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Three injured in building fire 50 UW students affected in early morning fire at apartment complex on University Ave., officials say Kaity Moquet Reporter

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Over 4,000 runners flooded the city for the annual Madison Marathon held in the fall for the first time.

Three people were injured and many residents were displaced after a fire broke out at an apartment complex on University Avenue early Sunday morning.

The fire was extinguished around 12:05 a.m. at Casa Blanca Apartments at 2023 University Ave. causing significant damage to the building, according to Madison Fire Department spokesperson Lori Wirth.

Three people were injured during the fire, including two firefighters and one resident, a University of Wisconsin statement said. Several of the students involved in the fire experienced smoke inhalation, but none were among those seriously injured, the statement said.

Wirth said both firefighters have since been released from the

hospital.

Wirth also said the two-alarm fire caused so much damage in one of the three wings of the apartment complex that residents of that wing have still not been allowed back in their apartments.

“Most of [the residents] found other places to stay, but the next step is that property managers are working with residents [to find temporary housing]...I’m not sure what they’re going to be able to do at this point,” Wirth said. “We haven’t been able to let people back in to stay.”

The residents of the wing most heavily affected by the fire will require temporary housing for the time being, according to the UW statement.

Fifty UW students were living in the apartments at the time of the fire, the UW statement said. The

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MPD hires outside department for investigations Cogan Schneier City Editor After the Madison Police Department faced accusations that its investigation of an officer involved shooting was not independent enough, the city is looking countywide for new detectives to assist with future investigations in an effort to update their standard operating

procedures for these incidents.

MPD is looking into hiring detectives outside of their department to work on officer involved critical incidents, according to MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain. MPD is also updating its standard operating procedure by broadening the definition of what an officer

involved critical incident is, defining the purpose of the outsider and recording the officer interviews, an MPD statement said.

“We support putting together a group of people within Dane County’s law enforcement [agencies] to investigate critical incidences involving police officers,” DeSpain said.

According to a police

statement, every time an officer is involved in a critical incident, it provides MPD with an opportunity to improve the way they serve the community.

University of Wisconsin law professor David Schultz said there are many important things people should take into consideration when looking at officer involved

critical incidents.

“One issue is always whether they are following their own department policy or not that is responding the way they were trained to respond,” Schultz said.

Most police departments have pretty specific guidelines on use of force and the departments expects their officers to follow these rules, Schultz

said.

Schultz also said it is important to consider the criminal liability of the police officer when looking at officer involved critical incidents.

According to Schultz, criminal charges against police in the sense of criminal liability are rare, but it is still another

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US ambassador to visit university International Education Week at UW will help students explore global job options Bryan Kristensen Reporter In an effort to celebrate education about international issues and prepare students for a global environment, the University of Wisconsin will kick off International Education Week Monday.

Through a variety of events held throughout the week, International Education Week gives students the chance to learn about the type of opportunities that is out there for them, offers the chance to realize that traveling around the world can help them continue to be successful, Kerry Hill, the Division of International Studies at UW director of public affairs, said.

United States ambassador Ian Kelly will be at UW throughout the week and will speak about careers in foreign service and be available for students to interact with, Hill said.

Another major event of the week will be the international resource fair, Hill said. The event will give students the opportunity to get out and learn about what they can do with their education outside this country, she said.

“There are a lot of

resources across campus and international programs for students, and they are coming together through the resources fair for a one stop shop for students,” Hill said.

Michelle Kern Hall, assistant director of the International Internship Program, said the international resource fair is a time for the Division of International Studies to come together and inform students on different avenues they can take with their life.

Hall said companies are looking at international exposure in students more and hiring people based on not just their education.

“The world is becoming more interconnected, so the world is looking for people that will be able to interact with people from other parts of the world,” Hill said.

Hall said not only is study abroad an opportunity, but doing an internship abroad can also be a beneficial experience.

While the week will be a good celebration for International Education, Hill said many events similar to this occur yearround that students can participate in to further their knowledge of the entire world.

The Badger Herald File Photo Representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirm there is an open case for Fox Heritage Foods.

Pork farmer’s license questioned Local chef raises heritage pigs, may have sold products from farm without approval Alexa Ardis Reporter Dan Fox, a well-known chef at the new Madison restaurant Heritage Tavern, has been selling pork from his farm without a license, leaving consumers open to potential health and safety risks, according to reporting from the Wisconsin State Journal.

Fox, who opened his restaurant in September, raises heritage pork on his farm. Heritage pork is taken from pigs bred to have more fat and flavor,

according to the website for SloPig, an event Fox has put on annually to educate people on the benefits of using meat from heritage animals.

Regarding the case, Jim Dick, Communications Director for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection confirmed the case is open and Fox’s pork business is under investigation, but said he could not comment any further.

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there is an open case, we can’t comment at all,” Dick said. “We can’t comment on it.”

However, in a statement made to a Wisconsin State Journal reporter last week, Dick said there are no licenses on record for Fox’s farm, Fox Heritage Foods.

Regarding the licensing procedure, Dick said that it is difficult to define because each individual case is unique.

“Each individual case is different, so trying to give a general procedure may or may not fit this one,”

Dick said. “So I don’t even want to try to go there and say ‘in general.’”

According to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s website, licensing began as a method of maintaining sanitation in the place of production.

The guidelines say it has more to do with the food operation than the possible contamination of the food itself.

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UW experiments with flipped class structure Under new model, lectures offered on website, homework done in classroom Lindsey Gapen Reporter The University of Wisconsin has experimented with new learning methods recently by “flipping” classrooms, changing the traditional structure of large lectures.

A flipped classroom, or a blended classroom, is a form of learning where students watch online video lectures before class and complete practice problems or engage in discussions during lecture time.

Jeff Russell, vice provost for Lifelong Learning and Dean of Continuing Studies, said flipped classrooms allows for more active learning in lectures since students can prepare outside of class time.

“This active learning helps students to master, understand and make meaning of the material on a deeper level,” Russell said. “It’s not just memorizing facts.”

Russell said he believes teachers should implement the flipped classroom model because

not all students learn in the same approach, so videos and other supplementary materials can be a helpful aid to students. He added flipped classes allow more flexibility for students to learn material at their own convenience and prepare questions for their teachers.

Russell said teachers can provide better feedback to students’ questions during lecture time in a flipped class, since they allow for more teacher-student engagement.

However, Russell said flipped classrooms have a few limitations.

It is essential for students in a flipped class to have access to a computer, Russell said.

He added not all students will be vigilant enough to review supplementary material before class time.

“A flipped model requires students to get some pre-knowledge and then come to class with questions, which might not work for everyone,” Russell said.

Linda Jorn, the Learning Technologies associate vice provost and Department of Information Technology academic technology director, said a core aspect of flipped classes is the social interactions among students and teachers.

Flipped models provide a more efficient learning experience because students are able to receive immediate feedback in class time on any questions they may have from the pre-lecture videos and materials, Jorn said.

“Students can prepare outside of class and then discuss and problem-solve in class,” Jorn said. “This model helps students learn to debate and argue ideas as well as retain information.”

Learning is a socialcultural process and in order to be successful, it is necessary for students to know how to interact with their peers, Jorn said.

Students can learn how to co-create ideas and gain competency skills in a flipped-model class, she said.

There are some shortfalls of flipped learning for both teachers and students, Jorn said, because teachers must plan a lot of material upfront and redesign the classroom experience to be purposeful, while students must take a highly active role in their education.

“Passive students won’t be as successful,” Jorn said. “You really need to contribute and do your homework ahead of time.”

Although the Legislature tabled two pro-life bills from being sent to the floor Friday morning, a bill to allow “Choose Life” license plates to benefit Choose Life Wisconsin could pass out of committee Tuesday.

The bill would give Wisconsin residents the option to adopt a “Choose Life” license plate, which has the phrase “Choose Life” under the license plate number and a picture of a baby’s footprint to the left of the license plate number. An appropriation from the license plate would also go directly to help fund Choose Life Wisconsin.

The prospect of such a license plate was met with opposition from some, including Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber, D-Appleton, who also serves as the Democratic ranking member of the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

“I don’t think that we should use our license plates to do political messaging or motivation kind of things,” BernardSchaber said. “I think our license plates should be politically neutral.”

Bernard-Schaber also said she was opposed to “Choose Life” license plates for their lack of provision of bylaws, along with current tax-exempt status.

Choose Life Wisconsin is a nonprofit, intended to serve the interests of the public, that creates pregnancy care centers statewide. However, its application to be taxexempt was still pending at the public hearing in late September, president Julaine Appling said during the hearing.

Matt Sande, CLW vice president, also said the organization would pay all production costs upfront through an amendment proposing a presale for the bill.

Sande added Choose Life Wisconsin had raised enough money to cover

all manufacturing costs up front without presale, leaving no fiscal impact on the state.

Legislative supporters of the bill also believe there is no political agenda to the license plates or the organizations that are supporting the “Choose Life” plates, a sentiment echoed by bill sponsor Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin.

“It has nothing to do with a political agenda,” Lazich said. “It has to do with saving the lives of babies. If some feel it’s political, that’s their definition. I think saving babies’ lives is a matter of life and death. If some believe that’s political, that is very sad.”

Bill author Rep. Andre Jacque, R-DePere, said he thought it is a commentary on those who seek “to politicize or condemn” volunteers who are “providing love and their own resources for the vulnerable members of society.”

