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Regents focus on flex degrees Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor

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Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank will return to academia and take the UW chancellor’s office July 15, replacing Interim Chancellor David Ward.

System votes in Blank Chancellor officially named to position, to receive $495,000 in annual salary Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank was officially confirmed as the University of Wisconsin’s next chancellor in a UW System vote Friday.

The Board of Regents unanimously approved Blank as UW’s new chancellor, agreeing with a special committee’s recommendation released last month. She will begin her role in mid-July.

In a UW video released shortly after her approval, Blank said she was excited to join “one of the world’s

great universities.”

“During my visits on campus, I was struck by the energy and excitement I felt from students, faculty, staff and the UW alumni,” Blank said. “People who have been part of this university are passionate about it.”

UW System spokesperson David Giroux said in an email to The Badger Herald Blank will earn $495,000 per year, $100,000 of which will come from private sources.

Last year, the regents approved increasing the chancellor’s salary range to $427,000 and $522,5000

to bring it in line with peer universities. Until last year, the chancellor’s salary had not been changed since 2008.

Before joining the commerce department in 2009, Blank had been a fellow at the Brookings Institution and held a number of roles in academia.

For about 10 years, she was the dean of the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and was previously at Northwestern University, according to a UW System statement.

From 1997 to 1999, she

was part of President Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors.

“Dr. Blank is uniquely prepared to lead UWMadison, coming to us with broad national and international experience in roles where big science and big research intersect with job creation and commercialization,” UW System President Kevin Reilly said in a statement last month.

President Barack Obama and Gov. Scott Walker had both praised Blank’s nomination last month,

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The University of Wisconsin System regents focused on alternative learning methods in their meeting Friday, hearing an update on the flexible option degree program and online courses.

The UW System Board of Regents heard updates on its new online program from Ray Cross, UW Colleges and UWExtension chancellor, and Aaron Brower, interim provost of UW-Extension.

The online flexible degree program, which gives adult learners UW System degrees based on assessments of prior knowledge, will kick off in late fall, Cross said. UW-Milwaukee and UW Colleges are the only institutions so far that will offer degrees, although faculty across the system are working on adding more degrees, Cross said.

Brower said the UW System is waiting for accreditation for the program, a decision that will come in July. Accreditation would allow students to get federal financial aid, Brower said.

Because officials modeled the program after accredited programs, Brower said he thinks the system’s application will succeed.

“We’re building off existing accredited degree programs [so] there’s a little bit of an onramp there that will be to our advantage,” Brower said. “We expect that it will go well.”

Although she said the program’s development is

“very exciting,” student regent Tracy Hribar said UW System officials have to ensure the program is affordable.

Brower said the assessments — which, if passed, give credit for knowledge acquired through previous through education or work — help ensure students pay for what they need. He contrasted his own experience in the pilot program, in which he passed tests for the first two sections over a weekend, with a traditional learning experience.

“I would be in week four of the first semester bored out of my mind and paying tuition on that course,” Brower said. “So I think that piece in and of itself will make a huge difference with affordability.”

The regents also discussed expanding their involvement with Massive Open Online Courses.

UW System President Kevin Reilly praised UW-La Crosse’s remedial math MOOC and said UW-Milwaukee is also working on a water technology course. He also said UW’s four upcoming MOOCs already have 22,000 enrollees.

“This is a way for Madison to promulgate its high quality brand on a world stage and also learn more about pedagogy along the way,” Reilly said.

MOOCs are becoming more popular in higher education because of the number of people they can reach, Reilly said. The UW System should participate in it, he added, partly because of the “FOMO

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FDA to increase access to Plan B contraceptive Pro-Life Wisconsin finds federal rule “irresponsible,” questions safety Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor Women nationwide will soon have access to emergency contraceptive pills without a prescription, medical or parental oversight as long as they are at least 12 years old as the result of a federal court decision.

Federal Judge Edward Korman in New York ruled Friday the U.S. Food and

Drug Administration must make these “morning after” pills available to all women of child-bearing age with no prescription in the next month.

While Wisconsin youths have statistically lower rates of risky sexual behavior, Milwaukee ranked sixth highest in the percentage of births by teens among large U.S. cities, according to a Wisconsin Department of Health report.

The 2011 report also found African Americans teens in Milwaukee have higher rates of birth, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV than teens from any other ethnic group and, in some instances,

these rates are among the highest for all American cities.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs said in an email to The Badger Herald he thinks the ruling will likely encourage more teenage sexual activity, which is why both former President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama’s administrations overturned the FDA’s determination.

“This decision is going to be hot politically, exacerbating the already hot debate over teenage sex and abortion-related

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UW’s Pre-Vet club hosted a Canine Campus Crawl Sunday to support the Dane County Humane Society.

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UW prof recalls INSIDE Nazi youth past Tara Golshan Deputy News Editor A childhood fear was that Adolf Hitler would ask him to play a trumpet solo. For five years life became a lesson in survival and was consumed by order, song and seasonal uniforms.

In 1940, University of Wisconsin German professor, blond and blueeyed Jost Hermand, was 10 years old. Living under the Third Reich, he was required to join the Hitler Andy Fate The Badger Herald Youth Camps, where he UW German professor and researcher Jost Hermand spent five years of his childhood at Hitler Youth camps, with no running would spend the majority water, electricity or books. Looking back, Hermand shares his stories and insight on the time, which lead to an interest in teaching. of the next five years. © 2013 BADGER HERALD

“As Hitler came out, the blond ones standing in the first row and the dark ones standing in the second row … I would always have to stand in the front row with my trumpet,” Hermand said.

“And as Hitler would shake the hands, he would shake my hand but I was only afraid of this.

I had no other political reactions, I was only afraid Hitler would say ‘step forward’ and I would do a solo, that was the only fear I had.”

Hermand roomed

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UW event focuses on U.S.-China relations Economic conference makes effort to bridge cultural gaps, address the possibility of global rebalancing Kayla Rathjen Herald Contributor Human capital reform, global rebalancing and insight on China’s recent political transition were among the topics at a economics conference on campus Friday.

The day-long conference, “United States-China Economic Relation in the Wake of Political Transition,” was organized by UW’s China’s Economic Forum, a University of Wisconsin student organization.

UW professors specializing in economics, public affairs and political science spoke at the conference, including Ananth Seshadri, Menzie Chinn, Maria Muniagurria and Melanie Manion.

Seshadri, a UW economics professor and former chair of the department, spoke about the importance of human capital concerning economic development,

noting it is considered “the driver of technical change and economic growth.”

Seshadri argued China’s current levels of human capital are too low. He also said more open labor markets, greater equitable government subsidies to education and fewer restrictions on mobility will enhance China’s human capital.

In relation to the U.S., Seshadri said China’s human capital investments are too inequitably distributed across regions, citing only 2.5 percent of China’s Gross National Product was public expenditures in education and 30 percent was spent on physical capital in 1995 compared to the U.S.’s 5.4 percent on education and 17 percent on physical capital.

Muniagurria, a senior lecturer of economics, highlighted China’s demographic transition and the economic implications of the eventual decrease in

the number of working age citizens.

“If there is a large percentage of the population that is working age and the right policies are being taken advantage of,

“Because of the understanding of the intertwining national economies, we know that we are truly in this world together.”

Susan Hering

Academic Adviser then the added productivity of this group can create a ‘demographic dividend’ of economic growth,” she said.

Muniagurria also explained how the “demographic dividend,” or the beneficial demographic transition period where a

significant amount of the population is at working age, can account for one-fourth of China’s economic growth between 1980-2000.

China lacks the buffering effect of immigration and therefore faces greater challenges than the U.S. regarding the aging labor force, she said.

Chinn, a public affairs professor, also addressed the possibility of global rebalancing between the U.S. and China.

As of right now, the U.S. is importing more than they are exporting and China is exporting more than they are importing, Chinn said.

