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Despite incentive, no Bucky rock anthem end to ‘ES-FU’ chant A UW Athletic Department incentive proved ineffective Saturday when the student section continued the so-called “ES-FU” cheer despite university officials’ request to stop the “vulgar” chant. In a joint statement released Thursday before the game, Badger football head coach Bret Bielema and Athletic Director Barry Alvarez called on students to “end the vulgar chant,” referring to the student section’s tradition of chanting, “Eat shit” and “Fuck you” back and forth. The Athletic Department took its anti-chant offensive one step further Friday, offering students “a positive outcome for positive behavior,” in the form of two student tickets to this year’s bowl game. The prize, which would go to
two randomly selected student season ticket holders each game, includes transportation and three nights’ lodging in addition to bowl game tickets, provided students do not start the “ESFU” chant at future home games. But the student section refused to comply at Saturday’s game, using the “ES-FU” chant at least twice during the Indiana game. Associate Athletic Director Justin Doherty said “the offer still stands” through the next two home games. “Thank you to the students who heeded the appeal of the first letter,” Doherty said. “We’ll just continue to appeal to the students to help us create a friendlier, more collegial atmosphere in the stadium. The ball’s really in the students’ court.” —Alison Bauter
Union pickets at celebration By Abby Becker The Daily Cardinal
Approximately 50 members of a local union led an informational picket Friday during the Red Tie Gala at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which celebrated the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s 150th anniversary. The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees protested WID’s use of non-unionized labor. WID uses non-unionized labor at their two restaurants as well as for its catering service. AFSCME’s “ultimate goal is to make WID employees UW employees,” said AFSCME Spokesperson Laurie Peterson.
WID says it is exempt from unionized labor because it is halfpublic, half-private, said Jerry Chernow, an AFSCME staff member. AFSCME believes it is incumbent upon publically funded institution to support public workers. Since the WID opened in December of 2010, AFSCME has worked to convince WID to hire unionized labor at the facility through protests and pickets. “We have had a long battle with the people at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery about why their food services workers are non-unionized when everyone else on campus is,”
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Students danced on the “Club Bucky” float as part of UW-Madison’s 100th annual Homecoming Parade, which made its way down Langdon, Gilman and State streets.
Woman falls from float
Festivities of UW’s annual Homecoming Parade were marred Friday night when a Madison woman was hospitalized after falling off a parade float. Police said the woman, 22, fell off the Society of Women Engineers float on the 100 block of Langdon Street where she was then run over by the double axle trailer. According to Madison Police Department Sergeant Paul Jacobsen, the woman was transported to UW hospital with serious injuries. “The investigation is still underway,” Madison Police Department Lieutenant Mary
Lou Ricksecker said. “I don’t know there is any indication that would lead us to believe it was anything other than an accident.” Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said it looks like the woman will make a full recovery. Resnick said the city does not have any policies regarding floats, but he is “very confident the city will start looking to see if this was an isolated incident” and will most likely draw up a parade float policy. “While the homecoming parade is festive and draws a lot of folks downtown, we need to make sure it is done in a safe and fun environment,” Resnick
said. “But right now the focus is on the victim and her recovery.” UW-Madison’s annual Homecoming Parade started at 6 p.m. Friday evening, resulting in the closure of Langdon, State and Gilman streets downtown and drawing in thousands of spectators. In addition, the Bucky Wagon made its first appearance since 2001 when the Athletic Department deemed it unsafe out of fear cheerleaders could fall off the truck or that it could run over band members, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. —Taylor Harvey
Feingold encourages Walker recall, Wall Street protests
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Union advocates outside the Red Tie Gala picketed the Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery’s use of non-union labor.
Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold addressed the Young Progressives at the Memorial Union Terrace Friday, urging them to support the Occupy Wall Street protests and a recall of Gov. Scott Walker. Feingold spoke about campaign finance reform and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United Decision, which allowed unlimited corporate campaign donations, calling it “one of the worst things in the history of the court.” The Citizens United decision overturned the McCainFeingold Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002 that limited corporate election spending. Feingold said he was concerned about the ability of corporations to affect the possible recall
election of Gov. Scott Walker. “We have to expose the abuses at the national level … as well as the acts of the Koch brothers and others funding Scott Walker’s outrageous attack on public employees in the state of Wisconsin,” said Feingold.
