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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Chris Lotten

Boxing returns to campus 54 years after a UW student died and NCAA dropped sanctions for the sport, Rec Sports has approved club level Johanna Lepro-Green Herald Contributor

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After being banned on campus for almost 54 years following a student’s death, boxing is making its return to the University of Wisconsin. Boxing was one of the most popular UW sports through the 1960s, and the university won eight national championships when no other school had won more

than five. Second only to football, boxing matches drew crowds of 10,000plus students, and UW quickly became a national powerhouse. On April 9, 1960, reigning national champion Charlie Mohr, a UW student, climbed into the ring in the Field House to defend his NCAA title. After winning the first round, the fight was stopped when Mohr looked like he could no longer defend

himself after a severe blow in the second round. Mohr left for the locker room, where he began convulsing and was rushed to the hospital. Doctors found a blood clot and a tear in a major vein of his brain and despite stopping the bleeding, he fell into a coma. Mohr died on April 17, 1960 from the detached blood vessel he received during the fight. A little more than a month

after Mohr’s death, UW eliminated varsity boxing as a sport on campus. The NCAA followed suit in January 1961 with a vote to stop sanctioning the sport. Decades later, Chandler Davis, a UW junior and amateur boxer, has successfully reincarnated boxing on the UW campus, starting an off-campus boxing club for students that practices at Ford’s Gym. While digging through

the university’s archives, Davis said he discovered the boxing ban and realized it did not apply to club sports. Davis began to petition for a return of boxing to campus, and Recreational Sports approved the club in December. Aaron Hobson, assistant director of Rec Sports, said the body would not have supported the club if officials

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State weighs student loan refinancing plan Community shares accounts of debt burden in bill’s ﬁrst public hearing Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor With increasing tuition fees and an average student debt of $28,000, an overflowing crowd of lawmakers, students,

university officials and alumni came together Wednesday at a public hearing to discuss the implications of a new bill that would give students the ability to refinance and lower their federal loan interest rates. The bill, introduced by Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, and Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, seeks to establish the Wisconsin student loan refinancing

authority that would be responsible for creating and implementing a program for Wisconsin residents to refinance their federal loan agreements. University of Wisconsin students and alumni testified at the hearing, emphasizing the burden student loan debt has on individuals as they try to continue their education past their undergraduate degrees or try to start lives

on their own. “I have federal loans, subsidized and unsubsidized, which total to around $36,000,” Mia Akers, a UW junior and Associated Students of Madison vice chair, said. “Student loan debt has really affected whether I really want to go to law school.” Hansen said this bill was important because it would give some support to students who often times

are looking at 20 years or more of debt repayment. Currently in the United States, the profit from interest rates on student debt loans sits at $66 billion and is on the rise, Hansen said. A major point of concern among lawmakers at the hearing was the lack of counseling services that students receive regarding their loan plans. The bill calls for institutions of

higher education to put mandatory loan counseling into place for students who seek to take out a student loan, an aspect of the bill Mason pointed out as crucial. “Being the first state in the country to offer student loan refinancing could make Wisconsin a warm climate for businesses in industries that require a bachelor’s or

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Bill would allow alcohol amnesty Oﬃcers would be unable to cite drinkers under 21 with Responsible Action plan Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor During medical emergencies caused by the overconsumption of alcohol, underage drinkers could be given some amnesty from police punishment if they call the authorities for help. At a public hearing Wednesday, University of Wisconsin students, university police officials and UW administrators shared their opinions with lawmakers on what benefits and concerns they believed the proposed Responsible Action bill would bring to affect Wisconsin’s underage drinking culture. Under the bill, introduced by Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, police officers would not be able to issue citations to individuals under 21 who have been drinking alcohol if they called 911 to obtain medical or police assistance either for themselves or someone around them. “The health, safety and welfare of our young individuals is a primary concern, and we want responsible action when that occurs. And we don’t want people frightened away from responsible action because of their own actions,” Risser said. Gregg Heinselman, associate vice chancellor of student affairs at UW-River Falls, expressed concerns that under the bill, university officials would not be able to take disciplinary actions, such as suspension, expulsion

or removal from residence halls, against students caught drinking underage. Heinselman said students living in residence halls are part of a larger community to which they should be held accountable. “We need these tools in our toolbox,” he said. Heinselman’s argument stood in contrast to the testimony of David Gardner, the Associated Students of Madison chair, and Morgan Rae, ASM Legislative Affairs chair. Rae said the legislation would save lives by encouraging young people to call for medical help when needed. Rae said there are already 17 states in the U.S. with similar laws, and in a recent campus survey, 40 percent of students said they would call for medical help if they knew they would receive a police citation. Eighty-nine percent of respondents said they would call for help if they were guaranteed protection from police and university disciplinary measures. Gardner said he strongly supports the proposed legislation, as it could save lives of young people across the state. He said although he and ASM do not condone the use of alcohol by minors, the main priority of the bill is to save lives. “We are balancing students’ health and we are balancing

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Chris Lotten The Badger Herald The final stage of the $86 million Camp Randall renovation, paid by private donations and state bonds, was completed in January.

Center for athletes now open Library, study spaces aim to alleviate ‘pressure of regimented lifestyle’ Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor The final stage of the $86 million Camp Randall renovation, the Fetzer Center for Student-Athlete Excellence, opened in January as a place for student-athletes to hang out between classes and practice. The opening of the center marks the completion of the third and final phase of the renovations at Camp Randall’s north end and the McClain Center, Jason Holtman, the assistant athletic director for academic services at the University of Wisconsin, said. The McClain Center, located

right below the Fetzer Center, is now the new studentathlete performance center which has new weight rooms, locker rooms and a new training center for studentathletes, Holtman said. Holtman said private donations and state bonds paid for the renovations, and none of the funding came from taxpayer’s money or from student segregated fees. The center offers more than just an academic center for student-athletes, Holtman said. The center offers tutoring, study space and advising spaces for student-athletes, he said. Holtman said he hopes

the center becomes a hub for student-athletes. “We’re trying to alleviate some of the pressure that comes with the regimented lifestyle of a student-athlete,” he said. “Instead of going to class, then home to study then to practice, student-athletes will have a quiet place to study in between classes and practice.” The center also houses several different departments that work specifically with student-athletes, along with new meeting spaces, he said. The Fetzer Center includes new study halls, computer labs, meeting spaces, conference rooms and

tutoring rooms, Holtman said. The previous center for student-athletes was located in the basement of the McClain Center, Holtman said. The most noticeable changes from the previous center to the new center are windows, he said. “The center has a lot of windows now, and the light of day can do a lot for reducing stress,” Holtman said. “Unfortunately, we don’t have any blinds yet, so hopefully it doesn’t get too sunny.” As an institute for higher learning, students come to UW to better themselves, Holtman

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A 590-foot floating classroom is currently home to eight University of Wisconsin students, who signed on to spend their semester traveling the world with Semester at Sea. The program hosts 553 students from around the globe on a ship with an academic curriculum designed by the University of Virginia, Institute for Shipboard Education spokesperson Mallory McCarty said. The cost of the program ranges from $23,950 to $37,950 depending on the lodging options, according to the Semester at Sea website. The vessel, which is often referred to as the MV Explorer or the “floating campus,” is a seven deck, 590-foot ship that includes the same educational resources as a land-based university campus. This includes nine classrooms, a student union and a 9,000-volume library, the website said. Over the course of 112 days, students visit 11 countries: Japan, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Burma, India, Mauritius, South Africa, Ghana, Morocco and England. The students study under university professors from all around the United States and

earn transferable credits through the program’s academic sponsor, the University of Virginia, McCarty said. With guest lecturers from each country on the itinerary, the students are able to learn about cultures around the world, she said. The program offers a unique experience for all those involved, Michael Dow, a UW student and a returned participant in the program, said in an email to The Badger Herald. “It gave us an opportunity to not only meet other adventurous students from all around the world, but to also experience the world alongside them,” Dow said. “We came back to UW with entirely novel vantage points on what it means to be a college student.” Lauren Judge, Semester at Sea program director of public affairs, said the program offers students different opportunities than most study abroad programs. “Semester at Sea offers students a global comparative education, connecting the world’s peoples, cultures and traditions rather than focusing exclusively on one culture or country,” Judge said. The program may not be for everyone, considering it is difficult to obtain an in-depth understanding of a country by visiting only briefly, Haley Olig, a UW student currently aboard

the ship, said in an email to The Badger Herald. Dow said the trip offers the opportunity to take many vacations at one time. He described his trip as a “mishmash” of global experiences all rolled into one. “Shark cage diving in South Africa, visiting a local school in Ghana, riding a camel in Morocco, drinking vodka in Russia, eating waffles in Belgium, having a Guinness in Dublin, smoking cigars in Cuba...every experience was new and exciting,” Dow said. Because the ship had no Internet, students had to get “more creative” about how to spend their free time, Dow said. In the beginning, it is a “difficult feat” to go without Internet, but by the end of the trip most students had forgotten how to use their iPhones or computers, he said. Keeping in touch with friends and family while on the ship is difficult, Olig said. Olig also said she was only sea sick the first night, but some other students on board spent the first two or three weeks puking. Dow said he was more fortunate. “I personally did not puke during the trip. However, there were occasional fast exits from lectures to the bathroom on rocky days,” he said.

