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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 · VOL 46, ISSUE 50 · BADGERHERALD.COM

GREEK TERRITORY UW’s Greek community questions whether allowing sororities to have alcohol would be effective in preventing sexual assaults.

by Erin O’Brien

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Police arrest two for murder of man found in lake Dane County Sheriff’s Office charges two men for Jacob Payne’s death; canoeist found body in Lake Mendota last week

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

The Dane County Sheriff’s office has arrested and charged two suspects for the murder of Jacob Payne, who was found in Lake Mendota.

The two suspects, Rudy

Alberto Ramirez-Millan and Juan Aguilar-Vargas, are in custody on charges of 1st degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse.

Ramirez-Millan, 27, has been in custody since April 12 for drug charges unrelated to the homicide investigation.

Aguilar-

Vargas has been in custody since April 14, Chief Deputy Jeff Hook said in a news conference Wednesday.

A canoeist found Payne’s body in Lake Mendota on April 11 around 4 p.m.

The body was found near Governor’s Island.

Payne’s last known contact

was just after midnight on April 7. This information was determined through communication with the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation, with whom Jacob Payne had been in contact. Payne had been updating DCI on alleged drug dealing by Ramirez-

Millan, Hook said.

“Although Mr. Payne was proving information to DCI agents, it does not currently appear that either subject was aware of this, and does not appear to be a factor in the homicide,” Hook said.

Ramirez-Millan rented an auto repair garage on Acker

Road, which was allegedly where the confrontation resulting in the homicide occurred. Ramirez-Millan, after previously allowing Payne to reside in his black BMW on the Acker Road property, demanded that he

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Committee nixes plan to keep some UW research secret Joint Finance Committee holds first executive meeting Wednesday, strikes out provision to protect some studies from open records laws

by Nina Kravinsky State Editor

The state Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is nixing a provision in Gov. Scott Walker ’s proposal that would’ve exempted some research at the University of Wisconsin System from open records laws.

The change is among

several that the budget writing committee is making to Walker ’s proposed budget.

The committee met Wednesday to start tweaking the budget and will continue to meet until the full Legislature takes up the budget bill later this spring.

The proposal would’ve exempted some research

from the open records law until it was published or patented. A similar proposal last year from Rep. Mike Kuglitsch, R-New Berlin, passed the Assembly but didn’t pass the Senate.

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William Barker, UW’s director of the office of research policy, said in a previous email to The Badger Herald the provision’s intent is not to keep research a secret.

He said the university needed to be able to control the timing of release of information better.

Others have expressed concern over the system’s desire to keep research information private. Bill Lueders is the president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, which opposes the measure.

“It would mean if a citizen asked UW for records on an ongoing experiment involving baby

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monkeys or dangerous pathogens, the university could just say, ‘Sorry, we don’t have to give you that information,’” Lueders said in a previous interview.

The finance committee eliminated a number of other non-fiscal provisions in Walker ’s budget

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Madison College may sell downtown campus In effort to better serve commuters, president of school suggests expanding south Madison location

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Madison Area Technical College proposed selling the downtown campus and strengthening its presence in south Madison after completing a study concerning their five facilities in the Madison area.

The study was conducted to determine what facilities were necessary for Madison College to continue providing services in the Madison area, following new fiscal policies that limit the ability to use the property tax to fund its operations, Tim Casper, senior executive at Madison College, said.

Based on the results of this study, Madison College President Jack E. Daniels III has made a recommendation to consider discontinuing operations at the downtown,

or Truax, campus and create a larger physical presence in south Madison, Casper said.

“We feel that we would be able to move forward with this proposal that focuses on fulfilling our mission to serve the residents of the city of Madison, and it is one that still recognizes that not everything can come back to the Truax campus,” Casper said. “We still need to have a presence elsewhere in our city.”

Currently, more than 75 percent of students that use the downtown campus are commuting from three miles or more, Casper said. The south campus serves more students who come from the area directly surrounding the campus. An increased presence in south Madison looks to better serve the students attending that campus, as well as some students who

are currently attending the downtown campus.

The south Madison campus, currently located near Park Street and the Beltline, is more centrally located for the rest of Madison and the county, Ald. John Strasser, District 14, said.

“If they wanted one good satellite location, their proposed south Madison location is really the center of the city,” Strasser said.

Madison College serves as a first point of access to higher education for many people in the community, Casper said. South Madison has potential for increased levels of employment and educational opportunities, which Madison College’s presence will help to encourage, Strasser said.

Madison College fills a much needed niche in higher education, Strasser said.

Locationally, if the technical

college chooses to focus its efforts in south Madison, higher education will become fairly accessible from all points in the city, he said.

“As a pathway to better employment, MATC is vital,” Strasser said. “MATC works closely with employers to find out what skills are needed in the workforce.”

Since 2011, Madison College has seen a decline in its enrollment, Casper said. In 2011, it reached a historically high number of enrolled fulltime equivalent students at 11,000 students. As this academic year draws to a close, Madison College expects to finish with around 9,800 fulltime equivalent students, he said.

This decline in student enrollment is likely determined by gradual improvement of the economy, Casper said.

When the economy is in a poorer condition, enrollment is generally higher, whereas better economic conditions typically coincides with lower enrollment numbers, he said.

Along with these lower levels of enrollment, technical colleges, like many other avenues of education, are facing their own challenges, John Reinemann, executive secretary for the Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board, said.

“They are facing a crush for resources,” Reinemann said.

“There is not enough money to do everything that the Legislature and the public asks of them.”

The Board of Trustees for Madison College will meet on May 13 to determine their position on the proposition that the president put forth.

First Wis. dog flu case confirmed in city Virus believed to have traveled from northern Illinois; vets alert local canine pet owners to look for symptoms

by Andrew Haffner Herald Contributor

Madison’s first confirmed case of Canine Influenza Virus, or “dog flu,” has area veterinarians cautioning pet owners to take preventative measures to keep their dogs healthy.

Dog owners who visit one of the city’s designated dogparks may see signs warning of the outbreak, Ann Shea, Madison parks division information officer, said.

“If you have a dog, and your dog is a puppy or is elderly, I wouldn’t bring it to the dog park right now,” Shea said. “If you’re in that vulnerable population, you might want to think about leaving your dog at home.”

While the case is the first in the area, veterinarians believe it is a product of a current outbreak occurring across northern Illinois.

Preliminary screening of the affected dog done at University of Wisconsin Veterinary Care revealed that the case may be indicative of a more unusual, less-studied strain of the infection, Sandra Sawchuk, UWVC primary care veterinarian, said.

“Our lab here ended up finding that even though we thought it was the standard strain of dog influenza, H3N8, it was actually a different one, H3N2,”

Sawchuk said.

While the pathogen sample has been sent for further sequencing, the lab’s findings have changed the situation, as current vaccinations are targeted at the more common H3N8 strain, Sawchuk said.

More tests and case samples are needed before making definitive statements about the H3N8 variant, but the possibility exists that it may be more severe than H3N2, Sawchuk said.

The most common symptoms of H3N8 are a runny nose, persistent cough and fever symptoms, which may include prolonged elevated body temperatures, loss of appetite and lethargy, she said.

Symptoms persist for about a week on average, but dogs may remain infectious for two weeks after they stop showing any sign of the illness, she said.

“About 20 percent of dogs with H3N8 don’t get sick from it,” Sawchuk said.

“But a small percentage, five percent or less of those who do get sick, may succumb to secondary infection.”

Dogs with the highest risk of infection and possible death include the very young, the elderly and those with cancers and heart or

lung disease, Sawchuk said.

Dog owners looking to vaccinate their pets can schedule a primary care appointment with UW Veterinary Care, Sawchuk said. The vaccination process involves two immunizations given two weeks apart, so it is important to plan ahead, she said.

Sawchuk urges dog owners to be aware of the risks, and said prevention is the best strategy in keeping animals healthy.

Despite the continuing possibility of catching “dog flu,” keeping pets in total

isolation might not be the best idea either, Sawchuk said.

“If you’ve got a young healthy dog, and you know dogs who haven’t left the area that are also healthy, let them have a play date if they want to do that,” Sawchuk said. “You don’t want to have your dog living in a bubble.”

Michael Braun, a University of Wisconsin sophomore and dog-owner, heard about the Illinois outbreak from a news report.

Braun will be vaccinating his 9-month-old husky,

Photo · Flu affects puppies, elderly dogs or dogs with pre-existing health conditions more severely.

Veterinarians advise taking precautionary measures.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald Zuma, in the next week, he said.

“The downsides of vaccinating her are way less than the risk of her getting the flu,” Braun said. “I think we’d rather be safe than sorry.”

Puff, puff: Wis. weed bill not likely to pass Some say state’s ‘weird politics’ will put partisan roadblocks in legislation’s path through Capitol Photo · A Democratic Madison lawmaker proposed legalizing both recreational and medical use of marijuana, but some Republicans have come out against the bill.

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The state Legislature will consider a bill this session proposing legalization of marijuana for recreational use, but even those closest to the issue believe the bill will face significant roadblocks at the Capitol.

Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, authored the bill and said she expects a relatively partisan fight as the legislation makes its way through the statehouse.

In 23 states and the District of Columbia, medical

marijuana is legal in some form, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, and recreational marijuana is only legal in a handful of states.

But neither medical nor recreational marijuana are legal in Wisconsin.

“We have additional challenges in Wisconsin because there is such a partisan divide in the Capitol building,” Sargent said.

Republicans, who in general do not support legalization of cannabis for recreational use, control both the Senate and Assembly with wide margins.

Sargent said she expects pushback from conservative lawmakers, which she received when she introduced a similar bill last session. This version of the bill has some changes, such as keeping marijuana edibles and infusions illegal, Sargent said.

State Republicans, including Gov. Scott Walker, have raised concerns over the bill.

Rep. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, said in an interview with WKOW that the bill would probably see little support among fellow Republicans. Noting issues with addictions in his family,

Kapenga said “the benefits don’t outweigh the risks.”

Walker is also opposing the bill, spokesperson Laurel Patrick told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“This is a gateway drug and Governor Walker has also heard from law enforcement professionals who have significant concerns about the impact of legalizing this drug,” Patrick said.

Joe Erato, president of the Wisconsin Cannabis Project, said although he supports marijuana legalization, the state’s “weird politics” get in the way of his organization’s goal of legalization.

