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UW alum and ‘Workaholics’ star Anders Holm will impart advice on life after graduation to the Class of 2013 during next month’s commencement. Holm, 31, said he believes he can offer a unique perspective to students because of his only 10-year post-grad stature.

‘Workaholic’ to address grads Class officers select alumn Anders Holm to deliver 2013 commencement speeches, speak to successful TV career Julia Skulstad Senior Campus Editor This year’s University of Wisconsin graduates will hear from UW alumnus and comedian Anders Holm, who is set to speak at this

spring’s commencement ceremonies.

Holm graduated from UW in 2003. He is a cocreator, writer and star of the Comedy Central show Workaholics. The show, currently in its third season, has an

average of 1.4 million viewers, and the network has renewed it for a fourth and fifth season, the statement said.

“I can tell them about the first 10 years out of college, what I think I did wrong, what I think

I did right,” Holm said in the statement. “I’m only 10 years older than these guys, and these are the years where you really plant your foot and you go right or you go left. If I was 55 or 60 years old, I might not be

as in touch with those formative years.”

The senior class officers recommended Holm to be this year’s commencement speaker, according to

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A University of Wisconsin employee died Tuesday night after being caught underneath a loading dock lift when it collapsed, UW Police confirmed Tuesday night.

An initial call reporting the industrial-type accident came in at 1:45 p.m., according to UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott.

The incident occurred at the Art Lofts building at 111 N. Frances St., located across from the Kohl Center, according to a UWPD statement.

The 62-year-old male UW employee was doing repair work on the lift outside of the Art Lofts when it collapsed, Lovicott said.

He said the employee was working underneath the lift and it came down on top of him.

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Reps. reflect on recent tragedies Wis. Assembly members honor heroes from Oak Creek shooting, Boston bombs Leopoldo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor In addition to honoring the victims of Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings on Tuesday, the Assembly remembered those affected by the Oak Creek shootings that occurred last August.

Lawmakers honored Oak Creek police officers Brian Murphy and Sam Lenda for their services at the shooting that killed five people at a Sikh Temple last summer. in their session Tuesday. Rep. Mark Honadel, R-South Milwaukee, who helped plan the award, called them “hometown heroes.”

Both Lenda and Murphy responded to event last August, where a shooter killed five people and wounded several others. The gunman shot Murphy 12 times and was eventually brought down by Lenda.

Murphy, who celebrated his 22nd anniversary as an Oak Creek police officer Monday, still spoke with a hoarse voice as he accepted the award the day after Monday’s tragic bombings. Murphy said citizens’ response to the Boston attacks “showed what the American people are made of.”

“What we did is the same thing that you would do, is to put

yourself aside for the greater good,” Murphy told legislators.

Murphy praised people in Boston for running toward the explosions to help out others.

Lenda agreed, telling reporters before the session that the Boston attack showed heroism from citizens.

“A lot of people run away,” Lenda said.

“There’s very few that run towards it. Those are the people that are cut from a special cloth. I didn’t just see blue there.

I was watching a lot of the video on TV. I saw just citizens helping out — people taking off their shirts, people taking off their belts, using them as tourniquets.”

Honadel called the officers one of the “finest” on the force and praised them for their work that day.

“With hometown heroes like these gentlemen, we seem to get through crises a little easier,” Honadel said.

Their heroism was also recognized

by President Barack Obama, who scheduled a meeting with Lenda and invited Murphy as a guest at his State of the Union speech earlier this year, Honadel said.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he could not think

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Plans to demolish Stadium Bar for apartments approved Despite students’ protests, City Council finalizes demolition permit Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor On Tuesday, Madison’s City Council approved a project that will build a six-story apartment building where the soonto-be demolished Stadium Bar is currently located.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said even though in the past many local students advocated for the Stadium Bar to remain, there is nothing City Council could do to keep the bar how it is.

He said this is because City Council makes their decisions based on Madison’s zoning code and the right of the applicants.

The owner of Stadium Bar, who applied to replace the bar with a six-story apartment building, met these conditions, Resnick

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According to a City of Madison document, the project for the new apartment building includes six stories of 72 apartment units and space for retail. Resnick said the owner may decide to put something similar to the Stadium Bar in the space set aside for retail.

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Lawmakers weigh elections board audit Leopoldo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor Wisconsin’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee will vote next week on whether the state’s elections agency should go through an audit, committee chairs announced Tuesday.

Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Randall, and Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, said in a statement yesterday the Government Accountability Board would face an audit if the committee approves on it in an April 24 vote.

“Recently, some have raised concerns about how Wisconsin oversees election and ethics requirements as well as the GAB’s complaint process,” Cowles said. “In addition, the GAB has not been

Kennedy said.

Kennedy added the audit would “reveal the need for adequate state resources” for the agency so that it can do its job properly. Kennedy added the GAB would ask the committee to look at the state’s “aging” voting equipment.

In 2008, lawmakers created the agency so nonpartisan elected judges could make decisions on elections and ethics. GAB replaced what was seen as a dysfunctional elections and ethics board due to the political appointees that overlooked complaints.

Last year, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said the agency was not truly independent and criticized it for some of its recent decisions.

Kennedy defended the

audited since its creation in 2008. The audit will provide the Legislature with a general overview of the management and performance that has never before been available.”

The audit would be comprehensive, but more details on what exactly it would study would be available later this week, the statement said. The Legislative Audit Bureau is releasing a scope memo that would detail what it would study.

GAB Director Kevin Kennedy welcomed the proposed audit in a statement.

“We look forward to appearing before the Joint Audit Committee and highlighting the hard work and many accomplishments of our relatively young agency,”

Student district alder will take leadership position on governing body in second term, intends to focus on budgetary, communication problems and adding the city needs to begin talks about its budget now.

The city became embroiled in heated budget debates when the mayor’s budget proposed to cut nearly $1 million from the Overture’s budget in the 2013-14 budget. City Council fought to almost completely restore the budget.

Resnick encouraged different city bodies to work together to accomplish projects and move the city forward. He said if the City of Madison and Dane County work together they will be able to solve problems and split the savings.

Schmidt said he will focus on getting the City Council’s agenda started, and organizing the council

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That complaint alleged lawmakers should not be able to take free trips to conferences from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, McCabe said.

Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin, worked with lawmakers to create the agency after a major scandal from lawmakers in both parties. He said although audits are good and should be done often, he is concerned about the reasons Kerkman and Cowles called for it.

“An audit is not troubling, but certainly the motivations behind why they’re calling for this are somewhat troubling,” Heck said.

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agency at the time, noting experts across the country have praised the GAB, especially given the extra work they have done in the past few years with the recall elections.

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Executive Director Mike McCabe said the agency has done a good job in managing its various tasks.

“I haven’t agreed with every decision they’ve made, but I have to say that they’ve been very evenhanded,” McCabe said. “Sometimes they come down on issues in a way that angers the Democrats, sometimes they make decisions that anger the Republicans.

They’ve been criticized by people on both sides.”

McCabe pointed to a recent GAB decision that dismissed a complaint

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Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, will make improving communication between the City Council and the Mayor’s office a top priority in his new role as council pro tem.

Sarah Eucalano City Hall Editor Madison’s City Council met in a special session Tuesday to vote to appoint a downtown alder to be the City Council’s pro tem, or vice president.

Ald. Scott Resnick, the District 8 who represents a large portion of the University of Wisconsin campus, was elected to be the council’s pro tem.

Resnick said the pro tem is responsible for working with City Council President, Ald. Chris Schmidt, District 11, a neighborhood to the south of Lake Mendota. Resnick said he will also be required to do more work, be on more committees and participate in weekly meetings with Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s office and Schmidt.

Resnick said he will focus on increasing communication, especially

between City Council and the Mayor’s office, citing certain promises the two offices have made, which he would like to see come to fruition.

“I’m really focusing on communications between the two offices and making sure we track the progress,” Resnick said.

Budgetary issues will be another focus of his term as pro tem, he said, noting the Overture Center for the Arts,

“I’m a big believer in using processes to make our institutions function smoothly.”

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so they can debate topics such as the budget in a structured fashion.

“I’m a big believer in using processes to make our institutions function

smoothly and I hope to continue that,” he said.

Resnick, the vice president of Hardin Design and Development, a local technology development company, also said he wants to focus improving the ways the City Council uses technology.

“It really takes someone from a leadership position to point out that we can all be involved,” he said.

Resnick said he is excited and honored to serve in the leadership position and is confident he will work well with Schmidt.

City Council also welcomed one of their newest members, Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2, to represent the Langdon Street area and part of downtown. She replaced Bridget Maniaci, one of the council’s most contentious pro-development alders.

Zellers said she found the special session inspiring, noting her interest in hearing what the alders had to say about their previous terms. Currently in the alder orientation process, Zellers said she is keeping busy learning about what becoming an alder entails.

She looks forward to working with all of the city’s alders, she said.

“There’s a lot to learn, which is invigorating,” Zellers said.

Social media protection bill circulates Legislators push for law prohibiting employers, universities from demanding access Isaac Ama Contributor A new bill would prohibit employers, universities and landlords from requesting applicants’ social media passwords and looking through their personal accounts.

Rep. Melissa Sargent,

D-Madison, announced Tuesday she and Rep. Garey Bies, R-Sister Bay, are looking for cosponsors on the bill.

Sargent said the bill seeks to protect the privacy of Wisconsinites.

Sargent said as Americans use social media more, lawmakers need to examine whether

what an individual posts on their private accounts is actually private.

“Part of our job as legislators is to keep up with changing times,” Sargent said.

According to the Legislative Reference Bureau, nothing currently prevents employers, colleges or landlords from requesting passwords to accounts and allowing what they find play a role in their decision.

The bill would still allow employers to look at public postings but prohibits them from asking for usernames and passwords to access private information.

Sargent said the bill would not just protect applicants’ information, but also senders personal information.

“A big part of this is personal privacy, [but] it’s not only for the protection of the account holder,” Sargent said. “If someone was to get your login password, they would have access to your friends’ and families’ personal information as well, so I think it’s important to protect those folks also.”

Sargent said she introduced the bill

after hearing from constituents who have been asked for their account information.

In addition to Bies, Sargent said a number of other representatives, both Democrats and Republicans, have signed on as cosponsors. Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine, is introducing the bill in the Senate.

University of Wisconsin political science professor Donald Downs, an adviser to The Badger Herald’s Board of Directors, said he understands why employers use this practice, as there could be incriminating information about a prospective employee online.

However, he said he supports the bill because it would ensure private posts remain “off limits.”

“If a person has made an effort to make [information] private, then that should be honored,” Downs said.

Sargent said if Wisconsin were to pass the bill, it would join six states that have already passed similar legislation. The statement said 28 other states are considering similar bills.

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Voucher program expansion could carry $8M price Proposal could cut Madison public schools funding by $807,135 if approved Leopoldo Rocha Campus Editor Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed voucher school expansion would redistribute almost $8 million from affected public school districts to other districts in the state, according to a preliminary Legislative Fiscal Bureau report.

