Faith On Wheels - Issue 40

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FAITH ON WHEELS James Madison Park synagogue’s historical pilgrimage was Madison’s first ever transported-for-preservation project.

by Jacob Kositzke

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BUDGET SERIES

UW-Superior, Eau Claire look into shared services

In face of proposed budget cuts, some system campuses look toward forming resource partnerships to mitigate financial trouble

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

University of WisconsinSuperior is in the midst of negotiations with UW-Eau Claire over sharing specific services in an attempt to mitigate potential cuts

included in Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget.

Both UW-Superior and UW-Eau Claire have faced financial trouble and budget cuts in recent years, UWSuperior spokesperson Lynne Williams said.

Williams said this makes it harder to plan for cuts at

UW-Superior because they have already had to make significant cuts.

Last year, UW-Superior was forced to shift to private, non-university providers for the bookstore, grounds and custodial services, Williams said. She said the campus also centralized a variety of

services.

“A further cut means positions and it means programs,” Williams said.

Williams said the current negotiations between UWEau Claire and UW-Superior are regarding an open human resources director position. If the negotiations

were to go through, 50 percent of UW-Eau Claire’s human resources director would also go to support UW-Superior ’s campus, Williams said.

Williams said the two campuses are still working toward a final agreement.

This solution is in

response to UW System President Ray Cross’ suggestion that campuses be creative in the ways they work to address the budget challenges, Williams said.

Sharing services with UWEau Claire avoids cutting

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Research trumps elite degrees in UW hiring process Attendence at high-ranking, Ivy League PhD programs may suggest aptitude, does not guarantee it; innovative research more important

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

A recent study suggests most professors in the United States earn PhD’s from a small slice of the nation’s elite universities. Although University of Wisconsin attracts a large number of faculty from such top tier institutions, the university says individual

research is most important for vetting potential professors.

According to a study published in Science Advances, approximately 75 percent of tenured professors come from the top 15 percent of schools across the country.

The hiring process is left up to individual departments, UW Department of Economics chair Kenneth Hendricks said.

For instance, in the economics

department, at least six faculty have PhDs from Yale, three from Stanford, four from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and five from University of Chicago.

“We cast a net pretty widely in determining who is the best candidate for our department,” Hendricks said.

“It’s all based on the work. We read their papers and that’s the basis on which we make our

evaluations. The nameplate is not a significant factor.”

Hendricks said the department recently received 687 applications for an associate professor position.

The committee invited 43 back for interviews in Boston, then selected 10 to visit UW and the economics faculty. He said the candidates came from a variety of schools ranging from Maryland to the top five

universities, although they typically exclude outstanding candidates from top institutions and candidates with UW PhDs. He said even among Harvard PhDs, UW would only be interested in interviewing a few of the top candidates from the year’s output.

David Bohnhoff, an engineering professor at UW, said his department does not usually turn away UW PhDs

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out of principle, but because there are no positions available for their specialty.

Caroline Levine, chair of the English department at UW said her department does have a high proportion of faculty from elite institutions. Levine, a graduate of a non-Ivy League School, said when hiring new faculty, they take program rigor

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Analysis brings light to system power shift Increased power under public authority raises concern with 16 out of 18 Board of Regents appointed by governor

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Concern regarding increased centralized power for the Board of Regents was exacerbated Thursday as more information about the proposed University of Wisconsin System was brought to the forefront.

More information about the UW System public authority model was brought to light Thursday and further fueled a heated debate surrounding the potential shift to increased autonomy for system officials in exchange for decreased state funding.

This was among several changes detailed in a report released by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau Thursday that outlined the budget’s impact on the UW System.

UW-Madison educational policy professor Sara GoldrickRab said in an email her main concerns after reading the bureau’s analysis were around the switch to public authority.

She said the aspects that the change puts at risk, including shared governance and faculty tenure, far overshadow the relatively small amount of

money the system would save.

Sixteen out of 18 members of the Board of Regents are governorappointed. “[The legislators] do not have time to muck around in university affairs; historically they only do so when it appears really warranted and there is widespread support,” Goldrick-Rab said. “In contrast, the regents are appointed by the Governor, unaccountable to anyone specific, and they will be entirely focused on the work of UW System.”

Goldrick-Rab also said she worried the pace at which the legislature will likely pass the budget does not take into account the severity of the proposed changes and there will not be enough time for discussion with students, faculty and staff.

The speed at which the bill will become the official budget is too quick for anyone in the system to entirely understand exactly what it entails, GoldrickRab said.

“This is a switch deserving of serious ‘sifting and winnowing’,” Goldrick-Rab said. “And that’s not going to happen with this rapid budget bill

process.”

Goldrick-Rab is a signatory of an open letter to UW System President Ray Cross detailing problems with the public authority model and asking Cross to come out against it.

Another signatory, Richard Grusin, a professor at UWMilwaukee and director of the Center for 21st Century Studies, said he is concerned about the lack legal recourse faculty and staff will have immediately after the new budget goes into place.

“The LFB report makes it clear as of July 1, 2015 at 12:01 am all the protections currently in place are gone,” Grusin said.

Grusin said he was unsure if the time gap is an unintentional result of the Walker administration legislation or if the language is an intentional move to create a gap when neither state statutes nor Board of Regents policy would protect faculty and staff.

UW System spokesperson Alex Hummel said the

regents are committed to protecting faculty and staff and the time gap is a normal part of the creation of the authority.

“It’s all part of the budget process and we have to see how it moves forward,” Hummel said. “The regents are committed to that process and the system is too and

Photo · Some experts worry the timeline is too short to adequately judge what UW System would look like as a public authority.

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obviously the legislature is involved as well.”

UW students tutor teens in ‘rare’ languages High schoolers meet with UW tutors via Skype to practice uncommonly taught Arabic, Japanese language

by Maddie Makoul Herald Contributor

Not every high school offers language classes in Arabic and Japanese.

Through the Language Institute at the University of Wisconsin, UW students are tutoring Wisconsin high school students in Arabic and Japanese via Skype, allowing them to explore languages and cultures not frequently offered at the high school level.

Wendy Johnson, the assistant director for the institute, said high schools in the Madison area offer independent study courses in languages such as Arabic and Japanese under the guidance of a French or Spanish teacher. Because the students do not have conversation partners, their language skills benefit from a proficient speaker in the

language.

“I recruited a small group of UW students who meet weekly with the students at those high schools by Skype,” Johnson said.

“They provide pronunciation help, some conversation practice and answer questions that their [high school] teachers cannot answer.”

Claudine Clark, the world language department chair at Madison East High School, said fluency in Japanese and Arabic languages hinges on contact with native speaking tutors.

Clark said at the start of each school year she sends out an email to universities in the area requesting tutors in these language areas her high school students study independently.

“The program connects students with not only a language tutor they

can practice with and ask questions, but also gives them insight into where they can go next as university students,” Clark said. “My high school students are seeing themselves in their future as language learners.”

Kaylah Cruz-Herrera, a UW Skype tutor, said being able to work through the language and answer questions for students has given them more confidence in the language.

Herrera said since she too has been in the students’ shoes when starting a new language, she understands their position and uplifts them to continue study of the language.

“I think what is most beneficial is being able to practice speaking Arabic [with someone] who also can,” Herrera said. “I think it is important that they are getting more confidence in

studying Arabic because it can be a little intimidating.”

The tutors involved are all in their third or fourth year of their language and studied in an intensive setting, so they are all fully equipped to help younger students, Johnson said. The experience is not only beneficial to the high school students as the UW students involved can use their tutoring experience and mentoring in a number of professional experiences post-graduation, she said.

“Just the idea that students can grab onto global communities through languages that interest them opens up new doors that maybe weren’t as accessible before these languages were introduced in our high schools,” said Clark.

Johnson also coordinates another program called “Language Experience!”

which invites high school groups to campus to observe UW language classes and become more acquainted with language-related academic opportunities, she said.

These students are invited to UW with the hope that they will consider picking up another language, whether in high school or college, and will come to see college level language study as an achievable goal, Johnson said.

“In all the talk of globalization there is more of a movement between people of different countries now,” Johnson said. “Americans should be prepared for that and language studies is a great way to do it. We learn intercultural competencies that will help us interact with those different from us.”

MPD collaborates to defuse disparity issues Young, Gifted and Black Coalition made demands clear in previous open letter, push for open dialogue Photo · City police and Dane County officials look for new ways to alleviate Young, Gifted and Black’s concerns of structural racism in the criminal justice system.

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The Young, Gifted and Black Coalition has consistently met at neighborhood meetings, committee hearings and with the public to advocate for reforms to reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system.

The group says they will continue advocating the city in the coming weeks. On Tuesday, March 10, they will attend the Public Protection & Judiciary Committee

meeting, which will discuss funding proposals for the county jail. Thursday, March 12, University of Wisconsin professor Karma Chávez will host a community debate with Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney, Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, MOSES: Madison Organizing in Strength, Equality, and Solitarity Jail Taskforce and the No Dane County Jail Working Group.

The coalition published an open letter to Madison Police Department in January, calling for reforms to policing and incarceration practices they

say disproportionately target people of color.

Demands included halting the construction of new jail facilities and reducing the number of beds in the existing Dane County jail. Coalition leaders have also spoken before the Equal Opportunities Commission and MPD community forums.

Coalition members point to the disproportionate number of black residents incarcerated in the Dane County jail.

