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Reporting giant Shadid dead at 43 Correspondent was UW, Daily Cardinal alumnus By Kayla Johnson The Daily Cardinal
The world lost one of its greatest storytellers Thursday when New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid died of an asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. Shadid, a Daily Cardinal and UW-Madison alumnus, threw himself into the most tumulotous Middle East conflicts for nearly 20 years. Most recently, he bounced seemingly non-stop from revolution to revolution as his stories transformed the front page of The New York Times into a looking glass for Western readers into the Arab Spring. Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, defined journalist. He first appeared in the doorway of The Daily Cardinal office on a summer day in the late ’80s carrying an army rucksack nearly as tall as him. He
told the editor he has just moved up from Oklahoma to attend UW-Madison and to write for The Daily Cardinal. He had just gotten off the bus. He hadn’t found an apartment yet. Everything he owned was on his back. But, he was ready for his first assignment. Sacrifice and uncertainty in Shadid’s life would not stay within the walls of The Daily Cardinal office. Indeed, they would only escalate. In 2002, he was shot in the back in Ramallah while reporting for the Boston Globe in the West Bank. He told The Daily Cardinal last December that as he bled onto the curb thousands of miles from home, thinking he was going to die, he asked himself, “Was this worth it?” Apparently, he decided it was. He took some time to rehabilitate and was right back on the roads of the world’s most dangerous countries, pen in hand.
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Anthony Shadid worked at The Daily Cardinal in the 1980s before going on to a Pulitzer Prize-winning career as a foreign correspondent. He died in Syria Thursday.
Documents reveal Republican plan to redraw heavily Latino voting districts By Alison Bauter The Daily Cardinal
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SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said Chancellor David Ward can overrule the committee’s decision.
SSFC denies Union, Rec Sports budgets By Anna Duffin The Daily Cardinal
The Student Services Finance Committee denied UW-Madison’s Rec Sports and the Wisconsin Union’s budget requests Thursday, freezing the groups’ funds at the amount they received last year. Committee members said since the groups could not provide a detailed outline of how student segregated fees would be spent, they did not feel comfortable approving the budget requests. “There’s no working together on these budgets and these are student fees and they should be our purview,” Rep. Tia Nowack said. “There’s no consultation here. It’s coming to us with the assumption that we’ll just approve it and there’s no student say in the process at all.”
But the committee’s decision serves as a recommendation to Chancellor David Ward, who SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart said she would “not be surprised” if he overturned SSFC’s ruling. If he does, Neibart said the committee will take the decision up with the Board of Regents. Neibart said the committee requested the groups provide the specifics of where segregated fees were going to since December, but the groups could not give them. She said the committee’s liaison with the Chancellor’s office had been unresponsive to requests to help find the information. Since SSFC representatives agreed the services the groups provide are vital to students, they
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Documents revealed under court order Thursday showed that private attorneys hired to help Republican legislators with redistricting broke down Hispanic voting districts, scripted favorable testimony and more. The 63 pages of communications released Thursday suggest attorneys strategically designed the new maps to maintain the Republican majority. “We will want to make sure that those districts that may be most questioned meet Population criteria as closely as possible,” attorney Jim Troupis cautioned in one memo. GOP leaders hired attorneys from the Michael Best & Friedrich and Troupis Law offices to aid in redistricting, a oncea-decade process of redrawing voting district lines to account for the latest census data. In a unanimous ruling, federal
judges ordered Republicans to release the email exchange, lambasting their “all but shameful” attempts to keep the documents private. GOP leaders tried to prevent publication of the emails by claiming attorney-client privilege. While partisan redrawing itself is legal, several of the documents could give weight to Democrats’ contentions that the new maps discriminate against minorities, particularly in Latinodominated Milwaukee districts. In one email, Troupis touted the support from the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, stressing the importance of getting a member of the group to provide favorable testimony. “This will take the largest legal fund for the Latino community off the table in any later court battle,” Troupis wrote. The emails also show attorneys gave talking points and at least one word-for-word draft to those pub-
licly testifying in favor of specific maps, among them Dane County Supervisor Eileen Bruskewitz. Emails show that Bruskewitz, a Republican who lost the race for Dane County executive last spring, was given a draft testimony designed to prevent “Liberal Supervisors” from “reach[ing] into non-Madison areas to complete districts dominated by Madison liberals.” Additionally, lawyers recommended ways to “tell the best story” once the maps debuted. In February of 2011, attorney Eric McLeod recommended replacing certain words, “so as not to give the impression that any particular strategy has been reached on timing as it relates to the legislative process”; he recommended keeping language “sufficiently ambiguous.” Republican Party representatives were unavailable for comment by the time of publication.
UW-Madison considering creating College of the Arts UW-Madison announced Thursday university officials are considering creating a College of the Arts. The college, which would be financed by existing departmental funds, would consist of the existing School of Music and the departments of art history, theatre and drama and design studies. If the departments were to remain the same size, it would sustain 1,192 students, 118 faculty members and 349 graduate students. Norma Saldivar, Executive Producer of the Arts Institute and Professor of Theatre and
Drama, said reorganizing the departments would not cost any additional money and the dean of the school could oversee funding to ensure resources are used in the most efficient way. The initiative of the college would be to “[provide] a meaningful discussion of the merits, challenges, and opportunities for a more unified approach to research, practice, and performance in the arts,” according to the College of the Arts website. Saldivar said students would benefit from consolidating the departments. “It’s going to serve our stu-
dents in a stronger way,” Saldivar said. “We also think it will give prospective students a chance to find the arts more readily than they have in the past.” Saldivar said that with Chancellor Ward asking the campus to be innovative with education to more efficiently allocate resources it is “an opportune time for us to have this conversation.” The Arts Institute executive committee is holding town halls, beginning Feb. 20 to seek input on the college from members of the UW-Madison community. —Anna Duffin
“…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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Walker robs UW blind After cutting funds, governor resorts to just stealing shit By Kermit the Frog Fake news friday
Gov. Scott Walker was seen walking around campus with an overstuffed sack Thursday, around the same time the Abe Lincoln statue and at least five of the university’s most illustrious professors disappeared. The UW System is already expected to absorb 38 percent of the recent $123 million budget shortfall, but Walker chose to use his executive privilege to take matters into his own hands. Some students were upset about the stealing spree, including UW-Madison junior Steve Erdmann, who said he touches the Abe statue before each of his exams for good luck. Erdmann worried about his academic future if the statue is gone for good. “If I fail out of college, the best I can do is become governor of Wisconsin, and who wants to do that?” he said. Other students were perplexed when a masked man with a very conspicuous bald spot ran into their classroom, grabbed the professor, Pete Anderson, and bolted out. Some students in the class, Nu t r it i o n a l Sciences 132, thought it would be beneficial to not “worry about eating healthy
anymore.” “I can eat at Chipotle and Five Guys in the same day and not hear about how young I am going to die, so that’s pretty cool,” said one student, who requested to remain anonymous. Walker spokesperson Cullen Werwie said the embattled governor decided to take a more direct approach when further lapses were required to balance the state’s budget. “When he tried to just push people out in his passive aggressive style last year, only Biddy and Jeremy Suri left,” Werwie said. “That just wasn’t enough.” One student said she saw a large dismembered ear poking out of the bag, which Werwie admitted belonged to Chancellor David Ward.
