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Officials reflect on tamer May 4 events Soglin: block party from years past likely over, officials look ahead to Revelry 2014 Sarah Eucalano

if it does, it could increase the total number of citations issued.

DeSpain said police officers were sent home early, but MPD will not know how much money the department saved from the expected $190,000 cost of policing the event until MPD finalizes its payroll. Verveer said firefighters and paramedics were also sent home earlier than expected.

DeSpain contrasted Saturday’s event where residents grilled out, had fun and threw frisbees and footballs around with the 2011 event, which was marked by a stabbing and numerous assaults.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said he spoke with MPD Chief Noble Wray about the event and said they both thought it went well. He said the city and MPD would likely continue to see a few private house parties on the day Mifflin is traditionally held and would continue to watch for underage drinking and public drinking offenses.

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City Hall Editor City of Madison and campus officials agreed the 2013 Mifflin Street Block Part was milder than the party has been in recent years, with no major incidents and figures showing record lows in citations and detox transportations.

Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said no one attending the Mifflin event went to jail and six people at the event were given citations and released. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the event had fewer than a few dozen citations issued overall, which is significantly lower than the 500 citations issued in 2012.

DeSpain and Verveer both said the number of citations issued was not final. Verveer said for past Mifflin events, police officers visit house parties that are not complying with city ordinances and other laws and then come back later in the week to issue them citations. Verveer said he is unsure if this practice will continue this year, but

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With six people receiving citations so far, the Mifflin Street Block Party was more mild than usual, and city officials say it will likely remain that way in the coming years.

Faculty Senate votes down fossil fuel proposal School of Music reiterates choice not to join new College of the Arts proposal Muge Niu Higher Education Editor The University of Wisconsin’s Faculty Senate did not approve a resolution calling for faculty support on divestment in fossil fuel companies at their Monday’s

meeting, voting to further study the issue before making a final decision.

UW family science professor Bruce Barrett, who proposed the resolution, urged the faculty to call upon the UW Foundation to freeze any new investments in fossil fuel companies and divest in five years.

Faculty senators voted to bring the resolution back for a possible better strategy, according to University Committee Chair Mark Cook.

“It was decided that it was probably really too complex to really discuss it in here,” Cook said in an interview with The Badger Herald.

“It’s not to get away from the topic, the topic is very important, but to bring in a diverse group to decide on a strategy… whether divestment is the better strategy.”

Barrett, who gave a speech in front of the Faculty Senate arguing for the urgency of the resolution, said he felt compelled to bring it

forward out of concerns for the planet and the future generations.

However, he said he was not surprised the resolution did not pass.

“I suspected that it would not pass on first consideration,” Barrett said.

“While the climate change facts may be widely available, the UW has not considered fossil fuel divestment before.”

Jo Ellen Fair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee member and journalism professor, confirmed

although the resolution has been circulated among faculty individually, it is the first time the Faculty Senate has seen the proposal.

The resolution sent to the Faculty Senate outlined 12 reasons why the UW faculty has “professional and moral obligation to act.”

According to Barrett, the consensus scientists reached on the effect of fossil fuel emission is rarely seen.

Although the Faculty Senate did not vote to pass the resolution, opinions are

divided among committee members, Cook said.

“There are some people who believe that there are even better, stronger strategies to push it,” Cook said. “This is a very important to the faculty and the senate… we need to get very strong faculty support, whatever decision we make there need to be a strong consensus. ” Cook added a committee would study the issue this

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Walker proposes diverting UW System funds to K-12 schools Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor As the dispute on the University of Wisconsin System’s reserve assets continues, the fate of Gov. Scott Walker’s original $181 million budget proposal for state higher education funding is becoming clearer.

Walker said Monday some of

the money originally budgeted for the system would support K-12 public education and increased tax cuts, although he did not specify how much, according to the Associated Press.

After a Legislative Fiscal Bureau report indicated the UW System has $648 million in unrestricted assets, the governor

first called for a tuition freeze two weeks ago, then said he would reconsider his biennial budget proposal to the system a few days later.

UW officials have since projected the system’s total reserve balance to grow another $150 million by the end of June.

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As graduation approaches, many eyes are on the employment prospects for college graduates. The latest federal employment data paints a more optimistic picture for people with college degrees, but economists are weary of overgeneralizing the trend.

According to a U.S. Department of Labor report issued on Friday, the unemployment rate in April for college graduates is 3.9 percent, compared to the 7.5 percent average unemployment rate for all of the labor force above age 16.

According to UW economics professor Christopher Taber, although the unemployment rate has improved compared to four or five years ago, it is still high historically.

The unemployment rate is one way to measure the payoff of a college degree, but not everyone agrees on the reasons behind high employment rate for college graduates.

Some also argue the jobs created are low skill-demanding positions that do not require a college degree.

“Some would say given that the jobs are in short supply, even if you don’t need a college graduate to do the job, you will hire someone who has a college degree just because you can,” Taber said. “I haven’t seen clear evidence for that, but it’s one story. It’s plausible.”

According to the report, the unemployment rate for people with less than a high school education is almost three times higher than for college graduates.

The report said out of the total 165,000 jobs created in April, more than 20 percent were in food services and “drinking places.” Other fields that saw increases in employment are

the professional and business services, retail trade and health care.

“I don’t think a college degree is necessary for certain jobs, but it helps people think in ways that make them do a better job even if you don’t need it,” Taber said.

Economists also looked at the income gap between college graduates and people who do not have a college degree in the report.

According to Taber, on average, every year of college education increases wage by eight percent.

“So when you add that up, 32 percent is a pretty big difference,” Taber said.

Taber said the premium associated with a college degree showed resilience in the years of recession. He said college graduates were hit in the early part of the recession, but were able to recover better than lowerskilled workers.

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Barrett said the investment in fossil fuel companies contradicts UW’s mission statement and it is the duty of the faculty to act upon it, but the creation of

SYSTEM, from 1 Interim UW Chancellor David Ward said in a statement the amount of cash in UW System’s reserve is “relatively small” compared to other peer institutions. Ward said reviewing tuition policies is “certainly appropriate” and UW System President Kevin Reilly and he are working to create a new method of sharing revenue funds.

UW spokesperson Vince Sweeney said Ward and other UW officials hope to see the system receive its original $181 million budget proposal, but said he understands that option is now unlikely.

