Behind the Happy Brain - Issue 53

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BEHIND THE HAPPY BRAIN Center for Investigating Healthy Minds researches brain activity during positive emotions, teaches methods for mental well-being.

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UWPD forges ahead with body camera implementation Despite privacy concerns, University of Wisconsin Police Department rolls out plans to introduce body cameras among officers next year

by Maddie Makoul Herald Contributor

As communities nationwide debate the use of body cameras for police, University of Wisconsin Police Department officers will begin wearing them, with two upcoming forums discussing their implementation.

After a trial with one

camera funded through a grant, the department plans to distribute 10 more cameras to its officers by the end of the year.

UWPD will hold two forums regarding the installation of body cameras May 6 at 6:00 p.m. and May 7 at 2:00 p.m. at Union South.

The news comes amid a national debate focused on how scrutinized police officers

should be, with tragedies like the officer-involved shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson accelerating those discussions.

Yet UWPD’s consideration of body cameras is nothing new, spokesperson Marc Lovicott said, as the department has contemplated using them for the past two years.

UWPD sees the use of body cameras as a positive step for

investigations and situations in which an officer’s conduct is called into question. He said UWPD will reach out to the public so policies adhere to public concerns before they are officially implemented, Lovicott said.

Lovicott said the department is currently collecting and testing information to create the best policy for the body cameras.

The campus forums will allow the public to discuss possible concerns and consider feedback, Lovicott said.

But despite any objections that may arise during the conversation, Lovicott said UWPD will forge ahead with its plan for the cameras.

“While we want to engage in a positive discussion, this is not a forum to debate the use of body cameras,” Lovicott

said. “We are going to use them.”

Lovicott said concerns over body cameras often revolve around issues of privacy. For instance, he said if a police officer enters a hospital with a body camera on, they must exercise caution because of patient confidentiality.

Privacy is an issue many

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Following suit: State Street Brats considers dress code In response to first instance of gun violence in their establishment, owners contemplate confronting gang violence with new rules

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

After a shooting at State Street Brats this month, the business is considering implementing a dress code to curb gun and gang-

related violence.

The dress code has not yet been specified, but State Street Brats management is currently discussing what it would entail, Kelly Meuer, State Street Brats general manager, said. State Street Brats management had not

previously ever considered a dress code.

“After the shooting, we feel we might need to have a dress code,” Meuer said.

Other bars in the area, including Whiskey Jack’s and Wando’s, currently have a dress code. Whiskey Jack’s

declined to comment for this article.

Brats is currently engaged with other bars in the downtown Madison area to determine what other dress codes look like and how they affect business, Meuer said.

Brats is not fully committed to adopting a dress code, but as it becomes an increasingly popular policy both within Madison and throughout the country, it should be considered as an option, Meuer said.

“It’s not etched in stone,

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but everyone else seems to be doing it,” Meuer said.

One of the issues frequently that bars face when implementing dress codes are accusations of creating policies that are

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Smoked out: How latest cannabis bills differ One proposal looks to decriminalize weed while another wants to legalize it; both face difficulty in GOP Legislature

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The disparities in arrests for marijuana use has two Democratic lawmakers taking different approaches on lessening penalties for possession.

One bill, from Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, would fully legalize marijuana in the state for medical and recreational purposes.

The other, from Rep. Mandela Barnes, D-Milwaukee, would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana up to 25 grams.

Small scale possession would not warrant jail time or be punishable under state law, but municipalities would have the authority to write fines for marijuana possession.

Barnes told The Badger Herald recently that he does not believe possessing a small amount of marijuana should ever be a felony, even after the first conviction.

“Having that felony on your background check, it limits people’s ability to find jobs, stifles their ability to pay for education in some cases and also restricts them from voting for a certain amount of time,” Barnes said.

Decriminalization of marijuana typically means first-time possession of a small amount of marijuana

for personal use is considered a misdemeanor and generally will not result in a criminal record or prison time, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Legalization of cannabis, however, means there is no legal penalty for small amounts marijuana, and the state can regulate and tax its distribution.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have laws decriminalizing marijuana, and in four states, recreational marijuana use is legal for adults.

According to a 2013 report from the American Civil Liberties Union, there were 15,950 marijuana arrests in Wisconsin in 2010, placing the state at 15 for most cannabis possession arrests.

The ACLU report found a significant racial disparity in terms of cannabis arrests in Wisconsin. In Dane County, blacks were 6.5 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites in 2010.

Currently, first time marijuana possession is punishable as a misdemeanor under Wisconsin state law, bringing up to a $1,000 fine and/or six months of jail time. Subsequent possession incidents are considered felonies under state law.

But Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said the department tends not to focus efforts on penalizing those possessing small amounts of cannabis.

“We just don’t put that much effort into smaller amounts of marijuana,” DeSpain said.

MPD puts more resources into prosecuting those possessing and dealing large amounts of cannabis than situations where only small, personal amounts are present, DeSpain said.

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Erato said this “market need” would exist whether or not marijuana is legal, but its illegality emboldens criminal operations that sell the drug.

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Koval said in a previous interview with The Badger Herald he would rather see the force’s efforts focused on combating other drug issues in the city, such as the recent spike in the city’s heroinrelated crimes.

Joe Erato, president of the Wisconsin Cannabis Project, describes himself as a conservative who supports legalization of cannabis. He said whether or not cannabis is legal, there will be a market need.

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With hopes to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of University of Wisconsin’s Greek community and its relationship with the university, UW is seeking to hire a Greek life consultant.

The decision to hire a Greek life consultant is not linked to the recent incidents surrounding the Chi Phi chapter and hazing allegations, TJ Sargent, Greek life coordinator, said.

In recent years, besides Chi Phi, the university has only

terminated one other Greek organization, Sigma Alpha Mu. University officials have claimed documented weaknesses in the Greek system, such as hazing, are relatively rare and have expressed confidence that UW’s Greek community will work to separate itself from instances of hazing.

Nonetheless, the Greek community has weathered multiple instances where the university has stepped in with disciplinary action. The Committee on Student Organizations, the

university body responsible for investigating violations within the Greek system, can terminate, suspend and put registered student organizations on probation with restrictions.

Greek organizations currently suspended include Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Chi and Sigma Delta Tau fraternities. Suspension entails a loss of all the fraternity’s privileges as a registered organization for a period not to exceed two years.

CSO has placed Beta Theta Pi and Alpha Kappa Psi fraternities on probation

with restrictions due to alcohol policy violations.

Probation typically entails an organization losing some but not all privileges. For the two fraternities currently on probation, CSO has banned alcoholic beverages at their events.

