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MOVING FORWARD WITH LESS Walker proposes $300 million in cuts to UW System while granting it autonomy: What it means for tuition, shared governance and faculty

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Katie Couric to speak at spring commencement

Journalistic ‘trailblazer,’ TV personality to share guidance, advice to UW’s 2015 graduating class at Camp Randall this May

by Aliya Iftikhar Digital News Editor

Seeking a person that embodied notoriety, success and philanthropy, the University of Wisconsin’s senior class officers chose Katie Couric as the 2015

spring commencement speaker.

Couric was announced as the speaker Wednesday and senior class president Maria Giannopoulous said she was their first choice as she aligned with their philanthropic interests

and could be inspirational to graduates, noting her achievements as a woman in journalism.

“I am honored to be invited to speak at such a respected, internationally recognized university,” Couric said in a UW statement. “I know

Wisconsin graduates will be making major contributions in a myriad of fields after they leave this beautiful campus. I hope that I’ll be able to give them some guidance and advice that will serve them well on this first leg of a lifelong journey.”

Couric has pursued a lifelong career in journalism and television. She became the first solo anchor of an evening news broadcast in 2006 when she was hired with by CBS News, according to a UW statement. Since then she has served as a

special correspondent for ABC News, hosted her own daytime talk show and now works for Yahoo as Global Anchor.

Couric has dedicated an impressive amount of

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UW to participate in national sexual assault survey

University leaders commit to developing task force ‘unique’ to Madison’s campus with intent to improve understanding of complex issue

by Jolene Anders Herald Contributor

Hoping to improve national and local understanding of sexual assault, the University of Wisconsin will be one of 28 universities that will participate in one of

the largest surveys ever conducted on the issue.

The Association of American Universities survey will be offered to over 800,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students between the participating universities, beginning tentatively on April 13.

The AAU and institutions involved have contracted with a national research company to administer and analyze the results. Westat, the contracted research firm, will provide each university its unique data, but AAU will publicize aggregate results, Barry Toiv, AAU’s vice president for public affairs,

said.

“We think that the aggregate results we release will be very useful to policy makers, at the federal level particularly, as they look at potential legislation and potential administrative action,” Toiv said.

Westat is accompanied by a team of experts from

universities to develop the survey, which is based on a model produced by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.

It focuses on the frequency and characteristics of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment, allowing for the assessment of campus

climate across institutions in a way that protects the confidentiality of respondents, the AAU said in a statement last week.

Each institution will use the same survey, with the exception of five questions that will focus on programs

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What started as a volunteering trip to Kenya for Brittany Ammerman ended with her raising $30,000 to establish a women’s soccer league there.

Ammerman, a University of Wisconsin senior and a women’s hockey player, went to Kenya in 2013 to fulfill the requirements for her certificate in global health. In her spare time, she played pick-up soccer games with other volunteers and some of the women she worked with at Health by Motorbike, a nonprofit that helps Kenyan women with health education and services.

The game’s popularity spread, with many Kenyan women picking up the logistics of the game quickly, leading to a few of the women to approach the nonprofit for support in establishing their own soccer league.

With Ammerman’s help, the Nikumbuke Women’s Soccer League kicked off.

“Sports were such a huge part of my life,” Ammerman said. “The experiences I had and the friendships I built were so important. I wanted to share that with these women.”

The funding for the growing league, currently comprised of

two teams with requests for five more from other villages, was outside the scope of what Health by Motorbike could support.

So Ammerman took it upon herself to secure the funds required, reaching out to some of her childhood idols: soccer players from the 1999 Women’s World Cup championship team.

Ammerman joined forces with soccer star Julie Foudy, who hosted an auction on Twitter, sending the winner a signed U.S. women’s national team jersey in addition to other sports memorabilia. The majority of funds were produced via the crowdfunding website Indiegogo during a 45-day event that ended on January 15.

In all, Ammerman raised approximately $30,000 to help start the league.

The funds will provide the women athletes with necessary gear that is light enough to be comfortable where they live. Additional money will go toward future teams and transportation to assist Ammerman’s return to Kenya around spring break this year.

Ammerman envisions the league as always being her own, even with her future goals of medical school and

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Bonds between villages have also become significantly stronger as the communities have shown high levels of support, Alonso said.

“I would just like to express how happy these women were,” Alonso said. “It really was a beautiful thing to see how they enjoyed themselves.”

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sport, she said. The program’s mission is to give the villages access to clean drinking water through rainwater tanks, Alonso said. The water collected by these tanks is then treated with an antibacterial, not only to improve overall health, but to save time due to its easy accessibility.

The Kenyan women forming this league are leaders in their communities and carry significant amounts responsibility, Alonso said.

Staying healthy to compete is a priority, but it is also accompanied by laughter and positive energy, she said.

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“It’s something that I love to do, and I don’t view it as extra work,” Ammerman said. “I get excited every time someone emails me and we get to talk more about it.”

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Recognizing the importance of Wisconsin’s Native Americans to the state, University of Wisconsin faculty members are reaching out to those communities to strengthen the connection between the state’s flagship university with Wisconsin’s original inhabitants.

POSOH, a project begun in earnest four years ago and led by UW’s Wisconsin Fast

Plants Program Director Hedi Lauffer, aims to change the way that science is taught in tribal schools.

In 2011, after receiving a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lauffer, along with UW colleague Rick Amasino of the biochemistry department, reached out to the College of the Menominee Nation and began working with Menominee community leaders and educators to create a “place-

based” and culturallyrelevant approach to science education, said Linda Orie, a UW graduate student involved in the project.

According to Orie, the project first began as a partnership between UW and various members in the Menominee Nation to design curriculum for tribal middle school students, but has since grown to reach schools in the Oneida Nation, to which Orie belongs.

“Starting with something that people are familiar with and is part of their livelihood is often more intriguing than a dry textbook,” she said.

Amasino, who is responsible for the scientific work of POSOH, said the Menominee Nation was an ideal community to work with

because of its strong cultural tradition of sustainability and forest preservation. The local relevance of the curriculum based on sustainability would allow for students to learn more science, he said.

The localized science curriculum incorporates Native American culture in its application and involves a greater deal of student engagement, as well, Orie said.

Included in the new curriculum are opportunities for classes to discuss Native American culture and write in journals about their findings in local forests, she added.

While Amasino and Lauffer played a large role in the organization of the project, local teachers in tribal schools participated a great deal in the design of the curriculum, Amasino said. He also emphasized the aspect of partnership in the project.

“I bet I’ve learned more from them than they’ve learned from me,” he said.

While university partnerships with Native American communities have benefited science instruction in tribal middle schools, Dr. Alexandra Adams, an assistant professor in the department of family

medicine at UW, continues to combat obesity in Wisconsin tribes, working with the Bad River, Lac du Flambeau, Oneida and Menominee communities through her project “Healthy Children, Strong Families.”

Adams, who worked as a physician on the Menominee reservation during her residency, began working with Native American communities six years ago. She focused on guiding families with young children to increase consumption of healthy foods and physical activity and reduce TV screen time, she said. She said the results of the first generation of the grant showed success, with an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption and a decrease in weight gain and screen time.

Like the professors involved in POSOH, Adams highlighted the responsibility that tribal communities play in partnerships with university faculty.

“I hope that the community will continue to build out their own wellness programs based on evidence they create with researchers as well as internallycreated evidence and help them make their community stronger,” she said.

Education experts criticize Walker plan

Educators see recent proposal as ‘another attack’ on schools, some worry achievement gap would get wider

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

Walker’s recently announced proposal to establish an alternative route to teacher licensing has some education specialists concerned it would harm the state’s education system.

The alternative path Walker is proposing would allow teachers with “real life experience to pass a competency test to gain a teacher license,” he said in a statement announcing the proposal. Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, said in a statement he thought the legislation would improve quality of K-12 education statewide.

“It is one thing to teach the theory behind a particular subject, but it is a totally different perspective to have lived and breathed that topic for 20 or 30 years and correlate the realworld with the theoretical,” Kremer said. “This may really stimulate some of our youth to the opportunities that are available in Wisconsin.”

Michael Apple, a professor of curriculum and instruction and education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin, said research has shown teachers without the classroom experience required for a traditional

certification tend not to do as well.

Apple said there will be a sense that the respect teachers have earned from working hard in schools will be diminished. He said this is concerning, especially because teachers are being asked to do more than ever before in terms of social support and understanding diverse cultures.

“You have to see it in context of Gov. Walker’s attack on teachers,” Apple said. “With Act 10 and other kinds of political reforms that he’s engaged, it’s clear that he has no great love for teachers in an organized way.”

Walker has said Act 10 helped school districts save money while also increasing the quality of public education in districts that took advantage of his reforms.

Speaking to school district administrators last week, Walker said his proposal would give administrators the option of whether they want to hire teachers who would go through the alternative licensing path, the Associated Press reported.

Peter Trabert Goff, a UW assistant professor of educational policy, said alternatively-certified teachers tend to make up a small part of the workforce in schools.

But the types of schools that get alternatively-certified teachers tend to be high-need and low-

income, he said.

Goff said there are alternative certification programs across the country, and he himself was an alternatively-certified teacher in Chicago. However, this program would give an unprecedented lack of support to teachers passing the competency exam.

Goff said across the state, principals feel pressure from increased legislative requirements, especially in lowincome schools where these teachers would most likely be

found.

Apple said he is worried about what this means for the UW Department of Education and teacher education programs across the state.

The proposal means there would likely be less money going into teacher education at UW because teaching would be viewed with a lack of professionalism, he said.

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Autonomy for UW comes with $300M in cuts Some professors worry Walker’s suggestion for faculty to teach more shows his lack of understanding of university operations

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

Gov. Scott Walker suggested Wednesday that the University of Wisconsin System could ask its professors to teach one more class per semester to help alleviate the $300 million in cuts he has proposed.

Walker’s comment — which led a UW professor to say the governor does not understand how the university operates — came a day after he announced he will include the cuts in his biennial budget proposal. That proposal, which Walker will release in full next week, would also give the system more flexibility and autonomy to help it come up with savings, he said.

