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Students and other activists gathered outside Bascom Hall to protest the university’s ties with the pizza company they say violated UW’s code of conduct. UW student Maxwell Love was arrested after refusing to leave the chancellor’s office. Love was cited for criminal trespassing and resisting arrest.
Students sit in to protest Palermo’s tie Bryan Kristensen Reporter More than two hundred people gathered outside of Bascom Hall Monday as a group of students staged a sitin in the chancellor’s office to protest the university’s continuing contract with Palermo’s Pizza, which prompted the chancellor to issue a statement saying cutting ties with the company
is “not warranted based on the facts.” UWMad@Palermo’s is a coalition of students that has been protesting UW’s contract with the Milwaukee-based pizza company for about 220 days, starting when student leaders in the coalition heard about the Palermo’s alleged violations of worker’s rights. The protest came on the same day the National Labor Relations Board sided with
Palermo’s and against its workers union in a decision, saying the company did not commit labor law violations when it fired 75 workers last year. Palermo’s has a sponsorship contract with UW Athletics and the Wisconsin Union and is a supplier of Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., which allows the Bucky Badger logo on pizzas. In November, an advisory committee
recommended Interim Chancellor David Ward cut ties with the company in response to allegations regarding issues with union formation, health and safety violations and the firing of workers on strike. The student protesters, who have led multiple protests calling for Ward to cut the contract, organized a rally for 4:30 p.m. on Bascom Hill Monday, but 12 students
started the protest early by staging a sit-in at Ward’s office. The students entered the Office of the Chancellor around 2:30 p.m. and demanded Ward cut the contract, saying they would not leave the office until this happened. More protesters congregated outside of the chancellor’s office, and as more students came into the building, UW Police Captain
Reilly to alter reserve policy Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor In light of reports revealing a more than $1 billion dollar surplus in the University of Wisconsin System’s assets, the system president said he would push to enact new cash reserve policies. UW System President Kevin Reilly said on WISN-TV’s “UpFront with Mike Gousha” he realizes the system will have a tuition freeze and he would discuss potential reserve policy changes with legislators and Gov. Scott Walker. The state’s nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau recently discovered more than $1 billion dollars in total balances and $648 million in unrestricted appropriations as of last June. UW System spokesperson David Giroux said campuses statewide have funding plans for $441 million of the unrestricted asset totals.
“That is one of the big misnomers of this whole issues that somehow there is one pot of money somewhere with one billion dollars in it,” Giroux said. He said the overwhelming majority of these funds are already held at the campus level and within particular department divisions at each college and university. Giroux noted regents approve these appropriations annually when they vote on the UW System’s operating budget. Giroux said the goal of the policy reforms Reilly will bring to the Board of Regents in June is to boost transparency regarding balances and reserves. “President Reilly has been quite consistent the past week saying we need a policy on what our program revenue balances and our reserves should be going forward,” Giroux said.
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Higher Education Editor Three University of Wisconsin professors and a former UW faculty member are the finalists set to compete for the position of dean of the College of Letters and Science, the largest college at UW. The finalists are John Coleman, David McDonald, John Scholz and Jane Tylus. Three of the four finalists are current UW professors and all have department leadership experience within the College of Letters and Science at UW. A 17-member search
and screen committee recommended the finalists to Provost Paul Deluca and Interim Chancellor David Ward, according to a UW statement. Coleman is the current chair of the political science department and the chair of the Curriculum Committee of the College of Letters and Science. McDonald chaired the history department until 2010 and chaired the search committee that selected incoming chancellor Rebecca Blank. Scholz is the current chair of the economics department and the former director of the
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Mifflin budget to fund projects Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor
parking spaces, he said. “We’re really excited to present this project tonight,” Brian Munson, principle for Vandewalle & Associates, Inc. a project partner with Core Campus, said. “[It is] really a vibrant addition to the State Street area.” The proposal would call
Madison Mayor Paul Soglin upped the ante for good behavior at this weekend’s Mifflin Street Block Party, announcing in a meeting with city officials any unused funds from the police budget for the event would go to funding summer youth programs. Soglin said the 2012 Mifflin event cost $190,000 for the Madison Police Department and the budget will remain the same this year. He urged students to act responsibly on Saturday and said any unused portion of the $190,000 budgeted to police for the event will be allocated for youth programming. Soglin emphasized the meeting was called for more than just going through the projected budget of the block party. He said it is important the people responsible for the block party know about the consequences
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Developers heard feedback on a proposal for a new mixed-use development at the corner of State and North Frances Streets Monday evening.
Business owners give input on State Street development Stephanie Awe Reporter Local business owners and city residents voiced concerns over a proposed development at the corner of State Street and North Frances Street at a neighborhood meeting Monday. The mixed-use development, proposed
by the Mullins Group and Core Campus of Chicago and called “The Hub,” would be one to four stories on State Street and increase up to 12 stories away from the street, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4. The building would include 200 to 300 apartment units, retail space, office space and 150 to 200
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of Field Services Johnnie Diamante notified them they were committing unlawful assembly within the building and could be arrested if they did not leave voluntarily. People eventually began to move outside of Bascom Hall to begin the planned rally, and speakers urged the crowd to focus on the goal to cut the Palermo’s contract even
Institute for Research on Poverty. Tylus, the only finalist not currently on staff at UW, is a professor of Italian studies and comparative literature and former vice provost at New York University. She taught at UW from 1985 to 2003, chaired the department of comparative literature and the Divisional Committee for the Arts and Humanities before moving to New York. Jeff Hardin, zoology department chair and professor, chaired the search committee and said the new leader will face many challenges. “Letters and Science is
a huge part of the UWMadison system as far as teaching, administration and research goes, and whoever is at the helm of that is going to need to be an impressive leader,” Hardin said. McDonald said budgeting is the greatest challenge facing the new leader of the College of Letters and Science. “It [College of Letters and Science] is such a complex unit…the next leader has to have a good understanding of the governance culture of the university and honor that,” McDonald said. All the candidates are scheduled to give public
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Pocan, students talk loans, debt Muge Niu Higher Education Editor Members of the University of Wisconsin’s student government hosted a question-and-answer session with a congressman representing the Madison area Monday to talk about student issues at the federal level. U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, spoke to a group of about 15 students from various student government committees about student loan bills and addressed students’ questions on bipartisanship. Andrew Bulovsky, Associated Students of Madison chair, said in a statement they hope to further strengthen students’ connections with Pocan’s office. Pocan said many people in Congress are starting to address the problem of student loan debt, and he expects to see more new bills coming out about the issue. “A lot of people recognize there is an affordability problem with the universities,” Pocan said.
