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Vets for Vets, a student group on campus, created a display with 2,500 flags on Bascom Hill as a memorial to those that lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Act 10 upheld in federal court Judge dismissed lawsuit against controversial collective bargaining legislation, found First Amendment argument ‘questionable’

A federal judge upheld the state law that limits public employees’ collective bargaining rights Wednesday, dismissing a lawsuit challenging the controversial restrictions.

While additional lawsuits against Act 10, which was passed by the Legislature in 2010 and ended collective bargaining for some public sector unions, are still pending, the two chapters of AFL-CIO who filed suits against Gov. Scott Walker and other

officials contended their First Amendment rights should protect collective bargaining.

In his opinion, U.S. District Judge William Conley rejected this argument and said, “The implicit assumption in this argument – that the First Amendment gives

employees an unfettered right to bargain collectively – is, at best, questionable.”

Conley added the 22 states that prohibit collective bargaining rights do so without hindering workers’ First Amendment rights.

The law does not allow

government employee unions to negotiate anything besides base wages or for states to recognize unions unless 51 percent of all potential members support the union. Pay increases are also limited to the rate of inflation under the law.

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Thefts target electronics Sarah Link City Editor Police suspect an armed robbery at an Adams Street residence Wednesday morning may be the latest in a string of incidents reported in the Vilas and Greenbush neighborhoods over the past week.

A female student saw the suspect standing on

an enclosed porch and looking into her living room window on the 1600 block of Adams Street around 2:30 a.m., according to a Madison Police Department statement.

She went to close the front door and shouted at her roommate to call 911 when the suspect allegedly forced his way in, threatening the victim with a handgun, the statement said. The suspect took her Macbook laptop and fled the scene.

The suspect, who is described as a black male, 5-foot-5-inches tall and wearing a black mask and dark clothes, allegedly

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pushed his way inside, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. A second suspect was involved in the robbery as well, although the victim was not able to provide a detailed description because he met the first suspect on a street corner and never entered the home, he said.

DeSpain said MPD believes these cases might be connected to two other armed robberies in the area: a home invasion and armed robbery on the 1200 block of Vilas Avenue Sunday evening and an armed robbery in a parking lot on

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Legislators hope to create harsher penalties for drunken driving Riley Sexton Herald Contributor In a state known for its drinking culture, two Wisconsin legislators hope to curb drunken driving rates by proposing bills to create stricter punishments for offenders.

With 238 deaths and nearly 4,000 injuries in 2009 as a result of impaired driving and alcohol-related accidents accounting for 45 percent of all fatal traffic accidents, Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon, see harsher punishments as a necessity to help deter the crime, but not the only

solution.

“Two hundred a year is an awful lot of people, with thousands people injured,” Ott said. “I have no illusions, I know that deterrents will not completely stop drunk driving, but it can slow the pace.”

According to a 2009 nationwide study by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Wisconsin has the highest rate of drunken driving in the nation, with more than 26 percent of Wisconsin adults admitting they have driven drunk in the last year.

The bills proposed by Darling and Ott would create new sentencing minimums for those who cause death or bodily harm while driving drunk, seize vehicles from repeat offenders, make the third operating while intoxicated offense a felony and require

a court appearance for a first offense.

The bills would also change Wisconsin’s status as the only state in the nation that does not classify a first OWI as a misdemeanor.

Nina Emerson, director of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School, said it is frustrating Wisconsin is the only state without this classification.

“When is Wisconsin going to be serious about this?”

Emerson said.

While legislators are eager to see fewer drunk driving offenses, some Democrats are concerned the bills introduced by Ott and Darling are not based on empirical data demonstrating which regulations and measures actually curb the offense.

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J.B. Van Hollen said in a statement after the decision he expects Act 10 to be upheld again in the remaining court challenges.

“This case proves, once again, that Act 10 is constitutional in all

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CCAP changes proposed Public access to court records could be restricted under new legislation Allie Johnson News Content Editor Members of the public could have a more difficult time obtaining court records under a proposed bill to restrict information displayed on the state’s popular online court records database, a proposal set for its first committee hearings Thursday.

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public through Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the online database offered through Consolidated Court Access Programs that provides free access about any civil and criminal cases filed in Wisconsin Circuit Courts.

Under the proposal, the public would no longer be able to see pending cases, cases in which the defendant was acquitted or eviction and restraining orders when using the database.

Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, said because currently cases where the charges were cleared are still listed on the website, many of his constituents are

concerned there is no process in place to remove those records from the search.

Goyke, one of the bill’s sponsors, said he is concerned someone will search the database, see the person was charged for something and then not dig any deeper into the details of the case.

“I heard from dozens and dozens and dozens of my constituents that are held back from entering the workforce or progressing in the workforce because of things that are found online,” Goyke said. “That electronic footprint is

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Jen Small The Badger Herald Madison resident Carl Gibson surveys damage to his room, one of the most affected by the fire.

Fire damages co-op Building deemed uninhabitable, 34 residents must find new homes Bryan Kristensen Herald Contributor City officials declared a residential co-op on West Lakelawn Place uninhabitable for the time being after the building caught fire early Wednesday morning and displaced 34 residents, including several University of Wisconsin students.

“I was working on my computer at about 1 o’clock in the morning when I saw [one of the neighbors], and he says the house is on fire and hit the fire alarm,” Carl Gibson, a resident of Lothlórien Cooperative House at 244 W. Lakelawn Place, said. “I slammed my laptop, grabbed my keys and my wallet and I got the hell out of there.”

Madison Fire Department responded to a 911 call at 1:13 a.m., according to a statement.

The first responders arrived on the scene five minutes later and, upon seeing the heavy amount of fire and smoke coming through

the roof of the four-story building, requested more responders to the scene, the statement said. MFD estimated the building sustained around $125,000 in damage.

The fire began on the roof deck of the third floor, a Madison Community Cooperative statement said.

The city’s Building Inspection Department declared the building temporarily uninhabitable, the MCC statement said.

MFD spokesperson Eric Dahl said the cause of the fire has yet to be determined and is still under investigation.

University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Lori Berquam was also on the scene last night to see what was happening with the residents and students displaced by the fire.

Berquam received a call Wednesday morning around 3 a.m. from the fire department and arrived at the scene soon after to meet with fire department officials and check on the students who were displaced by the fire, she said.

The students were in good spirits and were coming together to support one another, Berquam said.

Members of other coops approached the students and offered them assistance in their time of need, she said.

“Other co-ops were coming up and offering a spot on the sofa for these residents, and I think that that is so indicative of who we are as Badgers and I was so pleased by that,” Berquam said.

Gibson said he appreciated how open people were with their hospitality, particularly since his room sustained the most damage and he lost the majority of his belongings.

Berquam added she was grateful the local Red Cross was stepping up to help out these students and residents in their time of need.

The Red Cross worked with four residents to find them immediate lodging for the night at a local hotel that partners with the organization, Katie Gaynor, Red Cross disaster services regional coordinator, said.

“We don’t know exactly how long the building is going to be closed down … but we will be willing to give these people our assistance, or connect them with another agency that may give them assistance,” Gaynor said.

The Madison Police Department is stepping up its enforcement of traffic violations after a university police officer was struck by a car while on duty on campus.

The University of Wisconsin Police Department officer, who was escorting the Tennessee Tech football team to Camp Randall by motorcycle when he was hit by a SUV, fared better than other motorcycle drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians that have been involved in crashes with motor vehicles in Madison this year, according to newly released data.

So far in 2013, seven fatalities in crashes involving motor vehicles have occurred. Four of the deaths were pedestrians, two were bicyclists and one was a motorcycle driver, a statement from MPD said.

Ryan Mayer, an engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Traffic and Safety, said between 2010 and 2012, 10 of the 32 motor vehicle fatalities in the city of Madison involved a pedestrian, and one involved the death of a bicyclist.

MPD Lt. Carl Strasburg said the data was unusual because the fault in these accidents could not always be attributed to one party or another.

“What’s kind of further puzzling to us is when you dissect the causes of these accidents they vary.

Sometimes its been the fault of the motorcyclist, the [pedestrian], or the bike and sometimes not,” he said.

Given this complication, the plan to deal with the problem of fatal motor vehicle crashes in the city

must focus on a number of fronts, Strasburg said, including traffic violations by vehicles, bicyclists and pedestrians.

Police will cite pedestrians for jaywalking and bicyclists for not stopping at red lights, Strasburg said. According to the statement, MPD has already issued 13,000 of these kinds of citations this year.

“What we’re trying to do is encompass our enforcement in a broad perspective,” Strasburg said.

One of the recent efforts undertaken in the campus area was to dispatch additional officers to the intersection of Brooks Street and University Avenue, which Strasburg said is one of the worst areas in the city for car crashes.

He said MPD sent officers on foot, on bicycles and in squad cars to stop people who were disobeying traffic laws and either issue them a ticket or a warning.

MPD’s initiative to reduce the number of motor vehicle fatalities to zero is in partnership with the Wisconsin Bike Federation, a nonprofit that educates people on bike safety and other issues.

“We’ve been teaming up with them to not only enforce but to educate,” Strasburg said.

Pedestrian and bike traffic always increases during the school year, which raises the potential for more accidents, UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said.

Strasburg said more data needs to be collected, but this might explain the disproportional number of deaths among that group in 2013. He said MPD wants to protect the growing number of bicyclists and pedestrians if that is the case.

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Courtesy of the Wisconsin Union The first phase of the reinvestment project updated the Terrace and the theater, and the second phase will address landscaping, the interior of the building and new dining facilities.

Union project enters second design phase Preliminary designs released, interior and landscaping will see changes Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor As construction winds down on the first phase of the Memorial Union Reinvestment Project, the design process for the next phase of the project was revealed at meetings across campus this week.

Phase II of the project will concentrate on updating the interior of the union, including the dining areas and study

spaces, and changing the landscaping around the building, Wisconsin Union Director Mark Guthier said.

