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Investigators end Doe case Six former Milwaukee County Executive staffers charged after state probe spans nearly three years Sean Kirkby Senior Reporter Milwaukee County investigators have officially closed an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s former Milwaukee County Executive office that resulted in six officials being charged and began nearly three years ago, according to a statement released Friday.

Neal Nettesheim, a Milwaukee County reserve judge who presided over the investigation, signed an order Feb. 21 to close the John Doe investigation. The investigation charged six people, three of whom are former Walker staffers, who were convicted of embezzlement or campaigning on county time.

“The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office follows a policy of filing charges only where it believes proof beyond a reasonable doubt supports the allegations in the criminal complaint,” Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm said in the statement.

“After a review of the John Doe evidence, I am satisfied that all charges that are supported by proof beyond a reasonable doubt have now been brought and concluded.”

The statement said Nettesheim authorized public disclosure about the investigation’s end after Feb. 28 and ordered all evidence not already made public that

was gathered during the investigation to remain secret.

Walker said in a statement the investigation began when his office asked the DA’s office to look into concerns they had regarding Operation Freedom, a nonprofit event supporting veterans. In November, former Walker Deputy Chief of Staff Tim Russell plead guilty to stealing $21,000 from the funds supporting the event.

“I am glad the process has been completed,” Walker said in a statement. “We appreciate the effort that was undertaken and to bring appropriate matters to justice.”

In a statement, Rep. Don Pridemore, R-Erin, congratulated Walker on his vindication in the probe and admired Walker’s “resolute spirit despite the often presumptuous media coverage.”

However, Jay Heck, Common Cause in Wisconsin executive director, said regardless of whether Walker knew about his employees’ criminal actions, he still bears responsibility for hiring them. He said Walker should not take credit for initiating the investigation since he hired the employees who created the problems in the first place.

“Governor Walker dodged a bullet,” Heck said. “The fact that two of his top aides, deputy chiefs of staff during his tenure as Milwaukee County

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Just keep dancing The annual student-organized Wisconsin Dance Marathon raised $64,437.21 for American Family Children’s Hospital over the weekend.

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Constitution up for student vote UW student leaders look to increase governing body’s efficiency, structure Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor To address concerns of a lack of cohesion among leaders and the need for a more unified student voice, the University of Wisconsin’s student government members are optimistic a newlyapproved constitution, which is up for referendum during the Spring Elections, will allow for improved governance.

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will be released to the student body for a vote in the Associated Students of Madison’s elections held March 11-13, according to ASM Chair Andrew Bulovsky. He said the new constitution is a “much better structure” than the current constitution.

ASM Nominations Board Chair Sean McNally said the need for a new constitution dates back to a 2008 initiative. Since then, he said members of Student Council have been

talking about the need for new legislation.

A new constitution would amplify the shared governance power of ASM, McNally said, adding it would help student government serve and reach more students.

“It’s a really complicated system right now,” McNally said. “[A new constitution] would make ASM more accessible.”

McNally said the proposed constitution would cut the existing

ASM constitution, which is 160 pages long including bylaws, almost in half. The Student Council-approved constitution is currently 15 pages long with 40 expected pages of bylaws, he said.

A 15-member bylaw committee will draft specifics, McNally said, adding this kind of opportunity to redraft these documents is rare.

“There is a lot of stuff

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State gun standard limits UW’s choice Campus restricted on implementing new policies due to status as public institution David Ward would sign the letter, he added it had only been circulated at universities which are not like UW, including many smaller liberal arts schools.

CPGS’ letter called for four measures: opposing laws permitting guns on college campuses and in classrooms, preventing purchase of firearms from unlicensed sellers, banning semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and enforcing safety standards for all guns.

However, according to Provost Paul DeLuca, the four CPGS measures are not possible for publiclyfunded institutions, such as UW, as they must abide by Wisconsin’s laws regarding regulation of firearms

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Madison’s housing department turns to alternative low-income resources and agencies like Porchlight in response to the tight rental market and closed public housing wait list.

City closes public housing wait list Officials say registry closed to avoid ‘false hope’ in tight rental market for 3,000 families Devon Waugh Herald Contributor Housing resource officials called for more affordable housing solutions in Madison after the city housing department closed their wait list for public housing to new applicants earlier this year.

The Community Development Authority currently has a housing wait list of more than 3,000 families in the Madison area and made the decision in February not to accept any more applicants

indefinitely, according to Lisa Daniels, admissions supervisor for the CDA. According to Daniels, there are too many applicants at this time to fill up vacancies. The list often requires waiting for one to two years on average, she said, and 120 new applicants were added last year alone.

“We just don’t feel it’s fair with over 3,000 families already on the list to give false hope,” Daniels said.

CDA is the largest assisted housing provider in Dane County, serving around 2,500 households,

Daniels said. Since the federal government has stopped funding public housing in recent years, urban areas are tearing down large subsidized housing complexes in favor of the voucher system, which is now the major program for assisting lowincome families, she said.

Because of Madison’s high rents, the drawback of the voucher system is more government assistance is necessary and the money doesn’t go as far, Agustin Olvera, director of the City of Madison’s Housing

Division said. CDA is looking for new ways of increasing assistance such as revamping old housing stock in the future, he said.

According to Kristin Rucinski, executive director of The Road Home, a local housing program, Madison has a tight rental market, with the city’s vacancy rate at an all-time low of 2 percent. This is an indicator of how hard it is for lowincome individuals and families, she said.

“There is constantly

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As mass shootings across the nation prompted top university administrators to advocate for Congress to make specific gun safety reforms, the University of Wisconsin faces state limitations on taking a stance on the issue as a publiclyfunded institution.

UW officials have yet to sign an open letter from College Presidents for Gun Safety, which more than 300 university presidents and high ranking officials have signed, because state gun law standards and general campus opinion pose unique barriers for a public university.

Although UW Vice Chancellor of External Relations Vince Sweeney said he could not speak as to whether Interim Chancellor

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Polo Rocha Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed education budget may see some changes, with two Republican senators looking to increase public school spending and Walker wanting more accountability from voucher schools.

Senate President Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, and Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, Education Committee chair, are proposing a $382 million investment in the state’s public schools, or a roughly $150 per pupil investment, the Associated Press reported Friday.

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Because Walker kept that revenue limit in this budget, the 1 percent increase helps taxpayers, not school districts, according to University of Wisconsin education professor Peter Goff.

“All the money Governor Walker’s putting into the public schools is actually just going to tax relief,” Goff said.

“The actual public school students are not actually seeing any money at this point in time.”

Ellis told the Associated Press their plan would lead to a “meager increase” in property taxes.

The senators were not available for comment Friday, but Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, is generally supportive of their efforts, according to Todd

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Albaugh, his chief of staff.

