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Nontraditional courses bring university to Wisconsin towns

By Tamar Myers THE DAILY CARDINAL

An online course about an Aldo Leopold-type approach to sustainable hunting enrolled thousands of students, spurred fervent discussions in online forums and drew more than 80 participants to an exposition that included a deer skinning demonstration and pheasant hunt. Though by many counts it was successful, the future of courses like it is uncertain in the face of university resource strains.

UW-Madison debuted six Massive Open Online Classes this year, which are free courses with enrollment open to anyone with Internet access. All of them, which will take place at staggered

times until the end of October 2015, center on human choices and challenges in a changing environment. The remaining topics include building a global community around Shakespeare, a “big picture” approach to energy, the world’s forest biomes, and climate change policy and public health.

This year, the Division of Continuing Studies decided to focus recruitment efforts on Wisconsin residents, especially those “who don’t typically interact with MOOCs,” said Joshua Morrill, senior evaluator in Academic Technology, who works with MOOC data analysis, a division of DoIT. The new Wisconsin Open

Education Community Fellowship encourages undergraduate student involvement in MOOCs. In-state students can be awarded grants to connect one of the first three MOOCs to a project with a community organization in either a Wisconsin town they grew up in or one with which they have a personal connection.

For example, a student could participate in the Shakespeare MOOC and then work with a nonprofit at home to educate children about his work, said Randy Wallar, the associate director of engaged scholarship in the Morgridge Center for Public Service.

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Sigrid Stensvold, who graduated last December, will represent America in the USA Pavilion at the World Expo Milano 2015.

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UW graduate invited to World’s Fair

By Bri Maas THE DAILY CARDINAL

Every five years since 1851, the World’s Fair has given people from around the world a chance to deliberate over global issues, from industrialization to cultural exchange.

Recent UW-Madison graduate Sigrid Stensvold has been selected to be one of 120 student ambassadors to the USA Pavilion at this summer’s Expo Milano 2015. Stensvold said she decided to apply last fall because, as an anthropology major, the theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life” perfectly fits her interests.

“Food and people are the driving forces in my life,” Stensvold said. “I think the Expo is a really great opportunity that I otherwise wouldn’t have had to dabble in something I’m interested in.”

The USA Pavilion, where Stensvold will be a guide for three months, will feature exhibits highlighting American innovations in sustainability, technology and nutrition.

Stensvold said while she is excited to see global ideas come together, she is apprehensive

about the outcome of the Expo.

“I think it’s really easy to go into something like this and have lofty ideas and want to change stuff,” Stensvold said. “I really do believe that can happen, but I think it’s going to take a lot for things to come of it. It’s not just about this six-month period– it’s obviously going to be a lot of work down the road.”

As a student ambassador, Stensvold will greet the expected 20-30 million international visitors to the pavilion, including government officials and corporate executives. Although it will be intimidating, Stensvold said she encourages all students to embrace adventures.

“Go big. Go for things that you love,” Stensvold said. “Those experiences are going to be the really powerful ones in life.”

Stensvold said being accepted as a representative exemplifies how much power she believes UW-Madison has in presenting small-town residents with big opportunities for change.

“Even a small person can make a difference in some way, or be out there at least trying,” Stensvold said.

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A MOOC exploring sustainable hunting practices was inspired by those of conservationist Aldo Leopold, pictured above hunting in Baraboo, Wis. circa 1943.

Shared governance, assault reporting face deletions in proposed state budget

By Andrew Hahn THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Scott Walker and UW System officials came briefly under fire Friday after a nonpartisan analysis of Walker’s recent budget proposal showed it deletes one of the reporting methods for sexual assaults on UW campuses required under current state law.

Current law requires the System’s Board of Regents to submit an annual report to the state Legislature to prove its campuses are including information about sexual assault in their orientation programs for new students. It also requires that any UW employee who witnesses or hears about a sexual assault on campus to report it to the school’s dean of students. The budget proposal would remove these

obligations from state statute.

A spokesperson for Walker said Friday the provisions were included in the proposal at the request of System officials involved in budget negotiations, the Associated Press reported.

“They allow us to focus on one report,” said UW System spokesperson Heather LaRoi in an email Friday. “Many requirements proposed for removal from state statutes are duplicative of federal requirements and reporting standards we comply with and are deeply committed to, such as those within The Clery Act and Title IX.” The analysis of the budget proposal also found the budget deletes shared governance protections, as expected under the public authority model for the UW System.

Tom Gierok, chair of the Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee, said last month the shared governance changes would mean students lose their say in the decisions of their respective universities.

Requirements to maintain the minority student scholarship programs, like the Lawton Undergraduate Minority Retention Grant and the Advanced Opportunity Fellowship program, would also be deleted by the budget if it passes in its current form.

UW System officials will appear before the Legislature’s budget committee Tuesday to testify about what the $300 million cut and public authority model will mean for the state’s universities over the next biennium.

“…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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How to charm the pants off your spring sweetie

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ING IT WITH ME: “When the weather outside is increasingly less frightful and you’re still a pyromaniac...” as the old springbeckoning song goes, it’s often time we find ourselves a mate!

Sometimes it’s the slightly above-zero temperatures and sometimes it’s that lull in the middle of the semester when we’re up 15 pounds, but whatever the case may be, it seems more couples pop up in the spring semester than any other time of year.

Today, we’re going to talk about finding that special someone, how to keep ‘em interested and how to blow their mind in the sack even if we may be intimidated by having someone new to bone.

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How to find ’em When it comes to partners, there are two pretty distinct approaches that really float people’s boats. We have the “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” mentality or a “That’s A Bingo!” mindset. We can either find a variety of new people to keep as our regular Friday or Saturday soirees or we can settle down for a spectacular someone who will hold our attention for at least a couple of months.

If we’re more like Pokemon when it comes to love, we should head out. You know: out, out. We should head to the bars, the street life, maybe even a house party of a wellconnected friend or coworker. Finding tipsy honeys to throw our number at is never

a challenge, especially if we’ve got good game or are well groomed, and we never know what kind of hotties are looking for someone just like us to take home for the night.

