2012.04.27

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1969 Volume XLIII, Issue 132

Friday, April 27, 2012

www.badgerherald.com

UW to make 10% cut to bus services Katie Caron Higher Education Editor Beginning this fall, students and faculty alike could see significant changes to the University of Wisconsin campus bus service because of a budget deficit.

Bus services will be decreased by about 10 percent, according to UW Transportation Services, with any changes to be implemented starting Sept. 1 this year. In the coming week, the campus community will have the

opportunity to provide input on the changes in two forums.

In an email to The Badger Herald, UW Transportation Services director Patrick Kass said the cuts to the campus bus system are a result of the budget situation after discussing possible changes with Associated Students of Madison, University Housing and Madison Metro, which all jointly fund the service.

UW Housing funds about 6 percent of the service, while Transportation Services and ASM split the remaining cost,

according to a UW statement.

The upcoming changes will not affect the amount students pay in segregated fees toward the service, but rather the arrival times, the statement said.

Kass said Transportation Services receives no university or state funding for its transportation programs on campus, meaning that all revenue is generated by Transportation Services mainly through parking permits. He said these pay for the bus service, among others.

“Over the past several years, Transportation Services has been operating with a structural deficit in our budget,” he said in the email. “We have been working to cut expenses and increase revenue without placing the entire burden on our permit holders.”

According to the statement, three options for adjusting to the service decrease will be presented to the campus community, and two of the three will need to be implemented.

The first is an increase in

the time between arrivals for the Route 85 from the current 10 minutes to 20 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays.

The second option would adjust the Route 80 and 85 bus schedules to optimize service by moving some times of arrivals, and the third piece would involve changing wait times from 15 to 30 minutes for the Route 81 night route.

Student Transportation Board Rep. Laura Checovich said the proposed changes sound in line

with what was negotiated with UW Transportation Services, except for the changes to the 81 Route.

“I would say that the Student Transportation Board is absolutely not recommending any changes to the 81 because we take safety very seriously,” she said.

She said the recommendations the Student Transportation Board had made regarding changes to the 80 and 85 were

BUS SERVICES, page 2

Voter ID hold upheld by court Move ensures law will not be in effect for May 8 primary and possibly June 5 recall election Sean Kirkby State Politics Editor An appeals court rejected the state’s request to lift an injunction on a law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls, ensuring the law will not be in effect for the May primary and possibly the June recall election.

The voter ID law currently faces two challenges in two separate courts. On Thursday, a state appeals court denied the request of the state Department of Justice to stay a permanent injunction on the law. The League of Women’s Voters of Wisconsin brought the suit against the law last October.

“As a practical matter, there will be no definitive court ruling before the May 8 and June 5 recall elections,” the order said.

“Given that the briefing period in this appeal has just begun, there is no realistic possibility that the court will issue an opinion before the June 5

election.”

On Wednesday, a separate appeals court denied a request from the state to remove a temporary injunction on the law placed in a different court. The judge in that case has placed a briefing schedule on evidence in the case extending beyond the gubernatorial and Senate recall elections.

Department of Justice spokesperson Dana Brueck said in an email to The Badger Herald that while the DOJ is disappointed in the decision, it believes the law will ultimately be upheld. Brueck said there is no place the DOJ can appeal to have the injunctions lifted until the end of the court cases.

Government Accountability Board spokesperson Reid Magney said in an email to the Herald that based on the court injunctions and status of the appeals, voter photo ID will not be

VOTER ID, page 3

Andy Fate The Badger Herald

Interim Chancellor David Ward speaks as part of a panel at a Thursday symposium addressing the upcoming challenges facing the Wisconsin Idea and the university.

Panel talks future of Wisconsin Idea Past Chancellor John Wiley: UW must improve self-promotion to increase recognition Rachel Seurer Reporter In a speaker panel as part of an outreach symposium addressing the challenges facing the Wisconsin Idea, interim Chancellor David Ward and former Chancellor John Wiley spoke about the future of the program and the

university.

At the discussion Thursday, Wiley said he first underestimated the value of the Wisconsin Idea and that he used to see its efforts to engage with communities as a mission of any university.

However, he said he later learned the Wisconsin Idea is essential to the University of Wisconsin’s reputation.

Wiley said because of the initiative, the Association of American Universities recognizes UW as an elite research and liberal arts institution.

He said he thinks the university should promote it more effectively.

“We are notoriously modest about what we do well. We need to do a

better job at promoting the excellence of this institution,” Wiley said.

With this in mind, he said the Wisconsin Idea should promote UW’s achievements that are unknown to Madison residents and the rest of the world.

SYMPOSIUM, page 3

Timeline, budget for State Street redevelopment finalized Reconstruction of 2 blocks to overlap with other projects in the near vicinity Adrianna Viswanatha City Hall Editor

Andy Fate The Badger Herald

In addition to the MCSC decision, committee members discussed whether or not to allow the use of technology in meetings because of potential disrespect.

SSFC votes to grant funding to MCSC’s event sponsorship Chair: Committee’s decision to reinstate budget eligibility does not affect process Tahleel Mohieldin Herald Contributor A branch of the University of Wisconsin student government voted to grant funding to the Multicultural Student Coalition for a co-sponsorship of another organization’s event to take place next week.

In a meeting Thursday

night, the Student Services Finance Committee decided to fund a co-sponsorship for a spring Powwow event for Wunk Sheek because the request for funding was submitted by MCSC prior to SSFC’s recent decision to freeze MCSC’s funding.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart added the committee also did not wish to punish Wunk Sheek for the actions of MCSC. SSFC Rep. David Vines agreed and said he thought it was the right thing to do.

Neibart said Associated Students of Madison Student Council’s decision to reinstate

MCSC’s budget eligibility Wednesday has no effect on SSFC’s process. She added it does not and would not affect her committee’s decision to freeze the organization’s funding.

SSFC Rep. Justin Gerstner commended his fellow committee members during the meeting for maintaining their professionalism throughout the entirety of MCSC’s eligibility process. He added that the decisions the body makes and debates are not easy ones.

SSFC, page 2

The reconstruction of two blocks of State Street has a finalized budget timeline, but will have to work around other projects in the same area.

Public Works engineer Chris Petykowski said the city is partnering with the University of Wisconsin on the reconstruction of the 700 and 800 blocks because the university owns Library Mall, where the construction would take place.

Petykowski said he hopes to have a consultant on board for the block renovation by late summer to start work on the preliminary design, and plans to hold meetings with those involved with the project until the design is finalized.

However, there is an issue with the construction timelines of both the block project and the construction of the new St. Paul’s Cathedral, part of which would also be on the 800 Block. Petykowski said he and other project developers are concerned the church’s construction will take place right on top of “brand new State Street.”

“I’m sure [St. Paul’s] will request we hold off the area or something because that’s the only way to have

construction access in there,” Petykowski said.

“That’ll be a significant hurdle for us to cross.”

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said in an interview with The Badger Herald ideas like bringing in beams, support structure and cranes might obstruct the brand new pavement that would be laid with the remodeling of the blocks, intended to last for 30-plus years.

Neither St. Paul nor the city want to pay for extra damages should St. Paul’s construction ruin the newly reconstructed Library Mall.

Petykowski said he has spoken with former University of Wisconsin Associate Vice Chancellor

REDEVELOPMENT, page 2

INSIDE Student government failed to embrace autonomy; Ward demanded the impossible.

The Associated Students of Madison’s 18th session ended with a bang instead of a whimper. Wednesday’s Student Council hearing on MCSC proved that student government leaders put their own sense of morality before procedure. The dismal end to the session can not only be attributed to student government, but also an ill-informed decision made by interim Chancellor David Ward.

OPINION | 4 © 2012 BADGER HERALD

2

The Badger Herald | News | Friday, April 27, 2012

Events today 10 a.m.

