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REACHING OUT Madison’s transgender homeless population has unique intersection of struggles, OutReach strives to target the issue in support.

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Feds to investigate UW for sexual assault compliance

U.S. Department of Education added university to list of 101 schools potentially in violation of Title IX; only 10 sanctions at Madison in 2014

by Rachael Lallensack News Editor

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is under federal investigation for how it handles sexual assault cases, the university said

Wednesday.

According to a UWMadison statement, the U.S. Department of Education informed UWMadison and several other schools recently that they were added to the list of campuses under investigation for potential

Title IX violations.

The Department of Education’s list of schools under investigation for how they handle sexual violence is now at 101, up from 55 schools in the original May list that included UW-Whitewater.

UW-Madison officials

said they are working closely with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

“Sexual assault is unacceptable on our campus and we acknowledge the impact of these crimes on our students,” UW-Madison

spokesperson John Lucas said in a statement. “We strive to respond promptly and appropriately to all reports of sexual assault and provide resources and support. This is an important issue and the university has worked diligently to ensure

its policies comply with federal law and regulations.”

The list means only that the school are under investigation, not that the schools are in violation of Title IX.

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Budget would cut funding for bioenergy initiative

University of Wisconsin System environmental project would face $8.1 million in state cuts for collaborative research program

by Vidushi Saxena Herald Contributor

Gov. Scott Walker plans to eliminate $8.1 million in funds to the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative implemented by the Wisconsin Energy Institute, one of multiple cuts to environmental projects at the University of Wisconsin System.

The WEI focuses on collaborative research that stretches over several different sectors of energy, according to Mary Blanchard, the associate director of WEI. She said the institute also works toward educating future energy leaders and engaging the public in energy issues.

Blanchard said the money WEI receives from the state

for the bioenergy program forms a significant percentage of its budget, which goes into providing for faculty and for research programs. WEI also receives some funding from the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, but this amount is too small to sustain the institute, she said.

“Because of the funding cuts, we will have to reassess what we could still

support here in terms of staff resources,” Blanchard said.

“It would really scale back our ability to maintain the level of activity we currently have.”

In an email to The Badger Herald, Walker spokesperson Laurel Patrick said the funding cut is part of a proposal that aims to provide an annual block grant to the UW System that would

provide long-term financial stability for the system. She said the proposal would give UW the flexibility to fund their priorities.

The funds eliminated from the bioenergy program are not included in the $300 million in cuts that Walker has proposed for the UW System.

WEI is not the only environmental initiative in

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Walker’s religious views could help in Iowa

In ‘Open Letter on Life,’ governor said he would sign bill banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy

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Gov. Scott Walker ’s announcement Tuesday that he would sign a bill banning abortions after 20 weeks was the governor ’s latest move to emphasize his religious beliefs as he’s developing a likely presidential bid, political analysts say.

Walker’s stance on the bill, which he announced in an open letter Tuesday, marks a shift in tone on the issue from his more ambivalent stance during his re-election campaign, when he declined stating a position on the bill.

That shift, political analysts say, is unsurprising given that Walker ’s among the top tier of Republicans potentially vying for the party’s 2016 nomination — and that a crucial test of that candidacy will come in Iowa, where the first-in-thenation caucuses draw more religious voters.

In Tuesday’s open letter, Walker touted his past efforts to place prohibitions on abortion in Wisconsin, including defunding Planned Parenthood and signing a bill that required ultrasounds before abortions.

Walker cited his personal background for his stance and said his pro-life ideology predates his time in politics.

“I was raised to believe in the sanctity of life and I will always fight to protect it,”

Walker wrote.

The open letter comes two months after Walker addressed the Iowa Freedom Summit that catapulted him to the top of the polls. In his wellreceived speech, he made several references to his father being a minister and told attendees “we’ve defunded Planned Parenthood” in Wisconsin.

Walker ’s religious tone does not come as a surprise to University of Iowa professor of political science Timothy Hagle.

Hagle said Iowa conservative voters, which many GOP candidates try to court during presidential campaigns, tend to hold religious values in high regard. Walker’s religiosity will likely shift throughout the race as he campaigns in states with less socially conservative voters, Hagle said.

“This is a developing thing — something to watch closely,” Hagle said.

Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin life sciences communications professor, agreed Walker ’s focus on his religious background is unsurprising.

According to some measures, he said, the U.S. is often seen as significantly more religious than even the most religious European countries.

To run a successful presidential campaign, all candidates must show

some degree of religiosity to appeal to to the American public, Scheufele said.

Barry Burden, a UW political science professor, said this trend is especially strong for those who vote in the first rounds of GOP elections.

“He’s got to appeal to a group of evangelical, traditional conservatives who are very active in primaries and caucuses,” Burden said.

Scheufele said Walker ’s religious tone would likely remain constant throughout the first stages of his campaign due to the makeup of the primary electorate, even in states not known to be particularly religious

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But Burden said the campaign may change shape if Walker wins the Republican presidential nomination and moves into the general election.

“There will be a shift in tone and emphasis for sure,” Burden said.

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In Iowa’s 2012 caucus, Scheufele said only about 10 to 15 percent of eligible voters participated.

Scheufele said this is a remarkably small proportion of the general population, with many of those who come out to primaries tending to be more extreme.

“You have an extremely small group of very invested voters showing up,” Scheufele said. “That’s not what the typical state looks like. That’s what the hardcore base looks like.”

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by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

Following a pattern of proposals from an Associated Students of Madison committee to increase student hourly wages in various divisions across campus in past months, they will now await the chancellor’s approval beginning April 1.

Student Service Finance Committee Chair Devon Maier said members in the current year’s session have turned toward addressing the competitiveness of student wages in student organizations funded through allocable fees, which he said largely have not been touched since 2007.

“It’s time for us to catch up, especially with regard to tuition rising,” Maier said. “It’s an opportunity for students to still do this type of work while earning a wage that’s competitive that can go toward paying their [student] debt.”

In 2015, SSFC has primary control over allocating $1,072,683.36 through the General Student Services Fund, which funds various student organizations. In 2015, total allocable fees amounted to $7,540,212.25, which mainly funds ASM branches and committees.

Though SSFC allocates this funding, the chancellor is still consulted about these decisions.

Non-allocable fees are primarily controlled by the chancellor, but SSFC can make recommendations. T fees amount to $36,749,940 in 2015.

Additionally, SSFC has encouraged wage increases for organizations receiving non-allocable funds such as Recreational Sports and the Wisconsin Union.

Upon seeing disparities in hourly wages compared with university housing and libraries on campus, SSFC recently approved recommendations to increase hourly wages for Rec Sports and the Union despite the chancellor having the final say.

Both Rec Sports and the

Union are funded by nonallocable fees, according to SSFC’s segregated fee breakdown.

In response, on Feb. 24, SSFC recommended an increase in segregated fees for Rec Sports to largely cover wage increases. Rec Sports Director John Horn said 80 percent of the increased fees will go toward wages while the remaining twenty percent will cover operational costs.

Rec Sports participated in a wage increase study, which provided them with “alarming results,” Horn said. Entry level wages for Rec Sports employees are currently $7.45 per hour, while student supervisor hourly rates are between $8.50 and $9.00, he said.

Horn said these are “too low” compared with University Housing, where starting hourly wages are between $8.50 and $8.80 and student supervisors’ are $9.55.

Horn said he started hearing from students in the fall who were also employed by housing or the Union who told him they were making over a dollar more per hour at these facilities.

“Rec Sports’ wages were pretty low,” Maier said.

“With the wage increase, it’ll help them. The Union’s wages have been going up.

This is us keeping up and remaining competitive in that sense.”

Even though the chancellor has precedence over approving any sort of increase in non-allocable fees, SSFC saw it as a chance to continue their push for competitive wages across campus, Maier said.

According to Horn, with SSFC’s approval of a segregated fee increase of $5.00 per student per semester, hourly rates will be comparable to University Housing.

In December, SSFC recommended an hourly wage of $10.50 for entry level positions in student organizations funded by the General Student Services Fund, raising student segregated fees $0.10 each semester.

Both Horn and Maier remained confident that when April 1 arrives, the chancellor will heed SSFC’s recommendations despite proposed state budget cuts to UW. “From what I’ve heard from SSFC and ASM members, higher student wages are a priority for the student government,” Horn said. “I can’t imagine [the chancellor] would not [approve them], but these are tough times right now so we’ll have to wait and see.”

Wis. suspension rates show racial disparity Report finds state’s numbers highest in country for suspending black teens; Milwaukee sees decrease from 2008

by Brandon Maly Herald Contributor

A recent report found Wisconsin high schools have the highest suspension rates for black students in the nation, which experts link to a lack of proper teacher training and early intervention methods.

Released in late February, the report details discipline rates and the effects on education for schools throughout the nation from 2011-12. The report found suspension rates for black high school students in Wisconsin at 34 percent, compared to white high school students at 4 percent.

This 30 percentage point

difference adds up to Wisconsin having the highest black-to-white discipline gap in the country.

The report also found Milwaukee high schools suspended more than 43 percent of black students and 16 percent of white students, a decrease from 2008 when the rate was 53 percent for black high school students.

To Colleen Capper, a UW professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, these numbers are shocking, but not surprising.

“This data unfortunately matches all of the racial disparities that occur in the nation,” Capper said.

“It shows we have not been responsive to the

demographic shifts within the state.”

