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Republicans blast Reilly UW System president takes heat for $648 million surplus at Capitol hearing Tuesday Polo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor Republican lawmakers grilled University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly over the UW System’s $648 million surplus at a Tuesday hearing that was originally intended to focus on giving it flexibility.

The Joint Committee on Employment Relations hearing gave a chance for the state’s top lawmakers to question Reilly over why he was calling for tuition increases given the size of the surplus. Because of Friday’s reports on the surplus, the committee decided to hold off on giving the UW System and its Madison campus more authority over their payrolls.

“We’re not angry; we’re disgusted,” Senate President Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, told Reilly.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told reporters after the hearing it’s “too early to tell” whether the Legislature will fully fund the $181 million for the UW System that Gov. Scott Walker proposed in his budget, although he said he has heard from many legislators that they should not.

Lawmakers on both sides have promised a tuition freeze, a contrast from the

5.5 percent increases students have seen for the past six years.

Vos said lawmakers’ trust in the UW System has been “wiped out” and said he regretted being one of the only people pushing for increased flexibility two years ago.

Ellis raised concerns about how little involvement the UW System Board of Regents had on the issue.

He asked multiple times for details on when the regents learned about and voted on having the surplus. Reilly said regents voted on a full budget with the surplus not clearly detailed, although the regents’ business committee heard about the surplus.

Reilly emphasized $441 million will go to campus initiatives, and $207 million is being saved as a safety net.

He told lawmakers he would come back with a plan on what an appropriate future balance would be before he brings it to the regents.

The UW System’s surplus, Reilly pointed out, is below the levels of peer institutions and is meant to cover three months of operations. He said public universities nationwide have increasingly had to rely on such balances, rather than

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UW Junior Casey Schmoger blew Dean Lori Berquam away with her Alicia Keys performance at All-Campus Idol Tuesday.

Adidas conflict nears closure Consortium reports dispute between Indonesian factory, union is close to resolution Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor Bringing potential closure to a labor conflict spanning more than two years, University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward released a statement Tuesday saying an agreement has been reached between Adidas and a union representing workers from an Indonesian factory.

The agreement reached between the Adidas Corporation and the PT

Kizone workers comes as the latest development in reaction to a situation where 2,700 former workers were denied $1.8 million in legally mandated severance pay after the Indonesian factory closed in 2011.

This led to a monthslong mediation period between UW and Adidas, before the UW System Board of Regents filed a lawsuit against the company last July.

Ward said in the statement the university learned from the Workers’

Rights Consortium Tuesday that an agreement was reached to benefit both concerned parties.

“It has been a long road and not everyone has agreed at every step of the way,” Ward said in the statement. “But what matters the most was the deliberative process and engagement with our licensee, community members and shared governance.”

Ward’s comments reflect the feeling of a lot of people who wanted a resolution to come

quickly, according to Vice Chancellor of University Communications Vince Sweeney. He said he thinks the chancellor is pleased the process the university has outlined and followed has a good ending.

Not knowing the details of the settlement, Sweeney said if the reports are accurate and both parties are pleased with the end result, then the university will be pleased as well.

The settlement reached between the union

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Capitol reporters speak on protests Jason Stein, Patrick Marley address time covering tumultuous politics in Wisconsin the ensuing recall elections, including a failed attempt to unseat Walker.

“Whichever side [the level of involvement], [there was] something new and unbelievable,” Marley said.

“That’s why we decided to write this book.”

Stein said he was amazed at how much people were interested in the state’s political fight, noting that more people wanted to read about the latest developments than read about the Green Bay Packers winning the Super Bowl.

Stein explained the various things he wants readers to take away from the book.

He said he wants readers to consider the book as a historic record of the “crazy” series of events that will now be integral to Wisconsin history.

Republicans did not warn Capitol Police about the response because they did not know so many protesters would come to the Capitol, Stein said.

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The 700 and 800 blocks of State Street near Library Mall are set to undergo renovation starting May of next year. Two more public forums will draw input from stakeholders.

State Street changes focus of forum Bennet Goldstein Reporter Representatives from City Hall and University of Wisconsin hosted a public input meeting Tuesday at Memorial Union to generate ideas for the reconstruction of the 700 to 800 block of State Street near Library Mall.

Stakeholders and community members submitted opinions to the city’s design team contractors so the designers may incorporate them into their plans for reconstructing the two spaces, due to begin March 2014.

The reconstruction is a collaboration between

the university and city. In addition to the repair of sidewalks, sewers and water mains, attendees considered ways future designs could accommodate bicyclists, food cart vendors and public gatherings.

Chris Petykowski, project manager of the reconstruction, said community members may not be aware that the 700 to 800 block of State Street divides East Campus Mall and Library Mall, extending to Park Street.

The intersections and connections this creates between the university and the city is a recurrent theme in the project, he said.

“The project that we are

talking about today is looking at designing both of those spaces. We want to work together with UW to find a space that works and flows well together,” he said.

Jason DiPiazza of MSA Professional Services, an engineering firm working on the project, emphasized the city’s goal to include the public and stakeholders in the design process.

He said the designers will seek feedback from businesses and institutions in the vicinity, including religious and campus centers, the Wisconsin Historical Society and UW libraries.

Last night’s meeting was the first of three input sessions that will occur throughout

Two Capitol reporters shared their experiences and gave some new context for Wisconsin’s recent political turmoil Tuesday while talking to students about the “monumental moment” in Wisconsin history.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, co-authors of the new book “More Than They Bargained For,” talked to students about their book, which begins its account of the historic period shortly before tens of thousands of people protested Gov. Scott Walker’s policies at the Capitol.

The event, put on by the Wisconsin Union Directorate, is part of WUD’s Lit Fest, which runs through April 27.

Stein said their book combines original reporting on almost every event surrounding the protests and

the plan’s development over the next year.

Jill Sebastian, a local artist whose work has been previously commissioned by the city, posed questions that attendees might consider as they discussed their concerns in small groups.

“Part of what the overall plan is, is to make connections: connections between the University, State Street and Library Mall,” Sebastian said. “What do we want to learn? … What aspects work well? What are the problems? What do you feel is needed as far as the new design?”

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Corrections The print headline of Monday’s “SSFC approves budget caps for student groups” incorrectly stated the budget caps issue remained “unresolved” at the end of the meeting. The caps were actually approved by a two-thirds vote, and the headline has been amended to reflect this change.

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Madison area residents criticized Gov. Scott Walker’s education and health care proposals at the Democrats’ unofficial budget hearing in Madison Tuesday.

About a dozen Democrats held a hearing on the state budget in Madison’s Black Hawk Middle School, where about 40 people testified on Walker’s budget. No Republicans were present at the unofficial hearing that arose from Democrats’ wishes to hear from more Wisconsinites.

“The finance committee chose to only have hearings in populations covering 2 percent of the state,” Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said. “We’re trying to correct that with the additional 10 to 12 [or] 15

hearings. We hope to cover two-thirds to 75 percent of the state.”

Jeff Ziegler, a Marshall school board member whose children attend public schools, said the state needs to reinvest in public schools, as the reduction in state aid has been going on “for an entire generation.”

Although Ziegler said he is encouraged by some Republican lawmakers proposing a $150 per student funding increase, contrasted to Walker’s flat funding, he added that is not enough.

People criticized Walker’s proposed voucher school expansion, citing new numbers Tuesday that showed Milwaukee’s voucher school students had lower test scores than its public school students.

A top voucher school advocate criticized the methodology behind those

numbers in an interview.

Madison Metropolitan School District member Ed Hughes criticized Walker’s proposed voucher school expansion because of their lack of accountability. Since Madison is one of the cities targeted in the expansion, he said voucher schools would take funding from its public schools.

“We’ll either have to raise our property taxes significantly [to keep quality], or we’ll have to cut services,” Hughes said.

The special needs voucher scholarships that would apply statewide faced criticism from Joanne Juhnke, who chairs the grassroots group Stop Special Needs Vouchers Wisconsin.

Juhnke has an 8-year-old daughter with disabilities who she said has gotten great services at public schools. Juhnke and her

other daughter, 11-year-old Lydia, said the scholarships would take money away from public schools.

“They would hurt the public schools more than they’d help anything,” Lydia said.

Republican Party of Wisconsin Executive Director Joe Fadness called the hearings across the state a “partisan political gimmick” in a statement Monday.

Fadness focused on Walker eliminating the $3.6 billion deficit in 2011 and creating a better business climate, which he said is a “stark contrast” from former Gov. Jim Doyle.

“What the Democrats won’t tell you is that, when they controlled state government, taxes and spending were through the roof, and 150,000 jobs were lost during the last three years of the Doyle

administration,” Fadness said. “This is clearly nothing more than a failed attempt to distort Governor Walker’s agenda for moving Wisconsin forward.”

