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Police Department to detain the two suspects, aged 17 and 18. UWPD detained one of the suspects at a bus stop on Observatory Drive, and MPD detained the other suspect at the intersection of Henry Street and Gilman Street. UW placed several buildings on lockdown during the chase, advising people to stay indoors until police contained the situation. DeSpain said there is an indication the suspects ran through Memorial Union and down Lakeshore path. DeSpain said both suspects are under investigation and have not been formally arrested yet. Despite feeling confident in their actions, police do not know if these suspects are responsible for the crime, he said. It is also unclear if these suspects are related to other recent armed

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Madison police detained two suspects in a targeted armed robbery Wednesday after a gunshot was reported on Langdon Street, an incident that resulted in lockdowns in the neighborhood and Memorial Union as police pursued the suspects. A 19-year-old male was robbed of his backpack and keys on the 100 block of West Gilman Street at 6:23 p.m., Wednesday, prompting a chase down Langdon Street, Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. MPD did not report any injuries after gunshots were reported near 130 Langdon. DeSpain said friends of the armed robbery victim on Gilman Street chased after the two suspects who fled on foot. At the 100

block of Langdon, one of the two suspects fired a shot, DeSpain said. He added it is not clear whether the shot was fired in the air or at one of the people involved in the chase. DeSpain said the suspects split up and one of the suspects may have waded through the shallow water of Lake Mendota in an attempt to flee. At least one of the two suspects was armed with a handgun, DeSpain said, although police have not yet recovered a firearm. An eyewitness at 112 Langdon St., who observed the chase through his apartment window, said he saw three men running down Langdon Street when one of them pulled his arm back in the air and shot what resembled a handgun. “It sounded like a pop,” the eyewitness said. Despain said MPD was working in partnership with the University of Wisconsin

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Freakfest to expand Halloween festival features ‘biggest talent lineup’ ever with nine groups Sarah Link City Editor Freakfest 2013 will feature performances by Matt and Kim and Chiddy Bang at the Halloweenthemed event on State Street, which promoters say will be the biggest in the event’s history. A statement from True Endeavors said this year’s event on Oct. 26 “will feature the biggest

talent lineup in the event’s history.” The lineup also includes Lucius, Sexy Ester, Watsky, F. Stokes and several local rappers on the Gilman Street Stage. Boy Blue, The Sharrows and Vic and Gab will be the WSUM Stage performers. In addition to the three stages, Tag Evers, a True Endeavors promoter, said the Wisconsin Union Directorate is hosting a new event at the Orpheum. The event will be a VIP dance party hosted by DJ 3LAU as well as other local DJs, and attendees will have to purchase separate tickets to gain entry. Evers said ticket holders will be able

to move freely between the Orpheum and Freakfest. Evers said the Orpheum party would not compete with Freakfest because people will not be excluded from attending the State Street event. “It will be a party right on State Street that will not be competing but complementing [our event],” Evers said. Evers added there appears to be more university buy-in for the event this year, citing the addition of the WUDsponsored party along with the WSUM-sponsored stage.

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Rec Sports turns to students with master plan University turns to state, private sources to fund possible $250 million upgrade, remodel of campus-wide facilities Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor There are two possible directions in plans for the future of Recreational Sports’ campus facilities: either take the plunge to construct new buildings or invest money into large-scale maintenance projects. Rec Sports Director John Horn presented the master plan for the University of Wisconsin’s recreational facilities at the Associated Students of Madison’s Student

Council meeting Wednesday. He said this spring, students will decide whether or not the university should invest in maintaining old recreational facilities or invest in building new ones. “We have to do one or the other,” Horn said. “We’re not in a situation where we can wait any longer. We need to invest dollars into this.” The master plan contains several options, some that include completely leveling current facilities and starting from the ground up and some

that simply build up and around current facilities. The current master plan is tentative and the design is not set, Horn said. An option for the Natatorium is to renovate and build up and over the building, Horn said. The Natatorium would remain a recreational activity space for students with a pool, a possible ice rink, multipurpose rooms and eight courts, he said. The South East Recreational Facility, however, poses a different challenge, because

it is landlocked on its site, Horn said. The facility cannot go anywhere but up and the current facility cannot sustain any additional floors, he said. There is an option to restructure the building by keeping the pool in its current location and adding multipurpose space, a new jogging track and nine regulation-sized basketball courts, Horn said. The other option would drop the pool to the basement level, remodel the lobby on

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• Renovations to the Natatorium could include: Updated recreational space with pool Ice rink Multipurpose rooms Eight courts • Due to the SERF’s landlocked nature, a restructuring of the building could move the pool to the basement and remodel the first floor. • No cost estimate set for the plan, but it could cost up to $250 million. • University is looking for alternative funding streams through the state and private donors.

Logan’s Bar space to see country music venue Red Rock Saloon will have 18-plus license, feature regular live music Sarah Link City Editor Red Rock Saloon, which will occupy the location of the former Logan’s Madtown Restaurant and Bar, was granted the city’s first 18-plus entertainment license Wednesday to open

a live country music venue in 2014. The venue presented an 18-plus entertainment license to the Alcohol License Review Committee, the first application seen under the requirements outlined under the Alcohol License Density Ordinance. Red Rock Saloon plans to have live entertainment three nights per week and video DJs two nights per week. The venue will also operate as a restaurant and bar and have a mechanical

bull for customers to ride. The three co-owners, Drew Deuster, Joshua Janis and J.J. Kovacovich, also run a Red Rock Saloon location in Milwaukee. Janis said the focus of their establishment was the “music and the menu.” He said the performance space will be high quality and will host a variety of national and regional country acts. “We have good lights, good sound,” Janis said. “It’s like going to a concert hall. It’s not an average corner

establishment that has an acoustic guitar playing.” The Red Rock Saloon in Milwaukee has hosted live acts such as Josh Thompson and Love and Theft in the past, he said. Janis said the venue already balances the role of restaurant and entertainment venue by making the establishment more intimate on nights without live music and opening more space for entertainment. Janis said the restaurant will also host

themed events for a variety of customers, including businesses and bachelorette parties. Janis said some nights will have “high energy karaoke,” which would create a lively atmosphere. The owners also said Red Rock Saloon would encourage other entertainment activities such as country line dancing. “We’re passionate about what we do, and we put energy behind it,” Janis said.

He said the establishment will serve a wide age range of customers, from the 18to-21 crowd to seniors. Janis said this is because country music, the genre the venue strictly adheres to, appeals to a wide variety of people. Mark Woulf, Madison food and alcohol policy coordinator, said when ALDO was created, staff had trouble outlining the requirements for entertainment venues.

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Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, refers to the violence in his neighborhood as a “mass shooting in slow motion.” As Americans nationwide have reeled in the wake of mass shootings at Newton, Conn.; the Sikh temple in Oak Creek; and most recently at the Washington D.C. Naval Yard, Goyke’s urban district experienced 19 gun-related homicides in the last year, many of them with multiple victims. Wisconsin has experienced 25 mass shootings, which are deﬁned as shootings where three or more people are killed, since 1985, which have resulted in 105 deaths, according to data compiled by the Wisconsin Center on Investigative Journalism. “The Monday shooting at the naval yard is another reminder of what is possible

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if we don’t do anything,” Goyke said. Goyke and other legislators introduced gun control bills in April and June to ban assault weapons and include universal background checks, among other measures, but have not received a public hearing for their bills. Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice chair, did not return calls for comment. “We have asked over and over again in person, on the record and in writing, to hold a public hearing, but we have gotten no hearing but also no response,” Goyke said. “I can’t say why we haven’t, but the people of Wisconsin certainly deserve to have a hearing.” Jeff Nass, president of Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Rangers, Clubs and Educators Inc., a National Rifle Association-chartered organization that lobbied

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against Goyke’s bills, said restricting gun rights would not have an effect on mass shootings. He added in the case of the Naval Yard shooting Monday, the gun used by gunman Aaron Alexis was purchased legally, and the shooting could have been prevented if Naval personnel were permitted to carry guns. “Law enforcement is not with you 24 hours a day,” Nass said. “It gives you the opportunity in most cases to protect yourself. [Personnel] on the navy yard are prohibited from carrying, so they took the right to self defense away, and obviously they had security, but it was not enough.” Goyke said the suspect in

the shooting at the Azana Spa in Brookﬁeld in October 2012 was able to purchase a gun online without a required background check. “Because there is no background check required on Internet sales of guns, no one checked to see that he had a valid restraining order prohibiting him from buying a firearms,” Goyke said. “He bought it and used it in a matter of days.” The shooter, Radcliffe Haughton, had a court order prohibiting him from carrying a firearm after his wife ﬁled a restraining order against him only days before the shooting, Goyke said. Nass said it is disappointing to see leftleaning legislators jumping towards gun control as a

solution to mass shootings, especially when the media often reports information about shootings inaccurately. “Immediately on television [after the Naval Yard shooting], there were certain stations and newspapers saying it was another AR-15 [assault riﬂe], and we found out it was totally inaccurate,” Nass said. “You’re getting information from people who are clueless about ﬁrearms.” Michael Scott, a University of Wisconsin law professor and a former police officer, said changes to gun laws are not likely to have a significant impact on the number of shootings in each state in the short term and any impact would take a long time to be detected.

Heroin in city an ‘epidemic’ Sarah Link City Editor In Dane County, more than 25 people have died from heroin overdoses every year for the past several years, enough for the Madison Police Department to call the trend a local “epidemic.” According to Lt. Brian Ackeret of the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, there have an additional 300plus cases a year where heroin has caused someone to need medical attention. An increase in usage and subsequent overdoses is a national trend that has been perpetuated the last three to four years, but it has definitely effected the county and the city of Madison, Ackeret said. While certain areas, such as downtown Madison, have a bigger problem, Ackeret said the abuse of heroin can affect anyone, including successful students and athletes. “Heroin cuts across all socio-economic race and gender groups,” Ackeret said. This is because many users first become hooked on prescription opiates and turn to illegal drugs in order to feed their addiction, he said. Mayor Paul Soglin said this issue is different than other drug problems because it stems from drugs that are prescribed legally. For example, someone could be prescribed painkillers legally but then become hooked on opiates, he said. “One of the things that we have never seen about the heroin epidemic is that unlike other substance abuse problems, this one is fueled by legitimate prescription drugs,” Soglin said. Ackeret said the problem does not have a simple criminal justice solution because it is

linked to prescribers of pharmaceuticals. He added many users are also turning to dealing drugs to get enough income to feed their “expensive habit.” In an attempt to address the issue, law enforcement also works with Public Health of Madison &Dane County to foster education and prevention programs, Ackeret said. Soglin said the creation of an aggressive program to address the issue has received national attention. Cheryl Wittke, executive director of Safe Communities, an organization that works with the public health department on drug prevention, said her organization was founded a year and a half ago to deal with heroin usage. Wittke said Safe Communities works to address the entire scope of the problem, which means collaborating with law enforcement agencies as well as those who prescribe pharmaceuticals. Although it is too soon to note a decrease in deaths from heroin, Wittke hopes their work will cause a decrease in some aspects of heroin usage. Ackeret said while the use and abuse of other drugs has not decreased, no other drug abuse problem has increased to the level of heroin. More violence is still associated with marijuana trafficking than heroin trafficking, Ackeret said, although there is always the potential for violence when drug traﬃcking is involved. Soglin said while the problem is being addressed at a city and county wide level, it is pervasive everywhere. “The challenge of heroin and the abuse of prescription pharmaceuticals -- those know no municipal boundaries,” Soglin said.

Taylor Frechette The Badger Herald A server clears tables in the restaurant’s original 10 booths. Gino’s will close for good on Oct. 31.