According to Chinn, such a situation is not necessarily good for the U.S. economy as it leads to increased borrowing.

Using International Monetary Fund forecasts, Chinn also predicted if the Chinese currency, the yuan, stays at its current rate and productivity growth

continues, global imbalance will continue.

As a complement to the previous economic forecasts and analysis, Manion, a political science professor, presented on China’s recent election of Xi Jinping and 25 other members to the Politburo.

Manion discussed the sweeping leadership transition to the Politburo, including 60 percent of “new faces,” concluding that the political nature of the U.S.-China economic relationship is also a political one.

Susan Hering, the economics department’s academic adviser, said she is grateful for the students’ efforts to bridging an ocean of cultural differences through events like this.

“Because of the understanding of the intertwining national economies, we know that we are all truly in this world together,” Hering said.

Startup Weekend Madison attracts students Entrepreneurs, mentors help participants turn ideas into sustainable businesses at weekend-long workshop Allie Johnson City Life Editor Entrepreneurs across Madison had the chance to turn their business ideas into reality in a weekend-long workshop focused on the nuts and bolts of creating a startup.

Startup Weekend Madison is part of a national nonprofit organization that encourages entrepreneurs to collaborate and create their own startup companies with the help of mentors and businesspeople in the area, according to Chris Meyer, one of the organizers of the event and the director of local company Sector67.

The event was designed to help participants learn how to navigate from an idea to a business, Allen Dines, assistant director of the University of Wisconsin

Office of Corporate Relations said.

The weekend starts with registered participants from the Madison area pitching ideas for an innovative product or company and other participants voting on the ideas they would most like to work on, Meyer said.

The participants then choose which of the toprated ideas they would most like to work on and collaborate together to implement the ideas and turn them into a concept for a startup company by the end of the weekend, Dines said.

“The idea behind the event is giving someone who is not an entrepreneur and who has no idea how to build a business a way they can go about that,” Meyer said.

While participants do not have to come with an idea,

Meyer explained there is no detriment to pitching a topic. If a participant’s topic did not get chosen to continue, they could either join a team or continue to work on their own idea

“Startups are the lifeblood of a viable exciting community.”

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anyway and recruit people to help, he said.

However, not all the companies created over the weekend continue beyondd the workshop, Dines said.

“This is a 54-hour experience,” Dines said.

“Although the objective is to come up with a viable company concept from an identified problem, creating a viable sustainable business requires a sustained effort.”

Dines said several of the companies created during last year’s event are still in development, including Trinker, a mobile app.

Despite this, Meyer said the event provides a good learning opportunity for UW students.

Students made up about 30 to 40 percent of registered participants, Meyer said. Students were able pitch their own ideas, get involved with one of the projects or simply watch and learn how to build a business, he said.

Meyer, a UW graduate, explained the event is important for students because it provides access

to resources to make businesses ideas a reality, something he did not have starting out.

Startup Weekend Madison is also beneficial to the Madison community because the people who are successful in formulating a plan for their startup company can stay in the area and hire people to help start their business, Meyer said.

It is a risk-free workshop that connects seasoned and new entrepreneurs and is a good event to help promote economic development, Dines said.

“Startups are the lifeblood of a viable exciting community,” Dines said. “We have the basis for an exciting tech sector here that makes Madison attractive for young creative professionals and others who want to be near them.”

Lawmakers introduce bill for gun background checks Bills to address weapons in Capitol, statutes on armed guards for schools Sean Kirkby Senior Reporter In the wake of recent shootings, including two in Wisconsin, state legislators are introducing bills that would require background checks for people purchasing guns, clarify statutes on school boards hiring armed guards and ban concealed carry in the Capitol building.

Sen. Nikiya Harris, D-Milwaukee, introduced a bill Wednesday that would generally ban people from selling or transferring a gun unless they did it through a

federally licensed firearms dealer. The person receiving the gun would also have to undergo a background check.

The bill would exempt background checks for selling or transferring guns between dealers, transferring a handgun where a waiting period under current law does not apply, transferring a gun as part of an inheritance and temporary transfers with a legal purpose.

Lisa Bahr, Harris’ spokesperson, said the legislation reflects a common sentiment among most Wisconsinites. Bahr said a March Marquette University Poll showed 81 percent of Wisconsinites support requiring background checks on people who purchase guns at private gun shows. “[This bill] will keep guns

out of hands of people who shouldn’t have access,” Bahr said.

Bahr added federal legislation passed in 19931994 requiring background checks of people who purchase guns from licensed dealers prevented 1.7 million people from acquiring guns.

Bahr also said a shooting last November at a Brookfield spa, where a gunman killed three individuals, demonstrated the need for the bill. She said the shooter purchased his gun through legal means without receiving a background check.

However, she said he should not have been able to get a gun since he had a restraining order against him, which a background check would have

discovered.

“This is a bill that could save a lot of lives without taking away people’s Second Amendment rights,” Bahr said.

A group of Republican legislators also introduced a bill Wednesday that would clarify state statutes to make it clearer that school boards can hire armed guards.

According to the bill, current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm in a school zone, but makes exceptions in accordance with federal law.

Rep. Don Pridemore, R-Erin, said the bill does not make any changes to current law or state statues but does simplify the language of state rules to make it clearer to local school boards and let them know that they can

hire guards.

“If people have questions, they can consult the statutes,” Pridemore said.

“This change doesn’t promote or change anything.

Statutes can get confused after [some] years and some things get muddied up.”

Pridemore said he introduced the bill in response to recent school shootings, such as the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.

Pridemore added decisions on whether or not to hire guards should be left up to the school boards and not the state.

“It’s a local issue,” Pridemore said. “School boards should settle it as they see fit.”

Sen. Fred Risser,

BLANK, from 1 noting her experience as an economist and abilities as a leader.

In a statement last month, Walker said her economic background and experience would help the state’s economy grow.

However, not all lawmakers approved of her nomination, including Rep. Stephen Nass, R-Whitewater, who chairs the Assembly’s Colleges and Universities Committee.

In addition, Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, released a statement Thursday asking the regents to “reject” Blank’s “radical policies” of raising tuition.

Blank will begin her term as chancellor July 15, taking over for Interim Chancellor David Ward, who has led

D-Madison, has also said he would introduce a bill exempting the Capitol from the state’s concealed carry law. In a March statement, Risser said because of Capitol Police presence, people’s safety will not be at risk by prohibiting concealed carry in the building.

However, Rep. Michael Schraa, R-Oshkosh, said in a March statement the bill does not provide for metal detectors or increased police protection, which he said would allow people to bring in weapons to the Capitol.

Schraa said Risser’s bill would place citizens at risk since they could not protect themselves.

“I guess Senator Risser wants those in the Capitol to be completely defenseless,” Schraa said.

UW for nearly two years since former Chancellor Biddy Martin departed for a post at Amherst College.

Student Regent Katherine Pointer said Blank’s approval was expected ahead of the vote, given the unanimous support she had in the search committee and the consensus that she was the most qualified candidate.

“I think her breadth of experience, her background in academia as well as her experience in being Secretary of Commerce, managing the 2010 census [gave her] a wonderful wealth of experience she’ll be able to bring to UWMadison,” Pointer said. “It was very clear through the interview, and through her time on campus, we got the most positive feedback from faculty, students and staff.”

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REGENTS, from 1 factor,” or fear of missing out.

Regent Chuck Pruitt said he had some concerns MOOCs often might not reach first-generation or low-income students. Even if they do take MOOCs, they may not finish because they would not be getting the one-on-one help they would be getting in a traditional learning system, he said.

The regents also learned of $1.76 million in additional retirement overpayments

YOUTH, from 1 with 22 boys, under what he called a state of “Social Darwinism,” where the strongest were encouraged to dominate the weak.

They had no electricity, no running water and no books.