“If there was no structural racism, the jails and the arrest rates should be proportional to the demographics of the

population,” the letter said.

“In a jail of 800, without structural racism and a demographic of five percent black population, there should be closer to 40 black people, rather than the 400 black people currently incarcerated.”

The group’s primary objective is to open up a dialogue between MPD and community members, coalition organizer Brandi Grayson said. “[The dialogue is about] what we can do differently in the neighborhood, how we can empower people to be more accountable in their own neighborhoods and what the police can do to help people self-determine versus coming across as an enemy,” Grayson said.

However, there has not been much dialogue so far, Grayson said.

Police Chief Koval responded to the letter in a January blog post.

“Based on the diversity and the strength of character personified in our workforce,

the training which is second to none and ever-striving for best practices, coupled with checks-and-balances that serve to bring rogue cops or practices to the light of day, I will not buy into the naive supposition that our community’s disparity issues are largely owing to a pervasive pattern of systemic racism by MPD,” Koval said in his blog.

Koval included an outline of legislative changes necessary to address racial disparities in the county’s criminal justice system.

Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan considered the concerns articulated by members of the community, including the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition.

“For me, what’s most poignant is the fact that the biggest predictor for if you’re going to end up in jail is if you’ve been to jail before,” Pan said. “It’s not a program to help stop crime in the long term, so it’s not making us safer, it’s not helping people with the issues they’re dealing with and it’s not reducing crime overall.”

Pan said he supports County Executive Joe Parisi’s proposed initiatives to reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The proposal includes monitoring traffic stops for racial profiling by police.

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Landmark building makes pilgrimage Historical Gates of Heaven Synagogue was transported for seven hours on its one-mile journey to James Madison Park

by Jacob Kositzke Reporter

A crowd gathered near the Capitol July 19, 1971 as witnesses to Madison’s first ever transported-forpreservation building made its way from Washington Avenue to James Madison Park. Gates of Heaven Synagogue, now used as a voting location and various celebrations, went mobile for a day as it was thrown on wheels and saved from demolition.

The edifice was a creation of prominent local architect, August Kutzbock, known for his Reconstructionist style also seen in Pierce House, The Van Slyke House and the second Capitol building.

The current Capitol is the third, so far.

It was originally constructed at 214 W. Washington in 1863 after a group of 17 Jewish families put together $4,000 to construct the first synagogue in the state of Wisconsin, according to the 1970 Register of Historic Places Nomination.

Close call at Gates of Heaven Financial issues plagued the congregation and during the panic of 1887 they leased the building and in 1916 sold the building. Its subsequent string of occupants included a Unitarian Society, the Women’s Temperance Union, a Lutheran church, an undertaking parlor, a temporary recording studio, a tea room, federal storage, a veterinary clinic, offices, a beauty shop and a dentist office. Finally, showing its age in 1970, the building sat

vacant, and along with the rest of the block, was slated for demolition.

The synagogue was largely constructed using sandstone from a local quarry, historian Dick Wagner said. In fact, during the era of the synagogue’s construction, Madison experienced a “golden age” of architecture with a multitude of German and Swiss masons building many of the houses that sit around the Capitol. Kutzbock used the distinctive Madisonian sandstone on the Peirce House and many of his creations adorning the Mansion Hill district.

The news that the historic building was to be torn down pulled at the heartstrings of many historians and members of the Jewish community, and community members felt an approaching threat from an “attitude of commercial institutions,” which would endanger landmark sites, according to a news report from 1970 from Wisconsin Historical Society’s archives. “... the decision to demolish the Old Synagogue was apparently made in silence and permitted by city officials in the most hushed of legal tones,” according to the news report.

A task force was assembled including Norton Stoler, leading the grass roots fundraising, and other city officials including Mayor William Dyke, Sol Levin from the Housing and Community Development Department and other representatives.

Critics of the plan to move the synagogue argued James Madison had been “carefully and laboriously

carved out,” Wagner said.

He said many residences were displaced to construct the park and it would not have been suitable to leave an abandoned synagogue in disrepair unless renovation occurred. Wagner helped secure grants to renovate the interior and bring electricity into the building.

It was in the eleventh hour that the synagogue was added to the list of historic buildings and the funding

for its trip across the square was secured. By the time it was going to be moved, Gigi Holland, volunteer and memorabilia coordinator, described the scene as comical.

“A massive construction pit with the synagogue standing in solidarity, the only building on the block,” Holland said.

The synagogue was not the first building in the city to be moved. Wagner said the practice was common when Capitol-area houses were relocated to the Basset Street area. He went on, however, to say it was, “the first building in the city that was moved for historical preservation purposes.”

Synagogue on the road to safety The synagogue stood for more than the Jewish community in Madison; its brush with demolishment came shortly after the Mapleside building on University Ave. was torn down despite much opposition in an event Wagner described as nothing short of traumatic.

Holland ascribed the proposed demolition not to apathy, but described how there was a lack of precedent for relocating buildings for preservation.

The synagogue was a turning point, a success that would go on to inspire a tradition of preserving the history built up

Photo ·Crowds gathered to cheer as the synagogue became mobile, saved from demolition.

Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society

Photo · Today, the Syngogue is used as a voting location and for various other ceLebrations such as weddings.

Courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society throughout Madison, she said.

On the day the building was moved, the construction worker placed a bottle of champagne in the vestibule.

For a day, Gates of Heaven went mobile as it was transported up West Washington Avenue toward the Capitol on the square, “ducking wires and poles along the way,” Wagner said.

“Hundreds of onlookers watched its progress while Madison police provided a safety escort,” Small Synagogues’ website said.

A crowd of 200 cheered as the synagogue was moved to its new home in James Madison Park July 17, 1971.

The one-mile transport took seven hours.

Champagne safe and awaiting consumption, workers celebrated the saved synagogue.

Then began the building and site restoration.

The friends of the Gates of Heaven formed as a group dedicated to replanting and beautifying the area of the park that had played host to the massive flatbeds that brought the old sandstone gathering place to its new location. Holland, a long time member who still volunteers with the landscaping, said the group is entirely self-funded and purchased the memorabilia stand, the walkway and the bronze plaque commemorating the 40th anniversary of the building’s salvation.

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Explained: right-to-work debate picks up pace Wisconsin would become 25th state to remove legislation requiring workers to join unions; Assembly labor committee to meet Monday Photo · Protesters crowded the Capitol this past weekend as right-to-work deliberation gains momentum in Legislature.

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Thousands gathered outside the Capitol over the weekend to protest the proposed rightto-work bill as it moves on to the Republican-dominated Assembly for voting later this week.

The bill already passed in the Senate last Thursday, and if the Assembly passes, Gov. Scott Walker’s office has said he would sign it when it gets to his desk.

Majority Leader Sen.

Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, a proponent of right-to-work, said in a statement this legislation will modernize Wisconsin’s economy and further individual freedoms to choose where their money is spent.

“The heart of this issue is a simple matter of individual freedom: this legislation will ensure that Wisconsin’s workers have the sole power to determine whether they wish to belong to or support a labor organization, and ensure that they cannot be punished for that decision in their workplace,” Fitzgerald said.

In contrast, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt said in a past interview right-towork legislation will move Wisconsin in the wrong direction.

Right-to-work legislation is relatively new to the Midwest, with similar laws passing in Michigan and Indiana, Neuenfeldt said. He said the 24 states that have right-towork laws in place statistically tend to have lower wages and lower incomes.

“When you attack the labor movement and union contracts and the wages and benefits that they bring for people, you’re basically opening up a scenario where it’s lower wages and weaker benefit plans for all of the middle class, because that kind of sets the standard,” Neuenfeldt said.

In the U.S., unionized workplaces can be classified as union shops, agency shops and open

shops.

If a worker is hired at a union shop, the worker may be required to either join the union or pay an agency fee which covers only the parts of the union dues, which include the cost of collective bargaining and representation of employees. If a worker fails to do so within a certain period of time, then he or she may be terminated.

Another unionized workplace is an agency shop.

Like the union shop, workers must at least pay the agency fee;

however, they are not required to join the union itself to remain employed.

Open shops, also known as merit shops, in contrast, do not require workers to join a union or pay any dues either to be hired or remain employed.

If passed in Wisconsin, rightto-work legislation would essentially turn all unionized workplaces into open shops.

Proponents of right-to-work legislation say this gives workers individual freedom to choose whether they support

the union, whereas opponents say it weakens union’s collective bargaining and ability to negotiate on a worker’s behalf.

John Ahlquist, an associate professor in UW’s La Follette School of Public Affairs, said Walker’s recent push for rightto-work legislation is more of political move than a business strategy.

“I think Walker clearly has presidential ambitions and is trying to position himself to a broader audience,” Ahlquist said.

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services to students further, she said.

This is a way other campuses can also work to mitigate cuts, Williams said, adding the importance of campuses within the system working together to overcome future financial difficulties.

“How can we share services?” Williams said.

“We’re all within a system, so how do we work together more like a system?”

Williams said working together between campuses should improve services to students and keep the core of the UW System strong.

UW-Barron County Dean Yohnk said the UW two-

HIRING, page 1 into account, but more so look for those who make great contributions to the field.

“We in the department don’t spend much time thinking about where people get their degrees,” Levine said.

She said an occasional pattern is for UW to act as a stepping stone for faculty here to obtain positions in higher ranking institutions.

Bohnhoff said elite degree holders take a higher proportion of faculty positions

year transfer colleges are also looking into sharing some services like library and admissions services.