Out and About Month Sex Out Loud Sexual Health Fest LGBT Campus Center Red Gym

9:30 p.m.

WUD Film Presents: The Artist The Marquee, Union South

Events tomorrow 7:30 p.m.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Mitchell Theatre Vilas Communication Hall

Need to publicize your event?

Send an email to: editor@badgerherald.com

15,000 copies printed every weekday.

Published since September 10, 1969.

Telephone Fax

608.257.4712 608.257.6899

Herald editorial Editor-in-Chief Signe Brewster Managing Editor Ryan Rainey Editor-at-Large Adelaide Blanchard News Pamela Selman News Content Katherine Krueger Deputy News Ally Boutelle City Hall Adrianna Viswanatha City Life Leah Linscheid State Politics Sean Kirkby State Legislature Mike Kujak Campus Life Jackie Allen Higher Education Katie Caron Multimedia Ramsey Statz Assoc. Multimedia Meher Ahmad Video Director Gregori Kanatzidis Editorial Page Taylor Nye Editorial Page Content Reginald Young Ed. Board Chairman Alex Brousseau Sports Elliot Hughes Sports Content Kelly Erickson Associate Sports Ian McCue Nick Korger

Statistics Brett Sommers ArtsEtc. Lin Weeks ArtsEtc. Content Allegra Dimperio Comics Noah Yuenkel Copy Chief Zach Butzler Assoc. Copy Chief Sarah Witman Copy Editors Katie Foran-McHale Tom Guthrie Jackie Schmitt Grace Edquist Photo Megan McCormick Assoc. Photo Matt Hintz Andy Fate Design Director Eric Wiegmann Deputy Design Sigrid Hubertz Page Designers Kellie McGinnis Katie Gaab Gus McNair Peter Zlebek Web Director Adam Parkzer Deputy Web Director Tim Hadick Web Associate Kevin Zhu Web Consultant Charlie Gorichanaz

Herald business Publisher Peter Hoeschele General Mgr. Corey Chamberlain Business Assoc.

Megan Howard Business Mgr. Andrea Perkins

Herald advertising Advertising Director Bryant Miller Display Manager Jillian Grupp Classified Mgr. Roshni Nedungadi Executives Michelle Cannon Dillon Lohmer Luke Nevermann Max Nonnamaker Brooke Vanden Branden Elise Watson Julia Welytok

Board of directors Chairman

Jake Begun Vice Chairman

Peter Hoeschele Vice Chairman

Signe Brewster Vice Chairman

Bryant Miller Corey Chamberlain Jillian Grupp Roshni Nedungadi Pam Selman Eric Wiegmann Readers may pick up one complimentary issue each day.

Additional copies must be picked up at 326 W. Gorham St. for $0.25 each. Contents may not be reproduced without written consent of the editor in chief. Copyright 2012, The Badger Herald, Inc.

TODAY

TOMORROW

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

56 37

44 32

56 40

57 45

69 55

partly cloudy

showers

partly cloudy

cloudy

few showers

Porchlight opens doors to Occupy Madison Josh Brandau Herald Contributor A city homeless shelter plans to open its reserve spaces to homeless people displaced from the Occupy Madison site after a city decision to close the site last week.

Porchlight Inc. Executive Director Steve Schooler said Occupy Madison participants may also be among those individuals who will benefit from Porchlight’s measure to open one of its extra shelters.

Porchlight, a company that provides yearround services to the homeless, announced it will open up an overflow shelter to those individuals in need, Porchlight Resource Development Director Beatrice Hadidian said.

This measure will also affect other individuals besides those of Occupy Madison, as Porchlight will cease to enforce its 60-day stay policy, Schooler said. In effect, this will allow current residents of the shelter to

have an extra 30 days of stay, Hadidian said.

“We’re saying basically to everyone, OK, the 60day limit no longer applies in May — that’s just not the Occupy Madison people, but that’s anyone,” Schooler said.

The company has three shelters, although all three are not always open at the same time, Hadidian said.

During the summer months, the company can save money by closing some of the sites down, as demand for them is not as high as in the winter.

Because of the potential consequences that closing the Occupy Madison site may bring, one of the overflow shelters will be reopened for the month of May, Hadidian said.

The overflow shelter will open April 29 and is will be located at First United Methodist Church on Wisconsin Avenue, Hadidian said.

Schooler said the measure is by no means meant to serve as a permanent answer.

“We understand that it’s not a long-term solution, but that hopefully it will kind of alleviate some of the stress where people can determine what they are going to do next,” Hadidian said.

The shelter will provide temporary housing to those individuals in Occupy Madison that would otherwise have nowhere to sleep, Schooler said.

Individuals seeking to stay at the overflow shelter will need to meet the same requirements as usual, Hadidian said. The requirements include a no intoxication policy — due to its interference with the staff and other residents — and no threats of violence.

Other than the rules provided, anybody can show up and receive a hot meal, a place to do laundry, shower and short-term residency, Hadidian said.

Other services Porchlight provides includes pro bono law assistance and a free medical clinic.

“We do provide, with some support from the city

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Many Occupy Madison protesters were left homeless after a city decision to close the site. and some support from the state outreach services … in terms of assisting [the homeless] — getting them into treatment services they need or housing they need — that type of thing,” Schooler said. “And that’s been ongoing, and will continue to go on.”

Last week Madison City Council opposed a measure that would allow individuals to remain at the Occupy Madison site, which is located on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue. April 30 is the last day the site will be allowed to remain open.

Abortion-restricting bills increasingly common Kylie Peterson Herald Contributor While legislators across the country introduced fewer abortion-restricting bills in the first three months of this year than last year, a study put out by a sexual health advocacy group shows a significant increase over the past decade.

In the first three months of the year, legislators in 45 out of the 46 Legislatures that convened introduced 944 provisions dealing with reproductive health and rights, of which more than half restrict access to abortion, according to a report released earlier this month by the Guttmacher Institute, a sexual health research group.

Since the beginning of 2012, 75 abortion restriction

SSFC, from 1 MCSC’s budget is now in the hands of a conference committee, Neibart said. The committee is comprised of Neibart and Student Council Chair Allie Gardner, with each given an additional three committee members to produce for the committee.

The eight-member conference committee is responsible for making decisions regarding the approval of the MCSC budget.

MCSC has proposed a budget of $1.27 million.

SSFC also made changes to its member job description

acts were approved by at least one chamber in state Legislatures throughout the country, the report said. Nine of these restrictions have already been enacted.

In 2011, 127 abortion restrictions were approved by at least one legislative body, the report said.

Guttmacher Institute spokesperson Rebecca Wind said this is not unusual in an election year since some state Legislatures do not meet every session, and there are fewer state Legislatures meeting this year.

However, in the last election cycle in 2010, 46 restrictions passed at least one legislative chamber during the first three months of the year, while in the 2008 election cycle only 34 passed, according to the report.

Wisconsin is among

after receiving complaints from General Student Services Fund groups that committee members were being disrespectful.

Complaints alleged some SSFC members at times did not pay attention to speakers and were instead on their computers reading emails and checking Facebook.

“I’ve heard people in this committee say I ignore people speaking in open forum, … and that is not okay,” SSFC Secretary Ellie Bruecker said.

Bruecker proposed a piece of legislation that would disallow the use of computers during open forum and during

the states that passed abortions restrictions.

Earlier this month, Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a bill requiring doctors intending to prescribe a drug that medically induces abortion must examine the woman in person and be in the room when the drug is administered.

The law was set in place to ensure women are not being coerced against their will into seeking abortions, Wisconsin Right to Life Executive Director Barbara Lyons said.

“There are often similar stories about women being strong-armed by parents or boyfriends into getting an abortion,” Lyons said. “[The girls] hear ‘you will do this or else,’ and that is coercion.”

