Comics Come to Life - Issue 34

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015 · VOL 46, ISSUE 34 · BADGERHERALD.COM

COMICS COME TO LIFE Wisconsin’s comic subculture had their day at Madison’s inaugural three-day Wizard World Comic-Con.

by AUDREY PIEHL and SELENA HANDLER

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Local arrest zeroes in on Wis. human trafficking laws

Lawmakers aim to take down statewide problem, look to clarify definition of coercion, tighten protection of minors

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

Dane County’s arrest of Lindy Gill, an alleged human trafficker, brought to light one of the city and state’s most dismal illegal industries — one that lawmakers are trying

to bring down.

Human trafficking refers to a wide swath of crimes, including forced labor and sexual acts. Gill’s alleged crimes, for example, involved using heroin to coerce victims into prostitution.

Jill Karofsky, victim services administrator for the

Wisconsin Department of Justice, said cases of human trafficking are often tied to narcotics, but not always.

“Pimps use all types of methods to coerce victims,” Karofsky said. “Often, it is literall Karofsky said there are cases in Wisconsin where

traffickers will use extensive methods to keep victims under their authority, including extreme physical and emotional abuse It is often difficult for citizens and law enforcement to identify cases of human trafficking because the deals often happen online and

under wraps, especially in places like Madison, where prostitutes are not walking around the street, said Jodi Emerson, development director for Fierce Freedom, a group that works toward “exposing modern-day slavery in our hometowns.”

“It’s very underhanded

and very undercurrent, which makes it really hard to fight because when it’s not right out in front of people, they don’t want to believe it’s happening,” Emerson said.

It is unclear if the coercion of people to participate

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Increased gang activity captures attention of MPD Madison police connect long list of recent violent crimes to members; officials cite city growth, disparity, socio-economic issues

by Emily Skorik Herald Contributor

An increase in gang related activity throughout Madison over the past few years has captured the attention of local law enforcement.

An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 suspected gang members and associates are believed to be laying claim to not only

Madison, but the overall region as well, Madison City Gang Unit Sergeant Brian Chaney said.

Unaddressed trauma, particularly childhood trauma, is often directly related to gang involvement, Chaney said.

Other factors include socioeconomic issues or lack of parental guidance, he said.

“Well-established gang members prey on the

vulnerable,” Chaney said.

“We are seeing recruiting in the neighborhoods as well as schools. The biggest thing [the department] can stress is to know your kids and who they’re hanging out with.”

Not all active gang members downtown are local, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said, with some coming from outside of Madison to prey on college students.

Typically anywhere a teenager or young adult would feel comfortable is a place for gangs or gang members to hang out, Chaney said.

“If you look at recent violent crimes in Madison, we have been able to link them somehow to either an associate, or somebody who is directly involved in gang activities,” Chaney said.

“Even though we can trace a

crime back to a gang member does not mean the crime was committed for the gang.”

There is also a major connection between burglaries in Madison and gangs, Chaney said, and a great percentage of weapon offenses can be linked back to gangs as well.

However, there is no direct correlation between downtown shootings and gangs, Verveer said.

INSIDE

About a month ago there was a series of shootings around Madison that were mostly gang related, Verveer said, but the only district the Madison Police Department did not find gang involvement was the Central District, which covers downtown Madison.

An analysis of data reveals gangs are involved in more

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BATTLE FOR BASCOM

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PRISONER TO PRODUCER

Fun-loving Badgers descend on Bascom Hill for yearly snowball fight.

Snow angels and injuries ensued.

Women’s basketball guard Nicole Bauman had a record-setting performance at the Kohl Center, where her playing career took off five years ago.

‘Closed doors’ in Madison man’s past reopen through outreach to troubled youth in influential filmmaking.

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THE BADGER HERALD · NEWS · MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Oversight board could end under budget

Proposal to eliminate agency regulating for-profit institutions raises concerns over consumer protections

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

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Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget plans to cut or consolidate state agencies includes the elimination of an obscure board that mainly regulates for-profit schools and some nonprofit institutions from out of state.

The budget item is minor compared to the significant changes Walker ’s proposed for the University of Wisconsin System, but David Dies, the executive secretary for the Educational Approval Board, said the proposal would amount to significant deregulation of for-profit schools.

“Wisconsin would be the only state in the nation that would allow institutions to operation without any type, any checks and balances in place,” Dies said.

The proposal would shift the EAB’s responsibilities to other state agencies, such as the agency that oversees consumer complaints.

That part of the proposal drew concern from Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, because the agency might be unable to properly deal with students’ complaints, especially in larger problems such as schools closing and leaving students uncertain about their educational future.

“This isn’t like your TV going on the blitz or having some bad business dealing over $50,” Mike Mikalsen,

Nass’ spokesperson, said. “These are students who in many cases may have a disagreement over thousands of dollars they paid and the school hasn’t followed through.”

Dies said much of the organization’s tasks are focused on making suggestions to help the schools run more smoothly and offer services that will be useful to participating students. Most of the EAB’s members are school administration consultants, rather than auditors looking to shut these institutions down, he said.

Walker ’s budget-inbrief document says the change will “reduce the regulatory and fiscal burden on private forprofit education entities” by eliminating the fees these institutions are required to pay the EAB. The EAB currently oversees 244 institutions in the state.

Mikalsen said many have argued the EAB is too small to carry out its mission, and the fees it requires from schools are inhibitory to their growth.

“Because it is a feesupported agency, meaning the schools that register pay for their activities, it was seen as cost prohibitive to expand the agency,” Mikalsen said.

Dies said the fees are inconsequential compared to the revenue the schools make and the services the board provides.

“For every $1,000 in tuition revenue that institutions collectively generate they end up paying $1.70 back to the EAB in order for us to carry out our activities,” Dies said. “I don’t know where you can get that kind of return on investment anywhere.”

Dies said most institutions are certificategranting programs such as massage therapy schools, welding programs and training. Others offer higher levels of education, such as associates, bachelors and masters degrees — and even PhD programs and are becoming more common, he said. Dies said only a

handful of these institutions are nonprofit.

Allen Phelps, a University of Wisconsin professor of educational leadership and policy analysis, said less regulation of for-profit institutions would be a disservice to consumers.

Phelps said people who are young and in the labor market looking for new career opportunities need some protection from the state to make sure the information that’s out there on the Internet is reliable, and the EAB currently provides that protection.

“The EAB is there to help protect the consumer so that the consumer knows who’s reputable and who’s

Photo · Executive of Educational Approval Board said Wisconsin would be only state lacking any kind of oversight agency for forprofit institutions.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald operating in a grey area and which schools are bad,” Phelps said.

Dies said elimination of the board would likely result in an influx of for-profit schools in the state. He said the intense recruiting efforts of these institutions will compete directly with the state’s existing technical colleges and even the UW System.

‘Underdog’ past fuels filmmaker’s work Local founder of 608 TV recruits troubled teens in his work as way to distract from gangs, drugs, violence in city

by Meg Healy Herald Contributor

Two decades ago, Rafael Ragland was 17 years old and faced 126 years in prison.

His gang affiliations in Madison made him notorious among local law enforcement officials, and after being arrested in a police raid in 1991, he was charged with numerous counts of drug and gangrelated charges.

After serving five years in prison, Ragland was granted parole. He moved back to Madison in 2003.

“I believe in the underdog because I was that child,” Ragland said.

Today, Ragland is the founder of a Madisonbased production company, 608 TV, which recruits local teenagers to star in films about gangs, drugs, domestic abuse and addiction as well as a number of other issues

prevalent in young people’s lives.

608 TV’s 2013 film, “The Club,” starred 11 local high school students as characters whose lives intersect at the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Ragland said.

The film included cameo appearances by Mayor Paul Soglin and police captain Joe Balles.

Ragland’s interests in filmmaking and activism grew out his personal experiences with gangs, dealing drugs and incarceration.

Raised in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, then referred to as the “killer ward,” he was affiliated with a gang by age 11. Expelled from school in eighth grade, and again in ninth grade for gang activity, Ragland was left with few alternatives to the avenues his gang offered.

“I closed so many doors on myself by not accepting help,” Ragland said.

After a brief stretch in county jail, Ragland moved to Madison at age 17 where he continued to sell drugs and affiliate with gangs.

He was arrested within a year and ultimately served five years in prison. It was during his incarceration that he learned to read and write.

Ragland credits a spiritual awakening and the influence of his children for walking away from his past.

Despite no formal training in film, he became involved in filmmaking after deciding it was one of the most influential platforms to address social issues.

Now in his late 30s, Ragland lives in Sun Prairie with his two high school-aged children. He has worked with over 100 young people in Madison through 608 TV, many of whom are referred by the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, the Madison Police Department and parents.

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Photo · Rafael Ragland grew up in what was once known as ‘killer ward’ in Chicago and has since used his experiences to improve young lives in Madison.

Meg Healy The Badger Herald reaches out to kids who have had problems with the law or are struggling academically. By placing these young people in roles that explore the negative impacts of gang involvement and drugs, he hopes to demonstrate the consequences of such behavior.

Ragland’s ninth film, “Mad Girls,” will address bullying and the long-term psychological damage it causes.