Activist: Arrests carry stigma in community Alex Arriaga Print City Editor As the 20 undocumented immigrants who were arrested on criminal charges in Madison await their day in court, immigration policy activists are voicing concern about the social implications of touting such community operations. In the two-day operation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 20 people were arrested, including three females and 17 males from Mexico, Argentina, Honduras, Laos and Peru. Gail Montenegro, spokesperson for the Milwaukee branch of ICE, said in an email to The Badger Herald the recent arrests are part of ICE’s ongoing initiatives nationwide to target its resources on convicted criminals. The arrests this past weekend occurred at the convicted immigrants’ residencies and places of employment, Montenegro said. Montenegro said the six were convicted with multiple deportation orders against them and the one who was previously deported may be removed in the span of a week or two since they are not entitled to another hearing in immigration court. The other 13 will likely remain in ICE custody pending a hearing before an immigration judge in federal

immigration court in Chicago, she said. ICE has conducted similar operations in the Madison area in the past. In December 2012, 17 convicted criminal undocumented immigrants were arrested during a three-day operation in the Madison area, according to an ICE statement. “ICE is focused on sensible, effective immigration enforcement by implementing the following removal priorities: convicted criminals, those who re-entered the United States after having been previously removed and those who have outstanding deportation orders,” Montenegro said. University of Wisconsin communication arts professor Karma Chávez, an expert in immigration policy, said she is concerned about the perception about immigrant criminality that becomes prevalent after operations such as these are more widely reported than non-criminal deportations. “Right-wing forces, the mainstream media and immigration officials in this country have worked very hard, contemporarily and historically, to create a strong relationship between immigration and criminality,” Chávez said. Chávez said the frequency of reports on criminal deportations as

opposed to the non-criminal cases is “absolutely designed” to put out a belief that immigrants are criminals and should be worried about for this reason. Chávez said the ICE and Border Patrol frequently post on Twitter about cases in which they remove undocumented criminals but fail to post the stories about the families they divide through deportation. “They never talk about, ‘We arrested a mother and her two children, now we’re going to put the two children in foster care and deport the mother.’ They never report that, which is the vast majority of the people they end up detaining and deporting, but they always report anytime someone was a rapist or robber,” Chávez said. Chávez said the Dane County Sheriff’s Office participates in the Secure Communities Program, a federal program with the goal of gaining the collaboration of local law enforcement throughout the country to create a database of suspected undocumented immigrants. “Racial profiling has always been a part of U.S. Immigration policy, and we see it in extreme cases like Arizona,” Chávez said. “People go to parts of town where they know immigrants live. How do they know? Because they have an idea in their head of what immigrants look like and sound like.”

Photo Courtesy of Michael Dow The Semester at Sea program takes 553 students to 11 countries in 112 days.

AMNESTY, page 1 students’ safety,” Gardner said. “I think we should empower our students with this option.” While underage drinkers would dodge a drinking citation, they would not get off scotfree. The bill gives police the power to require the minor to attend an alcohol safety course if the area has an alcohol diversion program in place, Risser said. UW-Whitewater Police

LOANS, page 1 advanced degrees for employment as well as those looking to expand,” Hansen said. “It could turn the current ‘brain drain’ into ‘brain gain.’” The committee heard dozens of accounts from undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and working professionals who are burdened by student debt. One woman was brought to tears as she explained because she would still be paying off her own college loans, she would not be able to save up for her children’s educations. The combined student debt in Wisconsin alone reaches nearly $20 billion.

Chief Matt Kiederlen also expressed concerns with the bill, as he believes students may abuse the new law as a “get out of jail free card.” Risser assured the committee the law was not meant to be a loop hole for underage drinking but instead “a public health and safety measure.” If the bill passes through the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, it will be sent to the Senate for a vote.

Susan Fisher, UW director of financial aid, said students should be more careful when making the decision to take a loan. Fifty percent of students who take out a federal loan are not in financial need of it, she said. “ The Higher Ed, Lower Debt bill is an important step toward providing real relief to Wisconsin families and helping to get our economy back on track, “ Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, said in a statement. “By preventing Wall Street banks from charging unreasonable interest rates, we can make higher education more affordable and help families achieve the American Dream.”

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Height limits proposed on University Ave. Alex Arriaga Print City Editor Developers in Madison say they are lucky to have completed their projects when they did in light of strict height limits along University Avenue up for consideration by the city. The University Avenue Corridor Plan outlines guidelines for further development along University Avenue as it passes through the Regent Street Neighborhood. The plan recommends areas surrounding residential neighborhoods be reserved for mixed-use developments not taller than three stories. The corridor plan encompasses the 1600 through 2600 blocks of University Avenue, bordered by Farley Avenue on the west, Campus Drive on the north, Breese

Terrace on the east and the back lot line of parcels on University Avenue on the south. Carole Schaeffer, executive director of Smart Growth Greater Madison Inc., said while her organization has not taken an official position on the plan, some of the developers she has worked with said if they tried to accomplish their projects with this plan in place, it would have proved challenging. She said while developers do understand the height limitations on the residential side of the street, many think the Campus Drive side should be more flexible on height restrictions. Schaeffer also said she finds the ambitious goal of keeping density limitations while also maintaining goals for further economic development

BOXING, page 1 did not think it was safe. Davis said the club will have to take numerous safety measures and precautions. Students will only practice under the supervision of two highlyexperienced coaches and sparring between students will not occur unless the coaches feel students are prepared and capable of participating, he said. Davis said boxing deserves its place on campus, despite the high

“frustrating.” “That’s something that we find challenging with a lot of the plans that get put in place based on ideals but without practical implications of what that means for the market or the economics,” she said. Ald. Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, said the neighborhood wanted to focus on the corridor because it is a vital connector between the downtown part of campus and the near west side. It is well traveled and well used, she added. The reason for the proposed three story restriction on the south side is because it backs into residential neighborhoods like Candle Avenue, BidarSielaff said. The biggest buildings allowed down the residential Candle Avenue are two-story, four-units and the area is mostly single-family

homes that are rented, she said. “[The] consensus of the neighborhood is that there needs to be a transition,” BidarSielaff said. “Can’t have very big buildings backing into residential homes.” She said the limitation on the north side is four stories, with the potential to be six stories if they are set back further. She said the reason the north side can handle taller buildings is because it does not back into residential areas. Bidar-Sielaff said having the height limit was important on the University Avenue Corridor because it is already a congested place with a lot of pedestrian, car and bike traffic. One of the main reasons behind the height limitations provision is to try to prevent further congestion and to keep it a livable corridor where

people can move around, she said. Bidar-Sielaff said the people from the neighborhood were happy about the proposed height limitations. She said they thought it was a good balance between higher densities with not too much heightened density. Bidar-Sielaff said the plan has a long history, originating in 2006 when it fell through because of tension between those who wanted to build much higher and the neighborhood. She said the process was restarted in 2010 and the neighborhood has been working on it for the past three years. Other height restrictions in the city have been proposed for a two-mile radius surrounding the capitol by Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison.

risk associated with the sport. Students must be “approved” for sparring and cannot simply walk in and decide they want to spar, he said. Darian Chavira, a UW senior and member of the boxing club, described boxing as a “controlled sport.” “No sport is completely safe,” Chavira said. “Football is scientifically more dangerous. There are more head injuries in football than there are in boxing.” Holly Hovanec, a UW

senior and captain of the women’s lacrosse team, said she supports the inclusion of the Boxing Club as a recreational sport on campus. The sport inflicts less harm than other popular sports, Hovanac said. Most people prefer to work on punching bags as opposed to sparring with another person, she said. The Boxing Club is designed for beginning boxers and to introduce students to the world and rules of boxing, Davis said.

The club met for the first time Wednesday, with around 25 students in attendance. The club does not plan on having members participate in National Collegiate Boxing Association competitions, Davis said, although he added that it may be a possibility to have UW boxers compete in the association’s sanctioned events in the future. “Right now we just want to get kids introduced to boxing. We don’t want to scare them away,” Davis said.

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UW’s own ‘Monuments Men’ Fiona Beamish Crouthamel Herald Contributor George Clooney may be bringing “The Monuments Men” to the silver screen, but two university of Wisconsin alumni were part of the real life military units tasked with rescuing Europe’s cultural treasures which inspired the film. The film portrays the actions of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section of the United States Army and its efforts to rescue and restore artifacts and treasures after they were stolen during World War II. MFAA members would sneak through areas of combat to find paintings, items owned by Holocaust victims and works of art from museums across the world, Edward Van Gemert, UW libraries vice provost and university librarian, said. The duties of these archivists included artifact record

keeping and preservation and researching ownership claims for stolen art, he said. “According to the National Archives, approximately 20 percent of the art in Europe was looted by the Nazis, and there are more than 100,000 items that have not been returned to their rightful owners,” Van Gemert said. More often than not, archivists were only able to determine whether or not an artifact could be salvaged, as a majority of them had been damaged or destroyed in the transition process, he said. Two UW alumni, Jesse Boell and Gilbert Doane, were MFAA members and contributed to the effort to save and return art pieces to their owners, according to a UW statement. During the war, Boell spent the majority of his time in Washington D.C., working in the National Archives as assistant director of the War Records Office, the statement

said. There, he took charge of directing the preservation and security of classified U.S. Department of State records, the statement said. After the war, Boell accepted the position of an archives officer with the MFAA in Germany. Gilbert Doane served as director of the UW Library School from 1938 until 1941. In 1943, Doane was recruited for service in the MFAA and aided with the restoration of objects the Nazis looted, according to the statement said. After the war, Doane returned to UW, where he continued working as the director of libraries until 1956, when he became archivist until he retired in 1962. David Null, who works with UW Archives and Records Management Services, said he though it was great the first two UW archivists were both monuments men. Null highlighted Boell’s

importance, because as an archivist for 12 years Boell “really established the University Archives as a large, important collection.” While both Boell and Doane contributed immensely to the artifact restoration effort, Van Gemert said they were not the only individuals from UW and Wisconsin who participated in the effort to identify, record and preserve the cultural history of Europe. Van Gemert said the film will provide its viewers the opportunity to learn more about and acknowledge the efforts to preserve cultural items of great significance while recognizing Boell, Doane and others affiliated with UW. “It’s one of those great stories of World War II that continues to this day,” Van Gemert said. An exhibit titled “Our Monuments Men: UW’s role in rescuing Europe’s treasures,” will be running in the Memorial Library lobby during February.