Libbie Meister, a University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health program manager, criticized Walker’s Medicaid plan. Walker has said his plan would promote independence while covering slightly fewer people.

Meister said it was “ridiculous” that Republicans did not hold hearings in the state’s largest cities.

“Certainly people in small towns need to have the opportunity to be heard, but it seemed like a very calculated political move,” Meister said. “It seems like its intention was only to minimize people’s involvement and access.”

All-Campus Party underway despite funding drop Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor Although the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board was faced with roughly half the funding it had last year, this year’s All-Campus Party will go on as usual.

In coordinating this week’s events, which started last Saturday, WASB All-Campus Party CoDirector Sean Johnson-Bice said the group had to look for alternative sources of funding since they did not receive any funding from the Associated Students of Madison, as they had in previous years.

In light of this, JohnsonBice said WASB substituted funding from its AllCampus Party sponsors.

He said Pepsi, the week’s exclusive drink sponsor, contributed to funding events, in addition to the

large amount of funds received from the Office of the Chancellor.

The changes WASB had to make were beneficial, according to All Campus Party Co-Director Allison Weisman. She said due to the lack of ASM funding, WASB looked to establish partnerships with different student organizations.

ASM was not able to provide any funding for All-Campus Party, JohnsonBice said, because WASB applied for funds after ASM gave out all of its event grant funding.

“We can do this event even without the help of ASM,” Weisman said. “It feels great that we’ve been successful with this limited budget.”

In exploring alternative revenue streams, Weisman said WASB partnered with We Conserve and the

Office of Sustainability, two initiatives on campus that promote recycling, waste control and an overall sustainable environment.

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Looking to the future, Weisman said WASB plans to continue with the model they used this year for funding. Next year, however, WASB will likely change the time of year it applies for ASM funding,

she added.

Speaking on behalf of the week, Johnson-Bice said he considers All Campus Party to be a spring version of Homecoming, in that it unites organizations across campus, hosts programs and reaches out to students who would not otherwise be connected.

“I think it fills a hole on this campus that is not really provided by other events,” Johnson-Bice said.

“It helps other student organizations promote what they are trying to do as well as what we do for WASB.” Important to the week is its focus on alcoholalternative events, Johnson-Bice said. He said WASB’s goal is to provide events that are not centered around alcohol or drinking on campus but promote other aspects of being a

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Quantifying the week, Johnson-Bice said 78,000 students — a quarter of the undergraduate population — attended All-Campus Party events last year. He said they expect to see a similar turnout this year.

Of the five main events of the week, the Bucky’s Urban Odyssey, which brought together 38 four-member teams in an Amazing Racestyle race that took place last Saturday, and Monday’s Breakfast with Bucky, which fed 3,000 to 3,500 students on campus, were successful.

Other events this week include Wear Red Get Fed, which will bring together local food vendors and student organizations Wednesday, and Thursday’s club-style Club Bucky, featuring a student DJ for the evening.

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Senior Legislative Editor Public school advocates sparred with voucher school supporters Tuesday in a public back-and-forth on whether data showed Milwaukee’s voucher school students are performing worse than its public school students.

Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction released data early Tuesday that showed voucher school students had worse test scores than Milwaukee’s public school students. One of the state’s top advocates for voucher schools, however, criticized the report’s methodology and said the department changed the measurement it typically uses.

The data DPI cited in a statement showed Milwaukee’s public school students faring better Milwaukee voucher school students in all subjects.

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school expansion to nine school districts is wrong.

“The governor says he wants to expand private vouchers to communities as a solution to helping students with poor test scores,” Barca said. “But new test scores show that public school students perform better than their private school counterparts.

The fact that public school students perform better than their private voucher counterparts dramatically undermines that argument.”

Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, said the results were “not surprising” and said the proposed expansion was worrying. He said voucher schools are less accountable because under the proposed budget, they

do not face the school report cards DPI rolled out last year.

However, School Choice Wisconsin President Jim Bender said DPI did not use the correct and traditional comparison. Although that data was on the website, Bender said it was not put out in a timely manner and was not included in the DPI statement that reporters used when writing their stories.

Bender said DPI compared the voucher school students with all Milwaukee Public School students, including those who are not low income.

Comparing voucher school students to MPS low-income students would find voucher students doing better in all subjects but

math, and also shows higher improvement rates from last year, according to DPI data.

Rep. Sondy Pope, D-Cross Plains, criticized Bender’s claims in a statement. She said Bender’s comparison is flawed because it includes the higher-income students in the voucher program, since the income limit for the program was raised to 300 percent of the poverty level two years ago.

A true comparison cannot be made unless the family incomes of voucher school students’ families come out, she said.

“Until that data is made available to make a true apples-to-apples comparison, the safest assumption is comparing the [voucher school] students to

the MPS general population, which shows that MPS students outperform [voucher school] students across the board,” Pope said.

Although Pope said School Choice Wisconsin has these numbers, Bender said it does not and therefore cannot release them. DPI is the only group that has that data, he said.

The amount of higherincome students who entered the program since the income limits were raised in 2011 is “statistically insignificant,” Bender said.

“Even if all of the [students who entered] were high-income, you’d still be talking about a very low percentage of kids,” Bender said. “There has not been an influx of these students.”

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Kong said she would describe Tuesday as a “huge historic victory for students and workers across the globe.”

Strain said students are very pleased the international “Badidas” campaign compelled Adidas to do the right thing and bring the PT Kizone workers long-awaited justice.

“This resolution came about in large part because students across the country forced their university to sever ties with Adidas,

which put necessary economic pressure on the brand to pay up,” Strain said.

Over the course of the past year, 15 universities have cut contracts with Adidas, according to Kong.

She said this speaks for itself that Adidas admits now that they have been in the wrong and goes to show that if students and workers work together, they can make real change.

Ward said in the statement the university is thankful for the “patience

and resolve” of the UW community and efforts on behalf of students, faculty and staff involved.

Without any further details of the settlement and its terms of conditions, Sweeney said it is premature for the university to speculate any further implications it will have for the university.

With whatever details the settlement will hold, Sweeney said the university does not yet know what impact it could have on its current case with Adidas.

representing the PT Kizone workers and Adidas is based on terms that are favorable for both parties, according to Student Labor Action Coalition Chair Lingran Kong.

A joint statement on behalf of the worker’s union and Adidas to be released later this week will provide further details on the settlement, according to United Students Against Sweatshops Chair Garrett Strain.

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Redistricting data allegedly deleted by Republicans Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor After a federal court ruled to increase representation of Latino voters in Milwaukee’s south side through redistricting last March, an ongoing investigation reveals aids to Republican lawmakers allegedly deleted thousands of redistricting files from state computers.

According to court filings last week from attorneys for Voces de la Frontera, a Wisconsin-based immigrants rights group, the plaintiffs will have until May 10 to file a report of unreported documents from the state.

Various state legislators have yet to present subpoenaed materials

ordered by the court in the redistricting decision.

An unnamed source knowledgeable of the redistricting case said all but one or two Republican legislators in the state signed a secret agreement to remain silent about the wrongful withholding of documents under “suspicious timing.”

“The maps that are drawn, the reapportionment that is required every 10 years is basically the architecture through which our right to vote and participate in the democratic government is determined,” the source said. “That process was contaminated by secrecy.”

The source added Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, and

his brother and former Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, as well as attorneys from Michael Best and Friedrich, the law firm representing the state, participated in the wrongful withholding of subpoenaed documents.

The filing from lawyers Douglas Poland and Peter Earle said the court has authorized them to pursue a forensics analysis of the computers legislators used for the redistricting maps.

The attorneys gave Mark Lanterman of Computer Forensic Services Inc. nearly $100,000 to uncover and restore the deleted files from three state computers.

Poland and Earle said Lanterman is approximately

40 percent finished with his work.

Lanterman said in his third court declaration his services are especially costly because the files in question were not only deleted, but wiped — or permanently destroyed — in an attempt to remove the redrawn map data from existence forever.

Lanterman uncovered “hundreds of thousands” of deleted redistricting files by a user logged into the account of Tad Ottman, an aide to Scott Fitzgerald, July 25, 2012.

This deletion occurred just after Republicans lost the majority in the Senate and the new Senate leader Mark Miller requested the filing, according to the court filing.

Schools collaborate with new lab Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor Efforts to advance the University of Wisconsin’s learning and research community will culminate with the opening of a behavioral research space between the Wisconsin School of Business and the School of Human Ecology.

The Behavioral Research Insights Through Experiments Lab emerged from a conversation between the deans of the two schools involved, according to BRITE faculty director and business school associate professor Brian Mayhew.

The idea for the collaboration started with the previous SoHE dean, School of Business Dean François Ortalo-Magné said in an email to The Badger Herald. He said both schools realized they could deliver a great platform if they pooled their resources.

Though SoHE knew it wanted a space for something like the BRITE

Lab, Mayhew said it did not have the money to start running the facility after it was built.

