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Certificate paves way for LGBT degree Story by Melissa Howison

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acks of ornate tapestries, slinky minidresses and spiky jewelry lure fashion forward students to Urban Outfitters on State Street, and the retailer’s college discount days and extensive sale section make it a dream for those on a budget.

Unless, that is, you operate at a social frequency more attuned to the politically suggestive undertones coursing throughout the popular clothing outlet, at which point it becomes a nightmare.

Urban Outfitters Inc. employs a keen marketing strategy to attract artistic types in their early twenties, whose ideologies tend to align with liberal ideals, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Jackie Bolduan. However, Bolduan said “the reality of Urban Outfitters is that it’s owned by really conservative people who donate incredible sums of money to institutions that might harm the people who shop there or harm people who don’t shop there.”

The contradictory executive opinion of Urban Outfitters is woven into the merchandise the company produces, subtle things Bolduan said she now notices immediately upon entering the store. For example, she mentioned insensitive appropriations of native designs on fabrics, the selling of which jeopardized the Urban Outfitters brand in 2011 in what became a highly publicized legal dispute.

“I think it really is a field that no matter how you identify or whatever, really forces you to think about the world critically.”

Jackie Bolduan senior UW-Madison

Bolduan attributes her acute societal awareness to time she spent in the classroom earning her Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies Certificate through UW-Madison’s Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. There, Bolduan said she was afforded the tools to make sense of the world around her in a more informed way, from professors who changed her perspective by expanding the idea of queerness to other cultural ideas such as race, gender and ethnicity, among other things.

UW-Madison first formulated a Women’s Studies Program in 1975, but it was not deemed a department until 2008. Since 2004, UW-Madison’s Department of Gender and Women’s Studies has provided students in all disciplines access to an LGBT certificate. The program requires students to complete 15 credits of coursework focused on queer theory, including a three-credit introductory LGBT studies class, nine additional credits from a list of 17 three-credit classes and a three-credit LGBT studies capstone seminar.

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However, the establishment of bachelor’s degrees is not the only advancement administrators are making in the realm of undergraduate queer studies. According to LB Hannahs, the Outreach and Advocacy Chair for the Consortium of Higher Education Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Professionals, Arizona State University recently added four new tenured positions for experts in transgender research.

“In a perfect world we’d have someone doing LGBT work on every single campus in the country, but we are very far from that.”

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Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Campus Center paraded down State Street in support and celebration of National Coming Out Day. dents can choose from is a 400level “Feminism and Cultural and Social Theory” lecture Assistant Professor Ellen Samuels teaches entitled “The Body in Theory.” Bolduan said Samuels’ class stands out as one of her particularly “radical ... and transformative” experiences in the department.

“I think what was really cool about her class was that she explained theory like Foucault and Judith Butler in a way that made a lot of sense, because she connected it really well to TLC, like shows about people who are conjoined or people who have disabilities, or have non-normative bodies or have queer bodies,” Bolduan said. “And sort of expanding the idea of queerness to a lot of different things outside of gender and sexuality.”

Bolduan said the way Samuels connected the contemporary, cultural research she conducts to critical theories within the field of queer studies inspired Bolduan to more seriously consider attending graduate school, which she said she is still undecided about. In addition to an upper-level history class she took with Finn Enke, the Director of the LGBT Studies Certificate program, Bolduan said another thing Samuels’ class helped her do is reconstruct her perspective in a way she said is inextricable from the everyday application of her education to seemingly noncontroversial actions, such as buying clothes. She said coming away from these kinds of classes, during which instructors pushed her to make sense of the world and interpersonal relationships through this new lens has been “really amazing.”

“As a student and now as a person, I feel like my politics and who I am personally is so connected to my coursework that it’s very hard for me to separate theory from who I am, and who everyone is, and why the world works in these really intricate ways,” Bolduan said. “So I think that way of thinking is really priceless, because I think it real-

ly is a field that no matter how you identify or whatever, really forces you to think about the world critically.”

Undergraduate studies of queer theory is a relatively new academic endeavor. There are only two American institutions that currently offer a full undergraduate bachelor’s degree in LGBT studies: Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., and San Diego State University.

Hobart and William Smith

Colleges became the first university to develop an LGBT/Queer undergraduate degree in 2002.

However, the private colleges, which are made up of a men’s and a women’s sector, offered a “Lesbian Cosmologies” class first in 1970, following a national trend of gay and lesbian studies seminars appearing in the curriculums of other institutions.

San Diego State became the first public institute to offer an LGBT undergraduate degree in the spring of 2012.

“Ideally, people would wake up and realize that this is something that we need to be talking about on all levels of education,” Hannahs said. “I think we’re slowly moving toward that but in a perfect world we’d have someone doing LGBT work on every single campus in the country, but we are very far from that.”

More than two decades ago, Ardel Thomas was among the early wave of students to formally study queer theory while a graduate student at the University of Colorado-

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Tom Barrett asks Walker to delay health care switch Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett wrote a letter to Gov. Scott Walker Thursday and requested he delay the termination of BadgerCare coverage for approximately 92,000 Wisconsinites until March 31, 2014 to account for glitches in rollout of Affordable Care Act exchanges, according to a press release Friday.

The exchanges, which are aggregated into a federal online marketplace, healthcare.gov, allow people to access a list of standardized health care coverage options based on where they live. The online marketplace experienced technological problems during its launch Oct. 1 due to high traffic, but federal officials have estimated the issues will be resolved by the end of November.

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Madison’s Common Council will consider the proposed amendments for its 2014 capital and operating budgets at a meeting Nov. 5.

Alders propose changes to city budget

By Dana Kampa the daily cardinal

Common Council will address amendments to the capital and operating budgets Nov. 5, which include construction of the Judge Doyle Square Garage, Madison Police Department’s overtime budget, services for the homeless community and a downtown public restroom.

Items in the capital budget will be one-time expenses, such as Judge Doyle Square Garage construction. The operating budget contains recurring expenses, such as MPD overtime pay.

Ald. David Ahrens, District 15, sponsored an amendment to cut

funding for the Judge Doyle Square Garage from $7 million to $1.5 million. Ahrens said the $1.5 million could be used to assess and make plans for future reconstruction of the garage instead of demolishing the current structure.

