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Non-partisan board denies serious fraud GAB: Most Wis.

cases consisted of convicted felons unaware of law Julia Van Susteren Herald Contributor Claims of voter fraud in Wisconsin, often cited as a reason for passing last year’s voter ID law, are not as high as supporters of the law have claimed, according to a Government Accountability Board spokesperson.

GAB spokesperson Reid Magney said voter fraud incidents in Wisconsin are rare. Many voter fraud cases, he added, involve people who

have been convicted of felonies but whose voting rights have not yet been restored as they are still under supervision by the Department of Corrections.

Magney said some states have used a federal database of legal non-citizen residents to check their state voter lists for possible non-qualified voters. As several states have raised the idea of using such a procedure in Wisconsin, Magney said the GAB is studying this issue and will provide a report to the public and the Legislature when the board concludes its study.

In response to claims voter fraud is not as common as some may think, Republican Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Nathan Conrad said the party wants to ensure elections are

fair.

“The RPW takes voter fraud seriously, and will continue to work to ensure that our elections are held in a manner which upholds the integrity of our democratic process,” Conrad said in an email to The Badger Herald.

League of Women Voters Wisconsin Executive Director Andrea Kaminski agreed with the GAB’s numbers.

She added the numbers are similar nationwide and most cases of voter fraud are not preventable with voter ID laws, as they typically involve felons voting.

“Local, state and federal agencies have conducted investigations of voter fraud,

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Wisconsin Government Accountability Board spokesperson Reid Magney said cases of voter ID, though rare, were mostly comprised of convicted felons.

SUNY leader highlights impact of state institutions Zimpher stresses similar view to Wisconsin Idea in Tuesday lecture Lauren Tubbs Herald Contributor State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher highlighted the ability of universities and higher education institutions to create economic development in their respective states in a Tuesday lecture.

Zimpher, SUNY’s chancellor since 2009, spoke to a crowd in University of Wisconsin’s Education Building on the college’s ability to stimulate economic growth across the state, citing her own success in New York.

Upon taking the position of chancellor, Zimpher has since led a project titled “The Power of SUNY,” designed to

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A highly contentious Hail Mary pass by former UW quarterback Russell Wilson led to a Seahawks win over the Packers Monday night.

Labor politics resurface with replacement referees Walker tweets his support for NFL’s reinstatement of original officials Polo Rocha Legislative Affairs Editor Wisconsin’s favorite team showed sports are not immune to politics, as a questionable call in a Monday night Packers game led to reactions from local politicians on the referee labor disputes.

At the end of Monday night’s contest between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks, officials ruled a touchdown by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, a former Badger. Complaints about the ruling almost instantly

arose throughout the nation about replacement referees in the NFL. As the league faces contract disagreements with the original referees, a potentially wrong call from Monday’s referees brought union politics to light yet again in Wisconsin.

Tuesday morning, Gov. Scott Walker — whose public-sector union reforms brought national attention to the state — tweeted his disappointment with the official results, adding the hashtag “#returntherealrefs.”

Some union supporters commented that Walker’s views on the NFL contract contrast with his views on Wisconsin’s public unions.

Among those expressing their disagreement with the governor was Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, who said she was “pleased” with Walker’s tweet supporting

the union referees.

“I hope that this incident has allowed him to develop an understanding of the value organized labor brings to the state of Wisconsin,” Sinicki said in the statement.

She characterized the replacement referees as “under-trained [and] underqualified” and also qualified them as a warning that curbing unions may create mistakes from non-union workers across Wisconsin in schools or other public workplaces.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local Council 40 Political Director Jason Sidener echoed Sinicki’s comments and said Walker’s tweet agrees with his union’s belief that union workers are more effective.

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create ways for SUNY’s 64 campuses to contribute to a more positive economic community in the state of New York.

“It’s one thing to say you’re going to enhance the vitality of your state, but if you don’t have an implementation strategy it’s just talk,” Zimpher said. “So I’m drawing out a template of what I think should happen for every public higher education institution.”

Zimpher said the program, while still experimenting with new ideas, has shown great promise. She added similar programs can benefit higher education systems if implemented in other states.

She added the project’s template would put emphasis on a theory she calls “systemness.”

“I have created a logic about why it is good to be a part of a system: the definition of ‘systemness’

boils down to the fact the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts,” Zimpher said. “There are things no single institution can achieve that a [whole] system can.”

Zimpher said “systemness” involves good ideas from one person or campus that, when brought to large scale, will have a greater impact on the state.

According to Zimpher, UW should rediscover their vision as an educational institution, known as the Wisconsin Idea, and prioritize and build collective impact to better improve the system of Wisconsin’s campuses.

Also important to a university’s ability to create a better state is a relatively new concept SUNY is experimenting with called the “Iron Triangle,” a concept that Zimpher said involves a commitment to the education pipeline.

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GAB implements new strategy to inform voters Lexi Harrison Herald Contributor The Government Accountability Board of Wisconsin has created a new online tool to help inform voters of the voting process and encourage them to register to vote.

According to a GAB statement, MyVote.WI.gov launched Tuesday. Voters can access their voting profiles, look at sample ballots, begin the voter registration process and access various other information on voting.

Due to recent redistricting, the statement said there may be some confusion as to where voters are supposed to vote. The website, which provides this information literally at voters’ fingertips, may help address that confusion.

“Wisconsin’s new voter information portal will empower voters, reduce the workload on local election officials and help ensure fair and transparent elections,”

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GAB Director Kevin Kennedy said in the statement. “I hope voters will spend a few minutes online today and save themselves time and trouble on Election Day.” Kennedy said in the statement the site is efficient and secure for overseas or military voters to request absentee ballots and begin the voter registration process, which would be “streamlined” for election clerks who check the printed sheets.

The website is part of GAB’s “Back to the Basics Initiative” through which voters, poll workers and clerks are informed about the election process so Wisconsin can have a “problem-free election in November,” the statement said.

Employees at the American Civil Liberties Union — which also offers information online regarding registration, absentee ballots and voter rights — said it hoped it would be an effective tool for voters, ACLU attorney

Karyn Rotker said.

ACLU of Wisconsin spokesperson Stacy Harbaugh said as presidential elections have higher voter turnouts, there may be much more demand from voters on election information so the website will be an effective tool for voters.

The ACLU also offers information online regarding registration, absentee ballots and voter rights.

As the website has existed in previous elections, Harbaugh described it as easy to use and helpful to Wisconsin voters. The group, which often gets questions from people about the voting process, sometimes gets answers from the website and frequently directs people there.

Republican Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Nathan Conrad said he was pleased with the new GAB website and the board’s mission to register more voters.

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Polo Rocha Legislative Affairs Editor A week after Gov. Scott Walker said his administration would no longer require certain protections in the electrical code for homes, the governor changed his mind and no longer seeks to implement those changes.

Walker’s reversal came as a result to complaints the administration has received regarding the safety of such a change, according to Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie.

“After reviewing some of the concerns raised with the proposed modifications to the rule, Gov. Walker directed [the Department of Safety and Professional

Services] to forgo any changes to the current rule,” Werwie said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Walker wanted to change three different electrical protections that are placed when building a home or doing remodeling.

According to Mark Hoffman, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 159, those changes would have “put people in harm’s way.”

Removing those protections would have been a dangerous move, but Hoffman said Walker wanted to please local home builders associations who have complained it

involves extra costs.

“The builders complained about the extra costs of protection, but that’s exactly what it is: protection for the homeowners,” Hoffman

“After reviewing some of the concerns raised...

Gov. Scott Walker directed DSPS to forgo any changes to the current rules.”

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said.

He said he has been in the trade since 1976

and has always had to work with the protections and called the proposed changes “asinine,” as the extra protections do not cost too much.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission details the uses of the three requirements. All three prevent against shock and fire incidents, although the ground-fault circuit interrupters are especially useful around bathrooms, pools and kitchens, arcfault circuit interrupters typically protect against overheating wires and appliances, and tamperresistant outlets are typically aimed to protect children.

The Wisconsin Builders Association told The Badger Herald last week

that many say AFCI, GFCI, and tamper-resistant outlets are not reliable, and it was seeking a review of them.

Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, was also unhappy with Walker’s proposed changes. Nass spokesperson Mike Mikalsen said Walker submitted a request to change the electrical codes due to the WBA asking for the change, but Walker removed the request before the process began.

The process would have involved hearings open to the public.

“This is exactly what we expected to happen [and] think this is a very positive thing,” Mikalsen said.

“The safety code functions exactly as it is supposed to.”

Women play larger role in science at UW Programs aimed to encourage larger female presence within research fields helps to bolster diversity of ideas Jane Milne Herald Contributor

Recent studies are finding that the number of women participating in science-related fields has increased at the University of Wisconsin after years of male domination.

Executive and Research Director at the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute Jennifer Sheridan said the numbers of women faculty in the sciences and engineering disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, referred to as STEM, have increased both overall and as a percentage of faculty in their respective department.

“More women in these traditionally male-dominated fields means more diversity of perspective in the science,

more role models for our increasingly female student population in STEM,” Sheridan said.

According to a UW statement, the campus’s faculty is seeing an increased presence of women on campus.

The statement said women faculty increased from 19 to 28 percent in the biological sciences and from 9 to 16 percent in the physical sciences between 2000 and 2011.

Sheridan said there are a number of programs on campus with an aim to encourage women to be more involved in the world of science.

She added the Women in Science and Engineering residential program is one such program that provides peer support for women in the field of science.

An online mentoring program called “WitsOn” is another example of the

many programs UW offers to help women become more involved with the field of science.

Sheridan said it is important for women to have leadership roles in the field of science.

“Women leaders are more visible than other women in science and they

“More women in these traditionally male-dominated fields means more diversity of perspective in the science.”

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become strong counterstereotypic examples that women are great at science,” Sheridan said.

“This can help break down those unconscious or

implicit biases we all have on a societal level.”

She also said it is important for decisions regarding direction and funding of science to include a female perspective for purposes of diversity.

There are a number of reasons to encourage women to care about increasing their involvement in science, including that their presence involves a new perspective that can enhance scientific discovery, she added.

Sheridan said outreach to women must start at a young age, often as young as middle school. For example, UW Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Amy Wendt has received a grant to incorporate science modules directly into the curriculum for middle school children in Wisconsin.

She said the grant will fund a study to investigate weather early exposure in engineering will create more interest in engineering from young girls and other underrepresented groups in engineering.

