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Council approves union referendum Students will have voice on Memorial renovations with Oct. 16 campus vote Katherine Krueger Deputy News Editor The University of Wisconsin student government voted to include a referendum to gauge campus opinion on the proposed Union renovations as two members who were formally removed from the body yesterday remained at the meeting table.

The contentious proposal to renovate the historic Memorial Union, which has sparked a passionate response from students on both sides of the issue, drove much of the debate, while Vice Chair Beth Huang’s removal from

office by Student Judiciary will be taken up in a special session Friday.

Huang said she and Nominations Board Chair Niko Magallon were caught actively campaigning in Witte Hall in March during the run up to spring Associated Students of Madison election.

Student Judiciary ruled in a suit that both officials would log 20 hours of community before Sept.

15 for the bylaw violation.

Huang reported the vice chief justice said the records of the work were not received on time, so the two representatives were removed from office.

Huang said Chief Justice Kate Fifield authorized a stay of the ruling until the matter is up for review tomorrow, at which time the judicial body will rule on whether to extend or terminate the stay.

In an open forum that

spanned several hours, student speakers called on ASM to place the referendum on the Oct. 16 fall ballot, saying the project was lacking in sufficient opinion from the student body moving forward.

Speaking against bringing the controversy to a student vote were representatives from Hoofers, a student organization that boasts hundreds of members in various clubs for outdoor recreation, who said the time taken for a poll would place a limit on student access to facilities during the construction period.

Erik Oberhart, a member of Hoofer Council, said the current timeline set for the project means the group would lose one summer season of lake access near the Union.

He said if the issue is placed on the ballot, outdoors enthusiasts

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After several meetings of debate, ASM approved allowing a referendum to gauge student opinion on the planned renovations for Memorial Union. The proposal would expand on the Union Theater and alter the iconic Memorial Terrace on the Mendota lakefront. risk losing out on an additional whole season as construction crews and machinery dominate the shoreline.

“This denies access for thousands of students and jeopardizes UW’s largest student organization,” Oberhart said.

Representative Cale Plamann said the Union

Council was not listening to student input on the proposal outside of committees.

He also said the project could impact how much students are paying in segregated fees, although the original referendum said renovations would be partially offset by money from donors.

“You can shift money around all you want,” Plamann said. “If we’re going to have something that wasn’t originally justified and will cost students money, it would be a shame to not have the general student population vote.”

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MCSC waiver alleges racism in SSFC funding ASM says all groups assessed equally, org missed budget request deadline Katherine Krueger Deputy News Editor After a student group requested more than $1 million in student fees, the content of the group’s financial documents cites a mission of promoting inclusiveness on a campus characterized as “privileged” as reason to inflate the budget.

The Multicultural

Student Coalition was the only student group to apply for the waiver required for budgets of more than $250,000 from the Student Services Finance Committee, but it will now be required to slash its $1.27 million budget after the waiver was rejected as a result of missing the final deadline.

According to the completed waiver form, which was sent to The Badger Herald by a member of SSFC, emotionally charged rhetoric concerning a large-scale effort to change campus climate

was used as justification for the group’s budget spike to $1,270,488.20 for 2012-2013.

The group, which has been on campus for nearly 10 years, laid out $696,525 for programs, $75,000 for rent expenses and $448,653.20 for staff salaries among its top expenditures in the proposed budget.

“As people from marginalized identities, community is the most important aspect of selfpreservation and defense against the hostile environment that is UWMadison,” the waiver said. “Our budget is a

reflection of that.”

The language of the waiver also identified education as an area that must play a key role in shifting the university environment to promote inclusiveness to all students and races and creating a community coalition to promote better support for multicultural students.

MCSC leadership also said the organization would employ the increased funding to host trainings and student programming and hire additional professional staff — which would create a change affecting

nearly 42,000 students to “alter the face of campus.”

The text of the waiver continues, “Money talks … especially to white people.”

Members of the multicultural student group also took issue with the student segregated fee allocation process, particularly a question on the waiver form that asked groups to prioritize expenditures should the group only be granted a portion of their requested budget.

In the text of the waiver, MCSC leaders characterized the request

to rank services to students as “atrocious” and composed in a “Eurocentrist spirit” that implies non-majority students are bound to the duty of educating other students.

SSFC Chair Sarah Niebart disputed the claim that the process violates viewpoint neutrality policy and said she offered training on how to complete the waiver process to all General Student Service Fund groups, which MCSC did not accept.

Neibart also said the

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Badger Catholic lawsuit culminates in settlement UW System to issue $500,000 to cover attorney charges in 5-year court battle Rick Ferraro Campus Reporter A nearly five year court battle regarding the University of Wisconsin’s segregated fees for campus organizations came to an end this week after a Wisconsin state court ordered the UW System to produce $500,000 in settlement funds to the Megan McCormick The Badger Herald Badger Catholic student The religiously associated group will receive enough funds to cover court fees in First Amendment lawsuit but will not obtain segregated fees that sparked the suit. organization.

Badger Catholic Chair Nico Fassino said the dispute began when funding decisions passed down by the university seemed to reflect religious discrimination.

“The situation wasn’t that we had requested funding and the university denied the request; the situation was that the university had approved the funding,” Fassino said. “The lawsuit was in response to the fact that content was being censored, and money was being withheld that had already been approved because of [the organization’s] religious nature.”

The core issues revolve around the separation of church and state and the First Amendment — concepts Fassino said should not have been called into question in the dispute.

According to Badger Catholic, the original amount of reimbursement money refused by the university was roughly $35,000.

After the initial ruling that UW violated the group’s First Amendment rights, the university responded by bringing the issue of church and state separation to the US

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Student Judiciary removes vice chair for rule violation Councilwoman charged for allegedly missing deadline for community service Adelaide Blanchard News Editor

The judicial branch of the University of Wisconsin

student government ruled Tuesday night to remove the vice chair from office for violating student council policy.

Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary Chief Justice Kate Fifield said Vice Chair Beth Huang’s dismissal stems from the community service she was required to do after admitting to

violating election rules last spring.

Huang campaigned in university housing, which is not allowed under ASM bylaws.

Huang was required to do 20 hours of community service and provide proof

by Sept. 15, Fifield said.

While she turned in paperwork saying the hours had been completed

on Sept. 15, SJ Justice Miriam Liabo ruled Huang turned the paperwork in too late in the day to let SJ have a enough time to verify and had missed the deadline.

The only deadline Huang was given was for the Sept. 15, and an exact time was not included, she said.

Fifield stressed she did

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Huang said she plans to contest the Student Judiciary’s decision.

She said she complied with all the conditions of the ruling and plans on using time-stamped emails from ASM leaders Tia Nowak and Sade Johnson, who verified Huang’s community

service hours and led the community service efforts Huang counted toward her hoaurs.

Fifield said Nominations Board Chair Niko Magallon was also removed from his seat as part of the decision.

Magallon canvassed with

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Madison government officials are struggling to draft legislation to address the concealed carry law’s implications for private and public buildings and private property before the law goes into effect Nov. 1.

Wisconsin Act 35, which was enacted and published last July, made it legal for residents to carry concealed firearms so long as they carry a permit from the state Department of Justice.

