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Revelry 2014 lineup incites mixed reactions

By Daniella Emanuel THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW-Madison students and community members cheer at the 2013 Revelry Music and Arts Festival near Union South.

The recently released lineup for the Revelry Music and Arts Festival has received mixed reactions from students and festival organizers.

Revelry is an annual festival at the University of WisconsinMadison run by the Wisconsin Union Directorate that began last spring. This year it will take place May 3 and feature headliners Dillon Francis and Waka Flocka Flame.

Some students expressed excitement about this year’s lineup.

“I didn’t go last year, but I will definitely go this year,” UW-Madison sophomore Allie

Lusic said.

Other students were not as excited.

“I don’t really care about it,” Gina Stella, a UW-Madison junior, said.

Bess Donoghue, the Revelry Public Relations Manager, said the artists were chosen based on student surveys on musical preference, popularity within certain genres and artist availability.

“We think the lineup combines all of the different tastes and genres that people were interested in seeing,” Donoghue said.

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Humanities lecture hall closes temporarily due to ceiling leak Use of Room 3650, the main lecture hall in the Mosse Humanities Building, is temporarily suspended for repair due to water leaking from the ceiling Friday.

The damage is minor and localized, University Communications spokesperson Jenny Price said following an initial assessment from Facilities, Planning and Management

Physical Plant response crews.

The repairs can be completed over the course of several days and may occur as early as this week, according to Price.

Melting snow and ice at the rooftop level of the building seeped into the ductwork and insulation resulting in the leak, Price said.

At least one exam and one

class lecture were cancelled Friday in Room 3650, which has a seating capacity of 489.

Classes have been moved to various other campus locations, including the William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building and Bascom Hall. For up-to-date, class-specific information, consider contacting course instructors.

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UW-Madison sophomore Derek Field ‘sifts and winnows’ with new journal

By Adelina Yankova THE DAILY CARDINAL

Politics have always been a passion for newly elected Associated Students of Madison student council member Derek Field.

Field, a University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore and Blue Mounds native, majors in economics and political science,

and plans to complete a certificate in Educational Policy studies.

In addition to sitting on several student government committees, he cofounded and serves as coeditor-in-chief of the recently established “Sifting and Winnowing: The Undergraduate Journal of Law, Political Science and Public Policy.”

Inspiration for the journal

originated from a conversation between Field and cofounder Donya Khadem during which they realized UW-Madison is one of a few schools of its caliber without a publication of this sort.

“It would just work as a great platform to heighten the con-

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Dance the night away

Bhangra and Bollywood/Fusion dance teams from all across the nation competed in the fourth annual Aa Dekhen Zara competition Saturday. +Photo by Nithin Charlly

Anti-abortion groups file lawsuit against city’s buffer zone ordinance at health care facilities

By Patricia Johnson THE DAILY CARDINAL

Anti-abortion groups filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city of Madison for the approval of a buffer zone ordinance that aims to protect patients’ safety by establishing a restricted area around health care facilities.

The ordinance establishes a 160 foot zone around health care facili-

ties where protesters are required to receive consent before coming within eight feet of individuals.

Those against the ordinance include groups such as Madison Vigil for Life, Inc., Students for Life of Madison and Badger Catholic, according to City Attorney Michael May. The city has 21 days to respond to the lawsuit since it was filed Feb. 26, according to the court summons.

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The plaintiffs’ attorneys said in a memo to the city attorney, the ordinance violates freedom of speech. Since the ordinance applies to any health care facility, this could include university departments that perform controversial experiments including animal testing and genetic food modification, according to the memo.

The plaintiffs’ attorneys also said because the ordinance’s language is

too vague, it violates the fair notice requirement of due process.

Ald. Lisa Subeck, District 1, said in a Feb. 25 Common Council meeting the ordinance is intended to protect patients, not restrict freedom of speech.

“This is aimed at the individuals who, instead of peacefully protesting, choose to harass patients,” Subeck said.

In the past, protesters have

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been accused of blocking vehicle entrance into health care facilities and preventing patients from hospital main entryways, according to May. Greg Packnett, a Madison resident, spoke at the Feb. 25 Council meeting in support of the ordinance. Packnett said he was concerned for the safety of

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he cold is finally beginning to dissipate, the sun is coming back out and spring break is here. That means one thing: Clothes are coming off! Time to begin welcoming the season of shorts, tanks and cute swimsuits. But let’s be honest with ourselves, this sometimes has to do as much with practicality as with attracting potential partners.

And during spring break festivities, these are more likely short-term sexual partners.

Today I’m going to answer some common questions useful for spring break time.

My partner said they’re too big for condoms, is that possible?

No. The answer is no. And if anybody says they are, they’re lying. No person is too big for a condom. The FDA requires that all condoms sold in the USA meet rigorous standards, one of which is elasticity. Condoms can easily be pulled over somebody’s fist, and all the way down the forearm, to the elbow, before

breaking. So unless we’re into some really deep fisting, nobody is too big for a condom. Now, some people might find small- or standardsized condoms uncomfortable or constricting, which is why large and even extralarge condoms are produced.

Others might find standard sizes too lose, so there are snugger fit condoms too. It’s best to try out a few sizes, materials and styles before we settle on one we like. But it’s important to be honest with ourselves and go with a style that is both comfortable, but also has a proper fit.

Free condoms are available at the Sex Out Loud office.

Sex Out Loud is located on the third floor of the Student Activity Center, 333 East Campus Mall. Visit Monday through Friday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. to stock up for spring break on more than a dozen types of condoms available including non-latex, snugger fit, L and XL and receptive condoms.

What should I do if I get off my birth control routine?

If for some reason you get out of your birth control routine, the best thing is to start up where you left off as soon as possible. It’s usually better

On this day in history...

65,345,435 B.C.—The last Tyrannosaurus Rex dies of starvation.

1629—King Charles I dissolves Parliament in a vat of sulfuric acid.

