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UWPD K9 Unit boosts police efficiency, ensures campus safety

By Bailey NachreinerMackesey The Daily Cardinal

While thousands of people filled Camp Randall for kickoff Saturday morning, police dog Odin and his handler Sgt. Brent Plisch’s work began hours earlier, running security sweeps on the venue to ensure spectators’ safety. Odin, a Czech-born German Shepherd trained in obedience, human trafficking and explosive detection, has been with UW-Madison Police Department since 2010. He is part of the three-dog K9 Unit that performs approximately 175 deployments every year on campus, from securing venues before events and responding to bomb threats to performing dignitary protection for high-profile guests such as the president and Dalai Lama.

After he was selected as a prospective service dog based on traits like his responsiveness to stimuli and commitment to following through with tasks, Odin was imported to an agency in North Carolina where Plisch then joined him for a month-long training, which also served as critical bonding time for them. “He didn’t have any close human contact with anyone before me,” Plisch said. “I did everything for him. I cared for him, I provided him with his food and water, I took him for walks ... He learned that at that point I was his human and he was my dog.” As one of few dogs trained in explosive detection in Wisconsin, Odin’s work is not limited to the UW campus. He and Plisch are oftentimes called on to respond

to threats across the state assisting smaller departments. “For us, Odin is a very costeffective tool because he can go and clear an entire concourse of the stadium and other large venues in 30 minutes when it would take many officers multiple hours to complete,” Plisch said. This cost, however, is no small investment for a police department. “The total cost for a canine team, the start-up cost, is probably about $65,000 to $70,000 as well as an eight- to 10-year commitment from the handling officer,” Plisch said. This investment goes beyond just the budgetary commitment, additionally requiring a minimum of 16 training hours per month as well as annual certification through third party organization The North American Police Work Dog Association.

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Odin began training for his rare and highly specialized role at a very young age, and has worked with UWPD for five years.

Retail, entertainment compete for State Street space By Michael Frett The Daily Cardinal

Late last July, Taylor Beebe began planning for her new restaurant, a small fries shop among State Street’s wellknown stretch of restaurants

and specialty stores. By the end of the year, Mad City Frites was open, offering Belgian-style fries to the daily shoppers and stoppers through Madison’s commercial center. Nine months later, Beebe,

the 23-year-old owner and manager of Mad City Frites, stood before the Madison City Council, hoping to secure an alcohol license for her restaurant. That meeting broke out in a charged debate, one that

started on Beebe’s restaurant and ended in an argument over the decline of retail and the future of State Street. “We’re going to end up, if we don’t do something, like Bourbon Street and other

streets in this country that are predominantly entertainment,” Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said in opposition to granting an alcohol license. “This license

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Lawmakers propose new John Doe rules By Andrew Bahl The Daily Cardinal

Legislative leaders said Friday they would take up a bill next month that would exempt many political crimes from the purview of secret John Doe investigations. The bill comes after the conclusion of a series of John Doe investigations into alleged campaign violations committed by Gov. Scott Walker and his staff while he served as Milwaukee County Executive and during the 2012 recall elections. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and

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Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said in a joint statement the bill would prevent investigations from being used for political purposes. “We look forward to the final legislative passage of the bill that reaffirms free speech, puts an end to unconstitutional investigations for political purposes, and continues to give investigators the tools needed to solve serious crimes,” the Republican leaders said in the statement. The proposal, authored by state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, and state Rep.

Dave Craig, R-Big Bend, would allow John Doe investigations to be used for only the most serious felonies and would require judges to approve any investigations lasting longer than six months. The state’s John Doe laws allow prosecutors and judges to subpoena witnesses in secret, placing those who testify under a gag order. Conservative activists have long said the probes lack transparency and stifle free speech. “Free speech is the foundation of a free society,” Eric Bott, director of the conser-

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Sexual assault reported in university residence hall A sexual assault was reported to have occurred in a university residence hall early Saturday, according to a UW-Madison Police Department notice sent to students Sunday night.

UWPD is currently investigating the assault, which was reported to the department the next day. The involved individuals reportedly knew each other prior to the assault. The crime warning was sent

in compliance with the Clery Act, a law enforced by the U.S. Department of Education that requires the university to inform the public of any crime on or near campus in a timely manner.

