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French certificate program open to all majors Years of student input have pushed University of Wisconsin officials to expand its minor to students not enrolled in School of Business

by Daniel McKay City Editor and Sarah Hopefl Herald Contributor

After 20 years of offering the French certificate program to only business students, University of Wisconsin is making a new 15-credit certificate available to all undergraduates regardless of major.

Ritt Deitz, the executive director of the Professional French Masters Program, said the new certificate came about as the result of surveying students.

The French department decided to make the certificate open to all students after receiving feedback from many who said they want to continue to study French, but are unable to complete the major.

“We were getting anecdotal interest on a regular basis from our students and some

grousing about the fact that only business students could do something like a certificate,” Deitz said.

Previously, the only certificate available was reserved for students in the School of Business, a program that began about 20 years ago through collaboration between the two departments.

Undergraduate Advisor and Senior Lecturer Andrew Irving said the previous certificate was not designed to exclude anyone, but was rather the consequence of budget cuts.

Irving said the department worked closely with the Business School to ensure the new certificate fulfills the needs of their students.

“This new certificate is going to also satisfy their same desires in terms of the students being able to have more language training and more international exposure to their learning,” Irving said. “It will add more cultural competency

to their learning as well.”

The certificate consists of five courses and 15 credits, one less credit than the old certificate for business students. The requirements are no longer cross-listed with International Business, as was done previously. Students now are required to take two core classes, one advanced and two electives.

Deitz said the certificate is aimed to complement any major.

“There are so many students that have manifested an interest in French in their careers after school [...], usually as a way of complimenting their current major because increasingly students are more pragmatic and are much more skills-based and skills-oriented,” he said.

“French is a skill that can serve them professionally after they graduate college.”

Earlier this year, Forbes released a report predicting that French would be the most

spoken language by 2050.

Deitz said the rapid growth of the language shows just how useful being proficient in French can be.

“Students who study French go on to work in international development, international business, finance, marketing, market research, emergency preparedness training and humanitarian consulting.

They do all kinds of work with their French because it’s so spoken around the planet,” he said.

According to Deitz, the department was able to go through with implementing the certificate once students showed they really wanted it.

Deitz said he credits the university for the support the department received in creating the certificate, adding that UW can act to innovate interested

departments fairly quickly.

They received support all the way to the top because of the interest from students, Deitz said.

“There’s something very

Wisconsin about starting with students,” Deitz said. “That’s what we’re built on. All those things come from a culture here that allows us to try new things.”

Willy Street Co-op location reopens

Madison’s local food store finishes its 10-month renovation project, with possible plans to open a third location in Madison.

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Students could soon have wireless access on their way to class as part of proposed budget

by Daniel McKay City Editor

University of Wisconsin students could have Wi-Fi on their bus rides as soon as next year, as Mayor Paul Soglin’s capital budget includes plans for installing internet access in all Madison Metro buses.

Mick Rusch, Marketing Communications manager for Metro Transit in Madison, said the possible installation of wireless internet is the part of the Metro budget he is

most excited about.

“We are very heavily dependent on people using apps to track their bus and plan their trips. Some people can actually start working on the bus by working on their tablets and phones so that’s another thing that will help people by being able to use Wi-Fi,” Rusch said. “There’s nothing other than good things about having Wi-Fi in buses.”

Rusch said if the funding for the Wi-Fi is passed, he thinks it would be installed

in the second half of 2015. It would take some time to find a vendor for all of the buses, he said, and installation would take a while as well.

The most current edition of Soglin’s budget includes $100,000 for the internet upgrades, as well as funding for other software upgrades for both the buses and new Metro facilities.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, serves on the Board of Estimates, which reviewed the mayor’s budget last week.

Verveer said he thinks the Wi-

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Fi additions are a part of the budget that will pass with no problem.

Verveer said the Wi-Fi is one of the most meaningful initiatives in the budget as it relates to students, who make up a large part of Metro’s ridership in Madison.

“It makes a ton of sense. I think it will be very welcome by the entire city council, whether they’re bus riders or not,” Verveer said.

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Community celebrates revamp of local store “Recycle, Remodel, Reopen” event on city’s east side commemorates new additions to an old Madison treasure

by Eden Finer Reporter

The Willy Street Coop’s east location had its grand reopening this past weekend to reveal the new and improved building after going through a 10-month-long renovation process.

The east location’s “recycle, remodel, reopen” event, as described by its website, featured kebobs, coffee and live music to celebrate the reveal of the updates to the store.

“We had been talking about this for a number of years but we wanted to hold off until our west

store was fully operating,” Brendon Smith, director of Communications, said.

The Willy Street Coop, which was founded in 1974, “is Madison’s largest consumer-owned natural foods store,” according to its website.

Holding off until the west store was up and running would guarantee that Willy Street Co-op customers would still be able to shop at the west store location while the east side was under construction, Smith said. After the west location was open for about two years, he said planning for the east side renovation

project began.

“There were some pieces of equipment and some aspects that were overdue for replacement.

We thought well, we’re already making all these changes so why don’t we improve things?” Smith said. “So that’s what we did.”

Among the improvements are a newly renovated self-serve hot bar, full service meat counter, a third customer bathroom and a fresh coat of paint for the entire building. Smith said the cheese department and juice bar were moved during renovations in

order to make them “more accessible and customer friendly.”

Inefficient equipment was also updated, as well as the outdoor and indoor customer seating, he said.

All in all, the entire cost of renovations was about $4 million and spanned a 10 month period.

Along with the east side renovations, a third Willy Street Co-op store is potentially in the works.

While Smith said they haven’t figured out exactly where this possible third store would be, he said it would be somewhere in the Madison area.

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An employee from the Willy Street west location reiterated Smith’s statement about the uncertainty surrounding aspects of the third possible location, saying that no news has been released to the public yet because no concrete decision regarding the location has been made.

For a decision to be reached, the employee said a lot of money and many votes must be taken into account.

“Any renovation would need a large amount of money, and those [decisions] are usually announced publicly. Large amounts of money like that are controlled by owner votes and the committee of people coming together to decide the location of the third store haven’t made any announcements yet,” the employee said.

While there is no clear word yet on a location or date of the third store opening, Smith said he is hopeful that one is in the works.

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Madison schools face Act 10 lawsuits Gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke’s connection to MMSD may reveal political cause for ‘right wing stab,’ detractors say

by Daniel McKay City Editor

A lawsuit was filed against the Madison Metropolitan School District Wednesday, claiming that contracts negotiated by Madison Teachers Inc. violate collective bargaining restrictions set by Act 10.

The Legislature passed the law as proposed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2011, which restricted unions’ rights for collective bargaining. The Wisconsin Supreme Court found the law to be constitutional in August, after Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas struck it down in 2013.

The lawsuit was filed by the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty on

behalf of David Blaska, a conservative blogger and Madison resident.

C.J. Szafir, Education Policy director of WILL, said Blaska, as a resident, is objecting the illegal expenditure of taxpayer money that is appropriated to different parts of the contracts. Szafir said they are going on the theory that taxpayer money is being used in the contract for teacher union dues, teacher tenure, healthcare and other bargaining points.

“There’s no question of the constitutionality of it in the court system,” Szafir said. “The contract that is out there binding teachers, taxpayers and everyone in the district is illegal, and under Wisconsin law, people can’t be bound by illegal contracts.”

John Matthews, director of Madison Teachers Inc., said the teachers’ contracts were negotiated after Colas found the collective bargaining law to be unconstitutional.

Matthews called the lawsuit a “right wing stab” at Mary Burke, who is a member of the Madison school board and running against Walker in November’s elections.

