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Student resigns from labor codes committee By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Diversity Committee Chair Dolly Wang suggests members come up with innovative ideas for the upcoming Diversity Day.

UW committee plans second Diversity Day By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

With a strong foundation after a turnout of nearly 150 students at the first annual Diversity Day last February, members of the Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee planned out this year’s event Tuesday. With influence from various multi-cultural student organizations, the Feb. 24 Diversity Day will involve workshops, discussions and performances to spread diversity awareness throughout campus. “They [student organizations] will all be coming to this event to talk about diversity and

show students different performances to salvage diversity,” Diversity Committee Chair Dolly Wang said. This year’s event workshops will feature multicultural dances and calligraphy classes, along with possible lectures on diversity. Although Wang worked with Interim Vice Provost of Diversity and Climate Patrick Sims in the past, Diversity Day is not related to the Diversity Framework, a campus-wide initiative introduced this fall. Wang said she did not formally invite Sims and his colleagues and that each assumed Diversity

The Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Committee dealt with more changes when UW-Madison senior Melanie Meyer resigned Jan. 30 due to structural changes and administrative intervention. Meyer’s discontent first began over the summer when UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank requested a selection of students from which she could choose representatives to sit on LCLAC. This broke with a tradition where Associated Students of Madison appointed three representatives. “She really wants this slating so she can really hand pick the students that are on the committee,” Meyer said. “And to make sure that those activists and those people who will have dissenting opinions are not put on the committee in the first place.” Often these “dissenting opinions” came from members of UW-Madison’s Student Action Labor Coalition who also serve on LCLAC, a committee consisting of represen-

tatives from the student body, academic staff, faculty and classified staff. Meyer wrote in a resignation letter dated Jan. 27 she believes the chancellor views SLAC members as “radical,” which is an attitude Blank seeks to limit, although SLAC members’ involvement adds “knowledge, resources and understanding of the issues at hand” to LCLAC. Director of Community Relations Everett Mitchell countered Meyer and explained Blank’s actions as driven by a desire to create a more varied LCLAC membership. “She was looking for a diversified student org,” Mitchell said. “You can have [representations from] undergrad, grad, professional schools. There’s a diversity of different types of students.” Meyer also took issue with a change in the LCLAC bylaws that does not allow for a student to hold a leadership position higher than vice chair. LCLAC members created a subcommittee to address specific concerns surrounding bylaw changes, which has since

been dissolved, Meyer said. Blank requested a meeting with this subcommittee Dec. 3 to discuss their concerns surrounding the structural changes, which require LCLAC to operate as an advisory committee rather than a shared governance group protected by state statute. “She’s always been willing to meet,” Mitchell said. “She met with the chair, she met with the subcommittee that was looking at some changes for the structure.” In her resignation letter, Meyer challenged several statements Blank made during the Dec. 3 meeting. Meyer quoted Blank as saying she had problems contacting former LCLAC Chair and UW-Madison student Lingran Kong and that Kong had “no interest in those conversations.” Meyer wrote that she later reached out to Kong, who said Blank never tried to reach out to her, apart from one meeting at the beginning of the year. Mitchell said the chancellor was disappointed in Meyer’s decision to resign and will continue to seek SLAC members’ and other students’ voices on LCLAC.

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Panel promotes education, empowerment for women By Laura Grulke THE DAILY CARDINAL

A panel of librarians and others dedicated to informational studies spoke Tuesday at Memorial Library about the need to educate women and girls around the globe, a theme in this year’s Go Big Read novel. The book, “I Am Malala,” tells the story of Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan who was the victim of Taliban violence against women and education. The panel, comprised of guest speakers from programs promoting empowerment of women through education, expressed disdain toward such oppression. Office of the UW System Gender and Women’s Studies

Librarian Karla Strand began by speaking about how librarians in particular can act as ambassadors for progressive thinking in educating women, girls and children worldwide. Strand said research she conducts at UW-Madison and in South Africa focuses on educating women on obtaining information. Her studies aim to lessen information inequality she believes disempowers women. “When we empower and educate women and girls, we empower a society,” Strand said. She said lack of information leads to problems related to health, something Araceli Alonso,

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UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank (left) and former LCLAC member Melanie Meyer (right) disagreed over student and Student Labor Action Coalition involvement in LCLAC.

Gov. Scott Walker opens campaign field office in Iowa Gov. Scott Walker became the first contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination to open office space in Iowa on Tuesday. Our American Revival, the campaign organization Walker created last month, has leased office space in suburban Des Moines, the Des Moines Register reported. An adviser with Our American

Revival told the Register that the office is designed “to engage with the citizens of Iowa.” The move isn’t Walker’s first foray into the key battleground state, as it comes on the heels of his speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit last month. State Democrats criticized the announcement, with Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike

Tate accusing Walker of ignoring problems in Wisconsin while running for president. “Scott Walker has spent more time and effort making plans to talk to Iowans than Wisconsinites,” Tate said in a statement. “Walker is a perpetual candidate for office and master political opportunist who doesn’t care about the mess he leaves behind.”

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Terry ‘T.A.’ Olivier: Private Eye: No. 6: Want secrets with that?

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etting food is a tricky enterprise for a private eye. A fine line must be maintained between being a customer and being a regular, especially when you go to places you don’t want to be a regular. But you just can’t help it. What I mean is: most service people in this town tend to be college-aged or young enough that they’re still in the loop, which is invaluable when you’re plying the detective trade on a college campus. And sometimes, it feels good to be known. Not just for the free slices of Ian’s Pizza or the gratis side of guac with your chips, but also for the lowdown. People underestimate how much community involvement is wrapped up in detective work. At the same time, you have to maintain your distance. Can’t be going to the corner joint every day at 11 p.m. for a discount meal served to you by your favorite waiter—people’d make connections, and connections are a bad thing in the wrong hands. I can’t have the midnight skeleton crew at Wendy’s knowing my name. It just wouldn’t be right. Now maybe, you’d argue, it’s better to get close. If you were the detective, you’d get