The expansion of voucher schools to nine other districts would potentially cost districts more than $1 million

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UWPD is continuing look into why the lift crushed the victim and

each because of reduced aid, for which they could make up between $123,600 and $324,900. Democrats took the report as evidence the expansion should not go forward, but two top Republicans criticized the methodology.

The nine school districts that would have voucher schools would see reduced aid. However, 324 other districts would get $7.9 million more in aid and 91 districts would see a small change, the report said.

Madison’s public schools could lose $807,135 in the expansion, which would be a 1.4 percent reduction, the report found.

According to the report, the reduced cuts to districts

why it came loose. “[UWPD is] still investigating,” Lovicott said. “We are trying to figure out what happened here.”

The victim was transported to UW Hospital, Lovicott said. He died a short time after arrival, the

would come from the 38.4 percent of the voucher that school districts pay and the reduced state aid due to the fewer students.

Although the expansion would currently apply to nine school districts, that number could change if new school report cards find more underperforming districts that have more than 4,000 students.

The report assumed 110 students in each district would go to voucher schools and would have otherwise been in a public school. That methodology drew criticism from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, who chairs the Legislature’s Joint Finance

statement said.

There was another person with the employee at the time of the incident, Lovicott said. However, he added he is not sure if it was this witness who called 911 or if the individual acquired additional help.

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Nygren told reporters Tuesday lawmakers should not necessarily only be concerned about costs, as that no longer takes into account the benefits of voucher schools.

“It’s not always about costs,” Nygren said. “For us … we talk about the child and their ability to get a quality education.”

Vos said the expansion in Racine two years ago showed many students would have attended private schools, not public schools.

Although Vos said the report was factual, the questions legislators asked LFB led to the report not taking some things into account.

information, Lovicott said, is now in the hands of the Dane County Medical Examiner, who will release the victim’s name and cause of death.

Further information will be released after notification of the victim’s family, the statement said.

“The memo was put out there to be more inflammatory than informative,” Vos told reporters. “My hope is that we will have every opportunity to get the facts out there because broadly across the state, I think, people realize that if you are in a failing school, you should have more options.”

Although both Vos and Nygren support Walker’s proposed expansion, some Senate Republicans have not been as supportive, including Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, who chairs the Senate’s education committee. They have also said they want to increase public school spending, which is held flat in Walker’s proposal.

Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, announced in a statement last week he was starting a petition drive against the proposed expansion. He said the proposed voucher school funding increases while keeping public school funding unchanged is wrong.

“The huge disparity between public and private school funding only proliferates the values deficit created in the last budget,” Larson said. “Wisconsin’s working, middle-class families depend on a strong, successful education system to ensure our children are offered the opportunity to succeed in a 21st century economy. This budget fails them. We can do better.”

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Professor testifies on student debt before U.S. Senate Ed. expert says loans ‘new normal’ at colleges as result of political choices Leopoldo Rocha Senior Legislative Editor A prominent University of Wisconsin faculty member testified at a Senate committee on college affordability Tuesday and said states need to increase funding for

higher education and called for a reduction in loans.

UW educational policy studies and sociology professor Sara GoldrickRab was part of a Senate committee panel on college affordability. She said public and private colleges are currently engaged in an “arms race” for higher tuition, which colleges think equates to higher quality.

She recommended measures such as strengthening grants and targeting them to the

neediest, reducing loans and increasing higher education funding as ways of making colleges more affordable and diverse.

“The decision to move away from a low-tuition approach to higher education, coupled with a refusal to regulate how institutions set prices has forced millions of students into debt,” Goldrick-Rab said. “Loans are the new normal because of political choices, not because there are no alternatives.”

If the government

reduced the number of loans, she said, states would be forced to look at their “bottom line” and recognize they need to increase funding for higher education.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., thanked GoldrickRab for her testimony and said the country has been “losing ground” on outeducating other countries, partly because of people not affording college.

“I think sometimes we’ve forgotten the role that access to higher education

plays in giving meaning to the American dream — making it real, not just a dream,” Baldwin said.

Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., said he recently met with a group of high school graduates who were volunteering in the community but were not enrolled in college.

When he asked them whether affordability is a reason why they are not in college, he said they looked at him like he had “horns on [his] head,” as that was the only reason.

Goldrick-Rab said lowincome students typically work the most and are also the most unprepared for college. As a result, she said, many end up with debt but no college degree.

“The best way to address that is to reduce the costs of going to college so that it doesn’t require one to work such long hours and to borrow,” Goldrick-Rab said.

“If one works 40 hours a week during college and has grant aid, there’s a question about why there should still be cost left over for loans.”

Woman attacked on Gilman early Tuesday morning Assailants of ‘random act of violence’ left scene after striking victim across face Alex Arriaga Contributor A college-aged Madison resident was physically assaulted while walking on the 400 block of West Gilman Street shortly after Midnight April 16.

Two men asked the

21-year-old victim how to get to State Street, according to a Madison Police Department statement. She ignored them, and one of the men hit her in the face, the statement said.

The statement said after the woman was hit she fell to the ground, screamed and was taken to an emergency room by a friend.

The suspect who hit her and his associate ran off, the statement said.

According to the

“There was clearly statement, one of the no motive suspects whatsoever,” was a black Ald. Mike male, 20, “There was Verveer, District with a light complexion, clearly no motive 4, said. “It’s an inexcusable wearing red whatsoever. It’s random act of clothing and an inexcusable violence.” a dark knit The attack was cap.

The random act of unusual because statement violence.” it occurred on a said the other Mike Verveer Monday night, suspect was Alder, District 4 Verveer said.

He said also a black usually on male, 20, and was wearing a dark weekends when more people are out drinking, knit cap and dark clothing.

Campus begins diversity issue exploration Week will highlight theme discussions on sexuality, religion, disability, gender Molly Coplan Contributor University of Wisconsin’s student government kicked off Diversity Week Monday in effort to facilitate a serious conversation about diversity issues on campus.

Planning for the week, which was organized by the Associated Students of Madison’s Diversity Committee, started back in the fall, Diversity Committee Chair Mia Akers said.

Once the committee decided on the aim and mission of the week, Akers said they started to give it some structure by incorporating different workshops and presentations highlighting the chosen themes for each day.

“We wanted to explore different aspects of identity that students don’t normally think about,” Akers said.

The themes of sexuality, disability, religion and gender were chosen to highlight the different aspects of identity, Akers said.

Each day of the week education and activism will have a single theme. — is excited to have been The week started with asked to participate.

Jarocki added PAVE is sexuality Monday and continued with disability trying to break the myth Tuesday; it will feature that the issues of sexual religion Wednesday assault, intimate partner and end with gender violence and stalking Thursday, the statement are strictly women’s problems. said.

“People from every These themes are identification current topics and gender experience aspects of violence and diversity present in “People from it is necessary everyone society that every gender for to be educated people may identification and involved not realize right away, experience to bring it an end,” according violence.” to Jarocki said. to ASM Aly Jarocki “Diversity spokesperson Interim PAVE Chair Week gives Grace Bolt. people an Promoting Awareness, Victim opportunity to talk about Empowerment, one subjects that are often of the many student considered taboo and to organizations to see the great things that participate in Diversity are happening around Week, will hold three campus.”

Madison is in no way workshops Thursday’s a campus without issues, gender-themed day.

In an email to The Jarocki said, adding Badger Herald, PAVE education is the first step Interim Chair Aly Jarocki toward ending violence said PAVE — which is and intolerance.

The week allows for dedicated to preventing sexual assault, intimate students to see other partner violence and students fighting with the stalking through same issues that they are,

Akers said. Furthermore, it is an opportunity to see that people who are different from one another can explore and fight for the same things, Akers added.

Additionally, Akers said as a large studentrun event across campus, Diversity Week serves as a signal to the university that students are taking these issues seriously.

“One thing I hope students take away from this week is diversity is not superficial,” Akers said.

Things like race, ethnicity and sexual orientation are important, Akers said.

But she added there are also other aspects of identity that make each person diverse and unique.

Each person, according to Akers, has his or her own culture with different backgrounds and experiences. By coming together this week through awareness offered during Diversity Week, she said students have the opportunity to come together and aid in uniting campus.

which leads to more people on the block of Gilman where the incident occurred, between State Street and University Avenue.

“I’m very saddened by the incident that occurred late Monday night,” Verveer said. “Obviously it was an unprovoked incident.”

Verveer said he hopes the city’s surveillance cameras, some of which are located on Gilman Street, will have captured the incident and provide

evidence so MPD detectives can pursue the suspects.

In September 2012, the City of Madison Board of Estimates voted for the addition of 32 surveillance cameras downtown in the 2013 Executive Budget, to be added to 34 existing cameras that were installed in as 2005-2006 Downtown Safety Initiatives.

The surveillance cameras proved successful in identifying suspects in the May 19, 2012 shooting on University Avenue.

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“blew up” on social media, gaining over 5,000 shares on Facebook that day alone.

“The class officers and I are extremely excited to have Anders back on campus and we are really enthusiastic about the positive reaction we have received so far,” Pike said.

“We are hoping everyone enjoys [him].”

Secretary of the Faculty Emeritus David Muslof, who retired from the position at the beginning of this year, said it is his experience — serving over the past 20 years — that the senior class officers will select commencement speaker nominees.

Muslof said senior class officers strive to select individuals to speak at commencement with which graduates will be able to identify with. He said they look for someone who will have a good message for graduates as they contemplate their lives beyond the university.

“The relevant thing is that Anders was invited and he has agreed to speak and we are all happy about that,” Musolf said.

Holm will only be compensated for travel and lodging expenses, according to Farrenkopf.

He said the university does not pay for its commencement speakers.

Secretary of the Faculty Joe Farrenkopf. He said there is no set criteria and added that senior class officers are not instructed to find someone in a particular field or who has accomplished something specific.

Senior Class President Betsy Pike said senior class officers wanted to find someone the student body would want to listen to, who would be fun and exciting and fit what the student body would want from its commencement speaker.

“Most importantly, we were looking for a speaker who would be exciting, relevant and someone who could provide wisdom for the graduating seniors,” Pike said. “We thought Anders would be a fantastic choice.”

Holm represents a transition between being a student and becoming a Badger alumnus, according to Pike. She said a focus of commencement weekend is to celebrate being a Badger and sharing Wisconsin experiences.

Pike said the university experienced a very positive response to the announcement Tuesday.

She said the statement the university released

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Resnick said he disagreed with concerns raised by the University of Wisconsin Police Department that apartment buildings more than six stories have increased rates of crime.

Madison has other sixstory buildings and many that are taller than six stories that the city enforces laws within, Resnick said. He said he believes the city made the right decision unanimously approving the project.

“I have zero concern about an increase in crime due to this project,” Resnick said.

He said construction on the project could begin in as soon as a month, or sometime during summer or fall.

City Council also voted to change an ordinance that previously required a yearlong waiting period for a liquor license if the previous establishment had gotten their liquor license revoked.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said he believes passing the ordinance, which will get rid of the waiting period, is the right thing to do. He said it is unfair to blame landlords for the actions of their tenants.