UW has been discussing the consultant position since the beginning of the academic year, and the only reason a consultant has not been hired yet is due to a lack of staff time on the matter, Eric Knueve, assistant dean in the Division of Student Life, said.

Knueve said the university originally began to consider the issue because students traditionally felt UW’s relations with the Greek community have room for improvement. He said the consultancy provides UW with the opportunity to look further into the issue.

At the time discussions began, the university did not have any reason to be more strict in their dealings with Greek life compared to any other semester, he said.

The university is always

concerned whether registered organizations meet university expectations, Knueve said.

“We were planning to [hire a consultant] regardless of the [Chi Phi incident] outcome,” Knueve said. “We’re just trying to get somebody in to take a look and let us know what we’re doing well and what we could improve upon.”

Although a consultant has not been formally hired yet, UW has held preliminary discussions with students to explain that the hiring would be done to help the Greek community, Knueve said. Greek students have shown support for the decision, he said.

Conner Feldman, executive president of the Interfraternity Council, said in an email to The Badger Herald that the organization continuously tries to improve Greek life on campus and welcomes an unbiased opinion of their community.

“Having an experienced outsider provide an unbiased opinion and statement on the current condition of the Greek Community is a phenomenal way to discover what we could improve upon, but also what we are doing better than most of the country,” Feldman said.

UW is not the first university to create a Greek life consultant position and will have the ability to compare effectiveness with similar universities, Sargent said.

Students address hunger with UW leftovers University of Wisconsin chapter of Campus Kitchen to serve excess dining hall food to those in need of meals

by Linnea Langusch Herald Contributor

The efforts of four University of Wisconsin students to address hunger in the campus community have come to fruition after more than a year of planning.

Katherine Kokklinias, Colin McReavy, Shruti Rajan and Meaghan Sargent created a local chapter of Campus Kitchen, which uses leftover food from UW dining halls to prepare meals for those in need on campus and in the community.

Campus Kitchen currently serves the wider Madison community at locations such as the Goodman Community Center. The organization also serves meals to students at locations like the Financial Aid Security Track program

admissions office.

Kokkinias said she and her co-founders have worked on the project for over a year. She heard about the national chapter of Campus Kitchen after researching ways to address poverty in the Madison area and soon began working with the organization to create a chapter at UW. “We were drawn to Campus Kitchen because they offered a more holistic approach to fighting poverty and hunger,” Kokkinias said.

“Hunger is a multi-legged beast, and if you just attack if from one leg, you’re not going to get far with it.”

Although the organization had a soft launch earlier in the year, the official opening event on Thursday went well with food preparation and distribution, Kokkinias said.

Repurposed food is stored at St. Francis Catholic Church and prepared at the various locations where meals are served, Kokkinias said. In fall, hot meals will be provided at various locations once a week, she said.

As the organization expands, leaders hope to recruit more volunteers to help with marketing, budgeting, preparing and serving food, Kokkinias said.

She said the organization also plans to reach out to local farms for fresh produce and to restaurants and catering businesses to repurpose more leftovers to people around campus.

In addition to recovering leftover food from dining halls, the program will eventually include budgeting, meal planning and classes teaching marketable culinary

skills, Kokkinias said.

“We are currently setting up a solid foundation so Campus Kitchen will be something that is stable and sustainable that lasts and makes a difference each year,” Kokkinias said.

Julie Luke, associate director for UW dining halls, said they are excited to see leftover food being put to good use. She said campus culinary services have already worked with Campus Kitchen to repurpose food for students at FASTrack meetings.

The students were originally inspired to begin the organization after seeing firsthand the poverty present around the Madison area and within the student body, Kokkinias said.

“When you think about hunger you tend to think about what’s going on in the

Madison community and around us, but many times what goes overlooked is students who are sitting next to you in class or walking down the street right next to you,” McReavy said in a previous interview with The Badger Herald.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said while it might not be immediately apparent, poverty and hunger are present on campus.

He said as rent comes due, many students are found hard-pressed to afford healthy meals.

“This new organization will ensure unused food at university housing will get into the hands of people that need it in our community, and for that I commend the students who are stepping up and organizing this new initiative,” Verveer said.

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From infants to Buddhist monks, UW studies science of well-being Center for Investigating Healthy Minds shares happiness research, ‘kindness curriculum’ with community

by Alex Arriaga Features Editor

It’s so neat because the “babies are just such quiet little bundles, but there’s so much going on developmentally.

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Nicole Schmidt Research Program Manager

Photo · The Dalai Lama challenged Richard Davidson, the founder of the Center, to study the neuroscience behind positive emotions, rather than negative.

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For 45 minutes, an infant is swaddled and snoozed into a cozy fMRI machine.

That’s all it takes for researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds to observe how structures inside the child’s brain communicate with each other.

Nicole Schmidt, a research program manager at the Waisman Center, is among the researchers behind the Baby Brain and Behavior Project.

“It’s so neat because the babies are just such quiet little bundles, but there’s so much going on developmentally,” Schmidt said.

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, Schmidt’s project investigates the effects of anxiety on early brain development.

The project hopes to clear up how different experiences might affect a child at a cellular level and how stress shows up in people’s biology.

From one month and onward, researchers study the babies’ brains at different stages for developmental changes. At six months, Schmidt said the focus of the study is entirely on behavioral development and emotional style.

One way in which Schmidt studies this Temperament Assessment Battery is to study the child’s responses to everyday experiences.

Schmidt places the child in a chair and examines the babies’ response to a stranger in their environment.

“We measure the duration and peak intensities of different emotions during the experience,” Schmidt said. “Fear, anger, attention, activity level.”

The first babies will be turning one year old later this fall, Schmidt said.

The researchers use umbilical cords to gather

genetic information from the baby, which avoids having to get more invasive blood tests from the mother or child.

“We’re over the idea that DNA is the only factor that goes into well-being,” Schmidt said.

“The question is, ‘How can you uncover the role of experience?’ As a mother myself there’s just that enormous curiosity when you’re looking at a newborn child to really be able to understand their development.”

Schmidt’s project is still in its infancy, with funding from NIH for five years.

A challenge from the Dalai Lama Marianne Spoon, a spokesperson for the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, said the project reflects the Center’s methods for studying mental well-being.

The Center began when its founder, Richard Davidson, met with the Dalai Lama and was challenged to further scientific research in positive emotions

Photo · Researchers study children at different stages of development for changes in brain structure.

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and mental well-being, as opposed to negative emotions that result from conditions such as anxiety or depression.

“He wanted to look at exactly what areas were active in the brain when we felt happiness or sadness or anger or fear or even bliss,” Spoon

said.