Erato said it is difficult to predict how a cannabis legalization bill would hold up in a state that has three times elected a conservative governor, but has gone blue in recent presidential elections, Erato said.

He said the partisan divides in support for marijuana legalization is due more to stigma than to facts.

“You’re getting into the territory of the emotional views and emotional opinions, rather than the scientific side,” Erato said.

Erato, who describes himself as a conservative, said he does not like to toll party lines on the issue of marijuana, but recognizes Republicans still have concerns about legalization more frequently than Democrats.

Erato said he believes strict regulation of marijuana, a substance that grows naturally, is unconstitutional. But he said he disagrees with groups and activists who insist using marijuana has no downside.

“This is a drug,” Erato said.

“There are many negative side effects. Denying this is wrong.”

Sargent said the benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh the costs in economic, health and social realms.

She said legalizing cannabis for recreational use would alleviate many social issues in Madison, including the high rate of incarceration.

Sargent said legalization would enhance personal freedom and also help the economy by bringing in tax revenue.

“I know legalizing marijuana isn’t going to be the cure-all for all of our state’s problems overnight,” Sargent said. “I believe it will enhance personal freedom, create financial opportunities and lead to safer communities.”

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Sorority parties ineffective for sexual assault prevention National debate focuses on allowing alcohol for sororities, UW’s Greek community questions effectiveness, says it won’t happen

by Erin O’Brien Herald Contributor

One proposed solution to decreasing sexual assaults on campus is to allow sororities to hold their own parties, away from the alcoholrelated events of fraternities.

It’s a solution that’s become part of a national debate on Greek life and sexual assault, but at University of Wisconsin’s campus, the chances of it happening are slim, and its effectiveness is unclear.

Kevin Helmkamp, associate dean of students at UW, whose office receives reports and investigates sexual assaults across campus, said there is no evidence that suggests that sexual assaults happen more often at UW fraternities than other areas around campus.

“We don’t see [sexual assaults] highly focused in one area or another,” Helmkamp said. “Our reporting does not reflect that [incidents in] Greek life and fraternities are noticeable or significantly higher than other places.”

TJ Sargent, the Greek life coordinator at UW, said sexual assaults that are linked to Greek organizations occur about once a year, although that number doesn’t include victims that choose not to report assaults.

Campus administrators and members of the Greek community have also concluded that hosting alcohol-related events at sorority houses would not be logistically possible.

“At the end of the day, it’s not going to happen,” Sargent said.

This lack of logistical possibility derives from the Fraternal Information and Programming Group policies.

That’s the superseding national body that creates risk management policies that many Greek organizations abide by, according to FIPG. org.

FIPG policies put restrictions on allowing alcohol in Greek facilities in order for these organizations to obtain insurance.

Nick Lacourt, president of the Delta Upsilon fraternity at UW, said FIPG’s ‘bring your own booze’ policy allows those who are 21 to drink and bring beer and wine coolers to their parties to give to a designated bartender.

But sorority houses are not allowed to have alcohol on their property under FIPG’s policies, according to Soraya Vaezi, Vice President of Risk Management for the Alpha Chi Omega sorority said.

“We’re not supposed to bring unnecessary liability into the house, and alcohol is considered an unnecessary liability,” Vaezi said about FIPG policies. “Also, sorority houses tend to be nicer and not as conducive to partying.”

Alcohol at sororities could bring more problems than solutions

Sorority and fraternity representatives do see some benefits to allowing sororities to host events, such as the potential for sexual assault prevention. They maintain, however, that the presence of alcohol in any location can be risky.

“I think that this [idea] would deter some fraternity members from committing sexual assaults,” Lacourt said. “However, I think it would be difficult to implement the change and get the culture of Greek life to adjust to sorority hosted events.”

Helmkamp said that even though sororities would take one part of what leads to sexual assault out of the picture — the location — there are still many other parts of the environment of sexual assault that would still be there.

“The role that alcohol plays in the social interaction, that’s still there, the players are still there, the attitudes are still there,” Helmkamp said. “So I don’t know if whether or not just changing the geography but leaving everything else the same would have that end result.”

their social activities on campus.

Fraternities, on the other hand, would implement their own form of punishment on a member found guilty of sexual assault, which often would be their removal from the organization, Lacourt said.

From putting on the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event, to educating Greek men on sexual assault through their course “Greek Men for Violence Prevention” to implementing a four year membership education plan that

According to Helmkamp, the great majority of sexual assault reports that come in involve at least one of the affected parties drinking alcohol.

Vaezi said alcohol “creates an atmosphere that is conducive to sexual assault.”

“When alcohol is in the mix, it makes things fuzzy, and it blurs lines — and consent is obviously not just the absence of a no but the presence of a positive yes,” Vaezi said.

encompasses this issue, the Greek community has taken many strides on their own to start a conversation on the issue of sexual assault in their community, Sargent said.

Photo · A national group that outlines policies several Greek organizations adopt doesn’t allow sororities to have alcohol.

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Sexual assault prevention for UW Greek life The social interaction between sororities and fraternities is important within the Greek community. Helmkamp said he believes if sororities made an attempt to change any negative social interactions that could arise from fraternities, this could be an effectual form of punishment for poor behavior.

“My guess is if the sorority world said these are the [fraternities] that are on sorority probation or sorority suspension, I’m guessing that’d be pretty powerful and [sororities have] the power to do that,” he said.

When sexual assault comes to be an issue within the Greek community, UW’s punishment often involves either suspension or probation of the organization and

Photo · UW’s Greek community has taken several steps to help prevent sexual assaults on campus.

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“ I think that this [idea] would deter some fraternity members from committing sexual assaults. However, I think it would be difficult to implement the change and get the culture of Greek life to adjust to sorority hosted events. ” Nick Lacourt UW Delta Upsilon president

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Artist in residence brings beauty to business school

Professor Diane Ragsdale teaches course on aesthetic sensibility in overall push from administration to incorporate new ways to view world

by Linnea Langusch Herald Contributor

University of Wisconsin’s School of Business is offering an aesthetics and business class this semester, resulting from an overall push to bring a fresh perspective into what some see as a world of number crunching.

The class is part of the Arts Business Initiative, a program the business school started two years ago that has created a set of courses connecting artists and business students together, Sherry Wagner-Henry, director of the Bolz Center for Arts

Administration, said.

Diane Ragsdale, visiting lecturer of the course, is an artist in residence seeking to teach business students to think of the world in new ways.

“The goal of the class is to give business students a different way of sensing the world, asking what it is that art, nature and other aesthetic experiences give us,” Ragsdale said.

Approaching Beauty, as Ragsdale calls the class, has 22 students enrolled, most of whom are senior business majors. Scholars and artists visit the class to explore

beauty and aesthetics from a philosophical standpoint, Ragsdale said.

The class also involves practical assignments that usually engage aesthetic experiences, such as visiting an exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art, looking at “selfies vs. self-portraits” or watching a sunset and documenting an artistic response in a portfolio, Ragsdale said.

“An aesthetic way of approaching the world is a different way of perceiving that is increasingly valuable and needed for people in business,” Ragsdale said.

“It’s about noticing things in the world, opening your eyes to things you normally wouldn’t pay attention to.

It’s about pursuing this other path because it might lead you to new ways of thinking and new ideas.”

The class also focuses on stimulating creativity and instilling a sense of social responsibility by paying attention to the world, Ragsdale said.

Ragsdale’s Aesthetics and Business course will not be offered next year, as she is returning to the Netherlands, but elements of beauty and aesthetics will continue to be

incorporated in other business school classes, she said.

“Students learn to open their eyes, look at the world and see not only beauty, but where the opposite exists, where beauty needs to be created,” Ragsdale said.

Through the class, students are encouraged to use their imagination in looking at problems presented to them, she said.

Ragsdale’s class has catalyzed a movement in using art and beauty to inspire students in a new way of thinking about approaches to leadership, communication and decision making, Wagner-

Henry said.

“The class is a companion to a lot of other things we’re doing to try and connect artists and business people together,” Wagner-Henry said.

Ragsdale has a Master of Fine Arts in acting and directing and has since worked on various festivals.

She ran a Seattle-based contemporary performing arts center and worked at Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York overseeing the theater and dance programs, she said.

She now calls the Netherlands home and is working toward a PhD in cultural economics.

Community Pharmacy looks to branch out in Madison After 43 years of serving students, locals in downtown area, Community Pharmacy plans to open second location in Middleton

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

Loyal customers say it’s not just the unique product selection that brings them to Community Pharmacy; it’s the people.

Community Pharmacy just marked 43 years of serving downtown Madisonians and now has plans to open another location in the Madison area.

It first opened its doors in 1972 with the help of the University of Wisconsin Student Association, according to the Community Pharmacy website. Since then, Community Pharmacy has settled into its current location at the corner of State and West Gorham, and continued to expand its product offerings.

Community Pharmacy is a prescription pharmacy, but most customers come for the other products, including vitamins, supplements and homeopathic remedies, Scott Chojnacki, Community Pharmacy spokesperson, said.

Community Pharmacy does carry a small number of items that might be found at larger chain pharmacies, but the focus

is on more natural forms of body care, he said.

“We offer a much wider range of health products than can be found at any other place, especially when you consider the fact that we have a pharmacy,” Chojnacki said. “You can find traditional pharmacies and health food stores, but I don’t know if anybody puts them together like we do.”

While its wide range of products are not found in other nearby stores, it is the environment within the store and the employees that truly make the store unique, Chojnacki said.

The staff is made up of 24 people, and during store hours there are always at least six people on the sales floor to answer questions and assist customers, he said.

The staff focuses on giving the customers as much attention as they may need in deciding on their purchases, Chojnacki said. Some of the staff has been working at Community Pharmacy for nearly 20 years, April Bennett, a long-time customer, said.

“I partially go there for the big selection, but mostly it’s the people,” Bennett said. “You’re

never left just to wander.”

Aside from their customerfocused shopping experience, Community Pharmacy’s business structure is also focused on the human component.

The business is a worker’s cooperative, meaning that it is completely team managed, Chojnacki said. There are no owners and no management hierarchy within the company.

The staff is broken into smaller teams with focuses such as business and public relations, but when discussing the overall direction of the store, all staff members are involved, Chojnacki said.

“Worker cooperatives maintain the most revolutionary aspect of the collective model, all workers have equal say and equal responsibility in managerial discussions,” the Community Pharmacy website says.