The lab will be shared between both schools, Mayhew said. He said SoHE will provide space and computers, and the business school will provide people to run and fund the facility.

“We would hope to build our research community,” Mayhew said, “where we can really share insight across the schools and across the university.”

The BRITE Lab, designed to support experimental research and instruction, will foster a collaborative environment between the faculty and students of SoHE and the business school, SoHE Dean Soyeon Shim said in an email to The Badger Herald.

As a main focus of the facility, collaborative research space allows researchers from different disciplines to use experimental approaches

to answer critical questions, Ortalo-Magné said.

More research of direct relevance to decision makers, including consumers, policy makers and workers, is an overall goal, he added.

On a base level, one objective of the facility will focus on supporting experimental research, according to Mayhew.

He said this will involve research and student participation, but added that they hope for a lot more, including a “synergy” of research and ideas from both schools.

“The BRITE Lab wants to become a magnet for funded projects, and, under the leadership of its faculty director, it hopes to become financially self-sustaining from extramurally funded projects,” Shim said.

At some level, according to Mayhew, you can run experiments in a classroom similar to what will take place in the BRITE Lab. However, he added it is inherently

harder to do it this way because of the lack of dedicated computer space.

From the business school’s perspective, Mayhew said there was a definite need to make campus smaller and have the School of Business be more integrated into campus. Another benefit, he added, is the increase of research productivity the facility will provide.

“We want to partner with campus more [and] take advantage of all the great scholars here on campus to work together and be better partners across the university,” Mayhew said.

The BRITE Lab, according to OrtaloMagné, creates a new environment for faculty from across schools and disciplines. It will also allow faculty and graduate students to conduct behavioral research relevant to consumers and businesses with a focus on the complexities of decision making, he added.

Initially, the case filled in 2011 by Voces de la Frontera along with Ramiro Vara, Olga Wara, Jose Perez and Erica Ramirez ruled in favor of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board redrawing the redistricting map.

The ruling affirmed Voces de la Frontera’s challenge that the redistricting map violated civil rights of Latino voters under the Voter Rights Act because it denied them the voting majority in the 8th assembly district.

Voces de la Frontera Executive Director Christine Neumann-Ortiz said in a March 2012 statement the case emerged from secretive practices by state GOP members.

“This is a vindication, that we were right,” NeumannOrtiz said. “If the Republican Party had chosen to honor the public process — instead of operating secretly — there would have been the opportunity for a meaningful discussion and debate.

Instead, it only serves as a lengthy and costly lesson.”

The unnamed source said these clandestine practices have reoccurred since the ruling. The source added it is important the attorneys get to the bottom of this followup investigation and restore public confidence in the electoral system.

Scott Fitzgerald and Tad Ottman did not return calls on their office phones by press time Tuesday.

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lack of transparency.

UW Interim Chancellor David Ward gave an example of something UW is using the last year’s reserves for: increasing engineering graduates. The university has to save money for next year’s initiatives a year before, he said.

Reilly said lawmakers should consider state support for the UW System has trended downward and has led to it needing to increasingly rely on more uncertain revenues from its balance. Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, echoed those comments.

“The only thing predictable about [the system’s budget] is that it’s been cut every single year,” Larson said, although Vos pointed to the proposed $181 million investment in this budget.

Republicans said they were angry about the UW System talking about needing to raise tuition due to “devastating cuts” from the Legislature in past years.

“It seems like you’re telling me the exact scenario we went through is one that [you were] saving the money for, but only you were smart enough to know that the money was set aside,” Vos said.

state funds.

The UW System has also had to plan for less high school graduates projected to attend its schools, which he said would lead to less tuition revenue and a smaller budget, harming quality for future students.

“We’re trying to [do] good strategic planning on a longer term basis so the UW System remains strong, remains accessible and remains at the quality level that people have come to expect,” Reilly said.

The surplus was outlined in a Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo Friday that stemmed some legislators’ questioning of a recent audit that found about $33 million in benefits overpayments at the UW System.

Shortly before the memo’s release, Reilly released a statement outlining some initiatives the UW System will spend on and called for a 2 percent tuition increase.

Vos criticized that statement’s timing.

When Republicans learned of the $648 million surplus Friday, $414 million of which comes from tuition revenue, they called for a tuition freeze and condemned the UW System’s mismanagement and

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein spoke at Tuesday on his book as well as his experiences reporting on protests and the recall election.

PROTESTS, from 1 In order to reduce some opposition over the collective bargaining law, Marley said Walker should have explained the reasoning behind the law better. The law eliminated most collective bargaining rights for many public employees and faced appeals from Democrats and unions, with a Dane County judge striking down the law last year.

“I would’ve spent more time explaining the case [for the law], more informing people on what was going on,” Marley said.

Although the collective bargaining law attracted the protesters, it allowed local

FORUM, from 1 The dozen breakout groups answered Sebastian’s questions by raising an equally large array of concerns, which they conveyed through group facilitators.

Shane Bernau of Ken Saiki Design, a architectural firm partnering in the reconstruction, said his small group focused on the efficiency with which the space on the 700 to 800 block was being used.

Given the high traffic that

governments to rein in its budgets in a tough economic time, Stein said.

The protests came at the same time as the Arab Spring and were a precursor to the Occupy Wall Street movement that spread internationally, Marley said. He added that TIME Magazine called 2011 “the year of the protester.”

Stein said he was impressed with the peaceful protests, contrasting it to injuries that occurred during Occupy protests, and said the state could have had a “tragic situation.”

Both Marley and Stein talked about the impact social media had on their work, speaking about using Twitter as a reliable,

yet frustrating, source of information. Marley said reporters worked hard to verify the multitudes of information on Twitter and were pressured to be quicker in their reporting because of it.

“We saw social media become part of the protests in Madison that had never been that big a part of Wisconsin state politics as it is now,” Stein said.

Lit Fest week will include different events on topics such as screenwriting and sports writing. It will also include a Harry Potter reading, according to WUD Publication Committee Marketing Coordinator Taylor Nye, a former Badger Herald employee.

the 700 block sees around vendor carts at lunchtime, Bernau’s group believed that a new design must spread pedestrians into the 800 block to ease congestion.

Ald. Rebecca Cnare, District 3, said she recognized the importance of adapting the area for use during the winter.

“We talked about … the idea of extending the use of the space, not only through the hours of the day, but for the seasons as well,” Cnare said. “The other sentiments — lighting — that was

another really big one. It’s really dark … [The 700 to 800 block] doesn’t have the benefit of the storefront lighting that you have up and down State Street.”

On Thursday, the State Street Design Project Oversight Committee will discuss the feedback received from last night’s meeting.

According to Petykowski, reconstruction designs will be released in May. In June, the city will hold the second of three public input meetings to evaluate these design proposals.

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Yesterday UW System President Kevin Reilly fielded a barage of questions from state lawmakers in the wake of a report that the University of Wisconsin System has a revenue balance of $648 million.

Herald Editorial Lawmakers too quick to attack UW For the last several days, Republican lawmakers have lambasted University of Wisconsin System administrators after the Legislative Fiscal Bureau published a report showing the system is in possession of $648 million in cash reserves.

Legislators have called for a freeze on tuition and a revision of UW System funding in the state’s biennial budget.

They also questioned the competency of university administrators, the UW System Board of Regents and UW System President Kevin Reilly.

Arguing that the System had not been transparent with its finances, Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, said, “If you’re not honest with the Legislature, you’re not being honest with taxpayers, because that’s who we represent,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Criticizing the UW System, Senate President Mike Ellis, R-Neenah, said, “You could make the case they’ve been stiffing the students for half a billion dollars … They’ve been putting [tuition money] in a slush fund and crying like a bunch of dead banshees for more [tax money].”

The lack of restraint and aggression displayed by these legislators was eye-opening; they certainly wasted no time before switching into attack mode. Of course, we are grateful for Kooyenga’s brief civics lesson, but we’re still not entirely sure what the scream of a dead banshee sounds like, nor are we interested in finding out. Allow us to put this discussion in context.

The LFB tallied up program revenue appropriation balances across the UW System and arrived at a grand total of $1.04 billion.

They subtracted inflexible sources of revenue, such as federal funding, gifts and grants, under the assumption that System officials have little control over the use of those funds.

They were left with $648 million in balances – $414 million of which came from tuition.

According to the report, System administrators have already made plans to spend $441 million of the total balance. This leaves a $207 million surplus in cash reserves.

We understand the System could have been more transparent with its finances; students, in particular, deserve a thorough explanation of

these program revenue appropriation balances, especially those due to tuition revenue. Until System administrators clarify the financial situation at hand, it is difficult to pass further judgment. Despite the efforts of lawmakers to paint this systemwide budget surplus as a “slush fund,” it is quite possible that the funds will be put toward investments that will benefit UW System schools in the future.

