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College Democrats and Republicans face oﬀ on Walker’s address Campus Democrats say the State of State sugarcoated issues, while Republicans say the governor showed confidence in a new Wisconsin during his speech.

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Campus assaults focus of initiative Obama creates national task force to reduce sexual violence Tara Brennan Herald Contributor With rape and sexual assault cases prevalent on campuses across the nation, President Barack Obama is spearheading a memorandum to better protect students and prevent incidents at universities like University of Wisconsin. The White House released a report, “Rape and Sexual Assault: A Renewed Call to Action,” which recognized that

college-aged women are more at risk of being sexually assaulted than any other demographic. According to the report, almost 22 million American women and 1.6 million men are raped in their lifetime. On Jan. 15, Obama signed a presidential memorandum designating a task force of administration oﬃcials 90 days to devise a new plan. The memorandum aims to help colleges respond to and curb sexual assault, expand public awareness of each school’s statistics and improve the ability of the federal government to hold schools that do not address the problem

accountable. Additionally, the report presents the White House’s role through harsher criminal justice by increasing arrest, prosecution and conviction for sexual assault perpetrators, as well as working to reduce sexual assault that occurs within the military. Chair of UW’s End Violence on Campus, Carmen Hotvedt said one in five American women are sexually touched during college without having given consent, according to the American College Health Association. UW participates in an assessment every four

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Partisan split on Walker’s Blueprint for Prosperity Legislators react to proposed return of $977 million state net surplus to taxpayers Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor Gov. Scott Walker’s “Blueprint for Prosperity,” a plan to return much of the state’s $977 million net surplus to Wisconsin’s taxpayers in the form of tax

cuts, is sparking a range of responses from both sides of the Legislature. If Walker’s plan to redistribute the state’s unexpected $977 million surplus is passed, Wisconsin taxpayers can expect to see the surplus returns in several major areas. Walker’s plan proposes a $406 million reduction in property taxes; a $101 million reduction in income taxes for families

making less than $40,000; and a $322.6 million reduction in withholding taxes on income taxes. In addition, the plan aims to deposit $100 million into the state’s rainy day fund and $35 million into the state’s technical schools, dual enrollment programs and programs to assist disabled people find jobs in the workforce. Walker’s administration and many House

Republicans have said the ‘Blueprint for Prosperity’ will boost the economy by putting money back into the hands of consumers. However, some believe the proposal is nothing more than a re-election stunt. In the Democratic response to Walker’s address, Minority Leader Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said Walker painted a “rosy picture” of the state’s current economic situation,

and that his plan for massive tax cuts was an “imbalanced approach” to continuing job growth while ensuring the future of the state’s economy. Barca said if Wisconsin wants to continue its tradition of an outstanding education system, Republicans cannot continue to target public schools and colleges for massive tax cuts during deficits and then neglect to reinvest in education

during times of surplus. Rep. Andy Jorgensen, D-Fort Atkinson, said he wanted to see Walker use the money to reinvest in the state’s public schools, pay down the state’s outstanding debt and work on providing meaningful tax breaks for the middle class. “You’ve got to be very careful on how you spend this money and

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Minimum wage target of debate Despite Democratic eﬀorts, bill unlikely to pass Republican-controlled Senate in Wis. Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Madison Gas and Electric’s average consumers paid 40 percent more in December 2013 than in December 2012 due to frigid cold.

Bills rise as temperatures fall Students see increase in electricity costs amidst continuing extreme weather Katie Hicks Herald Contributor As the polar vortex continues its reign over the Midwest, Madison residents are facing dramatic spikes in energy costs. Because of the dangerously frigid temperatures, people are using more gas and electricity to keep their houses and apartments warm. With such high demand and limited

supply, prices have risen significantly, according to Madison Gas and Electric’s Energywise newsletter. “Our average consumer in December of 2013 paid 40 percent more than they did in December 2012,” Steve Kraus, manager of media relations at MG&E, said. Kraus said customers can expect to see even higher costs by the end of January due to this

month’s more frequent subzero temperatures. According to the MG&E newsletter, customers could also see higher costs in January stemming from longer nights requiring more light usage, people being home and using appliances more often while on break, and things like holiday decorations and space heaters. The extra costs have

become a burden to many, specifically students. University of Wisconsin sophomore Kate Hayes said her bills have gone from $36 a month to upwards of $200 a month. “I’m definitely not pleased about paying so much, especially since it took us by surprise. What’s even more frustrating is our apartment is miserably

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Democratic lawmakers have proposed a new piece of legislation that would increase the current minimum wage of $7.25 to $10.10 over the next three years. Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican legislators have spoken out against the proposed legislation. Proving to be an issue of major partisan disagreement, the bill, introduced with 46 Democratic co-sponsors, lacked a single Republican cosponsor. “Wisconsin’s working families deserve a raise,” Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, said in a statement. “More and more of our nation’s wealth is going to the richest few, while the cost of gas and groceries increases, and family income stagnates. It is long past time for those at the bottom of our economic ladder to get a raise.” According to a Sheboygan Press article, Walker spoke out against the legislation calling it a “political grandstanding stunt.” He said artificially boosting the minimum wage would hurt the same people the legislation is intended to help, as well as hold back the state’s economic recovery by causing business-owners to cut back on worker-hours in addition to laying off employees.

Chip Hunter, an associate professor of Management and Human Resources at the UW School of Business, said a loss of jobs along with a raised minimum wage is far from a given. “The evidence on what happens to the number of people working when you actually raise the minimum wage is extremely mixed, but there is no evidence that you’re going to throw lots of people out of work if you raise the minimum wage,” Hunter said. Hunter said increasing the minimum wage is a crude way of helping lowincome people in need of financial help because of the additional, sometimes unintentional, consequences of raising the minimum wage. This includes an upward pressure on wages right above the current minimum wage, he said. The $3 increase in minimum wage would take place over a three-year period, increasing by more than a dollar a year to allow businesses to slowly adjust to the change, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, said. Sargent said she believed that increasing wages would ultimately end up saving the state money, as it would decrease people’s need for government subsidies such as food stamps, healthcare and

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Following Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s attendance at a summit on college access in Washington D.C. earlier in January, University of Wisconsin is making efforts to expand outreach to low-income and minority students. According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, Blank promised an expansion of programs and the hiring of new staff to help targeted students. Blank said in the article that she aims to increase financial aid available for students through a fundraising campaign. Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paul DeLuca said it is

important not only to recruit low-income and minority students, but also to keep them in the science major. “For some reason, we lose students in the biology major to other majors across the campus,” DeLuca said. “Right now we do not know why we are losing students in the stem ﬁelds, especially in their junior year.” Part of the overhaul, DeLuca said, is to create the Institute for Science Education and phase out the Institute of Biology Education. DeLuca said IBE was first created to help students get into the biology major, which was confusing for students in their ﬁrst two years. This is no longer a problem for the biology major, DeLuca said, thanks

to help from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Letters and Science. John Lucas, UW Communications spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald that IBE has done its job. Now that it no longer needs to administer directly to students in the biology major, IBE is widening its scope and becoming ISE, he said. “IBE is expanding outreach activities and enhancing programs to support the success of underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering and math,” Lucas said. The funding, DeLuca said, will come from funding previously assigned to

IBE. This project is already written into the UW’s budget for this year, he said. ISE was also given an additional $500,000 from the POSSE program, he said. Blank also said eight to 12 new staffers will be hired to ease the financialaid application process for low-income and minority students. The financial aid paperwork forms are “absolutely horrific” and a “real challenge,” DeLuca said. It is important for UW to invest more money in administrative positions to help students understand the ﬁnancial aid paperwork, he said. The landscape of student support comes from many different areas, DeLuca said. “There is a whole

spectrum of financial aid. Navigating that for the first time is a challenge,” DeLuca said. “We’re not putting enough resources in that area. I get calls from freshman and their parents all the time.” The new staffers will be paid by rebudgeting and a fundraising campaign that will begin soon, DeLuca said. He said UW has a big budget and money will be found somewhere. Blank is committed to raising more funds for ﬁnancial aid, DeLuca said. “The only possible way to improve is to create a larger philanthropic base,” DeLuca said. “Details, I don’t have, but I can assure you it is going to be hard.” Blank was unavailable for comment.

