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Ward explains out-of-state changes Faculty Senate addresses influx in freshman class, gives updates on “College of the Arts” Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor Out-of-state admissions and the developing proposal for a College for the Arts that would merge together departments from different colleges within the university were highlighted at a meeting of the Faculty Senate Monday night.

University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward addressed FS members regarding the issue of a slight excess of out-of-state students in the incoming freshman class.

Ward said numbers are slightly more than the UW policy, which has stated only 25 percent of students can be from outside of the state. He said this created a

discussion with the Office of Admissions and the Board of Regents that suggested UW is one of the only institutions in the Big Ten with restrictions on out-ofstate enrollment.

As a result, the limit of 25 percent was raised to 27.5 percent, Ward said.

Due to the size of high school classes, Ward said the number of entering UW freshmen are declining.

According to Ward, admissions will therefore benefit from an increased allotment of out-of-state students because it provides for more flexibility.

Ward said the out-of-state to in-state proportion must be carefully considered from a revenue point of

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University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward announced a recent policy change that allows 27.5 percent of students from outside Wisconsin, rather than 25 percent.

Greeks against Langdon building demolition Plan Commission passes plan to tear down historic site despite contention Stephanie Awe Herald Contributor

A historic residential building has one last chance at survival from demolition after a city committee voted to pass a development proposal on the 200 block of Langdon Street.

The Plan Commission unanimously passed recommendations to the City Council to demolish

the Theta Chi fraternity house, consisting of 33 bedrooms on 210 Langdon St., and voted in a 5-3 vote in favor of the demolition of three apartment complexes to build an 84unit waterfront apartment building in their place at 619-625 N. Henry St., 140 and 145 Iota Ct. and 148-150

Langdon St. The City Council will likely take up the proposal at their next meeting tonight.

Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, and commission member Anna Andrzejewski were among those who opposed the proposed demolition.

“If we’re going to take away the existing buildings, then the standards are set really high,” Rummel said. “I don’t know if it’s there yet, I won’t be supporting it.”

Randy Bruce of Knothe & Bruce Architects LLC said he worked to comply with concerns of fitting the proposed residence into the

historical neighborhood and maintain its “rhythm.”

Bruce said the extra square footage included a courtyard, and the extra height of the Iota Ct. complex would be disguised by other elements of the building.

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MPD, UWPD react to May 4 proposals Police think original block party attracts excessive drinking, support new event Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor

Resume ready Students gather to seek employment opportunities from over 175 employers at the Spring Career and Internship Fair TJ Pyzyk The Badger Herald

The University of Wisconsin Police Department and the Madison Police Department each voiced their support for a student organized event at Union South held the same day as the traditional Mifflin Street Block Party.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said MPD Chief Noble Wray supports ending the block party as it

has been for the last several decades. He said Wray is interested in either ending Mifflin completely or changing the venue so the event is not alcohol-fixated.

“We don’t want to see that party take place again this year,” DeSpain said. “We’re hoping there is an alternative party.”

DeSpain said he is not sure there will be a Mifflin Street Block Party and he hopes there is not a party. He said Wray has said on record he does not want to see the event take place again.

Wray wants to see it cease altogether or move to a safer venue where people can

gather and participate in activities that do not revolve around alcohol, DeSpain said.

UWPD Sgt. Aaron Chapin said UWPD would police an alternate Mifflin party by assessing what the security need is for the event, and staff it based on how many people are expected to attend.

He said attendance is estimated between 5,000 and 6,000 people.

Chapin said if MPD needed UWPD’s assistance at the original Mifflin event, they would contact UWPD and request aid. He said if the request is made,

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Alderman gives updates on INSIDE city efforts for safe campus Noah Goetzel Higher Education Editor Despite recent setbacks for downtown safety, a local alder told a student government committee that the city is continuing to attempt high standards of safety in the campus area.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, told Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Committee that City Council has worked to advance various initiatives benefitting University of Wisconsin students regarding safety, housing and alcohol policies.

Resnick said after the shooting on the 600 block of University Avenue in May, the

city spent $50,000 to enforce additional overtime policing throughout the summer and installed more security cameras and light fixtures to maintain an adequate degree of safety on campus.

“It changed my entire perspective on campus safety,” Resnick said, adding he was relieved no UW students were involved or targeted in the gunfire. “UW students, for the most part, are very safe on this campus, but it’s the city responsibility to make sure offcampus is also safe.”

Legislative Affairs Chair Dan Statter said there is always room for debate on whether the city does enough to promote campus safety. He added two of

the three individuals involved in the shooting would not have been caught had it not been for the city’s installation of security cameras around campus and other efforts.

“As horrible of an issue that it was, I am satisfied, and I believe most students can say that they feel safe on campus,” he said.

Statter said the council’s work regarding campus safety has exceeded expectations.

He said Resnick and others have been proactive in providing pedestrian lighting, increasing hours for patrol officers and widening the roaming range of taxi drivers to scope out violent acts.

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GOP introduces new Mining Bill Republicans hope to appeal to broader audience, address long-term environmental consequences Alice Coyne State Politics Editor Republican legislators offered amendments to a controversial mining bill that they say would set higher standards for state environmental officials to grant a permit and requiring them to work with federal organizations on a timeline for issuing them.

Assembly Majority Leader Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, and Rep. Mark Honadel, R-South Milwaukee, introduced the amendments to the mining bill they have been writing at a press conference Monday.

The three men addressed contested issues regarding environmental regulations and the permitting process for approval, while trying to retain certainty. They emphasized the amended bill’s increased balance with the inclusion of more Democratic input, especially ideas from the bill drafted by Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville.

The amended bill sets higher standards for the Department of Natural Resources to grant a permit for mining companies seeking to develop certain areas. With the new legislation, the DNR is required to look at environmental impact of the bill 250 years into the

future.

It also creates a memorandum between the DNR and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, requiring the state and federal organizations work together to agree on a timeline for mining permit acceptance.

The current bill sets forth a 420-day timeline with one 60-day extension for the DNR to grant a mining company a permit.

At the public mining hearing Jan. 23, the Corps of Engineers said their permit approval process usually lasts much longer than the DNR’s outlined time frame. The new required memorandum will force the two groups to compromise on a timeline.