close. Well you aren’t. And this isn’t one of your wonderful Raymond Chandler novels where Philip Marlowe seems to know damn near everyone. Besides, the turnover rate in cheap eateries here is roughly four years—far less than the ocean but nonetheless complete. Sometimes, though, the hunger takes you over. The real hunger sitting in the pit of your stomach as it always has. And that night, calling out from behind my own hunger, I had a hungry bull crane in my back pocket, calling out its enigmatic cry. It cried: “Who am I? Why was I found next to the body of your dead professor, in his bony hands? What do I have to do with the Tenny Bros?” I had to feed the enigma, to make it sing coherently, so I went to Five Guys. Am I ashamed of being a Five Guys customer? No. Do my hips quiver at the sight of a double bacon cheeseburger unraveled from its silver swaddle, after it’s been unearthed from an avalanche of blisterinducing French fries? Yes, they quiver; they quiver with delight and anticipation. I am, after all, an American. But I wasn’t there to eat burgers. I had neither time nor money to spare. My stomach still turned with the sight of Professor Graham B.D. Rice in his gory hammock. I needed to feed the bull crane; I could get by on peanuts. It was close to closing time, but it was business as usual

Almastat: Breaking down the 2015-’17 Wisconsin State Budget $81,208: Feed the posh kittens. $90,010.09: Honorary palindrome. $3,123,981: Biannual sacrifice to the God of the Enchanted Wilderness. $808,374: “Keep it real” fund. $231,009,347: Fireworks for grand opening of the new Bucks stadium. $843: Hawaiian Punch drinking fountain. $73,900: “Big Definitely” $790,245: Not going to Walker’s presidential campaign fund. $4,900: Two-year supply of condoms for explicit use in Capitol orgies. $48,890: Money well-spent

behind the burger bar. I looked over the array of workers— nameless cashier, Something Carmichael, some kid with horrendous pimples was working the fries station—before I found who I was looking for, on condiment duty. He saw my approach and hailed me with a hand full of fried onion. “Well well, if it ain’t ol Private I!”

Am I ashamed of being a Five Guys customer? No. Do my hips quiver at the sight of a double bacon cheeseburger unraveled from its silver swaddle, after it’s been unearthed from an avalanch of blister-inducing French fries? Yes, they quiver; they quiver with delight and anticipation. I am, after all, an American. See what I mean, about the dangers of being a regular? “Hey McDaniel,” I said over my shoulder, as I scooped up a carton of peanuts. “Those are for the customers I think.” “What? I’m a customer. I bought a water.” “Three weeks ago, the last time you dropped in looking for leads.” “Will you keep it down?” I curtly snarled. “I’m trying to be, y’know, low profile.” “Not with that trenchcoat. And I don’t owe you any favors.”

“Is it about the C+’s on all your essays? I told you to use full stops.” “But I wanted to emulate Molly Bloom!” “Well you aren’t Molly Bloom now! Are you?” “I guess you’ve got me there.” He laughed. Licking the salt from my fingers and rubbing them on my trenchcoat, I took the slip of paper and held it before him. “Look here, Art History major. Ring any bells?” “Hmm… no—well, maybe.” He scrutinized it closely. “Damnit Mr. Oliver, you know I specialized in Pre-Raphaelites!” “Hence why you’re in fast food.” “This is just my cover,” McDaniels cried. “My parents think I’m a deadbeat waiting to go back and get my ABA, but in reality I’m selling my work around the area.” I felt pretty tired and (admittedly) I envied his purported art success.“Well, until next time, McDaniels.” “Wait up!” He threw away the onions and told me to grab my phone. He told me a College Court address. “You might be able to find someone who knows a thing or two about that bird at this party.” I thanked him and left Five Guys. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the nameless cashier staring at me with the vehemence of the wary. Check back in two weeks for the next part of the Terry Oliver story.

On this day in history... 1531—Henry VIII is recognized as the supreme head of the Church of England. His hat size was 7 7/8. 1812—Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry gerrymanders for the first time by pulling down his pants and running through Boston yelling “Gerry! Gerry! Gerry!” 1919—Roger Ebert is elected president of Germany, running as the candidate for the Kimo Party. 1971—The Seabed Arms Control Treaty is signed by many nations, including the United States and Soviet Union, outlawing nuclear weapons on all luxury submarines. 2001—The Anna Kournikova computer virus begins—infecting the emails of unsuspecting horndogs who still hadn’t learned how to find porn on the Internet. 2013—Pope Benedict XVI steps down from the papacy after God stopped telling him bedtime stories.

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Madison police, fire officials address mental health issues By Alex Bernell THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Public Safety Review Committee of Madison addressed city-wide mental health issues Tuesday, with Madison Police Department Capt. Brian Ackeret reporting about the recently introduced mental health officer program. Five officers were assigned to manage the program, which started on the first of February and is going well, according to Ackeret. Each officer is responsible for administering the program in one of the five districts and received crisis intervention training before getting assigned to responding

diversity from page 1 Day would be separate from the Diversity Framework. However, Wang is a member of the Administration and Accountability group within the Diversity Framework and works with Sims. “Last semester it was more about the power dynamics, who should implement the whole

to mental health crises in their respective districts. “[The goal of the program is to] try to deal with things before crisis mode,” Ackeret said. Madison Fire Department Chief Steven Davis also commented on MFD’s involvement with mental health. The department is working with the MPD to ensure they are taking the right people to the hospital. “In January, five individuals made 34 calls for paramedics and we are trying to narrow this down because when someone calls for the paramedics they have to be taken to the hospital whether or not they actually need to go,” Davis said.

Davis also said there is an association between these calls and homelessness. Ald. Paul Skidmore, District 9, commented on the prevalence of homeless individuals breaking and entering the Madison Municipal Building. “Eight to 12 individuals are responsible for most of these incidents,” Skidmore said. He stated that most of these individuals are homeless and that there are incentives for them to engage in this conduct. “They receive tickets, but do not pay them … after 10 tickets they have to spend three days in jail where there are warm beds and food,” Skidmore said.

