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University of Wisconsin Chancellor finalist Nicholas Jones spoke on position priorities at open forum. Student regent said forums help panel narrow search to one candidate.

First finalist visits UW Nicholas Jones says he carries relevant experience to connect all System campuses Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor Chancellor finalist and current dean at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Nicholas Jones highlighted the similarities between the University of Wisconsin and his current home institution in a visit to Madison Tuesday.

Speaking about his background, Jones said the vision, values and passion that drive UW are not unlike what he experienced at JHU. He said being the dean of a relatively modest-sized private institution “jives well” with being the chancellor of a large and complex state

institution.

“Wisconsin may be bigger, it may be a public institution,” Jones said. “But at the end of the day, it’s all about the people and it’s actually remarkable to me the commonalities among the people make me feel comfortable here.”

In comparing Hopkins and UW, Jones said the institutions are more alike than they are different.

He said he feels the same passion for excellence and commitment among faculty, staff and students to accomplish a mission in research, teaching and service that he knows from Hopkins to also be present on

UW’s campus.

Tackling unique problems that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries is something Jones said he has been successful in doing at Hopkins. He said he sees “tremendous opportunity” to do the same at Wisconsin.

Problem solving about funding streams is something Jones said he has been successful in at Hopkins, and added he would also do if elected chancellor at UW. He said he sees Wisconsin, with its incredible alumni base of 400,000, as a great opportunity to work with the UW Foundation in development and opportunities for fundraising.

“One can look to fundraise on angle basis to try to supplement your operating costs, but that can be challenging,” Jones said. “I think what’s more exciting is to be able to get people together around new and exciting ideas and use resources that come from philanthropy to see new investments, which when they become successful will generate revenues.”

Jones said he is confident all UW System campuses could work effectively together. He said he is not yet sure what collaboration

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Three suspects are in custody, and nobody appears to be injured, after reports of shots fired in the University Houses area Tuesday night.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department detained three persons of interest Tuesday after responding to multiple calls that reported shots fired in the area, according to a UWPD

statement. None of the three people seem to have any connections with the university, the statement said.

UWPD locked down a perimeter in the area, as well as the UW Hospital, but a UW spokesperson said a little after midnight, it was being reopened.

The ongoing investigation started around 9:30 p.m., when UWPD received the calls, and at about 9:36

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Metro outlines projected plan Downtown buses may see changes in vehicle size, number of campus stops Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor A five-year plan for the future of Madison Metro Transit was presented to Madison’s City Council Tuesday evening, including potential changes to the current bus system in the downtown area.

Bill Schaefer,

transportation planning manager of the Madison urban area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented the plan, which finds long-term solutions to improve the buses.

He said Madison Metro will receive more than 30 recommendations for

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Former Adidas workers wait for compensation Company in court for severance debt, UW coalition says violates several laws Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor The Student Labor Action Coalition encouraged former Adidas workers to share their ongoing struggle against the company at a panel Tuesday.

As former workers of the Indonesian factory PT

Kizone, Aslam Hidayat and Heni Sutisna talked about how drastically their lives, along with the lives of 2,800 other former workers, have changed since Adidas has continued to refuse payment of workers’ severances following the factory’s closure in 2011.

Sutisna and her husband worked at the factory for roughly 13 years, she said.

During that time, she added, they consistently produced Adidas products for export throughout the world, including the United States.

“We never dreamed that a factory like PT Kizone that employed thousands of workers and produced products for a well-known brand … would close so abruptly and we would not see a cent of our severance,” Sutisna said. “In Indonesia, all we have is our severance. It’s not like here in the United States where we have unemployment benefits.”

Sutisna said the severance she and the factory workers Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

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Former Adidas worker Heni Sutisna said company owes $1.8 million in severance costs to employees. She said she does not receive unemployment benefits.

Legislature aims to toughen drunken driving laws INSIDE

Lawmakers propose several bills to make offenses more strict, one of which makes BAC of 0.15 a crime Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor group of lawmakers introduced several bills this week that would toughen the state’s drunken driving laws and increase penalties for offenders.

The six bills Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon, as well as some Democrats, introduced would mainly add more penalties for those who drive above the legal blood alcohol content limit.

“The main reason [for the bills], in a nutshell, is to provide a deterrence to bad behavior,” Ott said.

“The thinking is if you

increase the penalties for wrongdoing, it should decrease the amount of wrongdoing.”

The purpose of the bills is not to put more people in jail, Ott said, but rather to decrease the number of people in jail because there would be less drunken drivers.

One bill would make a third operating while intoxicated offense a felony, a change from the current law that makes a fourth time a felony if it is within five years from the last offense. It would also make future offenses more severe than under current law.

Two bills would focus

on first-time offenders; one would require them to appear in court. The other bill would make a first offense with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or greater a crime, not a civil violation.

Another bill would require at least 10 years of prison time for an intoxicated driver who kills someone, although it may be less than 10 years if it is one of the drivers’ passengers.

Legislators are too focused on penalizing, but are not doing enough with treatment, Nina Emerson said, director of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Resource

Center on Impaired Driving.

“I think treatment and prevention would be really valuable components, especially when you’re dealing with a repeat offender population,” Emerson said.

Emerson said she was surprised lawmakers proposed a bill that would seize vehicles for thirdtime or greater offenders.

That law was ineffective when it was in place, she said, and lawmakers repealed it in 2009 when they passed major drunken driving legislation. The law could not prevent people from buying another car, she said.

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Ott said some people in the Legislature are opposed to tougher drunken driving measures, and said passing all six would be a “pretty high hurdle.”

Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol, president of the Wisconsin District Attorney’s Association, said his group has not taken an official position on the bills.

Speaking as an individual DA, not as part of the association, Gerol said the bills would increase the workload for prosecutors, and would likely cost more money. He added most DAs would be willing to do that

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Local businesses feel threatened by food carts Downtown alders propose compromise that would ban vendors from setting up outside certain restaurants Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Two downtown alders have proposed a compromise that would allow late-night food carts to continue to do business on Broom Street without damaging the business of nearby restaurants.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, is one of the alders who proposed the compromise. He said that, currently, late-night vending is legal on Broom Street, but two area restaurants, Pita Pita and Silver Mine Subs, have voiced concerns about late-night food carts on the block. The restaurants’ owners have said the food carts are creating unfair competition for the brickand-mortar restaurants

and taking away from their profits, he said.

Verveer said this compromise, which he made with Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, would prohibit late-night vending on a portion of the 400 block of North Broom Street. He said three vending spots would be eliminated and ten vending spots would remain.

Verveer said the main concern is that food carts do not park directly in front of the restaurants. He said food carts must be located in a parking spot, pay a fee to the city and follow other city regulations.

The Vending Oversight Committee and City Council will still have to approve the compromise, Verveer said. He said Steve

Lawrence, owner of the food cart Fried and Fabulous, has been acting as a spokesperson for late-night food carts and approved of the compromise. Verveer said he has not yet spoken to the owners of the two restaurants.

Lawrence said the alders’ compromise would allow him to stay in business.

Verveer said Pita Pit brought the complaint to the Vending Oversight Committee last semester when Banzo, a food cart that frequently parks on Library Mall, experimented with late-night vending. Banzo, which has a nearly identical menu to Pita Pit, parked on the 400 block of Broom and directly in front of Pita Pit one night, Verveer said.

“I believe the prudent

course of action is for the Vending Oversight Committee and City Council to accept this compromise,” Verveer said.

Lawrence said his cart follows late-night vending regulations and the Dane County Health Department’s regulations.

He said he posted a letter on Facebook in response to the restaurants’ complaints and had received a positive response from the community.

Lawrence criticized the restaurants’ attempts to limit food carts on the block.

“If you publicly advocate for no carts on Broom Street and no new vending zones, your version of compromise is to put us out of business,” he said.

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Lawrence said he wants to have a discussion with Pita Pit and Silver Mine, but they have not been responsive and have not come out in support of the compromise.

On their Facebook page, Silver Mine said food carts have an unfair advantage in that they do not have the same expenses associated with leasing buildings for restaurants. They said they would like to see stricter regulations on how many vendors can be located on Broom Street at a time and where they can be parked.

City Life Editor Allie Johnson contributed to this story.

One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross worries the potential bill, that would place time constraints on in-person absentee voting, will prevent people in cities to vote.

Lawmaker changes voting bill GOP Representative proposed Legislature would limit early cast of ballots Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor A Republican lawmaker seeking to limit in-person absentee voting hours proposed changes to his bill Tuesday after hearing criticism from constituents, fellow lawmakers and municipal clerks.

Rep. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, said in a statement he was amending the bill he circulated this week after hearing concerns from a number of people. But Vikki Zuehlke, president of the Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association, said the bill may still need a little “tweaking.”

The bill would limit the time people can vote early or submit an in-person absentee ballot. His bill initially called for clerks to only accept ballots from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays, although Stroebel changed it to 6 p.m.

Stroebel also added a provision that would allow people to make appointments with municipal clerks if they wanted to submit a ballot after 6 p.m. or on the weekend.

He said in a statement the bill would ensure everyone in the state has an equal opportunity to vote, since it would end a practice from some municipalities to keep their offices open later.

“This bill was revised to reflect the suggestions offered by a myriad of people,” Stroebel said.

“The overarching goal has always been to standardize voting statewide to make the voting process more equal and fair, and I believe that this bill does just that. There is room for reasonable flexibility for municipalities, while still ensuring equal and fair opportunities to vote statewide.”

Stroebel’s bill makes no changes in absentee voting by mail or the hours polls

JONES, from 1 would look like, but he added he believes there are opportunities to embrace and take advantage of the relationship with the other UW campuses for the betterment of the entire system.

Jones said he believes there are opportunities for individual campuses to do better themselves, in addition to as a whole.