“…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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State Rep. Chris Taylor hears constituents’ concerns By Lilly Price The Daily Cardinal

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State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, represents much of the campus area and served on the state’s budget-writing committee.

state street from page 1 adds one more nail to the coffin of retail on State Street and [Capitol] Square.” In spite of a 19-1 vote in favor of the license, Soglin vetoed Mad City Frites’ license the following day, citing a steady decline of retail on State Street. “Through … the continued approval of individual liquor [and] beer licenses, we see the waste of taxpayers’ investing over $60 million over five decades in a district designed to serve urban retail,” Soglin said in a press release accompanying the veto. The balance of retail stores, services and restaurants has been changing since 1998, according to the 2014 State of Downtown report. The report, published annually by Downtown Madison Inc., is based on information collected by the city from downtown store owners. According to the report,

retail and specialty stores composed 50 percent of State Street’s business mix in 1998 and only 27 percent in 2014. Meanwhile, restaurants and taverns barely shifted, with their share of State Street inching one percent higher during the same timeframe. Service businesses like gyms and salons were approximately 12 percent of the downtown’s total business in 1998, and now make up 34 percent of downtown’s storefronts. Downtown Madison Inc. president Susan Schmitz said State Street has always changed, and this decline in retail is just another example of State Street’s evolution. “State Street’s changed over the years and will continue to change,” Schmitz said. “It adapts to its uses and the users.” Those users are partially driving the change, according to Schmitz. As retail shifts toward online, State Street’s primary consumers are changing as well. “It’s adapting to the needs

State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, held the first of a three-part series of district office hours on State Street Friday to hear constituents’ concerns regarding the state budget. Taylor, a minority member of the state’s budget-writing committee, has attacked Republican lawmakers for drafting and passing a budget that includes more money for voucher school programs and other conservative agenda items. She reiterated her concerns at the talk at Fair Trade Coffee House. Republican lawmakers have said their budget restores funding for education systems in Wisconsin of the young professionals and empty nesters who are interested in an urban environment and are moving downtown,” Schmitz said. “These folks want entertainment venues, and to them, entertainment is restaurant.” Certain city officials, such as Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, are looking for other ways to encourage retail on State Street. Verveer and Soglin recently introduced a grant program to help retail businesses pay for renovations in the hope of attracting more retail owners. “Generally, landlords are able to attract higher rent from establishments that have alcohol service,” Verveer said. “If we can help level the playing field just a bit and make a difference for someone thinking about opening a new business, I’m glad we can have the opportunity to do that.” The Common Council is expected to override Soglin’s veto on Mad City Frites’ alcohol license during its Sept. 15 meeting.

while increasing access to schools by adding funding for school choice programs. Taylor is a member of the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, a group made up of business leaders and lawmakers that meets to discuss issues and legislation. She joined the group to expose what she believes are inappropriate relationships between legislators and business leaders. Taylor, who regularly attends ALEC conferences despite sometimes being asked to leave, mentioned that a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget was proposed at her last ALEC meeting. The lawmaker said she

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Mad City Frites opened in July 2014 and faces opposition from Madison Mayor Paul Soglin over an alcohol license.

UW Board of Regents share new details on tenure policy The UW System Board of Regents convened at UW-Whitewater Friday to update members of policy changes for UW colleges and the System at large. Chancellor of UW Colleges and UW-Extension Cathy Sandeen updated regent members on the restructuring plan set in place due to statewide budget cuts. Though some language will

be modified, Sandeen said most changes revolve around administration reorganization. As UW System colleges face these changes, one thing that will remain is a “laser focus” on students, Sandeen said. “We make a promise to our students and families when they come to us that they will be able to study, succeed and transfer on,” Sandeen said, explaining that the planning team did not want to

endanger that promise. Sandeen added that the plan would treat UW employees and staff with the compassion and respect they deserve. Board President Regina Millner detailed efforts made from the tenure policy and tuition-setting policy task forces, noting their work with other Big 10 schools to develop policy language recommendations that would work to incorporate a

rational formula for tuition. UW System President Ray Cross congratulated several campuses on recent achievements, including UW-Madison for its high rankings in various lists as a top university. “It’s a powerful reminder of what a jewel we have in our flagship institution,” Cross said. “One we need to protect and promote for many years to come.” -Madeline Heim

Home opener sees increase in ejections, other incidents from last year’s first game

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enjoyed holding in-district office hours, which she said usually draw between five and 25 people per event. “There are few things I enjoy more than meeting with my constituents and talking about the issues that matter most to them and their ideas for making our government work better for the people,” Taylor said. “In fact, I’ve introduced several pieces of legislation that actually started with an idea discussed at one of these office hours.” Taylor represents portions of the isthmus, including much of the campus area. She will appear on the ballot in her district in November 2016.