Davidson’s research coincided with the idea that the brain is plastic, Spoon said. Different neurons and circuits in the brain that are active during certain behaviors, thoughts or emotions form pathways that become ingrained when people use them.

But Spoon said what research has found is that there are new pathways that can be built, and so the brain is malleable.

“This isn’t to say with individuals who have clinical or mental health disorders that this isn’t a challenge, but overall we are finding that the brain is plastic, and this is very exciting news,” Spoon said.

When Davidson set out to discover the brain activity of individuals who had consistently high levels of well-being, he studied Buddhist monks for their practice in intentionally cultivating healthy qualities of mind.

“They meditate but also practice compassion and gratitude toward each other,” Spoon said.

“Rather than just internally, a lot of it plays externally in their behaviors to other people.”

Davidson’s research took a focus on longterm meditators, people who intensely meditate in isolation for many hours over many years.

When looking at the differences in brain activity between novice meditators and longterm meditators, studies found long-term meditators were able to rebound from stress more easily.

“Richie has really been a pioneer in this area in looking at the science of well-being, the science of mindfulness, how to learn about positive qualities in such a way where we can unearth whether they can be learned or taught,” Spoon said.

In his research, Davidson has outlined four key constituents of well-being: the ability to sustain positive emotion, response to negative emotion, mindfulness vs. mind wandering and pro-social behaviors, or the ability to empathize.

But for some with depression, the ability to shake the feeling after a negative experience is lessened, along with the ability to sustain

positivity, Davidson outlined in the World Happiness Report.

Turning research into practice Robin Goldman, one of the co-science directors at the Center, said many of the research projects, including Schmidt’s Baby Brain and Behavior Project, work to look at development

Photo · The brain is malleable, so new pathways can be formed, which is central to Davidson’s desire for teaching mental well-being.

Courtesy of Center for Investigating Healthy Minds of mental well-being in different age groups.

“Looking at different curriculum in school, at meditation practices in the workplace, we can teach short-term and lifetime well-being practices,” Goldman said.

For those who don’t want to take up the meditation lifestyle of a monk, the Center teaches several techniques to reach mental wellbeing.

The Center has developed the “kindness curriculum,” which promotes social and emotional skills among four and five-year-old students.

These children are taught emotional selfregulation and the development of impulse control and kindness.

Practices such as sticker sharing, breathing techniques and compassion for the sound of a siren are taught to the children to promote positive well-being.

The Center also has online audio compassion training techniques on its website to further promote the well-being practices which involve external, pro-social behaviors. “[Davidson] is very passionate about getting the work out there and making sure it can actually promote well-being and reduce suffering in the world,” Spoon said.

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YGB bridges communication gap with UW professors Young, Gifted and Black Coalition members share history of organization, outline proposals, answer unresolved questions

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

Young, Gifted and Black is known for their protests pertaining to the Tony Robinson shooting, but a meeting with University of Wisconsin faculty Friday presented a broader view of the coalition.

UW faculty and staff filled the University Club alongside members of YGB Friday afternoon. The meet and greet was designed to help UW faculty connect with YGB members and get some of their questions answered, Karma Chavez, a UW communication arts professor, said.

“At a university with such a big protest and movement history, it was important to bring faculty in contact with the local movement that’s happening now,” Chavez said. “That’s so important to the community.”

Planning for the event started after YGB hosted a youth civil disobedience training session on UW’s campus, Matthew Braunginn, YGB’s Madison chapter ’s co-founder, said. This event caused some city officials to

believe YGB was teaching violent methods of resistance, Braunginn said.

Friday’s event was designed to give YGB the opportunity to communicate directly to UW faculty and staff that they do not advocate violence, Patrick Barrett, administrative director for the A. E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Justice, said.

“In no way did we suggest to our youth to actively participate in violent resistance,” Braunginn said.

“We hope to gain and build trust, to show them the side of YGB that isn’t portrayed by the media.”

Barrett claimed political establishment and mainstream media has frequently portrayed YGB in a distorted way.

“The objective is to give people on campus personalities to go with the faces they are seeing on TV,” Chavez said. “And to demystify some of the negativity surrounding Young, Gifted and Black.”

There is frequently a divide between college campuses and the cities surrounding them, Barrett said. Bridging the gap between the

Photo · Members gathered Friday to “demystify some of the negativity” surrounding the organization.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald community and YGB is especially important for UW faculty, who can help tie social issues into what is being taught in the classroom, T. Banks, a YGB leader, said.

Faculty should be aware of the resources that YGB leaders present, Chavez said. UW faculty and staff can directly participate in the movement, but can also bring YGB members into the classroom to help educate students on disparities in Madison and the organization’s history.

YGB was founded not long after the officer-involved death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Many of the current members of YGB were able to travel to Ferguson, where they gained the knowledge that helped them to start their own coalition in Madison, M. Adams, a YGB leader, said.

YGB was founded

alongside the movement “Black Lives Matter,” which has been a growing national movement, Adams said. Their current efforts include demands related to improving conditions in the Dane County jail, a demand to assist in achieving justice for Tony Robinson and a proposal to give the

community more power over policing, Adams said.

The conversation about race has been an active one in Madison for a while, but YGB has worked to shift the focus of the conversation to that of structural racism, Barrett said.

During a short speech, Patrick Sims, interim vice provost for diversity and

climate at UW, showed his support for YGB’s efforts for a more equitable society.

Diversity and equality are always goals for the community, but it is an ongoing process, Sims said.

“It’s not going to be easy,” Sims said during his speech.

“Anything worth fighting for rarely is.”

Walker’s lower approval ratings may impact 2016 bid Gov. Scott Walker sees declining support in Wisconsin in latest Marquette poll, says positive aspects of budget will turn those opinions around

by Brenda McIntire Herald Contributor

As Gov. Scott Walker ’s approval ratings decline at home in Wisconsin, he faces a barrage of obstacles as a governor contemplating a 2016 presidential run.

The most recent Marquette University Law School Poll found 56 percent of registered voters in Wisconsin disapprove of how Walker is handling his job as governor.

Walker has predominately lost support amongst independent voters, where his support dropped from a three-year average of 50 percent to 36 percent.

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Lucía Nuñez, director of the city’s Department of Civil Rights, told The Badger Herald last year that bars are permitted to have dress codes as long as they are enforced equally for every person. When bars do not enforce the dress code

Michael Wagner, a University of Wisconsin journalism professor, said he doubts Walker ’s declining approval ratings will directly affect Walker’s chances to win the Republican nomination.

