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Council race field narrows Hansen drops city campaign, Resnick will run unopposed Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor

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UW Health Services Executive Director Sarah Van Orman said the alcohol policy review stems from an incident in the Athletic Department last year. Faculty senators voiced concerns the rule would interfere with departmental culture.

Alcohol policy under fire Faculty Senate members criticize rule change for gatherings after Athletic Department investigation Muge Niu Higher Education Editor A proposed University of Wisconsin alcohol policy change, which was spurred in part by a university-funded party at the center of an Athletics Department investigation last year, was met with concerns about its effect on academic department gatherings at a Faculty Senate meeting Monday.

Faculty senators heard updates on the reviews of campus alcohol policy from Sarah Van Orman, the executive director of University Health Services and co-chair of the Chancellor’s Alcohol Policy Group.

The review of the current university alcohol policies,

which recommends requiring a professional caterer at certain university events, comes as a response to the allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse by former Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima in 2012.

Chadima, who resigned after the investigation, hosted a party for students and staff who helped the football team, which was funded by the university and served alcohol to guests younger than 21. He was reported to have sexually assaulted a male student employee at the same party.

Van Orman said although the review was a response to an individual incident, the Athletic Department adopted a stricter alcohol policy prior to the current recommendations and the

review is not focused on only one department.

“The number of anecdotal incidents that came out in our discussions made it very clear to us that this wasn’t just about Athletics,” Van Orman said.

Sara Goldrick-Rab, an educational policy studies and sociology professor, questioned the rationale of the policy.

“It seems that this is a response to a single incident from Athletics,” Goldrick-Rab said. “There are problems and cultural issues in athletics that do not exist in history department, sociology department…We should differentiate the set of rules.”

According to Van Orman, the new policy will limit alcohol permits to events that are shorter than two hours and have less than

50 attendees.

Under the recommended policy, alcohol distribution at events that do not meet these conditions would require professional caterers.

“If you have an event that is…more than a small informal gathering, the perspective of the committee is that alcohol for an official event should be controlled by someone professional,” Van Orman said.

Chemistry professor Judith Burstyn said the new policy poses challenges to gatherings in which the entire department participates.

Since the recommended policy requires that the departments pay for professional caterers, it

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Christian Hansen, a candidate in Madison’s District 8 aldermanic race against incumbent Ald. Scott Resnick, announced he is dropping out of the race on Monday night, citing financial challenges.

Hansen said he is leaving the race due to personal financial difficulties and said he could no longer balance his duties as a member of the Phoenix House cooperative with his candidacy for alderman.

He said he has worked with great people throughout his campaign and appreciates their support. Hansen also said he will continue to be an active member of Madison’s community.

“As long as we’re all doing something to pick up the pieces from what’s happened on the state level and national level we need to do that together,” Hansen said. “As long as each of us gives something - time or funding, then no one among us needs to give

everything.”

Hansen said he will continue to work as a board member for the Madison Community Cooperative.

He said he has also already talked to members of the Occupy Madison movement to work on ways to get permanent housing for people who do not have a place to stay.

The District 8 aldermanic election began with controversy when Hansen challenged Resnick’s nomination based on Hansen’s claim the dates on signatures Resnick collected were unclear.

Candidates are required to collect signatures from their district in order to declare their candidacy.

The City Clerk rejected the challenge.

Resnick said it is never exciting to see someone drop out of a race because of the amount of time and energy each candidate puts into the campaign.

However, he said being the only candidate will allow him to focus on

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Students talk politics in D.C. Noah Goetzel State Politics Editor Not every politicallyinclined University of Wisconsin student has the opportunity to travel to the nation’s capital and meet with leading U.S. government officials, but that dream became a reality for two undergraduates last week.

UW’s Bipartisan Issues Group President Alex Holland and Finance Chair Tim Schlidt joined more than 30 leaders of the group’s parent organization, The Can Kicks Back, in Washington, D.C. for a day of meetings with lawmakers.

TCKB National Field Director and Co-Founder Nick Troiano said he chose only the most active and articulate leaders to come to D.C., and Holland fit that mold.

“We were really impressed with his efforts on campus to bring both parties together and talk about the issues,” Troiano said.

Holland said he met with various U.S. senators and representatives Wednesday, including Rep. Mark Pocan, D–Madison, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin During a roundtable discussion on strategies for deficit reduction. Holland also sat down with Rep. Paul Ryan, R–Janesville and other GOP leaders in the House.

Only two days before the federal sequester cuts went into effect, members from both political parties were receptive to what TCKB advised on the situation, according to Holland, a sophomore political science and economics major.

“Our future is on the

line now, and it’s our responsibility to stand up and make sure our legislatures are looking out for us in the long run,” Holland, a Fox Point native, said.

Holland and his fellow non-partisan, 18 to 32-year-old TCKB cohort of “millennials” held conferences Thursday with the Congressional Budget Office and No Labels, a non-partisan political organization for government progress.

Troiano said he helped launch the organization last November because he saw federal legislators perpetually “kicking the can down the road” and exacerbating the national debt.

Troiano added young people like himself identified this problem and realized they needed to “kick back” in a bold, balanced and bipartisan

way to reduce the deficit and grow the economy.

He said TCKB now has 100 chapters nationwide and is currently the only non-partisan millennial group in the country.

He added he was proud TCKB brought its point of partisan cooperation and “fiscal sanity” to the nation’s leaders.

The trip to Washington, D.C. to address the government’s looming fiscal issues was a “wonderful experience,” Holland said.

“There were great people who were there,” Holland said. “All really ambitious, bright people on both sides of the aisle who really see America as a way to build a stronger and better community. And we realize that if we’re going to build that stronger and

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Two members of UW’s Bipartisan Issues Group joined a delegation of students meeting with legislators last week.

Dayton complex nears final approval INSIDE Stephanie Awe Reporter A city committee unanimously approved a proposal to demolish three residential buildings for the construction of a new apartment complex in the downtown area at a meeting Monday.

The Plan Commission weighed a plan to build a

12-story complex at the site of buildings located at 424 West Dayton, 226 North Broom and 415 West Johnson Streets. According to Eric Lawson, president and CEO of architecture firm Potter Lawson, Inc., the new building will have 319 units and consist of studios, one and two bedroom apartments. The building will be geared toward young

professionals, long-term residents and students, he said.

The new building will have 12 stories facing Johnson Street and cascade down to four stories facing Broom Street, he said.

Lawson said the new project will require the demolition of three residential buildings which have been categorized as

“obsolete” and “underused” sites by the City of Madison’s Downtown Plan.

Ald. Marsha Rummel, District 6, said she had heard concerns over a possible loss of affordable housing, especially for current tenants who will no longer be living in this location.

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False alarm: Tornado text confuses city

A night of humor and hip-hop

The National Weather Service accidentally sent word a tornado was coming Monday.

Prof, Murs, Fashawn and other artists performed a memorable show at the Majestic Sunday.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin spoke out in opposition to the federal sequester, saying it will reduce aid for UW System’s work study students.

Soglin: sequester will hurt city, UW System students Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Madison Mayor Paul Soglin spoke out Monday against the federal sequester, arguing in a press conference the massive federal spending cuts put in place after Congress did not reach a compromise could affect nearly 1,000 University of Wisconsin System students.

The sequester is set to cut $85 million in spending nationwide and in Madison this could mean decreased funding for small businesses, food safety and education, Soglin said. The effects of the sequester could also include cuts in loan guarantees for small businesses by about $900 million nationally and 2,100 fewer food inspections would occur, which Soglin said would be a threat to public health.

“Private businesses have started to ramp down and make decisions to lay off staff or not expand their operations,” Soglin said.

