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Student robbed in Memorial Library Unharmed victim willingly hands over cell phone, other items Alice Coyne Herald Contributor A University of Wisconsin student was robbed of her cell phone and other belongings last Wednesday while studying in the Memorial Library carrels.

According to a University of Wisconsin Police Department statement, the victim complied with the suspect’s demands and was not harmed. The suspect was described as around 30 years old, 5’8” and 160 pounds, the statement said.

The incident occurred at 10:04 a.m., the statement said.

According to UWPD Lt. Mark Silbernagel, no other specific information has been uncovered and publicly released since the UWPD statement on the day of the robbery.

Property crimes and theft are some of the most

common crimes committed across campus, Silbernagel said, though strong armed robberies such as this, when belongings are taken through personal confrontation and physical intimidation, are rare.

Silbernagel said compliance is the best reaction in a situation such as this, as it avoids further violence or retaliation. He said the victim was smart in cooperating with the perpetrator’s demands.

UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin said he hopes to find the suspect and take the necessary measures to place him in Dane County jail. Chapin added he is hoping any student with information regarding this specific case will come forth so UWPD is able to apprehend the suspect.

Chapin said he would encourage students to report any crime or suspected crime to help ensure safety, securing evidence and allowing for further investigation.

He said his advice is to “be aware of your surroundings.” Staying in public places and paying attention to personal safety are two important

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A man described as about 30 years old, who stood 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 160 pounds, demanded a student turn over her belongings Tuesday morning at Memorial Library. precautions, Chapin noted.

Chapin also said he would advise specifically for students not to broadcast their whereabouts on social media sites, especially

when the campus reaches a vacation, as it opens the doors to theft. He noted that during school breaks, UWPD sees a noticeable increase in theft across campus.

“We’re in a time of breaks right now and people are very involved in using social media to tell everyone what they’re up to,” Chapin said.

Both Silbernagel and

Chapin stressed the importance of proactive preventative measures.

Both offi cers referenced the SafeU.Wisc.edu website

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Signs of foul play present after moped catches fire Empty bottle of starter fluid found near burnt vehicle

by UW campus McKenzi Higgins Herald Contributor A moped caught fire outside a campus residence Tuesday morning, according to a Madison Fire Department report.

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Emails between Gov. Scott Walker’s Milwaukee County Executive office and his 2010 gubernatorial campaign staff show they were in contact during county hours. The messages were released during Deputy Chief of Staff Kelly Rindfleisch’s trial.

Emails link Walker’s office with campaign Sean Kirkby Senior News Reporter While he was Milwaukee County Executive, Gov. Scott Walker held regular meetings with county staffers and those running his 2010 governor’s campaign to review press releases and his schedule, according to emails released Tuesday.

Emails obtained from WisPolitics.com show Walker, County Chief of Staff Tom Nardelli, Deputy Chief of Staff Kelly Rindfleisch and County Communications Director Fran McLaughlin working with Walker’s campaign manager Keith Gilkes, consultant R.J. Johnson and publicist Jill Bader as part of a media group reviewing and editing messages sent from the Milwaukee County office.

The emails were released as part of

Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf ’s PowerPoint presentation at Rindfleisch’s trial, who was sentenced to six months in jail for working on Medicaid Director Brett Davis’ 2010 campaign for Lieutenant Governor during county hours.

According to the emails included in the PowerPoint, county workers had daily conference calls with campaign workers about Walker’s campaign.

“The County Executive has asked that we conduct a conference call daily at 8 a.m.,” Nardelli said, referring to Walker, in an email exchange with Rindfleisch, McLaughlin and other staffers. “Good coordination will help … these calls will be conducted for staff in the County Executive’s

office.”

The presentation also showed Rindfleisch sent and received 3,486 emails from the Walker campaign staff from Jan. 15, 2010, to Oct. 21, 2010, and 64 percent were sent and received during county business hours.

Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, said the PowerPoint raises questions of how involved Walker was in the campaigning that went on in his office while he was county executive.

“There is a clear line separating campaigning from state and county work,” Heck said. “Walker and county staff stepped over the line many times by mixing it all together.

There was no wall of separation between the two.”

Heck said Walker

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Firefighters were sent to the scene of 625 Mendota Ct. in response to a call from the moped’s owner at around 11 a.m, just after his roommate told him his moped was on fire, according to the statement.

MFD spokesperson Lori Wirth said in the statement that when the moped’s owner went outside, the moped was tipped over on its side and showed damage from the fire, although it was no longer burning.

Occupy Madison relocated again Stephanie Awe Herald Contributor The opening of a temporary homeless shelter may provide refuge to homeless members of the Occupy Madison group with winter not far away.

According to Josh Wescott, chief of staff for Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, homeless members of the Occupy Madison group were relocated from Lake View County Park to Token Creek Park Tuesday.

The group was previously located at an encampment on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue before being evicted and moving to Lake View County Park.

“We don’t think camping is a very good idea in this climate, but if you’re going to make the decision to camp, go to Token Creek,” he said.

Wescott said he and other county workers want to encourage Occupy members to make use of shelters in the area instead of camping.

A temporary shelter recently established in the county budget will act as a resource for the homeless and will be

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opening Monday, Wescott said. It is a day-warming shelter located on East Washington Avenue, he said, and will run seven days a week from about 7 a.m. until the time night shelters open.

He said he did not know exactly how many people the facility would hold, but estimated about 25 to 30 people.

While unsure whether members of Occupy Madison will make use of this facility, Wescott said he and other county workers intend to work with each individual oneby-one. He said taxpayers are spending money to provide them with services and amenities, including furniture. “[The shelter may] help with other underlying causes [such as alcohol and drug abuse],” Wescott added. “We hope they will utilize the facility.”

About two weeks ago, homeless campers associated with the Occupy Madison group relocated to Lake View County Park, Wescott said.

Since the park has specific rules against camping and is located at the heart of a residential area, he

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“There was an empty bottle of charcoal starter fluid approximately 10 feet from the moped,” Wirth said in the statement.

The statement said a fire investigator was called to the scene.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the incident is the first he has heard of on campus.

He said moped vandalism is not particularly common.

Resnick said he is unsure if

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Sly’s demise: good or harmful?

WTDY recently let talk show host John Sylvester go. Read two sides of the issue on page 4.

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Construction officials are doing what they can to prevent old Gordon Commons’ demolition from interfering with exam week and late sleepers.

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Herald Contributor With the opening of the new Gordon Commons dining facility, the demolition of the older building is already underway.

According to the Director of Residence Hall Facilities Mike Kinderman, demolition on the building began Monday, Nov. 19.

The demolition of the old Gordon Commons is a part of what Kinderman termed the resurrection of East Campus Mall.

Kinderman said the initial stage of the project will be the removal of hazardous materials, such as windows and doors.

He said the grinding of building materials and demolition of the structure of the building will take place later in the process.

The work that will generate the most amount

of noise will be done after students leave campus for winter break, Kinderman said.