1791—John Stone of Concord, Mass., patents the pile driver. It is immediately outlawed by the Massachusetts Professional Wrestling Federation.

1876—The first telephone call is made

by Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson. But it goes straight to voicemail.

Heroes of the weekend Brody Klinger told himself he wasn’t going to party over the weekend. With three midterms Monday, he needed to study like a madman in order to pass his exams. But his two pals from home, Ted and Bill, dropped in uninvited Friday night, wanting to party. Somehow Brody managed to study while depressingly hungover, and for that he’s a hero to us all.

Greta Wolfe remembered her parents were visiting when their fourth phone call finally woke her. Buttnaked in her bf ’s bed, she had to come up with some pretty crafty excuses to make it seem like she hadn’t forgotten about her lovely parents. For her on-the-spot resourcefulness, Greta is a hero to us all.

to do this if it’s been less than 48 hours since last taking your birth control. It might cause a day or two of readjustment, but just use alternative birth control methods, such as condoms and other barrier methods in the meantime. If it has been more than 48 hours, it’s necessary to fall back on alternative barrier methods, and you should contact a medical professional. If you’re using any kind of birth control, it’s recommended to still use condoms and other barrier methods, because those prevent against coming into contact with an STI. It might not be a bad idea to pick up emergency contraception from UHS prior to departure. It is also available for free at Planned Parenthood.

Can I get/give consent if I’ve been drinking?

This is a good question.

Let’s review the definition of consent: Consent is defined as a clearly and freely given, informed and enthusiastic “yes,” not the absence of a “no.”

Now we can talk about what to do if we’ve been drinking.

It’s totally possible to ask for and give consent if we’ve been drinking. We all know it doesn’t take one beer or mixer

to get to the point where we’re going to black out. There is a period after we’ve begun drinking during which we can still definitely give consent.

However, it’s recommended not to proceed if we’re unsure about a person’s ability to make an informed decision.

Asking ourselves if we would let this person drive us home is a good way to decide if somebody is capable of giving consent or not.

Drugs and alcohol are both intoxicants and can be used as a means to coerce somebody into giving consent they might not otherwise give.

Consent isn’t about just getting one answer at the beginning though. A better way to talk about it is as “continuing communication.” This means we continuously ask our partner how they feel about things, if they want to continue, do something different or try something. Enjoy what’s going on while expressing our desires and our opinions as well.

Now friends, with these little reminders, leave Wisconsin and spread the good word of our land: beer, cheese and good sexual health.

Over spring break, think of some sex questions for Michael. Send your inquiries to mpodgers@wisc.edu.

Your to-do list: —Email Kane or Andy —Write for Almanac —Have your work read by thousands of UW-Madison students —Achieve international recognition —Retire early

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Sustainability Fair called off for spring semester The third Sustainability Fair, previously scheduled for the end of April, will no longer take place due to alternate efforts by other campus entities and more pressing campaigns from the Associated Students of Madison Sustainability Committee.

The fair’s theme was originally centered on food waste and specifically, what steps could be taken by the campus community to reduce waste in campus dining halls.

Will Mulhern, chair of the Sustainability Committee, said the committee decided at its March 5 meeting scheduling and organizing a fair was not possible with the number of campaigns the group had embarked on this semester.

“We just have a lot of other projects that we’re working on and we felt like the need for the Sustainability Fair wasn’t as big this semester,” Mulhern said.

Mulhern said the commit-

tee decided since the Office of Sustainability recently facilitated a Sustainability Forum, the committee’s efforts would be better used to focus on its existing campaigns.

Additionally, the Nielsen Institute plans to hold an environmental-centered event on Earth Day, the a previous possible date for the Sustainability Fair, according to Mulhern.

“We’re really more focused on the Green Fund,” Mulhern said, citing the recently active grant that allows student organizations seeking to embark on sustainability initiatives on campus to apply for funding.

According to Mulhern, the committee will spend the remainder of the semester overseeing the beginning of the Green Fund process, as well as continuing individual efforts toward reducing campus food waste.

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Field said his motivation for involvement in student government stems largely from his background.

“I’m a first [generation] college student from a working class background, so this directly impacts myself and those from similar backgrounds to me,” Field said.

As Finance Director of the Working Class Student Union, his primary focus is on ensuring college affordability and access for all students.

“If I would have lived .2 miles further west, I would have gone to a smaller school district with 29 people in my class, no AP classes or anything like that,” Field said. “College affordability and access is a pretty important issue to me because it’s hard to justify why, because of where I live, I get to come UW and have opportunities that I do.”

versation about intersectionality between departments on campus,” Field said. “[For example], papers that have to do with International Studies, but are also political or rooted in policy are really, really relevant to the topics covered in this journal.”

He said he hopes as “Sifting and Winnowing” develops and expands, the journal will be a source of collaboration between various departments, which could potentially sponsor research projects tailored for publication.

Additionally, Field explained the publication could be an opportunity for pre-law and policy students to gain exposure to legal and political writing, working directly with the journal’s associate editors to produce finalized content.

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The Bahama Mamas, a team of UW-Madison students, competed in the Red Bull Schlittentag at Lake Geneva Saturday + Photo by Courtney Kessler

Fukushima University students visit UW-Madison to share experiences Twenty-three Japanese students from Fukushima University arrived in Wisconsin Saturday to share their experiences with the University of Wisconsin-Madison community as part of a nationwide tour, according to a press release.

The students, along with two chaperones and a guide, are part of “The Kakehashi Project—The Bridge for Tomorrow” and spoke

Sunday on matters of disaster recovery, education and local communities as they relate to the March 2011 nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, according to the release.

The visit is a response to a trip to Japan by UW-Madison students last year accompanied by associate professor of Japanese literature Charo D’Etcheverry.

“It’s exciting to have our stu-

dents see themselves and their peers as actors in history, not just witnesses of it,” D’Etcheverry said in the release.

The Kakehashi Project, a product of the Japan-U.S. Educational Commission, aims to foster mutual understanding and interest between the two countries by providing firsthand cultural experiences for citizens of both.