“We’re working hard to see how much of that we could keep in the final budget,” Sweeney said, adding the decision is not up to UW to determine how much state funding it receives. “If it were to be $181 million, that would be wonderful.

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Mia Akers, former Diversity Committee chair, was elected as ASM vice chair after the vote was postponed Wednesday due to a tie.

Student government to swear in new vice chair Bryan Kristensen Reporter Student Council Representative Mia Akers was selected as the new vice chair of the student government Monday following a debate-filled Student Council meeting.

Akers, who was the previous Diversity Committee chair and is a College of Letters and Science representative, won the vice chair position for the 20th session of the Associated Students of Madison by a secret ballot against Rep. Sarah Neibart, who previously served as Student Services Finance Committee Chair.

Out of the 30 members present, 16 voted for Akers and 13 for Neibart, according to ASM Chair David Gardner.

Last Wednesday, the vote for vice chair between the two candidates initially was in a tie and, after ongoing debate and several votes, a tie was still in place. Upon the stalemate for the position, the vote was pushed back to Monday for the vice chair spot.

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a committee specifically for the issue is the first step.

“I can understand that my colleagues would like to think and talk about the various ramifications and feel that the commitment to create an ad hoc committee to study the issue is a step in the right direction,” Barrett

might be able to get.”

Sweeney said it would be difficult to maintain all current educational operations at UW schools if the system does not receive any state funding in the new budget, like Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-0pJuneau, is advocating.

In addition to reallocation of UW System dollars to fund its tuition freeze as well as primary and secondary public education, the funding originally targeted for higher education would expand Walker’s proposed $343 million income tax.

Andrew Reschovsky, a UW public affairs and applied economics professor, said Walker and other state lawmakers are overreacting to the UW System’s surplus. He said Walker is not diverting the system’s proposed funding to the right places.

Reschovsky said he is unsure whether Walker’s decision was politically motivated. But regardless,

continued to offer up their support for either candidate.

Brit Moes, former Shared Governance chair, said she endorsed Neibart for the great relationship she had with staff and her ability to communicate with them effectively.

Madison Tully, former Diversity Committee secretary, said her endorsement of Akers was based on the ease students have when speaking to her, which she said would be very valuable for a student leader.

Akers said while the election process was stressful, the position will allow her to do a lot of outreach, which is what she is passionate about.

Akers said she hopes to enhance students’ Wisconsin Experiences by encouraging them to engage with more events on campus directed toward them.

“We are affiliates of United Council and they put on amazing conferences and conventions that a lot of students don’t know about, and by trying to get more students to come to these conferences, I think that more students will be more benefited by the work ASM

said.

At the meeting, the School of Music also reinforced its decision not to become part of the newly-proposed College of Arts at this time.

But according to UW voice professor James Doing, the majority of the faculty agree with the University

he said the proposed plans are “fiscally unsound” budget shifts.

“The governor is a politician and his job is to make allocation decisions,” Reschovsky said. “I don’t think the tax cut is a wise use of public funds. Public education has been treated very poorly in the budget, but I’m not an elected official. As an economist, I may have some personal judgment whether those are the right choices.”

Reschovsky added UW System experienced hundreds of million of dollars in budget cuts during the last biennial budget and said the state’s failure to increase the system’s funding may continue.

He said despite the system’s reserves, the future of UW schools and their ability to retain faculty, fund scholarships and maintain educational programming may be inhibited by upcoming decisions by the Legislature.

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does,” Akers said.

Graduate Rep. Andrew Kidd was re-elected as Finance Committee Chair, defeating Mary Prunty by a vote of 16-11.

Kidd said his expertise in finance, which stems from his undergraduate and graduate work in economics as well as his work as chair for the 19th session, makes him a perfect fit to continue as chair of the committee.

He said while the committee had troubles during the last session, his primary focus would be to fix policy for the committee.

“A huge complaint we got this year was that Registered Student Organizations didn’t understand what we meant by certain things,” Kidd said.

“So the number one goal will be to front-load our work so that RSOs understand what we’re doing, and that way everything will run smoothly and we will have a great relationship with the RSOs.” Grace Bolt was elected to press office director, and said that her work as assistant press office director this past year would provide her with the necessary knowledge and skills to carry out her work effectively.

Committee the status quo of the college needs to be improved. He said he welcomes ideas for innovation.

Speaking as an individual faculty member, Doing said he is concerned about the loss of unique identity.

“We have a tight-knit

CITY, from 1 probably over as we knew it before 2013,” Soglin said.

Soglin said the significant difference between Saturday’s event and previous Mifflin Street Block Party events was the absence of many outof-town visitors and their “unnecessary” behavior.

Verveer said labor costs make up the vast majority of the cost to police Mifflin. He said Mifflin was very tame this year, which means the cost of the event will be greatly reduced compared to past years, which will bode well for taxpayers in the city.

“There are just too many significant safety concerns over the last few years to allow the city to sanction this annual gathering,” he said. “I hope in

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Federal funding reductions for two anti-terrorism centers in Wisconsin for the current year have forced the centers to reduce operations, according to a state criminal investigation agency.

The Wisconsin Statewide Information Center’s federal grant awards have decreased steadily during the past three years. In 2009, the federal government awarded $886,719 to WSIC, yet by 2012, that number had fallen to $585,000, according to Wisconsin Department of Justice reports.

The DOJ’s budget request last fall noted the decreased funding for public safety and law enforcement operations.

“In the 2011-13 budget, DOJ received the second largest reduction in expenditure authority of any mid- or largesized state agency,” Mike Huebsch, Department of Administration secretary, said in the request.

Dana Brueck, a DOJ spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald the two antiterrorist “fusion” centers include WSIC, located in Madison and operated

by DOJ, as well as the Southeastern Wisconsin Threat Analysis Center located in Milwaukee.

STAC is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s fusion centers and works in collaboration with the Milwaukee Police Department, Brueck said. Both centers work toward the same goal of minimizing terrorist and criminal activity, she added.

Brueck said the department is relying heavily on state funding due to the federal funding cuts.

“State support for the WSIC is part of

faculty and I don’t want to see us split up between various departments if a majority of us were to force the issue,” Doing said.

He said his colleagues heard from friends who currently work within a College of the Arts that forming a college does

the governor’s budget recommendation (and was part of our request) due to decreasing federal funding for the center,” Brueck said.