Six other states have passed laws similar to the one in Wisconsin, Lyons said. She

group presentation unless committee members showed their notes to the SSFC chair.

However, her proposal was met with opposition.

Committee members expressed concern that the proposal was not an appropriate solution to the problem. Rep. Laura Checovich noted that most members utilize their computers as a positive resource and not as a distraction.

Gerstner said the proposed solution was so general that it did not address the problem but merely limited resources, but he did agree that the issue needed addressing.

Rep. Ron Crandall said he thought the issue was a simple one.

“This is a classic argument of whether or not we need parental controls because people are being naughty. …

People just need to stop being naughty,” Crandall said.

Ultimately SSFC voted to amend the proposal to be less restrictive, stipulating just that members be respectful with technology.

said other laws up for debate would ban abortion after a certain number of weeks or require women to get an ultrasound before making a final decision on whether to terminate the pregnancy.

However, the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws Pro-Choice Wisconsin Executive Director Lisa Subeck said these pieces of legislation are less about protecting women and more about making abortion access more difficult for them, especially the act requiring doctors to be present when administering an abortioninducing pill. “[The law] goes against standard medical care and interferes with doctors’ ability to practice,” Subeck said. “We really saw this happen with Planned Parenthood.”

Subeck was referencing

BUS SERVICES, from 1 cost-effective and in line with prioritizing safety for students and that making changes to the 81 should be the option not implemented of the three.

She said it does not make any sense to have students waiting outside at night for longer periods of time rather than increase the headway time for daytime routes.

Checovich said regardless, she hopes students will take these possible changes seriously and be active in the upcoming forums.

The upcoming public meeting will take place Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at Memorial Union, where campus input will be the focus, and the second public meeting will be Metro Transit’s meeting on Wednesday, May 9 at 6 p.m. at the Madison Municipal Building.

REDEVELOPMENT, from 1 for Facilities Planning and Management Alan Fish and Director of Campus Planning Gary Brown about the project and that both men are on board.

“There will be brand new designs, more lighting — we will see a more welcoming Library Mall,” Resnick said.

“It’s part of the completion of State Street project and will come at a great time, as East [Campus Mall] intersects at the exact same time, and also the completion of the Memorial Union project.”

Resnick said he is excited for the brand new design, and envisions both East Campus Mall and the 700 and 800 block project as the “synergy” of these projects coming together.

He said though the city owns the street ways, UW has a vested interest in almost everything on the block, so cooperation with UW is ongoing. The project is figured into the 2014 city budget.

Planned Parenthood’s recent decision to stop administering medicationbased abortions in response to the signing of the legislation into the act.

Due to the “vague” language in the act, Subeck said Planned Parenthood risks lawsuits, and doctors of the organization could be charged with felonies if they fail to properly comply with the act.

Wisconsin and other states’ recent regulations on abortion are linked to a larger political picture, Subeck said.

“I certainly think that the war on women will play a big role in the national election,” Subeck said. “Women paying attention will see that Republicans are not good for them … not good for them, their daughters and their families.”

Potential Route Changes Two of the following three options will go into effect Sept. 1

Route 81

Time between arrivals will increase from 15 to 30 minutes

Route 85

Time between arrivals will increase from 10 to 20 minutes between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Routes 80 and 85 Adjustments will be made on these routes to optimize service, with increase in Route 85 wait times SOURCE: University of Wisconsin News

Additionally at the meeting, the commission voted in favor of transitioning from the style of streetlight seen on State Street to the style seen more residentially in the Langdon neighborhood outside the Campus Inn on Frances Street.

General Manager Bill Wellman said he wants to preserve continuity in the residential style of the cul de sac, which includes the hotel and the apartment building at 438 N. Frances.

“We’re proud to be part of the State Street business district,” Wellman said. “But we have a more relaxing residential feel … that environment is our business and obviously the goal here is to enhance the business of all the State Street partners.”

The commission also voted in favor of allowing Petykowski to install a bronze liner around the joints of the badger fountain on Frances Street, after continued leaking.

The commission will meet again Aug. 16.

The Badger Herald | News | Friday, April 27, 2012

SYMPOSIUM, from 1 Wiley added although the public has criticized UW for abandoning advocacy of the Wisconsin Idea, he disagrees with critics.

“The UW is fulfilling the mission of the Wisconsin Idea well,” he said. “But [UW] is not marketing it well.”

Wiley went on to say that marketing the program is challenging in Wisconsin’s politically polarized environment.

He said citizens’ perception of the Wisconsin Idea is affected by UW’s reputation as a liberal university and that people outside of Madison view UW as “an overly liberal institution that indoctrinates its students.”

Because of the university’s politicized reputation, he said it is difficult to reestablish the legitimacy of impartial research in public policy-

VOTER ID, from 1 enforced for the recall primary. He added until the courts tell GAB otherwise, they will not enforce the law.

Andrea Kaminski, executive director of

making.

Ward agreed the university must work to increase its visibility locally and globally. He said UW’s greatest challenge is to convince local communities of the Wisconsin Idea’s value and work with community policymakers.

Ward explained the university’s disconnect with local institutions is a failure on behalf of the Wisconsin Idea’s marketing efforts and the result of larger problems within higher education.

Ward said UW can convince Wisconsin citizens of the value of the Wisconsin Idea by cooperating with other UW System schools and by emphasizing the role undergraduates play in the program.

He added Wisconsin citizens know UW is ranked highly in world research but do not see how UW’s research benefits the state.

In the future, the Wisconsin Idea should

market its efforts directly to constituents rather than through the Legislature, he said.

“Public policy is not the only way that the Wisconsin Idea is affected,” Wiley added. “The political sector is no longer a neutral space in which to implement the Wisconsin Idea’s efforts.”

Jim Armstrong, member on the Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program, said he felt the Wisconsin Idea should serve Madison as well as validate the university’s purpose to serve the community.

Cindy Werkheiser, also a member of the Wisconsin Idea Scholars Program, said she agreed with the points made.

“I feel like sometimes the work we do in our research worlds lose touch with what is going on in the community,” Werkheiser said. “Staying connected to real people is what the idea program is.”

the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, said this was the right ruling and her organization believes the upcoming election is very important to vote in, regardless of which candidate a voter

supports.

“If you’re a qualified citizen, you should be allowed to vote, and if this injunction was lifted, qualified citizens would not be able to get a ballot, and that would be bad,” Kaminski said.

3

Opinion

Editorial Page Editor Taylor Nye oped@badgerherald.com

4

The Badger Herald | Opinion | Friday, April 27, 2012

Herald Editorial Good riddance to the 18th session With only days left in the 18th session of the Associated Students of Madison, student leaders gathered Wednesday for one of the last times to engage in what will likely, and rightfully, be its lasting legacy of constant infighting and a disregard for the rules and expectations that govern them. In approving the eligibility of the Multicultural Student Coalition, ASM ended its year with an especially disturbing bang, and not the whimper for which we had hoped.

Wednesday’s Student Council meeting was a case study in the failings of student government.

On every side, student leaders have gone out of their way to make a mockery of the faith accorded them in representing their student constituents. From threats of physical violence on The Badger Herald comment boards, to middle fingers, insults and intimidation at Student Council meetings, the decorum expected of student government has been almost wholly absent.

The behavior of those involved, no matter their politics, is inexcusable. What little respect there is for process and procedure has all-too-easily translated to even less respect for fellow students and members of student government. Fights over funding eligibility and bylaw violations have only served to further divide and distance a student body from those claiming to govern it. ASM has ceded the last modicum of relevance

remaining in the minds of students through near-constant internal discord.

