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ASM addresses wellness issues University Affairs Committee launches campaign to highlight services for stress Julia Skulstad Campus Life Editor

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Gov. Scott Walker and state Republicans are poised to face a looming deadline to implement President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. If they fail to meet the deadline, the federal government will step in.

Walker faces health care After Obama’s win, governor tackles timeline to implement health policy in November Polo Rocha State Legislative Editor In light of President Barack Obama’s re-election Tuesday night, Gov. Scott Walker now faces a looming decision on how the state will implement the president’s health care reform law.

After the Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June, Walker announced he would wait until the November elections to decide whether Wisconsin would implement the law in hopes that Republicans would gain control and consequently delay the healthcare measure.

With the president reelected and the Democrats still in control of the Senate, the changes Walker hoped for did not take place, and the federal law will remain.

The law mandates that by 2014 everybody have health insurance. It will also set up health care exchanges, an online marketplace where uninsured individuals and small businesses can purchase insurance. There are three options for these exchanges in terms of who sets them up: the state, the federal government or a partnership between the two. If states do not set up their exchanges, the federal government will do it for them.

In order to have statebased health exchanges, Wisconsin must send a blueprint of its plans to the federal government by the Nov. 16 deadline.

Critics say there is currently not enough time to have a complete blueprint, while Republicans say the deadline is not firm and

the state has a chance past Nov. 16 to set up their own exchanges.

On Wednesday, Walker said his administration does not yet know which of the three options the state will follow. He added that as the Nov. 16 deadline does not require complete plans from states, there is still time for Wisconsin to decide which route it will take.

“Even after notifying them, we have until next fall to make modifications as we see fit,” Walker told reporters in Milwaukee. “We haven’t made a decision yet. … The question, from our standpoint, is what option is best for the taxpayers of Wisconsin.”

In an email to The Badger Herald, Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said the governor will meet with “key members of his

administration” in the coming days to see what their suggestions are.

In 2011, Walker set up an office that would look into ways the law could work in the state, seeking input from business leaders and others affected by the law. This January, he eliminated that office and also declined a $38 million early innovator grant from the federal government for setting up state-based exchanges.

ABC For Health Executive Director Bob Peterson said he was not sure the federal government would allow a blueprint that is not as complete as other states’ plans. As Peterson described it, “it takes two to tango” — if Wisconsin does come up with a plan by the deadline, the federal government

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The Associated Students of Madison’s University Affairs Committee has recently launched a mental health campaign focused on helping students manage their stress levels.

University Affairs Committee Chair Becca Buell said in an email to The Badger Herald that the committee wanted to raise awareness across campus about resources and outlets students dealing with stress and other mental health issues have access to.

“We want to help promote more nutritious and stress relieving options for [students],” Buell said.

According to Buell, University Health Services offers a variety of services targeted at mental health.

She said UAC has partnered with UHS professionals to offer students the best opportunities in mental health and stress management.

Members of ASM have been attending monthly meetings with the Mental Health Coalition, according to Buell.

“Mental health is an important issue to be working on at this campus, because it is something all students are affected by, whether they’re worried about themselves, their friends, or family,” Buell said. “Mental health is an issue that all individuals could use more practice and knowledge on how to balance.”

The campaign draws

attention to the resources the UW campus offers, according to Buell. Even if students choose not to utilize mental health services through UHS, Buell said the campaign informs students and faculty that the university prioritizes mental health and stress management.

“It will be the first step in increasing the climate of mental health on our campus and move our university to be more capable of managing and balancing our day-to-day lives with more control of stress,” Buell said.

ASM intern Kayla VanCleave said the committee’s mental health campaign will also strive to connect different organizations and reduce the stigma of mental health on campus.

VanCleave said UAC hopes to facilitate conversations between student organizations interested in getting involved with the campaign.

She added different organizations may suggest stress relief strategies or ways to promote the campaign across campus.

Buell added UAC’s student voice and resources within the student government will help establish partnerships with student organizations, a move that would ultimately provide increased awareness for UW’s resources in a more effective way.

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Sarah Murphy Herald Contributor The Chancellor Search and Screen Committee held a public forum on Wednesday evening, providing Madisonians with the chance to add input before the committee decided what traits to look for in the new University of Wisconsin chancellor.

Search and Screen Committee Chair David McDonald said the issue of shared governance, with both the students and the state, is one of central concern.

“The students support an active role in shared governance,” McDonald said. “As it concerns relations with our friends and neighbors up the street [working at the capitol], we’ve certainly heard [queries of their involvement] at other committee meetings before. We will keep it very much in mind.”

McDonald said because of the forum meeting, the committee is likely to hold a higher value for a candidate that has the ability to engage with students, both in and out of the classroom, in order to better understand their opinions.

According to McDonald, the candidates should be able to solicit and act on the perspectives the students give with regard to the policies that affect them.

McDonald said the finalists for the position will each attend campus on specific tours once they have been decided upon.

He said this is a good time for

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INSIDE They got the beat Students congregate at University of Wisconsin’s Humanities building Wednesday to break it down to Indian music while a small crowd watched.

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Bus fare hikes see mixed support Increased prices for monthly senior passes receive most opposition from public Cogan Schneier Herald Contributor The Madison Transit and Parking Commission heard from members of the public concerning the proposed new bus rates in a meeting Wednesday night.

The public hearing saw both support and opposition for the rate increase, which would raise adult cash and youth cash fares 25 cents.

Senior cash fares would be raised 10 cents.

However, the most debated element was the raise of senior/ disabled 31-day passes

from $27.50 to $40.

Peter Wolf, a member of the public who spoke at the meeting, said he believes the change is not compliant with the history of the system.

“People that use that kind of pass, seniors that use that kind of pass, I expect are very likely to be low-income also,” Wolf said. “But for some reason, the new proposed pricing is completely out of line with the past figuring for senior fares.”

According to a Parking and Transit Commission fact sheet, the fares are being raised because every City of Madison

agency was asked for a five percent tax levy reduction. The Metro staff maintains that the only way to meet that reduction was to reduce service expenses or add revenue.

The city believes that because the buses are already overcrowded, decreasing service is not an option, according to the fact sheet. Thus, the city has decided it must raise fares. The fact sheet says the expected revenue to be gained from this raise nears $686,600.

Daman Tarrow, who spoke to the public,

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believes the city can be more creative.

“I think that the people here are too damn smart,” Tarrow said.

“We have the resources to figure this out. We just have to be creative enough and powerful enough and willing to do it.“ In terms of the senior/ disabled 31-day pass, the city maintained that it loses money by offering the pass at such discounted rates.

The city estimates it loses about $68,000 for offering an unlimited 31-

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ASM Chair Andrew Bulovsky weighed in on Associated Students of Madison’s decision to implement a new sustainability committee aimed at promoting efficiency across campus.

ASM approves new committee Dana Bossen Reporter The Associated Students of Madison voted to create a sustainability grassroots committee and reviewed its internal budget at a meeting on Wednesday night.

This is the second consecutive meeting that ASM has taken a vote concerning the creation of a sustainability committee.

