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Wienermobile seeks fresh meat UW alumna pilots 27-foot-long hot dog advertising Oscar Mayer brand Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor Two recent college graduates are relishing their time seeing the country aboard Oscar Mayer’s iconic wiener. Madison residents will still be able to catch a glimpse of the 27-foot-long hot dog cruising the streets of the University of Wisconsin this week. Molly Segall, who goes by “Honey Mustard Molly” with the Wienermobile on the road, said the vehicle brings smiles wherever it goes. “I remember being a little girl and being fascinated by the Wienermobile every time I watched it drive by,” Segall, a UW alumna, said. Segall said she sought the “hot dogger” position from an early age because she lived

in Madison close to the Oscar Mayer plant. She applied for the position as a junior for the ﬁrst time, and was eventually hired on as a hot dogger in her senior year, she said. Segall said she has received the opportunity to travel the country from the experience. The typical workweek for a hot dogger begins with the road on Monday, Segall said. Once the rolling wiener has reached its next destination, the crew takes a “touristy Tuesday,” she said. “It’s perfect. No one is in line for tourist attractions on Tuesdays,” she said. The parties and appearances for the position fall between Thursday and Sunday, Segall said. Every day is different for the hot doggers, Hannah Carlson, another crew member, said. Some days they spend handing out flyers in front of a grocery store and some days they spend visiting children’s hospitals, she said. Carlson, who as goes by “Hungry Hannah,” said the job has allowed her to meet

hundreds of different people all across the country at these events. “I originally applied for this position because I wanted to travel, specifically to the northeastern part of the country,” Carlson said. “I’m now on my 24th state this year.” Carlson said the job offers more than just the opportunity for travel, and hot doggers cannot get too comfortable. She said the job has taught her about how she functions both as a professional and as an individual. “It’s a learning experience because your bosses aren’t holding your hand … you’re responsible for getting your own work done,” Carlson said. Segall said the most gratification from the job comes with knowing they are making people smile. The Wienermobile has attended weddings, birthday parties, anniversary parties and many more events, she said. At one

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Square plan looks to extend nightlife Community members concerned whether city project to expand ‘vibrant Capitol Square’ will return investments Alex Arriaga Print City Editor As plans for the Judge Doyle Square Project near ﬁnalization, city members are concerned whether the amount of money invested into the project will be returned. The project will be a significant undertaking in 2015 to transform the blocks that currently house the Madison Municipal Building and the Government East Parking Garage, on the block between Martin Luther King Boulevard, King, Doty and Wilson Streets. Project Director George

Austin said the large size of the investment has been a top concern for the committee. He said the proposed density of the developments is significant, including additional hotel rooms, apartments, offices, parking and retail. This parking and multistory building project is expensive and drives a need for public investment, he said. Mayor Paul Soglin said his main concern with the project is the ratio of the public investment to the return on that investment. He said while many of the project costs are known, it is unknown what any of

the returns could be. Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said one of his biggest concerns with increasing affordability is the cost of underground parking. He said he proposed building a parking ramp above ground instead that would wrapped in retail space so the parking is not clearly visible. “In a perfect world, we had hoped to have all of the parking built underground,” Verveer said. “However the cost of underground versus above ground parking

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Bill targets compensation for victims of sex traﬃcking Female legislators seek to highlight human traﬃcking concerns in state Beth Klassen Herald Contributor A new bill that would allow victims of sexual exploitation to sue for compensation is the latest piece of legislation to curb sex trafficking, which lawmakers say is a growing problem in the state. The bill would alter current Wisconsin law to give victims

the right to sue those who exploited them for physical damages to their bodies, punitive damages and any revenue accrued from their sexual exploitation. Acts that fall under “commercial sexual exploitation” include soliciting a prostitute, involving a child in prostitution, buying or producing child pornography and hosting a place for prostitution, according to the bill. Rep. Jill Billings, D-La Crosse, said she introduced the bill last week after she learned the weight of Wisconsin’s

sexual exploitation issues through a series of disturbing “wake-up calls.” Billings said she felt it was her duty to bring the issue into legislative light after attending a conference in La Crosse in the fall, where women shared their experiences in human traﬃcking. “There were women who were coerced into this for decades,” she said, adding civil action could help compensate these victims for the “years or decades of their lives stolen from them.” Billings said she was also prompted to introduce the

legislation after learning about a disturbing event that occurred in a La Crosse hotel room this past summer, involving a man and two underage girls who had been pressured into sexual exploitation. This event, along with other FBI investigations, prompted Billings to take a stand, she said. Like Billings, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, said she saw a lack of protection for victims of sexual exploitation under current state law and signed on to support the bill with a similar sense of duty to ﬁll this void.

“I’m trying to advocate for those young people and make sure they have a pass out and hand up,” Sargent said. According to Billings and Sargent, Wisconsin is often overlooked in terms of human trafficking, but has a much stronger hold in this multibillion dollar industry than anticipated. A report compiled by Fox6Now Milwaukee ranked Wisconsin among the top 10 states in the country for human traﬃcking incidents. Rep. LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, another sponsor of the bill, said this

report provided a strong motivation to sign onto the bill. “Wisconsin needs a lot of laws regarding human trafficking,” Johnson said. “This is basically just a springboard or a step in the right direction.” Johnson also recently proposed a bill that would require police investigation into reported cases of human trafficking. According to Johnson, Wisconsin is a “feeder state” for human traﬃcking. Perpetrators from

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Student funding up for revisions Keeping student fees low could become ‘impossible’ under new system, critics say Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald A WiscAlert was sent when three suspects entered an unlocked residence on the 400 block of West Miﬄin Street Sunday night before ﬂeeing on foot.

No lead on Miﬄin robbery suspects Aliya Iftikhar Print News Editor An armed robbery occurred on the 400 block of W. Mifflin St. Sunday night, sparking a WiscAlert urging students to avoid the neighborhood as three armed suspects remained at large. Three black male suspects, all under 30 years old, entered an unlocked residence around 7:10 p.m., according to a report from the Madison

Police Department. The two victims in the house were not injured in the robbery. One of the suspects included a male wearing a Harvard sweatshirt and armed with a small handgun, the report said. The University of Wisconsin issued a WiscAlert at 7:40 p.m. warning students to avoid the area. MPD Sgt. Kimba Tieu said the UW Police Department was not involved in the case, but were

notified because of the close proximity to campus. Upon entering the residence, the suspects demanded the victims’ cell phones and wallets and ordered them into a closet before fleeing the scene on foot. A second WiscAlert, sent at 8:30 p.m., said it was believed the suspects had left the area. The police report said a K-9 unit was involved in an attempt to track

down the suspects but was unsuccessful. As of 10 p.m., the K-9 track had ended and was no longer searching the area, Tieu said. The stolen phones were tracked and recovered from a nearby area. The victims were a 20-year-old, of Madison, and a 22-year-old, residency unknown, according to the incident report. Tieu said he did not if the victims were UW students.

The University of Wisconsin’s student government is weighing changes to the eligibility requirements for student organizations to receive funding, but some say the proposed changes would only act as a “band-aid” that does not address the major underlying issues. The General Student Services Fund, which is money distributed to student organizations that provide student services, has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the fall semester, David Gardner, Associated Students of Madison chair, said. GSSF funds are allocated by the Student Services Finance Committee. SSFC has been taking the time to discuss GSSF policy

and eligibility criteria to decide what is helpful and what is not, Gardner said. Some of the current requirements seem to deter some student groups from applying, he said. ASM Rep. Devon Maier said he is worried that if the proposal is passed, keeping student segregated fees low will become “impossible.” The current GSSF policy is a two-tiered system, Maier said. The proposed changes up for consideration do nothing to address this problem, he said. “Last year, the 18 GSSF groups received $1.4 million, while the other 800-plus student organizations fought for $500,000,” Maier said. “I would fully embrace this proposal if we capped individual budgets at $5,000 to $10,000 to allow all student organizations access

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The City of Madison is set to kick, push and coast after securing all necessary funds to build its first skatepark. The Madison Skatepark Fund has secured the necessary funds to be able to break ground this June on a project that was started more than a decade ago, Patrick Hasburgh, spokesperson for the Madison Skatepark Fund, said. Successful completion of this project will bring Madison its first public skatepark in the Marquette neighborhood. The fundraising project for the skatepark was started by now adult-aged skaters, and organizers behind the Madison Skatepark Fund are excited to see it through to completion and use by the Madison community, Hasburgh said. “We were sort of a bunch of ragtag skateboarders who just really wanted a skatepark and so in the beginning we held small fundraisers, like punk rock shows and skate demos to get people to notice us and maybe donate money to the fund,” he said. Hasburgh added he thinks the Madison community is looking forward to this Kirby Wright The Badger Herald new addition. All of the Madison’s 20,000-square-foot skatepark is expected to cost $850,000. donations and grants for

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and the neighborhood is good for the skatepark,” Jacob said. “Marquette is already a neighborhood that brings people from all walks of life, so the addition of the skatepark will be yet another place that all sorts of folks can go enjoy.” Hasburgh said he agrees the location of the skatepark is ideal, and they had the option to build in many places. They wanted, however, to be downtown where the park would be very accessible and are happy it turned out this way, he added. The 20,000-square-foot park will be made mostly of concrete and cost around $850,000 to build, Hasburgh said. Computer-rendered images of the proposed layout show that the park will include rails, ramps, bowls and more. “Eight hundred, fifty thousand is right in line with what you would expect to be paying per square foot for any park of this size. So it seems pricey, but it’s a large skatepark so it might come with what seems like a slightly higher price tag,” he said. Thanks to community donations and grants, this project now has a tangible end goal of starting construction in June and hopefully opening the park in mid-August, Hasburgh said.