The state Legislature will consider and alter Walker’s overall biennial budget proposal over the next few months before sending it to Walker’s desk for his signature.

Walker told reporters Wednesday the increased flexibility the UW System would gain as a “public authority,” with more autonomy than a traditional state agency, would bring savings to UW System campuses, responding to chancellors across the system who have warned his proposed cuts will lead to layoffs.

He said his proposed changes would make it easier for the UW System to ask faculty to teach more classes without the impediment of the state, for example.

“They might be able to make savings just by asking faculty and staff to consider teaching one more class a semester,” Walker said. “Things like that could have a tremendous impact on making sure that we’re preserving an affordable education for all of our UW campuses, but at the same time, we maintain a high-quality education.”

But Grant Petty, president of PROFS, the group that lobbies for UW-Madison faculty, said Walker’s comments reflect he does not understand the current workload for faculty.

“It does seem to portray a lack of understanding of how faculty operates and what

they’re actually doing with their time that contributes to education without necessarily being in the classroom,” Petty, a UW professor of atmospheric science, said.

Walker said asking professors to teach more would be possible because the UW System would be able to rework the current shared governance structure under his proposal, part of the increased autonomy the system would get from the state.

Petty said Walker’s comments imply shared governance is an impediment to getting things done at the university, which he said is not the opinion of UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and other administrators on campus.

Autonomy for UW System intended to offset proposed cuts The hope for the UW System is the money it would save by gaining flexibility from state government would make up for the $300 million in proposed cuts, Noel Radomski, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, said.

He said Walker’s proposal would give the UW System more autonomy for construction projects, procurement and purchasing supplies, for example, but it was unclear how much money that would save.

“We will save something, but we have no idea how much,” Radomski said. “And if anyone says they know, they’re lying.”

Radomski said the way the state funds the UW System would change under Walker’s proposal, as well. Instead of line-item grants, which is the current funding model, the UW System would receive a block grant from the state, which would give the system more flexibility in deciding how it would spend those state funds.

Walker’s recommendations would also include an extension of the tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates until 2017, but the state would give the UW System full autonomy over tuition after that.

Many of the new liabilities, Radomski said, are tied to human resources, layoff provisions and contract non-

renewals, but he said it was too early to say if every campus in the UW System would see layoffs. He said in general, the hardest hit campuses would be two-year colleges, which currently are extremely dependent on state funds.

UW-Madison, for example, depends much less on state funds than other UW System campuses, as it gets larger amounts of gifts and federal grants.

“The big picture story is whatever happens, UWMadison will survive,” Radomski said. “We have lots of revenue sources the other campuses don’t have.”

Students, faculty worry shared governance could decrease The shared governance systems at UW-Madison, including the Associated Students of Madison and PROFS, get their current authority through state statutes, Radomski said, but Walker’s proposal would dissolve that current authority and instead have the UW System write its own shared governance policy.

Radomski said UW System administrators would likely want to simply “copy and paste” the current shared governance language that exists in state law if they have to craft their own policy.

However, Radomski said the fear of faculty and students who benefit from the current shared governance model is that any future UW System shared governance policy would only require a majority from the UW System Board of Regents to be altered. That contrasts with the more difficult process of changing state law, which currently defines shared governance at the UW System.

ASM Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Thomas Gierok said ASM is worried if the public authority model Walker proposed is enacted, students’ voices will be more difficult to hear.

“It all depends on the university and the system to continue their promise to keep shared governance in effect,” Gierok said.

Gierok said ASM plans to coordinate with the UW System to make sure students continue to enjoy the rights they currently have at UW. In a meeting of the ASM Coordinating Council on Wednesday, UW Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf assured students the current level of shared governance will continue if Walker’s proposal passes and the shared governance structure no longer exists under state law.

“There are a number of universities that have very strong shared governance models that don’t have it written into state statutes,” Mangelsdorf said.

Professors will also experience changes in shared governance if Walker’s proposal is enacted, Radomski said. Petty said his organization is hopeful the effect on shared governance will be minimal.

Petty said that currently, the main concern facing faculty is the effect of the significant budget cut on personnel and programs. He also said restructuring their relationship with the state while dealing with a tightened budget would be difficult.

“It’s a terrible combination to come at the same time,” Petty said.

Lawmakers express concern about tuition With decreased revenue from the state budget and a freeze on in-state undergraduate tuition until 2017, UW will look to either reduce costs or increase revenue somewhere else, Radomski said.

Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, said he is concerned the proposed changes could create an influx of-out-of state students.

“For this to be a good deal for the taxpayers, we wouldn’t want to see that go up dramatically,” Murphy said.

Murphy said he is also concerned about what will happen after the additional proposed two-year tuition freeze is over. He said once the UW System has complete autonomy over tuition rates, tuition could rise significantly, even into the double-digits.

Walker’s announcement also proposed giving the UW System complete autonomy over the current Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity system, where residents of Minnesota pay near in-state tuition for schools in Wisconsin, and Wisconsin residents enjoy the same for colleges and universities in Minnesota.

On paper, the UW System public authority looks like it would allow the schools to decrease the number of Minnesota residents accepted each year to allow for more tuition revenue for students from other states, but it is unlikely this would play out in reality, Radomski said. In order for UW to modify the existing system, Minnesota would have to agree with any changes, he said.

“It requires them to renegotiate, and if you cannot successfully renegotiate, you have to stick with the existing agreement,” Radomski said.

Other Republican lawmakers also expressed concern the UW’s new autonomy would lead to tuition being handled in a way that is unfair to taxpayers and students.

Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a longtime critic of the UW System, said in a statement Tuesday he is worried the UW System Board of Regents would be able to hike tuition at unknown amounts.

“The Governor’s proposal on the UW System would leave tuition-paying middle class families absolutely defenseless from potentially massive spikes in tuition and fees starting in 2017,” Nass said. “I don’t trust the unelected Board of Regents to prioritize middle class families.”

Walker told reporters Wednesday large tuition increases after 2017 should not be a concern.

“I have every reason to believe that the regents and the leadership team will want to continue to keep that affordable for students and families across the state,” Walker said.

Emily Neinfeldt and Riley Vetterkind contributed to this story.

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Ban on powdered alcohol may occur before release Prompted by strong concerns of ‘Palcohol’ abuse, Wisconsin legislator says ‘ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure’

by Sarah Zimmerman Digital State Editor

Amid concerns of abuse, powdered alcohol could be banned in Wisconsin before it is even released.

Palcohol is a powder that alcohol molecules are encapsulated in, and when water is added, it turns into an alcoholic drink, said Joseph Glass, a University of Wisconsin professor and expert on alcohol use disorders.

The product will be released this spring, according to the Palcohol

website, but Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee, has introduced a bill that calls for a ban on the sale of powdered alcohol in Wisconsin.

Carpenter said he was worried about the possibilities of abuse, citing concerns that people might use large amounts of the alcohol in their drinks and people smuggling the powdered alcohol in their pockets.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” Carpenter said.

Glass said a big concern

is the risk of accidental overdose. Many people are likely to mix themselves drinks with the powdered alcohol without realizing how much they are taking, he said.

“When you drink a can of beer, you know how much (alcohol) you are getting,” Glass said. “When you mix a powdered drink, you don’t know how much you are mixing.”

Powdered alcohol could also be snorted, Glass said.

If the powder was strong enough, there could be a lot of additional risks, he said.

The Palcohol website lists several uses for powdered alcohol, including the ease of carrying alcohol for outdoors enthusiasts and travelers as well as potential industrial uses. In a statement, the group criticized media coverage as “focused on the perceived negative aspects of powdered alcohol.”

“Granted, irresponsible people can misuse and abuse any legal product, but that is not reason alone to ban it,” the statement said. “There are many benefits to this product,

produced in a beverage formulation and an industrial formulation, that should not be overlooked or overshadowed by negative publicity and political controversy.”

Pete Madland, executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, said there is concern that minors could get access to powdered alcohol as it is easier to hide. He said there is worry that in bars, people could slip the powder in others’ drinks unknowingly.

Because powdered

alcohol is a new product that has not been researched extensively, Glass said its health effects beyond those of regular alcohol are largely unknown. With the lack of research, he said there could be hidden health risks that would make not regulating the powder risky.

“We don’t know anything about [the powdered alcohol] delivery mechanisms, it is possible that it is absorbed differently in the bloodstream, more quickly and so forth,” Glass said.

WWII-style building may undergo modern twist Proposal still faces city council approval; office space, apartments could occupy what was once a ‘Quonset’ hut on East Washington Street

by Marigrace Carney Campus Editor

A tentative plan is in place for renovating the old “Quonset hut” buildings on the 1200 block of East Washington Avenue, as well as adding on a building that could turn into office space.

Quonset huts were mass-produced in both World Wars for the Navy, according to SteelMaster ’s website, a business that still constructs these buildings today. Despite the name, these buildings are actually long, metal arch-style structures.

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Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a UW statement that it is an honor to have Couric at the ceremony.

“As the field of journalism has weathered dramatic changes, she has found innovative ways of engaging with citizens across the

McGrath Property Group, said he did not realize the potential of the space until after they bought it.

The section of land bought included five different parcels, one of them being the Quonset hut, he said.

“Once [the group] walked in there and looked at it, it is a really unique, creative building,” McGrath said. “It is these two 20-foot radius arcs that meet in the middle, and there is kind of a raw, corrugated aluminum finish. ... It is just a really unique piece of architecture, which you really do not see a lot of in Madison.”

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of universities is we can not only know what things look like for our campus but also how it looks relative to our peers,” UW Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf said. “That’s the reason the AAU suggested that we work together as opposed to each university developing its own survey.”

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country,” Blank said. “I know that her experiences will resonate with the Class of 2015 as they look beyond their time at UW-Madison.”

Senior class vice president Annie Paul said she thinks graduates will be able to take away many insights from Couric.

“She has been a female trailblazer in a lot of different capacities,” Paul said. “She’s just such a well-rounded person to be speaking at our commencement and she’s really smart and has a personable demeanor.”

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building are supposed to showcase an industrial warehouse type of building, project architect Joseph Lee said. The building will include a lot of masonry and large windows, due to the context of the area where the building is planned to be built.