CENTER, page 1 said. This includes studentathletes, but they just have an additional obligation, he said. Wren Singer, director of undergraduate advising, said UW has always provided special services for students with “particular needs.” This includes groups such as students with undecided major, international students and others, he said. “It makes sense to provide specialized advising and support services for our studentathletes, many of whom face very particular challenges balancing their academics with the demands of participating in

competitive sports,” she said. The center functions much like a library for student-athletes, Holtman said. The building of this new and improved center for student-athletes emphasizes UW’s desire for student-athlete success, he said. Justin Doherty, associate athletic director, said the addition of the Fetzer Center along with the Forward Strength and Conditioning Center and the Mueller Sports Medicine Center provide student-athletes with the resources to be successful academically and athletically. “The goal for all of our student-athletes is to graduate,” Doherty said.

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Level playing field with contribution limits Grant Hattenhauer Columnist Kay Redfield Jamison wrote, “Madness carves its own reality,” and what a horrendous reality we have carved. Equipped with the most inefficient, inactive and incompetent Congress in recent history, the United States government has failed to pass ridiculously sensible legislation in almost every section of necessary societal law. Furthermore, it was calculated that the top 0.01 percent of campaign donors contributed more than 40 percent of all the money spent in the 2012 election. The past decade has showcased governmental futility at its finest, “with Washington mired in stalemate and in thrall to special interests,” but this is not new news, and neither is the undermining of our

democratic system. Last Tuesday after the president’s State of the Union Address, Congressman Michael Grimm, R-New York, when questioned about the F.B.I. investigation regarding his campaign finances, told a New York One reporter, “You ever do that to me again, I’ll throw you off this fucking balcony.” Absent of both class and common decency, this encounter represents a basic

problem plaguing the American political system; this violent and absurdly unabashed response has become the norm when Congress is confronted with legitimate concerns by the American people. Those who attempt

to sort out inconsistencies are threatened with death, and those who sit back, listening to the comfortable ramblings of mainstream media, are rewarded with the sweet taste of ignorant bliss. In this version of income disparity, small donations are eclipsed by giant ones, and partisanship sometimes comes in second to power, according to Ross Ramsey, and where else could you ﬁnd a better return for your purchase than the House of Representatives? Grimm was charged earlier this month with using straw donors to exceed the maximum allowable contribution to his campaign committee, and though he was the only one of his colleagues to adopt the persona equivocal to that of a thug in a “Batman” movie on live television, he was indeed one of many to perpetuate this blatantly undemocratic crisis. When citizens and reporters alike become numb to the smiling faces

and the ever reassuring, “Everything’s going to be alright,” Congress is happy. Without confrontation, necessary laws and initiatives continue to sit stranded in Washington, while congressmen continue to rake in six figures. In addition, as income inequality continues to skyrocket, so does the gap in governmental influence between the rich and the poor. A $5 contribution from a low income constituent may represent a much greater commitment than a $100,000 contribution from a millionaire, but in Washington, that inexplicably intoxicating scent of wealth blinds those who represent us from the equality of intention. Money talks, but when it comes to democracy, no one should hear a peep. In a society where dirty money wins elections, ballots lose their merit and the poor lose their voice. Established in 1992, Minnesota’s Political Contribution Fund program provides a $50 rebate to

those who donate to political candidates in statewide races. Unlike similar programs, which use tax write-offs to encourage political donations and subsequently take months to process, the PCR rebate is sent to donors almost immediately. The results are impressive: According to the Campaign Finance Institute, during the 2006 election cycle Minnesota stood well above other states in terms of money raised by small donors. Forty-ﬁve percent of private contributions to candidates were donations under $100, while in comparison, the majority of other states measured below 10 percent. Furthermore, Minnesota’s current contribution limits are among the most proactively regulated not only in the Midwest, but in the entire country. Wisconsin, and every state for that matter, must

follow Minnesota’s lead in leveling the playing ﬁ eld when it comes to political influence. This would both keep politicians honest and end corporate rule over government functionality, or lack thereof. Full participatory democracy must be the goal, both nationally or locally. The truth is, America is falling fast, and without necessary changes to the way we allow political influence to be distributed, we have a long way to fall before we are out of our misery. Grant Hattenhauer (hattenhauer@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in Psychology and pursuing a Certiﬁcate in Biology

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Gov. Scott Walker’s new statewide school voucher program is just his latest move to privatize state public education.

Voucher latest blow to schools Aaron Loudenslager Columnist Last year, Wisconsin essentially expanded the geographical scope of its already- existing school voucher program by creating a new statewide school voucher program alongside the older program. Even so, the new statewide program was the result of legislative negotiation and compromise. Part of this negotiation and compromise was explicit and some was implicit. Explicitly, the law creating the statewide school voucher program caps the amount of pupils permitted to participate in the program during the its first two years. Implicitly, those who passed the school voucher legislation expected future legislation that would provide more government oversight over voucher schools. Along those lines, legislation has been introduced in the Wisconsin Senate that purports to improve accountability over Wisconsin primary and secondary schools. Rather than enact this highly flawed legislation, the Wisconsin Legislature should end the Wisconsin school voucher programs in their entirety. Wisconsin created the nation’s first school voucher program and started accepting students in 1990. The purpose of the program was to help poverty-stricken Milwaukee children attend private schools with taxpayer-funded vouchers so they would, theoretically, get a high-quality education

and thus improve their economic situation when they became older. Additionally, the voucher program was geographically limited to students in Milwaukee whose families’ income was less than 175 percent of the federal poverty line and the program capped how many students could participate. Tangentially, but not insigniﬁcantly, the program prohibited taxpayer-funded school vouchers from being used at religious schools. Yet Wisconsin’s school voucher program was only at its inception. By 2012, much had changed. The program had expanded into Racine, no longer had enrollment caps, and the income limit was increased to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, leading to almost 25,000 students receiving vouchers in 2012. The program also permitted taxpayerfunded vouchers to be used at religious schools, leading to almost 21,000 of the 25,000 students participating in the school voucher program to attend religious schools. School voucher proponents and privatization-oriented Republican state legislators in Wisconsin were not satisﬁed, though. Last summer, the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker created a new statewide school voucher program— a program that exists alongside the older program that covers Milwaukee and Racine. The new statewide program has enrollment caps, though, just like the original program did in

1990. The enrollment caps are a result of legislative compromise. As Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, said regarding voucher enrollment caps, “We are only one budget away from opening the flood gates.” In order to create a new statewide school voucher program in 2013, legislators implicitly compromised that in the near future, the Legislature would improve and increase government oversight over private primary and secondary voucher schools. To fulfill this compromise, legislation has been introduced in the Wisconsin Senate that purports to make Wisconsin primary and secondary schools more accountable to the public. But this legislation fails to do even that. Reading the text of the senate’s school accountability bill, it becomes readily apparent what the bill’s intended purpose is: undermining public schools, specifically public schools in Milwaukee. The bill would require the Department of Public Instruction to give 5 percent of public, charter and private voucher schools a failing grade. If a public school receives a certain amount of unsatisfactory grades, it must be either shut down or converted into a charter school. Yet, if a private voucher school receives unsatisfactory grades, the school is only restricted from receiving new voucher students. If this bill was really about making schools accountable to the public,

failing voucher schools would be prohibited from receiving any voucher students. Furthermore, the way the bill is currently written makes it easier for Milwaukee public schools to be shut down quicker than either charter or private voucher schools that receive unsatisfactory grades. As Dan Rossmiller of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards said, “The bill would begin to have an effect on public schools generally within three years and in Milwaukee, in one year, and it doesn’t look like anything serious would happen to any voucher schools until maybe 2020 or 2021.” Thus, this legislation would have the negative effect of displacing many Milwaukee public school students from their schools while failing voucher schools get a free pass. The school accountability bill circulating in the Wisconsin Senate does not improve public accountability of our primary and secondary schools. Instead, much like the new statewide school voucher program, its purpose is to slowly undermine public schools and privatize basic education. Instead of passing the school accountability bill, the Wisconsin Senate should pass legislation ending Wisconsin’s misguided experiment with taxpayer-funded school vouchers. Aaron Loudenslager (loudenslager@wisc. edu) is a second-year law student.

