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Assembly leader seeks help following scandal Leaders call for his removal

By Dana Kampa THE DAILY CARDINAL

Following accusations of inappropriate sexual conduct, the Assembly Republican leadership asked that Rep. Bill Kramer, R-Waukesha, be removed as majority leader in a

statement Saturday.

Kramer’s office announced in a release Saturday he had checked himself into a treatment facility but made no further comment.

Unnamed Republicans told the Associated Press Kramer allegedly groped one woman Wednesday night in a bar and spoke inappropriately to another woman on the flight back from a state GOP fund-

raiser in Washington, D.C., according to a Wisconsin State Journal article.

The assembly members wished to remain anonymous because they were not authorized by attorneys to comment publicly. They also said Kramer was asked to consider resigning his seat in the Legislature.

“The allegations made

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UW graduate student to launch online student debate platform

By Adelina Yankova THE DAILY CARDINAL

Paul Hansen, a teaching assistant and graduate student of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said he conceived the idea for an interactive student debate broadcast series largely as a response to what he was seeing in the classroom.

“I had all these really smart, thoughtful students with interesting opinions and they were really good at communicating their ideas,” Hansen said.

According to his current vision of “Campus Debate,” UW-Madison will serve as a host for students from different universities across the country to engage in “argumentative conversation” on controversial issues such as gun control and abortion. Viewers will, in turn, be able to interact with the debaters in real-time, using social media to provide immediate feedback.

While Hansen is the archi-

tect of Campus Debate, a private company he started several months ago, he said he hopes the series will eventually be run entirely by UW-Madison undergraduates.

Hansen said one of his goals for Campus Debate, which he sees as an evolving entity, is to give students from all areas of the

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Paul Hansen says he hopes his interactive student debate platform proposal will engage students in “hot-button” issues.

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While on a ski and snowboard trip to Tyrol Basin Saturday, members of Hoofers push a van that was stuck amid the heavy snow. + Photo by Jane Thompson

Walker files for extension of Kenosha casino debate Gov. Scott Walker filed for a six-month extension Thursday on the Menominee tribe’s casino project in Kenosha in a letter to Kevin Washburn, assistant secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs.

The Menominee tribe has been a seeking approval for decades. If approved, the tribe expects a significant rise in its income. This is the closest the project has come to receiving approval in recent years.

The Department of Administration and the Menominee tribe said they supported the move. DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch recommended

the extension to Walker.

“Given this project’s complexity and its potential impact on many areas of the state, we need additional time to obtain a thorough, independent economic analysis,” Huebsch said in a statement Friday.

Walker said the state must independently analyze possible impacts of approving the casino.

“In this instance, additional time beyond the one-year period is necessary to develop and analyze independent data, and facilitate discussions with the

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Online voting open to students March 3-5 for student government elections, Rec Sports referendum Starting Monday, March 3 at 8 a.m., University of Wisconsin-Madison students can begin casting votes for who will fill positions throughout the Associated Students of Madison, as well as for the

Recreational Sports Master Plan referendum, in the ASM Spring Election.

Twenty-nine Student Council seats are subject to vote, which are broken up between the schools in which the students

would represent, as well as three seats within the Student Services Finance Committee.

Senior Class Officers are also up for vote, which include class president, vice president, treasurer and secretary.

In addition to the ASM positions, students will also be able to vote on the Master Plan, which proposes a student-segregated fee increase that will go toward improvement of the campus recreational facilities.

Students can access the election ballot through a link that will be sent out through a campus-wide email Monday, or at www.asm.uwsc.wisc. edu. Voting closes Wednesday, March 5 at 5 p.m.

“…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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Michael Podgers sex columnist Dear Michael, My girlfriend expressed an interest in a threesome, but she would like to do it with me and another guy. I want to make her happy and indulge her fantasies, but I’m heterosexual and I’m wondering if a threesome with two males and a female makes it homosexual?

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ood question GAF. There are a few ways to look at it, but a good way to approach the question “gay or not gay” is to consider the difference between identity and behavior. Behaviors are often misconstrued as meaning the same thing as identity, which is far from true. By talking about behavior as opposed to identity, we allow ourselves to explore more sexual situations, because we free ourselves from the boxes different identities and behaviors are put into. Unless we’re into

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1842—The first U.S. Child Labor law regulating working hours is passed in Massachusetts. All children in Massachusetts are now legally obligated to work 23 hours a day without guaranteed snack times.