It will also help ensure there are fewer vacancies in downtown establishments, he said.

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald “Under this ordinance, the city will have more A six-story apartment building is slated to replace the beloved Stadium Bar after the City Council approved final plans for the project Tuesday. The building is expected to have set-aside retail space, potentially for a new bar. discretion, so we don’t feel

handcuffed by this law that mandates a new liquor license cannot be granted for a whole year,” Verveer said.

“It gives us more discretion and flexibility.”

The new ordinance was inspired by Logan’s, a bar that was located on West Johnson Street, but was shut down when the city began investigating reports that the bar served minors and more alcohol than their liquor license allowed, Verveer said.

He said the city had chosen to not revoke the bar’s liquor license because they wanted to make sure a new establishment would be able to start operating where Logan’s was located, and not have to wait for the obligatory yearlong period to pass.

Landlords should not be blamed when their tenants have their liquor licenses revoked, Verveer said. He said the city often strongly encourages and works with landlords to ensure that their tenants follow laws and city ordinances. He said it is in the best interest of the landlords that their tenants do not get their liquor licenses revoked because when this happens, they are often left with unpaid rent and other problems.

“In cases where we feel landlords should act, we reach out to landlords to assist and bring pressure on a problematic liquor license tenant,” Verveer said.

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Authorities find letter with possibly lethal toxin Mail sorting center detects ricin in envelope addressed to Miss. senator Donna Cassata Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi twice tested positive Tuesday for ricin: a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after a bombing killed three and left more than 170 injured at the Boston Marathon.

One senator, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, said authorities have a suspect in

the fast-moving ricin case, but she did not say if an arrest had been made. She added the letter was from an individual who frequently writes lawmakers.

On Tuesday night, FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said initial field tests on the substance produced mixed results and that it is in the process of undergoing further analysis at an accredited laboratory. Only after that testing can a determination be made about whether the substance is ricin, Bresson said.

The U.S. Capitol Police, which is also investigating the case, declined to comment.

Late Tuesday, Wicker released a statement acknowledging the letter and said it was sent to his

Washington office.

“This matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the United States Capitol Police and FBI,” Wicker said. “I want to thank our law enforcement officials for their hard work and diligence in keeping those of us who work in the Capitol complex safe.”

Terrance W. Gainer, the Senate sergeant-at-arms, said in an emailed message to Senate offices that the envelope to Wicker, a Republican, had no obviously suspicious outside markings and lacked a return address.

It bore a postmark from Memphis, Tenn.

Mail from a broad swath of northern Mississippi, including the Memphis suburbs of DeSoto County, Miss., Tupelo, Oxford and

the northern part of the Mississippi Delta region is processed and postmarked in Memphis, according to a Postal Service map.

The Memphis center also processes mail for residents of western parts of Tennessee and eastern Arkansas.

Gainer said there was “no indication that there are other suspect mailings.” Yet he urged caution, and also said the Senate off-site mail facility where the initial tests were performed on the letter will be closed for a few days while the investigation continues.

The letter was discovered at a mail processing plant in Prince George’s County in suburban Maryland, according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters of the letter. Other lawmakers said they had been provided information by Gainer’s office.

Milt Leitenberg, a University of Maryland bioterrorism expert, said ricin is a poison derived from the same bean that makes castor oil. According to a Homeland Security Department handbook, ricin is deadliest when inhaled. It is not contagious, but there is no antidote.

“Luckily, this was discovered at the processing center off premises,” Durbin said. He said all mail to senators is “roasted, toasted, sliced and opened” before it ever gets to them.

A congressional official said

evidence of ricin appeared on two preliminary field tests of the letter, although such results are not deemed conclusive without further testing. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation remains active.

The discovery evoked memories of the days after the terrorist attacks of Sept.

11, 2001, when mail laced with anthrax began appearing in post offices, newsrooms and congressional offices.

That included letters sent to Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., who was Senate majority leader, and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Two Senate office buildings were closed during that investigation.

Overall, five people died and 17 others became ill.

Initial details emerge in Boston explosion investigation Kitchen pressure cooker, nails, lethal shrapnel, explosives apparent culprits Eileen Sullivan Jay Lindsay Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out — with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel — but said they still didn’t know who did it and why.

An intelligence bulletin issued to law enforcement and released late Tuesday included a picture of a mangled pressure cooker and a torn black bag the FBI said were part of a bomb.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies

repeatedly pleaded for members of the public to come forward with photos, videos or anything suspicious they might have seen or heard.

“The range of suspects and motives remains wide open,” Richard DesLauriers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, said at a news conference.

He vowed to “go to the ends of the Earth to identify the subject or subjects who are responsible for this despicable crime.”

President Barack Obama branded the attack an act of terrorism but said officials don’t know “whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual.”

Scores of victims remained in hospitals, many with grievous injuries, a day after the twin explosions near the marathon’s finish line killed three people, wounded more

than 170 and reawakened fears of terrorism. A 9-yearold girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition.

Heightening jitters in Washington, where security already had been tightened after the bombing, a letter addressed to a senator and poisoned with ricin or a similarly toxic substance was intercepted at a mail facility outside the capital, lawmakers said.

There was no immediate indication the episode was related to the Boston attack.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the letter was sent to Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, of Mississippi.

Officials found that the bombs in Boston consisted of explosives put in ordinary 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails, according to a person close to the investigation

who spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was still going on. The bombs were stuffed into black duffel bags and left on the ground, the person said.

DesLauriers confirmed that investigators had found pieces of black nylon from a bag or backpack and fragments of BBs and nails, possibly contained in a pressure cooker. He said the items were sent to the FBI laboratory at Quantico, Va., for analysis.

The FBI said it is looking at what Boston television station WHDH said are photos sent by a viewer that show the scene right before and after the bombs went off. The photo shows something next to a mailbox that appears to be a bag, but it’s unclear what the significance is.

“We’re taking a look at hundreds of photos, and that’s one of them,” FBI spokesman Jason Pack said.

Investigators said they

haven’t determined what was used to set off the explosives.

Pressure cooker explosives have been used in international terrorism and have been recommended for lone-wolf operatives by alQaida’s branch in Yemen.

But information on how to make the bombs is readily found online, and U.S. officials said Americans should not rush to judgment in linking the attack to overseas terrorists.

DesLauriers said there had been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

He urged people to come forward with anything suspicious, such as hearing someone express an interest in explosives or a desire to attack the marathon, seeing someone carrying a dark heavy bag at the race or hearing mysterious explosions recently.

“Someone knows who did this,” the FBI agent said.

The bombs exploded 10 or more seconds apart, tearing off victims’ limbs and spattering streets with blood, instantly turning the festive race into a hellish scene of confusion, horror and heroics.

The blasts killed 8-year-old Martin Richard, of Boston, 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, of Medford, and a third victim, identified only as a graduate student at Boston University.

Doctors who treated the wounded corroborated reports that the bombs were packed with shrapnel intended to cause mayhem.

“We’ve removed BBs, and we’ve removed nails from kids. One of the sickest things for me was just to see nails sticking out of a little girl’s body,” said Dr. David Mooney, director of the trauma center at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Boston police and firefighter unions announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to arrests.

ASSEMBLY, from 1 of a “more fitting day” to give the award, as it came the day after the Boston attacks. Representatives also passed a resolution expressing condolences for the victims of the attacks and their families.

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said the Boston attacks were a reminder of the recent tragedies in Wisconsin. In addition to the Sikh temple shooting, a gunman killed three at a Brookfield spa last year.

“A day like yesterday reminds us that before we’re Democrats or Republicans or conservatives or progressives, more importantly, we’re all Americans,” Barca said.

Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday state buildings’ flags will be flown at half-staff until April 20, going along with a similar federal proclamation.

Walker sent his condolences to the victims of the attacks in a statement yesterday.

“There is no explanation or the kind of evil that seeks to destroy,” Walker said. “Our hearts go out to the victims of the bombing today in Boston. Tonette and I join our fellow Americans in sending our prayers and deepest sympathies to those injured and the families of those killed.”

Associated Press

Investigators score the crime scene left behind at the site of the Boston Marathon Tuesday after two bombs left 3 dead and more than 100 injured. Details emerged surrounding the bombs’ composition Tuesday, but individuals responsible and motives remained unclear.

Editorial Page Editor Charles Godfrey oped@badgerherald.com

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The Badger Herald | Opinion | Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Opinion

UW Hospital’s weekend-off attitude disappoints Pamela Selman Editor-at-Large Hospitals are never an easy place to be, and the quality of care you receive as a patient can be depend strongly on the quality of advocates you have by your side. The frustration visitors experience can certainly be magnified when trips to the hospital fall over the weekend or late at night.

But when my dad, who was visiting from Chicago this weekend, was in need of emergency medical care in the wee early hours of Saturday morning, I was confident the highly touted University of Wisconsin Hospital would give him the attention and care he deserved.

After a weekend of

incredibly maddening patient relations and medical attention, though, my perception of UW Hospital has unfortunately taken quite a hit — to the point I convinced my father to take the trip back home to Chicago to receive the quality of attention he deserves. It turns out that although UW Hospital is impressively ranked and listed as a Level One Trauma Center, these accolades only ring true when it is convenient for its staff.

Allow me to preface all of this by saying that the nurses and doctors who were actually in the building treated my father with respect. They ensured his comfort and patiently allowed for his attempts at patient humor and strife.

They also listened to my concerns regarding his care, but, at no fault to them, had no suitable answers. The reality is that UW Hospital, for all intents and purposes, essentially shuts down to absolute minimal function

over the weekend.

My father, who came into the emergency room with severe chest pains and was considered an emergent case Saturday morning, needed an echocardiogram.

After several hours of seeing various doctors and starting different medicines, they changed his status from emergent, and in so doing, bumped his echo back.

Hours passed with no information on the status of his test. We found out that this test — which was critical to properly diagnosing and treating him and required before discharge — would not be performed until Monday at the earliest because no one in the entire hospital at the time was capable of performing this relatively simple exam over the weekend. His stay would be needlessly extended until Monday and a diagnosis would be hanging in the air.

According to one of my father’s caregivers, if his medical emergency had

occurred during the week, his experience would have been different. I strongly urge UW Hospital to reconsider this thinking.

When doctors take an oath, technicians sign up with a world-renowned hospital and when a major medical care center opens its doors, they are all making a promise of quality care, regardless of when it is convenient for staff. The medical world — especially the emergency aspect of it — does not stop over the weekend, and neither should the quality of care its disseminators provide.

Based on my experience, a reasonable number of doctors and technicians were nowhere to be found.

Other noncritical services and amenities, such as closed parking services and coffee shops, were put on hold, slated to resume Monday morning. I also heard a message that patient relations staff — i.e. the people you turn to when you’re having the kinds of problems we were

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

— no longer carry beepers on the weekend.

