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Regents take on skill gap Regents address job issue, pass new athletic oversight process, commend veterans Polo Rocha State Legislative Editor The Board of Regents heard from experts on various important issues including the skills gap and student veterans in a meeting Thursday afternoon.

The regents invited two experts to talk to them and address their questions about the skills gap — the trend employers have experienced in not seeing enough trained workers to fill available jobs.

Rebekah Kowalski, a Manpower Group consultant, said employers across Wisconsin said they are looking for more talented workers. She said in the long run, this is more important than tax incentives for businesses.

“Employers made this linkage pretty early on, which is if Wisconsin cannot in a continuous and sustainable way keep stocking up the trout pond, so to speak, with the talent that we need, we are going to be in big, big trouble,” she said.

Kowalski reported in Wisconsin, 17.5 percent of small companies and 31 percent of large companies said they have “world-class, innovation talent” and 66 percent said they do not have the talent to be as innovative as they would like to be.

Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, said universities

have to ensure they are giving students the proper education to find jobs.

“In the end, if higher education institutions don’t provide people with the skills required to get and keep a job, I think it’s pretty clear that the institutions will fail to serve their other missions to create a democratic culture and to give individuals an opportunity to participate fully in their times well beyond their economic roles,” he said.

With budget tightening going on nationwide and him insisting on more students going to college, Carnevale faced questions regarding the costs of higher education and how the regents can convince state lawmakers to appropriate more money towards it.

Carnevale said part of the solution might be ensuring students know the value and cost of their education.

This would include high schools offering classes to train students on how higher education can be financed.

He also said colleges need to be more transparent in what the income is like in the career tracks they offer, giving students an idea of what the value of their studies are.

With Veterans Day coming up Sunday, the regents also addressed student veterans, the issues they face and the impact they have on UW System campuses, hearing

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The sun sets in Madison, casting a light on the Capitol while a shadow falls over State Street. Daylight hours have shortened as students push through the last stretch before Thanksgiving break.

Soglin speaks on city post-election Mayor expresses hopes for employment, concerns over Republican legislature control Camille Albert & Gabrielle Moehrke City Hall Editor & Herald Contributor Mayor Paul Soglin expressed his hopes and concerns Thursday regarding how results of the state and federal elections will affect the political climate in Madison.

Soglin said his biggest concern for the city is the unequal distribution of revenue throughout the state. He said now both houses in the state legislature are under Republican control, Gov. Scott Walker will have primary control over the legislature.

According to Soglin, it is not likely the city would benefit from Republican control of the legislature.

Soglin said his “hope

lies in the hands of the governor with his new budget.”

Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said since Republicans control the legislature, they will continue their reforms and maintain a balanced budget. He said Republicans will push to raise taxes, while Democrats will push for higher spending.

“Madison’s problem is it spends too much,” Mikalsen said. “Madison provides more services to people who don’t pay taxes and people who don’t improve the community, so there is a constant and growing demand for money.”

According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, Madison is receiving much less revenue in state

aid for various programs compared to other municipalities, such as the City of Milwaukee. He said Milwaukee receives close to $180 million in state aid compared to Madison, which receives close to $60 million.

Taxpayers in Madison are putting more money into the system than they are receiving back from state aid, Resnick said.

“We see the amount of money dwindle each year under Republican leadership,” Resnick said.

He said he would like to see the Democratic and Republican parties in Wisconsin come to a solution so the City of Madison can receive more revenue from state aid.

Mikalsen said Nass and other Republicans will not support Soglin’s plan to take money from other

Madison Fire Department, citizens aid Sandy victims Katie Fadelli The Badger Herald

MFD chief, other volunteers help provide relief to New Jersey

Union Council representative Beth Huang spoke in open forum on the importance of shared governance.

SSFC debates group’s contract Tara Golshan Higher Education Editor A committee of University of Wisconsin’s student government convened Thursday night in a meeting where representatives expressed confusion over an organization’s contract status before ultimately postponing a budget decision.

The Student Services Finance Committee met to take on the budget decision for Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, a decision which was ultimately tabled because of contention and uncertainty expressed by committee members.

According to SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker, WISPIRG, an organization which hires

outside professionals to augment student selected campaigns, has found difficulty with the administration in the past years in finding a contract process for these outside employees.

Bruecker said since the professionals are not university employees, the problem lies with using “state money for non-state employees.” She added although ASM has a contract process for outside hires, UW Legal has yet to approve the process as legal.

According to former ASM Chair Allie Gardner, who expressed frustration about the university’s incapability to accept the organization’s contract, UW Interim

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Elizabeth Grinde Herald Contributor Wisconsin emergency volunteers are continuing to play a part in providing disaster relief to the East Coast in light of damage left behind after Hurricane Sandy.

Members of the Wisconsin-1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (WI-1 DMAT) were deployed Saturday to Middlesex, New Jersey, according to a statement by the City of Madison Fire Department, and one of the heads of the department is aiding in providing relief along with other Wisconsin volunteers.

The WI-1 DMAT is part of a national system, which has more than 60 teams, created to be on call to provide assistance

in the event of largescale emergencies.

According to the MFD statement, DMATs provide extra medical assistance and help with logistics and administration, as well as with the equipment needed to provide medical services in rough environments.

Wisconsin’s team is made up of volunteers from around the state, the statement noted, adding MFD Assistant Chief Jim Keiken is among the volunteers that are helping out on the East Coast.

Jason Liu, acting commander for WI-1 DMAT, said Keiken is one of six medical personnel who make up Wisconsin’s team.

There are 17 other DMAT teams that are also currently deployed in the east coast. The teams primarily provide relief for local hospitals by creating field hospitals and treating those affected by disasters.

Keiken and the rest of Wisconsin’s team arrived Saturday,

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partnering with Florida’s team in establishing a field hospital in Middlesex Community College’s gymnasium.

This 248-bed field hospital is providing 24-hour medical assistance.

Keiken said they mainly provide acute care, which he said “eases the work load” for local hospitals. He said helping the community out after the devastating storms will be something he remembers for the rest of his life.

“It has been a tremendous experience in spite of the tragedy of the event,” Keiken said. “It has been rewarding to help people in their time of need, and it will definitely be one of the most memorable things I have ever done.”

Despite lack of power and resources and a three-inch snowfall Wednesday night, Keiken said the people affected

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counties and redistribute it back to Madison. He said Madison is a place that spends significantly lower on government.

