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Mayor pushes for early voting Soglin: Absentee, early ballots are set to surpass numbers from 2008 election McKenzi Higgins Herald Contributor Mayor Paul Soglin held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to promote early and absentee voting in the 2012 presidential election, as well as the importance of voting in the city of Madison.

Soglin said this year’s early voting numbers have far surpassed the

2008 election’s in terms of total ballots the city has received. He added city officials are currently receiving ballots at an average of 2.8 per minute.

As of 12 p.m.

Wednesday, the city had already received 13,000 early vote ballots, which at the current rate would far exceed last election’s total of 13,479 by the end of the day, Soglin said.

Soglin said the total number of absentee ballots received by the city thus far is 20,257, which will also exceed the 2008 election’s total of 23,481.

Despite the increase in early voter turnout,

Soglin said some people who intended on voting left to avoid the wait as a result of long lines. He added he is hopeful those voters will come back for regular voting next Tuesday.

Soglin said he also hopes to see the highest percentage of voter turnout in the history of the city of Madison.

“I’m hoping we as a city can break all expectations and records in regard to turnout,” Soglin said. “We can demonstrate how great our city, state and nation is.”

On Election Day,

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Vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a Wisconsin native, may have contributed to Wisconsin’s importance in the upcoming presidential election.

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State becomes divided battleground for election UW professor: Ads, voter engagement increasing as Wis. as swing state Ashley Barrett Herald Contributor

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University of Wisconsin’s Challah for Hunger chapter held its annual fundraising event during Halloween.

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It is election season in Madison, and campus is naturally radiating political energy. State Street, East Campus Mall and just about every street corner within city bounds have been plagued with campaign workers and political activists encouraging students and the general public to register to vote.

While Wisconsin has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in the past six elections, polls and analysis have demonstrated that the Wisconsin vote may be unpredictable for the first time in decades after its recent designation as a swing state.

President Barack Obama captured 56 percent of the

Wisconsin presidential vote in the 2008 election, with substantial support from the Milwaukee and Madison populations. If Republican contender and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is able to win Wisconsin’s electoral votes in the upcoming presidential election, he will be the first Republican candidate to do so since Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1984, according to a Federal Election Commission report.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Kenneth Mayer said the presidential election has a tremendous contribution to the university’s atmosphere.

“People are engaged. There is an increasing amount of candidate advertising,” Mayer said. “The city is getting a lot of attention, more so because of Wisconsin being a swing state.”

Obama’s visit to the UW campus Oct. 4 generated an estimated crowd of more than 30,000 people, not including the 6,000 people who could

Presidential campaigns hit Wisconsin Romney, Obama schedule visits across state as election looms Jake Ebben Reporter As Wisconsin becomes an increasingly important win for the presidential candidates in the upcoming election, both campaigns are spending time in Wisconsin in an effort to increase voter turnout.

Despite cancelling several scheduled stops as a result of Superstorm Sandy, both presidential candidates will be making stops across the state. President Barack Obama is set to be in Green Bay on Thursday morning and Milwaukee on Saturday. Former Mass.

Gov. Mitt Romney will be speaking at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis on Friday.

The vice presidential candidates will also be coming to the state, with Vice President Joe Biden making stops in Superior and Beloit on

Friday. Rep. Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin native, has been making and will continue to make stops around the state this week, as well.

Former President Bill Clinton will also speak in Waukesha on Thursday.

These visits come after a Wednesday Marquette Law School Poll that put Obama above Romney 51 to 43 percent in a presidential election that poll director Charles Franklin said could come down to turnout. An earlier poll had found the presidential race tied on Oct. 17.

“Among all likely voters Obama leads by eight points, but among those who are both likely to vote and also follow politics most closely, the margin is just two points, 48-46 percent,” poll director Charles Franklin said in a statement.

“It works to Obama’s advantage if the less interested voters turn out, while it improves Romney’s chances if they stay home. This shows how get out the vote efforts of both parties can affect the results.”

Jeff Snow, chair of the UW College Republicans, said he is excited to see his party’s candidates back in Wisconsin, where he admitted the race is very close.

He said Obama won the state four years ago by 14 points, but that his lead is not as large this time. Obama’s constant trips to the state, he added, show that Obama needs to win Wisconsin.

“Wisconsin is a swing state,” Snow said. “Both are doing what they can to gain support from their constituents.

The state is necessary for both, but it is more necessary for Obama.”

The “conservative momentum” in the state is a large reason why the state is becoming closer, he said, adding that the support for Republican Gov. Scott Walker has the Obama campaign worried they could lose the state.

As for the eight-point lead the Marquette poll showed, Snow said he is skeptical of Obama having that large of a lead, as both campaigns would not be here if the

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Clinton plans stop at UW-Waukesha to promote president’s economic policies Polo Rocha State Legislative Editor With less than a week until Election Day, former President Bill Clinton is playing a major role in speaking to Wisconsin voters on behalf of President Barack Obama.

Clinton spoke at a rally Wednesday night in Eau Claire, telling voters they need to vote for Obama because of his accomplishments during the last four years and his vision on the economy’s future. He will also be speaking at the University of WisconsinWaukesha on Thursday morning.

Obama for America Wisconsin spokesperson Gillian Morris said Clinton and Obama have implemented similar economic policies, ones that will grow the economy by focusing on the middle class and small businesses.

“President Clinton knows that President Obama understands how to grow the economy—by investing in education, infrastructure and cutting taxes for small businesses,” Morris said in an email to The Badger Herald. “These types of policies, the same that © 2012 BADGER HERALD

President Clinton enacted, President Obama has put into place and will continue to improve in a second term.”

An invite from the Obama campaign for Clinton’s Eau Claire event said Clinton was there to “lay out the clear choice” Wisconsin voters have.

The email contrasted Obama’s “economy built to last” with former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s economy, one the email said follows a model that has already failed middle class families.

Ben Sparks, Romney for Wisconsin spokesperson, said Clinton is helping the Obama campaign in Wisconsin because the Democrats are worried about not getting enough votes in the state.

“The reason they are here is because the president has a real Wisconsin problem, further than that, he has a real turnout problem,” Sparks said. “President Clinton has been in Wisconsin multiple times, as has the president, and it’s clear they continue to lose ground here.”

This week, Clinton was on the campaign trail with

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not be admitted because of the reached capacity at Bascom Hill. Mayer said if Romney made a visit to campus, it would have generated far less enthusiasm from the recognizably liberal campus and city.

When Romney designated Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, as his vice presidential running mate this summer, Wisconsin’s importance in the election escalated.

Still, Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, a nonpartisan political research organization, remains unconvinced Ryan has enough experience to be a successful vice president for the U.S. Heck said 42-year-old Ryan lacks experience in areas such as foreign policy and private sectors, but his demographic profile is just the ticket. Ryan’s Irish-Catholic, All-American persona has been well supported by the majority of

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Sure, I guess we’ll let you play here Wisconsin reaps benefits of several Illinois players starring in program thanks to head coach’s midwest ties

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Baldwin stands strong on issues Editorial: Tammy Baldwin’s record of fighting for student loan reform makes her the best bet for college students

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Men allege attacks by blunt Costume-clad man allegedly beats, robs 2 on Halloween Molly McCall

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City Life Editor Two men were attacked by a man dressed as a marijuana “blunt” while walking in the 1700 Block of Madison Street early Saturday morning.

According to a Madison Police Department statement, the attacks were reported at 2:20 am, but had occurred an hour earlier.

The men, both aged 20, from Madison and Monroe, respectively, were trying to ignore a group of four men who were yelling at them on the sidewalk when the first victim was punched and kicked in the head, the statement said. The second victim ran to his friend’s defense, where he was hit over the head with a beer bottle.

“The latter victim was taken to a hospital to close gashes in his scalp,” the statement said.

The first victim suffered a black eye.

According to the statement, the victims did not know the men and claimed they did nothing to provoke the violence.

The suspect is described as a black male, around 20 years old. He was allegedly wearing a costume that looked like a used marijuana cigarette or “blunt,” the statement said.

Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, said she is not sure whether this attack was as a result of the raucous Halloween weekend or was just a random act of violence.

Ellingson said she has not received a report with statistics from the police chief about an increase in violence in the area.

Members of the University of Wisconsin’s Associated Students of Madison are turning their sights on students’ accessibility to tools and resources that will help them understand and deal with their financial needs. ASM’s University Affairs Committee is also working with a local bank to help students with filing taxes.

ASM promotes financial literacy Student committee teams up with UW Credit Union to provide tax assistance Dana Bossen Herald Contributor University of Wisconsin’s student government brainstormed ways to increase and improve communication concerning financial resources across campus, announcing plans for a Town Hall Meeting addressing these issues at its meeting Wednesday.

Associated Students of Madison’s University Affairs Committee heard from Rep. Mary Prunty, who has been working to increase financial literacy across the UW campus.

Prunty said when students come to college they might find themselves financially independent for the first time and may be unaware of how to handle their own finances. She said this is why it is important for students to have access to tools and resources to help them become financially literate.

“Through our campaign, we want to give students the tools and the help they need to help them become successful in their lives,” Prunty said.

According to Prunty, the financial literacy campaign is currently working with UW Credit Union’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to help students with their tax returns.

Prunty said her campaign is hoping to expand VITA’s services and help students who have been unable to receive their services in the past.

“Currently VITA serves about 100 students, but in past years thousands of students have tried to obtain this service,” Prunty said.

“We realized that there is a much greater need and we are currently trying to find a way to help those students that VITA cannot serve.”

Additionally, Prunty said the campaign is

working to create a Town Hall Meeting, which will incorporate all areas of campus in order to build partnerships and create a strategy to address the issue of financial literacy.

An ASM statement released Wednesday said hosting a Town Hall Meeting is the central goal of the financial literacy project.

ASM hopes to bring together representatives from student groups, the university and businesses in order to improve financial education among students, the statement said.

According to ASM Advisor Kelly Krein, administrators and staff might not be aware that students are unable to find or access the information they are looking for and that is why it is important to hold a forum.

“Part of the purpose of the forum is to have students there with individuals such as staff members and who might

really feel like they are making the information available but we have students who say that they are not able to access that information,” Krein said.

University Affairs Vice Chair Jenny Sharpe agreed with Krein and added there might be methods available for students to find an answer to their financial questions, but they may not know how to access that information.

Prunty said she hopes the forum will help increase financial literacy in general: on campus and abroad.

“We want to create a campus-wide movement that will include organizations, professors, students and business leaders so that we can create a strategy to address financial literacy,” Prunty said.

University Affairs committee Chair Becca Buell said the meeting will be formatted in a way similar to the campus safety forum held in September.

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CLINTON, from 1 Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, who Sparks said made some revealing comments about the election.

According to Sparks, Hancock told the crowd Wisconsin Democrats are underperforming in early voting and that if the election were held today, the president would not win Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes.

“Clearly, their message is falling short,” Sparks said. “In fact, their own Democratic base is not enthused about the president, and given Mayor Hancock’s comments yesterday, the Democrats are on the record now saying that they’re worried about their own base turning out.”

Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, also used Clinton to help her out in her race for the open Senate seat. In an ad released Tuesday, Clinton said she stands with middle class families and will continue to fight against special interest groups.

Clinton said an example of Baldwin standing with the middle class is Baldwin proposing the part of Obama’s health care law that keeps those under 26 on their parent’s health insurance.

County budget would close inmate center Parisi proposes to shut down Ferris Center in efforts to increase efficiency, expand adjacent Alliant Energy Center Sarah Eucalano Herald Contributor Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced a proposal in his 2013 operating budget that would cut funding to the Ferris Center, a minimum security jail on Rimrock Road Tuesday afternoon.

County Supervisor Paul Rusk, District 12, and chair of the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, said the county has proposed to move the current inmates, citing expansion proposals for the Alliant Energy Center, which lies adjacent to the Ferris Center.

Rusk said the Alliant Center needs more space.

Long-term plans include the construction of a small

hotel associated with the center.

Rusk also noted the center is in need of a more efficient system, an issue that would be addressed by moving current inmates to a different location.

“Inmates would be coordinated in one place with all the services that help people get back on their feet,” he said.

Rusk said the inmates’ future is uncertain now, but a special committee discusses plans on a regular basis. He said he estimates the closure of the Ferris Center some time in 2014.

Rusk said some of the inmates may be placed on electronic tracking, while others may be transferred to the medium security jail

located in the Public Safety Building.

The medical examiner and emergency management are slated to leave the building as a stipulation in Parisi’s budget plan, a move that would open up space to accommodate the influx of inmates from the Ferris Center, Rusk said.

A major goal of the move would be to replace the Ferris Center with a more coordinated system, according to Rusk.

Elise Schaffer, spokesperson for the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office, said there are currently no definite plans to close the Ferris Center. She added the sheriff ’s office is performing space studies, which may lead to

the expansion of the jail space in the Public Safety Building.

Schaffer noted the proposed inmate move would save money in the long run and use space more efficiently.

The Ferris Center currently holds 70 inmates, while the Public Safety Building holds 395 inmates.

The move would not affect Ferris Center inmates’ ability to hold jobs should they be housed in the Public Safety Building, Schaffer added.

“It’s not going to be a drastic change for [the inmates] in either direction,” she said.

Schaffer said the county is looking at the availability of a special needs space in

the Public Safety Building for inmates with physical and mental health issues.

She said the Public Safety Building will better accommodate the needs of inmates with special needs than the Ferris Center.

Rusk said the planning the county is doing to move the inmates will ultimately have a positive impact on Dane County.

“Whenever you can turn a life around and get somebody back on track so they are working and contributing to society— that’s a whole lot better than housing them in any kind of jail setting,” Rusk said. “Dane County has always really tried very hard to get people back on the straight and narrow.”

Street vendors, restaurants clash on regulation City Council hears complaints from downtown businesses that late-night food stops steal business Cogan Schneier Herald Contributor Local restaurant owners expressed serious concern over the increased number and activity of late night street vendors at a Vending Oversight Committee meeting Wednesday night.

Representatives from Silver Mine Subs and Pita Pit explained to committee members that the activity of certain street vendors is hurting their business and is unfair to the restaurants.

Rich Scheflow, owner of Silver Mine Subs, said there has been an influx of street vendors in the past year. He said vendors and their customers use his bathrooms and trashcans, as well as cause safety concerns.

“We’re suffering because of it,” Scheflow said. “There’s no regulation at all, and I just think something needs to be done. It’s unregulated, and I think it’s insane with all the regulations [restaurants] have.”

The history of cart vendors in Madison has been long and difficult, according to Warren Hansen, executive secretary and street vending coordinator. Carts historically used to set up on Langdon Street, which led to an increase in litter and noise complaints.

Since then, the VOC has come up with the idea of “late night vending,” where vendors could sell in four locations: Broom Street, Johnson Street, North Francis Street and the

700 block of State Street.

However, the recent influx of vendors has upset this distinction, Warren said.

“Now that balance has gone out of whack,” Warren said. “We have to fix late night vending again so that it’s going to work for everyone.”

Steven Lawrence of the food cart Fried and Fabulous said he built his business with the concept of downtown, late night food in mind. He said he did not want to have his business in Library Mall late at night, as people often avoid that area.

He said he chose the North Broom Street area because of the foot traffic and city regulations.

“Really as far as the options that are available for late night vending,

Broom Street is the only one,” Lawrence said.

In addition to safety concerns, Scheflow said he pays thousands of dollars for his location, and does not believe it is fair that food carts pay less and are able to compete with his business so easily.

Mary Carbine of the Madison Business Improvement District said she agreed.

“We’re talking people’s life savings, tens of thousands of dollars in a lease,” Carbine said.

“Suddenly there’s an unexpected number of competitive businesses that pops up, which is unpredictable, and it pops up during peak hours.

That can have some really negative impacts.”

Carbine also said the traffic in late night food service has increased as a result of residential patterns in the downtown area. Because of an influx of high-rise locations and apartments in recent years, different areas are busier now than in the past.

