Lurking Legend - Issue 49

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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 · VOL 46, ISSUE 49 · BADGERHERALD.COM

LURKING LEGEND The Badger Herald’s exclusive underground tour with campus’ mystery man: Tunnel Bob traverses University of Wisconsin’s steam tunnels

by Jacob Ahrens-Balwit

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Out-of-state tuition to increase $10,000 over four years Board of Regents approved nonresident tuition increase of $3,000 next fall with an additional $2,000 per year in following two years

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

The Board of Regents voted to increase nonresident tuition at nine University of Wisconsin System schools, including UW-Madison, Friday.

The regents held one of their last meetings before Gov. Scott Walker ’s budget — which aims to cut $300

million from the UW System — passes through the legislature this summer.

Proponents of the tuition spikes consider them a tool to increase revenue in the face of state funding cuts.

UW-Madison out-of-state undergraduate students will see a $3,000 increase in tuition next fall and around $10,000 over the next four years. International student

tuition will rise by $11,000 over four years and tuition for certain graduate students will increase as well.

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s plan hikes out-of-state undergraduate tuition by $3,000 for the 2016-17 school year as well and by $2,000 each of the following two years. The regents voted to only put into action the first two years of

increases. This year, out-ofstate students paid $25,523 for tuition, while in-state resident undergraduates paid $10,410.

Influential Republican lawmaker Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a longtime critic of the UW System, criticized Blank’s move to implement what he described as a 35 percent tuition increase.

“Rebecca Blank doesn’t care about the plight of middle class students, either resident or nonresident,” Nass said. “She is a clear threat to the Wisconsin Idea of serving student of all economic backgrounds, especially those from the middle class.”

The regents pushed back to Nass’ comments, defending Blank’s right to find ways

to bring in revenue for UWMadison.

UW System President Ray Cross told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he was “miffed at the abhorrent personal attack.”

“I believe the chancellor and her staff have done a solid job of rationally presenting [a tuition plan],”

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Annual Powwow draws drums, dance, tradition Native American competitors around country, world came to represent their tribes at UW cultural celebration this weekend

by Alex Arriaga Feature Editor

Alexa Rae Day is a mixture of Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Odawa and Lakota. She would not exist if it weren’t for the unique gathering

of Native American tribes from all different parts of the country where her parents met.

Day’s parents met at a Powwow dance competition, and in following tradition, she continues to participate and brings her five-year-old son,

Adrian, to compete as well.

Like many other traveling Powwow competitors, Day came from out-of-state this past weekend for the On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powow, presented by Wunk Sheek at University of Wisconsin’s Field House.

Raised in the Powwow

environment, Day has participated in the events her entire life.

“I danced as soon as I walked,” Day said.

Day came from near Travers City, Michigan to attend this year ’s spring Powwow. She said while most travelers come from

around the Midwest, some dancers come from as far as south as Florida or as far north as parts of Canada.

One dancer announced came from Sioux Saint Marie, Ontario.

Drums, jingles and the movement of eagle feather ensembles filled the field

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house, the smell of Indian Tacos lingering past the booths selling ornate beaded jewelry and dream catchers.

The intricate beading that is found on the outfits of all the dancers are handmade,

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Ho-Chunk plans to build ‘cultural destination’ Proposal to partner with city includes possible athletic complex, entertainment venue, heritage museum

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In an effort to create a place to truly commemorate their deeply rooted history in the state, the Ho-Chunk Nation is trying to collaborate with the City of Madison to create “a cultural destination” on their casino grounds.

Ho-Chunk leaders reached out to the City of Madison a week ago to start discussion of developing approximately 47 acres of open land on its current casino grounds.

The local tribe has been weighing feedback from its stakeholders and forming options for the undeveloped land for the last eight months.

The planning process is still in the preliminary stages, Missy Tracy, HoChunk municipal outreach coordinator, said.

Three ideas have proved the most promising. These include a possible athletics facility, a Ho-Chunk cultural center and an entertainment venue, Tracy said.

Tracy stressed that the Ho-Chunk intended to draw from considerations of Madison’s needs when creating plans for the future project.

“We’re not looking to compete with the City of Madison, but rather to do something collaborative,” Tracy said. “We’re working towards Ho-Chunk cultural and historical significance, towards creating a cultural destination.”

There have not been enough collaborative efforts between the City of Madison and the Ho-Chunk Nation, Gerald Lee Cleveland, spiritual advisor for the On Wisconsin Annual Spring Powwow, said. There are

many Ho-Chunk people living in the Madison area and good relations are beneficial for the city as well as the Ho-Chunk Nation, he said.

The Ho-Chunk Nation does not have designated reservation land, which has made maintaining a vibrant cultural identity more challenging, Cleveland said.

“Before we had the casinos, the other tribes had an advantage over us because they could receive everything the government gave out to people who owned land,” Cleveland said.

The Ho-Chunk have held early discussions about the potential developments for the land surrounding their casino expansion with the mayor ’s office, the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and the City Planning and Parks Divisions.

The City of Madison Parks Division office has received contact from the Ho-Chunk and is interested in the possibility of collaboration on land near the possible Ho-Chunk development, but details of the plan are far from definite, Eric Knepp, City of Madison parks division superintendent, said.

“The specifics are going to be a big deal,” Knepp said.

“For us though, with the idea that they have raised of a sports complex of some kind, that’s a shared interest and it ties in with our community recreational needs.”

The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce has also engaged in early conversations with the Ho-Chunk Nation and has expressed interest in the potential impact the expanded site could bring, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach

Brandon said.

“We have a good relationship with the HoChunk Nation and we are excited by their early visioning of what they could do with their land near and Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison and what it would mean for the greater Madison area,” Brandon said.

The planning period is expected to extend through the summer months.

The opportunity to build on the existing site will ultimately benefit both tribal stakeholders and the City of Madison, stressing the HoChunk’s long history in the region, Tracy said.

“We have many of our settlements in this area dating back to about 500 A.D.,” Tracy said. “We believe it’s very fitting, very appropriate for us to have this opportunity to do something here.”

InterVarsity expands national headquarters Madison-founded Christian group grows despite challenges with university non-discrimination policies

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a Madison-based organization that aims to build Christian communities on college campuses, is moving offices to accommodate growth.

InterVarsity’s headquarters has grown from a staff of 70 to 156 employees at its Madison headquarters since 1986, reflecting the national growth of the organization, Karon Morton, vice president of operations for InterVarsity, said. “[The move] means accommodating the growth that has been happening in InterVarsity since 1986 and also positioning us for growth for the next decade,” Morton said.

Morton said she attributes the national growth of InterVarsity to two clear cut

strategic plans with similar visions put in place over the past decade. In these plans, taking place from 2007-12 and 2013-17, Morton said the organization has actively reached out to students to make their ministry more relevant.

To aid in this relevance, Morton said InterVarsity has listened to students echoing concern over diversity issues.

She said her organization takes issues of diversity seriously and attempts to address them in the gospel.

Morton also said the organization has made it a priority to be multi-ethnic.

According to InterVarsity’s website, of the 40,299 active students in the organization nationally, 15,060 identify as ethnic minorities.

At University of Wisconsin, InterVarsity has three chapters that cater to specific groups on campus. These include a

multi-ethnic chapter for all students, an Asian American chapter and chapter serving fraternities and sororities, UW Chapter President Cassandra Chiao said.

But unlike the national organization, UW’s chapter has not witnessed growth.

Chiao said the undergraduate multi-ethnic organization has seen a decline from 85 consistent members two years ago to 55 this year.

Chiao also reflected upon how the UW chapters, just as the national organization, seek to be relevant to the student community.

“Especially when it comes to really big issues, like Black Lives Matter movement, InterVarsity tries to partner with the university to be able to show love to the people who are hurting on campus and try to get the message out there of what we believe and how we want to help and

partner with people who are in situations like this,” Chiao said.

On campus, Chiao said while InterVarsity occasionally hosts larger events, they usually focus on smaller scale events in which pastors join students for group Bible studies.

Morton said campus chapters also engage in proxy sessions, which she said are meant to push students to consider and discuss provocative questions to invite students to consider who Jesus is. From this, Morton said their goal is for college students to develop their spirituality along with their academics.

Despite the organization’s growth, InterVarsity still faces challenges establishing itself on college campuses, said Greg Jao, vice president and director of campus engagement.

Specifically, the organization has found itself

at odds with university nondiscrimination policies. He said InterVarsity’s practice of electing chapter leaders on the basis of their belief in Christianity has not always fared well with university administrators.

Because the organization refuses to sign nondiscrimination policies that forbid the use of religious criteria to elect leaders, 25 universities across the nation have de-recognized InterVarsity campus chapters, according to the InterVarsity 2013-14 report.

Jao said this makes reaching out far more difficult for those campus chapters, which in some instances have paid up to $30,000 to rent university space.

“It’s possible to have strongly held beliefs and still work in concert with the people with whom we disagree,” Jao said.

Pocan proposes to amend Constitution Two Democratic U.S. legislators looking to pass adendum to Bill of Rights to ensure voter protection for all citizens

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

Two Democratic legislators, including U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, are looking to amend the Constitution.

Pocan and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota, are pushing a bill through Congress that would add a 28th amendment to the Bill of Rights with the explicit purpose of ensuring the right to vote for all U.S. citizens.

Pocan told reporters Thursday the fact that the Constitution has no clear protection for voting is often overlooked. The proposed amendment’s language is short, stating simply “every citizen of the United States, who is of legal voting age, shall have the fundamental right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.”

