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Plea deal for Walker aid revealed Polo Rocha Legislative Affairs Editor A judge will decide at 1:30 p.m. today whether to accept a plea agreement released Wednesday for Kelly Rindfleisch, a former top staffer of Gov. Scott Walker accused of allegedly raising campaign funds on state time.

Milwaukee Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf sent a letter to Rindfleisch’s lawyer outlining the conditions of the plea deal.

Rindfleisch would plead guilty to one count of Misconduct in Public Office, which is a class I felony. She has been charged with four counts

for allegedly raising campaign funds for Lt. Gov. candidate Brett Davis, who now directs the state’s Medicaid program, while working in the Milwaukee County office.

During sentencing, Landgraf will tell the judge Rindfleisch should be on probation and serve

some time in jail, although the letter noted it would be the court’s decision.

She will be allowed to argue for the outcome she prefers.

This would be a “full and final settlement” of the charges against her as well as any other illegal campaign fundraising she might have done between

THREAT ASSESSMENT UW team born post-Virginia Tech shooting reevaluates plans following summer’s events Sam Schmitt Contributor Unbeknownst to most students, a team of staff members exists that is dedicated to ensuring the safety of the University of Wisconsin’s student population through observations and intervention.

Originating in September 2007 in wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech, the Threat Assessment Response Team addresses dangers to the safety of campus.

In an interview last May with The Badger Herald, Kevin Helmkamp, associate dean of students and co-chair on the Threat Assessment Response Team, explained the responsibilities and implications of the committee.

“When information comes our way indicating that someone may pose a threat to other people, we assess

that from the perspective of what’s the behavior and [determine if] something is a threat or not. Then we develop a response in those situations where we have any degree of concern,” Helmkamp said.

Once a subject is brought to the team’s attention, part of the committee — usually Helmkamp and his co-chair — analyzes the student’s behavior, looking for indicators of concern before calling the committee together to evaluate the thoroughness of its approach.

With more concerns identified, it is more likely that the team would intervene in some manner.

These indicators revolve around a person’s behavior with increased attention paid to reports of concern from several sources, especially ones that include talk of very specific and doable plans.

“If somebody says ‘I’m going to stab you,’ and we know they have access to knives, that’s a greater

[immediate] concern than somebody who says I’m going to build a missile and target your home town,” Helmkamp said, referencing a case where a student talked about building an ICBM missile so he could destroy all of Wisconsin.

Some other indicators could also include an individual dehumanizing others, such as talking of people as if they are pigs or dogs, discussing killing someone in a distinct manner or behaving in a way that seems to indicate the person is rehearsing threatening actions in their mind.

“So somebody that is constantly talking about hurting other people and then says ‘Oh it’s just a joke,’ we don’t buy the joke,” Helmkamp said.

Although gathering information is the first step in the process, the threat assessment team does not have a fixed course of action; each case varies in how it is handled.

“Threat assessment is really about being proactive,” Helmkamp said. “Let’s intervene with that student, staff or student visitor before it gets to the point where somebody did hurt somebody else.”

The initial information regarding threatening behavior comes from a variety of sources with reports from classrooms, residence halls, apartments, UWPD or even Facebook reaching committee members’ desks.

“We have to rely more on people stepping forward and engaging with us rather than knowing every member of the student population,” Helmkamp said, comparing UW to smaller schools.

One of the reasons many students may not have heard of the assessment team before is in part because it is nearly impossible to quantify its success since its goal is preventing situations from happening.

April 1, 2010 and July 15, 2010, the time period the letter noted was when she stopped doing the work in question.

This case is part of a larger and ongoing John Doe investigation that has already led to charges against a few former Walker staffers. Walker has repeatedly insisted he

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UW students get creative and participate in a crafts competition at the Memorial Union Wednesday night.

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A liberal advocacy group in Wisconsin accused Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, of breaking the law by using funds from his congressional campaign to advance his run for vice president in a letter sent to the Federal Election Commission this week.

On Wednesday, One Wisconsin Now sent the FEC a letter alleging that Ryan’s congressional race advertisements do not focus on his reelection. The letter said the ads in question are instead aimed at helping his race as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s running mate.

Wisconsin law allows Ryan to run for reelection for his congressional seat while also running for his vice presidential seat.

Although he is running two separate races, FEC law says his campaign funds cannot be transferred from one campaign to the other, the letter noted.

“The Paul Ryan for Congress campaign is clearly utilizing congressional candidate committee funds to advance the presidential campaign effort in violation of federal election laws and FEC guidelines,” the letter said.

The letter also said Ryan

Campus Life Editor University of Wisconsin University Health Services is looking to expand its student services with a new after-hours nurse line that would allow students 24-7 access to medical advice on a wide range of health issues.

UHS Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said with the after-hours line, the office hopes to help students with health questions and issues that arise at times when the UHS office is closed.

She added UHS hopes to

be able to provide students with access to medical advice 24 hours a day and seven days a week via a phone line.

“As healthcare providers, this is what we really should be doing,” Orman said.

Orman said UHS recommended the nurse line proposal to the Health Care Advisory Committee, which agreed there was a need on campus for such a service.

UHS reached out to Team Health, a company unaffiliated with UW, to staff the after-hours line with high-quality nurses.

Orman said UHS staff members are required to either be paid for working on-call service hours, or they must have a certain amount of time off during the week. Upon researching the situation, Orman said UHS found it cheaper and more efficient to staff the after-hours line with an outside company rather than with UHS staff.

UHS Clinical Nurse Manager Cheryle Sickles said one of the many reasons UHS wanted to introduce an after-hours line with greater coverage was because staff members knew having only their

own staff positions on call limited services to students.

With the after-hours line, Sickles said UHS now provides expanded services for students for a longer period of time during the week.

“A lot of students stay up later than 9 p.m., and their lives don’t start winding down until later,” she said.

Sickles said UHS expects to help students decide if they need to be seen immediately in the emergency room or if their symptoms are less serious and can be dealt with at home.

The after-hours line will

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has no reason to believe he is the primary target of the investigation.

Walker was set on the court schedule to testify in Rindfleisch’s case on Tuesday.

The letter said a condition of her plea deal holds that she must

provide on-call services 24 hours a day and seven days a week any time the UHS office is closed, including nights, weekends and holidays, Orman said.

A previous on-call program utilized by UHS did not meet students’ needs after 9 p.m. during the week and had limited hours on the weekend as well, according to Orman.

“Things come up and we want students to have access to good information and medical advice when they need it,” Orman said.

Orman said some

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Fried sweets from a food cart Discover the new Fried and Fabulous, serving fresh-made snacks to the bar time crowd.