MPD to address racial disparity concerns Interim police chief highlights new policing initiatives and programs in City of Madison in blog post Alex Arriaga Print City Editor In light of recent attention to racial disparity concerns, the Madison Police Department pledged to continue to focus on the issue through initiatives like neighborhood policing and training programs. MPD Interim Chief Randy Gaber highlighted a variety of initiatives in a blog post. The department started the Unconscious Bias Group in 2010 and developed a training called “Judgment Under the Radar,” which is intended to bring awareness to any sensitivity certain groups within the department or in the community may have. The program primarily focuses on racial disparity in the criminal justice system,

policing a multifaceted and diverse community and pending changes in immigration legislation, the post said. The training serves to bring attention to how biases can be an impediment to policing, the post said. Those involved in the Judgment Under the Radar training in the past several years have included law enforcement officers in the department and from other local law enforcement agencies, the post said. There are several Judgment Under the Radar trainings scheduled for 2014. The post also outlined another initiative the police department has implemented to address the issue of racial disparity, known as Neighborhood Policing. Through this initiative,

certain communities throughout Madison are assigned an oﬃcer. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said this initiative in particular serves the Madison community well by establishing close relationships between the police and residents. “The MPD absolutely recognizes the importance of understanding racial disparities in our community not only within the MPD department but also how it impacts Madison residents’ perceptions with the police,” Resnick said. Resnick said in communities that are known to have issues with policing, it helps to have an established relationship where otherwise residents might have apprehension in contacting

the police. Particularly in communities of color, Resnick said utilizing resources like neighborhood police officers is beneficial as it allows community members to have an officer available to talk to and establish a connection with. Neighborhood police oﬃcers patrol areas regularly as a preventative policing strategy, Resnick said. Erica Nelson, who worked on the Race to Equity report from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, said MPD’s statement of commitment to continuing its efforts in reducing racial disparity in Madison is a step in the right direction. “It is a big part of the puzzle, we have high racial disparities in the criminal

justice system involving high arrest rates, and high juvenile arrest rates,” Nelson said. “The more that the police force understands that and can build relationships in the community to mitigate people being arrested and mitigate crime I think that’s great.” Regarding reducing racial disparities between AfricanAmericans and whites in the community, Nelson said everybody has a role to play and can help each other to work toward reducing racial disparity. It is important that MPD has a commitment to this issue, and while they cannot solve the problem of racial disparity singlehandedly, other people have and will follow suit in addressing racial disparity, Nelson said.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association said in order to support their student athletics some schools will need more latency than is allowed by the strict rules and regulations. Some Division I schools are at an extreme disadvantage compared to others in the Big 10 conference because of their size, Bjorling said . A $2,000 compensation

that’s where I think the governor is being irresponsible. He is thinking about his re-election and not really doing some meaningful things with this money,” Jorgensen said. “Wisconsin has a whopping debt of $14 billion and I haven’t heard a lot of people talking about that and how we would use the surplus to pay it down.” As state legislators continue to debate the implications of Walker’s plan, a main concern among Democrats and Republicans is the future $800 million structural deficit this plan will likely cause. It

was this type of deficit that triggered Walker’s historic cuts to public education, Medicare along with tax hikes to Wisconsinites, Barca said. On the other hand, the Republicans’ standing ovations and cheers during Walker’s State of the State address show that many support Walker’s tax cut package. “I applaud [Walker’s] approach in regards to income tax withholding tables,” Rep. Dale Kooyenga, R-Brookfield, said in a statement. “These tax cuts mean the governor and the Legislature are supporting Wisconsin families and businesses with their ﬁnances.”

such as consent, what is considered sexual assault and the Responsible Action Guideline, Hotvedt said. The climate on campus regarding this epidemic has changed since Tonight was installed, she said. In a statement given to ABC News, Obama’s senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, chair of the Council on Women and Girls, said in order to combat the problem, men must also be involved. Obama would like to

set an example of men speaking out, Jarrett said. Men are also sexually assaulted, but because it happens less frequently, there is less data concerning it, Hotvedt said. Men are also less likely to report being assaulted due to shame or social stigma, Hotvedt said. Aly Jarocki, chair of Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment said the reason collegeage students are most at risk of being sexually

for athletes was discussed, since participating in athletics in college provides no source of employment, Bjorling said. It is not clear how this is going to end, he said. Bjorling said it is a major concern that student-athletes are unable to balance multiple activities. At the NCAA convention, Bjorling

ENERGY, page 1 cold anyways and you can see your breath in one of our rooms,” Hayes said. As a student, managing the extra costs has been particularly stressful for Hayes, who was able to get a discount on rent from her landlord in order to compensate. Hayes said she was completely unaware of the fact that the heat in her building was partially electric. Because her landlord only covers heat from gasoline, she was left with hefty costs. “I was told when

ASSAULTS page 1 years and it has found that statistics on campus are on par with national rates, Hotvedt said. Associated Students of Madison Rep. Hannah Kinsella said a campus-wide survey will come out Tuesday which will gauge campus knowledge on sexual assault and resources available on campus. Nationally and at UW, the number of students who report being sexually assaulted is far less than the number assaulted, Hotvedt said. This led to the creation of Tonight, a program used to educate ﬁrstyear students about things

assaulted is the drinking culture. “Since alcohol inhibits the ability to give consent, perpetrators may use it as a predatory drug,” Jarocki said. Hotvedt said attention also needs to be placed on dating violence and stalking crimes. Hotvedt said she is looking forward to the federal statements that are to come and is excited the president is addressing the situation at such a high level.

said he discussed adding a ‘black-out period’ into the year in which student athletes were completely shut out of their sport’s activities. Bjorling brought up how regarding the convention there is a possibility in separating street drug and performance enhancing drug tests. Bjorling said this would result in the NCAA reducing the

charges for street drugs taken by student-athletes. Walter Dickey, staff liaison of the Athletic Board, said it reflected well upon the fundraising efforts of UW to have the Fetzer Student Athlete Academic Center opening this month. The opening of the center demonstrated UW’s support of the student-athletes on campus, he said.

MG&E came and looked at my apartment that electric heat is much less cost efficient than gas heat and for those who use primarily electric heat, they can see up to $500 a month in electric,” Hayes said. According to the MG&E website, electricity costs about twice as much as natural gas for the same amount of heat. According to the website, one way of telling whether the apartment is heated with gas or electric is by looking at the thermostat. Apartments with more than one thermostat are usually heated with electric heat, the website said. “I would definitely say look over your lease to see what your landlord covers. I would also recommend checking

what the radiators are fueled with right when you move in so you know what to turn on when it gets cold,” Hayes said. For those concerned with the number on their bills, there are ways of curbing the costs. According to Kraus, the number one way of controlling heating bill costs is turning down the thermostat to a lower temperature while away from home and at night. Small things like closing leaks on doors and windows can also have a big impact, he said. MG&E’s site lists a number of solutions such as letting the sun in during the day, and closing drapes or shades at night. It also said using fluorescent lighting could save twothirds of lighting costs.

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MIN WAGE, page 1 childcare. Working full-time at the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, an individual would make about $15,000 a year. The poverty line for a family of four in the United States is $23,550 a year. The legislation would give an estimated 600,000 low-wage workers in

Wisconsin an economic boost, Mason said. A Democratic proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives to raise the national minimum wage to $10.10 an hour got the backing of 75 leading economists, among them seven Nobel laureates, according to CNN. The bill is not likely to pass through the state

legislature while the Republicans control the Senate and Assembly. According to FoxNews Milwaukee, Speaker Robin Vos, R-Racine, has made it clear the issue will not be currently addressed. “I’m not a big supporter of artificially increasing the minimum wage. I think the marketplace is a much better way to go,” Vos said.

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Gov. Walker said an increase in minimum wage would hurt the same people the legislation intends to help.

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Restaurants partner to buy local produce Eden Finer Herald Contributor Four Madison area restaurants have dedicated themselves to serving locally-grown produce and joined REAP Food Group’s Buy Fresh Buy Local program. Buy Fresh Buy Local Manager Theresa Feiner said Heritage Tavern, Banzo, The Freehouse Pub and The Great Dane will join 45 other restaurants already involved in Buy Fresh Buy Local’s mission. REAP has been a nonprofit organization for 15 years that does sustainable food system work in schools and restaurants. “We try to help engage eaters and connect them with local farmers,” Feiner said. The Buy Fresh Buy Local program first

started with 12 partners and was added on seven years ago, Feiner said. It was originally funded by a Sustainable Agriculture Research Education federal grant, she said. The program gets new partners throughout the year, with the most joining in January, Feiner said. When dining out, many members of REAP search for restaurants that support or are a part of the Buy Fresh Buy Local program, Feiner said. With Buy Fresh Buy Local restaurants striving for this ideal, local farmers have seen a really big economical surge as well, which is great news for local supporters, she said. Feiner said all Buy Fresh Buy Local restaurants support the local community, farmers and sustainable agriculture. The REAP website features a full

list of all the restaurants, grocery stores and health care partners that are all involved in the program. According to the website, the mission of the program is to promote a more sustainable and local food system by connecting local producers and buyers and, overall, providing economic beneﬁts to all participants and sustainable food opportunities to Madison customers. “Our members and our eater base is super dedicated to supporting those establishments,” Feiner said. Netalee Sheinman, owner of Banzo, said they chose to get involved because of similar ideals. “We’re also a small family-owned business; most of the people here work very hard and care about the business and most of them are from

Madison or surrounding areas,” Sheinman said. “We always prefer to support local businesses as opposed to big corporations or bigger nonlocal businesses.” Sheinman said Banzo’s plans for serving local food are ongoing, with their current menu featuring Wisconsin potatoes, local mixed greens when available, local meat, feta cheese and yogurt from Wisconsin. Buy Fresh Buy Local restaurants want to support local farmers, and think the produce quality is better too, she said. “It seems that in Madison in particular people get more excited when the food that’s served or the food we carry are more locally sourced,” Sheinman said. “Our difficulty is mostly we’re very produce-

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Great Dane is one of four restaurants to partner with the Buy Fresh Buy Local program

heavy and being that Wisconsin is cold for most of the year it’s hard for us to source as locally as much as we’d like.” Sheinman said she hopes to feature specific farms and begin specials with products from the

particular farms. As more restaurants show their support of Buy Fresh Buy Local and their ideals begin to take hold, a new food revolution seems to be underway in Madison, Sheinman said.