“There is a lot of masonry and buildings with that feel,” Lee said. “And that is also an aesthetic that the neighborhood association liked, as well as the developer.”

JLA Architects and Planning is looking forward to working on the project and the redevelopment of

the area, Lee said.

The new space could be a number of different types of companies, McGrath said.

It could be an office for a creative design company of some sort, or it could be space for bars or restaurants.

The plan for renovation is just a proposal at this point, Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2, said. It is too early in the planning process to determine what the building will function as, she said. “[The city] does not even know whether this will be the proposal that will be approved or not,” Zeller said. “The alternative is to demolish the whole thing

provide schools with recommendations in regard to policy, practices and services, as well as recommendations that can contribute to future research, Jeanette Kowalik, director of Prevention Services and Campus Health Initiatives at University Health Services, said.

would like to see Couric talk about her time rising through the ranks as a journalist and her personal triumphs and struggles.

Even though Couric is not a UW alumna, Paul said she thinks graduates will still find her relatable, especially since she also graduated from a public university.

“People see her on the news, on her talk show, they know her serious and fun side, as well, so I don’t think relatability is an issue at all,” Paul said.

Giannopoulous said the recent move to a single spring commencement ceremony has certainly helped attract high profile speakers, easing past time and scheduling constraints.

Paul said their budget for attracting a commencement speaker was $0. Couric’s travel and accommodations will be covered but otherwise she will be doing this “on her own will.”

Giannopoulous said Couric was excited to make the announcement and that she was getting in the Badger spirit.

“Her accomplishments as a woman in journalism has definitely showcased her talents, and I think she’ll be able to show our graduates what they can do with a public education,” Giannopoulous said.

Toiv said outside of these recommendations, it is up to the university to determine the most effective way to use its data as a tool In an effort to be inclusive, Mangelsdorf said she will form a Sexual Assault Climate Survey Task Force unique to UW, she said.

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and build three stories on that piece of property.”

McGrath said he is prepared with plans for two possible outcomes: tearing down the whole foundation or building over the hut. The preferred option would be to keep the front of the old building and build a fourstory building on the corner of the block, McGrath said.

The property group would like to take the facade off the front of the building and put in a glass wall, exposing the structure of the building and what the architecture really looks like, McGrath said. The goal is to add some diversity to

a broad representation of faculty, staff and students with interest in the area to disseminate results and make recommendations on the best way to apply the information to our campus, UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam said. The task force could simply be temporary, but UW has not ruled out the

the street-scape of the area. “[The proposal] is getting a lot of attention, as most proposal developments do in that area,” Zellers said.

“The neighborhood has been very involved and has been working with the developer.”

The proposal will be brought forward to the Tenney Lapham Steering Committee, the neighborhood group in the second district, which has met with the developer several times, Zellers said.

The committee will decide whether they want to take a position on the development of the area.

idea of a permanent standing committee, she added.

“Initially, it’s going to be a task force, then we’ll determine after that point what needs to happen — if it does need to be a committee through faculty governance, or how it needs to then be formulated from there on out,” Berquam said.

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UW split may cause higher tuition, diminish student voice Gov. Walker’s plan to “increase flexibility,” save money may be disastrous for shared governance, out-of-state students Photo · In a campus-wide email, UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank promised to protect shared governance, but students have their doubts.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald

by Adam Johnson Columnist

This Tuesday, news broke confirming the suspicions of many throughout Wisconsin.

The University of Wisconsin System’s budget will be slashed by $300 million, and the system as a whole will most likely split off from the state and be turned into a public authority.

This is very similar to what happened to UW Hospital in 1996. And for those who remember, former Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin in 2011 promoted a similar plan to

split the flagship UW-Madison campus off from the state and the rest of the UW System.

This plan was supposed to allow for increased “flexibility” in paying employees and recruiting students. After the regents, staff and students pushed back against the idea, Martin’s plan failed, and this attempt ultimately resulted in Martin leaving her position to become the president of Amherst College. Now, however, with the regents in tow, Gov. Scott Walker has proposed to split all of the UW System off from the state.

On Monday, UW-Madison

Chancellor Rebecca Blank said there have been no conversations about splitting off UW-Madison, as former Chancellor Martin had proposed, and I believe her. Martin left after her efforts completely backfired, and while UW-Madison does need some special considerations within the UW System at large, I think Blank learned the lesson from Martin’s failed efforts and is happy to work within the regents’ framework for success.

Overall, though, this split from the state will be a disaster for UW students and beneficial for Walker, who’s made no

secret of his presidential aspirations.

Simply put, tuition is going to rise and students will have less of a voice in the oversight process.

Most excruciatingly, this will all be done while Walker can wash his hands of the situation and say, “Hey, I kept costs down, it’s those darned regents who are raising your tuition or getting rid of your two-year school.”

He scores cheap points while students pay the price.

For the past two years, Walker has touted his tuition freeze aås a way to keep costs of attending UW schools down after previous years of consistent tuition increases. He’s promised another two-year tuition freeze for in-state undergraduates. But setting the UW System adrift as a public authority will, after 2017, remove the legislative oversight on tuition levels, inevitably causing a jump in tuition costs to both make up for the lost years of tuition revenue and offset the $300 million that could be cut from the budget over the next two years.

Graduate, international and out-of-state students will likely

bear the brunt of these raises.

As Blank has repeatedly noted, our out-of-state tuition is low, compared to our “peers,” and we need to catch up. I’m not putting my head in the sand and saying that we cannot have any tuition raises, but the small, growing group of students will bear the costs. This could have a drastic impact on the future of these students.

Secondly, and most importantly, students will lose their institutional right to be a part of decisions like these. State Statute 36.09(5) is commonly touted by ASM as their legal right and duty to work with the university on a whole range of issues — everything from student life to segregated fees.

Becoming a public authority would most likely destroy these protections and remove the legally obligated “seat at the table” that student governments around the state currently enjoy.

It is fine for Blank to claim in her Tuesday email to campus that university officials would still respect and engage students, but I have massive reservations that these claims would hold up for long, if at all. There can be no mincing words. Shared governance and therefore institutional student power will disappear with this change.

ASM can, and should, lead the way on this. With the regents siding with Walker in terms of the public authority model, the split will most likely

happen. Along the same lines, the budget cuts are likely to remain in place with some small adjustments. Therefore, where ASM can and should focus is on rallying support to retain shared governance as a legal obligation for students and universities.

Setting this small, yet incredibly important, goal can help focus student efforts from across the state on one concentrated issue.

While another voice lobbying against the budget as a whole can be lost and dismissed, coming in with a nuanced and specific request that promotes affordability and accountability – two of Walker’s favorite buzzwords about the UW – could go a long way. ASM may even be able to partner with the faculty to jointly lobby for retaining shared governance rights which would increase their bargaining power immensely.

I know ASM has a mixed history of success in legislative politics, but this is a situation where we’re going to get a crappy deal no matter what. If they pick a manageable goal and set realistic expectations, ASM can pull out a small, but important, win out of this scenario. If they try to push back against the budget as a whole, it’s safe to say shared governance is toast.

Adam Johnson (amjohnson25@ gmail.com) is a Master’s candidate at the La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Republicans play politics with state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, three others might be in jeopardy due to proposed changes to Wisconsin constitution

by Omer Arain Contributor

Playing politics is perhaps one of the most hated aspects of our government system, but that’s exactly what state Republicans are doing in trying to oust Shirley Abrahamson, the chief justice of the state Supreme Court.

Abrahamson, who taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School, became a Supreme Court justice in 1976, spending 19 of those years as the chief justice. As Supreme Court justices are elected every ten years, she has won four consecutive elections, but her tenure now faces a brutal two-pronged attack from legislative Republicans.

Addressing Wisconsin’s trailing national job and wage growth or the looming budget deficit that’s roughly $2 billion was not the priority of the new year. Instead, the Republican-led Legislature chose to focus on passing a constitutional amendment which would fundamentally change the state’s Supreme Court if voters approve it in April.

The chief justice of the

Supreme Court is currently automatically appointed according to seniority, as the state’s constitution mandates.

If passed, the new method would be based on a vote of the justices. This would break a 126-year tradition, certainly unique for the party that loves crying, “Constitution!” whenever something doesn’t go their way (like in Obamacare or immigration). Without going into much detail, the proposal’s sponsor, state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, justified its implementation by saying it was not aimed at a specific individual, while other supporters agree that it is more efficient and gives justices a choice in who will lead them.

That’s not all. More interestingly, the GOP in the Legislature are also pushing to set an age limit of 75 for court justices, meaning Abrahamson, who is currently 81, could be removed. It could affect others as well, with four of the seven justices possibly being forced to retire in the next few years.

Why would the GOP want Abrahamson gone? She is known to be a liberal judge,

but other judges are as well.

Now, the chief justice does not (and should not) act in a partisan manner, but they may exercise procedural influence where they see fit.

If the justices within the court were to vote, Abrahamson would likely be defeated by the court’s conservative majority.

The attack on Abrahamson is hypocritical regarding constitutional interpretation.

Republican legislators want to “uphold the constitution” when it means reinstating an age limit (there has not been an age limit since it was first called for in 1977).

However, in matters of chief justice selection, they prefer a constitutional amendment that has existed for over a century.

The “conservatives” pushing these court changes have provided little reasoning for their decisions, which certainly makes things suspicious. The Republicans in the Senate and Assembly noticed an opportunity to fundamentally change the court in their favor and are fiercely seizing it.

Legislators insist that removing Abrahamson is not the intention of this proposal.

Republican lawmakers rejected any option of exempting Abrahamson and the three other judges affected by the bill.

I do not see how we benefit from the age limit and new chief justice methodology.

Voters can decide if a justice is too old on Election Day, and allowing justices to decide their chief encourages partisanship.

Why is the nonsensical amendment top priority on the new Legislature’s agenda? Passing the bill now means it has time to be put on the spring ballot for approval.

The spring elections in 2013 boasted a 21 percent voter turnout. Of course, Republicans are more likely to vote in these elections, so it’s no wonder the Legislature was so punctual.