Rep. Mandy Wright calls for action relieving student debt State Rep. Mandy Wright, D-Wausau, released a statement Friday calling on her colleagues in the state Legislature to consider action to alleviate student debt in Wisconsin.

The statement underscored Wright’s role in a “Day of Action” Wednesday, which launched a statewide campaign to pass legislation allowing students to more

easily refinance loans and increase transparency for both borrowers and lenders before transactions.

“Students should have the security of knowing they can enter the workforce without the burden of crushing debt,” Wright said in the statement.

Wright coauthored the Higher Ed Lower Debt bill, which would allow students to

refinance loans at lower interest rates and publicize data on the best and worst lenders, rates and terms for student loans.

Wright called on Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in the state Legislature to address the issue in the statement.

The state Assembly voted to keep the bill in committee in February.

Republican senators ‘concerned’ about living wage bill Senators in the Republican caucus have concerns about a proposed bill that would eliminate living wages in Madison and Milwaukee, according to a Thursday statement from state Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau.

The bill limits local living wage ordinances that intend to establish pay high enough for employees, including local con-

tractors and government workers, to support themselves.

Local ordinances could stay in place as long as workers are not paid with state money.

“At this point, it is unlikely that [the bill] will move through the Senate,” Fitzgerald said in the statement.

The living wage bill, introduced by Rep. Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, passed a Senate

committee Thursday 3-2.

Protesters interrupted the meeting at the Capitol by dumping shoes on the table and chanting “walk in our shoes,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Madison and Milwaukee officials said the wage law is important because it allows workers to live and work in more costly areas, which boosts the local economy.

Sen. Jennifer Shilling to introduce ‘Right to Vote’ act

UW-Madison sophomore and newly elected ASM representative Derek Field cofounded a new political undergraduate journal.

State Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse will introduce a bill protecting an individual’s fundamental right to vote, according to a statement Friday.

Shilling said she will introduce the ‘Right to Vote’ act in direct opposition to recent GOP bills limiting voting hours, preventing absentee voting and eliminating sameday voter registration.

“It’s time to stop putting up barriers and making it harder for Wisconsin citizens to vote,” Shilling said in the statement.

Shilling said she hopes there will be bipartisan support for her “common sense proposal” to ensure that every qualified person has a “constitutional right to cast their vote.”

United Wisconsin Director Lisa Subeck applauded Shilling

in for protecting “the right of every eligible Wisconsin citizen to exercise his or her fundamental right to vote.”

“It is time to stop playing politics with voting rights, and once and for all state that the right to vote is sacred,” Subeck said in the statement.

Legislators have until Monday afternoon to cosponsor the proposal.

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the biggest improvement.

“If you look through social media from the other day, when the lineup was announced, and, say, on Twitter you looked up Revelry, the amount of positive comments largely outweighed the negative comments,” Levin said.

Levin said he is pleased with the diverse array of genres the

Revelry team booked for the lineup and that he is confident the headliners will be a success.

“There’s no doubt that Waka Flocka and Dillon Francis will both be an awesome time,” Levin said. “And hopefully [it] will just be a giant dance party and everybody will have a great experience.”

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patients and doctors involved in reproductive health services, referencing the case of Ralph Lang, who was arrested by Madison police in 2011 for plotting to murder abortion doctors at a Madison East Planned Parenthood.

May said the ordinance does

not violate any freedom of speech and a ruling made in Colorado, Hill v. Colorado, upheld the constitutionality of a similar buffer zone ordinance in the United States Supreme Court.

May said he predicts the ordinance will be upheld due to the judge’s preliminary ruling that the plaintiffs do not have a strong case.

for the event this year to last year, Donoghue said she thought deciding on the artists and contacting them earlier was the most helpful lesson she and the Revelry team learned. Josh Levin, the Executive Director of Revelry, said he thought the student surveys made

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Syfy offers go-to terrors and thrills Callie Kollenbroich regis and callie

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t was the dead of night. I found myself cowering beneath a canopy of blankets in the center of a dark room, illuminated only by the flickers of a television set that served to feed my growing paranoia. I was alone; or was I? Let me explain. Last week, I journeyed back to my parents’ house, which I am convinced is invariably haunted—two people had died there before we moved in and things seem to go “bump” in the night.

Despite its checkered past, I was in desperate need of some R&R—television is best watched via cable you did not have to pay for, in close proximity to a fully-stocked pantry whose contents you did not have to pay for either.

With a belly full of snacks, I claimed my throne on the couch and entered into an internal debate about what to watch.

Don’t get me wrong—I love quality television. Not only are shows like “True Detective” and “House of Cards” visually pleasing, they exercise the mind.

However, you might find yourself in the midst of a midterm hurricane, realizing that

your weary brain might not have the mental capacity to process anything more than some frivolous camp layered on top of a few low-budget special effects. It’s times like these I often turn to Syfy, a romp of a cable channel and promoter of all things pseudoscientific. It’s fun, it’s thrilling and, best of all, it’s easy entertainment.

I was already on edge but, being the masochist I am, I decided it was an excellent time for an impromptu sci-fi marathon— alone, in the basement, with all the lights off. It was only fitting that “Paranormal Witness,” a Syfy original series about encounters with all things spooky, was first on the docket.

The episode in progress was a tale of alien crafts and military conspiracies, and it was exactly the sort of thing I had been hoping for—mildly thrilling and conducive to laughter. For example, after hearing a blood curdling shrill, two military men walked toward a giant pyramidal aircraft. Upon arrival, the man was so in awe of its majesty that he began to weep.