Pocan said adding the right to vote to the Constitution would make it easier for citizens to fight legislation deterring this right in court.

Executive Director of Common Cause Wisconsin Jay Heck said passing a constitutional amendment is difficult and takes time. Heck said the bill’s inspiration hails from recent movements in some states to restrict the right to vote, including

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Associated Students of Madison Chair Genevieve Carter said in a statement the increase in out-of-state 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

laws like voter ID, which requires state-issued photo identification at the polls.

Proponents who back voter ID law, which was upheld in Wisconsin last month, consider it a measure to prevent election fraud.

Gov. Scott Walker expressed his support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the voter ID law case in a statement.

“This is a common sense reform that protects the integrity of our voting process, making it easy to vote and hard to cheat,” Walker said.

Heck said the purpose of the Pocan-Ellison measure is to make it more difficult in the future to impede on voting, like the passage of voter photo ID laws, restrict or repeal same day voter registration or curtail the hours that a polling place is open.

The bill aims to put voting on a more solid constitutional foundation, Heck said.

“It would add to all the other arguments a constitutional argument,” Heck said.

Dane County Supervisor Shiela Stubbs is one of the Madison area officials who backed Pocan and Ellison at Thursday’s press conference to promote the bill. She said Dane County is not immune to issues stemming from

voting underrepresentation and legislation aimed to curtail voting.

Stubbs said voting gives people a say in choosing leaders with similar values, and when this is infringed upon it is a violation of freedom. “[With this bill] we can give all citizens the opportunity to have a voting opportunity,” Stubbs said.

Heck said the amendment will give people who see a problem with the way elections are run in the United States something to mobilize

around and push for that they can do proactively, instead of working on the defensive.

For example, legislation like voter ID could be challenged as a direct violation of the constitution, Heck said.

Stubbs said Wisconsin has seen a number of efforts to restrict voting, such as voter ID, and often leads the charge on issues like this.

“We have been a leader in so many capacities, and so the place and timing is perfect,” Stubbs said.

Pocan’s partnership with Minnesota representative

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.

“If our administrators are going to place this increased burden on students, they need to engage directly with the students who will be paying more soon enough for students to determine whether Wisconsin is still a reasonable financial option for them and their families,” Carter said.

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.

Photo · It is a little known fact that the Constitution does not clearly lay out voter rights protection, according to Pocan.

The Badger Herald File Photo Ellison is important because an alliance between the two states makes the bill more powerful, Stubbs said. She said Minnesota and Wisconsin are often compared and face a lot of the same obstacles when it comes to voting issues.

Increases like this also present questions about the type of out-of-state students that will come to UW-Madison, Radomski said, with highly-qualified 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.

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THE BADGER HERALD · FEATURES · MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015

COVER STORY

Legends say he lurks beneath our feet: exploring UW’s undergound labrynth The Badger Herald went on an exclusive tour of campus’ underground steam tunnels in an investigation to uncover the man behind the ‘Tunnel Bob’ mystery

by Jacob Ahrens-Balwit Herald Contributor

Wouldn’t spend a night in “these tunnels...You would end up dead.”

Robert Gruenewald Tunnel Bob

Photo · Behind the legend of tunnel bob is Robert Gruenenwald, a man in his mid-fifties who illegally explores UW’s underground tunnels.

Nyal Mueenuddin The Badger Herald

The man, the myth, the mystery.

Few campus legends permeate as deep into University of Wisconsin’s student consciousness as the myth of Tunnel Bob. The shadowy figure has earned his spot among the city’s most notorious urban legends by allegedly living in the subterranean labyrinth of steam tunnels running for approximately 20 miles under campus.

Students are naturally captivated by the idea of an elusive tunnel traveler patrolling the catacombs beneath their feet as they walk to class.

Entering the steam tunnels without explicit permission is illegal. John Harrod, the University’s physical plant manager reported that Tunnel Bob repeatedly asks for permission to access the tunnels, and is repeatedly denied.

An Isthmus article titled “Secrets of the UW” referred to the sprawling network of tunnels running beneath campus as “UWMadison’s worst-kept secret. No one is supposed to know about them, but many people do...” A UW news release from 1999 referred to Tunnel Bob as a “lurking itinerant.”

The legend is Tunnel Bob used to hold “tunnel games” under the city, inviting students to come play hide and seek or flashlight tag with him. Others claim that his

fear of women drove him underground.

According to one past UW employee who was familiar with Tunnel Bob, “[Tunnel maintenance workers] leave a box of bulbs and he changes them as he finds them because they couldn’t find a way to keep him out.”

A theory from the same employee about tunnel Bob’s history is that “he’s a Vietnam vet and was a tunnel rat there.”

Rumors question Tunnel Bob’s harmlessness. One Madison resident claimed, “I’ve seen him lose his temper and damage things.” Another questions if he’s dangerous saying, “I was at UW from 1993 to 1998, and he would follow me around a lot. I do think he has the intent to harass women and he is definitely mentally disturbed.”

Photo · ‘UW’s worst kept secret’: the underground tunnels span about 20 miles. Trespassing is strictly prohibited.

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Some believe the rumors have been exaggerated and distorted over decades of oral retelling. “He is a really nice guy if you get the chance to have a conversation with him. Contrary to popular belief, he does not live in the tunnels, but rather visits them on the weekends,” claims a blogger who believes that common perceptions about Tunnel Bob may be inaccurate due to the man’s slight social awkwardness.

The man, the tunnels Only one person knows which of these rumors are real. The Badger Herald delved below to discover the man behind the mystery.

Standing at six feet, six inches tall, Tunnel Bob, or Robert Gruenenwald, crouches on his tunnel explorations, scattering tunnel roaches as he passes.

The tunnels are a scorching 120 degrees Faranheit from the heating pipes they are pathways for. The pipes carry 430 degree Faranheit steam at 9,000 feet per second all across campus. The pipes are insulated with asbestos, and spray scalding water in all directions when they burst, as they did in 1979. It smelled like rats, musty and humid–like the occasional gust of wind that comes out of a New York City Subway grate.

In an “AskAbe” forum, the Wisconsin Alumni Association said “even the legendary Tunnel Bob has suffered steam burns, and he knows the tunnels like the back of his hand.” Although no burns were apparent on Tunnel Bobs hands or face to support this statement, a malfunctioning pipe was shooting a geyser of hot steam, which appeared to have the capacity to injure anyone who got too close.

Tunnel Bob said he hadn’t taken anyone into the tunnels for 10 years before this trip.

“I used to take people down here and play hide and seek,” he said.

As the shadowy figure strolled coolly along, deflecting questions and speaking in fragmented sentences a picture began to emerge of a man who trusted very little and was obsessed with steam tunnels.

He had visited the steam tunnels of other schools around the nation but had returned to Madison’s, where his subterranean exploration began years ago.

Tunnel Bob had been exploring, but not living in, UW’s century-and-a-half old steam tunnels for more than 30 years.

“Wouldn’t spend a night sleeping in these tunnels … You would end up dead,” he said.

Tunnel Bob has been in legal trouble for trespassing in tunnels before, but continues his underground lifestyle. When asked about the reasons for his interest in the tunnels he redirected the question with raised eyebrows.

“Look at them, aren’t you interested by them?” he asked.

Later he said he enjoyed being in the tunnels in winter simply because “they are the best place to be.”

Tunnel Bob doesn’t like to get personal.

He flinches when women accidentally brush against him and will not shake a woman’s hand. Not out of disrespect or aggression, but out of discomfort.

Tunnel Bob has been exploring Madison’s catacombs since the ‘70s, but he will not

allude to how he first discovered them. He didn’t give a clear answer when asked if he assisted with UW’s maintenance of the tunnels, Harrod’s report that Tunnel Bob’s requests for access were denied by the university make it seem unlikely that his wanderings are motivated by maintenance.

Tunnel Bob quietly acknowledged his legend-status on campus. He said he didn’t mind it. After the hour-long tour, Tunnel Bob showing off his favorite vents to view the bustle of campus from underground, he politely extended an invitation for “tunnel games” sometime.

Once again he avoided the minimum $151 trespassing fine from UWPD.

Photo · The asbestos covered tunnels are home to pipes carrying 430 degree Faranheit steam and cockroaches.

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Experts point to failures in STEM education style Tension builds between need to produce high quality researchers, educating students for success in degree in light of statewide budget cuts

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

Less than half of science, technology, engineering and math majors graduate with their intended degree, having some education experts pointing fingers at professors.

A national push for increased focus on STEM education outlined in a 2012 report called for an increase of 1,000,000 STEM professionals over the next decade to remain competitive nationally. But University of Wisconsin education researcher Mark Connolly said this is a tall order given only 19 percent of students will graduate with a STEM

degree.

With only 40 percent of intended STEM majors actually graduating with those degrees, Connolly said a big part of the problem lies in the quality of STEM teaching.

“We have the case where high performing students leave STEM majors because they say they’re uninspiring and they want to go to something that’s more engaging for them,” Connolly said. “They don’t want to be lectured to in every class.”

Connolly said while STEM faculty know their complicated subjects well, they often are not prepared to relay this information in an engaging way to students.

He said STEM doctoral students almost exclusively receive their degrees from research institutions that place far more emphasis on innovative research than teaching.

“There is a fear that if I as a graduate student devolve my interest in teaching, my research advisor will disown me or keep me out of a lab, as sometimes happens,” Connolly said.

In effect, he said teaching strategies that engage students, such as working on activities together, conducting experiments and keeping materials relevant, often go neglected among professors who obtain degrees at research institutions.