“Dale has been a longtime supporter and advocate for public education, and he was a supporter during the Thompson administration when we removed part of that burden from property taxpayers,” Albaugh said. “He continues to be a supporter of properly funding our public education.”

State Superintendent Tony Evers and Democrats have called for Walker to increase spending in public schools.

Ellis and Schultz, however, have opposed Walker’s proposed voucher school expansion, as they have called for local referendums on whether there should be voucher schools in their school district, Albaugh said.

Although his budget did not call for this, Walker also told Milwaukee Journal

Sentinel Thursday he is willing to use public school report cards for voucher schools as well.

Walker proposed a grant program for public schools based on the new report cards, which Evers pointed out was in its early stages two weeks ago and not ready to tie funding to results.

Regardless of whether they are complete or not, Goff said using those report cards would provide comparable metrics for both public and voucher schools.

“The benefit of that approach is you’re going to be able to look at voucher schools on an equal metric as other schools, ideally schools that are comparable,” Goff said. “So creating that common metric is appealing.”

Although he had not seen the proposal, Albaugh said

Schultz has always supported accountability for all schools.

School Choice Wisconsin President Jim Bender said in an email to The Badger Herald Walker’s comments were “nothing new,” as he has always supported report cards for voucher schools.

Bender has been meeting with the Department of Public Instruction about adding voucher schools in a statewide student information system, which Walker calls for in his budget.

Once they are included in the system, Bender said, they would use the report cards.

“Private schools have different mechanisms for collecting and reporting data so getting this piece right will ensure equity under the report card,” Bender said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Gilman Street: Battery Two Madison men were attacked outside a downtown bar early Friday morning, with one transported to the hospital after being knocked unconscious.

A Madison man, 23, reported being shoved down outside a bar on the 400 block of West Gilman Street by another bar patron around 12:10 a.m., according to a Madison Police Department statement.

The victim went outside to smoke a cigarette with three other bar patrons when he was pushed down by someone who followed him outside the bar, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. The victim said he handed money over to the suspect after he was shoved, DeSpain said.

The suspect also attacked the bar’s bouncer after he went outside to investigate after observing the incident, according to the statement.

The bouncer was punched and knocked unconscious by the suspect, the statement said.

According to the statement, the bouncer was taken to the hospital for head injuries.

The victim described the suspect as a black man in his early 20s with long dreadlocks and said he was wearing a black puffy jacket, the statement said.

“The victim was not able to tell us much,” DeSpain said.

“He was vague about why it happened and who was involved.”

According to DeSpain, the bouncer was unable to provide any additional information.

West Johnson Street: Arrested Person A Madison man possibly connected to a battery incident was arrested for resisting arrest

early Friday morning.

Diorian Smith, 22, was arrested on the 500 block of West Johnson Street at 12:54 a.m. after he fled from the MPD officers attempting to contact him, according to an MPD statement.

MPD approached Smith because he was wearing a black puffy coat similar to one described by the victim of a battery on Gilman Street that occurred early that morning, according to the statement. The officers saw Smith on North Broom Street and West Gorham Street around 12:50 p.m. and tried to question him when he took off running, the statement said.

Smith was later found hiding behind a bush on West Johnson Street after a passerby who saw Smith duck down alerted the police officers, the statement said.

The suspect was arrested because he struggled and kicked at police officers when they approached him.

MPD remains unsure if Smith is connected to the battery incident, the statement said. “[MPD] was given a generic description of the suspect from the victim of the battery on Gilman Street,” DeSpain said.

A detective was assigned to investigate both incidents, Despain said.

West Johnson Street and Broom Street: Carpedestrian collision A pedestrian was struck by a motor vehicle at an intersection downtown early Saturday morning.

The incident occurred around 1:43 a.m. at the intersection of West Johnson Street and Broom Street, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said, adding both parties involved were reported to be intoxicated.

The pedestrian sustained several injuries, according to Resnick.

“The pedestrian was very lucky the injuries were non-life threatening,” Resnick said.

MPD also issued a ticket for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, he said.

PUBLIC HOUSING, from 1 a waiting list for needbased help,” Rucinski said.

“We need more affordable housing.”

Rucinski said government help is also not likely due to spending cutbacks.

However, local needbased agencies collaborate rather well with the city to deal with the issue of homelessness.

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An evaluation from a consulting firm revealed inefficiencies in campus public bus systems and suggested alternative routes.

Report studies inefficiencies in campus transport systems Committee looks to improve transit without increasing student seg fees Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor A consulting firm, hired to evaluate the University of Wisconsin’s public transportation services, released their final report last Thursday, providing the first steps for university’s transportation improvement initiative.

Darwin Ward, UW Transportation Services commuter solutions manager, said the study, performed by Nelson\ Nygaard Consulting Associates, outlined strategies for the development of accessible services and the campus bus system at the university, including new paratransit options and campus circulators with shorter routes, in an email to The Badger Herald.

Ward said no policy decisions have been made regarding which strategies will be pursued at this time.

Meg Healy, an Associated Students of Madison Student Transportation Board member, said Nelson\Nygaard discussed general conclusions and preliminary findings from a survey they completed in a meeting Tuesday.

The consulting group presented its initial findings dealing with concerns

come to The Road Home and other Madison shelters, they are required to fill out the application for the CDA’s waiting list, Rucinski said.

CDA’s decision may prolong the ability to get permanent affordable housing in the long term, but will help those already on the list, Beatrice Hadidan, Resource Development Director for Porchlight Inc., a needbased agency in Madison,

about making the best use of the 80 bus routes and having the most effective paratransit services for handicapped passengers, according to Herschel Kissinger, a former STB member.

“Nelson\Nygaard was very interested in paratransit options and they talked about it a lot more than we ever did in our committee meetings,” Kissinger said.

According to the report, UW’s disability accessible services has been seeing low usage overall given the size and structure of the campus. Such low usage implies either a lack of promotion, or inadequacy of service, the report said.

The report also provided suggestions for the fixedroute alignments, such as the 80 route service which currently connects east and west campus. According to the report, shorter distance circulators.

However, following the report, Kissinger said he does not expect to see any immediate changes. He said based on his time on the committee, most of how the bus routes are determined fiscally is based on previous years.

How people on campus use the busses this year will affect how much the busses will cost in the next two or three years, Kissinger said, adding he does not expect to see any major changes this school year.

As for next year, Kissinger said the redistribution of routes and changes to

said.

“There’s such a continuum of homelessness, not just single men and panhandlers downtown,” says Hadidan. “It’s families down on their luck. It’s people with mental illness.

It’s a myriad of reasons and what we’re seeing is very small.”

Hadidan said long-term housing is critical for the families that will never be above the poverty line.

paratransit options could be addressed.

Healy said although the consulting firm recently released its final report, campus transportation is an ongoing process and is more complicated than just a survey.

She said the committee has primarily focused on the potential increase in student funding for campus busses over the past two semesters.