Maybe we’re less of a player and more of a PIMP relationship reveler. Finding our new boos at parties or bars is never a bad idea, but there are other places to look if we want something a little more sustainable.

The “friends first” approach to love should never be overlooked, so we should let our relationships grow organically. Maybe we’re getting close with a member of our student organization, or maybe we saw someone looking fine holding a book at College Library (wait, those people can read?).

Whatever the case may be, we should keep our minds open to new possibilities when looking for the next “The One.”

How to hook ’em “The only thing harder than getting in is staying in.” Glad I read “The Clique” when I was younger, aren’t you? However, that handy dandy idiom is true! It is easy as pie to find a new partner who falls for us, but keeping them interested can be super tricky. Here are a couple fail-safe ways to keep our new partner enchanted.

We need to be willing to show our partners that we can offer more than just a couple of fun nights by upping our activities game. Although the “Netflix and pizza” game referenced in my last article can be relaxing and bonding, showing our special someone that we’re able to go out of our comfort zone and try new things can make us very attractive.

Madison is a hotbed of activities. Go see a concert, a

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Modernists claim that Diabetrius, as a male’s name, represents a person who never makes the same mistake twice. Meanwhile, traditionalists swear that it has no meaning, it was just accidentally muttered one day and caught on.

Noteworthy Namebearers: Diabetrius Jackson (Atlanta Falcons linebacker), Evan Diabetrius Gerard (White House social media guru)

show at the Comedy Club ($2.00 on Wednesdays and no drink minimum!), a movie at Union South, even take a walk or try a new restaurant. And that doesn’t even scratch the surface of what our town has to offer. Try mixing it up to create unique experiences for your new partner and for yourself!

How to make ’em stay Another way to hook our new hookup (ahaha) is by showing them our appreciation and not allowing ourselves to become complacent.

Not everyone has an easy time finding someone they care about who cares about them in return. We shouldn’t take our relationship for granted at any point, and we shouldn’t be scared to share with that n00b how happy they make us or how giddy they make us feel. Affirmations can seem tiresome, but very few people get tired of hearing how phenomenal we think they are.

Be genuine, but we should always strive to let that person know just how appreciated they are.

Perhaps the most important way to keep someone interested is allowing them to get to know us more deeply. The butterflies that come with a new partner eventually fizzle out—unless we’re the luckiest people in the world—but what maintains the bond and confidence in the relationship is depth and understanding. Although showing our true selves to people we want to constantly impress can seem uncomfortable or intimidating, the payoff can be invaluable, especially if our new person offers insights and appreciation for what makes us who we are.

How to love ’em right When we hook up with someone we’re invested in longerterm, it’s easy to get super nervous. There’s always pressure to impress and blow our sweetie’s mind, but it doesn’t always happen so easily. Maybe we come too fast, maybe we can’t come at all, or maybe we feel too anxious to even get turned on. All of these sexual snafus are completely normal, however they can make us feel incompetent and our partners dissatisfied. What to do!?

Most importantly, work together to communicate how to make the dirty deeds most enjoyable for everyone. By laying out some of our insecurities, we build trust, which helps calm those sexual anxieties more than anything else. We should also aim to be upfront with our partners about how our bodies are functioning—if we aren’t sleeping with a total shithead, they should be able to understand why ideal sexual stuff isn’t always realistic for every person every time.

In conclusion…

“Be yourself,” which is a cliche I can’t believe I avoided this whole time. I rule!

Allowing a person to get to know you and being able to fully express yourself is imperative for helping relationships grow and can help each of us grow as people as well. As Zefron would say, “Get your head in the game,” although we all know that what he really meant was “Don’t freak out and try allowing people to like you regardless of your inability to maintain an erection.”

Want to go on a date with Alex? Email sex@dailycardinal. com to have her pencil you in.

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Rally pressures Blank to end JanSport relations

By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Student Labor Action Coalition held a rally Friday pressuring Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut licensing ties with VF Corporation, the parent company of JanSport.

Last year, Blank enacted a policy giving UW-Madison apparel licensees until July 30, 2014 to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. The Accord was created following the Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013 that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured more than 2,500. VF Corporation has not signed the Accord, but has signed the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.

A 2014 report by the Labor Codes and Licensing Advisory Committee said the membership fees are the only enforceable provision of the Alliance. However, the Accord is a legally binding contract between brands and Bangladeshi unions.

The Friday rally featured multiple speakers outside Bascom Hall, including Rana Plaza survivor Mahinur Begum. The breadwinner of her family, Begum was unable to return to work following the accident due to losing a toe, head trauma and “flashbacks to Rana Plaza.”

“The factories are unsafe. If she

[Blank] believes that human lives matter, then she can cut ties with the VF Corporation,” Begum said.

ASM Representative Jessica Franco-Morales said the LCLAC, which works on labor contracts, had its student governing power reduced last June, when Blank made changes to its structure. The committee is now chaired by a faculty or administration member instead of a student.

LCLAC requested Blank force parent companies to sign the Accord as well. She denied its request last June. JanSport does not have the power to sign the Accord, because it is a subsidiary of VF Corporation, which refuses to sign the accord.

The Alliance, which VF Corporation has signed, has been called “a public relations sham” by Scott Nova of the Workers Rights Consortium. VF Corporation spokesperson Craig Hodges refuted this claim, saying the Alliance is legally binding.

“We are proud of the progress we’ve made as a member of the alliance, but like all manufacturers that are sourcing product from Bangladesh, we recognize that there is much more work to be done,” Hodges said.

SLAC invited Blank to attend the rally but she did not.

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Students rally for labor rights in Bangladesh to push Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cut ties with JanSport and its parent company VF Corporation in response to unsafe conditions in Bangladesh.

Students advocate for labor rights at UW-Madison April 24, 2013: The Rana Plaza building, which housed four clothing factories, collapses due to structural inadequacies.