Jacque added he felt confident about the bill’s passage out of committee and, ultimately, the Legislature.

“It’s something that has quite a bit of legislative support,” Jacque said. “I would hope we’ll find very strong support from the Legislature support beyond getting out of the committee, which I’m very confident it’s going to pass out of committee next week.”

Rep. Sondy PopeRoberts, D-Cross Plains, said she disagreed with the bill’s purpose, although she did admit that it was likely the bill would pass out of committee.

Pope-Roberts said she was most concerned about money going to centers that “coerce” women to keep their baby instead of being concerned with the health of the mother.

“The patient’s health isn’t their concern,” PopeRoberts said.

Wisconsin Family Action and Wisconsin Right to Life declined comment.

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UW-LaCrosse ROTC avoids shutdown Nyal Mueenuddin Reporter The United States Army’s early October decision to cut funding to UW-La Crosse’s 41-year-old ROTC program has been reevaluated, placing the school’s military cadet program on a twoyear probationary status.

In an attempt to cut national military spending, 13 Reserve Officer Training Corps programs at universities across the country were given notice that they must dismantle their programs by the spring of 2014.

The decision triggered a response from U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis; U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.; and U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, who authored

a letter to the U.S. Army Secretary together.

Johnson said the program is “a very effective way to train the leaders that we call upon to lead the finest among us.”

The first of several meetings was held on Friday where university, military and political leaders came together to discuss the conditions of the program’s probationary status.

The initial decision to cut the program was “disappointing,” UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow said, as the program has at UW-L for 40 years and recruits talented students.

“It is looking like the Army is eager to talk and collaborate and make sure the program can be with us

on a permanent basis again, so I think the signs are very encouraging,” Gow said.

“We are looking forward to working with the Army on what they would like to see us do to improve.”

Kind said in a statement Friday he plans to work with the Army and UW-L to ensure the standards to keep the program on campus are “realistic and achievable.”

“I have always strongly supported the efforts of young people who seek a career with our military while still attending college,” Kind said.

Johnson, who visited the UW-L “Eagle Battalion” Friday, said he hopes the probation period is a “transition phase” to determine whether the

program will remain longterm at UW-L. Johnson added a member of his Washington staff was a graduate of the UW-L ROTC program and served in Afghanistan.

LTC. James Hill, commander of the Eagle Battalion, said the program is “world-class” and allows students with a strong propensity to serve in the armed forces the opportunity to develop strong leadership skills, while receiving substantial financial assistance to pay for their education.

“I think it is a very solid program with good young people in it who are going to be great army officers and great contributors to our society,” Hill said.

Hill added while many

cadets in larger programs do not get along with each other, the UW-L cadets are supportive of each other and compare well against cadets across the country.

The program not only serves students from UW-L but also the surrounding colleges of Viterbo University, Winona State University and St. Mary’s University, Hill said. Cutting the program would have ended ROTC opportunities for students geared towards military or nursing careers in all four of these schools.

The UW-L ROTC program not only produces many strong military and societal leaders, but the program is also Wisconsin’s biggest producer of Army nurses, which are vital in times of war, Johnson said.

‘Bait Bike’ program helps deter thefts near campus Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor A bike was stolen from the University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences building on Nov. 5, coming as the latest theft in what UW Police Department spokesperson Marc Lovicott called a “huge issue” on campus.

The UW Police Department said it has no suspect information on the theft, but Lovicott said this is just one of many UWPD sees every year.

As a way of combating bike

thefts, UWPD pioneered the “Bait Bike” program in 2008, Lovicott said.

UWPD plants a number of bikes equipped with GPS around campus, Lovicott said.

If the bike exits the pre-defined area, UWPD is notified and can track the bike, eventually leading to the culprit, he said.

Lovicott said UWPD noticed a trend that bike thieves are usually repeat offenders.

“The idea behind [the Bait Bike program] is if a person steals a bike, more than likely they’ve stolen a bike before and

may have done it many, many times,” Lovicott said.

A UWPD statement from September said bike thefts on campus dropped from 61 to 42 at the same time last year. The statement added Union South was the most popular site for bike thefts.

Lovicott said many departments from across the country have been asking UWPD how to implement the program.

“We’ve had huge success with Nathan Hartung The Badger Herald the [Bait Bike] program, and we will keep using it,” Lovicott said. A bike was reported missing at the Computer Sciences building, near the most popular spot for bicycle theft on campus.

The Badger Herald | News | Monday, November 11, 2013 MPD, page 1 possibility in terms of what standards will be applied in these situations.

However, without the finer details, Schultz said it is not quite clear how this plan will turn out.

“I guess it depends on how it is set up,” Schultz said. “One of the concerns that has been raised in Madison lately is there are some people who are suspicious of the department doing their own investigation, and bringing people in from outside to review things would be more objective for conclusion that outsiders reach.”

Schultz said this plan of bringing outside detectives in to work on officer involved critical incidences is totally dependent on the way in which it is set up and what type of crime is being investigated and when.

Schultz added those

PORK, page 1 Peter Carstensen said licensing helps to protect consumers by regulating safety standards.

“The risk for consumption turns on the sanitation and other safety precautions at the slaughterhouse,” Carstensen said. “The licensing and continued inspection process seeks to reduce those risks.”

Fox declined to comment on anything relating to licensing.

“We’re right in the middle of a few very exciting things,” Fox said.

“But at this current time we’re not answering any questions in regards to [the licensing process].”

According to Fox’s bio on his SloPig site, he went to culinary school at Kendall College and worked at restaurants in Chicago, Austria and France before coming to Madison.

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working on these types of cases need to consider what the target is in the incident, whether they are reviewing actions the department already took, whether they are determining if officers complied with policy or whether they are considering other state laws.

“All officer involved critical incidents pose considerable challenge to officers, department members and the community,” the MPD statement said. “It is our hope that by expanding and improving our officer involved critical incidences standard operating procedure, we can mitigate these challenges, support our officers through consistent, competent and compassionate practices, and continue to provide the excellent services that citizens have come to expect from the Madison Police Department.”

from Madison Magazine, Fox sells his pigs to several Madison area restaurants, including Osteria Papavero, Brasserie V and a Pig in a Fur Coat, as well as establishments in Milwaukee and Chicago. Several of these customers were visited by DATCP agents, and some meat from Fox’s farm was confiscated.

In addition, according to reporting from the Wisconsin State Journal some of Fox’s clients visited by the department said they were told Fox’s meat was safe to eat, and expressed hopes to buy from him again once the process is completed.

“It’s nothing more than us trying to work through a few interpersonal things and trying to move forward in a very positive, holistic manner,” Fox told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Nothing negative has come from it.”

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County continues racial disparity conversations Officials, community partners looking for solutions to issues revealed in report Alex Arriaga Reporter After the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families released a report earlier this year, members of the Dane County community have stepped up their efforts to address the long-time issue of racial disparity.

Dane County, compared to the rest of the nation, has drastically greater disparities between whites and blacks according to the report.

These disparities include economic well-being, child welfare, criminal justice, education and health. Since the release of the report, the county has seen an increase in community conversations regarding to solutions for the issue, the council’s project director Erica Nelson said.

“I think that the report in some ways posts this very dramatic and startling indication of where we’re at and I think that’s something we can build on,” Nelson said. “While things are very concerning and upsetting, I think we have the potential and opportunity going forward to really address these disparities and make improvements.”

According to the report, in 2011, the unemployment rate for blacks in Dane County was 25.2 percent as opposed to 4.8 percent for whites. The report shows in the same year, the national African American rate was only a little more than twice that of whites.

The poverty rate shows a similar pattern, the report said. In 2011, more than 74 percent of Dane County’s black children were poor compared to 5.5 percent of white children, according to information gathered from the American Community Survey. That amounts to a 13 to 1 poverty gap between black and white children in Dane County.

Education disparities in Dane County are equally high according to the report. In 2011, third graders in Dane County were 4.5 times more likely not to meet reading proficiency standards than white third graders, the report says. Likewise, African American students in the Madison Public School District had about a 50 percent on-time high school graduation rate, as opposed to 85 percent of white students, according to the report.

David Canon, University of Wisconsin political science professor, said he links the issues of education disparities back to the root cause of poverty and unemployment among blacks in Dane County.

“If you look more generally at the gaps in school performance its not surprising because there’s a lot of evidence that shows that students who live in poverty don’t do as well in school,” Canon said. “And so, that’s a root cause that we need to address in order to start addressing the education gap.”

Nelson said the initial idea to do the report came from all the discussions happening about the Madison achievement gap and the conversations about the disparities in the criminal justice system. She said from her work as an assigned public defender, she had an interest in learning more in

depth about these issues.

Nelson said these issues of racial disparities between blacks and whites not only have a negative impact on the black population, but on the community as a whole.

“We need everybody of all colors, of all ethnicities and races to be participating, and to be contributing their skills and their talents to our communities,” Nelson said. “If people are disproportionately burdened with disadvantages, we won’t be able to capitalize as a community both economically or culturally upon all the benefits that diversity has to offer.”

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UW seeks community input on diversity plan University officials will hold 2 more listening sessions to help commitee Casey Sheridan Reporter As a University of Wisconsin ad hoc committee continues work on a new diversity plan, it is turning to the community for input on what changes need to be made on campus.

The university is offering a series of listening sessions in response to a Diversity Forum held to discuss UW’s priorities, progress, planning

and commitment to diversity.

