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Weekend, November 21-23, 2008
University to celebrate Union’s last Badger Bash By Ashley Davis THE DAILY CARDINAL
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The Wisconsin Badgers will play the Cal Poly Mustangs this weekend for their last home game. To host the West Coast team, the university paid an appearance fee of $500,000. UW Athletics officials said UW-Madison received guarantee money to play at Fresno State earlier this season.
Cal Poly’s trip costs UW $500k Athletic Department ticket sales to fund West Coast team’s appearance By Nick Dmytrenko THE DAILY CARDINAL
The California Polytechnic football team will be coming to Madison for more than a win when squaring off against the Badgers Saturday. The UW Athletic Department is paying the school a $500,000 guarantee to bring the Football Championship Subdivision team from the West Coast to Wisconsin. According to Eric Burdick, assistant director for media relations at Cal Poly, UWMadison pulled out from playing Virginia Tech in 2005, leaving them with a bye week this season between the Fresno State
and Michigan games. With this week open in their schedule, Cal Poly made the agreement to play UW-Madison at the end of the season. “If you’re Cal Poly and you’re going to come here … you’re forgoing the opportunity to host a home game yourself where you can make money,” said Justin Doherty, UW-Madison assistant athletic director for communications. According to Cal Poly officials, San Diego State paid Cal Poly $250,000 to play a nonconference game against them earlier this season. Doherty said UW-Madison received guarantee money for their Sept. 13
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non-conference game against Fresno State. “It’s a situation where a team needs to schedule a game and another school agrees to come and play for a guaranteed amount of money,” Doherty said. “This is an extremely common thing, both here and around the country. This isn’t an aberration.” Cal Poly officials estimate the cost of the trip for its players will total $100,000, however, UW-Madison will be paying the school five times as much. Cal Poly Athletic Director Alison Cone said in addition to paying for the trip, portions will fund a new communication
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Wisconsin’s projected budget deficit grows to $5.4 billion By Claire Wiese
Students stand in the blistering cold for free warm cookies and hot chocolate from Insomnia Cookies Thursday. The event was hosted by Insomnia and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
system, new helmets and shoulder pads, as well as locker room renovations. “Financially, our stadium isn’t as big as [UW-Madison’s] so we benefit more by traveling,” Cone said. UW-Madison officials said they hope to make about $2.2 million from ticket sales for the game, which would more than recoup the money spent on procuring Cal Poly. The money for the guarantee comes from previous ticket sales—no money is taken from students’ tuition. Doherty said guarantee prices are negotiated between teams
Gov. Jim Doyle announced an increase in Wisconsin’s projected budget deficit and presented steps to move the state out of its current economic struggles at a news conference at the state Capitol Thursday. The deficit projection increased from $5 billion to $5.4 billion for the 2009-’11 biennium, and according to Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan, it is the worst deficit in Wisconsin history. The state already faces a
$346.2 million budget shortfall for the 2008-’09 fiscal year, Morgan said in a letter to Doyle. According to Doyle, this current deficit might have to be resolved in another budget repair bill or in the next legislative session. Doyle said one of his main concerns is maintaining the quality of Wisconsin’s schools despite necessary spending cuts. “I am going to do everything I possibly can do to protect schools,” Doyle said, but doyle page 3
Students, friends, family and alumni of the UW-Madison community are preparing to celebrate the last Badger Bash tailgate at Union South before the Badger football match against California Polytechnic Saturday. Badger Bash will move to Engineering Mall for upcoming football seasons during the construction of the new south campus student union, which will open in the spring of 2011. The opening of the building will mark a new beginning for Badger Bash, as the celebration will take place on one of its outside decks. According to Marc Kennedy, director of communications for the Wisconsin Union, the space at the new union will be a welcoming place for Badger Bash to occur in the future. He said the new location is conducive for large gatherings because it is comparable to a natural, outside amphitheater with plenty of outdoor seating.
“It should be a lot of fun.”
Marc Kennedy communications director Wisconsin Union
With the Badgers’ final home football game of the 2008-’09 school year, Saturday’s Badger Bash will provide more than its usual great food, cold beverages, live-game coverage and trademark University of Wisconsin Marching Band performance. According to Kennedy, Band Director Mike Leckrone has some surprises in store for attendees of the celebration. “It should be a lot of fun,” Kennedy said. For many, the Badger Bash tailgate has provided countless memories and irreplaceable experiences. Kennedy said his most memorable Badger Bash tailgate was the day Ron Dayne broke the record for rushing yards while playing against the University of Iowa in 1999. “The place was packed with people ready to the see the game … usually people lag to go… [But] 15 or 20 minutes before game-time, everyone with a ticket was gone.” Students are encouraged to go online and share their favorite memories of Union South and Badger Bash at www.newunion.wisc.edu.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”