The funding eligibility of MCSC has been central to the disunity of ASM throughout the session, climaxing with interim Chancellor David Ward’s irresolute and illinformed decision earlier this month to remand the eligibility determination to Student Council. By sending the decision to a group with little to no training in Supreme Courtmandated viewpoint neutrality and numerous conflicts of interest, and demanding the decision be made in a mere five days, Ward demanded the impossible of a Student Council known for its inefficiency.

Powers wrested from administration years ago have been relinquished by a majority vote of the 18th session.

With Wednesday’s approval of this eligibility comes a disheartening affirmation of ASM leadership’s true allegiances, not to any notion of student power, but to political convenience and opportunism. By placing its own sense of morality before procedure, Student Council’s selfperceived teleological suspension of the ethical has highlighted its true approach to governance.

ASM Chair Allie Gardner’s handling of Wednesday’s affairs is an insult to all those who have invested time and effort into creating and upholding the policies and charges of student government. Impeachment — though arguably warranted by her silencing of student leaders, disregard of the Student Judiciary and failure to uphold ASM bylaws — would be of little consequence so late in the session. This board can only hope the next session will learn from her mistakes.

But it is the Student Council as a whole that bears a great part of the blame through its abject failure to govern. Having been handed what should have been a fundamental and necessary exercise of “student power” in denying Ward’s remanding of the MCSC question, ASM — under Gardner’s leadership — bowed to the demands of administration.

For all the power and autonomy the university so uncomfortably gives us, student leaders failed to embrace it when that responsibility came in direct opposition to personal and political allegiances. Constantly engaging and upholding the processes countless students before us have created is the most critical aspect of student governance. Powers wrested from administration years ago have been relinquished by a majority vote of the 18th session.

This session cannot end soon enough.

Alex Brousseau

Signe Brewster

Ryan Rainey

Editorial Board Chairman

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Adelaide Blanchard

Taylor Nye

Reginald Young

Jake Begun

Editor-at-Large

Editorial Page Editor

Editorial Page Content Editor

Editorial Board Member

Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.

Berquam disrespectful, absurd Ryan Plesh Columnist “Don’t go. Don’t go to that event.” These words will live in infamy, at least for the Mifflin Street Block Party 2012 cohort, thanks to Dean of Students Lori Berquam.

The now famous video, posted online, removed and then reposted by some anonymous dark knight of Madison, features a concerned but fumbling Berquam pleading with students not to go to Mifflin.

Everything about the video screams aloofness from the student body of the University of Wisconsin, which is ironic considering Berquam’s title. The content of the video is completely devoid of any meaning for the vast majority of students; it is merely something at which to poke fun, or even more to fuel on their already raging fires of debauchery. Mifflin is now a Madison tradition dating back more than 40 years. It is as Madisonian as the Fourth of July is American, and I am highly incredulous that any students will be dissuaded from going because Berquam said not to.

The delivery of the video is equally atrocious.

Berquam claims she did not rehearse the script before making the video and for her sake I hope

that is true, because she certainly looks like she did it live. Putting aside her lack of preparedness, though, the whole presentation is still awful. How did the dean of students not realize how abysmally this video would fail to resonate with students before posting it online? Moreover, the whole idea of instructing adults not to go to Mifflin seems excessively patronizing, and the way Berquam repeats herself throughout the video is condescending.

Moreover, the whole idea of instructing adults not to go to Mifflin seems excessively patronizing, and the way Berquam repeats herself throughout the video is condescending.

Berquam further claims the reason she was so illprepared for the video is that it was an impromptu, from-the-heart message from a concerned dean to her students. It may be true that Berquam is concerned about students, and if she says that she sincerely believes that going to Mifflin is a bad thing for students, I believe her. Despite all of that, there is no way that there was no ulterior motive whatsoever for making this video for either herself or for the university.

Given the events of last year’s Mifflin, I cannot blame Berquam or the university for wanting to put distance between itself and Mifflin. Last year was one of the rowdier Mifflins in recent history; of the thousands of people in attendance at the party, two were stabbed and 160 were arrested. That is unacceptable, and we cannot have a repeat of that this year. However, this is not the appropriate response from the university.

Mifflin is not going away any time soon. I am not advocating the university proudly display its seal all over the event, but trying to abdicate responsibility in this manner is childish and ineffective. It makes it seem as though all the university really wants is to be in a position to say “we told you not to go” if Mifflin does indeed get out of control again this year.

Instead of trying to shirk any responsibility, the university should be doing whatever it can to help make the event safer.

Just for icing on the cake, as if the video were not already ridiculous enough, Berquam makes a completely illegitimate claim about the offensiveness of the “Cinco de Mifflin” shirts on display in store windows on State Street.

What? What in the world is offensive about the phrase “Cinco de Mifflin”?

It is merely recognition of the fact that Mifflin and Cinco de Mayo happen to coincide this year, and that is all. There is no offensive content there whatsoever.

I can understand why

the University is being very careful to appear culturally sensitive, given all of the difficulties it had throughout this academic year with groups like MCSC. However, this is just ridiculous.

Show me someone who claims to be offended by the phrase “Cinco de Mifflin,” and I will show you someone who is either way oversensitive or merely pretending to be offended. Curiously, St. Patrick’s Day is allegedly a celebration of Irish heritage, but no one seems to care when it gets turned into a drinking festival.

Feigning indignation at “Cinco de Mifflin” and falsely claiming it is offensive does nothing but supply fodder for the neoconservatives’ claims that universities are bastions of excessive political correctness.

The way I see it, if we go by last year’s numbers, which are from one of the craziest Mifflins in recent years, you have roughly a .02 percent chance of being stabbed and a 1.6 percent chance of being arrested. Those are numbers I can live with.

If you take Berquam’s advice and do not go, you have a 100 percent chance of missing out on an awesome tradition unique to Madison, one of the best times you will have in your few short years here and making lasting memories with your friends. That’s a chance I’m willing to take.

So my advice to you is this: Do go. Do go to Mifflin.

Safety outweighs right to bear arms Hannah Sleznikow Columnist Gun control, by its very nature, is a contentious issue. Inscribed in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is the enumerated right for all American citizens to bear arms: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

The wording of this Amendment appears straightforward. However, controversy arises in regard to what extent this right should be unconditional.

Although the Constitution is considered a living document, the Second Amendment has arguably become out of touch with the reality of American society since its conception. Indeed, the desire for individual safety and protection remains firmly embedded in our society. What has changed, however, is the extent to which guns are commonplace in the public realm. Ironically, some of the very firearms we have the right to bear for protection are also a trigger-pull away from being a threat to us all.

Just six months after a law allowing concealed carry went into effect in Wisconsin, a staggering 100,000 concealed carry permits have already been issued. In light of this milestone, it is critical that the University of Wisconsin community strongly reconsiders its stance on bearing arms on campus. Prior to the passage of the current Wisconsin concealed carry law, firearms were banned on the UW campus. Now, according to the UW System website, the UW System’s current policy for carrying weapons or firearms requires that all college and university buildings, whether owned or leased, including stadia and athletic facilities, be clearly marked with signs at every entrance prohibiting individuals from entering when carrying weapons or firearms.

In 2012 alone, America has witnessed multiple shootings on university campuses. At the beginning of this month, seven individuals were killed and three more injured in a shooting at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., according to The Huffington Post.

Unfortunately, this tragic event has become just another in a series of school shootings that have occurred over the course of the last decade.

Certainly, it is critical

to acknowledge that the circumstances surrounding these shootings have been variable. The reality is, however, that the presence of guns on campuses poses an inherent risk to everyone. Bearing this in mind, the rationale behind eliminating guns from a college campus is quite simple: If guns are not allowed, then the likelihood of them leading to violence will hopefully be reduced.