The Diversity Forum focused on education achievement with regards to excellence in diversity, Ruth Litovsky, Ad Hoc Diversity Committee chair, said.

“The purpose of the listening sessions is to learn about the input and feedback of Madison community members, to hear of their experiences ... to promote changes and lastly to get a realistic gauge about what is going on with regards to diversity in the Madison community,” Litovsky said.

Ryan Adserias, research associate and co-chair of the ad hoc committee, said the committee will hold five

listening sessions on campus, three of which have already occurred, and are planning an additional four with various community centers around Madison. The committee recently engaged several hundred participants from across the state at the annual Diversity Forum, he said.

Adserias said participants at the forum felt a strong need for a diversity plan at the school.

“The university has made great strides toward increasing access and expanding participation for these groups, and of course, evermore must be done in these areas, but the focus of past plans did not reach far,”

Adserias said.

While a formal analysis of the listening sessions has not been conducted, Litvosky said she thinks they have been going well. People have been grateful that topics beyond race, ethnicity and gender have been covered, she said.

Litovsky praised the crowd that has attended not only the listening sessions, but also the Diversity Forum itself, and said the unexpected crowd was proof of a positive response to the new diversity plan.

Adserias said listening sessions are important because the ad hoc committee is decentralized so they do not always know what is

happening on campus.

Adserias said the ad hoc committee hopes people will attend the listening sessions in order to bring “their best ideas and think about ways in which the university not only could improve upon its efforts related to diversity and inclusivity, but also to bring examples of policies, programs, initiatives that are currently working well here on campus.”

Litovsky said the committee hopes to gain an understanding of the current climate of diversity on campus, a wide range of experiences, beneficial programs and novel and scholarly experiences from

the listening sessions.

“We are thrilled about the positive response,” Litovsky said. “[The listening sessions] have been great; well attended and provide a safe environment for an open conversation.”

The listening sessions will be repeated in the spring after a draft of the ad hoc committee’s plan has been set in place that incorporates the feedback, suggestions and recommendations gathered from this fall’s sessions, Adserias said.

Litovsky said the listening sessions are not intended for a one-time occurrence, but are meant to create a model to continue in the future.

Wis. students could need more science, math classes Christin Tang Herald Contributor Although Wisconsin currently requires the fewest number of math and science credits in the Midwest for high school students to graduate, recently proposed legislation would increase the number of necessary credits in those subjects.

The bill, which received a public hearing Thursday, would require students to take three credits of math and science, as opposed to the current state-required two credits of each.

“As we work to raise the bar this year, we are

challenging students to think critically and solve complex problems. We believe that’s what it takes to ensure students are college, career and community ready,” Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham said in an email to The Badger Herald. “Additional math and science classes align with that vision. Many of our students already take additional math and science in high school, and we’re supportive of making that a requirement.”

The bill would require more credits at the state level, but many districts

in Wisconsin already have higher numbers of mandatory credits, Peter Goff, UW professor in the department of educational leadership and policy analysis, said.

Goff added the bill would affect districts very differently, especially when comparing larger districts with smaller districts.

“The impact will probably be the greatest in small, rural districts, where they might only have one science teacher, so they may have to literally double the number of teachers,” Goff said.

“What a lot of small rural teachers are doing is using technology to give students

opportunities that they wouldn’t have normally, which we haven’t exactly seen yet. It depends on how the legislation forms.”

While it is possible that too much flexibility in the classes counting for the credits could lead to “watering down of credit,” Goff added overall the bill is a step in the right direction.

According to Jennifer Kammerud, legislative liaison at the state Department of Public Instruction, more needs to be done to ensure students are ready for higher education and careers.

“Based on college remediation rates and what

we hear from employers, too many of our students are not graduating high school with an expected mastery of math and science concepts,” Kammerud said.

Goff, who formerly taught chemistry, said it was important to educate students specifically in the math and science fields.

“The only place where people get math and science is in math and science classes,” Goff said. “In terms of policy, I think that this is the right place to focus for college readiness and attract jobs to Wisconsin.”

The issue of preparing students to be as ready as

possible for higher levels of education, as well as future careers, is out of necessity, Kammerud said.

Only two percent of students in advanced math and science courses complete computer science classes, although over half of all STEM jobs being in computing, Kammerud said.

Kammerud added she hopes Wisconsin residents support the bill, particularly because DPI does.

“The department believes the bill will lead to greater math and science mastery and improve the college and career readiness of all Wisconsin’s high school graduates,” Kammerud said.

Madison homeless shelters prepare for winter months Chantal Cowie Herald Contributor As Dane county and the City of Madison prepare for the winter months, some special provisions in the 2014 city and county budgets may help the homeless get through the snowy season.

Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan, District 5, said he has seen the issue of a lack of housing for the homeless during the winter months over the past couple of years in the city. The county has been using temporary sites for the homeless in order to cope with this problem, Pan said.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said beds for homeless people in the winter are the main issue.

“The reality is, there’s just

not enough beds for what they need, so homeless shelters have to limit the amount of nights people can sleep there,” Verveer said.

Veveer said nonprofit organizations that provide beds for the homeless make exceptions to their rules as to the amount of visits to the shelter the homeless can have, depending on the temperature.

Veveer said Salvation Army’s Center for Women and Children and the Porchlight Center for Men, along with various churches, were examples of these organizations.

Verveer said the city has covered the cost of many of the homeless shelters in Madison for many years. Veveer said the mayor’s base budget continues funding homeless shelters and other services in Madison

for hundred of thousands of dollars.

Pan said the county also has allotted $600,000 for its plans to buy a permanent site for the homeless. However, according to Pan, these sites may not be up and running for the winter months.

Veveer said the permanent resource center would only be open during the day and would not provide an additional place for the homeless to sleep.

As a result, Pan said the county took the funds intended for the establishment of this permanent site in the 2013 budget and used part of that money to create bridge services for the homeless between now and the start of the 2014 budget in January.

These bridge services provide things like showers, lockers, laundry and transportation for the homeless, according to Pan. Pan said in the 2014 budget, the county is looking to put more money into these services and carry out its plan to create a permanent resource center for the homeless.

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students were able to wait on a Madison Metro bus and a nearby convenience store until they were allowed back into their apartments, the statement said.

Badger Herald File Photo Both the city and county budgets included funds to provide additonal housing and resources for cold weather.

Veveer said the budget also contains money to develop affordable permanent housing for those who may have been previously homeless.

Verveer said he was one of the sponsors for some of the amendments adopted by the City of Madison as part of the 2014 budget.

All the UW students unable to return to their apartments were able to find temporary housing, the statement added.

The UW statement said staff members from the Dean of Student’s office are assisting the students affected by the

“The rationale for including some of these resources is because there is such a need,” Verveer said. “We don’t have enough housing in Madison, and the homeless population is significant.”

Veveer said one of the main complaints made by many activists for the

fire by helping them in finding crisis loans and contacting professors.

Wirth added this is perhaps the largest fire the city has seen since last year.

“The smoke was just billowing out of that fi rst building…it was very

homeless is that Madison lacks places for the homeless to legally use the bathroom during the evening hours.

Veveer added $300,000 in the 2014 city budget was designated for the creation of one or more public bathrooms in downtown Madison.

hot,” Wirth said. “There was very considerable damage, and the hallway is just black.”

Wirth said firefighters are still unsure as to what caused the fire, and she does not expect they will be able to find a cause anytime soon.

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Point-counterpoint: Obamacare COLLEGE REPUBLICANS Much of conservative thought is predicated upon the idea that, wherever possible, competition is the best system of organizing individual efforts. Conservatives regard competition as better not only for its efficiency, but more importantly because a competitive free market is the only system that can effectively adapt our activities to each other without capricious or coercive intervention of authority.

This belief is also grounded in experience. Rare is the person who feels pangs of joy when dealing with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Motor Vehicles, or learning of the National Security Agency’s unwarranted invasions of our privacy. An endless morass of paperwork and dead-ends awaits those entering this vast bureaucratic web. Now Obamacare is joining the tangle, and conservatives are rightly wary.

Bureaucracy not only breeds inefficiency, but also inflates costs. Soaring college tuition is a prime example, and healthcare will be no different. Under Obamacare, Wisconsinites will already see year-over-year rate increases of 51 percent, according to Commissioner of Insurance predictions. If the government was handing out unaccountable money, wouldn’t you jack up your prices too?

Even more frightening than these increased expenses is the deprivation of individual liberty that follows Obamacare’s governmental expansion. In the words of Adam Smith, one of the founders of modern economics, “the statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would ... assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.”

Liberty is a kernel of American identity, and Obama’s mandate is folly indeed.

Fortunately, Americans are not limited to either Obamacare or our previous system. A third, better, free market solution exists. Compiled by the Heritage foundation, it is based on five premises: 1. Choose, control and carry your own health insurance; 2. Let free markets provide the insurance and health care services that people want; 3. Encourage employers to provide a portable health insurance benefit to employees; 4. Assist those who need help through civil society, the free market and the states; and 5. Protect the right of conscience and unborn children.

Health insurance should be

personal, portable and capable of staying with an individual as he/she moves from job to job and from birth to retirement.

Rather than being forced by Obamacare into governmentrun exchanges, individuals should be able to purchase insurance that can follow them through life. To facilitate a transition to this model, the government could, among other things, move from tax breaks for employer-subsidized insurance toward a flat tax credit that individuals could use to purchase their own insurance.

