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WHAT LIES BENEATH Once a cemetary, the top of Bascom Hill is home to the remains of two of Madison’s earliest residents, buried paces away from Abe

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Officials expect post-election return of voter ID Following the Supreme Court’s blocking of Walker’s photo identification requirements at the ballots, municipalities expect higher turnout Nov. 4

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

While the U.S. Supreme Court’s blocking of Wisconsin’s voter ID law Thursday means out-ofstate students and residents without state driver ’s licenses will no longer need special identification cards to vote in November, experts say the voter ID debate is likely far from over.

The law requiring a valid state-issued photo ID to cast a ballot has been the source of a complicated legal battle for years, but the 7th Court of Appeals ruled last month to end a three-year long ban on the law. The American

Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin took the case to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that there was not enough time before the November election to fairly implement the change.

The Court’s majority did not give written explanation of their decision. Three conservative judges, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, arguing that they could not overturn an appeals court’s ruling unless that court had “demonstrably erred.”

ACLU associate director Molly Collins said she thinks the ruling will help make the polls more accessible on Nov. 4.

“What we hope is that it will make it easier for any eligible voter to get out and vote and that it will be less confusing and less disruptive to the election,” she said.

The one-page Supreme Court ruling was very specific, Collins said. The ruling only applies to this particular election and the feasibility of implementing photo ID in such a short amount of time, but did not discuss the constitutionality of such a law, she said.

Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause Wisconsin, said he believes this will continue to be an issue after this election. He said he does not believe this

is the last the state and the nation have heard of voter ID by any means.

“I’m sure once Nov. 4 passes and the general election is over this battle will be joined again and it will be very fierce and very furious as it has been for years in Wisconsin,” Heck said.

Heck said as long as Republicans maintain the Legislature and the governorship they will most likely move to reinstate the voter ID law as soon as possible in 2015. He also said he thinks it is possible the U.S. Supreme Court will look at Wisconsin’s law again if it decides to take a case on voter ID.

Many in Madison believe the most recent decision will have an effect on voter turnout around the city.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the ruling will have an important impact in Wisconsin’s urban regions, like Madison and Milwaukee.

“I believe it’s going to have a pretty large impact on populations that may otherwise not have a picture form of identification. That would include students, individuals of lower socioeconomic status and seniors,” Resnick said.

UW has already given out specialized voter ID

Burke talks jobs, women’s issues Wisconsin’s first female gubernatorial candidate highlights public service, plan for economy

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

The Badger Herald and Brava Magazine last week had the chance to interview Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke over the phone on women’s issues and her plans for the future.

Brava Magazine: How significant would it be for the state and maybe even farther for you to be the first woman governor of Wisconsin? Should we even still be talking about gender, does gender still matter?

Mary Burke: Great questions. I’m going to take the second one first because it frames the way I think

about the first, and that is that it shouldn’t matter and in running for governor it has not been the way that I have presented myself and it’s not the way that I approach it or think about it. I’m running for governor to be governor of the entire state, for everyone. I want to make sure that every person believes and has a fair shot at getting ahead if they put in the hard work.

So that’s my perspective on whether it should or should not matter, my feeling is it shouldn’t, but in terms of the first question, there have been so many women who have gone before me and blazed the trail so that I can do this and don’t feel that gender is a huge issue,

so I would be honored to continue to blaze that trail because we still have a ways to go, unfortunately.

Women are not represented in equal amounts at the highest levels, whether we’re talking about government or whether we’re talking about business.

It’s important because it sends a message to every young woman or girl or parents of women who say “you can do anything.” I was brought up to believe I could do anything as long as I was prepared to do the hard work. That’s what frames my thinking but unfortunately that’s not always the case and the governor has the most

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visible position in the entire state, so it really has an impact in conveying the message that you can do anything regardless gender.

The Badger Herald: As I’m sure you’re aware, recent polls have shown there’s a huge gender gap in this race. Why do you think this exists? Has your campaign been focusing more and more on getting women to turn out to the polls?

MB: I think there’s a couple of things going on.

One is that I think Gov. Walker has enacted laws that really hurt women.

You can start with the repeal of the Equal Pay

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cards to some out-of-state students registered to vote in Wisconsin or students without a Wisconsin driver ’s license. These IDs are no longer necessary to be able to vote in November ’s election.

Collins said regardless of later decisions on voter ID, this ruling is important for Wisconsin’s voters and the fairness of the upcoming election.

“We’re just glad that for the November election there’s not going to be this unfeasible rush to implement a law that cannot be implemented in that time,” Collins said.

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Walker, Burke face off in first debate Gubernatorial candidates met in Eau Claire to challenge each other on higher education, abortion, voter ID law

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In their first gubernatorial debate Friday, Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke butted heads over questions related to voter identification, abortion and higher education.

The Eau Claire-hosted debate began with a question from Wisconsin Public Radio’s Shawn Johnson on Walker ’s recently blocked voter ID law and the state’s future plans on that front. Johnson asked whether or not voters were better off with the ban and for clarification on what the plans were from Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to still have the law in place on election day.

Walker said he stands by the law as a method to prevent voter fraud. There have been cases of voter fraud in the state that make the law “more than common sense,” he said. While he is uncertain of Van Hollen’s plans to still have the law in place on election day, he said he believes in the end the law will be upheld, although he hopes to focus the remainder of his campaign on job creation and building up Wisconsin’s economy.

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Wisconsin will need to have 670,000 more degree holders in the state to compete for jobs in 2025.

She said her plan is to bring more financial aid to students, decreasing the financial aid waiting list of 41,000 students for universities and technical colleges.

When asked about minimum wage, Burke said she hopes to raise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. She said she wants the working people of Wisconsin to have the ability to earn minimum wage and still have the pride of not having to rely on government assistance.

“At $7.25 an hour, that’s just ridiculous,” Burke said.

Walker said in response that his plan was, while keeping minimum wage where it is at, to instead increase the skill level in Wisconsin so that work becomes more valuable.

Walker said as someone who earned minimum wage at McDonald’s as a high school student, he saw it as something temporary and hopes that other residents of Wisconsin can see their work in the same way as they seek to earn higherskilled jobs.

“We don’t have a job problem, we have a work problem,” Walker said.

Burke responded saying that at a minimum wage of $7.25, expecting people

to support themselves is unrealistic. She said raising the minimum wage would increase money that gets spent at local economies, create more jobs and decrease the level of people that need public assistance.

On the topic of abortion, Burke said she disagrees with Walker ’s position in which abortions should not be given regardless of any circumstance, saying that politicians in Madison should not be making those decisions about a woman’s body.

She said under Walker, five clinics have been shut down that were giving health care to women including cancer screenings and birth control, while following the mandated invasive pregnancy screenings that had been in place under Walker.

Burke said the decision on abortion should be something that stays within a woman and her own religious beliefs, her family and her doctor.

Walker said while his stance is pro-life, he can “only imagine” the difficult decision a woman is faced with when debating whether or not to end a pregnancy.

He said the issue is larger than his own personal stance on the matter, saying that the laws do leave the decision between a woman

and her doctor.

When asked about Walker ’s decision to turn down federal Medicaid assistance, despite 27,000 people who are now uninsured, Walker said he stands by his decision.

He said he wants to keep insurance in the patients’ hands, and took it into the context of Obamacare.

“I think Obamacare has failed to live up to its promises,” Walker said.

“I’d like to repeal it. That’s the difference between my opponent and I. My opponent would like to expand it in the state, I want to repeal it.”

Burke said in response that she has spoken with people who have gone without insurance because of Walker ’s decision to turn down the $206 million in federal medicaid assistance.

She said accepting that money allows Wisconsin residents to have access to affordable health care and brings money into the state’s economy.

“The majority of governors in the United States took it, including eight Republican governors.

They were right, and governor Walker was wrong,” Burke said.

The next gubernatorial debate will take place on October 17 at 7 p.m at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

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Court’s ban. She said the implementation would cost millions of dollars to implement and put unnecessary restrictions on voters.

“It’s shocking to hear that the governor would say he doesn’t even care whether there was just one instance of fraud and yet he’ll put these roadblocks in front of 300,000 people who would find it difficult to get that ID and to vote,” Burke said. “Even though there’s no identified cases of fraud and it could cost millions and millions of dollars to implement. That’s just not common sense.”

Mike Thompson from WBKT Lacrosse asked the candidates what each plans to implement in the coming years to encourage job creation that is different from what has already been done in the past.

Walker said his plan involves building upon what he has done in the past.

“I want to build off those successes, put more money in the hands of small business owners,” Walker said. “Not the top down approach from those who support bigger governments.”

Burke said her plan to create employment in the state involves reducing the cost of college. She said her jobs plan shows that

This year’s Wisconsin Science Festival will explore staples of Wisconsin’s culture including beer brewing, supper clubs and football.

The Wisconsin Science Festival will be returning for its fourth year to share the state’s scientific discoveries with curious visitors of all ages and scientific backgrounds.

The event, which includes free workshops, discussion panels, exhibits, film screenings, demonstrations and hands-on activities, will take place at the Discovery Building on campus and other locations from Thursday, Oct. 16 through Sunday, Oct. 19.

Attendees of Thursday’s featured event, Li ChiaoPing’s Rise Over Run: Off the Wall Dances, will have the unique opportunity of exploring the Discovery Building by following the performers as they dance through the building.

“There’s value in working together,” Laura Heisler, director of programming at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, said.

“To see the building become part of a work of art was really magical.”