This is also the final vote ASM will take on the sustainability committee.

Initially, ASM rejected the proposals to create a sustainability grassroots committee within student government. However, at last week’s meeting, Student Council members voted to reconsider the possibility of creating this committee.

At Wednesday’s meeting, members voted 23-3 in favor of creating the sustainability grassroots committee as a part of student government.

Former ASM Rep. Collin Higgins appealed to ASM

before the vote, urging members to make the committee a reality.

University of Wisconsin student Griard Gorelick said the sustainability committee is a big issue and its creation could potentially benefit a lot of students.

“I think there is a lot to be considered,” Gorelick said.

“There are a lot of students that could benefit from getting involved in a topic that is global, regional and national. We need to all move forward on this issue, and I think that it is important that as a student body, we take a step forward.”

An ASM statement said the Sustainability Committee will primarily focus on environmental issues and energy conservation.

The committee also plans to collaborate with the university’s Office of Sustainability as well as other registered student organizations and campaigns, the statement said.

“ASM is excited to see the creation of a committee that will enhance campus sustainability and move it forward,” ASM Chair Andrew Bulovsky said in the statement. “This is an issue that many students are passionate about, and I’m sure that the Sustainability Committee will provide a forum for sustainability alongside ASM.” Regarding their internal budget, ASM allocated $5,287 in funds to the newly created sustainability grassroots committee.

ASM also reviewed and debated further amendments for its internal budget at the meeting.

ASM Rep. Olivia WickBander said as a part of the budget, ASM should provide $21,297.50 in funds to become a part of United States Student Association.

Wick-Bander said while some people might disagree with some things the organization has done, it is primarily trying to benefit

students.

ASM Rep. Maxwell Love said although the council does quite a lot for the student body, by joining the USSA, it would be helping the university reach out to students even more.

Love said the USSA is working on issues relevant to students such as fighting for a higher minimum wage, student loan debt, financial aid and generally making college more accessible to prospective students.

“This organization is doing things that benefit us,” said Love. “If schools aren’t members of USSA, they lose a voice.”

ASM members voted against adding the United States Student Association to its internal budget with a vote of 3-19.

Student Council voted 19 in favor and three against the entire budget. The Student Services Finance Committee is slated to review the budget before it will return back to ASM for a final vote.

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Metro rider Rosemary Lee said she believes the raise is reasonable. She said the economic period is difficult and metro riders cannot expect rates to stay as they are. Still, she believes the summer youth pass should be modified to only exist when summer school is in session.

“I probably have the odd opinion about this because I’m in favor of the bus fare increases and I am metro-dependent,” Lee said. “I think it’s reasonable to expect metro increases. It has been since 2009 that fares increased, and most all services have increased at least once.”

Still, Madison is not the only area affected by raising the rates. Routes to both Fitchburg and Middleton would be affected.

Steve Arnold, who serves on the Fitchburg Common Council as well as the Fitchburg Transportation and Transit Commission, also noted the increases do not seem to take contracted partners into account.

“Contracted services partners pay a proportional cost of running the system,” Arnold said. “A fare change in Madison’s budget affects all other partners. I don’t propose that each partner set its own rates. Rather I urge fares to be set in a collaborative manner that takes into account the policy goals of each of the partners.”

As Tuesday’s elections gave the Republicans control of the Legislature and the governor’s seat, a Wisconsin business advocacy group encouraged them to pass policies that they said would further improve the state’s business climate.

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce President Scott Bauer released a statement on Wednesday praising Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature for their work in making the state more businessfriendly. He added this work must continue in the next legislative session and said the national attention on the state provides a good opportunity for the state to encourage businesses to invest here.

“In 2011, Walker and the Legislature passed tax cuts, lawsuit reform and regulatory reform and balanced the budget without tax hikes,” Bauer said. “We have made unprecedented progress, and we need to keep pushing to be more competitive. … We need to seize the momentum.

This is a rare opportunity, and we need to capitalize on it.”

WMC spokesperson Jim Pugh said Walker made the state more business-friendly by balancing the budget without raising taxes and implementing reforms in regulations and lawsuits.

Pugh noted legislation furthering tax cuts for businesses, as well as removing unnecessary regulation, could help Wisconsin become more pro-business in the Legislature’s next session.

He added he would primarily like to see the Legislature pass a mining bill, a measure that failed

during the last session.

“One of the things we are very interested in is [the] iron mining [bill for] northwestern Wisconsin,” Pugh said. “We also hope to see tax cuts to lower tax burdens, more work on the regulatory front and making regulations that are working and reasonable.”

Pugh refrained from providing specific examples of what the WMC hopes the Legislature takes action on, as he said WMD has not “finalized its public policies yet.”

Eric Peterson, spokesperson for Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, said he hopes the Legislature becomes more bipartisan next session. However, he said Republicans may not want to cooperate with his party on economic issues.

“I think we will see a ruling party that will put their ideas forward, and if the Democrats are lucky, maybe be briefed before whatever they want passed is sent down the pipe,” Peterson said.

Peterson cited last session’s mining bill as an example of partisanship slowing progress. He said the mining industry’s desire to reduce regulations may possibly impede the bipartisan efforts brought by the Senate Mining Committee Chair, Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville.

Peterson said the Democrats “offer more compelling alternatives” than Republicans, adding one of their main focuses will be ensuring economic growth as well as job training to educate people for today’s work force.

Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, also said her party would be working on creating jobs and growing the economy, calling that the party’s “number one priority.”

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City approves student building Downtown apartment developments targeting campus area see approval, hesitation Sarah Eucalano Herald Contributor Madison’s Urban Design Commission met Wednesday night to review plans for three new student-oriented apartment buildings located on campus.

The first apartment building is slated to be built on the corner of Bassett and Dayton Streets and was approved unanimously.

The apartment will comprise five stories and an underground parking garage.

Randy Bruce, an architect from Knothe & Bruce Architects, designed all three of the proposed apartments. He said the apartment proposed for the Bassett-Dayton neighborhood would have an indoor commons area and an outdoor courtyard, which would provide the opportunity for social functions and interaction.

The second proposed apartment building would siton a small lot between University Avenue and

West Johnson Street on Frances Street. Bruce said the proposed apartment would be 12 stories and each unit would have a balcony.

Residents would have access to eight moped stalls and four bicycle stalls outside, along with room to store 96 bicycles in the basement.

Heather Stouder, city planner, said around 100 residents would live in the building and it would have the highest density in Madison. Because of major concerns that the site and the interior of the building would be inadequate to support this high density, the commission declined to initially approve the plans.

The third proposed apartment building would be eight stories, located on Henry Street in the historical district of Langdon. Bruce said the architecture of the proposed building would be compatible with the neighborhood, but the project drew criticism from members of the Langdon

neighborhood at the meeting.

“We’ve made the design much more cohesive,” Bruce said. “It has more consistent architecture that is more compatible with the neighborhood.”

Stephanie Siders, board member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, said the sorority was concerned about the increased traffic and safety issues accompanied by the density mass of the proposed building.