“We need a start time and a finish time,” Honadel said. “This helps clarify these two issues.”

He said this addition is a good bipartisan solution, allowing for flexibility between the DNR and the Corps of Engineers while keeping the bill’s certainty in place.

Suder and Tiffany spoke to the environmental concerns many groups presented, especially mitigation requirements.

They said the original bill required the mining company compensate for any environmental damage elsewhere at a 1:1 ratio, meaning if the company filled in a puddle in one area for the purpose of mine construction, they

would have to construct one of an equal size elsewhere.

The amended version makes this 1:1 ratio a floor figure and then creates an additional ceiling ratio of 1:1.5, guaranteeing any environmental harm would be made up between these two ratios and as close to the potential mining site as possible.

“We say that these are bipartisan amendments because they incorporate ideas from a number of parties,” Suder said. “We didn’t have to take their ideas into consideration, but it was the right thing to do, and frankly I give them a lot of credit for coming forth and having those discussions.”

Paper ballot votes used in redistricting feuds Alice Coyne State Politics Editor Democrats are accusing their Republican counterparts at the Capitol of lack of transparency after last week’s State Senate and Assembly Organization Committee used paper ballots to vote on hiring a new law firm for the ongoing legal disputes over legislative redistricting instead of holding a committee meeting.

The committee passed the motion a few days after the plaintiffs subpoenaed Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and other legislators to gain access to the computers on which legislators drew the district

maps.

Whether or not legislators should be allowed to draw district lines has been hotly contested, and the legal case has cost taxpayers $1.9 million so far. Last week, Republican Assembly leaders hired a new law firm, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, and the Legislature voted by paper ballots to come to this decision.

According to Bill Lueders, Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council president, the Legislature allows the use of paper ballots in place of holding open meetings and debates.

Rather than gathering together, members submit their individual votes via email on an issue.

Lueders said this practice

has been on-going in the Senate for a while, and the Assembly Organization Committee, a committee in charge of governing the house’s affairs, recently adopted it.

The Legislature uses the paper ballot method because it is more convenient, making decision-making easier and faster without the constraints of a physical meeting, Lueders said “Most issues decided by paper ballots are pretty mundane,” Lueders said, noting issues of less public concern can be resolved more easily with this process.

Still, Lueders said situations of public importance should be heard in a transparent

committee meeting. Though he recognized he cannot judge political players’ motivation, Lueders said it was unfortunate the public was not engaged in this particular conversation regarding the spending of taxpayer dollars on attorney fees.

Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, said he was against the adoption of paper ballots in the Assembly. Though the Senate has been using them, Jorgensen reinforced the Assembly’s distinction as a separate entity.

“The other side’s been saying that we should get in line with what the Senate does,” Jorgensen, an Assembly Organization Committee member, said.

“We’re not the Senate. They should have gotten in line with us.”

Jorgensen said the Assembly Organization Committee tried to make an amendment capping the attorney fee for this dispute at $50,000 as a compromise, rather than allowing the attorneys an open-ended sum of money.

This motion was unsuccessful and the Legislature was allowed to proceed with hiring attorneys for the redistricting case.

Jorgensen said he recognized some issues can be handled with paper ballots, but specified this issue is a matter of public importance and warrants a debate.

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The demolition of Theta Chi was approved by Plan Commission Monday night, and will be replaced if approved by City Council

LANGDON, from 1 “It’ll be of historic nature, with a lot of detail applied to it,” Bruce said.

“I’ve seen versions from the opposition, and their rendition is distorted.”

Residents said they were concerned with the size of the “waterfront project” because it was significantly wider and higher than any other building in the Langdon area.

Stephanie Stender, treasurer of Kappa Kappa Gamma, said she was displeased with the waterfront plan.

She said the downtown plan recognized the charm of the Langdon

SAFE, from 1 “They may not see all the changes around them, but there’s not a day that goes by that the Common Council and [Resnick] are not working toward ensuring that campus is more safe,” Statter said.

Another way Resnick said the city has helped the student community is by requiring building inspectors to protect student security deposits and by educating students on their housing rights.

Legislative Affairs’ push to pass the Responsible Action Bill in the Legislature is progressing well, according to Vice Chair Morgan Rae. The bill would

neighborhood, but this proposal is counterintuitive to the plan.

Stender said she, along with others in the Langdon neighborhood, have put time and effort into maintaining the old, historic buildings. It would be “disheartening” to see them go, she said.

“Please consider the message you’re sending to other developers watching this proposal,” she said.

Lisa Coop, resident at 622 N. Henry St. and a recent University of Wisconsin graduate, said she was concerned about the amount of traffic these buildings would attract and

it would make area less safe for pedestrians.

Emily Erickson, a sophomore at UW and member of Alphi Chi Omega on 152 Langdon St., said she was also against the proposal because a new fraternity house would take away the character of the Langdon neighborhood.

“Langdon is a special community,” she said.

“If we wanted to live in a modern apartment complex, we would [live] in Grand Central or in the Equinox.”

In 1997, the Langdon Street area had to be evacuated due to a gunman located at 145 Iota Ct.

allow underage students under the influence of alcohol to call city and state police to report instances of sexual assault or alcohol intoxication without having to worry about receiving an underage drinking ticket themselves.

Resnick said he is a strong advocate of the bill.

“I absolutely support it and absolutely encourage it,” he said. “Any efforts that ASM can do to push that at the state level would be more than welcoming.”

UW Police Department’s primary responsibility is to assist victims, and that duty does not change when students are intoxicated, Resnick said.

Writing underage tickets is the

least of UWPD’s concerns when there is a victim of sexual assault or heavy intoxication, he said.

Legislative Affairs also began putting together budget packets to send to state legislators lobbying for more funding to the UW System in its next biennial budget.

“Most specifically, we’re focusing on the tuition cap,” Statter said. “We want the Legislature to tell the UW System the years of 5.5 percent tuition increases are over. Tuition is high enough, and the university system should find ways within its current budget to quit shifting the burden solely onto students’ shoulders.”