However, while a PhD remains chiefly a research degree, graduate education – especially at UW – is in the midst of changes focused on improvements in teaching quality, Robert Mathieu, UW astronomy professor and Wisconsin Center for Education Research director, said.

Mathieu said UW has been a pioneer in establishing programs to address inadequacies in undergraduate STEM teaching. These include the Delta Program, which aims to improve teaching practices for doctoral students in STEM, and Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence, which has the same goals but works with

beginning faculty members.

The Delta Program is a founding member of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning, a network of 23 universities which attempts to develop STEM faculty committed to higher quality teaching practices.

Mathieu said programs such as these not only help faculty improve teaching, but also help doctoral students and faculty learn ethics and leadership skills in the case they enter the professional workforce.

While UW is a pioneer among universities pushing for higher quality of teaching in STEM, these types of programs are not in widespread use on college

campuses and are usually not a requirement, Connolly said. “[These programs] can only work with the folks who want to improve their teaching and who see the issue,” Connolly said. “It’s important to convince faculty that it’s okay to participate in these programs.”

Connolly said attempts to improve STEM teaching have unfortunately occurred during a time of state budget cuts, which he claims will demand too much of professors.

Because of cuts, he said faculty will be obliged to put more hours into teaching to improve student outcomes while also having to step up research efforts to bring in money for the university.

Local works to empower sexual assault victims Madison native creates Black Women Heal Day, brings together over 1,000 participants, reaches international audience with Twitter hashtag

by Molly Doherty Herald Contributor

A survivor of sexual abuse, Reverend Lilada Gee knows the difficulties of the journey to recovery and is making it her life’s work to help ease the healing process for others.

She was sexually abused by a member of her family beginning at the age of six, but has turned trauma into inspiration, since founding multiple support groups and establishing outreach efforts.

Sexual abuse is oftentimes deeply embedded in a woman’s heritage, Gee said.

She personally discovered her family history during her personal healing process, but said often times that is not on the minds of enough black

women.

“I’m still getting residuals from my lineage,” Gee said.

“Since the 1600’s, my lineage of black women have been sexually assaulted.”

Furthermore, it is not frequently reported or talked about, she said. For every black woman who reports sexual abuse, 15 do not, Gee said.

Since only five percent of those women who report sexual assault actually seek out help during their healing process, Gee is committed to helping these women in every way possible.

Gee is the founder and executive director of the downtown Madison organization Lilada’s Livingroom… A Safe Place

to Heal, an outlet for women to begin their healing process after surviving sexual assault.

“I truly believe in creating these regional networks so that women have a place to go,” Gee said.

The first Black Women Heal Day was held this year on April 1. This was a day founded by Gee to help inspire women to begin the healing process, as well as educate communities on the effects of child sexual abuse, she said. The event is intended to become an annual celebration, and brought together close to 1,200 participants this year.

The celebration of the first Black Women Heal Day inspired the creation of an international hashtag, #BlackWomenHeal, Gee said.

Through the help of the hashtag and Gee’s outreach, the effort quickly became part of an international conversation. A total of 40 states and 12 countries were involved, including Jamaica, Nigeria and Mexico. Several vloggers and bloggers also contributed through acknowledgements of the special day and celebrations of their own.

Though Gee has already helped many women, she wants to expand outreach.

Over the next year she is determined to have at least one representative in every state in America. Gee plans to travel to various states to personally contact possible representatives, as well as pursue outreach via media

to ensure that women are being heard and helped.

Along with the goal to spread awareness throughout the United States, Gee wants to build an outreach program throughout the African diaspora to help those women have the chance to heal.

Locally, her dedication has led to the creation of a student organization called Black Women Heal! on University of Wisconsin’s campus.

Going beyond providing a safe space for women, the organization tries to connect women who are working or studying in the same field, Madeline Gunther, campus liaison, said.

“As a woman of color, you do feel isolated at times,” Gunther said. “These challenges are exactly why Gee’s devotion to provide outreach to connect women with similar experiences is important to strengthen the community.”

Law proposed to stop felons from owning dogs Legislation would make it illegal for violent criminals to have canines due to increasing concern owners are making pets vicious

by Brenda McIntire Herald Contributor

What is the difference between a gun and a dog? In the hands of violent felons, some lawmakers say both are dangerous weapons.

Wisconsin legislators have proposed a bill that would prevent violent felons from owning dogs.

The Green Bay police department first reached out to legislators to introduce the bill five years ago after a similar bill passed in Michigan. The police department found that an increasing number of felons had vicious dogs

that they used to intimidate parole agents and unarmed individuals, said Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, a cosponsor of the bill.

If the law, written by Rep. Andre Jacque, R-De Pere, passes, it would only apply to felons convicted of crimes against life and bodily security which includes first degree homicide, mutilating or hiding a corpse, battery or threat of battery, felony murder and homicide resulting from handling a dangerous weapon, explosive or fire, Hansen said.

“These aren’t people who write bad checks, or other

types of felonies, these are people who are convicted of very serious violent crimes,” Hansen said.

According to the bill, a dog would be considered dangerous if it attacked a person without justification, or behaved in a manner that posed a significant, imminent threat without justification.

Sharon Hensen, senior humane animal control officer for Green Bay Police Department, said a dog trained to be vicious may be more dangerous than any other weapon a felon may have since they act independently of their owner

and may actively seek to harm someone because they feel they are protecting their owner.

“If you have a convicted felon and he can’t own a gun [for the rest of his life] but you allow him to own an animal that he has raised to be so dangerous, what’s the difference?” Hensen said.

The bill is purposefully not breed-specific, because any dog can be trained to be dangerous, Hensen said.

However, those with poor intentions will oftentimes purchase European dog breeds such as Perro de Presa Canarios, Cane Corsos and Dogo Argentinos which

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Sam Pecore, president of Wunk Sheek, said she spends an entire year organizing and planning both the spring Powwow and the events for Native American Heritage Month in November.

“Both take enormous amounts of planning,”

Photo · Tribe members from varying backgrounds danced in intricate traditional garb at Camp Randall’s Field House over the weekend.

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were traditionally used for guarding and war. This makes them more protective by nature, Hensen said.

To turn a dog into an intimidation weapon, owners prevent their dog from socializing with any other dogs or humans, she said. They don’t take their dog on walks and when people come over they put their dog away. This causes them to become hyperprotective of their owner, whom they perceive to be the only other member of the pack.

“Dogs need companionship, so if they are taken away from having a

Pecore said. “There were 13 events last November.”

Wunk Sheek, composed of seven to 15 attendants on most meeting nights, Pecore said, is responsible for planning the Powwow events. As president, Pecore works to raise funds for the Powwow by writing for grants and donations from various tribes.

Pecore said organizing this event takes a large amount of working around the politics of various Native American issues along with struggles to work with the university.

“We’re lucky we are able to use the Field House now, they begged and pleaded and had numerous meetings with athletics and they gave it to us,” Pecore said.

Previously, the events were held at Dejope Hall, a Lakeshore residence hall

pack and they are only given one person who is their leader, then they become suspicious of everything else,” Hensen said.

Since Michigan passed a similar bill five years ago, several states surrounding Wisconsin have passed similar legislation including Iowa and Illinois.

Although Hensen has been working on getting the bill passed for the past five years, she said she feels optimistic about its chances this session.

“I’m trying to get it through before someone ends up dying,” Hensen said.

which pays tribute to HoChunk Nation.

Pecore said the challenge is compounded by the need to attract competitors to the Powwow. Holding a competition Powwow involves the promise of prize money and awards, Pecore said, which brings in more and better competitors.

The scramble to earn that money even on the day of the Powwow can be difficult, she said, especially as the cost of transportation and lodging for these competitors can also be high for the Wunk Sheek group.

Yet, the Powwow was as lively as it was loud as feathered feet pounded the mats in the Field House Saturday to the drum circles and chants.

“It’s really just a big celebration,” Day said.

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Budget cuts leave UW with unappealing options While graduate, non-resident students seem like easy targets, burdensome tuition increases are ultimately a short-term solution

by Adam Johnson Columnist

Tuition increases cannot always be the solution for fixing budgets. Paying the equivalent of a year ’s worth of full-time wages is not sustainable for students or the university, and we need to reform substantive and decisive actions over the next few years. Tuition hikes decrease diversity through discouraging new applicants, and can even price out students with additional financial aid opportunities.

Articles about student loan debt crippling our nation’s economic future have become so common they are cliché.

But, I get it. The university is not receiving as much support from the state as it once did, and governors of all political affiliations are getting into the game of cutting education.

University of Wisconsin has done a tremendous amount of work over the last half century to become a premier public institution in both the United States and the world, but we cannot afford to continue this rise on the backs of students already stretched thin.

Out-of-state and graduate students typically bear the brunt of these tuition increases for obvious reasons. Few parents of these students are actually voting for the legislature that approves the tuition increases, so they are easy targets. However, balancing the budget on the backs of students — any students — will not be a permanently sustainable solution for the university.

As Associated Students of

Madison Chair Genevieve Carter noted in ASM’s response to Chancellor Blank’s initial proposal, raising out-of-state tuition without also raising in-state tuition is only due to the current tuition freeze that Gov. Scott Walker instituted across the UW System.

When that tuition freeze expires, we can surely expect a spike in tuition for residents to “make up ground” on non-resident tuition, or some nonsense like that.

Similarly, raising tuition on graduate students seems innocuous because many graduate students receive a form of tuition remission as part of their program packages. However, many graduate students do not receive these benefits and must bear these increases on top of their undergraduate student loans as well.