“We’re concerned about the dilution of the unique character of our neighborhood,” Siders said.

Colin Bowden, vice president of the StateLangdon Neighborhood Association, also voiced his concern about the impact the proposed building would have on the neighborhood.

He complained the neighborhood had been left out of the decision making process.

Bowden said Alder Bridget Maniaci, District 2, received money from

the apartment developers, the Howden brothers, and ended neighborhood meetings before people were done asking questions and discussing the plans.

“We didn’t have enough input, we didn’t have a discussion, they just shut off,” he said. “It’s a conflict of interest.”

Maniaci said it is the proper process for the alder to hold the meeting and act as an intermediary.

She said the meeting held on Monday at the Pyle Center was productive and attended by around 70 community members.

At the end of the night, Pyle Center staff told her they needed to go, so she broke up the meeting, Maniaci said.

She said the Howdens have donated to many city races, but this issue is a separate one unrelated to the proposal at hand.

“This project has a lot of potential to serve the block in a better capacity,” she said. “There is still a lot of work to be done on the design.”

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ASM , from 1 become the index for stress relief,” VanCleave said. “We want a place where students can go and find what organizations they should partner with.”

Van Cleave said a number of organizations focused on stress reduction have stepped forward to work with the campaign. The

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National Alliance on Mental Illness, Active Minds, F.H. King and Ask Listen Save are among the organizations who have already expressed interest in the initiative.

Buell noted the committee does not purport to be experts on topics of mental health, but she said UAC strives to shed light on services that can answer questions student have on their stress issues.

“It’s a big opportunity for individuals and small businesses to purchase insurance using the concept of pooling,” Peterson said.

“There are a lot of ways you can set it up and getting input from a lot of folks is the best way to get an exchange that is reflecting the views of the people.”

Wisconsin considered purple Polo Rocha State Legislative Editor With Tuesday’s election, Wisconsin seemed to contradict its Republican shift in 2010 in its statewide elections, while also maintaining that shift at more local levels.

The three Democratic candidates running for federal level positions — President Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin and state Rep. Mark Pocan — won their elections.

Meanwhile, the Republicans remained in control of Wisconsin’s State Assembly and took back control of the State Senate.

Gov. Scott Walker also won his election in 2010 and easily defeated a recall challenge in June.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Ken Mayer said these seemingly paradoxical wins show the state has a strong independent tradition.

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“We now have one of the most conservative senators and one of the most liberal senators in the Senate, and we elected them two years apart,” Mayer said. “And we have unified Republican control of state government.

The state’s voted Democratic [for president] over the past 20 years, and Obama won with 52 percent of the vote. We are a purple state.”

This election cycle, the Senate race was among the most closely followed, and the presidential candidate campaigns visited the state often.

Obama made three visits to Wisconsin in the five days prior to the election. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, hails from Janesville.

Mayer said Wisconsin is becoming increasingly important in national politics, but he added it is unclear what implications this has for the state.

when the candidates are on campus and press onto them,” McDonald said.

“Share your priorities.”

According to McDonald, it is important

“For a state of our size, I think we have more influence than other similarly sized states,” Mayer said. “I think that’s true, but the harder question is, ‘what does that mean?’

That’s a different question because it’s difficult to draw a direct link between the kinds of influence that a state can have on a national debate and what that means specifically for the state.”

Walker and Ryan are among the most influential members of the Republican Party, and the party’s national chair, Reince Priebus, is also from Wisconsin.

Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said Wisconsin often goes back and forth between both parties, moves he believes leads to less compromise. He noted some of Wisconsin’s most famous elected officials like Bob LaFollette and Joe McCarthy had

for students to be a part of the process.

Additionally, Jason Chiang, one of the student members on the committee, said it is important the candidates should be able to promote both the Wisconsin community around Madison, as well as the research happening on campus.

“A lot of the [research] we do is cutting edge,” said Chiang. “I also see that as benefiting the area at the same time. A lot of our research students enter jobs.”

Chiang said UW should be able to be both a premier research institute as well as a benefit to the community at large. He also said it would be easier for a candidate to understand UW life if they were an internal candidate because while

almost opposite political ideologies.

“There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground in Wisconsin anymore; we kind of lurch back from right to left and then back again,” Heck said. “One of the things people hunger for is a bit more bipartisanship.

There have been eras in Wisconsin’s history where the parties have come together, and one of those periods was when Tommy Thompson was governor.”

However, Heck noted Thompson had to swing to the right in order to win the Senate Republican primary and lost to Baldwin partly because he could never shift back to the center.

As for next session’s Republican-led Legislature and the governor, Heck said last year’s redistricting may have helped them gain that majority. He added the Republicans still need to work with the other side in passing legislation.

it is not necessary, it would be beneficial because the candidate would be able to fit into the culture of the campus.

The next important step in the search is to decide which questions will be asked of the candidates, according to Don Mash, the UW System representative to the committee.

“When candidates come forward, they will have done their homework and studied the Madison campus and some of the things we’ve touched on here,” said Mash. “When we get to the question stage of interviewing the folks who come forward, framing questions is key. It’s one thing to ask an intelligent person, ‘Tell us about your view on diversity.’ But another is it ask, ‘Tell us what you’ve done [for diversity].’”

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Democracy: no spectator sport Aaron Loudenslager Columnist Voting is something everyone who is of voting age should do. It’s a chance to participate in democracy — to influence the future actions of our governmental institutions. As Cicero said, “Freedom is participation in power.” When more people vote, there is more participation in power, there is more democracy and there is more freedom for the citizens of the United States.

The U.S. has had a low voter participation rate for some time now. As PBS reports, only 36.4 percent of the voting age population voted in the 1998 elections.

The U.S. voter participation rate that year ranked 139th out of 172 countries internationally. Until the voter participation bump in 2008, the voting rate went down even further. Of course that voting rate has gone up since 2008, reaching between 40 and 50 percent in 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Many factors can be attributed to America’s low voter participation rate as compared to other industrialized democracies, although no one factor is dispositive. One reason may be our highly rigid twoparty political system. When there are only two political parties, people can be turned off to voting, and possibly to politics in general. This is because the political parties tend to be either dominated by partisans who push away centrist voters or, alternatively, run by centrists that turn off partisan voters.

In short, there aren’t enough viably electable political parties to represent everyone’s views adequately.

A report by Rafael López Pintor, Maria Gratschew and Kate Sullivan showed that most countries in Europe have a higher voter participation rate than the U.S. Coincidentally, many European nations have multiply party systems and or proportional representation in their

nation’s legislatures.

Another reason for low voter turnout may be that some voters think the process is rigged from the start and thus there isn’t a point to voting. One can understand this viewpoint, after seeing restrictive voter ID laws enacted nationwide and witnessing the U.S. Supreme Court hold in Citizens United v. FEC that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money in elections. This isn’t right, and it isn’t good policy — but it should serve to increase motivation for people to vote, not less.

Voting is not just a right — it is also a responsibility. The leaders we vote for have the political power to do great, and unfortunately sometimes terrible things. So we must make them earn our vote with intelligent and workable policies.