Another concern for our healthcare system is preexisting conditions. Obama claimed that as many as 129 million Americans “could be denied coverage” due to pre-existing conditions. This is far from the truth. In fact, only 134,708 individuals are estimated to have enrolled in the federal high-risk pool program since its inception under Obamacare. Further, solutions to the pre-existing condition problem have been successful far before Obamacare, without federal intervention. Thirty-five states are already operating high-risk pools for 227,000 individuals with pre-existing conditions; why not work with this?

Despite Obama’s promise that “if you like your plan you can keep it. Period,” millions of Americans are receiving letters of cancellation from their insurance providers. This is unacceptable. We need to reduce and remove the causes of insurance cancellations — bureaucratic red tape and governmental control.

Health care should operate under market incentives that encourage consumer choice and competition. Federal barriers to cross-state insurance purchasing should be removed so that individuals can choose a health plan that best meets their needs, regardless of location. Waste and restrictive regulations should be eliminated at all levels, no compromise.

There are many other changes that can be made to improve our country’s healthcare system, but ultimately they all should be cemented in the freemarket ideals of competition and individual freedom, not government intervention and restrictions. How can a few politicians in Washington know better than you do about your different needs? We believe in individuals and their ability to know what is best for themselves. Obamacare curtails and weakens individual agency, whilst increasing medical costs and proliferating inefficiencies.

A real healthcare solution, like the one sketched above, does neither.

COLLEGE DEMOCRATS In a recent ad from the anti-Obamacare group Generation Opportunity, a young woman who has signed up for the Obamacare is led into a gynecologist’s office and told to wait for the doctor to arrive. Instead of her wholesome family physician, she is greeted by a grinning and incredibly creepy Uncle Sam. The woman screams and the ad tells the viewer to “opt out of Obamacare.” This ad, which became infamous several months ago, is an effort to convince young people that the Affordable Care Act is a terrifying monster that must be avoided at all costs. This couldn’t be farther from the truth. Rather than replacing your family doctor with a creepy grinning Uncle Sam, the Affordable Care Act will provide young people with better options for health insurance than ever before.

If you are a student here at the University of Wisconsin, chances are you’re already covered under the Affordable Care Act. That’s because if your parents have health insurance, you will be able to stay on their plan until you are 26-years-old. That gives you time to graduate college, get a job in a career you enjoy and become accustomed to living on your own all before you have to buy health insurance for the first time.

If your parents don’t have health insurance or if you’ve already celebrated your 26th birthday, you’ll be able to sign up for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges. These are basically marketplaces for health insurance where you’ll be able to shop for a plan that suits your needs. Conservatives have claimed that premiums for young people will skyrocket because of the Affordable Care Act. In reality, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 46 percent of single, uninsured young adults living in states with a federal Obamacare marketplace will be able to purchase basic health insurance plans for less than $50 a month. Approximately two-thirds of people between the ages of 18 and 34 will be able to purchase health insurance for less than $100 a month.

Not only will your insurance likely be cheaper, it will also be of higher quality. Insurance companies will no longer be able to drop you from your plan if you get sick.

They will also no longer be allowed to charge women more than men or deny coverage for having a pre-existing condition, which can be something as serious as heart disease or as benign as a previous accidental injury. Birth control coverage will also be mandatory under all plans, a huge benefit for young people across the country.

Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the ACA is the individual mandate, which requires everyone to buy health insurance. This section of the law has been debated in front of the Supreme Court and is still the least popular part of the ACA. So how exactly does this benefit young people? Unlike other types of insurance like fire insurance or flood insurance, everyone will need health insurance at some point in their lives. We as college students might not have a high risk of getting cancer or heart disease right now, but as we get older, we will need more and more medical care. However, if everyone in the country were to wait till they get old and sick before they buy insurance, then insurance companies would have to raise the cost of insurance incredibly high in order to pay for everyone’s constant medical procedures. Under the individual mandate, young, healthy people will be required to buy health insurance and put money into the system (even if it’s just $50 a month), which allows older, sicker people to get affordable healthcare when they need it most.

When all of us college students become older, we’ll benefit from lower costs and more comprehensive care as a result. We pay a little now so we don’t have to pay way more when we’re older and have a higher risk of serious illness.

In the end, the Affordable Care Act is far from the boogeyman that conservatives have tried to make it. Young people will be able to stay on their parents’ health insurance, get low cost coverage from the health insurance exchanges and have more procedures covered. Plus when we’re older, we won’t have to pay huge premiums thanks to the individual mandate. Despite the current controversy surrounding it, in 20 years, the Affordable Care Act will be viewed as one of the most important and beneficial laws in American history, especially for our generation.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The price is right for UHS services This letter is response to the Nov. 4 column, “Offering minimal services, UHS Lakeshore clinic provides little convenience to sick students.”

In the past month, I also began to feel ill, and decided to go to the Lakeshore Clinic to figure out what was going on. I do not live in the Lakeshore dorms, but I decided the walk wasn’t too horrible, and I needed to see a doctor sooner rather than later. I also had severe coughing fits and an overall inability to breathe.

While at the clinic, I waited for all of five minutes before seeing a doctor — which was wonderful, considering the normal 20 minute wait I would have had back home, even with an appointment. The doctor was polite, explained everything appropriately (i.e., without being condescending) and also referred me for blood work and a chest X-ray.

Indeed, the Lakeshore Clinic does not have these facilities.

However, I would like to

point out that many, many UHS services are free. For my chest X-ray, I paid exactly $0.

At home, I would have been billed around $200. In my mind, having to walk about 20 minutes is much more worth my time than paying a $200 fee.

Blood work also can be pretty pricey — anywhere from $15 to $250 (depending on insurance and the types of tests).

The list of services UHS offers, free of charge to UW students, is huge compared to the cost. Acupuncture, addiction counseling, allergy shots, condoms, contraceptives, eating disorder services, crisis intervention services, counseling, emergency contraception, flu shots, HIV testing, injury/illness diagnosis, mental health counseling, nutritional support, pap tests, physical exams, sexual health services, sports medicine, STI testing, tuberculosis testing and the women’s health clinic are all free. They are all paid for through tuition and segregated

fees. Now, I realize that all of us do pay for tuition and pay our segregated fees, but the fees we pay are much less than the cost of these treatments.

Additionally, the pharmacy offers student discounts, further reducing the costs you may face.

Antibiotics aren’t often cheap, but UHS, in my experience, will work with you to reduce any costs you face, and to make your experience with them better.

When I went to the Lakeshore Clinic, my X-ray and blood work orders were in by the time I got to the main clinic.

I only waited an hour to get my prescription order, and then had to wait about 5 minutes for the pharmacy to fill it. All in all, I spent roughly two hours seeing doctors. That’s pretty fast, in my opinion, and I spent $10 to get that prescription — it could have been free, as the pharmacist offered to call up my insurance for me as I didn’t have the card on me and by this point had lost my voice entirely.

I also realize that a (free) 20 minute bus ride (I walked) may have been a slight inconvenience. Some days are indeed busier than others.

However, that bus ride is also free for students (again, through segregated fees). Also, the equipment and space for an X-ray is extremely expensive, and that’s just the machine.

Building in more rooms, more digital equipment and then hiring another technician? The price of having all these services in two places, when the services are already offered less than half an hour away (by walking), is ridiculous — especially when these services are offered to students free of charge.

We pay segregated fees for a reason — and honestly, I would rather pay my $565/semester segregated fees than pay at least double that if a more severe injury or illness occurs.

Katrina Punzel (kpunzel@ wisc.edu) is a water resource management M.S. candidate.

On politics, we can do better Grant Hattenhauer Columnist In most elementary schools across the country, students will take a class called “history.”

This class, aside from its obvious emphasis on the founding of America, will focus on the U.S. government, and more specifically, the role the President plays in relation to the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Most everyone has heard the popular Schoolhouse Rock song “I’m Just a Bill,” which presents in a sardonically ironic tone the seemingly fluid process of creating laws.

How sweet, right? In my head I can picture it: elementary school children, flipping through a thick history textbook, scanning the lists of well dressed American presidents and congressmen, and in their heads, identifying these men and women with the pinnacle of success. Most elementary school history classes paint the famous politicians of America’s past out to be the quintessential representation of moral soundness and pure intelligence, crafting perfectly fair and reasonable laws and enacting them just as easily.

From a young age, we are taught that only the most respectable men and women can occupy these positions, and subsequently we idolize these individuals. Well, ignorance certainly is bliss.

It is no secret that Americans, at least those far from their elementary school days, are becoming more and more disenchanted by the political system. The fact that about 30 percent of Wisconsin’s population opted out of the general election last year testifies to a widespread sentiment of skepticism and indifference.

Any Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor will tell you, the fist step to recovery is admitting that there is a problem.

Vigilant citizenry is certainly a democratic good, and critical citizens serve to hold representatives accountable.

Over the past century, however, disenchantment has evolved into an overwhelming sense of alienation and fundamental confusion.

Henrik Serup Christensen, an Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, has found that “the increase in negative attitudes towards the political authorities has been tied to the drop in conventional political activities such as voting and party membership,” and can develop into “excessive skepticism when democratic oversight turns into undue stigmatization of authorities, preventive action into impotent silence, and

reasoned judgment into repression of any deviation from the ruling orthodoxy.”

