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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 · VOL 46, ISSUE 7 · BADGERHERALD.COM

Smoked Out. Despite Madison Police Chief’s endorsement for marijuana legalization, UWPD, MPD continue to work on drug busts by Alex Arriaga

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CAPITAL BUDGET

Budget for clean energy facility sees 2-year deferral Thirty-year-old concept, biodigester project estimated to cost approximately $17 million, faces another road block with 2015 capital budget by Daniel McKay City Editor

Strategic Initiative Coordinator for Madison’s Streets Division, George Dreckmann has been trying to figure out a way to turn the city’s waste into energy for the past 30 years. However, as Mayor Paul Soglin’s 2015 capital budget nears its final stages, Madison’s biodigester project, may face another setback. “I’ve been looking and trying to figure out something to do with food waste since I came on board back in 1989,” Dreckmann said. “About six years ago it came to our attention that this anaerobic digestion process had a great deal of promise.”

The biodigester works by breaking down organic material, usually food waste and compost, by sealing it a chamber and allowing bacteria to consume the waste over the course of four weeks. The breakdown of the waste produces methane gas, or biogas, as a byproduct, which is captured into a storage bag and can be used to power a generator, compressed into an alternative to diesel fuel or put into the natural gas pipeline. A pilot program to test the process began in 2011, comprising of 500 households and six businesses who have been separating their waste and sending it to a compost waste facility in Columbia county.

After that facility closed, the waste was taken to a biodigester at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the pilot program

Bigger public works “just aren’t that sexy. It’s not as much fun as cutting a ribbon for a police station or a neighborhood center.

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George Dreckmann City of Madison was considered a success by the participants, who came to voice their discontent at a City Council meeting Tuesday, after the program

was recently discontinued. Verveer said the pilot was halted because Madison’s own biodigester will not be a feasible purchase for a few years now. However, he said the “distraught” participants will soon get to see the program revived after the council voted to purchase a plastic filter to improve separation of plastics before being transported to UWOshkosh. “I would say that, by virtue of the vote at the last council meeting to purchase the filter for the materials for our current program,” Verveer said. “I would say it shows there is a tremendous amount of support in the city council for the organics collection program.”

As for Madison’s biodigester, Dreckmann said cost still is the prohibiting factor. The facility itself is estimated to cost roughly $17 million, Dreckmann said, but variable costs for things, such as transportation and collection vehicles, are harder to calculate. In addition, the biodigester demands special storage tanks for the natural gas it produces, making the cost prediction harder than if it were just an ordinary building estimated on a cost per square foot basis. “This isn’t a building,” Dreckmann said. This is a system.”

Rather than a 2015 start date, Soglin’s budget has pushed back the construction date to 2017. Dreckmann said he hopes this date will stick, assuming the city remains convinced that funds will still be available. While he is disappointed with another delay for the biodigester, Dreckmann said he understands the realities of such a large public project. “Bigger public works just aren’t that sexy,” Dreckmann said. “It’s not as much fun as cutting a ribbon for a police station or a neighborhood center. That’s just the way it is.”

‘Forbidden Art’ Memorial Union exhibit highlights the secret works of concentration camp prisoners during WWII.

Students plan ‘green’ projects In an effort to make UW-Madison more sustainable, committee works on ‘Edible Landscapes’ by Lisa Milter Position

University of Wisconsin’s Sustainability Committee met Wednesday to plan new and innovative ways to implement environmentallyfriendly projects on campus this year. This is the studentrun organization’s third year working to promote environmental awareness, by being involved with projects and volunteer opportunities on campus. One of the committee’s successful projects has been Edible Landscapes, which now has six raised beds containing small areas of

vegetation that can be seen in various places around campus. Edible Landscapes is a volunteer-based project that, with sponsorship from the Associated Students of Madison Green Fund, turns “ordinary campus landscapes into beautiful edible landscapes,” according to its Facebook page. Sophomore Kyla Kaplan is the Sustainability Committee chair. Kaplan said that her hope for this year is to continue with successful projects like the Edible Landscapes. Kaplan was an intern for the committee last year and started an initiative called Receipt Reduction,

which aims to eliminate the permanent printing of receipts and offer optional receipts to customers. During the second semester last year, the committee began working with University Housing, the student unions, campus transportation, Babcock Dairy and the DoIT Tech Store to try to find a way to make Receipt Reduction work. As of now, both Newell’s Deli and Smith Hall have optional receipts. Kaplan said that if Receipt Reduction continues to be successful, it will move next to the Gordon Dining and Event Center, and then spread farther to all of the dining halls. The committee was also successful in educating the

community and promoting composting around campus, as there are now compost bins on every floor of the dorms. The committee is also in the process of launching a pilot program for curbside composting for non-dorm residents. Though Madison has only done this with a couple of parts of the city, it is hoping to do the same for the student neighborhoods. Matt Kozlowski, treasurer for Progressive Dane, said curb-side composting is not anywhere on campus right now, but the city is looking to expand it to the Regent

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MPD, UWPD prefer detectives to informants Local police forces work together to emphasize drug enforcement, form Dane County Narcotics Task Force by Alex Arriaga News Editor

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Madison’s police chief has come out in favor of marijuana legalization, but for now, Madison and University of Wisconsin’s police departments continue to work in cooperation to find and remove the sources of marijuana in the city. UW graduate and The Badger Herald alum Sean Kirkby wrote a story for Wisconsin Watch discussing the use of undercover student informants for drug investigations at University of WisconsinWhitewater. In Wisconsin, any amount of marijuana distribution is a felony with a $10,000 maximum fine. Students at UWWhitewater who were caught with serious drug violations are coerced by police to trade information in exchange for dropped charges, essentially allowing the offenses to disappear, Kirkby reported. However, UWMadison police spokesperson Marc Lovicott said, while enforcement authorities have the power to do the same in Madison, they choose not to. “We actually don’t use drug informants at all,” Lovicott said. “We have some language in our policy that enables us to use informants, but we have decided not to, so we don’t partake.” In Madison, serious drug investigations go through the Dane County Narcotics Task Force, which consists of the Madison Police Department, Dane County Sheriff Office and UW-Madison Police Department. The task force strives to minimize drug trafficking in the county, working to find the source through the cooperation of different drug enforcement department. MPD has supervisors, detectives

and officers assigned to the task force. On campus and in residence halls, UWMadison’s Police Department maintains jurisdiction. Lovicott said most of the work the department does goes toward drug prevention, education and reaching out to students about substance abuse. Most of the serious drug investigations, Lovicott said, go through the Dane County Narcotics Task Force. “What we deal with on campus is most often recreational marijuana use,” Lovicott said. “We get calls all the time for drug issues, [like] the occasional smell of marijuana from a residence hall. That’s when we get involved, it gets down to an enforcement issue. What Whitewater has done is go beyond casual marijuana users, going into drug dealers.” Lovicott said when it comes to talking about dealers and finding the sources of the drugs, the task force comes into play. He said the whole idea of using an informant is to track down who is

bringing drugs into the community and removing that source. Using UWPD and MPD officers and detectives, Lovicott said, they are the lead agency that takes down major sources of drugs into the city. UWPD also partners with the task force on prevention, as well as investigations.

Madison Police Department, like UWPD, focuses on enforcement aside from their detective involvement in the task force. According to an annual report from MPD, there were 446 drug arrests in 2013. “We look into lowerlevel drug activity. For instance, we might

arrest someone for disorderly conduct at a bar; they might have heroine or cocaine in their pocket and can be cited for possessing or intent to deliver, depending on the quantity,” Joel DeSpain, MPD spokesperson, said. “Task force looks at investigating drug trafficking.”

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UW professor brings gang violence to light Madison police see crime trends similar to Chicago trickle in, sociology prof. Robert Vargas gives insight by Monay Robinson Herald Contributor

Robert Vargas, a sociology professor at University of Wisconsin, initially became interested in gang violence when he volunteered at a Latino youth group. He was driven to study the educational performance of the kids, but the students’ fear of a fast-approaching gang initiation was what caught his attention. Vargas grew up on the northwest side of Chicago. He attended Depaul University and later received his P.h.D at Northwestern University. While attending college, Vargas wondered why there were so few minorities in his classes and the reasons for their absence. He said the classes he took in sociology gave him the tools to answer some of these questions. In order to understand education opportunities he had to understand violence that surrounded the youth. Vargas said statistics showing violence within Chicago neighborhoods has shown a decrease since the 1990s. “This doesn’t mean that violence isn’t happening,” Vargas said. Violence is also decreasing at a slower place within other neighborhoods, Vargas said. Gang violence within

Chicago is a geographic problem and affects “predominantly lowincome communities of color.” Vargas said in order for violence prevention to work, groups and organizations who fundamentally oppose each other need learn to come together. He said it lies within the power of the people, because gang violence is seen as an opportunity to address the political structure of the city. As a strong community, people of color will be able to address problems and concerns, creating a power structure of themselves, he said. While Madison’s crime rate and gang presence is lower than Chicago’s, Madison police officer Lester Moore said some trends are beginning to show up. Moore said violence among Madison’s youth has increased, and kids are

creating gangs of their own such as “click-banging.” These particular groups will name give themselves a unique sign, Moore said. He gives parents advice to pay attention and become aware of who their children are hanging around with. Moore said recruitment for the gangs starts around the fourth or fifth grade during elementary school. In middle school, the

increase is seen through behavior, which Moore describes as “dressing the dress, walking the walk and talking the talk.” He also advised parents to monitor their kids’ social media accounts, as gang communication mainly occurs online. As for Vargas, his focus now is to curb the violent lifestyle some kids are forced into.

“Violence structures the lives of so many young kids within these neighborhoods and limits their education opportunities,” Vargas said.