“Responsible investment leads to private investment and that in turn is what grows the economy.”

The state, the city and UW System will be greatly impacted by the sequester, Soglin said. He said $8.5 million will be cut from Wisconsin primary and secondary schools, $10.1 million will be cut from

education for children who have disabilities in Wisconsin and early education programs for 900 students will be eliminated.

He also said the UW System will be affected by cutting aid to 550 low income college students in Wisconsin and removing funding for 420 work study jobs.

Work study is a job for students where the government pays half the student employees’ wages and the employer pays the other half.

Alyssa Sage, an information specialist at UW’s Office of Student Financial Aid, said many areas of campus hire work study students and because the jobs are on campus, the employers work with students to make sure they have enough time allocated to study and are given decreased hours around exams.

Tim Putzier, an administrator at UW’s work study program, said the sequester is going to cause some financial aid for students to be diminished.

He said the White House is predicting 420 work study jobs will be cut across the UW System.

“On the Madison campus the impact will not be huge,” he said. “The 420 jobs will be cut from across the UW system. But if you”re one of

the 420 it’s not good news.”

Putzier said UW currently has 4,000 students in the program and every UW System school has a work study program.

Sarah Blechl, a junior at UW, said she has benefited from her work study job at the Financial Aid Office.

“You learn new things and can always go to coworkers,” she said. “It’s the best because you get a job…so you can pay for college.”

Soglin said he hopes Democrats and Republicans are able to work together in Congress to solve the problems created by the sequester and lessen its impact on the people of Wisconsin.

He also said the sequester includes “concerning” cuts to funds to help 3,000 Madison residents with housing.

Protections for clean air, clean water, fish and wildlife could also see their funding cut down in Wisconsin, along with the military, job search assistance, vaccines for children and other public health measures, Soglin said.

Funds to help victims of domestic abuse and provide meals to seniors could also be decreased.

“Austerity, in the sense of strangling government and drowning it in a bathtub, is a failed policy,” Soglin said.

“It has been refuted by what we know about the history of this country.”

In response to a tweet comparing Gov. Scott Walker to an infamous Milwaukee-area serial killer, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin dropped an official from his spokesperson position Monday.

Graeme Zielinski, who worked as party spokesperson for three years, published three tweets Friday comparing Walker to Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed 17 people.

In one tweet, Zielinski said, “@ GovWalker had better lawyers than Jeffrey Dahmer in beating the rap. Clear that he committed crimes,” which was posted after Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm officially closed the John Doe probe, an investigation into Walker’s offer when he served as Milwaukee County executive.

Zielinski has since deleted the tweets and posted two apology tweets to Walker and to the victims of Dahmer.

Interim DPW spokesperson Melissa Baldauff confirmed a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report on Zielinski’s removal on Monday. She added her organization would not provide any other comment on the matter and directed further questions to the Journal Sentinel’s story.

In that article, a source close to the DPW said Zielinski will maintain employment with the party as a “media adviser,” but will no longer be allowed to post on Twitter. According to the Sentinel report, the source said Zielinski agreed to that stipulation and is aware of his mistakes.

The party source also told the paper Zielinski was removed because of a “culmination of stuff.”

Aside from losing his position as spokesperson, the Sentinel noted party leaders also suspended Zielinski’s pay for a week.

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Assembly to vote on mining reform Andrew Jensen Herald Contributor One of the largest mining operations in Wisconsin history could soon be underway after the state Assembly votes on an iron ore mining bill Thursday.

The vote on the Republicansponsored mining bill is the final opportunity for legislators to weigh in on the controversy surrounding the possible environmental impacts of iron mining before Gov. Scott Walker would sign it into law.

If the majority of Republican representatives vote according to party lines, the bill will pass and the company will be able to commence drilling in northern Wisconsin. Republicans hold 59 Assembly seats compared to 39

seats held by the Democrats.

The bill will lower the restrictions on environmental pollution and open the largest open taconite mine in the world, according to a statement from the Sierra Club, John Muir Chapter, the national environmental organization’s state branch.

Specifically, the mine would cause permanent damage to the waters of Lake Superior and Bad River Watershed, the statement said.

The metal contaminants that seep into groundwater will impact both the wildlife and the wetlands around the mine, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Technical Resource Document.

However, Rep. Kathy Bernier,

R-Chippewa Falls, said in a statement released Monday the bill would have an impact on the environment but said that all human activities, such as building, logging and farming, have an impact on the environment.

She added all negative contaminants and pollutants from mining operations will be addressed.

“Environmental engineers already have a process to negate ill effects of the sulfides that exist in nature,” Bernier said in the statement, although she did not specify the process to be used.

The EPA report cites several ways in which the water table can be polluted through mining and noted such pollution is unavoidable if mining is conducted. The main danger to the water

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John Sharpless, a history professor, said the rule would affect traditional events for departments.

“I think most departments across the campus have their traditional events and I’m concerned about the… challenge to this tradition,” Sharpless said. “I also worry that the draconian policy makes it nearly impossible

table is through physical exposure of raw ore and waste materials which contributes to sediment and surface water bodies, the report said.

However, Bernier contended the mine would allow for significant job creation.

“We care about the environment. We use steel.

We need jobs,” said Bernier.

National Sierra Club board member and former state representative Spencer Black said he believes the bill will move forward because the Republican majority is in full support. Black also said he thinks the mining bill would cause lasting damage to northern Wisconsin’s environment.

Currently, the type of mines allowed in the state are not capable of causing

for departments to have traditional events.”

Sharpless, a Herald advisor, then asked, “Is it a solution in search of a problem?” Faculty senators responded with applause.

Van Orman said the committee comes from the perspective of wanting to foster the safest environment possible and to create a policy frame that always ensures responsible and legal alcohol consumption at university events.

She also urged faculty

extensive damage, Black said, but with the new mining bill the state would “accept pollution” as a policy. “[The bill allows for the] filling of lakes and streams with waste rock and disruption of trout streams,” he said.

Black said Minnesota has already seen the negative consequences of taconite mining.

Smaller taconite mining companies in Minnesota have racked up over $2.1 million in fines in the last 10 years, according to an Oct. 2011 research study by the Sierra Club.

The harm to nature in Wisconsin will be “worse than Minnesota,” Black said, and will make Wisconsin “weaker than neighboring states” in terms of environmental protection.

members to think about the problem of alcohol abuse as more than an undergraduate issue. She said the institution needs to be exemplary in practices in order to have the moral ground to be more aggressive in addressing alcohol abuse, an issue she said is of utter importance to the entire community.

“We need to always do the right thing as an institution,” Van Orman said.

Jenna Nobles, a sociology professor, said her department is nationally

Zielinski’s remarks, calling them “immature and irresponsible.” He said there is no question those comments were the “triggering event” leading to DPW’s removal of its spokesperson.

“He has always been a flamboyant and sometimes a pretty edgy commentator, but I think this clearly was over the top,” McCabe said.

McCabe added it sounds as if Zielinski has lost his job as DPW spokesperson permanently.

The comparison was so bizarre the public likely does not know why Zielinski posted the tweets, McCabe said. People may have differences of opinion about the results of the John Doe investigation, but he said he does not know what Zielinski was thinking by suggesting Walker had better lawyers than Dahmer.

“I don’t see what purpose those tweets served,” McCabe said.

“I think the only thing they resulted in was the loss of employment by the author. I don’t think anything was gained by it. They certainly weren’t illuminating or educating remarks.”

Despite widespread disapproval for Zielinski’s tweets, a Columbia law school professor published a post on the blog “Legal Insurrection” Monday titled “WI Dems should have kept Graeme Zielinski as spokesperson.”