Graduate students also commit to a school until their program is complete, thus locking these students into an increase they did not anticipate when choosing UW. There are other ways to balance a budget and there should be serious and open discussions with all of our options on the table.

Instead of raising tuition, we could get additional state support. How did we become a state with a world class university that everyone loves to cheer in Camp Randall or the Kohl Center, but when it comes to paying the maintenance bill, those same “fans” say tough shit? With a group of leaders in the Capitol who would prefer to admire each other for their conservative plumage like birds of dystopia, we cannot count on state funding keeping pace with UW’s needs.

We could close a campus.

This is an unpopular option, and for good reason. We need more, not less, higher education in a state that’s dead last for job growth in the Midwest but closing a campus, like the state did to UW-Medford in 1981, could solve some problems.

This is not a long-term solution though. Costs at larger institutions will continue to rise and then we will be back in the same position of raising tuition.

It would also be incredibly unpopular in the legislature as no one wants to lose the jobs or revenue that a UW institution provides.

The university could cut services and programs.

While also unpopular, UW already specializes at

specific schools in some programs. UW-Milwaukee has the only architecture program, for example. For specialized and expensive degrees, UW could consolidate programs. This would reduce faculty costs and encourage efficiencies in individual universities.

This is also very unlikely because each university would loath to lose programs and it would be politically unpopular on each campus.

Without raising tuition, consolidating programs and campuses or gaining additional state support, UW would need to cut quality. Cutting faculty salaries from those who are most highly compensated would save money at

the cost of our academic reputation.

We could no longer strive to be world class and instead settle for the simple job training engine that Walker and friends want. Have we reached the end of Wisconsin’s excellence?

I don’t like tuition increases because it too often ignores deeper problems for the sake of covering a short-term budget gap. Here again, we see a proposal to raise tuition to match our peers which is all fine and good for the next few years.

But where do we go from there? I’d like to think the regents and chancellors will come up with some good solutions in the next few years to prevent another

Photo · Teaching Assistant Eric Greve leads a Chemistry 104 discussion section. Some graduate students will see increased tuition under a new plan approved by the Board of Regents.

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hike when we need to “match our peers” again.

We can do better. We need to do better.

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

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ASM fails out-of-state students on tuition hikes Focus on transparency in spending leaves non-residents’ interests unrepresented in the face of increased cost of attendance Limp-wristed, impotent, ineffectual. These are all words that can describe how the Associated Students of Madison has served non-resident students of University of Wisconsin.

The latest proposal from university administration is to increase the tuition fees of non-resident students. Over the next four years, out-ofstate students would pay $10,000 more, with an extra $1,000 for international students. These students already pay more than twice as much as resident

students, and the price hike creates an onerous burden on them and their families.

You would expect such a change to elicit outrage from the elected student government. You would expect its leaders to fight the changes and defend college affordability specifically for non-resident students, who make up more than 25 percent of the undergraduate population.

But no such satisfactory response has arisen. Instead, ASM has focused on demanding transparency in

spending.

I could argue there is no case to be made there,

students “doThese not care where

their money goes; they care that they have to pay more to begin with.

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because the university has been largely transparent in its accounts. If we are accusing UW of being

fiscally irresponsible, the charge should be at their overall spending plans.

But this charge would not hit the crux of the issue, which is college affordability for nonresident students. These students do not care where their money goes; they care that they have to pay more to begin with. Some of them will be forced to transfer, others will see funds of their families erode.

The most shocking thing is how oblivious ASM seems to these realities. In

their statement, they spend minimal time discussing the financial impact on non-resident students.

Instead, they shift the focus to transparency and discuss implications for instate tuition. The impact is said to be on “all” students when the financial burden currently rests exclusively on out-of-state students.

Reading the letter, nonresident students must wonder, “How on earth are these people representing my concerns?”

The cherry on top of this

fiasco is that non-resident students pay ASM to represent them. Leaders of ASM each receive a stipend, up to 100 percent of instate tuition, which comes directly from the segregated fees all students pay.

Well, if out-of-state students wanted their student government to be flaccid and inept when they most needed it, they sure got their money’s worth.

Elliot Poh (ypoh@wisc. edu) is a sophomore majoring in history and economics.

School referenda: Better than nothing, but not ideal Public school systems’ increased relience on ballot measures is detrimental to Wisconsin’s long-term economic development

by Joe Timmerman Editorial Board Chair

Despite all of Gov. Scott Walker ’s rhetoric on the campaign trail, business is not exactly booming in Wisconsin. Sure, things have improved here since the depths of the great recession, but that isn’t saying much.

State economies have been on the rebound all across the country for the last five years, and Wisconsin is far from exceptional in this regard.

In fact, Wisconsin is falling behind the rest of the Midwest in job growth.

From June 2013 to June 2014, Wisconsin was tied with South Dakota for the worst job growth rate in the region. According to an Economic Policy Institute report, Wisconsin had the highest unemployment rate

for African Americans in 2014.

Wisconsin has a serious problem, and there’s no easy way to fix it. However, there is at least one thing we know will unequivocally help: better education and more of it. Ensuring every Wisconsin citizen has access to quality education will help to increase job growth in general and decrease racial divides in the economy. In essence, it will increase the size of the pie and make sure everyone gets a more equal slice of it.

It is especially distressing, in this context, that the state of Wisconsin has not been adequately funding its public schools.

This is well documented; Walker ’s cuts to public education are the biggest in the state’s history, and on a per-pupil basis are some of the largest in the country.

Interestingly, it appears

Wisconsin residents disagree with their elected officials on education.

School districts are relying more and more on public referenda, just like the one passed in Madison last week, to obtain funding.

These ballot measures allow school districts to raise property tax revenue beyond state-mandated caps.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the number of public school referenda increased drastically over the last five elections, from 13 in 2012 to 35 last week. Further, 76 percent of those referenda passed.

The trend is clear: schools are relying more and more on these sort of ballot measures to make up for shortfalls in other funding sources — namely, the state.

It is encouraging that voters are passing these

ballot measures at such a high rate. However, this trend of increased reliance on referenda for funding is deeply troubling for a variety of reasons. To begin

“In

order to make Wisconsin a more prosperous, equitable place, we need to ensure every child in Wisconsin has equal access to education.

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with, it makes the quality of schools even more dependent on where they’re located.

School districts in wealthier areas are more likely to have their

referenda passed, as their residents are more able to afford increased property taxes. This further reinforces the class divide.

Giving richer people access to better schools while simultaneously depriving poor people of quality education will not accomplish anything good.

Ideally, the state would be acting as a middleman, making sure schools have plenty of funding regardless of where they are located.

Compounding this problem, ballot measures are a potentially volatile funding source. Basing important operating decisions on the whims of public opinion is far from optimal. In order to plan effectively, it’s important for schools to know what their funding situation looks like in the future. As schools rely more on more

on referenda for routine funding, they will have to budget for the possibility that part of their funding could be cut at the polls.

In order to make Wisconsin a more prosperous, equitable place, we need to ensure every child in Wisconsin has equal access to education.

The trend of making school districts more reliant on local, volatile funding streams is antithetical to this goal. Although this is unlikely to change in the near term — the state’s government doesn’t seem particularly open to public feedback — it’s crucial that Wisconsin voters keep this in mind the next time they head to the polls.

Joe Timmerman (jptimmerman@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in math and economics with a certificate in computer science.

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Hot diggity: New wiener shop spices up traditional dog Joint on West Gilman serves up frankfurters wrapped in bacon, topped with tater tots, smothered in wasabi mayo, among various options

by Meghan Horvath ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Is there anything more American than a nice juicy wiener? Nope. Thus it’s only fitting that the comfort-foodloving capital of Wisconsin add a hot dog joint to its growing collection of restaurants. Just a week old, the Wiener Shop at 447 W. Gilman is already impressing the town with its crafty ingredients and bold flavor combinations. When a holein-the-wall wiener shop can make a hot dog taste just like sushi, there must be something serious afoot.

Dedicated to the dog The Wiener Shop is dedicated to hot dogs and hot dogs only, yet they stray from the average fast food joint with the daring options to compliment and top off

the dog. With nearly a dozen specialty dogs on the menu, it’s hard not to find a flavor variety that speaks to you.

From the popular Madison Dairyland Dog to the San Francisco BLT Dog, the Wiener Shop knows what’s up in terms of catering to everyone’s quirky, hot diggity needs.

Each masterpiece begins with either a Wisconsin-made beef wiener or a locally-made vegan tempeh dog. Patrons are then given the choice of an Oakhouse Bakery bun or a vegan, gluten-free corn tortilla to hold the dog and its fixings.

However unconventional the tempeh option may sound, it is a must try. Even the ubertraditionalists would sing praises about the flavorful meatiness of this encased soy product. This protein-packed dog is griddled up until its exterior is browned to a crisp, giving it a unique smokiness that mirrors the intensity of

real meat. The corn tortilla is also an atypical option for the stand-in bun. Given that they load a generous amount of condiments onto your dog, opting for a corn tortilla is actually wise. With so much happening atop the dog, the bun can become a mouthful.

That’s not to mention the great flavor that a soft corn tortilla can contribute when it’s folded up hugging a wiener.

Madison Dairyland Dog In my recent visit to the Wiener Shop, I experienced two of their tasty craft dogs.

First up was the Madison Dairyland Dog. The decision was logical; how could you forego a wiener wrapped in bacon, topped with onion jam and tater tots and drenched in Wisconsin lager-cheese sauce?

