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STANDING ROOM ONLY Madison’s buses are overcrowded, but Metro Transit’s packed 1970s bus garage prevents the city from adding on more buses.

by SARAH ZIMMERMANN

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UW terminates Chi Phi frat due to hazing allegations Dangerous initiation ritual left student with concussion; food deprivation, hooded isolation, forced underage binge drinking reported to dean

by Rachael Lallensack News Editor

The University of Wisconsin’s Chi Phi fraternity chapter has been terminated for “fostering a dangerous hazing environment,” including an incident

where a student suffered a concussion, according to a university statement released Wednesday.

After investigating an initial report in January, the dean of students found the chapter had “engaged in food deprivation and stints of hooded isolation,”

along with other instances that endangered or put new members’ health at risk during initiation practices in December, according to the statement.

At that time, the chapter was immediately put under temporary suspension.

In addition, the Committee

on Student Organizations found the fraternity forced underage members to excessively consume alcohol without risk management measures in place, thus breaking student organization alcohol policies.

Regardless of students’ consent, they were subjected

to “humiliating, degrading and sexualized conduct,” the statement said.

Sam Ferdig, the Chi Phi chapter ’s president, and Michael Azarian, the executive director of the national organization, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Chi Phi has the option to appeal the committee’s decision within 10 school days if they feel inclined to do so.

But Eric Knueve, assistant dean of the Center for Leadership and Involvement,

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BUDGET SERIES

Republicans call for scrapping UW public authority plan New proposal from state budget committee co-chair, member calls for ‘smaller, more manageable’ cuts for UW, increase in out-of-state tuition

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

The co-chair of the state’s budget committee is out with a new plan that would scrap Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed public authority for the University of Wisconsin System.

The plan from Rep. John Nygren, the Joint Finance Committee co-chair, and Rep.

Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, would still grant more autonomy to the system — and it would seek to reduce the proposed $300 million in cuts.

Nygren and Knudson released the new plan on Wednesday. Both are members of the state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, which is tweaking Walker ’s biennial

budget proposals and will present its plan to the full Legislature in the coming weeks.

The plan calls for a “smaller, more manageable cut” to the university system, the deletion of the public authority language from Walker ’s proposal, an increase in tuition for out-ofstate and graduate students and a legislative requirement

that UW campuses spend down accumulated surpluses.

“We appreciate the leadership of Representatives Knudson and Nygren and other legislators committed to reducing the proposed budget cut,” UW System President Ray Cross said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing the discussion on the best way to transform

the UW System for the future.”

Walker ’s proposal to turn the UW System into a public authority, which would have more freedom than most state agencies, has come under fire from the Board of Regents, students and faculty.

Nygren said this week that the public authority part of Walker ’s proposal “might be

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Democrats, as well as some Republicans — who control both chambers of the Legislature — have raised concerns over the size of Walker ’s proposed $300 million cut.

Rep. David Murphy, R-Greenville, who chairs the Assembly’s higher education

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UW narrows pool for new diversity provost University’s 15-member committee chose three finalists for postion, including current interim leader Patrick Sims

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A 15-member committee composed of University of Wisconsin faculty, students and staff recently selected William Lewis, Ron Quincy and current interim Vice Provost Patrick Sims as finalists for the vice provost for diversity position.

According to a university statement released last week, the vice provost for diversity works alongside Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf and provides guidance on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion to administration.

Sims, who’s occupied the interim position since 2013, is a UW professor of theatre and is the founding director of the Theatre for Cultural and Social Awareness. He also teaches ethnic studies courses for his department. As someone with prior experience in the position, Sims said he gained an intimate knowledge of the office.

Sims said he brings a unique perspective mindful of UW and

its shared governance, and has been intimately involved with diversity issues since coming to UW. “One of the biggest challenges we have is campus climate,” Sims said. “I’m really interested in having a space where people can have a conversation and address their own biases.”

Sims also advocated for the continued conversation around diversity to all aspects of campus.

“I’m willing to be at the table to listen, share and offer feedback,” Sims said. “I’m not interested in political correct commentary; I’m interested in people being truthful. I want to create more experiences where we can practice that kind of dialogue and share that creative feedback and also understand.”

William Lewis, the vice president for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Virginia Tech, a campus of 30,000 students, said his work has prepared him to take on the position at UW. Lewis said expanding

Patrick Sims the campus conversation on diversity to include globalization would allow UW students to graduate with global competency, something he said is increasingly important in the job market.

In light of major diversity issues on campus, Lewis said dialogue is key.

He said the university must engage the entire student body in a robust conversation around social justice, privilege and marginalization. To aid in this effort, he said he would work to create allies for social justice.

“Every student should be in a space around social

Ron Quincy justice,” Lewis said. “Every student should feel it is their responsibility to engage in the dialogue.”

Quincy, a professor and former founding director for Nonprofit Management and Governance in the School of Social Work at Rutgers, said his vision is to work toward building a diverse university capable of producing excellent scholarship.

Quincy said his goal is to work with various partners and external stakeholders to increase the number of underrepresented minorities within the student body, as well as faculty at all

William Lewis levels.

Quincy said during the events surrounding Ferguson, he went there to speak with residents to better understand their grievances. From this experience, he said communication is vital to any progress in issues of diversity.

“On campuses, I think one of the key components of solutions is to start with broadening our communication channels and making sure that at every level of our institutional fabric, we are building diversity,” Quincy said.

The three candidates will present to the campus and public from April 13 through 16.

Lawmakers could accelerate Wis. speed limit Bill would bring Wisconsin up to speed with neighbors, AAA voices safety concerns, state’s current pace set in 1973

by Brandon Maly Herald Contributor

A bill to increase the top speed limit in Wisconsin to 70 mph got a boost Tuesday when the state Assembly signed off on it, sending it over to the state Senate.

The bill would only increase the speed limit to 70 mph on the state’s fourlane highways, up from 65 mph.

The current speed limit was established in 1973 when the federal government forced states to decrease their speed limits due to fuel shortages. That regulation was lifted in 1995.

The bill’s author, Rep. Paul Tittl, R-Manitowoc, said in a statement that Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Utah all found a decline in traffic fatalities after their states increased the speed limit.

“With people choosing to live further from their jobs, this bill will get them home a little sooner and just as safely,” Tittl said. “However, this change is not primarily about getting from one place to another faster. It’s about safety.”

Wisconsin is the only state

in the Midwest to have a highway speed limit as low as 65 mph.

The bill would bring Wisconsin to the same limit as neighboring states, which Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, said will help Wisconsin’s tourism and road safety.

“Wisconsin has a huge tourism industry, and the increase in the speed limit will allow for quicker trips to peoples’ cabins and bring more tourism into Wisconsin,” Allen said.

Allen said the state’s Department of Transportation would have the authority to pick which highways would see its speed limits increase.

But American Automobile Association spokesperson Nick Jarmusz said an increased speed limit might cause more car accidents and fatalities for Wisconsin drivers, with those accidents causing fatalities rather than minor injuries.

Jarmusz said the increased accidents that could happen could also lead to more fatalities as opposed to minor injuries, with people driving faster under higher speed limits.

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“When people drive at higher speeds, there is more chance to lose control, and if you add speed to other bad driving habits, the risk to drivers compounds,” Jarmusz said.

Jarmusz also raised concerns over the impacts the proposed speed limit increase would have on truck drivers. The bill would result in an increase in semitruck stopping distance up to one hundred extra feet, he said.

That stopping distance, he said, could increase fatalities not among the truck drivers, but those in other cars.

Allen said skeptics’ concerns are based more on fears than numbers, but Jarmusz said Wisconsin highways’ good reputation could be tarnished if the speed limit increases.

“In 2014, Wisconsin highways had fewer than five hundred deaths, the lowest since World War II,” Jarmusz said. “We are proud

of Wisconsin highways and we are concerned this may be a step in the wrong direction.”

The Department of Transportation estimates the total amount to update highway signage is $238,663.36 to replace speed limit signs and add new warning and advisory signs.

The Assembly passed the bill on a 76 to 22 vote. The Senate would need to pass it before it eventually reaches Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.

Bill would eliminate wait period for guns Senate to take up plan that would remove timeframe between getting background checks and purchasing handguns

by Tanisha Sabhaney Herald Contributor

A bill that eliminates the 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases is now moving to the full Senate, the last step before landing in Gov. Scott Walker’s desk.

The bill, which would eliminate the 48-hour waiting period between getting a background check and purchasing a handgun, passed through a Senate committee last week and is now headed to the full chamber. The Assembly approved the bill Tuesday.

The bill would instead allow dealers to give the handgun to the person buying it right after the state’s Department of Justice says the person is allowed to buy

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committee, said he’s sought fewer cuts for UW since Walker’s proposal came out.

“I’ve felt from the beginning that we probably have the ability to mitigate those cuts to a certain extent,” Murphy said.

Mike Mikalsen, a spokesperson for Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a longtime critic of the UW

a handgun, according to a Legislative Reference Bureau analysis.

Walker voiced some support for the bill in a recent interview with the National Rifle Association’s news network, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. In the interview, Walker noted Wisconsin has been “the leader when it comes to freedom” since he became governor.

“We’ve gone big and bold with a lot of issues,” Walker said. “That’s one of those where with new technology, we want to make sure the bad guys don’t get firearms, and the good guys do.”

Current law mandates a 48-hour waiting period before a person can buy a handgun, giving the state’s Justice Department enough time to run background checks on the

individual.

But given today’s technology, that waiting period is outdated, according to Jeff Nass, the legislative affairs liaison for Wisconsin’s National Rifle Association chapter, which supports the bill.

Nass said the past system consisted of indexed charts, and officers were required to call counties to perform these checks, Nass said. Today, he said, the entire system is online, making the waiting period an outdated procedure that’s no longer viable.

“Currently, there is a 48hour wait to obtain a pistol, but you can take a rifle or shot gun home immediately if you pass the background check,” Nass said.

Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, however, said

the 48-hour waiting period is an essential cooling off period that maintains a more checked and secure system.

The background checks are necessary to close all loopholes, Sargent said.

“The reason we have a 48-hour waiting period is to protect our individual freedom and security as members of society,” Sargent said.

The waiting period does not exist in 42 states, Nass said. He said some individuals have to travel long distances to obtain a gun and may have to do two trips because of the waiting period, which can be costly.

Moreover, the waiting period prevents people who wish to protect themselves from acquiring a gun quickly, Nass said. He said domestic violence victims are an example of such individuals,

and the bill might make it easier for them to obtain handguns.

“The 48-hour wait hurts potential victims,” Nass said.

Sargent said she believes each individual has the constitutional right to own firearms and to feel protected, but the fact that an individual would be in a situation where he or she needs to own a firearm immediately draws suspicion, Sargent said.

She said she would like to institute a 48-hour waiting period for all firearms, not just handguns, to ensure safety at the highest degree and is opposing the bill.

“Regardless if you’re a student, a mom or a person working three jobs, this bill affects everybody,” Sargent said.

System, agrees lawmakers should reduce the cuts if possible.

Knudson and Nygren also said their new plan for the UW System would retain the current legislative control over the Board of Regents.

“While some additional flexibilities may be warranted, the university system is not ready to become a public authority,”

the statement said.

Knudson and Nygren’s last suggestion in the plan said the legislature should “require the university system to further spend down its accumulated surpluses,” referring to monetary reserves each campus maintains for emergency purposes.

Those reserves got the UW System in trouble in 2013 at the Capitol, when

Republican lawmakers discovered more than $1 billion in 2013.

Mikalsen said the UW System has said they would use what they could to offset cuts and that Nass is waiting for details on how this portion of the plan will be implemented before supporting it.

Murphy said there may be places where there is room to spend

down reserves, although maintaining a certain level of reserve is fiscally responsible. Campuses need money behind them to meet obligations when necessary, Murphy said.

“Now there are definitely some areas where spending down reserves could help, but the flexibility across the system is not the same,” Murphy said. “And that’s what makes it tough.”

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Metro Transit reaches record rides, struggles to meet higher demand Madison’s buses live in an outdated 1970s garage; as increased ridership raises need for route expansion, Metro seeks solutions to this hindering, overcrowded facility

by Sarah Zimmermann Digital State Editor

“Here

is the problem with

that: you’re right here at the cliff, it is just a matter of when you are going over. That is the

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point we are at right now.

Jeff Butler Madison Metro Transit

Photo · Metro Transit auctioned off historical buses from the 1930s and 1940s to make room for new buses at the garage.

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Madison Metro’s 1970s garage houses 54 more buses than it’s supposed to — and it’s part of what’s causing the city’s overcrowded bus routes.