Soglin said he would like to see a reform in Wisconsin Tax Increment Financing laws, which uses public revenue to aid in economic development.

He said it is important for public revenue to be used for police and fire stations, which is something the current legislation prohibits.

Mikalsen also said Nass agrees with Soglin’s decision to no longer contribute $2 million to the Overture Center for the Arts, saying the money would be better fit for the police and fire departments. He said the city is not serious about

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EVENTS today 5 p.m.

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WUD Film Presents: Fright Night The Marquee Union South

INSIDE Gags, gaffes, UW laughs 1UP sketch comedy group is finding the humor in life, one day at a time

ARTS | 5

Kelsey’s squad on the rise Dan Corcoran previews the upcoming campaign for UW women’s basketball.

SPORTS | 8

Supreme Court doesn’t need Sumi Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi is considering running for the state’s highest court, and she shouldn’t be.

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AID, from 1 by the hurricane maintain positive attitudes.

Keiken added the community knows the nation is supporting them, and they appreciate the help.

Liu said maintaining

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In the Mifflin neighborhood meeting last night, stakeholders addressed plans for the Block Party. The committee also spoke on housing developments in the area.

Meeting centers on plans for Mifflin, Overture funds Committee focuses on hopes regarding Block Party, touches on operating budget Stephanie Awe Reporter A local neighborhood committee met to make future plans for the Mifflin Street Block Party and continued a discussion on the Overture Center for the Arts’ budget Thursday night.

At a meeting of the Mifflin Neighborhood Association, Larry Warman, district chair, said Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. plans to coordinate with Mayor Paul Soglin’s office to organize a meeting to discuss the Mifflin Street Block Party, which will also include the University of Wisconsin Police Department and neighborhood residents.

Warman said he hoped to get student residents living on Mifflin Street involved in this meeting.

“I’d like to see students on Mifflin participate, so they can be the ones responsible and accountable for what happens there.” Warman said.

He said he hopes to see less police and overall expenses put toward the event. He said he believes the party is currently set up to arrest too many people and does not feel this is what the party

that support, as well as the support of people around the world, is important in ensuring the community stays strong. He also congratulated the team for their work.

“These events have long term consequences,” Liu said. “There’s a lot of wide-spread damage. It’s

should be for. Over 400 people were arrested at the 2012 block party, he said, which was significantly more than the previous year.

Warman also said changing the event’s location has been suggested, but this has yet to be discussed and determined.

While he would like to see changes made for the 2013 Mifflin Street Block Party so that less of the city budget is spent on it, he said it is unlikely. It is more important to keep the event safe, he said.

The Overture Center’s 2013 budget was also addressed at the meeting.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the Overture’s budget amendment will provide the Overture Center with an additional $9,000 above Soglin’s proposal. He said it still cuts $100,000 from the original budget, but is an improvement that he hopes many City Council members will follow through with.

“I’m pretty optimistic about the budget,” Verveer said.

Scott Kolar, member of the Mifflin Steering Committee, talked about development proposals of new apartment complexes in the Mifflin Street neighborhood, including two recent proposals made by Scott Faust on the corner of North Bassett and West Dayton Streets as well as on North Frances Street.

He said the city staff has some issues with the 12-story Frances Street proposal, but that it is still to be discussed at the Steering Committee meeting next week.

He said the staff had problems with the North Frances Street proposal because it is such a narrow building on a small property, includes no motor vehicle parking and may serve as a safety hazard.

Rick Broughman, CNI member, said there is potential for security problems in the back of the building and more lighting may be needed before the plan is approved.

Another concern, Kolar said, is that the side of the building facing Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry will require an elevator, which will not be as appeasing a sight from the north side.

A previous proposal for the renovation of 125 N. Bedford St. into a fourstory apartment complex was shut down by the City Council, Kolar said, mainly because of the materials that were proposed to use in constructing the building.

Verveer said the 125 N. Bedford St. proposal could be revisited in a year with the same plan, after the downtown plan will be more established. He said even though it was a mostly contested vote, he was torn in the decision.

important to stay aware and do what we can to support our fellow citizens, not just in the weeks to come.”

Keiken agreed with Liu, saying people need to be mindful of how devastating the hurricane has been.

He added people need to be prepared for such

disasters, as they can occur anywhere.

They both encouraged the public to continue thinking about and helping the victims of the hurricane. Anything from donating time to volunteer groups to donation to charities is beneficial, Keiken said.

REGENTS, from 1 from student veterans and campus veteran coordinators.

Regent Vice President Michael Falbo, who went to UW-Parkside

after coming back from Vietnam, said he was pleased the regents were hearing about this issue and said they must focus on improving student veterans’ experience in college.

“I’m happy that today returning vets come to college in a very different climate,” he said. “It’s still not a perfect system. [It] never will be because we don’t know what all the needs are. … But we can and should play close attention to these challenges.”

The regents also approved a proposal discussed last month that would make universities’ athletic programs report ethics issues to the regents more often. The proposal also calls for yearly meetings with the regents to discuss whether programs are meeting certain goals in areas like academics and finances.

Starting Monday, Madison Metro will begin to enforce an existing policy in effort to address the growing issue of bus pass fraud within the city.

According to a University of Wisconsin statement, Madison Metro will begin implementing a policy requiring students to produce a universityissued photo ID with the use of the unlimited bus pass. If unable to produce a valid Wiscard or UW Health ID, students and university employees will have their bus pass confiscated and be offered a one-day pass, the statement said.

This policy will not be enforced on any of the lines in the 80s, as those services are free to all passengers, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8 said.

Resnick said currently, students and employees have been selling the unlimited bus passes online on websites like Craigslist and Ebay.

“What is happening is that someone will go online and basically put it up for sale,” Resnick said. “Sometimes they are fairly hot commodities and go for $300.”

It is a large enough problem that essentially showing an ID has now become necessary, Resnick added.

Madison Metro spokesperson Mick Ruesch said the policy has existed since the beginning of UW’s unlimited student bus pass program and is denoted on the back of the individual bus passes, however, it has not been enforced until this point.

According to Reusch, the problem of fraudulent unlimited bus pass use has been brought to the attention of Madison Metro over the years by various levels of contracting partners, like Associated Students of Madison, Reusch said, adding Madison Metro decided to address the issue in effort to sustain the contracting

SSFC, from 1 Chancellor David Ward will not sign the contract and accept the budget because of this legality issue with the process.