The statement said while there are many efforts to provide equality and diversity, there is much work must be done before women will be fully represented in UW faculty.

Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health Robert Golden said improvements must come from high positions.

“By having more strong women in leadership positions, we will encourage more women to go into academic medicine, and that will encourage more girls in junior high and high school to seek careers in medicine,” Golden said in the statement.

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State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher spoke to UW students and staff Tuesday, claiming that the campus can help to stimulate the state’s economy with the correct strategies.

“The basic idea [behind the Iron Triangle] is if we can bring down our costs, the costs of college, and increase our productivity, we will have more funds to expand student resources, hire more faculty and support the student experience,” Zimpher said.

SUNY is also dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of the education pipeline by working with state elementary and secondary education institutions to ensure students are prepared not only for college, but for careers afterward as well.

“Fifty percent of children in America come to kindergarten unprepared, so it becomes a cycle of failure from that point on,” Zimpher said. “We wait way too long to fix this problem, especially when we prepare the teachers, who prepare the students that come to college, ready or not.”

UW doctoral student Laura Dunek said the event and ideas expressed by Zimpher were inspiring and proof systems of higher education can have real impact in their states. “[Education institutions] are huge sources of economic growth, but we haven’t figured out how to play that role yet because we haven’t had to do it before,” Dunek said.

“It’s not enough to be economic engines though.

We also have a mission and a fundamental purpose of taking care of the public, especially our students.”

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Berquam requests project funding from ASM Julia Skulstad Campus Life Editor Dean of Students Lori Berquam presented their plans for funding for a project that would examine salaries of Division of Student Life employees at a meeting of the student government Tuesday evening.

Berquam and Associate Dean Kevin Helmkamp met with the Associated Students of Madison’s Coordinating Council to detail the reallocation of funding necessary for changes they plan to implement in the coming months to the program, which both Berquam and Helmkamp have worked on for five years.

Berquam and Helmkamp said they hoped to secure funding for the Fairness Project, an initiative launched to examine the salaries within the Division of Student Life for all staff members in the division.

“We do know that staff are departing; we don’t think it is solely based on salary but for better opportunities, which usually includes a better

salary,” Berquam said.

Berquam said they only looked at academic and classified staff because they are the only two populations within DSL. She added the office does not employ any faculty members.

Berquam said in looking at those two populations, she and Helmkamp wanted to adjust the titles of what people were called to make sure they matched their job description and to make sure everyone was titled appropriately.

Berquam said they also looked at market value and similar positions at other campuses, both within the Big Ten and at other University of Wisconsin System schools.

“We really tried to look at market and what [were] the going salaries for staff both within the state and then nationally, trying to make sure that we wanted to be competitive,” she said.

Berquam said they consulted with academic personnel and have received support for carrying out the project.

She also said it is a similar

project to what other schools and departments use for their faculty.

“When we identified our target salary range, we had to spend four years saving and scrimping our money to get people to that minimum salary range,” she said.

Berquam said they took salaries of staff members who left UW and looked at their positions and salaries and determined if they could be classified as lower positions on their scale so they could take the excess money and redistribute it across DSL. Berquam said the four different funding sources that come into DSL to finance positions are GPR and 101 funds, 402 diversity funds, 136 revenue generation and 128 segregated fee funds.

Helmkamp said the Fairness Project is still ongoing for the past four years, and because it is so complicated, they have had to take it one step at a time.

Berquam said ASM staff fits into this because they are a part of DSL and should be adequately compensated at the level

Armed robber at large after morning invasion East Gilman home entered by man; MPD detectives start investigation Camille Albert City Life Editor A gunman robbed a 25-year-old man’s downtown residence by entering through an unlocked door late Tuesday morning.

According to a Madison Police Department statement, the suspect robbed the victim in his apartment on East Gilman Street around 11 a.m. The victim did not suffer injuries.

According to the statement, the suspect is a male in his mid-to-late 30’s, weighs 200 to 230 pounds and was wearing a blue button-down flannel shirt and jeans.

The intruder said,

“Give me what you got,” to the victim and left with a laptop computer, according to the statement.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the majority of home invasions are targeted and are not random acts of violence. He said he has not heard any details about the incident from MPD but most armed home invasions over the past years in Madison have been motivated by drugs.

“Most armed home invasions are more often than not motivated by the suspect’s belief that the victims are involved in drug dealing,” Verveer said.

“The suspects believe the victims will likely have large amounts of drugs or cash and target the residences on that basis.”

Even though MPD did not conclude the robbery was drug-related, officers

believe the victim was targeted for a reason because the suspect seemed to have prior knowledge of where the valuables were located in the house, Verveer said. He said MPD has not said the victim had any prior or current drug involvement.

According to Verveer, armed home robberies are often rare and usually go unreported if they are drug-related, which could indicate this incident is not.

Detectives were immediately assigned to the case and police have not made any arrests, Verveer said. He added this case is being treated very seriously because a firearm was involved.

“It was a relief the victim was not seriously injured because many of the armed home invasions do involve injuries,” Verveer said.

of their Fairness Project.

“Candidly we have now on ASM [members] who are underpaid for our Fairness Project,” Berquam said, “This is something we have known about and need to address.”

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Director David Gardner said Chancellor David Ward and other officials in the administration came out with a report that said UW needs to find a way to keep staff on campus because many staff members are leaving for competitive

wages.

Gardner said they found the need to revise compensation and in doing so had to come to ASM for their approval and to talk about the classified and academic staff paid through segregated fees.

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Program targets achievement gap Dane County, nonprofit team up to create education initiative for underprivileged Camille Albert City Hall Editor Dane County announced plans to launch an education program addressing the area’s achievement gap that focuses on children before they begin kindergarten.

The program, titled “Leopold Early Childhood Zone,” will be included in the county executive’s 2013 budget and is set to be introduced Oct. 1, according to a Dane County statement. The initiative is a joint effort with United Way of Dane County, a nonprofit fundraising organization, that hopes to address challenges children face in school.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said he reached out to United Way and the Madison Metropolitan School District last summer and offered the county’s services to help find a solution to the rising disparity in academic achievement between differing ethnicities. He added he wanted to put together a program at one of Dane County’s schools as a comprehensive approach to solving the problem.

“It’s important when we look at addressing challenges in our schools like poverty, we acknowledge the challenges in our schools reflect the challenges in

our greater community,” Parisi said.

The Early Childhood Zone will function as an extension of the Early Child Initiative, a program that works with young, single parents and their children from pregnancy until the child is three years old to help parents stabilize education, Parisi said. The new program will facilitate education with families until the children reach the age of four, with an ultimate goal of enrolling the children in kindergarten.

United Way of Dane County spokesperson Sarah Listug said the majority of educational gaps in learning start before children enter kindergarten and continue to affect them the rest of their lives. She said the gaps get bigger and bigger as time goes on, and this program gives parents the tools to be effective teachers to their children at an early age.

“The county executive has put this as a priority,” Listug said. “The Early Childhood Zone is a way we could all work together to see the impact all these resources can make.”

Parisi said the program will also benefit parents by stabilizing their living situation and allowing them to find work if necessary. He added United

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi worked with nonprofit organization United Way to create a new initiative that seeks to target families with children under the age of four to help provide education at a young age.

Way and Dane County will serve as a general support system for families who are looking for an opportunity to be successful but still need assistance.

The Early Childhood Zone program is new to the state and, if it proves

successful, may expand across Dane County, Listug said. There are currently 600 children eligible for the program. The pilot for the program will target 27 families with children enrolled in or living in the district of the Aldo Leopold

Elementary School.

Parisi said there is a great diversity of children all over the spectrum in terms of income level in the Aldo Leopold school district, including a high number of families living below the poverty line in

that area.

Listug said the program is a $150,000 investment, with the county and United Way both providing $60,000 each.

The program will draw the remaining $30,000 from federal aid.

Police use new online tool for catching suspects Sarah Eucalano Herald Contributor The Madison Police Department has recently implemented a new technology to help lead officers to suspects.

The newly acquired technology, called “Leads Online,” eventually led to the arrest of Madisonian Sidney Ivy, after he allegedly stole a watch and money from a downtown apartment Sept.

14, according to a police report.

MPD Lt. David McCaw said Leads Online is a company that collects data from pawn shops and similar establishments, and

correlates the data onto a search engine.

Before Leads Online was created, secondhand dealers wrote out information about purchased items on slips of paper, McCaw said, meaning if a police officer wanted to find a stolen item, they would have to look through extensive paperwork. The creation of the database streamlined the process and made MPD’s job more efficient, McCaw said.

Since all second-hand dealers are required to keep a photo and thumb print of the individuals who sell items to the shop, once the item is tracked

down, the police can then identify the person who had possession of the item after it was stolen. McCaw said that although proposals to modernize police departments can be difficult and time-consuming, Leads Online has proven to be an immediate success.

McCaw said he hopes the new tool will prevent thefts from happening, especially in the downtown area.

“If people can’t sell the stuff they steal from students, will they continue to do it?” McCaw said. “We hope not. We hope Leads Online acts as a deterrent.”

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, agreed Leads

Online is a successful tool, adding in addition to acting as a deterrent, the database simply makes it easier to recover stolen items.

McCaw said students should always lock their doors when they leave their residences, know the serial number to their bike and laptop and refrain from letting strangers into their house. When hosting a house party, he urged students to make sure to lock and hide any items that may get stolen, such as cash or prescription drugs.

McCaw said downtown robberies go through a yearly cycle, with thefts increasing in the fall as a

result of the increase in new students. Thefts also spike over Thanksgiving and winter break, both periods of time when students often leave their residences.

MPD attempts to increase patrols when they know students will be away from their apartments, he added.

Resnick said apartments can become a target of theft if they have broken doors, broken locks, broken windows or poor lighting. He added students can also prevent thefts from happening by being conscious of the settings around them and simply locking their door.

Ald. Mike Verveer,

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and they found only a small amount of cases that mostly involved [felons] who were not aware they could not vote,” Kaminski said.

LWVW sued the state over its recently passed voter ID law on the basis it disenfranchises a significant amount of voters. The law is currently facing two permanent injunctions from circuit courts on the LWVW lawsuit and a lawsuit by two other groups, and there are two other cases challenging the law in federal courts.

According to Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck, voter ID laws are not necessary and disproportionately affect

District 4, sponsored the ordinance allowing MPD to utilize Leads Online.

He said MPD solved many crimes and returned many stolen items because of Leads Online.