This guy certainly captured the heart of Midwestern comfort food culture. The bacon twisted all over the dog

added a nice crunch, but it also looked pretty awesome.

Meat on meat is clearly the way to go. The caramelized onion taste from the slightly sweet onion jam was the perfect way to balance out the otherwise savory concoction.

Attune to the needs of its cheesehead customers, the Weiner Shop does not skimp on the dishing out of their intensely flavorful lagercheese sauce. Add on some crisp, hearty nuggets of tater tot and it becomes a winning

Photo · The Vancouver Asian Dog offers a complex flavor profile with sesame ginger slaw, diced avocado, wasabi mayo and sweet soy sauce on a corn tortilla.

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Vancouver Asian Dog The next item I dug into was the Vancouver Asian Dog. From the sesame-ginger slaw and sliced avocado to the wasabi mayo and sweet soy sauce, this dog called for something lighter so I opted for the tempeh dog and the corn tortilla. At first bite I was amazed, amazed that a hot dog could taste so much like another favorite food of mine — sushi. Yes, biting into the Vancouver Asian Dog feels like eating a California roll.

The only thing missing is the chopsticks.

The slaw is packed with flavor, yet very light. The dog is topped with just a few slices of fresh avocado, but the smooth texture and subtle taste are on point. Though what really puts this dog at the top of the charts is the wasabi mayo. Prepare yourself

Photo · Madison’s recently opened Wiener Shop has nearly a dozen hot dog options made with either Wisconsin beef or vegan tempeh including the cheesy, potatoey Madison Dairyland Dog. Meghan Horvath The Badger Herald

for that wasabi, people. You may shed a few tears from this powerful ingredient; the Weiner Shop isn’t shy on the portions of this glorious green substance. It’s likely this powerful wasabi is what makes the dog so reminiscent of your traditional sushi experience.

Offering so many fresh takes on an American classic, this is a spot wiener fans should hit up. I’m willing to bet that even hot dog haters will walk out true converts.

Eaux Claires aims for more intimate artistic experience Creative Director Michael Brown talks Justin Vernon’s vision, unique grounds, creating ‘more than just a music festival’ in northern Wisconsin

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

Eight years ago Justin Vernon and his band recorded much of For Emma, Forever Ago in a northwestern Wisconsin cabin.

Bon Iver was propelled into stardom upon its release, but even as “Skinny Love” gently nestled into every indierock playlist, Vernon’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin remained his creative foundation.

This summer Vernon — in collaboration with producer and guitarist for The National Aaron Dessner — will share Eau Claire’s artistic prowess through an aptly-named music festival of their own creation: Eaux Claires. In addition to Bon Iver, headliners like The National, Spoon, Sylvan Esso, Sufjan Stevens and Indigo Girls will grace its stages July 17 and 18.

Though Vernon dreamt of filling the Chippewa River Valley with festivalgoers for many years, he could not do

so alone. Roughly two years ago he approached Michael Brown — famed production designer for Vernon and The National — to help create an experience unlike that of any other festival.

“Some [festivals] are these amazing little pockets of culture that benefit all the people around and some are these terrible experiences,” Brown said.

“In a lot of ways we wanted our own opportunity to make a statement and give our own attempt at one.”

Brown swiftly became Eaux Claires’ creative director, dedicated to bringing to life the vision he and Vernon shared. Since its original conception, the pair have sought to elicit a sense of community, Brown said. For Vernon, there is only one place where this could be achieved: Eau Claire.

“It’s been important to Justin throughout his entire career to try and bring focus back into Eau Claire, and that’s been one of the reasons he never really left Eau Claire; he’s chosen

to make his roots here specifically so he can help bolster the community,” Brown said.

Vernon’s sentimentality is not the only thing that makes Eau Claire ideal for a music festival. In fact, Country Jam and Blue Ox have already made the Wisconsin town their home for several years. It has sizable parks available for large scale events (including campgrounds), significant student presence courtesy of its UW System campus and a convenient location between Madison and the Twin Cities. Last but not least, Eau Claire has developed a substantial and, perhaps even more importantly, inclusive music scene.

“We definitely didn’t want to create a festival that could have been just pigeonholed as ‘this is just the folk music festival,’ or ‘this is the rock music festival,’ or even ‘this is the indie rock festival.’

That is one thing that Justin is definitely striving to do, is make sure this is

an event that ... is musical education,” Brown said.

This “music education” occurring between audience and artist manifests in the sense of community Eaux Claires hopes to foster.

The concept was a primary factor in every step of Eaux Claires’ development, from booking acts to mapping the grounds.

Vernon specifically catered the lineup to create a holistic experience.

Audiences are intended to enjoy all acts with their fellow concertgoers, Brown said.

Unlike other festivals housed by one generally large area, attendees are encouraged to travel between Eaux Claires’ two stages via a wooded path, Brown said. While serving as a music “palette cleanser” between acts, it also provides an avenue for interaction.

Festival planners also realize community is not synonymous with being pressed up against sweaty bodies all the time.

Attendance will be limited to avoid people being

bombarded by others and the attractions, Brown said.

Just as Eaux Claires seeks to push Chippewa River Valley’s physical boundaries, Brown and his team hope to push the boundaries of what a concert can be. Not only are patrons expected to foster community among themselves, but with the artists as well.

“There’s going to be a lot of alternate performances in different kinds of performance spaces, to give you an idea of the regular relationship between the stage and the audience, and really trying to alter that,” Vernon said in an interview with Billboard.

“We’re trying to be unique at a global scale, colliding art forms and music and collaborations between artists of all kinds together.”

For Brown, facilitating the “relationship between the stage and the audience” was both the biggest challenge — and biggest reward — of working on the festival. While he is accustomed to working

with lighting, scenery and other visual elements as a production designer, creating a large-scale exposition capable of connecting with patrons on a new level posed unique obstacles. “[We considered] how do we take that traditional environment that everybody knows with audience versus stage, and how can we completely alter that?” Brown said.

Versatility and experience were key in manufacturing stages that would be fluid enough to gratify artists and audiences, Brown said.

When the lights dim the final performances, Eaux Claires’ creators hope attendees will leave with more memories than sunburns and hangovers.

“What would be a huge win in my opinion would be every artist and every attendee to comes to the festival in some way to have a personal experience,” Brown said.

“The whole dream is for it to become more than just a music festival.”

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Edible Book Festival at Memorial Library, 11 - 5:30 p.m., FREE

Twin Shadow at Majestic, 7:30 p.m., $18 in advance

"Unfriended" Sneak Preview screening at The Marquee (Union South), 9:30 p.m., FREE

Comedian Marc Maron at Barrymore, 7:30 p.m., $29.50

Kodak to Graph at the Frequency, 7 p.m., $8 in advance

Opening night of Varsity Band Concert at Kohl Center, 7:30 p.m., $11 for students (Thursday only)

FRIDAY 87th Annual Student Art Show at Union South, FREE

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José González at Majestic, 8 p.m., SOLD OUT

Forward Theater Company’s “Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike” at Overture Center Playhouse, 2 p.m., $25 - $37

Madison 4/20 Festival at High Noon Saloon, 3 p.m., $15 in advance

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Foxygen lights up The Sett in electric free show California indie rock band focused on surprisingly high energy tunes over mellow, psychedelic production in last Wisconsin concert

by Kaden Greenfield ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Sett became an outlet for ironic and meaningful expressions of youth and angst Friday night as Foxygen entranced the glorified cafébar with their established nexus of in-your-face indie rock and laid back, sarcastic lyricism.

A stop on their “The Farewell Tour,” Foxygen’s Madison show was supposedly the band’s last

ever concert in Wisconsin. The band has allegedly decided to break up following the release of their third album “…And Star Power,” according to the band’s Twitter account. The band played like it was one of their last nights on Earth, their no-holds-barred performing approach lit up The Sett and brought the audience to their feet and joined them together in a massive energetic pit.

Despite the melancholic tone of the tour, the show was anything but overly sentimental as the two man

act, joined with a full band and three backup dancers, brought Union South to the pinnacle of indie rock bliss.

Different groups made comments about the “different” styles of the groups in attendance; bighaired hipsters and crop top awareness groups alike joined forces to appreciate a band that also doesn’t adhere to standard wardrobe choices.

Droves of underclassmen gradually filled the venue as Tame Impala and Big Data poured through the speakers to prime the Madisonians in attendance for the psychedelic and high-energy night to come.

Around 9:45 p.m., opener Alex Cameron emerged in a gray, ‘80s-inspired suit and a bored saxophonist.

While not a spectacle himself, his David Bowiereminiscent set was enough to mesmerize and fascinate.

Cameron’s straight up synthy songs “Happy Ending” and “Take Care of Business” were a nice, easy accompaniment to an otherwise bored crowd.

The set lasted around 45 minutes, a bit too long for an obscure, no frills act like Cameron.

At 10:30 p.m., Foxygen descended the stairs on stage right and all at once slammed into “We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic,” an

Photo · The Wisconsin Union Directorate sponsored free concert attracted a combination of “big haired hipsters and crop top awareness groups.”

Courtesy of Hannah Frank

immediate crowd favorite from their 2013 album of the same name that arguably put the Los Angeles-area duo on the map. The backup dancers, dressed in silver, black velvet and sparkles swung their arms with the rhythm, as only ‘60s go-go dancers would.

The concert was marked by a casual vibe, likely because the event was free through the Wisconsin Union Directorate.