SSFC Rep. David Vines disagreed with the contention over the process’ legality altogether and said the entire debate implies a larger issue.

“Nobody has ever proved this process that we are going through right now as illegal,” Vines said. “[The administration has] already taken away our power for nonallocables, and now they are trying to take away our power of the allocable budget. This is more than a WISPIRG issue and more than a SSFC issue.

It’s a shared governance issue.”

Vines added the organization “unequivocally” provides a direct service which could not have been done without the work of outside professionals.

SSFC Secratary Jonathan Harris agreed with Vines and supported the funding of the salaries of the professionals, as well as the message it would send to Ward.

“I will be supporting the salaries,” Harris said. “Students can do it, but they cannot do it as effectively as the paid professional staff. We cannot be in class and at the Capitol at the same time. I think it is essential for them providing the direct service.”

SSFC Rep. Devon Maier proposed a motion to strike all but two of the

partnership with ASM. Ruesch emphasized the cost of a fraudulent bus pass used is incurred by the segregated fees collected by ASM and the university, as the $1.15 price of every swipe is charged directly to the contracted partners.

According to Ruesch, with the increase in fraudulent bus passes, the price of such a program for the university has increased, putting the entire unlimited bus pass program at risk.

“We are trying to get the message out that passes are not transferable,” Ruesch said. “It is not Metro that is losing the money, it is the programs that are losing. We want people to know that the costs are getting so high that these programs might stop, and we don’t want that to happen.”

According to Reusch, although the exact numbers of fraudulent bus pass users is unavailable, with a quick search on Craigslist, unlimited bus passes can be found for sale easily.

Although Resnick said the enforcement of the pre-existing policy should not pose a problem for students, as they should be carrying their IDs in general, Ruesch apologized for any inconvenience the new policy may cause.

“There will be [problems] initially,” Ruesch said. “There will probably be some struggle, and we do apologize ahead of time.”

Ruesch added Madison Metro is also in the beginning stages of looking into new fare boxes, which may include smart card technology with tamper-proof chip stickers on student ID card.

“Moving forward, that might be a solution,” Ruesch said.

According to the statement, students whose passes have been confiscated should contact ASM Bus Program Office at 2633950 or buspass@rso. wisc.edu.

outside salaried positions from the budget, and he said the cut would still give a message to Ward about SSFC’s decision.

However, after debate, the motion failed and all of positions’ salaries remained in the budget.

The committee chose to ultimately table the WISPIRG budget decision due to a general feeling of confusion and need for further time in order to clarify aspects of the decision, Harris said.

The committee, however, did pass a motion to tag the salaries as proposed and recommended the organization acquire a contract to pay for the salaries.

Atheists, Humans and Agnostics, an organization asking for funding for the first time this year, was granted a $67,440.10 budget with multiple strikes to salaried positions, which SSFC Rep. David Vines said were excessive.

However, SSFC Rep. Sarah Neibart did propose the idea of minimally funding AHA after finding a disconnect between the organization’s eligibility proposal and budget proposal, and the committee agreed minimally funding would not be appropriate.

The committee also heard from the Working Class Student Union, who had their budget hearing.

With few clarifications about the organizations events, SSFC Rep. Jeremy Levinger said he was surprised by how few qualms he had with the proposed budget.

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City Council proposes all or nothing budget package Operating budget changes grouped in decision, Soglin cannot veto items Caitlin Dean Herald Contributor Members of Madison’s City Council are proposing an unprecedented package deal of changes to Mayor Paul Soglin’s $266.4 million 2013 operating budget.

Two of the main items the council proposed would prevent the raise of city bus fare costs and allocate more funds to the Overture Center for the Arts.

Soglin unveiled the budget in the beginning of October, and council members have since been planning the changes, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

The City Council will meet next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, if necessary, to work through the final terms of the budget, he said.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said 14 council members are in agreement and signed on to this packet of amendments, which overrides any attempt of Soglin vetoing it.

“This is the first time that I’ve seen a comprehensive strategy

SOGLIN, from 1 safety because they want to allocate so many funds to the Overture Center.

Soglin said his hopes for the city also lie on a national level with the president’s re-election.

“We are hoping a good portion of the president’s

being offered different from the mayor from the council leadership and signed on by a veto-proof majority of the Common Council,” Maniaci said.

According to Maniaci, the budget proposals are normally debated one amendment at a time, but this year the members have chosen to lump together six capital budget items and 16 operating budget items to form a comprehensive proposal. She said City Council analyzed these amendments as a whole in the hopes that the debates will run smoothly next week.

In his 2013 operating budget, Soglin proposed to increase bus fares from $2.00 to $2.25, Verveer said. He said if the fares increase, it will be the second time in three years the city has raised bus fares, which would have corresponding price increases in Associated Students of Madison student bus passes.

Council members are concerned the majority of transit passengers have a low income and will suffer greatly from this increase, he said.

The mayor also proposed to cut funding down to $850,000 from the previous budget of $1,850,000 to the Overture Center. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said City Council members stressed the

importance of the services provided by the Overture Center and proposed a new budget, allocating $1,750,000 to the institution.

Verveer said he agrees on the importance of the institution.

“The Overture Center is very important to the vitality of the downtown campus community,” Verveer said. “I’m very concerned that the mayor has proposed cutting the level of city support the Overture Center receives by 1 million dollars … this would be a huge hardship that could result in the layoffs of employees as well as a severe reduction in the free and low-cost programming we provide the community among other items.”

Verveer said the budget is very tight this year due to new levee limits proposed by Gov. Scott Walker that place a hold on the rate of property taxes. Madison typically relies heavily on these taxes, so City Council is struggling to move these funds around, Verveer said.

Soglin’s new operating budget, with the changes from council members, will go into effect January 2013.

“The Mayor is not keen on this proposal,” Resnick said. “But I believe this is the best budget for both constituency and the City of Madison.”

legislative agenda can be adopted in the next year,” Soglin said.

According to Mikalsen, with the re-election of the president, businesses have said they will have to cut employment costs and will not be able to create many jobs.

Soglin said he is

hoping to see the federal government create more employment opportunities under Obama, and added he would like to see the DREAM act passed, which would allow young people brought to the United States as children to obtain citizenship in order to attend college or work.

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Friday, November 9, 2012

Opinion Walker needs to face Obamacare

Travis Sheridan The Badger Herald

Gov. Scott Walker will be graced with both legislative branches under Republican control, but he still needs to focus on reaching across the aisle and working together.

