a completely positive way), minus the red hair. Brings back such good memories!! To the bus! SO to the guy at the ingraham deli who rang me up this morning and commented on how my credit card numbers matched the cost of my breakfast. That was funny and you were cute. WWW.BADGERHERALD.COM

SO to the guy at Bucks with the hat that said “Gone Squatchin” BEST HAT EVER! DSO to Finding Bigfoot. one of these days im going on a legit sasquatch hunt and it will be splendid SO to when a professor sends out an email reminding everyone not to abuse the class list immediately after someone uses the class list to ask for notes.

Arts THE BADGER HERALD PRESENTS HUMP DAY

Beyond g-spots: Unorthodox erogenous zones just the clitoris. But I need to do a quick poll to make sure we’re all on the same page. So pop quiz! How long is the average clitoris? Think about it. Go ahead, I’ll wait. K, ready? The answer is eight inches, in total. Sam Johnson Did you guess right? Hump Day Columnist Move on to the next lesson! To most, though, this comes as a surprise. When we say Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, “clitoris,” we tend to think it’s another Hump Day! of that cute little pea-sized Savor them, readers — there pleasure button at the top are only a few more left of the vulva. That’s actually this year! This week, we’re just the “glans” or head of going to delve deep into the the clitoris. There’s also a pleasurable wonders of the shaft beneath the clitoral female body. Because there’s hood and two legs buried more goin’ on down there beneath bodily tissues. Each than just the clitoris and leg is about four inches G-Spot. Don’t get me wrong long. Together, they make a — if your goal is to make a wishbone shape. The entire female quiver and moan in structure is made out of bliss, the clitoris and G-Spot erectile tissue, the stuff that are perfectly great go-tos. is responsible for boners. But for more advanced, As you can imagine, thorough stimulation this means there is much innovations, read on. more to pleasing clitorises than just rubbing, licking The clitoris … more to it and tapping that little hot than you think! button. Try rolling the shaft OK, so I know I said we’ll back and forth by placing be learning about more than your index finger pads

on the clitoral hood and manipulating the nubby root back and forth. Clitorises can also actually be “jerked off.” Grab a hunk of the mons pubis (the fleshy pad where public hair grows) and outer lips and jerk that sucker up and down. To find the legs, place two fingers on the clitoral hood where the shaft is. Now spread the fingers out to find the tops of the legs and follow them as far as they will take you. You can massage, squeeze and apply pressure to the outer lips to stimulate them deeper. These are great warm-up techniques for female-bodied people, since many find direct clitoral stimulation to be irritating right away.

Vestibular Bulbs These are two teardrop shaped wads of erectile tissue that are nestled beneath the vaginal lips, on either side of the vaginal openings. Medical textbooks usually discuss them as parts that can “potentially become

infected,” which is a darn shame because they are so much more than that. These bad boys connect directly to the shaft of the clitoris and, when they’re engorged, they make the vaginal entrance plump and snug. So, how to stimulate them: This requires a bit of lube and possibly a bit of massage techniques, because it is literally a vulva massage. Go at the pussy with an open palm, cup it lovingly and get some circular, swirly motions going with a bit of applied pressure. You can also try making “L” shapes with both hands and enveloping both sides of the pussy, like a pretty portrait frame. This can feel especially-oh-so-nice during penetration for all involved. The lips may also like to be gently pinched, squeezed, licked, massaged, smacked or sucked at any point. Just remember the lube. You know how dry handjobs can become more irritating than awesome? Pussies don’t appreciate dry skin-on-skin chafing, either.

Urethral Sponge Okay, I may have tricked you — this is actually the G-Spot. But I think it can be easier to conceptualize if we think about the G-Spot as a sponge, a sponge that will not present itself or want to play until it is fully drenched and prepped. This “spot” is actually more like a tube, a tube that surrounds the urethra. It’s made out of spongy erectile tissue and feels squishy to the touch when engorged. Now this is the important part, so listen up. Because it’s made out of erectile tissue, it won’t usually be felt if the female-bodied person hasn’t already been thoroughly “turned on.” Trying to find the G-Spot in an unaroused or partiallyaroused state is like trying to tug an orgasm out of a floppy dick — it just ain’t gonna happen! Pre-arousal, it’s just pressure on the pee tube, which can be irritating. When the urethral sponge is ready, you would actually be able to see it bearing down

from the top inner wall of the vagina if you could look up with a flashlight.