“We required the contractor to do any crushing of concrete after winter break,” he said. “We are trying to minimize the [noise] impact there.”

The Director of Capital Projects for University Housing Mark Roessler explained how they have taken precautions to ensure

“We required the contractor to do any crushing of concrete after winter break.

We are trying to minimize the [noise] impact here.”

Mike Kinderman Residence Halls Facilities the actual demolition of the building will not be in progress during exam time.

If there are any additional complaints with noise that have not been accounted for the university will modify times for work on the demolition with the contractor, Roessler said.

“The companies we are working with have been very accommodating,” Roessler said. “I don’t think there will be any problems at all.”

EMAILS, from 1 should have erred on the side of caution and had all discussion, including scheduling, outside of the county office.

However, Walker campaign spokesman Tom Evenson said in a statement that balancing the daily calendars, meetings and media coverage for any elected official requires

The old Gordon Commons borders Johnson Street and Lake Street and Kinderman said traffic routes will experience some change during the course of the project, but it will be very minimal.

The project will not require any street closures, unless some specialty item comes up that needs to be addressed, he added.

However, Kinderman said the parking lane on Lake Street will be closed until Friday, Dec.19. The effect on traffic flow as a result of this lane closure will be little to none, he explained.

The demolition project is scheduled to extend into February, Kinderman said.

“Space is limited in that area until we get the building taken down,” he said.

According to Kinderman, the space of the old Gordon Commons will eventually become a patio directly to the north of the new Gordon Commons Dining and Event Center and a green space for residents of the Southeast Residence Halls to enjoy. He said there will be space for students to throw Frisbees and lay in the sun.

“Any open green space or rec space is only in benefit to any residents that want to use that area,” Kinderman said. “The sooner we can get it done, the better for people in that area.”

routine communication by both campaign and public staff.

“It is not unusual for campaign staff and an elected official’s staff to routinely discuss the appropriate way to schedule meetings, determine a point of contact for emergencies or how to address media inquiries directed at both the official office and the campaign office,” Evenson said in

Madison city officials will gather Wednesday to discuss a controversial measure to place 20-feet tall light posts along the Southwest Commuter Bike Path.

The disagreement over the lights centers on a concern over the brightness of the lights versus the added safety they would bring for nighttime bikers and walkers. The lights would run from the Beltline to Breese Terrace and cost the City of Madison around $200,000.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said there will be a public hearing on the proposed lighting Nov. 28, which will be held jointly by the Board of Public Works and the Pedestrian Bicycle Motor Vehicle Commission.

The project will come before the City Council Dec. 11.

Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, is a major proponent of the lighting project. He said it is fairly standard to light bike paths, especially when they are heavily used.

“It needs lighting at night for safety and to encourage more people to use the path,” Clear said.

Most of the opposition comes from the neighborhoods surrounding the path that feel the lights will be intrusive in their backyards, disturb wildlife or that the lights are just not needed, Clear said.

“It’s Madison, everything has to be controversial,” Clear said.

Traffic engineers have studied many different ways to light the paths and the 20foot tall light poles are the best way to provide

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the statement.

Mike Browne, One Wisconsin Now deputy director, said the emails go far beyond scheduling, such as discussing whether press releases are not being political enough and slowing down open records requests for political reasons.

“A campaign manager should not be telling a county staffer what to do,” Browne said.

OCCUPY, from 1 said residents had become concerned with the group staying there.

Wescott said there were interactions between group members and residents that resulted in police arrival, as well as seven or eight calls to the fire department requesting to extinguish fires in the park.

To solve this problem, Wescott said the County Park Departments granted the group a special permit to camp at Token Creek Park, which is where they camped last summer.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said Occupy members are not pleased with the switch because it is outside city limits and is not on a bus route, creating a challenge to get to the downtown area. It is also difficult to bike or walk

light to all users of the path, Clear said.

He said this way is also cost effective because the conduit for electrical work is already in place, so the project will be able to use the existing conduit.

Clear said although he has not received much feedback from his constituents, who do not live adjacent to the path, this is a citywide issue because the path is a major transportation area.

Verveer said the proposed lighting is a hotly contested issue and members of the City Council have received dozens of comments both for and against the lighting.

“We have a very extensive network of bicycle paths in Madison for a community of our size,” Verveer said. “There is a disproportionately excellent network of bike paths throughout the city.”

He said the portion of the path, which runs through the downtown area to Lake Monona, is not part of the proposed lighting project.

Verveer said there are good arguments on both sides and he has not decided how he will vote when the project comes to the City Council.

Along with the people from neighboring homes who do not want the light spilling over to their property, people called “dark sky advocates” are also against the proposed lighting, Verveer said.

Dark sky advocates believe light pollution is a serious issue and want to cut off wasted light or light pollution that would go off into the sky, and make sure light does not obstruct the viewing of the sky, Verveer said.

campus and strongly advised all students to visit this website often to keep current knowledge on any sort of threatening situation.

FIRE, from 1 the owner of the moped had an idea as to who may have started his moped on fire, but is confident the Madison Fire Department will be holding a thorough investigation.

“It’s important that anybody with information contact the fire department or police department,” Resnick said.

He said security cameras on campus would help those investigating the fire find a possible suspect as well.

to Madison, he added, since it is located off a main highway.

Wescott said despite these hindrances, some Occupy members preferred camping outside to staying in the county’s provided hotels and shelters.

Verveer said reasons for Occupy’s hesitation could be related to the complaints of bed bugs at the Grace Episcopal Church shelter on West Washington Avenue. He said Porchlight, Inc. claims this has been taken care of, but said he can understand the group’s worries about this issue.

Steve Schooler, executive director of Porchlight Inc., could not be reached for comment.

Verveer added some Occupy members do not have the option to stay in the city’s shelters due to past behavior that resulted in banishment.

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UW Bookstore wise not to put books on sale Heikal Badrulhisham Staff Writer Last Monday the University Bookstore had a sale in which the prices of almost everything were 25 percent lower.

There were some things that were not included in the sale. Art supplies and half priced books were affected, because before the sale their prices were already cut. For example, before the sale, painting canvasses were already 50 percent off. If the sale applied to canvasses then their prices drop even further.

However, there is another major category of items, which were not included in the sale: textbooks. Why were textbooks not included? It could not be because they

are books due to the new general, non-half priced books being included in the sale. Therefore, there must be something different about textbooks.

On the day of the sale, I bought pens although my current pens were still good, but I did still have an underlying need for pens, if not now, then for the future. Thus, the lowered prices had, in effect, empowered my preferences that were previously kept in check by the previously higher prices that signaled to me I have to consider the relatively greater number of things I have to sacrifice to get pens at the higher normal prices. In other words, the sale tipped my preferences in one direction instead of the other.