Ragland emphasizes the importance of messaging in his films, explaining he includes explicit content such as gangs and drugs to depict their negative

influence on people’s lives.

In addition to several planned film projects, Ragland and 608 TV are developing a television series that will also feature Madison teenagers.

Ragland said he hopes to one day establish a facility where he can offer acting and filmmaking classes, as the number of interested participants is increasing quickly.

“I want to make Madison a better place to live,” Ragland said.

County exec. could sue over drug test plan Joe Parisi asked attorneys to consider constitutionality of budget line requirement to obtain public benefits

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

by Samantha Becker Herald Editor

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi is looking into suing Gov. Scott Walker if an item from his budget passes that would require those receiving public benefits to pass a drug test.

Parisi has asked county attorneys to explore legal options if that budget item passes this summer, saying the reform would be unconstitutional.

“People who fall on hard times should not be treated

like criminals; they should be treated like people who have fallen on hard times: with dignity and respect,” Parisi said in a statement. “Requiring someone who has just been laid off from their job to pee in a cup is not treating people in a dignified manner; it is degrading and insulting.”

The proposal is part of a push from Republican lawmakers to promote “selfsufficiency” in the state by placing tighter restrictions on public benefits, although the proposal would also provide job training and addiction counseling to those who fail the

tests.

“The best way to improve lives and strengthen families is to help people become workforce ready through better education and the opportunity to acquire more skills,” Walker spokesperson Laurel Patrick told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

J. Michael Collins, the faculty director for the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin, said it is unclear if the drug testing programs like these would save the state money, because studies fail to show any real net savings or costs.

“No policy maker wants to hear that taxpayer dollars went to buy drugs,” Collins said.

“But drug abuse is a serious issue at all income levels.”

Collins said it is difficult to predict the results of drug testing programs for government benefits would be because there’s not been enough study of programs like this.

Democratic opponents like Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, have expressed several concerns regarding the proposition, including the costs of drug testing and the constitutionality of the issue.

Taylor said the proposition is a way for Walker to distract attention from the large budget shortfall the state faces, which she said was caused by his own mistakes.

“He didn’t grow jobs like he promised, he didn’t increase wages like we desperately needed him to do,” Taylor said.

Taylor said drug testing is more expensive than the money it would save by denying certain individuals public benefits.

She also said the proposal is unconstitutional, which would just lead to litigation on the part of Parisi and others.

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Heroes, villains jump off pages Madison hosted the state’s first Comic-Con, hundreds came out in costume to experience comic books in real life

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Editor

At the inaugural Madison Comic-Con at the Alliant Energy Center this past weekend, even zombie hunters had a sweet tooth.

After an extensive Saturday of shooting down artificial zombies, gawking at Gandalf as he strolls by and avoiding Bruce Campbell’s sharp wit, we were standing at the coat check. While awaiting our garments, we slurped down massive snow-cones, a refreshing treat after a day of sensory overload.

It was in this vulnerable state that Michael Rooker, star of “Walking Dead” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,” quickly materialized in front of us. Before we could comprehend the famous actor being a mere foot away, he took one look at our enormous snow-cones and exclaimed, “Woah! Look at those things!”

Rooker laughed and then disappeared, our happy exasperation the only trace of his presence.

One moment we were college journalists covering an event and the next we were young fans consumed by adrenaline. Our eyes twinkled like the eightyear-olds dressed as Jedis seeing Darth Vader

Photo · Groot, Darth Vader and Captain America were just some of the characters that came to life.

Alex Arriaga The Badger Herald overtake the work of Chicago and even breached the comix mecca of San Francisco, making Wisconsin an epicenter for the movement.

Kitchen also helped women comic authors break into this medium previously dominated by men. Even

sauntering about and the middle-aged couple chuckling at William Shatner ’s “Star Trek” anecdotes.

Comic-Con is where fans distant from the vibrant worlds they admire and the people who create those worlds collide. Adults feel like children again and children get an opportunity for their imaginations to flourish. Madison was not an exception.

Mayor Paul Soglin expressed a similar sentiment, from the young cosplayers roaming the booths to “90-year-olds who think they are 12,” it’s the people of Madison who made Comic Con an interesting event.

“There has been sort of a hole in our universe up until now,” Soglin said.

We explored every inch of Exhibition Hall, no panel or booth unturned. These are our stories.

the underground comix movement.

The panel describing this sub-culture, entitled “Everything & the Kitchen Sink: Wisconsin’s Underground Comix Scene,” was the first of Madison Comic-Con. The local comic experts, including professor Justin Farrell, explained that in 1954, Comics Magazine Association of America developed the Comics Code Authority, which could regulate comic publishers without governmental intervention.

But instead of liberating the content, the CCA

inhibited it, censoring any hints of violence or crime (Batman often murdered before 1954), homosexuality, drug use, sexualization of female characters and many other attributes.

“Policemen, judges, government officials, and respected institutions shall never be presented in such a way as to create disrespect for established authority,” the CCA ruled.

But the Dairy State isn’t always keen to follow authority. In 1970, University of WisconsinMilwaukee alumnus Denis Kitchen began Kitchen

Sink Press, distributing underground comix defying the CCA to college and underground newspapers.

The comix tackling prevalent social and political issues, ranging from drug addiction to abortion, began to

Photo · Big science fiction celebrities such as Bruce Campbell, William Shatner and Billy Dee Williams brought crowds of fans into Comic-Con. Alex Arriaga The Badger Herald

Feminist & Underground Wisconsin Comix Wisconsin is known for its revolutions. From the grassroots of contemporary socialism in Milwaukee to the famous Vietnam protests in Madison, the state has witnessed and fostered some of the largest social phenomena of the last century. One of the most understated of these phenomena is

Wonder Woman, created in the 1940s, was created for male consumption.

Greatly inspired by the second-wave feminist movement, Trina Robbins and UW-Madison alum Sharon Rudahl were two artists who pioneered the first female-driven comix including “Teen-Age Horizons of Shangrila,” “Wimmen’s Comix,” “Wet Satin” and “Mama’s Dramas.” In addition to depicting complex female characters, these comix depicted birth control, housewife woes and even erotica for women.

WI Real Life Superheroes Real Life Superheroes are exactly as they sound. They don homemade costumes fashioned of household wares, patrol urban streets at night, participate in homeless outreach and donate to charitable organizations.

Much like the underground comic scene, the Real Life Superhero subculture has found a home in Wisconsin’s urban areas.

On a panel Friday, a local heroes Electron, Adsum, Remnant and Smash Cat gathered to talk about their

experiences as super heroes and their perspectives on the movement.

Tea Krulos, author of “Heroes in the Night,” led the discussion on his field of expertise. Krulos became interested in the subject in 2009 after reading a blurb about the movement.

As a Milwaukee native, he looked for local heroes.

He came across a hero called Watchman, who turned out to be a catalyst for his book detailing the experiences of Real Life Superheroes nationwide and the inspiration for the panel members to enter the underground subculture.

Krulos described his findings in a brief history of Real Life Superheroes under the framework of small successes and failures.

“There is a fine line between helping your neighbors and taking the law into your own hands, and it’s hard to tell what that line is,” Krulos said.

Some Real Life Superheroes include the Human Fly, a masked stunt double who donated his earnings to charities and was the subject of a short series by Marvel Comics, to the first female hero called Terrifica who assisted inebriated women in Manhattan bars return home safely.

He cited Bee Sting of Flint, Michigan, as small failure. After being called to trailer park for a noise violation, he engaged in a

hand to hand confrontation.

A handgun was discharged and hit an empty trailer, and Bee Sting spent several months in prison.

While groups like the Challengers in Milwaukee fight crime together, most have chosen to go on patrol alone, but Electron stressed the importance working in conjunction with peers and police.

“What people don’t understand is that it is all about collaboration, there’s not going to be one group that is setting the rules for everybody,” Electron said.

“It’s less of an organization and more of a group of likeminded individuals who just want to solve a certain problem.”

Smash Cat and Remnant are Madison-area residents and the most recent additions to the panel.

They patrol mostly in Milwaukee with Watchman and Superhero Blackbird because Madison police don’t allow them to patrol freely.

Krulos shared stories of simple acts of kindness that turned to violent brawls, but at the end of the day, the panel agreed, the benefits outweigh the risks.

“I can’t think of a more justifiable injury or possible death than while helping someone else,” Adsum said.

Overall, Wisconsin’s first Comic-Con was a success, suggesting Wizard World and all of its heroes, villains and zombies will return.

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MFD to spread workload during biggest unit remodel Madison Fire Department ensures locals, students ‘have nothing to worry about,’ response times to remain unaffected

by Marigrace Carney City Editor

Fire stations around Madison have to pick up the slack while the downtown station on West Dayton Street is closed for remodeling for the next six to nine months.

City of Madison Fire Station #1 is the city’s biggest and busiest station, according to a City of Madison Fire Department statement. The nearly 50-year-old station will be closed for renovations that include improvements to energy efficiency, community access and gender neutral living areas, according to the statement.