You hear it all the time, those quick and snide remarks heard under the breath of friends, and whether you choose to ignore them is simply a matter of choice.

Comments like “Your mom is a Democrat and your dad is a Republican, haven’t you told them they might as well stay home, because they cancel each other out anyway?” and “I hate politicians, they are all corrupt.”

Quips like “Who cares about primary elections?” and “They just want to take away my rights.” Attitudes like these do a disservice to our country.

David Foster Wallace wrote, “If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don’t bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical.” To ease into a comfortable disinterest toward the function of our country is to allow the unqualified to maintain their positions. In doing so, you effectively perpetuate the things that angered you in the first place.

My point is this: do not allow yourself to think that you are not substantially more qualified to make decisions for your county than any active member of congress. To think that way is to buy into the political masquerade, and to subconsciously chastise yourself for thoughts of action.

There are numerous members of Congress who believe that the world was created in seven literal days.

Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. Representative, sexted graphic images of himself to numerous women.

Michele Bachmann has said, “Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn’t even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas.” In 2011 she said that Hurricane Irene is a message from God to politicians.

Joe Biden is on record saying “You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent … I’m not joking.”

After the FBI stormed a hotel suite where he was smoking crack with a girlfriend-turnedinformant, former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry said, “Bitch set me up.”

It’s no coincidence that one of the best business weekends for New York City strip clubs is the annual United Nations meeting.

We can do better than this, right?

Grant Hattenhauer (hattenhauer@wisc. edu) is a freshman majoring in biology.

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Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment Adapting “Ender’s Game” to film was a difficult task, but the producers succeeded in creating an entertaining film with amazing battle room sequences.

‘Ender’s Game’ worth playing Despite clunky screenplay, film does book justice with stunning visuals, moral dilemmas Joe Timmerman ArtsEtc. Contributor The makers of “Ender’s Game” were faced with a gargantuan task: take a book about a group of young children saving the human race—a book that its author called “unfilmable”—and make it seem believable onscreen, all in less than two hours.

While the film succeeds in keeping most of the plot intact, it loses much of the magic of the original book in the process.

“Ender’s Game” tells the story of Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield, “Hugo”), a young boy living in the distant-but-not-too-distant future. Several decades ago, Earth and its colonies were attacked by aliens known as “formics.” Just when it appeared all was lost for humanity, a general named Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley, “Iron Man 3”) miraculously turned back the invasion— although no one’s sure exactly how.

The story picks up with Ender being plucked from his home by Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford, “Paranoia”) and his sidekick Major

Anderson (Viola Davis, “Beautiful Creatures”) to attend Battle School, an orbital space station where Earth’s next great commanders are trained to repel any future formic invasions. The film follows Ender’s adventures through his training and beyond.

The first thing you’ll notice about “Ender’s Game” is the spectacular visuals, and there are plenty of opportunities for them to shine. Of particular note are the scenes in the battle room, a giant, glass-walled room in which Battle School students hone their combat skills in a zero-gravity environment.

Slowly rotating camera shots go a long way toward capturing the disorientation of weightlessness. In general, the film’s visual direction is excellent and helps distract from some of the lesspraiseworthy aspects of the movie.

“Ender” also manages to tackle many of the ethical and moral dilemmas posed by the book head-on.

Without giving too much away, the book is about much more than a boy

on a space station. While other writers and directors might have shied away from some of these thorny issues to make a more “approachable” movie, “Ender’s Game” gives them the discussion they deserve and is a better movie because of it.

While it’s common for a movie adaptation of a book to struggle where the book excels, it’s very rare for a movie to do something better than the book.

“Ender” is no exception.

Regardless of how enjoyable the book may be, the story itself is an absurd one, and no amount of fanciful writing (or filming) can change that. There simply isn’t a way to make a bunch of super-genius, pre-pubescent children training to lead Earth’s armies seem realistic.

This is especially apparent in the movie’s dialogue, which is often awkward and artificial.

The dialogue was less than perfect in the book, and putting it onscreen only amplifies those problems.

On the other hand, one of the most enjoyable parts of the book is the substory of Ender’s rise through the

ranks of the Battle School commanders. It served to familiarize the reader with a new cast of characters at the school who become very important later on in the story. In attempting to fit all the major plot points into a single feature film, however, the script misses a good chunk of Ender’s life at Battle School. While this part of the story isn’t strictly necessary for the plot, removing it makes the friendships formed later on seem unrealistic, and ultimately cheapens the emotional payoff of the story.

Even with its flaws, “Ender’s Game” makes for an extremely enjoyable movie—especially in IMAX. Given time constraints, it holds reasonably true to the book, which makes it hard to go too wrong. If you’ve already read the book, seeing the characters and story brought to life makes seeing the movie worth it on its own. If not, the movie’s visuals and interesting (if not totally complete) plot makes it worth the watch.

ENDER’S GAME

‘Happy Endings’ lives on for actors Hayley Braun TV Columnist As a fan of great sitcoms and hilarious things in general, I was devastated when ABC cancelled its brilliant show “Happy Endings” last May. The show, about six friends living in Chicago, had been on the verge of cancellation for about a year, despite critics unanimously hailing it as the best sitcom on TV and basically begging people to watch it. ABC moved the

show from Wednesdays to Tuesdays to Fridays during its three-season run in an effort to find an audience, but each shift only made ratings drop more. After the cancellation, hope was momentarily restored to fans when it was rumored that USA and TBS were interested in buying the show. But these proved to be just rumors, and the show never found itself on another channel. For some unknown reason, “Happy Endings” just never seemed to click with a large enough audience to

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keep it alive.

Luckily, the show’s fans can heal the cancellation pains by watching the cast members pursue their new endeavors.

Each cast member seems to be slowly but surely taking over prime time network television.

Damon Wayans, Jr., who played Brad on “Happy Endings,” is back on TV on Fox’s “New Girl.” Fans of “New Girl” will remember that Wayans played roommate Coach in the pilot episode.

But Coach wasn’t seen again after the other characters said he moved out “to go live with other white people,” a not-sosubtle reference to “Happy Endings,” which Wayans left “New Girl” for. Now that “Endings” is over, Coach is back! Coach’s return episode aired last Tuesday, and Fox announced the next day that his four-episode arc on the show was being extended to a full-season, guest-starring role. Adam Pally, who played the disgusting yet lovable Max, is now a series regular on “The Mindy Project,” which coincidentally airs right after “New Girl” on Tuesday nights. Eliza Coupe, who played control freak

Jane, is currently guest starring on Will Arnett’s new comedy “The Millers” and recently signed on to a new show for the USA network.

Casey Wilson, who played accident-prone Penny, got engaged to “Endings” creator David Caspe after the show got axed, and she’s also working on a new series for ABC. Elisha Cuthbert, the most well-known cast member of the show, got married, and Zachary Knighton has guest starred on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” since “Happy Endings” got the ax.

If you haven’t seen “Happy Endings,” watch it immediately. All 57 episodes are available on DVD and most TV streaming sites.

Then join the rest of us fans in holding out hope for some sort of miracle bonus episodes, movie or reunion.

Wayans recently kept this hope alive by telling E! News that he would love to do any sort of “Happy Endings” continuation.

“We’ll even just come to your living room and act it out,” he said.

Someone please let me know where the sign-up is for that.

The Bridge Poetry Series, founded by four local Madison poets — Susan Elbe, Sara Parrell, Katrin Talbot and Jesse Lee Kercheval — collaborates twice each year with the Chazen Museum of Art to bring a diverse group of poets from Wisconsin together with the focus of creating a bridge between physical artwork and ekphrastic poetry created in response to it. This past Thursday, the Chazen played host to the fourth Bridge Poetry Series in response to the museum’s newest exhibit, “Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey,” which is a collection of watercolorbased paintings and collages based on Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey.

Ten poets ranging in style, age and ethnicity met at the Chazen in September for a curator lecture during the opening week of the Bearden exhibit. Since then, these poets have been working to create poetic responses to the artwork, with each poet adding his or her own personal details and styles to the poetry.

Poet Gabrielle Daniels presented her piece “Way Back Home” to start the reading. “Way Back Home” describes the speaker’s journey toward home as “leaving everything that is holding you back.”

Throughout the poem, the speaker comes to the realization that it doesn’t matter where you are in the world: “It is never enough / where you are, / until you find there is / no place like home.”

Milwaukee poet Jennifer Morales also caught the special attention of many listeners in reciting her poem, “Ego, Trouble.” The name Odysseus itself means trouble, which Morales touches upon in her poem.

Stepping out from behind the usual podium setup of readings, Morales became one with the poem and allowed an amplified emotional expressiveness.

“Ego, Trouble” is a response to the lack of women in “The Odyssey” and is taken from Odysseus’ wife Penelope’s point of view. Throughout the poem, listeners are taken on the journey of Penelope waiting on Odysseus’ return: “When people asked I told them, / ‘My husband has strayed.’ / How else to explain.” The poem leads up to the eventual return of Odysseus. However, instead of waiting around, we are told of the story of Penelope cooking dinner for other boys and weaving a burial shroud

for Odysseus, only to unravel what had been woven at the end of the day.

Following in the footsteps of Morales, poet Rita Mae Reese stepped forward, presenting “Circe and Nanette Speak While Bearden Cuts.” Another poem from the women’s perspective, Reese’s poem includes two separate voices, Circe’s and Nanette’s, as well as a brief aside at the end of the poem in a separate voice as well. Reese’s reading of her poem included vocal changes throughout the poem to depict a conversation between two women about Odysseus and his epic journey.