He said sharing services between the colleges is just one way to make up for the cuts and the campuses will still be hit hard. He said it is important though that the colleges work together as a system when campuses are hit hard like they are now.

However, according to UW education policy professor Sara GoldrickRab, sharing facilities at UW-Madison with other campuses would probably not completely make up for the current cuts proposed by Walker.

“Sharing facilities and services may bring some

financial benefits, but they are very unlikely to generate enough savings to mitigate these cuts,” Goldrick-Rab said in an email.

Goldrick-Rab said more analysis on the part of the system and the campus is needed to be sure how the cuts will affect UW-Madison and how system officials should plan to handle them in the coming months.

She said sharing facilities might not be the best way to keep the quality of education strong between the campuses.

“Most importantly we need to know if these are cost-effective changes that will enhance the educational mission of the institutions,” Goldrick-Rab said.

because they bring in more research dollars and ideas for innovation. However, he said institution means little when making hiring decisions — their individual research matters more.

“The really good graduate students are the ones who have sought out the top performers in their field,” Bohnhoff said. “Those are the people who are always going to float to the top in a particular field, not necessarily at an Ivy League.”

He said research is often

so specific that top-notch graduate students and faculty have positions at various institutions where UW searches for future hires.

As for UW PhDs, placement varies depending on department and individual aptitude. In the economics department, Hendricks said usually a couple of the best students will interview at the top 10 universities, although more end up in the top 30 institutions, or the government and private sector.

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College Republicans

Campus should address budget with healthy debate Students need to actively challenge their own preconceptions, destructive political rhetoric, listen to both sides of an important issue In the past few weeks, our university email addresses have received varying opinions about the proposed budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System. Both sides have pointed fingers in one way or another, but the dust is finally settling and we can begin a constructive dialogue between parties.

It is time we check our preconceptions about Gov. Scott Walker ’s proposed budget cuts at the door and actively try to understand both sides.

Some could argue UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank started finger pointing with a mass email to parents encouraging them to lobby against the proposed cuts.

However, on Wednesday,

Feb. 25, she posted in her blog, “Blank’s Slate” taking a step back. This most recent communication wasn’t a rallying cry against the governor ’s actions like those in the past.

She is now hoping to “engage in a civil public conversation about the role of UW.” She makes a point that she recognizes and “appreciate[s] the interest shown by Walker and legislators in keeping the UW strong” and that she is “confident we can find solutions that keep the best interests of our state and students at heart.” It is clear our chancellor is ready to sit and discuss the proper course of action. She is not claiming Walker hates the UW System like some

others have stated.

Republicans and Democrats alike can take a page out of her book, acknowledging the interests and the motivations of the opposing side instead of digressing to name-calling.

Stephen Covey, author of longtime bestseller “7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” wrote, “seek first to understand, then to be understood.” More simply, make an effort to hear out your opposition before completely ruling out other ideas.

The student body, the faculty and the people of Wisconsin realize budget cuts will be made.

In order to make these cuts happen as smooth as possible, we all need

to sit down, articulate issues and present them in a professional and constructive matter.

You might be asking yourself, “How do we do this?” The answer is simple: stay informed.

Just reading information in agreement with your opinion isn’t enough. You need to stay informed with the opposing side as well.

As somebody these cuts affect, you’re responsible for understanding what any legislation does to you and those in your community.

Of course there will be growing pains associated with the budget cuts — nobody is denying that.

Instead of looking at the immediate impact, it is important to look at what

is going to be affected a year, five years and even ten years down the road for the UW System. In the end, people don’t perceive a school based on what it is for a few years, but what it has done in its entirety.

If any legislation means a stronger UW after a couple years of tightening our belt, then we owe it to future students and faculty to tighten our belt.

A professional debate is scheduled to take place between the College Democrats and the College Republicans and I recommend everybody attend. It is a great opportunity for our student body to begin the discussion our chancellor is encouraging and get

relevant, up-to-date information about the future of our campus.

Republican or Democrat, we are all students, and it is our duty as students to understand these changes and to make our voices heard to keep UW strong.

The student body must unite, to sift and winnow through the numbers and explain what we think should be done. This is an opportunity for the student body to show our resiliency and our dedication to our university. All it takes is constructive and civil discourse.

Michael Pesendorfer II (pesendorfer@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in economics.

Study a foreign language, get a job after graduation As world becomes more interconnected, students can enhance overall communication, other professional skills through cultural awareness

by Dara Brody Contributor

“Life after graduation” are the three most chilling words a college student can hear.

For many, the topic leaves us rattled to the core, shaken with the idea of preparing for meetings on a Tuesday night rather than indulging in a two-for-one drink deal at the infamous Kollege Klub.

We let our minds haze over the concept of a nine to five workday with the perception that we don’t have to grow up quite yet. However, on that dreaded day when we realize we can’t jump around on autumn Saturdays forever, we’re left with a few simple questions: what did I learn and how can I use it?

In an era notorious for a competitive job-hunting climate, the skills we learn

in our years at the University of Wisconsin are vital in ensuring a successful career. So when scouring the course guide trying to make up your next semester schedule, a foreign language class can be one of the most helpful things to add to your calendar.

As cited by the Association of American Colleges & Universities, one of the top ten skills employers look for in a college graduate is the ability to understand the global context in which work is now performed. As the world becomes more interconnected and borders seem to melt away amidst advancing technology, employees with language skills become extremely important in supporting business endeavors both at home and abroad.

Learning a language also

correlates with cultural awareness, a valuable skill in any diverse workplace environment. Additionally, research by the National Research Council found those who studied a foreign language better understood English grammar and had improved overall communication and problem solving skills. These are imperative in any career.

If you’re still not convinced, in a 2004 survey of hundreds of alumni, The American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona, most respondents reported their language study to be a critical factor in their own hiring decisions and a skill that greatly enhanced their career paths.

While many choose to place value solely on experience and internships, a second

language can be a deciding factor in many job markets.

Michael Kruse, the International Directions Advisor here on campus, recalls a student whose experience he feels exemplifies the importance of having foreign language skills. After graduating from UW, this student landed a job working in finance in Chicago without ever having earned an undergraduate degree in the field.

The reason? This young woman had strong language skills in Japanese. Despite only having limited experience in finance, her expertise in her language of study eventually steered her to the career she desired.

Though her story may defy the norm when it comes to seeking out jobs in high demand, her experience captures the growing need

for language skills in our diversifying nation.

However, if your plans don’t include being one of the 400 students, on average, who graduate from UW with an undergraduate degree in a foreign language, our campus abounds with different opportunities for acquiring language skills.

Kruse encourages everyone to get involved, whether it be through language conversation tables, residential programs for languages, study abroad or one of the dozens of cultural or language oriented student organizations.

Students who study languages receive a comprehensive education complete with invaluable skills that transfer to all aspects of life. With lessons in art, history, literature and more, a language degree

invokes a cultural awareness that is vital to maneuver through today’s job market.

Many of us still choose to live under the impression that our days in Madison are endless. However, the unfortunate truth is that we before we know it, “life after graduation” will be more than just three words that leave us unnerved.

As thousands of questions swerve through our minds regarding our post-college years, I’ll end on just one. As a student at the university with the highest number of students earning foreign language degrees in the country, why not take advantage of all the opportunities our campus has to offer?

Dara Brody (dibrody@wisc. edu) is a sophomore majoring in Spanish.

Have no fear, second Gilded Age can spark labor comeback Unions made significant gains in 20th century, will again, despite series of attacks on workers’ rights, uptick in income inequality

by Alex Derr Contributor

The labor movement in the U.S. has had a long and sometimes troubled history.

Most people can recall learning about its early development in the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, as the age of corporations began to consolidate wealth in the hands of the super-wealthy minority.

Unions began to organize in response to the growing economic inequality, culminating in the passage of the Wagner Act as part of the New Deal. The law protected the right of workers to unionize, the foundation of the movement today. In 1954, membership peaked as nearly 35 percent of wage and salary workers were members of a labor organization.

However, something else was happening, which began back in the ’40s while unions were on the rise. In 1947, the business community successfully overcame labor opposition to get Congress to pass the Taft-Harltey Act. The new law severely limited union striking and organizing activities, banned donations to political candidates and gave employers new powers to oppose unionization in their businesses. It also created the legal situation that has given rise to right-to-work legislation in 24 other states.

Within a decade of the act’s passage, union membership peaked and for a short time hovered around 30 percent, until it began a slow but continual decline. This decline coincides with a radical change in income growth among different classes of American workers. Real

wages — wages with inflation accounted for — have been flat for decades.

Since 2000, usual weekly wages have fallen 3.7 percent (in real wages) among workers in the bottom 10 percent of income distribution and fallen 3 percent among the bottom 25 percent.

But among people near the top 5 percent of the distribution, real wages have risen 9.7 percent. In other words, in America today the rich are getting richer as the poor get poorer, and we can prove it quantitatively.

Income inequality has reached such an extreme that the “400 wealthiest Americans now own more than the ‘lower’ 150 million Americans put together.” Similarly, in 1983, a CEO made an average of 46 times more than an employee.

In 2013, they made 331 times more than an employee. Perhaps the scariest part is the growth in this disparity is not going away.

In fact, it’s accelerating, as the divide between rich and poor grows larger, faster.