“I’m very proud of the law,” Verveer said.

Verveer said he is currently working on an ordinance that will require scrap metal purchases to be electronically reported.

He added there is a growing problem in the city concerning people stealing metal such as copper and aluminum.

The ordinance will be introduced at a City Council meeting later in October.

minorities, students and the elderly, groups he said usually vote for Democrats.

“Republicans cannot come up with any good evidence for voter fraud,” Heck said.

“We should be making it easier for people to vote, as a sacred, constitutional right for every citizen. Are they afraid that if more people vote in a democracy that they will lose?”

Wisconsin’s voter ID law, Heck added, is also among the most restrictive in the country.

Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, could not comment on the frequency of voter fraud across the state but said his and other legislators’ constituents were in support of Wisconsin’s voter ID bill.

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Overture finances look up for first time since 2008 Alder: Orpheum closure increases business for center with concerts, shows Camille Albert City Hall Editor The Overture Center Foundation Board of Directors reflected on the facility’s ups and downs within the past four years and celebrated its recent success as a private, nonprofit organization at the board’s annual meeting.

The outgoing chair, Deirdre Garton, passed down her title to Tom Basting, the

new chair of the Board of Directors. Garton will remain a part of the Executive Committee.

Basting said much at the Overture Center has been accomplished as a result of Garton’s leadership and efforts.

“Her board colleagues, past and present, are grateful for what she’s done for the Overture’s successful beginning and promising future,” Basting said.

Garton said the Overture Center started as “hideous” in fall of 2008 with $20 million in debt and has now, in 2012, finally started to convince the community it is a successful organization.

She said this year alone, the

Overture Center raised $2.4 million and that 80 percent of its city employees decided to stay with the company.

She said in 2008, the institution decided to engage the community and bring together a group of people from the community that tried to revive the institution.

She added the board was able to show the community the pivotal role the institution plays in the economic life of the region.

According to Garton, the Overture Center’s budget begins every fiscal year from zero and builds up as necessary. She said even though the institution struggled with finances in the beginning, Madison’s

City Council supported the Overture Center and provided funding.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the council currently provides $1.85 million to the Overture Center as a grant, which is a continuation of the financial support the city has provided since it was built. He added he believes the grant is part of the city’s long tradition of providing support to the arts.

Overture Center President Ted DeDee said the institution finished its fiscal year with favorable results.

He said the season sales are already above projections and the institution is about to experience its best Broadway season yet.

According to Verveer, the closing of the Orpheum Theater has already given Overture more business, because many of the shows that were scheduled to take place at the Orpheum have been relocated to the Overture Center. He said a court hearing will take place next week that relates to the foreclosure of the Orpheum from the Monona State Bank.

Basting said even though the Overture Center is a tremendous asset to the business community and the area, it faces challenges from the government at all levels.

“It is our job to make sure the entire community understands the arts are not a frill,” Basting said. “This

wonderful place is where magic happens.”

Producing Artistic Director of the Children’s Theater of Madison Roseann Sheridan reported from the Resident Advisory Committee and said there has been a new sense of openness to new ideas at the Overture Center and there are new capabilities for the ticketing information systems.

Baker Tilly Partner Julie Schwingel said the Overture Center also faces good news from an audit standpoint. She said it received full cooperation from management and staff and the audit statement was very clean.

Wisconsin China Initiative inducts new director Dana Bossen Herald Contributor Professor of Chinese literature and visual culture Nicole Huang was appointed to the position of director of the Wisconsin China Initiative.

Associate Professor of Law John Ohnesorge said he expects WCI to flourish with Huang as the director due to her experience with and knowledge of China.

Ohnesorge was the second director appointed to the program and held the position for four years.

Currently he is the director of the Law School’s East Asian Legal Studies Center

and Co-Chair of WCI. He said he supported Huang’s appointment to the position.

“Professor Huang is a very distinguished scholar and a great colleague,” Ohnesorge said.

He said WCI will thrive under Huang’s leadership and added he thinks the inititative will be in very good hands with her as director.

According to WCI Associate Director Laurie Dennis, the initiative pulls together different departments around campus and opens the lines of communication among UW faculty to help them to

establish new programs or connections.

“The China Initiative’s function is to coordinate across the whole campus because we have a lot of faculty involved in China studies,” she said.

WCI also aims to help people who want to connect with China experts on campus and is in charge of handling any visiting delegations from China.

Ohnesorge noted three important goals for WCI, and he said it is likely these goals will remain as primary focus points under the direction of Huang.

Ohnesorge said the first goal calls for an increased

Voting laws could delay November election results WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election is Nov. 6, but it could take days to figure out the winner if the vote is close. New voting laws are likely to increase the number of people who have to cast provisional ballots in key states.

Tight races for Congress, governor and local offices also could be stuck in limbo while election officials scrutinize ballots, a scenario that would surely attract legions of campaign lawyers from both parties.

“It’s a possibility of a complete meltdown for the election,” said Daniel Smith, a political scientist at the University of Florida.

Voters cast provisional ballots for a variety of reasons: They don’t bring proper ID to the polls; they fail to update their voter registration after moving; they try to vote at the wrong precinct; or their right to vote is challenged by someone.

These voters may have their votes counted, but only if election officials can verify that they were eligible to vote, a process that can take days or weeks.

Adding to the potential for chaos: Many states won’t even know how many

provisional ballots have been cast until sometime after Election Day. Voters cast nearly 2.1 million provisional ballots in the 2008 presidential election. About 69 percent were eventually counted, according to election results compiled by The Associated Press.

New election laws in competitive states like Virginia, Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will probably increase the number of provisional ballots in those states this year, according to voting experts, although the new laws in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are being challenged in court.

New voter ID laws in states like Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee could affect state or local elections, though some of those laws also are being challenged.

Provisional ballots don’t get much attention if an election is a landslide. But what if the vote is close, as the polls suggest in the race between President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney?

Most of today’s voting nightmares go back to Florida in 2000, when the

results of balloting and thus the winner of the presidential contest were not known for weeks after Election Day. Questions about recount irregularities and the validity of ballots with hanging chads — paper fragments still attached to punch-card ballots — preceded the eventual declaration that George W. Bush had won the state by 537 votes and was the next president.

“In a close election, all eyes are going to be on those provisional ballots, and those same canvassing boards that were looking at pregnant chads and hanging chads back in 2000,” Smith said. “It’s a potential mess.”

The federal election law passed in response to the 2000 presidential election gives voters the option to cast a provisional ballot, if poll workers deny them a regular one. New voter ID laws could slow the count even more.

In Virginia and Wisconsin, voters who don’t bring an ID to the polls can still have their votes counted if they produce an ID by the Friday following Election Day. Pennsylvania’s law gives voters six days to produce an ID.

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unions often work with the state to create jobs, and he values their collaboration.

Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie clarified that the governor’s first tweet simply reflected his disappointment with the game’s last play, a thought also expressed by President Bill Clinton.

“His tweet has nothing to do with unions and everything to do with a blown call,” Werwie said.

“This issue is one where Gov. Scott Walker and President Bill Clinton agree.”

Walker was not alone among politicians in expressing his disappointment but was joined by Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, President Barack Obama and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, among others.

The public may be giving the necessity of unions a second thought, Sinicki said, giving the example of a friend who told her although he does not support unions, the league needs to “go back to the table.”

seen a dramatic uptick in Republican activism by the voting base and see the GAB’s efforts as helpful in our ability to turn out Republican votes for the upcoming election.”

The ACLU is concerned about misinformation on voting, which may be caused by the voter ID law passed last year, Harbaugh said. To address

such confusions, the ACLU is putting together some “know your rights” material with frequently asked questions and other tools people may access.

Harbaugh said the ACLU hopes to be a source for information, but added the GAB is the most reliable in terms of voters being able to check their current voting status.

“[The referees’ issue] is consistent with why we always say it’s better to have a unionized workforce,” Sidener said.

“It’s kind of ironic whether he knows it or not, the governor is really agreeing experienced workers do a better job.”

Walker responded in a tweet, saying his support of taxpayers and ensuring their costs are low does not mean he is against unions.

He added private-sector

GAB, from 1 “The Republican Party of Wisconsin wholeheartedly supports increasing voter participation in the state of Wisconsin,” Conrad said. “Any efforts by the GAB to help increase the number of eligible voters is greatly appreciated.

In recent years we have

focus on Chinese students on campus. He said WCI wants to support and expand classes on campus because the university has strong traditions with Chinese studies.

The second goal involves WCI’s efforts to reach out to the Wisconsin state government.

He said WCI works to spread the knowledge of China and Chinese culture and wants to share this with the rest of the state.

Ohnesorge said the third goal includes WCI’s intentions to increase UW’s frequent contacts with China.

He said the university

recently established an independent office in Shanghai, which may help to increase communication between UW and China.

Ohnesorge said WCI hopes opening the Shanghai office will increase study abroad opportunities available in China and add more faculty exchanges with the country. He also said he hopes other departments will begin to hire or continue hiring professors who specialize in Chinese studies.

Dennis said UW is greatly influenced with Chinese aspects due to the amount of staff on campus who are involved with China.

Thirty professors currently teach courses about China, and many more professors conduct research related to the country.

Dennis said on average, approximately 300 students a year choose to study Chinese as a foreign language.

Students from China also make up the largest number of international students on campus, she said.

“Our involvement with China is key,” Dennis said.

“It’s a very important country for the university to interact with because of how much influence it has on campus.”

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End of life options worthy of attention

Herald Editorial 1 in 20,000 Tuesday, the search for a new University of Wisconsin chancellor developed as the makeup of the committee that will screen applicants was announced. The Search and Screen Committee will be comprised of 13 faculty members, two classified staff members, two administrators, four community members … and just two students.

The rest of the board, which consists partly of 13 professors, comes from a broad spectrum of departments. Although we agree a new chancellor will have a lasting impact on years of these professors’ lives, chancellors can also make decisions that affect students as a whole. For being such a large part of the university population, students seem to have a disproportionately small number of representatives.

The two students happen to be an English major and a medical school student. The professors are distributed throughout different departments for a reason: to bring balance and perspective to the board. The fact only two students sit on the board makes them seem as an afterthought

or an ornamental fixture.

Most university search and screen committees also only include two student members.

However, UW has always been a pioneer in student participation, and just because most universities only have two student representatives does not mean we can’t lead the way.