Walker can still say he won a statewide election in Wisconsin three times, but his decline in approval does give his opponents the opportunity to attack him, Wagner said.

“A declining approval rating in Wisconsin is certainly not a death sentence, and being a popular governor doesn’t mean you’re more likely to win,” Wagner said.

“Sarah Palin was the most popular governor in the

country when she was the vice presidential nominee in 2008, and that did not put her and John McCain in the White House.”

Part of Walker ’s lagging approval ratings can be attributed to “big proposals” in the past few months.

Cutting the UW System budget, modifying the Department of Natural Resources and the new proposed Milwaukee Bucks arena are all areas that have not been popular with the public, Wagner said.

In fact, according to the Marquette Law School Poll, more than 70 percent of voters oppose cuts to the UW System and the Bucks arena proposal.

Walker told reporters after the poll came out that it’s typical for poll numbers to drop during the budget process.

“But I think a number of things will factor into that going up again, and that is when there has been little or no talk, for example, about how this budget will continue to lower property taxes,” Walker said. “There has been little or no talk about some of the other positives in the budget.”

Another contributor to Walker ’s decline among voters at home is his potential presidential run itself, Wagner said. The Marquette poll found 69 percent of

independents, 82 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of Republicans said they do not think governors can run for president and still handle their duties at home.

“There are a small number of people who say, ‘We support him but we don’t think he’d be a good president,’” Wagner said. “So I think there are some people who like Gov. Walker right where he is as their governor of Wisconsin, and would rather [he did] not seek the White House.”

UW political science professor Kenneth Mayer said running as a governor will set Walker up for more criticism than “Washington

politicians.” Governors have more direct evidence of what they are doing, whereas Congress is often set up to make it difficult to assign accountability, Mayer said.

Statistics from Walker ’s performance over the past few years will likely be magnified on the national scale as his campaign continues, Mayer said.

“It’s more difficult for a governor because you have the state unemployment rate, you have the state budget, you have more measurable outcomes that are directly tied to the decisions and policies of a particular governor, and that can make it a challenge,” Mayer said.

for everyone, it becomes unclear as to whether or not the bar is profiling by experience, Nuñez said.

Amid four shootings that occurred last week in the city, the Madison Police Department has made some connections to gang-related activities, Wood said.

“Whenever you have something that is designed to, for example, deter gang

violence, for something like a dress code, you end up profiling people who fit the stereotype of a gang member,” Wood said.

“I think it is certainly debatable as to whether or not those things even work, and to whether or not bars want to deter people who happen to wear a certain kind of clothing from coming into their establishments,” Wood said.

Some dress codes in other cities have received backlash for standards that were too general or allowed for discrimination, with dress codes often prohibiting items like baggy clothing, Wood said. These dress codes may not be intentionally discriminatory, but the potential for discrimination should

not be ignored, Wood said.

The discussion about bar dress codes should be ongoing, but bars should

also be looking at other means of deterring violence in the downtown Madison area, Wood said.

“To put it in perspective, in 25 years we have had one incident,” Meuer said. “It’s so not Madison.”

Photo · State Street Brats is considering implementing a dress code, joining bars like Whiskey Jacks that already have one in place.

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Local startup fosters laidback approach to teach tech Grow Madison benefits employees, customers, local businesses with straightforward bootcamp classes for learning Wordpress

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

by Marigrace Carney Herald Contributor

A startup in Madison engages local businesses, non-profits and students with a relaxing day of coffee, doughnuts and solutions to their questions about technology.

Grow Madison, a local business located within 100state, a collaborative organization designed to work with local entrepreneurs, aims to help Madison residents solve their technology issues, said JJ Pagac, CEO of Atomic Coffee Media and a member

of the Grow Madison team.

“We find, in a lot of companies, all of the sudden their writers are in charge of the website, and they know nothing about building a website,” Pagac said.

Matt Nelson, a founder of Grow Madison, described it as an “accidental business.”

It started as a quarterly workshop on Wordpress, but was able to take it to the next level when 100state moved into their current location on Mifflin Street and allowed Grow Madison to use some of the space.

The core program is called Wordpress Bootcamp.

It covers the basics of Wordpress and helps

customers use those skills to work on their own projects.

“We’re kind of a bootcamp type company,” Pagac said. “[Training] will start out with a little bit of history, showing people what to do and then we will do some hands on with them for the rest of the day,” he said.

Grow Madison is built especially to help nonprofits that do not have much time or money, as well as employees of businesses who are thrown into designing or remodeling a website, Pagac said.

The company also works to help students who need help outside of the traditional technology

workshops on University of Wisconsin or Madison College campuses, Nelson said.

“There are ways you can teach yourself online, but you don’t get the handholding, and I think that the personal touch is what’s really getting people,” Pagac said. “Sometimes you don’t even know the right question to ask. It’s a new technology for a lot of people.”

Grow Madison hopes to be beneficial to the community by creating the possibility for local businesses to expand.

Promoting businesses through social media or the Internet does not have

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people have not considered enough, said Michael Kyle, a former law enforcement officer and graduate student researching the implementation of body cameras at Southern Illinois University.

Kyle said departments must consider victim privacy and witness safety. He also said concerns often surface regarding who should view the footage once a department enters it as evidence and whether that footage becomes a public record.

Another problem he encountered in his research is the officers’ fears that the footage will cause further disagreements over appropriate amount of force, Kyle said.

“They fear the public may become more upset because they simply disagree about what level of force is appropriate,” Kyle said.

But Kyle said it is likely body cameras will become more widespread as technology improves and prices go down, similar to what happened with dash

cameras in patrol cars.

Additionally, he said body camera usage will increase in part due to increased media scrutiny on officer conduct.

Currently, body cameras range from $800 to $1000, not including sometimes hefty expenses for storage and processing, Kyle said. Lovicott said UWPD received funding

for the next 10 cameras from a government grant.

“We will be working throughout the summer on this policy and by the end of the year we hope to have 10 cameras deployed,” Lovicott said. “The goal is to eventually get more cameras and deploy them onto more officers.”

Photo · After citing positive results from a one body camera trial run, UWPD plans to move forward with distributing 10 new body cameras to officers.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald

to be confined to expert developers and marketers, Nelson said.

Grow Madison also benefits the trainers and consultants on the team by allowing them to get handson experience working with customers.

“It’s an educational experience for myself and the other trainers because we’re always encountering new experiences that we haven’t seen before,” Nelson said.

Grow Madison is looking to expand their services and will be hosting their first Social Media Marketing bootcamp May 9.

The bootcamp will be

basic in comparison to the possibilities social media offers, but will be more advanced than anything a typical social media user would know, Nelson said.