Saturday’s football game against the Miami RedHawks saw an increase in alcohol-related incidents from last year’s home opener, according to a UW-Madison Police Department report. Although total arrests fell from 31 to 23 this year from last, more than twice as many ejections occurred, a vast majority of which involved students. Seven people were sent to detox, a slight increase from last year. Despite the spike in alcohol-related incidents, this year’s game saw less than half as many paramedic calls as last year’s home opener, as well as less total arrests and less students arrested.

john doe from page 1 vative group Americans for Prosperity Wisconsin, said in a statement. “It’s unbelievable to think that law abiding citizens would have their homes raided, families terrorized and businesses ruined simply because of their political beliefs.” Bott called the series of probes against Walker “screamingly unconstitutional.” The investigations allege that Walker’s staff misused county funds when he was county executive and, later, that his campaign illegally worked with the Wisconsin Club for Growth during the 2012 recall elections. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ended the probe, ruling that the practice being investigated was not illegal. Democrats have labeled the bill the “Corrupt Politicians Act” and vowed to fight the legislation. “Dismantling the John Doe process strictly for political crimes is an assault on our democracy and shows once again why Republicans cannot be trusted to uphold clean, open and transparent government,” Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said in a statement.

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Ratatat’s concert Friday night at the Orpheum featured technicolor lights as the duo performed. By Bobby Vanderwist The Daily Cardinal

The Orpheum Theater welcomed a sold-out crowd for Ratatat Friday, kicking off what will be an impressive fall lineup at the venue for fans of electronic music. Ratatat, described by genreheads as a “rocktronica” duo, consists of musicians Mike Stroud and Evan Mast. With Stroud on electric guitar, Mast on bass and both members also playing a wide variety of synthesizers and percussion, Ratatat has combined the energy of live rock music and electronica for over a decade. The duo paved the way for electronic rock bands in the late 2000s, and in 2015 Ratatat came back in full force with their fifth studio album Magnifique, a string of festival appearances and headline runs, and a live show that’s bigger and better than ever. Stroud and Mast took the stage charismatically at about 10:30 p.m. amid a sea of smoke and lasers, but their stage presence felt more like a grunge show than a rave. First seeing the duo shred on their guitars in front of a stunning light show was like watching a ’60s psychedelic rock band that had been

placed in a time machine with all the benefits of modern music and production technology. Ratatat opened with “Pricks of Brightness” from 2015’s Magnifique, followed by “Loud Pipes,” a single off of 2006’s Classics. “Loud Pipes” was a crowd favorite and one of my favorite songs to see them perform. While technicolor lasers panned across the room intermittently, the band had quite an impressive visual production onstage. A projector was cast onto a large screen at the back of the stage, producing stunning silhouettes on the screen each time Stroud or Mast stood in front of the projector. Additionally, large glass displays on the sides of the stage with projectors behind them produced a hologram-like effect. Just a few songs later, the duo dove into “Cream On Chrome,” the main single from Ratatat’s most recent album. The energy in the room was incredible and felt more like a high-caliber indie-rock show than an electronic concert, as many people in the front were too busy having their faces melted by Stroud’s harmonized guitar solos to be moving around and dancing. Both musicians bounced around

the stage, switching off between their guitars, synthesizers and percussion instruments. I was just as much in awe of the band’s display of musicianship onstage as I was stunned by the visual production. As Ratatat powered into their last few songs, Stroud and Mast seemed to become increasingly zoned in on their performance, putting more and more into each song. “Abrasive,” another single from Magnifique, was followed by a series of songs spanning the band’s discography: “Neckbrace,” “Wildcat” (another fan favorite from

