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UW student dies suddenly in dorm Berquam confirms death in Smith Hall, family says cardiac arrest is cause Molly McCall City Life Editor University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Lori Berquam has confirmed the death of a UW student in Smith Hall Monday.

Berquam said the student died of cardiac arrest, according to the family. UW has not released the name of the student, leaving the release up to the student’s family.

Counselors are on

the scene, working with students and staff on a processing strategy, she said. Support services will help those who are impacted work through the grief, she added.

“Our hearts go out to the family and friends impacted by this,” Berquam said.

Berquam said the university’s focus is on healing the impact this will have on the community, especially those who may have known the student.

UW will release a statement with more details today, she said.

University of Wisconsin Police Lt. Mark Silbernagel said the death is still under open

investigation. “[UWPD is] hoping to have a few more details in the morning,” he said.

The last student death on campus was Aug. 30 when John “Vietnam” Nguyen was pronounced dead at the hospital after being pulled from Lake Mendota.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said there have been students who have died on campus from natural causes, but it is very rare.

Resnick noted several suicides in the past, but cannot remember the last time cardiac arrest was the cause, and said he does not know any details regarding

PAINTING FOR A CA AUSE Students gather for the Paint for Pink event on campus, painting pumpkins pink for breast cancer awareness.

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Obama, Romney cancel stops as Sandy hits coast Meghan Zernick State Politics Editor As post-tropical cyclone Sandy rips through the east coast, leaving millions impacted and without power, President Barack Obama and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney are changing their plans for the week and have canceled their campaign visits to Wisconsin.

With just a week left before the national election, Obama had planned a campaign stop in Green Bay and Romney had planned to speak in West Allis, Wis. this week, both of which were canceled in response to Sandy.

Obama made a televised statement about the storm on Monday afternoon, requesting those citizens in

the path of the storm take the situation very seriously and to listen to local and state government officials.

He said he has spoken to the governors in all the states that are expected to be impacted, and Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel are working with state and local governments to makes sure everyone is prepared.

“The key is making sure everyone is ready,” Obama said in his statement. “My conversations with the governors indicate that there are no unmet needs, and we are taking this seriously and have pre-positioned all the resources needed.”

Obama said the National Guard and the Department of Defense are positioned to provide aid, and

citizens should anticipate transportation back-up caused by flooding and delays in getting the power back on.

When asked about how he thinks the storm will affect the upcoming election, the president said he is not concerned with it at this point.

“I am not worried about the impact on the election. I am worried about the impact on families, the impact on first responders and the impact on the economy and transportation. The election will take care of itself next week,” Obama said. “Right now the number one priority is saving lives.”

Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said this is an interesting and unusual thing to happen right before a big

election because it suspends everything. He said the timing of the storm might affect the momentum of the election, and whichever candidate is ahead might lose their edge.

The main effect on Wisconsin, Heck said, is the change in travel schedules of the candidates being changed.

When the worst of the storm is over, Heck said he predicts an influx of campaign visits in Wisconsin to win last minute votes.

Heck said hopes that this disaster might make the campaign less nasty, because candidates will be less likely to take jabs at one another now that there is a much bigger crisis to focus on.

“We haven’t had a national disaster like this right before an election in a long time — or possibly ever. It might make

the campaign even more trivial in light of the damaging effects of the storm,” Heck said. “The country ought to be on the same side during a natural disaster.”

Heck added the candidates are doing the right thing by suspending their campaigns.

Mike McCabe, executive director for One Wisconsin Now said he does not think the natural disaster will have much of an effect on the campaign, unless the Obama Administration mishandles it.

“If there were to be a poor response to the disaster, the bad press about the Obama Administration could have an effect on the outcome of the election,” McCabe said.

McCabe said he thinks since the campaign has to get out of coastal battle ground states such

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Creator of “Super Size Me” and other films, Spurlock spoke on his new film that looks at the ironies of advertising and was funded by product placement.

Morgan Spurlock visits campus Documentary film maker speaks on advertising, new project Monday Julia Skulstad Campus Life Editor The University of Wisconsin welcomed Morgan Spurlock to Union South on Monday, where he spoke on a new documentary focusing on advertising in a talk laden with his sense of humor.

Spurlock’s documentaries, including “Super Size Me,” “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden” and “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” have gained national attention.

Spurlock said with the

election process happening right now, his film “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold” fits well with the incredible amount of advertising and marketing put forth by people that are trying to sell voters an individual they should vote for, put in office and believe in.

“We were trying to push the envelope of what we could pull off with this film that would be smart, that would be funny but at the same time would really have a point,” Spurlock said.

Spurlock said this was one of his favorite films he has ever been a part of. He said the film came from the idea of making a movie about product placement and advertisement marketing where the whole thing is

ironically paid for by product placement and advertisement marketing.

He said the crew went out and first tried calling all of the advertising agencies to make the film.

“So we start going out,” Spurlock said. “And one by one every advertising agency tells me how terrible of an idea this is.”

Next, Spurlock said the group turned to product placement companies across the country. Of which, he said “the king of product placement,” Norm Marshall in Los Angeles, said no product placement company would help with the movie.

After nine months of failing to get a single company to

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With tuition costs rising at the University of Wisconsin for the sixth consecutive year in 2012, the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee reviewed the impact the state and federal budgets will have on students, urging the campus community to get involved in the budget process at a meeting Monday.

Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Daniel Statter presented information about the federal and state budgets and explained how certain aspects of both budgets could affect UW students.

Statter said at the federal level, it is important that the university continues to receive funding from the federal government.

“This is important for students because federal funding for the university accounts for about 33 percent of our total revenues,” Statter said.

If the proposed sequestration goes through, Statter said there would be budget cuts across the board, including education. He said for example, this would affect UW in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and CALS would suffer from more

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than $7 billion in budget cuts.

Statter said federal budget cuts would also affect the funding to the Pell Grant system, which provides need-based funding to students. He said Pell Grants do not need to be repaid.

“There are thousands and thousands of Pell Grant receiving students, who on average receive $3,200,” Statter said. “That is why this is important.”

At the state level, Statter said there is a divide between what the university needs and the actual funding the state is willing to provide.

Statter said as tuition costs continue to rise, those that need the most help to afford tuition are finding that it is not available to them.

“The gap is ever increasing between what the UW needs to ensure that we all continue to receive a quality education and what the state is willing to provide for that quality education,” Statter said.

ASM Advisor Michael Moscicke said the cost of education continues to rise because of increases in administrative costs, reduction in state support and increases in benefit costs primarily related to healthcare.

Current law states

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as Virginia and North Carolina, the candidates will wind up spending more time in Midwestern battleground states like Ohio and Wisconsin after the immediate dangers and impact of the storm subsides.

As Obama and Romney’s presidential campaigns have halted because of the weather out east, the Midwest is also experiencing the effects of the storm, according to the Associated Press, which reported that The National Weather Service issued a warning for the Great Lakes region.

The Port of Milwaukee is taking precautions because of the 15 foot waves expected to hit the coast.

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SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker speaks on salary line items in a meeting last night where some members expressed concern over the group’s budget proposal.

Committee passes SLP budget, hears proposals SSFC unanimously approves funds with few concerns, groups present on needs Allison Johnson Herald Contributor A committee of student government continued budget hearings and decisions at a meeting Monday, unanimously voting to approve a budget for the Student Leadership Program.

The Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee approved the budget for SLP by a vote of 12-0.

The committee raised some concern regarding the salary line items for SLP positions in the budget with the way they were distributed.

SSFC Rep. David Vines said he wanted to express a need for the committee to stay consistent with other decisions made in this area.