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Now, why was the University Bookstore not concerned about tipping our preferences for

Thus, because students’ demand for textbooks is assured, the University Bookstore has no incentive to include textbooks in the sale. textbooks? Imagine what would have happened if textbooks were also 25 percent cheaper on that day. I reasonably speculate the basement floor of the University Bookstore would resemble a department store on

Black Friday. Why? Many students may already have in mind what courses they want to take the next semester. Thus, many students would go and buy the appropriate textbooks for the next semester last Monday. In the extreme case of students who had declared or were sure of their majors and had already drawn up long term plans of the courses they want to take could have bought textbooks for the rest of their academic careers at University of Wisconsin if they assumed they will live long enough and they will not encounter a better sale in the future.

The University Bookstore can expect that every time before a new semester begins the sales of textbooks will spike.

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Madison’s WTDY made headlines after it laid off all its staff last Wednesday, and the University of Wisconsin’s youngjournalists-of-thefuture shared a collective moment of panic. Additionally, because there seems to be no programming plan in place, J-schoolers and professional journalists alike are unsure about the future of radio.

But it’s not just WTDY. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported WISN and WTMJ radio gave Gov. Scott Walker supporters free airtime during the recall election, which is in violation of the Federal Communications Commission’s regulations.

According to the The interesting Sentinel, the Media thing, though, is Action Center the message radio noticed WISN and WTMJ were airing execs are sending shows that gave a listeners. From pro-Walker bias, liberal hosts like whereas the FCC Sly to conservative decrees that in the 60 days leading ones like Sykes, to an election, talk radio is getting radio stations the business end of must provide both candidates journalism reforms. with comparable coverage.

Now, months after The interesting the recall, the MAC thing, though, is the is legally challenging message radio execs WISN and WTMJ are sending listeners. in an effort to pull From liberal hosts like their licenses, saying Sly to conservative each gave away ones like Sykes, approximately $1 talk radio is getting million in airtime. A the business end of press release stated journalism reforms. It supporters of Walker seems as though the were given 80 minutes talk radio format is of airtime per day becoming much less from May-June, valued in Wisconsin, whereas supporters although I can’t point of Milwaukee Mayor to exactly why. But Tom Barrett were take notice: With only given about 30 recent events, it’s plain minutes. to see both liberals Specific complaints and conservatives with include shows hosted extreme viewpoints

by Vicki McKenna are being pushed out and Charlie Sykes. of the nest that is talk McKenna frequently radio. refers to liberals on Twitter as “blue fist Taylor Nye (tnye@ thugs,” and she told badgerherald.com) is a The Badger Herald, senior studying human “I make a joke about evolutionary biology, Madison conservatives archaeology and Latin a lot, that we are the American studies. political equivalent of

fact, because the quantity of textbook sold will be the same with or without the price cuts, the University Bookstore would face lower revenues if it decides to lower prices.

Thus, because students’ demand for textbooks is assured, the University Bookstore has no incentive to include textbooks in the sale. Remember, I am talking about maintaining normal prices of textbooks, not raising them. Doing so beyond a certain extent would push some students to alternative sources of textbooks. Thus, it made economic sense for the University Bookstore to not put their books on sale, even if it costs students.

Heikal Badrulhisham (badrulhisham@wisc.edu) is a freshman.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BITCHY A roundup of some of the more thought-provoking (or thoughtless) comments left on badgerherald.com

A roundup of some of the more thought-provoking (or thoughtless) comments left on badgerherald.com

In response to the 11/20 letter to the editor:

In response to the 11/19 column:

AHA promotes empathy, altruism

AHAʼs funding shows segregated feesʼ flaws

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However, if you want religion to stop affecting you, make government smaller--

battered women. … We just wanted to keep quiet and say we were sorry, and maybe they would be less mean to us.”

Sykes, on the other hand, recently decried an “elaborate and longrunning campaign laundering scheme by former leaders of the Wisconsin firefighters union” and has recently published a book titled A Nation of Moochers: America’s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing.

Let’s face it: Talk radio is its own form of media, and whether the hosts are John “Sly” Sylvester or Vicki McKenna, the format is going to get some kooky characters. While I do so appreciate the MAC ensuring the public doesn’t get too big a dose of any one viewpoint, talk radio is the wrong medium to be imposing the will of the FCC for anything less than hateful speech or inciting riots.

Therefore, the demand for textbooks is reliable and predictable. Even without a sale, the textbooks will be sold eventually.

This implies an external source independent of the University Bookstore that is influencing students’ preferences for textbooks.

As a consequence the University Bookstore does not have to depend on lowering prices to augment its sale of textbooks. Even if it does, it will only speed up the sale of textbooks without changing the quantity ultimately sold because students will not buy more textbooks just because they’re cheaper (unless some students plan to resell extra textbooks to people who missed the sale like outsiders or new students in the future). In

government and religion have the same goals, ... and so they work well together. ..when they are bth large.

What llcthecableguy fails to realize is that either government or religion size can be changed without affecting the other. That’s the beauty of having separation of church and state. Note to conservatives: If you cry, “It’s large government’s fault!” enough times, people will stop listening.

There shouldn’t be (any school funding for any activity) -- college is expensive enough without having to subsidize hobbies.

While he may be a raving lunatic in some comments, llcthecableguy has a point in this post. For as much as student activities enhance a college experience, is it worth the cost to every student for them to pay part of the price tag of other students’ hobbies? College is expensive enough as is.

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Sly’s demise: beneficial or harmful?

WTDY’s recent layoff of talk show host John Sylvester is for the best.

Ryan Rainey Editor-in-Chief Media personalities are noted for their egos, and even local journalists are susceptible to an annoying lack of humility.

Talk radio has always been the most attractive outlet for egomaniacs.

Rush Limbaugh, Vicki McKenna (a fellow Hononegah High School graduate!) and Glenn Beck are among the most infamous ultraconservatives who litter the airwaves with baseless accusations and hyperbole.

But in addition to those voices, Madison held, until last week, the distinction of being a robust market for liberal talk radio. This isn’t surprising; the city is full of liberals who are more aggressive than their counterparts in other parts of the state or the nation.

But most of them bypass the shrillness of talk radio in favor of the intelligence of National Public Radio — unsurprising since we boast a highly-educated population because of the University of Wisconsin’s prominence.

John “Sly” Sylvester, the progressive talk show host in Madison who recently learned he had been laid off because of a format change at his home station, WTDY, was not the NPR variety of liberal. Instead, he was the Ed Schultz type — a blustery, incendiary figure whose ego led to a wide belief that he was the spokesperson of the average Madison liberal.

But he never was.

Sly was, in short, a progressive response to McKenna. His tirades were sometimes warranted, and he often committed acts of

journalism, most notably when his interviews with Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, sent Hulsey dizzily looking for the nearest exit from the studio. But at his core, Sly was always a little bit of an oddball in the media community here. Most Madison liberals I know are happy to listen to Wisconsin Public Radio and end their night with a glass of red wine and some Mozart on the classical station, giving them their solid dose of elite fulfillment.