According to Ahrens, a 2012 assessment found the garage still has “10 good years in it.”

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he opposes the amendment because the parking ramp is the oldest in the city. “We’ve been told for years that it needs to be replaced,” Verveer said.

“The amendment goes after the parking garage instead of, I think, the heart of what Alder Ahrens is

against, which is subsidizing a new hotel, as part of this Judge Doyle Square Project,” Verveer said.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said an amendment addressing the Downtown Safety Initiative clarifies how MPD overtime funding would be used, particularly as it relates to downtown policing.

“The effect of the amendment is to give the police permission to overspend on the $65,000 that is allotted for DSI if they believe it is necessary for public safety downtown,” Verveer said.

Mayor Paul Soglin proposed $65,000 to fund the DSI, although the MPD says it will

need $150,000.

Alders have proposed three amendments to the Community Development Block Grant, which would fund laundry services, transportation to and from shower facilities and access to porta potties and lockers for the homeless community.

The Council will also consider funding the construction of a permanent, full-time and publicly accessible restroom downtown.

Verveer said the Council will have to prioritize the amendment because, according to the budget, the total of the proposed amendments exceeds the state levy limit by $22,388.

Campus feedback could downsize changes to Natatorium In an email sent to shared governance committee members Sunday, Rec Sports Director John Horn said in gathering student feedback on the Master Plan he found many were “engaged and supportive” of updating the

SERF but voiced concerns over the size of the proposed Natatorium changes and the costs involved.

The multimillion dollar Master Plan would renovate existing recreational facilities and would be funded at least in

part by segregated fees paid by students as part of their tuition.

A new proposal under consideration would reduce the scope of the Natatorium’s renovations by cutting the number of courts from 16 to 12, cutting fitness space in half and remov-

ing a third of the multipurpose rooms, Horn said in the email.

Rec Sports gathered feedback by hosting presentations and meeting with students asking for comments in a campuswide survey, which had 2,600 responses.

“The simple solution to this problem is to postpone implementation of all BadgerCare changes.”

Tom Barrett mayor Milwaukee

Barrett said in the letter the problems with the online exchanges will make it nearly impossible for people to purchase ACA health care plans before Dec. 15, which would be the deadline for people to receive coverage starting Jan. 1, 2014.

Even if the glitches in the online marketplace are eradicated by the end of November, people would only have two weeks to choose a plan, according to Barrett’s letter.

“The simple solution to this problem is to postpone implementation of all BadgerCare changes until March 31, 2014,” Barrett said in the letter.

Walker stirred controversy in the state when he denied federal funding to expand BadgerCare, which required the state to use the federal health care exchange instead of its own exchange system.

Barrett said in the letter his request is not aimed to spark debate about ACA or BadgerCare changes but to protect the “health and well-being of some of the most vulnerable people in our state.”

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Shawn Kelly prepares to take over as new Langdon neighborhood officer

By Megan Stoebig the daily cardinal

Shawn Kelly, an alumnus of the University of WisconsinMadison, is gearing up to take over as the new Langdon neighborhood police officer next week and wants to communicate with students by using social media to help keep them safe.

Kelly graduated from UW-Madison in 2001 with a degree in Behavioral Science and Law, now considered the Legal Studies Program, and a certificate in criminal justice.

Kelly will replace Grant Humerickhouse as the new Langdon neighborhood officer on Nov. 10, a position created for areas in Madison where specific ongoing issues need to be addressed.

Kelly said Langdon is a

unique neighborhood because many of its residents are students who only live in the area for a year. These students often have to learn how to acclimate to issues that affect the neighborhood such as sexual assaults, battery and homelessness, according to Kelly.

Kelly also stressed that based on towns of comparable sizes, Madison is the fourth safest city in the nation. He said the community is hearing about crime more often because it is being spread through social media.

“There is no real giant spike in crime lately, it’s just been more publicized,” Kelly said.

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Shawn Kelly graduated from UW-Madison in 2001 and will start his new position Nov. 10.

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Applicants receive three extra days to apply to UW Students vying for freshmen acceptance to the University of Wisconsin-Madison will now be able to submit their applications until Monday instead of the original Nov. 1 deadline.

The university announced the extension in an email Thursday to those who had begun applying.

UW System Spokesperson David Giroux said the electronic application system, which is managed by the UW Extension, has been “bogged down a bit lately.”

“The software application … is having some problems during peak demand times and as

we approach the deadlines,” Giroux said. The application also crashed once last week.

A note on the UW System application website says there have been issues with occasional technical difficulties and service interruptions, especially between late afternoon and 11 a.m.

Students who submit their application by 11:59 p.m.

Monday will meet the first notification deadline and should receive decisions by the end of January. Otherwise, the second notification deadline is Feb. 1, for which students will hear back by March.

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said he is looking to open up lines of communication with the community to help keep residents safe.

In order to connect with students, Kelly said he is open to using technology, such as the department’s Facebook page, which in the past has not been updated regularly.

“Community policing is something that has dramatically changed policing,” Kelly said. “I want to be out there in the community, making myself known, making contacts.”

going on, but at the same time it’s kind of given the perception that things have gone downhill.”

Still, he said taking precautions, such as having situational awareness and using the buddy system are ways to maintain safety at night.

He said his main goal is to serve as the contact for tenants at the apartments and Greek houses on Langdon Street when a problem arises. He

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“Many of my classmates did not take what I was doing seriously at all. Especially the queer studies stuff, because it was brand new,” Thomas said.

“And a lot of folks ... were just downright kind of in my face thinking it was stupid,” she added. “But I had some—this is why it’s really kind of cool—I had a couple of amazing, young professors ... who thought outside of the box, and they were phenomenal, and were supportive of me.”

Now the chair of the acclaimed LGBT studies department at the City College of San Francisco, Thomas said the emerging frameworks supporting queer theory studies is progress compared to her experience, when queer theorists were pioneers of their own educations. However, she said it is still a discipline frequently marginalized by ignorance.

“I think some people are like ‘LGBT studies,’ well that’s what, 10 minutes of one class?’ or ‘What, you learn how to be gay?’

I mean, I’ve had some humorous questions,” Thomas said. “But you’re looking at centuries and centuries of people who’ve been left out of history ... so yeah, we have a lot to educate.”

