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Tuition may increase for out-of-staters UW-Madison among nine UW System campuses proposing hikes for some students to help make up for cuts

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University of Wisconsin outof-state and some professional students could see substantial tuition increases if the UW System Board of Regents approves a proposal to hike tuition by the end of this week.

The board is set to hold what could be its last meeting before Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 budget is passed this summer, although it might include significant changes from the state Legislature.

The regents’ finance committee is set to vote on a proposal from nine UW campuses Thursday to raise tuition for out-ofstate, international and some professional students, which

the full Board of Regents would need to go along with in its Friday meeting.

UW-Madison is asking to raise tuition for these students by $10,000 over the next four years. International students would see a larger increase, raising their tuition $11,000 over four years.

In-state students currently pay $10,410, while out-of-state students pay $26,660.

“These tuition increases are very important as a way to close the estimated structural deficit at UW-Madison, but they solve only part of the problem and must be combined with budget cuts and other measures,” UW-Madison officials wrote in their proposal to the regents.

Increasing out-of-state tuition, they added, will help

keep costs down for in-state students, as it would bring in more revenue and help subsidize in-state students.

UW-Madison officials wrote their proposal would set outof-state tuition and tuition for some graduate programs “at a market rate,” which UWMadison Chancellor Rebecca Blank advocated for even before Walker proposed the current state budget cuts.

Walker’s biennial budget proposal includes a two-year tuition freeze for in-state UW System students that the Legislature will likely pass this summer, but this freeze would not apply to out-of-state students or graduate students.

UW-Madison officials also proposed that in-state students shouldn’t see tuition hikes.

Noel Radomski, the director

of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, said he is concerned about the UW System’s ability to attract nonresident students given how large those tuition increases would be.

This decreased enrollment from out-of-state students could render the revenue projections UW System officials are using inaccurate, he said.

Increases like this also present questions about the type of out-of-state students that will come to UW-Madison, Radomski said, with highlyqualified students potentially going to other public research universities.

“It’s likely that you’ll see less qualified nonresident students on the UW-Madison campus,” Radomski said.

Out-of-state students with

lower incomes might also choose to go elsewhere, he added.

Associated Students of Madison Chair Genevieve Carter said in a statement that the increase in out-ofstate tuition creates a tuitiondependent funding model.

“Increasing nonresident undergraduate tuition by $10,000 over the next four years is ultimately making college less affordable and accessible to all students,” Carter said.

“These requested raises would also most likely lead to a spike in-state tuition increases at the conclusion of the current freeze.”

Carter also said students were not made aware of the decision to increase tuition and have largely been kept out of the decision-making process.

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Runoff pollution prevention could see cut Under Walker’s budget proposal, funds to pollution control, ‘boots on the ground’ cleanup efforts would decrease

by Samantha Becker Herald Contributor

Support for programs that benefit clean water initiative may undergo a $5.7 million as part of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2015-17 budget.

This cut from runoff pollution control methods, environmental groups say, is part of a larger reduction in funding for environmental programs within Walker’s budget.

Runoff pollution is a major problem for the state of Wisconsin, according to Steve Hiniker, executive director of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin.

“This is a huge cut, and it’s going to have a serious impact on communities and many farmers that rely on state assistance to undertake cleanup efforts,” Hiniker said.

Walker’s budget cuts

funding from specific programs designed to control runoff pollution, which affects a lot of Wisconsin’s water, Hiniker said.

The Department of Natural Resources website names nonpoint source pollution, both urban and rural, as the leading cause of water pollution in Wisconsin.

Hiniker said phosphorus runoff is the main source of nonpoint pollution right now in Wisconsin, followed by farm manure runoff.

These pollutants get into the water and can create major problems, like algae blooms and environmental dead zones. In Green Bay, there are zones without life because polluted runoff has eliminated oxygen supplies, Hiniker said.

“Runoff pollution is a huge problem, and it’s one that is very important to the people

of this state,” Hiniker said.

“The governor’s cuts are out of sync with so many of Wisconsin’s values.”

Amber Meyer Smith, director of government relations for Clean Wisconsin, said the funds that would be cut go to a variety of recipients trying to decrease their runoff pollution. Farms and urban centers alike benefit from these funds, Smith said.

Walker spokesperson Laurel Patrick said in an email to The Badger Herald that the budget includes $7 million in bonds for rural nonpoint pollution and $5 million in bonds for urban nonpoint pollution.

An additional $7 million is allocated for soil and water resource management.

“The budget actually continues the same bonding levels for nonpoint pollution

as in previous budgets,” Patrick said.

Patrick said the budget reduces available spending for the nonpoint pollution account because less revenue is coming into it. Additional funds will be transferred from the Agricultural Chemical Cleanup program to the nonpoint pollution account in order to remedy the deficit.

Walker’s budget also includes $250,000 each year for a new innovative grant program, Patrick said.

Through this new program, agricultural producers will receive grants to create projects that work toward solutions to runoff pollution issues.

Hiniker said there has been an emphasis on regulating nonpoint pollution in recent years, including federal requirements that force communities to control rural

and urban runoff.

“I think these cuts are devastating,” Hiniker said.

“As a result, we are most likely going to see dirtier water.”

Wisconsin has been successful over the past 40 years at monitoring and reducing point source pollution, such as chemicals that discharge directly from factories, Hiniker said.

However, nonpoint source pollution, like farm runoff, continues to be a challenge.

Runoff pollutants can include fertilizers, nutrients, oil, grease, bacteria and sediment from rural or urban environments, Hiniker said.

“People in Wisconsin have always said that the most important resource they cherish in the state is water,” Hiniker said. “They value clean water higher than any other environmental value.”

Chief justice sues over Tuesday referendum Shirley Abrahamson lawsuit would keep her in leadership post, despite voters’ decision on Election Day

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson sued the court’s six other justices Wednesday in an attempt to maintain her position as chief justice.

The lawsuit came a day after Wisconsin voters passed a referendum that changes the chief justice selection process from one simply of seniority to a vote where justices elect their own leader.

As the court has a conservative majority, liberals criticized the amendment as one that would force out Abrahamson from the post.

The amendment passed 53 percent to 47 percent in Tuesday’s election, although Wisconsin voters also re-elected Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who’s part of the court’s liberal wing.

Abrahamson’s suit outlined why she should stay in the leadership post until the end of her 10-year term in 2019.

“The term of the current, elected chief justice will be disrupted, her constitutionally protected interest in the office of chief justice will be impaired, the votes of her supporters will be diluted and the results of the 2009 election undone long afterthe-fact, while the Wisconsin court system’s leadership will become unsettled,” her attorney wrote in the lawsuit.

Proponents of the referendum say it will decrease dysfunction and disagreement within the court. State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, reacted to Abrahamson’s lawsuit in a statement.

Nass said the action is “petty and selfish” and based on her personal desires, rather than the decision of Wisconsin voters.

“Resorting to a lawsuit to

block the will of the voters certainly calls into question her judicial temperament and competency to serve,” Nass said.

Before Tuesday’s election, Wisconsin was one of only seven states in which the chief justice is determined on seniority. In 22 states, court members elect the highest court position, which is the model Wisconsin will now adopt.

The referendum, which was backed mostly by conservatives, paired with Bradley’s re-election, once again shows the trend toward political polarization in Wisconsin politics, Howard Schweber, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, said.

Partisan groups backed both candidates. Both Bradley and James Daley, the Rock County Circuit Court judge who unsuccessfully sought to unseat her, received money

from outside groups and had professional campaign managers, Schweber said.

Schweber said prior to about 15 years ago, state Supreme Court candidates were remarkably apolitical.

“There was a time in Wisconsin when judicial elections were really fairly genteel affairs,” Schweber said.

Michael Wagner, a UW journalism professor, said the election also has the potential to exacerbate polarization in state politics, as the Supreme Court often acts as a final arbiter of highly contentious political issues.

The court has, for example, ruled on the collective bargaining law and voter ID, and is currently weighing lawsuits related to the John Doe investigation into coordination among conservative groups during the recall elections.

This race, however, was

actually less politically charged than recent state Supreme Court races, Schweber said, such as the 2011 election that came as tensions were high over collective bargaining.

Schweber said this election was far from what is normally a “full-on onslaught.”

“I would almost call this election something like a return to normalcy,” Schweber said.