Madison Farmer’s Market manager to retire on retiring. Johnson has been managing different organizations, businesses After 11 years in the and projects for most of his position, Dane County life. He said he worked as a Farmer’s Market Manager groundwater geologist for Larry Johnson is planning almost 20 years, and was living in Minnesota selling flowers at farmer’s markets before coming to Madison. Johnson was living in Minnesota when his daughter and her family moved to Madison. He then chose to also move to Alex Arriaga The Badger Herald Madison, and Johnson at the Winter Farmer’s Market Saturday

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when he was searching for a new job, he said the manager position at the Dane County Farmer’s Market was a “perfect ﬁt.” Farmer’s market customers have different interests now as opposed to 11 years ago when he first started, Johnson said. Community Supported Agricultures are more popular now and are growing as a way for vendors to reach customers with their produce, he said. “Customers are looking more for convenience now, more processed foods,” Johnson said. Johnson said customers probably do not do as much canning as they used to. The market no longer sells produce by the bushel as often, he said. People are

buying three ears of corn instead of a dozen at a time, he said. He said the number of farmer’s markets have also increased in the past 10 years. “In the summertime you can probably ﬁnd a farmer’s market every single day of the week,” Johnson said. The increase in farmer’s markets does not necessarily mean the Dane County Farmer’s Market is concerned about competition, Johnson said, describing the market as “the big gorilla in the room.” The Dane County Farmer’s Market attracts an estimate of 20,000 customers on Saturday mornings and offers a lot of diversity, people watching and ambiance, Johnson said.

The community goes to the farmer’s market for parades, rallies, protests and even politicians show up because “it’s the place to be on Saturday morning,” he said. Johnson said the Dane County Farmer’s Market has evolved along with its Madison customers when it comes to social media. He said they have a social media intern that runs the Facebook and Twitter pages and the market uses this to reach out to UW students, which is a large population the market wants to attract. The social media intern has been developing easy recipes for students living in the dorms who have limited equipment, skills and time, and it has been very popular, Johnson said. During his time as

manager, Johnson said he has developed close relationships with many local farmers. It is a producer-only market, so anyone behind a table must have produced what they are selling, which Johnson said creates opportunities for customers to interact with vendors about their product and ask how they make or grow things, or what they can use them for. “They’re a bunch of characters, they have stories, just ask them,” he said. Johnson said applications are currently being accepted, with a deadline of Feb. 10. A selection will be made for his replacement by April 1, and he said he plans to stay on board for a while to help transition.

Anti-abortion protests near clinics target of city law Chantal Cowie Herald Contributor City of Madison oﬃcials have proposed a new ordinance to prevent antiabortion protesters from harassing women entering or leaving Planned Parenthood clinics. Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, said she wrote the ordinance aimed at protecting women entering and leaving Planned Parenthood from anti-abortion protestors to make sure patients can receive health care with a sense of privacy and safety. For years, women who have been trying to access women’s health care services have been challenged by antiabortion protestors who believe they have a right to harass women, Subeck said. Subeck said protestors

often hand out pamphlets of information to women going into the clinic filled with information about abortion and health care that are not medically true. These sidewalk counselors do not have any formal counseling training and are there for the sole purpose of trying to interfere with women and health care, she said. Subeck said protestors often come to the window of women’s cars or walk up to them on the sidewalk on their way into the clinic. This can be “incredibly intimidating” for the women and makes it difficult for them to continue into the clinic without stopping, she said. “This is just plain harassment,” Subeck said. Subeck said one of the beneficial parts of the ordinance is the establishment a 160-foot protective zone around the

clinic. Subeck said within this zone, protestors may not get any closer than eight feet from the individual going into the clinic unless they receive permission from them. Director of Legislation for Pro-Life Wisconsin Education Task Force, Inc., Matt Sande, said this ordinance is “clearly impeding” the First Amendment rights of the protestors. “This type of buffer zone does not reflect who we are as Madisonians. We should not try to muzzle each other because we do not agree with each other’s viewpoints,” Sande said. Sande said his organization believes there is no moral or medical justification for intentionally killing an unborn child. For protest, Sande said his organization prays and has trained sidewalk

counselors that hand out information to women to help them reconsider their decision to abort their child. According to Sande, the organization is opposed to any violence and focused on being peaceful and prayerful. Sande said this ordinance has “come out of nowhere” because his organization has worked with the authorities and respected private property. The organization is categorically opposed to the buffer zone, no matter what the size of the radius of it is, he said. Subeck said this ordinance creates a balance that allows people to have freedom of speech rights and continue to protest, while providing individuals the ability to access health care without fear of intimidation or harassment. Ald. Scott Resnick,

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald The proposed ordinance may result in a 160-foot protective zone around the clinic

District 8, said protestors would argue that they are trying to provide education to women who are walking into Planned Parenthood. However, Resnick

said people should have the right to receive medical procedures without being troubled and he is in support of the ordinance.

Wis. deer hunting to see changes Beth Klassen Herald Contributor New provisions issued by the Department of Natural Resources are expected to significantly change the Wisconsin deer hunting experience. Changes in the new rule book include rezoned hunting areas, altered dates for the hunting season as well as a controversial shift in the way hunters register their kills, from traditional registration stations located across the state to an online registration method. DNR representative, Eric Lobner, said the department has increasingly received requests for reform due to the limited accessibility of registration stations. After a final report was compiled by a team of local and national researchers, it was concluded that the best route forward was a paperless one, Lobner said.

Instead of driving long distances to registration stations, hunters will be able to register information about their hunt that day online at a designated website, he said. Despite the expedited registration process, the new regulations will trigger the closing of more than 600 registration stations which has caused frustration among hunters across the state as they worry about the social and financial implications of the switch. Traditionally, hunters take in their deer to local taverns or registration stations where they meet other hunters, have a beer and relax after a long day in the woods. Taverns and restaurants that serve as registration stations could see a major drop in their revenues during deer season with the closing of the stations, Joe Travis, a hunter from Elroy, Wis., said.

“Deer season generates revenue at these local registration stations. People hang out there and buy food or drinks at these taverns and gas stations, kick back and hang out and listen to some deer stories,” Travis said. Travis said he was worried that removing registration stations, “will take all the fun out of [deer hunting].” According to Lobner, however, there are several ways that businesses and hunters could adapt to maintain their longstanding local hunting traditions. Lobner pointed to Illinois as a good example of how states could adapt to this change. After Illinois switched to online and call-in deer registration, local business offered new ways to encourage camaraderie, such as deer competitions and novelty deer photo shoots, Lobner said. In

areas with limited internet access, he said providing a computer at taverns or restaurants could bring in hunters eager to report their deer while showing off their kill to fellow hunters. Additionally, the number of DNR management units throughout the state will be consolidated from 134 to 72, and registration duties will be shifted to a state Deer Management Advisory Committee as opposed to current county-level management, Lobner said. These committees are required to have at least three individuals with recently obtained deer licenses and will allow participation from hunters, local municipalities and all interested citizens to discuss the deer community and its regulations, he said. “People will come to the table and be part of the future of deer hunting,” Lobner said.