As an organization that received some of their startup funds from UW students, the Community Pharmacy still serves a large number of students today. The initial motivation for Community Pharmacy was to provide students with

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a community-focused, low cost alternative to other chain pharmacies, Chojnacki said.

Community Pharmacy has had a single location since its inception, and has been at the current location just off of State street since 1983. This summer, Community Pharmacy is planning on opening up another location in Middleton, Chojnacki

said.

They are looking forward to bringing their unique store experience to another location in the Madison area, Chojnacki said.

“The staff is really knowledgeable,” Bennett said.

“They’re just very, very nice people.”

Photo · The cooperatively owned business hosts a variety of natural remedies and keeps people coming back for years with its customer service.

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Planned Parenthood to provide free STD testing In U.S., one in two young people will be infected with sexually transmitted infections by age 25; campaign goes through April

by Samantha Becker Herald Contributor

Robinson family worried over fine print in DCI law Family of Tony Robinson voiced their concerns that MPD could be too involved in shooting case based on technicality in legislation

by Anne Blackbourn Herald Contributor

Technicalities within the new law requiring independent investigations of officerinvolved shootings have raised concerns among the family of Tony Robinson, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed by Madison Police Department officer Matthew Kenny last month.

The family first voiced their concerns two weeks ago over communication about the investigation at a news conference at the Dane County Courthouse.

They pointed out inaccuracies in documents the MPD had released the week before and announced that, with the help of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, they would request an investigation of racial disparities by the United Nations.

The Robinson family is becoming well-acquainted with the fine print of the new Wisconsin law concerning officer-related deaths, Jerome Flowers, the family spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

The law states that three person teams must investigate officer-involved deaths, and two of those three investigators have to be from outside of the department being investigated, Flowers said.

Additionally, the state Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation, MPD, the District Attorney or medical examiner may determine what information will be made public,

Flowers said.

“DCI, MPD, the medical examiner and the DA are all free to meet, exchange information, compare notes and corroborate the same narrative while at the same time keeping the family in the dark until after the DA makes his decision,” Flowers said.

Ismael Ozanne, the Dane County DA, is currently considering whether to bring charges against Kenny for Robinson’s death, after he received the DCI investigation’s findings.

But Joel DeSpain, MPD spokesperson, said the department is not involved in the Robinson investigation.

MPD will be receiving updates about the continuing investigation at the same time as the public, DeSpain said.

The family has also raised concerns about the release of documents and police phone calls relating to the Robinson family, Flowers said.

The documents MPD released described 21 police incidents that involved Tony Robinson, but the vast majority of these incidents actually involved Tony Robinson Sr., Flowers said.

These documents have been not only irrelevant and misleading, but have been “slanderous” of Tony Robinson’s Jr. character, Flowers said.

The justice system is simply unable to fairly investigate itself, Matthew Braunginn, a YGB member said.

“We have no faith in the

Photo · Protests and marches continued this week as family waits on ruling from Dane County district attorney.

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald investigation process and the law that holds our officers to a lower standard when it comes to protecting the community from violence,” Braunginn said.

YGB made similar claims regarding a lack of trust in the government at a news conference earlier this month.

MPD declined to comment on these claims because they were not in attendance, DeSpain said.

MPD has only provided the reports from the officers who arrived on the scene the night Tony Robinson was shot. Once the case became an officerrelated shooting, the state’s Department of Justice took over, DeSpain said.

“Though there are some small groups that do not believe in the capability of MPD, this investigation will not define MPD,” DeSpain said. “There is still a majority of the community who believes in our ability to do a good job.”

YGB held a protest Tuesday blocking Washington Avenue during the National Day of Action Against Police Violence.

Four adults were arrested, including YGB leader Brandi Grayson. Eleven others were cited and released, according to an MPD incident report.

Planned Parenthood is offering free sexually transmitted disease testing in Wisconsin during the month of April as part of STD Awareness Month.

As part of this Get Yourself Tested campaign, anyone can get tested for gonorrhea, chlamydia and HIV at any Planned Parenthood health center in Wisconsin throughout the month, Meghan Benson, director of community education at Planned Parenthood Wisconsin, said.

Many STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases, do not show symptoms immediately, sometimes not for years. The term STI refers to sexually transmitted infections, which unlike STDs sometimes do not show symptoms at all.

Young adults between ages 15-24 have the highest prevalence of STIs, according to Dr. Craig Roberts of University Health Services. For this reason, it often seems like college students have a high number of STIs. However, STI prevalence is more related to age than it is to college attendance, Roberts said.

“In general, STIs are not that common,” Roberts said.

“We do about 6,000 tests a year, and we typically see about 500-600 people a year

MURDER, page 1 stop living at that location, Hook said.

During the resulting confrontation, RamirezMillan and Aguilar-Vargas allegedly stabbed Payne multiple times. Wounds on Ramirez-Millan’s hands at the time of the arrest were consistent with knife wounds that could have occurred during this attack, Hook said.

Police believe that Ramirez-Millan and Aguilar-Vargas then transported Payne’s body to Lake Mendota in RamirezMillan’s gray Ford F-150

that have something.”

For every case of diagnosed gonorrhea or chlamydia, there is at least one individual who is infected without realizing it, Benson said. Having an STI and not getting treatment can result in longterm health effects, such as infertility and increased risk of cervical cancer.

Benson said it’s extremely important for young people in particular to get tested.

Individuals between the ages of 20 and 24 account for more than 40 percent of all portable STDs in Wisconsin.

“In the United States, one in two young people will be infected with a sexually transmitted infection by the time they’re 25,” Benson said. “People aren’t aware of how prevalent they are, but all STDs are treatable and many are actually curable.”

In 2014, Planned Parenthood Wisconsin saw over 3,100 patients for STD testing during the month of April.

STI screening is also available on campus, Roberts said.

“UHS has a full service comprehensive STI clinic, so we pretty much test for everything that’s available or that people need to be tested for,” Roberts said.

“The visit is free, and the test is free.”

Most people who are tested at UHS are screened for chlamydia and HIV.

truck. Payne’s body was weighted down with chains and a steel I-bean, and placed in the lake where it was recovered, Hook said.

Ramirez-Millan and Aguilar-Vargas allegedly returned to the Acker Road property, where remaining evidence was disposed of, including Payne’s personal belongings.

“We will always follow through on every lead that we get of criminal activity during any investigation, this one included,” Hook said. “We are not taking it for granted that we know everything, or that we have brought this to resolution

HIV cases are quite rare, but testing is recommended for everyone who has had sexual activity, Roberts said. Chlamydia is the most prevalent STI. UHS also screens for other infections, like syphilis or hepatitis, based on certain risk factors, but not everyone needs to be tested for all infections, Roberts said. HPV vaccines are available, but they are not included in student health fees.

PPWI spokesperson Iris Riis said people should not be intimidated by the prospect of getting tested for STDs. “The tests are fairly quick, easy and pretty noninvasive,” Riis said. “People shouldn’t be afraid to get tested.”

Different health centers can have varying hours and days of operation, which can be found on the PPWI website, and appointments can also be scheduled online.

Benson said the gonorrhea and chlamydia testing process generally consists of a urine sample, and the HIV test requires a finger prick for a drop of blood.

“Testing is actually really easy,” Benson said.

“We encourage people to schedule appointments before coming in because we can usually see people faster that way.”

yet. We still have a lot of investigative work to do.”

The sheriff’s office is asking the public for help in the recovery of Payne’s athletic shoes, which could serve as further evidence.

The athletic shoes may be located in or around the lake, Hook said.

Additionally, any member of the public who saw a gray Ford F-150 pick-up truck Monday night, April 6 or Tuesday morning, April 7 around Mendota Mental Institute or Governor ’s Island is encouraged to call the sheriff office’s tip line at 608-284-6900.

What students should know about JanSport Student leaders worry over voice in diversity Some campus organizations continue to protest labor practices of companies that University of Wisconsin holds contracts with

Despite concerns over lack of measures to ensure involvement, framework plan set to go smoothly into approval by this summer

by Julian Newman Herald Contributor

The university is in the final stages of introducing its new diversity framework to the campus community, but some student leaders worry there may not be sufficient avenues for student input in the implementation process.

University of Wisconsin’s new 10-year framework for diversity is in its final stages after over two years of work on drafting, planning and reviewing. The framework comes in lieu of the previous 10-year diversity framework, which was implemented from 1998 to 2008.

Carl Hampton, an assistant in the office of the chief diversity officer, said the new diversity framework is more of a broadly-based plan that addresses issues, such as access to undergraduate learning, recruitment and retention of minority students and increased representation in science, technology, engineering and math education.

The previous diversity framework dealt with more specific initiatives in areas such as increasing minority enrollment, he said.

According to the university’s website, administrators are now

introducing the framework’s recommendations in a series of follow-up presentations to students and community members. After these sessions, UW will then begin work on priority recommendations.

However, Hampton said the university still might have to make changes depending on the results of the finalized state budget.

“We’re very satisfied to roll it out and have it signed before the end of the semester, so people can see our progress,” Hampton said.

While looking forward to the development of the diversity framework, Genevieve Carter, chair of Associated Students of Madison, is concerned once the plan begins, university administrators leading the process will not be receptive enough to student input.

“I think it’s important that students have an avenue for input,” Carter said. “I also think that in terms of student input involving shared governance committees, not only the formulation of the goals, but the actual implementation of the goals is really crucial.”

However, Hampton said there have been extensive opportunities for student involvement, and student input has been included into the formulation of the plan

throughout the process.

In the past, the administrators overseeing and implementing the diversity framework plan worked with students, Carter said. She said once the new plan begins, she is worried administrators in charge will not be as receptive and engaged with students compared to previous years.

“I don’t think it’s just something that can be left up to one department or one person at the university,” Carter said. “I think it needs to be a group effort involving all the stakeholders.”

With the biennial budget still in the works, administrators are unsure exactly which programs will be cut and which programs will remain, Hampton said.

Broad goals in the new framework include promoting shared values of diversity and inclusion, improving coordination of campus diversity planning, engaging campus leadership for diversity and inclusion, improving access to the university and improving retention rates, according to the framework’s implementation report.

“We have a 10-year plan that will make our university great, and definitely reflect all the excellence of all of our various identities on campus, staff and students,” Hampton said.

by Riley Vetterkind Campus Editor

With the Student Labor Action Coalition along with the Associated Students of Madison again voicing demands that University of Wisconsin cut ties with JanSport, conflicting arguments from all parties have surfaced.

