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Walker blasts voter registration In Calif. speech, governor implies same-day registering at the polls should be discontinued Polo Rocha State Legislative Editor

TJ Pyzyk The Badger Herald

Famed syndicated columnist Dan Savage took the stage at the University of Wisconsin campus to advocate for LGBT rights and set the record straight on sex.

Savage love for UW Syndicated columnist, ‘It gets better’ campaign creator lectures on sex to campus Tara Golshan Higher Education Editor Sex questions were answered and relationship advice was given Monday evening as syndicated columnist and activist Dan Savage joined students and community members on campus to address one of society’s more taboo subjects: sexuality.

Savage, who is the author of sex advice column Savage Love as well as the co-founder of the It Gets Better Project, a multimedia project aiming to inspire Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth facing harassment, was hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series.

Introduced by UW gender and women’s studies professor A. Finn Enke, Savage came with “no agenda” and no prepared speech, but rather structured his time to be fully in the question and answer format.

By only taking audience members questions, Savage said the direction of the discussion is up to the viewers’ discretion.

“I arrived with no agenda.

However disgusting or inappropriate discussion may get, you have no one to blame but yourself,” Savage said.

According to Enke, Savage’s work represents a venue to normalize kindness and the presence of sexual desire regardless of

people choices, sexual orientation and religious and political beliefs, adding that it “gets people talking.”

Savage, who addressed topics ranging from “cured” ex-gays and monogamy to defining success in relationships and differences in sexuality between genders, emphasized the idea that there is no set prescription for all people. He stressed that he is a “high profile advocate of multiple forms of relationships.”

According to Savage, the most important concept when addressing sexual desires is understanding one’s own mind and communicating those thoughts and wants.

Figure out what turns you on, Savage said.

He also emphasized the idea of communication in sexual relationships in multiple avenues, adding that the two are highly intertwined.

“Just be good to each other and keep fucking and talking,” Savage said. “Talk, talk, talk and fuck, fuck, fuck. If you stop talking, you will probably stop fucking, and if you stop fucking, you will probably stop talking.”

In addition to answering sexual questions, Savage also responded to audience members as an activist for LGBT rights in line with Enke’s notion of America’s “[epidemic] of homophobia and sexism.”

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In a speech he gave in California this weekend, Gov. Scott Walker hinted he might support removing Wisconsin’s same-day registration for elections.

Walker laid out multiple ideas and policies Wisconsinites may see him push during the next legislative session in an hour-long speech Friday at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum. Among those ideas was taking out a law that allows voters to register at the polls on Election Day.

The states with same-day registration, Walker said, often see “real problems” because of the amount of people who go to the polls to register instead of doing it prior to the elections.

He noted most of the people working at the polls are volunteers who already work hard enough to have to deal with same-day registration.

“It’s difficult for [the poll workers] to handle the kind of volume of folks who come at the last minute,” Walker said. “It’d be much easier if registration was done in advance of Election

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Metro bus driver assaulted en route Minor allegedly punches man in face, city cites increasing Madison student pass fraud Camille Albert City Hall Editor A male suspect allegedly punched a Madison Metro bus driver after being asked to show identification with his student bus pass Saturday, highlighting the city’s recent issues with fraud and the Metro system.

According to a Madison Police Department statement, a teenage male and his two friends yelled at the bus driver and claimed they did not need to show him identification while boarding the bus on Aberg Avenue. The driver told the teenage men he was

going to contact police, which allegedly prompted the suspect, a black male aged 15-18, to punch the driver.

Madison Metro spokesperson Mick Rusch said although the incident was a rare occasion, there are policies in place to handle similar situations.

Rusch added buses have cameras that allow Madison Metro to work closely with police on crimes.

Madison Metro also has an exclusion policy that bans passengers from the bus for a certain period of time if they

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City secures state tournies

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Camille Albert City Hall Editor The University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association officially extended a contract allowing high school state championships to take place on campus until 2020.

According to a WIAA statement, university facilities will host championships in basketball, football, golf, wrestling and softball until the spring of 2020.

WIAA spokesperson Todd Clark said extending the contract is a way to introduce perspective student athletes to the campus and some of the finest venues in both the state and the nation.

“I think it does something for the status of Madison as a sports

town, not only at the collegiate level, but also at the high school level,” Clark said. “I think it’s important and positive for everyone involved.”

Clark said the city also prospers from the number of student athletes and spectators that come into town and boost business for hotels and restaurants.

Justin Doherty, associate athletic director at the UW, said the championships attract thousands of people into the UW System’s flagship campus and brings great exposure to the city.

According to the WIAA statement, the state tournaments in Madison drew 237,214 paid attendants and thousands of additional coaches, school administrators and

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Mary Kuckuk The Badger Herald

Student Services Finance Committee members met Monday evening to contemplate the 2013-14 internal budget, which they ultimately passed.

SSFC passes 2013 internal budget with wide margin Allison Johnson Herald Contributor A committee of the University of Wisconsin’s student government voted Monday to adopt the Associated Students

of Madison’s internal budget after a small list of changes.

The Student Services Finance Committee took Associated Students of Madison’s internal budget into consideration, ultimately approving

$1,194,662 for fiscal year 2013-2014 by a vote of 12-2.

SSFC Rep. Ron Crandall advocated for amending the internal budget to eliminate funding for the three ASM Assistant Press

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Former gov. aide receives 6-month jail sentence Meghan Zernick State Politics Editor Former Walker aide Kelly Rindfleisch was sentenced to six months in prison and three years of probation Monday afternoon after being convicted of

campaign fundraising while employed by Milwaukee County.

Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, said Rindfleisch was found guilty of using company equipment and working

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by Milwaukee County taxpayers.

“Anytime an individual is sentenced to jail time, it is a very serious offense,” Heck said.

Rindfleisch served as the

Deputy Chief of Staff while Walker was the Milwaukee County Executive. She had pleaded not guilty to four charges of misconduct in office, a felony in Wisconsin.

Heck said in an earlier interview with The Badger

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Herald that Walker was one of 36 witnesses who were called to testify, and Rindfleisch had denied Walker knew anything about her activities.

According to Heck,

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‘Skyfall’ falls somewhat short While the latest Bond flick is entertaining in places, the film fails to pack a punch overall.

ARTS | 5

More Big Ten expansion?

Maryland and Rutgers’ plans to come to the Big Ten have Nick Korger thinking that everyone will benefit from the move.

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Ward hesitant to deal with Palermo’s Editorial Board: Amid allegations of labor violations, Chancellor David Ward hesitates to put Palermo’s Pizza on notice

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Gov. aims at System Meghan Zernick State Politics Editor Gov. Scott Walker revealed his intended policies in a speech in California on Friday, which include lowering property taxes, providing additional aid to voucher schools and making public schools more accountable.

Walker detailed his intent to expect more accountability from public schools by noting they should be required to meet certain qualifications to receive more state aid.

In response, University of Wisconsin System spokesperson David Giroux said UW schools have been issuing annual accountability reports for more than a decade.

“We have no problem sharing our performance data in ways that let policymakers understand more about how our public university is functioning,” Giroux said in an email to The Badger Herald. “In the last biennial budget, the Legislature and the governor provided 38 specific performance measures that we must report.”

Giroux said the UW System has already begun incorporating those measures into their reports.

Giroux also pointed out the system’s request for new state investment in the UW System is “tied to specific outcomes” pertaining to workforce development and economic growth.

“We know that taxpayers already see a tangible return on their investment in higher education, and we expect that any new funds will only increase our positive impact on Wisconsin’s economic resurgence,” Giroux said in the email.

Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for

Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said Nass is very supportive of Walker’s proposed plans of increased accountability for the UW System.

“If [UW schools] want more money, they have to earn it,” Mikalsen said.

Mikalsen said Nass supports what he referred to as the “accountability bill,” which would cause schools that do not meet certain requirements to lose money.

According to Mikalsen, Nass supports the tax cuts as long as they do not result in a structural deficit.

Mikalsen said Nass also recommends looking at other areas of “unessential government spending.”

He added hundreds of students graduate with a four-year degree and then have to return to a technical college to learn skills that will land them a job. “[These changes] are less about giving K-12 and higher education schools more money,” Mikalsen said. “We don’t want to pay for people to just sit in seats; we want to pay for classes that will cause students to land jobs. A degree that doesn’t lead to a job is a waste of resources and a waste of time for the students and their families.”

