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IS WALKER UNSTOPPABLE? Gov. Scott Walker won his third election in four years Tuesday.

Inside, a breakdown of how he did it.

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UW Health bans sale of sweetened drinks, soda Hospitals offer alternative options to sugary beverages in cafeterias, catering, vending machines, in effort to encourage healthy lifestyles

by Riley Vetterkind Reporter

No soda allowed for University of Wisconsin Health-- well, sort of.

UW Health will fully implement a ban on the sale of sugary beverages, including soda, sweetened juices, energy drinks and sweetened teas and coffees at UW Hospital and Clinics, American Family Children’s Hospital and UW Medical Foundation buildings by the

end of the year.

However, although cafeterias, vending machines, inpatient catering and administrative offices will no longer provide sweetened beverages for sale, employees and patients are still permitted to carry in their beverages of choice, UW Health Dietitian Cassie Vanderwall said.

The ban is part of an effort to encourage healthier lifestyle choices by making it easier for them to make

the right nutritional choices while on UW Health’s campuses.

“As an institution that provides medical and health care, we want to create an environment that helps to empower and enable our patients, our families and our employees to make the healthy decisions that we are encouraging,” Vanderwall said.

UW Health officials first began considering changes to their

beverage offerings two years ago upon reviewing the practices of health institutions across the nation. Earlier this year officials decided to go forward with the proposal after conducting a survey, and realizing that the institution’s goal of offering a 60 to 40 percent ratio of healthy to non-healthy beverages was not being met, Vanderwall said.

“In the last three months, we drafted a timeline for the

High-rise in works for Mifflin area

phase in and phase out of sugar sweetened beverages with healthier alternatives,” Vanderwall said. “If we were taking away a sweet tea, we wanted to provide a tea that was also sweet in flavor or infused with a non-nutritive sweetener … that would not be linked to poor health outcomes.”

UW Health does not expect the ban on sweetened beverages to reduce revenue, Vanderwall said. To encourage clientele to purchase the new, healthier beverages offered, UW Health has decided to subsidize its healthier products,

especially the 60 percent of items that exceed the guidelines of the “My Smart Choice” campaign that UW Health uses, Vanderwall said.

The initial reaction of clientele to the new changes has been largely positive, although some have complained about the newfound lack of offerings, Vanderwall said.

In light of UW Health’s ban on the sales of sugary beverages, officials at university dining halls are seeking to also provide healthy options for

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Multi-million dollar student housing proposed on Bedford St., set to attract ‘Epic generation’

by Daniel McKay City Editor

Madison could see a new multi-million dollar apartment rising up near campus, as a new proposal looks to bring a high-rise to Bedford Street by the 2016 school year.

The early designs for the building were presented before the Mifflin West district, part of the Capitol Neighborhood Association, during a neighborhood meeting Wednesday. The apartment will be located at 114 N. Bedford St., behind the Madison Metropolitan School District building and at the corner of Mifflin and Bedford Streets.

CA Ventures, a student housing developer, and architectural firm Shepley Bulfinch are teaming up on the project. Both companies have worked on similar projects across the country at schools like Duke, Harvard and Purdue University.

The building is expected to be primarily eight to 10 stories at the highest, Tom Chinnock of Shepley Bulfinch said. Chinnock said the initial room count is 185 units with 383 beds, along with 140 parking units and 237 spaces on bike racks.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he thinks the project is a promising new development for the area.

“I don’t want to pre-judge the proposal in advance of future neighborhood meetings, but at first glance the project meets all the requirements of the city’s zoning code,” Verveer said.

“The details are going to be extremely important. I would say that my initial conversation with the developer indicates that they appreciate the special, unique nature of the Mifflin neighborhood.”

Verveer said the developers are working to set back the building enough that the height of the apartment will not

overshadow or interfere with the feel of the neighborhood.

While it is too early for a definite price tag, Verveer said the land alone is worth millions, and the apartment complex will be more like Lucky or the new Hub housing complexes.

Students and young professionals are expected to be the primary tenants at the new apartment, Chinnock said. However, some members of the neighborhood committee said they worried about the city’s big focus on the young professional demographic, or what some call the Epic generation.

“Everyone is building for the ‘Epicons,’ the young professionals,” Peggy Lemahieu, resident of Mifflin neighborhood, said. “I’m a skeptic. I have a hard time believing we’re going to be renting out all of what’s going on downtown.”

Other concerns some committee members

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expressed were the high number of parking spaces for a primarily studentfocused apartment, as well as the need to be creative with the design so that the apartment stands out from all the other new downtown housing developments.

Lemahieu said as a member of the Mifflin neighborhood, she is getting tired of seeing every new housing unit look like “a blob.”

“I have to say, every new building looks the same to me … It’s time to be creative, please. We want to make this a high-density area, let’s make it a nice looking, attractive, creative highdensity area,” she said.

Unlike other area apartment complexes, the developers said they do not have plans yet for any retail space on the first floor, though the neighborhood members urged them to consider adding a small cafe

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Walker triumphs over Burke in GOP sweep Governor re-elected with 5.7 percentage point margin, lower Democratic turnouts from Milwaukee, Dane counties

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It was a neck-and-neck race for several polls, but Tuesday’s midterm elections left Wisconsin Democrats devastated, once again unable to defeat Gov. Scott Walker.

Republicans nearly swept every statewide office on the ballot, re-electing Walker to a second term and increasing their majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.

“Overwhelmingly, the state said we get things done,” Walker told his cabinet at a Wednesday afternoon meeting.

For much of the race, Walker and his Democratic challenger Mary Burke had been deadlocked, tying each other in several polls. But the final Marquette University Law School poll found Walker up by seven percentage points among likely voters.

Walker ended up winning his re-election Tuesday with 52.3 percent of the vote, while Burke got 46.6 percent, according to unofficial results compiled by the Associated Press.

That’s a 5.7 percentage point margin — about the same as Walker’s margin of victory when he was first elected in 2010. Walker won his 2012 recall election by 6.8 points.

Part of the reason Burke lost was the lower turnout typical of midterm elections, as lower turnout often favors Republicans and makes it an “uphill battle” for Democrats, University of WisconsinLa Crosse political science professor Timothy Dale said. “[Burke’s campaign hoped] they were going to substantially change those turnout demographics … and it just didn’t happen,” Dale said. “We really saw basically the same electorate that turned out in 2010. We wouldn’t really expect a different result if we’re running the election with the same people who are voting.”

The governor’s race drew 54.25 percent of the state’s voters, or about 2.4 million

voters, according to the Government Accountability Board, which oversees state elections.

Not counting the recall election in 2012, Tuesday’s turnout percentage was the highest in a governor’s race since 1962.

Tuesday’s turnout numbers were nowhere near that of a presidential year, and they also didn’t surpass the 57.8 percent of voters who turned out for the 2012 recall election, in which Walker became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall challenge.

Burke didn’t turn out as many voters Tuesday in the state’s two largest counties, both of which are reliably Photo · While Walker fell Democratic. short on his 2010 promise In Dane County, Burke’s to deliver 250,000 jobs, home county, there were 803 Wisconsin voters chose to fewer Democratic voters than look ahead rather than hold when Milwaukee Mayor Tom his record against him.

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Walker again in the Nonetheless, those voters 2012 recalls. alone would not have been In total, Walker won enough to decide the election. 56 of Wisconsin’s 72 Walker took many of the counties, with most state’s swing counties, some of of those counties them with large margins. The supporting him in his swing counties, which switch 2012 and 2010 elections, between choosing Democrats as well. Burke won 16 and Republicans depending on counties, picking up the election, included Racine four more counties County, the Fox Valley counties for Democrats from in the northeastern part of Barrett’s 2012 loss.

Wisconsin and other counties Walker won among spread throughout the state. suburban and rural Walker’s margins were high voters, with 57 percent in the Fox Valley, winning 58.3 and 58 percent of percent of the vote in Brown those voters supporting him, County and 59.5 percent of the according to exit polling vote in Outagamie County, for from Edison Research. Burke, example. meanwhile, won 61 percent of “He definitely did better voters who live in cities with across the board in those swing more than 50,000 people. counties than people had The exit polls also suggest anticipated,” UW-Madison a gender gap that turned to political science professor Walker’s favor. Although David Canon said. he lost women voters by 9 Walker also won both percentage points, Walker Kenosha and Racine counties made up for it with a 21-point Tuesday, the two southeastern advantage among male voters. counties between Milwaukee Burke won voters whose and the Illinois border. Barrett, family income is less than a Democrat, had narrowly $50,000, while Walker won won Kenosha County in 2010 voters with incomes above but lost it when he ran against that. Walker also won 54

percent of independent voters, while Burke got 43 percent.

Forty-seven percent of voters in the exit poll said the economy is performing better than four years ago. Walker won 80 percent of those voters.

Twenty-one percent of voters said the state’s economy is doing about the same, and that group favored Burke with 58 percent. Burke won overwhelmingly among the 32 percent of voters who said the state’s economy is worse.

Walker did not meet his 2010 promise that the state would gain 250,000 private

sector jobs in his first four years. Democrats slammed him for that throughout the race, but that might not have swayed enough voters, Dale said.

“The question isn’t just, ‘What have you done the last four years,’ but, ‘Who do people trust going forward?’”

Dale said. “Even if people were unhappy with the progress of the economy, and they think they could be better, they’re still asking themselves who they’d rather have. It’s not just about the record, although that’s part of it.”