Single party government dangerous John Waters Columnist Wisconsin just can’t make up its mind. On the same night we helped re-elect President Barack Obama and elected Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., both obviously Democrats, we once again turned sole control of the state Legislature to the Republican Party. What does this mean going forward?

The first indication of what this will mean is watching what happens as the state works to prepare for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Currently the Republicans have left themselves almost no time before a Nov. 16 deadline to decide whether the state wants to be in charge of a health care exchange required by the new law for small businesses and

individuals to purchase health insurance. The cause of this small window was a decision

by Gov. Scott Walker to stop planning for implementation, hoping a defeat of Obama in the presidential race would lead to a repeal of the law.

With that point now moot, the state risks relinquishing control of the exchange to the federal government, which would join the $38 million the state lost out on when Walker decided to stop implementation last year.

The gains made by the Republicans may very well lead to more decisions that hurt Wisconsin made for partisan reasons. The recent redistricting decisions, made unilaterally by the Republican-controlled Legislature likely played a part in their successful attempt to regain total control. Strong Democratic voices like former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz have accused the Republicans of gerrymandering the redistricting process.

In the Assembly, Republicans now hold a sizeable 60-39 lead and in the

Senate will most likely hold an 18-15 advantage pending a possible recount, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Redistricting likely played a role in those wins, but it certai+nly doesn’t account for a 21-seat advantage in the Assembly, and the loss of the Senate seat of retiring Sen. Jim Holperin, D-Conover, sounded more like Assembly Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, coming more effectively to the center in the campaign than democratic opponent Susan Sommer.

The political future of Wisconsin, hotly contested the last two years, now has a surprisingly one-sided driver.

Think about the dichotomy of having elected Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Baldwin in consecutive elections. That has to be one of the most contrasting pair of senators of any state in the country. Yet we find ourselves with a state government that currently has complete one-sided control.

In the extremely partisan times we find ourselves in, where the idea of a

compromising federal government is a distant memory, and a compromising Wisconsin government disappearing not far behind, it is a real concern that one of our parties lacks any real decision-making power.

I’m concerned going forward. This Republican Party has shown little interest in the kind of deal-making that used to be typical in the Wisconsin Legislature. I had hoped a stable, divided Legislature might lead to a return to that kind of policymaking procedure.

I hope the Republicans at least tweak their approach and work toward the center, but I’m not entirely optimistic. The checks and balances of policy making have changed dramatically since the bipartisan successes of former Gov. Tommy Thompson. If anything is clear today in Wisconsin, it’s that one voice on either side can’t possibly represent all of us.

John Waters ( jkwaters@ wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in journalism.

Supreme Court no place for Sumi Reginald Young Editorial Page Editor Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi has recently begun considering the possibility of running for the Wisconsin Supreme Court against current incumbent Patience Roggensack.

In case you don’t know the name Sumi, she is the judge who ruled the Legislature violated the Wisconsin open meetings law when it passed Act 10. The justice she would run against is one who, coincidentally, voted to overturn her decision on Act 10.

Sumi absolutely should not

run for the state Supreme Court.

The Court’s behavior last year made a mockery of the institution. The lack of professionalism involved in Justice David Prosser’s alleged choking of fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley and the drawnout, convoluted, bickering nature of the case concerning the alleged incident gave citizens a plethora of reasons to distrust Wisconsin’s judicial branch’s ability.

Then there’s the fact that most citizens saw the ruling, Sumi’s ruling, on Act 10 as a highly politicized decision. The judicial branch is supposed to be a branch devoid of politics, based solely on law. Of course, this is humanly impossible. Every judge will have his or her personal biases, which are hopefully kept to a minimum while on the bench. But when a decision like the Act

10 ruling is made, it is all too easy to conceive of the judiciary as the political organ it is not.

And of course, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race between Prosser and JoAnne Kloppenburg only reinforced the judicial branch as a partisan institution.

So in sum, our judicial branch has come to look, to Wisconsin voters, like a partisan bunch of clowns on tricycles. The branch is not meant to be a political organ, but it certainly has come across as such.

This is exactly why Sumi, one of the top “political” figures of the judicial branch over the past year, shouldn’t run.

She might have good intentions. She might even be a bipartisan judge. But that doesn’t matter because she has already been painted as a liberal, anti-Gov. Scott

Walker judge by anyone who follows Wisconsin politics.

Conservatives dislike her ruling, while liberals like it. Either way, showing any kind of preference over a judicial ruling implies that the judiciary can be said to be “right” or “wrong,” instead of merely following the state Constitution.

Wisconsin’s government is in dire need of learning how to work together after Walker’s divisive actions.

Electing a judge who has one party clearly and strongly associated with her would be a huge mistake. Even if Sumi wouldn’t rule based on politics but rather only on law, she should not even be considering running for the Supreme Court.

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

government was offering the Wisconsin state government to help it implement the law.

And now Obama has been elected, and Wisconsin has a week from the time of this Taylor Nye publication to pull Managing Editor together an extensive health care system.

However, Walker and Gov. Scott Walker’s other Republicans don’t administration had seem too worried. The another “oops” moment when it realized President Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Barack Obama was rethat Rep. Robin Vos, elected. Walker, who was R-Rochester, said it was hoping Obama would “too early to get into” be ousted, stalled on implementing Obamacare figuring out how to go about recouping. The all these months and now AP reported Walker has to get a statewide echoed this sentiment as health care exchange well, saying he was sure together — by Nov. 16. the state could get an Whether or not you extension: “Even after agree with Obamacare — notifying [the federal which mandates all states government],” he said, must have a public health “We have until next fall to insurance comparative make modifications as we market so buyers can see fit. … We haven’t made shop around for which a decision yet.” insurance suits them best Actually, Walker sounds — this was a negligent a lot like someone I move by the Walker know — me. That is, when administration.

I’m trying to convince For example, I don’t myself it’s OK to go to know if I’m going to the Plaza and write my get into Microbiology paper the next morning.

101 next semester, just The problem is that like Walker didn’t know even as a college senior, if Obama would be I know it’s wrong to put re-elected. Since my off something you can do enrollment is not a sure now and save thing, you it for later. can bet I have Yet Walker a contingency If you want the seems not plan (Madison federal govern- to realize Area ment not to this. And personally, Technical impose itself I wouldn’t College, upon you, Walker, even ask my anyone?).