Here is what students need to know.

Where did concerns over the university’s contract originate?

The Student Labor Action Coalition has lobbied the university about workers’ rights in Bangladesh since early 2013, Luke Gangler of SLAC said. In recent years, thousands of Bangladeshi workers have died due to poor factory conditions. For instance, on April 24, 2013, more than 1,100 workers died at the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka due to its collapse.

In light of this tragedy, in May 2013, various international trade unions and companies created the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a five-year independent and legally-binding agreement between participating brands and retailers to build a safer environment for Bangladeshi workers.

Why is SLAC focusing its attention on JanSport?

Gangler said nearly 200 companies with ties to Bangladesh have signed the accord, but the VF Corporation, the parent company of JanSport, refused to sign it. While the university does not have a contract with VF, it does have one with JanSport. SLAC said because of this, UW is still connected to VF and its alleged labor violations.

However, Craig Hodges, the director of corporate communications for VF Corporation, said in an email when international parties were forming the accord, the company decided to join an alternative compact called the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety because it included companies the VF Corporation was familiar with. In addition, he argued in a Wisconsin State Journal op-ed that none of the VF Corporation’s subsidiaries have produced collegiate material in Bangladesh since 2013.

What are the arguments surrounding JanSport’s relationship with the VF Corporation?

SLAC has lobbied for the university to cut ties with JanSport despite the fact it has no operations in Bangladesh.

In a November letter to Chancellor Rebecca Blank, SLAC argued even though this was true, JanSport and the VF Corporation were effectively the same company

because they claimed VF Corporation has control over JanSport’s sourcing of materials. SLAC argued VF Corporation has over 190,000 workers in Bangladesh.

However, Hodges said VF Corporation does not directly employ these workers.

Instead, he said VF sources materials from roughly 90 Bangladeshi factories, which employ the 190,000 workers.

He said other companies beside VF source materials from these factories, as well.

Still, SLAC has argued VF is shielding itself from protecting worker safety both through calling these workers “contractors,” as well as having its subsidiaries sign contracts with universities instead of VF. The university did follow the Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Compliance Committee’s advice to require all university licensees who source, produce or purchase in Bangladesh to join the accord. But Blank said in her February response to SLAC that JanSport had no business in that country.

Therefore, she said cutting the contract with JanSport would not be necessary, although she said the university would investigate the supply chain of VF. Everett Mitchell, the UW director of community relations, said the results of the LCLAC investigation will most likely be released next month.

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RESEARCH, page 1 proposal, including Walker ’s plan to demote the Natural Resources Board to an advisory council. This would strip the board of its rulemaking powers.

Members of both parties raised questions about this part of the budget, which would significantly change the almost 100-year-old regulatory body.

The committee also unanimously rejected Walker ’s plan to do away with independence for the state Judicial Commission, which investigates claims of misconduct among state Supreme Court justices.

The original proposal would have given the high court authority over the commission, which would give it the power to strip the commission of funding or staff.

Justice Annette Ziegler, who’s seen as one of the conservative justices on the high court, recently told the Milwaukee

Journal Sentinel she felt this control is not the place of the Supreme Court.

“I’m not convinced the Supreme Court budget is the best place for the commission, with all due respect to the governor,” Ziegler said. “It looks like the commission is under our authority and control when frankly it shouldn’t be.”

The committee will meet again Friday to continue discussions and go through the budget line-by-line.

Wednesday’s meeting was the first of many, with the committee continuing to revise Walker ’s budget and sending its version to the full Legislature, where it will likely see additional changes.

The committee often holds off on deciding on more controversial proposals, such as Walker ’s proposed UW System cuts and flexibilities, until later in the process.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

UW: Campus sexual assault investigations benefit students University administration supports law enforcement, reporting, but also respects complaintants’ right to decline to notify police A recent column in The Badger Herald raised the question whether it would be better policy for police to investigate sexual assaults, rather than the university. This question is frequently raised, and we thank the writer for creating an opportunity to respond publicly to this idea.

This is an important and complex discussion that is taking place not only at the University of Wisconsin, but also at the national level.

It is important to fully understand the current requirements and response to student sexual assault reports at UW. All reports of sexual assault made to the Dean of Students Office must be investigated fairly, promptly and equitably as the U.S. Department of Education requires. Federal and state laws, which include UW System codes, set the specific procedures, processes and rules for campus investigation. The federal requirements are those predominantly set forth in Title IX. The state requirements are set forth in the Student Conduct of Code, Chapter 17.

At UW, an assistant dean in the Dean of Students Office

serves as the investigating officer and oversees the investigation. UW also utilizes a pool of special investigators to assist the IO with investigations.

All of the special investigators are retired members of the UW Police Department. The Special Investigators work within the investigatory procedures outlined in the student conduct code and in accordance with Title IX. This is not a criminal investigation. The IO utilizes the special investigators to assist with interviews, gather evidence and develop a clear understanding of the facts.

When the investigation is complete, the IO determines if the evidence suggests, by a preponderance (is it more likely or not), that the conduct code was violated. If preponderance is found and the sanction recommendation is suspension or expulsion, the matter is presented to a hearing panel for final review. Staff and students involved in the process of investigating, adjudicating and hearing sexual assault cases undergo annual training.

We have a deep respect for law enforcement and

the criminal justice system.

Federal law requires campuses respect the right of adult victims to decline to notify law enforcement. Federal law also requires campuses to respect their right to be assisted if they do choose to report. Our processes and procedures support reporting to law enforcement. We make sure victims are aware of options and supported should they choose to report to law enforcement.

Although the university does investigate all reports of sexual assault, we also make every effort to understand the wishes of the complainant.

If a complainant does not want to report to the police, we respect their choice and right to not do so. Reporting to law enforcement and any subsequent criminal investigation can and often does occur along a parallel track to the campus investigations.

Criminal investigations and proceeding operate, however, under various different laws.

So, would it be better for law enforcement to handle all campus reports of sexual assault? There are many reasons

we believe campuses must not make law enforcement the only party responsible for responding to sexual assault.

Campuses respond to a wide variety of student conduct issues both in conjunction with and separately from law enforcement to protect the safety and integrity of the learning environment. These issues include arson, physical assault, discriminatory behavior and bias incidents. Why should sexual assault be any different?

First, universities are not only required to investigate reports of sexual violence, but also remediate the hostile environment both to campus and to the victim. We do not believe it to be satisfactory to allow the victim/complainant and accused/respondent to be in classes or live in the same residence hall while they wait for the outcomes of a criminal investigation.

Second, universities are poised to get outcomes much faster than the criminal justice system, with a federal guideline of 90 days to resolution and criminal cases often taking months or years.

Third, the standard

of evidence in a campus adjudication is different than that of a criminal investigation (preponderance of the evidence instead of beyond all reasonable doubt). Having the campus judicial system provides an additional avenue for victims to seek resolution following an assault. Removing the campus process would remove a very important set of rights for victims.

Fourth, relying solely on a law enforcement and criminal justice response requires victims to report to law enforcement.

We support the choice of victims to report to their campus, to law enforcement, to both and/or to neither. In fact, even students who choose not to report to campus are encouraged to access confidential medical, mental health and victim advocate services for support and accommodations.

UW has taken dramatic steps in the past year to better address sexual assault. These steps include hiring and training additional investigators, providing training to hearing panel members, aligning its procedures with Title IX guidance, publishing

information about reporting options and victim rights, providing confidential victim advocate services on campus and engaging students in the discussion about possible solutions.

UW has also provided clarification about a wide array of resources available to sexual assault survivors, including confidential services and options available off-campus.

There is much work to do across the spectrum of prevention, victim support, holding perpetrators accountable via due process and creating a campus that does not tolerate sexual violence. We continue to rely on your thoughts, innovation and engagement to make that happen.

Students who have experienced sexual assault, intimate partner violence and/ or stalking can find information about available resources at www.evoc.wisc.edu Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp and Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Student Title IX and Clery Compliance Tonya Schmidt collaborated on this piece.

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State standards for Uber, Lyft allow free market to flourish Bipartisan bill would end city’s unnecessary political disputes, level field for safe, effective ridesharing companies As an avid user of rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft, I was disappointed to learn the City of Madison considered imposing harsh regulations on those companies.

Since most political issues nowadays operate on a clear partisan divide, it is both refreshing and enlightening to learn there is a new bill in the state Legislature with bipartisan support that deals with ridesharing companies.

State Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, is one of the authors of a bill that would create statewide standards for rideshare companies, also known as Transportation Network Companies. The bill requires the companies to meet certain licensure and insurance requirements, and drivers would have to submit a criminal background check to the companies. It also prohibits cities from adopting regulations on the companies.

Ultimately, it would enable Uber and Lyft to operate across the state with minimal restrictions.

As a happy customer of such companies, of course I am delighted to see that our elected officials are working toward allowing a level playing field for these companies to operate. I am even more excited to see there

are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle dedicated toward getting this bill passed.

August is the bill’s chief author, but Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, and state Sens.

Paul Farrow, R-Pewaukee, and Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, are co-sponsors of the bill. The bill passed on a 79-19 vote in the Assembly Tuesday.

With bipartisan support in our state’s Legislature, it is hard to understand why ridesharing companies have faced opposition at the local level. Many of those in favor of restricting rideshare companies argue they need to operate and follow the same rules and regulations as taxi companies.

Thankfully, ordinances Mayor Paul Soglin and former mayoral candidate Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, introduced at the local level, which harshly restricted TNCs in Madison, were not passed.

I am not against taxi companies by any means, but if someone thinks TNCs and taxis are the same thing, then that person has a fundamental misunderstanding of what TNCs are.

Yes, it is true that taxi companies and TNCs offer similar services, but they conduct business in totally different ways. The bill specifies TNCs are not the

same as taxis or other for-hire vehicle services, but instead are businesses that connect drivers and passengers via a digital network for a fee.

In many ways, TNCs are arguably safer and more efficient than traditional taxi services.

“Ridesharing’s cashfree transactions and self-identified customers substantially mitigate one of the worst risks associated with traditional taxis: the risk of violent crime,” according to a policy analysis earlier this year from Matthew Sweeny of the Cato Institute.

Additionally, Sweeny found that ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft screen their drivers appropriately and, in some cases, more strictly than traditional cab companies.

Both companies also offer superior auto insurance coverage in certain major U.S. cities.