ARTS | 5

The best hair on campus goes to...

Senior writer Kelly Erickson previews the upcoming men’s hockey season and their unkept hair

SPORTS | 8

Pop culture sends wrong message Lyrics in “Love the Way you Lie” by Eminem and Rihanna are not critical of domestic and dating violence.

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City, UWPD host student safety forum Police officers field questions, address campus violence with implementation of new street cameras Dana Bossen Reporter University of Wisconsin’s student government hosted a Campus Safety Forum Wednesday night with representatives from local police departments and city officials in order to address student concerns with crime and safety on campus.

Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee hosted members

of the UW Police Department and Madison Police Department, who answered questions concerning student safety across campus.

Students addressed issues of how to stay safe on campus and asked the panel about the plans for new security cameras to be placed near the university.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said city officials proposed an amendment to add $100,000 to the city budget

in order to double the number of city cameras trained on public streets and sidewalks in the downtown area.

According to Verveer, the majority of these cameras would be placed on State Street and University Avenue. He said these cameras would allow police departments to use video evidence when investigating and making arrests for serious crimes in the downtown area.

Verveer said the success of these cameras could be seen in the aftermath of the shooting in front of Johnny O’s last spring. Because of video surveillance, suspects were identified, arrested and charged, he said.

MPD Lt. Kristen Roman said cameras will be placed in areas known to see higher instances of crime and also in areas that maybe are not as well lit or well protected as they could be.

Still, UWPD Officer Michael Eckhardt urged students should walk in groups late at night, use well-lit walkways and always be aware of their surroundings, adding that victims are often alone in

UHS, from 1 common questions students can expect help with via the new line range from injuries and illnesses to even urinary tract infections.

Regarding injuries, Orman said students who are injured and are unsure of the seriousness of their injury can contact

should utilize the SAFE nighttime services available to students such as SafeWalk and SafeBus services.

In an effort to spread the word about campus safety, UWPD Lt. Mark Silbernagel said police

are working to keep new students informed through speakers at SOAR and campus-wide emails.

Police officers have also been assigned to specific residence halls on campus, Silbernagel said.

Eckhardt added UWPD is also working with student groups on campus and using social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to keep people informed.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said UWPD’s use of Twitter has significantly helped keep campus informed of crimes and potential dangers.

“The messaging between the police department and the student body, it’s really one of the quintessential things that makes this university very unique,” Resnick said.

Roman also confirmed the campus-wide efforts made by the city police work closely to keep students informed and safe.

UWPD, MPD and city alders encouraged students to keep providing feedback on their safety concerns.

on-call nurses on the line to determine whether a trip to the emergency room or other urgent care facility is necessary.

Sickles said the organization understands student life is geared around academics. She added that students who are away from home for the first time may not be sure how to take care of

symptoms that arise.

Orman also said UHS provides mental health coverage at all hours of the day, seven days a week.

“We’ve always provided mental health coverage,” Orman said. “Part of the idea was that we could provide medical or mental health questions all of the time.”

the dark.

“We have seen in terms of the students that have been victimized on or near campus that a lot of times it is late at night, and there are alcohol or drugs involved, and these attacks happen while victims are by themselves,” Eckhardt said.

In addition, Eckhardt suggested students walking home alone

“The messaging between the police department and the student body, it’s really one of the quintessential things that makes this university very unique.”

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UW THREAT, from 1 “How do you measure something that didn’t occur?” Helmkamp asked rhetorically. “Have we had situations where students invoke Virginia Tech or talk about Virginia Tech?

Yeah, and we’ve intervened with those students, quickly and appropriately so. Does that mean it would have led to a Virginia Tech situation? I have absolutely no knowledge of that, but I do know that whenever somebody talks about Virginia Tech, everybody sits up and listens.”

Although the Threat Assessment Response Team may not be able to clinch any flashy headlines for heroic actions, it does not imply their job is unimportant for the safety of the campus.

“I’m very confident in saying there have been many, many positive outcomes in interventions with students and others throughout the five years we’ve been doing this,” Helmkamp said. “If we didn’t have the team in place, you’re hoping for the best.”

If a threatening situation was occurring on campus, the team would warn students and the campus community, if need be, through a variety of mechanisms that involve UWPD as well as University Communications, including Wisc Alerts, emergency emails and various websites like Twitter and Facebook, Helmkamp said.

The committee, which meets twice a month during the academic year, consists of representatives from all across campus, including the Dean of Students Office, UWPD, Counseling and Consultation, Administrative Legal Services and University Communications to name a few.

UWPD, a significant part of the team, has the primary role of working as investigators, Lt. Peter Ystenes, co-chair of the Threat Assessment Team said.

“We are a police department, so if there are threats to the university, we are the arm of the university that investigates [the situation],” Ystenes said.

In assessing a threat, the team works to evaluate the individual holistically instead of reacting solely on the initial report of unusual or troublesome behavior,

PLEA, from 1 cooperate with anything else regarding her case.

Mike Browne, spokesperson for the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now, said the investigation is not over, and Rindfleisch may still need to testify in other trials.

“There is nothing that precludes her from participating in future trials,” Browne said. “She could be subpoenaed to testify in those trials.”

Under the agreement, she is not allowed to violate the law, which

looking to the person’s past to reveal if the person might just be going through a ‘tough patch’ or if they have a bad track record.

“I sometimes think that threat assessment is a little bit like not just putting together a puzzle, but first you have to go through the entire house looking for the pieces,” Helmkamp said. “We want to learn as much as we can about [the individual].”

One common factor in piecing together the puzzle is determining if the behavior in concern is an isolated incident.

If a professor reports concern of a student’s behavior in one class, the committee will contact other professors to see if they are seeing the same things. The level of concern increases with each additional report from separate sources.

The amount of time a person has invested into the university is also an important factor that is noticed by the members of the team as it can show a certain “commitment” to the community.

Further research of such a person may show the person has no history of issues or concerns, which could indicate there is an explanation for the individual’s behavior, a situation where the student might simply need guidance or support.

“We try to figure out what we can do to reduce the possibility of any violent action taking place while at the same time helping the student to succeed here at the university,” Helmkamp said.

The outcome of the assessment can result in several scenarios, the harshest being the student is put on emergency suspension status because they pose an imminent threat to safety.

Asking the individual to engage in counseling, scheduling follow up meetings with Helmkamp himself or simply maintaining contact with the person are other possible outcomes.