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the construction of the new skatepark have come from businesses like Willy Street Co-op and organizations like Dane County Partners for Recreation and Conservation, he said. According to a Madison Skatepark Fund statement, the City of Madison allocated $300,000 in the 2013 capital budget toward the project and also donated the land for the park. Willy Street Co-op provided the first major pledge to the project and committed $50,000 in exchange for naming rights to the skatepark bowl, the statement said. “The coolest thing about being a part of this project is that the biggest supporters are companies and organizations from within the community where the skatepark will be built,” Hasburgh said. The skatepark will be built in Central Park in the Marquette neighborhood, about a block away from the Willy Street Co-op and between East Washington Street and Willy Street at the sight of an old railroad corridor, Hasburgh said. Michael Jacob, Marquette Neighborhood Association president, said the Marquette neighborhood is looking forward to the addition. “I think the skatepark is good for the neighborhood,

Low-income families could see a loss of approximately 38 meals a month with the passage of new federal legislation that would reduce governmental nutritional assistance. Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a piece of legislation that reduces funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides benefits to individuals in low-income situations so they can purchase food each month. According to a statement from the City of Madison, the proposed legislation would reduce funding for SNAP benefits by $8 billion over the next 10 years. This could translate to a $90 per month reduction in benefits to certain families, Mayor Paul Soglin said. “SNAP is used as a safety net for those individuals and families that are not able to adequately feed themselves,” Soglin said. “The money is being taken out of the pockets of those in the most need.” Soglin said the average SNAP participant in Dane County receives approximately $120 per month. Michelle Kramer, FoodShare outreach manager at Second Harvest Foodbank, said 75 percent

of families who receive assistance from SNAP have children or family that are elderly, blind or disabled. “We’re seeing these folks who are stretched very thin in our community are being stretched even further with each cut that occurs,” Kramer said. “That’s basically saying to a child, well, it looks like you’re not going to eat dinner this month.” The farm bill that authorizes funding for SNAP also helps recipients gain access to local food sources, the statement said. Twenty million dollars are currently being put toward farmers’ market incentive programs where recipients receive additional benefits whenever they shop at local markets, Soglin said. Along with the cut in farmers’ market incentives, the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which provides federal loans to regionbased infrastructure projects, will also be cut, he said. Soglin said the farm bill proposal does not go far enough to limit government subsidies to mega-farms, which are large, factory-style farms. He said the lack of restrictions on large farms and their insurance payments threatens to widen the disparity in income gap in America. In the statement, Soglin

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Proposed legislation would reduce funding for SNAP benefits by $8 billion over the next 10 years.

urged Congress at the state and national level to “restore the deep cuts to SNAP, develop income restrictions for farm subsidies and insurance programs and move forward swiftly to fund other critical programs that increase the availability and affordability of healthy food to those most in need.” Kramer said the new farm bill severely complicates a link between the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

and SNAP. Since 2009, this link, known as “Heat and Eat,” increased benefits to some SNAP recipients in 16 states with harsh climates and high energy bills. Kramer said under the new legislation, SNAP recipients will have to turn in “mounds of utility bills” to Dane County Human Services, rather than a standard utility allowance. Dane County Human Services will then have to go through more complicated paperwork to

determine allowances, she said. Kramer said the bill will increase funding to the Emergency Food Assistance Program, which distributes food from the United States Department of Agriculture to low-income and unemployed populations. It will also promote fruit and vegetable purchases and continue funding for nutrition education, she said. The Senate will vote on the farm bill Tuesday.

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Verveer said another way the committee hopes

to reduce the high cost is to downsize the amount of function space. He said one of the developers was looking to have a full service hotel ballroom along with other function and meeting rooms. Verveer said he supported the idea to reduce the amount of function space in the new hotel to bring down the cost. Austin said he hopes this project will enliven the area that is currently “pretty

desolate,” continuing the vibrant entertainment district that is only a block away in the King Street area. “We have a vibrant Capitol Square, a thriving entertainment district along King Street. We have Monona Terrace on the lake, then you have these two city blocks that are basically empty,” Austin said. “They’re dark, there isn’t activity. The idea is to extend that entertainment district.” Verveer said part of the project includes building residential and office buildings on the block where the Government East Parking Garage currently sits. Soglin said he thinks this project could be a potential boost to tax revenues and could draw more visitors to Madison. “It will provide us with growth on the property tax as well as county and

sales tax revenues and additional hotel room space that we need at peak times of the year,” Soglin said. Verveer, who is also a member of the Monona Terrace Board, said he knows Monona does not compete well for many conventions and conferences because of a lack of hotel rooms within walking distance. He said drawing convention and conference goers to Madison is one way the square can improve the economic development of downtown Madison. Verveer said construction for Judge Doyle Square would begin in 2015, so the project would be a key item in the 2015 city budget, which will be considered by City Council in the fall of 2014. Final recommendations will be made to City Council Monday night.

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Clinic oﬀers free gynecology care to uninsured Chantal Cowie Herald Contributor

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EXPLOITATION, page 1 nearby states, including Illinois and Indiana, come to Wisconsin, find their victims, and take them back to their states, she said. With her bill, Johnson is seeking to find these children and secure protection for them through the Department of Children and Families. Johnson also questioned the reliability of “consent,” since many victims have unhealthy relationships with their perpetrators. “The vast majority of these children are convinced their traﬃcker is their pimp or their boyfriend or their caregiver,” Johnson said. Johnson is not alone in furthering protective measures for victims. The

After watching an uninsured patient who could not afford treatment die from cervical cancer, Katherine O’Rourke resolved to create a gynecology clinic to offer free accessible to preventative care for low income women. Cervical, endometrial and uterine cancers are extremely preventable when women have access to the proper gynecological care, O’Rourke said. Share the Health is a clinic based out of Madison Women’s Health, located near a bus line on Research Park Boulevard, O’Rourke said. The clinic is open the third Thursday evening of every month and is available to patients who are 18 or older, live in Dane County or bordering communities, are below 300 percent of the federal poverty level and do not have insurance, she said. It was important to offer services to women at a time and place that was convenient to them, O’Rourke said. She said the idea for Share

Legislature also recently passed a bill authored by Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, that would provide prosecutors with “additional tools” to charge perpetrators, which include eliminating non-consent as part of a definition of “traﬃcking.” “These victims are so psychologically abused that it’s hard to distinguish between whether or not they consented,” Loudenbeck said. Billings said she consulted both Johnson and Loudenbeck to see if they had included civil action as part of their provisions. Billings said she thinks her bill “sits nicely with other trafficking legislation,” by providing a financial component.

the Health was developed a little more than a year ago when she approached Mary Landry and inquired about where uninsured women in the Madison area have access to advanced gynecological care. O’Rourke found no such resource existed. Landry told her none existed and said she thought it was “very sad and very unfortunate.” O’Rourke and Landry said they reached out to various primary care free clinics in the area and asked if they could provide free gynecological care at their sites. Landry said they received negative responses because these clinics did not have the types of facilities to accommodate the necessary procedures. Landry said they realized they needed to set up a new clinic and they decided to model it after the free women’s health clinic at Loyola University of Chicago, where O’Rourke had done her training. O’Rourke said she wanted to give medical students the chance to get involved, learn about gynecology and

have the chance to care for patients. Share the Health has collaborated with a large portion of the Madison community, including Meriter Women’s Health, Meriter Hospital, OB-GYNs in the area and University of Wisconsin hospitals and clinics, she said. Landry said they have also joined forces with a large portion of the student community at UW, including law, medical and business school students. “In order for two doctors to pull this off in a year for nonprofit, it took a village,” Landry said. “We never could have done this without collaboration with UW undergraduate and graduate

students.” Landry said they have had more volunteers than they need for the next five years, an outpouring of support she said spoke wonderful things about the Madison community. Share the Health is currently applying for grants, and private donors have been the biggest source of funding so far, O’Rourke said. Landry and O’Rourke said that regardless of the recent health insurance policy changes, there will still be a need for these types of services for years to come and they are excited to have to clinic open and available to women in need.

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Wis. power plant to switch to natural gas Company will end dependence on coal in economic-driven move by early 2016 Charlie Burnett Herald Contributor Despite anticipated air quality improvements in downtown Milwaukee as the Valley Power Plant gears up to make its switch from coal to natural gas, company oﬃcials said the decision was solely business driven. Residents of downtown Milwaukee will soon see a major improvement in their air quality as We Energies’ Valley Power Plant, situated in the heart of Milwaukee, plans to make the switch from coal to natural gas.

