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Walker to partially expand health care Governor denies full Medicaid expansion, plans for insuring slightly less people Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor Gov. Scott Walker proposed a plan Wednesday that would deny a full Medicaid expansion but find a way to reduce the uninsured by a slightly smaller number. At a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce convention, Walker said he would reduce the number of uninsured in

the state by 224,580. That is about 28,000 less than the 252,678 who would have been covered had he taken the full expansion. Walker said his proposal is meant to help those who are “truly poor” and reduce dependence on the government among the less poor. “Some will portray this as not caring about people,” Walker said. “I think it’s just the opposite. I care too much about the people of this state not to empower them to control their own destiny.” The state’s Medicaid program for childless adults under 200 percent of the federal poverty line currently

has about 20,000 enrollees but a waitlist of about 150,000 because of a 2009 enrollment cap. Walker’s plan would remove that cap for the poorest, allowing more people in Medicaid. It would then move higher-income parents in the Medicaid program onto private insurance exchanges. The insurance exchanges — online marketplaces where uninsured individuals and small businesses can purchase insurance — are supposed to begin in 2014. The federal government gives some subsidies for those

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Justice leaves Prosser ethics case Alice Coyne State Politics Editor A Supreme Court justice recused herself Wednesday from an ethics case involving another judge who placed his hands around her neck during a June 2011 incident. Along with her recusal report, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley released a notice saying she had requested increased law enforcement security weeks before the altercation with Justice David Prosser. Bradley said in the letter she and Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson still feel threatened in the office because of Prosser’s behavior.

With Bradley recused from the case, the only two justices who have not recused themselves from the case are Abrahamson and Justice N. Patrick Crooks. Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck said this instance is another demonstration of how divided the Supreme Court has become, both ideologically and personally. “This is largely a huge distraction from what the court should be doing, which is considering cases impartially in a way that gives people confidence they are acting in the interest of citizens,” Heck

said. Since only the Supreme Court itself is able to discipline its justices, most members’ decisions to recuse themselves from the altercation case have prevented any sort of solution from being reached, he said. Heck said it is time to move away from inside conflict and reestablish a public perception that the court can still work together. Heck speculated this incident may affect public perception of Justice Patience Roggensack, the Supreme Court judge currently running for reelection. He said this may suggest she is part of the divide on the court.

Nate Schwantes, campaign manager for Marquette University Law School professor Ed Fallone, one of Roggensack’s challengers for Supreme Court, said a statement Wednesday Roggensack has been wrong to dismiss allegations that the court’s enviroment is dominated by “fear, intimidation and violence.” Schwantes said this reflects Roggensack’s lack of empathy for concerned justices, claiming she ignored Bradley’s feelings of threat in the court. “In repeated public appearances, Justice

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ASM passed a new constitution for referendum. Finance Committee Chair Andrew Kidd voted in favor.

ASM constitution up for referendum Noah Goetzel Higher Education Editor After much deliberation from University of Wisconsin’s student government, causing representatives to laugh, quarrel and storm out screaming, the Associated Students of Madison passed its new constitution referendum Wednesday by an 83 percent majority. The new ASM Constitution: A Sound Structure for Subsequent Sessions passed 20-4, with one abstinence at a ASM Student Council meeting. The entire student

body will vote on the 15-page document March 11-13 during the ASM Spring Election Ballot. If passed, the new constitution will go into effect May 1. ASM Nominations Board Chair Sean McNally proposed the new constitution a week ago to the tune of mixed reactions from students who passed various amendments to its legislation. While the constitution is quite similar to the current one ASM uses, McNally said Feb. 6 this newly

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UW to offer LGBTQ housing INSIDE Tegan Vail Herald Contributor University of Wisconsin’s housing division is adding a new coed learning community that will be open to students interested in gender issues and sexuality in the upcoming fall semester. The University Housing Division created the Open House: Gender Learning Community to be open to all students, no matter their background or sexual orientation. The gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer

learning community will be based on the fourth floor of Phillips Hall, one of the Lakeshore Residence Halls, according to Magpie Martinez, Diversity Programs for UW Housing director. The Gender and Women’s Studies Department is sponsoring the Open House, Martinez added. As a part of the community, UW Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Julie D’Acci will be teaching a one-credit, weekly seminar, she said. Martinez said this learning community,

along with other learning communities, is possible because of grants from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates. MIU gave UW the grants because learning communities prove to be beneficial to many UW students, she said. “I think that very focused learning communities give students the opportunity to deeply engage in subject matter,” Martinez said. “I think it’s awesome.” According to Paul Evans, UW Housing director, the movement for the Open House was in progress for a few

years. He said housing members tried to figure out the best ways to approach the community and they focused on finding the right location for it. Evans added the idea originated from a group of students that mostly lived in Witte Hall a few years ago. He said they desired a community that could talk about gender issues and a variety of other things. Open House welcomes all students to participate in learning about gender, power, perception, the history and current

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Senate committee takes on education Alice Coyne State Politics Editor A Senate committee held a public information hearing Wednesday to address education initiatives in the state and look at the issue of meeting workforce needs. The Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, chaired by Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls, heard from members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System as well as members from the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. The committee also heard a report by the Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities. “Higher education is an important part of moving people into the

workforce,” Harsdorf said. “We have a great university and technical college system and one we want to maintain to make sure people of all ages in our state have opportunities to further and better themselves.” The informational hearing focused on a report introduced by Michael Falbo, UW System Board of Regents vice president and task force chair. The task force was created to make recommendations on improving flexibilities for the UW System, which has been faced with scrutiny recently after losing more than $34 million during its changes to a new Human Resource payroll system. “It’s not one of our high moments,” Falbo said when Harsdorf questioned him about the incident

and ensuing audit. “The only confidence I’d like you to have in this right now is the confidence that we’re working on it with all the resources necessary to fix it. I’m not sure that fix means we’ll uncover all of the dollars, but it does mean it will never happen again.” On behalf of the task force’s report, Falbo outlined a separate pay plan for faculty and staff at UW-Madison seeking to give the university more autonomy. He said the Board of Regents should keep its primary governing authority over all UW institutions, but chancellors should also be able to create advisory boards. Falbo said the Board of Regents is working hard to keep tuition down by making a four year degree more attainable and

looking to expand online courses. The information hearing concluded by identifying these proposed flexibilities as “the beginning of a dialogue,” as Harsdorf put it. The public hearing in turn focused on ways in which the Wisconsin Technical College System and UW System can work on meeting workforce needs in a rapidly evolving job market. Philip Baranowski, WTCS board member, said businesses and schools need to compromise and form partnerships. He said the board has been reviewing the courses their schools offer, emphasizing the WTCS’s goal to train for specific placement. Stephen Willett, WTCS board member, said the WTCS needs to integrate high schools and technical

colleges, providing a seamless process in which students can gain valuable skills at a young age and develop those skills over time. The jobs that will be offered in 2025, for instance, have not yet been created, Willett said. “Our challenge is to recognize that our economy is changing,” Willett said. “And the way we deliver education is changing.” The goal of education now, according to Willett, is to create a joint partnership with businesses as early as possible in order to provide the smoothest transition from schooling to workforce. He said it is the responsibility of WTCS and any other educational system to make sure the degrees they offer fit available jobs.

Homelessness up in Madison, study finds Survey conducted as part of national effort to quantify population says it grew 12 percent in city since last year Aliya Iftikhar Herald Contributor A semiannual survey conducted last month shows that Madison’s homeless population has grown by almost 12 percent since last year. The survey is part of wider national effort to quantify the homeless population across the United States and is conducted in January and July every year, according to Sue Wallinger, grants administrator for the Community Development Block Grant office. According to the survey, this year there are currently 732 sheltered and 99 unsheltered homeless people in Madison, up from 659 sheltered and 77 unsheltered people reported last year. The survey is conducted based on a definition given by the U.S Department

of Housing and Urban Development, Wallinger said. According to the department, anyone who sleeps in an emergency shelter, transitional housing or in a place not meant for human habitation, such as the street or a car, is counted as homeless, Wallinger said. All of the agencies in Dane County providing services to the homeless submit counts the night the survey is conducted, Wallinger said. A number of outreach workers also go out on the streets to count any unsheltered people. Some numbers are also received from the University of Wisconsin Police as well as the Madison Metropolitan School District, she said. While 12 percent is an increase from previous years, both Wallinger and Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8 said they were not surprised

by the results. “Homelessness is going to be an issue no matter what that we’ll continue to battle with,” Resnick

“Homelessness is going to be an issue no matter what that we’ll continue to battle with.” Scott Resnick District 8 Alder

said. “The city of Madison does provide a significant amount of services both to the homeless and also those at risk.” Resnick explained a number of shelters and many organizations around Dane County target homelessness. Overall,

around $1.3 million goes to combating homelessness, he said. Wallinger said she was particularly anxious to see the unsheltered count from the survey. “While we do gather information on unmet needs, there are people that no longer try to access services, so we want to be sure that they’re counted too,” Wallinger said. The survey generated questions about how the city will respond to the reported increase in homelessness. Wallinger said the city will formulate their response based on the funding they have available. Additionally, the city will determine whether or not to alter any of the programs they currently offer in favor of another program, she said. “While [homelessness] is a very well-known

perceived problem, there’s only so many options that you can respond with,” Resnick said. Resnick explained the city needs to respond to the increase by looking at how to provide additional housing. He cited several examples of how this could be achieved, including the affordable housing trust, improving socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals and finding mechanisms to improve the housing stock. The city is doing its part in trying to combat homelessness, Resnick said. However, combatting homelessness will require the resources of more than just the city government, he said. “Hopefully, the city of Madison can find partners to help accomplish its goal and find permanent housing for those on the street,” Resnick said.