For the actively minded, the “Science of Yoga”

at the Middleton Public Library will guide people through different poses with explanations of how each pose targets specific organs, muscles, heart rate and breathing. “The Physics of Football” uses basic physics to show how footballs fly through the air and how football helmets work to protect the players’ heads.

Friday’s featured event, the “Science of Supper Clubs,” is catered as three “courses” that cover the origins of everything supper clubrelated, from the signature Old Fashioned cocktail to fish fry. This event is one of many others in the festival that has an agricultural bent to celebrate the University of Wisconsin College of Agricultural and Life Sciences’ 125th anniversary.

Biochemist Mark Anderson and Steenbock’s executive chef, Chris Swenson, will be collaborating for Saturday’s late afternoon event, “Chocolate Emulsion: The Art and Science of the Perfect Hot Chocolate” to do a demonstration, discussion and tasting of the beverage. Heisler said the food and science worlds get each other.

“Over the last decade or so, there’s more people that are comfortable in that interdisciplinary space.

Most of the collaborations

are natural magnetism.”

The events go later into Saturday for science-curious night owls with Nerd Nite, an event put together in collaboration by The High Noon Saloon and UW. “The tagline for Nerd Nite is, ‘It’s like the Discovery Channel ... with beer!’ But it’s more akin to tipsy TED talks,” Ben Taylor, host of Nerd Nite Madison, said.

“The goal was to find presenters whose work represented the research being [done] on the UW campus and the Discovery building.”

Nerd Nite attendees will gather to hear four informal science talks by math professor Jordan Ellenberg, biomedical engineering professor Kristyn Masters, and graduate students Emily Ruff and Eric Caldera.

The festival ends Sunday with a number of events that will continue to feature the diverse topics represented throughout the festival, including food (“The Essence of Coffee”), sports (“The Science of Sports” panel) and music (“MadFiddle,” a youth violin ensemble that performs American roots fiddle music).

At the Discovery Expo, which goes from Thursday through Sunday, UW researchers and volunteers will lead more than 60 exploration stations on rocket launching, DNA extraction and the human brain.

Photo · The Discovery Expo will go from Thursday through Sunday, featuring “Science of Yoga” and “Physics of Football” exhibits.

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UW researchers focus on Ebola outbreak University biologists, virologists take preventative care to keep widespread epidemic from taking hold in Wisconsin

by Emily Neinfeldt Reporter

As Ebola has become a serious concern around the world and in the U.S., lead researchers at the University of Wisconsin are working to prevent the outbreak from becoming a threat in the state.

Ebola virus outbreaks have been in Africa for many decades, but the current outbreak in Liberia and surrounding countries is the most extensive outbreak the world has ever seen, Tony Goldberg, associate director of research for pathobiological sciences at University of WisconsinMadison, said.

In terms of responding to the Ebola outbreak, UW has several committees which

deal with health issues. These groups have been meeting since the summer and have been tracking student and faculty international travel, study abroad programs and emergency response planning, Craig Roberts, epidemiologist for University Health Services, said.

“We are also doing routine surveillance as recommended by the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention], which involves identifying students that may have traveled from the affected countries,” Roberts said. “This was done for seven students this fall and the last student cleared out of the surveillance on the 20th of September.”

Roberts said the possibility of outbreak in Wisconsin seems very low, but the university is concerned about

additional cases that could show up on campus from travelers.

The United States public health system is going to be very efficient at stamping out the disease as these cases show up, Roberts said. In Wisconsin all hospitals are on high alert.

“Preventing Ebola from reaching Wisconsin is something that needs to be done internationally,” Goldberg said. “Efforts right now are really focused on screening passengers as they leave countries where Ebola is occurring, which is by far the most effective way to go about this.”

UW currently has a biologist and virologist working on the Ebola outbreak. Yoshihiro Kawaoka has been creating fake waves of the Ebola virus to study so

a vaccine can be developed without putting anyone at risk, Goldberg said.

“At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have had faculty at our Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, such as Gregg Mitman, who have been taking a hard look at the history of Liberia and how the cultural context has helped facilitate the spread of Ebola,” Goldberg said.

The lead organization on campus at the center of current research is the Global Health Institute. UW has an internationally-renowned global health institute and combining several different approaches is its mission, Goldberg said.

Currently, two vaccines are in various stages of clinical trial.

“These vaccines will

almost most certainly work so we are not very far from a vaccine,” Goldberg said.

“But, having a vaccine is not the problem here. The reason we are seeing such a big outbreak is because of breakdowns in public health infrastructure.”

Even if a vaccine is developed, it is never going to be practical or economically feasible to vaccinate everyone infected with the Ebola virus, Goldberg said.

Roberts said it will be very important, if a vaccine is developed, to make sure it is manufactured and distributed to the people who need it.

“Distribution would be a monumental logistical challenge,” Roberts said. “It will take a worldwide effort to make that happen.”

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Parisi seeks to renew 911 call center system Concerns over safety have prompted changes to emergency response

by Eden Finer Reporter

In an effort to improve an “unusual governance structure” for Dane County’s 911 Call Center, County Executive Joe Parisi is calling for a revamping of the current system.

Melanie Conklin, communications director for Parisi, said the proposal to change the 911 center comes from Parisi and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, as well as County Board Chair Sharon Corrigan and Paul Rusk, chair of the county’s public protection and judiciary committee.

Rusk said the problem with the current system is that it is unorganized, and any changes that need to be made have to move through five different committees. Requests for changes to the 911 center often get pushed back to later meetings because of lack of time, he said.

“The basic problem is there’s too many cooks in the kitchen, and it takes too long to make changes,” Rusk said. “With public safety, you need to act promptly.”

Parisi’s proposal calls for the merging of two of the technical committees involved and having that new technical advisory committee report to the 911

center director, the county board and Parisi himself.

Conklin said that is the way it is done in the rest of Wisconsin and most of the United States, making Dane County’s current “cumbersome” system an odd exception.

Dane County’s system relies on a largely diverse group of different kinds of fire and police department structures, Rusk said.

Some cities, like Madison, have professionallytrained firefighters, while other smaller towns and villages rely on volunteer firefighters with pagers, Rusk said. He said the dispatch center works with a huge number of different cities around the county, unlike most other 911 centers.

“I don’t think there’s any system in the United States that dispatches for as many different places,” Rusk said. “It’s a very challenging job for the people working at the 911 center.”

The unorganized 911 center is not the only complication the county has seen recently, Rusk said. Parisi called for a pre-alert system that was designed to improve the response time for serious emergencies, and that bounced between many different committees before finally getting done.

In addition, Rusk said a new radio system

called DaneCom, which is meant to better connect emergency responders with public departments, has seen its share of stalling.

He said a committee of 22 people was created to design the project, but the strength of the radio signals they chose was too weak, making DaneCom less effective than needed.

To fix this, Rusk said the county now needs to build more towers throughout the county to strengthen the signals so they have less trouble passing through thick brick walls and other barriers that would hinder the first responders.

Rusk said this was another example of too many people making the project more complicated than it needs to be.

“You’re trying to appease everybody and you don’t get it right …

The system isn’t working so great, we need to look at a different way,” Rusk said.

Rusk said the timing of the proposal is good, as the county budget and components like DaneCom will be talking points for the next few weeks.

The county will have a public hearing Tuesday to address the details of Parisi’s proposal.

“We can do nothing, leave it the way it is or we can make changes to the proposal,” Rusk said.

“We’ll listen to everybody.”

John Doe not likely to be relevant until 2016 Experts say voters have other issues on mind in 2014 gubernatorial election

by Brenda McIntire Reporter

Despite heightened media coverage of the John Doe probe, experts say the investigations are unlikely to be a tipping point in favor of either candidate in this year’s gubernatorial election.

John Doe seems to be an issue that Walker and his campaign cannot seem to shake, Mike McCabe, director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, said. With the latest lawsuit coming out just a few days ago, Walker has repeatedly tried to distance himself from the investigations, he said.

Now that the groups targeted have seemingly delayed ruling from the investigations until after the election Nov. 4, the impact of the investigation at the ballot box seems slight, McCabe said.

“I think the public deserved for this to be played out before the election but that’s not going to happen,” McCabe said.

“I really think it’s been the media coverage of various twists and turns in this investigation that’s going to weigh on voters minds.”

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Doe investigations has an extremely partisan divide, University of Wisconsin journalism professor Mike Wagner said.

Walker ’s supporters are not likely to be persuaded that he has done something wrong, and will dismiss the investigations while Walker ’s opponents think that this is indicative that Walker is not fit to be in office, Wagner said. The people who are undecided are probably not the people who are following the developments of the case, he said.

Instead, he said, the investigations have “calcified” the polarization among the most ideologically extreme Wisconsinites.

Political science professor Kenneth Mayer said he agreed that the John Doe investigations are unlikely to be the tipping point for the state’s few remaining swing voters.

“My strong sense is if someone is really undecided that the John Doe investigation is going to be pretty far down on the list, but that’s because of the nature of the investigation and the fact that there are other issues that are

being highlighted by the candidates,” Mayer said.

According to the most recent Marquette Law School poll, 24 percent of voters have not heard of the John Doe investigations, and of those who are aware of the investigations, 37 percent thought that it was “really something serious.” This number has dropped 5 percent since July.

Furthermore, the Burke campaign has not made the probe a priority in the gubernatorial race, McCabe said.