October 9, 2013: Ten killed in Bangladesh factory fire.

February 20, 2014: Reba Sikder and Kalpona Akter make first visit to UW-Madison as part of a nationwide tour.

October 11, 2013: SLAC sings “Call Us Maybe” outside the chancellor’s office to ask for more communication on international labor rights issues.

March 14, 2014: UW-Madison signs the Accord on Fire Building Safety in Bangladesh.

March 11, 2014: SLAC urges Chancellor Rebecca Blank to sign the Accord on Fire Building Safety in Bangladesh, giving her a deadline of March 24.

March 28, 2014: SLAC meets with Blank about enforcement of the Accord, and she assigns a July 30th deadline for licensees.

February 27, 2015: SLAC and LCLAC hold a rally on Bascom Hill.

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courses from page 1 However, he said the guidelines for the project are vague in order to give students flexibility.

To WOECF Graduate Project Assistant David Lassen, the fellowship is a way to make the Wisconsin Idea manifest locally for communities around the state.

“There’s a lot of folks that are interested in this idea of taking the university to the state,” Lassen said. “I think there are a lot of people who are anxious to actually do it but don’t know how.”

Morrill said one way to ensure effective use of resources is to target individuals and groups who yield high participation, even if this means overall enrollment numbers decrease.

He added recruiting participants from Wisconsin will also allow for more “focused interaction.” The MOOCs hold in-person discussions and events throughout their duration, which offer a local forum for expanding upon online content.

“You open it up to anyone online and get this sort of global learning environment, and then you also have the local component where people can talk to other people in their area who are inter-

ested in the same issues,” said Lika Balenovich, educational innovation communications specialist.

However, Morrill called ideas about completion “sticky,” saying many students interact with the courses in ways that aren’t as apparent.

Nelson Institute For Environmental Studies Director Paul Robbins, one of three professors teaching The Land Ethic Reclaimed: Perceptive Hunting, Aldo Leopold and Conservation, said he was initially worried when only a few hundred of the thousands of enrolled students were actually using discussion boards.

He said his thinking changed when he saw a high level of engagement on online forums, and heard of a participant who hadn’t participated in discussions but still felt he had learned a significant amount.

“It may be that people don’t want to weigh in on the discussion thread but they’re still learning,” Robbins said. “I think some people just wanted to sit back and learn about conservation and some people wanted to debate questions in ethics.”

Robbins said the future of MOOCs is uncertain. Although the university provides a number of outreach services, he said

financial concerns pose an ongoing question.

“I think we have to admit that we don’t know how they can pay for themselves, which is a huge problem in a budget crisis,” Robbins said. “Not that spending money on MOOCs is not valuable.”

Due to this lack of resources, Morrill said MOOCs may continue to change form. In addition to a more local focus with smaller enrollment, the classes were shorter than the six to eight week sessions last year. Morrill said the program is also exploring other formats of delivering information around the state, for instance using a podcast series.

In the future, classrooms for degree-seeking students might be able to incorporate ideas from the MOOCs. Already, Morrill said in an email that videos from the Video Games and Learning MOOC and Human Evolution MOOC last year have been repurposed in classes on campus. In addition, he said universities inside and outside of Wisconsin have requested the content.

“The MOOCs were a place to try out these things and now we have a process going forward,” Morrill said. “We’ve learned a lot.”

Amid protests, right-to-work proceeds to state Assembly The state Senate voted 17-15 to pass the right-to-work bill Wednesday amid two days of protests. The state Assembly is now poised to debate the proposal.

The next step for the contested bill is a public hearing before the Assembly Committee on Labor Monday at 10 a.m.

The Senate public hearing ended early, leaving many unable to voice concerns. Democrats in the Assembly looking ahead hope to “ensure every effort is made to allow for public input on this extremely damaging bill for Wisconsin working families,” Assembly Democrats said in a joint statement.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, believes it will be an economic boost for the state, making Wisconsin a more competitive atmosphere for business.

State Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, said in a statement the bill “will drive down wages, hurt job creation, harm our economy and further divide our state.”

“Gov. [Scott] Walker is using

so-called ‘Right to Work’ as a smokescreen to distract the public from his disastrous budget while he runs around the country courting Republican primary voters,” Sinicki said in the statement.

Opposition to the right-towork bill drew thousands to the state Capitol Saturday.

Although the tone of the rally was similar to those organized earlier in the week, Saturday’s protest, organized by the Wisconsin chapter of the AFL-CIO, had a greater sense of urgency after the bill passed in the Senate.

“The real question is who wants this,”said John Schmitt, President of the Wisconsin Laborers’ District Council. “This isn’t good for Wisconsin. Make no mistake: rightto-work is designed to divide us.”

The Assembly is the last step for the new right-to-work bill before going to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk, who has pledged to sign it. ­—Will Hoverman and Andrew Bahl

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The Majestic Theatre will host Paper Diamond this Wednesday on his most exciting headline tour yet. The Rain Drops Tour, supporting an EP of the same name set to drop this week, promises a cohesive and thoughtful experience for all those in attendance. Alex Botwin, the talented artist behind Paper Diamond, has been working in the music industry and crafting visual art for more than a decade, managing his various projects through his company Elm & Oak. Over the years, Botwin gravitated from visual art and management to his new role as an electronic musician and released the first Paper Diamond EP, Levitate, in 2011.

Paper Diamond gained significant notoriety from his 2014 remix of Diplo’s hit single “Revolution.”

I spoke with Botwin about his upcoming show in Madison, and the journey that has brought him to the Rain Drops Tour. According to Botwin, the ability for musicians to learn from each other is instrumental to moving forward and growing as a musician. “It’s just about learning and trading ideas and skills with everybody and using it to make your own stuff,” he said. “I know that anyone can teach me something just

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Alex Botwin, known as Paper Diamond, comes to Madison Wednesday on the Rain Drops Tour. like I have a lot to teach people too, but I’m always down to learn.