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Burke shares plan for education, student aid Gubernatorial candidate joins Women in Leadership panel on campus by Rachael Lallensack Digital News Editor

A small group panel quizzed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke on her views on education in Wisconsin, the school choice voucher program and student financial aid and debt at a Monday roundtable. Lily Eskelsen Garcia, the newly elected president of the National Education Association and first Latina women to head the organization, joined Burke for the Women in Leadership: Education Roundtable at Memorial Union Monday afternoon. The panel consisted of Sue Howe, a former Monona Grove high school teacher; Heather DuBois Bourenane, a Sun Prairie parent and grassroots organizer; and Briana Schwabenbauer, a student in University of Wisconsin’s School of Education. “Education is one of the most important issues in this race,” Burke said. “Gov. Walker and I have two very different perspectives on public education and these are things that I talk about everyday as I travel throughout the state.” Howe and DuBois Bourenane asked Burke to give her opinion on private voucher programs, referring to Walker ’s proposal to expand School Choice initiatives by raising taxpayer support that could come out of state support for public schools.

Burke said people should turn away from the ideological warfare of private versus public schooling. “Let’s talk dollars and cents then,” she said. “The cost of a statewide expansion of vouchers that is not income based is $1.2 billion dollars a year and that’s assuming only 10 percent of public school students enroll in the program. That is $2.8 million dollars per school district in Wisconsin and not many schools can afford losing that amount of money.” Schwabenbauer, the UW student on the panel, expressed a passion for teaching, but also addressed her concern about entering a career in education. As both a student and a future teacher, she asked Burke about the impact of rising student loan debt and the increasing cost of a college education. Burke said she put forth several concrete proposals. Firstly, she proposes making student loan payments tax deductible. Secondly, she mentioned increasing the tuition and fee tax deduction while in school. She also proposed increasing the income limit on which those payments are tax deductible as a way to reach out to higher income families with more than one child receiving higher education. Burke also said she would implement a student loan refinancing authority. Many people across the state with

outstanding student loans would then be able to refinance those at a lower rate, she said. If people are paying interest between 6-8 percent, but the state can borrow at 3 percent it makes sense to allow people to refinance that loan, she said. “Every dollar that that person is saving can be spent in the economy,” Burke said. “I’ve heard the stories of young people delaying things like buying a car or buying a house because they’re strapped with student debt.” Those are things she said she would do immediately, but she also said she would increase the amount of financial aid that is allocated in the state budget. Burke said right now, under Walker, about 41,000 people are eligible for need-based aid who aren’t receiving it. Walker froze tuition costs for two straight years and has expressed an intention to continue to do so, and Burke said his approach puts too much pressure on the university. She said Walker ’s approach would lead to cuts of expenses that could affect the availability of course curriculum or the ability to hire faculty. “When students think about tuition freezes as a long-term basis as a way to hold down higher education costs, they have to understand what’s going to come out of the quality of education that they’re getting right now,” she said.

Veterans worry about wait times at hospital by Logan Reigstad Reporter

Military veterans and members of the public gathered at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital Tuesday to voice their concerns about wait times and equal treatment in the Veteran’s Administration program. Many of those in attendance were displeased with their care at the VA, including Richard Lynch, a combat veteran during World War II and the Korean War. Lynch stressed the importance of having doctors at the hospital who understand what it is like to serve in the military. “Most of our doctors here have never been in combat,” he said. “They have got to get some doctors who understand what’s going on in wars.” Another veteran in attendance reiterated that point and gave an example in which a doctor was unfamiliar with Agent Orange, a chemical used by the military during the Vietnam War that has been shown to cause health problems. Female veterans expressed concerns their voices were not being heard and their needs not met. Angie, a disabled female veteran, described her experience at the VA as primarily good but

said there was room for improvement, especially in treating female veterans. “I’d ask that you educate your staff that we [female veterans] are coming in waves and that we have different needs from male veterans,” she said. Many in attendance were pleased with the quality of their care, however. “I found here a welcome, a healing, that I was never able to get before coming here,” a veteran, who identified himself only as Carl, said. “Being thanked for my service has made a significant difference in my life.” Addressing the backlog Of the concerns voiced at the meeting, wait times for treatment was the most discussed issue, with many of those in attendance upset that it took six to eight months to see their primary care doctor. Robin Werner, a retired veteran, revealed records from 2009 that showed doctors believed her gallbladder was infected. She finally had it removed earlier this year, months after scheduling an appointment. Werner said the way the VA addressed her pain was insufficient. “They just shot me up with morphine, patted me on the head and sent me home,” she said. Much of the waiting was caused by what VA Director

Photo · Military veterans express concerns of neglect and want doctors to be more experienced with veteran care. Erik Brown The Badger Herald Judy McKee described as a “perfect storm” situation. About the same time the VA was averaging adding 350 new patients per month, several doctors retired, went on medical leave or left for other reasons. In total, almost 25 percent of the hospital’s doctors left the facility during the first few months of 2014. Since then, the VA has added more than a dozen new staff members to account for the increase. It has also obtained a robotic surgery device, which has already been used to perform more than 20 surgeries, McKee said. The facility, which serves 130,000 veterans in southern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois, and had more than 620,00 visits in fiscal year 2013, is also a regional referral center, treating veterans within the VA system who cannot be treated at their local VA hospital.The consensus, though, was that the VA can continue to improve. “We’ve got the resources,” McKee said, “Now we have to use those resources.”

Gay fiction author talks marriage in UW lecture Edmund White highlights changes in LGBT culture, challenges by Logan Reigstad Reporter

Dozens of students, faculty and members of the public gathered in the Elvehjem Building Monday to hear author Edmund White speak about his experience in a same-sex marriage and his recent publications. White, the author of numerous books and professor of creative writing at Princeton University, came to the University of Wisconsin campus to address a wide variety of topics ranging from the changes in gay culture since the 1960s to the challenges of writing for a largely gay audience. Also featured at the event was author Michael Carroll, a gay fiction writer and White’s husband. Terrace Books, a subsidiary of UW Press published Carroll’s first collection of short fiction, Little Reef and Other Stories, in June 2014. Part of Carroll’s Little Reef includes short stories loosely based on his two-decade relationship with White. “Everything is permitted; certainly Michael had permission to write about me,” White said. “I would never try to control

someone’s portrait of me.” White said both men’s families struggled with the pair ’s relationship. White’s stepmother went as far as to remove mentions of her stepson from his father ’s daily newspapers, he said. Carroll said his parents seemed okay with their son’s relationship with White, but were shocked when he told them he and White had married. “I still haven’t gotten my wedding present,” Carroll said. On the topic of gay marriage, White said he was not thrilled with the idea at first. Originally, he said he thought marriage was too square for gay people, but then he saw how much the Christian right hated it, so he thought it must be a great thing. White said his views have changed slightly since then, as he now believes gay marriage passing in state after state has been beneficial in helping gay people become accepted into societal norms. Much of the discussion also revolved around the topic of writing for a gay audience. “It’s a very intense, very invested group of readers,” White said. “Gay life is this object out there that’s waiting

to be written about. A lot of people think we’ve exhausted all the themes of gay fiction, but we’ve just barely touched on them.” Little Reef and Other Stories, a collection of short stories, depicts life in an America full of prejudice, but more accepting of gay marriage than at any point in its history, Carroll said. One of the topics addressed in Little Reef is the relationship between gay men and straight women. “What’s interesting about the relationship between gay men and women is there can be a lot of affection, but there’s a line that you don’t cross,” Carroll said. White’s newest book, States of Desire Revisited, was published just days ago by the UW Press. The novel, a revisit of his 1980 novel States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, explores the gay liberation movement of the 1970s and includes a summary of the LGBTQ movement in current times. The discussion, part of the Humanities Without Boundaries lecture series, was hosted by the Center for the Humanities and the University of Wisconsin Press.

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UW study finds climate change, global health linked In newly released research, University of Wisconsin professors discover rise in weather-related deaths as they follow trends of high heat by Lauren Thill Reporter

Research conducted by University of Wisconsin professors is showing a stronger connection between global health and the environment, highlighting the multifaceted nature of climate change. The study was led by Jonathan Patz, professor of environmental studies and population health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin. Tracey Holloway and Daniel Vimont, both associate professors at UW, coauthored the study as well. “Climate change and its health impacts are really huge topics. There are many different ways climate affects health worldwide,” Holloway said. “It matters whether people have access to food and health care and reliable energy. People need to be in a healthy environment.” On one hand, there

are health issues that can be easily linked to the weather, such as extreme heat leading to heat stress. However, Holloway said most issues require more sophisticated statistics. There are very clear linkages in between weather and health that are illustrated in very graphic ways, Holloway said. Climate change and its health effects are illustrated in a number of different ways, Vimont said. These include heat stress, respiratory problems, vector borne diseases and food security. There are two studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that examine the impacts of heat on mortality rates, Holloway said. Out of all the weather-related deaths, 25-30 percent of those deaths are related to extreme heat. The CDC performed a study in 2013 that examined statistics from the 1995 Chicago heat wave. The results showed that before the heat

wave, on a typical July summer day, around 150 people died. However, Holloway said, during the heat wave, an alarming 500 people died per day. “The temperature in Chicago on a typical summer day was around 80-85 degrees. During the heat wave, temperatures rose to an average of 105 degrees,” Holloway said. There is a close relationship between temperature and ozone layer. Holloway said this relationship affects changes in air pollution as well as directly affecting health. In the summer, there is also an increased amount of ozone smog. This is concentrated in urban areas, largely due to increased vehicle emissions. Carbon dioxide pollutes the air, and most carbon dioxide comes from burning fossil fuel. Vimont said that the best way to reduce climate change would be to find ways to reduce carbon

emissions, but that there is only so much we can do. “Some climate change is inevitable, and we need to be looking for ways to reduce our vulnerability to what we know is coming,” Vimont said. However, Holloway said that there are lots of things, big and small, that

the community can do to help the environment. Some energy-saving methods include walking instead of driving or turning off the lights when leaving a room. “Anything we do that reduces the amount of energy we use will help,” Holloway said.