Perineal Sponge This is yet another sponge of erectile tissue. It is located in the taint, that spot between the vagina and the butthole. You can find it by going about an inch into the vagina and pressing down on the backside wall or into the anus about a half inch on the frontside wall. This sponge, along with the vestibular bulbs, is responsible for that “getting fucked” full feeling that vaginas experience. So a great tip for fingering with a bit extra bang is to insert fingers and face them nail side up and press downwards towards the butthole. Combine this with another technique above and you’re golden — dual stimulation! There you have it! Until next time, stay sexy and safe. Send Sam and Amie your questions and comments at humpday@badgerherald. com.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Wednesday, April 25, 2012

ArtsEtc. UW ‘closer than ever’ to new arts-centric college An in-depth look at recent rise in sentiment backing proposed CoA Amanda Connors ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

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Emotional pain expressed in vivid metaphor as well as a healthy mistrust for female affection mark the thematic feel of Jack White’s new album. Instrumentally, the rocker leans toward bluesy riffs and uses more piano than in previous efforts.

‘Blunderbuss’ vintage White, with new chip Ex-White Stripes frontman’s solo debut consistent throughout Nick Bauman-Martin ArtsEtc. Writer Jack White’s first solo album is basically what longtime followers would expect. But don’t let that turn you away from said effort, titled Blunderbuss. On it, White continues to expand his sound from its stripped-down roots in garage rock to a more rounded style of music. Blunderbuss kicks off with “Missing Pieces,” a rocking number that reminds the listener of White’s previous endeavors as part of The White Stripes and does well to open things up. Here, White’s poetry is strong as he sings of separation: “Sometimes someone controls everything about you/And when they tell you that they just can’t live without you/They ain’t lyin’, they’ll take pieces of you.” The next two songs are scalding reminders that White is recently divorced, as they express views of love that seem to consist of being trampled and tortured. “Sixteen Saltines” makes it clear that White believes he may just be better off without female

companionship, or at least without a stilettoequipped woman, with lyrics like “Spike heels make a hole in a lifeboat.” Meanwhile, “Freedom at 21” is a somewhat frightening picture of the 21st century woman who has mutilated and hurt White emotionally — gore and blood (hopefully) serve as metaphors. White sticks to his guns musically on the first three tracks leading up until “Love Interruption.” However, the fourth track mixes things up quite a bit for the rockstar with moody piano, Nashville crooner Ruby Amanfu and even saxophones and clarinets. White appears to have moved past the pain inflicted in the opening tracks, as he and Amanfu sing of strong new resolutions. However, the images of violence at the hands of love remain: “I want love to roll me over slowly/Stick a knife inside me and twist it all around/I want love to grab my fingers gently/ Slam them in a doorway/ Put my face into the ground.” The next few tracks all continue the trend of “Love Interruption” as White uses piano as much as guitar on the rest of Blunderbuss. It’s a new direction for White and an extension of the musical evolution of The White Stripes. The musical arrangements on the

rest of the album begin to blossom in a way that 1998 White Stripes fans likely never anticipated, with stand-up bass, bluesy piano and vocal progressions and even the slightest bit of country twang invading White’s musical landscape. “Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy” may be the best example of White’s more varied musical attempts, with cheerfully rollicking piano bits and bright strumming, at odds with the lyrics. It works in a crazy Jack White sort of way, but old listeners who favor his harder rock will find themselves lost with some of the later tracks on the album. The last, “Take Me With You When You Go,” is one of the more interesting musical compositions on the album and a reminder that White hasn’t forgotten his roots. Blunderbuss is a solid solo debut for White, and it succeeds in channeling his divorcée blues into a well-made and wellrounded album.