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker said in previous budget decisions, the committee had adjusted the allocated salary funds because many student organizations had been under-spending in that area. She said the underspending is often the result of positions with summer hours that are not fulfilled.

SSFC Rep. Sarah Neibart said she felt that while

the committee should be consistent, each student organization operates differently and SLP has not experienced much underspending. She said she would applaud SLP in using almost their entire budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal year.

SLP Rep. Kevin Pickett said their organization was trying to be as fiscally responsible as possible by decreasing other areas of the budget.

“We are trying to be stewards of the fiscal funds we receive from [ASM],” Pickett said.

Ultimately, SSFC voted to make no adjustments to the salary aspect of SLP’s proposed budget. The final approved budget totaled $65,684 for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

SSFC also heard budget proposals from Sex Out Loud and FH King.

Sex Out Loud Project Coordinator Rachel Jocewicz presented the proposed 2013-2014 fiscal year budget with a three percent increase from the previous year. She said this increase was because of an increase in the budget for salaries, safe sex supplies and advertising.

“The increase in funds for safe sex supplies is to buffer the rising condom prices we are seeing,” Jocewicz said.

Jocewicz said it has been scientifically proven that condom distribution programs work best when paired with a student organization and when they

are free.

SOL also outlined the desire to purchase a button maker in their budget proposal to more efficiently print out buttons for advertising.

Vines asked members of SOL how the button maker would further the mission of the organization.

Jocewicz said the button maker proposal arose from staff member requests to create buttons with slogans that promote a more sexpositive atmosphere on campus.

FH King, a student organization that seeks to educate students about sustainable agriculture on campus, advocated for a decrease in their 2013-2014 budget from previous years.

One of the only areas where the organization proposed increasing the budget was for programming, for which they proposed a 2.5 percent increase.

The “Sustain Yourself ” program was the focus of this increase, FH King Finance Director Parker Jones said. He described it as a consulting type program where the organization will share their knowledge with people who come to them with project ideas.

“It is a relatively unprecedented program in this community,” Jones said.

The final budget decisions for FH King and SOL will be made at an SSFC meeting Nov. 1.

In light of the recent shooting in Brookfield, Wis., and emerging details about the shooter’s past and a restraining order filed against him by his wife, Gov. Scott Walker announced he wants the state to take a tougher stand against domestic violence.

Walker spoke about the need for stronger laws against domestic violence on NBC’s “Meet the Press” over the weekend. Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said there should be laws that ultimately stop the horrors of domestic violence Wisconsin has seen in recent weeks.

“Gov. Walker’s goal is to ensure state laws prevent events like the recent tragedy in Brookfield,” Werwie said.

According to Werwie, Walker is currently taking a comprehensive look at state statutes to see what domestic laws can be strengthened and improved upon.

Werwie said Walker is also looking into what other states do to prevent domestic violence. He said Walker is hoping to review other state’s statutes in order to see if there are areas of the law that need to be clarified.

According to Werwie, Walker and the state of Wisconsin have already taken several steps to prevent domestic violence.

In 2011, two acts meant to deter violence were ratified by the Wisconsin Legislature.

Act 266, otherwise known as Cindy’s Law, will require people who violate certain restraining orders to be monitored by a global positioning system starting in 2014, Werwie said.

“The second act, Act 32, has given more than a million dollars over the course of the budget for the Office of Victim Services and Programs,” Werwie said.

Werwie noted the money goes toward helping buffer the county costs that are presented with the state-wide Victim Information and Notification

Everyday and VINE Protective Order services. The funding supports “continued implementation” of the VINE program in all of Wisconsin counties.

It also created the Vine Protective Order service, which aims to provide timely notifications about all standing restraining orders, Werwie said.

Graeme Zielinski, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson said he believes Walker’s comments are all “lip service.”

Zielinski said Walker has proceeded to support measures that take Wisconsin farther away from a strong stance on domestic violence, arguing Walker has taken actions that do not strengthen Wisconsin against domestic violence.

“Instead, he has weakened spending for services for domestic violence victims and for prosecution of domestic violence crime,” Zielinski said.

Zielinski said Walker has not only failed to support enough initiates that would protect people from domestic violence, but he has also failed to condemn the views of “radical extremists.”

According to Zielinksi, Walker has taken the side of individuals who wish to make it a crime for women who are raped to get abortions. Zielinski also pointed to Walker’s lack of condemnation when it comes to similar ideas expressed by other well-known Republicans.

“He has failed to condemn leading Republicans like Roger Rivard, who said, ‘some girls, they rape so easy,’” Zielinski said.

Zielinski said he believes protecting the rights of a woman who is victimized is just as important as protecting the victims of domestic violence as are any other ways of victimization.

Zielinski added he thinks Walker is not truly serious about dealing with domestic violence.

“It’s hard to believe Scott Walker’s words, given his past actions and inaction,” Zielinski said.

Panel addresses U.S.-China relations, social media effects Scholars speak on impact of Internet in China, ambassador focuses on relations Molly McCall City Life Editor Prominent scholars and professors from around the country convened at a China Town Hall meeting Monday night to focus on the impact of social media on U.S.- China relations.

Min Jiang, a Chinese Internet specialist from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Sida Liu, University of Wisconsin

SPURLOCK, from 1 join them, Spurlock said Ban Deodorant expressed interest. He said leaders of the company agreed to put $50,000 into the movie.

“All it took was one,” Spurlock said. “This is what a business of lemmings it is.”

Spurlock said after this, POM Wonderful agreed to be the above-the-title brand

professor of sociology and law, held a panel on social media, and two other UW professors addressed topics related to social media in China in the panel to start the night.

Topics addressed at the panel included the effect of social media on leadership transitioning in the upcoming Chinese election, the impact of Internet use on civic engagement and the various impacts of social media sites like Twitter.

Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, was the main social media site the panel cited.

Liu, who has 8,000 followers on Weibo, studies lawyers, specifically Chinese

sponsor for the movie and bought the rights for $1 million.

“So just like that, we had the above-the-title sponsor for the movie, who agreed to pay a million dollars to be in the film,” Spurlock said.

“Bananas.”

Right after POM, Spurlock said Hyatt agreed to participate. He said once Hyatt came on, as a

lawyers, using social media to push for legal change.

Weibo is not the first generation of media for China, but it is the current cutting edge, he said.

Liu said lawyers have used Weibo to gain support in cases. One lawyer received so much support people flew from all over to appear at his trial.

“It is hard to predict how sustainable online mobilization is,” Liu said. “It is unpredictable what will happen.”

Jiang said China’s population totals 1.3 billion people, and of that population, 538 million people have Internet access.

“Weibo is a new

Blue Chip, Fortune 500 Company, then everyone wanted to be a part of their project.

He said it was like flood gates opened and they started chasing every brand they could.

“Nobody wanted to be first and nobody wanted to be last,” Spurlock said.

Spurlock said by the time they premiered the film at

phenomenon,” she said. “[Weibo] is becoming more and more important.”

With more than 1 billion people using mobile phones in China, there is now a vast structure of communication in which citizens are talking about politics, leaders and legal cases, she said.

Jiang presented common myths and misconceptions people have about China — among them was the portrayal of the relationship between China’s central government and people as one of opposition.

According to a Pew Internet Research study, 80 percent of Chinese citizens approved of the job the government was doing

Sundance Music Festival, though they approached about 950 companies, they had 15 brands on board. He said before the film hit the theaters, seven more brands had joined on.

Spurlock said it was persistence that kept him going.

“Things aren’t always great in this world,” Spurlock said. “So long as you have a

and 87 percent agreed the government should be the institution to regulate the Internet.