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Insect research leads to creation of medicine Scientific ‘breakthrough’ finds linkage between bugs, antibiotics by Logan Reigstad Reporter

Proposal looks to inc. copy shop accessibility ASM defers decision to mandate credit cards in private printing businesses by Emily Neinfeldt Reporter

Associated Students of Madison’s Student Council evaluated funding issues Wednesday and a proposed policy requiring campus area print centers, including Bob’s Copy Shop, to accept students’ credit cards. Bob’s Copy Shop legislation proved to be the most controversial proposal of the meeting. The proposal would require all copy shops to accept credit card payments in order to be more accessible to students. “This has been a problem for seven years,” Rep. Steve Hughes said.“This is the best possible way to go about it. We are not trying to change what the professors are doing, we are trying to change what the copy shops are doing.” This legislation was seen as controversial because the Student Print Board of Directors suggested that it violates a clause where private businesses must be allowed to remain in competition with the university. ASM passed a motion deferring the issue to the University Aﬀairs Committee. “What we’re trying to accomplish is very good,” John Paetsch, chair of the University Affairs Committee, said. “But this isn’t the right way to handle it. My committee will handle it.”

SUSTAINABILITY, page 1 neighborhood. “They haven’t decided for sure yet, but they’ve said ‘well, we’ve already done these kind of wealthy areas, [so] why not do a student neighborhood?’ It’s a good area to encourage people to develop sustainable practices early in life,” Kozlowski said. Later this year, the committee will host its Sustainability Fair, an open event in which students can

Student Council also addressed the Green Fund, in a discussion led by Mary Prunty, chair of the Finance Committee. “The Green Fund was created to allow students on campus to implement green projects that benefit the student body and promote sustainability,” Prunty said. Last year the Sustainability Committee wrote policies and formed a procedure that would create an internal budget within the Finance Committee for the Green Fund. This year, $80,000 was allocated with a $20,000 cap for each proposal. There is a three-step process for approving the allocation of funds, Prunty said. First, the Green Fund Allocation Board receives diﬀerent applications and makes decisions regarding their importance. The Green Fund Allocation Board makes recommendations to the Finance Committee, and the Student Council votes to approve those recommendations. “This year we had eight applications,” Prunty said. “Six of which were approved by the Green Fund Allocation Board. However, three of the six approved applications had major conflicting issues against the F50.” The F50, policy set forth by University of Wisconsin’s financial administration to regulate university fees, states

participate in discussions and activities relating to environmental sustainability. “It’s just a really good chance for people in the world of sustainability on campus to get together at an informal event and talk about what they’re working on, and hear what other people are working on,” Kaplan said. In addition to doing campus-related projects, Kaplan would also like to see students be active in the local community.

Photo · Bob’s Copy Shop legislation sees contraversy among members of Student Council, Olivia Cook The Badger Herald

that segregated fees cannot go to campus-wide activities and centrally-provided institutions. Any application that is connected with a UW department is not permitted to receive funding from the ASM Financial Board, because the F50 states that they should be receiving money from their speciﬁc department. “From this point forward the Green Fund Allocation Board is going to be reaching out to different parties on campus and working with UW legal affairs to make sure the conflicting grants are being interpreted correctly and consistently,” Prunty said. In the future, there will be two options for spending the money allocated by ASM’s Finance Committee. “We could restructure the Green Fund application process so applications tied to departments are no longer permitted to apply,” Prunty said. “We could also work with different parties on campus and create a partnership, so the applications that don’t comply with the F50 are able to use a different source of money.”

Kaplan said the committee can be helpful not only in the classroom but in the Madison community as well, due to the many volunteer opportunities. “[We are] always happy to have people. What’s cool about Sustainability is that it ties into a lot of different aspects, so it’s really a plethora of people that want to come hear what we’re doing,” Kaplan said. “We really want to do what people think is most valuable.”

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health have discovered a link between insects and antibiotics that has lead to the development of new medicine. The project, which is a collaborative effort between SMPH and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, involved observations of ants and other insects done by coprincipal investigator Cameron Currie. Co-principal investigator David Andes, a professor in the Department of Medicine, said Currie’s “breakthrough” research has allowed for the creation of new antibiotics. “We’re excited because we’ve identified a new source of antibiotics that hasn’t been tapped into, and it appears to be a very rich source,” Andes said. While a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto, Currie studied the interconnections between microbes and hosts. His research led him to study ant

colonies that grow fungus for food and the parasites that attack the ants. While he was doing this work, he said he observed a white coating on the bodies of the ants and he discovered that it was bacteria. The bacteria Currie found was known to produce antibiotics, which prompted him

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David Andes Professor to investigate whether the ants were using it to develop a resistance to the parasites. He discovered they, and other insects, including beetles and honeybees, were doing the same thing. And for Currie, investing in basic scientific research is just as important, if not more so, than investing in applied science, which produces a specific result based on a specific question.

“Scientific advancement has been driven by basic science research, of trying to understand our world around us,” he said. Though the new source of antibiotics discovered appears to be rich, Andes said these antibiotics will lose effectiveness over time. He said bacteria can develop a resistance as quickly as three years after an antibiotic’s development. But, Andes said the success rate in creating antibiotics with the new source is greater than with past sources. “The thing that’s unique about antibiotics is resistance comes naturally,” he said. Nationwide, more than 2 million people annually become infected by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new antibiotics will be used to treat those for whom current antibiotics are ineffective, Andes said, adding that UW Hospital on average sees one patient daily who cannot be treated with current antibiotics.

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Greek system must address sexual assault on campus

The recent fraternity scandal at UW-Milwaukee shows need for discussion, collaboration on persistent issue of rape culture by Audrey Piehl Associate Copy Editor

I was among the thousands of disturbed students when the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee tag unceremoniously trended on Facebook. While I had hoped it was for academic achievement, or perhaps the origin of the next Ice Bucket Challenge, the headline was equally horrifying and sadly familiar. Tau Kappa Alpha, a fraternity at UW-Milwaukee, is under investigation for using a pre-meditated system to drug female students at a party they hosted in early September. Fraternity members allegedly marked the largely under-

age drinkers with either a red or black “X” on their hands when they arrived. Three female attendees with red “X’s” were admitted to the hospital after having consumed a drink containing Rohypnol, commonly known as a “roofie.” Roofies are most often used as a date rape drug, meant to sedate a victim and therefore make them an easier target for rape or sexual assault. Horror stories involving sexual assault and the use of roofies, particularly at college fraternity houses, are not only relatively common but close to home. Five years ago, the Badger Herald revealed the story of a University of Wisconsin female student who had been violently raped on campus. She had blacked

out and awoken on the floor of the Sigma Chi fraternity, with no recollection of what had happened. A trip to Meriter hospital revealed that she had been raped and “most likely by more than one person.” Though I have not experienced the effects of Rohypnol or rape, I am a victim of sexual assault on this campus. What surprised me most about the aftermath of this experience was not necessarily the violation and disgust I felt, but the mixture of self-loathing and guilt. It is a response transcending rationality, so much so that I joined hundreds upon thousands of silent voices who have not officially reported their experience. This deafening silence

I share with other sexual assault victims largely stems from rampant victim-blaming, a term adopted for accusing women of eliciting their sexual attack. This ingrained construct has emerged from centuries of regulating female sexuality and establishing their “inferior place” in the social hierarchy. This system forces women to not only be blamed for men’s poor treatment of them, but also leads to women expecting said treatment. I found myself going through this cycle firsthand my freshman year, in the ratchet basement of a UW fraternity house. The first unwelcomed advance I teasingly shrugged off with a figurative slap on the wrist and coy smile. The next move

was more forceful but still denied. On the third attempt, I gave up. I could blame the alcohol, the dimmed lights, the basement seemingly disconnected from the outside world, even myself for entering the party in the first place, but in the end, it was no fault but the person who had commenced and continued the advances. Sexual assault does not only occur in fraternity houses, and before the angry comments and hashtags emerge, not all fraternity members are guilty of conducting or enabling these acts. I would be very surprised if one or two UWMilwaukee Tau Kappa Alpha members had not questioned the atrocity they were concocting. But the fact remains that

in a setting consisting of, and controlled by, all men, women are repeatedly violated. Given the current climate of gender relations I have already touched upon, fraternities are an “all-male” living and social situation capable of perpetuating the misogynistic tendencies that can lead to sexual crimes against women. It is the responsibility of these establishments to reverse this pattern, acknowledge and repent for past wrongs and forge a future with more respect for women and their persons. A $5 cup purchased at the door does not give you the right to a woman’s body. Audrey Piehl (apiehl@ badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in history.