Capper said Wisconsin has several racial issues to deal with and some are due to school curriculum.

She said the predominately white curriculum taught in schools is not responsive to the needs of students of color and doesn’t fully engage them in the material.

“Historically, when children of color don’t fit their curriculum, they are put in well-intended special programs, but what those kids of color are being told is they aren’t good enough and then trek off into these programs and attract a negative stigma,” Capper said.

Capper said many of these problems can be resolved with

a more diverse curriculum and teaching staff, as well as better teacher training and the elimination of the special programs that lower students’ expectations.

Bradley Carl, a UW associate director and researcher at the Value Added Research Center, agrees there would be more progress in decreasing the discipline gap in Wisconsin if teachers were trained to better diagnose signs of troubling behavior and intervene earlier, rather than suspend students later on.

“Suspension data are indicators about how adults respond to behavior in classrooms,” Carl said. “This model of suspending over and over again is just not

working.”

Carl advocates for a new program called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which emphasizes earlier behavior intervention in elementary schools and better training for the staff.

He said this program is currently being used in Milwaukee and Madison area schools and has already shown significant decreases in suspension rates over the past few years.

“This program tries to decrease out-of-school suspensions because the longer students are out of school, the farther behind they fall and the higher the suspension rate is, then the more likely they are to drop out in the future,” Carl said.

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Center lends support to transgender homeless Madison’s transgender community faces intersecting LGBT and homeless struggles, OutReach targets the unique issue

by Marigrace Carney City Editor

In the midst of same-sex marriage legalization and the fight for Madison’s homeless, an LGBT homeless community finds itself in a unique struggle to find shelter each night.

Homeless services in Madison are not even enough for all the homeless people in Madison who are not LGBT, said Steve Starkey, executive director of the OutReach Community Center.

Each year, Madison conducts a point-in-time study to determine the number of homeless people who receive services from the city. On average, about 800 people are involved in the study, Starkey said.

The study gathers age, race and a variety of other demographic information.

Last year, the study began to ask participants their sexuality, Starkey said.

Last year, 10 percent of participants, or about 125 people, identified as LGBT, he said. But there could be more who were just not comfortable disclosing their sexuality, even though the study was anonymous, he said.

Photo ·OutReach provides space for support groups and access to health information for LGBT community members in Madison.

Courtesy of OutReach Many transgender people living in Madison earn a lower income, which means housing is harder for them to find, said Angie Rehling, assistant director of OutReach.

While transgender people are legally protected from discrimination, she said employers and tenants can find ways to get around those laws and discriminate against protected classes, making it harder for them to maintain a job earning enough money to find housing.

In Madison, the unemployment rate for transgender people is double the average unemployment rate for the general population, Starkey said. It is also a lot higher than the rate for gay and lesbian people, he said.

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woman on OutReach’s board, transitioned later in life after retirement, so she did not go through the struggles most transgender people face in the job market. However, she does work with young transgender women as a mentor and knows the issues they face.

Discrimination can lead to violence and safety issues Fifty-five percent of transgender people in the survey have reported being physically or verbally harassed at a shelter by either a staff member or another resident, Baier said. Forty-seven percent left their shelter due to poor treatment, and 42 percent were forced to stay in a facility designated for the gender they did not identify with, she said.

Forty-two percent of transgender homeless people staying in a shelter reported being sexually assaulted by staff or other residents, Baier said.

Gay and lesbian residents are able to fare better at shelters than transgender residents, Starkey said.

“Often, gay or lesbian people can pass for straight people and sex orientation isn’t as obvious,” Starkey said.

“Gay and lesbian residents are able to function in those facilities and not be noticed, but transgender residents are a lot more obvious with their clothing, the way they wear their hair and accessories.”

It is even harder for genderqueer homeless people, who do not identify with either gender, to find the right shelter, Rehling said. If they do not fit in, it makes them not want to go to a shelter, which is an even bigger problem.

Transgender residents will receive more harassment, which has led to them being attacked, Starkey said.

The safety risk is in part due to minimal security at some shelters, Starkey said. There may only be one social worker from the shelter watching anywhere from dozens to a hundred residents.

“If harassment does take place, it’s hard to stop or even know it’s going on,” Starkey said.

Another reason transgender people are not allowed in shelters is privacy. As some

women in shelters can feel uncomfortable with a maleto-female transgender woman sleeping in the same room as them, it can lead to violence and harassment, Starkey said.

There is also the issue of bathrooms and showers.

The showers in shelters are very open and unsecured, so if a transgender person has not had a sex reassignment surgery, being in a shower with other residents of the opposite biological gender can be uncomfortable and dangerous, Starkey said.

When people first look at an

individual who is transgender or gender nonconforming, they cannot tell the difference between gender and appearance, Rehling said.

The stigma associated with transgender individuals and their appearance is based off fear, when in actuality they are just people who want to thrive and succeed, she said.

OutReach Community Center offers support and information to LGBT homeless community in Madison OutReach, south central Wisconsin’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, was founded in 1973 by its parent organization, the Madison Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, as a way to provide support for LGBT community members, Starkey said.

“Our mission is to promote equality and quality of life for LGBT people,” Starkey said.

OutReach is run with two full-time staff members and three part-time staff members, Rehling said. Throughout the year, OutReach has between 50 to 100 volunteers, she said.

Outreach offers 25 social support groups to LGBT community members, ranging from movie or discussion groups to intense support groups, such as ones for people who have been abused, Rehling said.

“It’s a place for pxeople to come and be who they are,” Rehling said.

During Baier’s transition, she started going to the Madison Area Transgender Association, a transgender support group.

She now facilitates a transgender support group Saturday mornings in addition to serving on OutReach’s board and mentoring young transgender women.

“I have mentored several transgender women, some of them successfully, some of them not successfully,” Baier said. “One of them could not stay clean and sober. But one of the first girls I mentored has moved out, has a job, has a place to live. She was on the street when I first met her, and is now off the street and working on going back to school. I consider that a success story for myself and for OutReach.”

One of the ways OutReach is helping LGBT homeless people is through Willma’s Fund, Rehling said. Willma’s Fund was started by Donald Haar, whose alternate drag persona is Willma FlynnStone, she said.

Photo · Ten percent of homeless people in Madison identify as LGBT, finding unique struggles in accessing shelter.

Courtesy of OutReach Willma’s Fund helps by paying an extra month of rent, a security deposit on an apartment, transportation fees or even a week in a hotel, Starkey said. The Salvation Army is also involved in the program, giving the LGBT homeless a second week in a hotel or double the transportation fees, he said. “[Willma’s Fund] raises money so that we can give small grants to people who are LGBT [and] homeless and in an emergency situation,” Starkey said.

OutReach also offers a variety of services in their community center. Some of these include a lending library, social and support groups, events and fundraisers for smaller non-profit organizations, according to the OutReach website.

OutReach is currently writing a grant to the city to create a host home project, a fostering situation for LGBT homeless adults who need some extra help, Starkey said.

“OutReach has been a tremendous help for me,” Baier said. “I found a lot of support. I made a lot of friends there. It’s been a great experience.”

Photo · Willma Flynn-Stone, transgender founder of Willma’s Fund, is outspoken for Madison’s transgender community.

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UW’s Ten Percent Society to increase campus activism

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After several high-profile cases of violence against the transgender community, University of Wisconsin’s Ten Percent Society is increasing awareness of the “T” in

FEDS, page 1 The Dean of Students Office and Office for Equity and Diversity handle Title IX complaints, according to UHS. According to a UWMadison sexual assault summary, 164 assaults were reported to UW Division of Student Life in 2014, up from 122 in 2013. Of those, 31 occurred on-campus with 22 on-campus assaults happening in residence halls. Additionally, 70 were committed under the influence of alcohol or drug use.

Only 21 reports led to a UW investigation,

LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer).

Following a string of three attempted and committed transgender suicides across the world, and suicide notes appearing on Tumblr, UW’s TPS chapter decided now is the time to step up efforts for activism.

“One of our group members,

according to the report.

Of those, 10 were found responsible under a caveat that “there must be a preponderance of evidence for a student to be found responsible.”

Therefore, if a case lacks substantial evidence, the student is not found responsible.

Of the 10 sanctions issued, five received university probation, three were suspended and one was expelled. One case remains in progress.

About half of the assaults occurred between individuals who knew each other, according to the summary. However, approximately 46 percent of the reports did not

Hannah Bauman, expressed anger and frustration at recent suicides in the transgender community,” TPS spokesperson Corey Sprinkel said. “We took that moment and transformed it into one of activism and community involvement.”

In an email sent to organization members on Feb.

include any known relationship between the victim and assailant, according to the summary.

Earlier this year, UWMadison said it would participate in a national sexual assault climate survey sponsored by the Association of American Universities. The survey is tentatively set to begin on April 13. Westat, the research firm partnered with the AAU, will collect data from over 800,000 students from 28 universities nationwide.

The actual survey is modeled off a prototype from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.

organization leaders recognized the suicide of 15-year-old Zander Mahaffey as a call to action. In the email, TPS leaders called for collective efforts “to help [them] become more than just a social org.”

Sprinkel said TPS hopes to educate the campus and community about LGBTQ issues with a specific focus on trans issues.

According to their website, the organization has traditionally served a social role since its founding on campus in 1983, providing a safe space for members of the LGBTQ community through a variety of social events. Sprinkel said TPS also provides a time to counsel students dealing with issues such as coming out. He said in

recent years the organization has seen sizable member turnout, with an average of 25 students attending each meeting.