2006’s Classics) and “Nightclub Amnesia” led up to a high-energy conclusion as the duo closed with “Gettysburg.” However, when the band left the stage, the house lights remained cut and the band’s logo still shone on the screen. Everybody knew the show was not over yet. Ratatat returned to the stage to crank out two more crowd favorites. The first was “Seventeen Years” from the band’s 2003 selftitled debut, a treat for all of the old school Ratatat fans in the house. This performance was true to Ratatat’s core style- smooth bass lines, shredding guitar harmonies and a sea of lasers filled the room. Finally, the encore culminated with “Shempi” from 2008’s LP2. When the song came to a close, Stroud and Mast, who had said very little to the crowd throughout the show, gave the audience a humble “thank you.” Fans owe Ratatat a lot of respect for their influence on a wide variety of electronic music as well as rock music, but their new live show proves that they’re still going as strong as ever. Lest we confine the band to their place in history, Ratatat’s musicianship and showmanship solidified their place as one of the most talented acts in the scene today.

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Evan Mast plays bass alongside Mike Stroud on electric guitar.

State Street artist uses personality to draw fans Jake witz We Gettin’ It

t’s difficult to imagine that Art Paul Schlosser’s Wikipedia page was written by anybody other than Art Paul Schlosser. The page of the local Madison legend is riddled with typos and curious unsourced tidbits of knowledge about his personal life, reading more as an autobiography than an informational web page. The Wikipedia page represents Schlosser’s endearing, but sometimes annoying, persona. The State Street performer can often be seen wearing one of several ridiculous hats in his wardrobe, which include a cheese head and sombrero, performing songs such as “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” and “My Cat Was Taking a Bath.” It would be easy to point and laugh at his efforts, but that would be discrediting the sincerity he brings forth with his rambling songs. Schlosser has a significant body of work. Forty albums, hundreds of songs and a botched America’s Got Talent appearance define his career as an unrelenting artist. The songs he writes more closely resemble

personal thoughts or diary entries than music made for the masses. He is a cult musician without a cult, and his stages include the space between the Towers and Statesider, the open mic night at Ian’s Pizza and anywhere else where people can listen to his sound, whether they want to or not. In terms of work ethic, Schlosser most closely resembles Houston rapper Viper. With over 900 albums on Spotify and more on the way, he has become an internet oddity and sensation. His to-the-point lyrics and poor album artwork are frequently the subjects of snarky commentary on hip-hop and music forums. Some say that his massive discography is worth it for one single song, “You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack,” which has over 800,000 views on YouTube and could easily fit on an artistic vaporwave album. There’s something inherently ominous about artists like Viper and Schlosser who dedicate their whole lives to putting out more music than most could dream of making. I got the same chilling feeling listening to either artist when I stumbled upon a middle-aged man’s harmonica channel on YouTube. He had recorded thousands of videos, each one rarely reaching past double dig-

its on their view counts. It felt as if he was invading my life as much as I was invading his, and that I had intruded on a realm of the Internet I was never supposed to see. Unfortunately, sincerity is often mistaken for musicianship. Forty albums later and Schlosser has yet to improve his recording, songwriting or guitar work. Personality musicians like Viper and Schlosser miss the key step in songwriting of reflecting on past work while developing a plan for the future. So, does Schlosser deserve merit for his massive discography? Is his music meant to be critiqued in the same way that a Beatles or Animal Collective album is? A majority of his songs are truly terrible. His charisma often cannot make up for poor recording and guitar work, especially for songs such as “Lead Zeppelin.” However, that doesn’t mean that his work can’t be discussed as a serious artistic contribution. At his best, Schlosser achieves a sound that borders Captain Beefheart. Though Schlosser’s finer moments could easily be bursts of good luck, where his mistimed guitar and dissonant harmonica take on the sound of avant-garde mastery as opposed to poor songwriting. Listen to one or two more songs

after one of these moments, and it becomes clear that it was, in fact, almost certainly good luck. At the same time, the imperfection of Schlosser is one of his most endearing traits. Finding a great moment in one of his songs is like finding something worthwhile in your parents’ attic. Most of it is trash, but there’s always that one sentimental object you stumble upon that touches you on a personal level for no discernible reason. At the end of the day, Art Paul Schlosser is not a good musician. It pains me to say that, because every interaction I’ve had with him has shown that he is a genuinely good and caring person. That being said, whether intentional or unintentional, Art Paul Schlosser’s music inspires some sort of emotion and reaction from those who stop and listen to his songs on State Street. The fact I’m even able to write on the artistic merit of a State Street performer with a poorly tuned guitar and kazoo means that for all the terrible songs he writes, Schlosser has crafted himself into an artistic statement that deserves to be discussed, and that might just make up for his utter lack of musical talent. Did Art Paul Schlosser’s music change your life? Tell Jake about it jakey.witz@gmail.com.