Partisan politics mislead voters in governor’s race

Advocacy groups omit details, highlight need for readers to fact check

by Omer Arain Contributor

A letter to the editor was published earlier this month from the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Federation of College Republicans Ben Giles regarding Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. While I acknowledge the letter ’s purpose was not necessarily meant to be impartial, too often we observe blatant omission of facts for the sake of making an appealing partisan argument (from both sides, I might add). It is true that Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley campaigned with Burke and embraced a state-exchange program offered by the Affordable Care Act, which may cost his state $40 to 50 million. Though, before we call O’Malley a champion of “Obama’s failed policies,” further investigation is in order. O’Malley, who Governing Magazine has named a Public Official of the Year, has also ‘championed’ policies to invest more heavily in education, while cutting spending and taxes. Point being, one specific shortfall in the struggling stateexchange program does not automatically correlate to a poor executive. While Burke has not declared an outright opposition to the stateexchange programs, she certainly has made no indication she wishes Wisconsin to move toward

it. In fact, in a weekly article outlining gubernatorial platforms by the Journal Sentinel, Burke explicitly does not address the stateexchange program as a part of her healthcare policy. If anything, her refusal to take a stance is more concerning. Instead, she attacked Walker ’s refusal to accept the Medicaid expansion option in the ACA, which Giles conveniently left out when criticizing, “Obama’s failed policies.” Walker ’s rejection of the Medicaid expansion is estimated to cost $206 million. He rejected the federal government’s offer to pay for 100 percent of Medicaid costs in the state over the next three years and slowly lowering this percentage to 90 by 2020. Instead, he decreased eligibility for low-income state residents, shooing them away to purchase their own insurance in a system that was not designed to account for them. Furthermore, an estimate from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau showed that it left 87,000 more people uninsured - at the cost of the taxpayer. The governor ’s reasoning to reject the aid was that he did not trust the federal government to follow through with the funds. An odd excuse indeed; the federal government would be revoking spending written in a federal law, of which they had already been paying 60 percent. Rejecting federal funds

is also rejecting taxpayer money originally sent from Wisconsin and this is not Walker ’s first offense (I would need a whole column to discuss the highspeed rail). This could be a mere political maneuver by Walker to look tough against “failed liberal policies,” while eyeing a bid in the 2016 GOP primary. His party solidarity comes at the cost of the well-being of his constituents. Seemingly at all levels of government, partisan politics dominate the American political landscape. We pledge loyalty to one of two political parties and their candidate, and the actual issues are examined only after this loyalty is declared. Politicians should not be applauded for sticking close to their party’s platform, particularly when it hinders progress. Now, this may already be a deeply institutionalized component of politics - but we are living in a time where information is so easily accessible. I doubt political advocacy groups will modify their biased advertisements and publications, but we as readers, voters and constituents should look beyond embellished (and sometimes blatantly false) headlines before drawing any irrational conclusions. Omer Arain (oarain@wisc. edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and economics.

Kai Rasmussen (kai_razzy@yahoo.com) is a freshman intending to major in biochemistry.

Resnick can cement new tech economy for Madison Mayoral race could mean difference between boom or bust by Adam Johnson Columnist

Madison is in position to become a global player in the health care technology scene. How we, as a city, react in the months and years to come will determine if we continue to boom or spectacularly bust. It will take tactful and decisive leadership with a firm knowledge of technology start-ups to not only make Madison competitive, but successful in an industry that needs a signature location. As I’ve written about previously, the mayoral election will dramatically affect students, and this is another issue in which we have a dire stake in the outcome. Verona, a near suburb of Madison, is home to Epic, the electronic medical record giant which now boasts 70 percent of the largest and most advanced hospitals across the United States, with customers including the Meriter, Dean-St. Mary’s and University of Wisconsin hospitals. In the past ten years, Epic’s market share and profits have skyrocketed, and with them, Madison’s good fortunes. As Epic’s star rises, it continues to create a health care startup community continuing to grow. Looking at the two frontrunners in mayor ’s race, both current mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, have serious tech credentials to take advantage of this good situation. Soglin is a former employee of Epic, serving as administrator for the health care behemoth from 2004 2007. Soglin, as mayor, also has been very open about Epic’s important role in Madison’s future and included the company as a large portion of his vision for the city in 2013. However, Resnick brings the experience in the Madison start-up community that’s essential

to capturing the magic of the moment. Resnick, co-founder of Hardin Design and Development and former University of Wisconsin student, is a serial incubating machine. He has co-founded Capital Entrepreneurs, a support group for tech start-ups, and StartingBlock, a hub for the start-up community in Madison seeking to bring existing groups under the same roof for collaboration and general assistance. Unlike many prominent companies, Epic hires nearly exclusively new graduates and trains them to be experts. In full disclosure, I worked at Epic as a project manager for two years after graduation before becoming a grad student, and during my time I worked with an array of students, computer science literates and philosophy and Spanish world travelers. Epic’s aggressive recruiting, ambitious goals and generous compensation brings in plenty of smart, young people with diverse backgrounds from across the country, and a lot of them, including me, don’t stay there for a career. In fact, many people succumb to the churn and burn of the project management lifestyle, and when they are burnt out and need an escape, many want to stick around the city they’ve grown to love. I trust Resnick to keep former Epic employees here. If they do stay, many Epic alumni either attend graduate school at UW (like me!) or clump together to form new start-ups ranging from Epic consulting firms like BlueTree Network or Nordic Consulting, to business incubators like 100health which helps mentor new businesses to get off the ground. Epic continues to grow in addition to creating even more opportunities for individuals to depart and forge their own

Photo · With two start-ups of his own, mayoral candidate Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, has the necessary business experience to bring new opportunity and prosperity to the Madison area. The Badger Herald File Photo way in our fair city. In an interview last year, Resnick discussed Epic’s importance to Madison, “Dell is to Austin what Epic could be to Madison…[Dell] was one of the leaders in Austin’s start-up renaissance. Hopefully, Epic can do the same here.” As I said, Madison is facing a tremendous opportunity, and it will take skillful leadership to cement Madison’s place as a global health care powerhouse. If there’s someone who can harness the raw opportunity of Epic’s growth, it’s Resnick. We need someone who can ensure that Madison is well-equipped to attract and retain the young professionals that Epic draws in. While the good salary brings them to Madison, how can we get these bright people to stay when they decide to move to the next stage in their life? Resnick is best qualified to lead Madison into a new start-up oriented economy. He is a young professional in a city that is eager to attract more. He has experience starting his own company, and seeing it succeed, and then following that success with mentoring other start-ups to succeed. Madison’s economy is changing, and we ought to elect a mayor who excels at developing this particular portion of the economy. We ought to elect Resnick. Adam Johnson (amjohnson25@wisc.edu) is a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

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‘Forbidden Art’ collection uncovers relics from Auschwitz

Memorial Union exhibit highlights work made by prisoners to fight Nazi oppression at various concentration camps during World War II by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Editor

At first glance, Zofia Stepień’s sketch, “A Portrait of a Camp Friend — Wanda,” seems to depict a woman in the prime of her life. Her hair is long, flowing and healthy. She is fully dressed in everyday clothing, and her cheeks are full and round. But, there is a subtle hint of ambiguity in her caricaturewide eyes and in the way her full lips part in longing. This feeling, this air of unhappiness, is a reminder of the painting’s origin: the Auschwitz IIBirkenau concentration camp, where Wanda was likely another female prisoner. Stephień created some of the only portraits of female prisoners that survived the second world war. The SS officers at the camp would have given Wanda a number to replace her name, a dirty uniform to replace her nice clothes, replaced her flowing locks with a shaved head and made every attempt to strip her of her humanity. A photograph of this portrait is one 20 pieces on display at Memorial Union through Oct.

5 as part of the “Forbidden Art” exhibit--a collection capturing the sketches, paintings, greeting cards, fairytales and sculptures that are all indicative of how prisoners used art, both realistic and fantastic, to fight for their humanity. They are all made by prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The concept of “Forbidden Art” came from the fact that making art was strictly prohibited at the camps. These artists risked immediate execution to create small manifestations of their undying human spirit. Pieces in the exhibit were drawn on the likes of cigarette scrolls and etched into links of a bracelet. One book of sketches that attempted to document the true horrors of camp life was bound with a large chunk of human skin. They were hidden between the bricks of their barracks and in bottles buried far beneath the earth as secret testimonies to what professor of Jewish studies at the University of Wisconsin, Rachel Brenner, described as “the invincible human spirit.” Most of the original pieces are very small and fragile; all of the artwork is housed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State

Museum in Poland. But the amplified photographic images, displayed at UW, have been touring all over the world, and will end up at the United Nations for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz IIBirkenau. Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp became a major site for the Nazi “Final Solution” — complete extermination of the Jewish peoples of Europe — but it began as an internment camp for Polish political prisoners. “It has become such an emblem of the Holocaust, which was for Jews,” Brenner said. “So people don’t know it was a horrible camp before for the intelligencia of Poland. The Germans wanted to eliminate the Polish elite, the educated, doctors, lawyers, artists, professors.” J.J. Przewozniak, curator of collections for the Orchard Lake Polish Mission and project manager for “Forbidden Art,” has been traveling with the collection throughout North America as part of the Polish Mission’s goal to promote modern Polish culture. He brought it to Madison after a member of the Polish Heritage Club of Wisconsin-Madison reached out to him as the first cultural organization to take on the exhibit. Marjorie Morgan, member of the Polish Heritage Club, has been referring to the club’s match with the Porter Butt’s Gallery in Memorial Union as providential. “The gallery there was scheduled for a

Photo · The exhibit included many pieces that depicted camp life accurately. This sketch, “A Portrait of Piotr Kajzer,”by Franciszek Jaźwiecki was part of a collection of 114 drawings of prisoners. Selena Handler The Badger Herald

remodel, but that remodel was delayed and that is the only way we were able to get it there,” Morgan said. “It is really meaningful to the college and its community.” Most pieces represent one side of the spectrum between the horribly realistic depictions of life at the camps and the shockingly idealistic imagery of life before the war. Stepień hoped her sketch of Wanda would fall solely in the latter group. “I’ve seen their huge, famished, black eyes and their emaciated bodies…almost all women had ulceration, furuncles, suppurating wounds… I just tried to embellish it all,” Stepień said of her painting, as quoted in the exhibit. The juxtaposition between the real and the fantastical is a powerful statement about the motivations of the prisoners. Diagonally across the room from Stepień’s “Wanda,” there is a portraiture of a man. He is clearly frail with wrinkled skin and deep-set eyes. His expression exudes fear and contempt. It is part of a collection of 114 sketches by Franciszek Jaźleckl depicting his fellow prisoners of diﬀerent nationalities and ages. His ﬁrst few sketches were discovered by the SS and destroyed. After three months in the penal company, a contained area for those in the camp who had disobeyed rules of some kind, he started his collection from

scratch. Where some might have created this realistic art for documentary purposes, an unknown sculptor at Auschwitz II- Birkenau created a sarcophagus in memoriam of a fallen prisoner. Inside the merely 12-centimeter-long sarcophagus, there was a partially-burnt human bone and an inscription of birth and death dates, identifying the victim at age 25. On the other end of the spectrum, a series of greeting cards and fairytales stand in sharp contrast to the honest and colorless works. One item was a page from a fairytale book made for the author’s son who was left at home. The book was an allegory for life in the camp. By appearance alone, “A Fairytale about the Adventures of a Black Chicken,” looks like the haphazard musings of skilled artist. In reality, it was a way for a prisoner to communicate camp to a lost child. A collection of greeting cards by male prisoners entitled, “An Album for Women-Prisoners of the Budy Subcamp,” was filled with personal greetings and home addresses given at Christmas time. It is ﬁlled with idealized landscapes of how life used to be for the prisoners. It could have provided a brief escape or served as a reminder of the irretrievable past, but like the rest, it was an act of sabotage against the Nazi plan to rob them of their humanity.