“It’s a waste of money and it’s a frivolous lawsuit. The law is clear, the employment relations commission was under an injunction to let negotiations go forward,” Matthews said. “I think the lawsuit by the WILL is simply to try to cast a shadow on Mary Burke, and if that’s all they can find to complain about Mary Burke, they are really

running afraid in this election.”

Matthews said the timing of the lawsuit was very suspect in that it tries to portray Burke in a negative light, and for that reason he thinks it is politically motivated.

Szafir, however, said it should be no surprise to anyone that the lawsuit was filed.

Warning letters were sent to the Madison school board and superintendent Jennifer Cheatham in October 2013 and May of this year, Szafir said.

“This is something that we have been looking at for quite some time. The Madison school board and school district is free, if they choose, to not utilize the Act 10 tools to better the children and taxpayers of the district, but they’re

certainly not free to ignore the law and that’s what we’re taking them to court for,” Szafir said.

Szafir said MMSD has 20 days to respond, and as of now the lawsuit is in front of Dane County Circuit Court Judge Rhonda Lanford.

Marcia Standiford, communications director for MMSD, said the district just received the lawsuit Thursday. Standiford said they still have to discuss the issue with the board of education before any decisions are made, but they do not doubt the legality of the contracts.

“We currently have employment contracts in place for 2014-15 and 201516, and we believe we were on solid ground when those were negotiated,” Standiford said.

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Professor participates in analyzing wolf hunt Controversy over mortality rate data reported by the Wisconsin DNR sparks additional research initiatives by UW volunteers, scientists

by Rachel Baruck Herald Contributor

Two years after Wisconsin’s first recreational wolf hunting season began, controversy over the subsequent mortality rates has led to independent population studies from researchers at University of Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Fish and Wildlife Service require that any wildlife removed from the protection of the “endangered” label be monitored for the following five years. Recent debate centers around whether or not the monitoring has been up to standards, specifically if mortality in the wolf population in the state has been calculated accurately.

In August several scientists, including UW professor of environmental sciences Adrian Treves, who specializes in balancing human needs and carnivore conservation, wrote and signed a letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

The letter brought up that although the collaring method that the WDNR has been using has merit, there may be problems with their system. According to both the letter and WDNR officials, the WDNR uses tracking collars on a percentage of the wolf population in order to track the mortality rate among that

population before applying that information to the population as a whole. The WDNR estimate came to a total of 267 dead wolves.

The letter alleges that the WDNR’s calculations omitted information on collars that had gone missing.

“When marked animals disappear, omitting them from analyses is a known biasing factor in wildlife research,” Treves said in the letter. “That omission leads to underestimation of mortality rate, if even a single mortality followed a disappearance.”

Additionally, in the mortality estimations, the WDNR included wolves that had been collected but not necessarily collared previously.

The letter says that nonradioed wolves provide imprecise and inaccurate estimates of mortality rate, either because people must encounter and report their carcasses by chance, or they are the perpetrators themselves and choose to report the mortality. Therefore, mortality estimates that include non-radioed wolves inevitably underestimate the total mortality by the number of undiscovered carcasses, the letter said.

In the letter, Treves recommends remedies to the population tracking methods for the WDNR to pursue. He recommends that the Fish

and Wildlife Society revise the population monitoring results, using updated scientific methods.

Additionally, he recommended that an independent panel of scientific peer-reviewers be appointed to advise the Fish and Wildlife Society on potential action.

The WDNR, however, maintains that their mortality analysis, done in collaboration with the dissertation of UW PhD candidate Jennifer Stenglein, are correct.

“There’s a possibility, but it’s probably not biased over the 30 years of monitoring we’ve done,” Jane Wiedenhoeft, WDNR official, said. “Quotas set for 2013 intended to decrease population so we were not surprised to see the population decreased. We were surprised to see it decreased as much as it has, but it was still in the range of prediction.”

Wiedenhoeft said she does not believe that the wolf population is in danger and is fairly confident due to the close monitoring the WDNR has been performing on the wolf population.

While Wiedenhoeft said the WDNR maintains that the wolf population does not need more protection, the organization is remaining open to collaboration with UW scientists now and in the future.

MCAT to see revamp Pre-medical students prepare for entirely new entry examination

by Folarin Ajibade Digital Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin pre-med students have more to think about as the Association of Medical American Colleges has made significant changes to the Medical College Admission Test, commonly known as the MCAT. Pre-med students now have to decide whether to take the current MCAT or to take the new MCAT, which medical schools think is more challenging and will produce better medical students, Eric Chiu, Kaplan Test Prep’s executive director of medical programs, said.

According to the AAMC, the changes scheduled to take effect April 2015 will make the test more relevant for the next generation of doctors and medical practitioners.

The MCAT revisions reflect the significant changes in the practice of medicine, as practitioners need to know far more than they did a generation ago, Chiu said.

Chiu said the last time the MCAT experienced a change was in 2007 when it moved from a paper-and-pencil format to a computer-based format. However, the last time

the exam’s content changed significantly was a couple of decades ago, he said.

“The test change comes at a time when the entire face of healthcare is changing,” Chiu said. “As we consider the roles of physicians and patients, of insurance and compensation, and of preventative care and health maintenance, the MCAT must adapt to train physicians who will operate in the healthcare system of the future.”

Some of the changes to the MCAT include tests on college level biochemistry, introductory psychology and introductory sociology, in addition to restructured passages to include natural sciences within biological systems.

They will also increase the length of the test from 144 questions in three hours, 20 minutes to 230 questions in six hours, 15 minutes. A new scoring scale will also be introduced.

Kaplan Test Prep recently conducted a survey that showed 44 percent of medical school admission officers said it makes no difference which test score is submitted, 28 percent recommended taking the current MCAT and 27 percent recommended taking

the new test.

“Students should take whichever version of the MCAT for which they’ll be better prepared. However, Kaplan strongly recommends taking the current MCAT if you can since it will be much shorter and the new one more challenging,” Chiu said.

According to the AAMC, 495 UW undergraduates applied to medical school last year, making UW one of the largest sources of medical school applicants from any college in the US. Brianna Young, a pre-med sophomore at UW, said she’s more likely to take the new MCAT, as she feels it gives her an edge. She said she also doesn’t think she’s ready to take the MCAT yet and, as the last possible time to take the current exam is in January, she’s turning her focus to the new test.

“Medical schools are always looking for standout applicants, and if I can do extremely well in the new test, I’ll have another thing that sets me apart from many other applicants,” Young said.

The AAMC said most medical schools will continue to accept scores from the current MCAT through the 2017 application cycle.

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Court upholds ID law Appellate decision could have affect on election this November

by Nina Kravinsky Reporter

Wisconsin’s voter ID law will likely be in effect this November after a federal appeals court panel reinstated Friday the law requiring that voters show a photo ID at elections.

The law had been on hold since 2012, facing legal challenges in federal and state courts, where judges had blocked the law from being implemented. But the law cleared legal challenges at the state level in July, and Friday afternoon, a three-judge appellate panel removed a federal judge’s block on the law, saying the state could implement the law in the November 2014 elections.

“Today’s decision is a victory for common sense, fair elections and the right of every eligible voter to cast a vote that will count,” Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said in a statement. “This ruling vindicates the law and our efforts to ensure the policy of this state will be in effect for November’s election.”

The federal appeals court panel ruled a few hours after hearing oral arguments on the law in Chicago, where they seemed skeptical of the challenges against the voter ID law. The panel removed U.S. District Court Judge

CAPITAL BUDGET, page 1 In addition to the Wi-Fi, the mayor’s budget includes funding for 15 new buses.

Rusch said the average financial life cycle of a Metro bus is about 12 years, and old buses are retired yearly in order to keep the fleet up to date.