Carbine suggested that the use of Library Mall could be possible, if vendors try to market the area.

“I think status quo is different than when Langdon was the destination,” Carbine said.

“I really hope that Library Mall can be thought of again. You have to work to make it a destination.”

After heavy discussion, the committee decided to discuss the subject further at its next meeting.

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Herald Editorial Baldwin understands value of higher eduction, health care Tommy Thompson, wants Wisconsinites to believe.

In reality, Baldwin’s commitment to progressive politics has favored the working class, both liberal and conservative, that represents the majority

Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has often been labeled a Dane Country liberal, a politician too progressive to represent the rest of Wisconsin. Or at least this is the image her opponent, former Gov.

in Wisconsin. We endorse Baldwin in her bid for U.S. Senate.

Baldwin’s opponents are quick to point out while she may be the stronger candidate when it comes to social issues, it is the

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Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. has voted for legislation that represents the interests of America’s middle class. She has been a vocal advocate for student debt reform and increased Pell Grant funding, and she helped pass a bill that allows students to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they are 26.

economy voters should be concerned about.

There is no doubt the economy is a central issue — America’s middle class has felt the crunch of years of economic recession.

The middle class has been the focus of not only Baldwin’s campaign, but also her voting record. She was a major supporter of the Buffett Rule, which ensures millionaires and their middle-class counterparts pay a similar proportion of their incomes as taxes.

Naysayers insist the plan will bog down the economy and reduce incentives but fail to note it will affect only 0.1 percent of taxpayers while bringing some equality to America’s tax system.

During her time in the House of Representatives, Baldwin voted against the Financial Services Modernization Act. This ironically-named piece of legislation effectively tore apart the GlassSteagall Act, which prevented banks from engaging in the risky behavior that spurred the Great Depression.

Critics, including Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, argue the Financial Services Modernization Act precipitated the financial meltdown that resulted in the Great Recession.

Baldwin also understands the vastly undervalued need for

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education in this country.

She has shown she understands the need for both a quality K-12 education and studentdebt reform, with support for increased Pell Grants and “pay as you earn” solutions. Her vote for the Recovery Act in 2009 delivered much-needed jobs to the Wisconsin K-12 system.

While Thompson has been building his race on the platform that national debt needs to be decreased, he has remained mum when it comes to subject student debt. His answer to national tax reform is a “pro-growth corporate tax reform,” meaning he will put corporations’ interests before those of the middle-class taxpayer who works for them.

But Thompson’s recent shift in politics — including his statement he has a better Medicare plan than the GOP’s all-star, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., only days after pledging his support for it — has proven to be a fundamental problem. The Thompson Wisconsin once knew has bowed to the extreme right that has hijacked his party.

Thompson’s platform has been inconsistent — consider, for instance, his position on health care. Thompson claimed he would “do away with Medicare and Medicaid” at a Tea Party gathering in Oconomowoc. However,

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his new plan, unveiled to the Wisconsin State Journal Editorial Board, gives seniors the choice between Medicare and a federal health program — the latter of which has been proven less effective than Medicare at keeping prescription costs down. In light of these conflicting claims, it is hard to tell exactly where Thompson stands.

It seems he is saying one thing and doing another as he tries to walk an increasingly radical party line.

Baldwin has remained firm on the issues. She voted for the Affordable Care Act, which allows for students to stay on their parents’ insurance until they are 26. And while some of the electorate does not put much weight on social issues, she has demonstrated a commitment to upholding gender equality in the workplace, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues and a woman’s right to choose — crucial rights that would be at risk if Wisconsin elected a Republican senator receiving pressure from the right.

Baldwin’s has been a lonely progressive voice in a Republicanmajority House of Representatives for some time, but along with likeminded allies poised to win their races, she has the propensity to make some meaningful change in the U.S. Senate.

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Varsity Day to bring prestigious speakers Last year, the visit of Neil deGrasse Tyson created an excitement on campus and also placed the University of Wisconsin in the national spotlight following his moving speech. The Associated Students of Madison Student Government has taken notice of this student interest and began addressing the idea with the proposed creation of “Varsity Day”.

It is our top priority to serve the interests of all students on our campus and to reflect the pride that comes with being a Badger. A very tangible, visible way to do this is to ensure that a high profile speaker is brought to campus to celebrate the accomplishments, achievements and hard work put in by every UW student. In collaboration with the Senior Class Officers, the Distinguished Lecture Series, the Wisconsin Union and the Division of Student Life, we are proposing the implementation of “Varsity Day” to continue to serve the mission of the university and to respect the goals and aspirations of our student body. The partnership will allow for UW to gain respect, prestige and provide a new level of excellence for the students during Varsity Day. We are proud to say that this is an event proposed by students,

for students, and will be a direct benefit to the university. Varsity Day gives the student body another opportunity to contribute to the direction of the university and make our university more prestigious among its peers.

Varsity Day will directly benefit the student body as well as create an exciting atmosphere for the hard working students at the university. The presence of an esteemed speaker will also increase national visibility for the university.

The Associated Students of Madison is hoping to accomplish this goal and give back to campus by bringing in a regarded and well-known speaker, who can inspire students and reflect positively on the university.

As your student body leadership at the Associated Students of Madison, we encourage you to contact us with your thoughts and consider supporting this powerful initiative to make our university a better place.

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Readily-accessible AEDs save lives Pam Selman Editor -at-Large The University of Wisconsin lost a member of its community to a cardiac arrest Monday.

The student who died was found in Smith Hall, a UW-owned and operated building. Without knowing all the details surrounding the student’s death, it is impossible to say whether it could have been prevented if an automated external defibrillator and an individual who knew how to use it had been nearby.

But it’s reasonable to think this could have made a difference, and a difference can be made in the future.

I was diagnosed with prolonged QT syndrome, also known as “sudden death syndrome,” during high school. As a student with a heart condition, I was taken aback going into my freshman year at UW when I realized the scarcity of AEDs on campus.

Ultimately, I decided to go with private housing, in part because of this concern.

Even more shocking, however, was finding out UW does not train its house fellows in the use of AEDs. I understand where they are coming from — there’s a liability that can be feasibly placed on the university or the house fellow if AED operation goes awry. Still, being a house fellow comes with a certain amount of responsibility and trust

from residents and their parents. Not giving house fellows the tools they would need to save a life seems ignorant.

This is not to say UW does not make AEDs accessible. I called around as a student curious on AED locations before writing this column, and I gathered from unofficial responses staff were “fairly certain that each hall should have one” or they were not certain whether each hall had one, but if they did not, the staff were sure there was one in a “nearby” facility. “Nearby” is nice when it’s cold outside and there’s a dining hall in the building next door, or when you’re trying to schlep heavy groceries home from the store — but “nearby” just doesn’t cut it when a life-and-death situation arises.

And, even if each and every dorm is home to at least one AED, it doesn’t do all that much good to have them if no one even knows where they are.

When AEDs are conveniently located, they save countless lives.

Individuals who succumb to cardiac arrest with no warning signs at all can in many cases be saved — if appropriate life-saving actions are taken quickly and appropriately.

I tried to find out exactly how many AEDs were on campus, where they were located, what the university’s policy was and so forth. These questions remain unanswered, and I’ll continue to seek out responses. But the point is this: These are not trick questions, and AEDs should be commonplace enough

that essential staff know where they are and how to use them. If front-desk staff do not know where an AED is located in a dorm, how can the residents be expected to know where to find one in case of emergency? If they had to go through all the callaround that I did, it would almost certainly be too late for the AED to be of any use.

I put in a call to the UW Police Department, which deserves much credit for ensuring all of its officers are trained and up-to-date with current AED practices.

The university also offers optional training for its staff in AED use and CPR. UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin said the department has no control over where AEDs are placed or how many are on campus.

He said the department would “love to have AEDs readily accessible to as many people as possible on campus, but there are challenges with potential funding. … The equipment is expensive and there are additional expenses associated with their maintenance.”

This is true. AEDs are expensive. According to the Red Cross, they average out at about $2,300. That does not include the cost of replacing expired defibrillator pads.