“I don’t know enough about the specifics yet,” Jones said. “I’ve just got to imagine that there are great opportunities to partner with the other campuses in ways that perhaps we haven’t even thought of yet.”

are open on Election Day. Zuehlke said if small towns can have some flexibility in the process, that will likely work for them. But, she said she is not sure whether what works for small towns would work the same in larger cities such as Madison and Milwaukee.

She added legislators need to consider the effects such a law would have on all municipalities if a bill like this passes.

Madison City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl said she still had some concerns about the bill, noting, even with the changes, there would be longer lines at the polls.

She said six people can currently take ballots in her office. If the amendments had been in place for the November elections, she said she would have met with about 2,000 people to get their ballots.

Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Shorewood, said in a statement about the

Regina Millner, a Board of Regents member, said pubic receptions provide the opportunity for candidates to feel like part of the selection process. She said they allow candidates to be acquainted with campus and for campus to get to know its finalists.

Student Regent and UW junior Katie Pointer said public forums allow for attendees to provide the regent chancellor selection committee with feedback. She said this is important for their process.

“It [open forum] is really insightful and helpful for us 14 making a decision,” Pointer said.

original bill that it would “curtail democracy” and that Republicans need to realize the state’s problem is not that it has “too many people voting.”

One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross, who criticized the bill, said Stroebel’s changes are not significant.

“Certainly his intent is clear and that he wants to deny legal voters their ability to access the franchise in the way they want to access it,” Ross said. “This bill is absolutely not needed.

There is no reason for it. He did not solicit information from people who are administering elections.”

Ross said in-person absentee voting is one of the reasons Wisconsin has such a high voter turnout rate. He added this bill is aimed at preventing people in cities to vote, especially minorities and college students, as many city residents vote absentee.

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The workload would come largely from the bill that makes a firsttime offense with a BAC of more than 0.15 a crime, Gerol said.

He said increasing treatment measures would be effective, although he said they are more expensive. But, he pointed to a council Gov. Scott Walker created to reduce repeat offenders that helps counties provide rehabilitative services better as one way lawmakers are helping.

The Tavern League of Wisconsin, which often opposes such measures, did not return requests for comment Tuesday.

Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, has returned to the spotlight after a report surfaced that said he scared one of his female staffers when he brought a box cutter to the Capitol and asked her to train in selfdefense.

Hulsey brought a box cutter and thought about bringing a gun to the Capitol, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday.

Hulsey did not respond to requests for comment, but he told the Journal Sentinel he was trying to train his aide on how she could protect herself from a box cutter, although he would have taken the blade away for the training.

A Feb. 17 police report said the aide emailed that she was “terrified,” the Sentinel reported. Hulsey, however, told Sentinel reporters he meant no harm.

The aide also said Hulsey wanted to carry a gun to the Assembly floor, but he said he never did so and does not have a concealed carry permit, the Journal Sentinel reported.

Hulsey did, however, ask whether he could bring in an officer’s rifle to the floor, a request the officer denied because rifles are not allowed on the Assembly floor.

People can have handguns on the Assembly floor and gallery as well as in the Capitol, so Hulsey told the Journal Sentinel he was trying to show how “irrational” policies like that are.

Melanie Conklin, spokesperson for Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, confirmed in an email to The Badger Herald that Barca had talked to the aide, but Conklin added Barca did not tell the aide Hulsey talked about harming her, as she had reported to the police.

She said because the situation involved staff and an Assembly member, Barca discussed the matter with Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch and Assembly Chief Clerk Patrick Fuller.

Jonathan Dedering, who lost to Hulsey in last November’s election, said although he had not read the reports, he thinks people should expect things like this to continue to happen with Hulsey.

“I wish the voters had chosen someone that didn’t make those types of decisions,” Dedering said. “As far as the next step, I really feel like you get what you pay for with him.”

Hulsey did not respond to requests for comment at press time.

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Cuts to minimize domestic violence resources Soglin says sequester likely to reduce funds to valuable to certain city program efforts Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Mayor Paul Soglin said cuts in federal funding will ultimately lead to decreases in local organizations that provide resources to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.

The cuts in federal funding, known as the sequester, would cut $120,000 from the Stop Violence Against

Women Project, Soglin said at a Monday press conference.

The STOPVAW Project provides funding to train and provide resources for prosecutors, law enforcement officers, judges in the court system and victim service providers.

The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, which provides direct services to victims of domestic violence and creates shelters for them, could also receive budget cuts if the sequester goes through, Tony Gibart, policy coordinator of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said.

WCADV is an umbrella organization that works with

the numerous organizations that provide direct services to domestic violence victims, such as Domestic Abuse Intervention Services in Madison.

Gibart said the resources provided to officials involved in the legal system help them to be supportive of domestic violence victims. He said organizations throughout the state of Wisconsin, including the City of Madison, receive funding from the STOPVAW Project and FVPSA, which are both federally-funded.

Gibart said 100,000 victims nationwide will lose funding if the sequester continues.

“Budgets for victim services organizations are

very, very tight,” Gibart said.

“There is nowhere they can cut but direct and basic services. Further cuts will have an impact on services that are available to victims throughout Wisconsin.”

Gibart said during the past five years, organizations that provide services to domestic violence victims have seen their funding stay the same or decrease, while the number of victims who come to the organizations for help has been increasing.

He said domestic violence is not necessarily increasing, but more people are learning about the services, which translates to more clients for the organizations that

provide the services. He said the economic downturn has caused many organizations to leave areas or provide fewer resources, so more people go to the few organizations that are left.

Gibart also said organizations have begun to implement programs that work but require more resources and effort.

Wisconsin law enforcement receives 30,000 calls a year about domestic violence, but domestic violence is an underreported crime, Gibart added.

He said 40,000 men, women and children receive services each year in Wisconsin as a result of domestic violence.

A survey conducted

in Wisconsin found that approximately 714,000 women have experienced domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking in their lives, Gibart said. He emphasized this figure is greater than the population of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest city.

Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services at the University of Wisconsin, said UHS does not anticipate any immediate impact in terms of funding for student services. She said this is because funding for UHS programs come mostly from segregated fees, which are taken from students’ tuition.

Senate approves $15 million workforce training bill Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor The Wisconsin Senate unanimously passed a $15 million workforce training bill Tuesday that will now make its way to Gov. Scott Walker’s office for his final approval.

The bill calls for $15 million in worker training grants, which the Department of Workforce Development will administer for an additional $5 million. Walker and legislators praised their work on jobs, and although Democrats overwhelmingly supported the bill, they said $15 million is not enough.

ADIDAS, from 1 have yet to receive amounts to $1.8 million. She said Adidas has only given them vouchers, which do not cover the labor and sweat workers put into producing their products for years.

These vouchers, Sutisna added, are only redeemable at a convenience store comparable to a 7-Eleven, where she and her family

The bill is part of Walker’s efforts to close the skills gap in the state, and it includes an online system that would accurately track the jobs available.

“The state that leads the way in closing the skills gap will also lead the way in job creation,” Walker said in a statement. “This bill is the next step in our efforts to ensure workers have the skills they need to fill the familysupporting jobs available now and in the future. I applaud state lawmakers and their bipartisan support to help move Wisconsin forward.”

The bill passed unanimously in committees

and in the Senate, and got a 94-4 vote in the Assembly last week.

Last week, Assembly Democrats proposed a number of amendments that were not approved. Among them was having the state’s technical college system, not DWD, manage the grants, as they already manage similar grants. Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, said last week, the bill created a “double bureaucracy.”

Democrats had also wanted to require a legislative audit for the new program, and start the program off with two new DWD staffers, instead of four.

“I would hope we would learn the lessons of the past and don’t just create slush funds and shovel money in agencies and say, ‘Do whatever you want to do,’” Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said last week. “That is not a prudent use of our taxpayer money.”

Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, said in a statement although Democrats supported the bill, more money was needed to make up the cuts technical colleges took two years ago.

He said it was “refreshing” to see Republicans supporting putting some of the money

back.

The legislation was much needed and would help Wisconsin workers, DWD Secretary Reggie Newson said in a statement.

“The availability of flexible and customized training solutions, in addition to cutting-edge and real-time labor market information, will help us identify and respond to emerging industry needs, empower Wisconsinites to access good-paying jobs and move Wisconsin’s economy forward,” Newson said.

Newson, as well as Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, praised Sen. Rick Gudex, R-Fond du

Lac, for being among those who spearheaded the bill.

Gudex said at the Senate’s session he is “proud” of having worked on a bill that helps Wisconsin employees and employers. He called the bill a “solid marriage” between DWD, technical colleges and private sector employers.

“What this bill does do and it does care about is workers who are searching for employment,” Gudex said.

“It cares for employers who are looking for employees …

It provides training where the training is needed. Hopefully in the future, we can expand on this bill.”

cannot afford to shop, due to the expensive prices. The vouchers, she added, cannot be used to pay for children’s school fees or housing.

Sutisna also said they cannot be used to take care of their families.

Claire Hintz, University of Wisconsin freshman and SLAC member, said Adidas is currently involved in a case in the Dane County Circuit Courts because the company,

in failing to pay worker’s severance, broke Indonesian law. She said this violates UW’s code of conduct.

“Adidas would rather pay $10,000 a day to run this court case than to pay the workers their rightful severance,” Hidayat said.

Hidayat said if Adidas is successful in not paying their severance, this will set a precedent for the garment and shoe industry, and

workers around the world will continue to be exploited.

At this point, Hidayat said, there are seven universities that have cut contracts with Adidas. He said he understands cutting contracts is something difficult for UW to do because of financial impacts.

But, this is a great moral weight the university will carry if Adidas does not take responsibility, he added.

“Adidas products that are sold are filled with the sweat of our labor,” Hidayat said.