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Gov. Scott Walker’s State of the State Address College Republicans Failure, debt and frustration could sum up the past year for Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration in Illinois. The unemployment rate remains high at 8.7 percent, and if the current trends continue this state will have a budget gap of nearly $3 billion by 2015. While Illinois continues to experience disappointment after disappointment, Wisconsin’s future appears much brighter. Last Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker addressed Wisconsin, and his speech was characterized by optimism, prosperity and hope. Many governors exaggerate the success of their policies, but Walker’s conﬁdence in his new Wisconsin is not unwarranted. In fact, the governor’s achievements are so great that they could use some repeating. Here are some of the highlights: recently, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest that it has been since 2008. As Wisconsin’s unemployment rate fell, Wisconsinites’ personal income increased by nearly 4.4 percent. The governor also touted his massive property tax decreases as well as his investments in

infrastructure. However, these are not even the largest accomplishments of Walker’s term as governor. Due to Walker, our state is in a much better place ﬁscally. In fact, now Wisconsin has a $911 million surplus. Without a doubt, this is a stark difference from the picture in Illinois. Much of this money will be given back to the hardworking taxpayers, and this extra cash will beneﬁt the economy. Clearly, Walker’s reforms are working, and there are many reasons for such optimism. While many think that this prosperity may have come at the expense of other programs, such as education, this is simply not the case. In fact, Walker increased funding for public schools by $387 million. Others still argue that Walker gutted Wisconsin health care and injured the lower class. Despite these claims, Walker boasted the fact that everyone who is living in poverty is now covered by Medicaid, and there is no waiting list for those waiting to receive care, unlike the program under Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration. Likewise, Walker even aimed his new plan for success, also

known as the Blueprint for Prosperity which will be mentioned later, at relieving the taxes placed on the lower class. With such success, where does the governor plan on going next? Walker’s plans for the future were outlined in his Blueprint for Prosperity, which included three major focal points: a further reduction in property taxes; giving more tax cuts to the Wisconsinites who need it most, the lower class; and drastically cutting income taxes. Without a doubt, these cuts will put more money in the pockets of every Wisconsinite and will spur more economic growth. If past success is an indicator of future triumphs, then everyone should be conﬁdent and hopeful for the future of Wisconsin with Walker as governor. What words did Walker have for Wisconsin’s neighbors to the south? “Many of the employers moving from Illinois to Wisconsin mention our stable ﬁscal situation, as well as our improving economic climate, as reasons for their move north.” While those around us continue to move north, Walker has propelled Wisconsin in a different direction: forward.

College Democrats Under Gov. Scott Walker’s watch, Wisconsin has fallen from 11th to 37th in the nation in job creation. But you wouldn’t know it after listening to Walker’s most misleading State of the State address yet. Throughout the speech, the governor attempted to distract Wisconsinites from his failed record on job creation, his decision to deny healthcare to thousands of hard working Wisconsinites and the radical voter suppression and forced ultrasound bills he signed earlier this year. This year’s State of the State felt a lot more like an extended campaign ad than an honest picture of Wisconsin under Walker. Throughout his speech, Walker danced around Wisconsin’s job creation ranking of 37th in the nation, using enough spin to make anyone dizzy. He celebrated Wisconsin’s projected budget surplus, neglecting to mention that much of the surplus was created by cutting nearly a billion dollars from public schools and the

technical college system. States like Minnesota, California and New York have projected budget surpluses too. However, unlike Walker, the Democratic governors of these states earned their surpluses through economic growth, not by slashing public education. Perhaps the most fascinating thing about this year’s State of the State address was how many of his own policies Walker neglected to mention. In the speech, Walker defended his decision to reject the federal Medicaid expansion under Obamacare but neglected to mention that his decision would cost Wisconsin $119 million and would kick 77,000 Wisconsinites, including 29,000 children, off Medicaid. It’s pretty rare that a policy both costs the state money and takes away people’s healthcare, but that’s exactly what Walker did. Walker also neglected to mention two of his most noteworthy legislative accomplishments this year. First, he made no

mention of the landmark voter suppression bill he signed in November, which drastically cut early voting hours and reinstated Wisconsin’s voter ID law. In 2012, 392,000 people, including many students, voted early. Those who voted early overwhelmingly voted for Democrats, so naturally, the governor chose to cut the hours. Second, Walker neglected to mention the mandatory ultrasound bill that he signed, which would force women seeking an abortion to undergo an invasive and medically unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound. Neither of these bills created jobs. Instead, both were designed to limit the rights of Wisconsinites. This year’s State of the State address did not show Wisconsinites an accurate picture of the Walker administration. Walker ignored his dismal record on job creation, healthcare, education, women’s rights and voting rights. All this year’s State of the State showed is that we need new leadership in Madison.

Resuscitation of Uncle Sam: Is 2014 the year? Yes, we’re between presidential elections. Yet congressional elections are set to occur near the end of 2014. This gives America a few months to redress the largest issue plaguing its psyche today: desensitization to government scandals, lies and corruption. And what better time is there than the dawning of the New Year to begin such a process? Granted, most overly optimistic New Years’ resolutions end in forfeiture and varying amounts of disappointment, if only because most resolutions, such as losing weight, lack legitimate incentive. (It’s a polar vortex, people! A little extra body fat can only help you.) But this doesn’t mean

you should give up on making resolutions altogether. On the contrary, as the student body represents the next generation of professionals about to enter the American workforce — and as a campus community that claims to be socially and politically aware — the University of Wisconsin students have a duty to make one particular resolution. In light of the eye-opening events with the National Security Agency’s massive domestic monitoring, the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, the cover-up of the attack on the United States embassy in Benghazi and the unprecedented scouring of Associated Press records by the Department of Justice, it has become an

absolutely necessary for Americans to wake up from their stupor and realize that such incidents have repercussions. The severity of what these events imply about the direction America is moving under the current government cannot be stressed enough. No matter what your party aﬃliation may be, it’s an undeniable fact that America is currently caught in a critical period of transition. The only problem is that no one seems to care. Once the favorite news channel turns off, that’s it. Even if you do happen to care by chance, so much so that you express your concern with other Americans, your conversations will be completely ineffectual. No

matter who you cite anymore, your opponents will always discredit your report no matter how valid your source of information. This is partially a product of the self-defeating epidemic of bias within the media. Mostly, however, Americans (and college students in particular) are lost in party mantras and aﬃliations. This is completely nonsensical. This is not where America’s problem resides. Stacking up accusations against one party does not make the issues facing the American people go away. Rather, it causes them to proliferate. As soon as parties become the only determining factor in who does or does not receive your approval, then ethical principles are completely

useless — as is your party aﬃliation. Unless your intentions are to join a cult, then I think you’re heading down the right path. I ardently believe the best way to combat this plague of apathy and blind loyalty is through a renewed hunger for history. History is chockfull of lessons: Like parents, it persists in the hope that the next generation will learn from the older ones’ mistakes. Also like parents, as soon as you realize history is (to apply my metaphor) “a real person,” you’re naturally forced to look at the events of today more objectively. History holds invaluable examples of the justice that comes from ﬁghting on the behalf of ethical principles, but it also shows the bloodshed and

tyranny that can result when a country only ﬁghts for its political parties. In 2014, our goal should be to put an end to the blind political aﬃliations, the bickering, the name-calling, the fact-bending. We need to do a severe self-assessment. Moving forward will we, the next generation of American professionals, do what’s right and demand the truth, admit when we’ve been wrong and join together to ensure the principles this country was built on — faith, hope and charity— are reinstated into the government from which they are rapidly disappearing? Theresa Cooley (tcooley@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in English.

The severe seven-day burden Since Gov. Scott Walker took oﬃce, much ado has been made of Wisconsin’s (possibly dubious) ranking as a business-friendly state. While in a vacuum being business friendly is a perfectly good thing — more jobs, more tax revenue and so on — it’s important to consider at what expense that business friendliness is coming. In Wisconsin’s case, it is pretty clear that this has been something of a zero-sum game: Gains for business owners have mostly come at the expense of workers. Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, recently introduced a bill that would allow employees to work an unlimited number of days without a day off. Currently, state law requires that workers have one day off for every seven days worked. It’s worth noting that the rest day doesn’t have to be taken every seven days, e.g., someone could take a day off, work 12 consecutive days, then take another day off.