In response to We Energies’ application for the switch, ﬁled in April 2013, the Public Service Commission gave the company the goahead Friday to begin its conversion at the Milwaukee power plant, which has been in operation since 1969. The changeover will take place in two parts, one turbine at a time, Barry McNulty, spokesperson for We Energies, said. “The plant has two turbines, and we can’t go without one of those in operation through this coming winter so we’ll have to do one at a time,” McNulty said, adding the project is expected to be completed by early 2016. Although the switch is a major victory for environmental groups

like Clean Wisconsin, McNulty said the switch was a business decision. Environmental concerns were not the “driving motivation” for the switch, he said. The Valley Power Plant supplies 280 megawatts of electricity to surrounding businesses and residences in downtown Milwaukee and steam that 400 local customers used for heating, laundry, sterilization and food processing, according to We Energies’ website. As the only coal burning plant in the state without modern pollution controls, the Valley Power Plant has become known for emitting high levels of mercury, smog and soot into the air surrounding the plant, a statement from

environmental group Clean Wisconsin said. Milwaukee has repeatedly been graded with an “F” grade for its high number of unhealthy air days by the American Lung Association, the statement said. “Thousands of people, including an estimated 30,000 Milwaukee County children with asthma, will soon be breathing cleaner air for many generations to come,” Katy Walter, Clean Energy Specialist with Clean Wisconsin, said in the statement. “Today’s authorization made it oﬃcial: Valley’s days are numbered as one of Wisconsin’s most notorious polluters.” A Clean Wisconsin report said these types of dangerous coal emissions can lead to several serious

health problems, including asthma attacks, heart attacks and strokes, which is cause for concern for the 24,000 Milwaukee residents living within one mile of the plant. Clean Wisconsin has worked closely with other organizations to bring about the power plant’s conversion, starting the “Cleaner Milwaukee Coalition,” which will oversee the transition. We Energies’ overall company emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, particulate matter and mercury have decreased by 80 percent since 2000, and this conversion is another step in the right direction environmentally, according to a statement released by We Energies. “As the EPA prepares to establish carbon rules, it is

extremely important for all of Wisconsin’s power plants and industrial facilities to take a serious look at the steps we can all take to reduce our dependency on coal,” Walter said. “The community’s work at Valley will undoubtedly have a significant impact on air quality, and it serves as a great example of the good that comes when dedicated people organize around the issues that affect us all.” These changes will beneﬁt the environment by cutting emissions without drastically affecting the plants function, McNulty said. Valley Power Plant will continue to produce 280 megawatts of power following the conversion, he said. Nyal Mueenuddin contributed to this report.

UW students to compete for national Hult prize Competition seeks solutions to prevent spread of disease, oﬀers $1M prize Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor Four University of Wisconsin engineering students will compete for the chance to win $1 million in an international competition to ﬁnd a way to stop the spread of diseases in urban slums. The competition is hosted by the Hult International Business School and the $1 million prize is supplied by the family of the entrepreneur and billionaire Bertil Hult, according to an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The team consists of a graduate student in medical physics, Jon Seaton, two mechanical engineering

seniors, Bimpe Olaniyan and Eric Ronning, and a chemical engineering senior, Cedric KovacsJohnson, according to a UW statement. “We are, of course, very honored to be selected to compete in the competition,” Olaniyan said. “Since the selection was based on our collective r ésumé and an essay, it is humbling that the Hult Prize organization thinks we have what it takes to be effective agents of change.” According to the statement, the team was chosen because of an excellent blending of background and experience that will allow the team to solve this years selected problem, which is how to reduce the spread of noncommunicable disease in urban slums. Two of every four deaths worldwide are a result of a non-communicable disease such as cardiovascular

disease, according to the statement. The team is now looking into problems related to the spread of noncommunicable diseases in urban slums, such as lack of transportation and lifestyle changes. Olaniyan said the team is still considering possible solutions, although no definite ideas have taken shape yet. “We have some ideas for solutions, but as engineers, it has been more important to us to really understand the context of the problem we are approaching in each relevant location,” she said. “The last thing we would want to do is come up with a ﬂashy solution that has no cultural applicability.” Olaniyan said the team is focused on developing a solution that will be applicable in reality. It is important that the solution be able to be implemented in a real town with real people, she said.

One winner selected from each regional competition will attend a summer program this summer to further develop the solution, and will then pitch it to a panel of judges that includes former President Bill Clinton, according to the article. The sole winner will receive $1 million of

seed capital, which will cover start-up and initial operating fees for the business, the Journal Sentinel reported. This seed capital will also serve to develop the proposed product and implement it in the speciﬁed region. Olaniyan said it does not take much to help change the world.

“All you need is a team of four or five students who want to make the world a better place,” Olaniyan said. “The city of Madison, as well as the campus, has plenty of those people.” The team will also travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil in early March to pitch its idea for the solution to a regional panel of judges.

UW College of Engineering The team of UW students will travel to Sao Paulo, Brazil in March as part of an international competition.

WIENER, page 1 point the Wienermobile visited a fire station, Segall said, describing how they dressed up the hot dog as a firefighter and gave rides to firefighters and their families. “The firefighters were so grateful that they actually let us stay in the ﬁre house and cooked us dinner,” Segall said. Carlson said the job is a lot of work and is not all fun

GSSF, page 1 while keeping segregated fees under control.” The Greater University Tutorial Service, Adventure Learning Program, Sex Out Loud, Badger Catholic and the Medieval Warriorcraft League are all GSSF groups that received more than $95,000 in student funds in 2013-2014. The committee is interested in “recycling” unused or surplus funds and is currently looking for groups to be able to return unused funds instead of spending them on things that are not necessary, Gardner said. This change would allow excess funding to be put back into other ASM budgets to support other facets of the university, he said. The direct service requirement for eligibility, which requires every student organization that receives segregated fee funding provide a direct, tangible service to the student body, could also face changes, Gardner said.

and games or as “glamorous” as one may think. Segall said among a hot dogger’s responsibilities are also pumping gas, reserving hotel rooms and getting to events on time. The 27-foot-long hot dog gets the approximate gas mileage of a small sport utility vehicle, Carlson said. Segall said it is important to be ready for anything. People will stop you on the street and tell you their life

stories, she said. Carlson said individuals who are interested in applying for this position should be ready for a long distance relationship with friends, family and signiﬁcant others. “Only one hot dogger is in a relationship right now,” Carlson said. “The management always jokes that if a relationship can last through a year in the Wienermobile then you’re ready to get married.”

There has been a lot of discussion about whether or not this requirement is allowing student organizations to reach their full potential, Gardner said. The response to proposed changes has been mostly positive, he said. “The committee has been discussing the true purpose of GSSF,” Gardner said. “It is imperative that student groups be able to perform their duties.” If this change is accepted it will allow student groups to better provide services that fit their mission statement, Maier said. However, the changes may fail to address the larger problems that GSSF faces, he said. The proposed changes are deeply flawed, Maier said. Nothing is stopping student segregated fees from “skyrocketing” because the current caps for an individual groups funding are not being adjusted, he said. If the current funding caps, ranging $100,000 to $175,000, are not changed, Maier said the GSSF could double from

its current balance of $1.4 million. “The model is still based on organizations providing supply before campus has justified a demand,” Maier said. “Until that is reversed, any attempt at ﬁxing the GSSF is the equivalence of putting a band-aid on a gaping wound.” The solution is for the GSSF to “turn upside down,” Maier said. ASM should be involved enough on campus that the group knows what students want and need, he said. This knowledge should help ASM create contracts and competitively bid those out to student groups, he said. This change would also allow ASM to be more relevant to the entire student body and have control over the budget, Maier said. “Students are sick of the political mess that is their student government, and this proposal does nothing to fix the broken system,” Maier said. “The idea certainly has some merits and strong points, but until we address the real problem we’ll never fully represent all students.”

Editorial Page Editors Briana Reilly and Garth Beyer breilly@badgerherald.com, gbeyer@badgerherald.com

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Get informed, get involved: your civic duty Madeline Sweitzer Columnist Upon checking social media on the morning of Jan. 29, I was dismayed to find that some people refused to watch the State of the Union due to partisanship or sheer ignorance. As someone who identifies as a libertarian, I don’t agree with most of President Barack Obama’s policies. However, I still managed to sit myself down and watch him give his yearly State of the Union address on Jan. 28. I didn’t agree with much of what he said and, as my roommate can attest to, I even found myself yelling, “Shut the fuck up!” to our president after a particularly bold statement related to drone usage. Watching the State of the Union wasn’t fun for me. It made me angry and frustrated beyond belief. Regardless, I watched it because watching the State of the Union isn’t about me or my political beliefs — it’s about active civic duty. Arguably the biggest way to exercise civic duty is by voting. Every major campaign season, college students see countless advertisements encouraging students to “do their civic duty” and register to vote.

Seeing as the voter turnout for the 18 to 24 year-old demographic has historically been among the lowest of all age demographics — according to the United Census Bureau, 18 to 24-year-olds saw less than a 50 percent turnout in presidential elections from 1996 to 2008 — it makes sense that these campaigns target voting specifically. However, the act of casting a ballot on Election Day means significantly less if the individual is not at least

minimally engaged with their civic duty the rest of the year. In other words, civic duty isn’t a one day kind of thing: It is something that needs to be actively exercised and the individuals themselves must be at least minimally informed to be meaningful activists. You don’t have to be pursuing a degree in political science or be a Washington insider to get the necessary information to cast a meaningful vote. In fact, being politically

informed doesn’t even have to be difficult. With the advent of social media, there has never been a time when we as a people have been more connected to our government than now. Figures ranging from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to local officials such as Mayor Paul Soglin are just a Twitter-search away, and last year Obama hosted a series of “Fireside Hangouts” via Google to answer questions directly from members of the public.

Furthermore, from discussion of student loan interest rates to debate over the availability of birth control, students have ample reason to care about what happens in the current political realm. The ageold adage holds true — if you don’t cast an informed vote, you forfeit the right to complain. Civic duty also encompasses listening to people we may not agree with. It is not fun but it is necessary. We will never be

How you can get involved • Use social media: follow and interact with politicians on Twitter and “like” public figures’ Facebook pages. • Stay informed by keeping up with current events (Read the Herald!) and listen to all sides of an issue. • Proudly exercise your right to vote in all elections.

truly informed of anything in politics if we are not able to listen to the opponent’s stance and actively question our own beliefs. We live in one of the most democratic countries on this earth. It is in this form of government where we have the ability to make our voices heard and our opinions matter. However, what our form of government demands in return for this opportunity is that its citizens are at least minimally educated on the political matters of our time so that we can accurately represent ourselves. Through social media, we have never been more connected to government officials — allowing us to have the necessary information at our convenience. If you want your vote in the upcoming April elections — or any election for that matter — to be truly meaningful then you need to put in the minimallyinvasive legwork well before you step into the voting booth and cast your ballot. Madeline Sweitzer (mcsweitzer@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism.