Brueck said the center has many functions, which range from the Wisconsin Crime Alert Network and AMBER Alerts to the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children and Adults.

WSIC helps these organizations respond to major incidences and has a number of intelligence resources to lead investigations.

Brueck also said she was unaware whether this reduced funding is due to the sequestration, but added DOJ anticipated decreased funding when allocating operating costs.

“If we do not receive the requested state support for the WSIC, we’ll continue to rely on what federal funding we do receive and operate the WSIC in whatever limited capacity that may pose,” Brueck said.

UW political science associate professor Andrew Kydd said he was unaware of the state’s anti-terrorism centers, but said he acknowledged Milwaukee is a reasonably-sized city and may have a need for such a center.

Kydd said antiterrorism units should have a mixture of both federal and state funds.

“I think there should be some federal assets, especially available regionally,” he said “They are more likely to come to bigger cities such as Boston, Chicago and New York.”

While Kydd said he thinks Wisconsin does not have enough large, populated areas to require anti-terrorism task forces, WSIC has a wide range of functions to ensure safety for Wisconsin.

not actually increase collaboration between disciplines.

In addition, the Campus Transportation Committee announced starting next year, UW faculty members will be charged $24 annually to obtain an unlimited ride pass with Madison Metro.

the future, Mifflin residents and their friends are able to have a gathering on this traditional day and continue the tradition in a reduced fashion.”

Campus leaders also considered the Revelry Music and Arts Festival, which was held for the first time this year, to be a success.

Sarah Mathews, the Wisconsin Union president, called the event “amazing” and said she is looking forward to future Revelry events.

“People should gear up for Revelry 2014,” Mathews said. “There’s always room for improvement and growth and we’re looking for ways we’d be able to do that.”

University of Wisconsin Police Department spokesperson Marc Lovicott

said UWPD had a positive experience working with Revelry organizers and would be happy to work with them in the future to continue the event.

He said the crowd was wellbehaved and smaller than Mifflin, which led UWPD to send home some security and police officers early as well.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said both events were fairly safe. Resnick said no major incidents happened on Mifflin Street, but said a 19-year-old woman fell off of a balcony on Brooks Street. An MPD statement said she fell from the second floor balcony shortly before 4:30 p.m. and was taken to an area hospital.

Most of the citations issued were for relatively minor violations, he said.

of Business said out of the business students graduating in December of last year, 59.7 percent accepted full-time employment and 17.4 percent decided to continue their education.

Buelow said employers continue to actively hire UW graduates.

“UW-Madison economics alumni reach out to me to find out how they can recruit more Badgers for their company,” Buelow said. “The most difficult factor for recent graduates to find a job is not having adequate experiences outside the classroom as an undergraduate.”

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Teach the love of knowledge, not just ‘utile’ skills Reginald Young Columnist Given that I recently wrote a column on the benefits of pushing languages in general, I was delighted to see a column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel this weekend about a linguistics class taught at the Milwaukee School of Languages.

It’s not often one hears of linguistics being taught in high school, and while it makes more sense to see it at a language-focused high school, it still is nonetheless encouraging. The column,

by Alan Borsuk, hits at a lot of the key issues relating to these sorts of classes.

He first explores two central features of what makes any class successful at any level of education: memorability and value.

I’m guessing most of us here don’t remember everything we’ve learned while undergraduates. I don’t even remember half the classes I took during my freshman and sophomore years. The courses I do remember, however, were certainly both memorable and valuable.

Borsuk briefly mentions some of the aspects that give a course value.

He notes they provide cultivation of creativity, which is key to success in an innumerable number of ways.

He also mentions the

value that arises from instilling a love for learning in students. This is key for understanding why classes like French or linguistics ought to be accessible to all students, rather than just the few courses deemed “utile.”

Imagine a student who finds school boring because his or her roster of classes just doesn’t connect. The student finds math, biology, history, English, etc. a waste of time. Yet, then, they enroll in linguistics and find it fascinating. Suddenly they find themselves looking forward to homework assignments, having an intrinsic interest in the material. Then before they know it, they start to realize how stimulating learning can be in general, and that realization overflows into other classes. Their interest

spreads and suddenly they begin to try in every class.

I’ve seen this happen to many friends, not just in college but in high school, as well.

This is the key to classes like linguistics. It might not fit into the conception of a “utile” student, but it certainly has value. Once the flame of learning is lit, it spreads like wildfire to all subjects.

Now imagine another situation wherein students who would have found how stimulating learning could have been if they had been able to learn French, instead had to enroll in Spanish because the school they attended deemed it a more “valuable” language in today’s world (note: I’m not in any way saying one shouldn’t enroll in Spanish, this is just a hypothetical).

Those students never end up discovering the joy of learning and are lost. For the rest of their lives, they will not live up to their potentials because they remain apathetic towards education.

These “outlier” classes like linguistics matter incredibly because they can instill a crucial desire to learn in students that spreads to all other classes.

Borsuk raises another interesting point. He asks what we’re doing to encourage these sorts of courses and teachers to continue doing what they’re doing. And, well, we’re not doing a whole lot. “We” sure don’t seem to value teachers and education in general, as anyone who has followed the proportions of spending cuts the University of Wisconsin

System has borne can attest to. We sure don’t seem to be encouraging teachers to keep doing the great jobs they have been.

It’s great to hear of courses like linguistics being valued publicly.

They can be a gateway for students to discover the mental stimulation that accompanies learning in general. Given that it’s teacher appreciation week, we all ought to make a point of thanking the teachers who have instilled this kind of thirst for knowledge in you. If all you do is simply fill in bubbles on a course evaluation, how will they know that their course truly meant something to you?

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

Grading participation problematic, undermines learning Jared Mehre Columnist Participation: It was once considered to be the mere act of showing up and handing in your homework on time. But lost are the days of middle school. Along with milk breaks, recess and rewards of candy for doing good deeds, passively-earned participation points became a thing of the past when we arrived in college.

Sadly, I wish graded participation would have disappeared as a whole when I arrived here, as I consider it to be a childish and ineffective measure of a student’s abilities. It is impossible for anyone

to effectively grade a person’s participation accurately because it is an ambiguous action that can be judged and forgotten in numerous ways. The only way to effectively grade participation would be to go around in a circle, ask each person to say a statement and then give a check mark once the statement, regardless of whether it is nonsense, is uttered.