People that lawfully bear arms will likely cite personal protection as their primary reason for choosing to do so. The perceived sense of safety that carrying a gun can provide to those individuals comes at the expense of those that do not share their belief. Each and every student, staff and faculty member on this campus deserves to feel safe, and allowing any number of people, regardless of how few, to carry a weapon on campus puts that safety in jeopardy.

A counterargument to this would be that concealed carry would eliminate the visible threat posed by a weapon.

Certainly, there are merits to this point, but only on a superficial level. Whether a student, staff or faculty member on campus sees the weapon or not is essentially irrelevant in the broader scope of the issue. The term “concealed” suggests a degree of secrecy and uncertainty.

Without disclosure and transparency, how can the bearing of arms be regulated at all?

Certainly, the majority of individuals that choose to exercise their right to carry a weapon do so mindfully and conscientiously by going through proper training and registration and by taking crucial measures to ensure the safety of their fellow citizens. However, it only takes one individual — one pull of the trigger — to end a life and affect the lives of so many others. This in itself is what makes a gun so dangerous.

Bearing this in mind, how do we as a society reduce this danger to the greatest possible extent?

We must minimize risk by imposing reasonable restrictions on the right to carry a firearm in public. In other words, the right to bear arms must not be absolute, but rather conditional. Having said this, a limitation on constitutionally protected rights should never be taken lightly.

When the safety of the public, on a college campus or at large, is placed in jeopardy in order to ensure that a small group of individuals may exercise their right to bear arms, it is time to reconsider where our priorities lie.

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

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

Your Opinion · Send your letters to the editor and guest columns to oped@badgerherald.com. Publication is based on space and takes into account relevance and quality. Letters should be sent exclusively to the Herald. Unsigned letters will not be published. All submissions may be edited by the Herald for length and style. Reader feedback on all articles and columns can be posted at badgerherald.com, where all print content is archived.

ArtsEtc. WEEKEND

ArtsEtc. Editor Lin Weeks arts@badgerherald.com

5

The Badger Herald | Arts | Friday, April 27, 2012

Michael Menert

The Infamous Stringdusters

The Deer Hunter

Friday 9:30 p.m. $ $15 High Noon Saloon H

$ Free!

Friday 9 p.m.

$ $12 advance, $17 at door Majestic Theatre

Drunk Drivers

Saturday 9 p.m.

TThe Sett Union SSouth

CONCERT PREVIEW

Quietdrive

Saturday 9:30 p.m.

$ $6

Fountains of Wayne

Sunday 4 p.m.

Sunday 8 p.m.

$ $10 advance, $15

$ $20 advance, $25

High Noon Saloon H

L

at door The Loft

at door High Noon Saloon H

ARTSETC PRESENTS HERALD ARCADE

Hungry for more after beta taste of ‘Diablo 3’ Andrew Lahr Herald Arcade Columnist Last weekend, Blizzard opened up its muchcoveted “Diablo 3” Beta experience to the general populace for the first time ever. Although players were only granted a 72-hour opportunity to hack and slash their way through undead hell spawn, it was more than enough time to progress through the first few quests offered … a couple hundred times.

Although it was a brief experience, it was nice to spend some face time with a game I have been personally waiting for my entire adult life.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t somewhat anxious about the decade-long hiatus of “Diablo.” A lot can change in 10 years, not to mention the fact that most of the original developers for “Diablo” have long parted ways with Blizzard. When considering these sobering facts, I went into the Beta with an open mind, hoping more for a solid game than a nostalgic, modernday replica of my favorite video game series of all time. What I found was a pleasant surprise.

My first concern was more aesthetic than anything.

After watching countless gameplay videos, I wasn’t convinced “D3” was even close to capturing the “dark and dreary” gothic feel for which previous games are renowned. If I’m going to be killing bloodthirsty demons, I don’t want to be doing it in bright sunlight.

Thankfully, Blizzard took the time to darken the environment, making a perpetual nighttime within the game, just as it should be.

It was also nice to see that Blizzard kept the locked-camera angle for which the series is known.

“Diablo 3” is the first of its kind to be rendered in 3D, so this kept the game from feeling like a darker version “World of Warcraft,” which would have been a tragedy, to say the least.

I opted to try my first

run of the Beta with the monk character class — basically a heavily-bearded martial artist with a bone to pick with Lord of Hell himself.

Unlike “Diablo” 1 and 2, you can now choose between male and female heroes, but the customization stops there.

There has never been any character customization in “Diablo,” and “D3” follows suit. (Some people have complained about this, but, really, what’s the point of changing your chin length or nose position if the camera angles in “D3” won’t even get close enough to see your character’s face?)

It pains me to say it, but players looking to have absolute control over every skill and attribute point will definitely take offense to this new system.

As I began my journey through the bleak city of Tristram, it was nice to find that the storyline (though we still know next to nothing about it) was well-written and compelling. It’s always a breath of fresh air to see good writing in a video game, though I expect nothing less from the “Diablo” series.

As I descended into a giant haunted cathedral, killing a few reanimated dead and leveling up, I soon realized where the most controversy surrounding “D3” will undoubtedly lie. Blizzard completely did away with the skill tree, and players can no longer spend “attribute points” after each level, making the entire character customization system seem dumbed down. It pains me to say it, but players looking to have absolute control over every skill and attribute point will definitely take offense to this new system.

While at first this might turn off the more hardcore “Diablo” players, with the addition of “skill runes,” which modify existing skills, there is still quite

a bit of variation in the combat system. However, the Beta only allowed characters to reach level 13, so it was difficult to make any valid judgments.

In Blizzard’s defense, the original skill tree system of “Diablo 2” really wasn’t as elaborate as many “Diablo” fans claim.

By far the most impressive new feature in the Beta was the crafting system. Although crafting was clearly restricted, I’m hopeful that the ability to make new and unique gear will more than make up for any lack of character customization.

You can now break down existing weapons into basal components, and from these components make new and powerful weaponry and armor. It may not seem significant at first glance, but once the full game is released, the possibilities are endless.

The last change that was immediately apparent was the completely new loot system. Considering “Diablo” is quite literally centered on acquiring the best and most impressive gear, this is no small change. Instead of sharing drops and engaging in a frantic click battle for the best drops, loot drops are now randomly assigned to single players, appearing only on their respective screens. Most new games use this method to avoid widespread rage and heartbreak within the community, and I believe it to be a far superior system.

So will “Diablo 3” live up to its hyped expectations?

Unfortunately, I don’t think the Beta had nearly enough content to answer such a lofty question. One thing is for certain: Players will find plenty of new and plenty of old within “Diablo 3.”

Players who are simply expecting “Diablo 2” with better graphics are in for an angry surprise. The outlook is better for those looking for a solid, modern sequel to a beloved series.

Regardless of individual expectations, in less than a month we‘ll all know just how well “Diablo 3” stands up to the scrutinizing standards of its loyal fan base.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bro. Records

Eric Hutchinson played a sold-out show at the Majestic on Tuesday on his 36-date Moving Up Living Down tour.

With his third hand, Eric Hutchinson wooed crowd Singing, piano playing, guitarist bassist wins hearts at Majestic show Shannon Wallin ArtsEtc. Writer Eric Hutchinson was absolutely electric at the Majestic Theater Tuesday night. Fresh out of Chicago from a show the night before, he took the stage at about 9:30 p.m. after his opening act, Anya Marina, blew the crowd away with her raspy vocals and unleveled rocker charm.

The sold-out show was filled with Hutchinson’s signature energy and undeniable singing talent as he wooed the crowd with old classics, new hits and old classics remade into new hits.

In promotion of his sophomore album, Moving Up Living Down, his 2012 tour consists of a seemingly endless number of cities throughout the United States in the upcoming summer months. Lucky enough to have one of those cities be Madison, his loyal fans were sure to show their gratitude.

Without an unenthused seat in the house, the crowd was effortlessly able to feed off the lively atmosphere.