With ridership reaching a record 15.2 million rides in 2014, including routes in Verona, Fitchburg and Middleton, finding a new place for the city’s buses is among the solutions to meeting rising demand.

The city hopes to update that 1970s bus garage and eventually move toward a more efficient Bus Rapid Transit System, a new supplemental program with limited stops to streamline commuter traffic.

The city’s bus garage was meant to house 160 buses, Madison Metro Transit spokesperson Mick Rusch said.

Today, the building, located on 1101 East Washington Avenue, is home to 214 buses, Rusch said. That number does not include the 17 paratransit vans and the additional service vehicles and pick-up trucks that are also held at the garage.

“We have all this crammed into one facility,” Rusch said.

The overcrowded garage results in a conundrum for Metro Transit. Madison Metro’s growth — it reached 15.2 million rides in 2014 — is causing popular routes, such as route 2, to become more crowded.

But due to the lack of space for new buses, Metro Transit is unable to increase its service.

Buses, especially during peak hours, are especially crowded, forcing many people to stand for extended periods of their ride. During peak commuting

hours for students and workers, Rusch said Metro Transit buses run 30 to 40 percent over capacity.

Rusch said riders often say the bus is either too crowded to ride or that the bus passed them because it was too full. Riders ask why Metro Transit doesn’t just put an extra bus on the route, but Rusch said during peak hours, they are out of extra buses.

Jeff Butler, maintenance manager for Madison Metro Transit, said the spare ratio — the percentage of extra buses not used during peak hours — should generally be at 20 percent. That means Metro Transit should have around 43 extra buses during peak hours. Butler said most of the time, they have only three extra buses.

“Here is the problem with that: You’re right here at the cliff,” Butler said, gesturing his hand at the edge of the table. “It is just a matter of when you are going over.

That is the point we are at right now. “ A solution to overcrowding The City of Madison owns the former Cub Foods on Nakoosa Trail, next to the East Side Wal-Mart. Metro Transit is interested in using this facility for a satellite bus garage, Rusch said. This proposed garage would hold an additional 70 buses, which would help address the overcrowding in the East Washington location, he said.

Along with the overcrowded garage, Butler said the satellite garage would alleviate many of the maintenance problems. He said most public transit lots have a staging area that can fit 25 to 30 buses.

Metro Transit’s lot only has the capacity for four.

Butler said with another garage, they would be able to respond faster to mechanical issues for buses on the road.

“We got to serve the people,” Butler said. “We have so many more routes, and we are carrying so many more people, we have to get there faster and get them a bus faster so people can get moving.

People got to be at jobs, they got to be at appointments.”

But the bus garage did not get passed in the city budget last year.

Rusch said a regional transit authority, which would get funding through sales tax, would help Metro Transit grow more quickly and would be dedicated only to running the transit service, but state lawmakers have eliminated RTAs. Rusch said the city could also use the facility to implement a bus rapid transit system in Madison, which the city has studied but would come with additional costs. A BRT is a high frequency, limited stop transit system.

This potential satellite garage would hold 35 BRT buses. They operate similarly to a train and have travel times reduced around 40 percent, he said.

When the BRT bus would approach a traffic light, the light would turn green. This would limit the amount of time the bus spends at a stop and would offer frequent and direct

service through the downtown area, Rusch said.

“This is a big picture solution to our overcrowding on campus,” Rusch said.

Rusch said the city was looking into leasing a property to store some extra buses as a stop-gap solution. He said he expected a space to hold around 15 buses.

Madison Metro has only been able to add five extra buses over the past couple of years due to the overcrowding, Rusch said. To make room for these extra buses, Madison Metro auctioned off some of their “historical buses” from the 1930’s and 1940’s.

One of the buses went to a vehicle collector in Hollywood so he could feature them in films. Only one of these historical buses remains in the bus garage.

Catering to Madison millennials In Madison’s campus and downtown area, Metro Transit caters to a large millennial population, who are often more interested in using public transit than owning a car, Rusch said.

Epic Systems, a healthcare software company in Verona, employs many of those young professionals.

A few years ago, Verona contracted Madison Metro to create a bus line from downtown Madison to Epic’s headquarters.

Rachael McCormick, programmer team lead for Epic Systems, recently lived in an apartment on Capitol Square. For her commute, she rode the bus line from downtown to Verona every work day.

McCormick said instead of getting on the bus at the closest stop to her apartment, she walked an extra four blocks to the first stop on the route to ensure she would get a seat.

“If you tried to get on a stop later in the route, you probably would be standing for the whole 45-minute ride,” McCormick said.

Despite adding extra buses, this line remains one of Metro’s most popular. Rusch said Epic has approached Metro Transit and asked to add bus lines, but with the undersized bus garage, they are currently unable to provide more service.

On campus, route 80 is notorious among riders for being extremely overcrowded. Rusch said UW pays for the 80 routes, which include the 81, 82 and 84, with UW giving them a select budget each year and working with officials to provide as much service as possible with that amount.

Ben Vondra, policy program analyst with UW Transportation Services, said with more than 40,000 students on campus, adding enough buses to meet the demand is difficult. He said many students need to move across campus in a very short period of time, but the bus system is unable to support that.

“We could not purchase enough to move every single person on campus in that amount of time, even if we were to add buses,” Vondra said.

The BRT system would help this issue downtown, Rusch said, increasing capacity and reducing travel time, which could benefit students who are rushing to class.= Rusch said he believes Metro Transit would be able to grow even further with an additional garage. With the potential for a BRT system and increased service, he said he looks forward to seeing where Metro Transit would be in the future.

“It is hard for us to pinpoint every reason that ridership went up, but it’s just something that keeps going in Madison,” Rusch said “It’s just very exciting to be a part of it.”

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UW students anywhere but polls for ASM elections Voter turnout only reached mere seven percent to elect representatives of student governing body this week; lowest in recent history

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

Turnout for the Associated Students of Madison’s spring elections wasn’t just low — it was the lowest in recent history.

The elections, which were conducted online over three days, were to elect student representatives for ASM’s 22nd session. Only seven percent of students turned out in the election that wrapped up late Wednesday.

ASM’s highest recorded voter turnout occurred in spring 2010 with a 34.5 percent turnout — when the Natatorium renovation and expansion project and naming of Union South were on the ballot.

According to the preliminary election results, 2,813 students completed ballots out of the 40,736 enrolled this semester, an issue newly elected members acknowledged Wednesday evening.

Jessica Franco-Morales, a re-elected ASM Letters and Science representative, said

she was surprised when she heard the low voter turnout numbers.

“We need to increase the voter turnout,” FrancoMorales said. “Students need to be aware of who is running and why they’re running because we’re the biggest stakeholders. It is really important that we get people on bodies like this who are interested in student issues and are not just doing it for a résumé.”

She said in the future, ASM should look to include more representatives with diverse backgrounds. She said ASM has made some progress on that end, with several candidates on the ballot from First Wave, a UW hip-hop program.

Anthony DaBruzzi, chair of the Student Election Commission, said the voter turnout this semester took a considerable downturn from last spring. However, he said last spring’s voter turnout, at 34.4 percent, was inflated due to the Rec Sports referendum being on the ballot.

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Photo ·Fellow ASM members old and new alike congratulate newly-elected representative for 22nd session.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald president with 686 votes, beating out Qi Xi and Jianyi Liu. A senior from White Lake, Wisconsin, Hipke has held leadership positions in both ASM and the Wisconsin School of Business. He said he hopes to lead with collaboration and confidence, according to ASM’s election site.

Ariela Rivkin, a newlyelected representative receiving the most votes in the College of Letters and Science, said she aims to work on campus safety going forward.

She said she feels confident in the newly elected members’ ability to make change in ASM’s 22nd session. She also joined her peers in reflecting on lower voter turnout this semester.

“I think making sure that students know how much power we really hold is something I will really strive

for in the coming session,” Rivkin said.

Franco-Morales said she remains committed to upholding shared governance in the upcoming session. Gov. Scott Walker ’s current budget proposal eliminate shared governance language from state statutes.

She also said the newly-

elected representatives are in a good position to address the climate for campus diversity.

“You can tell that they are folks who are conscious of campus climate issues and are passionate about them, as well,” Franco-Morales said.

August Mcginnity-Wake, a newly-elected Letters and Science representative who

received the second highest amount of votes in the election, said he will focus on practical issues in the upcoming session as opposed to candidates who ran on lowering tuition or eliminating finals on weekends.

ASM will elect leadership roles for next session later this spring.

Pints with purpose: Brewery teams with nonprofits Next Door Brewing Company serves up limited-edition beers to help raise money, awareness through community collaboration events Photo · Local brewing company has fundraising on tap for Madison-area organizations looking for a refreshing way to spread awareness.

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by Anne Blackbourn Reporter

Nonprofits around Madison are putting on fundraisers through partnerships with a local brewery that creates craft brews for a cause.

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said Chi Phi could only appeal based on if they believe they weren’t given due process. “[They can appeal if] somehow we didn’t follow the procedures we have outlined for ourselves,” Knueve said. “But they can’t

The Next Door Brewing Company creates community collaboration beers to raise money and awareness for nonprofit organizations.

Next Door has collaborated with multiple businesses and organizations for special

events to raise money and awareness for different causes, Pepper Stebbins, partner of Next Door said.

Collaborating with different businesses and organizations is an unspoken “mantra” of their business plan, Stebbins explained.

appeal on the basis of not liking the sanction or feeling it was incorrect.”

Knueve said the university has received allegations of hazing in the past, but “it is not often that we see this type of hazing.”

The university hasn’t terminated an organization

since 2006, although it has implemented several temporary suspensions, he added.

Currently, the only RSO’s under termination status are Chi Phi and Sigma Alpha Mu. Terminated, as CSO defines it, means the student organization loses its status and benefits under the coverage of registered student organizations.

Those benefits include funding and access to reserving space on campus for events, Knueve said.

Knueve is the chair of CSO, the group that oversees student conduct and implements disciplinary measures for student organizations found to violate the code of conduct. CSO is made up of four members, including Knueve, but the other three are student members.

Because of CSO’s decision, the Interfraternity Council subsequently no longer recognizes the Chi Phi

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“We really wanted to entrench ourselves into the community,” Stebbins said.

“We’ve really been able to help multiple organizations such as the Dane County Humane Society, the League of Conservation Voters and the Madison Ballet.”

Next Door connects organizations to head brewer Bryan Kreiter to collaborate on the style of beer the company could brew and make it accessible to sell over the counter, Stebbins said.

Kreiter formulates a recipe for the beer, and the organization returns a week later or so to plan the logistics of the event, as well as when the limited-

chapter.

Council President Conner Feldmann said in the statement they are in support of the university’s decision to terminate the chapter’s place as a student organization.

“The circumstances involving Chi Phi fraternity are unjustifiable and inappropriate,” Feldman

edition beer will be released, Stebbins said.

During the event, for every pint of specially brewed beer, Next Door gives one dollar back to the organization, Stebbins said.

After the events, they will give 50 cents a pint back until the beer runs out, he said.

Recently, Next Door held two events in which they collaborated with the Society of Professional Journalists’ Madison chapter and Gilda’s Club, Stebbins said.

In addition, Next Door has collaborated with Sustain Dane, an organization in the Madison region that works to display a national model for sustainability and innovation, Stebbins said.

The event brought many sustainability champions and past program participants together to celebrate current and future accomplishments and to try to make Madison more sustainable, Lauren Beriont, director of Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative of Sustain Dane, said.

The beer brewed for the

event was named the “Triple Bottom Brew.” Beriont said the name was a play on the founding principles of sustainability: equity, environment and economy.

The brew was aged in French oak chips, cocoa nibs and grand marnier, a “crazy combination,” but one that was highly drinkable, Beriont said.

“We were a part of the beer recipe brainstorming, brewing and event planning for the beer release,” Beriont said. “The Next Door staff are really friendly, helpful and fun to work with.”

Since the event with Next Door, Sustain Dane has had some ideas “brewing” and would like to see where they would go, Beriont said.

They’ve also expressed interest in collaborating with Next Door again, Stebbins said.

“If anyone wants to come back to us, to throw another event at our place and do another collaborated beer with us, we would be more than happy to discuss the opportunity with them,” Stebbins said.

said. “Hazing is strictly prohibited at all times by any persons affiliated with or under the jurisdiction of the Interfraternity Council at UW-Madison.”

Federal student privacy laws prohibit UW from releasing information about any individual facing disciplinary action.

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ASM inherently ineffective at addressing its goals Newly-elected representatives must address turnover challenges, unallocated funds to create stronger student government

by Adam Johnson Columnist

The Associated Students of Madison just finished their spring elections, and a new batch of bright-eyed students march off to the soul crushing despair of student government work.