Healy said the committee cannot make changes to campus bus routes, but added they can control how much money students contribute to student bus systems through segregated fees.

She said ASM is primarily focused on the potential increase in student funding for campus busses as they are weary of having students face an increase in segregated fees for busses.

“I think it’s always important to revisit an existing system to see if there are any updates that can be made,” Healy said.

“Especially as the campus is expanding and more and more students are added.”

According to Healy, it is important for students to be involved in the findings of this study because students pay for transportation and the campus bus system, adding the committee is interested in hearing suggestions from Nelson\ Nygaard and from campus community members in order to make campus transportation a more efficient system.

Porchlight is one agency that created new ways of assisting people by offering as many resources as possible, such as job training and a veteran’s transitional housing program, she said.

However, Hadidan said closing the wait list has yet to affect Madison’s need-based agencies and their ability to reach out to individuals struggling to find permanent housing in the tight housing market.

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JOHN DOE, from 1 Executive were charged raises serious questions about his judgment.”

Heck said the interview transcripts and evidence that investigators collected would not be released to the public due to the nature of the probe.

However, he said investigators may release how many people and who they interviewed.

In a conference call with reporters, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate called on Walker to release all emails involved with the probe so the public could see a full picture of the investigation.

“There is a difference between being charged of a crime and the district attorney feeling as though he has enough evidence to go through with the conviction,” Tate said. “It’s important that we understand the full nature and behavior of what transpired here.”

United Wisconsin Political Director Erik Kirkstein said in an email to The Badger Herald the decision not to charge Walker was disappointing. He said it is

CONSTITUTION, from 1 we don’t use anymore,” McNally said. “[The bylaws] contradict themselves left and right.”

Bulovsky agreed with McNally and said many existing bylaws are unnecessary and excessive.

In addition, Bulovsky said the ASM constitution is vague as it stands today. The new constitution would specialize the branches of ASM and allow Student Council to focus on grassroots initiatives and campaigns, he said.

The proposed constitution will combine all financial allocating bodies, including the Student Services Finance Committee, Finance Committee and the Student Activities Center Governing Board, into one branch. The new Appropriations Branch, will make it easier for groups to understand the funding process, McNally said.

Also, with the creation of an Appropriations Branch, McNally said all large grants

impossible to believe Walker had no knowledge of what was happening in his own office.

Kirkstein said the six people charged with crimes, in addition to the unknown number of officials who received immunity for cooperating with the investigation, show a pattern of corruption that Walker failed to stop.

“Milwaukee County residents expected and deserved better than what then-County Executive Scott Walker gave them,” Kirkstein said. “Now the entire state is left wondering what may be happening on Walker’s watch in the governor’s office.”

The end of the investigation provoked a strong response from DPW spokesperson Graeme Zielinski, who posted three tweets comparing Walker to Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer who killed 17 people.

In his tweets, Zielinski claimed Walker spent more money than Dahmer to “beat criminal charges” and had better lawyers, making it “clear that he committed crimes.”

approved by the Finance Committee and budgets approved by SSFC would no longer have to be approved

by Student Council. He said this would allow the Council to focus on campaigns, grassroots initiatives and shared governance.

This will help branches of ASM specialize, Bulovsky said, adding a combined financial branch will help mitigate disagreements between Student Council and SSFC. However, McNally said the biggest change to Student Council would be the creation of a President’s Council. This body would essentially look like Coordinating Council with the addition of the leaders from other large student organizations on campus, he said.

“ASM is a web between the different actors on campus,” McNally said. “What this is trying to do is expand our reach and expand our web to have a much more unified student voice.”

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State Street S2 Pizzabar to close Elana Charles Herald Contributor S2 Pizzabar, a sister restaurant to Madison mainstay Ian’s Pizza, will close later this month after opening its doors in November 2012, citing difficulties with the location on the 500 block of State Street.

Ian Gurfield, owner of Ian’s Pizza and S2 Pizzabar, said the restaurant will close March 17 in an email to The Badger Herald.

According to a statement on the restaurant’s website, Gurfield loved the “vibrant atmosphere” of the area, but the neighborhood was not the right location.

“The space wasn’t a good fit for our business,” Gurfield said.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, also cited the negative effects the economy has had on local business as a possible reason for the closure. It is “disheartening” to see these businesses close down and is a reflection of the poor economy, Resnick said.

Resnick added State Street remains a vibrant area for local businesses.

However, Mary Carbine, executive director of the city’s Central Business Improvement District,

GUN STANDARD, from 1 because those issues are the state’s business.

“We have to comply with the state regulations,” DeLuca said. “It’s not like we’re free to decide to do something different from the state law.”

However, DeLuca expressed personal support for gun safety regulation and added he would sign the CPGS if he were Interim Chancellor Ward and Wisconsin law allowed for the measure.

UW history professor John Sharpless said he is “absolutely opposed” to

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Pizzabar owner Ian Gurfield cited the restaurant’s poor location as a main factor behind the eatery’s upcoming March closure. said restaurants closer to University of Wisconsin’s campus tend to do better.

“Even though it has been tough for businesses on State Street, part of the reason many of them closer to campus continue to do well is because of the strong student population and visitors,” Carbine said.

Visitors to the city in general have been a lifeline for many downtown businesses, Carbine added.

Despite these factors, Carbine said the people working and living in

Madison are not spending as much or are choosing less expensive meal options when they go out. She also said businesses can continue to be successful by grabbing the attention of students passing by, campus visitors or those attending sporting events.

“Smart businesses adjust,” Carbine said. “[Businesses on State Street] are very locationsensitive, especially in a foot traffic-oriented place.”

In light of the challenges facing local businesses,

Resnick added many organizations throughout the city are working to encourage economic development.

Citing Madison’s Central Business Improvement District, which works to market local businesses, as an example, Resnick said the city is trying to provide support for restaurants and other businesses like Pizzabar.

“They are basically trying to ensure the economy is thriving on State Street,” he said.

Ward signing the letter or speaking in the name of the institution when advocating for any controversial public policy.

He said Ward should not say UW is “against guns” when not all 40,000 students, staff and faculty feel that way.

“He can’t make a statement in the name of this institution,” Sharpless said. “It’s a public university in a state in which firearms ownership is very widely accepted.”

Sharpless, who is a Badger Herald advisor, noted the issue would be different if Ward dissociated himself from UW before

speaking, or if he were only to endorse the provision banning guns from campus.

He added in a state where nearly half of adults own guns, if Ward comes out against firearms, it is just one more reason why the state might not support the university.

DeLuca also said he thinks the university’s current gun safety policies are “quite effective,” noting students and staff cannot have firearms or weapons in campus buildings or university housing. He recognized people can legally carry concealed guns on state property.

UW Police Department

Chief Susan Riseling said she would prefer if concealed carry was allowed on campus, as about half of active shooters open fire outdoors.