In the future, Grow Madison also hopes to add a collaborative programming class as well as more classes geared toward young adults, Nelson said.

These classes would cover subjects that would be more interesting to adolescents, such as video games or robotics. Scholarships would be available for teens who are unavailable to afford them without aid, he said.

“Really, the sky is the limit,” Nelson said.

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EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR Madeline Sweitzer opinion@badgerherald.com @BADGERHERALD

THE BADGER HERALD · OPINION · MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2015

I’m not ready for Hillary, and you shouldn’t be either Clinton’s email, donation scandals should be cause for concern with Wisconsin voters in 2016 presidential election Photo · Recently announced presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been gathering momentum, but recent events have cast doubts on her candidacy.

Photo courtesy of Wikipedia

You’d have to be living under a rock to not know by now that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has officially declared she is running for president in 2016. As of now, she seems to be the coronated candidate of the Democratic Party.

Other Democrats may end up getting into the race, but right now she is polling at nearly 60 percent among Democratic primary voters.

Her candidacy has surprised no one, and people are

already lining up to support her.

I am not one of those people, and I find it hard to understand how anyone else could be. Already I’ve seen numerous students on campus with “I’m Ready for Hillary” stickers and for the life of me I cannot imagine why college students are excited for her candidacy.

Here are my three reasons why I think college students should rethink supporting Clinton:

Transparency President Barack Obama declared his administration would be the most transparent ever.

The National Security Agency spying scandal showed us that this administration was far from that and that our future presidents will have to be much more accountable to the American people. So far Clinton has shown that she will go even farther than

Obama to protect herself and her actions.

It was discovered Clinton used a private email address on a private server to conduct government business while she was secretary of state.

When she was asked to turn over her emails to the government, she and her team of advisers hand-picked which ones they deemed necessary to hand over. Her team then decided to delete the rest of the emails they did not hand over to the government.

All of these emails should have been available to reporters and the public to decide what was newsworthy. Instead Clinton’s team may have deleted emails that contained material that would have been disparaging against her. If she had nothing to hide, why did she feel the need to delete all of these emails? Americans deserve a president who they can trust will be open and transparent with them, and I highly doubt Clinton will be willing to do so.

Pay to play politics A new book titled “Clinton Cash” generated news

this week for allegations of “a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds.” The New York Times reported this week about a business deal in which a Canadian company sold its uranium mines in the United States and Kazakhstan to a Russian state-run company at the same time that Bill Clinton accepted a $500,000 speaking fee from a Russian bank with ties to the Kremlin.

“Clinton Cash” contains numerous other allegations of payments and backdoor deals while she was secretary of state. Time and time again the Clintons have acted as if they are above the law.

Public officials should be held to a high standard, and these allegations reek of corruption from the Clintons.

International relations are a large part of what presidents engage in, and the American people need someone who is willing to make the tough decisions based on facts and reason, not on who paid the most.

Hypocrisy There’s no doubt that one tenet of Clinton’s campaign will center around her work on women’s rights.

The fact that she could be our country’s first female president will no doubt win her voters’ support.

However, Clinton has complicated record of

advocating for women’s rights while she was secretary of state.

The Clinton Foundation has accepted tens of millions of dollars from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. All of these countries have dismal records when it comes to women’s rights and show the hypocrisy that exists within the Clinton sphere.

The Obama administration had requested the Clinton Foundation not receive foreign donations while Clinton was secretary of state, but again the Clintons thought they were above the law.

These donations represent a huge conflict of interest and again display her willingness to avoid confrontation as long as a payday is involved.

It’s tough to imagine how Clinton advocates for women’s rights while some of the worst abuses just because those countries donated to her foundation.

Hillary Clinton has been dogged by scandal after scandal, and collectively they add up to show she believes she and others around her are above the law.

The American people need a trustworthy president who will be willing to stand up for American values no matter the cost, and that’s why I am not “Ready for Hillary.”

Charlie Hoffmann (cphoffmann@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in economics and journalism, and is the former chair of the UW College Republicans.

Walker right on gay marriage, but not really Governor correct that marriage should be a personal issue, but his political stance fails to reflect that understanding

by Luke Schaetzel Contributor

Last weekend at the GOP Summit in New Hampshire, Gov. Scott Walker informed reporters that he attended the wedding reception of a gay relative. But he still held steadfast that marriage should still be between a man and a woman.

This is not where Walker is right. But later in the conversation, a reporter asked Walker would attend another gay wedding.

Walker said he would not, citing the fact that it is a “personal issue” and that he only went to one for a family member. On this issue, Walker is correct: Marriage is personal.

Just as it is for Walker, marriage for the people

of America should be a personal issue determined between two people who love each other, and no one else. Walker should support any couple the same way he did his family member. Does he not think that other people with gay family members would enjoy supporting them like he did? It is selfish of him to believe he should be the only one who can support his family members.

If Walker believes that marriage is “personal,” then he should not believe he has the right to ban gay marriage.

Consider this example. If I were on a diet, it would be considered my personal affair. To some extent a “personal issue” may arise if I am at a restaurant and

someone at the table next to me is eating chocolate cake. Using Walker ’s logic, I should have the right to tell said person consuming the cake that they cannot eat the cake due to the fact I have a “personal issue” with cake eating. Of course this is completely absurd, just as a ban on gay marriage is.

Many, including Walker, believe we should stick to the state Constitution on the issue of marriage equality.

Because of Wisconsin Referendum 1, gay marriage is banned.

Ironically, a Marquette Law poll published April 16 shows 56 percent of Wisconsin residents favor making same-sex marriage legal, while only 34 percent oppose it. Thus it is clear Wisconsin Referendum

1 is stuck in the past and should not be a part of decision making anymore.

In America, majority rules,

Walker “Marriage

is right: is a very personal issue ... He is wrong, though, in assuming he or any law has the right to tell any person how to live out their lives, or who they can or cannot marry.

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while the minority retains its rights. Keeping this referendum is completely ludicrous, and a federal

court has ruled that the ban was unconstitutional.

When looking to the American Constitution with regards to this issue, one needs to look no further than the 14th Amendment.

It asserts that “No State shall … deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Denying a gay couple the right to marry and enjoy love in the way any other couple could enjoy inherently makes them a second rate citizen. The 14th Amendment protects against this. If Walker supports the constitution, as he claimed at the GOP Summit in New Hampshire, he should support gay marriage.

Walker is right: Marriage is a very personal issue

and people should support the constitutions of the state and the country. He is wrong, though, in assuming he or any law has the right to tell any person how to live out their lives, or who they can or cannot marry.