The replacements are traditionally 80 percent federally funded, but that money is not always available, Rusch said, so this time it is included in the capital budget. The cost of each bus is estimated to be $410,000, and federal funding will only cover 50 percent of

Lynn Adelmann’s block, or injunction, on the law while it considers whether to uphold or strike down the law.

The three judges on the federal appeals court — all Republican appointees — noted when the state Supreme Court upheld the law, it crafted a “savings construction” that removed concerns that the law would be unfair to the elderly and minorities.

The court’s fix, the panel noted, eases the process for those who do not have a birth certificate or other documents needed to get a photo ID from the state.

“This reduces the likelihood of irreparable injury, and it also changes the balance of equities and thus the propriety of federal injunctive relief,” the panel wrote. “The panel has concluded that the state’s probability of success on the merits of this appeal is sufficiently great that the state should be allowed to implement its law, pending further order of this court.”

Reid Magney, a spokesperson for the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board that oversees elections, said the agency is “taking every step to fully implement the voter photo ID law for the November General Election.”

While Republicans like

Gov. Scott Walker praised the ruling, the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued against the law in court, raised concerns that the decision will cause chaos since it came so close to an election.

Chris Ahmuty, executive director of ACLU of Wisconsin, said the state may not be ready to implement these changes

by November, pointing out the absentee ballots that have already been sent out with no clear instructions regarding voter ID. “The new procedures were presented at the last second, and it is unclear whether or how they will work in time to ensure that eligible voters are actually able to vote,” Ahmuty said.

“It has not demonstrated how it will train 1,852 municipal clerks and tens of thousands of poll workers, as well as notifying voters of the new rules.”

The appeals court order creates a “huge hindrance for students,” especially those from out-of-state, said Nneka Akubeze, executive director of the United Council of UW students.

Akubeze said since many out-of-state students are legally permitted to vote in Wisconsin, requiring this portion of the student body to have a state-issued ID “is something that really disenfranchises students.”

the total.

Another possible part of the budget is the creation of a new storage facility in the city’s new Nakoosa Trail property near Stoughton Road in 2018. Rusch said Metro currently has 209 buses housed in its East Washington facility, but it was only built to hold 170 buses.

Rusch said an increasing ridership makes expanding services difficult, but it at least means Metro Transit is doing something right.

“It’s a great problem that we have. Our ridership is so high that we need to expand, but the only problem is we

don’t have anywhere. If we would purchase extra buses and get the funding for that, we won’t have anywhere to put them,” Rusch said.

City Council will finalize the capital budget in November.

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Walker fails students on loan debt reform Burke offers tangible solutions to relieve graduates’ heavy burden of paying off tuition, make college more affordable for everyone

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Wisconsin is in a student debt crisis. Today, more than 750,000 Wisconsin citizens hold federal student loan debt, with thousands more facing massive amounts of debt from private lenders.

The average student is graduating with $22,400 in student loans, paying nearly $400 a month for almost 19 years. They’re saddled with mountains of debt before they even walk across the commencement stage.

Depending on a parttime job to pay for college is no longer a viable option. In the past 12

years tuition has doubled for Wisconsin residents, meaning higher debt loads for most students who want to pursue a college degree. Few are fortunate enough to have help from their families, others have scholarships and grants, but so many students receive no assistance at all.

This student debt crisis is the reason that the 2014 governor ’s race is perhaps the most important election for students in our state’s recent history.

Never before has there been such a contrast between two candidates for governor.

Students will choose Nov. 4 between Gov. Scott Walker, a career politician with a long history of

ignoring Wisconsin students, and Mary Burke, a businesswomen with a real, long-term plan to make college affordable.

During his first term, Walker sent Wisconsin students a clear message: college affordability is not a priority. Instead working to lessen the burden of student debt, Walker cut $250 million from the University of Wisconsin System and reduced funding for the technical college system by 30 percent. In a transparently political attempt to disguise the impact of his cuts until after the 2014 election, Walker also implemented a two-year tuition freeze. Unfortunately for

students, this freeze is only temporary and does nothing to make college affordable in the long-term.

After the freeze expires, tuition will rise again, as the UW System struggles to deal with the impact of Walker ’s unprecedented cuts to higher education. It’s clear that a career politician like Walker only panders to students when he’s worried about his re-election chances. When it comes to finding real long-term solutions, Walker simply doesn’t care.

Burke, on the other hand, has a real long-term plan to lessen the burden of student loan debt. As a businesswoman, Burke knows that having a well-

educated workforce is the only way Wisconsin can remain competitive in today’s economy. That’s why she dedicated an entire section of her “Invest for Success” job creation plan to making college affordable.

Her common-sense solutions include allowing students to refinance their loans to get lower interest rates, deduct college tuition payments from taxes and increase how much they can deduct on state tax forms. She also supports increased state funding for higher education so the UW System can maintain its high standard of education and give more in financial aid.

The race is still in a dead

heat, but a recent Marquette University poll found that young Wisconsinites already support Burke over Walker 48 to 35 percent.

Young Wisconsinites are tired of drowning in student loan debt and watching as Walker offers them nothing but empty rhetoric and election year political posturing. With just a few weeks until Election Day, it’s time for students across Wisconsin to unite behind Burke, a proven leader with a plan to make college affordable.

Zach Madden and Phoenix Rice-Johnson (zamadden@ gmail.com) are the Chair and Vice Chair of the College Democrats.

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Continued obstruction of gay marriage backwards

by OMER ARAIN Columnist

Same-sex marriage is making great strides in Wisconsin. District Judge Barbara Crabb lifted the ban on marriage equality in June, but chose to stay the decision pending the appeal by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.

The appeal was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the presiding judges were Richard Posner, Ann Claire Williams and David Hamilton. In their decision, which also applied to nearby Indiana, Posner vigorously defended the decision claiming, “It is apparent that groundless rejection of same-sex marriage by government must be a denial of equal protection of the laws.”

Van Hollen has already appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, though he probably will not be in office to make his case.

Last October, Van Hollen announced he would not seek re-election for a third term. District Attorney for the conservative Jefferson County Susan Happ won the nomination for the Democrats. The Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel is running on behalf of the Republican Party. No surprise here, the conservative Schimel has stated that he would continue with the appeal to the Supreme Court whereas Happ has stated she would not. According to the most recent Marquette poll, Happ is in the lead, projected to win about 43 percent of likely voter support to Schimel’s 32 percent. However, more than 70 percent of those polled admitted they did not know enough about either candidate, and the results of this election could simply follow the outcome of the tight gubernatorial election between Gov. Scott Walker and challenger

Mary Burke.

Burke has stated that she, like Happ, does not want Van Hollen’s appeal to reach the Supreme Court, saying it would simply be wasting taxpayer money.

Walker, on the other hand, did not address Van Hollen’s decision to appeal directly, saying he had an obligation to uphold the constitution as it is. Though, he should understand that as the constitution now stands, same-sex marriage is legal.

The only reason couples cannot continue to marry in Wisconsin is because the decision is stayed, pending the appeal to the Supreme Court; if Walker chose to redact that appeal, Wisconsin would be in the clear. Walker cited the 2006 statewide referendum where 59 percent of Wisconsin still supported the ban. Perhaps Walker should examine the most recent Marquette poll, which shows 55 percent now support lifting the ban.

Regardless of what Wisconsin decides to do with the appeal to the Supreme Court, it seems more and more likely that the highest court in the land will have to address same-sex marriage. The Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, making the federal interpretation of marriage applicable to same-sex couples as well. The 9th Circuit Court, the same court that struck down Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in California in 2012, is currently hearing cases from Nevada, Idaho and Hawaii on the same issue. Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia have also appealed to the Supreme Court. Currently 14 states have had their restrictions struck down, and are simply awaiting appeals.