He added the rising cost of education is not limited to Wisconsin or public universities but is a problem across the board. Pocan said the new bills introduced to Congress, including the Student Loan Fairness Act, introduced by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., contain some good ideas but also raise some concerns. “In general, I like the idea that there is a way to automatically take payments out but the question that is still out there a little bit is that it [the automatic payment] activates after you start to make a little bit of money but if you don’t have any income how does that affect rates for other students,” Pocan said. Pocan recalled he paid about $3,500 for tuition per semester when he was a student at UW. He said he also worked several jobs to pay for his education, such as working at the Nitty Gritty. According to Pocan, the average time to pay off student loans when he was in college was about five years, but the new waves
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U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan met with student leaders Monday to discuss student loan debt. He said he expects to see more bills addressing the issue in the future. of student loans with long payback periods can be extra burden on students. “Now it has become 10, sometimes 20 years…when you are starting to have loans that long, that’s like a house mortgage,” Pocan said. “There is a completely different oversight over something that is 30-year-long.” Pocan said he is curious to see what would happen in the area of student loan debt and will continue to look for good
ideas in bills as they come out. As a congressional freshman, Pocan also said he sometimes sees Congress from an outsider perspective and shared his insights on bipartisanship. “One of the first observations was after we got elected. At the official government-organized receptions, the Republicans and Democrats were separated for two weeks,
so they teach them bad behaviors even before they began,” Pocan said. Morgan Rae, ASM Legislative Affairs Committee vice chair, said she found the meeting encouraging and helpful. “He answered a lot of questions for us, and you can tell that he is really willing to work with us,” Rae said. “I think he will be able to help a lot on student loan reform which is such a huge issue.”
Music festival to honor life of Paul Heenan Bennet Goldstein Reporter After controversy surrounding the death of a Madison man who was shot and killed by a police officer last November, his family and friends are organizing a music festival in his honor. The festival, called “Paulie Fest,” aims to avoid the controversy that embroiled Paul Heenan’s death, focusing instead on celebrating his life, according to organizers of the event. In November, MPD officer Stephen Heimsness responded to a burglary report after Heenan entered a neighbor’s home while intoxicated. After confronting Heenan,
Heimsness fired his gun three times after Heenan reportedly reached for the officer’s weapon, resulting in Heenan’s death. MPD determined Heimsness acted in accordance with department policies and his use of deadly force was warranted. Since then, several of Heenan’s friends have questioned the objectivity of MPD’s internal review. They circulated a petition, which received more than 107,000 signatures nationwide, urging Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne to authorize a prosecutor with no ties to MPD to conduct an inquest. On Monday, the petition was called the “most compelling” campaign of
the week by the non-profit Change.org. Kevin Pellerin, one of Paulie Fest’s organizers, said a group of Heenan’s friends and family decided to organize the music festival in the weeks following Heenan’s death. Because Heenan worked with a number of musicians in Madison, the group decided an annual music festival was the best way to memorialize his life. According to Pellerin, the contention surrounding Heenan’s death was not a motivation for planning the festival. “We’re definitely hoping it’s much more about celebration … There’s been so much press involved and
negativity due to the nature of the way Paulie died,” he said. “So this festival really needs to take it away from that and have no connection to that whatsoever. We don’t even want to mention what happened. We’re not angrily talking about the case at all. Just the life.” Paulie Fest will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 31 and go until Saturday, June 1 at High Noon Saloon. It will feature a lineup of musicians who worked with Heenan. One act features the Oregon High School Concert Band, the band where Heenan began his career as a performer. Before his death, Heenan played with the bands Monovox and Solid
Gold, and the latter will headline Saturday’s show. Cliff Hammer, former bass guitarist of the nowdisbanded Monovox, said he will be playing on Saturday as part of a set dedicated to Heenan. “[Paul] was a natural musician. He was the kind of guy [who] could have been a drummer, he could have been a bass, he could have played any instrument. He just understood music,” Hammer said. Event organizers will give proceeds raised from the event to the Fender Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that donates instruments to music education programs throughout the country.
Berquam honors student orgs at event Sophie Dubuisson Herald Contributor
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Bucky adjusts a student’s collar at the Buckys awards, where students were awarded for leadership and involvement.
In recognition of outstanding student leaders and student organizations at the University of Wisconsin, the annual Buckys Award Ceremony celebrated student involvement on Monday. Dean of Students Lori Berquam served as the keynote speaker at the dinner, speaking on the ceremony’s theme of “Leadership’s Print: Past and Present.” Berquam’s speech focused on the importance of leadership and involvement for students on and off campus. She also emphasized the divisions between the past, present and the future for the student leaders. “I know the theme today is past and present, but I want to add in future. Our past, your past, is important because it
REILLY, from 1 Specifically, Giroux said the policy should set guidelines for minimum and target levels for carriedforward costs from year to year. He added the policy should dictate what each campus should do if reserves are less or more than these levels. Giroux said it is too soon to say whether the new policy would also include a maximum for reserves. “That policy needs to have some flexibility to allow for unique circumstances but provide for more consistent monitoring and compliance
informs the present and I believe it will contribute to the future,” Berquam said. She also read various inspirational quotes, including two by former UW President Charles Van Hise, that emphasized the importance of leadership, community and how students on the UW campus can truly make a difference. Berquam mentioned three important “I’s” she wanted students to remember: inspiration, integrity, and impact. She explained inspiration to be something everyone should think about when leading, integrity to be what a person stands for and impact as what one wants his or her legacy to be. “You are leaders everywhere you go,” she said. “We have the past, we have celebrated the present with so many awards tonight, and you are the future.”
mechanisms than we have now,” he said. Joint Legislative Audit Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, and Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Randall, said in a statement on Friday the committee would pry deeper into the UW System’s assets by employing the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau to thoroughly review its revenue balances. Committee member Rep. Melissa Sargent, D–Madison, said the bureau’s audit of the UW System will take a broader scope than usual to deal with the recently publicized UW System
Berquam also reminded students not to think about the things they have not done yet, but to remember to reflect on what they have already accomplished so far. After her speech, Berquam awarded the winner of the Dean’s Award of Excellence, which is presented to the organization that excels in three pillars: the Wisconsin Experience, discovery and innovation. The award went to campus group Slow Food this year. The first award of the night, the Individual Leadership Award, was given to student Shawn Harris for his demonstration of leadership and involvement on the UW campus and surrounding community. The award honors outstanding student leaders who have demonstrated their leadership through
reserve balance. Sargent said the audit will evaluate whether the UW System’s approximately $200 million in unrestricted, uncommitted assets “may or may not be enough.” “It’s very important the rules of the game should be laid out clearly by all those involved,” Sargent said. “It only benefits the university system as well as the Legislature to clarify that at this point and have a goal as to what a reasonable amount of reserves are for university system of our size.” Sargent said she hopes any changes are completed soon enough for the Joint
outstanding initiative, meaningful involvement and a measurable influence on students, citizens or programming. The Best New Student Organization was also awarded to She’s the First. Kevin Pickett, internal affairs and development coordinator at the Student Leadership Program, praised She’s the First’s accomplishments. “This organization had two big events, including a Cupcakes for Cause bake sale and a showing of the documentary ‘Half the Sky’ while also having over fifty members in their first semester on campus,” Pickett said. “They had over 50 members in their first semester on campus, and I’m sure they will continue to grow.” She’s the First is a nonprofit organization that sponsors girls’ education in developing countries so they can be the first in their families to graduate from schools.