Chem labs won’t see revamp under budget All other UW construction projects would be accepted under Gov. Walker’s capital funding proposal

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

New chemistry labs won’t be seen on campus anytime soon if state lawmakers approve the current version of the 2015-17 capital budget.

With the exception of the proposed Chemistry Building project, the State Building Commission approved all the

University of Wisconsin campus projects Gov. Scott Walker recommended in his capital budget.

The UW projects Walker recommended — and the building commission went along with last month — include the Rec Sports renovation of the South East Recreational Facility.

But the Chemistry Building renovation was not on that list.

UW officials are still hopeful state lawmakers can add the chemistry renovation to that list during the lengthy budget approval process.

The commission’s proposals now await the approval of the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, which will then send their version to the full Legislature before the capital budget finally lands on Walker’s desk.

William Elvey, UW’s vice chancellor for facilities planning and management, said he hopes the Joint Finance Committee might recommend the project

if they receive positive state revenue projections.

“Chemistry has been the number one project for the last biennium and this biennium,” Elvey said. “We want to see it funded preferably now in this budget request.”

While he said the Chemistry Building renovation is important, Student Services Finance Committee Chair Devon Maier said he is pleased the State Building Commission approved projects that are most important to students, such as the Rec Sports renovations.

He said SSFC will continue to lobby the Joint Finance Committee to ensure they approve the Rec Sports renovations.

“The process played out pretty well and while there were some disappointments for campus, they did a pretty good job making sure projects students saw as priorities were put forward and weren’t slowed down by any legislative

pressure,” Maier said.

Maier said the Chemistry Building renovation might have been deferred because commission members were not given adequate time to make an informed decision about a project requiring so much funding.

The project would have required almost $107.8 million in state-issued bonds.

But Elvey said the cost of the chemistry addition will only continue to increase with inflation. He said even if the Joint Finance Committee denies the request, the Chemistry Building renovation and addition will still remain a top university priority.

If the renovation is denied, he said, UW will have to work with the UW System to determine a plan of action.

He said one option is to simply include the Chemistry Building project in the next capital budget request. Either way, he said the university will probably be obligated to look at

raising some of its own funding.

While university officials view the chemistry renovation project as vital to the campus master plan, Maier said he is not concerned the plan will be inhibited in the long term.

“In the next biennium, I would hope the State Building Commission would be in agreement once everything is vetted to their standard,” Maier said.

Elvey said the approved campus projects were ones using existing state bonding authority, meaning the state will not have to issue any new bonds.

With the SERF and Near West Field renovation passing through another checkpoint, Rec Sports Director John Horn said he is pleased with the progress of the project.

“We still have a lot of work to do — we have to get through the Joint Finance Committee — but hopefully we can keep the momentum going forward,” Horn said.

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Photo · (Top left) Frank Kaminsky lays it in against Duke in the national championship game Monday. (Top right) Wisconsin students gather at Lucas Oil Stadium for the Badgers’ matchup with the Blue Devils. (Above) After the Badgers lost the championship game, upset fans poured onto State Street to music blaring from speakers on the Hub’s construction site. (Left) Duke freshman guard Tyus Jones draws a charge against Wisconsin’s Duje Dukan.

(Below) Wisconsin runs onto the floor for the school’s second national championship game since 1941.

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High name recognition key to Soglin victory Tuesday Incumbent mayor wins eighth term in lopsided victory; voters make history after electing first two African American women to City Council Photo - Incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin took 71.9 percent of votes, even with an overall low city voter turnout.

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Mayor Paul Soglin’s long incumbency, familiarity with the public and consistent decision making is what likely drew voters to polls and propelled him to a clear-cut victory Tuesday, political observers agree.

Soglin was overwhelmingly reelected to an eight term Tuesday night, defeating outgoing Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.

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Soglin got 71.9 percent of the vote, while Resnick got 27.1 percent, according to preliminary results from the Dane County clerk.

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general public feels that the city of Madison is not in major trouble and doesn’t require a massive change in leadership, Burden said.

One of the issues Resnick faced was how to present himself as a serious and viable alternative to Soglin, Howard Schweber, a UW political science professor, said. The public views

Soglin as a consistent leader with a long history as an elected official, whereas Resnick was less well-known, he said.

“One of the reasons Soglin was elected was that people expect him not do things that are radical or drastic,” Schweber said.

Soglin said the focus of his 10-month long campaign was ensuring the stability of city finances and creating a fair and equal Madison.

“The greatest challenge of the campaign was getting out my message on dealing with the challenges of poverty and equity in terms of what we’ve already accomplished, and what we plan to accomplish in the next four years,” Soglin said.

Resnick, meanwhile, thanked his supporters for helping with his campaign, saying he’s “truly grateful for the experience of running.” Resnick, the vice president of Hardin Design and Development, said he plans to continue

his involvement in the community.

At his election night event Tuesday, he said he knew the campaign would be tough.

“Paul had a very strong turnout. ... We knew we had an uphill battle,” Resnick said. “Paul’s name recognition was as close to 100 percent as you can get in the election, and he did show he was favored by the voters.”

Though the mayoral election will bring familiar leadership, Madison voters made history Tuesday in electing the city’s first two African American women as alders. Barbara McKinney was elected to serve District 1 and Sheri Carter was elected to serve District 14.

Nine female alders are now elected to office, Council President Ald. Chris Schmidt, District 11, said. The movement toward a more accurate representation of the demographic diversity in Madison is crucial during a time when racial inequalities are a central topic, Burden said.

“Our new alders bring a perspective we haven’t had on the council before,” Schmidt said. “I am looking forward to working with all of them.”

Madison added electronic cigarettes to the smoking ban back in January, but a bill state lawmakers will consider soon looks to prevent local governments from passing those kinds of restrictions.

The proposal from Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, would prevent local governments from enacting ordinances that would broadly ban e-cigarettes from being used in indoor public spaces.

Kleefisch believes that it should be the decision of the business in question, not the local government, to choose whether or not e-cigarettes can be used indoors, Kleefisch spokesperson Ashlee Moore said.

“Businesses would benefit from individuals not having to go outside to use a product that doesn’t have any scientific proof that it has a negative impact on the people around it,” Moore said.

Yet Ryan Sheahan, coordinator for the Tobacco Free Columbia-Dane County Coalition, said when the battery in e-cigarettes heats the solution to vaporize it, there are small amounts of potentially harmful heavy metals that are also being released.

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine also found the components of e-cigarettes include formaldehyde, the known carcinogen, according to Chris Hollenbach, spokesperson for the UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.

Other studies have also found dangerous chemicals within e-cigarettes, though there are less harmful chemicals in e-cigarettes than there are in traditional cigarettes, Hollenbach said.

“If you have a child in a bowling alley, whether or not their being exposed to cigarette smoke, which can cause cancer in the long term, or ultrafine particles and chemicals that we’re seeing in the aerosol that can trigger a severe asthma attack in a child, it’s still a public health issue,” Sheahan said.

One of the additional challenges

of regulating the use of e-cigarettes is the large number of different brands available.

In 2014, there were 466 different brands of e-cigarettes, Hollenbach said. Many of these brands are imported, with little regulation of these products.

This makes the issue of second-hand “smoke” safety a more complicated question, since ingredients may differ by brand, he said.

Sheahan said continuing to educate local lawmakers on new evidence as Wisconsin seeks out an solution to the question of e-cigarette safety is the most important step for public health authorities right now.

Local lawmakers passed the legislation to add e-cigarettes to the city smoking ban with an overwhelming vote back in January, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

Verveer also said Kleefisch’s bill would also take control away from local governments through preempting their legislation.

“I strongly believe that municipal government is the government that’s closest to the people and has a better pulse on what is best for the local community,” Verveer said.

A bill from some Democrats, meanwhile, would add e-cigarettes to the state’s smoking ban.

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ASM cuts ties with JanSport Associated Students of Madison passes resolution despite clear pushback from chancellor

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

The Associated Students of Madison passed a resolution recommending the university cut ties with JanSport, possibly butting heads with Chancellor Rebecca Blank in a move to support shared governance and workers’ rights.

The legislation seeks that the University of Wisconsin cut ties with JanSport because it has not yet signed the legallybinding Bangladeshi Accord on Building and Fire Safety.

“By approving this resolution today, you are supporting the decision made by this committee and effectively supporting shared governance in practice,” former ASM Chair David Gardner said.