Sly presented a threat to liberals because he had the potential to be just as alienating as his peers on the right, and the liberal elite loves to see itself as the most informed, intelligent constituency in America.

But he did represent an important constituency that the red wine, Mozart liberals sometimes ignore: the working Wisconsinite.

Sly deserves criticism for the egocentric broadcasting habits that have plagued the right and are beginning to plague the left. But his commentary resonated with a certain swath of liberals whose voices need to be heard by the party’s leadership.

WTDY’s decision to change its format has been described by some as a tragedy in local news.

Madison, however, was already oversaturated with local news providers in all forms of media. And while no layoff is a good layoff, Sly shouldn’t be canonized as a hero of the Wisconsin left.

He should provide Madison with a cautionary tale. Unless, of course, WIBA decides to hire him as a lead-in to Vicki McKenna’s program.

Wouldn’t that be special?

Ryan Rainey (rrainey@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and Latin American studies.

Sylvester provided a necessary voice in the public speech forum. voices like Sly’s, every day, citizens are forced to have an opinion. If you’re confronted with an extreme view that aligns with your political leaning, you’ll either say “That was too harsh” or “That wasn’t Reginald Young extreme enough!” Yet, if Editorial Page Editor you’re confronted with an extreme view that opposes Recently, news talk radio your political views, you’ll station WTDY underwent react with either, “He’s some pretty significant wrong because X, Y and Z” changes. While firing news or, “There was some merit staff was definitely a big to that argument.” Either move, the most worrisome way, you’re forced to think step WTDY undertook was about your own views. firing John “Sly” Sylvester.

This is why voices Sly, known for his “Sly in like Sly’s should not be the Morning” slot, was cut loose at any cost. Sly noted for his caustic onprovided strong opinions air style and, among other and a harsh style that views, his support of the was conducive to sorting Capitol through the protests last cesspool fall.

He may not have of tepid The In been accurate or arguments. changes an open political fair in everything marketplace have been considered he said, but that of ideas, there part of a is not sufficient to will, obviously, move to a be a myriad of justify losing his opinions. But new format, voice. Even fiscal the opinions though that new format pressure on WTDY with the has not merit shouldn’t justify strongest been made will be the ones silencing Sly. that survive. Sly explicit.

There is served this exact undeniable purpose. pressure on media Love him or hate right now to change him, he added to the their current operating competitiveness of political models, affecting even ideas. Conservatives, on The Badger Herald. Print a national level, have talk and broadcast media are show hosts Glenn Beck in flux, so it makes sense and Rush Limbaugh.

WTDY would adapt in Wisconsin had John order to survive.

Sylvester. He may not have However, this loss of been accurate or fair in Sly’s voice is nothing but everything he said, but that detrimental. is not sufficient to justify You may not agree with losing his voice. Even his views or style, but fiscal pressure on WTDY he is part of the political shouldn’t justify silencing marketplace of ideas.

Sly. He fills, or rather filled, He served a great the same role hosts like purpose in the marketplace Rush Limbaugh fill. Sly of ideas. Without him, the was there to promote Madison political speech discourse. He provided forum will be regrettably views that forced opinions less competitive. out of people.

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Innuendos, free associations in new board games ArtsEtc. test drives ‘What’s Yours Like,’ ‘5 Second Rule’ just in time for Christmas Cole Meyer ArtsEtc. Reporter With Christmas coming up, we here at ArtsEtc. were sent a few board games to play with to consider for the holiday gift guide we don’t write. We thought it would be fun to assign a not-quiteG-rated game play session to one of our writers. Below is what happened when we gave one writer two games and two weeks.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the chance to play a few new games from Patch. When I found out that Patch also distributes the Jeff Foxworthysponsored “You Might Be a Redneck if …” board game as well, I was a little

skeptical.

Unfortunately, my skepticism didn’t waver much.

First up was the game, “5 Second Rule.” It’s simple enough. The person to your right reads a category, and you have five seconds to list three things that fall under that category.

However, the categories range from incredibly easy, such as colors, flowers and car brands, to incredibly challenging, like ACC, SEC or Big 12 Universities. You would think maybe there would be a color scheme, or some sort of pattern that would indicate easy categories versus hard, but there isn’t. Or at least there doesn’t seem to be.

The first time we tried to play through this game, we could only get about halfway around the circle before everyone lost interest. This isn’t a game you would want to play if your friends are distracted or have the TV on

in the background.

A rule that I found major fault in is the “win by default” rule. Basically, when you can’t guess three things, the question gets passed to your left. The person to your left, however, cannot guess any of the things that you listed. This sometimes makes it very difficult for other people to come up with three things. Once the question makes it all the way around the circle, the first person it was asked to wins a point by default. Essentially, you could play the entire game with never getting a question right and still win.

The second time we played through it, it was much more enjoyable, which brings a little life back into the game. This time, there was a smaller, more focused group. Even so, interest was lost fairly shortly, as we resorted to sorting through the cards to pick out the impossible ones.

If you have an hour or so to kill and you have legitimately nothing else to do, this game may be beneficial for you; otherwise there are probably other options.

The second game I played was, “What’s Yours Like?” This game utilizes innuendos to get the person in the “Hot Seat” to guess the clue. For instance, if the clue was “My Car,” you might say, “Mine is dirty;” “Mine gets out a lot;” “Mine is hot.”

The person in the “Hot Seat” can ask as many players as he wants and guess as many times as he wants, but the more times he asks for hints, the more points he gets; the winner is the player with the least amount of points. The player who is very good at this game is the player who can block out the dirty answers their mind is leading them toward and think critically.

We actually had a blast playing this game through the first time. Sometimes, the answer was quite obvious. For example, the clue was “ears,” and the hint was, “Mine are not pierced.” That was guess pretty quickly. However, some clues could take quite a while before they were guessed. One in particular, “favorite TV show,” was never actually correctly guessed. On the first hint, “Mine is trashy,” the hint giver’s boyfriend was in the “Hot Seat” and replied with his answer, “face.” This went over well with the group.

The second time I played, this game had quite a different result. It was Thanksgiving with my family. Thankfully, they didn’t entirely understand the concept of the game, and it ended up becoming an awkward backward 20-question type game, where instead of relying

on innuendos, they just described the item in question. One time, however, the clue was “bedroom,” and my mother responded with, “Hot,” to which my aunt whistled out in agreement.

I’m still not quite sure in what way they meant that, but I’d rather not think about it. My family had great fun with this game, even if they did not play it how it was intended. But if you’re enjoying yourself, that’s all the really matters.

In the end, both games are not games that I would recommend to the avid board game player. However, if you have a focused group of individuals, some time to spare and some cash lying around that you’re not using (although the $25 could probably be used in a different way to entertain yourself on a weekend night), go out and pick up Patch’s “5 Second Rule” or “What’s Yours Like?”