The participation requirement, which seems to be a staple of this university, has several problems. Now, I completely understand participation is used to get students to attend class and speak, especially in discussions. However, if you’re not motivated by the fact that you’re dropping more than $5,000 every semester to get your ass out of bed to go to a lecture or discussion and say one thing relevant to your

future, I fail to see why the 10 percent participation requirement of your grade would motivate you. If you feel as though you are so smart you can get by at this school without participating or attending classes, you should be allowed to skip so you can use your talents in other areas. However, if pure laziness seems to plague you, and you fail to be able to show up and try and then fail your class, your grade should reflect it. By requiring students to show up and participate, the participation requirement masks who the student fundamentally is as a person. Are students going to be employees who come to work because what they do its intrinsically important to them or are they just going to show up because they have to?

The second aspect of the participation requirement that makes my blood boil

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is that no one can judge participation consistently and accurately. Now, I have had my participation judged in many ways, and I will describe this in several levels — you may call this the evolution of participation if you wish. At the most basic level, several TAs and professors judge your participation simply by the fact they want you to show up to class, and grading on participation is an incentive to do so.

This is probably the most effective way to judge participation because in this manner, participation is quantitative, and just about anyone at this university can count to 16, 32 or 48 if need be.

What becomes more complicated is the way participation is traditionally judged, which is by the number of times a student says something.

The problem with this manner of judgment is

that some things certain students say are simply more memorable than others. Sadly, I feel this rarely refers to the relevant and intelligent comments — any relevant and intelligent conversation becomes lost in a sea of unintelligible, incoherent questions and statements from people who have not even opened their books.

Why should someone be rewarded for asking for information that they can easily get from reading the material required for the class? I once had a student in my class ask if a woman raped in a fraternity with a high likelihood of rape was “asking for it.” Is this really what we should reward as participation?

Lastly, several courses have adopted the practice of only rewarding students participation points for contributing intelligent and relevant discussion.

However, this begs the

question of what intelligent and relevant discussion actually is. It’s impossible to know what actually qualifies as intelligent and relevant as it is an objective quality that changes from person to person. Besides, all that happens when this requirement is enacted is that students polish the same incoherent and unintelligible thinking from the previous paragraph.

Participation can literally be referred to as the golden turd of final grades.

Participation is a measurement that is beneath the University of Wisconsin. We are made up of the students who are committed to their education. By requiring participation, we undermine them and this university.

Jared Mehre (mehre@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science, sociology and legal studies.

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Stand up for workers’ rights Life lessons learned thus far Palermo’s workers have been in the news during the past week. Half a dozen workers came from Milwaukee to testify outside Interim Chancellor Ward’s office Monday about abuses in their factory. Even though the university’s labor and licensing committee recommended six months ago that the chancellor cut the Palermo’s contract, their workplace remains unsafe, intimidating and without union representation.

We were all moved by the testimony of these factory workers, who shared that they are often forced to work seven days a week, sometimes for months on end. If a worker takes off more than three days in a six-month period, they may be automatically fired.

One worker testified that she was working long hours without any break until three days before she gave birth to her youngest son. Claudia said she was expected to staff multiple stations across the slick factory floor, meaning that she might slip while

pregnant. When she took issue with the conditions of her work, she was told that if she couldn’t manage these tasks, she would be replaced.

These and other abuses, cataloged by the university’s own labor and licensing committee, blatantly violate the University of Wisconsin Labor Code of Conduct. The committee said Palermo’s must rehire all of the workers fired when on strike, enforce safety conditions and regular work hours and recognize the Palermo’s Worker’s Union in order to comply with the university’s code of conduct.

The National Labor Relations Board report to which Ward referred in his e-statement on Monday only upheld one of these conditions. The NLRB is a historically conservative body that was taken to international court in 2007 for not upholding workers’ established federal right to freedom of association. We believe it is the chancellor’s job to enforce all of the codes of conduct that govern our relationships

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with businesses, not just the convenient ones.

Ward and the university administration stood up for workers in Indonesia who were being mistreated in order to make more Bucky apparel. Why won’t he stand up for workers here at home who make Bucky’s official pizza?

The new chancellor provides a blank slate. We hope that we have been able to clarify the facts and put them into context for those who have not been following the issue since the Palermo’s workers went on strike more than a year ago.

We were happy to see that this newspaper came out in an editorial to support rehiring workers, improving conditions and recognizing a legitimate union. We hope the new chancellor follows that lead.

Dena Ohlinger is a member of the Working Class Student Union. Niko Magallon is a member of the Multicultural Student Coalition. Nurys Uceta is a member of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán.

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-JOHN SAMPSON, NEW YORK STATE SENATOR

On Monday, New York State Senator John Sampson was charged with involvement in a bribery scheme.

According to the indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s office, Sampson has been charged with two counts of embezzelment and, more relevantly, five counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of making false statements.

The indictment describes a meeting between FBI agents and Sampson last July. The agents asked Sampson about criminal activity they already knew he was involved with.

Sampson denied any involvement and repeatedly lied during the interview. After hearing his answers, the agents informed Sampson that he was lying to federal angents — a federal crime.

When asked if he wished to revise his statement in light of the new information, Sampson, ever the wordsmith, responded with the above.

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As the sun begins to create unbearably hot afternoons, it’s time to start heading to cool theater spaces for a summer of superhero blockbusters, actor reunions and highly-anticipated animated sequels and prequels. Here is a glimpse of the most exciting films debuting in the next four months.

This weekend marks the release of “The Great Gatsby,” originally scheduled for release this past December. After filmmakers wanted to avoid competition with award season flicks, audiences can finally enjoy what looks like a visually stunning adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The film, opening for the Cannes Film Festival this month, stars Leonardo DiCaprio (“Django Unchained”) as the film’s titular character: a war veteran with a longing romantic interest for the unattainable Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan, “Shame”). Directed and cowritten by Baz Luhrmann, who brought the musical favorite “Moulin Rouge” to life, “The Great Gatsby” offers a beautiful, artistic envisioning of the roaring ‘20s.

It’s been four years since J.J. Abrams’ “Stak Trek,” but Chris Pine (“People Like Us”), Zachary Quinto (TV’s “American Horror Story: Asylum”) and Zoe Saldana (“The Words”) reunite for an exciting sequel: “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” The crew of the Enterprise is forced into battle after an attack on Starfleet, leaving Earth in a state of chaos. Critics are already calling “Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance as the evil Khan the best in the film. While “Star Trek: Into Darkness” may have taken a while to produce, this sequel looks like it will have been worth the wait when it arrives in theaters May 17.