“I don’t know if the federal government can do anything to recognize these warning signs,” Riseling said. “I think what it takes is for an average American knowing when they hear somebody talking about this, they hear somebody planning this or they hear somebody obsessing about past mass violence, they let somebody know.”

Ward declined The Badger Herald’s request for an interview.

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Revelry’s success Finalists must commit to diversity depends on music LETTER TO THE EDITOR

How will candidates for the University of Wisconsin chancellorship respond when asked about their “personal commitment to issues of diversity and inclusion?”

That commitment is one of the five leadership qualities called for in advertising this position.

What does “personal commitment” mean?

That is difficult to say.

Yet it seems quite likely each of the last four UW chancellors — Donna Shalala, David Ward, John Wiley and Biddy Martin — would have described themselves as having a personal commitment to diversity, perhaps even a “strong” commitment.

One important test of that commitment is the progress made during their administrations toward greater racial/ ethnic diversity in the undergraduate student body.

Chancellor Shalala, in her 1988 Madison Plan, called for doubling new freshman minority enrollment within five years. By fall of 1991,

minority enrollment had fallen below the 1988 total, and in a UW press release she admitted, “What we have been doing to increase new minority enrollment has simply not worked.”

Chancellor Ward, in his Madison Commitment, agreed in 1996 to the goal of proportional representation of new minority freshmen by the year 2000. Though minority enrollment increased, it fell short of his proportional goal.

Chancellor Wiley oversaw Plan 2008, which began under Ward, and again new targeted minority freshman enrollment rose. Despite major efforts and substantial expenditures during the decade-long Plan 2008, minority freshman target enrollment still fell short of the proportional goal.

Chancellor Martin apparently displayed the required “personal commitment” to diversity and inclusion when she was hired. Despite the adoption of a “holistic admissions” process

that explicitly allowed race and ethnicity to be considered in admissions decisions, new targeted minority freshmen enrollment rose but still fell short of proportionality.

The weak showing by all four chancellors in their commitment to this key goal of diversity indicates a failure to understand the underlying problem.

Research by Academic Planning and Analysis staff in the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul Deluca’s office reveals what most people recognize — the root cause of UW’s diversity problem is the lack of adequate academic preparation by many of Wisconsin’s targeted minority high school graduates.

That research, titled “UW Madison’s In State New Freshman Enrollment Pipeline,” demonstrates that in 2010, only 6 percent of Wisconsin’s minority high school graduates could be described as

“well prepared” for UW, as contrasted to 25 percent of the state’s nonminority high school graduates. This situation has remained unchanged since the year 2000.

The only way UW succeeds in enrolling as many targeted minority students as it does is by relying on its preferential admissions policy and the recruitment of minority students from outside Wisconsin.

Upcoming meetings with the four chancellor finalists will give students, faculty and staff members and the general public an opportunity to question them on the nature of their “personal commitment to issues of diversity and inclusion.” Whatever their responses, will a new chancellor be able to boost targeted minority enrollment and simultaneously eliminate the gap in minority graduation rates?

W. Lee Hansen (wlhansen@wisc.edu) is a professor emeritus of economics.

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Walker cleared, time to move on Charles Godfrey Editorial Page Editor

Joe Timmerman Editorial Page Content Editor Last Friday the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office announced the end of the lengthy and contentious John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s Milwaukee County Executive office.

The close of the John Doe investigation marks the end of three years that Milwaukee County officials spent sifting through emails, searching houses and filing criminal charges against Walker’s aides. It heralds the end of three years of plodding investigative monotony punctuated by the occasional arrest of a Walker associate.

For the most part, these arrests served to remind us that John Doe was not an investigation of particularly egregious crimes, but rather moderately serious bureaucratic wrongdoings.

Many Wisconsinites are ready to breathe a sigh of relief now that the extended investigative drama is finally over.

Unfortunately, politicians on both sides of the aisle have refused to let the matter drop.

Republicans such as Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, have jumped at the opportunity to point out, having been cleared of criminal charges, Walker has been vindicated.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Vos said, “It’s important to know that this is a complete vindication of what he did and once again a reaffirmation of how he did things right.”

It is absolutely true Walker has been cleared of legal wrongdoing after an extensive criminal investigation — while Democrats obviously still don’t like him, the Milwaukee County prosecutors have found him innocent, and that can’t be argued with.

However, being innocent in the eyes of the law and having “done things right” are not necessarily equivalent. If not being a criminal is our new standard of political excellence, well, then apparently we live in Chicago.

While there is an obnoxious element of told-you-so gloating in Vos’s comments, they were not nearly as damaging to public discourse as the off-the-deep-end remarks of Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski.

Shortly after the John Doe investigation was closed, Zielinski posted multiple tweets comparing Walker to infamous serial killer Jeffery Dahmer. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Zielinski wrote, “@GovWalker had better lawyers than Jeffrey Dahmer in beating the rap.

Clear that he committed crimes,” and, “@GovWalker

spent more than Jeffrey Dahmer to beat criminal charges.”

Where to begin? Well, there’s an obvious point to be made: Zielinski’s comparisons of Walker to Dahmer are both untrue and unacceptable. Zielinski may believe Walker is a criminal — but the fact is the Milwaukee County District Attorney doesn’t, and it’s his opinion that counts. It is disappointing a spokesperson for the Democratic Party would make such slanderous comments immediately after Walker was cleared of criminal charges.

But Zielinski didn’t just call Walker a criminal, he compared him to a serial killer — something that should never be said about someone who is definitely not a serial killer. In the end, Zielinski simply discredits himself as a case study in the sort of psycho Madison liberal hatred of Walker that defies all reason.

This raises the question of why Zielinski is employed as a Democratic Party spokesperson in the first place. After all, as a spokesperson, he should be smoothing over the controversial comments of others, not creating his own public image disasters.

Zielinski eventually deleted the tweets and issued a public apology to both Walker for his slanderous comments and the victims of serial killer Jeffery Dahmer for his insensitive remarks.

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Chairman Mike Tate also made a public statement, saying in an email to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Graeme’s tweet is inappropriate, overzealous and insensitive … He should have chosen a different comparison point in pointing out Gov. Walker has had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to avoid criminal charges. He and I regret his comment.”

How’s that for a passive aggressive apology? In the same breath, Tate apologizes for Zielinski’s senseless tweeting while reiterating Democratic accusations of Walker’s wrongdoing.

Regardless of how you feel about Walker, the reality is that the John Doe investigation is over.

There is nothing to be gained from continuing to speculate about possible Walker wrongdoings — if Milwaukee’s Democratic DA didn’t find anything, then there probably isn’t anything. Those who continue to perpetuate false claims about Walker are no different than “birthers” who, against all evidence, claim President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

Reginald Young Columnist While we may all still be stuck in the marshes of midterms right now, in a few weeks we will be preparing for the end of another semester. And a good portion of us will be preparing to take advantage of our last opportunities to have fun and relax before the coffeeinduced insomnia of finals takes hold.