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Grant highlights career options for minorities Federal funding looks to increase number of young Native Americans in health care professions

by Emily Neinfeldt Reporter

University of Wisconsin has received a federal grant to partner with five Native American tribes in hopes of increasing the number of young Native Americans pursuing a career in the medical field.

The grant’s main goal is to improve the process by which pre-college Native American students can become professionals in the health care field, Tim Frandy, staff member for the Native American Center for Health Professions, said.

Having somebody from different demographic categories in any clinic is a good idea because it bolsters doctor-patient relationships

and increases the level of trust, Casey Schmitt, UW expert on Native American representation, said.

“The Native American community, not just in Wisconsin but nationwide, has wrestled with various health issues that are specific to Native American populations, high rates of diabetes and obesity, for instance,” Schmitt said.

The request for this grant came from Indian Health Services and was founded by Melissa Greendeer and Erik Brodt, who put together an application to receive this grant in August, Frandy said. The Native American Center for Health Professions only received formal news recently of its acceptance, he said.

“Right now there are

huge disparities in native communities and there aren’t a lot of native doctors in our region,” Frandy said.

“Even as far as the U.S. goes, Wisconsin has one of the poorest performance pathways.”

The Native American Center for Health Professions is partnering with Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE), which is an organization for underrepresented and minority students, Frandy said.

“There will be work done in native heavy and reservation communities,” Frandy said. “That’s one thing, getting people interested in college and understanding what they

need to do to get enrolled at UW-Madison, as well as getting people comfortable with the financial aid component and what the financial side will look like.”

It’s important to serve all the people of the state and one big problem Wisconsin has right now in terms of health equity are in American Indian communities, Frandy said.

One of the best solutions to this problem is to get more Native Americans in leadership positions so they can work on these problems as cultural insiders, Frandy said.

“It makes a big difference to have a young native person who can look up to a doctor that is native and say, ‘That could be me,’” Frandy said. “At the university we

need to represent all the interested people of the state. This is just one small part of that.”

The successfulness of this grant depends on how the money is allocated, Schmitt said.

The federal government can issue a grant but it comes down to how the grant money is used and who is in charge of distributing it, Schmitt said.

“I think it could really help if used in the right way, if it’s given to people who are not just familiar with the medical field but with the various communities here in Wisconsin who need access to that money,” Schmitt said. “If you give the money to someone who knows how to make those connections, I think it could really help.”

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Women’s business center opens Wisconsin branch Chicago-based non-profit begins offering certification for femaleowned companies in WI in effort to increase their economic impact

by Samantha Becker Reporter

SODA, page 1 students, but do not see themselves following the measures taken at UW Health, according to Julie Luke, the associate director of Dining and Culinary Services for university housing.

At university dining halls, an array of options are offered, but instead of banning unhealthy items, they emphasize the placement of healthy options, such as the salad bar and milk, in heavier

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The designs are still in the very early stages of development, but Chris Johnson, senior project manager of CA Ventures,

traffic areas to encourage their sale, Luke said.

Because of the significant profit margin made on sodas, Luke said the university residence halls will continue to sell them because the revenues can help keep the prices of healthier options low.

“Success is having a dining hall that has the options that students are looking for to best fit their lifestyle,” Luke said. “It is clearly important that we have healthy options. Up to this point in time, we

said he expects the project to start moving along swiftly if they are aiming for a fall 2016 opening.

Though the firms are no strangers to college housing developments, this is the first time they are bringing their designs to Madison.

Female business owners in Wisconsin will gain greater access to contacts, contracts and capital with the expansion of the Women’s Business Development Center, which officially began this month.

The Chicago-based center, which certifies businesses owned by women and works to increase their impact on the economy, began its expansion into Wisconsin this month.

The non-profit center operates under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, which is located in Washington, DC. The WBDC has served more than 72,000 individuals since its founding in 1986, Director of Marketing and Communications for WBDC Bethany Hartley, said.

“The WBDC is all about access – access to information, contracts, contacts and capital,” Hartley said.

“We provide a portfolio of business-building tools and advanced business ownership education to help clients win contracts that lead to sustainable business growth and financial success.”

Woman Business Enterprises can become certified with the WBDC through a rigorous and

Photo · Despite UW Health’s ban, the university’s residence halls will continue to sell sugary beverages and use the revenue to subsidize healthier options.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald have always had a mix [of options] based on what the residents are looking for, and to have the choices there rather than deliberately engineering the choices for health.”

Verveer said the developers would not be approaching this project without supportive market research, citing the historically low downtown apartment vacancy rates as a key factor for choosing Madison.

County seeks to update outdated Alliant Center Budget amendment sets aside $300,000 to study city’s largest venue, increase connection, integration with Madison community

by Hayley Sperling Herald Contributor

Though the Alliant Energy Center has been Madison’s premier venue for concerts, meetings and other events for years, a new Dane County budget amendment will set aside $300,000 for a study of the venue is looking to help update the out-of-date facilities.

Robin Schmidt, Dane County Board supervisor for District 24, said she hopes the planned studies will provide valuable insight that will allow for a revitalization of the Alliant Energy Center.

“The study is intended to look at how can we make that facility more of an economic center and a gateway into the city of Madison and maximize earning potential of the facility itself,” Schmidt said.

Schmidt said the studies in total will cost $300,000, which will be split evenly between the facility improvements and maximizing profits. The budget will go into effect on

Jan. 1, 2015.

Deb Archer, president and CEO of the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the studies are also aimed at providing valuable market insight for the Alliant Energy Center in the future.

Archer said one of the most successful markets that the Alliant Energy Center caters to is concerts.

Though the Alliant Energy Center is one of Madison’s largest venues, the center itself is underutilized and not up to today’s standards in terms of energy efficiency, amenities and proper rigging for concerts, Schmidt said.

However, currently the venue does not have the proper loading docks that would make the set up for large scale concerts efficient.

The lack of these loading docks has been a hindrance to the venue, because if the Alliant Energy Center did have the docks, then more large-scale concerts would be able to come and make a profit, Schmidt said.

“We have some great

partners with Frank Productions, who can bring larger concerts here, but we have to have a facility, if we are going to do that, that has the amenities so that they can come in, set up their show up the way they want it to be without having to deal with the more antiquated technology that they have now,” Schmidt said.

Looking ahead, market analysis and making enhancements or changes to the existing structure could lead to many new opportunities for the venue, Archer said.

Along with studies to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the Alliant Energy Center and market analysis, Schmidt said she hopes to get the people of the Madison community excited about the future of the center and the possibilities that the future will hold.

Currently the Alliant Energy Center is a “very awkward campus,” Schmidt

said. There is no access to pedestrians or bikes, making the connection between the community and the center much more difficult.

The hope is to connect the Alliant Energy Center with the rest of Madison so that it is a hub for private-public partnerships, Schmidt said.

stringent certification process to confirm the business is owned, managed and controlled by a woman or women, Hartley said.

Certifications can be used by a business to gain access to WBDC Corporate Partners and several other government agencies. In addition, there are over 10,000 certified WBEs that can work together on joint venture opportunities.

So far, the WBDC has certified just 135 businesses in Wisconsin, Hartley said.

In contrast, 400 WBEs have been certified in Minnesota, where a staffed office has existed for 10 years. The Wisconsin expansion will focus on advancing the WBE Certification Program.

“It is hoped that a WBDC presence in Wisconsin will lead to more women-owned businesses being certified,” Hartley said. “The initial meeting in Milwaukee is the first of several workshops and other events that it will hold for Wisconsin women business owners.”

The long-term impact of the expansion is unknown, but Hartley and the WBDC are optimistic. She said ultimately, WBDC hopes to work in collaboration with the valuable economic development resources already in the communities to provide another benefit to women business owners that will hopefully lead to job creation and fuel economic growth.

“I really feel like [the center] is a connection between city and county,” Schmidt said. “I think that is one of the things that that facility does; it brings the rural interface into a more urban area, and that’s really important for everyone to see how we’re connected.”

Several Wisconsin businesses have already benefited from the WBE Certification Program.

Abby Binder is the owner of Abby Windows LLC in Milwaukee, which has a WBE certification.

“I wanted one because, being a woman-owned business, I felt like it was important to get certified and prove that it is a woman-owned business,” Binder said.

Having a WBE certification also provides Abby Windows with benefits and additional access in contracting and bidding for projects.

Because there are so many benefits to being certified, the process is quite lengthy, Binder said.

She said she needed to provide information about profit loss statements, taxes, registration, annual revenue and employees in order to get certified.

“They approve you, and then every year you have to send them a new statement of the company’s financials,” Binder said.

“Every two years you have to pay to renew the certification.”

Hartley said with its expansion, the WBDC intends to help even more woman-owned businesses in Wisconsin gain WBE certifications and provide them with opportunities they may not have otherwise.

Photo · Dane County officials hope to make Alliant Energy Center into a hub for private and public business partnerships.

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UW budget request may be ‘tough ask’ Top GOP lawmaker says increase in funding for System will be ‘difficult sell’ in Capitol

by Polo Rocha Digital Managing Editor

University of Wisconsin System’s request for $95.2 million more in state funding next year will be a “tough ask,” a top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday.

State Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, who co-chairs the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, said he respects UW System President Ray Cross’ efforts to reach out to lawmakers, but has told him the UW System’s request would be a “difficult sell.”

The UW System has asked Gov. Scott Walker for $95.2 million more in tax dollars in the state’s next biennial budget that will be unveiled next year. The request comes after a two-year tuition freeze in the last budget, which stemmed from revelations of a roughly

$650 million surplus in the UW System.