The Associated Students of Madison website states “The two student appointees to the Chancellor Search & Screen

For now, the committee has already been chosen, and students should try to make the best of the situation while not dwelling on its ineptitude.

Students should seek to maximize their representation.

Committee will be chosen to represent their 42,000 peers as broadly as possible.”

The need for greater student representation is especially apparent when one considers

that 13 professors represent far fewer constituents.

For now, the committee has already been chosen, and students should try to make the best of the situation while not dwelling on its ineptitudes.

Students should seek to maximize their representation.

Becoming informed on the main candidates and seeking to talk to their representatives is only one part of the picture; those chosen to represent us should strive to hold office hours or a town hall style meetings to update their constituents. Students, in turn, should strive to make our opinions available to the representatives.

Students have valuable insight, and choosing a new chancellor is a unique opportunity for us to influence university policy for years to come. We have an accurate perspective on student life which would be an asset to the committee and new chancellor alike. This time around, we must maximize the useful input we have so that next time, we may be able to convince the university our input merits more committee representation.

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Transport sustainability needed Sarah Witman Staff Writer Between expensive parking, wide sidewalks and a relatively progressive array of bike lanes and paths, it’s never been more attractive to be a carless student in Madison. Plus, Google’s incorporation of the Madison Metro bus schedules into its Maps feature has made it even easier to make use of our segregated fee-funded, but seemingly free, city bus passes. However, beyond the faux-reality that is college, the rest of the nation is collectively peeing its pants in anticipation of something Wired said this week will “become the norm around the middle of the century”: Google’s self-driving cars.

Redefining what it means to be a “smart car,” these vehicles use a laser range finder that mounts on its roof to create a 3D map of its surroundings. There is also a sensor on each bumper, a camera near the rearview mirror to detect traffic lights and a GPS, according to an online explainer.

The sensors can tell when a pedestrian runs out in front, and they know when another car hesitates at an intersection that it’s time to accelerate.

They follow traffic laws better than a precocious 16-year-old taking a behind-the-wheel test — supporting predictions that people will not need a drivers’ license by 2040. And they are past the experimental stages: two states are already on

deck to make self-driving that momentum with a simultaneous move cars street legal. to, along with Nevada, Google is eliminating become one of the first the most major current states to dive into more cause of car accidents: car-based technologies? human error. For The intention here that, it should be is not to steal Google’s lauded. From a broad innovative thunder — standpoint, though, this to absolutely criticize innovation could be its inventive success just the step backward would smack of in transportation our 1800s-era “horseless national infrastructure carriage” naysayers does not need.

— but shouldn’t one It is unnecessary to of America’s most point out gas prices are groundbreaking of at an all-time high, fossil companies use some fuels will one day run foresight on where it out and that companies focuses its billion-dollar are using ever-riskier talents? Oil-dependent methods to drill for cars will not be around oil as it becomes less forever, and with so plentiful — a recent many other viable high-profile example is options like high-speed the Deepwater Horizon rail and fuel cell vehicles spill. Investing more there is no reason to creative energy, time prolong the demise of and enormous funds this outmoded form of on a finite institution travel. is a waste and could This be better point is only channeled strengthened in plenty of Investing by looking other ways. more creative at selfAlthough energy, time driving cars Google’s from a fiscal prototypes and enormous are all fuelfunds on a finite standpoint.

Wealthefficient centric Forbes Toyota Prius institution is Magazine has models, a waste and covered the Toyota will could be better technology not have a throughout monopoly on channeled in its recent autonomous plenty of other development, vehicles ways. and the when these headline of a Business hit the market. Soon, Insider piece this month the manufacturers of blares “Google’s selfEscalades and Range driving cars may cost Rovers will have just more than a Ferrari.” The as much access to the technology. And even the BI article goes on to say the sensors alone, which Prius mostly relies on are key in preventing gasoline. crashes, cost $250,000 or California, the more per vehicle. birthplace of Google and While occupants of home to some of the the Forbes 400 list can most car-centric cities in perhaps spring for such America, has improved a luxury, the average leaps and bounds reader — businesspeople with shifting land-use who dream of one day rules, state funding for entering Warren Buffet’s affordable public transit inner circle, as much lines and Copenhageninspired biking advances, as People subscribers believe their destiny is a Slate column reported to marry True Blood cast this week. Why lose

members — probably cannot. When the most common argument against high speed rail and other energyefficient forms of transportation is they are too expensive, or there is no market to justify fronting the money, it seems contradictory people are accepting self-driving cars so seamlessly. After all, they come with a comparatively high upfront cost. And while mass transit systems deplete that cost each year through savings on fuel, self-driving cars will not — unless Google comes up with an electric or otherwise renewable-energy version down the line.

Critics raise concerns related mainly to selfdriving cars’ road safety, understandably, yet the idea of introducing a new era of lowefficiency, few-passenger vehicles dependent on fossil-fuels has gone entirely unquestioned in mainstream media.

As college students, we are for the most part forced to be sustainable, live within our means and acquire necessities from within walking and biking distance.

Without turning the country’s cities into 30,000 versions of Madison, Google is capable of guiding us in the right direction for everyone to have access to those realities. It would mean devoting its innovative capabilities on public transit and renewable energies, not just a souped-up “I, Robot” Prius. It requires the brightest minds in technology deciding to make non-car transport a priority.

Sarah Witman (switman@badgerherald. com) is a senior majoring in journalism and environmental studies.

Joe Timmerman Columnist Death is a very difficult topic to discuss. It’s not a subject that most people enjoy pondering. It is especially difficult to discuss with someone whose death may be imminent. Like many issues, it might be easier to just avoid the topic altogether. However, as is often the case, pretending the issue doesn’t exist won’t make it go away, and can often make the end result more difficult to deal with.

Thus, the news the Madison medical community will start providing end-of-life planning as a standard patient service is welcome, indeed.

End-of-life planning involves sitting down and coming up with an “advanced directive.” An advanced directive is essentially a set of written instructions regarding a patient’s preferred medical care that are carried out in the event the patient is no longer able to make those decisions. For example, a patient might specify that, if they should enter into a vegetative state, they should be taken off the ventilator and allowed to die.

Preparations for death, such as end-of-life planning, are becoming increasingly accepted in the medical community. According to guidelines published by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, all terminally ill patients should sit down and discuss their end-of-life wishes with their family and health care team.

Advanced directives are beneficial for a variety of reasons. To begin with, people should have their health care administered according to their own preferences. If someone wishes to be kept alive on a ventilator, then he or she should be able to. If someone wishes instead not to be put on a ventilator, then they shouldn’t have to be put on one against their will.

Just because someone can’t communicate his or her preference doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be honored. Either

way, this is utility enhancing for the patient.

As for the health care provider and the patient’s family, they aren’t forced to make life-or-death for someone else. Making these decisions are, as one might expect, extremely taxing, and everyone is better off if the patient makes his or her own decision ahead of time rather than leaving it to a third party. In a powerful Time Magazine article, Joe Klein recounts his difficult experience making these decisions for his own parents.

As he writes, “I spent the next five months as a death panel for both my mother and my father.” He later writes he was “extremely fortunate” to transfer his ailing parents to a health care provider that was much more willing to candidly discuss death.

Coming up with an advanced directive also helps to keep health care costs down. CBS News reports Medicare spent $50 billion in 2009 on doctors and hospitals over the last two months of patients’ lives. The kicker? “20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact.”

Over the course of one year, Medicare alone spent as much as $15 billion of treatment had no positive effect on patients’ quality of life. This is a prime example of wasteful spending that, in today’s age of fashionable austerity, needs to be eliminated. A significant portion of this spending could be eliminated if people were only kept alive as long as they wished to be.

It might seem that doing anything less than everything to extend a person’s life would be unethical. However, if the person doesn’t want to be kept alive though extraordinary measures only to suffer for longer, their wish should be honored. This can only be accomplished through people having candid discussions with their families and doctors. The fact that local health care providers are starting to encourage these discussions is good news for all Madisonians.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Kramer’s affirmative action view ignorant To the editor: I would like to address Justin Kramer’s article titled “Affirmative Action Enrollment Policies Reinforce Racism”. Wow. His grasp on the issue of race is that of a child attempting to grab mercury with a open hand.

Kramer wishes to live in a surreal, color-blind society that utterly ignores the history of race in our country as well as white privilege.

When he refers to affirmative action as “a backwardsthinking, racist governmental program,” I would hope he uses stronger language for the institutions of slavery and segregation. Furthermore, his diatribe ignores the positive effects on gender equality in university admissions that has been the result of affirmative action. Please take the time to look around and educate yourself.

I assume the nuclear engineering department is full of a diverse range of professors and students.

There clearly isn’t an academic disparity between races in the Madison and Milwaukee school districts

(read: sarcasm). Simply put, we can only achieve the postracial society Kramer dreams of if disadvantaged races first find equal opportunities as the privileged majorities.

Lastly, I’d like to turn to the background of the two presidential candidates in this upcoming election.

Hidden in the now infamous 47 percent video, “Mittens” Romney further espouses his views on the Black and Latino voters. He jokes this election would be a whole lot easier for him if he was Mitt Rodriguez. To his credit, I understand how hard it is for a white male born into wealth to comprehend racial issues.

Since Kramer supports self-made individuals who pull themselves up by their bootstraps, gain admission on the worth of their academic success and go on to achieve greater success, I would like to express my appreciation for his implicit vote of confidence in President Barack Obama.

Chris Hoffman (cmhoffman3@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in political science.

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Group built on thrill of the chase

UW’s Humans vs. Zombies chapter uses terror to relieve stress, encourage exercise Sarah Witman ArtsEtc. Editor Emeritus Gaping eyes, outstretched arms and bloodless skin all characterize the most popular image of the living dead. On the University of Wisconsin’s campus, though, all one needs is an orange bandana to hunger for the taste of human brains. Their paranoid victims — other bandana-clad students — are reduced to the basest of survival instincts when walking from class to class.

The UW-Madison Humans vs.

Zombies chapter, or HvZ, has more than 1,300 student members on its Facebook group — an impressive feat, considering the Associated Students of Photo courtesy of UW-Madison’s Humans vs. Zombies Madison barely scrapes Participants in a round of Humans vs. Zombies run for their lives in an 500. About 200 members attack outside The Red Gym. The next round of mayhem will start next week. are signed up for the event starting next week, where humans will be found fleeing zombies all over campus.