I don’t know about you but if I encountered an alien spacecraft, I would be crying for wildly different reasons. Similarly, the witness says he suspected it was radioactive and then proceeded to brush his hands along its metallic surfaces, a stroke of genius if I ever saw one. Sure, I was having

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HUMP! Tour brings positive sex and D&D orgies to the forefront

By Maham Hasan The Daily Cardinal

Sex. Now that I have your attention, what do you think is better than X-rated adult movies? If after five minutes of racking your brain and scratching at inappropriate places you could not come up with an answer, shame on you. But I can tell you that five-minute long sexually explicit films made by ordinary people like us—next time you’re on the bus, it’s a good bet that the people next to you are among them—definitely is a winner.

Madison very proudly welcomed Dan Savage’s HUMP! Tour for the first time ever this past weekend. Showing at The Majestic, it featured the best of the Pacific Northwest’s sexiest film festival. Since its conception in 2005, it has become a platform for ordinary people to become porn stars by starring in and making their very own fiveminute dirty movie, all for a bid of winning big cash prizes and doing something crazy.

Some of you might know Savage for his internationally renowned relationship and sex advice column. According to Mr. Savage in a press release for the HUMP! Tour, “People laugh, they gasp, sometimes they cover their eyes. But at the end of every film people clap and cheer.

It’s moving and wonderful and newcomers don’t expect it. The whole festival is a celebration of sexual diversity.”

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fun with the series’ hijinks, but they had lulled me into a false sense of security that was about to shatter.

After a brief commercial break, the screen revealed a man dressed in religious attire and I knew it was safe to assume that an exorcism was about to ensue.

This episode was just as hilarious as the last, complete with shoddy acting and campy effects, that is, until strange things began to happen.

While a woman was experiencing a demonic fit onscreen, the volume on my TV suddenly cut out and I could hear the violent thump of my heart. The sudden lack of audio could have been explained by two things—

everyone’s boat. You have your vanilla stuff, as well as sexy and artsy, artsy and weird, disturbing and weird, laugh-your-pants-off weird. In short, just “every color in the sexual rainbow,” in the festival’s own words.

So “Why do this?” was my first thought, something one of the participating filmmakers (who wished to remain anonymous) answered in an email to The Daily Cardinal. “We’d been fans of HUMP! for years, and it was a combination of pride in our local Northwest sex-positive film festival, a story we wanted to tell and a group of talented friends who all shared the feeling, ‘Hey, we could do that!’”

There! That sounds pretty normal, right? Upon viewing, these people would remind you more of you and your friends getting all freaky with each other and having a big ol’ laugh about it, rather than the porn fest your creepy neighbor has in his basement.

I also wondered what the experience was like and what— if anything—the participants would say to the cacophony of people watching them on the big screen. The anonymous filmmaker did not disappoint with their enthusiasm.

“Filming our submission for HUMP! was spur-of-themoment. We decided two weeks before the deadline to set Saturday night aside and make a movie about a D&D—that’s Dungeons and Dragons for you folk and yes

it’s quite a watch—orgy. We gathered some cameras, some lights, a whole bunch of friends and a whole bunch of good liquor. We set boundaries and worked hard to keep everyone feeling comfortable, and the whole experience ended up bringing us all closer together. We’d like to encourage anyone else who’s interested to just go for it and make their first HUMP! film!”

So if you’re still looking to add crazy things to your lifelong or just college bucket list, or if you have secret aspirations to be the next big thing—pun intended—on the dirty screen, grab your friends and start following the HUMP! fest to get a sexual awakening or re-education. Anyone can make a short film and participate and who knows, you might be debuting next year when it comes to Madison again.

And if you still need any more motivation and convincing, which I highly doubt by the way, I will drop some choice keywords that’ll fire up your imagination and curiosity for what this past HUMP! fest entailed and what they’ll bring in the future as well.

Like centaurs? I bet you’ve never quite thought of them this way before. Ever jumped on a trampoline before and gotten... let’s say urges? If ET made up your childhood, it’s time to meet ET as an adult now. Or how about time traveling to save the world and boinking? Yeah, you should be heading out to grab your Jabba the Hutt costume.

either I accidently hit mute while readjusting my blanket cocoon or the television was possessed by a demonic spirit.

Either way, I was beginning to feel tense.

Last on the agenda was the most thrilling of all and it was beginning to feel a little too close to home. A family moves into a new house and is welcomed by a series of poltergeist activities that grow more malevolent with each passing week. Sound familiar?

A few minutes in, I was struck by an unnatural frigidness and the hair on the back of neck stood on end. The sudden change in temperature could have been explained by one of two things— either my body was reacting to my mother’s insistence on setting the heat at a polar 65 degrees, or a ghostly being had entered the vicinity. Either way, I decided I’d had enough thrills for one evening. I turned off the television and headed upstairs to spend time with beings I could visibly see.

If you’re in the mood for some cheap thrills and hilarious camp, “Paranormal Witness”— and Syfy in general—is a fitting television experience. Just make sure to watch it with the lights on.

Got any ghosts mooching off your cable service? Send your stories to Callie at ckollenbroic@wisc.edu.

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Raz Simone’s new album lacks dramatic cohesion CD REVIEW

Cognitive Dissonance Raz Simone

By Jake Smasal The Daily Cardinal

Raz Simone’s newest album, Cognitive Dissonance, finds its creator struggling to navigate the ever-changing world of rap music. Simone can’t decide if he wants to come off as a gangster or an unfortunate product of an unfortunate situation.

While this lends an interesting duality to the album, it is sometimes hard to follow and Simone’s flip-flopping between social issues and his gangster life is always frustrating.

Simone’s self-doubt and conflict can be seen early on in the album. “They’ll Speak,” the album’s first and best track, elaborates on Simone’s reflections on his family, situation and religion over a sample of Hans Zimmer’s “Inception” soundtrack.

However, the second track, “8 Rangs,” is about what a gangster he is and how much respect he gets. This contin-

ues until the end of the album, which finishes with “Still Mobbin,” a weak lament of how Simone has to live his life for his loved ones.

Simone also has a lot of trouble slowing his songs down and trying to make them heavier than they ought to be.

This tendency is especially prevalent on the last third of the album, which is made up of a collection of slow, boring odes to Simone’s problems.