Since it is unlikely that the outcome of the probe would come out before Nov. 4, the Burke campaign has instead chosen to focus on Walker ’s job numbers and his 2010 pledge to create 250,000 new jobs for Wisconsinites as its path to victory, Wagner said.

Although the probe is unlikely to be resolved ahead of the gubernatorial election, the issue could come back to haunt Walker in his potential 2016 presidential run, Wagner said. He said he could be subjected to the scrutiny of not only Democratic challengers but also other gubernatorial candidates and the national media in the early stages of his campaign.

BURKE, page 4 Protection Act, this was a state law that he chose to repeal. What it provided was that women, but not only women, veterans, seniors, people who are being discriminated again in terms of pay, so who are being paid less for equal work that there would be real consequences to employers who are paying less. And he repealed that and that does hurt women.

There’s no reason that women shouldn’t be making equal pay for equal work and that companies or organizations that are violating that shouldn’t face consequences.

Certainly we’ve had eight different policies enacted that restrict women’s freedom to make choices.

I think women should be able to make choices regarding their own bodies and not have that messed around with by politicians.

The other effects of those laws are that they closed five clinics throughout the state providing really necessary services like cancer screenings, access to birth control and family planning, and many of these clinics were the best options for women living in rural communities. So that hurts women.

We have seen the last three-and-a-half years a number of policies that Gov. Walker has enacted that have hurt women. So that’s one of the reasons that women who are aware of what’s going on there are aware that we need a change. Because it’s not

There’s no reason “that women shouldn’t be making equal pay for equal work.

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Mary Burke Democratic gubernatorial candidate fair. And then I would say on the other side, in terms of why women are supporting me as a candidate, I think that they believe I have the approach and the qualifications for the job and women will get equal treatment under me.

BM: If you are elected governor, what will be your first order of business?

What’s the first thing on your agenda to tackle for the state?

MB: First is starting the

work to find a common vision and get common ground to work with Independents, Republicans and Democrats because the divisiveness we have seen over the last three years isn’t how we’re going to move Wisconsin forward. I have laid out in my Invest for Success Jobs Plan how I will move the state forward and make sure we have a thriving economy. So from day one that’s not just a plan I’m running on, that’s a plan I’m going to implement.

On day one I want to sit down with Republican leadership.

It’s about setting the tone of working together and finding that common ground and it’ll be important one day to do that.

BM: Just a quick follow up, there’s been some criticism of Gov. Walker ’s opponents to provide 250,000 jobs in a certain period of time and then that didn’t happen, do you have a target? Or something you’d like to achieve in that regard?

MB: I want to make sure Wisconsin is a Top 10 thriving economy across the state. And I want to be a leader in the Midwest and right now we are dead last in the Midwest. Regardless of the promise, if you take the period of time he has been in office and you look at the job growth, we’re dead last in the Midwest.

And I know Wisconsin has everything it takes to be a thriving, leading economy.

But it is going to take hard work and being more aggressive, it’s going to be about good ideas and smart policies. And Gov. Walker seems to think giving tax breaks to those at top and special interests creates jobs—and I’m a business person—and that’s not how jobs get created. You have to make smart investments in the areas that are going to grow the economy.

BH: I’ve seen that Walker ’s been running ads lately addressing abortion and domestic violence.

What’s your response to those ads?

MB: Well what he puts in those ads and what he goes on record as saying are two entirely different things. And he should be called out on it because it’s misleading to voters. He’s clearly on record as saying he’s opposed to abortion even in the cases of rape and incest. In his ads he seems to be implying that the choice is left up to

Photo · While Burke’s platform has a strong basis in women’s issues, she says her focus remains on governing everyone in the state.

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald women and the laws he has put in place are about our safety. Well the fact is, if they were really about our safety, the medical community would be behind him and the fact is that the medical community does not at all endorse the laws that were put into place. And we have seen five clinics close across the state that provide lifesaving cancer screenings or family planning, access to birth control, along with a number of other services, these are things that are important to women’s health and safety and yet because of what he has done it’s less safe; along with that, I have to mention, mandating intrusive ultrasounds, a medical procedure against women’s wishes.

BM: If Gov. Walker does win the election, what will your next step be?

Also, what’s your advice to women in Wisconsin on if they should pursue their civic duty and public service?

MB: I would definitely encourage women to get involved, and it has really been more recently that I really got involved in terms of politics. With my experience I feel that women need to do a lot more. We have to realize we have an important voice and for that voice to be heard we have to engage and we have to get involved. I will encourage women to do that and feel that they have the confidence and the support to be able to do it and be successful doing it. I want to continue what I have been doing. For the last six years I’ve worked on education and to close the achievement gap. For the last 10 years I’ve worked on public service and doing what I can to make sure that everyone has a fair shot at getting ahead if they’re willing to do the hard work. Whether I’ve worked in education or in government, I feel very passionately about that and certainly want to do that as governor but will continue to do that regardless.

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Point

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Gubernatorial candidates’ state job creation plans College Democrats: Burke’s fresh employment strategy will bring prosperity

College Republicans: Walker’s experience will cause the state to thrive

Over the course of Friday night’s debate, Mary Burke and Gov. Scott Walker discussed a variety of topics, yet nearly every statement made by both candidates worked its way back to job creation and Wisconsin’s economy, and with good reason. As it stands today, Wisconsin lags behind much of the Midwest and much of the country in regard to job growth over the past four years. Consequently, both candidates have made their jobs plans focal points of their respective campaigns, each presenting very different approaches to getting Wisconsin’s economy back on track.

In short, Walker ’s plan is nothing but more of the same policies that have kept Wisconsin’s economy from fully recovering from the recession of 2008. Over the last four years, Walker has focused his efforts on cutting taxes for the wealthiest Wisconsinites, jeopardizing Wisconsin’s natural resources and wasting taxpayer dollars on the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

He has simultaneously levied huge cuts to higher

“Why should I care about politics if they do not affect me anyway?” Every year without fail, this statement is heard from dozens of students at the University of Wisconsin. Most of the effects of politics do not touch us until we graduate, so we do not have to worry about them, right?

For those who ask that question, another must follow it: Why did you go to college?

Predictably, the answer would be to get a better job postgraduation, a goal that would be easier to accomplish in a future strong job market. Since job numbers are closely linked to politics, we should probably start caring about politics pregraduation. Then we need to ask ourselves, which candidate for governor will give us the best chance of having strong job prospects in the future? Well, let’s look at the numbers.

When Gov. Scott Walker took office in January 2011, the unemployment rate was at 7.7 percent. Since then, Wisconsin unemployment has continuously fallen year after year. In August 2014, the unemployment rate reached a low of 5.6 percent, which was significantly lower than the national unemployment rate of 5.9 percent. In other words, the Walker administration created more than 100,000 jobs

education and has turned down millions in federal assistance to expand Medicare and build a highspeed rail that would have created jobs and afforded thousands of Wisconsinites a faster commute to and from work. These poor decisions have not created jobs and, quite frankly, illustrate exactly why Walker will come up more than 100,000 jobs short of what he promised the people of Wisconsin when he was elected. It’s not working, and we need to hold Walker accountable Nov. 4.

Unlike Walker, Burke is a proven job creator, succeeding both as an executive at Wisconsin’s own Trek Bicycle, as well as Secretary of Commerce under Gov. Jim Doyle, where she oversaw a Wisconsin with a 4.8 percent unemployment rate, much better than the national average, and much better than what we are seeing under Walker.

Furthermore, Burke’s plan for Wisconsin includes common sense policies that we know actually work. Burke wants to reinvest in Wisconsin’s fabulous universities and

technical colleges because she knows how important affordable, high-quality higher education is when it comes to providing people with the chance to succeed.

Additionally, Burke will prioritize and work with small businesses, which make up nearly 90 percent of our entire economy, not just huge multinational corporations looking for a tax break.

These priorities will create a Wisconsin where every single person can succeed and where all Wisconsinites have access to the American Dream, not just the privileged select few. This is the Wisconsin we all deserve.

As young people, we owe it to ourselves to vote for the candidate whose vision is most likely to allow us to succeed and in this case, the choice is clear. Burke envisions a Wisconsin where college is more affordable and an economy where we can all flourish as state residents.

We can all take the first step Nov. 4 toward making this Wisconsin’s reality by voting for gubernatorial candidate Burke for governor of the great state of Wisconsin.

during his first term in office.

Additionally, Walker has cut taxes significantly, which should make Wisconsin a more attractive location for business and jobs. As a result, 96 percent of Wisconsin employers believe Wisconsin is heading in the right direction. Without a doubt, Walker knows how to create jobs, and he will continue do so in the future.

Despite these promising job creation numbers, Walker did not reach his goal of 250,000 new jobs created. However, that should not deter voters from choosing Walker. To explain why, let’s take a look at the Packers. Every single year, the Packers, along with every other professional football team, set the goal of winning a Super Bowl. Despite this, the Packers often fall short of this goal, and get knocked off in the playoffs. Does this mean that we should instantly fire Aaron Rodgers and start Matt Flynn?

No, obviously it does not! Yes, Walker may not have reached his original goal, but he still was very successful.

Now, let’s look at that the other side of the coin.

While Mary Burke was the Secretary of Commerce in the Doyle administration from 2005 to 2007, jobs never seemed to be a priority.

During this time period,

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate climbed above the national unemployment rate for the first time in 25 years. Additionally, during this time period, Wisconsin ranked 42nd in job growth and 47th in business growth. Clearly, Burke has not had a lot of experience with job creation, but she has a lot of experience doing the opposite.