“How could he not take one of those? They are huge,” Werwie said. “Walker understands he shouldn’t just take from the students anymore, but that cuts must affect the administration as well.” Ward’s response to multiple phone calls was limited to a loud “What?” being yelled repeatedly. Werwie estimated that between the professors’ salaries, the Lincoln statue and Ward’s ear, the state would save almost $46 million, allowing other UW campuses to remain intact. “It’s just a great day for the taxpayers, and the governor cannot wait to see how strongly the public responds with support in the recall election,” Werwie said.
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After feline attack, Soglin cancels ‘Cats’ Longtime feline enthusiast Mayor Paul Soglin canceled the highly-anticipated Madison production of “Cats,” which he originally helped to organize, after a traumatic run-in with his own house cat. Soglin, who owns a variety of pets, took a stray in from the frigid Wisconsin winter earlier in the week to the delight of his whole family. Everyone, that is, except alpha-feline Mary Margaret. “Some cats are just freaking terrible,” Natasha Soglin, first daughter of Madison, said of the notorious MM. “She has no soul.” Mary Margaret’s anger toward the stray led to a skirmish that left several members of the family wounded. Mayor Soglin emerged from the fight with a slash under his eye and a distaste for the cat species as a whole.
“The musical ‘Cats’ dangerously misrepresents the animals as benign,” Mayor Soglin said. “Well, not in my city. No sir.” According to his spokes-
person, Andrew Lloyd Webber could not be reached for comment as he was busy making the world a terrible place one schmaltzy musical at a time.
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After her master, Paul Soglin, welcomed a stray cat into his home, Mary Margaret slashed the major under his eye.
Rumors surface that Romney has personality By Matthew Hoenig Fake News Friday
TUSCON, Ariz.—Just two weeks before the hotly contested Republican primary contests in Arizona and Michigan, Mitt Romney has been hit with stunning allegations that he has a personality. During a campaign stop at a Starbucks in Phoenix, the usually stoic Romney hurled his coffee cup at an unsuspecting barista. According to store manager Missi Lemons, the candidate was upset about a mix up with his drink order. “One of the more liberal baristas thought it would be funny to give Mr. Romney soy milk in his chai tea latte instead of two percent milk,” Lemons said. “We all thought the candidate was going to be his usual self and remain passive, but instead he decided to take action and get all pissy.” Lemons, once an ardent Newt Gingrich s u p p o r t e r, said the cofROMNEY fee-throwing incident helped her to decide who she will cast a vote for in the Feb. 28 primary. “After witnessing Mitt’s valiant reaction to the prank, there is no question that this man has the strength and ardor to defeat Barack Hussein Obama come November,” Lemons said. Adding fuel to the fiery allegations, Romney was caught weeping during a Valentine’s Day showing of “The Vow” at an AMC multiplex in Grand Haven, Mich. “He was all alone in the auditorium, gorging himself on a giant tub of popcorn and bawling his eyes out,” says 16-year-old movie usher Michael Walton. “I told him I was a big fan and asked if he needed a box of Kleenex. He told me to ‘fuck off.’” The last in a series of personality flashes, an unnamed source spotted Romney in rare form at Sen. John McCain’s Grammy party last Sunday. The source told the Cardinal that Romney “had this huge, really awkward grin on his face during Nicki Minaj’s performance.” “He was really freaking into it,” the source said. “I would be lying if I told you his reaction did not make me feel just a wee bit uncomfortable.”
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Students and community members of all ages broke it down in line dancing at the Valentines Contra Dance in the Memorial Union’s Great Hall Thursday evening. + Photo by Davin Hines
Ethics bill sparks debate on partisanship in Assembly ByBen Siegel The Daily Cardinal
Legislation concerned with political ethics proposed by Assembly Democrats met stiff opposition Thursday, touching off debate on the state of Wisconsin’s economy and the current session’s legislative record. Entitled ”Restoring Integrity,” the package was designed by Democrats to address what they called power abuses and corruption across state government with proposals such as one requiring adherence to the Open Meetings Law, according to a Democratic statement. “Now more than ever citizens have serious questions about what’s going on at the State Capitol. The response by Gov. Walker and legislative Republicans has been to close government down to the public,” Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, said in the statement. An attempt to move that bill, Assembly Joint Resolution 52, out of committee and to the floor for a vote was rejected. The nature of some of the legislation passed in the ses-
shadid from page 1 Then last March, Shadid and three fellow journalists were kidnapped by government security forces in Libya. While shaken, this also could not stop the fearless journalist. Shadid continued to cover Middle Eastern conflicts until he died in eastern Syria Thursday. The Daily Cardinal wears his alumni status as a badge of honor and his success is an inspiration to all aspiring journalists on staff. The question: “Where is Shadid
ssfc from page 1 voted to fund them at their current levels. Wisconsin Union President Katie Fischer said while disappointed, she “respects [SSFC’s] right to make the recommenda-
sion Thursday, which included crossbow hunting to air contaminant regulations, compounded Democratic frustrations with the body’s lack of bipartisan cooperation on economic legislation. “[Creating jobs] shouldn’t be a partisan issue,” said Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, remarking on the lack of progress made in the special legislative session on jobs last fall. “This agenda today is an embarrassment to all unemployed people.” In response, Rep. Mark
Honadel, R-South Milwaukee, said that further economic and job legislation is being developed in the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, of which he is a member. “When a good idea is suggested, and when a solid job bill is put before us, we [shouldn’t] look backward,” said Rep. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, urging bipartisan cooperation. A bill that would provide job training to unemployed insurance claimants was passed shortly after.