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In the basement of Vilas Hall — a rather blocky cement building known by undergraduates for its maze-like hallways, mice and mismatched couches — a group of dedicated students work, sometimes late into the night, to perfect their craft. These students study theater, a constantly changing art form that comes with big risks but also big rewards. Most theater students at the University of Wisconsin know that competition for jobs will be fierce after they graduate but hold on to the hope that they might have what it takes to make it big. They are consumed by the “acting bug” — an urge to perform and produce regardless of the odds. A few theater professors have been working hard to make sure these odds tip in the UW students’ favor by promoting a new College of the Arts, a plan that would place multiple areas of the arts — such as theater, music, art, dance and design — under one college. The arts are currently spread between the College of Letters and Science, the School of Education and the School of Human Ecology. Patricia Boyette, the director of acting for UW’s theater program, believes the new college would benefit students immensely and give them an edge in the job market. “[A College of the Arts] would bring us more on par with what’s happening with arts education with other top institutions. We can’t just use a model that’s 20 years old. Too many things have shifted,” Boyette said. Boyette grew up in a time when regional theaters were popular. Actors rehearsed one show during the day and performed another at night, and companies rotated shows in and out. Now the theater program looks to focus on new facets of theater careers. In the

current age, actors need to be able to adapt to film, the Internet, television and the stage in order to succeed. “Actor training for the stage is still the ‘gold standard’ for providing effective foundational skills for any kind of performance — be it acting for stage, screen, television or the media made possible through new technology. It also provides an excellent way to improve basic communication skills necessary in just about any walk of life: business, medicine, law, the sciences, education, etc. We look to educate and train students in the art and craft of acting and also to link this education and training to individual ‘real world’ application,” Boyette said. One UW alumna, Heather Bannister, 30, graduated with a theater degree in 2006. She is now the assistant technical director at the Memorial Union Theater on the UW campus. Bannister never wanted to leave Madison to pursue a career in any of the cities known for theater, such as New York, Chicago or Los Angeles. She stayed in Madison and worked her way up from stagehand to assistant technical director. She believes that a UW College of the Arts would allow students to better network between different departments, which would make it easier to form the vital connections necessary to getting jobs in theater. “It was sometimes hard to go work with the UW Opera or School of Music or anything. Having more options and having more contacts I think will be a good thing,” Bannister said. A strong network is especially important for students who plan to live in a big city after graduation. UW senior Stephanie Vidalakis is planning to move to either New York or Chicago in a year. “I’m terrified to graduate,” she said, “It’s going to be me going there in the dark and having to deal with it on my own.” The way that the theater program is set up now does not give students much practical advice about how the theater business works. “In my undergraduate study I learned quite a bit about art and craft but I

graduated with no idea whatsoever about the business of my profession — about how to apply what I had learned in the ‘marketplace.’ We can’t do this anymore. We need to prepare our students in both the art and craft of their discipline and also in ways to apply that discipline to a career path,” Boyette said. A College of the Arts would allow bigger classes, like a Business of Arts class, to be taught to students from all arts majors. Boyette said the collaboration and ability to have bigger classes like and multi-departmental classes, such as musical theater, would be the main benefits of a College of the Arts. The departments would still maintain their autonomy, but the difficulties that come with trying to correlate programs between different schools and colleges would diminish. “The CoA does not require departments to change. Changes within any department are up to that department and its college. It does, however, provide more possibilities for collaboration across the arts and between the arts and other units on campus,” Boyette said. Arts departments have finished voting on whether or not to have a UW College of the Arts and whether or not they think their department should join the college. The theater department has already voted “yes” to both of those questions. The proposal has been passed through the arts departments — dance, theater, design, music and art — and will go before the Academic Counsel on May 1. Boyette said the COA administrative structure and curriculum would take three to five years to accomplish. “There have been years of study and investigation that has gone into this proposal. There has been a lot of work, a lot of thought, a lot of dotting of I’s, crossing of T’s involved and a lot of great conversations and exchanges of ideas,” Boyette said. “We’re closer now than we’ve ever been to having a CoA become a reality on this campus.”

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FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR

Keep online, oﬄine safe An anonymous user on The Badger Herald’s website posted a comment threatening the safety of “those in power and and those with perceived power” Tuesday morning. Although we have no means of verifying if there was real intent behind their words, I would like to remind our readers that the comment boards are meant to be a respectful and constructive space, and all comments alluding to illegal or dangerous activities will be reported to the proper authorities. The comment was removed by a staff member who promptly notified a university official. The official then contacted the University of Wisconsin

Police Department and Division of Student Life. We were able to track the IP address to a location just east of Vilas Park. If you have any further information, contact UWPD at 608-264-COPS or Associate Dean Kevin Helmkamp at 608-263-5700. If you see further suspicious comments on the Herald website, please send me an email at sbrewster@badgerherald.com. Sincerely,