Walker, and anyone who is against marriage equality, has the right to keep their “personal issue” with gay marriage out of everyone else’s personal lives.

I quote the late Chief Justice Earl Warren: “Marriage is one of the ‘basic civil rights of man,’ fundamental to our very existence and survival.”

Luke Schaetzel (lschaetzel@wisc.edu) is a freshman intending to major in journalism and political science.

Opposition to new Bucks stadium shortsighted New basketball arena would bring jobs, prosperity to Milwaukee, but individualism in funding decisions threatens greater good

by Miles Brown Columnist

Recently, a poll came out showing Milwaukee area residents, as well as the rest of the state, overwhelmingly disapprove of a plan to borrow $150 million for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena. In the Milwaukee area, 29 percent support the plan and across the rest of the state, support sits at 9 percent.

Now grumpy people not wanting to pay for shit through borrowing usually isn’t something I’d

bat an eye at. It’s kind of one of those givens in life, like the uncertainty that comes with opening up a box of chocolates. But this instance of outright refusal to invest in the city longterm really irked me more than others.

I don’t know if it’s how close the Bucks are to moving to another city if funding doesn’t go toward this arena by 2017, or the fact this arena could bring a plethora of long-term jobs to this area. Either way, it’s really disheartening to see the lack of care people take for a city they live

and work in. It’s also as if no one is thinking about potential damage losing the Bucks could do to the downtown area.

This reveals a pretty disturbing trend when it comes to what we as a community choose to fund. We base our funding choices on the things most important to us as individuals, not society.

Now you may be reading that and think I’m cuckoo for saying it, but this trend ensures seemingly important things go unfunded.

Quite frankly, we need to get over ourselves and

stop thinking about just ourselves when voicing opinions on these key funding issues. This trend acts as a cocoon that shields us from the reality of other people, and in the end it hurts all of us.

People hardly consider the consequences their choices have on others. Just consider the consequences of not going through with the Republican-backed funding plan.

Yes, to some it may save money in the short-term and ensure they don’t “waste” money on things that are unimportant to them.

But the

disintegration of this plan is not a waste to someone who could use a job the arena will provide. The arena will also bring jobs in the forms of, “A new mix of entertainment, retail, hotel, residential, office and parking space…” Any venture that could increase jobs, reduce hopelessness and foster a closer sense of community throughout the city should not be looked at as a waste or a hassle.

As vested actors, people tend to support things that impact them or that they can identify with. This is probably the biggest barrier to getting funding

trends to shift. People should realize though how damaging it is to take a pessimistic viewpoint toward investment in the future.

Moving forward we need to start to examine the wideranging societal impacts of collective legislative funding decisions instead of using short-sighted sets of values.

Miles Brown (mjbrown22@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring political science and history with a certificate in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies.

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Smith woos crowd in seductive, pizza-centric show In a showcase of Midwestern talent, Saturday night’s performance was full of sentiments of female empowerment, euphoric vocals

by Courtney Hollis ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

by Andie Burjek ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

A young crowd filled the High Noon Saloon on Saturday, with high levels of estrogen, ideals of female empowerment and some unsuspecting boyfriends who tagged along for the ride. Caroline Smith is no stranger to Madison, but what made this performance memorable was the audience participation, fun but professional music-making and melodramatic anecdotes about pizza.

It was a true Midwestern showcase, featuring local acts Mr. Jackson of Madison and Vic and Gab of Milwaukee.

Mr. Jackson was a two-piece urban funk, gospel and hiphop fusion. Don’t be misled, however. As cool as that may seem, their performance lacked audience engagement.

This is what one would expect from a couple of teenagers experimenting with their first drum machine in their parents’ basement in the early grunge days of the ‘90s. But they’re old men still tinkering with updated versions of these same toys, and their musical intellect, unfortunately, hasn’t matured.

Luckily, the next act to follow was much more impressive. Vic and Gab, a trio from Milwaukee, boasted frontwomen sisters Victoria and Hannah Gabriella, who showcased their extraordinary voices and string savvy, with the support of drummer Esteban Vazquez.

Their rock-pop vibe flaunted instrumentation somewhat reminiscent of the Strokes, but their vocal harmonies were what really set them apart.

Working off their sisterly dynamic, their voices were highly compatible together, creating striking harmonies.

Their impeccable precision, in the face of frequent fretboard slides, was exceptional and noteworthy.

Fans erupted into cheers when the Minnesota-based R&B singer and her crew took the stage at last. Showgoers experienced intimacy, proximity and lots of love.

Performing almost exclusively tracks off of her latest album, “Half About Being a Woman,” she lured in her millennialdominant audience with her dynamic stage presence and story-telling capacity.

Smith flaunted her ripened showmanship during her theatrical segue into “Buy Me Something.” Despite Smith’s ability to “get way down on some deep-dish [pizza],” she revealed the importance she places on value and self-worth.

“Fellas, if you’re taking me out for one slice of pizza to share for $3.50, please do not turn around and look me in my face and ask me if I would like to ‘split this one.’”

This musical oratory, observed over the musical backing of the rhythm section, was executed in a cutesy call-and-answer fashion between the ladies on the stage. Behind their quirky, humorous anecdote was a stronger, empowering message about female dignity, equally directed toward the men and women in the audience, to reinforce ideas about self-respect and merit in relationships. Smith clarified that she is not a gold digger, that she would happily share the financial burden of a house or car. But she adds that if “you’re trying to ‘show [a lady] how you feel,’ I’m just hoping that after tonight, it

costs way more to you – way more – than $1.75.”

Shortly after this lesson in shared finances, Caroline Smith and the band began jamming – something slowwwww, smooth and sexy. “Are you feeling sexy?” she sang and crooned to the audience, who responded singing “I feel like making love” in unison. This went on for a few minutes, prompting one of the wisecrack boyfriends in the audience to tell his girlfriend, “You know, I’m feeling pretty 7 out of 10 right now.” Apparently the males in the audience were not as empowered as the females.

Smith, who heavily catered to the ladies most of the night, spoke to the gentlemen in the

audience next. She asked them if they knew what it felt like to have a woman leave them, and when that didn’t seem to resonate on an emotional level with the men, she used pizza once again to solicit a response.

“She’s gone! She’s never coming back!” Smith said.

“Your roommate has eaten your last frozen pizza! It doesn’t get any lower!”

