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Conjecture begins in wake of reversal Some expect quick appeal of collective bargaining decision, others foresee success Meghan Zernick State Politics Editor Just days after a circuit court judge struck down Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial collective bargaining law, the appeal process for the overturning of the collective bargaining law is already underway.

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said throughout the appeal process he will request permission to continue to enforce the law that ended collective bargaining, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty said he feels the decision to overturn Act 10 was “wrongly decided.”

Esenberg said overturning Act 10 will have negative effects on school budgeting once the budget is passed.

“First of all, the budget was passed and enacted with the assumption that Act 10 was in effect. This will be trouble for school

districts that enter into agreements that are more generous,” Esenberg said.

In a statement from WILL on Friday, the group said Judge Juan B. Colas found various provisions of Act 10 to be in violation of the First Amendment and Equal Protection rights.

According to the statement, these provisions include the limitation of collective bargaining of general employees to base wages, requiring a referendum to increase the wages for general employees above the cost of living and not allowing employee unions to impose “fair-share” dues on individuals who are not members.

According to the statement, the federal judge has decided that limiting the scope of collective bargaining and prohibiting fairshare agreements are unconstitutional.

“We are reviewing the judge’s opinion and have already begun to flag legal errors made by the judge,” the statement said. “We will take steps to reverse this decision on behalf of our client, a public school teacher who supports Act 10’s reforms.”

Nathan Conrad, Communications Director of the Republican Party of

Wisconsin said the party is disappointed by the Dane County Court’s decision.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin is disheartened a liberal activist judge who was appointed by failed former Gov. Jim Doyle has taken it upon himself to “thwart the will of the people of Wisconsin and repeal a popular set of laws”, Conrad said.

According to Conrad, the collective bargaining law not only balanced the state budget and provided a surplus, but it also has fixed decades worth of fiscal mismanagement that was thrust upon Wisconsin by the democrats formerly in charge in Madison.

“We stand by the appeal and feel that justice will prevail once again, that the overturning of the provisions of Act 10, which was written and passed by our duly elected legislators and signed into law by our duly elected governor will be shot down like it has once before,” Conrad said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Christina Brey, the Media Relations Officer for the Wisconsin Education Association Council, said the council has been saying all along that the collective bargaining law

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UW political science professor David Canon speaks to the crowd Monday evening. Canon says he thinks voter ID laws restrict voting.

Professors commemorate Constitution Day in panel Tara Golshan Higher Education Editor A 225-year-old document brought together a panel of University of Wisconsin political science professors yesterday, as they commemorated Constitution Day with a dialogue on constitutional issues in present-day politics.

Hosted by the American Democracy Forum, which was launched under the UW Political Science department two years ago, the panel was held in affiliation with the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and History.

This year was UW’s first

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constitutional day function, ADF Director and UW Political Science Professor John Zumbrunnen said, adding that it was in result of a new JMC program funding and pushing such events.

According to Zumbrunnen, the Sept.

17th panel marked the day on which the 39 founding fathers formed and signed the constitution of the United States.

The goal of the event, Zumbrunnen said, was to not only raise awareness of the day, but to also reiterate the ongoing importance of the document in today’s politics.

“What I hope people get out of it is for people to recognize the ongoing

relevance of the constitution in shaping how our political life works,” Zumbrennen said. “To pause and think about the constitution, the circumstances under which it was created, the reasons it was written how it was and how this document that is over 200 years old still matters today.”

The dialogue consisted of four UW political science professors: David Canon, Keneth Mayer, Katherine Cramer Walsh and Zumbrennen. It covered each professor’s specialty in relation to the constitution.

Zumbrennen, who said he loved the diversity of the panel, found the variation from the theory behind

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Woman groped on Frances Street over weekend McKenzi Higgins Herald Contributor Police reported on Monday that a 21-year-old female was sexually assaulted while walking downtown over the weekend, bringing another incident in the

area that has seen an increase in crime.

According to a report from the Madison Police Department, the victim was assaulted at 4:14 a.m. Saturday morning.

“The victim was walking along the 300 block of North

Frances Street near Conklin Place when a man ran up and groped her from behind,” MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

DeSpain said the victim screamed, causing the stranger to run away.

According to the report, the suspect was described as a

Hispanic male aged 20 to 30, 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches, 150 to 180 pounds, and “chubby” with short black hair. The report also said the man was wearing a long-sleeve, button-up blue plaid shirt and blue jeans.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he was horrified when

Dancing the night away Los Sabrosos, a non-profit Latin dance organization puts on a workshop teaching Salsa dancing in the Student Activity Center on Monday night. A single lesson pass through the organization costs $5.00 while a month-long pass costs $15.

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he heard the report of the attempted sexual assault and that he was disturbed by the time at which it occurred. He said sexual assault is a problem in that area of campus.

Verveer said Frances Street is normally heavily patrolled by police as part of the Downtown

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Spotlight on lab for Chicago work Allison Johnson Reporter

A research center at the University of Wisconsin has been brought into focus for its studies regarding education and effectiveness of teaching within the Chicago Public School system.

Rob Meyer, director of the Value Added Research Center, said evaluating teacher and school effectiveness is a state and national issue that has made its way into research at VARC. “We are researching how schools can add value to education by measuring the effectiveness of all the aspects that factor into student outcomes,” Meyer said.

Meyer said VARC has worked closely with the Chicago Public Schools for several years to develop new methods of evaluating teachers.

According to Meyer, VARC has been working with Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union to implement the new state law using findings from their research on the best ways to evaluate teachers.

Meyer said the origins

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Campus Initiative, which extends police officers’ working hours to patrol busy areas of campus on weekends, like Ian’s Pizza, located near the place of assault.

“Madison police are

of the Value Added system came from VARC work in Milwaukee and added the methods in Chicago have grown out of their work there.

VARC studies in Chicago have not been affected by the strikes, Meyer added.

Meyer said the teacher strikes in Chicago were the result of a variety of grievances between the Chicago public schools and the Chicago Teachers Union.

Specifically, Meyer said the new Illinois state law requiring all districts to incorporate a new teacher evaluation system caused considerable concern.

Meyer said the controversy has to do with the role of teacher accountability and assessments in calculating the effectiveness of teachers and schools.

He also said the data they collect takes into account many different factors they believe should go into the evaluation of teachers and schools. This includes standardized test scores, demographics of the area, types of students being taught and where students stand when they first enter

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The Badger Herald | News | Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Correction In an article published in Monday’s paper called “Walk-in flu shot clinics for students begin Sept.

28,” an error was made.

The story read that “UHS will offer immunizations Monday through Friday from Oct. 1 to Nov. 16 by appointment only, an Orman said.”

The story should read that walk-in immunizations will be offered through Nov. 16, after which point flu shots will be available by appointment only. We regret the error.

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Cornell University cuts ties with Adidas Dana Bossen Herald Contributor Cornell University has decided to cut ties with Adidas due to reports that the company was refusing severance pay to workers after closing a sweatshop in Indonesia, which could have implications for the ongoing conflict the University of Wisconsin has with the company over the issue.

Cornell University President David J. Skorton announced the university’s decision in a letter to the company last Thursday.

In the letter, Skorton said severance pay is a basic worker’s right just as much as a living wage, freedom of association and safe working conditions.