Sweeny concluded that, “As far as the future of ridesharing is concerned, the biggest risks to consumer welfare come not from safety issues but from politics.”

Fortunately, in Wisconsin, if this bill is passed, politics won’t be able to get in the way of such companies operating in our state.

However, in other states

throughout the country, TNCs don’t have the type of bipartisan support that we are currently seeing here in Wisconsin. As a young Republican, I am happy to see that, in general, the GOP is embracing this new innovation since the party sometimes gets the reputation of being closed to new ideas.

This is not the case with innovations like Uber and Lyft, however. These companies are a shining example of the conservative ideals of capitalism and the free market.

Republicans have struggled

to earn votes among the younger generation in the past two presidential elections. By unifying across the country on this issue and embracing rideshare companies, Republicans can potentially win over more of the youth vote for the 2016 election.

For now, though, as a University of Wisconsin student who frequently uses both Uber and Lyft to get from my house to State Street on the weekends, I am satisfied for the short-term victory for ridesharing companies in Wisconsin due to August

Photo ·The state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday on a 79-19 vote that sets standards statewide for ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft.

The Badger Herald File Photo and his co-sponsors’ work. I look forward to seeing the bill signed into law.

Courtney Mullen (cemullen2@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism and is the chair of the College Republicans.

Walker’s attack on Chapter 220 favors racial segregation Program to help Milwaukee students attend suburban school districts should remain intact as governor’s argument for removal falls flat

by Miles Brown Columnist

About a decade ago, I was sitting in the Milwaukee Public Schools’ central office, in the heat of spelling bee season. My dad joined me, to cheer me on as I progressed through the rounds of the citywide spelling competition, only to face heartbreaking defeat by the word “farther,” even though it was pronounced to me as “further.”

The next time I sat in the central office, I wasn’t there to lodge a formal complaint with the spelling bee committee (even though I had a very valid case!). I was there with my dad trying to get in on the lottery for Chapter 220 students. The Chapter 220 program, currently on the chopping block in the 2015-17

state budget, was created 38 years ago to allow minority children in Milwaukee to attend suburban schools and white students in the suburbs to attend Milwaukee schools, with busing provided.

I unfortunately did not get a slot as a Chapter 220 student, and instead opted to spend four years at Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. The school had some amazing teachers, I made lifelong friends there and I’m so glad I ended up going there.

But at times it did feel like I had to fight, scratch and claw to get even an average education.

I still do sometimes wonder how much more enriching my high school years would have been if I had been able to win the Chapter 220 lottery and experience high school like many of my peers did.

I know I’m not the only

former or current MPS high school student to wonder this.

Last year, 495 students of color in Milwaukee Public Schools applied for the Chapter 220 program and only 11 percent of those got in. One of the reasons Gov. Scott Walker’s office cited for ending the program is because of declining interest, and the number of applications decreasing by 205 from the year before does seem to indicate that. But it could also indicate that people saw futility in applying for something with only about a 1 in 10 chance of getting in.

Even with the declining application numbers, the fact that almost 500 students and their parents desire a shot at a better education should indicate the demand in the inner city for something better than what is currently being

offered to them. To take away opportunity for these kids when clearly more are needed and wanted should be looked at as unconscionable.

Another counter argument seems to be that more students not going into Chapter 220 and going back to MPS can help raise educational standards at the district, and is a good thing from a funding standpoint.

This argument pretty much says that if more students go back into MPS schools, then the state will be forced to provide more funding to MPS. But in a district where standards are so low and class sizes are frequently so high, wouldn’t it be a lot more prudent not to take away opportunities already existing for students of color while also fixing the problems within these schools?

Another potential counter

argument is that Walker did this because he is an advocate of voucher and charter schools in the city. But given the choice between small, largely unaccountable schools and schools that have high sense of community, world-class facilities and resources to help students get to college, I’m almost positive that many Walker supporters as well as parents of inner city children would choose the latter. So why does the governor seem to think it is okay to phase out a program that allows inner city children to attend affluent suburban schools?

What the ending of Chapter 220 and the ending of initiatives aimed at leveling the playing field for minorities accepted into universities signifies is that Walker’s policies on minority education

seem to align with a viewpoint in favor of segregation. He is explicitly taking away the chance for children of color to have a glimpse at what education is like for affluent areas and telling those children to go back home to take a chance in these failing schools and largely unpredictable charter schools. It may be par for the course in a state that has the most segregated city in the nation (a city in the county Walker presided over for the past eight years), but that doesn’t mean it’s right, and it doesn’t mean we have to stand for it.

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

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by Andie Burjek ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Astrologer

Zouzou

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

(2014, director Blandine Lenoir)

(1975, director Craig Denney)

(2015, director Alfonso Gomez Rejon)

Like so many American romcoms, this charming French film doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Its plot is very predictable, but the writing is so witty, funny and full of personality that the plot itself doesn’t matter too much.

“Zouzou” is mainly about sex and family, and this crossgenerational family allows for many entertaining differences of opinion when it comes to sex. There’s the traditional grandmother, Solange (Jeanne Ferron, “Le Chef”), and her new boyfriend. Then there are her three daughters: Lucie (Laure Calamy, “All About Them”) who is sexually-liberated and actually just wants to settle down; Marie (Sarah Grappin, “Pitchipoï”) who is “happily” married; and Agathe (Florence Muller, “Les invisibles”) who is rediscovering her sexuality with an old flame after a divorce.

Finally, there’s Zouzou (Anouk Delbart), the granddaughter who just lost

This movie was made possible with the perfect combination of big ego, little talent and terrible production value. Director Craig Denney also starred in and wrote this “masterpiece” that one audience member described as “a bad Indiana Jones.”

Denney, an astrologer, created a movie based on himself in which the main character, Craig Alexander, also an astrologer, makes a movie about his own life. In the film, it makes more than $100 million, by the way. And his television shows do just as well! Apparently astrology is such a glamorous profession that everyone with a television set or movie ticket becomes enamored with Alexander and his future-reading abilities.

Craig Alexander’s rise from a circus palm reader to a rich, pompous man is ridiculous. He begins making his fortune by smuggling diamonds in Kenya and gets sent to a Kenyan prison — twice. Of course, he

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is another film that was predictable in a lot of ways, but more than that, charming and funny. This tearjerker won both the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

The protagonist Greg (Thomas Mann, “The Stanford Prison Experiment”) is an awkward high school student who doesn’t like himself very much. He’s into making bad home movies with his friend Earl (RJ Cyler). His mom forces him to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke, “Ouija”), who has just been diagnosed with cancer. He decides to make a movie for Rachel once they actually become friends.

All of this could have could have easily landed in the “The Fault in our Stars” category — that is, a movie that is awful, but because a character is very sick, anyone who criticizes the movie sounds like an asshole.

But the execution of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”

her virginity to the old flame’s son.

The older women find out about “Zouzou’s” sexual escapades and disappearance, which sparks discussions about relationships, sex and the French sex education system — from the points of views of two generations and four very different women. For example, Lucie goes on a rant about sexual organs and how children should be taught words like penis and vagina from a very young age. All of this fits in nicely with “Zouzou’s” theme that sex isn’t some dirty secret, it’s just a natural part of life.

Also highly entertaining is “Zouzou’s” physical comedy.

The characters find themselves in those very awkward situations that are often clichés in romantic comedies. Still, they get the laughs.

The end result is an amusing, light film that celebrates family and accepts sexuality as something that’s not dirty or taboo. (So French!)

escapes both times. And in the end, through a series of events that make no logical sense, he goes home with $2 million. From there, making money through his television series and movie franchise is so easy, that as an audience member you wonder how impressionable this fictional 1970s audience really was.

It all ends in Alexander’s demise. His financial advisor quits, screaming, “You’re not an astrologer, you’re an asshole!,” which is either the best or the worst insult of movie history.

He begins losing money, predicting futures wrong and by the end, he has hit rock bottom, as a Shakespeare quote from “Hamlet” appears on the screen. This ending — and the movie as a whole — was a train wreck, but a train wreck you watch and laugh at pretty consistently.

Considering every aspect of this mess, it’s a relief that this was the only film Denney ever created.

is beautiful, partly because of the strong acting and likable characters. Greg isn’t annoying in his self-pity; he has a very goofy sense of humor, and he doesn’t constantly whine about his lack of self-worth. Rachel is very sick, and treatment is exhausting her. But somehow the movie doesn’t seem to be capitalizing on her sickness to get sympathy.

Earl doesn’t have as much screen time, but he’s just as complex as Rachel and Greg.

He’s smart, blunt and a good friend. Greg’s parents are also played wonderfully by Connie Britton and Nick Offerman.

The beautiful cinematography was another highlight of this film.

Clips from Earl and Greg’s homemade movies often included great visuals, like animations or Claymation.

“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” succeeded in being both heartwarming and heartbreaking.

Twin Shadow brings ’80s-inspired anthems to Majestic Frontman George Lewis, Jr. leads nostalgic, upbeat performance in celebration of Madison’s ‘hardcore Old Fashioneds’ Tuesday night

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

The Majestic was unsettlingly calm as Tuesday night’s festivities for Twin Shadow began.

Quiet hipsters either awkwardly tapped their tall boys or clustered at the stage’s precipice; a few younger fangirls scanned their social media on the railings; scattered VIPs occupied the trademark balconies.

But as the night progressed, the theatre would quickly fill with an eager audience beneath Twin Shadow’s pulsing lights and soulful croons.

Opener Erik Hassle was an unexpected treat for the few who occupied the floor when he strolled on stage. The Swedish artist has reached significant fame — largely in Britain — with his catchy soulpop. Accompanied by a single keyboardist, Hassle wriggled and writhed in his blazer, white jeans and shirt, only revealing his thick European accent when occasionally addressing the scarce crowd.

Hassle’s performance made for an intimate display of highquality musicality, with his first hit, “Hurtful,” from Pieces reverberating through the venue. Paired with his stage

presence, passionate vocals and unrelenting eye contact, Hassle surely entranced those who watched him.

The Majestic literally shook when he began his arguably most popular track, “Talk About It,” featured on his 2014 EP Somebody’s Party in collaboration with Vic Mensa. His tatted partner elicited emotional electronic orchestration as Hassle serenaded concertgoers. He finished off the set with his recent single “No Words” before turning over the stage to his headliner.

By 9:30 p.m., the theater was humming with an audience anxious for their swarthy savior: George Lewis, Jr., the frontman of Twin Shadow.