Not only does Burke have a bad record when it comes to jobs, but she also likes to use deception and misdirection to make up for her shortcomings.

In one of her recent ads, Burke tries to make the claim that job growth has gotten worse every single year under Walker’s administration. Additionally, she recently claimed that Wisconsin has fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth.

Despite this, PolitiFact called her out for these two misleading statements and rated them both false. Also, Burke’s campaign plagiarized her jobs plan, so one can plainly see that Burke will do anything to win this election even if it is dishonest.

Clearly, the choice is simple for Wisconsin voters. They can either choose a proven job creator or a dishonest politician, who knows nothing about job creation. Numbers do not lie, and this is why the choice is easy: re-elect Walker.

Herald Editorial Madison police forces should champion body camera usage The events in Ferguson, Missouri, serve as a powerful wake-up call for the need for body cameras on all police officers. As it stands now, neither the Madison Police Department nor the University of Wisconsin Police Department have plans to equip officers with personal body cameras. Local police departments should embrace this common sense technology and the transparency it will undoubtedly bring.

At the city level, Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, introduced a body camera proposal during a Public Safety Review committee meeting in September. However, the resulting debate regarding cost and privacy issues, along with resistance from within MPD, has stalled the process indefinitely.

Similarly, UWPD

spokesperson Marc Lovicott said in an email to The Badger Herald that while the department is aware of the discourse surrounding body cameras, it has no plans to implement the technology in the near future.

Police departments have used dashboard surveillance cameras for decades in case of high-liability situations.

However, these cameras are inherently limited. With a significant amount of UWPD and MPD’s patrolling being on foot, dashboard cameras are unable to capture the entire scope of police interactions.

Body cameras fill this void.

Not only do body cameras clear up any ambiguities, they also help prevent wrongdoing both by and against officers.

Knowing that one’s actions are being recorded deters stupid

behavior. These cameras would be especially valuable in a campus environment, where many interactions with police are inflamed by alcohol.

Indeed, in the first year of a randomized trial of body camera use in Rialto, California, complaints against officers fell by 88 percent, while incidences in which officers used force fell nearly 60 percent.

The main objections to equipping police with cameras — namely cost and privacy concerns — are largely unfounded. With technological improvements, the cost of both cameras and storage has fallen dramatically in recent years, and will continue to do so. While it is understandable that people might be concerned about their privacy, the reality is that downtown Madison

is already blanketed with security cameras. Besides, if a body camera is recording somebody, they are in view of an officer anyway. As long as some basic controls are put in place, like deleting footage after a set period of time, body cameras pose almost no threat to individual privacy.

Even though video evidence may not be conclusive in every

case — footage is open for interpretation — the use of body cameras is mutually beneficial to the public and law enforcement. Just as dashboard cameras have become commonplace among

police departments across the country, body cameras will eventually become an important tool in police accountability. We hope that UWPD and MPD will be leaders rather than followers.

Photo · While dashboard cameras are already in use, they are unable to capture a situation entirely, a lapse that body cameras on officers would correct.

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Governor race indicative of a failed state of politics

by OMER ARAIN Columnist

The most recent Marquette Law School Poll indicated Gov. Scott Walker has gained a 45 to 50 percent lead among likely voters over challenger Mary Burke. However, upon examining the data, partisan and policy support as a whole for both Democrats and Republicans is divided shockingly equally.

As congressional support and presidential approval continue to decline, it appears that public attitudes toward specific issues are polarized, which is the reason politicians get away with ridiculous political gestures (the government shutdown, increased filibustering) that bar governmental progress — they know half of the attentive public will support them. I think

we should read through the Marquette Poll, and see how problematic party allegiances have become.

Conservatives in Wisconsin appear to have gathered a marginal lead among those who plan to vote. A narrow majority of likely voters support Walker and Republican attorney general candidate Brad Schimel. There is also a belief that the economy is headed in the right direction, but we cannot measure how much of this credit is to President Barack Obama, Walker or neither.

The Supreme Court delayed its implementation, but the Republican-backed voter ID law unsurprisingly still has substantial support among already likely voters — 62 percent of those surveyed viewed it favorably. Raising the

minimum wage, a Democratbacked position is noticeably favored in support as well, standing at 57 percent. In regard to health care, the voting public is unhappy with the Affordable Care Act’s implementation thus far, 49 percent to 40 percent.

At the same time, 56 percent simply believes the law can be improved upon, not repealed.

Additionally, 56 percent of those surveyed were unhappy with Walker’s decision to reject Medicaid expansion. What this tells us about the ACA in Wisconsin is that Democrats and Republicans can cite statistics that both support and protest the law; surely there can be some happy medium between the two sides.

Recent reports and news releases have hurt both campaigns in Wisconsin.

Walker’s support fell after data showed Wisconsin lagging in job growth, while Burke’s dropped after news of her “plagiarized” job plan. These two issues also had nearly equal statistical impact on the candidates’ campaigns, Walker lost about 24 percent to Burke’s 19 percent.

What does this all mean for Walker and Burke in the gubernatorial election? With just weeks left, voter turnout is the deciding factor for victory.

Walker’s support only leads 45 to 46 percent over Burke among registered voters. In most of the data (such as presidential and gubernatorial approval ratings), registered voters, a greater sample size of the general population, indicated an even more equal divide along partisan lines. With likely voters leaning slightly more right, the primary

goal of the Burke campaign will be to encourage turnout.

Congressional approval, political efficacy and faith in government are at distressingly low percentages.

Survey information indicates public opinion is incredibly polarized, which seemingly incentivizes politicians to avoid bipartisanship, limiting a government’s ability to act at all. Still, there is a path out of this complicated knot.

If the public demands and promotes compromise and collaboration, politicians will have no choice but to cater to this ideal. The electoral system in the United States promotes a two-party system, which is not always a bad thing, but it has left everyone unhappy with government progress and at opposing parties.

Many believe that a vote not cast for the two major parties is “wasted.” Yet third party candidates were the deciding factors in the 1992 and 2000 presidential elections, and independent affiliation across the United States has grown substantially since then; more people consider themselves independent than swear support for a particular party.

Now, this could be simply due to a decreased approval of government overall, but it still means a moderate voice can influence government, even decide elections. This is the task for frustrated voters; look to the middle to achieve progress and collaboration in the government.

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

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Puzzle by Josh Knapp ACROSS 1 Colonel’s charge, once 4 Conventioneers: Abbr.

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stuck in a horror movie 29 Powder holder 30 French locale of prehistoric cave paintings 31 Bellwether sound 32 Image on many an old map 34 ConocoPhillips competitor 35 Like topshelf liquor 36 Place to walk to 37 Tired 38 “The Divine Comedy” has 100 of them 39 Ski lodge fixtures 42 Digression 43 Going in circles 44 Lear’s youngest 45 British footballer Wayne ___

46 Inconvenience 47 Some modern fads 48 Reckon 49 Curtains DOWN 1 Contents of some lockers 2 Drop off 3 Bolívar, Cohiba or Juan López 4 Patronize, in a way 5 Mount St. ___ (Alaska/Canada border peak) 6 Common dance theme 7 Fig. on some shredded documents 8 Case for a bootblack 9 Weak, with “down” 10 Drug dealer on “The Wire” 11 Many a flier under a door 12 Alternative

to an elbow 14 Tomahawk for Andrew Jackson, surprisingly 15 Quickly produces in great quantity 19 One might have a cameo at

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Bones of two men remain under Bascom Hill Early Madison settlers including William Nelson, Samuel Warren were buried in the ground southwest of the Lincoln statue, once a cemetary

by Aaron Hathaway ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

While thousands of students walk across the terrace in front of Bascom Hall each week, very few realize what lies just a few feet below their own: the remains of two men whose story dates back to the beginning of the city of Madison itself.

Fairly little is known about the two men whose remains were discovered under the terrace in 1918. The first man whose remains were unearthed, William Nelson, was the first white man to die in Madison, according to Daniel Einstein, Historic and Cultural Resources manager at University of Wisconsin.

There are very few sources mentioning him, so all that is known is that Nelson fell victim to typhoid near the close of 1837.

The second man, Samuel Warren, was unearthed shortly after. Thanks to a grave marker found with his body, we know that he hailed from Middlesex, England, and he was a workman on the original State Capitol building until he was struck and killed by lightning in 1838.

Bascom Hill was used as a cemetery for white settlers in Madison from 1837 until about

1846, when the city cemetery was moved elsewhere. The bodies were discovered in two phases. In 1918, while preparing for the installation of the now-beloved Abraham Lincoln statue, workmen digging a trench for the stone bench behind Abe intersected the lower section of the men’s coffins, discovering their leg bones. While initially suspected to be the remains of Native Americans, the size and stature of the remains suggested these were the bones of Europeans.

According to a 1918 edition of The Capital Times, there was little doubt as to the origins of the remains. As the story describes, the Wisconsin Historical Society confirmed on the same day as the discovery that the area had been used as a burial ground, referencing iron nails and a shirt button found with the bodies as evidence for these being white settlers.

The rest of the remains were not unearthed until 1922, when further construction uncovered the bones of the bodies from the waist up. A series of eight photographs documenting the discovery show the full skeleton, arms crossed over the waist, unmoved since the burial nearly 100 years earlier.

These photos can be viewed upon request on the 4th floor

of the Wisconsin Historical Center archives at 816 State St. According Einstein, there’s some chance the men knew each other when they were alive.