Cornell’s decision will

be effective Oct. 1 this year, Skorton said in the letter.

In July, UW announced it would be “asking a court to decide” whether Adidas broke UW’s code of conduct stemming from a situation last year where an Adidas subcontracted factory owner fled the factory without paying about 2,800 workers $1.8 million in legally mandated severance pay.

Adidas has maintained it is not responsible for the actions taken by a subcontracted factory owner.

Interim Chancellor David Ward had previously decided to move into a mediation period with Adidas over the dispute, and the UW System Board of Regents decided to file a lawsuit against Adidas in a Dane County circuit court when mediation did not

produce results.

Student Labor Action Coalition member and Labor Licensing Policy Committee member Lingran Kong said LLPC voted unanimously for UW cutting ties with Adidas last December.

Kong said when corporations sign a contract with UW, they are agreeing to follow the university’s code of conduct and UW has a certain labor standard that Adidas is not in compliance with.

This is not the first time UW has faced labor issues with big companies, Kong said. In 2010, the university terminated its contract with Nike because of similar problems, she added.

“In 2010 Nike owed 1800 workers $2 million,” Kong said, “UW became the first university to cut our

contract with Nike, followed

by Cornell and Brown University.”

Kong said now the situation is in reverse as Cornell has taken action against Adidas first, and that now UW and other universities should follow suit.

Kong said UW has a responsibility to show companies like Adidas they cannot disregard contracts and that there are consequences for their actions.

UW professor and LLPC Chair Lydia Zepeda said Cornell’s decision has major implications at UW since over the past nine months the university has expressed its concerns about Adidas’s treatment of their workers.

“This is having a very adverse effect on our athletes

because we’re forcing them to wear uniforms that were produced with sweat,” Zepeda said. “If I were an athlete or a fan, I would object to that.”

Zepeda also said the company has not denied the claims their workers are owed money and added Adidas claims it is not in their company policy to pay severance.

Zepeda said if Adidas shows they can reform its ways, UW would be open to signing with them again.

“Part of the issue is that Adidas has become a hollow corporation,” Zepeda said, “They have a business model where they contract everything out to factories.

The idea is then they’re not responsible for what happens in those factories. This is why we have a code of conduct.”

Internship fair set for Thursday Molly McCall City Life Editor As many seniors are starting to think about what they want to do after leaving the University of Wisconsin, the Career and Internship Fair is set for this Thursday and will bring even more organizations than last fall’s event.

According to a statement, there will be more than 275 organizations, which is at least 26 more than last fall. The event will be held from 4:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

“UW-Madison career services units are excited about the number of companies coming to the fall Career and Internship Fair,” Maria McGinnis, one of the organizers of the event and associate student services coordinator at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, said. “This is the largest oneday fair ever at UW-Madison.”

Companies pay the university to attend the fair, McGinnis said. Corporate companies pay $550, government agencies pay $300 and non-profit organizations pay $100, she said.

It is of tremendous value to companies that attend the fair, she said. Instead of traveling to various places for a broad range of needs, they can recruit students from all majors in one place, she added.

“It is an investment on their [the companies] part because they are able to talk to so many students from a wide variety of majors,” she said.

McGinnis said it is hard to put statistics on how many students get a position after attending the fair. She said this is difficult to measure because attending may lead to a gaining a position down the road, she added.

UW graduate Jed Becker called his experience at the Spring Career Fair last February “eye opening.” In an email to The Badger Herald, Becker said he hoped to find something that would lead him towards a job, but didn’t expect to find the position he is currently in.

Becker is currently a district sales manager for a weather insurance company.

He manages the northern half of South Dakota and is currently recruiting insurance agents to sell their product and get them signed up for training.

“I will be assisting in the

training process as well as being the primary contact for any questions or concerns they may have throughout the selling season,” he said.

Becker said many companies were still looking for interns and full time employees when he attended the fair.

“Some advice I would give to students going to the fair is be prepared — go to the resume prep sessions, talk to your career services advisor and develop a game plan,” he said. “And be prepared to look outside your immediate or desired profession for work experience.”

Becker said he urges all students to go, even if they are unsure about the fair. He said he attended two to three career fairs and got more confident with each one.

Becker said he even started to build relationships with some of the recruiters because he saw them there multiple times.

“I do not think I would have gotten this job without attending the career fair because nothing can replace the face to face conversation you have with another human being,” he said. “Even right now in my job I would prefer to meet the person at least once before working with them.”

UW student Jacqueline Carville landed her internship at DNASTAR after attending a career and internship fair.

In an email with The Badger Herald, Carville said her first experience was a little intimidating, but the more she went to them, the easier they became.

According to Carville, DNASTAR is a software company producing products for DNA and protein sequence analysis.

Carville stressed the importance of looking presentable for the companies and having enough up to date resumes.

“Go into the job fair with a prioritized list of businesses you would like to talk to, as you won’t be able to talk to everyone,” she said.

Carville said her internship has given her an opportunity to build her portfolio, practice her marketing skills and broaden her insight of the different facets the biotech industry has to offer.

The full list of participating organizations at the fair can be found under the “events” tab on BuckyNet.

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SSFC Rep. David Vines addresses his committee last night. Vines said he thought PAVE made it clear that its services are available to all of campus.

SSFC approves budgets of PAVE, SLP in meeting Julia Skulstad Campus Life Editor In a meeting Monday, members from a branch of student government approved two budgets for student organizations in their eligibility hearings.

Associated Students of Madison’s Student Services Finance Committee approved the budget eligibility of Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment and the Student Leadership Program at the meeting.

Regarding PAVE’s eligibility, Rep. David Vines said he thinks PAVE has made it clear that the main beneficiaries of their programs are almost exclusively university students.

“They educate not just only freshman, only men or only women. They clearly do trainings and seminars targeting everyone in the university,” Vines said.

SSFC Rep. Kyle Quagliana said the fact PAVE’s programs can be tailored and they are organized to be peerto-peer makes them different from anything else UW has to offer.

Some concerns were raised regarding whether or not PAVE’s reference library should be included in the organizations direct service hours, but members agreed the amount of time is

PANEL, from 1 elections, to campaign finance, and redistricting to good citizenry shaped what the conversation about the constitution should be like.

Walsh ended her contribution not only wishing everybody a happy Constitution Day, but also a happy active citizenship day to all, noting that the constitution’s lack of focus on a citizen’s duties should

negligible and that they provide enough other services to meet direct service requirements.

Regarding SLP’s eligibility, Rep. Richard Rolland said their programs directly benefit UW students.

“They have shown [SLPs direct service] is requestable and tailorable and they reach out to all of the student body,” Rolland said.

Some concerns were raised by SSFC representatives regarding SLP, including planning time and some specific programming in their direct service hours, but members agreed even without these calculated into the total, SLP met direct service requirements.

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker said it is required that SSFC has eligibility decisions be first open to debate and then be voted on.

Bruecker said because the debate is up to members’ individual interpretations, there is a value in hearing what other people have to say.

She added that the eligibility decisions SSFC makes provides something tangible to the UW campus. She said ASM has an important role to play, as students are involved in making decisions to things on campus that are accessible to anybody.

Bruecker said SSFC

members prepare for meetings of eligibility decisions by doing things like speaking or meeting with individual groups and coming with questions already prepared.