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End the student loan debt crisis

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Two roommates, who were brought together without the help of the Facebook app RoomSync, are living happily together in Ogg Residence.

Roommate stress: transition away from ‘blind dating’ selection process Abigail Zemach Columnist For those of us that chose to eschew the Madison apartment mad dash for the dorm life, today, Feb. 3, is a big deal. Today is the Notice of Intent deadline, which not only includes a statement of intent to move back into the university dorms, but also a roommate request. Few things in this world are as stressful as finding a roommate. Or, more simply, finding a relationship and judging it before it has started. During my first semester, I completely gave up and let the system set me up with a random roommate, which worked out unbelievably well. We are three completely different people. However, those differences really work in our favor and have given us all the opportunity to embrace college as an exploration of self, society and culture. We aren’t perfect and disagree on a range of topics because of our differences, but we have learned valuable skills in compromising and knowing when to just stop talking. We either had sheer dumb luck or had each taken a vial of

Horace Slughorn’s Felix Felicis from “Harry Potter” that enabled the computer system to bring us together. If the new University of Wisconsin Facebook app RoomSync had been available for me to scope out potential roomies before, I don’t know if I would have chosen them for myself. This is a blessing in disguise, as I have seen best friends come to school together and either isolate themselves from everyone else or explode at each other. Somehow the cosmos of the universe knew exactly what to do. But how does one choose a roommate, choose a friend, out of the blue for themselves? I would be devastated if a random computer program was better able to pair two numbers than I am in finding a person to get along with. This is the first time UW has provided a program to help students staying in dorms find potential roommates. It has a typical questionnaire about sleeping, studying and eating habits. While most of those answers seem easy enough, as I clicked through I wondered to myself which things I lied

about. Intentionally or idealistically, there is a little bit of fiction to every piece of truth. Perhaps I say I am neater than reality or my study habits were as studious as I wished; perhaps I am trying to find a roommate I hoped I could be in college and not who I necessarily am. But if you are too dishonest, you attract people who will only grow to loathe you because they were honest about going to bed at 10:30 p.m., and you go to bed at 3 a.m. unabashedly. A profile needs balance between “totally cool livable roommate” and someone who will definitely wear gingerbread pajamas. My struggle was to find a place between being honest about being myself and convincing someone that I’m normal enough to live with for a year. I found my current roommate solely based on the habits we put online. When we were face to face, I did not know what to say to about my interests or favorite activities. Respectful bedtime habits were on repeat in my head. Do I tell them that I break into random song? Do I tell them I make jokes no one understands? I’ve never stopped to think what makes a relevant

basis for companionship. Suddenly I had to evaluate a relationship before I was even in it. Searching for a roommate has caused me to consider if we can pick friends for ourselves or if they simply surprise us. I’ve had friends in my life selected for me and it never turns out as well as the ones that appear in my life by luck. So which type is a roommate? After meeting with my roommate for next year, I find she is a bit of both. She is someone that appeared out of a sea of options and she is someone that was chosen for me by a computer program. We know the basics in the ways we are the same and will discover more ways we converge and diverge as we go through the next year. Or I might find out that a random algorithm on a computer is smarter than I am. For all dorm dwellers, we have to wait until fall to prove our superiority over the main frame. This obstacle is in our rearview mirror. All that’s left is to move on, Wisconsin. Abigail Zemach (zemach@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in food science.

Last year, student loan debt surpassed the $1 trillion mark, making it the most burdensome form of debt in the nation other than home mortgages. Now, just a year later, total outstanding student loan debt in this nation amounts to $1.2 trillion and counting. The amount owed on student loans in the United States is greater than that of household credit card and auto loan debt combined. At the University of Wisconsin, the average undergraduate student owes $27,000 in student loans. These numbers are embarrassing for us, as Wisconsinites and as Americans. A college education is a growing necessity in today’s economy, and saddling students with lifelong debt can be a devastating blow to graduates’ personal finances. It restricts our ability upon graduation to pursue our true passions. But the burden of student loan debt goes beyond just student borrowers: It hurts our entire economy. As borrowers are forced to spend significant amounts of their pay to meet minimum payments on outstanding loans, they forego other spending that would spur economic recovery. Research from One Wisconsin Now shows individuals who owe on student loans are less likely to purchase new cars and are more likely to rent instead of buy — perhaps because they are spending an average of $388, or the equivalent of a car payment, to meet their student loan obligations. As student loan borrowers have a significant portion of their monthly income tied to inescapable student debt payments, this is unsurprising. Forcing debt on those who cannot afford tuition hurts our university’s ability to offer affordable education to all, and it hurts local businesses that are losing the potential support of these borrowers. The Dane County Board understands this,

and that’s why last week we unanimously passed a resolution that does our own small part in alleviating the problem. The resolution ensures county employees are aware of and can take advantage of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. However, the county cannot change national or statewide education funding policies. That’s why the resolution also called for Congress to pass HR 3047, co-sponsored by our Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, which would allow for borrowers to refinance their student loan debt. In the meantime, the state should take action to provide relief to borrowers through common sense measures like the Higher Ed, Lower Debt bill. As sponsors of this county resolution, we hope to add momentum to efforts currently ongoing at the federal, state and grassroots level to solve our student loan debt crisis. And, as fellow students and alumni, we hope you will join us in these efforts and urge your representatives to pass these bills at the state and federal level. Together, we can push through sensible, humane policies that boost our economy, increase the accessibility of our higher education and unshackle students to make the life decisions they so desire. We can all help make this a reality right now. The Higher Ed, Lower Debt bill will have a hearing at the State Capitol this Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m., Room 400SE. We encourage all to attend and tell your stories on student loan debt to our legislators to ensure they make the right decision for students and for all. Leland Pan (Pan. Leland@countyofdane. com) is a Dane County Board supervisor representing District 5 and a fourth-year UW student. Jenni Dye (dye.jennifer@ countyofdane.com) is a Dane County Board supervisor representing District 33 and a graduate of the UW Law School.

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Southern band warms Madison Blackberry Smoke brings beards, chill country rock despite brief rocky start Leondardo Mainardis ArtsEtc. Writer People say they like them just because they “do it in that good-old way.” They keep it simple: no synthesizers, no games with lights—just simple, Southern, long-bearded rock ‘n’ roll. This seems to be Blackberry Smoke’s recipe for its Fire in the Hole Tour. Folks in the crowd like their songs because they remind them of that relaxed, Southern countryside where each one of us at least once has dreamt of migrating during the cold winter. And yes, they definitely did bring some Southernwarmth Friday night at the Majestic Theatre after an energetic opening performance by the talented band The Delta Saints. However, there is a but, and it’s not due to the incense the band used to bless the stage before the show. It’s 10 p.m. and, drumroll, the smoky quintet comes on stage. Blackberry Smoke lost some points with the opening, maybe because of the acoustics, or maybe because of the band’s bored-looking bass player Richard Turner. Maybe it was because of too much beer (or not enough) in the crowd, or maybe because of the band’s strategic choices on the opener. The gig wasn’t a blast at first. Luckily enough, however, after a bit of warming up the true nature of the shy Blackberries came out.

They didn’t disappoint the Madisonian public that has been there for them since their last tour in 2002. With their great ballads and easy-going attitude, they finally did connect with the crowd as any lingering doubts about their performance faded away. With a decade of experience, 250 concerts a year and several collaborations with big names such as ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd, these blue collar dudes earned their fan base one-by-one. One of the band’s best qualities is its skills in making a mix out of different styles of music (from gospel to country with a squeeze of bluegrass and some arena rock on the side), yet keeping it simple and homemade. And they surely did have fun at the Majestic. The jingling frontman Charlie Starr and a sparkling Brandon Still at the keyboard engaged more than one lady in the crowd in free-spirited dancing. In the end, also grumpy Mr. Turner at the bass guitar showed a big 32-teeth smile. Finally! It seems like living on the open road and playing in the most remote parts of the U.S. for years hasn’t been a big deal for these country boys. Even though there have been highs and lows throughout the years, rocking out and getting a straight job has never been in their repertory. They would probably agree with that; after all, the show must go on.

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures This year is seeing an onslaught of religious and mythological films, including Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,” a fresh take on the awe-inspiring tale.