William Jacobson, an associate clinical professor and director of the Securities Law Clinic at the Colombia Law School, said Zielinski’s tweet was “obviously not a fair comparison,” but may have been the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back.

However, Jacobson said the tweet was not uncharacteristic of comments Zielinski has been making the past two year or two.

“In no way am I defending what Zielinski said,” Jacobson said. “I just think the Democratic Party has to be more consistent.”

Zielinski was not available for comment.

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To solve the nation’s education, immigration reform or health care reform, Holland added the government must first ensure it can pay its bills first. Holland emphasized TCKB promotes a balanced approach of taxation and entitlements to reduce the deficit.

He said his favorite part of the trip was seeing current and future leaders of the nation working together despite age and ideological differences.

“The more we can bring young people who are going to be future leaders of out country together, the better off our country is going to be,” Holland said.

known for its cohesiveness and their gatherings provide valuable opportunities for faculty and students.

She added the department already relies on faculty donations for traditional events and would be greatly affected if additional cost is required to hire professionals at these events.

The recommended policy also prevents graduate students from serving as responsible employees at university events that serve alcohol.

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Student Services Finance Committee Vice Chair Joe Vanden Avond said the committee plans to make a decision Thursday on Wisconsin Union’s requested funding increase after touring the facilities Monday night.

SSFC approves budget exemption Committee gives Vets for Vets funding for film screening, plans Wisconsin Union decision Bryan Kristensen Herald Contributor A student government committee approved a budget exemption for a Vets for Vets event hosted to raise awareness for sexual assaults in the military in an open forum Monday.

Daniel Nelson, a representative from the Vets for Vets program, addressed the Student Services Financial Committee of the Associated Students of Madison for a special order regarding a change in the organization’s budget.

According to Nelson, the club is screening the documentary “Invisible

War” in an upcoming event.

The documentary, which details sexual assault that occurs within the military but often goes punishment when reported, will be screened for students on March 13, he said.

Nelson said he needed the committee’s approval of the use of its funds for the event because the it had not previously budgeted for them, adding since his request was within three weeks of the event, he needed approval for an exemption of the funds used.

“The money we will put forward to the event will just be for printing fliers to post around campus about the event, and we will

be using money that has already been allocated to our printing budget for the fliers,” Nelson said.

The committee unanimously passed the request from Nelson, exempting the group from a penalty for use of the money.

SSFC Rep. David Vines said he agreed the budget change should be approved.

“Previously we have always approved requests like this, and they’ve gone without problem,” Vines said.

In addition to the approval of the budget alteration of Vets for Vets, SSFC also attended tours of the facilities of both Union South and Memorial

Police: Langdon robbery not related to wave of incidents Aliya Iftikhar Herald Contributor Madison police released details of an attempted strong-armed robbery on Langdon Street late last month, but officials say they do not believe the case was connected with a recent wave of connected robberies in the downtown area.

Two men attempted to take a pedestrian’s phone while he was walking and texting on Langdon Street and Frances Street shortly before 10 p.m. on Feb. 18, according to a Madison Police Department statement.

The suspects attempted to grab the victim’s phone, but the victim was able to

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“I plan to continue to talk about pieces I’ve been campaigning on: improving campus safety, working on housing issues

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Damon Terrell, a Madison resident, said he did not oppose the plan, but had concerns about affordability.

“I really want to stress that affordable housing is something that matters [to students],” he said. “I feel like I’m being priced out of [the city].”

Christopher Terrell, a young professional and lifelong city resident, also

hold onto it, the statement said.

The victim was able to get away unharmed and managed to keep his other belongings.

The victim and suspects did not exchange any words, according to the statement.

MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the suspects have not yet been apprehended.

DeSpain also said this attempted theft does not appear to be linked to the multiple strong-armed thefts reported recently in the downtown area.

He added the series of muggings that took place a few weeks ago involved a dark vehicle and said the suspect’s description

does not match the descriptions from the other incidents.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said one of the differences between this attempted robbery and other recent downtown robberies is this one happened earlier in the night.

“There are differences in the method of operation of the different crimes that have occurred,” Verveer said.

The victim was able to catch sight of just one of the suspects and described him as a black male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, between 18 and 22 years old and wearing all black clothing, the statement said.

and making a vibrant night life in Madison,” Resnick said.

Resnick said he wishes his opponent well and hopes he stays involved in the community.

Hansen said he will

continue to advocate for innovation through local organizations.

“There are plenty of avenues for pursuing my goals, goals that are shared by the community,” Hansen said.

echoed this concern.

He said he was worried the apartment would cater to higher income professionals from outside the state. He said officials should focus on creating affordable housing for local residents and students instead.

“I’m looking at a city that doesn’t seem to want me to live here as much as I want to stay,” he said.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he was in support of the proposal but also understood the concerns regarding affordability and the speed of the project’s approval. Verveer said he thought it felt rushed and some residents may not have received the opportunity to speak out on the project.

He said because of a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling, regulation of rent in the state is illegal and as a

result, nothing can legally be done to control affordability in the new complex.

Verveer said other concerns expressed regarding the new development were the need for wider sidewalks on Johnson Street and more exterior lighting on Dayton and Johnson Streets for pedestrians. He said the committee also wanted the developer to work to preserve as many trees as possible in the existing terrace.

Verveer said construction is slated to start in fall of 2013 and the project will take an estimated one year to build if it is approved.

The proposal will go before the City Council on March 19 and would then head to the Urban Design Commission to receive final approval.

Union to coincide with the Wisconsin Union’s request for additional segregated fees for maintenance of the facilities.

The Union requested increased segregated fees in a SSFC meeting last Thursday, asking for an increase in $228.48 per student per semester for Union-specific fees to address maintenance concerns.

Vice Chair Joe Vanden Avond said the committee will make a final decision on Wisconsin Union’s requested increase Thursday and will incorporate in its discussion what committee members saw at their tours of the facilities.

As the city of Madison began to brace for an impending winter storm, some residents woke up to an alert for an unexpected kind of inclement weather Monday.

The National Weather Service accidentally set out a mass tornado warning text and email to the cell phones of South Central and South Eastern Wisconsin residents yesterday.

The tornado warning caused many people to be confused and surprised when they received the message at 10:28 a.m., a statement from the National Weather Service said.

“The intent was to issue a test tornado warning,” the statement said. “There was no threat of a tornado... and we apologize for confusion and inconvenience that this caused.”

The NWS statement said it wanted to issue the test to prepare for a statewide severe weather drill on April 18, but a mistake in coding resulted in the false alarm.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the false warning startled and confused many Madisonians.

“I thought, the blizzard is coming a day early and it’s super strong,” Verveer said.

“Then I realized it was an error.”

He said he hopes

the mistake does not happen again.

He added the extreme weather warnings sent through smart phones is still a relatively new program and this is only the second time the program has been used by the state.

“I thought, the blizzard is coming a day early and it’s super strong.

Then I realized it was an error.”

Mike Verveer District 4 Alderman

Verveer said the program was criticized in the past when it was used during the winter of 2012 to broadcast a blizzard because many members of the public knew the blizzard was coming, so it was unnecessary to alert everyone through their phone.

It makes sense to use the warning system for an immediate weather event like a tornado, Verveer said, but because of its errors he said he has concerns for the future of the system.

“People will disable the program and not have benefit of it in case of a real emergency,” Verveer said.

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Opinion Lax mining rules put state at risk Jared Mehre Columnist

From left to right, Gov. Scott Walker, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Paul Ryan will be speakers at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which several ASM students want to attend.