The health maybe you should archaeology for care of an consider pulling professor an extension, entire state your weight. much less seems more the U.S. important federal than whether government. or not I’ll be studying I really don’t care what bacteria, yet in terms Walker thinks about of contingency plans, Obamacare. This is a Walker has squat. federally-mandated law.

According to The As a state governor, it’s Associated Press, Walker time he complies; it is stopped the Affordable horrifying he’s pushed it Care Act’s march forward under the rug this long. in December 2011, If you want the federal pending a Supreme government not to Court ruling he and impose itself upon you, other Republicans hoped Walker, maybe you should would overturn it. Its consider pulling your constitutionality was weight. upheld, yet Walker still sat on his hands hoping Taylor Nye (tnye@ the next president we badgerherald.com) elected would throw it is a senior majoring in out. evolutionary biology, Not only that, but archaeology and Latin he took a pass on $38 American studies. million the federal

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BITCHY A roundup of some of the more thought-provoking (or thoughtless) comments left on badgerherald.com In response to the 11/6 editorial:

Four more years for Obama llcthecableguy

Congrats on the win President Obama

Wow. Just, wow. llcthecableguy, The Badger Herald Editorial Board is thoroughly impressed. Here we thought based on your constant trolling comments that you had no honor. You have certainly proven that wrong.

Congrats, llcthecableguy. You won some respect from the editorial board.

In response to the 11/7 news:

Pocan will replace Baldwin in Congress RonDog1953

QUOTE OF THE DAY

To use a phrase invented by, and used often, by UW Academics in the

“Their bet is on cynicism. Wisconsin, my bet is on you.”

-PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

President Barack Obama took a huge risk betting on Wisconsin. We were a state who recently elected one of the most divisive conservative governors in the country. But Obama bet on us.

And man, did he bet right.

years 2001 to 2008: “He is NOT MY President!!!”

RonDog1953’s comment proves a good counter example on its face.

But the difference between former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama is that Obama is the president of the entire country, not just those who elected him. He stands for not only those who voted for him, but those who voted against him. Whether you like it or not, he is the president of all of us.

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Alt-rock group to bring passion, music, message to Madison Saturday Emily Rappleye ArtsEtc. Reporter As a teenager filled with wanderlust, Chad Stokes started jumping trains.

Stokes continued to ride the rails through college and once jumped freight trains across the country with his brother. Between the mountains and prairies of our great American landscape, he found inspiration.

“Its just this amazing way to see the world,” Stokes said in an interview with The Badger Herald. “It’s a whole subculture out there that ride the trains: from down-and-out veterans to people who can’t afford to get from point A to point B and are using the rails, to gutter punks and anarchists.”

Stokes, of Dispatch and Chadwick Stokes, put the tales of those gutter punks and anarchists of the rails to music on State Radio’s

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latest record, Rabbit Inn Rebellion.

As one might expect for an album inspired by a journey, the songs come from all over. The song “Take Cover” was inspired by the veterans Stokes met on the train. “Freckled Mary” is a song about the kids of south Boston and their interactions with the police. “Adelaide” is a track that tells the love story of his brother and a girl he met on a reservation in Arizona.

And the last song, “Black Welsh Mountain,” tells the story of a kid from Stokes’ hometown who was caught sleeping with a sheep.

“I turned it into a love song, albeit a rather dark one,” Stokes said. The songs are all based in his own experience, then twisted a little bit, he said.

All the stories of rebellion, love and politics are threaded together by a yearning for voyage and progress.

“For me what brings [the album] together are these counterculture kids and their journey in the summertime. They leave home and take this journey across the country and these songs are what they

find along the way,” Stokes said.

For State Radio, this method isn’t new. The band’s lyrics are typically a politically-charged call to action meant to promote human rights and inspire fans.

This year, State Radio is doing its Rabbit Inn Rebellion tour in conjunction with a marriage equality campaign organized by Calling All Crows, an activist group the band started in 2008.

“It’s a human right; it’s a civil right; and it’s totally ridiculous in this day and age that people of the same sex in many states cannot get married,” Stokes said.

The group is rallying and protesting in the cities it goes to on-tour to push for the legality of same sex marriage across the nation.

In Madison, State Radio will also be working on a pre-show service project with Habitat for Humanity.

“We’ll probably be right in the thick of things, if anyone wants to join us,” Stokes said.

Beside activism, the band will also bring its new tunes and tales of rebellion to the Majestic Theatre Saturday

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State Radio’s Chuck Fay, Chad Urmston and Mike Najarian will head to Madison to volunteer, rock out Saturday. night. Its new material is pure rock, featuring raw guitar and drumming, with some grunge, ska and reggae influences.

“We kind of came into our own as a band,” Stokes said.

“We were all on the same page and we were playing tunes that the three of us all agreed on and played to our strengths.”

Stokes will be joined by Mike “Mad Dog” Najarian on drums and Chuck Fay on bass. Special guest singer Sarah Jaffe will join State Radio for the show.

“Mad Dog is all energy and Chuck is just an amazing rock bassist,” Stokes said. “As a concertgoer that’s what I’d be excited about, just to see

these guys do their thing.”

State Radio will play at the Majestic Theatre in Madison at 9 p.m. Saturday night.

Doors open at 8 p.m., and tickets are $17 in advance and $19 at the door. For more information on Calling All Crows’ service project with Habitat for Humanity, visit callingallcrows.org.

Young Milwaukee talent celebrate EP release at The Loft Cole Meyer ArtsEtc. Reporter “It’s a way to say to the scene, ‘Here we are; get ready for us.’”

This is how Matt Zigan, vocalist and keyboardist for the Milwaukee-based metalcore band To Paint With Fire, described the release of the band’s highly anticipated debut EP “Visions.”

“We want to show everyone what we can do musically,” he added.

Far too often, bands are overlooked based on age or how long they’ve been in the scene, but To Paint With Fire is setting out to change that mentality with “Visions.”

Forming in late 2010, the band went through several line-up changes and

live performances across Wisconsin before finally settling down and recording with Josh Napert of Snipe Studio.

Working with Josh was “one of the best experiences that we’ve had as musicians,” bassist Drew Jensen said. “He really helped us with our sound.”

The six high school students have spent the better half of the last year writing and preparing themselves to enter the studio. Originally planning on recording five songs, they made the decision to cut the EP to only three — the three they felt best reflected their talent.