Religious films making comeback Spencer Semonson Class Critic Columnist Religion remains one of the most divisive topics in any culture, but the one thing that many people can agree on is that the stories passed through the years remain epic and awe-inspiring. Whether the tales are of morality or even just of the sheer power of a larger figure, world religions often play a large part in our lives and have true staying power. Though you may not be knowledgeable in world religions or the stories that accompany these customs and traditions, they are ingrained in the culture around us and are inescapable. Whether it’s through reference, satire or your own personal belief system, these stories touch us, often in our darkest times. It’s this sentimentality and belief that makes movie studios see dollar signs and oftentimes make adaptations of religious stories for the big screen. Some of the biggest and most beloved screen classics have been Biblical adaptations from classic stories or events. Carl Dreyer’s “The Passion of Joan of Arc” traces the story of the martyr Joan of Arc, through her time leading an army against the English and her eventual demise. The beauty of silent film and her poetic death was the first instance

of a film portraying the religious and the beauteous at once. It stands the test of time as a film classic and as a testament to the power of black and white filmmaking. Several other adaptations were produced, on a grander scale, including Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments.” These two stories, already retold through countless generations, are very highly adapted, even recently. Larger, more melodramatic films diluted the market throughout the ‘50s and ‘60s, and we have turned back to this gimmick recently. With the release of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” religious films have turned more to realism and less to the drama and action of the past. This year is especially full of adaptations of Biblical stories. Darren Aronofsky has directed a film featuring a very futuristic and actionpacked adaptation of the story of Noah’s Ark, called “Noah,” featuring a bearded Russell Crowe as the titular character. Also coming into theaters this year is a Ridley Scott-helmed adaption called “Exodus” featuring Christian Bale as Moses. While “Noah” seems to promise intrigue and cataclysmic results, “Exodus” looks more like the historical epics that Charlton Heston dominated more than 50 years ago. Also

coming wout this year is a Spanish-language depiction of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, entitled “Son of God,” which seems to focus more on the love and hospitality of his life than the terrors of his death. While Biblical stories are still being shown in either realistic or moral approaches, Greek mythology has been boiled down to mundane action films, a trend which started with “Clash of the Titans” back in the ‘80s. While that film was adapted for the new millennium and given a sequel, the trend it kick-started has become commonplace in the theater this year. Even more of a trend is the use of the demigod Hercules as inspiration. Not one but two films featuring the son of Zeus are hitting theaters, one simply called “Hercules,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and another coming out this week called “The Legend of Hercules,” starring Kellan Lutz. Both films reject realism or historical accuracy and instead focus on action and bloodshed. Even more pivotal in that regard is the highly anticipated sequel “300: There and Back Again,” which deals with the battle for Sparta. Recently, a trend in documentary filmmaking has been to turn to the religious masses in this country to dissect the beliefs and fervor.

The critically-lauded “Jesus Camp” is a 2006 documentary that details the indoctrination of children and how effectual it is in keeping hysteria alive. Bill Maher’s “Religulous” deals with atheism and non-believers who find religion destructive. More contemporary and less driven by the state of Christianity is the film “Kumare.” A filmmaker, sick of listening to the diatribes of gurus in India and finding their methods and deceit wanting, pretends to be an Indian yogi and gains a following. While the film does not speak ill of organized religion, it stays in the same vein as other documentaries of its kind, seeking truth for those who follow blindly. While it may seem uncouth for these new adaptations to take religion and warp it to create a new kind of story, these films have been a long time coming. Last year’s fairy tale adaptations were a popular trend because the often-told stories needed a fresh perspective and added drama. So here comes the year of the religious film trend, which has adapted the dusty old stories of the Biblical canon and shown them to fresh, young eyes. Changing the story to be bolder and more adult only shows a new generation the guts and glory of what made these tales famous in the first place.

Sinister Resonance hits Rath Tyler Folkedahl Campus Editor I walked into the Rathskeller Friday evening not really knowing what to expect. All I knew about Sinister Resonance was that they were a multi-genre group experimenting with anything from hard rock to smooth jazz. I took a seat near the area where they would play and was a bit surprised to see a group of middle-aged men. The name Sinister Resonance brought to mind ideas of teenagers still grappling with the ideas of punk rock and an 11 p.m. curfew. People began to trickle in as start time approached, and the house was almost full by the time they started. They eased into their

first song without any announcement, opening with a haunting keyboard melody and simplistic bass that sat pleasantly between background noise and attention-grabbing. About halfway through the song, Mark Hetzler, the band trombonist, came in full force with an electric mute screwed into his instrument, blaring raspy notes that echoed throughout the hall. This, in partnership with Vincent Fuh’s piano playing, Nick Moran’s bass strumming and Todd Hames’ drumming, brought the audience to full attention. Sinister Resonance is truly a multi-genre band. They didn’t just flip back and forth between two different genres; they covered it all, ranging from hard rock to

smooth jazz to, believe it or not, 13th century chants. And they did it well. Each song was unique and different, but they all felt tied together by a common sound. On top of that, they managed to do it without any vocals, something not commonly found outside of classical music in today’s scene. Along with their stellar sound and musicianship, you could really tell that these guys loved to play. Hetzler introduced each song, typically following it with a bit of background or a short anecdote relating it to their personal lives, showing a real connection to the music they played. They all got into it while they played, bobbing and swinging along with the music. Sinister Resonance is

a truly fitting name for this group and its sound. The theme that brought this group together was a feeling of mystery and suspense in all of its pieces that can best be described as sinister. Their music is absolutely cinematic, and they painted a picture of shadowy beauty as it swelled to fill the room. Hetzler encountered a bit of technical difficulty with the electric mute midway through the set, but he rolled with it and played without it for a song until he was able to get it back into working condition. Despite this small issue, the show was still excellent. Sinister Resonance brought a relaxed atmosphere, but the physical signs of its enjoyment were clearly evident.

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FEBRUARY

With only the Academy Awards left, the release of films in theaters slowly starts to decline in quality and quantity. Most audiences are likely exhausted from the recent months of strong releases, but as February starts to set in, here are a few films to keep that excitement for cinema ignited. Ranging from a historical story to an

MOVIE PREVIEW

LABOR DAY, in theaters Kate Winslet (“Contagion”) plays a depressed single mom whose life gets turned upside down when she and her son unknowingly open their home to a recently-escaped convict played by Josh Brolin (“Gangster Squad”). As the two characters, along with Winslet’s son (Gattlin Griff ith, “Green Lantern”) try to star t a life hidden from the public, stories and rumors star t to spread. While trying to determine how to sor t every thing out, their time becomes limited, even as their love grows strong. The f ilm also stars Tobey Maguire (“The Great Gatsby”), Clark Gregg (“The Avengers”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”). The f ilm seems to offer a powerful story of family, risk and love that many will enjoy.

THE MOMUMENTS MEN, Feb. 7 “The Monuments Men” is a true historical story based on a ragtag group of ar tists brought together from around the world to reclaim European ar t previously stolen by the Nazis during World War II. Directed by, written by and starring George Clooney (“Gravity”), the f ilm also includes a diverse set of actors, including Matt Damon (“Elysium”), Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”), Jean Dujardin (“The Ar tist”) and favorite old-timers Bill Murray (“Moonrise Kingdom”) and John Goodman (“Argo”). The f ilm tells an intriguing story about individuals going to ex treme lengths at some of Europe’s darkest times in order to return impor tant historical pieces of ar t to their rightful owners. Hype has been growing around the f ilm for a few months, and it should offer the strongest performances of February.

animated feature to many romantic films appropriate for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, here is The Badger Herald’s February movie preview.

THE LUNCHBOX, Feb. 28 An Indian romance f ilm and winner of the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at the Cannes Film Festival, “The Lunchbox” tells the love story of two individuals communicating through letters. These two people star t to build a fantasy life after accidentally sending each other notes through Mumbai’s “dabbawalla” system, a real-life ser vice in India that helps to transpor t hot food in lunch boxes from residences to workplaces. The f ilm’s main star is Irr fan Khan, whose former roles include par ts in acclaimed f ilms “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Life of Pi.” A major contender for the India nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, “The Lunchbox” is a f ilm all audiences should see.

WINTER’S TALE, Feb. 14 An upcoming supernatural drama f ilm based on the novel of the same name by Mark Helprin, “Winter’s Tale” stars Colin Farrell (“Saving Mr. Banks”) as Peter Lake, a thief interrupted during one of his burglaries when he sees Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay, “Downton Abbey”) and instantly falls in love. However, Penn has a secret, and when Lake learns of a personal unknown gift, he may just be the only person who can help her. The f ilm also reunites “A Beautiful Mind” writer Akiva Goldsman, actor Russell Crowe and actress Jennifer Connelly. The cinematography of the f ilm looks beautiful, and fans of the impossible romance should be pleased.

THE WIND RISES, Feb. 21 From Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away,” “Kiki’s Delivery Ser vice”), “The Wind Rises” has created huge buzz in the world of animation f ilm. Currently up for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the top grossing f ilm of Japan in 2013, this new f ilm by Miyazaki tells the life story of Jiro Horikoshi, a designer of f ighter planes during World War II. The voice cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Don Jon”), Stanley Tucci (“The Fifth Estate”) and Emily Blunt (“The Five-Year Engagement”), along with many A-list stars. The f ilm looks exciting for all audiences and could potentially become Miyazaki’s best f ilm yet.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Monday, February 3, 2014

Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Michael Mersch added to his team-leading goal total with a score Saturday night at Michigan, giving the forward 14 goals on the season through 26 games. Mersch was one of three Badgers to score on the weekend.