The Department of LGBT Studies at The City College of San Francisco, established in 1990, was the first in the country to have administrative inde-

pendence, from a gender and women’s studies department, for instance. According to Thomas, the independent status of the LGBT Studies Department is critical to the evolvement of its queer theory coursework.

“You’re looking at centuries and centuries of people who’ve been left out of history ... so yeah, we have a lot to educate.”

Ardel Thomas LGBT studies department chair City College of San Francisco

Although each minority studies department at City College is part of a larger diversity collaborative on campus, Thomas said administrators in each program consciously maintain academic autonomy to honor the specific oppressions different cultural groups historically faced. In doing so, Thomas said she is able to provide City College LGBT Studies students with a more in-depth understanding about the important distinctions of queerness and homophobia.

For instance, Thomas said City College currently offers many specialized classes, including a completely transgenderfocused class, a Latin American and Latino LGBT studies course, another on LGBT American artists and a class centered on AIDS in America. “[The AIDS class] focuses specifically on the fact that the disease was originally labeled a gay disease and how we’re still reeling from that fact,” accord-

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Adapting the game

Athletes of all abilities participated in Badger ADAPT, which included a variety of Paralympic and adaptive sports such as sit down volleyball, adapted biathlon and sledge hockey. + Photo by Amy Gruntner

US Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner co-authors bill to limit domestic surveillance agencies Two U.S. Congressmen, including U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., have received broad stakeholder support for a bill they introduced last week that would limit government collection of phone records and require greater transparency and accountability from domestic surveillance organizations, Sensenbrenner said in a press release Friday.

The purpose of the Uniting and

Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping Act is to limit data collection by the National Security Agency and other government agencies, according to Sensenbrenner’s website.

The bill has over 100 co-sponsors in the House and Senate, according to the release, as well as support from organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Rifle Association, and several technology companies includ-

ing Microsoft and Apple.

Sensenbrenner and Rep. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., released a joint statement saying the breadth of support for the bill suggests Americans’ privacy rights transcends party divide.

Sensenbrenner and Leahy said in the statement they are committed to a bipartisan effort to “restore confidence in our intelligence community and protect the privacy rights of our citizens.”

ing to Thomas. “And looking at the ways it has affected LGBT culture but also larger health care issues. I just get a lot more creativity by having an independent program.”

The LGBT Studies Department originated at City College because people wanted a safe place where they could explore sexuality through coursework, “and maybe not feel so alone,” Thomas said.

“Half of the students in my trans class are there because they’ve never been able to talk about trans stuff really before in an academic setting, and it’s empowering,” she added.

However, City College did not have an LGBT degree track until the state chancellor’s office approved Thomas’s request in 2010, at which time City College also became the first community college to offer an Associate of Arts degree in the field. Thomas said student demand played a pivotal role in legitimizing the LGBT degree program on campus.

According to Thomas, the program at City College serves as a model for other academic institutions looking to develop similar practices. Thomas said she often works with administrators from different fouryear or research institutes on how to create and introduce a queer studies program into their respective universities.

Furthermore, Thomas said the strong LGBT community and resources at UW-Madison create an environment in which a bachelor’s degree program would flourish.

Thomas said the respective climates of the city and the

university, especially because it has a strong women’s studies program, make UW-Madison a “natural” place to offer a bachelor’s degree. “It would be great to have a Midwest institution, and it’d be nice to see Wisconsin beat Michigan or Chicago to the punch, quite frankly,” Thomas said.

Bolduan, having lived in and interacted with the local sociopolitical atmosphere, said “Madison posits itself as a progressive paradise, but I think it has it’s own political problems that are sometimes overlooked.”

However, she did not discount the ability of UW-Madison to formulate an LGBT Studies bachelor’s degree or the value of such, and said “there definitely needs to be more explicit and visible efforts to make the campus itself aware of who’s on it, for ... students to make each other aware of what all of our experiences are and to address those, and work against the oppressions that happen on campus,” she said. “And I think that there’s a lot of potential for that to come from academics.”

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sex and the student body

Common questions and their juicy answers

edit@dailycardinal.com Editor-in-Chief Abigail Becker

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Alex tucker sex columnist Sometimes, I get questions that are too easy to answer in a whole column. Sometimes, they just need one-word answers! But because they are still so important and relevant to everyday life, I’ve decided to dump ’em all today just for you, dear readers. Enjoy!

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uestion: Why does my boyfriend want to come on my face?

Answer:

“Facials,” as this action is called colloquially, can be perceived as sexy for several reasons. Many people love engaging in “facials” because they display a power differential between partners.

By coming on a partner’s face, we are marking them as “ours” and displaying our dominance over them. This can be arousing and exciting for both submissive and dominant partners.

“Facials” are also glorified by modern-day porn, which leads people to eroticize the action in their own sex lives. We can feel like bona fide porn stars ourselves if we engage in what can be perceived of as their so-called everyday activities.

Finally, orgasming is fun.

Why not use a different medium for our love juices?

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nswer: Absolutely! During orgasm, our pelvic floor muscles clench and release in pulses. Since our anal sphincter muscles are a part of these pulses, releasing gas while we come is totally normal and sometimes even funny. He he.

‘Facials’ are also glorified by modernday porn, which leads people to eroticize the action in their own sex lives.

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is both illegal and non-consensual to those who may encounter people during fornication. It is unfair to put people into positions they are uncomfortable with simply for our own gratification.

If exhibitionist sex is something we are interested in trying, the best legal option is placing a mirror near our sex spot and letting those involved see each other from every angle.

We can feel like we’re being “watched” and get a whole new outlook on our sexy times. Wah wah wee wah.

Question:

My boyfriend says he can only use extra-large condoms. Should I buy those?

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uestion: Where are places around campus we should have sex?

First of all, never buy condoms. Sex Out Loud hands out tens of thousands for FREE! We’ve all already paid for them. 333 E. Campus Mall, come pick ’em up!

Secondly, extra-large condoms are made for a reason. Although all condoms are created equal (they have to hold a gallon of water to pass FDA tests), some have extra room for penis comfort. Luckily, Sex Out Loud has all kinds of condoms. We have the opportunity to try out many varieties and see what we like best. The worst thing that can happen? We get to have more sex!

nswer: 1. Your room. That is all.