The problem is not that the work is unimportant — it’s very important — or that students cannot have an impact on issues they care about — they certainly can. It’s that ASM as an institution is perennially illequipped to actually achieve what their candidates set out to do and must settle for middling change that is often lost in the next election cycle.

There are several trends that are easily identified if you looked at the candidate matrix for the candidates in this election. These trends also haven’t changed in the eight ASM spring elections I’ve been through. The university should invest in more green energy.

Students need a bigger say with administration. We need more transparency from campus officials in regards to their talks with the Legislature. The state should invest more money into the university. The campus should be safer for students to walk across.

Tuition should be free.

None of these ideas are new.

I don’t expect all representatives to have

new ideas; government is often a world where you maintain what works and slowly change what doesn’t. However, I do think it’s fair to expect a level of progress each year that can be built upon and maintained.

Where are last year ’s representatives continuing the great work they’ve done? How is this information being passed on to the new representatives?

Our partners in shared governance have the benefit of time. If a student comes to them with a problem, it really is not hard to just delay and obfuscate for a few months or a year and then the student moves on and the committee does not really have to deal with it.

We don’t have that luxury.

One reason ASM has difficulty actually achieving its goals is this yearly turnover. ASM’s institutional memory is short and Student Council ought to have longer term limits than just a single year in order to build on previous work. New representatives take time to get up to speed on crucial university operations, and there is simply not enough time to educate, act and achieve results within one term.

Another reason is that many, including those who serve within ASM already, have a fuzzy relationship with segregated fee funding and what it actually costs to do programs. Some representatives will say they

want to increase campus safety through additional funding for student organizations and in the same breath advocate for a more affordable experience for students. The Student Services Finance Committee (SSFC) candidates are just as guilty of fuzzy funding logic.

Most of the candidates for SSFC advocated one way or another for more affordable allocation of segregated fees, but this is an insincere concept under the current segregated fee system. Briefly, segregated fees are divided into two groups — allocable and non-allocable. The nonallocable section is larger by far and funds organizations like Rec Sports, University Health Services, and the Wisconsin Union. This year, non-allocables represent nearly $38 million of the $44 million segregated fee budget and are essentially untouchable by students.

According to F50, which outlines UW-System policy on segregated fees, students may “review and offer advice” on non-allocable budgets but ultimately, the decision is up to the chancellor.

So with 86 percent of all segregated fees out of the hands of direct student control, how much can our representatives really do to make attendance more affordable? The allocable section of segregated fees is miniscule compared to the funds students send to

the Union, Rec Sports or UHS. Without new funding streams from the Legislature or a drastic restructuring of F50 — which I’ll advocate for another day — ASM is working with tied hands.

ASM can make progress and accomplish good work, but there needs to be much better carryover from one term to the next. When I was vice-chair in 2009, we kicked around a potential solution that was never actually implemented. We discussed a creating a public wiki to help keep our current projects transparent and accountable, but the venture never got off the ground.

Maybe this new generation

of representatives can do it better and see it through.

I challenge the new representatives to build an infrastructure for success. Meet with current leaders and members of ASM to discuss what they’re working on and see if you can maintain the momentum. I challenge outgoing representatives to develop the next term’s leaders during the remainder of your term.

Pass on your contacts within the UW and the city for a more seamless transition. Pass off projects with thorough and formal documentation and transition materials.

Photo ASM’s Student Services Finance Committee allocates only $6 million of the $48 million students pay in segregated fees.

Herald File Photo You can achieve great things but your predecessors, of which I am one, are your biggest obstacle. Help ASM get out of its own way and build an infrastructure for the future.

Adam Johnson (amjohnson25@wisc.edu) is a masters candidate at the La Follette School of Public Affairs. He was vice-chair of the 17th session of ASM.

Protesters should look to Koval for support, not conflict Madison police chief should be commended for strong leadership as city struggles to redefine itself after recent tragedy

by Zachary Walters Opinion Editor

Earlier this month, the death of 19-year-old Tony Robinson shook the Madison community to its core. Throughout this tragedy, Madison’s clear racial disparities have once again been in the spotlight.

Several columns, including from our columnists and our editorial board, have highlighted these disparities and rightly pointed that Madison is indeed the best city in the country, but not for those who are black.

But I want to take a moment and comment Madison Police Department Chief Michael Koval for his response to the shooting and his leadership in the community as a whole.

Koval has always been known as a community advocate, and since he started as police chief last year, he has taken on everything from gang violence to marijuana policy. Perhaps one of his

most notable community achievements came to fruition in February as he significantly changed how MPD deals with those who are mentally ill. In fact, he even added five new mental health officers to his department to ensure proper handling of mental illness cases.

In this way, it seems Koval would be the perfect police chief to help Madison overcome this period of racial tension. He truly cares about the community and wants to improve the lives of all Madisonians, not just those who identify with the majority.

When the tragedy first occurred, Koval’s message was right on point. In an open forum in Sun Prairie, where Robinson graduated from high school, Koval admitted that he was “desperately seeking forgiveness” for what he called “the tragic loss of a life left unfulfilled.” He also visited and sent a letter expressing his condolences

to the family of Tony Robinson. And instead of immediately declaring that MPD officer Matt Kenny was only doing his job, Koval realized that the community needed a different message, a message of sympathy and condolence. In doing this, Koval promoted healing within the community instead of further division.

As the protests mounted, Koval again showed his deep knowledge of the needs of the community.

Instead of shutting down the protests, he promoted healthy demonstrations.

His officers performed with distinction during the protests. The officers made sure that all of the protesters remained safe, supported them and even closed down major streets for them.

Even more impressively, they managed to do all of this without arresting a single protester and further agitating the situation.

Despite all of this community leadership, some are starting to criticize

Koval for the recent change of tone in his message. This change of tone is stemming from both a blog post that he published Monday and an email that he sent to the Common Council.

In the blog post, Koval defended the man that is Kenny, not his actions.

He felt that it was unfair to question Kenny’s background — or Robinson’s for that matter — when attributing blame for the tragedy. In this way, Koval was able to support his officer without taking a side on the issue and dividing Madison even further. Even though many would criticize Koval for jumping to defend Kenny this early, should Madisonians really expect Koval to throw his officer under the bus? Personally, I would lose respect for him if he did.

Koval further solidified his defense of MPD this Wednesday in a public letter to the Common Council. In this letter, he scolded Madison’s elected

officials for not publicly defending MPD. While Koval still maintains that everyone needs to wait for the verdict before passing judgement, he urges the public to still support the department.

Yet he does this while still remaining open to the possibility for reform, saying that he is open to the idea of the Public Safety Review Committee reviewing department policies.

Yes, the language in this letter may seem a bit harsh at times, but he is understandably frustrated.

While everyone is attacking the organization that he loves, he maintains his cool — for the most part — and this is admirable.

Throughout this entire tragedy, I have developed the utmost respect for Koval. Even though he may not resolve every situation perfectly, Madisonians can clearly see how much he cares about this community.

Many may still disagree

with some of his actions, but it’s easy to critique the actions of a leader when you are not walking in his or her shoes. Protesters should look to Koval as more of an ally in this endeavor, rather than an adversary. Madison is a divided city, and we will need strong leadership like Koval’s to help fill in the gap.

Zachary Walters (zwalters@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in business and Spanish.

SAE incident offers opportunity for Langdon outreach In wake of racist chant in Oklahoma, UW’s Greek community must increase local presence to stop negative stereotypes of fraternities

by Miles Brown Columnist

When I first saw the video of the University of Oklahoma chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon participating in a racist chant, it was, of course, shocking. However, I definitely wouldn’t say it was surprising.

The response from OU President David Boren was nothing short of remarkable. Not only did he swiftly condemn the actions of the fraternity, but he also expelled the two students identified as the chant’s leaders.

Even though the response has largely been condemnation, other responses have been incredibly disappointing.

The ‘boys will be boys’ and the ‘blame hippityhop’ crowd has gotten considerable airtime to help downplay what these students actually did.

Calling what they did solely tasteless, stupid or bone-headed is incredibly disingenuous because the chant itself was textbook racism. They didn’t do the chant because they were drunk and dumb. If you listen to what they were saying, it suggests their own inherent and perceived superiority over black people.

What legitimately scares me about this whole ordeal is the fact that, if this had not come out, these boys could have gone on to work for law enforcement or in politics, places where

they would have to either interact with or make decisions about black people’s lives.

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t another fraternity hate piece. I’m a part of a fraternity here at the University of Wisconsin.

Joining UW’s Theta Chi Fraternity — Psi Chapter has been one of the best decisions I have made in my life. I know for a fact that we, as a chapter, would never support the despicable things chanted on that bus.

But the fact that there is evidence showing how the chant was taught at other SAE chapters brings up the question of what other customs a given chapter could have. One of the sentiments I have observed

from members of Greek organizations is the boys in OU should not have done the chant in public.

I understand we all have our unique rituals and chants with respect to our organizations. But private or public, this should not have been done in the first place. If even a sizable minority engages in this type of stuff, it’s on you and others to get that toxic, stereotype-reinforcing behavior out of your organization because it has zero place in Greek life. If you think any different, you’re exactly what’s wrong with Greek life.

I have also heard “Not all Greeks!” not only on our campus but all across the country. People say, “Stop lumping all fraternities with

those racist assholes from Oklahoma!” or, “Nobody ever looks at the good the Greek community does!”

My response to this is the extension of a hearty congratulations to the white males in Greek life. You now know how it feels to be stereotyped based on the actions of a few members in your community! I would have thought all of the white privilege would have shielded you from this, but I guess not.

So where do you go from here? Well, instead of griping about how it’s not fair to be stereotyped, just try to do more of the positive stuff your chapter is known for. Get your face out there in the local community and increase your volunteer hours. Be

proud of your letters and try to make them mean something great, not just to yourself but to the larger non-Greek community.

The most important thing that I hope results from this is that maybe this will cause Greeks and non-Greeks to think before they stereotype others, and get to know people in a group before they judge that group. It might be easier for people to lump others together, but in the long run, it stifles progress and increases the very hostilities we are still stuck in today.

Miles Brown (mjbrown22@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and history with a certificate in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies.

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Alabama Shakes escorts audience below Mason-Dixon Despite no ‘Hold On,’ ill-fitting venue, frontwoman Brittany Howard brings passionate, bluesy performance on first trip to Madison

by Kaden Greenfield ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Loyal symphony patrons and those who get a thrill from musicals filled the Overture Center crowd Tuesday night; they were older, tamer and yes, more sober than the average Madison concertgoer.

This crowd and venue seemed incongruous for a band like Alabama Shakes.

Known for their lo-fi, dirty sound cloaked in heartbreak and “keep on keepin’ on,” their style doesn’t fit the dressed up, velvety Overture. Nonetheless, the Shakes successfully took the audience below the MasonDixon line for some oldfashioned southern rock.

Unfortunately, opening act Promised Land Sound was nothing outstanding.

They awkwardly took the stage around 7:30 p.m. as people still lumbered in. The group proceeded to combine decent guitar riffs, solid rhythms and uninspired vocal harmonizing in an attempt to create a distinct take on Americana-inspired rock. However, the set list, including titles like “The Storm” and “Other Worldly Pleasures,” failed to establish a thematic atmosphere, affording the crowd the privilege to check their phones as much as they could before the real deal.

While easy to listen to and slightly reminiscent of Tom Petty, the performance felt generic. Despite the valiant efforts of the shaggyhaired Ricardo Alessio on soundboard to get into it, the band displayed little emotion and exerted even less energy, failing to pump up a crowd of middle-aged women and college-grads. One of the guitarist’s strings even came off mid-set, which would have been a lot cooler if the band had any passion or character.

After a roughly 25-minute set of short, similar-sounding material, they exited the stage amid a lackluster reception from the audience.

There are many bands that embody the same style, many with more talent and experience. Promised Land Sound’s weak brand wasn’t about to set new precedents in a room full of people waiting for an act who does the same shtick better.

Not too long after the opener exited the stage, front-woman Brittany Howard and her Alabama Shakes bandmates emerged out of a blue, hazy darkness.

They immediately broke into “Dunes,” a cut off their new album.

The Athens, Alabamabased quartet remained mostly stationary, save for Howard; it became very clear early the band centers on Howard’s mood. They

drove through both older songs and newer material, politely asking the audience for permission to play songs they don’t know.

They pounded out “Rise to the Sun” and reinforced the vibes of their first single off upcoming release Sound and Color, “Don’t Wanna Fight.” Another song on their new album, “Miss You,” embodied their honkytonk standard: a classic, Western piano melody with a hint of Ragtime and guitar parts steeped in sweet tea-like smoothness.