Wisconsin leaves Ann Arbor with single point Badgers fall 3-1 in opening game, tie Wolverines 2-2 in Saturday’s finale Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor With two key players missing from the lineup in the first road series since the end of November, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team faced an imposing task when it traveled to Michigan over the weekend to take on the 12th-ranked Wolverines. After sweeping the first series between the two squads, No. 9 Wisconsin (14-8-2 overall, 5-4-1-0 Big Ten) dropped Friday’s game 3-1 but salvaged a 2-2 tie Saturday night to earn one point in the Big Ten standings. Although the Badgers only came away with one of the six possible points in the weekend against the Wolverines (13-6-3, 5-2-11), Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves remained optimistic under the circumstances. “We’ll take the one point, put it in our hip pocket and go home,” Eaves said after Saturday’s tie. “In some ways it was a moral point for us, being a little shorthanded and finding a way to give ourselves a chance to get ourselves more than one point but getting one point—the guys rose to the occasion today.” In the series, Wisconsin was tasked with playing without two of its top-

four goal scorers in Nic Kerdiles and Tyler Barnes. Kerdiles, who is fourth on the team with eight goals on the season, has now missed the last three series after sustaining a shoulder injury in the Jan. 4 game against Alaska Anchorage. Meanwhile, Barnes sat out this weekend, making the games only the second and third he has missed in his career after he injured his shoulder in the late moments of the Jan. 25 loss to Ohio State at the Kohl Center. Without two of the key offensive pieces, Wisconsin struggled to put the puck in the back of the net throughout the course of the two games, scoring only three goals. But despite a lack of offensive production, the Badgers fought toe-to-toe with the Wolverines in the 2-2 tie Saturday night that eventually ended in Wisconsin’s first shootout of Big Ten play. Following a scoreless first period of play, Wisconsin struck first on a highlight reel goal from senior winger Michael Mersch 1 minute, 2 seconds into the second stanza. After working the puck free along the right half boards, defenseman Joe Faust fed Mersch on the right goal line near the goal mouth. Mersch proceeded to play a nolook, behind-the-back pass to himself between the legs of Michigan defenseman Kevin Clare, which he then slid past Michigan goaltender Zach Nagelvoort (25 saves). “It

was just one of those plays around the net,” Mersch said about his team-leading 15th goal of the season. “I’m always sitting around the net, so when you have something like that and you have a defender on your hip you want to make a move to the net. It was just split instinct move there and it worked out for me.” A little more than nine minutes later, the Wolverines came back to tie the score at one when Tyler Motte, who had two goals in the series, collected a rebound and fired it past Wisconsin

We’ll take the one “point, put it in our hip pocket and go home.

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Mike Eaves Wisconsin Coach

netminder Joel Rumpel (39 saves). Wisconsin would respond at the 16:14 mark of the second after an interesting sequence of play. Only moments before, it appeared Michigan had taken a 2-1 lead on a goal off the rush from defenseman Andrew Sinelli. However, after the officials reviewed the goal, they determined Sinelli had made contact with Rumpel before the puck trickled over the goal-line and disallowed

the goal. That set the stage for Wisconsin’s Mark Zengerle who chased down a loose puck in the neutral zone and raced past Derek DeBlois in the process. DeBlois was left no choice but to pull down Zengerle, forcing a penalty shot to be awarded to Zengerle. Zengerle capitalized on the chance, beating Nagelvoort five-hole for the 2-1 lead. Wisconsin went to the second intermission still leading and came out in the third trying to hold on for the win, but Michigan would not be denied in the final frame. The Wolverines outshot the Badgers 12-2 in the third period, with Luke Moffat tallying the equalizer with 12 minutes, 58 seconds to go in the game. Neither team would score the rest of the way, forcing a 5-minute overtime session in which Wisconsin put six shots on net, doubling Michigan’s three chances. But even though Wisconsin tripled its shots from the third period, none of them found twine, ending the game in a 2-2 draw. With the new format of Big Ten play this season, the game descended into a shootout, where Michigan notched the only goal coming from Moffatt to pick up an extra point in the Big Ten standings. That extra point puts Michigan one point ahead of Wisconsin and moved the

Wolverines into second place. Even in the shootout loss, Wisconsin seemed to have a surge of momentum in the lategoing Saturday, which was similar to how the series began Friday night. The first game of the series saw the Badgers equal the Wolverines with 13 shots on goal in the first period. However, Michigan scored on two of those chances to take a 2-0 lead into the first break, and those two goals were all it would need to put the Badgers away. Wisconsin seemingly controlled play in the first 10 minutes, but once again it was Motte who broke through for Michigan, pounding home a rebound at the 13:10 mark of the first period to sway the tide in favor of the Wolverines. Only one minute and 20 seconds later, Michigan would strike again. After Sean Little failed to put home a point-blank one-timer, Michigan’s Alex Guptill broke out of his own zone on a breakaway and beat Rumpel, who finished with 31 saves, for what was the eventual gamewinning goal. The first goal, followed by the failed scoring opportunity for Little and subsequent Michigan goal turned the tide in the Wolverines favor and put Wisconsin in a hole it could not escape. “I thought all four lines were

getting scoring chances. We were outplaying them, winning races and battles but we just couldn’t find the back of the net in the first 10 [minutes]. They popped a couple of quick ones and we just lost our energy from there,” Little said. Michigan would score again just over 12 minutes into the second period, causing Eaves to use his timeout to settle down his players. Wisconsin regrouped and responded with a goal from Joseph LaBate just a minute and one second later, but the Badgers could not find the net the rest of the way as the 3-1 final score held up over the final period and change. As Eaves commented following Saturday’s game, his team did not attain its goal by only grabbing one point on the weekend, but the performance considering the circumstances provided a learning opportunity heading into the remainder of Big Ten play and a home matchup against No. 1 Minnesota this Thursday and Friday. “I think we were disappointed. I thought [Friday] night we didn’t play to the level we were capable of and everyone keeps talking about having those two guys out. That doesn’t matter. We rose to the occasion tonight. Coming in here and doing that with what we had is something we could use in the future,” Eaves said.

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Big 10 Men’s Basketball Scoreboard

Indiana hands Michigan 1st Big Ten Loss STANDINGS Big Ten

No. 10 Michigan 52, Indiana 63

No. 15 Iowa 81, Illinois 74

No. 7 Michigan State 60, Georgetown 64

Indiana shot 54 percent as Yogi Ferrell scored 27 points (7-8 from three) in home upset of Michigan. The loss in Bloomington is the Wolverine’s first conference loss of the season.

Illinois over came an early 21-point deficit to lead by one with just over 10 minutes left in the second half, but Gabriel Olaseni’s career night with 15 points and 12 rebounds was enough to secure the Hawkeyes’ sixth conference win.

Without Adreian Payne and Branden Dawson available, Gary Harris carried the brunt of the Spartans’ offense with 20 points but it wasn’t enough to hold of Georgetown, which snapped its five-game losing skid.

All

Michigan

8-0

16-4

Michigan State

8-1

19-3

Iowa

6-3

17-5

Northwestern

5-5

12-11

Ohio State

4-5

17-5

Wisconsin

4-5

17-5

Minnesota

4-5

15-7

Purdue 68, Penn State 79

Northwestern 55, Minnesota 54

Indiana

3-5

13-8

Purdue

3-5

13-8

Nebraska

3-5

11-9

Penn State

2-6

11-10

A.J. Hammons’ 18 points wasn’t enough to prevent Purdue’s fourth straight loss as Penn State’s D.J. Newbill and Tim Frazier scored 19 and 18 points in the home win.

Illinois

2-7

13-9

Minnesota missed a layup and a tip-in in the final seconds that would have lifted the Golden Gophers to victory. The Big Ten’s active leading scorer, Drew Crawford, led Northwestern with 17 points in the Wildcats’ third-straight conference win.

BURY, page 12 memory when it comes to the free throw line, so if I miss I start over at zero for zero and try to knock the next ones down.” Trouble from downtown While troubles at the free throw line are nothing new for a Wisconsin team that hit just 64 percent of its shots from the line last year, struggling to convert from beyond the three-point arc is a unique problem for this Badger team. In its last 100 attempts from three-point territory, Wisconsin has hit just 27 of them including a then-season-worst result against Northwestern last Wednesday where the Badgers went 5 for 24 from beyond the arc. Saturday wasn’t much

different for Wisconsin going up against the best three-point defending team in the Big Ten as the Badgers hit only three of its shot from deep on 17 attempts (17.6 percent) — a new season low. Wisconsin was able to find clean looks on kick outs and swings along the perimeter, but couldn’t get the ball to go down. “I have a hard time fi guring out how in the last two games we didn’t knock down more perimeter shots. That I don’t understand,” head coach Bo Ryan said.”Guys have to be able to step up and hit shots and obviously we didn’t. We miss some free throws, missed some wideopen shots for threes. If you expect to be on the left hand side you have to make

some of those.” Shooting has been a problem for Wisconsin in its last two losses shooting 32.3 percent from the field and just 19.5 percent from three-point range. Ryan accounts for shooting as the major reason for the Badgers’ recent slide that has dropped them to sixth in the Big Ten. “In the last two games [the difference] has basically been the shots,” Ryan said. “I thought we had a great blend of inside, outside, but we have some guys who have some deficiencies and they show and other teams have exploited those. So, the guys that that’s happening to have to get better, which is what we’re still trying to do.”

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Josh Gasser was only one of two Badgers to connect from beyond the arc as Wisconsin went 3-17 from deep.

EXPOSURE, page 12 Before a few seasons ago, Wisconsin had no alum that went on to become marquee NFL players, instead it may have been more famous for producing one of the bigger busts at the running back position with Ron Dayne’s struggle to produce at the next level. But now with the likes of JJ Watt and Russell Wilson grabbing the attention of the national eye, the Badgers’ NFL brand is growing. In the past, Wisconsin

Just watch the “Super Bowl. It’s like free advertising for us.