The first song off of the EP, “The Cursed Throne,” has been available for listening on the band’s Facebook page. Driven by powerful guitars and heavy-

hitting vocals, the song gets off to a quick start and just as quickly transitions into a chorus pushed by vocalist Danny Crumpler, whose abilities, Jensen said, will set the band apart from other local bands in the scene.

The rest of the song features the brutal breakdowns, fast-paced double bass and overlaid synthesized pitches frequently found in metalcore music.

Fans of The Word Alive, Woe, Is Me, We Came as Romans and Memphis May Fire, “bands that have a real diversity within their songs,” according to Jensen, will find familiar moments in the songs of To Paint With Fire.

Drew stated, however, the band doesn’t want to be identified as a mimic of an already popular band.

“[Our] ultimate goal is not to have someone hear us and have the first words out of their mouth to be, ‘They sound just like ‘blank.’ [We] want them to hear us and say, ‘They sound similar to this band, but they also sound different at the same time.’”

Madison is the second stop on the band’s EP release weekend, headlined

by Narrow Hearts of We Are Triumphant records.

On Friday, the band will kick off the weekend in its hometown of Milwaukee with a show featuring local up-and-comers Peregryn and Glory Divine. Sunday, the band will cap off its weekend in Rockford with Freeport, Ill.,-based Hurricane on the Moon.

Jensen admitted the weekend tour was planned

to be over-the-top. “Maybe a little show-offy, even,” he said.

In Madison, the band will be joined by hometown heroes The Fine Constant, an instrumental metal band fronted by guitarist Sarah Longfield, as well as City of Ghosts, Render the Wasteland and Of Apollo.

“They were bands that we thought would help display everyone in a good light,” Jensen said. “We didn’t want anyone that stood out as a huge front runner, or was bigger than the rest. We tried to keep things pretty even.”

This Saturday marks the ensemble’s first appearance at The Loft.

“We’re very excited,” Drew said. “Madison is just a great city. I’ve been to so many shows there. I love

the venue and the people who work there. It’s just a great place to be.”

For those attending the show, expect a fast-paced energetic performance from the young sextet. Drew said he expects to receive a lot of crowd interaction during the show. “It’s going to be a great time. I hope everyone can come out and support all of the other bands, as well as our EP release.”

He added the band will be selling its EP for only $1 during the tour, instead of the usual $4.

To Paint With Fire will perform at The Loft Saturday with Narrow Hearts. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets will be sold at the door for $7. For more information, contact the band at www.facebook.com/ topaintwithfirewi.

Improv, comedy unite in student-run 1UP sketch comedy team UW students find inspiration in every day, incorporate in sketch routines Bess Donahue ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Conducting an interview with the cast members of 1UP Original Student Stage & Screen Productions was an entertaining experience. Over the course of answering questions, the group could not help but joke around, improvising together.

“Funny shit just comes up,” said Matt Huppert, a junior on the team and former Badger Herald employee. “We just bounce words off one another as we brainstorm ideas.”

Drawing inspiration from the style of shows like “Saturday Night Live,” 1UP

is a sketch-comedy team.

The cast members work with an organization called Manhole to write a variety of sketches, creating original characters, story lines and skits ranging from 45 seconds to five minutes. Following the writing phase, 1UP enacts the sketches on the stage or produces them for the screen.

“We use Google Docs, so anyone can add to it; we usually all have our laptops out, writing, editing, going line-byline, figuring out how to do it better,” said Billy Garcia, another junior on the team. “Sketches are mixed between video and stage; writing for each is different. Just because some jokes onstage are better than those that are filmed, we don’t have a laugh track.”

Four years ago, a group of students on campus

started 1UP as a place to create sketch comedy and perform self-written, independent stage and film productions. Using skits written in conjunction with Manhole, the group now performs shows throughout the year, including its next oncampus show, Dec. 7 in Music Hall.

The organization’s mission is to foster creativity, encouraging all cast members to contribute their individual interests in comedy. When forming its content, the group uses topics ranging from a variety of areas, from poking fun at political figures to reenacting its own concept of “Toddlers and Tiaras.”

“When you have a funny idea, your whole goal with the sketch is to remember what made you laugh about that idea, and try to heighten and show that

idea,” Huppert said.

Sophomore cast member Hari Jost has worked on improv before, but up until now her work with Manhole had never written sketch comedy specifically.

“It’s really great just to have the opportunity and to hear feedback on how you can improve yourself as a writer, and also as a performer,” Jost said.

“I like having that dual role. You’re not just solely acting, you’re not just solely writing; you have the potential to do both.”

According to Huppert and Garcia, ideas come from anywhere and everywhere, specifically everyday situations. Both cast members insist on carrying small notebooks with them to jot down ideas at any moment that could have great potential.

“We are focusing on how to go from the idea stage in a production, to the actual

development stage, and the production stage, so we try to engage with other students who have an idea, how are they going to produce it,” Huppert said.

After an idea is offered, the next step involves writing multiple drafts until a sketch is written that can be performed.

Once a script is read, from there a cast member must find other members to fill the roles. With sketches that will be filmed, decisions in regard to lighting, setting and other areas must be made.

The group practices once a week and hopes to put together enough content to offer a show once every couple of months. In addition to the humor provided during the shows, 1UP strives to be the sole venue on campus to watch improv and comedy come together.

“We are all students that

write our own sketches, perform our own sketches.

We are a team that does all this, we don’t have any external forces,” Jost said.

For more information, the group suggests following its Facebook page, “Manhole Sketch Comedy Team,” for all the most up-to-date news. This includes announcements about auditions and YouTube Videos of the group’s most recent performances. 1UP also gladly welcomes people interested in helping film the team’s sketches.

For now, the group is busy preparing for the Dec. 7 performance. Garcia said he enjoys nothing more than a great audience during the performances to appreciate and enjoy the group’s hard work.

“I love working with an audience, hearing their reactions to the jokes,” he said. “I just love that.”

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Sports ZAK, from 8 was a crushing blow to whatever momentum or identity Wisconsin had installed midway through this 2012 campaign. But would USC stop throwing the football 35 times a game if Matt Barkley’s season came to an abrupt end? Would Oregon give up the runningplays-faster-than-youcan-think — or blink — mentality if Kenjon Barner was lost for the year? If Nick Saban left Tuscaloosa, would Alabama lose its worldclass defense? Nope.

These programs all have identities.

And now, with it’s starting quarterback sidelined, what does Wisconsin have to fall back on?