Unfortunately, public sex

Q uestion:

Can I get chlamydia from receiving a blow job?

Answer:

Mhm. Because many people have chlamydia of the throat without knowing it, the infection can be passed along through oral sex. Throat chlamydia can be difficult to test for, so we should always get ourselves tested if we are unsure of our partner’s status.

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today’s dirty Poll Where is your favorite spot to receive a hickey?

a. neck *See today’s column for b. torso c. legs and butt advice about hickeys.

Respond online at dailycardinal.com.

Can I get pregnant if I have sex while I’m on my period?

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nswer: Yes! If we have unprotected sex at any time there is a chance of getting pregnant. Wowzers.

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What’s the protocol on shaving pubes?

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nswer: Our personal preference and preference of our partners.

While we should be able to express ourselves and our pubes in whichever manner we want, we should avoid becoming “Pablo Pube-casso” and overstepping our boundaries.

We should always take into account what our partners have expressed interest in as well. We don’t need to conform to their wants completely, but we should try to make our partners happy and find a compromise that works for everyone.

Question:

A lot of people think hickeys are gross, but I like them! How can I strike a balance between a big turn-on and an appropriate appearance?

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nswer: Hickeys can be a great way of showing our passion for our partners.

However, they can leave a bad impression on professors, coworkers and employers.

How to remedy this issue?

We should have our partners give us hickeys in places our friends won’t be able to find them. Not only do we get to have an “[OUR PARTNER’S NAME] WAS HERE” stamp on places like our thighs, boobs and hips, we also get to look at our naked bodies and be reminded of how hot it was to have our partner’s mouths down “there.”

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Camp Randall The Camp Randall neighborhood situated just past the stadium, is a bit more relaxed than neighborhoods to the east. You’ll find whole houses to rent with oodles of friends at prices a bit more affordable than newer properties closer to campus. Still expect to pay a bit more than similar units by the Capitol.

For students who spend their days at the UW Hospital or the engineering campuus, this neighborhood is the most convenient. While it’s quiter in the sense that it feels a bit more rural than neighborhoods closer to downtown, students know how to have fun. Lathrop Avenue is somewhat the “Mifflin” of the west side of campus, especially during fall football season, with parties around the clock. This neighborhood is ideal if you want the fun without the street noise of Johnson Street. You’re not close to much but who cares when you have a real lawn. District 5.

Notable companies: Steve Brown, Tallard, SRM, MPM.

housing guide Langdon

Where should you live?

University/Gorham high rises These high rises, including Equinox, 420 West, Palisades, Aberdeen, La Ciel, La Ville, Embassy and Aberdeen, deserve their own category. A popular choice for students just out of the dorms who want to be close by, these buildings create somewhat of a dormy feel, without the house fellow. While some are a bit newer than others, they are all well-updated, come furnished, and most

include utilities, internet and cable in rent.

They’ll be louder on weekends (try not to live on the floor right below the penthouse,) and your wallet will definitely feel it. It’ll be more affordable to share rooms, but watch out—most landlords here will add an additional fee for sharing. District 4.

Notable companies: MPM, Orosz, Aberdeen, Forward., Boardwalk.

State Street

If you love the energy and convenience of city life then live in Madison’s playground. When you live on State Street you will ask yourself “what aren’t I close to?”—Answer? Nothing. If you’re looking to live in a smaller group or by yourself, there’s a decent variety of options on State. You’re paying for location so, especially closer to campus,

expect to shell out some cash for not many square feet. But living above Mia Za’s and the cupcake store is well-worth it, right? While some properties are advertised online, many owners rely on posted signs. So if you’re interested, go for a walk. District 4.

Notable companies: JSM, Boardwalk, Hawthorne, Towers on State. will chizek/the daily cardinal

Although this neighborhood is not as undergraduate-dominated as it once was a decade ago, it is an affordable-housing gold mine for those willing to make the trek.

Mostly made up of flats, there is a lot to choose from. The Pinkus McBride Market serves as a local convenience, while a business district on East Johnson, boasting the

Sure, the first time you walk to the Vilas neighborhood from campus, you feel like you might as well go to Edgewood. However, some housing in this area is just steps from Camp Randall. In fact, living in the Vilas neighborhood may be fairly convenient for students who have classes in engineering or on the west side of campus.

Generally, the bus can get you to campus and downtown—you might even run into a professor during your morning ride. Pluses include a quieter environment (except on gamedays, when there’s a chance you’ll be able to hear the game from your bedroom), beautiful scenery, easy access to the Henry Vilas Park and Zoo, and a short commute to Monroe Street businesses, like Trader Joe’s, Mickies Dairy Bar and Pizza Brutta. There are some affordable student rentals if you do a little looking.

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Notable companies: J. Michael, Tallard.

If you would like to live on a picturesque street in a house that could very well be older than the state of Wisconsin, consider

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Campus high rises

The Greenbush neighborhood houses a mix of students and families. As a result, the area makes for quieter living, though gamedays transform Regent into a sea of drunken Badger pride, for better or worse. Outsiders say Greenbush is a hike from some of Madison’s more popular downtown attractions. While that may be true, there’s more to Greenbush than doughnuts and dive bars. When it comes to convenience, you’re also close to Indie Coffee, McDonald’s, a handful of pizza joints and a smattering of restaurants. The neighborhood is also generally more affordable than living closer to campus. Bus accessibility eases commutes to class and around town. Places like Fraboni’s Deli and Greenbush Bar nod to the neighborhood’s past as the home of Italian immigrants. District 13.

Notable companies: Forward, Tallard, MPM, Patrick Properties, SRM.

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Caribou Tavern, Sophia’s Bakery & Cafe, forequarter and Johnson Public House, is just a short walk away, not to mention James Madison Park, from which the neighborhood gets its name. A 10 minute bike ride to campus. District 2.

Notable companies: JSM, Oakland, Lofgren, Fisher, SRM.

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y November, you have already noticed emails and ads saying, “Hurry! Sign soon! Or else!” But when should you make the big commitment? When should you sign a lease nine months before it starts and when shouldn’t you?