Committee on Finance to consider the bureau’s findings before voting on the UW System’s biennial budget, but also acknowledged audits can be lengthy procedures. Amid audits and accusations, much confusion remains regarding UW System’s balances and reserves, Giroux said. “The only thing that’s clear is that nothing is clear,” Giroux said. “There’s some fundamental understanding about how the university is structured and how the university is worked that is missing from the conversation.”
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Drunken driving bills could cost state millions Andrew Jensen Herald Contributor State estimates found newly proposed legislation to impose stricter penalties for drunken driving and increase the amount of persons jailed for alcohol-related offenses would likely cost the state millions to enforce. If enacted, fiscal estimates by the Department of Corrections indicate the bill’s fiscal effects would range from between $158 million and $226 million for constructing prison housing for the massive influx of drunk driving offenders. DOC projects the state would have to construct 17 facilities, each of which would house 300 convicts.
SOGLIN, from 1 the event has for the individuals that attend it and for the city as a whole. MPD Chief Noble Wray said the students who attend and host at the block party are not held responsible for the police fees the party incurs. He said when other neighborhoods in the city host block parties, they are required to pay for a police presence, which is unfair to the city.
DEVELOPMENT, from 1 for the demolition of the University Inn, located on 441 N. Frances St., a four-unit apartment complex at 431 N. Frances St., a commercial building at 529 State St. and a parking lot. Jeffrey Zelisko, principal of the architecture firm Antunovich Associates, said the retail space would be located on the first floor, with residential space located on the second floor and above. He said the development would include many amenities, such as an exercise room, balconies and a terrace pool. The development plans to fit in with the culture of State Street, he said. Verveer said the development would create higher and better land use. The current vacancy rate in the downtown area is less than 2 percent, he said, which indicates a need for additional units. “I’m always in favor of giving downtown residents more housing options,” Verveer said. “[However], this will clearly be out of price range for many UW students, and I fully admit to that.” Verveer said he thinks the establishment would apply “economic pressure” on older apartments, which would cause prices to either freeze or reduce with the added competition. He also said the development would affect several local restaurants, including Buraka, Husnu’s, Kabul and Roast Public House. If the plan passes, Roast would look to relocate to somewhere hopefully still in Madison, co-owner Henry Aschauer said. He said he hopes the developers help them and the other businesses accomplish this, especially since they recently signed a four-year lease. Aschauer added he found out about the proposal approximately 15 days ago. “There’s still a lot of uncertainty,” Doug Hamaker, co-owner of Roast, said. Eleanor Lewis, a UW senior and front-of-house manager at Husnu’s, said she did not want to see the businesses forced out, particularly because Husnu’s has been at the same State Street location for 34 years. She said if the plan were approved, Husnu’s would look to relocate to another location on State Street. She also said the owner anticipates high costs for the new retail space. “It’s the kind of thing that gives State Street its character,” she added.
According to Wisconsin state law, first-time offenders are given a ticket for an operating while intoxicated violation and are not required to serve jail time. If one of the bills introduced by Rep. Jim Ott, R–Mequon, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R–River Hills, regarding first-time OWI offenders passes, an offender would be fined up to $1,100 and imprisoned a minimum of five days. Nina Emerson, director of the Resource Center on Impaired Driving at University of Wisconsin’s Law School, said the large state costs associated with the bill make it less attractive. She said drinking and driving offenders receive a small
penalty in Wisconsin due to the “loose” OWI restrictions. “It does not play well that we are the only state that the first OWI is a ticket,” Emerson said. “There is a certain amount of ‘its not a big deal,’” Emerson said. Emerson said it is a slow process to change the minds of the people, and sobriety checkpoints could be the answer. However, such checkpoints are not politically popular, and none of the bills introduced have included anything about sobriety checkpoints, she added. Pete Madland, executive director of the Wisconsin Tavern League, said he is satisfied with the current legislation and feels these six bills are unnecessary. He
cited the declining crash statistics over the last few years as evidence supporting the notion Wisconsin’s OWI problem is under control. “I think the penalties in place right now are very strict,” Madland said. “[Of] the people with the high [blood alcohol concentrations], the hardcore guy is going to drink and drive anyway.” Emerson said she believes the root of the problem for repeat offenders is alcoholism and treating addiction can help greatly. However, she said no “silver bullet” exists to cure alcoholism. Madland said he is also in favor of treatment programs for repeat offenders, but noted they do not eliminate alcoholism and the state has
no need to adopt stricter driving penalties. Emerson agreed alcohol treatment might better curb drunken driving offenses than the proposed legislation. “If you don’t deal with the underlying addiction, what’s going to change?” Emerson said. However, she said maintaining the status quo, as Madland advocates, will not solve the problem and noted the Wisconsin Tavern League profits from alcohol consumption. Lauren Smith, spokesperson for Health First Wisconsin, said in an email she does not think penalties are the answer to the problem. She said she believes law enforcement is just “one
piece of the puzzle.”
Wray said policing the Mifflin Street Block Party has cost the city a total of $500,000 since 2009. Soglin said he hopes this year’s block party is tame enough to allow for half of the $190,000 allocated for policing to go to summer youth programs. Additionally, he said he hopes next year’s Mifflin will require a low enough police presence to allow 90 percent of the $190,000 budget to go to summer youth programs.
“It’s about making wise decisions and reasonable choices in regards to festivities in the community and our efforts to create a safe and healthy place where we can take on the challenges of poverty,” Soglin said. Soglin said everyone needs to make important choices and if the wrong set of changes are made, it will cost the larger community. He said “wrong choices” will cost individuals in terms of their drinking, dangers to
their health and citations. He said people will also have to pay the cost of hospital bills, detox fees and the consequences of sexual assaults and violent assaults. “All of that comes with a price,” Soglin said. “I don’t think that’s part of the tradition—that it’s very important of a college experience. I think everyone involved would just as soon not participate.” Wray said MPD made more than 500 arrests at the 2012
Mifflin event. He said last year’s block party was more controlled than the 2011 event, but MPD felt it was losing control at each of the parties. MPD will not be policing Mifflin differently than it policed the 2012 event, he added, saying MPD wants to change the event to get it under control. He acknowledged this process happens over a series of years and changing Mifflin will be similar to changes that took place at Freakfest in order to
get that event under control. He said last year MPD made changes by choosing to keep the street open, whereas in previous years Mifflin Street had been blocked off, and the party extended to the street. He also said this year MPD wants to see improved behavior and conduct. “We expect voluntary compliance from the students and people attending the event,” Wray said. “We will hold people accountable for their actions and behaviors.”
UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said Love “insisted on being arrested” and was charged with criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. Love was placed in the back of a police van, and protesters surrounded the van to prevent the officers from taking Love to the station. UWPD eventually released Love from the van and gave him the citations instead of taking him to the police station. Jeremy Levinger, one of
the 12 students inside the office, said he was ashamed to call himself a Badger since Palermo’s was still the official pizza of Bucky Badger. “This university supposedly prides itself on caring, and it clearly doesn’t if we’re contracting with businesses that resemble sweatshops,” Levinger said. According to Lovicott, Ward had left for a meeting and was not on campus for the entire afternoon. In a UW statement, Ward said UW “will continue to monitor events related to the
dispute between Palermo’s and the workers and will evaluate any new information as it is made available.” Alex Rezazadeh, a member of Student Labor Action Coalition, said when Ward was chancellor during the 1999-2000 school year, a similar incident happened with students protesting outside his office. During Ward’s first term as chancellor, students protested the university’s sweatshop guidelines, and Ward had 54 students arrested and pepper sprayed, she said.