1857—The Second Opium War begins when France and the United Kingdom declare war on China, proving that countries can get addicted to Opium Wars after only trying them once.

dicks in a box.

A behavior is something we do. It is any type of act or sex we enjoy and partake in. This can include anything from enjoying performing oral sex and massages, to receptive anal intercourse. It can also include things like taking part in threesomes.

Sexuality on the other hand, determines what type of sexual or romantic relationships and the partners we find attractive. This might describe people who are attracted to people of the same or opposite sex (homosexual and heterosexual), people who have varying attractions to both sexes (bisexual) and people who have attractions that don’t fit into one of these boxes or lack sexual attractions (queer or asexual).

This means we can take part in behaviors that would normally be associated with certain sexualities but not actually identify with those sexualities. This brings me back to the first question: If a threesome is MMF (male-malefemale), what does that mean?

Well, it means what the participants want it to mean. If they’re all straight and that’s how they identify, then it is straight. If they’re all bi, then it’s bi and if it’s a mix, well, then it’s a mixed bag.

Of goodies!

Another example is heterosexual male-identifiying people who enjoy receiving penetrative anal sex. Usually such behavior is viewed as being the domain of homosexual-identifying men, but there certainly are heterosexual-identifying men who enjoy this too. Fingering, using dildos or strap-on dildos with partners are all examples of penetrative anal sex that don’t require two people with a penis. Enjoying receptive anal intercourse is not what makes a person homosexual, enjoying receptive anal intercourse with our same-sex partner(s) does!

This removes a lot of boxes that are put around us, which reinforce ideas about what is straight, gay, bi or queer sex.

Removing behavior as an identifier of sexuality allows us to open up and define ourselves based on emotion and feeling and our own identities, rather than just acts.

There is a great concept called the “Genderbread Person,” which uses a gingerbread man to visualize the differences between sex and sexual orientation, gender expression and gender identity. The head

is used to show gender identity, thus how you perceive yourself (man, woman, gender queer), the body is for expression (masculine, feminine, androgynous), the groins are for sex (male, female, intersex) and the heart is for sexual orientation (heterosexual, bisexual and homosexual). All of these are viewed on a sliding scale, so we might be 100 percent female-identified and express ourselves as femininely bisexual, but more into other female-identified people.

I’m going to offer my own addition to this “Genderbread Person;” it includes the hands, indicating behavior. The types of behaviors we practice can be seen on a sliding scale just as much as sexual orientation, but they don’t fit into a specific formula depending on these other identities.

So, to answer the question: No, having a MMF threesome does not make it gay, unless you want it to be gay, and I mean gay as in happy, because there is just so much fun going on we can’t help but be gay… happy.

Have any questions for The Dirty Bird? Send your burning sexual inquiries to Michael at mpodgers@wisc.edu.

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Rosario Dawson to visit Madison in April Actress Rosario Dawson will visit Madison April 22 to give a keynote lecture focusing on America’s shifting demographics and environmental development in the coming years as part of the eighth annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference, according to a university news release.

While Dawson is known as an activist for both women’s rights and environmental issues, her Earth Day Conference lecture will center on humans’ interaction with nature, according to the release.

More specifically, she will speak about “the age of humans” and people’s effects on the environment in the way of depleting atmospheric gases, using up natural resources and expending land, according to the release.

The conference will also feature British science fiction writer China Miéville, ecologist Erle Ellis and director of the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences Kevin Noone.

The event will be held at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. It will be open to the public, though registration is required.

Downtown block to close Monday The 200 block of North Henry Street between West Johnson and West Dayton Street will be closed from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Monday, March 3, according to a city news release.

The block will be closed due to construction for the Ovation 309 mixed-use living center project at 309 W. Johnson St., according to the release. J.H. Findorff & Sons Inc. and subcontractors will be laying concrete in the area for the 255-unit structure.

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., traffic on the 300 block of West Johnson Street will have one lane available for vehicle access. The bike lane on the block will also remain open for bicycle access.

Parking on the 100 block of North Broom Street will be restricted during the closure since the area will be used by contractors as a staging space to assemble equipment, according to the release.

The 300 block of West Dayton Street will be accessible during the closure for vehicles to access residences and Overture Center parking.