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Arguments against drug legalization fail Tim Heinzel Opinion Columnist

he so-called “War on Drugs” has been a failure ever since it was implemented. Criminalizing the possession and distribution of drugs is contrary to fundamental individual rights, like the right to exercise control over one’s own body and the right to voluntarily trade with others. Additionally, imprisoning people for the use, possession or sale of an illicit drug negatively impacts their life and hampers their freedom. A punishment as severe as imprisonment should be reserved for crimes that have a victim and are clearly immoral—theft, rape, murder and so on. Prohibition of drugs (and alcohol in the 1920s) attempts to purify society and proactively stop drug-related crime before it happens; however, it actually entrenches a black market in which violence is inherently associated with, and does nothing to address, a societal health issue.

A stronger argument against the legalization of drugs is the idea that certain drugs are going to cause crime.

The most straightforward argument for legalizing all drugs is based upon acknowledging a simple set of rights that all individuals possess. A general rule for encapsulating this set of allowable behavior is that, under normal circumstances, people can do anything as long as they do not harm someone else or their property. Individuals are allowed to take risks with their own lives by making choices about their own health and the dangerous activities they partake in. Whether society thinks a drug is “bad” or not is irrelevant to its legal status. The benefits and consequences of using a drug are subjective. Some people care a lot about health risks, and others not at all. Simply put, all drugs should be legalized because everyone has a right to exercise control over their own body. It is not appropriate to use the force of government (through fines and jail time) because of an inherently personal decision that is somehow “wrong.” Many people agree that individuals have a right to exercise control over their own body; however, they only extend that logic to situations where the health risks are lower than those associated with drugs. These situations could include the right to eat at “unhealthy” fast food restaurants instead of cooking healthy food at home or the right to skydive with the potential for injury or death. Strong drugs like heroin or cocaine supposedly have a risk that is so high that it renders the right to selfownership and control to not be absolute. If you hold the fundamental belief that it is morally acceptable to fine or jail someone for a personal health choice if it crosses some arbitrary line of

risk, there is nothing I can do to convince you. A stronger argument against the legalization of drugs is the idea that certain drugs are going to cause crime. Proponents of this idea see drug prohibition as eliminating a problem at its roots. They contend that drug use causes crime; therefore, preventing drug use prevents harmful crimes like theft, assault and murder. For this argument to be valid, using an illicit drug would have to directly cause another crime 100 percent of the time. I say 100 percent of the time because it isn’t acceptable to imprison a nonviolent personal simply because an activity they do is correlated with another violent one. Fortunately, we’ll never come close to a moral dilemma of a drug causing violence 99 percent of the time because it’s impossible to prove that drugs cause violent and illegal behavior. Human behavior is complex, and there are a multitude of psychological explanations for behavior. Correlation doesn’t imply causation, and even if it did, the correlation between drug use and crime is not strong. Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that only 5-7 percent of homicides are drug-related, and only 14 percent of people on probation reported being under the influence of any drug when they committed their crime. Unsurprisingly, 10 percent of the overall probation population reported marijuana as the drug they were high on, so only 4 percent of those surveyed were feeling the effects of a stronger drug. Other drug use and crime statistics consistently show marijuana as the drug most highly correlated with crime, yet marijuana is also one of the most harmless drugs. This relationship would seem to indicate that, even in the presence of horrific anecdotes of violent crimes committed under the influence, drug use does not cause crime. A separate, unknown set of factors likely causes both drug use and crime.

All of the arguments for prohibition fail.