Perhaps Abrahamson has done a poor job as justice, but her tenure and history suggest otherwise. It was not Abrahamson who put his hands on fellow justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s neck.

That was David Prosser, who also drew controversy when he called Abrahamson “a total bitch” in 2011. Prosser and three other judges ruled in 2011 that justices

should not be forced to recuse themselves from a case solely because an involved party donated to their political campaign — Abrahamson angrily dissented. I cannot say I outright that support Abrahamson; I would need to study Wisconsin’s court history over the past four decades.

However, based off her re-elections and earned honors, I think it is fair to say that efficiency has not been an issue for the Court.

This level of partisanship is appalling. Not only am I disgusted with the Legislature, but I feel sorry for Abrahamson. She has received 15 honorary doctor of laws degrees, multiple awards for judicial excellence and innovation (as recently as 2009) and is mentioned as one of the top judges in the United States. Abrahamson was even considered for a federal Supreme Court nomination before she was Wisconsin’s chief justice.

Now the state she has served for 39 years as Supreme Court is kicking her to the curb for petty political reasons.

Photo · Abrahamson has served four consecutive terms in the state Supreme Court, but may not serve a fifth term if voters approve this amendment.

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia

I’m sorry, Abrahamson.

You deserve more respect than this. Hopefully, the voters that turn out in April will recognize that.

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

Small government GOP calls for more regulation Limitations on government-assisted nutrition programs would impose unnecessary restrictions on Wisconsinites struggling with poverty

by Aaron Loudenslager Columnist

Emboldened by their victories in the last election, Assembly Republicans are planning for an ambitious agenda this legislative term.

Included in this ambitious agenda is a plan to limit purchases of junk food for people who receive state benefits. Although one can understand the motivation for such a plan, legislation to bring that plan into fruition, including implementation of that legislation, would prove impractical. Furthermore, this proposal evinces the hypocrisy of Wisconsin Republicans.

The mantra of the modern Republican Party should be familiar to all of us by now: Less government

is better government. As Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, succinctly stated in the context of the new legislative session, “I hope that we’ll be able to stick with our small government principles, which say that government should be helpful, but in the smallest way possible and for the shortest time that’s possible.” The GOP platform is premised on a libertarian fantasy: the idea that if government would just get out of people’s way — and business’ way — things would be better.

Assembly Republicans continue to embrace this idea, especially in the aftermath of the 2014 elections.

As state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, said, “Government does not create jobs. However,

government can get out of the way of businesses trying to create jobs.” Many Assembly Republicans contend that while less government regulation and taxation of business is necessary, more needs to be done — namely, a reduction in the size of state government. As state Rep. David Craig, R-Big Bend, said, “We must work as a Legislature to do the important work of actually reducing government, not just restricting its growth.”

When it comes to the wealthiest individuals and business corporations in the state, Republicans practice what they preach. Yet when it comes to individuals with little wealth, Republicans talk the talk but forget to walk the walk. Contrary to their generic small government and libertarian

rhetoric, Assembly Republicans are pushing for more regulations—not less—in what recipients of government food stamps can purchase.

Republicans would like to enact legislation limiting how much junk food Wisconsin food stamp recipients could purchase with their benefits this legislative session. Last legislative session, the Assembly passed a bill which would have limited a food stamp recipient’s monthly expenditure on unhealthy food to one-third of the recipient’s monetary allotment, but the bill ultimately failed to make it to the Senate floor. Even if the bill had passed the Senate, the USDA probably would have prevented it from being implemented, as it has done with efforts like

this in other states.

I don’t think anyone would argue with the proposition that eating healthy is important. Yet I don’t think Assembly Republicans are particularly concerned with the health of food stamp recipients in pushing for this legislation.

Rather, they are mainly concerned with “protecting” taxpayer funds.

Instead of pushing for this legislation, Assembly Republicans could better use their time and try to fix the root of the problem: poverty. If there was less poverty, there would be less government expenditures on food stamps in general.

A higher minimum wage, more taxation of wealthy individuals and corporations, governmentfunded universal health care and tuition-free higher

education would go a long way in reducing poverty, and thus reduce government expenditures on food stamps, meaning taxpayer funds are “protected.” The last time I checked, the Republican Party opposes all of these measures.

The GOP implements its small government rhetoric when it comes to wealthy individuals and business corporations, but when the economic well-being of individuals with little wealth are involved, it’s another story. The Assembly Republicans’ plan to limit purchases of junk food for people receiving food benefits reveals the GOP’s deep-seated cognitive dissonance.

Aaron Loudenslager (loudenslager@wisc.edu) is a third year law student.

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Department sick of shitty “Grease” Different types of UW drunks

UW Drama and Theater committee request public stop requests for “fucking awful musical” While excited for the spring performance of renowned musical “Legally Blonde” and the attention it’s receiving from campus, the UW Theatre Department stated in a recent Facebook update that the musical “Grease” is not a foreseeable musical for UW Theater and that members of the community should stop asking for it.

“I get emails every week from members of the Madison community trying to tell me “Grease” is still the word and that the hand-jive is the bee’s knees.

To that, I say absolutely not. No, nope not even a little, at all,” UW Theatre Musical Producer and Director Johanna Saldovar stated.

““Grease” is a fucking mess. I’m not putting on a show that advocates for teens to conform, smoke cigarettes and have unprotected sex that could lead to pregnancy.

Any other musical request will suffice. A two hour-long production of a chorus holding a high G would be preferable. So stop asking us, I fucking beg of you.”

“John Travolta literally handwrote a letter telling us ‘Grease’ needs to be performed on this campus,” head UW theater technician Bert Flerd stated.

“He even offered to play the lead role Danny Zuko again for old timesake. He signed the letter

with several hearts and kissy lips, ‘xoxo, John Travolta. P.S. I think I would get along well with a young woman to play Sandy. Twenty years old, fit, blonde. Yeah, that would be good.’”

UW Students who are eager to see “Legally Blonde” spoke evenly on the matter, resoundingly proclaiming their passion for “Grease.” Freshman Bethany Graquex stated, “I just really, really hope ‘Grease’ comes to our campus before I graduate!

I love musicals. ‘High School Musical’, ‘High School Musical 2’ and ‘High School Musical 3.

‘Grease’ is just like all those musicals but from another generation! It’s almost

like ‘The Lizzie McGuirre Movie,’ but in America instead of Italy. Love it!”

Even with such zeal for “Grease” potential, Saldovar remained firm on her stance. “I feel on behalf of both UW Theatre and the UW Drama Department, that the prospects for ‘Grease’ will never come to fruition, ever. Not in the context of a theatre of such integrity and caliber. I take this opportunity to tell the community it is in the best interests of everyone to never ask us about the matter again.”

“And to whoever left a burning pile of dog shit wrapped up in a poodle skirt on my front lawn this morning, you can simply drop dead.”

Study shows class likes football Discussion section icebreaker reveals around 70 percent of class have similar interest in sport Rather than the more traditional introductory questions on integers, the 8:50 discussion group was relieved that the first question asked by TA Jingwen Cao was “tell me something about yourself” as part of a professor-mandated icebreaker activity. The group was further surprised to discover similarities between the majority of the class, as more than half professed to ‘like, liking football.’

“It’s so cool to meet

people just like me,” says Freshman Jared Remel.

“Who would have thought I’d meet them in Math 127?” While Math 127 is not a class offered at UW Madison, the Misnomer believes he is referring to Math 114, in which he is enrolled.

While most of the class was in agreement, there were a few outliers, which Math 114 will soon learn means a point far outside the norm. “My favorite past

time is waterboarding,” said Business Major Marcus Smith. Upon questioning from the student next to him, he retracted that statement, saying “I meant wakeboarding.”

Another chance for diversity happened when Sophomore Grace Bethel said her favorite thing to do was “watch America’s favorite pastime.”

However, after investigation by the Misnomer, Grace had assumed football was

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While differences could spell trouble, Jingwen is hopeful similarities can translate to learning opportunities about his section’s basic math curriculum.

“It is great to see them find a common interest that can be utilized in our classroom learning exercises,” TA Cao stated. “Too bad they’re still dumb shits.”

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Students can learn about opportunities to gain skills in wasted time managment, more UW-Madison students interested in gaining real world experience in ignoring responsibilities and slovenly behavior are encouraged to apply for this credited internship program through the College of Letters and Sciences.

“I took this internship last semester and loved it so, so much,” recent UW dropout Lillian Heckler says in her endorsement of the program. “I gained so much knowledge about my ability to stare at a computer screen endlessly, avoid human contact, and grow pale as a picket

fence.”

“Plus, I watched Love Actually, like, twenty times before they took it off Netflix. So I’m super, super grateful for the opportunities I had.”

Selected students for the program who meet the minimum requirement of a sub-3.00 GPA, known personal/sexual relationship with their Netflix account, and a knowledge of GrubHub and Moocho’s ordering procedures must be able to document their viewership of over 80+ hours of video content per week in order to receive credit for the internship.

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The top ten most popular groups of drink aficianados in Madison, with descriptions The indigenous Sámi people of northern Scandinavia live in a world where winter is the norm and skiing is a part of daily life, making Wisconsin seem like an equatorial paradise. So it’s no wonder that they have many words for snow, such ‘muohta,’ ‘habller ’ and ‘släbtsát.’

On a similar note, Wisconsin, with its hundreds of bars and breweries, has birthed many a drunk, and has given rise to countless names for different kinds of drunken people.

Below are the top ten most popular types of Madison drunks.

R. Kelly: An individual mostlikely found in a crowded dorm room during a pregame with PBR in hand, swaying from side-to-side, arms up over head. R. Kellys usually travel in packs of twelve to a party on Lathrop that one of their older siblings told them about. More than one R. Kelly together in a group is considered, “A Remix of Ignitioners.”

Lena Duh Num: The Lena is an individual with an affinity for the finest Franzia, and is usually found having a night in with her closest gal pals playing mancala and tindering giddily. As the evening comes to a close, it is ritual that Lena derobe before flopping facedown on her couch while humming “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt, and then falling asleep for 14 hours.