Music is alive and always changing. If there’s a reason I’ve been able to be in the music industry for ten years it’s because I’m down to roll with it… I just want to have my mind blown and I want to share that with people, and that’s what it’s all about.”

“The Rain Drops is coming out on Tuesday, I believe,” Botwin said. “We’re just solidifying some last minute details. It’s basically

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CRASHprez shoots for, and lands within, the stars ALBUM REVIEW

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CRASHprez

By Cameron Graff The Daily Cardinal

After months of escalating hype, CRASHprez—who’s slowly assuming the mantle of curator of the UW-Madison’s quietly bustling musical underground—has finally dropped his more perfect. project, a sprawling magnum opus exploring the black condition in America as seen through the eyes of a particularly discerning and articulate college student-cum-artist—or do I have that backward?

The record is narratively molded in the style of Kendrick Lamar’s earth shattering Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City following Penn’s CRASHprez character as he fakes his death in the wake of his 2013 EP Fear Itself. In an attempt to get back at the dastardly DJ Farrakhanvict—who shot Penn at the end of Fear Itself— Penn orchestrates a viral hit in the shape of Yung Lil Shawty’s “Hit Dat Django” so he’ll be invited to play at his own monstrously overblown memorial service dubbed, of course, ASSprez.

The narrative ends, as so many do, with a dramatic showdown, police brutality and a frank but brutally unsatisfying conversation with God. The story inter-

weaves with goosebump-raising tracts on religion, pornography, sex, racial politics, violence, black media and the transcendental nature of genius communicated via Radiohead adoration.

Thankfully, over his tenure at Madison, Penn’s skills and technical buoys have come to parallel his ever demanding ambition.

The sense of awkward DIY fumbling that loomed over his earlier releases, of a mind racing faster than a body can keep up with, is largely absent here. Instead, more perfect. sees him stepping into his own as the mastermind orchestrator, the man with a plan. And it shows through just how incredibly well everything here syncopates: the manic fluxes of Lord of the Fly’s show stealing verses on highlights “We Want Warfare” and “Love the Police,” the pitch-black humor of “Hit Dat Django,” the swelling horns on “Dogmatic,” the superfan name-checking of “Thom Yorke is Black,” everything just absolutely fits together. Most importantly of all, though, is Penn himself. Always passionate and one step from the edge, on more perfect., he finally seems to have found a perfect measure for his distinctly off-kilter flow, channeling his endless internal riot into something profound and dissectible.

If Penn dialed back his ambition even one iota he wouldn’t be CRASHprez, and with the state of the world today maybe that would be the gravest sin of all.

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just my favorites of the songs I’ve written over the past year that I wanted to release immediately.

And I think that this year in general is the most music you’re going to see released from me.”

“I have an artist on the road with me,” he explained. “We go through the show and make these different artistic videos and ideas and start to incorporate more real content into the visual show, not just loops and computer screensaver stuff, but stuff that makes

you feel something or has something to do with the music. I feel like now with the sound and the lights and the video and all the custom content and the whole new set of music it’s a crazy experience. That’s really what its all about, just making an experience for people to come together and celebrate and have fun and let loose and escape from the normal every day bullshit.”

“When I’m not working on music I’m taking pictures and

working on design stuff,” Botwin said. Visual art and graphic design have long been an important factor, both in Paper Diamond releases and Botwin’s company, Elm & Oak. “We get up and do our normal daily routine, and then it’s music and art” “I came to realize that as far as managing bands and having a label and all that other stuff, I can do that when I’m older. Right now I’ve stepped back from doing all the other stuff to just focus on Paper Diamond art and music,” Botwin said.

“It was a great learning experience, but when you have fifteen businesses at once, it really deterred me from really continuing to flex musically.”

“I just want to put out a bunch of dope music and inspire people to make more music and make more art. I want people to be responsible and thoughtful but also know how to party and let loose and let music do its thing.”

“I always love coming out to Madison,” Botwin mentioned. “I think we’ve sold out the last couple times. It’s going to be an insane night. You can just expect a lot of new music from me, and it’s going to be great to be back in Madtown.

So let’s hit it.”

Read the full interview online at dailycardinal.com.

The road many have taken: Open a book to take a life-changing trip maham hasan lit columnist

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road trip is more than traveling from point A to B. Like everything around us, it can be just that. Simply a route to travel to reach somewhere. But sometimes, it can encompass the entirety of American mythology regarding road trips within it and be so much more. It ceases to be a route to get somewhere and takes the form of an adventure, one that takes you on uncharted water and exposes you to unexpected things.

There is nothing quite like having the late afternoon sun kissing your face, the wind dancing through your hair and the great expanse of a road in front of you, waiting for you to envelope it. It is the epitome of ways to find yourself at this time in your life, to drive away in your car, alone or with a few friends, and let your mind think and dream in ways you didn’t know were possible.

Regardless of the reasons, it will bring you the clarity you so desperately need. Better yet, it will bring you much more.

We’re all constantly running from something in our life, despite knowing full well that running is not the answer. But we do it because the urge to fight or flight is built into the very threads of our DNA itself. There can be dignity in running too. Instead of hurtling away from something at breakneck speed, we can choose the path of journeying. The destination and arrival doesn’t matter. But just the process of deciding to set your-

self on a journey is where dignity comes in. We gain the freedom and air to finally set our thoughts free to make sense of themselves and we do it without running like we’re scared. Road trips therefore are where the metaphorical meets the physical, the best of both worlds.

They should be taken for the journey’s sake itself, rather than aiming for a destination. What better way to convince one’s self of that than through words and the stories of incredible, inspirational journeys.

Many hail Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” as what made them artists; to wake up one day in a life you cannot recognize, dreams that have been gathering dust for years and give it all up to just get on the road.