After being held in Madison for nearly a century, Wisconsin’s high school state basketball tournament is moving to the Resch Center in Green Bay starting next spring, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Thursday. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletes Association’s tournament, which has been held at the Kohl Center, is scheduled to conflict with men’s hockey next year and possibly women’s hockey the year after. The athletic department’s offers to host the tournament in the UW-Madison Field House and the Dane County Coliseum were unsuccessful. UW-Madison Athletic Board member Barb Smith said at last month’s athletic board meeting while it would be ideal to facilitate both hockey and the tournament, it is the university’s responsibility to put its student athletes first. “It comes down to these facilities are for student athletes, first, of the University of Wisconsin,
and then the WIAA may choose to rent the facility if it’s available,” Smith said. “It bothers me that we’re expected to put our student athletes second.” Athletic Director Barry Alvarez told Varsity Magazine the athletics department did everything it could to keep the tournament in Madison, calling it a “Win-Win” for the city. Alvarez said the crowd the tournament draws inevitably brings sources of revenue for Madison businesses and offers prospective students the opportunity to see the university, but his primary responsibility is to UW-Madison student athletes. “It would be pretty hard to tell one of my coaches who have qualified a team to play in a tournament that we may be moving their games to another venue,” Alvarez told the magazine. “We want them all here, and we’ve done everything we can to keep them here.” —Anna Duffin
UW assistant professor competes in ‘Amazing Race’ Anyone who tunes in to CBS this Sunday at 7 p.m. will see one of UW-Madison’s assistant professors compete alongside his wife for a $1 million prize through a series of physical and mental challenges on the “The Amazing Race.” Major Dave Brown Jr., an assistant professor of military science within UW’s Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps, accompanied 11 other groups on the eight-time Emmy award-winning show. Before the show, Brown Jr. served in the Army in Iraq. His military experience also includes positions such as a Black Hawk pilot, an intelligence officer and an executive officer for Recruiting and Retention Command. Alex DiTullio
Mining bill moves to Senate Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald dissolved the state Senate’s Mining Jobs Committee Wednesday, putting the Assembly version of a controversial mining bill on the fast track to a floor vote. The Joint Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on the Assembly version of the bill Friday. Fitzgerald said he decided to scrap the Senate version of the mining bill to ensure mining
legislation passes before the current legislative session ends March 15. The JFC must pass the mining bill before the legislation can be brought to the Senate floor. The state Assembly passed the bill, which loosens state mining regulations, along party lines in January. Republicans argued the mining bill would create jobs, while Democrats said it would harm the environment. ADAM WOLLNER
now anyway?” is not uncommon in the office. Whatever the answer, reporters’ eyes glaze over as they imagine themselves interviewing protesters in the middle of the night in Tahrir Square before rushing to Libya while the Arab Spring catches fire. Shadid could enter a war-shaken community and with his fluent Arabic and friendly disposition extract the small stories that helped people to understand the implications of large-scale conflicts. “I think the best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when
we write small to say something big,” Shadid said on a visit here in December of 2010. Like the footnotes he so valued, Shadid may have been only one journalist in the massive media world today. But his commitment to fearless reporting says something big. It encourages aspiring journalists that despite the uncertain future of newspapers, there is still a place for hard-working reporters who throw themselves fearlessly into any situation to share the world’s most critical stories through the written word.
tion that they did.” Also at the meeting, the committee approved student radio station WSUM’s budget at over $400,000. Committee members commended WSUM for presenting such a detailed budget.
“They did a really fantastic job, they did a really thorough job, and they care deeply about not only presenting us with a fiscally responsible budget, but presenting us with a budget where our seg fees are going,” Rep. David Vines said.
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Participants will take the Polar Plunge into Lake Monona Saturday to help raise money for the Special Olympics.
Annual Polar Plunge on Saturday supports Special Olympics athletes Participants will brave the icy Lake Monona waters Saturday in the 13th annual Special Olympics Polar Plunge to raise money for local Special Olympic athletes. Since the first Polar Plunge in Wisconsin, participants have raised over $12 million for the Special Olympics. As of Thursday, over $300,000 has been raised through online pledges and donations. Special Olympics Wisconsin provides sports training and ath-
letic competition for children and adults with disabilities. Those who decide not to jump in the freezing water can register as a “chicken” and cheer from the sidelines. The Polar Plunge takes place at Olin-Turville Park at 10 a.m. and continues to 3 p.m. Paid parking is available at the Alliant Energy Center and the Coliseum Bar with free shuttles from the parking lots to the plunging site. There is a also a free shuttle from Memorial Union.