University of Wisconsin English professor Cherene Sherrard-Johnson brought listeners back to present-day New York with her poem “An Elegy for Our Prince of Troy, New York.” Sherrard’s poem interacts with the exhibit’s artist Romare Bearden and a Cornell poet exchanging artwork for poetry, canvas for word. The exchange is also one represented through the poetry series itself.

Drawing on the ocean in “The Odyssey” and Bearden’s paintings and collages, “An Elegy for Our Prince of Troy, New York” adds insight to Bearden’s personal and artistic life.

Bringing the reading to a close, poet Darian Wilson of Milwaukee brought the attendees of the Bridge Poetry Series to a roaring applause through his spoken word style performance of “The Black Odyssey: A Human Collage.” Wilson broke through the invisible fourth wall between podium and audience once again.

Wilson described black culture at its strongest point, relating it to Poseidon as he said, “You see black people were born from the ocean.”

Filled with emotion during every word, Wilson describes himself as “no hero,” “just a black man, making my way through this tangled web of life,” similar to Odysseus’ journey. “The Black Odyssey: A Human Collage” relates “The Odyssey” to the present journey of each person on Earth. Ending on a strong note, Wilson said, “You’ll never know where you are going or where you’ll end up. / You just have to go. / And like Odysseus, never stop.”

Poets Katrin Talbot, William Stobb, Richard Roe, Joel Friedrich and Fabu also presented in the Bridge Poetry Series. Written versions of each poem can be found on the Chazen Museum’s website. Bearden’s “A Black Odyssey” exhibition runs through Nov. 24 in the Pleasant T. Rowland Gallery of the Chazen Museum of Art.

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Badgers manage 3-0 victory against Iowa Volleyball program cruises to 19th win of year after tough defeat to Nebraska Lee Gordon Volleyball Writer

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald Goaltender Landon Peterson allowed 16 goals in two games on a recent trip to Boston College and Boston University.

Peterson putting early rough spell behind him After struggling in Boston against BU, BC, UW goaltender working to improve Caroline Sage Men’s Hockey Writer With a shot fired at Wisconsin’s net every two minutes and 12 seconds on average this season, being the man stopping the flying pucks has been no easy task.

Men’s hockey junior goaltender Landon Peterson has already weathered the storm a few times. After a 5-2 win with Peterson in net to open the season against Northern Michigan, the Badgers (3-2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) traveled to Boston riding on confidence and a No. 2 national ranking to take on two of Hockey East’s best in Boston College and Boston University.

Trading off games in the opening series with junior goaltender Joel Rumpel — the duo has for most of their three-year careers at Wisconsin — the starts in Boston rested solely upon the shoulders of Peterson, as Rumpel remained in Madison nursing an ankle injury.

That confidence was all but destroyed in the first 21 minutes and 45 seconds of the road trip as the Badgers saw six pucks grace the twine behind Peterson. An eventual 9-2 loss to BC was only to be repeated the second night as Boston University put up an additional seven goals to UW’s three, sending Wisconsin home winless and Peterson having seen 13 goals slip past his watch.

“Obviously his confidence, anyone who has a game like that against Boston, their confidence is going to dive a little,” junior forward Joseph LaBate said.

“I wouldn’t say it hurt him.

He bounced back the same old Landon.”

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with a weekend off from action, Peterson was determined to use the extra time of practice to see to it that he would be back performing how he finished last season — the top goaltender in the WCHA with a .928 save percentage.

“I just had to get back into that mindset and focus,” Peterson said. “I had to keep working hard and just control what I could control.”

What could be controlled was his confidence.

“I think for any goalie, for that to happen, it is natural to lose some of that confidence and then you kind of just have to work through it,” volunteer assistant coach Jeff Sanger said.

Coming off the bye week with Rumpel still not ready to return, the Badgers were looking to prove to themselves the performance in Boston was just a ripple in what they hope has the potential to be a special season.

Yet the opening moments against Lake Superior State were déjà vu all over again as three goals soared through the UW defense past Peterson in the first four minutes of play.

“It crosses your mind, definitely,” Peterson said of feeling that the woes of Boston were there to stay. “I just told myself to focus and get through the first period.”

Not only did Peterson get through the rest of the first period flawlessly, he went on to allow just one goal in the remaining five periods of hockey that weekend as the rest of his team fought back for a 3-3 tie in game one and in game two the following night to bring Wisconsin a much needed 8-1 trouncing. While the eight goals surely got all of the Badgers back on the right track, for Peterson it was a test of strength he came out passing with flying colors.

“I think that’s one of

OFFENSE, page 10 “Jared, obviously, after his hit that he took against Iowa, wasn’t as involved in practice this week, so you want to make sure that you’re getting the other guys the ball. We have a lot of confidence in just about anyone we’re throwing to.”

Wisconsin found that methodical could score quickly, as well, when, at the end of the first half, yet another 11-play drive brought took the Badgers 65 yards in less than two-and-a-half minutes

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the toughest things for goaltenders is what’s between the ears,” Sanger said. “And he met the challenge.”

Now after another bye weekend, UW turns to face another tough nonconference opponent in No. 7 University of Miami (of Ohio) and for Peterson the battle never ends.

Throughout his career at UW, Peterson has always found himself battling alongside Rumpel for the starting job. Both highly skilled juniors, they entered the season knowing again that playing time was up for grabs. And as they had done for most of last season, the duo would be sharing the net.

A constant reminder that the position is one to be earned, not granted, Peterson and Rumpel have built a special bond that keeps both at the top of their games.

“It’s good friendly competition and we both make each other better and push each other. It’s good to have that,” Peterson said.

“Off the ice we are really good friends […] but once we’re on the ice we both don’t like to lose.”

That drive to never suffer defeat has led Peterson to be looked upon highly by coaches and teammates alike as someone who might not have the loudest voice on the squad, but his work ethic speaks loudly to all.

“He’s mature and a guy whose teammates respect him. He leads by example by just working so hard in practice. That’s just kind of who he is,” Sanger said.

And LaBate was a near echo of the coach’s voice calling Peterson, “probably one of the hardest working guys on the ice.”

As the season wears on, having proven he can withstand a mental storm that would keep the weak from returning to the ice may be the best skill Peterson possesses.

for another seven points before halftime.

Borland returns After missing the last seven quarters of play with a hamstring injury, senior linebacker Chris Borland returned to his home at the center of the Wisconsin defense.

Although the Badgers defense played well in his absence, including his replacement Marcus Trotter, Borland brings a different sense of assurance when he’s on the field.

“Chris is a great leader

After a tough defeat Friday night to No. 11 Nebraska, the No. 16 Wisconsin cruised to a 3-0 sweep of the Iowa Hawkeyes in a resounding bounce back victory (25-9, 25-14, 25-20) Sunday afternoon.

The Badgers (19-7, 8-6 Big Ten) recorded its highest offensive attacking percentage of the Big Ten season at .367 and highest since its second overall match of the season against Delaware.

While offensive errors proved costly Friday against Nebraska, Wisconsin committed its fewest errors as a team at 12 since Sept. 14.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield said he was impressed with his team’s ability to spread the ball on offensive effectively.

“I thought our ball

to extend its sevenpoint lead. A 24-yard completion to redshirt senior tight end Jacob Pedersen placed UW on the BYU 11-yard and two players later Stave, with plenty of time, found James White on the goal line, connecting a five-yard pass to give UW a 17-3 lead at half.

BYU came back in the second half to score two touchdowns with quarterback sophomore Taysom Hill finishing the night with a pair of touchdown completions.

A game-long 34yard connection to senior receiver Cody Hoffman in the third quarter handed the UW defense its first allowed touchdown in six quarters. However it was sustained offensive drives by UW kept BYU from tipping the momentum.

“It was good for us to be able to continually drive the ball. Probably one of the best things you could say about the offense today is you didn’t have a bunch of negative plays. There was some, obviously, and a sack here or a run here, whatever it may have been, but for the most part, BYU thrives on that type of defense,” Andersen said.” We were able to handle that for the most part and keep the game within our control so they don’t get in a feeding frenzy.”

Closing out the third quarter on a drive beginning on the UW 13-yard-line, White completed the 92-yard drive lasting just under five minutes with a 14-yard rush in the opening minutes of the final quarter for his final score of the night.

Wisconsin finished

for the defense. Always getting him back for the defense was going to be something today,” senior linebacker Brendan Kelly said. “Trotter did a great job of filling in there when he had his opportunity, but Chris came back and he didn’t miss a beat.“ In fact, he made the first play for the Wisconsin defense, forcing BYU quarterback Taysom Hill to the sideline for a short gain. That was the fi rst of his team-high four firstquarter tackles. However, it was his quarterback

control was really good,” Sheffield said.

“It was exceptional today. The better you [are at] controlling the ball, the more options you have, and it makes it a little bit tougher on the defense when they’re not able to set up their block and wait for you.”

Five Badgers logged six or more kills on the afternoon, with junior outside hitter Ellen Chapman leading all players with 13 kills on a .545 attack percentage. She said that Iowa’s blocking was considerably weaker than Nebraska’s blocking, and the shorter blockers on Iowa’s side opened more options for UW’s hitters.

Freshman setter Lauren Carlini totaled 37 assists and was a perfect six for six on attacks of her own.