The second time the wolf pack reunited two years ago, audiences felt like they were watching the same film, the only difference being that the gang was in Thailand. With the release of “The Hangover Part III” on May 24, will the script be the same

as the previous two films only with Alan getting married? Apparently not. There’s no wedding this time, but as Phil (Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”), Stu (Ed Helms, TV’s “The Office”), Alan (Zach Galifianakis, “The Campaign”) and Doug (Justin Bartha, TV’s “The New Normal”) embark on a road trip together, quite frankly, anything is possible. Although some familiar faces return in the final installment of this comedic trilogy, such as Heather Graham (“About Cherry”) as stripper Jade and the always surprising Ken Jeong (“Pain & Gain”) as gangster Mr. Chow, a couple other popular stars join the cast this time, including John Goodman (“Flight”) and Melissa McCarthy (“Bridesmaids”). To each his own as to whether or not to see this one, but it is the supposed finale, so why not?

Although not part of a series or even an adaptation, “Now You See Me,” in theaters May 31, offers a creative story of the FBI and Interpol working together to bring down a group of illusionists who manage to rob a high security bank and shower audiences with money -- and that’s just the trailer.

Not only does the story sound exciting, but the film includes an all-star cast, boasting Mark Ruffalo (“The Avengers”), Woody Harrelson (“The Hunger Games”) and Jesse Eisenberg (“To Rome with Love”). Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, favorites from “The Dark Knight Rises,” top off a stacked actor lineup. Directed by Louis Leterrier (“The Incredible Hulk”), “Now You See Me” should keep audiences on the edge of their seats with a quite different experience from some of the “hero” films coming this summer.

Eight years ago, Owen Wilson (“Midnight in Paris”) and Vince Vaughn (“The Watch”) starred in a memorable comedy of party crashing, fake identities and boning in “Wedding Crashers.” Now, the dynamic duo returns on June 7 for “The Internship,” which should be a relatable romp for college kids. Recently laid off from their jobs, Wilson and Vaughn somehow land an internship at Google. The opportunity seems to be quite different from any other, tasking its interns with ping-pong and quidditch matches, but restricting interns from drinking with their bosses. Trying to find their place among recent college graduates, old-timers Vaughn and Wilson should exhibit familiar chemistry as they have in past films. Additionally, Rose Byrne (TV’s “Damages”), Max Minghella (“The Social Network”) and Goodman join in Google’s twisted fun.

During the Wisconsin Film Festival, one of the most sought-out films was Joss Whedon’s (“The Avengers”) modern retelling of William Shakespeare’s classic “Much Ado About Nothing,” set for a wide release June 7. The story’s narrative intertwines two couples: Benedick (Alexis Denisof, “The Avengers”) and Beatrice (Amy Acker, “The Cabin in the Woods”), as Claudio and Hero.

This particular Shakespeare play was previously adapted in 1993, but some critics agree Whedon’s Shakespeare adaptation is the best since Luhrmann’s “Romeo and Juliet.” For Whedon, whose previous works--in addition to superhero films--include Pixar’s classic “Toy Story,”

“Much Ado About Nothing” will continue to broaden his filmmaking abilities.

While some new films this summer are parts of long-running series or final installments of trilogies, the “Superman” series is getting a reboot with “Man of Steel,” in theaters June 14. Directed by Zack Snyder (“Sucker Punch”), Henry Cavill (“The Cold Light of Day”) takes on the renowned role of Clark Kent and Superman alongside Amy Adams (“The Master”) as Lois Lane. The film depicts the original Superman story: Clark Kent grows up an adopted child feeling isolated due to his super powers. As an adult, he must harness his strength to save Earth when people of his own race seek to destroy it. The film also includes Diane Lane (“Secretariat”) and Kevin Costner (“The Company Men”) as Kent’s adoptive parents and Laurence Fishburne (“Contagion”) as the Kent’s editor, Perry White.

Every summer, it is interesting to see what Disney Pixar will debut to entertain kids of all ages. This year, rather than a sequel, Disney Pixar is offering their first prequel with “Monsters University,” in theaters June 21. Twelve years after the release of “Monster’s Inc.,” the film shares Mike (Billy Crystal, “Parental Guidance”) and Sulley’s (Goodman) story before they worked for the scare factory and back when they were just learning how to scare and not yet friends. Since the original film caught the attention of many now-university students back in the day, “Monsters University” should be exciting for all audiences.

Johnny Depp (“Dark Shadows”) returns in “The Lone Ranger” after a brief vacation from acting. Based on the classic TV series, Depp, in Jack Sparrow-esque makeup, stars as Tonto and Armie Hammer (“Mirror Mirror”) as the Lone Ranger. Although the men come from different backgrounds, they learn to work together in order to serve justice. The film is another collaboration between director Gore Verbinski and Depp, who worked on the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series together, as well as the Academy Award-winning animated film “Rango.” Enjoy the American remake on July 3, just in time for Independence Day. Another exciting animated film for the summer is sequel “Despicable Me 2,” also in theaters July 3. The film brings back Steve Carell (“The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”) to voice Gru, who is recruited by the AntiVillain League to bring down the latest top felon, all the while trying to balance fatherhood with three young girls. The film also brings back Russell Brand (“Rock of Ages”), Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids”) and Miranda Cosgrove (TV’s “iCarly”); new voices include Moises Arias (“Noobz”) and Jeong. At first glance, the film series seems pointless.

However, the first film won the hearts of audiences, and Gru’s tiny yellow minions remain unforgettable.

After much buzz about the film at Sundance Film Festival in January, “The Way, Way Back” arrives in theaters July 5.

The narrative revolves around Duncan (Liam James, TV’s “Psych”), a 14-year-old who is not enthusiastic about spending a summer vacation with his mother (Toni Collette, “Hitchcock”) and her boyfriend (Carell).

But as Duncan slowly develops friendships at the local water park, he begins a process

of self-discovery. This indie gem also stars AnnaSophia Robb (“Soul Surfer”), Allison Janney (“Liberal Arts”) and Maya Rudolph (“Friends with Kids”). The film is co-written and co-directed by Academy Award winning screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (“The Descendants”), whose works continue to achieve nothing but critical acclaim, making this independent film definitely worth a trip to the theater.