That is what the protagonist of this classic book inspired thousands of people to do, showing them that the road can be just as romantic as you want it to be. You have to get up and go searching for it because languidly waiting for it to come to you will never happen. The story here will make you yearn for America and all of its land and it’ll call to you like a siren. If you’re consumed by even a smidgen of the fever Kerouac was consumed with, you’ll set off to find the glory within yourself and the land around you that awaits you on the road.

“Wild” is still riding the Oscar buzz surrounding it—brilliant movie as it was—but perhaps many do not know that it was based on a fascinating book by Cheryl Strayed.

The only thing better than journeys that take you places within yourself as well as places outside, is a spontaneous journey of such nature. The protagonist of this book departs on a journey after watching her life fall apart around her, and knowing

she cannot stop it from happening.

What she can do is let her blind will drive her to places unknown in hopes that every scratch and fall would soothe another broken piece inside of her. She runs, but she does it with dignity. That is what allows her to not only save her sanity but also to return when she is ready.

What lengths will you go to to live? Surviving is easy. We can all survive. We can be stripped down to the barest version of ourselves, nothing but bone in sight, and still survive. Human beings are remarkably, sometimes annoyingly, resilient like that. But living? That’s where it gets a little tricky. Living is hard. It requires effort and grit.

It demands us to kick, scream and fight to live; to drag our heels until they are raw and bloody just to know we want to live. Chuck Klosterman’s “Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story” is one such autobiographical tale of bloodied heels. Witness his internal struggles as he visits the dying sites of rock legends that died searching for reasons to live themselves.

Nothing good in life ever comes easy. If we accept that little fact as an absolute truth, we will be better off in recognizing and holding on to the worthwhile things. Journeys are not easy; not the physical ones to places far off and not the internal ones to places undiscovered. But they need to be embarked upon, both of them, for a million reasons that the stories mentioned here briefly touch upon. So find a road, and start driving.

What books about road trips and travel make you want to hit the road? What stories can give you wanderlust? Email Maham at mhasan4@wisc.edu.

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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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ACROSS 1 ___ on (encouraged) 6 Bump on the slopes 11 Fare carrier 14 Ready to fall out, as pages 15 Reproductive organ 16 Chef’s phrase 17 Bad alley rolls 19 High, craggy hill 20 Commotion 21 Yolk ___ (egg part) 22 Ape from Borneo, briefly 24 ___ McNally 26 Angler’s handled hook 29 More hobbled 30 Fill with confidence 33 “Give that ___ cigar!”

34 Dry to the bone 36 Area around the altar 38 Bench press unit 39 Yellowish gourd 43 Number that’s its own square root 44 Cambodian currency 45 Coffee dispensers 46 Quick on one’s feet 48 Noisy but comfy chair 51 Better balanced?

53 A shade of blue 54 Eggshell color 58 With feathers ruffled 59 Wall Street option 61 Chick’s mom 62 Building annex, sometimes 63 Some water vessels 68 Spain’s Costa del ___ 69 Wicker willow 70 “The Sopranos” restaurateur 71 Give it a go 72 Poverty-stricken 73 Adjust, as a timer DOWN 1 “Pomp and Circumstance” composer 2 Hard Dutch cheese 3 Boarded, as a plane 4 Maximizing suffix 5 Not-so-great grades 6 Woman’s headwear in the 18th century 7 Certain gametes 8 Guy’s counterpart 9 Modern address 10 “Disinfect to Protect” brand 11 Multi-hulled craft 12 Solitude 13 Pie chart

alternative 1 8 ___ to riches 23 Computer memory abbreviation 25 Where grass roots 27 Leg bones 28 Fingerboard ridge 31 Not once, poetically 32 Grammar has two 34 Bright part of a house?

35 Forever and ever 37 Bluish-green shade 39 Most domineering 40 Cut of meat 41 Nair rival, once 42 Encourage strongly 47 “Not ___, maybe later” 49 Table linens and such 50 Badly out-of-focus picture, e.g.

52 Military scout’s job, for short 55 Casual conversations 56 Adjust, as laces 57 Not mounted, as a gem 60 Lift over snow 64 Take unfair advantage of 65 What a sudden death eliminates?

66 Danson of TV 67 Metal to be refined

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Right-to-work legislation is pure politics view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

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s the Republicans swept through statehouses, governor’s mansions and Congress in the Tea Party wave of 2010, there was an almost immediate reaction from one of the left’s biggest supporters: unions. Legislation proposed in the beginning of 2011 that would bar public sector unions from a practice known as collective bargaining sparked the reaction. From Madison, Wis., to Columbus, Ohio, union members became the backbone of weeks-long protests that gripped Rust Belt states.

For Republican-controlled legislatures, the idea of thumbing their noses at major private sector unions, a large supporter of Democrats, through enacting antiunion legislation, was an enticing prospect for the Republican’s new majorities in state houses. How could these legislatures work to further dismantle the unions?

Right-to-work legislation.

After Congress passed the TaftHartley Act in 1947, states took up the battle and began to outlaw an employer from requiring someone to join a union if they want a job where a union is present. This law debunks current conservative talking points that say employers are “forcing” new workers to join a union, even though this practice

was outlawed with the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act. These laws prevented employers from signing contracts with unions that would require all employees, even those who didn’t vote for unionization, to pay for representation fees. These fees go to help the union negotiate contracts and manage administrative grievances, according to UW-Madison Political Science professor John Ahlquist.

The Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature had floated the idea of a right-to-work bill for the current legislative session, and the state Assembly is likely to pick up the state Senate-passed right-towork bill, which cleared the upper chamber last week. Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 presidential candidate, has stated he will not block the bill’s passage, strengthening his previous ambiguous position on right-to-work legislation.

What has made this bill so controversial, other than the attack on a very small section of the state’s private sector workforce, is the process of how the Legislature has decided to take up the bill. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, called the Legislature into an extraordinary session, a tactic used for emergencies within the state. Bills proposed in this session typically move quicker than in a

regular session.