Recalling Hitler’s interpretation of the camps, Hermand explained the youths were meant to be a “pack of young wolves where the few that are the leaders dominate the others.”

Of the 22, Hermand was number 18.

“It was very rough,” he said. “It was a lot of beating each other up. We were too young for political indoctrination, if you are 10 or 11 and so forth. I was kind of a weak boy and I hated it.”

There was no race theory and no discussion of political ideology, Hermand said, adding the leaders, who were not the “brightest,” focused on “sports, sports, sports and always singing, singing, singing.”

Hermand, a selfproclaimed “mama’s boy,” never had an affinity for sports. He was interested in history. Formal education, however, was minimally emphasized.

“We had very little other school instruction, only in the morning for two or three hours,” Hermand said. “It was a camp without electricity, without running water, without books. As a high school student we had no books for three years. We just had sheets of paper and a pencil.”

from the UW System.

Regent Gerald Whitburn, who chairs the audit committee, said all of the sum would be recovered.

The new overpayments come on top of more than $34 million in overpayments last year, $20 million of which has been recovered.

Previous retirement overpayments have all been recovered, but UW System officials have yet to recover some of the health benefit overpayments.

A contract is also nearing

completion for an outside company that will do a risk assessment of the UW System, Whitburn said.

The regents also approved a $2 million budget increase for the first phase of the Memorial Union renovations. That increase will go to building a theater lounge on the north side of the theater.

Board members also voted to approve a new Bachelor of Science degree in pharmaceutical sciences at UW.

The teachers were brought back from retirement, they were in their 70s and no longer had an interest in teaching, he added.

Despite pleading with his “strictly anti-fascist” mother, Hermand was forced to stay in the youth camps until the end of the war in 1945.

Although required to sing politically-charged Hitler Youth songs on a daily basis, Hermand said his younger self never reflected on the relayed messages and left the camp without being ideologically influenced.

However, looking back, the five years left a different impact.

“I entered the camp as a very weak boy, as a mama’s boy basically,” Hermand said. “But in the end, I learned how to survive.

The camp strengthened me a lot. I had to survive, being one of the underlings, being number 18. I think I came out much stronger than I entered it. That is the strange dialectics of experiences like this.”

Having been denied an education in the camps, Hermand was motivated to pursue a career in academics. Struck with good fortune, he was not drafted into the final battle against the Red Army, a battle that killed many of his friends, and attended high school and university, where he received a PhD after only eight semesters of study.

Fascism, and the war, however, was never discussed, neither at home or in school. ExNazi professors were

never questioned, German history classes would stop short at the end of the 19th century and “existential problems” of hunger and unemployment consumed home discussions.

“Professors didn’t come back from exile,” Hermand said. “The young ones were all killed at war and the former Nazis stayed on … They were not Nazis any longer, they were disappointed. Of course, they didn’t want to talk about it. There was no coming to terms in the 1950s with the past of Germany, and fascism was not the leading the ideology.”

Such widespread silence on the issue, and on the youth camps, paired with a growing neo-fascist movement after the Germany unification in 1989, inspired Hermand to write a book about his experiences and relocate his research to the University of Wisconsin in 1958.

Today Hermand has taught at UW for 55 years, sharing his stories, writing and researching. He is 83 years old.

“Why I am interested in teaching is because, first of all, I am embarrassed as a German,” Hermand said. “I am embarrassed that the overwhelming majority of Germans allowed the Nazi doctrine. There was so little resistance. There was no rebellion. Until the last day of the war, the soldiers and the workers supported World War Two. And that is an embarrassing fact for me.”

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GOP supports private schools Vos: tuition tax credits saves families from failing public education system Sarah Link Reporter

Courtesy of Wisconsin Energy Institute

New campus home for the Wisconsin Energy Institute looks to promote interdisciplinary research, foster community learning and find sustainable clean energy solutions.

UW Energy Institute opens doors Campus celebrates new research facility aimed at interdisciplinary scientific research Lindsey Gapen Reporter

The University of Wisconsin celebrated the opening of a new home for energy research on campus in the Wisconsin Energy Institute with a symposium, tours and hands-on activities over the weekend.

The two-day event began with a symposium Friday highlighting the energy research that will occur in the new facility. As part of a day of family-friendly events, WEI hosted tours throughout the building and hands-on activities involving energy. Experts answered questions regarding the institute’s goals for students and community members at the event.

Outreach Coordinator Megan Anderson said WEI is a world-class leader in clean energy research and the building will benefit

the university by serving as a meeting ground for collaborative research work.

“We want to give energy a home on campus,” she said.

Anderson said the open space in the building will allow interdisciplinary research and a convenient location to tackle energy issues and be productive.

She added staff at WEI will focus on the future of energy research and the primary objective of institute researchers is to move energy forward by achieving clear, sustainable energy for everyone.

Besides a place for future energy research on campus, the building itself also serves as an example of the future direction of energy preservation, according to WEI employee Scott Williams.

During a building tour with Williams, energy enthusiasts learned 95 percent of construction

waste was recycled throughout the building process. Williams explained that a large goal of the building process was to be as energy efficient as possible.

According to Williams, the building is 52 percent more energy efficient and uses 27 percent less water than a typical building.

Building features to contribute to this goal included an advanced heat recovery wheel that recycles heat energy back into the building’s systems and a large rain garden that filters and returns water and snow melt back into the soil.

“We’re trying to be efficient,” Williams said.

“We’re trying to overcome the technical issues in renewable energy for a better future.”

Williams explained WEI is dedicated to creating, integrating and transferring

knowledge about clean energy.

He said the three main objectives of WEI programs are to foster a community of collaborators by encouraging interdisciplinary research, enhance public understanding of pressing energy issues and inspire leadership in tomorrow’s energy front-runners.

According to Director of Research Communications Margo Broeren, the building is state-funded and cost $50 million to build.

She added the concept of the building was discussed in 2005, however the construction of the building did not take effect until November 2010.

“Now it’s finally done and we’re all excited to move forward with renewable energy,” Broeren said. “This building will bring people together for a common purpose.”

The most powerful member of Wisconsin’s Assembly said Friday he would support a potential bill that would give tax credits to families who choose to send their children to private schools.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R–Racine, voiced his support for the proposal, which is part of the proposed 2013-2015 state budget, in a statement. He noted the bill would expand the governor’s state voucher school program plan.

Vos said such an expansion should occur because the public school system is falling behind in Wisconsin.

He said he believes encouraging higher enrollment in private schools may be the solution to that problem.

He added in the past many parents had been forced to move in order for their children to be able to attend a better school.

Recent School Choice Programs that have been initiated in districts including Milwaukee and Racine allow some students to enroll in schools outside of where they live, he said.

Vos also said there are many benefits to this proposal, as it can allow lower and middleincome families to have less of a financial burden when it comes to choosing a school.

He said the proposed legislation would benefit taxpayers too because the government spends less on private school students.

“A statewide School Choice program would produce more educational options for kids who might be stuck in a failing school,” Vos said. “Low and middleincome families are able to receive a scholarship to a choice school. It’s a

good deal for taxpayers because the state spends significantly less per pupil than on public school education.”

Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah, who is drafting the bill along with Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, said the legislation is intended to provide voucher school expansion benefits to those who may never see the vouchers expand to where they live.

Like Vos, Kaufert also said it makes sense to provide a tax credit to parents who send their children to private schools, as it costs the state less.

“It’s about $10,000 a year that a state pays for a student to go to the public school,” Kaufert said. “When someone doesn’t put their child in a public school, there are savings for the state, so I think a small tax credit is something that should be offered.”

Rep. Daniel Reimer, D-Milwaukee, said the idea for the voucher school program came from the Milwaukee district with the goal of breaking up the “monopoly” of public schools and providing a market where lower income families could choose between different schools.

Reimer also criticized the proposal, which would be instituted statewide, because he said he believes there is not enough information available in order for parents to determine whether to send their child to a private or public school.