Diversity Plan,” Wang said. “Right now we’re in the stage of coming up with really concrete plans to implement certain recommendations and to target specific initiatives so that we can finalize the report.” Recently Wang met with members of a UW-Madison residence hall diversity squad after rumors surrounding the cut of these programs started circling.

“Diversity squads do a lot of diversity programs and events,” Wang said. “They facilitate a lot of conversations surrounding diversity topics in dorms between minority and domestic students.” Wang said she hopes to see this type of conversation during Diversity Day and hopes to attract more students to the event at Union South.

State rejects millions for Kenosha casino The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin offered Tuesday to pay $220 million for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena if Gov. Scott Walker would reverse his denial of the proposed Menominee Hard Rock Kenosha Casino. “This proposal eliminates the need for State taxpayer funds to build a new arena,” said Menominee Chairman Gary Besaw in a statement. “It shows the Kenosha casino is truly a winwin-win for Wisconsin.” Members of the state Legislature on both sides of the aisle supported the revived plan, which Walker originally rejected in January amid con-

cerns about potential lawsuits from other tribes. “I commend the Menominee Tribe for not giving up on creating thousands of jobs in Racine and Kenosha counties,” Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said in a press release. “This is a major new development that would provide taxpayers with a double bonanza,” Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said in a statement. Mike Huebsch, secretary of Walker’s Department of Administration, shot down the proposal later that day, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Huebsch said Walker

would not accept the proposal. Walker’s recent budget proposal included $220 million in bonds to pay for the new arena in downtown Milwaukee. The funds would come from the “jock tax,” which refers to the income taxes paid by professional athletes. The Bucks current owners and former owner have pledged a total of at least $250 million for the arena, which has estimated costs of $500 million. Walker can change his decision by Feb. 19 with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Menominee Tribe said in the statement. —Negassi Tesfamichael

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Araceli Alonso’s students gathered oral history from locals in Africa to complie handmade books for the villages’ first libraries.

panel from page 1 who works with the Gender and Women’s Studies Department and the School of Public Medicine and Global Health, combated in African villages. Alonso began a nonprofit organization that brought health literacy and training to women who did not have easy access to health care. Her students also worked with village community members to transcribe oral histories into handmade books that contributed to new libraries. “If there is nothing, we create it,” Alonso said. “To my surprise, the women went to the library and

… started reading more books.” Lisa Ebert, a volunteer working with a private organization that provides technical training to people in Nicaragua, said she saw growth in educational thinking during her time with the Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners program. She said that through opportunities opened by the program’s learning centers, “lending” libraries sprang up throughout communities that children lined up to use. But even with the many efforts to make information available to women and children being done, many of the speakers said roadblocks, like trouble getting to libraries safely, still undermine their work.

Firefighters endorse incumbent Paul Soglin for Madison mayoral election Madison’s incumbent Mayor Paul Soglin received an endorsement for his re-election campaign Tuesday from Fire Fighters Local 311, according to a press release. Fire Fighters Local 311 represents a variety of first responders and emergency personnel in the Madison area as well as its suburbs, including Middleton, Monona and Sun Prairie. “Mayor Soglin understands what first responders need in order to do their jobs and he cares about public safety,”

President Mahlon Mitchell said in the release. “He respects what we can bring to the table, he is a straightforward communicator and we appreciate his experience, his love of Madison and his ability to get things done.” Soglin will be facing Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, former Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, former Dane County supervisor Richard Brown and UW-Madison graduate Christopher Daly in Feb. 17’s primary, with the two candidates receiving the most votes advancing to April 7’s general election.

MPD officers arrest, charge suspect in string of power tool burglaries

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Following a string of power tool burglaries beginning in early January, police officers arrested 29-year-old Chadwick A. Coffey and officially charged him in three other burglaries on Madison’s north side Tuesday. “Recovered so far in this investigation are a number of high priced power tools including Mac and Snap-on brand tools,” Officer David Dexheimer wrote in an update to the original incident report this Tuesday. He further mentioned the possibility that many of these stolen tools are the results of unreported crimes. The stolen power tools were later matched to those sold at a

local pawn shop. Employees at the shop provided information to Madison Police Department, which led to Coffey’s arrest, according to Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain’s original incident report from Feb. 9. Coffey, upon his arrest, said he purchased the tools from a man at a bar and admitted to being a heroin user, DeSpain’s report also mentioned. MPD detectives are currently investigating related incidents, and according to the MPD report, they believe Coffey may be tied to more thefts in the area, including those from garages, cars and work sites.

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Eukaryotic cell has origins questioned By Brita Larson The Daily Cardinal

This article is dedicated to Charles Darwin and David Baum. To Charles Darwin because his birthday is this week, February 12th, and to David Baum who exemplifies the humility and cleverness that Darwin himself possessed. There is a common misconception that science is immutable. Perhaps it is because people believe that once you introduce a scientific theory that works, that’s the end of the road and there’s nothing else to discover. Perhaps it is because the phrase “doing science” is rather allusive: where do scientists get their ideas? How do they do research to test said ideas? But science really isn’t absolute. Ideas are always evolving, whether due to recent research or improved technology. Sometimes an accepted idea, even the one that’s taught in your Biology 101 lecture, is really just that: accepted. And somewhere out there, possibly in a lab right on campus, somebody is challenging that accepted idea. That certainly is the case for Dr. David Baum. Baum works in the Botany Department, but he is the first to admit that his work is highly collaborative and extends far past the borders of botany. Professor Baum’s work falls under the category of “the origin of life,” though he’s always studied in other areas of evolution of biology. Baum began thinking about the origin of life when he was an undergraduate and then a graduate student, but he didn’t call it his area of study until recently. As an undergraduate, Baum had an idea about the origin of the eukaryotic cell. However, Baum’s idea contradicted the proposed “outside-in” theories at the time. Today, the accepted theory for the origin of the eukaryotic cell is called the endosymbiotic theory. It was indeed the theory of the origin of eukaryotes taught in my Biology 101 course two years ago. Lynn Margulis published the theory in the late 1960s. The theory states that a prokaryotic cell, perhaps a large, anaerobic bacterium engulfed a small, aerobic bacterium and formed a symbiotic relationship with it. From this relationship, the aerobic bacterium removed oxygen from the cell and received protection from the bigger bacterium. Eventually, the engulfed bacterium evolved into a mitochondrion and this was the first eukaryotic cell. However, when David Baum compared a eukaryotic cell to a bacterium, he saw that the bacterium was much more similar to the nucleus of the cell than the whole cell. If the endosymbiotic theory were true, the entire cell should resemble the bacterium. “Really, what I was trying to do was to go through the logical alternatives. I think it’s good when you have a problem and