“It was evident that everyone was well prepared today,” she added.

Both the eligibility decisions for PAVE and SLP were approved by a vote of 11 in favor for each.

For both decisions, three members abstained and no members voted against either organization’s eligibility.

Bruecker said next week, SSFC will discuss the eligibility of budgets for Campus Women’s Center and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, known as MEChA. Prior to the debate of eligibility discussion, Rep. Jeremy Levinger was recognized as a new member of SSFC. Levinger was not sworn in because he is already a member of ASM. Near the end of the meeting, SSFC Vice Chair Joe Vanden Avond talked about his Letter to the Editor submitted regarding UW students’ segregated fees.

Vanden Avond said he received feedback from a more than a dozen people and added that hopefully ASM can continue to spread the word regarding changes to segregated fees.

be of importance.

The panel also addressed the voter ID law, in response to a student’s question on the matter, concluding that the country is going in a backwards direction by restricting the vote.

“We are seeing for the first time in a generation a move towards another direction, restricting the vote,” Canon said, after Walsh previously listed the amendments to the

constitution which worked to widen the vote.

Mayer added to the voter ID debate, saying that the widespread fear of in-person voter fraud is false as it “just doesn’t happen.”

Zumbrennen said he was thrilled by the turnout for the event, finding UW students to be politically active and furthermore interested in the bigger questions, as raised in the panel.

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Poll: Segment of Walker supporters to vote for Obama Small fraction of Gov. backers will support president, Marquette finds Jake Ebben Herald Contributor Despite the belief that Wisconsin voters vote strictly partisan, a small segment of Independents that support Gov. Scott Walker will likely cast their ballot for President Barack Obama this fall, according to a recent poll.

The poll, released by Marquette University,notes that a small percentage of

voters are still planning on voting for Obama although they are content with Walker’s policies.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs said he believes independent voters are voting for Obama over opponent Mitt Romney because Romney lacks personal appeal and his message is vague.

According to Downs, Romney picked Ryan as his running mate and then resorted to playing it safe.

The lack of any risk taking has kept the Romney/Ryan ticket back in the polls, Downs said.

“Romney cannot rely on

beating the incumbent at the very end. I personally would not advise this strategy,” Downs said.

Both campaigns of the Walker and Obama administrations have seen greater success connecting to the voting population and in gaining traction for the vote, Downs said.

According to Downs, Romney has yet to see that and instead is consistently running his campaign on “cruise control” even though he is behind.

If Downs is correct in his analysis, this situation could lead to the re-election of the Obama administration.

According to a statement

from Obama for Wisconsin Communications Director Joe Zepecki, the president’s success in office is what will win him votes.

“When President Obama was sworn in, the U.S. economy was losing 750,000 jobs per month,” Zepecki said in the statement. “Through bold action and steady leadership President Obama put a floor under the crash and has begun the long, hard work of remaking our economy from the middle class up.”

Zepecki also lauded more of the president’s achievements, including adding 4.6 million new jobs, an achievable plan for a

UW makes cervical cancer discovery Camille Albert City Hall Editor Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have recently discovered a new way to successfully treat cervical cancer without using radiation or chemotherapy.

UW oncology professor Paul Lambert said human papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted disease that is associated with 99.7 percent of cervical cancer. He said papillomariviruses that cause cervical cancer can also cause anal and neck cancers, as well as others.

Lambert said he and his team of researchers concluded there are cancercausing proteins, called E6 and E7, that are expressed in the HPV virus. He said they found that E7 is more dominant after testing genetically engineered mice.

He said the researchers learned the E7 protein causes the mice to develop cervical cancer, and that the

FRANCES, from 1 constantly patrolling that area,” Verveer said. “There were still

researchers also found they could control it.

“We regulated E7 and we learned if we turn E7 off, we see the pre-cancers and cancers melt away,” Lambert said.

According to a UW statement, this study is the first to show that the E7 protein works to treat cervical cancer in living animals, as well as precancerous growths.

Even though this study was done on mice, scientists inferred E7 would have the same affect on women, Lambert said. He added the lab’s data suggests that if you turn the E7 gene back on, the cancer will come back, which causes concern that the cervical cancer will return shortly after it is eliminated.

Lambert said the researchers performed an experiment where they stopped the expression of E7 on the mice for a month and that it successfully prevented the return of the cancer. He

said continually treating women with the protein after the cancer is gone is one solution to that problem.

He added scientists are not sure what would happen if E7 was turned off for more than one month.

“We don’t know the answer to that question and that’s a question we have to try to answer with additional studies. But right now, we don’t know how long we’d have to turn off the E7 expression to completely get rid of the cancer,” Lambert said.

According to Lambert, the drug that turns off the E7 expression in the mice is not the same one doctors would use on women, but drugs are currently being tested to treat women with cervical cancer.

He said the study is in the planning phases and will take around a year to complete.

Lambert said women who find pre-cancerous growths currently undergo a surgical procedure that strips the

cervix from the top layer of cells, which normally eliminates the possibility of cancer development. He said if a woman has the cancer, she could have to remove her cervix and must get treated with radiation and chemotherapy.

“If the E7 therapy works with women, you wouldn’t have to give them chemotherapy or radiation,” Lambert said. “The tumor becomes smaller and smaller and if we learn in the mouse we can get rid of the cancer all together, they wouldn’t even need surgery.”

He added experiments are being done to see if controlling the E7 protein can also help with treatment for anal, head and neck cancers.

Lambert said cervical cancers affect between 5,000 to 7,000 women per year in the U.S. and it is the second or third leading cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide.

many police officers working while the incident occurred, but the extra police shifts in that area typically end around

4:00 am, prior to the incident.”

Verveer said there could always be more police officers working at all times of the day.

He said he intends on having a conversation with the MPD regarding whether or not this is a possibility.

$4 trillion reduction in the deficit and taking Osama bin Laden off the playing field.

Obama’s accomplishments appeal to a broad cross section of America, Zepecki said in the statement.

Nathan Conrad, speaker for the Republican Party of Wisconsin, said he does not believe there is such a partisanship in voting trends in the state, and does not think anyone who voted for Walker as a fiscal conservative would want to vote for Obama.

“I’d be very surprised to see anyone who is fiscally conservative voting to bring back the failed policies of the Obama administration,”

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WEAC is pleased with the Dane County court’s outcome, she said.

As for what the final outcome will be, Brey said they anticipate the fair ruling made by the District court will be

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“Value added research is designed to get closer to the idea of what teachers are actually doing in schools,” Meyer said.

Meyer said the effect of this work on UW furthers the Wisconsin Idea.

VARC Director of Technical Analysis and Research Andrew Rice said they are a nationally known research organization that works with national nonprofit organizations, federal and state governments, districts groups and institutions of higher education.

Rice said VARC researchers collect data from the education sector and use it to analyze educational policy and improve professional development.

“We hope to enhance the

Conrad said.

He cited the national debt crisis and drew a line in saying that Romney, like Walker, is just as concerned and capable of fixing the budget — something both Republicans believe Obama has failed to do in his first year in office.

Conrad said Republicans are mobilized and eager to gain votes from Independents that are on the fence.

“We have a legion of grass roots supporters,” Conrad said. “We make countless calls, and we go door-to-door to spread the message of true reform for the Romney/Ryan ticket.”

upheld.