UW unlikely to benefit from CPAC John Waters Columnist The Associated Students of Madison is using student segregated fees to reimburse several students for the cost of attending the Conservative Political Action Conference this month, the latest bad idea in a long tradition of bad ideas for using segregated fees.

The students attending the event will be from different groups and committees from ASM. That’s an important point, because if a specific conservative group on campus, like College Republicans, was using the money it already receives for something like this, I don’t think there would be an issue. But since it is ASM itself, it needs to be held to a higher level of accountability. Specifically, it must demonstrate a conference like this furthers the stated goals of ASM. On their website, ASM says it is “dedicated to one cause: maintaining and improving the quality of

education and student life on campus,” and so the question is: does CPAC fit the criteria?

CPAC’s “about us” page says, “CPACs have become the place to find our nation’s current and future leaders and sets the conservative agenda each year.”

So, that doesn’t exactly scream a focus on student life. But ASM Vice Chair Maria Giannopoulos argued, “We’re sending people to CPAC because it is a marketplace of ideas.

It trains people who might have a different viewpoint.”

On paper this sounds fine, but when our student government is paying to send its own members to a conference that has an event schedule with things like a book signing for “The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, the Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor” and “Obama’s Four Horsemen: the Disasters Unleashed by Obama’s Reelection,” I’m not convinced of the trip’s value for improving student life or the quality of education.

Now, to be fair, I want to give the representatives who are actually going on the trip a chance to explain its value.

In their application for funding for a trip to CPAC, ASM representatives must describe how they would

bring back the knowledge they gain to UW students.

According to documents obtained in an open records request by Austin Helmke of College Democrats, one representative answered, “I will be able to effectively campaign, stand up for and believe in my political affiliation,” and “I would love the opportunity to become increasingly involved in the College Republicans club after having essential equipping experiences I would have at CPAC.” I don’t see how improving your ability to believe in your political affiliations, which is a ridiculous thing to learn how to do, helps the rest of the student body — but I certainly see how it could help the students going.

ASM has pointed out they also are sending members to the United States Student Association’s Legislative Conference, saying it is similar to CPAC, but more liberal. This is essentially arguing USSA is the liberal equivalent to CPAC and that they didn’t hear any complaints about using segregated fees for that conference.

Checking out the USSA “about us” page, it just doesn’t seem like an equivalent event when compared to the clearly stated conservative agenda

of CPAC. The USSA website says they are the “largest, and most inclusive national student-led organization, [which] develops current and future leaders and amplifies the student voice at the local, state and national levels by mobilizing grassroots power to win concrete victories on student issues.”

Now that mission statement sounds like it is clearly aligned with ASM’s stated goals. Also, it doesn’t seem to have an ideological position other than empowering students. So, I’m not buying the deflection of the issue with USSA. It is a conference with the goal of improving student power, not something I see much problem with.

The issue remains that ASM sending its own people to CPAC looks more like individuals looking to mingle with conservative political leaders and less like something that has the ability to benefit the student body as a whole.

Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe a panel on “How to Get a Job in Politics” will really help the student body. Yeah, that must be it.

John Waters ( jwaters@ badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism.

Consumers deserve fair trials Aaron Loudenslager Columnist It seems to follow you nearly everywhere you go. Whether it’s banking, student loans, credit card, cell phone or online entertainment agreements, each has essentially the same controversial contract provision: mandatory binding arbitration. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently studying the effects of this type of contract provision and has the authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to ban them in consumer contracts. After the CFPB is done with its study, it should protect consumers by prohibiting mandatory binding arbitration in all consumer contracts.

What is mandatory binding arbitration?

Usually when a person is injured or has a contract dispute with another person or entity, he or she sues in a public court of law. In mandatory binding arbitration, a person must instead sue in what is essentially a private court (arbitration). The differences between public courts of law and arbitration are not trivial.

In fact, arbitration is a forum with an inherent bias towards wealthy corporations against the interests of ordinary consumers seeking legal redress.

In a court of law, the judge and jury make legal and factual findings; in arbitration, the arbitrator is the person making factual and legal determinations. Whereas a judge is an impartial public official, arbitrators are private attorneys who have no formal ties to the political process, either through elections or an appointment process. Instead of being impartial, arbitrators may have a financial incentive to rule in favor of corporations.

One pertinent example is when the Minnesota attorney general filed suit against the National Arbitration Forum in 2009. According to the lawsuit, the NAF “works alongside creditors behind the scenes— against the interests of consumers—to convince creditors to place mandatory predispute arbitration clauses in their customer agreements” in order “that creditors will file arbitration claims against consumers [with the NAF], thereby generating revenue for [the NAF].”

Even when arbitrators don’t have a direct financial incentive to rule in favor of wealthy corporations, the arbitration process is still fundamentally unfair to the average consumer. According to the Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School,

regular rules of evidence and procedure do not necessarily apply to arbitration. Instead, “[t] here is limited discovery, making it much more difficult for individuals to have access to important documents that may help their claim.” In addition, “arbitration costs must generally be split between the injured victim and the [corporation], including the arbitrator’s fees, which can range between $200 and thousands of dollars per hour.” It cannot be seriously stated that arbitration is a fair process for adjudicating legal claims.

To make matters worse, there is almost never adequate judicial review of an arbitrator’s decision when the arbitrator misapplies the law or incorrectly interprets a contract. This was made apparent by F. Paul Bland, Jr.’s prepared testimony to Congress in 2007.

According to Bland’s testimony, multiple federal courts have ruled even if an arbitrator’s interpretations were “silly” or “wacky,” a federal court would not review the merits of the arbitrator’s decision.

There is a new hope for consumers, though, because of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The idea for a consumer protection agency isn’t exactly new. In fact, consumer advocate Ralph Nader

advocated for the creation of this type of agency during the 1970s.

Of course, it’s pretty evident Nader’s efforts for the creation of this agency failed due to Republican opposition in Congress. Even today, the Republican Party opposes a consumer protection agency. As Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., stated in 2011, “[The CFPB] is something out of the Stalinist era.”

The CFPB has the authority under the Dodd-Frank Act to study and prohibit mandatory binding arbitration clauses in consumer contracts if doing so would serve the public interest and protect consumers.

Although the CFPB is currently studying the effects of mandatory binding arbitration in consumer contracts, the evidence clearly shows these arbitration clauses are inherently anticonsumer and against the public interest. When it concludes its study, the CFPB must protect the ordinary American consumer by prohibiting mandatory binding arbitration clauses in all consumer contracts.

Only then will consumers have access to a fair and impartial process that promotes justice and liberty for all.

Aaron Loudenslager (loudenslager@wisc.edu) is a first year law student.

This past week, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate passed a controversial bill which would drastically change Wisconsin’s iron mining regulations. An identical bill will be picked up in the state’s Republicancontrolled Assembly this week and will mostly likely pass there as well.

Republican lawmakers authored the bill to hasten the process of approving companies who wish to mine iron ore in Wisconsin. In particular, this piece of legislation is being crafted to quickly satisfy the needs of the Florida mining company Gogebic Taconite. The company has promised to build a four-mile-long, half-mile-wide, $1.5 billion open-pit iron mine in the Penokee Range, which is located in the Bad River watershed in northern Wisconsin.

The company, however, has requested our state Legislature speed up the approval process to facilitate them building the mine. Under the proposed regulations, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources would have to approve a mining permit within 480 days. Currently, the process is open-ended.

The procedure for approving mines must remain open-ended.

Wisconsin’s environment is complex, and the process for determining the extent of damage done by a massive iron mine must be thorough and comprehensive — no one will be able to replace what has been destroyed.