In many ways, we are entering a second Gilded Age, as the rail and oil barons of the late 19th century have become today’s financial traders and bankers. Today, the wealthy collaborate with legislators, presumably to tilt the system ever more in their interest.

They’ve seen enormous success, as top income tax rates dropped from 70 percent in 1970 to just 35 percent under George W. Bush.

However, history repeats itself. As income inequality surpasses levels seen in the pre-labor movement days, some experts believe that the labor movement is prime for a comeback. University of Wisconsin sociology researcher

Barry Eidlin told Wisconsin Public Radio in early 2014, “We are in an economy where a large percentage of economic gains are going to a small fraction, the 1 percent. That’s creating a real sense that there’s something wrong … Those kinds of grievances are not going away.”

He pointed out that Wisconsin actually saw a slight rise in private unionization in 2013, despite the anti-labor legislation and rhetoric emanating from the State Capitol and suggested a comeback is coming for unions.

So as we sit and wait for the State Assembly to pass right-towork here in Wisconsin, do not lose all hope. In the short term the law will surely hurt unions, cut wage and further the growth in income inequality. However, such attacks continue to shed light on the role unions played in ending the first Gilded Age. Right-to-work, Act 10 and other attacks by business and political elites are just adding fuel to a fire just waiting to be lit. All we need is the spark for resurgence in the labor movement and an end to this second Gilded Age. Alex Derr (alexmderr@gmail. com) is a junior majoring in environmental science and political science.

Photos · Feb. 28 thousands of protestors gathered at the State Capitol to voice their opposition to right-to-work legislation.

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‘Good Kids’ brings rape culture to center-stage Big Ten Theatre Consortium-commissioned play raises powerful questions about sexual assault, impact of digital age at University Theatre Photo · Author and head playwright Naomi Iizuka wanted to write about a topic that resonates with university students. The plot is based on the Steubenville rape case.

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by Elise Romas ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

A girl arrives at a party.

She is drunk. She is flirty.

She is wearing a skirt raised high above her knees and a top exposing her midriff. Is she asking for it?

The University’s Theatre’s production of the play “Good Kids” brings this uncomfortable but college-relevant question, and many others, to the surface.

“Good Kids,” which will run Thursday through Sunday of next weekend, is

a contemporary play which addresses a situation that can be constituted as rape.

It prompts the audience to think deeply about sexual assault and its impact on the campus community.

“It is challenging because no matter how many times you hear stories like these we always think of it as happening someplace else, to someone else,” University Theatre director Olivia Dawson said. “But, statistically, it is happening right under our noses but just isn’t being talked about.”

University of Wisconsin’s University Theatre was required to perform the show, alongside the other 13 schools in the Big Ten, as part of the Big Ten Theatre Consortium’s recent efforts acknowledging the underrepresentation of women in the theatre community.

Big Ten Theatre chairs decided to create an equal opportunity for women by commissioning a different female playwright over three-year periods. They are to write a production containing a large

number of female roles and based on a contemporary issue that college students can relate to.

Author and head playwright at University of California, San Diego, Naomi Iizuka was the first playwright commissioned by the Big Ten Theatre.

“Good Kids” is her creation.

“I wanted to write a play that spoke to issues that were very important to university students right now,” Iizuka said.

Iizuka based “Good Kids” off the true story of the highly-publicized rape scandal in Steubenville, Ohio in 2012. It explores the story of a small town where high school football players are treated like celebrities.

A high school student, Chloe (Isabel Cuddihy), gets drunk at a party and is taken advantage of by a group of football players.

Meanwhile, embarrassing and shocking photos and a video about the night’s events are posted to various social media outlets.

Throughout the show, the

characters grapple with the question of whether or not the event can be classified as rape, and consequently if the boys should face any consequences.

Moments in the play were purposefully written to make the audience feel uncomfortable and force onlookers to think critically about what is happening.

“We want to make it real for [the audience], because [then] they can relate to it,” cast member Francesca Atian (Brianna) said. “We want to project reality in front of them so that they can put themselves in that situation, so they can see themselves in the characters, so they can identify with the characters and see what they can do to improve themselves.”

“Good Kids” also displays the powerful message of how we value others. It gives audiences a realistic portrayal of the modern day teenage world where social media and YouTube can expose anything and everything that occurs in daily life.

“This play has taught me so much about how we interact with each other, how we all interact with our peers and how we are distanced from each other given modern technology,” Atian said.

Dawson has similar thoughts to Atian when reflecting on “Good Kid’s”

theme of technology in modern day society.

“I want people to realize that we are devoting more feeling and emotion to the machines that keep us connected rather than the people with whom we say we are connected. I want people to ask themselves: Is being so connected to my technology eroding my humanity?” Dawson said.

The members of cast and crew made it clear this production is much different than any other that they have participated in before. There is a clear and important message actors are trying to relay.

Cast member Ethan Larson (Connor) said he hopes the audience can clearly understand the message and their perspective, and find it powerful because it is an important topic that no one thinks about unless it personally affects them.

Whether or not something like this has happened to an audience member, the content of the play is eye-opening and can make a significant impact on one’s mind, evoking the thought: “That could happen to me.” “‘Good Kids’ is a story that needs to be told and it needs to be told now,” Dawson said. “Hopefully, people will watch with both an open mind and an open heart.”

Cover bands commemorate rock legend Johnny Cash Madisonians gather to honor legendary musician, Man in Black’s 83rd birthday with classic tunes, party-like atmosphere last Friday

by Frankie Hermanek Artsetc. Staff Writer

Last Friday, a man’s voice erupted from the end of the line outside the Majestic: “Hey guys!

I don’t know if you know this, but we’re not actually seeing Johnny Cash.”

A domino effect of laughter spread down the line, coming forth as what would be the running joke of the night. While people nationwide continue to miss old Cash, the Madison fan base took the opportunity to celebrate his monumental career with the Fourth Annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash.

People were lined up outside the venue for an hour ahead of showtime to hail the Man in Black. Anticipation thickened the air as they took on the frigid weather for what was going to be a night of cover band performances.

A day after what would have been Cash’s 83rd birthday, Feb. 26, the eagerness of the waiting crowd was defined by the smell of cigars and light-hearted banter. The turnout for a few local cover bands paying homage to an icon was remarkable and uplifting.

While the majority of the crowd appeared to be in their late 50s or 60s, it was still a diverse crowd. With silver-haired men donning vintage Western dress shirts and cowboy hats, elderly couples side-by-side, middleagers of rowdy yet carefree dispositions, young adults at the foot of the stage and quite enough PBR to go around, this crowd was like no other. Young, old or somewhere in between, the presence of youth was abundant, whether it was being re-lived or simply embraced.

Pleasantly casual and laidback, the event was more like a party than a concert. The bash was exactly what it sounded like and an absolute hit. After a beautiful, mellow opener by Robby Schiller, the Driveway Thriftdwellers followed to open up with “Ring of Fire.”

One of Cash’s better known songs, it was an instant hit with the crowd. Surprisingly for a group of young guys, the Thriftdwellers’ performance was rich and authentic.

Similarly, Evan Murdock and the Imperfect Strangers delivered a raw performance, the crooning deep bass of the front man sounding very

Photo · Robby Schiller, the Driveway Thriftdwellers, Evan Murdock and the Imperfect Strangers opened for Liam Ford Band, who gave brief histories along with cover performances.

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much like Mr. Cash himself.

Much to the audience’s delight, soloist Whitney Mann bounded onto the stage to salute June Carter Cash, singing her part in a few duet pieces. Together, Murdock and Mann brought back America’s sweethearts.

Finally, the featured Liam Ford Band took the stage, bringing down the house with yet another genuine, engaging display of respect for the Man in Black. Not only did the performing groups treat the audience with familiar tunes and nostalgic taste, but offered brief histories behind certain songs.

For example the Driveway Thriftdwellers touched on the famous friendship between Cash and Bob Dylan from which emerged songs like “Big River.”

Each band exemplified Cash’s iconic crossover of country, rock n’ roll, folk and blues with their upbeat selections. The musicianship of all was impressively strong, complete with smooth vocals and a thumping bass that sent vibrations up through the ground. The younger folks sporadically danced at the front

and the quiet joy of the older in back proved the bands to be a hit. They were an absolutely valuable group of artists to pay tribute to the marvelous Johnny Cash, pulling the bash off with flying colors. It’s safe to assume there’s a secure guarantee for a Fifth Annual Birthday Bash to come.

The Majestic’s one of a kind

event was complete with the help of the crowd, a simple, passionate group gathering for drinks, a good time and a chance to honor one hell of a guy. With a successful night in the books, everyone inside the venue was feeling the love, and evidently missed old Johnny. One thing’s for sure — he would have been damn proud.

Side missions define revamped ‘Legend of Zelda’ game ‘Majora’s Mask 3D’ maintains classic three-day cycle, powerful masks, dated controls, but adds nuanced ‘Bomber’s Notebook’

by Evan Conley Artsetc. Staff Writer

For years now, Nintendo fans around the world have been clamoring for a remake of one of the greatest Nintendo 64 games ever made. And while there may never be an HD version of “Superman 64,” Nintendo was kind enough to produce the next best option: “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D” for the Nintendo 3DS. Even though it has been 15 years since the original game’s release, there still isn’t anything quite like “Majora’s Mask.” The closest game, comparatively, is its predecessor “Ocarina of Time,” a game that Grezzo — the Japanese developer tasked with remaking the once-cult classic — remade

for the same system in 2011.