Christina Brey, spokesperson for the Wisconsin Education Association Council, said it is important to note the governor made this announcement about his new policies in front of a crowd of fundraisers in California, miles away from where the policies will be put to use.

Brey said Walker’s new education policy is not about making schools more accountable, as there are already polices in place to do that.

Mary Kuckuk The Badger Herald

Members of ASM’s Legislative Affairs Committee convened Monday evening to discuss the city’s activity options for underage students.

Students note absence of underage entertainment Survey: 91 percent of respondents noted city venues targeted for legal drinking age Dana Bossen Reporter University of Wisconsin’s student government brainstormed solutions to the issue of entertainment accessibility for students under the legal drinking age with the hope of ultimately providing safer nightlife options.

Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs committee convened to discuss student entertainment options for those under the age of 21 in light of the committee’s recent survey on the matter, whose participants overwhelmingly noted the lack of entertainment for those unable to go to bars.

Legislative Affairs Vice Chair Rachel Lepak, who is also an Alcohol License Review Committee student representative, said she has been working to provide students with more entertainment options since August of this year.

“I want to see more businesses, specifically those businesses operating

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Crandall said he believes the positions should be volunteer-based and viewed as providing a community service to the university.

Other representatives also took issue with the fact that several other assistant positions within ASM were unpaid.

“Everyone should be paid, or no one should be paid,” SSFC Rep. Jeffrey Ehlers said.

However, ASM Press Office Director David Gardner said the press office board found itself dysfunctional when taking on volunteers in the past.

“I think it’s a bad argument to cut something that we know is doing

as bars, to provide more entertainment for those who are between the ages of 18 and 20,” Lepak said.

However, according to Lepak, many businesses selling alcohol are unwilling to allow those under 21 in because they will be unable to make purchases.

Lepak, who recently met with Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, and Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said both alders suggested the city should attract new businesses to cater to the under-21 crowd rather than approach existing businesses.

Addtionally, Lepak noted the police who sit on the ALRC create another barrier to providing more entertainment options to students. Currently, the police are against the idea of having existing businesses cater to both age ranges, Lepak said, relaying their belief that such a situation would be difficult to regulate.

Lepak also expressed safety concerns stemming from the current lack of entertainment options for under-21 students.

Even though many students may not be old enough to get into bars, it does not mean they are not drinking, Lepak said, adding she considers this reality to be a major safety concern.

“The city has this mentality

something for campus, simply because other assistant positions are unpaid,” he said. “A stipend allows people to have an incentive.”

ASM cannot expect every student leader to do the press office’s type of work for free, SSFC Rep. Sarah Neibart said.

The committee voted to strike $2,750 from the salary line for the Assistant Press Office Director positions.

“This is the best compromise,” Ehlers said.

In addition, the committee discussed adjustments to the Varsity Day line to include greater or fewer funds for a speaker.

Neibart advocated for increasing the funds for a Varsity Day speaker from $60,000 to $75,000,

that if you cannot get into a bar, you are not going to drink,” Lepak said. “This is a way of providing alternate activities where they are under control and they are monitored.”

According to the committee’s recent survey, which was orchestrated by Lepak and asked for students’ opinions on the current state of entertainment in Madison, approximately 91 percent of the students who responded believed that the entertainment available is targeted at those who are 21 or older.

Around 2,500 students responded to the survey and the majority of respondents were under 21, Lepak said.

Legislative Affairs Chair Daniel Statter said the survey received the most responses of any survey the committee has sent out adding that such a figure is notable, as it is especially difficult to get students to respond on a campus the size of UW’s, let alone a number that is actually representative of the student body.

In addition, the survey showed students were willing to pay for entertainment geared toward 18-plus year olds, however, they would prefer if the location of said entertainment were on campus.

emphasizing the benefit of the event for campus.

According to Neibart, Varsity Day brings together many people in the university at the end of the year that would not necessarily have the opportunity to come together otherwise.

“Anything in the ASM internal budget is to provide services that the university cannot originally provide for us,” she said.

SSFC Rep. Kyle Quagliana said he “loved” the idea of Varsity Day, but was unsure about it being funded completely by students’ segregated fees.

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker echoed this view.

She explained that many nationally-recognized speakers could be brought

in to speak for the $60,000 the budget originally called for.

Ultimately, the committee voted to leave the Varsity Day line at $60,000 for the speaker unchanged.

SSFC also reconsidered the budget for the Working Class Student Union. The committee addressed concerns made by WCSU regarding cuts made to the summer hours of their paid position.

Ultimately, the committee voted to restore the Finance Coordinator position to 12 hours per week for 13 weeks from the eight hours established in the initial budget decision.

SSFC unanimously voted to approve a final budget of $48,142 for fiscal year 2013-2014 for WCSU.

SAVAGE, from 1 Savage, who Enke said has been “glitterbombed” with criticism regarding certain issues, noted there are many issues the LGBT community has left to fight for, as only 15 percent of the nation has allowed same-sex marriage.

According to Savage, even when full marriage equality is reached, the fight against homophobia will continue, just as racism continues to be a topic discussion currently, after the abolition of slavery.

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Mayor launches plans for sustainability center Alder: Green plan would result in economic upturn for city businesses Camille Albert City Hall Editor The City of Madison is looking to create a Madison Sustainability Commerce

Center in an effort to promote an increase in “green” building.

According to a statement, the city is hoping for the center to target the area along East Washington Avenue between Blair Street and First Street.

The first step in creating the center comprises a feasibility study that would research tenant demand, green building technology

and sustainability in Madison, according to the statement. The study will cost $154,000 and will potentially be completed by February 2013.

The team working on the study will explore the benefits of how sustainable building is good for the Madison community and will accept many ideas on the center.

Mayor Paul Soglin said

he is interested in the MSCC for both its positive environmental and costeffective impact.

“We know in the long run that most green buildings provide both economic and environmental payback,” Soglin said. “While there may be a greater capital cost up front, that long-term operational cost is lower with more efficient building.”

He added by working with

green buildings, the city also sends a message to its community about its values and beliefs.

According to Soglin, the MSCC addresses more than just “green” building. He said in addition to energy efficiency, it also looks at water conservation and addresses the use of building in a way that encourages transportation systems that are not as dependent on the

automobile.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the MSCC will hopefully lead to increased economic development and, in turn, quality jobs.

He added Madison has been supportive of “green” building for many years.

“Madison has tried to be a leader in that area and this would be the latest, cleanest example of continuing in that area,” Verveer said.

City experiences increase in pollution levels DNR: Air quality changes result from cold temperatures, absence of wind McKenzi Higgins Herald Contributor The air quality alert issued over the weekend by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourses for eastern and south-central Wisconsin expired Monday afternoon.

DNR Land Records Officer Ann Runyard said the department alerted 18 counties Sunday, citing

STATE TOURNIES, from 1 supporters during the 20112012 academic year.

Mayor Paul Soglin said even though holding the championships in Madison brings many benefits to the city, the greatest benefit is for students who get to participate in a state championship and play on the same court as UW teams.

“We worked really hard with the university and the WIAA to make this happen,” Soglin said. “We’re quite pleased.”

Clark noted although statistics report most kids who play sports in high school do not move on to play in college, this contract allows high school students to live out their dream of playing on campus.

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The videos are currently under review, Rusch said Madison Metro will also talk to the driver about the incident and see how it could have been better handled.

“We take safety very seriously, and we work on it constantly,” Rusch said.

“We work on what we can do better in the future and how to prevent it from happening again.”

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said Madison Metro bus drivers are accustomed to disruptive passengers to varying degrees, but it is very rare that physical harm is done.

According to Rusch, the policy for Madison Metro bus drivers to request identification from passengers has been in

WALKER, from 1 Day. It’d be easier for our clerks to handle all that.”

Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie told the Associated Press that Walker would look at the bill that comes before him before supporting and signing it.

United Council of University of Wisconsin Students, an advocacy group for students across the UW System, would fight such a proposal, according to the group’s Government Relations Director Analiese Eicher.