you think through every possible orientation and direction. It seemed there was a missing hypothesis that hadn’t been proposed. Topologically, it worked to go outwards,” said Baum. “At the time, I didn’t think it was true, but it seems like as any good scientist, we should consider all possible hypotheses before we decide we have the right one.” In other words, both theories were “outside-in” theories of eukaryotic evolution and Baum wanted to investigate the opposite idea: could eukaryotes have evolved “inside-out”? What if the nucleus was actually the oldest part of the eukaryotic cell? Baum wrote his first essay based on this idea and he recently found the article. “I scanned it and sent it to people. It’s pretty weird; it’s funny how memory is. I thought I had a better argument than I actually did,” said Baum. Baum’s idea did not come to the fore of his academic investigations until much later. In the intervening years, Baum spent some time in the aforementioned Lynn Margulis’s lab at Boston University. During this time he wrote a second paper. “The second one was much better than the first one,” said Baum.

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But the second paper was how far the idea went until recently when Baum began to do research on the origin of life. “When you enter a new field, you don’t have much credibility and much funding. It’s hard to be taken seriously. Were I to finally publish this idea, it would give me a little more credibility to the early evolution of life,” said Baum. “So, two summers ago, I wrote an essay and I did a lot of reading. The theory sounds a lot better now than it does then,” Baum said. He sent the essay to his cousin, Buzz Baum, a microbiologist from the University College London who, according to Baum, got really excited about it. They spent time editing and supplementing the paper before sending it off to publishers. The fourth journal took the article. The abstract of the article summarizes Baums’ theory: “In brief, we propose that eukaryotes evolved from a prokaryotic cell with a single bounding membrane that extended extracellular protrusions [called blebs] that fused to give rise to the cytoplasm and endomembrane system.” Since Baum first developed his idea, two major things hap-

pened that were really important for supporting their inside-out model. Firstly, scientists recently discovered Archaea. Archaea have the ability to form extracellular protrusions as described in the clip from the Baums’ paper. Thus, based on this knowledge, it is possible that the eukaryote originated from Archaea, rather than bacteria. The second piece of evidence that supported Baum’s hypothesis was the lipids found in eukaryotic membranes. Eukaryotes have some Archaea membranes and some bacterial membrane. How did this happen? In the traditional theories, the larger bacterium swallowed the smaller bacterium, but swallowing a bacterium by phagocytosis is probably not possible with an Archaeal type membrane. In light of the Baums’ theory, the eukaryote cell has bacterial membrane due to passive interactions with bacteria that later became mitochondria and it has Archaeal membranes because the original, larger prokaryote was indeed an Archaea. When Lynn Margulis proposed her theory of endosymbiosis, she received scathing criticisms from the science community. However, it seems that the Baums’ theory received more positive responses. “So far, we’ve had lots of really nice emails. We got one from a colleague of Buzz’s who wrote to us that it’s the best paper I’ve read in years. People have been really encouraging, said Baum. So is it true? “I would give it a greater than fifty-fifty chance that it’s correct, I would say sixty-forty. Buzz is convinced, he’s sure of it, I don’t quite know why. More likely than the alternative,” said Baum. After a moment, he added, “But I still think, it doesn’t matter. Science gets stimulated. It gets people looking at things that people haven’t looked at.” Indeed, one of the best pieces of advice David Baum has ever received echoes that sentiment. “A colleague that I greatly admired once told me that science is about being wrong and we should always be happy to admit that we were wrong. Because if we’re after the truth, we give it our best shot, and we have to be willing to look at it objectively and say we were wrong, said Baum. As for David Baum’s current work, it aligns nicely with Darwin Day this Thursday, February 12. He’s working on the origin of life with a motley crew of scientists, with researchers from bacteriology, geosciences, chemistry and, of course, botany. Baum and his colleagues believe that natural selection works on unbounded entities and that it spontaneously happens more frequently than previously believed. In other words, “We’re imposing pre-biotic selection with chemical mixes to tell us how life-like chemistry has arisen,” said Baum.

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Ask Ms. Scientist Dear Ms. Scientist, Is it healthy to run in the cold?

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Everybody reacts to physical and environmental stresses differently and there is not a clear, yes-or-no answer, as there is for questions like, “Is it healthy to smoke cigarettes?” However, some runners just have more sensitive airways to dry, cold temperatures, leading to bronchial irritation and asthmatic symptoms. The colder the air and longer the run is affects the amount of stress and injury to the lungs. In addition, dehydration progresses faster and hypothermia can occur. At very extreme temperatures, there is more risk for external injuries, like frostbite. In the end, as long as you dress properly, stay hydrated, and listen to your body and do what is comfortable for you, it is okay to jog with Jack Frost. Ask Ms. Scientist is written by Corinne Thornton. If you have a burning science question you want her to answer, email it to science@dailycardinal.com.