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Victim grabbed on W. Gorham Unidentified suspect accosts woman on street; unusual for foot traffic, time of day Aliya Iftikhar Herald Contributor An unidentified suspect accosted a 21-year-old woman Saturday night on West Gorham Street, according to a Madison Police Department statement.

The statement said the woman was about to enter a building on the 400 block of the street around 6 p.m. when a stranger grabbed her by the arm and tried to get the woman to come with him. The woman was wearing headphones and listening to music, according to the statement.

The woman feared he was going to try to assault her but she managed to rip her arm from the man’s grasp and get away, the statement said.

The statement described the suspect as male, black, 6 feet 5 inches and between 20 and 30 years old. The man was wearing a blue stocking cap, dark pants and a puffy winter coat with no collar or hood, the statement said.

MPD is currently still

MIFFLIN, from 1 UWPD would evaluate what is needed, what resources they have available and how they could be best utilized at the event.

Chapin said UWPD will staff the alternative event for the safety of the community.

The safety message Chapin said he has for the block party is very similar to the safety message for any event.

“We want to make sure students are using good personal safety measures,” Chapin said. “[It is important] to practice personal protective measures throughout events.”

He said these safety measures include staying in groups of friends and checking in with friends and family members on a regular basis.

Chapin warned against people under the age of 21 consuming alcohol. He said if someone is 21 years

OUT-OF-STATE from 1 view. He said he doubts they will meet the 27.5 percent limit, but nevertheless, that facility will be provided by the Board of Regents. “[A] significant minority of the Regents actually want to remove any regulation whatsoever,” Ward said.

University Committee Chair Mark Cook spoke about updates on the proposed College of the Arts. Though more information will come out on this in the March, April and May FS meetings, Cook said he wanted to discuss a few highlights.

Cook cited the examples of increased visibility and voice on campus, the belief of being able to improve the ability of the arts to raise money, the need to unify the arts and improved resources as reasons why UW needs a College of the Arts.

“For decades, this has been discussed,” Cook said.

In 1998, Cook said an art institute was created to begin this process and in 2008, a group of faculty began to develop a strategic plan. Then, in 2010 and 2012, the process became more formal, Cook added.

According to Cook,

looking for the suspect.

They are hoping anybody who recognizes the description will call in a tip, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said.

“It is possible that the man was intoxicated or having other issues at the time that caused him to grab onto her,” DeSpain said.

DeSpain said this incident was highly unusual because it occurred early in the evening in a welltraveled area. These types of incidents generally occur late at night and in areas where people are walking alone, so MPD is not sure what the motivation was, he said.

If any students find themselves in a situation similar to this, they should try to break away from the person, get into a secure building immediately and call the police, DeSpain said.

“It’s unfortunate it happened, but thankfully she wasn’t physically harmed,” DeSpain said.

MPD hopes to identify the person and determine what he was attempting to do, DeSpain said.

old or older, he or she should do so in moderation and make sure they are taking care of themselves.

He said UWPD frequently sees over-consumption of intoxicants and people who need to be transported to the emergency room and detoxification for overconsumption of alcohol.

Mifflin differs from many other events held in Madison because it is a daytime event, Chapin said. He said he encourages Mifflin attendees to follow same safety protocols throughout the day, but safety becomes even more important as it gets closer to nighttime.

Chapin said criminal activity usually happens later on in the day or evening.

Wray has said the Mifflin Street Block Party has become very different in recent years, and often has encouraged an event with less ties to alcohol.

art and dance from the School of Education and music and theater from the College of Letters and Science, are participants at this time.

Cook said they hope to engage the FS in a full discussion on a proposed College of the Arts by April. Following, Cook said, the proposal would have to go to the Board of Regents.

Cook also talked about an ad hoc committee on diversity planning.

He said this committee is separate from the Campus Diversity and Climate Committee and is there to develop a comprehensive proposal for a new diversity plan for UW’s campus.

Also, as promised at the last meeting when the framework for the Human Resources Design was approved, Cook said UC has put together an advisory committee for HR Design’s implementation.

According to Cook, this committee will consist of two faculty, two academic staff, two classified staff and one student. He said this committee is in progress, with all but one member identified.

FS also conducted memorial resolutions for 10 professors and associate professors.

FS will hold their next meeting March 4.

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Hip-hop not to blame for downtown violence had a provision in its lease prohibiting hip-hop acts, so owner Darwin Sampson had little choice after the latest incident.

Sampson summed up the issue perfectly in the Facebook post: “It is truly John Waters unfortunate that I cannot Columnist host an entire genre of music and artists because of the idiocy of a couple A fight resulting in a people and the ineptitude shot being fired outside a of the security company concert at The Frequency Jan. 28 has led the venue to that evening,” he said.

It sounds like Sampson eliminate hip-hop shows in has put his neck on the line the future. by continuing to provide a The small music club venue for the Madison hipon West Main Street hop scene, despite it being announced on their prohibited by his lease.

Facebook page they would This incident is certainly no longer host local, a disappointment for that regional or national hipcommunity. hop shows. The Frequency

The move to ban hiphop shows in general is obviously within the rights of the venue, and with outside pressure it seems almost inevitable. But it’s the perception hip-hop is at the center of this issue surprises me. It is almost as if the stakeholders are trying to find a solution without ever actually finding the problem.

The people who were at that show last week and engaged in a fight leading to a shot being fired are the problem in this story, not hip-hop. To take an entire genre and culture of music and say it is the root of club violence doesn’t make any sense.

Violence outside of

Madison clubs has been an issue for years, and it certainly hasn’t been limited to one specific kind of music. It just seems that saying no more hip-hop is an attempt to fix a problem without really breaking down why the problem occurred in the first place.

Simply thinking, “This incident happened at a hip-hop concert, so let’s not have those kinds of concerts anymore,” doesn’t add up to an effective policy response.

Again, I understand The Frequency wants to keep its employees and patrons safe, but working on things like crowd control outside of the venue and a more effective police presence

seems like a more valuable solution than simply blaming a culture for a few bad apples.

“ ... working on things like crowd control outside of the venue and a more effective police presence seems like a more valuable solution than simply blaming a culture for a few bad apples.”

The easy answer to a problem like this is to effectively say, “Well, we won’t let those people come anymore.” But

it’s a cop out, and a disappointing for the Madison music community as well as a missed opportunity to actually address the safety of people trying to enjoy concerts in Madison.