The Madison chapter hosts one round of the battle per semester, which over the years has proved often enough for both zombies and surviving humans to get their fill of the game. The round lasts one week, and within that week the group’s mediators plan several missions that run parallel to an ongoing storyline about the undead. This semester, planned minigames played on weekends will be a new addition to the usual structure.

“There’s an extreme satisfaction when you actually complete a mission,” Tom Zimonick, one of four student mediators this semester, said. “In a video game when you beat a game, it’s

cool, but in HvZ it’s like I actually did something that’s going to impact me.”

Another mediator, Patryk Schmeling, similarly contrasts HvZ to non-physical games, saying, “The thrill of being a zombie and tagging someone is extremely rewarding, because it doesn’t happen that often.

You actually went out and it was all on you, like everything that you have done is what you have made of it. Whereas a video game, yes it’s you, but it’s you just inputting on a controller.”

To say the least, having the opportunity to live out the hair-raising dynamic of films like “Night of the Living Dead” and “Zombieland” is an infectious concept.

The game started on the East Coast in 2005, and spread virally by word of mouth and the internet — according to humansvszombies.org, today, more than 650 colleges have a version of the game. The Madison Chapter began three years ago. Senior Abby Schuh participated in the firstever UW round, and has been a prominent figure in the game ever since.

“My good friends were the people who formed the game, so I was in the first round. I’m a really active person and it sounded like it would be a good time,” Schuh said.

Her freshman year, Abby tagged 16 people in one day: such a feat that the structure of the game needed to be reworked that semester.

Since then, Abby has been hit by two cars, but sustained no lasting injuries. Although chasing players near traffic is

highly discouraged in the rules of the game, she shares this information with a slight sense of pride.

“I have jumped out of trees onto people and hid in garbage cans to tag people,” she said. “I climb things and freak people out.”

She’s been dubbed many names, the most recent of which is Zombie Queen.

She is always one of the few players who starts out as a zombie, not a human, and has been immortalized within the game’s storyline.

“It’s a cool way to get people out and running around,” she said, emphasizing the sometimes-overlooked fitness aspect to HvZ, “and it’s a great way to meet people. In the 900 people that have probably come through and played in the past three years, there hasn’t been a person that I’ve not liked. It’s a really fun group.”

Schuh says that while she is strapped for time, she makes time for HvZ mainly for the social and cardio aspects. “We encourage people to be active; we like to see people run,” confirmed mediator Nat Olson.

Plus, there’s nothing more exhilarating and heart-pumping than being scared out of your mind.

“It starts instilling, especially as humans, this paranoia where whenever you leave a building you are frightened of … running into a zombie,” mediator Patryk Schmeling described.

Mediator Alex Turek explained he thinks the activity is more of a way to relieve students’ stress than to cause to — and it hardly overtaxes their

already-constrained time.

Like the faux-Quidditch teams that sprung up on university campuses in the wake of the Harry Potter book and movie series, Humans vs. Zombies is a way to release anxieties of real life by living out a cult fantasy.

“Don’t get the idea it’s a stressful game,” Turek clarified. “These kids, for an entire semester, all they do is study and research and they are just stressed out. HvZ, I think, gets a common misconception: It’s not just kids playing games. It’s college kids who are just trying to get relief for one week from hard studying. And honestly it is the best relief; you get the chance to get out and be active, and be social. That’s the ultimate goal of our game.”

The first mission of this semester’s round begins Tuesday in the Humanities courtyard at 7 p.m. The courtyard is a safe zone until the mission begins, and zombies have been instructed to stay away.

The “Humans Vs. Zombies (Madison Chapter)” Facebook group contains information for joining the infection, but first and foremost is their #1 Rule: Don’t be a douche bag.

This involves things like stalking, not wearing the bandana at all times, interfering with nonplayers’ daily lives or painting a nerf gun to look more realistic. The police are filled in at the start of each round, and are okay with the game taking place, but would take action against a player bringing a real-looking gun into campus.

So check out the rules, grab a bandana, and get playing.

Dillion Francis ready to get Madison moombing Moombahton DJ to bring personality to the Majestic on his first headlining tour Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Editor For the untrained or simply uninterested ear, all electronic music has a tendency to sound the same, with Avicii happily chilling in the same boat as Skrillex and Steve Aoki. For those who use “electronic music” not as an umbrella term but as the only term, words like electro house, pys-trance or cybergrind are simply meaningless. Cue Dillon Francis to change all that.

The 24-year-old DJ is a proud spinner of moombahton, a genre of slowed-down house music with reggaeton beats. If the genre’s name doesn’t sound familiar, the sound might, as everyone from Knife Party to Nero has a moombahton track or two. What Knife Party and Nero don’t have, however, is Dillon Francis’ commitment to the genre.

“I’m still a moombahton artist,” he said when we caught up with him to chat about his upcoming Majestic show. “I definitely think my music is still moombahton, but it’s funny, I know a lot of people get pissed off at me because some of the stuff I’ve

been making now has a lot of sounds that have been taken from dubstep or from electro house, and they don’t think it’s moombahton,” he said.

“But I really think it still is, because it’s such a new genre it doesn’t really have any boundaries.”

A visit to Dillon’s Twitter page or official Tumblr indicates that “boundaries” may not be a term he is familiar with, but his flippancy has played out well in his music. With just a handful of EPs and singles, the DJ has remixed everything from Robyn’s “Dancehall Queen” to Flux Pavilion’s “Daydreamer” and created such varied tracks as his straight moombahton track “Masta Blasta” to the upbeat “I.D.G.A.F.O.S.,” it seems there’s no direction the L.A.-based DJ won’t venture.

Except maybe hipster music.

Yet. “I’m pretty hipstery when it comes to listening to music on my own,” he admitted. “I listen to a lot of really mellow music, like Washed Out or Neon Indian or The Snits.”

When asked if he would ever incorporate those hipstery elements into his music, “I’ve tried to, but I haven’t been successful at it yet,” was the reply.

While no Washed Out collabs are on the horizon, we can expect two more EPs out this year, one on Diplo’s Mad Decent label and one on Skrillex’s OWSLA. As to how

he came to be signed on Mad Decent, he treated us to the full story: “I just harassed Diplo as much as possible until he started listening to my music,” he said with a laugh. There was slightly more to the story than that.

“My old manager had sent Diplo one of my songs, ‘Masta Blasta,’ and when he heard it, he sent a message to my manager saying he liked it,” he said. “Right when I heard that he liked it I went on Twitter and I tweeted at him, ‘Hey, I heard that you liked the song,’ and then he started following me and he asked where I lived. When I told him L.A., he said, ‘Come by the studio right now, I’m just watching the Phillies game,’ so I went to the studio and hung out with him and watched the game and talked about music, and we wound up making a song.”

The song led to an EP, which led to other EPs, festival appearances around the world and his first headlining tour, which will stop in Madison tonight.

Despite the fact that all of this happened in roughly a year, and that record labels and music mags alike are calling him a DJ to watch, Dillon remains humble.

“I don’t think I’m huge right now; I think I’m doing well,” he said. “Hopefully after my song comes out with Calvin Harris, I will be huge and I’ll be able to play

Photo courtesy of Mad Decent records

L.A.-based DJ Dillon Francis will bring his unique blend of electo, dubstep and reggaeton to Madison fans tonight. stadiums like Skrillex, but until then, I can’t.”

The Calvin Harris collab will be released on the Scottish DJ’s upcoming album 18 Months, and while Dillon was half-joking with his Skrillex comment, he does admire his OWSLA boss.

“I would love to have a huge fan base like Skrillex’s,” he said. “His fan base is so massive he can play everywhere around the world and have huge crowds. I think that’s what every person strives for.”

The Madison show won’t be drawing Skrillex-

sized crowds, but Dillon is pledging to make it a show to remember.

“I have to give this tour everything, because these people are like my die-hard fans, they’re all coming to see me,” he said. “The fact it’s my headlining show, I want to make it that much more special for whoever actually knows my music right now and wants to come out and support me.”

As for what the show has in store, we were promised air horns, signed picture of Avicii and rice. But on a more serious note, when asked if

he had anything to say to Madison fans, this was the reply: “I love them. I love them all, and I can’t wait to play all my new music for them, and take pictures with them and high-five them.”

To be one of those lucky enough to slap this on the brink of huge DJ’s hand, The Majestic is the place to make that happen.

Dillon Francis will play at The Majestic tonight at 9 p.m. with Flosstradamus. Tickets are $27 at the door. For more information visit majesticmadison.com

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The Badger Herald | Classifieds | Wednesday, September 26, 2012

ASO to attempting to pee with an erection.

It’s hard.

HSO to Bucky. I think it’s on almost every ladies bucket list to fuck you before leaving college. You’re quite the lucky man.

ASO to the car that drove by me near memorial union and threw chocolate syrup at me.

Its all over my coat, backpack, and in my hair. Why would you do that?

ASO to starting a new roll of toilet in a public restroom. I can never find the beginning, and it’s always so hard to rip in a

random place!

SO to the drunk guy on Park street who shoved a bouquet of flowers at me.

SO to the chick enjoying a pitcher and fries by herself at the union on this fine Tuesday afternoon.

LOLSO to the replacement refs; your epic failure is sure to earn me a raise in the future.

ASO to centipedes. What are you doing with all those legs?

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Dreams fulfilled for pair of Wisconsin swimmers Graduate Wanland, senior Weiss each earn roster spot on U.S. national team Shannon Wallin Sports Writer Just when they thought the end was near, former Badger swimmers Ashley Wanland and senior Michael Weiss held on to their dreams and turned them into a reality. Earlier this month, USA Swimming added them to the 2012-13 United States national team roster.

After graduating this spring, Wanland thought she had seen the last of her competitive swimming days.

For 15 years, it was most of what she knew and nearly all she did.

Reflecting on the past two months, Wanland admitted

she experienced a wide range of emotions. As she geared up to accomplish two huge milestones — becoming a Wisconsin alumnus and swimming at the U.S. Olympic Trials — it was difficult to imagine what life would be like if she was to hang it up.

“Not only do I love to race, I also love being surrounded by such a hardworking and talented group of men and women,” Wanland said.

“After I was told I made the U.S. national team, I was extremely happy because I thought the swimming door that was once closed was open again.”

Wanland finished her senior campaign with infectious effort and some of the strongest finishes of her career.