Bicyclists and motorists are encouraged by the city to find alternative routes during the closure.

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ACLU requests halt on enforcing samesex marriage bans Wisconsin may halt enforcement of its constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage in the coming months, according to an American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin statement.

The ACLU, partnering with Mayer Brown law firm, filed a preliminary injunction Thursday requesting a U.S. District Court judge rule that Wisconsin could not enforce its same-sex marriage ban until the court rules on its case.

In February, the ACLU filed a lawsuit in the name of four Wisconsin same-sex

couples claiming Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.

The ACLU also filed an amendment to its original complaint, adding four couples to the plaintiffs represented in the lawsuit.

“We are seeking a preliminary injunction because nothing should delay loving, committed couples from receiving the security, esteem, and recognition of marriage,” Larry Dupuis, legal director of the ACLU, said in the statement.

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb will hear the motion later this month.

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60s, which doesn’t make any sense to me,” he said. “I want to see college students be more a part of the national conversation and I would like to see that happening here at Madison, on the UW campus.”

Hansen said he is excited to observe the responses to some of the contentious issues he anticipates students will tackle.

“They’re not professional journalists on television, they’re sophomores and juniors,” he said. “At some point somebody’s going to say something that’s going to be received very differently by different people watching around the country and I’m just really looking forward to seeing how those reactions map across age, education, locations.”

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Assembly Majority Leader Bill Kramer checked himself into treatment following alleged inappropriate sexual encounters.

kramer from page 1 against Rep. Kramer are very serious and we are glad he recognizes the need to seek treatment,” the group said. “We hope in doing so, he will come to terms with his problems so that no woman will ever again be subject to this alleged inappropriate behavior.”

The leadership asked the Republican caucus to remove Kramer from his leadership post but did not address his position as a representative.

“It is clear he has lost our trust and confidence,” the group said.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, said his second-in-command’s alleged behavior is “reprehensible” and “won’t be tolerated” in a statement Friday.

“I expect that members of the Wisconsin State Legislature should always hold themselves

to the highest standards and that’s why this matter will be dealt with swiftly,” Vos said.

State Rep. Sandy Pasch, D-Shorewood, said the allegations are “yet another reprehensible example of Wisconsin Republicans’ callous treatment of women in our state” in a statement Saturday.

“Equally shocking is that this abhorrent and possible criminal behavior is being spun by Republican pundits as a ‘teachable moment’ and has ‘an element of tragedy’ for Republican politicians,” Pasch said.

She added the real tragedy is “that this disgraceful behavior has been a part of Wisconsin Republicans’ culture and actions for far too long.

“Wisconsin must do better for women,” Pasch said.

Assembly Republicans will vote Tuesday to remove Kramer and then determine how best to fill his post.

Make Music Madison looking for second annual festival volunteers Make Music Madison is holding a volunteer meeting Tuesday, March 4, above Ian’s Pizza to prepare for the second annual citywide celebration of music, according to a MMM news release.

According to the release, MMM will host volunteer meetings every first and third Tuesday of the month until the celebration June 21. The upcoming meeting held at 100 State St. will have a volunteer orientation from 6 to 7 p.m.

A steering committee meeting will be held after orientation from 7 to 8 p.m. Registration to join

the steering committee is open for individuals who want to submit creative ideas to the official MMM email until Monday, March 3, at the end of the day.

The end of the meeting will be open for volunteers and committee members to play music and brainstorm creative ideas.

Volunteers will have the opportunity to help with various tasks before and during the celebration, including special event planning, advertising and representing musicians.

Volunteers can also sign up at www.makemusicmadison.org.

university an opportunity to get involved, whether through creating computer software for the interactive platform, constructing business plans or compiling topics for discussion. He plans to test his concept later this semester and officially launch the series next fall.

Moreover, Hansen said he hopes to combat the absence of young people in the national dialogue through what will be a televised platform for students to deliberate over “hot-button issues” relevant to them.

“Even when the topic is something like student loans, that conversation is still being had by people who are in their

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The Menominee tribe partnered with Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos to run the casino if it is approved. The MenomineeHard Rock team released a joint statement Friday stating its confidence in gaining approval for the project.

The team said in the release

it believes the analysis will show how the casino will create thousands of new jobs along the Wisconsin-Illinois border and attract income to help the Menominee tribe along the “path to self-determination.”