The renovations do not leave room for firefighters to stay and work around them, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

Firefighters, medic crews and equipment will be transferred to the other fire stations in Madison, as well as take on some of Station #1’s responsibilities while renovations proceed.

“Over the next few months, as the renovations

are taking place, I know the Fire Department will address any shortcomings,” Verveer said.

MFD leaders have repeatedly assured Verveer they will do all they can to ensure response times stay decreased, he said, and that students and citizens living on campus have nothing to worry about.

Most of the firefighters have been temporarily transferred to Fire Station #4 on Monroe Street and to a temporary location in the Madison Gas and Electric building on East Main Street, near the Capital, Verveer said. Fire Station #3 will also house the medic team and one of the trucks, with an additional squad relocated to Station #9 on North Midvale Boulevard.

These three stations will have the most pressure on them due to the cramped space, Verveer said. Since stations #3 and #4 are the biggest, they have the most room to house extra people and equipment, although it is not ideal.

“The conditions aren’t

optimal, but they’re making due in terms of the limited space in each of the other stations,” Verveer said.

Regarding who will respond to which calls, MFD has a system based on proximity and the kind of call that comes in, Verveer said.

In case of an emergency on campus, firefighters at the Monroe Street location would be called into action.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said safety is the highest priority and response rates are expected to remain the same.

“There will still be strong coverage from the Fire Department,” Resnick said. “[Madison] has a very strong fire department, and this plan has been in the works now for years.”

Photo · The 50-year-old station will undergo improvements to electrical efficiency and community access.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald

Public perception dissuades students from humanities As enrollment in STEM majors steadily increases annually, English, history scholars become less prevalent in UW’s graduating classes

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

After the financial crisis of 2007-08, national leaders have increasingly regarded career outcomes as the primary goal of higher education, causing an uptick in enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields while leaving humanities education relatively sparse.

University of Wisconsin is not excused from this trend.

According to a report by the office of the registrar, the English major, for instance, has seen numbers decline from 586 students in 2003 to 450 students in fall 2012. The

history major, just before the financial collapse of 2007, had 688 students, but has seen numbers fall to 469 in fall 2012. Contrast that with the mechanical engineering major, which saw an increase of 122 students during the same period.

While the public perception of humanities majors varies, many UW scholars and students argue for its importance.

“There is so much emphasis in preparation for specific jobs and the English major looks like it’s not preparing people for careers, when in fact it is,” UW English professor Caroline Levine said. “There has been a pretty successful

image out there that if you major in English you won’t be employable afterwards.

It’s not true, but people do believe it.”

While scholars argue English majors certainly do have options after graduation, recent surveys given to graduating UW students do strengthen the case that, at least at graduation, those who pursued STEM in undergrad have more solid career outcomes.

In a survey of STEM postgraduation plans for the fall class of 2012 and the spring class of 2013, 65 percent of those surveyed in the physical sciences had already accepted a job. Outcomes

were less promising for students in the arts and humanities, with a lower 41 percent having already accepted a position.

While numbers can be helpful in getting a feel for the job market, some argue that focusing completely on careers and job placement as the only reason for a college degree is inaccurate.

“This questioning, thinking and mulling over the past and thinking about alternatives to the present are a really precious value that might go away,” Levine said.

“Now when I regularly ask students what college is for, they almost exclusively say preparation for jobs.”

Levine also said her

students tell her that science majors often mock them for being English majors, underscoring peer pressure as another factor for students’ flight from those fields.

Jenna Wroblewski, a UW sophomore in Scandinavian studies said studying the humanities denotes a certain freedom of thought that those in other majors don’t always embrace, instead focusing too much on work while forgetting how to live life, she said.

“As humanities students, we have the liberty to think a little more freely because we’re not being told equations and are asked to think critically,” she said. “That can pay off in

incalculable ways.”

At UW, the Letters and Science Career Initiative launched a year ago by the school’s dean, John Karl Scholz, looks to define, build upon and spread the word on the applicable job skills that undergraduates in the humanities do learn.

“We really do believe that the liberal arts graduates from UW are successful, but I think that students need to start thinking more strategically and at an earlier time in their undergraduate experience about how to prepare for the world of work,” Rebekah Prior Pare, associate dean and director of the L&S Career Initiative, said.

Mining petition spearhead recalls personal impact Frac sand critic remembers ‘house rumbling,’ dust-filled air; pushes citizens, companies to act quickly, consider possible long-term effects

by Brenda McIntire Herald Contributor

Ken Schmitt of the Town of Howard’s house rumbles three to four times a week as a result of the frac sand mining, he said.

Schmitt, a long-time critic of Wisconsin’s growing frac sand mining industry, has seen the effects of sand mining on western

Wisconsin firsthand in recent years.

Over the past few years he’s seen his property value drop, had friends who have developed asthma, seen families divided and neighbors pitted against one another, he said.

Although Schmitt said the effects of the mine a half mile away from his house have been minor in the short term, he said he

believes the mines will have a greater effect in the long run.

“One mine here and there is not the end of the world, but it’s going to be the number and the size and scale of them that’s going to be the problem,” Schmitt said.

According to Schmitt, his house is probably too far away from the mine to affect his breathing, but he said he has seen instances where the air quality outside of his house was altered.

Last March, Schmitt saw fugitive dust, a byproduct of the mines that floats in the air, settle on his freshly painted barn with

ARREST, page 1 against their will in these types of acts has increased in recent years, but Emerson said awareness of the issue certainly has. At the same time, she said there are still areas where Wisconsin could improve.

“If I had someone call me up today and say, ‘I’m a victim of human trafficking and want to get out of it,’ I don’t really have anywhere to put them,” Emerson said.

“And that just absolutely breaks my heart to think that we as a whole state don’t have anywhere for adults to

GANG, page 1 shootings than MPD saw a few years ago, an issue the MPD gang unit is currently working to address in the community, Chaney said.

The most serious aspect of the gang issue seems to

snowfall. The paint job was fresh, but the roof appears old and rusted from the dust and his solar panels had two or three inches of dust on them that came down with the snow, he said.

Although sand frac mining has caused a rift in some relationships, Schmitt said it has helped build relationships with some of his neighbors. His involvement in the antifrac mining group Loyalty to Our Land gave him the chance to get to know an older neighbor who he wouldn’t have known well otherwise, he said.

He recounted meeting an elderly man who has since died of brain cancer, saying

go and very few places for children to go.”

Karofski said one of the largest obstacles law enforcement faces is the delicacy of human trafficking cases, as it can be difficult to gain a victim’s trust when they are focused on having food and shelter first. She said this was especially true in cases where the victims are minors.

Emerson said another place Wisconsin law could improve is the way it handles prostitutes who are under the age of 18, as minors can be tried for these

be the lack of information in the community. Chaney said fear typically arises when any gang-related topic is brought up publicly, but people need to realize that as the city grows and economic disparity continues, those problems will become more prevalent.

Chaney’s unit primarily

the group allowed him to get to “know him a whole lot better ... than [he] ever would have otherwise.”

Last October, Schmitt presented a petition signed by more than 1100 people statewide to the Wisconsin National Resources Board.

Individuals who oppose sand frac mining had reached out to the Midwest Environmental Advocates, who then decided to appeal to the Department of Natural Resources to begin a strategic analysis of the industry.

Moving forward, the DNR plans to begin conducting research on the health effects of frac sand mining shortly, after they are able to get a scope for

what to study from citizens in affected communities.

In the meantime, Schmitt and other critics are holding forums with representatives from the department to discuss the study’s scope. Schmitt said it was important to act quickly, as Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget proposal includes measures to limit the DNR’s authority.

“It will be very important that companies come out to these meetings,” Schmitt said. “I think the hearings will give people a better chance to voice their concerns. With proposed changes to the DNR and the national resources board, after this study is complete I don’t know if this will be possible anymore.”

crimes, even though they are not legally able to give consent.

Emerson said an unintended effect of strengthened drug trafficking laws in Wisconsin is a shift in criminal enterprises from drugs to prostitution. She said it is becoming easier and more profitable for gangs and other criminals to sell something repeatedly than only once.

Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, has worked on human trafficking legislation in the state Legislature since

she was elected in 2011. She said there have been three trafficking bills passed all in the past year, including tightening provisions to help prosecutors prove these cases and tightening the definition of coercion.

She also introduced a bill this session that would require human trafficking hotline posters in rest stops, restaurants and strip clubs. Loudenbeck said although the state has made significant strides in trying to solve the issue, she agreed that Wisconsin can improve its victim services.

focuses on gang prevention.

They give advice on how to avoid entering into gang activity, counsel gang members on improving their lives and provide mediation in the community, Chaney said.

“It’s beneficial to be aware that gangs are out there and they exist,” Chaney said.

“No longer turn a blind eye, be cognitive that we are a larger city and we have large city problems. We are not considering it out of control.

We are at the cusp of just getting our hands around the issue and waking up to the reality that we do have gangs here in Madison.”

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What does the biennial budget mean for Wisconsinites?

Walker proposes necessary measures that increase autonomy

Gov. continues attacks on public education, common good

Gov. Scott Walker ’s 2015-17 biennial budget proposal is the foundation for the continued success of the state of Wisconsin, focusing on the main areas of education, welfare, taxes, the UW System and health care. Why did Wisconsin elect him three times in four years?