Eicher said sameday registration is particularly important for students because they move frequently, often to another dorm or apartment. As voters have to register with their updated address, she said students’ frequent moving might lead to a decrease in

high levels of fine particle pollution.

Runyard said people most affected by fine particle pollution include children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory problems.

The DNR’s air quality alerts work to ensure that these sensitive groups remain healthy, she added.

“We notify the public so they can be aware of the exposure and of any symptoms they may be having,” Runyard said.

“They could be more careful and spend the day inside.”

Runyard said fine particle levels are typically higher in the fall and winter

Doherty said it is uncommon for contracts to extend out this far, but he added he feels good about the relationship with the WIAA to continue this long-standing tradition.

Along with the positivity surrounding the contract extension, there have been scheduling conflicts of sporting events that the WIAA and the UW are working on resolving.

Dates for WIAA state tournaments have come into conflict with other UW athletics programs that are scheduled to take place at the same venue, Clark said.

Doherty also commented on the issue and noted scheduling events at the Kohl Center, where the university often hosts hockey, wrestling and basketball playoffs, can

place for numerous years.

Drivers have not enforced the policy as a result of busy lines in the past four years until recently. Bus drivers have full discretion on how to implement the identification policy on the bus, though they are told to avoid confrontation with passengers if possible, he added.

Rusch said the student bus passes from the Associated Students of Madison state a valid Wiscard must be presented to the driver upon request.

Madison Metro decided to recently enforce a campaign that requires passengers to show identification after discovering bus passes have been sold online or on the street. He said concerns about this arise because the passes allow riders unlimited access to buses, and they want to

student turnout.

“We do a lot of really great work with registering folks before Election Day, but same-day registration is, I think, incredibly important to accessing a right to vote and accessing a democratic process,” Eicher said.

“A lot of states have recently looked at expanding voter rights, and I would really hope that the governor and the newly-elected Legislature not consider changes to the voter registration process.”

During the passage of the voter ID law, some Republican legislators considered removing same-day registration, but the proposal never succeeded. A number of Republicans were uncomfortable with removing same-day registration because it would lead to possible conflict with federal regulations.

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She Executive Joe added more urban areas, like Madison, Parisi and other companies typically experience fine have been addressing other particle pollution from environmental issues in the area. vehicles.

be complex. He said the only way to resolve these conflicts is to get everyone together to come up with a solution.

“That’s what we’ve been doing, and that’s what we will continue to do moving forward,” Doherty said.

Clark said even though it is too soon to tell, he believes if the relationship between the UW and WIAA remains how it is now, the contract will be extended in 2020 as well.

The State Boys Basketball Tournament and the State Individual Wrestling Tournament have been held at the Kohl Center since 1998, according to the WIAA statement. Camp Randall Stadium has hosted the WIAA State Football Finals since 1982.

make sure they are in the right hands.

ASM is billed $1.15 per ride, and all students pay for this, which contributes to the concern of students selling their bus passes, Rusch said.

University of Wisconsin students are not allowed to give away or sell their bus passes, Verveer said.

Verveer said even though this appears to be an isolated incident, he said he would not be surprised if many operators start to receive verbal abuse from this policy enforcement.

“To have [the confrontation] escalate to a battery where the driver was hit in the face is absolutely unacceptable,” Verveer said. “The city doesn’t pay our bus operators anywhere near enough money to put up with this sort of criminal behavior.”

has same-day registration, the state does not need to register voters when they obtain driver’s licenses in accordance with federal law. Taking away sameday registration would lead to the federal government requiring the “motor-voter” process and opening up that possibility for voters, according to the Associated Press.

Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, is among the legislators opposed to the “motor-voter” process because of further federal requirements.

“Same-day registration is problematic and something we will look into, [but] you would subject yourself to more federal regulations and that’s the problem,” Grothman said.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Parisi announced an initiative in October, the Dane County Clean Lakes Task Force, to clean surrounding lakes as part of his 2013 budget resolution.

According to Parisi, the task focuses on removing phosphorus from lakes in Dane County, because the chemical element is the root cause of most of the challenges lakes face with the excessive weed and algae growth it causes.

The collaboration is comprised of county board supervisors and staff, members from the Madison Metropolitan Sewage District and the Lakes and Watershed Commission,

people with urban interests, agricultural experts and others, Parisi said.

“People have really come together to implement the projects we need to start cleaning up our lakes, so it’s important we coordinate this partnership and the work we do together,” he said. “We have all these different organizations who are currently working together toward the same goal and this will help us remain on the same page and coordinate our efforts in an efficient manner.”

Parisi said the planning will go into effect Jan. 1 2013, along with the rest of the budget plans.

Madison parks, health care team up for program Once-a-month initiative gets citizens to walk city landscapes Camille Albert City Hall Editor In an effort to help the community stay active and learn about health, the Madison Parks Department launched a program that recruits local doctors to lead walks in various parks in the Madison area.

“Walk with a Doc” is a national program that Madison officials implemented locally to take advantage of the city’s great parks and health care systems, Madison Parks Department spokesperson Laura Whitmore said.

The once-a-month program works with the University of Wisconsin, Physicians Plus and Dean Clinic to find doctors to lead the walks. Dr. Laura Houser, a pediatrician at UW Health, led the program Sunday and educated walkers about how to stay fit during winter.

“I was really excited to be part of the program,” Houser said. “I think it’s a great idea. It got a lot of different people together and active.”

Houser said most people find it more

AIDE, from 1 the question now is whether the Milwaukee County district attorney will continue to investigate if Walker was involved.

He added Rindfleisch had been involved in a Legislative caucus scandal about 10 years ago, when she was convicted of illegal campaign fundraising inside the Capitol.

Heck said Rindfleisch is the second one of Walker’s aids to be convicted of illegal activity. Tim Russell was convicted earlier of embezzling money from various campaign and charity funds.

Heck said he believes the investigation into Walker’s alleged involvement will continue.

“This begs the question of, ‘What did Walker know?’,” Ross said. “Was he involved [in the scandal] or is he an incompetent manager by not knowing what is going on in his own office?

Neither scenario is acceptable.”

Ross added Brett Davis, who ran for Lieutenant Governor in 2010 and now works as the Medicaid director under Walker, is still in Walker’s “inner circle.”

difficult to stay active during the winter because of the cold weather. She cited strategies to combat the issue, such as getting involved in winter sports or playing outside in the snow with children or pets.

She added there are indoor activities that can help people stay fit in the winter as well, like going to shopping malls or local gyms. Getting

“It’s so simple and doesn’t require anything but a pair of walking shoes.

You can do it any time in any type of weather, and the benefits are so immense.”

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up and walking during commercial breaks while watching television is another way to get exercise in the winter, Houser said.

So far, the program has drawn between eight and 50 people, Whitmore said. Every session has been attended since the program began three

months ago.

Whitmore said she liked the idea of the program because walking is one of the easiest forms of exercise and added it is a great opportunity to introduce citizens of Madison to new parks since there are 265 in the city.

“It’s so simple and doesn’t require anything but a pair of walking shoes,” Whitmore said.

“You can do it any time [in] any type of weather, and the benefits are so immense.”

Whitmore added the Parks Department is working on setting up some walks that people in wheelchairs or that use walkers can attend.

UW Health spokesperson Kathy Schultz said it is a great way for doctors to walk with their patients and have fun in a healthy way. Schultz expressed her excitement about the walk that took place in October, which featured conversations on organ donation. She said the doctor talked to people about organ donation and disproved common myths associated with it.

“I think it’s almost a responsibility of people who work in the health care field to be a good example and lead by example,” Schultz said.

“It’s a great way to meet new people and learn new things.”

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Herald Editorial Palermo’s workers strike, while Ward hesitates There is a difference between making measured decisions and hiding behind bureaucratic hurdles.

University of Wisconsin interim Chancellor David Ward’s tepid stance on the contract with Palermo’s Pizza clearly demonstrates the latter.

Allegations regarding worker compensation, safety and attempts to unionize at Palermo’s lead to a strike and spurred a National Labor Relations Board investigation. This has put the Wisconsin pizza company in the

center of a controversy in which UW has a stake.

A contract between UW and Palermo’s Pizza allows the Bucky Badger likeness on some of the pizza wrappers, and Palermo’s Pizza is sold and advertised at Badger football and hockey games.