Jiang also gave a lecture following the panel discussion. She said Weibo, which has grown in popularity, has also spurred governmental change. As an example, she spoke on the Wenzhou train accidents in 2011 where dozens were killed. A local railway transportation bureau was responsible since signs were not working, leading to a head-on collision between two trains, she said.

Jiang said the local government tried to bury the train to hide the evidence, but many people involved began

good attitude about them, there are great things in even terrible situations.”

He said the product was ultimately great, although getting there was hard.

Hannah Feinstein, a UW freshman who attended the event said she thinks Spurlock is giving an alternative understanding of what people assume or see on television.

to tweet about it, resulting in more than 100 million tweets within a week. As a result, the minister of the railway was sacked.

To end the night, the National Committee on U.S.China Relations hosted a live webcast of U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China Gary Locke, who is the first Chinese-American ambassador.

Locke touched on the importance of a fair trade relationship with China.

“We [U.S. and China] need to find a way to coexist and cooperate,” he said. “Our relationship is based on mutual respect and the benefit of healthy competition.”

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Gov. Scott Walker also said the Wisconsin National Guard is standing by and can provide aid to other states if necessary.

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CRIME in Brief Sexual Assault South Mills Street

A Baraboo teen was sexually assaulted by a man claiming to be dressed as Hugh Hefner late Saturday night, according to Madison police.

The incident occurred on the 20th block of South Mills Street at 11 pm, according to a Madison Police Department statement.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the 17-year-old female was walking in the 20th block of South Mills Street when a man wearing a black and red flannel robe allegedly tried to hug her, but she pushed him away.

The victim then asked what the man’s Halloween costume was supposed to be, and he gave her the name of the Playboy magazine publisher, DeSpain said.

“The stranger then grabbed her and sexually assaulted her,” DeSpain said. “She was able to push him away and run.”

According to the MPD statement, the suspect was described as a male with a thin build.

Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, said the victim took the correct action by calling police once she was assaulted. She said she was glad the victim was able to protect herself.

Ellingson said the area of campus in which the incident occurred is not a place where assaults normally happen, however, the night that it happened may have been a catalyst to the crime.

She said the combination of Freakfest on State Street, the home Badger football game and people downtown consuming excessive amounts of alcohol led to negative things happening in Madison.

Street.

He said police were at the crime scene for six hours collecting evidence because of the serious nature of the crime.

Verveer said the investigation to obtain more information regarding the attack is being taken seriously by police, and he is confident police are actively working toward finding a suspect or suspects.

He said the attack on South Bassett Street was one of the most senseless, serious attacks of the weekend.

DeSpain said the incident is under active investigation, and as soon as police obtain more information, an incident report with details about the specific crime will be available.

Sexual Assault South Bassett Street

Battery Regent Street

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said an additional sexual assault involving a woman occurred around midnight Sunday on South Bassett

Two 21-year-old Madison residents suffered injuries after being attacked outside Lucky’s Bar

on Regent Street early Saturday morning.

According to a Madison Police Department statement, one suspect in the case, Jason Siebecker, 19, of Mauston, Wis., has been arrested for alleged battery, resisting and underage consumption of alcohol.

The victims said they apologized after accidently bumping into two men as they walked out of the bar and were not looking for trouble, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

“The words evidently fell on deaf ears as they were attacked by the two men,” DeSpain said.

DeSpain said both victims were allegedly punched in the head and knocked to the ground, causing an injury to one of the victims that resulted in the need for multiple stitches to close a cut near an eye.

A responding officer was able to identify one of the suspects after the victims and other witnesses

Plans for Diversity Week begin ASM committee starts talks for week in April dedicated to raising awareness, engagement Julia Skulstad Campus Life Editor The Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee started planning for Diversity Week, a campus-wide event to take place next semester, in a meeting Monday.

Diversity Week is scheduled to occur during the week of April 15 and will feature the themes of religion, sexuality, multicultural appreciation, disability and gender.

Diversity Committee Chair Mia Akers said this is the first time the committee is doing something like this.

She said this will be the first time the committee will organize a diversity week and added she hopes this will turn into something they can repeat for years to come.

“I think it’s our first attempt to try to engage the

STUDENT DIES, from 1 the nature of this specific case.

“This is obviously a tragedy, and my heart goes out to the family and friends of this student,” Resnick said.

“It’s tragic anytime we lose anyone on campus, and we’re very fortunate that it doesn’t happen regularly.”

DEBT, from 1 that under Wisconsin Financial Aid Funding, state-based financial aid has to be matched to the percent increase in tuition as estimated each year by the state budget.

“The state has commitments to other programs, primarily medical entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid and Badgercare, whose funding has dramatically increased over the last 20 years,” Moscicke said. “So the state has reprioritized other spending items within the state budget.”

Moscicke said this does not always happen, adding exceptions are often written into the state budget.

He said for roughly the last 10 years, there has been an exception written into the state budget that has the force of law.

Moscicke said the exceptions written into state budgets include either an increase in financial aid, which he said has only happened once, or to not provide as much financial aid as called for, something which he said has happened every other time.

Statter said he thinks that in order to make sure that UW continues to provide quality education, something needs to change.

“The UW still provides a quality education,” Statter said. “But we know that we’re paying our professors 18 percent under what the market says we should be paying them. We know the state is not giving us a lot more money. The federal government is talking sequestration and cuts across the board. That’s not good for us. That’s not sustainable.”

larger campus community in the ideas that we believe so strongly about,” Akers said.

She said their goal is to make the week about understanding and awareness of different cultures and identities.

Akers said the committee often struggles with how to engage the larger campus in diversity-related issues. She said through trial and error, the group will try to find more ways to involve more people from those already interested in diversity related topics.

Leading up to the week in April, Akers said the first step is to create a list of items that the committee will act on. She said they will reach out to student organizations and other campus leaders to engage their cooperation with the committee in planning for the week.

Akers said the week is meant to engage everyone, adding those interested do not have to be a minority or feel underrepresented on campus.

“This is really trying to probe peoples’ minds about how all of us are diverse,” Akers said. “It’s open for all students, and we really want all students to participate.”

ASM Press Office Assistant Director Courtney Jackson said with Diversity Week, Diversity Committee hopes to bring together all of the university.

Throughout the week, Jackson said the committee hopes students involved will experience the opportunity to get to know each other through similarities and differences.

“I think the biggest thing is that it is able to bring together all of the university,” Jackson said.

“This event is run by ASM

obviously for students, but it’s so that all students can come together and notice differences and share those differences, but also notice similarities that they may not notice before.”

Jackson said she felt impressed the committee has taken on this initiative because she said it is a great opportunity for everyone to get involved.

She also said she thinks the week will be extremely successful because of how well they can market it and reach out to students.

She added the week will secure a lot of prestige with speakers and events they hold.

ASM intern and Diversity Committee member Victoria Atkinson said she thinks people can unite over the fact that they are different, and it is peoples’ differences that are so important.

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said the suspect was wearing black and white striped overalls, according to an MPD statement.

“The suspect ran, but not fast enough, as the officer was able to tackle him near the corner of Regent Street and Randall Street,” DeSpain said.

DeSpain said the suspect claimed not to know the name of the other person he was with.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he was not surprised the attack occurred outside Lucky’s Bar given the very busy weekend in Madison and the huge number of people downtown.

“This assault occurred due to intoxication and outright stupidity,” Verveer said.

Verveer said he is pleased one suspect has been arrested and remains hopeful the other suspect will soon be identified.

Siebecker was taken to the Dane County Jail on a tentative battery charge.