Grothman’s “rationale” for the bill is that it would give workers more “freedom.” If workers want to be able to work more, he says, then they should be able to do so. Why stop someone from working more if they want to? Further, we would never want Wisconsin’s precious business owners to have a shortage of labor. This is all well and good in theory. In a perfect world, employees could choose exactly how much they want to work to optimize their utility, and that would be that. While Grothman’s bill would require seven-day workweeks to be voluntary, it’s unlikely that it would be voluntary in reality. With Wisconsin labor unions constantly losing ground over the last several years, it’s not much of a stretch to imagine workers being ﬁred or punished for not wanting to work seven days a week, even if it’s not oﬃcially for refusing to work more. Further, even if the workweek is actually

voluntary, employees who don’t mind working nonstop would likely be preferred for promotions and raises. If there aren’t any oﬃcial repercussions for wanting a day off, workers would doubtless feel a very real pressure to work as much as possible, regardless of whether or not they actually want to. Besides, Grothman’s claim that businesses need this law to ﬁll shifts simply isn’t true. With Wisconsin lagging behind the rest of the country in its economic recovery, there are still plenty of Wisconsinites — nearly 200,000 — who are looking for jobs. While some people might appreciate being able to pick up a few extra hours, an unemployed person would appreciate a job more. And, as mentioned above, Wisconsin’s labor laws aren’t even that restrictive — they still allow people to work 12 consecutive days without a day off. Of course, this all begs the question of whether allowing

people to work seven-day weeks indeﬁnitely is even good for the state as whole. As study after study has shown American workers are becoming more overworked and stressed, Grothman’s bill would only exacerbate the situation. Even if the bill would help a few factories produce a little more, is it worth the toll it would take on the workers? Being a state that companies want to do business in is an important component of Wisconsin’s economic recovery. However, the view that Wisconsin should be as hospitable to businesses as possible without considering its effects on actual people is fatally ﬂawed. Business is important, but not more so than people. While Grothman’s bill may be well intentioned, it would do far more harm than good to Wisconsin and its economy. Joe Timmerman (jtimmerman@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in math and economics.

Photo Courtesy of WisPolitics.com Grothman is the proponent of the controversial seven-day work week.

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CRASHprez fights ‘post-race’ Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Editor “Martin’s messages been crucified throughout decades, man. We complacent as shit now. We don’t stand up for shit no more. We ain’t got no fucking civil rights era no more, nigga, we have the Internet. Nobody’s out there in the streets doing shit no more. Nothing. I’m trying to do my part.” These words bring CRASHprez and *hitmayng’s EP fear itself. to its conclusion. The message is one of frustration. They’re the words of a black man living in a country where racism supposedly ended once a black man became president. They’re a call to action, which is fitting: the duo released the EP on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which, as CRASHprez reminds listeners, is a day of service. It might be easy for some to see CRASHprez — a junior at the University of Wisconsin and a scholar in the school’s First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning community — as angry.

His messages are blunt. His voice is strong, and he laces his words with explosive consonants that give emphasis to uninhibited and omnipresent ruminations on race and identity. He makes music under the self-described “protestwave” genre. At one point, he says, “The way black people live in America is fucking disrespectful.” It’s not easy listening. But it’s also not easy being black in a white man’s America. This is the root of CRASH’s anger and his frustrations. It’s an anger that’s more than warranted. As he says, “This ain’t watered down hit-pop shit for your friends ... This is CRASH fucking prez who won’t stop till he wins.” fear itself. kicks off with “Kill Me Dead,” a bone-chilling meditation on CRASH’s place in society. “Pace along the pavement ’cause I can’t afford no hooptie / Hoodie on my head, fuck, a white guy might shoot me,” he raps over a soulful smoky beat from *hitmayng (also a student at the University of Wisconsin). He gives shoutouts to

two of his rap peers, John Vietnam and Christopher “Avionadramida” Scott, both of whom passed away, as well as his grandfather, who passed away in early 2014. “Two years, it seems like everybody’s dying,” he says. He’s a man who’s lost a lot and lives in a nation where he has to watch his back every time he steps outside. But this doesn’t push him into complacency. It only makes him speak louder. *hitmayng’s production is the perfect complement to CRASH’s forceful delivery. “SiLENCiO” sports a hard-hitting trap beat piece together with menacing piano rolls and G-funk synths. These sounds make lines like “My dick’s a weapon / Let’s reproduce till racism dies” all the more powerful. “Aaron McGruder,” perhaps the best song CRASHprez has ever made, is brought together with an amazing, fuzzy beat with slinky synths and unorthodox vocal samples. It’s a fun beat, and the song is CRASH at his most humorous: “My personality is hella sexy so I flaunt it / I’m

Photo courtesy of Darline Morales CRASHprez and *hitmayng’s latest EP is a provocative call to action, a meditation on race and identity.

eloquent and educated, fluent in ebonics.” Despite the fun nature of the song, it still acts as an honest rallying call: “Life sometimes don’t make no goddamn sense / Sometimes

we do things we can’t repent / So handle your endeavors and get your shit together / We ’bout to make the whole world better.” Complacency is CRASH’s worst enemy. As the man says, “Stop

playing games and stand for something, my nigga.”

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The essential need of separating art from artist Regen McCracken Paper Radio Columnist Recently, even to those of us who avoid the “news” like a coffee lover avoids Starbucks, three “events” have loomed large in the media: Richard Sherman’s volatile, adrenaline explosion in the NFC Championship postgame, Justin Bieber’s DUI/ expired license arrest and Lostprophets lead singer Ian Watkins’s abhorrent child abuse and molestation. Of course, public reactions were divided in both cases, some taking the side of the celebrity in question and others condemning them; the only thing that all can (and should) agree on is that the public’s reaction was excessive since these events are of minimal importance in a world with major issues, but that is another brand of soap entirely. Still, these happenings and their respective fallouts sparked a powder keg that this columnist has been stocking for quite some time, namely the separation between artist and his or her beliefs, actions, personal life. Put simply, it seems unfair, inconsistent and ignorant to judge art on anything but its own merits; the person, the artist, behind the work is entirely irrelevant to the quality of their accomplishments. Nothing any artist does should have an impact on how consumers view

their body of work, no matter how grievous the offense. This is unquestionably a very controversial opinion, but given the hypocrisy and inconsistency that this all-too-common judgment tends to be ensconced in, it really is the only logical defensible position. Before continuing, I must now make an aside to explain that I am in no way condoning the actions any artist (or person) has taken. Furthermore, my definition of “art” is extremely broad here, including things like football mastery in Sherman’s case. To see the aforementioned hypocrisy, one need only look to an artist that is widely known to be a nice, philanthropic individual and see how their personal life influences their professional life; if public judgment were entirely fair, one would assume that being a “good person” should make more people love his or her artwork. Two examples will show that this is simply not the case. Jennifer Lawrence, the Internet’s current sweetheart, is a fantastic actress and a seemingly wonderful individual, but when critics and the public talk about her acting, they do not mention her personal qualities; she stands, as an actress, on her own chops, not propped up by

her charming personality. On the other end of the spectrum, Rebecca Black, an objectively terrible artist, is also reportedly very humble, very nice and just an all-around good person, yet no one with ears would ever say that “Friday,” “Saturday” or her sureto-come other five singles are good music. Surely the public and critics should give her a pass for being such a sweet gal, no? Obviously, no one ever took that train of thought, since her “art” is considered nothing more than a bad joke at this point. So, based on these two examples, one notices that artists, good or bad, are not given bonus points in the artistic realm for being nice people, yet, as demonstrated above, “bad” people’s art is often called into question. Some people will not cheer for Sherman in the Super Bowl because he tends to be a bit cocky. Some people will now (hopefully) stop listening to Bieber’s music because of a mistake he made in his personal life. Some people swore up and down that they would never play another Lostprophets song because of Watkins’s evil. This is unfair on another level other than the obvious hypocrisy simply due to the fact that much art is not the product of the efforts of one person but of the collaboration of many

Zeds Dead takes Orph on bass-heavy journey Cam Ariana ArtsEtc. Staﬀ Writer “All squares are rectangles; not all rectangles are squares.” I think my second grade teacher taught me that one. As irrelevant as it seems, a similar way of thinking can be applied to electronic music. Not all DJs are producers, and not all producers are DJs. Some, like Zeds Dead, are able to dominate both those areas of expertise, as they proved in a mindblowing back-to-school show at the Orpheum Theater Friday night. The party got started a little after 9 p.m., as Madison’s own The Al Gore Rhythm Method provided an enthusiastic opening. Hip-hop producer Just Blaze took the stage around 10:30

p.m., by which time the sold-out Orpheum had filled to near capacity. Better known for his work in the hip-hop industry, Just Blaze has recently been producing songs of the trap genre, which was apparent in the second half of his wide-ranging, hour-long set. Zeds Dead emerged at midnight, much to the delight of the turntup crowd, and the duo took the energy to the next level. A remarkable hour-and-a-half-long set featured Zeds Dead remixes, originals and songs by other artists that spanned many genres. Their impeccable ability to control the crowd is always what amazes me about Zeds Dead performances; the boys always have new songs in their sets

and tie them together in a way that keeps the audience engaged, excited and dancing the whole time. Some of the more memorable songs of the night were their bass-heavy originals such as “Adrenaline” and “In the Beginning,” both featured on their Adrenaline EP. Additionally, they played arguably their most famous remix of Blue Foundation’s “Eyes on Fire,” which had the crowd grooving back and forth to its melodious vibes. At the end of the show, as is tradition at Zeds Dead concerts, the duo requested the crowd to put up their familiar “ZD” hand symbol, took a crowd photo and left the stage, leaving behind a beyond-satisfied Orpheum crowd.

people (see the Seahawks, Bieber’s songwriters and producers and the rest of the Lostprophets band members). Those involved with artists who make bad personal decisions should not be dragged along to publicity hell along with their cohort, and their contributions should not be discounted or disparaged as a consequence. As to the ignorance of such judgments, think of all the things one could and would miss out on if one judged art based on the personal character of the artist. Ignoring art

and limiting one’s artistic experiences based on something as silly as the artist’s personality is flatly ignorant; it is nearly the definition of ignorance. Christians need not avoid the Satanic ramblings of certain murderous black metal artists because they disagree with the ideology; the music itself is awesome and deserves to be listened to without outside bias. Christian Bale is a phenomenal actor who seems to be a bit of a bully in real life, but to ignore his accomplishments because of this would be depriving

oneself of awesome experiences. If one must hate, hate Bieber’s music because it’s bad, and hate his person because of his affluence and entitlement; hate Ian Watkins because his crimes are too disgusting to be read by human eyes, but also hate Lostprophets because their music is lacking in substance and any semblance of songwriting. It’s fine to have opinions, but try to found them on something logical, fair and intelligent. Judge art for what it is, not what the artist is or is not.