The American Civil Liberties Union ﬁled a lawsuit against the state of Wisconsin regarding the state’s constitutional ban against same-sex marriage. Despite a domestic partnership law that went into effect in 2009, the ACLU and four couples who were named in the union feel that it is not a suﬃcient substitute for marriage. The four couples and the ACLU believe that this ban violates the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. They also claim the law should not give the government the right to put a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage because this does not serve any legitimate government interest. Those who are opposed to what the ACLU is trying to accomplish are not only moronic, but are deserving of the same hell that they believe LGBTQ individuals belong in. One of two excuses arise when conservative heterosexuals are asked why they disapprove of same-sex relationships: Either they believe that it is against the Christian religion they are so attached to and so they can make themselves feel superior to all other individuals who do not share a similar interest, or they just think that it is unattractive to see people of the samesex together. There is such a lack of legitimacy to both of these arguments that I am disheartened by both their lack of intelligence and titanic amounts of arrogance. Individuals who claim same-sex marriage is against their religion should have nothing to worry about because if it really is against their religion, they must attend a church that does not allow for people of other sexual preferences to take part in the unfortunate holy bond that is marriage. I tip my cap to these churches that do not want gays and lesbians to be as miserable as straight folks, but they should not deny them that right. So if you belong to a church that rejects homosexuals, then you are in the clear. Congratulations! You do not ever have to sit in church with a married gay couple. God bless. However, you have absolutely no right to tell someone else who they are allowed to be with. You do not have any authority to deny people the right to marry. If you are one of the

unfortunate heterosexuals who belongs to a church that respects all people equally like your God commands you to, then ﬁnd a new church that allows you to pick and choose which rules of the Bible you feel should pertain to you. Many people turn to the other common excuse, “It’s gross seeing gay couples making out together.” For starters, do not watch gay people locking lips. That can be simpliﬁed to don’t watch gay porn if you do not want to see it because it is just as unattractive to see a dude

“Those who feel like they have authority over the natural feelings and occurrences of the heart and mind of an individual are nothing less than arrogant. ” and a chick mackin’ on each other in public as it is to see two guys going at it. Yet for some reason, many straight men have a fantasy of seeing two girls fooling around with each other. Pick your battles, gentlemen. If you want to see two girls together, also accept the fact that two or more men do inappropriate things in the privacy of their homes on a daily basis. If you are straight, you were born straight. If you have a different sexual preference, you were born that way. Those who feel like they have authority over the natural feelings and occurrences of the heart and mind of an individual are nothing less than arrogant. Those who believe that it is not a natural feeling and it is a choice are ignorant. How many straight people get ready for a party and decide whether or not they want to chase men or women that night? If your God did not want people to be gay, he would not have made people gay because he is capable of that. That is what makes him God. The ACLU is taking a step in the direction toward LGBTQ equality in terms of the law. It’s unfortunate they have to deal with the arrogance and stupidity of many people arguing for inequality. AJ Garcia (ajgarcia3@wisc. edu) is a freshman majoring in journalism.

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UW seeks suggestions for Rec Sports renovations In 2017, the SERF will look a lot more like a Chuck E. Cheese than a state-of-the-art recreational facility, according to the University of Wisconsin’s Division of Recreational Sports. UW is asking for input from students regarding renovation plans for the campus’s outdated and overcrowded recreational facilities. Students will be able to vote on The Rec Sports Master plan, which includes plans to redesign and expand existing facilities, in early March. Creative suggestions from students have already poured into the Rec Sports’ office. The chair of the committee, Daryl Bulkmeier, said

suggestions from students began as modest requests, but quickly escalated to higher and higher levels of grandeur. “One of the first requests we had from students was from Timmy Fisher, a sophomore who asked for one of those big parachutes kids play with in elementary school gym classes,” Bulkmeier said. “We thought that was reasonable, so we agreed. But the next friggin’ kid who contacted us asked for Skeeball. After that, we knew we had gotten ourselves in to some deep doo-doo with this one.” To accommodate the increasingly extravagant suggestions from students, which Bulkmeier

claims the university cannot ignore under any circumstances, the planning committee has contracted architect Tony Tickles to plan the project. Tickles is best known for his work on the Nickelodeon Studios theme park in Universal Studios Orlando and the “SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D Theater” in Wisconsin’s own Noah’s Ark Waterpark. “I just want create the fun and wacky environment every college student looks for in a recreational sports facility right here at UW,” said Tickles. The designer of the multi-million dollar project also said, “I think

I’m proudest of our decision to turn the entire Camp Randall Sports Center into a ball pit with climbing tubes all around.” Some students are not happy with the plans to turn UW’s Rec Sports’ facilities into a sort of collegiate Dave & Busters. One such student, Hank Stanley, said, “I think what they’re doing is ridiculous. If they take out the weightlifting equipment, how will I be able to work on my quads in time for beach season? Besides, most of my athletic shorts don’t have pockets. How can I be expected to hold tokens for the Dance Dance Revolution game, the facility’s only piece of cardio equipment?”

Student janitors solve all world problems

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On Saturday, Feb. 1, the student custodial staff of Bradley, Dejope and Phillips Halls singlehandedly solved all world social, economic, and political issues during their 15-minute break. In a feat of intellectual endurance only possible at the University of Wisconsin, the 10-person team determined that President Barack Obama ought to nominate Paul Krugman as Secretary of the Treasury, create a single-payer health care system and nationalize the oil industry. Custodian Sam Daniels said “If he only listened

to us, all of the world’s myriad problems would be fixed. There would be no more discrimination, no more death, equality would reign supreme and we would have HBO for all!” Supervisor Bob O’Neill said “At 9:01, when they first sat down, one custodian made the comment ‘Thanks Obama,’ after which another custodian responded ‘You know, he could do better.’ After that, all hopes of intellectual relaxation were dashed.” Daniels continues “We need real, lasting solutions, such as

providing a baby care kit for all new mothers like Finland; install a corporate bargaining system where labor, government and private employers set wages industry-wide like Sweden; and heavy investment in green energy like Germany.” wWhile many managers would detest having such an overeducated labor force for such a soul-crushing job, Head of Housing Lauren Johnson finds strength in such intellectual pursuits. When asked for comment, she said “By focusing the critical faculties of these

students into scholarly pursuits, we hope to avoid any nasty labor confrontations about the fact that they are literally cleaning up shit.” At press, Obama was aboard Air Force One, traveling to Madison to meet with these saviors of our union. He said “If only I had thought about these solutions! I mean, even though the Republican Party is killing anything I propose, why not try and nationalize the oil industry in order to increase marginal revenues for highway repair!”

Oﬃcial retraction Dear Readers, Last Thursday, the Madison Misnomer published an article that was in the form of a letter from Dean of Students Lori Berquam. This was a fictional letter and in no way does it express the opinions or sentiments of the dean. It has since been retracted. More importantly, on behalf of the Misnomer, I would like to apologize for the offensive words used in the article, some of which were particularly degrading to women. I want to acknowledge that this was a crude and hasty choice of words, used with little regard for their social impact. I hope to help promote

and endorse women’s issues through the use of satire during my time as editor-in-chief. I realize that by publishing this article, I was not living up to these goals, but instead was allowing our dean to be diminished to a raging, irrational tyrant instead of giving her the respect she deserves from all of us. I would like to make it clear that this article did not reflect the Madison Misnomer’s views on Lori Berquam or on women as a whole, but instead was an uncouth parody. Sincerely, Kathleen Mallett Interim Editor-in-Chief

Harvard students seen with handgun on Miﬄin

Historical Society collecting “anything made of paper”

On Sunday around 7:40 p.m., an incident was reported along the 400 block of West Mifflin Street through the University of Wisconsin’s WiscAlert system. Police reported that a group well-dressed group of elitist Harvard students were seen on foot in the area, and one was seen carrying a handgun. UW Police Chief Jason Schalf said, “There were about three or four Caucasian men clad in Harvard crewnecks, cashmere sweaters, Burberry coats and shiny shoes that were roaming the area witwh a gun. We thought we should check it out.” Residents of the area, most of whom are students at UW, did not express any bit of concern. Many completely disregarded the WiscAlert warning they received in their inboxes. Mifflin resident Alyssa Lindy said, “I don’t see what the big deal is. It’s just a couple of innocent white guys out for a stroll with

Citing its mission of helping “people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories,” the Wisconsin Historical Society has begun cataloging anything and everything made out of paper. For clarification, Historical Society President Conrad Goodkind said “We know that digital technologies have made all paper products obsolete, and we believe it is in our mission to start hoarding anything and everything made out of the fresh pulpy stuff.” As reported by a U.S. News and World Report report, general paper consumption has declined from 89 parts per million to 65 parts per million from April 1978 to January 2013. This, coupled with general electronics and screen consumption increasing over the same time period, has

their handguns, which, in case you haven’t read the Constitution, they’re allowed to have. Duh. “ Lindy’s roommate, Shannon Kersplinski commented, “What are three or four prettyboys going to do? One of them was wearing Prada oxfords. They go to Harvard. They’re harmless! That WiscAlert was such a joke.” Statistics from the Department of Justice claim that white men are more likely to commit homicide than any other racial group. And, according to FBI homicide data, a white person is nearly six times more likely to be killed by another white person than by a person of color. Nonetheless, police and other officials were confident that the issue would resolve itself. Thirty minutes after the call was made, police officers quickly scanned Mifflin Street, deciding it was safe once again.