It is worth noting that Louisiana is the lone state that has upheld a ban on same-sex marriage when it

Photo · After the same-sex marriage ban was lifted in June, couples rushed to Dane County Clerk’s office to exercise their newfound rights.

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted that the Court would not avoid the issue.

The first openly gay United States senator was elected in 2012. She was the first female in her state to be elected to the Senate. She is also from Wisconsin.

Democrat Tammy Baldwin left her seat as a representative for Wisconsin’s second congressional district to run for the Senate. Another Democrat, Mark Pocan, succeeded her. He is also openly gay. The times, well they are a-changing, folks.

Wisconsin has such a rich history of progressive ideas, let’s not be remembered as a state that so strongly fights what will be a regular institution in the U.S. in a few decades – same-sex marriage.

We can debate healthcare or foreign policy objectives.

To say a gay couple cannot get married is blasphemous.

Religious reasons, traditionalist approaches, the “sanctity of marriage” are all meaningless arguments.

Same-sex marriage does not endanger children, it does not threaten tradition (Crabb’s initial ruling even mentioned how polygamy could be considered “traditional”), and denying this right is blatant discrimination. It is shocking to me that the gay marriage question is still up for debate. Let’s end it and move on to more pressing issues.

Omer Arain (oarain@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and economics.

Just last week, TMZ released a tape showing NFL Ravens player Ray Rice knocking his fiancée unconscious in an elevator in a New Jersey casino.

The most shocking part of this was that the tape, in reality, did not shock much of the audience it reached. Speculation and assumptions come with a heavy burden, but when the NFL had first gotten a hold of the footage showing Rice dragging his now-wife unconscious out of the elevator, it was hard not to suspect what had happened. However, the most surprising part of this all was Rice’s mere two game suspension for his actions prior to the video being released this past week.

What is important to point out here is that Rice has now been cut from the Ravens and suspended from the NFL all together; however, these things happened after the tape was released rather than prior. The NFL has had a long-standing record with condoning atrocious behavior by its players and brushing the evidence under the rug, but it seems that this time, it has finally caught up with them.

Realistically, the NFL did not cut Rice for his actions but rather, they cut him

in hopes of saving their league, team and their asses, quite frankly.

Since the incident, the NFL has put in place a sixgame suspension for all domestic violence cases and a lifetime ban for repeat offenders. After this was set in place, just three days later, San Francisco player Ray McDonald was arrested for striking his pregnant fiancée. The league has yet to discipline him, and he took the field Sunday. This is the exact behavior that leads me to speak out against the NFL, domestic violence and the violence that mainstream television and professional sports glamorize.

The worst part of this situation is that the light punishment by the NFL was not the only minor slap on the wrist Rice received. Rice was charged with third-degree aggravated assault and entered a pretrial diversion program where all charges will be dropped. For punching his fiancée in the face and dragging her unconscious body out of an elevator, he receives no punishment. The idea that both the NFL and the court system have condoned this behavior is sickening. It’s true to say in many cases that life isn’t fair, but I dare anyone to challenge the idea that, had this been another man and his wife far from the limelight, no punishment would

have been received. It’s disgusting to comprehend that the NFL will not take responsibility for its actions, and it took media coverage of the incident to prompt the NFL to do the right thing.

As for the NFL’s “new and improved rules” that include six game suspensions and lifetime bans, they mean little to nothing. Ironically, lifetime bans can be repealed after just one season. They are not rules nor will they seek out players breaking rules, rather they are just words stated by a powerful man hoping to regain some confidence by beloved fans.

Lastly and most importantly, it is imperative to see the NFL will not and does not plan to change its behavior.

The National Football League does not care about women’s issues such as domestic violence or sexual assaults; it only cares about money and the idea that these men can do no wrong because we “need” them to carry on the idea of “classic Monday night entertainment.” It is time for us to stop tolerating the NFL’s behavior. By simply ignoring the unfairness going on, we stand as silent followers, perpetuating injustice.

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Bandaloop delivers impressive vertical dance show Aerial troupe from Turkey that got their start on mountains and cliffs puts on performance on side of Wisconsin Union Theater

by Sara Easa ArtsEtc. Contributor

Shaken by the dark sky and icy winds, most students rushed home after classes Friday afternoon.

Behind the Memorial Union, though, a brave bunch huddled on the Terrace for a spectacular show by a vertical dance troupe. This was not

just another funky jazz ensemble that Madisonians have come to enjoy.

The performers were even braver than the shivering audience—they had just arrived from Ankara, Turkey. Despite the drastic change in temperature, Bandaloop— an aerial spectacle consisting of six incredibly talented, gravity-defying

Photo · Amelia Rudolph’s creation just traveled from the warmer weather of Turkey to perform at Memorial Union on two cold nights in Madison.

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dancers—managed to put on quite a show.

Founder Amelia Rudolph began to construct the group and its act more than 20 years ago when her interests in competitive rock climbing and modern dance merged into one.

After holding auditions at various universities and gathering up the best performers, Bandaloop began with acts that took place on the edges of cliffs and across mountaintops.

It was only in later years that they began to hold acts in big cities and urban settings.

Performing on the side of the Union’s newlyrenovated west wing, the group started off with flips, jumps and swinging.

Later on, they switched it up with two of their performers carrying out a jazzy swing act. Keep in mind, this was all happening at a 90-degree angle while leaping over one another and twirling in midair.

They also managed to include a poetic element in their act. As one of the performers sat on a chair— once again, remember that this all took place on the side of the building, at a 90-degree angle—he spit honest words about his personal life, the way society views him and the way he views society’s vision of him.

Finally, the group finished up with a strong yet graceful set involving

all six performers. Using a Spiderman-like technique, they were able to scale the walls in order to reach one another and then use force to propel each other in various directions.

Although their movements were quick and chaotic, their choreography and synchronization illustrated grace.

The audience produced many “oohs” and “aahs” throughout the performance, as would be expected from an act comparable to a dance recital on the moon.

And what is a show on the Terrace without fun, family-friendly humor? As the dancers prepared to belay themselves down the wall, a man in the audience

Photo · As part of Wisconsin Union Theater’s initiative to add youthful, new acts, Bandaloop danced across the outer wall of the Union and read poetry in a vertical position.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald shouted, “Look out!” I thought it was hilarious, and apparently, so did the rest of the audience because the joke prompted many well-deserved laughs.

The act was surreal and artistically unnatural. A little girl in the crowd explained the performance best to her mother when she said, “It was very pretty.”

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Interpol’s ‘El Pintor’ is nothing to care about The once magical sounds of early 2000s New York have lost their spark, producing an LP that is boring, a disappointment to expectant fans

by Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Editor

It’s hard to care all that much about Interpol these days.

Like so many indie bands that blew up with the postpunk/garage rock revival of the early 2000s, Interpol has, over the past decade, lost cultural relevance with the release of each new studio album. It’s a narrative that’s all too familiar and it’s been the bane of The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand and many other bands that released gamechanging debuts in the early 2000s that cannot and (presumably) will not ever be topped.

In Interpol’s case, this immaculate debut is Turn on the Bright Lights, released in 2002 to a wave of hype that launched the band to the forefront of the New York indie music scene. With the the album’s release, Interpol became the sound of “cool.”

Tight, black clothing became fashionable.

Brooding, deadpan vocals once again became a way to express a thousand emotions. In

critics’ reviews, the Joy Division comparisons were endless. But outside of Paul Bank’s vocals, Interpol didn’t actually sound that much like Joy Division.

The band’s influences were clear, but they were also fresh. They had a sound that was the perfect summation of its time and place.

In 2002, Turn on the Bright Lights became the sound of New York nights. Each band member ’s individual roles coalesced perfectly to create a sound that had the shimmer of postmidnight Manhattan and the morose introspection that accompanies latenight, alcohol-fueled relationships.