The Badger Herald | Sports |Monday, January 27, 2014

Buckeyes’ goaltender shuts down Badgers OSU’s Frey records 36 saves in net holding UW to one goal in series finale Caroline Sage Men’s Hockey Writer In its series split against Ohio State, the No. 9 Wisconsin men’s hockey team found steady improvement during the weekend despite falling 3-1 in game two after a 5-3 victory the night before. Saturday night’s matchup was a tale of offensive dominance by the Badgers that was only to be outmatched by a hot goaltender in the Buckeyes’ freshman Christian Frey. UW (14-71, 5-3-0 Big Ten) outshot OSU (12-9-1, 2-5-1) 37 to 22 in the final game of the first-ever series between the two programs, but

HOCKEY, page 10 Friday night at the Kohl Center was a near carbon copy of Saturday’s game, that is until the concluding minutes of the second period. Once again, the Badgers trailed Ohio State 2-1, but a little more than four minutes after falling behind, they stormed back for four goals over the 25 minutes in a decisive 5-3 victory. Two goals late in the second period and a tally right out of the gate in the third provided enough to secure the win for the Badgers, who improved to 10-1-0 during the

SWEEP, page 10 Black, however, the rebound fell at the feet of Ammerman who was able to finesse the puck over Black’s left shoulder.

came up short of avoiding just its second defeat in its last 12 games. “We told our guys they did a good job in many areas. We just ran into a hot goaltender and that happens in this sport,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “We played really good. I’ve got no qualms at all other than we didn’t find another way to get the puck in the net.” Frey recorded 36 saves Saturday night, including dominant performance by UW to open the game with 17 shots compared to OSU’s five. The Badgers entered the final period of play down 2-1 after the Buckeyes responded to a Badger goal off the stick of Mark Zengerle with back-to-back scores three minutes and 25 seconds apart in the second period. In front of a blaring Kohl Center crowd of 15,021 fans, the

most the team has drawn since 2010, the Badgers pounded puck after puck at Frey, only to come up empty handed. The Buckeyes made it a two-goal lead with an empty netter to seal in their victory with 12 seconds remaining in the game. “The chances were there. It’s not one of those games where you kind of lost the game without having any opportunities,” senior forward Mark Zengerle said. “They were all over the place and that’s part of sports. You don’t always get all of the bounces.” Perhaps the best opportunity for UW in the third period came from Zengerle’s line mate, senior forward Tyler Barnes. Getting open on the left side of the ice, UW found Barnes but Frey was able to adjust in

time to block the shot and eventually cover up the puck that lingered in front of the goal line as the Badgers attack through themselves hoping to knock the puck past. Despite coming up short on the attack, Wisconsin saw a drastic improvement in its penalty kill Saturday. Coming into the series, UW knew it would be challenged when it took a penalty going against the then-ninth-best power play team in OSU. Friday night the Buckeyes found their first two goals on scores with the manadvantage of the sticks of junior forward Ryan Dzingel and freshman forward Nick Schilkey. OSU finished game one two-for-six on the power play and entered game two of the series having scored a goal with the man-advantage in seven

of its last nine games. Saturday night was a different story for the Badger special teams, as they shut out the Buckeyes with the manadvantage on five power play opportunities. UW junior goaltender Joel Rumpel made six saves during the Badger penalty kill. “Penalty killing was excellent,” Eaves said, also noting the improvements he saw on the power play that saw Frey as its only problem. “Power play created more chances than we did last night. Although, we created several last night. That little touch of finishing wasn’t there for us. So that was a challenge all night, whether that was us with our sights being off or that the young goalie made some big saves.” Wisconsin went onefor-seven in the series on

the power play, recording 10 shots with the manadvantage. The lone goal came from junior forward Joseph LaBate with under two minutes to play Friday night to give UW its fifth and final goal. Though faced with a loss to end its 12-game home stand that began back Dec. 6, the Badgers and their coach see the growth in their game and are looking ahead to their upcoming series on the road to Michigan, not concerned with the final score of Saturday’s game. “I feel like we had a good effort as a team. We just couldn’t find a way to put the puck in the net. Overall I thought we played alright, so I don’t think it was a loss,” senior forward Sean Little said Saturday. “I think we got better as a team tonight and that’s all we can ask for.”

homestand and 13-1-1 overall at the Kohl Center this season. Wisconsin took the early lead in the game after defensemen Jake McCabe wristed a shot from the right circle that squeaked its way past OSU goaltender Matt Tompkins (24 saves) two minutes and 20 seconds into the first period. Even though Badgers possessed the 1-0 advantage, Eaves said it was not until the middle portion of the second period that his team finally settled in and played to their capabilities after having a bye last weekend.

In that time the Buckeyes battled back and took the 2-1 lead. Both goals — one at the 14:42 mark of the first period and the other at 10:55 in the second — for the Buckeyes came on the power play against a Wisconsin penalty kill that yielded two goals on the first two chances. But Wisconsin shored up the problems over the remainder of the game, which led to some momentum and eventually the game’s turning point. “[Assistant coach Gary Shuchuk] got those young men in there and we made some adaptions, which is

a sign of a good club when you can make changes on the fly during the course of a game and make it work for you. That’s an important element of a good team,” Eaves said. That turning point came after Wisconsin penalty kill held Ohio State scoreless for the first time in the game in the latter stages of the second period. Following a dump into the Buckeyes’ zone as the penalty time expired, Zengerle worked the puck free behind the cage and dished a pass to Tyler Barnes, who one-timed the feed in the slot. Tompkins blocked away the initial

chance, but Barnes crashed the net for the rebound and shoved it home with two minutes and 43 seconds to go in the frame for a 3-2 Wisconsin lead. Then only 42 seconds into the third UW struck for the game-winning goal on a blast from Joe Faust. Ohio State found the back of the net on the penalty kill with a little more than two minutes to go in the game, but Wisconsin answered right back 56 seconds later at 18:29 to provide the final margin of victory. Wisconsin’s first line of Barnes, Zengerle and Morgan Zulinick, which notched seven points on the

evening, was just too much to handle in the win. “The biggest thing we did was win battles in the corner. And when we got the puck, we brought it to the net and we had guys at the net. We didn’t hesitate to make that extra pass,” Barnes, who had a goal and two assists, said. “Brought it to the net and we had some good bounces tonight.” “They were good for us tonight,” Eaves said. “They need to be consistent with that. If they can do that, then they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.” Rumpel collected 23 saves in the win, his 11th of the year.