It seems like The Frequency wanted to take the problem head-on while still providing hip-hop music and for whatever reasons failed to prevent the events of Jan. 28. But banning The Frequency from hosting hip-hop shows isn’t the answer, and hip-hop certainly isn’t the problem.

John Waters ( jwaters@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism.

Firearm debate needs refocusing Jared Mehre Columnist Under pressure from opponents of his gun control agenda, President Barack Obama recently released a photo of himself skeet shooting at Camp David to prove his assertion in an interview with The New Republic that he goes “skeet shooting all the time.”

The sincere controversy over this skeet shooting photo is a clear indicator the legitimate debate over effective gun control legislation is beginning to lose focus. For the first time in years, the possibility exists to make progress toward curbing the gun violence epidemic here in the United States. We cannot let the gun control debate shift toward subjects as trivial as whether or not photos of the president shooting a gun exist.

First, the President of the United States should not

have tried to appeal to gun owners by saying he shoots skeet “all the time.” He already has the necessary momentum to push forward with his gun control plan without needing to appeal to the most extreme members of the opposition.

Secondly, the President of the United States does not need to release a photo of himself shooting a gun in order to prove he is telling the truth. The few people who still managed to turn this political misstep into the center of the debate were not going to support any gun plan the president brought forward anyway (or any plan supported by the president, for that matter).

Lastly, releasing the photo changed few, if any, minds about the president or his plans. Have we learned nothing from a similar debate that happened nearly two years ago when the president released his longform birth certificate? The members of the far right claimed foul then and they are going to claim foul now.

More than likely, anyone who was a birther will also be a “skeeter.”

It is time we stop legitimizing the concerns of

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President Obama has come under fire for claiming he enjoys skeet shooting at the Camp David. The White House responded by releasing this photo showing the president shooting skeet.

Tea Party members, birthers and skeeters by giving genuine acknowledgement to their frivolous demands.

These are the extreme members of the Republican Party who have been holding this country hostage from having a prosperous debate and an effective government. The ideas of these members of the far right are, and always have been, baseless, irrational and, in some cases, completely fabricated.

The GOP itself is dying

because it has given these outrageous ideas the center stage of its platform for the past two years, and this has made them stagnant. By refusing to give such ideas a legitimate voice in serious debates, they will fade out, the GOP can regain some electoral ground and government policies will be able to evolve into a more intelligent form.

The current gun control debate in the United States has the potential to create real and lasting change in

this country. No one should expect sweeping legislation ending all gun violence in the country. However, people should expect policies aiming to curb gun violence over the next several decades. It is not only the actions that must be changed but the entire perspective of gun culture in this country.

The focus on a legitimate and sincere gun control debate must be maintained.

Lawmakers cannot let themselves become

distracted from the real issues of guns in this country — the momentum in this debate is clearly in the favor of change.

Americans are finally realizing guns kill people, and it is only by lessening guns’ capabilities for mass mortality and diminishing their cultural attractiveness gun violence will begin to diminish.

Jared Mehre (mehre@wisc. edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science.

Privacy regulations need updating for 21st century Aaron Laudenslager Columnist Society is in a constant state of flux. As society and technology change, the law must change along with them. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act does not reflect the evolution of technology that has occurred since its passage in 1986 and is now outdated. It is time for Congress to fully support the changes in the ECPA advocated for by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to ensure the constitutional privacy rights guaranteed to all American citizens are zealously protected.

Before Justice Louis Brandeis rose to the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court, he recognized the law must change as society changes. Advocating for a recognition of the right to privacy, he famously wrote in a Harvard Law Review article published in 1890 “the individual shall have full protection in person and in property is a principle as

old as the common law; but it has been found necessary from time to time to define anew the exact nature and extent of such protection.”

This article, and his subsequent views while on the Supreme Court, had a major influence on later judges — judges who eventually enshrined the notion each person has a right to privacy into the fabric of American constitutional law.

“It is time for Congress to fully support the changes in the ECPA ... to ensure the constitutional privacy rights guaranteed to all American citizens are zealously protected.”

The ECPA was enacted in 1986, a time during which most web-based email was nonexistent. In addition, according to the Electronic Privacy Information Center,

“instead, [email] primarily existed in local intranets where clients would download their messages from the server and the server would, generally, not keep a backup.” Since 1986, email has become a standard method of communication for the general public, leading to a massive decrease in the amount of mail sent through the postal system.

The numerous flaws in the ECPA have seriously eroded people’s right to privacy in regards to electronic communications.

Essentially, once you have opened up an email sent to you, it can be accessed by law enforcement without a warrant predicated on probable cause.

In addition, if you choose not to open up an email, it can be accessed by law enforcement after 180 days without a warrant.

Instead, law enforcement can access these two types of emails with a subpoena, requiring only “specific and [particular] facts showing

that there are reasonable grounds to believe” the emails are “relevant and material to an ongoing criminal investigation.”

Other emails — ones considered “in transit” — require warrants based on probable cause.

To fix these problems contained in the ECPA regarding people’s privacy in their personal email communications, Leahy has promised to continue his efforts in Congress to update this antiquated law to reflect the needs of our modern society — efforts that failed last year because of a politically divided Congress.

As Leahy said in a speech last month at Georgetown University Law Center, “I will keep pushing to update our privacy laws to address emerging technology and the Internet, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and cybersecurity laws.” His proposal to amend the ECPA would require law enforcement to obtain a search warrant

to access a person’s email in all circumstances, thus removing the arcane distinction between email that is “in transit” and those in “remote storage.”

Although under the ECPA law enforcement can obtain certain emails without a search warrant, not all federal courts have adhered to this view. As the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote in United States v. Warshak, “we hold that a subscriber enjoys a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of emails ‘that are stored with, or sent or received through, a commercial ISP.’” Two reasons for their ruling — among many — were “the Fourth Amendment must keep pace with the inexorable march of technological progress, or its guarantees will wither and perish,” and also “email requires strong protection under the Fourth Amendment; otherwise, the Fourth Amendment would prove an ineffective guardian of private

communication, an essential purpose it has long been recognized to serve.”