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Channel TV’s stylish starlets Emma Austin Timelessly Trendy Columnist If you’re anything like me, you spent a majority of your Thanksgiving break catching up on all your favorite TV shows. Now, I might be the only one, but I often find myself watching a show and wishing I lived in it, simply to have that wardrobe. Think about it — what would you give to have Blair Waldorf, Betty Draper or Cersei Lannister’s wardrobe? Well, for a few of those it might help if you actually lived in that same decade, but let’s try to incorporate some of what makes them fabulous into your day-to-day look.

Let’s start with “Mad Men.” How awesome would it be if we could go back to the ‘60s and re-live that era of classy and elegant style? And the big, perfectly-coiffed hair! The women’s clothing in “Mad Men,” although conservative, exudes a sexiness that isn’t often seen today.

Shift dresses from this era tended to have higher necklines but emphasized the hips. Dresses like these are in style these days, and I say wear them! I’m all for outfits that aren’t too tight or too low-cut but still manage to show off your “assets.” Find dresses with rich, deep hues and you’ll look like you just stepped off the screen. And you’d be hard-pressed to find a female character on “Mad Men” not strutting her stuff in heels. There isn’t much more feminine than a beautiful pair of stiletto heels, so find some comfortable ones and embrace them!

For help on your “Mad Men” transformation, Banana Republic has created numerous collections based on the smash hit show.

While the store’s pieces are often a bit out of a college student’s budget, look to it for inspiration. Many of its models have their hair swept up in elegant, voluminous up-dos, which are a classic, elegant look for a more professional occasion.

Fast forward forty-some years, and take a trip to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the home of Blair Waldorf and the rest of the Gossip Girls.

The characters of “Gossip Girl” are all about high fashion, couture and designer labels, but you don’t have to have their wallets to replicate their fashion sense. For Blair and Serena, it’s not just about the skirt and top. The outfit encompasses everything from the hairstyle, to makeup, to jewelry, shoes and everything in between.

But to truly channel a “Gossip Girl” character, aside from your fabulous wardrobe,

find that one token accessory that people will associate with you right away. It could be a bag, a bracelet, whatever. It seems insignificant, but trust me, people will notice and actually remember.

It’s getting colder, and if you know anything about the Gossip Girls, you know winter doesn’t just mean black coats and other outerwear. Don’t let the dreadful weather dull your fashion color palate. Find a warm wool coat in a vibrant, rich color and don’t be afraid to wear it with anything.

Green, yellow, pink … you’ll make a fabulous statement walking down State Street.

Blair might have an unrealistic collection of stellar handbags, but if you can find just one unique, bold bag that can be worn with anything, you’ll be set. Satchel bags are a classic staple that you will never regret. If you’re feeling brave, don’t choose a neutral.

Choose purple or blue! Gossip Girls don’t blend in, nor do they want to.

One final note regarding “Gossip Girl” fashion: Don’t ever be afraid of lots of accessories (this goes for hair accessories, too). How do you pull it off? Confidence. That’s all it takes.

Now let’s draw a little inspiration from “Game of Thrones.” Medieval times, you ask? How in the world can you make that modern? Well, my friends, that’s what I’m here for.

Many of the dresses and costumes used in the show are of deep and rich hues, such as dark reds and golds.

These colors are perfect to incorporate into a late fall/ winter wardrobe. The warmth of these tones can really make your look seem expensive and high fashion, even if it isn’t.

Contrast these feminine colors with jewelry with more of an edge. Hard, distressed metals provide a balance for your look and are almost always on trend. Bangles, pendants and rings are just some of your options there.

For an even more historically consistent accessory, try a brooch. They aren’t just for your great aunt anymore.

Fur is another way to give your wardrobe a medievalinspired touch. Choosing a coat or sweater with a fur trim is one way to go. Or even a furry bag. Have fun with it!

“Game of Thrones” is also known for its characters decked out in armor and military gear. Who says it’s only for guys? Armor-inspired jackets are really unique (and kind of badass) and can go with almost anything.

All kinds of designers are taking inspiration from HBO’s major hit, and I think you should too. But enough from me — it’s time to get back to my shows. And it’s time for you to shop.

Emma Ausin is a senior majoring in journalism. Send her your opinions or questions on at eaustin2@wisc.edu.

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‘Twilight’s’ Cullen family (Kristin Stewart as Bella, Mackenzie Foy as Renesmee and Robert Pattison as Edward) prepare for battle in saga’s final film.

‘Breaking Dawn:’ Twi-hards’ last stand Final installment of the ‘Twilight’ saga either massive disappointment or fitting end Emma Austin ArtsEtc. Reporter Did you hear that?

The collective, relieved whisper, “Finally!” from a majority of the population? It’s because we will never again have to deal with the crazed Twilight fans eagerly anticipating the release of another installment. We’re done. Cue the cheers and applause.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 was finally released to box office numbers larger than most movies can dream about, sitting pretty with over $140 million made in the opening weekend alone.

“Part 2” picks up exactly where “Part 1” left off, with Bella Cullen (Kristen Stewart, “Snow White and the Huntsman”) awaking to discover her new vampire self. With bright red eyes and a seemingly leaner physique, she hunts and shows restraint as a strong, bloodthirsty newborn. Then she meets her half-vampire, halfhuman baby, Renesmee, who is growing and maturing at a shockingly fast rate: The baby has teeth and is barely a week old. Bella also discovers that her best friend (and former love) Jacob (Taylor Lautner, “Abduction”) has “imprinted” on her new baby daughter, meaning he will be connected to the family for pretty much the rest of time.

Then, one of the scenes fans have been waiting for, the sex

scene between Bella and husband Edward (Robert Pattinson, “Cosmopolis”).

The literature describes vampire sex as unlike anything humans could ever experience, but the scene itself leaves viewers confused. Realizing the age of its fan base, the film seemed to brush over it too quickly, seeing it as a necessary evil instead of a crucial plot point.

After that letdown, a fellow vampire catches a glimpse of Renesmee, wrongly believing she is an “immortal child,” the creation of which is one of the highest and deadliest crimes in the vampire world.

The vampire police/law enforcement/ royal family, the Volturi, step in and plan to travel and find the Cullens to punish them for what they have done.

To prepare for what could escalate into a major brawl, the Cullens assemble all of their vampire friends and acquaintances, to stand in as witnesses and to take a stand against the Volturi and prove Renesmee is not what they think she is.

The addition of the new vampires is probably the most fun part of the whole movie, as vampires from Ireland, Egypt, Russia and even the Amazon gather, bringing color to the dreary and boring landscape of Forks.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2 does something most movies have no chance of ever doing: It may be better than the book from

which it was written.

Granted, “Breaking Dawn” isn’t high-quality literature by any means, but in the film there is a change from the story, which brings the excitement, surprise and suspense the novel never had.

If you’ve ever read “Breaking Dawn,” you’ll probably recognize the second half of the book is dull and anticlimactic.

There is a huge build to a fight that never happens.

You finish thinking you spent all of that time reading for no reason.