Sprinkel said, however, that there is a low turnout of transgender students in TPS, which is another reason for the group’s focus on transgender issues. He said TPS aims to let the campus know they are an all-inclusive group that wants to make transgender experiences more widely known on campus. Even though UW is generally accepting of LGBTQ students, he said, there are still improvements to make.

“Campus is pretty open and accepting, but I think gender is an issue less understood in terms of trans individuals and gender fluidity,” Sprinkel said.

“We want to help the campus community become more aware of the other identities within the spectrum of LGBTQ.” Gabe Javier, assistant dean of students and director of the UW LGBT Campus Center, said the climate for LGBTQ people continuously changes.

He said the UW administration has traditionally been

supportive of sexual minorities, although the campus still faces hurdles to eliminate gender bias, homophobia and transphobia. Additionally, he said the university and student body must work toward strengthening ties between the LGBTQ and wider campus community.

Specifically for transgender individuals, he said the university is working to implement access to all gender bathrooms and to introduce a preferred name process.

“We are all responsible for increasing our cultural competence and dialoguing across different [communities],” Javier said. “Part of it is recognizing our own privilege.”

Often, he said, students have a lack of understanding related to gender identity and expression, and that gender expression exists across a spectrum. To improve the campus community, he said students should think about what it means to be an ally especially to the trans community by self educating and participating in LGBTQ events.

MPD focuses on gang activity after shootings Recent string of weapons violations in Madison area prompts police task force investigation of gang-related violence in city

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The Madison Police Department is investigating recent patterns in weapon violations and shootings that could be classified as gang-related activity.

This past weekend there were two separate incidents involving gun violence, but the MPD has not determined if the exact cause was gang violence, Joel DeSpain, MPD spokesperson, said.

Three suspects were taken into custody on unrelated charges during the investigation, but MPD believes the shots fired on Russett Road and at West Towne Mall last weekend were gang-related, DeSpain said.

“We’ve had a lot more shots lately and a lot more gun violence, but that’s not to say that there hasn’t been gun violence associated with gangs in the past, as well,” DeSpain said.

“We have had numerous incidents in the last few months of shots being fired and some of that is gang-related.”

Gang-related incidents of violence, like shootings, are “nothing new,” as gangs have been an issue

since DeSpain started working as a journalist in the mid-’80s, he said.

Currently, there are 40 known gangs in Madison, DeSpain said. Within those gangs are at least 3,000 gang members, he said.

These gangs are primarily composed of men between the ages of 14 and 25. DeSpain, a former youth coach, said many young people join gangs because they feel disenfranchised within the community.

MPD has been trying to educate and raise awareness about gangs for many years, DeSpain said. There are numerous police officers and units, as well as people in the community, who work hard to reach out to young people to prevent them from joining and getting out of gangs, DeSpain said.

Programs that offer help include the Gang Task Force, whose aim is to educate young people to prevent them from joining gangs, DeSpain said.

The MPD Gang Task Force is comprised of five officers, Sergeant Brian Chaney, supervisor of the Gang Task Force, said.

Each officer is assigned to a police district and the officers work to reach out to local schools and communities to talk to them about gangs and

Photo · Police estimate 40 gangs exist in Madison with approximately 3,000 members or affiliates total.

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“A good deal of time is spent not only trying to educate the public about gangs, but also trying to get to know some vulnerable youth and establishing some rapport with some who seem to be heading in that direction,” Chaney said. “We then work to try to steer them out of that component.”

The MPD Gang Task Force is a reaction unit, so when a crime, like a shooting, occurs with suspected links to gang activity, the unit gets involved in the investigation, Chaney said.

The general message that people should understand is that they are not trying to invoke fear when they tell people there are gangs in Madison, Chaney said.

Gangs in Madison have been around for about 30 years, if not longer, he said.

“The main goal is that people are aware that we have these gangs and look for some warning signs of kids who may be involved in gangs, and that there are a lot of resources here that can help,” Chaney said.

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Researchers bake mealworms to address world hunger UW grad students bring kits to Zambia, Africa as solution to widespread food scarcity in region; win climate change competion

by Catherine Guden Herald Contributor

Mealworms could solve world hunger — or at least two University of Wisconsin graduate students think it’s the place to start.

Valerie Stull and Rachel Bergmans created Mission to Improve Global Health Through Insects project, or MIGHTi, a plan to develop and distribute mealworm kits for agricultural use in Zambia, Africa. The project recently won the 2015 Climate Quest Competition at UW. Bergmans said they want Zambians to learn

BIOENERGY, page 1 which provides technical assistance and researchbased education for recycling, pollution prevention and waste reduction, is eliminated from Walker’s budget.

“We would be looking for other sources of funding, but the reality is these cuts are so drastic that we would likely have to lay people off,” Karl said. “We would not be doing that work anymore.”

Blanchard said WEI is working with UW professors to increase the amount of energy research conducted on campus. This will allow WEI to receive “indirects,” which is a small amount of money given to the department or entity that earns a grant for the research being conducted.

She said this has the potential to increase funds available to

how to build, care for and repair these kits on their own. She said their hope in making these kits is simply that Zambians can keep harvesting mealworms to provide themselves with an environmentally sustainable source of food.

Bergmans and Stull initially began the MIGHTi project in the fall of 2013.

Prior to Climate Quest, they won funding from competitions like the Wisconsin Energy and Sustainability project and the Agricultural Innovation Prize, which granted them $25,000 to use for travel expenses.

WEI over time.

The GLBRC, although independently funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, has strong ties to WEI and works closely with it. John Greenler, Education and Outreach Director of GLBRC, said the center is involved in several bioenergy projects and many other crossdisciplinary projects funded

by WEI on the UW campus.

“We [GLBRC] highly value the opportunity to interact with researchers in a broad spectrum of energy and bioenergy projects,” Greenler said. “The WEI does a stellar job of providing a nexus for all of that interaction and collaboration in energy here on the UW campus and statewide, as well.”

Nina Kravinsky contributed to this story.

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Bergmans said a major goal of the project is to collaborate with the Zambian people to figure out a solution that works best for them and their lifestyle.

“Valerie and I have a strong belief in partnership, and our kits were inspired by this idea,” Bergmans said.

The mealworm kits that Bergmans and Stull created for this project come from locally sourced and affordable materials. The kits contain trays to hold the mealworms, covers to protect them from the weather and solar dryers,

which process the worms to make them edible.

Bergmans said the MIGHTi project can have a significant impact on climate change issues.

Mealworms produce fewer greenhouse gases than other food sources and do not produce any methane, she said.

“In the United States, there are already 26 companies that use insects in their products,” she said.

Mealworms also do not require an individual source of water because they get their water from the leaves and vegetables they consume. This is important

for climate adaptation, she said, because when the world has less fresh water available, the water could be conserved for uses other than raising food. She also said mealworms help free up land resources because they like to be confined and raised in small, dark spaces.

The next step for the MIGHTi project, Bergmans said, is to conduct more research and look at the climate, health and social impacts of the project.

Darin Harris, the project leader of Climate Quest, said their mission is to find high impact projects that will be practical and affect

climate change in a positive way. He said the projects that win make a difference and produce changes people can actually see.

“It’s time to stop talking, and time to start doing,” Harris said. “By adopting a project such as the MIGHTi project, it can be one of the most positive things humans can do for their environment and their bodies.”

Harris said winning the competition has provided the MIGHTi project with a lot of publicity. The competition prize will also help fund further research, he said.

Soglin, Resnick face off in debate Mayoral candidates go head-to-head on affordable housing, homelessness, disparities

by Catherine Guden Herald Contributor

Madison mayoral candidates Paul Soglin and Scott Resnick clashed over affordable housing, rising homeless rates and racial disparities in a debate Wednesday evening.

At the debate, hosted by the Democratic Party of Dane County, the two candidates offered differing views on how to address the amount of people in Madison who pay at least a third of their total income to housing costs.

Soglin said he defines affordable housing as creating housing for people with incomes from zero to $40,500. He said the city of Madison has to focus on the future and find a plan to cover the homeless, as well as

working class families.

By building 5,000 more units of housing in Madison, the city can double its vacancy rate, which should eventually be lowered to five percent, Soglin said.

“Before I came into office, people were not collaborating to create new housing,” Soglin said.

Resnick disagreed and said there is no way for the city to currently pay for this plan long term.

A plan to build new housing will only work if there is an effective way to cover the costs, Resnick said. The city is building too many properties at the highest end and should expand equity development throughout the entire community, he said.

Resnick pushed for the creation of a new emergency day center for the homeless, which

would provide therapy, housing resources and substance abuse assistance for people who need it. He stressed the importance of working collaboratively with neighboring Dane County partners.

“Even though there are homeless people in our community from Dane County, the hard truth is many individuals originated from Madison,” Resnick said.

Soglin instead argued the first problem Madison should address is its discharge policy. He said no individual should be discharged from jail or a substance abuse center unless housing accommodations have been made.

When asked about arrests and racial disparities present in the city, Soglin had numerous ideas on what is causing this particular problem.

He pointed out the different experiences the white children have compared with black and Latino children. Due to their parents’ resources, white teenagers often get put into divergent programs to help them escape the judicial system, as well as lower their chances of being repeat offenders. Others do not have access to the same resources, he said.