“We need to give Adidas a hard lesson.”

As Interim Chancellor David Ward is wrapping up his term in the next few weeks, Hintz said SLAC hopes to see some of the developments in the campaign they have been working on for a year and a half now.

Hintz said SLAC hopes UW’s next chancellor will not be influenced by his or her peers, by the company or by people who want he or she to do what is financially best. She said she hopes the next chancellor will listen to the student body and do what is morally right.

“When you think about the fact that all of our athletes wear Adidas,” Hintz said, “That’s huge.”

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City Council adopts plans for new bike lanes Alders hope to make Sherman Ave. more safe by adding more crosswalks, medians Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Madison’s City Council voted unanimously to implement a plan to include bike lanes on Sherman Avenue, the main thoroughfare on the city’s north side.

The proposal would turn the four-lane street into a two-lane street with bike lanes and a center left-turn lane.

Sherman Avenue will also be made safer by increasing places where pedestrians can cross the street and adding medians to the street, according to an operations and safety analysis done by the city.

The plan was met with criticism from the north side’s business community, which circulated a petition against the project that received more than 1,500 signatures. Sherman Avenue has 110 businesses.

Margo Dixon, the owner of the area’s UPS store, spoke out against the plan. She said the area business owners are not wealthy, and, each year, most of them evaluate if they

should continue to invest their time and money in their businesses.

“The state of most of the businesses [in the area] are fragile, on the edge, and a decrease in traffic will hurt the businesses,” Dixon said.

She said it was sad the area’s alders did not believe economic impacts were important when making changes to the roads.

Ald. Satya RhodesConway, District 12, said she wanted everyone to feel safe traveling on North Sherman Avenue. She said she heard from over 200 people on the issue.

“There are pedestrians in my district who tell me they do not feel safe walking across the street,” she said.

“That is not OK in this city.

We need to do something about it.”

David Dryer, the City of Madison’s traffic engineer, said the city has been working on the North Sherman Avenue project for 19 years. He said when the project was originally proposed in the early 1990s to deal with safety concerns, City Council did not approve it. He said this is because very few studies had been done on the issue, and street setups, like the one proposed, were new to the United States.

He said the project was reviewed again in the early

2000s because the same safety concerns arose. He added this project was proposed in 2012 due to the same pedestrian and bike safety concerns.

The engineers looked at changing the lanes and adding a standard-width bike lane because widening the street was not an option, Dryer said.

“Would we build the same street today?” Dryer said.

“We would not. We would try to implement a more complete street. If we were to rebuild Sherman Avenue, it would not look like it does today.”

He said the street would be designed to have bike facilities and islands. It would also be more pedestrianfriendly.

Dryer said he believes the new plan will improve the safety of the corridor.

He said there have been 49 left-turn crashes on the street in the last five years. He said he thinks the new plan will reduce or eliminate them.

Dryer also responded to criticism that the plan, which will cost the city $100,000, is too expensive. He said a traffic signal typically costs between $100,000 and $120,000.

“A failure to agree is not a failure to listen,” RhodesConway said in response to citizens who spoke out against the project.

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Even though increasing measures to protect pedestrian safety is always a concern, some worry new bike lanes will cost city too much.

Assembly Republican pushes for tax reform GOP lawmaker says Wisconsin income tax system should be less complicated Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor Among the more than 50 tax credit programs in the state of Wisconsin, many are superfluous and should be eliminated, according to an Assembly Republican.

Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R– Brookfield, said many states do not have an income tax at all, but noted Wisconsin’s is overly complex due to its

small deductions and credits.

He said the Wisconsin income tax could be simplified.

Wisconsin should also reduce income taxes more than what Gov. Scott Walker proposed in his 2013-2015 biennial budget, according to Kooyenga, who was appointed to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance in December.

“We’re undergoing a process to clear the table as much as possible, and do some common sense tax reform,” Kooyenga said. “In exchange for getting rid of credits, deductions and other differentiation one-off items, we simply move to lower the

income tax rates.”

However, he said increased tax cuts would not cut funding from existing programs, including education and health care, which the state’s Democrats support. Rather, Kooyenga said most of the tax cuts would result from eliminating existing loopholes.

Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance President Todd Berry said reducing tax rates can also generate revenue by eliminating deductions and exemptions.

“If you have a tax credit or a reduction that foregoes a fair amount of tax revenue, when you get rid of it, that revenue becomes available,”

Berry said. “You can take that revenue and simply recycle it back into the tax law by lowering the rates.”

Since few people in the state use various tax codes — such as manufacturing, farming and film production tax credits — they are unnecessary and should be removed, according to Kooyenga.

He added the state’s income tax rates are as high as 7.75 percent, compared to a maximum 5 percent for Illinois, because Wisconsin spends more money.

“In general, our taxes are higher because we have a very generous health care system, and we give a

substantial amount of money to our education system, both K-12 and the University of Wisconsin System,” Kooyenga said.

Kooyenga said the idea to reform the state’s complex tax code was met with bipartisan support last May during a Legislative Council committee symposium.

“If you’re a Democrat or a Republican, the consensus was our tax code is not good for economic growth,” he said.

Berry also attended the symposium last summer and said legislators should stray from examining the minute details of every tax reform.

“When you single out

certain things, you get into pitched rhetorical battles over individual items, rather than an overall package, which would benefit everybody and make everybody’s life easier in terms of tax filing,” Berry said.

He added he thinks it is “immoral” that 60 percent of Americans do not file their own tax returns because the four-page document is so complex.

While Democrats argue reducing tax rates generally benefits the richest Wisconsin residents, Kooyenga said he disagreed. He said reforming the tax code is “good for all Wisconsinites.”

Sequester cuts to cost local hospitals, medical research $1 billion Wisconsin hospital spokesperson says cuts not a surprise, plans now in place Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor Estimates say the federal sequester cuts will cost Wisconsin hospitals one billion dollars over the next 10 years, or $2 million each week, according to a Wisconsin Hospital Association statement.

The U.S. government allowed Medicare payment funding to reduce 2 percent

EAGLE HEIGHTS, from 1 p.m., UWPD was already talking to persons of interest, the statement said. UWPD then took two persons of interest into custody and started searching for a third, according to the statement.

UW sent out a WiscAlert around 10 p.m. warning students to “stay away from the area.” UW then sent out another alert saying police were looking for a black male wearing a red and black flannel who was heading west from the area.

UWPD found shell casings at the scene

Friday with the mandatory sequester spending reductions, which WHA spokesperson Mary Kay Grasmick said will now affect physician offices, surgeries and hospitals. According to Grasmick, hospitals are labor-intensive with about 65 percent of expenses going to employees.

However, she said, the sequester cuts are not surprising to hospital staff statewide and they have been adjusting.

“The good news for many of our hospitals is that they have been planning on taking a cut,” Grasmick said.

“They knew it was coming, and they have been more

and detained the third person of interest at 11:29 p.m., according to the statement.

Around midnight, UW sent out another WiscAlert giving an “all clear” and thanking people for their cooperation.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was not aware of the details about the investigation.

He called the incident a “very rare occurrence,” especially in the Eagle Heights area.

“This would be the first major incident [in the area] in my recollection over the last eight years,” Resnick said.

efficient in their operation to accommodate for this cut in payments.”

With hospitals as highquality and high-value as those in Wisconsin, Grasmick said there are few opportunities to reduce spending.

She added the 2 percent across-the-board cuts in Medicare will not be the only payment cuts state health care providers will have to deal with. According to the WHA statement, new cuts also impacting Wisconsin physicians and nursing homes will cause an additional $600 million dip the next 10 years in hospital Medicare payments and $200 million

Last month, there was a shot fired outside The Frequency, a music venue close to the Capitol.

And last May, a gunman fired shots into a crowd outside Johnny O’s and Segredo on University Avenue, injuring three.

None of those properties are on the UW campus.

Police departments from Shorewood Hills, the City of Madison, the Town of Madison and Monona helped UWPD in their investigation, the statement said.

The UWPD statement “urged” any UW Housing residents to call UWPD at (608) 262-2957 if they have any information.

less in funding the “next few years.”

Grasmick said the health care reform law also cuts billions of dollars nationwide, and said she is concerned another fiscal crisis could strike.

“In all aspects of health care and nursing homes, they are all facing the same uncertain future,” Grasmick said. “They’re operating under the assumption the cuts are here, and there are going to be more. They are doing a lot of due diligence in planning for the future.”

Medical College of Wisconsin Dean and Executive Vice President Joe Kerschner said the 2

percent cut in Medicare will cost the school and its close partner Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital a total of $9 million in the next fiscal year. Kerschner added MCW’s research funding from the National Institutes of Health could go down by the same amount this year, or between 5 and 10 percent.

“We’re really concerned about it,” Kerschner said.

“With this level of funding cuts, it will eat into our ability to do research, it will change our ability to possibly make health discoveries and certainly impact our ability to employ researchers and staff here at the college.”

Kerschner said NIH will

not be able to prioritize its scientific projects because every research with a grant from the organization will have to face the same rate of funding cuts. He said MCW is not alone in dealing with reduced funding for medical expenses, as every research institution across the country will confront similar consequences.

Both parties admit, acrossthe-board, indiscriminate spending decreases are not the smartest way to approach deficit reduction, according to Kerschner.

“I was explaining it to my 14-year-old daughter the other day,” the MCW dean said of the sequester.

METRO, from 1

mile.

He said five or six stops per mile is ideal because it balances travel speed and bus accessibility.

Schaefer said the plan also recommends Madison Metro focus on consolidating bus stops in three problem corridors on the downtown isthmus: Monroe Street, Johnson and Gorham Streets and Jenifer Street. He said the bus stops need to be updated, considering they date back to when Madison used a streetcar system.