In the past, labor violations have led to severed contracts. But last week, Ward said he “will review the committee’s request and respond accordingly to them. In the meantime, we have no plans to take any action.”

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He has made it clear that he will remain mum on cutting or keeping ties with the company anytime soon.

However, this matter has been festering long enough, and there is definite need for an answer. An internal investigation conducted by the UW Labor Licensing Policy Committee recommended that Ward put Palermo’s on notice, but he has neither complied with this recommendation nor given a clear reason why no further action has

come from his office.

It is unclear whether Ward is leaving a nice little laundry list of problems for his successor or trying to stay out of an issue that is becoming bigger than the pizza slices sold at Camp Randall.

Charlie Sykes, a conservative Milwaukee talk radio personality, has been very vocal about telling his listeners and followers on social media to support Palermo’s by buying their pizzas as a retaliatory step against labor activists. Yet this

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issue goes beyond the dichotomy of pro or antiunion sentiment — it is a matter of peoples’ wellbeing in their workplace.

The University of Wisconsin is no stranger to cutting contracts with corporations: From Russell Athletics in 2009 to Nike in 2010, student labor activists have worked to ensure that UW forms partnerships with businesses that respect workers. Until recently, UW administration and student leadership have acted responsibly and vigilantly to end

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professional contracts when worker safety and fair pay were in question.

But it is time for a plan, which Ward has been withholding. Putting a company on notice does not amount to severing a contract — it is essentially a slap on the wrist.

Considering that there is evidence that Palermo’s has breached labor laws and that these allegations have been substantiated by an internal investigation, Ward has no reason to hesitate in entering a discussion with the company.

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Walker attempts to AHA promotes empathy, altruism make voting harder LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reginald Young Editorial Page Editor Gov. Scott Walker recently unveiled his plans for Wisconsin’s future while visiting California.

His policy goals include decreasing taxes, boosting the school voucher program and requiring schools, technical colleges and universities to meet certain benchmarks to earn state funding.

Why Walker chose to unveil such crucial plans for the state while in California is beyond me.

Maybe he just doesn’t care about Wisconsinites enough to deliver his platform on their future directly to them. Either way, The Wisconsin State Journal reports he made claim in particular that is outright deplorable; he claimed it would be “much better” if Wisconsin did away with same-day voter registration.

Considering these comments are made with a backdrop of the Voter ID law currently going through the states’ courts, one has to wonder how much Walker is really looking out for the rights of voters. Registering to vote the day of an election benefits a myriad Wisconsinites. Students who shift districts from year to year often need to re-register for each election. The same goes for those who have needed to move for a job change.

Walker justified the elimination of same-day voter registration by saying it would make life easier for the clerks, who wouldn’t have to deal with as much registration.

Sorry, but on its face, this reason is not enough to justify making the process of voting more difficult for some. And that’s exactly what would happen.

“They can just go in a few weeks

early and register,” you say. Except those voting-eligible citizens will already be taking part of a day off of work to go vote on a Tuesday.

That puts enough of a burden on voting-eligible Wisconsinites, so why should we make them take part of another day of work off in order to register? Tuesday is a detrimental day for voting turnout as is, so why make the whole process more burdensome?

Heaven forbid clerks have to work hard. I wasn’t aware Walker, based on his track record, wanted to make public employees’ lives easier. If it’s such a problem, then why not hire more clerks? Hey, that would even create jobs!

Furthermore, if Walker has such an interest in doing things in advance, without being rushed and having the proper time to process them, then why didn’t he reprimand state legislators for passing Act 10 in such a rushed manner?

Incoming Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos supports eliminating same-day voter registration as well, but wasn’t aware of anyone who planned to propose it. We can only hope that Walker’s plan for voter registration was simply rhetoric, though that’s unlikely.

Republicans might hold the reins in the executive and legislative branch, but if they want to maintain their power, they ought not try to enact anything like an elimination of same-day voting registration. Such a piece of legislation would affect folks from so many walks of life that Republicans would surely lose votes.

In fact, here’s an idea: Why not let the voters decide and hold a referendum? But I guess it would just make too much sense to let citizens directly make decisions about their civic rights.

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

Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics is in the spotlight now because of the recent GSSF funding approval.

In light of Charles Godfrey’s recent misguided opinion column about AHA, we think this is a great opportunity to help clear up some popular misconceptions about atheists.

Atheists & Agnostics don’t believe in anything and have no morals. False!

While atheism doesn’t prescribe an absolute set of morals, the majority of atheists aren’t axe murderers.

We atheists use our innate empathy,

altruism and common sense to tell right from wrong. Simply put, humanists believe in the value of the human individual and try to to reduce suffering and increase happiness.

Atheists are evangelistic, militant jerks. False! For most atheists, we really don’t care about ‘converting’ anyone to atheism. If you are happy with your personal beliefs about the existence of God … then great!

Heck, when I come home for break, I’ll even pray with my grandmother before Thanksgiving dinner.

However, atheists will probably speak up

when someone starts talking about how their beliefs about God should dictate public policy for the rest of us.

Atheists have nothing to talk about or do as a group.

False! In addition to raising money for charity (we recently raised about $2,000 for cancer research!), volunteering (we’re setting up a blood drive in the spring!), meeting new friends (my friends Sam and Eloise met at an AHA meeting and they’re married now!) and educating the public about atheism (people have a lot of misconceptions

about it!), we have a lot to talk about at our weekly meetings because religion intersects pretty much every facet of our lives. Whether it is sex, politics, gender and LGBT issues, death, abortion or education, it is important and refreshing to hear a secular side to these issues.

Mr. Godfrey’s opinion piece is a perfect example of why a group like AHA needs to exist on this campus.

Michael Ramuta (mramuta@wisc.edu) is the vice president of Atheists, Humanists & Agnostics.

Without open discussion, IsraelPalestine dialogue goes nowhere Nathaniel Olson Columnist As I was glancing through Monday’s headlines, I thought for certain that Tara Golshan’s front page article, which chronicled a Friday rally organized by Students for Justice in Palestine to protest the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the subsequent counterrally in support of Israel attended by members of the Madison-Israel Public Affairs Committee, would be a feel good piece. In my dreamy state, I envisioned a commentary about how University of Wisconsin students of all stars and stripes came together to talk about the conflict, the region and the cultures of two peoples that have become inextricably intertwined by the tides of history. How naïve of me.

I’m sorry to say the article left me disappointed and dyspeptic. Why? This impromptu meeting seemed an ideal time for a clash of ideas and perspectives, but that form of engagement was explicitly rejected

by both sides. Instead, they focused on the more passive mission of “raising awareness” on campus.

The group on the pro-Israel side of the line, MadPac, describes itself on its website as “a bipartisan, proIsrael, pro-peace, political student organization.” Sounds righteous to me — those are values I could get behind.

Why then, did board members present at the demonstration avow that they had “no interest in engaging or debating anyone?” That’s not bipartisan, a word that evokes sentiments like cooperation and compromise. It’s not pro-peace, an ethic that calls for placing reasoned discussion above raucous demonstration. It’s not even pro-Israel because those who want to see Israel retain both its Jewish and its democratic nature know that the biggest threat to these characteristics is Israel’s seemingly willful ignorance of its shifting demographics.

I have some questions for both of these groups.

For MadisonIsrael Public Affairs Committee: One of your members claimed that your group “did not come in opposition [to the SJP rally], but rather simply in support of Israeli belief.” What ‘Israeli belief’ is that exactly, and why should Americans support any belief that endorses military operations that continue to injure innocent civilians?

For the Students for Justice in Palestine: How do rocket attacks on Israeli citizens from the Gaza Strip not justify some form of retaliation from the Israeli state? And how does the government of Hamas plan on gaining international support if they continue to endorse tactics of terrorism?

Here’s my real question: What is the good in “raising awareness” on an issue if you are unwilling to participate in the larger project of mutual understanding and goodwill that absolutely must be the endpoint of that awareness?

The images portrayed in the Herald, as well as the tone of the

article, implied a strong element of standoffishness in these proceedings; seeing that on a campus as liberal as Madison’s is troubling. At best, these groups have given passersby a jaded understanding of the status quo on the ground in Israel.