City alcohol committee hears proposals, complaints Essen Haus requests volleyball court, ALRC hears concerns over Plan B noise Stephanie Awe Reporter A city committee heard new requests and revisited complaints from local restaurants and bars including several State Street establishments Wednesday night. In the ALRC meeting, The Essen Haus, a Near East Side bar, asked ALRC to approve the alcohol-related aspect of its latest venture. Bob Worm, owner of the Essen Haus for the past 30 years, requested to add outside seating and a temporary

volleyball court in the middle of the property’s parking lot that will be open from May 5 to Sept. 1. If the volleyball courts are approved by the Plan Commission, the Urban Design Commission and City Council, Worm said he would like ALRC to approve allowing customers to be able to take alcohol out to the courts. “I don’t think it’s going to hurt anything,” he said. “It should help business in general.” Worm said he contacted Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, in early January about the request and talked to neighborhood residents. Worm said he was in a hurry to get the request rolling, as it still needs to face multiple committees. Regardless of ALRC’s approval or disapproval, he said he

would move forward with a necessary investment of $18,000 for the volleyball courts this Monday. “I’m in the alcohol business. Of course, it’s a gamble,” Worm said. Richard Bach, Madison Police Department captain of traffic and parking enforcement and ALRC designee, said MPD was not concerned about the alcohol, but rather the potential impact of the volleyball court on noise complaints in the neighborhood. He said the police sector felt strongly that the neighborhood needed to give input and the alderman needed to be on board. Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, motioned to approve the request as long as The Essen Haus maintains its 240-person capacity, stops serving alcohol by midnight

and abides by the changes made by the three other committees. “From the alcohol standpoint, the police department didn’t have an alcohol concern,” Tom Landgraf, ALRC member, said. “I don’t see any reason why we can’t move forward.” The motion was approved in a 3-2 vote, with Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, and Michael Donnelly, ALRC member, voting against it. The committee also addressed an update on sound-proofing Plan B on 924 Williamson St. Corey Gresen, co-owner of the club, said it was sound-proofed in an effort to minimize noise complaints by nearby residents. Some residents said they had experienced improvements, while other residents disagreed, saying

the noise levels are still too loud and reporting difficulty sleeping. After hearing complaints, Gresen said Plan B was “tapped out” and did not know what else they could do to fit into the neighborhood. Mark Woulf, alcohol policy coordinator, said ALRC should stay involved at some level

PROSSER, from 1 Roggensack has been dismissive of these allegations saying that ‘everything is fine.’” Schwantes said in his statement. “Roggensack should recant her statements and apologize to Justice Bradley and the people of Wisconsin for her insensitivity and inaction in these circumstances.” Roggensack’s campaign manager Brandon Scholz said they doubted Bradley’s opinion release was coincidental, considering the primary election is next Tuesday. He said there have been no incidents in the past year-and-a-half, and Roggensack continues to believe all members of the court can continue to work together. Scholz said the more important aspect for voters to consider is the degree of experience each candidate has. He said Roggensack’s extensive background, serving seven years on the appellate court and 10 on the State Supreme Court make her the best candidate. Scholz said Fallone has never been a judge and chided his campaign manager for

to ensure conversation keeps up between the two oppositions. The ALRC also addressed an underage drinking violation at the Tiki Shack on State Street, where the violator was 16 years old. As a result, the Tiki Shack will be requested to follow through with rigorous I.D. checking, according to Verveer.

using a political issue like the 2011 incident to advance his campaign. Rick Esenberg, Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty founder, president and general counsel, said it was interesting Bradley used the occasion of her recusal to rebut Roggensack’s comments about cooperation in the courts. He added it was also curious it took so many months for Bradley to formally recuse herself from the case. Esenberg said Roggensack’s comments about court cooperation are not relevant to Bradley’s recusal, and added the recusal creates the appearance Bradley is attempting to interject herself in the upcoming election. While the court is thought to be divided 4-3 on many issues, about half the cases seen are unanimous, Esenberg said. When there is division, it tends to be broken down to 5-2 instead, he added. He said these numbers may show the court is not as divided as many make it out to be, and the issues of Bradley’s recusal and Roggensack’s campaign are issues better kept separate.

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Man robbed at gunpoint on West Main Street Suspect in custody after victim reports Tuesday incident to Madison Police Allie Johnson City Life Editor A Madison man was robbed at gunpoint while walking into his building Tuesday evening. The incident occurred at 9:45 p.m. on the 400

block of West Main Street, according to Madison Police Department Sgt. Jason Ostrenga. MPD arrested 19-year-old Alex Man for armed robbery Wednesday evening, Ostrenga said. The 29-year-old victim parked his car and was walking toward his building when Man approached him from behind, according to an MPD statement. The statement said Man pointed a silver handgun at the victim and told him

to drop the bag he was carrying. In addition to taking the victim’s bag, Man also ordered him to hand over his cell phone and wallet, according to the statement. The victim proceeded to hand over the requested items, the statement said. According to the statement, Man instructed the victim to wait until he was gone before calling the police. The victim did not report any injuries, the statement said.

“This was a very disturbing incident,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said. “I was concerned and troubled about the use of a handgun.” While robberies are common downtown, it is rare for handguns to be produced, Verveer said. According to Ostrenga, MPD located Man on the 800 block of East Washington Avenue. MPD took Man in for questioning Wednesday afternoon, before obtaining

enough evidence to charge him, he said. Man is now in custody and is being charged with one count of armed robbery, he said. The detailed description given by the victim contributed to locating Man and bringing him in for questioning, Ostrenga said. The incident occurred in the Bassett neighborhood, Verveer said, where the number one crime in the neighborhood is burglary, a non-violent crime.

Ostrenga said robberies do not often occur in the area, particularly armed robberies. The neighborhood is not prone to these sorts of weapons violations, Verveer added. Verveer said most robberies and muggings in the area involve the threat of physical violence. It is rare for a handgun to be used, he said. “I hope [armed robberies] do not become a trend in the neighborhood,” Verveer said.

UW engineer named to national engineering academy Noah Goetzel Higher Education Editor A University of Wisconsin engineer who creates innovative health promotion technologies was named to the National Academy of Engineering Tuesday. The NAE elected David Gustafson, UW’s Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies director and professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering and preventive medicine, and 68 others to its 2013 class of new members. The NAE additionally appointed 11 foreign associates Tuesday, according to a statement from the academy.

CONSTITUTION, from 1 approved model streamlines the process of student government funding and focuses campus outreach to a greater degree. An ASM statement said the new legislative branch of ASM would include a Student Senate, President’s Council and grassroots committee, as well as a President and Vice President in the Executive Branch. “I’m extremely excited,” McNally said. “I look forward to hearing from students and

WALKER, from 1 under 400 percent of the FPL. Walker decided last year not to set up the exchanges and to leave that responsibility to the federal government. If the exchanges are not up by its scheduled launch, Walker said he would keep parents in the Medicaid program. Walker said parents could afford the sliding premium prices in the exchanges, the lowest of which for an individual is $19 a month, and the highest of which is $121 a month. Those numbers do not include co-payments or deductibles. “Any reasonable conclusion shows that it’s extremely affordable,” Walker said. Democrats and some health care advocacy groups released statements voicing their disappointment with Walker’s proposal. They said he is leaving people without insurance and also noted the state would never pay more than 10 percent for the expansion. Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, said in a conference call to reporters Walker turned down a “good deal” for the state as well as about 10,000 jobs that would have come with the expansion. Jon Peacock, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families research director, said Walker’s plan would hurt low-income parents by pushing them onto the less affordable exchanges. “The governor’s Medicaid proposal represents a significant step backward in access to affordable health care for low-income parents,” Peacock said. The Legislature has to approve Walker’s plan, and then federal officials would need to approve it as well. Dennis Smith, Wisconsin Department of Health Services secretary, told reporters in a conference call federal officials would likely approve it, according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Walker said the state’s Medicaid numbers would

The statement said NAE elected Gustafson for industrial and systems engineering methods to advance the medical care of aging, lung cancer, severe asthma and drug addiction patients. Gustafson said it was “fantastic” to learn about his election Tuesday. He joked that the news was better than eating sliced bread. College of Engineering Associate Dean for Research Gerald Kulcinski said there are at least a dozen current NAE members from the college. He added he is proud to see another engineer from the college become a member of such a prestigious organization.

“It’s always an honor to have one of our colleagues nominated and then elected,” Kulcinski said. “It is very difficult to get a nomination, and once you get a nomination, it’s very difficult to make the final cut. For any one of our faculty who achieve that, it’s an honor for not only the college but the university to have someone in the national academy.” After joining UW faculty in 1967, Gustafson said he began theorizing on how to engineering technologies to address contemporary health issues in the late 1970s. In 2004, he started the Center for Health Enhancement System Studies after his wife battled breast

cancer to create computer systems that aid people in dealing with illnesses they are facing. “The reason I got into all this kind of stuff is I always tried to say, ‘How can I become a better person by doing the research that I’m doing?’” Gustafson said. “I’ve always tried to attach my research to the various stages of my life.” Gustafson said he always linked his research to his personal experiences. He engineered products that helped his teenage children cope with struggles of stress, sex or alcohol; developed screaming canes to prevent elderly from walking on their own as he aged; and built tools

to monitor health conditions in case of an emergency, such as when he went into cardiac arrest requiring a transplant five years ago. CHESS is based in the college, but the center encompasses faculty from 13 different disciplines, as well as state funding and 35 addiction treatment facilities around the country. Kulcinski said CHESS has been instrumental in boosting the profile of the college. “The honor of being in this national academy is probably the highest you can achieve as an engineer,” Kulcinski said. “The work that he has done has been recognized nationally and internationally. The department has gotten a

fairly high ranking nationally because of the work he’s been doing.” Gustafson said the real benefit of health technologies, especially mobile devices, is accessibility anytime, anywhere. He said the rising role of digital technology in health care could reduce the need for human work in the industry and worsen unemployment issues as these devices eventually revolutionize the world. Gustafson was quick to divert credit for his election to NAE to his colleagues, which CHESS Principal Investigator Dhavan Shah attributed to his modest personality.

outreaching so we come to vote on this everyone is on the same page … I’ll be happy with it one way or another. I’ll know that we gave the students an option, and that’s what it’s about.” ASM Chair Andrew Bulovsky said the overwhelming vote of support for the new constitution represents the desire of Student Council to allow students to vote on the issue. He said the ball is now in their court and it’s their “job to pass it,” although they have the option not to do so.

During deliberation, University Affairs Chair Becca Buell expressed concern in a statement over the constitution being passed too abruptly even though she thinks no grassroots campaign reform is necessary. The constitution had only two weeks for council members to vote on because all referenda have to be passed by Friday. Representative Libby Wick-Bander said no public policy was considered before drafting the constitution. She said she also worried the constitution endorses

ASM bureaucracy and could destroy the approximately $40 million General Student Services Fund. Bulovsky said her anxiety likely stemmed from the potential for change of this new legislation. However, he said that is the purpose of the new constitution. “She’s probably concerned because things could change slightly, but that’s the nature of politics and the nature of life,” Bulovsky said. “Things will never stay stagnant for too long or they become atrophy.”