“It’s a fairly complex thing that we try to do,” Helmkamp said. “[It’s] a lot of judgment calls. I tend to describe threat assessment as absolutely living in the world of damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”

The team is constantly assessing ways to improve the process, which

“Clearly, the prosecutor is going to play it close to the vest.

Any plea deal she enters is going to come with some pretty firm guarantees that she is going to offer testimony.”

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Helmkamp described as learning as they go.

Following the theater and Sikh temple shootings this summer, the team talked about the events and evaluated what they might have done differently, Ystenes said.

“Every time we meet we try to think of better ways to serve the university to avoid such a traumatic event,” Ystenes said, noting, however, that the shootings didn’t result in any distinct changes in their evaluation process.

Although the team’s actions are reevaluated regularly, the members are aware of the team’s areas of limitation.

“We are understaffed in almost every arena of student life with this,” Helmkamp said. “This is something that, in all honesty, I could make a full-time position if we had the funds and the staff to do it.”

With additional funding and staff, the team would improve their records keeping, which would ensure follow-ups with students occur and would increase its outreach to academic departments and student groups.

Because of staffing limitations, it is difficult for committee members to go out and talk about what student community members or faculty could do to make sure the university is safer.

With such a broad range of unique behaviors and situations that can arise in a campus of more than 40,000 students, the task of preventing dangerous or life-threatening situations is no easy task.

In dealing with such a large campus, there are issues getting enough students to sign up for the emergency alerts, despite the wide range of options available to them, Ystenes said, stressing his encouragement for students to utilize the systems available to them in order to maximize effectiveness and ensure the university’s security.

“The safety of students who come here is paramount to everybody,” Helmkamp said. “Although it’s an extremely difficult job to do this and to do it well, it is important to the university that we have a group of people that are willing to step in and say, ‘I’m going to tackle these difficult situations and do the best we can.’”

would include not following a subpoena, Browne said.

University of Wisconsin law professor Karl Shoemaker said although it may not be explicitly stated in the letter, the agreement is centered on Rindfleisch providing testimony.

“Clearly, the prosecutor is going to play it close to the vest,” Shoemaker said. “Any plea deal she enters is going to come with some pretty firm guarantees that she is going to offer the testimony she has promised to offer.”

RYAN, from 1 has spent more than $2 million in advertisements despite the fact his congressional campaign released a poll that showed him with a 25-point lead over his Democratic opponent, Rob Zerban.

The ads have been running in Milwaukee and Madison television markets, areas that the letter said comprise the largest markets in the state.

“It’s perfectly legal for Paul Ryan to run for Congress and Vice-President at the same time,” One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross said a statement. “But he crosses a legal line if, as it appears with his television ads, he uses congressional campaign funds to promote his run on the GOP presidential ticket.”

Ryan for Congress Campaign Manager Kevin Seifert said the campaign is abiding by the rules.

“We are well aware of what the law requires and we have followed it,” Seifert said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Mike Browne, spokesperson for One Wisconsin Now, said Ryan’s latest advertisement on Medicare says “our” plan, which possibly refers to Romney and Ryan’s plan for Medicare reforms. Browne called it a “thinly-veiled ad campaign” for the RomneyRyan ticket.

“What he’s doing is highly questionable,” Browne said.

“That’s why we asked the FEC to look into this.”

University of Wisconsin life sciences communication professor Dietram Scheufele said he is not surprised concerns are being raised regarding Ryan’s advertisements, as similar concerns have been voiced concerning other candidates in the past. Vice President Joe Biden is among the candidates who have run

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advertisements in more than one campaign.

However, Scheufele said he is not sure there is anything improper about the advertisements helping both campaigns. If any decision or fines come from the FEC, Scheufele said, it would not occur until after November, which he called “ironic.”

Scheufele said Ryan’s chances of winning the Congressional race are very high because of his high support in the district and the free press he gets from being the vice presidential nominee.

Winning the vice presidency, he added, would not be as easy. As Ryan is among the most influential members of the Republican Party, Scheufele said he is using his influential fallback option.

“For Ryan, this is just the beginning of his career,” Scheufele said. “He’s very much looking for something higher up.”

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Herald to portray immigrants fairly Domestic violence Throughout the last 24 hours, I have received several inquiries about the use of the term “undocumented” — in place of “illegal” — to describe a subgroup of immigrants in the U.S. in a story about a visit earlier this week from immigration activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Concerns range from journalistic curiosity to angry vitriol.

I have decided I should address these concerns to avoid any confusion about this newspaper’s policy.

Currently, “The Associated Press Stylebook” specifies that the appropriate journalistic term for an immigrant who enters

this country outside of legal conditions is “illegal.” The Badger Herald follows “The AP Stylebook,” like many news organizations throughout the nation.

However, we also realize AP Style rules can be antiquated at times, and this is why editors update the guide on an annual basis. The AP still has not updated this style recommendation despite mounting political pressure to do so.

Because we are a student newspaper that hopes to represent the interests of a wide variety of student and social groups at the University of Wisconsin while simultaneously representing the future

of journalism, we have decided to stray from AP Style in this case and follow The News Watch Diversity Style Guide.

Last year’s editor-inchief, Signe Brewster, implemented this guide, and I believe it is in the best interests of the newspaper to continue to follow it.

Some of our readers might be offended and perceive this decision as another instance of media political correctness. We resent this description.

As practicing journalists, we have a responsibility to adjust to journalistic norms and anticipate changes in ethics if necessary. I am convinced the term “illegal immigrant”

suggests a subjective and judgmental approach to reporting that no newsroom would tolerate.

The Herald has been at the forefront of free speech debates for more than 40 years, and some may see this as an inappropriate action considering that history. But we are primarily a journalistic operation that abides by a set of professional standards. I consider the use of the term “illegal” unnecessarily alienating and objectively unfair to a core social group that reads our newspaper, and therefore we will continue to avoid it.

Ryan Rainey Editor-in-chief

Ryan must commit to campaign Jared Mehre Columnist Tonight millions of Americans will tune in to a televised vice presidential debate, and it is important that we take the time to look at Wisconsin’s addition to this much anticipated event.

When Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, was nominated to be former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s running mate, many people questioned whether or not he was the optimal choice. Choosing Ryan was considered advantageous by both political parties.

Democrats believed Ryan would turn away voters who received government aid through Medicare and Social Security. Republicans hailed Romney’s choice as the turning point at which Romney would begin to take the presidential race seriously.

The trouble with Ryan began almost immediately after his addition to the ticket. Democrats were right to predict that Ryan would turn voters away from Romney — specifically elderly voters.