Normally, this pre-finals decompression would be immediately associated with the Mifflin Street Block Party. But this year, that’s changing. Student government, University of Wisconsin administration and Mayor Paul Soglin seem to finally have come together and endorsed Revelry, a music-focused event on May 4.

At its first press conference, Revelry spokesperson Bess Donoghue made sure to mention the event has nothing to do with Mifflin, though. It just happened to fall on the same day.

Right.

UW administration has long perceived Mifflin as a “stain” on their otherwise “immaculate” student body. It’s always labeled a violent Saturnalia where morally upstanding students suddenly morph into minions of alcohol, violence and poor decisions.

Yes, there are unfortunate occurrences that happen at Mifflin. But considering the university’s stance has been to send students messages akin to “don’t go,” it’s no wonder the event has devolved in some regards.

UW’s telling students they ought not to go is like thinking we don’t need sex education because we can simply warn a teen sex is an evil sin and they shouldn’t ever have it. UW uses passivity! It’s not very effective…

But I do have to give props to this year’s Revelry attempt. It doesn’t seem like some artificial feign at breaking Mifflin. Mifflin will likely carry on regardless of how much UW and Soglin try to drag it to a grinding halt. If the city and UW administration want to change this “stain” into

something more positive that they can actually acknowledge and promote, then Revelry is exactly what they need.

I’ve been impressed so far with the planning and preparation. The advertising around campus has given Revelry a “real” vibe, as if it’s going to be an actual event I’d want to attend, an opportunity to make some great last memories of the semester.

Furthermore, Revelry has put forth some ideas for logistics that seem to be what the event would need.

For example, the Revelry planning committee is considering a scheme under which purchasing tickets would require a UW ID, but students could bring a guest.

This will easily get rid of a lot of the violence Mifflin has seen in the past, which has been linked to out-oftown guests.

But most importantly, the event will allow alcohol to be sold to those over 21 years old. This is hugely praiseworthy, given UW administration’s former hesitation toward alcohol being served at any sort of Mifflin replacement. It seems they’ve finally wised up and realized a Mifflin alternative won’t garner a crowd without allowing beverages.

But the real makeor-break aspect will be the music. They haven’t announced the lineup yet, and when they do, it better be pretty damn good.

Because while Revelry seems like it has a lot of potential, most students I’ve talked to are still planning on going to Mifflin. Yet, with the right lineup Revelry could be a huge success. So if the university is serious about helping Mifflin transition from the Bacchanalia they see it as, they better not screw up. They need to ensure Revelry organizers pick some pretty big names.

Mifflin seems to be in a state of suspended animation. It’s not exactly dying, but not exactly thriving. It’s stuck in a perpetual cycle of build, climax, return to calmer levels and repeat. Revelry has the potential to be the kind of event that could replace it with something even better, but it’s all going to come down to the music selection.

Reginald Young (ryoung@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in legal studies and Scandinavian studies.

Charles Godfrey (cgodfrey@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in physics and math.

Joe Timmerman ( jtimmerman@ badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in economics and math.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

‘Fracas’ over CPAC trip unfounded I was somewhat puzzled by the fracas at the Associated Students of Madison over the group of students who wish to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference this year. Here’s why: It is a rare week when our course readings do not disparage Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Margaret Thatcher, capitalism, Christianity and/or the mean ol’ United States.

The Mosse Humanities Building is a veritable party barge of Marxists, socialists and lusty leftists,

steaming enthusiastically into the Minervan sunset of Western civilization.

And, if intra-departmental emails are any indication, I am apparently one of about three people who do not believe Gov. Scott Walker is the reincarnation of Nero. This university is the Fort Ticonderoga of the Democratic Party.

By what charmed sophistry, then, do the College Democrats, et al., presume to argue the issue of CPAC attendance is ultimately one of maintaining neutrality?

Leaving all this aside, though, is this not the same university whose administration last fall rather obsequiously turned the keys to Bascom Hill over to President Barack Obama and his minions?

Paul Soglin, Herb Kohl, Mark Pocan and the nonpartisan, nonaligned Tammy Baldwin also showed up, by sheer coincidence, for what even the Obama for America camp, lapsing into honesty, referred to as a “campaign event.” The university administration continues

to maintain this was “educational,” though. OK, fair enough.

In the interest of education, why not give the last remnants of sanity on this campus a break from their daily Newspeak lessons and let them trundle on down to join their fellow subversives at a conference? Who knows — they might actually learn something.

Jason Morgan ( jmorgan3@wisc.edu) is a Ph.D. student in the history department.

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Cesar Millan, known as the “Dog Whisperer,” discussed issues related to euthanasia and the stigma surrounding pit bulls. Millan preaches treating dogs as dogs, instead of as humans.

‘Dog Whisperer’ engages crowd Cesar Millan brings knowledge of canine obedience, behavior issues to audience at Overture Phebe Myers ArtsEtc. Writer Cesar Millan, otherwise known as the Dog Whisperer, wowed a crowd at the Overture Center for the Arts Friday night with his extensive knowledge of dog training. He began his talk with his life story, saying he told his mother when he was 13 years old he wanted to be the best dog trainer in the world. Clearly he has achieved this goal, considering his show “The Dog Whisperer” has run on Animal Planet for nine years.

He brought his dog Junior on stage and the pit bull rolled around on stage looking like the most adorable dog in the world.

Millan introduced Junior by saying, “Tonight it’s a Mexican and a pit bull talking to you.” His sense of humor is not often apparent on the show, but the jokes he cracked at the Overture Center had the audience in

stitches.

Millan peppered his speech with different stories about training dogs in America, focusing on two issues: the problems that stem from treating dogs like humans and the four to five million dogs euthanized in America every year. For the first issue, Millan told the story of his experience with Oprah Winfrey and her dog Sophie.

“We are all aware that Oprah owns half the world, yes?” he said, and then went on to explain that humans know Oprah is powerful, but to a dog, she’s just another human. His message was that in order to help a dog, we must see it for what it really is — a dog.

The most exciting part of the night was when different dogs were brought up on stage. One was from the Dane County Humane Society that had issues being adopted and another was a dog obsessed with

laser pointers.

Millan demonstrated his incredible ability to relate to dogs by instantaneously calming both dogs. Watching him interact with the animals live proved his true magic.

When talking about the issue of dogs being put down, Millan was adamant it was people misunderstanding dogs, rather than dogs being aggressive.

“I have only met two aggressive dogs in my life and one lives with me,” he said. He talked about pit bulls, and how this breed is mistakenly thought to be aggressive due to miscommunication.