Daniel Kessler ’s guitars soared, taking a page from shoegaze and laying on the reverb. Carlos Dengler ’s bass slinked between notes, proving itself to be an essential part of the band’s overall sound. Sam Forgarino’s driving percussion gave the music a sense of urgency and perpetual sense of discomfort. Atop it all, Paul Banks delivered his monotone vocals.

Alone, they might have sounded silly, with lines like, “Subway is a porno.”

But this delivery worked because of the soaring music below. Interpol quite simply had a perfect sound.

Interpol’s new album, El Pintor, offers little of the greatness we heard in 2002. Those soaring guitars of 12 years ago sounded cavernous and grand, like sirens echoing off tall buildings at night. Now they sound like necessary but bland ingredients used to construct Interpol songs. The band used to be the emotive soundtrack of late-night walks home.

Now they find themselves trapped within this framework, milking the same sound throughout nearly every track — a sound marked by agitation, sadness and discomfort.

This is still Interpol, but the spark is gone.

I could go into details about each of these new songs and pick apart their instrumentation and lyrics to give the appearance of a well-thought-out album review. But this just isn’t an album worth putting

much thought into. El Pintor is not a bad album. It just won’t be anything worth remembering 12 years from now.

It’s unfortunate when a band’s legacy is remembered by one album that can never be topped.

For as long as that band performs, their music will

be compared to that initial work — even 12 or more years later. But when we have an example of how great a band can be, it’s simply disappointing to hear them producing works that are inferior. When they release greatness again, maybe we can go back to caring about Interpol.

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Pitfalls of being petite at a packed Cherub show Friday night’s show at the Majestic Theatre was crowded but exhilarating

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Editor

Other tentative titles for my coverage of Cherub’s Friday night show were: ‘I accidentally grinded with five total strangers simultaneously at a packed Cherub concert;’ ‘Using flatulence as a defense mechanism at a packed Cherub concert;’ and ‘How to start a fire with your bare ass and someone’s leather jeans at a packed Cherub concert.’ Basically it was an eventful night, but despite the mayhem, Cherub brought an amazingly theatrical show that wowed the dense crowd.

Pitfall one: Being at the center of a body sandwich No matter where you were in the crowd Friday night, you were most likely crushed between half a dozen shoulders covered in slimy, alcohol-soaked sweat. Some bumping and grinding is inevitable at a show of electro-pop with a disco edge, but this soldout performance gave new meaning to “too close for comfort.” Every time DJ Jason Huber dropped the bass or played a signature hook, the thick crowd moved like one amorphous blob of dance.

Us shorties in the crowd, sandwiched by bigger bros and enthusiastic fans, had little control over our own bodies. Luckily, the rhythmic ebb and flow kept us swaying and bumping to the beat. This type of proximity forces one to go through cycles of love and fellowship and utter hatred, the kind that is most pure because it is between total strangers. I felt love for my neighbors when the lead vocalist, Jordan Kelley, made suggestive yet endearing eye contact with us and we screamed back in affirmation. Seconds later, I transitioned to feelings of abhorrence when the lady

behind me bumped and grinded so hard against my backside that she had lifted my skirt and the intensity of the friction felt like a fire was going to start on my butt.

Pitfall two: Inability to touch the band This is perhaps the most searing offense against the vertically impaired.

The duo interacted with the crowd throughout the show, and often treated the front rows as a sort of personal counsel, talking to individuals during lulls in singing and percussion.

Several times during the latter part of the show both Kelley and Huber made their way to the front of the stage to reach out to those lucky, tall individuals in the front rows. I was determined and I was close, but unfortunately I was not tall enough to grab hold of their outstretched hands.

I was inches away from strumming Huber ’s guitar when he held it out at the end of a jam-filled outro.

Pitfall three: Fending off bigger invaders Being close to the front meant not only proximity to pop greatness, but also the attention of the duo.

So it was imperative to keep my prime real estate in the second row. When Huber dropped the hooks for the popular singles “Monogamy” and “Doses and Mimosas,” there was a sudden and violent surge toward the front. I tried a few devices and procedures to fend them off, including creating a barricade with my neighbors made of arms and legs. My favorite technique, however, was creating a palpable cloud of stench with farts so the area was so undesirable that the siege decided to go around me.

There is also one benefit of being short at a packed concert that I am

particularly grateful for: Not having the burden of carrying crowd-surfing drunkards to the front of the room and not getting kicked in the face in the process. When the few brave souls made their way to the front, my stout hand dangled below haphazardly, showing my good intentions and hiding my joy that their flailing limbs would not hit my head.

In spite of my height, I went into extra tiptoe mode during the encore and touched the base of Kelley’s microphone during their cover of Calvin Harris’ “Feel so Close,” when a few of my taller counterparts dissipated. It was a final moment of redemption after several missed opportunities, and it felt awesome.

Although some experiences differed based on height, there were certain moments that were unforgettable for viewers of all sizes. At the conclusion of their main set, while the band played their hit single “Doses and Mimosas,” halfway through they shook bottles of cheap champagne and sprayed them into the crowd. Most could also see when the stage manager showed a commemorative tattoo by revealing his butt.

Most importantly, every concertgoer Friday night could watch as the duo sang and danced playfully across the stage, engaging with members of the crowd upfront, in back and in the balcony. It was a truly exhilarating and interactive performance.

Photos - Cherub rocked the room Friday night, playing several of their top dance-worthy, electro-pop singles while dancing and moving on and off the stage for an engaging performance.

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald

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– UW head coach Gary Andersen on linebacker

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3. Alabama: 52-12 W vs. Southern Miss — Quarterback Blake Sims had 168 yards through the air with two scores while running for another in the lopsided win for the host Crimson Tide.

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3. Kenny Hill – QB, Texas A&M Saturday: 20-31, 300 yards, 4 TDS

5. Everett Golson – QB, Notre Dame Saturday: 25-40, 259 yards, 2 TDs, 56 rush yards, 1 TD

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Hard work paves way to top spot for Erickson Redshirt sophomore wide receiver has received more attention in offensive attack, draws comparisons to former walk-on Jared Abbrederis

by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

Fair weather Wisconsin football fans might have felt lost at the beginning of the season when they glanced at the Badgers’ depth chart and saw a group of receivers they didn’t recognize.

Most fans had probably heard of Kenzel Doe because of his presence on kick returns and perhaps junior Jordan Fredrick, who had a contributing role to the offense his first two years. As for the other four receivers of the top six, probably not more than a confused look and a search of their career stats, or lack thereof. Those four receivers had a combined 10 catches in their careers, and two hadn’t even played in a game because they were incoming freshmen.

With the heart of Wisconsin receiving Jared Abbrederis having graduated and moved onto the NFL, the phrase, “He went to Jared,” had become irrelevant. Now the clichéd statement had morphed into a question, who exactly would the ball go to in this year ’s passing game?

In stepped Alex Erickson, who could very well pass for Abbrederis were it not for the 86 on his uniform, and for more reasons than just his similar build. “[Erickson is] a lot like [Abbrederis],” Fredrick said.

“Pretty much the same story, walking on a wide receiver and finally earning a spot with his hard work. He’s just gotten so much better where now he’s just so reliable like Abby was and it’s great to see a guy take Abby’s spot.

I think he’s going to be huge for us.”

As was the case with Abbrederis who walked on after high school, Erickson also made the choice to come play at Wisconsin despite not being recruited by the Badgers’ or really any other Division I program.

Several Division II schools

had expressed interest in Erickson, but the opportunity to play for the school more than an hour drive away from his hometown of Darlington, Wisconsin, was just too much to pass up.

Erickson hadn’t even played wide out in high school for the Darlington Redbirds. Instead, he was the focal point of the offense as the quarterback, throwing for a 3,648 yards in his career while racking up an impressive 3,856 rushing yards in his four years on varsity.