During a recent campaign stop where he gave a speech to AARP members in New Orleans, Ryan was booed, heckled and taunted. People in the crowed yelled, “liar,” and “no vouchers,” as reported by the Economist.

Voter reaction to Ryan’s presence on the Republican ticket has also been measured via polls in key swing states. In

a Washington Post poll, 59 percent of voters who considered Medicare to be “extremely important” said that they would vote for President Barack Obama.

Ryan’s budget proposal has been widely criticized.

His opponents claim that it would leave America’s senior citizens to wallow in their own filth and make improvised medicines out of various molds procured from the backs of their dusty cabinets and the bottoms of their damp closets. This situation is untrue, but it is an apt representation of the connotations that Ryan’s Path to Prosperity carries.

Although the Romney

“Ryan’s budget proposal . . . would leave America’s senior citizens to wallow in their own filth and make improvised medicines out of various molds procured from the backs of their dusty cabinets and the bottoms of their damp closets.” campaign website states his proposed changes to Medicare will not affect “current seniors or those nearing retirement,” the fact that Ryan’s name is on the ticket skews public perception of Romney’s position on health care.

The fact that Ryan has been seen as a dissenting voice is also hurting the Romney campaign.

Recently, a satirical column

by Roger Simon entitled “Paul Ryan vs. The Stench” appeared in Politico and insinuated that Ryan refers to Romney as “the Stench” and uses phrases such as, “if Stench calls, take a message.”

This satirical (and false) statement was meant to describe the relationship that Ryan is believed to have with Romney.

However, it was taken as fact that Ryan walks around his campaign bus using a derogatory term to describe his running mate. The fact that this satire was taken as truth shows that the public is picking up on a lack of unity between the two candidates.

Even Gov. Scott Walker has noticed tension in the Romney-Ryan ticket.

According to the Huffington Post, he said, “pushback from some of the folks in the national campaign” has been keeping Ryan from truly contributing to the campaign effort.

Problems in Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin have also indicated that he is having a negative effect on the campaign. For years Wisconsin has consistently voted Democrat for president. However, when Republicans put a vice presidential candidate from the Badger State on the ticket, some believed Wisconsin could finally vote red.

Unfortunately, in recent weeks Wisconsin has been considered a blue state

by many pollsters, and a lost cause in a Republican attempt to win a vital swing state.

This evening, Ryan is tasked with the challenge of maintaining the momentum generated by an unexpected Romney win in the first presidential debate.

However, considering the recent positive press and polls surrounding Romney, it is unclear what Ryan’s strategy will be. If the Romney campaign has taught us anything, it is that he cannot hold a lead for more than week before another embarrassing and contaminating gaffe is discovered by the media.

In any case, an answer to the question, “Is Ryan committed to being vice president to Mitt Romney?” will inevitably be made clear tonight. Paul Ryan’s future as a vice presidential candidate will be clarified in this debate, whether or not he commits to the Romney campaign. If he chooses incorrectly, he could lose the influence that he has gained in Congress in recent years.

If Romney wins and Ryan has distanced himself from the campaign, then he will be left isolated and untrusted for going against the wishes of the new president. In contrast, if he commits to Mitt and Romney loses, then Ryan will be forever unable to wash “the Stench” from his policies.

Jared Mehre (mehre@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and sociology with a certificate in criminal justice.

awareness needed Whether we like it or not, popular culture dominates our lives. Pop culture is always around us — when we listen to music between classes or when we turn on the television after a rough week. Oftentimes people dismiss pop culture as a forum for discussion about serious issues. However, pop culture is an important place to start and continue conversations about issues such as domestic and dating violence.

Rachel Griffin, an assistant professor in the department of communication studies at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, points out the need for a critical consciousness when looking at pop culture’s messages about issues such as domestic and dating violence. We must be able to analyze and deconstruct pop culture’s messages and discuss the ways in which we must fight to change these messages.

It may seem that there is no way for us to change these messages, given how saturated our American society is with pop culture.

It may also seem impossible to spark any change, as pop culture celebrities have the power to speak to millions.

Their power may seem overwhelming — however, there are ways to be an advocate for change.

In Eminem and Rihanna’s song “Love the Way You Lie,” the lyrics “Just gonna stand there and watch me burn / Well that’s alright because I love the way it hurts / Just gonna stand there and hear me cry / Well that’s alright because I love the way you lie” promote a hurtful message. The message in these lyrics seems to imply that domestic and dating violence victims are unaffected by abuse, and maybe get off by it. The video furthers the message with scenes both violent and sexual.

If we understand that pop culture produces songs like “Love the Way You Lie” with content that normalizes domestic and dating violence, we must think critically and deconstruct these messages. We also must teach others how to interact with pop culture in a way that promotes a change in the way domestic and dating violence is represented.

This is not to say domestic and dating violence shouldn’t be discussed in pop culture. The discussion of domestic and dating violence should take place on a larger stage, but this discussion must be healthy

and productive.

“Love the Way You Lie” may be a catchy hit song, but the way it normalizes domestic and dating violence is harmful.

Domestic and dating violence is a real issue affecting real people. When songs and pop culture in general excuse or make light of domestic and dating violence, society is desensitized to the trauma victims of abuse live with every day.

However, not all pop culture messages are bad — here there is a paradox.

Television shows, movies, artists and you name it most likely all deliver mixed messages. One song normalizes male violence against women and then a different song advocates for a change in the way society blames victims. We need to remember that for every song with a positive message, there is a song normalizing male violence against women.

The messages pop culture sends to audiences do matter. It doesn’t matter whether or not a celebrity wants to be an advocate or what media — whether it is a song or a movie — domestic and dating violence is presented through. The fact is that these acts occur beyond pop culture’s messages, and as long as pop culture handles domestic and dating violence carelessly, so will society.

We need to develop a critical consciousness.

Critically thinking about the messages we see and deconstructing those messages are key ways in which we can be effective.

Starting a discussion about how these messages are harmful will help. Discuss the new fall television line up or the most talked about YouTube video with friends, family, community members and classmates.

We are capable of sparking change. When we begin to point out ways in which pop culture normalizes domestic and dating violence, we are making progress in changing how pop culture depicts this issue.

Maggie DeGroot is a PAVE Advocate. PAVE is a student organization dedicated to preventing sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking on the UW campus through education and activism. PAVE’s general member meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 in the PAVE office, room #3147 of the Student Activity Center. For more information or to find out how to get involved, e-mail communications.pave@ gmail.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Wisconsin simply did not have the money to be putting so much into education.”