“I think I made it pretty clear to him that was probably the most difficult sell for us,” Nygren told reporters Wednesday. “It’s his job and the job of his staff for the next few months to continue to lobby for their asks in the budget. But I would say asking the Legislature to basically backfill the tuition freeze ... is a pretty tough ask, but we’re open-minded.”

Cross said in an August statement the UW System’s request for more funding would go toward talent development, which would include improving math remediation and making transferring schools easier.

“We have a talent gap in Wisconsin, and it’s holding back our economy,” Cross said.

“To grow, our economy badly needs more highimpact talent.”

The Assembly Republican caucus recently released their agenda for the upcoming legislative session, and it includes extending the tuition freeze for the UW System’s in-state undergraduate students.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, who noted he is a former UW System regent, said lawmakers will also ensure the UW System prioritizes on efforts to grow the economy. “[We need] to ensure that people who are in the UW System are actually teaching and they’re not using their time for purposes that don’t directly impact the lives in a positive way of students,” Vos said. “Of course I want research, but I want to have research done in a way that focuses on growing our economy — not on, you know, ancient mating habits or whatever.”

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca,

D-Kenosha, has slammed the majority’s plans, saying it “double[s] down on the same failed agenda.”

Barca said in a statement last month the Democrats’ approach of “investing in the middle class” would boost the economy.

“It appears Republicans have no intention of prioritizing support for our public schools, ensuring affordable health care coverage or many other important issues that are the building blocks of a strong middle class,” Barca said.

Vos spoke a day after Republicans increased their majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, saying it’s “an exciting time to be a conservative Republican.”

As for whether the state will accept the Medicaid expansion it refused last year, Vos said, “No. Period.”

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Democratic Party needs to revamp strategy in Wisconsin In light of Gov. Scott Walker’s second re-election Tuesday, challengers must change ineffective ‘anti-Republican’ campaign tactics

by Adam Johnson Contributor

Democrats across the country are feeling the hangover of one of the most disastrous elections in recent memory. Sweeping Republican victories in key elections, including the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, iced Tuesday’s electoral cake for the Party of Teflon; no matter what Democrats throw at Republicans, nothing sticks on Election Day. Gov. Scott Walker has now won three elections in four years. Despite the anger in Madison, the lesson here is the Democratic Party of Wisconsin cannot build a stable strategy centered on being anti-“insert Republican boogeyman.”

The upside to an otherwise miserable election is there is another election in two years where the climate will be more favorable to Democrats. Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson rode a Republican wave to election in 2010 and will be up for re-election in 2016.

With the Democratic vote usually more likely to turn out during presidential elections, Johnson is beatable, but DPW needs to find a candidate.

The previous high-profile gubernatorial candidates have proved lackluster in unseating Walker. While Tom Barrett and Mary Burke are fine individuals, did anyone vote for either candidate because of their policies, or did they get votes because they were not named Scott Walker?

Wisconsin doesn’t boast a deep Democratic bench of quality statewide candidates, and a new cohort will need to step up

to avoid an embarrassing 2016 where the Democrats fail to unseat the spectacularly unremarkable Johnson.

Here are a few of my early favorites to challenge Johnson in 2016. Each of these could mount a serious campaign on their own merit and win, especially in a presidential year.

Former Sen. Russ Feingold is the early favorite to run in 2016. He’s still popular, he’s experienced and he could get national groups riled up for a good old-fashioned progressive.

His values as a liberal senator are unquestioned and he has the name recognition to quickly tighten the race, but the real question is if he wants to run again at all, or if he has sights set on a higher office. Many on the left are skeptical of Hillary Clinton for not being the progressive they want leaving Feingold an opening. If he does run for Senate, however, he should be an instant frontrunner as polling from April shows him up 6 percent on Johnson.

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, has been a staple of the Wisconsin Congressional delegation since he was elected in 1997. He has consistently performed well in his district against numerous opponents including surviving several Republican waves in 2010 and 2014. His resume also reads like a fictional legislator ’s dossier: Harvard quarterback, Master ’s Degree from London School of Economics, tough-oncrime prosecutor in La Crosse, congressman for 18 years. Deciding not to challenge U.S. Sen.

Tammy Baldwin for the 2012 Democratic Senate nomination, Kind is the “next batter up” for the DPW. He is young enough – 51 – to have several terms, and like Feingold, is more progressive than many Democrats in Washington, DC. However, Kind currently has a good gig in La Crosse and it may be difficult to convince him that a statewide race with uncertain results is a better than keeping western Wisconsin under a representative who can certainly keep it blue. If he does decide to run, polling from April has him keeping pace with Johnson.

Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Steven’s Point certainly has the public service background to step in on day one and succeed. She also is from a blue pocket in a sea of red that is absolutely crucial in determining how Wisconsin swings. In a presidential year I think the Democrats would see good turnout for a hometown candidate.

My biggest concern is whether she can generate the national level support to compete financially with Johnson.

Kind and Feingold are better positioned to garner big donor support, but Lassa is a smart woman who we will be seeing in some future election.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is a dark horse candidate right now.

Chisholm, the top cop in arguably Wisconsin’s most active prosecutor ’s office, has made a name for himself prosecuting violent crime in Milwaukee and, more recently, the

John Doe investigations against former members of Walker ’s staff that have led to four felony convictions thus far. Chisholm’s biggest drawback - besides likely getting walloped - is that he is from Milwaukee, an area bound to vote for a Democrat anyway, and Milwaukee and Madison Democrats don’t always perform well statewide.

Others like Wisconsin Rep. Peter Barca, Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris, former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and

Wisconsin Sen. Kathleen Vinehout may emerge as candidates.

If I were a betting man, I would put early money on Kind being the eventual nominee but much can happen in two years. I think Kind brings a great background to the table and has shown he can win in a Republican climate.

We need a candidate who is progressive, strong and can stand on their own in a state tired of hearing about Walker. It cannot be another anti-Walker race in 2016 or it will end like all of the

Photo · Democrat Mary Burke’s attempt to unseat Republican incumbent Scott Walker was unsuccessful due to flawed campain strategies.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald anti-Walker races have: in Republican victory.

Adam Johnson (amjohnson25@wisc.edu) is a graduate student at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Farewell uwmadison_snaps, you will be missed Pictures of boobs, weed, drunken dancing exposed unacceptable slut-shaming, but showed unapologetic glimpse of college life

by Audrey Piehl Associate Copy Chief

Farewell uwmadison_ snaps, your unapologetically crude glimpse into the unglamorous and youthful pursuits of college life will be missed.

Sometime around the football game against Maryland, students’ gravitation toward the short-lived Snapchat handle, uwmadison_snaps, was simply too much to ignore. Suddenly every conversation I shared with a fellow student included two questions: “Did you see that on UW snaps?” and “You don’t have UW snaps?”

Though the handle has recently met it’s untimely demise, the legacy carries on in the hearts and screenshots

folder of students.

I liked uwmadison_ snaps. It was often gross and sophomoric, but more importantly it captured the lives of today’s college students in a way only an anonymous social media application is capable of.

The popularity of social media applications amongst millennials, ranging from Facebook to Snapchat, can be found in one’s strong urge to know what others are doing, to share what they themselves are doing and the subsequent persistence of FOMO, or rather, “fear of missing out.”

Several recent studies have stipulated that engagement with social media, namely Facebook, increases FOMO to the point where it can cause depression, loneliness and envy. Regardless of

these negative effects, social media’s hold on our attention spans has not dwindled, but enlarged.

With this in mind, uwmadison_snaps was the perfect solicitor of college student attention. While its roots in social media made it innately addictive, the content served to fuel said addiction.

Boobs, weed and infinite bathroom shenanigans were all chronicled within the app.

When the morning of Nov. 1 rolled around, I immediately reached for my phone to witness the Halloween beer bongs and, seemingly, lines of coke strung across a naked butt. The gratuitous photographs and videos, detailing intimate moments of lives not so distant from our own, is an opportunity few students can resist.

And with the promise of anonymity and inciting social media buzz, the content continued to flood into whomever controlled this handle, providing the entertainment that had captivated Madison.

But despite the popularity of the handle, the mass debauchery depicted raised many questions amongst students as to the moral and ethical boundaries being crossed behind closed doors throughout the UW campus.

I’ve found that the most backlash stemmed from the several pictures of women’s breasts, taken as selfies and, hypothetically, sent to uwmadison_snaps willingly.

I have heard several people say things like, “I didn’t know girls like that go here,” or “Why would they ever do that?”

These accusative comments make me question what these critics mean by “girls like that.” I am a strong believer that taking selfies is an act of self-appreciation that is often labeled by others as a form of egotism. Naked selfies are no exception. If a woman, or man, chooses to take a flattering picture of their clothless figure and send it to Snapchat, that is their prerogative. Shaming women for voluntarily sharing these photos is equivalent to slut-shaming, a type of sexism where a woman is deemed morally lesser for engaging in “promiscuous” behavior.

While one might not agree with a woman’s choice to do so, that does not make it okay to judge others.

This idea can be extended to the other facets of

uwmadison_snaps.

The drinking, smoking, puking, butts, six-packs and every other candid moment shown on Snapchat can take a lot of people aback.

It was refreshing to witness my fellow Badgers drunkenly dance in the street or take a hit from a wellrolled joint, acknowledging our dirtier sides and rather than feeling ashamed, embracing them. And even while doing so, we’re all watching out for each other.