This weekendoff attitude is simply unacceptable in the world we live in. I have no doubt entirely unstable patients are tended to with more immediacy, but the ramifications of this kind of treatment in today’s society are immense. A hospital stay that is costly — both in time and money — should not ever be extended simply because the patient’s body “decided” Friday evening was the best time to seek medical attention and because key staff want to work on a schedule that should be reserved for the corporate world.

UW Hospital fairly prides itself on a long list of incredibly talented doctors and other medical professionals. But the way in which the hospital allows such critical aspects of patient care to fall through the cracks over the weekend is embarrassing.

This detracts from the top-notch care it provides

patients with during the work week.

The medical field is largely based on trust — an understanding must be established between the patient and his or her caregivers. Patients, especially those who find themselves without proper advocates, are vulnerable in a relationship that is too often defined by one-sided power.

This dynamic does not excuse the abuse of that relationship in a manner that puts the medical professionals’ personal needs ahead of their patients. A hospital is not an easy place to be, but UW Hospital has the ability to ensure its patients and their caregivers are put at ease, knowing that an equal standard of responsibility and quality is instilled in its staff day in and day out.

Pamela Selman (pselman@badgerherald. com) is a senior majoring in journalism and political science.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

After Boston, loved ones react, reflect Blank must lead The people who are touched by tragedy but separated by distance are a special breed. These people experience a certain type of torture, knowing that something has happened to someone they love and being unable to help the situation or find out information first-hand.

They have no one’s hand to hold, no one’s last words to cherish, no one to lead to survival. In the moments when chaos ensues on the site of disasters these people are frozen in many reaches of the globe. The explosions at the Boston Marathon were my initiation into this group of people.

Yesterday, the moments between finding out my sister had gone to support others at the Boston Marathon finish line and finding out she was alive were the longest moments of my life. It was only 27 minutes.

When I was told that bombs had gone off in Boston my brain shut itself off. It needed to, because if it hadn’t then all of the things that could happen to her would have flooded my veins and sucked the life straight out of me.

My little sister doesn’t only share blood with me; she shares a soul. For the longest time in our lives I couldn’t stand her because of how she reminded me of myself. Now I understand that loving her is part of loving myself. We cry together, we laugh together, we scream together (for good and bad reasons). We lead separate lives but there is an unending sense of balance knowing that she is

there for me, and I for her.

When she left for Boston, I was proud of her but definitely wished she wasn’t so far away.

I am especially wishing she wasn’t so far away today.

I could not bear to think the things logic was leading me. The life force rushed out my fingers and toes, going cold, determined to touch that corner of the her spirit that would tell me she was alive and well.

I called and left a message just in case she needed to hear my voice and be strong.

“I heard what happened …

I love you so much.” Then I called a dozen more times just in case she would pick up. I texted her just how much I loved her and how much I really needed her to call. I google-mapped myself silly; searching the supposed intersections where explosions occurred and the location of her dorm room, but I knew she wouldn’t be there.

She is the living personification of vitality and, of course, the finish line is where she would be, pushing and pulling the energy around her with a ridiculous smile. Finally, after 24 minutes I realized I had to call my mother.

She had to know. It took me two minutes just to get the courage to dial. I couldn’t tell you what I was staring at that whole time.

It rang, a lot, and when my mother picked up I couldn’t get the words out fast enough.

“Did you hear about Boston?”

“Yes, she is okay.”

I am shattered in the best way possible. The blood and

movement my body had rejected now rushed back inside me and immediately my tear ducts were on full force. My mother and I could barely speak on the phone we had so many sobs in our throats. These tears were both euphoria and belated anticipation of the worst. Letting out all 27 minutes of emotion and then two minutes of the most intense joy.

I definitely did not care who saw me cry. I knew how lucky I was, my soul had been spared that day.

I vow to never forget about April 15, 2013, not only for my sister’s community and those who have been hurt, but also for the loved ones in waiting.

Those moments where my soul was searching for its other piece it could feel so many others searching too.

True solidarity in the frozen minutes, connected by the shared terror of ‘what could be.’ This is the worst feeling a person could ever be pressed to understand, which is why the minutes are frozen. We experience this shock because in that moment we are nowhere and no one and we are searching the debris of our whole lives and what could have been ahead.

Only others in frozen time exist alongside us. Our faces cannot move because our souls are not within us, they are searching for our loves.

Solidarity in this similarity stops when we are released from our terror and told ‘what is.’ Some will grieve, and for that I wish I could lessen their pains. Some will experience hardship alongside their

loves that are affected indefinitely. The lucky ones will get to rejoice.

Yet we are the secondary source, those in far away places who cannot be consoled by those we miss, and we experience pain too. We are lucky that we do not need to be afforded blood transfusions or organ donations, but we are unlucky in that our experiences are pushed aside.

Our frozen selves are forced under hot water and we aren’t ready, so we feel burnt before we feel relief. We must support each other as we thaw because what we have experienced is not easy and rarely acknowledged.

I am acknowledging it.

And I will never forget it.

I will forever feel solidarity for loved ones in hospital waiting rooms across the globe. I will understand the tried expressions of families who still have not heard. I will not assume that distance protects the heart like it does the skin. Those in physical need must be attended to first, but we must not forget about the trauma attached to the people who experienced frozen minutes, or hours, or days. I will never forget my time there.

The ache in my soul cannot be soothed until my sister is in my arms again.

But I will smile; because calling my sister on April 16, 2013 will be the happiest moment I have experienced this far in my entire life.

Leeza Gold (leeza.gold@ yahoo.com) is a junior majoring in gender and women’s studies and international studies with a focus on global political economy.

diversity efforts The Associated Students of Madison Student Ad Hoc Liaison to the Campus Diversity and Climate Committee and the Diversity Committee of the Associated Students of Madison would like welcome Chancellor Rebecca Blank. We look forward to partnering with her to work on the implementation of the 2013 Campus Diversity Plan.

With the implementation of the Campus Diversity Plan set for next fall, students need to be assured that incoming Chancellor Blank will have an understanding of the importance of its implementation when she begins her time here at the University of Wisconsin. When the drafting committee has completed the plan in July, we expect that Blank will be equipped and excited to work to ensure the Diversity Plan is carried out. We expect Blank to implement the plan, as drafted, through

shared governance, with accountability, incentives and resources.

Additionally, we expect the resourcing of the plan to be a top priority of Blank.

The Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee has been carefully planning out the framework in a series of phases that ensure inclusion of all shared governance groups on campus. This committee will be working with administration to ensure proper implementation and accountability. We expect Blank to be willing and ready to hold this new Diversity Plan as a priority and be a leader in its operation at UW. This letter was written by the Associated Students of Madison Student Ad Hoc Liaison to the Campus Diversity and Climate Committee, of which Hannah Kinsella (hdkinsella@wisc.edu) is chair, and by members of the Diversity Committee, of which Mia Akers (makers@wisc.edu) is chair.

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE BITCHY: MIFFLIN EDITION A roundup of some of the more thought-provoking (or thoughtless) comments left on badgerherald.com in response to John Waters’ April 16 column “MPD attacks student culture with Mifflin stance”

UW-Student I go to UW-Madison and I’m completely fine with them shutting down Mifflin and still having increased police in the area that weekend. ...

Mifflin used to stand for something and now it simply does not.

Badger alumnus ... mifflin is a 30+ year tradition! It’s more than just a weekend to drink, this is part of badger heritage. Tell the MPD that they don’t want to piss off the WAA, which you guys should get involved.

Guest I live on Mifflin, & I will be getting hammered. Hope to see you there!

Associated Press

Yesterday at Boston Common, mourners gathered to attend a vigil for the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions. Across the country, Americans are still struggling to make sense of the tragedy.

Last week the Madison Police Department wrote an open letter to Mifflin Street residents, in which it announced “there will be no Mifflin Street Block Party.” John Waters’ column on the police department’s decision prompted a variety of responses.

A number of students, like UW-Student, professed a profound indifference to the hulabaloo surrounding the event. Others, like Guest, defended in no unclear terms their right to party and get “hammered,” or “black-out.”

While most adults sided with the powers that be a few, Badger alumnus among them, took up the cause of the tradition of Mifflin and the work hard, play hard philosophy.

Wherever you stand on the issue, you’re not alone.

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The Badger Herald | Arts | Tuesday, April 17, 2013

ARTSETC. PRESENTS HUMP DAY

ArtsEtc.

Hump long-distance over summer break Elizabeth TaylorSchiro Hump Day Columnist Welcome to another Hump Day, Badgers! I don’t know about you, but with the end of the semester coming up, I’ve been hearing my share of concern from people wondering where their relationships are headed this summer. Many don’t want to deal with the long distance and the huge intervals they’d have to spend apart.

Not to mention the increase of one-on-one time you’ll be spending with your hand and/ or favorite not-evenclose-to-the-real-thing substitute. Take it from someone who has been doing long-distance for almost four years now: There are definitely ways to keep the relationship sexy and worthwhile. It’s worth a try if you’re not ready to end something that’s going pretty great.

Like most other relationship issues, communication is key.

This is true even more so in long-distance relation ships because, besides your short trips to meet up every once in a while, figuring out ways to stay in touch is all you’ve got. I’m not telling you to call each other every night to tell each other every mundane detail of your day. Sure, it’s great to hear that you miss them and care about how their day went — though, I’m sure they’d rather hear about how much your cock or pussy misses them. What can keep you excited day after day with no actual fucking going on? Whatever you’re thinking about right now, if it keeps your heart racing and genitals swelling, do it — that is, apart from venturing off for sexy time with someone else, unless that’s cool with you and your partner, of course.

Ever heard of Skype sex? Yeah, it’s a thing.

While I do encourage you to send some scandalous pics of you bearing everything except your soul ( just be careful with this and make sure you trust them not to plaster your ass all over the Internet), imagine being naked together and talking and

moving — oh, my! Take turns telling each other what you’d do if you were there, how hot it’s making you to see them touching themselves or how badly you wish it was their hands instead of yours on your body.

Do you have a vibrating partner-in-crime or something along those lines? Don’t be afraid to bring it into the picture to up the intensity, both for you physically and your partner getting to watch you use it.

Depending on how comfortable you are with each other, it may be a little awkward the first couple of times.

Once you get into it, though, you’ll be glad you did.

If you’re not interested in taking part in any sort of activity that could be defined as amateur pornography, there’s always the oldfashioned long-distance romp act: phone sex.

“What are you wearing?” has become as cliché as “What’s your favorite scary movie?” though, so let’s try to steer clear

Telling them you want to throw them onto your bed and fuck them until you’re too tired to keep going is all good and gets the point across, but that can get old pretty quickly.

of that and the awkward answer that follows. Your partner will probably give that information away anyways when they’re talking about trailing their fingers up their thighs and over your favorite pair of silk boxers or lace panties. Maybe they’re not wearing anything.

The best part about phone sex is that you can describe whatever tickles your fancy, or any other part of your body. Have you always wanted someone to bind your hands and cover your eyes so you can feel every touch on your body a little more deliciously? You can imagine you’re doing just that while

describing it to your partner over the phone.