-MIKE MIKALSEN, SPOKESPERSON FOR REP. STEVE NASS, R-WHITEWATER In general, politicians love to talk about the importance of education. However, when it comes to putting their money where their mouth is, not all politicians are so bold.

Wisconsin Republicans are different.

They do not even pretend to care about education. Mikalsen’s comment is a perfect example of this blatant disregard for the state’s public schools and universities. It is infuriating that Republicans on Capitol Square don’t give a damn about education, at least they are honest.

Letter on racism jumps to conclusions I write in response to a letter to the editor written

by Nicole Tautges claiming that racism is an issue in Eagle Heights. This claim is an overreaction to a seemingly benign joke which paints an unfair image of the community.

In the letter a man is quoted saying “It must be the Asian only workday, huh?” in reference to the fact that nine out of 12 people in a garden are Asian and speaking in another language. Was the joke in poor taste?

Probably. Was it racist in the usual sense of the world? No, not really. This man pointed out the fact that most of the people there were Asian, but that’s all there was to it.

Here is one definition of racism: prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on

such a belief. Based on the information in the article and the absence of information about the tone he used, there is no reason to infer that he meant anything by it.

The fact is that ethnicity is a very real thing which some people take immense pride in, and it is okay to notice ethnicity.

It becomes racist when people start stereotyping or ostracizing others based on their ethnicity.

I’m not trying to completely justify the man’s statement. I am only pointing out that it is hyperbole to call it racist.

It cannot be ignored that Nicole Tautges already noticed being excluded from the group by a language barrier. The man’s comment could have been addressing this, albeit he could have addressed it more

eloquently.

Instead of assuming the worst about the comment, she could have had the man clarify what he was trying to say or why he made the joke. Maybe he really did say it with contempt; his tone would indicate this but was not specified in the letter. Or perhaps he didn’t think that pointing out ethnicity was much different from pointing out other traits such as hair color, height or gender. Imagine instead that almost everyone was female and he chose to say “It must be the women only work day, huh?”

Would this have caused the same sort of reaction?

Would it have made a difference if he had recognized the specific language the group was speaking and referred to them that way?

Most importantly, what

really strikes me is not only that the letter takes this man’s comment to be overtly racist without making any further inquiry, but also that it makes a public statement in the paper about racism being a problem in Eagle Heights. The article takes a single questionable event and blows it way out of proportion. This is completely unfair to the other residents of Eagle Heights and damaging to the community’s image.

Furthermore, emphasizing such a non-incident dilutes the conversation about real racial problems.

In the future, please make sure that such statements are clarified.

David Gedymin (gedymin@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in chemical engineering with a business certificate.

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Video game tester tells tricks of trade Christian Moberg Herald Arcade Columnist

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Steven Lawrence stands outside his food cart, Fried and Fabulous, before a long night of serving fried peanut butter cups, brownies and much more.

Food cart satisfies sweet tooth Run-in with freshly fried donuts inspires UW grad to corner late-night snack market Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Editor When 2 a.m. rolls around in downtown Madison, the streets are filled with shouts of joy from a night on the town and growls of stomachs hungry for something non-liquid. While pizza joints and Parthenon are always available, those who crave something a little less meat and a little more sweet have been pretty much out of luck.

That is, until now.

You may have seen it outside of Asian Kitchen one hazy night, or you may have gotten a coupon for it on Library Mall, but consider this your official introduction to Fried and Fabulous, the late-night food truck that brings the carnival to your mouth with battered and fried peanut butter cups, cheesecake and more.

“I’m in the business of making people happy,” said Fried and Fabulous owner and UW grad Steven Lawrence, who knows that the way to the late-night crowd’s heart is through their stomach.

Lawrence was first inspired to foray into bartime sweets by a fateful trip to California a few years ago. “I was visiting my friend in Berkeley, and I end up at this donut shop and I’m amazed by the freshly fried donuts,” he said. “Have you ever had a donut fresh out of the fryer, warm, dripping with icing, gooey? It’s a totally different experience than one that is cold. It’s like fresh baked warm cookies versus oreos. So I was really amazed by these

freshly fried donuts and it peanut butter cups, fried hit me that hot and sweet twinkie, fried snickers, has a specific appeal to the fried brownie, fried oreo, and fried chocolate chip late night market.”

That trip was in the cookie dough balls, with summer of 2008. When one special menu item Lawrence returned to that changes nightly to UW, he got to work. “I provide more variety and went back and I looked at accommodate customer different bar areas around requests.

“The the country one thing I and around was really the world,” “I’m in the insistent on he said. business of making from the While start, because he found people happy.” “sweet Steven Lawrence this sort of crepes Owner of Fried and Fabulous harkened back to that being original served to experience bar crowds in France,” and “little back in the donut shop, donut balls in syrup in was that we were going India,” in Madison there to fry everything fresh to were only cookies to be order so it always comes had. By the time Lawrence out hot,” he said. “Fried graduated in December food tastes best when it’s 2010, the late night cookie burning your tongue just a spots had either been little bit, you know what I shut down or closed their mean?”

Lawrence opened Fried doors, leaving a dessertshaped hole in nighttime and Fabulous this April, and he has stuck by his food offerings.

But cookies weren’t promise of desserts that Lawrence’s bag. “Cookies are always hot off the weren’t going to work fryer. “I don’t own any because they take too long warming lamps, I don’t to bake,” he said. Donuts, have any heating boxes,” the catalyst for his food he said. What he does cart idea, were out too, have is 850+ likes on because, “you try fitting Facebook, between 400frying, sugaring, icing 500 customers a week and decorating in a cart,” and more than a few crazy as Lawrence said. State stories.

Although he happily Fair style frying — that is, dipping dessert items in shared a few of his stories batter and frying them, (one involving a battle was the option he finally over the last free PB&J sample, another in which picked.

After perfecting the a girl on a diet annihilated funnel cake batter recipe a fried cheesecake in 40 and frying up 100 or so seconds), he talked about items for a taste test, the fulfillment of owning Lawrence settled on his his own business and menu: fried peanut butter mentioned one of his loyal and jelly sandwiches, customers by name (while fried cheesecake, fried sharing that his most loyal

customers are in fact the men’s rowing team). For Lawrence, bringing joy to all of his customers is the most rewarding part of his job.

“So many people have told me, ‘you’ve got to sell meat, you’re not going to do ok at night if you don’t sell chicken,’ and so many people were skeptical of the idea of [a] sweets-only cart,“ he said. “But there’s kind of this moment where people bite into it, and they look so happy, and it just makes sense, and it works. Watching customers bite into the food and enjoy the food is probably the most rewarding thing that I do, because that’s what it’s all about.”