“Walker’s tactics we’re the least Wisconsin thing I’ve ever seen and that needs to change.” Russ Feingold former U.S. senator Wisconsin
During an interview with The Daily Cardinal, Feingold said
Walker should be removed from office because of his “inappropriate” and “harsh” tactics. “Walker’s tactics we’re the least Wisconsin thing I’ve ever seen and that needs to change,” Feingold said. Throughout the speech, Feingold also shared his views on why he believes the protestors have a legitimate agenda to combat “corporate greed.” “I’m excited about the protests,” he said. “It’s time we stood up to corporate policies.” “The people on Wall Street are still making money hand over fist, getting huge bonuses,” Feingold said. “They act like the rest of us aren’t working hard enough.” —Rachel Hahn
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
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New women’s swim and dive coach Whitney Hite said he plans to make academics a top priority for student athletes.
New women’s swim coach speaks to Athletic Board By Haley Henschel The Daily Cardinal
The new UW-Madison women’s swimming and diving coach outlined his goals for the season to the university’s Athletic Board Friday. Whitney Hite said he was excited to join UW-Madison athletics. “Madison has a great combination of athletics and academics,” Hite said. “I’ve been in places where the academic piece hasn’t been so strong. For me, salesman regarding recruitment, this place is pretty easy to sell.” Hite was a four-year swimmer for the University of Texas during his college career. He served as an assistant coach at the universities of Georgia, California and Arizona, and was head coach at the University of Washington. Hite said under his leadership, the swim and dive program has undergone reform, emphasizing the athletes’ academics. Under a new policy, if athletes are not able to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA they are required to spend more time in a study hall. Additionally, Hite said the coaching staff has introduced the team to tougher workouts and installed a new spin room, with the student athletes hav-
ing reviewed the new policies before implementation. Hite said he plans to also take a different approach to recruiting new swimmers, saying he would prefer to recruit athletes from within Wisconsin. “I’d like to get the kids from just around the block,” Hite said. “We need to get to know students well instead of ‘Oh, you’re great, you’re tall and you can swim fast.’” Also at the meeting, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez said he “couldn’t be more proud” of the atmosphere in Madison the weekend of the Nebraska football game. “[Bascom] looked like a postcard,” said Alvarez. “I don’t know how we were able to afford a two-hour infomercial, but that’s what it was.” Alvarez also discussed the e-mail he and head football coach Bret Bielema sent to student season ticket holders asking them to end profane cheers at football games, which he said are offensive to many who both attend the games and view them on television. Board member Sheila McGuirk said the issue was “worthy of momentum to continue a discussion.”
The City of Madison may receive $28,000 less than requested from the state for securing the protests at the Capitol last winter. The Department of Administration cut the City of Madison’s reimbursement request—covering police and fire departments and bus system—from around $740,000 to $712,000, not reimbursing costs related to the purchase of reusable items, mechanics and service staff. Republican lawmakers had criticized the validity of the city’s claim. DOA Secretary Mike Huebsch said in a memo to the Joint Finance Committee the administration considered several reimbursement requests invalid because they were not “direct” costs. But Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said he was disappointed the state came back with the new figure. “Understanding that the city kept order during the protests, seeing the $28,000 being
removed even initially is unfortunate,” Resnick said. But roughly $5,000 was added to Madison’s original claim to include Madison Metro system’s excess bus driver hours. The DOA eventually concluded its review of the four remaining claims weeks after the JFC already approved reimbursement requests for 194 Wisconsin localities. Those four claims, including the City of Madison’s request, were turned in late . State Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, and 12 other Republican representatives had previously asked the JFC to scrutinize the Madison request in a letter because they argued Madison officials, including former Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney increased security costs by supporting the protests. JFC lawmakers have until Nov. 2 to raise concerns with the DOA’s analysis. —Samy Moskol
New society recognizes UW students The On Wisconsin Society, a new group dedicated to recognizing UW-Madison students for their contributions to the campus community, instated its first members during Homecoming Week. Senior Emily Kesner, junior Cara Ladd and senior Steven Olikara were inaugurated to the society last week. UW Homecoming Vice President Jackie Ordan said the students were chosen for their accomplishments and school spirit. “These driven students will set an example for future Badgers,” Ordan said in a press release.
The society replaces the Homecoming Court, previously used to recognize students. This year, the students were recognized at Saturday’s football game and during other Homecoming activities last week. Paula Bonner, the Wisconsin Alumni Association president and CEO, said the WAA is excited about the creation of the group. “We are elated to have students recognizing other student leaders,” Bonner said in a press release. “Student members of the On Wisconsin Society will continue to inspire Badger alumni and their peers.”