“The key to solving this problem is breaking a pattern that has existed in Madison and throughout the entire United States for many years,” he said.

Resnick said the city should focus on having honest communication between parties in order to make progress. He said the way to stop racial disparities is by working alongside the community to close the barriers that are present.

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THE BADGER HERALD · OPINION · THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

Herald Editorial Public authority proposal lacks transparency, deliberation Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to make the University of Wisconsin System a public authority after 2017 has turned eyes toward the state of Virginia.

To some, the proposal is comparable to the Virginia model; in 2005, the state of Virginia passed the Virginia Restructuring Act, giving 15 of the state’s public fouryear universities increased autonomy over areas like tuition and construction. Similarly, Walker proposed loosening ties between the UW System and the state.

Walker’s administration, Republican lawmakers and the UW College Republicans have been pointing toward the Virginia Restructuring Act as

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a “see how great it worked” example ever since the budget was proposed.

They are not wrong.

Virginia’s university system has flourished in the years since passing the act. But there are several distinctions that must be made. People can cite Virginia all they want, but the Wisconsin model is not the same and should not be construed as such.

As previously reported in The Badger Herald, Virginia’s process was a transparent, bipartisan effort, which structured the increased university system power toward the individual campuses. Each of the 15 campuses has its own governing board.

However, the specifics of

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Walker’s proposal are shrouded in mystery and confusion.

Experts are throwing around a lot of “I don’t knows” and “maybes,” especially when it comes to who has purview over tuition.

As far as UW education policy professor Sara GoldrickRab understands it, UWMadison Chancellor Rebecca Blank probably wouldn’t be interested in the public authority model without tuition authority.

But in February, Walker said he wouldn’t be opposed to setting an indefinite tuition cap even after the two-year tuition freeze extension — during the time the system would be a public authority.

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Under Walker’s proposal, however, all autonomous power would be given to the UW System Board of Regents, an 18 member board, 14 of whom the governor appoints. Individual campuses would have little jurisdiction over planning and tuition; Walker’s appointees would have that power.

In a post UW System budget surplus era, Republican legislators have chastised the System for a lack of transparency. It is time that lawmakers hold the governor and his budget bill to the same standard of clarity.

Discussion on the public authority has been rushed.

The idea first surfaced in early January and lawmakers hope

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to pass the budget by June, allowing little time for student and stakeholder input. This is in stark contrast to Virginia, where the reform was several years in the works, gathering broad, bipartisan support before its passage.

Those directly affected by sweeping fundamental changes to the state’s public higher education system should be given enough time to fully understand the policies and weigh in on the debate.

If this reform is to succeed, it will be because it is a transparent effort with broad support and increased accountability.

Right now, that is not the case.

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Walker’s budget would hit grad students especially hard TAA: Combination of cuts, public authority status will lead to decreased accessibility, curtail quality of research, education Much has been written on the potentially disastrous impacts of the proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System and the “public authority” model: Students will face tuition increases and employees will face pay cuts, layoffs and loss of governance. As both students and employees of the university, graduate students are doubly targeted.

Graduate students are not a homogeneous group — conditions and experiences vary by type of degree, department, access to assistantships, the type of research, etc. But by and large, we have one feature in common: We are all pursuing specialized intellectual and professional training, and require academic, professional, research and mentorship resources in pursuit of this training. It is worth pointing out some of the many ways graduate students will be harmed by these proposals.

First: tuition increases. Many think tuition is not a crucial issue for graduate students, assuming that we are funded and our tuition waived for the entirety of our graduate career. In reality, funding packages vary substantially by department, and for many students the funding runs out before their degree is finished.

For professional students and students in terminal master’s programs, there are few funding guarantees and scarce employment opportunities

to begin with. Because our jobs are only semester or year-long, employment for many graduate assistants is precarious — one semester we may be employed, the next we may run out of luck.

After regents gain full control over tuition-setting, tuition will skyrocket, and this will impact thousands of graduate students.

Increases in tuition coupled with loss of state aid will make it more difficult for departments to offer funded positions for graduate students. This will affect us in two possible ways — it may reduce the number of students who pursue graduate degrees or increase the student debt of those stalwart enough to continue. The likely impact of this would be a significant drop in the demographic of students who choose to pursue a graduate education, including first-generation students, working class students and students of color. Students would also be increasingly driven toward the fields considered most lucrative in a narrow financial sense.

Second, having fewer funded graduate students will strongly impact the entire university. It will curtail the university’s capacity to conduct research, and it will negatively impact the quality of education for undergraduates, as graduate students often have the most contact with undergrads.

Third, the cuts will likely result in lower appointment levels for graduate students.

Many of us already teach full classes on a 33.3 percent appointment level — about 12.5 hours per week on paper, but often much more in practice as we are required to prepare for discussions, read all course material, attend all lectures, grade papers, meet with students, write exams, answer emails and so on.

In fact, most graduate students earn a wage well below the federal poverty guidelines, forcing many of us onto food stamps. Reducing appointment levels will not by itself reduce actual workload, but amount simply to a pay cut. Imposing more financial hardship on graduate students will make graduate school less and less accessible to workingclass adults, and more possible only for students who feel comfortable taking on debt or have external financial support from parents or spouses.

Fourth, the cuts and the public authority model will also degrade the quality of our training. Such massive cuts to the university will significantly intensify work for all campus employees, including our faculty advisers. For graduate students, little is more important to our academic and intellectual training than this advising relationship.

As budget cuts intensify our professors’ workloads, it becomes harder for them to give ample time to advising

graduate students.

Finally, the budget proposal will accelerate the shift to “responsible budgeting,” whereby departments are awarded according to how many external grant dollars they win and how much undergraduate tuition revenue they bring in, rather than equitably distributing resources across departments. This means small departments that don’t easily win major research grants or have massive undergraduate majors, like African American Studies or Gender and Women’s Studies, will become even more vulnerable. Aside from the way that this will reduce job opportunities for teaching assistants, it also has significant implications for which research, teaching and services the university will consider valuable.

Graduate students, therefore, have much to lose in the proposed budget.

The Teaching Assistants’ Association recognizes that faculty, staff, undergraduates and graduate students are UW and adopt the mantra “an injury to one is an injury to all.” Therefore, we oppose the proposed budget, both the $300 million cut as well as the proposed public authority model the UW System administration has pursued.

If the budget will negatively impact you, contact the TAA to

figure out how we can defend ourselves and our university.

Eleni Schimer (eschimer@ wisc.edu) and Michael Billeaux (mbilleau@scc.wisc.edu) are co-presidents of the Teaching Assistants’ Association American Federation of Teachers 3220.

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Feingold should reclaim Senate seat after 2010 loss While some say 2016 presidential bid could succeed, former senator would perform better in rematch with Ron Johnson

by Adam Johnson Columnist

If your Facebook and Twitter feeds are like mine – God help you – you’ve seen that former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold resigned his position with the State Department on Tuesday to teach at Stanford and travel around Wisconsin. Unless Feingold is taking up bird-watching or thinking of enjoying the back roads of Wisconsin on a Harley, “traveling the state” is undoubtedly a euphemism for laying the groundwork to reclaim his former Senate seat against Ron Johnson in 2016.

Johnson defeated Feingold in 2010 during a landslide Republican election year, but now Johnson is widely seen as vulnerable in 2016 due to higher Democratic turnout in a presidential year. His time in the Senate has

been largely uninspiring, with many party line votes and a few public gaffes, including jabs against veteran’s getting access to healthcare.

I don’t need to reiterate Feingold’s qualifications – you can find those in any number of articles that will be coming in the next few weeks and months – but I think it’s fair to say that if he runs, no other prominent Democrats would challenge him.

However, there’s a bigger office opening in 2016 and Feingold might be tempted to consider his prospects nationally. Over the past year, columnists from the Washington Post and The Atlantic have speculated that Feingold would be a viable candidate for the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016. If he does set his eyes on trying his luck with the presidency,

I think he would be a surprisingly good candidate.

The current crop of Democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination is underwhelming. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, senator and first lady, is the frontrunner and would make a fine, if bland, president.

My biggest problem with Clinton, and one that has often been repeated, is that a(nother) Clinton campaign would not do much to move the party away from the cozy centrist position it now occupies, especially when comparing her record on the issues to Feingold’s.

I’m just not ready for Hillary, and I’d hope the party will go a different direction.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, is another name that is

currently looming large in discussions about 2016.

Warren is a vocal and unapologetic progressive who comes from an academic background. She is not afraid to push the party farther to the left – which is to say, actually to the left – and would be a far more interesting candidate than Clinton.

Feingold brings all of Warren’s progressive credentials to the table while also bringing two decades of experience in getting things done under both Democratic and Republican governmental control. He also has a tremendous amount of foreign policy experience from his time in Congress and at the State Department that Warren simply can’t match.

However, Feingold is coming off a loss. It’s not an insurmountable hurdle, but you can see how it

would not be hard to paint him as out of touch when his own state won’t even re-elect him.

I also don’t think running for president for the Democrats in 2016 is any real prize. There’s a strong chance of another recession hitting the country around 2017 when the next President takes office, based on trends in the last 50 years, which will play a significant role in the 2018 and 2020 elections.

If the Democratic candidate wins in 2016 and the economy tanks as it is statistically likely to, 2020 could be an absolutely apocalyptic year for Democrats. We would have seen 12 years of Democrats in the White House and a second major recession leading to voter fatigue. Electing the same party to the presidency for 16 straight years has not happened since Franklin

Roosevelt and Harry Truman in the 1930s and 1940s.