By understanding dogs more and respecting them for what they are, we can start to cut down on the number of dogs euthanized every year, he said.

Have you ever had a question as to why your dog is acting in a certain way? According to Millan, oftentimes the dog is

replicating your feelings, as dogs reproduce and feed off of humans’ energy.

Animals always know how their owner is feeling, and in order to have a stronger relationship with a pet, one must try and listen to how they communicate.

Millan was a hilarious and charming host, playing a clip of the TV show “South Park” making fun of him. At times it felt more like a comedy show than a show about dog training, although the one lesson that resonated with the audience was one of acceptance. Millan advised the audience to accept people, dogs and other beings for what they are, and not to try and morph them into something they are not. He ended the show with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” By that measure, America needs to step it up!

‘Capitol Hell’ dishes on Washington politics McKenzie Kirkland ArtsEtc. Writer Jayne Jones and Alicia Long spare no juicy details in their latest novel “Capitol Hell.” Jones and Long open a window on Washington, D.C. and reveal all the chaos and absurdity that goes on behind politicians’ closed doors.

“Capitol Hell” follows new college graduate Alison Amundson in her D.C. staffer debut. This small-town South Dakota girl comes to Washington fresh and naïve to all the antics of Sen. Anders McDermott III’s office. She thinks she has found the fast track to success but soon realizes challenges abound. She struggles to survive catty coworkers and McDermott’s dysfunctional family while dealing with absurd senatorial requests.

When McDermott decides to run for president, life becomes more hectic than she dreamed. “Capitol Hell” opens the eyes of readers to the ridiculous lifestyle of a Washington, D.C., staffer.

The novel contains elements similar to those in “The Devil Wears Prada” and the “Legally Blonde” movies. For example, Sen. McDermott and his trendy wife Karma’s requests are reminiscent of hellish boss

Miranda Priestly. Alison is forced to perform tough tasks ranging from picking up the kids to singlehandedly organizing a presidential announcement in the form of a 15-city tour in less than a week.

However, the persistent small town staffer refuses to crack in the Washington, D.C. pressure cooker. She takes on the Elle Woods attitude and does whatever it takes to meet the impossible bar set for her.

The characters in “Capitol Hell” are a relatable cast. After all, every office has a catty worker who was raised with a silver spoon in their mouth. Alison progresses from a naïve, bitter rookie to weathered senatorial scheduler throughout the book. By the end, this writer found herself rooting for the success of the underdog. With the odds, and sometimes the office, against her, she manages to persevere through her job and gain the appreciation she deserves.

The authors stopped by Madison this past Saturday to promote the book, which has received attention on CNN and CNBC, as well as in several publications.

The authors are both from the Midwest and some have suggested the McDermott character is based on Minnesota politician and

former U.S. senator Norm Coleman.

The best character by far is Karma McDermott.

Her glam attitude and fashion sense kept me engaged throughout the entire campaign. Some of the ridiculous lines and antics that came from a Hollywood wannabe character are sure to make readers laugh out loud. Karma leaves all of the staffers trembling in her wake, especially Allison, who is forced to clear up any mess she has left. Everybody loves a little drama; it’s what makes a good presidential campaign. It’s never quite clear what the kooky senator’s wife will do next and author Jones agrees.

“Karma was my favorite!

We just never knew what she would do next,” Jones said in an interview with The Badger Herald.

The clash between small-town Midwestern charm and high profile politics of Capitol Hill generates a tension, which mirrors the staff tension in McDermott’s office.

Janet and Alison bond over their upbringing of hard work while many of the other workers seem to be pampered pooches.

McDermott dismisses a classic hotdish meal for more than six hundred dollars worth of good old

McDonald’s for him and his volunteers. But he’s left with a nasty stomachache-a consequence deserved after dismissing the hard volunteer work for a home cooked meal. That’ll teach the senator to dismiss small town charm.

“Capitol Hell” has two different authors but it has a cohesive, flowing style, which makes it a real pageturner. Jones talked about how collaborating with Long on the novel was a joy and not as challenging as one might seem. The writing is seamless — it is never obvious there is an authorship change throughout the novel.

“It’s like we have one brain,” Jones said.

Some of the outrageousness is based in part on the authors’ own experience in politics from a Midwestern office to Capitol Hell … I mean Hill.

“I was naïve going to the Hill, but it was a real learning experience,” Jones said. “Some of “Capitol Hell” is fact, some fiction and some extreme embellishment. It’s up to the reader to decide for themselves.”

“Capitol Hell” is a witty and engaging novel recommended for anyone looking for a lighthearted book and will make any chick flick lover laugh out loud.

You’ve undoubtedly read the witty slogans written on the chalkboard that greets you from outside of ReThreads’ State Street storefront, or gazed at the pair of Marc Jacobs kitten heels that rests peacefully in the window.

Chances are you’ve even wandered in there, sifted through racks of gently-used clothing to find that oh-so-perfect designer shirt for an oh-so-perfect price of less than $20. But little did you know, the resale shop holds even more treasures than the perfectly stylish window displays may suggest.

You just need to know how to look. The Badger Herald gets the inside scoop on this Madison store as we talk to longtime sales associate Geoffrey Billeter about the tricks of the trade.

Billeter is sharp, slender and stylish in a quilted pullover, a delicately-patterned button down, skinny khakis and combat boots. With his classic thick-framed glasses and decidedly on-trend haircut (close-cropped sides, longer on top), he is exactly the type of guy you want to take fashion advice from.

The most important thing Billeter wants to get out in the open is the fact ReThreads is not a thrift shop. They are a resale shop, meaning they buy select items of clothes from sellers and sell them to the public at about a third of the retail price. And unlike a thrift shop, they’re not going to take just any piece. Clothes have been sorted through by ubertrendy staff members like Billeter, so out of all the used clothes out there, you know you’re getting the best of the best. Additionally, ReThreads has high quality standards and, with the exception of vintage pieces, only takes clothes that have been sold in retail stores within the past three years.

For any of you who have shopped at vintage stores, you know how frustrating it can be to sort through all the unwearable pieces that fill the racks.

It can sometimes seem like all the cute shirts and otherwise charming pieces have been swallowed up by shoulder pads and itchy fabrics.

Fortunately, buyers at ReThreads know exactly what to look for.

“For vintage pieces the tricky part is getting them in a smaller size,”

Billeter said. “And for vintage dresses a lot of them are longer than what girls like to wear.

So we like to make sure that even though a piece is vintage it’s complementary to the way young people like to look these days.”

Although ReThreads’ organized sections are a far cry from the grimy racks of a thrift store, shopping at the resale store allows you to maintain the oneof-a-kind shopping experience you get with thrift.

“You’re not just going to a chain [store] like J. Crew or Urban Outfitters or Lands’ End, and you’re not just going to buy a mannequin,” Billeter said. “You’re going to walk out with a more unique piece … You’re going to be dressed in something that you had to look for, that you discovered, [that] you didn’t just spend 50 bucks on.”