The proposed bill has several more serious shortcomings. The legislation also would not allow the public to challenge a DNR permit decision until after it has been issued.

So, yes, you would still be able to challenge the legality of a mining company destroying your environment, but not until after your water burns like gasoline.

“So, yes, you would still be able to challenge the legality of a mining company destroying your environment, but not until after your water burns like gasoline.”

Besides creating a faster process for approving mines, the mining bill will provide monumental tax breaks for mining companies who will be literally taking our land.

The bill exempts mining companies from paying a $7 per ton tax on waste rock —any material that is not the one the mining company is looking for.

According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, this exemption is expected to result in a loss of $171 million just from the proposed Gogebic Taconite iron mine. The bill also exempts companies from paying any taxes on the iron ore they would be extracting from Wisconsin. Supporters of the bill argue these tax exemptions are necessary

in order for Wisconsin to remain a competitive mining state.

So how will the state of Wisconsin make a profit from letting companies destroy our environment?

The company will be taxed based solely on the profits it makes from mining.

The problem with taxing corporations is that they are the poster children of tax evasion. Wisconsin will see little if any of the expected tax money from Gogebic Taconite after they manage to write off all their profits as business expenses, not to mention any money Wisconsin does manage to get from this mining endeavor will likely be spent defending the state from lawsuits.

This brings me to a point that has been extensively overlooked. These proposed mining changes are not just going to affect a couple of citizens in northern Wisconsin.

These changes are going to affect the entire state.

The modifications in regulations and tax exemptions are not just for Gogebic Taconite; they will be available for any iron mining company who wants to mine anywhere in

“Wisconsin’s environment is complex, and the process for determining the extent of damage done by a massive iron mine must be thorough and comprehensive — no one will be able to replace what has been destroyed.”

the state.

Despite all of these flaws in the mining legislation, the bill is still being championed as a way to bring jobs to the state.

However, mining jobs are not stable jobs. When a mining company builds a mine, there is an economic boom and a need for jobs.

Gogebic Taconite expects the proposed mine to bring 700 jobs directly to Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. However, the resources of the mine will not last forever and eventually will run out. So forty years from now, when our land has been stripped, our resources pillaged and our environment destroyed, the mining company will pack up its equipment and move on to the next resource-rich area, leaving at least 700 people to look for work in a land stripped of its resources, beauty and dignity.

The state of Wisconsin has a proud history of mining — a miner is prominently displayed on our state flag. However, above all else on our great seal is the word “forward.”

Wisconsin’s greatest legacy is its drive to always progress forward. With all of the available technology we have on our hands today, we should be able to create a mining bill that provides both stable jobs and protects our environment. However, if this sad excuse for a mining bill, with corporate tax breaks and lax environmental standards, passes, Wisconsin’s wetlands will become Wisconsin’s wastelands.

Jared Mehre (mehre@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science, sociology and legal studies.

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Some may describe the James Beard Foundation Awards as one of the highest achievements in the culinary arts. Then again, others might describe them as snobbish or snooty, something like the Oscars for food, where dive bars and holes in the wall – the restaurant equivalent to romantic comedies or scary movies – never stand a chance for gold. I think of them as something in between. The awards are an achievement for chefs and restaurants to aspire to in cities known

for high-class cuisine, like New York, Chicago or San Francisco. But the awards are not generally thought of in a relatively small city like Madison.

However, some culinary artists in Madison were noticed by the James Beard Foundation this year, whether they aspired to be or not. In fact, not one, but three chefs and two restaurants in Madison were listed as semifinalists this year in various categories. As I looked through the five who made the list, one stood out. Forequarter, on East Johnson Street, is named as a semifinalist under the “Best New Restaurant” category.

Forequarter stood out not only because I heard great things about the restaurant but also because it is run by the Underground Food Collective.

The Underground Food Collective is a group of cooks that, among other things, believes in the underground dinner movement. This movement is hard to describe, but encompasses food trucks and pop-up restaurants.

Other words or phrases that get tossed around with the movement might include low cost, locallysourced and sustainable.

The collective operates several businesses, including a catering business and Underground

Meats, through which they sell a wide variety of cured meats. They feature some of these meats every night at their newest venture, Forequarter.

Forequarter started after the collective’s first restaurant burnt down a year and a half ago. It’s located in a non-descript building on East Johnson across the street from The Caribou Tavern. The only thing that catches the eye outside is a small white sign that reads “708 1/2,” which is referring to something else, because Forequarter’s address is 708 1/4. Inside, the decorations are Spartan and clean – except for maybe the stuffed black bear in the corner – as if

the owners wanted nothing to distract from the food.

I went on a Friday and there was a fairly long wait; their no-reservations policy, while annoying, seems to fit with the idea of the restaurant. I started with one of their featured meat boards. This one was built around finocchiona, a type of fennel-flavored salami similar to prosciutto.

It was served with a small bowl of olives, pickled radishes, sourdough bread and mustard. While tasting the finocchiona, it was clear why Underground Meats is so popular. I also tried a trout filet and a cavatelli pasta dish. The trout was perfectly cooked, served skin up on a wooden

board, with a small green salad on top. The cavatelli was excellent as well and must have been finished in a pan because the noodles had a thin crust.

Forequarter focuses on Wisconsin ingredients and its menu probably changes frequently as a result. It is the type of place that takes care to place every item on the plate just so. With all of the entrees under $20, it is also a place whose meals, if possible to duplicate, would cost twice as much anywhere else. The food, the atmosphere and the company made my meal at Forequarter one of the best dining experiences I have had in Madison, and I will be back soon.

‘Bacardi House’ torn to shreds Ghost Town brings to mind awkward memories with bastardized sounds Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

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South Minneapolis native Prof riled up a crowd into a party with immense hype and humor. The rapper’s talent outshone all other performers with clever lyrics and blended genres.

Prof steals show with humor, talent Majestic Theatre welcomed Murs, Fashawn, others on the Road to Paid Dues Tour Sunday Cliff Grefe ArtsEtc. Staff Writer The Road to Paid Dues tour graced the Majestic Theatre with its presence Sunday night. The night was marked by hours of quality lyrical hip-hop while artists spared no expense in laughing and clowning with the crowd. For any night of the week, this was a wild show.

The opening act consisted of two rappers from independent record label Black Cloud Music. One of the two artists, Noa James, is a West Coast Biggie Smalls rap doppelganger. He used an unconventional but deep cadence in his flows. Curtiss King, the second performer, was a light-skinned, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”-dressed emcee that brought a poetic flow with his flattop. James and King are technically not a group but they worked together on stage well enough to be one.

The first few songs they performed sounded almost exactly like something The Cool Kids would have made; their slow instrumentals with grimy bass lines, bells and tight drums were taken straight out of Chuck Inglish’s handbook. The rest of their set had a typical Dr.

Dre, Californian feel to it, and they even dedicated a “Regulators” ode to the late Nate Dogg. Although the beats the group used were not all that original, their lyrics were very real and filled with excitement to be on the road performing.

King told the crowd, “Don’t think of this as fifteen minutes of new music from some artists that you’ve never heard of - think of this as fifteen minutes of dreams coming true.”

Fashawn was the next rapper to hit the stage.

Many first heard of the Fresno, Calif.-based artist from XXL’s 2010 “Freshman Class” issue. He has worked and toured with many industry heavyweights, including Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Blu, Ghostface Killah, Wiz Khalifa and Brother Ali. Fashawn typically uses clean samples on his beats and speaks about his struggles growing up. His music is good, but for some reason, he didn’t seem too energetic on stage. King and James were more energetic in front of the crowd than Fashawn.