Gino’s to close doors Owners reﬂect on 50 years of food service on State Street Sarah Link City Editor The couple has been making the same lasagna by the family recipe for decades. When they close the restaurant’s doors for the last time, they do not plan to bring much with them: the thought of leaving it all behind is too painful. After 50 years of serving pizza and pasta on State Street, Gino’s will be closing on Oct. 31. Stella Gargano, wife of owner Gino Gargano, said

Gino is sad to leave but needed to retire as he is 73 years old. Fifty years ago, the restaurant was across the street from its current location at 540 State St. and only contained 10 booths, Gino said. The walls did not even have pictures because they were too expensive, he said. “He called it ‘Little Gino’s,’” Stella said. In the front of the current Gino’s restaurant, the old menu from 1963 is still on display. Stella said Gino kept the menu for its sentimental value. Over time the menu has changed in order to reflect price changes, but the specialty is still the lasagna, Stella said. “Everybody loves his lasagna,” Stella said. Originally from Bagheria, Sicily, Gino’s father insisted he learn the art of cooking at a bakery called “Pasticceria,” Stella said. Gino said one of his uncles lived in Madison and loved the city, convincing him to move to there. “When he came here of course he took what he learned from [the bakery and] he opened a restaurant,” Stella said. Gino, who used to live above the restaurant, said he would only come down to work, and return upstairs every night only to sleep. He still has the original family canole recipe that he brought over from Sicily and the lemon wrappers from the lemon farm he grew up on. Over the years, Stella said she and Gino have

seen many changes to downtown Madison. When Gino’s ﬁrst opened, people were allowed to drive on State Street, Stella said, adding customers used to drive up and park in front of the restaurant. The Garganos said they also watched many good shops disappear, including a women’s clothing shop that now houses Potbelly, Stella said. She said there have been many memories made in the community, noting she often runs into returning workers and customers from 20 or 30 years ago. “There’s a lot of good memories, old employees coming back and a lot of customers coming back,” Stella said. Gino said he will not be taking many items from Gino’s because leaving will be too painful for him. “It hurts him a lot to let go of this place,” Stella said. “It’s too painful for him really to talk about it.” Stella said she wanted to thank all of the customers and everyone in Madison for supporting the restaurant over all those years. She said she is sad Gino’s will be another small business leaving Madison when there are more chain restaurants are moving in. “I’m sorry you are leaving,” a customer said as he walked past Gino and Stella on his way out of the restaurant Wednesday. “I hope you have a good retirement. I’ll see you again before the end.” Kabul will be moving to the space above Gino’s, and a clothing store will take the space of the first ﬂoor of Gino’s, Stella said.

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Free bacon finally reality in UW taste study Food-related research attracts nearly 140 UW students in test Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor The wafting scent of bacon drew University of Wisconsin students from across campus Monday to participate in a mouthwatering taste test. Nearly 140 students lined up outside the Consumer Sensory Lab in Babcock Hall over five hours to sample the five different bacon products available, Luis Jimenez-Maroto, sensory coordinator at the

Center for Dairy Research, said. Bill Shazer, a graduate student in the Animal Sciences department, was the reason students across campus were able to sample free bacon. Shazer is completing his master’s project on sodium reduction in a variety of meats: beef jerky, summer sausage, boneless ham and bacon. The project involves doing different treatments on sodium reduction and asking consumers to rate them based on how much they like them, he said. Shazer is testing different levels of sodium in meats to determine the level at which the

consumers still like the meat and what level consumers begin to notice the difference. The project tests how a new ingredient is working and what the underlying science is, Jimenez-Maroto said. The project may result in a possibility for a healthier alternative for bacon, he said. “We obviously know there is a lot of sodium in bacon and any way we can reduce that level while still maintaining the quality and flavor is a really good step towards giving the consumer a better product without sacrificing taste,” Shazer said. Consumer tasting tests usually get 60 to 90

people a day on average, but bacon saw a much higher number, JimenezMaroto said. Shazer had a simple explanation for the ﬁndings. “I mean, it’s bacon,” Shazer said. “Everybody loves bacon.” Jimenez-Maroto also attributed the consumer tasting event’s success to social media. Jimenez-Maroto said he posts on the Food Science Facebook page and Twitter account every time a consumer tasting occurs, but typically other food scientists and people in the surrounding buildings are the only ones that look at them. However, a few extra shares and re-tweets

Monday transmitted the message across campus. “This time [the tasting] was shared and retweeted by the UWMadison accounts and the Horticulture accounts and bacon tasting is an interesting thing to talk about, so all of a sudden everybody on the campus was looking at it and showing up,” JimenezMaroto said. Though some people had to wait in a longer line, the higher-than-average demand was met, he said. Jimenez-Maroto hopes the popularity of the bacon testing transfers over to some of the other consumer taste projects. Many people signed up for

the mailing list after taking part in the bacon tasting, he said. Shazer said the high turnout Monday encouraged and surprised him. The project is a great way to involve consumers and hear them voice their opinion on they do and do not like about the product, he said. “I think consumers really enjoy that type of process and being involved and getting to see the science behind it,” Shazer said. The project still needs approximately 360 tasters. The next bacon tastings are tentatively set for Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of next week, Jimenez-Maroto said.

Revamp to focus on green space Community members hear plans for 700-800 block of State Street redesign Bryan Kristensen Herald Contributor City officials said designers will work for a flexible design that emphasizes high foot traffic in plans for the future of Library Mall in a public forum hosted Wednesday. Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape architecture, and Jason DiPiazza, project engineer for MSA Professional Services, detailed plans for the future construction of the area and asked for public input and questions about the plans. DiPiazza outlined the improvements in design themes the city and university would like to focus on, including improved lighting, enhanced areas for street food vendors and additional seating throughout the area.

“The city really wanted to see a design on State Street through this portion that is timeless, flexible, durable and easy to maintain,” DiPiazza said. Community members voiced concerns regarding what will happen with contractors who are currently in Library Mall due to Memorial Union construction. Many community members highlighted the importance of foot traffic in the area, suggesting that the sidewalks should be widened once Library Mall is opened, Brown said. Ken Saiki, the landscape architect for the project, who presented the concept options for Library Mall and the 700 to 800 block of State Street, said each plan contains ways to maximize the available space for pedestrians

to enjoy the scenery and historical area surrounding Library Mall. The options include a great lawn option, oval option and a historic restoration of the area, Saiki said. Saiki added a big improvement in the future plans would be to be provide more seating throughout the 700 and 800 block areas, in the form of movable, fixed and semi-fixed seating. The idea was applauded by many of the participants in the meeting who said the lack of seating has been an issue for quite some time. “There will be all sorts of seating for people, and it will be important to accommodate the concerns that we have heard from the public,” Brown said. To address the lighting concerns, there will be more lights placed

throughout the area to help improve the safety, security, and aesthetics of the area, Saiki said. A citizen also raised a question about the street vendors in the area, expressing concern about their electricity sources for the future as many of them use their own generators. Brown said the increased number of light poles will allow the food carts to plug their power sources into the poles, eliminating the need for generators to run the food carts, Brown said. The plans also include a 12-foot zone for vendors to place their food carts throughout the area, while still maintaining a 26-foot zone for pedestrians, Saiki said. Plans for the first part of construction to the State Street corridor area Carly Allard The Badger Herald will begin next spring, Brown said. City and campus designers will continue taking public input on the redesign.

SHOOTING, page 1 home invasions in the Greenbush-Vilas neighborhood. “At this point it is really too early to say if these two individuals who were detained are responsible for the crime that occurred tonight, or if they could be responsible for the crimes that occurred at those other two locations,” DeSpain said.

FREAKFEST, page 1 He said the opening acts of the WUD party would also include local DJs. Frank Productions is partnering with with True Endeavors to produce Freakfest. Frank Productions President Fred Frank said the VIP party would be another opportunity for event-goers to see more performers and have fun. He added the talent is more student-oriented this year, and they hope to see a good turnout from students at the event. “We hope to have great weather and great turnout

REC SPORTS, page 1 the ground level and add strength training and cardio rooms, Horn said. The second ﬂoor would see an extensive cardio area, multipurpose wing and the top ﬂoor would get nine regulation-sized basketball courts, Horn said. Horn said no design plans currently exist for the Shell. All indoor facilities would also have a new facade and other aesthetics for an upgrade from current facilities, Horn said. “You feel like you’re in a tomb when you’re in our facilities,” Horn said. No cost estimate is set in the plan, but Horn said he would not be surprised if the endeavor’s total cost comes close to $250 million. Many members of the council voiced concerns about funding the project, suggesting Rec Sports look into other sources of revenue.

He said it was possible the robbery victim was a Madison Area Technical College student, given the information the police have obtained. DeSpain said a witness reported seeing a suspect enter MATC’s downtown building, but officers thoroughly inspected the building and did not find anyone matching the descriptions. Police recovered the

victim’s backpack later Wednesday night with the help of police dogs, a MPD statement said. DeSpain said both police departments are still investigating the crime. “We still have a lot oﬃcers, and the university police probably have a lot of officers out looking for additional evidence and witnesses,” DeSpain said. “It’s a very ﬂuid situation.”

by the student body,” Frank said. “We hope to see some great costumes and everyone go out and have a good time.” He said the goal is to draw a bigger crowd every year and include more events. Frank Productions has worked to create a safe and fun environment the last six years they have produced the event, Frank said. He also said the warmer the weather, the larger the turnout would likely be. Besides the expanded lineup of events, Frank said Freakfest is also drawing more talented acts every year.

“It seems to me that Freakfest, every year, gets bigger and better,” Frank said. Evers said Freakfest has become something “everyone can appreciate.” He said the event has come to embody what people are allowed to do on State Street, and that it is a safer alternative than the years before Freakfest, which were marked by riots. Evers said an announcement will be made later this week to release the names of several other performers at the event.

ASM Rep. Grace Bolt said the state could be interested in funding the project after a recent interest in healthrelated legislation. Rec Sports will be lobbying the state government along with private donors to help fund the master plan, Horn said. ASM Chair David Gardner said he had previously met with Chancellor Rebecca Blank and Horn to weigh alternative funding options for the master plan. If the plan is approved, segregated fees would not be effected until the facilities’ doors open, Horn said. He also presented possible redesigns for UW’s outdoor facilities. In the plans, the Near West fields would see five synthetic turf flag football fields running from north to south. The University Bay fields would include two lacrosse fields, two soccer fields, two rugby fields, two softball fields

and a baseball field, all with synthetic turf, he said. Rec Sports is pushing for synthetic turf fields to be able to use the fields more often. Currently, the natural grass fields are only used 75 percent of the time due to weather-related conditions, Horn said. Synthetic fields would allow for them to be used 90 to 95 percent of the time, he said. Synthetic fields also allow Rec Sports to generate revenue, Horn said. The majority of requests the department receives to rent fields have to be rejected because the grass on the fields needs to be maintained, he said. The Nielsen Tennis Stadium could also become home to a two-story fitness component, Horn said. Plans for the tennis stadium include multipurpose ﬁtness space and ability to host tournaments, he said.