However, there are positives to be found here as well. Right from “They’ll Speak” and the beginning of the album, Simone shows that he has the technical prowess necessary to be an excellent rapper. In other words, the man has great flow.

Simone is also very adept at taking spoken word excerpts and sound effects and inserting them into his music. The best example of this is the third track, “Natural Resources,” where the whole first verse is just one such excerpt. And while some of his beats may leave something to be desired, when he uses them minimally, they blend nicely with his style and raps.

If Simone figures his style out and puts it all together, he could be a force to be reckoned with in the future.

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ELIJAH SANBORN-FARIS opinion columnist

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eath’s a bitch, isn’t it? The idea that one day you’re a happy-go-lucky guy playing Ultimate Frisbee, and the next a pile of ashes being scattered into Lake Monona by relatives whose next stop is IHOP for chocolate chip pancakes is crazy to me. To those of us who just can’t get on board with belief in an afterlife (Heaven doesn’t sound so bad, but can you imagine waking up in a boat on the River Styx with Hades’ minions prodding you in the ass?), death is a pretty freaky proposition.

Well, about a year ago the whole thing got me thinking about what it means to exist—to live—and what it means to not exist or to be dead. Most of my thoughts revolved around the latter, with countless hours being spent trying to come to terms with the fact that Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind” might be more than just an annoying song. In addition to prompting a ridiculous number of trippy conversations with friends, these ruminations led me to re-evaluate the conventional notion shared by us non-religious folk that our existence boils down to the simple dichotomy between being “alive” and being “dead.” In my view, there is only life.

The fact that we exist isn’t hard to understand. I’m here, you’re here, now let’s go get some cornbread. Unfortunately, it’s so simple to grasp that we often view death through the same lens with which we observe life.

This simply can’t be done because death by definition is marked by the permanent loss of consciousness. As a result, we religious skeptics try to form rational explanations of death without realizing that death defies rationality. To be not alive is to be dead, and to be dead in our view is to be lost to an eternal nothingness. Nothing is, well—nothing.

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The aforementioned dichotomy of “life” and “death” is misguided because it exists only in the realm of human perception, which is lost in death. No one can truly be dead so long as the intellectual faculties required to understand the state vanish upon that final retreat.

A reworking of the way we think about the passage of time is necessary to understand how this is possible.

Our fixation with the present needs to be overcome if we are to understand that our history—past, present and future—is being played out at once.

We perceive time as the collective string of all the individual moments we’re constantly experiencing, but a moment isn’t a fixed thing. If every “now” immediately becomes a “then,” and was at one point in the future, how can we claim to be living in the present moment? Someone who lived in 1914 thought they were living in the present, but to us they lived in the past. That seems simple enough until you realize that we too assume we live in the present. This is what I mean when I say that time is subjective. Imagine a train ride through a foreign landscape. Even though every sight is new to you, those same mountains and valleys you’re looking at reside in the pasts of passengers miles ahead. After all, trains don’t travel and lay track simultaneously. This isn’t to say that our lives are pre-determined, as that implies that time is a linear force. Because our notions of the past, present and future are dependent on our places in time, I believe that all three are being experienced simultaneously.

Viewing time as a nonlinear, subjective force and death as a nothingness means that every life is still being lived. Objectively speaking, FDR is “dead,” but because death is the absence of perception, thought and consciousness, and because all the moments of a lifetime exist side by side, as far as FDR is

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concerned, he’s still alive. He never knew he “died” and neither will you. The inability of death to know itself and the subjectivity of the “moment” mean that everyone is constantly and continuously living every moment of their lives. Just as the frames of a movie exist in tandem regardless of which one you’re currently seeing, so too do the moments of our lives. Be careful, though, because all of this has some pretty big implications. Before you know it you might find yourself stuck in the ’50s trying to set up your mom and dad while feigning playing “Johnny B. Goode” on guitar.

The dead and unborn are with us now, even if we might not think it. Our fixation with the present needs to be overcome if we are to understand that our history— past, present and future—is being played out at once and that the departure of consciousness in death means that there is only life. And sure, death might be a bitch, but at least when it comes I won’t be around to know it.

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The United States should practice better sustainable living MICHAEL PODGERS opinion columnist

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ive months ago I still lived in Freiburg, Germany. I was lucky enough to live in the worldrenown Vauban neighborhood. It is touted as a premier example of sustainable development encompassing innovative planning and building practices for environmental, social and economic sustainability. This includes everything from passive building to natural drainage ditches (yes, the ditches are a big deal) for excess greywater. It was a level of sustainable living unlike any other. Every detail is considered to lower energy use, car use, increase livability and attract all segments of society. It’s a true culture of sustainability, which extends well beyond the edges of the neighborhood as it becomes a ubiquitous quality of German culture at large. It makes advocates of sustainability like myself giddy.

Two weeks ago, I was in Chicago and tried to recycle a used plastic bottle. This seemingly simple task proved more difficult than expected. Hoping I’d be able to recycle it while getting coffee, I was provided with a great anecdote that succinctly describes American views of sustainable practices and puts them in stark contrast to those in Germany: I asked the barista if there was recycling and rather than explain there wasn’t, they simply took the bottle

from me, threw it in the trash and made a remark about how it doesn’t really matter because things wouldn’t get recycled anyhow. Not only was a basic element and widely accepted sustainable practice unavailable, my attempts to practice it were essentially scoffed at.

I was sorely disappointed and suddenly desired to be back in Germany.

It’s time now to get back to the basics as a means to jump-start sustainable initiatives.

What I realized from this experience was that despite wonderful gains in the United States, we still have a long way to go before we catch up with some of our peers’ standards of sustainable practices. This is more a reflection of a culture of waste. I don’t try to contend this is a new idea that there is a culture of waste in the USA, but rather if Americans better identify where and how we are being wasteful, we can do more to change our habits and begin moving toward a culture of sustainability in truly visible ways.