He did perform some of his new material, but unfortunately it was quite disappointing-Fashawn seems to have fallen victim to what I will call the

“Meek Mill Syndrome,” with symptoms that include using southern trap beats, flowing with an Ace Hood cadence and dumbing down lyrics.

Nobody could have prepared for how cold Prof was that night. He was hilarious, performed an unheard-of musical style and put on a crazy show.

Before he even took the stage, the crowd chanted, “King Gampo,” the name of his acclaimed album from 2011. His first song was a Childish Gambino remix, which was obviously bad but definitely got the room excited. Then, he went right into his most popular song, “Gampo.” The crowd’s reaction was unbelievable; the hype this man creates is incredible.

“This is your party,” Prof said at one point.

Prof ’s entire show was like a hip-hop mosh pit with drinks being thrown around and smoke filling the air. His DJ, DJ Fundo, is his longtime collaborator for these types of parties.

Their constant back and forth dialogues about drinking and women could have easily been its own show. Between each record, the two of them would take shots, tell stories and come up with something for the crowd to do. The rapper

from the south side of Minneapolis had swagger, jokes and hype, but most importantly he has talent.

“Put on a diaper ‘cause we about to shit on ourselves,” Prof said. He could switch up the flow from a dance track to a gritty block banger and finished with a soulful blues song. Prof is long overdue for popular acclaim.

After Prof finished his performance, a sizeable chunk of the crowd left.

Unfortunately for them, Murs put on a good show.

It was definitely a different style than Prof: more relaxed and contemplated but a good time nonetheless.

Murs is typically classified as an underground rapper, but at the same time he can still be found using stereotypical topics of discussion. Some tracks he performed, like “Whatuptho” and “Dirty Girl,” were solid, but not historic. He also spent an entire song, “67 Cutlass,” discussing how he smuggled drugs from Mexico into America and killed a policeman, only to tell the crowd that it wasn’t true afterwards.

All of the artists on the Road to Paid Dues tour are worth checking out, but Prof definitely ran away with this show.

In David Fincher’s 2010 film “The Social Network,” Mark Zuckerberg and his cronies attend a Caribbean night party at a Harvard fraternity.

A few people dance awkwardly.

Small groups of people cluster together. A loop of Niagara Falls plays on a giant screen. A DJ and a man playing steel drums bob their heads as feedback turns their music into something cringe-worthy.

The party is awkward, but it’s an endearing awkwardness. Despite the pathetic execution of its theme, the party has an irresistible humorousness about it. As the music plays, Eduardo Saverin struts up to Zuckerberg, moving his shoulders back in forth and extending his arms outward. It’s a pathetic little dance that perfectly complements the pathetic Caribbean night theme.

He realizes it’s a lame party. Why not accept it and dance a bit?

This scene kept coming to mind as I

Sure, it isn’t good music.

Not by any means. But its pitifulness is worth embracing. listened to the newest EP from South African artist DJ Spoko. Born Marvin Ramalepe, DJ Spoko hails from Atteridgeville, a primarily black township located just outside of Pretoria, one of South Africa’s three capitals and home to a primarily white population. He has pioneered a genre called Bacardi House, and he explores this sound on Ghost Town, a five-track EP and his first release in the West.

It’s hard to say what Bacardi House is exactly supposed to sound like. The artist’s label describes it as a fusion of European house music and the darker sounds of Detroit house. If this is the case, I can’t say I understand what Bacardi House is supposed to be.

Ghost Town is full of propulsive, summery beats that sound nothing whatsoever like Bacardi House is described to be.

But it doesn’t matter.

Placing labels on this music only results in confusion for the listener, especially when it turns out the music has little in common with the descriptions it’s given and offers very little in the way of innovation.

The sounds on this EP can be summed up as M.I.A. filtered through a beginner Casio Keyboard.

DJ Spoko boasts an interesting worldbeat aesthetic, similar to what M.I.A. helped popularize in the U.S. and Europe. However, there is nothing even remotely original about these sounds that could have been pulled from a preprogrammed keyboard and mastered in GarageBand.

The track “I Remember” features layers of organs obviously produced with a synthesizer repeating an uninspired chord progression to the point of headacheinducing boredom.

“Sound Of Our 4Fathers” shares a similar aesthetic, with a monotonous 4/4 beat and airy, chorallike synth chords that sound like something produced by some musically oblivious kid who just got their first keyboard.

“The Social Network’s” Caribbean night scene stuck in my mind while listening to Ghost Town because, despite DJ Spoko’s utter lack of sonic originality, it’s hard not to break a smile at his music and just accept it for what it is. “Azange” and “Batauweng” are fun songs that offer danceable beats and uplifting vocal chants.

DJ Spoko’s music would fit nicely in the background of a pool party where no one knows where the iPod is hooked up, but what matters is the overall vibe of the party, not what music is playing.

Listening to Ghost Town is like watching a sweaty, nervous kid give an honest, goodhearted performance of a Jackson 5 song at an elementary school talent show. Sure, it isn’t good music. Not by any means. But its pitifulness is worth embracing. It would make Eduardo Saverin happy; it’s the perfect music for pathetic little dances.

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Q&A: Cato talks NCAA Championship preparation Lauren Schwinghammer Sports Writer After taking the crown as a team for the Big Ten 2013 Indoor Track Championship and an individual first-place finish in the Heptathlon, junior Japheth Cato is set to make his return to Nationals March 8 in Fayetteville, Ark. After finishing second in the event in the same competition last year, Cato said he still hopes for improvement this year.

Cato took some time out of his preparation to talk to The Badger Herald about his consistent success throughout his career at Wisconsin and how he hopes the indoor season will play out.

The Badger Herald: You have had control of the competition within the conference over the last few years. How do you stay motivated? Who would you say your greatest competition is as an individual?

Japheth Cato: I guess I stay motivated by trying to be myself, mostly, and knowing that I can always do better than a previous mark, previous time, previous length. Who or what? For me, it’s definitely a thing. I guess times and distances are what drives me, motivates me, knowing that I can run faster, knowing that I can jump farther than a previous length.

BH: You posted the No. 4 mark in the world this year.

What does that mean to you?

JC: Just knowing that I actually have a place in the world is kinda cool to know.

I don’t let it go to my head.

I try to keep a level head and just go out there and compete.

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Dekker’s offensive production has been admirable this season for the Badgers — the statistical figures speak for themselves. Dekker tied his career-high at Wisconsin this past Tuesday by scoring 19 points against Nebraska. He ranks fourth in the conference with a three-point percentage of 44 and his 9.6 points per game is the best of all Big Ten sixth man candidates.

The freshman is also one of just four to ever start in his first year for Bo Ryan, with the others being Josh Gasser, Alando Tucker and Devin Harris. And, like the latter two mentioned, Dekker offers the same offensive spark when he plays as the former Badger greats did in their freshman season.

But, there’s a reason why his name hasn’t been a mainstay in the starting five. Defensively, Dekker has lagged behind what is expected of a player who earns a starting job.

had this year in Nebraska – I was excited for that spot, knowing I had that spot, but it didn’t do anything for me personally.

BH: For three years in a row, you’ve been the heptathlon champion. Do you ever take the time to think about that? How hard is it to repeat?

JC: I try not to because it makes me think of how much I don’t want to do it.

After a decathlon, it hurts.

It’s a physically painful thing trying to walk in the morning after doing one of those. So I don’t really think about that.

BH: What were your thoughts when you saw Illinois slip up in the fourby-four at the Indoor Championships and how long did it take for you to realize what had just happened, that you guys had won the team title? Were you able to witness it firsthand?

JC: When U of I fell, it was an unbelievable feeling. For me, at least personally, it was shock. I didn’t know that he fell. We’re just watching this orange dot run around and all of a sudden it stopped.