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Bill would deregulate tenants’ property rights State’s ‘hands-oﬀ’ approach toward renters’ rights to impact students Madeleine Behr State Editor A bill that would allow landlords to throw away a tenant’s belongings and take additional money from their security deposit without notification is moving forward after the Senate’s recent passage of the legislation. The bill, introduced by Sen. Frank Lasee, R-De Pere, and Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, would allow landlords to dispose of anything left behind

by a tenant, as opposed to current law where landlords are required to notify the tenant. The legislation passed 18-15 along party lines. The measure would also allow landlords to take back additional money from security deposits and to charge tenants for any bug infestations. It does not require landlords to notify tenants of any known code violations. University of Wisconsin professor Mitch, an expert on Wisconsin rental housing regulations, said the bill’s “hands-off approach” is bad for both tenants and property owners. According to Mitch, the proposed bill fails to specify tenants still hold the ability to sue

landlords for throwing away their belongings without notice. “Before deregulation, landlords and their employees could look at the statute which laid out a 1-2-3 step process for what to do when a problem, like property left behind, arose,” he said in an email to The Badger Herald. Mitch said he recalled a story from a landlord who was not aware of the laws requiring property owners to notify tenants of their leftover belongings, leaving him with a lawsuit on his hands. “A tenant could not get everything moved on moving day, but came back the next morning to get the last few bags

of their belongings,” Mitch said. “Those bags were thrown away by the landlord’s cleaning crew. Turns out that those bags contained the student’s laptop computer, clothing and photos.” Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, also introduced an amendment that would prohibit a domestic violence victim from being evicted, which would have been possible under the bill. The provision that could have allowed landlords to evicts these tenants was later removed from the bill. Jacob Riederer, UW College Democrats spokesperson, said the organization strongly opposes the bill as it would negatively affect

student tenants. “This blatant assault on tenants’ rights is especially alarming for UW-Madison students when you consider the nearly 75 percent of students who live in off-campus housing,” Riederer said in an email to The Badger Herald. “In empowering landlords, Republicans are punishing tenants and punishing students.” Mitch said the bill does not help either landlords or tenants since it removes guidance from the state on these issues. “Landlords and their employees, busy with turning over thousands of student apartments in Madison, are likely to assume that anything left

behind is trash and throw it away -- thinking that the new law allows them to do that,” he said. Mitch added many of the bill supporters also believe deregulation will help boost the property renting market, which is not true in Madison as new student apartment buildings are continuing to be built. The bill will be returned to the Assembly with the new revisions from the Senate. The Apartment Association of South Central Wisconsin, a group that lobbied in favor of the bill, did not comment on the bill’s passage. Calls to Lasee’s and Schultz’s offices were not returned.

Assembly passes crossbow hunting legislation Measure would pull in new revenue for state Department of Natural Resources Jacob Ahrens-Balwit Herald Contributor Wisconsin senators passed a bipartisan bill to allow a crossbow hunting season that would pull in new revenue for the Department of Natural Resources and roll back some restrictions on crossbow licenses. The bill, which is

headed to the Assembly, would eliminate current laws restricting crossbow licenses to seniors older than 65 and disabled hunters and allow the DNR to increase its revenue by $32,600 annually. The bill passed the Senate almost unanimously, with the only vote against the bill coming from Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona. Scott Rausch, chief of staff for bill sponsor Sen. Paul Farrow, R-Pewaukee, said Farrow has been lobbying for a two-year crossbow hunting trial

period “in which it could be shown that the crossbow season has negligible effects on the deer.” Al Lobner, president of the Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association, said the organization is in favor of the bill, although he personally is not. He said full control of the hunting seasons by the DNR is worrisome. “I’m not comfortable with the DNR being able to have full control of hunting seasons like this, like the bear hunting season was completely wiped out by the DNR in the ‘80s,”

Lobner said. Despite his personal feelings, Lobner said the group supports the bill because it unifies fellow Wisconsin sportsmen. Even though the bill opens up crossbow hunting for other hunters, the bill also establishes new resident and non-resident crossbow hunting licenses, with resident fees being substantially reduced. The bill does not change the requirement for all hunters to complete a hunter’s education course before obtaining a crossbow hunting license.

Alan Schimelpfenig, president of the Wisconsin Crossbow Federation, said in a statement the bill allows for a wide range of people to get involved in the sport. “In states that have lengthy crossbow seasons, crossbow hunting is popular. However no other season or bag limit has ever been reduced as a result of crossbow hunting being permitted,” Schimelpfenig said. “It enables a wider range of sportsmen (women, youth, and older hunters) to enjoy the challenges of bow

hunting.” Other lobbying groups in favor of the bill include Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Ranges, Clubs and Educators Inc., the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and United Sportsmen of Wisconsin Inc. United Sportsmen of Wisconsin Inc. recently came under fire for receiving a controversial $500,000 from the Walker administration because of the grant application created by former Assembly Majority Leader Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford.

Newly appointed dean to foster arts education UW prof Lea Jacobs chosen to oversee graduate humanities programs in position Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor University of Wisconsin communication arts professor Lea Jacobs added an additional position to her resume after she was recently appointed to be one of the associate deans for the graduate school, where she will oversee arts and humanities programs. The Badger Herald sat down with her to get a glimpse of her plans as she enters her new position. This interview was edited for clarity and brevity. The Badger Herald:

What are your goals for the arts and humanities program at UW? Lea Jacobs: I’m really interested in graduate education and the question of how to help prepare graduate students in the arts and humanities for not only courses and academia, which we’ve always prepared our students for, but other forms of professional development. This is now a general theme in grad school that we’re trying to encourage our graduates to have a broad skill set and take up jobs in the public sector, jobs in various nonprofit organizations, above and beyond the university in a place that can use their learning and their skills. BH: What are some

of the things you hope to change about the UW as you enter this new position? LJ: I think it’s more about trying to help graduate programs. That’s how we think here in the grad school. We’re here to serve. We’re not like kings. We’re more like handmaidens and we’re trying to serve the graduate programs to achieve their goals for their students and faculty by mentoring junior faculty and giving out grant money to support their research and supporting graduate students with fellowships – those kinds of things. It’s not that I’m against change, it’s that change comes from below. Our graduate programs are

Josh DeVries The Badger Herald Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, applauded the Red Rock Saloon’s business model, saying it would be a welcome change.

LOGAN’S, page 1 Woulf said it was unlikely the city would ever see another concept that would provide entertainment to the underage crowd. “I feel strongly that we got lucky that we have an operator coming to Madison that follows our ordinance,” Woulf said. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the

applicants were experienced in managing a establishment, as demonstrated by their venue in Milwaukee. Red Rock Saloon will be a better and “more respectable” business than Logan’s, the establishment that previously occupied the site at 322 W. Johnson St., Verveer said. Verveer added he was pleased to see a genuine

entertainment venue moving into the downtown area. “These gentlemen are the real deal,” Verveer said, “They are respectable. They are Wisconsinites.” Red Rock Saloon is currently working out the details of the lease agreement for the space, but the owners said they plan to open early next year.

necessarily changing in response to a changing economy and

Jacobs circumstances within a university environment. We’re trying to help them adjust, so it’s all about change. But it’s also about having programs and how they adjust themselves. There are fewer jobs teaching in the arts and humanities than there used to be, so we want to prepare students so they can both compete in the academic job market but also be prepared for other kinds of jobs. We’re also very interested in making sure there’s diversity on campus. That’s an important issue for us. Also, making sure that the arts and humanities stay on the radar because so much of what’s going on in university education now and among undergraduate education is STEM fields – science and

technology fields. Arts and humanities are an important part of everyone’s education and we need to foster that. BH: What do you think will be your biggest challenge? LJ: Any administrators’ challenge these days is to keep the university at its high peak of excellence in an environment where budgets are being cut. BH: Do you currently have any plans for how you will address this challenge? LJ: I think that one of the good things about UW is that it’s a place where people tend to work collaboratively very well. I see my job right now as just trying to talk to as many people as I can about how things could be better around here and trying to help articulate a way forward after I get a sense of where people are and what they think would improve their lives here as researchers and scholars. The fun part of my job is that I get to talk to all kinds of people. BH: Student enrollment in arts and humanities has kind of plateaued and dipped. How do you plan to rejuvenate the field at UW? LJ: That’s the big question. First of all, I don’t think the arts and humanities are going away. I just don’t

believe it -- they’re too important. People have to learn to write. They have to learn another language, learn about other cultures and live in a global environment. Even if you wanted to be an investment banker, an engineer, a chemist or whatever, you need to understand other cultures and you need to understand your own history and that’s what the arts and humanities are all about. Even if enrollment is down for a while, though I believe numbers are going to rise, we’re still a really big campus and we have a lot of arts and humanities teachers and graduate students that are doing really exciting things. If we just concentrate on the numbers we don’t see that. But if you go to the studios the art department runs or the music school, you see people doing really amazing things. I think we need to focus on that and being the very best we can be and encouraging the students that are doing this to do their best. That’s my plan – to really recognize the intrinsic work of everything that’s going on here and to stop thinking only about numbers because we are more than numbers.

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Herald Editorial Van Hollen attacks transparency State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, an elected Republican, has sunk to a new low in an effort to protect a party crony. By doing so, Van Hollen is undermining a decades-long Wisconsin tradition of holding politicians accountable for their actions. Wielding the full authority of the state Department of Justice, Van Hollen came to the defense of Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, in a pending open records lawsuit ﬁled by the Center for Media and Democracy, arguing she cannot be sued while in oﬃce. His claim hinges on an outdated and incorrect interpretation of Wisconsin’s Constitution. The state’s Constitution says Wisconsin legislators “[shall not be] subject to any civil process, during the session of the legislature…” As with any document, it is important to remember the context in which the Constitution was written. When it was drafted — more than 150 years ago — the Legislature was in session much less often than it is now, mainly because traveling across the state was a much more arduous task. This provision was intended to keep legislators from being pulled away from infrequent legislative

sessions by litigation. It was most certainly not meant to make legislators immune to any civil or criminal penalties during their entire time in office. This is precisely this misinterpretation that Van Hollen and Vukmir’s claim rests on — they are essentially arguing that legislators should not be sued during their entire time in office. Van Hollen’s assertion has a specific implication: If legislators are constitutionally immune to lawsuits, they are effectively exempt from complying with open records requests. The consequences of Van Hollen’s nullification of open records law should stop you in your tracks because as Wisconsinites we would be losing a critical check on our elected officials. This state has a long track record of open government; it would be a shame for that to end for political reasons. The plot thickens when one considers the records which the CMD is requesting. Vukmir is the national treasurer for the American Legislative Exchange Council, a shifty-at-best conservative lobby that unites legislators across the country to draft model legislation to bring back to their home states. ALEC has been linked

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to voter ID laws, school voucher programs and union-busting legislation nationwide, and the open records request asks for information regarding her involvement with the organization. Vukmir’s oﬃce is trying to prevent this information from becoming public by all means necessary. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, one of her aides tried to avoid receiving a court summons by squabbling with a process server and physically pushing the papers back at him. According to ALEC’s website, their group was founded on the idea “that government closest to the people was fundamentally more effective, more just and a better guarantor of freedom than the distant, bloated federal government in Washington, D.C.” In light of such high-minded principles, Vukmir’s attempt to conceal her involvement with ALEC is especially ironic. If she truly believed in a government close to the people, she would allow them to see what is happening behind closed doors at the Capitol. On the contrary, Vukmir has fought tooth and nail to avoid handing over the records.

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Obviously, she has a right to defend herself in court, but hopefully Vukmir’s constituents notice her anti-open government stance and take this into account when she comes up for re-election. Van Hollen’s involvement in the case is problematic on multiple levels. Not only is it likely to skew the outcome of this ongoing open record request lawsuit but, more importantly, it destroys a precedent of government transparency. It is this long term effect that is most unsettling. When Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Madison, faced a records lawsuit ﬁled from a conservative group in 2011, Van Hollen refused to aid in his defense. This begs the (rhetorical) question: Why would Van Hollen come to Vukmir’s defense, but not Erpenbach’s? Oh, yeah — it is a blatantly partisan move, and one that has become all too expected in the state’s current political climate. Van Hollen’s defense deserves to be thrown out, and Vukmir should be forced to comply with the open records request. If Vukmir is allowed to conceal this information, Wisconsin’s tradition of open government will be shattered, all for the purpose of politics.