Soy Moratorium is helping protect the environment By Michael Frett The Daily Cardinal

Professor Holly Gibbs described it as a patchwork quilt, a collection of tidy squares carved into the heart of the Amazon rainforest with a mechanized efficiency Gibbs says is more sophisticated than even the Midwest’s corporate farms. This neatly industrialized face of deforestation cleared out nearly 3,000 square miles of Amazonian forest last year, according to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, and continues to challenge rainforest conservation as its perpetrators slip through environmental laws’ loose grip. There’s hope for the Amazon rainforest, though. According to a new study conducted by Gibbs and colleagues across both the United States and Brazil, an agreement made by the soy industry has successfully done what Brazil’s strict environmental laws couldn’t: dramatically cut back deforestation. Called the Soy Moratorium, the agreement was made in 2006 among members of Brazil’s soy industry to promote sustainable soy farming and prevent deforestation in the Amazon biome. Members of the moratorium refuse to trade or finance soy that was grown in newly-deforested land, encouraging farmers to plant only in previously cleared lands. The story from before the moratorium wasn’t promising. A report by the European Commission found that nearly 2,000 square miles of forest had been cleared for crop production between 2001 and 2004. According to Gibbs, an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Geography Department and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the moratorium turned that around. “Before the moratorium, about 30 percent of the time soy expanded through deforestation, and now almost no soy expands through deforestation,” said Gibbs. Gibbs attests the Soy Moratorium’s success to Brazil’s role in a global market. Called “the Global Farm” by some, Brazil is a leading exporter of soy and cattle, with much of that soy going to European and American markets. American companies like McDonalds and Walmart,

who share their own sizeable chunks of the European market, chimed in to the agreement as a Greenpeace report linked McDonalds chicken to Brazilian soy and consumer pressure stepped up. “European consumers are really powerful and strongly advocate for their beliefs. So there was a lot of pressure. They cleaned up their supply chains of deforestation,” said Gibbs. Though it cut back on deforestation, the Soy Moratorium did little to dampen the growth of Brazil’s soy industry. According to Gibbs, the area of soy farms actually doubled and profitability increased during the years of the moratorium. Measuring out to an area six times the size of Texas, the Amazon Rainforest proved to be difficult to monitor, a problem with the enforcement of Brazil’s stringent laws. A benefit of the Moratorium is it is being enforced by the farmers themselves, who interact with the frontier daily. Spurred by the success of the Soy Moratorium, the cattle and palm oil industries have followed in suit with their own industry-led deforestation agreements, taking part in something that Gibbs likens to an agricultural revolution. “What we’re seeing now is a revolution ... of how agriculture is produced,” said Gibbs. “These new industry-led efforts offer a ray of hope to really addressing tropical deforestation.” Gibbs, whose team is looking to expand their focus from the Amazon to the threatened the Cerrado savanna south of the Amazon, says that the Moratorium reflects the influence of today’s consumers, whose voice may be stronger than they realize. “Our consumer choices matter. One of the things I’ve learned from working with all these companies is that they listen. They respond to... consumer pressure. I would really encourage Cardinal readers to learn about how much they matter globally, and about how decisions we make here can effect the Amazon River Basin and beyond,” said Gibbs. Originally set to expire at the end of 2014, the Soy Moratorium was extended to May 2016.

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Daystar Peterson, better known by stage names Tory Lanez and Argentina Fargo, is a rapper from Ontario, Canada who has been emerging in a big way with his high-pitched singing and heavy rap-flow. Lanez performed in front of a small, yet eager, crowd at The Frequency Monday night. Lanez has been popular in the indie rap community since his most recent mixtape Lost Cause received attention and positive feedback back in 2014. Lanez is no secret to the rap community, with some collaborations under his resume including Soulja Boy, Meek Mill and, most recently, YG.

“[I wish everyone] felt the same way I do when I wake up in the morning, like a billion dollars, because I know I have fans I can call my family, and I want you all to know that you are part of my family, and I am part of yours.” Tory Lanez Toronto-based rapper Edgar sanchez/the daily cardinal

Daystar Peterson, known as Tory Lanez, brought a distinctive Canadian flair to his show at The Frequency Monday night.

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The Districts fail to change the game on newest release ALBUM REVIEW

A Flourish and a Spoil The Districts By Brandon Danial The Daily Cardinal

Rock has always been an evolving creature. Every time the genre starts to feel a little stale, bands twist and bend in new ways to create innovative sounds. These changes usually stick together, with popular groups at the time capturing the distinctive sound until new groups of artists sweep in and start the next wave of rock. The Districts, releasing A Flourish and a Spoil Tuesday, are an exciting new act that’s full of energy, but somehow feels late to the party and lacking in novelty. The band fits the bill for your typical rock group, with each member rounding off at about 20 years old, teenage angst and rebellious woes fueling their sound. Frontman Rob Grote—one part Julian Casablancas, one part Matt Shultz—combines both elements of emotional and naïve liveliness to his tenor vocals. What separates Grote from these more grounded frontmen is a lack of originality. The Districts play very clearcut rock, which, while not a

bad thing, leaves much more to be desired from a group with such promising capability. The first track, “4th and Roebling,” is a perfect example of The Districts’ untapped potential. The verses are catchy, held by a consistent drum beat, and it all transitions well into an explosive chorus. This is where Grote’s raspy vocals shine, the passion in his voice carried by the band’s collective downpour. The Districts are at their best during these fiery segments, but the uproar of instruments can’t mute the glaring issues. The group’s energy output seems to deceptively mask a lack of confidence in their willingness to explore. There’s never a moment that the rhythm breaks—no wild drum fills, hectic guitar licks or any sort of step away from barriers set by the song. While some choruses really roar, like the repetitive refrain in “Hounds,” it’s always a contained outburst. For a group made up of exuberant teenagers, their methods seem to be very by the book. The Districts seem to have roots in the ambitious rock ’n roll scene of the past decade, but unfortunately never truly examine their own talents. A Flourish and a Spoil leaves a lot on the table, which gives me hope that we will see more adventurous and fleshed-out work from The Districts next time around.