Again, using toys during this will help make those touches you’re describing feel a little more real and generate a little more moaning for your partner’s delight.

Not something you’re ready for or maybe you don’t have the time?

Sexting is always a quick way to satisfy some horny cravings, or at least let your partner know you miss your hump sessions as much as they probably do. Telling them you want to throw them onto your bed and fuck them until you’re too tired to keep going is all good and gets the point across, but that can get old pretty quickly.

Play a game of ‘fill in the blank,’ so to speak.

One of you starts out describing a sex scene you want to do with them, and then they continue describing the scene the way they want it to go. Do that back and forth until you’re finished, figuratively and, hopefully, literally speaking.

Finally, just because you’re in a long distance relationship doesn’t mean you have to give up getting your sexy on completely. Society gives the impression that the only “normal” relationship is only between two partners when this isn’t always the case. I am not in any way suggesting infidelity.

Although, more couples than you’d think are comfortable being in an open relationship. This is where each person can have sex with anyone they want, whenever they want. Some couples work it out by keeping the parameters at only once a week or only permitting make-out sessions, for example.

Some even get turned on thinking about their partner getting it on with someone else.

Whatever the case, the important thing to figure out is where each other’s comfort ability is and how you want to deal with the distance.

Good luck with all your summer loving.

Keep it safe and stay sexy!

Have a question for our Hump Day columnists?

Email them at humpday@ badgerherald.com.

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

If spring ever decides to stick around, Alterra’s open windows design should allow joyous fresh air to complement its stylish interior.

Alterra Coffee expands to caffeinate Capitol Square Milwaukee-based brew shop chain stands out among local cafe options Elise Romas ArtsEtc. Writer Faithful Alterra Coffee goers who are familiar with the Milwaukee-area cafés will be pleased to see that the new Madison location on King Street displays a similar ambiance.

The smell of strong coffee grounds and organic foods dances through the air after entering the building.

Songs with solid beats that may be unfamiliar and mysterious, yet quite relaxing, echo throughout the store, complimenting the sounds of espressos being made and milk being steamed.

A multitude of coffee beans available for purchase greet customers alongside greeting cards, tumblers and many other coffee and tea necessities, along with customary Alterra T-shirts. Green leafy plants drape the porch area in the very front of the café and are stationed at various other locations along the

walls by the windows, adding a very simple and tasteful decor. The porch windows can be opened on nice days as the weather permits.

Rustic sconces hang from the sides of the bordering windows. A few murals on the walls resemble the lakefront areas of Milwaukee, Alterra Coffee’s birthplace.

The majority of employees at Alterra have a kind of “edgy cool” vibe to them.

Some have interesting hairstyles or tattoos. The cashiers have calm and sociable personalities and are willing to explain anything on the menu to a customer, whether it be input toward which blend of coffee to order or which sandwich is the most satisfying. While waiting for a drink, the baristas are more than happy to make small talk with customers while they await their orders.

Alterra’s menu consists of many items that appeal to a wide variety of customers.

There are eight signs hanging directly above the registers that clearly depict what’s available to order.

Also, a refrigerated case filled with pre-made salads and sandwiches is available for customers on-the-go. A huge area to the left of the cash registers is chock-full of bakery items, such as frosted cinnamon rolls, delectable croissants, crumbly scones and many more mouthwatering pastries. The food menu includes breakfast

items and sandwiches with many organic and vegetarian options as well. There is also a small kid’s menu.

The shop sells a variety of coffee drinks, teas and smoothies, as well as two different seasonal brews on draft. The shop offers daily brewed coffees, blended coffees or simply make up that one favorite drink from a handful of syrups listed at the register. This Alterra has something that many usual Alterra costumers from Milwaukee may not have seen before: the Brew Bar. The Brew Bar is made up of four different options of coffee that are made to order. The coffee is steeped directly in front of customers and delivered exceptionally fresh and hot. And for those who don’t like to consume coffee in large amounts, or those pulling all-nighters, no worries. Alterra offers four different sizes: 8 oz., 12 oz., 16 oz. and 20 oz.

Alterra is a great place for everybody: families, college students, teenagers or working adults on the go.

The environment is great for studying, whether you are someone who prefers big comfy chairs and couches or big tables to sprawl out your books. The opening of this Alterra is certainly a beneficial addition to the Madison community as a whole.

Those who haven’t been to this new café should definitely check it out.

To place an ad in Classifieds: Elise Watson ewatson@badgerherald.com 257.4712 ext. 311

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The Badger Herald | Classifieds | Wednesday, April 17, 2013

EMPLOYMENT Co-ed YMCA summer camp 90 minutes southeast of Madison: staff needed work with youth at beautiful camp. Salary, room, board provided. Male counselors/Lifeguards preferred.

June 9 - Aug 17. Contact: Don, Camp Maclean, Burlington, SO to the guy on the WI 847.410.5340 denger@ 28 bus who called ymcachicago.org

his mom to wish her a happy birthday.

That’s so nice, I Randall Park Rentals has stu- bet she appreciated dios and 1 bedrooms available that.

FOR RENT

next fall. 1320 Spring St. (608) 251-2715 www.colonial-manSO to the kid who agement.com

BECAUSE SIZE MATTERS

pushed the wrong button on his iphone in the middle of our econ professor’s lecture on interest rate parity.

What’s that Siri, you didn’t quite get that? It’s ok, you’re not alone.

SO to garlic cheese curds on the secret sett menu at union south. If you’ve never heard of them you’re doing it wrong.

Classifieds up with an old flame on the W in Camp Randall. New life goals...

SO to the huge kegger I’m planning for may 4th on bascom hill. SUCK IT, MPD ASO to having this strange feeling that the hickey on my coworker’s neck was caused by me...and I have no recollection of it.

SO to my newly found boy toy. Super hot AND you live across the street? Can you say, “meant to be”?

Nap-Time-Win SO to dreaming I base jumped off Bascom hall, flew down state street, grabbed a beer at all the bars, then ended the night hooking

SO to my girlfriend for squirting on my face. Guys like facials, too, and nothing turns me on like a woman experiencing pleasure...

QSO to all those people who wear the same shirts and eat lunch in memorial library together; who is on your shirt? How do I get one?

SO to Revelry- outdoor concerts from 11-3. SO to MifflinI’ll start my day with a bower, then have 10 hours to party after Revelry ends! This is a winwin-win-win situation basically.

SO to watching the ice melt on Lake Mendota- DSO to seeing spring coming!

ASO to meeting a cute girl that likes thick brim glasses and scarves as much as I do. And then finding out she’s super religious.

ASO to girls who don’t shave. This isn’t the 70’s so no more shag carpeting.

Hardwood floors and area rugs only SO to my roommate for pouring a beer into a water bottle to bring to the library on a Saturday night. A true Sconnie.

SO to my roommate, I love you like the

sister I don’t have, but ASO the fact that you are currently chewing your gum like a cow in the library and it’s incredibly annoying.

Just stop.

ASO to having a month left at the best fucking school anywhere, ever. However, SO to not caring about anything remotely class-related anymore and DSO to my resolution that drinking with people I might never see again is just more important.

shaken up to even remember to ask your name ASO to losing friends because of broken bro code.The whole ex-girlfriends are off-limits thing just should not be messed with dude...

ASO to people not communicating in group projects!!!

Email, texts, phone calls, facebook...i thought communication was suppose to be easy these days.

Step it up people, and do your shit.

ASO to the coasties shopping with their mom’s this weekend.

It was disgusting to me when I rang up your 500 dollars worth of clothes and you did not even mutter a THANK YOU to your moms. Stop being so entitled and thank your mom for her generosity I would be over the moon if my mom even bought me a pair of jeans!

ASO to my roommate.

I have to poop and you’ve been hogging the bathroom for an hour and a half now!

GTFO

SO to my parents for coming to my friends’ party with me and taking shots and learning how to take jello shots.

DSO to my friends for not thinking it’s weird that my parents wanted to stop by the shindig for a while. TSO to my parents for bringing beer. Lots of beer.

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SO to the guy outside of Embassy who helped me after I casually got hit by a car on my bike, sorry I was too

SO to having the best weekend of my life. DSO to foreigns boys. TSO to tequila.

SO to cute girls who aren’t afraid to ask for help in the gym

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bly unattractive and useless. Surely you have something more going for you besides your boobs...?

SO to my good lady friends. Having casual sex with you all regularly is what makes UW worthwhile.

SO to Revelry and its organizers who are gettin way too much shit for a decision they were not part of aka MPD’s bullshit. Sending positive vibes y’all’s way! I’m super pumped for the foam party, Hoodie and Toro, shit’s gonna be tight.

ASO to my productivity leaving me entirely. I NEED YOU FOR ONE MORE MONTH. Not to sound like a clingy bitch, but climb back on board so I can graduate and then I’ll give you all the space you need.

ASO to not being able to find someone to love me back.

I thought I was a catch.. I love sports, movies, tv, playing various sports, and even some video games.

I’m a understanding, compassionate person. Come on Badger Boys get at me! I promise I will make you happy!

ASO to the row of guys who talked through the entire marketing lecture.

If you are compelled

to do so, please do us a favor and just skip next time SO to finding an amazing badger man.

ASO to me always fucking things up, and going nuts trying to figure out how to make things work between us.

SO to failing my first college exam.

And not a fake half fail that is actually a C. A nice old curved F. Ten points for me. Now if only I can swing a C in the class...

ASO to run on at the aren’t

people that treadmills Shell. You real runners.

ASO to whichever roommate ate my oreos. There’s a special place in hell for you.

SO to the girl I bumped into multiple times last week but whom I didn’t say anything to. I hope your backpacking trip in Tennessee was great!--101 ASO to not being able to find a girl who just wants to cuddle up and watch

HIMYM. Where are you?

ASO to my smug married friends. Quit.

Fucking. Telling.

Me. To. Get. Married. Leave me the hell alone.

ASO to students who don’t support Mifflin... go be a Gopher.

SO to adapted movie quotes: “The first Saturday in May will no longer be known as a simple party, but as the day when UW students declared in one voice, ‘Mifflin will not go quietly into the night!

It will not vanish without a fight! It’s going to live on, it’s going to survive.’ May 4th we celebrate our independence day!”

ASO to girls who think that constantly pushing up their boobs will help them to perk up. Actually, that causes them to be saggier.

So have fun watching your boobs become more and more saggy every time you take off your bra - from a guy who thinks push up bras are incredi-

LOLSO to all these people hatin’ on others in relationships. Not all relationships are bad.

Be happy for young Badgers that have found love instead of being bitter.

Quit making excuses as to why your life is better because you’re not “tied down” by someone.

The minute you meet someone amazing, you’ll understand why being in a relationship is worth your time.

SO to finding out today that eight hours of volunteering knocks off one day of house arrest. Thanks over-friendly fellow volunteer.