Most assets from “Ocarina of Time” were reused for “Majora’s,” so many puzzles and dungeons are designed similarly.

The entire world runs on a cycle of three days, and using the time-bending Ocarina of Time, players can go back to the start or jump ahead. This presents an ultimatum to complete challenges and missions because everything will reset once you go back in time. This includes losing all rupees (the currency in the game) and inventoried items, such as arrows or bombs. The player can keep all other items, which is important because it means they can skip half a dungeon if the player runs out of time before completing it. The player can store Rupees in a bank to avoid losing them as

well.

Alongside the iconic three-day cycle, the game features different masks, which offer protagonist Link many different abilities.

The most notable of these are the main three masks that can transform Link into a Deku, Goron or Zora — three different sentient, humanoid creatures in the game. The rest offer varying degrees of usefulness and rewards. One bird-like mask allows Link to lead baby chicks in a march until they miraculously evolve into roosters, while another stone mask makes you invisible to basic enemies.

All of this returns from the original game. The changes, however, are not only notable, but also vastly improve the overall experience of playing “Majora’s Mask 3D.” The

‘Bombers’ Notebook’ (a book in the original game that showed each character and when an important event in the three-day cycle would occur) has been vastly revamped. Now it is a real mission log that keeps track of not only when each character has an important event, but what it is and in some cases where it might be happening. It even mentions rumored events to help the player search for something they might have missed otherwise. Players can even set an alarm so you don’t forget to go to a place at a certain time.

The Bombers’ Notebook is just a small part of Nintendo’s main goal of making “Majora’s Mask” more accessible to anyone who hasn’t played it before, and they’ve done an excellent job. The player no

longer has to go back to the beginning of the first day to save because statues exist all over the map where a player can save their game.

In general, the game has made it easier to figure out where to go and what to do — a problem in the original game.

That’s not to say the new game has worked out all of the kinks. There are definitely areas where “Majora’s Mask” shows its age. The swimming controls when Link is in Zora-form are clunky and frustrating at times. Falling off a ledge and needing to circle back up several floors — a minor nuisance in other “Zelda” games — is much more punishing with the threeday time limit biting at your heels, especially in the second dungeon of the game.

Thirdly, even with all the

added direction pointing, there are times when the player will need a certain item to use or event to occur, that the player will need to acquire somewhere that isn’t immediately obvious.

Yet even with problems, nothing stands in the way of “Majora’s Mask’s” greatest strength: side missions. While they can often be the weakness, and sometimes the bane of many other games — including “Zelda” games — the side missions are by far the most engrossing part of “Majora’s” world.

The restrictive nature of the three-day cycle gave the original developers the ability to write a tightly knit narrative for each character in the game that uses the cycle in interesting ways.

Needless to say, they are the highlight of the entire game.

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Dead Horses,The Sharrows host High Noon dance party Indie rock group Current Swell joined local acts, produced rollicking variety of rock last Thursday in spite of sleepier recorded tracks

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

The floor of the High Noon Saloon last Thursday was soaked in beer. Not because patrons had recklessly discarded Wisconsin’s most cherished elixir, but rather because it had flown out of their bottles and glasses as they danced.

Dead Horses and their openers, Current Swell and the Sharrows were the impetus for the crowd’s happy gyrations. The trio of bands each offered their own unique take on blues, folk and rock. While their performances were not consistently perfect, they brought an unbridled joy to the audience.

As the early crowd began singling and drinking, the Sharrows casually strolled onstage around 8:30 p.m. A Madison-based group who calls a barn studio their musical mecca, began with “Yours and Mine,” a track from their 2014 EP Days of Lore.

Frontman Phil Sharrow had strong support throughout the shortlived performance from his bandmates, notably

keyboardist Joe Hermanson and cellist Sylvia Janicki.

Both symbolized a synthesis of classic folk persona and a refreshing dash of hipster.

Hermanson engaged the crowd with a cowboy hat and boots while eliciting strange sounds from his keys, and Janicki slayed an electric cello (and sometimes bass) with unbelievable ease.

Janicki’s contributions were perhaps the highlight of the set; her lamenting cello reverberated through tracks like “Echo” as Sharrow sang, “Please, baby please won’t you bring it on home.”

The second opener of the night, Canadian rock band Current Swell, is a well-known group on an international scale, but the foursome seemed awkwardly nudged between two local acts.

An apparent identity crisis also impeded their performance. Current Swell is labelled as an indie rock band, with a pair of newsboy hats and the ragged mane of bassist Ghosty Boy to prove it. But their music is rooted in upbeat folk, and while indie rock and folk are not mutually-exclusive, the band’s ambiguous branding

distracted from their live presence.

Fortunately the music largely compensated for such misgivings.

Their most exciting track was “Rollin” off their newest release Ulysses.

It is a bluesy, classic rockinspired song with rumbling guitar, powerful bass and a harmonica that just won’t quit.

Their “Wayne’s World” style unified with head-banging infected the crowd with energy. The audience swayed and swooped to the aggressive notes.

The band members hopped around the stage with similar excitement as frontman Scott Stanton crooned the chorus, “It’s fine all the splendid time that he had / It’s fine all that splendid time that made him mad.”

Such tracks were balanced with more indie staples, such as “Young and Able” and “Who’s With Us?,” which was dedicated to the audience. The former was

a welcomed, more relaxing performance with Stanton strumming his acoustic guitar to the gentle, sweet melody.

At last the headliner Dead Horses, reigning from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was set to take the stage. After the two openers animated performances, Dead Horses’ mellow folk grass seemed like a difficult genre to keep up the adrenaline. But when the four members walked to the stage’s precipice with their “unplugged” instruments, it became clear their intimacy with the audience alone would be enough to push through their sleepier tracks.

They began with

“To A God Unknown,” a fast-paced song from their 2014 release, Space and Time. Tim McIlree, to the left of Sarah Vos, shredded his fiddle, Daniel Wolff masterfully plucked his massive bass and on the far right Peter Raboin played his acoustic guitar, catching the eye of this fellow bandmates. All the while Vos belted and strummed her own guitar as the foursome gradually clustered together into a jam session. The crowd responded in toe, dancing across the venue.

Dead Horses followed up with “Cosmos,” a positive anthem and first song of Space and Time. The swift fingers shredding their respective instruments and charming melody brought couples together across the High Noon. One made the balcony their own dance floor, prancing about the small space and drawing Photo · Frontman Phil the eye of McIlree, who Sharrow, keyboardist Joe promptly called out the Hermanson and cellist “cute couple.”

Sylvia Janicki of local band McIlree continued to The Sharrows opened with be the mouthpiece for the classic folk with a smidge of band, making silly jokes hipster style. and shamelessly plugging merchandise. Vos seemed to Derek Bauer have a smile permanently The Badger Herald etched on her face,

Photo · Tim McIlree, Sarah Vos and Peter Raboin of Oshkosh band Dead Horses performed powerful folk rock to High Noon crowd.

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Unfortunately as it approached midnight, their tracks were not always enough to keep energy up, including the otherwise enjoyable “Sad Story.”

But Dead Horses finished strong, bringing up Phil Sharrow for the first part of their encore, creating a brief Wisconsin supergroup.

Lastly they put their instruments to the test with a genre-defying cover of “Baba O’Riley.” As they sang, the thinning audience whooped and clapped, absorbing the familiar classic into their veins.

Once the performances were over, the positive vibes in High Noon Saloon were unmistakable. It was an overall exhilarating showcase of rock varietals, lulling the crowd into a folky euphoria.

Will Smith’s performance falls flat after acting hiatus Despite scattered plot line, bad reviews, actress Margot Robbie steals screen with first lead role in featured action film ‘Focus’

by Nichalous Pogorelic ArtsEtc. Contributor

Although it wasn’t a prolonged hiatus from the screen, Will Smith’s role in John Requa and Glenn Ficarra’s new film “Focus” was certainly not a triumphant return.

Surely looking to emerge from a storm of negative criticism after the 2013 flop “After Earth,” Smith was shadowed by Margot Robbie’s debut lead performance.

Thanks to Robbie’s standout performance, along with a colorful slate of supporting actors, the film was saved from Smith’s inability to reassert himself as one of the industry’s most versatile actors.

The film begins with seasoned con artist Nicky

Spurgeon (Will Smith, “Winter ’s Tale”) at an upscale restaurant where he meets Jess (Margot Robbie, “Z for Zachariah”) who tries to con him. Although her plan fails, he decided to apprentice her, putting her through a series of jobs burglarizing naive tourists. After Jess and Nicky develop a romantic bond, he abruptly releases her from the business after a masterful gambling con.

Three years later the duo unexpectedly rendez-vous when Nicky does a job for an Argentine racecar owner, Garriga (Rodrigo Santoro, “Rio, I Love You”) in Buenos Aires. After Nicky attempts to get Jess to leave Garriga for him, he succeeds, only to be found out by Garriga and held hostage.

One of the films main

faults was its structural problems. “Focus” is filled to the brim with plot twists and changes that are constantly interfering with the flow of the narrative.

This becomes increasingly evident during the final hostage scene where Nicky, Jess and Garriga go back and forth, exchanging subterfuges. Subsequently, the plot changes more than four times within a period of 10 minutes. The shuffle between choppy action scenes and uninteresting sex scenes are exhausting and makes the film challenging to follow.