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of alumni,” Dixon said. AFSCME said it attempted to work with other groups across campus to achieve unionized labor. “We have tried to reach out to the board of directors ... and the state representatives who are sympathetic and have pretty much no response,” Chernow said. “We have been going through the usual union community, and we get a lot of support but no real concrete ideas.” AFSCME considered the protest, which took place on Johnson Street, successful, according to Peterson. “We got a lot of honks and positive feedback,” Peterson said. “We will continue protesting.”
explained Chernow. When WID opened last year, John Morgridge, who donated $50 million to the institute, directly addressed union protesters present at the grand opening. “We didn’t build just a structure here, but we also built a human structure,” Morgridge said. “For you union people here, there were probably 500plus union employees who proudly built this building.” While the protest occurred outside of the Red Tie Gala event, WAA spokesperson Kate Dixon said it did not cause a disruption. “We were very focused for the evening on our celebration
arts Brain food: The best zombie flicks Monday, October 17, 2011
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he undead rumor creeping around Hollywood lately is that zombies are becoming the new vampires—they’re on the rise, if you will—and stealing our hearts as the new supernatural pop culture fixation. Brad Pitt is preparing for the coming zombie onslaught by producing and starring in an adaption of Max Brooks’ (son of Mel Brooks) exquisite novel “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War” for Christmas 2012—and he had to outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for the rights to do so. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” a literary ‘mashup’ of the famous (or perhaps infamous for male audiences) Jane Austen novel with zombies, is also being turned into a movie by Lionsgate. Even “Community”—ever the meta-satirical finger on the pulse of pop culture— put out a zombie episode last Halloween, rather than fall back on age-old vampire shtick. Forever a zombie lover at heart, I cannot wait to usher in an undead renascence of zombie culture. To assure that once zombies go ‘mainstream’ you can still attest that you were into them ‘before they were cool’, I offer you this look back at the best zombie movies of the last decade: 28 Days Later (2002) Horror geeks love to debate whether or not the creatures in “28 Days Later” are technically zombies, as they aren’t
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actually dead, just infected by a plague. However, the guys pulling the strings behind these sub-humans changed the zombie-film game by breaking away from one of the genre-defining zombie traits— the slow-as-molasses shuffle. Regardless of your feelings on the “fast zombie” debacle, there can be no doubt that “28 Days Later” is a well-crafted and at times downright terrifying horror movie that stands a step above the rest of its peers by also interweaving a biting political commentary. Ultimately, its revisionist take on an aging horror icon inspired a decade of zombie movies playing by a new set of rules. photo courtesy universal pictures
A masterpiece of undead cinema, “Shaun of the Dead” (2004) balances witty humor with terrifying zombie massacres. Nick Frost and SImon Pegg under the direction of Edgar Wright make this film a Halloween must-see. Forever a zombie lover at heart, I cannot wait to usher in an undead renascence of zombie culture.
American Zombie (2008) An odd hybrid of a mocumentary and a zombie horror movie, “American Zombie” purports to document and examine Zombie protests in the streets of Los Angeles put together by the Zombie Advocacy Group calling for zombie rights in the wake of an undead uprising. Director Grace Lee proves once again just how useful the walking dead can be for constructing intelligent political satire, this time tak-
ing the media to task as well. Available for streaming on Netflix, “American Zombie” is the perfect Halloween flick for the political activist in all of us. Dawn of the Dead (2004) This remake of George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie masterpiece by the same name, directed by Wisconsin-native Zack Snyder (“300”), picks up with “fast zombies” where “28 Days Later” left off. Despite the longstanding Hollywood tradition of remakes failing to justify their own existence, “Dawn of the Dead” is actually quite good— and that’s because it doesn’t try to be the Romero original. Aside from both being set in a mall, they are completely
different films. The original is a creeping character drama that deals with the perils of social isolation as much as it does zombies.
I would assert that “Shaun of the Dead” is without a doubt the best zombie movie of modern times.
But Zack Snyder’s take on zombies-in-a-mall is an unabashedly straight-out horror-thriller. And if you’re able to accept that maybe zombies can run, “Dawn of the Dead” will surely satisfy your classic zombie cravings. Shaun of the Dead (2004) I would assert that “Shaun of the Dead” is without a doubt the best zombie movie
of modern times. The greatest testament to the film’s clever craftsmanship is its ability to oscillate between witty satirical comedy and thrilling horror without skipping a beat. Starring the dynamic English duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (“Hot Fuzz”), “Shaun of the Dead” follows two best friends on their quest to reunite with their loved ones and survive the zombie apocalypse. Director Edgar Wright’s position as director of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World”— one of my absolute favorite flicks—did little to inspire my praise. “Shaun of the Dead” is an undead masterpiece in its own right and is worth a viewing this coming Halloween. If you’ve got questions or comments for David, we promise he won’t try to eat your brains. Shoot him an e-mail at dcottrell@wisc.edu
Stetson’s latest album a triumph
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F. Stokes proved to have great stage presence as he got the crowd amped up Saturday night at the Majestic Theatre.