In a show filled with more than just music but rather overall entertainment, Hutchinson cracked jokes and even wrote a song on the spot especially for Madison. So in love with the ambiance and surrounding that his fans provided, he joked, “So glad to be in Madtown, where there must be pills of Ecstasy in the water!”

Warmed up and feeling good, Hutchinson’s band took the stage for the opening. Starting off strong, a drum solo rocked the house and had everyone on their feet.

Minutes later, Hutchinson took center stage and opened with “Best Days,” a single off his new album. Yet with the crowd’s enthusiasm and knack for singing along, the song hardly seemed as if it was brand new.

Segueing into the next song, the performer chose an upbeat throwback from his previous album Sounds Like This entitled “You Don’t Have To Believe Me.” But in true Hutchinson style, he broke it down mid-song and vibed to a funk-afied version of the song, driving the crowd wild Getting back to business, Hutchinson played fan favorites such as “Oh,” “Outside Villanova” and “Back To

Where I Was,” as well as new songs “People I Know” and “Talk Is Cheap.”

Rounding off the night, and growing emotional, he reintroduced the remake of one of his favorites and popular hit “Breakdown More” and broke hearts as he concluded the show with “OK, It’s Alright.”

These days, it is hard to come by a singer who is as genuinely talented as Eric Hutchinson.

A truly gifted vocalist and exceptional pianist, guitarist, bassist, you name it; this popular artist deserves five stars.

And if a live voice as good as Hutchinson’s doesn’t do it for you, there is no doubt that Hutchinson’s band’s uncanny charisma will win you over. Gelling to one another’s beats and encouraging one another to showcase their own talents, the ante was surely upped.

Every song came with a special type of radiated and unstoppable confidence, both individually and collectively, that served to deliver a feel-good performance. A concert experience well worth the money should Hutchinson return, you’ll be sure to walk away singing his songs, dancing to his beats, laughing at his jokes and ever wanting more.

Taking in food, drink, local art at MMoCA’s Gala Opening night of ‘Design MMoCA’ celebrated new temporary gallery Kevin Kousha ArtsEtc. Staff Writer The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is hosting the bi-annual Design MMoCA event, featuring a variety of works from regional artists.

MMoCA hosted a Preview Gala Wednesday to kick off the event, and the gallery is open for about two weeks.

The Preview Gala presents all of the expected attractions of an opening night, with many of the artists in attendance, plenty of food and drink, live music and a silent auction.

Perched on the steps by

the State Street entrance, a band played above the crowd filtering through the main lobby.

Attendees represented a cross-section of common museum-goers, with donors, artists, critics and other types making an appearance. The event drew a considerable crowd, filling much of the building.

Design MMoCA boasted a variety of artistic mediums, from fashion to interior design to even industrial design.

The gallery’s artists are mostly regional, coming from a variety of Midwestern locales, and some even from Madison.

Some of the works were produced by independent artists, and others by design firms.

The works of art didn’t occupy the whole building, but they were spread across a number

of rooms and galleries. On the Henry Street side of the building, numerous works composed a simple, if eclectic, gallery of twoand three-dimensional works of visual art. Closer to State Street, there were multiple examples of interior design, with some functional pieces that invited the audience to sit and experience the space created. These pieces ranged greatly in style, but all possessed a baseline level of functionality. The gallery groupings allowed for the range of styles present while still creating a sense of unity, and were well planned.

Among these interior design pieces was an installation called “wüd.”

The exhibit was a collection of objects fashioned from untreated wood, including items like instant “wüd,”

so customers could have wood anywhere. There was a chart of intended customers, which made it clear that the concept was mocking the many versions of pseudo-outdoorsmen types. From “beardos” to even “dads,” wüd was a critical, but also humorous and gentle, parody. It also added balance to the interior design gallery, slotting in well but serving as contrast.

One team of artists revealed how some of this balance was achieved.

Christina Robotka, Aaron White and John Ford teamed up to produce “Cohesion,” an installation in Design MMoCA. Robotka, a 10-year veteran of interior design, submitted an application for the first time to produce a work for the event, and the trio began working

just after their application was accepted. To Robotka, the most satisfying part of the experience was “solidifying a design concept and delving into the actual construction.”

While working in a group created the challenge of finding a common vision, they overcame this obstacle to create an impressively detailed and conceptual work.

While Design MMoCA appears to be a diverse but straightforward exhibit, a number of features are stand-out and commendable. For one, drawing on artistic talent from the region is an admirable venture.

Some of the works in the exhibit clearly have ties to the area. “Alma, Wisconsin [After Soth]” is an artist’s documented journey around Wisconsin, trying

to find the location where a photograph was taken. The focal point of the piece, a vinyl map, is annotated with anecdotes from stops and sights. While there aren’t many pieces so clearly tied to the Midwest, there is still a sense of pride in knowing that most of the artists are relatively local, instead of coming from areas of the country known for their high levels of artistic output.

Equally impressive is the size and scope of the show.

For its third bi-annual event, the coordinators of Design MMoCA managed to draw hundreds to the Preview Gala and will likely draw thousands to the gallery in under two weeks. In the coming years, the show’s future looks promising, and it will be interesting to see how it evolves.

Comics

Remains on the Scene As Though a Sex Machine Noah J. Yuenkel comics@badgerherald.com

6

The Badger Herald | Comics | Friday, April 27, 2012

WHAT IS THIS

SUDOKU

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

S

U

D

O

K

U WHITE BREAD & TOAST

toast@badgerherald.com

MIKE BERG

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

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

TWENTY POUND BABY

DIFFICULTY RATING: Get on up, etc. etc.

HERALD COMICS

PRESENTS

K

A

K

U

R

O

baby@badgerherald.com

STEPHEN TYLER CONRAD

YOURMOMETER

LAURA “HOBBES” LEGAULT

C’EST LA MORT

PARAGON

yourmom@badgerherald.com

HOW DO I

KAKURO?

I know, I know. Kakuro.

Looks crazy, right?

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

Repeating numbers?

Not in this part of town.

And that’s that, slick.

paragon@badgerherald.com

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

DIFFICULTY RATING: Has anyone seen that confounded bridge?

MOUSELY & FLOYD

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

3 3 3 3

6 7 23 24

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

4 4 4 4

10 11 29 30

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

5 5 5 5

15 16 34 35

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

6 6 6 6

21 22 38 39

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

7 7 7 7

28 29 41 42

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

8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

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

ehmandeff.tumblr.com

MADCAPS

HERALD COMICS 1

2

3

madcaps@badgerherald.com

MOLLY MALONEY

4

5

PRESENTS 6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

CROSSWORD Pauline

15

16

17

18

19

20

22

23

27 Magazine articles 29 E-tailing

21

specifications 25

BUNI

26

pascle@badgerherald.com

RYAN PAGELOW

24

28

30 They can get choppy

27

29

31 “Ponyo”

30

writer/ 31

32

33

34

35

director Hayao ___

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

32 In unison 33 Booms

43

44

46 50

RANDOM DOODLES

random@badgerherald.com

ERICA LOPPNOW

45

47

48

51

34 Pickle

49

36 Pierce with lines

52

38 “West Side 53

54

55

56

Story” Oscar winner 40 Like the

Puzzle by Steven Riley

PRIMAL URGES

primal@badgerherald.com

ANDREW MEGOW

MODERN CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

THE SKY PIRATES

COLLIN LA FLEUR

DENIS HART

mcm@badgerherald.com

skypirate@badgerherald.com

Across 1 Aunties’ sisters 7 Gold medal 15 Fly 16 Prepare to take off, perhaps 17 Evers of civil rights 18 Quick seasonal greeting?