Finally, he and his band emerged from the dark depths, Lewis in a flat-brim and leather jacket. He slung his guitar to his chest and dove into their biggest hit, “Five Seconds,” from 2012 album Confess. Lewis shredded his guitar while two synthesizing bandmates and a drummer sporting a magnificent manbun flanked him. A dramatic light show — including the drummer playing inside a glowing cube — enhanced the ‘80s-inspired anthem.

After an enthusiastic bout of clapping, Lewis welcomed

the crowd to his first show in Madison, before embarking on another hit: “Old Love/New Love.” Lewis professed, “This hurt even more than I expected it to do,” as the piano riff evolved into a symphony of sounds that could turn a tentative foot-tap into the jive.

“New wave” influences have always been prominent in Twin Shadow’s tracks, but admittedly can become repetitive and familiar when you hear them through earbuds. But Lewis’ presence — a steady, bittersweet crooner bringing his Dominican origins to the sounds of Blondie and Depeche Mode — bring much-needed personality to the synth-heavy jams.

After finishing up “I’m Ready,” a track off his most recent album Eclipse, Lewis admitted that Madisonians make some “hardcore Old Fashioneds.”

The crowd promptly cheered his charming inebriation and appreciation of Wisconsin’s favorite pass-time; perhaps it was good to get in their good graces before later revealing that he wasn’t sure what university Madison was home to.

Nevertheless, Twin Shadow knew what to play for his Sconnie audience. “Golden Light” came next, with synths that could manipulate a

heartbeat rhythm and lights that reflected in his great beige headwear. Lewis even incorporated a brief guitar solo to refine the emotional wtrack.

For his next “good guy” action, Lewis and the band wished someone on the merchandise team a happy birthday, which included an audience member bringing her a cake and candles.

He even went as far to connect with those who enjoy a

little herbal refreshment, noting that he believed Madison to “consume a lot of the green stuff.”

Twin Shadow finished up their set with “To The Top” and the older “Slow,” providing a satisfying end to a wholly upbeat performance. Instead of desperate thirst and sore feet, the audience emerged with a joyful disposition and lyrics stuck in their heads.

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Black Lives Matter Die-In at Operation Freshman 15000 unsuccessful, delicious effort A collection of students gathered for a recordbreaking attempt at making the World’s Largest Rice Krispie Bar Saturday at Engineering Mall on the University of Wisconsin campus. The efforts of this group, known as Operation Freshman 15000, were successful, however the attempt to peacefully disrupt this effort to bring attention to racial inequity and disparities in the United States was not.

“We thought it would be a really good idea to go to the Operation Freshman 15000 event to show our solidarity to their cause, but also remind people of

ours,” sophomore member of Young, Gifted and Black Jackson Walls said. “It has been a long time since the Die-In at College Library.

People had forgotten about our movement, and our voices.”

However, members of Operation Freshman 15000 claim they were confused by the protest, but largely not bothered.

“The people who came to protest didn’t make it awkward or anything, I think they just wanted attention,” Melissa Lees, a student involved with Operation Freshman 15000 said. “It was nice, though, because a few people stuck

around after their protest to help us build the Rice Krispie. A real show of what cooperation can do!”

While the Operation Freshman 15000 Die-In as an attempt to remind members of the University community the voices of black people in the community still matter and are not going away, the attempts to expand their influence toward people who fetishize Rice Krispies and people who hang out at Engineering on the weekends did not increase visibility of the movement, but still was hailed as worthwhile endeavor by many participants.

Patrick Walters, a white ally at the Die-In said the protest may not have garnered as much visibility as the last event, but we have to keep doing this anyway.

“We have to all hold ourselves accountable for making sure we continue to work together towards an equitable society, and we can’t forget about what has happened right here in Madison,” Walters said.

He continued to say more about the importance of the movement and using his privilege to help support it before he went to purchase 20 pounds of the record breaking Rice Krispie bar.

The absolute worst type of Terrace patrons now gather at Memorial Union It’s that time of year again! As the weather gets warmer, your least favorite Terrace patrons emerge to make your experience just a little shittier. Here are the various sentiments and signs you’ll find at Memorial Union to easily spot a Terracist on any given warm day:

1. “I’m saving all seven of these seats, sorry.”

2. “It’s my day off, I’m gonna let my kids behave terribly because I CAN.” 3.

Someone reading outside 4. Karen 5. That one bird that’s bound to shit on your burger.

6. The “There are no seats left so we are just going to

stand here awkwardly as we share this pitcher of beer” guys.

7. Drunk guy that pees on terrace chair thinking it’s a urinal.

8. The “You’re not 21” bartender.

9. The “Aren’t you also my Cross College Academic Advisor?” bartender.

10. Edgewood Student 11. Children who wanted their Union Utopia in a sugar cone.

12. Older alumni who now self-identify as Wisconsin plebeians.

13. 21-year old bros who clearly smoked a lot of marijuana right before they drank those seven pitchers.

14. Your stepdad.

15. Your stepmom.

Sundress comes out of closet In valiant show of courage, bravery and pride, local dress wants the world to know

Just in: Duke not even real monarch Sources confirm Duke University not actually reigning power, as previously thought Photo · Duke University, in a effort to clarify its intent and mission, rebranded themselves to make their purpose more easily identifiable.

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Sources reported today that Duke University has been found to have no actual basis for power, and is not a part of any actual monarchy.

Furthermore, Duke lacks any kind of Duchess, an allegedly unfortunate fact given’s Duke is 156 years

old.

Though Duke is a university, it does not have any claim to feudal lands, nor does it owe allegiance to any kings. It should also be noted that no serfs owe Duke any tribute. The only tribute Duke receives is tuition from its students,

most of whom are only there for the basketball team “This is extremely embarrassing to the university,” Duke president Dick Brodhead said. “We really thought we could coast along without anyone questioning whether or not

we were legally a duke.”

In response to threats of fraud and misrepresentation, Duke says it is changing its name to “Regular Civilian University” to avoid any legal trouble.

“This is going to be a real change for the school,” Duke sophomore Chet Pinkerton said. “Normally the university just sits on a throne and order people around. Now it’s going to have to go get a real job.”

At press time, Duke, along with its alumni, was reported to be filling out an Arby’s application for a frycook.

“We just wanted to be an Ivy League school,”Brodhead said.

After a recent shift in Madison weather, a local sundress, owned by sophomore Katy Roberson, has come out of the closet.

“I figured it was finally the right time,” the sundress said.

“We haven’t seen weather like this in months. It just feels so nice to finally be free to be who I am, out in the open.”

The sundress, which Roberson purchased at Target last November on sale, was seen on Linden yesterday afternoon with a blue cardigan and a pair of floral TOMS. “I was shocked,” Roberson said. “Weather this nice in April in Wisconsin? I never would’ve guessed, but looking back it all seems to make sense.”

When asked what advice it would give to other clothing waiting to come out of the closet, the sundress said it

hopes that it has inspired other garments to make themselves seen.

“I know there are other clothes out there that worry that they’re just not ready yet, but that’s okay,” the sundress said. “We all have our own time. Mine just happened to be Spring.”

Roberson’s Ugg boots said that they have considered following in the sundress’s footsteps.

“We think we’ll come out of the closet this Thanksgiving, or maybe even earlier,” said the Ugg boots. “Heck, who are we kidding. Knowing us, it’ll probably be earlier than that!”

The sundress says it is optimistic about its life outside of the closet the coming months.

“Of course I am! After all, it is Madison,” the sundress said.

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Gentle Clowns seek revenge against Dirty Birds After disastrous performance during football game, Herald hopes to lay beatdown, out-drink Cardinal at annual softball matchup

by Carl Golden A Senile Grandpa’s Rant

Sometimes good things happen to bad people.

That’s the only possible explanation for The Daily Cardinal’s Dirty Birds’ recent softball success of the last half decade.

But the karma that has waited for far too long will finally unleash its hellbent revenge in the form of The Badger Herald’s Gentle Clowns at Vilas Park this weekend.

“UW Hospital told me they’re good to go for Saturday,” BH Publisher and club general manager John “@Johnnieb2good” Batterman said, still sporting sunglasses in response to a hangover possibly related to the Fiji Islander party. “You shoulda been there, man, but anyway they’ve got like 100 beds reserved, plus another 50 for the all those Dirty Bird groupies, who just keep multiplying. I swear to God.” Due to an underground smuggling operation that involved the exchange of pamphlets — or “newsletters” as the Dirty Birds refer to their product — for a a few paperclips, a couple of buttons and some lint clumps, the filthy fliers managed to purchase some rather talented hobos to win a certain number of games in a row.

However, no one at the Herald, including current Editor-in-Chief and field manager Tara “Slow-Mo” Golshan, can remember the exact number of valiant, yet unsuccessful, attempts by the Gentle Clowns in recent softball bouts.

Coupled with her working knowledge of sports and absence at last year’s spring affair, she’s quite speculative about any supposed losing streak from her club.

GAINS, page 16 which has motivated us a lot this season. We’re a different team now.”

With such a young roster, UW will have ample time to grow together and form bonds, which could bode well for their doubles game and give them added confidence when playing singles.

A potential dark horse

“Wait is baseball the one with goal posts,” Golshan mumbled, in between mouthfuls of her new favorite restaurant of the week, Palmyra. “Do you want more or less points in — what’s it called again?”

With recent changes in upper management, this year’s collection of Gentle Clowns might just be their most dangerous group since whenever they last won.

The hard-charging Aliya “I’m not even a journalism major” Iftikar, next year’s EIC, will literally lead the charge as designated chugger, lead off hitter and home run queen.

Between round trippers, Iftikar will shout her signature rally cry, presumably from a slumped position on a wheeled office chair that she will bring to the park herself, to spur her team to its bludgeoning of the Cardinals.

“You guizzzzzz, noooooooooozzz,” Iftikar belted Wednesday night in preparation for the big game.

While Golshan distracts current Dirty Bird EIC Jack Casey with an empty box disguised as a present for his half-birthday — Casey will reach his first full decade on planet Earth early next fall — Iftikar will be focused on taking out newly elected DC kingpin Jim “Ginger or Strawberry Blond?” Dayton.

Gentle Clown pitching coach and News Editor Rachael “Smelt it, Dealt It” Lallensack and her Features Editor sidekick Alex “Snack Time” Arriaga have worked on a foolproof scouting report that will render Dayton and the Cardinalistas bats as useless as their out-of-date journalism practices.