When he enrolled at UW, Erickson came to the football team as an athlete, unsure of where he would fit in, and even if he’d still be on offense.

But given the opportunity to play receiver, Erickson took the chance even though it involved a big learning curve.

“It was a hard transition.

People don’t see how hard the wide receiver position is but there’s a lot of things that go into it. The footwork and technique took awhile to learn,” Erickson said. “I struggled at first and it was a long process.

“But it’s just like anything.

Keep working at it, you can master it.”

Of course, it helped immensely that Erickson entered the wide receiving corps back in 2012 when Abbrederis was going into his junior year. Abbrederis had just finished the fifth best season for a sophomore receiver in 2011 with his 933 yards receiving, and gave Erickson one of the best receivers in UW history to try to figure out the new position from.

“I learned a lot from him,” Erickson said. “We all have in the wide receiver room — but just his work ethic and the way he came out here every day and just busted his tail on every route whether he was getting the ball or not, the way he blocked, the way he does everything.”

But transitioning to the

new position wasn’t the least of Erickson’s worries.

After his freshman season then head coach Bret Bielema bolted for Arkansas, and with Erickson not under scholarship at that point, his

fresh start. I just came in with a new focus, clean slate, nobody knew who you were, so you can make your own impression on new coaches,” he said.

Erickson got a chance

began to play more and more as the season progressed.

In the final game of the regular season against Penn State a season ago, Erickson completed a then-career day with highs in receptions and

status came into jeopardy.

Having to start from scratch to impress the new head coach Gary Andersen and the brand new coaching staff presented a big challenge, but Erickson ran with the new opportunity.

“I was grateful for the opportunity that I got when [Bielema] was here. And then coach Andersen came, a new staff, so I had a

right away in the spring of his freshman year to make that impression on the new coaching staff. With multiple injuries to the core group of receivers, the reps increased and so too did the opportunity to leave a mark.

Following that spring, Erickson saw his first action on the field last season and

yards with four grabs for 49 yards.

But after this past Saturday’s win against Western Illinois in which he made 10 catches totaling 122 yards, Erickson showed that he’s capable of much more than a contributing role.

“He’s fearless. He’s a competitor. He’s fast. I

think Tanner feels very comfortable, as all our quarterbacks do, throwing the ball to Alex. It was just great to see him because he’s worked so hard since the bowl game to get this moment,” Andersen said following the game Sept. 6.

What’s made Erickson so successful in the early going this season has a lot more to do with his consistency than anything else. In the early going against Western Illinois, UW struggled at times in the passing department with a drop from Reggie Love and a poorly run route by Rob Wheelwright that led to an interception.

But Erickson’s strong fundamentals led to him being consistently targeted by quarterback Tanner McEvoy.

“He’ll catch the ball if you throw it at him and that’s what we need,” McEvoy said.

Erickson made it clear that there is still a good portion of the season left, and one solid game doesn’t guarantee him the role of number one receiver for the games to come.

His work ethic on the practice field, again similar to Abbrederis, has backed up his word.

“He’s not just having a huge game and now he’s coming out and loafing,” Fredrick said of Erickson.

“He’s definitely coming out and working hard every day, which is what Abby was like. He learned a lot from Abby and that’s where he’s been a role model.”

The future remains unknown for Erickson, but with the blue collar attitude, he’ll soon make those fair weather Wisconsin fans remember his name.

“I’ve been working hard ever since I came here and I just got to continue to do that and just keep making plays when the opportunity comes,” Erickson said.

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MEN’S Photos · Alex Erickson (top) has become the favorite target of Tanner McEvoy (left) in the early going this season, as the two have connected 13 times in the first two games, including several bubble screens that have turned into big gains with the help of the blocking by the offensive line (bottom).

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Both junior libero Taylor Morey and Carlini had 16 digs, while Carlini’s 51 assists paved the way for the Badger attack and a double-double.

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Emotions were running high Friday evening, as the matchup against Miami (5-4) was the first time the Badgers were playing in front of their home crowd this season. In addition, Wisconsin dropped the banner commemorating their underdog run to the National Championship game in 2013.

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Late push falls short in OT loss to Rutgers Badgers fall to 1-4-0 overall, lose in first conference game of season

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In a devastating loss, the University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team fell 3-2 to Rutgers in extra time in their Big Ten opener.

The Badgers gave up a goal in extra time off a corner kick for the sudden death defeat, just minutes after freshman forward Mark Segbers scored in the 89th minute to tie the game to push it to extra time.

The scoring started when freshman forward Tom Barlow recorded the first goal of the game in the 13th minute, which gave Wisconsin the lead that they ended up holding onto into the second half.

The Badgers seemed to figure some things out on the offensive end, which lead to two goals and a total of nine shots on goal.

“Once you start swinging the ball around and playing faster, the defense doesn’t have time to shift over, which opens up gaps. We have great center midfielders that are able to get the ball up to our front runners, and we just do what we do,” Segbers said.

Segbers and Barlow have become the leaders on the offense, combining for a total of six goals so far this year. Jumping up to this level has been an easy transition for the two forwards, having played together for many years in St. Louis, Missouri.

Their connections and teamwork have powered Wisconsin’s offense for a few games now, and connecting with everyone

else on the team will only make the attack stronger.

Wisconsin can use this game against a conference opponent as a learning experience, which has allowed them to continue progressing as a team to come together to play better.

“We just have to keep progressing, keep working together, keep pushing each other. It’s going to start falling for us,” Barlow said.

The Badgers’ youthfulness may have played a role in not creating enough chances late in the game. There were opportunities for most of the game, but Wisconsin couldn’t take advantage of the openings to put Rutgers away.

“There was tons of space for through balls the whole game. It was wide open,” junior midfielder Drew Conner said.

“If we had a little more composure toward the end of the game — I know everyone is tired, I know everyone’s heads are down. But just a little more vision toward the end of the game would have made it easier to get a few more chances.”

Rutgers evened the game in the 52nd minute on a JP Correa goal and took their first lead of the game with a goal in the 81st minute by Rayon Gibbs, before Segbers scored the equalizer late in the game.

Segbers’s goal late in the game brought hope to a tired Wisconsin side, bringing the momentum to the Badgers before the extra time. However, UW couldn’t capitalize on the momentum, as Rutgers had just too many

opportunities, including four shots on goal, throughout the extra time.

Despite giving up three goals, Wisconsin goalkeeper Casey Beyers, who started for the first time all season, played a strong game and recorded nine saves. He saved three shots in overtime alone to keep the Badgers alive for just a little bit longer.

“Hats off to Casey; he saved us five or six times this game,” Conner said.

“He was huge for us.”

Beyers ended up conceding the final goal and showed frustration in the loss, but without his performance, the game would not have been close.

Rutgers’ forwards put pressure on Beyers and the Wisconsin defense for the majority of the game, which the Badgers held in check for the first half.

The Wisconsin goalkeeper also picked up a yellow card in the first minute of the game while challenging a forward just outside the 18-yard box.

This foul set the tone for the rest of the game as both goalies were aggressive in their pursuits and had to fend off many shots. Rutgers tallied 22 shots, with 12 on goal, while the Badgers had 13 shots in the game.

The large home crowd for the opener, with just over 1,600 fans in attendance, helped Wisconsin keep pressuring late in the game trying to get the equalizing goal, before ultimately falling to Rutgers.

Correa had the final shot in the game that he put in the back of the net off a deflection of the ball inside the box in the 97th minute, which sent the Rutgers team celebrating.

After the Badgers made the NCAA tournament a year ago, they will have their work cut out for them this season if they hope to make it back to the Big Dance.