“That’s why this bill is one that I do not support,” Reimer said.

“Parents could choose between different schools, but without information, they are not able to make informed choices. And in a nutshell, that is the argument against the bill, and I think it is the strongest argument against it.”

City of Madison updates online reporting platform Mayor announces Report a Problem website, improves communication Elaine Menigo

Herald Contributor The City of Madison updated a resource for residents to report problems, such as massive potholes or missed trash collection, last Thursday in effort to make communication between residents and city officials easier.

The Report a Problem website allows residents to report non-emergency problems in the city, such as bikeway, sidewalk or graffiti concerns, City Webmaster Sarah Edgerton said.

The website’s upgrade made it a more responsive design, allowing residents to access the full website on their smart phones and other devices.

“Even though the city staff is out and about every single day, we are not going to see everything, and so by getting these reported to us, it makes our jobs more efficient,” Edgerton said.

The website is important for Madison residents because it allows them to give feedback to the city officials when confronted with a problem and for the City of Madison

because they need to know the issues quickly in order to resolve them sooner, George Dreckmann, Streets Division spokesperson said.

The process of resolving the issue has a particular order it follows beginning with a resident’s report and ending with a report of resolution, Drekmann said.

On the website, the resident is asked if he or she has reported

“We keep track of who we give an assignment to and report that they took action.”

George Dreckmann

Streets Division spokesperson

the problem already, Edgerton said. The city puts this in so they know if it is a secondary report, in order to see whether they are working on it, or have missed it and need to take care of it, she said.

According to Dreckmann, the assignment is then delegated to someone in the area and is kept track of until the individual or individuals have reported they have resolved the issue.

“If it is a graffiti report

we send it to our graffiti abatement staff. Potholes will be reported to pothole crews that are out,” Dreckmann said.

“We keep track of who we give an assignment to and report that they took action.”

Residents who have reported problems are also asked if they want to know when the issue is resolved, Edgerton said.

Dreckmann, who said the range of the reports in Madison varies seasonally, added that the website will help the city better respond to feedback and reports.

“On a year-round basis we get reports of missed collection of recycling,” he said. “In the winter we get a lot of feedback about snow and ice, potholes especially in the spring [and] graffiti picks up a lot in the warmer weather as well.”

In the winter, the City of Madison receives many reports of residents not shoveling their sidewalks or icy sidewalks and in the spring potholes tend to be the main issue, Edgerton said.

She said they consistently get about 60 general feedback reports a month.

The Report a Problem website is used daily by residents, Edgerton said, and the upgrade makes it easier for residents to notify the city of problems on site and the city can resolve them more quickly, she said.

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

A federal judge ruled Friday that all girls over the age of 12 are allowed access to morning-after contraceptive medication without parental permission or medical perscription, prompting a statewide debate on the implications of such a decision to increase access.

PLAN B, from 1 issues,” Downs said. “The key legal issue is the authority of the Secretary of [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] to overrule the scientific judgments of the FDA and the FDA’s legal mandate to regulate. Under the law, the FDA is there to make scientific judgments, not moral judgments about use.”

Downs, an adviser for The Badger Herald, added the ruling left the door open for the government to require parental consent for girls under certain ages to buy morning after pills. He said he thinks this issue could end up in court as well.

Pro-Life Wisconsin State Director Peggy Hamill said

Korman’s “irresponsible” decision defies medical ethics and common sense.

“These are powerful steroids that you’re making available to children, children who are not even old enough to understand the repercussions of ingesting hormonal steroids that drastically affect their physical health,” Hamill said.

Hamill cited an instance where a girl from La Crosse died from a standard dose of levonorgestrel-based contraceptive pills, not the “super-dose” in morning after pills.

Patricia Dolhun, a gynecologist for the Milwaukee-based Madison Medical affiliate, said she supports Korman’s ruling.

She also said Plan B pills may have minor, but not lifethreatening, side effects.

“Everybody always says if there’s access to contraception, is that going to prompt more sexual activity?”

Dolhun said. “Well, condoms are available over the counter, so does that prompt more sexual activity? Maybe, but it also provides a goal: prevention of pregnancy.”

Dolhun added she has seen an uptick in reported cases of patients using emergency contraceptive pills in Milwaukee in recent years.

Korman’s ruling overturned a 2011 decision by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Obama’s administration baring eligibility to access the pills to women under 17.

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Herald Editorial Revelry: let the students decide Last week, the organizers of Revelry, the May 4 music and arts festival, announced the event’s musical lineup. The event, which will take place on the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party, has drawn skepticism from the student body. After all, regardless of what Revelry’s organizers might claim, it is no coincidence that it falls on the same day as Mifflin — a sacred day for University of Wisconsin students if there ever was one. While Revelry is far from perfect, we believe offering students more options on May 4 can only be a good thing, if executed correctly.

The most obvious problem with Revelry is the lack of a big-name, mind-blowing headliner.

The event’s headliner is Hoodie Allen, a rapper from New York. Other performers include

electronic artist Toro y Moi, hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper and folk artist Julian Lynch.

These are all high-quality performers, to be sure.

But they simply do not have the kind of name recognition we would have liked to have seen — for example, someone like Kendrick Lamar.

While this lack of a high-profile headliner is not terribly surprising, this board was skeptical of the organizers’ ability to bring in a high-profile artist on such short notice — it is still unfortunate.

Revelry had the potential to be a very special event. Without a real star performer, it is unlikely to make a huge splash this year.

Due to the absence of a well-known artist, Mifflin does not appear to be in danger of shrinking drastically this year. While Revelry will likely bring in a decent number of

students, it is difficult to imagine huge numbers of people abandoning Mifflin for relatively unknown musical acts.

Perhaps if Revelry manages to bring in better talent in future years, it could eventually draw a significant number of students from Mifflin. For the time being, though, that does not appear likely.

Looking past the lack of star power at the event, though, the rest of the musical acts are solid — bands like Toro y Moi and Delta Spirit would be well worth the $5 ticket price to see on their own.

While the organizers of Revelry deserve credit for bringing in a wide variety of high-quality musicians, we would have rather seen a better headliner and weaker supporting cast than the current good-but-notgreat lineup. If Revelry were taking place on any

other day with these same musicians, it would likely be a resounding success — perhaps something to think about for the future.

Besides the lack of a big-name headliner, our other major worry about Revelry is the potential for it to turn into the same sort of chaotic, violent block party it is competing with. Alcohol will be sold at the event, which brings back unpleasant memories of Mifflin 2011. Furthermore, with Mifflin going on at the same time, we worry that law enforcement Lukas Keapproth The Badger Herald file photo could be stretched thin Revelry, UW’ s new music and arts festival, will be held on the same day as the Mifflin Street Block Party. throughout the city and back to Mifflin. enjoy some music, they can. campus. It is our hope This board believes that, that advance planning will If they want to go drink at under most circumstances, Mifflin, nobody is stopping help keep the event safe. more choice is better. In them (aside from, maybe, However, the fact the case of May 4, this the police). And, of course, is that none of this speculation really matters. someone could just go to both is especially true. It is completely up to students to events. With Revelry running Ultimately, people will decide what they want to do. make up their mind about from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., there is We just hope it doesn’t end up no reason someone could not what they want to do on being the same disaster it is go to Mifflin, check out a few May 4. If someone wants trying to prevent. bands at Revelry, and then go to go to Revelry and

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Tenant Bill of Rights admirable, but lacks teeth Reginald Young Columnist Our student government recently passed a proposal to help protect students’ living situations. The Tenant Bill of Rights, in essence, allows for the Associated Students of Madison to endorse landlords who adhere to their

stipulations.

Fortunately, ASM was wise about this proposal and consulted the university’s law department to ensure that it actually adheres to existing laws, which is more than some student labor organizations on campus can say.