The design process for the second phase is currently underway, he said.

The main priorities for the second phase of the reinvestment are to promote sustainability, upgrade infrastructure and achieve universal accessibility, Guthier said.

The area of campus surrounding Memorial Union has changed dramatically during the years, he said.

Phase II is designed to help Memorial Union adapt to its surroundings but will also maintain the historical

integrity of the building, he said.

There is currently no estimate listed for the cost of financing Phase II, according to the project’s website.

However, UW students will cover 58 percent of MUR’s construction costs through segregated fees, and Union operating revenue and donations will cover the remainder of the cost, the website said.

The Wisconsin State Historical Society surveyed Memorial Union this summer and created a preservation plan outlining which parts of the building could be changed and which need to

be maintained in Phase II, Guthier said.

Der Rathskeller was one of the provisions listed, Nat Stein from Uihlein/Wilson Architects said.

A major change students will see is a two-story coffeehouse and lounge to allow students to utilize the second floor of Memorial Union more, Stein said.

The project will also eliminate Lakefront on Langdon and replace it with an Italian restaurant, Asian restaurant and Badger Market similar to the options in Union South, Katie Cary, MUR student project manager, said.

It will also feature a deli that will serve healthy fast

food options, she said.

The construction of Alumni Park directly across from the east side of the Union will also add much green space to the area and is funded by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, which will oversee its completion, WAA President and CEO Paula Bonner said.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the association, alumni wanted to do a special project to give back to campus and current students that would have meaning, Bonner said.

“The big idea with the park is not only a fabulous landscape, a green space and event space, but telling stories of the university and

our alumni,” she said. “[We are] honoring members of Wisconsin alumni and inspiring future generations to live the Wisconsin idea.”

Much of the approval processes the Union goes through are not required, but officials complete them because they feels students should have an important role in designing the space, given they are paying for more than half of the project, Cary said.

The design committee hopes to receive all necessary approvals for the next phase of the project by late winter or early spring to start construction after Phase I construction wraps in summer 2014.

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West Wash apartments get city approval Development to include private gym, housing for professionals Sarah Link City Editor A city committee granted approval Wednesday to a new apartment building on West Washington Avenue that developers hope could be ready for tenants by August 2014.

The building on 425 W. Washington Ave. will house 50 apartment units and 8,000 square feet of retail space, which will include a local optometrist shop and a Capital Fitness gym.

Mike May, chair of the Bassett Neighborhood Steering Committee, worked with developers throughout the design process and said the project meets many of the neighborhood’s requests, as well as those of Urban Design Commission members.

In order to get approval, May said the project had

OWIs, page 1 Prairie, said he is more concerned with ensuring funding for programs Wisconsin already uses to curb drunk driving offenses because state prosecutors have limited amounts of funds to deal with offenses.

“Prosecutors would not have the amount of funds they need to prosecute [OWI offenses if the bills pass],” Hebl said.

A 2007 report from the Wisconsin Joint Legislative Council found it costs the state $30,000 a year to incarcerate OWI offenders, with more than 60 percent of the growth between 2001 and 2006 in the Wisconsin incarceration rate coming as a result of

to be “exceptionally” designed, so there is still work to be done, particularly on aspects like garden landscaping, signs for the area and garage height. May also said the committee raised concerns the current designs lacked enough parking to accomodate the fitness center.

John Sutton, one of the architects for the project, said he believes there was a larger spotlight on the project because it is the first one to apply under the new city zoning code as well as the Downtown Plan.

“I believe the design is exceptional,” Sutton said. “It is because of the intelligence and thoughtfulness of the designs.”

He said the housing units will likely be geared towards professionals rather than students.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said many developments that are not immediately adjacent to campus are usually marketed toward the “young professional”

such offenses.

“Locking people up costs a lot of money for the time they are off the roads, but what about after?”

Emerson said. “If they do not get the treatment, there is no way this is going to stop.”

The report also said preincarceration programs, such as treatment and drug courts, in addition to other programs, lower the cost of corrections and result in reoffending rates either comparable to or less than those who are incarcerated.

Hebl added a reduction in state funding for mental health programs, which the bills do not address, can lead to substance abuse and consequently OWI incidents.

demographic.

However, Verveer said he still believes some students will live in the building and developers hope to open it in time for student move-in next August.

May used a baseball analogy to describe the project, saying while it has made progress, it has not yet made a home run.

“This project has worked very closely with you and the neighborhood to move ahead,” he said.

UDC voted to approve the project.

However, the developers will have to meet with committee members to work out the final details after they meet with the Plan Commission.

If that commission approves the project, the City Council will also need to green-light the plan before construction begins.

Verveer said three other designs for the same space have been proposed during the last few years, and this design has the highest chance of approval.

“This is the best of the three designs,” Verveer said.

UDC also approved a

Josh DeVries The Badger Herald The committee raised concerns over landscaping and parking for the building on West Washinton Avenue.

redevelopment located at 222 and 224 State St. where the office space would be converted into apartment units.

The committee also deferred a decision on a four-story, 74-unit

apartment complex that would also be geared toward young professionals on Mills Street. The project would require the demolition of five other residential buildings.

Multiple residents and committee members expressed concerns at the meeting that the building, which would be near Meriter Hospital, did not match the character of the neighborhood.

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Legislators call for redistricting hearing Senators call for re-evaluation of process, send letter to committee chair Madeleine Behr State Editor

Senators from both sides of the aisle are joining the fight to reevaluate redistricting in Wisconsin after several sent a letter to the head of the Senate’s elections committee calling for a public hearing on the issue.

Thirteen senators sent Committee on Elections and

Urban Affairs Chair Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, a letter on Sept. 4 requesting a public hearing on a bill that would create a nonpartisan redistricting process.

“It is widely held that the current process which allows the political parties to draw the legislative district boundaries are badly broken and ripe for abuse,” the senators said in the letter.

The bill, which draws inspiration from a similar process in Iowa, would turn over the redistricting process to the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau, Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, one of the letter’s signees, said in an interview with The Badger Herald.

“It gives a nonpartisan group a chance to make the districts, and the Legislature can vote on them or not,” Risser said. “So the Legislature still has a chance

to look it over.”

Other signees of the bill include Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center; Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison; Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay; Sen. Tim Cullen, D-Janesville; Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee; Sen. Nikiya Harris, D-Milwaukee; Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee; Sen. Tim Carpenter, D-Milwaukee; Sen. John Lehman, D-Racine; Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma; Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton; Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar; and Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Kenosha.

Lazich wrote an editorial in August for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel against the bills and said leaving the responsibility to a nonelected member of an agency is worrisome because the agency is not accountable to the public.

The letter was also sent to

Senate Majority Leader, Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, who released a statement Tuesday saying he does not want the bureau’s involvement in redistricting.

“Legislative reapportionment is one of the most important duties that the Legislature is required to perform under the Constitution,” Fitzgerald said. “I have no interest in turning that duty over to an unprotected, unaccountable board of individuals that could bring their own partisan leanings and internal agendas to the process.”

Risser said he does not see the logic in claims about the unaccountability of the bureau because people elect legislators in their district who will approve or disapprove of the group’s districting.

He added legislators who

believe redistricting should be done by the Legislature have forgotten how the process was done in the past.

“The last reapportionment was done by a law firm for $500,000,” Risser said. “The Legislature passed it, but it was prepared by a law firm paid by the Republican party.”

Cullen said the situation is very ironic considering the status of Lazich’s Senate seat and the seat of Rep. Tyler August, R-Lake Geneva, Assembly Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing chair.

“The irony in this whole thing is these gerrymandered districts is what creates these completely safe seats for Republicans and Democrats,” he said. “The irony is both Lazich and August have completely safe Republican seats, and it will never cost them an election.”

Humanities roof set for repair Construction set for fallen panels, other projects to end before start of winter Aliya Iftikhar Campus Editor After several stucco panels fell from the Mosse Humanities Building’s outdoor ceiling, the university added another project to its queue of construction projects slated for completion this winter.

After many years, some of the fasteners in the ceiling failed and the weight of the stucco fell and pulled the whole layer off along with the first layer of insulation, Rob Lamppa, director of the University of Wisconsin’s physical plant at Facilities, Planning and Management, said.

The fallen panels were

discovered by two night custodians, Lamppa said. The sections of the building where the panels fell have been barricaded to ensure in the event more fall, they will not land on anybody, he said.

There is no immediate danger of the ceiling coming down in those sections, he added.

Facilities officials are preparing a design for stabilization and will begin work in two weeks to re-secure and ensure stucco will not come down again.

“We are going to get this fixed as soon as we can because we don’t want our building looking like this, especially from such a vantage point like University Avenue,”

Lamppa said.

Orange construction barrels are also still rolled out in other locations around campus.

Two different projects are currently underway in the area surrounding Van Vleck Hall, Gary Brown, director of campus planning and landscape, said.

The stairs leading down from Bascom Hill to North Charter Street are being refinished and are having new handrails installed along with utility upgrades at the intersection of North Charter Street and Linden, which should be completed around Oct. 11, he said.

The renovations to the Wisconsin Historical

Society are slated for completion in November, but may see additional landscape restoration in the spring, Brown said.

Construction staging and trailers for the Memorial Union Reinvestment will also remain, he said.

The Langdon Street utility replacement project, happening now along the south side of Langdon and stretching from the Wisconsin State Historical Society to Science Hall, will also be completed in November, Brown said.

The completion of these projects on time should clear the Park and Langdon intersection and allow campus buses to resume their standard routes, he said.

Steve Gotter The Badger Herald Sen. Glen Grothman, R-West Bend, proposed the bill to allow farmers to sell raw milk straight to consumers.

Raw milk faces debate Economic and health concerns lead conversation in public hearing Madeleine Behr State Editor A law that would allow farmers to sell milk straight from the cow, without pasteurization or homogenization, was up for public debate in a hearing Wednesday, which sparked concerns from both health advocates and dairy industry representatives.