All right, time for some real talk—Colin Stetson is perhaps the most wonderful musician currently active. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know him or even if you don’t like him (it’s barely even expected, honestly—his is a niche within a niche within a niche), the man is doing things beyond groundbreaking and he deserves nothing less than to have the very ground he walks upon kissed in adoration by the awestruck masses. Colin Stetson, best known for being part of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver’s touring band, could easily be construed as a one trick pony—after all, the man records all his music independently and with nothing but his faithful saxophone at his side. A setup like that doesn’t exactly enable diversity, let alone invite critical acclaim. Stetson, in all his glory, finds a way to work around his technical limitations and bleed quality. By setting up approximately a billion microphones across the recording studio, on his sax and even on his body, Stetson sounds less like a single man and more like an army. Using the clatter of valves opening and shutting and the constant flow of air in and out of his lungs Stetson
creates a backbeat for his sax playing, a poor man’s percussion made all the more impressive by the fact that he manages it all without any loops or layers. Hate the music if you must, but respect should most certainly be given where respect is due. Those Who Didn’t Run, Stetson’s latest EP/victory lap, doesn’t deviate from his time-honored tricks. Its two tracks, both burly, ten minute jams, feel like the big brothers to the songs on this year’s devastatingly perfect New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges. They’re all of the same ilk; throbbing percussion over wobbling sax grumbles and the click and clack of valves and the hum of Stetson’s muscles’ ebb and flow. Here, though, the songs don’t feel as constrained as they did on past releases. For all their triumphant success, Stetson’s songs on Judges felt like they shut down just as they were ready to bloom. We were promised the universe but only saw the microcosm. Those Who Didn’t Run is a fulfillment of a promise made some six months back, and it is devastating in its success. It’s hard to talk about the songs in terms of their actual musical merits, though. Like the best drone and the best ambient music the goal here isn’t to craft hooks or to worm a
song into your head, it’s to create an atmosphere, a musical soundscape. Stetson’s songs are frequently sparse and desolate; they almost feel lonely. The End of Your Suffering, the b-side to the EP, starts with a meandering sax trill over a patient thumping and doesn’t yield until nearly seven minutes. It’s drone at its most literal; repetition as an art form. The title track, meanwhile, feels more like a dystopian club song, with its throbbing bass and looping melodies; there’s a single buried somewhere in here underneath several metric tons of weirdness, I’m sure of that. Both songs are big and dark and profoundly mesmerizing, pictures of mystery worlds and universes that could only flourish inside Stetson’s mad imagination. And that’s where Stetson’s unquestionable success lies; he doesn’t write songs, he dreams up worlds and then brings them to life. He’s an artist of the purest form, dabbling in emotion and sensation as opposed to visceral pop thrills and trills, and Those Who Didn’t Run serves as an almost redundant statement of raw talent. It’s most certainly not for everybody, but that won’t stop it from being one of the most fascinating and wonderful releases of this year.
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ASM still too focused on itself
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SM has done it again. No, it hasn’t made great strides in its mission of “maintaining and improving the quality of education and student life on campus,” rather it has extrapolated yet another trivial drama to yet another branch of student government. And this time the Student Services Finance Committee is in the hot seat. This year, almost every drama and debate surrounding ASM has to do with an internal issue that fails to positively affect the student body. This board fully supports making sure student government and SSFC is fair and follows proper procedures; however, when all ASM seems to do is tackle internal issues, the group seems pointless to the rest of the student body. A new proposal from the council epitomizes its misplaced priorities.
To describe this year’s ASM as “ineffective” is almost too polite.