Dude: A general term a drunk is referred to throughout a given evening by a pack of other dudes. The dude responds to his dude friends by saying “Dude” before responding, i.e. “Dude, we are going to get so wasted,” “Dude, I know she is so hot,” or “Dude, I started these preworkout protein shakes and I can’t stop the gains!” Synonym: Chick Magnet

product for young scholars, like college students, is through more use of our product,” CEO of Netflix Mark Kroha commented at the Netflix Scholars Summit 2014, held in Kroha’s living room.

“If students can now use our tool as a disguise to avoid their actual obligations and scholastic

learning, even better for us. Show me the money, suckers!”

Students who are passionate about learning the inner workings of their crippling self-doubt and playing a part in the development and production of sleep apnea should send a resume and cover letter to Kroha@netflix.com.

Photo · Netflix Scholars Program participants Eric (center) and Bobby (right) ignore their real world responsibilites and duties.

Betty White: A non-genderspecific name given to any parent of a current Badger who goes to a pregame before a Badger football game. Betty White usually chugs beer from a funnel to look cool and wins every game of beer pong they partake in, due to their years of experience.

Argyle Sweater: Argyle Sweater drinks beer brands you’ve never heard of and likes the band “Swirple & Jive”. (You can’t find them on Spotify, we’ve checked.)

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Princess: The Cake Pop Princess drinks any alcohol she can get for free on the weekend while wearing kitten heels and a tight dress, clinging to her friend group like she’s about to fall from a cliff.

The Cake Pop Princess is only known to have made cake pops one time before proclaiming herself the Cake Pop Princess on her new blog! She also did yoga one time and proclaimed herself a yogi, then wrote a blog post about what to wear to yoga class.

No: Usually found towards the front of a crowd at an electronic music concert, No is usually an underage fuckass moshing very hard. No is the epicenter of discomfort for other concertgoers, and grinds on girls without their consent. If No is lucky, he will find a girl as drunk as he is and suck her face clean off.

Everyone knows his name and shouts it very loudly at him for the duration of the show.

That Guy: You’ll find That Guy on miscellaneous stoops and public seating areas at odd hours of the morning, often with a unibrow drawn on with Sharpie marker or a black eye from a frat dude punching him in the face the previous night. That Guy is usually lying in a puddle of something. You don’t want to be That Guy. Sundance Moonshine: Sundance Moonshine is an enigma. You’re not even sure if she’s drunk, extremely sleepdeprived, or peaking on an acid trip as she makes love to a wall at a house party.

Cameron: Cameron is the person you found that is in the same glass of emotion as you after that season finale of Game of Thrones. You and Cameron connect on a spiritual level. Cameron shares his 6-pack of New Glarus with you.

There should be more Camerons in the world.

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SPRING AT THE CINEMATHEQUE

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Editor

Every semester, University of Wisconsin Cinematheque releases a lineup of films with a healthy balance of indie cult classics to acclaimed major motion pictures. This semester, however, their film series veers more toward the small-scale and emerging genres of film. Not a film major? Do not fear. Each movie is carefully selected by the Cinematheque and other committees and departments on campus to be interesting, acclaimed and revolutionary.

Here are six series to follow this semester at the Cinematheque.

Orson Welles Celebration

Special Presentations

Universal ‘71

Most film buffs are familiar with Orson Welles’ 1941 debut feature “Citizen Kane.”

Rich with symbolism and unorthodox narrative and visual techniques, the film is often considered one of the best movies of all time. But what many don’t know is the Kenosha, Wisconsin, native actually has a broader diverse repertoire of films based on literary classics and major historical time periods. Welles’ use of sound and imagery and

This hodgepodge of film classics spans several decades, genres and production styles from contemporary indie flicks to dramatic period pieces of the 1920s and 30’s.

The series begins with a 2013 documentary about two Japanese filmmakers as they create art in their medium.

The films descend backward through time and make major pitstops in film history along the way. Highlights include “The Wind Rises” (Jan. 24),

1971 was a huge year for the film industry.

Hollywood churned out an exceptional amount of classics that have endured the test of time, including “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The French Connection,” “Dirty Harry” and “A Clockwork Orange.” While most of the Cinematheque series this spring lack an explicit thread, this collection has a hyper specific angle: movies made by Universal Pictures

his understanding of humanity revolutionized filmmaking for subsequent generations. To commemorate this theatrical revolutionary 100 years after his birth, the Cinematheque will feature films spanning most of his career. Starting with “Citizen Kane” (Jan. 24), the series will include classics like “The Stranger” (Jan. 31), “Othello” (Feb. 7) and “Touch of Evil” (Feb 28). The Wisconsin Film Festival will present a similar tribute to Welles in April.

Cannon Fodder A cannon fodder is a combatant who is sent on an impossible task with the expectation of high casualties. In the case of this film series, perhaps it is the pretentious viewer who plays the role of the cannon fodder as they are charged with the hopeless task of digesting these films that include superfluous sex, violence, breakdancing, vampires, giggling street thugs, etc.

This series of four movies produced by Cannon Films

Hayao Miyazaki’s swan song that takes a fictional approach to the life of Jiro Horikoshi and “A Hard Day’s Night” (May 2), the Beatles’ first film. For an inside scoop, David Koepp, an author of the screenplay for “War of the Worlds,” will be at the presentation to talk about his writing. At the end of the series, the communication arts department will be curating an event that allows new filmmakers to showcase their work for the first time.

Cannon Canon during the 1980s is not for the humorless. The films are known as exploitation films because they are low-budget and exploit a trend of the time. These vintage flicks are still hilariously entertaining and 100 percent mockable.

This series is presented in conjunction with the student-run WUD Film Committee and will be playing at the Marquee Theater at Union South.

To compliment their Cannon Fodder series, the theater is hosting this collection to pay homage to those rare, arthouse classics that eked out of Cannon Films’ studios about once a year at its prime. Although the production company more frequently churned out lowgrade exploitive films, these films are critically acclaimed and often include stellar casts.

The series begins with a new documentary detailing the careers of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus as they grow from creating a few successful

in 1971. However, quality is not lost in the specificity. At the time, Universal began hosting an array of emerging directors, giving them creative freedom over their projects. These filmmakers produced classics that gained traction with national audiences as well as critics.

Films include “Taking Off” (March 29) and “The Red Sky at Night” (April 5). They will be playing at the Chazen Museum of Art.

New Argentine Cinema home movies to owning their own production company. It continues with “Barfly” (Feb. 13), starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway, a semiautobiography of screenwriter, Charles Bukowski, as he wades through the muck of Los Angeles living. The series also includes the modern Shakespeare adaptation, “King Lear” (Feb. 20), which stars Molly Ringwald and Woody Allen and inserts references to Chernobyl and Virginia Woolf within the thematic framework .of the classic play.

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The Argentine Cinema industry is considered one of the best in the Spanishspeaking world. In recent years, Argentine film directors like Martin Rejtman have so powerfully injected their personal influence and artistic style into their films that they have sculpted the industry into a visionary matrix. This four-film series includes “Jauja,” a quasiwestern with inventive cinematography (March 7); “The Dead Man and

Being Happy” (March 14), a critically acclaimed story of a man on a final mission during his dying days; “Two Shots Fired” (March 7), a fatalistic, wry dramedy about a teen’s life after he inexplicably shoots himself twice; and lastly “The Use of A Magazine Rack” ( March 14), an experimental film — produced in a single shot over the course of a conversation — about the personal lives of two women.

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‘Parks and Rec’ to leave comedic legacy after final season As Leslie Knope eats her last waffles, acclaimed show sets precedent for future sitcoms with developed characters, plots Photo · Recurring fanfavorite Terry (Jim O’Heir), formerly known as Jerry and Gary, accidentally sets himself on fire on set of “Parks and Recreation.”

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by Kaden Greenfield ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

When “Parks and Recreation” premiered as a midseason replacement nearly six years ago, it was as if it wanted to directly emulate “The Office,” the flagship sitcom of NBC’s Thursday night comedy lineup at the time. Produced by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, both “Office” producers, season

one of “Parks” looked pretty similar to the workplace comedy starring Steve Carell.

But as the now-extremely popular show rides into its seventh and final season, the Amy Poehler-led powerhouse has traveled far from “Office” comparisons.

“Parks” continues to stand out for offering something that doesn’t depend on stock characters and contrived story arcs but opts for a degree of originality not seen in quite

awhile.

What makes “Parks” interesting by default is its setup. The show offers a glimpse into small town America by way of fictional Pawnee, Indiana, seen through the eyes of the employees of the Parks and Recreation Department.

Politics both legitimate and laughable is the driving force on which the premise centers.

Although the show does not directly satirize municipal

government, it certainly pokes fun of the provincial mindset of those running small towns.

In doing so, “Parks” gingerly negates the stigma of small town life; it offers enough whimsy to enchant viewers with Pawnee’s slower speed of life without reaching the point of being patronizing. Each episode certainly reinforces how minuscule some issues can be when there isn’t a whole lot else going on, but the way that “Parks” embraces small town America pays homage to those who live in places not often considered glamorous.

While other shows have created a take on small town America, like “Northern Exposure,” the manner through which “Parks” does so is strikingly unique. Its humble, nuanced brand of humor would make anyone want to move to Pawnee. Bits centering on the legacy of the town mascot, Lil Sebastian the

pony, or the playful derision directed at Jerry Gergich (Jim O’Heir) make for eclectic material that other comedies like “How I Met Your Mother” could never think up in its dreams. No other television comedy has embraced one type of ordinary in such an honest, hilarious way.

The characters that form the principal cast of “Parks” are forces to be reckoned with. Leading the parks department is Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), a staunch libertarian with a love for woodworking and a hate for big government. Second in command is enthusiastic Leslie Knope, played by Poehler. Leslie’s best friend and confidante, Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones), represents the everyman, always showing compassion and support for Leslie’s often hilarious yet well-intentioned tendencies.

The secondary characters include once-obscure comedians Rhetta and Aziz Ansari, who were plucked from obscurity into careerdefining roles as bold, abrasive Donna Meagle and overly friendly, somewhat effeminate Tom Haverford, respectively. It should also be mentioned that both these actors, in addition to Jones,

are people of color. “Parks” is taking a step in the right direction for diversifying television, especially when compared to the whiteness of its counterparts.