Another weakness of Madison Metro includes the lack of express buses, he said. This makes travel time longer, Schaefer said.

He said the bus stop consolidation program would reduce travel time, improve reliability of buses, improve bus amenities such as bus shelters, reduce bus wear and tear and reduce fuel use and emissions.

He said concerns about the program include the increased walking distance, loss of service coverage and the impact fewer stops would have on people with disabilities.

Since 2005, Schaefer said ridership of the buses

in Madison has grown 4.5 percent per year while services Madison Metro provided have grown minimally.

“This isn’t sustainable, unless we can increase the capacity of the system,” he said.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said although some aspects of the recommendations will be controversial, the big issue will be how the city will pay for the improvements suggested by the five-year plan.

“It’s extremely comprehensive,” Verveer said. “The big question is: How do we pay for it? It’s a five-year plan that is very ambitious in terms of its breadth.”

Verveer said it has been many years since there was a comprehensive look at the bus system, because a regional transportation system set in place to help with recommendations for Madison Metro was cut by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration.

Verveer said he thinks City Council will vote unanimously to accept the five-year plan during their next session March 19.

the plan, ranging from fares to marketing to service improvements.

One problem is the overcrowding of buses, which regularly contain an average of 40 passengers.

This problem is greatest around the University of Wisconsin campus area, Schaefer said.

“One of the key issues is the overcrowding occurring on a number of routes, particularly through the campus area,” Schaefer said.

“We wanted to look for ways to address that.”

He said one recommendation is for larger buses instead of simply more frequent buses.

He said this is because many people on campus routinely board buses without paying attention to their exact routes, just to get to the other side of campus.

He said another recommendation focuses on the amount of space between bus stops. He said bus stops are currently spaced at a tenth of a mile apart, or eight stops per mile. The plan recommends about five or six stops per

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Emily L. R. Adams ArtsEtc. Writer Artist and tenured University of Wisconsin faculty member Jennifer Angus is celebrating the release of her debut novel, “In Search of Goliathus Hercules.” The book is an adventurous tale of a boy on a fantastic journey into a strange world of insects.

Although written for a young adult audience, this pageturner is fun for adult readers as well. Moments of the story will have readers drawing correlations to Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis.”

The protagonist, Henri Bell, comes to realize he possesses an unusual talent; he has the ability to speak to insects. With the help of his new-found friends, and a few human ones too, Henri sets out on a grand expedition in search of his missing father.

Angus takes the reader to faraway lands like the Malayan city Kuala Lumpur.

While in the thick of the British Malayan jungle, Henri hopes to discover the elusive Goliathus hercules beetle, one of the largest insects on the planet. However, he and his friends must beware as they are not alone on this trek: There is an ominous character in their midst risking their success and survival. The course of the 350-page book is transformative, if not literally in the context of the characters, then certainly in the way the reader gains a better appreciation for the friends among us in the insect world.

So where does this illustrative sense of imagination stem from?

Following suit of the fearless character in her book, the Canadian artist is well-traveled. It was in Thailand, where she lived for a number of years, that she was able to observe and develop an appreciation for the insect kingdom.

While living there, she was introduced to a traditional

garment called a “singing shawl” worn by young women of the Pwo Karen tribe. The shawl incorporates reflective beetle shells for elaborate decoration. It was this natural beauty and accessibility of material that sparked the beginning of her inclusion of insects in her own artwork.

Angus is often asked if the bugs are real. The answer is yes, and the color and patterns, many of which are very intricate with intense hues, are unaltered.

Each insect is handled with care. Following traditional entomological methods, Angus’ only manipulation of the insect specimen occurs initially when posing and pinning the insects.

Afterward, they remain dried and fixed in that position.

For more than a decade, Angus has been on her own adventure installing her art exhibits in museums and galleries. Her work is recognized for its intricacy and labor-intensive installation process, but even more so for the medium used.

Angus installs hundreds to thousands of dried, preserved insects directly into the walls.

She works with over three dozen varieties of species, ranging from the Eurycantha calcarata (Thorny Stick) and Attacus atlas (Atlas Moth), to the more familiar cicada.

Angus designs each installation specific to the location. Some insects are ornately arranged in patterns suggesting a traditional Victorian-era wallpaper, while others resemble a fun landscape with giant flowers reaching towards the sky.

Bright oranges and pinks, pale purples and greens and occasional reflective metallic hues of an electric blue or sparkling silver from the great quantities of insects fill the room and inspire a magical awe in the viewer.

The moment viewers step in for a closer look, they might instinctively take a jolt back, realizing they are in a room full from fl oor to ceiling with

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six-legged creatures.

When asked if she had a favorite insect she said, “It changes from time to time, but the katydids are fun because, with their wings spread, it looks like they are wearing a fancy ball gown.”

Angus doesn’t limit herself to only creating insect arrangements on wall surfaces. Some of her work consists of miniature house displays, curio cabinets and cast beeswax sculptures that are sometimes contained within bell jars or framed wall hangings. In some installations, she incorporates handprinted wallpapers or even creates her own insects by combining parts that had previously broken off.

Every element of space and nuance of an arrangement is taken into consideration.

Ultimately, if a particular insect doesn’t have the right

wingspan to fit the spot, Angus will find the one that fits.

Because it is common for Angus’ work to be on exhibit in more than one location at a time, she keeps a well-stocked inventory of roughly 20,000 insects in her collection. The origin of her stock comes from specimen dealers from around the world. These insects are often farmed, but none of the species used are endangered.

Each show may look different, but the underlying message remains the same:

to bring awareness to insects and their integral function on this planet. There is a sense of wonder in the nature shown to the viewer, and this is another message of Angus’ work. It is easy to let the imagination go and be reminded of that other world right below our toes.

If crawling, hopping, fl ying things tend to make your skin crawl, consider giving them a second chance. Check out one of Angus’ art installations or pick up her new book for a curious read with an unordinary perspective.

Emily L. R. Adams The Badger Herald

Professor Jennifer Angus celebrates the six-legged figure in her artwork, both visually and, recently, in print with her recent novel.

‘Tearing’ through porn, pre-coital Plan B Samantha Johnson Hump Day Columnist Happy Hump Day, readers! You all had lots of questions this week, so let’s just get right down to it, shall we?

Last time I had sex with one of my guy friends, he ripped my perineum bad enough that I bled for about two days and it was about a week before I could go to the bathroom without excruciating pain. He’s fairly well endowed, but it hasn’t caused any problems before and the sex wasn’t particularly rough, though we were both drunk. It looks all healed up now, but it was pretty terrifying. Is there any connection between what position we have sex in and this type of injury?

Am I more at risk for this happening again and is there anything I should be concerned about?

First things first: GO TO

THE DOCTOR. Like, now.

Yesterday. Go to uhs.wisc. edu, click on the yellow “Log in to MyUHS” and make an appointment.

Actually, if you’re still in pain I would call them.

The physicians there will take a look for free and likely be able to set you up with any treatment that is needed or refer you to a specialist.

What concerns me is that scar tissue down there is not as strong as regular skin tissue, so there may be a risk for another injury if care is not taken. For now, avoid penetrative sex until you speak with a doctor.

The thing that baffles me is how this happened! Many women go through childbirth without tearing that wee gap of skin between the butthole and the vaginal opening, and I doubt this dude’s dick is larger in circumference than a newborn’s head. Perineum irritation or soreness is quite common after rough, “well-endowed” or uniquely-angled sex, but I have never heard of a case of torn taints from a

You can even add a drop particular position.

Here’s the thing about or two of more lube inside drunk sex: whiskey dick of the condom to make it is not the only side effect. extra slippery. You can find Intoxication is a common these supplies and more cause of vaginal dryness. in the Sex Out Loud offi ce And guess what vaginal in the Student Activities dryness is a common cause Center, all for free.

I was borrowing my of. You got it, vaginal cuts.

So when you do get back girlfriend’s computer the up on that horse, promise other day to do some research me you’ll use lube! The for a paper, and I saw she had male wetter porn in her the sex, web history. the better Male physical arousal is What the the sex, hell!? Why I always so much more, eh hem, in the world say! There external than female would she seems to be be watching some weird arousal, which can be delectably titillating to bear gay porn? stigma Is this some about witness to. kind of people weird fetish? with It’s vaginas using lube, as if we’re all probably not a fetish. supposed to be able to You see, sexuality and produce gushing waterfalls sexual desire is complex of liquid silk at a moment’s and fluid. And gay porn notice. No amount of tends to be very visually pussy juice will get you stimulating, what with wet like a tried-and-true all the big, hard dicks. squirt of lube. I suggest No matter what gender using silicone-based lube theorists say, ladies get for long-lasting sessions. turned on by seeing naked Squirt some on Mr. Well bodies, too. Male physical Endowed and apply some arousal is so much more, to yourself, too. Or, try eh hem, external than extra-lubricated condoms. female arousal, which can

be delectably titillating to bear witness to. True, the focus of the porn camera lens is often on the tits and ass of the female physique, but why do you think porn meant for the straight male viewer is full of monstrously large cocks?

Just because she may watch gay male porn does not mean she wants to be a dude fucking another dude. Do you want to act out every fantasy you see on the computer screen?

I read on the UW-Madison confessions some girl takes Plan B every Saturday before she goes out because “better safe than sorry.” Does this work?

Work, as in prevent pregnancy?

Yeah, it could. Plan B works by preventing the ovaries from releasing an egg and making it difficult for the little spermies to swim to reach the egg if one has already been popped out.

So, if someone pops the Plan B pill right before having sex, the hormones could start their magic right then and there.

Work, as in actually being a good method of birth control? No. And this

is further evidence many of the UW Confessions are just made-up hooey for entertainment purposes only.

First, Plan B is hella expensive, upwards of $65 depending on where you get it. Adding up a pill for every weekend will cost much more than other forms of birth control.