Hugh Jackman enjoyed his fame as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables” this past winter.

Now he’s back as X-Men’s Logan in “The Wolverine” in theaters July 26. Logan, the Wolverine, now faces new and old enemies in Japan. Following the success of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” this Marvel film marks the sixth installment in the film series. “The Wolverine” also includes collaboration between director James Mangold and score composer Marco Beltrami, who also worked on “3:10 to Yuma” together.

The winner of Sundance’s U.S. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for dramatic film is “Fruitvale Station,” which will be released July 16. The film shares the true story of Oscar Grant, who was shot to death on New Year’s Day 2009 by a police officer and the events of his final day. Oscar’s story received massive media attention as the incident involving Grant at Oakland’s Fruitvale station was recorded on cellphones. The film, selected to compete at the Cannes and produced by acclaimed actor Forest Whitaker (“The Last King of Scotland”), includes a young, new cast, but also Academy Award winning actress Octavia Spencer (“The Help”). It’s rare for a film to win both a jury prize and audience award at Sundance; “Fruitvale Station” proves itself a very promising summer thought-provoker.

The action film genre takes form in “2 Guns,” which is in theaters Aug. 2. Mark Wahlberg is not only stealing money with Dwayne Johnson in “Pain & Gain” this year but also with Denzel Washington (“Flight”) in this crime drama. The two men set out to investigate one another, but they soon realize the mob set them both up. The film, also starring James Marsden (TV’s “30 Rock”) and Bill Paxton (“Shanghai Calling”), is based on the graphic novel of the same name

by Steven Grant, who written for other popular comics series, including “The Avengers” and “The Hulk.”

An exciting film that also premiered at Sundance is “The Spectacular Now,” in theaters Aug. 2. The story focuses on Sutter Keely (Miles Teller, “21 & Over”), a party-loving high school student whose world is turned around upon meeting Aimee Finicky (Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”). Both Teller and Woodley received acting awards for their performances at Sundance and will appear in the film adaptation of “Divergent.” Based on the novel of the same name by Tim Tharp, the screenplay of the “The Spectacular Now” is written

by Scott Neustadter, whose previous works include the popular romantic comedy “500 Days of Summer.” This indie film looks promising for students who have ever questioned their philosophy on life.

“Elysium” is just one of this summer’s science fiction films, directed by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9”). The film, set in 2154, explores life on Elysium, a clean, healthy spacecraft not riddled

with war or poverty like Earth, where only the wealthy can afford to live.

Against the wishes of an Elysium official (Jodie Foster, “Carnage”), Matt Damon (“Contagion”) tries to find a way to bring these two worlds together.

In theaters Aug. 9, “Elysium” poses important questions about the future and challenges how the planet is currently treated.

The thriller “Paranoia,” based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Joseph Finder, is set to come out Aug. 16. Directed by Robert Luketic, whose varied works include “Legally Blonde” and “21,” the film looks at the film’s main protagonist (Liam Hemsworth, “The Hunger Games”), as a new employee at a major corporation caught in the middle of corporate espionage. The film also stars old-timers Harrison Ford (“42”) as well as Gary Oldman (“The Dark Knight Rises”), who plays the film’s antagonist. Although still a ways away, the film’s initial introduction looks appealing.

Director David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”) is also set to release indie gem “Prince Avalanche,” which premiered earlier this year at Sundance. The film is a remake of the Icelandic film “Either Way” staring Paul Rudd (“Admission”) and Emile Hirsch (“Savages”) as two men try to escape city life by spending their summer repainting traffic lines on major county roads. Along the way, they learn more about each other than they could have ever anticipated. The independent flick arrives in theaters Aug. 9.

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With nice weather, women’s rowing finally afloat Nick Daniels Sports Content Editor As spring finally emerged across the University of Wisconsin campus this weekend — flowers began to bloom, the temperature rose and the sun peaked out from behind the rain clouds — women’s rowing coach Bebe Bryans and the women’s rowing team breathed a collective sigh of relief.

No. 14 Wisconsin hosted its first regatta of the season on Lake Mendota, racing in a Big Ten double dual meet against conference opponents Minnesota and Michigan State Sunday — defeating both teams in five of the six races.

“Yesterday was a pretty remarkable day for Badgers and for Wisconsin athletics just because we had such a

REBOUND, from 8 sweep both their possible opponents.

With the taste of defeat fresh in their mouth, the losses to Michigan State may have served as a wakeup call for Wisconsin that it can’t take its potential opponents in the first round lightly.

“Weekends like this keep you grounded,” Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said. “It shows you how closely matched everybody is and nothing’s easy.

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“It does make it much more difficult, but I think that any team that depends upon one athlete is not a very good team, and that’s certainly not the case in our situation,” Nuttycombe said. “I mean, we have four athletes that are leading their respective events and we’ll just have to have everybody. It’s easy to say ‘step up,’ but I think we just have to have everybody have a good meet.”

Despite losing one athlete to injury, the Badgers added two fresh faces last week to the roster in the form of football players Kenzel Doe and Dezmen Southward. According to Nuttycombe, he wasn’t sure exactly how the junior wide receiver and senior defensive back heard

ZAK, from 8 less than fantastic. Badger football has plenty of great things, but Badger football matched up against a quality opponent has plenty more.

In 2013, Wisconsin gets the pleasure of hosting Massachusetts, Tennessee Tech and Brigham Young in the nonconference slate.

Barnstorming excitement there. On the conference side, UW will entertain the heinous grouping of Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana and Penn State.

Riveting. Camp Randall will never frown, but it may take more for it to smile this season.

Although 2012 witnessed a pair of heartbreaking overtime losses to the darned Spartans and Buckeyes, having fans on

fantastic day out at the Porter Boathouse,” Bryans said at her Monday press conference.

“Just to be to able to have it be a spectacularly perfect day was an anomaly.”

Nice weather hasn’t been the story for most of the season.

Less than a month ago, the opening conference race of the season on April 13 hosted

by Iowa had to be cancelled when heavy winds created lake conditions with 18-inch whitecaps too difficult to race in.

Throughout the rest of the spring the Badgers have struggled to find a place to practice at times — forcing them to use more inventive methods.

So far this season, the Wisconsin rowing team has already traveled to Iowa to practice prior to its cancelled

meet April 13 and flew to California on two separate occasions to participate in three separate regattas on April 6, 20 and 21.