DEAR LORD THANK YOU SWEET BABY JESUS SHOUT OUT TO FINDING OUT I GOT OFF OF THE WAIT-LIST TODAY FOR AT LEASE ONE GRADUATE SCHOOL. I HAVE A FUTURE FOLKS! SO to there only being twenty something days of class left.

Summer can honestly not get here soon enough. Bring on the the terrace and bring on the beer!

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Meathead actors only garnish films, cannot star Spencer Semonson Class Critic Columnist The 1980s were a marvelous era for action film. It was the decade before the birth of the summer blockbuster and the beginning of explosions preceding storytelling. Actors who would formally be criticized for their over-thetop, dramatized acting were placed in big-budget films that would miraculously make back their budget at the box office and so much more.

Beside giving meatheads the green light to foray into the world of acting, their saturated place in film also made bankable stars out of foreign-born and sometimes unintelligible actors, lending to an invasion of European stars on the silver screen.

These big names mostly got their start in iconic films that became classics, but then followed them up with a string of bad action films and

cringe-inducing sequels that sometimes stretched across decades.

Strangely enough, these powerhouses of manly muscle are reintroducing themselves to a new generation, and not by showing their old works. No, the action stars of yesteryear are reemerging on the big screen in new — and just as formulaic — films. Why are these men coming back to movies? Most, if not all, of them are peaking at 60 years of age, and yet are making films where they are trying to relate the same macho, bicep-heavy enthusiasm as 30 years ago. I don’t blame these guys on cashing in on nostalgia with their toned bodies and wrinkly abs. But trying to take it further and make another long line of films that are just going to get panned by critics and ridiculed by moviegoers? That sounds neither entertaining nor helpful to

the sagged careers of these late bloomers.

That’s not to say that youth is overvalued in the action arena. Nowadays actors need credibility for badass prowess. They can’t shimmy into a role with just built-up muscles and some attitude, because any Chippendales dancer can do that--the exception being last summer’s “Magic Mike.” No, actors need to be learned, knowledgeable and ready to fly off a building at a moment’s notice. We have always wanted our action stars to exhibit at least a cursory knowledge of weapons, martial arts or have enough bravery to withstand a four-way attack by a villain’s goons. Besides the fact we want our heroes superhuman, we also fancy them to be older. Many of the most notable stars got their starts in their thirties, including Jean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Ford and

Sylvester Stallone. Most, if not all, of them were men who looked like they could take a punch, not like a male model for Abercrombie and Fitch.

This recent trend started with “The Expendables” in 2010, and though it wasn’t tinged in the irony it should have been, it reignited studios’ desires to make vehicles for past big names.

The allure of that film — and its sequel — was to see our old friends come together for the first time. Separately, they’re doomed to fail, because not having that sentimentality makes the film simply about one sexagenarian with a shotgun trying to relive the hype of thirty years ago.

Aside from it being downright sad that these men are trying to relive their glory days, those who do re-enter the genre aren’t timely. The ‘80s were all about battling communism, fighting against an unseen force with

thoughtless violence and taking on a power without fear. Now, we don’t have the same aggression and patriotism that would have us looking for an unsung hero. Instead, we’re more a culture of superheroes having powers that humans may never attain. Being able to throw a car off a small child? There are mothers pumped on adrenaline who can do that.

It’s not to say that these guys have disappeared for 20-plus years, fading into irrelevancy. That may be true for Arnold Schwarzenegger, who became a governor, lost his wife in a cheating scandal and is now grasping for some kind of new age among his contemporaries.

It is true that he is now staring in films such as “The Last Stand” and a newly announced sequel to “Twins” called “Triplets.” These things are true of the former terminator, but Stallone

has been plugging away for decades, making sequels to his major franchises, even in the last several years. Most of the greats have stopped making the big-time films they are most famous for and taking on cameos, such as Dolph Lundgren rumored to be in a “Masters of the Universe” remake and Sam Jones in “Ted.” Left to smalltime roles and cameos, these guys still make their mark by helping us remember what beefcake bravado could do back when oiled-up, godlike figures were not overtly absurd.

These men used to hold up films with bloated budgets on the line, too big to fail in a sense, and now they’re returning maybe half of that budget in failed followups in doomed-to-fail ventures.

Though we may not be veering away from the past these meatheads embody, we are done with the ones that made the genre what it was.

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Get bent before finals at yoga studio near you Phebe Myers ArtsEtc. Writer Bikram, Yin, Vinyasa.

No, these are not different kinds of foods. These are different types of yoga.

Yoga has long been a go-to for fitness fanatics as a way to tone the body and relax the mind. So, what do yoga fanatics do? And where can you take these classes? As it turns out, Madison has a plethora of yoga studios — there’s even a website called madtownyoga.com where yogis (that’s what yoga-doers are called, apparently) can look to see what classes are offered, where and what day.

Here’s my breakdown of yoga options for students interested in picking up body bending this summer or just in time for finals.

Kaivalya Yoga & Massage, the one above Fresh Madison Market on University Avenue, offers roughly four classes a day

ranging from Hot Power Flow (a mix of yoga and Pilates in a 95-degree room) to Power Sculpt (yoga that focuses on toning the body). Why the heat, you might ask?

It helps make the body looser and easier to morph into complicated yoga poses. Kaivalya also offers vinyasa classes. Vinyasa is a modern take on more traditional forms of yoga.

Kaivalya offers a $10 intro week where customers can go to as many classes as they want.

However, after that, the price increases to about $10 a class or packages ranging between $55 and $175. The benefit of Kaivalya is its location; being so central to campus is tough to beat for students. The week’s worth of classes I attended were good workouts, but not as mentally calming or stimulating as I had hoped.

The Studio at 613

Williamson St. offers a truly unique option: Yoga Barre. For those unfamiliar with ballet terms, that means yoga on a ballet bar. Katherine Greedy, The Studio’s outreach coordinator, helped explain Yoga Barre to me.

“The barre classes are really fun,” Greedy said. “A little more fitness-oriented than the flow classes, a really fun combination of yoga, Pilates and ballet.

You use a ballet bar, but it incorporates yoga poses …

If you ever wanted to be a dancer, you kind of get that fix.”

As someone who has always dreamed of being a ballerina but lacked the coordination, this seems like a dream come true.

The Studio’s website advertises this workout as “the best damn workout of [your] life.” Willing to give it a try? A drop-in class is offered for $20. Is the price is too high for you,

but you’re still interested in trying this uniquesounding class? Right now, Groupon has a deal on this particular class offering a half-off discount: five classes for $45 or 10 for $69.

Classes The Studio offers are centered on “Flow.” This idea of flow is common in many different yoga classes: the goal being for participants to move into poses in tandem with their breath. Even when the poses are extremely hard and pretzel-like, it’s important to keep breathing calmly and through your nose: this helps center the mind and keep focus on the class.

The next stop on our tour is Inner Fire Yoga, a 20-minute bus ride from the heart of campus, but well worth the wait. Inner Fire holds many different types of classes daily, like Yin yoga: a relaxing 60 minutes meant for strengthening. In Yin, yogis must hold the poses longer than normal, allowing for a deeper pose. But, as you may have guessed from its name, the studio’s specialty is hot Bikram-style yoga.

Bikram yoga is named such after its founder, Bikram Choudhury, who designed different postures to be repeated and practiced in a 105-degree room. Yes, you read that correctly, 105 degrees.

Rooms where Birkram yoga is performed in are often called “torture chambers.” Yet, people are

obsessed with it — like it’s some kind of cult. Though the 90 minutes of class feel like they will never end, you leave feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, like nothing else you have ever experienced. It’s not meant for everyone, but it certainly has its benefits.

Inner Fire offers an unlimited intro month for $30. But, like every other yoga studio in Madison, the prices hike up extraordinarily after the trial. The classes are physically challenging, but also mentally satisfying, and I highly recommend trying out the unlimited month.

Looking for a studio close to the Capitol?

Check out melt on State Street.

Though melt offers a variety of different fitness classes from Pilates to “chisel,” an intensive workout class, yoga instructor Jill Lundberg proves a unique class: alignment yoga.

Lundberg did her training with another local studio, Mound Street Yoga Center.

Lundberg said there are many specific benefits to alignment yoga.

“I think it cultivates flexibility, strength and that balance,” Lundberg said. “And I also think what is amazing about alignment yoga is mindfulness … our lives are often times really stressful, [so] we really just concentrate on what we call down-regulation, this idea of concentrating your mind either on your breath or on a posture and that

can actually down-regulate and relax your system and is really good for people with stressful lives.”

A drop-in class at melt is $15 with various package options.

These are just a few of the classes and studios that Madison has to offer.

Now, with all of this new information, what should potential yogis invest in?

Honestly, my best advice is that if you are seriously interested in finding a yoga studio (aka your new home), take one class from each of the excellent studios previously mentioned and see which one fits your needs best.

This will help you figure out which one feels the best for you, because none of these workouts come particularly cheap.

To recap, Kaivalya offers a great intro week and the best location of the studios, but lacks the mental connection I crave in a studio. Inner Fire Yoga is a far commute and expensive after the first month, but its classes are mentally and physically satisfying. melt has a great location, but its classes aren’t exclusively yoga, and its gym-like setting is more expensive than working out at the Southeast Recreational Facility or Natatorium. The Studio in Madison offers unique and exciting classes, but at a price that most college students can’t afford to shell out. In short, the choice is yours.

Namaste.

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The Badger Herald | Sports | Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wide receivers are brainteaser Past No. 1 option Jared Abbrederis, group full of question marks, unproven players Sean Zak Senior Associate Sports Editor When the Wisconsin football team takes to Camp Randall Stadium for the first Spring Game of Gary Andersen’s career in Madison, newness will cover the field.

Transition will not only be a term well known to the fledgling coaching staff on the sidelines. It will be also be visibly apparent between the out of bounds lines as the vacant spots have been left by graduating players.

They are now being filled with new faces, new players and new numbers to keep track of. This necessary transition will likely cover every corner of the field — except at wide receiver.

Every single wide receiver who caught a pass for Wisconsin in 2012 will be back catching passes for the Badgers in 2013.

They’ve been doing it all spring, too. At the outset, it sounds like a great returning group, one of the only positions set in stone at the dawning of the Andersen Era. But it’s far from that. There is actually very little set in stone for the Wisconsin wide receiver corps.

The clear leader of the group remains Jared Abbrederis, the consensus all-Big Ten performer from a season ago. The redshirt senior’s name was tossed around with the NFL draft at the end of last season, but when ‘Abby’ decided to put future dreams on pause, Wisconsin welcomed the senior back with open arms. It might be because his 49 catches and 837 receiving yards were easily a team-high.

It also might be that since

Abbrederis leads the way, there is very little known about what lays behind him.

A look back on last season reveals that Abbrederis’ 49 catches not only led the way, they also beat the rest of Wisconsin’s receivers combined. The group of redshirt sophomore Jordan Frederick (17), junior Kenzel Doe (16), redshirt senior Jeff Duckworth (9), redshirt junior Chase Hammond (5) and sophomore Reggie Love (1) combined to catch just 48 passes throughout last season. Furthermore, those numbers include the game and a half that Abbrederis missed with a chest injury early in 2012.