In a twisted manner, this Snapchat story that had ensnared our study breaks was about both indulging our curiosity and celebrating our collegiate solidarity. Rest in peace uwmadison_snaps.

Audrey Piehl (apiehl@ badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in history.

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UW graduates: consider Madison as a place to live Despite pressure to seek jobs outside after college, in-state work life can give new insight to one of America’s best towns To many of us, life after college can be a scary thought. We are forced to challenge ourselves and try new things, catapulting ourselves out into the world and never looking back.

Pressure continues to build and expectations form. Those that were once close to us begin to feel so far away.

Friends that were once a hop, skip and a jump down Langdon Street are now a full weekend, two hour plane ride and a 30 minute drive away. You reluctantly admit that it’s time to move on and try new places, do different things and have new experiences. You know you spent four some odd years in Madison and had your fun, your ride around the college carousel … and you feel forced to accept that

you had your ride and now it’s over.

Rewind back to December 2012. It’s graduation. Like many others before me, these thoughts raced through my head. I saw many of those around me getting jobs and leaving for the big cities across the country. Everyone was growing up so fast!

Change was prevalent. This was when those pressures and expectations began to form. I almost felt like I had to leave the great city of Madison, or forever be unjustly ridiculed as the college boy that never quite wanted to grew up.

Now, being from Wisconsin and growing up here my whole life, I do have a unique affinity for this great state that many others just simply cannot

appreciate. Sometimes it seems like beer was bottle fed to me as a child. Wisco pride runs through my veins! This is why it was so difficult for me to accept this fact that I “had” to look for jobs outside of Wisconsin upon graduation, like so many others before me. I was so focused on where everyone else was going and what everyone else was doing, that I was missing excellent potential opportunities to learn and grow professionally that were right before my eyes.

I could not honestly say to myself that I had fully experienced everything that Madison had to offer me and I knew there was no coming back. The decision was now or never.

I would have likely

followed along like many of the others to the “concrete jungles” across the country where jobs were the most plentiful, had it not been for a special someone that I met in college. She was a few years younger than me in school. Call me crazy but, man, was I thankful to meet her, in more ways than one.

This was a big part of my initial reason to be more open to pursuing a job in Madison after graduation (yes, I was one of those guys). In my somewhat biased opinion, I was one of the lucky ones that got to stay.

Boy was I ever thankful that I made this decision. I ended up getting my first job out of college for an iconic, Wisconsin-based company with quite a track record of

success. I was living the high life in a city where a $5 bill could get you 10 tacos at Chaser ’s bar on a Wednesday night. Life sure was good.

Most importantly, however, was that I began to see all of the experiences that I had missed out on while I was a student. To this day, it amazes me how many unique and interesting things are to do in and around the city that are so easy to overlook when living in the college bubble.

From pumpkin picking at Schuster ’s Farm, to ice skating at Tenney Park and eating pancakes the size of your head at The Curve diner, there was so much more to see and do than I had ever expected from a city the size of Madison, but the saying is true. It really is a very special place.

With that said, I highly encourage you to consider Madison as a potential place live and work starting out after college. It can help to ease that ever so intimidating life transition. Surely it’s not for everyone, but living and working here in a different stage of life surely has taught me a lot about myself and the way I view the world around me. As Ferris Bueller once said, “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Leaving one of the best towns in America can wait a few more years.

Matthew Sorenson (masorenson@uwalumni. com) is a recent graduate of UW with degrees in marketing and risk management and insurance.

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Umphrey’s McGee to play 2,000th career show in Madison Keyboardist Joel Cummins talks love for Wisconsin’s capital, promises party-like atmosphere for both Friday, Saturday concerts at Orpheum Theater

by SAM CLEVELAND ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Most bands don’t play 2,000 shows over the course of their career, but then again, most bands aren’t Umphrey’s McGee. The Chicago-by-way-ofSouth Bend, Indiana sextet is ringing in their 1,999th and 2,000th shows Friday and Saturday, respectively, at the Orpheum Theater.

Upon first hearing this, many would wonder, why Madison for such milestone shows?

Looking at Umphrey’s career and history, however, it becomes a bit more apparent. The group has played 34 documented shows in Madison dating all the way back to 1999.

The group’s first trip to Madison came in April 1999 and was at the Mango Grill, which sat where University Square does now. A little more than one year later, they returned to play Angelic Brewery, the same building that now houses Red Rock Saloon.

The fact that Umphrey’s has advanced from these small, now-defunct venues to playing two sold-out shows at the Orpheum speaks to both their longevity, as well as growth in popularity.

The group couldn’t be happier about coming back

to play the Orpheum, the group’s keyboardist Joel Cummins said.

“The Orpheum, now that they’ve made it right ... is really an outstanding room,” Cummins said. “Not only for us as a band, but for the fans too.”

This undoubtedly factored into the group’s decision to have their milestone shows in Madison.

“We’re looking for the kind of places where we can really throw a party and everybody can have a good time. The Orpheum is one of those places we can put on a great production and do it right,” Cummins said.

But the Orpheum isn’t the only thing that brought them back.

“We were just saying that the Wisconsin fans are second to none as far as the energy they bring to the table for our shows,” Cummins said.

Because Umphrey’s is an improvisational band, there’s no telling what the crowd is going to get on either night. Umphrey’s is known for their covers and mash-ups. With the special circumstances of these shows, it’s hard to not wonder if Madison fans are in for something special.

A big reason why Umphrey’s has been so successful and enduring is their ability to keep their

sets fresh and experiment.

“We rarely ever repeat ideas or concepts,” Cummins said. “I don’t think we’d still be doing this if we had.”

Aside from being masters of their craft, the members of Umphrey’s are just as much workhorses.

Cummins said that when not traveling or performing, the group is almost always

working on new stuff to keep shows fresh. Between rehearsal, soundcheck and the final pre-show warmup, the group has little time for anything besides dinner. This commitment to preparation is part of what makes their live shows special.

The band has no delusions as to what fans expect from them.

“Our business is throwing a party for everybody else,” Cummins said about Umphrey’s shows.

Despite the show’s inevitable party-like atmosphere, Cummins said it should be equally powerful and life-affirming. “[The show] is a really intense, enveloping experience, that at the heart

Photo · For more than a decade, Umphrey’s McGee has continually come to Madison because of the city’s energetic fans. The group has played 39 shows in the city since 1999.

Courtesy of Umphrey’s McGee of it is all about celebrating life.”

Getting pooped on for research

Volunteer catch chickadees, thrushes for bird banding at Biocore Prairie near Picnic Point, collect data for U.S. Geological Survey database Photo · A small group of avian enthusiasts meet at Biocore Prairie Saturdays to band birds and contribute to data collected about 64 million birds caught by volunteers worldwide.

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It was a splendid Saturday morning. The last one of an Indian summer, perhaps.

Perched high above in a tree, a goldfinch chattered.

Strings of aluminum bands and piles of bird field guides lay scattered about the picnic table in Biocore Prairie near Picnic Point.

Only three volunteers showed up for one of the last bird-banding sessions of the year: master bander Jackie Edmunds (master bander meaning she’s certified to catch and band birds), wildlife undergraduate Kelsey and me.

“Bird banding” pretty aptly describes what we did that morning: putting little aluminum bands on birds’ legs. Though that’s the main objective, we took a bunch of other measurements too, with intellectual-sounding names like “wingchord,” “nares-to-tip” and “cloacal protuberance.” What are those? They’re pretty much just fancy names for “length

of wing,” “length of beak” and “length of cloaca.”

How to catch the birds?

We set up temporary mist nets — essentially oversized volleyball nets — which the birds fly into and get caught. One was in a thicket and kept getting caught in the branches. I was designated the un-tangler, which meant tediously plucking the thin mesh off of buckthorn twigs.

Since it was late October, most birds had migrated south, but we hoped to catch some late migrants.

This particular station doesn’t band below 50 degrees, Edmunds said. The birds can’t handle the stress of being cold and of being held by a looming figure whose other hand grasps cold pliers and pointy micrometers. She mentioned that the informal weather policy is for the volunteers’ sake as well.

For all of their fluttering about, sometimes birds just do not fly into the nets. Maybe it’s because they can see the net, or maybe because they just like spiting us. When that happens, we use techniques

that strongly encourage them to fly in. Such techniques include flushing - that is, startling a bird in the direction we want.

That’s how we caught our first bird, a Swainson’s thrush. Kelsey untangled it from the mesh and put it in a paper bag for its journey back to the picnic table. I first weighed the rustling bag/bird combo, then pulled the creature from the bag. As I held it, the thrush pooped, spewing some green gel-like stuff all over.

When banders hold birds, sometimes it looks like a death grip. I promise you it’s not. They just have to ensure that the little feathery munchkins don’t fly away. Even with these specialized handling techniques, the birds can still escape.

This one didn’t though.

I clasped a metal band around its leg and measured its wings, tail and beak.

That was the easy part. Then for the more ambiguous data point — age. Figuring out age and sex is probably the biggest challenge that banders face, Edmunds said. Plumage can often

help determine sex, and tail length can sometimes work to tell age. However, we needed to consult a higher power, meaning a really big reference guide. Kelsey flipped through the binder, bulging with unexciting charts and obscure avian terminology. We guessed female based on tail length, then released the thrush back into the thicket.

All the notes we take go into a U.S. Geological Survey database, which has collected similar information since 1960 from many countries.

People can request data if they supply a good reason, like some sort of research. Worldwide, volunteers have banded over 64 million birds.