Second, many women experience unpleasant symptoms from taking emergency contraception, like nausea, headaches, breast tenderness and dizziness. What a way to put a damper on that Saturday night.

Plus, taking Plan B over and over again can really screw up your menstrual cycle.

Point is, there are much safer, more convenient and cheaper ways of avoiding babies. The patch, ring, injection and IUD are all “party ready” and do not require a sober state of mind to remember to take them.

It’s called Plan B for a reason, folks!

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day is the day I choose to change my life, be healthier, drink less, take school more seriously, etc. The bottom line, today is the day I decide to love myself for a change.

SO to Jennifer Lawrence’s acting. I cry every time she volunteers. And I don’t even have a sister.

ASO to the people in SPRING BREAK - South Padre the apartment above Island, TX. Sleeps 6 people. 956- us. I realize we all 574-9000 24/7. condorental@ have to exercise border-tech.com for info. to stay healthy, but seriously? Your jumping is making our fan shake. We are fearing for our lives.

SO to peeing in the shower. I know you do it too.

ASO to chocolate brownie CLIF bars looking like a pile of shit. Dont eat that shit in public.

SO to watching the p90x videos from bed. This is definitely at least half the workout. Looks like I’ve earned myself some ice cream.

SO to discovering I can put my legs behind my head because I was bored last night. ASO to

being bored last night/having no one to share this talent with.

ASO to being a creeper and staring at a guy’s shirt because it looked weird. HMFASO to not realizing it was an ex until after an awkward amount of staring.

SO to the asshole at Union South playing the piano like a 5-year-old, I’m not sure if you’re serious or just trying to piss people off...

SO to madison. the only place where you will get woken up with your dream job offer on a friday morning while naked and still piss drunk from the night before.

SO to the fact that I have procrastinated my homework and studying so bad that all I have done today is lay on my couch and cry while watching Desperate Housewives. ASO to me. I am seriously so fucking pathetic.

B(Boner)SO to naked harlem shake videos.

Yes. I love this country ASO to Brandon. I have no idea who you

are, but I have your old phone number.

DASO to all your customers asking me to hook them up.

Sorry to disappoint but that’s just not my style. LOLSO to the random convos some of them start with me.

SO to all the tall, skinny boys in good pairs of jeans or khakis on campus. come. at. me.

SO to the sweet, sweet satisfaction you get when you’re way better looking than the new girl in the pictures your ex posted. Nah nah nah nah boo boo, I officially win the break up.

ASO to the fact that today my work pants ripped right down the ass and were disgusting as all hell so my boss made me throw them away rather than sew them. SO to my boss though who gave me $20 to buy new pants for work.

ASO to more than one patch of campus smelling distinctly like a wet dog today. Did anyone else notice this???

ASO to ‘got the job!!!!!!’ statuses on facebook. If you don’t specify what

job it was, I’m just going to assume it’s at a strip club.

ASO to the theatre major with the really, really small penis. I faked it.

Better luck next time?

HSO to my mom for putting my dogs in their winter coats, taking them out specially to play in the falling snow and having my dad photograph the entire event all because I texted saying how much I missed them.

ASO to seeing my crush in lecture and totally having the option of sitting by him, but chickening out and sitting by myself. Goddamit.

SO to my Geo Sci professor for referring to Richard Nixon as “Tricky Dick” SO to my nails, my hands, and my hair for becoming exponentially more interesting whenever I try to study.

HASO to the person in Biochem on the second couch right near the main entrance. Please SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH while eating those chips.

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gling during a snow storm. Cancelled class, I’ll take ya.

SO to playing and singing along to Christmas music this morning!! My roommates loved me! [ <--- sarcasm ] SO to chivalry. DSO to guys who offer seats to girls on the bus before sitting down. Looking at you blonde guy with the rustcolored backpack on the 3 Tuesday around 12:30 SO to my fleshlight.

Its nice working one out in the college library bathroom for a study break. ASO

to leaving it in there. DSO to sharing.

ASO to my roommate who sits in her room with her boyfriend 24/7...I can’t even.

Tell him to get job.

Maybe you should get one too. This SO sucks ass but I am too numb to describe my hate to full capacity.

ASO to people that arrive to class 15 minutes late, feel the need to disregard the perfectly open seats, and proceed to climb

over four people to get to a seat in the middle of the row. Get your ass to class on time.

SO to the SOC if you get paid to read the shoutouts, I can only wish to one day have your job.

HSO to engineering grad student men.

You are an untapped resource. Get out of the ERB and visit us clever-tongued women on the humanities side of things any time.

SO to weed and snug-

SO to not having a snow day--otherwise my ass would have stayed planted in bed all day. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

ASO to meeting a great guy Saturday night, getting his number, and then texting him only to find out he has terrible grammar. This could really be a deal-breaker. DASO to never being satisfied.

ASO to the fact that no matter which direction you walk, snow is ALWAYS blowing in your face.

DASO to false tailwinds.

ASO to coming home and seeing the biggest, bloodiest turd floating in the toilet and then having to plunge the toilet because it was clogged. Alright disgusting roomies, WHO DONE IT!?

SO to bitches that talk shit about others especially on social media.

Thanks, you make it obvious that you are not worth pursuing or dating even if you are hot and georgeous.

SO to my roommate who got shitfaced in 40 minutes last weekend, ate a pound of scrambled eggs, puked up a pound of scrambled eggs on his carpet, vacuumed a pound of scrambled

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eggs and puke, then shit his pants in his bed. Classy.

SO to the crazy girl who wrote on the Confessions Facebook page she is hiding her daughter in her Witte dorm room. BULL. SHIT. There is NO WAY you could hide a child/ baby in south east.

The real confession is that you live in lakeshore, because it’d be way easier to hide a child out there.

SO to the wrestling team. You guys are sexy as hell. Good luck at big 10’s this weekend!

SO to finally joining 2013 and downloading snapchat!

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Opinion Herald Editorial With carts, have your free market deep fried

Graphic by Charles Godfrey. Data Courtesy of Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Jim Crow laws live on in institutionalized racism Spencer Lindsay Columnist Michelle Alexander, the author of “The New Jim Crow,” is visiting Union South this Thursday to discuss race in America. Her book points out the undeniable institutional racism that exists in the American prison system.

Race has a dark history in this nation. When black Americans were promised freedom they were given Jim Crow laws and the Ku Klux Klan, and when they were promised civil rights they were given Ronald Reagan’s war on drugs.

On January 20, 1961, in the frigid cold in Washington, D.C., President John Kennedy made a declaration that signaled a change in America. “The rights of man come not from the generosity of the state,” he said, “but from the hands of God.” We are taught in history class Jim Crow laws ended with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. While these acts brought an end to de jure discrimination, the sad fact is racism is still deeply and institutionally embedded in this nation.

Jim Crow lives. He lives in our drug laws and our welfare policy. He lives in the minds of the citizens who sought to delegitimize this president by claiming he was born in Kenya.

He lives in voter ID laws and racial profiling. Most of all, he lives in a vicious cycle of poverty that has caused unimaginable problems for minorities — a cycle that too many whites are blind to.

Law enforcement is where our institutional racism is most evident. Blacks are overrepresented in executions by about threefold. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, black convicts account for 35 percent of executions despite the fact they only make up 13 percent of the population.

Human Rights Watch reports while whites and blacks use drugs at similar rates, blacks are incarcerated for drug offenses at nearly 10 times the rate of whites. According to a report by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement’s “No More Trayvon Martins Campaign,” 120 blacks were killed by either law enforcement or in self-defense in the first half of 2012. Of those killed, 46 percent were not carrying a weapon. In 36 percent of the cases, it is still unclear whether or not they had a weapon. This leaves only 18 percent who were confirmed to be armed.

According to Dylan Rattigan’s blog, black males have a onein-three chance of spending time in jail at some point in their lifetimes. In 2010 the Sentencing Project reported 2.9 percent of blacks were incarcerated, as opposed to 0.7 percent of Hispanics and 0.4 percent of whites. The facts are clear.

Institutional racism has evolved from segregation into a complex web of social structures and laws that makes it exceedingly difficult for minorities to succeed.

Social mobility has decreased dramatically over the past few decades, making the cycle of poverty that perpetuates the struggle of minorities even harsher.

In recent years states have taken aim at minorities. Many states passed voter ID laws which disproportionately affect minorities’ right to vote.

In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott attempted to purge 180,000 people from the voting rolls before the election. The purge list had a disproportionately high number of minorities.

This is the same governor who signed a law requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug test.

The American Civil Liberties Union has called the drug test requirement unconstitutional, and courts have put a stay on the legislation. The Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law that would have forced anyone asked by police to provide proof of citizenship to comply.

We, as a nation, have never remedied the institutional racism that has been a part of this nation since its birth.

Our generation has before it a moment of opportunity that it must make the most of. We must be the generation that gets it right. We must demand better. We must become socially conscious enough to see short comings of this nation.

We are all citizens, we are all human beings and yet social injustice is all around us. I love America, but our nation has blood on its hands. Our efforts to correct societal injustice toward minorities must continue. The demons of our past continue to follow us, and we must be aware of them.

Today I ask my readers not to fight for or against any particular law, but to be aware of the injustice that surrounds us. A doctor cannot mend a wound he or she does not look at, nor can a nation. We can only decide to do what is right when we see how what we are doing is wrong. As our generation comes into power, we must be aware of reality so we can truly put an end to injustice.