Billeter explained most customers have a “pleasant anticipation” about shopping at ReThreads. He said many of his regular customers are very into their own personal fashion and shop at ReThreads in order to make their outfits as unique as possible.

According to Billeter, there are affordable clothes for customers who prefer designer brands and also for those who do not. ReThreads also sells many pieces from stores who base their pieces off haute couture runway shows.

“I feel kind of snobby about saying this,” Billeter said, his face growing a little bit red.

“But I’m really into brands. I’ve definitely bought into the aspects of designer clothing culture. A lot of times things fit better. A lot of times things are nicer materials.”

Many of ReThreads’ designer pieces are approximately twothirds cheaper than they would be originally, so you can look stylish and still pay your rent.

According to Billeter, there is a distinct quality difference between designer pieces and those from chain stores.

He recommends if you are a person who cares about the way pieces feel and aims for the perfect fit, designer is the best way to go.

Lastly, we couldn’t resist asking him about his favorite trends.

“I really like things with studs on them,” Billeter said. “And I’ve been noticing a lot of pattern on pattern these days. Of course there’s a lot of ways you can go pretty wrong with this, but I really like seeing, for example, acid wash with polka dots, or vertical stripes mixed with horizontal stripes.”

So stop by ReThreads to try out fashion’s newest looks!

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Ryan said his players generally found open looks from outside and simply could not find a way to knock them down. Frank Kaminsky and Mike Bruesewitz, both of whom have proved themselves as legitimate but streaky three-point shooters, went a combined 0-of-7 on threes and often missed the

DERAILS, from 8 and the Kohl Center crowd got a booster shot in the arm from an alley-oop from Evans to Berggren, sparking five unanswered points for the Badgers, cutting their opponent’s lead to five.

But, Johnson and Byrd had an answer that effectively ended any hopes of a Wisconsin comeback.

Johnson got into the paint for another leaner in the

basket badly.

For Ryan these were shots that players like Berggren — who finished 1-of-6 from three-point land — make with regularity during practice.

“Those were the most wide-open threes we’ve probably had all year, other than maybe one when Ben didn’t get set,” Ryan said. “ … [Jared has] become pretty comfortable with that shot, it just [didn’t fall].”

lane, while on the next possession Byrd hit a three, this time curling off of a double screen from Rapheal Davis and Terone Johnson, putting Purdue comfortably in control with a 59-50 lead.

The first half saw both teams shoot more than 45 percent from the field, with Wisconsin shooting 51.9 and Purdue converting 46.4 of their shots from the floor.

Evans, who entered the game shooting just

Wisconsin players offered similar insights — the Boilermakers gave them the usual outside looks that allowed them to bury opponents on a recent threegame tear, but collectively they could not find their mark. Only when Purdue began to pull away and UW’s first Senior Day loss in Ryan’s 12-year tenure turned into a harsh reality did players start throwing up less-than-

39 percent from the field, started off the game on a tear, converting 4-of-5 shots, all 15-foot jumpers from around the perimeter.

Byrd hit a pull-up three on the left wing off a screen from Travis Carroll to give Purdue an 11-9 lead early in the half, but it would prove to be the last lead the Boilermakers would hold in the game’s first 20 minutes.

A pull-up jumper from Traveon Jackson off an

favorable looks, according to Berggren.

In the final 6:34, the Badgers missed seven consecutive three-pointers and perhaps exaggerated the numbers on an already-poor afternoon shooting the ball.

“For the most part, they were pretty good looks, can’t recall any bad three attempts besides maybe a few down the stretch that were kind of desperation,” Berggren said.

assist from Sam Dekker tied the game, and on the following possession Ben Brust squared up a closingout Carroll and pulled the string on a deep-three, hitting nothing but net.

The Badgers then benefitted from a bit of a lucky bounce from Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year hopeful Dekker, who banked in a three from the top of the key to extend the Wisconsin lead to 17-13.

The 28 three-pointers Wisconsin took tied for the second-most this season and the 21.4 percent clip was the second-worst rate of the season. Only in a 3-of-17 effort against Penn State were the Badgers more inefficient on three balls than they were Sunday afternoon.

It proved especially costly for a team that coming into Sunday’s loss ranked second in the Big Ten with 7.8 three-

The Badgers jumped out in front even further with a 10-0 run thanks to another three from Dekker and two back-to-back jumpers from a red-hot Evans.

But, the Boilermakers found a way to claw back with a 7-0 run of their own, as a three from Byrd and four quick points from Johnson brought the score to a 36-31 Badger lead at half after Purdue trailed at one point by 12.

pointers made per game.

Limited to only two first half points in the paint and 18 overall, Painter’s defensive gameplan fed right into Wisconsin’s most glaring weakness in its final home game of the regular season.

“From everywhere on the court in the second half I just feel like we couldn’t get in a rhythm and we didn’t have a flow,” Dekker said. “Hats off to Purdue.”

HUSKIES, from 8 know the band was going to be here, so when I came up to start the game and the band was playing, I was like ‘Boom, that’s good!’

“It just creates energy and then we were able to score the fifth goal at a nice time when the people were looking for some ice cream, so it was a good way to break in the rink on our playoff game. It was fun.”

Sports Editor Nick Korger sports@badgerherald.com

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Purdue spoils home finale Nick Korger Sports Editor

Senior Day is always supposed to be bittersweet.

But, for the first time ever under head coach Bo Ryan, Wisconsin sent its seniors off the Kohl Center floor for the final time in their careers with a feeling that was just bitter.

Playing the role of spoiler, Purdue (14-15, 7-9) steamrolled back from a five-point halftime deficit, outscoring No. 17 Wisconsin (20-9, 11-5) by 18 points in the second half, propelling the Boilermakers to a 69-56 victory over the Badgers Sunday afternoon.

Purdue’s D.J. Byrd finished the game with 22 points — Megan McCormick The Badger Herald bolstering his team’s second Mike Bruesewitz comes down with a rebound in the first half against Purdue. Bruesewitz was half surge with a 6-for-9 largely quiet on the offensive end Sunday, converting just one of his six attempts from the field. shooting performance from

outside — to lead all scorers, while Wisconsin’s Jared Berggren led his team with a 13-point, eight-rebound effort.

“I’ve been through a lot of these over the years at different places,” Ryan said.

“We’ve gone in and knocked people off on their senior days. You just never know.”

“It’s tough,” Berggren said.

“For it to come to an end playing at the Kohl Center like this, it’s an emotional moment, especially after a loss. I was probably hurting more about [the loss] to be honest; this is a pretty big loss for us.”

The loss was a crippling blow to the Big Ten title hopes of Wisconsin, who now move to third place in the Big Ten and two games behind first place Indiana with just two

games remaining.