Rating: B

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from Milwaukee, along special guest appearance $killz. For about 30 minutes, the three rappers did their best to hype up the small crowd of about 40 when the set was at its peak. Regardless of their best intentions, the “hype” music seemed to fall flat, with the majority of the crowd not really getting into their music. Two other openers performed, but they did little to get the crowd into it. At one point, a heckler began to dampen what little excitement was in the crowd. However, when Lanez’s time did come, the entire atmosphere seemed to shift as more people continued to trickle in. Before Lanez took center stage, his tour DJ Vee Cee did a great job of sifting through his remixed versions of hype songs like “Coco” and “No Flex Zone.” Not only did the crowd finally come to life, but I found myself finally getting into the concert as Vee Cee turned the once-boring show into what sounded like a real concert. After Vee Cee finished his warm-up set, Lanez emerged from underneath a hoodie and the crowd erupted into frenzy. Lanez’s entire set came from his latest mixtape, Lost Cause, and he began to bounce around like

he was trying to break some type of jumping record. After his great introduction onto the stage, Lanez spent some time to level with the audience, asking them to all come closer so he can see their faces. He went on to call everyone in the audience his “family,” and wished everyone “felt the same way I do when I wake up in the morning, like a billion dollars, because I know I have fans I can call my family, and I want you all to know that you are part of my family, and I am part of yours.” The rest of his show was a blend of Lanez showcasing his talent for connecting with the audience, transitioning from a deep serious rap flow to a serenade of high notes that many could compare to Drake, while keeping a charm that few can do so well while performing live. With the exclusion of a fan that had a few too many making their way onto stage, the entire show continued as described above. With lackluster openers and a small disinterested crowd, the early half of the show seemed like the concert was going to fail. Thankfully, with the help of a great tour DJ, Lanez was able to carry out a successful performance and ended on a much higher note than previously expected.

The game of risk and reward when a city’s music scene expands Jake Witz We Gettin’ It

hen I listen to tracks by Devonwho, a Los Angeles beat producer, the sunny, breezy shores of Santa Monica beach flow in and out of my ears. Listen to Andres from Detroit and your headphones will suddenly be lined with jazzy industrial rust from the Motor City. Music often defines a city, with tight groups of musicians producing sounds that will later be impossible to disassociate with their hometowns. Just like every living being on Earth, music scenes strive to evolve. So, what happens when a sound tries to wander outside of the city limits? Let’s start with a success story. Chicago’s footwork music started as a very local effort. DJ Rashad, along with the rest of Teklife, started making tracks for the sole purpose of footwork dance battles that were held nowhere else on earth except for Calumet City. At the time, no music screamed “Chicago” more than the high tempo, soul-sampling tracks of footwork. Not many cities have more pride than the Windy City, and this music scene represented the statement that Chicago was capable of producing a sound that was all its own. It only took two or three albums from DJ Rashad until footwork began to seek a world outside of the shores of Lake Michigan. There was a dilemma: would footwork stay within the family and become an insider secret, thus keeping its sound consistent

and pure, or would it go global, increasing listenership and influence but degrading the original sound founded in the industrial roots of Chicago? Teklife chose the latter option, and began solidifying a relationship with Hyperdub Records based in London. The next logical step was Double Cup, DJ Rashad’s most popular and final album that fused the dubby bass of London garage with his own homegrown spastic snares and repetitious chants. The album succeeded beyond a reasonable doubt, and now having a solid footing in the UK, footwork spread as far as Japan and Spain. Ever heard of Baltimore Club music? Unless you’re from Baltimore, probably not. Baltimore Club decided to avoid expansion altogether and keep its influence solely in the city. It seemed like a good move at the time; tracks like “Hands Up Thumbs Down” could freely give shout-outs to various aspects of “B-town” without fear of the references being lost on its listeners. However, as the community grew tighter, the number of outsiders interested in the scene began to fade. All things come to an end eventually, but there was no sustaining Baltimore Club music if it were to continue this trend. Now, even the wildest of B-more club hits are a faint blip on a map filled with club music from nearby Philadelphia and New Jersey. Another option for music scenes is to completely ignore the notion of a physical world and retreat into the belly of the Internet. If you’ve spent any time on SoundCloud in the last two years, you’ll definitely have noticed some dominating sounds that tend to trend on the site.

Lush synths and “dope” beats, a sound that originated on the sunny shores of Los Angeles, are the norm for SoundClouders. While there are certainly local groups of musicians in LA itself, the sound originating from clubs like Low End Theory has invaded the internet and claimed it as its own. It makes sense that the sound birthed from one of the most desired places to live in the U.S. became the staple sound for an entire digital network of musicians across the globe. What Midwesterner wouldn’t want their winter-acclimated homes filled with LA sunshine, and beats with tempo of the ebb and flow of the Pacific Ocean? With such widespread sound comes the consequence of a factory-style production of new generic songs. Everyone and their uncle can order an MPC or Launchpad off the internet and start making beats in a matter of hours. Now the true innovators and originators of LA beats are drowning in a sea of producers following rigid formulas for SoundCloud success. It’s important to remember that all of these scenes will end eventually. No one city, or even country, has the power to keep their sound relevant in the future. Even rock ’n roll, which became one of the biggest global phenomenons of the 20th Century, is slowly giving way to hip-hop and electronic music. We can at least take comfort in knowing that while these geographical pockets of musical creativity change in power and location over time, they will at least exist whenever human creativity does. What electronic music scenes do you follow and are up and coming? Email Jake at jakey.witz@gmail.com

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Judicial elections obstruct neutrality Max Lenz Opinion Editor

n April 7 of this year, the state of Wisconsin will have a general election to select candidates for a host of different offices at the state and local levels. These elections, given the time they occur, are often forgotten, but feature offices that should not be (i.e. mayor of the city of Madison). One of those offices is that of justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

In this specific election, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley (incumbent) is running against James P. Daley, a Rock County Circuit Court judge. Normally, I would malign at the fact that this was yet another election that no one was paying attention to, but this is different. If only for the fact that judicial elections are inherently idiotic. We are lucky in this country to have the opportunity to elect our representatives. This makes sense because they are representing us. Supreme Court justices, on the other hand, are not representing us, but rather the law itself. We

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Judicial elections are nothing new in Wisconsin, but their existence may have negative effects on the courts.

could get into a debate over the concept of indirect representation, but since we’re not all political science professors, let’s just say a judge’s only allegiance should be to the law of the land. This leads into one of my concerns with this aberration of the Wisconsin political system. Judges are supposed to be unbiased. Check that, they need to be unbiased. Our legal system hinges on that fact. The process of electing these officials puts that in extreme jeopardy. In order for candidates to contend in these statewide elections, they need to raise a substantial amount of money, which entails courting donors much like you would expect from a candidate for the Legislature. Justice Bradley, the aforementioned incumbent, has already raised more than $375,000 with just under two months left in her campaign. This may seem insignificant given current trends in campaign finance, but in real terms these are large sums of money being paid out to individuals whose job puts a premium on neutrality. Can we really expect every one of these judges to remain completely unbiased if they are hearing

a case that contains issues of utmost importance to some of their largest donors? As much as I would hope for that to be true, the cynic in me knows it cannot be in every case.