It is not enough that one federal appeals court has ruled this federal law is unconstitutional as applied to the defendant in United States v. Warshak.

Congress needs to go further and protect the constitutional privacy rights of all Americans in regards to their emails by amending the ECPA, as Leahy has advocated, to explicitly require law enforcement personnel to obtain a warrant based on probable cause to access all email communications.

Without such an explicit requirement, law enforcement is bound to access certain emails without warrants until the U.S. Supreme Court requires them to do so by invalidating parts of the ECPA as violating the Fourth Amendment.

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

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Lukewarm romance, plot cool ‘Warm Bodies’ Spencer Semonson ArtsEtc. Writer The newest film to take a stab at reinventing the zombie genre, “Warm Bodies,” is certainly a soulful romance. Adapted from the book of the same name

by Isaac Marion, this film bridges the gap between “Twilight” haters and lovers by showing audiences the earth-shattering agony of adolescent love and rejection within the parameters of a horror story — without the undertones of domestic abuse. This post-apocalyptic film is set in a desolated city where survivors of a zombie takeover live surrounded by a huge concrete wall guarded by soldiers. On the outer limits of the city is a network of zombies, known as “corpses,” who troll for flesh and shuffle around an empty airport. Also in the mix are creatures called “bonies” who are former corpses who gave up hope for recovery.

The lead character is a corpse named R, whose voiceover provides insight into the true nature of the corpse community, one of utter loneliness and moral affliction of eating people.

R has all the trappings of

the stereotypical hipster; he collects things others consider junk, only plays vinyl for the better sound quality and continuously wears a red hoodie. He has no true backstory because he, like every other corpse, doesn’t remember who he was before he became a zombie.

Still, R encounters a human named Julie (Teresa Palmer,”Love and Humor”) and saves her life from his fellow zombies. As R holds her captive, he falls in love with her, and both slowly realize the potential for change and hope for humankind’s resurrection.

A much deeper connection links them as R occasionally devours the brains of Julie’s former boyfriend, Perry (Dave Franco, “21 Jump Street”), and gains all his memories of Julie — a type of corpse-dreaming.

Nicolas Hoult (“X-Men: First Class”) is perfectly cast as R. Hoult gives a great performance as the speechless, limb-dragging zombie with a confused look on his face which, most times, is overshadowed with longing looks at his female companion. There are other interesting performances throughout “Warm Bodies.” John Malkovich

(“RED”) plays a widowed general who is hell-bent on revenging zombies.

Rob Corddray (“Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”) plays a friend of R and another element of sweetness and sad sack of self-reflection to this romcom, and Analeigh Tipton (“Crazy, Stupid, Love.”) plays Julie’s best friend who comes off as concerned but eccentric.

Because this is a love story, audiences might expect some large, catastrophic circumstances that would keep the main couple from each other, apart from the fact one of them is dead. But “Warm Bodies” lacks horror, or even basic tension, because there is no real villain in the film. There are obstacles, but no grand force that needs to be thwarted. The bonies descending on the human compound, Julie’s overprotective father and the plight of the newly heart-beating corpses are meant to be overcome, but “Warm Bodies” doesn’t make them into difficult problems to solve.

Julie’s father is the only thing keeping these two star-crossed lovers apart, but the film doesn’t provide a full story explaining

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While “Warm Bodies” is another supernatural love story, strong acting and a new twist on an old genre keep the zombie flick from rotting. why he’s so angry at the corpses. Yes, his wife dies at their hands, and it’s easy to admire the subtlety of merely mentioning it in passing in order to make his motives memorable, but it’s too weak.

The ending of “Warm Bodies” comes off as nearly anti-climactic because there is no huge fight scene that challenges the main couple’s fate. The outcome of the film shows only humans and zombies gaining understanding from those who were hurt by the zombie apocalypse, all wrapped with themes of fear

of change or recognition.

Since the film incorporates many grand illusions to “Romeo and Juliet,” (R, Romeo; Julie, Juliet; Perry, Paris; Marcus, Mercutio; Norah, the Nurse) it would have been better if there was someone to overcome besides Julie’s father, who is only opposed to R because he’s an undead — which seems fairly rational. Furthermore, the cure to the zombie-state was nothing special or mind-blowing, as it wasn’t completely biological and came without explanation.

The ending did tie in with

the sweetness of the love story and the overall tone of the film.

Because “Warm Bodies” didn’t quite fit into the romcom or zombie genres, the film should be appreciated.

However, elements of the film could have been stronger.

Still, “Warm Bodies” is one of the better love stories, and one that becomes complicated, not because of a tangled script, but through human emotion or undead emotions.

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Brilliance of Bieber radiates in acoustic album Carley Eisenberg ArtsEtc. Writer Seven albums.

2,845,300,514 YouTube video views. 50,885,948 Facebook fans. 33,940,784 Twitter followers. 4.7 million total album sales. 22 minutes to sell out Madison Square Garden.

18-year-old Justin Bieber has already accomplished more in his young life than most musicians who have been in the industry for half a decade. Bieber released his first album, My World, in 2009, and since then has become one of the biggest names in music. From pop to rap to acoustic, Bieber’s musical genius is making it clear that he’s here to stay.

Bieber released his third studio album, Believe, in June 2012. He soon gained respect from hasty doubters that were intent on believing Courtesy of Island-Def Jam that Bieber was just a teen After the success of Believe, Bieber has much to gain from sales of the album’s acoustic sensation: one that would version. Fans are sure to enjoy hearing the teen-sensation’s voice in a richer, deeper tone. be remembered for his

teen pop sound and highpitched singing voice. But Believe debuted the artist’s much more mature sound.

The album consists of collaborations with artists most people wouldn’t have expected to hear on a Bieber CD, such as Nicki Minaj, Drake and Big Sean.

Believe was a gold mine for Bieber. After performing an acoustic version of his song, “As Long As You Love Me,” at the 2012 American Music Awards, fans flocked to YouTube to hear this new rendition. Fans everywhere wanted to know where they could get their hands on this acoustic version since it was not available on iTunes. With urging from his management, Bieber opted to turn Believe into an acoustic album.