I would know because my parents had to purchase one for our family. My younger brother was diagnosed with the same syndrome shortly after I was, and we struggled to purchase the first one and strongly debated purchasing a second one. My brother played baseball, and my

dad always had to be at practices and at games with the AED in hand. This left me an open target if I was home and the AED was not, because the nearest AED was a several-minute drive away. We came to the conclusion price was an obstacle for our family, but one that needed to be overcome because you simply cannot put a price on a person’s life.

UW has raised tuition for six consecutive years.

If UW took just a fraction of each student’s tuition from this academic year, it could make sure a price tag does not stand in the way of potentially saving its students’ lives. Ideally, an AED should be placed on every floor of every dorm building and at multiple locations throughout campus, like libraries and classrooms.

AEDs are simple to use — they give verbal instructions so a first-time user can operate the defibrillator correctly. UW offers courses, but they could be provided more frequently and advertised more widely.

Most community centers offer courses as well.

This university needs to ensure safety is prioritized, that our tuition dollars are spent on first-aid equipment that can save lives and essential staff are educated in CPR and AED usage. It’s commonplace to think “It could never happen to me or someone I know,” but that fool’s tale was tragically proven wrong this week. It’s time to make a difference.

Pam Selman (pselman@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in political science and journalism.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Thursday, November 1, 2012

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Ebling literary museum collection restores curiosity Curator ties Go Big Read with university treasures typically unseen by public Bennet Goldstein ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Carts of books, scrap paper notes-to-self and manilla folders outlined the perimeter of Micaela Sullivan-Fowler’s office.

In charge of Ebling Library’s historical services department, Fowler has been collecting materials since May for today’s opening reception of the exhibit Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation & the Public Health. Fowler curated what is now Ebling Library’s third exhibition, inspired by the University of Wisconsin’s Go Big Read reading program.

Now on display in Ebling’s third floor reading room, the exhibition provides a historical elaboration to this year’s book selection, Radioactive, by Lauren Redniss.

Redniss’ illustrated biography chronicles the scientific and emotional worlds of Marie and Pierre Currie, whose isolation and study of the element radium illuminated the ‘magic’ of theretofore invisible auras of x-rays, radiation and radioactivity. Fallout takes the Currie’s story and places it within a broad social

context, displaying artifacts, books and illustrations, looking at the ways radiation has been commercialized, weaponized and medicalized throughout the 20th century.

A public historian and librarian by trade, Fowler has curated exhibits for the university’s health sciences library during years predating the Go Big Read program. She recalled putting together one of her first exhibits in the William S. Middleton Building (formerly home to the library) on the historical use of tissues, as well as the common cold. At that time, Fowler had access to a single glass case to display materials.

“Originally, the rationale behind doing exhibits was to highlight and illustrate the amazing things that we have in the collection,” Fowler said. After the library’s 2004 relocation to the west side of campus, Fowler acquired the use of the Historical Reading Room, a space with 13 glass cases dedicated to exhibitions.

She says this allowed her to create displays in greater detail, highlighting not only Ebling Library’s special collections, but those of other libraries on campus as well.

Since Go Big Read started in 2009, Fowler says the subject material has often lent itself to the creation of displays thematically relevant to that year’s book, in three out of four years so far.

“It’s been nice doing the

Go Big Read connections, because in each of the three that they’ve had — Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and then Radioactive, there were logical connections between health sciences,” Fowler said.

Hanging coats Fowler’s construction of exhibits requires months of scrupulous planning and research. Paradoxically, she begins her work by writing out the show’s title — the theme that links the thenempty displays — before researching the topic.

“I think a lot of people do the title after they’ve done their homework to see if, indeed, they have enough to support the title,” Fowler said. “If I have a coatrack of a title, which then has lots of different subjects that go under it, those are like little coats that I can hang on that rack. It helps me arrange and stay on task.”

Corresponding with Fowler’s metaphor are the display cases. They are the “coats” to fit on her “racks.”

Fowler said their purpose is actually twofold.

“You have an overall developing theme of what you want, but then you also have those individual chapters or stories that you’re telling,” she says. In order to tell one chapter from another, Fowler creates a visual aid to organize her research. “I have a big

whiteboard that has the 13 cases schematically put on it, like a storyboard in a comic book,” she said.

Fowler said her biggest struggle in creating Fallout wasn’t digging for ideas that were in short supply, but exactly the opposite. “There is so much to this subject that there is much I’m not going to be able to do.”

Although she found stacks of comic books filled with radiationinspired superpowers and actual advertisements for radioactive pills and home products, Fowler regrets not being able to include these topics in the show. She said this is one of the greatest challenges and frustrations of limiting oneself to 13 displays.

“I don’t have room,” she said.

For the public An additional consideration with which Fowler must contend is provoking her audience’s interest. In the design of any exhibition, Fowler must not only create a historical narrative, but also convince her audience that engaging with the material is worth their time.

“When you’re doing exhibit work, it’s a different animal than it is doing any other kind of research for the most part,” she said.

Assembling materials that can appeal to a general audience is a form of public history, a history that can be appreciated by anyone in the public. Fowler said

that public historians, like herself, always keep this at the forefront when they plan exhibitions. “They know the value of finding the evidence and making it interesting; telling a story with it; purveying it to an audience who might not be academic,” she said.

Fowler meets this end by considering the aesthetics of displays. “Something that is illustrated is much more interesting than something that isn’t,” she said. “A 3D artifact like a Crookes tube, which we’re using for the radiation exhibit, that’s more interesting than a flat journal article on the history of X-rays.”

“I add one Crookes tube, a form from Madame Currie’s Institut du Radium from 1920, artifacts and newspaper clippings and things like Life magazine and they just pop!

It completely brings them to life that print doesn’t in an exhibit.”

The public’s response to Fallout is a major way Fowler will judge the success of the exhibit. She has a clear vision of the response she hopes the show will inspire.

“If you only have five minutes and you quick pop into the reading room and you see the case on shoefitting fluoroscopes from the 1940s? … Will you learn something? Will it entertain you? Do you want to come back for more?” Fowler asks.

“But if you’re never able to come back to more, do you

retain the knowledge that you got in that one case?”

Accomplishing this is something that Fowler has been perfecting throughout her career, motivated by a desire to share with the public the awesomeness of storytelling and the past.

“All of these ... little coatrack pieces of culturally iconic notions of x-rays, radium and radioactivity — it is so incredible what this subject has wrought upon health sciences, culture, physics, science, nuclear energy, warfare, the public psyche, fallout shelters,” Fowler says “It changed everything, arguably. We could never see ‘inside’ before — that’s the x-ray piece — and then we never had really the capacity to heal in the way that radium and radiation have done …

We never had the power to destroy as much as we ever had, and yet, arguably not destroy because of the fear of destruction.

“And I’m trying to tell that in 13 four-by-four cases. It’s been humbling, trying to lasso this enormous subject.”

Fallout: The Mixed Blessing of Radiation & the Public Health is on display in the Ebling Library Historical Reading Room from Nov. 1, 2012 through April 1, 2013. The opening reception takes place Thursday, Nov. 1 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Contact Micaela SullivanFowler for more information at msullivan@library.wisc.edu or 262-2402.

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Epidemic ravages New York in play Stage Q presents moving drama at Bartell based on outbreak of HIV in gay community McKenzie Kirkland ArtsEtc. Writer Imagine a mysterious disease striking mass amounts of people in the community without warning. There is no knowledge of how it is spreading or who it will hit next. Imagine the chaos, the confusion, the unavoidable sense of loss and helplessness.

This is where you’d find yourself in the plot of “The Normal Heart,” a play written by Larry Kramer, directed by Steve Noll and performed by Stage Q at the Bartell Theatre. Stage Q’s performance effectively captures the piece’s heartwrenching mood through acting, historical sound clips, and the writing covering the walls of the small, intimate theatre.

“The Normal Heart,” set in 1981 New York, follows the gay activist Ned Weeks through the early years of the AIDS epidemic. All of the characters are forced

to deal with a sense of fear instilled by the unknown nature of a disease hitting the gay community.