“We believe that the District court has ruled correctly in saying that the law is unconstitutional; we believe that verdict will be upheld,” Brey said.

-The Associated Press contributed to this report.

mission of UW-Madison by using our knowledge to help train the next generation of education policy makers in technical matters and furthering UW-Madison’s already great reputation as a central player in education and policy research,” Rice said.

While the spotlight is currently on work VARC is furthering in Chicago, Rice said the organization has also been working to shape education policy in other parts of the country.

As an example, Rice said VARC is using its research to help schools in Los Angeles, California track student progress and make sure students are not falling behind. They are working with the Los Angeles Unified School district to help produce a measure called ‘Academic Growth Over Time,’ he said.

Editorial Page Editor Reginald Young oped@badgerherald.com

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Obama’s pledge to Great Lakes forward thinking Wisconsin politicians should follow suit, place more emphasis on environment Reginald Young Editorial Page Editor I’m not normally one to consider the environment as one of the more pressing issues needing to be addressed. But when I read about how President Barack Obama plans to maintain his $300 million annual funding to the Great Lakes, it made me wonder: Why have politicians in this state deemed that attempts to dictate what a woman can choose to do with her uterus are more important than ensuring that their citizens have clean water?

I grew up in Milwaukee, about a 30 minute drive from Lake Michigan. So when I hear talk about

why the Great Lakes need to be cleaned up, I know firsthand Lake Michigan is in dire need of just that.

Some days it’s the smell from overpopulated algae.

Other days it’s the sewage — the Great Lakes Echo reported that 6.5 billion gallons of sewage were dumped into the lake in 2010 in the Chicago area alone, and according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the lake was polluted by an 80 million gallon overflow of raw sewage caused by excessive snow melting.

Then, of course, there was the 1993 cryptosporidium outbreak alleged to have been caused by sewage overflow into Lake Michigan that WUWM reports affected 40,000 people and killed 100.

Needless to say, Lake Michigan needs some work.

Right now, one of the keys to being a politician who keeps their seat seems to be pushing the budget.

And while the quality

of the Great Lakes may not seem like a pressing issue, sewage overflows and cryptosporidium outbreaks cost money. This is a situation where being proactive will save the state a huge chunk of change.

In fact, Obama shouldn’t just be pledging to recommit $300 million; he should be increasing funding. But why should it take the president to do something that affects citizens all over the state? Shouldn’t our representatives be the ones spearheading the issue?

Instead, they’d rather focus on limiting collective bargaining rights, because, y’know, indirectly cutting educators’ benefits and salaries now will eventually save the state so much money when young students no longer have adequate education and are probably more likely to turn to costly criminal activities. All in all, the fact that an impetus for increasing the quality

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President Barack Obama recognizes that proactive spending on the environment today will obviate the need for expensive cleanup efforts in the future. of the Great Lakes has to come from the federal government shows that state politicians are myopic when it comes to the costs of ignoring environmental

issues.

But hey, it could be worse, right? Lake Michigan could be on fire, like one of Lake Erie’s tributaries was in 1969. So I guess we’ve got

that going for us.

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

Politicians confused on Nob Hill urban development Soglin, Republicans should look beyond typical qualms, work together on housing Nathaniel Olson Columnist I wouldn’t want to try to start following politics from scratch these days because they just don’t make any sense. Last week city officials, including Mayor Paul Soglin, stated their opposition to a proposed $30 million redevelopment for the complex of Nob Hill, an apartment compound on Madison’s south side slightly past the Beltline.

Very few people are challenging the claim that the complex could use some serious attention.

Built almost 40 years

ago, Nob Hill has steady maintenance issues, several instances of violent crime in surrounding areas and regular visits by the police.

The proposed community redevelopment would create sports facilities like a soccer field and a halfbasketball court. It would also replace a dilapidated swimming pool with a 3,600 square foot clubhouse that could be used for community functions and after school activities and add 12 multi-stall garages.

Soglin and others claim to be concerned about issues of population density. They say that they’re worried packing more low-income families closer together could aggravate trends of crime and hard drug use — which are already endemic to the area. But the city’s arguments about crime aren’t convincing.

Anecdotal evidence may suggest that more population density in a single locale means greater crime rates. But the more people there are living in a complex, the greater the likelihood there will be someone watching the area at any given time, lowering the possibility of a crime being committed in the first place. Most studies don’t show any conclusive evidence about whether crime goes up or down with increased population density. A far greater factor on crime rates is unemployment — something the city could combat by creating a regulatory environment friendlier to construction projects that bring jobs and letting housing developments such as this one proceed.

Furthermore, the plan

UW admin on right track with recent Adidas lawsuit With legal action, the university can demand ethical business practices Reginald Young and Charles Godfrey Editorial Page Editors Cornell University just dropped its contract with sports apparel juggernaut Adidas amid allegations that after the closing of an Indonesian factory, the company neglected to compensate over 2,700 workers with the $1.8 million dollars they were due. The University of WisconsinMadison also contracts with Adidas, and has raised similar concerns over workers’ rights in Asia, but has been reluctant to sever its contract.

Instead, the university has filed a lawsuit with Dane County District Court, claiming that company violated a code of conduct.

Critics have argued that the UW has prioritized finances over workers’ rights.

Not only is the university’s lucrative sponsorship worth an estimated $2.5 million, but Interim Chancellor David Ward was also concerned Adidas might sue the UW if

the contract were terminated.

Meanwhile, factory workers still haven’t received wages or severance pay.

Others have claimed that initiating a drawn out legal process is merely a stall tactic — a means of retaining the Adidas sponsorship while giving the appearance of a concern for workers’ rights — as the university stands on a fence, balancing its own financial interests with those of labor activists. While the UW has filed a lawsuit over Adidas’s unethical practices, Cornell bypassed legal action entirely, taking matters into its own hands and ending its business relationship with the company. Shouldn’t the UW do the same?

No, not at all.

Despite criticisms that the administration is procrastinating on this decision, looking for any excuse to maintain a lucrative business relationship — even if Adidas has a questionable history of business ethics — the UW is taking the right course of action.

Workers’ rights in developing countries aren’t going to be improved by outraged activists verbally lambasting multinational corporations, organizing

boycotts and convincing the UW to break business ties.

The workers’ rights will, however, start improving once consumers, clients and contracts demand economic and social justice for factory laborers, and the UW is in a position to do just that.

A legal ruling that Adidas violated a code of conduct designed to prevent forced labor, demand health and safety and regulate wages and working hours would pressure the company to compensate its workers fairly and clean up its business ethics in the future.

By severing a contract, the university would lose all bargaining power, and Adidas could then choose freely whether to pay its workers or not. As a business partner, the UW has the ability to pressure the company to clean up its labor policies — it can demand economic justice for thousands of Indonesian factory workers.

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

Charles Godfrey (cgodfrey@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in math and physics.

Together, they are your Opinion page editors.

will add 18 additional security cameras to the sides of buildings — it’s hard to argue that installing more security cameras, providing more extracurricular resources and constructing centers for after school programs would lead to an increase in crime.

So, why is this politically confusing? The Democratic Party should be all over policies seeking to help low-income families and increasing urban population density is an undeniably resourceful way to do this.