While the concealed carry law is clear in regards to outside public spaces, the city has yet to decide how to enforce the law throughout buildings and private property in Madison, Ald. Scott

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On Tuesday, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi signed protections for citizens who use county facilities, allowing county owned buildings to post the required 5” x 7” signs on all major entrances prohibiting concealed weapons, according to a statement from Parisi.

“This resolution is necessary to protect those who visit and work in county buildings everyday,” Parisi said in the statement. “Citizens shouldn’t have to worry about concealed guns when they travel at the airport or take their families to the zoo.”

The county resolution approves sign use in the Dane County Regional Airport and City County

Building to prohibit firearms on the premise.

Resnick said he was still awaiting memos from the city attorney regarding allowed concealed carry regulations within state and county government buildings.

However, he said another piece of legislation proposed Monday night by Madison Mayor Paul Soglin attempts to clear up the city’s approach to the concealed carry law in regards to private property.

“The idea [of the proposed legislation] essentially states that homeowners have the right to be notified before someone brings a weapon onto their property,” Resnick said. “Now that the legislation has been

introduced, it isancewill start making its way through the various city committees.”

According to the agenda at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Ordinance 23911 would create several unlawful trespass violations for concealed individuals who enter onto a property of another after having been notified that the carrying of weapons is not permitted on that property. It would also create a bail deposit for violation.

Resnick said the ordinance would go before the Public Safety Review Board Oct. 4, and he expects a number of alders will support and eventually sign the piece of legislation.

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how to handle firearms on the University of Wisconsin campus has also been abuzz since the state-wide legislation was introduced.

UW previously announced that concealed guns will be allowed on campus, but that there is currently no uniform policy for the UW System on how to handle concealed carry inside campus buildings, according to a statement from the university.

DOJ has said certain public spaces, including state and local government buildings, attach a condition to concealed carry that says unless it is explicitly stated that concealed weapons are not allowed, a permit holder can bring them onto the premises.

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The Council voted 14-102 to include a referendum on the fall ballot.

Student Services Finance Committee member David Vines also polarized debate by calling into question whether the waiver form required of student organizations with budgets over $250,000 was viewpoint neutral in the case of the Multicultural Student Coalition, the only group that applied.

Huang during the spring elections.

She said both Magallon and Huang requested a stay on their positions so they can have time to appeal the decision.

Fifield authorized both of them to continue on with their work at ASM while SJ makes a decision on how to proceed.

The justices will be meeting Thursday to discuss the matter.

“This should give us time to prepare for a transition,” she said.

Justice Liabo did not return a message from The Badger Herald.

ASM hosted its regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday night. Huang attended the meeting.

Supreme Court.

“We were seeking clarification on a fundamental constitutional issue,” UW System spokesperson David Giroux said.</p> The Supreme Court did not take up the case.

Donald Downs, a UW professor and First Amendment expert, said Badger Catholic had every right to the funds in question.

“If the university gave money directly to the student organization, as long as the Catholic group meets the criteria established for university groups, then they are entitled to the same considerations as any other group applying for segregated fee money,” he said.

Downs also said the Supreme Court’s denial of the university’s request for review of the initial ruling was justified because the fact that the group is Catholic should have no bearing in funding decisions.

As long as the funding comes through segregated fees, Downs said, it remains constitutional under the separation of church and state.

According to Fassino, none of the $500,000 settlement will end up in Badger Catholic’s pocket.

“We are not receiving a cent,” Fassino said.

“The judge said that he would be willing to award lawyers’ fees but not award the compensation for the original denial.”

Despite this, Fassino said he is overall pleased the organization was able to set a precedent on both the First Amendment and the principle of the separation of church and state.

“I’m very happy that finally the last chapter of this long lawsuit is finished,” Fassino said.

“Both Badger Catholic and the university can move past an ordeal that lasted five years and continue serving students.”

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ALRC reviews nuisance bill draft Committee says ordinance is months from finalization, questions necessity, fairness George LeVines News Reporter The Alcohol License Review Committee took steps Wednesday night toward approving the latest proposed revision to an ordinance taking aim at oversized house parties.

The ordinance, proposed

by Mayor Paul Soglin, works to decrease the amount of large parties that are disruptive, unsafe and illegal by encouraging landlords to take action against tenants who throw disturbing parties.

The latest revision included provisions to distinguish between landlords who are proactive and those who are not and to levee penalties on landlords after a second infraction within a six month period.

It also removed language prohibiting a visible beer barrel.

Committee members exchanged thoughts on

whether the proposal was too harsh on landlords, many of whom expressed concern over being liable for bad tenants.

Ald. Shiva BidarSielaff, District 5, told the committee about a landlord with two “problem” residences in her district who was being very proactive both in notifying police and the district alder about the houses so they might take action.

Bidar-Sielaff cautioned that the proposal may penalize proactive landlords with nonresponsive tenants and also questioned whether pushing landlords to evict was wise.

“Is eviction really a good solution in the middle of the semester?”

Bidar-Sielaff asked. “It’s a lose-lose for all parties involved.”

The ordinance is only asking landlords to use the toolbox they have

to discourage these parties, Madison Police Department Executive Captain of Support Services Mary Schauf said.

“We have a toolbox and [landlords] have a toolbox,” Schauf said.

“This ordinance asks landlords to use the toolbox they have to help neighborhood safety.”

Schauf requested the committee wait to make a final recommendation to the City Council, so the police department might have more time to review the latest revision distributed to the committee Wednesday.

The committee agreed, noting the ordinance could not stand as a final product as it was.

“This ordinance is still a couple months away from any final action,” Alcohol Policy Coordinator Mark Woulf said.

After finishing discussion on the ordinance, the committee

went into closed session to address the ongoing struggle between the city and Madison bar R’ Place.

Upon re-opening, the ALRC voted to deliberate on 15 stipulated counts of the 28 put forth by the city against the bar at next Wednesday’s meeting.

The city is pushing hard to revoke the bar’s liquor license because it plans to redevelop the area, R’ Place owner Rick Flowers said.

But incidences of violence — in particular the shooting and stabbing that occurred in the same 2010 weekend — are behind the city’s efforts, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

According to the assistant city attorney Jennifer Zilavy, the city sent a settlement offer last week to Anthony Delyea, who is representing R’ Place, but got no response.

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Rick Flowers, owner of R’ Place, said his bar is the only place in Madison where members of the black community feel welcomed. The bar’s license was up for review Wednesday after multiple violent incidents. only bar that treats you like human beings,” Flowers said. “Just a neighborhood bar.”

Early in the meeting, the committee also approved Madison’s new Hotel Red to expand 20 seats of

outdoor seating next to Mickies Dairy Bar. The seating will be cordoned off and reserved for hotel guests during football game days, Hotel Red General Manager Jason Ilstrup said.

Walker’s Wis. job solutions prove partially out-of-state Thousands of posts on creation website in neighboring states Leopoldo Rocha News Reporter Although Gov. Scott Walker addressed the state last week assuring the unemployed that 32,000 private sector jobs were available to Wisconsinites through the Jobs Creation Website, the Associated Press revealed Wednesday that nearly a fifth of those opportunities are not actually located in Wisconsin.