On Jan. 29, 2013, the muchanticipated Believe Acoustic album was released. Bieber turned eight of his hits from Believe into acoustic versions.

He cut out all collaborations and instead recorded every

song alone, giving each one a very different feel from the original. In “As Long As You Love Me,” Justin raps Big Sean’s verse with ease, making fan girls swoon at his ability to do everything perfectly.

Justin Bieber’s well-known song “Boyfriend” takes a turn for the better when changed to an acoustic arrangement.

The original bumping club melody is calmed down as Bieber’s relaxed, boyish voice projects over the light guitar played in the background.

For this album, Bieber also wrote three extra acoustic songs to add to the eight renditions. The last song on the album, “Nothing Like Us,” is a heartbreaking tune that is said to be about his onagain, off-again lover, Selena Gomez. The barely-there guitar in the background creates an almost a cappella sound from Bieber. When he sings the lyrics “’Cause nothing can ever / Ever replace you / Nothing can

make me feel like you do,” listeners can hear the pain in his voice because there is little to no melody behind it. Bieber’s stripped-down voice isn’t drowned out by throbbing beats and loud guitars, allowing the audience access into his thoughts, vulnerabilities and authentic, raw voice.

Believe Acoustic gives listeners a chance to really hear Justin Bieber’s voice.

Not only is Bieber a talented musician, but also a smart businessman.

Releasing an acoustic version of a successful album was genius.

With this addition to his already incredible album lineup, it won’t come as a surprise when Bieber beats his own record and sells out Madison Square Garden in less than 22 minutes.

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QB situation more confusing than ever In steps, McEvoy and the competition has just been stretched to five.

But before everyone gets in a buzz about the new heights dual-threat, and former South Carolina recruit, McEvoy will be able Nick Daniels to carry next year’s team to Nick’s Picks — as has been the case with each of the last two transfers — it seems at least worth This time, when I mentioning a cautionary tale heard the news a new when this type of situation quarterback had transferred arises. to Wisconsin, I didn’t even For one prime example, blink. look no further than In what has become the Madison’s own Camp third annual announcing Randall Stadium. of a transfer quarterback at In 2011, after a UW, it came as little surprise disappointing loss in when new football head the Rose Bowl to Texas coach Gary Andersen added Christian, UW lost twoyet another quarterback — year starter Scott Tolzien junior college quarterback — now a backup for recent Tanner McEvoy — into the Super Bowl starter Colin mix Monday for the starting Kaepernick — and seemed job next fall. destined to have a rebuilding Following a season year as a result in the 2011 that saw three different season to come. quarterbacks take the helm But in stepped Russell for the Badgers in 2012, one Wilson, a transfer from of the most critical questions North Carolina State, and throughout this offseason everything changed. and likely to continue into Wilson would go on spring football was: Who to have one of the most could Badger fans expect to successful years in Wisconsin start come Aug. 31 against quarterback history in 2011, Massachusetts? throwing 33 touchdowns, And the speculative completing 73 percent of his answers to that question passes and winning 11 games were sharply divided. on his way to Wisconsin’s Some would pick redshirt second-consecutive Rose sophomore Joel Stave for Bowl appearance. his strong and accurate Unfortunately, Wilson passing, others would say was only eligible for a single senior Danny O’Brien year. So when it came time deserved another shot, while for offseason 2012, UW had another group would argue yet another quarterback void for sixth-year senior Curt to fill.

Phillips after his ability to This time, however, guide the Badgers to their third-consecutive Rose Bowl. Maryland transfer Danny O’Brien couldn’t help the Finally, a few might even Badgers live up to the hype. hope for four-star redshirt Despite earning the freshman Bart Houston to starting role in September, get his first chance under a number of poor team center.

performances — in particular a weak offensive line — and average statistics caused O’Brien to be replaced at halftime in only his third start of the season by Stave.

O’Brien would not start another game for the rest of the season, and would appear in only a handful of games after that, falling all the way to third string when a Stave injury saw a third quarterback, Phillips, eventually become Stave’s replacement.

If we fast-forward to 2013, even though McEvoy enters the mix with high expectations, he is by no means a guaranteed answer to the quarterback question, and it is important fans remember so this time around. In fact, his addition to the roster may actually be aggravating the problem, and that is before you even look at the talents he brings to the football field.

While the addition of McEvoy certainly adds another strong candidate at quarterback, Andersen is now left with the tricky situation of evaluating four or even five quarterbacks this spring who all arguably have a solid shot at the starting role.

If last year is any indication — when a threeway battle for quarterback proved too difficult to uncover the best fit at the position for UW right away — this spring will be even more difficult, especially when you consider it should be a higher-caliber and more experienced set of players this time around.

It seems worth wondering: How will Andersen decide who gets enough reps under center to prove himself this spring?

Fans will just have to sit back and hope the right fit for UW’s offense doesn’t get lost in the mad dash when the dust settles and the starting job has been handed out.

This year’s transfer saga also has one other difference, and this one is not so trifling.

Unlike the past two seasons, where then-head coach Bret Bielema — a coach known for his good player relations — already had the backing of his quarterbacks when each of his two new transfer quarterbacks were brought in, Andersen doesn’t have the same previous relationship developed with this group Bielema had.

As a result, it begs the question as to whether Andersen may have jeopardized his relationship with his existing quarterback corps in a move that could be interpreted as him bringing in his own transfer quarterback before giving the other players a chance to prove themselves.

And so with that all said, after a season full of controversy at the quarterback position looming over the Badgers’ heads and spring practice not too far off, it appears this spring will be no different.

Will McEvoy swoop in and earn the job?

Will one of last year’s starters get another try?

I guess we will just have to wait and see.

Nick is a junior majoring in journalism and political science. Have your own opinion on the new quarterback situation? Share it with Nick at ndaniels@ badgerherald.com or on Twitter @npdaniels31.

Bad luck continues to plague UW

CATO, from 8 His persistence and work ethic are just a few of the qualities that his teammates admire in their junior leader.

“The fact that he is a leader and gets us going, but is fun at the same time, it’s fun in practice when it’s not serious all the time,” Ben Schreib said.

Schreib is a redshirt freshman who finished second behind Cato in the pentathlon at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational on Jan. 18.