Last week, members of the council debated a piece of legislation that would create a separate oversight committee to review applications, legislation and documents from SSFC and the Student Judiciary before distribution. Sponsored by Reps. Tia Nowack, Tito Diaz and David Vines, the proposal would create a Process Standardization Committee to act as a check of power on ASM’s additional branches of government. While it’s true the checks and balances system is important to the success of any government, this board sees council’s new legislation as a blatant power grab from SSFC and SJ. As an autonomous body of ASM, SSFC staffs elected, trained and experienced members who are well versed in the finance committee’s proper workings. Creating an additional oversight committee to review these workings not only threatens the legitimacy of SSFC’s members, but overtly questions their competency. Because ASM is having trouble filling vacant leadership positions as it is, we believe an oversight committee will only hinder SSFC’s functionality. This expansion of red tape is a slap to the face from a group who, more than likely, has just as much
knowledge of SSFC’s process requirements as the average student reading this paper. That said, we don’t believe SSFC should be granted total immunity from an oversight system. They should be subject to review just as any body of student government. Isn’t that where SJ and the Rules Committee step in, anyway? It is those bodies’ jobs to determine and reprove members when both the council and SSFC’s dealings go awry. Implementing a process standardization committee to do the same thing on a more meticulous scale transfers this interpretive clout to council and completely undermines SJ’s authority, begging us to ask: “Who is checking up on the council?” Right now, it seems that only former ASM leaders have taken on the ASM watchdog position. In an open letter to ASM from seven former members, including last year’s chair Brandon Williams, former vice-chair Adam Johnson and former SSFC Chair Matt Manes, the group agrees the Process Standardization Committee, “would place responsibility in the hands of often untrained council members […] it gives more authority to the body that has on countless occasions been gridlocked, bumbling and overall ineffective.“ To describe this year’s ASM as “ineffective” is almost too polite. Not only does this new legislation prove that ASM is struggling to maintain order and efficiency within itself, it shows students that its members have their heads up their asses.
This board sees council’s new legislation as a blatant power grab from SSFC and the SJ.
We would like to see ASM shift its focus on the initiatives it had planned for the year, like raising minimum wage standards for students on campus and mediating tenant-landlord issues, rather than watching its members bottle up their attention on internal affairs until they eventually explode. Unfortunately, this riff raff continues to dominate ASM’s agenda and all we can do is watch and scoff at these lowbrow actions and hope that some logic and rationale lifts ASM out of its primarily selfserving operations.
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I’M IN A WEIRD PLACE ACROSS 1 1/36 of a yard 5 Pet safeguarding org. 9 Colorado resort town 14 “... ___ lender be” 15 Temporary stillness 16 Donut in a trunk 17 “Blast the luck!” 18 “Pretty Maids All in ___” 19 Carpal tunnel locale 20 Uses the pencil sharpener? 23 Elizabeth I’s favorite 24 “Keep your ___ the ball” 25 Ten-year prison sentence, in slang 28 Oldest capital city in the United States 32 Net judge’s call 35 Election loser in 1996 37 Daredevil Robbie’s daredevil dad 38 Eleventh zodiac sign’s picture? 43 It may be bitter or hard to swallow 44 Man the bar 45 Initials of the 34th president 46 “In the Heat of the Night” star Rod 50 Type of pickle 52 Diego Rivera work 54 Start of many bumper sticker slogans
58 Remove a shoemaker from office? 62 Accumulate 63 “Blazing Saddles” Oscar nominee Madeline 64 First temptation site 65 Former “America’s Funniest Home Videos” host Bob 66 Son of Rebecca 67 Something snobs put on? 68 “What ___!” (“This place needs cleaning!”) 69 Base lullaby 70 Place for fresh eggs DOWN 1 Many a low-budget film 2 Standards 3 7-11 game 4 Loathing 5 Pole, for one 6 Adjective on many orange juice cartons 7 Glenn of “Fatal Attraction” 8 Forever and ever 9 Losing consciousness 10 One on the fast track? 11 Suffering partner? 12 Once, but not nowadays 13 Table tennis necessity 21 Zinc ___ (sunblock substance)
2 Black-eyed edible 2 26 Part of a stock exchange? 27 Toy-sized toymaker 29 Like an obsessive collector 30 Bad-blood situation 31 Last word in many ultimatums 32 Bussing quartet 33 Give off, as light 34 Campfire oration 36 Mom’s command 39 Quick looks 40 End-of-proof letters 41 Prefix with “verse” or “cycle” 42 Speak off the cuff 47 They’re the life of the party 48 One cause for Steinem 49 Shuttlecock whacker 51 Maine clothing company 53 Capital in the Himalayas 55 Song that brings back memories 56 Goes off course 57 Celebrated surrealist Max 58 Certain cleric 59 Old sorcerer 60 Crack and redden in the cold 61 Difficult responsibility 62 Sly-fox link
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Badgers’ unbeaten streak ended with series split against rival Minnesota By Nico Savidge and Vince Huth the daily cardinal
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Wisconsin’s fourth line, highlighted by freshman forward Keegan Meuer’s goal, made their presence known despite being swept.