Schalf said, “These boys are upstanding citizens. I mean, they’re Harvard students after all. We only sent out that WiscAlert thingy because it’s standard procedure. I want to express my apologies to them for any trouble it might have caused them. It’s never our intent to reinforce stereotypes about Harvard boys, we just want the students to feel safe and welcome on campus.” Records from the FBI reveal felonies such as manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, arson and carrying of weapons are, in majority, committed by white people. UW Police reminds students not to walk home alone, especially at night and to keep a sharp eye out for anyone who looks like they might be dangerous. Students are also encouraged to report to the police if they see anyone near campus with dark skin and a hoodie.

fueled the panic that now grips the Society. On Monday, Feb. 3, Goodkind was reported giving an impassioned speech, declaring that the “Dirty electronics industry will have to pry the crispy paper from my cold, dead hands! We will not sit idly by as our labors are destroyed by their motherboards and LCD screens! Come with me, brothers!” As part of the paper collection initiative, the Wisconsin Historical Society has released a declaration emphasizing its love of the “fresh pulpy stuff ” and a list of paper products to be collected, including “moist toilettes, erotic comic books, coffee filters and toilet paper, used or unused.” Madison resident and self-professed history nerd Ellsworth O’Connor is part of the new initiative of the Society. “We need to hoard it, bring it back

to the stockpile. The sweet, fresh, delicious pulpy stuff will save our great race,” he said, while shoveling bags and bags of old napkins and pizza boxes into his Mazda Miata. When questioned further, he simply repeated “pulpy stuff, pulpy stuff.” Madison police report that entire racks of paper plates and notebooks have started disappearing from local Walgreens and bookstores. CVS employee and convicted felon Ol’ Jack McCraw said “They came in the night, like phantoms, moving through the shelves of the store and stealing all of our construction paper and paper cups. They are monsters borne out of nightmares!” EDITOR’S NOTE: Remember that you can to donate this very piece of paper to the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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DIVERSIONS

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Puzzle by Todd Gross ACROSS 1 Some support beams 6 100% 9 Key of Chopin’s Polonaise No. 6 14 Hit the highlights 15 Husband and wife, e.g. 16 Sponge 17 Food or drink dispensers 19 ___ to the top 20 First word in the English lyrics of “Frère Jacques” 21 Nick of “The Deep” 22 Kind of cartridge 23 Burning the midnight oil 25 Like virtually all gold medalists in Olympic table tennis 27 Science of light

28 Lads 29 Performs, in the Bible 30 Shimmery silks 31 “You ___” (2011 Lady Gaga song) 32 Robert Frost poem that includes “Good fences make good neighbors” 33 Three-toed runners 37 Designed (for) 39 Yoga pose that strengthens the abs 40 Pope who declared “I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition” 42 With skill and grace 43 Hog 44 Ignoring 45 Maid on “The Jetsons” 46 ___ squash

48 Sea eggs 50 Sci-fi novelist ___ Scott Card 51 Taking liberties 53 Mock attack 54 “Star Trek” prosthesis 55 Oceanward 56 Tour de France stage 57 Board member: Abbr. 58 Full of spunk DOWN 1 “___ la Douce” 2 Relate to 3 Successful, as an applicant 4 Sound of support 5 Ingredient in Florentine dishes 6 “Someone Like You” singer 7 Hircosity 8 1968 #1 hit for the Supremes 9 Feeling romantic

10 Going without help 11 Car not in a garage 12 Gatekeeper’s grant 13 “Voilà!” 18 Forgetme-___

24 Future court case 26 Mistreatment 27 ___ Mae (“Ghost” role) 28 Parts of clogs 30 Softened up, in a way 32 Where Snickers, Skittles and Starburst are manufactured 34 Crash pad? 35 Frees 36 It goes around the world 38 Diplomatic agreement 39 Inconsequential stuff 40 Little bloom 41 Don’s place 42 Charlie Chan’s creator Earl ___ Biggers 43 “Grand Canyon Suite” composer 44 Red Sox Hallof-Famer Bobby 47 Tea type 49 Company with a 1998 Nasdaq I.P.O. that hired its first employee in 1996 52 Mauna ___

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HMFASO to the semester starting to get real. As in homework and other sober responsibilities.

The first slide of this lecture had a graph on it so I just turned around and left

SO to anyone thinking about dating an BREAKING: Student drinking five cups of upperclassman who still lives in the coffee a day has a problem, student’s meth dorms. They are immature, stubborn, and addicted roommate says. have a severe inability to communicate The Madison Misnomer about anything serious. Avoid at all costs. @MadisonMisnomer

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HMFASO to getting baked and watching that Bill Nye debate.

Happy birthday @uwmadison, you don’t look a day over 150. #UW1849

WiscAlert Issued As Broncos Getting Murdered In NJ. Avoid Area. The Badger Harold @TheBadgerHarold

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SO to finally growing some lady balls just in time for my final semester. I will finally stand up to you. ASO to the nitty gritty. Why my friends insist on drinking there is beyond me. Terrible specials, terrible service, terrible times.

I wonder how much trust fund money gets funneled into the kk on Friday and Saturday. #alot Greg Cristiano @The_FlowShow

Can @DangeRussWilson throw a quick pass to Montee Ball? For old time sakes. #badgermemories Lauren Willoughby @laurrwilloughby

ASO to passive aggressiveness. Get over yourself.

You threw up this morning? What happened? Shit No Badgers Say

ASO to hypocrites. There’s nothing more passive aggressive than posting that SO.

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Nothing like getting asked on a pizza date by a random boy in Bascom Hall Sydney S @sydpaige

Gonna start an all-Greek tourney called “a race up snowy Bascom Hill in Sperrys.” Why am I not philanthropy chair yet

Happy birthday @uwmadison, you don’t look a day over 150. #UW1849

ASO to the nitty gritty. Why my friends insist on drinking there is beyond me. Terrible specials, terrible service, terrible times.

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HMFHO to my fave fuck buddy rolling back through town. THANKS FOR THE LOVE, SEX GODS

There’s a kid in van vleck wearing shorts and flip flops.. Ryan Andersen

HMFSO TO THE SHERLOCK FINALE MY BRAIN CAN’T PROCESS THIS AHLKFAHRLFJKAS,BRUIL

#ASO to all the @UWMadison haters...we produce the best. On and off the field!! @DangeRussWilson speak at 2014 commencement this may!! Christopher A Geary @gameday_geary

Some needle dick actually just did a drive by on me with a mayo filled squirt gun. Its times like these i wish i believed in hell The Lombardi Trophy is Ours!!!! #WorldChamps! #GoHawks

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ASO to my new favorite tumblr, pornhub comments on valentines. Men are strange, poetic creatures.

GTFOSO to the freshman that stroll out of Witte 2 seconds before the 80 arrives and somehow makes it on the bus before me.

HMFSO to only deciding to go out at 11 p.m., not showering and still hooking up before bar time. Here’s to winning senior year

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Montee ball. Rose bowl loss. Rose bowl loss. Rose bowl loss. Super bowl loss. Somethings gotta give. SO to Abe. The hardest man on campus. #puns.

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ASO to eathing Parthenon or candy for dinner every night this week. At least I’ll die very, very happy

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Bombay Bicycle Club perfects unique style English band’s last LP bursts with emotion, changing sound Lexy Brodt ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Bombay Bicycle Club’s So Long, See You Tomorrow initially comes off as plain noise. The English indie band has been developing and transforming its sound since its conception in 2005. They started out in the clear-cut alternative genre, floating through the noise, trying to identify their own particular style. Experimenting with silence and quiet in the album Flaws and raising its voice with A Different Kind of Fix, the band has released all of its energy and emotion in a brilliant cacophony for So Long. The singles “Carry Me” and “Luna” enliven and define the album. Loud and passionate, the songs ring out with a taste for life, or, better yet, for living. They attest to the rambunctiousness in all of us, the need to break out of our shells. “Carry Me” starts with a Radiohead-like display of techno-despondency, before breaking into a world of percussion and background sizzle. The noise, which initially may come off as obnoxious, grows on the listener. It’s what makes the song’s quiet notes worthwhile. Bombay Bicycle Club has Photo courtesy of flickr user gustaffo89 mastered the balance; transitioned After the band’s past two albums, So Long, See You Tomorrow finds Bombay Bicycle Club at their most energetic, noisy. having

between retro-indie and contemporary indie since their conception, they’ve reached the ideal middle ground. Other songs take a split from the normal Bombay theatrics. “Eyes Off You” is surprisingly quiet, relying on the treasured vocals of Jack Steadman. It’s songs like these that make Bombay Bicycle Club increasingly difficult to define: Many of their songs venture to the extreme end of experimental modern music, but others are more visceral and bare. Not until the end of the song does the band hype up the percussion for a worthwhile climax and a beautiful send-off. The song “Feel” is probably the worst contribution to the album. It’s hard to distinguish whether or not the mix of erotic club music and diverse instrumentals is working out for the song in general. Steadman’s voice gets lost in the mass of conflicting noises. “Overdone” makes better use of experimentation (surprisingly—since as its name implies—many of the sound effects are quite overdone). The lyrics don’t have to compete with the music because the song makes it clear from the start that the words aren’t integral to the feel of the song. However, the lyrics are still fun: “I eat the world away to be asleep throughout the day.” That’s the life. “It’s Alright Now” is easily the highlight of the album. “It’s alright now, I

don’t want to wait” is the only audible phrase, but it doesn’t matter because there’s still something utterly flawless about the way the song is put together and executed. Upon analysis, however, the lyrics are what truly give the song vulnerability and nuance: “Made a plan to be someone / Mess it up when the moment comes / Step away, step away, stay numb.” The tone of the song itself breathes initiative and action, so it’s surprising that many of the lyrics seem to lament days past, moments lost to mere trivialities. Often the musical buffet of the instruments distracts us from the words, which are often sad or self-berating. So Long, See You Tomorrow is as good as it needed to be to signal a step forward for Bombay Bicycle Club. The band has grown tremendously in style, skipping from genre to genre, always redefining itself in alignment with its own defi nition of the zeitgeist. If they haven’t mastered the art of contemporary music, they’ve surely grasped the importance and excitement of change.

SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB

I, dumb, lumbering monstrosity ‘I, Frankenstein’ as dull, lifeless as titular character, features laughable dialogue Casey Cooney ArtsEtc. Writer Question: What kind of person goes to see “I, Frankenstein” at 9:30 p.m. on a Monday? Answer: Me, and only me. And as I sat in the movie theater, alone, stewing in self-pity and wondering where it all went wrong, I felt a great solidarity with Aaron Eckhart (“Olympus Has Fallen”), who is likely asking himself the same question at this point in his career. And if he isn’t, he probably should be, because “I, Frankenstein” blows. An adaptation of an allegedly popular graphic novel, “I, Frankenstein”

offers an alternate take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale, namely one stripped of any literary merit. It features Frankenstein’s Monster, Adam (Eckhart) as a pawn in an eternal battle between demons and gargoyles. The demons wish to capture Adam so they can unlock the secrets of his reanimation and create an army of soulless corpses that can be possessed by their fallen. The gargoyles oscillate between trying to destroy Adam and recruiting him for his fearful ability to smash demon face. There’s also a doctor (Yvonne Strahovski, “Killer Elite”) working for the demon shell company (tactfully unnamed, but probably Google) as a research scientist whose interest in Adam might be more than scientific. However, the true substance of the movie is Adam beating the poorly rendered shit out of poorly-animated, pixelated demon ass. I understand that there is a place for movies like this. I don’t always want to meditate on the intricacies of the human condition or immerse myself in the depths of existential agony. Sometimes, I just want to watch a demon’s face get melted off with holy water. There is a niche for gratuitous, vigilante violence. But this movie is so poorly executed that I found myself laughing throughout the entire film at the horrible dialogue and clunky exposition. The acting is bland, unless you count Aaron Eckhart, who is supposed to be playing a soulless corpse. Indeed, Eckhart’s fidelity to lifelessness should easily net him an Oscar nomination. His only discernible emotion is “vindictive loner,” and the number of times his character shouts that he’s “going his own way” could easily be made into a drinking game. We are ceaselessly reminded that

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate Look at those abs. That’s pretty much the only substance you’ll ﬁnd here.

Frankenstein is completely alone in the world, having been rejected by his creator, human society in general, gargoyles and demons. In fact, a better name for the movie might be “Everyone Dumps on Frankenstein,” until – spoiler alert – he discovers at the end of the movie that he actually had a soul all along. But this creates problems. If Adam has a soul, then so will every corpse that the demons reanimate. And, if they’re anything like Adam, these souls will be bitter, tormented, vindictive toward their

creators and possess super-powered bodies. They will not only fail to resurrect their fallen soldiers, but create an unstoppable army of demon-killing Frankenmen, which actually sounds like a pretty cool concept. In the end, the best metaphor for “I, Frankenstein” might be the monster itself. It is a lumbering monstrosity, crudely stitched together and artificially alive. Save yourselves; it’s too late for me.

I, FRANKENSTEIN

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Photo courtesy of flickr user justinhoch Philip Seymour Hoffman, who appeared in more than 50 films, was an actor of extraordinary depth who could enliven even the dullest of films with his presence. His characters were real, tangible beings, full of honesty and complexity.

Remember Hoﬀman for commitment to craft Actor ought to be remembered for acting genius, not his addiction, ﬂaws Kaitlyn Fahey ArtsEtc. Contributor The world lost an incredibly talented and dynamic character actor with the passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman this past weekend. News of his death was shocking, the circumstances around it even more so. Hoffman was cherished in this generation, an actor recognized more for the integrity of his work than the celebrity it created. He was an actor, not a star—an actor so very, very talented that I often forgot he existed. True to form, I came across Hoffman’s work late into his career— or rather, I came across him late in his career. I was watching “Magnolia,” one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s starstudded films from the ‘90s, when something suddenly clicked. I had seen Hoffman in half a dozen roles before this one, but for some reason or another, he was different in this one. I recognized him. His voice, his movements, his features – they were all so familiar to me, so tip-of-the-tongue, but for the life of me I couldn’t match his face to a single name or movie I’d ever seen. Naturally, I turned to IMDb. And then I felt like an idiot. A big, gigantic, memory-impaired idiot. “Twister,” “Boogie Nights,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Almost Famous,” “Cold Mountain,” “Capote,”

“Charlie Wilson’s War,” “Doubt,” “Moneyball,” “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”—the list goes on and on. He had been in so many Oscar-nominated films that he’d become something of a regular on my screen this past fall. (After wasting two hours of my life this October watching “Playing for Keeps,” I broke up with my Netflix recommendations and promised myself I’d only watch Academyvetted picks.) And while his looks were by no means chameleon, the characters he played were. No matter how big or small the role in the film, Hoffman buried himself in his characters. In his Oscar-winning role as the title character in “Capote,” Hoffman sits with Nelle Harper Lee at the premiere party of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” drinking heavily as he contemplates the future of Perry and Dick’s murder trial and weighs his selfishness and career ambitions against the life of a friend and a murderer. In that moment, all I could think about was the real Capote, his future as an addict and the decisions that led him down that path. After spending so many years intimately tied up in the fragility of human life and monstrous cruelty, how could he not suffer psychological torment? But did I dislike him for it? I had no idea. He was selfish, that much was obvious, and ambitious to a fault, a gross egoist. But he was also scared and overwhelmed; he was simultaneously in love with and terrified by Perry. But what would be

worse – letting him die or allowing him to live? Yet another question I couldn’t answer. That was the genius of Hoffman. Under his guidance, his characters became real, tangible beings – people who were very much faulted and virtuous, selfish and giving all at once. I never remembered them because I already knew them. They were my friends, my family, me. They were the people I passed on the street every day and the ones I ran into at the bar each night. Hoffman’s characters seamlessly wove in and out of the story world, so submerged in the narrative that I often forget there was a real man that existed beneath them. His art wasn’t polluted by his actions in the tabloids or by his political stances on the news. His gift was his anonymity and his talent was his embodiment. When news broke of Hoffman’s death on Sunday, the world mourned and the Internet erupted. Millions took to Twitter to express their grief and extend their condolences. Anti-drug activists found a fresh platform for engaging in a much needed discussion about Good Samaritan laws and OD first responder practices. Media outlets such as CNN and TMZ began chronicling the actor’s last days, hashing out his “secret struggles” and exposing the “inner demons” that plagued him. The media frenzy surrounding Hollywood drug fatalities is nothing new – the sadness, the curiosity, the uproar – I get it.

And the political power of tragedy to influence policy is something I can also understand. But all the rest is speculation, polluting his work and disrespecting his privacy. I don’t want to know what Hoffman spent his last days doing. I don’t want to know the demons that plagued him or the third-party opinion of what his road to recovery may or may not have entailed. I don’t want to speculate over his death and I most

certainly do not want to “learn” from it. As a nation, our media and its readers are making a spectacle of a man’s life. And while it is one thing to mourn or create a policy conversation to help circumvent future tragedies, digging into Hoffman’s “sordid past” and “tormented soul” and publicizing that information (however accurate or inaccurate the source may be) is another beast entirely. We should

be protecting the personal anonymity in his death that Hoffman so obviously pursued in his life. Hoffman was an incredibly talented actor whose work consistently boasted profound depth and remarkable breadth. Let’s remember that in these next few days. Let’s celebrate his life as an artist, remembering his genius and reveling in his accomplishments. And as for all the rest, let’s just let it all go.

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Wisconsin, Minnesota geared up for round 2 Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor Although Paul Bunyan’s Axe will not go to the winner, this weekend’s men’s hockey series between Wisconsin and Minnesota has a great deal at stake. Trailing Minnesota by 10 points in the Big Ten standings, the third-place and 12th-ranked Badgers (14-8-2 overall, 5-4-1 Big Ten with 16 points) are looking to climb back into the conference title chase with six points on the line Thursday and Friday night at the Kohl Center with 10 games remaining in the regular season. As if the battle for the first title in the inaugural year of Big Ten hockey wasn’t enough to add to the rivalry, the fact that the Golden Gophers (182-5, 8-0-2 with 26 points) are the No. 1 team in the country coming into Madison should certainly spark a higher level of intensity in a series that has been fairly quiet in recent years. “In the games we’ve played them since I’ve been here as a coach, we haven’t had any big brawls. When I played them as a player we had brawls, so it was a little different,” Wisconsin assistant coach Gary Shuchuk, who played for UW from 1986-1990, said. “But it’s just one of those great rivalries where it’s bragging rights. Right now, they’re up two games on us and playing in this Big Ten. We have a chance to redeem ourselves.” Those two games Shuchuk referred to were the fi rst two games played this season between the Badgers and Gophers, which saw the Gophers sweep Wisconsin in

Jen Small The Badger Herald Senior forward Mark Zengerle (9) is tied for the team lead with 24 points.