The controlled environment, however, did not stop anyone from letting loose. A decent sized mosh pit formed near the edge that many were not ready for, but joined no less.

The band only played a small handful of songs, but they were stretched out with mini jam sessions and onstage riff raff. Frontman Sam France was a spectacle in and of himself — his high energy and disorganized bouts of rage manifested themselves in his aggressive

microphone movement and strutting around onstage.

France’s presence was a replica of Mick Jagger’s antics and motivations for the art of performance. He toned it down, though, for the slower, a la Todd Rundgren cut “Coulda Been My Love,” giving the audience a chance to catch their breath and see a different side of Foxygen.

After, the band immediately returned to their tried and true style with “Shuggie.”

They welcomed the audience to form a chorus of “nah”s to round out the camaraderie forged between milennials both really into the music and those there just for a good time.

After taking a brief field trip to the rafters mid-show, France returned to the stage, unbuttoned half of his shirt and finished out the show, not easily, but quite abruptly.

He took the reigns from his

Photo · Opener Alex Cameron and headliner Foxygen engaged Union South’s The Sett audience with eccentic wardobes and over the top theatrics.

Courtesy of Hannah Frank bandmate, Jonathan Rado and stood by his band as they finally played “No Destruction,” to the acclaim of the crowd. The band closed out the concert, in a conclusive, yet ephemeral way with “Everyone Needs Love.”

Their onstage banter and unorthodox rituals of performance were not exactly what one might expect from a chillwave rock band. Foxygen turned up at The Sett with electrically intense guitar riffs and energetic theatrics, defying norms for a free university concert.

Folk singer Joe Pug plays best Madison show yet With opener Field Report, authentic Texas country artist’s vibrant personality, dark humor forged musically diverse set

by Hunter Reed ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The High Noon Saloon was packed wall-to-wall last Friday night. A flanneldonning audience eagerly awaited the distinctive folk and acoustic sounds of Joe Pug. Under the glow of red lights and the smell of PBR, Pug took the stage with his band. Whistles and cheers from the crowd made it clear Madison was ready to hear what Pug had to offer.

With a simple, “How are ya’ll doing tonight?” and a,

“Thank you for having us,” Pug and his band broke into song, giving the High Noon classic acoustic music with poignant lyrics.

Chris Porterfield, of the Milwaukee-based band Field Report, opened the show and carried his emotionally charged vocals and simplistic acoustics with ease.

Porterfield transformed the venue into a natural and relaxing environment, plucking on his guitar and filtering his voice through reverb.

Bodies swayed silently as his voice resonated across

the room and tugged on the hearts of the intimate venue. Porterfield played songs from Field Report’s 2014 album, Marigolden, as well as their 2012 self-titled project. With just his guitar, passionate vocals and tragically beautiful lyrics, Porterfield hypnotized the audience and even prompted a few watery eyes.

Pug delivered a variety of acoustic, blue grass and country folk songs to the animated audience. The backing band featured an electric guitar, an upright bass and drums. Pug played guitar as well as the harmonica, which garnered particularly excited screams from the crowd. Songs from his 2010 and 2012 records, Messenger and The Great Despiser, combined with his newest album, Windfall, provided a full repertoire of Pug’s body of work.

Pug’s vibrant and hilarious personality was infectious. Even though his music was dark and emotionally heavy, he kept the mood alive and light-hearted between songs.

“Our new album is carrying over themes of past albums, which is some pretty heavy, dark shit. This is the last album that will remind you of your own mortality and that everyone around you will die,” he said at the concert.

The set felt balanced, mixing Pug’s upbeat and high-energy songs with the slower and moodier pieces.

However, at times the guitar chords and bass lines seemed to blur into one another putting the set in a lull of repetitive songs. The solution came when the band exited the stage, leaving Pug and his guitar to fend for themselves. The songs Pug performed alone were personal and resonated with the

crowd hauntingly well.

Pug’s impassioned vocals in these tracks easily made up for the misgivings.

In January, Pug and his band played at the Barrymore Theatre with Devil Makes Three. Pug joked he and the band members haven’t left Madison since.

“We didn’t even fucking leave. We’ve made our own lives here. Mark is a personal aid to Scott Walker. Greg [Tuohey] has just been on the streets.”

Pug said. “Me? I’ve been playing Third Eye Blind at open mic nights.”

Pug was a perfect fit for the High Noon Saloon. The backdrop of the brick walls and American old west decor made the venue feel like Pug’s hometown of Austin, Texas. The set stuck to its folk-country roots and Pug’s personality shined through the music.

It was hard not to smile when Pug cracked a joke or as the band danced around onstage. The whole show felt authentic, a product of hard work and experience.

After playing an explosively catchy last song, Pug screamed into the mic in his distinctive Texan accent.

Photo ·Pug performed a variety of acoustic , bluegrass and country folk songs with a darker tinge. Playing songs that reminded “you of your own mortality and that everyone around you will die.”

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“You’ve been a wonderful audience. I can easily say this has been the best show we’ve played in Madison,” he said.

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Wisconsin’s woes continue with loss of Zulinick With three-year-old son back in British Columbia, redshirt sophomore forward decides to leave men’s hockey program to be with family Photo · Morgan Zulinick (9) finished his Wisconsin career with nine goals and 24 assists for 33 total points. He tallied the thirdhighest point total this past season and was set to be the third-most experienced player returning next season in terms of total games played in his career with 74.

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by Dan Corcoran Sports Editor

The off-season turnover continues for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team.

After head coach Mike Eaves fired assistants Gary Shuchuk and Matt Walsh Tuesday, current redshirt sophomore Morgan Zulinick informed Eaves Friday that he will not return to the program next season.

Instead, Zulinick will move back to Canada to be with his family, including his three-year-old son, Noah.

“I’ve decided after three years here at Wisconsin, my

heart is back home with my family and my son, Noah,” Zulinick said in a statement issued Friday. “I’ve found my desire to be back home with Noah outweighs my desire to continue on playing hockey. I think I really need this.”

With six seniors graduating from this year ’s squad and only two juniors who have seen regular playing time in their careers, Zulinick was poised to be one of the key players on next year ’s team. He had appeared in 74 games during his Wisconsin career, including 36 this past season, which would have been the third-most career

contests among returning letterwinners behind junior defensemen Kevin Schulze and Eddie Wittchow.

Eaves knew it wasn’t an easy decision for Zulinick, who had previously brought up concerns about not being with his son.

“He talked about the decision process and it sounds like it was a pretty thorough one,” Eaves said.

“It has been on his heart for a while. What he shared was that when he was home over spring break with his mom and dad and extended family that he holds in his inner circle, they poked holes at all things, but in the end it was his need to get

back and be with Noah.”

Besides losing one of their more experienced players, the Badgers will also lose one of their biggest sources of offense. That’s a considerable blow to an attack that struggled mightily this past season, averaging just 1.7 goals per game, which was the fourth lowest average in all of college hockey.

Despite the lackluster offense, Zulinick was one of the lone bright spots. He was third in scoring this past season for University of Wisconsin, tallying a careerhigh five goals while adding 10 assists.

According to Eaves,

some of the best he saw Zulinick play all year was over winter break while his family was in town. That included a stretch of eight straight games with a point from late November all the way to January 16 against Minnesota. Coincidentally, four of Zulinick’s five goals came in a four game stretch from Dec. 5 to Jan. 3. His four game goal streak was the longest for any Badger player this season.

Zulinick had nine goals and 24 assists for 33 total career points.

He also shared the news of his departure with his teammates, all of whom were aware of his situation.

“I’ve talked to my roommates and a couple other of my teammates, so word has gotten around,” Zulinick said.

“Some of the guys have asked me about it, and I told them, and asked them what they thought and what they would do. They have been unbelievable with their support. A lot of them said they don’t know how I’ve been doing it. Every one of them has met Noah.”

According to the

statement, Zulinick will finish out the rest of the spring semester at UW so that he will not have any difficulties transferring.

He said that he has already applied to several schools and is waiting to hear back from them.

The news of Zulinick leaving comes on the heels of Wisconsin’s worst season in program history that saw the Badgers go 4-26-5, setting the school record for most losses and fewest wins.

Eaves met with players Friday to discuss the past season, which is when Zulinick told him about his plans to return home.

“We were having our year-end meetings and Morgan’s meeting was this morning at 9 a.m., the first one of the day,” Eaves said.

“He came in, sat down and shared his decision to return home to be a full-time dad.

“In talking to Morgan throughout his time here, he would talk all the time at how much Noah would change when he would see him after three or four months. He tried to stay up with him on the computer, but he had a heavy heart.”

With the loss of both assistant coaches and Zulinick, the rebuilding process going forward will become more difficult.

However, Eaves recognized that, although it will be tough to replace Zulinick, he made the right choice to be with his family.

“As hard as it is from a hockey standpoint – he would have been a leader on our team next year – it is the right decision for Morgan at this time and we wish him well,” Eaves said. “He is a terrific young man.”

Three and out: Dekker declares for NBA Draft After helping Wisconsin to National Championship game, junior forward decides to cede final season of eligibility to pursue pro career

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will be without its top two scorers from the 2014-15 season that saw it advance to the Final Four for the second-straight year.

With senior forward and Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky already gone, junior forward Sam Dekker announced Friday that he will forgo his senior season at Wisconsin and enter the NBA Draft.

“After lots of thoughts and prayers, I’ve decided that it is in my best interest to enter the NBA Draft at this time,” Dekker said in a statement. “It is difficult to leave Madison and the only state I’ve called home, but I’m excited for the next chapter of my life.”