PALERMO’S, from 1 though the people sitting in the office might get the most attention. Around 5 p.m. the 12 students inside of the chancellor’s office were bound with zip ties. UWPD officers told the students they could either be arrested or leave the office on their own terms. Eleven of the students left voluntarily, but one student, Maxwell Love, told the police he would not leave and they should arrest him.
She also said Health First Wisconsin’s aims at preventing drinking and driving before offenses occur through binge-drinking reduction and safe alcohol culture promotion in the state. Smith emphasized drinking and driving is not the only cost of high rates of alcohol consumption. “The reality is that excessive alcohol use – defined as binge drinking, underage drinking, heavy drinking, or drinking while pregnant – costs Wisconsin an estimated $6.8 billion a year,” Smith said.
FINALISTS, from 1 The College of Letters and Science is the largest academic unit at UW, awarding nearly half of all UW degrees and almost 60 percent of undergraduate degrees last year. The new dean will oversee more than 3,100 faculty and staff positions across departments, programs and research institutes. Three of the candidates could not be reached for comment.
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Treatment, not jail, most effective DUI deterrent Charles Godfrey Editorial Page Editor It’s no secret: Wisconsin is one of the drunkest states in the nation. To students of the University of Wisconsin who live in downtown Madison and are familiar with the typical mayhem of Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, this factoid is rather unsurprising. A more eye-opening observation is while Wisconsin consistently ranks as a state with one of the worst drunken driving rates in the country, it is still the only state in which the first drunken driving offense is not criminal offense, but rather a municipal violation,
i.e. a serious traffic ticket. However, a set of bills recently introduced in the state Assembly and Senate would require first time offenders to appear in court. The bills would criminalize a first offense with a blood alcohol concentration greater than 0.15 and require the offender to serve jail time if his or her drunken driving results in personal injury. The bills also specify criminal penalties for drunken driving offenses that result in death and repeat offenses. Lawmakers have been trying to address this issue for years. In fact, it seems like every other legislative session includes a bill that would increase criminal penalties for drunken driving. These efforts have run up against a number of serious obstacles. First of all, there is a reason that many states in the country have rather lax drunken driving laws
— the operating costs of state prisons increase rapidly with the number of prisoners. Because drunken driving is such a common crime, requiring a majority of drunken drivers to serve prison sentences is logistically daunting. For example, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections estimates that “the state also would need to spend $236 million to build 17 300-bed facilities to house the expected increase in people serving time for drunken driving,” reports the Wisconsin State Journal. In this way, efforts to implement laws that would deter drunken driving lead inevitably to realistic costbenefit analysis. A more complex obstacle facing drunken driving legislation, such as the bills recently introduced at the Capitol, is the fact lawmakers and experts are still split on the relative
benefits of punishment and treatment. Some lawmakers (for example Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, the lead authors of the bills currently under consideration) feel that strong deterrents are necessary to force potential drunken drivers from getting behind the wheel while they are intoxicated. On the other hand, experts such as Health First Wisconsin Executive Director Maureen Busalacchi focus on reducing the state’s binge drinking rate. Basalucchi says, “Our focus is really on the prevention side: How can we lower the drunken driving rates by reducing binge drinking?” reports the Wisconsin State Journal. The bottom line is Wisconsin has to do something about drunken driving. Mothers Against Drunk Driving reports
there have been 1,126 drunk driving fatalities in the state of Wisconsin in the past five years — suffice to say that maintaining the status quo is not an option at this point. It is true that any plan to combat drunken driving must be based on a costbenefit analysis — but the question isn’t whether or not the state can afford to spend $236 million on prison capacity. After all, any statewide effort to reduce the rate of drunken driving will be expensive. The better question is whether or not, in an effort to prevent drunken driving, there is a more effective way to spend $236 million than building new prisons facilities. My guess is that this money could be put to better use. Ultimately, Wisconsin doesn’t simply have a problem with drunken driving — the state’s high drunken driving rate is symptomatic of the fact
Wisconsin has a problem with drinking in general. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, “Wisconsin’s rates of alcohol use and misuse have been among the highest — if not the highest in the nation. As of 2010, Wisconsin adults continue to have the highest rate of binge drinking among all U.S. states and territories.” Increasing criminal penalties might inspire a healthy fear of punishment in potential drunken drivers, but it will not address the underlying cause of drunken driving — namely, widespread alcohol abuse. If the state is dead set on spending millions of dollars to combat drunken driving, it may as well attempt to deal with the public health issue of alcohol abuse rather than building new prisons. Charles Godfrey (cgodfrey@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in physics and math.
State Street plans move city GOP’s lack of transparency forward, preserve history on redistricting troubling LETTER TO THE EDITOR
John Waters Columnist State Street is getting a major facelift, with construction currently happening on the 100 block and plans for development on the 500, 700 and 800 blocks in the works. The question is whether or not this is a good thing for the downtown area. To answer that question, the first thing you have to do is separate the three projects. While they are all going to shape how State Street looks in the future, I don’t think that it has to be an all or none proposition. Each project is dealing with different issues and goals and has to be evaluated on its own. The 100 block renovation that is already underway is a positive for the area. The plans went through many revisions, and, at the end of the day, it looks as though they were able to maintain the historic character of the area while also providing a more modern feel. To me, that is very important, since State Street has very much evolved in the last 50 years. I personally have never understood the need to completely maintain the status quo simply for its own sake. That feeling came up again at the first public
input meeting for the redevelopment of the 700 and 800 blocks. It’s more likely you know those blocks as the lane that runs from Lake St. to Park St., past Library Mall. The meeting focused on what parts of this area should be preserved and what parts can be changed for the future. The discussion has been largely about how much people like the fountains but do not really see the need for the several concrete forms that, in my opinion, tend to clutter the space. That development is in the earliest stages, so it will be interesting to see what happens. Overall, however, I think they have the right idea of incorporating more of what makes the area great, while leaving out some of what happened to be built in the ‘70s and probably is no longer necessary. Finally, plans for the 500 block are, in the short-term, going to have the most significance for downtown businesses. I think Roast Public House, which will have to relocate or go out of business once construction begins, has done a great job of adding to the culture of State Street since it opened last year. Great beer, food and a pingpong table in the basement — I mean, I don’t think you really need anything else. So it is definitely disappointing that they will be affected by this, along with other businesses in the area, although I’m not as familiar with them. But as several alders have said,
the University Inn, the building that holds Roast as well as the parking lot behind those businesses, is a very underutilized part of the area. Hopefully, The Hub,
“And although it’s unfortunate that a few current businesses will be affected, the shortterm negatives don’t outweigh the potential longterm benefits.” as the development is tentatively titled, will bring a unique new vibe to the area. As a person who currently lives on the street and loves it, a large apartment complex on State sounds like a great idea to me. And although it’s unfortunate that a few current businesses will be affected, the short-term negatives don’t outweigh the potential long-term benefits. With a historic and vital area like State Street, it is easy to get stuck focusing on the past and the immediate present. But it is crucial for the city to continue to improve as we move forward into the 21st century. All three of these developments are, in their own way, helping with that transition. John Waters ( jwaters@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism.