According to ASM Vice Chair Derek Field, when the shared governance committee Labor Codes and Licensing Compliance Committee recommended last spring

that the chancellor nullify its contract with JanSport as a result of 1,100 deaths at a sweatshop in Bangladesh, the chancellor degraded the status of the committee to an advisory one, removing its effectiveness.

The new committee, the Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Committee, has reduced control over appointments and no longer has the power to select its own chair. Many ASM representatives saw this as a restriction in shared governance rights and aim to restore them with the new legislation.

“I think this committee has done a really good job of not giving into decisions made by powerful people on this campus, such as the chancellor,” ASM Rep. Jessica Franco-Morales said.

Blank has argued there is no reason to cut ties with JanSport given the fact it has no operations in Bangladesh.

Students from the Student Labor Action Coalition recently held a small demonstration in

Bascom Hall to urge Blank to cut ties with the company.

But Blank wrote in a letter that JanSport has autonomy from its parent company and can choose where it sources its labor. Therefore, she wrote JanSport has not violated the university’s labor code of conduct. She wrote it would be a breach of contract if UW cut ties with JanSport since it does not affiliate itself with the actions of its parent company.

The committee originally was charged with evaluating all contracts the university makes with major outfitters who use University of Wisconsin logos.

Field said before last summer, it also had the power to direct the chancellor to nullify certain contracts which she was legally obligated to follow.

“It wasn’t clear in the first place whether the chancellor had the authority to degrade the committee; she just claimed to have that right and then she did it,” Field said. “It’s now unclear as to what can be done

to remedy the situation.”

Field said the approved resolution is one of the only ways ASM can act. He said the resolution agrees with the original committee’s decision that the contract with JanSport should be cut from the basis of clear violations of labor ethics standards.

He said the ASM resolution also expresses their opinion that the chancellor’s degradation of the original committee into the LCLAC be reversed because they run contrary to shared governance. However, Field remained skeptical the chancellor would listen.

“She’s probably not going to listen this time like she didn’t listen last time,” Field said. “We continue to remind her about standards of labor ethics and see if she decides to respond.”

Field said even though JanSport does not have operations in Bangladesh, its parent corporation, VF, which does maintain factories in that country, makes money off UW’s contract with JanSport.

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Sexual assault awareness is year-round effort for UW

University officials strive to create, maintain safe campus, encourage students to take advantage of various resources April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge how sexual assault, stalking and dating violence impact our campus and community, and how we can work together to make the University of Wisconsin a safe space for all people.

Sexual assault is a significantly underreported crime. Research indicates that between 1-in4 and 1-in-5 college women nationwide experience sexual assault while in college, and many men also experience sexual victimization. We are here to support students who experience sexual assault, whether they decide to report it or not. We are here to create and maintain a safe, open and equitable campus for all.

UW does not tolerate

sexual violence. We are committed to preventing sexual violence before it happens, responding effectively and fairly when it does and providing the necessary support to victims so that they may continue to participate in their educational opportunities.

Confidential support is available on campus for survivors, and no report is required.

This month, our students have an opportunity to share their confidential thoughts between April 13 and May 2, with the release of the Association of American Universities campus sexual assault survey.

As one of 28 universities participating in the survey, UW has an opportunity to understand student victimization prevalence,

incidence and experiences with offices on campus.

The university will also be able to better understand general student attitudes and knowledge about sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual harassment. ​ We also work yearround to educate and combat sexual assault and behaviors. For example, all first-year undergraduate students (freshmen and transfers) are required to take the online “Tonight” primary prevention program on sexual assault, dating and domestic violence and stalking.

Effective fall 2015, UW will also offer a primary prevention program to incoming graduate students, professional students and new employees.

We acknowledge and support victims of sexual assault not only in April, but throughout the year. Please use this time to consider ways in which you can support someone affected: • Participate in the AAU Campus Climate survey • Engage in the White House’s “It’s On Us” campaign • Be an active bystander to prevent sexual assault • Be supportive of survivors • Educate yourself If you are a survivor or know someone who has been sexually assaulted, help is available. Please call any of the following resources: • University Health Services (for physical and mental health services): 265-5600 or the Rape Crisis Center: 251-RAPE • Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (at Meriter Hospital): 417-5916 • UW Police: 264-2677 • Madison Police: 261-9694 • Dean of Students Office: 263-5700 • University Housing: 262-2522 Any conversations you have with UHS and the Rape Crisis Center are confidential. The following resources have reporting obligations: Dean of Students Office, UW Police and University Housing.

Together, all of us at UW will continue working to prevent sexual violence, support survivors and ensure a campus climate that is safe for all.

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Deceptive politics plague public authority proposal With Republicans skeptical about its passage, autonomy UW has wanted for years was nothing more than distraction, campaign opportunity

by Joe Timmerman Editorial Board Chair

The University of Wisconsin is at the receiving end of a bait-and-switch at the hands of Wisconsin Republicans.

When the news broke Walker was proposing a $300 million budget cut to the UW System, the blow was softened by the possibility of UW getting more autonomy from the state.

This autonomy is something the system has wanted for years. In addition to allowing UW schools more power to set tuition, it would also give them more freedom in a variety of logistical matters.

While there were protests against the proposed cuts, they were significantly muted with the possibility of UW becoming a public

authority.

This was partly due to the nature of the news cycle — when two big news stories break simultaneously, they each get less coverage than if they had happened separately. Essentially, the possibility of increased autonomy served as a distraction.

While UW stakeholders were busy debating the merits of and planning for increased autonomy, their focus was not solely lobbying against the cuts.

Further, there is without doubt truth to Walker ’s claims that the public authority model would likely offset the effects of the cuts, at least to some degree.

Although UW schools would still have difficulty dealing with the cuts, they would at least be able to save money (or increase tuition) using their

newfound autonomy. This helped the cuts make more palatable — the system wasn’t crazy about the cuts, but at least they were getting something they wanted in return.

For a cynic, then, it’s not overly surprising that the public authority model could be, according to Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, on “life support.”

Part of the reason some Assembly Republicans oppose giving the UW System more autonomy is that the Board of Regents is planning to maintain things like shared governance and tenure. The system’s commitment to such policies apparently shows they are not going to “revolutionize the system” and how it works. Nygren said, for example, that “if they’re not going to be serious about doing it, I

don’t think we should give them that authority.”

This would be hilarious if it weren’t so sad. Nygren is saying Assembly Republicans were fine with giving the UW System more “autonomy,” so long as the system would do exactly what Republicans want them to do. The problem is that’s not autonomy. It is the opposite of autonomy.

Walker is, if anything, a savvy politician. As such, there is no way Walker didn’t consult with Republicans in the Legislature before making the proposal. He must have known it was likely that the public authority proposal would never even get to his desk.

This raises the question, then, of why he would make the proposal in the first place. The answer seems simple: everything

written above. It served to mute criticism of the budget cuts, and it kept students, faculty and administrators distracted.

There is another angle, however: Proposing something he can sell as bipartisan gives him a way to respond to criticism of these cuts during his presidential campaign.

Despite the current state of politics in Wisconsin, massive cuts to public education are not terribly popular among moderates throughout the country, so Walker needs a way to defend his repeated gutting of public education during his time as governor.

Walker ’s actions are deplorable. In stringing along UW System officials, he has wasted everyone’s time. If the cuts are going to happen either way, it would have been far more helpful

for Walker to be honest and allow the system to plan for those cuts rather than spending time planning for a public authority model that was never going to happen anyway.

UW has done a lot to mend their relationship with the state government.

UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s experience in dealing with politics was likely a major reason she was hired in the first place.

However, in order for the UW System and the state to work together more effectively, the state must negotiate in good faith. If the last few months are any indication, this will not be the case.

Joe Timmerman (jtimmerman@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in math and economics.

Police, not universities, should investigate sexual assault Campuses nationwide adequately equipped to handle academic misconduct but lack proper expertise to look into criminal cases

by Adam Johnson Columnist

Sexual assault, and specifically how universities should handle it, is one of the most challenging nonfiscal problems facing higher education today. Singing racist songs and “honor code violations,” like plagiarism, are quick ways to get booted from campus. But across the U.S., universities are often slow to decisively punish perpetrators of more violent crimes, if they even act on it at all.