Even though the quickwitted humor peppered throughout “Focus” has many standout moments, Smith is unable to reliably deliver the punch lines with the ease and elegance of

Robbie and supporting actor Adrian Martinez. Smith’s overall awkwardness in the role is only so surprising because these soft-action leads are roles where Smith has excelled in the past (“I Am Legend,” “Men In Black”). However, in Smith’s defense, the screenplay was extremely confining. The myriad of plot twists did not allow for substantial character development.

However, the real high point of “Focus” is the wonderful performance

by Margot Robbie. Her charming wit and natural elegance juxtaposed with Smith’s overall awkwardness showcases her rapid and seamless growth from a supporting actress to a powerful lead.

Robbie naturally delivers one-liners and charms her

fellow characters as she illustriously moves about the romantic streets of Buenos Aires.

Unfortunately, it is apparent that Smith is unaware of how to handle Robbie’s emotional maturity, especially after their rendezvous in Argentina. For every laugh-inducing moment, Smith’s inability to handle Robbie’s bubbly, yet sexy, romantic energy forges uncomfortable squeamish moments for viewers.

Another redeeming factor making up for Smith’s subpar performance is the picturesque setting for most of the movie’s memorable moments. Buenos Aires made the shots of New Orleans look like the Fresh Prince’s West Philadelphia.

The Argentine capital was

the perfect setting for the premise of “Focus,” which has the perfect urbanity and elegance for the criminal action genre, but also has a seamlessly beautiful setting for a romantic film.

“Focus” has some refreshing humorous moments sprinkled amongst a storyline that is choppy and difficult to follow due to an exhaustive amount of plot twists.

Beautiful settings and Robbie’s excellent breakout performance are the only factors that bring this scatterbrained film to life.

3.0/5

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Pundamonium: the Madison Pun Slam at High Noon Saloon, 7 p.m., $6

Driveway Thriftdwellers, Teddy Davenport at High Noon Saloon, 6 p.m., $6 - $10

Paper Diamond at Majestic, 9 p.m., $20

Aaron Carter at Majestic, 8:30 p.m., $15

Composers in Exile presented

by Madison Symphony at Overture Center, 7:30 p.m., $16 - $84

Lily and Madeleine at Frequency, 9 p.m., $10

“Good Kids” (final showing) at Hemsley Theater, 2 p.m., $16 for students

Brew n’ View: Rocky Horror at Majestic, 9 p.m., $8

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Offense erupts early, often in UW’s playoff series win Six first period goals in two games help Wisconsin coast to 5-0, 4-1 wins to give it highest scoring output in a weekend since late November

by Chris Caporale Women’s Hockey Writer

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team came out firing in the first period to build up significant leads in its series sweep of St. Cloud State in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.

During Friday’s game, the Badgers scored five goals in the game, with four of them in the first period.

Sophomore Sarah Nurse along with seniors Brittany Ammerman and Katy Josephs each scored before Wisconsin conceded a goal.

After the Huskies cut the Badgers’ lead to two, freshman Baylee Wellhausen responded just 16 seconds later to end the first period with a 4-1 UW lead.

Wisconsin has focused on bringing intensity at the beginning of all of its games since a two-game losing streak that included a 2-1 loss to St. Cloud State last Friday.

In both of those losses, the Badgers gave up the first goal of the game and could not find the back of the net early in the game.

Since those back-to-back losses to Ohio State and St. Cloud State, the Badgers have scored at least two first-period goals in each contest.

“We have talked about it prior to last night’s game

and after last night’s game, having the success in the first period, the same message had to be talked about today as we got ready for tonight’s game,” Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson said after Saturday night’s 5-0 win. “If you can come out and establish something in the first eight or 10 minutes, create some opportunities and maybe get a goal or two, it sends a message to the other team that you want to win the

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Once the first goal came, Wisconsin was able to amp up the energy to keep attacking. Winning the first period of the game sets the tone for both teams, but also builds the confidence of the players that they can continue to go out and score.

“We talked about coming out and setting the pace and setting the tone for six or eight minutes,” Johnson said. “I thought we did a really good job of that.

When we scored the first

goal, Nurse scores off the faceoff play. We went to another level. We started playing even harder.”

The Badgers’ players can feel the energy as well because of the momentum going in their favor.

Once Wisconsin has their opponents on their heels, they want to keep fighting.

“It’s a nice feeling going into every period with the lead,” senior captain Blayre Turnbull said. “We keep the momentum that way and we get really energized when we have the lead, so I think it’s helpful for our team when we jump out quick with a really good start.”

In the second game of the series, the Badgers scored early again, this time opening a two-goal lead on the visiting Huskies in the first 20 minutes.

Mikayla Johnson scored about halfway through the first period, while Emily Clark lit the lamp with just two seconds to go in the opening frame.

The familiarity with St. Cloud State could have been a factor in the recent success, as Wisconsin played the Huskies in four consecutive games at home, including the two games this weekend.

Now that the Badgers have had success early in recent games, they will look to continue the same success coming out next

weekend on the road.

Wisconsin travels to North Dakota next weekend for the WCHA Final Faceoff, so a quick start on the road could be crucial to their success.

“I think that’s really important coming out next weekend. I know that if we have a strong start, we always play well and that continues on,” Josephs said.

“Sometimes when we come out slow, we have a hard time gaining momentum, so I think that will be a big factor if we come out and have a strong start, it will serve us very well.”

One of the struggles

of the second half of the season was finding the back of the net despite having plenty of shots on goal and scoring opportunities. In two of its last three losses, UW had at least 41 shots on goal, including 53 against the Huskies last Friday. If Wisconsin can find the back of the net early on, there’s no telling what else they will be able to do.

Once the Badgers are playing with the lead, they do not seem to let up. They only seem to get stronger, which is something Nurse has seen during this threegame stretch.

“It was obviously really

Photo · Wisconsin’s Katy Josephs entered this weekend’s series without a goal in 10 consecutive games, but scored one in each contest against the Huskies to help lead the Badgers’ offense.

Thomas Cawrse The Badger Herald important to get off to a fast start,” Nurse said. “I think for us to come out with a lot of energy, a lot of positivity, it really showed on the ice.

I think when we get off to a quick start, we’re an unstoppable team.”

Men’s hockey drops both games at Michigan Badgers score two goals in two games, allow five third period goals to Wolverines, as they stay in last place in conference standings

by Derek Franklin Men’s Hockey Writer

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team had two chances this weekend to score a big upset win on the road against Michigan, but ended up leaving Ann Arbor empty handed.

Wisconsin (4-22-4, 2-122 Big Ten) began their series with 17th-ranked Michigan (19-11-0, 11-5-0) Friday night by losing 3-0 to the Wolverines. While the Badgers played better Saturday, it still wasn’t enough to keep Michigan from running away in the final period.

The Big Ten’s cellar dweller Wisconsin skated tough for two periods against the first-place Wolverines for much of the game Friday night, but were

unable to take advantage of big opportunities early on. Unfortunately for the Badgers, they paid the price more than a minute into the second period when Zach Hyman scored an early second period goal to give Michigan a 1-0 that they would take into the third.

After that, the co-leaders in the Big Ten standings never looked back.

Less than five minutes into the third, Wolverines’ forward Zach Werenski vaulted a shot past Wisconsin goaltender Joel Rumpel to extend Michigan’s lead to two.

An empty-net goal by J.T. Compher in the final minute of the game would be icing on the cake, giving Michigan 3-0 shutout in game one of the two-game series.

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said following

the game he was satisfied with how his team played for the most part, but that it came down to his team not making big plays in crucial situations.

“We just didn’t take advantage of those moments of truth with the puck,” Eaves said. “We executed well, that’s the only hole I thought we had tonight.”

After getting shutout Friday, Wisconsin gave the Wolverines everything they had in Saturday afternoon’s rematch, for two periods at least.

The Badgers got on the board first forward Ryan Wagner put in a rebound a little less than halfway into the first period. Wisconsin took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission, but its lead would not last for long in the second period. After Michigan forward Justin

Selman tied it up, Compher scored his second goal of the series to put Michigan ahead by a goal.

It looked like Michigan was going to carry its lead and the game’s momentum into the third period, but Wisconsin’s leading scorer Grant Besse had other ideas.

With 29 seconds left in the period, Besse fired a shot off the crossbar, causing the puck to trickle just over the goal line before Michigan goaltender Steve Racine could bat it away. The referees originally signaled no goal, but after a lengthy review and to the crowd’s dismay, the referees reversed their decision and ruled Besse’s shot a goal, silencing Yost Ice Arena and allowing the Badgers to escape the second period tied up with all the momentum.

While Wisconsin and

Michigan were neck and neck at the second intermission, the Wolverines and specifically J.T. Compher would prove too tough to stick with in the final period. Eight minutes into the third, Compher scored his second by rocketing a wrist-shot just over Rumpel’s shoulder and into the top corner of the net. After the Wolverines tacked on another goal four minutes later, Compher converted an empty-netter, giving him a hat trick and his team their second consecutive three-goal win over the Badgers.

According to Eaves, he was especially disappointed with his team’s final period Saturday because they missed an opportunity to take advantage of the momentum that provided Besse’s late second-period

goal.

“We didn’t come out with the energy one thought we would have had, getting that late goal in the second,” Eaves said. “That was the only period I was really disappointed in the whole weekend. We didn’t take the energy that we had; we just kind of sat on our heels and let them dictate.”