Of course, this is all hypothetical.

Feingold is simply “traveling the state” and not even running for Senate yet, let alone the presidency.

However, if were I in Feingold’s place – and I do not have near enough experience to compare – I would pass on any thoughts of the presidency.

2016 is a poisoned chalice for Democratic presidential nominees, but there is a chance to regain a significant Senate seat and be a major player in Congress again.

I want him to run, just not for president. Run, Russ, run.

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

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National Mustard Museum in Middleton proudly offers collection of more than 5,000 varieties of ketchup’s enemy since 1992

by Aaron Hathaway ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

It’s early Saturday morning. At this time, many Badgers are popping Advils, angrily slapping the snooze button and desperately groping for a glass of water.

But not me. I’ve been riding the bus for nearly an hour, eagerly en route to the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.

At this point in the morning, my impression of mustard is similar to that of many Americans – it’s a nondescript plant of some sort, often found in a pungent yellow goop that I slather on a microwaved hot dog after realizing I’m out of ketchup. It took nothing short of an entire museum dedicated to the seed to make me realize that the world of mustard is much more vast than I thought.

In 1992, Barry Levenson founded the museum after developing an intrigue for mustard six years earlier

as a coping mechanism for watching his beloved Boston Red Sox lose the 1986 World Series. Twentythree years later, this small establishment in the middle of Wisconsin stands as an international hub for enthusiasts of the zesty nectar.

Just after entering, it becomes abundantly clear this is no land for ketchup lovers. Smiling staff clad in yellow and purple uniforms cheerily greet the curious pilgrims to the mustard mecca, eager to proclaim the museum’s many virtues.

Some of the attractions the establishment offers are a well-stocked gift store, a collection of over 5,000 mustards from across the globe, a mustard-themed movie theater and antique collections of ornate mustard accessories.

It took me a few minutes to adjust myself to the reality that many people had worked to create a museum dedicated to such an esoteric subject matter.

The care they take to create and present such a specific collection was charming.

It was comforting to know that all it takes for some people to fulfill a dream is a building packed full of mustard.

The whole museum is presented with a mildly tongue-in-cheek demeanor, acknowledging the absurdity of the collection while proudly displaying unbridled passion for the cherished condiment.

Professional and engaging curation tell the story of mustard’s history, production and popularity, although the focal point of the museum is the staggering collection of mustards sourced from 70 countries across the globe.

It made me feel like I had been missing out on a wild mustard subculture.

All my life I had written off mustard as a very limiteduse product, only for foods made on a grill and rarely unaccompanied by ketchup.

To suddenly discover that maple mustard and caramel mustards exist – and could be easily applied to ice cream or other desserts – was a staggering revelation regarding the versatility of mustard. It made me realize that the term is an overarching word for a wide subset of sauces, not a specific word for the yellow spread that most Americans find in grocery stores.

The attraction extends beyond just the museum, as the upstairs gift shop features a tasting station where visitors can sample over 500 varieties of mustards. A focal point in itself, this culinary

Photo · Founder Barry Levenson created the establishment after using mustard as a coping mechanism after his beloved Red Sox lost the 1986 World Series. The museum now welcomes 35,000 visitors a year.

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peculiarity carries flavors such as cranberry mustard, cognac mustard, Jim Beam whiskey bacon mustard and, my personal favorite, key lime ginger mustard.

With an accompanying pretzel stick, the citrus flavor of the lime blended well with the comparatively subtle tangy notes of mustard and ended with a gingery aftertaste.

Welcoming around 35,000 visitors each year, the National Mustard Museum stands in defiance to the

average American who is overwhelmingly apathetic about this delectable spread.

It shows the complexity of the mustard seed, which no longer felt like just a nondescript paste that appears at tailgate parties. It’s a noble and complex seed that people can use in an astounding variety of ways.

To top everything off, the museum is free and open seven days a week.

If you’re looking for an adventure, in the market

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Mid-2000’s indie band struggles in transition to pop The Airborne Toxic Event’s latest album, Dope Machines, is disappointing attempt at crossover with perfectly average production, dull lyricism

by Nolan Ferlic ArtsEtc. Contributor

The Airborne Toxic Event’s fourth album, Dope Machines, is an ode to the modern age. It is ironically titled to draw attention to the dangers of social media and other vices found in our mainstream lives. In an interview with USA Today, lead singer Mikel Jollett said, “Social media, endless Internet, all this crap that distracts your attention, so it’s all these dope machines that turn you into a dope.”

Clever as the analogy is, The Airborne Toxic Event’s album is ineffective in criticizing modern culture because of its dated, bland and popularized sound. In an attempt to go counterculture, they’ve utilized pop culture.

By deviating from their previously indie rock style, the L.A. foursome resorts to music made for the masses, perfectly average and altogether lacking in any notable qualities.

While past albums have a unrefined, raw sound, Dope Machines is 10 tracks of refined mush — lacking in originality, creativeness or notability.

Starting off as an indie pop album as expected,

Airborne opens with the track “Wrong.” It is a The Postal Service beat on PCP, paired with colloquially formatted lyrics delivered in a tone that anyone can rock out to.

From then on, lead singer Mikel Jollett delivers his elementary lyrics atop various catchy electronic beats and a heavy synthesizer. The backup singers complement Jollett with well-placed “oo’s” for embarrassingly ineffective artistic flair.

Each song undoubtedly hits its intended mark, inducing a mental “Hey, I might tap my foot to this!” However, as the flavorless sound sets in, the song is quickly abandoned. In short, the concert-ready, designedfor-radio intention of the album is incredibly evident.

“California,” “Hell and Back” and “Time to be a Man” in particular exud the “designed for the masses” sound of their February release.

The lyrics are sadly reminiscent of Nickelback’s level of creativity. In their ode to West Coast culture, “California,” Jollett painfully delivers lyrics such as, “She said, ‘I got money, but I got no friends’ as we drove through the valley in her daddy’s Benz

/ She said, ‘These pills wear off, but the pain don’t end.’” Clearly formulated for low I.Q. valley-girls, the simplicity of the lyrics show the album’s intent to simply sound catchy, failing to provide much depth on the artistic and musical side of things.

There’s a lot going on in the album, but not much substance. Beats are crisp and clear, but they lack inventive flair.

“Dope Machines” — in particular — presents a fake-grunge sound, basic drum beats and poor lyricism. “One Time Thing” sports lyrics taken straight from the lovestruck brain of a middle-schooler and transposes them over a repetitive bass-line and annoying vocals.

With minimal creativity exercised in production, boring beats means Dope Machines is hard to listen to more than once.

Dope Machines is strongest in its last few tracks.

After casting a bid for “most horrendously vanilla sounding indie rock song of 2015” with “Hell and Back,” The Airborne Toxic Event tries to salvage its shattered and sobbing dignity. They slow down the beats, introducing

some muffled and cathartic lyrics. With the change of pace, the previously overpowering synths find their place, and the sappy lyrics finally match their style.

Dreamy and smooth, the tunes “The Thing About Dreams,” “Something You Lost” and “Chains” embody the perfect “study song” — the shoddy lyrics present a potential headache when analyzed, but are perfect for zoning out to.

Reinforced with well-timed background vocals, the one-dimensional musicality of the previous tracks fades

away and reveals passable music. The album amounts to a tolerable crescendo of manufactured noise with “Chains,” a striking example of the creativitydebt and unoriginal sound.

Melodically the album is addictive. Dope Machines is undoubtedly formulated to resonate with the basic music connoisseur, but the lack of originality or avant-garde style makes the album destined to join the ranks of countless other good-intentioned indie pop albums. Overall, Dope Machines is everything you’ve already heard and

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Aaron Carter to throw fresh party for fawning millennials Late ‘90s sensation talks upcoming album, musical development, favorite throwback track before Majestic show March 5

by Sam Sklar ArtsEtc. Writer

For many millennials, Aaron Carter and his elusive party were the pinnacle of cool. The dancing girls clad in colorful tank tops and pleather pants, the green Volkswagen beetles rolling up to the house and of course, the liberation from pesky parents was (and still is) the dream for cooped-up adolescents.

But now Aaron Carter is all grown up, ready to bring his party to new generations of listeners. The late ’90s childhood sensation will be playing the Majestic Theatre this Thursday at 8:30 pm in light of his upcoming album — the first he is set to release in 10 years.

Though he may still be sporting the same bleach blonde hair and killer dance moves, the now 26-year-old has developed quite a bit since his early career — as a person and as a musician.

With his new album in the works and tour dates set through April, Carter intends to let his growth shine.

“Over the years, I’ve learned a lot more about myself and a lot more about what music means to me,” Carter said. “I realized just how much music matters to

me and what a vital player it is in my life. I hope people just enjoy the new music, and that they can take it and have a good time with it. I want audiences to know Aaron Carter ’s back.”

Carter began his career at the young age of seven, singing lead vocals for the band Dead End. Two years later in 1997, Carter made his first solo appearance, opening for his brother Nick Carter ’s chart-topping band, The Backstreet Boys, on their international tour.

Through his solo performances, Carter signed his first record deal. That same year, he released his first single, “Crush On You,” as well as a self-entitled album.