The bill’s standards hold, for example, that there ought to be a mandatory 24-hour notification before a landlord enters the premises, and addresses other issues like security deposits and lease termination. The proposal is definitely well-intentioned;

it will give students another venue to assess potential landlords. But there are two general problems with it.

First, it doesn’t deal with the larger issues like, for example, if something happens during your lease that makes the apartment condemnable? Students obviously don’t want to live in a hazardous place, yet reporting it could cause eviction and then suddenly, you don’t have a place to live in the middle of a semester.

Fortunately, other resources have been set up, like the Tenant Resource Center, for

those kinds of issues.

The other blaringly obvious problem with the proposal is that, well, it’s just a proposal. It has no teeth, but is intended to “encourage” landlords to treat tenants properly.

While it may lack any legally enforceable power, there are other venues ASM should explore to ensure landlords have strong incentives to be on the list.

The easiest way to accomplish this would be for ASM to put forth the list of “student-friendly” landlords on campus during the months

when students are signing leases. They could run the list in the student newspapers, email it to students and put it up on posters around campus.

Such publicity would give landlords an incredibly strong incentive to be on that list.

To take it one step further, ASM could add even more teeth by listing landlords who refused to try to sign the bill. No landlord wants to be seen as uncaring about their tenants. If you are debating between two similar apartments, and one is run by a landlord who’s deemed “student-friendly” by the

student government, while the other refused to sign the Tenant Bill of Rights, chances are you’ll opt for the studentfriendly one.

All in all, the bill is a good move, but ASM needs to put some more weight behind it for it to actually have an effect. Since the student government cannot use legal enforcement, they need to do the next best thing: Use social pressure.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Good riddance to Ald. Maniaci

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Former Ald. Bridget Maniaci was first elected to City Council in 2009. After serving for four years, she chose not to run for re-election this cycle. Ledell Zellers, who was elected last week, will take over the District 2 seat.

I am writing as a long-time resident of alder District 2, in response to your recent article about outgoing Ald. Bridget Maniaci. I appreciated the balance of your article in taking Fred Mohs’ critical viewpoint of Ms. Maniaci into account; of course, journalistic balance on your part and habitual decorum on Mr. Mohs’ part has limited how far each party might go in expressing criticism of Ms. Maniaci’s tenure. I have no such restraints and would like to fill out the picture with my own experience with this troubling and frustrating official.

I first met her when she was campaigning against Brenda Konkel in late 2008, and I expressed my concern about the invasive building project behind Acacia Fraternity. I recognized her evasive, oily manner as a too reliable sign of what was to come. I saw her at work in the recent neighborhood, committee and town council meetings relevant to the proposed redevelopments on Iota Court, as well as in a meeting my landlord called regarding an

ongoing noise problem that a resident tavern has caused for the other occupants of our State Street building.

I watched her take total control of neighborhood committee meetings, turning them into question-andanswer only sessions, where they had for decades been forums for give-and-take discussion. I watched her attempt to simply disregard hands that had been raised in the air for a half-hour.

I listened to her in aftermeeting discussions with residents as she delivered veiled threats invoking actual boundary lines and rights of easements might cause the city to invoke imminent domain. I watched her do her level best to shut down my landlord, his property managers and the attending residents in trying to find a volume level for the tavern that did not literally rattle pictures hung on the wall.

I watched her slide away, on all occasions, from any kind of question for which she had no glibness ready.

In all cases, I watched her sing and dance to the tune

called by her real paymasters, who were generally not residents of the district or even Madison proper.

Politics is about dealcutting, and there is always slime and dirt in the system.

Maniaci consistently lowered the bar even further. I can’t even call her cynical, as a true cynic has some notion of the ideals and values they offend — I do not think she has a sense of anything except expediency, which she pursues with a lithe reptilian flexibility you normally see nearer to the Oval Office. I am beyond relieved to see her go. Because I think her actual vision, talents and intellect are rather modest, I wish her to head to much larger political arenas, where she will be an anonymous drop in the bucket. On the level I have seen her operate, she was a toxic presence in the local pond. Good riddance, and godspeed to some far destination to you, Ald. Maniaci.

Benjamin Pierce (benjamin. pierce@gmail.com) is a resident of Alder District 2.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND “[Wayne LaPierre] reminds me of the clowns at the circus — that’s what he’s paid to do.”

-Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut

On Sunday, Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy appeared on CNN’s “Talk of the Nation” to discuss gun control.

Malloy recently signed a piece of gun control legislation that would, among other things, restrict the sale of high-capacity clips — including the kind used by the shooter during the Sandy Hook massacre.

LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Assocation, has criticized the bill, claiming it would have done nothing to prevent the Sandy Hook shooting.

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What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, really? It’s not calculus or anything. Honestly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve probably got more issues than this newspaper.

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This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to.

Repeating numbers?

Not in this part of town.

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I didn’t realize that April Fools’ Day was a week-long celebration in North Korea.

Give it a rest there, Kim Jokester-Un.

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Cartoon Network shows now in Netflix treasure trove Tim Hadick

ArtsEtc. Editor

Netflix gifted its subscribers with a good chunk of childhood memories and more last Friday. Old-school Cartoon Network shows such as “Codename: Kids Next Door,” “Dexter’s Laboratory” and “Courage the Cowardly Dog” graced the Recently Added section and set the Internet aflame with nostalgia and excitement as a screenshot of the new content rocketed to the front page of Reddit.

Unfortunately, many of the titles only have the first couple seasons available, so finding that one episode that you remember seeing and couldn’t fi nd again may be difficult.

The torrential upload of options makes it hard to figure out what to watch first. Here are just a few titles to start with: Adventure Time Ever wonder what it’s like to trip balls but don’t want to take illegal substances? Just

watch “Adventure Time.”

Jake the (elastic and talking) dog and Finn the human venture out into what seems to be a post-apocalyptic world where even the fungi talk and princesses come in all species. Colors and shapes vomit on watching eyes and voices by random characters the protagonists encounter are often shrill and piercing. Nevertheless, the show’s fast pace and clever dialogue keeps “Adventure Time” fresh and funny.

“Colors and shapes vomit on watching eyes and voices by random characters the protagonists encounter are often shrill and piercing.”

It’s often surprising how “Adventure Time” can be considered a kids’ show given the saturation of sly references to adult themes. Combining crazy situations and unexpected twists with every sentence, “Adventure Time” is anything but just a weird kids’ show.

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Lauren Wilmet Tying it all together with patterned shirt and vest.

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Imaginary Friends Asking friends if they watched “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” can be a game-changing ordeal. If they appreciate the intense, raw creativity of the different imaginary/ real creatures and crisp relationship between main characters Mac and Bloo, they’re probably keepers. If not, you might want to imagine some new friends. The incredibly unique combination of so many aspects of childhood imagination in the “normal world” sets the show apart from anything on TV. Created

by Craig McCracken of “The Powerpuff Girls” and also worked on by “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” creator Lauren Faust, “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” is a package deal of great entertainment for kids and a fantastical escape for adults.

The Boondocks While “The Boondocks” airs on Cartoon Network’s late-night companion Adult Swim, it is nonetheless worth using for procrastination purposes. Following the antics of brothers Huey and Riley, as well as granddad Robert Freeman, “The Boondocks” can be likened to a racial commentary-focused

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“Adventure Time” is now available to view on Netflix. The animated series showcases the adventures of Jake the dog and his human friend Finn. version of “South Park” that offers extreme situations rather than fantastical encounters.

Viewers should be ready for heavy emphasis on personifying stereotypes in order to showcase racism in the U.S. That said, the show is funny as hell: Huey is a militant communist and too smart for his own good, while Riley’s fake street image often leads to trouble.

This week, I decided to tackle a little something different. I wanted to find a trend on campus that has been emerging because of the warmer weather. The layers are finally starting to peel off, and we are left with more diverse fashion opportunities, a plus for all the fashionistas walking around on campus.