It’s a perfect location if you are part of Greek life, but still convenient otherwise. A very highly populated student area, Langdon will please you if you are fine with general weekend rowdiness. While it’s known for frat row, Langdon offers eclectic housing options, from old mansions to new towers. You’ll find cozy efficiencies to entire houses. You’re just steps from lower State Street. And there’s nothing quite like a Lake Mendota sunset from your private dock, right? Expect to pay more in the Langdon neighborhood than for similar housing further east. If your heart is set on Langdon but you want to save money, look at older properties. Districts 8 and 2.

Notable companies: CHT, J. Michael, Patrick Properties, LakeTown, Hovde, Palisade, Wisconsin Management Co., Surf & Surfside.

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• You have a very specific property in mind —> sign first semester, if you’re certain, but come up with a back-up plan in case another group gets to it first.

• You are looking for a four or more bedroom unit that is older —> sign first semester because these larger units are harder to come by • You are looking for a one to two

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This is the first year this category exists, because it seems half the buildings in this category are completely new. These high rises, including Grand Central, X01, Vantage Point, Humbucker, Park Terrace West and the soon-to-be-new Varsity Quarters, are breaking the convenience barriers. In one of these properties, you can quite literally roll out of bed and make it to class five minutes later. Although what you gain in convenience you sacrifice in neighborhood,

or lack of it, rather. But if you’re okay falling asleep looking at the Chemistry building, then check these out. Be willing to pay a lot for rent, especially for the newer properties.

Sharing rooms will be cheaper, but they will add a fee to your lease. But the apartments will come furnished, include utilities and wireless and have every amenity you could dream. District 8.

Notable companies: MPM, Varsity Quarters.

A handful of blocks enclosed by Dayton, Park, Mills and Spring streets, lovingly called “the Sophomore Slums” is where you’ll get the biggest bang for your buck for one of the most convenient campus locations. While the apartments are popular among fresh-out-of-the-dorms sophomores, as a good first step past residence hall life, these are far from “slummy.” The nicely

updated properties are just around 25 years old and their designs, with shared courtyards and tree-lined streets, foster a “neighborhoody” atmosphere. You’ll get the amenities you need but often without extra fees for sharing a room, making it more affordable than the high rise life. District 8.

Notable companies: JSM, Rouse, Smith, Forward.

Once you pass “West Wash” you will enter the historic Bassett District, where you will find quaint tree-lined streets and spacious old flats. Although the neighborhood has seen some new developments arise in the last few years from young professionals moving in, you’ll still find some affordable gems down Doty, Wilson and Bassett streets. It’ll be quieter than the Mifflin neighborhood, with an eclectic mix of students and workers, but the thing residents seem to have in common is that they care about their neighborhood. The Bassett District is an easy bike or bus ride to campus. It’s close to Maharani Indian restaurant, Barriques, and a short walk to Capitol Square, not to mention Lake Monona. District 4.

Notable companies: Keller.

Patrick, Mullins, Ellickson, MPM, Greenbush.

bedroom or efficiency —> no harm in waiting untill spring as there are plenty of these to choose from in most neighborhoods.

You will have the most freedom in choices.

• You, as of Nov. 4, 2013, are not sure who you want to live with —> this is a no brainer, wait! Wouldn’t you rather take a few months to really think about it than jump into a contract with someone you’re iffy about? Why risk it?

• You are a first-year student —> if you are pondering living with students you

met just three months ago, consider waiting untill spring when you will know them a bit better. Do you think you will still be friends in nine months? It’s hard to say.

•You want to live very close to campus —> sign first semester. Many students care about being close, so that means many students will be looking early to assure their spots. Competition breeds competition.

• You are fine being a little further away —> wait untill spring semester because neighborhoods like Greenbush,

Mansion Hill and the Bassett District will still have plenty to choose from. Keller Real Estate, which owns properties in the Bassett District, does not even start showings untill January.

• You want to live in a high rise but you don’t really care which one —> wait as long as you can. Despite the ads suggesting otherwise, there will likely still be units available in May, especially on the GorhamUniversity bend. (Last May, Equinox still had around 30 units unsigned for August

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Mansion Hill. While it might be a brisk seven minute bike ride to campus land, it’s a seven second stroll to everything else you would possibly want to fill your life with—right by Capitol Square and gilman street, 1900 upper State Street. Mansion Hill, once home to Madison’s old aristocrats and now to a mix of students, young professionals and dedicated home-owners, is designated as a historic district.

Because of that protection it is largely as it was a hundred years ago. Because Mansion Hill is a bit further from campus proper, your rent money will go further than neighborhoods to its west.

Perfect for the softer-spoken who want the city at their fingertips. District 2.

Notable companies: Korotev, CMI, courtesoy of the city of madison landmarks commission JSM, Docken, Lofgren, CHT.

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leases.) In spring, many companies will start lowering rents and offering deals. such as flat screeen tvs and moped give-aways.

• You want to study abroad the spring semester —> this is a tough one. Due to the immense amounts of students studying abroad in spring, it is often cumbersome to find someone to sublet your spot. Consider living in a cooperative, or a room in university housing perhaps. Ask companies if they have any six-month leases for fall. The later you wait the more flexible companies will be.

Living on a street like Mifflin is what some students say is college is all about.

The houses might be a tad run down, and you might hear house parties on both sides of you on weekends, but it might be just for you if you’ve always wanted to share a house with five of your friends and you like being surrounded by undergrads all around.

Live here if you’re feeling social. (Some of the porches can probably fit upwards of 20 people.) And, there’s that whole block party thing. Mifflin and its surrounding streets tend to be affordable, but its close proximity to campus means your backyard might be a parking lot and your money will not go as far as it would in Mansion Hill or the Bassett District. If your heart is set on the neighborhood, but you don’t need to live on Mifflin itself, check out Dayton, Bassett and Bedford streets for similar vibes. District 4.

Notable companies: Oakland, Madison Development Corp., Madison Campus Rentals.

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Resources Apartment-searching • cdliving.com—an agglomeration of most campus and downtown rentals.

• cribspot.com and rentcollegepads.com—tools to sift through area rentals interactively with personalized search criteria.

• Campus Area Housing Listing Service—UW-Madison’s off-campus housing resource campusareahousing.wisc.edu.

•Student Housing Fair— Nov. 12, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Varsity Hall, Union South.