19 Ice cream gobbler’s woe 21 A.L. East team, on scoreboards 22 Ear-relevant 23 Old Norse work 24 Orange exterior 25 United entities before 1991: Abbr.

26 “Get Smart” enemy agency 27 2008 Israeli political biography 28 Beater of a full boat in

30 31 34 35

36

37

38 39

43 44 45 46 47

50 52

poker Naturally bright Develops C6H6 Stiltedsounding “Consider it done” “The Godfather” enforcer who “sleeps with the fishes” “Cheers” alternative, in a letter Providers of inside looks?

“Minnie the Moocher” feature Archer of film In a day, say Solving aid End of a line in England Hit MTV series starting in 2009 Double grace period?

Start

53 54 55 56

operating, datewise Vronsky’s love Stoolies, often Like clams during winter 1993 rap hit in which Snoop Doggy Dogg popularized the term “bootylicious”

Down 1 Relatives of merengues 2 Heads off 3 Where trapeze artists connect 4 Ancient talisman with mathematical properties 5 ___ advantage 6 One bound to do work 7 Ball wear 8 Popping

Get today’s puzzle solutions at badgerherald.com

I.B.M. PC,

9 10 11 12 13 14 20 24 26

Prozacs, perhaps Common statue setting Ask Legendary raptor Figure skater Brasseur Directed attention (on) Runs over Goes over Source of false returns Film critic

often 41 Light show?

42 Minute 44 Four enter them, but only two survive 47 Tennis star Novotna 48 Over there, to bards 49 Practice with gloves on 51 Once known as

Rocky the Herald Comics Raccoon™

Do the dishes or I’m gonna use your laptop as a plate and I’m gettin’ hungry for some keyboard nachos.

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

7

The Badger Herald | Classifieds | Friday, April 27, 2012

EMPLOYMENT

FOR RENT

STUDENTPAYOUTS.COM. Paid Survey Takers Needed in Madison. 100% Free to Join. Click on Surveys.

Signing over lease in Lucky Apt. for NEXT SCHOOL YEAR $895/mo for single bedroom in 4 bedroom apt. Female roommates. Contact 847 373 1730 or pselman@wisc.edu for info

FOR RENT 229 AT LAKELAWN New. Modern. Luxury. Secure.

Furnished. Sign now! Free one months rent and 42” flat screen TV! Need a single bedroom or roommates? WE CAN HELP! Website: 229living.com Contact: info@229living.com; (608) 255-5175

Classifieds

FOR RENT

SUMMER SUBLET: large one bedroom in a two bedroom apartment at 619 W. Mifflin St. for Summer 2012. Great location, excellent management company, easy-going roommate. $400/month OBO. Available 5/21/12. Email bdmiller2@ wisc.edu for more details.

Large 2 bedroom flat at 518 S. Mills. Large Bedrooms, LR and DR, hardwood floors, large front porch. Please visit tallardapartments.com for pictures/ layout.

608-250-0202.

Looking for extra spending money after a summer of fun? Like to get dirty? Campus apartment company needs hard workers to assist with apartment turnover from August 14-19, 2012. 8 hours per day. $14.00/ hour plus bonus for exceeding expectations. You will work hard, but make some cake. Please call 250-0202!

Sports DERAIL, from 8 Big Ten) sitting pretty at second in the conference, trailing Michigan by just one game. The Badgers will get the chance to improve their standing this weekend as they travel to West Lafayette to face Purdue (28-16, 10-4 Big Ten).

Coming off a 7-11 Big Ten season in 2011, the early success has come at somewhat of a surprise to the Badgers.

“When you play within yourself, sometimes you don’t really notice how good you are,” junior second baseman Whitney Massey said. “All of a sudden, it’s starting to hit me that we’re talking about the schools we need to beat these final few weeks.”

Beating Purdue may not be as easy as it was to sweep Penn State just last weekend. The Boilermakers currently

reside in third place, trailing the Badgers by just a half game entering the weekend.

With three games on tap and Michigan facing Illinois this weekend, there could easily be a shuffling at the top of the conference standings by Sunday night.

Wisconsin is likely facing Purdue at the perfect time, as the Boilermakers have lost three out of their last four. Two of those losses came at the hands of the aforementioned Illinois team that will look to do the same this weekend against the Wolverines.

The Badgers have won eight of their last nine Big Ten games, but travelling on the road to face Purdue is about as daunting as they come.

If the Boilermakers do anything well, it’s hitting the ball. Purdue entered the week with a batting average of .325, by far the best mark in the Big Ten

FIAMMETTA, from 8

SPRING, from 8

item with the headline, “Pro Bowl might finally be taken out behind the shed and shot.”

AwfulAnnouncing.com, a popular sports media site, published an article entitled, “Potential death of the Pro Bowl indicates the NFL values a fraction of dignity over a small profit.”

Certainly noble, but talk about a willingness to not mince words.

More than two years ago, in one of my first columns for The Badger Herald, I offered the suggestion of moving the Pro Bowl to the preseason, on the Monday night after the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. That would create a wonderful weekend of football, with the enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, the Hall of Fame Game the day after and the Pro Bowl on Monday night.

Well, needless to say, that hasn’t happened. Must make too much sense.

Last-ditch efforts to save the Pro Bowl might involve eliminating the game and instead offering some sort of skills competition, similar to MLB’s Home Run Derby or the NBA’s aptly named Skills Challenge, typically with a corporate sponsor’s name attached.

But how would that work with football? Have a flock of fans gather to watch Aaron Rodgers fire bullets through a tire hoop hanging from a tree? Offer some Scouting Combinestyle events, but glammed up with the typical all-star game fare? Not sure how that would turn out.

So here we are, with a permanently damaged AllStar game that nobody will miss. Might as well kill it.

experiment with backs lining up as slot wide receivers in order to get the most talented players on the field.

“We’re playing to the strength of our talent,” Canada said. “We got a lot of tight ends who can play very well and they’re a strength on our team.”

Mike is a senior majoring in journalism. Would you care if the Pro Bowl was axed?

Let him know on Twitter @ mikefiammetta.

Gordon gets his chance Within the ranks of the running back depth chart — behind Heisman Trophy finalist Montee Ball and the experienced White — is redshirt freshman Melvin Gordon, a talented back with the potential to play his way onto the field in 2012.

But despite what stands in front of him, Gordon could arrive at the scrimmage as the Badgers’ feature back since Ball has been ruled out for Saturday as a general precaution and White, stricken with a knee injury, may or may not suit up as well.

Gordon appeared in three games last year as a freshman before sustaining a groin injury and redshirting the remainder of the year.

In those appearances, which came late in games with UW’s victory already secure, Gordon ran for 98 yards on 20 carries (4.9 average) and one touchdown.

Gordon, a fleet-footed, 6-foot-1, 205-pound back, said he’s back at 100 percent and the speed of the collegiate game is beginning to slow down for him.

“At first it was going real fast and now it’s slowing down, but now it’s about working on my craft,” Gordon said.

“Making a move in open space, I feel like that’s what I need to work on more as a player, and

and good enough for 8th best in the nation.

Purdue is led offensively by outfielder Andie Varsho and first baseman Ashley Courtney, each posting an average of at least .375.

Lindsey Rains and Molly Garst follow closely after, batting .364 and .357, respectively.

In order to combat Purdue’s astounding offense, the Badgers will likely hand over a significant load of the pitching to sophomore Cassandra Darrah.

Darrah has once again proven the Badgers ace on the mound, racking up a record of 19-7. Through the month of April, the sophomore has been one of the Big Ten’s hottest pitchers, winning 10 of her last 11 decisions while also being named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week twice.

Her streak of consistency on the mound not only keeps opponents off the

getting low and [making] contact.”

Secondary looks to take a leap Despite losing its two most productive members of the defensive backfield — safety Aaron Henry and cornerback Antonio Fenelus — UW’s secondary seems wellsuited to improve in 2011.