One trend I noticed around campus is vests. It seems like all the girls around campus are now sporting this new trend; it has become as much of a staple as UGG boots.

Many girls seem to wear these down vests the same way, either over a sweatshirt or a light jacket.

I wanted to find something a little different and that is when I came across University of Wisconsin freshman Lauren Wilmet.

I love the way she stuck to the trend but decided to switch it up at the same time, making her stick out of the crowd!

She paired her simple, everyday vest with a stylish, bold patterned shirt that added much more character to her simple outfit.

Because she was adding a little something different to her vest, I had to ask her a few questions. This is the breakdown:

With an open mind going in, “The Boondocks” offers hilarious commentary that is very much geared towards an older audience.

Samurai Jack It can be hard for the younger crowd to fully appreciate the style of “Samurai Jack.” The show doesn’t focus on intense action, but rather tries to personify the mindset of a samurai thrown into the distant future by the

Vest: North Face Moccasins: UGG Shirt: Urban Outfitters Leggings: Express How would you describe your style?

I think I have a bunch of different styles. I dress up girly sometimes, but then I’ll feel like looking rocker or boho one day. I’m not very limited to only one, specific style.

Where do you look for fashion inspiration?

I get it from a lot of magazines like People, US Weekly and Cosmopolitan. I also look on Instagram to see what the stars are doing. I like to see what people are wearing on campus too.

What is your favorite item of clothing?

I have a pair of black jeans from Buckle. You can dress them up or down, they fit me really well and are stretchy, so they’re super comfortable. They’re the most comfortable pair of pants I’ve ever owned.

What is your favorite store to get your go-to fashion items?

I love Besselli, a little boutique in

evil demon Aku. Jack must carefully traverse dangerous terrain and fight off sometimes grotesque monsters as he seeks a way back to the past. “Samurai Jack” combines the classic anime art style with sharp new takes on animation.

Topped off with incredible sound mixing, revisiting “Samurai Jack” for its artistic appeal is well worth the time.

Green Bay, or Urban Outfitters.

Is there a trend you like or have noticed around campus lately?

I think there are a lot of studs and rocker-type of things going on. It seems that people have gone very urban or modern and have been wearing a lot of patterns. Also, vests now that it’s getting warmer.

Do you have any fashion advice for students here at UW-Madison?

I think you should try to be as comfortable as you can, but cute at the same time. It doesn’t have to be fancy, but throw in some color or a little piece of jewelry. That can do a lot for an outfit. Even if you decided to wear something boring, throwing a scarf on can change the whole look.

Lauren can be a fashion inspiration for all students transitioning into spring style. By throwing on a cute patterned flannel or colorful jeans to a simple vest, the look of your whole outfit can change. You don’t always have to try to fit in to the fashion trends that are surrounding you. By adding a little something like accessories, color or even a cute pair of shoes to another trend, you can make yourself noticeable and maybe even inspire other people to start dressing like you.

Happy Styling!

Overalls, stripes, peplum leap into spring style Phebe Myers

ArtsEtc. Staff Writer With the return of warmer weather, new trends emerge and bright colors make their way out of our closets. This weekend was warm enough that campus was Ugg-free.

So how do we dress for this new season? In Wisconsin it can be hard to remember a season other than winter, but it’s officially time to put the puffy jacket away and make some room for lighter, brighter clothing.

Other than the usual floral prints and pastel colors, what are the new trends for spring?

I know that you’re all going to laugh at me here but I am digging the new overall trend. Fashion blogger extraordinaire

Leandra Medine (otherwise known as the Man Repeller) and street style queen Miroslava Duma have been rockin’ leather overalls at all the fashion shows. At first, when I saw 3.1 Phillip Lim show both suede pink and long black leather overalls, I was a little skeptical. But after seeing the aforementioned fashion divas rock them, I am totally inspired. A pair of vintage baggy Levi overalls with a cute little floral top and a pair of Converse or moccasins? So easy and so new. The best thing about this trend is that overalls are so easy to find at your local Goodwill.

They are seriously teeming with them, so finding a cheap pair to try out this funky trend is easy.

The easiest way to

update your wardrobe for spring is the peplum.

There are so many cute options right now because it’s the biggest trend out there! Peplum tops look

“A pair of vintage baggy Levi overalls with a cute little floral top and a pair of Converse or moccasins? So easy and so new.”

good on a variety of body types, as they accentuate the waistline in a way that accommodates curves.

They can be very versatile: Wear one with a pencil skirt to add a sophisticated flare to your style, or with jeans for a casual but put together look. A good way to combine two different trends is by buying a striped peplum top. Stripes are everywhere this season thanks to Marc Jacobs.

Jacobs showed white and black and white and maroon vertical stripes in many different articles of clothing. There was a nod to the mod style of the 1960s with big round sunglasses and short miniskirts. Stripes are always a good investment because they look cute no matter the season.

As many college girls know, leather leggings can be a staple in our wardrobe.

Leather seems to be a trend

that isn’t going anywhere and for spring, the freshest look is leather in different colors, particularly pastels.

Try wearing a light blue pleated leather skirt, a white leather dress or a pink leather jacket. With such a fashion-forward look, a plain white t-shirt would look modern and basic. It’s important to keep the rest of your outfit basic when wearing funky new trends. It helps you develop your own style and figure out how to make the trends work for your body and fashion sense.

Last year, it was hard to go anywhere without spotting girls wearing mint or peach, but this spring the go-to color is lavender.

It’s the perfect color for spring, because it is pastel, but looks great with floral

patterns and stripes.

Gentlemen, you’ll see these colors in clothes for you too, so don’t be afraid to experiment with solid color pieces this season.

If the beautiful weather blooming outside isn’t enough inspiration for you, look to some of my muses: the aforementioned Leandra Medine and Miroslava Duma, style bloggers Atlantic Pacific and This Time Tomorrow, model Cara Delevingne, Solange Knowles (yes, Beyonce’s little sis, look at her ‘Losing You’ video) and even Michelle Obama. Metallic fabrics, checkerboard patterns and tie-dye are also failsafe fashion updates. With these tips, hopefully you’ll have a little extra spring in your step.

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Courtesy of Odd Future Records

Odd Future collective member Tyler the Creator is known for controversial lyrics, creative beats and overall eclectic material.

‘Wolf’ sly, thoughtful response to criticism Bryan Kristensen and Riley Sexton ArtsEtc. Writers Tyler the Creator is the Antichrist to pop music.

Known for pushing and completely ignoring boundaries with regard to subject matter, his recently released album Wolf does not fail to shock fans and critics alike.

Since bursting on to the

scene with his hip-hop collective Odd Future, Tyler has launched an impressive solo career.

His debut album Bastard displayed Tyler’s promise of becoming a musical powerhouse while Goblin, his sophomore released in 2011, came out to great critical acclaim. His hit song “Yonkers,” along with its discomfort-inducing music video, propelled him to mainstream recognition and a scrutiny previously not experienced. Since his rise to stardom, Tyler has faced much criticism for his lewd lyrical content and supposed demonic undertones.

Tyler uses Wolf to denounce the complaints lodged against him as narrow-minded. While the casual listener may only notice the initial shock value of Wolf, the sheer amount of work and dedication put into this album warrants a deeper analysis and second look. An infusion of smooth jazz eases the listener into this album with the title track, while Tyler’s chat with an imaginary therapist, his subconscious, initiates the theme of selfanalysis. As the listener continues through the album, we hear different parts of Tyler’s life laid out, an invitation to listen as he picks his own brain.

Confronting his critiques head on, Tyler uses the track “Rusty” to tackle his problems.

He opens up about his childhood and informs the listener of his hatred toward the popular crowd as a “drama club kid.” He uses this imagery of past isolation as a contrast to his newfound fame. Taking on the mainstream stance against his homophobic lyrics, Tyler slyly points out that his frequent collaborator Frank Ocean is also a good friend, and also a bisexual man.