•Many independent landlords advertise solely with signs on their properties. If there is a neighborhood you are interested, take a walk

Tenant information • Tenant Resource Center—a non-profit that offers information about all things rentingrelated. Walk-in hours are on the third floor of the Student Activity Center on Mondays and Wednesdays 12-6 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 11-3 p.m. 608561-3727 tenantresourcecenter.org.

•Know your local alder, and use him or her as a resource District 8-Scott Resnick District 2 - Ledell Zellers District 5- Shiva Bidar-Sielaff District 4- Mike Verveer District 13- Sue Ellingson • If you’re considering a unit with heat not included, look up how much money was spent on heat at the property in years past on Madison Gas and Electric’s website, mge.com.

What to look for on a showing • Is there any rotting wood, or foundation issues on the outside of the property?

• Are there locks on bedroom doors?

• Is there adequate storage space?

• Does the unit get natural light? Which rooms?

• Does every bedroom have a window?

• Where do tenants put trash and recycling? Is there parking and laundry?

•What appliances are included? Furniture?

• Does the property manager have an office? How will you go about paying rent and getting in touch with questions?

• How many units are in the property? Are there any shared spaces?

• Are there smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in every room?

• Is there any evidence of “awkard unit chopping?” (Would you have to walk out your front door to get to your bathroom?)

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he United States National Security Agency, or the NSA as it as popularly referred to, is in some hot water. On Monday, allegations came from Europe that NSA has spied and collected information from foreign leaders for almost a decade. Allegedly, The NSA collected information from 35 world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of the United States’ closest allies. This espionage has left many around the world feeling uneasy and suspicious of the United States, and President Barack Obama claims not to have known about this espionage. This is not the first round of trouble for the NSA, either. Last May, former CIA employee and NSA contractor Edward Snowden released confidential documents detailing the NSA’s surveillance practices. This included the ordering of American phone companies to send extensive call records and logs to the NSA. Rightfully so, this left a feeling of unrest among Americans.

Many Americans were concerned over the scope of these surveillance practices and it asks the question: Just how much do the NSA and federal government know about our daily lives?

It is important to clarify these practices employed by the NSA are not actually illegal. Passed in 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was meant to curtail many illegal surveillance practices used by the United States and it was intended to provide guide-

lines about what the NSA was and wasn’t allowed to do. However, 35 years later this act is having the opposite effect. The NSA has abused the vague nature of FISA to justify these surveillance practices, many of which are more invasive than those that gave rise to the act in the first place.

Americans must say enough is enough and demand there is an end to these intrusive surveillance practices.

When news first broke of Snowden’s leaks, I was uncertain how I should feel. I was not sure if I felt Edward Snowden was a patriot or a traitor. For the most part, I took the nonchalant approach, and said I did not care. After all, what would the federal government want to do with me? They couldn’t possibly have anything against a 19-yearold college sophomore. I felt since I had nothing to hide, there was no reason to be concerned. As I started to do more research about the issue, my opinion began to change.

I began feeling these practices were wrong and invaded on the freedom and privacy of Americans. I can remember one particular night that really changed my opinion on the issue. On this night, a few of my friends and I were discussing Snowden when one of them told a story about a man who lived in a Middle Eastern country with a dominant and oppressive government. The government had start-

ed with little invasions of privacy until it became an oppressive and brutal government. At the time, I was adamant that there was no way citizens would allow this to happen in the United States.

When I went home that night, I was curious about the United States’ history of surveillance so I did some research. I was shocked to find out this wasn’t the first time the United States had infringed on the privacy of its citizens. Whether it be unlawfully opening mail or conducting warrantless searches, the intelligence community in the United States has a long history of overstepping its boundaries in the name of national security. This is why citizens must put their foot down now. As shown in the history of the United States, the intelligence will stop at nothing and violate the privacy of citizens if they believe it will increase national security. Who knows where these invasions of privacy will stop? Americans must say enough is enough and demand an end to these intrusive surveillance practices. The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures, and the NSA has violated this extensively. It is not okay for the NSA to continue to violate the fundamental rights of hundreds of millions of Americans, and these practices must be ended now.

Do you agree the NSA is being far too intrusive with their surveillance practices? Should we demand and end to such practices? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Students need more civic engagement Sean hoey opinion columnist

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he Daily Cardinal editorial board released an opinion piece Tuesday, Oct. 29 encouraging University of WisconsinMadison students to fulfill their democratic obligation and take part in the local elections approaching this coming April.

“Be sure to vote for these elected representatives,” the boards said. “We encourage all students to be aware of the race and to get involved with choosing who will represent them at the county level. Getting involved in local government can teach us how to be the next generation of leaders.”

I applaud the Editorial Board for its zeal. I wholeheartedly agree that students should be engaged in these elections. Participating in government at every level is a requisite of the social contract to which all Americans tacitly agree. Unfortunately, I don’t share its spirit of optimism and the hope that all students will involve themselves in the democratic process as they should.

The civic engagement of our generation is pitiful and discouraging. Since achieving suffrage with the passage of the 26th Amendment over 40 years ago, young voters have always been unlikely to turn out on Election Day, and recent numbers regarding democratic participation have been just as dismal as they have been in the past. According to the Pew Research Center, merely 50 percent of young people ages 18-24 were registered to vote for the presidential election in 2012, down from 61 percent in 2008 and 57 percent in 2004. While 63 percent said they had definite plans to vote in the election, only 18 percent claimed they were closely following campaign news. I imagine if they were to ask the same respondents had they read the Constitution or name all their representatives, we would see the same dismal response.

Some have suggested piecemeal answers to solve this problem. Perhaps we should make voting easier, or maybe we should pressure the news media to pursue better coverage of these events. While we should implement such policy initiatives, neither of these solutions address the core of the issue, a combination of apathy and ignorance.

To involve a significantly higher proportion of young people in the political process, we need to fundamentally change their attitudes towards civic engagement.

To do this, we must reinvent

civic education.

So that students understand how American government works, they should be required to take more history and government courses with more rigorous standards. Students must have a strong grasp of the Constitution and the three branches of government, along with the federal system, and how to engage themselves in that system.