Areas with concentrated groups of citizens allow businesses to reach greater numbers of people in a smaller area, ensuring greater accessibility to goods and services for those with limited mobility. Dense neighborhoods increase individual involvement in

the community by creating more local opportunities to get involved.

Democrats aren’t the only problem. The Republican Party likes to talk about the benefits of limited government and the perils of over-regulation. They have issues with supporting pro-urban housing policy when the constituencies they are attempting to court are traditional conservative suburbanites, who sometimes subscribe to stereotypes of dense, urban, minority-dominated areas. This makes it all the more difficult to form political coalitions aimed at increasing the supply of housing.

The mayor is right to try and get all he can for the community out of the developers. If that’s his intent in holding up the project, then it’s a

politically savvy technique and a less dubious move from a policy perspective.

But if he truly opposes the housing development for the reasons that he’s given, he needs to rethink his approach.

This is an instance where the government needs to step up by scaling down. Republicans need to get over their fear of concentrated housing, and Democrats can’t let the fact that developers make money distract them from the good that can come from these projects.

Housing is not liberal policy or conservative policy; it’s public policy. It’s time we started treating it that way.

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

QUOTE OF THE DAY “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. There are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, you name it.”

-MITT ROMNEY, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Well, in case you were wondering how Mitt Romney felt about poor people and how they play into this presidential election, there you have it. Apparently, he thinks half of the country relies on welfare, Medicaid, subsidized housing and “you name it,” and that this is why they vote for President Barack Obama.

There were those of us who had their doubts about Romney’s ability to relate to the average American, being an incredibly wealthy individual who probably has never worried about health care, food or housing. This statement, which the candidate made at a private campaign fundraiser and made public by magazine Mother Jones, confirms those doubts.

Romney acknowledged that the remarks weren’t “elegantly stated” and that he was “speaking off the cuff.” Well, it’s the fact that the remarks weren’t elegantly stated isn’t the problem -- they were stated perfectly clearly. It’s the fact that they actively offend half of the American population -- referring to this demographic, Romney said, “my job is not to worry about those people” -- that is going to hurt his campaign as he tries to court voters.

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In land of cheese, quality curds under your nose New columnist details what makes a cheese curd great, and where to go to find the best Benjamin Cox “Chew On This” Columnist Madison is home to one of the finest universities in the country. But you know that already — otherwise, you wouldn’t be here. What you might not know, or at least fully appreciate, is that Madison is also home to more restaurants than any other city its size, which can make choosing where to eat a daunting task. As students, you likely have more to consider than just the quality of the food, making the choice even harder. So with that in mind, I’ve been tasked with helping you navigate your way through Madison’s exceptional

culinary scene.

In this first column, I thought we could start off with something close to home: Cheese Curds.

There aren’t many things more Wisconsin than the cheese curd. There are only two ingredients: the cheese and the breading.

Yet it’s funny how something so simple can have so many variations.

And people who know good cheese curds know that they can also be extremely bad sometimes.

The cheese has to be fresh and the breading needs to be light and crispy. Beyond that, all that’s left is the frying.

There is a subtle art to frying foods well. The oil temperature needs to be just right; too cold and the food will get greasy, and too hot will burn the outside before melting the innards. And the cook time needs to be perfect: Just long enough to melt the cheese, but not long

enough to make the breading soggy.

Here are a few of the places I’ve been to recently that clearly take pride in their cheese curds: The Old Fashioned A lot of people talk about the fish at The Old Fashioned, but their cheese curds are as good, if not better.

Some people tout them as the best in Madison, and there’s certainly an argument to be made.

The cheese curds at The Old Fashioned melt in your mouth and feature a breading that leaves you wanting more. But although they make my list here, I think there are a couple places that might edge them out for the title of best cheese curds in Madison.

Capital Tap Haus The Capital Tap Haus is a homage to the “tied

houses” that existed in the pre-prohibition era. The idea behind a tied house was that a restaurant or tavern got financial backing from a brewery, and in return, served only featured beers made by that brewery.

As its name indicates, Capital Tap Haus only features beer from the Capital Brewery (located in Middleton). In fact, it pairs a suggested beer with almost everything on their menu. But for its delicious cheese curds, the Tap Haus pairs with sauces.

You can taste the freshness of the cheese, and the breading is so light that the curds fall apart when you pick them up. The portion is smaller than what you’ll get at The Old Fashioned, so if you’re sharing with more than one other person, you might want to order two. And although the menu suggests honey

Dijon as an accompanying sauce, I always go with ranch.

Chaser’s Bar and Grille Chaser’s Bar and Grille opened up in the spot that used to house Quinton’s (Quinton’s had to close because they were naughty, but that’s another story).

When Chasers opened, they improved upon their predecessor with a much better menu, and they feature some pretty good sandwiches. But this article is about fried cheese, and their ‘Famous’ Fried Cheese is the best thing I’ve eaten that has come out of a deep fryer (maybe even anywhere recently). Don’t mistake their fried cheese for their cheese curds on the menu because they feature both, and the cheese curds pale in comparison. An order of Famous Fried Cheese is made up of just cubes of cheese that are deep-

ArtsEtc. Staff Writer The “French film” genre is ubiquitous in our minds as the quintessential “art house” film — screened in tiny theaters for a tiny audience, meant to be seen in smoky rooms and accompanied, of course, by wine, cheese and a healthy dose of elitism.

What many people don’t realize, though, is that France is a country just like any other. There’s space in “French film” for a multitude of genres. One such film is called “Unforgivable” — “Impardonnables” in its native language — and it is a romantic drama involving a hidden past, shady mafia and the search for true love.

But “Unforgivable” is also something more than that. Director André Téchiné has crafted a film with many layers that only reveal themselves once the audience gives them their respect. Once that happens, the film transforms into a dramatic tale of unrequited past loves, characters who come to terms with their (sometimes fatal) flaws and a story of how two people well past their prime are able to kindle, and then re-kindle, a

new life from scratch.

The film begins with Francis (Andre Dussollier, Micmacs, Tell No One), a celebrated novelist of crime stories, looking for a place in the historic Italian city of Venice to write his next big novel. He encounters a real estate agent and former model Judith (Carole Bouquet, That Obscure Object of Desire, Red Lights) and becomes instantly infatuated. The newly-minted lovebirds move into a cozy house on an island in the outskirts of Venice, and then things start to go awry as the problems from their past lives — romance, infidelity, mafia — come flooding back.

All the festive Venetian colors aside (in Venice, the beauty comes by default), “Unforgivable” is a very dark film. Not dark in the traditional sense — this isn’t directed by Tim Burton — but it tackles several deepseated moral issues and problems with humanity.

Although there are several deaths and neardeaths in this film, none of them are graphic, and all of them are toned down and off-scene. However, horror isn’t the main focus of the film; it is the consecutive

Charmer - Aimee Mann I have to admit, I’ve never paid much attention to Aimee Mann. But now, after hearing Charmer streaming on NPR, I have found myself humming her calm, folk-pop melodies to myself without even remembering listening to them. And so, today marks the day I will

purchase my first Aimee Mann album.

Guest vocals from James Mercer and cowriting with Tim Heidecker are pluses, too.

Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color - Brother Ali The poetic Muslim rapper is fresh off his first pilgrimage to Mecca, so you can bet his lyrics will have heavy religious themes, particularly in reference to ongoing wars and conflicts.