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Wisconsin sets educational example Grant Hattenhauer Columnist As students here in Wisconsin and across the country head back to school this semester, many will be greeted with a wide variety of changes not only in school curriculum but also in fundamental teaching strategies. The public education revamps proposed by President Barack Obama’s administration include some of the most signiﬁcant changes in curriculum and teacher evaluation in decades. They also outline the implementation of new, more rigorous standardized exams. The Wall Street Journal reports that Wisconsin is among the 45 states (along with the District of Columbia) that have adopted the Common Core math and language arts standards, which lay out what students should know at each grade level. Another 40 states, also including Wisconsin, have agreed to link teacher evaluations to test scores and other student achievement measures. The acceptance and

implementation of these education reforms is a testament to Wisconsin’s commitment to excellence in academics. While some states including Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and Nebraska continue to resist these changes, Wisconsin residents – especially those residing in the university area – can pride themselves on their commitment to the enrichment of minds and imaginations. By the end of 2013, the federal government will have spent almost $1 trillion on national defense, as compared to $100 billion on education. That is to say that the federal government can reconcile spending 23 percent of its total budget on national defense and only 3 percent on education, during a time when American students are falling behind international students at one of the fastest rates in history. A test called the Program for International Student Assessment has shown a drastic decrease in student subject literacy in the United States. U.S. students now rank 23rd in science, 17th in reading and writing,

and 31st in mathematics among international students. Shanghai, Finland, Hong Kong and Singapore are among the top performers. Wisconsin has taken a progressive and proactive step in the right direction with the acceptance of these new education standards, showing a will to produce students and

Wisconsin has “taken a progressive and proactive step in the right direction ... showing a will to produce students and teachers who can aid the U.S. in its mission to tackle eductional underachievement.

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teachers alike who can aid the U.S. in its mission to tackle educational underachievement. Psychologist Kay Redﬁeld Jamison said, “I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are deﬁning qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers;

that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do.” Indeed, the people of Wisconsin are not content with what has been accepted as the educational norm. This year, the University of Wisconsin was ranked 19th by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, a testament to the central idea of community leadership and academic progress continuously propagated throughout the city of Madison. By allocating educational and ﬁnancial resources strategically, eliminating social background as a hindrance to academic opportunity and igniting a newfound passion for teaching and learning in this state, Wisconsin leads the way to higher student retention and, ultimately, a return to legitimate competition within the global marketplace. Grant Hattenhauer (hattenhauer@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in biology.

TWEETS OF THE DAY Yet another reason why @UWMadison should install some form of a lighting system on the Lakeshore path

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@izzybrinker Understand the thought. But area is kept unlit to preserve natural element.

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After a series of WiscAlerts hit inboxes, University of Wisconsin student Izzy Brinker expressed conerns about campus safety. The university responded. Nature is neat — but there’s nothing pristine about what is colloquially refered to as “Rapeshore path.” Regardless of the “natural element” (or lack thereof) present on Lakeshore, student safety should take priority over aesthetic concerns.

Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Public Radio Attorney General JB Van Hollen argues that legislators cannot be sued while in oﬃce.

Court database obscures justice Jared Mehre Columnist Wisconsin has long had a tradition of open government, and we should be proud to live in a state with a cultural belief that the business of the government should be as transparent as possible. However, when we demand more transparency from our government we must remember that should we become entangled within the system, we will be required to give up more of our privacy. Many of us have stumbled upon the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website. This little, unassuming website has been the cause of great humiliation and personal frustration to many of this state’s citizens. For those of you who have never seen or heard of this website, let me break it down for you plain and simple: The website was built in order to give judges, prosecutors and ordinary citizens the opportunity to easily look up a person’s criminal record. By simply typing in a name, one can easily view all transgressions that a person has had against the law. The biggest downfall of this website is that it retains the cases in which the defendant was acquitted of their crimes. While the website does note that the charges against this person were dismissed, it cannot prevent other people from passing judgments when they discover that the defendent was charged with a crime. The potential ramiﬁcations of this public record become more serious as the severity of the crime increases. A proposed bill by Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, aims to alleviate the public condemnation that comes with having an innocent record on the WCCA website. While the bill is not yet in its ﬁnal form, it promises to provide people declared innocent of the charges against them a purer form of justice. A person who is innocent of any crimes should never be made to suffer guilt brought on by the judgments of others for actions that they did not commit. Put yourself in the shoes of a person who is wrongfully charged with murder. This individual will initially have to deal with shame and emotional stress after being labeled a potential murderer in front of his friends, family and community. If the prosecutor does not drop the charges, he will then be dragged through the court system

and endure a preliminary hearing, an arraignment and a trial. That is, if he can manage to maintain his innocence knowing that he faces a longer sentence in jail if he does not accept a plea bargain. If this person is fortunate the system will work, and he will be found innocent of the charges brought against them. However, even after their innocence has been declared, the battle for true justice still continues. Often it is the case that individuals wrongfully accused of crimes will need to continue to defend themselves long after their day in court. The WCCA website is responsible for much of this undeserved suffering. When these wrongfullyaccused individuals apply for jobs, the employer will likely look for a criminal record and discover that they were charged with murder. Regardless of whether or not the employer notices that they were exonerated of guilt,an endless array of judgments might ﬁll their head. Worst of all for the wrongfully accused, their record is not just available to employers, but to anyone who may have any interest in researching them. Between three and ﬁve million people view the WCCA website each day, and while many people who search the website are well informed about how the database works, far too many are not. The court records provide a bountiful amount of information on people both guilty and innocent including their name, date of birth, residence at the time of the crime, the day the crime was committed and the charge against them. The only difference between the guilty and the innocent is listed under the disposition category, which is written in the same font as everything else and at times does not contain the word innocent. Lastly, a large problem with leaving the records of innocent people on the database stems from the mentality of those who search for a person’s criminal record. People are not searching for whether a person was guilty or innocent of a crime, they are searching for the crimes that an individual has been charged with. It is all too clear that people caught in the criminal justice system carry a stigma about them both before and after they are judged by the law. If innocent people are removed from the WCCA website, they will have an easier time readjusting to the lives they used to live before society wrongly accused them. Jared Mehre (jmehre@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in political science, sociology and legal studies.

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Sororities found out to be lesbian communes Everyone wonders what goes on inside the Langdon Street sorority houses, but few outsiders have the privilege of seeing the inside of these mansions. According to freshman Emily Turnsdale, who was rushing this fall, these sororities are massive lesbian communes. These discoveries were made in a candid interview with The Madison Misnomer investigative reporters. “I thought sororities were a place where you, like, got to meet boys and pretend you were still in high school but it seems like I was severely misinformed...

They’re actually just lesbians playing board games,” says Turnsdale. Sources say that Alanis Morissette albums can be heard echoing from the walls of Kappa Kappa Gamma and many of the girls can be found inside reading Marx and playing cribbage. A Delta Gamma junior, who wished to remain anonymous, gave us the inside scoop on what happens in the DG house. According to her, after everyone finishes their homework, they have an hour-long snuggle session before playing Yahtzee and

then going to bed. “Sometimes there’s some scissoring action, but usually we just play a lot of Scrabble,” she explains. New pledges to Delta Delta Delta had to wear solid-colored turtlenecks and stop shaving their underarms during initiation. As part of the entrance exam, they had to know all of the rules to chess. Rumors are circulating that there was an after party for the Indigo Girls concert on Friday, Sept. 6 at the Pi Beta Phi house. The National Pan Hellenic Council has yet to release a comment. Tawny and one of her polyamorous lovers, Katie, discussing a mutual love of Clue.

This Day In Badgers’ History 1995: Jenny Finch, freshman in the Bradley Learning Community, has sex for the first time in the bottom bunk of her dorm room. Way to go, Jenny.

Freshmen, you don’t get the 90s A call to all freshmen students to stop acting like they were nineties kids, ‘cause that is a lie As a thugged-out sixth-year senior of UW-Madison, I don’t think I’m overstepping my boundaries when I say that I know a mad ton about how things work on this campus. Every year is straight-up the same as the last. There are always gonna be those dirty shitshow parties on Frat Row, the professors are always gonna be sticks in the ass about every damn late assignment, and there are always gonna be huge construction sites somewhere where you need to go all the frickin’ time. And now, like every year, there’s this big new wave of freshmen, and, like every year, there’s the weird, cliquey subsection of the freshmen class that have this ridiculous fetish for the nineties.

Jen Small The Badger Herald The Abraham Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill is suspiciously stoic, am I right?

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A weekly segment highlighting campuses’ finest men and women To help out some of our new students who know nothing about our campus, or things buildings and things that make it so great, here is a Getting To Know U...W!!! on the Abraham Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill. •Is a five-score-andfour-year-old virgin •In 104-year life, has been shat on 92,426 times 87.4% birds 11.7% drunk students <1% Lori Berquam •Honestly, has been sitting in a REALLY uncomfortable position this whole time List of particularly achy body parts: • Neck • Spine • Thighs • Knees • Calves

• Left toe, by God, that damn left toe •Has an irrational, uncontrollable, and deeply penetrating fear of pink lawn flamingos •Has never told a lie •Is allergic to gluten •Is actually a huge racist--he didn’t even clap for Obama when he came to speak on Bascom last year •Has had an erection lasting much, much longer than 4 hours •Would have auditioned for the part of Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 movie (and would have gotten the part, too) if he could have figured out how to get up from his chair •Truly feels, deep down, that he was born the wrong gender

You know the ones I mean. They wear Tamagotchis clipped to their floral-patterned backpacks. They say things like “yo, dawg” and “sup?” and chatter about Space Jam on the Terrace, Nineties Nostalgia Night, yadda yadda yadda-- whatever, all I’m saying is that truly, freshmen, you have no right to even pretend you were a 90’s kid. Disagree? Let’s look at some math. Let’s say people come to college at an average of 18 years old. Alright, if you were born 18 years ago, let’s see, that marks your birthday in 1995. “See?” you try to tell me, “I was born in the 1990’s, so I AM a 90’s kid!” To that I say NOT! Talk to the hand, bitches! Are you trying to tell me that you caught

‘em all in Pokémon Red when you were a babbling 3 years old? That you cried at Titanic when you were a drooling, spitting, pooping infant? That you were up to date with all the intricate details of the O.J. Simpson trial when you were barely twelve months escaped from the womb of your neonlegging-clad bimbo of a mother? Yo, look, I get it. You want to be included--you want to fit in with all the Pog-flipping, Clinton-loving oldschool pimps of the world, and hey, why wouldn’t you? The 90’s were the shit! They were straight-up the quintessential time to be alive. Hell, it’s when I grew up--when I became a man. When I stayed up until dawn in front of my brandnew satellite TV watching Chris

Farley on Saturday Night Live. When I picked up newspapers to see front-page articles about the Oklahoma bombing, Flight 800, that brutal Columbine massacre. When Snickers bars were 50 cents and gas was a dollar per gallon. Damn, life was so much more real back then. And look, I appreciate that you respect my generation. I respect yours too. But let’s make a truce, hear? Keep away from my hiphop, my Banjo-Kazooie, and my Fresh Prince, and I’ll do my part by staying far away from your dubstep, your BioShock, and whatever the hell is left of Cartoon Network. Just stay out of the 90’s. You don’t deserve them.