At a more basic level, it seems that Republican lawmakers are objecting to the program revenue appropriation balance on principle, as if it were inherently bad that the System is operating with a budget surplus. Yet, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this — administrators are responsible for the longterm financial stability of the UW System.

Legislators cannot expect UW schools to operate on an austere budget year in and year out. To serve students effectively, the System must have a certain amount of financial flexibility. It seems that these politicians expect Kevin Reilly and the Board of Regents to spend state money conservatively and bring

back the change at the end of the year. System administrators are not running an errand to the grocery store — they are trying to provide quality higher education.

Reilly, pointing to the System’s volatile funding situation and the declining level of state support, said, “More folks on the campuses have gotten used to the notion of ‘We’d better save up some money, because the long-term trend is we’re going to have to do more for ourselves,’” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. He makes an important point: A significant factor in the System’s decision to set money aside is the fact it has faced sizable funding cuts at the state level — funding cuts voted for by a number of the legislators who now attack administrators for “stiffing” the students.

There is a blatant hypocrisy in all of this: Lawmakers who slashed funding for UW schools now claim they are fighting for the interests of students as they attack Kevin Reilly and the Board of Regents.

Can they really think students miss the irony in all of this? Or are they too busy trying to score cheap political points to care?

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The most vital part of a successful democracy is its electoral system. Almost every other problem in a democratic government is fixable in the long term through voting. Since elections are the most powerful means of change, if elections are broken, there is little the people can do to try to fix them.

This is why gerrymandering — redrawing electoral districts for a specific party’s gain — is so damaging to the country’s governing process.

Wisconsin’s last round of redistricting didn’t pass without controversy — controversy that has yet to exhaust itself. Last year, part of a lawsuit filed against the state was resolved, with minor changes made to a couple of districts in Milwaukee.

However, after allegations that the defendant (the state) had not turned over all the material subpoenaed, a three-judge panel found that “fraud, misrepresentation or misconduct” had likely occurred, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The panel then began a new investigation, ordering the state to turn over several computers that had been housed at the office of Michael Best and Friedrich, the law firm hired to help draw the new districts.

As it turns out, many files that could be pertinent to the case were deleted from the computers at suspicious times. According to the plaintiffs, files likely related to redistricting were deleted on two occasions: first, after the panel of judges ordered additional records turned over, and second, after the newly minted majority leader, Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona, requested to see the files.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal report, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, did not respond to requests for comment, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, directed inquires to Michael Best and Friedrich and a message left with Michael Best and Friedrich was not returned.

While no official ruling has been made, we should have never been in this situation in the first place.

Perhaps I’m missing something, but I can’t see any legitimate reason for deleting files relevant to redistricting at such suspicious times without some sort of ulterior motive.

According to a source with knowledge of the case, “The court has recognized, as has the public and the media, the secrecy with which these maps were

drawn is antithetical to the democratic traditions of Wisconsin.”

However, it goes even further. It appears that most Republican legislators have been sworn to secrecy about the redistricting process. A source with knowledge of the case said, “Every Republican legislator besides one or two signed secrecy agreements.”

If it is found that there was a deliberate cover-up, which doesn’t seem unlikely at this point, there should be harsh penalties for everyone involved. This is not merely some low-level, white-collar crime; it is a deliberate attempt to undermine our democracy for political gain.

A process that is so crucial to the functioning of our state’s government should be extremely transparent — precisely the opposite of the current situation.

While obviously important in its own right, this situation speaks to the broader issue of redistricting reform. As it currently stands, the Legislature is in charge of redrawing districts every 10 years. This is a ludicrous policy — it allows legislators to choose their own voters. There are clearly strong perverse incentives at work here, as it is actually in legislators’ best interest to gerrymander themselves into friendly districts.

This must be fixed.

Redistricting is a very complex issue, and I won’t pretend to have all the answers. However, handing the power over to an independent body, such as the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, is a good start. Currently, there is a proposed bill that would do just that. So far, the bill has received support mostly from Democrats. However, this is an issue that both parties should be able to agree on. Just because Republicans were in control in 2011 doesn’t mean they will be in 2021, when the next round of redistricting will take place.

It’s unlikely that one single reform will magically fix the issue of redistricting. This, however, is not reason to do nothing. A relatively simple reform, like the one I’ve mentioned, could go a long way toward remedying the problem, as well as the many other problems associated with gerrymandering, like increased partisanship.

Hopefully, members of both parties will come together and act in the state’s, rather than their own, best interest.

We won’t know for sure exactly what happened with Wisconsin’s redistricting until May 10. Regardless of the ruling, though, we should use this as an opportunity to start a broader, more important conversation about redistricting reform.

Clearly the status quo isn’t working, and that should be reason enough to take action.

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

Walker foolishly rejects federal funds, injures Badgercare Spencer Lindsay Staff Writer The Affordable Care Act, in an attempt to help establish a health care system that would cover nearly all Americans, allocated money to the 50 states to strengthen their Medicaid programs.

However, Gov. Scott Walker has decided not to take the money, and to weaken Badgercare by reducing the

income cap for Badgercare recipients. Instead of expanding coverage, Walker’s plan cuts enrollment to Badgercare. Walker should reverse his decision and accept the federal funding for the state’s Medicaid program.

First of all, the state will be turning down federal money that has already been allocated for it. If the state rejects Badgercare funding provided in the Affordable Care Act, then Wisconsin tax payers will be paying for a service they are not receiving.

Taxpayers will pay for other states’ Medicaid funding, but will not receive any benefit from it, unless Walker decides to accept the money.

At a time when the state is cutting funding for public education and the public sector, we should not be turning down money that would add $4.4 billion to the state budget. Because Walker is rejecting federal money, the state will have a harder time balancing its books, and this will cause cuts to public sector jobs and weaken various programs, including education. Walker’s decision will force the state to redirect other money to Medicaid. So, this doesn’t just weaken health care in the state, it weakens the entire budget.

It makes absolutely no sense, especially considering that Wisconsin ranks 44th

in the nation in job creation.

Rejecting $4.4 billion of federal funding is cheating the tax payer, and is bad economic practice in terms of jobs.

Why would a state that is 44th in the nation in job creation reject $4.4 billion in federal funds to instead gut Badgercare and make other cuts to the public sector?

There is no logical reason for Walker to make the decision he did, and there are no positive effects of Walker rejecting the money — other than perhaps saving the federal government $4.4 billion, which is nothing when one considers the size of the federal budget.

Walker didn’t just reject

federal funding for Medicaid expansion — he also plans on gutting Badgercare to a shell of what it once was.

We as a nation, and as a state, should be working toward expanding health care coverage to all. But by not accepting the federal money, Scott Walker is weakening Badgercare. Walker plans on cutting the maximum income level to qualify for Badgercare in half, from twice the federal poverty level to just the federal poverty level. Eighty-seven thousand adults, mostly parents, will lose coverage. Any individual making more than $11,490 a year, or family of four making more than $23,550 a year,

would be unable to enroll in Badgercare.

Wisconsin should accept federal Medicaid funding to assure the expansion of coverage, and to redirect other funds in the state budget to programs that are underfunded. Walker’s rejection of the funds is a ridiculous and obscene political move that damages the state. Action should be taken by Walker, the Legislature or the next governor to assure that Wisconsin receives this federal money.

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

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SO to the guy in the Chem computer lab right now who needs better headphones.

We can all hear you blasting Call Me Maybe. From you head bumping, you seem to be enjoying it, but the rest of us... not so much.

HMFASO to the b**** who ripped my shirt and BIT me at the bar last night.

You blew me stepping on your foot in a crowded a bar way out of proportion. Everyone was dancing, you’re not a queen, get over yourself.

SO to everyone who is at the gym, no matter how in shape or out of shape we are. The hardest part is getting there and it’s so great to see fellow badgers pushing for a healthier lifestyle. That’s all that matters.

ASO to the jackass with the stupidly loud car who

feels like he has to rev it EVERY TIME HE PARKS. SO to me owning a mechanic’s toolset. Where will your alternator go?

Who knows?

ASO to me losing my keys and having to sleep outside. SO to anyone who finds keys with a shark bottle opener from margaritaville on them.

Please I need them back, I’ll buy you a drink/6 pack.

ASO to 4/20 making my boyfriend a dumb ass. I’m all for weed, but I should be higher up on the priorities list bud.

SO to Microsoft Word for automatically capitalizing the words and the start of my sentences. DSO to autocorrect (usually) being beneficial. You make taking notes so much easier and I couldn’t imagine my life without you.

HASO to people walking in groups who

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apparently can’t move over for one person walking towards them. My options are scale a building, walk through a huge mud puddle, or run into you. I’m choosing the latter.

class all the way at the hospital. I love free food :(

ASO to people coming into the library with their friends with no intentions of studying but rather to sit on their phones, talk to each other and Skype...in other languages.