And According to Ali’s website, the artist created MIADIC while in a “self-imposed two-

month exile in Seattle,” giving him plenty of time to reflect and create, and that level of dedication to a single work is a rare find.

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relationships and reactions that form the core of this dramatic, tragic, pepperysweet and ultimately happy, tale.

Even though the film deals with some macabre themes — drugs, adultery, vice — it never proclaims these problems out loud for the audience to hear. The themes are there if you look for it, but otherwise, it is quite happy to stay hidden just below the surface — and the film remains a good, if not excellent, love story.

On the other hand, though, if the audience interacts with the film — much like a reader would annotate in the margins while browsing a book — then the story becomes much deeper and much more poignant.

The characters are compelling. Each of them have their own unique, special moments in the film during which the audience can identify with their problem because they’ve all felt it before. And this is one of the film’s strongest points: None of the protagonists (for there are no antagonists in ‘Unforgivable’) are unrealistic. There’s no überhero like James Bond, Superman or Lex

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fried without a batter at all. The edges of the cubes of cheese get burnt and crispy and form a sort of replacement batter. The inside of the cheese is melted, but retains some of its firmness, because it isn’t cooked for too long.

The fried cheese is served with tangy feta buttermilk ranch sauce (it can come with BBQ sauce instead, but again, I prefer the ranch).

With so many places that take pride in their cheese curds, you shouldn’t let yourself settle for the soggy, greasy blobs that some places serve. If you have a sudden curd craving, try satisfying it at one of these places. After all, any restaurant that cares about its little dishes is bound to care about its big ones too.

Director Andr T chin directed his first short film “Les Oiseaux anglais” in 1965 -- he’s no newcomer to film!

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Téchiné’s ‘Unforgivable’ seems to lack an easily traceable plot line, instead meshing together its characters stories of love, lost love and haunting pasts.

Luthor. And with the inclusion of multi-faceted personalities comes the opportunity to have those characters bounce their emotions off one another, creating a veritable web of relationships and themes — and the film does just that.

Several times during the course of the film, there are moments pivotal to the plot in which the character is placed between two contrasting themes, such as emancipation versus paternity, or obedience versus freedom.

This is made possible due to the intriguing web of character development and

albums to be

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What’s exciting about I Bet On Sky? One word: momentum.

Dinosaur Jr.’s previous two releases on the Jagjaguwar label have been perfectly layered hard-hitters dripping with earshattering heaviness but tempered in introverted lyrics and emotional guitar solos.

The film “Unforgivable” is actually an adaptation of an award-winning novel written by Philippe Djian in 2009.

relationships that Téchiné has weaved.

It’s hard to categorize “Unforgivable” into a single, predefined genre. It contains a touch of romance, a little bit of drama, a pinch of comedy, even a subtle taste of action, but those separate identities are carefully united into a coherent whole by the deft hands of Téchiné and the actors and actresses under his direction.

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‘UNFORGIVABLE’ Dir. André

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Shields - Grizzly Bear After leaking online and then being featured on NPR, Shields has been devoured, reviewed and heard by anyone with a will and an internet connection.

However, that’s no reason not to go purchase the album on its actual release day. Receiving high praise from most sources and an 83/100 score on metacritic, Grizzly Bear’s follow up

to the highly-acclaimed Veckatimest continues their reign as one of the mostlistenable indie pop bands out there.

O.N.I.F.C. - Wiz Khalifa

They’ve shown no sign of slowing down, and with a new tour on board, they’re nothing short of committed this time.

I Bet On Sky - Dinosaur Jr

In the six-year period before his first studio release, Wiz was one of rap’s most prolific mixtape-makers. Now, he’s slowed down a bit with multiple release date push-backs for his latest album. Perfection takes time, sure, but if he doesn’t meet the building anticipation, well, it’ll be a great day

for haters. If it meets the high bar, then either the extra work paid off, or I say bravo to the publicity team.

Album art courtesy of Superego Records, Warp Records, Rhymesayers Entertainment, Jagjaguwar, and Atlantic Records.

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Eaves, Alvarez excited for celebratory season Renaming rink, LaBahn opener headline 50th year of Badger hockey Nick Pitner Sports Writer In anticipation of the approaching Wisconsin hockey season, men’s head coach Mike Eaves and UW athletic director Barry Alvarez revealed a number of exciting events planned for the program’s 50th season in the modern era during their weekly press conference Monday.

Along with a new logo to commemorate the 50-year feat on jerseys, anniversary celebrations are planned to honor previous championship teams. The program will honor “the architect” of Wisconsin

OLYMPIAN, from 8 started to call their former teammate, trying to convince her to come back.

Having not played competitively in three years, Moscato thought there was no way she could seriously compete at that level again. After more and more phone calls, Moscato’s curiosity started to build to the point where she finally called a personal trainer friend to help her get back in shape.

Moscato started to get back into playing shape and was amazed by how great she was starting to feel. In 2009 and 2010, Moscato made it back to the competitive soccer scene, where she played for a Serie A Italian team. It was there that Morace, the Canadian coach at the time, saw Moscato and decided to put her back on the Canadian team.

In 2011, Moscato’s Canadian national team went to the World Cup in South Africa, but she did not play a single minute for the team. It was in 2012 when Moscato finally got her chance to shine.

She went to the 2012 Summer Olympics with the Canadian national

hockey, Bob Johnson, by naming the Kohl Center rink ice after him in a ceremony planned for November.

“It’s a very much deserved honor, and we’re very proud to do it,” Alvarez said.

When Eaves discussed the impact his former coach had on the university, he shared an anecdote from the grassroots days of the program, when Johnson rode around campus on a school bus and invited unsuspecting students to come along with him to watch the hockey team play.

“His impact for Wisconsin hockey is immeasurable, and the fact that we’re able to look down on the rink and see his name is a great tribute,” Eaves said.

With tradition clearly a point of emphasis, Wisconsin hockey will also be honoring some of its former players by

inviting them to perform puck droppings prior to home games this season.

These events are aimed at energizing the players and fans alike, while creating a communal atmosphere within the Kohl Center.

Eaves joked that with the current NHL strike and looming lockout, the program may be able to pull some big names to participate in the festivities when professional hockey is put on hold. He also confirmed former Badger Chris Chelios would be one of the legends to appear at a game this year.

“It’s a really unique time for hockey here at Wisconsin,” Eaves said.

While the past is being honored extensively, Eaves was equally excited for the future of the men’s and women’s hockey programs, especially with the grand opening of LaBahn Arena

scheduled for the women’s home opener Oct. 19.

“It is a practice facility that in my mind, sets the table in terms of what a facility should be for a hockey program for the men and women,” Eaves said. “I think that facility itself, in the competitive world of recruiting, will carry us for the next 50 years.”

Similarly, Alvarez appeared impressed with the arena and intrigued by the potential of the hockey programs in the coming years.

“This will give us one of the finest hockey complexes in the nation,” Alvarez said.

“In listening to our former players, who are now in the NHL, I don’t know if there is one better — as far as the total complex — with locker rooms and everything which goes with the program.”

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team. Moscato reflected that just being able to go to the games and experience that moment with her teammates was something she will never forget.