“Madison and I had been talking about it all week. If she stepped out I would be open at the back door,” Ammerman said. “She kind of mishandled it, but it got over to me and I was able to

score.” Feeling a bit of pressure from the three goal deficit, Duluth picked up the pace. The Bulldog’s struck late, ending Rigsby’s shutout chances with four-and-a-

half minute to go. Emma Stauber slipped passed the Badger defense to get a one-on-one opportunity with Rigsby. Stauber shot the puck past Rigsby, reducing the Badgers lead to two. The game finished 3-1 and the Badgers were halfway to their sweep of Duluth. The second game started with a bit of a scare for Wisconsin. Rigsby had to make two quick saves to start off the game in order to keep Duluth off the board. The Badgers spent eight minutes in the first period on the power play, but they had nothing to show for it until, with more than a minute left in the period, Erika Sowchuk finally broke Duluth’s defense. Nurse slipped the puck to Sowchuk who took a quick shot that was saved by Black. However, the Badger quickly followed up her shot and buried it into the net. “Black was playing hard and keeping the puck out, so it was frustrating,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “Obviously [Sowchuk’s] goal, that helped out a

lot.” As the first period came to a close Duluth head coach Shannon Miller had some choice words with the referees, a bit of foreshadowing for the events to come. The physical play escalated in the second period culminating in the ejection of Wisconsin’s Madison Packer for a check from behind. The fi ve-minute major served as a test to the Badgers’ top penalty killing line. “It was a game that we hadn’t seen, in regards to the penalties and what went on over the 60 minutes,” Johnson said. “But I thought we responded very well, the five-minute penalty kill was especially huge for us.” As the power play finished up, tensions boiled over and Meghan Huertas got into it with Rigsby. As pushes were exchanged a few other players got into the mix, in the end Rigby was given a roughing penalty while Huertas got two. In the third period Duluth put a lot of pressure on the Badgers however Wisconsin’s

defense held strong and Rigsby tallied her first shutout since returning from injury. Nurse secured the win for Wisconsin late in the third period. She slipped past Duluth’s defense and put a move on Black while getting taken down from behind by a Duluth defender. Her move was enough to fake out Black and reveal an open net. With a quick flick of her stick Nurse double the Badger’s lead. “Sydney [McKibbon] flicked it up and I turned and I saw that none of their players were there,” Nurse said. “I decided to get the puck and hold onto it as long as I could. I ended up beating the goalie and flicking it in backhanded.” A crosschecking penalty with two minutes to go for Duluth would put the game out of reach and ensure the Badgers a home sweep of the Bulldogs. Wisconsin gets a week off before traveling to Ohio State and then returning home to face off against top-ranked Minnesota on Feb. 14th and 15th.

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most of his opportunities, hauling in four catches for 46 yards, while on the other side of the ball Southward had two tackles and Borland continued to polish his week-long performance in Mobile with a game-high eight tackles including a tackle for a loss and a forced fumble — no surprise there. Borland was one of two players in the Senior Bowl chosen to keep a day-byday blog where he would update it with entries detailing what he and his

great players and the staffs of the respective teams and all the personnel that was down here. I really enjoyed myself and I tried my hardest,” Borland wrote in his blog. What the Senior Bowl showed all of the scouts and analysts that were following the players in Mobile all week is what Wisconsin fans already know; these players will work harder than anyone on the field to play as best they can, no matter what jersey they are wearing. That has to be pretty appealing to NFL scouts. Will isn’t something that can be taught to players, it is something that is inherently possessed and when that will is combined with the ability of the players that donned the Wisconsin helmets last Saturday, it can be a combination that leads to years of success on and off of the field. I can’t be certain that all five of these players will have outstanding careers in the NFL, but the week these guys put together in Alabama wouldn’t make me want to bet against them.

to Miami Dolphins slot receiver Brian Hartline from Senior Bowl Director Phil Savage. Though the former walk-on impressed scouts during drills, Abbrederis wasn’t able to showcase his talent in the game itself after a tweaked hamstring kept him from playing Saturday. Southward earned the praise of ESPN draft analysts making their list of Senior Bowl standouts as the most versatile defensive back. While all of the Wisconsin players made an impression during the practice week, it was on game day where the Badgers left their biggest mark. Playing for the North side, Wisconsin players made an impact on both sides of the ball. White scored the North’s only touchdown of the game on a sweep left from a yard out that would look very familiar to Badger fans and carried the brunt of the load for the North side with a game-high 11 carries for 62 yards. Pedersen made the

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Michigan hands Wisconsin third-straight loss Badgers’ oﬀense faulters at home scoring seasonlow 44 points Eric Kohlbeck Women’s Basketball Writer The Wisconsin women’s basketball team may have caught some of the impending cold weather forecast a day early, as it scored a season-low 44 points and fell to Michigan 60-44 at the Kohl Center Sunday. Wisconsin (9-10, 2-5 Big Ten) was just 17-of51 (33.3 percent) from the floor and 5-of-24 (20.8 percent) from beyond the arc for the game and had just two players score in double-figures. Redshirt junior forward Michala Johnson led Wisconsin with 15 points and seven rebounds, while sophomore guard Nicole Bauman totaled 13 points and contributed to three of the Badger’s five threepointers on the day. “We’re obviously disappointed in our play today,” Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “We didn’t have quite the offensive punch that we needed. We did play some pretty good defense. We got a lot of jump balls and some blocks and some things of that nature, but when we tried to press they got by us. Overall I thought the kids played hard, it just wasn’t enough.” Michigan (14-6, 5-2) opened things up in the first half going on an 11-0 run just three minutes into the game to take a 15-6 lead. Wisconsin responded with a run of its own to pull within two at 13-15, but went into the locker room at halftime down 27-22. Johnson and Bauman led the team with seven points each. The Badgers came out of the break strong, scoring the first nine points of the second half. They would take the lead for just the second time of the game at the 17:13 mark following a Bauman three-pointer that thrilled the seasonhigh crowd of 7,406, making it 31-29 UW. The two teams would trade baskets until Michigan guard Siera Thompson knocked home a three-pointer that gave Michigan a 36-35 lead that they would not relinquish the rest of the game. Thompson led the Wolverines with 13 points (5-9 FG, 3-3 3Pt), adding on three assists and two rebounds as well. Despite the resiliency of the Badgers’ attack,

Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico was happy with how her team responded to the runs by Wisconsin and its ability to fight through foul trouble in the frontcourt. “I was happy with the way that we were able to grind it out down the stretch when Wisconsin went up in the second half,” Arico said. “I thought Wisconsin really did a good job and made some great runs. It was nice to see our team be able to respond to their runs. I thought [Michala] Johnson did a great job for them tonight. She really gave us a tough time and got our bigs in foul trouble.” Both starting forwards for the Wolverines, Cyesha Goree and Val Driscoll, fouled out of the game. Driscoll exited with 5:02 left and Goree followed a few minutes later at the 2:42 mark, but it was too late for the Badgers to send it down low to Johnson as the Wolverines employed a full-court press that took too much time off the clock. “I think we found what worked well was when we got the ball into [Michala Johnson],” Bauman said. “They were [double teaming] her right away so it was good for her to kick it right out to us for threes. Then it obviously forced the defense to come out so we could get it back into [Johnson] so she could post-up.” Despite the openness that the Badgers found

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around the perimeter, they could only manage five three-pointers against the Wolverine defense that ranks second in the Big Ten in threepoint percentage defense. They allow teams to shoot just 29.1 percent from beyond the arc. Michigan also held the Badger duo of Morgan Paige and Taylor Wurtz to five combined points on just 1-for-13 shooting. The senior guards came into Sunday’s game averaging 13.1 and 12.8 points per game respectively. With only two players scoring in double-figures, the Badgers are now 0-7 when they fail to have a third player score

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Junior forward Michala Johnson led the way for Wisconsin scoring more than a third of the Badgers’ 44 points with a game high 15 points on 6-11 shooting from the ﬁeld. UW shot 33.3 percent from the ﬂoor hitting 17 of their 51 attempts in the lowest scoring total of the season.

10 or more points. This includes their last two games against Minnesota and Northwestern and is forcing Kelsey to look for a consistent third scorer. “We’re missing a lot of little shots around the basket,” Kelsey said.

“People just have to get in the gym and shoot more — and not just threes. You’ve got to have a midrange game, you’ve got to have a finish-at-the-basket game. You can’t just be one dimensional. You’ve got to be a complete

player. Complete players, whatever you take away from them, they’ve got something else for you.” The loss drops Wisconsin into a tie for last place in the Big Ten at 2-5 and below .500 overall for the first time

this season. The Badgers return to action Thursday at Michigan State before returning home next Sunday to take on Ohio State.