ASO to the asshat who regularly wanders around Memorial Library in a black tank top doing stretches and trying to show off his muscles. Please do the staff and patrons a favor and put some clothes on. No one is impressed.

ASO to my boyfriend who has less sex drive than I do. WHY DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND???

HMFSO to being able to walk outside in shorts and a tshirt tonight SO to my ex dating an ugly chick. Um, you go to a school of 45,000 and picked that girl? Way to date up.

ASO to how uncomfortable I feel when reading teacher’s feedback on assignments. DASO to reading the comments in my head and hearing the teacher’s voice.

ASO to getting food poisoning off of the free food from all campus party :( Studying for my last midterm is kind of hard while trying to keep myself from puking...

ASO to missing the free breakfast for all campus party this morning due to 7:45 am nursing

HMFSO to the band concert making me feel so incredibly proud to be a badger. I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE

SO to my girl getting a bellybutton piercing. So hot. RASO to sex not lasting as long because of it.

SO to the movie UP. I would never admit it to my friends because I don’t cry in movies. But I balled like a baby at the beginning of that one.

SO to the man walking down Langdon this evening whistling “castle on a cloud” from Les Mis. I only glanced at you, but the fact that you know les Mis automatically makes you a very attractive man. Plus we might be in the same history class together??? My apologies for not being 100% certain about this, but I would like to know you better whether or not you are the same person. ...MORE >>>

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Looking for extra spending money after a summer of fun? Like to get dirty? Campus apartment company needs hard workers to assist with apartment turnover from August 14-19, 2013. Approx. 8 hours per day. $14.00/ hour plus bonus for exceeding expectations. You will work hard, but make some cake. Please call 250-0202, or stop by Tallard Apartments, 1445 Regent Street.

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hates you so much.

SO to my roommate. you are very considerate and i am lucky to have a roommate like you!

SO to our school’s Bell Tower for making national headlines by playing the Game of Thrones theme music last Friday. This stuff is all over the me-

dia/entertainment blogs! DSO to fan service.

ASO to my dad. I’ve been here for 6 years and he still manages to ask at the Daily Scoop if its Cedar Crest ice cream. SO to my mom for giving him the death glare for stupidity and telling the scoopers she wants to hit him.

HMFASO to anyone who criticizes MUSICIANS for playing MUSIC at the SCHOOL OF MUSIC... get the fuck out of the lounge if you don’t want to hear that shit or put your head phones in. I will literally run train on your ass if you complain again.... from a music student who

SO to my friends and family. Without your love and support there is no way I could’ve been able to make it through these last 4 years.

DSO to graduating in only 26 days!! TSO to being a Badger for life!!

HSO to finally being out of the friendzone! It has been a long two years, but damn does it feel good!

SO to going on my first vacation with my boyfriend and sipping cocktails poolside in 90 degree weather. ASO to coming home to rainy, crappy, below 50 degree weather.

Warm weather, why didn’t you follow us back?!

ASO to the douche that stole my coat from Milton last night. I’d like my

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keys back. Keep the coat if you want, but at least put the keys on the porch or something MFASO to shitty old Barnard for having busted a steam pipe at 2:49 am this morning, leading to the fire alarm going off and 700+ people standing in the rain for 20 min before realizing that it’s not going to be a quick fix and taking over Humanities instead. I’ve never been more grateful for Humanities!

To top it all off, there’s no hot water.

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ARTSETC. PRESENTS “HUMP DAY”

Female orgasm no hysterical mystery Samantha Johnson Hump Day Columnist Can you help a gal out? I don’t think I have ever had an orgasm with a guy. Not with a random hookup, not with a friend with benefits, almost once with a boyfriend, kind of, maybe ... I cum when I masturbate if I focus, but I want that toe-curling, sheet-snatching bed rock rumble in bed with a guy. I was reading online about female orgasmic disorder and I’m wondering, is it possible I have that?

Alright, this one’s going to be for all the people with penises who like to get nasty with people with pussies. Yes, straight dudes, I’m talking to you. There’s no good reason I can think of that this nice young lady has had numerous encounters with the shlongwielding kind and is still hardpressed to find an orgasm.

And, trust me, her case is not uncommon among quandaries I receive. We’ve got ourselves an epidemic of inequality in the climax department, and women are on the losing end of the deal: women only have one orgasm for every three men have, according to “The Social Organization of Sexuality.” This phenomenon is what I like to call “modern-day hysteria.”

I’m not exactly talking about the fictional disorder that over-emotional women got labeled with in the 1600s.

I’m referencing the social conceptions and sexual ideologies that came out of the hysteria movement.

It’s a commonly known tale, and you can read all about it in Rachel Maines’ book, “The Technology of Orgasm: ‘Hysteria,’ the Vibrators and Women’s Sexual Satisfaction.”

Back then, women with irritable temperaments and depressed moods were prescribed the best modern medicine had to offer, genital massage. Maines quotes a 1653 publication: “... massage the genitalia with one finger inside, using oil of lilies, musk root, crocus or [something] similar.

And in this way the afflicted woman can be aroused to the paroxysm.” Paroxysm was the name given to the mysterious, violent shakes and tremors patients experienced when the treatment was successful, otherwise known as -- uh, HELLO -- the female orgasm.

Doctors got so exhausted from diddling vaginas all day that they invented the electric vibrator to take over the handiwork. Thanks, doc!

Hindsight is 20/20, so let’s take a historical look back and observe the ridiculousness of this. Women were cranky, rightly so, because they weren’t getting any, and instead of addressing their husband’s lack of skills in the bedroom, the medical community slapped a pathologized label on the women. Sound a little like what’s going on here?

Men aren’t making women cum, so we have handy-dandy diagnoses, like female orgasmic

disorder and female sexual arousal disorder, to explain why women aren’t getting off.

Now, I’m not saying that sexual dysfunctions are not real. For some people they are very real. Genital trauma, medications and psychological stress can all interfere with arousal potential. But there’s something more going on when healthy, ripe, sexually young women can orgasm when they masturbate or fuck with other women but less so when there’s a dick involved. Lie to yourself all you want, but female orgasms are no trickier than male ones. When stimulated correctly, we can cum as fast as men (four minutes) and more often than men. Ever heard of multiple orgasms? They’re a real thing.

So, straight dudes, here are some things you can do: 1. Treat pussies nicely.

As I write this, I’m listening to Lil Wayne’s “Every Girl.”

In reference to the genitalia of his desire, the lyrics read, “Gon’ throw it back and bust it open like you ‘sposed to.”

Please, no. Too many times I’ve witnessed dudes pound away like jackhammers as hard and as fast and they can thinking that’s going to get us off. This is not the way.

2. EAT PUSSY. And don’t eat pussy like the way you see it in porn with the guy sticking his tongue out to the side and flicking it around. They only do that so it looks good for the camera.

Real pussy eating involves getting your face all up in that shit. Get to know the clitoris. Sigmund Freud had it wrong — the vast majority of female-bodied people need clitoral stimulation to get off, not vaginal. Let her cum first and reap the benefits — post-orgasm pussies are juicy, swollen and plump for you to squeeze your cock snugly inside.

3. Treat ladies with respect.

Here’s what’s on the list of psychological causes of female orgasmic disorder: past sexual abuse or traumatic sexual experiences, emotional abuse, fear of rejection, selfimage problems, relationship problems with partners and guilt about sexual pleasure.

So, men, here’s my ultimate sex tip for you: Create a world without sexual violence, without slut-shaming, without misogyny and body hatred for women to inhabit. Watch us lose our sexual inhibitions, let loose and go wild while we bounce away on top of your dicks.

4. Get creative.

Think outside of the peenin-vajay box. Try this exercise: for one month, pretend she’s not on birth control and you have to avoid sperm meeting egg at all costs. Expand your sexual repertoire to more than intercourse. Sixty-nine for hours. Bend her over and fuck her with a vibrating dildo.

Suck on her ankles while you squeeze her nipples. Have her tie up your wrists and finger herself, hovering over your face while you’re unable to reach out. Gorge yourself on her opening like it’s a juicy mango that needs licking up.

That’s all for me, folks. Stay sexy and safe!

Courtesy of Anna Martemucci

Selection at this weekend’s Mini_Indie Film Fest to offer more realistic movie representation of when weddings truly crash, while touching on several themes.

“Breakup” at The Marquee Interview with feature’s writer, producer promises relatable sneak peak Saturday Phebe Myers ArtsEtc. Writer When was the last time you saw a chick flick that was relatable? Never.

Exactly. However, Anna Martemucci and her husband Victor Quinaz have set out to create one that is relatable. The two wrote, produced and even performed in their upcoming movie “Breakup at a Wedding,” which will screen this Saturday at the Marquee Theater.