One of the unfortunate problems with covering stories of sexual assault is that each time we learn of an accusation that lacked evidence or find out one was fabricated, a skeptical lens clouds our view. Similarly, even when there is clear evidence of guilt, accusations can end up obstructed due to shaky policies and universities that are illequipped to actually conduct an investigation with the legal implications and seriousness of a sexual assault.

The biggest challenge for universities, who are better equipped for academic investigations than criminal ones, is punishing perpetrators of sexual assault.

The solution to this problem is simple: Universities should have local police departments conduct all aspects of the investigation.

There is a national effort to construct a universitylevel response for rape and

sexual assault. For example, Harvard changed its sexual assault policy to create an internal investigative board for quick responses to campus complaints.

University of Wisconsin has also relied on separate investigations where the university’s investigating official could read the police report as part of making a decision on punishment, but the investigation process itself is unconnected.

This is a dangerous idea, and police departments, who have the expertise and require legal evidence, should conduct the actual investigations, not a university. There is an inherently criminal aspect of sexual assault, so the investigation should also be criminal in nature.

As UW professor Anne McClintock proposed at a recent forum on UW’s responses to sexual assault, a zero tolerance policy regarding rape is a great idea.

But there needs to be firm investigation procedures in place to ensure UW appropriately uses the policy. UW and universities in general don’t have the experience or expertise to conduct what’s essentially a criminal investigation and should leave that to police.

In addition to a zero tolerance policy, which the University of Virginia instituted after the nowretracted Rolling Stone article exposing sexual assault on their campus, the university should also be obligated to

report cases of sexual assault to law enforcement in the same way high school teachers and counselors are required to report child abuse and neglect.

Wisconsin law currently requires university employees to report sexual assault cases to the dean of students for further investigation, but these reports do not constitute criminal reports.

The university is not under any obligation to pursue criminal complaints unless the student requests it.

Punishments for sexual assault perpetrators are strictly limited to academic sanctions under Chapter 17, which regulates nonacademic student misconduct. When police are involved, they can refer individual cases to the county for prosecution, and county prosecutors can then pursue criminal charges.

I understand this could have a chilling effect on victims coming forward. But universities across the country are under fire for potentially mishandling sexual assault complaints, and linking up with local law enforcement is a better method. Even if the victim does not press charges, reporting the information allows the police and university to be better prepared for situations if the victim does. The best muscles are the ones frequently flexed.

In my ideal world, prosecutors would also seek those academic sanctions, and it could all be self-contained in one process.

The university straddles

a tough line. There are legitimate legal concerns of having overly strict policies that exact punishment on the accused before the matters are appropriately investigated. Harvard Law professors decried that their university’s reforms are “starkly one-sided” and claimed they fail to provide enough legal protections for the accused. Conversely, too much protection discourages victims from coming forward and allows actual rapists to manipulate the legal system to their benefit.

UW is in a difficult position, but it can strengthen its sexual assault policies with a more formal campus engagement with the Madison police departments to conduct investigations

and levy punishment. The university itself is not a police entity, and we should not trust our university officials, who are quite good at investigating plagiarism or academic misconduct, to adequately conduct criminal investigations.

Historically, in university sexual assault investigations, the burden has been on the victim to prove their story more so than in a criminal investigation. Let’s marry the processes and prevent that ambiguity.

UW should create a strong zero tolerance policy and create new investigation methods to enforce the new policy. With the phenomenal resources in place at the Rape Crisis Center, University Health Services and other

Photo · UW officials invited students to participate in a March 12 forum regarding revisions to sexual assault investigative procedures.

Jenna Freeman The Badger Herald organizations, UW can do quite a bit to prevent and punish sexual assault on campus. Sexual violence on campus won’t end with these new policies, but decisive and smart action is needed to start the process in the right direction.

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

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Eaux Claires is the latest addition to the music festival circuit and for the most part, has remained under-theradar. This may simply be due to marketing; rather than employing colorful posters and a long, elaborate name, Eaux Claires opted for minimalist design and quiet pride in its Wisconsin origins.

This doesn’t came as a surprise when considering its founder: Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver. Famous for his Badgerland cabin-dwelling and wintry, melodic tracks, Vernon has decided to bring his distinct vibes to a multistage experience this summer.

And he has brought along several of his largely Midwestern friends to make the inaugural year an enticing prospect. The National, Sufjan Stevens, Indigo Girls, Sylvan Esso, Doomtree, PHOX and Spoon are several of the acts who will grace the two-day festival.

In addition to the impressive indie line-up, Eaux Claires offers a unique venue. In true Bon Iver fashion, the stages and other attractions will be housed in a forest near expansive campgrounds, enhancing the atmosphere in a way other wide-open, flat parks cannot accomplish.

Not only are these campgrounds available for concertgoers, but dorm rooms at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are also available for rent during the festivities. Two-day general admission passes are available for $135.

General mood: Sampling chilled, homemade kombucha in a kimono while discussing Marxist theory with your favorite TA. Hipster-o-meter: Five beards.

Turn-up level: A mint julep with mint freshly picked, meaning one shot.

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Summerfest is essentially the best county fair in the country. The yearly music festival is located on the same turf as Irish Fest, Polish Fest, German Fest and Pet Fest, as well as a few others.

However, the overworked grounds will host a surprisingly diverse lineup of established artists over the 11-day span.

Summerfest prides itself on being “the world’s largest music festival.” Although Donauinselfest in Austria draws in more than 3.2 million festivalgoers to more than 2,000 acts on 21 stages, and Mawazine in Morocco draws 2.5 million for 90 acts on seven stages, Summerfest comes in as a close third.

With 900,000 attendees, more than 800 acts and 11 stages, Summerfest is undeniably huge, but subsequently less organized. Untamed families and reckless high schoolers trying to get turnt roam the grounds haphazardly, standing in front of stages and squatting in nearby bleachers.

Luckily, this year, they put together an incredibly random and pretty impressive lineup, including, but certainly not limited to, Florida Georgia Line, Kings of Leon, Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band, Linkin Park, Kendrick Lamar, Sheryl Crow, Sublime with Rome, The Flaming Lips, Aloe Blacc, Mavis Staples, Kip Moore, Walk the Moon, etc.

But more importantly, The Rolling Stones are kicking off the festival at Marcus Theater June 23.

This will be their first time performing in Milwaukee in 10 years.

Summerfest differs from other festivals in its relatively cheap general admission tickets.

However, festivalgoers must buy tickets separately for the main headliners, which can get pricey. For example, The Rolling Stones starts at more than $90.

But with 45 food and beverage vendors, attendees will never run out of Wisconsin festival food and cold Miller Lite to help them through the inevitable craziness.

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General mood: Getting drunk with your family on Thanksgiving and watching a “really good music video” with your kinda weird uncle.

Hipster-o-meter: Absolutely zero beards.

Turn-up level: Get your cool friend’s older brother to buy you beer, aka two shots.

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July 31 - August 2 Lollapalooza is one-of-a-kind. It’s a microcosm of the music world, a massive conglomerate of festival stereotypes and genres.

Most festivals cater to a niche group of the music world, to the neon tank-top wearing EDM bros, the too-cool-for-anything hipster bunch, the trendy, floral know-it-alls or the adventure-seekers who are more concerned with finding molly than hearing emerging artists.

Lollapalooza, however, welcomes all festival goers with open arms on six main stages in the heart of Chicago’s downtown Grant Park.

The massive popularity of the festival has been building for years because it draws such a wide array of music fans. EDM listeners can rave all day at Perry’s stage to the likely stylings of Dillon Francis, The Chainsmokers and Bassnectar. Casual indie chillwavers can peruse the grounds listening to Tame Impala, War On Drugs, Flying Lotus, Father John Misty, T.V. on the Radio and a host of others. Mini-trap lords can bounce to A$AP Rocky and Carnage. And everyone can come together over legends like Paul McCartney, who is headlining Saturday.

While you still might see some little squirt running around amid the open drug use and topless women at festivals like Bonnaroo and Electric Zoo, Lollapalooza is actually family friendly. In fact, kids under 10 get in for free, which is a shocking bit of information for the multitudes of fans who missed out on general admission tickets that sold out largely within the hour they were put on sale.

Lolla is marketed as a cultural experience; they offer various other events in addition to music. Lolla has its own farmer’s market that samples local food and wares from the other (overpriced) options across the way. A collection of local, national and international vendors sell “environmentally responsible goods,” such as festival clothes and accessories on Green Street.