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Barry Alvarez Athletic Director

wasn’t seen as a place for players to go, outside of offensive lineman, if you had dreams of taking the NFL by storm. UW holds more of a mantra of a place that recruits players that fit into its system and become solid

and consistent collegiate players that no one outside of the state will know about but still play an important part in the team’s success. Much like the Wisconsin men’s basketball team that takes so called “no name” players and develops them to fit the system, they play an important role in the team, graduate and move on with their lives, UW may suffer from that sort of perception. Not that it can’t sign highly rated recruits — I am aware who Melvin Gordon is. About a month ago, Wisconsin lost out on the recruiting battle to get five-star running back Joe Mixon, who chose Oklahoma, although Wisconsin was in his final three schools. Not that having a bunch of players in the Super Bowl is going to automatically change the fortunes in recruiting campaigns like this, but again, it can’t hurt. A major selling point Oklahoma offered Mixon was the fact that Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is his favorite NFL player and Peterson played for the

Sooners in college. So who’s to say there isn’t a young quarterback somewhere who watched Wilson win the Super Bowl and accept the Lombardi Trophy with the class that he has exhibited throughout his entire football career, tabbed him as his favorite player and will follow in his footsteps to Wisconsin? The fact is that former Wisconsin players’ success in the NFL translates into a stronger brand, which widens the recruiting net. One of the first things up and coming football players are asked is “Who is your favorite player?” or “Who would you say your game is similar to?” You have to believe Wilson gained some more young fans Sunday night that will strive to reach the heights he met in MetLife Stadium. Wisconsin was already starting to make strides at the recruiting end after reaching threestraight Rose Bowls, but now with recognizable names and one fresh Super Bowl ring, the Badgers’ recruiting list may have just gotten a little longer.

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Wisconsin’s oﬀense explodes for 82 points Eric Kohlbeck Women’s Basketball Writer The talents of redshirt junior Michala Johnson are well known not just by the Wisconsin women’s basketball team, but across the Big Ten. Michala Johnson came into Sunday’s game against Ohio State as the team’s leading scorer, averaging 16.1 points per game and ranked second on the team in rebounds, hauling in 7.4 per game. Sunday, however, she had a running mate in the frontcourt in junior forward Jacki Gulczynski. Both Gulczynski and Michala Johnson were dominant, causing Ohio State headaches all day as they paced the Badgers in both scoring and rebounding in their 82-71 win over the Buckeyes. For Gulczynski, her scoring effort started early on for UW as she had 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting (2-3 three-point) in just the first half. Gulczynski scored on a layup at the 13 minute mark and would go on to score 12 of the next 16 points for the Badgers to give them a 28-17 lead. Gulczynski credits her teammates for the ability to get her the ball, which allowed her to keep shooting lights out in the first half. She finished the game with 21 points, a game-high and tied for career-high 15 rebounds, and four blocks. “Our teammates are great at noticing who has the hot hand,” Gulczynski said. “Often it’s Michala [Johnson], Taylor [Wurtz]. Sometimes it’s going to be me or Morgan [Paige]. It’s just team recognition of who has the hot hand. We just know who to get the ball to.” In a much more

ROLLS, page 12 the Badgers scoring with a three from the corner to tie the game at three points 3 minutes and 29 seconds into the game. She then knocked down a three from the left wing to extend the Badgers lead to 15-7. She picked up a loose ball under her own hoop, drew a foul and laid it in with her weak hand. Gulczynski’s free throw on the other side of the andone put the Badgers up 28-17, the largest lead of the game to that point. She finished the first half with 15 points, and to go with her 15 boards through the full 40 minutes, tying her career-high. Michala Johnson was not on the court for much

common occurrence, Michala Johnson wrecked havoc for the opposing team down low, especially in the second half. Getting her second foul with 11 minutes, 20 seconds left in the first half, which forced her to the bench, she only managed five points and two rebounds in the first 20 minutes of play. However, things changed in the second half as she went off for 16 points and grabbed another five rebounds. Much like Gulczynski’s run in the first half, Michala Johnson had a run of her own. Starting with an offensive rebound and put back with 15:23 remaining in the second half, Michala Johnson would proceed to score 12 of the next 16 points for the Badgers and push their lead to 6745. She ended the night with 21 points (9-for-15 FG) and seven rebounds, despite the early foul trouble. “My main thing coming into the second half was don’t get the third foul, don’t get in foul trouble” Michala Johnson said. “Like I said before, my Kirby Wright The Badger Herald points and scoring will After failing to score in the first half, Taylor Wurtz got the hot hand in the second half scoring 17 points in the final 20 minutes of the game. come, so my main focus is rebounding, boxing be when both Gulczynski to post up, and that gives the boards, and with her out, just not trying to get she did get to the freethrow line. She’s tall, so and Michala Johnson [Johnson] a break. She 15 rebound day Sunday, that third foul.” are playing at such a doesn’t have to try and do she now has 10-plus With Michala Johnson’s she was at least able to high level. It can really it all by herself in there.” rebounds in five games foul trouble in the first stand and put her hands open things up for For Michala Johnson this season. half, her sister, freshman up. But some of it is she’s Wisconsin, as evidenced and Gulczynski, Sunday’s It hasn’t happened in Malayna Johnson, not a great scorer, so you game was a continuation every game this season, stepped up, logging eight lose some [scoring] when Sunday. Redshirt senior but if the Badgers can minutes of play and [Michala Johnson] goes Taylor Wurtz reaped the of the success they have benefits of the Badgers’ found over the past few have outputs from scoring five points. Four out.” Kelsey was pleased inside play, scoring all games. In her last two Michala Johnson and of her points came from the foul-line, much to the with the frontcourt play 17 of her points in the games, Michala Johnson Gulczynski like they did has scored 26 and 21 Sunday, they can play like approval of Badger head overall for UW Sunday. second half. Gulczynski and Michala “[Gulczynski] is a little points respectively, one of the best teams in coach Bobbie Kelsey. bit of a mismatch,” Kelsey and with Sunday’s the Big Ten. But for now, “They were,” Johnson scored over half said. “So when they put performance, she now Kelsey and the rest of the Kelsey said about the of Wisconsin’s points importance of Malayna’s with 42 and accounted a big on her, we’re just has reached the 20-point Badgers, are just happy going to throw it back mark nine times this the frontcourt’s effort minutes. “Malayna for 22 of the 49 rebounds. out. They put a little one season. Gulczynski helped end their four doesn’t have a whole Kelsey recognized how on her, we’re just going remains dominant on game losing streak. bunch of experience, but successful the team can

of the first half after she picked up two quick fouls. She was forced to sit with 11:20 remaining in the first half and was replaced by her younger sister, freshman Malayna Johnson. The freshman forward pitched in five points, including her first field goal in her collegiate career. She held down the fort in the paint against bigger bodies, and the Badgers headed to the locker room with a 36-28 lead at halftime. The second half was a different story in terms of production. Gulczynski only scored six points in the second half. Senior Taylor Wurtz had a silent first half, shooting 0-5 from the field (0-4 from behind the arc) and had

no points. She came out of the tunnel for the second half possessed racking up 17 points in just one half. Wurtz also pulled down 14 rebounds and added three steals. “Jacki and Taylor were monsters on the boards, defensively [rebounding] and on the offensive boards,” Kelsey said. Wisconsin tallied 16 offensive rebounds and outrebounded Ohio State 49-34. Michala Johnson, still in foul trouble, went to work down low in the second half as well. She finished the game with 21 points, tied with Gulczynski for the game high, and had seven rebounds. Wurtz and Michala Johnson were the duo for

Wisconsin (17-5) FG-A FT-A RB A PF TO PTS 2-6 1-6 4-9 2-9 2-5 6-7 0-0 1-3

0-0 6-6 3-4 3-4 2-4 5-11 0-0 0-0

4 5 7 2 6 5 0 0

1 3 0 1 0 1 1 0

3 1 0 2 3 2 0 3

4 8 13 7 7 17 0 2

1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0

Ohio State (17-5) FG-A FT-A RB A PF TO PTS Ross Thompson Williams Craft Smith Jr. Loving Scott Della Valle McDonald

3-6 1-3 3-6 2-4 1-7 0-2 4-10 4-8 3-3

6-6 0-0 3-6 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-1

1 0 6 4 10 0 4 3 1

0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0

4 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 3

I feel like we really “needed this win and I was going to do whatever it takes.

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Taylor Wurtz WIsconsin guard

which she converted. Michala Johnson knocked down a pair of free throws, something she has been working on, and

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BOX SCORE Dekker Kaminsky Brust Jackson Gasser Hayes Dukan Koenig

a 16-5 run early in the second half that propelled the Badgers to victory. Wurtz started the run by nailing a three for her first points of the game. Then, she drove hard to the basket for an and-one,

1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

13 2 9 7 2 0 9 11 6

anticipated by Craft and the UW guard gained zero separation from the all-Big Ten defender. Jackson picked up his dribble at the top of the key, passing to Dekker when LaQuinton Ross jumped in his way. With little more than one second left, Dekker had to rush the shot, fading off balance to his right. When the ball hit the floor, Wisconsin had lost its third consecutive game at the Kohl Center and its fourth since starting the season 16-0. It was their first three-game home losing streak since the 1997-1998 season. “To lose here is a little different then the last few years,” UW guard Josh Gasser said. “If you don’t bring it for a full 40 minutes that’s what is going to happen, no matter where you’re playing, no matter who you’re playing.” Ohio State led for just seven minutes and 38 seconds Saturday afternoon, but was never far from it as