Supreme Court justices, on the other hand, are not representing us, but rather the law itself.

Even beyond these obvious ethical issues, can we really trust the general population to select competent legal professionals? Probably not. One could rebut by saying that this is no worse than allowing citizens to elect legislators, but that is completely different. Legislators can put their goals and skills in terms that everyone can easily understand. What are judges even supposed to say in a campaign? What are their goals? Their position is difficult to understand. In some instances, so difficult only they are able to understand it. It makes no sense to put the citizenry, a vast major-

ity of which have never picked up anything resembling a legal text, in charge of selecting some of our most technically difficult governmental positions. Just in case anyone in the body politic is offended by this, I am including myself with all of you. I wouldn’t trust me with picking a judge. Ultimately, the process of judicial elections is politicizing a position that has become politicized enough without them. The state Supreme Court is the one body in this state that we should always be able to trust to be impartial. Electing these officials works against that on multiple levels. At the end of the day, if stopping these elections would do nothing else, maybe they would prevent a few people from being choked. Max is a junior majoring in political science. Do you agree with his take? Should judges be elected? Does this process sacrifice neutrality on the bench? Would you propose a different method of appointment? Can ordinary citizens successfully select judges? Has the court become too politicized? We want to know what you think. Please send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com

Walker’s budget cuts sacrifice UW-Madison’s prestige Former Rep. Marlin Schneider Letter to the Editor

he German philosopher Schiller once said “Mit der dummheit kampfen die Gotter selbst vergebens,” which means “Against stupidity the gods themselves war in vain.” Such could be said about the current attacks by our governor on education in general and the University of Wisconsin in particular. The Governor opined recently that the faculty should just “work harder” while he moves to cut $300 million from the University’s budget.

When campuses are closed, where will Scott Walker be?

It is one thing to make budget cuts to balance a budget which resulted from his fiscal mismanagement of the state; it is entirely another matter to make educators feel unwelcome and unappreciated for their work. The University is one of the great economic engines of our state. Research occurs every day to find cures for disease, advances in technology, engineering, distance learning, science, law, music, art, biology, agriculture, genetics, economics, business, literature, thermonuclear physics, molecular biology, military science, and the list goes on and on. University Research Park alone houses 126 companies with a combined payroll of $226 million, including Kikkoman

USA R&D Laboratory, Inc., WiCell Research Institute, PRISM Computational Sciences, Inc. and others. It also brings $826 million to Wisconsin’s economy each year, supports over 9,300 jobs across our state and generates $43 million in state and local tax revenue. Businesses that have spun out of UW research include LifeGen Technologies, Third Wave Technologies, Tomo Therapy and Imago 3D imaging founded by UW professor Tom Kelly. Where are our business and agricultural communities who are the major beneficiaries of the products of our great university system? There seems to be almost complete silence from them when it comes to this attack on the university system. How shameful! When campuses are closed, where will Scott Walker be? History teaches us the value of university education and the intellectuals who do the basic research and teaching to train the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, artists, teachers, and advanced computer technologists. While the President is trying to make university education more affordable and more widely available, our Governor’s response is to make it more difficult, more expensive, and less attractive than ever before. Does he believe that these brilliant minds need to stay in Wisconsin? Does he think that by attacking the morale of faculty and academic staff that he enhances the state’s world-class university system? While he runs around the country running for President, he undermines

the very values that have made Wisconsin a leader in education around the world. And now our Governor who has not graduated from any college, never taught a college class, never worked on a Master’s thesis or a Ph.D., J.D., or M.D. degree wants to have his finger on the nuclear trigger. Governor, if this were not so serious, it would be laughable. Governor Tommy Thompson had a degree in law, as did Governors Jim Doyle, Tony Earl and Marty Schreiber. Lee Dreyfus had a Ph.D. in Communications. Scott Walker has a degree in nothing, but he is “smart” enough to tell university professors how to teach.

wannabe, our campuses are likely only to become elite for the high costs they will need to charge to provide a very average education. Of necessity they will draw more and more non-residents and Wisconsin kids will be the big losers. In a state that values the “continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth may be found,” it would be a truly sad truth indeed to find that Governor Walker has sacrificed one of our state’s greatest accomplishments for his own selfish presidential ambitions. But then I

doubt that Scott Walker has any idea of who Richard T. Ely was. Marlin Schneider is a former member of the Wisconsin Assembly. He served longer in that body than anyone else in the state’s history. Do you agree with his stance on this issue? Does Gov. Walker’s budget go too far with regard to higher education? What effect will these cuts truly have on the UW System? Is the governor spending too much time away from the state? We want to know your perspective on this. Please send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Governor, if this were not so serious, it would be laughable.

According to the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau it would require a 40 percent increase in tuition to make up for the $300 million in cuts proposed by Governor Walker. Were it not for the expected departure of our best and brightest teachers and researchers (thanks to both the proposed cuts and the Governor’s inflammatory comments) one could rightly fear that our university is in danger of becoming an elitist institution much like Harvard, Stanford, USC, or Yale with ever rising costs of tuition, fees, housing, and books. Unfortunately, under this governor/presidential

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BoLievers strive to bring noise and distract opponents at every men’s basketball game Story by Jim Dayton

hroughout the student section they stand, 150 strong, with hoarse voices and red shirts bearing a screaming depiction of their namesake across the chest. These are the BoLievers, a firstyear student organization named after Bo Ryan that hopes to bring some structure to the student section at men’s basketball games. To enhance the game-day atmosphere and make the Kohl Center a more intimidating place for opponents, the group’s leaders wanted to get everyone cheering in sync. “You’d have the second deck going, ‘Let’s go Badgers’ and you’d have the first deck saying, ‘Let’s go Red,’” said Eric Chilson, one of the founders of the BoLievers.