Spencer Lindsay (sclindsay@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science.

food carts and restaurants are Downtown Madison’s like apples and oranges. They restaurant scene is uncommonly serve different foods to different vibrant — State Street is home consumers. Restaurants typically to Thai, Afghani, East African, have much higher overhead Italian, Japanese, Nepali and costs, but they also have the Mexican cuisines, to name a few. advantage of being able to serve The high quality and notable larger quantities of a greater diversity of downtown dining variety of food. On the other can be attributed to the fierce hand, food carts are mobile and competition that results much less expensive to operate, from the sheer number of but they have a limited capacity. restaurants present. While To be clear, what Silver this is great for consumers, it Mine and Pita Pit are doing also means restaurant owners is perfectly rational. It is face an extremely competitive only natural for them to try environment. This should not to insulate themselves from come as a surprise to those in the two-wheeled competition the food industry — it’s common of food carts. This editorial knowledge starting a restaurant is not an indictment of the is a high-risk endeavor. Those restaurants themselves; indeed, who choose to start restaurants it is quite possible the writers in downtown Madison know of this editorial were fueled by full well the risks associated sandwiches from our downstairs with a competitive business neighbor, Silver Mine. However, environment. They, of all people, it is not the job of City Council to should understand that if a protect the interests of a select restaurant cannot survive on few businesses. In the words its own merits, then it should of everyone’s not survive at favorite Vulcan, all. This is the “If someone is walking “the needs of the nature of the many outweigh free market. down Broom Street with the needs of the With this in Pita Pit on the right and few.” mind, we find At its heart, news that Silver Fried and Fabulous on this is an issue Mine Subs and the left, which restaurant of consumer Pita Pit are they go to will depend on choice. People pressuring the City of Madison whether they want a falafel will eat where they damn well to restrict or a fried Oreo.” please, be it at the number a food cart or a and location brick-and-mortar restaurant. If of food carts on Broom Street someone is walking down Broom disappointing.

Street with Pita Pit on the right Silver Mine, in particular, and Fried and Fabulous on the complained in a Facebook left, which restaurant they go post of food carts having an to will depend on whether they “unfair advantage” because of want a falafel or a fried Oreo. their low overhead costs. This For this reason, we believe complaint is unreasonable. These the compromise proposed by restaurateurs knew what they Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, were getting into when they and Ald. Mike Verveer, District decided to open a restaurant — 4, is extremely reasonable. nobody forced them to sign a The compromise, which would lease. If they were so concerned involve eliminating three about the high cost of operating parking stalls in front of Pita a brick-and-mortar restaurant, Pit, should make everyone then, perhaps, they should have happy. The restaurants get what opened, say, a food cart instead. they want: not having a food And if they thought the only cart parked directly in front of way they could thrive was in them. The food carts get what the absence of competition, they need: a place to sell their then, perhaps, they should have food. And, most importantly, noticed the myriad of other Madisonians get what they crave: restaurants within a block of a wide variety of delicious food their location. choices.

To make a culinary analogy,

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ASM demonstrates partisan agenda by sending reps to CPAC

I like to affectionately refer to Associated Students of Madison as repulsive, eczematous body oozing with corruption and partisan agenda. Once again, ASM has lived up to this reputation by irresponsibly allocating student segregated fees to send student government representatives to the discriminatory Conservative Political Action Conference this March. In doing so, ASM has shown their willingness to put their own partisan agendas before the needs of students.

At the heart of the mess is ASM Vice Chair Maria Giannopoulos, who has been intensely reluctant to comply with an open records request requiring her to make all emails regarding CPAC available to the public.

Initially, Giannopoulos falsely claimed the information in these emails was protected under FERPA. Since then, she has further delayed the already grudgingly slow process.

At this time, Giannopoulos

has had more than a week to comply with this open records request and has still failed to do so. Giannopoulos’ role in facilitating such a severe lack of efficiency and transparency within ASM is not only disgraceful but insulting to the students she represents.

Although she has been very reluctant to release any emails pertaining to CPAC, Giannopoulos still maintains ASM’s decision to allocate money for its members to attend CPAC is justified because ASM is also providing funding for its members to attend United States Student Association events. Giannopoulos asserts both are 501c(3) organizations that “train students how to advocate for public policies.”

However, Giannopoulos acknowledges both conventions “may attract folks who have certain political leanings,” as if insinuating CPAC is the conservative control to the allegedly liberal USSA. Nevertheless, I think it’s important to note the USSA does not

specifically identify with a political party — rather, it advocates for the rights of students. The USSA Board of Directors actually nominated a Republican from Wisconsin for one of the top awards at its conference, demonstrating its commitment to work with students from both sides of the aisle.

As a student, I think it would be an extremely beneficial and responsible use of segregated fees to send students to a conference which encourages students to advocate for their rights.

CPAC, however, is blatantly partisan. According to its website, CPAC was created “to rally conservatives, share strategies and promulgate and crystallize the best of the conservative thought in America.” This partisan conference, in my opinion, is more about pushing and promoting a right-wing agenda than helping students to fight for their rights.

My biggest objection to CPAC is its blatant discrimination toward the

LGBT community. At this upcoming 2013 conference, CPAC banned — yes, banned — GOProud, a political action group that represents gay conservatives. Feeling the pressure of this antigay sentiment from CPAC, other conservative gay rights groups, including the Log Cabin Republicans, have withdrawn from the conference.

Therefore, by allocating funds for students to attend CPAC, ASM would be violating Article IV, section I of the ASM Constitution, which states that “ASM shall not discriminate on the basis of sex or sexual orientation.”

Legal issues aside, I think it’s also important to consider the direct impact this will have on our university. I believe the purpose of sending students to conventions like CPAC and USSA is to help them gain new perspectives and ideas. This, in turn, enriches our campus when they bring back these new perspectives and diverse ideas to their fellow students and

student organizations.

However, I believe using segregated fees to send students to an event that openly bans conservative gay rights advocates would ultimately harm our university by demonstrating to students that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not only acceptable, but should, in fact, be practiced. As a student at a university that prides itself on maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for all students, including those of different sexual orientations, I cannot comfortably allow the use of segregated fees to fund a student trip to an event that directly contradicts the University of Wisconsin’s mission and commitment to diversity.

Not surprisingly, ASM is more concerned with their partisan agenda than respecting the rights of students. I will reiterate that much of this inherent failure to address students’ needs is rooted in ASM’s top leadership — specifically,

Maria Giannopoulos.

Ironically, Giannopoulos is currently running for a seat in the upcoming ASM elections and vows to make ASM “more fiscally responsible with our expenditures both allocable and nonallocable.”

Her platform couldn’t be more different from her track record, and it is shameful for her to suggest otherwise.

Under her failed leadership, ASM is a far cry from being fiscally responsible. Instead, it operates as a body that allocates money to causes that further partisan politics, even if it means violating the ASM constitution and neglecting the rights of students.

And for those who dismiss my objections as a waste of time, or an unnecessary uproar, I deplore you. Let me be clear: This is not a “fracas,” this is holding our student government accountable for its actions.

Jacob Riederer ( jfriederer@ wisc.edu) is the communications director for College Democrats of UW-Madison.

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ASO the creepy man sitting next to me in the info lounge.

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Andersen hires Genyk to fill coaching void Zack Miller Sports Writer Wisconsin’s head football coach, Gary Andersen, announced the hiring of Jeff Genyk Tuesday.

Genyk, after spending the last three seasons at California as an assistant, will coach tight ends and special teams for the Badgers, filling the position left

by Jay Boulware, who left for Oklahoma last week.

“We are very excited to have Jeff, his wife, Lisa, and their two children, Jake and McKenna, become a part of the Badger family,” Andersen said in a statement. “He’s been a tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at the BCS level, as well as having head coach experience, so that made him a very attractive candidate.

I’m extremely pleased we were able to get a tremendous coach like Jeff, especially given the timing of this transition.”

Genyk comes to Wisconsin after a brief stint at Nevada where he was the special

teams coordinator and running backs coach. Genyk’s time at Cal as special teams and tight ends coach is full of impressive achievements.

In 2012, Genyk’s punt return team ranked third in the Pac-12 and 22nd in the nation with an average return of 11.37 yards. Cal kicker, Vincenzo D’Amato, and Cal punter, Bryan Anger, were both back-to-back first team all-Pac 12 selections.

In addition to his fi rst team nomination, Anger was selected in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft, which was the highest selection for a punter since 1995.

Before coaching at Cal, Genyk was the head coach at Eastern Michigan from 2004 to 2008. In his first year as coach, he led the Eagles to third place in the West Division of the MAC — their best conference finish in seven years.

As was the case at Cal, the play of his special teams was among the best in the nation; his 2006 team ranked third nationally in punt return yardage defense (3.1

YPR) and 15th in the nation (5.7 YPR) the following season.

Under his watch, three players at Eastern Michigan (LB Daniel Holtzclaw, DE Jason Jones, PK Andrew Wellock) earned AllAmerican recognition.

Genyk also coached OT T.J. Lang, a fourth-round selection of the Green Bay Packers in the 2009 NFL Draft.

Genyk began his coaching career as an assistant at Grand Rapids Community College in his home state of Michigan, where he worked with quarterbacks and tight ends from 1990 to 1992.

After Grand Rapids, Genyk spent 12 seasons at Northwestern (19942003), and was in charge of special teams during each of his final five seasons in Evanston, Ill. Genyk was an all-state quarterback at Milan High School before moving on to Bowling Green State, where he played quarterback and punter.

The Badgers ranked sixth in the B1G and 71st in the nation in punt returns (8.2 YPR) last season.

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After being benched a game for missing a team meeting Feb. 9, Tyler Barnes has responded with some of his best play of the season.

STRIDE, from 12 a big load, are doing that.

That combination has really provided some goals for us.”

“Over the season, we’ve had a good amount of offense coming but its only been from one line,” Barnes said. “I think we’re starting to see it put together into more of a team push, rather than one line having a good game.”