Democracy does not end with voting — this is only the beginning. Citizenship and civics is just as important.

Once the election ends, lobbyists, politicians and public opinion take center stage. As citizens we must be engaged in the political process on a daily basis, even if it’s just with family and friends. By doing this we shape public opinion and as a result, shape the decisions of our elected political leaders.

No matter what political party controls our legislative or executive branches, my political views and opinions on public policy won’t change a whole lot.

I will always support a single-payer health care system, stringent oversight of Wall Street investment banks and the trades they make, and environmental regulation. It is my duty as a citizen, to advocate for the policies I believe in. We must all be active citizens after this election, because a functional and vibrant democracy requires daily citizenship.

Aaron Loudenslager (loudenslager@wisc.edu) is a first year law student.

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When politics blows up your news-feed Political expression on social networks rarely results in productive discussion. More often, it detracts from participatory democracy.

Charles Godfrey Editorial Page Content Editor Presumably, I’m not the only Facebook user whose thread was inundated in political expression two nights ago as election results were pouring in from across the country and political science experts were scrambling to call the race.

It was as if the entire social network imploded upon itself in a frenzy of celebration and despair. Logging on the other night wasn’t a complete waste of time — now I know I still vehemently disagree with the political opinions of a guy who sat behind me in high school math class.

Nor was it an entirely positive way to spend two minutes on election night — and I mean that it was even more of a waste of time than Facebook usually is. Everybody has their opinion as to the purpose of Facebook. If you ask me, it’s a simple way to keep in touch with friends all around the world. Its genius lies in the fact that it brings people from all over the globe together in an electronic community.

Last night I saw spontaneous political expression on Facebook driving people apart.

Now I’m not here to advocate against freedom of political expression. On the contrary, I want to see more of it. But I don’t think Facebook is the place for that sort of celebration and protest. When I read through statuses that waxed poetic in their affirmations of American progress, or damned the entire democratic process to hell and wrote off the next four years as the utter unraveling of this country as we know it, I was struck by the hit and run nature of social network soundbites as a means of political expression. This

wasn’t a discussion. It was lobbing hand grenades from the inside of a bunker.

Maybe you have a relative who you would never talk politics with at Thanksgiving, but you know in no unclear terms what he or she thinks of Mitt Romney. Or you might never see your little league baseball teammate again, but you know what he thinks about President Barack Obama in explicit detail. What I’ve been wondering is this — is this the sort of politics that rather than kindling an active discussion that leads to a greater understanding of our political beliefs, or is it simply digging the partisan trenches deeper?

To me, Facebook politics appears to be more of an expression of political egoism than an effort to participate in an ongoing discussion.

Maybe here in the Midwest, we don’t have mountains to shout our beliefs from — but we do have status lines and we can blow up some news feeds. I’m okay with people shouting their views loud and proud on the interwebs. But I think that as a generation of American citizens, we can do better. Why don’t we go outside with signs and make our voices heard in the streets? Here in Wisconsin, we have seen how much more inspiring that sort of active democracy is than the dull white and blue glow of a computer screen.

My fear is that social media has begun to serve as a pressure release valve that diverts political action into angry internet posts.

Even when there is enough political unrest to warrant actual protest, after some angry tweets, would-be activists cool down and go on with their lives. I don’t want picketing in the streets to be replaced by ranting on a social network — it turns discussion into one-way rants, it isn’t an effective means of participatory democracy and it’s not nearly as fun.

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

The Internet is the ultimate marketplace of ideas. It offers a spectrum of viewpoints and an opportunity for expression, but we must participate responsibly.

Reginald Young Editorial Page Editor The Internet is the invisible embodiment of the marketplace of ideas.

It’s a place for ideas to roam free and unrestricted.

But of course, there are downsides to that liberty.

When it comes to internet forums, feelings can be hurt. World views can be shattered. Egos can be smashed to smithereens.

But critical thinking skills can be honed.

Argumentation abilities can be improved. Plains of consciousness can be expanded. The internet is a double-edged sword.

We have all seen an inundation of comments over the past week, culminating Tuesday night when election results rolled in. Whether it be on Facebook, Twitter or via text message, both sides of the political spectrum either relished victory or cursed defeat.

And yes, it has gotten to be pretty damned annoying for those who could care less, or those of us who just wanted to move forward.

But this mild, 24-hour annoyance does not justify putting blinders on to ignore political discourse.

I, like many, came dangerously close to hiding many friends on Facebook based on non-stop commentary.

I say “dangerously close” because it is an unfortunately treacherous concept that some citizens feel the need to shutter up their windows to those they either disagree with or are annoyed by.

Technology is great and expands our worlds. In that same vein, it absolutely should not be used to shrink our horizons.

We can already

selectively filter our news sources, and that is hazardous enough. Think Gov. Scott Walker is the bane of existence? Well, where do you get your news? The Huffington Post? It’s easy to subscribe only to sources that reinforce your notions of the world. Like I cautioned yesterday, don’t do that. It’s all too convenient to only read one or two select news outlets instead of exposing yourself to a multitude that will challenge your politics.

So we should all embrace the diversity of discourse that can arise on the internet. Yeah, reading a novel of a Facebook status that beatifies

“It’s all too convenient to read one or two select news outlets instead of exposing yourself to a multitude that will challenge your politics.”

President Barack Obama is annoying. However, this doesn’t mean you should hide that person’s status updates. That would just be lazy.

If you see something you disagree with or have doubts about, question it. Don’t be afraid. Don’t sweep it under the rug. A strong country is built on an educated electorate, and in our generation, the internet is the most accessible forum for political discourse. We ought to embrace each and every political statement on it because only the strong ones will survive.

So it goes in the marketplace of ideas.

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

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’ve only written one speech at this point. ... It’s about 1,118 words.”

-FORMER MASS. GOV MITT ROMNEY On the evening of Election Night, Washington Post reporters discovered that Mitt Romney was so confident he had run a successful campaign that he only prepared a victory speech. He was quoted as saying, “Intellectually, I’ve felt we were going to win this ... for some time.”

Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on where you stand, he never got the chance to read that speech and instead had to improvise a concession. However, you have got to give it to Romney, that’s going down in style.

Election 2012 in retrospect: Timmerman’s Top 5 moments Joe Timmerman Columnist I’m going to do a bit of a postmortem on the 2012 campaign. So, without further ado, here are the top five most important moments in the presidential election, as determined in a completely non-rigorous manner by a carefully selected committee of one (me).

Honorable mention: The Paul Ryan pick. While not as defining (and definitely not as damning) as McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin as a running mate, the pick of Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. signaled an appeal to the conservative wing of the GOP, which had remained largely skeptical of Romney’s conservative credentials.

However, evidence the pick caused any real movement

in either direction is lacking.

It’s also possible that in some integer multiple of four years, Ryan could be the Republican candidate for president, in which case his selection as a vice presidential candidate would be viewed as a launching point for the rest of his career. Likewise, if Ryan’s career declines from here on out, his candidacy could mark the beginning of the end of his political career. For now, though, it doesn’t quite crack the top five.