“That’s what college basketball is all about— good environments. And we always have a really good one but it’s good to take it to the next level.” Josh Gasser guard Wisconsin basketball

Chilson talked with a friend about forming a club that would help resolve those past issues and serve as a liaison between students and administration. They wanted something more efficient than the annual meeting between students and the UW Athletic Department, where individual ideas can get lost amid the lengthy duration. “We were trying to have a student-run organization where we hear from the students themselves first, what they want, rather than going through the Athletic Department,” said Ryan Weisenbeck, one of the club’s leaders.

The BoLievers have developed a strong working relationship with the Grateful Red, the official, athletic department-affiliated student section for men’s basketball. The two groups are not competitive, but instead give each other ideas and provide a voice for what fans want to see at home games. “They’re actually taking the time to understand and listen to what their students think about the athletic program,” said Chase Nier, another of the group’s leaders. “That’s pretty cool.” After establishing a basis with administration, the BoLievers could get to the main purpose of their club—being loud and flustering opponents, particularly during free-throw attempts. “I don’t think the other team reacts to you waving your arms, or you jumping up and down,” Weisenbeck said. “They see that at every other arena they go to. You got to do something to throw them off.” Instead, Chilson has continued a strategy he started two years ago as a freshman—something he calls “cheat sheets.” Scouring social media for players’ girlfriends’ names and other ammunition, the BoLievers can engage in personalized chants for every opponent. “During the Duke game, when Tyus Jones was shooting free throws, we were shouting his girlfriend’s name at him,” Weisenbeck said. “He missed the front end on a few free throws down the stretch.” This got a shoutout from Grantland’s college basketball writer Mark Titus in his recap of the highly anticipated showdown with the Blue Devils. “I have no idea who Melissa is or what she means to Jones, but I do know that Jones was 1-for-3 on foul shots while Wisconsin

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The BoLievers want to enhance the home game atmosphere by synchronizing chants and cheers. students chanted her name,” Titus wrote. “When they didn’t chant her name, Jones went 5-5 from the line. In retrospect, they probably should’ve chanted that the entire game.” To make sure nothing gets too personal or out of hand, the BoLievers run their chant ideas past the Athletic Department, which has the power to approve or reject anything they come up with. While not everything has been allowed, the club is more focused on getting rid of vulgarities and modernizing chants that have been in place for decades. “We wanted to add more cheers, different cheers, more unique things that you wouldn’t hear at any other Big Ten school you go to,” Weisenbeck said. “We want to stay within the guidelines of being a legitimate, classy student section, but still stand out by being clever.”

The club has even caught the attention of players like senior guard Josh Gasser, who attended the BoLievers’ first meeting with Duje Dukan, Bronson Koenig and Zak Showalter after Chilson reached out to them via email.

“We want to stay within the guidelines of being a legitimate, classy student section, but still stand out by being clever.” Ryan Weisenbeck co-leader BoLievers

“Right away when I saw that they were trying to get a better student section, I was all for it,” Gasser said. “That’s what college basketball is all about—good environments. And we always have a really good one but it’s

good to take it to the next level.” Chilson wants the club to surpass that next level by traveling to road games and bringing the BoLievers atmosphere to other nearby venues. They want to expand their outreach to the local community as well. Nier said the club has already started a food drive to donate to the local chapter of the Red Cross. As the Badgers try to repeat their run to the Final Four, the BoLievers will continue to bring electricity to the Kohl Center. And though players always laud fans for their unwavering dedication, Gasser got to directly see the power of the club at that first meeting. “I just wanted to chip in and just tell them that we need your support,” Gasser said. “We’re trying to win championships and we’re not going to be able to do that without your guys’ support.”

Men’s Basketball

Dekker, Kaminsky help Badgers shuck Cornhuskers By Jack Baer The daily cardinal

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Junior forward Sam Dekker tied his career high with 21 points as Wisconsin defeated a pesky Nebraska team on the road.

About a year ago, a Top 10 Wisconsin team walked into Nebraska’s Pinnacle Bank Arena and encountered a team—and crowd—that simply refused to lose, as if it was something that could be refused. That didn’t happen this time, as the Badgers (10-1 Big Ten, 22-2 overall) were able to ride a defensively dominant first half to a 65-55 victory over the Huskers (5-7, 13-11). This is the third conference home loss for #Nebrasketball in Pinnacle Bank Arena’s entire two-season history, and the crowd that can lead to that home-court advantage showed up, staying loud even as the Badgers put the screws to a disjointed Husker offense in the first half. UW jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the game’s first eight minutes,

the early points thanks to junior forward Sam Dekker’s continued aggression while playing off the ball and senior center Frank Kaminsky’s floor vision. By halftime, Dekker had 13 points, as many as the entire Nebraska team. Overall, the Badgers led 27-13, with the Huskers shooting an anemic 6-24 (21 percent) from the floor. The second half went much better for the Huskers, more than tripling that 13-point output with a 42-point second half. Looking lost for the entire first half, senior forward Terran Petteway, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, pitched in 16 secondhalf points to lead a charge that brought the game to as close as a five-point margin with a minute remaining. It ultimately wasn’t enough though, thanks to the Badgers nailing all seven of their free throw attempts in the final

minute to maintain their lead. Dekker finished the game tied for a career-high 21 points on 8-13 shooting. Meanwhile Kaminsky had an all-around game that showed why he has been continuously hyped as a National Player of the Year frontrunner. He didn’t have many points, just 13 on 4-9 shooting, but he made up for it in every other facet of the game, registering 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks. The Badgers now hold a full three-game lead over the rest of the Big Ten, which has basically parted like the Red Sea to allow the Badgers all the ease they need to take home Bo Ryan’s fourth Big Ten regular season title. Wisconsin’s next game will be a Sunday home date against Illinois, which just beat Michigan State in East Lansing and has won three in a row.