Currently, Walker has to decide by Aug. 23 whether to approve the casino. If Washburn grants the extension, the new deadline could be Feb. 19.

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Dane County organizations find ways to promote health Public Health Madison & Dane County, as well as other Dane County organizations, announced a Fit2Film Youth Video Contest for middle and high school students to promote healthy lifestyles in a press release Sunday.

The students are asked to create 30- to 60-second public-service commercials that promote

healthy diets or physical fitness, according to the press release.

The videos will be rated, allowing the top-rated videos air time through local media outlets. The Madison Health partnership will distribute trophies to the top teams at an award ceremony in May. According to the release, grand prize-winning team members will receive free enrollment

to the Madison Media Institutes Summer Video Production Camp.

Submission DVDs must be sent into the Public Health Madison & Dane County offices at 210 Martin Luther King Blvd. no later than April 9, according to the Fit2Film website. Entry forms, which can be downloaded from the website, must be mailed in with the DVD.

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Gov. Scott Walker filed for an extension of the Kenosha casino debate to conduct independent economic research.

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As the cameras started panning out and the goodnight music started playing, Steve McQueen was jumping around in ecstasy, weightless, after giving his acceptance speech—the kind of jumping school kids do in wild abandon at the slightest thrill.

It was a beautiful jump. It expressed just how astonish-

ing the collective achievement of “12 Years a Slave” is: a movie about slavery that seemed to and sought to eschew all notions of sentimentality and punch pulling. A movie whose heart was wrought from a genealogy of suffering, which palpitated with dramatic frissons.

In a category that included

compelling sci-fi narratives, real-life stories and offbeat character-driven comedies, “12 Years a Slave”—itself a reallife story—drew together the best we expect of films and filmmaking into a remarkable experience. It made us jump as high as McQueen.

—Sean Reichard

Alfonso Cuarón’s win for Best Director for “Gravity” can be seen as the culmination of a long journey to Academy recognition. Garnering his first nomination for “Y Tu Mamá También” (Best Original Screenplay), he went on to receive several nominations for 2006’s acclaimed “Children of Men.” Now, Cuarón has two Academy Awards

under his belt, also receiving tonight’s award for Film Editing.

The win, besides giving Mr. Cuarón his due, also marks an increase in recognition for science fiction films. Similar to Cate Blanchett’s call to recognize female-centered films as more than “niche entertainment,” Cuarón’s win validates (in part)

the dramatic potential of sci-fi as more than “easy blockbuster” or “teenage filler.” Tonight “Gravity”—along with “Her”— showed just how real and human a space story could be, a space story drawn out of the deepest depths of imagination and terror in the face of that black vacuum.

—Sean Reichard

In a night of surprising moments—Jamie Foxx’s a capella rendition of “Chariots of Fire,” anything Ellen DeGeneres did basically—one of the best and most bewildering moments came when Cate Blanchett accepted her award for “Best Actress.”

In lieu of thanks, she opened by saying, “Stop it! You’re too old to

be standing!”

Whatever that means, it was clear Blanchett was ecstatic to be up there. And she more than deserved it. Out of a crop of strong performances, Blanchett brought a particularly winning intensity to her role as Jeanette “Jasmine” Francis—winning her second Academy Award.

After thanking nearly everyone in her life and everyone involved in the movie, Blanchett delivered a special shout out to her cohorts, all the women in film and made a note of highlighting how special and exciting womencentered films are—and why they should be recognized more.

—Sean Reichard

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Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”

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Matthew McConaughey is a testament to the versatility of Hollywood. For a very long time, he was labelled as nothing more than a Chick Flick fluff actor—good for corny laughs, some cheesy romance and mushy cliches. That was the very definition of his career.

And then, he did the Dallas Buyers Club. I don’t know if

I’d have previously associated such an incredibly hard-hitting role of impressive intellect with McConaughey. However, I do now believe he has a rare talent— the likes of Streep, Blanchett and Bale. And in no way is he just a pretty face.

Having won an Oscar is no small feat, but winning it when

the nominees include legends like Bale, Leonardo Decaprio and others from some of the best movies of our time is truly remarkable.

But McConaughey truly won my heart with one of the best acceptance speeches I’ve ever heard, inspiring us all to chase a hero within us ten years from now.