At worst, they are a picture perfect representation of the actual state of affairs: One line, two sides, zero dialogue.

Look, I’m happy — nay thrilled — that these groups exist.

But their projects of fostering awareness, understanding and peace must become interwoven with each other if either wants to make a positive difference. I love activism like I love Israel — conditionally.

Every once in a while it’s worthwhile to step back from the things you adore and criticize them like they deserve to be criticized. And if you’re lucky, they’ll still love you when you’re done.

Nathaniel Olson (naolson4@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science, history and psychology.

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Saloon serves up drinks, live music Before High Noon, O’Cayz Corral was place to be for Madison’s entertainment needs Virginia Zignego ArtsEtc. Writer When a fire destroyed downtown venue O’Cayz Corral on New Year’s Day of 2001, owner Cathy Dethmers knew she was not ready to be done running a music venue. Three years later, she founded what would become the High Noon Saloon. She had a clear idea of what she wanted for the venue — a western theme and design similar to the style of O’Cayz, which had been an important rock club for many Madison show-goers.

“I was trying to sort of resurrect that place. … I think a lot of people in town who loved that place wanted to see that, too,” Dethmers said.

Situated just off the Capitol on the east side of Madison, the iconic Trademark Building now accommodates not only the High Noon Saloon, but The Brass Ring and Brink Lounge as well. Dethmers appreciates her location, as well as the neighboring businesses.

“It seems to work out well, all the businesses working together, ” she said. “Particularly with the Brass Ring. We’re complementary, not competitive.”

When Dethmers first subcultures. Often, they opened the High Noon will have something for Saloon, the Trademark everyone in the span of Building had been home to just one week. In fact, the a junk shop for many years High Noon often features and was off the map in two to three shows per day. terms of Madison nightlife. Dethmers also stated that However, the publicity the High Noon Saloon has gained from the fire at hosted around 70 weddings O’Cayz helped Dethmers to date.

“Because we do all to get the business up and running, and she had different kinds of events no problem drawing in and styles of music, we a crowd. Over the years, don’t have the same people in however, the here every High Noon single day, has evolved so it always from being “We don’t have stays really a successful the same people interesting venue to being in here every and fresh remarkably that way. diverse as well. single day, so it “I think always stays really Always meeting when we first interesting and new people opened I and just didn’t really fresh.” having a understand different how versatile it could be, so now we’re scene in here every night. doing a lot more of those It’s fun. I think it’s fun more unusual events than for the staff, too,” said we used to when we first Dethmers.

Another thing that opened,” Dethmers said.

The diversity of the sets the High Noon acts at the High Noon Saloon apart is a weekly Saloon has become one event called “Rockstar of the things that most Gomeroke,” which they sets it apart as a venue. have hosted since first Featuring everything from opening eight years ago. kids shows and vaudeville The event is the only acts to hip hop and punk regular happening at the rock, the High Noon has theater. It allows people branched out to reach to get on stage and sing almost every demographic, with The Gomers, a local welcoming all of Madison’s rock band. Over the years,

Rockstar Gomeroke has drawn in other musical artists as well.

“It’s really fun. … It’s just a really unique thing for people to get up and sing with the band. It’s the kind of thing that, because we do it so regularly, we’ll often get bigger name bands that are playing at a bigger place than here, like at the Coliseum or the Barrymore, might stop in and sing,” Dethmers said, recalling how the cast of the Broadway show Wicked joined them for Gomeroke one night.

Dethmers also values the fact that the High Noon Saloon isn’t just a venue — it’s a full-time bar and hangout spot.

“Besides the fact that we have lots of events happening all throughout the day … we’re also just open. We have happy hour and just kind of a neighborhood type scene that happens prior to whenever shows are going on,” she said.

Kind of like a Harry Potter-esque Room of Requirement, the High Noon Saloon will do its best to accommodate.

Whether visitors want to relax at happy hour, take little ones to a children’s music show or rock out with friends, the High Noon has you covered.

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Few storylines can survive 23 films’ worth of additions and rehashing , but director Sam Mendes has done his best with new Bond release “Skyfall.” The film achieves little more than entertainment.

‘Skyfall’ stumbles onto silver screen Daniel Craig excels as fabled 007 spy but weak screenplay delivers average Bond experience Tim Hadick ArtsEtc. Writer

Winter blues might be diet-related Rachel Werts Low-Fat Tuesday Columnist Are you feeling down in the dumps since the colder weather has come? Do the happy times of your Thanksgiving celebration just seem too far away? We have all heard the saying “you are what you eat,” but is it possible to eat yourself happy?

New research is showing that may just be the case. It seems from certain studies that eating certain types of foods containing particular vitamins and minerals may just have mood-boosting effects. It may seem silly that certain foods would put you in a better mood, but the fundamental principle makes sense: Healthy people tend to

be happier and also tend to eat a more balanced diet.

Read on to find out more specifically which foods you should be consuming to wake up on the right side of the bed in the morning.

A main concept to fueling a content and stable mood is to maintain a fairly steady blood sugar. When your blood sugar spikes and drops quickly you can feel an energy buzz, but then are left feeling irritable and impatient.

To avoid feeling cranky and keep blood sugar levels steady, first choose complex carbohydrates over simple ones. Complex carbohydrates (such as whole wheat bread and pasta, fruits and vegetables) are metabolized more slowly than simple carbohydrates (such as soda, candy, refined grain products and sweets).

The slower processing of complex carbohydrates helps to keep blood sugars steady for longer, which leaves you feeling more regular and energized throughout the

RECIPES OF THE WEEK There are several recipes this time around that provide a wide array of nutrients for a fraction of the store-bought varieties.

Mustard Vinaigrette • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar • 1 tablespoon sugar • 1 round teaspoon Dijon mustard • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper Combine mustard, sugar, and vinegar in a bowl. Whisk in oil. Salt and pepper to taste.

Honey-Lemon Vinaigrette • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice • 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest • 1 tablespoon honey • 1/2 teaspoon chopped thyme • 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper In a small bowl, whisk the lemon juice with the lemon zest, honey, and thyme. Whisk in the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Hummus Makes 1.5 cups • 1 clove garlic, smashed and peeled • 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, rinsed • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 1 tablespoon tahini* • 1/2 teaspoon salt In a food processor, drop garlic through the feed tube of a food processor fitted with a steel blade attachment; process until finely minced. Scrape down the sides of the workbowl and add chickpeas, lemon juice, oil, tahini and salt. Process until completely smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides as necessary, 1 to 2 minutes. If using a blender instead of a food processor, be sure to mince the garlic by hand and thoroughly scrape the sides and bottom of the pitcher to make sure all ingredients are blended. *Tahini is a thick paste of sesame seeds, look for it by other nut butters in the grocery aisle.

day.

Soluble fiber can also aid in controlling blood sugar levels. It helps to slow the rate of absorption of sugar in the digestive tract, preventing sudden spikes in blood sugar levels. Soluble fiber is found in oats, brown rice, beans and peas and fruits like apples, pears and oranges.

Fruit and vegetables in general may have an even bigger role in happiness, though. Being healthy plays a big role in improving quality of life, and a 2007 study by the journal of Public Health Nutrition found that people consuming more than two servings a day of fruits and vegetables were 11 percent more likely to be functionally healthy.

(Functional health reflects ones ability to fully perform desired physical activities in everyday life). Participants were also more likely to report positive feelings about their health and well being.

Some specific nutrients may also help you feel better.

Vitamin B12 and folate: Although inconclusive, some studies have shown that low levels of vitamin B12 and folic acid (folate) may correlate with feelings and symptoms of depression. Currently, there is much being done to find out just why these correlations may be occurring. Good sources of folic acid are fortified grain products like whole grain breads and cereals, dark leafy greens and beans.

Vitamin B12 is usually found in animal sources such as meat, poultry, fish and dairy. If you are a vegan or don’t regularly consume meat and dairy you may want to choose a cow’s milk alternative like soy milk or rice milk that is supplemented with the vitamin.

Vitamin D: Several studies have looked at the incidence of depression in those who have low levels of vitamin D. It is thought that vitamin D insufficiency may play a role in Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and Major Depressive Disorder. While the results of these studies are not conclusive because of their small sample size, we all need to be attentive to the amount of vitamin D in our diet. Our bodies make vitamin D in our skin when we are exposed to the UV radiation in sunlight.