“The boarding house in which William Nelson died of typhoid was also the house in which Samuel Warren was living when he was struck by lightning,” Einstein said.

According to “An Illustrated History of Wisconsin” by Charles Tuttle, the owner of the boarding house, a woman named Tabitha Bird, was also buried on top of Bascom Hill.

Bird’s body as well as several others, including her son’s, were relocated to Sun Prairie Cemetery some years later.

The bodies were reburied after their discovery, but some artifacts — such as Samuel Warren’s headstone — were taken into the Wisconsin Historical Society’s collection.

According to Einstein, the headstone was removed from the Historical Society’s collections in 1960, and its

whereabouts were soon forgotten.

This changed in 2011, when a Madison resident called the Historical Society, claiming to have the headstone in his backyard. Researchers confirmed the stone’s authenticity, but how the stone got there remains unanswered.

The homeowner said the stone was there when he purchased the house, and researchers

could not determine any connections or record of the stone’s acquisition.

Next time you’re on Bascom, look for two small brass plaques embedded in the ground southwest of the Lincoln statue, one reading ‘W. N.’ and the other ‘S. W.’ These small plates mark the final resting spots of William Nelson and Samuel Warren, two of Madison’s original residents.

Photo · The remains that are still on Bascom date back to the city of Madison’s origin. They were dicovered in two phases.

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J Mascis’ solo projects do not translate onstage Alternative rock artist played entire performance sitting alone with acoustic guitar to sparse crowd Friday night at High Noon Saloon

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Editor

The room was dark and thick with anticipation. The sparse, older crowd could hear the clink of glass as the man in a baseball cap sat down with his two acoustic guitars. He was surrounded by just sheet music,

speakers, mouth spray and some handkerchief-towels.

The audience at the High Noon Saloon Friday night held a collective breath until the guitarist J Mascis began to strum.

As the artist began to make his art onstage, my fond summer memories of blasting his unique brand of 1990’s alternative rock

in the car and air jamming along began to dissipate.

The crowd grew restless and prepared for a night of musical monotony and apathy. J Mascis performed for his fervent followers as if he were giving a private show in his basement to a small group of people he did not like. He muttered about three nondescript phrases

throughout the show and just allowed the music to do the talking, but it didn’t say much either.

The show became more of a display or exhibit to see a master perform his craft rather than experiencing the music in a way that can’t be done in a detached, prerecorded setting. The Friday night show was so one-dimensional, it felt like proximity to the musical great was the highlight rather than the music that earned him a high level of stardom.

When you listen to his produced material, it is clear that Mascis is an incredibly talented guitarist; he is highly prolific and he understands how to meld instruments together to create a powerful sound. In 2012, he was ranked fifth on “Spin’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time,” above Prince and below Kurt Cobain. He has been producing albums since the mid-1980s and has collaborated with numerous artists on several different bands and projects. He has also produced six different

Photo · Ranked fifth on “Spin’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time,” former guitar player for Dinosaur Jr. performed songs from old and new albums.

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ArtsEtc. Events Calendar Monday

Get to the Terrace before it gets too cold.

Tuesday

S. Carey with Vic and Gab; Majestic Theatre, 8:30 p.m., $10.

Wednesday

Delta Spirit with SACCO; Barrymore Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $20.

Thursday

“Passing the Mic” hip-hop arts festival; Overture Center, 7:30 p.m., FREE.

Friday Saturday Sunday

Wisconsin Book Festival; all day, FREE.

Nick Offerman; Orpheum Theater, 7:30 p.m., $47.50.

“Boyhood”; The Marquee at Union South, 3 p.m., FREE.

solo LPs including Tied to a Star, the album he is promoting with this tour.

The concert did mirror the album’s rich, deep vocals that sound like a mix of Cobain’s dark, sultry sound and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden’s raspy rock sound. He also experimented with feedback on his guitar and vocals. He played tracks from his solo albums including some that were produced during the 90s.

However, by the nature of performing solo, he could not produce that full sound of previous albums.

Instead, many of his classic, acclaimed ballads fell flat on stage and subsequently lost their power over me to make me belt back the solid lyrics, slap an imaginary bass and strum an imaginary guitar.

Because he was just a singular man with just two guitars, Mascis had to fill out the sound with a prerecorded mixture of bass, rhythm guitar that syncopated with his guitar beats and guitar that produced a sharp “wall of sound” that worked in opposition to his guitar beats. If viewers didn’t immediately pick up on the recorded ensemble, they found out when Mascis paused and removed his hands from his instrument to blow his nose in his handkerchief-towels or to use a mouth spray and the recording continued the play. He often read from

his sheet music and added barely any performance finesse.

When he played “Every Morning” off his latest LP, midway through the show, he came into his own more and seemed to feel more comfortable at the mic. He swayed back and forth as he played but still never took pause to engage with the crowd.

There were a few fleeting moments of redemption, when Mascis engaged in the performance art. During one song he began to drum on his guitar with his hands momentarily, adding the only percussion of the show.

When Mascis broke out into indulgent guitar riffs, which he has built his fame on, it gave the crowd a glimpse at the man’s brilliance. But they often felt tangential to the song and he occasionally masked the riffs with his prerecorded wall of sound, which felt very disjointed and overpowering.

He ended the first set with a quick “Have a nice day,” and sauntered off the stage.

After less than a minute of mild obligatory clapping, he took the stage again for an encore to play for another few minutes before closing the show with “All right, that’s it, see you next time.”

Members of the crowd were angered by his crass dismissal. But it perfectly embodied the mood of the show: curt and unexciting.

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014

AROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL Unsung Badger -- Leon Jacobs

Quotable “That was a big play. The ball landed, I don’t know, a half a yard inside (the sideline) and took a bounce down to wherever it ended up, the one-yard line and it’s a crazy

After having only 16 tackles in the first five games of the season due to limited time, Jacobs exploded for 12 tackles Saturday, including 1.5 sacks and two total tackles for loss to lead the defense with several key players missing due to injuries.

shaped ball that bounces funny ways sometimes.” – Gary Andersen said of Illinois’ 72-yard punt in the first half.

Top Three Defenses 277.2 yards/ game

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1. Florida State at Syracuse: 38-20 W — The Seminoles scored 24 first half points en route to their 21st straight win. Jameis Winston threw for 317 yards with three touchdowns.

2. Auburn at Mississippi State: 38-23 L — The Tigers fell to the new topranked team in the nation, despite 441 yards of total offense. Nick Marshall had a game-high 209 passing yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.

3. Mississippi State vs. No. 2 Auburn: 38-23 — Heisman-hopeful Dak Prescott staked his claim as one of the nation’s best as he carried the ball 21 times for 121 yards with two touchdowns. He also threw for 246 yards for the now top-ranked Bulldogs.

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6. Notre Dame vs. North Carolina: 50-43 W — The Fighting Irish sneaked by the Tar Heels with a shootout win in South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame had 519 yards of total offense.

3. Melvin Gordon – RB, Wisconsin

Saturday: 27 carries, 175 175 yards, 4 TDs

4. Kenny Hill – QB, Texas A&M

Saturday: 42-53, 401 yards, 2 TDs

5. Bo Wallace – QB, Ole Miss Saturday: 25-40, 259 yards, 2 TDs, 56 rush yards, 1 TD

7. Alabama at Arkansas: 14-13 W — A blocked extra point ended up being the difference as Alabama kept the Razorbacks winless in the SEC. 8. Michigan State at Purdue: 45-31 W — Despite a late push by Purdue, the Spartans held off the Boilermakers to remain undefeated in the Big Ten. Connor Cook threw three touchdowns and Nick Hill ran for two scores for Michigan State.

9. TCU at No. 5 Baylor: 61-58 L — The Horned Frogs blew a 21-point fourth quarter lead to lose their first game of the season. Kolby Listenbee had four catches for 146 yards with a touchdown in the loss.

10. Arizona vs. USC: 28-26 L — Arizona was upset this week after finding their way into the top-25 following an upset win of their own over Oregon last week. Anu Solomon threw for 395 yards and a touchdown for the Wildcats.

11. Oklahoma vs. Texas: 31-26 W — Despite being outgained 482-232, the Sooners found a way to defeat the Longhorns thanks to an interception return for a touchdown and a 91-yard kickoff return that went all the way for a touchdown.

12. Oregon at No. 18 UCLA: 42-30 W — Oregon bounced back after their loss to Arizona last week. Marcus Mariota contributed four touchdowns while throwing for 210 yards and rushing for another 75.

13. Georgia at No. 23 Missouri: 34-0 W — The Todd Gurley-less Bulldogs had no problem scoring without the potential Heisman-winner as they blanked the Tigers in a blowout win. Nick Chubb ran for 143 yards and a touchdown in Gurley’s absence.

Most Impressive Wins of Weekend 1. No. 3 Mississippi State’s convincing 15-point victory over then No. 2 Auburn, its third win in a row over a top-10 team.

14. Texas A&M vs. No. 3 Ole Miss: 35-20 L — The Aggies dropped their second-straight game Saturday. Kenny Hill threw for 401 yards with two touchdowns in the loss.

2. No. 3 Ole Miss’s 35-20 road win at No. 14 Texas A&M, in which the Rebels scored the first 21 points

15. Ohio State — BYE week, will host Rutgers next weekend.

of the game.