Biocore Prairie’s total of about 7,500 isn’t quite so staggering, but it’s still impressive. UW administrator Mara McDonald started the station in 2001 as a way to see if the restored prairie affected bird diversity. And it did.

A wider variety of birds were caught in the 17-year-old prairie versus the 9-year-old prairie.

Lots of people find out about the bird banding station via chance encounter on their walks, like one couple that stopped to chat briefly with us. Upon leaving, they wished us well.

“Catch another Swain, uh, whatever it is,” the man said.

It was later morning by that point and we had given up hope of catching anything more than that one bird. But just as Kelsey and I started taking down some nets, Edmunds

appeared with a chickadee and another thrush.

The chickadee had a few colored bands from a different study, but they were on too tight so its foot was swelling up. This chickadee will probably be OK, but others are not so fortunate. Sometimes birds get so tangled in the nets that they hurt themselves trying to escape.

After we let those two go,

Edmunds came back with yet two more thrushes. At that point, she took down the net to quell this sudden onslaught and to prevent us from spending all afternoon banding thrush after thrush.

While Kelsey expertly weighed one of them, I let the other escape. My blunder proved that though we may catch our feathered friends temporarily, they will always find a way out.

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‘Nightcrawler’ suffers from blatant subtext Jake Gyllenhall gives one of best performances of stunning career as manipulative lead, rash actions result in film’s forced moral code

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It makes sense that many filmmakers work with stories about the corrupting evils of LA, for the same reason that it makes sense that the protagonist of most Stephen King stories is a beleaguered author: You write what you know. It’s this anger that fuels many masterpieces, like David Lynch’s surprisingly personal “Mullholland Drive” or Alex Cox’s unforgettably ugly “Repo Man.” Using this formula that can produce both the overly manufactured and the highly dynamic, “Nightcrawler” falls somewhere in the middle, producing a film that is as blistering and unique in its narrative as it is bland and derivative in its actual substance.

After being turned down for a job at the junkyard where he regularly sells stolen wire and manhole covers, terminally positive Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal, “Enemy”) finds a horrible accident in the middle of the highway being filmed by two men.

He learns that they are “nightcrawlers,” men who film crime, accidents or other newsworthy events and sell the footage to local news stations.

Immediately, Bloom tries his hand at it. He finds himself completely unrestricted by moral inhibition and becomes increasingly successful in the position. As he films, he works his way up in the world of freelance journalism.

Bloom is portrayed as a total sociopath who learns to communicate and speak to others seemingly only in motivational pitches picked up online or on TV. His success skyrockets, even as he begins to leave more and more of a mess in his wake.

Like last year ’s “Enemy,” “Nightcrawler” in many ways seems to exist only for Jake Gyllenhaal, who perfectly inhabits the roll of this self-made maniac. Having lost what seems like half of his body weight for the roll, Gyllenhaal looks as devoid of personality and emotion as his character is.

The film draws much of its tension from this inhumanity, structuring its best scenes both on the power that he immediately gains over all those around him and showing exactly how he gains it. It’s an unabashedly showy, overthe-top performance, but it’s also an oddly passionate one.

It provides the film with the bottomless well of evil that it constantly draws from.

The viewer is never once asked to sympathize with Gyllenhaal. The film (smartly) never provides his backstory, allowing us to instead sit back and enjoy the mayhem that unfolds around him. It’s almost as if Gyllenhaal’s Bloom is so strong that the

Photo · Jake Gyllenhaal fully inhabits the role of the maniacal Louis Bloom, who seems to never sleep and drives around LA with a crazed intensity in his eyes.

Courtesy of Open Road Films entire film conforms to his personality, bending the entire film’s logic to what will best serve him.

The first two-thirds of the film is helped by James Newton Howard’s totally kick-ass Wang Chunginspired soundtrack and Robert Elswit’s (“There Will Be Blood”) incredible cinematography.

Like Bloom, who looks only to move upwards, the film never pauses for a second, providing thrilling set pieces that are often as darkly humorous as they are creepy and exciting.

However, the film feels a need to enforce a moral code that drains any life out of the film. As the stakes begin to pick up and Bloom’s means of getting footage become more suspect, the film overbearingly explains the increasingly obvious subtext of the film. This causes unnecessary pauses, stopping the film in its tracks. Where the film should end with a bang--as the finale is about as concentrated and action-packed as the film gets--it becomes moored down by insufferable smugness, reducing anything impactful or fun to a whimper.

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Student jobs help buy the Bucks Tinder couple fosters celibacy Girl picks up second part-time work, allows her to allocate funds to purchase NBA franchise

After securing 10 hours per week at Jimmy John’s to supplement a parttime Union South job, sophomore Alexis Laughlin decided last Thursday to buy the Milwaukee Bucks.

This announcement came after a bought of internal debate.

“At first, I wanted to get a bike,” Laughlin said.

“However, a professional sports franchise seemed cool too. It was a toss up for a while, but once I realized I could force Jabari Parker to come to all my parties, the decision sort of made itself. Plus, a new bike would have really bled me dry.”

Upon receiving her first paycheck, Laughlin drove from University of Wisconsin to the team’s office in Milwaukee. Nowformer owner Wesley Edens was impressed with her initiative and seemed more than willing to part with the franchise.

After shoving his personal belongings into a duffel bag, he frantically wrote a few housekeeping items on a napkin and caught the next bus back to New York.

“Don’t talk about O.J. Mayo’s weight. You need to set aside an hour each week so Ersan and Larry can catch up on ‘Scandal.’

Sometimes, Giannis digs around in the garbage.

We’re trying to stop that.

Jason Kidd is a wily one, so keep an eye on him, and be sure to feed the birds. Good luck. It’s your cross now,” the napkin allegedly read.

When asked about his daughter ’s recent acquisition, Laughlin’s father Jeff said, “Owning a basketball team is a lot of responsibility. But hey, so is having two jobs. She’s an adult now. Her money is hers to spend.”

On his potential presence at future Bucks games, he said, “Maybe 1990s throwback night. We’ll see.”

In the days following the sale, dozens of Bucks fans have come forward to express their overwhelming indifference to the matter, and despite the new management, ticket prices are expected to continue falling while low attendance at games is expected to remain stagnant.

Laughlin has stated her intent to take the team in exciting new directions once she can get time off work and all her midterms are over. “I have no doubt in my mind that the Bucks can be great again,” she said.“But schoolwork comes first.”

Super Bucky 64, an ongoing saga Madison’s famous Badger continues to fight off King Koopa Bowser, save Becky Blank Last month, The Madison Misnomer led the campus with the report that Bowser, the King Koopa of Super Mario fame, had kidnapped University of Wisconsin Chancellor Becky Blank.

After failing to rescue the chancellor from the depths of Bowser’s Castle (a.k.a The Red Gym), Bucky then chased the King Koopa and his captive into one of the other castles on campus: Science Hall.

Hours of trying to search through the building led to no result, as another band member was found inside, tied up, reportedly informing to him, “Sorry, Bucky, but the chancellor is in another castle.”

Following a new lead, Bucky was seen a few minutes later crashing through the glass wall of the Chazen Art Museum. Eyewitnesses on the scene report that Bowser had been holed up in the building for a few days now, and as such, had used his koopa magic to set up an elaborate system of paintings-that-arealso-portals to hold off Bucky.

Unable to continue until he had acquired the requisite number of power stars to move through the doors in the museum to finally reach

Junior Judy Comstock and senior Trey Ridgefield, a couple at University of Wisconsin, have recently announced their intention to “wait until marriage” after meeting on the popular dating application, Tinder.

“I saw him smiling outside that frat house, surrounded by littered Solo cups on game day, and I knew I had to swipe right,” Comstock said.

“Later when I found out one of his interests was ‘having fun,’ I had a feeling we would have a deep connection.”

Comstock proceeded to message Ridgefield and they immediately bonded.

“We both like pizza and hanging out at the Terrace.

It was practically meant to be, but there was one problem,” Comstock said.

Comstock was dubious after their initial discourse, which was riddled with a disproportionate use of winky faces. “I knew my ass looked great in my third picture with those yoga pants and all, but I didn’t want Trey getting the wrong idea,” Comstock said.

“I was pretty thrilled

when Judy showed up as a match on Tinder,” Ridgefield said. “But when we started talking about hanging out and watching a movie, I knew I needed to set the record straight.”

Ridgefield didn’t want to rush into things, which he informed Comstock after they met up for their first date at Madhatter ’s for a few drinks. “After a few tequila shots, I took one look at her lowcut blouse and I told her we needed to wait until marriage before doing anything sexual,” Ridgefield said.

“I was so relieved,” Comstock said. “I put my hand on his arm and giggled a lot, just to show him that I wasn’t looking for anything more either.

We celebrated by going to his apartment and sitting on his futon.”

According to one of Comstock’s close friends, sophomore Amber Smith, “They are very happy discussing politics in the closets of house parties and plan to hold hands for their six-month anniversary.”

Ridgefield has refused comment on his recent Internet browsing history.

Bonefish Grill’s fishy menu eats Bowser, Bucky reportedly jumped through portrait after portrait, landscape after landscape, abstract after possibly-not-abstract-butpoorly-designed art piece.

After gaining 70 power stars (80 in subsequent attempts) Bucky finally managed to climb the endless staircase and reach the fourth floor.