This impressive ensemble cast’s charisma and chemistry culminated in the fan-andcritic-favorite episode, ‘The Fight.” After the characters become quite intoxicated at a party, drunken fights and ridiculous banter lead to newly-forged harmony between characters. The episode truly encompasses the enthusiasm, reality and camaraderie that make “Parks” a great portrayal of friendship and welldeveloped character studies.

“Parks” is currently airing its final season, after a period of uncertainty with fans as to whether the show would return or not.

However, it did arrive on NBC Tuesday nights earlier this month, and will air through Feb. 10. Although season seven may seem forced and abridged, it allows for one last taste of a television comedy that has lent itself to countless laughs and even more sentimentality that will make “Parks” resonate with future generations far more than an “Office” crony ever would.

Cold War Kids delivers seasoned set to ecstatic crowd After impressive opener Elliot Moss, headliners enduce joyful sing-alongs to compliment striking performance at Majestic

by Nolan Ferlic ArtsEtc. Contributor

As I stepped through the poster-plastered doors of the Majestic Tuesday night, I was surprised to find an eclectic crowd of hip moms and dads, sober teens and drunk ex-frat-20somethings — not necessarily the scene I was expecting to assemble for the indierock powerhouse Cold War Kids. As the PBR flowed and the beards of grad students became progressively more disheveled, opener Elliot Moss silently slinked onto stage.

Without much grandeur, the New York-based wonder boy dove into his set. With almost no flair, Moss spewed his emotionally-charged lyrics all over the front row, drenching them in Sam Smith-esque wording on top of pulsing, synthesizer-heavy beats. With the crowd more interested in the conversation they were currently having than Elliot’s music, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began sending out emergency

alerts of an impeding shitstorm. With Bon Iver levels of energy, Moss attempted to create a room-wide self-pity session through his emotional onslaught.

Moss’ music was saturated with brilliant, head-bobbing beats and soulful vocals.

Just as Elliot’s relationship problems music set began to truly worry me, he brought in house music-like bass, guitar ability reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age and vocals as smooth as a baby’s haunches, completely changing the Majestic’s atmosphere.

With aggressive and driving synthesizer and Moss’ nonchalant, zeroflair personality, each song received more audience appreciation than the last. What started out as a questionable and vibekilling performance evolved into a movin’ and groovin’ set, getting the audience thoroughly hot and bothered. Indicative of his performance, Moss exited to an exceptionally enthusiastic audience, complete with dozens of PBR Tall Boys raised in his honor.

After what seemed like an

unnecessarily long transition period, it was clear the audience was antsy and starting to get annoyed; their only form of entertainment was a bouncer who was clearly Hagrid dressed in a muggle’s all-white suit and moving musical equipment around stage.

Once all portals of social media had thoroughly been checked, Hagrid finally left to return to the wizarding world and on charged the Cold War Kids to a rapturous audience. Frontman Nathan Willett smashed out an electric performance of “All This Could Be Yours” followed by an impressive rendition of “Miracle Mile” to signal the start of a legendary performance. Dancing around an open stage, guitarist Dann Gallucci and bassist Matt Maust provided ample visual entertainment. Void of any form of exciting lighting or other stage theatrics, the Cold War Kids pounded out hymns to the indie gods in front of a gray, old-school banner reminiscent of the Robbers and Cowards (2006) album cover.

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known tunes, the audience was eager to sing along. The Majestic was filled with the voices of loyal concert-goers without fail as the Cold War Kids transitioned into less mainstream songs. In full command of the audience, Willett sat down at the piano to pound out some slower, drape-your-arm-aroundyour-drunken-friend sing-along songs. No matter the popularity of the track, the Majestic’s patrons knew every word.

Willett and friends moved around stage with complete confidence, delivering hits with crystal-clear vocals and masterful instrumentals.

Utilizing the popular “let’s-all-clap-along-

to-this-song” technique paired with all indications of seasoned performers, the Cold War Kids exuded professionalism and oldfashioned rocking out.

Ending their performance rather abruptly, the band swaggered off stage. Clearly expecting an encore, the Cold War Kids quickly rushed back out with even more energy and flair, leaving the audience doubled over in indie rockinduced fits of ecstasy. As the lights came on, marking the true end of an impressive performance, the Cold War Kids exited to genuine audience appreciation.

The clarity and quality of the performance was striking. Despite moments of heavy guitar, synthesizer and piano with high, melodic

Photo ·Frontman Nathan Willett (far right) wails his bluesy tunes to an audience inclined to raise their PBRs in appreciation.

Derek Bauer The Badger Herald vocals, none of the intricate parts of the performance overpowered the others. The Cold War Kids delivered an altogether lively set with straight out-of-the-studiograde music quality.

Despite the dismal and bleak images that the term “cold war” brings to mind, the performance at the Majestic was anything but.

The Cold War Kids came out and rocked the socks off of every man, woman and child at the venue.

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UW defense looks to stop nation’s leading scorer When Ohio State comes to Kohl Center Thursday night, Badgers will have hands full defending freshman phenom Kelsey Mitchell

by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

Coming off three straight losses, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team will look to get back to winning ways Thursday night at the Kohl Center, yet faces an offensively explosive Ohio State team led by freshman guard Kelsey Mitchell.

Mitchell, the No. 1 recruit in the nation in some rankings, has not disappointed in her first season. She leads the nation in scoring, averaging 25.9 points per game, and also leads the country in threepointers made (75).

“We’re gonna try to just get it out of her hands,” Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “Not trapping her or anything, she’s too fast, she’s too quick. A scorer like that? Hard to stop. Let hope she’s off and she’s missing.”

This past Sunday, the freshman phenom poured in 37 points, with 31 coming in the second half or overtime period in the Buckeyes’ 79-71 OT win at Purdue. She made four three’s and was 13 of 14 from the free-throw line.

“We’re gonna mix it up,” Kelsey said of her team’s defensive game plan. “I don’t think we can do one thing the whole game ... It’s just identifying where she is and kind of gang-guarding her.

“The girl can just flat out score. And she’s left-handed, that’s even worse.”

The performance led her

to earn her second straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors, as well as Big Ten Player of the Week honors. It was the second time this season she’s won both distinctions in the same week, and was the fifth time she’s been named conference Freshman of the Week.

Junior Ameryst Alston, who averages 20.8 points per game, joins Mitchell in the backcourt as another formidable scoring threat for the Buckeyes. Freshman forward Alexa Hart leads Ohio State in blocks (3.8 per game) and rebounds (8.3 per game).

For Wisconsin, the three junior guards will look to continue to their recent offensive success. Dakota Whyte has scored in double figures in her last six games, while Nicole Bauman and Tessa Cichy both set new career-high point totals in the Badgers 77-71 loss at Michigan State Sunday, with 23 and 15 points, respectively.

“It gave me a lot of confidence that I know I can hit my shot,” Bauman said of her career-high day. “My teammates will hit me when I’m open, and vice versa, and just trusting one another, and getting more into the flow of a game, rather than an individual game.”

Bauman said it will be important for the Badgers to not fall into shooting dry spells, which allows the opposition to pull away.

“There are certain times in the game where we have a lapse, where we just can’t get the ball to go in the

hoop,” Bauman said. “Then the other team will get up by like 10 points and then we can’t seem to fight out of that hole.”

Whyte said that there is still more room for improvement on the offensive end, however.

“It’s somewhat where I want it to be,” Whyte said of her performance this season thus far. “I don’t wanna be a 20-point scorer every game.

I’d rather have more assists.”

Wisconsin will have to be better than the 60.9 points it averages per game if it wants to have a chance of beating Ohio State, which averages 81.0 points per game. In Big Ten play, the Buckeyes have scored 79 points or more in five of their last eight games, while Wisconsin has eclipsed 79 points once the entire season.

In the last two games though, Wisconsin has scored 72 and 71 points.

“I don’t think that offense is the problem,” Whyte said.

“I think that we are capable of scoring, everyone on our team, especially the starters, but I think that defense is something we really need to work on.”

Whyte, Cichy and Bauman have seen increases in their scoring numbers from a year ago. Bauman (+6.8), ranks fourth in the Big Ten among most improved scorers, while Cichy (+6.2) and Whyte (+4.2) rank sixth and ninth, respectively.

“We’re capable,” Kelsey said. “We just have to play some defense.”

Who: Ohio State vs.

Wisconsin Where: The Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin When: 8 p.m.

TV: Big Ten Network (BTN) with Eric Collins and Sherry Till Radio: The Mic 92.1 with Jon Arias All-time series: Ohio State leads 47-17, including a 17-12 mark in Madison. The Buckeyes have won 21 of the last 23 meetings dating back to 2001.

Wisconsin Probable Starters: G Dakota Whyte (10.4 points per game), G Nicole Bauman (12.9 ppg), G Tessa Cichy (8.0 ppg), F Jacki Gulczynski (9.1 ppg), F Cassie Rochel (6.1 ppg) Ohio State Probable Starters: G Kelsey Mitchell (25.9 ppg), G Cait Craft (7.9 ppg), G Ameryst Alston (20.8 ppg), G Asia Doss (5.6 ppg), F Alexa Hart (10.5 ppg)

Photo · The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will try for their fourth Big Ten win against the Buckeyes Thursday night. UW has already matched their conference win total from last season with three wins.

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1. Which Iowa team will show up Saturday?

Prior to the Badgers’ 8250 blowout win over the Hawkeyes on Jan. 20, Iowa entered the AP Top 25 poll for the first time all season at No. 25. The Hawkeyes had beaten Minnesota and Ohio State in a fourday span to improve their record to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. Since then, however, Iowa has lost back-to-back games for the third time this season.

After falling to the Badgers in Madison, Iowa lost a 6763 decision on the road at Purdue and not only are out of the top 25, but are not receiving any votes in the poll either.

In Iowa’s four conference wins this season, they’re averaging 73.5 points per game, but in their three Big Ten losses, the Hawkeyes are averaging just 58 points per game, including a conference-low 50 to Wisconsin a few weeks ago. A large reason for their lack of scoring has been the drop-in points from leading scorers Aaron White and Jarrod Uthoff in those losses.