On Sept. 15, Walker gave his “Jobs” radio address in which he

highlighted the job creation in Wisconsin from his inauguration until June.

In the address, he directed those in Wisconsin who are unemployed to check the Job Center of Wisconsin website for access to thousands of jobs.

“There are more than 30,000 job openings on the [Job Center of Wisconsin] site,” Walker said in the address.

Of the approximately 32,000 job openings referred to by Walker, about 6,000 of those are jobs in nearby states such as Illinois and Minnesota.

In an email to The Badger Herald, John Dipko, spokesperson

for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, which maintains the Job Center of Wisconsin site, said DWD was aware of the out-of-state job openings, as they have a policy to include job openings in adjacent counties.

Dipko said there has been a large increase in manufacturing jobs throughout the state, as well as “officeadministrative support, health care and transportation [jobs].”

In an email to the Herald, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski said the Walker administration has been consistently irresponsible

with its approach to job creation in the state.

The governor has not come forth with the job creation promises made in his campaign, Zielinski said, noting the increase in unemployment during Walker ’s gubernatorial career.

He said the discrepancy in Walker’s radio address reflects the governor ’s lack of focus on creating jobs in the state.

“The fact that he’s working to create jobs in Illinois and Minnesota shows how totally unfocused and inept his administration has been on creating jobs,” Zielinski said.

Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said the

discrepancy in Walker ’s radio address should not overshadow the jobs that were created in Wisconsin during Walker’s tenure.

“The website is focused on Wisconsin jobs. More than 25,000 jobs listed are in Wisconsin. DWD is highlighting available jobs to Wisconsinites, and that’s a good thing that everyone should support,” Werwie said in an email.

Werwie said Wisconsin residents who work in jobs outside of the state are still beneficial to the state’s economy.

“Residents who live in our state and work elsewhere also create a positive impact on their local communities,”

Werwie said.

“They spend their money back in their communities, create economic activity and ultimately help create an environment for job creation in those areas.”

Dipko said he was very optimistic about the state’s economy and unemployment, saying the state’s job creation numbers are outpacing the nation’s numbers.

“The rate of our state’s total private sector job growth is stronger than the nation’s,” Dipko said.

“Last week, the number of job openings on the site exceeded 100,000 for the year, breaking the 75,000 total for all of last year.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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The Badger Herald | News | Thursday, September 22, 2011

Parisi urges supervisors to fund new response mode Andrea Choi News Reporter After 10 members of the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to postpone the county’s bonding resolution, County Executive Joe Parisi is calling upon the members to rethink their actions in order to allow for the implementation of a new emergency communications system.

During a press conference Tuesday, Parisi said the board’s actions were unforeseen and have critical implications on the people of Dane County.

“We are here today urging swift action after an unprecedented political bump in the road at

the last County Board meeting,” he said. “This delay puts critical public safety projects at risk, and these ten supervisors are standing in the way of ten years of work.”

The projects, according to Parisi, include a new countywide emergency communications network for police, fire and emergency medical services.

The system would include a new computer system to help 911 operators dispatch responders to an emergency more quickly and a new siren system to better warn citizens of severe weather danger.

“If this bonding resolution is not approved,

I will take action to protect the county and its tax payers from financial harm, including the possibility that the county may have to suspend the county’s contract with Harris Corporation, the company responsible for building the countywide emergency communication system,” Parisi said.

Parisi said the emergency system needs to be active

by Jan. 1, 2013, if it is going to comply with federal guidelines. If the system is not in place by then, the county will be charged $10,000 for every day the system is not active.

Dane County sheriff Dave Mahoney said he was “amazed” by how a few county supervisors took

Marines give Wis. team funding for diesel engine Significant grant will foster further military progress Leopoldo Rocha News Reporter A University of Wisconsin engineer recently received a grant from the US Marine Corps providing funds to continue work on a new “green” diesel engine with another Wisconsin entrepreneur.

Engineer Tim Shedd and entrepreneur Gerald Kashmerick received an $850,000 grant to further their work on a six-stroke external combustion engine called the “K6,” according to a UW statement.

Normal external combustion engines have four strokes, referring to the different positions of the piston.

The flexible-fuel engine Shedd is designing will have six strokes, making it quieter and more efficient, the statement said.

Flexible-fuel is a mixture usually composed of gasoline mixed with ethanol or methanol fuel.

“The two main goals of this project is for the engine to use flexiblefuel and have to it burn cleanly,” Shedd said.

Shedd said there is a

tradeoff for using the cleaner burning fuel as the sixth rotation results in increased friction and therefore a loss of overall power.

Kashmerick and Shedd

“The two main goals of this project is for the engine to use flexible-fuel and have it to burn cleanly.”

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have been working closely together to solve specific heatrelated problems such as ensuring the valves transfer heat properly and can withstand high temperatures, Shedd said.

Currently, the pair is working on specific modeling of the engine to find its limits.

The modeling will not only find the model engine’s limits but also make sure expectations of the engine are realistic, the statement said.

Kashmerick will use the bulk of the grant money to form a working

prototype to further conduct tests for eventual use by the US Marine Corps.

Shedd said this engine would be extremely beneficial for the US military.

“This is exactly the type of engine they are looking for, something that can run on many types of fuels and is clean-burning,” he said.

Shedd said immense credit should also be given to Jack Heinemann, director of the Wisconsin Security Research Consortium, a nonprofit organization focused on scientific and technological improvements for homeland security.

Shedd said the project would not be where it is and would not have received the grant funding without Heinemann’s work. “[Heinemann] has been crucial to this relationship with the US Marine Corps and bringing this project to Wisconsin,” said Shedd.

While the engine’s short-term future is for use for the US military, Shedd emphasized the long-term goals center on consumer, as its quiet nature, flex fuel options and clean burning give it potential to work in both generators and lawn care equipment.

the measure to potentially place Dane County at risk of unsafe conditions and economic sanctions by postponing a decision that is founded on a crucial deadline.

“I am further amazed that a few supervisors would place politics ahead of public safety,” Mahoney added.

To prevent the county taxpayers from bearing more costs, which include fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred, the county executive will ask Dane County 911 Center Director John Dejung to submit a waiver to the Federal Communications Commission.

The waiver will request a postponement

of the emergency communications system project deadline.

“Not only are we speeding as fast as we can to implement this system before the FCC deadline, but frankly there is another reason that supersedes that,” Dejung said.

“The new radio system potentially saves lives.

It’s a system that has been demanded by the public safety responders, and it’s recognized as one that will improve the operability, will improve coverage around the county and will provide needed extra capacity.”

Dejung said the project is one that has been considered for a decade and that the county now

has to act quickly to avoid fines and to implement the improved public safety measures that he said most county officials agree are needed.

Parisi said he was surprised by the ten supervisors’ decisions and did not know what their intention was.

“When I talked to various members of the ten, the target changes each time.

There is not a specific goal that they’ve come around,” Parisi said. “Unfortunately the message that I am getting is that they did it because they can. And to me that is not acceptable.

It’s regrettable and it’s reckless.”

The County Board will meet again Oct. 6.

Climbing to the top Madison resident Dunbar Carpenter takes a stab at the open rock climbing opportunity at Union South Wednesday afternoon. The Sett offers up a two-story climbing wall open to the public for a small fee.