—Maham Hasan

In a rare category where I saw most of the nominees, Spike Jonze took home the 8.5-pound statue in Best Original Screenplay for his work on “Her.” This film was certainly my favorite of those nominated, though there are plenty of detractions. This was also one of Jonze’s first screenplays without writing partner Charlie Kaufman.

“American Hustle” was also phenomenal and Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell’s quasi-retelling of the “ABSCAM” certainly deserved the strong consideration it received. “Nebraska” was excellent as well, telling an interesting story without a real plot, while Woody Allen got his record 16th nomination in the category for “Blue

Jasmine.” Last but not least, “Dallas Buyers Club” rounded out the list.

One film I would have loved to see get nominated in this category was the Coen Brother’s “Inside Llewyn Davis.” Overall, the category really could not have gone wrong, but in this case, I think the Academy got it right.

—Brian Weidy

While there were five nominees in this category, it was never really a competition— John Ridley walked away with the Best Adapted Screenplay award for “12 Years a Slave.” Ridley, who was born in Milwaukee and raised in Mequon, Wis., received his first Oscar nomination for this film; however, his

work on “Undercover Brother” and “Three Kings” were also nominated for other awards.

While in a litany of other award shows, “12 Years a Slave” has taken home the award in this category, it lost the British Academy of Film and Television Award to Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for their work on “Philomena.”

Other nominees in this category include the incredibly indie “Before Midnight” to go along with the more “Hollywood” pair of “Captain Phillips” and “The Wolf of Wall Street.” At the end of the day, this was a one-horse race with everyone else coming for the $80,000 gift bags. ­—Brian Weidy

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Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” ­— Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”

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Check ‘yes’ on Rec Sports vote

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ny one of the 83 percent of students who stepped foot into any of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s recreational sports facilities last year can tell you they leave much to be desired.

Students have to trek up five flights of stairs to get from the weight room to the cardio room at the Serf. Pipes are constantly leaking, and students can frequently be seen huddled at

the back of the room waiting for a machine to become available. Forty percent of outdoor recreational sports activities, which students pay a fee to participate in, are lost annually due to the condition of the fields.

To do anything other than vote yes on the Recreational Sports referendum on the upcoming Associated Students of Madison’s

spring ballot would be to simply delay the inevitable. These facilities will need to be rebuilt in the near future, and to continue to funnel money into restoring these buildings would be like putting a Band-Aid on someone who needs surgery. Frankly, it would be an irresponsible use of money.

Very few other recipients of segregated fees reach as many students as the Rec Sports facilities do.

These facilities not only promote both physical and mental wellbeing but also help students form friendships, boost grades, do better in interviews and make the university more attractive for prospective students. Standing by as they fall apart is not in anyone’s best interest.

Yes, this upgrade does not come without a price to future students.

The project would ultimately cost around $223 million to complete.

Students currently pay $36.78 per

dailycardinal.com semester to Rec Sports. If the referendum passes, seg fees will increase to a maximum of $144, which is below the Big Ten average of $145.06.

While we recognize the vitality of always thinking long and hard about raising segregated fees by such a substantial amount, we see this raise as being inevitable. Voting no means voting to continue to pour money into run-down facilities that are not designed to serve 43,000 students that would likely have to be reconstructed in the somewhat near future anyway.

The Teaching Assistant’s Association recently called on the UW Athletic Department to contribute more than the $7 million they are already proposing to help fund the renovations. While we would appreciate any larger of a donation the Athletic Department could give, this board recognizes

that these facilities are not the department’s responsibility.

The project would ultimately cost around $223 million to complete.

To vote yes to the RecSports referendum is to be fiscally responsible, supportive of the well-being of future students and responsive to the needs of the university. Just do it.

Are you in favor of the current expansion of the recreational facilities on campus?

Are you willing to be the difference in fees for the proposed expansion? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

American foreign policy continues to lack strength under Obama Jeff Birnkrant opinion columnist

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hy is it that every time something happens in the world, it’s our responsibility to take charge and lead the response? Well it might have something to do with the “don’t push the button” foreign policy that the Obama administration has seemed to adapt to all too

well. I’m referring to the old saying or scenario of being placed in a room with a big red button that says, “don’t push.” As we know, human nature has curiosity and will push that button, maybe five or six times.