She said in the last contest with Iowa on Oct. 2, Wisconsin had difficulty with Iowa’s serving, but the team handled Iowa’s serving with poise on Sunday.

“We hit really good shots today,” Carlini said. “Our passers really buckled down

today and got us some good balls. I didn’t really have to move much.”

Wisconsin’s defense was equally effective against Iowa.

The Badgers out-dug the Hawkeyes 52-32, with 23 of those digs coming in the opening game. Senior libero Annemarie Hickey led all players with 15 kills, and six Badgers in all had at least six digs.

Sheffield said while sophomore defensive specialist Taylor Morey had seven digs, her defensive coverage, especially in the tonesetting first game, allowed Wisconsin’s net players to stay in opportune positions for attacks on the ball.

Sheffield said much of Wisconsin’s success comes from the tenacious effort of the back row.

“When our little guys in the back row are feisty back there, we can be a pretty good team,” Sheffield said. “One of things we talked about going into the match was [being] ferociously persistent – I think we were that today.”

the game with a commanding 36:02 possession time to BYU’s 23:58 with the ball.

“Our offense prides itself on playing a lot of plays. We knew we had to have drives like that to give our defense a break, keep them off the field,” Pederson said. “That is Wisconsin football.”

The Wisconsin defense maintained pressure on Hill all night long, recording four sacks on Hill, including two from Chris Borland. The senior linebacker returned to the field looking like he had never been away.

Missing last weekend’s meeting with Iowa

the defensive play to end the game, as the Badgers allowed BYU to score with just under two minutes on the clock and again found themselves facing a 61-yard Cougar drive to close out the game, though this one ended scoreless.

“Those last two [BYU] drives were unacceptable I think,” Borland said.

“We played on our heels and that’s not our style,” The Cougars’ defense found its strength through senior linebacker Uani ‘Unga, who recorded 15 tackles to bring his season total to 100 on the season, after previously recording just 28 in his career. ‘Unga and the defensive squad kept Stave on his toes all night, forcing an interception from Stave in the second quarter as the ball slipped between the hands of Pedersen in double coverage and fell into the lap of senior linebacker Kyle Van Noy. As Wisconsin looks to progress into its final three regular season games against Big Ten opponents Indiana, Minnesota and Penn State, a commanding performance showed the UW team has what Andersen called the opportunity to be a great team.

“Now everything we do is three guarantees left … in a regular season right now, we’re sitting in the Big Ten, we’re 4-1, and we have some, we have the ability to do some special things and have a special record in the Big Ten, but that’s all out there,” Andersen said. “Three games left. We’ll see what happens.”

for “usIttowasbegood able to continuously drive the ball ... and keep the game within our control so they [didn’t] get in a feeding frenzy.

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Gary Andersen Head Coach due to a hamstring injury he sustained in the opening quarter at Illinois Oct. 19, Borland recorded a team-high 13 tackles on the night.

A standout performance by safety Michael Caputo followed right behind with 12 tackles Saturday.

“We really controlled the game for the majority of it. Slipped up a bit late, but we contained them and the quarterback, which was huge,” Borland said.

Though pleased with his returning performance, Borland was critical of his and

hurry that was vital.

With six-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter, Borland crept to the line for a blitz. On the snap, one step left, one plant right and a spin move took BYU left guard Solomone Kafu out of sight and concern in just one second. The next second-and-a-half put him in the eyesight of Hill, forcing him to lob a prayer-bound pass to the middle of the field, where sophomore safety Tanner McEvoy had set up camp for his first career interception and 20-yard

return.

Borland surrounded the field in his first game back, sideline-to-sideline for his team-high 2.5 sacks and 13 tackles, 10 of which came in the fi rst 32 minutes of the game. He was the spike strip, if you will, to BYU’s Mazzerati at the start of the second half, with a tackle on each play of the Cougar’s first 3-and-out drive.

“With Chris, he’ll get his,” Andersen said, reciting his tackle total.

“This defense is very happy to have him out there, and I am too.”

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MEN’S SOCCER RECAP

UW beats OSU in last match before B1G tourney Men’s soccer squad finishes 2013 season with most victories since NCAA title run Zack Miller Men’s Soccer Writer The Wisconsin men’s soccer team wrapped up its 2013 regular season schedule Friday night at the McClimon Complex with a 2-Claire Larkins 0 victory over Ohio State on senior night. The win extended the Badgers’ home-unbeaten streak to 13 games, good for best in the country.

“It’s unbelievable to finish undefeated, untied at home,” Wisconsin head coach John Trask said of his team who finished a perfect 9-0-0 at home this season. “Compliments to the seniors, the captains, and the rest of the squad because that’s never an easy thing to do.”

The home winning streak is of great importance to the players as it is a sign of how much they have been through and how their hard work has truly begun to pay off.

“We’ve been through so much together,” senior co-captain Chris Prince said. “Now we realize how short of time we have left.

[Coach] Trask has always had the saying ‘you have to protect your home turf, you have to be perfect at home’ and this is the first year we’ve implemented that.”

Coming into Friday night’s game, the Buckeyes (6-6-5, 1-3-2 Big Ten) had allowed just nine goals to their opponents all season and the Badgers (13-32, 4-2-0) became just the fourth team to score more than one goal in a game against Ohio State this season.

Coming into the match, the focus was on which team’s strength would in out: Ohio State’s conference-best defense, or Wisconsin’s conference-

best offense. The Badgers provided the answer to that question rather quickly.

The first goal came in the 23rd minute when senior Tomislav Zadro put a diving header in the back of the net off of a Drew Conner cross from inside the box. The goal was Zadro’s fourth of the season and the assist was Conner’s team-leading seventh.

In the 72nd minute, senior Nick Janus netted his team-leading ninth goal of the season on a strike from inside the box to give the Badgers the 2-0 advantage. This was the ninth game of the season in which the Badgers scored multiple goals; they had seven such games in 2012 and eight in 2011.

Prince pointed to the fact that because the Badgers have spent so much time getting their defense to the level it is currently at, the offense is able to play loose and with relative ease.

“It’s so much fun knowing that we can go anywhere on the field and know something good is going to come out of it,” he said.

The shutout was the seventh of the season for the stingy Badgers defense and just the fourth time this season that the Buckeyes were shutout in a game that did not end in a 0-0 draw.

“The whole season our defense has been strong,” senior co-captain Blake Succa said after the victory. “I expected nothing different tonight and we didn’t disappoint.”

For what Trask described as a “typical Big Ten game,” the match was intense from the first to the final whistle. Seven yellow cards (four Ohio State, three Wisconsin) were handed out, tied for the highest number of cautions handed out in any Big Ten match involving the Badgers this season.

“It was a very physical game,” Prince said. “That’s what we expect whenever we play them. Tonight we

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Succa mentioned that because the Badges were familiar with the physical nature of Ohio State that all they had to do was to make sure that they matched the Buckeyes’ big, strong and physical play and the soccer would take care of itself.

Going forward, the Badgers have just a few days before they head

to Columbus, Ohio, to battle with the rest of the Big Ten in the annual Big Ten Tournament.

Having already assured themselves of a birth in the NCAA Tournament, Columbus serves as a place for Wisconsin to get the best possible seeding it can – one that might even permit them to host a game in the opening round.

“We’ve put our mark thus far on the regular season,” Succa said, “Honestly I don’t know what to expect moving

forward. We’re just taking it day-by-day with the Big Ten Tournament up next to hopefully improve our seeding for the NCAA Tournament.”

No matter what seed they receive, the Badgers are more than confident that they can play with not just the best of the Big Ten, but the best the country has to offer.

“Anyone in the country,” Prince said of who his team could beat. “I’m telling you this is the best team, the best group of guys I’ve ever

been around in my entire life. We have so much confidence in ourselves, and I’m excited to see where we go from here.”

The Badgers — seeded No. 2 in the tournament — will open the Big Ten tournament Nov. 13 against No. 7-seeded Northwestern, with a second-round matchup against either No. 3 Michigan State or No. 6 Ohio State Nov. 14 should they beat Northwestern for the second time this season.

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13 seniors guide veteran team to 13 victories Curt Hogg Sports Writer The number 13 proved to be a good luck charm for the Wisconsin men’s soccer team Friday night as the No. 16 Badgers defeated Ohio State 2-0 on senior night at the McClimon Complex.

The Badgers, led by 13 seniors in their final career regular season home game, dominated in all facets of the game to pick up their 13th win of the season and, in the process, extended the

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White has continued to put the team first, taking the time that has been given to him by coaches and even more amazingly, he has continued to produce, as he is the active leader in career touchdowns in the FBS with 46.

It’s hard to believe that anyone that leads the entire Division I college football world in touchdowns wouldn’t be considered the outright best weapon on that team. Part of that is due to Gordon’s athletic ability, but White’s contributions to the Wisconsin offense do go somewhat underappreciated by the fans.

White has proved to be an invaluable asset to the Badger running game as he is capable of running between the tackles, out wide and maybe most importantly he excels at catching balls out of the backfield, something Gordon has yet to add to his game with only one catch on the season.

Although White has not put up the monster numbers that Montee Ball

nation’s longest home unbeaten streak to 13 games.

The senior class that has led Wisconsin (13-3-2) to its most winning season since the program earned a national championship in 1995 was honored in post-game ceremonies.