Martemucci and Quinaz are no strangers to filmmaking. Martemucci studied film at New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. Quinaz, who also directed “Breakup at a Wedding” and is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, had plenty of willing actor friends to supply the talent for the film as well as other endeavors with his wife. Before writing “Breakup at a Wedding,” the two worked on their video series, PERIODS. films. PERIODS. films is

a web series where actors speak in modern slang, but they are filmed in period costumes. Their most-watched film is called “Pilgrims,” with more than 100,000 views, and features two young women gossiping about their love interest while dressed in traditional pilgrim garb. It’s highly entertaining and definitely worth checking out.

“Breakup at a Wedding” revolves around a bride and groom, Alison and Phil, played by Alison Fyhrie and Philip Quinaz (Victor’s brother).

The plot of the film, in Martemucci’s own words, is about “a couple who is getting married who’s having a tremendous amount of anxiety about their wedding and money, and it culminates into the bride freaking out, and feeling like she can’t go through with it, and breaking up with her fiancé the night of the rehearsal dinner.

“Then, she manages to convince him to go through with it because she is such a people

pleaser,” Martemucci said.

“And she is so freaked out by having to tell everyone that the wedding is off, and that after all of this planning … so she convinces him that it’s a better idea that they just go through with the wedding and don’t sign the contract.”

Inspiration for the movie comes out from the year Martemucci and her then-fiancé, Quinaz, spent engaged, she said. They wrote the script for the story while experiencing similar pre-wedding jitters.

Martemucci said she and Quinaz try to capture a familiar wedding experience with “Breakup at a Wedding.”

“We wanted to make a wedding movie that felt like a wedding we had been to,” Martemucci said, “Not like Kate Hudson getting married at the plaza and everybody is like a millionaire. I love those movies, but it’s a little unrealistic. So, that was one of our main goals: Let’s make a movie that looks like that wedding, you know, in the hotel by

the highway.”

Martemucci says the film is relatable to all audiences, even those of not thinking about marriage, because it touches on topics most viewers have probably had to deal with: painful breakups, crazy families and lots of stress.

Both Martemucci and Quinaz’s mothers appear in the film, attesting to Martemucci’s idea of being surrounded by friends and family on the big day.

She also shared some advice for budding filmmakers.

“Find people who you like and respect and who are just as obsessed with [film] as you are,” Martemucci said. “And hold on to them, and make it work with them, and start making stuff.”

“Breakup at a Wedding,” is showing Saturday at The Marquee in Union South at 7 p.m. The title alone should make romantic comedy lovers want to buy tickets immediately, but even those not fond of the genre shouldn’t write the film off as an average chick flick.

Microfilm dreams may live on Lecture unravels hopes put on pre-digital, compressed archiving method Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Staff Writer On Monday, Postdoctoral Fellow Mary Murrell spoke to a crowd of about 30 in Helen C. White Hall, detailing the history of mass book digitization and its developers’ quest towards modernity.

Murrell, a University of California, Berkeley graduate with a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology, addressed the crowd of professors and library aficionados.

These are people who said things such as,

“From the perspective of a contemporary academic librarian ...” and, “Coming back to the topic of the permanence and impermanence of paper, perhaps I can make an impertinent plug.” Their interactions made for a jovial atmosphere bursting with intellectual stimuli. These people were smart cookies, and they were there to learn about mass book digitization.

And learn they did. Murrell outlined a brief history of book digitization and

how it kick-started the practice of photographic reproduction, while simultaneously offering a critique of the book, which many librarians, scientists and intellectuals view as inadequate.

According to Murrell, scientists in the early 20th century began experimenting with microfilm, a form of digitization that condenses the contents of a book to miniscule sizes. With this technique, she said, scientists hypothesized that entire archives could be packed away into a snuffbox. With these new forms of manufacturing and storing, scientists and librarians began to speculate about the future of the book while calling into question the utility of the current format, Murrell said. Murrell shared a PowerPoint slide with a quote from Paul Otlet and Robert Goldschmidt, two of the founders of information science — the study of documentation — and pioneers of microfilm.

“As far as the book is concerned, despite admirable technological progress since the 15th century, all is far from perfect,” the slide read.

Many scholars at the time of microfilm’s introduction, such as Vannevar Bush, thought that books obscured knowledge, and that book authors relied heavily on “irrelevant rhetorical flourish,” Murrell said.

They argued that connecting ideas between books was of the utmost

importance. Libraries at the time, as they are now, were geared toward books.

This troubled Bush, who believed that fluid indexing by means of association of ideas was more important than sorting by strict categories (e.g., history or biology). And of course, the most promising plan for introducing this dissemination of information, according to Murrell, was microfilm.

Even H.G. Wells had positive words for the technology, which he believed would lead to an “intellectual unification of our race” and a complete, shared memory for all humankind.

Much of what was discussed in the lecture sounded awfully similar to the Internet. Murrell’s focus in her research is analog digitization, but it would have been nice to hear connections between what these early scientists and scholars hoped to achieve and what has been achieved through the Internet.

E-book readers, which are obviously analogous to the book, offer tremendous amounts of storage space and can access thousands of volumes from the Internet.

Online scholarly databases offer connections between ideas, rather than just categories, and hypermedia lead readers fluidly from one association to the next.

The history of mass book digitization very much seems to be a precursor to the proliferation of information during the Information Age. But that’s another lecture.

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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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I know, I know. Kakuro.

Looks crazy, right?

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.

And that’s that, slick.

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The Kakuro Unique Sum Chart Cells Clue 2 3 2 4 2 16 2 17

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Instant replay not appropriate for every sport Nick Daniels Nick’s Picks

Instant replay.

Two words that have generated a tremendous amount of controversy over the last few years in just about every sport you can imagine — becoming a buzzword of sorts and earning a mention in almost every sporting event that is played.

And yet, when instant replay is consulted, the heckling from fans that used to be directed at the call itself has now found a target in whether or not a play should have been reviewed or what effects the review itself might have had on the game.

For a prime example, you need not look farther than the recent NCAA Tournament for basketball.

Just one day before the disappointing first round exit by the Badgers Friday,

the other team from Wisconsin, Marquette, was just 10 seconds away from a similar fate.

With Davidson clinging to a slim one-point lead, a long pass to a Davidson player up the court on a fast break opportunity led to a turnover, giving the Golden Eagles one last chance to salvage their season and move on to the round of 32.

But — as if to almost double punish the Wildcats — the referees reviewed the play to adjust the game clock, essentially giving Marquette a critical quasitimeout when the team had none remaining.

With an extra 1.2 seconds added to the clock, Marquette executed the next play perfectly and junior guard Vander Blue drove to the basket for an easy layup to win the game.

Now whether or not the extra timeout was really influential in the game’s outcome is hard to determine, but the possibility certainly remains, and for many fans that is all they need to get up in arms.

Still, it is not my goal to argue that the NCAA

change its rules concerning instant replay — I’ll leave that to the college basketball experts — but rather, I tell this story to challenge the all-too-often accepted concept that technology in sports equals progress.

Instant replay brings more changes to the game than simply solving the “human-error” problem that having referees poses, and not all of them are good.

In all of the excitement surrounding instant replay, the push for its acceptance into all sports has come to ignore the compatibility of each sport to the technology.

Just less than two weeks ago, April 11 to be exact, the English Premier League announced its decision to allow goal-line technology — to be used in the event that it is difficult to tell whether or not a goal has been scored — when the 2014-15 season rolls around next August.

One of the last sports to hold out against instant replay, claiming that soccer is not conducive to the stoppages that come with adding instant replay,

soccer has finally given in over the last year to begin the process of integrating instant replay to the game.

While it is only a small change that certainly won’t be employed all too often, considering a 0-0 score line at the end of the game is as common as triple-digit scores by basketball teams in the NBA, when it is used, it risks completely changing a game that has become famous for its ebb and flow nature.

In a sport where the average player runs more than seven miles between the start of the game and its end 90 minutes later, the role that fitness plays in the game is crucial — often the key factor in deciding the game’s final score.

So the chance to pause a game, catch your breath or maybe grab a quick gulp of water can become a great equalizer in a sport that is already criticized for its lack of scoring.

This is not to say, however, that instant replay doesn’t have a place in sports. It does.

Sports like baseball and football, and occasionally even basketball, that stop

and start frequently are far more conducive to instant replay and can reap the benefits from its use. But using instant replay whenever possible should not become the gold standard with which all sports should have to measure up to.

Call me old-fashioned, at the ripe old age of 21, but part of the allure that sports present is the idea that — at any moment — someone could do something great or someone could make a mistake that decides the game.

That human element makes the game real.

Without it a sport loses its personality.

Certainly comparing the human error of the players and officials is not a perfect analogy — after all, we consider it a refereeing success if we don’t notice them for the entire game — but the two are much more similar than you may think.

Banned across the sports world, steroids provide athletes with the possibility of becoming more perfect versions of themselves — playing the game better than it has ever been played

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“Now I am in a team environment, which is completely different than [back home] when I played for myself.”