Student Council also voted 18-1 to pass an amendment to the ASM Bylaws definition of viewpoint neutrality. The new definition eliminates the previous wording, which considered all procedural violations de facto viewpoint neutrality violations. According to Student Services Finance Committee Chair Ellie Bruecker, the new definition of viewpoint neutrality abides by the 2000 Supreme Court ruling in Board of Regents in the UW System v. Southworth that said viewpoint neutrality

means not taking the viewpoint of the group asking for funding into consideration. The council also debated the controversial name and $3,000 endorsement of the May 4 event tentatively called Revelry coinciding with the traditional Mifflin Street Block Party. ASM Vice Chair Maria Giannopoulos said ASM endorsed the event in December, thus the student government can help pay for it. However, these decisions are not fixed yet, she said.

drop by 5,417 under his plan. Smith told reporters he estimates the state would move 87,000 people from Medicaid to the exchanges, and 82,000 who are currently not in Medicaid would join the program. This proposal would not affect the elderly or the children of parents who would move to private plans. Walker unsure about federal funds Although the full expansion would have expanded the state’s Medicaid rolls, the federal government would fully pay for the expansion until 2016. The federal aid would then gradually drop to 90 percent in 2020. That compares to the 60 percent the federal government pays for the existing Medicaid program. A nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau analysis earlier this month showed the state would save $65.9 million in the expansion’s first three years. Although Walker noted he is not taking those savings, he said his plan would not increase Medicaid expenses. Between 2016 and 2010, the state would pay $66.7 million more with the expansion, although that is about 65 times less than the $4.38 million the federal government would pay. Walker said given the federal government’s debt problems, he is unsure whether Congress would meet that funding promise. But according to The Hill, Gene Sperling, one of President Barack Obama’s top advisers, said last month states should take the expansion trusting “the rug will not be pulled out from under them.” Federal officials have also said states can back out of the expansion at any time, according to The Associated Press. Walker joins some Republican governors in turning down the expansion. Others, like Gov. Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., and Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, have accepted it. The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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Members of state tribe sound off on mining bill Todd Richmond Associated Press ODANAH, Wis. (AP) — For generations the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has quietly carved out a hardscrabble existence in the evergreen forests and sloughs along what people here call the Big Water, living off wild rice, fish and game. Little has changed over the decades. They grapple with poverty every day. Their casino is tiny, their homes aging and weatherbeaten. But they have their land and their water and that’s always been enough.

Now, though, tribal members find themselves in the path of a major effort to create new jobs in Wisconsin. Their lifestyle may turn out to be the most formidable obstacle yet for a Republican governor determined to show that he can ramp up the state’s economy. Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature are pushing to bring a huge iron mine to the Bad River’s doorstep and revive an industry that has been dormant for nearly 50 years. Conservationists fear the mine would pollute the area, but supporters disagree and are fast-

tracking a bill to clear the way. In his two years in office, Walker has rolled over his Democratic adversaries and beaten a recall attempt, but he now faces a different kind of opponent. Though only 1,000 members live on the reservation, the tribe has legal status as a sovereign nation and could tie up the project in court, depriving Walker of his signature job creation achievement as he prepares for re-election. “We’re not going to let it happen,” tribal elder Joe Rose Sr. said. “The (Chippewa) tradition is to look seven generations ahead. We ask ourselves

what we’re leaving for those unborn. Will there be clean water and air? Will there be any pristine wilderness left?” The issue has inflamed the tension between the state’s beloved outdoor traditions and the need for paychecks. Many residents of the surrounding counties, where unemployment ranges up to 12 percent, have latched onto promises of hundreds of jobs on-site; backers say there would be thousands more for heavy equipment manufacturers and suppliers across the state. “Everybody’s broke around here,” said Ken

Scribner, a 47-year-old unemployed construction worker from Mellen, a town of about 800 people on the mine site’s western edge. “We need some money.” How the collision of cultures can be resolved, short of years of litigation, is unclear. Northwestern Wisconsin is a different world than Milwaukee, the state’s largest city and a manufacturing hub. This is an untamed place, laced with secluded lakes, snowfrosted forests, swamps and towns separated by miles of lonely two-lane roads. Iron mining was once the area’s lifeblood, but the

last mine closed in 1965 as the steel industry shifted to lower-grade ore. The region’s economy has limped along ever since, relying on tourism even as abandoned buildings and mounds of waste rock served as forlorn reminders of better days. Now, though, mining company Gogebic Taconite is considering a new mine in the Penokee Hills, which stretch from the northern Wisconsin woods to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Plans call for blasting away 4 miles of ridge line to create a massive pit mine. The company hopes to ship ore to take advantage of rising domestic prices.

Lawmakers take on immigration policy Erica Werner Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers who are shaping the fate of the millions of people in the U.S. illegally were told by one Wednesday that it’s time to rewrite immigration laws so that they, too, can live the American dream. “What do you want to do with me?” an emotional Jose Antonio Vargas demanded of senators. “How do you define American?” The first Senate hearing on immigration policy this year pointed toward an emerging bipartisan consensus that the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants should be offered a path to citizenship. But passionate divisions over the issue also surfaced as one Republican decried amnesty and shouting protesters interrupted the proceedings. “You really mean that we’re not going to have enforcement, but we’ve got to have amnesty first,” Sen. Jeff Sessions, a top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, confronted the panel’s chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Leahy and Homeland Security Secretary Janet

Napolitano rejected the argument that border security must be the focus before a comprehensive immigration package or any pathway to legalization can be done. “Too often the border security refrain simply serves as an excuse,” Napolitano said. “Our borders have in fact never been stronger.” An immigration overhaul is a priority for President Barack Obama and lawmakers after a brutal election in which voters again elected a divided government. Democrats control the White House and the Senate, while Republicans hold the House majority. But for all of the division and polarization in Washington, the hearing produced evidence of bipartisan agreement to fix what all agree is a broken system — and finally dispense with a wrenching issue that has bedeviled lawmakers for years. Vargas’ testimony produced a striking moment in which one of the 11 million illegal immigrants at the center of the debate confronted the elected officials reconsidering the law. A former journalist who

acknowledged his illegal status in a high-profile piece in The New York Times Magazine in June 2011, Vargas recalled his journey to the U.S. from the Philippines in 1993. He told lawmakers that he never knew he was here illegally until he applied for a drivers’ permit, and that he lived for years in fear until he decided to go public and start an advocacy group. He has so far avoided deportation. “Too often, we’re treated as abstractions, faceless and nameless, mere subjects of debate rather than individuals with families, hopes, fears, and dreams,” Vargas told committee members. “We dream of a path to citizenship so we can actively participate in our American democracy.” Democrats on the panel offered praise and encouragement. Republicans had little response. For Vargas and others in his position the deliberations offered some encouraging signs mixed with unmistakable notes of caution. Leahy declared in opening the hearing, “In my view it is time to pass a good bill, a fair bill, a comprehensive bill ... Too many have been waiting too long for fairness.” Sen. John Cornyn,

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Obama has made immigration reform a priority in his second term. His proposals have included measures to give undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. R-Texas, said the focus must be border security. “I do not believe the border is secure and I still believe we have a long, long way to go,” he said. Protesters interrupted the hearing several times, with some shouting and waving

banners against deportations, which have increased markedly under the Obama administration despite its push to find a political accommodation for many who have been living in the U.S. Later people in another

group stood and silently turned their backs to the dais where the senators sat. They wore signs on their backs reading “human rights” and “immigrant rights.” Leahy chided them for interrupting proceedings.

Animal rights activists sue to end wolf hunts western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountain states by the time the government took them off the list in those areas in January 2012. That action followed several years of court battles and turned responsibility for managing their populations back to the states. The latest lawsuit calls the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2011 decision to take wolves off the list “biologically reckless” and contrary to the Endangered Species Act. It says “the existing regulatory mechanisms in the Great Lakes region are anything but adequate,” and that allowing hunting and trapping in the western Great Lakes when wolves don’t exist in 95 percent of their former range runs counter to the goals of the act.

and the formation of their identity as well. According to LGBTQ Diversity Coordinator Anthony Wilder, the learning community option will be available when students are applying for housing.

“This is a way of showing support for the LGBTQ community on campus,” Wilder said. “[It is also] a way to learn about sexual and gender identity [and to] learn, grown and explore.” Evans also said it is

important for UW students to know the Open House will have similar coed housing style as dorms such as Witte, Sellery or Ogg Halls. UW Housing hopes the Open House will be a huge success among

students and enthusiasm surrounding the learning community will be high, Evans said. He added he wants students to feel safe and be able to learn and grow together as they focus on issues surrounding gender.

According to the UW Housing website, Open House hopes students will build an intentional community attempting to create social change in a safe space for students. “Hopefully, this is only the beginning,” Wilder said.