The subsequent fight reportedly will cost thousands in property damage, as Bucky threw Bowser several times

into many oddly spikey sculptures and the King Koopa retaliated by collapsing the floor. After a strenuous fight, Bucky finally defeated Bowser, and he fled the scene.

Victorious, initial reports indicated that the chancellor was released from the portraitprison Bowser had trapped her in. However, initial reports were quickly deemed inaccurate, as it was confirmed that the person released was in fact not Blank, but Dean of

Photo ·Bucky Badger (pictured) continues his efforts to rescue the campus official, Becky Blank, from King Koopa Boswer.

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UW campus police have informed The Madison Misnomer that the investigation is still ongoing.

Dad performs set on campus tour Parent’s five minutes of material described as some ‘killer stand-up’ on Madison life During a campus tour for prospective freshman, Bill Dean, father of high school senior Julie Dean, told reportedly hilarious jokes on the tour Tuesday afternoon for the tour patrons.

“This guy was hilarious, let me tell you,” Phil Travers, 53-year-old dad of a student tour member, said. “I’m not a big comedy junkie, but this guy’s jokes were making me chuckle every which way. It really lightened the mood of the setting; these college visits can be so bleak, I’m glad he was able to break the tension in the air.”

Dean’s jokes adding up to a five-minute set mainly consisted of one-liners about the cost of education, although there were a few jokes about the party scene at the school.

“I didn’t know I was payin’ Julie’s professors’ salaries

Young lovers who first met on popular dating application to ‘wait until marriage’

with this tuition price!” incited moderate chuckling from approximately nine of the 16 parents in attendance. Although the jokes were received well from the other parents, tour guide Amber Park said they fell flat with the kids, and herself.

“Honestly, this isn’t anything new. I’ve had so many parents in these groups who are clearly passive-aggressively expressing their disdain for the high cost of attendance and the bubble of the college world through forced humor,” Park said. “I’ve heard worse jokes from parents, but they all come from the same sad place.”

Among Dean’s other jokes was a quip targeting Park, claiming University of Wisconsin is a “Public Ivy,” implying the education offered is comparable to one offered at

an Ivy League institution. Dean said, “Did your Harvard reject boss tell you to say that,” incited laughter from nearly all parents present.

According to fellow tour attendee Jack Anderson, the jokes, he said, were classic dad jokes.

“My dad tells the same jokes.

If he were here instead of my mom, who just stands there idly absorbing this bullshit, he would be killin’ it with these middle-aged parents too.

There’s something about being in their same generation that must make the other parents think it’s funny,” Anderson said.

Although most of the jokes were all equally hilarious, according to the other adults, a joke delivered near the Kohl Center was supposedly the highlight of the set.

“When we got to the Kohl Center, he made a joke about how beer was the key to the Badgers’ performance in the Final Four this year,” Joanna Hansen, a mother on the tour, said. “That was so funny. I wish more parents would branch out and embrace the college culture like he did.”

Julie Dean says her father acts like this at most colleges they visit, but claims his behavior at UW was not like what was exhibited at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, his alma mater.

“He made some jokes about how small the town is and how much it made him drink,” Dean said.

Michael Dean was too busy sobbing over his marginal FAFSA estimated financial need to be reached for a comment.

Madison restaurant looking for workers dishes out on some of their saltwater dishes Madison’s Bonefish Grill, in last week’s paper, announced they are hiring at all positions in their restaurant. For those unfamiliar with this eatery, here is a list of some of the grill’s popular menu items. Seriously, they’re open to anyone who wants to try out any position they choose.

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Volleyball heads to Michigan for weekend series On an 11-game streak, No. 4 Badgers look to push consecutive wins to 13, stay atop Big Ten standings with victories over UM, Michigan State

by Elise Romas Volleyball Writer

The No. 4 Wisconsin volleyball, a team on a hotstreak of 11 consecutive match wins, will head to Ann Arbor and East Lansing to battle Michigan and Michigan State this weekend.

With average overall records for Michigan (10-12, 5-7 Big Ten) and Michigan State (13-10, 6-6 Big Ten), University of Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield said he thinks both of these Big Ten teams bring more to the court than they are given credit for, or what their records may indicate.

“They’ve had varied results on the season, and I think [they’re] two clubs that are really talented, and their highs are very high,” Sheffield said. “When they’re playing well, they can beat anybody in the country.”

Some of these highs for Michigan and Michigan State come from a few key players on each squad.

Senior setter Lexi Dannemiller runs Michigan’s offense and has totaled 510 assists this season. She averages 11.33 assists per set, just behind Wisconsin setter and Big Ten leader sophomore Lauren Carlini, who averages 11.42.

Dannemiller is not the only weapon that fuels the Wolverine offense, however.

Sophomore middle blocker Abby Cole has put up big offensive numbers for Michigan. She leads her team with 295 kills at a 3.87 kill percentage in just her second year in Ann Arbor. The 6-foot-

5 Grand Haven, Michigan native was awarded Big Ten Player of the Week for the second consecutive week Oct. 20.

“They’ve got one of the best setters in the country, and they’ve got a middle [blocker] who’s just a wrecking ball against anyone she’s playing against,” Sheffield said. “Dannemiller and Cole; those are two really really stud players.”

Michigan State also has a key player who poses a threat in the Spartans’ backcourt.

MSU’s senior libero and three-time captain Kori Moster has served as the defensive linchpin for the Spartans during her college career. From her freshman season until her most recent match, the two-time AllAmerican passes with about 96 percent accuracy off of her opponents’ serves. Two weeks ago Moster surpassed a career total of 2,000 digs, placing her in the same category as only seven other Spartan volleyball players.

“Michigan is driven by their setter. Michigan State is driven by their libero. I think those two are two of the best at their positions in the country,” Sheffield said.

The Badgers seem to be driven by a handful of their own players as well, including Carlini who may stand out the most.

During the press conference following Wisconsin’s sweep of Nebraska, Sheffield complimented Carlini’s control and ownership of the court. The 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year said that she looks up to historic team leaders such as Peyton

Manning and Michael Jordan for inspiration when it comes to being a leader.

Carlini is on the same wavelength as her head coach when contemplating the upcoming matches against both Michigan and Michigan State.

“They’re really good, capable teams. Their records may not show it as much, but they have their great days. We have to be prepared for that and expect them to be on their A-game,” Carlini said.

Carlini commented that she

UW moves on to second round of Big Ten tourny Badgers advance to semifinals of tournament for first time since 2005

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team entered the first round of Wednesday’s Big Ten tournament with the memory of last season’s tournament fresh in their minds.

After a strong start to the 2013 season, the team faltered in the final stretch of the Big Ten season and lost their opening round game of the Big Ten tournament 2-0 to Penn State. Following the loss, the Badgers would not make the NCAA tournament.

However, Wednesday’s match against Illinois in the first round of the conference tournament proved to be a different story than last season, as the No. 2 seed Badgers defeated the No. 7 seed Illini, 2-0.

The win marked the first time that UW has advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament since 2005.

“I was proud,” UW head coach Paula Wilkins said in a UW Athletics statement.

“I think Illinois had a game plan, and our players were able to figure it out. I’m really proud of them for that. It says something to have two forwards up top who can finish their

chances.”

And those two forwards Wilkins is referring to are seniors Cara Walls and Kodee Williams, two of the team’s leading goal scorers.

Both goals for the Badgers came in the first half Wednesday. Midway through the first half, junior midfielder Kinley McNicoll found a streaking Williams, who spun her way through the Illinois defense to put the Badgers up 1-0 in the 25th minute.

It was Williams’ seventh goal of the season and her Big Ten-leading sixth game-winning goal on the year.

Only six minutes later in the 31st minute of the game, Walls put UW up for good, 2-0, after she scored past Illinois’ sophomore goalie Claire Wheatley. The goal was Walls’ team-high 12th of the season.

The Badgers held the Illini the rest of the way and recorded their 15th shutout – a team record – of the season, thanks to another stellar performance from Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Genevieve Richard. The shutout was Richard’s 13th of the season and tied her for second-most in a season in program history.

Not even redshirt senior Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Jannelle Flaws could put one past the UW

Photo · Senior forward Kodee Williams (22) shown here in an earlier season match against Penn State, scored her seventh goal of the season in Wisconsin’s Big Ten tournament first round game against Illinois.

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Wilkins points to a total team effort for the Badgers, who tied the Illini last Friday, in order to advance into the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament. It was a win that the team starting preparing themselves for at the end of last season.

“It’s mostly about this team,” Wilkins said in the statement. “Going back to what they did in the offseason, not just on the field but off the field as well, they’ve built a team culture. Even when you talk to kids on the bench, they’re as a part of this as anyone else. That’s a great thing.”

The Badgers will take on No. 6 Minnesota, who they beat at Minnesota Oct. 18, 4-1. The Golden Gophers defeated Michigan in double overtime Wednesday night to advance to the semifinals. Wisconsin and Minnesota will kickoff at 1 p.m. (CST) Friday from the Boilermaker Soccer Complex in West Lafayette, Indiana.

is working to connect more with her middles this week during practice in preparation for some tough defensive net play by Cole. She says the team plans to find holes in the defense and do what they can to work around Cole.

“We have some momentum with us and we’re all super confident and we’re all focusing on one game at a time. Focusing on the little things and the tasks at hand,” Carlini said.

As Wisconsin starts to think ahead to greater things, the coaches and players expressed that they do not let themselves get distracted or caught up with their successes on the court.

“It’s nice to have it in the back of our heads that we’ve been sweeping a lot, but at the same time we

don’t look back at the past, we just focus on our next opponent,” freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates explained.