Number five: Rick Perry’s “Oops” moment. For those of you whose memories of the Republican primary are (blessedly) foggy, I’ll remind you what happened. In the midst of a debate, Texas Gov. Perry attempted to name three of the federal agencies that would get the axe if he were elected president.

Unfortunately for Gov. Perry, this task proved too formidable for him and, after a cringe-inducing 30 or so seconds of searching for the third agency, Perry shrugged his shoulders and muttered

the now-immortal “oops.”

While certainly one of the more entertaining moments of the election, the reason that “oops” proved so crucial to the election as a whole is it was a damning moment for Perry’s candidacy, leaving former Massachusetts Gov. Romney the strongest candidate. While there were other candidates, most objective observers figured Romney, Perry and possibly Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum were the only “electable” ones. With the fall of Perry, Romney moved significantly closer to the nomination.

Number four: Hurricane Sandy. We were waiting for an “October Surprise,” and it came in the form of a massive hurricane on the East Coast.

Pundits will surely place some blame for Romney’s loss on Sandy. And they wouldn’t be completely incorrect.

In a fairly close race, this opportunity for the president to be presidential provided a boost in popularity. After all, nothing rallies people

behind a president like a natural disaster. However, polls didn’t necessarily show a clear movement toward Obama after the hurricane.

Regardless, staunchly conservative New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s praise of Obama’s handling of the situation raised questions about his support of Romney, which, if nothing else, kept the public focused on things beside Romney’s message.

Number three: The Republican National Convention. Conventions are usually an opportunity for candidates to put their best foot forward in front of a national audience. Since the campaigns and their respective parties control essentially every aspect of their conventions, they’re usually a zero-risk, highreward occasion. In fact, candidates usually receive what’s called a “convention bounce” in the polls, even if it doesn’t last for long.

In Romney’s case, the convention could have helped jump-start a campaign that

had felt mostly stagnant through the summer.

However, by (apparently) not vetting Clint Eastwood’s “speech,” and by “speech” I mean argument with an empty chair, the Romney campaign turned what should have been a pep-rally into a gaffe on the national stage.

Number four: The first debate. Before the first presidential debate, things were looking pretty promising for President Obama. His reelection was by no means a sure thing, but Democrats were feeling quite a bit better than Republicans. In front of tens of millions of television viewers, Obama gave an extremely uninspiring debate performance that resulted in a consensus debate victory for Romney. Suddenly, Romney was bouncing back into contention in the polls.

While it’s an impossible to answer “what-if,” it’s possible that without his dominating performance, Romney may never have come back in the polls and the election would

never have been seriously contested.

And number one: The 47 percent. Romney’s comment, caught on hidden camera at a closed-door fundraiser, that “there are 47 percent who are with [Obama], who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it,” proved to be rather controversial. Regardless of how you feel about the statement itself, it was the culmination of a string of unforced errors by the Romney camp that kept the narrative of Romney’s gaffes alive and resulted in a media frenzy that kept the public’s focus off issues Romney would have preferred to discuss.

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

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Thursday, November 8, 2012

Music truly free from artist 3LAU St. Louis-based EDM musician headed for Madison touts hefty repertoire of mashups Allegra Dimperio ArtsEtc. Editor One minute you’re a finance major, the next you’re DJing at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. While this may sound like a power lecture daydream to many, such is life for 21-year-old Justin Blau. Blau, or 3LAU as he is billed, was attending school at St. Louis’ Washington University when a two-week trip to Sweden changed his life.

“The culture there, the dance music culture is phenomenal,” he said when he caught up with The Badger Herald from his St. Louis home on Tuesday.

Although Blau had not paid much attention to dance music before the trip, upon his return he decided to dive into the genre headfirst. This was the summer of 2011, and, according to Blau, “Things just kind of took off from there.” With appearances alongside Avicii at Marquee in Vegas and sets at Electric Zoo and Global Dance Fest already under his belt, it would be hard to disagree with him.

Up to this point, Blau has been a mashup artist, pairing LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” with MSTRKRFT’s “Bounce” and hints of Steve Aoki’s “Turbulence” in one track, Kaskade’s collab with Skrillex “Lick It” with Krewella’s “Strobelights” and Lucky Date’s “Hos and Discos” in another.

“I make bootlegs and mashups and I also make a couple of remixes,” Blau said.

To clarify the jargon, “A bootleg and a mashup is basically the same thing, it’s just a mix of multiple things,” he said. “A bootleg is kind of a European-

accepted term for a mixture of songs that you play live … remixing is basically making your own song with the parts of something else.”

Terminology aside, he tends to follow his whims.

“When I’m mixing, I kind of use whatever I feel like,” Blau explained. “I love electro, I love progressive house, I love everything so it’s kind of just whatever mood I’m in. But when I’m making music myself I tend to make trancier stuff. My future releases are more on the progressive trance side than the electro kind of hard-hitting bass music.”

While Blau has yet to release an original song, the wheels are in motion to get his first single released by the end of the year. At his shows, he plays what his albums have called “dance floor filth,” but he credits his musical background to his preference for trance in his own production.

“When I sit down to make music, I think in chords and melodies and not in patterns and bass sounds,” he said. Blau plays guitar, strings, drum and piano, but stresses that making dance music requires an entirely different skill set.

“It’s very important to separate songwriting and production,” Blau said. “Songwriting is very creative, it’s very left brained, and producing is very right brained, very scientific, requires a lot of patience, a lot of time.”

For Blau, the patience is finally paying off.

“A lot of people are always like ‘how did that kid get so big without having any of his own music?’” Blau said.

“But I never wanted to send a song to someone for it to be produced so I’m learning production myself. For the first time ever I’m confident in how it sounds, but it took

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American DJ 3LAU gets his stage name from his real surname, Blau. A trip to Europe influenced his entry into electronic music, which he now does at the age of 21. Blau performs at the Majestic Friday night. me a really long time to get to this point.

“I think people really underestimate the amount of time it takes to make things hit really hard in certain places, make people jump out of their seats when they hear a drop. It’s not just about the music, it’s about how the sounds are processed.”

But for 3LAU’s live sets at least, making people jump out of their seats is de rigueur.

“I started off with Top 40 stuff and then I moved into more solid dance music-based stuff, still with a little bit of a poppy edge with my mixes,” Blau said. “In the beginning, people didn’t really know what dance music was so I needed to have pop vocals in the music to make that familiarity come alive. But,

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Dance Floor Filth albums and his 3LAU Haus mixes are available for download on his Facebook page, Blau admits there was one instance where a track wasn’t free.

“I ended up selling one song ever, and I ended up donating the proceeds to a charity so that we could build a school in Guatemala,” he said. “In the rest of my career, if I ever have to sell music I’m going to donate all the money I get from it.”

Blau is also donating one dollar from each ticket sold on his current 3LAU Your Mind tour to Pencils of Promise, a charity in Guatemala for which he has already raised $25,000.

Even though Blau is more than happy to give money earned from his stint as 3LAU away, he fully

intends to make music his full time career.