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statement saying that putting wolves back on the list would not be in the best interest of the animals or state residents. “We intend to continue managing wolves in ways that work for Wisconsin, socially and biologically,” DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp said. “But to do so, management authority needs to remain in the hands of the state. We must maintain the authority to employ tools, like a wolf hunt, when populations and depredations peak as they have this year. Increased conflicts with domestic livestock and pets benefit neither humans nor wolves.” Michigan is expected to make a decision on wolf hunting this spring. Officials say if a hunt is approved, it likely will be limited to parts of the sparsely

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hostile state management programs that encourage dramatic reductions in wolf populations,” Jonathan Lovvorn, chief counsel for animal protection litigation at the HSUS, said in a statement. “This decision rolls back the only line of defense for wolf populations, and paves the way for the same statesponsored eradication policies that pushed this species to the brink of extinction in the first place.” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokeswoman Georgia Parham said she couldn’t comment on the lawsuit, but the agency took the wolves off the endangered list because the population had recovered and followed the law in doing so. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued a

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Humane Society of the United States and other animal welfare groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday to restore federal protections for gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region that were lifted last year. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior, said the decision to take wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan off the endangered list threatens the animals’ recovery throughout most of their historic range. At one time, the animals roamed nearly all of North America. The Humane Society of

the United States provided a copy of the lawsuit to The Associated Press before its public announcement in the afternoon. The other plaintiffs include Born Free USA, Help Our Wolves Live and Friends of Animals and Their Environment. Hunters and trappers in Minnesota and Wisconsin killed 530 wolves combined during those states’ recently concluded seasons — 413 in Minnesota and 117 in Wisconsin. The Michigan Legislature voted in December to authorize wolf hunting, which could resume as early as this fall if the state’s Natural Resources Commission approves. “In the short time since federal protections have been removed, trophy hunters and trappers have killed hundreds of Great Lakes wolves under

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Cromwell poorly represents animal rights activism Hayes Cascia Staff Writer Question: What is the connection between the movie “Babe” and experimental cats at the University of Wisconsin? Answer: James Cromwell. After Cromwell’s role as Farmer Hoggett in the childhood classic, “Babe,” we all thought he was a pig person. We were wrong. Cromwell was arrested last Thursday after storming into a UW System meeting with photos of a lab research cat named Double Trouble and shouting about animal

cruelty. One photo showed Double Trouble with steel rods implanted in its head, while the other displayed one of the many surgeries performed on the animal. Cromwell disrupted the meeting in support of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ case accusing UW research labs of mutilating and killing cats in experiments, which, it claims, have resulted in little medical advancement. I commend Cromwell’s attempt to draw attention to animal cruelty but I think PETA could have been a more powerful celebrity to concentrate the public’s interest on the mistreatment of these animals. No offense to you, Cromwell, but considering that people are more familiar with your role as Farmer Hoggett in “Babe”

than your actual name, I don’t think you are going to attract that much buzz. If I could devise the ideal

“No offense to you, Cromwell, but considering that people are more familiar with your role as Farmer Hoggett in “Babe than your actual name, I don’t think your are going to attract that much buzz.” protest to the wrongful experimentation done on cats, I would first contact Sarah McLachlan. McLachlan is a

spokesperson for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and was featured in a commercial in which her song “Angel” plays to a video of abused animals. This commercial is very effective – it often brings a single tear to each of my eyes. So I figure if McLachlan appeared in person, it would be even more emotional. Armed with Sarah McLachlan and an interpretive dancer holding the horrific photos of Double Trouble, I would lead the three of us into the UW System meeting holding a boom box. I would put the boombox in the middle of the room and play the instrumental to “Angel.” Next, I would sit back and watch Sarah McLachlan sing her heart out, while the interpretive

dancer would gracefully dance around the room to the rhythm of the song with the awful photos of a mutilated cat. Hopefully, this would draw on the emotions of the participants in the meeting and cause them to cut funding or reconsider the legal guidelines for experiments run on animals. I would do all of this for Double Trouble. I don’t even like cats, but they are living creatures and should be treated as such. I am, however, a dog person. If dogs were involved in these experiments, I would pool more funds to get a performer like Beyoncé. I mean after a Super Bowl performance so good it caused a power outage, who could say no to her? If the labs at UW do not

stop these experiments for the sake of the cats involved, then they should end them for the wellbeing of the world. These research experiments set the stage for the making of a bad horror movie in which “cyborg cats” take over the world and impose their will on the human race. Kind of like a planet of the apes, but way less intimidating. It will be interesting to see if Cromwell’s antics lead to future protests, and who knows – maybe he will even land a role as a biologist with a guilty conscience in a feature film based on the true story of Double Trouble, titled “Puss in Cochlear Implants.” Hayes Cascia (hcascia@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore with an undeclared major.

Labor economics supports increase in minimum wage Joe Timmerman Editorial Page Content Editor

Associated Press

In delivering the Republican response to the State of the Union address, rising GOP star Sen. Mark Rubio, R-Fla., leaned on traditional conservative ideals.

Rubio’s response epitomizes washed-up GOP ideologies Nathaniel Olson Columnist

The most prescient lesson Republicans took away from the 2012 presidential election was the need to pay attention to demographics. As Americans are becoming more racially, economically and socially divided than at any point in our country’s history, the Republican Party’s narrow appeals to the descendants of WASP’s and Rockefeller’s need to be replaced by broader, more inclusive policies championing America’s free-market history and celebrating the opportunities community structures like families and religious institutions provide. There is evidence the GOP has learned this lesson. In a Jan. 24 speech to the Republican National Committee, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on his party to “recalibrate the compass of conservatism,” and “shift…the ambition of our conservative movement… toward the mission of growth.” Jindal’s speech recognized the strategic need for a makeover – without providing any details. It was, I thought, an acknowledgement of the GOP’s most severe problem and signal that tactics, if not ideologies, were shifting. How then, did Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s speechwriters miss this memo? Let’s back up for a second. On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address to Congress. In the address, he outlined an ambitious agenda more akin to a progressive wish list than a set of policy proposals. These reforms, which

included a federal minimum wage hike to nine dollars an hour, full-day preschool for every child in America and a “Fix-It-First” program designed to shore up infrastructure (think stimulus 2.0), are intelligent steps on the path to renew America. They aim to address some of our most pressing problems: a depressed consumer economy riddled with unseemly amounts of private household debt, a social fabric being torn asunder by everincreasing levels of income inequality and a decaying infrastructure that makes starting a small business or safely transporting commodities from coast-tocoast a Herculean task. Very few members of the GOP would contend these problems are imaginary, but their obstinacy toward any Obama-led proposal has been both collective and fierce. And while disagreement is healthy, nihilism is not. Which brings us back to Rubio. It should be noted that giving the response to the State of the Union is equivalent to drawing the short straw. You really can’t win; there’s not enough attention, applause or time to give the impression of seriously dignified oratory. But Rubio has been a rising star in the Republican establishment. By virtue of being young, smart and ethnic, he’s been able to capture a Senate seat without any major obstacles, giving hope to some the right-side of American politics might move away from its xenophobic, practically ecclesiastical roots to a more docile form of freemarket individualism. But that’s not what was on display Tuesday night. Instead, Rubio’s speech took us on a greatest-hits tour of cornerstone Republican

beliefs, ranging from oldas-time ideology – such as his assertion that “The tax increases and the deficit spending you propose will hurt middle-class families,” – to myths disproven with readily-available data – for instance, his claim that “a major cause of our recent downturn was a housing crisis created by reckless government policies.” Rubio didn’t talk about how to strengthen social structures like families or mend social gaps. He didn’t take a stance on investment or infrastructure development. His vision for America was hopelessly tied to some notion that all Americans need is less government in their lives to get back on their feet. Jindal now sounds like a reasonable reformer, while Rubio echoes inert ideals is an amusing bit of irony. Three years ago, Jindal was lambasted for delivering a similarly lackluster State of the Union response. If Republicans really see a need to shift their platform, in terms of both policy and public perception, sooner is better. I see the seeds of what we might label New Conservatism all around – an emphasis on markets, social structures, traditions and empirical data. If it were coupled with a party appreciating the value of investment, immigration and child welfare, it could be a powerful and productive ideology. Demography isn’t destiny, but it is reality. The sooner both sides of the aisle realize this, the sooner we’ll have real argumentation in our government. Nathaniel Olson (naolson4@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science, history and psychology.

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass legislation changing the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour, up from its current value of $7.25 per hour. Not surprisingly, this proposal has garnered plenty of opposition from congressional Republicans. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told Fox News he opposes the minimum wage hike, saying, “It’ll take away from the economy.” However, that claim is far from substantiated. While economics is an imprecise science, an increasing body of research is suggesting that increasing the minimum wage, as Obama has suggested, would do more good than harm. One argument for this increase is simple: labor productivity

has increased at a much faster rate than wages. Simply put, this means workers have increased their output without receiving a corresponding increase in their compensation. That’s exactly what the graphs below show — productivity shooting up with wages lagging

“... an increasing body of research is suggesting that increasing the minimum wage ... would do more good than harm.” behind. According to classical supply-demand analysis, the effect of increasing the minimum wage is very straightforward: instituting an effective price floor (i.e., a minimum wage) on a good decreases quantity demanded of that good — in this case, demand for labor, which in turn leads to increased unemployment. However, reality suggests the case is not so simple. A seminal study by David Card and Alan Krueger looked at fast-food employment before and after New

Jersey increased their minimum wage by nearly 20 percent. Their conclusion? “Contrary to the central prediction of the textbook model of the minimum wage, but consistent with a number of recent studies based on cross-sectional timeseries comparisons of affected and unaffected markets or employers, we find no evidence that the rise in New Jersey’s minimum wage reduced employment at fast-food restaurants in the state.” Why might this be? Some economists suggest wages may be determined more by history and tradition rather than underlying economic factors. For example, a restaurant owner might keep paying the same wage just because that’s what he or she has always done. This, of course, is not conclusive — one study does not a fact make. However, it’s certainly food for thought. Hopefully, the President’s proposal will lead to much reasonable debate and eventually some policy change. Only time will tell. Joe Timmerman ( jtimmerman@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in economics and math.

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Hooking Badgers up since ‘69 SO to getting my homework done weeks in advance! Netflix, will you be my Valentine for the next couple months?

SORRY

SO to my beautiful roomie Nicole! You are the classiest lady I know. Keep rockin’ that bar-in-bag thang. Love, E. SO to spending this V-Day with Breanne, the gal pal love of my life and only person who has seen me at my best/worst. You’re no choker! HMFSO to Ian McCue. Keep bringing the sexy with you to the Plaza every Thursday!

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Valentine’s Day SO to my wonderful girlfriend. Hey girl, we’ve come a long way since me begging you to go out with me in September and hopefully I have in some way made you as happy as you’ve made me. You’re the trough of spaghetti to my Bret Bielema, the angry popping-out head vein to my Bo Ryan, the photo to my sports. You’re the best and I can’t wait to watch the season

premiere of Duck Dynasty with you in a couple of weeks! Also, I still think Dave Matthews is awful. SC to my fucking fabulous roomies, z p and zo! You are all sexy and high with no stis! you’re the classiest betches on this side of Miffland, happy heart day! SO to Chris, Col, Kyle, Ben, and Mitch --- Second semester seniors, and you finally get to be in the BH SO’s! DSO to making dreams come true! HMFSO to the Fat Girls Club, Madison Chapter! You don’t have to be “fat” or a “girl” to be a “fat girl!” HMU hottiez. RSO to food

in your future kingdom. HSO to the 2 amazing years I have spent with Andrew Heisler! SO to Will, I want to be your cum dumpster. SO to Yoga Pants, and the lil’ guy wearing them around my apartment! You’ve got a great ass. SO to Ryan, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. Thank you for sharing all of this with me. I love you.