If they don’t understand our history and the functions of government, they will never understand their essential role in it. We should also require that students take current events courses to teach them to access news sources and how to analyze those sources’ validity so that students know who is running their government and what those people are doing. Unless they understand the processes of government, they won’t be propelled to change anything.

Furthermore, we need to indoctrinate their participation. Students must understand the social contract of democracy and understand their obligation to their fellow citizens and the perpetuity of the nation.

By strengthening our civic education system, we’ll have more voters who know more— voters we can trust to make good, reasoned decisions. We’ll have better equipped citizens to deal with the massive public problems we consistently face. We’ll have a more intelligent, more admirable pool of candidates running for election at every level of office. And by ending uneducated voters’ reliance on the party system, we’ll mitigate the hyper-partisanship that plagues Washington in every corner and re-enable good governance.

Today, our country is tasked with overcoming enormous problems. The wealthy are getting wealthier, the poor are getting more poor, and we don’t know how to lift them out of poverty. Our world population is growing, our people are starving, and we don’t know how to end their pain. Our Earth is warming, our oceans are acidifying, and there is no horizon to be seen.

We need a strong, engaged citizenship to grapple with these vexing issues. Until we have constructed a viable path to civic engagement, we can’t expect to overcome any of these issues—or even expect voters to simply participate in our upcoming local elections.

Do you agree we must start at the root of the problem by requiring government and civics classes? Would this help students down the road in civic engagement? Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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ov. 4, 1631: Mary, Princess Royal/Princess of Orange (mother of William III, future monarch of England) is born.

Nov. 4, 1677: William III marries (the future) Mary II of England; they would eventually rule as “William and Mary.”

Nov. 4, 1847: Felix Mendelssohn passes away.

Nov. 4, 1916: Walter Cronkite is born.

Nov. 4, 1969: Sean Combs (P. Diddy, Diddy, Puff Daddy) is born.

Nov. 4, 1991: My Bloody Valentine’s Loveless is released.

Is it possible to make art no one else can make? William Faulkner believed that, in the absence of him, someone else would have written his works. He also applied that principle to Ernest Hemingway, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and William Shakespeare.

Applying that rationale to music, could anyone besides My Bloody Valentine, in their absence, have made Loveless?

These are difficult questions to reckon with—impossible questions—mainly because there’s no metric for measuring what hasn’t happened and what hasn’t been done. Speculation and imagination

may offer models of nonexistence and “never dones” but even this constitutes creation, not negation.

That said, we’ll look at Loveless as a case study of “could anyone else have made this?”

I’ve always felt that Loveless is strangely canonical. In terms of music history, it’s held as the pinnacle of “shoegazing,” a genre—or subgenre, depending on who you ask— that emphasizes heavily distorted guitars and a zoned out posture. I couldn’t tell you much beyond that.

Loveless has exerted its own influence on musicians. The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole and Achtung Baby-era U2 have taken inspiration from My Bloody Valentine as a whole, but from Loveless in particular. Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead have praised it and taken cues from it. Most critics’ lists, be they “Best 90s Albums” or “Best Albums of All Time” lists, can’t help but include this album.

Yet, I’m convinced Loveless is strangely canonical. I consider it, in most aspects, a fluke. It is, however, a strange and beautiful fluke.

I can’t give you a simple description of this album. If you haven’t heard it, you aren’t going to have many good signposts. The instruments are what you’d expect— guitar, bass, drum, with maybe some flute and synth, but I haven’t found any verification of that—but they’re performed in such a way as to be almost untranslatable. It’s like describing vertigo to someone

who’s never had vertigo.

The riffs are thick and inexorable. Most of the drums are composed of samples curated by lead guitarist/wellspring Kevin Shields and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. I can’t even default to describing Loveless as “oneiric” because, in this context, you would at least need to know the contents of the dream before you could call it such.

But, just because Loveless is strangely canonical doesn’t mean it isn’t bona fide canonical. Canons are defined by what they let in far more than what they leave out, and the inclusion of Loveless more or less signifies the beauty of flukes and their necessity towards an institution like art.

When William Faulkner said anyone could have written Shakespeare, in the grand scheme of things, he didn’t mean it as disparagement towards the works of Shakespeare. He meant it was an admirable fluke that a 16th century Englishman managed to eke out some of the most preeminent, luminous writing the world has ever seen.

Likewise, it’s an admirable fluke that a collection of Irish musicians managed to make an album so singularly great and inimitable.

Whether or not Loveless could have been made by any group besides My Bloody Valentine, we’re all the better for its creation.

Think Shakespeare could have written Loveless? Let Sean know at sreichard@wisc.edu.

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Junior linebacker Marcus Trotter played well in the absence of injured senior linebacker Chris Borland, pressuring the Iowa backfield and forcing an interception throw in the fourth quarter.

Heartland homebound Late turnovers doom Iowa at home as Badgers win 28-9

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The Heartland Trophy is making its return trip back to Madison after No. 24 Wisconsin earned a gritty 28-9 victory at Iowa.

Aided by two costly Iowa turnovers, the Badgers wore out the Iowa defense and broke the game open early in the second half.

The game started off slowly as both teams boasted excellent defensive units that lived up to their hype, with the Badgers scoring just one touchdown and Iowa cashing in on two short field goal attempts in the first half.

Head coach Gary Andersen said following the game he was impressed with both teams’ defensive fronts.

“There will be some sore young men tonight and tomorrow when they wake up,” Andersen said. “We knew it would be tough minded young men in those defensive fronts.”

On the first drive of the game sophomore quarterback Joel Stave threw an interception, setting up the Hawkeyes with great field position that ignited the raucous Iowa crowd.

However, the Badgers defense held strong, forcing a punt.

Stave and the offense met a similar fate on the next posession and were forced to punt deep in their own territory.

“We didn’t have anything going [early], except we were playing pretty salty defense,” Andersen said. “We couldn’t run the ball an inch, couldn’t pass and our punt game was all over because of the wind.”

Sophomore punter Drew Meyer kicked short, giving Iowa the ball at the Badgers’ 39. Iowa would score the first of its two field goals from that mark.

A few drives later a thirdand-seven from Iowa’s 44 set up a touchdown strike from Stave to senior tight end Jacob Pedersen over the middle, giving the Badgers a 7-6 lead heading into halftime.