Though his album earned gold status in five foreign countries, Carter ’s career really took off in 2000, when he was 12 years old, with his second full-length album, “Aaron’s Party.” The album landed Carter his first triple platinum record and featured hit singles like, “That’s How I Beat Shaq,” “I Want Candy” and “Aaron’s Party.”

Having gained a large, international, millennial fan base and a great deal of fame, Carter continued recording and releasing tracks up through 2005, when he put

out his last albums to date, “Another Earthquake” and “Saturday Night.”

It’s been 10 years since Carter ’s last release, and he is finally prepared to put out another album, deeming his inspiration “just being ready” to do so.

While this album will stay true to Carter and his roots with a collective sound he describes as “a mix of rhythmic pop and dance music,” the album will also make a statement, allowing fans to see the progress Carter has made.

Since his childhood recordings, he has broadened his career and sharpened his skill set in a number of ways, one of which included taking a lead role in the long-running OffBroadway production “The Fantasticks.”

“Doing classical style singing is an entirely different world,” Carter said.

“It was very difficult, but it was strengthening and good for my technique. It helped me improve as a vocalist more than I could ever say.

It’s been a challenge — but I like a challenge.”

In addition to taking on Off-Broadway, Carter has picked up a larger role in the writing and production sectors of his music. In fact he can now play three

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“Over the years, I kind of figured out what I love, and which aspects of making music I most enjoy. I did more writing and producing.

I started becoming not only an artist, but also a music producer. Now I produce my own stuff,” he said.

While Carter has honed his skills over the last few years, resulting in several new tracks he will be featuring on the tour, he has not completely abandoned the classics that captured a world’s worth of hearts in the early 2000’s.

“I’ve got a lot of new

music that no one has ever heard before, and I am going to be playing it at the show, [and] I’ll be combining that with my classics, so it’ll be a good time,” Carter said.

But despite the musical renaissance Carter has embarked on, his favorite track to perform live is one of his throwback hits, and to his fans’ delight, based on a true story.

“I’ll go back and play my old songs forever. ‘Aaron’s Party’ is my favorite song to sing live,” he said. “The fans love it. They love it when I take them on a nostalgic time travel, and I love having the ability to do so.”

Whether you care to

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Right to Bear Arms bill passes Governor happy about Fallon nod

Following Republican’s confusing right-to-work bill, Democrats counteract with legislation Taking advantage of the trend of naming bills in a misleading manner, Democrats send “Right to Bear Arms,” a bill that enacts strict gun control, to the House of Representatives.

The right-to -work bill approved by the State Senate last Wednesday caused waves of anger and approval.

However, many citizens were left with a feeling of confusion as to why a bill taking away union rights was entitled right-toork. While uproar from democratic congressmen was expected, the party is taking a different approach.

“If you can’t beat em’, join em,” Democratic strategist Elizabeth Winler said after the approval of the bill. “If Republicans are going to continue to name terrible bills in positive ways to get support, I guess we’ll have to do the same to our bills that will actually fucking

Late night show’s monologue mention helps Walker to make a check off his big bucket list

help people.”

Following this statement, the Democratic party proposed the “Right to Bear Arms,” a piece of legislation that cracks down on gun ownership, prohibiting the sale of semi-automatic weapons and eventually starts the first gun buy-back program in the nation.

“We think this may be a game changer.

It’s not like citizens bother to read these bills over

anyway,” Elizabeth said.

If the “Right to Bear Arms” makes it though the Senate, the Democratic Party has other bills in the making.

The “Right to Ignore Civil Rights Progress” mandates cameras on police officers and insensitivity training.

The “Right to Allow the Top One Percent to Hold Forty Percent of the Wealth” proposes taxation on the highest earners in Wisconsin as well as on

Photo · The Right to Bear Arms bill will, contrary to its name, enact strict gun control throughout the state and limit sales immediately.

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“We know things seem bad with “Right to Work” about to made law,” Elizabeth said, “but hey, it could be worse, they could have passed the “Right to Equal Pay” instead.”

Misnomer staff ‘enjoys’ outing Bonding time for writers at popular restaurant The Nitty Gritty almost gets writers happy Photo · Madison eatery The Nitty Gritty (pictured) is the hang out spot for Madison Misnomer writers trying to “hang out.”

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Last Thursday evening at 6:45 pm, a group of writers for the Madison Misnomer decided to eat food at a restaurant in an effort to “hang out.”

According to witness reports, the seven UWMadison students decided to have some burgers at the Nitty Gritty.

It is not known whether the reason for attending this restaurant in particular was that one of the writers was having

a birthday or simply that nobody could think of a better place to go.

When asked about the experience afterward, writer and editor Nicole Lang testified that she enjoyed herself. “I ordered a hamburger,” she said. A little bit of ketchup was on her lip, and she wiped it off with her hand.

“I write for the Madison Misnomer,” said Kaden Greenfield, another

student who dined with his cowriters on Thursday.

On the experience, Editor-InChief Eric Wiig affirmed with blank eyes, “It was fun.”

The group’s waitress at the Nitty Gritty, sophomore Jenny Bitts, had a different take on the experience. “Okay, I’ve had some weird fucking people come in here,” she said,” but I have never in my life been so

uncomfortable as I was when waiting on those-- those freaks.”

“Jesus, they didn’t say a single fucking word from the moment they came in to the moment they left. They ordered their food by gesturing to it on the menu. They ate completely silently, not talking, and most of them were just playing games on their phones, or worse, just staring off into space. Oh, and not a single one of them tipped me. Some of them even paid with cash and took the effort to count out exact change so that they wouldn’t have to tip me.”

“I have never, ever in my life, been so livid. If they-- if they ever try to come in here again, I’m quitting this job. I’m fucking serious.”

On Monday, Jimmy Fallon mentioned a few of Walker’s recent comments regarding whether or not President Barack Obama is a Christian.

Although it is not normally the goal of a politician to be the butt of ridicule on a talk show, Walker had a much more positive response to the event.

When asked about the monologue, he smiled and said, “Well, it’s time for me to admit something. The reason I’ve been in the media a lot lately is not by accident.

It’s by design.”

“You see, before I ran for my current term, I realized that I had only a few more things to cross off my bucket list,” Walker continued.

“On the top of that list, was ‘appear on a late night talk show.’ I knew if I was controversial enough, they’d have to at least mention my name, which made me feel like a real star!”

Other items on this bucket list were to ‘kiss a girl,’ ‘beat the last level of Star Fox,’ and ‘find himself on Google Earth.’

Walker then became mistyeyed when asked about his dreams, and fought off tears for about two hours.

When he was done sobbing tears of joy, he was able to comment on why he didn’t feel demeaned by the monologue.

“You know, when you get put in the monologue of a funny guy like Jimmy, you’re either an idiot or a brilliant man.

I think my actions in the past few months and all the attention I’ve attracted shows which one I am.

In short, Madison, you’re welcome.”

He then winked, and walked out of the room with his head held high and chest puffed out. The governor ’s press secretary commented while exiting:

“Many voters may be alarmed by their choice of a man who seems to have the aspirations of a thirteen year-old boy to run their state, but don’t fret. There is nothing more powerful than a politician with a list of dreams in his back pocket.”

Spambots take over Tinder app Popular mobile game, relationship guiding force for students gets tarnished by malware Tinder has been the app for relationship-seeking females and thirsty males to find love at first swipe for a couple years now. More recently, Tinder has been taken over by flirtatious spambots hunting horny males with hopes to get them to subscribe to sketchy websites.

For men on campus, the issue has developed into a dilemma of ultimate cockblock proportions.

College kids are receiving the grunt of the problem from being teased about finding eligible bachelorettes in the area.

“I swiped right on this fine girl with a capital F, but when I started up the convo, she wanted me to switch to some other dating site. I made a profile on findandfuckfree.com, only to discover that I had been swindled into a year long subscription requiring me to pay $49.99 per month.” said University of WisconsinMadison Junior, John Stone.

“I was just trying to casually fuck some chicks with their consent, know what I mean? Is that too much to ask for?”

Tinder executives are not taking the issue lightly. They are in the process of finding a longterm solution, but for now, they believe they found a quick fix.

“Due to recent media scrutiny, we are introducing a new profile verification tool. When a new user makes their profile, they will now be asked, ‘Are you a spambot or any other type of cock-block?.’ If they answer yes, then they are banned from Tinder; it’s as simple as that.” said Tinder co-founder, Sean Rad.

The young adults of America have high hopes that this new security precaution will force results, but until then, the online dating community faces virtual warfare against devious advertisers.

The Misnomer Incomplete Thought: So I remember sitting at this taco shop in town and the waiter asked me if I wanted lime in my water. As if I wouldn’t want fresh citrus in my water, hello? Really, it was crazy. Then, when I took a drink, I realized that the lime was not fresh. To my further vexation, I ate one of the seeds during that tragic sip.

Seeds? What am I, a techno phanatic? I don’t want seeds in any food items. Besides poppy seed muffin. How did they get away with all that symbolism in The Wizard of Oz? There were a lot

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UW to battle North Dakota in WCHA Final Face-Off No. 3 Wisconsin travels to Grand Forks this weekend to take on UND in conference semi-finals, look for championship with two wins

by Chris Caporale Women’s Hockey Writer

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team will travel to Grand Forks, N.D. this weekend for its WCHA Final Face-Off matchup with the University of North Dakota.

After beating St. Cloud State last weekend in the first round of the conference playoffs, Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson said he still wants to learn more about his team.