While the plot in the movie isn’t riveting by any means, it is better than the book.

As for the film itself, there are quite a few things that are not surprising and even expected.

Kristen Stewart’s acting skills haven’t much improved and her emotional range proved narrower than ever. For a mother and wife threatened to lose her life and everyone she loves, she doesn’t act very upset, ever. Rosalie (Nikki Reed, “Thirteen”) and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone, TV’s “Aim High”), although likely paid hefty sums to reprise their roles, utter maybe one line each.

They just stand there and don’t look nearly as pretty as their counterparts in the book series. But this standing around and staring at each other is one of the most common themes of this film.

The special effects are downright sad. In today’s

film industry, the feats moviemakers can achieve are incredible. For the money these films rake in, more money could definitely have been spent making the werewolves and rapidly-aging baby seem believable.

But there are a few surprises. Taylor Lautner is only shirtless once or twice, for just a few seconds — you would think for the grand finale they would have him naked the entire time.

The little girl playing the role of Bella and Edward’s daughter, Mackenzie Foy (when not altered by “special effects”) looks just like the daughter of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson would be expected to look like; she might even be a better actress than her movie mom. Speaking of better acting, Michael Sheen (“Midnight in Paris”), as Volturi leader Aro is devilishly entertaining, clearly enjoying his role and playing it as well as he always does.

There are two ways to look at Breaking Dawn — Part 2: It is either a fitting finale for a mediocreat-best franchise and a good way to leave the story with the fans, or it’s just another boring and strange movie with sad acting and horrible special effects. Whichever you take it as, you can safely say, see ya later, Twi-hards.

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Weekend sweep leaves Badgers, Eaves bewildered Wisconsin falls 4-2 in back-to-back defeats against Minnesota State at Kohl Center Kelly Erickson Senior Sports Writer Location: somewhere just above rock bottom.

Population: the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.

In only their second home series of the season, the Badgers (1-7-2, 1-5-2 WCHA) were swept once again in the recently less-than-friendly confines of the Kohl Center, this time at the hands of Minnesota State (5-5-2, 3-50) in a pair of 4-2 decisions.

“Nobody’s quitting on anyone,” said sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe.

“Obviously we didn’t see the start of the season coming.

We’re going right into the wind like we’ve been saying all year.”

On Saturday, Wisconsin looked strong and had the look of a team that could very well get its second win of the season. But with a chip shot from point-blank range

PHILLIPS, from 8 let the ball go, the stadium seemingly stood still, but it was the Badgers’ sideline that exploded in celebration, as Phillips connected with little-used wide receiver Jeff Duckworth for the score.

It was a play, Bielema said, the team practiced to use for two-point conversions. But with the game on the line on fourth down, the Badgers had no choice but to burn it, as the team went for the extra point after the score rather than for the two-point conversion for a chance to win the game.

“That [touchdown play] was exactly what we would have called on the two-point play,” Bielema said.

The play was designed to find tailback Montee Ball out in the flat with Duckworth setting a pick on the route, but when a Nittany Lions defensive back fought through Duckworth, Phillips threw the ball low to his receiver. “(Duckworth) did a great job of going down and getting it,” Phillips said.

THRILLER, from 8 review ruled the redshirt junior bobbled the ball on his way down and forced the home squad to settle for a field goal.

Wisconsin’s offense failed to answer, logging four consecutive threeand-outs, and Penn State capitalized with another Ficken field goal. After that, a 41-yard touchdown pass

from freshman forward Bryce Gervais 15 minutes, 10 seconds into the first period, the Mavericks took a 3-1 lead heading into the first intermission.

At the start of the second period, UW head coach Mike Eaves replaced sophomore goaltender Joel Rumpel with Landon Peterson, who started Friday night.

Peterson only let in one goal through the remainder of the game, but the damage was already done.

The Badgers did get one back quickly in the second as junior forward Michael Mersch tipped in a Jake McCabe rocket from the blue line for his team-leading eighth goal of the season.

Mersch also netted the Badgers’ first goal of Friday’s game on the third rebound of a shot 3:22 into the first period. Of Wisconsin’s 18 goals this season, Mersch has almost half of them with eight.

“He’s been getting a lot of goals for us so it’d be hard to say,” said senior defenseman John Ramage of where this team would be without Mersch. “Right now we’re still 1-7-2; maybe we wouldn’t

Phillips fought through several forms of adversity leading up to the late scoring drive, including multiple drops from his wide receivers, a fourth quarter interception and shoddy pass protection from his offensive line as the game progressed.

It seemed every time the quarterback ran a designed rollout for a pass play, a Penn State linebacker or defensive lineman was waiting to lay a lick on the fifth-year senior, forcing early throws that were still on target.

“It’s really frustrating,” Phillips said of the game’s outcome. “The two minute (drive), that’s exactly how we practiced it and we didn’t finish in overtime.”

“I don’t really know exactly why or what it is, but we just have to learn from it and make sure we take it going forward because we have huge games still in front of us.”

McGloin thrives with lack of Wisconsin pass rush Phillips’ counterpart, Penn State senior

to speedy tight end Jesse James handed the Nittany

“We’ve been in positions to win them and we just haven’t done it.”

Curt Phillips Quarterback Lions their first lead of the

During the third period, trailing 3-2, Wisconsin was controlling the puck and fired off several shots on net.

Williams was on his back on the left side of the crease after making a few saves when junior forward Tyler Barnes had the opportunity for the tying goal. The puck sat still on the right side of the crease inches from the goal line, and Barnes simply had to chip it up and into the net. Instead, Williams threw his glove hand over just in time to block the shot, making an improbable save.

The shot, inches from the goal line, became the mark of the weekend: so many shots, yet no goals.

“There is no doubt there is frustration on the boys’ part, because they are disappointed in not getting rewarded for their efforts,” Eaves said. “Their mindset as a human being is, ‘I work hard therefore I will be rewarded with a win.’ That is an athlete’s mindset. We are not being rewarded right now with goals and/or wins.

It is how you channel that frustration. To your point, it is how we channel that frustration that becomes

have that win.”

Despite the loss, the Badgers seemed positive after the game, showing few signs of frustration.

They still have yet to win at home this season and have faced their fair share of bad luck as well, but Eaves maintained that righting their ship will take some time. And according to the UW head coach, it already started to turn around after Saturday night’s performance.

“When you get in these funks, it is like turning a freightliner in the middle of the ocean,” Eaves said. “You don’t turn it on a dime. You have to bring it around in a circle. With the effort that the boys made tonight, they started to make that thing turn. That is the thing we wanted them to leave the rink with tonight.”

Wisconsin peppered Minnesota State freshman goaltender Stephon Williams with shots with a total of 69 throughout the series.

But Williams made 65 saves on the weekend, one of which seemed to epitomize both UW’s and Williams’ weekend.

quarterback Matt McGloin, was stellar in his final collegiate game, completing 19 of his 27 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown.