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MCSC, from 1 waiver form was not analyzed because it was received past the final deadline of Tuesday at 12 p.m.

She added the requirement of prioritizing services aims to ensure a group’s direct services are not

cut in the event that the budget must be trimmed to meet the restraints set by the cap.

In response to charges that the wording of the form embodies “white privilege” and violates viewpoint neutrality, Niebart said all GSSF groups on campus

are granted the same opportunity to apply for funding and all budgets are reviewed in the same manner.

Members of the MCSC Executive Board declined comment on the waiver or the group’s next steps in the budgeting process.

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Thursday, September 22, 2011

Fiscal responsibility necessary element of city budget Shawn Rajanayagam Columnist You probably know Paul Soglin, if you know him at all, as the new mayor in town. He began his third non-consecutive stint as the mayor of Madison in April, narrowly defeating former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz.

Madisonians know Soglin as “the hippie mayor,” a title he earned in the 1960s, when he was arrested twice at the inaugural Mifflin Street Block Party. On the wave of his popularity as a central figure in the Madison anti-war movement, Soglin served as mayor from 1973 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1997.

For some reason, the misconception of Soglin as some sort of beatnik, leftwing iconoclast has lived

on some 40 years after his activist heyday. Looking at his track record as mayor, it is writ plain he is not the spendthrift liberal some seem to have expected.

During his second term in office, he saw Madison’s bond rating lifted to AAA status by Moody’s, largely a product of the fiscally responsible budgets that he oversaw.

No surprises, then, that his proposed budget saw a rollback in spending. All told, the budget represents a drop in spending of more than $50 million, including the near scrapping of the Edgewater Hotel development plan, as well as drastic cuts to fleet transportation services and biking and pedestrian services. The new budget has slashed borrowing by almost $40 million to $101.6 million, slightly below 2009 levels.

Students and left-wing organizers have railed against Soglin for the wholesale cuts he has made to many areas. The editorial board of this newspaper published a piece condemning Soglin

for essentially killing the development of the Edgewater Hotel.

While I agree that the hotel development was a sound plan, we must also understand how the city’s spending ballooned disproportionately. In the face of declining revenues, Mayor Dave inexplicably allowed the budget to expand drastically. The 2011 budget was some 25 percent bigger than the previous year’s — and almost two-thirds of this expansion was financed by debt.

Soglin is merely doing the best he can with the cards he was given — and if we’re being honest, he received a pretty poor hand. Nonetheless, one cannot help but feel slightly betrayed by the budget, particularly as students.

Even if Soglin felt he had no choice but to cut certain projects drastically, what is especially jarring is that he felt no need to consult UW student government organizations about the cuts that would affect the student body

most heavily. Soglin was first voted into power on the back of the student vote. He would do well to remember his roots and pay some attention to this constituency.

To those suggesting that Soglin’s “cuts” to biking and pedestrian services were especially galling, I would recommend you crunch the numbers: This was the only area of the budget to actually gain increased funding from the 2011 budget. A number of the cycling projects, including the proposed $4.2 million Cannonball Bike Trail, have been delayed until next year.

While this isn’t ideal, if the local economy picks up, come next year it’ll be business as usual.

To Paul Soglin, the development of the city of Madison is important, but it is secondary to fiscal responsibility. If Soglin was to continue the culture of profligate spending instigated by Mayor Dave, Madison could well go the way of Newark and Detroit — that is, facing impending fiscal

insolvency.

A lot of liberals are suggesting that Soglin, in his pro-business stance, is perhaps no longer the Democrat he presents himself as. But urban planning was the area that was most harshly hit by the cuts, not social programs.

The Edgewater project, and many others, found their funding withdrawn, to the tune of a 40 percent reduction in urban planning projects. Many of these would bring Madison significant financial windfall, as the Herald’s editorial board has previously noted.

However, at this time, the city simply cannot afford to throw itself further into debt.

For the Edgewater Hotel, this is untimely, possibly even catastrophic, but there is little to be done. If state revenues see an upturn in fortune, then next year’s budget may see the renewal of the Edgewater project.

Of course, whether developers want to throw themselves into the project

after its tumultuous course through the urban planning bureaucracy is another matter entirely.

The frustration with Paul Soglin’s budget is understandable, but as citizens of Madison, we must try to understand the circumstances in which Soglin’s mayoral term has begun.

Running a place on debt is a risky business — ask Orange County, or better yet, Japan — and Mayor Soglin understands this.

While the 2012 budget may not have been the one everyone has been hoping for, 2012 hasn’t been the year everyone is hoping for either. The economy hasn’t recovered, jobs are still scarce and our national government still can’t do its job. The last two times Soglin was in office he did a pretty good job. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and believe that he’ll do it again.

Shawn Rajanayagam (rajanayagam@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and American studies.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Elections not to blame for flawed Supreme Court I read with great interest the Sept. 21 column by Alex Brousseau “Judicial appointments needed for true transparency.” I am one who fervently believes in the cleansing power of sunshine in government but readily acknowledges the author made some good points about why it might be problematic to have Supreme Court deliberations open to the public.

She lost me, however, when she said “Supreme Court justices are not public servants” and went on to say that proposals aiming to open discussions between members of the court to the public are flawed because they “try to hold the justices accountable to

the public, when they are only accountable to the law.” Sorry, but if that’s true, then the law should pay their salaries.

I also take exception to the author’s conclusion that “instead of enacting reform, the Legislature should focus on eliminating the election of state Supreme Court justices.”

Wisconsin started electing Supreme Court justices more than 150 years ago, and those elections served the state very well indeed for over a century and a half. It wasn’t until 2007 when we started having auctions for Supreme Court instead of elections that things started going haywire.

So why not repair the elections rather than do away

with them?

Ending Supreme Court elections won’t take the politics out of judicial selection; it will only remove the voters.

Tell me how an appointee of Scott Walker, or Jim Doyle before him, won’t be seen as politically tainted. Judges should be more than a lawyer who happens to be close friends with or a big backer of a governor.

An alternative approach to direct appointment is something called “merit selection,” where judges are initially picked by a nominating commission. After serving for a period of time, they then stand before the electorate in what are called

“retention elections.”

However, where merit selection has been put in place, it has been far from free of politics.

Missouri’s nominating commission has come under attack for being too partisan, too easily manipulated by legal insiders, as well as insufficiently diverse and consequently unfair to minority applicants. And retention elections look conspicuously like plain old everyday judicial elections.

You need look no further than Iowa for evidence of that, where three state Supreme Court justices were targeted for removal and savaged in a brutal smear campaign after

taking part in a unanimous decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

Legal experts from across the country used to point to the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a model for the nation, one of the finest high courts in the land. That reputation has been trashed in recent years, in no small part because of the recent disfigurement of Supreme Court elections that worked just fine for many generations.

Turn the auctions we have now back into elections, and I have no doubt that the court’s standing can return to its once lofty status.

Mike McCabe, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign

Thompson must remain moderate in Senate bid Matt Jeffers Columnist

After Tommy Thompsons’s early defeat in the 2008 presidential run, he witnessed firsthand the political landscape change as the rug was pulled out from under him. As a moderate conservative, Thompson came in sixth place in the 2007 Ames Iowa straw poll and immediately dropped out of the race.