To keep the enjoyment rolling, Fried and Fabulous will not only brave the winter months, but also bring new breakfast treats to the Farmer’s Market next spring. And though the cart’s welcome week coupon blast may not be back until next semester at the earliest, Lawrence will continue to reward his loyal customers by treating them to deals on the cart’s Facebook page and taking their requests for fried items.

“I want my customers to be happy, to love my food, to want to give me their money,” he said. And Fried and Fabulous will leave no dessert unfried in its quest to bring happiness to the latenight masses.

Fried and Fabulous is open Thursday - Saturday from midnight - 3 a.m. For more information, check out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ FriedandFabulous.

Closed beta versions of video games are like test runs distributed to a limited audience, and people with access often think of themselves as the “real” beta testers, but this is not the case. In a closed beta, only a fraction of the bugs remain undocumented, and the company wants to see if the games can hold up to actual non-testers playing them.

Before these games can get to that stage, however, they have to go through the Quality and Assurance testing. Q&A testers go through the “real” beta testing stage. As a former Q&A Tester, I’d like to share part of my experience in this oftenmisunderstood job.

Let’s start at the beginning: getting the job. Getting a position as a Q&A tester, like most jobs these days, is done mostly online. I did a Google search to find the application, which is pretty standard fare — name, past work experience, educational background — things like that.

If the company thinks the application seems in order (a process that takes only about a week and a half ), then a representative will call for an interview.

The interview can make or break a person’s chances of getting hired. It sounds like any other job, but in the interview for a Quality & Assurance Testing position, the interviewer’s questions are highly specialized.

Because the companies are hiring for a creative position, questions are designed to make the applicants think practically while showing off their personalities. Applicants have to be innovative and think outside of the box when testing, so of course, creativity is key.

A hiring call follows a successful interview, inviting the interviewee to attend a required group orientation and complete a week of inoffice training, where the Project Leads can monitor the progress. After that week of training, new hires are sorted into groups. Most companies have a “Functional” group, a TRG group and an Online group. “Functional” is commonly viewed as the stereotypical tester position, where the testers play a game and search for bugs that inhibit gameplay. TRG, or Technical Rules and Guidelines, is in charge of most of the legality of games’ content, such as the logos, button graphics and the like.

Online team members, as the name suggests, test online gameplay and deal with multiplayer capability issues.

A typical day of testing is not exactly the fantasy land of fun and video games that many perceive. You do spend all day playing video games, but the hours mimic any full

time workday. A day begins as early as 7 a.m. and can stretch as late as 7 p.m., assuming that you are on the day shift. Night shift is the exact opposite, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m..

Every morning a new “build,” or draft, of a game comes in, and multiple builds come in as the day progresses.

Each section takes that game and searches for bugs that specifically violate their own guidelines. This is where most people think that by playing game, bugs magically appear, but unfortunately, that is almost never the case.

Remember the creativity that got the testers hired? This is where they put it to use. Their job is to break the game. When I say “break,” I mean they have to make the game crash, wreck, stop working. Doing any number of seemingly stupid things, like removing the disc while constantly pushing the Start Button and then putting the disc back in while pressing the Reset Button, can break the game.

Once a bug surfaces, unless it crashes the game, the tester who found it writes up an extensive bug report that details every single step taken to reproduce the bug. If a game-crashing bug appears, a Project Lead is called over to watch the tester reproduce the bug. These bugs can be very silly like game characters randomly dying or disappearing from the screen.

When these errors occur, the tester who found them writes the bug report with pride knowing that he has done his job well. The process is sometimes tedious, but it’s what the testers are there for.

Testers can see daily results -— a skilled tester finds around 20 bugs per day.

The overall atmosphere of the Q&A Testing office tends to stay relaxed, apart from high-stress submission periods. Project Leads are generally personable, and the entire staff is willing to talk gaming far and wide. When someone mentions an older game, for instance, there is a fantastic chance that at least a third of the office has played it. Hours can get long and often require coming in on weekends, which makes planning anything outside of work difficult.

Obviously, the job isn’t for everyone, but dedicated, skilled and creative gamers can expect a tight-knit community after just a few weeks of work. Soon enough, going to work seems more like hanging out with friends for extended periods of time to play games and point out flaws. Think of it as criticizing a game with friends, writing about it and watching the game improve because of what you and your colleagues did.

Christian Moberg is a junior majoring in computer science and Japanese.

Rowling says goodbye to magic in first non-Potter novel Tension develops in tight, small-town network after death of town councilman Bess Donoghue ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Just more than five years ago, famed British author J.K. Rowling printed the final book of the Harry Potter series, and last summer the series’ final film came out on the big screen. On Sept. 27, Rowling published her first novel since the series, “The Casual Vacancy,” which also marked her first foray into the adult novel genre.

Unfortunately, sitting down to read the next novel written by one of literature’s

most innovative authors is a difficult task. The best approach to take with the new text is to avoid drawing comparisons with Harry Potter at all costs. Even in this review it is difficult to avoid comparing the new novel and the renowned series.

Set in a small English countryside town called Pagford, the novel introduces what appears to be a standard, idyllic community from the outside, but is actually a town of multiple battles.

The competitive nature of the book’s 34 characters provides a network of tension and jealousy.

Disputes among characters pit children against parents, husbands against wives and even generation against

generation.

The town is shaken when one of the community members, Barry Fairbrother, dies suddenly, leaving a vacant position on the town’s council. A plot begins to unravel as different perspectives react to the news and decide what to make of the opening in the town’s government, a position that will bring out the worst in all the characters.

In a plot that begins with death, and eventually includes suicide, rape, heroin addiction and sexuality, the book is not an ideal bedtime story, nor should it be the next audio entertainment for a family car trip. However, now that most of her Harry Potter audiences have grown beyond that of the young

adult generation, Rowling’s book may offer appealing aspects to the same audience cross-section she once entertained.

The community politics, ethical issues and other themes of the novel resonate with today’s reality, particularly as a tight presidential election runs its course in the U.S. The book’s language is descriptive and thoughtfully illustrates what appears to be a civilized society, but is actually a battleground.

A frustrating emotional appeal resonates throughout the story, which is partly what makes it so enticing.

“The Casual Vacancy” also creates messages that different readers will interpret through different lenses; the plot lets the

reader make sense of the events based on their own moral perceptions. Rather than a standard tale of good versus evil, the varied plights of the characters beg the reader to draw his or her own moral judgments.

“The Casual Vacancy” offers a plot on an opposite extreme of the Harry Potter series, a story extending over the course of seven books.