She is currently ranked 16th in the world in the 100-meter breaststroke, timing in at 59.17 seconds

at the 2012 Big Ten Championships, her final collegiate race. Wanland also won the 200 medley with a time of 1:37.34 at the same event. The Long Grove, Ill., native earned All-American honorable mention honors after her performance in the 400 medley relay (3:34.78) at last year’s NCAA Championships.

Wanland called her parents and siblings her biggest fans and attributed her success to the passion she puts into her gift as well as the sacrifices her family has made as her swimming career has progressed.

“I feel proud that the hard work I put into the sport paid off,” she said. “Being a part of this Wisconsin team is a very special privilege. Hopefully this gives my teammates confidence that anyone through hard work and commitment can also make the national team.”

success.

“Before a race, I stretch out and get as relaxed and pumped up as possible,” Weiss said. “I never listen to music before I race because no song can get me as pumped up as [the] thousands of people cheering in the stands.”

Along with the growth in leadership and maturity he has gained while swimming for the Badgers, Weiss has broken two school records.

He finished third in the 400 IM and placed in the top 16 in the 200 breaststroke at last year’s NCAA Championships.

“It has been a goal of mine for many years to make the U.S. national team and is a dream come true now that it has finally happened,” Weiss said. “I grew up in a swimming family and I’ve been swimming my entire life. It is in my blood, and it’s what I do.”

Guiding the two Badger

Standing proudly alongside his former teammate Wanland, Weiss is a senior Wisconsin swimmer and All-American who has dominated the 400 individual medley. At the 2012 U.S. Open in Indianapolis, Weiss won the 400 IM, clocking in at 4:15.79.

But the win that secured him the 23rd fastest time in the world didn’t end his career day. It also played a key role in helping him land a spot on the U.S. roster and on the 2013 World University Games roster, set to begin in July 2013 in Kazan, Russia.

The 400 IM is a traditionally strong event for the United States, with swimming stars like Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte powering recent Olympic teams.

During his time at Wisconsin, Weiss has developed a deep focus, something to which he attributes much of his

swimmers to a spot on the national team is head coach Whitney Hite, who is heading into his second season at UW. After athletic director Barry Alvarez named Hite head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams in May 2011, he came prepared to catapult this program to a higher level of success.

Known for his intensity, Hite explained his approach in helping the Wisconsin swimming program continue to produce national teamlevel success.

“There is an expectation of personal excellence, whether it be in the pool or the classroom; we just want you to be the best you can be,” Hite said. “If you set a record, gain five points in a meet or have a 4.0 grade point average, it’s all about maximizing your potential.”

These two Badgers sure have.

Wisconsin sets sights on rivalry game against Marquette Undefeated, 10thranked Golden Eagles await men’s soccer in The Valley Nicole Sedivy Sports Writer It’s time for a little Interstate 94 rivalry.

The Wisconsin men’s soccer team looks to bounce back to its winning ways today, as the team travels just down the highway to take on No. 10/7 Marquette. The Badgers (2-3-3) aim to win their second road game of the year as they head to Valley Fields Wednesday night to take on the unbeaten Eagles.

The rivalry between the two teams proves to result in great matches year after year.

Just a season ago, the teams battled to a 1-1 draw after two

ERICKSON, from 14 Three and a half hours later, an insane Week 3 came to a close with one of the most controversial calls the league has probably ever faced.

As Russell Wilson heaved a Hail Mary toward the end zone, Packers safety M.D. Jennings and Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate fought for the ball. Two referees came in — one called it an interception, the other a touchdown. While announcers, players and fans alike made conjectures at the call — especially after a video replay seemed to confirm it was an interception — the refs came back to the field and announced a touchdown.

Due to a continued strike by the unionized NFL referees, replacement refs have caused frustration throughout the league in the first three weeks — mainly because they simply aren’t experienced enough to officiate at the professional level.

But while frustration and impatience have taken the league by storm — between players, coaches and fans — the 14-12 Monday night decision was one of the first times the replacement refs had ever decided a game.

First off, everyone needs to remember it was only Week 3 and that it was only a football game. If it were a playoff game, or a game that had an extreme impact on the playoff race, over-the-top outrage would be warranted.

But it wasn’t. It was only Week 3. And need I remind Packer fans that in 2010, Green Bay finished the regular season 10-6 en route to a Super Bowl Title. A 1-2 start is not something to freak out about — yet — especially given the tough schedule with which Green Bay started the season.

Instead of taking to the Internet and calling for both Roger Goodell’s head and the replacement refs’ lives — excuse the drama — fans have the power to evoke change in a largely more profound way.

Football fans can only hope the Monday night touchception will ignite the owners to reach a swift deal with the original league officials. But as the NFL continues to remain a healthy business venture week in and week out, there is no real pressure for the

overtimes at the McClimon Complex. In 2010, the Golden Eagles defeated the Badgers at Valley Fields by a final score of 1-0. On top of all that, the teams have competing childhood friends, which will ensure spirited competition for the match.

“I think we are ready. This is a big rivalry, a big game for us,” junior forward Nick Janus said. “I have a lot of friends on Marquette from my hometown — kids I played with in high school, and in club. I think our whole team is excited to play this game.”

In the Big Ten Conference opener against the Penn State, the Badgers’ offense struggled to find the back of the net in a 1-0 loss. Marquette’s defensive line, along with goalkeeper, Charlie Lyon, has posted five shutouts in eight games this season, making it Wisconsin’s second straight opponent with a reputable defense. But

owners to react promptly to the officials’ demands, even after such a fiasco.

That’s where fans come in.

As difficult as it may be, the best and most efficient way to make your frustration heard is to simply not watch football.

Don’t do it.

The NFL’s ratings haven’t slipped at all, even with the replacement refs. If the NFL starts to lose money, only then will it feel immediate pressure to make a change.

Instead of holing up in front of your TV all day Sunday, unsubscribe from the NFL Network, go outside and play a little football of your own. Go for a walk. Grill out.

Go check out all the classic fall activities you can — go to the apple orchard, pick some pumpkins, go get lost in that corn maze. Or if you must stay inside, watch a movie — a football one even (if you really need that fix).

This can even be taken one step further. Stop going to games. As part of a seasonticket holding family, this is an extremely difficult claim to make. But if the strike continues and calls similar to Monday night continue to take place, refusing to go to games or buy tickets may just be the way to go, to show owners and the NFL that fans aren’t happy.

Now boycotting games is certainly a drastic suggestion, which also affects the players — the very same players who are just as upset about the call and the officiating situation.

When Green Bay’s offensive lineman T.J. Lang sent out the most expensive tweet of his life, venting his frustration at the situation, he soon followed it up with a tweet asserting he didn’t care about getting fined and, if anything, the NFL should use that money to pay the “real” officials. Some Packers even suggested another players strike if the officiating situation continues.

Either way, once the owner’s start to feel the sting of losing a few bucks or a million, the impact of the fans’ and players’ outrage will finally be felt.

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the Badgers feel they can use their size to their advantage against the Golden Eagles.

“We have been trying to get out wide, and get services in. We have some big players that we can get in the box,” Janus said. “We are going to use set pieces a lot, and try to float some in to our big guys.”

Head coach John Trask is looking for his team to come out with a competitive fire.

Both teams have proven to be strong offensively and defensively, which to him seemingly indicates the potential for a close match.

“It’s going to be a battle royale tomorrow. I think our guys are up for the challenge, and I am sure their players feel they are up for the challenge,” Trask said. “I do not think it’s going to be a high-scoring affair unless we get some crazy weather between now and tomorrow night. I think it’s going to

be a tight defensive, tough battle between two very good teams.”

The Golden Eagles have started their season on a hot streak, recording the best start in program history with a perfect 8-0-0 record, giving them the second-longest regular season winning streak in the nation. Marquette has been outscoring its opponents by large margins, including a 5-0 victory over DePaul last Saturday.

The Badgers’ defense plays a vital role in the team’s ability to contend with high-scoring teams such as Marquette. The defense has been successful in the past few weeks in limiting the number of goals it allows.

“I think our experience has helped us,” junior defenseman Paul Yonga said. “Another thing I would say is our size.

We are big and strong in the back, so that has definitely

helped us out in the past year.”

With a solid and experienced back four, the defense is confident it is ready for Marquette’s highscoring offense. The unit’s preparation in practice has been very concentrated.

“We are working on the smaller things, working on our set pieces and making sure we are staying sharp in the back. We have done well the past few games to not give up a lot of goals,” Yonga said.

In addition to keeping a firm back line, the Wisconsin defense wants to play a supportive role for the offense in the final third of the field. The defense is looking to help the offense by penetrating Marquette’s 18yard box from the flanks.

“We have to give our forwards a little more help.

We have not had many opportunities in the past

games,” Yonga said. “I definitely think getting our outside backs, Trevor Wheeler, Jerry Maddi and Nick Janus up higher on the field will help us get scoring opportunities.”

The Badgers found success two weeks ago against Indiana University — Purdue University Indianapolis when freshman midfielder Anders Kristensen found the back of the net in the first six minutes of the game. Wisconsin defeated IUPUI 2-0 after an aggressive start to the game.

“The opportunity presented itself against IUPUI. Just like a good boxing match, it is two teams feeling each other out. I am sure Marquette would like to think they could jump on us tomorrow,” Trask said. “If we get the opportunity to score something early, great, but we are looking to try to win the game over 90 minutes.”

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Senior defender Kyle McCrudden has battled injuries throughout the beginning of the season, making two starts and three appearances for Wisconsin, logging 131 minutes. needs.

Now, in his fourth and final season at UW, he is one of only two seniors this season and was named one of three captains for the team — the only senior captain.

This comes despite many injury setbacks in the offseason and preseason this fall.

“We don’t vote on captains, but the guys have a lot of input with the coaching staff,” Trask said. “One thing they all believed — because Kyle has been through a couple

coaches here and seen a lot through his career — was he would be a good barometer for some of these younger players in terms of leadership off the field.”

After four years at UW, McCrudden has seen it all. Trask said he has become a mentor many of the younger players can go to for advice, whether it be about how to be a better player on the field or a better student off it.

“The biggest thing that he has shown me is how to be strong, how to

hold guys off,” freshman defender Adam Lauko said. “He has been a good senior captain and has really helped me adjust to the college game and to college in general.”

While his injury has slowed him down this season, the 6-foot-2, 175-pound McCrudden has still made two starts in three appearances this year, including one which came in a strong defensive showing against No.13 Georgetown that saw the team earn a valuable 1-1 draw.