The key turning point of the game came with the Badgers up 42-33 with a little more than 17 minutes left to play when Wisconsin redshirt senior forward Ryan Evans picked up his third foul, sending him to the bench.

After that, it was all Boilermakers, as the team went on an 11-0 run with Evans out of the lineup and outrebounded the Badgers 7-0 during the stretch. Terone Johnson, who finished with 16 points, soon found enough space to make a pair of runners in the lane, while Byrd hit two threes to give Purdue their first lead since the 15-minute mark in the first half.

“We did a poor job of defending Byrd,” Berggren

said. “He hurt us pretty bad with some of those threes he hit. [Johnson’s] floaters, we gave them a little bit too much space off the screen and rolls.

We didn’t do a good enough job of squeezing them.

An 11-0 run soon turned to a 20-2 run, as Johnson continued to terrorize the Badgers inside with his penetration, scoring eight points over the Boilermakers’ scoring outburst.

“We thought if Terone Johnson could get in the lane against them and get deep enough he could be able to make some plays there,” Purdue head coach Matt Painter said. “We tried to just stay with it.”

Down 52-43, Wisconsin

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Cold 3-point shooting seals Wisconsin loss Ian McCue Men’s Basketball Beat Writer With the clock crawling closer to zero, the threepoint heaves became a sign of desperation as the Wisconsin men’s basketball team watched a nine-point lead evaporate in four minutes early in the second half.

Not a single one of the No. 17 Badgers’ 12 shots from beyond the arc in the second half found the bottom of the net, and those shooting woes cost UW dearly in a 69-56 loss to Purdue (14-15, 7-9 Big Ten) on Senior Day at the Kohl Center.

In a defeat that crushed Wisconsin’s (20-9, 11-5) Big Ten title hopes, its 21.4 percent conversion rate on three-point tries stood as the clearest mark of the Badgers’ offensive inefficiency in the second half.

Though Wisconsin found

itself searching for any kind of scoring in the second half, head coach Bo Ryan said the ineffectiveness from outside had his squad fighting an uphill battle.

“I saw that 0-for-12 [in the second half] — I knew we had missed a bunch, I didn’t know we had missed that many,” Ryan said. “I think if you can hit a couple of those, while they were making their run and we keep it right there, it helps our guys. But when we got behind and tried to play from behind, that’s a little bit tougher for our guys.”

UW failed to hit another trey after Ben Brust sank one with 6:59 remaining in the first half, finishing the game on an ice-cold 0-for-18 stretch from beyond the arc.

For Purdue head coach Matt Painter, keeping the Badgers uncomfortable from the outside started with shutting down Wisconsin’s

two most dangerous deep threats — Ben Brust and Sam Dekker. Brust missed his fair share of open looks, but the sharpshooter also fired off a few contested tries and closed the game 2-of-8 from three-point range.

Dekker, who leads the team with a 44.8 clip from deep, made two of his first three tries but missed his two second-half attempts.

“We really talked about Dekker and Brust and trying to get them out of rhythm,” Painter said. “We know Jared Berggren can make shots, but he has struggled this whole year. We were going to live with that, because of [Purdue forward] A.J. Hammons. If he was going to knock them down, then we were going to shake his hand.

“That was really our gameplan, to not let those

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Badgers squash Huskies to open WCHA tourney play UW records first pair of postseason wins on new home ice against SCSU Spencer Smith Associate Sports Editor The Wisconsin women’s hockey team will be packing their bags and heading to Minneapolis next weekend for the WCHA Final Face-Off after a dominating first-round series against St. Cloud State University.

The No. 2-seeded Badgers (23-9-2) took care of business against the No. 7-seeded Huskies (9-243), sweeping SCSU out of postseason play in the firstever playoff series held in LaBahn Arena.

It was business as usual for UW against a team they have had a strangle hold over all season. Wisconsin came into the best-ofthree series on a 14-game winning streak against SCSU and extended that streak to 16 with a 5-0 win Friday and a 4-1 blowout victory Saturday.

After the Badgers thoroughly handled the Huskies Friday, Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson knew St. Cloud State was going to give everything they had Saturday.

“I had mentioned to the team last night after that game and this morning at our meeting it’s tough to eliminate a team,” Johnson said after Saturday’s game.

“Their season is now ended.

You’re going to respect their seniors who are going to come out and play hard and try to win a hockey

game to prolong their season.”

The Huskies proved they came to compete Saturday night, holding Wisconsin scoreless for almost the entire first period and making it tough for UW’s attack to generate any rhythm in their offensive zone.

Halfway through the period, junior forward and offensive spark plug Madison Packer took a hard hit on the boards and was down for several minutes before being helped off of the ice. After not receiving a call on the play, Packer’s injury provoked especially chippy play from Wisconsin in search of retaliation.

With just 1:12 left in the opening period, Wisconsin finally got redemption. UW senior defenseman Saige Pacholok sniped one from the blue line past SCSU’s sophomore goaltender Julie Friend, giving the Badgers a 1-0 lead.

It was the second period where things got especially interesting. SCSU came out like a team who had nothing to lose, playing with much more physicality and urgency, resulting in some retaliation from the Badgers. The Huskies were awarded four power plays in the second period including two separate 5-on-3 opportunities. The Wisconsin defense was able to lock down SCSU’s initial 5-on-3 surge, but after the Huskies were given a full two-minute 5-on-3 advantage halfway though the period, SCSU senior forward Alex Nelson got one past UW goaltender Alex Rigsby.

Wisconsin managed

to leave the tumultuous second period having given up only one goal.

Rigsby said UW’s ability to hold SCSU to a single goal was a great credit to her defensive teammates.

“Definitely the second period was different than the other five periods played this weekend,” the junior goaltender said. “I think our team did a good job of limiting them to only one goal on a 5-on-3.

So, there are blocked shots and there’s people picking up their players, just doing their jobs. It always helps in a situation like that.”

Wisconsin came out in the third period firing on all cylinders. Packer was able to eventually come back in third period and proved to be very instrumental in UW’s winning effort, earning a goal and an assist in the third. The Badgers were given two power plays early in the final period and converted on both with goals coming from Katy Josephs and Packer, giving UW a suddenly commanding 3-1 lead 8:27 into the final period.

Wisconsin was able to finish off St. Cloud State by a 4-1 margin with the final goal coming from senior captain Brianna Decker, marking the first time all season the Huskies held the Badgers to under five goals.

This weekend’s series at LaBahn were the firstever playoff games played at the Badgers’ new home arena, making for a special atmosphere for players and coaches alike. “[The atmosphere at LaBahn] was great,” Johnson said. “I didn’t

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Megan McCormick The Badger Herald

Wisconsin’s starting seniors (from left) Mike Bruesewitz, Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans look on from the bench in the waning seconds of Sunday’s loss.