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Herald Editorial Take back Miﬄin University of Wisconsin administrative and city leaders have it out for the Mifflin Street Block Party. This is no secret to anyone who has followed the news since two people were stabbed at last year’s party. This board was unsurprised to see Dean of Students Lori Berquam release a painful video with a refrain of “don’t go” to Mifflin. Berquam has hinted at disdain for the event in the past. But although her job description requires her to protect the interests of the administration, this is not an excuse for the condescending tone used in her video. Berquam did make an important point: Students still have a responsibility to make the event as safe as possible and not ignore unfortunate events that have taken place at Mifflin recently. We do not believe UW students should avoid the party, but they should be more aware of the high stakes surrounding it this year. In an effort to improve the climate at Mifflin, the city has allowed some elbow room for those who want to enjoy their day drinking in peace. Earlier this week, Madison Police

announced they plan to allow Mifflin residents to register their parties and effectively receive immunity from police activity if all partygoers and partythrowers are older than 21. This move, unlike Berquam’s counterproductive lecture, is creative and a step toward the type of strategies that need to be developed. But it will ultimately fail at fostering the student self-regulation the police are rightly working toward and impose unwanted legal liabilities. If a group of underage partygoers strays into a registered party, what does that mean for the registrant if police bust the party? For the last year, we have urged that students take back ownership of the party. In past years, ownership worked when students felt like they, not the city, regulated Mifflin. By giving students control of their own houses and offering the police presence as a resource when an issue arises, the city can strike a balance that achieves their ultimate goal of a safer, more manageable Mifflin. Mifflin needs plenty of creative solutions. But that does not mean it needs myopic ones.

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Opinion Sensationalist media takes away from childhood abuse Anjali Misra Guest Columnist In an address to Penn State University’s graduating class of 1973, Joe Paterno shared these words: “Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won’t taste good.” More than three decades later and in light of child sexual abuse charges against Paterno’s colleague Jerry Sandusky, the gravity of the legendary coach’s words cannot be overstated. The dishonorable way Paterno handled staff reports of Sandusky’s inappropriate conduct with youth from his mentorship program left an entire community of college football fans with a bad taste in their mouths. The Sandusky case also shed light on public misconceptions concerning the frequency of child sexual abuse, the nature of perpetrators and the role of those burdened with the knowledge of abuse. These misconceptions bear mentioning now more than ever, as the University of Wisconsin’s Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment dedicates this April’s recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month to busting rape myths and stereotypes. Last fall, the majority of news media publicized a nation’s shock and disappointment when we learned of Paterno’s complacency in Sandusky’s criminal behavior. Few news outlets took the opportunity to highlight our society’s underlying misconceptions about child abuse and the heightened need for education on selfefficacy and bystander

intervention. While news media spent most of last fall raising scruples over dueling representations of Paterno (the shamed coach versus the scapegoat), few were concerned with insuring that youth be protected from victimization by adult authority figures. Underlying the debate is the most dangerous myth about child sexual abuse: It does not happen often. Perhaps media reports would be less concerned with tarnished reputations

News outlets frequently report on child sexual assaults as isolated incidents. and more focused on victim advocacy if public understanding of assault more accurately represented the truth. An informational document compiled by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault confirms, “[Nationally], roughly 15 percent of males and 30 percent of females have been victims of childhood sexual abuse,” and this only includes reported cases within a given year. The staggering reality is also that 45 percent of child sex abuse cases go unnoticed, a problem that has been compounded by misrepresentations of the perpetrators, further minimizing the severity of the issue. News outlets frequently report on child sexual assaults as isolated incidents perpetrated by strangers deemed deranged criminals. Sandusky had been characterized by some news sources as a sexual deviant with little knowledge of the wrongness of his own

actions. As WCASA’s report states, “Children are most commonly sexually abused by someone they know and trust [and] most likely the abuse will continue over a period of time, often for years.” Media detracts from the critical facts when sexual assault stories are sensationalized and abusers are falsely characterized. In light of the media’s mystification of child sexual abuse, it is important to distinguish the truth and use that knowledge efficaciously. WCASA’s informational sheet series not only provides the public with potential physical and behavioral indicators of child sexual abuse, but also reliably sourced, statistically-backed abuser profiles and victim support resources. Armed with real knowledge, we can all begin reading between the lines of stories that falsely represent child sexual abuse cases as few and far between. The real champions in these publicized tragedies are the survivors that rise out of unfortunate circumstances, and the stories they choose to share are the ones that deserve our attention. Anjali Misra (amisra2@ wisc.edu) is a special student majoring in gender and women’s studies and English. PAVE is a student organization dedicated to ending sexual assault, dating violence and stalking on the campus through education and activism. This month the group will be leading UW in its recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For more information on PAVE and its observance of SAAM, visit UWPAVE.com or email uwpavemedia@ gmail.com

Candidates’ ‘war on women’ rhetoric tasteless, baseless

Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.