Domo Genesis and Earl Sweatshirt offer up guest vocals, each more complex and dense than Tyler’s straightforward message. Domo Genesis’ focus on the fiscal success of Odd Future serves as a contrast to Tyler’s idealistic goals for the music he produces.

Earl Sweatshirt’s verse is almost an afterthought, as Tyler continuously interrupts him and interposes his control over the album.

“Trashwang,” a track filled with gun claps and violent lyrics, serves as a platform for Tyler to showcase the prowess of the Odd Future crew.

Featuring Na’kel, Jasper, Lucas, L-Boy, Taco, Left Brain and Lee Spielman, this track highlights the powerhouse of a conglomerate that this group truly is. The violence plays directly into the misconstrued stereotype associated

with their public image as rappers and juvenile delinquents. The name “Trashwang” is a nod to the group’s negative publicity, calling “Wang,” a nickname for Odd Future, trash.

The track does not refute these criticisms, rather uses them as a muse to further advancement of the album.

If “Trashwang” is an acknowledgment of critics complaints, “Treehome95” is a reaction of complete indifference.

The mixture of a synthesizer and jazz piano provides a floor for Coco O. and Erykah Badu’s vocals to dance across, while Tyler’s presence is barely noticed. The calm voices inviting an “escape” into a “tree house” highlight the peace of Tyler’s childhood. This song sticks out as a moment of serenity in an album otherwise filled with angsts. “Answer” offers up a subliminal look into Tyler’s personal thoughts about various people from different periods of his life. He discusses the personal problems that he knows his friends fight, and also offers up his heart for the woman that will no longer give him a chance. The painstakingly brutal verse highlighting his hatred for his father gives listeners a direct view into Tyler’s family and where he has come from. Even without a father figure who has been there throughout his young life, Tyler still notes he wants answers for the abandonment that he was dealt as a young boy.

As the low and deep production of “Slater” kicks off the song, Tyler uses the eerie beat to again display his childhood and his journey to becoming a rap superstar. He mentions the doubt that many people have offered up throughout his career, and the skepticism of his personality that deters people from respecting him.

Frank Ocean contributes powerful vocals to the track, aiding Tyler in his exploration of his inner thoughts.

From cover to cover, Wolf will leave the listener intrigued as they are guided through Tyler’s world. While some of the subject matter is the norm for Tyler, the scattered themes are tied together by a nuanced jazz undertone highlighting his advancement as a musician. Tyler helped produce and write the entire set, carving out an album overcast by his personality but resulting in a truly personal work.

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Sports NARROW, from 10 deciding lead in the set, jumping out to a 21-19 lead with a kill by Mikaelsen on an assist from Thomas and a block by Mikaelsen and Thompson.

But Wisconsin let the set and the match slip as Green Bay tied the score at 24 and emerged on top 2624 with the final kill coming from Phoenix senior Katie Mroczenski.

“You can either run from challenges or you can stand up to it. You can either cower down and be small or you can sit there and

KORGER, from 10 for the athlete’s education.

But don’t those athletes deserve every penny of that for the time and commitment they put into their sport? Well, of course they do. According to a study in 2010 by the NCAA, football players devote 43.3 hours per week performing athletic activities during the “in-season” — the four to five months of the year when athletic competitions occur.

Even though the time commitment changes after the in-season period concludes, let’s say, for the sake of argument that it does not. That would mean on average, with the yearly amount provided by a scholarship, a football player gets paid roughly $14.22 per hour of time spent in his athletic activities.

And that’s to play a sport at an amateur level. Seems like a fair deal.

In comparison, the average salary of a male worker in 2010 was around $50,000 a year according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

And if that worker put in the same amount of in-

OFFENSE, from 10 he’s set and moving along in life,” Andersen said.

“We’ve lost a very good player and we all know that. It’s going to be fun spending some time with him and watching him get his degree and move along with his life over the next year and see what happens.”

Multiple injuries also prompted a response from Andersen after practice that the Badgers’ upcoming spring game on April 20, a popular annual event that caps off the spring season, will look considerably different compared to years past.

“We’ll have a good scrimmage and we’ll get after it and it’ll be fairly short,” Andersen said.

“We’ll be on and off quick, which is good for spring games. That’s kind of what everybody wants when you’re on that last 15th practice. We’ll still use it as a work day. It will not be a traditional spring game.”

But even with players like redshirt senior linebacker Chris Borland and No. 1 redshirt senior wide receiver James White being held out for some reps as a precaution, the Badgers’ head coach

say ‘let’s bring it on,’” said Sheffield. “Sports, I think, is all right, back’s against the wall and I’m gonna come out swinging and that’s the mentality we’re trying to develop.”

The third set put the Badgers in this now-ornever mentality with the match on the line.

Wisconsin started out from behind with the first two points going in Green Bay’s favor in a set that saw the lead change hands five times. With the Phoenix up 14-12 with the opportunity to take the match point, it was Chapman who rescued

the Badgers from the jaws of defeat.

After a kill to tie the score 15-15, Chapman served the team an ace to take the lead.

It was one of her two kills in the set’s final stretch. After a deciding kill from Thomas, UW earned the 17-15 set victory and 2-1 match win.

“Ellen was physical in the end when we needed her to be, and she’s really starting to come into her own and every week she working a little bit better,” said Sheffield. “I was pleased.

It was progress, and that’s what we’re looking for.”

Defensively, the

season hours per week a football player did for an entire year, he would make $22 an hour. The fact that these hypothetical average wages are comparable seems to show a full scholarship is more than generous for the time commitment athletes have.

If there is still shortage after the scholarship coverage that an athlete requires, especially those that come from lowincome situations, they may still apply for other sources of aid like Federal Pell Grants. If anything, opponents of the pay-forplay model would say the scholarships should be a few more thousand dollars to cover any gaps that may exist.

Now, look at the longterm value of the college education and degree given to student-athletes. College graduates on average make almost twice more than noncollege graduates. A study by the University of Washington in 2010 found college graduates were projected to make $3.3 million over their working lifetime, while people who had only graduated high school will make a

projected $1.7 million.

It’s a finding reinforced by researchers at Georgetown University, who found that over a college graduate’s lifetime, they will make 84 percent more than those with only a high school diploma.

This education offers student-athletes a necessary security in a world where a miniscule number of athletes go professional after their collegiate careers.

According to the NCAA, only 1.7 percent of college football players make the pros, a statistic that’s even smaller among men’s basketball players at 1.2 percent. Not to mention college graduates have a much lower unemployment rate than those who do not hold at least a bachelor’s degree.

Those two arguments alone, the value of a college education in the long run and the money indirectly given to the athlete to pay for their education seem strong enough to argue that the current “money” structure for studentathletes is fair.

What do I believe personally? I’m not a

has still been impressed with the attention players have shown while on the sidelines.

“We will be cautious and get them into the fall, especially if they’re a proven player,” Andersen said of limiting star players’ repetitions. “And those young men are doing a nice job of taking mental reps. It’s been impressive the way they go through practice and have their scripts and understand what’s going on.”

Some highlights of the practice included a deep touchdown pass from Stave to Abbrederis, a reverse handoff taken by junior wide receiver Kenzel Doe for a touchdown and aggressive short-yardage rushes by White.

The Badgers also used a handful of formations that included three tight ends on the field. With the team trying to find a suitable second and third wide receiver next to Abbrederis, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig has found strength and depth in the tight ends to help conceal, at least for now, a lack of proven production at wide out.

“Our tight ends are skilled,” Andersen said.

“They run well, they’re athletic and cause some mismatches in space, as well as they can on or off the line of scrimmage.

It can slow down an aggressive defense in their sub packages and not allow them to get as much skill on the field because they don’t know what’s coming their way.

“It may be power football, it may be spread football, and coach Ludwig will do a great job mixing that and I think the kids are excited about the opportunity and every tight end wants to play wide receiver too, right?