Ahlquist expressed skepticism about why the Legislature decided to call an extraordinary session for this bill last month. “[Sen. Fitzgerald] even said that a big reason for the timing, the fast-tracking, was to make it more difficult to organize protest in opposition to it in Madison,” Ahlquist said.

Out of a workforce of 2.5 million, Wisconsin only has about 10,000 workers who didn’t vote for unionization in their field but still pay representation fees, according to Ahlquist. He noted that this bill was more about weakening traditional opposition to conservative causes.

“I think its weakening organizational and monitory bases of the governor’s political opponents in the state, and a variety of conservative groups around the country want to see this bill pass” Ahlquist stated.

Right-to-work legislation isn’t giving employees a right that had been taken away or a new right that they were prohibited from previously. Twenty-four states, four of which swung to President Barack Obama in the 2012 Presidential Election, currently have rightto-work laws enacted, either as part of their state’s constitution, or just on the books. Studies have shown that in right-to-work states, employees, in jobs which previously would have mandated union affiliation, make $5,000 less than their counterparts in states without right-to-work. While Ahlquist said this is more correlation than causation, Minnesota, which doesn’t have right-to-work legislation,

consistently outperforms other Midwestern states like Indiana or Michigan, which do have right-towork laws.

Republicans, grasping at a logical argument to garner support of this legislation, have said right-towork will help to make the state more attractive to outside investment. Ahlquist said their argument is more implicit.

“The argument there is that it’s more attractive because you can pay workers less,” Ahlquist said.

We feel the use of the extraordinary session for passing a politically charged bill that has no positive effect on the Wisconsin economy is the Legislature’s way of turn-

ing politically divisive beliefs into state policy. The strong history of unions across the country is under attack from the right, who call out so-called “big labor” as a problem, even though unions are less powerful now than ever before. Sen. Fitzgerald using the extraordinary session to pass this bill is a shameful use of the Legislature’s procedural power, and only serves to help boost Walker in his eventual bid for the Republican nomination for the upcoming presidential race.

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Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, voted in favor of the right-to-work bill as did 16 other Republican state senators.

Don’t sacrifice living in the moment for the big picture Marisa Bernstein Opinion Columnist

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unday. The day of rest never seems to live up to expectations. For me, it usually includes relentlessly avoiding my homework for hours, consuming copious amounts of peanut butter cups, always followed by the crippling realization that it’s 10 p.m. and I have accomplished next to nothing all day. I always have to pay for my Sundays later in the week, which usually results in very long nights doing the mindless assignments that I had previously deemed a “waste of my weekend” and subsequently refused to complete them until the night before they’re due.

I live in a residence hall here on campus and as a result, I am lucky enough to live steps away from all of my best friends. This often causes distractions when trying to complete my work, as most of them are the rowdiest, most fun and interesting people I know. And really, who wouldn’t get distracted by a guy using bunk-bed ladders for stilts, or a girl screaming about how she just received the creme brulee blowtorch she purchased on Amazon. It is nearly impossible to pretend that my homework is more important than potentially consuming creme brulee.

But are homework assignments really what college is all about? While I consider myself to be very committed to my studies and I do believe that school work needs to be done diligently, there are certain things that trump a chapter of reading for a class I am not really interested in.

In life, it is the relationships we make with people, experiences we have and our attitudes that make us who we are. As students at UW-Madison, we are given an incredible opportunity to potentially meet someone new every day whether killing time waiting for class to start or finding somewhere to sit for lunch. As a freshman, this place was like a new beginning, and the adventures here are unmatched with anything I’ve experienced previously.

While we all know that calculus is such a life-long applicable subject, those power lectures do not teach us what happens when you try to hang a hammock from two lofted dorm beds (the guys on Liz Waters’ fourth floor can show you, if you’re ever in the neighborhood). They will never teach me how much the girl across the hall loves to sing, or what a chemistry genius my neighbor is. These types of learning experiences

go beyond the classroom.

There are so many experiences to be had outside of our textbooks. Talk to someone new. Learn why your roommate has a scar on her knee.

Ask your friend how their day was and listen to every moment of it. Your relationships with people are only as strong as the effort you put in, and it is absolutely worth the effort. A lot of learning in college takes place outside of the classroom, as it should. Your growth in college should not only be academic.

Finally, be kind. School is stressful, and we all experience those feelings of dread and anxiety. All of us go through ups and downs—that’s just part of life. But it is crucial to be there for those who need it. Smile at everyone you speak to, and be the light in someone’s day.

They may really need it. Never neglect the basic kindness and thoughtfulness, because people will always remember the way you made them feel.

So while work may seem never ending, do not ignore the world as it quickly passes by.

I cannot believe how quickly these last few months have gone, and they would have been so much emptier without sunset swims in Lake Mendota, or midnight mud sliding on a random Monday. It is so important to live in the moment and take

the opportunity to learn lessons and build relationships outside of the classroom. I think it will ultimately prove disappointing to miss out on these experiences. Study strong, but do not let studying be the only thing you do.

Marisa is a freshman writer for The Daily Cardinal and currently undecided on a major.

Do you agree or disagree with her stance on living in the moment? We’d like to hear your view. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Wisconsin advances to WCHA Final Face-Off

By Lorin Cox and Bobby Ehrlich the daily cardinal

After suffering a loss in each of the final two regular season series, Wisconsin had extra motivation to get back on track in the opening round of the WCHA tournament. That motivation showed from the get-go against St. Cloud State, and it carried the Badgers to a series sweep this weekend.

UW seemed to control the puck from the start of Friday’s game and they maintained that control through both contests.

They held the Huskies to just one shot on goal through the first 10 minutes of the first game and only four in the first period in total.

Sophomore left winger Sarah Nurse started the scoring off for Wisconsin. Sydney McKibbon won a face off and slid the puck Nurse’s way.

Not two seconds after play resumed, Nurse put the puck over the St. Cloud goaltender and the Badgers were on the board. Less than two minutes later, Wisconsin was back on the scoreboard after redshirt senior right winger Brittany Ammerman put a rebound back around the Huskies’ senior goaltender Julie Friend.