The bill, proposed by Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, would only allow the sale of raw milk directly from a farmer to the consumer, rather than from grocery stories.

Grothman said the issue came to his attention four years ago after raw milk distributors in his district were being “harassed” about their raw milk sales by employees of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

He said 30 other states have legalized the sale of raw milk and those looking for health benefits often consume raw milk. He added its sale would not affect Wisconsin’s $26 billion

dairy industry.

“I’m glad Wisconsin’s fishing industry doesn’t object and take away my freedom to eat raw sushi,” Grothman said. “I hope Wisconin’s agri-business sees raw milk as a way to expand Wisconsin’s dairy industry, not the other way around.”

Shawn Pfaff, representing the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association and Wisconsin Safe Milk Coalition, said the dairy industry could take a major hit if people stop consuming dairy altogether after experiencing adverse side effects from drinking raw milk.

Pfaff added pasteurization of milk occurs for a reason and keeps the integrity of the industry intact.

“We are proud of the brand we have worked on,” Pfaff said. “Whether you like it or not, the nation and the world sees cheese on [Green Bay] Packers fans’ heads.

We have ‘America’s Dairyland’ on our license plates.”

Dr. Michael Gutzeit, chief medical officer of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, said since children do not have a choice in what their parents buy for them

to eat, the bill does not account for the safety of children.

Chris Pollack, speaking on behalf of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, told a story of a family member who became very sick after drinking raw milk at Christmas dinner.

“Kayla spent 14 days in intensive care, her pancreas had failed, as well as her kidneys, which required dialysis,” Pollack said.

“Fluid accumulated around her heart and lungs, and her parents lived in fear she may not recover or see her next birthday.”

Pollack added he does not give the calves at his 150-cow dairy farm raw milk because he does not want to spread bacteria and disease among his cows.

Despite the health concerns, Vincent Hunt, a supporter of the bill, said it is confusing for people to be appalled about legalizing the sale of raw milk, when other legal products in our society are more harmful.

“This is first and foremost a subject about freedom,” Hunt said. “It would bring Wisconsin up to speed with 30 states and most of the world. We can buy gin, cigarettes and shotguns, but not [raw] milk.”

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Judge blocks citizen complaint Police and Fire Commission unable to investigate officer-involved shooting after court rules body lacks jurisdiction, Heenan’s roommates plan to appeal decision Sarah Link City Editor A Dane County judge halted a city commission from acting on a citizens’ complaint against Madison police officer Stephen Heimsness, who fatally shot Madison resident Paul Heenan last year.

Local residents Amelia and Nathan Royko Maurer, Heenan’s roommates at the time of his death, filed a complaint with the city’s Police and Fire Commission earlier this year in effort to further investigate the officerinvolved shooting.

Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert, however, prevented the complaint from being addressed by the commission, which supervises those who are hired and holds hearings for disciplinary matters.

Albert ruled it is not within the commission’s

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Joe Balles South District Captain may be connected to other robberies including one on Vilas Ave,” DeSpain said.

The descriptions of the suspects for each of the incidents were two black men between 18 and 20 years of age, according to a statement released by MPD’s South District office Wednesday. In each of the incidents, the weapon was a handgun and the suspects stole electronics, including cell phones and laptops.

The electronics were in plain sight during the robbery on Adams Street, and college-aged residents

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Walker originally included his proposal to curb collective bargaining rights in his Budget Repair Bill, causing thousands of people to protest at the state Capitol in 2011. After Democratic senators left the state to prevent the Senate from reaching the quorum necessary to vote on the bill, Republican legislators passed the legislation that would be signed into law as Act 10 by stripping out the bill’s fiscal provisions.

The Department of Justice had no further comment on the ruling after Van Hollen’s statement was released.

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jurisdiction to hear the complaint.

Heimsness shot and killed Heenan in November 2012 while he was responding to a burglary in progress call, according to a Madison Police Department report.

He was subsequently cleared of wrongdoing by an internal investigation conducted by MPD. According to a statement released after the investigation by MPD Chief Noble Wray, Heimsness pulled his gun out in response to what he thought were dangerous actions by Heenan, which is consistent with MPD policy. The statement said Heenan reached for the officer’s handgun, and Heimsness used deadly force in order to protect himself.

“Unfortunately -ultimately tragically -- and for unknown reasons, Mr. Heenan turned on Officer

Heimsness, moved to him quickly, and continued not to follow any verbal commands given by the Officer,” Wray said.

MPD, the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the Professional Standards Administrative Review also reviewed the case and determined Heimsness had followed procedure.

Amelia Royko Maurer said in an email to The Badger Herald Albert’s decision implies Wray himself could not have used the commission to hear a complaint and potentially fire Heimsness.

The judge’s decision prevents the commission from fully investigating Heimsness’ actions, she said.

“Judge Albert’s actions suggest that money is above human life, department policy and the PFC’s state-sanctioned power to discover the truth in Heimsness’ actions,”

may have been targeted because they likely own newer electronic devices, according to the statement.

South District Captain Joe Balles said he believes all the victims were students, although he was unsure if they were University of Wisconsin or Edgewood students.

He said the two home invasions were particularly concerning.

The situation was dangerous and students need to talk to each other and be vigilant especially at night, when all of the robberies have occurred, he said. Balles added MPD is working to apprehend the suspects.

“We’re doing the best we can to get these guys identified and picked up and get them off the streets,” Balles said.

DeSpain said this case was a high priority for MPD as these sort of robberies are “unusual” in Madison.

Both Balles and DeSpain said students should take proper safety precautions in securing their home and call 911 if they see a suspicious person

immediately.

Ald. Sue Ellingson, District 13, said the two armed home invasions were the most likely the work of the same two men, and people in the area should be sure to lock their doors.

Neuenfeldt also issued a statement expressing his disappointment for Wisconsin workers.

“In America, workers have the right to join a union and with one stroke of his pen, Gov. Walker decimated that right,” Neuenfeldt said.

“Act 10 always has and always will infringe upon a worker’s right to collective bargaining and democracy in the workplace.”

Lester Pines, a civil rights attorney in Madison involved in other Act 10 lawsuits, said the plaintiff ’s argument using the First Amendment was not effective.

“Everyone’s very excited about the fact that Judge Conley upheld Act 10 as being constitutional [but their reasoning] that it being unconstitutional was a foolish argument that

should never have been made,” Pines said.

Pines added the lawsuit he is involved in, litigating for Madison teachers and Milwaukee workers, is a “much more sophisticated” argument, and was taken up by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in April.

Oral arguments will be held later this year for Pines’ case.

Pines said the Wisconsin Court of Appeals recognized the difficulty of their argument and asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to step in. While the Supreme Court has the ability to send the case back to the appeals court, it chose to hear the case.

Another lawsuit brought against Act 10 by the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association is still pending in Dane County Circuit Court.

Amelia Royko Maurer said.

She also said if money was a factor in the decision, keeping Heimsness on the payroll until the date of his resignation would not save taxpayers any money.

Nathan Rokyo Maurer said in a statement the process of filing a complaint with PFC was described as a process intended to give people a voice on the actions of police officers, and the decision proved the process was quite the opposite.

“By preventing our complaint, which was found to have merit, from moving through the only process available to citizens who wish to lodge a grievance against a Madison police officer, Judge Albert’s decision will certainly have a chilling effect on anyone else wishing to do the same,” he said.

CCAP, page 1 available to the general public always; I thought it was something that needs addressing.”

He added all the records would still be available on a separate database viewable by the media, judges, court officials and lawyers.

The paper copy of all records will still be accessible by the public, he said.

Opponents of the bill argue the legislation would restrict access to valuable information for the public.

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is one of the groups set to testify against the bill when it is presented to the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

“WFIC opposes restricting public access on WCCA,” President Bill Lueders said. “We feel the public has a right to this information.”

The records found on the database have always been public information through CCAP, and the potential for people to misuse

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it has always existed, Lueders said. People will still have access to the records and can use it to discriminate on jobs, among other things, he said.

The bill will not solve the problem the legislators are trying to solve, Lueders said.

However, Lueders said the council is supportive of one provision of the bill.

One clause requires landlords, employers or someone running any other public accommodations to disclose whether they used the database when screening applicants, he said.

“We think that’s a good idea,” Lueders said.

“People have the right to know if [WCCA] is being consulted.”

Goyke said he does not expect the bill to pass in its current form and is open to making changes.

He said the main goal is to retain the provision of the bill allowing citizens to petition for the removal of a record in which they were acquitted from the online database.

OPINION

Editorial Page Editors Charles Godfrey & Joe Timmerman oped@badgerherald.com

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Herald Editorial No play without pay for athletes For many students at UW, Badger Saturdays are some of the most memorable (or leastremembered) days of the year. They play a crucial role in maintaining alumni involvement and provide a common bonding experience for students.

And, most importantly from the Athletic Department’s perspective, they rake in huge sums of money. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education compiled by businessofcollegesports. com, UW’s football and basketball programs generated nearly $60 million in revenue in the 2010-2011 year, roughly half of which was pure profit.

Yet the student athletes, who are the heart of these sports, receive a negligible proportion of the profits they help rake in. Without them, there would be no Badger Saturdays, no Grateful Red and no $30 million of annual profit for the university. Considering how much money athletes bring in, it is unreasonable that these student athletes aren’t being compensated beyond their scholarships.

Further, between time constraints and NCAA rules, it is very difficult for an athlete to work during the school year.

On one hand, it’s hard Charles Godfrey Editorial Page Editor

to feel too bad for athletes in revenue sports — after all, they are getting a world-class education for free. It’s true: a full-ride scholarship is a significant benefit. In this day and age a free college education is something many students would kill for. Still, there are many things that students consider central to their UW experience that are not covered by a scholarship.

To begin with, the cost of living in Madison is fairly high relative to most other parts of the state.

Even with a scholarship, simply residing in Madison is not cheap. For an athlete who doesn’t come from a well-off family, it could be very difficult to enjoy their college experience, or even make ends meet, with limited ability to work.