Drunk David Bordwell reviews The famous film critic, quite enebriated, gives The Phantom Menace absolutely smashing ratings Well, Director Citizen Kane has done it again for the first time ever with a film which could very well be the modern day George Lucas. The Phantom Menace, the new film by Hollywood, is a feast of the eyes and and a roller-coaster ride of the genitals. As far as space operas go, it’s up there with the greats. It goes Carmen, Phantom of the Opera, Candle Opera, Little Shopera of Horrors, Jay and Silent Bopera, Weekend at Bernies and the other star wars picture films in the order of which they are emphatically ordered. The picture motion is something else. The chimigangraphy takes a stylisticality muted tone, and Lucas Oil utilizes every aspect of MiseAunt-Sam. The story of whatever opens on Jedi Knights Origami Canopy, played by Liam Nelson Ratings and Obi-Jon Bon Jovi, played by my neighbor Patrick McGregor (he’s in a band, but he probably already told you that a 10,000 times before you could even finish your glass of punch). They’ve been sent by Queen AliBaba to negotiate with the Federal Reserve, who have been taxing trade routes and setting some wicked embargo’s against

Naboo or Cuba or something. Sidenote, what kinda monetary regulatory government agency has a robot army? The minute Allen Ginsberg sends out a bunch a robot Ben Bernankis, I spend my remaining days in the Vilas film archives with my wife Tuna Fish Sandwich. So it turns out these Asians who look like Aliens at the Federal Reserve are working for the Dark Shittiest, the Shit Lord, who looks a little like Grandma Bordwell after she got hit by a Hormel truck. So he’s bad. So they don’t die for some reason and go to see Queen Lady Gaga in Naboo. Naboo? Naboohooo we can’t get our stinkin’ imported chocolates, am I right? Frankly if I can’t get my Cubans I don’t see what the big deal is about these people’s dumb space resources. It’s not like they’ve all got diabetes. Placed looked like a paradise full of fresh space insulin, if you ask me. While there, they run into JarJar-who-gives-a-shit it’s a big giant racist rabbit. If this movie doesn’t win the Palme d’Or I’ll burn down the cinemateque with my flamethrower hands! I’ve done it before! I’m a killing machine!!!! Anyway, they leave their and go

to Planet Desert and meet Anakin Cockblocker, or Luke’s Grandpa (SPOILER ALERT: I’ve seen every movie ever). He’s a real Jesus figure, reminiscent of a young Jesus in the blockbuster film Jesus Two Loaves of Dread. Did I make that up? Is rum a drink that brings out an ugliness in me I refused to believe was there? Also, it turns out Aniken made C-Creepy Joe, which I think is an allusion to Creepy Joe Wilson in the Classic Howard Hawkes Film For the Betterment of that Dying Man’s Tuna Sandwich, but hey, I don’t know, I’m just a guy who’s film Moses. Later we meet Senator Palpitations, looks like Grandma Bordwell before she got hit by the Hormel Truck. Potty Break! Jessica, hold my hair! Also, it turns out Queen OhmiGoda is a Trojan condom horse, and the real queen was pretending to be handmaiden Patty, my high school sweatheart who I’d be married to right now if she didn’t go to Stalingrad after graduation to “find herself” and found herself inside Uri Jakmioff. Plus Qui-Gon Fishin’ wants to train Anakin so to beat the child Chinese gymnasts, or something. Pretty soon the Yedi Knights

have to fight Dark Mall, which takes shape in a beautifully crafted lightsaber fight in an obvious ode to the Hitler v. Bogart swordfight in Casablanca (nothing gets past Bordwell!). Jon Lucas liters the film with classic Hollywood references, incorporating nods to the Godfather, the early works of Brian De Palma and some of the later works of the inside of my bowels. Excuse me. (7 minutes later.) I included 7 minutes later to indicate to you the amount of time I was vomiting my tuna sandwich. What?! No, I’m not dunk. You’re dunk! Let me finish!! Well, go ahead and start the next edition of film fart without me Thompson! The thing writes itself. Yeah, I said it. I’m not scared of you. All in all, the film’s great. I give it two Bordwells, and 14 shots of Bar Mitzvah-noff Ice, which I buy from this Isreali director named Peter. Do you know him? You know Peter? Wears a hat? From Isreal? Have you ever talk to another human person before this very moment before? David P. Boardwell, Professor of Science Merrious, King of the Dudes.

Open Letter to the Daily Cardinal about Fake News Friday Look, guys. It’s really nice that you’re trying to emulate us and all, but let’s be frank: your comedy articles, well, they aren’t really that funny. Now what constitutes humor? For instance, there are no indentations for new paragraphs in this article. This was done intentionally, so does that make it funny? To some, yes, comedy comes from incongruities, both intentional and not. Let’s compare your Fake News Friday Articles to a common comedic trope: the pratfall. In real life someone falling down can be funny, but if they fall down a flight of stairs we are not likely to laugh. Yet, if we see someone on this season’s breakout television comedy, Steven Saves the World, fall down the same flight of stairs, we laugh. Keeping with the same trope invites the question of quality, too. The pratfall we see on Steven Saves the World could be considered Chaplin-esque, or, in other

words, humor comes from referentialism – it was funny when Chaplin did it, so if we do it in Steven Saves the World it will make people laugh. However, here are where the problems come in. In all likelihood, Steven Saves the World’s pratfalls will not be of Chaplin’s calibre, and they will lack the spontaneity that comes from a friend’s pratfall on State Street’s icy sidewalk in a few months. So, while you may think this is being hard on Steven Saves the World, knockingit-before-trying-it, if you will, you may want to remind yourself of what this article regards. Ouch. Yes, I went there. Fake News Friday articles are bad. They read like a scared freshman dipping his toes in Lake Mendota off the Memorial Union’s dock, full of titters and nervous, unjustified fear. You publish the April 1 issue every year. Why do these articles read like the hysterics of my 7th

grade classmates? Let’s let us answer that question for you. You’re deviating from what you do best, that is reportage. Sorry guys, but you’ve made your decision. You write for a real newspaper. You can’t be funny. It hurts your credibility. Especially when you bring on staff writers whose sole job is to make up bullshit pulp. While not set in stone, lie in the bed you’ve made for yourself. Get out there with your notebook and pencil and start chasing ambulances and doing ride-alongs with cops. Leave the funny to The Madison Misnomer. Don’t step on our toes, churn out comedic swill, and try to do our job for us. We appreciate your efforts, but leave the funny to the big dogs. To those who don’t titter in the face of a fuck or aren’t afraid to write about face fucking a cocksucker. Please, please stop Fake News Fridays. You’re making us look bad. You’re a great newspaper,

Daily Cardinal, better than the swill merchants here at The Badger Herald by far. Your sports section is solid: you can always count on you to have some guy named Max, et al. making cogent points about the Badgers’ offenses and defenses, and taking the right side when a UW athlete hits his girlfriend and pushes her down a flight of stairs. You’ve helped plenty of our friends and family members blossom and grow to love writing. Serious writing. Not funny writing. Why push inferior product? If you want to be a bad ass, write something that’s true. That’s one area where The Badger Herald wouldn’t be able to touch you. Depending on who you are, Fake News Friday either gives its readers a (metaphorical) fear boner or boner fear (a type of flaccidity known colloquially as a reverse erection). This likely comes as news to you. Sorry, but somebody

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had to do it. The Madison Misnomer had to cut our teeth on it too, and we know the feeling that comes from writing bad comedy. It feels bad, like the morning after St. Patrick’s Day when you’re still grappling with snorting heroin for the first time the night before. But, goddamn it if it weren’t a hell of a great feeling for a few hours. No one wants to tell you what a horrible decision you’ve made because they care about you and just want to focus on you getting better. Dealing with a junkie is a whole ’nother story, and your paper has fallen into the grip of bad comedic journalism. So what are we to do now? What comes after the intervention? It’s never come to that point here at the Misnomer, so we don’t really know. But let this open letter serve as a wake up call. The jokes in Fake News Friday are non-existent! The jokes are jokes, you see? Put yourself in our shoes:

We don’t write real news for a reason. That reason is the Daily Cardinal. News, unfortunately, is not funny; it is informative, illuminating, and sometimes odd, disturbing, and/or groundbreaking. If The Madison Misnomer were to write real news you would quickly denounce us as quacks! So you take care of the real, reassure yourselves with “truth is stranger than fiction,” and realize you must kill your darling Fake News Friday. A bold experiment, like the anal sex Bielema got all those girls to try, but an experiment in comedy nonetheless. The UW would pull funding on a researcher that wasn’t getting good results, too. So splash some cold water on your faces before discussing Fake News Friday in staff meetings this semester, and from here on out. Page Two’s editorials were funny enough without it.

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Legend Costello explores ‘Roots’ Mekea Larson ArtsEtc. Writer Elvis Costello is known for being a chameleon. Although he started as a key player in Britain’s piano-infused New Wave movement, he has since dabbled in everything from country to opera. His long career has been filled with collaborations and genre experiments, entire albums where he immerses himself in music he hadn’t previously explored. His latest effort, Wise Up Ghost, pairs his vocal swagger and cutting wordplay with the neo-soul band The Roots. Perhaps best known as the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots have their own extensive resume of collaborations. While Costello experiments with genre, The Roots have remained fairly consistent in their collaborations, choosing hip-hop and R&B artists such as D’Angelo and Betty Wright. Both artists have a large body of non-collaborative work as well, which often contains a great deal of political commentary. Wise Up Ghost is something of a throwback for both bands. It is born out of Costello’s interest in “remixing” some of his old work with the soulful funk he noted on The Roots’ albums. The collaboration has grown into a full-blown project, a genre exploration that takes Costello back to his work in the 70s and 80s with heavy influence from R&B. This naturally pairs well with The Roots, whose big-band approach to hip-hop and jazz creates the perfect playground for Costello. The experiment blossomed into a full-length album of big funk beats and vocal swagger. Stylistically, the album is successful as a cohesive whole. Costello matches his rather dark, cynical lyrics well to the Roots’ experimental, throbbing funk instrumentation. The

instrumentation holds onto Costello’s almost confrontational vocal tones. It is a sound that begs the listener to indulge and groove while the intricate melodies demand the mind’s full attention. To get the most out of the album, the listener must truly be checked in, ready to follow each musical idea from singer to keyboard to brass as they wind together and feed off one another. Throughout, ?uestlove’s assertive beats unify The Roots’ sound and keep the group marching to the beat of his drums. The most successful coupling of instrumental and vocals is unquestionably the album’s first track, “Walk Us Uptown.” The electronic quirks intertwine with the rawness Costello brings to his singing. It plays as more of a jam session, a conversation that is passed along from one band member to the next. This confidence and conversational quality is what makes “Walk Us Uptown” such a success. This, along with the lion’s share of the album, are successful because they explode with musical ideas, taking a unique sound bite and running with it. The downside of this is that quieter, simpler tracks such as “Tripwire” feel somewhat unnecessary. These read more like footnotes, mini tangents in the overarching conversation that don’t truly add to it. Overall, the album would have been more successful as an EP, removing these tangents for a stronger more edited product. While still worth checking out (and putting on repeat), be prepared to skip over a few tracks after the first initial listen.

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Photo courtesy of Interview Magazine Scottish band Chvrches has released its debut, a glimmering collection of ‘80s-style, synthesizer-fueled jams topped with lush vocals.