After this musical prelude, she engaged in a 20 minute rendition of the title track to Caroline Smith’s 2013 album, “Half About Being a Woman,” which included an amazing tribute to R&B of the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Smith began with “No Diggity,” an obvious choice, but the bit got more interesting with

a surprising rendition of Destiny Child’s “Bootylicious” and TLC’s “Waterfalls”– all over Smith’s own neo-soul, R&B groove. She went on soliciting audience requests, showcasing the band’s ability to spontaneously bend to the audience’s will.

The final, encore performance of the night was the most intimate one. Saying she didn’t feel close enough to the audience, Smith – guitar in hand and backup singers right behind her – came into the audience for a mass serenade of “Child of Moving On.” People swayed around her as she sang the final and most heartfelt song of the album.

Smith’s theatrical presentation and flawless delivery were a testament to

Photo · Openers Mr. Jackson and Vic and Gab set the stage for Smith’s sultry vocals and a tribute to ‘90s R&B. Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald the rising star’s dedication to the craft. Her shows have come a long way from her folksy days. Smith has not only embraced being a woman; she has embraced being a performer.

Synchronized dance, frequent hand gestures and overall crowd engagement were some of the defining characteristics of the show. It’s obvious this Midwestern girl is definitely all grown up now, perfectly echoed in her latest musical endeavors.

‘Age of Adaline’ suffers from banal, unrealistic plot Despite Blake Lively’s professional performance, Lee Toland Krieger’s pseudo-scientific film is full of stale characters, insincere dialogue

by Nichalous Pogoleric ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Blake Lively and science fiction film fans despair, Lee Toland Krieger’s newest movie is an unrealistic, tired flop not worth the hungover Saturday afternoon trek. “The Age of Adaline” is steeped in banality and suffers from stagnant character development.

Adaline (Blake Lively, “Savages”) was a normal prewar housewife living contently in San Francisco, until one night when she took the old jalopy out for a spin in Sonoma County. Snow began to fall, and considering Californians have a hard time driving in beautiful weather, Adaline’s joy ride was destined to go awry.

The outcome of the blizzard exceeded expectations when Adaline sent the car over the guardrail, careening down the cliff side into a river.

While she’s drowning among the wreckage, a lightning bolt strikes her, and she magically becomes cursed with the inability to age, which allows her to appear 25 while being 107

years old. Adaline soon realizes that her random condition makes her a person-of-interest to the authorities, and she begins a decades long tradition of changing her name, traversing the globe and stealing the hearts of men.

Adaline’s story may be fluid and original, but the supporting characters are remarkably stale.

Adaline’s daughter, Flemming (Ellen Burstyn, “Interstellar”), is solely defined by her love for her mother. The protagonist’s love interest, Ellis (Michiel Huisman, “The Invitation”), is by even the most conservative definitions a stalker. As he walked down the stairs one day, his eye caught Adaline reading a book in braille, which triggered days of relentless phone calls, drop-ins at Adaline’s job and harassment on the street. If “The Age of Adaline” had an iota of reality within its screenplay, she would’ve certainly called the police and filed a restraining order.

But don’t count on this film to justify its plot with reality.

Adaline’s accident that caused her to stop aging is horribly narrated by a monotonous voice,

Photo · Blake Lively and Ellen Burstyn can’t redeem flawed storyline.

Photo courtesy of Lionsgate spewing pseudo-science in esoteric language in an attempt to give Adaline’s condition a scientific justification. The plot would have gained some semblance of authority if they had just called it what it is: magic. The narration breaks up the flow of the narrative with choppy and unnatural commentary that gives an unnecessary documentary feel.

Even without the narration, the dialogue is exceedingly banal. Lively does the best she can with her sophisticated and antiquated lines, but you can see the stiffness of Adaline’s character makes her uncomfortable at moments. Ellis may as well have been a pullstring doll that doles out tawdry exclamations of romance such like, “I can’t imagine life without you.” Throughout the film there are maybe two lines about his backstory, and the rest of the

movie he leaks emotionally unstable dribble onto Adaline that reeks of insincerity.

Every supporting character is given a niche (e.g. Flemming as the cute old daughter of a youthful centenarian) and is then allotted a series of cheap, cliché lines to carry them through the movie.

William (Harrison Ford, “The Expendables 3”), a lover from Adaline’s past and awkwardly the father of Ellis, provides the

movie with its only authentic character. When he confronts Adaline about her secret in the final moments of the movie, we see an energy between Ford and Lively that we can only dream of seeing between her and the spurious Michiel Huisman.

The initial storyline for The Age of Adaline had promise, but it crashed and burned as it progressed. Watching 110 minutes of director Krieger failing to pull at viewers’

emotional heartstrings is a visceral form of torture certainly not worth the time and effort to watch.

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ARTS EVENTS CALENDAR MONDAY

TUESDAY

The Wild Things at High Lit Fest: Lisa Harris Noon, 7:30 p.m., $5 and “Fashion Meets Poetry” at Memorial Lit Fest: Food Writing Union, 6 p.m., FREE with Kathy Brozyna at Memorial Union, 5 p.m., “Trainwreck” Sneak FREE Preview at Union Lit Fest: Music Writing South, 9:30 p.m., with Jon Kjarsgaard at FREE Memorial Union, 7 p.m., FREE

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Lit Fest: An Evening with Best-selling Author Nickolas Butler at Memorial Union, 7 p.m., FREE

Opening night of Legally Blonde: The Musical at Memorial Union, 7:30 p.m., $18 - $25

Speedy Ortiz at The Frequency, 8 p.m., $12 in advance

Revelry Arts and Music Festival at Library Mall and Memorial Union, noon to 10 p.m., $10 in advance for students

NEEDTOBREATHE at The Orpheum, 6 p.m., SOLD OUT

NFL Draught Draft with Titletown Brewing at Union South, 7 p.m., FREE

Kentucky Derby Watch Party at Majestic, noon, FREE

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Lit Fest: Local literature legends to share tricks of trade This week, writers with Madison ties will discuss topics from rock journalism to food writing in Memorial Union, Union South

by Tia Hagenbucher ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Nickolas Butler

Great Hall, Memorial Union April 29, 7-9 p.m.

Creative writing, reading and collaborating: University of Wisconsin’s Fifth annual Literature Festival is a literature buff’s paradise.

WUD Publication Committee will hold the week-long event from April 27 until May 1. The Lit Fest is planned by students for students and aims to celebrate the benefits of literacy by providing a free space for sharing ideas.

The festival features Madison-related lecturers while highlighting students’ literary work. The overall goal is to provide students with insight from professionals and a vision for what literature is like in the real world.

UW graduate Nickolas Butler will spend the evening inspiring and advising young writers as well as discussing his bestselling novel “Shotgun Lovesongs.”