Two overtime loses spell frustration By Ryan Evans the daily cardinal
For the second straight weekend the Wisconsin Men’s Hockey team rallied late to force overtime, but despite their best efforts, they could not come away with a victory. The Badgers traveled to Houghton, Mich. for their first road test of the season against Michigan Tech, but returned to Madison empty handed after dropping both games in overtime. During Friday night’s contest, Wisconsin fell behind 1-0 on a second period goal by Tech freshman forward Tanner Kero, but once again, the Badgers wouldn’t give up. With 12 minutes left in the third period, sophomore forward Tyler Barnes scored a power play goal to tie the score at 1-1 and send the game to overtime. After three minutes of back-andforth action in the extra session, MTU capitalized on a Badger error when freshman goalie Landon Peterson fell behind the goal, leaving an open net letting Tech easily score the game winner. Saturday was more of the same for Wisconsin, as they fell behind 1-0 and 2-1, but still fought back to force overtime. Barnes again scored the equalizer, his third straight game with a goal, off of a very nice pass by sophomore forward Mark Zengerle with just two minutes remaining in regulation. However, overtime was fruitless yet again for the Badgers as MTU senior forward Brett Olson knocked the puck past freshman
rout from page 8 they get out in space, those two backs [including sophomore James White] are pretty good.” On defense, linebackers Chris Borland and Mike Taylor were all over the field. The two combined for 28 total tackles, four resulting in a loss. “Those two are playing well together,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. “And then [Kevin] Claxton and Ethan [Armstrong] I thought really did a nice job of getting out there.” With the final game of this threegame home stand now complete, Wisconsin hits the road for a twogame span that is likely to be their most important of the season. The two night games against Michigan State and Ohio State are two tests this team has been waiting for all season, especially after having been dealt a disappointing loss in East Lansing last season.
goalie Joel Rumpel just 20 seconds into the extra frame. Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves acknowledged that there were good things to take away from this weekend, but the losses weren’t easy to swallow. “It’s terribly disappointing, its crushing,” Eaves said after Saturday’s loss. “It’s terribly disappointing, but we learned more about our team today.” One of the bright spots this weekend was the play of Wisconsin’s fourth line, made up of freshman forward Brad Navin and sophomore forwards Keegan Meuer and Gavin Hartzog. The line produced the Badgers’ first goal on Saturday, scored by Meuer, and continued to be a force throughout the game. “They were really, really good tonight,” Eaves said of his fourth liners “They were really the catalyst.” Whenever the fourth line is able to contribute on the score sheet, it should wake up the rest of the team, which certainly seemed to be the case for the rest of the game, but it still was not enough. The Badgers continued their freshman goaltender rotation this weekend, starting Peterson on Friday night and Rumpel on Saturday. Peterson allowed just two goals on 36 shots, but is still looking for his first win on the season, while Rumpel allowed three goals on 25 shots. Wisconsin returns home this weekend and will face a tough challenge in the No. 6 North Dakota Fighting Sioux at the Kohl Center. “I probably didn’t stress playing on the road in the Big Ten as I should have going into that game,” Bielema said. “We didn’t play very well, I think we left a lot of things on the field.” Coming off a win of their own on Saturday against in-state rival Michigan, the Spartans come into this weekend prepared to go toeto-toe with a UW team that has left each of its first six opponents in the dust. “We know what they bring,” linebacker Mike Taylor said of Michigan State. “They are a tough team. It’s a night game and should be real competitive, a big challenge.” Though perhaps an over-used cliché, the truly great teams in college football differentiate themselves from the pack by winning conference games on the road. “It is going to be a huge point of emphasis,” Bielema said. “To win Big Ten games on the road, that is when you win championships.”