Recent developments in a Wisconsin redistricting lawsuit suggest that Republicans may have something to hide. After a group of Democrats and the immigrant rights organization Voces De La Frontera successfully sued Republican legislators on the grounds that the processes used in drawing district lines were unconstitutional, federal judges ordered that the defendant grant access to computers containing redistricting documents. According to the court opinion, these documents were “likely to contain relevant and responsive materials that should have been disclosed during pretrial discovery.” However, upon forensic investigation, it was discovered that thousands of redistricting files ordered to be turned over in the lawsuit were deleted by Tad Ottman, a legislative aide to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau. Ottman coincidentally removed these important files around the same time Democrats gained control of the senate in the summer recall elections. According to Ottman, the files were deleted because the computer containing these documents was moved from the offices of Michael Best & Friedrich, the law firm that worked in collaboration with Republican legislators to redraw district lines, to an area at the Capitol accessible to interns and the general public. He was unable to explain, however, why his external hard drive, which backed up
the redistricting files, was corrupted, therefore making the documents inaccessible. Since the beginning of the case, Republicans have been extremely reluctant to release redistricting documents — and for good reason. If documents are discovered that have importance to the lawsuit, it could reopen the case, which in turn could call into question the issue of where gerrymandered district lines are drawn. Additionally, the Michael Best law firm could suffer consequences if documents are found to have been improperly withheld. Thus, it appears that Republicans have a lot to lose and a lot to hide. As a citizen and Wisconsinite, it is my expectation that my government should act in a way that is fair, transparent and in accordance with the law. Yet these latest findings show that Republican legislators favor redrawing district lines to benefit their partisan agenda over responding to the needs of Wisconsinites and abiding by the law. Ottman’s reasoning for deleting the documents is in itself corrupt and not excusable. As previously stated, our government should be transparent, meaning that it shouldn’t matter whether interns or the general public have access to the files. In fact, that is exactly how our government should operate — that is, in such a way that the public can see what the government officials are doing and hold them accountable for their actions. An even greater issue
is the fact that many of the redrawn districts, which overwhelmingly favor Republicans, are still intact. When district lines are drawn unfairly, it’s ultimately the people who pay the price, as gerrymandering reduces the accountability of politicians to their constituents. Looking forward, we must not only demand accountability for the elimination of redistricting files that have reduced government transparency and created unnecessary obstacles to the lawsuit, but we also need to advocate for a long term solution to partisan gerrymandering. States like Arizona and Iowa have addressed this issue by creating bipartisan redistricting commissions to draw district lines in a fair and appropriate manner. But as long as our current system stands, elections will not be decided by the needs and concerns of the people but by which party draws the district lines. Our government has an obligation to us as citizens, taxpayers and Wisconsinites to respond to our needs as constituents and maintain transparency and fairness. Therefore, this blatant effort by Republicans to cover up their corrupt redistricting practices not only violates the law but also breaks the foundational commitment and trust between politicians and their constituents. Jacob Riederer ( jfriederer@wisc.edu) is the communications director for the College Democrats of Madison.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Personally, I don’t believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an openly, like premarital sex between heterosexuals. If you’re openly living that type of lifestyle, then the Bible says you know them by their fruits. It says that, you know, that’s a sin. If you’re openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, whatever it maybe, I believe that’s walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ.” -CHRIS BROUSSARD, ESPN “ANALYST”
On Monday, Washington Wizards center Jason Collins came out in a Sports Illustrated story, making him the first openly gay man in one of the major American sporting leagues. Naturally, this revelation sparked a nationwide reaction that was moslty positive, with current and former players tweeting their support to him. However, positive reactions were not quite universal. ESPN analyst Chris Broussard couldn’t quite manage to keep his foot out of his mouth on ESPN’s Inside the Lines, chiming in with the above quote. ... Seriously? Shut the fuck up.
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Springtime delights abound chilled soup. Chilled soups offer minimal cooking and require no reheating, making them an incredibly easy lunch or dinner option. Popular cold soups include gazpacho (see this week’s recipe), cold Rachel Werts pea soup or even cold Low-Fat Tuesday Columnist fruit soups. Throw the ingredients in a blender, It may seem that spring refrigerate for a few hours is just starting, but soon all and you’ve got a unique of the delicious fruits and and sophisticating dinner vegetables that come along waiting for you later that with the season will be night! 3. Throw your dessert on on display at the farmers’ market. These delectable the grill Hotter seasons also fruits and vegetables only come in season once a mean grills heating up. A year, so make sure not to great way to put a new spin pass them up. Read on on grilling is to try grilled for some ideas on how to fruit. Stone fruits, such jump into spring and take as peaches and apricots, advantage of the fresh hold up very well on a flavors offered during this grilling surface and take on an interesting sweet time. 1. Turn your smoothie and smoky flavor. Apricots also2 happen to go into green Dark leafy greens, like season in the spring. Try spinach, are abundant this slicing up some fresh ones time of year. These leaves and drizzling them with are packed with minerals honey for your next after like iron, folate, zinc and dinner sweet. 4. Add a fresh herb also vitamin A and C. Not Herbs are an easy way to a fan of Popeye’s favorite food? Try blending these change the flavor profile nutrient-rich leaves of any dish. Basil, mint, into your favorite fruit parsley and cilantro all go smoothie. The leaves into season in the spring will give the smoothie a and offer a diverse variety beautiful, bright green of tastes to indulge in. A color, but the sweetness bunch of fresh herbs costs of the fruit will mask the less than $2 at the grocery taste of the greens; you get store and can be used in all the nutrition without any type of dish: salads, cooked meats and fish, the taste. seafood, soups, dips and 2. Have your soup cold As the weather gets even smoothies all take on warmer, a unique way to a new dimension with the cool down is to enjoy a addition of fresh herbs.