A staple in their discography, the bold, uplifting “Always Alright” surpassed the already high expectations for this bluesinspired powerhouse. The deep guitar croons, coupled with Howard’s guttural belts, brought the entire crowd to the ground floor of the soul.

Her confident lyrics and simple, entrancing guitar riffs induced a sense of conviction often hard to come by in the Midwest.

In contrast, “I Found You,” a gentler track from their debut album Boys and Girls, paired the three background singers with Howard’s honesty to represent the relief and affirmation of an unearthing love in a world that often makes us feel alone.

Yet despite her obvious passion and stage presence, Howard spoke to the

audience fewer than four times, keeping Madison observations and sentiments of gratitude to a minimum.

Many may interpret a lack of audience banter as impersonal, but for Alabama Shakes, it’s nothing but intimate. From the moment they started playing until Howard blew profuse kisses into the audience at the night’s end, there was tenacious, emotional passion in every verse of every song.

Someone shouted “Alabama SHAKES” between songs, capturing the band’s ability to play to the crowd’s emotion through their classic, grinding sound.

Playing more than two new songs in a row, however, did not bode well for the audience. After doing five new cuts back-to-back, the Shakes ran the risk of losing the audience from the start by touring before their new album’s release.

The group also left out fan favorites “Hold On” and “Hang Loose,” which many, including myself, expected to hear in the five-song encore.

At $40 for general admission, one would assume Shakes would play to what the audience already knew — and wanted to hear.

A band as new as Alabama Shakes has a lot to live up to

Photo · Brittany Howard and her fellow bandmates brought down the house as patrons sung her praises.

Derek Bauer The Badger Herald with their upcoming album Sound and Color, and as evidenced in concert, are capable of doing so. Despite the predominantly offcampus crowd and ill-fitting venue, the band succeeded in conveying the message they have delivered well before: out of the worst times, the best times gloriously shine through.

Modest Mouse returns after eight years with punchy LP Indie rock veterans with ever-cynical frontman Isaac Brock deliver bizarre lyrics, social commentary on Strangers to Ourselves

by Lexy Brodt ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

After eight years of silence, Modest Mouse has returned with the same sense of chaos that we’ve learned to expect and enjoy over their 20 plus-year trajectory.

Their latest release, Strangers to Ourselves, is elegantly depressing and reflective. With great leaps between the inspirational, the strange and the saddening, the American indie rock band has not lost their flair for originality.

Mouse gives us the same quality of the last two albums without surrendering the thrill of novelty, with lead singer Isaac Brock’s voice always glowing with the same impartial weirdness and his lyrics reeking of irony and awesomeness.

“Coyotes” is an album

highlight, made easy on the ears with rice shakers and airy background vocals.

Ominous lyrics jump from innocuous “birds flying low, looking downwards to feed” to “mankind’s behaving like some serial killers.”

The feathery resonance of light guitar picking is almost enough to distract us from the creepy, self-reprimanding lyrics, which never fail to remind us all of how shitty we actually are: “Giant ol’ monsters, afraid of sharks.”

Modest Mouse’s 2004 album, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, boasts a 13 second interlude “Dig Your Grave” — which still haunts me in my dreams — consisting only of the words: “I hope you’re dead, I really do.”

Strangers contains a similar break with the one-minute song “God is an Indian and You’re an Asshole,” which sounds like musical

notes entering a vacuum, accompanied by the lyrics, “God is an Indian and you’re an asshole, get on your horse and ride.”

Forever troubling, with a profound David Lynchian skew, Modest Mouse has no qualms about letting us know how strange — if not overwhelmingly honest — they actually are.

“Wicked Campaign” is a much more surprising number, particularly for Modest Mouse. Pop beats and electronic synths break out into quick guitar strums, which is pretty banal in comparison to the band’s usual cacophony of random experimental sound and skewed rock turbulence. However, this slice of normalcy is a bit of a relief, cutting through the usual confusion to reveal a cynicism that is blatant and poetic: “I’m not a doctor, but I’ll sell you an itch / I could

apologize, but then a bit more nothing exists / The world’s got plenty of good and bad liars / but our lies should come with chariots and choirs.”

Their muddled sarcasm is relatively obvious from the ever-snarky voice of Brock, but it’s not hard to overlook the muted anger that threads their songs together, specifically through their lyrics.

Even when Mouse keeps the tone light with songs like “Lampshades On Fire,” which was released as a single last year, there’s an evident dissatisfaction with, well, everything. Whether it’s the fleeting nature of all good things, the primitive roots of human nature (“we have spines in our bones / we’ll eat your food, we’ll throw stones”) or the human inability to not destroy everything (“find another planet, make the same mistakes”),

Modest Mouse has no real filter in terms of worldly complaints.

It’s easy to vibe with their catchy tunes without ever really thinking about everything that lies so close to the surface, most of which we actively choose not to listen to because it’s so fucking depressing.

Despite a complete lack of optimism in their lyrics, the new pop influence in their music engages us in a new range of emotions.

“Ansel” is a tropical swarm of weird sound effects, island instruments and high energy. However, according to Brock’s accompanying album commentary, the track is actually about the last time Brock saw his brother Ansel, who died in an avalanche.

Once again, Modest Mouse proves that their often upbeat and varied delivery is a veil, often hiding tragedy and

contempt.

Strangers to Ourselves carefully crafts a world of sounds to either match or mismatch a poetry of cynicism and social commentary. The audience is given a choice: to take the toe-tapping rock tracks as they are, or willingly absorb the often bizarre, enlightening and morose trappings of Modest Mouse’s lyrics.

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What’s On Tap: Local porter entices clear beer drinkers During massive expansion, Potosi Brewery offers Gandy Dancer porter with coffee hints

by Garth Beyer ArtsEtc. Columnist

It’s a common experience for breweries to go over their price estimations for expansion. I write this because I don’t want you to drop your jaw when you hear that a brewery spent $140,000 on a steam recirculation system or $320,000 on their bottling unit because “it was the best option for growth.”

Potosi Brewery in Potosi, Wisconsin, for example, has spent more than $5.4 million to build a new brewing facility next to its current brewpub, which also houses the National Brewery Museum.

Every brewery is out to make the best decision, choose the best option and

throw down money for the best equipment to make the finest beer. Without that mindset, we wouldn’t have the remarkable craft beer that we do.

While a single brewery may hold that mindset strongly, I have yet to see an entire community, an entire town holding that mindset — except for Potosi.

The Potosi Brewery is one of the oldest breweries in Wisconsin, dating back to 1852. Despite making it through Prohibition when so many others breweries did not — an act indicative of a remarkably strong brewery — Potosi Brewery shut down in 1972.

In early 2000, the Potosi Brewery Foundation was founded, consisting of Potosi community members, beer

Gandy Dancer

fanatics and history buffs.

Their collective pursuit to resurrect the brewery is why I wrote about the brewery in Curb Magazine.

Potosi Brewery is all about balancing the old with the new, expanding their facilities yet retaining their heritage. They are currently working on all new beer labels for this late spring season. At the same time, they are finishing the floorboards and ceilings of the new facility with corrugated steel collected from the roof of the original building.

It’s an incredible time to be part of Potosi’s transition in becoming one of the top five largest breweries in Wisconsin, returning to a title they once held. With insurmountable community

support through donations, leases and flat-out hard labor, Potosi is nearly ready to churn out 7,000 bottles per hour and 5,000 cans per hour to begin contract brewing.

But now you’ve got to be wondering about the beer, right?

Potosi makes an excellent Hefewiezen.

Potosi also sells a unique Tangerine IPA. They have a shandy that’s the closest thing to lemonade I’ve ever tasted; their notable Gandy Dancer porter is unlike any porter you have had. It is a clear beer drinkers’ delight.

And so for this week’s column I poured a glass of Gandy Dancer porter.

STYLE American Porter, 6 ABV percent

AROMA Lightly roasted coffee beans, slight vanilla undertone with an even lighter blackberry scent.

APPEARANCE Pours deep burgundy brown, settling black with a thin off-white head.

TEXTURE Full-bodied, silky and sweet.

TASTE Smooth dark watery chocolate balanced with a tingle of dark fruit and light (nearly undetectable) roasted coffee. Semi-sweet taste on the tail end.

ROOM TEMP TASTE With time the roasted-ness gains strength, but the semi-sweet dark fruit of this porter still stays in control. No worries, the beer keeps smooth and silky even at room temp.

RATING: 4.5/5

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Students exercise ‘right not to vote’ Dear Iran, Love Obama

UW students proudly abstain from participation in ASM student elections once again This week, online polls opened for Associated Students of Madison’s spring election, allowing Badgers to vote for the candidates they believed would actively and accurately represent their voices in campus policy and decisionmaking. Students were able to vote for members of the Student Services Finance Committee and Student Council, ending Wednesday evening. As expected, students from all walks of life proudly and enthusiastically exercised their right to forget to do so.

“For as long as I can remember, my family and friends have been forgetting to vote, letting their everyday commitments distract them from electing people that may best represent their opinions and values,” said junior Bethany Martin. “To be able to bring such such an American tradition to campus in this ASM election just feels right.”

Martin also says she proudly forgot to vote in the fall ASM election.

“Seeing how my forgetting to vote in the fall semester had no impact on my life

POTUS expresses jealousy over correspondence between GOP, Iran Dear Iran,

whatsoever was super cool.

Forgetting to participate in democracy really has become the cornerstone of American identity, even in college!”

Other students reported meaning to vote in the election, but forgetting nonetheless.

“When I got the email that ASM elections were happening again, I thought about how cool it would be to directly influence my student government’s agenda by voting for a student council representative, especially

after I forgot to first semester!

But then I forgot.” said freshman Joe Gill.

“First semester, I had planned on voting for that one guy from my Facebook class page. He seemed have some really great ideas, and I liked his enthusiasm. But then I forgot, and he won anyway. So I guess it’s ok that I forgot, again,” continued Gill.

Gill’s friend, freshman Patrick Bergen shared similar sentiments.

“I’ve heard that in other

Photo · When given opportunity to flex political muscle, students opt for ‘Nah.’ Nicole Lang

countries, people are actually judged for not doing their civic duty,” said Bergen. “I’m proud to live in a country where passively forgetting to vote is normal, and I’m even more proud to be able to do so right on my college campus.”

Off-campus bicycle theft irrelevant UWPD recovers 600 bikes stolen on campus, remains inattentive to off-campus crime At a press conference last week Tuesday, UWPD announced they seized 600 stolen bicycles and are in the process of returning them to their rightful owners. With the snow finally melting to make room for the reemergence of the bike lanes, the timing could not be better.

“This news is amazing.

Thanks to the UWPD for allowing me to get back on my bike and yell at those lowly pedestrians in the crosswalk,” said Madison bicycle rider Derrick Diig.

The bicycles claimed to be even more ecstatic.

“It’s about time the police stopped spinning their wheels and finally got something done,” said Jimmy, one of the

seized bicycles. “I missed my comfortable lanes sandwiched between the busses and cars.”

Other bikes were not as pleased. Some expressed concern about bike theft off campus that does not get addressed.

“This really grinds my gears. Two weeks ago my son Robin was crossing the street a few blocks east of the Capitol building and then he was gone,” said Madison bicycle Michael, “I have not seen him since. Will the police return him to me?”

The UWPD have expressed their deepest sympathies with the off-campus tragedy but have reiterated that this is a Madison City Police case and that they have no further comments. The Misnomer reached out the the

Madison Police who were too busy with another ongoing investigation to respond.

Activists in favor of the rightful return of Madison bikes, both on- and off-campus, have started an online campaign to spread awareness regarding this topic.

“We’re trying to get people to use the hashtag, ‘#OffCampusBikeLivesMatter,’” said Jimmy. “This is an important issue for all Madison residents, not just us bikes that belong to students.”

I think you know why I’m writing. Normally, I would send this message another way. Maybe I would call, maybe I’d try and set up a Skype Date, but after what happened last week, I’m not sure I can handle speaking to you right now. I feel like my trust has been betrayed, and I can no longer trust myself to speak to you without risking international security, so you have to settle for this letter.

Iran, we’re done.

I’m sorry this is coming so suddenly, and you are being told like this, but after what happened, can you blame me? I thought we had trust, I thought we had each other’s backs, I thought we had open diplomatic communications, but I thought wrong. Out of all the people to go behind my back with, I don’t think I can forgive you for this.

Putin? Maybe. But the Republicans? Iran, this is the last time I’ll let you abuse me like that.

Do you really not understand my constitutional system?