The Badgers are hoping they can count on Phillips,

INDY, from 8 Throughout his career, he’s also torn his right ACL three times, but continued to fight back to win the chance to play.

And now he has a game that could define the remainder of Wisconsin’s season.

No matter who grabbed the starting spot under center, the offensive line is still working on finding some consistency — something it’s been struggling with this season — to give its quarterback the necessary time to get the play off.

“For us, it’s just about keeping guys at the line and trying to provide as much comfort in that pocket for those guys so they don’t have to be moving or roaming when they’re going to throw

has demoted him to a the man tabbed No. theoretical fourth place 3 on the depth chart in line, behind Stave, after fall camp, over September O’Brien, and Danny O’Brien, the Phillips. Quarterback once-starter, oncemay not be what ACC Freshman of the Wisconsin does best, but Year, once-Wilsonwhat does it do best? heir apparent, onceIt is hard everything. to imagine I’m not a program about to say I’m not about to say moving the move the move to start forward and to start Phillips is a foolish upward in Phillips is a foolish one. I am going to say the ranks its one. I am it caps off a season in when best trait is going to say it caps which much faith has consistently off a season been lost (or at least left in question. in which Wisconsin much faith should be lost) in could try to has been Bielema and Co. become the lost (or at run-oriented least should team like be lost) it was when Alvarez in Bielema and Co. relinquished his duties Seriously, what is to Bielema.

Wisconsin football?

The only Eight weeks ago, characteristic that has O’Brien was a large successfully translated part of the Badgers identity. Now, Wisconsin since that 2006 decision

the ball,” junior center Travis Frederick said.

With a win Saturday, the Badgers will make a return trip to Indianapolis and represent the Leaders Division in the Big Ten Championship game Dec. 1.

Despite what’s on the line, UW players are doing their best not to think about it.

“The best way to say it is, [we’re] taking it one game at a time but at the same time, realizing what’s at stake,” junior defensive tackle Ethan Hemer said. “We don’t want to turn around and hide in a corner about it. We realize what’s at stake, just as much as they do. But at the same time we realize that IU is just another game on our schedule. They’re just he next team in line.”

is the 1-0 mantra and the coach who instilled it more than six years ago.

Some identity that is.

UW also could lean on its defense like it rode J.J. Watt in 2010 and O’Brien Schofield in 2009.

Or the Badgers could settle with the senior quarterback over the transfer like in 2008, a season that ended with a 42-13 loss to Florida State in the Champs Sports Bowl. Just like Korger said Monday, we’ll have to wait and see.

We might be waiting for a while.

Sean is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts.

Do you think Wisconsin football has an identity? If so, let him know via email at szak@badgerherald. com or on Twitter @ sean_zak.

KELSEY, from 8 must replace three starters from a year ago. The Badgers return 60 percent of their scoring, including last year’s leading scorer in shooting guard Taylor Wurtz. But there are still many holes to fill having lost three experienced starters to graduation.

The biggest question surrounding this year’s Badgers is probably that lack of experience, with only Wurtz and Paige serving as regular starters in past season. Those two will have to play strong leadership roles, along with fellow captain Tiera Stephen, to help buffer the gap of in-game familiarity with these players.

“I think we’re young in the sense of experience.

Obviously, we have seven new people and five new freshmen, so none of them have played at this type of level, at Big Ten play,” Wurtz said. “I think we bring back a lot of strong leaders as well.”

Being that the Badgers are only in the second year with Kelsey as head coach, there will continue to be some growing pains and adjustment for all of the players. That said, this Wisconsin squad has much more experience under Kelsey’s guidance than last year, so the mistakes and adjustments should lessen.

With a new crop of talent, more experience and an even newer system, the Badgers have many signs pointing toward improvement over the first year of the Kelsey era.

“The biggest thing I expect is to make an improvement from last year,” Wurtz said.

“Obviously, we want to win that Big Ten title and make the NCAA tournament, but I just think it’s taking one game at a time, and each game coming into it with the attitude that we can compete with anybody.”

The Badgers start their season Sunday at 6 p.m. against UW-Milwaukee at the Kohl Center.

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What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

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UW readies for Big Dance Online: The women’s soccer team faces UCLA in the first round.

IU final obstacle in road to Indy Badgers face fastpaced, revamped Hoosiers in try to seal Leaders title Kelly Erickson Senior Sports Writer It’s just Indiana. Or so you think.

Sure, the Wisconsin Football team (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten) has bested the Hoosiers time and again on the gridiron in recent history — especially with a 59-7 win in Madison last year and an 83-20 decision in 2010. But this year, things are looking a bit different.

Not only is Indiana 4-5 (2-3 in conference play) and could easily be 8-1 with close losses to Ball Sate, Michigan State, Ohio State and Navy, but it’s also vying for a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game Saturday.

And the Badgers aren’t expecting to manhandle this team as they have in years past.

“Indiana is definitely doing some great things this year,” senior running back Montee Ball said. “We have to make sure we go in there with our minds right.”

Led by sophomore quarterback Cameron Coffman — who is 158-for249 on the season with 10 touchdowns and only four interceptions — IU runs a fast-paced spread offense known to score on big, downfield plays.

In order to eliminate those plays and slow down the Hoosiers’ offense, it is all about forcing three-andouts and lining up on time, according to junior free safety Dezmen Southward.

“The coaches always preach the easiest way to stop a team like that is to get three-and-out because it completely stops their momentum and gives our offense a chance to pound them a little bit,” Southward said. “I think the important thing is that we line up and that we know what we’re about to do. You see a lot of plays happen on film where they hit huge home runs because guys aren’t lined up and guys aren’t getting the calls fast enough. So we’ve really been working on getting that in faster.”

With a bye week last weekend, Wisconsin has had plenty of time to prepare for Indiana and adjust to a new quarterback in Bloomington, Ind. In their last outing, the Badgers faced off with

burgeoning rival Michigan State in Madison, only to lose in overtime 16-13. But the loss was the second blow of the day as starting quarterback Joel Stave exited the game early with a broken left collarbone.

While Danny O’Brien initially filled in for Stave against the Spartans, after two weeks of preparation for Indiana, Curt Phillips will get the starting nod — something Bielema & Co. were attempting to keep under wraps leading up to the game.

“One of the reasons I had planned having it announced later in the week was just to take the pressure off,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “… Any time you sign with a school and you’re a quarterback, I think your dream is to be the starting quarterback and he unfortunately has battled through a lot. The key point there is he’s put himself back on top.”