And I turned to someone and I said, “Wait a minute, did he just fall?” As soon as it clicked in my head that he fell, everyone just started going crazy. At that point we knew it was kind of a wrap and as long as we finished we’d be good.

BH: How did everyone react as a team?

JC: Everyone was excited.

I know that everyone beforehand wanted to run the four-by-four. Everyone wanted to have a spot because we were just that excited. I remember talking to [junior distance runner] Tim Hucke beforehand.

He’s not even a 400-meter runner; he’s an 800-meter runner. He said, ‘Put me in some spikes. I want to run the 400.’ Everyone was really excited.

BH: Thinking about the individual honors you’ve had, what do you do with all of these awards? Anything special?

JC: Yeah, I give them to my dad. I don’t know what he does with them. I think he puts them in his office, maybe? But all of my awards I give to my dad, little watches, trinkets … I’ve kept two medals to kind of use as my personal reference; this is what you can get back to, this is what you want, wake up every morning and look at it, this is what you want.

Just to know, where you’ve been, where you want to go.

Just to know.

BH: Looking at your fellow heptathlete, sophomore Zach Ziemek, do you feel like he had a big moment at the Big Tens?

JC: That was a really big PR [personal record] for Zach. It really did come out of nowhere. The first event, [the 60 meter dash] we were running, and usually I’m a little faster than he is, but this race he was right next to me. I thought, ‘Where did he come from?’ then, ‘Whoa, I need to speed up.’ He had a huge meet, and I commend him for that meet because it was huge for him. Now he gets to go to nationals for it.

BH: What has he done for you personally? Does he help to motivate you in any particular role?

JC: Definitely. For me last year when he came in, it’s kind of funny, I didn’t want him to beat me. You know, the new freshman coming in, so I felt as though I kind of had to step my game up because I knew he was that good coming in. He definitely does motivate me in different ways, especially in different events like the pole vault, the 1000. I know guys like him rely on me for little things. He pushes me as much as I push him. It’s a give and take thing.

BH: Do you think he has

any particular events that he relies on you for motivation?

JC: Yeah, things that we’re both good at, like pole vault. We rely on each other so much to give each other little cues. What are we doing right? What are we not doing right?

BH: Do you have a mentor/pupil relationship?

He said after the Heptathlon last week that he knew he couldn’t come in first because he was competing against you.

JC: I don’t know. I really wouldn’t put a name on it per se. It’s a friendship, a true friendship. It’s weird to say. I never thought of it as a mentorship though.

BH: You think of it more as being on the same level?

JC: Yeah. I do. I definitely feel more on the same level.

BH: Going back to last year, coming in runner-up in the NCAAs. How did you feel afterwards?

JC: It was really upsetting.

I was extremely emotional after coming in second because there’s a point where you really give it your all. And knowing that your all wasn’t good enough? I broke down. I remember specifically telling myself that I will never feel like that again. I will do whatever it takes athletically to get to the point where I feel like I gave it my all, and it wasn’t good enough. I guess that’s why I’m here again.

BH: How long do you think it took for you after you experienced it to pick up and move forward?

JC: It was immediate. I knew I had to go to outdoors, so using that, I guess you could say anger, that feeling, I just took it to outdoors. I did pretty well, but now is when it really is starting to come back. It’s starting to hit me that I don’t want to feel like that. I want to be able to give my all and know that it was good enough, to see that it was good enough to win.

BH: Is it something that you think about every day?

JC: I try not to. Think about something too much and you go crazy. I don’t feel like going crazy. Still got a lot of school left. So no, I don’t think about it as much. I just think about what I have to do individually and eventwise, just think about what I can do and what I’m capable of.

BH: Head coach Ed Nuttycombe was once again named conference coach of the year. What are some of the things he has done to help you grow as an athlete over your three years here?

JC: He’s taught me so much. It’s almost hard to put a finger on specifically.

Little things like thinking about one event at a time.

Because if you think about say, shot put and you’re long jumping, it could potentially mess up your long jumping.

Just keeping in the mind frame that there’s always one event to go. Even if you just started, there’s only this one event and that’s the one you’re in, until it’s the next event and then that’s the one event.

BH: Taking one event at a time, was that something you struggled with before?

JC: Yes, coming in here, freshman and sophomore year I was always [thinking], ‘man, I wish that would’ve went better’ and I remember him telling me to think about what’s going on now. Not what happened in the past or what’s going to happen in the future. Just think about now.

BH: What makes him such a great coach?

JC: Just the fact that he’s a really laid-back guy. If it were someone coaching me who was really strict, it would be a little harder. I like to have fun when I compete.

I don’t think you can do well without having fun. He makes it easy to have fun at meets. I really like that.

BH: Is he one of the biggest reasons Wisconsin has been so successful all these years?

JC: I definitely think so.

There’s a point in time where you have to coach and where you don’t have to coach, or you shouldn’t coach and I feel like he’s really good at that. During the week you coach, you give cues, you let the athletes know what they should be doing, but when it comes time [for] the actual game or the meet you let it go because they should already know what to do. You just need to give those little things, little things to make them better.

BH: Was he a big reason why you choose Wisconsin?

JC: Yes. Knowing his past of winning and the track teams past, knowing the school was so academically inclined, why wouldn’t I want to come here?

BH: Wisconsin won its 17th Big Ten title in track and field (indoor and outdoor) since 2000. The rest of the league has combined for nine titles in that span. The championship was the 26th for UW under Nuttycombe.

What does that say to you?

JC: I mean it just goes to show that he’s doing something right.

The numbers speak for themselves. They really do.

BH: How do you feel as a whole team moving forward, winding up these last few meets?

JC: There’s a transition period, indoor to outdoor.

Everyone needs to kind of shake off this ‘Big Ten champs’ [mentality] because people get lazy when they start to think, ‘Oh yeah, I’m great.’ When they have their nose in the air, they start forgetting about real hard work. So, I think in this transition period we need to almost forget about indoors and focus on the outdoor championships and what we need to be doing outdoors.

Mainly, to perform with the defensive consistency that Ryan demands from his player, sometimes prompting the coach to ask, “Sam, what were you thinking?” when watching film of the freshman’s struggles after games.

“The team knows I can score,” Dekker said.

“The team knows I can contribute offensively in many ways but they don’t know yet how good I could be defensively and I don’t even know that about myself. I have to get to that point where they trust in me and I trust in myself to be able to stop someone and match up against another good player.”

That’s been a tough obstacle for Dekker, a player who never sat the bench in his life until this year. He admits there was frustration and a learning curve when it came to understanding Ryan’s expectations for what his role on the team was going to be.

“At first, I didn’t understand everything, but now [Ryan’s] really

matured me and helped me realize what my purpose is for this team and what he expects from me,” he said.

“I don’t see it as me coming off the bench, I just see myself as another weapon we have and I think coach really likes that.

“I think he really enjoys having someone like that he can turn to and I’m going to take that role and run with it. I’ve learned a ton from it and I enjoy it now, I really do. I’m comfortable right now.”

Dekker also understands the reason why his head coach thinks he’s not yet up-to-par on the defensive end. He’s watched the film clips with the team after the games and seen the mistakes himself, struggling to understand what he was thinking during the situations.

It’s the reason why he’s watching film of his teammates like senior forward Mike Bruesewitz and other players who are considered the best defenders in the conference. Whether it’s with his roommate in their

dorm room or elsewhere, Dekker hopes that learning to be more instinctual in anticipating his man’s moves and first step.

But there are still moments like when the team played at Northwestern, where he went under a screen and allowed his man to cut backdoor, leading to a three-point basket, that still lead people to hound the young man with questions about his defense.