Unlike many of its contemporaries, Lolla is located in the center of a massive sprawling city.

This makes it extremely hard to find a cab after the show, but when those fireworks go off at the end of the night, illuminating the skyline and the thousands of other drunkards swaying to the beat, it’s one hell of an experience.

General mood: Hitting up Forever 21, sampling hot flash tats and donning neon with your closest girlfriends.

Hipster-o-meter: Two out of five beards.

Turn-up level: One hidden water bottle of vodka, two extremely expensive beers and a swig from a stranger’s flask, aka three shots.

Union Park July 17 - 19

Pitchfork Music Festival, organized by the musical publication of the same name, functions as an alternative to Lollapalooza’s neon crop-top mania.

This year headliners Sleater-Kinney, Wilco and Chance the Rapper are sure to please the roughly 50,000 concertgoers looking to avoid young Chicago suburbanites clutching their Urban Outfitters flasks and parent’s credit cards. And despite the relatively large attendance, Union Park still gives the option of lounging or going hard.

This summer will be no exception; Pitchfork is turning 10, and they are truly celebrating. In addition to the headliners, Future Islands, the New Pornographers, CHVRCHES, Run the Jewels, Mac DeMarco, A$AP Ferg and many others will be taking over their dual stages.

Pitchfork will also house a Caterie Craft Festival to celebrate 40 artists.

Plus last year everything from Goose Island IPA to vegan gyros were offered.

The festival serves as a great inaugural festival experience, or simply a break for those sick of increasingly high ticket prices and crowds elsewhere. Feel free to bring friends or even your parents.

And compared to other music festivals, the price is right. A three-day pass is $150, with each individual day available at $65.

General mood: Taking a slow drag from a Pax vaporizer in a meadow on a clear, starry night.

Hipster-o-meter: 4 beards.

Turn-up levels: A quick pull of herbally-infused vodka and a few local brews, aka two and a half shots.

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What’s On Tap: Crowdsourced wacky beer flavors Madison-based MobCraft’s limited-time milk stout Eggnogstic is one of many monthly brews uniquely elected by city’s beer drinkers

by Garth Beyer ArtsEtc. Columnist

When Henry Schwartz says he has an idea brewing, he means it literally. Schwartz is one of the trio of founders of the nation’s first crowdsourced brewery, MobCraft Beer.

Each month people submit beer ideas and then solicit votes for their beer.

The brew with the most votes — in the form of preorders — gets brewed in a limited quantity at the House of Brews in Madison, Wisconsin.

A handful of Wisconsin breweries are striving for the top reputation in sustainability.

Lakefront Brewery was the first in the state to receive …

The brews themselves can sometimes appeal to the more adventurous beer drinkers. For example, one beer I had was fermented with ghost chilies.

“Seeing people getting jacked and being in the brewery, stirring in the

mash, bringing their family and brewing with us is the best part,” Schwartz said.

Crowdsourcing beer with MobCraft is much more than just pitching an idea and having it brewed.

Schwartz and the other co-founders establish a connection with the winners by having them go into the brewery and work hands-on with the brewing process.

When Schwartz would homebrew with his buddies back in college, they often wondered what it would be like to have a brewery make their beer. Now Schwartz and his co-founders are that brewery for people wondering the same thing.

As if crowdsourcing beer wasn’t hip enough, Schwartz has the background of running a skateboard shop, too.

“Seeing the kids wearing the shoes or using the decks they bought from me at the skate park — I love to see that same excitement with people who come up with beer,” Schwartz said.

MobCraft Beer uses the crowdsource model of brewing to allow for an incredibly fun and deeply collaborative partnership with idea submitters. They turn collaboration into friendships, caring deeply about the connections they make with those in the community.

Taylor Rucks, who submitted MobCraft’s 17th crowdsourced batch, did so in tribute to his friend, Aaron, who passed away from colon cancer in 2014.

MobCraft was more than happy to donate part of the beer ’s proceeds to Aaron’s fund.

Schwartz and his friends make it clear crowdsourced beer isn’t just for those who have an adventurous beer palate; it’s for those who wish to unleash their own inner brew master and who want to make some beerloving friends along the way.

For this week’s column, it shouldn’t be a surprise I poured a glass of the beer inspired by Aaron…

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STYLE Flavored Stout, 8 ABV percent

AROMA Vanilla-based scent layered with spices, cloves and a dash of French toast

APPEARANCE Pours deep maroon, turns a solid black while retaining a large root beer float-like dark copper head

TEXTURE Full-bodied, silky, smooth and soft

TASTE Intense flavor of roasted malt while the cloves and vanilla beans battle it out on the taste buds. This brew leaves you with an earthy, but smoothly light tingle.

ROOM TEMP TASTE With time and at a luke-warm temp, the cloves come out to play while the maltyness tastes a bit watered down. Thankfully, the nutmeg and cinnamon remain to give it the sweetness of a good stout.

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Sad, inebriated freshman butchers Keane song Student expresses sadness over Badger loss through poor-received rendition of ‘Somewhere Only We Know,’ leaves party in bad graces Following the NCAA championship game Monday night, University of Wisconsin freshman Blake Hathaway, while under the influence of marijuana and alcohol, allegedly sang the worst ever version of Keane’s 2003 single, ‘Somewhere Only We Know,” as a coping mechanism for the Badger loss. Sources place Hathaway at a watch party on Bedford on the night of the incident.

“I was just sitting on somebody’s couch, quietly commiserating with fellow party attendees when this guy straight up took over the music. He unplugged whoever ’s iPod was playing and proceeded to blast that one song I heard in a rom-com one time,” UW sophomore Amanda Nolan said. “It was pretty sad, but also quite bold.”

Others at the party say

the rendition was worse than any other they had ever heard of the song, which has seen a considerable amount of covers. As a matter of fact, UW sophomore Mark Sanchez claims, it may have been the worst ever rendition.

“I’ve never heard such a shrill, unpleasant, potentially morally offensive version of that song,” Sanchez said.

According to Hathaway,

he had smoked a great deal of marijuana from a bong after drinking approximately nine beers and four shots in a period of 50 minutes.

He said he then threw up while eating pizza rolls, but it did not stop him from courageously belting out the notes to the Keane hit after he contained his bodily fluids.

The rather graphic build up was not nearly as bad as the rendition itself, says UW

junior Jay Jones.

“I was absolutely dumbfounded that someone could sing so poorly. I figured it wouldn’t sound very good, but every part of it was awful,” Jones said.

Hathaway supposedly switched the lyrics “A simple thing, where have you gone?” to “Astonishing, hair on a dong” and then proceeded to cry slightly. He also sang off-key and stepped

on his phone in the process.

He says he was sufficiently removed from reality at that point.

“The whole thing was so surreal. I don’t remember it happening so badly, I thought it was so heartfelt and honest at the time. I’m horribly mistaken.”

Sources claim they saw Hathaway on his way home from the party crying and crawling on the sidewalk.

John Legend releases new, more PSA: ‘I can’t find accurate single ‘Just Some of Me’ my GPA!’ Help!’

In wake of commitment issues and instructions from therapist, Legend claims song ‘more clearly depicts how I feel,’ as follow-up to largely successful single ‘All of Me’

Somehow, I dropped my GPA somewhere before spring break during all these midterms.

Can anybody help me find it?

I have been good about keeping a good eye on it for the past three and a half years, but maybe my mind just slipping (call it a case of senioritis). I know I can probably get by and graduate without it, but I want to make sure I just get a hold of it again this semester before my mom

asks any questions about it.

I figure it’s going to return to me a little damaged, but I can live with that.

As to where one might find it, I have been having tests and papers due for the past two weeks, so it’s probably somewhere in the following classes - Calc 695, Chem 462 or Ballroom Dance 1.

If found, please email me my GPA to jskates@wisc. edu. Thanks a lot.

UW dad praises alleged quality of Olive Garden Renowned musical artist John Legend recently returned from relationship counseling and announced a diagnosis of “commitment issues” from his therapist. Legend, who has been described as “wishy-washy” and “reserved” by past girlfriends, has come to terms with his problem and was open with reporters.

“I don’t like getting into anything 100%,” said Legend. “I like to keep my options open, and I don’t want to get completely invested in any one thing.”

Following the statement,

Legend gave a live performance of his hit single “Just Some of Me”.

Critics generally praised the song, which has already sold over five million copies worldwide.