C(onfession)SO to the GMAcc program. We think you’re a bunch of sweeties, so come join our tart lunch conversations

SO to L, Can’t wait to get chinese with you and I hope you like the rock I got you!

SO to The Nest. You guys make me melt every morning.

SC to all the jewish boys around campus. What’s a blonde girl gotta do to get on that.

SO I got 99 problems but a Bitch Ain’t 1-- Happy Valentine’s Day Sam! VDSO Happy Valentine’s Day (and almost 16 months) to the best Badger girl a guy could ask for. I love you Mo! HMFSO to LarBar, my very favorite boyfriend ever! You are fab and I am so happy we’re a power couple. DSO to JRM I love you to the moon and back <3 Happy 3rd Valentines Day and here is to an infinite number more ;) See you later alligator SO to the guy who has the cutest smile and gives me the best advice. You’re awesome. So glad I got to work with you! SO to Kitty. Everything the light touches is

VDSO to the guy Eric I met at Buck n Badger. It’s been three weeks and you’re still on my mind. What is your last name so I can stalk you on Facebook?? ASO for being a 24 year old virgin. SO to Dick Cheese, Happy Valentines Day from Venezuela!! I love you and I miss you. XOXO <3, Pants SO to Matt D., you’re the best and I love you :) besosss SO to JMH from CDH: meow meow meow meow meow! <3 <3 <3 HMFSO to Elliot H. Sending all my love to you from Boston this V-day! See you when I get back xoxo Valentine Shout Out to Mer- No matter what space you fill in my life; friend, lover or otherwise. Know that I’m thinking of you as each of these holidays pass us buy. Hows about we crack open a bottle SO to my amazingggg boyfriend, I love you more than all the sugar and puppies in the world. You mean everything to me. You da best! ;)

CALL YOUR GF

Valetine’s SC to the beauty

my fencing class. How about we move this ﬂirtationship out of the spotlight and find a nice secluded place behind the curtains? If not get at me on center stage! SO to Kelly for being a saucy minx and a foxy babe. SO to dat ass SO To Tabby T. from “Shandy”... Hope it is epic! Valentine’s Day SO to my girlfriend Hannah for making the past year and a half incredible. You never cease to amaze.

SO to being alone on Valentine’s Day. DSO to it being due to the fact that I dutch-ovened my ex VDSO to Polo. You are such a ladies man. When will you settle down and make an honest woman out of me? xoxo, IM HSO to my boyfriend for giving me chocolates the day before Valentine’s Day. Now I can carboload for a workout Valentine’s Day night, if you know what I mean.. SO to cat’s motherfuckers!

asses.

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VDSO to Ernst. You dirty, ﬁlthy boy. Do the dishes and I’ll get dirtier for you than the trash you haven’t taken out for the past three weeks.

SO to Alexandra for getting the courage to ask for what she wants. Love you! And thank you for always being there.

HMFSO to being a single man on Valentine’s day and scouting the bars for lonely, desperate ladies.

SO to Erik. I’ll get cozy with you to trance music anytime. SO to Beyonce. Bootylicious baby.

Valentine’s Day SO to the smell of latex, shame and vodka reeking in my room on February 15th! ASO to Cupid. You fat little fucking bitch, when I get high tonight and hallucinate you I’m going to beat you senseless. SO to my Valentine being my Mom. ASO to Connor’s mom being his Valentine and not mine like last year... SO to chocolate. The only thing that somewhat cures the pain of having an unfulfilled vagina on Vday. VDSO to Reggie, the bearded Norseman dreamboat that I used to work with. I have blue eyes too, maybe someday we can make sweet babies that look like Thor and Odin? Love, NK

HANG WITH ME

SO to my wonderful boo D.E. I wanna give you a kiss… a business kiss. Love, your little kitty cat.

Not Cardinal Red, I’m Herald Blue, You’ll never again touch my you-whoo. SO to your mom. DSO to your grandmom.

valentines I’ll ever need. SO to my roommate Lauren. Without you, I’d forget to pay my rent, shower, watch the Bachelor static-free, feel weird getting drunk off one glass of wine, throw out spoiled milk, and cook my meat after its been sitting out for hours. SO to MD. I’m happy that you found the love of your life: Entertainment Tonight. Cheers! SO to Laura. My life and job would be impossible without you. I love you! SO to daydreaming about having a foursome with Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan and Scott Walker. SO to Baughman and his cats. You’ll get it when you’re older. No you won’t. DASO to Jesus Christ. You kept me abstinent.

ASO to sugar-free chocolate, the Miller Lite of candy. HMFSO to HMFs: You eclipse the sun on a hot day and keep the ground from flying up into the air.

HANDLE ME

VDASO to VD HMFSO to drowning your feelings in sodium. Five Guys fries are the only

VDSO to my wonderful nurse gf. Hannah, baby, every time you stick that suppository up my laundry chute, I realize what true love really is. SO to J, thanks for being my bud! XOXO E

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SUDOKU

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MIKE BERG

NONSENSE? Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F. What? You still don’t get it? It’s not calculus or anything. Oh, and I don’t mean to give anything away, but for all Sudokus this is true: the answer is love.

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DIFFICULTY RATING: “If music be the fruit of love, BURN YER LUTE.”

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KAKURO?

I know, I know. Kakuro. Looks crazy, right? This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to. Repeating numbers? Not in this part of town. And that’s that, slick.

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The Kakuro Unique Sum Chart Cells Clue 2 3 2 4 2 16 2 17

DIFFICULTY: Kakuro makes a pretty solid alternative and opposite to love

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ERICA LOPPNOW

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COLLIN LA FLEUR

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33 ___-weekly 35 When a right is sometimes allowed 36 Rocky peak 37 Novelist whose first wife had the same first name, curiously 39 Vet, e.g. 40 Boxer’s response 41 Title figure in a Mitch Albom best seller 42 When completed, popular TV program starting in 1975 46 Man’s name meaning “young man” 47 Black 48 Meeting place for mathematicians? 51 Linear, in brief 52 Confusion 55 Erase 56 Military protection

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Avila, Koyu go Generation Wild at Majestic Up-and-coming international DJs make stop in Madison on tour Chris Kim ArtsEtc. Writer The Generation Wild Tour, consisting of EDM DJ’s Deniz Koyu, Danny Avila, dBerrie and Mikael Weermets, came to Madison’s Majestic Theatre Tuesday. They’ve been on tour in the U.S. for 12 days and have played eight shows so far, hitting up colleges such as Penn State and performing with Dayglow. The Majestic was full of people ready to rave and party. Concert-goers eagerly awaited for Koyu’s hit single “Tung.” “This is always very exciting for me,” Koyu said in an interview with The Badger Herald, “We had these really fun college shows. This is new for me because I’ve never played

[them] before. There’s so much hype here in the States… People here really follow the scene and follow all the DJs and know the new tracks. It’s different than in Europe. The scene is old and there’s more tradition there.” The focus of the tour is definitely up-and-comer Avila. The extraordinary thing about Avila is his success at such a young age. He is already a fullfledged DJ and producer with followings rivaling those of producers who’ve been playing for many years. He was publicly lauded by Tiësto and had three different residencies, which are consecutive shows at a specific venue for a season, in Ibiza. He will also perform at Coachella and at the Main Stage of the Ultra Music Festival. He was listed as “One to Watch” in Billboard Magazine’s “21 Under 21” list, a title also bestowed on Chief Keef and Joey Bada$$. Avila’s story starts at

an extremely young age. He started DJ-ing around 12 years old and began producing music. He performed at birthday parties and learned by experimenting and from friends for the next three years. At the age of 15, he decided to leave everything behind and move to Madrid to further his career.

“I love music so much...I left my friends, family, everything. It was a hard decision.” Danny Avila

17-year-old international DJ

After being noticed by Fedde le Grand while performing in Benidorm and touring with him, along with others famous acts such as The Black Eyed Peas, he was able to secure a residency in

Ibiza. There he drew the attention and support of Tiësto, securing even more residencies, extending his career further and culminating with today’s Generation Wild Tour in the U.S. “It’s pretty crazy; if you told me this four years ago, I wouldn’t have believed it. [My success] went really progressive… I started playing in Madrid, then Spain, then Russia and then the States. It keeps building and building,” Avila said in an interview with The Badger Herald before his show. “On one hand it’s really crazy; I have fun. I do what I want [to do], which is the most important thing. On the other hand, I get to see my family really rarely. Also my friends… I left Marbella, where I used to live, because I couldn’t reach the next level there and moved to Madrid. I love music so much…I left my friends, family, everything. It was a hard decision.” The Madison stop of

the Generation Wild Tour attracted people trying to enliven an otherwise normal Tuesday night. Avila knew when to drop the music or excite the crowd by changing the beat from a traditional House boom-boom-boom to a Dubstep-esque boom-kuhboom-kuh. He played his hit single “Breaking Your Fall” early on to excite the crowd. One could see why this youngster was attracting the attention of successful producers and blowing up. He has charisma and youthful energy. He has been likened to Justin Bieber in his appeal to the masses. Despite being a Tuesday night, Avila kept his energy high. He seemed to genuinely enjoy performing - a teenager who can’t believe his good fortune and is reveling in his situation. “I love every single aspect of this career,” Avila said. “It’s so much fun, I don’t call it work…. That I can do what I want to do, I

feel so lucky and thankful.” The energy ebbed and waned throughout the night. Concert-goers didn’t arrive in force until about 11 p.m., and even then the Majestic was only about a quarter full. Those who were there definitely were into the continuous hours of House music, which refused to cease even between set changes. The atmosphere, however, was a little strained with the lack of a big name producer and with Koyu, arguably, being the most famous performer. The audience alternated between casual conversing and excitedly pumping their fists. A big change in the beat or the initiation of a drop would pump up the crowd for a bit but eventually would subside into the same average dancing. The show had the feel of a night out at a club, with alcohol and mingling being the focus. The concert ended with satisfaction from the crowd but no true feelings of elation.

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UW student Claire Huber focuses on human faces in series of artistic sketches Seung Park ArtsEtc. Staff Writer For the vast majority of people, faces are just another part of our lives. Thousands of them can pass by on a single day, yet they vanish from our minds a second after they disappear - a fleeting moment lost in the everyday shuffle. For artist Claire Huber, a University of Wisconsin junior, faces can speak volumes. They aren’t just another part of a body - they can be representations of human beings. “Looking at the tiny details and intricacies of faces, an expression can tell you so much,” Huber said.