Because the governor proposes big ideas, follows through on his promises and makes sure Wisconsin is a leader in our country.

The proposals follow the theme of equal opportunity with self-determination.

When it comes to education, the budget will give parents more freedom in choosing education for their children. His proposed budget lifts the current cap on vouchers for the school choice program. By doing so, more families will have more opportunities to give their children the best education possible. Walker also included proposals to increase funding to public education, while also ensuring property taxes remain low. In his budget address, Walker put forth his winning record on education — since he has been in office, graduation rates are up and ACT scores are second best in the nation.

Acting on a campaign promise, Walker also proposed to drug test able-bodied adults without children who are receiving a welfare check.

Walker ’s proposal is unique compared to other states because it would enroll those who fail the drug test into a treatment program.

Our state’s economy is continuing to grow and employers need workers who are ready and willing to work.

This program works to transition individuals from

Wisconsin has long been synonymous with worldclass schools, both in K12 and higher education. When Gov. Scott Walker outlined his budget last week, the focus was clear: Education is in his crosshairs. Walker proposed the largest cuts the University of Wisconsin System has ever seen. Clocking in at $300 million over the next two years, the UW System would lose about 13 percent of its state funding. In a state that touts one of the best public university systems in the world, these cuts are unprecedented and detrimental to our school.

In addition, the governor has proposed extending the tuition freeze through 2017, at which point the university can raise tuition as they see fit. Our university already has trouble retaining professors as a result of low salaries and benefits.

Between the massive cuts in funding and the freeze in tuition, the UW System will have to undergo a top-down decrease in services. After a four-year tuition freeze, who knows how much our tuition will balloon? When over 750,000 Wisconsinites already struggle with student loans, Walker’s budget shows complete indifference to the needs of most of Wisconsinites.

These cuts are far from a partisan issue. Republicans in the Legislature are concerned about the cuts, as well. Even ultra-conservative Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has voiced that he is “worried” about the impact the cuts will have. Walker has branded himself as pro-student candidate, trumpeting the success of the tuition freeze for college affordability.

Then, mere months after his re-election he announces these cuts in a blatant attack on students that will result in astronomical increases in

government dependence to true independence through work.

Included in this budget are further reforms to ensure that property taxes continue to decrease.

Because of Walker ’s previous actions, the average Wisconsin family is paying $131 less in property taxes than in 2010. Property taxes in 2016 will be lower than they were last year, which makes six straight years of lower property taxes.

Wisconsin has one of the highest property taxes in the country, and Walker ’s continued reforms have lessened the tax burden on Wisconsin families.

As has been discussed extensively in the Madison community, Walker is proposing cutting funding to the University of Wisconsin System by $150 million over each of the next two years. These cuts, while they seem like a huge sum of money to us college students, are actually only equal to 2.5 percent of the total system’s budget.

Coupled with the reduction in funding, though, is more autonomy for the UW System, which will give greater flexibility and savings in the long run.

Something like this has already proven successful with the affiliated UW Hospital and Clinics.

You may have heard, “Walker is cutting funding for UW, but giving money to the Bucks.” Wrong.

Walker is offering $220 million in state bonding to help fund a part of the needed arena. These debt payments would be paid by growth in the jock tax (revenue from the Bucks, players and visiting teams).

That means the revenue from this tax will still go to general state funds (it never went straight to

the UW System), but the growth in this revenue from the jock tax over the next several years will help fund the stadium. This is essentially the NBA paying for its own arena in order to keep a vital part of the Milwaukee community in the city.

In this budget, Walker has also continued his support for the most needy families of Wisconsin by ensuring funding for health care coverage.

Specifically, $600 million will be put into funding Medicaid, which cares for families, children and seniors. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Wisconsin is the only state that rejected the ObamaCare expansion that does not have a coverage gap. That means taxpayers saved $752 million and everyone that needs health insurance has access to it. Sounds like a win all around to us.

Continuing Wisconsin’s educational reforms and successes? Check. Making it easier for people to get a job? Check. Reducing the tax burden on the citizens of the state?

Check. Giving the UW System the opportunity to become even stronger in the future? Check.

Providing a plan to keep a vital part of Milwaukee in the city? Check. No health care coverage gap? Check.

The governor ’s budget is an excellent foundation, which we are confident the Legislature will build on to guarantee the future success of our state.

Anthony Birch (abirch@ wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in political science and strategic communication and Charlie Hoffmann (cphoffmann@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in economics and strategic communication.

expenses and tuition down the road.

Perhaps UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank put it best in saying, “If these reductions take effect as proposed, they will trigger employee layoffs and cuts to programs around campus. I am deeply troubled by how this proposal would harm our students’ education along with our hard-working, dedicated faculty and staff.” As Republicans and Democrats together line up to reject these cuts, it becomes clear Walker’s assault on higher education is wholly indefensible.

As if this wasn’t enough, Walker has proposed transforming the university into a “public authority.” This is only a smokescreen term in the Walker-led march to privatize the UW System.

The proposal would sever the over century-old tie linking the university and the state in a joint effort to promote public service and invest in the future. The university would no longer be accountable to the state, and would be build expensive buildings, raise tuition and fluctuate salaries entirely unchecked. Our education would have been left in the hands of those merely seeking to profit from it.

In addition, the original proposal included striking words from the mission statement of the UW System.

The Wisconsin Idea was a revolutionary innovation in the way we perceive education and the citizens of our state have benefited immensely from it ever since. Walker has since backed down on striking the Wisconsin Idea, accounting it to a “drafting error,” but the intent remains tactless and scornful.

The UW System isn’t the only casualty of Walker’s budget. Walker is proposing to drastically decrease

property taxes, saving uppermiddle-class homeowners around $5 this year. This decrease in property taxes is troubling, as further funding cuts to public schools will pay for it.

Walker already has made the deepest cuts to our K-12 system on a per-student basis in history and appears hell-bent on continuing the cuts. He’s also expanding the voucher program in the state, which undermines public schools by syphoning funds over to private schools.

Private schools don’t have to adhere to any regulation and are free to teach whatever curriculum they want and hire whomever they please to teach it.

Walker also wants to drug test welfare recipients. Not only is this dehumanizing, it’s also discriminatory.

Federal contractors and CEOs get greater government subsidies than those on welfare. If we’re concerned about drug use of those who use tax dollars, we should be testing everyone across the board.

Walker has referred to his own budget “bold” — and I agree. It’s bold in dismantling higher education and the Wisconsin Idea. It’s bold in leaving students in public schools behind to favor those receiving a private education.

It’s bold in decentralizing taxes so education pays for the mansions of the wealthy.

Wisconsin has always been a state known for powerful progressive roots and ideals.

We have led the country in educational and social policy for over a century. Now, with one swift budget proposal, Walker has managed to threaten the very foundation and fundamental ideals of Wisconsin.

August McGinnity-Wake (a.mcwake@gmail.com) is a freshman majoring in political science and economics.

Powdered alcohol has unintended consequences Despite legitimate benefits, companies such as Palcohol fail to consider potential dangers, misuses of novelty product

by Payden White Contributor

It’s no secret that alcohol is a large part of student culture here at University of Wisconsin. After all, this state is known for its beer and cheese, right? If you’ve ever spent a night out at a large music festival such as Summerfest in Milwaukee or attended a football game in our very own Camp Randall, you probably know that carry-in beverages, especially those of alcoholic nature, are

generally prohibited. These rules often don’t stop people from trying to sneak in a few shots.

In fact, when searching online for something along the lines of “sneaking alcohol,” a few full pages of search results offered several promising techniques for bringing alcohol into forbidden places.

Undeniably, alcohol is most common in its liquid state.

But what if the alcohol was no longer liquid, but powdered?

Palcohol, a company that makes and endorses the idea of powdered alcohol, plans to make their product available this spring in many stores that already sell alcoholic beverages. The creator of the product, Mark Phillips, believes the product will create more positive than negative outcomes. One of the main points he argues is that those who enjoy outdoor activities, such as hiking, would benefit from the powdery, light-weight alternative to large bottles of

booze. The pure convenience of powdered alcohol is almost impossible to deny, but do the benefits truly outweigh the costs?

Just think of all the ways one could hide alcohol if it was in a powdered form.

The sheer volume one would have to conceal would be reduced dramatically if users made the switch from liquid to powdered alcohol. An explosion of opportunities to creatively experiment with the powdered form would no doubt become commonplace.

Many more potential repercussions must also be considered when assessing the safety of this product.

Palcohol’s website, as expected, adamantly supports the product, failing to completely acknowledge the potential dangers of powdered alcohol.

According to the site, “Senator Charles Schumer recently asked the FDA to ban Palcohol. It is unfortunate that Sen. Schumer allowed himself to get caught up in the hysteria about powdered alcohol by making uninformed statements regarding Palcohol and

Photo · Powdered alcohol could potentially provide consumers with a more convenient alternative to liquid alcohol, but could also lead to rampant problems for underage drinkers.