“He’s definitely going in a new direction,” said critic Andrew Simon. “It’s a different John Legend, so I would call him maybe more of a John Epic.”

It’s not you, it’s some of me.

It’s not you, it’s some of me.

In the song, Legend gives his views on his commitment issues, singing

lyrics such as “Just some of me really likes some of you” and “Likes some of your curves and edges, but there are some curves and edges that I’m not quite sure on”. Many critics have been especially awed at the lines “Give some of your time to me, and I will reciprocate while simultaneously seeing other people”.

However, a few artists have met the song with harsh reviews. Beck was quoted as saying “It’s just a shittier version of his earlier work” and asked, “why would anyone

just want some of John Legend?”

Despite how the average listener feels, the song will undoubtedly go down as one the average hits of all time. It will probably be inducted in some, but not all, halls of fame and receive an average amount of awards.

As Legend sings “You’re an appropriate amount of the middle of my life, and even though I lose occasionally I also win occasionally because I have a well diversified portfolio in terms of dating and life in general.” Just beautiful.

The Misnomer Incomplete Thought Hey is there something in my teeth? I ate some spinach with my lunch. I also at the famous Gordo’s ‘Corn Crib,’ which consists of a ear of baby corn with a blanket of bleu cheese and sour cream. Wait that was yesterday I only had the string bean and brisket today for afternoon lunch which I usually call the Corey Stringer, in honor of the gone-too-soon Minnesota Viking player. Seriously, guys, please make sure to stay hydrated when you’re working out

Kowalski touts his enjoyment, disregards artificial atmosphere, massproduced entrees Self-described pasta connoisseur Frank Kowalski visited the Gammon Road Olive Garden Tuesday night, where he reportedly impressed his wife, two teenage daughters and several onlookers with his knowledge of fine Italian cuisine.

“I’ll have a glass of pinot noir,” he said to the waitress, without so much as a glance at the wine menu. “But none for these two. They’ve got school in the morning!”

Kowalski chuckled in the direction of his daughters, who responded warmly by looking down at their phones.

“What do you have for specials tonight?” he asked, once again forgoing the menu. “Nothing too ‘special’ I hope.” He nudged his wife

who exchanged a glance with the waitress, as if to say ‘yes, he does do this every time.’

Upon hearing that the special was baked parmesan shrimp, Kowalski opened his menu and began slowly leafing through the pages.

When the waitress turned to leave he immediately raised his hand in a stopping motion. “Ah tut tut tut… not so fast. Fine dining takes time.”

After several minutes of licking his fingers to turn pages and making various pondering noises while those around him exchanged glances with one another, Kowalski ordered a Caesar salad. The waitress took the menus and returned several minutes later with their order.

“Fantastico!” he exclaimed after taking the first bite.

“Give my compliments to your saucier!” Kowalski then dabbed his cheek with his napkin bib and continued to tell an anecdote about how Jerry forgot to replace the toner in the copy machine again.

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at places like Duke and Kentucky don’t get that connection anymore.

This team was so wellknown for their looseness and hilarity off the court that it became their identity.

It captivated the country.

But it only happened because of how close they were. Some of these guys — not just the bench players, but the stars of the team — have been together for three or four years. They have a camaraderie that can’t be found on a team that wins with one-and-done players — and it’s truly a thrill to watch.

I’m not saying one-anddone isn’t the way to go, because like I said before, that method won the national championship this season and it likely will in the future. Those teams certainly have fun, too.

But the Wisconsin method also works. Look what the Badgers have accomplished over the past two seasons and in Ryan’s career in Madison.

But you won’t find another Frank Kaminsky on another team. He grew exponentially over the course of his career, and since he was a Badger for four years, the fans got to see him grow. They became attached to him. They reveled in his success.

Isn’t Kaminsky sort of the American dream? A guy who was overlooked, who worked his ass off day-in and day-out and is now at the top of his field?

People were posting old pictures of Kaminsky on social media prior to the Final Four, saying things like, “This is your player of the year,” because to be honest, in his early years at Madison, he looked nothing like a guy who was going to be the best player in all of college basketball.

But that’s what’s so great about Wisconsin. We get to see players grow as people and basketball players.

We saw Kaminsky grow from a self-described slow, overweight, weird and notthat-good freshman to the player of the year.

Or how about “Captain America” Josh Gasser?

He wasn’t known for his scoring, but he’ll probably be remembered as one of the best players to play under Bo Ryan because he represented what Wisconsin basketball was all about. On a team of one-and-dones, Gasser likely wouldn’t have had the impact that he had as a Badger.

Gasser was the true “hometown” kid. He played at Port Washington, was named the 2010 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year and became a Badger.

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Everyone felt for him when he tore his ACL a few years ago, but again, fans were with him the whole way — all five years.

You can say the same for Traevon Jackson, who was injured earlier this year and came back for the tournament, or for Dekker, who’s been a Badger since day one, or for Nigel Hayes, whose sense of humor reminds us that these are just kids playing the game they love.

Their success meant our happiness.

This team was special.

They had talent. And that talent developed over time; it wasn’t just a one-year thing. We took the journey with the players to the Final Four, twice, and when the Badgers heartbreakingly fell to Duke Monday, we all suffered. It hurt. I mean, fuck. It still hurts.

But while the one-anddone method is probably what will win team championships in the future, the Wisconsin way still works. What this team accomplished will never be taken away. Although the Badgers ultimately lost their final game of the season, the Wisconsin way was a damn good time.

So, to the 2014-15 Wisconsin men’s basketball team, thanks for everything.

It was a hell of a ride.

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Bumbaca: Loss sucks, but more to life than sports

by Chris Bumbaca Right baca at you

It’s been more than 48 hours since the final buzzer on the Wisconsin men’s basketball season sounded.

While worlds have come crashing down and all hope seems lost, believe it or not, there are worse things in this world than losing the national title game.

Life is bigger than sports.

I saw that first-hand two Wednesdays ago, as The Badger Herald sports squad (Eric Kohlbeck, Dan Corcoran and myself) were waiting for a flight out

of Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport en route to cover the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight in Los Angeles.

The incoming plane we were about to board carried the bravest person in the world: a fallen United States soldier.

The soldier ’s family gathered at the base of the plane where the bags normally come out. Not this time. Fellow soldiers awaited instructions to load the American flag-draped casket into the hearse with the Marines’ seal painted on the door.

At least 100 people gathered in the terminal to watch through the large, glass pane windows, all of our hearts bleeding for the family experiencing the worst day of their lives, wishing them comfort in their time of need.

One middle-aged man on

the tarmac was noticeably devastated — hands on his face, looking at the sky, probably wondering how this could happen. A brother? A husband?

It was the most heartbreaking moment of my life.

It bothered me to the point that I whipped out my laptop in a downtown Los Angeles hotel room and found out the soldier ’s name — Kerry Kemp. He was 27 years old and died during a helicopter crash while on a training mission in Florida.

He leaves behind his wife, his high school sweetheart Jenna and a one-year old daughter. Imagine what they’re going through right now.

Pain is relative. We learned that Monday night.

Yes, the Badgers lost. Yes, the greatest season in program history has seemingly gone

to waste.

You may have cursed and screamed and cried at the final buzzer. You may have drank yourself silly to forget what had happened. But you woke up the next day.

You can root for the Badgers today, tomorrow and as long as organized athletics exist (forever).

Maybe the man I described before is a Badgers fan.

Maybe this weekend he had the chance in the midst of his mourning to turn on the game and watch Wisconsin knock off Kentucky. I can only pray that, for just a millisecond, his mind wandered from his tragedy, and in that millisecond, he could concentrate on something else.

The scene reminded me of when I spoke with former Wisconsin women’s basketball forward Jacki Gulczynski. Her brother was killed in Iraq in 2008.

She put her brother ’s initials on a wristband she wore on her left wrist every game, to keep her brother ’s spirit with her every time she took the court. Basketball brought her and her fallen brother together.

That is the beauty of sports — the connectedness and collectivity. The win or loss column is irrelevant compared to the idea that sports allows you to become a part of something else — a fanbase, a team. The feelings of success and despair. The high-fives with friends at the bar and the taunting of opposing teams. In those moments, it may seem like it’s the only thing that matters.

While some of us eat, breathe, sleep and drink sports, there has to come a point where we must realize that a losing score isn’t as bad as a lot of the other problems going on this

world. It’s our job to keep that in perspective.