However, in Wisconsin

during the winter months, we do not get enough sun exposure to synthesize adequate amounts. We must, thus, consume it in our diet. Sources of vitamin D include fortified milk, egg yolks and fish such as salmon or tuna.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: In addition to vitamin D, fish is also a great source of omega-three fatty acids.

Known for their effect on brain function, omega-3’s may stave off depressive symptoms. Types of fish containing omega-3s include salmon, tuna, rainbow trout and sardines.

So you may not be excited about eating more fish and dairy, but what about chocolate? Treating yourself to 1 ounce of dark chocolate per day has been shown to boost endorphins or “feel good” chemicals in the brain. A one-ounce portion of chocolate is about one to two squares depending on the size of the chocolate bar and worth about 160-180 calories. Be sure to check the nutrition facts of the brand you are munching on to find the correct serving size because eating more than one ounce a day has not shown the same effects.

There are also substances you can limit to reduce your feelings of negativity. It is easy to forget in the hype of the college environment that alcohol is actually a chemical depressant.

The substance slows down your brain, which can generate feelings of negativity, sadness and anger. Depressive disorders often coincide with substance abuse, so make sure to watch your intake carefully. The USDA Dietary Guidelines recommend that intake not exceed one to two drinks per day for men and one drink per day for women.

What are some other healthy ways to guarantee you stay looking on the bright side? Regular exercise and sleeping seven to eight hours per day will do the trick. Exercise boosts your natural endorphins and getting the right amount of sleep each night helps keeps you at your healthiest.

So there may be potential to eat your way happy. Just remember the focus should always be on a healthy, balanced lifestyle and eating real foods. If you wish to look into supplements or multivitamin options make sure you talk to a doctor or a registered dietitian before you add one to your routine.

The world’s favorite MI6 agent, James Bond (Daniel Craig, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”), returns for a third installment in the most recent Bond cycle.

“Skyfall” finally breaks the series away from the odd continuation between “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace” to tell a fresh Bond story.

But a fresh start wasn’t all the series needed, and the direction in “Skyfall” only delivers enough to keep things going. “Skyfall” opens with Bond in action right away, trying to recover a stolen hard drive containing the identities of NATO field agents. While in pursuit, assistant agent Eve (Naomie Harris, “The First Grader”) accidentally shoots Bond, sending him off a bridge into a river.

While Bond is assumed dead, M (Judi Dench, “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”) must deal with the aftermath of losing the list of agents. After an attack on MI6 prompts Bond to stop faking his death and return home to London, M charges him with finding the psychopath responsible.

But the villain, Mr. Silva (Javier Bardem, “Eat Pray Love”) has much more planned for M and MI6 than just killing its agents.

As Bond and M’s ages and capabilities come into question with the loss of the drive, “Skyfall” explores the relation between boss and agent. Bond must also cope with his injuries and the doubt cast on him by the agency after his resurrection. But 007 doesn’t have time to dwell on others’ opinions, as he must put everything he has and more into catching the criminal mastermind.

One thing is for sure: Bond is back, baby.

While previous Bond films focus on action and effects — and there is still plenty of both in “Skyfall” — the fi lm’s strength comes from its cinematography.

Long shots of Macau’s fantastical structures and expertly-shot scenes of uncut monologue may extend the film’s length, but time flies by with such beautiful scenery. “Skyfall’s” camera provides a fresh look at Bond and puts his character into a new perspective.

Craig has proven himself to be a true James Bond in “Skyfall” — even the corny one-liners after fights come off as smooth. Craig embodies the definition of Bond: always gets the girl and every drink is shaken, not stirred. But Craig also explores Bond’s human side, as Mr. Silva tests his every

whim. Craig has come a long way from his previous Bond films.

“Skyfall” doesn’t have a very intricate or enticing plot. While the buildup to finding Mr. Silva is enthralling, once the real meat of the action starts up, motivations on both sides become skewed. The film feels dumbed-down at times, trying to appeal to new moviegoers. But the plot of “Skyfall” turns out under-explained and dependent on its wit and action.

The reality of “Skyfall” is tested by its script and planning.

Every countermeasure Mr. Silva implements is almost clairvoyantly planned and completely unbelievable.

The climactic final battle is reminiscent of “Home Alone” and ends with far too many needless explosions.

Sure, it’s fun, but there is nothing to grab onto and ends up just dragging the audience along for the ride.

“Skyfall” pays unexpected homage to previous Bond movies and other cinema classics. From the classic Bond gun-car to the prison cage in “Silence of the Lambs,” “Skyfall” is much more than a Bond movie. However, that’s not necessarily a good thing. It’s distracting from the oddnatured plot and doesn’t add anything to the film than something to concentrate on that isn’t the plot.

Classic Bond character appearances are exciting, and the new Q (Ben Whinshaw, TV’s “The Hour”) keeps the audience’s attention with wit and computer graphics. Despite a good sense of flow, “Skyfall” isn’t believable in its core and was written with entertainment as its first priority.

“Skyfall’s” charttopping theme by Adele is set to a kaleidoscope of foreshadowing images in classic Bond format for the opening sequence. The soundtrack is wonderfully scored and uses the “Skyfall” and Bond themes in most scenes. Nothing spectacular, but it’s well done.

The goal of “Skyfall” is to reboot the franchise.

After the rough succession from “Casino Royale” to “Quantum of Solace,” “Skyfall” detaches from the shaky refresh to push in a more Bond-centered direction. While in need of fundamental fixes, “Skyfall” is successfully entertaining.

The film sets up stability for the continuation of the Daniel Craig era of Bond that is sure to come.

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Sports MOMENTUM, from 8 head coach I’ve got to be smart with what we ask guys to do this week, especially with the Thanksgiving week and all the scheduling things that brings.”

The Badgers will look to build momentum heading into the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis Dec. 1.

Additionally, Wisconsin’s seniors will be looking to play their way into the Badger record book, as a win over Penn State would tie the mark of 40 victories in a four-year span set by the class of 2007.

Bielema talks conference expansion The next class to come through the Wisconsin program will likely have a completely different slate over four years as two new teams — Maryland and Rutgers — are planning to join the Big Ten in 2014-15.

At the time of the press conference, Bielema had limited time to think about the move, but he noted that it does benefit UW’s recruiting efforts on the East Coast.

“We do go against Rutgers quite a bit in recruiting when we’re in New Jersey, New York, even in on the eastern side of the country in Florida,” Bielema said.

“I’m excited. Every time the commissioner and the athletic directors have come up with a plan, that’s been very, very positive.

I’m assuming this will be as well.”

THANKSGIVING, from 8 characteristically don’t do,” said junior guard Ben Brust, who recorded his second double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds against Cornell. “So it’s just maybe getting time and learning from it and going through the season and just eliminating them.”

After playing the Blue Hose, the Badgers head to Las Vegas Wednesday to take part in the Las Vegas Invitational, where they will take on Creighton, one of the top teams in the country not playing in a major conference. The cardinal and white then close out the tournament against either Arizona State or Arkansas Saturday.

Aside from the clear physical challenges of the packed schedule awaiting Wisconsin, the next week offers this team a chance to prove it will be able to compete in a historically strong Big Ten later this year.

“We just got do a better job of closing the game out better, stepping on team’s throats when we get the chance,” Bruesewitz said. “We can’t have those mental lapses for four or five minutes because we’re not talented enough to have those mental lapses and then push forward.”

Eaves reflects on winless Border Battle Badgers leave Minneapolis with tie, loss in 1st game without former coach Butters on Wisconsin bench Sarah Lucareli Sports Writer Coming off of a 2-2 overtime tie Friday night and a 3-1 loss Saturday to third-ranked Minnesota, Wisconsin men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves is looking to move forward and focus on the upcoming weekend.

The Border Battle in Minneapolis took the Badgers’ winless streak to five games, their last victory coming Oct. 26 over Minnesota-Duluth.

Though Wisconsin (1-52, 1-3-2 WCHA) battled its way to a tie with one of the top teams in the WCHA in game one, two third period goals from the Gophers in the second game of the series left the Badgers from earning their second win of the season in Minneapolis.