“I really hope to play Ultra [Music Festival] and EDC (Electric Daisy Carnival) next year,” Blau said. He also dreams of touring with Kaskade. But regardless of where the next year takes him, Blau won’t be retiring anytime soon.

“I always want to make music,” he said. “I don’t think I’m an established dance music artist yet; I think I have a long way to go, but I think that in five years, no matter what happens, there’s a place for me on the business side of music if this doesn’t work out.”

3LAU will play at the Majestic Theatre in Madison Friday night. Doors open at 9 p.m. and tickets are $15.

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lately, people aren’t caring as much about hearing the pop vocals as they want to hear that huge drop that’s going to make them go crazy in a live setting.

“My live sets are 70 percent what people know and 30 percent of things that no one’s ever heard before that I think is going to make people go crazy.”

To get an idea of what Blau thinks will make people go crazy, his monster mashups and mixes are all available online, and all for free.

“Making people pay for music just seems so silly to me,” Blau said. “As long as people are listening to my music I’m happy as a human being. I would love to release all of my music for free for the rest of my life.”

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Turn-based role-playing games have been around for a long time. Some of the most well-known being Final Fantasy from Square Enix, and Advance Wars and Pokémon from Nintendo. These games are single player and usually have no way to connect with one another.

This is true for two of the franchises mentioned, but not Pokémon.

Pokémon has been one of the most successful turn-based role-playing games since the 1990s.

A player gets a team of adorable little monsters who evolve into cooler monsters, who then help the player fight to become the best trainer in the world.

Pokémon has gained global attention over the years with its widelydistributed, turn-based video games and its successful spin-off games.

It also draws attention from its own television show. Basically, Pokémon is a power house.

The Pokémon games have inspired various groups to create versions of monster-catching games, like Facebook games featuring tiny monsters that players capture and battle. It has even gotten some unwanted attention from groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), yet this has hardly deterred fans from picking up the latest copy of any Pokémon game.

For those who don’t know: As a beginning Pokémon Trainer, each

player chooses one of the three “starter” Pokémon for their region. Since the beginning, the choice has been between a Grasstype Pokémon, a Fire-type Pokémon, and a Watertype Pokémon. Once the choice is made, the player embarks on their own journey to capture all the Pokémon and become a Pokémon master.

These are about the only consistencies across all of the main Pokémon games.

Over the years, it became a standard for each region to have two different versions of the game available, each with its own unique set of Pokémon — meant to encourage people to trade with other players to “Catch ‘Em All.” At first, it was the original 150 Pokémon (151 if one includes Mew), and has since grown to offer more than 600 different Pokémon, or “pocket monsters,” to capture.

As games No. 18 and 19 hit the shelves, the Pokémon franchise is still going strong with “Pokémon Black 2” and “Pokémon White 2.”

These two games are trying, just like their predecessors, to bring something new to the table.

The first example of this is the inclusion of four games in the Unova region instead of Nintendo’s standard three games. One of the biggest pulls for diehard Pokémon fans will be the addition of the World Tournament.

In the battling facility, players can battle all of the Gym Leaders that have been featured in any Pokémon game and all of the Pokémon League

League to become the next Pokémon master, but now the story has a cast of villains who are more believable than the past Team Plasma.

The games still retain some of their cuter aspects, like the inclusion of PokéStar Studios to create movies with your Pokémon and some of the actual Pokémon are still downright adorable, but this usually deters some Pokémon has gained global gamers who believe the games to be childish. attention over the years The cute parts of the with its widely-distributed, games are what initially turn-based video games draw in younger players and the more strategic and its successful spinparts of the games, like off games. ... Basically, battling and building a Pokémon is a power house. team, have kept older gamers entertained for years.

There are not many changes to the “Pokémon Black 2” and battle system of the “Pokémon White 2” as newest installments, a story that occurs two aside from all of the years after the events aesthetic changes to in “Pokémon Black” make the battle system and“Pokémon White” run smoother. The games. These new games actual battle moves have use old characters and changed appearance and often reference things the Pokémon continually that occurred in Unova move throughout the during the two-year battle, but, overall, gap between the games.

Nintendo has adopted a The story is still kind of don’t-fix-what-isn’t-broken lackluster, but it is much attitude when it comes to better than previously. this aspect.

The more storyThe Pokémon franchise driven aspect of these is still going strong. No new Pokémon games matter if people say the also helps to make them games look too childish more interactive. The to play as a serious game; feeling that a player is Nintendo has done a a part of a story instead fantastic job at drawing of just the same journey in new players as well as for nearly 20 games keeping many die-hard really sets up “Pokémon fans interested.

Black 2” and “Pokémon White 2” to have a better Christian Moberg is a replay value than any junior studying Japanese other Pokémon game and computer science. Email to date. The main focus him at cbmoberg@wisc. of the story is still the edu. journey to the Pokémon Champions from any Pokémon game.

“Pokémon Black 2” and “Pokémon White 2” also have more of a story than the past games.

Since “Pokémon Black” and “Pokémon White” had a more involved storyline than any of their predecessors, Nintendo decided to continue that story by creating

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, November 8, 2012

Butters leaves UW hockey for personal reasons Kelly Erickson Men’s Hockey Writer After six games into his third season with the Wisconsin men’s hockey team, assistant coach Bill Butters has stepped down to pursue his life passion: faith ministry.

Both Butters and head coach Mike Eaves made it clear that Butters blindsided Eaves with his decision on Monday. The head coach urged his assistant to think it over for a few days, but ultimately Butters feels his passions truly lie elsewhere and therefore he would be

doing the team a disservice by sticking around any longer.

“It was a surprise, no question,” Eaves said. “Once talking to Bill and never being one to roll over, challenged him a couple times, but throughout our discussions it became clear where his heart was and what he needed to do.”

Butters, who was in charge of the defense and the penalty kill, said the decision became prevalent a few weeks ago after he spoke with some players in Eau Claire, Wis., about faith. After speaking with

those players, he knew that’s where his passion was, rather than helping players with slapshots.

“The decision to leave has been about four weeks, what’s in my heart has been there since about 1980,” Butters said. “This is about my calling on my life and in 1980 I felt called by God to get into ministry, to tell players about faith.

“They need a guy in here that has the passion to get in a guys face and share that. I don’t know if I was the guy. I thought I was when I came here — I really did my best, sometimes

your best isn’t good enough. … In my heart I felt, ‘I don’t know if I’m the guy.’”

Butters also emphasized that there is no animosity between him and the program, that this was simply a choice he needed to make not only for himself but for the team as a whole.

“If you watch the practices and watch the games, Mike Eaves is a capable coach and so is Gary Shuchuk,” Butters said. “There are so many applicants for the job, there’ll be people. I don’t think I’m leaving them in

a lurch, I think this is a necessary ending for the betterment of the team and sometimes necessary endings are tough. I have to answer this call in my life.”

The assistant coach noted that he is at peace with the decision and has already spoken with the team to say goodbye, hugging about 90 percent of them. According to Butters, some of them just aren’t huggers.