“We don’t talk about what’s happened. It’s [about] moving forward and getting better.”

Bates and Sheffield both expressed the team’s aspiration of a Big Ten Championship title being on their radar, but it is not something that bogs them down when playing matches or participating in practices.

Wisconsin has been moving through their season one game at a time and now heads to Michigan hoping to continue paving their pathway to success.

“You can’t afford losing to teams in the Big Ten, especially if we want the Big Ten Championship,” Bates said. “We have to win these games.”

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Photo · Freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates (4) and the rest of the Wisconsin volleyball team will close out their four-game road stretch with matches against Michigan State and Michigan.

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Badgers roll over UW-Parkside in lone exhibition game UW holds Rangers to 10 second half points, 12 percent shooting as Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Kaminsky drops double-double

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Basketball Writer

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team kicked off their 2014-2015 campaign with a 77-40 victory in an exhibition match against Division II opponent UW-Parkside Wednesday night.

It was a tale of two halves for the Badgers, as they allowed the Rangers to score 30 points on 40.6 percent shooting in the first half, while only giving up 10 points on 12 percent shooting in the second.

Parkside was only able to convert three field goals in the second half.

The Badgers ability to create turnovers in the second half was a big part as to why the team was able to be so dominant defensively and turn the game around. In the second half, the Badgers jumped more passing lanes and were able to force Parkside into 10 turnovers after forcing only two in the first.

Offensively, Wisconsin, a team that is usually among the best in the nation at taking care of the basketball, struggled by their standards throughout Wednesday’s game, finishing with 13 turnovers as a team.

Besides that, the Badgers played very consistent basketball offensively throughout the game and controlled it from start to finish. The key to Wisconsin’s success offensively, as it normally is, was their threepoint shooting. The Badgers shot 8-19 (42.1 percent) from behind the arc, but more

importantly, a vast majority of their attempts were wideopen ones thanks to great floor spacing.

Redshirt senior guard Josh Gasser was one of the many beneficiaries from the Badgers’ spacing on the floor, finishing with 11 points while shooting 3-5 from three. “[Our spacing] was good,” Gasser said. “We have been working on that and it just comes with great ball movement. Everyone on the court can score and everyone can shoot it. 35 seconds is a lot of time to move and come off screens to find open looks, and we expect to get a good shot every time.”

Wisconsin’s offense was led by senior forward and preseason All-American Frank Kaminsky, who recorded a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds in just 22 minutes of play.

Kaminsky, who was just recently named by ESPN as the best player in college hoops, has had plenty of hype surrounding him ever since his 28 point, 11 rebound performance against Arizona in last year’s Elite Eight victory. He showed tonight that he has improved and that the hype may be validated, but he is still trying his best to not let the noise from the media get to him.

“I’m not really thinking much about it,” Kaminsky said. “I’m just going to go out there and play the game the way I know how to play. It’s kind of weird having all of these people say all of these

different things about me, but I’m just excited for the season to start, and maybe some of that noise will go away once it does.”

While Kaminsky was able to dominate inside, so was the forward starting opposite of him.

Sophomore forward Nigel Hayes, who was the Badgers’ sixth-man last season, finished, just as Kaminsky did, with a double-double posting 13 points and 11 rebounds in 24 minutes. The forward showed great quickness driving to the basket and great strength finishing at the rim.

Even with Hayes showcasing that he is becoming stronger closer to the basket, the sophomore’s biggest improvement on last season is his jump shot, which he has now extended out to behind the three-point line. This will not only have a positive impact on his own game, but the team’s as a whole.

“Seeing that shot go down really gives you confidence, and that’s a shot that I will be taking more often in the game, and it is only going to help our team,” Hayes said. “Last year, with that shot being from 17 feet, they still had a foot in the lane. Now, shooting from 19 feet and beyond, that’s an extra

couple feet that they won’t be able to close off a driver.”

The only other Badger to score in double figures was senior guard Traevon Jackson, who finished with 15 points and hit both of his three-point attempts on his way to a 5-6 shooting night. The Badgers’ fifth starter, sophomore guard Bronson Koenig, wasn’t able to get himself going offensively, but he did knock down a pair of jumpers on his way to scoring five points.

Wisconsin’s biggest contributor off the bench was true freshman forward Ethan Happ, who played a very

physical game down low and found ways to get in good position inside on his way to five points and five rebounds in 12 minutes played. “[Happ] rebounds the ball, he plays hard, and he pushes the ball in transition,” Kaminsky said. “From the second he stepped on campus he’s played hard, and coach loves people who play hard. He’s going to get his opportunity.”

The Badgers were without junior forward Sam Dekker because of injury and redshirt senior Duje Dukan, who must sit out two games for issues

Photo · Wisconsin guard Traevon Jackson (12) drives past a UW-Parkside defender in Wednesday’s exhibition game. Jackson finished with 15 points, seven rebounds and three assists.

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UW football seeks fourth straight conference win With nation’s top defense, Wisconsin travels to Purdue Saturday with hopes to stay near top of Big Ten West standings

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

The University of Wisconsin football team is starting to look like one of the best in not only the West Division, but the Big Ten in general.

After a disappointing loss to Northwestern in the Big Ten opener, the Badgers (62, 3-1 Big Ten) have rattled off three straight conference wins, outscoring their opponents 127-35. This stretch includes two straight victories over Big Ten newcomers, Maryland and Rutgers, in which UW held the Terrapins and Scarlet Knights to seven combined points.

The Badgers have just four games remaining in the Big Ten, with the final three coming against Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota, respectively.

However,

Photo · After last weeks shutout of Rutgers, the UW defense now ranks first in the nation in yards allowed and third in points per game.

Hayley Cleghorn The Badger Herald

before they hit that crucial final three-game stretch, UW will head to West Lafayette, Indiana, this weekend to take on Purdue.

Wisconsin currently finds themselves in a three-way tie for second place at 3-1 in the Big Ten West with Iowa and Minnesota, and all three teams are behind Nebraska, which remains in first place with a 4-1 Big Ten record.

The Boilermakers (3-6, 1-4 Big Ten) have lost three straight games after their lone win in conference play against Illinois Oct. 4. Purdue faces an uphill challenge this weekend against the Badgers who, after their shutdown performances against Maryland and Rutgers, have the nation’s top defense in terms of yards allowed (253.8) and rank third nationally in points per game (14.1).

However, Purdue will need to replace their leading wide receiver, junior Danny Anthrop, who tore his ACL last weekend and is out for the rest of the season.

Anthrop currently leads the Boilermakers in receptions (38) and receiving yards (616).

But regardless of Purdue’s record, Wisconsin

head coach Gary Andersen isn’t taking the Boilermakers lightly. He especially has to consider their spread offense that boasts two rushers, who average over 5.5 yards per carry, in seniors Akeem Hunt and Raheem Mostert.

“Purdue is an offensive football team that causes you a lot of problems, and they’ve got two very fast running backs, as fast as we’ve played all year long as far as sheer speed.

“Both those young men are very good football players and very, very fast. It’s an offense that’s changed from a year ago.

They’re much more wide open. Their play is to obviously spread the field both ways on you from sideline to sideline, from end zone to end zone, and they’ve done a nice job, created big plays,” Andersen said.

Arguably one of the biggest benefits to the Wisconsin defense’s strong play has been the field position it has given to an offense that is still working through the implementation of a two-quarterback system.

While it goes without saying that the UW run

game is one of the best in the country, it’s the passing game that has yet to find its groove other than two weeks ago against Maryland. Against Rutgers last week, the combination of redshirt juniors Joel Stave and Tanner McEvoy went just 8-for-20 with 87 passing yards and an interception.

But while the passing attack has struggled, Stave is quick to admit that they’ve been able to feed off the energy and field position the defense has given. The defense’s performance has given both quarterbacks a chance to get acclimated to the twoquarterback offense, and Stave feels they’re moving forward in a positive direction.

“I think we’ve played really well as a team the last two weeks,” Stave said. “I think we’re really putting … the right foot forward and moving in the right direction. The defense has played unbelievable the past two weeks, and as an offense, we’ve done a good job of feeding off their energy and the good field position they’ve given us.”

One thing the Wisconsin passing

attack was able to accomplish last weekend in New Jersey was the chance to get some valuable playing time for their young wide receivers. After leading receiver redshirt junior Alex Erickson went down with an injury, freshman wide outs George Rushing and Krenwick Sanders saw the field in the final two quarters of play. For Rushing, who has four catches this season for 55 yards, the extra snaps against the Scarlet Knights were instrumental as he tries to progress week-toweek.

“It felt good,” Rushing said. “Unfortunately Alex [Erickson] went down and I had go in. But it was good experience to get out there and just prove myself.

“I just feel like each week I’m progressing,” Rushing said.

“Now I’m starting to get more comfortable running out there. The speed of the game is different than high

school, and now that it’s slowing down for me and I understand it, now I can play the game the way I want to.”

Andersen has been looking for his freshman wide receivers to get more playing time, and Saturday was finally a chance to see all of them on the field for a significant amount of plays – and to actually be involved in the offense.

“It was good to see those young men get in,” Andersen said. “The most important thing is George’s ability to catch the ball was fantastic, make a couple of plays, very important, same thing with Krenwick [Sanders], being able to make a play. The reps are invaluable, get in there and not just catch it, but to block it, get lined up, understand where they’re going.”

The Badgers and Boilermakers will kick off Saturday from Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette at 11 a.m.