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asking for its ban … Palcohol has many positive uses and shouldn’t be banned. Rather it should be approved, taxed and regulated just like liquid alcohol.” Though Palcohol argues that powdered alcohol could be useful in places such as on airplanes, saving millions in shipping fuel costs, the company fails to address the severity of potential abuse of the product.

Palcohol dismisses the issue of snorting the powdered alcohol, arguing that snorting would take much too long to be worth the attempt.

However, snorting alcohol can potentially expose alcohol to the brain by diffusion through other tissues without ever entering systemic circulation in the blood stream. Furthermore, the most hazardous risks are still undiscovered since substantial research has not yet been conducted on powdered alcohol in general. In theory, the worst-case scenario might be impairment of judgment and motor skills at levels significantly higher than normal.

Perhaps more common than snorting would be the risk of simply overdosing on the product. The powdered alcohol is a novelty item and users are unlikely to be aware of the proper dosage.

According to CBS News, “the risk of abuse is high, experts say. The convenience of the packets could encourage over-consumption of alcohol, as well as accidents caused by intoxication, such as

drunken driving.”

While it might be tempting to convince yourself you would not fall into the category of users who accidentally overdose, during the 2013-14 academic year over 170 of our very own students were admitted to detox. Dr. Kennon Heard, an emergency room doctor and medical toxicologist, has treated people who misused novelty alcohol products and told CBS News, “younger people who did not know the products were drinking them and getting intoxicated much faster.”

The intentions of Palcohol to improve convenience of transporting alcohol may be respectable. However, the potential and likely use of this product in younger communities should be more heavily considered before the release of the product.

Authorities, families and producers must approach the integration plan of the product with a more conscientious than experimental attitude.

Don’t get me wrong; this powdered alcohol concept could be a huge success.

However, if we want the product to stay on the market once it’s released, we must not be careless and hasty on the front end or it could be banned permanently, shutting the door to a whole new world of drunken opportunity.

Payden White (pwhite4@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in community and nonprofit leadership and biology.

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Student singer embraces Madison community on first EP UW freshman, Madhatter Will Hoverman incorporates influences like Sam Smith into YouTube covers, original tracks

by Hunter Reed ArtsEtc. Contributor

While some 18-year-olds might spend their time taking selfies or mindlessly scrolling through Twitter all summer after graduating high school, University of Wisconsin freshman Will Hoverman was busy doing something much different: working on his first EP, Before Morning, filled with lyrics and sounds he had been accumulating his entire life.

Hoverman has always been surrounded by music.

Growing up, his house was filled with sounds of the Beatles and Paul Simon, and the middle school choirs and high school showcases helped him grow as an artist and person.

With an eclectic and diverse sound, Hoverman draws inspiration from genres and artists ranging from indie rock to R&B. It is reminiscent of Sam Smith or Frank Ocean, but with his own distinctive vocal styling and production.

These influences are apparent in his popular YouTube covers and own original work, including his recently released Before Morning EP. The fivesong set was released last month and features original

songs written, produced and performed all by Hoverman and longtime friend and producer Dex Barstad. Barstad is currently a freshman at St. Cloud University in Minnesota studying music.

Barstad helped produce and mix the EP over the past six months, wanting to create an original and organic sound. The songs on Before Morning range from Black Keys-esque “Strut” to positive, upbeat “Sunshine,” with everything in between.

“The EP was definitely a collaborative process. I guess it was unconventional,” Hoverman said. “If I had a certain path I wanted to follow, I could articulate that to [Barstad] and he could create a musical counterpart.

It worked both ways. It was a very organic approach,” Hoverman said.

Hoverman took ideas to friends and family to help shape his songs and style.

He describes the process as a “virtual collaboration.”

With his producer attending school in Minnesota, the two artists had to use music sharing to create the sound they were both looking for. He said he was excited that the process could be successful, even while both of them attended separate schools.

Madison has proved to be

an incredible influence and motivator for Hoverman and his musicianship.

When he started school this September, Hoverman was lucky enough to make it into one of the most elite musical groups on campus: the MadHatters A Cappella group. The organization allows him to stay active and keep doing what he really loves. It has also led to many opportunities to showcase his musical talent to a larger audience, including big local stages like the Orpheum and even halftime at Lambeau Field.

Hoverman describes the MadHatters as a resource for advice and support, always willing to lend their talents to help him.

“I was able to bounce my ideas off of them and pick their brains,” Hoverman said. “I really respect their musical tastes and palates. They were really good to give me their first impressions and things they would change. I got really good feedback and I think it resulted in a better product.”

Hoverman’s extensive musical interests allow him to draw on different genres, like R&B and pop rock, to create a unique and catchy sound. Although he loves that his musical interests vary, he is still trying to

narrow his own music to fit his personality and interests.

“The EP has a variety of different sounds,” Hoverman said. “I sort of wanted to test the waters and see what people would respond to. I got a lot of feedback and people seemed to be drawn to the more classic singer/ songwriter, understated sound. It’s not set in stone, but I think I’ll chase that pulled-back approach in the future.”

This summer Hoverman is hoping to work on a new full-length album that will feature a more tapered sound unique to him. For now though, he’s focusing on studying journalism and political science, keeping up with friends and singing for the MadHatters. He’s always staying active with music, writing lyrics and collaborating with musicians.

Whether it be singing on an album, playing an a capella show at the Orpheum or simply recording a cover for YouTube, Will Hoverman will always be making music. He summed up his passion in a simple treatise: “No other medium can make you feel as strongly as music.”

Photo · Freshman Will Hoverman, with help of producer Dex Barstad and his fellow Madhatters, has begun further developing his sound for a future fulllength release.

Photo courtesy of Will Hoverman

‘A Most Violent Year’ offers dark, gangster American Dream Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain emanate ‘The Godfather’ without female cowardice, falls just short of legendary quality

by Lexy Brodt ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

In the story of Abel Morales, a clean-playing immigrant who came to own Standard Oil, the American Dream is shortchanged by the looming realities of competition, wealth and fraud.

“A Most Violent Year” is a thrilling commentary on Morales’ botched dream in 1981 New York City, possibly the most violent year in the city’s history.

Morales, played with strength and an overwhelming Al Pacino/ Michael Corleone vibe by Oscar Isaac (“The Two Faces of January”), doesn’t belong in the big oil business.

Despite being intelligent, intimidating and powerful, his desire for honesty, clean work and moral housekeeping stop him from getting his hands dirty.

Morales purchases new

property in the opening scenes of the movie, a property that will give him reign over the Hudson with far greater storage capacity and easy power over his competitors.

Simultaneously, the audience is made aware that Standard Oil trucks are being robbed midtransit, the oil stolen and redistributed to competitors.

With the liability at hand, banks pull out and Morales is left incapable to pay for this new property. It seems like a relatively banal plot to center a film on, which can be problematic because the empty space isn’t adequately filled by character development.

The relationship between Abel and his wife Anna is mysterious and difficult to pinpoint, yet it’s the most crucial to the film. As a result, “A Most Violent Year” toes the line between irrelevant and fantastic,

never quite pushing itself over the edge into greatness.

Jessica Chastain (“Interstellar”), who plays Anna Morales, could not do wrong in my eyes.

With sharp features and a commanding voice, she plays the strong female character to our mafialike protagonist as an accomplice more than a loyal spouse. At times she proves the stronger partner, illegally purchasing a gun when her family is in danger and clearly having no fear of using it. Due to the style of the film — dark and ominous with heavy overcoats, clicking oxford shoes and businessmen sitting at large mahogany tables — it clearly imitates “The Godfather,” 10 years earlier on the timeline.

That being said, Anna is nothing like Diane Keaton’s submissive and scared wife in “The Godfather,” who cowered under the

authority and heavy glare of a powerful man. Anna gets angry, knows business and puts her foot down when necessary. Yet the chemistry between Abel and Anna falls just short of authentic.

Independently, however, they shine.

Isaac and Chastain’s is far from the only interesting dynamic of the film. Julian (Elyes Gabel, “Interstellar”), one of Morales’ drivers, is often our focal point of attention. After being beaten out of a Standard Oil delivery truck in the opening scenes of the film, he is nervous to reenter the volatile territory. Morales denies him upward mobility — for good (enough) reason — so he returns to his job in fear of another incident. Sure enough the moment traffic runs to a standstill his truck becomes a sore thumb, a magnet for violence. A stupid, heat-ofthe-moment decision sends Julian under quick fire,

leaving him at the mercy of a long and arduous police chase.

Julian is our measurement of the American Dream gone wrong. An immigrant like Abel, we can only wonder what made Abel an ideal candidate for great success and wealth and Julian a runt, a nobody caught in the crossfires for a company that does nothing for him and hardly even cares about his safety.

How audiences address and think about Julian in the film can completely transform “A Most Violent Year” from an artistic thriller to a memorable and thought-provoking political commentary.

The cast also includes Albert Brooks (“Drive”), who plays Morales’ lawyer, and David Oyelowo (“Selma”), an assistant district attorney bringing a case against the Morales for a variety of different illegal financial issues that

are apparently just a byproduct of running an oil company.