Bryans said they were finally able to begin practicing on the water in Madison just two weeks ago.

Once the ice finally broke and conditions became conducive to rowing, Bryans said the team has a variety of places to practice in Madison.

“We have different options around Lake Mendota and on Wingra, where we can take our boats and row,” Bryans said Monday. “In fact, this morning … I was moving oars from Lake Wingra back to the Boathouse. … We transport our boats around the lake.

We are inventive with what we can do to get them on the water.”

When they couldn’t

“We had won eight conference games rolling into this weekend and swept three series. I don’t know if everyone completely grasped how special that is and how it’s an accomplishment to finish with 16 wins. Every win is a huge deal when you’re in a conference like the Big Ten.” If the Badgers respond to their Sunday loss the way they have all season, the team could potentially win the entire Big Ten tournament. Not only

have the Badgers lost consecutive games just three times the entire season, but they’ve put together colossal winning streaks of 9, 11 and 13 in response to losses this season.

“I definitely think it [sharpens our focus],” Blackshear said. “These games are the games that show you can be completely at the top and anyone can come out and beat you on any given day. I think that’s a lesson learned for our team.”

about the Badgers’ need for sprinters, but after talking to football head coach Gary Andersen, the two were cleared to come out and showcase their skills. In the Wisconsin Open Saturday, Southward finished fifth in 10.97 seconds and Doe finished three places behind in a time of 11.12 seconds.

Nuttycombe was enthusiastic to have the two try the transition from the gridiron to the track and said he expects they will travel to the championships, although he doesn’t know if they will compete yet.

“We had two football players take their shoulder pads and helmets off and come out, and they had a great time. Wonderful young men. It was kind of fun to watch them run. They really were very, very excited about it,” Nuttycombe said. “As far as where they fit in, we’ll probably make that

decision when we leave Wednesday for the meet.”

As far as the competition Saturday is concerned, the Badgers will be looking to defend their title from the indoor season as well as their title from a year ago in the outdoor championships.

Winning could prove to be a difficult task without Cato competing, but Nuttycombe still expects his team to finish near the top of the standings.

“Team wise, I would have to say probably Nebraska and Illinois are a little bit of a step ahead of a group of schools of which I think we’re included in that second tier,” Nuttycombe said.

“With Cato, it would have been a little easier. Here again, I’m not going to dwell on that because, as I said earlier, if you have a team that counts on one athlete, you’re really, truly not a good team, and that’s certainly not the case.”

the edge of their concretesustained seats is a much better scenario than fans climbing that concrete in exiting form after House of Pain shouts through the loudspeakers.

Alas, don’t fret too much.

In the end, night games provide just a sliver of the fun known at 1440 Monroe St. throughout the fall.

You might be able to take the prime time away from Camp Randall, but you’ll never be able to take Camp Randall away from prime time. That’s what every single Saturday is.

Sean Zak is a junior studying journalism and communication arts. Does a schedule without a night game concern you? Let him know at szak@badgerherald. com or on Twitter @sean_zak.

practice outside earlier in the season, the team was many times forced to practice inside on ergometers instead, which simulate the motions of rowing a boat.

Fortunately, Bryans said having Porter Boathouse, which she described as “the best indoor training facility in the country,” helped reduce the problems the weather caused for Wisconsin’s training regimen this year.

“We do line rowers up on things called sliders, so the ergs move together,” Bryans said. “We have a big enough facility that we can sometimes get eight people in a row so that we can put those boats together, and we do that.

“Unfortunately for us, we’ve had to make use of [Porter Boathouse] a lot more than normal this year.”

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Now preparing for big crowds in Lincoln, Neb. and the first conference tournament for every player on the roster,

problems that come with trying to simulate lake rowing inside, the sporadic practice schedule created new issues for a group of athletes that also has to deal with academic responsibilities during the semester.

Bryans said she has been impressed with how the team has been able to handle the ups and downs this year and stressed the critical role communication has played in their ability to coordinate where practice will be held.

“They are amazingly easy going with that,” Bryans said. “We’ve got good communication with them, and we say we’re going to be here tomorrow, be there or we’re going to be there. … Wherever we need to go, they’ll do anything to not have to erg anymore.”

Moving forward, Bryans

Wisconsin hopes the Michigan State series will re-energize the team for a deep run in postseason play.

hopes being on the water throughout the next two weeks will put this highlyranked Badger team in contention for a strong finish when Wisconsin heads to the Big Ten Championships May 19 in Indianapolis.

Bryans believes the team’s mix of young talent and senior leadership has been what has kept it competitive despite its weather misfortunes.

“I’ve got a great group of athletes,” Bryans said. “We’ve been on the water for about two weeks now, and yet we are two weeks away from the Big Ten Championship.

“So to be optimistic at this point, which I am, I think is a testament to those women and the rest of the coaching staff in the job they’ve [done] getting us ready for the championships and beyond.”

“One good thing you can take from this weekend: We haven’t peaked too soon,” said Healy, laughing.

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After a late start on the lake this year, women’s rowing is making the most of outdoor practice as Big Tens approach.

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UW looking to rebound Difficult Senior Day series on Badgers’ minds as they head to Big Ten tourney Nick Korger Sports Editor Wisconsin softball has played well on the road all season. Setting a program record with 10 conference wins away from home, it seemed a forgone conclusion that once Wisconsin finally played at home — weather permitting — the team would keep on rolling.

For a large part, that assumption proved correct.

Winning six out of seven games in a lengthy homestand helped thrust the Badgers into a sizzling hot nine-game winning streak. Standing in sole control of second place in the Big Ten heading into this past weekend’s series with Michigan State, it also seemed safe to assume Wisconsin would sweep the Spartans and secure another record — the best conference finish in program history.

But, for whatever reason, the stars did not align as the Badgers watched the Spartans steal the series with a decisive victory in the teams’ rubber match on Sunday at Goodman Diamond.

“It’s hard to lose your last game here,” senior infielder Shannel Blackshear said after

the team’s loss. “We’ve done really well this season and it’s just about from this point on.

“We can’t take anything for granted and that showed here today. Michigan State is a good team, and they came in and put the ball and play and did well against us. We can’t take anything for granted because we’re doing well.”

From this point on may be what makes or breaks the Badgers season. Hoping to advance to their first NCAA tournament since 2005, UW currently sits at No. 26 in the NCAA Women’s Softball RPI, perhaps the best indicator of the team’s chances to be selected for a spot in the sport’s biggest stage.