Only a small fraction of college athletes go on to play at the professional level — the rest will be seeking employment with their college degree.

Being an NCAA athlete, especially in a revenuegenerating sport, is a massive time commitment.

It is entirely possible that an athlete would place less emphasis on academics than he or she would otherwise.

Furthermore, student athletes in certain sports are putting their health at

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considerable risk. This is especially true of the cash cow that is college football — the recent stories about former NFL players suffering debilitating symptoms after numerous concussions only cement this point. By playing college football beyond the years necessary for NFL eligibility, a professionalcaliber student athlete risks millions of dollars in future earnings without any extra compensation.

Finally, these athletes are bringing in huge sums of money for their schools.

In 2010-2011, UW’s football team raked in an estimated $30 million in revenue. This means the average player on the team is generating well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars of revenue (of course, there is a fair amount of variance here — Joel Stave is bringing in more money than someone at the bottom of the special teams depth chart.) It is simply not fair for people generating so much money to receive so little compensation.

All of this points to one conclusion: Student athletes, especially those in dangerous, revenuegenerating sports, deserve to be compensated with more than a scholarship.

We will not attempt to prescribe in detail a

Katie Caron Managing Editor

Katherine Krueger Editor-in-Chief

fair compensation plan -there are people far more qualified to work out the specifics. Suffice to say that there are a great variety of ways to implement some sort of payment scheme while still preserving the “purity” of college sports.

At present, the argument that college athletes should not be payed hinges on exactly that: the “purity” of college sports. First of all, purity is a vaguely defined, abstract concept, and the notion that paying athletes is “impure” is completely subjective -- it is certainly no basis for financial decision-making.

Moreover, this aesthetic idea of purity is only an illusion. In the real world college athletes are paid, whether the NCAA allows it or not — over the last several years, there have been a number of scandals involving under-the-table compensation of college athletes.

By preventing athletes from being paid, the NCAA is adhering to subjective principles that have already been corrupted to the point of irrelevance.

And in a country that so ardently espouses free market principles and so dearly loves sports, it is absurd that in the NCAA the people who play them cannot be paid.

Jared Mehre Editorial Board Member

Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.

Jen SmallThe Badger Herald Despite drawing more than 80,000 paying fans at home games, UW football players, along with other NCAA athletes, cannot be paid for their services.

Loan rates exploit students Jared Mehre Columnist In the year 2013, the United States government is predicted to make a record $50 billion in profit from the interest collected on federal student loans.

This is more than the most profitable company in America, ExxonMobil, which made $44.9 billion in 2012, according to USA Today. During one of the major congressional battles of the summer, the U.S. government successfully passed legislation that tied federal student loan interest rates to the financial market.

While this legislation did successfully bring federal student loan rates down, it is expected to cost students more down the road when the financial markets improve.

However, current and past students should have the chance to take advantage of this small window of opportunity and refinance their federal student loans. During the 2012-2013 academic year, undergraduate and graduate unsubsidized

federal loan rates stood at 6.8 percent. It was also in this time period that students took out $177 billion in federal student loans.

Currently, under the new legislation, undergraduate unsubsidized federal student loan rates are 3.86 percent and graduate federal student loan rates are at 5.41 percent.

The federal government should not be allowed to make outrageous profits from the pockets of struggling students. We have a commitment to education in this country, and students should be allowed to refinance their federal student loans to the lowest levels possible. The money the government is expected to make from student loans will be enough to pay for two-thirds of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2013 budget. It is not the job of students to bankroll the U.S. government.

The federal government should not be penalizing our citizens so severely for seeking an education.

According to the Huffington Post, the average person pursuing a bachelor’s degree will accumulate $117,964 in debt, and it will take them nearly 20 years to pay it off. People are spending decades paying down

their student loans. This is money that people could instead be used to stimulate the economy.

Instead of spending 20 years paying off student loans, a person should be able to refinance these loans and pay them off three or even five years

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The federal government should not be allowed to make outrageous profits from the pockets of struggling students.

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sooner. They could then put a down payment on a house, take a vacation to Hawaii or simply buy brand name groceries without the burden of student loans hanging over their heads.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan has recently introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that aims to refinance student loans.

Under Pocan’s proposed bill, anyone with a federal student loan would be allowed to refinance to the lowest rate possible.

This is a bill that will save students, both past and present, significant amounts of money and

time.

The price of a college education is continually on the rise, and it is becoming more and more difficult for students to fund their education.

While allowing student loans to be refinanced would not stop the initial lump sum that a person needs to borrow in order to pay for tuition, it will shorten the length of time a person must spend repaying those student loans.

Currently, 37 million people in the U.S. have outstanding student loans, with a total debt that tops $1 trillion. Student debt is more than the $857 billion of credit card debt in America and it is growing 10 times as fast.

The problem of student debt should be the number one priority of lawmakers in the area of education. We are students; we are the future. Student loans are a worrisome anvil that hang over the heads of our most educated citizens. With no guarantee of a job after graduation, anything that can help students pay back their debt must be done.

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

Voting deserves legal protection Aaron Loudenslager Columnist When American citizens think about “fundamental” rights, at least in the constitutional sense of the term, they usually think about things such as the right to marry or the right to travel freely between different states. Many Americans also consider the right to vote a fundamental constitutional right. Indeed, the right to vote implicitly acts as the foundation for a democratic society.

Yet nowhere in the Constitution does it explicitly state that American citizens have the right to vote and, moreover, the Constitution is silent as to whether Americans have the “fundamental” right to vote. Rep. Mark Pocan is cosponsoring an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would explicitly enshrine the American people’s right to vote into our nation’s founding document.

Congress and the individual states should ratify Pocan’s proposed amendment in order to protect people’s right to participate in our democratic and republican system of government.

In the past few years, restrictive voter ID laws have proliferated across the country, including in Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s voter ID law is currently being challenged in multiple courts, with one state appeals court holding that the law was not a violation of the Wisconsin Constitution, which reversed a lower court’s decision preventing the law from being enforced.

Wisconsin is not alone in enacting restrictive voter ID laws, though — just over the past few months Texas and New Carolina have enacted voter ID laws of their own.

Proponents of voter ID laws claim that these laws are needed to protect citizens against the rampant expansion of “voter fraud.”

In fact, Gov. Scott Walker stated that Wisconsin’s voter ID law would “go a long way to protecting the integrity of elections in Wisconsin” shortly after he signed Wisconsin’s voter ID law. There is a significant problem with this argument from voter ID proponents, though. When one searches methodically for rampant voter fraud — like searching for the boogeyman — one will not find it. Instead, that person will realize rampant voter fraud (or the boogeyman) is nonexistent; it is an unfounded fear the person has created.

Voter fraud in the

United States is virtually nonexistent. In fact, as reported by ABC News, a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice demonstrated that between 2002 and 2005, only 26 voters were found guilty of voter fraud. This amounts to approximately .00000013 percent of the votes cast between 2002 and 2005 that resulted in voter fraud convictions.

As Colin Powell said, “You can say what you like, but there is no voter fraud. How can it be widespread and undetected?”

In essence, we have politicians enacting voter ID laws to fix a problem that doesn’t exist in reality.

In addition, although these voter ID laws are bad from a policy standpoint, under existing U.S. Supreme Court precedent, these laws might pass constitutional muster.

The Supreme Court has, in the past, called the right to vote a “fundamental” right subject to strict scrutiny, but recently has retreated from this standard and instead applied a “balancing test.”

As the Supreme Court stated in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, rational “evenhanded restrictions that protect the integrity and reliability of the electoral process itself” are constitutional.

But the Court also said that these restrictions “must be justified by relevant and legitimate state interests ‘sufficiently weighty to justify the limitation.’”

Pocan’s proposed constitutional amendment says “every citizen of the United States . . . shall have the fundamental right to vote.” If this were to become a constitutional amendment, it is quite likely that the Supreme Court would then apply strict scrutiny to restrictions on the right to vote, instead of the current balancing test. Applying strict scrutiny to the many voter ID laws enacted across the nation, the Supreme Court would probably strike down most voter ID laws when challenged, if not all of them.

The right to vote is the foundation of any truly democratic and open society. This right is being slowly eroded by numerous voter ID laws across the country. It is time for Congress and the states to ratify Pocan’s proposed constitutional amendment so that every person will be able to vote, regardless of restrictive voter ID laws.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Eat shit, shut up Last week I returned to Madison for the first time in 25 years. Many things have not changed.

The people were warm and welcoming, the countryside was beautiful and the Wisconsin brews were cold and tasty.

I attended the Badger v.

Tennessee Tech football game. Tuba players marching down the street and bagpipers playing “On Wisconsin” added to the festive atmosphere. It was incredible. I love the way the student sections show their enthusiasm during the “Jump Around” at the end of the third quarter, and their echo of “first and 10 Wisconsin” made me smile. However, I was not prepared for the obscene chants coming from the students throughout the game.

There were many youngsters in attendance with their parents, and the Field House end of the stadium was filled with high school bands.

I wonder how they felt about this. This vulgarity reflects poorly on the university — one of the best academic institutions in the country — and the fact that this is tolerated disappoints me.

Still, I enjoyed the game experience including the 5th quarter. Even though I am not a Wisconsin graduate, I am emotionally touched by “Varsity” and I love to participate in singing along. U-rah-rah!

On Wisconsin!

Peter Boam hosted the radio show “Peter B. and the Breakfast Bunch” on WIBA from 1982-1989.

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SHOUTOUTS SO to the girl with the Kim Possible ringtone leaving College right now... you made our night!

ASO to the girl(s) wearing denim underwear.... I think those are supposed to be shorts. Let’s try classy next time.

SO to the guy biker I hit with my bike last night.

Bike tag is the best!

SO to cute blonde in Econ 310. Damn SO to what I would do to be able to just study at the Union again, it would surpass what I would do for a Klondike bar. Never graduate.