Wisconsin looks to rebound next Friday with another home match against a Big Ten newcomer, taking on St. John’s at the McClimon Soccer Complex.

Friday will be the last home game before the Badgers hit the road for two weeks.

Photos · Matej Radonic (12) chases down a ball Friday night in Wisconsin’s OT loss to Rutgers.

Goalkeeper Casey Beyers (middle) had three saves on four shots in the extra session but allowed the game-winning goal in the 97th minute.

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Youth strong despite loss Mark Segbers, Tom Barlow combine for two goals, assist in OT defeat

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Soccer Writer

Usually when a team is down and in need of a pick-me-up, they look to their senior team leaders to give them a boost of energy. But these Badgers are different.

When the Wisconsin men’s soccer team has needed a goal or a spark, it has been the team’s freshmen that have stepped up thus far this season.

Friday’s 3-2 overtime loss to Rutgers (3-2-0) was no different.

Wisconsin (1-4-0) freshmen forwards and childhood friends Tom Barlow and Mark Segbers were the two Badgers who found the back of the night Friday night, and the two putting points on the scoreboard is nothing new for this team.

Seven of the nine total goals the Badgers have scored this year have come from freshmen. Barlow and Segbers have combined for six of those seven.

So, while the nationally televised overtime match ended in heartbreak for UW, the team can still take stock in the freshmens’ early success in their offensive attack.

Barlow put the Badgers up 1-0 in the 12th minute when he beat the Rutgers goalkeeper one on one and fired a shot into the open net. Then, with the Badgers down 2-1 in the 89th minute, Segbers took a pass from senior defender David Caban, put it into the back of the net to send the game into overtime.

Barlow and Segbers also combined for six of the team’s 13 shots on goal.

Segbers has been on a hot streak to start the season, and he has fed off

the taller Barlow well. The pairing of the two up top has been a solid match, and is the main reason why both players, especially Segbers, have been able to produce so early on in their freshman seasons.

“We have been waiting for Mark to get here,” junior midfielder Drew Conner said. “And with Tom up top, he works very nice off a big holding forward and makes very good runs off the ball. He’s got that killer instinct and he’s been absolutely crucial for us this season.”

It’s no coincidence that Segbers and Barlow have been playing so well, even though they have both just started their college soccer careers. The two of them both grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and have played with and against each other since they were in elementary school.

They had chemistry before they even stepped onto the pitch, and it shows.

“Mark and I, both being from St. Louis, have been playing together since we were 10,” Barlow said.

“We grew up playing together so it has been easier with him. I like working with him on top, but it’s also coming together with the other guys too so both of us are starting to play better.”

Growing up together has not only made the chemistry between them better, but it also has made the transition from the high school to the college game a much smoother one, while most initially struggle with the change.

“It’s awesome to have him up there with me. It’s almost like playing back at home again against him,” Segbers said.

“Playing with someone I

know and I am so familiar with, I feel as if sometimes I know what he is going to do before he even does it.

It just makes it that much easier knowing where he is going to go and being able to feed off his energy.”

The pre-existing chemistry of Barlow and Segbers has not only helped the pair, but it has also helped the chemistry of the team grow at a faster rate. With 12 new freshmen coming in after losing quite a few players from last year ’s NCAA tournament team, it’s a tall task for everyone to be on the same page so early in the season.

Yet Conner sees the connection the two freshman have as a model for the rest of the team on how they need to work together. The team having

Photo · Tom Barlow (left) and Mark Segbers (right) have combined for six of Wisconsin’s nine goals this season, including two Friday night against Rutgers. Both players are freshmen.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald stronger chemistry will ultimately be what helps turn the season around for the Badgers.

“Their exchange in space and how they move off each other is just fun to watch. But that’s the kind of chemistry we need to be building throughout the team,” Conner said.

“When you get a bunch of new guys in, that’s the kind of chemistry we need to work on in other spots of the field. We all need to get on the same page, and if we can do that all over the field, I think things will look up for us.”

Defense silent but deadly Despite little acclaim, women’s soccer’s strong start aided by back line

by Jamie DeGraff Women’s Soccer Writer

When a casual soccer fan only checks the stat sheet for goals and assists after their team’s victory, they ultimately deprive themselves of the whole story behind the match.

The other key factors that played into that match such as clearances, passes and strong communication are often underappreciated and unnoticed. While the strikers and set-up players usually get the glory, the defensive efforts are often left in the shadows. Being a successful defensive unit requires unselfishness, sacrifice and a strong bond with teammates.

These are three qualities that the No. 12 Wisconsin women’s soccer team appears to have mastered, as it is off to its best start in the program’s history (7-10 overall, 1-1-0 Big Ten).

Perhaps head coach Paula Wilkins summed up the mentality of the team with her thoughts on junior defensive standout Brianna Stelzer being named the Top Drawer Soccer ’s Team

of the Week.

“As I told the team, whenever a person on the team wins an award like this, it’s basically a shout out to everyone on the team for the work they did,” Wilkins said. “If we hadn’t won 3-0 and 4-0, she wouldn’t get that honor, and I think knowing Brianna, she would be the first to say it was a team effort.”

This selfless attitude will be just what this team needs as it ventures through the tough waters of Big Ten competition.

Unlike previous seasons, senior goalkeeper Genevieve Richard believes experience and maintaining the roster has played a key role in turning the page from last year ’s struggles.

“I think it helps a lot that it’s our second season together, especially the back four which hasn’t changed since last year,” Richard said. “Especially when you’re talking about defense because I think it’s very important to have a feel for what kind of decisions your teammates are making. Being able to

better anticipate what’s going to happen helps so much with reading the game, and the stress management is so much easier when you know your teammates that well.”

Being the leader of one of the nation’s top defenses is a testament to the dedication Richard has given to the game since the first time she put on the gloves. She had a successful high-school club career, which included gaining Goalkeeper of the Tournament honors at the 2008 U-16 Canadian Championship.

She continued to have success as she developed into one of the top goalie prospects in Canada, eventually earning herself a spot on both the U-17 and U-20 Canadian National Teams.

In 2012, Richard was ready to make a statement for Canada at the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan before things took an unexpected turn. A quad injury suffered on the first day sidelined her for the duration of the tournament.

Richard shared her thoughts on the setback

and the perspective she gained from it.

“It made me realize what I [am] willing to do and sacrifice for soccer,” Richard said. “Was I ready to work through an injury to try to play? Was I ready to accept the fact that I was on the bench on the national team? Was I ready to accept the fact that I wasn’t playing here when I could’ve been playing back in Wisconsin? It was a challenge for me to see how much I was committed basically.”

After recovering from the injury and returning to play for the Badgers, Richard hasn’t looked back, continuing to improve season-by-season.

After recording two shutouts in her opening season in 2012, she was promoted to first-string and recorded 80 saves with a .784 save percentage in 2013.

It hasn’t been a perfect ride for Richard, but everything up to this point has culminated into her being the anchor of a toptier defense in one of the toughest conferences in Division I Soccer. With five shutouts already in 2014, her career might be peaking at just the right time.

Having the opportunity to play together as a consistent back line for multiple years now, Stelzer echoed Richard’s comments on the benefits of forming a close bond with her teammates.

“I just think we have really great communication in the back and good relationships with each other,” Stelzer said. “We know what each player is capable of doing, so we work with each other really well as a unit.”

Richard, Stelzer and fellow defender and senior Alexandra Heller have a combined six years of experience playing together and learning each other ’s strengths coming into 2014.

Photo · Wisconsin head coach Paula WIlkins’ team has started the season 7-1-0 thanks in part to a defense that has allowed two goals in a game just one time this year.

The Badger Herald File Photo After a thrilling 2-1 overtime win at Michigan State Friday, Wilkins believes this team is more prepared than ever to take on the Big Ten behind the leadership of the upper classmen.