I’m just as bad as the next.

I’ll sulk after a loss; I’ll act depressed. But after what I saw that day, I’m not too sure anymore if I’ll ever act like that regarding one of my sports teams. And if I do, shame on me.

Sgt. Kemp’s family won’t ever see him again. There will be no more holidays or birthdays, only memories to cherish.

That’s what Badgers fans have left with the 2014-15 team: memories. There’s plenty of good ones to go around, from Big Ten championships to a secondstraight Final Four run and the program’s biggest win in knocking off Kentucky in the national semifinal.

No matter how bad you want to forget now, cherish this run, because you never know how sobering life can really be.

Softball picks up two wins over Valparaiso Wisconsin outscores Crusaders 21-4 in doubleheader at home

by Jamie DeGraff Softball Writer

The first game between the Badgers (16-20, 1-7 Big Ten) and Valparaiso (825, 2-6 Horizon) looked promising at the start for the Crusaders, as the visitors took a 2-0 lead following a two-run homerun by infielder Mollie Lindeman in the top of the second inning.

The Badgers’ bats came alive in the bottom of the third inning as second baseman Megan Tancill started a three-run frame off with a single, eventually scoring with a single by outfielder Maria Van Abel to tie the game at two apiece. A subsequent defensive error by the Crusaders and RBI double by catcher Chloe Miller put the Badgers up 3-2, a lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of the game.

After failing to score and stranding three runners on base in the top of the fourth inning, Wisconsin put the dagger in any chance of a Valpo comeback with a 7-run inning in the bottom of the frame. Leading the

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charge for Wisconsin was a bases-clearing triple by Tancill to extend the lead to 6-2, followed by designated hitter Marissa Mersch’s twoRBI double, making it 8-2.

Wisconsin added on two more runs to end the frame at 10-2, a lead they held on to in the five inning mercy rule win. Watts picked up her team-leading seventh win of the season.

Game Two Pitcher Taylor-Paige Stewart took the mound for the Badgers as they aimed to take home the doubleheader sweep. Stewart confidently blazed through Valpo’s first three hitters for a perfect opening inning with consecutive strikeouts.

The Crusaders’ starting pitcher Taylor Weissenhofer found herself in an early hole after a combination of command issues with pitch placement and defensive miscues in the field. Following a walk to first-baseman Stefanni LaJeunesse with the bases loaded, the Badgers took an early lead. Later in the inning, an error by shortstop Stephanie Moreno allowed

two additional runs to score.

A bases-loaded walk gave the Badgers a four-run lead despite only one ball leaving the infield during the frame.

Continuing her dominance on the mound, Stewart allowed just one base runner through two innings on one walk, recording seven strikeouts in the process to leave Valpo hitless and scoreless.

Wisconsin recorded just its fourth homerun of the season in the bottom of the second after Miller cleared the left field fence for a commanding 5-0 lead.

Despite a fast offensive start, the homerun was only the second hit of the game for the Badgers.

Valpo’s first legitimate offensive threat came in the top of the third after a single by Moreno and two consecutive walks with two outs loaded up the bases.

With the shutout hanging in the balance, Stewart managed to force an infield popup to get Wisconsin out of the jam.

Stewart closed out the 11-2 victory fittingly with a strikeout in a two-hit outing for her sixth win of the year.

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National championship breakdown: Duke vs. Wisconsin Badgers post best record, most wins in one season, but fall in final game with foul trouble, scoring efforts of Blue Devils’ freshmen

2014-15 SEASON BY THE NUMBERS

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School’s first No. 1 seed

School record for wins in a season

by Nick Brazzoni Men’s Basketball Writer

INDIANAPOLIS – One of most historic seasons in Wisconsin men’s basketball history ended in not-so-great fashion for the Badgers, as they fell to Duke 68-63 in Monday night’s national championship game.

The entire game was an absolute battle, as teams traded buckets and blows for 40 minutes.

In the first half, neither team could pull away as a six-point scoring margin for Duke was the largest of the period. Duke freshmen forwards Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow both were limited in the first 20 minutes due to foul

trouble, but the Blue Devils were able to ride 50 percent shooting in the first half and keep it close.

Predictably, in such an even matchup, the two teams went into the second half tied at 31.

In the second half, the Badgers hopped out to an early five-point lead and were riding that momentum to start the half. Sophomore guard Bronson Koenig came out hot, scoring five points and assisting on a Kaminsky bucket in the first three minutes of the period.

However, despite the foul trouble and struggle to hit shots early on, Duke would not go down without a fight.

Turning Point With 13:25 left in the

second half, a Kaminsky layup put the Badgers up 48-39 with 13:25 remaining in the second half and Wisconsin was rolling with both Winslow and Okafor in foul trouble.

However, following a Duke timeout, freshman Grayson Allen decided it was his time to shine and he single-handedly took over the game, scoring the next eight points for Duke and putting the Blue Devils right back into the game. Duke rallied around the freshman, as his play gave his team back the momentum and confidence they needed to close out the game.

When you knew it was over This game was a battle

Photo · Wisconsin senior forward and AP Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky (44) scored 21 points with 12 rebounds in Wisconsin’s loss to Duke in the national championship game Monday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

It was his last game as a Badger.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald from wire-to-wire, and with taking into account the unpredictability of the NCAA tournament, you really did not know it was over until the final buzzer sounded. It was only then where Duke could officially celebrate their fifth national title under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Wisconsin Player of the Game

Duke Player of the Game

FRANK KAMINSKY

TYUS JONES

21 points (7-16 FG, 2-4 3Pt) and 12 rebounds in 39 minutes

23 points (7-13 FG, 2-3 3Pt) and five rebounds in 37 minutes

One of the greatest players to ever put on a Wisconsin uniform played in his final game Monday, and he still put together an outstanding performance on the biggest stage. He never shied away from and outplayed Okafor on both ends of the floor and was as good as he has been all season. Unfortunately, for Kaminsky and the Badgers, it just was not enough in the end.

The End of an Era Both Kaminsky and fifth-year senior guard Josh Gasser played their final games as Badgers, and it is likely that both will be remembered as two of the best to ever play in a Wisconsin uniform.

Gasser is just the second player in UW basketball history to record 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists in a career. He was also one of the best on-ball defenders in the country and the heart and soul of Wisconsin’s team.

Kaminsky finished in ninth place on Wisconsin’s career scoring chart, as his 21-point

performance on Monday night gave him 1,458 for his career, and he set Wisconsin’s singleseason scoring record with 732 points, topping Alando Tucker’s 2007-08 season. The senior was also a consensus first-team allAmerican and a winner of the AP National Player of the Year, the Naismith Trophy and Oscar Robertson trophy, all of which recognized him as the best college basketball player in the nation.

Foul Play For as long as they have been under head coach Bo Ryan, Wisconsin has never been a team

Tyus Jones torched the Badgers for 22 points in their first matchup in December, and the Duke freshman did it once again on Monday night. Jones hit big shot after big shot, including the dagger three-point shot that put the Blue Devils up eight points with just 1:24 remaining.

On a night where neither Okafor nor Winslow were able to produce, Jones stepped up when Duke needed him to most.

that fouls a lot.

This, however, was not the case Monday night.

In the second half alone, Wisconsin committed 13 teams fouls after having just two in the first. Those foul calls ended up being the defining aspect of the game, as Duke shot and made 10 more free throws than the Badgers and committed just six fouls in the second half.

Best Team Ever?

The loss was not the most ideal way for Wisconsin to close out this season, but that loss was just the Badgers’ fourth all year and prior to the game, UW had

won 21 of their last 22 games.

When into perspective, the argument can be made that this is the best team Wisconsin has ever put on the court despite not ending the season with a championship.

Their 36 wins are a school record, and they fell just one win shy of the Big Ten Conference record of 37 that Illinois set in 2004-05. On top of it all, their final victory this season came against a then-undefeated Kentucky team.

No matter which way you put it, this season was a historic one for the Wisconsin Badgers.

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Wins over Coaches poll or AP ranked teams

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Frank Kaminsky’s point total for the season: school record

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Combined scoring average from Kaminsky and Dekker in five NCAA tournament games

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Josh Gasser on what the season means for him at this point: “You know, the relationships we build with each other, you know, that’s the stuff that I’m proud about. We had a heck of a season. The stuff we accomplished. Sometimes, you know, life’s not fair.”