Photo · The 20-piece collection is running at the Porter- Butts gallery until Oct. 5. Photographs amplify the orginal artwork that is housed at the AuschwitzBirkenau State Museum in Poland. Emily Robinson The Badger Herald “Through the expression of the artists, we can see the most determined survival efforts that humanity has ever known, and even in the finest detail of some of the pieces, they can reveal to us the most intimate aspects of camp life,” Przewozniak said. In a speech she gave regarding the exhibit, Brenner said that we can never answer the question of why these prisoners risked so much to produce this art, because no one in the audience had come close to experiencing the horror of Nazi concentration camp life. Przewozniak expounded on that idea. He believes a concrete answer can’t be given, but the message of Auschwitz is realized when the question is posed. “When we remember that they [evils of the Holocaust] did occur, and when we force ourselves to think about these difficult open-ended questions, we do the most for their memory,” Przewozniak said. “We do the most proactive thing to stop it from happening in the future.”

Perfume Genius combats homophobia on latest LP Mike Hadreas has a lot to say about gay culture; he uses Too Bright as a medium to channel his feelings with an ecclectic mix of genres by Jake Rickun ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

While there’s no shortage of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual artists in indiedom, there are few artists who have successfully imbued lyrical themes of queerness into their work. There are even fewer who have been able to match lyrics to music without sounding cliché. Mike Hadreas, the man behind the moniker, Perfume Genius, seems to have found that balance. On his latest LP, Too Bright, Hadreas meshes brave, aggressive lyricism and grand, scintillating sounds in his best work yet. Citing the negative affects of homophobia on his psyche, Hadreas considers emotional pain and suffering two of his closest friends growing up. In an interview with the Guardian, Hadreas said, “I think now the victim part of me is leaving. But the anger is still there. And I think [the album] is me trying to puff up my chest a little bit and sort it all out.” Hadreas does just that. On Too Bright, Hadreas carves out a unique space in indie music for homosexuality to sit uncensored. Speaking to some of the modern themes of homosexuality – drug abuse, isolation and body dysphoria– Hadreas paints a picture of what it is like to live in a ‘post-gay’ society. To Hadreas, it’s a

fucked-up nightmare, an endless void of negativity, a rigid, heteronormative construct designed to simply ‘tolerate’ the LGBT community. No one cares if you’re gay anymore, but that’s precisely what Perfume Genius is trying to attack. Foregoing acceptance, society deems it sufficient to have a widespread tolerance of LGBT. It’s a separate-butequal mentality that makes no room for the gender and heteronormative nonconformists. “I like to think of myself as a very emotional person, but underneath it all I always feel like everything is kind of...pointless?” Handreas said in an interview with Wonderful Sound. “Sometimes I’ll see a good path and a bad path, and I’ll decide that they’re both to determined. So I kind of just turn them both down.” The pointlessness of existence, the vertigo of decision - these are some of the threads that run throughout Too Bright. At its core, Too Bright features 80s synth revivals, power-ballads and dark, layered mixing as the album’s sonic backbone. Album opener, “I Decline,” invites listeners into a warm, intimate piano ballad that swishes by like a nostalgic, autumn wind. “I can see for miles/The same old line/No thanks/I decline,” Hadreas sings. In fact, the lyrics of “I Decline” function as a motif later on in “Grid,” a

Kraftwerkesque postpunk track grounded by skittering drums, a fullbodied bass note and menacing synths. “Grid” rips itself apart and reconstructs itself into a hell-fire rampant with cultish screams and demented horns. Again, Hadreas sings, “I can see for miles/The same old line.” This time, he’s a lot more vehement as he comes face to face with his demons. The video is a must-see. In the foreground Hadreas sits in white surrounded by androgynous dancers in full-body silver suits. They push and pull him as Hadreas becomes more bruised and bloodied with “Grid’s” increasingly tormenting motions. It’s a Kafka-esque tableau, vertiginous and menacing with seemingly no escape. Perhaps facing his inner demons is the only way Hadreas can see past the “same old line” of society’s ignorant heteronormative ideals. Album standout, “Queen,” burgeoning

itself as gay anthem of the year, features Perfume Genius’ most brilliant work to date. Lyrically, it’s half a self-deprecating acknowledgement of gay deviance and half a denouncement of homophobia. “Don’t you know you’re queen/ Cracked, peeling/Riddled with disease,” Hadreas sings. However selfdeprecating it may be, “Queen” asserts a kind of power and dominance in the way the song stomps along like a royal march, fiercely demanding the attention of all non-queens and expecting them to bow

down. Hadreas derives an unusual power from his flamboyance; a seemingly harmless gesture— a sashay— is enough to terrify passerby on the street. If being gay isn’t a big deal anymore, if we truly are in a ‘post-gay’ world, then what are people so scared of? In response to homophobia, Hadreas told the Guardian, “If [people] see me as some sea-witch with penis tentacles that are always prodding and poking and seeking to convert the muggles - well, here she comes!”

Photo · Mike Hadreas, a.k.a Perfume Genius, utilizes his painful past to create an album that sticks it to our heteronormative society and to face his old demons. Angel Ceballos via Matador Records

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Bears residing in Sellery Hall Grizzly cubs gained admittance into school after semester at sea, winter hibernating University of Wisconsin dorm Sellery Hall is currently preparing a double room ﬁt for two grizzly bear cubs. The cubs, who will be arriving from Bismarck, North Dakota, are excited to call the residence hall home while they complete their degrees at UW. In addition to joining FIGs and various student organizations, the bears have received positions as interns in the “Arctic Passage” exhibit at Henry Vilas Zoo. Though the job is unpaid, the bears may receive credit upon review for their work, which includes entertaining

visitors of the exhibit and light paperwork. Sellery Hall hopes to make the bears feel as welcome as possible. So far, University Housing has installed tree branches, shrubs and two LCD TVs playing a speciallyedited loop of hunting programs, from which all footage of bear hunting has been removed in the bears’ room. The elder brother, Snuggles, anticipates a warm learning environment at UW. Regarding the university’s strong reputation for academics, the economics and international studies

major said, “Grraaaghhh. Grrrr. Grraaauuuuw.” Snuggles’ younger brother, Denny, is not so optimistic. Denny, whose major is presently undecided, fears students will not feel comfortable seeing a bear in the classroom. “Grrrrrrllllll. Grraaauuuww,” Denny said, with one paw in a terra-cotta honey pot. While both students are eager to become a normal part of campus, they would like to urge their classmates to understand that they are still wild animals that may act irrationally when provoked.

Photo · Snuggles (left) and Denny (right) fight over who gets the last pot of honey and pick the next song on the Sublime playlist. Heather Vogel The Madison Misnomer “Garrrrruuuughhhh,” Denny said from within the honey pot, which was now stuck on his head. The brothers ensure that the two are still friendly bears. However, Snuggles, though focused on his studies, is not afraid to let loose and get “grrrraaghh” on the weekends.

Our breaking news team has found the exclusive key for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tau Kappa Epsilon house’s colorcoding system. Below are the meanings behind every color used by the fraternity at their infamous September party, which left 4 people in the hospital under the influence of Rohypnol. Blue = I’m a fucking horrible human being with no conception of what sexual boundaries are. Red = What I lack in personality and human decency I try to make up for with Rohypnol. Green = I couldn’t be any scummier if I were a dead carp. Teal = Wouldn’t have made it to Milwaukee without the help of the Ben Roethlisberger-Kobe Bryant scholarship program. Purple = Mom, are you ashamed of me yet? Brown = I am a big, fat shit stain. Black = It’s not statutory if she doesn’t remember, right? Right. Mauve = This will be just one of many heinous acts against women on college

campuses happening around the country without any sort of national oversight or change to university policies. Gotta love it! Pink = She’s wearing those leather booty shorts, so she totally wants it. Orange = It’s not my fault! I was never taught any different, you can’t blame me. Magenta = My anaconda don’t want none unless she incoherent as fuck. Crimson = I’m an ambassador for that rape nail polish. After this debacle, profits will skyrocket! Periwinkle = Gotta get em while they kinda want it, right fellas? Violet = My violent actions on these women give me a sick satisfaction, that I’m not only harming another human being in an unspeakable and unforgivable way, that will ultimately scar and change her forever, but also make me feel like I’m in power, which is hilarious because we live in a patriarchal society where I, as a male, have inherently more power anyway. Hahaha! DAT ASS DOE, amirite, brahs?!