“It was surreal,” Moscato said of being at the Olympic Games. “It was a dream come true in the sense of ‘Am I really here?.’ The battle was the battle. The fitness, competition and lack of playing time — amongst all of that stuff, for some reason, the stars aligned and things came to a head.

It all made sense at that moment.”

She went on to start at center back and played all 90 minutes in every single Olympic game for the Canadians. That included a semifinal match with the United States, which the U.S. won in overtime, and a victory over France to earn a bronze medal for herself and her country.

“It felt like a dream.

That’s the kind of stuff you see on TV,” the bronze medalist said. “We were in Wembley Stadium, one of the most historical football stadiums there is. I was kind of looking around and all you see are lights flashing. I look to my right, and I see the

U.S. and Japan, the world champion and the runnerup.

“We [finished] dead last in the World Cup last year, and now we are standing on the podium with some of the world’s best players. It was a feeling of fulfillment, satisfaction and total pride. It was a 10-year journey of upsand-downs.”

After the Olympics, Moscato decided to reunite with Wilkins, her former coach, at Wisconsin, where she was offered an assistant coaching position with the team just two weeks ago.

Wilkins explained why she decided to bring Moscato onto the Badgers’ staff.

“I want to make sure that we have a good connection with the players,” Wilkins said. “I know that she cares about the people that she works with and plays with. I think the other part is that she knows the game very well. She knows what it takes to be at the highest level and I think to have that kind of role model is fantastic.”

Having played defense, Moscato is hoping to aid the defensive unit.

Redshirt sophomore defender Alexandra Heller couldn’t be happier with her addition to the Badgers’ coaching staff and what she has done for the defensive players.

“I think she has done a lot already,” Heller said.

“Just by talking to her I can tell that she is so smart about the game of soccer.

We’ve had meetings with her and watched film, and she just brings a whole other level of knowledge to our backline.”

Surprisingly, Moscato says no one from UW has asked to see her medal.

She knows the time will come for her to share her story with the team. But for now, she just wants to do what she can to help her new team.

“Coaching right now has been a perfect fit with where I am in my life,” Moscato said. “I am very happy with where I am at right now. I want to make these girls’ experience in college. I had a great one and you want them to have that. So I will do whatever I can to facilitate that.

“At some point I will share my story with them, and I would love to hear their stories just as much.”

the nation, hockey is a major varsity sport at Wisconsin, especially in terms of revenue. Alvarez catalogued the hockey programs near the top of the entire athletic department.

“We’re very excited about this season and very excited about this celebration,” Alvarez added.

“As a businessman running the department, naturally, it’s important that your three revenue producing sports are strong: football, basketball and hockey.

We wanted to provide the resources necessary for them to be competitive.”

With newly-named and constructed facilities, the men’s hockey team has much to be eager about in what will be their final season competing in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association before rejoining the Big Ten conference next season. Joining the

DANIELS, from 8 with having minutes under the belt, and O’Brien’s 17 starts in two years at Maryland are one of the few differences between O’Brien and Stave. And that earned him the nod over the inexperienced Stave.

After Saturday’s game, all of that gets tossed out the window.

Stave has obviously shown, at the very least, that he has the composure to lead this Badger team to victory. Even though, his skills weren’t truly put to the test Saturday (he only passed six times against Utah State), if the

SEARCH, from 8 Bielema said preseason Heisman contender Montee Ball is staying positive and working to improve.

“I couldn’t be more proud of Montee Ball,” Bielema said. “For him to have two games the way he’s had to grind it out, with the number of plays he had, he was right on the verge of breaking it free. He’s

Badgers in the new hockey conference in 2013-14 are Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Penn State.

When asked about his very early impressions of this year’s team, Eaves sounded relieved that his team has gained more experience.

“Well, the neatest thing that we can say as a coaching staff is that we’re going to be older,” Eaves said. “After having 20 sophomores and freshmen last year, now we’re going to be an upperclassmen team and have more balance and that’s a real good place to start.”

Badger fans can first watch the men’s team in action Oct. 6, when their season gets underway with an exhibition game against the United States Under-18 team at the Kohl Center.

Tim Tebow phenomenon last year in the NFL is any indication, skill doesn’t always matter as long as a player knows how to win.

So as UW welcomes a UTEP team coming off of a 41-28 win against New Mexico State in their last game, it might just be worth it to give Stave his first college start in the hopes of keeping the ball rolling on offense.

After all, it can’t get much worse.

Nick is a junior majoring in journalism. Is Stave the man to go with against UTEP this weekend? Let him know at ndaniels@ badgerherald.com.

been the trooper, he’s not had one negative comment.”

The Badgers’ improvements, however minor, ended in a victory, and Bielema stressed the importance of consistent play.

“Eleven guys on offense [have to] play well together, otherwise we’re not going to have success,” he said.

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Badgers search for consistency Bielema says Ball remains positive despite lack of breakaway rushes Drew Harry Sports Writer Change has become a common thread for the Wisconsin football team in 2012. But with the near endless change around the team through the first three weeks of the season, head coach Bret Bielema has tried to maintain a sense of stability around the program.

“It’s really just kind of staying true to who you are and what you are,” Bielema said at his weekly press conference Monday.

Through three games, the Badgers are still struggling to find consistency on the offensive end as Bielema and offensive coordinator Matt Canada continue to attempt to establish the running game.

Complicating the struggles on the ground is a muddled situation at quarterback, as the head coach listed Danny O’Brien and Joel Stave as co-starters at quarterback on the depth chart this week.

“We’ll make that decision as the week goes along,” Bielema said. “[We] have a game plan in mind with the coaches.

“The No. 1 reason [O’Brien] got the job to begin with was because of the way he took care of the football.”

The Badgers’ recipe for success over the past several seasons has been to run the ball and avoid turnovers and penalties.

Therefore, after a difficult half from O’Brien that included a called-back interception and a lost fumble, Bielema was ready to make a transition at halftime.

“It’s a decision that was pretty clean,” Bielema said.

“I think the decision to go with Joel (Stave) in the second half took about five seconds. … We went with it and ran.”

UW’s head coach made it clear the Badgers have already laid out a plan at quarterback for Saturday, but he remained tight-lipped about the arrangement.

“It’s not really a competition,” Bielema said. “I think we’ll move forward as coaches; it isn’t a thing we’re sitting [on] and wasting time on.”

Stave’s skills were not fully put to the test Saturday as he only attempted six passes and completed just two of them.

While not a transcendent performance, Stave maintained the huddle and stayed poised under pressure, and Bielema praised Stave as a smart player with a solid skill set.

“I would admit that Joel has the best arm out of all of them, strengthwise, ability to throw the football,” Bielema said.

“He’s got great composure.”

Coupled with inconsistency at quarterback, the Badgers have struggled to move the ball on the ground as well. As a team, Wisconsin averaged 3.5 yards per carry against Utah State, and long, breakout runs have been scarce.

Wisconsin’s longest run of the season, a 20-yard dash by James White, came in the first game of the season against Northern Iowa. The offensive line has appeared to be the primary cause of this problem, and Bielema explained the o-line’s issues Saturday, which included four false starts and two holds.

“One time it was our left tackle for a critical touchdown play; one time it was our left guard on a flinch; one time it was our center on a holding call; one time it was our right guard losing a block across his face,” Bielema said. “At one time it was our right tackle unable to keep pad level, and at one point, it was our tight end with a holding call.”