Badgers survive physical battle with WCHA rival Wisconsin uses strong special teams play in sweep of Duluth Meghan Eustice Women’s Hockey Writer Hockey has a reputation for being a rough sport, and this weekend the Wisconsin women’s hockey team proved why as they took on conference rival Minnesota-Duluth in a series that racked up 21 penalties, a total of 58 penalty minutes. The first game Saturday afternoon started off normal enough, with each team only sending one player to the box to serve a standard 2-minute checking penalty. Wisconsin capitalized on its power play as junior forward Blayre Turnbull re-directed a pass from defenseman Courtney Burke into the back of the net. That was the first of the two power-play goals Wisconsin would score Saturday, sending a

message to UMD that if they were to stay in the game, they had better keep it five-on-five. Head coach Mark Johnson talked more about the success his team saw on the power play, and the attitude it had going into five-onfour situations. “On the power play, it’s about chemistry and personnel and trying to create some opportunities depending on what the other team is doing with their penalty kill,” Johnson explained. “You’ve got to read what the other team is doing and create some two-onone situations.” There were a total of nine penalties in the first game of the series, six coming from the Bulldogs and three belonging to the Badgers. Discipline seemed to pay off in the end though, as UW walked away with the 3-1 victory. Coach Johnson mentioned how running a tight penalty kill is the key in games like Saturday’s, where much of the 60 minutes is played shorthanded for

one team or the other, and how that penalty kill revolves around the work done between the pipes. “With your penalty kill, if your goaltending is good, and we’ve had good goaltending all year, it helps break down the other team’s scoring opportunities,” Johnson said. If the Badgers hadn’t been surprised by how Saturday’s game went, then surely Sunday’s got that reaction from them. The Bulldogs were thrown in the penalty box four times in the first period alone for interference, crosschecking and twice for roughing. Freshman forward Sarah Nurse discussed how her teammates stayed disciplined as UMD continued to test their patience in the first 20 minutes. “We battle hard against each other, and tempers flare, but I thought we did a great job of keeping our composure,” Nurse said. “They kind of lost it a little bit but I thought we kept it under control.” But as the Bulldogs

started the second period with another penalty, Wisconsin had finally had enough. Senior forward Madison Packer earned two major penalties after an encounter with an opponent, one lasting five minutes for checking from behind, and the other a 10-minute game misconduct. Senior goalie Alex Rigsby chose to see the positive in the situation, though, explaining that killing off a major penalty helped her team to re-energize and play a little harder. The peak of the excitement came five minutes later, though, when Rigsby and UMD forward Meghan Huertas got into it down by the Wisconsin net. Huertas was given two separate penalties for roughing, and Rigsby received an unexpected one herself. “She just kept pushing me,” Rigsby said of the encounter. “I wasn’t expecting to get a penalty because I didn’t retaliate.” Things finally settled down after the chaotic

second period, with only two penalties being given out in the third, one to each team, when the Badgers added one more goal to their score for a final of 2-0. Wisconsin has the least amount of penalty minutes of any team in the nation so far this year, averaging just under seven minutes of penalty kill per game, only a third of what the Badgers racked up in total Sunday afternoon. But Johnson explained how it isn’t that uncommon in hockey games for a team to see a long stretch of killing of penalties after having

multiple powerplays. “Generally what you’ll see is when one team gets multiple powerplays in a row, like we got in the first period, they call it the Marble Theory, the marbles go from one pocket to the other, and you know the other is going to get some powerplays too,” Johnson said. Despite all the marblehand-changing and time spent in the box, UW seemed happy with the outcome of the weekend, having earned a series sweep against a top competitor in its rival to the west. “It was a huge victory for us today,” Rigsby said. “I don’t think we’ve had a clean sweep against them in a few years. It

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Wisconsin denied series sweep Buckeyes hand Badgers defeat in school record 12 game homestand Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor The Wisconsin men’s hockey team possessed a grand opportunity Saturday night to sweep Ohio State and finish a 12-game homestand with only one loss, but the Badgers ran into a brick wall in the form of Buckeye goaltender Christian Frey. In front of a near sellout and whiteout crowd of 15,021 fans, the Badgers peppered Frey with 37 shots, but could not find an answer to him, as he stopped 36 to lead the Buckeyes to a 3-1 triumph and a series split. According to Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves in the postgame press conference, the Badgers (14-7-1 overall, 5-3-0-0 Big Ten) did all they could to win the game and put together a nearly complete performance. “We played better tonight than we did last night,” Eaves said. “The thing that we said to our guys in there … they did a good job in many areas, we just ran into a hot goaltender and that happens in this sport. “I’ve got no qualms at all other than we didn’t find another way to get the puck in the net.” In the midst of a 1-1 game in the second period, Ohio State (12-9-1, 2-5-10) struck for the deciding goal with just under five minutes to go in the frame. After the Buckeyes’ initial shot from near the blue line was blocked down by the Wisconsin defense, the Buckeyes’ Nick Oddo found himself with the puck near the right side of the goal mouth and shoved it past Wisconsin netminder Joel Rumpel (19 saves).

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald After scoring a hat trick against Michigan Jan. 10, Wisconsin senior winger Michael Mersch was held scoreless against the Buckeyes — his first scoreless series this season.

But as was the case throughout the game, Wisconsin continued to create quality scoring chances even after Ohio State took the lead. Unfortunately for the Badgers, Frey continued to stop everything thrown at him and got some lucky bounces along the way. Only a few minutes after Ohio State took the lead, Wisconsin’s Mark Zengerle broke out of the zone and had a two-on-

one breakaway. Instead of passing, Zengerle decided to shoot and rung the puck off the far post. The play reflected Wisconsin’s difficulties throughout the game: close but not close enough. The rest of the second period remained scoreless and the third progressed with opportunities abound for the Badgers, yet none of the nine shots on target in the final period found twine. Eaves made one

last ditch effort with one minute and 11 seconds to play in the game when he pulled Rumpel, but OSU’s Darik Angeli worked the puck of the zone and fired into the empty net, sending the crowd to their cars and ending any hope of a comeback. Wisconsin’s lone goal came from Zengerle to open the scoring at the 10:03 mark of the second period. Ohio State answered just 98 seconds later with a score

from Nick Schilkey, with the game-winner less than four minutes after that. But despite a disappointing loss, the performance from his players left Eaves proud in the wake of defeat. “That’s the one thing about being a competitive athlete — they don’t want to hear the words that we were saying as a coaching staff, but they are the truth. And we hope that at some point before they leave that

they recognize how well they played,” Eaves said. “There’s no time to sit there and dwell on the loss tonight,” Wisconsin defenseman Frankie Simonelli, who had the primary assist on the lone tally, said. “We could have used the points for the standings and the rankings, but we got to move forward and that starts Monday.” Badgers blitz Buckeyes 5-3 Friday night

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Badgers shine in Senior Bowl Spencer Smith Spence’s Two Cents

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Second-ranked Wisconsin improves its winning streak to five games after outscoring Minnesota-Duluth 5-1 in a series sweep at LaBahn Arenea.

Badgers sweep Bulldogs

Rigsby holds Minnesota-Duluth to one goal on the weekend in first full series back Christian Karcher Women’s Hockey Writer The last time the Wisconsin women’s hockey team met MinnesotaDuluth the Badgers brought home five of six possible points. With the Bulldogs coming to Madison this time around the Badgers had their mind set on a full sweep. The Badgers had the benefit of having senior goaltender Alex Rigsby, Wisconsin’s all- time win’s

leader, return to the ice after leaving part way through the Badgers last game against Duluth. After missing eight weeks with the injury, Rigsby was itching to get back on the ice. “I can honestly say I felt a lot better than I did my first start last weekend,” Rigsby said. “It is tough coming back, but it was a big start and I was happy I was able to get the start today.” After coming out strong

in the first period, the Badger’s fi nally stuck with 12 minutes remaining in the period. A checking penalty by Meghan Huertas of Duluth left the Badgers on the power play. Courtney Burke played the puck to Brittany Ammerman who found Blayre Turnbull on the left side of the ice. Turnbull was able to take the puck at the net and slip it past a defender and MinnesotaDuluth’s goaltender Kayla Black.

The Badgers struck once more in the first period. Sarah Nurse took the puck to the goal, made Black commit before centering it to Rachel Jones who tapped it in to give Wisconsin the two goal advantage. The Badgers continued to dominate their opponents into the second period. On the power play the Badgers notched their third goal of the game. Madison Packer took a shot that was saved initially by

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All good things come to an end, but Wisconsin lost a lot of good things Saturday. Five cornerstones of the Wisconsin football team wore their helmets emblazoned with the familiar motion “W” for the last time in Mobile, Ala., but did it in a way that defined their time in Madison. Jared Abbrederis, Chris Borland, Jacob Pedersen, Dezmen Southward and James White began their path to making a NFL roster last week participating in the Reese’s Senior Bowl. All had question marks regarding their potential to produce at the professional level whether it is their size, speed or quickness, but as they have during their time in Madison, all five players let their play do the talking. Borland, who has the potential to be selected the highest of all the Badgers in the draft,

has to prove to scouts that he is able to take on NFL-size bodies with his 5-foot-11 frame — measuring in with the shortest wingspan of all the linebackers at the Senior Bowl — and true to form the All-American proved his critics wrong. The three-time first team All-Big Ten linebacker caught the attention of scouts and analysts including ESPN’s draft analyst Todd McShay who tweeted: “WISC LB Borland is an animal. Great instincts. Strong this wk as rusher and in cvg (coverage). Doesn’t have measurables but who cares. He’s a player!” Wednesday during the Senior Bowl practice week. After a full week of practice in Alabama, Borland had everyone in his corner as he was named the most outstanding linebacker of the practices. Abbrederis, Pedersen, Southward and White all helped their draft stocks, as well, turning heads during the week of practice. Abbrederis quieted concerns of his height and quickness, excelling during practice and drawing a comparison

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