Chucky Badger taken to rehab clinic for heroin Bucky ’s brother found outside back alley of Red Shed with spoon in hand, belt around forearm, with dealer, “Shady” Webb In a shocking and unsettling turn of events, Chucky E. Badger, brother of University of Wisconsin mascot Bucky U. Badger, has recently checked into rehabilitation for heroin addiction. Though no press has been allowed to interview Chucky, experts attribute his drug addiction to many years of depression and feeling of

inadequacy for not being the famous mascot that his brother is. While it is difficult to tell how long Chucky has been dealing with addiction, family and friends noticed significant changes in Chucky starting around six months ago. Madison police also report that Chucky has recently been charged with several counts of

disorderly conduct and public intoxication. Evidence indicates these incidents were most likely related to Mr. Badger ’s addiction. “He’s obviously going through some deep issues stemming from years of being outshone by his brother,” said UW psychologist David Berman. “In addition to weeks of decreasing

heroin doses to wean him off the drunk, Chucky will be participating in group therapy sessions for addicts just like him.” “We all just want Chucky to ﬁnd himself and get better as soon as possible,” Chucky’s mother, Becky Badger, said. “The sooner he gets out of rehab, the sooner he can get back to his manager position at Radio Shack.”

Unfortunately, due to their uncanny resemblance, many students have mistaken Chucky for his brother Bucky. Bucky informed press that he would like to clear his name from all acts of disorderly conduct, theft and public intoxication that Chucky may have taken part in while under the influence of heroin. “I’d like to be clear that

as Bucky Badger, I stand for the clean, sober life that the University of Wisconsin has come to be known for,” Bucky said in an interview. In addition to rehab, sources report that Chucky will apply for mascot positions at Ohio State University and Purdue University, due to the fact that nuts and trains are really shitty school mascots.

UWPD centaurs corral drinkers into shame pens Warning to every fucking student at University of Wisconsin football games who are drunk out of their mind: they are coming for your ass In the latest initiative to curb mass intoxication at University of Wisconsin football games, students targeted as overtly and dangerously inebriated will be promptly corralled by the recently-hired centaur campus police into nearby “shame pens.” “Rampant intoxication, especially of underage students, is a major safety concern,” UWPD policeman and local centaur Rick Johnson said. “We’ve been researching methods of stopping it for years. And then the other day, ‘Toy Story’ came on Disney Channel while I was watching my kids. Woody waved around that lasso and a lightbulb just went oﬀ in my head.”

Johnson introduced the concept of corralling to his fellow centaur policemen; the program was quickly adopted for the 2014-15 football season. “The answer had been, literally, right under our noses the entire time,” UWPD chief centaur Ignatius Burke said. Students approaching their assigned gate inside Camp Randall, who appear to be stumbling, screaming the names of companions two feet away, puking their guts out or generally too drunk to function, will be targeted for corralling. Nearby centaur policeman will swarm said students into a tight group using lassos and loud whistling. They will then be guided to the closest “shame

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pen.” “The “shame pen” was the key part of this program for me,” Burke said. “By placing the intoxicated students inside these sheltered areas, they themselves are kept safe while also out of the way of others trying to enjoy the game.” The pens, about 16-by-16 feet in size, are intended to keep the students occupied throughout the

duration of the game. “We come by and tell them the score sometimes,” Burke said. “Otherwise, a lot of the students just fall asleep.” The “shame pens” are also

a way of involving the whole Madison community in the initiative for safe drinking practices. “Sometimes when I’m offduty I bring my kids to the

games and we throw leftover brat buns into the pens,” Johnson said. “It really seems to brighten up little Annie’s day while sobering up those poor students.

Photo · Folks, it’s an inforgraph. If you don’t understand how this all works by just looking at it, you must have got a bad score on your ACT science section. Jenna Wroblewski The Madison Misnomer

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ASO to my incompetent old roommates. You have the security deposit check. We’re all broke. Mail it already! Jesus

Pumpkin spice HUMMUS!!??!! LINE CROSSED. UNFORGIVABLE.

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wow so many cute guys at the engineering career fair though who obvi have their shit together so hi HMFSO to being part of a whole pack of Badgers.

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Gordon answers the call after early struggles After rough performance against Western Illinois, UW’s Heisman hopeful has running back group on track with record-breaking game by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

At first glance, Wisconsin’s 37-3 win over Western Illinois three weeks ago did not seem much out of the ordinary. Although the Badgers rushed for only 167 yards as a team, that number didn’t heavily back the general trend, even for a program that prides itself on its running game. Just last year, Wisconsin had rushing totals below 200 yards in three of its 14 games, including a season-low 104 against Ohio State. However, with some change to the football team’s offense under second-year head coach Gary Andersen, few expected the drastic results that emerged from from the Badgers’ second game of the season. The player hyped as a preseason Heisman candidate and the Badgers’ number one option at running back, redshirt junior Melvin Gordon, was nearly invisible that Saturday. Rather, the game’s leading rusher, in terms of yards gained, was redshirt junior quarterback Tanner McEvoy. “Me having that bad game really opened my eyes to a lot of things,” Gordon said. “It just shows you, you have a bad game and not many people are on your side.” The Western Illinois defense clogged the box with up to 10 defenders in that game and Gordon had little room to work with all afternoon on the way to 38 net yards rushing, 21 of which came on one play. As for his only touchdown that game, it resulted from a pass of eight yards.

“I just felt like it was one of those days where you got to get what you can get,” Gordon said. “I tried to be as effective as I can in the passing game. I tried to help out there and make some explosive plays that way. Sometimes you get those days where there’s nothing you can do, but you got to make plays and be effective a different way.” But the lack of success in the running game for Gordon provided a humbling and valuable educational experience for him that couldn’t be taught, not even by his predecessors Montee Ball and James White. It was something Gordon had to do for himself. “It’s just a different form of adversity being a starting running back and things not going your way and having a bad game,” he said. “I had a bad game as a leader. It’s been tough to try to overcome that for the first time, but I responded and I got to keep responding to every game. I’ve learned a lot of things being in this position now, learning some things that I haven’t learned before.” Gordon responded on the field. After a bye week two weekends ago, he resumed play at Camp Randall in style with his best rushing performance of his career last Saturday against Bowling Green. Thirteen carries, 253 rushing yards and five touchdowns later, Gordon had returned to the form which had garnered him so much attention. But he wasn’t the only one to have success last Saturday as the entire rushing attack, including fellow running

back sophomore Corey Clement, broke free for the most single game rushing yards in program history with 644. Clement acknowledged that the whole group had something to prove after the poor showing against Western Illinois, Gordon added. “I just think he wanted to take that step forward and play his football that he knows,” Clement said of Gordon. “He’s been here for four years, and he knows how to dominate this offense. He showed for it last week, and hopefully he can keep progressing.” That determined mindset not only propelled Gordon and sparked the Badgers’ rushing attack this past Saturday against Bowling Green, but it also helped

him work through the disappointment from the game against Western Illinois. “He’s got the same mindset every single day,” running back coach Thomas Brown said. “He gets frustrated at times when we don’t have production, but he shows up and works every single day, whether he runs for 12 yards or 150 yards.” wEven if Gordon had a game with 12 yards, the depth Wisconsin has at running back means that even a bad game for him could mean a good game for one of the other backs like Clement. As has been the case with a rotating group of backs over the last several years, the jostling for playing time gives the Badgers a battle that few other schools benefit

from. It also leads to big games for the whole group of backs, not just a monstrous game for the go-to guy in Gordon. “Practice makes our games come easier because of the competition that we have. I believe no one else in the country has it like us,” Clement said. “The camaraderie that we share is something special and great. We always want to be better than the next guy. I want to be better than Melvin. He wants to be better than me. That’s just the competition that we bring about in this group.” Although the eyepopping output against the Falcons may have put the rushing attack in elite company, both Gordon and Clement made it clear there’s more to the season than just one performance.

Photo · UW running back Melvin Gordon acknowledges past struggles, in attempt to regain status as nation’s best. Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald And despite the offense changing slightly in favor of a dual-threat quarterback with McEvoy, contributing more with his legs than has been the norm for Wisconsin in the past, the power game and Gordon’s place as the focal point of the offense won’t disappear again anytime soon. “Because of that [game], we’re sharper mentally, and we’re working a lot harder because we don’t want to put that product on the field anymore,” Gordon said.

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Walls guides women’s soccer in senior season Newly found positive outlook has Wisconsin forward on path toward her best season yet as she breaks personal records, leads Big Ten by Meghan Eustice Women’s Soccer Writer

The halfway point is here for the NCAA women’s soccer season, and with it has come a trail of victories for the Wisconsin women’s soccer team to look back on. Wisconsin (8-1-0, 2-10 Big Ten) is experiencing what is shaping up to be its most successful season since before any of its current players were on the roster. At the heart of all the accomplishments this season is senior forward Cara Walls. Walls has developed a knack for finding the back of the net this fall, and is leading the conference in many different categories. She has racked up the most goals (7), goals per game (1.17), and game-winning goals (4). Included in those four game-winning goals was the lone goal in UW’s home-opener against Oregon which gave the Badgers the win. “I focus on doing everything in my power right,” Walls said. Walls’ tallies have been contributing to the bigger picture. Only halfway through this year, Wisconsin is sitting with nearly as many wins as it reached in total last season, and is on track to finish much higher in the conference. But it’s not just the amount of wins that’s turned around for UW – it’s the quality of the matches as well. Leading the conference in points (66), goals (24), and goals per game (2.67), the Badgers have been blowing most of the competition out of the water, racking up as many as five goals in a single match. Simultaneously, the Wisconsin defense has been