SO To all students waiting at bus stops.

The whoosh of air is a bus flying by your sorry ass because you don’t seem to give a shit about paying attention to why you are standing/sitting in a designated bus stop.

Another SO don’t go fucking knocking on the side of a bus thinking it is a door that will open magically as it pulls away.

pants. Care to share!?

LOLSO to the freshmen walking out of the serf tonight wondering why the ground was wet. It obviously didn’t rain.

The ground was just sweaty.

SO to my criminology professor researching prostitute prices in the Madison area. I actually learned something today.

ASO to the cluster fuck that is Charter and Linden.

H(ilarious)SO to the group of freshman who asked me if I knew “where any sweet parties” were on W Gilman last night.

Go home, you’re (not getting) drunk.

ASO to the Badger football team for inverting their helmet color scheme. It’s a slippery slope to becoming fashion divas like Oregon.

ASO to the ultra dickhead revving his stupid motorcycle at 830 am on Saturday.

SO to going to a bar

SO to the hot brunette walking to Van Hise who gave me a great show when the wind picked up her skirt. Dat ass SO out to Myles (yes with a “y”)...I’m in the Surf just above you... follow the girly smell.

I’m done imagining what you have in your

at 5 and getting drunk and talking about gender equality and intersectionality. It’s so UW I can’t even take it.

ASO to people who think they need to push their way onto a bus before people on crutches/elderly people. No. Just No. SO to my smokin’ Classics TA that reminds me of Zooey Deschanel. Thank you for the fuel you will add to my masturbatory flame every Friday.

ASO to chumps looking to make a quick buck on their football tickets. There is no reason why you need to sell a ticket for 4x what you paid for it.

SO to the girl who said she’s not allowed to eat canned ravioli because she’s authentic Italian.

Will you marry me?

ASO to the 19 year old UW girl that had a .37 BAC and made the news. If you rage that hard here, you better end up being a MD. SO to having a TA named Treenut.

The Badger Herald presents...

The Badger Herald | Thursday, September 12, 2013 | 9 First non-homeless have sex in Peace Park...ASM hopeful runs entire campaign on platform of pods in libraries and more chocolate milk...Rosebud, Rosebud...

Only in it for those Benjamins since 2007 The Madison Misnomer is only in it for the money.

That’s not a typical way to start a beginningof-the-year oped piece from the Editor-in-Chief – a declarative statement that catches your eye by showing how we’re the spunkier student newspaper – no, that definitely hasn’t been done before.

In 2007, a student named Josh Moss was dissatisfied. He came to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and decided the absence of an ASM-dependent, overly-Jewish satirical student newspaper was unacceptable. He named the paper The Madison Misnomer after UWMadison’s official motto, “what the fuck is the Madison Misnomer,” and began what would

become a tradition of ignorance.

Before the close of last year, we announced we were sick of being the only all-green publication model on campus and vowed to be back with one print edition each week.

This meant starting a newspaper war between Katherine “I did NOT sleep in the office last night” Krueger of the Herald and Abby “Bitch, do NOT pull out my weave” Becker of the Cardinal. All that was needed was a mention of how one lost the other’s Vampire Diaries Season One DVD, and the battle started its course. On Thursdays, you’ll be able to pick up the Weekend Edition of the Herald – geared toward offending you with our stories you cannot unsee and

a lack of integrity only fit for student print, respectively. Our content will pussyfoot, with clear allegiance shown to the Herald deities and constant bitching at those Cardinal bitches.

In short, we definitely sold out – for mainstream popularity and free donuts – so haters gonna hate.

We’re a daily student publication; we’re totally just slaves to the University, Will Haynes and Eric Knueve. Look to The Madison Misnomer for what’s really going on. We’re totally making this shit up.

Another exciting addition this year is our feud with those stupid stupidheads at Street Pulse, Madison’s paper on the streets. We’ll make sure they learn their place in Madison

(Protect Ya Neck, mofos).

With that said, The Madison Misnomer you will see at the end of the year will not be the same as it is now. With almost 7 years under our belt, we appreciate the past, but most importantly, we look to the future. While what’s ahead is definitely mass organizational suspensions, know that The Madison Misnomer will make sure their parents never find out any of this is happening.

So what does that all mean? Stick with us this year to find out. You will certainly regret it.

Editor’s Note: The text of this column has been edited to clarify the Daily Cardinal does not smell like curdled goat milk and Mara Jezior is a nice lady.

Jen Small The Badger Herald Eric Wiig (pictured) only gets hard when he smells bills that are greater than 50 dollars.

This Day In Badgers’ History 1852: Due to the late start on his morning cow milking for the family, junior Nathaniel Duponter becomes the first UW-Madison student ever late to a class, much to the abhorrent disappointment of his lecturer, Professor Harold Scheub.

Friends tough to spot at Terrace “Well, they’re definitely not at the Brat Stand, but I’ll look over there once more.”

Jen Small The Badger Herald Gary Andersen doing what he does best - questioning his beliefs.

Getting to know U...W!!!

Upon arriving to the Memorial Union Terrace earlier this afternoon, UW Sophomore Jim Radcliffe uncomfortably searched for his friends who said they’d meet him there for some afternoon studying for their Logic class.

“I texted Christy to see if there was a table yet, but she didn’t respond to my text, so I kept looking,” reported Jim to The Misnomer as the events unfolded, “I thought I saw someone from my study group waving me over, but it turned out they were waving to someone else.”

Jim, in his increasing desperation and nervous

perspiring as a result of the presumed stares from Terrace-enjoyers, found a table to sit at whilst continuing his search. He was heard shouting for his presumably absent colleagues for five minutes in frustration, before calling his boy Scott, another member of his Terrace party.

“Hey, where are you guys? Oh, ok. Yeah, I’m at the Terrace already. I got us a table near the big chair.

Do you see me?” Misnomer reporters overheard from Jim’s conversation.

“No, the other big chair.

Hello? Scott, how close are you and Christy to the

Terrace? …Scott?”

Further looking to avoid the feeling of abject lonliness and silent selfreflection in betwixt the swarms of people enjoying the sight and sounds of Lake Mendota with their friends and family, Jim decided upon more desperate measures.

Grabbing a full pitcher of New Glarus Spotted Cow beer, he proceeded to pour out cups for each of his friends at the eight person table.

“I mean, they probably just didn’t know where to look before. But now that I am posted up near the stand where they

sell Babcock ice cream sometimes, they are totally sure to see me,” protested Jim moments later.

Before sending Christy two sad faced and seven one-second angry faced Snapchats from his phone, Jim could be seen drinking every cup at the table. Witnesses reported uncontrolled sobbings from him at the time.

Jim was seen five minutes later leaving the Terrace headed home to his apartment on Gilman Street “to watch New Girl on Netflix and eat Bagel Bites.” At the time, his friends were inside at Der Rathskeller.

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UW band member eats rock, dies

To help introduce you to some of the faces new to our campus, or to shed light on people you may know only a little about, here is a Getting To Know U...W!!! on the new Badgers head football coach Gary Andersen.

- At this point, probably a fan of Breaking Bad. - Keeping some cards close to his vest when it comes to talking Biggie Small’s murder...

- Likes sushi, but gets his steak well done.

WHAT DOES HE BELIEVE IN?!

- Can’t believe it’s not butter, so don’t try to persuade him. He’ll make up his own fucking mind.

- Met Montee Ball at a charity fundraiser last spring and tried to convince him to stay another year by making him a model gazebo out of butter balls.

- Hasn’t seen his family

Members of the University of Wisconsin marching band looked on in shocked horror as UW Marching Band student Nolan Billis died of internal bleeding and loss of oxygen as a result of eating a rock Wednesday morning.

Billis, known by his friends to have been one of the more rowdy and rambunctious members of the flute section, allegedly found the rock on the practice field, to the side of the water coolers. Witnesses say that the 19-year-old sophomore picked up the rock, went into a heated tirade praising his own strength, jumped onto a nearby folding chair, and, screaming a guttural cry of fortitude, violently shoved the 4.8 ounce rock into his mouth.

It has not yet been determined whether alcohol use played a part in

since they released Pitch Perfect on Blu-ray.

- Broke the world record in 300 meter hurdles and told nobody.

- Not very religious, except for his belief that complete devotion to Jesus Christ dictates ones place in the afterlife.

- Dismisses the West Coast offense in favor of the Florida Coast offense, in which first downs are gained through smart investments for 45 years and celebrated with purchase of a beach house.

- Calls Jared Abbrederis at night and asks him “where the parties at,” claims it was a test, then asks again in earnest.

- Doesn’t mind cottage cheese, so long as it’s in the garbage and never gets near his mouth.

Hate Italians*. (*Italian food, made by greasy Italians)

Billis’ actions.

“Aw, man, that was dank crazy,” said UW sophomore Hector Jasches, friend of Billis, “My buddy Noles was all yellin’ about how tough he was, an’ then outta nowhere he was all just fallin’ on the ground an’ chokin’ up ketchup into his hand and whatever, an’ we all thought it was just, ya know, Noles, bein’ Noles, but then he got all silent an’ stuff, an’ then we realized it sure as hell weren’t ketchup, and, man. Crazy!”

Paramedics arriving on the scene pronounced Billis dead at 10:24 AM. The rock was found lodged in Billis’ lower esophagus, unbroken.

Authorities believe Billis’ actions were encouraged by the words, “Eat a rock,” a mantra popularized by UW band leader Michael Leckrone as a trigger to inspire strength and stamina in his students.

“Like, it’s just a thing Mike says to get us going,” UW Band junior Laura Clifford said, “not, like, something you’re supposed to take seriously. Had a long day? Eat a rock! Had

a bad breakup? Eat a rock!

Dying of gastrointestinal bleeding because you were, like, stupid enough to eat a rock? EAT A ROCK! Stop at the top! We love you Mike!

ON WISCONSIN!”