“When you lose like we did on Saturday, where we are close, hanging around, having chances, it really hurts,” Eaves said at his Monday press conference.

“On Saturday, we looked at the video at the things we

didn’t like, and we didn’t pass the puck very well, we didn’t connect the dots like we’ve seen our kids do.”

Despite the defeat in Mariucci Arena Saturday, Eaves said he has reevaluated his plan for practice this week and will try out new strategies in a series with Minnesota State this weekend.

“We’re going to go back and work on our skill, we’re going to go over our system details, and we’re quite frankly going to skate a little bit to make sure we’re covering all our bases so that we’re not leaving anything to doubt,” Eaves said.

When asked about what is keeping the veteran forwards from taking control of the game and being productive up to this point, Eaves pointed out that several key contributors are not on the ice due to injuries and other issues.

“When you take out (Mark) Zengerle and Nic Kerdiles, we have different chemistry up front,” Eaves

said. “With the lack of goal production by having the forwards back, some of the chemistry is missing.”

A junior forward, Zengerle has 92 points off 20 goals and 72 assists in his career and entered the 2012-13 campaign as college hockey’s top returning scorer. He is eight points shy of hitting the 100-point mark for his career, an achievement that would make him the 71st Badger in program history to reach the century mark.

Zengerle had points in Wisconsin’s first five games before getting injured in the second period of the sixth game Nov. 3 and is expected to miss four-to-six weeks from the time of his injury.

Due to a violation of the NCAA’s amateurism rules, Kerdiles, a highlytouted freshman forward, will first suit up for the Badgers in a road game against Denver Nov. 30.

With Zengerle out, Eaves is working on creating a more balanced lineup, moving some

players to, in the coach’s own words, “see if that gives us a little jump” and will review the power plays to see if any adjustments should be made.

Asked if he had ever imagined his team’s potential had it not suffered the injuries and other issues keeping several of his top players off the ice, Eaves said he is trying to make the best of a difficult situation.

“I think [the team] wants to know, ‘OK, we weren’t as successful as we were this weekend, what’s our plan coach, give us the truth in what you saw and let’s move forward and let’s get better and figure out what we’re going to do against Minnesota State,’” he explained.

“That’s the way we’re going to look at it.”

Transition on bench After the departure of Wisconsin assistant coach Bill Butters two weeks ago, the series against Minnesota marked Eaves’ first time with Gary

Shuchuk coaching the Badger defensemen.

Eaves described his communication with Schuck, another assistant coach, as “decent” but said there is certainly room to improve as the assistant adjusts to his new coaching responsibilities with the team.

Though the transition has been relatively smooth so far, Eaves pledged that he will find a replacement for Butters before the season is over.

Wisconsin’s head coach said Butters, who left the team to pursue a calling in the ministry, played too important a role for this team to not find a successor soon.

“There’s too big a hole that would exist — I think we can kind of make do, but I think we need to fill that hole in order to cover all our bases as far as coaching, teaching, recruiting, working with these young people,” Eaves said. “So we will get somebody in. Maybe we could afford two microphones.”

Holiday rest absent for UW women’s hockey Tight-knit Badgers given minimal family time over Thanksgiving with St. Cloud State series this weekend Spencer Smith Women’s Hockey Writer On Thursday, most students will get to sleep in, visit with family, eat a filling home-cooked meal and watch football until their heart is content. The Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s Thanksgiving schedule reads a bit differently.

The team will wake up early and start practice at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning and is then given the rest of the day to travel and meet their families before coming back Thanksgiving night in preparation for Friday’s 2 p.m. drop of the puck.

Head coach Mark Johnson says hockey players are used to the sport eating into their time off during breaks.

“Hockey doesn’t do the winter holidays very well,” Johnson said. “Usually you get a little bit of time, but it’s not like a three

KORGER, from 8 conference and the network. Everyone gets a piece of the pie and money makes the world go around, so why not get in while the gettin’s good?

Additionally, the ACC and Big East are renowned as basketball conferences.

What brings in more revenue? Well, besides overall numbers, maybe this imagery can explain it. The biggest basketball facility in the NCAA, seating wise, is 33,000 at the Carrier Dome, home of Syracuse, who

or four-day weekend where a lot of people and their families get that opportunity.”

UW is lucky enough to have a home series this week against WCHA foe St. Cloud State, giving the team just a little more time to spend with their families.

Wisconsin has not had to travel on Thanksgiving weekend since 2009 when the Badgers went to Rhode Island to take on Providence.

Senior forward and team captain Brianna Decker says having such little time with her family can be hard, but being a part of such a tight-knit team helps.

“It is a little difficult, but we have our own family here,” Decker said. “We all support each other and are there for each other as a team, so it’s just kind of Thanksgiving within our team. That’s something you can cherish for four

years.”

Some of the members of the team will be celebrating Thanksgiving for the second time this year with the Canadians having a similar holiday on the second Monday of October.

Johnson joked that the Canadians have all the fun since they get to celebrate both holidays.

“The Canadians celebrated a month ago so they’ve already been through it, so they actually get two Thanksgivings.

So they are the ones who really benefit,” UW’s head coach said with a smile.

Canada native and freshman forward Erika Sowchuk says she is looking forward to spending the day with her teammates who will stay in Madison, but is disappointed that she won’t be able to see her family.

“I’m excited to spend Thanksgiving in the

States,” Sowchuk said.

“It will be nice to have a turkey dinner and spend it with my teammates.

Whenever we are together, I think it is team bonding. It’s good for the team to be together and having fun. For sure [it is hard not going home for the holidays]. I haven’t been home yet this year, but at the same token I’ll be spending it with kind of my sisters, my teammates, so it will still be fun.”

Director of women’s hockey operations Paul Hickman will be hosting a Thanksgiving dinner for everyone on the team who will not be able to visit their families.

Sowchuk says the break won’t be a distraction for the team, but will instead reenergize them.

“I think it’s a good thing for people to go home and spend time with their families,” Sowchuk said.

“We can rejuvenate a little and just relax and reset a

little.”

After having some time to their selves on Thursday, the team will have a quick turnaround playing St. Cloud State in an early afternoon game Friday and then again Saturday.

Despite the rushed holiday schedule, Johnson says the short holiday is good for the team and has his players in high spirits heading into the final stretch of the fall semester.

“When they don’t have school, they are generally in a real good mood,” Johnson said. “Obviously, you get a nice meal and there are a lot of things going on. I’m sure that a lot of families will come to town for the kids that live in the area. It’s a nice time of year. The kids can see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as school.

There’s not a lot of school left, so generally people are in a pretty good mood.”

coincidentally just joined the ACC — along with Pittsburgh — confirming the idea that the conference is a basketballcentered one.

The biggest seating facility for FBS college football? Try Michigan Stadium. The “Big House” holds 109,901 people.

Based on ticket sales alone, revenue from football beats the hell out of basketball. Moving to a conference where the schools are bigger and the football is more relevant on a national stage makes too much sense for

Maryland and Rutgers.

Also, keep in mind that Maryland was in a hole financially (the school lost $4.5 million last year) and had to cut a few sports programs.

Rutgers’ football program is stuck in the rather weak Big East and apparently has some ambitious construction and upgrade plans for its campus and facilities planned. The needed financial boost that the Big Ten brings will only help revenue, boosting the schools to new heights both academically and

athletically.

If there was 800 more words to this column I could go into much deeper detail and provide the solid figures and stats that would bore most readers to death and satisfy all the critics to this article, but keep this in mind: In 2008, the Big Ten had seven of its then 11 teams reported in the top 25 for total athletics revenue.

It’s disappointing that rivalries and the geographic location that made the Big Ten special are largely taking the back burner to the reformation

and expansion of the conference. But in a sport — and world — where money rules all, it’s a necessary evil in the everchanging landscape of college athletics.

Nick is a fifth-year senior majoring in history and English. Catch Nick calling color commentary for WSUM’s broadcast of the Penn State game this weekend on wsum.org. Have a thought on the column?

Email Nick at nkorger@ badgerherald.com or follow him on Twitter @ nickkorger.