Perhaps it would even be possible to see full-scale developments such as Vauban at some point. It’s time that we go back to the very beginning and start by reconsidering some basic tenants of environmentalism and sustainable habits. Naturalism and conservationism, tree planting and recycling are all practices that deserve to move back into the conversation about

environmental protection and sustainable planning again. It is impossible to develop and live within a culture of sustainability if a variety of practices and beliefs are not taken into account. Although it’s grand to promote bicycling and walking in cities, sustainable land-use patterns and decrease sprawl, none of that does any good if we are concurrently wasting materials and not doing every bit possible to live within the limits of the planet.

Indeed the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” is a plenty good reminder of how sustainable practices and living is a system of habits that positively reinforce each other.

Reducing consumption while increasing recycling is the easiest equation for less waste. That’s a simple example though.

Consuming less land, less energy, driving less, wasting less food and so on, all of these reinforce other methods of environmental stewardship. For truly meaningful results though, we can’t live in a culture of waste in which some parts of this commitment to the environment are seen are more feasible or given more credence than others. Even if doesn’t all happen at once, at some point, all methods must be embraced.

This is not to disregard progress being made in the USA, however. The prevalence of energy-saving products, more fuel-efficient cars, compact fluorescent lightbulbs and an active conversation about how to improve our urban spaces are all commendable improvements. But that doesn’t mean we live in a culture of sustainability. From my perspective, many of these efforts are done either to allow for other wasteful habits or they only hap-

pen because we know it’s convenient to partake. We still don’t live in a culture in which we do things because we know it’s the right thing to do, but one in which it’s necessary to wait until we want to do it or are no longer inconvenienced when we do so. That’s the kicker. Whereas many European countries include comprehensive recycling plans, many Americans still lack access to the simple service. It wasn’t until only the last few years that all Chicagoans served by the city had recycling bins in addition to trash bins.

It’s time now to get back to the basics as a means to jump start sustainable initiatives. We need to create a culture of sustainability with a strong foundation and that includes actively doing simple things in our day-to-day lives and taking the time to remind ourselves not to forget about such things. Wind farms and electric driverless cars are glamorous and exciting, bringing to mind images of sci-fi movies, but expecting such things to hold the answer to more sustainable lives is a silly expectation. That is where I think we’ve gotten ourselves in the USA: It’s easy to get starry-eyed about something exciting.

And lots of things can come off as more exciting than planting a tree, turning off the lights, recycling or putting in energysaving windows, but if we fail to make those habits the truly unwavering foundation of sustainable living patterns, we won’t get anywhere. Let’s look back at some basic tenants of environmentally friendly and sustainable living and consider how those fit into our lives now.

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Wisconsin falls in WCHA semifinals to North Dakota

By Zach Rastall THE DAILY CARDINAL

In the semifinals of the WCHA Final Face-Off, the Wisconsin Badgers learned just how hard it can be to defeat a team that is fighting to keep their season alive.

Despite outshooting No. 9 North Dakota 35-24, the No. 2-ranked Badgers (21-5-2 WCHA, 27-7-2 overall) were eliminated Friday in the WCHA conference tournament by UND (14-10-4, 20-12-4) for a second consecutive year.

“I thought we played with a lot of heart. Obviously it was a disappointment,” said head coach Mark Johnson. “Overall I thought we played OK, but this time of the year OK isn’t good enough.”

UW came out firing in the first period, holding a 15-8 edge in shots on goal through 20 minutes, but was continuously stonewalled by North Dakota sophomore goaltender Shelby AmsleyBenzie, who recorded her second shutout of the season.

Both teams had several scor-

ing opportunities throughout the second frame but weren’t able to find the back of the net for most of the period.

Sophomore forward Meghan Dufault finally broke through for UND, scoring a goal with three minutes remaining in the second period to give her team the 1-0 lead and control of the momentum heading into the second intermission.

“I think we kind of played like we were defeated for a bit,” said UW senior goaltender Alex Rigsby. “I mean we had all the momentum and as soon as they scored there was a change in momentum, so we tried to regroup in between periods and come back and try to gain momentum back to our advantage.”

However, the Badgers were never able to recover after Dufault’s goal, allowing North Dakota to control the puck early in the third period.

UW was able to generate a few more scoring opportunities in the closing minutes of the game, but still

couldn’t find a way to beat AmsleyBenzie, allowing UND to advance to the championship game, where they lost 3-1 to No. 1 Minnesota.

Rigsby, who was looking to become the third goaltender in NCAA women’s hockey history to win 100 career games, made 23 saves in the losing effort.

Despite being shut out for the second time in three games, the Badgers will still get another chance to play on in the NCAA tournament.

“Obviously we’re fortunate to get another opportunity, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to be successful unless you continue to learn,” Johnson said.

“And for our younger players it’s the first time through and hopefully some of the lessons they’ve learned from the past couple weekends will make us a tough out.”

Wisconsin will host Harvard in the opening round of the NCAA tournament Saturday at 7 p.m.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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UW finishes tournament with solid 4-1 win over hosting Cal State Fullerton

By Andrew Tucker THE DAILY CARDINAL

With the Big Ten season still a few weeks away, the Badgers (10-9 overall) took a road trip to Fullerton, Calif., for the Judi Garman Classic, named after the famed Cal State Fullerton coach.

In a tournament stacked with competition, the Badgers held their own, going 3-2.

In the first game Friday, the Badgers beat the No. 7 Arizona Wildcats (23-3) 7-5.

Wisconsin capitalized on Wildcat miscues in a four-run fifth inning, scoring on a wild pitch, a defensive error, a bases-loaded walk and then when freshman catcher Chloe Miller was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Senior pitcher Cassandra Darrah pitched a complete game, allowing eight hits and five runs, earning her fifth win of the season.

Later that evening, Wisconsin hit the diamond again, this time falling 4-2 in a battle of UWs to No. 6 Washington (19-4).

The hard-hitting Huskies smashed two home runs in the game. That proved to be too much for the Badgers’ offense to match.