Over the last six games, Eaves’ top line has combined for 25 points on eight goals and 17 assists. Zengerle leads the trio with 10 points on three goals and seven assists, Kerdiles has six points on two goals and four assists and Barnes rounds out the line with three goals and six assists for nine points in the last six games.

While Zengerle leads the line, Barnes’ nine points came after what could be referred to as a little inspiration.

After a 2-2 tie Friday, Feb. 8 with Bemidji State, Barnes reportedly missed a team meeting prior to Saturday’s

series finale. As punishment, Eaves sat the junior winger for Saturday’s 3-2 win.

“Apparently, I should have sat him out earlier because then he would have started producing earlier,” Eaves said with a laugh. “I don’t know if you can quantify what happened. Maybe it was just timing, everything coming together for him. The kind of production that he’s had — if you go back and look over his scoring chances over the year, he’s had scoring chances, the puck hasn’t ended up in the net or his teammates haven’t been able to finish. But this weekend it all culminated for him.”

Since sitting out a game, Barnes has put together a career-high four-point game in a 5-0 win over Penn State and almost matched that mark last weekend with a goal and two assists in Saturday’s 6-2 decision over Nebraska-Omaha.

After a three-point weekend, Barnes’ nine goals on the season and 13 assists make him the thirdhighest scoring Badger with

22 points — behind junior Michael Mersch with 32 and Zengerle with 25.

“I think me, Mark and Kerdi are playing really well together as of late,” Barnes said. “I have to give as much credit to them for helping me get the opportunities I’m getting and I’m able to get them going.”

Zengerle, on the other hand, credits the winger’s style of play for his latest impact on the stat sheet.

“Barnes is just that type of guy when he’s playing aggressive that’s when he’s playing his best,” Zengerle said. “When he’s going in there skating hard, hitting guys and doing the dirty work — he can make nice plays.

Whether it’s Barnes, Zengerle or any of the other 16 badgers on the ice, Wisconsin feels it needs to find a way to keep its offense rolling.

“It’s that time of the year where you have to play desperate,” Zengerle said.

“Especially with the spot we’re in.”

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Andersen takes Boulware blame Coach’s departure takes head coach by surprise days before spring ball Nick Korger Sports Editor First-year Wisconsin football head coach Gary Andersen wasted little time in addressing the obvious Monday at his first major press conference of the spring season.

After the surprising departure for Oklahoma last week by new hire Jay Boulware, Andersen made clear right away where to place the blame for the events that transpired with the team less than a week away from its first spring practice.

“Ultimately, I hired him.

It’s my fault,” Andersen said in the press conference. “It’s upsetting, and I brought the wrong guy in here.

“It’s my responsibility to get the right coaches in here. I don’t like the timing of it. I don’t like the situation that we’re in at all, but we’ll get a coach in here that’s as excited about Wisconsin football and wants to be here in the worst way, and he’ll do a tremendous job. We’ll rebound very quickly.”

Boulware was set to not only head the tight ends job, a group that many felt underperformed last season, but to take over as the special teams coordinator for the Badgers. During his previous time in the same positions at Auburn, Boulware developed a reputation for producing special teams units that ranked in the top four of the SEC. Oklahoma’s hire of the assistant filled the last gap for head coach Bob Stoops on his staff. After losing three assistants from a year ago, Stoops hired Boulware to take the same responsibilities he would have had at Wisconsin.

Andersen admitted the departure of the assistant coach caught him completely by surprise, but said his hire to replace Boulware will have the same responsibilities: not just coaching the tight ends, but overseeing the special teams. However, it remains to be seen if the Badgers will find another coach who was the kind of recruiter Boulware was — with extensive ties in southern states like Texas, a geographic area where the team has struggled to sign top-level talent.

With five coaches on the defensive side of the ball about to teach new schemes, Andersen remains adamant whoever his new tight ends hire is — which was announced Tuesday night to be former California assistant coach Jeff Genyk — will take over the special teams duties as well, even though he has a talented special teams coach already in the ranks of Bill Busch, one of the Badgers’ current

FAYETTEVILLE, from 11 seeded sixth, Ahmed is ninth and Krause is 10th.

Nuttycombe believes having three runners in the same event out of 16 puts the Badgers in a good position.

“Those guys love running together. They’ll work off of each other,” said Nuttycombe. “I think having teammates in the race is always great.”

Of the three, Darling will also compete in the 3,000-meter run. After winning the Big Ten title and breaking his own personal record, he is seeded eighth with a qualifying time of 7:50.97.

The third of Wisconsin’s dual qualifiers is sophomore Austin Mudd. In the Big Ten Championships, Mudd qualified for the 800-meter run.

After an impressive finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational, Mudd went on to qualify for the mile. With a time of 3:58.59, Mudd broke the school record,

secondary coaches.

“He will have a lot of experience, and he’ll be a tremendous recruiter,” Andersen said of his future tight ends and special teams coach. “And he’ll care about the kids. I expect the timing of that to take place as soon as I can get it through human relations the right way.”

Boulware is just the latest in a line of departures that has now stretched over the course of three offseasons for Wisconsin. Under former head coach Bret Bielema, the Badgers lost almost the entirety of their offensive coaching staff from 2011 heading into 2012. After the head coach himself left just days after the Big Ten Championship Game this past year, all but two Wisconsin assistant coaches left for other jobs, some for jobs with Bielema at Arkansas.

According to Andersen, departures like Boulware’s are just part of college football, but it does not mean he is happy about the way everything went down.

“The timing of this was something I thought I had handled and I thought I had addressed throughout the hiring process,” Andersen said. “I don’t know how I would have stopped it or could have stopped it.”

For a coach trying to build a strong relationship between his players and the coaches and working to establish a sense of trust, the move was the first major setback to Andersen’s brief tenure.

“I failed the kids in this situation. That’s the bottom line,” Andersen said. “I just think that it’s important.

We talked about building a family environment and getting the right guys in here. It’s part of the process, and there’s no one else to look at and say, well, why did you do this? Why did you do that? We’ll find the right guy here.”

There were no specifics as to what was said at the meeting when Boulware announced he was leaving, but Andersen did offer an example of what his response typically is during those kinds of situations.

“I’ll voice my opinion why I think you’re wrong and the direction that you’re heading. It may compromise the relationship between me and whoever, and I’m OK with that,” Andersen said.

“I’m here for the University of Wisconsin. I’m here to make everybody proud of the football program on and off the field.

“Really the same thing I want to see from the football team is I want to see 15 consistent practices. That’s something we’re going to talk about time and time again. There’s going to be good days for the offense, bad days for the offense, vice versa with the defense, same thing with the special teams.

But if we look at it and break it down, I want to see 15 consecutive consistent practices. That’s important for us.”

covering his last 400-meter dash in just 58 seconds flat.

“I knew we were right on a four-minute pace. I was just thinking that I had to qualify,” Mudd said. “The record was just a bonus.”

Qualifying for both the 800-meter run and the mile left Mudd with the difficult decision of which event to compete in. After some deliberation, Mudd and the coaches decided he would run in the mile and not the 800-meter run.

“I think it was a decision amongst two good possible decisions,” Nuttycombe said.

The decision was based on what he wanted to do and in which he had the most confidence.

The coaches also looked at what would be the best race for him. Because Mudd had competed in the 800-meter run previously and the mile is only available during indoor, Mudd wanted the mile.

“I kind of wanted to switch it up while I can,” Mudd said.

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Wisconsin’s offense is getting big contributions from Madison Packer in the WCHA playoffs, with two goals and four assists in last weekend’s two game series against St. Cloud State.

Packer stepping up for Wisconsin Badgers’ attack benefiting from forward’s late-season surge after struggles early in year Spencer Smith Associate Sports Editor Fresh off a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State University in the first round of the WCHA playoffs and currently riding an eightgame winning streak, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team is playing their best hockey of the season.

In the midst of Wisconsin’s tremendous performances has come the emergence of junior forward Madison Packer.

During the Badgers’ current eight-game winning stretch, the Michigan native has scored five goals and notched nine assists.

Packer, who has 18 goals and 19 assists on the season, proved her dominance was here to stay last weekend with a strong performance against the Huskies, scoring twice and earning four assists — a stat line that even outshined that of Patty Kazmaier award finalist Brianna Decker who finished with five points against St. Cloud State.

“She plays in some key situations,” head coach Mark Johnson said.

“Obviously playing a lot of the season with Brianna at the top line and being a part of our first power play, you will look for her to score some goals and create or set up some goals and be part of that and she has done that.”

In a career littered with

injuries and adversity, Packer has had a long road to the success she is enjoying now. Last season, Packer was lost among a roster jam-packed with talented forwards and hampered by multiple injuries throughout the season. The forward ended her 2011-2012 campaign with four goals and 14 assists — a mark 19 points short of her 2012-2013 numbers.

“I’ve stepped it up and come a long way from last season,” Packer said. “You look at my stats from last season and then you look at this year, it’s hard to even compare the two, so I think that I’ve accepted a different role this year and stepped it up a little bit.”

The production is a marked contrast from this past November, where Johnson decided to move Packer from the first line to the second after a slow start. Re-evaluating her game, she started to make some tweaks to her game including the way she held her stick.

“I think I was gripping my stick a little tight and Decks actually had a conversation with me and just said, ‘It’s going to happen when it happens,’ so I kind of settled down a bit and things opened up,” Packer said.

About halfway through the season, Packer fought her way back to the front

line with Decker and Karley Sylvester. After being put on the first line for the second time this season, Packer has been able to generate chemistry with Decker and has played with an increased level of confidence that has gone hand-in-hand with her success.

“She’s had a lot more confidence in the second half of the season and even a little bit before break,” Decker said. “We’re playing together, we’re doing well and we’re clicking. So, I think she’s getting a lot more opportunities to put the puck in the net.”