Along with fear, a sense of helplessness and loss prevails as more and more of the community becomes infected, and the infected rapidly begin to pass away.

Faced with isolation and stigmatization from the rest of the city, fear and judgment prevent any action from the government and media to put a stop to the new highly-infectious and deadly disease.

The actors’ depictions of the various characters not only captures the emotional volatility of the times, but also debunks many gay stereotypes. Each of the characters on stage portrays a distinct identity, ranging from the closeted to the flamboyant. But at one point or another, each character experiences some sort of emotional swell or breakdown from the pressure of fear. The sudden surge of emotion from each

character in turn tugs at the heartstrings of the audience, garnering sympathy for the chaotic historical period.

In particular, the outburst from Nick Kaprelian playing Mickey captured the hearts of the audience.

The seemingly happy and carefree Mickey finally breaks as he condemns those within the community who speak out against the prevalent “free love” way of life. The sobbing, hysterical speech emphasizes not only the criticism from outside the community, but also within. His breakdown leaves the crowd rooting for their small activist group to unite, despite their obvious differences.

The audience’s emotional involvement never gets a break, not even between scenes. As the small company performs scene switches, live recordings from the time period pierce darkness of the theater.

The recordings include the CDC’s announcement recognizing AIDS as an

epidemic, to a nameless crowd cheering for the New York mayor who left a large community within his city high and dry. The clips relate to the preceding and following scenes and bring a greater amount of reality to the performance at hand.

Setting the work of fiction alongside historical sound clips drives home the reallife suffering that the gay community went through during the 1980s.

If the real-life sound clips and emotionally-committed actors aren’t enough to break an audience’s heart, the actual death toll, counted between scenes, is. Between scenes a dim spotlight focuses on a large heart drawn on the back wall. Across the top is written “Number of Cases,” while a list of names adorns the center, along with the number of deaths. Between each scene the previous number of cases and number of deaths is crossed off, and a higher number inevitably appears below.

Photo Courtesy of Steve Knoll

“The Normal Heart” exposes victims of the 1980s HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a message that still rings true. The gripping work is being shown at the Bartell.

The audience is able to see the actual death totals in real time with the timeline of the play. It is truly heartbreaking to see the total approach such heights before any real action is taken. The stoic nature of the two actors who write the numbers brings the idea of death to mind even more firmly. They are expressionless, silent, relentless.

In the second half of the

play, the two main actors take turns mechanically crossing off the names on the list. No tears are shed. No emotion is shown. Yet before the final scene, a final count is written with the words “and counting…,” suggesting the ongoing nature of the disease. There is no sense of resolution or finality, and the audience is left to contemplate the endless devastation.

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Toronto’s Intervals provide instrumental intro to metal Regen McCracken ‘Paper Radio’ Columnist A short while back, yours truly wrote a column on why everyone should give metal a chance, regardless of its apparent inaccessibility lent by the paint-peeling, bowel-churning vocals. As I mentioned then, although the vocals take some time to get used to, they generally impart an intelligent message worth spending time to discern and listen.

Still, for those who still cannot get past the vocal, and yearn for a more aggressive, more technical approach to music, or those who simply “would like metal if it weren’t for the awful vocals” (a frequent complaint on road trips in which I control the radio), there exists an antidote in the rise of instrumental metal. Leading this charge

into the metal mainstream are ludicrously technical bands like Animals as Leaders, groove masters like Chimp Spanner, the brilliant oneman band Cloudkicker, and now Intervals, hailing from Toronto and set to release their second EP, “In Time,” currently streaming in full by “Revolver” via YouTube, which will see its full release on Oct. 30.

Intervals is composed of guitarist (and lead composer) Aaron Marshall, second guitarist Lukas Guyader, bassist Matt De Luca and drummer Anup Sastry.

Without vocals to get in the way, all four of these members get a chance to shine somewhere on the EP (and really, they all shine most of the time anyway).

As one might expect with metal, guitars are the focus much of the time.

Marshall and Guyader flow seamlessly between typical rhythm-backed lead to twin harmonies throughout the record. Their leads are scorching, and shred their way up and down the fretboard with reckless, yet

calculated, abandon. At no point does the shredding sound excessive or occur at the expense of accomplished songwriting. With guitars at the focus, it is important to note the tone taken throughout, since tone is what gives the guitar its “soul.”* Marshall and Guyader’s tones range from the typical, Meshuggah-inspired “djent” tone (see the intro track and heaviest selection, “Alchemy”), to a spacey tone used for soaring leads and atmospherics (see the chorus of “Mata Hari”), to ‘80s hairmetal-esque shredding tones (“Momento” is an excellent example of this). The cherry on top of the metal filling is a great, clean jazz-fueled tone (present in both the superlative “Tapestry” and album gem “Epiphany”).

Each of these are used tastefully and do a great job of imparting emotion into what could have been an extremely mechanical release.

Electronic elements are also present (although sparsely), backing up the guitars and lending further credence to the spacey atmosphere

of much of the material. Of course, while the guitars are unquestionably at center stage, they do not hog the spotlight completely.

Because Intervals is clearly influenced by the so-called “djent” movement, around and during the melodic shredding there are also hardhitting polyrhythms and a beefy rhythmic backbone; this is where De Luca and Sastry come in. As previously mentioned, the absence of a vocalist allows all instruments to be heard, especially in the case of De Luca’s bass. It’s no secret bass is generally lost in the chaos that is modern metal production, but that is positively not the case here. De Luca is nearly omnipresent, always audible, and consistently keeps the band together rhythmically as he provides the root harmonies to accompany the guitars. He even takes a lead role during arguably the best segment of the EP, at the beginning of the final track, “Epiphany.”

Sastry’s drums are competent and controlled throughout the album,

rather than the flashiness frequently seen in metal, which can overwhelm listeners if used improperly or excessively. Sastry is clearly an accomplished drummer, and he puts plenty of varied metal techniques throughout this EP. Most times he simply keeps a steady beat and follows the guitars with rapid double kick drumming, but he also employs a quick punk beat in the pre-chorus to “Mata Hari,” with alwaysimpressive ghost notes throughout (but most notably in the intro to “Tapestry”), and jazz-inspired genius in the shining beacon of brilliance that is the alreadypraised “Epiphany.” Sastry, like the rest of the group, does a great job of not letting his technical proficiency get in the way of elegant songwriting.

It is safe to say that all four of these men are extremely proficient at their instruments and blend perfectly to create an impressive offering. The only real flaws exist in the EP’s short length and the lack of vocals, which certainly could have found their place

somewhere. Their lack takes away the identifiability and personability that vocals and lyrics impart to music. The complexity of the album may also be off-putting to some, but it still begs repeated listens; the listener is sure to find something new to appreciate with each and every spin of the record, not unlike many do with a good book.

The band’s first EP is currently selling for the incredibly low “name-yourprice” on their Bandcamp page, so once their second, “In Time,” finally drops on the Oct. 30, it will likely go for a similar bargain. Do yourself a favor and go pick this up, and show a relatively unknown band some love. I have found, in fact, that it makes for great studying music.

Regen McCracken is a junior at UW who intends to major in English. He has a love for video games, metal, jazz, and all things that make one think. He also writes and performs his own music while not writing these ever-interesting columns or studying himself to sleep.

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The Badger Herald | News | Thursday, November 1, 2012

MAYOR, from 1 Soglin said voters should be prepared to wait up to a couple of hours to cast their ballot. He said those who show up early in the morning, around noon and between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. could expect to wait the longest amount of time.

Soglin said no matter the amount of time it may take to vote, he asks people to

CAMPAIGNS, from 1 lead was so large, calling the results “pretty ridiculous.”

UW College Democrats Chair Chris Hoffman said the Marquette poll is accurate, as it predicted the results of the June 5 recall election “on the nose.”

The reason why Obama has the lead in the state, Hoffman said,

BATTLEGROUND, from 1 the Republican population in this country, Heck said.