3. No. 5 Baylor’s 61-58 shootout triumph over No. 9 TCU, overcoming a 21-point deficit.

16. Oklahoma State at Kansas: 27-20 W — Oklahoma State held off the upset-minded Jayhawks thanks to a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown from Tyreek Hill with 6:43 left in the fourth quarter.

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17. Kansas State — BYE week, will take on the 11th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners next weekend.

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18. UCLA vs. No. 12 Oregon 42-30 L — The Bruins entered the fourth quarter down 42-10 and fell to the Ducks at home. Paul Perkins ran for 187 yards on 21 carries for UCLA.

3. Florida State 4. Notre Dame Top Three Scoring Offenses 52.7 pts/ game 47.8 pts/ game

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19. East Carolina at South Florida: 28-17 W — ECU scored 14 fourth quarter points, and the final 21 points of the game to get past the Bulls. Breon Allen had 124 rushing yards on 18 attempts with a touchdown for the Pirates.

20. Arizona State — BYE week, will host No. 23 Stanford next week.

21. Nebraska — BYE week, will head to Evanston, Illinois, to take on Northwestern next week.

22. Georgia Tech vs. Duke: 31-25 L — The Blue Devils ended a 10-year losing streak to Georgia Tech with the upset victory, despite being outgained 373483 in total yards.

23. Missouri vs. No. 13 Georgia: 34-0 L — Missouri managed only 147 yards of offense in their deflating loss to Georgia. Quarterback Maty Mauk threw four interceptions with only 97 yards passing.

24. Utah — BYE week, at Oregon State Thursday.

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Saturday: 17-27, 210 yards, 2 TD, 75 rush yards, 2 TDs

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3. Ole Miss at No. 14 Texas A&M: 35-20 W — The Rebels followed up their win over Alabama with a win in College Station, Texas. The Ole Miss defense scored two touchdowns off an interception and a fumble recovery in the Big 12 win.

5. Baylor vs. No. 9 TCU: 61-58 W — The Bears scored the final 24 points of the game to comeback and defeat TCU. Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty threw for 510 yards with six touchdowns.

2. Marcus Mariota – QB, Oregon

5 The number of weeks it took Mississippi State to go from unranked to No. 1 in the AP Poll, the fastest any team has ever ascended to the top spot in the poll. Ohio State set the previous record in 1954 when it moved from unranked to the apex of the poll over the course of six weeks. The Bulldogs have knocked off top-10 teams three weeks in a row to get to No. 1.

25. Stanford vs. Washington State: 34-17 W — Kevin Hogan threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns for the Cardinal, while the Stanford defense held Washington State to negative-26 rushing yards.

Pac 12-North Oregon Stanford Oregon State Washington California Washington State

Conf. W-L 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 1-3

Overall W-L 5-1 4-2 4-1 5-1 4-2 2-5

Pac-South USC Arizona Arizona State Utah UCLA Colorado

W-L 3-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-3

W-L 4-2 5-1 4-1 4-1 4-2 2-4

ACC-Atlantic Florida State Clemson Louisville Boston College Syracuse Wake Forest NC State

Conf. W-L 4-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 0-2 0-2 0-3

Overall W-L 6-0 4-2 5-2 4-2 2-4 2-4 4-3

ACC-Coastal Virginia Georgia Tech Duke Virginia Tech Pittsburgh Miami (FL) North Carolina

W-L 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-2

W-L 4-2 5-1 5-1 4-2 3-3 4-3 2-4

Big Ten-East Michigan State Ohio State Rutgers Maryland Michigan Penn State Indiana

Conf. W-L 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-2

Overall W-L 5-1 4-1 5-1 4-2 3-4 4-2 3-3

Big Ten-West Minnesota Iowa Northwestern Nebraska Wisconsin Purdue Illinois

W-L 2-0 2-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-3

W-L 5-1 5-1 3-3 5-1 4-2 3-4 3-4

Mid-American-East Bowling Green Akron Buffalo Ohio Miami (OH) Massachusetts Kent State

Conf.

3-0 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3

Overall 5-2 4-2 3-4 3-4 1-6 1-6 0-6

Mid-American-West Toledo Central Michigan Northern Michigan Western Michigan Eastern Michigan Ball State

W-L 3-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2

W-L 4-3 4-3 4-2 3-3 2-4 1-5

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FACEBOOK.COM/BADGERHERALD BENEFITS, page 12 game. Last week against Northwestern, Stave had three interceptions with one of them coming in the end zone and another deep in Wisconsin’s own territory.

Stave, who didn’t start for the first five games of the season, noted the importance of preparing as if he was the starter no matter where he found himself on the depth chart.

While the general thought going in he would split time with fellow quarterback Tanner McEvoy, Stave

ultimately played all but one series on offense in what he described as a nice return to the field at Camp Randall.

“It was exciting, it was a very familiar feeling for me, but it never gets old,” Stave said. “Walking over to the stadium on Friday afternoons, going through the game plan one more time, waking up on Saturday mornings, it’s a fun feeling.”

While he missed some opportunities for big plays down the field, Andersen

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emphasized the importance of Stave getting back on the field and experiencing the atmosphere of conferencelevel competition for his development going forward.

“I think Joel’s ability to be in the moment in these Big Ten games is a feel right now that is a positive situation, and I think it’s good to know that he’s been in those moments,” Andersen said. “I think the throws down the field, even though not connected, it’s invaluable.”

Colony helps to expand atmosphere for Badgers Men’s soccer creates new section to bring students closer to action

by Chris Caporale Men’s Soccer Writer

The University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team took matters into its own hands to try to better engage with student fans at its games and created “The Colony.”

Although there have been sections of students at games in the past, The Colony gives the Badgers an official student section that sits, or rather stands, right on top of play behind the opposing goal.

The idea for The Colony began to grow after the Badgers lost to Rutgers three weeks ago in front of a large and energetic crowd in which students received free admission.

Wisconsin head coach John Trask received many compliments about the atmosphere that almost helped Wisconsin pull off a comeback victory.

“Rutgers coaching staff said to us after the game that it was one of the best environments they’ve been in,” Trask said.

“That night was special, and it was on the Big Ten Network and there were a lot of promotions going on, but boy, not just the 12th man of The Colony, the vibe of the whole place, everybody. I had alums come up to me, I had soccer people from the community, I had former players that played for me the past few years just saying, ‘Wow, this was awesome.’”

After a big showing against Rutgers, UW Athletic Department handed out shirts to members of The Colony for the game against St. John’s the following week.

Again, a majority of the bleachers were filled with students behind the opposing goalkeeper.

Trask believed The Colony was beneficial in the strong secondhalf performance for the Badgers in their draw.

Excitement is building around this extremely young Wisconsin team, just as all of the pieces are coming together.

Freshmen forwards Tom

Barlow and Mark Segbers are working well together in the front to create scoring opportunities.

Wisconsin Badgers redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Casey Beyers has been playing aggressively on the defensive side as well.

As the players get comfortable in their roles with the team, results could start turning in favor of the Badgers, who have won one game so far.

The Colony could be the deciding factor for close games at home in the future, with a high-energy environment contributing to the players’ energy as they begin to tire late in games.

“It’s just incredible. It gets you more excited, more willing to play, maybe make an extra run or something, just because of the atmosphere,” junior defender Adam Lauko said.

When the crowd gets into the game, it helps out the Badgers not only offensively, but defensively as well by getting into the goalkeeper ’s head.

“When we are down and momentum is in the other team’s favor, they’re cheering us on and it really helps us out, especially when the other side can really hear them,” Beyers said.

“It’s pretty funny to hear, especially as a goalie, you can appreciate it a little more, but it’s a great time. It makes it feel like a tough game and more exciting and it gives us that extra edge.”

Beyers says goalkeepers try to zone everything out, but it can’t always be done.

Trask also enjoys the creativity that students are able to show through their cheers and chants, but hopes The Colony can change an outdated attitude about the game of soccer and its fans.

“Soccer is a big thing and it’s a social opportunity for people on this campus to get involved in a sport that maybe in the past wasn’t looked at as a real fun

environment,” Trask said.

The Badgers hope students can use this opportunity to become a fan of Wisconsin soccer, but to also become a soccer fan for a long time coming.

“It’s not just potentially being a fan of Wisconsin,” Trask said. “This may be an opportunity where you become a soccer supporter for the rest of your life.”

Soccer fandom in the U.S. has expanded rapidly in recent years, as the U.S. had the second-most fans in Brazil for the World Cup behind the home country of Brazil. Trask said he thinks the strong showing from the World Cup could be one of the factors for increasing support for Wisconsin’s soccer squad.

As far as the student perspective is concerned, sophomore Matt Foster believes The Colony not only benefits the team but allows the students to have a good time at the games as well.

“When a lot of people come, it’s a fun atmosphere, the players feel hyped up, they play for the fans, and it’s a fun time altogether,” Foster said.

The young Badger squad should entertain fans when they come to the McClimon Complex, but Trask realizes the team needs to start winning to build a stronger fan base.

“We’ve got to start winning some games and getting these guys excited.

With this young team that we have, I think they’re pretty exciting to watch play,” Trask said.

The Badgers’ next game at the McClimon Complex in front of The Colony is on Oct. 15, when they take on Loyola-Chicago.

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Volleyball dominates Big Ten’s newcomers Wisconsin drops Rutgers, Maryland in straight sets over weekend

by Elise Romas Volleyball Writer

The No. 6 Wisconsin volleyball team hadn’t won more than three straight Big Ten matches since 2008. That was, until this weekend.