Try tacking a whiff of each type of herb the next time you’re in the supermarket. Pick a favorite to buy and then do an Internet search to find the perfect recipe. 5. Cook a new vegetable Spring time has tons of vegetables to offer that may not be part of the normal college student fare. However, many of them are much easier to cook than you might think. Beets, artichokes, leeks and radishes are just some spring vegetables that many Wisconsin residents are familiar with but do not buy often, even though they are relatively easy to prepare. Feeling adventurous? Pick a recipe and take one of these delicious and nutritious vegetables home to make an amazing and wholesome meal. 6. Get earthy Spring means rain, which means…mushrooms, which come in almost too many varieties to count! I encourage you to try each and every kind of these earthy delights (but be sure not to eat any you randomly come across outdoors). Mushrooms are an excellent source of niacin and dietary fiber. Venture outside your comfort zone and take a stroll on Capitol Square at the farmers’ market. You may find your new favorite variety at the very peak of its freshness and also contribute to the local food movement! 7. Go tropical
Although they hail from far away regions, mangoes are also in season and are regularly available at many grocery stores in the Madison area. Not sure how to prepare this tropical fruit? Simply biting into a mango will give you a floral taste of the skin and get stringy pieces of fruit stuck between your teeth. Instead, try this: Mangoes have an oblong pit in the center, and the goal is to slice around it. Hold the mango vertically on a cutting board and slice downward to create pieces as big as you can, cutting as close to the pit as possible. Once you have large chunks, take a piece in your hand skinside down. Next, carve a checkered pattern into the fruit surface without cutting through the skin. Start by carefully cutting several vertical lines, and then cutting several lines perpendicularly. Next, push the skin of the mango inside out, so the squares of mango protrude outward. Now you can simply use your fingers to push the mango squares off the skin. You will have perfectly diced fruit to toss into yogurt, a smoothie, fresh salsa or to enjoy plain! Spring may have arrived late this year, but that’s all the more reason to take it in stride and capitalize on all the new springtime flavors the season has to offer!
RECIPE OF THE WEEK This recipe of the week is one of my favorites for spring time. It is a recipe for gazpacho, a typical cold tomato soup from Spain that I fell in love with when I was studying abroad. It’s easy to make in a fruit processor or blender and stores for up to one week in the fridge. Easy Gazpacho Servings: 6 1 cucumber, halved and seeds scooped out (but not peeled) 2 red bell peppers, roughly chopped 4 plum tomatoes 1 red onion, roughly chopped 3 garlic cloves, minced 23 ounces (3 cups) low-sodium tomato juice 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 3 tablespoons of olive oil 1/2 tablespoon of kosher salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Directions Roughly chop the cucumbers, bell peppers, tomatoes and red onions into 1-inch cubes. Put each vegetable – separately – into a food processor or blender fitted with a steel blade. Pulse each vegetable one by one until coarsely chopped, then transfer to a large bowl. Try not to over-process–this dish is best when the vegetables are still chunky and have a little crunch. After all vegetables are in the large bowl, add the garlic, tomato juice, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well and chill for at least two hours before serving. The longer gazpacho sits, the more its flavors develop. I recommend making it the night before. Serve with a small dollop of light sour cream or Greek yogurt and piece of crusty bread and you’re set for a Spanish-style meal!
Icarus The Owl flies close to sun Independent band to fuse pop, math rock at The Frequency Tuesday night Jacob Summer ArtsEtc. Writer The four-piece rock group Icarus The Owl is stopping through Madison on its 2013 spring tour to play at The Frequency Tuesday. Hailing from Portland, Ore., Icarus The Owl is emerging in the rock scene as they take on the challenges that come with being an independent band. Led by singer and guitarist Joey Rubenstein, the band’s passionate energy is easily recognizable after just a few listens to its music. Icarus The Owl first formed in 2009 when Rubenstein and original members of the band recorded the 2009 album The Spotless Mind. After some recent member changes, Icarus The Owl now consists of Rubenstein, AJ Stacher (guitar), Zach McLean (bass) and Rob Bernknopf (drums). They recently recorded an album together in 2012, Love Always, Leviathan, and plan on recording another soon, Rubenstein said in an interview with The Badger Herald. “After all that touring, we are planning to record another full-length album in the fall,” Rubenstein said. “Not sure when it will be released yet, but hopefully not too long after we record it.” Icarus The Owl combines eccentric tapping guitar with driving beats to create a catchy fusion of pop rock and math rock. Rubenstein’s belting vocals and personal lyrics make the band’s music interesting and relatable. Icarus The Owl’s unique and energetic sound is complex and multilayered. Listeners may need to revisit tracks closely in order to uncover the band’s brilliance. “I want people to be able to either take our
music at face value and appreciate it that way or with multiple listens be able to digest the intricacies that we put into it,” Rubenstein said. A defining characteristic of Icarus The Owl’s music is its frequent use of time signature changes, likely a result of its independent status and creative freedom. “We are able to write, record and release our own albums without having to answer to anyone about when and how we make it,” Rubenstein said. He also explained the benefits and downsides of being a self-promoting band and its financial and networking implications. The band must be responsible in its spending, but it also collects much more of the profits, Rubenstein said. They recognize the difficulty in establishing connections without a record label, but are still hopeful that hard work will allow them to network in the music industry. “We can book our own tours, release our own music, make design choices and be in complete control of our musical careers.” Rubenstein said. He added he wants attendees to enjoy Icarus The Owl’s music in their own personal way. “Through the lyrics, I want people to be able to relate it to in their own way. It doesn’t even need to be related to what the song is about, but if it somehow makes an impact on them, then I will be happy,” he said. This will be Icarus The Owl’s first time in Madison, so Badgers won’t want to miss the performance. Tickets are $5 and doors open at 8:30 p.m. today. Other bands playing Tuesday’s show include Fargo, Not Made Men and Look, I’m Burning.
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Many parts of the pilot episode feel fake and staged, but sincere emotions mixed with genuine commentary try to bring out a human side of the most recent queen of glitter.
Ke$ha’s crazy, beautiful advertisement Pop star’s reality show meticulously presents crafted version of her life, performances Tim Hadick ArtsEtc. Co-Editor Oh, Lord. Another celebrity got a reality show. Wait, scratch that: Ke$ha got a really long advertisement deal with MTV. “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life” produces a very carefully crafted image of the pop star known for singing about hangovers and her “Gold Trans Am,” but at least it’s entertaining. The reality show starts off in 2011 when Ke$ha was just getting underway with her Get Sleazy Tour. Leaving her very cool mom and family in New York City, she departs for Los Angeles to perform but also to reflect on her past, along with her most intimate relationship that inspired much of her music. Along the way, clips of her concerts provide background for her wacky lifestyle with personal commentary during scenes of Ke$ha tackling people dressed in penis costumes. The stage and performers for her show are drenched in glitter, and it’s not clear whether Ke$ha secretes glitter from glands all over her skin or
she just spends way too much money and effort keeping everyone sparkly. Even her fans before the concert are drenched in the stuff. Watching Ke$ha have her makeup wiped off at one point looks like torture, but the shiny bits seem glued into her very being. The show displays Ke$ha’s everyday life as very normal but fantastic. Viewers see a clearly strong, supportive relationship between Ke$ha and her family and friends, an often lacking trait among other celebrities with reality shows. Ke$ha often has no makeup on, contrasting with her intense image, as if to show her as a blank slate. She definitely parties and several scenes are devoted to showing her at bars after her performances making out with random dudes; alcohol and talk of alcohol flows as smoothly as Ke$ha’s pulls out a Patrón on the dance floor throughout the pilot episode. Surprisingly enough, she supposedly gets home at 2 a.m. after a night out, making her escapades tamer than
some college students’. Watching Ke$ha interact with her family is often heartwarming, but the show’s 20-minute runtime leaves very little room for flourishing her character. The viewers may see five minutes of intimate time while the rest of the show is filled with fluff and rough transitions. The cinematography tries to be creative and succeeds to some extent: It doesn’t feel like every other MTV reality show. Clearly, effort has been put into making “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life” something more than just “Teen Mom” or “Jersey Shore.” Instead of editing together funny or stupid parts of the pop star’s life for laughs or awkward tension, “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life” plays out like a press release detailing what makes Ke$ha so great. This isn’t Paris Hilton going on insane adventures for laughs; the show displays Ke$ha in her most flattering moments and real struggles. This pandering to audiences is best seen when a fan gives Ke$ha a
scrapbook containing his inspirational story of overcoming bullying. The camera focuses in on where the boy wrote that his favorite Ke$ha song, “Animal,” helps him cope with being tormented at school. After a quick cry session with the kid, Ke$ha is on stage singing “Animal” while the fan is in the front row with tears in his eyes. While the emotions may be real, and Ke$ha explains her own past experiences with bullying in dry narrative voice-over, it seems very dictated to make her stand out as an example of when everything goes “right,” not about where Ke$ha comes from. Following around any pop artist on tour is bound to be interesting, but the presentation of “Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life” leaves a distinctly empty feeling after watching. Is Ke$ha someone that should be admired for her making it as a star and doing what she wants, or are audiences supposed to sympathize with what little is shown of her past struggles? It’s hard to say, but at least her Warrior fan base will enjoy the show.