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It will be one of the great gatherings, a unification to remember. Think Wilson and Churchill, Batman and Robin, Kanye and Jay-Z...well it may not be quite that epic, but this Saturday, Feb. 18 at the Wisconsin Union Theater, the a capella choirs of UW-Madison will come together to bring you a sonic treat that hits close to home. Tangled Up in Blue, Fundamentally Sound, Redefined, The Madhatters, Pitches and Notes and Jewop have been hard at work preparing a performance for students and community members alike. Each group has something unique to bring to the table, and the showcase is a chance for audiences to sample each group’s style and genre. “Once a year we get to come together and do a concert together,” Abbie Lee, President of Tangled Up in Blue said in an interview with The Daily Cardinal. “All the groups have different fan bases here on campus, so this is a chance to bring the campus a capella fans together.” With a 15 minute set list per group, the groups’ diverse sounds will be clearly discernible. “Just
hearing the different style of a capella Madison has to offer [is a reason to attend the showcase],” said Neal Craigg, the business manager of The Madhatters. “It really gives you a chance to see how groups do things differently.” Although the groups are relatively harmonious, there has been competitive strife from time to time. The Showcase, besides being a fundraising effort, is a chance for the groups to put aside their differences and put forth a cohesive performance. “We have, unfortunately, an environment of competition sometimes because we are competing for tickets and members,” Craigg said. “The showcase fosters a sense of a capella community in Madison, which is something everybody can get behind.” These are not your classic musical ensembles: the groups will be performing their unique twists on modern hits. “We like to keep things current,” Lee said. “All the songs we’re doing Saturday will be newer.” To name just a few, audiences can look forward to “Don’t Let Me Fall” by B.o.B. from The Madhatters, “Without You” by Usher from Pitches and Notes and a Destiny’s Child medley
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The a capella group, The Madhatters are known around campus for their fun performances like this one in 2010. Catch them and other a capella groups at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Saturday. from Tangled Up in Blue. The groups have certainly had their fair share of slip ups: Lee recounted tales of pitches gone wrong that threw off the entire performance, and Craigg said they have had members completely forget a verse. Luckily, these are few and far between, and likely only noticeable by those with a trained ear. The showcase is also a chance for the groups to rally around
a good cause, as the proceeds of the performance will go to the American Cancer Society through UW-Madison’s Relay For Life. “It’s Valentine’s season, take a date,” Alex Ross, President of Pitches and Notes said, encouraging students to attend. “A capella in itself is lighthearted and fun, and with the funds going to cancer research, no one would regret going.”
Student tickets are $10, and will guarantee a night of unique and talented performances from students who are passionate about their art. These singers may not be professionals, but hours of practicing and a love of performing mean they take showcases like these seriously. “I’m not a diva,” Lee giggled. “But that’s what some people think we are.” Okay, maybe not too seriously.
Move over, Gutenberg, the ebook is ready to revolutionize Sean Reichard your raison d’être
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hether you like it or not, ebooks are changing things. This change is nothing new. It’s easy enough to forget that books are an innovation. Front cover, back cover, in-lain with paper, printed with ink, tied up neatly with a spine—those are not age-old technologies. Books outdate the printing press even—when they were scribed by hand, usually by monks who had nothing better to do, besides fasting and being all around holy. But the printing press—like your Kindle or your Nook—was a technological boon. It revolution-
ized things. With its imposing frame and corkscrew loaded with movable type, it turned book making into an industry rather than a practice or a craft. It played a definite part in the Protestant Revolution—Martin Luther’s ideas were spread by books flowing freely from the printing press, throughout Europe. It was a game changer. Ebooks have the potential to be a game changer as well. Reasonably, with a suitable device and Internet connection, you can get a book anytime from anywhere. There are no time restrictions, no reliance on book stores or libraries to stay open to get your word fix. In the United States, copyright law essentially dictates any book published before 1923 is public domain. Imagine that: every
book written from the beginning of recorded history to 1923, free. To put it in perspective, that’s every Mark Twain book, every Jane Austen book, free, on the Internet, just waiting. But there is inevitable backlash. Independent bookstores, libraries, publishers and book aficionados have voiced criticism of ebooks. Again, this is inevitable. It’s a common reaction to new technology. Gutenberg’s printing press was probably met with fear and derision. The first caveman likely got flak for deciding to write something down rather than commit it to memory, but all this stems from the novelty of technology. The question now becomes: What does a book mean when it’s no longer in physical print? Is there a sort of devaluation? Maybe the form transmits, but
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• Even if partying on a boat seems unlikely in this nippy season, UW students can still move their sea legs at Union South with Yacht, Asobi Seksu and Asumaya at The Sett. The show is free and the night begins at 9 p.m. Want to stay up late? Hang out after the show for Yacht’s DMF DJ set at midnight.
• Mosey over to the High Noon Saloon this Friday for some ecclectic and secular sounds brought to you by SOJA and openers The Movement and Kids These Days. Tickets are $15 in advance or $18 on the day of show. Tunes start at 9:30 p.m. and the show is 18+ so bring an ID!
not the meaning. The real heart of a book lies not in its cover or its ink, but in the text. A word is not worth less because it’s printed more; books are transient but the word lives on, whether it’s printed on a page or a screen. A good analogue is mp3 files, certainly relevant with the recent SOPA/PIPA affair. Before mp3s, music was traded on CDs, on tapes, on vinyl, on cylinders. The mp3 is just the next link in the chain. The problem, of course, is the amount of freedom in the form: since mp3s are not physical products, there’s a lot of freedom in disseminating them. Now, is music ruined by mp3 files? Hardly. Ebooks, by the same token, do not ruin reading. They also do not ruin the quality of writing. If anything they
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• Expand your horizons this weekend by stopping in at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for a drop-in tour of the traveling exhibit, Houdini: Art and Magic. On display will be 23 contemporary works inspired by the timeless magician Harry Houdini. The MMoCA is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
open up more freedoms. Just as the printing press democratized information (by making it more available), ebooks make it relatively easy to put information out in scores. It makes publishing easier—reasonably, if you want to publish a book, all you need to do is format it into an ebook and get it circulated. Now, there will always be people who prefer books to ebooks, and it’s within their right. Even today there are aficionados of printing presses, and Torahs are still scribed by hand. New technology never necessarily invalidates old ones, but merely opens up a plethora of new potential. Are you a paper fondler? Let Sean know why swiping your fingers across a screen just is not as exhilarating as the potential for a paper cut at sreichard@wisc.edu.