“I find much more interest in trying to draw tiny details in peoples’ faces and stuff that might be wrong... rather than drawing a perfect, airbrushed face.” Claire Huber

UW student and artist

Partly because of this fascination, Huber began her art in kindergarten, eventually drawing every single person in her class. Huber then focused on drawing impressions of celebrities, noting that high-resolution photos were easily available. Most of her pieces are based on the photos she found online. However, as she honed her craft and her skills began to improve, she yearned for wider pastures. “I find much more interest in trying to draw tiny details in peoples’ faces and stuff that might be wrong - asymmetry, little marks - rather than drawing a perfect, airbrushed face,” she said. “In the future, I definitely want to draw more from real life...It’s something I’d love to explore. The feeling of being in real life isn’t the same as looking at a photo, no matter how realistic or high resolution it may be.” Huber has already

made some inroads into moving away from celebrities. Her website already features dozens of original works, with more on the way. According to Huber, her sketches are rarely planned out in full before she begins drawing. “A lot of times, I don’t completely plan each piece out before I start it,” she revealed. “I just don’t know what it’ll look like, but it makes more sense as I keep going.” This idiosyncrasy has led to some interesting artistic decisions on her part, she confessed. One of her most eye-catching sketches, “Bad Hair Day,” features a striking wash of vivid red color on an otherwise monochrome drawing. “I did that completely on a whim,” she said, laughing. “Sometimes I’ll just feel like drawing something in red.” Her tendency for lack of planning had gotten her into trouble before, when she would lose heart halfway through a drawing. Huber went through a phase like this a few years ago, but she found that if she persevered, she would actually be quite pleased with the finished product. Her distinctive works have begun amassing popularity, both among her friends and the public. In a recent post on the online hub Reddit, her sketches drew acclaim from everyday viewers. Despite the critical success, Huber says she still isn’t sure what she plans to do with them. “I don’t know if anything will happen, at all,” she said. “But no matter what happens, if I’m doing it for me, that’s fulfilling enough for myself.” Whatever may be in store for the future, Huber considers her sketches to be one of the most important parts of her life. “There’s almost nothing that I feel so passionately about in my life,” she said, emphasizing that this wasn’t a mere hobby. “If I could drop everything and just draw for the rest of my life, I definitely would.” Claire Huber’s collected works can be viewed on her website at www.cehuber.com.

Bow down, TV lovers: “Community” has returned for a fourth season. The surprise hit show with a cult following seemed on the brink of cancellation, but, at least for now, “Community” will continue with a 13-episode season. “Community’s” ensemble cast of community college misfits normally gives the show an edge, but the first episode in nearly nine months has less primetime prominence than earlier episodes. This season of “Community” opens with Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, TV’s “The Soup”) set on graduating a semester ahead of his friends by finishing out his history requirement after a summer of online classes. However, the course he had planned to take with the rest of the gang, “History of Ice Cream,” is overbooked.

Dean Pelton (Jim Rash, “The Onion Movie”) already has a solution for the angry students: The Hunger Deans, a play on “The Hunger Games,” where students compete to win a spot in the class. While Jeff fights to secure spots for everyone in the “Community” gang, Abed (Danny Pudi, “The Guilt Trip”) escapes to his sitcomversion of reality after becoming stressed about his nearing graduation. Meanwhile, Troy (Donald Glover, TV’s “Girls”) and Britta (Gillian Jacobs, “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”) do couples stuff that ends with them getting wet, Annie (Alison Brie, “The Five-Year Engagement”) and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown, “Repo Men”) fill the dean’s car with popcorn and Pierce (Chevy Chase, “Hot Tub Time Machine”) just sits on the sidelines of The Hunger Deans trying to make ball

jokes. The thing that makes the show so great is its characters’ writing, which is sometimes very weak and other times too strong in the premier. Jeff has lost a lot of his edge as he desperately pursues becoming a better friend, a focal aspect of his character last season. While participating in The Hunger Deans, Jeff acts as if he’s valiantly fighting for the gang, something he has never done so blatantly. This may be a changed Jeff, but here’s hoping he snaps back to the more selfish, cool version of himself in episodes to come. Many segments and characters that make “Community” great just didn’t fulfill expectations. Everyone else in the main gang is outshone by the dean, who lets his normally somewhat subtle bicuriousness and obsession with dressing in drag wave like a rainbow flag during a

pride parade. The look into Abed’s head is theatrically flat; his fantasies normally pull viewers’ interests, yet the trope didn’t come through as interesting this episode. The stress of impending graduation is obvious in all the characters, but it carries over into the entire being of the premier. The tone for the season is set as one of coming to a close, contradicting the flash of “Six Seasons and a Movie” hope during last season’s finale. Unfortunately, the season opener doesn’t come together like a “Community” episode should. We have wacky antics from all the main characters, but, when the cast comes together at the end of the episode, it doesn’t feel organic. Forcing this unlikely friend group into a conclusion via the script is a terrible mistake, and hopefully it won’t happen again.

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SC to the CCAS peer advisor at college library working with AJ on Tuesday night. I dropped by hoping to shadow AJ and found out u have a cabin on a gorgeous lake in my hometown, u r even more gorgeous than the lake, and to top it oﬀ u even seem nice. Could I buy u lunch sometime?

and childhood nostalgia.

SC to the potbelly guy in the tie-dye shirt who made my sandwich today, you looked even more delicious than my sandwich. -the girl in the marquette hat

SC to KG. It’s been four years but now we are ﬁnally able to put our diﬀerences aside. Who knows what the Future holds?

SC to the cute boy who worked Tuesday night at the front desk of College! It was a great CD!

SC to the blonde with the beautiful smile who walked past me by the Gritty today round 4:40. A bright spot in an otherwise crappy day full of wetness, and not the good kind. SC to the physical trainer at UHS...I may be getting hurt more often from now on ;) SC to the cute girl that sat behind me tonight in 3fq at College on a Thurs-

day night. The staring was mutual, so let’s work on advancing that next time -guy with the black vest SC to the attractive bouncer at Buck’s tonight (Thursday night). As I left you smiled and said “goodnight.” ASO to me for acting like a 12-year-old girl by blushing and then looking down at the ﬂoor. SC to G. We are both in the same

class and spend most of class stealing glances at each other. I get to class early enough, so just sit by me next time. SC to the girl on the 3rd ﬂoor of college with the grey scarf and a marvelous behind. I’m just going to throw this out there, if you like it you can take it, if not you can send it right back. I want to be on you.

SC to the guy playing piano on the second ﬂoor of Union South. As soon as you started Requiem for a Dream I wanted to sprawl across your piano. SC to RM. You are really cute and have an amazing voice! I really hope you’re into me because I have a big crush. SC to the cute bearded guy wearing the Reptar shirt in Helen C. earlier today. DSO to Rugrats

SC to the small Italian-looking girl with an arrow tattoo in my ES discussion. So cute and strange. I want to get on that. -the guy who laughed at your “I get a lady boner for the black keys” comment when we were doing group intros

SC to the guy I saw today with a Wabash sweatshirt on. You were cute... and looking cute while rockin’ an all-guy’s college sweatshirt is pretty difficult to do ;) SC to the boy who loves math. I still save the funny math jokes that I find on pinterest in a file on my computer, just incase we ever become friends again, so I can show you them. SC to the cute, cool guy I work with at Grainger. I’ve been thinking about you a lot lately. ASO to me for not doing a damn thing about it.

Sigh. SC to the blonde with the beautiful smile who walked past me by the Gritty today round 4:40. A bright spot in an otherwise crappy day full of wetness, and not the good kind. SC to the cute girl that sat behind me tonight in 3fq at College on a Thursday night. The staring was mutual, so let’s work on advancing that next time -guy with the black vest SC to the pretty girl from fencing who second chanced me last week. You’ve got my attention and I’ll admit im interested! However, you’re making it all such a mystery? I have a hunch, but I’ll admit I’m not Sherlock Holmes. How about we move this ﬂirtation-ship out of the the media and right onto center stage? SO to the girl in ingraham deli with the purple keyboard cover who was scrolling through the SOs for awhile. You were kind of really hot. www.badgerherald. com/shoutouts

The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, February 14, 2013

Big Ten dumps girl next door for shot at prom queen Sean Zak Zak It To Ya In the world of athletic directors, the phrase “no news is good news” generally runs pretty true. If the head of the athletic department doesn’t have to set up a press conference and make an announcement, that usually means the department is sailing smoothly on open waters. The tides are easily maneuvered when coaches aren’t leaving, schools aren’t swapping conferences and alumni are donating what is considered “at least” enough. That is, until a Biele-monster tsunami comes crashing in. Although he didn’t hold a press conference, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez broke some news Tuesday evening, and

contrary to the recent years of controversial Big Ten announcements, this news was great news. Alvarez announced Tuesday evening to WIBAAM on his monthly radio show that the administrators of the now 14 schools constituting the Big Ten will no longer schedule football games against FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) opponents, the lesser-known, next-best version to the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) of college football. After years of asking the neighbor girl to prom because, well, they had been friends for the longest time and both proximity and congeniality made her a great date, the Big Ten has finally decided to at least extend a worthy chase after the prom queen. The conference will now pursue that hot date by scheduling nonconference games solely against the current assemblage of 125 FBS teams. Frankly, the move could not have come at a better time.