Chvrches debut a synth-pop gem Katie Caron Managing Editor Scottish electro-pop trio Chvrches is no stranger to hype. After releasing hits like “The Mother We Share” and “Recover,” the group has opened for acts like Depeche Mode and Passion Pit while maintaining steady coverage in the music blogosphere— all on the foundation of just a handful of singles. After more than a year of buzz over the Glassnote Records-signed group’s rise to indie prominence, its first album, The Bones of What You Believe, is out. And it lives up to expectations. Chvrches’ (pronounced “churches”) music is unabashedly accessible without lacking depth or complexity. Whereas other artists in the electronic genre aim for a darker, less upfront sound with the use of lo-fi aesthetics (think Crystal Castles, Baths), Chvrches shoots straight for the feels with its soaring hooks and upbeat ‘80s synth-pop vibe. Instrumental in the group’s accessibility and dynamic is lead singer

Lauren Mayberry’s piercingly saccharine vocals, which she wields to convey both wide-eyed vulnerability and a sense of knowing confidence. Mayberry’s high-pitched vocals are so sweet that the listener might overlook her often calculating lyrics. In fervent head-nod-inducing “Lies,” she sings through her teeth and past her deceptively smiling lips: “I can sell you lies / You can’t get enough…I can feed your dirty mind / Like I know what you want.” In other tracks like standout single “Recover,” she is as unwavering in her earnestness as the keyboardist is skilled at creating a pulsing backdrop for her as she sings, “If I recover / Will you be my comfort,” over a deluge of shimmering synths. Similar at times to M83’s music, many of the album’s tracks follow a formula of slowly building before unleashing a gratifying hook. “Tether” perhaps best showcases how Chvrches has perfected the art of a cathartic release. The song steadily marches forward

with a tribal beat before it comes to a near-halt in which Mayberry’s voice is the sole focus. With the percussion faded out, she sings what is sure to be a spotlight-on-the-crowdso-they-sing moment at concerts: “I feel incapable of / Seeing the end, I feel incapable of / Saying it’s over” before the song bursts into a swelling deluge of pure synth magic. True to the ‘80s aesthetic, Chvrches often employs a syncopated stomp-clap beat like the one used in Cindy Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” using drum fills to add a sense of playfulness. Chvrches has cited Lauper as an influence for its sound, after all. Album highlights include “Science/Visions,” in which Mayberry coos atop a racing four-on-the-floor beat and a synth progression that forays into the world of techno. Bitter breakup song “Lungs” combines a stuttering bass line, clapping rhythms and a more menacing, industrial synth/guitar combo to create something as close to a banger as an electro-pop

outfit can. While the album shines in its abundant up-tempo tracks, it isn’t without a ballad or two, in which members Martin Doherty and Iain Cook tend to lend their vocals. While songs like slow-going “You Caught the Light” change up the group’s usual formula, the trio hits more of the right notes with Mayberry at the vocal helm. The Bones of What You Believe is ultimately a meticulously produced, feel-good pop record. Its melodies are easy to listen to without sounding too familiar, and the lyrics are relatable while also containing deeper meaning. For fans of instant gratification, dynamic keyboard work, hard-hitting beats and a modernized ‘80s vibe a la Hot Chip or Cut Copy, this album is one to check out -- and definitely one worth buzzing about.

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‘Undocumented’ doc a triumph Alissa Valeri ArtsEtc. Writer This past Monday at Ingraham Hall, Marco Williams—a criticallyacclaimed filmmaker hailing from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University—showcased his heartbreaking documentary, “The Undocumented.” William’s film, shot in 2009, delves into the world of the illegal immigrant and exposes his audience to the brutal conditions of a four-day walk through the Sonoran Desert, which encompasses the United States-Mexico border. “I want,” Williams said before showing his film, “to put you at the ground zero of immigration.” William inarguably accomplishes this goal, removing from his narrative an explicit political agenda and focusing in, rather, on the people who star in this tragedy—the migrants themselves. According to the U. S.

Border Patrol, 415 people died while attempting to cross the Sonoran Desert at the end of the fiscal year of 2009. As the film explains, this is due to the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border, which has rerouted migrants away from typically trafficked urban crossing zones into the remote and perilous desert. Unsurprisingly, many succumb to dehydration, heat stroke and general exhaustion. One such man was Francisco, the father of the protagonist and “narrative engine” to the film, Marcos Hernandez. Francisco had another son suffering from kidney failure whose medical bills were proving unapproachable. Francisco was crossing the border for his family, which he could not support on the salary he was making in Mexico. But as the film’s website ominously states, “In search of the American Dream, they lose it all in the desert.” The film zeroes in on the

concept of loss and the lost, engaging in dialogues from the patrol officers who prevent them from happening, the medical investigators who preserve them when it is too late and the activists who help put the pieces back together in world which disgusts them. No character, however, is more important or more emphasized than those making the daunting trip through the Sonoran Desert, as well as the families they leave behind. While coroners and consulates try to match corpses to families, the viewer is there, watching and waiting for the return of sanity. When that body is returned and laid to rest in a traditional Catholic funeral back home in Mexico, the viewer is there, witnessing the suffering and anguish. This isn’t an issue of politics. This, Williams says, is an issue of human rights. After the credits ran, there was an open discussion between the audience and Williams. One person asked

Williams why he made the film and with what purpose in mind. Williams responded that he wanted to “give names to the nameless,” and to “help reclaim the identities” of those swallowed up by the Sonoran Desert. As a literature major, I was intrigued by the concept of telling those stories that often remain hushed. While everyone else prepared to leave, I lingered back and approached Williams personally. I said how his film had reminded me of those lost during America’s slave trade. Williams nodded his head, pulled out his phone and asked me if he could “borrow” that comparison from me, jotting down a note. Marcos Williams, thank you for your beautiful movie and your effort to bring awareness to the devastation that occurs every year in search of a promised land that doesn’t exist. In short, please borrow whatever you like, so long as Photo courtesy of PBS it helps bring about a more compassionate world. “The Undocumented” chronicles the tumultuous lives of illegal immigrants.

MGMT’s latest perplexing The group’s selftitled album gives listeners a neon, psychedelic voyage Cam Ariana ArtsEtc. Writer

Photo courtesy of Chart Attack On its self-titled album, MGMT has strayed away from its pop-centric beginnings and into more psychedelic territory.

Six years have passed since MGMT dropped its debut album Oracular Spectacular. The breakout album, which features mega-hits such as “Kids” and “Electric Feel,” propelled the duo into the pop culture spotlight virtually overnight. However, MGMT decided to take a more psychedelic, unconventional approach in producing its second studio album, Congratulations. If Congratulations was a step in the opposite direction of Oracular Spectacular, the band’s newest self-titled album, MGMT, is leaps and bounds beyond that. The album’s only single, “Alien Days,” is the first track on the album, and the title alone provides an appropriate preview of the general tone of the album: a dreamy, scattered, self-reflecting interstellar journey. Armed with newage synths and airy guitar riffs, the album rocks a light, heady and sometimes eerie tone, topped off with the band’s signature echoing lyrics. However, there are times when the effects on the vocals are a bit much, such as on “Astro-Mancy,” where the words are practically

indistinguishable and seem to blend in with the song. This makes the five-minute track seem long and dreary — a common theme in the album. Too many songs on MGMT feature long, drawn out intros that don’t add much to the tracks as a whole. This will probably turn some listeners away from the album. A few tracks are an exception to this and really tie the album together. One of the more upbeat songs on the album, “Plenty of Girls in the Sea,” features a swagger-and-sway, singalong feel that I would have liked to see more of. Starting off with an infectious beat, the song urges listeners to stop trying to find the “perfect” mate because no one is truly perfect. Lyricist Andrew VanWyngarden sings, “Ah the passionate painter will say with a brush / It’s best to accept it and not make a fuss / Just cause the grass isn’t green / Yeah there’s plenty of girls in the sea.” It’s a relatable song that we can all agree on and the lyrics provide a fresh, positive outlook on dating. It works. A good portion of the songs on the album contain lyrics that can be rather abstract, chock-full of existential metaphors and occasional riddles. The track “I Love You Too, Death” — a clever play on words — starts off with a “Twilight Zone”-type intro with bells, shakers and spooky pulsating synths. VanWyngarden

asks, “Who is much more than a friend / But never by my side?” The lyrics go off on tangents but converge on the uniform idea of companionship. With the plea, “Let me die when I’m in love,” this daunting request sums up the track’s notion that love causes more trouble than anything. From beginning to end, “I Love You Too, Death” can be described as an evolving journey, beginning with bare instrumentation that develops into a full, glistening contemplation of whether or not to love. On an album that at times tries too hard to convey valuable insight on various aspects of life, “I Love You Too, Death” does a beautiful job of getting the message across. It’s one of the better tracks to be found on MGMT. MGMT is planets away from the sound that made the band popular, and, while it might not produce any Billboard smash hits this time around, I don’t think MGMT cares. While it’s not for everyone, their music is a reflection on their life experiences to this point. As trippy and out-there as they may be, they do a sufficient job of sticking to their guns and developing the sound they first experimented with on Congratulations.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, September 19, 2013

Keep it simple: no pay for student athletes Spencer Smith Spence’s Two Cents When Johnny Manziel was suspended for the firsthalf of Texas A&M’s week one matchup with Rice University because some of his autographs were sold for a profit – a profit he was never proven to have received himself – one thought crossed the mind of thousands of college football fans: Pay the man. When ESPN’s Jay Bilas searched Manziel’s name on the NCAA merchandise website and his Aggies jersey came up in the results, proving that the NCAA was profiting from players like the reigning Heisman winner, one thought crossed many peoples’ minds: Pay the man. When news of illegal activity at Oklahoma State University surfaced last week including reports that several football players received cash benefits while

playing in Stillwater, one thing crossed the mind of the boosters who were passing along the money: These players deserve to be paid. The argument whether collegiate athletes should receive a salary has been long debated and has reached a crescendo, as almost every month now, news about athletes receiving illegal benefits is exposed. The opinion section of The Badger Herald ran a piece last week advocating for the payment of college athletes and, while I have great respect for that department and everyone involved, I disagree. While student athletes generate a large amount of revenue for their respective universities – which to some people is enough to merit compensation beyond scholarships – I contend it is even more dangerous to step on the bee’s nest that would become the process of determining how to fairly pay college athletes. There is a common misconception that D-1 universities are raking in millions of dollars from their athletic programs and riding

that gravy train straight to the bank, when in truth, that is not what happens. According to USA Today, the University of Wisconsin generated $103,803,040 through its athletic programs during the 2011-2012 academic year – making UW the 11th highest grossing athletic program in the country. During that same time period, Wisconsin spent a total of $102,275,206 on expenses to athletic programs including coaches’ salaries, scholarships and facilities. After putting more than 98 percent of the revenue made by the athletic programs right back into that department, the University came away with just $1,527,834 in profits -- not millions and millions of dollars, which is the prevailing thought. So, when considering how to pay college athletes, $1.5 million in profit is not very much money to draw from when an institution like Wisconsin has hundreds of student athletes to consider. And it’s not like these athletes are playing for free either. They get compensated with scholarships. Some

believe it isn’t enough, but looking at UW’s tuition, if a student is awarded a full scholarship for four years, that scholarship is worth approximately $41 thousand. In total, Wisconsin spent more than $10 million on athletic scholarships last year. If that’s not enough, how much is? And how is an institution supposed to determine the value of any one specific athlete? Would male athletes be paid more than female athletes because men’s sports draw in more revenue? Because that would go against everything that Title IX stands for. These are just the sticky details, but they’re all what make paying student athletes so impossible. The NCAA continues to take the stance that it has no intention to convert student athletes into paid employees as the latest confirmation was made by NCAA president, Dr. Mark Emmert, on Monday during a lecture at Marquette. “One thing that sets the fundamental tone is there’s very few members and, virtually no university president, that thinks it’s a

good idea to convert student athletes into paid employees -- literally into professionals,” Emmert said. “Then you have something very different from collegiate athletics. One of the guiding principles (of the NCAA) has been that this is about students who play sports.” It’s when institutions beyond the universities begin to benefit from collegiate athletes that things take a turn for the worse. For video game companies, merchandising companies and whoever else to take advantage of the athletes is wrong. Though this issue is beginning to be addressed as the NCAA and a few conferences have already refused to endorse EA sports – a popular video game company – and its NCAA football video games. Ultimately, while student athletes make a conscious choice to play sports at the college level, no one is forcing them to. If they don’t feel they are being fairly compensated for the amount of work they put into their sport, then they are free to quit anytime they want. But the combination of scholarships and experience

that are gained through collegiate athletics should be reward enough. Look at it as an unpaid internship -even though again, athletes can given upwards of $40 thousand in scholarships. Athletes put in their time at an entry level position in hopes of reaping the benefits of the experience later on. Of course, very few college athletes make the jump to the professional level, but just putting it on a resume will show potential employers the amount of drive that particular person must have to juggle sports and school. During their time in college, student athletes will get experiences like playing in front of hundreds or thousands of fans, traveling all over the country and being a part of a strong community of players and coaches that regular students will never get to experience. So, in my estimation, the men and women have been paid. Spencer is a senior majoring in Journalism. Think the players need to be paid as compensation? Let him know at ssmith@badgerherald. com.