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• Make it a Sunday fun day by heading over to the Majestic Theater for Two Fresh and Nit Grit. These two electronic/dubstep groups will be sure to keep the bass bumpin’ to round out the week. Doors to the venue open at 8:30 p.m. and the show starts at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.
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Try to say it in one breath! Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmato silphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklo peleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is the longest word to appear in literature. Weekend, February 17-19, 2012 • 5
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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.
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PINK ELEPHANT PARADE ACROSS 1 Rene of moviedom 6 Coconut fiber 10 Break ground, in a way 14 Early Irish alphabet 15 Boy Scouts take it 16 When sold separately 17 Good guy’s transport, in Westerns 19 Prefix with “trust” and “rust” 20 Kind of code or colony 21 Certain trash receptacle 23 Palindromic energy 25 An ace may be up it 28 Famed runner Zatopek 30 Three times, to pharmacists 31 Opposite of exit 32 Post-election election 35 Shop with scales 37 Bird of prey 41 Maneuverable, as a ship 42 “Scooby-Doo” character 45 Strike ___ (freeze for the photog) 49 Slithery Nile reptile 51 Molding in an S shape
2 Subduing 5 56 A fourth of 40 57 Adage eliciting “Well, duh!” 58 Herding dog breed 60 Swell, as a river 61 Pacific seafood 66 “The ___ lama, he’s a priest” (Nash) 67 Work up a sweat 68 Soft shoe material 69 Answer with an attitude 70 Christmas season 71 Toss about, as petals DOWN 1 Part of a Battleship coordinate 2 “That turns my stomach!” 3 Sending by FedEx 4 Fill to the max 5 Soothsayer’s observations 6 “Calm down!” 7 Regatta requisite 8 “___ never too late!” 9 Ostrich cousins 10 Female attracted to showy tail feathers 11 Sharp surgical instrument 12 From G to G, e.g. 13 Constant complainer 18 “A likely story!” 22 “Jingle Bells” conveyance
23 Word with “diem” or “annum” 24 Australian bird 26 Inflammation sign 27 Word with “Christmas” or “family” 29 English lavatory 33 Philadelphia hockey team 34 Cosmetics overseeing agcy. 36 ___ Cruces, N.M. 38 Notable historical spans 39 Vientiane resident 40 One might flip it while making breakfast 43 “Well, fancy that!” 44 Deep desire 45 First pro team to play on artificial turf 46 Pet-food brand 47 Musical compositions 48 Pitches for products 50 Picnic side 53 Vacant 54 Dog trainers’ cries 55 Ground cover 59 Satiate 62 Borrower’s note 63 Nothing on a soccer field 64 Ben Jonson wrote one to himself 65 Just off the assembly line
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By Nick Kryshak nkryshak@wisc.edu
Washington and the Bear
By Melanie Shibley shibley@wisc.edu
By Derek Sandberg kalarooka@gmail.com
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Thank you for the secrecy Dear State GOP Legislators, Last week it came to light that all of you, save the Fitzgerald brothers, signed a secrecy agreement with the private law firm, Michael Best and Friedrich, you hired for the purposes of redistricting Wisconsin’s congressional and state districts. Although you all have received flak for taking such an unorthodox action, you all should not take it to heart. In fact, you should feel proud. Wisconsin, once marred by a reputation for open and fair government, can now proudly boast that its leaders would rather leave the public out of the lawmaking process entirely. After all, inclusive democracy is so passé. You understand that deciding who will vote where is not
something in which the voters should actually get input. There is a major misconception that the founders of this great nation intended for voters to choose who will represent them in government. What they actually meant was that politicians should choose the district parameters that will keep them in power for as long as they want it. It is lucky for all of us that Gov. Scott Walker sanctioned the way in which the redistricting process was carried out. Had we, heaven forbid, elected Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett as governor, it would have been a very different story. Barrett proposed using the non-partisan Government Accountability Board to plan out the districts rather than incumbents. Thank the good lord we avoided that atrocity.
Barrett also would have kept the process “transparent.” Having an open process implies that what the voters think is important. How ridiculous! Lucky for you, you all had a memo to go by which came up with what was perhaps the line that best encapsulates what this whole year of GOP dominance has been about: “Public comments on this map may be different than what you hear in this room. Ignore the public comments.” So thank you, Wisconsin GOP. Thank you for showing us lowly plebeians that what we think and what we say does not really matter. Thank you for slashing the budgets of schools and health programs while spending $400,000 in taxpayer money for Michael Best and Friedrich’s legal fees, which you could have gotten for free if you used Barrett’s plan. But most of all, thank you for showing what government is really about: you! Democracy is not about the people. It is about the people who make decisions for other people. We wish you well in the recalls, this whole process will surely help you woo your new specially crafted districts. Sincerely, The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board
Internet helps advance global revolutions Matthew Curry opinion columnist
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ot long after I first began using the Internet in mid-2001, I found myself patronizing certain websites I found funny or interesting—most times both. Over time I noticed these web forums are in themselves small communities with each person contributing their own material or thoughts, which define that specific forum. These societies have their own citizens, their own humor and their own general will. All small groups have a mini-culture, so what? In essence, individuals assume alternate mindscapes in various forums in society. While anonymity surely plays a role in people acting differently online, I see the Internet becoming its own being. Just give a look to the hacker group Anonymous, a conceptual being born from Internet society. Anonymous is the metaphysical incarnation of the Internet—a collection of anonymous individuals that, when taken together, represent the whole of a much larger entity. To think what originally started as a joke amongst Internet users is now an entity waging war on the physical world is almost unbelievable, but oddly enough almost makes sense, as if another step inside some evolution. Just look at the patterns. What makes Anonymous so much more powerful are the people behind it. Just who is part of this group? As recent arrests indicate, those who make up Anonymous range in age from 16 to the early 30s— the generations that embraced computers entirely. Is this simply because the Internet society
is a youth subculture? Or is it something much more—a beginning of a new era of human identity? Twenty years from now will we see more groups, a stronger anonymous? At this point I’m not totally sure, but the government sure hopes to see that does not happen as indicated in its new policy towards cyber war. Anonymous’ hunger for anarchy lies in its universal thirst for truth, a truth completely untouched by elite forces. This is what makes Anonymous so dangerous when it publishes hacked information. This includes the login information for the Syrian government to an entire county’s law enforcement computers.