The two teammates find themselves competing with each other yet working together and pushing each other at the same time.

“Obviously for me, I’m trying to reach that level of competition,” Schreib said. “But [it] is more of working together and competing against myself at meets.”

The level of competition Cato has set for Schreib is one that few athletes can

RELYING, from 8 only positives Kelsey envisions is the loss of numbers can only stimulate improvement considering many of players have been forced into a position or a different role that will push their limits and build better players for the future.

“I also try to impart upon the players that are healthy that it’s going to help us in the future. It’s going to help us down the road,” Kelsey said.

They could use a pick-me-up right now, though.

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McCabe, Lee both questionable heading into key WCHA battle with Bemidji State Christian Karcher Sports Writer The Badgers were riding high entering into their twogame series at North Dakota.

Wisconsin had gone 11 games unbeaten in conference play and had pulled within striking distance of first place in the WCHA. However, the night belonged to North Dakota, who put in four goals in the first two periods to take an insurmountable lead against the Badgers. The lone Wisconsin goal came in the third period off the stick of junior center Mark Zengerle.

The frustration of the Badgers oozed out on and off the ice. The team combined for 16 penalties, nine of which resulted from a fight with less than a minute to play. The frustration continued off the rink after the game during interviews.

“We just didn’t come out to play right from the start,” captain John Ramage said.

In a press conference Monday, it was evident head coach Mike Eaves still had a bitter taste in his mouth from the game.

“I found myself being distraught yesterday watching the video,” Eaves said.

Eaves continues to say the cards just were not in Wisconsin’s favor in the game. North Dakota’s second goal, a power play goal, slid past three Wisconsin defenders to the back post before being put in by North Dakota Defender Joe Gleason, prompting Eaves to call it “an almost miracle pass.”

Despite North Dakota being ranked eighth in the nation, there was still a strong expectation the streaking Badgers could come away with more points in the series.

“I was disappointed because I think our expectations have grown,” Eaves said. “Which is a good thing and we just need to get back to winning.”

These expectations and standards are a positive for the Badger hockey team. It breeds confidence, something the team will need in the final stretch of the season. Wisconsin plays the top three teams in the WCHA in its four remaining conference series.

If the Badgers can follow their coach’s advice and get back to winning, the team has a good chance to gain momentum going into the WCHA tournament.

Power Play Woes Once again the Badgers face issues with their power play squad after being shut out with the man-advantage four times in Saturday’s game against North Dakota.

The power play has been a weak point for the Badgers this season, and once again Eaves was forced to discuss the shortcomings of the power play unit. For the most part, Eaves focused on the psychological issues that seem to affect the Badgers power play unit.

“I think they are at the point where [the media] is talking about it, [the coaches] are talking about it, so it’s at the forefront of their mind,” Eaves said.

He believes the key to fixing Wisconsin’s power play woes is to “step back and relax and just play a little bit.”

However despite this advice, Eaves also acknowledged the fact senior Derek Lee and sophomore Jake McCabe both play key roles in the power play.

Without them healthy, the Wisconsin power play will continue to struggle.

Dealing with Injuries Both Lee and McCabe are questionable for this week’s

series against Bemidji State.

Lee has been dealing with lingering headaches while McCabe is battling an ankle injury.

Eaves described both players’ statuses as “sketchy” for this week.

McCabe’s status is unknown until X-rays can help further evaluate his condition. If the Badgers lose McCabe, they are losing their second-best power play scorer and one of the Badgers best defensemen.

“Derek Lee is somewhat better,” Eaves said. “We are trying to decide if it is the neck muscles that are causing these lingering headaches or if it is the brain. He has been able to go to school and do all his cognitive stuff, so we are looking at it just being the neck.”

His condition is being evaluated early this week through a series of tests to determine if he will be able to play this weekend. If Lee is unable to go, the Badgers will be without their leader in assists.

The sooner McCabe and Lee are able to heal from their injuries, the sooner Wisconsin will be in a better position on the power play, and on the ice in general.

competing for play in 2013, which includes three former starters in Joel Stave, Curt Phillips and Danny O’Brien.

attain and many more remain envious of. He was named 2011 Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year, 2012 Athlete of the Year, became a 2012 All-American and holds a Big Ten record. Titles have lost a bit of their normal flare for Cato.

“The titles only stay with me for maybe 24 hours,” he said. “You can’t let it get to you.

When they call my name I feel better and I make sure I live up to my own name.”

Living up to the Cato precedent is hard enough for the man himself, let alone his competitors. Cato hasn’t let his many successes get to his head, though.

The increasingly-famous Badger keeps focus on what he needs to do.

“It makes me want to work even harder. That’s the number one thing that pushes me through all my workouts,” Cato said. “My dad tells me to wake up and train like someone’s trying to take your belt from you.”

With a record of 2-6 in January alone, the team has been in a position where it would seem easy to throw in the towel. Their record now stands at 10-12 as Wisconsin ranks 11th in the Big Ten. To take on a negative vibe would be easy, but that’s not the type of personality this team has.

Instead, they are looking to give the lone graduating senior, Tiera Stephen, a good send-off.

“It’s her senior year,” Rochel said. “You want to give her all we can, but we’re doing what we can with the players we have.”

Redshirt Freshman and former four-star recruit himself Bart Houston will also be in the mix after returning from shoulder surgery as well as redshirt senior Jon Budmayr.

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QBs, QBs and more QBs

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Thursday’s paper will feature the latest update on the Wisconsin footall program and its incoming recruits.

Ian McCue and Nick Korger will break down all the new faces to be seen around campus next fall.

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Cato excels all over the track for UW Decathlon specialist finds groove in multievent field en route to top-3 global rank Sarah Randall Sports Writer Decathlete Japheth Cato has quickly risen the ranks to become one of the best multi-event athletes in the nation. Just recently, his 6,024-point total at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational launched him to a mark of third-best in the world. No longer an unknown track star on campus, there’s little about his career that remains unknown.

However, exactly how Cato started his career in track and field lingers in debate.

“My brother will tell you it was him, and I was following him,” Cato said.

“My dad said it would make me a better football player.

I wanted to do it because I thought it would be fun in high school.”