A freshman’s guide to navigating the Kollege Klub Barry Alvarez, everybody’s favorite bald white guy on campus (sorry, Dave Black) gives his words of advice “to the newbies” Now, when I was a freshman, you could drink at age 18, and there were beer bars up and down State Street by the campus. These days, times have changed and alcohol consumption laws have along with them.

Here are the top ten tips every freshman should know about the KK as determined by my offensive line staff and myself. #1 If you’re a girl, people are going to grab your butt. If you’re a guy, your dick’s going to get groped. You’re fresh meat, so the scene has to check

out the goods, you know. #2 The guys there are DTF at all times. Sorry freshman guys, but you won’t be in the same situation with the girls, but if you’re a freshman girl, it doesn’t matter if you’ve just come from puking your guts out in the bathroom, if you’ve pissed your pants, or if you have your period. No one at the KK cares if they’re eating you out while you’re on your period. (N.B. If someone tries to kiss you make sure their face is free of menstrual blood). #3The KK is a time

honored institution. Treat it as such. The staff needs to get laid, too, so from time to time take a night off from jersey chasing and bag a bartender. #4Freshmen guys, if you manage to get in, you’re out of your league.

Best method of attack is as follows: stay sober; sure hold a drink, but take phantom swigs from it.

You’re out of your league, your best tactic is to take in the surroundings and maybe, maybe, end the night free from humiliation at the hands of your now peers.

#5On fake IDs: It’s 2013, everyone!

Think of how futuristic 2013 sounded in 1970, and we’re living it right now, the question is are you living it? Do you realize how talented the Chinese are at counterfeiting anything?

And how great the Internet is at connecting disparate locations?

You do the math. You can also ask someone who’s a math major to do it for you. #6New Badgers football coach Gary Andersen will probably sleep with your soon-to-be ex. I’m going to level with

INFO@THEMADISONMISNOMER.WORDPRESS.COM

you, as an accomplished coach and athletic director, there’s really nothing you can do to stop a newly minted hack moving from the backwaters of college football into the big show.

Gary’s going to be a pussy combine his first three months. #7Someone old guy in a do-rag is going to ask you to buy him a beer. This is a trick. He’s really trying to get you to open your wallet, so he can see how much money you have and if it’s worth it to follow you when you leave to rob you. #8Tip well.

You

want to get back in, right?

Give every staff person you see a ten-dollar bill, and you’ll never have another problem for the next four years. #9Dress the part.

When in Rome, right?

Guys, you’ll be fine in a polo or ironic tee and jeans.

Girls, wear something that lets your nipples show. #10- You’re a freshman, so don’t worry about it! All these sad fucks are going to be gone by the time you’re a senior!

The question is, will you be on top, or will Gary Andersen?

ARTS

ArtsEtc. Editor Erik Sateren arts@badgerherald.com

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Romare Bearden’s ‘Odyssey’ a trip of self-discovery Chazen exhibit bridges Homer narratives with modern realities Mekea Larson ArtsEtc. Writer Now through Nov. 24, the University of Wisconsin’s Chazen Museum of Art will feature Romare Bearden’s “A Black Odyssey,” a 50-work traveling show from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

The presentation is the American modernist’s interpretation of Homer’s epic works, particularly “The Odyssey.”

This interpretation, as Bearden describes it, is meant to be a “collaboration” rather than an illustration, reinterpreting the tales through 20th century concerns and the African-American experience.

He highlights the relevance and universality of these ancient stories, not simply for AfricanAmericans, but for all of humanity. The original 20-piece series of collages explode with color as they explore the idea of self-realization, humanity and home.

Line drawings and watercolor reflections

by Bearden, with a peppering of quotes from both the artist and Homer, flesh out the series.

The exhibit runs through three rooms in the Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries.

The first

room is dominated by his line drawings, frenetic studies of the desperation and struggle seen in “The Iliad.” At close range, they are arresting in their use of line and space, but they fail to draw the eye from outside the gallery. The third and final room suffers from a lack of focus, with a loud audiovisual presentation, Bearden’s watercolor reflections on the main series and other miscellaneous works.

“Bearden’s skill as an artist is immense.

The images beg to be stared at and explored. He makes an effort to go beyond the visual and explore the self, what it is to be human...

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It is in the middle room that the exhibit truly blossoms. Here, the main works in the series are housed: large collages that pop with color and echo Bearden’s contemporary Henri Matisse.

Each work is recognizable as a scene from Homer’s work yet opens up the story to a larger audience.

Although powerful enough in their aesthetic pleasure, viewers are reminded by quotes and plaques that they are to interpret these scenes from “The Odyssey” as a part of their own

existence. Given that each piece calls out to be examined, it is easy to slip into self-reflection as the images seep into the mind.

The exhibit is unquestionably worth a visit. Bearden’s skill as an artist is immense.

The images beg to be stared at and explored.

He makes an effort to go beyond the visual and explore the self, what it is to be human or to find a home. If the viewer forgets this, reminders are shouted from the walls in Bearden’s own words, encouraging the eye to look inward as well as out. His body of work is assertive, beautiful and intelligent. It is the method of presentation that is lacking. The constraints of the museum’s space detract from the sensory experience and miss the opportunity to highlight the collection’s jazz influences in the audiovideo presentation. The space could use a bit of the self-discovery that Bearden promotes.

Set aside an hour and wander through the kaleidoscopic journey.

And perhaps set aside another hour to journey in your head. It is well worth the time.

In tandem with this presentation, learning tools such as apps and websites are available.

Various related events, including a poetry series and jazz concert from Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids, will be open to the public as accompaniments to the show. Check the Chazen’s website for more information.

Photo courtesy of Chazen Museum of Art Romare Bearden was an African-American artist who worked primarily with oils and collages and attempted to unite black communities. His new Chazen exhibit draws parallels between the themes of “The Odyssey” and modern social experiences.

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Monáe’s ‘Lady’ electric Phebe Myers ArtsEtc. Writer Janelle Monáe has brought back her unique fusion of funk and R&B in her recently-released album The Electric Lady.

The inimitable album utilizes the talents of other up-and-coming artists like Erykah Badu, Solange, Miguel and Esperanza Spalding to create a mixture of music unlike any other.

Monáe’s extreme musical talent and the unique aspects of The Electric Lady’s sound represent something new in music: a shift in popular culture toward distinctive and soulful music, contrasted with artists who churn out song after song of meaningless crap. Monáe’s album is completely her own. She is perfectly original and herself. She is a rarity in modern pop music.

Prince is also featured on the album on the song “Givin’ ‘Em

What They Love.” His influence on her work is quite noticeable, as is that of David Bowie, Andre 3000 and recent Justin Timberlake. The difference?

Monáe is the only female of the bunch. Monáe recognizes and uses this role on songs such as “Ghetto Woman” and “Q.U.E.E.N.,” both of which promote female empowerment.

It’s Monáe’s unrelenting mix of topical themes and psychedelic music that makes her sound so exceptional.

Monáe often discusses her alter ego, Cindi Mayweather, on the album.

“Our Favorite Fugitive” features a made-up radio announcer discussing Mayweather’s morals. Mayweather is also a droid robot. It’s quirks like these that make it difficult not to fall in love with Monáe’s spunk and personality.

Monáe has created such a fun and innovative album that it feels like

a gift. The previouslyreleased single from the album, “Q.U.E.E.N.,” sounds like a cooler, female version of Gnarls Barkley. It’s impossible not to dance along. Her music is stupefying, but some of the lyrics are hard to relate to in an emotional context because this is Monáe’s world, and we are all just guests.

Almost all of the songs on The Electric Lady are extremely well put-together. The most extraordinary songs on the album are “Electric Lady,” “PrimeTime,” “Victory,” “Q.U.E.E.N.” and “What an Experience.”

When it comes to picking featured artists, Monáe displays the same kind of musical knowledge as an artist like Kanye West.

“PrimeTime” features Miguel, and it’s one of the only ballads on the album.

The love song is beautiful, but it’s Miguel’s voice that really shines through on the song. Considering he is a Grammy Award-winning

Photo courtesy of Interview Magazine Janelle Monáe’s newest LP is a dazzling collection of sexy, eclectic tunes coupled with impressive guest spots.

singer, this is completely understandable. Although Monáe is a talented singer, her true strength comes from her appreciation and understanding of music, as well as her unique point of view.

The Electric Lady somehow manages to merge a futuristic sound with a retro disco feel.

The album is noteworthy, and defines Monáe as an artist not to be missed.

However, she is not an artist for everyone.

Her unique style and genre-splitting sound are meant for a specific type of listener. For fans of mellower music, this might not be a perfect fit. This invitation into

Monáe’s imagination is a fascinating musical journey that will have alternative music listeners buzzing for months.

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THE ELECTRIC LADY JANELLE MONÁE

Andrew Belle’s Madison stop spices up folk tropes Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Writer Lovers of romantic TV dramas might be familiar with Andrew Belle’s songs from inherently melodramatic moments of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Vampire Diaries” and “Pretty Little Liars.” These songs, from Belle’s debut LP The Ladder, may fit into this singersongwriter cliché. But if the audience at Tuesday’s show at the High Noon were expecting just a man, a guitar and emotionallydriven lyrics, they were instead met with two full bands and an energetic performance from both The Young International and

Belle himself.

The venue was a perfect fit for the performers. The atmosphere was intimate and cozy with great acoustics and dark lighting.

Like Belle, the High Noon started with an old theme and added a new age twist. The saloon-style bar is adorned in horseshoes and desert landscapes, but behind the bar Obey stickers and posters promoting heavy metal give it an underground punk feel.

Similarly, Belle is attempting to add more energy to the traditional singer-songwriter genre by promoting his new sophomore LP Black Bear, which dropped on Aug. 20.

On this LP, Belle works hard to shed his Jack Johnsonesque beginnings while keeping true to some of his original Nashville flavor. He does this by introducing a deeper bass and syncopating beats along with a rhythmic guitar, especially on songs like “Santa Fe,” which starts with a jazzy keyboard and adds smooth vocals reminiscent of Toro Y Moi. Madison was Belle’s first stop on this tour, and it was the first time Belle and The Young International played together.