With a computer, oncepowerful individuals now have the ability to make real changes.
Anonymous now takes on large, extremely important political issues ranging from the protection of Wikileaks, organizing the Occupy Wall Street movement and engaging in cyber warfare against Arab autocrats challenged by the Arab Spring revolutions. In the physical world, anonymous members would have no real ability to easily disrupt elite institutions, but with a computer, once-powerless individuals now has the ability to make real changes. The international membership of Anonymous also seems to indicate some sort of general thought; the question is whether this is a symptom of this generation’s disillusioned youth, or if this is the genesis of a larger meaning for
Internet society? The meaning for me seemed to evolve naturally in 2009 when I watched Iranian protesters face awful brutality and censorship as they challenged their government. Instead of being a mere observer I actually contributed through the internet. I helped set up a proxy server on Twitter for the sole purpose of giving Iranian protesters a voice since their government had shut down all Internet communications. While I may not have had an enormous effect myself, other observers like me, were able to successfully arrange important communications between protesters and the outside world. I had no conscious thought on what I was doing, I simply did what I felt was the natural thing to do. I even spoke with the protesters, as I did with Egyptians, and as I occasionally do with Syrians. I wished them well; I showed personal empathy; I spoke with them about their goals and dreams. In essence, I was with them. The new Internet is a society of the powerless who are given the means to be the change they wish to see in the world. It has taken on a whole new dynamic that supersedes its previous uses, the ability to unite humanity in one cohesive collective, but more importantly, the opportunity to act without the restrictions of the material world. Humanity is entering the advent of the Internet, but it leaves me to wonder what this means for us as people. Are we citizens of our communities and our nations, or are we becoming a part of a much larger entity as parts of the world seemingly move into systemic political anarchy? Matthew Curry is a junior majoring in political science and environmental studies. Tweet your thoughts to @dailycardinal.
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Letter: Get involved with Union Council Alexandra Rezazadeh Student Labor Action Coalition
The current state of political affairs in Wisconsin has left many students and Madison residents feeling discouraged and unsure of how to respond to recent events. From the state of political discord unraveling at the capitol, to budget cuts UW system schools are facing, it seems as if the UW System is unraveling with little we can do to stop it. To educate myself about these matters, I accepted a friend’s invitation to attend a United Council convention at UW-Parkside along with many members of the Associated Students of Madison, including ASM Chair Allie Gardner. United Council is a Wisconsin student association that advocates for student’s rights at the state level. The main focus of the convention was a discussion of how to communicate with legislators and other student organizations to assert change of the status quo. The Convention kicked off at the UW-Parkside Student Center on Saturday morning. Amidst the live Twitter feed with countless @UnitedCouncil tags and excited exchanges between friends across campuses, we discussed the importance of lobbying as Wisconsin students facing immense budget cuts to our university system. This is especially important with the recent decision by the Joint Finance Committee to cut $46.1M from the UW System budget. To override such changes, we must communicate with our representatives and maintain a relationship with them. United Council offered countless workshops to help empower and inform students of their rights. I personally attended workshops on voter registration, how to lobby, organizing coalitions and UW sustainability. During the workshop on voter registration, we discussed how to organize registration events and promote awareness on our campuses in lieu of the new voter ID law, which prompted many
efforts such as pushing for voter ID cards in ASM Legislative Affairs which are now available in the Wiscard office. As a member of SLAC (Student Labor Action Coalition), the ‘coalition building’ workshop redefined “coalition” and helped explain how to effectively and respectfully coordinate with other campus organizations. At the ‘sustainability’ workshop, we discussed the various movements students were taking up across UW campuses, such as UW-Eau Claire installing LED lights for their night lighting across campus, and UW-Baraboo, working on funding for a composting bin. Attending the United Council convention allowed me to exchange experiences with students across campuses and engage in positive discussion about ways to improve our campuses. From this experience I became better acquainted with peers, conversed with students across the state, and became more aware of the amazing work and accomplishments of UW system students across the state. They inspired me to continue to fight for our Wisconsin university system. I encourage all my fellow students to attend a United Council Convention. ASM frequently sends students on these trips, and all students are welcome to attend. Discussing students’ struggles and successes within their lobbying movements is truly a wonderful educational experience, and one that will help me affect change on my campus. With the current state of the UW system, it is important for us, as students, to remain active participants in any discussions concerning our time on campus. Let us use resources like United Council to further our efforts and make an impact on UW campuses statewide. Alexandra Rezazadeh is a junior majoring in Biology with a German Certificate. Please send all feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
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Wisconsin hosts Ohio State to finish season at home By Vince Huth the daily cardinal
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For the Badgers to come away from this weekend with a pair of wins, Wisconsin’s goal-scorers including sophomore forward Mark Zengerle will have to find a way to put the puck in the net.
Badgers looking for anything Wisconsin will battle for playoff position this weekend as it closes the season at home against Denver By Matt Masterson the daily cardinal
Coming off the team’s first bye week since the winter break in December, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team (7-13-2 WCHA, 12-14-2 overall) will host No. 10 Denver in their final home series of the regular season. After tough back-to-back losses against St. Cloud State the last time they hit the ice, the Badgers are looking to get off to a quick start and shut down the Pioneers (12-6-4, 17-9-4) and their high-powered offense.