Through these probing themes and accomplished cast, director and writer J.C. Chandor (“All Is Lost”) has taken a film of trivial Hollywood wonders — suspenseful chases, men in suave tuxedos, beautiful wives and giant homes — and made it something eerie, captivating and cool.

With intriguing artistic direction and a constant undertone of mafiastyle moral turpitude, “A Most Violent Year” has the potential to be a truly intelligent film. It’s enjoyable and well worth the watch, but it falls just short of novel.

3.6/5

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

Father John Misty employs snark, familiar themes in latest In newest release I Love You, Honeybear, Fleet Foxes alumni J. Tillman uses distinct perspective to explore love for wife

by Sam Cleveland ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The last few words of Father John Misty’s latest album I Love You, Honeybear, impeccably summarize the sentiment of the album: love is a precious and fragile commodity. Chronologically speaking, however, the line is taken from the beginning of the album’s narrative.

“I’ve seen you around, what is your name?” were the first words Josh Tillman (the man behind the Father John Misty moniker) uttered when he laid eyes on his future wife, now Emma Tillman, at the Laurel Canyon Country Store, Tillman told Grantland in an interview.

But don’t shrug this off as just another boring, cliché love album because of its overused focus. Tillman’s sharp wit and masterful songwriting transcend the typical perspectives on love and instead provide a 360-degree, no-holds-

barred examination of what it means to love another person. Not just the bright, happy parts that are easy to sing about, but the less pristine aspects, as well.

Tillman’s candid approach to examining love is evident from the first song, which is also the title track. Tillman highlights the exclusivity and intensity of his love, “As death fills the streets we’re garden variety oblivious,” while also recognizing that we inherit even the worst traits from our parents that can compromise love, “I brought my mother ’s depression / You’ve got your father ’s scorn and wayward aunt’s schizophrenia.”

Later, in standout-track “Ideal Husband,” Tillman states that a man named Julian (perhaps a reference to WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange) is going to take his files. He lists exactly what files will be taken from him, chiefly

those about his previously private shortcomings and mistakes such as neglecting friendships and not calling his family when his grandmother died.

The listening instructions that come with the album — yes, there are instructions and they are just as witty as the lyrics — hint at the difficulty of loving someone you know everything about.

Tillman seems to think it’s a miracle anyone can stay in love with someone after knowing all of their faults.

Jaded Tillman even expresses moments of joy through his skeptical lense.

In “Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins)” Tillman states, “People are boring / But you’re something else completely / Damn, let’s take our chances.”

In the second last song, “Holy Shit,” his tone shifts suddenly to reflect the purity of his love, “Maybe love is just an economy based on resource scarcity / But I fail to see what that’s

got to do with you and me.”

This deep feeling of love comes with more concern.

In “When You’re Smiling and Astride Me,” Tillman expresses how fragile love can be, “When you’re smiling and astride me I can hardly believe I found you / And I’m terrified of that.”

The album isn’t wholly monothematic.

Tillman mixes his love songs with cultural critiques exemplifying his trademark wit and snark. “The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apt.” so precisely characterizes an entitled millennial girl, it’s uncanny.

Tillman tells of a girl (whom he chastises for misusing “literally”) who believes her half-baked, pseudophilosophical ideas deserve merit and who eventually compares her own singing to Sarah Vaughan. Tillman then sings he “hates the soulful affectation white girls put on.”

Near the end of the album on “Bored in the

USA,” Tillman condemns the American way of consuming to excess before cueing a laugh track that responds to his concerns and asks for help from “white Jesus” and later “President Jesus.”

While the main appeal of a Father John Misty album are the lyrics, the musical arrangements on this album deserve attention, as well. With heavy piano and folksy-guitar as the main instrumentation, Tillman also brings in horns, mandolins, violins and clarinets to accentuate the songs. The music itself is smooth and beautiful without detracting from the main attraction: the lyrics.

Tillman has crafted a great album, which incidentally provides a great profile of him and his wife. By setting out to write an album about love, Tillman has included some deeply personal feelings.

In addition to singing about themes of love and

relationships, he also delves deeper into personal issues of self doubt and self loathing. Tillman at some points seems to worry he’s a disappointment, that his first album as Father John Misty, Fear Fun, was a fluke and the public would see he was a fraud.

But perhaps having strung together two critically-acclaimed albums, Tillman will quell those feelings and focus on a third album.

4.5/5

I LOVE YOU, HONEY BEAR

FATHER JOHN MISTY

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‘Battle for Bascom’ reignites campus rivalry Lorem ipsum dolores sit amet Hundreds of students took to Bascom Hill on Sunday morning to take part in the snowball fight that pitted students in Lakeshore dorms against students in the Southeast part of campus.

Photo · Several students took cafeteria trays to the snowball fight, using them as shields against incoming fire.

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Photo · The mild weather Sunday began melting the snow, making it difficult for some to pack snowballs.

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Iowa’s big second half squashes upset-minded UW With only four-point halftime deficit, Badgers allow Racine, Wisconsin native Samantha Logic to go off for 20 second half points Photo · Wisconsin has allowed 70 or more points in five of its last six games, which included Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center. Iowa scored 42 points in the first half, and Samantha Logic scored 20 of her 30 points in the second half to lead the Hawkeyes in a 45-point final 20 minutes.

Kendra Lange The Badger Herald

by Jamie DeGraff Women’s Basketball Writer

In front of 11,428 fans at the Kohl Center Sunday for their Breast Cancer Awareness game, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team couldn’t keep pace with a highpowered Iowa scoring attack, dropping its fifth straight game at home, 8775.

The opening minutes looked promising for the Badgers (8-14 overall, 4-8 Big Ten), putting on a scoring clinic as they hit nine of their first 12 shots from the floor, including a 3-3 start from the three-point line.

Wisconsin guard Tessa Cichy hit her third straight

shot and second straight jumper with 13:38 left in the half to put the Badgers up by nine points, their biggest lead of the night at 21-12.

No. 16 Iowa (19-4, 10-2 Big Ten) wasn’t fazed, and with the support of a large traveling Hawkeye fan base, shifted the momentum of the game behind the efforts of Bethany Doolittle, Ally Disterhoft and Samantha Logic. The three combined for 65 points by the end of the day, accounting for 75 percent of the team’s total scoring.

With a combination of effective free throw shooting, a dominant inside attack and a 3-20 stretch from the field to close the half from Wisconsin, Iowa

slowly chipped away at the Badgers’ lead until a jumper

by Logic, with 5:42 left in the half, evened the score at 30 apiece.

Continuing its momentum into the final buzzer of the first half, Iowa went into intermission with a 4238 lead after outscoring Wisconsin by 14 in the final 13-plus minutes.

Despite going just 1-4 in three point shooting, Iowa’s head coach Lisa Bluder credited the team’s interior play for their consistency on offense all game, namely guard Melissa Dixon for demanding the defense’s attention and giving other players open looks. Overall, the Hawkeyes outscored the Badgers 46-26 in the paint.

“We always go into a game not thinking we’re going to get paint points or we’re going to do this,” Bluder said. “We see what’s there and we take advantage of what’s there. I think today they opened up the inside because of the concentration on Melissa. So be it. We’ll take the rim.”

While the second half began with a very manageable deficit for Wisconsin, the opening series of possessions consisted of two madejumpers by Iowa and two turnovers by Wisconsin, setting the tone for a dominating 16-2 Hawkeye run in the first five minutes that dug Wisconsin a 61-40 hole.

Despite actually outscoring Iowa 73-71 in the other 35 minutes of the game, forward Jacki Gulcynski emphasized how Wisconsin’s breakdowns are detrimental toward reaching their full potential as a team.

Taking full advantage of a weak interior defense, Iowa guard Samantha Logic carved Wisconsin up for 30 points, including 20 in the second half to put the game away.

With 8:44 left to play, a jumper by Doolittle, who was also a factor defensively with three blocks, gave Iowa a game-high 25 point lead

“In that second half, we just kind of let it get away from us a little bit...a lot actually. Credit them, they’re a NCAA [tournament]

team

and they’re 19-4 for a

”

reason.

Bobbie Kelsey Wisconsin head coach

as the Hawkeyes cruised, subbing out most of their starters in the final minutes,

to the 12-point victory.

Wisconsin’s struggles on defense spoiled commendable performances from Cichy and Gulczynski.

With a team-high eight rebounds to complement her 20 points, Cichy used a midrange jumper throughout the game to knock down eight of her 13 shots as she played all 40 minutes. Gulczynski, on the other hand, was lethal from behind the three-point line, hitting four of her seven attempts while the rest of the team was just three for 10 combined.

An effective offense being overshadowed by a porous defense has been a theme for Wisconsin lately, as they shot above 42 percent for the seventh straight game, but also gave up more than 70 points in five of their past six contests.

While Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey believed more adjustments could have been made to give the Badgers a better chance to win, she also praised Iowa as a top-tier opponent.

“Very disappointed that we could not finish out the game a little bit stronger,” Kelsey said.

“In that second half, we just kind of let it get away from us a little bit … a lot actually.

Probably should’ve made that adjustment to the zone a little bit sooner, but they hit some tough shots and some ones that we probably could’ve stopped, but we just had trouble with that.