The candidates that beat him represent major denominations of the Republican Party: Romney for big business, Paul the Libertarian, Huckabee for the Evangelicals and Tancredo the racist. A moderate conservative like Thompson had no chance in the 2008 election, further evidenced by the fact that McCain the Maverick moved far to the right during the race and

still couldn’t muster the Republican votes needed to win.

Now, with the resignation of Wisconsin’s U.S. Senator Herb Kohl, Thompson intends to run for the vacated seat.

The question here is, will Thompson’s moderate and mostly reasonable positions be undermined by his desire to win, pulling him far off center right into Tea Party territory?

First, it is pertinent to investigate his past actions, credentials and policy positions.

One may even question whether or not “moderate conservative” is a proper label of Thompson, especially when considering some of his past legislation.

In 1990 he created the School Choice Program, which gave low-income families choices with which they could send their children to school, regardless of their ability to pay. This and other publicly funded educational programs would be seen as “stealing from the taxpayer to fund

education programs” by other conservatives, a fundamental part of what defined Thompson’s legacy as governor.

Thompson’s education reforms were generally beneficial, except for his abominable position on teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.

He also initiated a voucher program that subsidized the cost of tuition for parents who sent their children to religious schools. In places like Milwaukee, some of the religious schools are arguably better than the public schools, yet the voucher seemed to be a violation of separation of church and state.

Ultimately, however, these programs helped children in low-income families get better education than they otherwise would have received.

Shifting to other social issues, he has a reasonable position on abortion. He appears to be in favor of stem cell research, a progressive view from a member of the Catholic church. His support shows

his opinions are nuanced and that he does not always toe the party line.

Thompson has also passed no-nonsense policies that positively affected society, such as the Children First Program, which required fathers who were not paying child support to either find a job and start paying or go to prison.

This program also assisted the fathers in finding such jobs.

While Thompson does not have a particularly enlightened position on drug legislation, he at least has the sense to distinguish recreational drug users from serious criminals. In his Felony Drug Offender Alternative to Prison Program, first-time offenders are provided an alternative to prison that focuses on counseling, education and employment training.

By many counts, it may appear that Thompson, a progressive Republican, is actually something of a dying breed, which may explain why he got re-elected four times as governor to a generally

blue state. However, there still appears to be a few drops of bigotry in him that he was not able to stifle at a 2007 Republican presidential debate.

When asked if an employer should be allowed to fire a homosexual employee on the grounds that he is gay, he replied, “I think that it is left up to the individual businesses.”

The moderator then asked if that was a “yes,” and he replied “yes.” Of course, he apologized on CNN the following day, saying that he had “misheard the question” and thinks there should be no discrimination in the work place.

This apology is quite dubious; either he was lying when he apologized or he was lying when he first responded, hoping to garner political points with the far right. Either way, it does not speak much to his political integrity.

It is certainly the case that any politician has to adjust and modify his views to represent those he is serving and to accommodate the

particular audience that he is speaking in front of.

However, the centrists and moderates among us ought to be concerned with this incredible right wing shift of the Republican Party to radical and ridiculous positions.

For example, in the last GOP debate, Tea Party members were yelling for Ron Paul to answer “yes” to whether or not we should let somebody without health insurance die when he or she is brought to the hospital with a potentially fatal injury.

The question as to whether or not we should consider Thompson as a viable choice for the U.S. Senate seat is dependent on whether or not he will fly off the handle like many other Republican politicians trying to appeal to the crazies in their party, or if he will stick true to the fundamental principles and moral positions that he has taken in the past.

Matt Jeffers (mjeffers@ wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in philosophy and economics.

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2nd Chance to the tall drink of water wearing the salmon shirt and khakis manning a second floor booth at the student org fair. You are the SEXIEST Badger I have ever seen, and I would let you throw me around anytime.

Love, the equally attractive lady holding down the AWC booth. Let’s get our groups together for a social and be formally introduced, if you know what I mean...

SC to Ryan that I met at Logan’s last night- you definitely tripped my hick radar.

I wanna hear about your 54’’ I should have stayed the musky some time. night. “not every guy is out to fuck you” you smooth talker, SC to Scotty from Quaker you!

Steak in Middleton who was bartending on Thursday. I 2nd chance to Lauren. I miss should have given you my our marathon hang out sesnumber. Next time I head sions and I was dumb to let over there to drink margaritas you move on. and watch ridiculous drunk people sing karaoke, I won’t Second chance to Hannah chicken out. See you then? from the Nitty Saturday. I’d love to check out Superior SC to all the runners in pres with you sometime. Come house. Short shorts have find me at Hour again :) never looked better...

Second chance to the guy SC to tc. You’re hott as fuck. from ASU that I met at a

party on mifflin Friday night.

You were not only cute, but so funny too! I gave you my number, so use it!

SECOND CHANCE We jogged apart on the lakeshore path Wednesday but talked knees on the Nat bridge. The world needs more knee talk. Let’s run together next time?

SC to the cute guy at the plasma place on monday.. you told me my veins were awesome. I think you’re awesome. Lets do this.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Thursday, September 22, 2011

‘Apart’ in style, Grieves, Budo ‘together’ on tour Rhymesayers duo takes the stage at The Frequency for Sunday show Dan Niepow ArtsEtc. Staff Writer As separate artists, Grieves and Budo seem to have arrived from two entirely different ends of the spectrum: Grieves is a hip-hop artist originally from Colorado, while Budo is a Brooklyn-based composer and multiinstrumentalist. But as a collaborative team, they create a musical style that is seamless and distinct.

The duo will be showing its style to Madison Sunday as it performs at The Frequency.

Grieves made his first attempt at rapping at a rap battle in Ft. Collins, Col. Initially, he entered the genre as a fan, but as he become more immersed in the music, he started to write more serious material.

He said he was inspired by other artists involved with Rhymesayers Entertainment, an independent hip-hop label.

In 2008, Grieves and Budo combined their varied creative talents for the first time in the album 88 Keys and Counting. After touring with those set of songs, Grieves took a short hiatus, undergoing some personal hardship.

These experiences in the interim would later serve as inspiration for his next creative venture, he noted.

The duo then teamed up once more for its latest album, Together/Apart. As usual, Budo lays down lush instrumental tracks, and Grieves tops them with his characteristic narratives and rhymes.

The album focuses on the many paradoxes and trials of touring life in addition to some other themes, Grieves said.

It may sound like a wellworn story on the surface, but Grieves approaches it with a refreshing perspective.

“You’re getting a whole bunch of people in one place sharing the same thing,” he said in an interview with The Badger Herald. “I think that’s an extremely powerful thing that a lot of musicians overlook sometimes.”

For him, this collective experience of concertgoing is fascinating. It’s something he celebrates as an artist.

Like any good theme, the album has many ambiguities and nuances, offering a wide array of interpretation.

Grieves also discussed how the album reflects the dual nature of his own life.

He described the stark difference between his life as a touring artist and his personal life.

“I can’t imagine two more extreme existences,” he said.

As far as writing and recording, the duo has no set method or formula. They write when inspiration strikes, and they exchange ideas as they go along.

“If it works, it works,”

Grieves said. “We don’t really constrict ourselves to a certain madness.”