The new environment that Jalalov finds himself in seems one he was made for, and he’s thriving in it.

“I think he’s adjusted great, both on and off the court, and he’s just been excited since day one to be a Badger and to wear that ‘motion W’ across his

before.

Yet, steroids have taken harsh criticism for that very reason, while instant replay has not.

So my question is: Why do we not look at instant replay the same way?

If you ask me, sports need that human element, our athletes and our officials need to be fallible to some extent, or they quickly lose one of the critical parts of their identity that makes them so engaging.

After all it is the belief in sports that “anything could happen” that makes the game so enticing.

Take that unpredictability away and you might as well be playing the newest version of FIFA Soccer 2013 or NBA 2K13 collecting dust on your bookshelf. With how great the graphics are getting these days, there wouldn’t be much of a difference.

Nick is a junior majoring in journalism and political science. Think universal instant replay is the way to go? Shoot him an email at ndaniels@badgerherald. com or tweet at him @ np_daniels.

chest,” Van Emburgh said.

At the end of the day, this smiling, energetic and full-of-life character from Uzbekistan is just like any other teenage boy here on campus. And if you ask Wikberg, he’s your average roommate who has his fair share of quirks.

“Um, he is really flexible,” Wikberg said of Jalalov. “Like, he’s really flexible and can do things with his body that actually scare me.”

The Badgers travel to Ohio Wednesday for the start of the Big Ten Tournament where they will face Purdue in the first round. Wednesday also holds another date of significance for this Badgers’ squad: it’s Jalalov’s 20th birthday.

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Massey catching on to life behind home plate Dan Corcoran Softball Writer Anyone who watches baseball or softball knows that the position that most often comes at a premium with a shortage of quality players is the catcher.

It’s hard enough to find someone who wants to crouch behind a player wielding a metal weapon — in this case it’s called a bat — and try to catch a ball flying at speeds of 70 miles per hour. But it’s even harder to find a player who can hit well too, and along with that, and arguably most importantly, have a very close relationship with the pitching staff.

Wisconsin senior Whitney Massey has checked off all of those prerequisites, and according to pitching coach Tracie Adix, Massey’s major strength as catcher comes in one a less common area.

“Comfort, I think,” said Adix of what Massey brings to the position. “I just think the pitchers are in a much different groove with her back behind the plate. … I just think they’ve built a comfort level with Whitney behind the plate that really helps them just get into a tempo that they need to have during the game.”

But that comfort level Massey has developed with the pitching staff — which includes Cassandra Darrah, Meghan McIntosh and Taylor Paige-Stewart — hasn’t always been there, mainly because Massey hasn’t always been behind the dish. When she came to Wisconsin, Massey was originally recruited as an outfielder, although she played primarily catcher in high school, and eventually made the transition to second base after she began her career with the Badgers.

Massey had been the backstop for the Badgers sporadically over the course of the three previous seasons, but it wasn’t until the fall season this year that head coach Yvette Healy and her assistants really thought about her as a permanent option.

“Whitney caught for us a little in the fall, and she caught two no-hitters, and we said, ‘It’s worth giving her another look.’ She’s not flashy and she doesn’t jump off the page as a catcher, but there’s something about her way of catching and working with the pitchers and putting them at ease that really has gone the distance. And we just thought we’d see in the fall,” Healy said. “And to catch three more no-hitters this

spring, it’s pretty amazing.”

The fact Massey has caught three no-hitters this season is special in itself, but what makes it more special is that the last time any Wisconsin pitcher threw a no-hitter before this season was all the way back in 2001.

Perhaps it is merely a coincidence that Massey has caught the three no-hitters, but Healy doesn’t think so.

“I don’t think it can be a fluke. You’d like to say maybe one in the fall, well maybe it’s just coincidence. But you look at that, and I think catchers get overlooked. In the Major Leagues, there’s a fraternity of guys who’ve caught nohitters. They talk about that as being a big badge of honor, and I think she takes it really seriously and she takes a lot of pride in it,” Healy said.

Even though Massey just started catching on a regular basis, it is not something that is completely foreign to her.

She started out catching at a young age, and along the way has caught some premiere talent, including one of the best players to set foot within the pitching circle in Monica Abbott.

As Massey explained, she holds a fairly extensive record behind the plate and catching Abbott — who has played at the college, professional and

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Senior catcher Whitney Massey has enjoys her time around home plate, both as a catcher with no-hitters but as a hitter with a .336 average.

Olympic levels and is the NCAA all-time leader in wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitches, games started and games pitched — certainly has added to her experience.

“I started off catching when I was seven, so I’ve been catching for over 10 years. It wasn’t until I [verbally committed] here that I switched positions — I was recruited as outfield here,” Massey said. “But it’s nice to just come back and catch. I catch Monica Abbott

when I go home, so she helps me a lot.”

Healy referred to her catcher as “small” and “quiet” behind the plate, but although she may be quiet behind the plate, she carries a big stick as a hitter.

With her 15 doubles on the season, Massey surpassed the Wisconsin record of 32 in a career, and currently sits with 47 to her credit. And with a home run against Ohio State Sunday, Massey leads the Badgers in home runs

this season with nine, not to mention she is also ninth in career batting average at .304.

Still, the coaches and Massey know there is certainly room for improvement as with any player, but with how she has performed so far this season, don’t expect to see Massey anywhere but behind the plate anytime soon.

“Outfield was fun ... and second, I get mentally tired ... With catching it just comes natural,” Massey said.

NU visits Goodman Diamond with B1G implications Spencer Smith Associate Sports Editor Riding a four-game winning streak, the Wisconsin softball team wraps up its seven-game home stand at Goodman Diamond with a doubleheader against Big Ten rival Northwestern Wednesday.

With a win over Northwestern (25-16, 9-5 Big Ten), Wisconsin (339, 10-5) can match its 34win total from all of last season with more than two weeks left to go in the regular season.

The Badgers will have their hands full with a Wildcats team that won two out of three games against Wisconsin last season in Madison and ultimately made the NCAA tournament as a bubble team as UW was forced to watch the tournament from home.

“They’re huge,” Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said of the two games against Northwestern.

“Northwestern won the series against us last year up here … and they got into the NCAA tournament last year. We were both bubble teams and they got the nod, so we know how good they are. … It’s a big rivalry.”

Wisconsin has had trouble with Northwestern throughout

BALL, from 12 perception among some scouts that Wisconsin running backs are often a poor fit with the NFL. In 2002, Michael Bennett became the only UW running back to ever rush for 1,000 yards in the NFL and only UW back to reach a Pro Bowl (he did so as an injury replacement). Ron Dayne rushed for 3,772 yards in his eight-year career; Terrell Fletcher rushed for 1,871 in eight seasons; and Anthony Davis, P.J. Hill and John Clay (who is still in the league) have never gained a single NFL yard.

program history with an 11-26 all-time record against the Wildcats and a 2-3 record under Healy.

This season, NU and UW are both playing high-quality softball as the Wildcats are just a half a game back of the Badgers, who are third in the Big Ten standings and, the two are tied for the second-best team batting average (.313) in the Big Ten. For a Wisconsin offense that started the season off to a blistering start, averaging almost six runs per game through its first 20, the bats have cooled down a bit scoring an average of less than three runs in its last nine games.

“I don’t if it’s something that needs to change as it is just a mindset,” outfielder Mary Massei said. “[We need to] be aggressive, take hacks at pitches. We’re a good offensive team and even though we’ve been slow the last couple of weeks; I have no doubt in my mind that we’ll get it done.”

UW hitting coach Randy Schneider believes that only having two outdoor practices to date thanks to the prolonged winter weather in Wisconsin has taken a toll on the players’ batting.

“I wish [our batting] were a little bit better,”

Schneider said. “We just haven’t had a chance to see the ball off the bat with all of our indoor practice and hitting in the cage. You can kind of see it. Obviously, we’ve gone through a lot of really good pitching in the past two or three weeks ... but our hitting has dropped. But, I’m proud of kids. We’ve gotten on base and we’ve done what we’ve needed to do to win games. So we’ll take it.”

Life won’t get any easier for the Badgers at the plate Wednesday as the Wildcats has one of the Big Ten’s top pitchers on their roster in righthanded sophomore Amy Letourneau.

Letourneau comes in with a 17-9 record in 2013, making her living off strike outs with a conference-leading 231 punch outs in 28 appearances.

“I think with [Letourneau] we just have to be patient at the plate and really be selective to the strikes we’re going to hit,” Schneider said.

“She’s tough. They’ve got a great plan. They rarely throw the ball on zone, so you have to be patient, and that’s the thing we are going to tell our kids.”