Unlike the stereotypical college athlete that goes to school only to play a sport, McCrudden will graduate this spring with a hard-earned economics degree and already has aspiration of getting into business when his soccer playing days are over.

“At this point, I want to do something in the business world,” McCrudden said. “I think sales could be something that I could get into, but at this point, I just want to finish up the season and try to do the best we can.”

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going this week, but it was really windy so it wasn’t an easy place to play,” Stave joked. “None of [the high school road games] were super tough. No place with 90,000 people right on top of you. I don’t know, Greendale was kind of tough to play.”

The looseness Stave exhibits is contagious.

And while he appears eager and thrilled to have the chance to perform on national television, including a chance for a friend who lives in

Florida to watch him, Stave attributes a part of his ability to block out nerve and anxiety to his performance under the spotlight as a musician.

“It does kind of make you try to block out everybody else and just focus on what you’re doing, regardless of if you’re playing football or if you’re singing in front of people because that’s obviously something that is not super comfortable for me,” Stave said. “I mean, I feel a lot more

comfortable playing football than I do singing to a group.”

So the quarterback really feels more nervous about performing than he would, say, starting on the road in Nebraska?

“I’d say so,” Stave said.

Somebody mentions that there isn’t much of a chance of getting hit while playing the piano.

“That’s true,” Stave laughed. “But I mean, a voice crack or something in front of a lot of people would be pretty bad.”

Stadium, where a fanbase packs the seats that finds football more a religion than a sport.

The last time Stave was the starting quarterback in a road game? Try 2010, as a high school senior in Wisconsin leading Whitnall High School in a playoff game against top-seeded Franklin High School.

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THIS WEEK'S TOP GAMES No. 14 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State

No. 25 Baylor at No. 9 West Virginia

Sat., Sept. 29 • 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 29 • 11:00 a.m.

A heated rivalry renews as Buckeye QB Braxton Miller takes on a solid Spartain defense. However, MSU has issues in its pasing game and OSU needs to improve in tackling. This could either be a thrilling start to the Big 10 or a snooze.

In their first Big 12 conference game, the Mountaineers will host a powerful Baylor offense. But the Bears’ defense, ranking 116th in the nation, will need a drastic improvement if they want to keep a lid on WVU QB Geno Smith.

Wisconsin at No. 22 Nebraska Sat., Sept. 29• 7 p.m.

Wisconsin heads to Lincon to face a Nebraska team eager to avenge its loss at Camp Randall last year.

Both teams have struggled to find consistency, strumbling through nonconference play. Saturday will truly show each team’s potential.

NUMBER OF THE WEEK

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The number of points Notre Dame’s defense allowed in its past two games, both against Top 25 teams Michigan St. and Michigan. Neither team was able to score a TD against the strong Fighting Irish D-line and star linebacker Manti Te’o.

NATIONAL RANKINGS Associated Press Top 25 1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. LSU 4. Florida State 5. Georgia 6. S. Carolina 7. Kansas State 8. Stanford 9. West Virginia 10. Notre Dame 11. Florida 12. Texas 13. USC

14. Ohio State 15. TCU 16. Oklahoma 17. Clemson 18. Oregon State 19. Louisville 20. Michigan St. 21. Miss. State 22. Nebraska 23. Rutgers 24. Boise State 25. Baylor

PLAYER TO WATCH

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COACH OF THE WEEK Bill Snyder, Kansas State After an embarrassing loss at home last season to the Sooners, Kansas State returned the favor with a 24-19 upset victory in Norman.

Snyder and his Wildcats earned a 7-spot boost in the Top 25 rankings and are now the No. 7. team.

HEISMAN HOPEFULS 1. EJ Manuel, QB, FSU ‘12: 905 yards, 8 TDs 2. De’Anthony Thomas, RB/ Reciever, Oregon ‘12: 441 yards, 7 TD 3. Geno Smith, QB, WVU ‘12: 1072 yards, 12 TD 4. Le’Veon Bell, RB, Mich St. ‘12: 610 yards, 5 TD 5. Collin Klein, QB, Kansas St. ‘12: 758 yards, 5 TD

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SEC — Although Arkansas and Auburn are plummeting, four of the top-six ranked teams come from the SEC. Alabama continues to look untouchable and LSU is not far behind.

Big XII — Kansas State’s upset over Oklahoma shakes up the look of the Big 12.

Still, seven teams hold undefeated records, and the conference has only suffered five nonconference losses. Several teams have potential for BCS bowl appearances.

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ACC — A big win for the Seminoles. This is an ACC team that could go 12-0 this season. However, the rest of the conference does not hold much promise moving forward.

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Rankings splattered with surprises as lead dogs fall Caroline Sage Statistics Editor USC, Oklahoma, Michigan, Arkansas, Michigan State and our own Wisconsin Badgers. The list could go on and on of teams that have underperformed this season.

Some have just not played well and others have had their road to a national title game decimated by upset losses.

This story line of fallen teams has dominated our attention so far this college football season.

But there have been a few emerging surprises as well. Three teams that were given little or no attention in the preseason have broken into the ranks of the top 10.

Stanford, Kansas State and Notre Dame have surprised the nation with outstanding performances in the first four weeks of the season and deserve a closer look for bowl game potential.

The Fighting Irish are 4-0 for the first time since 2002. The traditional powerhouse is making a comeback to the spotlight with a No. 10 AP ranking entering Week 5. What is most impressive about this start is the caliber of teams Notre Dame has already beaten. After thumping Navy in their season opener 50-10, the Fighting Irish narrowly escaped Purdue with a last- second field goal, by far their shakiest performance.

The past two weeks have been a stomping on the state of Michigan, with Notre Dame beating No. 10 Michigan State on the road and handing No. 18 Michigan a 13-6 loss last weekend.

Defense is where Notre Dame shines. The Irish forced six turnovers against the Wolverines Saturday, including four interceptions of Denard Robinson.

The defensive line was a key contributor, but most impressive was Manti Te’o. The linebacker recorded eight tackles and two interceptions for the Fighting Irish, as his presence on the field continues to elevate the Irish defense to one of the best in the nation.

Offensively is where the questions

still remain. Although head coach Brian Kelly has repeatedly said there is no quarterback controversy in South Bend, the fact remains Notre Dame has two quarterbacks that are sharing time. Kelly was right to bench sophomore Everett Golson for the second half in favor of veteran Tommy Rees on Saturday.

While this back-and-forth game is working for the Irish at the moment, I have doubts it will continue to be successful down the road. Kelly needs to decide on who is his man in the next few weeks because the schedule does not get any easier and the team needs consistency to get itself through it.

Notre Dame has one of the toughest sets of opponents in college football this year. No. 16 Oklahoma, No. 13 USC and No. 8 Stanford are all teams the Irish will have to beat, with the Cardinal headed to South Bend in just three weeks. If the Irish can get past these teams and not stumble in other games along the way, they could very well find themselves in a BCS bowl game. I doubt this pretty of a season will happen, but it still remains a big surprise there is even a possibility.

Of all teams that could ruin things for Notre Dame, the most intriguing is Stanford. Graduating Andrew Luck left a key hole in the Cardinal offense entering the season. Junior quarterback Josh Nunes is no Luck, but if you can outplay USC quarterback Matt Barkley, you’re probably doing just fine.

Coming off a bye week, the Cardinal will head north to play the Washington Huskies Thursday night in what should be a great Pac12 matchup. I don’t think anyone gave this team a realistic shot at a bowl game this year without Luck, but with arguably its toughest game already a success story, why not?

The Pac-12 has suddenly turned into a heated conference battle fans should be eager to watch play out.

Other surprising conference battles? Look no further than the Kansas State Wildcats’ win over Oklahoma on the road.

Yes, a team that was given little respect going into the season with

no ranking knocked Oklahoma down. I honored head coach Bill Snyder with Coach of the Week, but as the season sits, I proclaim him Coach of the Year so far in this young season.

The Wildcats finished second in the Big 12 last year, returned 18 starters and yet were ranked sixth in the conference to start the season.

On a mission to prove their worth to the college football elite, they have done just that. The Wildcats slowly crept their way up the Top 25 rankings with solid performances against Missouri State, Miami (Fla.), North Texas and then struck hard with the upset over the Sooners on Saturday. Now suddenly they are the No. 7 team in the nation, causing many people to ask if this Wildcat team is the real deal.

Quarterback Collin Klein leads the KSU offense and has mustered up talk as a potential Heisman candidate if his performances can continue. He is backed by a defense that forced Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones to make mistakes all night long, including two turnovers that turned into Kansas State touchdowns. Sounds like the real deal to me.

With surprise and success being the theme, I must make a note about the Gophers. Hold your groans.

As a Minnesotan who grew up in a home that worships the Gophers, I can’t help but be pleased to see the program improving. Don’t get me wrong, I have happily traded family tradition and converted to the superior side, cheering twice as loudly when Minnesota comes to Camp Randall. Yet after going 3-9 in 2011, Minnesota brought the Big Ten down. Second-year coach Jerry Kill has started to turn things around with a 4-0 start to the season, and with the Big Ten lacking overall strength right now, the Gophers are looking in good shape to make a run in conference play.

However, the Gophers are going to do what Minnesota teams do best: Choke.

In a season boasting surprisingly competitive teams, that should still prove to be a given.

QUICK HITS BCS commissioners target just six sites for first playoff final

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28 months away from the first national title game under the new four-team playoff system, BCS commissioners limited the potential sites to six current bowl cities in order to expedite the process. The four current BCS bowl sites, in Glendale, Ariz., Pasadena, Calif., New Orleans and Miami, along with Arlington, Texas, (Cotton) and Atlanta (Chick-fil-A) will have the opporunity in 2015. The plan still will accept open bids for subsequent seasons.

Notre Dame puts rivalry with Michigan on hold

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The two teams have played nearly every year since 1978, but Notre Dame’s pledge to play five games against ACC opponents meant having to opt out of the rivalry. The Fighting Irish bailed on the agreement that extends to 2031 for three years, starting after the 2014 season. A break was scheduled for 2018-19, but the fate of this rivalry and history beyond 2019 are unknown.

Conf.

1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Overall 4-0 2-0 4-0 2-2 1-2 1-3 2-2 2-2

BIG TEN

Associated Press

Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly chose Tommy Rees to replace Everett Golson last Saturday, but there remains a quarterback controversy in South Bend.

Pac 12 — Most impressive about the Pac-12 is its depth.

Losses from USC, Arizona and UCLA have all been in-conference.