But what made the real difference in the tale of two quarterbacks was the amount of time the Penn State offensive line bought for McGloin, who routinely sat in the pocket for three to five seconds and waited for his receivers to either beat a Wisconsin defe snder in man coverage or slip into open holes on zone coverage.

While McGloin was sacked twice, the quarterback was shifty in the first half, escaping a sure David Gilbert sack and constantly extending the play by rolling away from pressure, completing some impressive sideline throws in the process.

McGloin was one of many Penn State players who elected to stay with the program in the wake of crippling sanctions against the football program. The Nittany Lions’ quarterback appears to have benefitted from the tutoring and

coaching of first-year head coach Bill O’Brien, whose résumé includes time in the NFL coaching the Patriots’ Tom Brady.

The Wisconsin defensive players took notice of the marked improvement of McGloin in just one season, as the quarterback threw for just 97 yards on 9 for 17 passing the last time he faced the Badgers at Camp Randall in 2011.

McGloin went 5 for 12 through the air on third down and converted his only passing try on fourth down Saturday evening, connecting with tight end Jesse James for a critical 41yard touchdown to put the Nittany Lions up 21-14 early in the fourth quarter.

“He’s 180 degrees different,” said Wisconsin defensive end Brendan Kelly, who registered four tackles and a sack at Beaver Stadium. “He’s really had a great turnaround. … He’s done a fantastic job. He’s a good football player; I think he’s a really smart kid and they know how to use his abilities to the fullest.”

game.

From there, it was déjà vu.

“You can sit here all day [and play out] ‘what ifs,’ but the biggest thing is not putting ourselves in situations where we can have ‘what ifs,’” defensive end Brendan Kelly said. “I think we have to do a better job of finishing and just having more urgency about our finish in the future.”

energy for us.”

UW off-kilter in seriesopening loss While Wisconsin looked solid Saturday despite the loss, Friday was a different story. After a tough week of practice, UW came out in the first period of the series and fell completely flat.

Mersch’s first period goal was one of the few instances where the Badgers actually looked like the home team in the opening 20 minutes.

“I’m going to have to go back and talk to Jim Snider and see if we had turkey again for pregame because it looked like we had too much tryptophan in our bodies,” Eaves said Friday night. “I looked to [Gary Shuchuk] on the bench and I said, ‘Who are these guys?’ I mean, you watched us practice this week, we competed hard; we had good pace.”

Despite a slow start, the Badgers entered the third period tied 2-2. The Mavericks got an early power play off a boarding call, which sent junior defenseman Chase Drake to the penalty box. Only 38 seconds into the power play,

KORGER, from 8 few men put the interests of themselves and their public image over the innocence and protection of victimized children.

But the healing process began three months ago when the team took the field at Beaver Stadium for the first time this year against Ohio. And although the bumps and bruises during the transition from the Paterno era to that of O’Brien had its bumps and bruises, the success of a team that opened the season at 0-2 (losing to Ohio and Virginia) is evidence enough that Penn State fans can once again feel proud to represent the football program.

Just as has been the case for the Penn State football team in multiple games this season, the game wasn’t decided until the very end.

Wisconsin’s Curt Phillips denied the Nittany Lions a chance for the storybook ending on Senior Day by orchestrating a last-minute touchdown to send the

MSU senior forward Eriah Hayes sent in a wrist shot from the slot for a 3-2 lead.

It was the Mavericks’ lone power play goal of the game, but Hayes would pick up two more Saturday night.

With 45 seconds left in the game, the Mavericks scored an empty-netter to seal the win.

After the loss — their sixth of the season at the time — the Badgers were searching for answers. Senior forward Ryan Little didn’t sugarcoat anything about how the team was feeling and was admittedly puzzled by the season’s early turn of events.

“We’re all over the map,” Little said. “ … I can’t put my finger on it. I know it’s extremely cliché and we keep saying that we have to go back to work, back to work and keep repeating ourselves. But that’s literally our only option right now.

“I know no one in that room is going to give up, the coaching staff’s not going to give up, the leadership group’s not going to give up.

That’s our only option right now. We’re pretty close to rock bottom and we’ve got to dig our way out.”

game into overtime.

But as luck — or maybe fate — would have it, Wisconsin kicker Kyle French’s attempt in overtime sailed wide right as the Penn State sideline took to the field as many raw, pent-up emotions from a year filled with turmoil poured out of players and coaches alike.

I’ve heard extraordinary men are born out of extraordinary circumstances. As the final whistle blew Saturday night in Happy Valley, 31 men walked off of the collegiate field of play for the final time in their careers, victorious and extraordinary in their own right.

Nick is a fifth-year senior majoring in history and English. Catch Nick on WSUM’s “The Badger Herald Sports Hour” every Sunday from 4-5 p.m. and “The Student Section” every Monday from 4-6 p.m. Have a thought on the column?

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UW drops OT thriller to PSU 24-21 Nittany Lions ride Zwinak’s 179 rushing yards to emotional Senior Day victory Ian McCue Sports Editor STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — With two overtime losses in its last three games, Wisconsin’s lone overtime series Saturday evening at Beaver Stadium followed an all-too-familiar path.

It all came tumbling down when defensive end Sean Stanley climbed through the Badgers’ offensive line to sack quarterback Curt Phillips on the second play of the drive and the UW offense stalled before Kyle French sent a 44-yard field goal wide left. And that missed try from the beleaguered kicker was enough for Penn State (8-4, 6-2 Big Ten) to end an emotional Senior Day with a 24-21 win over Wisconsin (7-5, 4-4).

“I felt like I hit it really well actually,” French said.

“All day I was hitting it very well, and when I looked up the ball was just to the left of the upright and I saw it slowly sailing back and I thought it actually had a pretty legit shot at going in.”

The Badger defense held the Nittany Lions to a Sam Ficken field goal on the opening possession of the extra period. But senior tailback Montee Ball appeared to have a clear path to the end zone and the game-winning score on the second play of the drive until PSU defensive tackle Jordan Hill jumped into the gap and flattened Ball after a 1-yard gain.

Hill — who proved a constant menace to Phillips, logging two sacks, three tackles for a loss and 12 total tackles — made what UW head coach Bret Bielema described as an “unbelievable play.”

“I thought I was gone,” Ball said of the play. “Eyes got really big, but we knew what [Hill] was capable of doing and he made a great play.”

After a dominant second half from Penn State in which senior quarterback Matt McGloin threw for 153 of the 200 yards he finished with, it took another late drive form Phillips to even force extra time. For the second time in as many games, the fifth-year senior led the Badgers to the game-tying score, this one covering 66 yards to tie the game with 18 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.

With flurries pouring down over a raucous Beaver Stadium crowd, Phillips rolled right before finding a diving Jeff Duckworth in the front of the end zone to knot things up at 21.

But for the third time in four games — the two previous overtime losses coming against Michigan State and Ohio State — the late drive proved fruitless. Both Bielema and UW players seemed at a loss for words for what left them with a string of painstakingly close losses.