Sports Editor Ian McCue sports@badgerherald.com

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UW looks for late-season momentum Bielema confident Borland, Havenstein will return in finale against Nittany Lions Ryan Bullen Sports Writer Following an emotional 21-14 overtime loss to Ohio State Saturday at Camp Randall, the Wisconsin football team will be looking to recover quickly from heartbreak as they travel to State College, Pa., to face Penn State in its Big Ten regular season finale.

Head coach Bret Bielema addressed the demoralizing loss from the weekend before turning focus to Penn State at his weekly press conference Monday.

In Wisconsin’s last eight losses, the margin of defeat has been a touchdown or less, and Bielema admitted just a few mistakes can lead to a more favorable outcome.

“If you don’t take advantage of maybe a touchdown throw here, a tackle here, that’s what gives you a loss,” Bielema said, Nonetheless, the Badgers have certainly shown resiliency under Bielema, having never lost back-to-back games in the month of November, going a perfect 3-0.

But a rebounding win will not be a simple task this week as Penn State (74, 5-2 Big Ten) and senior quarterback Matt McGloin the reigning Big Ten

Player of the Week — await Wisconsin (7-4, 4-3).

McGloin dominated Indiana through the air by completing 22 of 32 passes for 395 yards and four touchdowns in a convincing 45-22 victory Saturday. McGloin also set Penn State records in career touchdowns, career 200-yard passing games, season completions and season passing yards in the rout.

“He really understands the role that he has at quarterback in that system,” Bielema said of McGloin. “He’s obviously a very intelligent, very competitive kid. … You can see why the kids play hard around him.”

McGloin is one of several Nittany Lion seniors that elected to remain at Penn State after a tumultuous offseason in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal.

Despite NCAA sanctions and the death of longtime head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions have largely exceeded preseason expectations during head coach Bill O’Brien’s first full season. “[It’s] very easy to see that they’ve gotten better every week — offense, defense, special teams,” Bielema said. “I think their coach is getting more and more familiar with what they can bring to the table.”

Injury updates Depending on the health of many Badgers, Wisconsin may not be able to field its top players.

The Badgers are hoping redshirt sophomore right tackle Rob Havenstein and middle linebacker Chris Borland will be able to recover from injuries in time for Saturday’s matchup.

Bielema said Havenstein could possibly return to practice later this week coming off a mild MCL sprain. Chris Borland’s status is looking positive after he suffered a hamstring injury against Indiana.

The junior linebacker’s aggressive, consistent this season have helped anchor the 14thbest scoring defense in the nation. “[Borland’s] feeling very, very well,” Bielema said. “He’ll get in the pool and do some more running here today and we’ll hopefully see where he can be for tomorrow afternoon’s practice.”

Bielema noted that given Wisconsin’s proximity to the end of the season, the team may adjust its practice schedule as it prepares for the Nittany Lions.

“I gave [the team] Sunday to get a jump start on Penn State, we have today off and then we’ll jump into tomorrow’s practice,” Bielema said. “I think it’s important for us to know that we are at the end of a 12-game stretch here where they’ve battled their all, they’ve gotten to a 7-4 mark.

“I think the mental fatigue and the physical fatigue is real, so as a

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Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Junior linebacker Chris Borland was forced to miss the Ohio State game with a hamstring injury, but is looking to return this weekend against Penn State.

Big Ten expansion benefits everyone Nick Korger Korger’s Korner

Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

After suffering a gruesome leg injury during the preseason, senior forward Mike Bruesewitz returned to the starting lineup in a 70-43 win over Cornell Sunday night.

Badgers with plenty to feast on 4 games in 7 days set to prepare Wisconsin for critical late-season tournaments Ian McCue Sports Editor The Wisconsin men’s basketball team may be only three games into the regular season, but its upcoming schedule has made it feel like tournament time for the Badgers.

A 73-40 win over Cornell Sunday night kicked off a brutal stretch of four games in seven days for the Badgers, an opportunity they are seizing as preparation for the all-important, yet distant Big Ten tournament and NCAA tournament in March.

Next up is a matchup with Presbyterian, a team that has dropped each of the opening three games of the season by double figures, at the Kohl Center Tuesday night. “[We] try and tell all the younger guys, this is great practice

for tournament time,” senior forward Mike Bruesewitz said. “Big Ten tournament…you don’t even get a day, you get 18 hours until you play again.”

Despite the Blue Hose’s early season struggles — which have come against two ACC squads in Georgia Tech and Clemson along with No. 14 Creighton — Presbyterian boasts several dangerous scorers.

Redshirt sophomore guard Jordan Downing, a transfer from Davidson who sat out the 2011-12 campaign, totaled 25 points against Creighton and leads the team with 12.7 points per game.

According to UW assistant coach Lamont Paris, Downing is capable of posting 30 points if he builds a rhythm shooting the ball early.

But Presbyterian boasts

two other proven scorers in 6-foot-8 junior forward Joshua Clyburn and senior guard Khalid Mutakabbir at 10 and 9.3 points per contest, respectively.

Clyburn, a player who does most of his damage with high-percentage looks around the hoop, led Presbyterian with 19 points against an athletic Clemson squad and will provide a challenging defensive matchup in the paint for Badger forwards Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans.

“They try to score off of screens,” Paris said. “They do a lot off of screens. …

They run some staggers, pin downs. So when they got it going, they’re coming off of those screens and wrapping tight and getting some stuff to the basket.”

But Presbyterian’s most striking weakness comes in its depth, as

only six players have seen any significant time on the floor this year. The six-man lineup forces the Big Hose to stick almost entirely to a zone defense, meaning just how effectively the Badgers move the ball around their home hardwood could play a major factor in how UW fares in its fourth game of the season.

As Wisconsin proved it had rediscovered its accuracy shooting the ball against the Big Red — finishing 40.3 percent from the floor — its most damaging miscue came with an uncharacteristic 16 turnovers. Ryan’s teams are well-known for always taking care of the ball and the Badgers averaged 8.9 turnovers per game in 2011-12.

“I think we just did things that we

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Let’s play a game of word association. Ready? OK, here’s the word.

Big Ten. So what’s the first word that comes to your mind?

Maybe it’s one of the sports like football and basketball that the conference is renowned for.

Then again, maybe it’s one of the schools that make up its DNA, like perennial powerhouses Michigan and Ohio State. Or perhaps it’s even one of the great players that the league has produced over the years, like Heisman winners Desmond Howard, Eddie George and Ron Dayne to name just a few.

But who in their right mind would say Maryland or Rutgers?

It reminds me of my childhood learning programs like Sesame Street, where they played the game “one of these things is not like the other.”

This Big Ten’s conference expansion was sudden, but not unexpected. But it still seems baffling — until placed under closer examination — why the conference chose these two schools to incorporate into its ranks, and why these schools decided to bolt to greener pastures.

Geographically, Rutgers and Maryland couldn’t lay farther apart from the latest add-on to the conference, Nebraska. In fact, the distance between the campuses of Maryland and Nebraska is more than 1,200 miles. So, with the extension comes the destruction of the classic pre-held notion that the Big Ten is a Midwest-only collection of collegiate athletic programs.

That being said,

Pennsylvania does border the states whose campuses the Big Ten’s newest members reside in, helping to expand the eastern flank of the conference’s reach.

The positive of this expansion lays in the fact that the move extends the reach of the conference across the nation not only in recruiting but also in terms of exposure.

For recruiting, the Big Ten will be able to open up — well, more than before — the East Coast and compete with other conferences for the region’s best players. Now athletes in the respective states of New Jersey and Maryland will get a chance to see the Big Ten first hand, not only in terms of the athletic contests themselves, but also in terms of regional penetration by the Big Ten Network, a key player in the allure of the conference to its two newest members.

Something that offers long-term security with the Big Ten is not only its strong record of athletic prowess and the revenue that its large enrollment schools and prestigious programs bring, but also the money that lays in its television market and its deal with the Big Ten Network. Those deals alone bring the conference’s schools several millions of dollars in revenue each year.

If the Big Ten Network can penetrate the basic cable market in its new states and the major metropolitan areas around them — Washington, D.C., New York, etc., it could make an absolute killing.

And even if it doesn’t, the network will still make a disgusting amount in subscription fees. Because, keep in mind, the Big Ten has a strong base of alumni that populates the East Coast and there’s plenty of people willing to pay to see the conference’s games.

So money, money, money. Who does it go to? The schools, the

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