With a three-set sweep of Maryland (25-14, 25-17, 2517) Sunday at the University of Wisconsin Field House, the Badgers (14-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) increased their winning streak to five, their longest since 2007.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield was pleased with the way his team played the entirety of the weekend.

“We practiced really hard this week and I thought we got better,” Sheffield said. “The weekend is where you get judged, and the things that we emphasized this week I saw in our matches.”

A kill from middle blocker Haleigh Nelson got the ball rolling for Wisconsin at the beginning of the first set. After Nelson’s second kill, senior outside hitter Ellen Chapman served for four points, including her first of three aces of the afternoon, giving the Badgers a lead of 6-3.

Later in the first set, right side hitter Courtney Thomas struck a fiery kill that gave Wisconsin a 20-12 lead and forced a timeout from Maryland. Thomas swung at 100 percent during this set, tallying five kills on five attempts. “[Thomas] owned it back there tonight,” Nelson said about her teammate. “It brings a lot to the rest of the team when she can put up big numbers like that and be an emotional leader on the court.”

Eventually, a long out-ofbounds serve by Maryland’s Dani Bozzini ended the first set with a Badger victory with a score of 25-14.

In the second set, Chapman broke through one of five ties with another ace, which put Wisconsin on top of Maryland 3-2. After a few battles between blockers on either team and three hitting errors in a row by Maryland, Terrapins head coach Steve Aird called a timeout with the Badgers leading 11-7.

Thomas was on fire all match.

After middle blocker Dominique Thompson slammed a kill into the back right side of the court, Thomas served an ace, which gave Maryland cause to call another timeout.

Following Maryland’s timeout, setter Lauren Carlini caught the Maryland defense by surprise twice over the course of three plays by dumping the ball and increasing Wisconsin’s lead 19-12.

An attacking error by Maryland’s outside hitter Emily Fraik finished the second set with a score of 25-17 in Badgers’ favor.

There were five ties and three lead changes in the third set until Thomas’ kill out of the back row combined with a brief threepoint serving run that propelled the Badgers to take the lead with a score of 8-7. They never lost the lead again after that.

Scrappy play filled with impressive pick-ups by the Badgers’ back row was polished off by a solo block from Thompson, maintaining Wisconsin’s lead by three points (10-7 Wisconsin).

A missed serve by Bozzini and an attacking error

by Whitney Craigo from Maryland gave the Badgers the opportunity to end the match.

Nelson delivered a kill to cap off the match, as Wisconsin defeated Maryland 25-17.

Badgers top Scarlet Knights Wisconsin rolled over Rutgers Friday evening, dominating the match on the way to a 3-0 win at the UW Field House.

On just the second rally of the match, outside hitter Ellen Chapman nailed a kill off a poor pass.

Following Chapman’s kill, Wisconsin’s setter Lauren Carlini served for five more points, which gave the Badgers a substantial lead of 7-0 early on in set one. Then a kill by Rutgers’ starting freshman left side hitter Meme Fletcher finally ended Carlini’s serving reign of terror at seven straight points.

But then Wisconsin’s blockers stepped up. Right side hitter Courtney Thomas and middle blocker Haleigh Nelson were fierce at the net in terms of blocking and hitting. Together, they had 11 block-assists,

contributing to the overall total of 24 throughout the night.

Nelson then served for eight points, which extended her team’s lead 19-4.

In the first set, the Badgers held Rutgers below 10 points as a kill from Chapman sealed the deal for Wisconsin and they went on to win 25-8 before the clock even struck 7:30 p.m.

The second set became more interesting as head coach Kelly Sheffield started substituting his players more frequently. Kt Kvas effectively served throughout the second and third sets for the Badgers and in the end, served the final four match points of the evening.

“There are more players who are working really hard and allowing us to have the season that we’re having that don’t really get as much playing time as they would on some other teams,” Sheffield said. “So it was really nice to give them some time.”

Other bench players, like sophomore middle blocker Tori Blake, also showcased their athletic abilities. Blake entered the game in the second set and received a kill and a block. She ended the night with two kills, four block-assists and a gleeful expression after every single one.

“When my name was called I was excited,” Blake said with a laugh after the game. “I smiled.

I ran in right away. It’s exciting when things come together and you get to show what you can do.”

Setter Erin Juley entered midway through the second set for Wisconsin and tallied six assists and one kill, which closed up game two, and that play pushed Wisconsin ahead two sets to none.

Rutgers put up a fight during the third set. It was a back and forth battle between the two teams until a few unforced errors by Rutgers combined with Nelson’s serving began to propel the Badgers forward.

It was not until a dynamite kill by Thomas that Wisconsin was able to take a substantial lead of 21-15. After this, Kvas served the remaining points, and an electrifying hit from freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates ended the match with a score of 25-15.

Photo · The Wisconsin men’s soccer team took matters into its own hands to create a student section named The Colony for its home games at the McClimon Soccer Complex.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald

VOLLEYBALL ANALYSIS

Well-balanced team effort pays dividends for UW Wisconsin controls net presence in both matches, while multiple players chip in quality efforts on offense, as Badgers increase win streak to five

by Monica Slather Sports Writer

The No. 6 Wisconsin volleyball team proved it is worthy of its high ranking over the weekend with two quick defeats of Big Ten newcomers Rutgers and Maryland, both of which came in straight sets.

In the weekend finale Sunday afternoon, the Maryland Terrapins (7-10, 0-6 Big Ten) faced the wellprepared Badgers (14-2, 5-1 Big Ten) in front of a sellout crowd of 6,012, and UW earned a 25-14, 25-17, 25-17 win.

“One of the great feelings is walking out in the Field House and hearing people get excited for you and so the fact that we had, again, so many people that are coming out is awesome,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “We appreciate the support and you can tell that there’s momentum that’s behind

us and we don’t take that for granted. We can feel it so we’re very appreciative of that.”

The Badgers certainly did not let down their enthusiastic home crowd with the straight sets win against Maryland. In the first set, the Badgers quickly put the Terrapins away, but the second and third sets saw Maryland rally back and stay with Wisconsin for a good portion of the two sets.

UW senior outside hitter Courtney Thomas had a big day, hitting at an impressive .750 for the match with a team-high nine kills. Thomas has made a name for herself as a well-rounded player that not only always puts forth great effort on the court, but is also praised as an “emotional leader” by her teammates.

“It wasn’t just her hitting percentage,” Sheffield said when asked about Thomas’s successful game.

“One of the things she hasn’t been very good at is implementing off-speed shots into her game and she came out and I think three of her kills were offspeed shots, roll shots or tips, and that’s exciting.

I told her if she gets good at that, it will change her game. It’ll be a game changer because everyone can just dig in on her and they know she’s just about bringing heat all the time.

She’s one of the people that I’m excited about that’s adding more tools to the toolbox.”

The middle blockers for the Badgers, Dominique Thompson and Haleigh Nelson, also dominated the court, not only Sunday but over the course of the entire weekend.

Of the 14 block-assists Wisconsin had against the Terrapins, Nelson and Thompson combined for seven of them, with Nelson totaling six blockassists Friday night against

Rutgers. The pair also had an outstanding couple of games in the hitting department with a total of 14 kills on 23 chances Sunday and nine kills from Nelson Friday night.

Focusing on her hitting game paid off for Nelson over the weekend.

“Slides are something I’ve really been working on in practice lately, hitting all types of different shots and not just in one area of the court over and over,” Nelson said. “So tonight I really just tried to spread the ball around and show them different looks behind the setter.”

Sophomore setter Lauren Carlini also contributed a great deal to Wisconsin’s victory over Maryland and the solid weekend. Not only did Carlini have 33 assists but she also played intelligently, dumping several of her sets over the net to throw off Maryland’s blockers, which resulted in four kills. Although Carlini

had a rather quiet night in the assist category Friday, finishing with just 22, she compiled 11 digs to earn her 10th double-double of the season.

As was the trend with Nelson and Thompson, both victories were in large part due to Wisconsin’s overall effective hitting and blocking. The Badgers showed versatility on the court through their middle blockers switching where they hit from, benefited by Carlini’s many successful tips and dumps. In all three matches Sunday, Wisconsin hit more than .350 with only 11 total errors on 79 total attacking attempts.

Both Maryland and Rutgers just could not keep up with the dominant Badgers, and both of UW’s opponents played sloppily for large portions of the matches. The Terrapins had 20 errors over the three sets and failed to hit above .100 in any of them,

while the Scarlet Knights also had 20 errors and hit less than .200 in all three sets.

However, Sheffield said the errors did not impact the way his team executed its own play.

“We didn’t really talk about their errors at all,” Sheffield said. “Courtney [Thomas] was right, we talked about what we need to do, what they’re trying to do and what we need to do. We don’t really talk about other team’s errors or any previous play that we do. We try to keep our mind in the present and the future rather than the past: this is what they’re likely to do right now and this is what we need to do right now. It’s more that type of communication.”

Despite Wisconsin’s limited history against its new Big Ten foes, the Badgers heeded Sheffield’s advice on the way to two impressive, all-around team wins.

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Badgers run behind Gordon to win over Illini Illinois mounts late comeback in fourth quarter, but tail back’s 175 yards and four touchdowns too much to overcome

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

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There were plenty of questions surrounding the Wisconsin football this week after their Big Ten opener loss to Northwestern last Saturday.

But for the time being, some doubt can be put to rest as the Badgers (42, 1-1 Big Ten) bounced back, defeating the Illinois Fighting Illini (3-4, 0-3 Big Ten) Saturday by a score of 38-28 at Camp Randall Stadium.