Wisconsin’s largest lead — eight points — dwindled halfway through the first half. With Wisconsin leading by four and less than four minutes remaining, Jackson sunk beneath a double screen, giving Craft his most open look of the day, where he made his first shot of the day, a threepointer to cut the Wisconsin lead to one. On the next possession he shook Hayes off the dribble for a layup, adding a pair of free throws 90 seconds later for the Ohio State lead. Those seven points were all Craft would contribute to the box score outside of four assists and two steals, but they were eventually all Ohio State needed. Ross led the Buckeyes with 13 points while Amedeo Della Valle added 11 off the bench. If it weren’t for Craft pulling it out for the Buckeyes, the story would have centered on Hayes, an Ohio native. For most of the second half, Hayes was the focal point of UW’s offense,

then another Wurtz layup and three had Wisconsin up 49-37. Michala Johnson was then fed down low on the block and added two layups of her own. With 11 minutes to go, Michala Johnson showed off her outside range by knocking down a jumper from 12 feet out to put the Badgers up 62-40, in what would be their largest lead of the game. “I feel like we really needed this win and I was going to do whatever it takes [to win],” Wurtz said. “We had a high pick on ball that coach put in on offense and that really opens things up for me to be aggressive and attack.” However, Ohio State did not fail to make the

touching the ball almost every time down the floor, many times driving to the hoop from an extended post position. Starting six-for-six, it wasn’t until 1:46 remained in the second half that Hayes missed his first shot of the game. His drives garnered more than just points, they also garnered plenty of fouls in the Ohio State frontcourt. Unfortunately for the Badgers, Hayes converted just five of his 11 free throw attempts, the department where he’s struggled most his season. “I missed more free throws than I made and that’s a problem,” Hayes said. “I really have to start converting from the free throw line. Getting there is not the problem.” His teammates didn’t dominate the charity stripe, either. Wisconsin missed 10 free throws, its

final minutes of the game interesting. Head Coach Kevin McGuff had his team full court pressing and trapping the ball handlers leading to Wisconsin turnovers and the Buckeyes cut the lead to 7 with 2:39 remaining, but it was too little too late. Dominating Ohio State is nothing new for Gulczynski. Last year she went for 32 points and 15 rebounds against the Buckeyes, and this year she was the Badgers key to victory. “I guess I like playing Ohio State,” Gulczynski said. “Especially since our men had a tough time yesterday [against Ohio State], for us to get a win feels great.”

second most all season, and the misses didn’t stop there for the Badgers. The 26.3 percent shooting woes from the Northwestern game Wednesday carried on beyond the arc for UW Saturday. After Ben Brust made his first two threes early on, the Badgers shot just 1-for-15 from distance. When the shots aren’t falling, especially for one of UW’s best shooters, it naturally makes for a pretty sullen postgame press conference, as the Badgers will almost surely drop from the top 25 rankings come Monday. “I don’t think we’re happy by any means, but we want to get back to what we know we can be,” Brust said. “We have to change something … we can’t sulk. We’ve got to move on.”

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Wisconsin handed 3rd home loss Badgers fall 59-58 to Buckeyes, marking 5th defeat in last 6 games this season Sean Zak Men’s Basketball Writer Nigel Hayes grew up dreaming about being a Buckeye. That’s what he told the Wisconsin State Journal this week. He also said that Ohio State coach Thad Matta didn’t recruit him quite like Bo Ryan and assistant coach Lamont Paris did. For most of Saturday’s game, and especially when Hayes scored 13 points in the second half, it looked as if Matta had made a major mistake. What Matta did do right on the recruiting trail was land senior guard Aaron Craft, who brought the Buckeyes (17-5, 4-5) back late in the game and eventually made life difficult for the Badgers (17-5, 4-5) on the last possession, where Sam Dekker’s contested three-pointer clanked

off the backboard and Ohio State topped Wisconsin, 59-58. With 8.4 seconds remaining and trailing by one, Wisconsin had just been granted new life when Buckeyes guard Lenzelle Smith Jr. missed a wide open layup, grabbed his own rebound but fell the floor, travelling. The Badgers would have to go the length of the floor, but in the double bonus, needed just a foul from Ohio State for a winning opportunity. That’s where Craft helped seal the victory. Traevon Jackson took the inbound, racing up the floor with Craft retreating but in his face. “The one thing we know about Traevon is … he likes big shots and he loves the ball at the end of the shot clock, at the end of the game,” Matta said. “We told our guys ‘He’s probably going to take the shot.’” Each driving step by Jackson seemed Kirby Wright The Badger Herald

WISCONSIN, page 11

Ohio State’s Trey McDonald’s (55) biggest contributions came on the defensive end in the paint, but he pitched in six bench points for the Buckeyes.

Super Bowl exposure will only help recruiting Spencer Smith Spence’s Two Cents On Sunday night Russell Wilson became the first former Wisconsin quarterback to start in and win a Super Bowl, and you better believe Wilson’s achievement will

affect more than just the city of Seattle. Wilson, who threw for 206 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions in Seattle’s 43-8 win over Denver, was one of four former Wisconsin football players — Seattle’s Chris Maragos and O’Brien Schofield and Denver’s Montee Ball — to be playing in the Super Bowl. With four Badgers playing in the game, along with former Wisconsin

quarterback Darrell Bevell calling the plays for Seattle as the offensive coordinator, Wisconsin’s football program received a lot of free publicity that will make a difference in the program’s national recruiting efforts. Once the Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship game, stories started to flood the Internet that Super Bowl XLVIII would also act as a “Badger Bowl.”

Wisconsin gained national attention with stories coming from ESPN, Sports Illustrated and the Chicago Tribune, among many others, that took notice that there would be no shortage of Badgers in East Rutherford, N.J. on Feb. 2. But beyond the personal achievements of the former Wisconsin players reaching the pinnacle of professional football, the media attention the University

of Wisconsin received became a major boost to the program’s national image, something that isn’t lost on Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez. “I have to admit, it doesn’t hurt with all the kids you’re recruiting,’’ Alvarez said in an interview with Sports Illustrated. “Anybody who has dreams of going on to college football and then playing in the NFL, just watch the Super Bowl. It’s

like free advertising for us.” Anything that can boost the perception of Wisconsin sending players to the NFL is a good thing for the program. UW isn’t necessarily seen as a program that gives a player an above-average chance of breaking into professional football like teams like Alabama, Texas or USC.

EXPOSURE, page 10

Missed free throws, threes bury Badgers UW misses 8 free throws in final 9 minutes, give up 7-point cushion Spencer Smith Sports Editor

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Jacki Gulczynski (35) was one of four Wisconsin players to score in double figures scoring 21 points.

UW rolls over OSU Wisconsin picks up its 3rd Big Ten win this season in 82-71 rout of Ohio State Chris Bumbaca Women’s Basketball writer After losing six of their previous seven Big Ten games, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team was eager to break out of the in-conference slump. The Badgers did so in a big way Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center in front of a crowd wearing pink rather than the usual red

to support breast cancer awareness. Wisconsin (10-11, 3-6 Big Ten) took down conference rival Ohio State (14-11, 4-5) 8271, marking the third Big Ten win for the Badgers this season, already matching last season’s conference win total. After struggling from the ﬁ eld the past several games, the Badgers offense exploded. They shot the ball efficiently, with a 47.5 shooting percentage from the field, highlighted by a shooting effort in the second half that resulted in hitting more than 50 percent of their shots.

“The shots finally fell for us,” head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “We finally had our top scorers in double ﬁgures.” The offensive charge was led by junior forward Jacki Gulczynski. She had a game-high 21 points and shot well from the field (8-14). Even more impressive was her performance behind the arc, drilling four of her five attempts from downtown. Gulczynski kicked off

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When all else fails, a struggling team must take what is given it. Last year’s problems became the theme at the Kohl Center Saturday afternoon when missed free throws put the nail the Badgers’ coﬃn. Owning a seven-point lead with 8 minutes, 52 seconds left in the game and in the bonus for the final 8 minutes, No. 14 Wisconsin (17-5, 4-5 Big Ten) would have the chance to ice the game at the free throw line. Eight missed free throws later Wisconsin found itself on the wrong end of a 5958 loss to No. 24 Ohio State (17-5, 4-5) at home falling for the third-straight time at the Kohl Center this season. Jackson went 2-9 from the floor scoring seven points. Kirby Wright Jackson went 2-9 from the floor scoring seven points. With 25 seconds left, down by two, Wisconsin

junior guard Traevon Jackson had the chance to tie it at 59 heading to the line for two free throws. Jackson — a player who has hit clutch free throws in the past — came up short on his second freebie, leaving the Buckeyes a onepoint lead that they would not give up. When asked what his team did well defensively down the stretch to be able to pull out the win, Ohio State head coach Thad Matta made no question about it answering: “fouled.” Jackson wasn’t the only

I missed more free “throws than I made and that’s problem.

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Nigel Hayes Wisconsin Forward

player on the Wisconsin side to hurt his team at the line. The usually reliable veterans Ben Brust and Josh Gasser, who are first and third in free throw percentage respectively on the roster, missed from the line with less than five minutes left. “We wanted to get [to the line] obviously,”

Gasser said. “It happens sometimes, you can’t make everyone of them, sometimes you shoot it and they don’t fall.” But it was the freshman forward and Ohio native Nigel Hayes whose seasonlong struggles at the free throw line may have been the difference. Hayes provided a much needed spark off of the bench in the second half for Wisconsin, picking up 14 of his 17 points in the second half on 6-7 shooting from the ﬂoor. But Hayes, who led the team in free throw attempts, wouldn’t even convert on half of his chances going 5-11 from the line. “I missed more free throws than I made and that’s a big problem,” Hayes said. “I have to start converting at the free throw line. Getting there is not the problem -- I need to just start making my shots so I can help the team.” The freshman out of Toledo owns the team’s worst free throw percentage converting just 59 percent of his shots and admitted the missed shots start to get in his head. “It’s all mental,” Hayes said. “I have to take it upon my self to have a short

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