“In the end, I feel in my heart that he’s doing the right thing,” Eaves said.

Butters departure only adds to the long list of odd circumstances that

have plagued the Badgers this season. In addition to inconsistent play, the Badgers have lost two players for large portions of the season — freshman forward Nic Kerdiles was suspended for 10 games due to ineligibility claims and junior forward Mark Zengerle will miss the next four to six weeks with a broken index finger.

“This is not ideal, neither were those other two things, but that’s life,” Eaves said. “We will look at what our options are and control what we can control and move forward.”

Behind the beard: Frederick brain of offensive line Ian McCue Sports Editor Following every Wisconsin football practice and after each game, a swarm of reporters gather around a 6-foot-4, 338-pound mass of man, his face cloaked by a mammoth beard.

Behind the cameras and notepads stands Travis Frederick, the player who, more than any other, acts as the Badgers’ spokesperson, the go-to man for intelligent and thoughtful responses to any reporter’s questions.

But he also serves as the behind-the-scenes director on the field and is responsible for making the pre-snap adjustments along the line based on the looks he sees from the opposing defense.

And it is precisely his nuanced understanding of the game that separates him from his colleagues on either side of the offensive line.

“The center’s the quarterback of the offensive line, so everything goes through him,” redshirt sophomore right tackle Rob Havenstein said.

“Whatever he says is final, and he rarely makes a bad call.”

Now in his third season in a starting role for Wisconsin, his second as the year-long starter, Frederick’s attention to detail is best on display during film sessions with the rest of his compatriots in the trenches every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Havenstein says he picks up on the slightest changes from opposing lineman — a different hand on the ground, for example — to predict the opposing defense’s plan of attack.

After graduating a semester early from Big Foot High School in Sharon, Wis., Frederick began meticulously studying the playbook that spring and became the first true freshman to start along the offensive line in

BASKETBALL, from 10 in the backcourt, gives Ryan little doubt that his offense won’t miss a beat trying to replace Taylor and Gasser’s presence.

“Well the nice part about now being in my 41st year of coaching, when people say replace other people, I don’t get as alarmed or excited or nervous,” Ryan said. “It is amazing how young men step up and I have all the faith in the world that that’s going to happen with this group.”

Ryan even said the offense may change with his new personnel, but will still rely on the basic fundamentals.

But, with all three of UW’s potential guards in the rotation never having started a game in their careers, there may be some growing pains for the Badgers along the way in the early part of the nonconference slate.

Berggren, Evans must step up With the loss of vocal leader Gasser in the backcourt, the Badgers frontcourt must now take the brunt of the weight of carrying this team not only with its leadership, but with its offensive prowess as

a season-opener in UW history. Joining the team before he was even 18, he still remembers having to fax compliance forms home for his parents to sign because he was not yet a legal adult.

Three years later, the man who anchors the Badgers’ offensive line alongside left tackle Ricky Wagner says jumping in at left guard and center in his first year has directed his career since.

“I can’t even describe how good [the early experience] was for me, in a couple different ways,” he said. “One — gaining that experience; two — playing with some of the best off linemen that we’ve had here in a long time; three — by having that playing experience, knowing what it was like, and then [redshirting] the next year, just really built a hunger in me.”

Learning under the

“He’s obviously a braniac ... you tell him something once, and he is goint to remember it forever.”

Ryan Groy

redshirt junior left guard tutelage of Bill Nagy and John Moffitt — two linemen who are both in the NFL — Frederick is now tasked with guiding the players likened to a younger version of himself. While he calls freshman lineman Dan Voltz his “protégé,” Frederick has also had to play the role of adviser when he landed at the forefront of Wisconsin’s quarterback shuffle.

His experience faced its first test in quarterback Joel Stave’s second career start in the harshest of environments — Nebraska’s ear-jarring Memorial Stadium.

“We knew it was going to be a big game, it was going to be loud and

well.

“Now it’s my time to step up and have more of a leadership role,” redshirt senior and center Jared Berggren said.

Perhaps the x-factor of this team, returning starter and redshirt senior forward Ryan Evans (36 starts, 11 points per game and 6.75 rebounds per game in 2011-12) is the mantra of improvement. Evan’s incredible vertical leap and dunks have always been there, but his smoothedout, more consistent mid-range jumper has not. Evans will look to improve on his junior campaign where he was named a consensus All-Big Ten honorable mention selection.

Berggren (36 starts, 10.5 ppg, 4.89 rpg and 1.67 blocks per game in 2011-12) was also a 2012 honorable mention for All-Big Ten, Berggren steadily improved in all aspects of his game during his junior season alone. If the Badgers wish to smooth the growing pains of an inexperienced backcourt, Berggren will have to play at a higher level than ever before.

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people asked, ‘how’s [Stave] going to deal with that,’” Frederick said. “You just sit down and you talk with him and you say, ‘Listen, it’s no different, it’s going to be loud, you’re going to have to yell a little louder, but it really is no different.’”

The face of an offensive line that failed to meet expectations early in the season and continued to show lingering issues in surrendering a season-high five sacks against Michigan State, Frederick is the first to acknowledge when his unit has underperformed.

But he may also be the most apt at understanding what issues need to be fixed. Offensive line coach Bart Miller describes his starting center as “tremendously intelligent,”

something he said alone separates Frederick from the competition.

“Him and I will talk quite a bit,” Miller said. “We’ve got a good thing going in terms of going over stuff together — pressures and things like that. I talk to him and tell him directions to give those guys when they’re out there.

It is like having a second [coach], a player-coach out there.”

It comes as little surprise, then, that during a recent “Ask the Badgers” segment at Camp Randall, nearly every player responded with Frederick’s name as the teammate who would be most likely to serve as president.

Though Miller points to his voracious appetite for breaking down film,

Frederick does not exactly shift into cruise control when he leaves Camp Randall. Instead, he walks just a block north on Randall Avenue to pursue a dual degree in computer science and computer engineering.

Frederick says the pairing has made for a tremendous challenge, but one that has forced him to maximize his time in a way that still leaves him ready to take the field every Saturday.

“He’s obviously a brainiac,” Frederick’s roommate and starting left guard Ryan Groy said. “It’s something I make fun of him a lot for, though it’s something to be proud of. It’s great having him as a center because he knows those kinds of things — you tell him something once, and he’s going to remember it

forever.”

Those skills in the classroom may be put on hold for now, however, as most NFL draft websites projected Frederick as a second round pick before the season began, if he does decide to skip out on his senior year.

As the final stretch of the season beckons, Frederick will likely snap the ball to the Badgers’ third starting quarterback of the year if Curt Phillips gets the start against Indiana as expected.

But still remaining constant in a season of changes, Frederick said his distinguished beard has no plans of going anywhere.

“We’ll definitely keep if through November, and then we’ll see where we’re going,” he said with a wide grin.

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Win or lose, fans exaggerate role of UW coaches complaining.

Unfortunately for Wisconsin athletics, Badger nation has found plenty to complain about lately. But the resolution to those complaints is often a simple and irrational Kelly Erickson phrase: fire the head coach.