This created an environment of experimentation and honesty between the performers and the crowd.

Working to get their footing,

they were humble and engaging with the audience.

The Young International opened the show. Many of the band members had been Belle’s roommates for several years and had helped him compose his debut album. They are a Nashville-based band whose music brings to mind Grizzly Bear’s Shields. They describe their sound as alternative rock, and it was indeed a poppy-rock fusion mixed with strong percussion and ranging vocals. Their drummer, however, was possibly too strong because a snare was broken after the first set. Rather than making it an issue, the band took this momentary technical lapse

as an opportunity to invite the audience for hugs and hellos after the show. They were as personable as an opener could be, laughing with the crowd when the bassist started in the wrong key and referring to their tour mate as “A. Belle”.

Belle followed suit.

At first he warned the scheduled short set would not leave him any time for nonsense, but this quickly changed when his earpiece was lost after a passionate pounding on a spare snare during a song. While the audience and crew looked for the piece, Belle talked SEC football with a room full of Badger fans—a risky move—but it did work to

lighten up the crowd. He played mostly songs from the new album, including a heartfelt performance of “Sister.” He also mentioned that the tour is raising funds for Dennis—a boy from Kenya in need of surgery— through an organization called Cure International.

Unlike many of Belle’s contemporaries, he cannot be shirked into the singersongwriter subgenre of made-for-television music.

On his newest album and at the High Noon Saloon Tuesday, he shifted the mood from mellow to upbeat, soliciting headnodding and dancing, rather than the tears one might expect.

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Men’s soccer heads south for USF, FGCU Christian Karcher Men’s Soccer Writer Back-to-back wins against Western Michigan and DePaul set Wisconsin men’s soccer off to its best start since 2008.

Wisconsin will now head to Florida to begin its five game road trip with matches against South Florida and Florida Gulf Coast, both NCAA tournament teams from last year.

Despite Wisconsin’s reputation as a primarily defense-oriented team, its offense — led by redshirt senior Tomislav Zadro and a whole host of young players — has been explosive as of late. Zadro was awarded CoOffensive Player of the Week honors by the Big Ten after tallying two goals and two assists in the Badgers’ first home matchups, including a last second goal to force overtime against DePaul on Sunday.

However, the Badgers’ streaking offense will face its biggest challenge to date when it travels to Tampa, Fla. to take on South Florida this week.

“It’s a different kettle of fish when you go down to

Florida,” head coach John Trask said. “We are playing a very good South Florida team, a tournament team. It should be a good challenge for the players.”

After exiting the NCAA tournament in the second round last year, the Bulls are prepared to make another postseason run. Their stout defense has given up only three goals in as many games.

To make the statistic even more impressive, two of those games were played against NCAA tournament contenders from last year (FGCU and Michigan).

USF is coming off of a 1-1 draw with 14th-ranked Michigan in Ann Arbor, a double overtime thriller where USF defenders constantly shut down Michigan’s impressive offense.

The performance earned Nikola Paunic of USF the title of Defender of the Week in the Atlantic Athletic Conference, furthering the team’s defensive resume.

Zadro will be looking to extend his scoring streak to three games, while Paunic and the USF defense will try

to stifle Zadro’s impressive streak. Keep your eyes on the two as they battle for in the Bull’s backfield.

“We are just gonna take it game by game,” Zadro said.

“Every game we go into we truly believe that we can win, and I think that attitude is important for our success.”

If Zadro scores in the matchup with USF, the streak will likely continue when the Badgers take on Florida Gulf Coast. The Badgers should be able to capitalize against Florida Gulf Coast’s stagnant defense that has allowed an average of three goals a game, and 17 shots on goal in their two matchups this season. If the Badger’s offense is able to stay onside against FGCU’s offside trap that resulted in 10 offside calls this season, Wisconsin should be able to attack the Eagles effectively.

FGCU hasn’t won two straight Atlantic Sun championships for nothing.

Their offense is absolutely electric led by sophomore Felipe DeSousa, who has tallied three goals this season.

The Brazilian native is already third on the Eagles

Claire Larkins The Badger Herald Senior midfielder Tomislav Zadro has been special since returning, winning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.

all-time scoring list after only 16 appearances with the team. The young forward has netted 8 goals in those 16 appearances, making him a large threat for the Badgers’ backline.

Coupled with experienced junior forward Xavier Silva, the Eagles are able to create plays and opportunities at any time.

Junior AJ Cochran, a Big Ten first team defender and one of the nation’s best, should pose

a big threat to FGCU’s duo.

Not only will these games be good matchups to prepare the Badgers for the start of the Big Ten season on Sept. 28, they will also provide them with a door into the NCAA tournament.

“If we can stay solid defensively [and] stay healthy we definitely have a chance,” Trask said. “It’s definitely not above this team to make the tournament.”

The ultimate goal for the Badgers this year is to make the NCAA tournament.

These games will provide the Badgers with an understanding of where they stand in the national spotlight. Solid performances, or even wins, against these top Florida squads will provide the Badgers with confidence and the key wins necessary to clinch an NCAA tournament bid.

In-state rival UWM up next for Wisconsin Eric Kohlbeck Women’s Soccer Writer After a quick one-game road trip to Chicago, the UW women’s soccer team returns to the McClimon Soccer Complex Sunday to battle with in-state rival UW-Milwaukee. The Badgers (3-1-1) will face a Milwaukee squad that is winless on the young season yet tied with Vanderbilt in its most recent match. Vanderbilt handed the Badgers their first loss of the season this past Friday in UW’s home opener.

It has been a promising start to the season for the Badgers, who already have wins against Pac-12 teams Oregon and Oregon St. as well as a victory over Connecticut.

However,

sophomore midfielder McKenna Meuer knows the team needs to keep pushing themselves to continue their success.

“Overall, we’re happy with how we started,” Meuer said. “This season we set a standard for ourselves that we don’t want to lose a lot of games.

I think we’re happy, but we know there are a lot of things we need to improve on to be successful.”

After allowing only one goal in each of their previous three games, the Badgers gave up a season high four goals against Vanderbilt. Junior defenseman Alexandra Heller wants to see a positive rebound this week with two games on the schedule.

“We kind of had a bad

game last Friday against Vanderbilt,” Heller said.

“I think we’re just going to try and pick it up this week against Loyola and Milwaukee. Coach [Paula Wilkins] has really been stressing our team defending together. I think that’s going to be a really big part of us winning this weekend. Also, the details she’s always trying to remind us to make cleaner.”

The game against Milwaukee will be the second of three games against other schools in Wisconsin. The Badgers already beat Marquette 5-1 in an exhibition game earlier in the season and will play UW-Green Bay just three days after Milwaukee.

The Badgers have split their last two matchups

ASU, page 14 five touchdowns on 23for-31 passing.

A more unfortunate similarity, however, can be seen in both teams’ struggle with the kicking game early on this fall.

In response to a 0-for1 field goal attempt and 6-for-7 PAT showing Sept.

7, Andersen decided to reinstate a competition for the job heading into Saturday’s game.

“It hasn’t gone the way we want it to be,” Andersen said. “So I’m going to look at myself and try to fix it and put them in positions to be successful and try to create a game-like environment because it’s not practice that’s the issue.”

While Wisconsin went back to the drawing board this week, creating a competition between redshirt junior Kyle French and sophomore Jack Russell, ASU will have its own uncertainties should the offense be stalled in field goal territory.

Last week against Sacramento State, freshman kicker Zane Gonzalez made only two of four field goals, which comes a year after a kicking platoon finished

with the Panthers, both in Milwaukee. Wisconsin won last season in overtime by a score of 2-1 but lost in 2011 with another overtime game, 2-1.

The Badgers are very familiar with their in-state foe and realize it will be a tough contest. Meuer knows games against instate rivals always bring another aspect to the pitch.

“I think there’s always another aspect that’s added into playing two teams from the same state,” Meuer said. “We not only want to beat the rest of the country, but you especially want to be the best team in your state. Our game against Milwaukee is always a hard game. They always come out playing good soccer, so we’re hoping to come out and

the season a combined 15-for-24 in 2012.

Many Badger fans will remember that in Wisconsin’s last matchup with Arizona State, special teams played a critical role in UW’s slim 20-19 victory at Camp Randall.

After Arizona State scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter to bring the game within one, former ASU kicker Thomas Weber had the extra-point kick blocked, gifting UW a victory in front of its home fans.

On offense for the Badgers, things don’t look any easier.

In ASU’s lone game in 2013, they have given up an average of 1.6 yards per rush and only 5 yards per pass.

For senior wide receiver Jared Abbrederis and company, numbers can only tell you so much.

Instead Abbrederis said they just want to get out there and finally get their chance to prove themselves.

“If we go out there and just be successful and play as a team, I think we will do well,” Abbrederis said.

“We’re excited to go out there and just play football. They are going to be a good team.”

show that we’re the top team in the state.”

Heller knows the team’s goals are simple when it comes to playing teams from within the state.

“We’re always trying to beat other Wisconsin teams. We want to be the best in the state,” Heller said.

It has been a tough schedule for the Panthers as their game against Wisconsin will be their fourth against Big Ten teams. Their other four games have come against Miami, Fla., DePaul, Vanderbilt and Miami, Ohio. Wisconsin will look to attack Milwaukee early with leading goal scorer, junior forward Cara Walls, and sophomore midfielder Kinley McNicoll, whose nine points are good for

second on the team.

The Badgers see every nonconference game as important to prepare them toward conference play and a win Sunday would mean a lot to them with Big Ten play beginning in just a week.

“A win Sunday would be a huge step in putting us in a good position as we look to NCAAs, hopefully, at the end of the season,” Meuer said. “It would show that the game against Vanderbilt that we lost wasn’t the way we play soccer and that’s not how we want Wisconsin to be represented.”