“It’s great to win; bottom line,” Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen said. “I’m excited about it.

Great victory in front of a tremendous crowd.”

It was once again the Melvin Gordon show at Camp Randall as he rushed for 178 yards on 27 attempts and scored four touchdowns.

Gordon’s first touchdown of the day, which came from 15 yards out, put UW up early in the first quarter, 7-0. However, the upsetminded Illini would battle back and take a 14-7 lead on the Badgers after two touchdown throws from quarterback Reilly O’Toole.

Both scoring drives for Il Illinois in the first quarter s started in Wisconsin te territory.

But after Illinois took th lead, Wisconsin would the g on to score the next 31 go p points of the game to take a c commanding 38-14 lead.

Gordon found the e end zone for his second s score of the game in the s second quarter on a sixy yard rush. The touchdown

capped off a 10-play, 75yard drive for the Badgers that was aided by three straight completions from quarterback Joel Stave to tight end Sam Arneson.

Stave, who made his first start of the season Saturday, saw the drive that ended in Gordon’s second touchdown of the day as one where the offense really started to click. Stave finished the day 7-for-14 for 73 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions, but four of Stave’s seven completions came on the drive that tied the game at 14.

“Yeah I felt good that drive,” Stave said. “I felt like we were really able to get something … that was the [drive] with the quarter change in the middle, but we hit the big third down to Alex Erickson on third and 10 and that’s absolutely what we needed because after going three-and-out on the drive before that, that’s what we needed was to get the ball moving.”

The two-quarterback system that was expected coming into Saturday’s game ended up being more one-sided with Stave taking the majority of the snaps as quarterback.

Tanner McEvoy did, however, take over after the 10-play, 75-yard drive and led the Badgers on an 11-play, 50yard drive of his own in which he ran for 13 yards and completed three passes for 24 yards. The drive ended on a missed 47yard field goal by Rafael Gaglianone. It was the only action McEvoy saw during the day.

After the stalled drive led

by McEvoy, the Badgers’

defense turned the tables and made a huge play on fourth down. With Illinois driving down the field, looking to take a 21-14 lead, Vince Biegel stuffed Illinois running back Josh Ferguson on a fourth down and two run on the Wisconsin 36yard line that gave the ball back to the Badgers.

“Very proud of the fourth down stop that shifted the momentum back in our favor,” Andersen said. “[Biegel] made that play on fourth down and we were able to get 10 points quickly.”

It did not take long for the Badgers to respond after the fourth down stop as they needed just two plays to score and regain the lead. Kenzel Doe took an end around on the first play for 34 yards before Gordon added his third rushing score of the day from 30 yards out that put Wisconsin back on top at 21-14 with more than two minutes left in the first half.

The Badgers would then tack on a 44-yard field goal from Gaglianone just before the end of the second quarter to take a 24-14 advantage at halftime. The field goal was set up by a 46-yard run from Gordon that put him over the 1,000 yard plateau for the season, making him the fastest player in program history to eclipse the century mark in a season.

In the second half, the Badgers would score the only points of the third quarter and the first touchdown of the final quarter. In the third, Gordon added his fourth and final touchdown of the game

on a one-yard run, before fellow running back Corey Clement busted off a 72yard rushing touchdown to put the Badgers up for good, 38-14, just 10 seconds into the final quarter of play.

However, Illinois would not go down without a fight and rattled off 14 straight points after the Clement touchdown to pull with 10 at 38-28. An interception

by Peniel Jean off Illinois quarterback Aaron Bailey at the 2:10 mark of the fourth quarter ultimately put an end to any comeback attempt from the Illini and sealed the deal for Wisconsin’s first Big Ten win this season.

“It means a lot to come back after a loss and be able to bounce back like that,” Gordon said. “It just shows what kind of team we are.

So I’m glad guys came out here. It was a little shaky but we got the win and that’s all we can ask for.”

Gordon and Clement admitted they were looking forward to going up against the Big Ten’s worst rushing defense. The Illini came into Saturday’s game giving up a conference worst 249.5 rushing yards per game.

They gave up a total of 401 rushing yards to the Badgers Saturday including a careerhigh 164 rushing yards to Clement.

“We knew we were going to run the ball,” Gordon said. “We knew we could do that against Illinois.

“We were excited.

We knew we’d get after [Illinois] a little bit.”

Unlike the rush defense for the Illini, their passing attack came into Saturday’s game as the best in the Big

Ten, averaging 332.8 passing yards per game. While Illinois starting quarterback Wes Lunt missed Saturday’s game with a broken leg, the Wisconsin defense still held both O’Toole and Bailey to only 137 total passing yards and sacked them a total of six times. Leon Jacobs, who filled in as linebacker due to injuries to both Marcus Trotter and Derek Landisch, recorded a team-high 12 tackles and led the Badgers with 1.5 sacks.

For Landisch, despite giving up 14 fourth quarter points to Illinois, he was happy with the defensive pressure they got on Illinois.

“Coach Aranda kind of got after [Illinois] as far as some of our pressures and stuff,” Landisch said. “We got some sacks, got some hits on the quarterback and that’s something we always want to do and affecting the quarterback was a big goal of ours coming into this week.”

The Badgers will enter their second and final bye week of the season after the win over Illinois Saturday.

Awaiting them after the bye week will be the alwaystough road that is the remaining Big Ten schedule, beginning with conference newcomer Maryland Oct. 25.

Photo · With his 175 yards Saturday against Illinois, Melvin Gordon (25) went over the 1,000 yard mark for the season, the fastest any UW back has reached the rushing milestone.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald

FOOTBALL ANALYSIS

Lack of turnovers benefits Wisconsin in triumph Despite just 73 yards through the air on seven completions from quarterback Joel Stave, he does not get intercepted in first start of year

by Jamie DeGraff Football Writer

While a dominating rushing attack can almost always be counted on for the Wisconsin football team, it only means so much when turnovers start to rack up. Following a fourinterception performance in their loss against Northwestern last weekend, the Badgers bounced back with a clean slate, not turning the ball over once in their 38-28 defeat of Illinois this Saturday.

Per usual for a game in the comfortable confines of Camp Randall, the Badgers’ rushing attack of Melvin Gordon and Corey Clement was relentless, bashing the Illini’s front seven to the tune of 401 yards rushing.

Wasting no time, the Badgers stormed out of the

gate with a six-play, 80-yard touchdown drive consisting of all rushes and no passes to take the 7-0 lead.

Due to the effectiveness of the run-game early, it wasn’t until a third and long on the Badgers third drive of the game that quarterback Joel Stave’s number was called to drop back and pass, which resulted in an incompletion and the subsequent punt.

However, on the Badgers fourth possession, Stave was instrumental to the team’s second touchdown drive of the game, completing a key 10-yard pass to Alex Erickson on a 3rd and 9 and another 22-yard strike to Sam Arneson that set up the tying touchdown by Gordon early in the second quarter.

Looking back at the offense’s performance against Northwestern, Gordon credited the

improvement of ball control in the Badgers’ 38-point bounce-back effort, as the team had zero giveaways during the day. Despite racking up 259 yards against the Wildcats last weekend, Gordon was limited to just one score, and the team as a whole to a measly 14 points.

“It’s big because when you turn over the ball like that, it’s hard to win ball games,” Gordon said. “So you have to do your best to keep the ball in your possession and try to score, but when you turn over the ball, it’s just hard to win.

You give them a short field and it’s just tough in this conference.”

While turnovers weren’t the cause, the Badgers still had issues with giving the Illinois offense short fields in the beginning of the game. The combination of two short drives with poor

starting field position and ineffective punts gave the Illini two different starting drives inside the Wisconsin 50 in the first quarter alone.

On both occasions, Illinois marched down the field with two short drives that ended in touchdown passes from quarterback Reilly O’Toole.

The Badgers front seven didn’t have an answer for the Illini rushing attack early in the game, as O’Toole and running back Josh Ferguson combined for seven carries and 59 yards in the first quarter. With the score tied at 14 late in the second quarter, the Badgers had forced the Illini into a fourth and two from the Wisconsin 36. The Illini’s decision to go for it set up what was the defining play of the afternoon.

The play call was a standard run up the middle

with Ferguson, and a battle of sheer strength between the offensive and defensive fronts. Recognizing the play early, outside linebacker Vince Biegel immediately stuffed the lane and stopped Ferguson for no gain.

Immediately following the turnover on downs was a 34 yard-rush from receiver Kenzel Doe, and a 30yard touchdown run from Gordon to seal the deal. In more than 35 seconds, the Badgers went from being in danger of trailing the Illini to taking a 7-point lead.

Biegel’s fourth down stop was one of six tackles he had on the day in what Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen believed was one of his best days as a Badger. Biegel’s teammate, safety Michael Caputo, said that drive stood out above the rest in dictating the direction of the game.

“That was the momentum shift for the game I really thought,” Caputo said. “It was big, every drive counts, but I feel like that one was very significant in the momentum turn and just turning the whole morale in our direction.”

Although the rushing attack lead the way on both of Wisconsin’s second half scoring drives, Stave showed an improved presence in the pocket and didn’t try to force any throws into coverage.

While his numbers weren’t spectacular by any means, finishing the game 7-14 with 73 yards and no touchdown passes, Stave helped the Badgers maintain their lead and didn’t make it easy for the Illini offense to move down the field, as he didn’t turn the ball over once all

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