The duos’ plan rests on young, but untested ace Dan “He’s Still Here” Corcoran.

With Grandpa Corcoran too senile at the time of publication, associate sports

editor Chris “Diesel” Bumbaca, who will play the hot corner, spoke unnecessarily loud on behalf of the Gentle Clowns’ sports editor.

“Yo,” Bumbaca shouted boisterously.

“That’s a straight power move.”

Starting shortstop Eric “I Woke Up Like This” Kohlbeck rounds out the sports section and will help provide some balance with his neatly groomed goatee and unusually even-keeled demeanor.

The rest of the Gentle Clown infield includes the first known conjoined twin second baseman in Allie “Hashtag” Johnson and Alice “Social” Coyne, who will be on Twitter during most of the game. Soon-to-be fifth year senior Polo “Victory Lap” Rocha stands a good chance at entering the game as a defensive substitution at second, barring a shortage of Diet Coke, of course.

Meanwhile, photo editor Jason “I’ve Done It All” Chan, the highly touted freshman, will provide a much needed boost in the field and at the plate while likely trolling his fellow Gentle Clowns.

Then there’s the Herald outfield, also commonly referred to as the place where fly balls, and dreams, go to die. Leading the charge is the BH’s most intimidating, yet suprisingly amicable, player in center fielder and design all-Star Emily “I’m Kinda Busy Right Now, But I Guess So” Shullaw. Left fielder Selena “Laugh Attack” Handler and right fielder Katie “Something About Poop Here” Caron will provide sharp defense, but also very distracting chatter about God knows what.

“And then, I [inaudible]” Handler blurted, while trying to stifle her laughter and explain her defensive approach

for the Big Ten tournament, this collection of constantly improving players under the leadership of Samara and Chypyha will become a force to be reckoned with in the near future.

“We’ll have the same team next year plus two new players,” Rider said.

“We’re growing together as a team which is great for us. Next year is going to be a big year. We’ve struggled

together and now we’re starting to build-up.

Hopefully we’ll do some damage.”

to no avail.

With the Herald pitching and defense certainly capable of a perfect game, the only questions left to be answered revolve around the Herald’s offensive attack and the Dirty Birds’ misguided sense of style. Nick “Cardiac Kid” Rush and fellow ads man Max “Swag on Steroids” Rosenberg will answer the call for both questions, with Rush’s lifetime average still somehow more than 1.000 and Rosenberg’s sense of fashion likely to finally solve several Cardinalistas’ preoccupation with literally wearing receptacles filled with refuse instead of human clothing.

There are also several other important bats in the Herald

lineup, including a wealth of pinch hitters. That includes copy editors Jen “Black’s The Only Color” Small and Amy “Don’t Sleep On Her” Sleep, who have both ascended to the top of the copy department with limited playing time and should do the same in the batter’s box. Former copy chief and current Arts Etc. editor Audrey “Orange” Piehl will play a pivotal role at the bottom of the batting order.

But the Gentle Clowns will certainly have their work cut out for them with a disabled list longer than most years due to a stressful semester. That list includes photo editor Erik “Too Cool” Brown (broken finger from shooting too many photos), design’s Alix DeBroux

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Then again, despite the inactive players, the Herald should have the odds aligned in its favor to take the flightless flappers to a new low, which is pretty hard considering they’re already rumored to be below ground.

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Van Abel reflects on career that almost never was After intending to play volleyball at Stevens Point, softball head coach Yvette Healey swayed now-senior outfielder to walk on at UW

by Jamie DeGraff Softball Writer

If it weren’t for an unlikely meeting between Wisconsin softball head coach Yvette Healey and Maria Van Abel at an allstate banquet back in 2011, Van Abel might never have been a Badger.

Van Abel could have easily been a volleyball star at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, but instead became the player with the secondhighest career batting average in Badger softball history.

As a newcomer to the area, Healey casually asked the other coaches from the state who was the best senior at the banquet.

Most said it was Van Abel, who had no intention of continuing to play softball beyond high school.

Set to give up softball and move on, Healey swayed the under-recruited Van Abel to take her shot as a walk-on for Wisconsin, with the hope that she would one day establish herself as a key fixture in the lineup.

Despite not being a part of the everyday lineup her freshman year, Van Abel always made sure to capitalize on every opportunity she was given to prove herself. Whether it was a gameday, or latepractice outfield drills, Healey said it was the tenacity in Van Abel’s play that distinguished her from other walk-ons.

“I think her approach and her attitude have really separated her. Even as a freshman she just worked so hard and was present everyday, has a smile on her face — a kind selfless kid, always a great teammate,” Healey said.

It was a game against

Florida State in 2012, Van Abel’s first year, that convinced Healey of Van Abel’s potential. Coming in as a pinch runner, Van Abel stole a base, scored a run and made a series of impressive defensive displays out in center field.

“She ran down a couple of really tough balls, and we said ‘Wow, that’s really what you want out of your center fielder, this crazy range,’” Healey said. “It was going to be hard to keep her out of the lineup.”

As a Wisconsin native from Kaukauna, Van Abel described how she didn’t know what to expect her first year, and that just getting to be a part of a Badgers team was already a dream come true.

“I wasn’t highly recruited coming out of high school, so I kind of felt like the underdog at the time, and I knew I would have to work extremely hard to see the field and to see playing time,” Van Abel said. “My teammates helped me figure out what my role was. Then it was just about growing into my role and accepting it and working really hard, which has put me where I am today. “ Becoming the model of consistency for Healey’s team, Van Abel has appeared in every game since taking over as a full-time starter in her sophomore season.

Along the way, she has been a part of some key moments in the team’s history, including the team’s Big Ten Championship win against Minnesota in 2013. She has had her fair share of individual successes as well, including walk-off hits in back-to-back years against Iowa in 2014 and 2015.

Reflecting on her career, Van Abel had high praise for the influence that Healey has had on her development as a player.

“She is a tremendous role model, not only teaching me about softball, but also as a life coach,” Van Abel said. “I can walk away from this experience not only a better athlete, but also a better person after having her as a coach for four years. Her positivism and her optimism are truly admirable, especially through times when we’re seeing adversity and being challenged.

“When things aren’t going well, she has the ability to see the positive and find a lesson to be taught. She’s really great at what she does.”

Similarly to Van Abel in 2012, current freshman Kelsey Jenkins is adjusting

to the difficulty of Division I play and finding her role on the team. In the process, Jenkins said Van Abel has taken the initiative to dish out tips and advice when needed, especially with hitting techniques and handling the pressures of the game.

“Maria always has the best interest of everybody that’s on the field and off the field,” Jenkins said.

“During practice she’s always the one coaching people and giving speeches.

She’s really helped me with the mental side, on and off the field.

On the field I need to not be so tight and try to do too much.

“It’s been awesome to be a freshman and play under her.”

As a management and human resources major with the daunting world of

post-graduation looming in the near future, Van Abel is embracing every moment she has left with her teammates.

“It’s something you start to think about now that time is kind of dwindling down,” Van Abel said.

“It’s in the back of your head as a senior, and hands down it’ll be the team and the memories we made, not only on the field, but also off the field. I’ve been lucky enough to be surrounded by amazing women and coaches, and I think just being with them all the time is going to be what I miss most.”

Aside from the void Van Abel will leave in the leadoff spot and center field next season for the Badgers, Healey said she will miss the leadership and contagious positive attitude she brought day in

Photo ·Maria Van Abel (10) has the second highest batting average in Wisconsin softball history (.332).

Jason Chan The Badger Herald and day out.

The mark she made on the program and beyond, however, is one Healey said won’t be forgotten.“You think they’re just going to be a great kid in your program who brings a lot of selflessness and hard work,” Healey said. “But the fact that she’s been able to be so nice and also competitive and push herself to become this outstanding player her senior year, becoming a scholarship kid starting the number of games that she has for us, I think she’s really inspirational for kids all over the state.”

Badgers earn split in doubleheader with Phoenix Wisconsin pounds out 14 hits to pick up game one win before Green Bay scores six runs in sixth inning to defeat UW in game two Photo · The Wisconsin softball team won its second straight game 6-2 against in-state foe Green Bay before dropping the nightcap 15-9.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald

by Derek Franklin Softball Writer

The Wisconsin softball team’s doubleheader against Green Bay began positively for the Badgers, but unfortunately for Wisconsin, the difference between game one and two was night and day.

Wisconsin (18-23, 3-10 Big Ten) kicked off their doubleheader against Green Bay with an impressive 6-2 victory over the Phoenix (13-19), but the Badgers were unable to keep the momentum going in the

second game, losing 15-9 to the Phoenix to snap their two-game win streak.

After freshman Mariah Watts picked up the win for the Badgers in game one, Wisconsin sent freshman Annie Davis out to the mound in game two to try to pick up the sweep. Davis ultimately struggled in her fifth start of the year, giving up 11 earned runs in four and two-thirds innings.

Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said after the game that the inexperienced Davis was put into a tough position because they would have liked to have

started their top starter, Taylor-Paige Stewart, but ultimately elected not to to rest her after throwing a lot of pitches in their previous series against Iowa.

“We made a choice not to throw Taylor tonight, our number one,” Healy said. “She threw a lot against Iowa, more than 200 pitches, so I think their well-being is always going to be the main thing.”

Wisconsin had no issues hitting the ball in game two, but the Phoenix responded strongly each time Wisconsin put runs on the board.

The Badgers started out hot in game two when a Chloe Miller RBI single gave Wisconsin a 1-0 lead in the first inning. After the Phoenix tied it up in the top of the second, freshman Kelsey Jenkins hit a RBI double, clearing the bases, to give Wisconsin a 5-2 lead after two innings of play.

Both teams went back and forth putting runs up on the board until the fifth inning when Green Bay’s Abby Brinkmeier hit into a fielder ’s choice that allowed Kelli Hutchinson to score and tie the game at seven.

After Green Bay

continued to rally in the fifth to jump out to a 9-7 lead, Wisconsin continued to fight back when Nyah Rodman singled to bring them within one. But from that point on, it would be all Green Bay. Green Bay broke the game open in the top of the sixth inning, erupting for six runs mainly due to a two-out grand slam by Miranda Spangberg that gave Green Bay a six run lead.

The Badgers got another run across in the bottom of the seventh inning, but it would not be enough to stop Green Bay to earn a split in the doubleheader with a 15-9 win.