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Men’s hockey looks for season’s first win, take on UND Former WCHA opponent North Dakota comes to Kohl Center in Badgers’ home opener, as UW seeks statement victory over Fighting Sioux

by Derek Franklin Men’s Hockey Writer

T h e Wi s c o n s i n m e n ’ s hockey team will look to get their first win this weekend when they play their first home games of the season in a two-game series against North Dakota.

Wi s c o n s i n (0-4-0) opened up its season by traveling to Alaska last month, losing its first two games to Alaska-Fairbanks and Alaska-Anchorage.

A w e e k l a t e r, t h e B a d g e r s t r a v e l e d t o G re e n B a y to take on Northern M i c h i g a n a n d d ro p p e d both games of that series as well.

Friday and Saturday’s games will be the toughest challenge yet for the youthful Wi s c o n s i n t e a m . N o r t h Dakota (5-1-1) knocked Wi s c o n s i n o u t o f t h e N C A A To u r n a m e n t l a s t season and enters this weekend’s series ranked 2 n d i n t h e N C A A To p 25.

Fortunately for the Badgers, they should enter the series with plenty of rest since they h a v e n o t p l a y e d a g a me in the last two weeks.

A c c o rd i n g t o Wi s c o n s i n senior goaltender Joel Rumpel, the Badgers have used the time d u r i n g t h e b re a k t o fine-tune the small things that were causing problems. “ We ’ v e b e e n w o r k i n g on a lot of little things,” Rumpel said. “ We ’ v e g o t a l o t o f new players on the team and just kind of getting used to the system and putting all the small pieces together that we didn’t quite have ready in the first couple weeks.”

Rumpel, along with fellow senior Badger goaltender Landon Peterson, have been solid so far this season, combining for 91 saves a n d a s a v e p e rc e n t a g e o f . 8 9 t h ro u g h f o u r g a m e s . D e s p i t e s t ro n g goaltender p l a y, the Badgers have not been

able to put it together so far this season due in part to the team’s youthfulness that Rumpel alluded to.

Wi s c o n s i n l o s t i t s t o p f o u r s c o re r s f ro m l a s t season, and the team h a s 11 f re s h m e n w h o

We just need to do “things the Wisconsin

way and trust Coach Eaves and his systems are going to get us through it.

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Jack Dougherty Wisconsin defensemen

have gone t h ro u g h g ro w i n g p a i n s i n t h e early goings.

S o p h o m o re f o r w a rd Grant Besse said the transition to college hockey from high school is not something that happens overnight. “ Wi t h so many new guys getting to know our new system

a l t o g e t h e r, i t ’ s g o i n g t o take some time to learn t h e s y s t e m a n d g o f ro m o n e a re a t o a n o t h e r, ” Besse said.

Besse added that one of the biggest adjustments young players must make to play and succeed in college hockey is making quicker decisions on the ice. “ Yo u ’ v e g o t t o k n o w w h a t y o u a re g o i n g to do with the puck b e f o re y o u g e t i t .

If you do that, you’ll be successful,” Besse said.

Against North Dakota, Besse said they will need to match their opponent’s high work r a t e a n d p re v e n t t h e m f ro m g e t t i n g i n f ro n t o f the net. “ We know t h e y ’ re g o i n g t o w o r k h a rd .

That’s kind of a staple of North Dakota,” Besse s a i d . “ T h e y ’ re g o i n g t o come hard with the forecheck and always have a net-front presence.”

O n e o f t h e f re s h m e n Wi s c o n s i n will be counting on is

defensemen Jack D o u g h e r t y, w h o w a s one of the nation’s highest ranked recruits.

Dougherty will be a key contributor for the Badgers this season as t h e y t r y t o re p l a c e a l l the talent gone from last year.

Dougherty will play in his first ever game at the Kohl Center Friday and said the key for him will be staying composed and blocking out distractions.

“Obviously, I’m going to be excited about it, but I can’t worry too much about it,” Dougherty said. “I’ve just got to keep myself calm and play my game and perform well under pressure.”

Besse admitted that the Badgers have been a little shaky so far this year but said they have put their earlier games b e h i n d t h e m a n d a re going into this series with a clean slate.

“It kind of feels like a new season going into this game,” Besse said.

A c c o rd i n g to D o u g h e r t y, Wi s c o n s i n c a n s t a r t o ff t h i s n e w slate with a win by playing the “Wisconsin” way. “ We j u s t n e e d t o d o t h i n g s t h e Wi s c o n s i n w a y a n d t ru s t t h a t Coach Eaves and his s y s t e m s a re g o i n g t o g e t u s t h ro u g h i t , ” D o u g h e r t y s a i d . “ We j u s t g o t t o w o r k h a rd , play physical and hopefully the puck can find the back of the net.”

The Badgers will make their Kohl Center debut this season at 7 p.m.

Friday night against N o r t h D a k o t a b e f o re finishing the series with the Fighting Sioux Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Photo · A young men’s hockey team will take the ice at the Kohl Center for the first time this weekend as they take on former WCHA rival, North Dakota.

Badger Herald File Photo

Badgers hope to overcome another slow start In an all too familiar situation, young Wisconsin men’s hockey team looks to convert offensively, rebound after four straight losses to open season

by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

Through the first four games of the season, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team finds itself winless heading into a big nonconference series this weekend with North Dakota.

The good news: they have been in this situation before. The bad news: it is an unfavorable position to be in.

Just a year ago, UW went into its third series of the year having been manhandled on the east coast by Boston College and Boston University two weeks prior by a total score of 16-5 between two games.

A year before that in 2012-2013, Wisconsin went into December before it won its second game of the season, compiling a 1-7-2 record in the first 10 games of the year.

So slow starts aren’t exactly anything new for the Badgers, and just like a year ago when they lost handedly on the road, they got another aptly timed bye week. This year, they actually got back-to-back bye weeks.

The two-week period without any games has allowed UW a chance to refocus and get back to the basics, according to senior assistant captain and center Joseph LaBate.

“Obviously the games didn’t go how we wanted to, but it’s a fresh start,” LaBate said. “We’ve really gone to work these past two weeks and learned a

“

We have so many new guys, it’s kind of just getting everyone on the same page and that’s what we’ve been working on these past two weeks.

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Joel Rumpel Wisconsin goaltender lot of new stuff.”

With 11 true freshmen on this year ’s roster after nine seniors graduated a season ago, there has been a learning curve for the whole team.

“I wouldn’t say there’s one main thing that we’ve been working on,” senior goaltender Joel Rumpel said. “It’s kind of just

the game as a whole. We have so many new guys, it’s kind of just getting everyone on the same page and that’s what we’ve been working on these past two weeks.”

The high number of young players on the roster is what makes this year ’s slow start unique.

With nine seniors and only five freshmen a season ago and a group of 13 upperclassmen back in the 2012-2013 campaign, Wisconsin had a lot more experience to rely on despite the early losses. This season the Badgers have just nine upperclassmen total and three are goaltenders.

The sheer lack of older players has forced freshmen and other younger players, who had not logged much ice time previously, into the spotlight in the early going, which has reflected in their goal scoring abilities.

After losing seven of the top eight point scorers from a year ago, the Badgers have had trouble finding reliable scoring, and have managed just three goals in the four games.

LaBate brought in high

expectations this season as the leading returning point scorer from last season, but has yet to manage a point yet through the first two series. He hasn’t been without opportunities though, as has been the case with his fellow line members on the first line in sophomore Grant Besse and senior Brad Navin.

But despite the fact that the three lead Wisconsin in shots, they have just one goal to show for it between the three of them, and it belongs to Navin.

Head coach Mike Eaves could tell his older players were pressing to score goals in the first four games, something LaBate reiterated, but LaBate said he has loosened up in the past two weeks. He just knows the goals are coming.

“It’s not a lack of chances,” LaBate said.

“Sometimes you just have to bear down and get back to playing a gritty game, getting a dirty goal. The only way to get started is getting dirty goal. It’s not going to be a highlight reel goal if it’s your first goal.

It’s usually going to be a dirty one.”

But the offense isn’t

alone in its growing pains, as the defense and the goaltending have had adjustments of their own.

After another solid season between the pipes last year, Rumpel was arguably the biggest key returning member with a career 2.16 goals-against-average and a .926 save percentage.

“Sometimes you just

have to bear down and get back to playing a gritty game, getting a dirty goal.

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Joseph LaBate Men’s hockey assitant captain But through his first three starts, Rumpel has allowed eight goals and has stopped just 88 percent of the pucks he has seen.

The senior netminder admitted that he wasn’t satisfied with his start to the season, but like his teammates he has continued to progress, especially with the help of the bye weeks.

“I didn’t start off as well as I would’ve liked to up

in Alaska, but each game I feel like I’ve been getting stronger and I’m kind of getting back into the groove of things,” Rumpel said.

Despite a tough start, Rumpel will still be in net Friday against North Dakota. Wisconsin has used both Rumpel and fellow senior Landon Peterson interchangeably at the beginning of the last three years, and Peterson could see time again if Rumpel struggles.

Regardless, Eaves made it clear the important thing for Wisconsin right now is building off two solid weeks of practice and transitioning that into a game setting.

“The thing about going out and practicing and doing the things we do – at the end of it you feel good about yourself because you worked hard.

And that’s the beginning of confidence,” Eaves said. “When you work hard, you feel good about yourself. You solidify that confidence by doing it in a game.”

A win against one of the better programs in college hockey this weekend could do a lot for that confidence.