In Iowa’s four Big Ten wins, Uthoff is averaging 15.5 points per game, while White is averaging 19. But in the three losses, Uthoff is barely in double figures at 10 points per game, while White is averaging just 6.3 points. Granted, White missed the majority of the

game against Purdue with a shoulder injury and only scored four points, but he still only managed seven points and eight points in their other two conference losses.

As of Wednesday, White is listed as day-to-day with a shoulder injury and may not play against the Badgers Saturday, and while the Iowa offense will certainly gain a large boost if their top-point scorer can play, both he and Uthoff will need to have solid games to knock off Wisconsin.

2. Can the Badgers hold the Hawkeyes’ offensive attack Saturday like they did in Madison?

The Hawkeyes’ offense has struggled in their three conference losses this season, including the first meeting with the Badgers a few weeks ago. While Iowa shot 61.9 percent from the floor in the second half in the team’s first meeting this season, the Hawkeyes were only seven of 25 (28 percent) in the first half.

Iowa’s three leading scorers – White, Uthoff and Gabriel Olaseni – scored a combined 19 points for the game. Olaseni did not attempt a field goal in the game, while Uthoff was the only Iowa player in double figures with 12 points.

Additionally, the Badgers forced the Hawkeyes into nine turnovers and six steals, while Uthoff was the only starter to shoot over fifty percent for the game. Wisconsin also out-

rebounded Iowa, 37-23, hauling in 15 offensive boards to Iowa’s six.

3. Is there anything Iowa can do to disrupt Wisconsin’s offense?

Not only did Wisconsin show one of their best defensive efforts of the season against Iowa, but it was almost a historic night at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers committed just one turnover, and even that came on a shot clock violation early in the second half. The Hawkeyes tried to counter the Badgers’ offense with man-to-man defense and zone defense along with a half-court press and full-court press.

Wisconsin broke apart Iowa’s defensive sets with crisp passes that resulted in a phenomenal 16 assists to just the one turnover.

As a team, Wisconsin shot 49.2 percent and 40.9 percent from beyond the arc. Five Badgers knocked home a three, with Bronson Koenig (3for-6), Sam Dekker (2-for-4) and Zak Showalter (1-for2) all shooting 50 percent from three on the night.

Meanwhile, four players — Dekker, Nigel Hayes, Frank Kaminsky and Duje Dukan — all shot over 50 percent from the floor as well.

It was perhaps Wisconsin’s most efficient and productive offensive performance of the year.

If it can even come close to replicating those results Saturday, it will be tough for any Iowa defense to slow down the Badgers.

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Besse rare bright spot for men’s hockey team In second season, sophomore forward has adjusted to more time on ice, leadership role during difficult season for youthful Wisconsin

by Derek Franklin Men’s Hockey Writer

In a season that the Wisconsin men’s hockey team has taken a step backwards with just a 2-15-3 overall record and a 0-5-1 record in Big Ten play, sophomore forward Grant Besse has taken a big step forward on his way to quietly having a breakout season.

Besse began his career as a Badger last year with a promising freshman season, compiling eight goals and six assists, playing in 36 of the team’s 37 games. A year later, with Wisconsin’s top five goal scorers from last season no longer on the team, Besse has elevated his game to a much higher level and stepped into a leadership role for this year ’s young Wisconsin team.

Not being a top-line guy last season took some getting used to for Besse since he had never played a role like that before in his hockey career. Coming out of Plymouth, Minnesota, Besse was named 2013 Mr. Hockey in Minnesota, thus when he came to Madison he was unaccustomed to a reserve role. However, it ended up being a beneficial learning experience for Besse that allowed him to learn from the veteran Badgers on last year ’s team.

“It was a bit frustrating at first obviously coming from high school where you’re the go-to guy,” Besse said. “But I’m glad it was like that. I learned from those older guys.”

Just 20 games into this season, Besse is leading Wisconsin in goals (seven)

and his six assists are tied for second most on the team, making him only one goal away from matching his goal and assist total from all of last season.

Besse believes that increased playing time and having more chances to make plays has been a major factor in his emergence as a go-to guy for the Badgers.

“I’m getting a lot more opportunities,” Besse said.

“Being on the top line and on the power play, you just have more opportunities and more ways to show what I can do.”

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves credited much of Besse’s improvement to gaining strength and using it to keep defenders from taking the puck from him.

“Having a year under his belt, he’s bigger, stronger and knows what to expect,” Eaves said.

“He’s stronger over the puck, so he has it a lot more.”

Eaves also praised Besse for his impressive shooting ability that even caught their attention back when they recruited him out of high school. Eaves called Besse a “sniper” in reference to his gifted ability to shoot with pinpoint accuracy and overall knack for finding the back of the net.

“He’s got a great gift to shoot the puck, something that’s not taught,” Eaves said. “When you shoot like that, you want him to shoot the puck as much as possible because not everybody can shoot like that.”

Much like Eaves, Wisconsin senior

goaltender Joel Rumpel has seen the improved play in Besse. Anytime Besse gets the puck is a reason to get excited due to his wide-ranging skillset that can threaten defenses in different ways.

“Grant’s one of those special players that, when he gets the puck, you’re excited because he can make things happen,” Rumpel said. “He can turn a nothing play into something, whether it’s using his quick hands to get through guys or his deceiving shot to beat a goalie from a bad angle. He just brings that energy and that offensive dynamic that we need this year.”

With so many leaders from last year ’s team gone this season, Besse has not only taken a bigger role on the ice but has welcomed a bigger role off the ice as a leader of the team. Despite being new to the leadership role for this team, and just a sophomore, it hasn’t been an issue for him.

Rumpel sees Besse’s maturity level as the main reason why he has been able to handle being a leader on a team with 11 true freshmen.

“When you’re a young team, we’ve got to have guys like Grant, who’s mature beyond his age, and guys can look to him in the dressing room, whether it’s

modeling our play after him or the things he does off the ice,” Rumpel said.

But despite Besse’s strong play this season, the Badgers have been unable to have the same success as a team on the ice, as they’re still looking for their first Big Ten win of the season.

The team will be looking for the sophomore forward to step up his game even more to get that first win.

Besse said he feels he can do that by becoming a player who always delivers night in and night out.

“I’d say consistency is probably the biggest thing I’ve been working on,” Besse said of where he could improve. “Coming

Photo · Grant Besse (12) has scored seven goals and six assists in his second season at Wisconsin. Both of those numbers are one shy of topping last season’s total in each category.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald game in and game out and being able to produce and not get beat defensively.”

Only a sophomore, Besse has plenty of time to continue writing his story as a Badger. Regardless of where that story goes, it will undoubtedly serve as a bright spot amid a season of considerable darkness.

UW comes down home stretch with new confidence

On heels of 4-0 win over last season’s national champion, Clarkson, Wisconsin women’s hockey team has goals set high Photo · Courtney Burke (pictured) and the No. 3 Wisconsin women’s hockey team will look to carry the momentum established in the Clarkson series win into the remainder of the regular season and postseason tournaments.

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by Eric Goldsobel Women’s Hockey Writer

With just eight regular season games remaining, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team finds itself perched at No. 3 in the rankings and No. 2 in the WCHA standings, hoping to ride out the season on a hot streak.

This weekend’s away series against Minnesota State comes after the Badgers’ convincing series win against defending national champions Clarkson University.

Sophomore forward Sydney McKibbon said the team is now looking to win the eight games left in the season.

“In-conference or out-ofconference, we want to get eight wins,” McKibbon said.

“We want to move into the playoffs on a high note.”

Regardless of their opponent, the Badgers are expressing confidence in their abilities, despite a recent stretch of goalscoring troubles. However, if the team continues the form they exhibited in a 4-0 thumping of seventh-

ranked Clarkson on Sunday, this should be no problem.

“What we’re doing right now has been working pretty well,” sophomore forward Sarah Nurse said.

“With our team, I think it’s pretty deep.

Anybody can score.”

Granted, freshman forward Annie Pankowski scored three of Wisconsin’s four goals on Sunday, but the principle remains that the Badgers are quite capable of tallying goals. After their last game, the team hopes the rough patch the team hit coming out of the winter break might finally be over.

“On Sunday, we were finally able to put the puck in the net,” McKibbon said. “We want to continue to do that, continue to pepper the goalies. It gets frustrating when you’re getting 50 shots on net and you’re not scoring … but it makes us want to score even more and get pucks to the net.”

In its last five games before the Clarkson

series, Wisconsin had netted only six goals.

From the Jan. 10th game vs.

Minnesota through Sunday’s game vs. Clarkson, the Badgers’

offense was subpar.

Through the six games, the Badgers shot, on average, 11.84 in the first period of games, 14.84 in the second and 11.5 in the third. Those shots translated into, on average, 0.17 goals in the first period, one in the second and 0.4 in the third.

However, in Sunday’s game vs. Clarkson alone, the Badgers shot 14 first period shots, 15 second period shots and fell to only nine third period shots. This resulted in zero first period goals, two second period goals and two third period goals.

Finding their stride again could not have come at a more convenient time, as the Badgers will face some key matchups in determining their final place for the upcoming WCHA and NCAA tournaments. The WCHA begins in about one month.

Among the teams contesting Wisconsin on their march toward the finish are MinnesotaDuluth, who will look to spoil the Badgers’ plans. The Bulldogs find themselves four points behind the Badgers in the WCHA conference standings. Two wins against Wisconsin next week would put the Bulldogs even with the Badgers.

Yet the Badgers only concern themselves with the tasks at hand in preparation for this weekend’s series.

Minnesota State currently sits at the bottom of the WCHA standings without a single win in conference play at 0-17-1. Regardless, the Badgers are aware that the Mavericks will look to end their campaign on a high note by taking down the third-ranked team in the nation.

“I think whenever a team plays us, they get excited,” Nurse said. “So finishing out this last half of the season, we’re looking to not give any teams hope against us.”

No player denies the challenges ahead, but all seem to be exhibiting the classic phrase, “cool, calm and collected,” and rightfully so. Despite recent

goal troubles, the Badgers are still in excellent position to make a run at what would be head coach Mark Johnson’s fifth national title.