All of that, plus a new face at wide receivers coach.

Chris Beatty was the last assistant hired by Andersen this spring, little more than two months ago. Although he has every player returning, Beatty was put to the job immediately in hopes of establishing an equally dangerous receiver on the opposite side of his all-Big Ten wide out.

“We’d like to spread the field a little bit,” Beatty said, experiencing his first set of spring practices as a Wisconsin coach. “But you need somebody that is dependable on the other side.”

And in his short time around the group, the new coach sees the makings of a successful group. Beatty named five receivers who he said “have shown some things,” or have improved in his eyes. Nonetheless, he continues to remind himself that there’s a process from arriving as a coach to breeding all-

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Kenzel Doe is just one of several Wisconsin wide receivers being looked at to step into the No. 2 spot on the depth chart across from proven senior and No. 1 Jared Abbrederis. conference wide receivers.

Right now, Beatty likes the physicality of the players. At the same time, he thinks the group needs to hone in their route-running skills and trust of their hands. Beatty knows there’s plenty of work left to do.

“Right now, nobody is head and shoulders above anybody else,” he said.

Except for maybe Hammond, whose 6-foot-5 frame literally places him above the shorter statures of the 5-foot-8 Doe or the 6-foot Duckworth. As far as the No. 2 spot goes, each has

their own hand in the mix.

“Anytime we go out there, it’s always a competition,” Doe said. “If Duck goes out there and makes a big play, I’m not going to be mad.

I’d be like, ‘That’s what I’m talking about, Duck.’

“That makes you want to go out there and catch a pass yourself … we all want to play, but we are all still a family. We are brothers.”

If they’re good siblings, as Doe tends to consider his competing teammates, they’ll tend to share. Beatty might just make them do it.

“It might be a situation

where a group of guys become one guy,” Beatty said. “We would call plays to fit their skill set.”

That could include Hammond’s height and leaping ability, or Doe’s quickness from the slot position, or even a hybrid of the two, embodied by Duckworth, Frederick or any other ballhawk wearing the cardinal and white.

In the end, consistency is the only key that Beatty will be looking for in separating the group of five or six vying for a starting spot. He hopes that with a grander

KORGER, from 14 that promise meant nothing when the head coach departed for Arkansas just days after the team’s win in the Big Ten Championship Game.

It was almost like a scene out of the movie “Rudy,” where the protagonist earns the verbal promise of Notre Dame head coach Ara Parsehian that he will be able to suit up for a game during his senior season, only to see Parsehian step down.

But, luckily for Arnold, new head coach Gary Andersen is nothing close to the Hollywood representation of Dan Devine, Parsehian’s replacement in the film.

Although he admits after Bielema’s departure he initially worried that his chance would be forgotten, it was soon erased when he heard about Andersen’s reputation as a players’ coach. Plus, he still had a big network of support in Hammock, Swan and secondary coach Ben Strickland.

After trying to figure out the right time to ask, Arnold worked up the courage in Pasadena to ask Andersen the only question he had wanted answered since Dec. 4.

“At that point it was kind of like I just wanted to know,” Arnold said.

“We had a practice at the Rose Bowl and I went up to coach Andersen with coach Strickland.

He kind of introduced me and said who I was and coach Andersen was happy as can be and welcomed me with open arms, so it was great.”

With his fellow managers watching the exchange knowing what hung in the balance, Arnold turned around from the conversation with a big smile of relief, prompting an exchange of high fives and congratulations from his coworkers.

After all, Arnold’s ascension from the rank of manager to player doesn’t happen every

day. The last Badger manager to do so was Joe Sibley, who walked onto the team his senior year in 2006.

‘We all wish we could play,” Ingels said smiling. “But Brett was in a special circumstance where he has a special skill set that gave him an opportunity. And he took advantage of it.”

The moment became real when he sat in front of a locker adorned with his name on it, complete with his own helmet with the motion W he had grown up his whole life aspiring to obtain.

“When it happened and I got my locker and I got my helmet, I just sat in my locker and just looked around like, ‘I did it,’” Arnold said.

“I had no idea he was a manager until coach Hammock told me that he was the best manager he ever had,” Wisconsin first-year wide receivers coach Chris Beatty said.

“He’s one of those guys that makes you come to work everyday because he always wants to get better.”

Upping his weight to 183 pounds (and rising), Wisconsin’s newest wide receiver has had to transform his body, learn the offense and become reaccustomed to the aches and pains of an athlete. Still, Arnold has made teammates and coaches alike forget that he was helping set up practice just last fall.

“I had no idea he was a manager until coach Hammock told me that he was the best manager he ever had,” Wisconsin first-year wide receivers coach Chris Beatty said.

“He’s one of those guys that makes you come to work everyday because he always wants to get better and he’s happy to be here and be a part

stage, his new friends of just two months will rise to the occasion.

His players barely wavered from the same idea.

They’ll get that chance with brighter lights and more of an audience at Saturday’s Spring Game.

“We just have to be consistent,” Duckworth said, looking to stand out during his last spring football season. “It’s another opportunity, just like all of these practices, to make plays. It’s just the last chance, really, to prove that you’re ready to play in the fall.”

of it.”

“When he came for workouts, we didn’t notice any difference,” Abbrederis said. “I think he has a chance to play.”

“He’s an old guy,” sophomore wide receiver Jordan Fredrick said jokingly. “He’s humble, he’s not coming in thinking he’s an all-star.

He fits with our wide receivers perfectly.

We’ve gelled so much.

He’s not an odd man out at all, he’s part of what we do and who we are.”

Maybe getting around 10-20 reps every scrimmage, Arnold is focused on making that limited time count, especially with a large amount of his family and friends coming to watch him in this weekend’s annual Wisconsin football Spring Game.

Even though this is a storybook, made-forthe-movies storyline, Arnold knows he has the opportunity to make big gains in a limited amount of time.

With an entire summer remaining to get faster and stronger, Arnold is a member of a wide receiving core that only has one proven wide receiver and is wide open for playing time.

And there’s always the opportunity for a role on special teams.

“It’s a dream come true,” Arnold said, looking almost astonished at his helmet.

“It’s totally different for me, usually it’s just kind of like a work day for me but now I’ve got to come in and know what I’m doing. I’ll figure it out, but I love it, man. It’s a dream come true.”

Nick Korger is a senior majoring in history and English. Besides being the sports editor and a law school hopeful, Nick hosts “The Badger Herald Sports Hour” and is a member of the WBA award-winning show “The Student Section” on 91.7 WSUM. Like the story? Let Nick know at nkorger@badgerherald. com or follow him on twitter @nickkorger.

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HAUNT, from 14 “I think we could have done more,” Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said.

“We could have made it easier on ourselves and we didn’t. We left it all the way down to the last six outs of the game when we were still trailing. So, it was a barn burner, but we gutted it out.”

The Wisconsin offense struggled to get anything going in the first game of its doubleheader against Green Bay’s Allison Goecks, as the Phoenix pitcher baffled the Badgers’ batters with offspeed pitches.

The Badgers managed only three hits on Goecks in the 2-1 loss, despite only striking out just four times.

Massey says it was Goecks’ slower velocity on her pitches that threw off the Wisconsin hitters.

“I think it was just the change in velocity,” Massey said. “We’ve been playing Nebraska and Minnesota and, coming back to slower pitching, I think we were getting antsy up to bat.”

Goecks’ one-run effort

Jen Small The Badger Herald

Two starters from Wisconsin women’s hockey’s 2012-13 team, senior forward Brianna Decker and junior goaltender Alex Rigsby helped the United States win the gold medal over Canada. Decker scored six goals in the tournament.

“I think it was just the change in velocity. We’ve been playing Nebraska and Minnesota ... we were antsy getting up to bat.”

Whitney Massey

UW senior utility player

Badger girls ‘golden’ for Team USA Decker, Rigsby team up with Wisconsin alumni in International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship Caroline Sage Associate Sports Editor Trading in the cardinal and white for the opportunity to compete in red, white and blue, two members of the Wisconsin women’s hockey team helped earn Team USA a gold medal at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship April 9.

Senior forward Brianna Decker and junior goaltender Alex Rigsby traveled to Ottawa, Ontario, to play the world’s best and came home world champions after defeating the home-ice Canadian squad 3-2 in the final game.

“It was a really cool experience. I think that is the biggest thing to take from it … the team was awesome every practice.

The team came to work and during the games it was the same thing,” Rigsby said.

“The fact we were able to come together in such a short period of time was awesome.”

Showing no signs of slowing down after her collegiate career ended with Wisconsin failing to qualify for the NCAA tournament, Decker found a way to the back of the net in all of Team USA’s five games. Working in

SPLITS, from 14 third base on Marissa Michalkiewicz’s single to center field.

Then, when Mary Massei dropped a fly ball in right field later in the inning, two more Phoenix players came into score, taking them to their early lead.

But Wisconsin’s defense solved its issues and backed a strong performance on the mound from Cassandra Darrah the rest of the way.

“I don’t know if she gave up the three runs or our defense did. I don’t know if it was much about her making a bunch of changes. She did a nice job, but I think our defense bared down and shook it off and they bounced back nicely,” Wisconsin head coach Yvette Healy said after the game.

Wisconsin tallied single runs in the second and third innings off Green Bay starter Lauren Danner, but when the bottom of the sixth started Wisconsin still found itself down 3-2.

Leading off the inning was Peace, who worked her way into a full count and then came through with a single. Following

sync with forward Amanda Kessel — known to Badger fans as WCHA arch-rival Minnesota’s star player — Decker took advantage of a two-on-one midway through the second period of the championship game to put the United States on the board first.

She finished the tournament with six goals, tied for most of the tournament and atop the charts for the U.S., earning her a place on the media alltournament team.

Beyond returning to UW with a gold medal around her neck, the highlight of time spent in The Great White North through Decker’s eyes was the gamewinning goal by Kessel to seal the victory.

“I think when Amanda Kessel scored that gamewinning goal at the end of the Canada game, I couldn’t have been more happy for her,” Decker said of the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award Winner. “She has had a heck of a season and deserved that goal.”

Joining Decker and Rigsby were three former Badger teammates — forward Meghan Duggan (2011), forward Hilary Knight (2012) and goaltender Jessie Vetter (2009). While Decker had a chance to play with all

Peace was Massey, who promptly smashed a linedrive home run over the center field fence. Just like that, Wisconsin found itself in the lead.

After the game, Massey spoke about the mindset and playful banter with her first baseman and teammate Blackshear that led to the home run.

“The whole game I was trying to keep everyone light and loose,” Massey said. “At second base I was messing around with Shannel, and I had been

three Badger alumni in her now-completed four years at UW, Rigsby entered her freshman season at UW the year following Vetter’s senior season.