Rowling’s most recent novel tells a darkly intricate and irresistible story within a single text. Her excellent narrative quality is rather extensive, given the length.

Reception toward the book has been quite varied, but as stated earlier, it most likely depends on the reader’s approach. Under a critical lens, the novel is a great read that draws upon

seemingly minor issues exaggerated within a town.

In comparison to the Harry Potter series, however, the book lacks creative innovation.

Comparison between these two texts can lead to a dissatisfying literary experience.

Since the completion of the Harry Potter series, readers have been on an endless search to fill that creative void that was occupied by tales of muggles and wizards. Stephanie Meyer offered vampires and werewolves, and Suzanne Collins had teenagers battle each other to death in a televised sporting event.

Now, readers can once again enjoy the genius literary quality of (former) fantasy author J.K. Rowling, in “The Casual Vacancy.”

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SC to the guy working at the Open Book Cafe tonight. You gave me a good laugh AND you play hockey, what more could I ask for??

SC to the cute guy I held the door open for to get into Chamberlain today. You laughed when I flung the door open and dramatically gestured for you to go in.

Then you did the same thing for me at the second door...it made my morning. :) SC to the adorable tall blonde working at urban slice today. I like your glasses SC to the girl who works at Gordon’s all the time, you’re so cute. And don’t worry about that guy, you’ll get him!

SC to the guy working the desk at college library around 9pm on Sunday night. one word: DAMN. heres to hoping you come and talk to me - the girl you kept exchanging smiles with SC to the guy who sat in front of me at the game who traded his Santa hat for mine.

Your blue eyes and humor were so sexy.

ASO to not getting his number.

SC to the guy with the white iPad on the upper level on the Friday evening Badger Bus to Milwaukee. I saw you checking the Kopps’ flavor forecast. Kopps’

is a personal favorite of mine. I’d love to get a burger and some custard with you sometime. -The girl next to you with the primate book SC to Biddy Martin.

This badger wants you back on campus!

SC to the cute guy who was in the lowest level of Law Library, I believe on Tuesday night last week. I was studying for a horrid midterm and having you in my presence totally helped a bit! Especially when the lights kept turning off creepily... same time next week?

SC to Jake from Hatters Saturday night.

Best butt-grinding I’ve done in a while, yeahhh buddy... But seriously, you were the best.

SC to the boy with the white sweatshirt and ankle brace/cast on the 80 this afternoon.

You were super cute!

Too bad your ankle was obviously causing you pain--I bet you’re drop-dead gorgeous when you smile! :) SC to the girl laying on Bascom with the shirt that just says “Bacon”. Hopefully see u at next bacon night.

SC to my TA...age is just a number baby.

SC to summer. Come back I miss your warm sunshine!

Sports PREVIEW, from 8 with the Edmonton Oilers over the summer. Schultz was a significant factor in Wisconsin’s offense — recording 16 goals and 28 assists last year — as a defenseman.

“You’re not going to have a 40-point guy, 20-goal scorer on the blue line this year, probably not in the whole country,” Zengerle said.

“Defensively, guys like me and [John] Ramage, we’ve got to pick up the slack,” Simonelli said. “And the young guys coming in — Kevin Schulze, Chase Drake had an impact last week — hopefully we can get guys like that to just keep taking steps forward and that’ll be a big help.

Schultz’s stats were only second to Zengerle, who put together a 50-point season

on 13 goals and 37 assists.

With Schultz gone, Zengerle isn’t shying away from the bigger, leading role he is anticipated to have.

“I’m fine with it,” Zengerle said of having a target on his back this year.

“I like that. It makes me want to do better and kind of bug them when they don’t do their role. I like having that on me.”

The Rochester, N.Y. native certainly carries a lot of Wisconsin’s expectations on his shoulders, but the team is confident it has plenty of depth to help UW reach its goal — playing hockey in April.

The Badgers are currently ranked No. 15 in the nation and believe they are more than ready to make a huge jump before the season is over. In a season chockfull of special settings and anniversaries, Wisconsin is

hoping to top it all off with a trip to the Frozen Four.

“The realistic goal would be a national championship in the end,” Simonelli said.

“But we’ve got to play weekend by weekend and focus on going 2-0 every weekend leading up to that to give ourselves the best chance to take a crack at it.”

This season the Badgers are celebrating their 50th year in the modern era as well as the 40th anniversary of the 1973 national championship and the 30th anniversary of the 1983 national championship.

As head coach Mike Eaves put it, when it rains, it pours.

This is also Wisconsin’s last season in the WCHA while celebrating the opening of La Bahn Arena, its new practice facility and new locker room. Eaves’ squad plays three neutral

site games including an outdoor game at Soldier Field against Minnesota Feb. 17.

This weekend, the Badgers open regular season play with Northern Michigan at the Resch Center in Green Bay. Last year, Wisconsin hosted the Northern Michigan in their season opener. Wisconsin lost in overtime 3-2, but bounced back in game two with a 3-2 victory to split the series.

“I’m not sure exactly what they lost or gained, but just going off of last year, they’re like a lot of teams in the WCHA — a lot of teams in hockey as a matter of fact … the first game of the year, everyone’s coming out heart’s pumping, you’re excited to play and playing a team like Wisconsin with that big name, you’re always fired up,” Zengerle said.

D-LINE, from 8 Bielema himself even had praise to offer for Dippel’s performance over the course of the season.

“Dip’s a high motor guy,” Bielema said. “We were watching film this morning and he had a huge sack a year ago in (the Illinois) game. Dip makes me mad a lot, but he’s probably one of my favorites because of how hard he plays and he’s kind of a fun kid to be around, kind of a knucklehead in certain ways. It’s kind of one of those things where he brings some energy, plays a lot harder than others.”

So for players like Dippel and Zagzebski, who shouldered an increased workload with the absences of other veteran defensive ends, the experiences in the starting role will only be a positive for them personally

and for the team as a whole.

With this week’s game coming against a Purdue team with a solid passing attack, the defensive ends will once again get a chance to get to the quarterback.

And with Illinois’ Nathan Scheelhaase being the last mobile quarterback Wisconsin will face until Nov. 17 at Camp Randall versus Ohio State and Braxton Miller, the Badgers will be able to finally pass rush without any restrictions or worries of containment.

Defensive tackle and redshirt junior Ethan Hemer said he’s just happy to see the line back at full strength.

“Having guys that are able come back from injuries and being able to contribute right away is huge,” Hemer said.

“Obviously injuries are just a part of the game, but I’m glad to see our defensive ends are back.”