In the last two games the Badgers have converted only 17 percent of their third downs, and standout running back Montee Ball is averaging 3.7

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Bielema identified sophomore Kenzel Doe as a player who stepped up without No. 1 receiver Jared Abbrederis on the field against Utah State. yards on third down. But Bielema noted “definite improvement” from his squad in its third game of the year.

It looked as if Jared Abbrederis would play after suiting up for warm-ups against Utah State, but the Badgers’ leading returning receiver did not play in the 16-14 win over the Aggies.

“When you’re dealing

with a concussion, it’s a day-by-day thing,” Bielema said. “He has to pass his ImPACT (neurological test) and all the other things that the doctors look for.”

Stepping up in Abbrederis’s absence was Kenzel Doe, who returned a punt 82 yards for a touchdown, and freshman wide receiver Reggie

Love, who pulled in one ball for 19 yards.

“There were some positives, I thought Saturday,” Bielema said.

“For Reggie Love to make that third down catch was huge, and for Kenzel [Doe] to make the play on the punt return.”

Like the coach himself,

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Olympian takes next step at UW Women’s soccer assistant Moscato arrives in Madison after grabbing bronze in London Spencer Smith Women’s Soccer Writer It is 85 millimeters in diameter, seven millimeters thick and weighs less than 400 grams. It is smaller than most smart phones, but for Carmelina Moscato, the newest addition to the University of Wisconsin women’s soccer coaching staff, her Olympic bronze medal is beyond a possession. It is a symbol of her perseverance through a turbulent career and of the profound pride that it brought to her country.

Moscato began playing soccer at the age of 4 in her native country of Canada. By 16, she had already earned a spot on the Canadian youth national team and the chance to play in the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup in which Canada took second Megan McCormick The Badger Herald place.

Redshirt sophomore defender Alexandra Heller says she has benefitted from the arrivWith her early al of Moscato, who played for the Canadian national team at the 2012 Olympic Games. accomplishments,

Moscato’s soccer career seemed to be on the fast track to success, and she was ready to see how far it would take her. “[Playing for the youth national team] was the most exhilarating thing in the world,” Moscato said. “I knew it felt right.

Sometimes people shy away from opportunities, but all I know is that I wanted to move towards it and figure out what there was in it.”

Moscato was then called up to the women’s national team in 2003. She continued to play for her country while preparing for a career in collegiate soccer.

She chose to attend Penn State, where she would play for former Penn State coach and current Wisconsin women’s soccer coach Paula Wilkins.

Moscato said it was not a difficult decision to choose Penn State when Wilkins came to her door.

“I was quite simple. I’m

more of a people person; I didn’t get all into the hype,” she said. “Paula and Tim came to my door and did a home visit. They were very genuine, authentic people and very passionate. I was buying into what they were saying and as soon as I stepped on campus, I knew.”

While playing for the Nittany Lions, Moscato continued to suit up for the Canadian national team.

She traveled with the team to the 2003 World Cup, but only saw the field for one minute of play. In 2004, the Canadian women failed to qualify for the Athens Olympics, and she was released from the team.

Along with no longer playing for her country, Moscato failed to see much action with her Penn State squad until her senior year with the team, when she started all 25 games.

After graduating, her once promising soccer career seemed to be on

the decline, so she decided to put her playing career on hold and took an assistant coaching job with Louisville’s women’s soccer team.

While Moscato was working in Louisville, the Canadian national team qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but Moscato, still hurt from being released, could not bear to watch her former teammates.

“I didn’t watch. That’s how hard it was,” Moscato said.

“I was always supportive of my friends and my teammates, but I didn’t do it in the way of watching them play. It was emotionally tough to see it, and I disconnected from it on purpose.”

In 2009, the Canadian national team hired Carolina Morace as its new coach. It was around this time that old teammates

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‘Sunshine’ Stave proves worthy of chance in spotlight Nick Daniels Nick’s Picks Through the first half of Saturday’s game against Utah State, the most impressive unit to grace the field for Wisconsin was not the Badger football team.

After an abysmal showing in the first half that left UW down by 11 points and barely clinging on to life, the expert execution in the halftime show by the Wisconsin marching band was a welcome distraction for any fan who had to watch that offense struggle to put together anything close to a meaningful drive though two quarters of play.

In a continuation of the troubles that plagued the offense at Oregon State, transfer quarterback Danny O’Brien struggled through the first half, giving up a key fumble that led to a Utah State score and throwing an interception (before a penalty negated it).

Going into the locker room at halftime, O’Brien had amassed a measly five completions in 10 attempts for 63 yards and had been sacked once. The calls for urgency by the coaching staff after the team returned home from the devastating loss in Corvallis, Ore., seemed to have fallen on deaf ears as empty threats with no end to the lethargic offense in sight.

But all that changed in the second half.

In a move that ended up being more of a cosmetic change than a change in the offensive execution, head coach Brett Bielema chose

redshirt freshman Joel Stave to take over for the turnoverprone O’Brien in the second half.

Accompanied by a buzz of interest from the crowd, the insertion of Stave could not guarantee instant success for the Badgers, but it certainly seemed to spark the urgency the coaches had been looking for. The coaching staff finally sent the message every Badger fan was waiting to hear — enough is enough.

The move, whether the coaching staff intended it or not, served as a warning to the entire offense that no starting position would be given to a player, not even the highly-touted transfer quarterback from Maryland; every player on the team would have to prove they deserved to play for the rest of the season.

The effect of the move was almost immediate as an added intensity accompanied

each offensive drive for the Badgers throughout the second half. Even though the offense didn’t suddenly jump to life and start racking up points, the running game showed improvement, and most importantly, Stave and the rest of the offense proved they were capable of mounting a comeback — one that should motivate a team that has appeared content with mediocrity throughout its first three games this fall.

Now, despite what you might be thinking, I’m not going to step up on my soap box and argue Joel Stave could prove to be the savior of a disappointing Badger offense and will lead them to victory the rest of the season if given the chance.

That would just be silly. But it’s worth noting that Stave was able to lead the Badgers to a comeback victory, a feat O’Brien was not able to do a week ago on the West Coast.

While Stave’s play was by no means spectacular — he managed two completions out of six attempts for a grand total of 15 yards — it was his presence on the field that seemed to make the most difference for the Badgers after he strapped on his helmet to start the third quarter.

Affectionately called “Sunshine” by many in the student section already for his flowing blond locks, which resemble those of laid back quarterback Ronnie “Sunshine” Bass from Disney’s “Remember the Titans,” the 6-foot-5, 219 pound Stave is wellliked and looks the part of an intimidating college quarterback. Even more importantly, he seemed much more comfortable leading UW in his first full half on the field for the Badgers than his redshirt freshman status would suggest.

Having to jump into the game at halftime with little preparation would have been a daunting task for any quarterback, especially one with as little game experience as Stave. Still, Stave showed few signs of nerves, and more importantly for the team’s comeback hopes, he managed to avoid any turnovers unlike his predecessor.

Following the departure of Russell Wilson to the NFL, three quarterbacks vied for one open position heading into the season. And while Bielema and his coaching staff claimed they held a fair competition among all three signal-callers — O’Brien, Stave and Curt Phillips — for the position, it quickly became apparent that O’Brien would be the starter come the season opener in September.

The experience comes

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