Although Rigsby did not see ice time — dressing as the back-up for Vetter in three of the five games, including the gold-medal game — the first-time World Championship team member gained experience both on and off the ice, working with the player she stepped in to replace at Wisconsin three years ago.

“It’s fun being her partner because she is so chill and relaxed, and you can really see how the team looks up to her and plays hard for her in front of the net,” Rigsby said.

For the Badger players and the rest of Team USA, the road to becoming world champions was no easy task. Opening play against a Canadian squad backed by nearly all 11,174 fans, the United States fell 3-2 in a shootout loss after owning a 2-0 lead. Following the border rivalry, the U.S. completed the preliminary round with a 4-2 triumph over Finland and downed Switzerland 5-0 to earn a quarterfinal round bye.

Facing Finland again in the semifinals, Decker led Team USA to a spot in the

telling her that she was one home run up from me and try to make a competition with that.

“So coming into my atbat I was like, I just need to move Stephanie Peace, so we just need one run.

That was like three hours of hitting work today that went into that home run. I felt confident the whole time though.”

Blackshear followed the home run with a double, which chased the starter Danner (1-2) out of the game.

gold-medal game with two goals in the 3-0 shutout win.

With Canada as their final opponent, the intense rivalry between the two dominating countries in women’s hockey would again take center stage. The two nations have monopolized the champion’s title in all 16 years the tournament has been played, with the United States winning five of the last seven titles.

Decker and the team had a vivid recollection of the 2012 tournament in which the United States lost the championship game to Canada after beating them in the preliminary round.

The curse of the firstgame victory proved itself again with the U.S. walking away with golden medallions. “[Former Team USA member] Angela Ruggiero, in one of her interviews, said that the players change but the rivalry is always there, and it is a tough environment to play in when you are playing in Canada,” Decker said. “There were about 13,000 fans there cheering against us, but it’s kind of a motivation.”

The World Championship tournament also serves to prepare both Decker and Rigsby for the 2014

After sending seven people to the plate, Wisconsin had still tallied just two runs.

But the two runs were enough for Darrah, as she set the Phoenix down in order, recording seven strikeouts total in the game to improve her record to 18-5 on the season.

“It means a lot to come back from a loss and come back from being behind and winning,” Darrah said.

“It shows our resilience and hopefully we can roll from here on out.”

United States Olympic team tryouts that will take place in June. Neither player has competed in the prestigious sporting event before. For Decker it would be the next step in her post-UW hockey career, and for Rigsby it would entail leaving the Badgers for the 20132014 season — something Duggan, Knight and UW head coach Mark Johnson did in 2010.

Both hope to put every athlete’s dream into reality and plan on using this recent success as a launching point towards tryouts.

“It just makes you want it that much more.

You go to camp and go to worlds and see what it’s like and it is like you are one step closer,” Rigsby said. “Tryouts in June are going to be a big step, and I’m ready to go and start training for that and be as prepared as I can.”

against Wisconsin marks only the sixth time the Badgers were held to one run or less in all 39 games this season.

Healy was impressed with the effort Goecks gave on the mound and said Wisconsin’s inability to get hits was as much a credit to her as it was to the batters.

“I give her all of the credit; she did a nice job of changing speeds and keeping our hitters off balance,” Healy said. “We’ve got a really aggressive team, so we’ve got to work on not just being aggressive, but disciplined also.”

Healy was pleased with the way her team was able to adjust at the plate Tuesday, but wants to see hitters become more patient at the plate and be able to take off-speed pitches going into this weekend’s series against Ohio State.

“We just want to see them get better pitches, get their pitch to swing at,” Healy said. “I think we took a lot of very good fast pitches and then swung at a lot bad off-speed ones. If we can flip that mentality, I think it will help us against Ohio State.”

Sports Editor Nick Korger sports@badgerherald.com

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Student-manager to student-athlete Nick Korger Korger’s Korner Late in Monday’s rainy football scrimmage at Camp Randall, a wide receiver donning No. 7 on his jersey reached out and made a nice diving catch. As he jogged back to the sidelines, Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen extended his hand and gave the player a high-five.

There wasn’t cheering in the stands. There wasn’t any scrambling by fans to see who the player was. Maybe it was the rain, wind and cold that made the fans unaware of a catch, or even a play, that was three years in the making.

After all, that same player had just been hauling Wisconsin’s practice equipment no more than four months ago.

Growing up in Sherwood and playing football for Kaukauna High School, Brett Arnold grew up like so

many local Wisconsin boys wanting to play for the Badgers. But that dream stayed a dream.

When it was all said and done, Arnold was heading to Wisconsin as a student, not a football player.

Then, as fate would have it, Arnold wound up in the same dorm as star wide receiver and former walk-on Jared Abbrederis during his freshman year.

The two developed a friendship and Abbrederis made a suggestion that Arnold should consider becoming a manager.

And that’s where the made-for-movie plot takes off.

For three years Arnold served as a manager and for three years he did so faithfully, mainly helping running backs coach Thomas Hammock.

Still, the dream of playing for the Badgers remained, mainly due to the questioning of his grandfather, who passed away this past February.

“He always asked me, ‘So are you ever going to walk on? You’ve got great hands!’” Arnold beamed.

“I’d say, ‘No Gramps, that’s not how it works; I’ve got a job.’”

Arnold’s grandfather had a better knowledge of the measure of his

grandson’s talents than perhaps even his grandson did, because it was those hands, those “great” hands, that pushed the young man into the spotlight.

“Before practice the managers have some time once we set everything up,” Arnold said. “We just play catch, throw the ball around and after a while you get bored playing normal catch and start making the trick catches.”

“We always joked around with Brett that he had the best hands on the team out of anybody, managers and players,” senior manager Doug Ingels said. “[Graduate assistant Luke] Swan saw Brett and said he should try out and it just went from there.”

“I went up to Luke and asked if [walking on] was a possibility and he said yeah let’s try this out,” Arnold said. “I owe my life to Luke.”

After some solid selling from Swan, whose own career started as a walkon wide receiver with the Badgers, Arnold asked Wisconsin head coach Bret Bielema if he could have a shot as a player.

Bielema said yes, but Andy Fate The Badger Herald

KORGER, page 12

Wisconsin senior Brett Arnold has gone from manager to wide receiver after turning heads during practice over the years with spectacular grabs.

Offensive woes haunt Badgers Usual high-powered bats go quiet in doubleheader at Goodman Diamond Spencer Smith Associate Sports Editor

Claire Larkins The Badger Herald

After her team dropped the first game to Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin ace Cassandra Darrah took matters into her own hands in Game 2, winning her 18th game of the season.

UW splits twin bill with UW-GB After surprising 2-1 loss in Game 1, Badgers rebound to oust Phoenix 4-3 in Game 2 Dan Corcoran Softball Writer Wisconsin set a record this year, but it wasn’t by playing games. Instead the Badgers accomplished, if it can be called that, a school record of 37 games without playing a single one at Goodman Diamond. However, whether for better or worse, the Badgers finally played their first home games of the season Tuesday afternoon and split a doubleheader with in-state rival WisconsinGreen Bay, falling 2-1 and salvaging a 4-3 victory in the second game.

Whitney Massey, who caught the first game and played second base during the finale, commented on the feeling of playing at home,

despite it being April 16.

“It’s nice to be with our fans and our friends coming out and everything like that,” Massey said. “Nothing beats playing at home, so it’s nice to finally get a home game in the middle of April.”

Unfortunately, after both a hot start to the season and the first inning of the first game, Wisconsin (30-9, 7-5 Big Ten) was shut down the rest of the way and lost its first home game of the year in surprising fashion.

Phoenix pitcher Allison Goecks yielded a walk in the first inning to Massey, and first baseman Shannel Blackshear subsequently drove in Massey all the way from first base with an RBI double. That turned out to be the only run UW would score

in Game 1.

Although the Badgers appeared off to a fast start, they only mustered two hits the rest of the way as Goecks settled down and earned her fifth victory of the season for Green Bay (10-19) to go against six losses.

On the losing side for the Badgers was Meghan McIntosh, who has already recorded two no-hitters this season for Wisconsin, coming up empty Tuesday in her complete game effort.

McIntosh surrendered only one more hit than her counterpart Goecks, but it proved to be one too many.

After Green Bay’s Hailey Mohrfeld tripled to start the second inning, Danielle Peerenboom walked, which set up Miranda Reinke with

the chance to drive home Mohrfeld from third on her groundout to second base.

The game remained knotted at one the rest of the way until Reinke scored again, this time on a mishandled ball by Peace at shortstop that eluded Wisconsin infielders enough to allow Reinke to score.

Wisconsin managed a hit in the bottom of the seventh but it was all it could come up with, as the rally fell short.

Wisconsin’s bad fielding continued to start off the second game and it appeared the Badgers might lose both games when they trailed 3-0 after the top of the first.

Jessica Hrncar drew first blood when she scored from

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The offense of the Wisconsin softball team has been off to a fast start in the 2013 season, playing a large role in the team’s best start to a season in program history.

Surprisingly, that offense failed to make an appearance in the first game of Wisconsin’s doubleheader Tuesday night.

Wisconsin (30-9, 7-5 Big Ten) came into the twin bill with Wisconsin-Green Bay (10-19, 3-6 Horizon League) averaging just over five runs per game, but it was a different story for the Badgers’ hitters against the Phoenix in their first series at Goodman Diamond this season.

Against arguably their lowest quality opponent in the last month of play, the Badgers managed to score a total of just five runs in the two games combined.

Wisconsin’s slow start on offense in the opening game of the doubleheader also wasted a terrific pitching effort on the mound from senior Meghan McIntosh.

After scoring only one run in the first of back-to-back games, a total that ended up costing the team a chance at the sweep, the Wisconsin bats woke up, scoring early in the second game with runs coming in the second and third innings.

“I think we all settled in and we really didn’t have a choice to,” senior utility player Whitney Massey said of Wisconsin’s approach at the plate in the

second game. “We were all much more relaxed and having more fun up to bat.”

Wisconsin was able to generate 13 hits off Green Bay starting pitcher Lauren Danner, who had only started three games prior to Tuesday, but boasted a 2.30 ERA. The Badgers’ biggest hit came in the sixth inning when Massey came up with the eventual game-winning hit on her eighth home run of the season, bringing Stephanie Peace around from first base to give Wisconsin the 4-3 lead, the eventual final score of the Badgers’ victory in the nightcap of the series.

Massey wasn’t the only Wisconsin hitter to settle in at the plate after the first game.

Senior outfielder Kendall Grimm — who had her 24-game reaching base streak snapped in Game 1 — went three-for-three in the late game, bringing her season average to .388, good for second on the team.

“I definitely had a different approach [in the second game],” Grimm said. “I wasn’t focusing on timing it up, I was just looking at see the ball, hit the ball. If it’s a good pitch, I’m going to swing at it.

Even then I worked my count to two strikes a lot of times, but I still stayed mentally tough and worked hard on getting hits.”

Although the Badgers’ batters fared better in the second game against the Phoenix, UW still left a lot opportunities on the bases with 12 runners left on base.

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