The next day, Wisconsin was beat in a five-inning mercy rule game by No. 10 Arizona State, 9-1. The Badgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning off of a home run by senior outfielder Mary Massei, but the Sun Devils (263) responded by scoring six in the second.

With Arizona State up by eight runs after scoring three in the fifth, it notched its 13th mercy win in 26 games so far this season.

Saturday afternoon, the Badgers rebounded with a 5-0 win against Long Beach State (167), who went into the game undefeated in the tournament.

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Alex Rigsby did not reach 100 career wins this weekend, but will have a chance at redemption in the NCAA tournament.

Darrah pitched another complete game, this time allowing only five hits, shutting out the 49ers. UW played some small ball in the second, scoring two on a pair of hits and a squeeze bunt, effectively putting the game away then and there.

The Badgers finished the tournament strong with a 4-1 win over the host team Cal State Fullerton. The Titans (15-10) scored in the first, but that is all the offense they could muster against Darrah, who again pitched a complete game for the win, her third on the weekend.

Sophomore utility player Taylor-Paige Stewart broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth with her first hit of the season by knocking in sophomore first baseman Ashley Van Zeeland.

Senior third baseman Michelle Mueller had three RBIs in the game, helping Wisconsin seal the victory.

Next weekend, the Badgers head to Louisville, Ky., for the Louisville Classic, looking to take on host Louisville, as well as Kent State and Iowa State.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

press conference Friday. “If we do that, we’re headed in the right direction.”

Wisconsin met Davis’ objective. Taylor, Thielke, Lubeck and McCall all placed higher than their seeding.

Lubeck’s sixth-place finish was the most impressive, as he was completely unseeded entering the tournament.

This weekend’s tournament was the 100th edition of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships.

The Kohl Center did an excellent job of hosting, drawing an average of nearly 10,000 fans for each of the three sessions.

During lulls in the action, video boards displayed the achievements of some of the conference’s most accomplished wrestlers. Additionally, former Big Ten champions were introduced at each weight class’ podium ceremony, and

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Senior Cassandra Darrah pitched three complete games on the weekend including a shutout of Long Beach State.

period, but Zengerle sank the empty-net goal to seal the first victory of the weekend for the Badgers, 4-2.

Saturday night it was Wisconsin once again who opened the scoring, this time from redshirt senior forward Keegan Meuer, who recorded his third goal of the season. Sophomore defenseman Eddie Wittchow was credited with the assist.

However, the evening’s script would play out differently than it had the night before. The Nittany Lions made it 1-1 just over a minute later on a powerplay goal from Bailey.

Late in the second period it was Kerdiles who would put Wisconsin ahead again, this time on a feed from Zengerle.

The Irvine, Calif., native scored a short-handed goal with just over two minutes remaining, giving him his 13th goal of the season and Zengerle his 27th assist.

fans had the opportunity to select the Big Ten’s all-time wrestling roster.

While Wisconsin’s youth gives it the ability to win its first conference championship in the next few years, the team still needs to make up a sizable gap. Tournament champion Penn State nearly doubled the Badgers’ score as the Nittany Lions held off pesky Iowa to win their fourth consecutive Big Ten title.

Penn State’s David Taylor, wrestling at 165 pounds, earned his fourth consecutive conference championship and completed his Big Ten career undefeated in the conference. He was named the Wrestler of the Championships for his performance.

Penn State will now look to extend its national dominance as well. The Nittany Lions have won the last three NCAA titles, and a Big Ten school has won it all every year since 2007.

The Badgers were able to hold on to their lead for most of the third period but unfortunately for them, Penn State wasn’t ready to let go.

With under three minutes remaining PSU sophomore forward Kenny Brooks tied the game at 2-2, sending the two teams into overtime.

In a back-and-forth overtime period it seemed as though the Big Ten rivals would head into a shootout to decide the winner. But with just 20.3 seconds remaining, senior defenseman Joe Faust sent a long pass to Zengerle, who then gave it to Kerdiles. Kerdiles fed it back to Zengerle, and this time it was Wisconsin with the 3-2 overtime victory.

The Badgers are now just five points behind Minnesota in the Big Ten. They play their final road game at Michigan State next weekend before heading to St. Paul, Minn., for the Big Ten tournament.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Wisconsin places seventh after hosting the Big Ten tournament

By Jim Dayton THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Freshman Nigel Hayes and Wisconsin lost their first game in their last nine, but still finished second in the Big Ten.

Nebraska ends UW win streak

By Jack Baer THE DAILY CARDINAL

For the first time since Feb. 1, Wisconsin (12-6 Big Ten, 25-6 overall) lost. This one should certainly leave a bad taste in the Badgers’ mouth as the Big Ten tournament starts up.

Wisconsin ended its regular season with a 77-68 loss at Nebraska (11-7, 19-11).

The game started with an electric Husker crowd that only grew rowdier as Nebraska opened with a 10-3 run, culminating in sophomore forward Terran Petteway making a 3-pointer and emphatically celebrating.

The Badgers were able to calm things down from there, quickly pulling within one after a timeout and later holding a small lead for the rest of a half that ended with them leading 35-33.

The second half began much better for Wisconsin, as quick baskets in the first minute gave it a seven-point lead, its largest of the game.

However, Nebraska was then able to slowly push into the lead and later extend one of its own. Petteway and sophomore guard Shavon Shields were unstoppable in this phase of the game. Between the time when Wisconsin went up seven and when Nebraska took the lead, Petteway and Shields scored all but one of the Huskers’ 17 points.

By the end of the game, the two had combined with sophomore forward Walter

Pitchford to score 67 of Nebraska’s 77 points.

This powerful attack from the lengthy guard-forward hybrids created a nightmare for Wisconsin’s usual rotation.

Foul trouble led to seldom played freshman forward Vitto Brown facing two of the Big Ten’s leading scorers in the midst of a hostile crowd.

Eventually, the Badgers found themselves down 10 with a little over two minutes to go.