Last season, Wisconsin lost a chance at an at-large bid in the tournament when it finished ranked No. 53 in the RPI, largely fueled by the team’s slide in the last month of the season, losing four of their last five games — albeit to strong Michigan and Nebraska teams.

Now, sitting pretty for an at-large bid thanks to a tough non-conference schedule filled with wins against their ranked opponents, the Badgers will hope to solidify their resume with some

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Senior first baseman Shannel Blackshear is batting .291 in 148 at-bats this season, contributing nine home runs to the team’s 43 home runs this year — Wisconsin’s second best total in history. postseason wins.

Wisconsin will play in the Big Ten Tournament Friday afternoon against the winner of a first round game between No. 5 seed Northwestern and No. 12 Indiana. After losing a series to a Spartans’ team that sat below them in the conference standings, the

Badgers are alert to how easy it is to drop a game to any Big Ten opponent, regardless of record.

“We sat above them in conference and if they can knock us down, I’m sure anybody can,” senior utility player Whitney Massey said.

“It will make us try that much

harder and not take anything for granted.”

“That urgency always needs to be there no matter who you’re playing,” junior outfielder Mary Massei said.

As far as the opponents go, Wisconsin has already had its way with both Indiana and Northwestern. Just two

weekends ago the Badgers swept the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind., in three straight games by a combined score of 20-3. Although the games against the Wildcats were closer and at home, the Badgers still managed to

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Wisconsin men’s track and field head coach Ed Nuttycombe has led the Badgers to 13 outdoor Big Ten Championships in his career at UW since 1984.

Big Ten Championships up next for men’s track Dan Corcoran Sports Writer While many students partook in various festivities on Mifflin Street Saturday afternoon, the Wisconsin men’s track and field team was hard at work at the McClimon Track Complex, competing in its last regular season meet.

The No. 11-ranked Badgers took home wins in 13 events in the Wisconsin Open, which was the final tuneup for the Big Ten Outdoor Championships this weekend in Columbus, Ohio.

Wisconsin head coach Ed Nuttycombe spoke about the anticipation of the championships — slated to run from Friday through Sunday — at Monday’s press conference.

“We’re very, very excited about the meet this weekend.

We like to think we’re one of the teams that has a chance to win. I do think we’re in that position. I’m not sure it’s going to probably end up being quite as tight as it was indoors in the sense of it’s almost incredible when you have five teams within four points at the indoor meet, and we’re thankful to have come out on the top side of that,” Nuttycombe said of the exciting finish to the Big Ten Indoor Championships, which saw Wisconsin edge Illinois by 2 1/2 points for the crown.

“But it will be a very competitive meet,” Nuttycombe added. “I do think there’s quite a few teams that have a chance on their given day to be on top.

I think we are one of those.”

One of the bigger obstacles for the Badgers to overcome this weekend won’t even be on the track, as Wisconsin lost one of its best athletes in junior Japheth Cato to a ruptured Achilles tendon two weekends ago at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational. The junior was named an indoor All-American both this year and last year and was last year’s Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year.

Nuttycombe knows that missing Cato Saturday will be a large loss for his team.

However, he also recognized one player doesn’t make a team, and the other athletes will have to be just that much

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Students are about to peace out for the summer. Of the 40,000plus that currently call themselves Badgers, a healthy amount will graduate or go home or head overseas or mosey on back to the kitchen of their local pizza parlor. Of the group, nearly everyone has a summer destination.

A large section of campus is leaving to do non-academic things (thank goodness -- it’s been a long year) but it’s inevitable that the same large section will come crawling back to campus just a few months after departing.

It’s a beautiful thing, too.

In August, the veterans of UW will undoubtedly find their campus remarkably warm and sweating with newness from a few thousand unaccustomed, babyfaced freshmen. Those freshmen will likely be begging for booze and the slightest sign of an invitation to a house party. They’ll also be waiting for their first chance to Jump Around, do the wave, toss profanity back and forth and get goosebumps while U2 sings. That comes Aug. 31. It’s only 115 days away.

It’ll be memorable for all the incoming students, which depends a little on their alcohol intake that

Saturday. The same thing goes for the rest of the season; only this season likely won’t be nearly as great as that of any of us veterans, the students who have already experienced a season between sections J and P at Camp Randall.

The 2013 season is sure to be unlike any other, which goes without saying. In his first stint, head coach Gary Andersen will do his best to maintain the many traditions of Wisconsin football. But a new pair of shoes will always make you walk a little differently, at least until they’re broken in.

Unfortunately for next year’s crop of incoming students, the new shoes will be broken in without a home night game.

This realization came through a series of announcements, one last week from the ESPN and ABC conglomeration and one this week from the Big Ten Network.

Last Monday, ESPN announced that UW’s only game to find prime time on its network would come at Ohio State, roughly 500 miles from the Wisconsin campus. The Big Ten Network followed up Monday, announcing Wisconsin’s only night game to air on its network will be the bout at Illinois, just 250 miles through the long state to our south.

So Camp Randall won’t host a night game in 2013, and it’s too bad.

Some of the very best moments known to the Wisconsin venue have come at night games.

There’s something weird about how the sun going down brings

the vivacity up.

A few years back, the Badgers toppled an undefeated and topranked Ohio State team in a moment that even sobered up the kids blacked out from too much Bacardi. ESPN opened its telecast, the city of Madison lit up from the ambiance of its stadium centerpiece and former wide receiver David Gilreath brought Camp Randall to a sound level once thought unimaginable.

The game ended, but the night never seemed to.

Less than a year later, Wisconsin opened the season for the rest of the nation as UNLV traveled to Madison. One of those incoming students I’ve referred to was playing quarterback.

His name was Russell Wilson, igniting excitement around a Wisconsin team that actually began to seem legitimate.

A few weeks later, the Badgers opened their door to Big Ten newbie Nebraska and then shut them down forcibly with a 48-17 thrashing of the bewildered Cornhuskers. That was another night that never seemed to end as cardinal and white poured out of the stadium into its surrounding locales.

Unfortunately, the only reason to use the lights at Camp Randall in 2013 will come at the outset of a 2:30 p.m. game that simply goes too long. And even then, that might not be as great as similar games of the past. The Badgers’ home schedule in 2013 is very much

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