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NRA attack ads off target on guns but America can hardly claim to be one of world’s most progressive countries on gun control if our I’ve got a question for percentage of homicides by everyone reading this: How firearm is higher than those many of your problems in the of Nicaragua or Northern last four years were you able Ireland. Nevertheless, gun to solve only because of your lobbies retain so much ready access to an army-issue political control in this M-16 assault rifle? country that not even the If your answer was greater than or equal to one, don’t fret shooting of a congresswoman could get the administration — the federal government’s to speak directly about the black helicopters won’t be problem. landing in your backyard to Arguments about gun take your guns away anytime safety can usually be grouped soon. As of last week, the into one of two categories.

National Rifle Association is on the case, buying more than One position is that the proliferation of small arms $1.3 million worth of airtime makes daily life more in major swing states such as dangerous because there is Florida, Ohio, Virginia and a greater probability that Wisconsin. someone can procure a gun The purpose of these ads and use it. is simple: to The flip side communicate of the debate to gun-owning voters that “. . . politicians can fight is that guns make people President for more restrictions safer, because Barack Obama, and regulations that if a mentally his Attorney prohibit firearms in unstable General Eric Holder public places at a local person starts shooting, and the two level. Taking your AKthere’s a Supreme Court 47 to the park because greater justices that chance that he nominated there’s no law against a responsible to the bench, it makes about as gun-toting Sonya individual Sotomayor and much sense as getting Elena Kagan, drunk at 10:30 a.m. on will be there to take them are rabidly a Wednesday simply down before anti-gun and they commit support a ban because we repealed Prohibition 90 years any more on assault violence. weapons. ago.”

Neither There are of these a couple of arguments fits with the reality interesting things to note of the situation. Because guns about these attack ads. are too easy to access, there For one, they come quite is no political way to stem the late in the campaign. With tide of them. America needs only a week left, it’s hard to examine other strategies to to imagine that time still reduce gun deaths. remains for a narrative For starters, we should shift that will persuade the support programs that mythical creature known provide mental health as the undecided voter. support to troubled Furthermore, the buy just individuals. If we can’t isn’t that big — $1.3 million regulate guns, we can at doesn’t buy what it used to least help those with the now that super PAC’s and extraordinarily rich campaign desire to use them violently.

Furthermore, politicians can donors dominate the fight for more restrictions airwaves. and regulations that prohibit What is most interesting, firearms in public places at a however, is what this late, local level. Taking your AK-47 under-powered advertising to the park because there’s no buy says about the Obama administration’s stance on gun law against it makes about as much sense as getting drunk control. Despite the ancient at 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday quotations the NRA used simply because we repealed to make them seem rabidly Prohibition 90 years ago. anti-gun, the administration In a Wisconsin State has been nearly silent on Journal poll asking voters these issues. Obama hasn’t what they considered to be championed the assault the most important issue weapons ban, pushed for of the election, gun control more extensive background ranked dead last. I hope this checks or introduced means no one in Wisconsin legislation supporting other will vote based on these progressive gun control attack ads, but I also hope it programs since very shortly doesn’t mean that we don’t after his 2009 inauguration. care. The next time there’s a It’s not that he hasn’t had shooting, let’s not forget the the opportunity. There have things we might have done to been more shootings in the prevent it. Then maybe next United States since 2009 time, we’ll actually take action than I can remember. We’ve to prevent gun violence. had two major shootings in Wisconsin alone in the Nathaniel Olson (naolson4@ last few months. Sure, there wisc.edu) is a senior majoring are other countries in the in political science, history and world with more severe psychology. problems with gun violence,

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Endorsements express editorial independence “In [some readers’] minds, the endorsements color everything else we do.”

We realize the Sentinel doesn’t benefit from making endorsements — on the contrary, whichever candidate the editorial board chooses to back, a certain percentage of readers will disagree with the endorsement and stop reading the paper. In light of this, it appears that the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is refusing to make endorsements because they believe the candidates they were going to endorse are unpopular with the people who pay to read their paper.

This practice is a potentially dangerous form of selfcensorship.

The Sentinel seems to believe taking a stance on a candidate means becoming their political crony. “Believe me, nowhere in my job description does it say that I should help politicians get elected,” Haynes remarked in the editorial. That simplifies the role of an editorial board to the point of naiveté. It is the responsibility of an editorial board to interpret the news and take a stance with the authority of the newspapers name. This means advocating for the political candidate that board

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel announced last week that from this point forward, it will no longer make endorsements for political candidates in all elections, including the monumental upcoming presidential and senatorial elections. The Sentinel’s lack of conviction and transparency is upsetting, and its decision to refrain from making endorsements seems to be a poorly disguised attempt to dodge controversy and keep circulation numbers up.

David Haynes, the editorial page editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, wrote last Friday that the sunset of Journal Sentinel endorsements paves the way for a substitute plan endorsed by noted media scholar Jay Rosen to engage readers and remain independent from political parties. We do not understand why making endorsements precludes such a plan. Editorial independence does not mean recusing oneself from an important civic function just because the race is heating up. In fact, taking a stance and endorsing a candidate is an expression of editorial independence.

Haynes explained that,

gives editorial leadership generous breathing room to make endorsements in the future, when a race is novel enough that it is important to weigh in on. The Journal Sentinel has not given a criterion as to what makes a campaign endorsementworthy. These exceptions puncture their attempts to say this is really an effort at editorial independence.

Rather, it seems to be a copout from taking a side in the current election. We feel that an editorial board should either make endorsements on a consistent basis, or refrain from making endorsements entirely.

In the next two days, The Badger Herald Editorial Board will make endorsements in the presidential election and the Senate race between Tammy Baldwin and Tommy Thompson. We do not expect to bring tears to people’s eyes or cause a massive upheaval of support for the candidates we endorse. But we will keep doing our job as a newspaper: To contribute to important political discussions and to give our input on who would make the country better for our readers. We wish the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel would join us.

members believe will act in the public’s best interest.

Haynes cited readers’ lack of knowledge concerning the difference between a newsroom and editorial board and how that can tinge reader perception of news content.

In most papers, including The Badger Herald and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the news department takes great pains to keep its staff out of political activity and to make sure news coverage does not get contaminated with reporters’ partisan viewpoints. Some readers do not understand that an editorial board and newsroom do not intersect. This is not an excuse for an editorial board to dissolve its relevancy, but it is an opportunity to educate the public on how a newspaper works. A newspaper should not change the way it expresses editorial opinion because it believes its readers are ignorant.

Curiously enough, Haynes said there will be times when an endorsement will be made, and he cited the recall election as an example. The Sentinel supported Walker, Haynes said, and the decision was based less on politics and more on a disagreement with the recall process. Haynes

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Disent from the Editorial Board Sentinel right to separate editorial, news coverage Taylor Nye Managing Editor In the editorial I am dissenting against, my fellow board members call out the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s editorial board for refusing to endorse political candidates any longer. My fellow board members say this is because the Sentinel feels the consensus they would reach would hurt readership. I agree.

Personally, I question the validity of the reasons the Sentinel gives in its recent explanation for halting endorsements.

These reasons are especially suspect when coupled with the fact that the Sentinel still reserves the rights to make endorsements in “rare” cases.

However, I feel strongly that the makeup of editorial boards needs to change, and for this reason, I agree with the Sentinel’s decision. While their motives may be unclear, their action is appropriate.

In The Badger Herald’s editorial, they point to the confusion readers feel

about the relationship between an editorial board and a news staff. If readers do not realize that they are two separate things, my colleagues say, they need to be better educated.