Credit them, they’re an NCAA team and they’re 19-4 for a reason.”

The Badgers will hit the road for their next two games, first traveling to Minnesota for a Wednesday, Feb. 11 matchup starting at 8 p.m., and then to Nebraska next Sunday, Feb. 15 with tipoff at 2 p.m.

Bauman emerges as top threat for women’s basketball Junior guard set Kohl Center record with eight three-pointers against Ohio State on Jan. 29, has become Badgers’ leading scorer

by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

The Kohl Center is where it all started for Nicole Bauman.

From her sophomore season in high school until the present day, the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball junior guard has shot her way into the record books and created poignant memories along the way.

After all, it was at the Kohl Center where she realized she could pursue collegiate basketball, following her postseason tournament performance in which her New Berlin Eisenhower squad won the state championship her sophomore year. After that game, the scholarship offers began flowing in.

Nearly five years later, Bauman sunk eight threepointers in a Jan. 29th matchup against Ohio State, setting a Kohl Center and school record for both men and women, for a career-high 31 points.

And while the memories may bring smiles, the road to success hasn’t been a dream.

It’s taken hundreds of hours in the gym, thousands of shots and tons of sweat for Bauman to develop into the shooter

she’s become today.

“Nicole works on her shot,” head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “She is a perfectionist this way. She is a very good shooter, but it’s not because she wants to be, it’s because she works at it and if you leave her alone, she can hurt you, and she can make the big shot and has made several big ones for us, and she has a knack for it. The momentum is on her side right now and she has taken advantage of it.”

This season, particularly in Big Ten play, Bauman is using her “momentum” to sink opponents with that smooth shot. She leads the Badgers in scoring with 13.9 points per game, while shooting 44.9 percent from behind the arc on the season. In her last three games against Ohio State, Michigan State and Illinois, Bauman is averaging 25 points per game. In that same span, she’s 18-29 from downtown (62.1 percent).

Still, Bauman insists that she never envisioned herself as the leading scorer of the Wisconsin Badgers and credits a lot of her success to her teammates and that the recent shooting display is a product of not just hard work, but a newfound confidence.

“My teammates trust me to knock that shot down,” Bauman said. “And they’ve been able to give me the ball and I’ve been open. I have a lot of confidence in myself lately and my teammates have a lot of confidence in me too.

“It’s a lot higher than it’s been in the past,” Bauman said of her confidence level.

“Obviously my shot’s been going [in] and that’s been working well for me.”

That’s not to say the extra work has subsided, Kelsey said.

“She works pretty much every day after practice,” Kelsey said. “She will be shooting extra and she will come in before and have some of the guys rebound for her, some of our managers, and they know the routine, so they stick around and she grabs a ball and gets about 10 minutes worth of shots, randomly here and there.”

Still, Bauman says she does feel the pressure of her teammates relying on her to score for Wisconsin to remain competitive.

“I’d say there’s a little bit of pressure,” Bauman said. “Just because I wanna be able to do the best that I can for my team.”

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“She works every day on her shot and it definitely shows — I mean, she’s clutch,” fellow junior guard Tessa Cichy said. “She comes in hot when we need her. She comes in hot even when we don’t need her to.”

An example of Bauman’s clutch factor came last season against UW-Green Bay, when she banked in a prayer from just inside the half-court line as time expired to send the game into overtime, which the Badgers would ultimately win.

And now that the Big Ten has felt the wrath of Bauman’s shooting and is now at the top of the list of opponent’s scouting reports, she’s well aware that she’s going to have to adjust her game.

“They know I can shoot the ball, so they’re gonna try and make me drive the ball,” Bauman said.

“So I wanna be able to be effective in that way as well.”

Expectations were high for Bauman coming out of

Photo · In her career game against Ohio State, Nicole Bauman made eight of her 13 three-point attempts, as she set a personal best for points (31) in a game.

In her three games prior to Sunday, she averaged 25 points per contest against Illinois, Michigan State and Ohio State.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald high school. She was named Wisconsin Player of the Year after leading Eisenhower to the state semifinals her senior season. Despite those expectations, she still manages to reach new heights, break records and even surprise herself.

“I would’ve never expected to be where I am,” Bauman said. “I guess I always wanted to take on the challenge and work my hardest every day and be the best that I can be.”

And now Bauman is the best at shooting the most three-pointers in the Kohl Center in the building’s 18year history.

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Badgers’ early leads help overcome dry spells Despite double-digit wins this past week against Indiana, Northwestern, Wisconsin has had trouble putting away opponents

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Basketball Writer

With seven minutes remaining in the first half and the Wisconsin men’s basketball team up 25-8, the Badgers were in complete control of the game and there didn’t appear to be anything Northwestern could do to stop them.

The Wildcats had been almost exclusively in a 2-3 zone, a defensive set UW has seen from plenty of opponents this season, in Wisconsin’s run to open the half. The Badgers’ precision passing, hot shooting and familiarity with the defense allowed them to pick apart the zone defense and jump out to a big lead.

Then sophomore guard Bronson Koenig got his second foul of the first half and had to sit on the bench for the final seven minutes of the period.

With Koenig on the bench, the Wildcats took advantage and went on an 11-2 run over the next four minutes of the half.

Wisconsin’s lead had fallen from 17 points to eight with four minutes remaining in the half, and while not having Koenig on the floor definitely hurt the Badgers as UW had a 53-31 advantage with him on the floor, the team didn’t look at it as an excuse.

“You’re down a guy with experience, more so than say Zak Showalter,” head coach Bo Ryan said. “We also had some opportunities while they cut into that edge that we had, so you can’t say it was simply because Bronson went out of the game.”

A similar situation occurred in Wisconsin’s last game against Indiana. There were multiple occasions where the Badgers had built a big lead and then backed

off, allowing the Hoosiers back in the game.

you get a lead “likeWhen that, sometimes it can slip away from you a little bit, and that’s something we are working on and trying to get better at.

”

Josh Gasser Wisconsin guard The Hoosiers’ runs served as the wake-up call Wisconsin needed to put the game away, and Northwestern’s firsthalf run served a similar purpose Saturday.

Following a timeout late in the first half, and with Koenig still on the bench in foul trouble, Wisconsin ended the period on a 12-4 run that gave the Badgers a 37-21 lead going into the

locker room.

While Wisconsin went to the locker room with a comfortable 16-point halftime lead, the Badgers were not content with the way they let Northwestern back into the game.

It appeared that the Wildcats’ 2-3 zone started to bother the Badgers and disrupt their offensive rhythm. Wisconsin started to uncharacteristically settle for long jump shots and struggled to score as a result.

“I think we got away from our principles a little bit,” junior forward Sam Dekker said.

Wisconsin may have become too content with their 17-point lead and lost focus, but that is something the team is trying to improve.

“When you get a lead like that, sometimes it can slip away from you a little bit, and that’s something we are working on and trying to get better at,” redshirt senior guard Josh Gasser said. “We know once tournament time starts, you can’t slip up on any possession.”

If Wisconsin had not countered Northwestern’s run with one of their own, the Badgers may have found themselves in a dangerous situation at home.

The 12-4 run to end the half ended up being the difference in the game for Wisconsin, giving the Badgers a big enough cushion going into the second half where they were able to get away with a subpar performance.

UW shot 9-25 (36 percent) from the field and 5-16 (31.3 percent) from three-point range in the second half, while Northwestern shot 10-20 (50 percent) from the field and 3-8 (37.5 percent) from three. Northwestern also outscored Wisconsin in

Photo · Northwestern outscored Wisconsin 29-28 in the second half of play Saturday afternoon, but the Badgers had a 16-point advantage going into halftime, which helped them overcome the sluggish final 20 minutes. UW shot just 38.9 percent from the field during the game, its lowest percentage since it shot 32.7 percent at Marquette Dec. 7.

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“It was not our greatest [shooting] percentage,” Ryan said. “[Northwestern] did a good job of taking some things away, but we were patient.”

“I like the way we shortened the clock,” Ryan added. “We at least made them work in the zone.”

In the end, two things became clear about Ryan’s team after Saturday’s game.

His team is capable of bouncing back even if it has lost all the momentum, and just as Koenig did when senior guard Traevon Jackson went down with his injury, there is going to be a viable next man up.

“You always have to believe that the other five guys you got on the floor can play,” Ryan said. “If you have doubt, you’re in trouble.”

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Koenig helps Badgers roll over Northwestern Despite early foul trouble, sophomore guard racks up career-high 16 points as Wisconsin puts away Wildcats early, coasts to sixth straight win

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

Northwestern, which entered play Saturday as the last place team in the Big Ten, picked a bad time to come to the Kohl Center to take on No. 5 Wisconsin, which had won five games in-a-row and four of those by double figures.

From start to finish, the Badgers (21-2, 9-1 Big Ten) controlled the Wildcats (1013, 1-9) Saturday afternoon behind a career-high 16 points from sophomore Bronson Koenig and another gamehigh 16 points from junior Sam Dekker, as Wisconsin won its sixth straight game, dropping Northwestern 65-50.