Phillips — who is the Badgers’ third starting quarterback of the season — has only played in six games in his five-year career at UW. Over that Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald time he completed seven of 12 passes for 65 yards and one interception. Redshirt junior free safety Dezmen Southward’s athleticism has held together the Wisconsin secondary in 2012, as he has totaled 42

tackles and three pass breakups on the year. Southward and Co. will attempt to derail Indiana’s up-tempo offensive attack Saturday.

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UW lacks identity heading to Indiana Sean Zak Zak It To Ya

Noah Willman The Badger Herald

After leading the team with 16.1 points per game in 2011-12, shooting guard Taylor Wurtz is expected to anchor UW’s offense once again in her second year under Bobbie Kelsey.

Kelsey’s 2nd tour starts Sunday After losing 3 starters, Wurtz, Paige lead new-look Wisconsin offense in 2012-13 Dan Corcoran Women’s Basketball Writer New beginnings and growing pains marked a sub-par season in 2011-12 for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team, a season in which it finished 9-20 overall and 5-11 in Big Ten play.

It was Bobbie Kelsey’s first season as head coach of the Badgers, as she took over the helm following the firing of Lisa Stone. Kelsey had spent the previous 15 years as an assistant coach at six other programs — the most recent and notable of being Stanford — before arriving in Madison last year.

Playing for the Cardinals from 1992 to ‘96 gives Kelsey experience as a player at the Division I level, a perspective many other coaches at the highest level of college play lack.

Having both coached and played at one of the more successful women’s basketball programs in the nation, Kelsey has

insight into what makes a premiere program, and she hopes to continue to use that insight in her second year at Wisconsin.

Under Kelsey last year, the players had to not only adjust to a new coach, but a new style of play, making last year somewhat of a learning season filled with its fair share of frustration and mistakes.

But with one year under Kelsey’s belt and one year for the players to adjust to her triangle offense, prospects and excitement are rising for the upcoming season.

Kelsey has tweaked her system from last year with new players who fit her style better, and junior captain and guard Morgan Paige acknowledged the change but kept a slight air of mystery about it.

“It’s the same type of ball that she wants, but it’s a new style,” Paige said.

“I don’t think anybody is ready for what we’re going to try to and do; it’ll kind of be a surprise for everybody.”

What Paige was able to

reveal is Wisconsin will be fast-paced and try to score early and often. The Badgers won’t be forcing shots, but they will look to take advantage of open looks early in the shot clock. Essentially, Wisconsin will push the ball and continue to emphasize the focus on transition scoring.

“We’re going to try and score fast, get up and down [and] really outrun teams. That’s the goal,” Paige said. “We may not be the biggest, we might not be the strongest, but we will be in the best condition possible to maintain throughout the 40 minutes.”

Allowing Kelsey to alter her style from last season is the addition of five new freshmen and two transfers, four of the seven newcomers being guards. Upon first glance of not only the new players but the entire roster, it is evident the focus of it is the guards, with 10 guards and no true center listed.

It will take a few years for Kelsey to recruit the base

of players that she wants for her style, but after only one year it is clear who she is targeting.

Although the new players who Kelsey recruited fit her ideology and style, there is still a period of adjustment for the incoming freshman and transfers. There was that same adjustment last year when all the players had to get used to Kelsey’s style, and there will always be that oft-difficult period of introducing players into a different system. Despite the initial struggle, this year’s new players are slowly coming to understand what Kelsey is asking of them.

“The new kids are getting adjusted. I would say that they are like deer in headlights,” Kelsey said.

“A lot of things are going through their little minds, and they are not sure what to do, but they are figuring it out.”

Those players will have to figure out the system quickly because Wisconsin

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Earlier this week, Badger Herald Sports Content Editor and fellow Columnist Nick Korger wrote that any outcome from Saturday’s game with Indiana would come at no surprise. He is exactly right.

A Wisconsin victory would reshape the crumbling confidence surrounding the program.

An Indiana victory would all but take the Badgers out of the running for the Big Ten Championship and a third chance at an elusive Rose Bowl victory.

In a season where nothing has gone according to plan, anyone can still ponder what the plan has in store for Saturday.

UW Head Coach Bret Bielema confirmed earlier reports Thursday that redshirt senior Curt Phillips would be the starting quarterback against Indiana, and it all came to me. As I write, three days removed from Korger’s column, the case remains the same, only now the outcome of Saturday’s game really doesn’t matter as much as it should.

What does matter is the fact Wisconsin has no identity, hasn’t had one all season, and this issue stems as a fullblown feature of the UW program since Bielema took over the head coaching reigns from Barry Alvarez in 2006. In his modest attempts to establish Wisconsin as an elite program, Bielema has folded instead of molded the Badgers’ identity.

Alvarez handed over a program known for running the ball around, through and over opponents. Since then, some good things have happened and some bad things have happened. It may be a sad realization for the tried and truest of

Badgers fans, but those days are long gone.

Just a few years after the switch, Wisconsin was already searching for an identity.

In 2008, a season Bielema would likely love to have wiped from his transcript, a transfer quarterback (sound familiar?) named Allan Evridge from Kansas State began the season as the starter and ended as sideline signal-caller (sound familiar?).

The Badgers’ offense was stunted, the run game thwarted and a senior quarterback was thrust into role of starter midway through the season (sound familiar?).

Then in 2010, a loss to Michigan State seemed to crush the Badgers’ hopes of a Rose Bowl berth. Former Badger Herald sports editor Mike Fiammetta asserted that Wisconsin had an “identity crisis.” Sensing a theme?

Wisconsin then ripped off seven consecutive victories and found itself in the Rose Bowl with a stout defense, and with — in Bielema-speak — an unsexy offense.

That unsexy offense turned erotic as ever in 2011 with Russell Wilson at the helm, but the defense that seemed so absolutely sound from a year prior could hardly hold a Duck out of any end zone, as seen in the Rose Bowl loss to Oregon.

And now, a Wisconsin identity is lacking once again.

Korger wrote a column in early September, following the Oregon State loss, claiming Wisconsin needed to find its identity throughout the remaining nonconference games. We thought this happened, but then a broken collarbone to starting quarterback Joel Stave refueled the identity discussion.

One year, a great defense. The next, a great offense. After that, mediocrity all around. It has truly turned into a revolving door of what on earth is coming next.

Yes, the Stave injury

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