While the motives of crime are quite vast and unclear, the ramifications of prohibition are obvious. Individuals who have only allegedly “harmed” themselves see their freedoms eliminated or severely restricted. Just like markets did under the prohibition of alcohol, markets for illicit drugs become black markets that are highly cartelized and marred with violence. Illegal drug users and distributors have no legitimate way of resolving disputes (they can’t go to court or call the police without fear of imprisonment), so they turn to violence. When government authorities threaten their highly profitable operations, they fight back. Evidently, that violence isn’t justified, but there are always people who are willing

to corrupt their morals in order to make a profit. Without prohibition, that violence becomes unnecessary and disappears. All of the arguments for prohibition fail. It is not the government’s job to make an individual’s health a societal issue. We all have the right to control our own bodies. Drug use does not cause crime no matter how strong of a correlation between crime and illicit

drug use we perceive as a result of anecdotal evidence. People don’t deserve to go to prison for using a drug regardless of the health risks and consequences associated with that drug. Trying to stop the crime problem at its “source” is impossible because there is no cause to hone in on given the inherent complexity of explaining human behavior. All we are doing through our current prohibition policy is

negatively impacting people for their own personal choices and setting up a prime environment for gangs and cartels. Like we did in the 1930s with alcohol, it’s time to end prohibition. This time, all drugs must be legalized. Tim is a freshman writer for The Daily Cardinal. What do you think about his perspective? Please send all thoughts and comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Law enforcement efforts to regulate illicit drug use in this country are ultimately misguided.

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Monday, September 14, 2015

Football

Stave, Badgers roll past the RedHawks By Lorin Cox The Daily Cardinal

In many ways, Wisconsin’s win over Miami (OH) was like a party for the Badgers. There was dancing on the sidelines and in the stands, there was shuffling on the field and it was a coming-out for a number of rising players. Wisconsin got its groove on early, and boogied their way to a 58-0 victory. Things started slowly for the Badgers’ offense. It couldn’t finish its drives in the first quarter, settling for two field goals and two punts until redshirt senior receiver Alex Erickson got the party going with a 35-yard punt return that started the Badgers’ drive in Miami’s red zone. Redshirt senior quarterback Joel Stave connected with junior wide receiver Robert Wheelwright three plays later to give Wisconsin its first of seven touchdowns for the day. Stave found redshirt senior tight end Austin Traylor in the end zone on their next drive, before hooking up with Wheelwright once again in the two-minute drill before the end of the half. “Anywhere on the field, it’s great to see guys going up and competing for the ball,” Stave said after the game. “I thought Rob [Wheelwright] and Austin [Traylor] did a really nice job on those couple that they had a chance on in the end zone.” Both touchdowns to Wheelwright were the exact same play call by the offense and the same coverage by the defense. The receiver was lined up alone on the

left side against press-man coverage with a single deep safety, and he ran corner routes that Stave put on his outside shoulder for a pair of nice plays. “You’re just kind of keying the safeties,” Stave explained. “If you feel you’ve got a good oneon-one on the backside, you can take it. It was very similar reads both times.” With a 37-0 lead going into halftime, the party was starting to get going on the sidelines. With less than six minutes left in the third quarter, the Badgers began taking their starters out, and it was the Bart Houston show for the rest of the game. It’s easy to praise the offense for their big scoring output, but the performance by the defense cannot be overlooked. They kept the RedHawks off the scoreboard for the entire game, the first UW shutout since their win over Rutgers last season. “I think we’re starting to find that Wisconsin Badger defensive identity,” redshirt junior outside linebacker Vince Biegel said. “From a defense standpoint, we cleaned up a lot of mental errors, which was the biggest thing approaching this weekend.” The Badgers did a lot of shifting on the defense, even before they took the starters out. In their nickel package, they kept sophomore cornerback Derrick Tindal on the outside, rotating in redshirt seniors Darius Hillary and Michael Caputo in the slot. When Caputo moved up, redshirt junior Leo Musso came on the

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Quarterback Joel Stave threw for three touchdowns and 236 yards on 19-of-30 passing in UW’s convincing win. field to play deep opposite Tanner McEvoy. He made his presence made with two interceptions, and McEvoy added one of his own. “Within the nickel spot and the safeties and the corners, we like to be interchangeable,” Caputo said. With players moving around, it made the reads more difficult for

Miami quarterbacks Billy Bahl and Drew Kummer, and their combined three interceptions really stalled the RedHawks’ offense. The good times came on all three phases for Wisconsin (1-1). The offense moved the ball and controlled the tempo, the defense shut down the Miami (1-1)

offense, holding them to negative three rushing yards in the game and the special teams set the Badgers up with great field position. Wisconsin still had a football hangover from their loss to Alabama last week, but this party at Camp Randall left them feeling good once again.