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Collins’ decision a milestone for sports communities Nick Korger Korger’s Corner Fear of the unknown. It’s something I’d like to believe that most human beings share. It’s why some of us were afraid of the dark at an early age. That primal fear that comes with being unable to understand or control your surroundings is very basic, and it’s at the heart and soul of resistance to change. Perhaps that’s the reason, among others, why it’s taken until now for someone like NBA center Jason Collins, an active athlete in a major American sport, to publicly come out as gay. Both the player and the public aren’t sure what happens next. Former NBA player John Amaechi came out in 2007, but it was three years after his playing career had ended. He did not have to enter a locker room with teammates the next day. Amaechi did not have to see how it would affect his career. Whether Collins will get a chance to see how his announcement changes his experience in the NBA remains to be seen, since
the veteran journeyman is now a free agent. Still, he may get that chance, as an anonymous survey of 14 NBA teams conducted by ESPN’s Marc Stein revealed that six expect Collins in the league next year. The other eight cited overwhelmingly that his age, not sexual orientation, would be the primary reason they believed he wouldn’t play a 13th season. But seriously, for years players and others have said they’ve known of gay teammates. Why is it now, in 2013, that the glass finally shattered? Every action has an equal and opposite reaction and it’s the opposite reaction that men like Amaechi and Collins fear, the part that can’t be anticipated. Being LGBTQ labels you a minority in a time and age where the question of sexuality is more polarizing than ever. The concern becomes how the majority, the people themselves who don’t identify as a member of your community, treat and handle you once you reveal you’re different. How do you come out when you know it will forever change your life and the way that others perceive you? Those are the questions that need to be answered and that’s the reason why we need to embrace Collins’ decision. Perhaps if Collins is widely accepted
by his teammates and has a positive experience, it will help other athletes feel comfortable with coming out as well. It can also serve as an inspiration for others. Like Collins said in his article in Sports Illustrated, nobody wants to be the kid in class who raises his hand and says he’s different. But when someone sees a figure publicly embrace that difference, others may find the same strength to do so as well.
So kudos to you, Jason Collins. Kudos for being the first active major American sport athlete to come out as gay. Kudos for doing what so many before you were afraid to do. I’m only 22. But already, throughout my life, certain values and beliefs I hold have changed so many times I’m starting to lose count. Don’t get me wrong; I still hold viewpoints that have remained unaffected during my lifetime. But I believe that challenging beliefs by immersing myself and actively examining different ones
from my own help me either modify or solidify previously held notions. And that’s why I believe an active and open discussion about a topic like Collins’ announcement, no matter what people believe, needs to occur. I believe that we shouldn’t define a person by something like sexual orientation, just like we don’t want to be defined by our race or gender. Am I a straight, white male? Yes. Does that drastically shape my identity? You bet it does. But it doesn’t define entirely who I am. I’d rather think my personality, morals, work and ethics make me who I am rather than the categories I was born with. Collins doesn’t want his life to be defined just as a gay man. He’s had a long career playing professional basketball and would rather be known as a caring teammate and hard worker than the first openly gay athlete. It will be a hard association for Collins to shake, but he also shouldn’t run from it. He should take pride in having the strength to do something no one else has before in his situation. He should find joy in knowing that his announcement will have a larger impact than he can even fathom. So kudos to you, Jason Collins. Kudos for being the first active major American sport athlete to
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Free agent center Jason Collins became a groundbreaker for the LGBTQ community Monday by announcing that he is gay. Collins is the first active gay athlete playing a major American sport. come out as gay. Kudos for doing what so many before you were afraid to do while they were still actively pursuing their athletic career. And finally, kudos for bringing the longstanding issue of being LGBTQ in the United States back to the spotlight for discussion in both the public and private spheres. Some people will embrace the news, others will hate it and some will
stand indifferent. But one thing is for certain: This represents a significant moment in the history of both sports and the LGBTQ community. Nick is the Badger Herald sports editor and a senior majoring in English and history. What impact do you think Collins’ announcement will have? Email at nkorger@badgerherald. com.
Badgers set to face Buckeyes in prime time again UW, OSU slated to meet for 4th night game in 6 seasons at The Horseshoe Sean Zak Associate Sports Editor If there was any concern that the Wisconsin football team would go without a night game in head coach Gary Andersen’s first season, that was wiped away Monday. Wisconsin will face Ohio State on Sept. 28, opening its Big Ten season on either ESPN or ABC at 7 p.m. It will be the ninth
season in a row that Wisconsin includes at least one night game in its schedule and the fourth time in six seasons the Badgers and Buckeyes will play under the lights. Since 1995, the Badgers hold a record of 31-6 in night games. Wisconsin has gotten its fair share of benefit from playing Ohio State in prime time. Just three years ago, Wisconsin toppled undefeated and top ranked Ohio State when they kicked off for a night game at Camp Randall. Although they’ve had their successes, when the Badgers step inside Ohio Stadium that evening, revenge will likely
be on their minds. The last time Wisconsin played there, a 4-3 and struggling Ohio State team dragged on the pain of Michigan State’s Hail Mary for another week with a lengthy touchdown of their own as a young Braxton Miller outdueled former Badger quarterback Russell Wilson just days before Halloween. That game was also at night and forced Wisconsin into extreme recovery mode to make a second straight Rose Bowl. The situation will only be similar regarding the place, time and opponent. The Badgers will more than likely be the underdog that night as the Buckeyes are
Andy Fate The Badger Herald
Senior quarterback Curt Phillips and the Badgers will look for two years worth of revenge against the Buckeyes under the lights Sept. 28
expecting a championshipworthy team to take the field in 2013 after an undefeated season in 2012 was kept short of the postseason due to the Buckeyes not being eligible. Mark Schlabach, a college
sports writer for ESPN, recently updated his top 25 rankings for the upcoming season and has Ohio State as the No. 1 team. The Badgers barely cracked his rankings, newly slated at 25th.