shutting down most competition, sitting at second place in the Big Ten for goals allowed (4) and shutouts (6). Walls is additionally leading the conference in points per game (2.33) and is third in points overall (14). Her stats are even more impressive when considering that she hasn’t been on the field for the past three games due to a nagging ankle injury, during which time UW has been faring well, going 2-1 in Big Ten play. This points to the idea that Walls may be having more than just an impact on the field for her team. Even though the Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, native led the Badgers in goals last season, she’s become a much more valuable asset to the bench this year, as head coach Paula Wilkins explained. “Her movement off the ball, her consistency and her ability to hold possession are all strengths of hers,” Wilkins said. “She also gets herself in good spots to finish, and when she has the opportunity, [Walls] is pretty efficient when she finishes.” So what’s different about this year? Walls said that she, along with the rest of the UW roster, adopted a new mentality after the end of last season, when the team didn’t make it to the NCAA tournament. It

also marked the third year in a row that the Badgers haven’t made it beyond the first round of the Big Ten tournament. “We’ve always had a talented team, so we wondered, ‘What’s missing?” Walls said. “Why aren’t we winning games, why aren’t we as successful as we want to be? We kind of realized it’s our mindset. We made a really conscious, collective decision to change all of that.” The first thing that changed with the new, positive outlook, according to Walls, was the time put in off the field. “In past years I didn’t always come in fit, I wasn’t on top of things over the

summer or with spring workouts, and not always giving it 100 percent,” Walls said. “This spring, I got as fit as I possibly could and really gave [soccer] my everything.” This seemed to be true of other players, who apparently felt down on their luck after three consecutive years of not placing as high as they expected. Though Walls says it was a collective decision, Wilkins hinted that the senior might have influenced her teammates to make the change with her. “I absolutely think Cara is a huge part of [the new attitude of the

team,]” Wilkins said. “I tell players that they shouldn’t minimize what they think their impact on others can be, and I think she has had a big impact on the team.” If this new mindset keeps working for the squad like it has been so far this fall, UW could see a postseason different from what any of the players on the current roster have experienced. Already having defeated a couple talented conference foes, Walls and her teammates have a revived determination about them concerning the NCAA tournament. “We’ve really turned the tables, and we really want to push this program forward,” Walls said. “We

PSU, page 14 announced before the game, and the entire inner bowl of 6,012 people at the UW Field House was full by firstserve. “To walk in and see a full house and it being sold out prior to match time is just awesome,” Sheffield said. “It means so much to our program to have that kind of support.” The crowd got behind the Badgers when they fell behind early on in the sets. In the second and third sets, that confidence from the crowd got Wisconsin back in the game when they tied it up in the second and took the lead at one point in the third. “It makes me really disappointed that we didn’t win this match for them,” sophomore setter Lauren Carlini, who had 33 assists, said. “They got really loud at points, and they’re a very intelligible crowd when it comes to we’re starting to lose a

Photo · Senior Cara Walls, who leads the Badgers in goals this season, hopes to advance women’s soccer past the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in her final season. The Badger Herald File Photo

really want to make a name for ourselves and win the Big Ten conference. We have that determination and drive that wasn’t there my first two or three years here. That’s something I’m really proud of, to be a part of that changing group.”

little bit, they need to get louder.” In those sets though, UW was never able to build and maintain a lead, something Sheffield attributes to the play of Penn State. “Every time we got close, they answered,” Sheffield said. Penn State was also able to bury the Badgers late in sets because Wisconsin’s fatigue began to show, according to Sheffield. “I thought we looked a little bit tired,” Sheffield said. “Anytime you see that from your team, that’s on the coaching staff. That’s on us.” Despite his team’s disappointing performance Wednesday, Sheffield hopes it does not discourage the fans from coming back and supporting the Badgers. “We were really excited by the energy in the crowd, we were really excited about the numbers in the crowd,” Sheffield said. “We hope that they continue to come back.”

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Badgers to close out non-conference schedule against USF

Rampant offense and run game look to return against S. Florida Bulls while wide receivers seek reliable, down-field threat by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

After one of the most impressive wins in recent memory against Bowling Green, the Wisconsin football team will close out the non-conference portion of its schedule when they take on the South Florida Bulls (2-2, 1-0 AAC) Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. The UW offensive attack against Bowling Green proved to be a record-setting one, as the Badgers (2-1, 0-0 Big Ten) set a school record–and a modern-era Big Ten record– for rushing yards (644) and another school record for total yards (756). Despite an early tie at seven, Wisconsin scored 44 unanswered points en route to a 68-17 victory. However, one aspect of the offense–the passing game–was absent against Bowling Green. While it wasn’t needed, as running backs Melvin Gordon and Corey Clement as well as dual-threat quarterback Tanner McEvoy ran the ball at such a successful rate, completing more passes is something offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig wants to see improve going forward, starting with South Florida. While the rushing attack is a large part of the offense, Ludwig

knows they can’t rely on on it to put up the gaudy numbers it did this past Saturday. “We want to throw the ball better,” Ludwig said. “Complete more passes, protect the passer better and get open on the perimeter. Be a little bit more balanced, but it’s hard to argue with what the ground game produced the other day. It’s going to be difficult to do that day in and day out.” McEvoy heads into Saturday’s game against the Bulls as the top-ranking rushing quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision, averaging 9.73 yards per carry. But the coaches want to see Wisconsin develop more of a down-field threat through the air and a more reliable receiver overall. Currently, redshirt junior Alex Erickson is the only wide receiver with more than one catch on the season. For the run game to continue to be effective for UW, head coach Gary Andersen said a more reliable deep threat will compliment and open things up for the run game. “Definitely a priority, without question,” Andersen said of finding a deep threat at a wide receiver. “But our ability to take those deep shots, when you want to be who we are and run the ball,

has not changed. And your inability to be able to really throw it down [field] a few times a game and take the top off the coverage has to. If you don’t have that, it definitely is going to cause your offense to not be as effective as it could be.” One such wide receiver could be redshirt sophomore Reggie Love, who has just one catch for two yards this season but did score a 45-yard rushing touchdown against LSU in the season opener. He sees the wide receiving group as one that needs to take advantage of the opportunities that are presented to them while getting open to help out the quarterback. “When the opportunities come to us, we have to make the most of it,” Love said. “We have to do our best to get open, getting more separation for the quarterback, painting a better picture for him and when the ball comes to us, it just has to be ours.” For South Florida, they enter Saturday’s game against the Badgers coming off of a 17-14 win over fellow American Athletic Conference opponent Connecticut. Their other win this season came

in their opener against Eastern Carolina, but they have since lost two games against Maryland and North Carolina State. Arguably the best player for the Bulls on offense is freshman running back Marlon Mack. Mack enters Saturday’s game as South Florida’s leading rusher with 502 yards, which is also good for seventh best

in the country. He has scored five touchdowns this season and is averaging 125.5 rushing yards per game. South Florida doesn’t pose quite the threat through the air as they do on the ground, however. Starting quarterback Mike White is averaging only 97 passing yards per game and has just a 39.3 completion percentage through four games this season. Unlike Bowling Green, who ran a very up-tempo offense, South Florida’s offense, which is much slower, is somewhat reflective of the offense the Badgers run. Much like UW, the Bulls want to run the ball effectively and hope for the passing game to open up through play action. “South Florida, huddle up team, have plenty of time in between snaps this week, whether they have the ball or we have the ball, so that’ll be a big difference from a week ago,” Andersen said. “I think that they’re a physical run team. They want to establish the run,

Photo · The UW offense, led by quarterback Tanner McEvoy, will look to build on their record-setting output from last Saturday. Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald

UW heads east to face Maryland Wisconsin Soccer to take on national powerhouse in season’s 2nd Big Ten game by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Soccer Writer

After spending the past two weeks in Madison, the University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team will head out to College Park, Maryland, to take on the Maryland Terrapins Friday. Wisconsin (1-4-1 overall, 0-1-0 Big Ten) is finally starting to play a dominantly Big Ten schedule after playing against some very tough teams in their nonconference schedule. The team feels that playing some of the country’s more elite teams has prepared them well for the Big Ten schedule, starting with Maryland (2-3-2 overall, 0-11 Big Ten). This has been head coach John Trask’s plan all along. With such a young team, he really wanted to challenge the new players at the start of their college careers. Now, with the Big Ten season coming into full swing, Trask feels his team is ready. “This was the whole goal of it,” Trask said. “This is the second time we are going to be in Washington D.C. in three weeks. Having gone out there and playing two very good teams in Georgetown and George Mason, this is what it’s all about. Hopefully we can go out there and survive

a much sterner test than those two teams we played a couple weeks ago.” With such a young, inexperienced team, the difficult non-conference schedule has allowed the players to see where they need to improve as the losses have piled up for UW. Despite four losses in six games, these Badgers feel like they’ve been able to do some good things. Coming off of what Trask said was their most “complete” match against St. John’s last Friday, the team feels they have a lot to apply as they get into the heart of the season. “The attention to detail on defense has been much better,” junior midfielder Drew Conner said. “Offensively, we just need to take more chances, as we did against St. John’s, in the other half of the field. In that game, we went at them a little bit more and got a little more creative than we had been prior.” Wisconsin will need to bring their A-game Friday as Maryland has one of the nation’s most historic and premier soccer programs. Maryland made it all the way to the national championship game last year before losing 2-1 to another national powerhouse, Notre Dame. So far this year, Maryland hasn’t been as strong on the offensive side of the

ball, only scoring six goals in their first seven games. Nevertheless, the Terrapins still have the ability to bring offensive pressure. In their last match, a 1-0 victory against Dayton, despite only scoring one goal, Maryland was able to get off 16 shots on goal. Maryland’s six goals this season have come from six different players. So while the team hasn’t found a primary goal scorer yet, they will still be difficult to contain. “They have a lot of really tricky guys,” redshirt junior defender Carl Schneider said. “Coach Trask was telling us while they don’t move that dynamically well, they are still very technical and very tough players to contain. So we are just trying to go into the match with a tough mentality.” While offensively Maryland has struggled, they have made up for it with their strong defensive play. At the head of that defense is sophomore goalkeeper Zack Steffen. Steffen, despite being only in his second year, has already established himself as one of the Big Ten’s best keepers. “We’ve been fortunate enough to have gotten goals in every game, but Zack Steffen is an excellent, national teamlevel goalkeeper, and they

have an excellent overall defense,” Trask said. “Steffen is very capable of making big saves, so we are really going to have to be clinical in our finishing to get a ball by him.” On top of Maryland producing great talent, the program is also notorious for having one of the best and toughest atmospheres at their home field in College Park. Maryland finished last season with a 10-2-1 record at home and have posted a 2-1-1 record to start this season. Trask and his team understand the atmosphere they’ll be walking into Friday night, but are also excited and ready for the challenge. “Maryland is a very tough place to play,” Trask said. “On Friday nights they average around 5,000 people to a game. They have a very good record of goal-scoring, but for whatever reason they haven’t seemed to find that goal scorer yet this year. But I know they’ll be figuring it out, and they’ll be ready for big-time Big Ten match-up against the Badgers.” The Badgers will hit the pitch and look to get their first road win of the year Friday against the Terrapins at 6:30 p.m. (CT) in College Park.