Patience will be key for the Wisconsin hitters as along with her 200-plus strike outs, Letourneau also leads the Big Ten in

“I think anyone who is a Wisconsin fan and pays attention to the NFL knows what I’m talking about,” Eisen said. “Heisman Trophy winners have come out of backfields in Madison and not produced [in the NFL]. It’s unfair to Ball, but I think Matt Barkley is going to receive a taste for that this year based on the way [University of Southern California] quarterbacks have performed in recent years, and it’s unfortunate, but that’s the way things go.”

While the history of Wisconsin running backs is daunting, Ball just needs one team to take a

chance on him and give him the opportunity. “For me, the best opportunity [for Ball] would come in Washington because [Coach Mike] Shanahan has turned stars out of many running backs, and I know Alfred Morris is the latest example of that but you can’t have enough running backs in this league,” Eisen said.

No matter where Ball lands for the start of his pro career, Wisconsin fans can rest assured he will bring the same relentless enthusiasm and determination that he exhibited for the Badgers to whatever NFL team is able to get him.

walks with 142 free passes given on the year.

Wisconsin will be able to hold its own on the mound Wednesday with pitchers Cassandra Darrah and Meghan McIntosh, who boast a 2.07 and 1.62 ERA respectively and own the second-best team ERA in the Big Ten (1.86).

“I’m proud of how hard they’re battling,” Healy said of her pitchers. “They just

showed so much composure over the weekend. It was tough and even when Ohio State scored. I think it takes a tremendous amount of mental toughness from Darrah to give up a grand slam and still pick up the win for us and that’s the type of maturity and toughness that Tracie Adix our pitching coach is really helping instill.”

Healy knows

Northwestern brings in a high-powered offense and experienced team to Goodman Diamond Wednesday and doesn’t expect too much from her pitchers but knows it will be an exciting matchup.

“I don’t think we’ll throw any shutouts out there,” Healy said. “But if we can hold them down and give our hitters a chance, it could be exciting. “

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Rated by many as the second-best running back in the 2013 NFL Draft class, former Badger Montee Ball will look to better the perception of other former Wisconsin backs in the professional ranks, though he’ll be fighting concerns about his ability to pass block.

Ball looking to fill NFL needs at RB Former UW runner projected as draftee, will find out future home this weekend Zack Miller Sports Editor Sometime this weekend, Montee Ball, the former Badger star and recipient of the 2012 Doak Walker Award for best running back in college football, will find out which professional team he will be joining when he hears his name called in the 2013 NFL Draft.

In separate phone interviews Monday evening with The Badger Herald, Rich Eisen — the face of the NFL Network and the man who will be guiding the league’s on-air coverage for all four days of the draft — and an anonymous NFL agent who represents many NFL players, talked about Ball’s prospects and how NFL teams are viewing this year’s crop of collegiate running backs turning pro.

“Running backs are still a crucial component to the NFL even though passing has taken prominence,” Eisen said. “A lot of teams have decided to pass a lot more than what we’re used to seeing in the past decade, but you need to get a running back who can balance the offense and carry a load.”

Perhaps no back in the nation is more prepared to carry a team than Ball.

Last year at Wisconsin, the Missouri native racked up 356 rushing attempts — good for third-most in the country — and a total of 924 attempts in his four years in Madison. While he was extremely productive — averaging 5.56 yards per carry over his UW career — the question of durability is definitely a concern for the 5-foot-10, 210-pound running back come draft time.

“Durability is always a major concern with running backs,” the agent said. “Teams really want to know how many touches this guy has had over his career and that often

determines the length of a contract or the position a running back is selected come draft time.”

But Eisen believes that the mileage Ball has racked up could actually help him as he moves on to the NFL. “I don’t think [his durability] will be an issue,” Eisen said. “Marshall Faulk actually believes that anyone who has a ton of experience in college as a running back, even though he might put tread on his tires, so to speak, can use it as a benefit. It’s also a benefit to Montee because he is someone who has touched the ball so many times, has gotten so much work and has shown that he is a workhorse.”

A perfect example of what Eisen is talking about can be found in the statistics of Ball’s 2011 season, which was one for the record books. Ball broke the record for most consecutive games with two or more touchdowns (13); broke the record for most points scored in a single season by a nonkicker (236); and

tied the record for most touchdowns in a season (39). Ball followed up his record-breaking season with the only proper response: by breaking more records. In his senior season in Madison, Ball continued to inscribe his name in the NCAA record books with the most career touchdowns (83); most career rushing touchdowns (77); and the highest average yards per rush over the span of a career at Wisconsin (5.56).

“Montee is a great back.

Anyone who averages more than four yards per carry I consider to be great,” the agent said. “He averaged about 25 to 30 carries a game and while that is a lot, it also says something about his toughness.

“I think he can be an every down back in the league, but I could certainly also see a situation where there’s going to be a team that has another running back and brings in Ball to share some carries right away.”

It’s no secret Ball is coming into the league at

a time where the running back position is changing — mainly because of more athletic quarterbacks and backfields that include two running backs.

“Because of the league being more of a westcoast passing league, along with the added amount of quarterbacks that can run more athletically than in years past,” the agent said.

“The running back position has really taken a hit.

Instead of taking a running back because he is a great runner, it has changed to taking a running back because he is a great runner and a great blocker.

“If you watch Peyton Manning, if you watch Tom Brady, or any top quarterback,” the agent continued, “all of them have great pass-blocking backs who are great at picking up the blitz.”

As the big day nears, Eisen had important advice for this year’s class of running backs.

“What’s important is being an every-down back,” he said. “What I mean by that is not just the ability

to run, but to catch the ball out of the backfield and most importantly to pass protect because that’s what keeps you on the field.

“There are a lot of coaches who will say, ‘Great, you can hit the hole. Great, you’ve got peripheral vision. Great, you can hold onto the ball, but you have to pass protect and understand that you’re in there to keep our quarterback upright and, should the play break down, to offer him an option,’” Eisen continued.

“The way you become an every-down back in today’s game is to pass protect.”

Pass protection is a question mark that ESPN has listed in their assessment of Ball saying that he gives a solid effort in protecting the quarterback but that he “swings and misses a bit too often” and that he is “an average-cut blocker at this point.”

In addition to having to perfect his pass protection, Ball must also deal with the

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Uzbekistan native enjoying tennis in America Zack Miller Sports Writer The Wisconsin men’s tennis team is full of young and energetic players from all corners of the globe. One Badger’s energy, however, stands apart from the rest and has had a positive effect on the play of his teammates throughout the course of the regular season.

His name is Jakhongir Jalalov, or “Johnnie” as his teammates call him, and he is a freshman who hails from Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Johnnie has made certain his smile and team-first mentality did not get left behind on the

13.5-hour flight.

“It’s really fun [playing with Johnnie],” fellow freshman Oskar Wikberg said, “because he is always vocal and always pumps everybody up. He brings a lot of motivation to the team and the players so that is really good.”

Regardless of the score of the match, as soon as Johnnie is finished playing on his court he immediately runs to the nearest court to cheer on his teammates and give them the emotional support needed to win a tough Division I tennis match.

“I think it is really important to give moral support to your guys,”

Jalalov said. “We all know, and I know from my past experience, that it is important to do so no matter what the result is. We all know to be very proud of each other, regardless of what the result will be.”

The moral support he gives his teammates does not go unnoticed with head coach Greg Van Emburgh.

“He brings a great team morale to the table,” Van Emburgh said. “When he comes out there and is really playing with a lot of intensity, and becoming a vocal leader, it adds a lot to the team and that is an area that we have really been trying to work on.”

While being a great teammate and motivator is important, it does not yield results and that is where Jalalov’s play on the court comes into the equation.

Heading into the Big Ten tournament, Johnnie is 17-14 (6-3 in the fall) in singles play and 16-10 (3-2 in the fall) in doubles. At the number three court for doubles, Jalalov sports an 11-6 record where he is 10-5 with Wikberg as his partner.

His success on the court was the main reason coach Van Emburgh was attracted to the 20-year-old. “He is a really competitive person,” Van Emburgh said. “He had a good junior career internationally and [has so

far gotten us] a bunch of singles and doubles points.

You know he is a really nice guy and he has started to work harder and harder, so it’s just been a really good fit [here at Wisconsin].”

“I feel like he’s only going to continue to get better,” Van Emburgh continued, “and we are looking for him to continually step up in the years to come.”

What attracted Jalalov to the Wisconsin was the good academics, coupled with a good tennis program.

“It is a good mix here,” Jalalov said, “and that is exactly what I was looking for [in a school].”

As one of five international players on the

team, Jalalov has found his niche here in Wisconsin.

“We feel really comfortable as a team,” Jalalov said as assistant coach Joe Bates spanked him jokingly with a tennis racquet. “By the end of the season we really feel like we are together as a team.”

Part of that bonding experience has come away from the tennis court, where Jalalov and Wikberg are roommates.

“He’s just a really good guy,” Wikberg said. “He is really fun and just an allaround good roommate and teammate.”

Still, no matter how close

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