Alex Brousseau Editorial Board Chair The rhetoric surrounding Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to repeal the Equal Pay Law is inaccurate and misleading. What is actually an effort to reform tort law in Wisconsin is being framed as a “war on women” by Democratic gubernatorial candidates in order to gain the sympathies of the undecided voters during the recall election. Passed in 2009, the Equal Pay Law was intended to deter employers from discriminating against women by giving them more avenues through which to press charges. Since then, the rate of pay for women in Wisconsin has gone up 3 percent. However, zero cases — that’s right, zero — have been filed in Wisconsin alleging employment discrimination under the law, demonstrating that the law had nothing to do with this modest increase. More than two weeks ago, Walker repealed the Equal Pay Law, thereby eliminating compensatory and punitive damages for acts of employment discrimination. The bill was part of Republican

lawmakers’ ongoing objective to tackle tort reform in the state by limiting excessive compensation and keeping frivolous lawsuits out of the over-saturated court system. Since the repeal, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk have jumped on the opportunity to use Walker’s decision against him during their recall election campaigns. Both candidates have distorted the Republican legislators’ original intent of tort reform into rhetoric that suggests Walker is waging “a war on women” by intentionally denying women equal pay. This is, simply put, a lie. The intent behind the legislation is in line with the national tort reform movement: to curb excessive compensation and over-saturation of our court system. The law has also never been used since its passage, showing that women are using one of the numerous other available avenues to bring about employment discrimination claims. The supposed deterrent effect of the law is also a myth. The small increase in wages for women over the past three years did not magically occur because the Equal Pay Law was passed. Women have many legal opportunities to sue their employers over wage

discrimination, including in federal court based on the United States and Wisconsin Constitution and in state court-based state law. It is these provisions that keep companies from discriminating against women, not the Equal Pay Law, which only provided the additional opportunity to receive punitive and compensatory damages. Barrett and Falk — along with other Democratic legislators and liberal advocates — are misusing Walker’s decision for their own selfish reasons. Such strong though inaccurate rhetoric will gain the sympathies of undecided voters, who will hear the phrase “war on women” without understanding the underlying facts and reasons. This kind of deceptive speech has no place in a campaign, be it from a Democrat or a Republican. The repeal of the Equal Pay Law does nothing to affect the right of women in Wisconsin, but instead eliminates a never-used statute in an effort to reform tort law in our state. Barrett and Falk’s propaganda surrounding the repeal are tasteless, showing just how far these candidates are willing to go to topple the Republican giant who is still currently ahead in the polls. Alex Brousseau (abrousseau@badgerherald. com) is a second year law student.

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MOLDING, from 12 Jeff Duckworth is the second most experienced receiver after Abbrederis currently on the team, with a total of 18 catches — 15 in 13 games in 2011 and three in five games in 2010. So, with the vast majority of wide outs never bringing down a catch in a game, much less playing a game, spring camp is an essential time for the young guys to get some crucial reps and coaching. “The more reps you get, the better you’ll get,” Doe said. “The more understanding you get on different plays or different concepts of the plays, who to block. “A lot of us are getting a lot of reps, it’s not exactly like the game but it’s kind of similar. So a lot of us are getting reps so we can get used to the game to get better each and every day. So it’s good that we’re getting the reps … because some of us want the experience too in a game and it’s going help us out to where we just have to step up and make plays when we get a chance.” But while Abbrederis’ absence helps the younger guys gain more experience in practice, Abbrederis isn’t able to help set an example. Instead, he has to watch from the sidelines and do what he can from a coaching perspective. “It’s hard to be the guy on the sideline to be like, ‘Hey, let’s go pick it up,’ if someone is kind