As a student journalist, I do not presume people need to educate themselves about my profession. So let me lay it out: The Herald editorial board includes two members, two editorial editors, an independent editorial board chair and the three top management positions in the news department — the Editorin-Chief, myself (Managing Editor) and the Editor-atLarge. The composition of the Sentinel’s board is similar, including the publisher, Editor-in-Chief and opinion page editor.

The public cannot understand why editorial boards and news coverage are not related because in our current system, they are. Take me, for example.

Every Sunday and Monday night I have the final say on all news stories that appear in our paper. I also sit on an editorial board where I express my opinions on everything

from gun control to city politics. In my mind, this is a major conflict of interest.

In our fast-paced media climate, people grow ever wary of the liberal or conservative monopoly on news coverage. Allowing editorial boards as they are composed — such as the Sentinel’s and the Herald’s — to weigh in on any given race only furthers this problem.

If the public feels a newspaper is biased, the burden of proof lies with the newspaper. If there is a disconnect for the public about the relationship between editorial coverage and news coverage, that is something a news organization needs to examine, not something it should demand the public come to terms with.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s decision was a slash-and-burn one.

Instead of re-structuring their board to contain non-managerial, non-news staff members, as I feel they should have done, they nixed endorsements altogether. While this was perhaps too hasty, it was a step in the right direction.

So while the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s motives were shaky and its steps were drastic, I do believe they are correctly calling attention to a problem American newspapers struggle with — editorial boards and news coverage are more closely related than we as journalists would like to admit.

For this reason, I advocate the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pull all managerial staff from their board, replace them with a group of well-informed opinion columnists and resume endorsements at once. That way, there will be no confusion in the public’s mind on the role of the editorial board.

Since it will contain no managerial staff, there will be a much smaller chance of bias entering the news section. I advise the same for the Herald, although the decision is not in my hands.

Taylor Nye (tnye@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in human evolutionary biology, archaeology and Latin American studies.

Van Hollen’s criticism of courts disregards judicial authority Reginald Young Editorial Page Editor Attorney General JB. Van Hollen is making headlines these days in the state of Wisconsin. He’s pushed the State Supreme Court to rule on voter ID in hopes that the law will be in place for the November election, and he’s openly disagreed with the Government Accountability Board. On Thursday, Van Hollen released a statement concerning a recently filed motion that asked an appeals court to allow Act 10 to remain in effect while it is under review.

“We believe Act 10 is constitutional, and we’ll ultimately prevail in defense of those parts declared

unlawful. It’s important a stay is granted to avoid confusion while the appellate process moves forward,” said Van Hollen in the statement.

Picking a side and making statements in support of that position is Van Hollen’s job; he’s Attorney General. And that’s what attorneys general do — but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a better way.

This summer I had the good fortune to study abroad in Norway for eight weeks.

I was there on July 22, the one year anniversary of the bombings and shootings committed by one man that left 77 dead.

Throughout the day of July 22, I tuned in to media coverage of the anniversary, and one interview in particular has stuck with

me. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg gave a press conference in which he was asked how he would like to see the courts rule in the perpetrator’s trial, which was still going on at the time. His response was simple — he just said, “I can’t answer that kind of question.”

Stoltenberg qualified his response by saying that as head of the executive branch, it wasn’t his place to make statements regarding what he believes to be the correct course of action for a separate branch.

I immediately thought, “Well damn. No American politician today would have high enough standards to do that.”

And so we come back to Van Hollen. Yes, it’s his job to make

statements because he is, after all, the lawyer representing the state. What he is doing is in no way corrupt or abhorrent. But he is also part of the executive branch, and no branch should have the power to dole out morality or correctness on another.

Referring to the temporary stay on voter ID while it was under consideration in the courts, Van Hollen told The Badger Herald, “While I respect the judicial process and the right to challenge a law in court, it is time for our Supreme Court to take control of these cases.” Translation: I respect the role of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but they’re not doing the job I think they should do.

Statements like these are all too common in cross-branch

criticisms; an official uses the appearance of just doing his or her job as a pretense for instructing another branch on what is “right.”

This contributes to the cesspool of reasons for viewing our political system as futile. If it’s acceptable for someone who specializes in one branch of government to tell someone in a different branch what to do, then we obviously don’t understand the importance of respecting the knowledge of others. I wouldn’t tell my doctor how to prescribe antibiotics, and I wouldn’t tell my lawyer how to write a brief. I’d STFU and let them do their job.

It’s easy to understand, then, why a culture that considers specialists and officials to be negligible

would view a court striking down part of a certain law as repulsive — or why thousands would erupt in protest over that same law.

To us, it doesn’t matter if an economist or tenured political science professor makes a statement that’s overwhelmingly supported by evidence — if we don’t agree with someone, they must be wrong. I suppose that’s why Ayn Rand’s objectivism has such a following in American culture.

While it may be in his job description, Van Hollen ought to keep his moralizing of other branches to himself.

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

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At 20, SoundKill3r lives free of regrets Local EDM artist has put fellow UW students in ‘trance’ at Madison venues Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Writer When Eduardo Urbaez was 14 years old, his mother remarried.

The Venezuelan-born teenager had been living in Miami for most of his life, but his mother’s new marriage forced him to move to Spain.

In this foreign country, he wished desperately to fit in and assimilate into the local culture. He needed entertainment, stimulation. He found it in electronic music.

Europe offered Urbaez an intimate look into the world of house music, a culture he had not seen in the U.S. He versed himself in the music of Tiësto and other premier European producers.

One day, a Spanish friend introduced him to a music software that allowed samples to be stacked on top of one another.

“It was pretty cool,” recalls Urbaez. His passion for electronic music production was ignited, and he began experimenting with rudimentary electronic beats. Urbaez was drawn to the uniqueness of the sounds — sounds he believed could not be

created with physical instruments. “How do you make these sounds?” he wondered. “A guitar cannot make these sounds. A piano cannot make these sounds. So how are you making it?

That’s what got me into it.”

Just as Urbaez found himself conforming to the Spanish EDM scene, he and his family moved back to Florida. In Miami, he was introduced to a famous Brazilian DJ, who suggested he take production classes at an institute in Miami.

Enamored by the prospect of creating his own music, Urbaez enrolled. Four months later, at the age of 15, he had finished the course.

He immediately began DJing house parties for people his age and nearly twice his senior. When he realized such concerts would only take him so far, he organized and played his own weekend music festival.

Suddenly, people were intrigued. People started calling, offering him gig after gig. Urbaez watched with enthusiasm as his fan base swelled. Fast forward to 20 years old and Urbaez is enrolled at the University of Wisconsin Urbaez — who releases music under the name SoundKill3r — has amassed more than 13,000 fans on Facebook.

He has played the Orpheum and Segredo on multiple occasions. For

every concert, he dons a unique skeleton mask and jumps energetically to his beats.

“I want SoundKill3r to be an icon,” Urbaez explains. “For electronic music, for partying, it’s basically just a way for me to have fun. I could say I want to change the world, but I just want to have fun doing what I love — and make other people have fun with me.”

Urbaez expresses his love for electronic music with the utmost enthusiasm. He describes trance music concerts with the uninhibited vigor a child might project when explaining a trip to Disneyland, rattling off fragmented descriptions of the concerts’ awesomeness.

‘I want SoundKill3r to be an icon ... I just want to have fun doing what I love — and make other people have fun with me.’

“For me, the best concerts have been at the beach, 6 p.m., when the sun is about to set.

It’s time to party. When the sun sets, everybody’s raising their hands, trying to reach the sky; it’s a really powerful feeling,” he said. “The DJ’s enjoying everyone

Photo courtesy of Eduardo Urbaez

Life has taken UW student Eduardo Urbaez from Venezuela to Miami to Spain and now to the Midwest, where he shares his love for electronic music with peers. as well. The DJ is worried about his music and stuff, but they also have time to enjoy the audience — leave the beat going for ten seconds, lift your hands and watch the crowd.”