The last time the Wisconsin women’s hockey team lost a game, it went almost 11 months without dropping another one. For a record-tying 32 games, including the series opener Friday night against Border Battle rival Minnesota, Wisconsin did not experience the feeling of leaving an arena with a loss. But after falling 3-2 in Sunday’s finale to the Gophers, the Badgers will have to regroup after their unbeaten streak ticked back to zero. According to junior defenseman Stefanie McKeough the team can certainly take pride in what it accomplished in those 32 games, but with the season ahead it was never at the top of players’ minds. “I honestly don’t even know how many games it was, so I think
that kind of goes to show how we never really paid attention to the streak,” McKeough said. “We were just really focusing on our team this year.” The Badgers tied the NCAA record for an unbeaten streak— which the 2006-2007 Wisconsin team set—with Friday’s win. The victory came thanks to a hot start, as the Badgers scored two goals in the first four minutes. Wisconsin outshot Minnesota 17-9 and built a 3-0 lead in the first period. “We were faster than them in the first period,” said freshman forward Katy Josephs. “They didn’t really know what hit them.” The Gophers brought the game to 3-2 midway through the third period, but Wisconsin’s defense and sophomore goaltender Alex Rigsby was too much for Minnesota to overcome. Rigsby made 12 saves in the final period,
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Scoring a pair of goals Sunday, senior forward Brooke Ammerman erased a 2-0 deficit before falling 3-2 in overtime.
and none were more important than the three that came during a Minnesota power play at the end of the game. “She’s had three very good games the last three games we’ve had,” head coach Mark Johnson said of Rigsby. “She’s given us an opportunity to win those games.” After their hot start Friday, the Badgers had far less energy at the start of Sunday’s game. Minnesota dominated the opening minutes, pressuring Rigsby with a barrage of offensive pressure and proving disruptive in the neutral zone. “The first eight, 10, 12 minutes it didn’t look like we were going to show up,” Johnson said. “I talked about it before the game—they were going to come out, they were going to push us, they were going to be very aggressive. And we didn’t react very well.” Although the Badgers came back from a 2-0 deficit and evened the score in the third period thanks to a pair of goals from senior forward Brooke Ammerman, sophomore Gopher forward Amanda Kessel scored what proved to be the game winner. With the team now half way through a brutal month of October, which includes series against four teams ranked in the top 10, and facing its first road test of the season at powerhouse MinnesotaDuluth next weekend, the road from here does not get any easier for the Badgers. But Ammerman said facing the adversity of its first loss at this point—as opposed to later in the season—is something Wisconsin can learn from. “We’d rather lose now than in March,” Ammerman said.
Herald Alumni Association claims rare flag football win By Carl Golden the Badger Herald
While its rule over the journalism world remains as unquestioned as ever since its birth in 1969, The Badger Herald reaffirmed its supremacy on the football field Friday for the second year in a row. Quarterback Elliot Hughes picked apart the hapless Dirty Bird defense with three touchdown passes in the 19-13 victory while the BH defensive line of Peter Hoeschele, Michael Bleach and Carolyn Briggs consistently mugged DC signalcaller Parker Gabriel and the rest of his inept offense. With an efficient offense that would arouse any engineer and a crafty defense that would earn kudos from Sun Tzu, the Gentle Clowns were hardly surprised by Friday’s win. “One does not simply walk into a football game against the Gentle Clowns and win,” offensive tackle/
spark from page 8 guys didn’t tackle as well in the second quarter.” The Hoosiers also became the first team to rush for 200 yards against Wisconsin since Wofford managed 214 on Sept. 19, 2009. UW’s offense, meanwhile, had amassed 212 yards by halftime. In fact, the running game
head coach Mike Fiammetta said, building up the inner “Lord of the Rings” fan within him. “There is greatness here that does not sleep. Not with 10,000 men could you do this. It is folly.” The Gentle Clowns’ mettle was tested early after falling behind 6-0 on a deep pass into the endzone. But rather than just fold, the Herald offense simply shrugged its shoulders and went to fucking town on the Cardinal. Hughes’ catalogue of options at wide receiver showed off their ability and even made Aaron Rodgers jealous, as Eric Wiegmann out-leaped and out-muscled Cardinal defenders for the BH’s first score. Moments later, the BH offensive line carved a nice pocket for Hughes to step into and heave the ball downfield to Max Henson. Despite a Dirty Bird defender getting a hand on the pass, Henson pulled off an astounding acrobatic touchdown catch that inspired NFL-great Randy Moss to end his
retirement and once again seek employment in the pros. “Dear Max,” Moss’ letter began. “Your exploits on the field Friday have exposed the error in my ways. Never before have I seen a man make such a fool out of someone morally and physically as you did. You have aroused an appetite within me, and I dedicate the remainder of my career to you.” Ultimately, the Gentle Clowns took over, and, in a true Rudy moment, Ryan Rainey stepped onto the field for a play that won him the game ball. Like a true champion would, Rainey took the decisive knee that flatlined the Cardinal’s heart monitor. “There’s nothing like putting the cherry on top,” Rainey said. “To just sit back with a smile on your face and deliver the final blow to some fools who think they can actually compete, it’s a great feeling.”
was humming along so well that it led to a made-for-SportsCenter highlight, compliments of senior quarterback Russell Wilson. Junior running back Montee Ball (14 carries, 143 yards, three touchdowns) took a toss towards the right, stopped, set up and threw the ball back across the field to Wilson, who had no defenders anywhere close. Still, Ball said he was nervous.