Badgers limp into final nonconference tourney Health the concern for Wisconsin before weekend in North Carolina Lee Gordon Volleyball Writer The Wisconsin volleyball team will try to shake the memory of its first loss of the season last Friday and travel to the N.C. State Invitational this weekend to face three NCAA-contention teams. The Badgers (81) will play in its last slate of nonconference matches on Friday and Saturday in Raleigh, N.C., including matches against two teams that competed in the NCAA tournament a season ago in NC State and Colgate. Wisconsin’s matches against NC State, Virginia Commonwealth University and Colgate will all come within a 24hour period. For Wisconsin, the focus this week will once again to be to stay healthy. Senior Annemarie Hickey was the latest victim of the Badger injury carousel with an injured ankle. Head coach Kelly Sheffield says she will most likely not be playing this weekend after missing the InnTower Invitational last weekend. “We’re trying to get healthy,” Sheffield said. “Our practices aren’t that long because we don’t have that many bodies. Health has to be priority number one.” Sheffield said that in addition to shorter practices this week, the team will be less involved with jumpingrelated activity to give bruised bodies a rest and more focused on studying film. So far this season, six Badgers have missed at least three matches due to injury. Wisconsin’s first contest of the weekend will be tournament host NC State, a team that returns six of its seven starters from last year’s NCAA team. Like Wisconsin, NC State was a ranked team and an undefeated 6-0 until last weekend when it dropped its first match of the year to 11-0 Missouri. Although not an NCAA tournament competitor from last season, VCU (82) is 6-1 in matches on neutral sites this year. VCU sophomore Romana Kriskova has been named the Atlantic 10 Conference’s Volleyball Player of the Week for the second straight week. The 6-foot-3 Slovakian leads her team with nearly five kills per set, attack percentage and blocks, while also

contributing 1.77 digs per set. Wisconsin will wrap up its weekend in a battle with 6-3 Colgate. With the exception of a 0-3 loss to Missouri, Colgate has only lost to Yale and LIU Brooklyn, teams that were playing on their own courts for their respective tournaments. Sheffield said this weekend’s matches will prove especially challenging given the lack of depth of the current Wisconsin lineup. However, he was encouraged that the beleaguered Badgers were able to make a strong comeback after losing the tournament opener to Kansas in five sets last Friday. “It was a great opportunity for our team for all of us to see what we’re made out of,” Sheffield said. “To turn around and bounce back and get a couple of wins. That was something I learned about this team.” One player in particular that helped Wisconsin manage bounce-back victories over the weekend was junior Deme Morales. Morales played outside hitter in place of the injured Hickey. She notched a career-high 17 kills against Kansas and recorded double-doubles with kills and digs against both Kansas and Milwaukee. Along with junior outside hitter Ellen Chapman, Morales was named to the alltournament team. Even playing a position she hasn’t practiced, Morales said that she did what she had to for Wisconsin to stay competitive. “Every team has to adjust to adversity,” Morales said. “We just have to keep having this mentality that no matter who goes in, it’s going to have the same outcome. And we have to trust the people that go in and have confidence in them, and they need to have confidence in themselves.” Chapman said it’s been necessary for players to take on their secondary positions because of the number of injuries. During the summer, Chapman practiced in preparation to play middle hitter, even though she is currently managing both outside hitter positions. She said Sheffield likes juggling lineups to try to find the best fit, and for that reason, Chapman said it has been valuable

Jen Small Badger Herald File Photo Junior Deme Morales has helped aid the healing process for Wisconsin, filling in with double-doubles in victories over Kansas and Milwaukee.

having a team that’s flexible in their positions. “We have a lot of people on our team that can play multiple positions,” Chapman said. “That’s a really good thing about our team, which sets us apart from other ones because we have players that can step in anywhere.” Sheffield said one of the most important things the team is working on is chemistry. He said in team chemistry is even more vital in volleyball because of how fast-paced the game is and how little

space a volleyball court has. Sheffield said it’s difficult to manage team flow when so many players have gone down with injuries. When asked if he’s ever seen as many injuries as the Badgers have suffered, he jokingly said the reason might be supernatural. “I hear there’s a high population of witch doctors and voodoo dolls here in the Madison area,” Sheffield said. “I’m convinced that’s the play of wickedness and some kind of dark evil.”

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Purdue passing attack next test for UW Sean Zak Sports Content Editor Following one of the most controversial referee decisions in recent memory, the Wisconsin football team returned home following a game they surely thought they deserved to win. However, the Badgers were less lucky in the waning moments against the Sun Devils and will enter Big Ten play this Saturday in a bit of limbo. Head coach Gary Andersen answered questions regarding the end of the ASU game during his Monday press conference and Tuesday teleconference — time slots usually reserved for questions about preparing for his next opponent, rarely his last. And now, five days removed from the controversial decision, Wisconsin (2-1) begins its conference schedule against struggling Purdue (1-2). The Boilermakers arrive in Madison following what was one of their more impressive performances of the season — albeit in a 34-27 loss — against No. 22 Notre Dame. Two weeks removed from a season-opening 42-7 loss to Cincinnati, Purdue led Notre Dame entering the fourth quarter last Saturday but dissolved in the last 15 minutes against the ranked Irish. Senior quarterback Rob Henry had efficiently led Purdue within striking distance when his interception-returned-fortouchdown took the underdog out of the running. However, Henry amassed 256 yards and one score through the air against Notre Dame. The Boilermakers’ passing attack was plenty enough to catch the eye of UW defensive coordinator Dave

Aranda. “When you look at the Notre Dame game, in the pass game, Notre Dame was hurt when [Purdue] was really aggressive. When they flex their muscles, so to say,” Aranda said. “Purdue is diﬃcult to defend, that, if you get too aggressive with them, they’ll try to bite you back.” They bit the Fighting Irish early, and almost bit them in the end, the fate Wisconsin eventually found in Arizona. It was a passing attack that undid the Badgers’ chances at Sun Devil Stadium and it will most likely be a passing attack that presents the greatest test this Saturday at Camp Randall. A pro-style offense — implemented by first-year offensive coordinator John Shoop — is the difference Wisconsin will see across the line of scrimmage. However, the running half of that offense has been largely missing in 2013. Purdue’s leading rusher is junior running back Akeem Hunt, who has tallied 125 total yards on the ground this season, a number Melvin Gordon has topped in each of Wisconsin’s three games. As a team, the Boilermakers have rushed for just 237 yards in 2013, or less than each of Wisconsin’s three working backs, individually. Not to compare one of the best at something to its opposite, but where Purdue could be most effective might again be in the passing game, exactly where Wisconsin found trouble against ASU The back-shoulder fade caused problems for the relatively inexperienced Badgers’ secondary as Sun Devils’ quarterback Taylor Kelly threw for 352 yards, 127 of them in the comeback

Jen Small The Badger Herald Redshirt junior Peniel Jean is the oldest starting cornerback for Wisconsin but admits there is still room where he and fellow corners can grow as a group.

fourth quarter. Saturday’s game brought into question which defense Wisconsin would be led by in the Big Ten; the two-shutout defense from the beginning of the season or the Swiss cheese-like defense that surrendered a second half lead. Cornerback Peniel Jean seems pretty sure of Wisconsin’s defense. “We’re definitely a team that can shut down and keep points off the board,” Jean said. “Obviously, every defense is going to give up points, but I think we’re going to give up the minimum

amount of points possible. Jean noted the backshoulder fade that crippled the corners in Arizona was a point of emphasis this week, saying it is one of the areas where their group can grow. Another is clean play. Wisconsin was flagged six times Saturday night, amounting 76 yards, no incredible quantity. However, all six came against the Badgers’ defense, ﬁve against the secondary. Two of them aided Arizona State scoring drives in the second half. “We kind of beat ourselves

Armstrong ‘Superman’ for UW Caroline Sage Senior Sports Writer Missing spring practice recovering from a shoulder surgery before being injured in the second practice of fall camp — causing him to miss the subsequent 15 days with a mild leg injury — redshirt senior linebacker Ethan Armstrong could not catch a break. But following an impressive performance against Arizona State last weekend including 11 tackles — a Wisconsin football team-high — it appears the dynamic defenseman has not missed a step. For first-year defensive coordinator and linebackers coach David Aranda, Armstrong’s return to the ﬁeld has been fuel to the 3-4 defensive scheme the Badgers debuted this season, providing both strength and adaptability to the defensive unit. “I think he is someone we want to be able to build around,” Aranda said. “I think he has a very strong skill set and unique abilities that we can use to attack people.” Chief among these strengths has been Armstrong’s ability to transition through positions without hesitation. Finding success in the opening games of the season as an outside linebacker, including a fumble recovery against Massachusetts, Armstrong moved inside alongside standout redshirt senior linebacker Chris Borland to

take on the Sun Devils. “It is definitely a fun scheme to play. It’s a scheme where players get to have a lot of freedom ... there is a lot of movement and different things you can do so it was fun … a lot of our guys just embraced it [right away],” Armstrong said. Spending much of his time away from the field this spring locked in the film room learning every aspect of the 3-4 scheme, Armstrong found it easy to buy into his new coach’s strategy. And for his fellow teammates, including redshirt senior linebacker Brendan Kelly, this ability to step up and take on multiple roles on the field is what makes Armstrong such a valuable player. “They’ve got him playing all over the place,” Kelly said. “He can play defensive end he can play outside linebacker, he can play Mac [linebacker], he can play Rover [linebacker], he’s even played safety a few times. There is a lot to say for that.” Armstrong’s run-in with injury this past offseason was not the first time the Badger was forced to the sidelines. After earning two starts his sophomore season and racking up 29 tackles, Armstrong missed the first-ever Big Ten Championship Game and sat out UW’s meeting with Oregon at the Rose Bowl with a hip injury sustained during the 2011 regular season finale against Penn State. Working hard in the

weight room to recover, No. 36 appeared stronger than ever when he returned to the field. The walk-on freshman was awarded a scholarship during fall camp last season and went on to have a breakout junior year. Starting all 14 games, Armstrong quickly became a leader of the defensive unit, recording 93 tackles, the third most for UW, and ﬁve passes denied. “It was just doing a lot of little things to try and work my way up but it was kind of baby steps,” Armstrong said. “I had to be patient and it wasn’t always easy. It deﬁnitely wasn’t fun, but in the end it was definitely worth it.” Now in his final year in cardinal red and white, Armstrong serves as a key leader among his fellow defensemen and teammates. While he would describe himself as leading by example and offering help to all the freshman players, his coaches and teammates had much more to say. “When I think of Ethan I think of an inspirational leader,” Aranda said. “He is vocal and everybody respects Ethan. Everybody knows Ethan is aware, and Ethan pours his heart and soul out to everything we do.” While Aranda, head coach Gary Andersen and most of the Wisconsin coaching staff were not around when Armstrong made the decision to join the Badger squad more than four years ago, Kelly remembers some of the first times they met,

Andy Fate The Badger Herald Slowed by injuries over his career, senior linebacker Ethan Armstrong is second on UW with 17 tackles.

taking note of Armstrong’s reliability early on. “He is always going to do his job and always is going to be there for you both on and off the field,” Kelly said. “Guys like that are really valuable, whether it’s a friend or a teammate -- guys that you can just count on — that is one of the biggest things I noticed about Ethan.” And though his performance on the field alone speaks to the quality of a player Armstrong is, there is one distinctive characteristic about his game that his teammates see as truly setting him apart. “Off the ﬁeld he is literally the nicest guy you will meet … but he is an animal on the field,” Kelly said. “He flips this switch on game day when he is the meanest, baddest, most vicious player you have ever seen. Most guys are a little different, they are pumped up, but [Armstrong] is on a different level. It’s like he puts on his pads and turns into Superman.”

in certain situations … selfinflicted wounds is what we call them,” senior linebacker Ethan Armstrong said. “A late hit penalty or a pass interference penalty or not executing a third down call … That was the biggest thing; things that not necessarily they did, but we did to ourselves to put them in a situation to score.” Aranda agreed with the third down execution. While Wisconsin made the stop they needed in the final two minutes to set up its fateful drive, Aranda and the defense

realized they had chances to make those stops earlier. The consistency of threeand-outs is what Aranda is looking for from Wisconsin in its most clutch moments as its welcomes a writhing Purdue offense to Camp Randall. “There’s times when we’re going to need a three-andout and we’re going to need a stop. I want to be able to see us step up in those times,” Aranda said. “Those types of things, when we leave that sideline, everyone knows, ‘Hey, in three plays, we’ll see you back again.’”