“A big turning point was when we were able to score on the last drive of the first half,” Andersen said. “We got more yards on that series of plays than we had the [rest] of the first half.”

With the game poised to be a close one, two key Iowa turnovers changed the game in the second half.

The first came midway through the third quarter after Meyer pinned the Hawkeyes at their own one yard line with a long punt.

On the next play, Iowa sophomore quarterback Jake Rudock, with pressure in his face, threw an errant ball that ended up in the hands of Wisconsin sophomore defensive back Darius Hilary.

Rudock was injured on the play.

It didn’t take long for Stave to throw a dart to redshirt senior Jared Abbrederis for a 20-yard touchdown and a 14-6 lead midway through the third quarter.

Abbrederis was shaken up after being hit on the play, but returned soon afterwords.

Hawkeye freshman quarterback C.J. Beathard, who came

in for Rudock, threw a ball that hit one of his own offensive linemen and was intercepted by Badger senior defensive lineman Pat Muldoon.

Senior running back James White then put the game all but out of reach with an 11-yard touchdown, putting the Badgers up 21-9.

The next Badger possession saw White burst out to the right sideline for a 59-yard gain, setting the Badgers up inside the redzone.

A few plays later, White cashed in a dagger, finalizing the score at 28-9. While redshirt sophomore Melvin Gordon only recorded 62 rushing yards, his partner-in-crime White had a monster day, tallying 132 yards on the ground.

“It was tough sledding in there,” Andersen said. “[Gordon and White] just kept banging and playing in there and took the yards that came their way against a very stout and stiff defense.”

At the end of the fourth quarter the Badgers’ defense stalled Iowa out once again, capping another impressive performance

by UW’s defensive front.

Junior linebacker Marcus Trotter filled in admirably for an injured Chris Borland, coming up with more than one big tackle and putting pressure on Beathard to force an interception. “[Trotter] obviously lived in the moment,” Andersen said.

“That doesn’t just happen in a week ... it takes time to get into that position.”

With their sixth victory of the season the Badgers’ clinched bowl eligibility. They will face BYU next week in Madison.

The Wisconsin Badgers (3-21) bounced back from last week’s underwhelming performance in Boston against Lake Superior State (4-1-1) this weekend at the Kohl Center.

After falling behind early Friday, Wisconsin mounted an impressive comeback to finish the game with a 3-3 tie.

The Badgers scored a whopping eight goals Saturday and handed Lake Superior State a hefty 8-1 loss, the first of their season.

“It’s a nice way to end the weekend,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said. “I think that’s just what the doctor ordered.”

A shaky start Friday put UW down 3-0 four minutes and nine seconds into the first period.

The Lakers’ first goal, scored by freshman forward Alex Globke through traffic, came just 33 seconds into the contest. Less than three minutes later, two goals just seconds apart put Wisconsin under the bus before it could respond.

“There were some unfortunate bounces,” junior goalie Landon Peterson said. “That happens sometimes. You just have to forget about it. There’s nothing you can do about it.”

Senior forward Michael Mersch scored top shelf on a power play near the end of the first period to cut the Badgers’ deficit to 3-1. Sophomore forward Nic Kerdiles notched an assist on Mersch’s goal, bringing his point streak to 17 straight games extending to last season.

In the third period, senior forward Tyler Barnes tipped a shot from senior forward Mark Zengerle past Laker senior goaltender Kevin Kapalka, cutting the LSS lead to one. With a minute and 30 seconds remaining, Wisconsin pulled Peterson from goal and senior forward Tyler Barnes buried his second goal of the night to tie the game.

After an uneventful five-minute overtime period, the Badgers and Lakers went to a three-man shootout, a new addition to college hockey as of the 2013-’14 season. In Big Ten play a shootout determines the winner of the game, but in a non-conference game the shootout is simply for practice. “[The shootout] is good entertainment value,” Eaves said. “It’s great entertainment for the fans. I become a fan watching it.”

Mersch and redshirt freshman forward Morgan Zulinick scored in the shootout for UW, while two LSS players also scored. Lake Superior State junior forward Stephen Perfetto then scored the “gamewinner” past Peterson.

Wisconsin came out with noticeably more energy and intensity Saturday.

Midway through the first period a quick 2-on-1 play ended with Zengerle netting the first of more than a few Wisconsin goals.

Later in the period, Wisconsin went up 2-0 on an unassisted, point-blank goal from junior forward Joseph LaBate.

Lake Superior State scored 16 seconds into the second period to halve the Badgers’ lead. Wisconsin responded with a goal of its own from Kerdiles, who extended his point streak to 18 games .

The floodgates opened in the third period as junior forward Brad Navin notched his first of the season and put Wisconsin ahead 5-1. Redshirt junior Chase Drake made it 6-1 a few minutes later with his first career goal as a Badger.

A scrum following Drake’s goal resulted in a 10-minute misconduct for the Lakers’ Czuczman and a roughing penalty for Navin.

Shortly after, freshman forward Grant Besse tallied a back-door goal to bring the outburst to seven goals. Besse’s goal sparked another scrum. Senior forward Sean Little was issued a five-minute major for charging, and four Lakers ended up in the penalty box. Kerdiles finished off the rout with a shorthanded goal, and the Badgers won with a final score of 8-1.

“All in all, I think it was the type of weekend that our boys needed to get going and realize some things,” Eaves said. “We can move forward from here.”

Men’s cross country misses out on 15th B1G title lthough redshirt freshman MalaA chy Schrobilgen came away with one Big Ten Championship, it was the trophy he wasn’t able to hoist that will haunt him and the rest of the Badgers this offseason.

Wisconsin’s 14-year Big Ten team championship streak ended Sunday as the Badgers found

themselves in third at the end of the day, despite an individual championship for Schrobilgen, who ran a 24:16.9 in the eight kilometer race.

Indiana came in first, with a team total of 51 points.

Schrobilgen is the third individual champion Wisconsin

produced over the last four years, while juniors Michael Van Voorhis and Alex Hatz earned first-team All-Big Ten status as well.

The Badgers’ 14-year championship streak was the longest in conference history, dating back to 1999.

(Brett Bachman) The Daily Cardinal

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Sophomore forward Nic Kerdiles extended his point streak to 18 games this weekend with an assist Friday and a goal Saturday.