The two began touring with Together/Apart in Canada, and they will be entering the Midwest this weekend. They stop in Madison this Sunday at The Frequency.

The tour will finish off on the west coast.

Grieves and Budo aren’t particularly interested in synthetic beats at their shows; instead, they’ll be using live instrumentation when possible. Budo said there will still be standard bass and drums, but he will also be playing keys, guitar and trumpet at various points throughout the show.

In spite of his sometimes dark and pensive narratives, Grieves still maintains a sense of humor during his performances, noting that he wasn’t afraid to take part in some “interpretative dancing” in the midst of his performances.

“I am the Michael Flatley of the hip-hop game,” he said jestingly.

The duo is excited about performing together in its first headlining tour. Prior to this tour, it performed at Vans Warped Tour in the summer, and it also did a few shows with Atmosphere, another independent hip-hop group.

There is interesting chemistry between the two, and they believe that their work in the studio translates well into live performances.

“There’s a comfort level

Endless summer: finding campus’ best frozen treats Allegra Dimperio Chew on This Columnist In Wisconsin, summer tends to last the required three months, then disappears into the wet, cold and ugly season known as the rest of the year. Although summer is obviously over and the prospect of more 70 degree days is dismal, all is not lost. Just because we cannot (and should not) keep sporting our flipflops and shorts doesn’t mean we can’t trick our stomachs into thinking it’s still summer with an ice cream cone. Luckily, there are several shops on State Street willing to be your accomplice.

Now, to be honest, frozen yogurt is not on my list of top 10 anything, but there are a couple of options I won’t skip just because of prejudice. I will note that if Pinkberry opened and brought its salted caramel, I’d be all over it. But I digress. Let’s start our tour of the best cones on the block at the bottom of State Street.

Red Mango frozen yogurt professes to be allnatural, gluten-free and kosher, leading some to wonder as to how it could be any good at all. The chain certainly pushes nutrition over taste, but for those who genuinely like fruit as dessert and aren’t into sugary treats, it delivers. With three basic flavors (original, pomegranate and Madagascar vanilla) and one rotating daily flavor, the frozen yogurt base can taste, well, basic. However, it is the toppings that add spice … sort of. Red

Mangoers can add fruits, almonds and cereals to their dishes, and the truly daring can add a scoop of Ghirardelli dark chocolate.

All in all, it certainly isn’t my favorite, though my waistband would prefer it was.

Moving up State is another frozen yogurt option, the much-loved Campus Candy. Here, the gimmick is that “the whole store is your toppings.” This means, if you were so inclined, you could put chocolatecovered pretzel balls, Captain Crunch cereal, sour gummy worms and a dozen flavors of jelly beans all in one dish. The concept is cool, but the quality is just not there.

Of the several flavors of frozen yogurt, all but the original tasted strongly of chemical flavoring, and the toppings selection, while wide, is pretty unimaginative. If toppings are your thing, Cold Stone is a better choice, but I’ll get to that.

Across the street and up a bit is The Chocolate Shoppe, a Madison original that’s been around since 1962. boasts 110 flavors, though not all of them appear in the shop at the same time. The Shoppe may be the polar opposite of Red Mango, stating proudly “If you want nutrition, eat carrots.” Yet even so, customers flock to the counter for their famous Mackinac Island Fudge, classic Blue Moon or newer flavors like the super-caffeinated Bang!! line, Halley’s Comet, Kitty Kitty Bang Bang or Fat Elvis. Most scoops are so flavor-packed that they don’t require toppings, but candies, nuts and syrups can be added for truly indulgent sundaes.

A treat potentially as indulgent lies across the street at Cold Stone Creamery. The store is

famous for its mix-ins, ranging from candies to fruits to actual chunks of brownies and cakes.

The ice cream flavors can be richer than The Chocolate Shoppe’s, but the mix-in option allows eaters to create their own flavors. The website claims that over 11.5 million customized ice cream treats can be created, so whether you’re looking for a sugar rush, a fruitier scoop or a “sin-free” (read, boring) snack, you can find it there. I personally avoid the chain because my penchant for sickly sweet creations always leaves me with a sad stomach. Those willing to try bases other than cake batter, I’m sure, will have better results.

The last on our jaunt up State Street is Paciugo, the gelato chain. To be honest, I haven’t spent much time in the shop, but several of my lactose-free friends swear by their water and soy-based flavors. The rotating flavors can be hit or miss (Black Pepper Olive Oil, anyone?), but with more than 200 recipes in their repertoire, you’re bound to find something on your visit. Paciugo boasts fewer calories than Cold Stone and claims premium ingredients, putting it ahead of most for the health-conscious with a sweet tooth.

The best part about each of these shops is that they offer free samples to help you find a flavor you love. I am certainly not advocating abuse of this generosity, but my motto with food is you won’t know until you try. So the next time you’re lamenting the death of summer, comfort yourself the dairy state way with a cone from State Street.

Allegra Dimperio (adimperio@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in journalism.

ArtsEtc.

Photo courtesy of Rhymesayers Entertainment

Though their musical backgrounds could not be more different, Grieves and Budo have created a unique musical style by focusing in on their shared experiences on the road. They hit Madison this weekend and plan to play songs from the new album Together/Apart. on the stage. … A lot of times the music comes alive when we’re playing it in front of people,” Budo said.

They also hope to perform songs from both 88 Keys and Counting and

Together/Apart on the tour.

Grieves and Budo will be joined by two friends on tour: Minneapolis-based rapper Prof and comedy rapper Type. They believe that these artists will add an interesting dynamic to

their shows.

Budo said that fans should expect a solid show from start to finish Grieves and Budo play at The Frequency on Sunday at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are $10.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Under Trask, UW eager to improve Badgers pleased with current 3-3-1 record after 4-win 2010 season Austin Scher Sports Writer After a disappointing finish in 2010, head coach John Trask and the Wisconsin men’s soccer team set out to improve early this season.

Following last year ’s 4-13-3 finish, Trask and his young team are already noticing improvements.

Coming off of an unbeaten weekend at Flames Field in Chicago, the Badgers now boast a 3-3-1 record through their first seven games of the season.

“We’re improving, and I’m pretty pleased with where we’re at,” Trask said of his young team. “[But] have we really arrived?

No. We’re a team coming off a four-win season.

We’ve got to find a way to get some positive results, and hopefully we can push this thing forward.”

Last year ’s team, which lost to eventual national semifinalist Michigan in the Big Ten tournament, was Trask’s first at UW. After winning two Horizon League regular season titles, the 2007 Horizon League Tournament and two Horizon League Coach of the Year titles with Illinois at Chicago, Trask came to Madison with a new attitude and

KORGER, from 10 another scoop.

“We’re sorry for partying,” I think was the response. Well I’m sorry you lacked the motor skills to use a knife to make a sandwich.

IV. Thou shall know the name of the team we are playing as well as the players on our own team I swear if I hear one more person say in the

JANUS, from 10 improvement.

“One thing I really wanted to work on from last year was my fitness, and that’s something I have worked on a lot over summer, and it’s improved a lot from last year,” Janus said. “[Also] individual defending, I’m really looking to improve on that, because right now I don’t think it’s at the best it should be.”