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KELLY ERICKSON

With a preseason ranking of No. 15, Wisconsin men’s hockey reloads in 2012-13 with 20 returning players

Senior Sports Writer As they streak up and down the ice, you notice it. You’re not looking at their jerseys, looking for the puck or waiting for that big hit that starts a fight. No. It’s the little tufts of hair peeking out of their helmets, blown back from constantly skating up and down the ice.

On the eve of the 2012-13 Wisconsin men’s hockey season, it’s time for hockey hair. With the flow cut short to kick off the year, most guys sporting the longer hair won’t cut it until after the season is over.

“You kind of want to look like a slob come playoff time, maybe a little older and meaner,” junior forward Mark Zengerle said. “I don’t think I’ve cut my hair since August … I don’t think we’re cutting it until the season is over.

It’s tradition of the sport, more than anything, to get that sloppy kind of look going late in the season.”

For some it’s a habit, just the thing to do, but for others it’s superstition.

Last season, after a bad loss late in the year, sophomore goaltender Joel Rumpel promptly cut his shaggy frock in exchange for some new energy.

“It’s kind of something on the inside, I don’t know what explains it,” Rumpel said.

“We were in a little bit of a slump there, we weren’t playing so well so I thought I’d switch something up so I had to cut the hair off — had to get a new vibe or something going.”

Sure it’s all superstition, but it seemed to work as the Badgers went on a tear, winning five of their final eight games of the season.

In those final games, a youthful badger team

was finally starting to live up to its potential — only for that run to be cut short in the first round of the WCHA playoffs in Denver.

“We fell short of our goals,” junior defenseman Frankie Simonelli said. “We just have to take that edge with us into this year and bring the young guys in and get them on the same page.”

“Rather than hitting our stride at the end of playoffs last year, we want to hit our stride a lot sooner,” Rumpel added. “Hopefully we can feed off that.”

After a 2011-12 season riddled with youth, the young Badger pups were forced to play more and gain more experience than freshmen and sophomores normally would.

But this season with their experiences in tow, there is a distinct feel that they are no longer a team experiencing growing pains.

“I don’t think so, no,” Rumpel said. “Last year we felt a little young. Everybody put that label on us, which is pretty tough. But I know this year our entire team is with a new swagger in the room. Everybody feels a lot older, a lot stronger, a lot more confident. I think that will show on the ice as well. Everybody’s stepping up in different ways, and we’re going to need that to make a run at things here this year.”

During the offseason the Badgers lost only a handful of players and return 20 players, all of which have game experience.

But one significant name missing from that roster is Justin Schultz, who signed a contract

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joe faust

brendan woods

Junior Defenseman

Sophomore Forward

37 GP, 2 G, 3 A, 5 points

34 GP, 5 G, 5 A, 10 points

John Ramage

BRAD NAVIN

Senior Defenseman

Sophomore Forward

37 GP, 3 G, 7 A, 10 points

36 GP, 3 G, 3 A, 6 points

JOSEPH LABATE

jake mccabe

Sophomore Forward

Sophomore Defenseman

37 GP, 5 G, 15 A, 20 points.

26 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 points

DEREK LEE Senior Forward

Joel rumpel

17 GP, 4 G, 7 A, 11 points.

Sophomore Goaltender 2011-12: 26 GP/Games Started, .919 save percentage, 12-12-2 (WinLoss-Tie record), 2 Shut outs.

Michael Mersch Junior Forward 37 GP, 14 G, 16 A, 30 points.

frankie simonelli Junior Defenseman

Tyler Barnes

2011-12: 37 GP, 5 G, 14 A, 19 points

Junior Forward 37 GP, 11 G, 15 A, 26 points.

Mark Zengerle Junior Forward 2011-12: Games Played (GP) 37, 13 goals (G), 37 assists (A), 50 points

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Return of Kelly, Muldoon bolster D-line depth Nick Korger Sports Content Editor As the buzz began surrounding the 2012 football season, Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema repeatedly stated his excitement for the depth and experience returning on the defensive line.

More specifically, the group with the deepest depth on the roster belonged to the Badgers’ defensive ends.

Returning five players who saw action in 2011, there were high expectations heading into the season that this group, with another offseason to get healthy and make strides physically,

would provide the Badgers with a strong pass rush that was severely lacking a season ago.

“It’s real important (having the depth to allow a player rotation), you know,” redshirt junior David Gilbert said. “If you’re out there, I don’t care how good of shape you’re in, if you’re out there on the 12th play of the drive you’re going to be a little gassed and we need our best at all times.”

And with Gilbert coming back from a season-ending leg injury in 2011, it wasn’t too far of a stretch to venture these Badger defensive ends would be better than advertised.

But, like any football

season, injury reared its ugly head in 2012, depleting the Badgers of their prized depth on the edges of the defensive trenches.

Redshirt senior Brendan Kelly and redshirt junior Pat Muldoon have both spent time on the bench this season because of injuries.

Kelly did not suit up in the Badgers’ losses this season or the UTEP game, as a nagging hamstring problem has prevented the tall, lanky speed rusher from playing at full throttle since the season opener.

Muldoon suffered a broken thumb against Oregon State and did not play against Utah State, UTEP or Nebraska

after making his way into the starting lineup to replace an ailing Brendan Kelly.

But the pair made their triumphant return against the Illini this past Saturday, as Illinois’ mobile quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase experienced the full force of a loaded Badger defensive line. The team recorded four sacks, with one recorded by Muldoon in his return, cast wrapped in a club and all.

“The way our defense played for four quarters, you could really see to get Brendan Kelly back, Pat Muldoon back, some guys up front to give us a pass rush at the end,” Bielema said in his

post-game press conference following the Illinois game.

And it wasn’t just the sacks that made the Badgers defensive end depth vital in the Illinois game. With the ability to keep players fresh by having able substitutes, the Badgers’ defensive ends were able to rush harder thanks to fresh legs. They also did an outstanding job maintaining a contained outside rush on the pocket, keeping Scheelhaase confined within the pocket for the majority of the game, as the quarterback broke his runs up the middle rather than breaking them outside.

“When you have defensive line depth that helps

your pass rush instantly,” Bielema said. “Those guys were getting after it in the third and fourth quarter.

(Scheelhaase) is a good athlete, but we knew we wanted to keep him in the pocket and move it around.”

Also recording a sack this past Saturday was Tyler Dippel, the redshirt junior end who has seen his playing time and role on the field dramatically increase in the face of injuries to Kelly and Muldoon. Dippel proved his worth during Kelly and Muldoon’s absence, as did the play of redshirt sophomore Konrad Zagzebski.

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