Unbeaten No. 2 Oregon and No. 8 Stanford moved up in the rankings this week.

4.

Team Miami Va. Tech Ga. Tech Duke UNC Virginia Team Rutgers Cinc.

Louisville UConn Temple Syracuse Pittsburgh S. Florida

3.

Big 10 — After an allaround unimpressive start to the season, Week 5 will bring the start of conference play to the Big 10 teams. Minnesota and Northwestern should see their perfect records broken, but in this season, anything is possible.

Conf.

2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

BIG EAST

EJ Manuel, QB, Florida State

The pair of freshman running backs has teamed up to have a major impact for the Georgia offense. Gurley ran for 130 yards, his third straight 100-yard game, and scored two TDs. Marshall tallied two of his own touchdowns and averaged more than 8 yards per carry Saturday.

Team FSU WF NC State Maryland Clemson BC

Coastal

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall, RBs, Georgia

14. TCU 15. Oklahoma 16. Clemson 17. Louisville 18. Michigan St. 19. Miss. State 20. Nebraska 21. Oregon State 22. Oklahoma St. 23. Wisconsin 24. Baylor 25. Rutgers 25. Virginia Tech

Atlantic

After dropping Idaho State 73-7, Martinez will be both confident and motivated heading into the upcoming game against the Badgers. Martinez looks much more consistent this year than his freshman season, with a 71 percent completion rate, compared to 51 percent at this time last season.

FRESHMAN FOCUS

1. Alabama 2. Oregon 3. LSU 4. Florida State 5. Georgia 6. S. Carolina 7. West Virginia 8. Kansas State 9. Stanford 10. Texas 11. Notre Dame 12. Florida 13. USC

STANDINGS

Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska

In a big win over ACC rival Clemson, Manuel brought his team back from a 14-point deficit to beat the Tigers 49-31.

A season high 380 yards and two touchdown passes highlighted his day. If this type of performance continues, Manuel could very well be a Heisman finalist.

USA Today Top 25

Leaders Team Ohio St. Wisconsin Indiana Purdue Illinois Penn St.

Conf.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Team Minnesota NU Mich. St. Nebraska Iowa Michigan

Conf.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Overall 4-0 3-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 2-2

Legends Overall 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-2 2-2

PAC-12 North Team Oregon Stanford Oregon St Wash.

Wash. St. California

Conf.

1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Team AZ St. Colorado USC Arizona UCLA Utah

Conf.

1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-1

Overall 4-0 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-2 1-3

South Overall 3-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-2

BIG XII Team TCU Kansas St. Baylor Iowa St. Texas TTU WVU OK State Oklahoma Kansas

Conf.

1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Overall 3-0 4-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-3

SEC East Team Florida Georgia S. Carolina Tenn.

Kentucky Missouri Vandy

Conf.

3-0 2-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2

Team Alabama LSU Miss. St. Ole Miss A&M Arkansas Auburn

Conf.

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1

Overall 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 1-3 2-2 1-3

West Overall 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-1 1-3 1-3

2012 STAT LEADERS Quarterback Rating 1. Casey Pachall, TCU 2. Geno Smith, WVU 3. David Ash, Texas 4. AJ McCarron, Alabama 5. Colby Cameron, La. Tech

209.5 191.2 190.5 188.6 184.7

Rushing Yards 1. Stefphon Jefferson, Nevada 2. Le’Veon Bell, Michigan St. 3. Johnathan Franklin, UCLA 4. Robbie Rouse, Fresno St. 5. Jawan Jamison, Rutgers

699 610 586 517 491

Receiving Yards 1. Austin Frankln, NMSU 2. Marquise Lee, USC 3. Jaime Wilson, W. Michigan 4. Cobi Hamilton, Arkansas 5. Michael Campanaro, WF

522 457 430 429 421

Sacks 1. Travis Long, Wash. St. 2. Bjoern Werner, FSU 3. Travis Johnson, SJSU 4. Damontre Moore, A&M 5. Stephon Tuitt, Notre

6.5 6.5 6.0 6.0 6.0

Sports Editor Ian McCue sports@badgerherald.com

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UW’s Stave no stranger to spotlight Going into first road start, Wisconsin’s quarterback ready for challenge ahead Nick Korger Sports Content Editor

Jen Small The Badger Herald

Redshirt freshman Joel Stave was impressive in his first start against UTEP Saturday, completing 12 passes for 210 yards and a touchdown.

Joel Stave knows about being in pressure-filled situations.

Last April, the Badgers’ redshirt freshman took the stage in front of a large audience at the 2012 “Buckinghams,” a formal event that showcases student-athletes’ talents off the field and honors success academically and athletically.

Playing and singing a rousing rendition of Train’s “Drops of Jupiter” on the piano, Stave showed the cool and collectedness any student who was ever forced into taking piano lessons by their parents knows is necessary takes to succeed at a recital.

In fact, it’s that same confidence Stave has transitioned to the huddle that has impressed center Travis Frederick.

“He’s the same player no matter what the atmosphere or what the tension,” Frederick said.

“If it’s third and long or first and ten or you’re losing by three or you need a touchdown, they just scored, he’s the same guy.

He always just comes to the huddle, he’s very calm, he calls the play and goes and

plays.”

Offensive coordinator Matt Canada has taken note as well.

“He’s been pretty steady to be honest,” Canada said.

“He’s a guy that has some pretty good poise about him. If you want to play you got to be that guy.”

So maybe it comes as no surprise Stave has already eased his way into the starting role at quarterback for the Badgers. Replacing embattled redshirt junior Danny O’Brien in the second half against Utah State less than two weeks ago, Stave has been a sound gamemanager under center so far for a Wisconsin team in desperate need of consistency on offense.

Stave is quick to point out he’s benefited from Frederick’s experience in the trenches, as the redshirt junior center helps point out blitz pickups and looks the quarterback doesn’t initially recognize.

“That helps out a ton, him making calls and stuff,” Stave said. “If it’s something that I’m not completely sure on, if he makes the call, I can trust in what he’s doing and once he makes it I can see what he’s thinking. He’s really smart, knows what he’s doing and I have a lot of faith in him.”

And although Badger fans may have found renewed faith in Stave in the starting role after his performance against UTEP — 12-of-17 for

210 yards passing and a touchdown — the goldenhaired quarterback will face his first true test this Saturday night on the road at Nebraska.

But Stave gained experience last season traveling with the team and watching former UW quarterback Russell Wilson play in the tough environments of East Lansing, Mich., and Columbus, Ohio, in primetime matchups and how he kept composed under such straining conditions.

“That really helped, just seeing how Russell responded and stay[ed] composed,” Stave said.

“Seeing him out there, it looks like a lot of fun.

Obviously it doesn’t look easy with all the crowd noise and everything, but you just have to block that out and stay focused.”

One way Wisconsin prepares itself for road tests is by practicing with the Camp Randall speakers blaring crowd noise, deafening the players to stimulate hostile environments. The noise was already audible Tuesday, as the college football mecca echoed loud cheers and screams. Stave knows as a quarterback he’ll have to be louder and make an emphasis on communication.

Yet Wisconsin, and Stave, has never played a game at Nebraska’s Memorial

STAVE, page 11

Boycotting NFL Lone senior leads Badger squad may be necessary Nick Daniels

Men’s Soccer Writer

Kelly Erickson Erickson the Red I was sitting in my living room, enveloped in the large forest green cushions of my couch, when Antonio Freeman made “The Catch.”

It was Nov. 6, 2000. I was only 9 years old — a wee little fourth-grader — yet I remember that catch as if I were a wide receiver, feeling the ball bounce on me, reaching out for it and streaking toward the end zone, glancing at the defensive back who already started celebrating the turn of

possession.

Just over a year later, sitting in that same living room, I watched a blizzard. It was the 2001 AFC divisional playoff game — what eventually would be known as the “Tuck Rule Game.” Between the snowflakes, the game was barely discernible, but then Charles Woodson sacked Tom Brady, causing the quarterback to fumble the ball. The gravity of what I just witnessed didn’t set in until years later.

I’ve watched football every Sunday, Monday and (now) Thursday since my memory could function. So I didn’t think anything of it when I watched the SeahawksPackers game Monday night.

Rather, I was ready to enjoy what should be a fun game.

ERICKSON, page 11

For senior defender Kyle McCrudden, soccer has always been a way of life.

From a young age, McCrudden seemed destined to go far in the sport. After all, growing up he certainly had the classic story.

Kyle’s father, Dan McCrudden, was a collegiate soccer player for Rhode Island in the ‘70s. In four years playing for Rhode Island, Dan was a team leader each year; earning Third Team AllAmerica honors his senior year in 1977. In 1998, 21 years after his illustrious collegiate career, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Soccer Hall of Fame.

So when Kyle became old enough to play sports, he didn’t have to go far

to find a coach. In fact, during a portion of his youth soccer days, he lived with his coach.

“He was a critic, but also he was my biggest fan,” Kyle said.

“I remember when I was really young, he coached our 3v3 soccer team, and so he kind of taught me how to defend. All my friends and I still joke about how he was our coach, and we did so well back then.”

When it came time for McCrudden to move on to high school, he began to focus more exclusively on soccer. The decision was worth it, as he helped lead his Illinois high school, New Trier, to two state championships in 2006 and 2008. In his senior year he would go on to earn numerous accolades, including 2008 Illinois State Player of the Year, 2008 NSCAA All-American and 2008

NSCAA All-Midwest Region team honors.

Although he now plays defense for the Badgers, McCrudden was primarily a goal scorer in high school, scoring 42 goals in three years of varsity competition.

“I was actually more of a center midfielder or forward in high school, surprisingly. No one would think that nowadays,” McCrudden said. “I have to give credit to my teammates back then, a few of my buddies play at Northwestern and a few other places around there, so we really had a good team.”

Since joining the UW men’s soccer team in 2009, McCrudden has had to go through some difficult changes that would have been enough to make many other players want to quit. In addition to moving to a new position in the

defense, he also had to adjust from being one of the stars in high school to being a substitute for the Badgers. Just one year after scoring 22 goals his senior season, McCrudden only played a total of 36 minutes during his freshman campaign at UW. But over time, McCrudden matured and developed into one of head coach John Trask’s most reliable players. He went on to play in all 19 games for the Badgers in 2010 and 17 games in 2011.

Even though McCrudden would never develop into one of the stars of the team, his consistent play and good attitude have made him one of the key bread and butter players for Wisconsin — something every successful team

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