Photo · Alex Erickson is currently the only UW wide receiver with more than one catch this season; a trend the Badgers are trying to change. Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald

play action pass. They will get into different personnel groups on the offensive side of the football and have some fly sweeps and try to get the ball to the perimeter with their wide receivers.” On defense, the Bulls will present the Badgers with a tough test as they try to find their niche in the passing game. When asked about the defense for USF, both Ludwig and Love were quick to point out their athleticism, especially in the secondary. That athleticism will certainly test the Badgers wide receivers as they look to become more involved in the offense. “Their defensive backs are really athletic,” Love said. “Both great players, really athletic. But we have to go out there and give them the respect that they deserve and really get after them. They just aren’t any other team, they’re coming in to beat us.” Saturday’s game will be the first ever meeting between Wisconsin and South Florida. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. from Camp Randall Stadium.

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Wisconsin swept by Nittany Lions in top-five matchup Badgers drop second straight contest and first Big Ten game of the season to No. 3 Penn State in front of sellout crowd by Elise Romas Volleyball Writer

Heartbreak spread throughout the University of Wisconsin Field House Wednesday as a longawaited rematch against No.3 Penn State resulted in the Nittany Lions sweeping No.5 Wisconsin in straight sets, 2517, 25-21, 25-22. Last December, Penn State defeated Wisconsin in the 2013 National Championship match 3-1, winning their fifth championship in seven years. Since then, both teams have studied one another in preparation for this rematch, and it was especially apparent for the Nittany Lions. The ﬁ rst set began in favor of the Badgers with a missed serve from Penn State’s setter, senior Micha Hancock. However, the Nittany Lions sided out on the very next play and proceeded to tally two more points off of kills from both outside hitters junior Megan Courtney and freshman Simone Lee. It was a tug-and-pull battle until an intense rally between the two teams resulted in a Penn State point, which spurred them on to rattle off four points in a row, forcing Wisconsin to call a timeout at a score of 4-9. Serving went back and forth, but Penn State remained the leader for the majority of the first set until a kill by senior outside hitter Ellen Chapman sparked some life into the Wisconsin offense. The Badgers never came within five points of Penn State for the remainder of the set, losing 25-17. Set two picked up right where set one left off. The Badgers allowed Penn State four points, three of which

were errors at the net by three different Wisconsin players. This caused Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield to use his ﬁrst timeout early. Wisconsin spent the rest of the second set playing catch up, until a series of net plays and serving runs by the Badgers began to creep up on the Nittany Lions. A serving run by Wisconsin setter sophomore Lauren Carlini, combined with an intense kill by Chapman, brought the home crowd to its feet with a tie score of 17-17. The tie did not last long, as Penn State’s outside hitter Courtney served for six points to put the Nittany Lions up 23-17. The sixpoint run consisted of a culmination of accuracy and precision by Penn State’s hitters and errors by Wisconsin. All hope seemed to be lost for the Badgers until a kill by middle blocker, sophomore Haleigh Nelson, gave UW a point from a key side out. A kill by the outside hitter freshman Kelli Bates from the left side, followed by an attacking error by Penn State’s Courtney, seemed to keep hope alive at a score of 24-21 in favor of the Nittany Lions. But on the next play, outside hitter freshman Ali Frantti cranked a ball off of a Wisconsin block, ending the second set with a score of 25-21 for Penn State. Frantti went on to lead her team and tie her teammate Hancock with nine total kills for the match. Wisconsin came out strong and aggressive in the third set. Chapman began the match with a kill that gave the Badgers some momentum. The next two points belonged to Nelson on two kills of her own, giving

the Badgers their largest lead of the entire match, since Hancock’s missed serve at the beginning of the match. The next few plays consisted of long rallies with incredible saves by both teams, causing a steady trade-oﬀ of one point a piece. Bates then made a hitting error, which tied the game at six. Immediately after her mistake, Bates pummeled an untouchable ball in the dead center of the court. She finished the match with nine kills, but with an unlikely seven errors, resulting in a .077 hitting percentage for the evening. Many of those errors were blocks by Penn State. “They’re a really solid team from all cylinders,” Bates said. “So I think it’s good to get good competition right off the bat for Big Ten

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season. We just have to get better.” The Badgers held a close lead in the third set until Frantti smashed down three kills in a row, accompanied by a well-executed tip by Hancock. This gave Penn State the lead for the first time in the set with the score 10-9. After a timeout from Wisconsin, Chapman became the shining star for the offense squashing three kills in just four points, accompanied by a combined block from her teammates, senior outside hitter Courtney Thomas and Nelson, to tie the game for the third time at 12-12. Chapman led the Badgers with 13 kills on Wednesday. However, it was not enough to push the Badgers to a victory.

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A kill by outside hitter redshirt junior Aiyana Whitney put Penn State ahead 17-16, and Wisconsin never regained the lead again. The third set ended in a tight score of 25-22. “[Penn State was] just better,” Sheﬃeld said. “When we tied it up, they executed. They executed every time we got close.” Penn State seemed to strategically stay away from Wisconsin’s back row star and libero, junior Taylor Morey. Morey ended the game with only nine digs, when she came in averaging 5.56 per set which is the most in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions also shut down Wisconsin’s strongest allaround player in Thomas, who had just one kill. “They were focused in on

Photo · Wisconsin freshman Kelli Bates had nine kills for the Badgers in their threeset loss to Penn State. Jason Chan The Badger Herald shutting down the attack back behind,” Sheffield said. “So our slides, and Courtney [Thomas] on that side of the court; they were very determined to do that.” Although this was a difficult loss for the Badgers, the team still exists Wednesday’s match with an overall record of 9-2 and much of the Big Ten season left to play. If Wisconsin continues to improve there may be another Penn State rematch in store for them this season in postseason play.

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PSU puzzles UW offense, shuts down Thomas Wisconsin senior outside hitter held in check with only one kill while Nittany Lions quiets supportive Badger fans at the Field House by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

After losing all three of their matches against Penn State last season, Wisconsin’s volleyball team failed to turn their bad fortune around with another loss in University of Wisconsin’s Field House Wednesday night. No. 3 Penn State (13-1, 1-0 Big Ten) significantly outplayed No. 5 Wisconsin (9-2, 0-1 Big Ten) in front of a sold-out crowd. The Nittany Lions swept the Badgers in straight sets because of their impressive defensive game plan, aggressiveness at the net and balanced offensive

attack. Senior right-side hitter Courtney Thomas, who racked up a combined 32 kills over the weekend against Washington and USC, was nearly nonexistent in the offensive game. She managed only one kill Wednesday. “They shut down Courtney Thomas,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “Their defensive game plan was probably a little bit better than what ours was.” Penn State made it a point of emphasis to keep one of Wisconsin’s biggest hitters quiet. They would often send two players to Thomas’ side of the court when she was about to hit, disrupting her shots. PSU

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out-blocked UW 16-14 in the match. Sheffield said that Penn State was determined to take away, not only Thomas’ part of the court, but the slides to the middle as well, making life rather difficult for the Badgers. The constant hands from the Nittany Lions in Thomas’ face caused her to hit an alarmingly low .167. As a team, Wisconsin only hit .148, compared to Penn State’s .288 hitting percentage. Thomas also had four errors throughout the match. Wisconsin senior outside hitter Ellen Chapman had a game-high 13 kills, one of the few bright spots for the Badgers. She said it was a

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Penn State senior setter Micha Hancock was effective against Wisconsin the entire evening, as she racked up 38 assists. But that wasn’t what made her a thorn in UW’s side. She tallied nine kills throughout the match, and only freshman outside hitter Simone Lee had more kills for the Nittany Lions with 12. Hancock would often catch the Badgers flatfooted, faking a set pass then quickly spiking the ball over the net before Wisconsin could react. A positive for the Badgers was the home crowd. A sellout was

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was a long rally early in the first set. Several times it looked like Wisconsin had finally forced an error on Penn State, but the Nitanny Lions managed to get the point after many diving saves and stops. That rally was symbolic for the rest of the evening, with Penn State simply doing more than Wisconsin. Offensively, Penn State wisely avoided junior libero Taylor Morey. She was coming off a weekend in which she had 29 digs in both matches. Against the Nittany Lions, she had only nine. “They weren’t hitting to Taylor Morey, they were going to other areas of the court,” Sheffield said.

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combination of Penn State’s mobile back-line defense and net presence that led to the Badgers’ offensive woes. “I think both areas of their game are really solid,” Chapman said. “They’re blocking was really solid and they were getting a lot of hands and a lot of touches on everything, and that just made it harder for the hitters on our team to get kills.” “They have a really good backcourt, they were making some plays that I thought were down, and someone would just come out of nowhere and get it up.” One of the plays like the one Chapman mentioned

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