Rebounding after their recent string of troubles has given the team the hunger and energy it needs in order to keep the momentum going. In fact, some players believe it was actually beneficial. It showed what can happen in moments of complacency and, in turn, reignited the fire that led them to a 17-2-1 record going into the winter break.

“You need to stay humble,” freshman defender Maddie Rolfes said. “You need to make sure your main goals are working hard and winning instead of going out complacent and getting into bad habits.”

With two series at home, Minnesota-Duluth and St. Cloud State, and two away series at Minnesota State and Ohio State, the Badgers will play in a variety of environments that will prepare them for the upcoming postseason tournaments.

The team also hopes to bring home a coveted fifth national title for Johnson, the newest member of the 350-win club.

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SPORTS EDITOR Dan Corcoran sports@badgerherald.com @BHERALDSPORTS

THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015

UW hopes to exit ‘street of failure’ against Gophers In search of first Big Ten win, Wisconsin takes on rival Minnesota at Kohl Center in second installment of Border Battle this season

by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team played one of its best periods of the season last Friday night against Michigan, but unfortunately it had five more to play.

After getting outscored 12-1 in the final five periods of last weekend’s series against the Wolverines, the Badgers (2-15-3, 0-5-11 Big Ten) will try to end a six-game winless stretch that dates back to a 2-0 win against Michigan Tech on Jan. 3 when they host rival Minnesota this weekend.

Minnesota won the first series of the season between the teams with a 2-2 tie and a 5-2 triumph.

But after starting the season ranked No. 1 in the country, the Gophers (11-9-2, 2-2-2) dropped out of the polls this week for the first time since 2011.

Like Minnesota, Wisconsin has struggled recently, but the Badgers’ struggles have lasted all season long. That included this past weekend against the Wolverines, arguably the worst weekend of the season for Wisconsin, which led 4-1 in the first game and eventually got outscored by the largest margin for a series this year with 7-4 and 6-0 defeats.

Despite the losing skid, Wisconsin senior captain Brad Navin said he has seen resiliency in his teammates.

“You still see it in guys that they’re frustrated,” Navin said. “That means they still care and they’re still willing to work hard.”

Wisconsin will have to work especially hard to start strong in both games

this weekend if it hopes to stay with the Gophers. In the first meeting between the teams, Minnesota blitzed the Badgers in both first periods, outshooting them by a combined margin of 41-10. Wisconsin somehow managed to

came against Michigan last Friday.

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves acknowledged that his team has to be ready from the opening faceoff come Friday night.

“We didn’t play very well on Saturday night in

this season would indicate that it would have a good chance down the stretch.

The Badgers have been outscored in every period this season, but they have had the most success in second periods where they have 17 goals and only

second game in the second period and had a good finish to the game, Eaves said.

Rumpel has made 40 or more saves in each of the last four games, and if the series with Minnesota turns out like it did the first time

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escape the first period in the first game trailing by just one, despite getting outshot 20-3. But that wasn’t the case in the series finale when Minnesota put up three goals in the opening 20 minutes to put the game out of reach early.

That latter instance has often been the case this season, as opponents have outscored Wisconsin 23-5 in the opening frame, and three of those five goals

the first period [against Minnesota] much like this last Saturday,” Eaves said.

“We came out and it was 3-0 after the first period there, and we gave up four here the other night, so our Saturday night starts have not been good – kind of taken us out of the game early. So we can’t afford to have that happen.”

If Wisconsin can keep the games close after one period, the statistics from

allowed 26 to opposing teams.

A big part in keeping the games close will fall on the shoulders of senior goaltender Joel Rumpel, who is coming off a tough weekend individually.

Rumpel allowed six goals last Friday night and two more in just two minutes and three seconds to start Saturday night before getting pulled. However, Rumpel did re-enter the

around with the Gophers having a heavy advantage in shots, Rumpel will need to have a good response to his rough outing last weekend.

“There’s definitely been a bit of bounce back,” redshirt senior defenseman Chase Drake said. “It’s tough when you’re in a funk like this. I don’t even know what to call it – a rut, anything like that. It’s tough to come to the rink

some days and be positive, but as an older guy and a leader, you got to keep pushing these guys and stay positive all the time.

“We still have a lot of games left. We’re pushing to play our best hockey at the end of the season and that’s what we’re trying to do now.”

Based on recent series history, the games should be close this weekend, with 10 of the last 11 contests decided by two goals or fewer. Minnesota leads the overall series by 70 games out of 272 total games played, but Wisconsin has fared close to .500 since Eaves took over as head coach, including an 8-9-5 mark at the Kohl Center.

With how close the series has been of late, special teams could very well be the deciding factor.

Wisconsin’s power play got going last weekend with three goals in Friday night’s contest, the first time it has had that many since Jan. 6, 2012. However, on the other side of special teams, Wisconsin’s penalty kill has not fared as well, yielding a power-play goal in four of the last six games on six of 21 opportunities. When the Badgers have killed off all opponents’ chances on the man advantage though, they have two wins and two ties in seven games.

Certainly special teams will be a factor, but Wisconsin will have to learn from its recent mistakes if it hopes to get a favorable result for one of the few times this year.

“You have to learn how to win. On that path to winning, you go on the street of failure a couple times,” Eaves said. “That’s where we’re at.”

Badgers to go Hawkeye hunting in Iowa City

Wisconsin and Iowa match up for second time in 11 days, as Sam Dekker and Co. look for repeat of 82-50 rout from last week Photo · Sam Dekker (15) and the rest of the Badgers hope to continue their winning ways as they take on Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Saturday morning Hayley Cleghorm The Badger Herald

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Basketball Writer

Wisconsin will head to Iowa Saturday in hopes of their fourth-straight Big Ten win. It will be the second match up between the two teams in less than two weeks.

Wisconsin Update In their last game, the Badgers faced a tough road test against injury-plagued and struggling Michigan.

After the Wolverines came back to force the game into overtime, Frank Kaminksy decided to take over, scoring eight of his 22 points in the extra period and helped the Badgers hold on for a victory. Kaminsky also had a game-high nine rebounds, falling one short of his ninth double-double on

the season. Dekker, Koenig and Hayes also all scored in double figures in the matchup, and Koenig had a team-high four assists.

Wisconsin is 3-0 since Traevon Jackson went down with a foot injury in the loss against Rutgers, and while the Badgers would like to have him back sooner rather than later, the injury has pushed a few players into a larger role. In his three games as the starting point guard, Bronson Koenig has been averaging 37 minutes, 12.3 points and 2.3 assists per game. He is also shooting 52 percent from the field and 53.3 percent from three. Off the bench, Zak Showalter is beginning to see more minutes than he ever has in his tenure at UW. Since the injury, Showalter is averaging 12.3 minutes per game after

averaging only seven per game prior to the injury.

While he won’t fill up the stat sheet, Showalter has shown he has the ability to be scrappy and make the important hustle plays that won’t always show up on the box score.

Sam Dekker is starting to look like the player fans expected in the preseason.

After a lingering ankle injury caused some midseason struggles, the junior is starting to play at a consistently high level.

Dekker has scored in double figures in 10 of his last 11 games and is averaging 14.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game over that period.

In its last matchup against Iowa, Wisconsin dominated the Hawkeyes at the Kohl Center from start to finish and won 8250. Dekker led the way in

the blowout—recording 17 points and eight rebounds— and was followed by Kaminsky, who ended the game with 13 points, 11 rebounds and six assists.

As a team, Wisconsin only had one turnover the entire game.

Iowa Update After a strong start to their season, which included road wins over then-No. 12 North Carolina and then-No. 20 Ohio State, the Hawkeyes have taken a step back. Iowa has lost their last two Big Ten games—an unexpected blowout defeat at the hands of the Badgers and on the road at Purdue— after starting conference play 4-1. The Hawkeyes will look at their second chance against Wisconsin as an opportunity to get back on track.

Unfortunately for Iowa, they may have to try to get back on track without the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, Aaron White. White reportedly suffered a nerve injury in the shoulder in Iowa’s loss to Purdue. As of now, the severity of the injury is unknown. If White is unable to play, the Hawkeyes will be losing a player who is averaging 15.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 52.4 percent from the field.

A storyline that is sure to carry over from the last matchup between these two teams centers on Iowa center Adam Woodbury.

During the game, Woodbury appeared to poke both Hayes and Kaminsky in the eye while guarding them.

Both Woodbury and Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery spoke out on the issue and denied it was intentional.

ESPN’s Dan Dakich, who called the Tuesday night game, thought otherwise and demanded Woodbury face some sort of suspension.

Dakich will be calling this weekend’s game and is receiving extra security as a result of the conflict, according to the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

GAME VITALS: Wisconsin

(18-2, 6-1 Big Ten) Big Ten: 6-1, 1st place by half a game over Maryland Last game: Defeated Michigan in OT, 69-64 Probable Starters: G Bronson Koenig (6 ppg) G Josh Gasser (7.3 ppg) F Sam Dekker (12.7 ppg) F Nigel Hayes (12.4 ppg) F Frank Kaminsky (17.2 ppg) Key Reserves: F – Duje Dukan, F – Vitto Brown, G – Zak Showalter

Iowa

(13-7, 4-3 Big Ten) Big Ten: 4-3, in a four-way tie for 5th place with Michigan State, Nebraska and Purdue Last game: Lost to Purdue, 67-63 Probable Starters: G Peter Jok (6.2 ppg) G Mike Gesell (7.3 ppg) F Aaron White (15.1 ppg) F Jarrod Uthoff (11.5 ppg) C Adam Woodbury (6.8 ppg) Key Reserves: G - Joe Oglesby, G - Anthony Clemmons, F - Dominique Uhl, C - Gabriel Olaseni

Who – No. 5 Wisconsin (18-2, 6-1 Big Ten) at Iowa (13-7, 4-3 Big Ten)

When – Saturday, Jan. 31, 11 a.m.

Where – Iowa City, Iowa; Carver- Hawkeye Arena (15,500)

TV Broadcast – ESPN (Bob Wischusen, Dan Dakich)