“For me, I lean on the people like Allie Heller who has been through it, and knows what it feels like, and I think that experience is something that’s really important,” Wilkins said. “There’s a different confidence about these guys, where in the past you’re a little worried they might be shaky or nervous, but I think that these guys know that they’ve put the work in, and I think the confidence comes from preparation.”

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Badgers stay perfect with HotelRED Invite sweep Fourth-ranked volleyball team starts hot and loses just one set during three matches Friday, Saturday to improve overall record to 8-0

Playing in front of their home crowd for the first time this season, the Wisconsin volleyball team took only 10 sets to be crowned the HotelRED Invitational champions over the weekend.

The No.4-ranked Badgers improved to 8-0 on the season with wins against Ball State, Miami (Fla.) and Missouri State.

Host Wisconsin cruised to a three-set victory over Ball State (3-6) Saturday night in the finale of the tournament to secure the championship.

Sparked by three early kills from senior outside hitter Ellen Chapman, the Badgers jumped out to a 7-1 lead in the first set, forcing Ball State to call timeout.

“I think we came out in front of our home crowd, and we’re here to show them what we’re made of,” senior right-side hitter Courtney Thomas said. “We’re trying to play every game the same no matter who we’re playing.”

Thomas went on to be named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament,

and sophomore setter Lauren Carlini knew who to go to in those big moments.

“Courtney was putting balls down and being really consistent,” Carlini said.

“She’s kind of been our rock this season, as far as when we need points, we’re gonna go to her.”

After the quick start, the Badgers would not look back.

The closest the Cardinals would come in the set would be 11-5. Redshirt senior Julie Mikaelsen came off the bench at the end of the set and had two kills to finish out the set 25-11.

The Cardinals were the hot team at the beginning of the second set. After Ball State went up 7-4, the Badgers fought back, with an ace from Thomas, a kill from sophomore middle blocker Haleigh Nelson, and a kill from Thomas to tie it up at 7.

From there, the teams would remain neck-and-neck, with neither team gaining more than a two point edge until 15-15. UW then went on a 3-0 run, highlighted by two Thomas kills and an ace from Chapman.

That kick-started a 10-2 run to close out the set.

Several attack errors by Ball State, plus two kills from Thomas, put the Badgers up 24-17, when senior defensivespecialist Kt Kvas aced the Cardinals to secure the second set for Wisconsin.

The Badger offense exploded to start the third set. Three kills from Chapman and a kill apiece from Nelson and freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates were key components of a 8-1 run.

Senior Caroline Workman then saw her first action of the game and made the most of it. The defensive specialist served three times, forced one error and aced the Cardinals the other two times.

Every Badger on the roster saw time in the match except for junior Romana Kriskova who has been dealing with a knee injury.

“We had a lot of subbing that was going on and I thought we flowed with that,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “When the subs were happening, we were continuing to play well, and last week we weren’t able to do that ... there was a little bit of growth in regards to that from this week to last

week.”

Ball State would battle back from a 12-2 deficit, though.

The Cardinals clawed their way to a 21-18 score, when Sheffield called timeout to settle his team down. Wisconsin ultimately pulled out a 25-20 win to complete the sweep of the Cardinals and a tournament victory in front of their home crowd.

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start time that left the Badgers feeling groggy and mystified by Missouri State (6-5).

Wisconsin dropped the first set of the match against the Bears 29-27. Until that point, the Badgers had lost only two other sets the entire season.

UW finally woke up and punched back, knocking out Missouri State in the second set 25-13. They would cruise to wins in the next two sets,

25-21 and 25-9, to down the Bears.

“We weren’t real happy with the way we started this morning,” Sheffield said following the victory against Ball State. “I thought we responded appropriately the following match [against Ball State].”

Four Badgers had doublefigure kills in the match.

Chapman led the way with

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Thomas, defense shine in exceptional weekend Senior outside hitter tallies 27 kills throughout tournament, performs well in all aspects of game on the way to invitational MVP honor

by Elise Romas Volleyball Writer

All there was to see was a sea of red Friday, as Badger fans filed into the Wisconsin Field House to cheer their 4th-ranked volleyball team to a flawless victory in game one of the Hotel Red Invitational against Miami, Florida. With an aggressive start and spectacular defensive plays, the Badgers swept the tournament, increasing their undefeated record to 8-0.

The invite consisted of four teams total, including Missouri State and Ball State.

Much of the team’s prosperity relied on passing. Taylor Morey, the

perfect passing on serve receives. Morey maintained her unblemished passing start until Saturday night’s match against Ball State, where she made two, due to the aggressive serving performed by the Cardinals, who finished with a 94 percent serving success rate.

“They did a great job of keeping our passers off balance but I thought we grinded. I thought we

good in the back. She made some very spectacular defensive plays.”

Morey finished the third and final match with 15 digs to add to the impressive weekend total, which included a weekend high of 16 digs against Missouri State Saturday afternoon.

Following her with the second most digs was Kelli Bates who had 31, and then

from the three matches as the most well-rounded teammate, contributing significant totals in multiple statistic categories.

“We came out in front of our home crowd and we’re here to show them what we’re made of,” Thomas said. “We’re trying to play the same every game no matter who we’re playing.”

Thomas did exactly that.

After Saturday night’s

just kept battling,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said.

“I thought our backcourt was good. I thought Taylor Morey was really, really

Courtney Thomas with 19.

Besides being the third best defensive player of the weekend in terms of digs, Thomas also emerged

triumphant tournament win against Ball State, Thomas, the senior right side hitter was crowned the MVP. As the winner of the

Photo · Lauren Carlini (1) teams up for a kill with Ellen Chapman (left) , one of 21 total blocks UW had during the weekend in three total matches.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald starting libero led the team in digs, with 42 for all three tournament matches. She also completed the first two matches against Miami and Missouri State with

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Hotel Red Invitational Most Valuable Player award, Thomas lived up to the standard as the most wellrounded player on the team, delivering whenever her team needed her most, in whichever position she was in whether it was as a hitter, setter or passer.

During the tournament, Thomas smashed a total of 27 kills and completed the weekend with a .434 hitting percentage, one of the highest on the team.

According to sophomore setter, Lauren Carlini, Thomas is her go-to in a close game situation.

“Our middles did a great job of holding the blockers,” Carlini said. “I was setting right over them and Courtney was putting balls down and being really consistent, so I think she’s kind of been our rock this season as far as when we need points, we’re going to go to her.”

Although many people are concerned with how many kills she has, Thomas has also made a significant impact throughout the tournament on serve receive and defensive plays.

“She had a really good match tonight,” Sheffield said. “But on the stats you see her hitting percentage; what you don’t see is the numbers that she is passing.

Her numbers this weekend ball control wise were really, really good. She’s turning into a complete player.”

Thomas contributed a total of 19 digs and 33 playable balls off servereceive with only two errors the entire weekend.

On top of that, she had the second most assists on the team with 11 as well as five block-assists.

“She’s improved so much,” Sheffield said. “Fans saw what we’ve seen for a while. She’s a complete player.”

Wisconsin is about to head into tougher matches against ranked teams in the Pac-12 and Big Ten and will need everyone to be at the peak of their game.

“It’s going to be a good challenge for us. It’s really going to determine what our team is all about and if we are going to step up to the challenge, which I think we’re going to do,” Sheffield said.

This week the Badgers head off to Seattle and will face off against No. 6 USC and No. 5 Washington.With some intense matches in store at a quicker pace, it will be intriguing to watch the Badgers battle two top 10 teams, in an attempt to increase their undefeated record as they progress deeper into the season.

Digs For/Digs Against

17 Against

21 For

137 Against 161 For