The Badgers started the game on a 23-6 run by attacking Northwestern’s 2-3 zone. Dekker alone outscored the Wildcats, scoring nine points over the first 12 minutes and three seconds of the game.

Northwestern trimmed the Wisconsin lead back down to single digits after an 11-2 run that pulled the Wildcats to within eight at 25-17. During the Wildcats’ run, the Badgers did not make a single field goal as they were in the midst of a three minute and 57 second scoring drought.

But after Northwestern got within single digits, the Badgers responded, going on a 12-4 run to take a 37-21 lead at halftime. Sophomore forward Nigel Hayes scored five straight points for Wisconsin to close out the half.

Wisconsin shot 41 percent (12-for-29) in the first half while the Wildcats were just 9-of-28 (32 percent) from the floor and 1-of-6 (16 percent) from three-point range.

Dekker and Hayes both scored a game-high 11 points in the opening half while Hayes added six rebounds.

In the second half, Northwestern managed to outscore the Badgers, but it got

within only 11 points after a three-pointer with just over a minute left in the game.

Wisconsin held a lead of 20 or more points three times over the final 20 minutes despite Northwestern being able to slightly crawl back into the game toward the final minutes.

Much like Tuesday’s game against Indiana, the Wildcats were able to rattle some scoring possessions that threatened to put Wisconsin’s lead below 10 points. But like Tuesday, the Badgers had no problem bouncing back to earn yet another double digit win.

“I don’t think we took our foot off the gas pedal,” Dekker said. “I thought we kept it going pretty good and ended up getting a 15-point win.”

The Badgers opened up their 16-point halftime lead courtesy of some hot shooting from beyond the arc. Five of Wisconsin’s first seven field goals to start the second half were threes with Koenig knocking home three of them.

Overall, Koenig was 6-for10 from the floor and 4-for-8 from three-point distance.

He added two assists and two rebounds with no turnovers in 29 minutes of action.

Since taking over for the injured Traevon Jackson, Koenig has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games, averaging 12.6 points per game in his seven career starts.

“I feel like I’ve been a lot more confident the past couple of weeks,” Koenig said.

“My teammates have done a good job of giving me that confidence and my coaches as well. [Traevon Jackson]’s done a good job as well, just telling me to be aggressive as much as I can.”

Throughout Saturday’s game, when Northwestern

was able to force the Badgers deep into the shot clock, Koenig seemed to knock down a clutch shot that would put an end to a strong defensive possession from Northwestern.

“He didn’t force any shots,” Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan said of Koenig. “I thought he hit some big threes as we were moving the ball.

“He was a guy that hit some big ones for us. He didn’t panic out there, made good ball fakes, set up other guys.

A lot of the time he made the pass that led to the pass for the basket.”

Wisconsin dominated the glass Saturday as well, outrebounding Northwestern 39-25 overall and 13-5 on offensive rebounds.

The Badgers turned those 13 offensive rebounds into 13 second-chance points as the Wildcats struggled to rebound while in their zone defense.

Northwestern outshot Wisconsin overall, making 39.6 percent of its shots while Wisconsin made 38.9 percent.

Northwestern had only two players – Alex Olah (15) and Bryant McIntosh (13) – score in double figures while the Badgers had two players,

in addition to Koenig and Dekker, in double figures.

Frank Kaminsky had 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists while Hayes finished with 11 points and eight rebounds.

Senior guard Josh Gasser made his 127th career start Saturday, passing Alando Tucker for the most starts in Wisconsin program history.

Gasser had eight points and a team-high nine rebounds for Wisconsin.

Wisconsin’s 21-2 start to the season is tied for the best 23-game start in program history with the 1914 team that

Photo · Bronson Koenig (24) shot 6-10 from the field Saturday afternoon, including 4-8 from downtown to help Wisconsin tie its best start in school history with an overall mark of 21-2.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald started with the same record.

The Badgers return to the court Tuesday when they travel to Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. on ESPN.

Special senior night propels Wisconsin to series win Blayre Turnbull nets first career hat trick, with all three goals by way of power play to help UW to 5-0 win after scoreless tie Friday night Photo · Wisconsin had its first scoreless tie all season Friday night against Minnesota-Duluth but won the shootout over the Bulldogs 2-1.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald

by Eric Goldsobel Women’s Hockey Writer

Senior captain Blayre Turnbull enthralled LaBahn Arena on Saturday night with quite possibly her signature game at Wisconsin, propelling the Badgers to a 5-0 win over Minnesota-Duluth.

Turnbull created history by netting her first-career hat trick, but the way it was done had never been accomplished in the program’s history.

The Wisconsin captain’s hattrick came off of three powerplay goals.

Turnbull opened scoring at 10:51 in the first period, taking advantage of happenstance when the UMD defender marking her fell down. She then glided in on net and sent

a backhander through Kayla Black’s five-hole for the opening goal.

Turnbull drew praise from her teammates and head coach Mark Johnson, who cited the captain’s work ethic and effort as deserving of her goals, especially on the special night where her father traveled from her hometown Stellarton, Nova Scotia to watch his daughter play.

“It’s senior night, (Turnbull’s) dad was in town, and it’s an emotional start to the game,” Johnson said. “For her to go out that way and get a hat-trick on a special night, being a captain and all, you have to be happy for her.”

Badgers goaltender AnnRenee Desbiens was tested early but kept her cool, making a memorable sliding-butterfly

save in a 2-on-1 situation for the Bulldogs to preserve Wisconsin’s lead.

Freshman forward Annie Pankowski then opened the lead to two at 17:48 in the first frame after finding the puck in the crease for a backhand when Black left a rebound for the taking, with the Badgers scoring again on a power play.

Turnbull tallied her second of the game 1:22 later in the period to increase the lead to three when she put home an advantageous rebound in front of net.

Evelina Suonpaa came in for the second period in net for the Bulldogs to replace Black, who let up three first period goals.

Turnbull netted her third goal of the night at 9:15 in the third period when she sent a wrist shot into the back of the

net through heavy traffic, once more on the power play.

“It’s exciting, but I think the important thing is that we won,” Turnbull said. “We won by more than one. That’s something we’ve been working on in practice with getting pucks to the net.”

Emily Clark brought the Badgers’ tally to five later on in the period by way of a tip-in. The game eased the criticism Wisconsin has been facing recently about its lack of offensive production.

The Bulldogs seemed to drop off energy-wise midway through the second period, leading to a relatively stress-free third period for the Badgers in which they scored twice.

Badgers, Bulldogs battle to scoreless tie Friday Despite the buzz of the

crowd Friday night, there was not much buzz on the ice as the Wisconsin women’s hockey team welcomed University of Minnesota–Duluth to LaBahn Arena.

A defensive battle unfolded before the eyes of those watching, and it wasn’t for the lack of trying that neither team scored until the eventual shootout.

The Badgers put up 41 shots through three periods, many of them originating from odd-skater rushes in which UMD’s goaltender Kayla Black slammed the door shut each time. UMD didn’t play the role of a doormat either, and fired 23 quality shots in return.

Wisconsin’s missed opportunities reflect the trend of the past few weeks.

Quite simply, UW has found itself unable to score despite high shot totals. The Badgers averaged about 43 shots per game since resuming play after the winter break, but in the same time have only managed to put up 2.75 goals per game.

The Badgers’ play reflected this early in the first period when Baylee Wellhausen whiffed on a puck sent to her while unmarked just beyond the crease. Many other rushes ended in this fashion; they developed into tips sent just wide and scrums in which Black fell on or covered the puck.

The rest of the first period followed the same scheme, and through a very choppy second period with many stoppages and a third period full of more missed opportunities, the game eventually headed to overtime

and the shootout tied at zero.

“Today their goaltender played very well,” Johnson said.

“They defend well. We missed the net quite a bit because of that. They do a lot of the little things that make it hard to get second opportunities.”

Several players voiced opinions similar to Johnson’s about UMD’s high quality of defensive play, but in the eventual shootout, the Badgers proved that the Bulldogs were not invincible after all.

After a Turnbull miss and UMD’s Zoe Hickel missing as well, Pankowski scored for UW after she flipped the puck to her backhand across the face of net and past Black’s pokecheck, skillfully placing the puck into the bottom right corner.

The shootout went until UMD’s last shooter, Katerina Mrazova, completely fooled Wisconsin netminder Desbiens.

Mrazova stick handled as she glided in on net, pushed the puck on to her backhand and deked, forcing Desbiens to commit to her right side.

Mrazova then, while still on her backhand, toe-dragged the puck back on to her forehand and pushed the puck into the net for the equalizing goal.

However, Sidney Mckibbon followed up with a precisely timed wrist shot under Black’s right pad in the fourth round to give the Badgers a 2-1 lead in the shootout. Desbiens then sealed the Bulldogs’ fate with a sliding butterfly save to preserve the win and earn the two points.

“It was a hard-fought battle,” Mckibbon said. “It was a lot like a playoff game. It was a really good win for our team.”

Wisconsin secured second place in the WCHA by taking five of six points from the third place Bulldogs.

Next week the Badgers travel to Ohio State to take on the Buckeyes in their second-tolast series in the regular season, looking to build on their sevengame unbeaten streak.