A native of Deer Park, Ill., Janus is one

TURNOVERS, from 10 Northern Illinois are two of just 20 teams in the nation who’ve lost possession only two times or less.

But while the defense has seen noticeable improvements in tackling and run support

a notoriously ferocious defense.

This year, sophomore goalkeepers Ciro Martinez and Max Jentsch have held opponents to one goal or fewer in four games, in which the Badgers are 3-0-1. The Badgers’ solid defense, at times coupled with stellar goalkeeping and steady offense, has propelled them to the best start they have had in the last few years. After closing last year 3-2-1, all signs point to success in the near future for Trask’s young team.

Sophomore forward Chris Prince led the team in scoring with seven goals and 14 points last year and netted his second goal of this season Sunday against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Sophomore midfielder Joey Tennyson has three goals on the year, including one last weekend, and sophomore midfielders Nick Janus and Trevor Wheeler each have one, meaning the sophomore class has accounted for seven of the team’s 11 goals thus far.

“Even though we’re a young team, we had seven freshmen starting last year, so they got a good 15 games under their belt,” Prince said.

“Most of our young players did get a lot of experience last year, so that’s going to help us out a lot,” Tennyson added.

The three Badger losses this season have come from Virginia, California-Irvine

and Memphis — all schools that received votes to be ranked in the most recent NCAA coaches’ poll. The Badgers had chances to win all three of the games, but silly mistakes led to missed opportunities.

Tennyson, who currently leads the team in goals, said he feels that consistently eliminating mistakes like the ones already committed would take the team to the level at which they want to perform.

Evidence of the Badgers’ work was shown last weekend, when scoring three unanswered goals to start the game against previously 4-1-1 Drake University proved to be enough to win 3-1 Friday.

During the second game of the weekend doubleheader, the Badgers tied a scrappy SIU Edwardsville team, 1-1.

The game was scoreless until the 83rd minute, when Prince put the Badgers on top for two minutes before the Cougars’ Derek Huffman scored the equalizer three minutes later.

By completing a weekend doubleheader without a loss, the Badgers showed improvement from the previous two weekends, during which they compiled a 1-3 record.

The Badgers now move on to a four game homestand on Sunday, beginning with Loyola Marymount, a team with a 2-4-0 record out of the West Cost Conference. The Lions lost a close game to

second quarter, “Who are we playing today?” I may run on the field and ask Chris Borland to put me out of my misery.

Seriously, there should be a Badger football test every student should have to take when buying tickets.

Know the basics of the game and the names of our boys that are playing, not just for the sake of others but for your own sake as well. The game

is actually more fun to watch if you know what’s going on!

V. Thou shall eat Wisconsin food and drink Wisconsin beverages Wisconsin football means Wisconsin food and drink. May I recommend a hearty breakfast of brats, cheese curds and beer? Saturday morning drinking can be rough without a solid

of several players on the UW roster from the greater Chicago area.

Playing against fellow sophomore midfielder Trevor Wheeler for much of his junior career and facing off with Chris Prince and Kyle McCrudden in high school, there were already several familiar faces on the team when he joined the Badgers.

As Big Ten play approaches and the team tries to gain momentum heading into the most important

part of its schedule, look for Janus to take charge in key moments and lead Wisconsin’s offense.

“We had to rely on [Janus] a lot last year to hold the ball, to get us up the field, which is one his strengths,” Trask said. “Something we’re working on now … is for him at times to play a little quicker in the right areas of the field, and save his special stuff for those moments in and around goal.”

since the season opener, the unit isn’t prepared to consider itself a finished product until it emerges from the pig-piles and downfield passes with the ball in hand more often.

“We have a lot we can do better; turnovers are probably at the top of

the list,” Borland said.

“We’re not going to say we’re a great defense and just won’t get turnovers. We’re going to continue to improve at every aspect and add turnovers to the mix, I think that’s when we’ll say we’re a good defense.”

Jacob Schwoerer The Badger Herald

Sophomore Joey Tennyson leads the Badgers with three goals off of seven shots-on-goal through only five of the team’s seven games so far this season. Tennyson had only three goals last season, second to fellow sophomore Chris Prince, who had seven goals.

University of California Los Angeles earlier this season, having to play 77 minutes with 10 men. After LMU, the Badgers have a tough stretch that includes games against Indiana, Creighton, Michigan and Michigan State. The Hoosiers, Bluejays and Spartans will all face the Badgers at the McClimon Complex.

With the Big Ten opener against Indiana Oct. 2 at the McClimon Complex,

Trask and the Badgers hope to have improved in all areas, as some are speculating the Big Ten title will come down to the Badgers and Hoosiers this year.

“It’s either us or Indiana, I think, that should finish on top in the Big Ten, and hopefully we should be able to make the NCAA Tournament, too. I don’t think there’s a reason why we shouldn’t,” Prince said.

The Badgers have

everything they need to succeed — a nationally renowned coaching staff, young talent, veteran leadership and an opportunity for a much improved year. Where there is any possible doubt, Trask shows full confidence in his team.

“Are we as experienced?

No,” Trask said. “But I’d also say that we’re pretty darn good, so that should not be a hindrance going forward.”

base, especially after a late Friday night.

If you haven’t gone yet, go check out Mickies Dairy Bar by the stadium.

The portions are huge, the food is great and the price is right. Try out the scrambler and their coffee cake! Just get there early, as finding a seat on a weekend is pretty much impossible.

Me Up Buttercup” and “Sweet Caroline” Remember that awkward moment where you didn’t know the refrain of either of these songs? “Build me up …

Buttercup … don’t break my fart!”

NO! Those are not the words! Go memorize these songs because they will become an integral part of who you are as a Badger fan and as a person these next four

years. The day I forget these lyrics I hope they send me to Michigan!

Go forth and make this weekend’s game day your best one yet!

VI. Thou shall know every word to “Build

Nick is a senior majoring in journalism. What are your rules to live by for gameday? Let him know at nkorger@badgerherald. com and be sure to follow @ BHeraldSports on Twitter for all the latest Badgers news.

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Badger ‘D’ still lacking turnovers Wisconsin remains unsatisfied despite out-scoring foes by combined 135-24 Elliot Hughes

Sports Content Editor After dispatching its first three opponents by a combined score of 13524, the Wisconsin football team has been forced to get a little picky in terms of keeping with the old sports saying of “never be satisfied.”

But for the defense, there’s still one important ingredient missing: takeaways.

Despite playing three weaker opponents so far this season, the Badger ‘D’ has managed to force just one turnover, down from four takeaways at this point last season.

And according to sophomore linebacker Chris Borland, it’s become a bit of a concern for the defense lately in practice.

“Yeah, it has (become a concern),” Borland said.

“We want to get more turnovers. One in three games is unacceptable, and we’re just working on it in practice. Hopefully — and we think it will — it’ll start to come in bunches.”

Thanks to a frugal offense that has only given up one turnover itself — the fi rst in nearly

five-and-a-half games — Wisconsin’s turnover margin rests at an inert zero.

With their natural ability to steal momentum for oneself and turn a game upside down, if the defense can start turning that ratio into a positive number, the Badgers could enter a new realm of efficiency.

But pinpointing the cause of a takeaway drought is tricky business.