Ironman

Men’s Soccer

Ironman brings 2,500 athletes to Madison

Mueller’s double OT winner gives UW first conference victory since 2013

By Jake Powers and Negassi Tesfamichael The Daily Cardinal

The 14th Ironman brought roughly 2,500 amateurs to compete in the 140.6-mile race. “I think what’s great for Madison is that it’s a great opportunity to showcase our natural resources,” said Judy Frankel, director of public relations and communications for the Madison Area Sports Commission. “We’re really into it. Just like a performer thrives on an audience, I think athletes thrive on the support they get from the fans.” Planning a race of this magnitude is a year-long process, Race Director Ryan Richards said. “We try to keep the base the same, and make changes here and there when necessary,” he said. Racing through a downtown environment in Madison makes Ironman Wisconsin unique, according to Richards. “Running through Camp Randall, running through the UW campus, on State Street, is pretty cool,” Richards said. “The support the athletes get from the community is great.” Roughly 95 percent finished the race, Richards noted. An Ironman race consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and

a 26.2-mile run. The top 50 finishers, weighted by age group, qualified for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, scheduled for Oct. 8 of next year. Edward Schmitt, 30, of Lake Mills, Wis. placed first among amateurs in the triathlon with a time of 9:26:57 after the only two professional contestants finished before him. Schmitt, who serves in the Wisconsin Army National Guard and has been on tour in Iraq twice, finished the biking portion of the race in seventh place before kicking into an extra gear. “I knew that the guy that was running behind me was losing time so I was just trying to not cramp up, keep steady, not run out of my shoes,” Schmitt said. “About mile 24, when he kept falling off… I know the guy that was in second is a real strong runner, but he wasn’t coming back. I was pretty sure I had it.” This was Schmitt’s fourth Ironman event, and the second time he competed in Madison. He started competing in triathlons when he returned from his second tour in Iraq in 2010. “This is the absolute highlight of my triathlon career,” Schmitt said. “The goal was to come here and be fit enough to win. Just executed well enough.”

By Jason Braverman The Daily Cardinal

In dramatic fashion, Wisconsin came away with as close at it gets to a soccer buzzer beater. With just a second left in the second and final overtime, sophomore midfielder Christopher Mueller delivered the game’s lone goal to give the Badgers (1-4-0 overall, 1-0-0 Big Ten) their first victory of the season in Friday’s Big Ten opener. After being on the losing end of a pair of one-goal matches a week earlier, UW appeared headed for a draw in this one. But as time was set to expire, sophomore forward Tom Barlow set up Mueller, who was able to redirect it off a defender on a desperation attempt toward the net. For the sophomore, who now leads the team with three points, it was his first career goal in 21 games. To even have a chance to win, the Badgers had to withstand a furious attack from the Scarlet Knights (2-2-0, 0-1-0). Rutgers launched 21 shots from the second half on and 27 shots in all, including 10 on goal. In comparison, UW had just 12 total and two on net. Sophomore goalkeeper Adrian Remeniuk, making his first start of the season, stopped all 10 to record the third shutout

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Christopher Mueller’s goal with one second left in double overtime, the first of his career, gave the Badgers their first win of the season. of his collegiate career. Rutgers appeared to be the more disciplined side for much of the match, as the Badgers committed all four of the game’s offsides calls and earned three yellow cards. Wisconsin was able to settle down as time went on though, playing a clean end of the second half and overtime. “Congrats to all the guys on this win. I’m just really proud of them,” head coach John Trask said after the win. “I don’t want to single any one person out. I told the men after the game that this was the kind of performance that makes the athletic program and the school proud. It was tight and it was gritty, but the guys battled. This was a total team performance.”

After suffering through a disappointing 2014 campaign that featured just three wins, Friday’s win marked a series of firsts in over a year for the Badgers. Following last season’s 0-7-1 showing, it was Wisconsin’s first Big Ten victory since the 2013 season. It was also the program’s first overtime win since Sept. 8, 2013 and its first true road win since defeating Northwestern on Nov. 3, 2013. The Badgers will look to keep the positive momentum going, as they complete their four-game road swing with a match at St. John’s next weekend. They’ll get over a week off, with kickoff slated for 6 p.m. on Saturday. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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