Honey, all you had to do was ask me. You didn’t need to go behind my back to have the Republicans explain it to you. I know it might be worrying that I’ll be leaving office at the start

of 2017, but even after I leave, that doesn’t change or erase anything we’ve done together. It’ll remain in the history books, and it would be a really douche move for any future president to renege that. Hillary won’t do that, I promise, and you better not bring up Benghazi again. You know you sound Republican when you do that.

Or, is it just that I can only serve two terms? I’m sorry my time won’t be forever, it won’t be decades, and it won’t be unlimited. I’m sorry that isn’t enough for you, but if we were going to work this out, what I had to give would have to be enough for you.

I want to believe you can change, honestly, but I can’t. This breach of trust and protocol is too much. Remember when partisanship ended at the water’s edge? I wish you luck in your future endeavors, but please keep me out of them. “Open Letter” my ass, I don’t want to hear any more about this or from you. Enjoy planning a nuclear treaty with the Republicans. I hope it’ll be a blast. Promise I won’t veto anything. I’m not that catty.

Love, Obama

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UW Venus flytraps acquire taste for Perkins After refusing the flies and arachnids fed to them as part of their routine diet for the first time, the Venus flytraps at the Wisconsin State Herbarium have allegedly developed a taste for Perkins, according to University of Wisconsin

Botanist Jay Fredericks.

“It’s a strange phenomenon.

For three years now they have never objected to the spiders we have included into their diets,” Fredericks said. “But all of a sudden, they have developed a preference, and

a strong one at that, for mass produced breakfast food.”

The flytraps, endemic to North and South Carolina, have thrived in the greenhouse in which they have been raised.

However, Fredericks says they may be starting to consider themselves Midwesterners in light of their newlydeveloped penchant for Perkins.

“They don’t have Perkins out east. I think they [the flytraps] like it for its

Perkins Breakfast Sampler “the new prey” for exotic plants.

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wholesome, innocent atmosphere that they can’t get at home.”

Perkins is known for such dishes as the “Not Even Somewhat Healthy Omelette” and “Ground Up Elderly People Corned Beef and Hash.”

UW junior and intern at the Herbarium, Kevin Bishop, claims he may have an answer for the recent shift in dietary preference.

“One time I was super hungover before work and decided to pick up some Perkins to have to tide me over. I thought it would be hilarious to throw little bits of my greasesaturated blueberry muffin into the flytraps.

I think they really liked it, because they trapped

my penis and wouldn’t let it go until I fed it more of the muffin,” Bishop said.

The flytraps are not physically able to travel to Perkins to eat the food at the restaurant on their own, so often they rely on public transportation to get them to the closest location, which is to the west, on University Ave. Madison Metro riders claim they have never encountered live plants riding the bus before, but have “definitely seen weirder riders.”

Perkins CEO Dwayne

Russell says he think there may be a market for plants that the franchise has overlooked since its establishment in 1958.

“We’ve had a loyal following from the stoners and the bluehaired churchgoers for quite some time now,” Russell said.

“But never have we seen an exotic plant demographic. I’m hoping we can capitalize on this and get even more specific populations to dine at Perkins, like the Bronies or even people who actually care about food. backgrounds and philosophies. document. “

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Badgers hope to end dismal season on high note After worst season in history, men’s hockey team heads to Detroit to take on Michigan in opening round of Big Ten Tournament

by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will get a chance to salvage the worst regular season in program history this weekend, but it’s going to have to nearly double its total wins.

After victories in just four of their first 34 games, the Badgers (4-25-5, 2-15-3 Big Ten) head to the Big Ten tournament this weekend in Detroit, where their season will likely come to an end.

UW would have to win three straight games and the Big Ten tournament title to secure an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

But despite the tall task of winning out, head coach Mike Eaves is optimistic about his team’s improvement in the second half of the season heading into the conference tournament.

“It’s a brand new start.

It’s a beginning, and I think it raises that thought of hope for us,” Eaves said.

“We have, in the second half, talked about playing our best hockey coming into March, and we have done that.”

However, Wisconsin opens with Michigan Thursday night, a team it has yet to beat this season in four games. In the first series with the Wolverines, UW jumped out to a 4-1 lead early on in the second period, but ended up

allowing six straight goals in a 7-4 loss. After those first four goals in the first game, the Wolverines ended up outscoring the Badgers 20-2 in the final three and a half games.

The road trip to Michigan featured slightly closer games, but still resulted in 3-0 and 5-2 Michigan wins.

“They lead the country in offense, and we saw that firsthand here,” Eaves said.

“We played them much tighter in their building.

Even Red complimented our team [on] how the second series was closer.”

Going up against a team in Michigan that averages 3.88 goals per game, Wisconsin will have a tall task on its hands. Wisconsin hasn’t scored more than two goals in a game in more than a month, which coincidentally was its last win, a 3-2 victory over Ohio State Feb. 14, and has scored more than two goals in a game only seven times. The Badgers have also been shut out in five of their last seven games.

After two conference tournament championships the last two seasons for Wisconsin, the Badgers will have to start fast if they hope to reclaim a tournament crown for the third straight year.

Wisconsin will also have to do it in a different venue, as this year ’s Big Ten tournament will take place at Joe Louis Arena

in Detroit, following 14 straight years for the Badgers at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

“The next time the tournament comes up to go to Detroit, that arena won’t be there,” Eaves said of the only opportunity to play in the historic NHL barn. “They are building a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings, and this arena, excuse the pun, but it reeks of history, like spilled beer and cigarettes and championships gone by.”

Should Wisconsin win in the first game against

Michigan, it would take on Michigan State in the semifinals. The Badgers did manage one win against the Spartans this season, but then got swept in the final three games against MSU, all by a score of 3-0.

Spartans’ goaltender Jake Hildebrand has keyed the Spartans’ success this season, with the secondmost shutouts in the country (6) and the ninth-best save percentage (93.0).

Goaltending could also be a key to Wisconsin’s success in the tournament.

UW has relied heavily on

Joel Rumpel throughout the season, and despite less than average numbers compared to the rest of his career, Rumpel has kept Wisconsin in most games.

Despite allowing the fifth most goals per game in the country as a team, Rumpel still has managed a .904 save percentage.

But considering Wisconsin is the fourthworst offense in the country, the Badgers’ attack will have to support Rumpel to keep the season on life support.

“Hope is a great thing,” Eaves said. “This time of

Photo · With a programworst 25 losses in the 2014-15 season, the men’s hockey team will look to string a couple of wins together in the Big Ten tournament with the slim possibility of extending its season.

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Stave healthy, confident, ready to start for UW A year removed from injury, yips, new head coach Paul Chryst named redshirt senior first-string quarterback for 2015 season

by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

This spring won’t be like the last one for Joel Stave.

A year ago, between rehabbing a broken clavicle suffered in the 2014 Outback Bowl Game against South Carolina and then being forced to compete for a job he earned two seasons in a row, the fifth-year quarterback’s confidence was shaken.

He eventually lost the quarterback competition to Tanner McEvoy and developed a case of

the yips as a result, which sidelined him for the first five weeks of the season.

But this time around, new head coach Paul Chryst immediately said Stave is the starter and will take all first-team reps throughout spring practices.

“It’s nice knowing that you’re going to be working with the first team,” Stave said. “Obviously it’s still a competition, but what Coach Chryst always says is you always want to make that competition against yourself.”

Health-wise, Stave enters this spring at 100 percent, unlike last spring, limiting distractions and allowing him to focus on football rather than rehabilitation.

“It feels a lot better not having to go through that whole issue [of] throwing some days, not throwing other days,” Stave said. “I’ve felt good, really since June and it hasn’t really bothered me since ... I’m excited about really having the opportunity to be healthy all the way through spring ball, all the way through the summer workouts,

and see where this season goes.” The rekindling of the relationship between Chryst has also led to an increase in confidence. Chryst recruited Stave to Madison as he was the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin when Stave enrolled early to participate in spring workouts in 2011.

“Obviously there’s a little bit of a learning curve as far as the terminology that I haven’t used since spring of 2011, I guess,” Stave said. “But it came back pretty quick. I guess with my experience of learning offenses, it’s becoming a lot

easier.”

Even on the first day of workouts, he said he and the receivers were on the same page.

“I thought it was a really clean first day. A lot of completions, guys running the right routes and breaking where they should be breaking,” Stave said.

Stave, who started the last nine games of the 2014 season, is 20-6 in his career as a starter. At the conclusion of the first spring practice, he was adamant that the focus of spring ball is establishing a team

chemistry more than being ready to play a game.

“Spring is a tremendous opportunity to learn the offense even better,” Stave said. “And to just really build chemistry with the guys. At the end of the spring we’re not playing a game, the spring game is basically a scrimmage against yourself anyways.

“This spring it’s about building chemistry, building that timing, building that relationship with the rest of the guys in the offense and ultimately with the team as a whole.”

Clement views spring ball as time to improve

Junior running back will replace Melvin Gordon this fall, has worked his way up through depth chart first two seasons Photo · With Heisman trophy candidate Melvin Gordon departed for the NFL, junior running back Corey Clement steps into the leading role in the Wisconsin backfield.

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Regardless of Corey Clement’s shoe-size, it’s probably not big enough.

With the departure of Melvin Gordon, arguably Wisconsin’s best running back of all-time in a tradition of impressive backs, to the NFL Draft, Clement has risen to the top of the depth chart in the backfield this season.

It’s his turn now, and the junior from Glassboro, New Jersey, knows that.

“I just look back at what type of season [Gordon] had last year. He put up some

big numbers, set the bar pretty high,” Clement said.

“I just see it as a challenge to myself. I think the higher the bar is set the more I’m going to push myself and become a better player.”

Gordon, a Heisman finalist, rushed for 2,567 yards and scored 32 touchdowns last season. Clement was no slouch of a backup, rushing for 945 yards and nine touchdowns.

Clement’s teammates fully believe he can carry on the great tradition of Wisconsin running backs.

“Corey has really done a tremendous job stepping into that role,” quarterback

Joel Stave said. “Obviously Melvin is a tremendous running back, but he’s not here anymore. Corey, for the

Now I’m a leader.

“Everything’s moving too fast, but I think I’m gonna grab it by the horns and take it as my job.

”

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past two years, has been a very good, very dependable

running back. I think he’s really excited to step into that role of being the number one running back.

“I think the running back tradition will continue to go the way it always has been.”

Gordon was at Wisconsin’s first spring practice Sunday, and Clement said both continue learning from each other.

“Melvin’s always going to be Melvin. He’s always going to be competing with me on or off the field trying to pick my brains and see if I’m paying attention,” Clement said. “That’s all I can ask for from an ex-player.”

Since it’s been Clement’s

goal to be the number one guy since he arrived on campus, he said his work ethic during the offseason didn’t vary due to Gordon’s departure.

“I come out here everyday, and either it’s a mental strain or a physical strain, I want to push myself,” Clement said.

His new head coach, Paul Chryst, said he has been impressed with Clement’s approach to the spring workouts.

“He seems to me to be a worker and a guy that intends on being the best he can be,” Chryst said. “I’ve been impressed with that. I loved his approach. When he steps on the field he’s all business. I appreciate that.”

In addition to stepping up in the depth chart, Clement will now have to emerge as a leader in the locker room, an opportunity he relishes.

“I’m trying to be more of a vocal player, just leading by example,” Clement said.”Now I’m a leader.

Everything’s moving too fast, but I think I’m gonna grab it by the horns and take it as my job.”

Clement is now under the tutelage of his third runningbacks coach in three seasons.

Thomas Hammock left for the Baltimore Ravens after 2013, and Thomas Brown left for Georgia following 2014. The

Badgers hired John Settle, who had formerly coached the position at Wisconsin, and Clement had high praise for his new coach.

“Coach Settle is a great guy, very down to earth,” Clement said. “He digs into a lot of detail as far as fronts and I’m actually learning a lot more information, so I’m kind of happy that he was chosen as coach.”

Clement also said that a third voice in his head in as many years wasn’t ideal, as pass protection, route schemes and terminology has changed once again.

“I just see it as a challenge for myself to get better and learn new terminology,” Clement said. “It’s like square one again. I understand it’s a business. A lot of guys are gonna be in and out of this job. Hopefully this is my last coach.”

Overtime with Corey - Clement said his right shoulder, which he injured against Nebraska and hampered him throughout the remainder of the season, is fine. The injury didn’t require surgery, but he said he did light strength training to nurse the shoulder back to full health.

- Clement’s afro was much shorter than what Badgers fans are used to seeing. As he’s in the infant stages of growing it out, the fro will be making a full comeback, Clement said.