OFFENSIVE, from 12 in 2010 batted .347 with eight long balls and 41 RBIs on her way to being named Wisconsin’s offensive MVP. Before her injury this season, Spence had an average of .263 while amassing seven home runs and 23 RBIs. With Spence slated to eventually return in the upcoming weeks, Wisconsin could have an entire batting order made up of players who are currently batting or have, at some point in their career,

of slacking, because no one likes that guy on the sideline that doesn’t do anything and says, ‘Hey, hurry up, c’mon, run fast,’ or something like that,” Abbrederis said. “But just helping them out with the plays, you know if they come over here and ask, ‘What would you have done here?’ maybe on a route if they have an outroute … whatever it is, just trying to help, coach Azzanni.” The day Azzanni first met the Wisconsin media, he said he was looking forward to working with a physical player like Abbrederis and while the Wautoma, Wis., native hasn’t been able to do much yet, Azzanni is starting to instill that physicality on his other players. “I think physicality in your game makes you better in everything you do out there — in your releases, your route running, how you catch a ball in the air — everything you do, if you’re physical, it gets better faster,” Azzanni said. “I’ve seen some progress.” So while many other critics may feel there is concern at wide receiver, Duckworth feels there is no need for such worries. “I don’t know if there’s concern,” Duckworth said. “But [spring camp] is a great opportunity for a lot of guys to take steps forward, including myself. I mean, we’re all out there competing for a spot.”

batted .300. “This is definitely special,” head coach Yvette Healy said. “As a coaching staff we realize from being in the game and being around Division I sports and coaching at this level that it takes a lot to put it all together … We know they still have plenty of room to get even better.” The Badgers have found their offensive success against not pushover pitchers, but some of the best in all of college softball. Already Wisconsin has faced four

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Sam Dekker had an outstanding senior season at Sheboygan Lutheran, leading them to a Division 5 state championship. Dekker joins UW basketball head coach Bo Ryan’s roster next year.

MCCUE, from 12 freshman sensations are not commonplace. One shining example of freshman success stands in Devin Harris, who put up 12.3 points per game in his first season on the Kohl Center floor in 2001-02. Alando Tucker, who finished his career as Wisconsin’s

all-time leading scorer, managed similar numbers as a freshman in Ryan’s lowscoring system. So while Wisconsin may be the antiKentucky, Dekker would not be treading uncharted territory in a program that turns heads when it starts a freshman and rarely sees first-year players play a

critical offensive role. If the selection to the U18 National Team is a sign of anything, it’s that Dekker at least has the talent to help Wisconsin to a 12th straight NCAA tournament appearance in his freshman year. Wisconsin won the recruiting lottery when the top prospect in the state

decided to play for the Badgers, and they should take advantage of that victory from the start.

pitchers that rank in the NCAA top 50 in earned run average. Perhaps highlighting that success against great pitching was the team’s absolute dismantling of Minnesota’s Sara Moulton — a pitcher who has an ERA of 1.26, 17th best in the nation. In Moulton’s three appearances against the Badgers, the Gopher sophomore suffered three losses, giving up 18 hits and 10 runs in 12.2 innings of work. The Badgers’ offense

has also made it clear to opponents that they are always a threat to come back, mounting the two largest comeback victories in program history this season. With comeback wins from eight run and seven run deficits, respectively, the bats are never at ease for this Wisconsin team. With a current RPI of 47 — second best in the conference behind Michigan — the Badgers are in perfect position to make their first NCAA tournament since

2005. While the Badgers currently sit at second place in the Big Ten — trailing first place Michigan by just a single game — the next few weeks will truly test if this offensive dominance can last. Wisconsin has upcoming series with Purdue, Michigan and Nebraska — the top three teams in the Big Ten besides Wisconsin — giving Healy and her players an exciting chance to show all of college softball that this offense, and team, is for real. “Our schedule’s tough

down the stretch but it’s actually what we need,” Healy said. “If we want to keep having a chance for the postseason you have to match up with those best teams to have your chance. If we can battle and come out on top of those series then we’ll earn it.” “We’re just having fun,” sophomore Mary Massei said. “I can’t wait to get after it in these next couple weeks. It’s going to be tough for us but we’re going to work hard, prepare and hopefully get it done.”

Ian is a junior majoring in journalism. Think Dekker will live up to the hype, or is he just a slightly more athletic version of J.P. Gavinski? Let him know at imccue@badgerherald.com.