New entrants Maryland and Rutgers are on their way in and, besides sending a message to the nation, the Big Ten also made a statement to their easterly competitors of now and the future. Leave those cupcakes at your East Coast bakeries; we don’t want them here. The Big Ten is doing what it can to repair its image after a frightful season that witnessed an 8-5 team advance to the Rose Bowl and a week where zero teams were ranked in the Coaches Poll. At one point in 2012, the Big Ten, once an absolute pillar of tradition and success, was the laughing stock of the nation, a nation now currently known as the extended homeland of the SEC, which just happens to house a few other conferences. The word dominance doesn’t do justice. The last seven national championships, the top recruiting classes and the best coaches in college

football all reside in the SEC. The best high school football players come from the southeastern region of the nation, by no surprise. Put simply, the SEC has become the measuring stick by which college football is defined. That single conference owns all the bragging rights, and as the little brother to the SEC over the past few years, the Big Ten doesn’t think it’s very fair. The chance to play against higher quality opponents should open the door a little wider for little brother. What was a sliver of light will soon become a crack, simply from a stronger schedule, or at least that’s the hope. Even if the scheduling decision doesn’t bring immediate effects in the form of crystal footballs, the Big Ten is jumping onto a wider, brighter stage. Games with bigger schools and bigger conferences will only bring prominence to a conference that, as of late, has slightly lost its grasp over a one-time hefty piece

Softball starts off 2013 with bang Christian Karcher Sports Writer Coming off of their best season to date, the Wisconsin softball team has been up to the challenge of continuing that success in the beginning of the 2013 season. The Badgers got off to a fiery start last weekend with an appearance in the First Pitch Classic in Charlotte, N.C. UW went 4-1 with its only loss coming at the hands of the Presbyterian Blue Hose. They later revenged the lost with an 8-0 thrashing of the same team. Wisconsin’s other wins came against tournament host University of North Carolina-Charlotte and two nail-biters against Notre Dame, a 40-win team last season who was just a few votes shy of breaking the top 25. The weekend started off with a game against Charlotte. The Badgers pounded away on the 49ers with 17 hits and 12 runs in just six innings, defeating their opponent 12-3. The team combined for a phenomenal batting average of just over .500 in their first game of the season. In their second game, the Badgers faced off against Presbyterian, suffering their only loss of the tournament. The

Badgers’ solid offensive performance rolled over into the second game, as UW out-hit the Blue Hose 11-7. But three costly defensive errors sent the Badgers reeling and unable to recover before the last out was recorded. The tournament continued Saturday with a match-up against a formidable Notre Dame squad. A home run by Michelle Mueller in the second inning was enough scoring to hold off the Fighting Irish in a 1-0 win. “Originally I got down in the count,” junior Michelle Mueller explained. “I knew I just had to put the ball in play. Coach always preaches when you’re down in the count, you just get the ball in play. I knew I was going to swing and I got contact on the ball and, well, it kind of worked out.” The team’s performance was also aided by junior pitcher Cassandra Darrah, who received the title of Big Ten Pitcher of the Week. Darrah went seven innings giving up five hits and no earned runs. Despite three errors on the game, the Badgers were able to rally behind Darrah’s pitching and get out of a few innings with Notre Dame threatening to score. Darrah finished the weekend with three wins, no losses and a 0.61 ERA striking out 17. Next, UW looked to

avenge its first loss of the season to Presbyterian. After a tight deadlock through two and a half innings the Badgers got on the board in a big way. Junior Mary Massei hit a three-run home run, propelling her team to take its first and final lead. The Badgers continued to rally, putting up eight runs in just five innings. The team also seemed to address their earlier defensive woes by only giving up three hits and no errors. The grand finale of the tournament was just that. The Badgers took on the Fighting Irish once again in an 11-inning battle. The seventh inning came and went with no scoring. But in extra innings both teams exploded offensively, each putting up two runs in the eighth and ninth frames. “I just thought it was really exciting,” Massei said. “We were head to head with Notre Dame the entire way. Every time they scored we came back and scored. We were the comeback team.” After a scoreless 10th for the Fighting Irish, the pressure mounted on the Badgers to score, as the team put a runner on second. “Usually, the first batter bunts the runner over to third,” Massei explains. “But before that at bat I told coach I don’t want to

bunt. I had a feeling.” On that at bat Massei put up a two-run walk-off homer. Despite being out hit 12-4 the Badgers pulled off the 6-5 victory, ending the weekend at 4-1. After their big opening weekend, Wisconsin sets its eyes on the daunting schedule lying ahead, including games against Stanford, Michigan, California and North Carolina. Despite the best season in Badgers’ history, the team last year still fell short of making the NCAA tournament because they lacked a signature win. It’s added a desire to the Wisconsin squad to never let their foot off the gas for the entire season, especially since only two team’s from the Big Ten made the NCAA tourney last year. “We are really focusing on beating better teams,” head coach Yvette Healy said. “And on getting signature wins and having a strong showing when we face those top 25 teams.” The Badgers continue their season Feb. 22 in Orlando, Fla., at the Diamond 9 Tournament, where they will face Georgia Southern and Boston University. The tournament should be exciting, as the three teams were separated by only six places in RPI rankings at the end of last season.

UW power play powerful again Spencer Smith Associate Sports Editor What was once a weakness could be turning into a strength. And at just the right time. For a large majority of the 2012-2013 campaign, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team (17-9-2, 13-92 WCHA) has struggled to score on their power plays, with a conversion rate of a mere 17.5 percent – a mark landing the Badgers fifth in the WCHA. UW’s power play pales in comparison to last season’s special teams unit that converted 22.8 percent of their power plays – good for third in the WCHA and only 2.2 percent behind first in the 2011-2012 season. Unsatisfied with his special teams’ performance this year, head coach Mark Johnson decided to shake up the lines and create a more fluid power play attack by moving senior forward Brianna Decker to the other side of the ice and making sure both Decker and freshman defenseman Courtney Burke were on the ice together. Johnson said the biggest factor in the change was to get the puck in the stick of two of the better offensive playmakers on the team in Decker, who leads the team with 23 goals, and

Burke, who is second on the team with 15 assists. “One thing on a power play is you want certain people to be touching the puck and making decisions with the puck,” Johnson said. “[Burke and Decker] have shown that they can make good decisions with [the puck] and make good reads. Usually, if those two kids have the puck, generally good things are going to be happening with it.” Since the early season struggles and change in scheme, Burke says the coaches have been stressing the team’s power play a lot more in practice, and the players are doing all they can on and off the ice to improve. “We practice [our power play] so much in practice, normally a few days before our games,” Burke said. “We always talk in between periods. If we see something, the five of us will talk about it and we’ll see we what it is we can do to get through whatever their penalty kill is.” Since the halfway mark of the season, around when Johnson shook up the power play attack, the Badgers have 12 powerplay goals in 14 games. The power play unit did continue to struggle for sometime but seemed to break through on Jan. 27 with a power-play goal

against Minnesota who has the best penalty kill in the WCHA conference. Since the power-play goal against the Golden Gophers, Wisconsin has gone on to score five goals with the man-advantage in three games and have earned a conversion rate of just over 41 percent. In their series last weekend against St. Cloud State, the Badgers put up four power-play goals on the Huskies, including a Saturday game where UW posted three goals with the man-advantage. Burke says Wisconsin is more comfortable with their new power play scheme, which is translating into the success the team saw last weekend. “I think we are starting to get the movement down, and people know that they can move in different spots and it’s not just stationary,” Burke said. “It’s a lot of movement, and I think we just realized that this weekend.” Although UW’s four power play goals last weekend did come against the team with the second worst penalty kill in the WCHA, it is still a promising sign that may point to more success down the road in the special teams aspect of the game.

Decker hopes Wisconsin’s success with the power play against St. Cloud State will carry over into UW’s final four games of the regular season. “Special teams come in huge, whether it is penalty kill or power play,” Decker said. “So if we can create confidence from last weekend and bring it into this weekend and the postseason, it’s going to be huge for us.” Wisconsin will look for continued success from their power play unit with Minnesota Duluth and Bemidji State – whose penalty kill units rank sixth and eight in the WCHA – rounding out the end of the Badgers’ regular season schedule. Johnson knows it is extremely important for his team’s continued success in the power play attack with the postseason fast approaching. “You get a power play, it’s a perfect time to get yourself right back in the game,” Johnson said. “When you score, all of a sudden, it creates that energy and gets everybody excited. At this time of the year, at the end of the night you look at who killed penalties, who scored on the power plays. If you are good in those areas, all of a sudden the chances of winning go up quite a bit.”

of the college football pie. But like most moves in collegiate athletics, this scheduling decision will not be a cut-and-dry regulation put in place tomorrow afternoon, this weekend or even next month. Football scheduling takes place years in advance and, at the moment, many Big Ten teams have FCS opponents scheduled through the next few seasons. Wisconsin, for one, has a game with FCS-opponent Tennessee Tech slotted for Sept. 7. Multiple other schools in the conference also must wait a few years to fully wipe the FCS from their schedules, so the easier prom date isn’t going away right now, but it’s getting kicked out of the Big Ten’s way. And that’s totally fine. Ask senior running back James White if he would rather earn a pair of touchdowns in a hard-fought game against Missouri or run for 200 yards and three scores in three quarters against Missouri State. Ask head coach Gary

GOLF, from 12 locker room came straight out the trunk of their car or in Meyer’s case, his own apartment. Having lived through it all, Meyer is enjoying a final resting place during his last season. “You really can’t put it into words,” Meyer said. “I feel like every team should have a home, a place that is theirs where they can get away and work on what they need to do.” The then-proposed facilities were actually on the short list of things that caught the eye of Burcin when he was weighing his coaching options. “When it comes to facilities, we are top five in the country,” Burcin said. “There aren’t five places that have better facilities than us.

BATTLE, from 12 will play in the comfort of their own home at the Kohl Center, but come Sunday the outdoor game will be a whole new set of circumstances for both teams. It is the first time in the history of the modern Minnesota hockey program that its team has braved the elements. With both teams coming off disappointing

GOPHERS, from 12 Badgers for 20 points — good enough for nearly half of all the Gophers’ points alone. In what could be another low-scoring game between bitter rivals, containing these two could be key if the Badgers hope to extend their current winning streak to four and their winning streak against Minnesota to five. A win against Minnesota could serve to galvanize

Andersen if he would like to showcase his new program against greater competition in an early-season game televised on ESPN. Ask your roommate if they would love to help Camp Randall reach its max in decibels after another Kenzel Doe punt return kills off an eventual upset. Hell, it even makes my job easier, because covering a Wisconsin-Arizona State one-point stalemate is far more enjoyable and exciting than a 70-3 drubbing of Austin Peay. So, at the outset, the decision looks almost flawless. Greater exposure, better reputation and superior competition seem like near-absolute byproducts. It’s a shame we’ve been waiting this long. Sean is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts. Do you think the new scheduling decision will benefit the Big Ten? Let him know with an email to szak@ badgerherald.com or with a tweet to @sean_zak.