“It is hard to say on whether Ryan is qualified for the job,” Heck said. “He is certainly not as qualified compared to [current Vice President] Joe Biden who has 36 years of training.

Ryan is not inexperienced, but his foreign policy experience is limited. Look at [former Republican Vice Presidential candidate] Sarah Palin though; he seems experienced in foreign policy in comparison to her.”

A recent Marquette Law Poll on Romney’s selection of Ryan as a whole reported 31 percent of registered voters said “excellent,” 27 percent said “pretty good,” 16 percent “only fair” and 19 percent “poor.” A separate Marquette Law Poll showed 57 percent of registered Republican voters believe Romney’s selection of Ryan made them more likely to vote for Romney, while only

stay and vote regardless, as each individual’s voice is important.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was pleased with the voter turnout so far in this year’s election.

“I’m absolutely thrilled with it,” Resnick said. “It’s the city’s role to participate and it doesn’t matter who you vote for, as long as you are voting — every ballot

is because his message is especially appealing to the majority of Wisconsinites.

“Obama appeals to the middle class and students,” Hoffman said. “They believe the economy should grow from the middle up and student loans should stop going up. The president is here to fortify his opinion. Romney is here as a last ditch effort to win Wisconsin.”

two percent of Democrats agreed.

However, Ryan’s selection has increased favorability and public awareness of him. In a July Marquette Law Poll, Ryan was rated favorably by 36 percent, which increased five percentage points after his selection as vice presidential candidate was announced.

counts.”

Resnick said every student should get out to vote, as Wisconsin is a swing state in this year’s election, a reason Wisconsin has seen many presidential visits over the past couple of months.

He said this year’s presidential election winner could win by as few as 5000 votes, so its extremely important for

“It doesn’t matter who you vote for, as long as you are voting — every ballot counts.”

Scott Resnick District 8 Alder

students to head to the polls regardless of long

lines.

Voting lines are expected to be longer at places like Memorial Union or Gordon Commons, Resnick said.

People who are already registered to vote at their current residence in the city of Madison will not be required to show identification to vote, Soglin said. Those who are voting for the first time must provide

proof of their address by bringing documents such as a license, lease or utility payment. Such proof of residence may also be shown electronically on a smart phone.

Soglin said those interested in more information about voting in the 2012 presidential election should go online at myvote.wi.gov or cityofmadison.com/clerk.

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Wisconsin’s Hickey thriving in new position Reigning Defensive Player of the Week sets good example for younger players Lee Gordon Volleyball Writer It’s not uncommon for a star high school athlete to switch her position to join a collegiate team. But it’s not every day a player can jump that hurdle and become a star player in her new position.

Annemarie Hickey did just that.

The Wisconsin volleyball team’s junior libero earned her first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week accolades after notching a season-high 30 digs against Illinois and 24 against Northwestern last weekend.

Hickey said the award

ILLINOIS, from 10 selecting Wisconsin solidifies the thoughts of any others thinking on the brink.

“The fact that this coaching staff is attracting high quality players from Chicago was something that I was interested in,” Conner said. “It was nice knowing three or four guys that I had played with made it a lot easier to adjust to the new team.”

The group from south of Wisconsin is many times singled out in practice for being just that, Illinois citizens.

When Trask and his coaching staff line up drills in practice, one of the easiest ways to split the teams up seems to be where they all originally came from.

“We do activities where we call them the FIB’ers — you know — the Illinois bastards against the other guys,” Trask said. “We ham that up but we think it’s a good situation.”

The rivalry is clearly

HUGHES, from 10 happened to Ponder. After the 3-1 start, he proceeded to throw two picks in each of the next three games and threw one more in last week’s game against Tampa Bay. He is, however, also throwing more touchdowns, so perhaps a boost of confidence after the first four games had drawbacks to go along with the perks.

Minnesota still has to play Green Bay and Chicago twice and has dates with Seattle and Houston. It’s hard to see Ponder handling those defenses well and it’s easy to see those opposing offenses scoring what they need to get the win.

Gonna make you work it – Detroit Your guess as to where the Lions will be by season’s end is as good as mine. Detroit stands with a 3-4 record, but they could easily have been 7-0 or 0-7 by now.

They have neither won nor lost by more than one possession this year, and they’ve faced a mixed bag of opponents in terms of quality.

The offense is second in the league with 407.6 yards per game, but has stuttered with 12 turnovers and a meek running game.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford also hasn’t been able to cash in on the suddenly mortal Calvin Johnson, either.

Allowing two touchdowns on both kickoff and punt returns in a span of two games must also mean something important.

But still, the fact that Detroit has not lost by more than one possession should be unsettling to future opponents — especially with Stafford under center, who now has eight fourth-quarter comebacks under his belt.

He is a ninja that can

has been a personal goal this season, and achieving it has only fueled her to play at an even higher level.

“Obviously I was pretty excited,” Hickey said. “It’s always been one of my goals for the whole entire year. I think more than anything, it just gives me more motivation to come back out this week in practice and this weekend’s game to do better, get more digs than I have and keep doing everything I can for my team.”

Hickey leads the Big Ten in digs with 4.86 per set and ranks fifth in the conference in service aces.

She has recorded 10 or more digs in all but two matches this season and has posted 20 digs in five matches.

Head coach Pete Waite said Hickey’s success is due to her ability to control the ball and give her team opportunities to score.

an amusing one for the coaching staff. Its frequent use in practice separates the squad, along with their loyalties to professional football teams.

“Especially this season, we’ve been giving [Ryan] Buda some dirt about the Packers at the beginning of the season,” Prince said. “But it goes back and forth…I know we enjoy it.”

At the end of the day, however, very little could separate this team — not even home states or NFL allegiances.

As practice closed Tuesday, McCrudden, the Wilmette-native ( just 20 miles north of Soldier Field), launched a 40-yard pass to Buda, a native of Stevens Point, Wis., which barely floated over the outstretched fingers of Prince, a noted Chicago Bears fan.

A Chicago suburb citizen, throwing to a Packers fan, beating a Bears fan. Now that’s something any state can enjoy.

bring you down.

The beauty of fall in the north – Bears cornerbacks and Adrian Peterson Through the first half of the season, Chicago’s Tim Jennings and Charles Tillman have probably been the league’s top pair of corners, gathering six and two interceptions, respectively, while combining for three touchdowns. Tillman cuts the field in half by muting the primary targets and Jennings intercepts all the other passes. Seems to be a good plan.

Then there’s Minnesota’s Peterson.

Nobody would have blamed him for having a gingerly start to the season after ending last year with a torn ACL and MCL, but it’s as if all he needed was a change of tires.

Peterson leads the league with 775 yards and has eight carries that have gone for 20 yards or more, also the best there is. He’s eighth with 5.1 yards per carry, but has carried the ball 31 more times than anyone else in the top 10.

It’ll all come down to – Packers at Bears, Week 15 They’re the division’s only safe bets for the playoffs. Green Bay’s 5-3 mark and Chicago’s 6-1 record should even out by the time they meet in midDecember, given their strength of schedules.

Who shall carry the torch of the north into the postseason battlegrounds?

The answer lies in the cheese and deep-dish pizza.

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“She’s really digging a ton of balls, and it’s in great control too, and that’s the important thing,” Waite said. “A lot of people dig balls, but she’s allowing us to run our offense and score right out of that.”

Junior outside hitter Julie Mikaelsen said she has been impressed with Hickey’s knack for saving difficult balls.

“If one ball goes on the ground, she [says] all right, next ball,” Mikaelsen said.

“She’s really focused on getting the ball up. She gets a lot of balls up — balls you wouldn’t think would get up, she just picks it up. She’s just an amazing player.”

Hickey wasn’t always saving balls in the back row, though. She was named 2009 Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year as an outside hitter, leading her team to a second straight state title.

The 5-foot-8 Hickey

made the switch to defense when she joined the Badgers because of her shorter stature for an offensive player.