While the Badgers were unable to leave Ann Arbor with a victory, Eaves still felt following Friday’s game that his team’s improved play of late is an encouraging sign of getting hot at the right time.

“We’re getting closer,” Eaves said. “We keep talking about playing our best hockey in March. If we play like this come March we’re giving ourselves a real good chance at winning some games.”

Women’s basketball prepped to go out on high note Seniors Brown, Rochel, Gulcyznski have endured four losing seasons, but have chance at redemption in final Big Ten tournament

by Jamie DeGraff Women’s Basketball Writer

After a combined 216 games, 1,235 shots and 1,431 points between seniors Cassie Rochel and Jacki Gulczynski, only three guaranteed games separate them from hanging up their jerseys for the last time as members of the Wisconsin women’s basketball team.

As the two teammates reminisced about their proudest moments and harshest struggles over the past three-plus seasons, one thing was certain: Their actual experience was far from what they expected as wideeyed freshmen stepping onto

the Kohl Center court for the first time.

Initially thrown off by the unexpected workload that came with Division I college athletics, Gulczynski believed that incoming freshman usually don’t understand the sacrifices that come with signing a letter of intent.

“I think it’s a lot more work than you anticipate when you come in, especially on the conditioning end,” Gulczynski said. “I don’t think you realize how much training goes into not just playing the game, but getting in the weight room and doing extra conditioning on your own.”

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Arriving at Wisconsin at an awkward time for the program – when former coach Lisa Stong left and current head coach Bobbie Kelsey took over – Rochel was required to learn two completely different systems under two different head coaches. Rochel felt like she had to start from scratch her sophomore year with Kelsey’s arrival.

“I went through my freshman year almost twice,” Rochel said.

Kelsey pointed to that setback as a possible explanation for Rochel’s hesitation as an underclassman.

“When we first got here, she had no confidence,” Kelsey said.

“I had never really coached somebody with that height and ability that just didn’t believe in themselves at all.”

Little by little, however, Rochel showed signs of promise in her sophomore season. In what Kelsey saw as Rochel’s “turning point,” she finally had her breakout game against Montana State in November 2011, racking up 14 points and 11 rebounds for her first career double-double.

Despite experiencing some setbacks from that point on, including a severe back injury that forced her to redshirt last season, Rochel has persevered, starting 25 of 26 games in her final season and ranking second all-time in program history with 170 blocks.

On the contrary, Gulczynski has had fewer setbacks over her years as a Badger, and since the start of the 2012-13 season, has been the model of consistency according to Kelsey.

“After she hurt her hip her freshman year, she’s just been steady,” Kelsey said.

“She’s always been playing, she’s been very fortunate. I can’t remember her injuring herself besides that one strange hip injury, and for one moment we thought she wouldn’t be able to play at all.”

Gulczynski has played in 86 consecutive games since her sophomore season, earning two Academic all-Big Ten selections and an Honorable Mention AllBig Ten nod in 2013.

Regardless of the different paths the two have taken to get to where they are today, January 31, 2013 marks the fondest memory both Gulczynski and Rochel experienced as Badgers.

After being tossed aside 40-84 in one of the program’s worst losses to Penn State just two weeks before, the Badgers matched up against the Nittany Lions again. In what turned out to be one of the most shocking upsets in school history, Wisconsin knocked off the then seventh-ranked team in the nation in a 63-61 thriller, notching just their second conference win of the season.

Gulczynski, who hit four of her five three-point attempts to the tune of 16 points in the win, said the victory was especially memorable due to the circumstances involved.

Without any real stars on the roster, it was a truly collaborative effort.

“The feeling after beating them was like we were on top of the world, like we had just won something outlandish,” Gulczynski said. “We didn’t have a whole lot of talent, but we were a team.”

That team aspect, which is something Gulczynski and Rochel believe they had taken

for granted over the years, is the aspect they both will miss the most once all is said and done.

Rochel said the countless hours spent bonding on long flights, bus rides and during training sessions will soon be cherished memories instead of parts of their everyday lives.

“It’s almost like a sisterhood.

A lot of these guys I will obviously stay in touch with,” Rochel said. “When we move on, they’re a phone call away, but you’re going to have to find time to meet up with them.”

The strong bond Rochel, Gulczynski and the rest of the team share is a quality Kelsey said she is proud of as a coach and something that she believes has helped her team maintain a positive attitude and tenacity through thick-and-thin.

With the seniors leading the way, Kelsey expects nothing less than that same mindset until the final buzzer of the season.

“We want to go out on a high note,” Kelsey said. “We’ve been close, and I just feel bad for the whole team, especially the seniors because it just hasn’t probably panned out like they would’ve envisioned it.

“But when you have a coaching change and injuries, it may not. To their credit they stuck with us, and we stuck with them. Everybody’s time comes, and it’s their time, but they can finish strong. We believe there’s still a lot of season left.”

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First half sets tone for Badgers in bounce-back victory After Michigan State takes 11-10 lead, UW goes on 26-14 run to end half as Frank Kaminsky, Nigel Hayes dominate in post

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Basketball Writers

In the first half of the Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s 68-61 victory over Michigan State Sunday, the Spartans tallied just six points in the paint.

It took the Badgers just more than four minutes to exceed that mark.

And by establishing a strong inside presence early, it allowed Wisconsin to open up the rest of its offense.

From the very start, Wisconsin was attacking Michigan State down low, scoring its first 10 points and 12 of its first 13 in the paint.

The dominance down low began with the work of sophomore forward Nigel Hayes, who scored six of Wisconsin’s first eight points on three quick post moves.

“This game, I was just making sure I went out and was aggressive,” Hayes said. “A lot of times I like to stand there, throw the ball to [senior forward Frank Kaminsky] and watch. I just wanted to try and go out and be aggressive and play off of [Kaminsky].”

Hayes finished the game with 14 points and four rebounds and was not alone in his aggressive play inside.

Hayes, along with national Player of the Year candidate Kaminsky, who together scored the first 19 points of the game for the Badgers, came into the game knowing that they had to establish a strong presence in the paint from the start.

“We knew they were a physical team so we had to get something going inside,” Kaminsky said.

In their last game against Maryland, Tuesday, the Badgers settled for outside shots and went just 1-for-11 (nine percent) from behind the arc in the first half, while scoring just 14 points in the paint, which led to an 11-point deficit after the first 20 minutes.

In Sunday’s game, Wisconsin scored its 14th point in the paint with 6:30 remaining in the first half, and instead of going into the locker room down 11 as they did against Maryland, the Badgers found themselves up 11.

“In the second half of the Maryland game we pounded the ball inside and

some good things happened for us, so we wanted to get that going from the start of the game,” Kaminsky said.

“That helped us push a lead out and never look back.”

There was no looking back as the Badgers’ 11-point lead grew to 22 at one point in the first half, with their first-half dominance in the paint opening up their offense to the point where there was nothing Michigan State could do to stop Wisconsin on offense both inside and out.

UW finished the first half with 24 of their 36 points in the paint, with the Badgers’ starting frontcourt of Hayes, Kaminsky and junior forward Sam Dekker accounting for 30 points, further establishing the fact that it was Wisconsin’s strength inside that set the tone for the rest of the game.

“I thought we did a real good job of misdirecting ball fakes, getting the ball into the post and putting guys in a position to score,” Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan said.

But it was not only offensively that Wisconsin was able to be a force inside, as their interior defense

helped set the tone as well, holding the Spartans to just six points in the paint in the first half.

On top of that, UW allowed Michigan State to have just two offensive rebounds in the first 20 minutes and doubled the Spartans’ rebounding total 18-9.

“I don’t want to take any credit away from [Wisconsin], but our leading rebounder didn’t get a defensive board,” Michigan head coach Tom Izzo said. “You have to give them credit, but also had to give us some blame.”

Overall, Wisconsin outrebounded Michigan 35-24, with Hayes, Kaminsky and Dekker accumulating 21 rebounds as a frontcourt.

Throughout Sunday’s matchup, Wisconsin was as efficient as it has been all season, and it all started with the early aggressive play inside from Hayes and Kaminsky.

The two finished the game with a combined 45 points, including a season-high 31 points from Kaminsky, on 17-26 (65 percent) shooting and 12 rebounds. They set the tone early for the Badgers and the team never waivered from there.

“Individually, the players still had to make the moves,” Ryan said. “Hayes had some great counters; Kaminsky obviously had some great counters. The two of them in the first half, that was quite a show they put on with their post moves.”

Photo · In his final game at the Kohl Center, senior forward Frank Kaminsky (left) scored a season-high 31 points to pace the UW offense. Kaminsky has scored in double digits in 21 straight games and has 20 or more points in eight of those games.

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Back on top: Wisconsin clinches Big Ten title Badgers defeat Michigan State behind Kaminsky’s 31 points to secure share of regular season conference crown for first time since 2008

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

With a Big Ten regular season championship just one win away, nobody was going to stop Frank Kaminsky and No. 5 Wisconsin on Senior Day. Like the Badgers, Michigan State came to the Kohl Center Sunday looking to bounceback after a loss, but behind a season-high 31 points from Kaminsky, Wisconsin defeated the Spartans 68-61 to win its first Big Ten regular season championship since 2008.

Kaminsky was 11 of 17 (64.7 percent) overall from the field, 3-for-4 from three-point range and 6-for-8 from the free throw line for the game. The sevenfooter added eight rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals in his final game at the Kohl Center.