Minneapolis Nov. 29 and 30. However, the new alignment in the Big Ten that has only six teams allows the member schools to play each other in home-and-home series, giving Wisconsin a shot at revenge, something that often didn’t happen in the old Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Though the teams did already play this season, it was the first conference matchup for both teams and early on in the season, meaning the two squads will have a different look about them come Thursday night, as Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves explained. “The way they would have changed is the details in their systems play. It’ll be harder to find plays in their defensive zone coverage because they’ve had more reps and more game experience. Every part of their game their details will be better,” Eaves said, adding his team will be better in its systems play as well. For Wisconsin, the changes are not just limited to the play on the ice, as there will be several changes to those who are on the ice, too. The biggest of those alterations will be the absence of Tyler Barnes, who sustained a shoulder injury two weekends ago against Ohio State. With Barnes on the sidelines for the second consecutive week, Eaves will have to shake up his forward lines once again. Fortunately for Eaves, the changes in the lineups this week are due to getting Nic Kerdiles back from his shoulder injury after he missed six games and part of the game against Alaska-Anchorage when he initially got hurt. “He’s high-level, skill player. He can skate like the wind. He has a great shot. He has great vision,” Shuchuk said. “Just inserting him into the lineup gives us a different dimension as a team as a whole. I like it when he’s playing because of that. He’s one of those hockey players that at any given moment he can score or cause a penalty with his speed, so he brings a different element into our lineup.” Kerdiles will play wing on the first line with Mark Zengerle at center and Sean Little on the other wing, bumping Morgan Zulinick to the

second line with Michael Mersch and Jefferson Dahl, encompassing the key line changes. Despite the changes and the injury to Barnes, Wisconsin still has a great deal of experience with seven seniors in the starting lineup. Minnesota, on the other hand, has a very balanced roster and a youthful one at that, with eight freshmen comprising the Gophers’ biggest class of players, freshmen who have been key to their success and top rank. “I think that as a whole, how they’re having success is based on their freshman group. Their freshman group came along and they’re scoring a lot of goals for them. If they didn’t, I think they would have struggled,” Shuchuk said. The eight Gopher freshmen have combined for 89 points including 36 goals, which is the second best mark in the country for a freshman class behind only Boston College. The Gopher offense has received contributions from all throughout the lineup, which has helped make Minnesota the fourthbest offensive attack in the country with a 3.65 goals per game average. But the big reason why the Gophers are currently the top-ranked team in the country is that they’re not limited to relying on their offense. Minnesota allows the third-fewest goals per game in the country at 1.96, as sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox ranks in the top 10 nationally in goals-against-average and save percentage. Meanwhile in goal for Wisconsin will be junior Joel Rumpel who has started the last six games in between the pipes for Wisconsin and has a .926 save percentage and a 2.03 GAA. With refined play through all three zones, the Gophers will certainly pose a big test for Wisconsin this weekend, but the intensity of the series in the past should hold up this weekend and make for two very competitive games. “When you’re chasing the No. 1 team, there’s always a little extra fun to it,” Zengerle said. “They’re No. 1. It’s on our ice, students are back and it’s just got every degree to be an exciting weekend. Our whole locker room just wants it to be [Thursday] night at 7:30 right now.”

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UW nabs 30 recruits on National Signing Day Spencer Smith Sports Editor Wednesday marked national signing day for college football recruits and the end to Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen’s first full recruiting campaign with the Badgers. By the end of the day, Wisconsin landed 25 scholarship athletes and five walk-ons for the coming season. Heading into the recruiting process, Andersen said the offensive line was the primary need for Wisconsin to address, with guard Ryan Groy graduating and it being an already-thin position group. “A specific need was the offensive line,” Andersen said. “The goal is to get that to 16 scholarship players. We made good progress in that area, some tremendous young men there.” Jaden Gault and Michael Deiter come in as the highest rated offensive line recruits to sign with Wisconsin. Both Gault and Deiter enrolled at Wisconsin this spring and will be able to participate in spring practice. According to ESPN Recruiting Nation, Gault is Wisconsin’s highest rated recruit, as he is the only player to sign with the Badgers that ranks in ESPN’s top-300 recruits list, coming in at 141st and 10th

at his position. But Andersen believes Deiter will have the best chance to snag a starting spot during spring practice, with injuries for Dan Voltz and Dallas Lewallen keeping them from playing in the spring and leaving an opening at center. “Michael may be the starting center with the injuries at this point to Dan [Voltz] and to Dallas [Lewallen],” Andersen said. “So that is a tremendous opportunity for a young freshman at the center spot. Very challenging, but a great opportunity.” After the offensive line, Andersen and his staff focused on bringing recruits to play in the secondary and at wide receiver. And

no matter which side of the ball they will be playing, Andersen is looking for one thing out of his secondary

for young men that are highly competitive, love the game of football and can run,” Andersen said.

and wide receivers: speed. “We weren’t so much looking for corners or safeties, we were looking

One of the more intriguing recruits who could end up on either side of the ball is

Dareian Watkins out of Ohio. Watkins originally committed to Northwestern, but switched over to Wisconsin in November. Watkins has the ability to play receiver or somewhere in the secondary. It is yet to be seen where Andersen and his staff end up placing the athlete. As of right now, he is listed as a wide receiver on the Wisconsin roster. But perhaps the most intriguing recruit of the 2014 class comes at a position where Wisconsin has plenty of players to choose from, but also where a question mark still exists. Quarterback D.J. Gillins comes to Madison with a lot of buzz surrounding him, as he is an atypical Wisconsin quarterback. Gillins, who enrolled at

Wisconsin this spring, features mobility to go with a big frame that can create havoc for the defense when he leaves the pocket. Gillins is now the second mobile quarterback Andersen has brought in to Wisconsin in less than a year with the program. There have been rumblings of Andersen’s desire to feature a duel-threat quarterback and Gillins presents another option — along with Tanner McEvoy who Andersen says will be playing quarterback again after appearing at safety last season — if he decides to go in that direction. But for now, Andersen insists Joel Stave is Wisconsin’s starting quarterback. “Joel’s our starting quarterback,” Andersen said. “It’s his spot to lose.” In all, Andersen said he is impressed with his first group of Wisconsin recruits, but said UW was an “easy sell” that allowed him to go after the players he and his staff wanted. “Their want to get into a tremendous social environment, like we talk about all the time, is a driving force their them and their families,” Andersen said. “And obviously to play at the highest level of football—they get that opportunity at the University of Wisconsin.”

Hammock leaves for coaching spot with Ravens Spencer Smith Sports Editor Wisconsin running backs coach and recruiting coordinator Thomas Hammock announced Wednesday he will leave the program to join the Baltimore Ravens coaching staff. Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen said in his national signing day press conference Wednesday that Hammock was coaching the

Badgers’ running backs at 6:30 a.m. this morning, but has since made the decision to pursue a career in the NFL. “As he moves forward, this is something that Thomas has wanted for a long time,” Andersen said. “Some people want to coach professional football. It’s been a driving force of his for quite a few years, and it’s where he sees the best spot for him and his family, which I have the utmost respect for

the decision that he has to make.” Hammock started his coaching career with Wisconsin in 2003 as a graduate assistant. He then left Madison in 2005 to become the running backs coach at Northern Illinois for two seasons and then joined the University of Minnesota’s coaching staff in 2007 for the same position. Hammock rejoined Wisconsin in 2011. As the running backs coach at Wisconsin,

Hammock helped train Montee Ball, who tied Barry Sanders’ record for touchdowns in a season, and was a Heisman Trophy finalist. Last season he worked with Melvin Gordon, James White and Corey Clement, who, as a group, ranked eighth in the nation in rushing yards per game. During Hammock’s time with the Badgers, Wisconsin’s rushing attack ranked third nationally in rushing yards per attempt

(5.7), fourth in rushing touchdowns (121) and seventh in rushing yards per game (251.1), while leading the Big Ten Conference in all of those categories. As for who will take over for Hammock at Wisconsin, Andersen didn’t give any specific names, but gave an idea for the type of coach he is looking for. “I look for two things,” Andersen said. “I look for someone who’s going to take care of the kids. That’s

number one. And number two, somebody that can recruit. That’s what we’ll look for.” Hammock will take over a Ravens running group highlighted by two-time all-pro running back Ray Rice and third year tailback Bernard Pierce. Baltimore will look to Hammock to improve a running game that ranked 30th in yards per game and 32nd in yards per carry this season.

Badgers falter late, fall to Huskers in overtime Eric Kohlbeck Women’s basketball writer

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Despite shooting 44.8 percent from the field, Wisconsin yielded 50 points in the second half and overtime in the defeat.