Nonetheless, the hype for a late September game with two ranked teams will not fall short of any meeting these two teams have had in past years. It seems only good things can come from that.
Sports Editor Nick Korger sports@badgerherald.com
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Many student tickets going unused
Andy Fate The Badger Herald
Despite student season tickets selling well across football, basketball and hockey, an average of nearly 30 percent of hockey and basketball tickets went unused during the 2012-2013 seasons, while an average of almost 1,000 tickets went unused during the football season.
Games not attended well in recent seasons despite sellouts for most home contests Nick Daniels Sports Content Editor Take a quick glance at the results of Wisconsin’s big three sports and you would likely chalk up this year as one of the more successful years in recent memory. The football team appeared in its third Rose Bowl in as many years after winning the Big Ten Championship against Nebraska. The men’s basketball team held its own in the nation’s toughest basketball conference and earned a 5-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, the men’s hockey team stunned fans by mounting an unexpected comeback in the second half of the season on it’s way to the WCHA Tournament Championship and a surprise appearance in the NCAA Tournament. But if you take your eyes off the field, court or rink for just a moment and look up to the UW student section, the scenery you
would find might not fit what you expected for a set of programs known for its success year in and year out. While the attendance figures on the official stats sheet at the end of the game may have shown yet another sellout — the Athletic Department releases the number of tickets sold each game, not the number of tickets scanned — for Wisconsin football or basketball, the reality is that hundreds of student tickets go unused each game. A Badger Herald open records request found nearly 30 percent of the student season tickets purchased at the beginning of the basketball and hockey seasons never make it to the Kohl Center. Even the back-to-backto-back Big Ten champion Wisconsin football team — which sells out its student season tickets in less than 30 minutes with regularity — had an average of nearly 1,000 student tickets out of its 13,000-plus student section go unused for each game in 2013. Still, while Assistant Athletic Director Justin Doherty said the ultimate goal is to fill every seat, he added that there are a number of issues at play when it comes to lower
student attendance figures — some of which he said are out of the Athletic Department’s control. “From our standpoint, I think there are a lot of factors that go into the difference between [tickets bought and tickets scanned],” Doherty said. “It could be the day of the week, whether the game is over Winter break or not, could be game times.
“You would be hard pressed to tell me that having a roaring crowd behind the Badgers didn’t help them get a close win.”
Joe Dewitt
UW student
“Ultimately, it is an individual choice or an individual circumstance.” Identifying the problem Growing up in Stevens Point, fifth-year senior Joe Dewitt said he has been a Badger fan most of his life. As a result, since he began attending UW, Dewitt has taken full advantage of the student season tickets the Athletic Department has
Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald
Considered one of the toughest venues to play at in college basketball, the Kohl Center’s Grateful Red student section has been in decline in recent years.
offered in his time at the University — having had season tickets to football, basketball and hockey for at least one season each. A testament to his dedication to UW athletics, Dewitt said he could only remember one time in his last few years as a football season ticket holder where he was unable to use his ticket. For Dewitt, attending games allows him to play his part in contributing to the intimidation factor of Camp Randall or the Kohl Center. “It’s half the reason why I make sure I’m there,” Dewitt said. “I want the Badgers to win and I think a big part of that is making sure that the student section is there and is trying to get in the head of the other team. “You would be hard pressed to tell me that having a roaring crowd behind the Badgers didn’t help them get a close win.” Unfortunately, the large numbers of unused tickets seem to indicate that student fans like Dewitt are slowly becoming the exception, not the rule. As technology improves and new methods of consuming games continue to emerge, going to the game is no longer the only way to consume a game. For many students, following the game remotely has become a more effective way to cover Wisconsin sports while also dealing with the many other commitments that come with the college lifestyle. Combine the rigors of college with huge ticket packages and weeknight games for the basketball and hockey seasons and the decision to go to a game becomes a difficult one for students, Dewitt said. “It is a huge commitment to get those tickets,” Dewitt said. “If you’re someone like me you’re not going to get the tickets unless you think you can go to a lot of the games. If you have a busy academic semester, it is a lot harder to go to a basketball game on a Tuesday or Wednesday night.” Finding the solution For Doherty and the Athletic Department, the key to bringing students to the stadium cannot rest on the marketing of the team or the game alone. Instead, Doherty believes the only way to combat unused tickets is to continue to work on engaging student fans and making them more
By The Numbers... 97 Students who attended UW basketball’s 74-51 win over No. 12 Illinois on Jan. 12
1,631 Number of basketball tickets scanned- the highest of the season- against No. 3 Michigan out of 1,823 student tickets
2 Ranking of UW’s opponent Minnesota in the only
hockey game of the year to have more than 1,000 students in attendance out of 1,320 tickets sold for the season
944
Number of student tickets unused at UW football’s home loss to undefeated Ohio State in 2012
involved in the game. “If you’re having a good experience going to the game, hopefully your overall experience is something you like and that you want to continue to take part in,” Doherty said. Beginning in the fall of 2013, UW Athletics launched a Twitter campaign to integrate students into the Wisconsin football conversation. Handing out free shirts with “#Badgers” printed across the back and building a new video board along the rim of the upper deck at Camp Randall to display student and fan tweets about the game gave students a new way to participate in Badger Gameday. While marketing techniques like this have proved successful for the Athletic Department in the past few years, Doherty said he knows it will take a culture shift to bring the student sections closer to 100 percent attendance. “I think our initiative going forward is to try to keep pace with [the students],” Doherty said. “Keep doing things that keep people interested in addition to the actual game itself.” Predicting the future Even though expectations for all three teams will likely continue to be just as high, if not higher, than they have been the past few years when next fall rolls around, this does not mean student attendance can be expected to suddenly improve. In fact, in some cases the Athletic Department is predicting exactly the opposite. Doherty confirmed a report from the Wisconsin State Journal that the Athletic Department has
budgeted for a $470,000 drop in ticket revenue for the men’s hockey team next year when they join the newly-created Big Ten hockey conference. Some have pointed out the move to a new conference means many of Wisconsin’s closest hockey rivals will no longer be on the schedule each year — such as North Dakota, Colorado College and St. Cloud State — which in turn could lead some fans to forgo buying ticket packages. However, others — including the players on the Wisconsin hockey team — think the move could have the opposite effect. “I’ve had some conversations with a couple of different guys in the past few weeks and I think some students aren’t really educated about hockey — they didn’t grow up with it — but they might be football or basketball people,” sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe said. “When they see the men’s hockey team is playing a two-game series versus Michigan or Ohio State, they know these teams and understand the rivalries from basketball and football and hopefully that carries over to hockey.” Still, whatever effect the new conference has on men’s hockey, the players know no matter how well the Athletic Department markets the games, it is ultimately up to them and their performances to sell tickets each year. “We always have our own pressure on ourselves to win games,” junior forward Michael Mersch said. “People want to come and watch good hockey. We represent the school and we want to represent it well.”