“It’s our last series of the year at home, put on a show and get some wins.” Tyler Barnes sophomore forward Wisconsin men’s hockey
“We’ve got to come out in the first 20 minutes and compete,” sophomore forward Michael Mersch said. “We’ve been emphasizing that because we had the last weekend off.” The bye week gave Wisconsin an opportunity to rest up and go out with a bang in their final home series, as well as put their last series behind them. “It’s our last series of the year at home, put on a show and get some wins,” sophomore forward Tyler Barnes said when asked about his team’s goals for this
wbball from page 8 more aggressive out of the gates, and I thought she was obviously a post presence for us.” It was an abysmal offensive performance for Wisconsin (4-9, 8-17), who lost for the fourthstraight time. Senior forward Anya Covington rejoined the starting lineup for the first time in two weeks, and she was the only Badger to score in doubledigits with 10 points. Junior guard Taylor Wurtz struggled
weekend. “We’re going to have to wait 10 more months to get back on the ice. It’s a big weekend, you definitely go out and give the fans something to watch.” Denver is coming off a sweep of No. 7 Minnesota at home last weekend and currently sits two points behind the Gophers for the top spot in the WCHA. The Pioneers have been on a tear lately, going 9-2-1 in their last 12 games while putting together one of the best offenses and power plays in the nation. “Just like with every team we focus on [their power play],” Barnes said. “But with a team like that—they might be first in the WCHA in power play percentage so that’s something we did take a look at.” The Pioneers are ranked first in the WCHA and sixth in the nation for power play percentage. They are No. 3 in the nation for total team offense (3.53 goals per game). If the Badgers want to shut down the Pioneers, they have to stay out of the penalty box and keep the puck in Denver’s zone. “We know who their good players are,” Mersch said. “Our best play is to play in their offensive zone.” As teams begin to key in on the Badgers’ two best offensive threats, sophomore forward Mark Zengerle and junior defenseman Justin Schultz, players like Mersch and Barnes have had to step up their scoring to keep their offense alive.
“That’s something that we have to continue to do and maybe even bring up a little more,” Barnes said. “We’ve had some close games where a little more production would get us a win.” The Badgers have dropped their last four straight games and head coach Mike Eaves admitted that the team would need help if they had any shot at home-ice advantage in the WCHA playoffs. The players however, are only focused on what they can do. “That’s out of our control, that’s not something we want to focus on,” Barnes said about looking at other teams for help. “I think the biggest thing for us is getting some momentum and some confidence and get our mojo going into the playoffs.”
from the field, shooting 3-for13 on field goals and 1-for-6 on three-pointers. “I don’t think we were as aggressive, and I’ll take blame for that too, being hesitant about taking shots and things like that,” Wurtz said. The Badgers are closing in on the school’s single season record for three-pointers made, needing only 18 more to pass the mark of 174 set in 2001-’02. However, they didn’t make much progress on that front on Thursday, shooting
only 2-for-10 from three-point range. Opposing teams have been paying a lot of defensive attention to Wisconsin from beyond the arc in recent games. “Not only do [the Badgers] shoot a lot of them, but they make them,” Merchant said. “Our goal was really to get up in them and guard the arc.” Michigan State came into Thursday’s game with the best rebounding margin of any Big Ten team, out-rebounding opponents by an average of 6.5 per
The No. 1 Wisconsin women’s hockey team (22-2-2-1 WCHA, 28-2-2 overall) will host Ohio State (12-13-1, 15-13-4) this weekend in its final regular season series. The Badgers took two games from the Buckeyes earlier this season in Columbus at the OSU Ice Rink. If the revenge factor isn’t enough, Ohio State will be jockeying for its position in the WCHA playoffs in this weekend’s series. “I think we always get everybody’s best game, but we do realize what’s on the line for them,” senior forward Brooke Ammerman said. “It will be good for us before we go to the playoffs to play tough games against teams that are on their last leg.” “They’re definitely going to come out with a little more fire,” senior forward Hilary Knight said. While Ohio State might have more to play for in terms of playoff positioning, head coach Mark Johnson was quick to point out that this series has meaning to Wisconsin too. He stressed the importance of building off the momentum the team has created over the last few weeks. “After this weekend, everybody’s back at the starting line, and you’re starting over,” Johnson said. “Any kind of confidence you can build up, any momentum you can keep sustaining will only help you the following weekend.” Ohio State senior forward Natalie Spooner has been one of the top goal-scorers in the nation this season. She ranks third in both total and power play goals. Knight acknowledged Spooner’s offensive skill set but also expressed confidence in
Wisconsin’s special teams unit. She did so with good reason, as Wisconsin averages fewer penalties than eight of the topten teams. It also boasts the second-best penalty kill percentage in the nation. “Our penalty-killing unit— if we do take a penalty—is a good unit,” Knight said. “As long as we put attention toward Spooner and the other girls on their power play, I think we’ll be successful.” While Johnson also recognized Spooner as an offensive threat, he said the Badgers will avoid having to defend her on the power play if they simply play smart on the defensive end. “That’s part of being a disciplined team - staying out of the box,” Johnson said. “She’s a player—even five-on-five—who you have to be aware of when she’s on the ice because she’s such a good skater.” Wisconsin will recognize its senior class this weekend at the Kohl Center, where a talented group of Badgers will play their final regular season games. “Their commitment to our program for four years: It goes by quickly,” Johnson said. “Through their hard work for 32 games [this season] you can look at each one of them and they’ve had great senior years, so that’s cool. I like that.” The senior class composed of Knight, Ammerman, forward Carolyne Prévost, defender Brittany Haverstock and goaltender Nikki Kaasa has played on two national championship teams already. Ammerman knows this class isn’t done yet. “I think we’ve had an awesome ride; we’ve been very successful,” Ammerman said. “Hopefully we’re able to carry that out and go out on top. That’s our plan.”