As far as heart-breaking losses go, Wednesday’s game for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team against No. 22 Nebraska might be the hardest one to swallow this season. The Badgers (10-12, 3-7 Big Ten) hung tough with the Cornhuskers (16-5, 6-3 Big Ten) throughout the first and second halves before the two teams would eventually need overtime to settle the contest. But after clutch baskets by Nebraska All-American Jordan Hooper and guard Tear’a Laudermill in the overtime period, the Cornhuskers emerged victorious, knocking off Wisconsin, 71-70. During the first 20 minutes of action, baskets were hard to come by as both teams combined to make just 19 field goals. Wisconsin, however, was 3-of-4 from beyond the arc and took a 26-21 lead at the break. Nebraska’s 21 points were a season low for any half this season, and the Badgers held Hooper to two points. Fifth-year senior Taylor Wurtz paced the Badgers with 10 points, three rebounds and two assists in the first half. She finished the game with 18 points, 10 rebounds and four assists. The story of the second half was redshirt junior Michala Johnson, who scored 14 of her game-high 24 points in the second frame. Despite Johnson’s efforts, the Cornhuskers kept knocking down threepointers to keep the game close throughout the half. The largest lead of the second half was just six, held by Wisconsin,

and the two teams found themselves tied at 58 with just 1 minute, 18 seconds to go. Following a Hooper basket to tie the game at 60 with 36 seconds to go, Wisconsin took a timeout to set up a final play. Coming out of the timeout, senior Morgan Paige drove to the basket but slipped and fell forcing a turnover to give Nebraska the ball with three seconds left. In the last three seconds Nebraska couldn’t get a shot off, and Wisconsin was heading for its third overtime game of the season. In the overtime period, Johnson scored the first six points for the Badgers, but Nebraska continued to answer with three-pointers by Hooper and Laudermill that would give them a 7066 lead. After a Johnson basket and Wurtz lay-in, the game was tied at 70 with a minute remaining. A Nebraska free throw gave them a 71-70 lead, and after missed shots by Wurtz and Hooper, Wisconsin had the ball coming out of a timeout with 8.8 seconds to go still down by one. Junior Jacki Gulczynski inbounded the ball and eventually tried to find Johnson in the post, but her pass was batted away by Nebraska’s Emily Cady that sealed the game for the Cornhuskers. “It came down to one play and we didn’t get it,” Badger head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. “[The last play] was to just get [Johnson] the ball. We had it right where we wanted it, but it didn’t go our way. She was scoring all night so we were going to get her the ball and let her see what she could do.”

Nebraska was well prepared for the final play. They knew where the ball was likely going to go, according to head coach Connie Yori. “We thought the ball could go to Johnson, but we also thought they could run a ball-screen in that situation,” Yori said. “But we worked on that crossscreen in practice …You have to think that they’re either going to Johnson or run a ball-screen.” It’s a another tough loss for the Badgers who recently ended a four-game losing streak by beating Ohio State this past Sunday. In the end, Laudermill and Hooper were just too much for the Badgers. Laudermill, who was playing through illness, finished with 21 points on 5-of-10 three-point shooting, while Hooper ended up with 15 points and four rebounds. Despite the close game against a ranked team, Wurtz said there are no moral victories, but they can take away valuable information from this game. She added they’re going to use what happened tonight to come back even stronger later in the season. The Badgers will hit the road to face Indiana on Saturday before returning home next Wednesday for a battle with cross-state rival, Minnesota. “We played tough … but we don’t like moral victories,” Wurtz said. “We just have to get back into the gym, watch the film and correct the little mistakes. Now we know that we can play with anybody in this league and we’re going to make a statement towards the end of the season.”

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BADGERS IN SOCHI ERIKA BROWN

Meaghan MIKKELSON

In her time at Wisconsin from 1993-1996, Brown was a four-year letterwinner, not in curling, but in golf, and was a member of Wisconsin’s only Big Ten championship team in 1994. Before attending Wisconsin, she was the youngest member of the U.S.

Mikkelson was part of Wisconsin’s first and second National Championships in the 2005-2006 and 20062007 seasons as a junior and a senior. Her 115 career points at Wisconsin have her 15th all-

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Olympic team in 1988 as a part of the curling team. Sochi will be Brown’s third Olympics, and she will lead her own Erika Brown rink.. Besides competing in the 1988 Calgary Games, Brown took part in the 1992 Albertville Games in France. She started curling at the age of 8.

MEN’S HOCKEY

The University of Wisconsin has a long tradition of sending current and former athletes to compete in the Olympics, and this year’s games in Sochi will be no different. With at least one representative in each of the last 10 Winter Games, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team will have four former players competing for Team USA to make it 11 straight Olympics with at least one Badger skater. On the women’s side, after 11 current and former Badgers played at the 2010 Vancouver Games, five former stars will take to the ice in Sochi, four for Team USA and one for Team Canada. Finally, the last athlete representing Wisconsin is a former golfer whose first Olympic competition was before she even reached her college playing days.

time. Sochi will be Mikkelson’s second Olympics after competing with Team Canada in the 2010 Vancouver Games. in which she won a gold medal, helping the Canadians beat Team USA 2-0.

WOMEN’s HOCKEY

RYAN SUTER

JOE PAVELSKI

MEGHAN DUGGAN

HILARY KNIGHT

The hometown product of Madison, Suter, whose father won the gold medal with the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 1980 Lake Placid games, will play in his second winter games, having also earned a silver medal with team USA in 2010. Suter played only one year with the Badgers in 2003-2004 before moving on to the NHL. He is currently a defenseman and alternate captain with the Minnesota Wild. Suter will also be an alternate captain on Team USA after serving the same role during the Vancouver Games in 2010.

This marks the second consecutive Olympics for the Plover native who took home silver with team USA in 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. In his junior year with the Badgers, Pavelski guided Wisconsin to the program’s sixth national championship in the 2005-2006 season, leading the team in scoring with 56 points, including 23 goals. Pavelski left for the NHL following the championship season and now plays with the San Jose Sharks. This season he is tied for third in the NHL with 29 goals.

After taking the silver medal in Vancouver in 2010, Duggan came back for one final season with Wisconsin in 2010-2011 and led Wisconsin to the 2011 National Championship, winning the Patty Kazmaier in the process with 39 goals and 87 points. Duggan will also be playing in her second Olympics and is third all-time behind Decker and Knight with her 238 career points. Duggan’s 87 points in her senior year are the most all-time in Badgers’ history for a single season. Her 39 goals that year are fourth alltime for one season.

Although Knight holds the UW record for the most points (262) and goals (143) in a career, she is the only one of the former Badger players on the US team who didn’t win the Patty Kazmaier. Despite that shortcoming, Knight is statistically one of the best players to come through the women’s hockey program in the 15 seasons Wisconsin has sponsored the sport. In her sophomore year with the Badgers in 2008-2009, the Sun Valley, Idaho native had the second most points in a single season with 83. Knight will be playing in her second Olympics, winning silver in 2010 in Vancouver.

RYAN MCDONAGH

DEREK STEPHAN

JESSIE VETTER

BRIANNA DEcker

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Hailing from Arden Hills, Minn., McDonagh will play on his third different team with Stepan with the Sochi games, McDonagh’s first Olympics, too. Even though he is a defenseman, McDonagh scored 46 points in his three-year career with Wisconsin. Following the secondplace finish in 2010, he decided to give up his final year of eligibility to sign with the Rangers. McDonagh is also in his fourth year in the league, all of which have been spent with New York and his Badger teammate Stepan. He has scored 20 goals along with 70 assists.

Although he only spent two years in a Badger uniform, the forward from Hastings, Minn. had a big impact and played a key role in Wisconsin’s run to the National Runner-up finish in the 2009-2010 season, tallying 12 goals and 42 assists to lead Wisconsin in scoring. After totaling 21 goals and 77 points in his two-year career, Stepan chose to forgo his final two seasons with the Badgers to take a shot in the NHL with the New York Rangers. Stepan is now in his fourth season with the Rangers and this will be his first Olympics.

Vetter is from Cottage Grove and had one of the most illustrious goaltending careers, playing from 2004-2009, earning the 2009 Patty Kazmaier and setting many Wisconsin records in the process. Although current UW goaltender Alex Rigsby has reset most of the records, the one record that may never be touched is Vetter’s 39 career shutouts. The Sochi games will be Vetter’s second Olympics after starting in goal for the U.S. in 2010 in which she helped Team USA to the silver medal with her strong play between the pipes.

Decker finished her collegiate career with Wisconsin last season, and Sochi will mark her first Olympic games. During her time in Madison, Decker totaled 244 career points, second-most in Wisconsin women’s hockey history, and won the most prestigious of the individual honors in women’s hockey when she was awarded the 2012 Patty Kazmaier with an 82-point season. A member of the Badgers’ National Championship team in the 2010-2011 season, Decker also has the second-most goals in Wisconsin history with 115.

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SCHEDULE: men’s hockey · · ·

Feb. 13 USA vs. Slovakia, 6:30 a.m. Feb. 15 USA vs. Russia, 6:00 a.m. Feb. 16 USA vs. Slovenia, 6:30 a.m.

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Feb. 8 USA vs. Finland, 2:00 a.m. Feb. 10 USA vs. Switzerland, 4:00 a.m. Feb. 12 USA vs. Canada, 6:30 a.m.

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Feb. 10 USA vs. Switzerland- 4:00 a.m., USA Network Feb. 11 USA vs. Russia- 2:00 a.m., NBC Sports Feb. 11 USA vs. Great Britain 4:00 p.m., CNBC Feb. 12 USA vs. China- 4:00 a.m., USA Network Feb. 13 USA vs. Japan- 4:00 p.m., CNBC Feb. 14 USA vs. Denmark- 4:00 a.m., USA Network Feb. 15 USA vs. Sweden- 4:00 p.m., CNBC Feb. 16 USA vs. Canada- 4:00 a.m., MSNBC Feb. 17 USA vs. Korea- 2:00 a.m., NBC Sports