“I knew it was going to work but I just knew that I had terrible form,” he said. “[The pass] was ugly, it looked like a duck up there.” Abbrederis graded Wilson well on his form, but also momentarily out of his steady team-first mantra to make a small request. “He was pretty open,” Abbrederis said. “That’d be nice if I could get one of those.”
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Wisconsin impresses on all fronts in win ANALYSIS By Parker Gabriel the daily cardinal
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Sophomore runningback Montee Ball totaled 213 yards and three touchdowns against Indiana. Ball capped his preformance with a 25-yard TD pass to senior quarterback Russell Wilson.
Indiana no challenge RECAP By Max Sternberg the daily cardinal
Coming off of a much-needed bye week in the aftermath of an emotional win over Nebraska, the Badgers (2-0 Big Ten, 6-0 overall) were certainly rusty early against Indiana. But after failing to score on their first two possessions, UW quickly turned the struggle into a blowout, pulling away in the 2nd quarter en route to a 59-7 victory over the outmatched Hoosiers (1-6, 0-3). Despite the general lack of
suspense over the final outcome, Saturday’s contest certainly provided its fair share of highlights, none brighter than the trick play early in the 2nd quarter that ultimately resulted in a 25-yard touchdown pass from junior runningback Montee Ball to senior quarterback Russell Wilson (no typo here). Ball’s first career touchdown pass gave the Badgers a 21-point lead. “It was very neat,” Ball said of the trick play. “I knew it was gonna work but I knew I had terrible form.” Ball shined throughout the day,
finishing the afternoon with 213 yards of total offense (143 rushing) and three rushing touchdowns, in addition to the one through the air. Ball has 33 touchdowns in his last 12 games for the Badgers, top in the nation over that span. “They do some creative, really nice stuff,” Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson said of the Badger running attack. “They basically have four really good running plays and executed them well. Then off of that they have some great pass action. Bottom line, if
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Rust can be a tricky thing to shake off, even for a normally well-oiled machine. The No. 4 Badgers (2-0 Big Ten, 6-0 overall) managed to do it before anybody got too unsettled Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, but it took the better part of a quarter. Most of the starters still had their day’s work wrapped up by the end of three. UW turned in a complete performance, generating touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in the process of routing Indiana (0-3, 1-6) by a score of 59-7. The special teams score came on a 60-yard punt return from sophomore receiver Jared Abbrederis, who also led the team in receiving with 63 yards on four catches. Despite nine punts from Hoosiers junior punter Adam Pines, Abbrederis only got one actual return, but he made the most of it. After racing down the right sideline without much trouble, he changed directions multiple times in the last fifteen yards and made several defensive players miss before finishing off UW’s first punt-return touchdown since Nov. 21, 2009. “The play before, he just about didn’t wave a fair catch because he could see that big field,” UW head coach Bret Bielema said. Special teams also provided
the first real spark for the Badgers when Pines attempted a rugbystyle punt that barely made it off the ground, struck a player near the line of scrimmage and found the arms of senior fullback and special teams jack-of-all-trades Bradie Ewing. “To come up with that play today, you can’t work that,” Bielema said. “You can’t simulate it. It’s just awareness, it’s readiness, alertness, I love that kid.” Not to be outdone by the punt return squad, the punt unit set up Wisconsin’s defensive touchdown when senior punter Brad Nortman got the perfect spin on a fourthquarter punt and had it downed at the one-yard line. Two plays later, Hoosiers sophomore quarterback Edward Wright-Baker fumbled in the end zone and freshman linebacker Derek Landisch recorded his first career touchdown. The defense did allow IU running back Stephen Houston (19 carries, 135 yards, touchdown) to be the first opposing rusher to reach 100 yards since Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson rushed for 121 last November. However, 67 of those came on a long touchdown run in the second quarter. Besides that, he averaged 3.7 yards per carry. “We missed an adjustment from a linebacker to a [defensive] lineman,” Bielema said. “I’m not a stats guy, I thought maybe our
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