The Badgers have certainly been able to get their hands on the ball and jar it loose at times this year, forcing four fumbles — recovering one — and deflecting 12 passes.

Co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Chris Ash, for the most part, felt as though the defense hasn’t missed any opportunities in terms of interceptions.

“Not necessarily interceptions,” Ash said.

“There’s a couple that, you know, a little better break here or there and somebody could’ve made an interception, whether it be a DB or a linebacker.”

Fumbles, on the other hand, is an area where UW has seen some results — but little profit. So far this season, at least one member from all three lines of defense has been able to pop the ball away from the carrier, but unfortunately, it has only

bounced Wisconsin’s way once.

The standard process of preying on the ball involves the first defender hitting the ball carrier with every intention of bringing him down.

And as he does go down, a swarm of defenders rushes to wrest the ball free.

Even for a defender who lines up the furthest from the ball — like safety Shelton Johnson — and has more time to read and react, he almost never thinks of attempting a solo effort.

“Honestly, almost never,” Johnson said.

“My first thought is to get them down. That’s like icing on the cake (to force a fumble), but the first thought should be to get them down.”

And although the reliable process is ingrained into the minds of Wisconsin defenders, defensive end David Gilbert would still like to see improvement in focusing less on the big hits and zeroing in more on the ball itself when it comes to that swarm.

“If you’re the second guy there, just having that awareness that it’s not all about just the hard hit,” he said. “The ball’s not just going to come out when you hit somebody; you got to rip at it, get ferocious in there.”

“I think we just need

Stephanie Moebius The Badger Herald

Chris Borland leads the Badgers with 27 tackles this season, including three tackles-for-loss totaling four yards. to emphasize a few more things for a few more weeks and then this turnover talk will be over.”

Even though the offenses of Wisconsin’s

three opponents place in the middle or the lower half of the FBS rankings in scoring and total yards gained, neither of them has let go of the ball easily in this young season.

Oregon State has lost the ball the most, with three turnovers, while Nevada-Las Vegas and

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Game day the Wisconsin way Nick Korger Korger’s Korner Dear Freshmen,

Jacob Schwoerer The Badger Herald

Starting in all seven games for Wisconsin this season, Nick Janus recorded one goal on a penalty kick in a 3-2 loss to University of California - Irvine. Janus scored one goal last season.

Janus exceeds expectations Sophomore mid-fielder plays with veteran experience, gains respect from coach, team Ian McCue Associate Sports Editor As sophomores go, Nick Janus has exceeded most expectations laid out for him.

Janus gained over 1,550 minutes of game experience as a freshman, and after putting up five points last year and earning a spot on the AllFreshman Big Ten team, he has already equaled last year ’s point total in just seven games in 2011.

Lining up at the center and outside midfielder spots, as well as forward, throughout the year, the coaching staff feels that Janus will anchor the offense no matter where he is playing.

“The work rate and the toughness and the intangibles that he brings to our midfield — whether it’s holding the ball, whether it’s tackling for a loose ball, whether it’s dominating his opponent physically — all those bits and pieces that make a good player, we just trust

him, even though he’s only a sophomore,” head coach John Trask said.

Known as a workhorse by coaches for his aggressive style of play and strong work ethic, Janus has become the player coaches come to rely on in tough

for his relentless work throughout the game.

The fact that UW players selected Janus displays his teammates’ confidence in his ability to handle pressure and score in key situations.

Janus impressed many Badger fans in his first year with the team,

The work rate and the toughness and the intangibles that he brings to our midfield ... all those bits and pieces that make a good player, we just trust him, even though he’s only a sophomore.

John Trask Head Coach UW Men’s Soccer

situations.

The respect for the sophomore doesn’t end with the coaches — teammates see him as a team leader, as shown when he converted a critical penalty kick against UC Irvine. Janus said that senior forward Josh Thiermann initially stepped up to take the shot, but handed the ball over to the sophomore in return

but coaches feel that his maturation, as well as the valuable experience he gained this summer, will lead him to an even greater role in 2011. This summer Janus spent several weeks playing in the Netherlands with a team of current college players and older players assembled

by Bret Hall, a former professional soccer player who helped

coach the 2007 U.S. Women’s National Team.

Playing against four different professional teams over three weeks, Janus believes that his experience against top competition in Europe will transition to his play for the Badgers.

“I learned [in Europe] that if you make a mistake, it’s like a spotlight’s shown on it, because the professional teams are so good that if you lose your mark in the box, it’s a goal,” Janus said. “You have to be on your game the entire 90 minutes; you have to be clicked in the entire 90 minutes.”

A talented player who sees himself as his toughest critic, Janus isn’t simply satisfied with the additions he made to his game in Europe this summer.

His coach points out that he has already seen tremendous improvement in the sophomore in ways that go beyond the box score, but Janus sees plenty of room for

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Another weekend approaches, and another Badger home game awaits you.

As a senior at the University of Wisconsin, I have been fortunate enough to attend every home game and the Rose Bowl.

I’ve seen the lows (when Wisconsin lost in 2008 at Camp Randall on national television, 48-7, to Penn State) and the highs (upsetting the accursed sweater vest and his group of maybe-eligible Buckeyes).

Today as fans, we attend UW at a time when the football program is elite and poised to reach new heights. Be thankful for that. We could be attending a school like Indiana, where the football program has been to a bowl game just once in the past 17 years.

After two home games as a student, you should already begin to understand the rules of Badger game days. But just to make it easier, I will share some pointers I’ve accumulated throughout my football career as a student here at Wisconsin.

I. Thou shall arrive at the game early Yes, the age-old grievance. Do you think players enjoy running out of the tunnel to a halfempty student section?

Here come the Badgers!

And listen to that student section whimper!

I hear the “sorry for partying” excuse all the time. For a long time, this has been one of the biggest disappointments for the Badger game day experience.

Would you show up to a class late? Would you show up to your job late if you had an appointment

scheduled?

No, you wouldn’t.

Being a Badger fan is a responsibility. So show some respect and get to the game before the team runs onto the field!

Do you remember how loud it was for the Ohio State game? I know that game is a special exception, but I’ve never seen Camp Randall full-to-bursting 20 minutes before kickoff.

Ever. The atmosphere that night was electric; you could tell before kickoff — and directly after — the Badgers were poised to do something special that night.

II. Thou shall stay for the entire game … and then some Students don’t only arrive late to the games, they leave early too! I can understand leaving early at a blowout if you’re a fan who has to drive a long distance home, but when you can literally stumble your way back home after a 20-to-25-minute walk at the longest, why are you leaving early?

Stay for the Fifth Quarter! Watch marching band director Mike Leckrone’s finest in action! Enjoy hearing “Swingtown” because we all know it will never make its way back into the game time playlist.

III. Thou shall not be that guy/girl You know the one I’m talking about. Here’s a great real life example of that guy/girl. Last year at my house, before the Minnesota game, we had a decent party going. I went into the kitchen and noticed something odd.

There were three girls eating peanut butter off their hands.

They had gone into my pantry, snatched up the peanut butter, removed the lid and promptly scooped out Skippy Smooth goodness with their hands. After licking off the peanut butter like some sort of wild bear with honey from a beehive, the girls put their hands right back in for

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