Dekker, who is from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, played his best basketball of the season in the NCAA tournament. The 6-foot9 forward averaged 19.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, shooting a teambest 57.1 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from three during six NCAA tournament games.

In the Sweet 16 against North Carolina and the Elite Eight against Arizona, Dekker scored 23 and 27 points respectively to lead Wisconsin back to the Final Four en route to being named the 2015 West

Regional Most Outstanding Player.

Over the course of the season, Dekker was second on the team, averaging 13.9 points per game, adding 5.5 rebounds. Dekker was a second-team all-Big Ten selection for the 2014-15 season.

Dekker injured his ankle before the season and fought with the injury for the first part of the campaign, but scored in double-figures in 27 of his final 31 games to close out the season.

“These past three years have been the best, most memorable years of my life,” Dekker said. “Growing up in the state and being able to wear Wisconsin across my chest has been a dream come true.

It is difficult to “leave Madison and

the only state I’ve called home, but I’m excited for the next chapter of my life.

”

Sam Dekker UW junior forward “I truly can’t say thank you enough to my teammates, coaches, training staff and the fans, for everything they’ve done,” Dekker said. “I am so grateful for the opportunities Coach Ryan and UW-Madison have given me. I couldn’t have asked

for anything more from my experience.”

In his three-year career as a Badger, Dekker appeared in 113 games with 83 starts.

He finishes 15th in school history with 1,363 points and added 569 rebounds in three seasons. Dekker is just the eighth Wisconsin player to eclipse the 1,000-point, 500-rebound mark in his first three seasons in Madison.

With his choice to leave school a year early, Dekker

becomes just the second player under head coach Bo Ryan to forgo his final season of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.

Dekker took to Twitter to officially announce his decision and thank Badger

Nation.

Both Dekker and Kaminsky are expected to be mid-first round picks in the NBA Draft which will take place on June 25th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Photo · Sam Dekker became just the second player in Bo Ryan’s 14-year tenure to forgo remaining eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.

The other was Devin Harris, who played for UW from 2001-04.

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Dekker’s Letter to Badger Nation To the Badger Nation, I really don’t know where to start. Most importantly, I just want to say thank you.

These past three years have been the best, most memorable years of my life. Growing up in the state and being able to wear Wisconsin across my chest has been a dream come true.

It has been a true honor to represent this University and the state of Wisconsin. I can’t say enough about how much all of your support has meant to me and my teammates. The privilege of playing in front of a sold out Kohl Center or looking around at the sea of red that filled Lucas Oil Stadium last weekend are things that most college basketball players never get to experience and I never took that for granted. Badgers fans are the greatest in the world.

After lots of thoughts and prayers, I’ve decided that it is in my best interest to enter the NBA Draft at this time. It is difficult to leave Madison and the only state I’ve called home, but I’m excited for the next chapter of my life.

I truly can’t say thank you enough to my teammates, coaches, training staff and you, the fans, for everything you’ve done. I am so grateful for the opportunities Coach Ryan and UW-Madison have given me. I couldn’t have asked for anything more from my experience.

I will continue to represent the University and entire state of Wisconsin to the best of my ability wherever my future takes me. I will never forget these years as a Badger; not just for the basketball victories, but for the friends made, lessons learned and the memories that will last a lifetime.

God Bless and On Wisconsin!

Sam

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Hawkeyes halt rally-prone UW to take 3-game set After Wisconsin came back from 4-1 deficit Saturday afternoon, Iowa stops Badgers in late-going Sunday to win 3-2 in extras

by Jamie DeGraff Softball Writer

Wisconsin was close, but the Badgers only had one comeback attempt in them this weekend.

After coming back from a 4-1 deficit Saturday to win in walkoff fashion over Iowa, Wisconsin couldn’t complete the same feat Sunday in a 3-2 defeat in 10 innings, as the Hawkeyes took the three-game series.

After hitting the game-tying home run Saturday along with pitching a complete game, Taylor Paige Stewart took the mound for the Badgers to square off against Shayla Starkenburg in a rubber match full of missed opportunities to score.

In the opening frame both pitchers were in danger of giving up runs, but Iowa left two runners on base while Wisconsin’s Chloe Miller narrowly missed a two-run homer after flying out to the warning track.

Iowa’s Alyssa Navarro capitalized on the windy day in the top of the second with a solo shot to left-center to give the Hawkeyes a 1-0 lead. Unlike her previous outing, which featured seven strikeouts in the first two innings, Stewart struggled early with command and loaded the bases with two outs in the same frame, but a pop out to center field prevented any further damage.

Iowa picked up right where they left off with leadoff double from Molly Hoffman in the third. First basemen Kaitlyn

Mullarkey nearly cleared the bases with a two run shot to left, but it was caught at the warning track as the Hawkeyes again stranded a runner on third.

It took until two outs in the bottom of the third for Wisconsin to put a hit on the board, after Maria Van Abel legged out an infield single with no one able to cover first base. Marissa Mersch followed up with a line drive, but it went straight to third baseman Sarah Kurtz to keep Starkenburg’s shutout intact and Iowa’s lead at 1-0.

Wisconsin put forth its first considerable scoring threat of the day in the bottom of the fourth, after a leadoff triple to right-center from Kelsey Jenkins brought up the looming possibility of a tie game. After two consecutive outs, Ashlee Van Zeeland capitalized with an RBI single right up the middle to even the score, just the third hit of the game by the Badgers.

A single by Navarro loaded the bases up for the Hawkeyes with just one out in the top of the fifth, which allowed Erin Erickson to drive home the goahead run with a sacrifice fly to right field. But a strikeout stranded runners at the corners as Stewart kept the damage to just one run going into the bottom of the frame.

Wisconsin was in position to tie the game back up in the bottom of the fifth with two runners on and two outs, but its efforts were cut short when Van Abel was thrown out trying to steal home. Iowa catcher

Hoffman quickly noticed the attempt and got in position to make the easy tag.

With Wisconsin still trailing in the last of the seventh, Megan Tancill tripled to jumpstart the game-tying rally. After Starkenburg struck out the next two hitters, it looked as if Wisconsin might come up short with a runner in scoring position again. But Mersch stepped up with an infield single, just barely beating the throw, as the Badgers tied the game at two. With Mersch on third, Starkenburg kept her team alive with a strikeout to end the inning and send the contest into extras.

In a game where both teams combined to leave 32 runners on base, Van Zeeland believes it’s important to keep things in perspective with so many games in a season.

“The coaches always tell us to learn from games like this,” Van Zeeland said. “We had a lot of little mistakes that we can fix, so if we just come together as a group and stay with it. We’ll be fine.”

With the bases loaded for Iowa in the top of the eighth, shortstop Megan Blank made a crucial play for Wisconsin with a throw to home plate to get the lead runner and keep the game tied. Katie Christner then came up with a full speed catch, crashing hard against the fence afterwards to end the top of the frame in style and help UW escape danger.

Just like the Hawkeyes, the Badgers found themselves with

Four score: Kaminsky garners another honor

the bases loaded and just one out in the bottom of the eighth, with the winning run for the game and the series just 60 feet away. It was the defense again, however, that seized the moment with a strikeout and groundout keeping the Hawkeyes in business.

They finally capitalized on that in the top of the 10th inning.

A towering homerun from Megan Blank over the right field fence gave Iowa a 3-2 lead, an advantage that they wouldn’t relinquish. The Badgers made the last out of the game on the base paths, with pinch runner Brianna Flugaur trying to advance to third on an infield

grounder. On the same play, Van Zeeland was on third and would’ve come across to score if it were not for the out.

Despite the disappointing outcome for her team, UW head coach Yvette Healey emphasized the positives moments where her players stepped up in big moments instead of dwelling on their shortcomings at the end of the contest.

“It’s a heartbreaker. We got a great performance out of Taylor [Stewart], which is wonderful to see. I think that’s super important, and she threw a great game. We’re proud of her,” Healey said. “Their hero just came up bigger than ours.

Photo · Wisconsin’s Megan Tancill (above) tripled in the bottom of the seventh Sunday and scored the tying run, but the Badgers couldn’t scrape across another, as they left 14 runners on base over the course of 10 innings.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald Megan Blank is their big kid, and she stepped up when it counted.

A lot of our best kids had the shot, but we just didn’t convert.

I’m proud of the kids that did convert.”

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Senior rewarded with fourth Player of the Year accolade Friday to sweep all of top awards for best player in college basketball

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

Now, there’s no doubt that Wisconsin senior forward Frank Kaminsky is the best player in all of college basketball.

With three national Player of the Year awards already won, Kaminsky capped off a remarkable postseason awards list Friday night, winning the Wooden Award – given to the nation’s top player each season – Friday night in Los Angeles.

“This has all become pretty overwhelming, but it’s a tremendous honor and I’m humbled by all of the attention,” Kaminsky said. “Winning the Wooden Award and all of the others is something you dream about, but rarely is a reality.

Kaminsky won the award over Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant, Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein and Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell.

The award marks Kaminsky’s fourth Player of the Year accolade. The 7-footer was already named the Associated Press Player of the Year, the Naismith Player of the Year and the USBWA Oscar Robertson

Player of the Year.

As a senior, Kaminsky averaged team-highs in points (18.8), rebounds (8.2), assists (2.64), field goal percentage (54.7 percent) and blocks (57) for Wisconsin and was one steal shy of the team lead with 33.

Kaminsky was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and was a unanimous selection for the all-Big Ten first-team. He was also named an AP AllAmerican and a Wooden AllAmerican.