If not familiar with this notion, I recommend you take a look as it is a little bit funny. Now bringing this back to foreign policy, the president likes to set up these scenarios where there’s an ultimatum, such as pushing the button, through threats and warnings.

For example, Iran has been playing

this game with us for some time.

They have consistently crossed the “red line” with really no repercussions to ensure there are no violent tendencies associated with their uranium development.

Here we go again with Ukraine, a country that has a complicated history with both Europe and Russia and should belong within the European Union community instead of remaining under ‘neo’ Soviet control. President Obama has once again put us in the position of saying we will not tolerate Russian interference with the

struggle for a new government in Ukraine. However, the next day I wake up only to find that Russia has invaded Crimea, Ukraine.

Now the problem with this foreign policy is that we are now required to respond and be a front leader against this Russian aggression. No one is responding to these threats with any fear resulting in a situation where the United States looks not only weak, but also inherently stupid. We need to discontinue warning action unless we are prepared to take on that responsibility, which in any of the cases in the last six years has not been our place.

It’s frustrating to think that the president is playing this game even after he has proven that it doesn’t work.

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It’s frustrating to think that the president is playing this game even after he has proven that it doesn’t work. Putin has been and will continue to be a problem, yet Obama came to the table unprepared to deal with such a hostile and rough leader. The Olympics just recently came to a close. Russia maintained an image of willingness to cooperate and moderate openness, yet a week later, Russian troops invade one of its national neighbors.

Now we will do the same thing that the Obama administration has always done, wait for the United Nations to come up with a solution. A solution that Russia

will probably ignore because it will take around two weeks for a solution to be formalized.

This, in my opinion, is where the United Nations fails. There is no ability to execute their power in a quick and decisive fashion.

They instead choose to prolong the conflict through creating contracts and sanctions that rarely work when they should be enacting an immediate response that would end the conflict entirely.

This speaks to where we are as a nation on the international stage. We try to be ever present in dealing with conflicts, but at the same time, not be the world police that we once were. Considering the burden that it brought along with it. America is like a high school teenager struggling to find their self identity and find their place in the world. We would like to be the tough guy who can get all the girls and beat up nerds, but are beginning to realize that we aren’t receiving praise for such actions, but denouncement. Going around and dealing with every problem that arises has its consequences, yet the current administration would rather take a back seat instead of moving into the driver seat toward action.

I think it’s time we stop telling everyone to stop pushing the button unless we are ready to have that button expel military force.

JFK once stated “Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.”

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Wisconsin climbs conference ladder

By Blake Duffin THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Redshirt junior Josh Gasser scores a team-high 15 points after shooting 50 percent from the floor Sunday.

UW earns indoor Big Ten title The Badgers found themselves down 21 points with just four events to go, but came up big down the stretch to win their second Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championship in a row and their 10th in the last 15 years.

Conference titles in the 5,000 meter race, heptathlon and weight throw keyed the No. 4 Badgers to a 4.5-point team victory over No. 21 Nebraska and the rest of the conference.

In a field of 34 runners in the 5,000 meter race, the top three finishers were all Badgers.

Senior Mohammed Ahmed won the title by running 13:44.32, followed by fellow teammates senior Reed Connor and sophomore Malachy Schrobilgen.

Senior Japheth Cato won his record fourth straight Big Ten title in the heptathlon with a score of 5,837, followed closely by teammate junior Zach Ziemek giving the team 20 much needed points. The duo has combined to record the top nine heptathlon scores in Big Ten history.

In a very deep weight throw field, featuring the nation’s top four throwers, Wisconsin’s Michael Lihrman came out on top, giving his team a much needed boost in points and a new meet record.

Wisconsin looks to build on its success at the NCAA indoor championships in Albuquerque, N.M. on March 14-15.

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The Wisconsin men’s basketball team (11-5 Big Ten, 24-5 overall) started off college basketball’s most notorious month with a victory at Penn State Sunday afternoon.

The Badgers pushed their win streak to seven and moved into second place in the Big Ten after a thorough team win at University Park, Penn.

Penn State was coming off a great win against Ohio State, and carried that momentum with them early on against Wisconsin.

It was D.J. Newbill who got it going for the Nittany Lions, as the redshirt junior guard dropped 11 points in the first half.

Wisconsin showed great discipline and were able to control a lead for the majority of the hardfought, physical half.

The Badger offense was very balanced, as no player scored in double digits in the first half.