- When asked if he was able to attend Gordon’s proday workouts, Clement said he couldn’t because he was in class, although he wanted to skip. “I’m not that type of student,” he said.

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Women’s hockey two wins away from fifth title Winless in 15 straight games against Minnesota, Badgers hope to break through for spot in national championship game Photo ·Ann-Renee Desbiens (30) will have to stand strong between the pipes Friday night in Wisconsin’s Frozen Four matchup against the Gophers if they want a chance of advancing to the title game against the winner of Boston College and Harvard.

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by Chris Caporale Women’s Hockey Writer

A Border Battle for a chance to compete in the National Championship awaits the Wisconsin women’s hockey team in the Frozen Four Friday.

The fourth-seeded Badgers face off with top-seeded Minnesota at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis, the same team that defeated Wisconsin 5-3 in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament last season.

Wisconsin (29-6-4) is looking to avenge that loss — and their 15-game winless streak against the rivals. The Badgers are taking what they learned last year to hopefully improve this weekend.

WEST, page A16 2.7 assists. Cochran is deadly from beyond the arc as well, as he broke the program record for threes in a season (96) this season and set the record for most threes in a career (310).

Wofford will play Arkansas in the first round and then likely play North Carolina in the second. Both teams are two of the worst in the tournament field at taking care of the ball, with Arkansas ranking 87th nationally and North Carolina 189th. If the Razorbacks and Tar Heels both struggle to take care of the ball, they may struggle to get to Los Angeles and allow Wofford to make their way to the Sweet 16.

The players to watch (Not named Frank Kaminsky) Marcus Paige – Junior Guard, North Carolina Paige is one of the nation’s best point guards and best clutch players. He has hit his fair share of big shots and is definitely the Tar Heels’ best player. He is, however, a very streaky shooter.

When his shot is on, it’s really on, but when it’s off, it’s really off. It will be interesting to see what Paige shows up for North Carolina in the first weekend of the tournament because if it’s the Paige that is going to shoot 25 percent from the field, the Tar Heels may be in trouble. But if the Tar Heel’s best player plays like the best player, Paige could lead North Carolina on a deep run in the tournament.

D’Angelo Russell – Freshman Guard, Ohio State Russell has played in the shadow of Frank Kaminsky and Jahlil Okafor all season, but has still been one of the best players in the country. Averaging 19.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game this season, Russell has done everything he can to keep an underachieving Ohio State team relevant.

Russell and the Buckeyes will go up against VCU and their “havoc” approach to defense in their first game. The pressure of VCU will definitely be a tough test for Russell, and it is a very intriguing matchup for the AllAmerican, who may struggle to get open looks and show off his flashy passing in the outing.

Joseph Young – Senior Guard, Oregon Young is the Pac-12 Player of the Year, averaging 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists on the year. He is one of the most exciting players in the tournament field for his ability to hit big shots and single-handedly win games for his team. If Young and the Ducks can get out of the first round, they will likely

“We came out and we had the lead, and I think when we went into the dressing room, we were so amped up that we had the lead that we kind of lost focus,” senior Katy Josephs said of last season’s loss. “I think with all of us being there last year, the majority of the team, we know that we can never let up against Minnesota, especially because they will take advantage of it if you do.”

Minnesota (32-3-4) has given the Badgers three of their six losses this season.

The most recent series occurred in early January in Minneapolis when Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 4-1 in the first game before tying in the second game.

play Wisconsin. It will be very interesting to see how Young will fair against the Badgers this year after torching them for 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting in last year’s third round matchup in Milwaukee.

Brandon Ashley – Junior Forward, Arizona Ashley will be on a mission in this year’s tournament after missing the final two months of last season with a broken foot.

His absence was a big reason why Arizona fell to Wisconsin, as Ashley is long enough and quick enough to guard Kaminsky out to the perimeter.

Ashley’s impact on the Wildcats will be something to watch all tournament, but if Wisconsin and Arizona meet up in the Elite 8 like they’re supposed to, Ashley vs. Kaminsky will definitely be among the most intriguing player matchups in the tournament.

Best Potential Matchups Per Round Second Round No. 7 VCU vs. No. 10 Ohio State This will be a fun game to watch for the reason we mentioned above — it will be D’Angelo Russell against one of the scariest full-court presses in the country. Seeing how arguably the nation’s best point guard fares against a team known for forcing teams into turnovers will definitely be interesting.

Third Round No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 5 Arkansas Two teams that love to push the tempo and struggle to take care of the ball will make for a fast-paced game with plenty of fast breaks. Not to mention these are also two of the most athletic teams in the country, so while the quality and efficiency may be missing at times, the excitement will definitely be there.

Sweet 16 No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 3 Baylor The Baylor Bears have gone a bit under the radar this season, but have pulled out seven wins against ranked teams in the Big 12. They also have plenty of length and run a zone

Photo · Along with Marcus Paige, D’Angelo Russell, Joseph Young and Brandon Ashley, Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky (right) will be one of the players to watch in the NCAA West Regional.

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Hannah Brandt is the leader for the Gophers, scoring 32 goals on the season, 12 more than any Badgers player. Brandt is in the running for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which is given to the most outstanding women’s hockey player for the season.

“The one thing that separates her from a lot of kids is hockey sense, understanding what is going on in the game, understanding what is going on with the puck, is able to read situations,” Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson said. “Then she’s pretty competitive, so you throw those two things together, and that’s why she’s up for the Patty Kazmaier again.”

Photo · Junior forward Sam Dekker (15) will help guide the Badgers through the West Regional with a potential return trip to the Final Four on the line.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald defense that can give teams trouble on offense if they aren’t great at shooting from the outside. Arizona is that team, as they shoot just 36 percent from three, and if Baylor’s zone can force the Wildcats to take outside shots, this game will be a lot closer than most think. Conversely, Arizona has a vaunted defense of their own, which Baylor may struggle against as well.

Elite 8 No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 2 Arizona This may be the most intriguing potential matchups in the entire tournament. This game would pit the country’s best offense against one of the best defenses, Frank Kaminsky against a pair of tough Arizona forwards and the athleticism of Sam Dekker against Stanley Johnson and Rondae HollisJefferson. It has the makings of being an even better game than last year’s overtime thriller, as only one of these Final Four favorites will be able to advance.

Wisconsin will have to slow down Brandt if they want a chance to compete for a championship. Every player under Johnson that has stayed in Madison for at least four years has earned at least one NCAA Championship.

This year ’s senior class, besides Brittany Ammerman, who redshirted one season, has yet to earn the elusive NCAA title.

Ammerman’s experience in the NCAA title game has allowed her to share her knowledge with the rest of the players on the team.

“She has basically told us that seeing the team that we have, there’s no doubt in her mind, and any of our minds, that we can win the whole thing,” Josephs said. “She

has really said that no matter what, if we play the way we can play, and don’t focus on the other team, whether it is Minnesota, Harvard or BC, then we will be successful if we do that.”

Boston College and Harvard will face off at 8:00 p.m. Friday night in Minneapolis. The winners of the two games Friday will play for the NCAA Championship at 3:00 p.m.

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Another option of slowing down Brandt is Wisconsin’s goalkeeper, Ann-Renee Desbiens.

She has tied Wisconsin’s single-season shutout record at 14 this season, and was three minutes away from setting the record in the NCAA Quarterfinal against Boston University, before allowing a late goal to the Terriers.

In the Frozen Four, getting a shutout would have a special meaning, not because of the record, but because it means one simple thing.

“You can’t lose if you don’t let any goals in, so I would be way more excited about winning than the record right now,” Desbiens said. “At this point in the season, all you are thinking about is wanting this national title and to be named the best team in the country.”

For this year’s senior class, going out with a victory over

Minnesota and a potential national title would be a fitting ending for their careers.

“Ending on a win is very rare, so I think that would be a great experience for them,” Desbiens said. “They deserve everything that is happening to them right now. They are a great class, they work hard, [provide strong] leadership, so hopefully we are able to win that for them.”

Despite not having success against Minnesota, the Badgers will not back down from any challenge, especially with the way they’ve been playing recently.

“To get the national title, you have to beat the best, and they are one of those, so it is going to be fun,” Desbiens said.

Semifinal Two: Boston College vs. Harvard In the other game for the Frozen Four, second-seed Boston College takes on the third seed, Harvard.

Boston College (34-2-2) won the Hockey East regular season title, but lost in the conference tournament to Rochester Institute of Technology.

The Eagles possessed the top ranking in the country for the majority of the season before entering the NCAA Tournament.

In the NCAA Quarterfinals, Boston College defeated Clarkson 5-1.

Alex Carpenter leads Boston College with 37 goals and 43 assists on the season.

Harvard (26-5-3) won both the regular season and conference tournament championships in the ECAC. They then went on to defeat Quinnipiac 5-0 in their NCAA Quarterfinal matchup.

Mary Parker is the leading scorer for Harvard, scoring 16 goals and 22 assists on the season.

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‘Heck of a 16-seed’ awaits Wisconsin in first round UW’s quest for national championship begins with Coastal Carolina in Omaha Thursday

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

It’s no secret that a 16-seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

And now that the Wisconsin men’s basketball team could be in that situation with the program’s first No. 1 seed in its history, it’s hoping to not be the first to fall victim to what could be one of the biggest upsets in all of sports.

Wisconsin (31-3) earned the program’s first No. 1 seed after three wins in Chicago to win the Big Ten tournament title last weekend. The Badgers will take on Coastal Carolina (24-9) out of the Big South after the Chanticleers won their conference tournament as the No. 3 seed.

This being their second straight trip to the tournament, Coastal Carolina is familiar with the NCAA tournament — and the No. 16 seed — and are a team that nearly pulled off the unthinkable last year.

Against top-seeded Virginia last season, the Chanticleers kept the Cavaliers on the ropes the entire game, taking a 35-30 halftime lead. While Virginia came out on top in the end, Coastal Carolina returns four starters from the team that almost defeated the Cavaliers.

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This season, the Chanticleers played three major-conference opponents, losing by 13 to UCLA and by only three points to Ole Miss, but came back from a 12-point second half deficit to knock off Auburn on the road.

Coastal Carolina is a team that is far better than its seed may indicate, Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan said.

“If you could watch them, as I have here … that’s a heck of a 16-seed,” Ryan said. “I can remember seeing a lot of 16-seeds over the years, but what they did last year to prove how capable they are and to come back this year and for them to be in that spot, I think there’s a lot of people surprised.

“I don’t know if anybody else has said anything, but after watching those games, if I’m [Coastal Carolina head coach] Cliff Ellis, I’m pretty confident with the squad that he has. They’re pretty good.”

To knock off Wisconsin, Coastal Carolina will not only have to deal with Big Ten Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky and his 18.2 points, eight rebounds a game, but also a starting lineup that consists of three other players who can score in addition to all-Big Ten defensive player Josh Gasser.

At the Big Ten tournament, Kaminsky scored 47

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points over the course of three games, while junior forward Sam Dekker had 36, sophomore forward Nigel Hayes had 51 and sophomore guard Bronson Koenig added 49, spreading the scoring wealth among themselves each game.

Koenig has been playing exceptionally well as of late, scoring in double figures in each of Wisconsin’s Big Ten tournament games. This included a new career-high of 19 points against Purdue in the semifinals and another 18 points in the championship game against Michigan State. He also dished out nine assists and hit four key 3-pointers.

His ability to take over games andw hit a clutch basket when his team needs him to is something Koenig has developed since taking over for the injured Traevon Jackson. He showcased that ability this past weekend in Chicago.

“I think he’s become more and more comfortable with his role and where he’s at,” Wisconsin associate head coach Greg Gard said of Koenig. “Sixty days ago, or about that I guess, it’s been when he jumped into that role, I don’t think he would have had that comfort level. I think it’s been a process and obviously he took giant leaps

this past weekend, and it was huge with how he played.”

The Badgers could receive some added depth this weekend in the backcourt and as the tournament progresses, since Jackson, who has been out since Jan. 11 with a fractured foot, returned to practice Tuesday. Jackson has been medically cleared to play, but says that it will be up to him if he feels well enough to play and that it’s “50-50” whether he takes the court Friday or this weekend.

“It’s just a matter of me now — just taking it one day at a time, just see how it feels,” Jackson said. “So I’m not going back fully until I feel like 100 percent.”

But with or without Jackson, the Badgers can’t afford to look past the Chanticleers, who could put a devastating end to perhaps the best season in Wisconsin program history.

“It’s not a thought at all in my mind,” Kaminsky said of why a 16-seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed. “Once you think it, it enters your mind and then it makes it real and it makes it a possibility, so I’m not even going to think about it.”