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Badgers look to chop down Sycamores ONLINE: Softball faces Indiana State in doubleheader

Simply offensive: UW enjoys red-hot batting Wisconsin’s offense boasts 6 players hitting over .300, just having fun Nick Korger Associate Sports Editor

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Jared Abbrederis will be the Badgers’ leading and most experienced receiver next year. He hasn’t been able to see action this spring due to a foot injury. Abbrederis’ 75 career receptions far exceeds the rest of the wide receiving corps’ combined 22 career receptions.

Azzanni molding young receivers Badgers’ lack of experience at wide out tantamount, cause for concern Kelly Erickson Sports Content Editor Newly anointed Wisconsin wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni is thankful it is only spring camp. With possibly one of the youngest, least experienced positions under his watch, he feels blessed that the season still lies months away. “Thank God,” Azzanni said when a reporter mentioned the season was still far away. Spring camp always plays host to concerns and speculations — and this year is no different with the receiving corps. With the departure of Nick Toon and the Badgers’ other go-to wide receiver Jared Abbrederis sidelined with a foot injury, younger receivers that have seen little to no playing time are now getting the attention and repetitions they need in order to provide Wisconsin with a passing game next fall. But the wide receivers

simply need some more time. “We’ve got a bunch of guys that have never played in a college football game,” Azzanni said. “Jeff Duckworth is like the only one (outside of Jared Abbrederis). Duck’s the only one that’s caught a pass and ran a route in a game. The other guys — nobody has. Kenzel played sparingly last year, not really as a wide out, more of a slot catching screen passes. [We’re] really untested up and down, a bunch of guys that haven’t played a lot of ball so they’re getting thrown into the grease right now. It’s going to be up and down that way. It’s a process.” Next season, the Badgers have a total of 17 receivers on their roster, 15 of which are already on campus. Excluding Abbrederis’ total of 75 receptions over his 27 games played in the last two seasons, the six wide outs who have seen game action combine for a measly 22 receptions — that’s 3.67 catches per receiver. Simply put, Azzanni is basically starting from scratch with his group, but he relishes the fact that he’ll be able to mold the majority of them in his own style. “I love it,” Azzanni said of the opportunity. “Walking

off the field, I’ve got to remind myself that they have a brand new coach, they haven’t played. As frustrated as I get, I think the older I get in this profession, the more I know it’s a process. And I like that I get to start from square one. I want them to take on my personality. It’s not going to happen overnight. So again, I like the fact that I’m not trying to break a ton of habits that have already been put in that I don’t like. There really aren’t any habits. The habits are the ones I’m trying to instill in them.” Of his players with experience, junior Manasseh Garner has played in 20 games — 10 in 2010 and 10 in 2011 — but only recorded two receptions over those 20 games, each in 2011. Sophomore Kenzel Doe only has nine games under his belt, also recording two catches. But both Garner and Doe have really only seen the field after Wisconsin was more than confident they would win (think last year’s blow out after blow out). Most notably, with the Big Ten Championship catch of the game, redshirt junior

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When a team finds itself scouting the Badgers this season, one stat in particular may stick out. The Badgers have not one, not two, but six players batting over .300. With a team offense ranked second in the conference and 34th in the country with a collective batting average of .302, the Wisconsin softball team is terrorizing opponents. Through its last 14 games, Wisconsin is 13-1 while producing an average of seven runs per game. “This team is unique to me,” senior Karla Powell said. “I’ve never been a part of an offense like this since my traveling team days.” Currently leading the Badgers on offense is sophomore first baseman Michelle Mueller, who has come out of nowhere in the last two weeks of the season to lead the team with a .357 batting average, currently 13th best in the conference. What’s perhaps even more astonishing is that Mueller is currently batting .475 against Big Ten opponents, trailed closely by outfielder Kendall Grimm (.471 average in conference play). These two players are just two of eight Badger players with a batting average over .300 in Big Ten games. “The momentum we get offensively is just crazy,” Mueller said. “Having all

our team almost above .300 is unreal. It’s nice knowing that all of us are putting in the time and that’s why we’re doing so well. The coaches push us to do extra stuff every day and it really helps out.” What’s even more startling is the fact that the Badgers have potentially three other players who could reach the .300 mark this season. Shannel Blackshear, the team’s junior third baseman, is almost there, with an average of .294 overall and .310 in conference play. Powell, the Badgers only First Team All-Big Ten player from a year ago — a season where she batted .313 with nine home runs and