“I could have went to lower D1 schools and hit with my height, but I wanted more than anything to be in a good conference and on a good team,” Hickey said. “Even if that meant changing my role, it’s completely fine. I’ve had to make a lot of changes, and I love what I’m doing now, and I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

Hickey had options heading into college — she grew up as a three-sport athlete, playing basketball, softball and volleyball. In choosing volleyball, she understood how difficult a transition she was going to make.

“It was hard and I did get frustrated a lot of the time, but in the back of my head, I was thinking I have

a goal, this is what I want to do, this is what my team needs from me,” Hickey said.

While Hickey was forced to give up her position on offense coming to Wisconsin, she is able to use her experience to her advantage. She explained playing on both sides of the ball helps her understand her opponents’ attacks.

“Being an outside hitter to now being a defender really helps me because I’m able to read those types of hitters,” Hickey said.

“I’m able to read what they want to do, if they’re going to hit a ball or then roll a shot — I know that because I used to do that.”

In addition to leading her team as a defensive superstar, Hickey has acted as a mentor for less experienced players in the back row. Sophomore defensive specialist Deme Morales has seen increased playing time this

season, and Mikaelsen has transitioned from frontrow attacker to back-row stopper — a transition with which Hickey is familiar.

Mikaelsen said Hickey has given her unconditional support, even when she makes mistakes.

“She really helped me a lot feeling comfortable and safe in the back row,” Mikaelsen said. “If I don’t make a dig, she’s like, ‘I know you can make that dig.’ She builds my confidence.“ Waite said Hickey has matured as both a player and a person since coming to Wisconsin. He said by improving her game, Hickey has been able to lead the other defensive players.

“I think they look up to her as a player,” Waite said.

“I know she’s a real leader on the court; she’s kind of a court general for us in the back row.”

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Q&A with Curry and Fisher of ‘Big Ten Tailgate’ New show features different campuses and uniqueness of each game day Spencer Smith Extra Points Editor “Tailgate 48” is a television show that airs weekly on the Big Ten Network. Each weekend hosts Jason Fisher and Alex Curry visit a Big Ten school for 48 hours to visit with coaches, hang out at hot spots in town and learn about game-day traditions. Last weekend the “Tailgate 48” crew came to the University of Wisconsin to discover what Madison has to offer. Badger Herald Extra Points Sports Blog editor Spencer Smith met up with them on Saturday to find out what they liked best about Wisconsin’s capital city and the University of Wisconsin.

BH: So what is Tailgate 48 all about?

Fischer: Tailgate 48 is a really fun show on the Big Ten Network. It’s basically if you had 48 hours on campus, we’d show you the ultimate way to live it up: where to eat, where to hang out. We interview players

RIGSBY, from 10 a mark good enough for third in the country.

The Badgers would go on to win the NCAA championship with Rigsby tending the net.

In her sophomore season, Rigsby ended up leading the nation in saves with 1,044.

With the goaltender now in her third year, senior defensman Saige Pacholok said Rigsby brings a lot to the team on and off the ice.

“I think right now [Rigsby] brings a lot of experience,” Pacholok said. “She brings a lot of leadership too. I think being one of our goalies that has played

and coaches, different amazing athletes in the Big Ten and show you all of the traditions. It is the best way to experience 48 hours the weekend of the big game.

Curry: You are supposed to have as much fun as you possibly can while you are there for 48 hours and we are showing you how you can do it.

BH: When I say University of Wisconsin, what comes to your mind?

Fischer: For me ‘Jump Around’ is so much fun. We have had a chance to go to all of the Big Ten schools and people always ask me where the best tailgates are or who has the best fans and I think a game at Camp Randall Stadium is better than anywhere else in the Big Ten. It’s so much fun.

It’s one big party.

Curry: Athletics. You guys have really strong athletic teams here. We got to talk to coach Bo Ryan and he was great. All the different coaches, everyone has so much pride and spirit in your school.

BH: When you think of UW students, what do you think of?

Fischer: I think there is just so much spirit here.

There’s so much school

spirit here, everyone is so into their teams and supporting it and really about having fun...We interviewed coach Bielema yesterday and that’s what he said too. I asked him what he tells his players before every single game in the locker room and he said ‘remember to go out there and have fun.’

I think everyone keeps it in perspective. They take it seriously but they take their fun seriously here too.

Curry: Everyone’s really dedicated. The fans are dedicated, the coaches are dedicated and the players are dedicated. So it’s like one big fun-dedicated atmosphere.

BH: Did you get a sense of UW coaches being proud to work for this University?

Curry: Very proud.

Coach Bo Ryan had his fundraiser on Thursday and I think he donated over $42,000 and he was just so happy that students wanted to be there and help give back for Coaches vs. Cancer and it was a way for him to get more involved with the students and the entire school in general.

BH: What has been the best part so far about your time in Madison?

Curry: So coach Ryan challenged me to the fundraiser challenge. So I got to take the free throw shot and the half court shot. I took the free throw shot and it didn’t go over so well. We were talking about it and we decided that I can “granny” the halfway shot.

They looked at me and said ‘it’s a little further than you think’. No one thought I could make it. So I throw it up and get nothing but net.

I sunk it.

Fischer: I am extremely jealous of that moment.

For me it’s so cool being here for homecoming.

Last night we were at the union and out on the terrace for the fireworks and the parade. Just seeing cheerleaders from the 1950’s back here and families whose children go here now and parents were back and grandparents. All the generations of people for homecoming that have this pride in the school is a really cool thing to see.

BH: Would you say you were looking forward to Madison when you saw it on your schedule?

Curry: Yes we were crossing our fingers that we were going to make it to Wisconsin sometime

consistently in every game for three years now has been really good for her.

She brings a lot of energy too. She is kind of goofy in the dressing room and her hair is kind of crazy, so I think energy is a big thing too.”

Rigsby said she is happy her team believes in her, and she is able to be a leader.

“Now I have become more of a leader of the team,” Rigsby said. “It’s nice knowing that the girls have confidence in me and I have confidence in my defensemen and my forwards. It’s just a good healthy relationship between all of the positions on the ice.”

Rigsby has gotten her

2012-2013 campaign off to a good start, allowing only 15 goals in 10 games, and is currently coming off of a shutout last Sunday against New Hampshire.

The Wisconsin goaltender was also honored with the WCHA Defensive Player of the Week award for her performance last weekend at home.

Johnson said he is happy to have such a consistent goaltender in his team’s net and knows what she can do for the team.

“It’s a hard position; it’s probably one of the most difficult positions in all of sports and she has excelled at it,” Johnson said. “She gives us a chance to win every night.

That’s what you ask of your goaltenders. She’s been able to do that for two and a quarter seasons now. Most of the games she’s been in, we’ve had a chance to win because she’s been able to stop pucks.”

Being a junior, Rigsby will have two more shots at winning another NCAA championship for her school. After graduation, Rigsby has aspirations to win a medal for her country. “[If I play hockey after college] all depends on what happens with making the national team,” Rigsby said. “One of my goals is to someday play in the Olympics, so hopefully that can happen.”

during the season and we found out a week ago that it was going to be our last spot.

Fischer: I was here last year for the show and it was one of the most fun, if not the most fun, school in the entire Big Ten. It really feels like one big party here. It is awesome.

BH: What is the best event or tradition that you have experience all year with this show?

Fischer: Each school has something really unique.

Penn State, for example, has ‘Nittanyville’ where all of the fans start sleeping out on Tuesday or Wednesday of that week and camp out for a ticket for front row seats. We were at Michigan last week where students sleep out in front of the ‘M’ and guard the ‘M’ when Michigan State comes to town. My favorite is ‘Jump Around.’ I am excited for that between the third and fourth quarter.

Curry: We’ve been to three campuses when its homecoming.

So that’s fun too, to see how each campus just does homecoming and how it really brings alumni, students, athletes and the entire school together.

BH: Do you think this excitement on gameday weekends is kind of exclusive to the Big Ten? Curry: It is. It’s a way of life here in the Big Ten. Football, college, school spirit: it’s what people live for and it’s so amazing to be a part of it and see it first hand through our show.

Fischer: I think what the Big Ten has, what other conferences don’t, is the tradition. All of these programs in the Big Ten date back over 100 years.