Bo Ryan on the officiating: “Both teams are always going to feel that there’s a question or two. So it’s just the way the game’s played. But I’ve been with these guys a long time, and I’ve watched a lot of basketball. Sometimes games are played differently, and you have to go with the flow.”

Sam Dekker on the loss: “Congrats to Duke. I’m proud of our guys. I’m blessed to be on this team. I’m disappointed in myself for my performance tonight. I gave it my all, and I couldn’t be prouder to be on this team. I’ve never felt closer to a group of guys, and this one hurts.”

Bo Ryan on Frank Kaminsky: “He’s going to get even better. But what he did in his years at Wisconsin will be remembered for a long time.”

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UW’s magical season ends in championship heartbreak After most successful campaign in program history, Duke comes from behind to defeat Wisconsin in national title game

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

INDIANAPOLIS – The best season in Wisconsin men’s basketball history will end on the most disappointing of notes.

Wisconsin, playing in the national championship game for just the second time in school history, was looking for its second national championship in program history Monday night against Duke at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

But fate was not on the Badgers’ side Monday, as the Blue Devils ran away from the Badgers in the closing minutes of the game to win the title over Wisconsin, 68-63.

“It’s a tough one. We had this game,” Wisconsin junior forward Sam Dekker said. “Congrats to Duke.

I’m proud of our guys. I’m blessed to be on this team.

“This one hurts. It hurts.”

Wisconsin (36-4) had already set the program record for wins and was up by nine with 13 minutes and 25 seconds separating it from a magical finish to a historic season.

But Duke (35-4), who knocked off Wisconsin at the Kohl Center earlier this season, had other plans and stormed back to tie the game at 54 a little over five minutes later.

From there, Duke found its rhythm from the floor and after freshman guard Tyus Jones drained a 3-pointer with 4:08 to put the Blue Devils on top 5958, Duke never trailed the rest of the way.

Freshman and ACC Player of the Year Jahlil Okafor scored four straight points for Duke after Jones’ three and the Blue Devils held a five-point advantage with 2:10 remaining in the game.

Jones, who finished with a game-high 21 points and was named the Final Four ’s Most Outstanding Player, followed a Wisconsin missed shot with another 3-pointer that put the Blue Devils up 66-58 and sent a dagger to the hopes of Wisconsin winning its second national championship and first in 74 years.

A quick 5-0 run from Wisconsin – a Frank

Kaminsky three and Nigel Hayes dunk – kept the Badgers’ hopes alive down three, 66-63, with 49 seconds left, but Jones hit two free throws that sealed the game for Duke and gave the Blue Devils their fifth national championship under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

“What a fantastic job these guys did all year,” Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan said. “They just came together to do all the things that they accomplished.

“It’s just unfortunate that this one had to be played out that way.”

After Wisconsin had gone up by nine earlier in the half, it went only 6-for20 the rest of the game and 4-for-13 once Duke came back to tie the game at 54 with 7:04 remaining.

Duke gained an advantage at the freethrow line in the second half, getting into the bonus with 11:43 remaining in the game. Duke began to attack the paint which forced Wisconsin into foul trouble and sent the Blue Devils to the free-throw line.

Duke made 12 of its 16 free throw shots in the

second half on some foul calls that had the Wisconsin players and Ryan visibly upset.

“We still felt like we were doing what we were supposed to be doing, what coach preaches to us, sliding our feet, chest up, hands up and staying on the ground, but the calls weren’t going our way,” Hayes said. “We don’t want to blame any of that. We just didn’t play a good enough 40 minutes to win.”

Dekker, who had been playing his basketball of the season during the tournament, struggled in the second half of Monday’s game, going only 2-of-6 from the floor, scoring four points. He finished the game with 12 points and eight rebounds.

“He was just was off with his outside shot,” Ryan said of Dekker. “We all would have like to have seen one or two of those go down, but they didn’t. And that happens in games. He hasn’t had very many of those, but it happens.”

Duke freshman guard Grayson Allen played a large role in bringing the

Blue Devils back into the game in the second half.

During Duke’s 15-6 run after Wisconsin took a ninepoint lead, Allen scored eight straight points for the Blue Devils, including a 3-pointer and an and-one.

He finished with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting.

Along with freshman forward Justice Winslow, the freshmen group of Allen, Okafor and Jones combined to score 60 of Duke’s 68 points Monday night.

Kaminsky led the Badgers with 21 points and 12 rebounds while both Hayes (13) and sophomore guard Bronson Koenig (10) finished in double figures for Wisconsin.

Kaminsky and Dekker were named to the all-Final Four team for their efforts against both Duke and Kentucky.

But the accolades for Dekker and the win over Kentucky on Saturday, won’t alleviate the pain from Monday’s heartbreaking loss anytime soon.

“This one’s worse, man, because I knew what

we had,” Dekker said, comparing Monday’s loss to last season’s Final Four loss to Kentucky. “I knew what we had coming back, that our group was going to make it to this point and this is what we wanted. We wanted to be in this game and win this game. Just came up short. That was a great ride we had.”

For seniors Josh Gasser, Traevon Jackson, Duje Dukan and Kaminsky, Monday’s game will be the last in their careers at Wisconsin. While ending on a disappointing note, this team – and the senior class – will always be able to recall the first consecutive trips to the Final Four in program history, the most wins in program history and playing in the national championship game for the first time in 74 years.

“We had a heck of a season,” Gasser said. “The stuff we accomplished.

Sometimes, life’s not fair.

This is not the outcome we envisioned. We knew we were going to win; just didn’t happen. Duke is a great team, but just didn’t do it.”

Kohlbeck: Winning the Wisconsin way made it fun

by Eric Kohlbeck The KOHLbeck Center

The talk around college basketball “one-and-done” players and “four-year” players is reaching its highest watermark in the history of the game at the collegiate level.

Players are getting better, and they’re doing it at an earlier age.

It presents top-tier Division

I program coaches with a conflicting idea of how to build their respective programs. Do they target the top players, if they can get them, and win instantly? Or do they find the lesser-known high school talents, develop them, and hope in a few years their team will turn into one of the country’s best? Or is it a combination of both?

At the Final Four this past weekend, Wisconsin took on two such teams — Kentucky and Duke — composed of key one-and-done players while the Badgers, as most know, trotted onto the court at Lucas Oil Stadium with no player having ever left for the NBA after one season in Madison.

And only one has left after

two seasons.

The one-and-done model works. When a team can bring in a few (or what seems like a full roster in Kentucky’s case) McDonald’s AllAmericans, it’s tough for any team to stop. The talk of “can Kentucky beat an NBA team” is ludicrous, but it shows just how good these 18 and 19-year-old players are.

Duke beat Wisconsin not only Monday night in the national championship game, but earlier in the season, with talented, NBAready freshmen leading the charge. Twice, they beat one of the most experienced and cohesive teams in the country.

The one-and-done formula contributed to these wins,

and quite frankly, Duke was simply the better team both times.

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is a genius who has adapted his style of coaching and recruiting to better fit the collegiate game.

It’s the reason why he won his fifth national title at Duke just a few days ago.

Wisconsin and head coach Bo Ryan, meanwhile, go a different route. They do target top players, such as current forward Sam Dekker, or top 2015 recruit Diamond Stone who recently committed to Maryland. But their approach is to recruit high school players who fit the team’s system and who the coaches can develop over the course of

their four years at Wisconsin.

They’re looking for players who are willing to listen, change their game, get better and reach their full potential in college. Ultimately, this takes time.

But that formula is dying, and it’s dying in a hurry. For college basketball purists, that’s a scary thought.

Honestly, the 2014-15 Wisconsin Badgers may have been the last hope for a team composed of primarily “four-year” players to win a national championship.

Yet while the results on the court may show a discrepancy in the amount of success in terms of national championships each formula has, the Wisconsin approach

to building a program is a hell of a lot more fun.

Wisconsin caught the attention of not only the state, but also of the entire country, going to back-to-back Final Fours for the first time in school history. The majority of the country was pulling for the Badgers to knock off both Kentucky and Duke, and, of course, the state of Wisconsin wanted the Badgers to win so badly. You could feel the energy coming from the state more than 300 miles away in Indianapolis.

But why?

Because you follow these players through their careers at Wisconsin. They almost become a part of you. Fans

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