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After a world of optimism was generated from the hiring of new head coach Darrell Hazell, the Boilermakers came out flat in a 42-7 loss to Cincinnati to open the season. A narrow 20-14 victory over FCS opponent Indiana State the following week didn’t do much to appease the fan base either. A hard-fought 31-24 loss to Notre Dame was the best game Purdue has played in 2013. Purdue’s offense has struggled to gain any traction in the running game, averaging just 79.0 yards

Following a ten winseason a year ago, head coach Pat Fitzgerald’s Wildcats (3-0) will look for a similar ﬁnish again this year. Quarterback pairing senior Kain Colter and junior Trevor Siemian will both be returning once again after Colter rushed for nearly 900 yards a season ago and Siemian passed for 1,312 yards. Northwestern’s oﬀense will not have to rely solely on its quarterbacks to generate offense this season, however. Senior running back Venric Mark is also back — the leading rusher in the

Illinois should head into conference play with its metaphorical head held high. A loss to Washington may have illustrated it best — this team is not the same squad that moped through 2012 without so much as a ﬂicker of life. Down 31-10 to the Huskies, the Illini rallied behind the arm of Nathan Scheelhaase to pull within a touchdown before falling short. The Illini won’t be

per game — the worst mark in the conference by more than 52 yards. After failing to throw a touchdown pass in the first two weeks of the season, quarterback Rob Henry rebounded with a 256-yard, three-touchdown performance against Notre Dame as the pass offense showed its first signs of life all season. Purdue’s front four, led by all-Big Ten candidates defensive end Ryan Russell (4.0 TFL) and defensive tackle Bruce Gaston (3.5 TFL), leads the defense and has

Big Ten in 2012. Only three games in, Mark has only amassed 29 yards so far this season after picking up a lower body injury in the first game of the season against Cal. On defense, Northwestern returns a solid core including its leading tackler a season ago, senior linebacker Damian Proby. Still, replicating their 2012 record will be no easy feat in 2013. In one four-week stretch Northwestern has to play at Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska — none of which will be easy matchups for

competing for the 2013 Big Ten Championship, but they’ll competing week to week with whatever opponent they face. The 2012 Illinois football team was a total pushover. This year, the offense is deep and tricky thanks to new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit, who spent his previous eight seasons as the head coach of Western Michigan. Cubit has the benefit of a deeper

If the first three games are any indication for the Hoosiers (2-1) prospects this year, offense won’t be the problem. In just three games, Indiana has amassed a whopping 150 points so far — including a 73-35 drubbing of Indiana State in the opening game of the season. Led by sophomore Nate Sudfeld at quarterback, Indiana is averaging over 300 yards per game through the

The Gophers have started the season 3-0 for the second straight season and could potentially enter conference play undefeated for the second time in as many years. Minnesota wraps up its nonconference play with San Jose State next week before it jumps into the Big Ten against Iowa. The Gophers are led on oﬀense by a balanced run attack that has imposed its will on lesser foes through the first three games of

air. Sudfeld, who took over at quarterback last season after sophomore Tre Roberson was injured early in the season, has already thrown for 10 touchdowns in 2013. In addition to their prolific passing game, the Hoosiers can rely on sophomore running back Tevin Coleman to take some of the pressure off of Sudfield and the passing game. Through the beginning of the season this year, Coleman is averaging

the season. Minnesota’s defense is headed by stud senior defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman and a deep secondary led by senior safety Brock Vereen. The Gophers were tied for last in the Legends division last year, but with a veteran-led defense, and an improving youthful offense, this might be the season they make it out of the cellar. Dane Mizutani, Minnesota Daily News

It’s where they’ve spent December the last two years, playing in Lucas Oil Stadium for the Big Ten Championship. Indianapolis looms in the Wisconsin distance once again, but as always, the Badgers will have no free ride to the championship game. The Big Ten slate starts in Camp Randall this weekend, but may have some bumps in the road along the way, including stops against ranked squads like Northwestern and Ohio State.

successfully stopped the run. Purdue has given up just 130 yards on 2.2 yards per carry the last two weeks. Injuries have hurt the Boilermakers early in the season. Henry’s favorite target, tight end Gabe Holmes, is out for the season with a broken wrist. Landon Feichter, who led Purdue in tackles (80) and interceptions (4) last season will likely miss the rest of the season as well with a broken leg.” Travis Exponent

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The Ohio State Buckeyes head into 2013 Big Ten regular season play favored to take home the conference title for the ﬁrst time since 2009. The Buckeyes will more than likely enter conference play undefeated unless a catastrophic meltdown occurs against Florida A&M at home this weekend. OSU is averaging nearly 45 points a game, doing the majority of it without starting quarterback and preseason Heisman favorite Braxton Miller. After replacing nine defensive starters from 2012’s undefeated squad,

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the Wildcats. They do, however, get to play both Legends Division rivals Michigan State and Michigan in front of a Wildcat friendly crowd, which could go a long way in determining who gets to play Dec. 7 in Indianapolis and who is forced to watch the game from home. Ask anyone in Evanston and they’ll probably admit to looking forward to the Oct. 5 date they have set for perennial favorite Ohio State.

the inexperience on the unit has been a point of emphasis for coach Urban Meyer and his staﬀ. Confidence is at a high level though, as young players like freshman Joey Bosa and sophomores Noah Spence and Adolphus Washington have already made an impact. Spence leads the team in tackles for loss and Washington is seen as a leader on the line. With the return of senior running back Carlos Hyde this weekend against Florida A&M, OSU will ﬁnally have all of their weapons on offense at its disposal.

With the influx of young talent like the speedy freshmen Dontre Wilson and Ezekiel Elliot, opposing defenses in the conference have much more to worry about this year aside from just Miller. Meyer has not been shy about giving the you guys the ball either. The Buckeyes avoid playing Michigan State this weekend, and get Iowa, Wisconsin and Penn State in Ohio Stadium. If they play like they can, all signs point to them heading to Indianapolis to play for the B1G Title in December. Eric Seger, The Lantern

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receiving corps, bolstered by junior college transfer Martize Barr and, perhaps most notably, by a couple converts, Miles Osei (former third string quarterback) and Steve Hull (former injury laden safety). The defense is a sieve. After allowing more than 400 yards in weeks one and two, the Illini really opened up against Washington, allowing more than 600 yards. The secondary is

over 100 yards per game and has five touchdowns for the Hoosiers. However, that is where the good news ends. Indiana’s defense has proved difficult to overcome this season. In week two, not even a respectable 35 points was able to keep Indiana in the fight against Navy, who torched the Hoosiers for 41 points at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. Besides holding Bowling Green to

young, and teams have not had trouble so far getting receivers open. The linebacking corps is a strength, with Jonathan Brown and Mason Monheim providing consistency and leadership. Don’t mistake their tackling for a solid run defense, however, as the trench battle has been an area of concern for the Illini defense. Eliot Sill, Daily Illini

10 points last weekend, the Hoosiers have allowed an average of 35 points a game. Looking ahead, a leaky defense could pose problems for Indiana in the conference season. They will be traveling to Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Ohio State this year — all difficult places to play against teams with talented oﬀenses.

be reckoned with in the trenches at defensive tackle. Iowa may just have the most experienced corps of linebackers in the conference, with Anthony Hitchens, James Morris, and Christian Kirksey combing for 74 starts going into week four of the season. Iowa usually appears better on paper than its actually record come mid season, but many believe its urgent for Iowa to pull oﬀ another 2009 in order for head coach Kirk Ferentz to keep his job. It’s hard to tell if he actually is on the hot seat with his contract that pays him over $20 million until 2020, but many people in Iowa country believe its time for Ferentz to translate his salary numbers into conference wins if the dean of Big Ten football coaches wishes to stay that way. Ben Ross, The Daily Iowan

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Penn State is coming off a year in which the Nittany Lions shocked many with an 8-4 campaign that included a 6-2 performance in Big Ten play. The year culminated in a 24-21 overtime victory over Wisconsin, Bill O’Brien named the 2012 AT&T ESPN National Coach of the Year and the 2012 team enshrined in Beaver Stadium next to Penn State’ s best squads. This year, the expectations coming into the year are elevated and rightfully so. With the highly touted quarterback recruit Christian Hackenberg taking the reins of the Lions’ (2-1) offense in place of former walk-on Matt McGloin,

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Coming off a putrid 2012 that featured just four wins (two from the Big Ten), it’s hard to see the Iowa Hawkeyes performing any worse in 2013. This year’s Hawkeye squad features a brand new quarterback in sophomore Jake Rudock, and so far he’s off to a pretty good start for someone who had never taken a collegiate snap before his first game as a starter. Even with the installation of a more spread, hurry-up offense from second-year offensive coordinator Greg Davis, it looks as though Iowa is going to rely heavily on its running backs, Mark Weisman in particular. Through three games, Weisman leads the nation in carries and accounts for a little under a third of Iowa’s total yardage. The fire appears to rekindled for defensive line, with Carl Davis showing he is a force to

who is now with the Oakland Raiders, the oﬀense has potential. The true freshman has amassed 851 yards — good for third among Big Ten quarterbacks — four touchdowns and a completion percentage over 70 percent while throwing just three interceptions in three games. Wide receiver Allen Robinson deserves much credit as he has burned secondaries for 405 yards and three touchdowns thus far on the young season, giving the inexperienced quarterback a big target. The competition will be stiffer when Hackenberg and Robinson start facing Big Ten defenses, but the offense has impressed, scoring

99 points. While Indiana will be the first Big Ten test for the Lions on Oct. 5, it is already evident what will hinder Penn State when the team encounters harder Big Ten opponents — the Lions’ defense. Penn State’s defense was gashed for 507 yards of total offense in the Lions’ first loss on the year against University of Central Florida. The Lions could not stop UCF’s quarterback, Blake Bortles, as he led drive after drive en route to a 288-yard performance while tossing three touchdowns. Bortles sat in the pocket comfortably, as he was not sacked all evening and the pass

rush was virtually nonexistent. If the Lions want to make noise in the Big Ten again, they will have to have better line play and the secondary has to step up. With future opponents Nebraska and Wisconsin struggling and picking up early losses on the season, the Lions may be poised wreak havoc in the Big Ten, but face tough tests against Michigan and Ohio State, thus making a 6-2 repeat somewhat of a stretch. Penn State is still banned from postseason play, but the Lions can throw a wrench in some Big Ten team’s plans. Lee Cary, The Daily Collegian