“This is the best team, best group of guys I’ve been around. We’ve been here for four years. We’ve been through so much together,” senior captain Chris Prince said.

Friday’s strong effort led by the seniors

has, it’s hard to argue that White has been one of the most valuable backs to come to Wisconsin in some time. His ability to change pace and catch the ball, yet still be an every down back, provides the versatility to coaches to plug him in wherever they need the help the most. Whether it be a big block in pass protection or a tough couple of yards up the middle, White almost always comes up with a positive result.

For a college running back to run for 1,000 yards his freshman season and still be with the program and relevant three years later is almost unheard of. So while White may not have broke records or put up monster seasons like some of his backfield mates, he has lived up the billing of a great Wisconsin running back. And that’s not something that is easily done.

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included strong defensive play by co-captain Paul Yonga and goals netted by Tomislav Zadro and Nick Janus.

“We’ve been playing together for four years now, so you just know each other, where they’re going be at, and know each other’s strong suits,” senior captain Blake Succa said.

That chemistry has helped the Badgers bounce back after a myriad of years being tenured in mediocrity.

Since the 1995 championship campaign, Wisconsin has failed to reach the NCAA tournament and finished below .500 in 10 out of 17 seasons.

This season, however, has been completely different. The culture and mood surrounding Wisconsin soccer has changed in head coach John Trask’s fourth season at the helm.

The win over Ohio State improved Wisconsin to 9-0 at home in 2013, and their 13-game unbeaten streak is three games greater than the next-longest in all of NCAA Division I men’s soccer.

The Badgers’ resiliency has been tested repeatedly during their current streak, and time and time again, they have come out on top.

Early in the season, Wisconsin netted a game-tying goal with one second remaining in the game against Drake and went on to win 3-2 in overtime. On Oct. 17, the Badgers scored three goals in a 17-minute span to erase a 3-1 deficit against defending NCAA champion Indiana.

Before outscoring their opponents 7-1 over the last two home games against Eastern Illinois and Ohio State, the first seven contests of the season at the McClimon

Complex were all in a one-goal margin of victory.

Those 13 seniors may not have played their final game of their careers at home, however. On Nov. 13, the Badgers will head to Columbus, Ohio, for the Big Ten Tournament. The team is assured of a berth in the NCAA tournament, but that’s not merely enough for Wisconsin.

They plan to use their time in Columbus to improve their seeding and earn the chance to host a game in the NCAA tournament.

“Hopefully, we’re looking to get a couple home games in the NCAA tournament. Obviously thus far we haven’t lost here this season. Knock on wood, hopefully that will continue to happen,” Succa said. “A couple games at home here would be huge and build our confidence even more

for whoever we play.”

For those 13 seniors, Friday night served as the possible culmination of an incredible body of work done on their home turf during their tenure.

In 2010 — the freshman season for most of the current seniors—the Badgers went 4-13-3.

That was also the first year at Wisconsin for Trask.

Following the victory Friday, Trask engaged in a long embrace with each of the seniors, thankful for the work they have done in their four years together.

The win served as the Badgers’ fourth consecutive win and eighth in their last 10 games. With postseason play coming up — highlighted by what will be Wisconsin’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 18 years — they can only hope to remain one of the nation’s hottest teams going forth.

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White guides Badgers to victory 3 touchdowns by veteran tailback lead UW to 27-17 victory over BYU Caroline Sage Senior Sports Writer In a highly anticipated final non-conference matchup, the No. 21 Wisconsin football team overpowered the Brigham Young University defense to seal a key 27-17 victory.

A game that saw highly executed performances on both sides of the ball for the Badgers (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) including 425 yards of offense and holding a BYU offense that averaged 258.8 rushing yards to just 163 on the night, head coach Gary Anderson believes he witnessed the best team performance of the season yet.

“I thought that was maybe overall our best team victory of the season as far as just every aspect of the game — offense, defense, special teams — being a factor in a positive way,” Andersen said. “And it’s never perfect, but we knew this was going to be a battle.”

Atop the list of game changers was senior

running back James White, scoring all three of the Badgers’ touchdowns and recording 194 yards of total offense that the Cougars (6-3) could not manage to contain.

Though impressive on the run all night, the dynamic tailback looked more like a receiver at times.

White and the offense set the tone early, driving 76 yards on 11 plays to open the game. A gamelong 27-yard connection from sophomore quarterback Joel Stave to White put the Badgers just four yards from the goal line and an untouched four-yard rush up the middle a play later by White put UW on the board 7-0. “’I’m just trying to be as versatile as possible out there. Be sharp on pass protection. Be a viable option in the receiving game and don’t miss any cuts as a running back,” White said. “I’m trying to play as complete as possible.”

As the teams switched field goalas midway through the first half, the Badger offense took over with 2:22 left before halftime looking

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Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Senior running back James White had one of his best games of the year against BYU, running for 150 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Badgers.

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Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Redshirt sophomore quarterback Joel Stave completed 23 passes for 196 yards to complement James White on the ground in a balanced offensive attack.

UW offense finds its rhythm From the first whistle, Badgers methodically find ways to put points on board Sean Zak Sports Content Editor Wisconsin flipped the script on BYU Saturday.

The Cougars entered Camp Randall, lauded for their fast-paced offensive attack that runs 90 plays a game in their constant attempts to dictate tempo. Following a 27-17 Wisconsin victory Saturday, head coach Gary Andersen called the fl urry of plays a “non-factor,” and he wasn’t wrong.

Beau Allen figured the key would be communication on defense — getting people in the right positions as BYU yearned for Mach 1. As the game reached the fourth quarter, and Wisconsin held a 27-10 lead with 13 minutes remaining, it seemed as if the Badgers’ defense had

done just that.

Only the fears of BYU’s fleeting attack weren’t dispelled entirely by the Wisconsin defense.

Instead, ironically, it was the Wisconsin offense that played a role, methodically driven by Joel Stave and offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig to keep the BYU offense off the field.

And it happened right away.

The Wisconsin offense took the field and drove 76 yards for a 7-0 lead, culminated by a James White 4-yard touchdown run. White went untouched, splitting the backs of his left guard and tackle for his first of three touchdowns on the day.

It was an 11-play drive that took less than five minutes, proven a trendsetter by game’s end.

Their next scoring drive would also take 11 plays, this one stretching 63 yards from the Wisconsin 17-yard-line that would eventually stall for a 38yard Jack Russell field goal, the first of his career.

That one gobbled up more than six minutes, starting with 9:55 in the second quarter, keeping the BYU offense sidelined for almost the remainder of the first half.

“Those are the kind of drives we want to have,” Stave said. “We know how nasty our defense can be when they are well rested … so if we can put together drives like that, change the field position, and eventually end with scores, that takes a lot of wind out of a defense.”

It was formulaic and a little different from

what Wisconsin has utilized in 2013 — not including deep passes to Abbrederis or jet sweeps for Melvin Gordon. The drives weren’t the typical Wisconsin methodical, either; commonly enacted by a run, run pass to Abbrederis pattern.

The runs chugged Wisconsin along and the passes came in a very nondiscriminatory lineup, as Pedersen and White each tallied six receptions, either matching or setting career-highs for both.

Jordan Frederick caught his first pass since the Northwestern game and Kenzel Doe chipped in a pair of receptions as well.

“I think we did a good job trying to involve the other guys,” Stave said.

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Three years ago a freshman came to Madison and took Camp Randall by storm by putting up a 1,000-yard season to go with 14 touchdowns. Badger fans were anointing him the next great Wisconsin tailback. And then, just like that, James White seemed to be put on the back burner.

Now in his farewell tour with the Badgers, White is proving that he is the great running back people once thought he was going to be.

No one can blame White for getting lost in the shuffle of Wisconsin’s tailbacks — if 1,500-plus rushing yards and 19 touchdowns through two seasons qualify as a letdown. It is no secret that the backfield at Camp Randall is a timeshare and not an all-inclusive stay and with the likes of John Clay and Monte Ball as running mates, it’s no wonder White could not live up to expectations in his sophomore and junior campaigns.

This season though, with Ball out of the picture, was seen as White’s time to shine. And then the Melvin-mania began.

With fewer snaps and carries, Melvin Gordon burst onto the scene rushing for more yards and touchdowns than White through Wisconsin’s first seven games.

Gordon’s name began to pop up on Heisman watch lists and MGIII was all anyone cared to

talk about when it came to the Badgers’ offense.

Once again, it seemed as though White was an afterthought in his final season at Wisconsin.

White stayed the course, deflecting questions from the media about a shrinking role and being overshadowed

by Gordon, chipping away at what was given.

Now after compiling 345 all-purpose yards along with five touchdowns in Wisconsin’s last two games — while Gordon has gained just 148 yards and no touchdowns during that time — White has thrust himself back into the conversation.

It seems like just yesterday people were calling for Gordon to get more carries while White would be phased out of the offense, but Andersen, the coaching staff and White himself continued to believe in his contributions to the team and it is paying off big time as Gordon has hit somewhat of a slump in the last two games, while White has picked up the slack.

With all of the hoopla surrounding the great campaign Gordon is having this season, White’s performances seem to have gone under the radar, as the senior is well on his way to bookending his career at Wisconsin with 1,000yard rushing seasons.

White deserves credit for what he has done this season along with his entire career at Wisconsin. The senior out of Florida has put together an unbelievable four years while having to battle for snaps, yet White never felt entitled after his Big Ten Freshman of the Year

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