When Urbaez moved to Madison, he wanted to share this enthusiasm for electronic music production with the UW campus. Naturally, he formed the Electronic Music Production organization.

Because Urbaez had to pay money to learn how to make music, he wanted to create a free service available to anyone interested in creating electronic music, regardless of previous knowledge or skills.

The group meets weekly, working with Abelton and Reason softwares. Urbaez instructs members on how to create electronic music of all sorts — be it dance, rap or jazz. What Urbaez has done is organize a community of EDM devotees, each

member learning from one another. “Sometimes they ask questions that I don’t know how to answer. It forces me to push myself, and I learn from it,” admits Urbaez, who has been creating music for five years now.

“There’s always a divide between the artists, and those who want to be an artist, but have some sort of problem,” Urbaez muses. “Thanks to the Internet and a computer, you don’t need anything else.”

Urbaez fully believes in this democratic nature of electronic music. Although it is derided by many as “too easy” and not exemplary of “true art,” electronic music, Urbaez explains, is very much an art.

“Art is basically a form of expression, but something that is organized. Even if you’re throwing paint at a canvas, it is organized already because it has a space and

you’re just throwing it into that space. Same thing with electronic music: Even if you’re not a good artist and you’re just slamming the keys on a keyboard, you’re still putting dedication into it and trying to make it organized.”

Urbaez’s organization on campus works to foster and expand upon this philosophy.

With electronic music, “It’s the music, the ambience,” he explains. “You forget about your problems and it’s just the party.”

In addition to performing regularly as SoundKill3r and running the Electronic Music Production organization, Urbaez teaches free Abelton music production courses through the DoIT department’s STS (Software Training for Students).

Urbaez couldn’t be happier with where his life has taken him. “Things have been fun so far. I don’t regret anything.”

TV drama ‘Revenge’ beyond hopeless in second season Round two of ABC’s ‘guilty pleasure’ has fallen flat in its first month back on air Tim Hadick ArtsEtc. Writer Last fall, as many of my favorite TV series came to an end, I reverted to my usual skeptic attitude toward the new shows that debuted. Generally, I favor ABC’s lineup, because let’s be honest, Disney throws so much money at its programming that most are bound to at least keep some interest. After being pleasantly surprised at “Once Upon a Time’s” combination of drama, action and fairytale stories, I decided to grit

my teeth and dive into “Revenge.” I loved the first season. It had everything: intrigue, action and welldeveloped characters. But after only three episodes of the second season, I’m done.

While often described as a guilty pleasure, “Revenge” had a lot going for it.

Premiering last September, the pilot episode set the show for a season of success. Emily Thorn (Emily VanCamp, “Brothers and Sisters”) creates a cloud of mystery around her engagement to the handsome, rich Daniel Grayson (Joshua Bowman, “Make it or Break it”) as she mingles with guests at her engagement party. A scheming mother, Victoria Grayson (Madeleine Stowe, “Raines”), threatens Emily during the celebration, but only just before a gunshot

rings out, and Daniel is found on the beach covered in blood. Flash back to months before and the promise of an exciting conclusion, “Revenge” combines a wellstructured plot, enticing character development and enough craziness to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. While the finale was a bit dry, “Revenge” left the audience with plenty of unanswered questions, along with some deep investment.

But as season two starts off trying to use the same formula as season one, everything falls flat.

“Revenge” promises a tornapart body on Jack’s boat with divers excavating the wreck. That’s it. Where’s the drama? Where are the other characters, and how have they changed because of this? Why should I care?

It’s probably not Jack, just like how the person shot in season one wasn’t Daniel.

Unlike successful uses of recycled plot structures — see “Hangover 2” — “Revenge” is too invested in trying to the connect dots in a mystery to do something formulaic.

On top of structural dullness, “Revenge” has gotten flat-out boring. The focus of events has shifted from Emily and Nolan’s joint venture to Amanda and Jack’s tumultuous, snooze-worthy relationship, as well as the Graysons’ dizzying back-andforth loyalties and hatred toward each other. It’s tiring and dull. Then, we have Emily dealing with a poorly introduced new lover and looking for her mother, who turns out to be alive and in love with the “white-haired man” who tried to kill Emily.

Come on, this is just silly. I honestly don’t care how this is going to be explained — it’s all just too damn weird and soap opera-y. “Revenge” has fallen into the pitfall of using relationships as a crutch for its entire presentation when it could be doing so much better.

The show’s focus on relationships used to be about power struggles, and now it’s just about who’s angry with whom this week.

Emily was using Daniel to get closer to the Graysons and ended up having feelings for him, but not enough to completely deter her from her mission. This is what the viewers tuned in for, not just another lovey-dovey drama.

I watch “Grey’s Anatomy” for that, not “Revenge.” I would say, “give me back what I watched for,” but it’s honestly

too late. “Revenge” has exhausted me to the point of giving up.

What’s really sad about the drop in quality of “Revenge” is how it took a seemingly boring premise of family drama and turned it into so much more. The series title Emily is working toward has all but been forgotten under the drama and frankly boring conspiracies and watching her get her revenge was the whole reason I watched the show.

Thankfully, the creator of “Grey’s Anatomy,” Shonda Rhimes, has blessed us with another high-tension season of “Scandal.” So, I recommend to anyone that likes “The West Wing,” “Lost” or “Grey’s” to stop waiting for “Revenge” to get off its ass and become interesting and switch to a better show.

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Masticating Madison’s burger scene: start with patties, buns Benjamin Cox ArtsEtc. Writer I had the opportunity to write about DLux, the new burger joint opened

by Food Fight, a few weeks ago and it got me thinking about burgers. They’re just a patty and a bun, right?

Sure, maybe at their core, but the styles of burgers have become so varied that it can be hard to keep up.

From fried eggs to peanut butter, restaurants seem to be adding anything they can find in their kitchens to make their burgers unique.

Although I’m a huge fan of toppings, a good burger still does — and always will — start with the basics. While burgers are never fully defined by their patties and buns, it’s not a bad place to start.

I’ve eaten some pretty great, and, unfortunately, some pretty bad, burgers in Madison. The ones that scored points with me were the ones that perfected the basics before moving on to the extras.

Patties come in many different sizes, and the way they’re cooked changes the feel of the whole burger. I like to group patties into two distinct styles. There are smaller patties that are usually pressed thin and cooked longer, sometimes even crispy on the edges, and larger patties that are left thick and usually cooked with some pink in the center. I’m not here to pick a side because I like certain aspects about both. But in order to be successful, the meat has to be fresh (and locallysourced, if possible).

Buns are even more varied than patties and freshness is important here, too. The ones I’ve liked best are definitely fresh, but also unique, complimenting the taste of the meat and toppings used in the burger. With all that in mind, here’s my take on the best burgers in town, in order of increasing patty size. I would classify the first two as smaller pressed patties and the last three as the larger kind:

The Mad Sconnie Burger (AJ Bombers) AJ Bombers takes pride in serving fresh, local ingredients and that scores a lot of points with me. The patty on The Mad Sconnie Burger is their ‘Gahnzo’ patty, which is a blend of grass-fed beef and bacon (yes, there’s bacon ground into the patty). The bun is a miniature version of the spicy cheese bread made by Stella’s bakery (the very same stuff you eat all morning at any given farmer’s market).

AJ Bombers crushes their patty, making the edges crispy and the overall sandwich relatively thin.