“It’s fun to play with one another,” Packer said of Decker. “We need to talk more on the ice, but there are times when I don’t even pick my head up and I’ll make a pass and she’ll be there and vice versa.”

Beyond Packer’s ability to score and facilitate in the second half of the season is her physicality of play that brings a sense of energy to the team. The junior seems to be in the thick of any choppiness on the ice.

“We need that type of player on the team that can sacrifice themselves to stand up for other people or take the body in a lot of situations,” Decker said.

“Every team needs one of those players and I’m glad to have her as one of them.”

While the team may benefit from Packer’s hard-

nosed style, it also has to deal with the consequences that come with it — Packer leads the team in penalties and penalty minutes with 29 and 58 respectively.

“Sometimes I’m a little more aggressive, but I send a message,” Packer said. “I think that St. Cloud was a little chippy last weekend and if you look at the game and the way it went after I threw that girl to the ground after the whistle, they weren’t really going to the corners and messing with people. I’m a bigger player, so I’m not afraid to mix it put, maybe I should tone it down and hold my temper a little bit going into the playoffs, but it’s fun.”

Penalties or no penalties, Packer has been a tremendous asset to a Wisconsin attack that is gaining steam and will be needed in the Badgers’ next matchup with North Dakota which will in essence act as a play in game for the NCAA tournament.

Packer says her recent play has given her confidence, but credits her teammates for her lateseason success.

“Yeah, I have a lot of confidence, but also I have a lot of confidence in my teammates,” Packer said.

“I had I think four assists on the weekend, so that’s someone else putting the puck in the net when I’m giving it to them.”

MLS offers soccer staying power

Nick Daniels Nick’s Picks When soccer icon David Beckham decided to take his talents elsewhere this past offseason — leaving the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer for Paris Saint-Germain in France — many loyal MLS fans feared the worst.

And this fear was certainly justified.

In five seasons with the Galaxy, David Beckham had a tremendous impact on the state of soccer in the United States.

Since his first game in 2007, the MLS has added five teams, while also increasing the average attendance at an MLS game by 3,000 fans. Teams that were lucky enough to schedule a game against Beckham and Co. in his five-year stint in America were likely to experience the benefits of the “Beckham bump,” which was a rise in attendance at games just to see him play.

But that was then.

Although it’s still considered a fringe sport in the United States, just outside of the big four — basketball, football, baseball and hockey — soccer has slowly but surely found its

niche since its origins in the early 1990s.

However, without its poster boy to advertise across the country, American soccer seemed poised for an identity crisis when the red carpet was rolled out for opening weekend in the MLS March 2 and 3.

While teams continued to bring in new talent, none of the names were on the same level as Beckham’s — a name that is estimated to sell 15 million British pounds worth of jerseys in his one-year contract with the Paris-based team — and so it seemed the MLS might fade back into the sports shadows without a new player to take the torch.

But when the curtain was lifted for the opening act of MLS, and America’s best soccer was put on display Saturday, those who predicted an early exit stage left for the league could not have been more wrong.

Of the season’s opening nine games, five of them finished with an attendance above the 2012 average of 18,807, two matched it, and only two fell below it.

Leading the way Saturday was a raucous 38,998 crowd at hand for the Seattle Sounders’ first home game against Montreal.

This begs the question: What has changed?

The answer to that question is certainly not a simple one, as there are

many factors that play a role in a league’s success, but the underlying factor contributing to continued growth for MLS soccer seems to be the direct result of a changing culture around the sport in the U.S. Like never before, the league has developed a sense of pride, a sense of camaraderie among its fans, spurred on largely by the MLS’ ability to market the league more effectively than in past seasons.

I have seen this pride firsthand.

Not long ago, after writing a column that lightly chastised the league and predicted MLS had reached its peak importance in America, my inbox was inundated with emails and comments from MLS fans across the country telling me I was wrong — some of the comments even longer than my column itself.

While I brushed it off at the time as a few crazy fans too prideful to recognize a stagnant league when they saw one, I now see that they were the rule, not the exception.

The MLS is here to stay, and the league itself has played a critical role in the successful branding of the fledgling league, especially heading into a 2013 season without the Beckham brand to help it out.

While league games have typically been scheduled throughout the week in past seasons, the MLS

made a move this season to host over 90 percent of its games on the weekends; the majority of those games have start times between the primetime hours of 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., which will make the league easier to follow than ever before.

Even more importantly, the MLS has finally realized the tremendous power that rivalries hold in the world of sports.

If there is one thing sports fans love more than cheering for their own team, it is cheering against the villains they despise.

With the development of league rivalries over the last few years, such as Seattle vs. Portland in the annual Cascadia Cup and the Los Angeles Galaxy vs.

Chivas USA (also based in Los Angeles), the league has decided to take a play out of college basketball’s playbook by creating “rivalry week,” which is scheduled to take place March 16.

The chance to watch bitter rivals face off all in one day is enough to make a diehard soccer fan’s mouth water, and is sure to draw in a few casual sports fans along the way.

In essence, the MLS has proved it is not about the players. After all, they will come and go.

Instead, it is the fans who determine whether or not a league is successful.

Now that the MLS understands that, the sky is the limit.

Sports Editor Nick Korger sports@badgerherald.com

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Wisconsin sends 7 to Fayetteville Cato, Mudd highlight Badgers’ strong group heading to Indoor National Championships Kelsey Ryan Sports Writer After scooping up his 26th Big Ten title in his 29 years of coaching, men’s track and field head coach Ed Nuttycombe and his team of athletes are off to Fayetteville, Ark., Friday and Saturday to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Although the team’s title shot them up from 10th place to fourth in the rankings, Nuttycombe knows the NCAA meet makes for a different kind of competition.

“The national meet is really a different animal than the conference meet,” Nuttycombe said. “The national meet is about your super elite athletes.”

These elite athletes include sophomores Zach Ziemek and Austin Mudd, juniors Danny Block and Japheth Cato, and seniors Maverick Darling, Mohammed Ahmed, and Elliot Krause. With three athletes qualifying for two events each, the Badgers have a potential 10 opportunities to rack up the points.

So far in the standings, the Badgers (102.55 points) find themselves behind Texas A&M (123.78), the

three-time NCAA Indoor Champions Florida (174.04) and Arkansas (241.43).

Despite the close proximity to the top, Nuttycombe feels their fourth-ranked position is stable due to the talent of Florida and Arkansas.

“There’s two teams, Arkansas and Florida, that are just better than the rest of the teams,” Nuttycombe said. “That being said, we’re very proud of the fact that we’re in the national discussion.”

One athlete especially prominent in the national discussion is heptathlete Japheth Cato, who found himself in second place in the heptathlon during last year’s NCAA Indoor Championships.

“Getting second is even worse than getting like fourth or fifth, in my opinion,” Cato said. “You were that close and it almost sucks the life out of you.”

With this in his past, however, Cato has been working on where he went wrong last season — the 1,000-meter run. In the 2012 indoor championships, Cato needed to run a 2:45 in the 1,000-meter run to go home with first. To his dismay, he finished in 2:49.

“I made sure that I don’t

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After once again winning Big Ten Coach of the Year, Wisconsin head coach Ed Nuttycombe will hope to see his heptathlon athlete Japheth Cato take first place in the NCAA Indoor Championships after dominating the conference meet. Last year, Cato finished as the runner-up in the finals, a feat he has promised himself not to repeat in 2013. ever feel that way again,” Cato said.

As a result, Cato found himself working on his weakest events, the shot put and 1,000-meter run.

This work has ultimately landed him with the first seed in the heptathlon

Men’s hockey hitting stride in crunch time Badgers’ offense finds life, balance in final stretch of conference games Kelly Erickson Men’s Hockey Beat Writer They put up 10 goals with 10 different Wisconsin men’s hockey players notching a point.

Rub your eyes. Read it over a few times. Maybe just sit and think about it.

Anything to let that fact sink in.

After infamously starting the season 1-7-2, 1-5-2 in the WCHA and averaging only 1.8 goals per game, the Badgers’ offense has

exploded as of late — and a 10-goal weekend over No. 16 Nebraska-Omaha is only the beginning.

“I don’t know, maybe it’s just about time? That type of thing,” junior center Mark Zengerle said.

“Maybe the hockey gods are just kind of giving it to us.”

With a 1-7-2 record attached to its name, No. 14 Wisconsin went on a tear over its subsequent 24 games — ending at UNO — going 15-4-5 overall and 112-5 in conference. During that time, the Badgers accumulated an average 2.7 goals per game — sitting on an average 2.5 goals per game currently in the season — with 67 goals from 15 different players.

While 17 of their last 24 games have been multigoal games, the Badgers have scored no less than two goals in their last eight, going 5-2-1 during that stretch with 27 goals.

There is no denying it — things are finally coming together for Wisconsin’s offense.

“Part of it has been the growing chemistry of [Tyler] Barnes, Zengerle and Mr. [Nic] Kerdiles,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “I think that they have led the charge in that aspect, and they’ve kind of caught on fire here a little bit. The guys that we’ve asked to chip in offensively, not carrying

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Mark Zengerle headlines a Wisconsin first line that has suddenly found its groove during a do-or-die stretch for the team.

after racking up 6,090 points at the Big Ten Championships.

“There’s probably three or four really, really good heptathletes and he’s one of them,” Nuttycombe said.

“If he’s on, he certainly is as viable [to get first] as any

other athlete.”

Competing in the heptathlon along with Cato is sophomore Zach Ziemek.

With a score of 5,846, Ziemek is seeded fifth of the 16 heptathletes, putting two athletes in position to place in the top half of this

year’s heptathlon.

The Badgers also find themselves with three entries in the 5,000-meter run: Maverick Darling, Mohammed Ahmed and Elliot Krause. Darling is

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