Wisconsin and Coastal Carolina will tip off at approximately 8:20 p.m. from Omaha Friday night. The game will be televised on TBS.

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GAME VITALS:

No. 1 Wisconsin (31-3)

Last time out: Defeated Michigan State in overtime, 80-69, to win the Big Ten conference tournament.

Probable Starters: G — Bronson Koening (6-4, 8.6 ppg), G — Josh Gasser (6-4, 6.9 ppg), F - Sam Dekker (6-9, 13.0 ppg), F - Nigel Hayes (6-8, 12.4 ppg), F - Frank Kaminsky (7-0, 18.2 ppg) Key Reserves: F — Duje Dukan (5.0 ppg), G - Zak Showalter (2.0 ppg), F - Vitto Brown (2.0 ppg), G - Traevon Jackson (12.4 ppg)

No. 16 Coastal Carolina (24-9)

Last time out: Defeated Winthrop 81-70 to win the Big South conference tournament.

Probable Starters: G - Warren Ellis (6-3, 13.1 ppg), G Josh Cameron (6-1, 12.9 ppg), G - Shivaughn Wiggins (5-11, 10.2 ppg), F - Badou Diagne (6-7, 9.6 ppg), F Tristian Curtis (6-7, 4.6 ppg) Key Reserves: G - Elijah Wilson (11.1 ppg), F - Marcus Freeman (5.3 ppg), F - Michael Enanga (2.7 ppg) Who: No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 16 Coastal Carolina When: Friday, March 20, 8:20 p.m.

Where: CenturyLink Center (18,320); Omaha, Nebraska TV: TBS (Marv Albert, Len Elmore, Chris Webber)

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The Wild West: Previewing Wisconsin’s region Breakdown of contenders, pretenders, cinderellas, top players, intriguing potential matchups in Badgers’ road to Final Four

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s basketball writer

The contenders Wisconsin The Badgers come into the tournament as Big Ten regular season and tournament champions. They also boast the country’s most efficient offense, according to Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted offensive efficiency rankings, and, without a doubt, have the talent and experience to make a run at this year’s national championship.

Big Ten Player of the Year and potential National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky is at the head of UW’s talent, averaging 18.2 points and 8.0 rebounds on the year. He is one of the few players in the country who can single-handedly take over a game, and just as he did last year, Kaminsky will be looking to carry Wisconsin to their second consecutive Final Four.

Arizona The Wildcats appear to be the only team in the country that can stop Wisconsin from reaching the Final Four. Arizona plays some

of the best defense in the country and will be a tough matchup for Wisconsin’s efficiency on offense.

According to Pomeroy, Arizona has the third most efficient defense in the country behind Virginia and Kentucky.

They also have plenty of talent offensively, led by freshman phenom Stanley Johnson, who is scoring a team-high 14.1 points per game and shooting 45 percent from the field. But Arizona’s most important player is senior guard T.J. McConnell, the heart and soul of the team who provides the leadership a

contender needs if they want to make a run at the national championship.

The pretender Arkansas While the Razorbacks come into the tournament boasting a generous five-seed, they are the most likely candidate to lose in the first round.

This is not because their opponent, Wofford, is anything special, but because Arkansas hasn’t been tested much this year, and when they have, they have been fairly unsuccessful.

The Razorbacks have played

three ranked teams this year — Iowa State once and Kentucky twice — and have lost all three games by a combined 50 points.

Although Arkansas has SEC Player of the Year Bobby Portis on their team, who is averaging 17.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game this season, as a team, Arkansas is too prone to mistakes. They are averaging 11.7 turnovers per game, which is good enough to be tied for 87th in the country. Those mistakes, along with Arkansas’ lack of consistency in scoring the basketball, could ultimately

doom them to an early exit in this year’s tournament.

The Cinderella Wofford The Terriers finished in first place in the Southern conference and also won the conference tournament. They are a Cinderella candidate, not so much for their talent as a team, but because of their road to the Sweet 16.

Wofford’s Karl Cochran won Southern Conference Player of the Year, averaging 14.6 points per game with 5.8 rebounds and

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STUDENT CHOICE AWARDS THE BEST OF MADISON Best Date Night Restaurant | Best Late Night Food | Best Sandwich Best Burger | Best Foodcart | Best Off-Campus Restaurant Best Hangover Food | Favorite Pizza Joint | Best Place To Cure a Sweet Tooth Best Trivia Night | Best Newcomer | Best Coffee | Best Booze-Run Best State Street Bar | Best Sports Bar | Best 21st Bar Best Off-Campus Bar | Best Drink Specials | Best Salon | Best Fitness Best Clothing Store | Best Smokeshop | Best Student Service

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Ian’s pizza

Late night food FAVORITE

PIZZA JOINT late night food

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Ian’s Pizza Pizza Pit Pizza Di Roma Domino’s Rocky Rococo’s

61 % 1% 24% 8% 7%

It happens every weekend.

It hits bar close and suddenly nothing sounds better than ooeygooey cheesy pizza. Wait no, nothing sounds better than ooeygooey mac and cheesy pizza.

There’s a reason Ian’s Pizza consistently has lines out the door

at 2 a.m.; it’s a clear student favorite when it comes to late-night eats. Whether you have the drunchies or need a brain boost after a late night at the library, Ian’s is sure to satisfy your cravings.

Aside from their fan favorite mac and cheese pizza, Ian’s offers specialty slices that continuously set them apart from other pizza joints in town.

Why have mediocre pepperoni and cheese when you can get spicy chicken tacos or Mongolian beef on a slice of pizza? Plus, with

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different specials every week there’s always something new to try.

For those sticking to vodka waters and are on a health kick – Ian’s has a pretty phenomenal salad bar too. With locations on N. Frances Street and State Street, it doesn’t matter where you’ve been bar hopping or studying, there’s always one within reasonable distance.

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POTBELLY’S

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SANDWICH Originally from Chicago, Potbelly’s Sandwich Shop has a quirky ‘antique’ feel, reminiscent of its antique shop beginnings. Don’t worry, the sandwiches are not antique.

Open mic nights and milkshakes with cookies on the straws make Potbelly’s stand out in Madison’s infinite sandwich market.

Its proximity to campus makes it ideal for midday lunch stops between classes.

Pick your fave menu item, whether it be a mediterranean or

meatball sub, or venture off the menu for a classic toasted PB&J. Make it an ‘original’ or go ‘big’, but don’t go home. Not before stopping at Potbelly’s.

RESULTS Potbelly’s Jimmy Johns Cheba Hut Roast Erbert and Gerbert’s

31 % 14 % 19 % 27 % 8%

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DOTTY’S DUMPLING DOWRY RESULTS Five Guys The Plaza Wendy’s

22 % 6% 22 %

Nitty Gritty 24 % Dotty’s Dumpling 44% Dowry

From classic to Buffalo Chicken, every burger at Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry keeps the hungry Badger fan happy. Its proximity to the Kohl center makes this Madison staple the perfect spot to get your Wisconsin food fix before watching the Badgers dominate on court or rink.

The joint’s best selling item, The Melting Pot, honors Wisconsin’s cheese tradition in the dairy state Capitol itself, and brings true Dotty fans coming back time and time again.

There might be a wait if you walk into Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry

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date restaurant People don’t date. But if you do, throw out any plans for long walks on the beach and take your significant other to the trendy and delicious Madison restaurant Graze. As part of the city’s seemingly growing local food trend, Graze is all about eating fresh and eating Wisconsin. A hip atmosphere, in a glass building in the shadows of the Capitol, Graze is a perfect escape from tired date spots on State Street.

The menu gives a fusion of different foods, with anything from quick snacks to accessibly gourmet

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meals. The New York City-style gastropub is perfect for the foodie, earth conscious couple looking for an upbeat time. Also they have brunch with Nutella-stuffed french toast. Graze on that.

RESULTS Tutto Pasta Graze Portabella Fresco Rooftop Francesca’s al Lago

THE OLD FASHIONED RESULTS The Old Fashioned 20 % Great Dane Pub 15% Cooper’s Tavern 10% 5% Merchant 1% Kabul

on a weekend night, but it isn’t for lack of excellent service. It just so happens, you will find, that half of Madison is also looking to fill their craving for the joint’s juicy, one-ofa-kind hamburgers.

Dotty’s has been a tradition in the city’s downtown for decades, hopping from State Street to N. Francis, but never losing its hometown charm. These people know what Madison residents and tourists alike look for in an upscale, but family friendly, burger restaurant. The menu is simple and leaves customers craving each and every savory burger option.

A staple on the Capitol Square, The Old Fashioned is the perfect spot to stray from traditional fast food joints college students frequent all too much.

Start off the table with a nice plate of cheese curds and dipping sauce. Before those greasy balls of cheese and bread reach the gut, order an Old Fashioned at The Old Fashioned.

It comes in four types: whiskey sour, whiskey sweet, brandy sour or brandy sweet – olives if you so choose.

This is the kind of

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OFF-CAMPUS RESTAURANT establishment where the homemade mac and cheese is filled with bacon, because who doesn’t love bacon?

Almost nothing beats their fish fry on a Friday night.

And If the parents are in town and take you out for breakfast, get a bloody mary to cure the hangover and a nice omelet with toast to start your day.

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HANGOVER FOOD

MICKIES DAIRY BAR RESULTS Mickies Dairy Bar MacTaggarts Sunroom Cafe Gordon Commons Basset Street Burnch Club

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PLACE TO CURE A SWEET TOOTH

GREENBUSH BAKERY

Whether it was the tequila and limes, vodka and lemonade or whiskey and coke, nothing quite cures a hangover like a breakfast at Mickies Dairy Bar. As a line well out the door on any given Saturday morning can attest to, not too many spots are better the day after a heavy night of

drinking than the quaint diner located right next to Camp Randall Stadium on Monroe Street.

If you’re feeling brave, the scrambler is the menu item for you, and includes close to a metric ton of potatoes, covered in cheese and your choice of meat and produce. If you’re feeling extra brave, you can douse it all with

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gravy for that added oomph of outlandishness.

If a scrambler isn’t up your alley, Mickies also has pancakes large enough for their own zipcode, milkshakes and even liver and onions for the older clientele. Whatever your taste, Mickies has what you need to cure that splitting headache and gurgling stomach.

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SHORTSTACK

Long been considered one of the best locations to stumble into on a long weekend night, Greenbush Bakery continues to reign supreme over Madison’s sweet’s sector. Their deep fried goodness continues to beat out fierce competition from State Street favorites.

With its prime location on the outskirts of the sophomore slums, this fine establishment is often frequented by more than just voracious college students, with many young professionals and Madison natives joining in the customer mix.

Offering more than just the typical long johns and donut holes, Greenbush is known for creating unique, interesting combinations that keeps customers coming back.

Just mere dreams of the fried, frosted deliciousness leaves college students salivating in their sleep.

Many may think that Lucky’s or Regent Liquor may be the commercial hubs of Regent Street, but they cannot even compare to the Regent commercial giant, Greenbush Bakery.

With the arrival of Short Stack Eatery on W. Johnson Street, people in downtown Madison have a delicious and convenient late night breakfast option. With hours from Thursday at 7 a.m. until Sunday at 11 p.m., this is the perfect option for that 3 a.m. pancake craving, or Sunday Brunch with friends.

The Wisconsin tradition and influence is strong in Short Stack Eatery. They serve products from many local vendors, from Sassy Cow Creamery to Madison Sourdough Company. All of their menu items are made from scratch in house. When a person orders

their food, they receive their order number in the form of an old Wisconsin license plate.

They have a variety of different pancakes, including a sweet potato oatmeal pancake topped with fresh strawberries and bourbonmaple mascarpone. If people are not interested in pancakes, there are breakfast sandwiches and burritos, coffee and bloody mary’s.

For people feeling adventurous, there is a blind special that rotates each week, which is 50 percent off if ordered without asking what it is. Short Stack Eatery is a welcome addition (and best newcomer!) to Madison’s breakfast scene.

RESULTS Greenbush 55 % Forever Yogurt 18 % Chocolate 12 % Shoppe

Madison Sweet 8 % Gigi’s Cupcakes 8 %

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RESULTS Firehouse Subs Adamah Mad City Frites Shortstack Eats Liquid

14 % 2% 27 % 55 % 3%

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banzo

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food cart Spicy, silky, crunchy and soft, Banzo Food Truck’s The F-Bomb pita sandwich is a mixture of powerful flavors and texture. With two pieces of falafel, choice of chicken or beef and a smorgasbord of toppings including chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and thick potato chips, The F Bomb is their most popular item at the Library Mall location.