Don’t let that fool you though, because the size of the patty is still a quarter pound. Extras include a special “bomber” sauce, lettuce, tomato and fried pickles — or ‘frickles’.

The DLux Burger (DLux) Moving up in patty thickness, we arrive at the burgers at DLux. Like AJ

Bombers, they, too, press their patties, but not as much. The patty on the DLux Burger is the same patty they feature on all their burgers.

It consists of a standard 80/20 ground beef (that’s beef-to-fat ratio) and is a third-pound. The bun on the DLux Burger is a potato roll with a light flour dusting. Extras include a port wine-onion marmalade, blue cheese and fresh arugula. (For more on DLux, check out the story that ran Sept. 26 in The Badger Herald).

The No. 30 (The Old Fashioned) The Old Fashioned is known for doing everything Wisconsin.

Everything they make is sourced from small vendors in the state, and their namesake drink, “the old fashioned,” is consumed more in Wisconsin than anywhere else. The apple pie at The Old Fashioned even comes with cheddar cheese. Like much of their

menu items, the No. 30 is decadent. Its patty is a third pound of 80/20 beef and the bun is made of Challah (pronounced ‘holla;’ Challah is a braided bread served during Jewish holidays). Extras include hickory-smoked bacon, aged cheddar and a garlic sauce. A soft-cooked egg tops off the stack, and the yolk runs all over the burger once you break it.

The Melting Pot (Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry) The Melting Pot is the number one selling burger at Dotty’s and for good reason. It’s called “The Melting Pot” because it features three kinds of melted cheese: cheddar, Swiss and provolone (obviously, this one can get a little messy). Like DLux and The Old Fashioned, the patty is 80/20 ground beef, but they serve theirs in a 6 oz. patty. The bun is seeded and baked fresh every day. Extras include bacon and an English garlic sauce (and, of course, the

cheese).

The Spanish Burger (Blue Moon Bar and Grill) At The Blue Moon, they love to let the beef shine.

Their patty tops the list at a half-pound and their bun is a fresh Kaiser. They offer a variety of variations, but my favorite is The Spanish Burger. Topping the patty on The Spanish Burger is fresh pico de gallo salsa, black olives and pepper jack cheese. At this patty size and beef freshness, it’s OK to order like you would a steak. I order mine medium rare.

Next time you enjoy a burger, take a few moments to think about the little things. You will start to appreciate those places that make burgers out of fresh meat and on buns that aren’t overlooked.

Questions? Comments?

Did I leave a great burger off my list? Let Benjamin know by emailing the column at bcox1@wisc.edu.

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Sports DANIELS., from 8 sport and, along the way, has convinced even more Americans to become soccer fans.

With that being said, the potential retirement of U.S. soccer’s greatest player, in the midst of his best form and highest popularity,

could send U.S. soccer back into the Stone Age as far as the future of the sport is concerned. After all, Donovan is the face of American soccer.

To put it in perspective, just imagine a player like LeBron James retiring from basketball at this stage in his career — having just won his

first NBA Championship to go along with a gold medal in the Olympics, James is at the peak of his career.

The same is true of Donovan’s career at this point. Donovan comes off a championship-winning MLS season with the Los Angeles Galaxy, and he currently boasts nine goals and 14

assists this year despite battling constant injuries.

The loss of Donovan would not only hurt the U.S. national team’s chances at improving on its second round exit in the most recent World Cup, but more importantly it would hurt soccer’s chances for continued growth in the

United States as well.

Donovan is more than just a soccer player; he has become a brand, a walking promotion for American soccer.

The day Donovan plays his last game for the national team will mark the end of an era of considerable growth in American soccer, and only

KELTER, from 8 one year of eligibility for soccer after this fourth year of hockey, saying she will see where that opportunity leads her down the road.

“If someone is going to do all that stuff, they’ve got to be a pretty good athlete,” Johnson said. “I think that having played multiple sports and at a high level, it helps our situation here … soccer and hockey, there are a lot of similarities in the way we play the game.”

If one multisport Kelter athlete wasn’t impressive enough, Alev’s twin sister Derya has also been a member of both the women’s soccer and hockey programs at Wisconsin the previous three seasons.

“It has been a blessing to have her here,” Alev said. “I wouldn’t be the player I am now without my twin.”

Hockey and soccer

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time will tell if Donovan’s influence on the game can ever be replicated.

Nick is a junior majoring in journalism. What do you think Landon Donovan’s retirement would mean to the fate of American soccer? Email him at ndaniels@badgerherald.com or on Twitter @npdaniels31.

have shared the focus of Alev’s attention, but the athlete also had a brief moment of stardom in the flag-football scene.

Kelter helped lead her high school team to a state title in 2007, earning all-state and allconference honors along the way.

“We had a bit of a break between our hockey and soccer season so our school picked [flag football] up from Title IX,” she explained.

“The basketball and volleyball players, all of us that didn’t get to play together started that first season of flag football.

It was pretty intense. It made me respect a lot of these football players.”

While we may not see Kelter add a third sport to her list as a Badger, she is still looking to continue her success at Wisconsin, hoping that her time in Madison will help her achieve her ultimate goal of being an Olympic athlete — maybe even in two sports.

quarterback, Bielema remained optimistic about the Badgers’ outlook for the remainder of the season. However, he resolutely admitted this season has been different than any other of his seven-year tenure.

Phillips saw his first action of the season against Illinois, and his only run came on a loss of two yards. He did complete an 8-yard pass to James White, but it was wiped away by a penalty.

“It’s my life as a head The fifth-year senior football coach,” Bielema offers the most mobility at quarterback, as the said. “You take these coaches tried to use him experiences, and it defines as a change of pace player who you are. It helps against the Fighting Illini, you in the future. You’ll be able to have these his first reference appearance points.” in a Badger “Danny transferred Through uniform nine regular since 2009. in with the dream season “It will be of being a twogames, interesting Wisconsin this week year starting faces a because Curt quarterback at November obviously Wisconsin.” slate has some Bret Bielema against two unique Head coach of the top skill sets,” teams in Bielema said. the Leaders O’Brien completed 5-of-11 passes Division in Ohio State against Michigan State and Penn State, as well for 44 yards and no as an important game touchdowns.

When against a much-improved asked about O’Brien’s Indiana team following preparedness, the head the Badgers’ bye week.

He noted Wisconsin has coach said the former Maryland transfer was been in similarly difficult ready and hinted at the situations each of the past fact that Canada, the two seasons at this point, offensive coordinator yet reached the Rose Bowl and play-caller, has more both times.

“We’ve never been confidence in O’Brien.

“Danny transferred the team that everybody in with the dream was counting to win a of being a two-year championship the last starting quarterback two years,” Bielema said. at Wisconsin,” he said. “But at the end, we were.

“It started that way and And it’s because we handle got side railed. Now I everything on a week-toknow Matt Canada felt week approach. This thing very, very confident that is no different. We’ve got he was the guy to go to everything in front of us.”

Since Bielema took if there was a sudden over, the Badgers have change within a series or something like that, the a record of 18-3 in November. Over that span, last two weeks.”

Regardless of the they have averaged 39.8 serious questions at points per game while allowing 21.6 points.

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Kerdiles suffers another setback Online: Freshman suffers minor MCL injury with U.S. U-18 team.

O’Brien, Phillips compete for top spot Bielema confirms Stave out for season, says 2 quarterbacks will take equal reps Drew Harry Sports Writer If this season has been one of change for the University of Wisconsin football team, the trend will only continue as coaches decide who to move forward with at quarterback.