“You find out about your team, to me, over this two week period in the WCHA playoffs and if they’re worthy of taking that next step,” Johnson said.

“We took the first step by beating St. Cloud in backto-back games and now it’s an opportunity to go up and play in a semi-final game knowing that if you lose, you’re going to come home.

“So it really sets the stage for that playoff atmosphere where, if you’re not successful, that part of the season is going to be over. Obviously our body of work is going to give us an opportunity to play another game after this weekend, but anytime you

get a chance to compete for a championship, it’s a good thing.”

The Badgers (26-6-4, 196-3 WCHA) have found success in the past three games through scoring goals early to jump ahead and build confidence throughout each game.

In the first game of the St. Cloud State series, the Badgers scored four of their five goals in the first period and scored two in the first period of the second game.

“I think when we go up one or two goals, we can completely deflate the life in their building,” sophomore forward Sarah Nurse said. “I think if we bring a lot of energy, that’s what we can do.”

Wisconsin got the unlucky draw of playing North Dakota (22-11-3, 16-9-3), the host team in the WCHA Final Face-Off, making this a true road game for the second seed in the conference.

North Dakota is currently ranked eighth in the most recent USCHO national rankings.

The challenge will not be easy, as North Dakota has been playing some of their best hockey of the season,

Johnson said. UND is currently riding a sixgame win streak.

“The last four or five weekends, North Dakota has played well, certainly played well at home, beat Minnesota in their own barn,” Johnson said. “So the task we have in front of us is going to be challenging, and certainly we’re going to have to play a quality game to come away with a victory Saturday afternoon.”

The series will be huge for North Dakota because a loss Saturday could prevent them from getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

“For their seniors, they don’t want this to happen, where you end up losing and your season is over and you wake up the next morning and you’re no longer a college hockey player,” Johnson said. “It’s a fun time of year, and certainly we’re going to run into a little bit of a hornet’s nest Saturday.”

The Badgers will most

likely make the NCAA Tournament, but with a strong performance this weekend, Wisconsin could solidify their third overall ranking in the country.

If the Badgers defeat North Dakota, they will play for the WCHA Championship against the winner of Minnesota and Bemidji State Saturday.

“We’re trying to not think ahead past Saturday’s game. It’s hard to do that,” Wisconsin senior forward Brittany Ammerman said.

“We will just take it each period at a time, especially the seniors on this team. We are trying to grasp every moment and try to end this season on a winning note. I think Saturday’s game will

Photo · With a win at North Dakota Saturday, the Badgers will advance to the WCHA championship game against either Minnesota or Bemidji State.

Thomas Cawrse The Badger Herald prep us well for whatever comes next.”

Wisconsin loses heartbreaker in Big Ten tourney Women’s basketball team falls in final seconds to Purdue in first round of conference tournament as game-winning basket gets called off Photo · Coming into the Big Ten tournament as the 11seed for the third year in a row, the Badgers fell to Purdue on a last-second shot.

Sophomore guard Dakota Whyte scored a game-high 16 points for Wisconsin.

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by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

For a brief moment, it looked like Jacki Gulczynski had saved the Badgers.

For just a second, Gulczynski’s first basket of the game had bought her and

her fellow seniors another game in their careers.

With 3.2 seconds remaining in the game and the Wisconsin women’s basketball team down two, she inbounded the ball to junior guard Tessa Cichy.

After a scramble for the ball, Gulczynski emerged with it,

pushed the ball up the court and heaved it at the basket.

It went in, and a referee signaled the shot was good.

But the referees decided to check to see if the shot actually left the senior forward’s hand on time.

While the review lasted only a couple of minutes, it

must’ve felt like hours.

No good, they said.

Just like that, the Badgers’ season was over, falling 58-56 to Purdue.

And in a season filled with blown leads, missed opportunities and gutwrenching defeats, it was only fitting that a matter of inches between Gulczynski’s fingers and the ball had a deciding factor in the conclusion of the team’s season.

After Cichy sunk a jumper to make it 51-42, the Badgers had established their largest lead of the game with 8:12 remaining. In the final eight minutes and 12 seconds, Purdue outscored Wisconsin 16-5.

But Purdue (11-19, 4-15 Big Ten) hung around and kept chipping away, eventually taking the lead with 2:43 left after a jumper from fifth-year senior Whitney Bays gave Purdue a 54-53 lead.

A few possessions later with no score change, junior guard Dakota Whyte made only the front-end of her one-and-one free throw attempts, tying the game at 54. Then, with 1:15 remaining, Bays sunk two free throws, putting Purdue up again.

With 9.7 seconds left, Whyte took a long pass from fellow junior guard Nicole Bauman and knocked down a jumper on the right wing, just inside the three-point line. Then, Purdue junior guard April Wilson took the ensuing inbound the length of the court and laid it in with 3.7 seconds to go, setting up Gulczynski’s final prayer attempt.

It was the only two points of the night for Wilson.

The loss spoiled an impressive defensive display from senior forward Cassie

Rochel, who set a Big Ten tournament game record with seven blocks.

Whyte had a team-high 16 points, while Bauman was the only other Badger in double digits with 14.

Bays led the Boilermakers with 16 points, while senior forward Liza Clemons and sophomore guard Ashley Morrissette scored 12 points apiece.

The Badgers (9-20, 5-14 Big Ten) were lights-out in the first half, shooting 59.3 percent from the field, and took a 37-32 lead into the locker room after the first 20 minutes. The team shot 4-of8 from three.

Bauman scored two of those three’s and finished the half with 10 points, while senior forward AnnMarie Brown provided seven points off the bench. Junior guard Tessa Cichy had seven of her nine points in the first half.

In the second half though, Wisconsin made just 33.3 percent of their attempts, finishing at 47.1 percent overall. Purdue shot 38.7 percent.

Badgers head back to Michigan for second weekend After series last weekend against Wolverines, men’s hockey team will take on MSU in East Lansing, seek third, fourth conference wins

by Derek Franklin Men’s Hockey Writer

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will travel to Michigan for a second straight weekend, this time heading to East Lansing for a two-game series with the Michigan State Spartans.

Wisconsin (4-22-4, 2-12-2 Big Ten) will look to build momentum as their season nears the finish line with the Big Ten tournament on the horizon. This weekend’s series at Michigan State (14-14-2, 8-6-2 Big Ten) will be their last regular season road trip of the season.

For a team as young as the Badgers, the second half of the season can almost be like a new season because of how much freshman players grow in the first half of the year.

Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves believes that growth is starting to become apparent.

“Now you’re starting to see their individual talents shine through,” Eaves said.

“We’re seeing that and that’s a good thing. When this all comes together we will have something special.”

Eaves said he is encouraged about the direction that his team is

heading, citing their ability to stick together as a reason for their growth over the season.

“We have had to rely on each other, and I think we’ve had to be there for each other in terms of honest feedback, in terms of what we are trying to do in certain areas,” Eaves said.

“I would say one of the reasons that we are having the continued growth that we have is because of the fact that everybody is there for each other.”

When this all comes “together we will have something special.”

Mike Eaves Men’s hockey head coach According to Eaves, Michigan head coach Red Berenson commented after the game that the Badgers seemed much improved since the last time the Wolverines played Wisconsin, despite losing the series by a combined score of 8-2. However, Eaves also added that losing is never fun and was hopeful the losses will make his team even hungrier to snap their three-game skid.

“You try to keep things in perspective,” Eaves said. “When you lose a couple games like that where you have a chance going into the third period and you come away empty, there is a taste in your mouth that is not pleasant.”

The Badgers and Spartans should be plenty familiar with each other considering they played each other just two weeks ago.

Wisconsin took game one of that series 2-1 while Michigan State shut out the Badgers 3-0 the following night at the Kohl Center.

Despite playing Michigan State so recently, Eaves was skeptical of how much the experience will help his team more effectively combat Michigan State’s defensive, “pack it in” style of play.

“I hope it does, but having played against teams that play like this, it’s hard to not want to try to skate through them,” Eaves said.

Wisconsin will be spending plenty of time in the state of Michigan this month. When the Badgers play in the Big Ten Tournament in Detroit in a

few weeks, it will be their third trip to Michigan in the month of March.

The Badgers sit at the bottom of the Big Ten standings, but have a chance to jump Ohio State and gain a higher seed in the conference tournament if they finish strong.

The Badgers close out their regular season next weekend at home against

the Buckeyes. However, Eaves said he is only focused on their next game.

“I haven’t even looked at [the standings],” Eaves said. “It’s about Friday night, us getting better and us playing our best hockey.

I don’t care who we play.

When we go to Detroit, it’s about trying to play three good games.”

Wisconsin and Michigan

Photo · Coming off two losses of 5-2 and 3-0 at Michigan, Grant Besse (12) and Wisconsin will look to reverse their fortunes on the road again at Michigan State.

Thomas Cawrse The Badger Herald State will face off both Friday and Saturday night in East Lansing at 6:00 p.m.

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SPORTS EDITOR Dan Corcoran sports@badgerherald.com @BHERALDSPORTS

THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

LaPoint hard at work behind scenes for men’s hockey After shortened career, change of heart, Wisconsin equipment manager stays in hockey, keeps Badgers fitted, equipped, ready for battle

by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

A 1-0 loss at the hands of the Minnesota-Crookston Eagles effectively ended the hockey playing careers of three Northland College skaters on February 13, 2005.

Two of those players were seniors, and the third, a sophomore.