“It’s my last game here and I wanted to do something special,” Kaminsky said of his Senior Day performance. “To go out on Senior Day and win a Big Ten title is unbelievable.”

Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan saw Kaminsky’s performance in him before the senior even took the court at the Kohl Center for the final time.

“He was ready to play. He was not going to be denied,” Ryan said of Kaminsky.

Wisconsin (26-3, 14-2 Big Ten) opened up the game in the second half, going on an 11-0 run to push its lead to 47-25. The 22-point lead was the largest of the game for Wisconsin. Senior Josh Gasser had five straight points in that stretch including two free throws after Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo was given a technical foul, followed

by Gasser’s lone three-pointer of the game.

The Badgers continued to get the ball inside in the second half, outscoring the Spartans 34-22 overall in the paint Sunday. It was something that

UW wanted to do after settling for outside shots against Maryland Tuesday.

“We knew they were a physical team so we had to get something going inside,” Kaminsky said. “Against Maryland we settled for a lot of shots and we didn’t want that to happen again.

“So we just tried to get that going from the start of the game and it helped us push the lead out and we never looked back.”

The Spartans (19-10, 10-6 Big Ten) kept threatening to cut into the Badger lead after that, but only closed within 10 points with 18 seconds left in the game. By that time, Wisconsin had all but wrapped up a share of the Big Ten regular season championship and a bounceback win after the loss to Maryland Tuesday night.

Wisconsin came into Sunday’s game struggling on offense, shooting above 50 percent as a team only once in its last six games. However, the Badgers found their shot against the Spartans, shooting 52 percent (26 of 50) overall and 43.5 percent (10 of 23) from three. UW was also 12-for-15 from the free-throw line.

Along with Kaminsky, Gasser was playing his final game in Madison and finished with nine points on 2-for-4 shooting while going 4-for-4 from the free throw line. He is one of two players (Michael Finley) in Wisconsin history to have 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists for his career.

Entering his fifth season as a Badger, Sunday’s game was one that Gasser had been looking forward to for a long time.

“When the schedule came out, first time I looked at it, I had this day circled because I envisioned this exact scenario happening – Senior Night, last home game, against a really good team closing out the Big

Ten,” Gasser said. “I didn’t know for sure if [winning a Big Ten title] was going to happen.

It looked a little rough at times especially when [senior Traevon Jackson] went down, but we were able to stick together as a team.”

Senior forward Duje Dukan did not score in ten minutes of action Sunday, but did grab three rebounds. Senior guard Traevon Jackson, who said he was going to play Sunday, was not cleared to play and did not take the court.

With Jackson currently injured, and Gasser and Dukan going through injuries of their own in their careers at UW, Sunday was a fitting end to a group of seniors that had battled through so much.

“A book could be written about the four of them,” Ryan said of the seniors. “And not that the other guys in the past

it wasn’t the same, but you just think of the experiences these guys have had and what some of them have been through and how they’re battling things right now, I couldn’t be prouder of a group of seniors than this group.”

In the first half, Kaminsky and sophomore forward Nigel Hayes dominated Michigan State, scoring 28 of Wisconsin’s 36 first half points and the first 19 points of the game for the Badgers.

Wisconsin opened up the game with an 8-2 lead before Michigan State responded with a 9-2 run of its own to pull ahead 11-10. The run was capped by three-straight 3-pointers from the Spartans’ Bryn Forbes and Travis Trice.

But the Badgers kept attacking inside and finished the half on a 26-14 run behind Kaminsky, who finished the

half with 18 points on 7 of 9 shooting as they entered halftime with a 36-25 lead.

Hayes had 10 points in the half, going 5-for-6 from the floor and finished the game with 14 points on 6-for-9 shooting.

Forbes led the Spartans with 11 first half points and led the team with 21 points overall.

Trice (16) and Denzel Valentine (10) were the other Spartans in double-figures Sunday.

Wisconsin was 16-for-27 (59.3 percent) in the first half, controlling the points in the paint with a 24-6 advantage over Michigan State. The Spartans were 10-for-24 (41.7 percent) from the floor in the opening half of play.

The Badgers will now seek the outright Big Ten regular season title and the number one seed in the Big Ten tournament, which they can achieve with a win in either of

Photo ·After falling on the road Tuesday at Maryland, Wisconsin defeated Michigan State 68-61 Sunday afternoon to give the Badgers their 18th regular season title in program history.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald their final two regular season games.

This season’s Big Ten championship is the fourth under Ryan (’02, ’03, ’08) and the 18th in program history.

Wisconsin returns to the court Thursday when they travel to Minnesota before closing out the regular season at Ohio State Sunday.

The Badgers and Gophers will tip off at 6 p.m. Thursday night from Minnesota.

Badgers sweep Huskies, move on to Final Face-Off Women’s hockey leads from wire-to-wire in both games to dispose of seventh-seeded St. Cloud State, advance to WCHA semifinals Photo · Fifth-year senior Brittany Ammerman tallied a goal and an assist in two games against St. Cloud State this weekend, and 14 other players recorded at least one point for the Badgers as they defeated the Huskies 5-0 and 4-1 Friday and Saturday night, respectively.

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by Eric Goldsobel Women’s Hockey Writer

For the fifth year in a row, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team advanced to the WCHA Final Face-Off. With a packed arena and the pep-band at full volume, the Badgers (26-64) delivered an onslaught of offensive power, putting up two first period goals on St. Cloud State Saturday night on the way to a win and a series sweep of the Huskies in the first round of the WCHA playoffs.

After a 5-0 triumph Friday night in game one, game two ended with a final score of 4-1 in favor of Wisconsin, sending the team to its fifth consecutive appearance in the semifinals of the WCHA tournament.

After Minnesota StateMankato took UW to a decisive third game a season ago in the first round playoffs, Wisconsin came out strong both nights in the commanding wins.

“I thought our energy was good,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “We were creating some good, quality chances unlike last Friday when we weren’t able to get the puck past the goaltender. Players were driving through the center of the ice and there were some good connections, some nice, aggressive passes.”

Friday night’s game started out well for the Badgers, as they scored four first period goals.

Through almost 10 minutes of the first period, it looked as if things would

not fall for the Badgers that night. Despite peppering the Huskies star-goalie Julie Friend with 14 shots to that point, and many of them quality chances, nothing was getting past Friend until Sarah Nurse acted instinctively. “[McKibbon] won the faceoff quickly and I saw three people coming at me,” Nurse, the sophomore forward, said. “I just had to get [the shot] off as fast as I could, I was just trying to hit the net.”

On that offensive-zone faceoff, fellow sophomore Sydney McKibbon won the draw and then sent the puck back into Nurse’s vicinity at the top of the left circle. With two defensemen rushing her, she fired a one-timer into the upper right corner of the net. If

the puck was even just a few centimeters over to the right, it would have rung off the post and out.

“The key is to win the faceoff,” Johnson said.

“When you win it cleanly, the other team has a tough time defending. You’re going to get a shot, it’s just whether it’s a good shot in a good spot. There aren’t many goalies that are going to stop that shot. That was a laser.”

The floodgates opened at that point and Wisconsin would tally three more goals in the period, adding one last on in the final 20 minutes of the game to bring their tally to five.

There was an air of confidence surrounding the coaches and players that night that led into Saturday, where the team

continued its display of dominance over a relatively helpless St. Cloud State team that got outshot 103-29.

Mikayla Johnson, head coach Mark Johnson’s daughter and an unusual scorer, opened up Wisconsin’s offensive spurt less than seven minutes into the game Saturday night, putting a smile on the face of her father as he watched from the bench.

That smile would grow even bigger as the night continued and Johnson watched his team control the game with ease.

With three seconds remaining in the first period, Emily Clark crashed the net and sent a wrist shot at Friend, who got a pad on it but left a big rebound.

Clark continued her stride and then sent snap shot far post before Friend could cover the puck to put UW up 2-0.

The team’s energy, something Johnson has been stressing for weeks, was quite visible throughout the full three periods.

“It’s a nice feeling going into each period with the lead,” said Turnbull. “We keep the momentum that way and we stay energized.

It’s helpful when we have a good start.”

With the Huskies

trailing 3-0 late in the third period, Molly Illikainen sent a fluke goal past UW goaltender Ann-Renee Desbiens as a centering pass was stopped just in front of the net, creating a scrum. Desbiens, unable to see the puck, dove into the scrum while the puck squeaked out to the side of the net and to a waiting Illikainen, who hammered home the opportunity, to cut the Badgers’ lead to two with nine minutes left in regulation.

The Badgers would, however, respond within a minute of play. Turnbull coasted her way in on net and sent a wrist-shot flying past Friend’s glove hand at the 12:03 mark.

“After you get scored on, that next shift is crucial,” Johnson said. “Obviously they pick up a bit of momentum by scoring a goal, they get excited.

But if you come back and respond, even with just a strong shift, you can settle the game down.”

The two wins meant a sweep for Wisconsin over St. Cloud State and a trip to Grand Forks, N.D. to face North Dakota, an unfortunate luck of the draw. UND has knocked Wisconsin out of the WCHA tournament for the past two years, and now the Badgers must play the third-seed on their home ice and in a playoff atmosphere.

“We really want to win,” senior forward Katy Josephs said. “It’s not an option for us to lose this year … Playing North Dakota away is always fun. They have their band who really heckles you, but we’re working on ourselves.

We’re really focusing on our game and not worrying too much about those external things, that is what we’re focusing on.”