Erickson the Red On Oct. 29, the Wisconsin football team The state of fandom may welcomed Michigan State to Madison. After just be one of the hardest Joel Stave’s season was burdens to bear in the ended by a broken collar sports world.

A fan — whether because bone and an ill-prepared Danny O’Brien stepped they were born into their in under center behind a fandom, or developed crumbling offensive line, it over time — is often a a chorus of “Fire Bret lifetime supporter through Bielema” –s rang out over sickness and in health.

Twitter, comments on A fan knows the ins stories and from the crowd and outs of their team. as it filtered out of Camp They know the history Randall. the program was built on Only a week later, as and always feel they know the Wisconsin men’s the positive direction it is hockey team wrapped headed. up a disappointing home But sadly, a fan is not opening series with a on the field. They cannot series sweep at the hands influence the outcome of of Colorado College, some the game or proverbially fans took similar actions put the team on their back. as the football fans as the Nor can a fan stand on the phrase “Fire Mike Eaves” sidelines and guide the started to creep through team or create strategies the Crease Creatures. to win.

Frankly, this sort of Ultimately, all a fan rhetoric needs to stop, can do is sit, watch and especially with two either end up cheering or

successful coaches who have done a lot for UW in their time here.

Fans need to step back and realize how big of an influence head coaches have on the overall outcome of games. While they can run drills in practice and hopefully learn how to manage the clock in a tight game on the field or the rink, the coaches can’t make their team score — they can only hope they’ve done enough to give their team the best options to do so.

For instance, while Bret Bielema’s clock management has often been suspect in gamedefining moments, he has still fielded two Rose Bowl teams in his seven years at UW — and could be well on his way to a third (fingers crossed). But those Rose Bowl runs also aren’t solely Bielema’s doing — he had some of the most talented Badger teams under his command.

After the 2012 Rose Bowl loss — again with a slightly mismanaged clock on Bielema’s part — fans were calling for his head.

While he commanded a team which executed the

game plan week in a week out, Bielema can’t take full credit for either a loss or a win. Bielema wasn’t the one who fumbled the ball late in the game near the Oregon sideline. Bielema wasn’t out on the field, incapable of slowing down a potent Oregon offense.

Blame Bielema as much as you want, but the reality is he’s not the main reason the Badgers are stumbling.

But he also wasn’t the one to score any points.

Now, it must be stated that the blame isn’t entirely on the players either. If we must play the blame game, Wisconsin’s past struggles are a mixture of lack of confidence and an inability to properly execute the game plan.

The foundation is there.

There are many players who have played on the biggest stages, but for one

reason or another, they just can’t put it completely together this year. One week they’re playing their best football, the next they can’t move the ball on the ground.

Blame Bielema as much as you want, but the reality is he’s not the main reason the Badgers are stumbling.

Sure there are better coaches out there and I’ll readily admit Bielema is not my favorite, but he’s not the crux of the issue right now for Wisconsin.

Similarly across campus, the Badgers were swept by the Tigers of Colorado College in their home opener in men’s hockey.

After Saturday night’s 3-0 loss, one fan reached out to me via Twitter expressing the need for Mike Eaves’ tenure to come to an end.

While it’s understandable to be upset after such a weekend, Eaves is working with a relatively young team early in the season that knows it has a lot of potential. They’re also inconsistent — but this isn’t something Eaves can directly control. As hard as he can make them skate in practice, he can’t direct the puck to the back of the net

mid-game.

Eaves also has a proven track record of success with a NCAA title in 2006 and a return trip in 2010. He also coached Wisconsin’s first Hobey Baker winner — Blake Geoffrion in 2010. Plus, only six games into a 36 game season, it’s far too early to ask for his head on a silver platter.

And that’s the real problem in both cases: it’s far too early to make a judgment on whether or not either coach is properly doing their job.

Teams often take some time to develop or play at a consistent level — as we’ve seen with both the football and men’s hockey teams so far through their respective seasons.

Let’s have this talk again when the season is over.

But for right now, let’s hold off on firing anyone; this is not the time for rash decisions.

Kelly is a senior majoring in journalism. Think Wisconsin needs to clean house? Let her know at kerickson@badgerherald. com or hit her up on Twitter @kellymerickson.

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SPORTS

down and out?

Not a chance.

With vetern guard Josh Gasser out for season, Badgers still strong group in 2012 Nick Korger Sports Content Editor Two plays.

That’s all it took in practice for the Wisconsin men’s basketball season to be altered.

While they occurred on separate occasions and in separate practices, the Badgers will begin their nonconference schedule without two of their returning starters due to a pair of injuries to senior forward Mike Bruesewitz and junior guard Josh Gasser.

Bruesewitz suffered a deep laceration to his lower right leg—one that went down to the bone and needed 50 stitches to repair—in a freak collision with the basket standard. The high-energy, glue-player for head coach Bo

Ryan’s team will most likely miss the first 2-4 weeks of play.

But his injury isn’t the most serious one. Or the one that causes the biggest ripple effect for Wisconsin.

Gasser blew out his ACL going up for a routine layup Oct. 27 in practice and will be forced to use his redshirt season this year to recover from one of the most devastating injuries in sports.

It was a devastating blow for the Badgers, as Ryan and the team were looking to Gasser to fill in the void left by former-point guard and All-American Jordan Taylor, a two-year starter and the most efficient point guard in NCAA history (his 3.01 career assistto-turnover ratio shattered the record of 2.70 held by UTEP’s Julyan Stone).

Ryan had given Gasser high praise during the offseason, saying that he believed the junior guard had taken the next step to elevate his game, spending extra hours a week in the gym working on his ball handling

and working on his overall offensive skill set, preparing to take over increased responsibilities as the veteran leader of an otherwise young backcourt.

“I pretty much worked my tail off to get to that position and coach Ryan rewarded me with it and then [the injury] happened,” Gasser said.

The New Guard(s): George Marshall and Traevon Jackson With no Gasser or Bruesewitz on the court, the Badgers now scramble to find the appropriate mix in their starting lineup and rotation off the bench. But, two underclassmen will likely play a huge role for Ryan in a season without Gasser.

In the backcourt, redshirt freshman George Marshall is primed to take over point guard duties for UW. Marshall had the luck of playing scout team and guarding Jordan Taylor all of last year while practicing with the Badgers in his redshirt season. Taylor often gushed about the potential of Marshall.

The speed of Marshall makes him one of the toughest defenders to go against, especially on-ball, which will make him a perfect fit in a Ryan defensive scheme for a Badger team that puts an emphasis on man-defense.

Also slated to receive a drastic increase in minutes is sophomore Traevon Jackson. Jackson largely rode the bench last year in his freshman campaign (only playing 17 games), taking the backseat to a backcourt rotation that included Taylor, Gasser, Ben Brust and former Badger Rob Wilson.

But now with Marshall and Brust slated to start, Jackson will prove an essential piece in Ryan’s rotation off the bench.

A physically gifted guard who can play either the one or two spot, Jackson has a body type that is reminiscent of the departed Taylor.

The talent of these two guards, along with Brust still

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