Head coach Bret Bielema confirmed earlier reports that UW (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten) starting quarterback Joel Stave suffered a seasonending broken collarbone Saturday, but said it will not require surgery after the redshirt freshman met with team doctors Monday morning.

“He injured his left clavicle … [doctors will] X-ray it every week, but it’s probably an eight-week recovery, which takes him out of the regular season,” Bielema said.

“There’s an outside chance of obviously something for postseason, but that would be right on the edge of it. And everything, if it goes to plan, should be 100 percent ready to go for spring ball.”

Danny O’Brien took over for Stave in the second half against Michigan State Saturday, but Bielema said the coaching staff will evaluate the best option to start at the position over the next two weeks. The UW head coach also said Curt

Phillips will be in the mix to earn the starting nod against Indiana.

“We’ll take this bye week right here and pretty much give Danny and Curt equal reps and see where we’re at going into Sunday,” Bielema said. “We may not make a public announcement, but for sure we’ll let our players know who’s going to start the game.”

Bielema complemented Phillips’ resiliency and leadership, especially his drive to continue playing after rehabbing three separate anterior cruciate ligament tears.

“I know this, there’s probably not a kid that’s invested more time to get on the field than Curt Phillips on our football team,” Bielema said. “Our kids like him; I think our coaches like him. Matt Canada has been intrigued with Curt ever since day one. He’s got that ‘it’ factor that quarterbacks need to have.”

Coming out of high school, Phillips was rated as the seventh best dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com. Despite Phillips’ surgeries, Bielema stressed that coming into fall camp he was relatively healthy.

“He really looked strong in fall camp,” Bielema said.

“That was the first extensive [experience] he’s had action wise in a year and a half. I would think he’s actually Jen Small The Badger Herald gotten better with a limited amount of practice time.”

Redshirt junior quarterback Danny O’Brien struggled against the Michigan State defense, throwing for only 44 yards on 5-of-11 passing after taking over for Stave. The former

Maryland transfer started the first three games of the year for Wisconsin, but will battle fifth-year senior and dual-threat passer Curt Phillips for the starting nod against Indiana.

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U.S. may lose more than just Donovan Nick Daniels Nick’s Picks

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Alev Kelter, a native of Eagle River, Alaska, is competing for a spot on the U-23 women’s national soccer team as she finishes out her final season with the women’s hockey team.

Kelter shoots at different net Dual-sport athlete focusing on hockey in final season, hopes to fulfill Olympic dreams Caroline Sage Women’s Soccer Writer When asking any athlete about their experience playing on a U.S. national team, one assumes the sport in question is implied. That is until you meet Alev Kelter.

“Well,” she hesitated, “For what sport?” And added a laugh after being presented the question.

The senior for the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is also an accomplished soccer player. Kelter is part of the player pool for the under-23 women’s national soccer team and has played for Wisconsin’s soccer team for three years until this season.

The opportunity to try out for the 2014 U.S. Olympic hockey team drove Kelter to focus her attention solely on hockey during her senior year at UW. “I knew there was a chance to try out for the Olympic team so I chose

to put all my marbles in one bag and go for that goal,” Kelter said.

Her dynamic athleticism has also shown itself on the rink this season as the aggressive and quick skater is making the transition from her traditional place on the defensive unit to a role as a forward.

For head coach Mark Johnson, Kelter’s ability to switch roles on the ice comes at a pivotal point for the team. With junior Brittany Ammerman out due to injury, Kelter has stepped up to help fill the void.

“This gives us an opportunity to move her up to forward, and we did it a little bit last year … and she did really well,” Johnson said. “With her speed and her ability to generate some offense, that’s part of the reason we did it.”

It didn’t take long for Kelter to adapt to the new position. In her fi rst game as a forward this season Oct. 6 against

Lindenwood, Kelter recorded her first career hat trick. It took her just 2 minutes, 17 seconds to prove the decision to move her up was a good one, as she scored the team’s first goal in a 9-1 victory.

Kelter ranks third on the team in goals with four and sixth in points scored. The opportunity to have a greater offensive role on the team was one Kelter greeted with enthusiasm.

“It’s been a fun transition. There are a lot of things you have to be aware of when you play forward and coach just is taking me through the motions,” Kelter said. “My teammates have done a great job of integrating me into the forwards.”

As a defender for the Badger hockey team in the previous three seasons, Kelter missed the first part of each season while competing with the Badger women’s soccer team. Last season, Kelter saw her first action on the ice Dec. 11 — 17

games into hockey play.

While she said there will always be challenges to joining a team late, the dual-sport athlete added it was easy to jump back into the routine with her hockey teammates.

With her decision to focus on hockey this season, Kelter has played in all 10 games. She is excited to see where her hockey ability takes her, but she hasn’t forgotten about her teammates who call the McClimon Complex home.

“I am [really] missing my girls playing soccer,” Kelter said. “I’m still cheering them on and being a fan.”

As a soccer player at UW, Kelter found similar success on the field as she has on the ice.

Last season, the center midfielder was third on the team in points with nine. She played in 19 of the Badgers’ 20 games, starting 14.

Kelter will still have

KELTER, page 6

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column that overflowed with optimism at the rapidly growing scene that has been soccer in the U.S. over the last decade.

But that was before American soccer star Landon Donovan had an interview with ESPN FC, ESPN’s soccer blog, revealing his reservations about continuing his career.

While the 30-yearold Donovan had made references to his potential retirement after the conclusion of the 2010 World Cup, it seemed more of a response to the U.S. national team’s disappointing second round exit than as a statement to be taken seriously.

Now, after Donovan’s interview — something that has become an increasingly rare occurrence since the World Cup — Donovan’s U.S. soccer future seems much more bleak than ever before.

While you never want to think one player is bigger than the team or, in this case, the entire soccer scene in the United States, Donovan may be one player that proves that old adage wrong.

Since he first burst onto the scene as a young player, making his first appearance in a World Cup game at the tender age of 20, Landon Donovan has quickly become the most successful American soccer player in history.

And no, that’s not an understatement.

As far as all-time statistics go, Donovan leads the U.S. national team in almost every category. He holds the record for most goals (49), most assists (48), most games started (130) and most points (146). The only category that Donovan has yet to conquer is total appearances (a number he could easily overtake should he continue playing through the next World Cup), as he currently sits in second place behind

Cobi Jones.

So when Donovan admitted in the tell-all interview that he has struggled with motivation throughout much of the latter part of his career and said there is only a “50-50” chance he will play in the 2014 World Cup, it was no surprise that his statements had reverberations throughout the U.S. soccer community.

After all, Donovan has meant more to American soccer than just a set of records.

His rise to soccer stardom has directly paralleled soccer’s popularity in the United States — the sport’s popularity even hit its highest point to date all thanks to one single goal by Donovan.

Ranked as the 20th greatest moment in sport’s history over the last 20 years

by ESPN, Donovan’s last minute goal against Slovakia in the 2010 World Cup sent the U.S. team into the second round of the tournament and U.S. sports fans into a soccer frenzy.

That game would go on to become the most watched soccer game in ESPN history with nearly four million households tuning in to see Donovan’s heroics.

On average, the number of American households watching the 2010 World Cup was up over 60 percent from the previous World Cup just four years earlier.

Under Donovan’s watch, American soccer has made great strides.

While the league started with 12 teams in his first MLS season, it has now grown to 20 teams just 10 years later.

Sure, the overall increase in talent in the league has a large part to do with the fact that the league is growing.

But Donovan set a precedent for a path not often used by good American players before him — for America’s best and brightest soccer stars to stay in the U.S. domestic league even after his career took off.

Over his career, Donovan has motivated thousands of young soccer players to continue playing the

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