Of its four projected starters — three are fifth-year seniors and one is a redshirt junior — all have starting experience.

Dezmen Southward and Shelton Johnson, who shared time at one of the safety positions for a good amount of last year, will take over as the last line of defense.

Devin Smith — once a starter as a sophomore — returns from injury to fill out the cornerbacks with returning starter Marcus Cromartie.

On Monday, Bielema showed his excitement for the pairing of Southward and Johnson together, saying the two could make for the “best combination at safety” since he’s been coaching at Wisconsin.

Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Chris Ash said the two have improved “tremendously” over the course of spring camp.

Ash also said the secondary has seen a pleasant surprise in redshirt sophomore cornerback Darius Hillary, a 5-foot-11 cornerback.

“One guy that’s stood out and had a really nice spring is Darius Hillary,” Ash said. “He’s kind of been banged up here at the end of spring, but he’s made a lot of plays and really showed some signs of progress and shows he has the chance to help us next fall.”

scoreboard, but sparks the Badger offense as well.

“She’s a really good pitcher, and when you have that with her, it kind of gives you confidence in all areas,” third baseman Shannel Blackshear said.

“It takes a lot of pressure off us as hitters and lets us relax a little more.”

If relaxation is the key to the Badger offense, the team has been as chill as they come lately. In its last seven Big Ten affairs, Wisconsin has scored just under eight runs per game, the best in the conference over that stretch.

The hot Badger bats will likely be facing a heavy dose of Boilermaker pitcher Lexy Moore throughout the weekend.

Moore is the clear-cut ace, matching Darrah with her own record of 19-7. While the matchup provokes signs of pitching duels, Moore allows opponents to hit for an average of .284

— 31 points higher than Darrah.

With a battle of the conference’s two best offenses, this weekend’s series will serve as a testing ground for both hitters and pitchers alike.

“We’re in second place and they’re right behind us,” Blackshear said.

“Purdue is a very good team so it is definitely a pretty important series.”

The Badgers’ offense has shown the ability to score when it most direly needs to. Wisconsin scored in bunches Wednesday night against Indiana State — 17 runs scattered across six innings — but doing so against a Big Ten opponent may prove to be much more difficult.

In this sense, clutch hitting takes on an entirely new level of importance.

“The biggest thing will be getting the big hits,” Blackshear said. “We do a pretty good job of getting

runners on base. We just need to keep getting the hits to bring them in.”

With only three weekends of Big Ten play remaining, each series multiplies in significance.

With a three game series at home and first-place Michigan a week away, the Badgers will need to take care of business on the road if they hope to be in a position to take first place in the conference standings.

In just her second season as head coach, with thoughts of the Big Ten championship beginning to arise, Healy continues to stress concentration on each element of softball.

“We just have to keep the team focused,” Healy explained. “As we go down the home stretch, understanding that every inning, and every pitch, and every at-bat counts will be the message as we finish up.”

SPORTS

Sports Editor Elliot Hughes sports@badgerherald.com

8 | Sports | Friday, April 27, 2012

Lucky No. 13 There are 13 former Badgers vying for a chance in the NFL in this weekend’s draft.

3 keys to spring game Wisconsin’s most talented finding new, expanded roles in Canada’s offense Elliot Hughes Sports Editor

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Wisconsin currently has the second best offense in the Big Ten behind Purdue, with a team batting average of .306. Whitney Massey has played a big part of that with 43 hits.

UW seeking to derail PU offense Winners of 15 of their last 16, Badgers travel to face Boilermakers in key conference clash Sean Zak Softball Writer The University of Wisconsin has fielded a softball team for 16 years and has never been able to finish in the top three of the Big Ten. Plenty of

seasons have passed by with Wisconsin closing play at or near the bottom of the conference.

However, head coach Yvette Healy has brought in a new breed of Badgers, and has Wisconsin (29-13, 11-4

DERAIL, page 7

It’s finally time to start thinking about next year.

Almost five months have passed since Wisconsin fans last saw the Badgers play some football, and Saturday offers the only public sneak peak until the 2012 opening kickoff against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1.

With spring camp coming to a close, the Badgers will kick off their annual spring game at 4 p.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

According to head coach Bret Bielema, the scrimmage will feature first-string units against their second-string counterparts, with live tackling the name of the game — except when it comes to quarterbacks, of course.

With the process of replacing 13 starters and six assistant coaches already underway, here are three things to watch for in the 2012 spring game.

Filling in the blanks With plenty of departed seniors and nicked-up returnees, Wisconsin has been forced to deal with a slight lack of depth in a few areas this spring.

The wide receiving corps has struggled mightily during camp, especially with the absence of Jared Abbrederis.

The fullback position has little experience. And

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Behind the likes of Heisman hopeful Montee Ball, James White saw reduced carries last year, but could find a new niche in 2012. the competition for starting quarterback has barely even begun since Maryland-transfer Danny O’Brien won’t arrive in Madison until the summer.

Meanwhile, UW is deep at tight end and halfback.

Last year’s starter at tight end, Jacob Pedersen,

missed a good portion of camp but returned recently, bolstering a group already containing the impressive efforts of Brian Wozniak and Sam Arneson.

Whereas at running back, it’s hard to justify keeping a talent like junior

James White on the bench while deficiencies lay elsewhere on the offense.

That’s prompted offensive coordinator Matt Canada to frequently deploy two or three tight ends at a time and

SPRING, page 7

Pro Bowl end right decision Mike Fiammetta Mike’d Up Everywhere we look, the National Football League seems to be expanding.

Perhaps a lingering characteristic of this postlockout era, last night’s opening round of the NFL Draft capped a weeklong media binge that tested the mettle of even the most football-savvy minds.

Imagine being a mock draft expert this week.

And last week, the 2012 schedule was released to unprecedented fanfare, thanks largely to two separate three-hour television extravaganzas on ESPN and NFL Network.

Yes, three hours for a schedule release show in the vein of Selection Sunday. That right there could be the most poignant evidence of the NFL’s swelling, perhaps to excess.

But then reports surfaced Thursday morning that the league — with the support of commissioner Roger Goodell — is considering axing the Pro Bowl, the seemingly irreparable all-star game that’s never really been able to stand on its own.

To that notion, I have two words: good riddance.

From 1980-2009, the Pro Bowl was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, as part of some ill-conceived mindset that the tropical city had some special allure to a bunch of millionaire athletes incapable of planning a

trip there whenever they want.

The 2010 Pro Bowl was moved to Sun Life Stadium in Miami, the site of that year’s Super Bowl.

It was also played the week before the Big Game for the first time ever.

The thinking there was that nobody cares about the Pro Bowl after the championship is already decided.

Television ratings actually soared, as ESPN got a 7.9 rating for the game — 39 percent higher than the 2009 game, which was aired on the more widely-watched NBC. The 2011 and 2012 games remained on the Sunday before the Super Bowl, but were moved back to Hawaii. The 2011 Pro Bowl once again scored record ratings for FOX, which saw a 37 percent increase from the 2010 ratings. In 2012, the game returned to NBC and ratings fell 8.1 percent.

Of course, the networks can’t be blamed. Even that lackluster 2012 Pro Bowl averaged 12.5 million viewers, eclipsing the 11 million that watched the 2011 MLB All-Star Game on FOX. Anyone with half an eyeball on the 2012 game — or any of the past three, which have all featured at least a combined 75 points scored — can attest to the dreadful quality of the game, which even typically banal wire reports have likened to a pillow fight or touch football game.

The most appropriate description might even be a hybrid of the two.

Anyway, Thursday’s news was met with a pretty wide consensus.

Yahoo! Sports’ NFL blog, Shutdown Corner, ran an

FIAMMETTA, page 7