In six NCAA tournament games this season, Kaminsky averaged 22 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game while leading the Badgers back to the Final Four for the second-consecutive season and into the national championship game for the first time in 74 years.

The Lisle, Illinois native failed to reach double-figures in scoring only once this season while eclipsing the 20-point mark 17 times. He also had 14 double-doubles this season, including three in six NCAA tournament games and backto-back double-doubles at the Final Four.

Kaminsky ended his career as a Badger with 1,458 points

which is good for 9th on the alltime scoring list at Wisconsin while his 732 points scored this past season were the most in school history. His 153 career blocks are also a program record. He is only the second player in Wisconsin history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks.

Kaminsky still owns the school record for points in a game after he scored 43 against North Dakota on Nov. 19, 2013.

“I’m grateful for everyone who has helped me along the way, my family, teammates, coaches, staff and Badgers fans everywhere. My career at Wisconsin has been more than I could have imagined and I will always take the memories and friendships with me wherever I go.”

Photo · After averaging just 4.2 points per game as a sophomore, Kaminsky made a huge leap over the final two years of his career, capped off with this past season where he averaged 18.8 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per contest.

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Ogunbowale ready to make run at number two spot After moving from defense to offense a season ago, redshirt junior trying to earn backup role behind Clement in spring practice Photo · Dare Ogunbowale (left) switched from defensive back to running back last season and ran for a season-high 94 yards against Bowling Green last September.

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by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Content Editor

Wisconsin redshirt junior running back Dare Ogunbowale will be the first to tell you that he is not the most athletic person in his family, despite being a running back at one of the top football programs in Division I. Ahead of Ogunbowale is his sister, Arike, who was one of the top high school basketball recruits in the nation this past season as a senior. Arike scored 55 points in a WIAA Division I girls state tournament semifinal game in March and will head to one of

the best women’s college basketball programs, Notre Dame, next fall.

Dare’s cousin? Those who follow Wisconsin basketball will know him quite well.

Diamond Stone, like his cousin Arike, was one of the top high school basketball recruits this season. While Stone won’t be joining Dare in Madison, as he chose Maryland over Wisconsin, he still sits above Dare on the family depth chart for athleticism.

His other cousin? Former Wisconsin basketball player Ryan Evans.

“I would definitely put myself at the end,” Ogunbowale said. “I’m kind of the bottom of the pack,

so I have to step it up this season to get my ranking up.”

Ogunbowale did not come to Wisconsin as a running back. He was on defense. But in the middle of last season the coaches saw a streak of an offensive player in him during drills. With some injuries on offense, the coaches asked the then red-shirt sophomore to make the switch, putting him behind Melvin Gordon and Corey Clement.

“They saw that I had a little bit of positive skills kind of thing … when I have the ball in my hands,” Ogunbowale said. “So, coach Andersen, at the

time, approached me about switching to it and I was all for it. Obviously seeing it as a change to get on the field more, so I embraced it and things have been going well so far.”

Right away, Ogunbowale showed those positive skills the first time he stepped onto the field as a running back.

In Wisconsin’s rout of Bowling Green last September, Ogunbowale ran for 94 yards on only 14 carries – it was a performance that even he wasn’t expecting.

“No. Especially in my first game playing running back,” Ogunbowale said.

“But I didn’t think I’d get

however many yards I got, so it was an exciting experience, especially being at home at Camp Randall.”

Now, more than seven months after that breakout performance in a new position, Ogunbowale is working on becoming a true running back during Wisconsin’s spring practices.

And in doing that, he’s working with an entirely different coaching staff under new head coach Paul Chryst.

Despite having to learn a new play book with new coaches, Ogunbowale said he has actually felt more comfortable in his position under new running backs coach John Settle.

He’s no longer a defensive back playing running back; he’s a running back.

“The old coaching staff let me play running back but coach Settle, he’s turned me into a running back, so that’s what I’m more happy about and I feel like I’m a running back now,” Ogunbowale said.

Clement, who will take over as the number one running back this season with the departure of Gordon, can tell Ogunbowale is “a lot more” comfortable this season and can’t wait to see what

the Milwaukee native can do in his fourth season as a Badger.

“It looks like he’s played running back for a few years now,” Clement said. “You wouldn’t even notice that he came over from a scout team player playing cornerback to coming over and doing the things that he’s doing now.”

But the challenges will continue to come Ogunbowale’s way as he hopes to become the backup to Clement this season ahead of redshirt freshman Taiwan Deal and incoming freshmen Jordan Stevenson and Bradrick Shaw.

He’ll be competing for playing time at one of the most prolific positional groups in all of college football, with a history of churning out some of the best running backs in the country including Gordon and Montee Ball.

“Obviously it’s a blessing,” Ogunbowale said. “It’s an honor to be a part of the great running backs that have come before us but I’m more worried about competing daily and making the whole running back corps get better.”

If Ogunbowale can secure the number two running back spot behind Clement, he’ll not only climb the family rankings, but add to a Wisconsin running back group that has been known as one of the premier groups in the nation.

For now, Ogunbowale is satisfied simply competing for playing time on the offensive side of the ball.

“I’m a lot happier. Well, not necessarily happier but very happy to be playing running back,” he said. “I’m happy with this decision playing running back and the defense has been playing well so it’s good.”

Firing of assistants puts men’s hockey in precarious spot

by Dan Corcoran Cuckoo for Coco

Wisconsin men’s basketball, I’m really happy for you and I’m going to let you finish, but I just wanted to say that the Wisconsin men’s hockey team just disappeared into irrelevance.

In case you’re still hungover from earlier last week and missed the news — or more likely, in case you couldn’t care less about a Badgers hockey team that just finished the worst season in program history — UW men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves fired both of his assistants Tuesday.

It’s astonishing news, I know, considering Wisconsin won just four games this year — yes, that’s two plus two — and lost 26. Something had to give after this season, which looked less like a hockey program and more like a 26-car pileup that just kept adding more diesel tankers, careering into the wreck at top speed for six months. But that wasn’t the something that most people had in mind.

Instead, most people thought that Eaves was going to be the one getting the boot to the fanny, as he would put it.

But two days after the dumpster fire finally got extinguished and the season ended, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez told the Wisconsin State Journal that he was comfortable saying Eaves would return as head coach next season.

However, there was one catch: things had to be torn

apart and the problem had to be fixed.

But instead of just gently sifting through the evidence to find some solutions, Alvarez poured gasoline on the Kohl Center, lit it on fire and chartered a jet back to his Camp Randall office.

The first problem in this whole travesty is that it took Alvarez a month to meet formally with Eaves.

Sure, there were a lot of basketball games to attend over the last month, but he should have made time to meet with Eaves after the most embarrassing season in school history and discuss some potential fixes.

Most people might not care about hockey, but it’s still a revenue generating sport — although probably not for much longer — and there are still almost 8,000 season ticket holders, or at least there used to be. Alvarez’s non-action shows how he feels about the sport. Can you imagine if basketball went 4-26?

Madison would be burning under the fiery rage of Alvarez right about now.

But the real issue here is that Eaves now looks like a scapegoat. He said near the end of March that he was planning on keeping both Gary Shuchuk and Matt Walsh on the staff for next season. It wouldn’t make much sense for him to come out and lock in a decision like that to all of a sudden go in the opposite direction.

But that’s what happened.

There could be a couple of reasons why, but the most likely one is that Alvarez forced Eaves to pick between his job and his assistants’ jobs.

It doesn’t matter what the reason is though. Regardless of what took place during the talk between Eaves and Alvarez, Eaves had to let go both of his assistants.

He might have tried to save their jobs, but now he looks like he’s throwing them out in the wreck, blaming them for causing it even though he’s the one in charge.

It might be a temporary solution to start anew, but don’t think that will stop the horrific crash of Wisconsin hockey. In fact, a 26-car pile up will seem like a not-so-terrible alternative compared to the danger looming on the horizon.

First of all, season ticket holders are going to start dropping like flies, even more so than they already are. Wisconsin has lost around 4,000 season ticket holders in the last four years and that number is undoubtedly going to grow by the time next fall rolls

around.

Then there’s the fact that Wisconsin just lost Shuchuk, who’s in charge of recruiting. UW has a good freshmen class coming in next season, including one of the best overall goaltenders. But it’d be unrealistic to expect that Wisconsin will retain all of its recruits with Shuchuk gone.

More importantly than that, recruiting down the road will become an uphill climb with what’s taken place in the last year and a program that seems to be getting lost as it ages.

Wisconsin already lost out on one of the best recruits this year in Brock Boeser, who changed his commitment from Wisconsin

to North Dakota when he saw the train in its earliest stages of derailment. He’ll probably be the first of many to change his mind in the coming years.

But even if Wisconsin manages to make it out of this wreck and return somewhat to previous form, it won’t matter. The attendance numbers in the last several years tell you all you need to know. The sport that used to be the crown jewel of the athletic department is now one that people just scoff at.

It might be partially the assistants’ faults for not fulfilling their roles as best they could. It might have a lot to do with Eaves’ defensive-minded teams and sporadic recruiting

Photo · Wisconsin will have just three seniors next season and only six total upperclassmen with what will be yet another very youth-laden roster. The Badgers will also have to adjust to two new assistant coaches after Gary Shuchuk and Matt Walsh were fired last Tuesday.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald

classes.

But the real problem is that Alvarez won’t make meaningful changes to the program, because in the end it doesn’t seem to mean much to him.

Until it does, let’s just go watch basketball.