WCHA Standings
The Badgers need a lot of help to secure home-ice in the WCHA playoffs. 1. Minnesota 2. Minnesota-Duluth 3. Denver 4. Colorado College Nebraska-Omaha 6. North Dakota 7. Michigan Tech 8. Bemidji State St. Cloud State 10. Minnesota State 11. Wisconsin 12. Alaska-Anchorage
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Senior forward Carolyne Prévost will one of many Badgers playing their final regular season home game this weekend. game. Their strong rebounding skill was on display at the Kohl Center, as the Spartans picked up 38 rebounds compared to Wisconsin’s 21. There were some bright performances from the Wisconsin bench, despite the defeat. Freshman guard Lacia Gorman finished with nine points on 4-for-5 shooting and junior guard Tiera Stephen created a spark defensively with three steals. The Badgers are back in action Sunday with a road game
at No. 16 Nebraska. Wisconsin played the Cornhuskers tough in Madison Jan. 12, but Nebraska emerged with a 75-69 victory. With only three games remaining in the regular season schedule, the Badgers are hoping to end their current losing streak and finish the season on a strong note. “We just have to go in with the mentality that we’re gonna get these next three games, and we’re gonna work hard and give it our all,” Wurtz said.
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Men’s Basketball
Wisconsin loses big in East Lansing By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal
Just when it seemed as if the Wisconsin men’s basketball was hitting its stride, the No. 15/17 Badgers (8-5 Big Ten, 19-7 overall) simply didn’t show up to play in Thursday night’s 69-55 loss to No. 7/8 Michigan State (10-3, 21-5). As they have done all season, the Spartans ran their opponent up and down the floor all night long. After holding opposing offenses to less than five points per game on the fast break, the Badgers could not stop MSU from doing what it does best, allowing the Spartans to notch 15 points in transition (all in the first half ) and 16 off 10 uncharacteristic Badger turnovers. Many will look to Wisconsin’s struggles shooting the ball (34 percent from the field and 5-24 from three-point range), but it was on the glass where UW found itself unable to compete. The Badgers allowed eight offensive rebounds, leading to 13 second chance points and a whopping 34 points in the paint for the Spartans. Michigan State didn’t need many of those second chances as they shot a staggering 52.2 percent from the field against a Badger defense that had been holding its opponents to just over 36 percent for the year. What has to frustrate the UW coaching staff is that the Badgers were simply outhustled in East Lansing. Michigan State got seemingly every loose ball out there, capitalizing at
every opportunity. For a team used to taking advantage of hustle plays in its own right, this is perhaps the most troubling aspect of the losing effort. A step slow on defense, the Badgers allowed eight-separate “and one” opportunities, each one thrusting the dagger further into the chest of a UW team that was playing from behind virtually all night. Spartan sophomore guard Keith Appling and senior forward Draymond Green both took advantage of the poor defensive effort by the Badgers. Both Green and Appling finished with a game-high 20 points, with Green adding a game-high 10 rebounds. The only silver lining for the Badgers was the play of junior forward Ryan Evans who followed up his first career double-double with a team-high 17 points and seven rebounds in the losing effort. While this loss all but eliminates Wisconsin’s hopes of a Big Ten title, the final five games of the regular season remain crucial as the Badgers try to position themselves for a high seed heading into the NCAA Tournament. By taking care of business down the stretch and in the Big Ten Tournament, the Badgers have a shot to get anywhere between a three and five seed, something that can make a huge difference in terms of making a run into the latter weekends of March. That run begins Sunday afternoon as the Badgers host Penn State. Though the Nittany
Lions gave UW all they could handle in State College back on January 31, they have yet to win a game away from the BryceJordan Center and are 0-11 alltime at the Kohl Center. Still, PSU guard Tim Frazier poses a threat every time he sets foot on the floor. The junior from Houston has been tearing apart Big Ten defenses to the tune of 18.5 points (second in the Big Ten) and 5.0 rebounds per game. When the Badgers last faced Penn State, Frazier was on top of his game, scoring a game-high 21 points while adding seven assists to just two turnovers. While Wisconsin got home with the victory, Frazier is definitely a threat to return the favor on Sunday afternoon. But after Thursday night’s tough loss, Sunday has become all the more important for UW. The Badgers face two straight road games after their date with PSU and need to regain some of the momentum that has certainly been lost after the events that unfolded in Michigan. Wisconsin is just 3-3 at home thus far in Big Ten play and has to start taking advantage of the Kohl Center crowd with just three home games remaining. Yet throughout Bo Ryan’s career at Wisconsin, the Badgers have made it a point to never fall into a prolonged slide. Sunday provides them with an opportunity to avoid doing just that and it is an opportunity that they must take advantage of in order to make a return trip to the Sweet 16 come March.
Women’s Basketball
Badgers drop fourth-straight game in loss to Michigan State By Adam Tupitza the daily cardinal
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Despite the return of senior forward Anya Covington to the starting lineup, the Badgers offense was anemic Thursday night.
Both the Wisconsin men and women’s basketball squads couldn’t hang with Michigan State on Thursday night. The Kohl Center hosted the women’s edition of the budding Big Ten rivalry, and the Spartans left Madison with an easy 62-46 victory over the Badgers. “This was probably our worst game of the year, both ends of the floor,” head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. Michigan State (8-5 Big Ten, 16-10 overall) took a 6-4 lead on a jumper by senior forward Lykendra Johnson nearly three minutes in, and the Spartans held the lead for the rest of the game. Johnson was nearly unstoppable on the night, shooting 8-for-11 from the field and leading her team in both points with 16 and rebounds with seven. “[Johnson]’s such a team player that she’d rather be a complimentary player than a go-to player at times,” MSU head coach Suzy Merchant said. “So we sort of challenged her to be
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Junior forward Ryan Evans led the team in scoring with 17 points. This was not enough, however, for the Badgers to win.
Wisconsin and Michigan State, a budding rivalry When it comes to rivalries, Wisconsin and Michigan State is not the first to be talked about. But as Badger and Spartan fans alike would tell you, it has become one of the best in the Big Ten. Michigan State landed the most recent punch in battle, defeating Wisconsin 69-55 Thurday night in East Lansing. This new-found rivalry started to heat up this past fall when the Badger football team traveled to Michigan State. Wisconsin lost that contest 31-37 in a game that will be remembered for a hail mary by the Spartans as time expired to secure the win.
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Wisconsin’s only major win this year was in the Big Ten Championship. Each meeting since, in any sport, has been a heated one. With no signs of slowing, another great Big Ten rivlary seems to have emerged.