If past years have indicated anything to these two teams, it’s that both should be in for a hard fought battle among instate foes.

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to do every Saturday, especially as the Wisconsin schedule turns toward stiffer competition this week at Arizona State.

“Every game is a statement,” said Shelton.

“It’s time to get rolling …

I’ve got to just play my role and if I do come up with another pick, all I can do is say thank you to the d-line and those guys.”

If he were to come up with another pick, he’ll have all his teammates excited, but he might have a couple of them a tad jealous.

“Us corners, we have a tally [of interceptions],” Shelton said. “We’re all fighting for them … we all want to see each other succeed … I know PJ has been saying he wants one.”

Alas, there are only so many interceptions to go around.

As a group, they’ve yet to allow a pass play longer than 20 yards.

Although the competition may not have opened many holes in the secondary, all of them have been shut.

Already boasting one interception, a forced fumble and two shutouts, they’ve filled the graduation holes pretty well, too.

have definitely done that.

The older guys have set the bar and they continue to push each other.”

The older guys he’s referring to would be Hillary and redshirt junior Peniel Jean, the Wisconsin corner with the most experience but no starts. Strickland nominates Jean as the leader of the corners.

Hillary insists he’s a leader as well. Both of them might share the role and, in addition to shutting down opposing passing attacks, have played witness to the rise of that aforementioned true freshman, Sojourn Shelton.

Arriving early in Madison last spring, Shelton caught some eyes with his play in UW’s spring game.

His inexperience still overshadowed his promise until Aug. 31.

The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. native answered any questions about his place on the field as his third quarter interception kept the driving UMass offense from scoring, a play senior safety Dezmen Southward called “big time.”

Shelton considered the interception a statement play, something he tries

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UW aiming to beat ASU, heat Badgers travel for first time in 2013, facing high temps, balanced Spartans Nick Daniels Sports Editor The last week has been pretty hot in Madison, but for the Wisconsin football team things are about to get much hotter.

No. 20 UW (2-0) heads to Arizona this weekend for a battle with Arizona State (1-0) Saturday night, where temperatures are projected to be around 95 degrees when the game kicks off at 7:30 p.m. in Tempe.

As a result, head coach Gary Andersen elected to take the team west a day early — flying to Arizona on Thursday instead of Friday — so they have more time to acclimate to the desert-like surroundings.

“That is a little bit of the thought process to get there on Thursday afternoon and practice because we will practice there Thursday afternoon,”

Andersen said at his Monday press conference.

“We don’t play with the sun shining, but we do play in the heat. So we’ll get used to that a little bit.

“Regardless of how all that boils down, that doesn’t matter that we’re flying across the country.

It doesn’t matter that we’re going two time zones. It doesn’t matter that it might be really hot. That’s part of traveling.”

Echoing the remarks of their coach, team members say the heat doesn’t seem to have gotten into their heads either.

“It’s all mental if you ask me,” redshirt sophomore running back Melvin Gordon said. “It’s just one part of the game, so we have to go in there knowing that the weather won’t beat you and we’ll be alright.”

Saturday’s game will also mark the first time this season that Wisconsin will enter the game as the underdog, with many choosing Arizona State as 5.5-point favorites to win.

For many of the new players on the roster, 75,000 fans screaming for a

team other than Wisconsin — combined with the most talented team they have faced — will likely be an eye-opening experience.

“We just told [the new guys] road games get pretty loud,” Gordon said.

“You’ve got to be really focused. That’s the big thing. Other than that you just play football -- that’s it -- and that doesn’t change when you’re on the road.”

On the field, the first couple of weeks for both teams have been eerily similar.

Neither team has allowed a single point so far this season. Wisconsin shut out its first two opponents each of the last two weeks, while ASU shut out FCS opponent Sacramento State 55-0 last Thursday in its season opener.

A big factor in ASU’s success against Sacramento State rests on the shoulders of junior quarterback Taylor Kelly. Kelly finished the game with video gamelike numbers, including throwing for 300 yards and

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Jen Small The Badger Herald Senior wideout Jared Abbrederis has exploited opponents all season to the tune of three touchdowns and 184 yards.

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Andy Fate The Badger Herald Freshman Sojourn Shelton will play his first road game as a Badger Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.

If there was any certainty surrounding the Wisconsin football team entering the 2013 season, it was centered on the defense. Returning starters could be found all over that side of the ball.

The linebacking crew had redshirt senior Chris Borland headlining its returnees, who head coach Gary Andersen has boastfully tabbed multiple times as the best linebacker in the country. The defensive line was anchored by long-haired jolly giant senior Beau Allen, who — other than reminding Badgers ticket holders about bees in their soft drinks — has played in every game in his career.

On the back end was safety redshirt senior Dezmen Southward, a well-spoken agricultural business major and

one of the best interviewees on the team, the perfect leader for fellow safety, the inexperienced sophomore Michael Caputo. All that was left came at cornerback, where, when compared to the other positions, the cupboard appeared rather bare following the graduations of Devin Smith and Marcus Cromartie.

Turnover is one thing, but the uncertainty rose when the returning group tallied a combined one start in their careers, thanks to a one-time start for redshirt sophomore Darius Hillary in 2012. Then it was announced the defensive backfield would display a true freshman starter, the first at any position for the Badgers since center Travis Frederick in 2009.

Any questions and concerns were likely warranted.

After two games, however, any remaining qualms have been rendered meaningless.

They may have started the season inexperienced, but in keeping the scoreboard blank in 2013, those cornerbacks have looked like veterans.

“I don’t think it was difficult for us [to transition in]. The

coaches preach ‘next man in,’” Hillary said, as the entire department has progressed to do so. “The more film study you watch and the more you practice out here, the more you know … The coaches have helped us with everything moving forward.”

That coach is Ben Strickland, a former Wisconsin defensive back himself and also a bit of a newbie in his first year as a full-time assistant. As opposed to having at least one returning starter like he has seen in the past, this year’s group would trot many fresh faces onto the field.

As it seemed to Hillary, the coaching staff was likely instrumental in assembling the right mix of corners to stand behind Wisconsin’s talented front-seven. Strickland disagrees, though. He has figured having plenty of fresh faces without any surefire starters made his job a bit easier.

“It’s been good creating competition,” Strickland said.

“It obviously brings the best out in guys and those young guys

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Men’s soccer gearing up for special season Nick Daniels Nick’s Picks So, I hear the Wisconsin football team has a pair of shutouts in back-to-back games for the first time since 1958?

Now I know that statistic is supposed to impress me and, don’t get me wrong, it does.

Winning a game is hard enough before you even begin to consider holding your opponent scoreless.

Even more promising, two straight shutouts would seem to indicate that there is an end in sight to the past few years of defensive woes that have agitated Badger fans everywhere.

Great, now let’s move on.

Another team on campus has sky high

expectations this fall after seemingly solving its own crisis last season: a lackluster offense.

Have you heard of this storyline?

Maybe you’ve seen the Youtube video circulating around of a game-tying goal in the last second of the game or the subsequent goal in the first few minutes of overtime to win?

It’s the Wisconsin men’s soccer team, and while the football team has been earning shutouts, the soccer team has been scoring goals — lots of them.

Offense is a funny thing in soccer. You don’t often need a lot of it to win.

Many a college soccer game has been won by a simple 1-0 margin, and for the first three years of head coach John Trask’s tenure at the University of Wisconsin, this idea was a big part of his game plan day in and day out.

To him, if you built a team around a strong

defense, you should always have a chance to win any game. It just takes one mistake or one lucky break.

Unfortunately, Wisconsin never really had the firepower on offense to muster a goal in those tight contests and each of the last three seasons.

Until this year, that is.

Led by redshirt senior Tomislav Zadro, who has already racked up two goals and two assists of his own, the Wisconsin soccer team has scored seven goals in three games and appears to have finally found the yin to their yang, the offense to match their defense.

But beyond that, this team seems to have finally discovered the grit and determination it takes to win and just in time, too.

After a revolving door of coaches saw three coaches in three years in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, Trask took over in 2010 with an

unstable team that had suffered from mediocrity.

For nearly 18 years (the last time UW went to the NCAA tournament and, consequently, the only time UW finished as National Champions), the win column never reached more than 11 wins in a roughly 20-game season.

Enter Trask.

Now, three years later, despite all of the hype and his impressive record coaching in MLS and on the US National Team stage, an initial look would seem to indicate nothing has changed. It hasn’t. Trask has one 10win season sandwiched in between four and six-win seasons.

So why am I telling you to follow a team that has consistently been about as average as it gets?

Because the story has been building slowly over the last year, and this season is the final chapter.

It goes like this:

After an initial year of mediocrity, Trask’s team shows vast improvement in 2011, nearly making the NCAA tournament by most accounts. Then in 2012, disaster struck. Zadro tore his ACL and Wisconsin’s offense crumbled, mustering a measly 21 goals the entire season.

Now the team moves forward, eyeing redemption. Wisconsin, littered with 13 seniors, takes one last shot at an NCAA tournament appearance.

Zadro is back to lead his team one final time after a horrific injury. Meanwhile, Trask seemingly gets one last shot to prove he can take the program to the next level with the first freshman class he brought in when he arrived on campus three years ago.

Add that all together and you’d be hard pressed to find a better story in college sports.

Only three games in, the team currently stands undefeated, and while it

is too soon to anticipate how the season will finish, this team has a lot at stake to not just give in to the mediocrity of its past.

Sunday’s overtime miracle is just the first example of that in a season that is building up to be full of special moments.

So, when the Wisconsin football team isn’t out trampling its opponents in a mostly weak schedule this season, check out the men’s soccer team.

You might just witness something special happening this fall.

And if you haven’t checked that Youtube video out yet, check it out.

You won’t be disappointed.

Nick is a senior majoring in journalism and political science. Think Wisconsin is in for another mediocre soccer season this fall?

Let him know on Twitter @np_daniels or send him an email at ndaniels@ badgerherald.com.