“It’s incredibly disappointing,” Phillips said. “We’ve been in positions to win them and we just haven’t done it. We have to figure out what this is that’s holding us back from finishing them and learn from it.”

Wisconsin’s offense opened its regular season

finale with a renewed spring in its step, as Phillips hit redshirt freshman running back Melvin Gordon along the right sideline for a 57-yard touchdown pass less than two minutes into the game. Penn State answered quickly behind the physical, intelligent running of 6-foot-1 redshirt sophomore running back Zach Zwinak.

Zwinak found plenty of room in the middle of the Badgers’ defensive line and powered his way through defenders for extra yards to finish with a career-high 179 yards on 36 carries.

Wisconsin’s second score came in historic fashion, as Ball handled a toss to the right side before tiptoeing his way along the right sideline and into the end zone to earn his 79th career touchdown and making him the NCAA’s all-time career touchdown leader.

The momentum from the senior running back’s historic tromp into the end zone, along with strong play from a Badger secondary that limited McGloin and co. to 47 yards through the air in the first half, made it appear UW was on pace for its first win in two weeks. But Ball’s yards per carry dropped from 6.5 in the opening half to 4.1 by game’s end as Wisconsin’s offensive momentum came to a screeching halt in the third quarter.

“We were able to get on the perimeter with some edges and then they started widening their technique, started playing outside in and we never really got back on rhythm with that,” Bielema said of Penn State’s defensive adjustments. “I thought there were quite a few critical third-down

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Redshirt sophomore Kyle French (94) missed a 44-yard attempt in overtime Saturday, ending Wisconsin’s regular season with a 7-5 record. drops where we had some guys that were open in that stretch.”

Those adjustments from the Penn State defense — a unit playing without senior middle linebacker and

emotional leader Michael Mauti — limited the Badgers to 38 yards on the ground in the second half.

The Nittany Lions appeared to tie things up at 14 after McGloin launched

a pass into the hands of wide receiver Brandon Moseby-Felder in the back of the end zone early in the third quarter. But an official

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SIDEBAR

Phillips, McGloin make separate marks Saturday Badgers’ senior QB on losing end after another late gametying touchdown Nick Korger Sports Content Editor STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For the second straight week, the Wisconsin offense stalled in the second half. And for the second straight week, senior quarterback Curt Phillips brought the Badgers back from the brink of defeat in the final seconds to force overtime Saturday.

Getting the ball back with Andy Fate The Badger Herald three minutes, 51 seconds Forced to open up the passing game as Penn State clogged up the run, Phillips finished 12 of 25 for 191 yards and two touchdowns. left in the game and his

team down seven, Phillips orchestrated a 66-yard scoring drive to tie the game at 21 after UW previously gained just 83 yards in the half.

Even though Wisconsin (75, 4-4 Big Ten) lost the game 24-21 in overtime to Penn State (8-4, 6-2) at Beaver Stadium, Phillips continued to show grit in the most critical moment for the Badgers.

Phillips’ final line was not statistically impressive — 12 of 25 through the air for 191 yards, two touchdowns and an interception — but when it mattered most, Phillips was clutch, completing six of his seven passes for 54 yards and the game-tying score on the fourth quarter drive. “[The drive showed] what kind of person he is,” said

Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema. “He got his tail knocked off a couple times today but bounced back every time.”

It was a drive full of tense moments, including a firstand-10 play where Phillips was sacked by star Penn State defensive tackle Jordan Hill, who harassed the Badgers’ signal-caller and the Wisconsin backfield all game with 12 tackles, two sacks and three tackles for a loss.

But the crown jewel of the drive came on its final play.

On a fourth-and-goal with just 23 seconds left and the ball on the 4-yard line, Phillips took the snap and rolled right. As the Wisconsin quarterback

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Penn State seniors hold together season for embattled program

Nick Korger Korger’s Korger It felt pretty incredible to be present for Penn State’s final home game of the season Saturday. And that feeling had nothing to do with the Wisconsin football team I’ve been covering for The Badger Herald.

For this Nittany Lion program, the past 12 months have been a whirlwind of scarring reports and trying emotions. The Jerry Sandusky scandal, the firing and death of legendary coach Joe Paterno, the removal

of Paterno’s bronze statue, a new coach, a long list of sanctions — it seemed to many that this Penn State program would fold into oblivion.

But new head coach Bill O’Brien and a group of 31 Nittany Lions seniors stood by the program and transformed 2012 into a year that was inducted into the Ring of Honor adorning Beaver Stadium, an exclusive club reserved only for the most successful of Penn State teams.

For a team that finished the year 8-4 and failed to win its division, let alone qualify for postseason play, 2012 was perhaps the most successful of any season for PSU since Joe Paterno led the program to its last undefeated season in 1994. Why? Because when things

could have gone so wrong, this Penn State football team found a way to make it so right.

When the NCAA handed down a four-year postseason ban on the football program and allowed all current Penn State players to transfer anywhere without sitting out the usual mandatory one-year period, players like standout running back Silas Redd and a plethora of others decided the situation at the school they originally chose was too bleak to stay.

But, seniors like fullback Michael Zordich, defensive tackle Jordan Hill, quarterback Matt McGloin and linebackers Gerald Hodges and Michael Mauti decided to stay. In the process, that group became the face of Penn State with its eloquence and grace in

representing its university in the toughest of times.

The group of starters and other seniors decided to put program over self, pride in its school and the duty of aiding in the healing of a downtrodden and disillusioned fanbase over the chance to compete in a bowl game.

While the sacrifice was the same for each player on the Penn State roster who elected to stay, it was effectively the seniors who became a representation of the best the program had to offer.

How big was that representation? When Mauti’s injury kept him out of his final game as a senior Saturday, the team put his jersey number — 42 — on each side of its helmets. Fellow senior

linebacker Hodges wore his jersey number to honor his teammate, who suffered a season-ending knee injury last week against Indiana.

The feelings of respect, honor and adoration of the legacy of this senior class were manifested in the parking lot before the game. Feeling the atmosphere that surrounded the tailgate and talking to a handful of Penn State fans confirmed a sentiment of deep appreciation for this year’s senior class. People talked about how the group made them proud to wear their Penn State colors again, about how the group represented what was best about the university at a time when its image was in worse shape than ever before.

But Penn State is still far from out of the woods.

While the football program lost 10 scholarships initially this season to comply with NCAA sanctions, it still has to reduce 10 more over the next four years, crippling the team’s depth from the usual 85 scholarships.

Along with three more years of a postseason ban, O’Brien will be pressed to maintain the talent and depth of past teams. But, with the success in the wake of a potential disaster season and with a strong résumé of offensive success to his name, O’Brien may be able to make these so-called downyears for the Nittany Lions a little less painful.

What occurred at Penn State should never be forgotten. It was a lack of institutional control where a

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