Junior center Frank Kaminsky lead the team in scoring with seven points at the intermission.

Wisconsin shot 42 percent from the floor and led 31-27.

The second half brought more of the same. Wisconsin controlled the tempo of the game, while Penn State fought hard to keep it close.

Senior guard Ben Brust, who had not been shooting well in recent games, started to heat up from beyond the arc. He would finish the game with 14 points and went 4-for-7 from 3-point range.

Wisconsin would stretch their lead to as much as 10 points, but Penn State did not back down in front of their home crowd.

With just over 11 minutes to play the Nittany Lions were back

within three, but the Badgers quickly stretched their lead before they could get any closer.

Redshirt junior Josh Gasser continued his solid play, scoring a team-high 15 points as he shot 50 percent from the floor. Nine of his points came from behind the 3-point line.

Gasser currently leads the Big Ten in three-point percentage.

Penn State fought back to within two points with 17 seconds to play, but junior guard Traevon Jackson was able to make his bonus free throws to seal a Badger win.

The victory marks Wisconsin’s fourth straight win against Penn State.

UW has two remaining conference games against Purdue and Nebraska before the Big Ten tournament.

Women’s Hockey

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Madison Packer and Wisconsin won their series 2-1 by outscoring MSU 6-3 on the weekend.

Badgers advance in WCHA tourney

By Philip Spiler THE DAILY CARDINAL

As conference-tournament play began in Madison, the Wisconsin women’s hockey team (21-5-2 WCHA, 27-6-2 overall) defeated the Minnesota State Mavericks (7-20-1, 13-23-1) 2-1 in a best-of-three series.

In game one on Thursday night, the Badgers easily handled Minnesota State, gaining a 4-0 victory.

Freshman Sarah Nurse and senior Madison Packer each tallied a goal and an assist in the win, while redshirt junior Brittany Ammerman and junior Blayre Turnbull added two assists apiece in the balanced Badger attack. Freshman Sydney McKibbon and junior Katy Josephs also lit the lamp for the Cardinal and White.

Senior Alex Rigsby guarded the net for UW, recording 26 saves to mark her 98th career win and 29th career shutout.

Wisconsin dominated on the offensive front, outshooting Minnesota State 43-26.

“It was a good effort,” UW head coach Mark Johnson said.

“We got the power play early on and to capitalize on that probably relaxed some of our players.

But overall it was a good effort,

especially in the second half of the game.”

Game two would have a different outcome. The Mavericks were able to even the series at one, as they defeated the Badgers 3-0.

Despite outshooting MSU 51-22, Wisconsin was unable to find the back of the net. Rigsby made 16 saves in the losing effort, bringing her season record to 15-5-2.

The Mavericks were strong out of the gate, punching in a rebound within the first two minutes of the game. Wisconsin outshot the Mavericks 17-5 and saw multiple scoring opportunities in the first period, but some heroics in the MSU crease held the Badgers scoreless heading into the middle frame.

“The big thing is to recover and understand that tomorrow’s game, if you are able to win, then you move on, and if you don’t you are done,” Johnson said. “We had a good opportunity today and we didn’t capitalize on it. We gave them a little bit of life but tomorrow we have to establish ourselves.”

In a do-or-die situation on Sunday afternoon, UW was able to advance to the WCHA Final Faceoff by defeating the Mavericks 2-0.

After a scoreless first peri-

od, junior Blayre Turnbull was able to light the lamp for her 17th goal of the season, five minutes into the second period. The assists were given to Ammerman and Josephs.

“In the three games we saw, the team that scored first ended up winning by a shutout,” Johnson said. “We were obviously excited when we scored a goal.

It was just a matter of doing a lot of little things over the course of the next 20, 25 minutes.”

The Badgers were able to add to their lead in the third period on an even-strength goal by Courtney Burke for her fifth goal of the season with the assists coming from Rachel Jones and Natalie Berg.

Wisconsin would never surrender their lead as they held on for a 2-0 victory.

“I think it said a lot about our character today -- the fact that we were able to redeem ourselves and battle back,” Rigsby said. “It was a grind. We definitely gave it our all the entire sixty minutes. It was huge.”

Wisconsin will now travel to Bemidji, Minn. on March 7 for the WCHA Final Faceoff. They will be playing one game for the right to go the finals of the conference tournament.

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