There are unbelievable football traditions and fans.

Getting to be a part of the traditions as they carry on today is really special.

BH: Is there anything special that you wanted to do in Madison once you got here?

Fischer: I had some cheese curds yesterday, always have to have cheese curds. We went to the ‘Old Fashioned’ for lunch and that was a good spot. Brats and cheese curds, I love food so you get a lot of that here.

Curry: I’m really excited to see the stadium. I have never been inside Camp Randall so I’m stoked for that.

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Illinois more than a neighbor for UW Wisconsin and Trask make use of coach’s roots in Chicago, Midwest Sean Zak Associate Sports Editor At the University of Wisconsin, recruiting is a funny thing. Men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan has had his greatest success siphoning a long list of Wisconsin players from Minnesota. Jon Leuer, Jordan Taylor, Jared Berggren, the list goes on. Football coach Bret Bielema has seen some of his best players emerge as walk-ons from in-state. J.J. Watt, Mark Tauscher, Luke Swan and Chris Maragos headline a similarly lengthy list.

Men’s soccer on the other hand, presents a bit different of a story. This story surrounds Wisconsin’s neighbor to the south, the state of Illinois.

A quick glance at the UW men’s soccer roster reveals players from all over the nation and even Ontario and Denmark. Nine players claim Illinois as home, the highest total of any state on the roster, tied for just as many as Wisconsin. David Caban could be considered a tenth, as he played academy soccer in Chicago.

It’s easy to understand, the Illinois-Wisconsin border is less than 60 miles away from Madison. But a deeper look into those nine players shows just how important Illinois is to Wisconsin soccer.

Five players have scored multiple goals for the Badgers this season — Chris Prince, Jerry Maddi, Jacob Brindle, Drew Conner and Nick Janus. All of them are from Illinois.

Badgers from Illinois have scored two out of every three Wisconsin goals this season and have tallied 12 of the team’s 20 assists.

Earlier in the season, only four players from Illinois started for the Badgers.

Now six do.

Indeed, for Wisconsin men’s soccer, Illinois is a pretty big deal.

“I’ve said it to people, ‘Look at our starting lineup’,” head coach John Trask said. “I think seven of our eleven [have played in] the Chicago-land area, and some of our top reserves…

They’re all important pieces of the team.”

The stats don’t lie.

Players from Illinois have logged 45 percent of the available minutes for the Badgers this year. They are represented as forwards, midfielders and defenders.

The only position that Illinois doesn’t have a grasp of is goaltender.

But it isn’t just a playersonly thing. Illinois can even claim Trask as a one-time mainstay.

Before becoming UW’s head coach in 2010, Trask was the head coach at Illinois-Chicago for five seasons, winning the Horizon League in 2006 and 2008. Trask was also an assistant coach at Indiana University for nine seasons from 1991 to 1999, noting that he recruited the region for a long time, and with much success.

“We are very close with the three [major soccer] clubs in the area…I’ve known the guys that run those clubs for a very long time,” Trask said. “We used to recruit [the area] a lot while I was at Indiana, at UIC I recruited a lot… it makes sense to go after the Drew Conner’s of the world.”

Conner, a freshman midfielder, is just the latest

T.J. Pyzyk The Badger Herald

Freshman midfielder Drew Conner, who hails from Cary, Ill., has started 16 of the Badgers’ 17 games this season and is one of nine players on the team from Wisconsin’s neighbor to the south. installment of success to arrive in Madison from Illinois. The Gatorade Player of the Year from Illinois a year ago, Conner grew up in Cary, Ill., and played for the Chicago Fire Youth Soccer Academy.

Junior Nick Janus is just 10 miles down the road in Deer Park, Ill., and junior Trevor Wheeler, another midfielder and Chicago Fire alum, calls Arlington Heights, Ill. home, just five miles south of Janus.

Kyle McCrudden, senior captain and former Chicago Fire member, lives just 15 miles east of Wheeler while Prince, Maddi, and Brindle all reside another 15 miles south in the Naperville, Ill. region. All three are also

former members of the Chicago Fire.

Chicago and Illinois have become a pipeline for Wisconsin soccer. Each connection from the region

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Breaking down the NFC North The one getting the “are you ok?” look — Green Bay

Elliot Hughes Look Hughes’ Laughing Now The old Welsh poet George Herbert once wrote that, “Life is half spent before we know what it is.”

Such is also true with football.

Especially in the NFC North, where a few W’s and L’s springing up in unexpected places changed the way we initially thought about these four teams.

So here, as herald of arms, I bestow onto you the briefing of the four armies of the NFC North: Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Already with a gold medal and an NCAA championship under her belt, Wisconsin goaltender Alex Rigsby led the nation in saves last year with 1,044.

Stalwart Rigsby as good as it gets Seasoned junior goalie named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week after shutout Spencer Smith Extra Points Editor Since she was six years old, Alex Rigsby has been suiting up in 20 extra pounds of gear.

And up until her first year in college, she has used that gear to stop shots from the sticks of men’s hockey teams.

Rigsby, the starting goaltender for the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team, has been a mainstay between the pipes during her three years in Madison, and that is just how she likes it.

The UW junior said

she fell in love with the position the first time she tried it and has wanted to play there ever since.

“In my first year of hockey, when I was six years old, we went around and we all got to rotate and play goalie,” Rigsby said. “As soon as I got to play goalie I was hooked. The next couple of years I kept asking to play goalie and finally I was able to get the opportunity. I really loved the position right from the start.”

Rigsby then went on to play boys’ hockey and joined the AAA boys’ hockey team at the age

of 10.

In 2009, the Chicago Steel drafted Rigsby into the United State Hockey League, making her the first female ever drafted into the league.

She then went on to play for the U.S. on the U18 women’s hockey team, where she won the gold medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships.

The Delafield native was then recruited by Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson.

Johnson said it was an easy decision to go after Rigsby.

“She was playing in

AAA midget hockey with boys and certainly if she can handle herself at that level against those type of shots, she catches your eye,” Johnson said.

“It worked out being a local kid from the state of Wisconsin and [UW] sort of fit in nice where she can come in and do some of the things that she wanted to do.”

It didn’t take long before Rigsby made an impact on the Wisconsin team, starting 31 games in her freshman season, ending up with a record of 27-1-2 and 7 shutouts,

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The steadiest of hands – Chicago I had to go relative with the Bears’ moniker. They are not the steady hand, only the most stationary the north has got. With a 6-1 record, they’re perched in first place with a game-anda-half lead in the standings.

This is a typical Bears team of recent years. The offense stumbles over itself while the scary-good defense watches and thinks, “LOL, we can score better than they can.” Which is pretty much the truth. The Monsters of the Midway have forced 23 turnovers and found pay dirt six times thereafter.

Chicago has won most of its games by comfy margins, but the second half of the schedule has far more obstacles. They’ll play four division games, with other contests against Houston, San Francisco and Seattle.

We’ll see how steady the hand is then.

One week they’re collapsing in the second half to lowly Indianapolis, the next they’re shutting up the league’s hottest team — Houston. The 5-3 Packers put in a top-shelf performance at St. Louis, then look lazy against woebegone Jacksonville and barely win by more than one possession.

The passing game has clicked and clunked. The offense faces the all-toofamiliar problem of having a nonexistent running game, at least until Cedric Benson maybe returns. Meanwhile, Clay Matthews, Tramon Williams and the rest of the defense looks closer to the tough Super Bowl version from two years ago again.

But can they be as durable as that team was? Multiple key players have been taken out by injuries in all three lines of defense.

The second half of the Packers’ schedule is slightly easier. My bet is, after getting such a look, they rally.

At first they weren’t who we thought they were, but now they might actually be who we thought they were – Minnesota Minnesota’s young quarterback, Christian Ponder, was a big reason for the NFL’s biggest surprise team at the outset of the season. He threw four touchdown passes to no interceptions in the first four games and toppled well-built teams like San Francisco and Detroit. He thrice posted passer ratings of 94.7 or above.

But ever since, Vikings fans have been thinking deeply over what the hell

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