Just like that, the Badgers were up 2-0 and in control.

With less than five minutes left in the first, another UW right winger, senior Katy Josephs, joined in the barrage.

Wisconsin had a two-on-three breakaway, and a centering pass from junior defender Kim Drake gave Josephs the shot she wanted and the Badgers their third goal.

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Kim Drake doubled her season point total with a career-high three assists in Friday’s game.

That was the first of Drake’s career-high three assists in the game, doubling her season point total. After the game, Drake was quick to downplay her role in the game.

“We’ve made that very clear to the freshmen and sophomores and juniors that it’s not an option for us to lose this year.”

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“Honestly, I think it’s not about me. It’s about the team.” said Drake. “We had a collective effort from everybody, and I think that’s what led us to win the game.”

That collective effort led to two more UW goals in the game, one of which was the first goal of the season for junior forward Rachel Jones. St. Cloud State got one back late in the first period, but the Huskies’ offense could only muster 15 shots on goal in the game.

For comparison, the Badgers put their 15th shot on goal with more than eight minutes remaining in the first period.

Wisconsin closed out the series and ended St. Cloud State’s season with an allaround dominating performance Saturday. Four different Badgers found the back of the net and sophomore goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped all but one of the Huskies’ shots to earn the victory.

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The first period was all Wisconsin as the Badgers got off to yet another hot start.

With 13 minutes to play in the first, junior defender Courtney Burke blasted a shot from the right slot that was kicked away

by Friend. Redshirt sophomore forward Mikayla Johnson was in the right place at the right time, and hammered home the rebound for an early lead.

With the clock winding down on the period, freshman forward Emily Clark beat a Huskie defender and fired a shot off the left pad of Friend, then got her own rebound and put the puck in the net, giving the Badgers a 2-0 advantage. Wisconsin outshot St. Cloud State 18-2 in the first period, stifling nearly all of the Huskies opportunities.

“If you can come out and establish something in the first eight or 10 minutes and create some opportunities, it sends a message to the other team that you want to win the hockey game,” said head coach Mark Johnson.

Clinging to a 2-0 lead, senior Katy Josephs delivered a goal early in the third, stealing a St. Cloud State pass right in front of the net. She fired the puck past Friend for a three-goal lead. The Huskies got one back with nine minutes to play, poking a rebound through the legs of Desbiens.

But Wisconsin responded quickly as senior forward Blayre Turnbull found the back of the net for a dagger that erased all doubts of a Huskie comeback.

This marked the captain’s eighth goal in nine games.

“I’ve just been working on my shot a lot in practice and trying to get the accuracy right,” Turnbull said. “Luckily it’s been coming on my stick and I’ve been able to get it off quickly. But I owe a lot of that to my linemates. It’s nice to play with people who feed me the puck.”

Wisconsin’s win sends them to North Dakota for the WCHA Final Face-Off. They will take on North Dakota in their home rink for a chance to play for the conference championship. This is an important weekend for the seniors, as they have lost in the semifinals of the Final Face-Off each of the last three years.

“We really want to win. And we’ve made that very clear to the freshmen and sophomores and juniors that it’s not an option for us to lose this year,” Josephs said.

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UW breaks losing streak with season finale win

By Matt Tragesser the daily cardinal

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Though Grant Besse tied it at 2, Wisconsin allowed three straight goals to lose 5-2 Saturday.

Badgers swept on road by strong Michigan squad

By Andrew Tucker the daily cardinal

The Badgers (2-12-2 Big Ten, 4-22-4 overall) failed to get a win in their trip to Ann Arbor as the No. 17 Wolverines (11-5-0, 19-11-0) dominated the Badgers 3-0 and 5-2.

In Friday night’s game, Michigan junior goaltender Steve Racine earned his first shutout of the year as Michigan shut out the Badgers.

Both teams were even after an uneventful first period, but the Wolverines scored a couple of goals around a cluttered net to shut down the Badgers.

In the second period, Michigan senior forward Zach Hyman sent a hard pass toward the net that deflected off UW senior defenseman Chase Drake and into the

net. Early in the third, freshman Wolverine forward Zach Werenski scored on a rebound that bounced all the way out to the blue line. The third Michigan goal came on an empty net as the game ended.

While Michigan often alternates goalies, Racine’s shutout earned him the start the next day, and the Wolverines downed the Badgers 5-2 in a back and forth affair.

Wisconsin struck first blood as freshman forward Ryan Wagner netted a rebound opportunity halfway through the first period. The Badgers took the advantage into the first intermission, but two goals by Michigan had the Wolverines up 2-1 with time winding down in the second. With 52 seconds

left in the period, UW standout sophomore forward Grant Besse scored on a controversial goal that Racine grabbed just as it crossed the line to tie it up at the second intermission. But then the Wolverines ran away with the game, scoring three unanswered in the third period.

In Saturday’s game, two players were too much for the Badgers to handle. Michigan sophomore forward JT Compher scored a hat trick and junior teammate Justin Selman scored the other two for the Wolverines.

The Badgers continue a Michigan road trip next week as they head to East Lansing to play the Michigan State Spartans at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday night.

After losing six straight games, Wisconsin (5-13 Big Ten, 9-19 overall) finally broke its streak with a 62-56 win against Penn State (3-15 Big Ten, 6-23 overall) to wrap up the regular season.

In the opening minutes of the game, the Badgers and Nittany Lions traded leads several times before Wisconsin began to pull away with a 16-point lead near the end of the first half.

Going into halftime, the Badgers led Penn State 36-26, but the Nittany Lions quickly regrouped in the second half, tying the game up at 45 with under 10 minutes to play.

Rather than panicking, Wisconsin slowly went on an 8-0 run, and from that moment on, the Badgers kept their lead for the rest of the game.

UW junior guard Nicole Bauman led all players in scoring with 22 points and six 3-pointers, while junior guard Tessa Cichy contributed 19 points on 6-15 shooting.