In addition to family incentives, Cato has always looked up to 2008 Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay.

“I idolize him and Googled him up so many times,” Cato recalled as his passion for the sport expanded. “I completely praised that man until two years ago, when I saw decathlete Ashton Eaton lighting things up. He’s so

close to my age. I thought if he can do it, I can definitely do this.”

High school sport careers don’t always take off, but after winning some events and placing second in the pole vault, Cato knew he wanted more.

Now at Wisconsin, Cato is a decathlete, which slates him to compete in ten events: the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500-meter run.

The events are spread over two days with five events each day. It may not seem like a common sporting event, but Cato’s variation of skill sets has helped him find his specialty.

“In high school I did a lot of things. I ran the 400, pole-vaulted, long jumped, and high jumped,” Cato said. “I found myself doing a lot of events and after researching I found one single event that encompassed all these events.”

Of the ten events, Cato says that his favorite event is the pole vault.

After trying the event for his first time during his junior season at Bloom Trail High School near Chicago, Cato wound up vaulting at the Illinois Class 3A State Championships, where he finished second with a jump of 15 feet 6 inches.

“It usually takes people years to jump what I

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Junior decathlete Japheth Cato recorded the third-best score in the world at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational Saturday with a point total of 6,024. Cato also holds the Big Ten Recolrd at 6,082 points. jumped, and for whatever reason, it came naturally to me,” Cato said. “I loved it.”

Though much of the sport came naturally to Cato, he had to learn how to stay focused and patient if he wanted to be successful.

“I’ve learned that track is a very patient sport even though it seems like a quick thing,” Cato said.

“There are a lot of details and things like that so you have to be patient.

You only get one race, one jump or one throw and if

it doesn’t go your way you have to take it and keep going on.”

Patience is a characteristic every athlete must have, not only to take the meets one race at a time, but also to listen to his or her bodies as they

endure the long season.

Cato added athletes must take care of their bodies because they will get sore, and if they forget the fundamentals, they risk injury.

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QB latest Wisconsin commit Dual-threat 4-star talent, Tanner McEvoy, elects for transfer to Madison Sean Zak Senior Associate Sports Editor

Andy Fate The Badger Herald

Redshirt senior point guard Tiera Stephen will the only graduating senior for the Badgers this year. Stephen, who starts, has been one of only seven players to get the vast majority of the playing time since a number of injuries and transfers.

Women’s basketball relying on just 9 Molly Pugh Sports Writer There’s power in numbers. Unfortunately, Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey just doesn’t have those numbers right now.

After starting the season with a comfortable number of players, the UW women’s basketball team has suffered from the unfortunate and uncontrollable loss of players. What used to be a comfortable number has now been whittled down to nine.

Mikayla Dyer and Lindsay Smith both elected to transfer. Taylor Wurtz and AnnMarie Brown both saw their seasons end with injuries.

Michala Johnson is on the bench, but ineligible

due to transfer rules.

The cupboard seems rather bare and Kelsey has been forced to use every tool available to her, regardless of their readiness for Big Ten basketball.

“It’s hard for them because a lot of the players that are having to play a lot of minutes probably wouldn’t have to have that load on them if others were healthy,” Kelsey said.

The consequences for such low numbers on this team have been inevitable, the obvious problem being the limited number of players available during the game as substitutes.

Kelsey has been left overwhelmed with a lack of choices.

“Some people you just can’t take out,” Kelsey

said. “It’s difficult when they do get tired [during the game], they’re humans.”

Some coaches have the ability to sub in five new pairs of fresh legs every seven minutes, a luxury Kelsey just doesn’t have.

With only four subs left on the bench, Kelsey has instead had to comprise for the restrictions she has, but with every loss leaves something to be gained.

“More people need to step up to take on the roles of all the injuries we’ve had,” Nicole Bauman said, a freshman starting guard and Big Ten Freshman of the Week during December.

Bauman was thrust into a starting role with Wurtz’s initial absence back in November. Her freshman comrade

Dakota Whyte has similarly been forced into an immediate backup position to point guard Tiera Stephen.

Many of the players have found stepping up means improving their defense and ballhandling, which is something that might become especially taxing on the team late in the game.

Forty minutes, the number of minutes some players, starters in particular, have been, or have gotten close, to playing in recent games can be a long time to play when the legs get heavy and the shots aren’t falling, but Kelsey doesn’t have many alternatives.

But frustration is a word that resonates with more than just the coach.

“The thing that

frustrates me the most is that this year we were supposed to be pretty good with a lot [of] freshman coming in,” Cassie Rochel said.

Indeed, many really good freshmen did come in for the Badgers.

Bauman was the 2012 Miss Basketball for Wisconsin, Shannon Malone’s AAU team was a national finalist, Whyte was a member of the 2012 Canadian Junior National Team and Tessa Cichy was a top-five finalist for the 2012 Miss Minnesota Basketball.

There were plenty of other reasons, besides the incoming freshmen, to believe this team could have been one of the top teams in the Big Ten. That being said, the

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Another offseason comes and yet again, so does another transfer quarterback for Wisconsin football. This time, it’s a junior college transfer.

Tanner McEvoy, regarded as the top dual-threat quarterback in junior college football, is transferring to Wisconsin, as reported by Evan Flood of 247sports Monday afternoon.

McEvoy visited Wisconsin on Jan. 29 and was reportedly interested in Oregon, Florida and West Virginia.

The 6-foot-6 quarterback from Hillsdale, N.J. just recently spent his first season of eligibility at Arizona Western Community College, where he played in eight games and threw 24 touchdowns.

The four-star thrower is deemed a dual-threat quarterback due to his ability to not only pass efficiently, but run as well.

McEvoy also ran for 250 yards and 3 touchdowns on the season.

Originally a South Carolina Gamecock, McEvoy decided to transfer at the beginning of his redshirt freshman season following a late June arrest in North Carolina for driving after consuming alcohol while under the legal drinking age. Following the arrest, he was temporarily suspended from team activities before being reinstated before the season.

McEvoy is the lone quarterback from new head coach Gary Andersen’s 2013 recruiting class and will have three years of eligibility. He will join a long list of quarterbacks

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