Banzo sells other large menu items that serve kebabs, seasoned chicken tenderloin, vegetables and falafel in either a pita or platter form. All

of their pita sandwiches come with potato chips, hummus and chopped salad. The platters come with chopped salad, hummus, side of rice and pita bread. They also serve falafel, hummus and hand-cut potato chips as sides.

Patrons can enjoy delicious pita and falafel combinations at their additional food truck location on Capitol Loop on Main and Carroll and at their stationary hub restaurant on Sherman Ave on the East Side.

RESULTS Bulgogi Korean Tacos 12 % FIBs 7% Surco 8% Banzo 42 % Fried and Fabulous 31 %

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RILEY’S WINE AND LIQUOR Riley’s Twitter handle, @ rileyswow, exactly describes the impression the store makes on you when you first walk in: wow, so much vodka. Located on what might seem like a small space on Gorham Avenue, is two floors of a wide variety of alcohols. It has a wide selection of liquor, as well as its share of Red Dog, Keystone Light, Kül and others for cheap beer aficionados. But what’s more impressive is its selection of six-packs, many of which come from Wisconsin.

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STATE STREET BAR Nothing says Wisconsin quite like having a giant walking brat with a backwards cap as a mascot.

State Street Brats - or “Brats” as the regulars (frat stars) call it - has got that classic Wisco sports bar feel. With cozy outdoor seating and flat screen TVs hung on the wall, there’s no better place to see Kaminksy dominate the court while getting shitfaced with your fellow Badgers. Brats takes their dedication to the Dairy State one step further with two giant bovine statues stationed out in their beer garden seating.

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If you’re more of a wine person, its second floor is filled with wines from all over the world, each of them taste-tested by the store’s wine taster before they hit the shelves. And if you can’t find what you want in those two floors, Riley’s will try putting in a special order for you. It’s the largest liquor store of its kind in town.

Wow.

RESULTS Woodman’s Riley’s Regent Liquor University Liquor Badger Liquor

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enters into full force, jerseydonning bro-types yielding massive Das Boot glasses brimming with Spotted Cow will become a common sight when passing by the traditional German-style tavern.

Not to mention everyone and their grandma has taken a picture with the adorable “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” monkeys on the bench right outside their front door.

RESULTS State Street Brats Ivory Room Paul’s Club City Bar Whiskey Jacks

31 % 24 % 14 % 14 % 17 %

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CHASERS

SPORTS BAR best

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Buffalo Wild Wings Jordan’s Big Ten Pub Wando’s Chaser’s State Street Brats

The best combination of sports, food, beer, trivia and drinks around campus is found at Chasers Bar and Grille on West Gorham Street.

Numerous TVs surround the bar and seating area to cover anybody’s sports needs from football to hockey and everything in between, while providing some of the best food and drink specials around.

When the temperatures rise, the outdoor patio is a relaxing spot to enjoy all of the best sports, drinks and food that Chasers has to

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RESULTS Union South 33 % Chaser’s 43 % City Bar 10 % Capital Tap Haus 6 % Lucky’s Bar & Grille 8 %

offer.

By far the best deal of the week is 50 cent tacos served on Wednesdays along with $4 jumbo margaritas, the perfect complement for Wednesday’s slate of college basketball games. $10 gets you all you can eat wings on Monday with $2 domestic mugs while you watch Monday Night Football.

The perfect hangover cure comes in the form of $5 jumbo Bloody Mary’s and screwdrivers on both Saturday and Sunday.

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21ST BAR

RESULTS Nitty Gritty Wando’s Kollege Klub State Street Brats Madhatter’s

59 % 16 % 20 % 4% 2%

After 20 years of anxious anticipation there’s only one place to spend the night of your 21st birthday: The Nitty Gritty. At the Nitty you’ll find nothing short of your birthday fairytale. Upon your arrival you’re presented a balloongarnished birthday glass – your ticket to bottomless birthday drinks. All night the tap beers, rum punch or soda will flow. From 10

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DRINK SPECIALS

until 11 p.m. your entourage can capitalize on nightly Power Hour bargains, and if you stick around until the stroke of midnight you’ll be rewarded with a free birthday shot. You’ll forget that the glass mug is yours to keep, and as you head out your prince/princess charming will chase you down, find that it fits your grip perfectly and you’ll have your happily ever after.

KOLLEGE KLUB RESULTS Vintage 25 % Madhatter’s 21 % Kollege Klub 25 % The Plaza 22 % Lucky’s Bar and 8 % Grille

Want to get great deals on drinks and get a taste of University of Wisconsin’s Greek life?

Go to the Kollege Klub, Madison’s sports-themed college bar, loved by many for its proximity to Langdon Street, fun vibes and deliciously cheap

drinks. For over 50 years, students have left the stress of reality at home in order to fall into the warm, alcoholic embrace of KK for a night. Friday afternoons, you’re likely to find KK thriving with frat stars and sorority squatters as they revel

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in the Friday After Class Special, featuring two-forone all drinks. And let’s not forget the $4 Double Long Islands and $1 grilled cheeses (sure, it’s not a drink, but it’s a damn good deal nonetheless).

What’s more college than KK? Probably nothing. So if you’re looking to have a freaky, fratty time, and want to get the best drinks for your money, KK is the place to be.

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ESSEN HAUS What’s more German than a Franziskaner Dunkel Weiss? I don’t know either, but Essen Haus has been voted as Madison’s Best OffCampus Bar, and with good reason! Madison’s famed German banquet hall and beer garden is stocked with an array of lagers to satisfy even the most apathetic beer drinker. With live

oompah music you can get down to with your fine polka self, unlimited soft pretzels (they are only 50 cents a pretzel!) and an overall festive vibe of pure, unadulterated merriment, you feel as if you have been transported straight to the motherland, or maybe Middle Earth.

Whether you are out

on the town celebrating a basketball win, or want to show off your sweet polka moves, hop on down to this funky fresh bar to split a boot and bring down the Haus. By the way, did we mention the soft pretzels?

RESULTS Plan B Essen Haus Brocach

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NOGGINZ There is always a point in the semester where the shaggy, skater boy hair needs to be dealt with.

Enter Nogginz, a noappointment necessary, reliably easy place to get a clean haircut.

Conveniently located on State Street, walk by and you will see Nogginz filled with University of Wisconsin dudes waiting to look extra fresh. They do it all: men, women, trims, cuts and colors. Just ask and a friendly stylist will be ready to help.

Walk-ins welcome, cheap, quick and Badger-friendly, there is nothing like that new-haircut feel. Keep that in your noggin for the next time your mane is getting out of control.

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steep & brew It seems you can barely take three steps down State Street without walking past a different coffee shop.

With downtown Madison offering no shortage of options for students to get their caffeine fix, Steep & Brew earned high praise as it notched the top spot for Best Coffee Shop.

As the feel of State Street changes (hey, The Hub) and chain restaurants dominate the scene, the unassuming storefront of Steep & Brew is a comforting reminder of what makes Madison unique.

Independently and locally owned, Steep & Brew has been at its location for more than 30

years. The space has a nofrills vibe, and it’s clear the owner is more concerned with the quality of the coffee than making the interior trendy or cool.

The coffee is also great, not to mention the expansive selection of teas.

Steep & Brew also might have the best, most fluffily delicious scones in town.

Trust us. If you’re looking for a cozy place to study and don’t want to give your precious money to The Man, Steep & Brew is worth a visit.

RESULTS Aveda Institute 34 % Nogginz 36 %

Hair Forum Alan Koa Hachi

RESULTS Fair Trade Espresso Royale Indie Coffee Steep and Brew Steepery

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fitness

cyc fitness RESULTS CYC Fitness 34 % Anytime Fitness 15% Inner Fire Yoga 10% Kaivalya Yoga 5% 9Round Kickboxing 1%

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student service Nestled in a picturesque stretch of student-oriented locations and attractions known as East Campus Mall, University Health Services is the go-to place to take care of any ailment.

Where else on campus can you get treated for a fracture, stock up on condoms and schedule a mental health appointment in one place? If that alone wasn’t a good enough reason to fall in love with UHS, nearly all enrolled students can utilize most services offered at no extra cost.

In addition to being open on weekdays, medical staff

Have you ever partied on a bicycle?

That’s what a workout at CYC Fitness feels like. In a world where new workouts come in multitudes, discovering CYC is like striking the calorie-smoldering goldmine.

The first ride will leave the rider in a huffing-andpuffing, heart-pounding, dreaming-of-a-massiveburger, post-workout comatose state, but

completely addicted and totally ps-“cyc”-hed for more. With power hours, themed-rides and instructors with more pep than a high school cheerleader, CYC gives energy a whole new meaning. Rides boost legs, abs, thighs and dat booty.

Carrie Underwood calves, abs like a gymnast, Queen Bey thighs and a tighter ass than Kim K are just a few

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are on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week – perfect for those nights when you can’t tell if you have a headache or an aneurism.

With its high level of accessibility, minimal extra costs and wide range of options, it’s not a surprise UHS has defended its “Best Services” title. Congrats, UHS. Thanks for keeping us healthy.

RESULTS UHS Badger Coaches Madison B-Cycle ASM Student Print GUTS

steve brown RESULTS MPM Steve Brown Tallard Goldleaf CHT

25 % 42 % 17 % 8% 8%

spin classes away.

PS - Ever notice how CYC turned upside down looks like a bike?

YEAH. MINDBOMB, RIGHT. This place is genius.

Serving the Madison for over 30 years, Steve Brown Apartments currently houses over 2,500 people in the campus community and offers a wide array of solid and affordable housing options in the ever more crowded Madison market.

Some of Steve Brown’s newer projects include Lucky Apartments, a stunning University Avenue high rise conveniently situated on the edge of campus.

Besides its classy design, Lucky offers University of Wisconsin students a variety of features they

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landlord probably don’t need, including a doorman to prevent freshmen from stampeding what was intended to be an evening’s intimate gathering of friends.

Steve Brown also offers students less flashy options.

For engineering students looking for a deal on their side of campus, they might look to Birge House Apartments. While the building’s exterior might have you guessing it’s a revival from the grand old Soviet days, you and your comrades can rest assured you’ll experience only the best times there. Heralders have done it.

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clothing store

urban outfitters RESULTS Urban Outfitters 42 % Life is Good Jazzman Pitaya 27 % American Apparel Urban Outfitters’ eclectic mix of both men’s and women’s clothing and accessories, as well as home decor and entertainment, raked in enough student votes to win best shopping.

You can stop by Urban and select from their wide variety of slouchy tees and high waisted jeans or pick out a button down flannel and distressed leather jacket. You can pick out a new floral bikini or a pair of neon boardshorts just in time for spring break.

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Urban offers clothing to fit all ranges of style from hipster to bohemian.

Urban also offers accessories to compliment every outfit, whether that may be a knit beanie or a pendant necklace and a few midi rings.

If clothing doesn’t interest you, customers can spend time browsing Urban’s wide selection of vinyl records and sifting through books whose topics range from art and photography to fashion and beauty.

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entertainment

majestic RESULTS The Majestic Overture Comedy Club The Orpheum Ivory Room

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smokeshop In a college town brimming with cultural curiosities, there is no better place to sweat out stress and stretch eardrums than the nearly century-old Majestic Theatre. Opening in 1906, the establishment has evolved while remaining a lasting Madison institution; it began as a Vaudeville theater, later passing through several hands as a movie theater before becoming a rowdy club in 2003 occasionally ridden with gunfire. But in 2007 the Majestic joined the ranks of the Orpheum and High Noon as a fantastic venue for concerts and

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various other events; today it boasts everything from country to indie, drag shows to Johnny Cash bashes, all for consuming substances and vibing with friends. Not to mention it has the perfect location -- the Capitol looms nearby like an unmistakable North Star to guide drunken and/or happily exhausted patrons home -and surrounded by other local businesses on King Street.

As a result, it comes to no surprise that the institution has been named the best concert venue in Madison.

For over 35 years Pipefitters, located on the 500 block of State Street, has remained a trusty supplier of tobacco products and accessories for other fun activities University of Wisconsin students may or may not partake in.

If you’re looking for a place to make an upgrade for your next smoke session, look no further than this Madison favorite. And because this fine establishment is well lit and sells cute t-shirts and posters, your mother can even accompany you on your next last minute trip in search of

RESULTS The Pipefitter Knuckleheads Smokes on State Sunshine Daydream Azara

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a bong. Pipefitters employs knowledgeable staff as well as quirky gifts and books that will at least provide you with entertainment on your next State Street Stroll even if you don’t decide to make a purchase.

Keeping the habits of the student body in mind, Pipefitters keeps its doors open seven days a week and now offers its merchandise for sale online for loyal alums in Washington and Colorado.