Meanwhile, redshirt sophomore Sierra Moore led the Nittany Lions with 17 points.

The Badgers cooled off on the offensive side of the ball Sunday after averaging 74.5 points per game in their last six contests. Sunday, Wisconsin only mustered up 62 points while shooting a mediocre 42.3 percent from the field.

Though the Badgers were outrebounded 47-30, their smart play helped carry them to a win. They only committed nine turnovers against the Nittany Lions, which was nearly half of their season average.

Although Wisconsin finishes the regular season with a losing record, they did improve their conference record by winning two more games than last year.

The Badgers will travel to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., to face Purdue (3-15, 10-19) in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Wednesday.

Wisconsin defeated the Boilermakers 65-56 Jan. 15 on the road in West Lafayette, Ind.

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Badgers clinch Big Ten Championship Wisconsin celebrates Senior Day in style with dominating victory over Michigan State

By Jack Baer the daily cardinal

A regular season Big Ten Championship. Senior Day for one of the most decorated classes in Wisconsin history. Frank Kaminsky once again loudly making his case for National Player of the Year.

Any one of those narratives makes for a memorable afternoon at the Kohl Center. All three, simultaneously, makes the day an astounding blend of emotion and attainment.

Against an always difficult opponent, the No. 5 Badgers (14-2 Big Ten, 26-3 overall) powered their way to a 68-61 win over Michigan State (10-6, 19-10) and clinched at least a share of the Big Ten Championship, sending away their seniors with as enjoyable a final experience in the Kohl Center as possible.

And it was all foreseeable, at least for one of the team’s biggest leaders.

“When the schedule came out, I had this date circled because I envisioned this exact scenario happening. Senior Day, last home game, closing out the Big Ten against a really good team,” said senior guard Josh Gasser.

Kaminsky most certainly played like he knew it was his last game in Madison, throwing down a season-high 31 points on 11-17 shooting and holding off multiple Spartan comeback attempts on both ends of the floor. He also contributed eight rebounds, three

assists and three blocks.

“My job was easy. Get the ball to Frank and clear out, create space for him to go to work,” Gasser said. “Frank, he is the best player in the country. There’s no doubt about it in my mind and everyone else should just watch him play. He does everything for us and today proved that.”

“I would like to give my early vote that Kaminsky is, no question, the best player in this country this year.”

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The Badgers enjoyed comfortable leads for most of the game and only trailed for a minute in the game’s early stages. Michigan State’s best chance at a comeback came when it pulled within 12 points with 5:39 remaining, but two Kaminsky jumpers put any thoughts of playing spoiler to rest. All in all, a fitting game for who may be the best player in college basketball.

“I would like to give my early vote that Kaminsky is, no question, the best player in this country this year,” said Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo. “If I wasn’t coaching against him, I would have been standing there clapping.”

Kaminsky and Gasser were

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Frank Kaminsky scored 31 points on 11-17 shooting.

two of four seniors honored before and after the game, the others being guard Traevon Jackson and forward Duje Dukan. Jackson attended the game in street clothes as he was still out with a broken foot.

In their combined careers, this group of seniors has scored 3,281 points, grabbed 1,521 rebounds and dished out 740 assists.

Additionally, Gasser and Dukan have now been a part of 107 UW wins, the most of any class in program history.

Pretty good for a group who each received an average of two scholarship offers from other Power Five schools. As great as they have been, what they most embody is head coach Bo Ryan’s uncanny ability to find that diamond in the rough who can shoot from anywhere and pull down a rebound no matter their height.

“I was definitely misty before the game, and it didn’t hit me until they started walking out with their parents. Just thinking about the recruiting process of each one of them, the first time meeting them, the first time seeing them, that’s what flashes through your head,” said head coach Bo Ryan. “A book could be written about the four of them.”

Unlike its previous game against Maryland, a deflating loss that saw bad decisions and difficult jump shots forced by the Terrapins, Wisconsin

immediately pounded Michigan State inside. The Badgers finished with a 33-24 points in the paint advantage that was undermined by some Spartan garbage time layups.

Sophomore forward Nigel Hayes in particular outmuscled the Spartans inside, finishing with 14 points that all came from layups, dunks and free throws.

This was enough to make simple work of a Michigan State team that was clearly going through an unstable phase of its season. Star senior forward Branden Dawson did not start and finished with four points and two rebounds, drastically below his respective 12.3 and 9.9 per game averages.

Nine different Spartans saw at least 10 minutes on the floor and their bench scored 35 total points, a stark contrast from the starterdependent Badgers.

“When the schedule came out, I had this date circled because I envisioned this exact scenario happening.”

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Once again, Wisconsin relied on its starters to shoulder the vast minute load, all five staying on the floor for at least 33 minutes each. Any time multiple starters were subbed out, it seemed to

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UW captured its first Big Ten title in seven years.

spark a Michigan State run. This should be at least partially remedied when Jackson returns, but it still makes you wonder if this team will be able to play three games in three days for the Big Ten tournament, where they’ll be the singular favorite.

For now though, the Badgers will celebrate their first Big Ten regular season title since the 2007-’08 season. Instead of fans rushing the court as the final buzzer sounded, the Wisconsin players stormed the student section, jumping into a jubilant mess of high-fives and back slaps.

Gasser and Dukan had to miss the 2012-’13 season with different season-consuming ailments.

Jackson had to learn a new position once the point guard spot opened up. Kaminsky had to develop from that lanky, goofylooking reserve into the most offensively versatile player in the country, then forgo the NBA for one more shot at glory.

Every senior has had a different path, but they all converged for one Sunday afternoon in the Kohl Center. The victory just served as further proof those paths will be remembered as something special. “[Coming back] was the best decision I’ve made in my life. It wasn’t even much of a decision, it wasn’t hard,” Kaminsky said.

“I knew I wanted to come back to school here. It’s days like this that reassure that decision.”

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Bo Ryan won his fourth Big Ten regular season title.