“It might have been the quickest substitution in the history of basketball,” Ryan said of pulling Dekker. “But it was just to tell him look, this is what you have to do.

After he got back in he was fine. We have a rule if you get beat backdoor you’re out.”

He might not be perfect, but he’s come a long way.

Lately, Dekker has done a better job using his length to give him more of a space to react on initial closeouts and of cutting down his mental mistakes.

That’s why, after being asked what he considered

his biggest weakness, he paused only briefly and quickly responded, “Consistency on the defensive end.”

“I do know it’s a weakness but I do feel like I’m much better, that’s why I said consistency,” Dekker said. “I’ll have a string of five possessions where I play really good and then I’ll have one mishap and it’ll cost my team a bucket.

That’s why I’m putting consistency in there, because I don’t think I’m good yet but I’m getting better. If I can smooth that out and get more consistent I’ll be much better.”

said. “His offensive game is ridiculous. And his defense is getting a lot better because of his length.

Against Nebraska he had a steal just from his length.

His defense is coming around.”

If that truly is the case, that’s a scary fact for the rest of college basketball.

And Dekker’s star probably won’t be dimming any time in the near future. With a hunger and a desire for excellence, it has become apparent Dekker has the opportunity to be something truly special during his playing career at Wisconsin.

“I feel like I’ve grown up so much since I’ve been here on campus,” Dekker explained. “As a freshman it’s tough because this is your first go-around with everything and you don’t know how exactly everything works. A lot of things take you by surprise and a lot of things hit you head on, but you have to take the highs and the lows and balance them out.

“I don’t think I’m good yet, but I’m getting better.”

So….what’s next?

Dekker has Wisconsin fans thinking big. Logging historic numbers as a freshman are enough to show what this kid’s future can hold for the Badgers.

It’s been a long time since there was a player that brought what Dekker does to the table offensively.

“There’s nothing he really can’t do, especially on offense,” Showalter

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by Nick Korger The moment Sam Dekker walks into the Nicholas Johnson Practice Pavilion’s court, a member of the UW Athletics Communication department asks how long The Badger Herald’s photo shoot will take.

It only took five seconds to understand the reason for his inquiry.

It was two weeks ago on Sunday and the gym was inhabited by about 20 kids of various ages, preparing and practicing their halftime routine for the men’s basketball game against Nebraska that Tuesday.

Suddenly, the group and some of their parents flocked to the spot where we had our photographer snapping away pictures of a posing Dekker, pulling out whatever devices they had on them to capture

an image of the freshman, ogling and staring in the process.

Yes, Dekker has arrived onto the scene. But, you already knew that. And guess what? So does he.

He’s heard the cheers when he checks in, he’s heard the explosions in the Kohl Center when he knocks down one of his timely threes and he’s definitely heard the love on campus for his performance on the court.

So, how did we get here, where a freshman is the center of attention on a Bo Ryan team?

School basketball team.

When the opening tip went up for the start of the Division 5 Semifinal game pitting Dekker’s team against McDonell Central, there was a noticeable buzz in the building. And why not? Dekker had been the state’s most fascinating instate commit to Wisconsin in several years.

After bursting onto the scene as a sophomore and averaging over 20 points, Dekker began to make his name on the AAU circuit. It was enough for Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan to secure Dekker’s commitment early, offering a scholarship at the Badgers’ varsity team camp way back in June 2010 once again, just after Dekker’s sophomore season.

Following the verbal commitment to Wisconsin, the crescendo of Dekker’s

prep career continued. His senior year he noticed the mail and phone calls were increasing and that his following on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter were growing as well. And that was before Dekker’s signature moment in the state tournament.

“I didn’t really know the extent of [the popularity] until around state time,” Dekker said. “Gyms were packed.”

This was surprising to the youngster, considering Dekker’s team was playing in the lowest division in Wisconsin high school basketball. Yet the Kohl The Prep Hero Center was filled to get First, let’s go back to this a glimpse of the future time last year when Dekker Badger. And, after the was leading his team at weekend, the fans who the Kohl Center not as a showed up weren’t Badger, but as a Crusader: disappointed with what a high school senior for the they had paid to see.

Sheboygan Lutheran High Besides showing off his talents on the largest stage of his career with a variety of moves that left many shaking their heads in disbelief, the two games Dekker played at state may have been the single greatest individual effort of any player in the history of the tournament.

After scoring 35 points on Thursday in the semifinal, Dekker enjoyed a whirlwind weekend.

Named Wisconsin’s Mr. Basketball the following day, Dekker proceeded to score 40 points and the game-winning buzzer beater to win his team the state championship that Saturday against rival Racine Lutheran.

Soon after, the buzzer beater ended up as the No. 1 play on SportsCenter and “The Best of the Best” on the program, sealing Dekker as a prep legend and a fan favorite on the Badgers before he even played a minute of his collegiate career.

“After the state championship, it really Jen Small The Badger Herald blew up. People started just Freshman Sam Dekker leads all bench players in the Big Ten with 9.6 points per game this season, helping the Badgers to an 11-5 record in conference play. barraging me with stuff,”

Dekker said.

And that popularity has taken off since. One of the most recognizable faces on campus, the young man is getting his fair share of attention at present day.

Recently named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time this season and a leading contender for the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year Award, Dekker says he loves that Badgers have such friendly fans.

“You’ll walk by random people and they’ll say hey ‘good game the other day’ or ‘good luck Sunday,’” Dekker said. “You can’t be more thankful for people like that. It’s been awesome, you can’t get annoyed by it because they want to be there for you.

They want to support you.”

Struttin’ Sam One thing that makes Dekker so much fun to watch is his personality on the court.

The youngest sibling in a self-described “happygo-lucky, fun-loving” family, Dekker’s grin and high energy level of play provide a spark every time he checks in. After hitting a three, he’ll hold his follow through just like he did after hitting the game-winner in the state championship game. Maybe he’ll hold out three fingers on his follow-through hand to let everybody know the value of the bucket he just made. Or there’s always the chance he’ll turn around and pump up the crowd, much to the Kohl Center’s delight.

That’s one thing the freshman knows how to do.

Like Russell Crowe learns in “Gladiator,” the favorite in the arena is the one who can win the crowd.

And Dekker’s fearless, fun personality has already won him the admiration of his home crowd. Confident, unrelenting and not the least bit intimidated, his

dad — coincidentally his high school coach — helped shape his fearless play, but he credits his mom for giving him that signature strut on the court.

And, surprisingly, she wasn’t an athlete.

“She always talked to my brother about it,” Dekker said about the walk.

“Especially because he always slouched a little bit.

She would always tell him to stand straight up and I would always take that seriously.

“People would say it’s more of a proud walk, but it’s more of an ‘I Know I Belong’ walk. That’s just my body language, I’m never going to get down on myself no matter how the game goes, I’m just doing what I do out there.”

And don’t mistake that confidence for cockiness.

Off the court, Dekker is as humble and level-headed as it gets.

“He’s the same Sam Dekker from the first day I met him,” Zak Showalter, Dekker’s teammate, roommate and a freshman guard, said. “The success doesn’t get to him. He’s a goofy kid, he doesn’t change at all, that’s why I like him. We spend 22 hours a day together and we’re still not sick of each other.”

In fact, Dekker’s thinks his unique attitude on the court is his greatest strength.

“Like I said, I’m always going to be me,” Dekker said. “I’m never going to get too up or down, and that’s going to help me as a player and as a teammate.

My teammates can feed off of that stuff too. I think that’s something I’ve always had in my life and I think that really translates into my game and makes me a better player.”

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