They always do, so it’s good for them,” he said.

With only a handful of practices left and plenty of spots open for grabs, Andersen is still looking for players to prove their worth. Citing the need, at least defensively, to have “two starters” at each position to be competitive, the head coach wants to play as many people as possible come game time.

“I’ll always be in favor of playing as many young men that are prepared to get out on the field,” Andersen said. “If they’re ready, we want to give them an opportunity to play.”

Badgers were solid, but not spectacular. Phoenix sophomore Taylor Kasal continually tested the Badger defense, leading Green Bay with 13 kills.

Sophomore Mikaela Gunderson dominated offensively for the Phoenix with 12 serves and one ace.

Rising to the challenge, the Badgers’ defense made big plays when it counted.

Junior libero Annemarie Hickey led the team with 11 digs, while Chapman chipped in 10 of her own — good for a double-double effort thanks to her 11 kills.

Although the Badgers’

college athlete; I’ve never put in the hours of physical sweat, toil and sacrifice on that level to know what it feels like. Putting me in a uniform does not sell tickets or jerseys, unless it’s in my dreams. People don’t turn on their televisions to see fans in the stands (unless it’s their

defense was not the strongest aspect of their game, they made up for it with their kills and blocks. Blake, Thomas and Thompson were there for every block with the help of Mikaelsen and Chapman, as getting the ball past the net proved a tough challenge for the Green Bay attack that ultimately led to their defeat in the final set.

“We blocked a lot of balls and that’s an area we’re going to keep getting better at,” Sheffield said. “But we’re penetrating and get our hands on a lot.”

The Badgers also remain

parents).

Basically, I don’t think I am in the position to have a valid opinion. There’s a lot that goes into this debate and, for now, this is just one side of a multi-faceted debate.

Nick is the sports editor of The Badger Herald and a law

focused on continuing to progress their game, striving for precision.

“There’s always something you can get better at every single day,” Mikaelson said. “That’s why we go in, everyone goes in after to lift and we go in before practice, serve receive or passing or blocking like everything, we practice by ourselves, we get in extra hours in every single day to get better.”

Wisconsin will take on UW-Milwaukee Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the Field House for their final spring matchup.

school hopeful. Besides his involvement at the paper, Nick is the host of “The Badger Herald Sports Hour” and a member of the WBA award-winning show “The Student Section” on 91.7 WSUM. Have thoughts about the column? Send Nick a tweet @nickkorger or an email at nkorger@badgerherald.com.

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After a McIntosh no-hitter win 10-8, the No. 25 Badgers suffered an 8-0 shutout loss in their rubber match again Minnesota Sunday.

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Sophomore Ellen Chapman (20) came up big for UW in the final moments of Saturday’s defeat over Green Bay with an ace to put the Badgers up 16-15 in the final set. Chapman also recorded a team-high 11 digs.

A solid offensive performance and a thirdset comeback pushed the University of Wisconsin (2513, 24-26, 17-15) to a 2-1 victory over UW-Green Bay Saturday, earning the team a 2-0 record in the spring season.

UW’s offense excelled thanks to sophomores Ellen Chapman, Deme Morales, Courtney Thomas and junior Julie Mikaelsen.

Chapman led the team with 11 kills throughout the game.

Thomas followed with nine, Morales with eight and Mikaelsen with six. Freshman Tori Blake, junior Dominique Thompson and Thomas also dominated the net with six blocks each.

In an effort to improve on the team’s 3-0 sweep over Loyola in the first spring match of the season — a contest where Wisconsin hit just .159 and recorded 21 errors — head coach Kelly Sheffield was pleased with UW’s performance in just the program’s second game under his guidance.

“I thought we played better than the last time we were out,” Sheffield said. “You’re working on things here that you’re working on in practice,

so I think when we were getting pushed, we responded, for the most part, the way that we want our team to respond.

“I thought both of our middles did a really good job today. Courtney got Dom [Thompson] and Tori [Blake] involved a lot more than what we probably did a couple weeks ago.”

The team came out strong in the first set, forcing Green Bay to call its first timeout down 9-3 in an attempt to boost confidence and talk strategically. However, the Badgers showed no letdown, killing the Phoenix 25-13 to take an early 1-0 lead in the match. Five kills by sophomore Deme Morales, a 5-foot-7 outside hitter and defensive specialist, led the Badgers in the first set.

Heading into the second set, the Badgers lacked aggressiveness as the Phoenix began to excel, winning the first five points thanks to three Wisconsin errors.

The Badgers found a way to climb back, tying the score halfway through the set 13-13.

From there both teams didn’t blink, as the score eventually became deadlocked again at 19-19. Wisconsin eventually gained what looked to be a

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UW offense strikes back Head coach Gary Andersen cautious with injuries in Saturday scrimmage Nick Korger Sports Editor After a Wednesday practice that was dominated by the defense, it was the offense of the Wisconsin football team that showed its teeth Saturday afternoon in the team’s scrimmage at Camp Randall.

The scrimmage, which was attended by 850 fans, saw impressive performances from senior running back James White and sophomore quarterback Joel Stave.

“This is important, it matters to the kids,” Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen said.

“It gets them even more invested to the public and to Badger nation. It matters to them, it matters to us, people take a Saturday morning to come out and want to support the kids and see them out and the new offense and defense; it’s just great for us to be part of it, really.”

The scrimmage was short and crisp, mainly because the Badgers are in rough shape when it comes to health. Andersen said with only “seven or eight” healthy players on the offensive line, Wisconsin sent out a starting line of redshirt senior Ryan Groy, redshirt junior Dallas Lewallen, redshirt freshman Dan Voltz, redshirt senior Zac

Matthias and redshirt junior Rob Havenstein.

Groy, traditionally a guard, started two games last season as a left tackle when starter Ricky Wagner went down with an injury. Although not his natural position, Groy’s mix of athleticism and experience at both tackle and guard make him an adaptable peg for the injury-depleted group.

“These are good learning reps for him regardless of where he plays in the fall and further along in his future,” Andersen said. “Does this solidify him at left tackle?

Absolutely not. We’ve got to get healthy again and see where it goes.”

The offensive line is just one of several positional groups that is struggling with health issues.

The linebacking core, which is already missing starter Ethan Armstrong as he recovers from an offseason surgery, took another blow this past week when it was announced redshirt senior David Gilbert, a projected starter at outside linebacker in the team’s new 3-4 defensive scheme, would not play his senior season due to an ongoing foot injury.

“Anytime a young man is injured or can’t play anymore, our whole focus goes to David and making sure

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NFL talent and players like former Wisconsin running back Montee Ball sell jerseys, put people in the stands and help generate millions of dollars in revenue for the university.

One side of the pay-for-play debate Nick Korger Korger’s Korner When there’s a scandal involving college athletes receiving illegal payments or benefits we rarely, as a society, bat our eyes for a second.

When it was reported

last week that the Auburn football program allegedly paid members of their football team to keep them from going pro, no one nor their mother was surprised.

This was the same team, after all, who had been involved in the Cam Newton investigation.

A lawsuit filed in 2009 by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon is coming through the federal court arguing that players should be entitled to a portion of the money the NCAA makes off athletes’ likenesses in video

games and the conference TV contracts has only strengthened the argument that it’s time for reform.

It’s time, some argue, for the NCAA and schools to directly pay their studentathletes.

This topic is way too complex to cover completely and fairly in a column. But, in this piece, I want to examine some of the reasons argued for why the NCAA’s current structure should not be altered.

For one, in a major revenue sport like football, the

scholarships at the Division I level are either a fullride or nothing. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, the average cost for tuition, fees, room and board at a fouryear institution is roughly $32,026 per year. All of these items are covered under a full athletic scholarship in Division I athletics. If an athlete stays all four years at a university to compete in his or her sport, the university pays an average of $128,104

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