Although Wisconsin could not stop Green Bay from scoring, Wisconsin’s nine runs were nonetheless a solid offensive performance. After the game, Healy offered praise for freshman Kelsey Jenkins, who went 3-5 with three RBI on the day.

“Kelsey Jenkins as a freshman had an awesome day,” Healy said. “It was really fun to watch her and a couple other lefties get things done.”

While Healy was disappointed not to get the win, she still saw positives her team could take from the game, especially in a

down year.

“It was nice to see some positives,” Healy said. “You always want to come out and get the wins you can, but seasons like this, you’re working on just getting better.”

In game one of the doubleheader, Watts threw seven innings, giving up only two runs (one earned) on five hits while striking out four.

The Badgers started the scoring right away in the bottom of the first inning, scoring two runs on four hits, but the Phoenix responded with a run in its half of the second inning.

Wisconsin added another run in the second inning to take a 3-1 lead after two innings of play.

With Watts dealing on the mound, the Badgers added three insurance runs over the fifth and sixth innings to pull ahead 6-2, where the score would stay for the rest of the game.

Seven Badgers recorded hits in game one with Miller and Jenkins leading the way at three hits apiece. Miller and Ashley Van Zeeland each had two RBIs for Wisconsin in the first game.

Wisconsin’s next chance to get back on track will come Friday when they travel to Illinois to take on the Fighting Illini in a three game series. Healy is optimistic considering they will have Stewart back on the hill.

“Taylor ’s going to be back out there against Illinois,” Healy said. “She threw great against Iowa, so we’re looking forward to that.”

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THE BADGER HERALD · SPORTS · THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015

Hornibrook impresses early after unique route to UW Freshman quarterback committed to Pittsburgh out of high school, suddenly switched to Wisconsin to follow new head coach Paul Chryst Photo · Early-enrollee quarterback Alex Hornibrook wasn’t expecting to play at Wisconsin, but after landing in Madison, Hornibrook has made the most of his opportunity in the battle for the backup quarterback position behind starter Joel Stave.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald

by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

Never in a million years did Alex Hornibrook picture himself at University of Wisconsin.

Over the course of a week in December 2014, though, Hornibrook’s life took a dramatic turn – leading him to the Wisconsin football team.

It started when Gary Andersen jettisoned from Madison to Oregon State, vacating the head coaching position at Wisconsin. Nowhead coach Paul Chryst took that job two weeks later, bringing with him a three-star quaterback recruit: Alex Hornibrook.

Hornibook had been committed to Chryst and his Pittsburgh team for years, but when Chryst knew he was going to take the job at Wisconsin, he called Hornibrook to encourage him to follow along.

One of Chryst’s requirements was that Hornibrook had to visit campus before making his final decision. Now, he looks into the vacant yet vast expanses of the bleachers at Camp Randall Stadium on an April day that’s a tad too cold for a teenager with East Coast roots, and tries to put his journey becoming a Badger into words.

“Coming out to see the school was a big part of it,” Hornibrook said. “After I

was here on the visit I knew I wanted to be a part of it.”

Hornibrook said he fell in love with the campus and felt particularly attracted to the academics Wisconsin has to offer (he intends on majoring within the business school).

Hornibrook comes from an athletic family. His dad, Jeff, played defensive end at Temple from 1983-86 and his uncle, Ben Davis, was the No. 2 overall pick in the MLB draft in 1995.

Coming out of high school, Hornibrook received a three-star recruiting ranking from sites like Scout, 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals. The West Chester, Pennsylvania native had a record setting senior season, throwing for 2,156 yards and 26 touchdowns.

He finished as the all-time leader in those categories at his high school, Malverne Prep, with 3,356 passing yards and 36 touchdowns.

Hornibrook knew he’d have his work cut out for him to compete for playing time on a team with a stacked depth chart and an established starter in fifth-year senior Joel Stave, including a slew of backups like Bart Houston and D.J. Gillins waiting in the wings.

So, like his fellow freshman quarterback Austin Kaftenzis, Hornibrook decided to enroll early and headed to Madison in January to participate in spring football practices.

He’s taken every opportunity and made the most of it, earning increased repetitions with every workout.

“I’m just trying to be the best that I can be,” Hornibrook said.

“The coaches always talk about making the most of my repetitions and earning more, and that’s what I’ve been doing so far.”

The coach that brought him to Camp Randall has been impressed.

“About repepitions, I think he’s earned the right

for some,” Chryst said. “I think he’s done a nice job learning the ‘what’ to do.

“He’s earned the right for some opportunities, and when he gets them, I think he’s done some good things with them.”

In team repetitions at the conclusion of practice on Sunday, Hornibrook earned one series, going 5-for-5 for 65 yards and a touchdown.

Chryst compared Hornibrook to Stave in the sense that both enrolled early to learn the offense, which

can be a daunting task, Stave said. They’re both also traditional, pro-style pocket passers. But Stave has also seen promise in the young, lefty gunslinger.

“I think, most importantly, he’s just done a good job learning the offense,” Stave said.

“If you’re confident in what you know, it leads to a lot more confident play.”

That confidence stems from a driven work ethic.

Hornibrook said his goal is to be the best he can be, and to be the best he knows he has to put in the

hours – something Chryst said he’s seen continually throughout his relationship with him. He remembered meeting with Hornibrook at camps while he was the head coach at Pitt, where he first noticed the quarterback’s approach.

“He’s a worker. I think he’s a bit of a gym-rat,” Chryst said.

“Those qualities I like. As you watch him in competition, he competes, but he plays within himself.”

That’s not to say Hornibrook is unaware of the competition. In the age of social media, he knew about the hype in Madison surrounding the arrival of Kaftenzis. Hornibrook sees that as an opportunity to fly under the radar, something he enjoys.

“I kind of liked coming in unnoticed,” Hornibrook said. “I don’t mind if that hype doesn’t surround me, it gives me a better chance to focus and do my job.”

After a few solid practices though, the focus has shifted to this onceunknown, big lefty from Pennsylvania.

Who would’ve thought?

Definitely not Alex Hornibrook.

Alex Hornibrook #18 Height: 6’4 Weight: 215

Hometown: West Chester, PA High School: Malvern Prep 2014 H.S. stats: 2,156 yards, 26 TDs, 63% Jason Chan The Badger Herald

Young Badgers on cusp of big gains for women’s tennis Second-year head coach Tina Samara feels ‘so good about the future’ after youthful team improves record in early goings of season

by Eric Goldsobel Women’s Tennis Writer

Rarely do collegiate sports teams get second chances these days.

With major overhauls of personnel nearly every year, it’s never easy for teams to build on high-achieving years in successive seasons.

But the Wisconsin women’s tennis team is undergoing such a change since head coach Tina Samara took over last year, with a chance to reinvent themselves after two disappointing seasons.

“I feel so good about the future,” Samara said. “No one is graduating, we’re bringing in two, maybe three new players, and I feel that everyone here has so much more room for improvement. With us hosting Indoor Nationals next year and being in the tournament, we have a lot to prove. I’m excited.”

With the future looking

bright, the team has expressed a strong desire to grow together and continue to improve. The Badgers have already made visible progress, rebounding from a 7-14 record in 2013-14 where they won only two in-conference matches, to already 10 wins this season with two matches left to play and postseason tournaments on the horizon.

“Part of me is happy where we’re at and part of me is frustrated,” Samara said. “We’ve been so close in a few of these Big Ten matches and came up just short in the majority of them, but have been right in there in all of them, competing. It’s overall good news when you put it into perspective from where we were a year ago.”

Wisconsin currently sits at a 10-9 record, yet a deceiving 10th spot in the Big Ten standings, only one win away from tying for fifth place. Five of the Badgers’ losses have come

by a margin of one point on the team score, and a loss on Sunday to the powerhouse No. 23 Northwestern Wildcats came about by losing two singles matches through third set tiebreakers amid other close individual matchups.

Despite being a work inprogress, the team is well on its way to success through major personnel overhauls, which has left Wisconsin in a position to build from the ground up.

“When you have such a small team like this, it’s important that everyone is on board,” Samara said.

“When you have a ‘bad egg’ it is hard to eliminate their impact. The personality of the team has changed drastically since last season, and we’ve been performing much better. I think we’re getting better each match.”

One of the new additions is sophomore Maria Avgerinos, who was acquired after she transferred from Syracuse

University, trading orange for the red and white. A four-star recruit out of high school and the No. 188 player in the recruiting class of 2013, Avgerinos struggled through her freshman year for the Orange. She finished the campaign just 3-12 in singles and 1-8 in doubles play.

The promising Avgerinos, a native of Elmhurst, Illinois, then returned back to the Great Lakes region this off-season to help the struggling Badgers, vastly improving her play as well. Through Sunday’s match, she has gone 17-12 in singles play and 16-15 in first-pair doubles in her first season at Wisconsin.

Avgerinos is not the only one picking up slack, though. Fellow sophomore Sydney Rider has stepped her game up to a completely new level, rounding out a tough Wisconsin lineup at her usual spot of third or fifth singles.

Rider came in to the 2014-

15 season with a freshman record of 9-28 in singles play. As another fourstar recruit, the year was extremely disappointing for a prospect with such high hopes. However, the Maryland native redefined her game in the offseason, increasing her precision and placement skills to improve to 19-13 on the year in singles. She won her match decisively (6-1, 7-5) in the meet against No. 23 Northwestern this past Sunday.

“I’ve grown a lot since last year,” Rider said.

“Last year was a hard adjustment for me, going from juniors to collegiate.

The competition is much tougher here, but I’ve gotten a lot more confident.

I had a few rough matches earlier on, but I’ve settled down and feel good.

This year is completely different.”

The Badgers will continue to grow their roster into next season

with the addition of two more players.

Kendall Kirsch, a four-star recruit from Long Grove, Illinois, is slated to join the team after verbally committing back in September. She currently sits as the 130th best player in the class of 2015. She will be joined by Nathalie Joanlanne, a threestar recruit from Dallas, Pennsylvania and the 290th ranked recruit.

Samara and other players have already expressed anticipation over the addition of the two new players to an already young roster.

“It’s been a drastic change team-wise,” Lauren Chypyha, a junior and the number one singles player, said. “Since last season, I think we have a lot more depth and more confidence.

We’ve gotten a lot of good new personalities to compliment us. Our freshman are very devoted

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