31 RBIs — has been limited in her role offensively due to injuries. However, last weekend the lone senior made a start in the Badgers’ final game of its series with the Nittany Lions and looked to be well on the road to a full recovery. Rounding out the list of potential .300 hitters is junior Molly Spence. Spence, who did not play the entire 2011 season due to injury, is currently battling another injury setback and has not appeared in the Wisconsin lineup since April 4 against Loyola-Chicago. The season looked promising for Spence, a player who as a freshman

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Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Mary Massei touts a .354 batting average through 39 games. She leads the Badgers with 130 appearances at the plate and 46 hits. She also has 27 RBIs and four homeruns.

Impressive freshman year ahead for Dekker Ian McCue Right on Cue Bo Ryan is the anti-John Calipari, a coach whose teams usually feature veteran, overachieving shooters instead of the rotating carousel of Kentucky’s freakishly athletic one-and-done crews. As part of their contrasting mentalities, it’s rare a freshman earns a starting spot or even serves as a major offensive weapon for the Wisconsin basketball team. But that idea of always filling the court with experienced upperclassmen may make an essential, if isolated, exception with the arrival of Sam Dekker next season. Likely the most highly anticipated recruit since center Brian Butch arrived in 2003, Dekker has the opportunity to become a serious scoring threat as a freshman — a true rarity under Ryan. A consensus Top 25 recruit nationally, the Sheboygan Area Lutheran star earned his latest honor when coaches selected him as one of 26 players to try out for the Under-18 National squad. Headed up by Billy Donovan, only 12 players will make the final cut, but the experience of competing against the top high school players in the country only adds to the tremendous future potential of Dekker. The small forward averaged better than 30 points per game in a senior campaign that included a

buzzer-beating three-pointer to win the Division 5 state championship, a shot that earned him SportsCenter’s top play accolades. Freshmen have made an immediate impact before — most recently when Josh Gasser landed a starting spot in 2010-11 — but Dekker has the skills to be a doublefigures scorer when he steps on the court next year. Despite a rail-like 6-foot-8 frame that will need to bulk up before the Badgers enter notoriously physical Big Ten play, the Sheboygan, Wis., native has few faults aside from a lack of strength. As an athletic shooter who can still find his way to the rim, Dekker appears a perfect fit for the versatility that allows Wisconsin’s signature swing offense to perform optimally. Named Wisconsin’s Mr. Basketball earlier this year, he put up at least 40 points in five different games last season and showered Random Lake High School with 58 points in February. It’s fair to say talent is not much of a question for Dekker, and while the skill transition to the college level is difficult to predict, he appears to be a skilled enough player for Ryan to take a chance on early. Although Wisconsin will retain its two best forwards next year in Ryan Evans and Jared Berggren, Dekker could fill in alongside Evans or senior Mike Bruesewitz. Jumping into a starting role may be a lofty expectation, but the small forward could be one of Ryan’s first options off the bench in 2012-13. After losing their top scoring threat in coldblooded point guard Jordan Taylor, the Badgers will likely count on a host of players, starting with Berggren and Evans, to

carry the offensive load. But don’t be surprised if Dekker — along with the likes of Gasser, Bruesewitz and Ben Brust — is a significant part of that effort. In reflecting on the recent Jarrod Uthoff transfer controversy, some identified Uthoff’s departure as a product of Dekker challenging him for a spot on the court. Though Uthoff denied such reasoning, Ryan has already lauded Dekker as a player he can’t wait to start coaching and many don’t expect him to spend his first season riding the bench. The five-star recruit has the potential to bring a new dimension to UW’s offense, one often pegged as not being able to beat the nation’s elite teams due to their opponents’ superior athleticism. Not a player talented or developed enough to leave for the NBA after his first season or two, Dekker could grow into a true star over the course of his career at Wisconsin. With impressive ball-handling skills for a player who stands at 6-foot-8, his versatility is perhaps his greatest asset. While it’s strange to consider a freshman becoming an essential offensive option in a Wisconsin uniform, it’s important to consider past instances. It’s surprisingly rare that a player of Dekker’s caliber even decides to take his talents to Madison, a trend that lies at the foundation of the rather limited history of impactmaking freshmen. As a program that regularly counts on role players to develop into consistent, double-figure scorers as they progress through their college careers,

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