“When you combine the golf course, the short game area and [the new] building, I think we are probably number three in the nation.” The facilities paint more than just a pretty picture, however. They also help craft a bunch of ready-for-art golf swings. With that in tow, the Badgers have particularized their goals for the 2013 season. Wisconsin’s goal is to place in the top five teams at each event this spring, a goal that seems rather reasonable. For UW, it’s a simplistic means to their desired end. If they can accomplish that, they’ll be right where coach Burcin wants them to be. “If you finish in the top five every week, you’re going to qualify for regionals and a lot of good things are going to happen.”

weekends of conference play – Wisconsin tying Bemidji State last Friday and Minnesota falling to No. 8 St. Cloud State 4-3 Saturday – the intensity of the coming series could not be more intense. And with the anticipation surrounding the Hockey City Classic adding even more pressure, a fun and likely unpredictable Border Battle is upon college hockey this weekend.

a Wisconsin team that suddenly finds itself a legitimate title contender just one game back in the race for the Big Ten title behind only Michigan State and Indiana. “Every game is big now,” Berggren said. “The more wins we get, as we come down the stretch finding ourselves near the top of the standings, the games just get bigger and bigger. This next one is the biggest game of the year.”

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UW ready for battle at Soldier Field Badgers set to face Golden Gophers in key Friday, Sunday conference series Caroline Sage Associate Sports Editor For most Badgers, love is in the air today, but for members of the Wisconsin men’s hockey team vengeance, rivalry and aggression are the only things on their mind. No. 18 Wisconsin (12-9-7, 9-6-7 WCHA) will take on archrival No. 2 Minnesota (19-5-4, 11-5-4 WCHA) in a highly anticipated series with major conference implications on the line. UW sits a single point behind Minnesota in the WCHA – a conference with its top seven teams separated by just six points. Adding to the hype is the long-awaited Hockey City Classic that places this border battle in the spotlight of Chicago’s iconic Soldier Field Sunday. “This is probably the biggest series of my college career and definitely, probably the biggest series for the team this year,” sophomore forward Joseph LaBate said. “Everyone has had this marked on their calendars.” While the buzz surrounding the outdoor game is certainly in the back

of both teams’ minds, what is at the front is the same as any weekend: two important games. The last time these two teams met back in midNovember, Wisconsin refused to let Minnesota take home a win in game one, equalizing each Gopher goal with a goal of their own. Game two was a different story, as the Golden Gophers took over a Badger lead to win 3-1. Historically, the teams have played 264 times, and, under the direction of head coach Mike Eaves, Wisconsin has recorded a lackluster 14-23-7 record in Border Battle games. Freshman defenseman Kevin Schulze has played just two games against UW’s biggest foe thus far into his career but knows just how much rests in the rivalry, having grown up close to his new enemies. “It is something special. It’s a border battle. We go back a long time and I think it’s in every sport, there is a big rivalry,” the White Bear Lake, Minn. native said. “I grew up playing with and against them my whole life so I know all those guys.” What defines the rivalry from most other WCHA series is the elevated physical play that always unfolds when the two teams hit the ice. While the physical play that will surely unfold this coming weekend is

welcomed by Badger players, the team has struggled all season to capitalize with the man-advantage. The team averages just over one goal every ten power plays, putting away a total of nine on the season in 86 opportunities. Looking UW in the eyes come Friday will be a UM power play that ranks third in the nation and first in the WCHA, averaging a score every four power plays, totaling 32 throughout the season. Although Wisconsin put away a power-play goal in last Friday’s 2-2 draw with Bemidji State, the team knows that against Minnesota they will need to take advantage of opportunity that comes their way. “We have to capitalize. We got a power-play goal last weekend so hopefully that can spark us a little bit,” LaBate said. “We have been working on it quite a bit in practice, so hopefully that has improved it.” Even without the manadvantage, Minnesota has excelled this season offensively, averaging 3.75 goals per game, the top mark in the nation. Gopher forward Nick Bjugstad leads the team in goals with 15. A key member of the Wisconsin defensive unit looking to upset Minnesota, sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe skated at practices this week, but remains questionable for play due

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Sophomore Joseph LaBate has four goals and nine assists on the season, but UW will need a big performance from the entire team to take down No. 2 UM. to an ankle injury he suffered two weeks ago at North Dakota. Schulze and the rest of the UW defensive unit know with or without McCabe, the ability to shut down their opponent

will be no easy task. “[McCabe] is a great player and he is on our power play and killing penalties so he would be a big help,” Schulze said. “This week we have been working a lot on

defensive zone coverage and staying with our man, and not letting guys get to the net for rebounds.” Friday night the Badgers

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Meyer, O’Bryan, new facilities, have UW optimistic Sean Zak Senior Associate Editor When Michael Burcin began to consider the head coaching position for the Wisconsin men’s golf team in the spring of 2011, he knew that there was a good gig sitting in front of him. Besides the glamour and draw of coaching in an elite conference, however, the Wisconsin golf program was far from dazzling. It had been 12 years since Wisconsin last placed in the top four of the Big Ten. But the lure of his first head coaching position was charming enough for him to jump on board. “I knew the program was not where it needed to be, but that didn’t really concern me,” Burcin said. Entering his second year as the UW head coach, Burcin would be the first to say success hasn’t really been a frequently used word in the program for many years. Regardless of the past, Burcin has Wisconsin ready to improve their vocabulary and add UW Athletics success to the list in 2013. And he knows exactly Sophomore golfer Thomas O’Bryan had the lowest stroke average on the team last year with 76.58 strokes per round. He has since lowered that average to under 75 through the early stages of this season. who he’ll need to help him do so.

“Thomas [O’Bryan] and Chris [Meyer], for sure,” Burcin said, lacking all doubt. He’s exactly right, too. In two completely different situations, Wisconsin’s pair of smooth strikers will be looked upon to carry the Badgers throughout the season. Meyer is one of four seniors on the team, but is the No. 1 golfer that Burcin sends out into the fairways. A transfer from Minnesota, Meyer has consistently lowered his scoring average over his years at Wisconsin to the current team-low of 74.45. He is the Wisconsin leader stroke-wise, and while he may not like to forcefully admit it, he is by far the team’s greatest leader vocally. “He’s being modest,” O’Bryan said while sitting next to Meyer, a golfer three years his elder. “I think he definitely is the guy that really pushes everyone and myself. Personally, I really think he has taught me a lot and taken me under his wing since I got here.” And that parent-like relationship has benefitted

O’Bryan quite well. The youngster from Aurora, Ill., arrived at Madison like most untapped golfers might. “Skinny and tall” was the description from Burcin, before he bulked up. “Thomas has an opportunity when he’s a senior, if not this year, to be one of the better players in the Big Ten,” Burcin said. The future is rather meaningless to Meyer, though, in the middle of his last season as a Badger. He’s also in the middle of a scoring battle with O’Bryan, whose own scoring average has similarly dipped beneath 75 strokes per round. Together, the two have combined to lower their scoring averages by a total of six strokes in the last 18 months, which Burcin labeled as something that, “just doesn’t happen.” Each of them were a big part in the Badgers strong finish to their fall golf season at the Wendy’s Kiawah Classic in South Carolina as well as their solid showing just last weekend at the Big Ten Match Play event in Bradenton, Fla.

Meyer didn’t lose a match in the team’s trip out east, going 1-0-2, but was outdone by his sophomore teammate as O’Bryan dominated fellow Big Ten No. 2 golfers, going undefeated on the weekend with a 3-0 mark. Wisconsin and Burcin will use those pair of events as a springboard throughout the year and disregard much of the past three seasons where Wisconsin has finished 10th, 11th, and 11th in the Big Ten. One reason Wisconsin isn’t looking very far back in program history is that they’d rather sit back and adore what is around them, right at this very moment, which is their new, state-ofthe-art facilities introduced at University Ridge this past November. Waiting months for the new indoor facilities to finally be finished, Wisconsin was relocated to Vitense Golfland, a Madison driving range, as well as the basement of the Kohl Center, during the site’s construction. For some players, their

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Badgers seek season sweep against rival Gophers .

Nick Daniels Sports Content Editor When the newly-ranked No. 20 Wisconsin men’s basketball team (17-7 overall, 8-3 Big Ten) heads to Williams Arena in Minneapolis Thursday for a matchup with Minnesota (177 overall, 5-6 Big Ten), it will be facing a team that has not defeated the Badgers in close to three years. Since their earlier matchup Jan. 26, things could not have gone more differently for Wisconsin and Minnesota this season. After the Badgers stole the victory in a low-scoring 45-44 affair in Madison, the Badgers

went on a tear — winning three of their next four games, including key wins against Illinois, Iowa and then-No. 3 Michigan. In the same span, the Gophers, who boasted a No. 12 ranking the last time they met, have since struggled — only managing two wins in their last five against Big Ten cellar dwellers Nebraska (3-9 Big Ten) and Iowa (4-7 Big Ten) at home — while falling out of the rankings. Despite their very different fortunes over the last month, the Badgers know they can expect a battle from their neighbors to the west in a Big Ten conference that has

proven itself to be one of the most competitive in the country this year. “Everybody is so good,” senior forward Mike Bruesewitz said. “You have to bring your A-game every night, regardless of the last three games or regardless of what happened the night before. We went down to Indiana, knocked them off, and then we go into Iowa and kinda get punched in the mouth. “That’s just how the league is, and that’s how it’s going to be.” While the rivalry, which includes 198 matchups and dates back to 1901, is already

full of history for both teams, the recruiting competition between Wisconsin and Minnesota adds yet another layer to the ties between the two. Three Wisconsin players — Bruesewitz, Jared Berggren and sophomore guard Jordan Smith — all have roots in Minnesota, and for seniors Bruesewitz and Berggren, this trip to Minnesota will be their last in a Badger uniform. Still, despite his link to Minnesota and what will be a homecoming of sorts Thursday, Berggren said his focus heading into the matchup is still a simple one: to win.

“It’s a little bit [bittersweet],” forward/ center Berggren said. “I’m just excited about another opportunity to play and another exciting game… It’s going to be fun to have family and friends there, but its just another game, so we have to go down there and take care of business.” But after barely coming out with the victory a month ago, Bruesewitz and Co. realize that may be easier said than done against an athletic and upset-minded Minnesota team. “They have a lot of guys that are really long, really athletic,” Bruesewitz said.

“They can challenge anybody … defensively they can present a problem, and then on offense you have to make sure that you don’t give any of them room.” Led by guard Andre Hollins, who is averaging 13.8 points per game, and forward Trevor Mbakwe, with nearly nine rebounds per game, the Gophers as a team average 71.2 points-per-game, while holding their opponents to an average of only 61.4 points. In its last matchup against UM, UW gave up eight points and 10 rebounds to Mbakwe, while Hollins lit up the

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