From there, it was time to defend aggressively, hoping for turnovers and settling for Nebraska free throws.

This didn’t work out, as the Badgers themselves were plagued by turnovers and bad free-throw shooting.

A team that came in second in the Big Ten in free-throw percentage shot 11-for-21 (52.4 percent). A team that led the nation in fewest turnovers served up 11, with it feeling like much more. It was simply a rough game in an atmosphere that required better basketball play.

Thanks to an earlier Michigan State loss, the Badgers are not hurt by this in the Big Ten standings. They will get the No. 2 seed and play the winner of Minnesota and Penn State Friday. in the Big Ten tournament.

Meanwhile, Nebraska will get a first-round bye for the first time in its Big Ten tenure with this win.

This result should also spell the end of the Badgers’ chances at a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

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Showcasing the talents of its young roster and its future potential, Wisconsin finished seventh at this weekend’s Big Ten Wrestling Championships held at the Kohl Center.

The seventh-place finish belies the actual performance of the Badgers, who were within striking distance of fourth place on the final day before slipping back to their eventual finish. Eight of the 10 UW wrestlers earned a spot on the podium, indicating a topeight finish in their weight class.

Redshirt senior Tyler Graff, wrestling at 133 pounds, was Wisconsin’s top wrestler this weekend. Graff, a three-time All-American, dominated his opponents Saturday and earned a spot in the championship match Sunday.

Graff faced Iowa’s Tony Ramos, who was the Big Ten’s runner-up each of the past two seasons. Ramos and Graff were evenly matched but Ramos prevailed, 2-1. He earned the decisive point because of his advantage in riding time, the amount of time a wrestler controls his opponent during the match.

In perhaps the most intense match of the weekend, Wisconsin redshirt freshman Isaac Jordan took on Iowa’s Derek St. John in the 157-pound semifinals. With Wisconsin and

Iowa fans making up a large percentage of the crowd, the arena grew loud and created an electric atmosphere.

Though Jordan dominated in riding time, he struggled to earn points and put the match away.

Trailing 2-1 with 10 seconds left in the final round, St. John secured a takedown to go ahead 3-2. With Jordan’s riding-time advantage, the match went into sudden victory, its equivalent of overtime.

With Wisconsin and Iowa fans making up a large percentage of the crowd, the arena grew loud and created an electric atmosphere.

The stalemate continued there and the bout proceeded to a second tiebreaker, the equivalent of triple overtime. Jordan seemed to have a takedown secured, but St. John escaped to earn a 4-3 victory.

Despite the fatigue from Saturday, Jordan won two sudden-victory bouts Sunday to take home third place in the stacked 157-pound weight class.

Redshirt freshman Ryan Taylor placed third in the 125pound weight class. He nearly earned a spot in the championship but lost in Saturday’s semifinal because of a riding-time disadvantage. Taylor won each of

his consolation matches Sunday with ease.

The other Wisconsin wrestlers to secure places on the podium were redshirt freshman Jesse Thielke (141 pounds), redshirt freshman Rylan Lubeck (149 pounds), senior Scott Liegel (174 pounds), redshirt junior Timmy McCall (197 pounds) and redshirt sophomore Connor Medbery (heavyweight).

Liegel and Lubeck both finished sixth, while McCall, Medbery and Thielke all finished seventh.

Taylor, Graff, Lubeck, Jordan, Liegel, McCall and Medbery all qualified automatically for the NCAA Championships, which will take place March 20-22 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Thielke could still qualify for an atlarge bid when selections are announced Monday.

The most encouraging news of the day was the performance of the Badgers’ young wrestlers.

Precisely half of the roster is made up of freshmen, and half of Wisconsin’s tournament competitors were either freshmen or sophomores. It is a case study in having both quality and quantity.

“The key is that every guy steps up to the mat and wrestles above his seed,” said Wisconsin head coach Barry Davis at a

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Men’s Hockey

Badgers complete season sweep of Penn State

By Adee Feiner THE DAILY CARDINAL

One year ago, the Penn State Nittany Lions dug themselves out of a 2-0 hole to beat the Badgers 3-2 in overtime, effectively spoiling UW’s at-large postseason bid. With the Big Ten title on the line and the tournament just weeks away, Wisconsin was not about to let history repeat itself this weekend.

For the second time this season, Wisconsin (12-5-1 Big Ten, 21-9-2 overall) swept Penn State (2-15-1, 6-24-2) behind incredible showings from forwards Mark Zengerle and Nic Kerdiles, who each had six points on the weekend.

Friday night the Badgers controlled the pace through the entirety of the first period, and senior forward Michael Mersch gave the Badgers a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal assisted from Zengerle and Kerdiles, their first points of the night.

“I thought the first period tonight was as tight and solid as we’ve played in a long time,” head coach Mike Eaves said Friday. “I think coming out of practice sometimes after a bye week you work on good habits, and I thought we executed really well.”

Ten minutes after Mersch’s goal, senior forward Tyler Barnes notched his 11th goal of the season and gave the Badgers the 2-0 advantage on assists from— you guessed it—Zengerle and

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Senior forward Mark Zengerle had six points this weekend, capped off by a game-winning goal in overtime Saturday.

Kerdiles. The top line combined for three goals and six assists in Friday’s game.

The Badgers’ penalty-killing unit remained excellent through PSU’s first two power plays, bringing them to 30 successful kills on the road.

At just over 10 minutes into the second period the Badgers had the extra attacker for a delayed penalty, and Kerdiles found the back of the net for his 12th goal of the season. Assists were credited to Zengerle and redshirt junior

defenseman Chase Drake.

Wisconsin’s prowess seemed to fade in the third period, and it almost looked as if the Nittany Lions were poised for another comeback as they quickly closed the 3-0 deficit to 3-2 on goals from sophomore forward Casey Bailey and redshirt junior forward Taylor Holstrom.

Penn State would try for the equalizer and pull its goaltender in the final minutes of the third

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