Nate LaPoint had played in 49 of a possible 53 games in his two seasons with the Lumberjacks, but after the loss to MinnesotaCrookston, LaPoint decided it was time to move onto other endeavors.

“It always comes a time in someone’s career when they don’t want to play hockey anymore,” LaPoint said of his decision to transfer. “It was just that time for me where I still wanted to be a part of it, but I didn’t want to have to play competitively.”

Now, 10 years later, although he’s no longer on the ice, LaPoint is very much a part of the game of hockey, as the Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s equipment manager.

It started at UND, where

he consulted men’s hockey assistant coach Brad Berry, who set LaPoint up with a job in the team’s equipment room helping out equipment manager Pat Swanson.

LaPoint began his duties as a way to stay involved with the game, even though he had never so much as watched someone sharpen a pair of skates. He began to learn the tricks of the trade from Swanson, including sharpening blades, repairing equipment and even sewing, among other duties.

By his second year, LaPoint learned that his newfound passion could be more than just a hobby.

“I didn’t know I could do it as a job at first,” LaPoint said. “It was something I thought was kind of fun to do on the side while I was getting my school work done.”

While he finished his school work, LaPoint worked as an assistant equipment manager under Swanson for all four years for the UND men’s program and continued to do more and more as his time progressed, including learning the business

aspects of the job and traveling with the team on road trips.

When his time at UND was up, instead of getting a career in his field of study, he pursued a job as an equipment manager and moved from one WCHA powerhouse in Grand Forks, N.D. to another in Madison.

“I wanted to be a meteorologist. That’s what I was going to school for,” LaPoint said. “I ended up falling in love with what I do here on the equipment side of things.”

Now in his fifth season with Wisconsin, LaPoint tends to the everyday equipment needs of the Badgers players, but his duties go beyond the title of equipment manager, assistant coach Gary Shuchuk said.

“He’s more than that,” Shuchuk said. “He works his ass off.”

But LaPoint doesn’t take care of the team as a whole as much cater to the 26 different players and each one of their individual personalities and needs, whether it’s how they like their skates sharpened or how they want their pads to fit.

“This generation of hockey players is pretty needy, and they need certain things in certain ways,” Shuchuk said. “He never bitches about anything.”

While LaPoint’s job includes a lot of equipment maintenance, like the sharpening of skates, altering of pads and stitching up socks and uniforms, it also includes some more complex aspects, like the purchasing of equipment from goaltender pads to new sticks and maintaining relationships with the equipment suppliers, Reebok and CCM. There are also the less glamorous parts.

“Laundry is a constant of my life. I fold a lot of towels,” LaPoint said with a laugh.

However, his less than favorite part of the job doesn’t diminish the hard work and long hours of work LaPoint puts in on the job. On road trips, he’ll typically pack all the equipment Wednesday after practice for a series that starts Friday, arriving earlier than the team so it’s ready when the players arrive.

Between the equipment duties, laundry and maintaining a clean locker room with a group of college-aged guys, LaPoint spends a lot more time at the rink than just 40 hours per week.

“It would drive me nuts if I had to deal with that all the time; he does it,” Shuchuk said. “He gives the guys a hard time ribbing-wise, but he’s a true professional. We’re lucky to have a guy like that. He cares about the program. He cares about the kids.”

During games, LaPoint occupies the bench and takes care of any equipment issues that may arise, including a few weekends ago when he had to restitch a uniform by hand between the second and third periods after it got sliced up the back with a pair of skates waiting to be sharpened. But unless he’s scampering to the locker room to fix a problem during a stoppage in play in the middle of a period, he’s someone who won’t draw much attention to himself.

But even though eyes might not be watching him readily, there’s a group of about 30 guys who rely on

UW looks for outright title at Minnesota After clinching share of Big Ten championship Sunday, Badgers hope to earn it all Thursday night Photo · Wisconsin sophomore guard Bronson Koenig (24) scored a career-high 17 points when Minnesota came to the Kohl Center Feb. 21. The Badgers can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament with a win.

Cody Schwartz The Badger Herald double figures in 12 of Minnesota’s 16 Big Ten games this season. But one of those games in which Hollins failed to score 10 or more points came against Wisconsin.

On Feb. 21 in Madison, Hollins scored just two points, going 1-for-8 from the floor and 0-for-3 from three.

In spite of Hollins’ performance against Wisconsin last time, the Badgers have a taller task

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

Despite clinching a share of the Big Ten regular season championship Sunday with a 68-61 win over Michigan State, the No. 6 Wisconsin men’s basketball team isn’t dwelling on it.

The message is clear: What happened Sunday is in the past.

The Badgers (26-3, 14-2 Big Ten) are now turning their attention to a larger prize, the outright Big Ten championship. They can clinch the championship with a win in either of their final two regular season games against Minnesota – which they face Thursday in

Minneapolis – or Ohio State Sunday.

Wisconsin currently sits 1.5 games ahead of secondplace Maryland, who owns the tiebreaker after its upset of UW on Feb. 24.

The Terrapins have just one regular season game left, which is at Nebraska Sunday.

A Wisconsin win Thursday would not only give the title of best team in the conference to the Badgers, but would give it the number one seed in the Big Ten tournament that begins next Wednesday.

“Now, we obviously want to win [the Big Ten] outright,” senior guard Josh Gasser said. “These

next two games are really important, and then we want to get that one seed for the Big Ten tourney, and we know it’s ahead. Right now we’ve done a pretty good job of achieving our goals, but we have a lot more ahead of us.”

Minnesota (17-12, 6-10 Big Ten) is coming off a 96-90 overtime victory over Michigan State last Thursday, but prior to that lost three straight games including a 63-53 loss to Wisconsin at the Kohl Center.

Andre Hollins leads the Gophers, averaging a teamhigh 14.7 points with 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Hollins has scored in

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We played at Minnesota last year, and they kicked our butt so we have to go down there and get some revenge down there.

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Josh Gasser Men’s basketball guard

Thursday. Wisconsin has not fared well in Minneapolis as of late, despite owning the overall series in recent seasons. The Badgers have won seven of the last nine meetings with the Gophers but have lost their last two contests at Minnesota.

In 2013, Wisconsin fell to Minnesota 58-53 in

overtime, and last season the Gophers dropped the ninth-ranked Badgers in Williams Arena 81-68 . It’s a loss that Gasser remembers more than a year later.

“We played at Minnesota last year, and they kicked our butt so we have to go down there and get some revenge down there,” Gasser said. “They’re going to bring it; they’re going to be amped up and ready to go.”

While the Gophers sit at 6-10 in conference and in 10th place in the 14team Big Ten, the Badgers won’t casually travel to Minnesota expecting their 15th conference victory and the outright Big Ten regular season championship. The Gophers were picked to finish sixth in the Big Ten this season and have four of their five starters back from last season, so the experience and talent is there.

Before going on a three-game losing streak, Minnesota rattled off three straight wins against Nebraska, Purdue and Iowa. Both Purdue (3) and Iowa (4) are currently in the top five of the Big Ten standings.

“They’re a good team,” senior forward Frank Kaminsky, who scored a season-high 31 points against Michigan State, said. “They came into the Kohl Center, and they played well. We played well too, but it’s not going to be as easy going to their place.”

Thursday’s game will tipoff at 6 p.m. from Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The game will be televised on ESPN.

Photo · Men’s hockey equipment manager Nate LaPoint works hard behind the scenes to ensure the players and coaching staff have all they need to be successful.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald LaPoint to come through for them day-in and day-out and game-in and game-out.

“I always tell people they’re probably the most important guy you want to be with,” Shuchuk said.

“They’re the guy that holds the key to the stick room, the tape, the stuff that you need. You got to treat those guys with respect.”

LaPoint might not be back on the ice playing anytime soon, but you’ll probably be able to find him somewhere nearby.

“You never really end playing hockey,” LaPoint said. “It’s always in your life somehow, especially with what I’m doing now.”

And although he might have left hockey to pursue school, he won’t be leaving hockey or his post anytime soon.

“Not right now,” LaPoint said. “This is pretty good.”

GAME VITALS:

Wisconsin

(26-3, 14-2 Big Ten) Big Ten: 14-2, 1st place, 1.5 games ahead of Maryland Last game: Defeated Michigan State at home, 68-61 Probable Starters: G – Bronson Koenig (6-4, 7.6 ppg), G – Josh Gasser (64, 7.1 ppg), F – Sam Dekker (6-9, 12.9 ppg), F – Nigel Hayes (6-8, 12.1 ppg), , F – Frank Kaminksy (7-0, 18.1 ppg) Key Reserves: G – Zak Showalter F – Duje Dukan F – Vitto Brown

Minnesota

(17-12, 6-10 Big Ten) Big Ten: 6-10, 10th place Last game: Defeated Michigan State at home in overtime, 96-90 Probable Starters: G – Nate Mason (6-1, 9.6 ppg), G – Andre Hollins (6-2, 14.7 ppg), F – Joey King (6-9, 9.1 ppg), F – Charles Buggs (6-9, 3.8 ppg) F – Maurice Walker (6-10, 11.7 ppg) Key Reserves: G – Carlos Morris G – DeAndre Mathieu C – Bakary Konate

Who – No. 6 Wisconsin at Minnesota When – Thursday, March 5, 6 p.m.

Where – Williams Arena (14,625); Minneapolis, Minnesota TV Broadcast – ESPN (Rece Davis and Fran Fraschilla)