This book reflects Butler’s nostalgia about growing up in Eau Claire with a sort of fictional retrospective. The stories explore a group of high school friends — now grown — who have returned to their hometown and reconnected. Although he cites his previous friendship with indie singer Justin Vernon as an inspiration, the main characters in his novel are winter and Wisconsin.

The New York Times called his work an “unmistakably American novel.” A Q&A and a book signing with copies of “Shotgun Lovesongs” available for purchase will follow his lecture.

Who should attend: aspiring writers Why you should attend: Butler is a local author turned national bestseller

Photo courtesy of St. Martin’s Press

Kathy Brozyna

Memorial Union, Council Hall

April 27, 5-6 p.m.

Brozyna is a Madison Magazine food writer. At Lit Fest, she will discuss tips on how to professionally write about food. Brozyna interviews top chefs and restaurants around Madison for her weekly column “The Chow Down” and the magazine’s monthly column “Quick Bites.” The way people react around a dinner table inspires her, and she firmly believes every person has a “food story” worth sharing. She grew up listening to her family’s stories and realized how important food is when bringing people together.

Her frequently updated blog not only features healthy and original recipes, but also includes a multitude of Madison-centric food choices.

Who should attend: foodies Why you should attend: food + literature

Jon Kjarsgaard Memorial Union,Council Hall

Lisa Harris Memorial Union, Council Hall

As an editor of both Jonk Music and the Music & Entertainment section for the Isthmus, Kjarsgaard will discuss his background and teach others more about the music writing industry. Kjarsgaard started his website, Jonk Music, while he was a student back in 2005 to produce daily content centered on indie bands. He aims for the website to produce creative material from a more down to earth perspective with the website’s most viral content being its staff-created playlists. He covers national bands for Isthmus, but he also focuses on the many local bands Madison has to offer.

Harris, an author of “Fashion Meets Poetry,” will discuss how she cultivated the idea of uniting fashion with women’s empowerment. She will also read some poems from her book and explore the publishing process. Harris graduated from UW’s business school and strives to promote confidence by examining the concept that beauty is not just skin deep. Her poems focus on the notion that women have many layers and that external beauty doesn’t mean there is no internal beauty. Although she has been writing her whole life, her inspiration for these poems comes from society.

“Women are my muse and writing is my insecurity,” she said in an interview with PropellerGirl.

April 27, 7-8 p.m.

Who should attend: music lovers, aspiring indie writers Why you should attend: to learn more about the Madison music scene

April 28, 6-7 p.m.

Who should attend: fashionistas & feminists Why you should attend: #yesallwomen

The Titanic Players Union South April 30, 6-7:30 p.m.

The final event for Lit Fest features student improv group the Titanic Players performing skits based on the audience’s favorite books. The Titanic Players are part of the largest collegiate improvisation organization in the country. The Madison chapter is the first group outside of the organization’s birthplace of Northwestern University. This group regularly has scheduled events around campus throughout the school year. The time follow the performance will be used as a free space for people to relax and read a book of their choice.

Who should attend: everyone, people who enjoy off-the-cuff comedy Why you should attend: pre-finals de-stressor

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New game channels older aesthetic ‘Axiom Verge’ suffers from inadequate transportation but remains unpredictable

by Evan Conley ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The past few years have seen many independent games trying to emulate the art style and design of old-school Nintendo games.

While many gamers are heartily enjoying the rush of new pixel-art games, many more are feeling inundated with the sheer amount taking on this style.

The game “Shovel Knight” perfectly nails the concepts it draws inspiration from, while also building on it and taking into account advancements in game design from the past 20 years. On the other hand“Axiom Verge” – recently released for the PS4, PS3 and PC – does a good job nailing the first half down, but falters while building on those games’ strengths.

As far as genre, “Axiom Verge” is considered Metroidvania-style, where the player slowly explores a large, 2D-world while gaining abilities and tools to access its far reaches and depths. It gets its name from two of the biggest franchises in the genre, including “Castlevania” (particularly the later games in the

series, such as “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night”) and Nintendo’s “Metroid.”

The latter series is what “Axiom Verge” most closely relates to, specifically the SNES installment, “Super Metroid.” In fact, if one were to replace the main character of the game with the original game’s hero, Samus, the world, bosses and level design of “Axiom Verge” would easily pass as a new “Metroid” game.

The similarities are virtually endless.

Pods players can enter to save the game and regain all lost health, including the one players awaken from to begin the game. The tall pathways with zigzagging platforms are reminiscent in feel and design to those found in even the earliest “Metroid” title. Early on, players are required to get specific weapons to bypass obstacles. There are even small pathways the player cannot pass through until they gain a certain upgrade, which immediately brought to mind Samus’ morph ball.

However, the differences are welcomed. While a few of the guns are necessary, most of them are hidden away and it is the job of the player to discover. And there

are definitely a whole lot of them. In my own 10-hour play through, I didn’t even manage to collect half of the 20 guns hidden throughout the world.

Most of the upgrades in “Axiom Verge” felt like nothing special, but late in the game many of them gain even more powerful, enjoyable and unique uses. The best is the drone upgrade, which is a little mechanical mite one can fire in any direction and use to enter places players otherwise could not. Late in the game, players gain the ability to teleport to that drone, making traversal of even simple hallways enjoyable. This was a good addition, as the one area of the game that really could have been improved was how players get from one side of the world the other.

In the middle of the map, there is a big area with a giant head that can take players to other areas, but getting to this area and taking the time to ride upon it felt unnecessary.

Thankfully, a save point was always placed right before a boss room. This is good because several bosses’ difficulty is unpredictable.

The hardest boss of the game

is a large bee later in the game – yet far in advance of the final boss – whose weakness feels more like luck than a puzzle that needs to be solved.

“Axiom Verge” is an imperfect game, but is not a bad one. Traversing levels and gaining powers is as enjoyable as it has ever been in a Metroidvania game, no matter how mundane retreading hallways can be from time to time. And while it doesn’t feature a story that will carry most players’ attentions from start to finish, it is interesting enough to carry it through the first two arcs of the game.

In the end, the criticisms are really secondary to the overall experience. “Axiom Verge” is an excellent game that fans of the “Metroid” series should most certainly be playing, and those unfamiliar to the Metroidvania genre should consider checking out.

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Running back competition heats up in scrimmage Redshirt freshman Taiwan Deal makes case for second string role, while Obasih, Bondoc break out as leaders on defense

by Chris Bumbaca Associate Sports Editor

Fans got their first-look at the revamped backfield for the Wisconsin football team this Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium during the annual spring game.

It has been general consensus for months that Corey Clement would fill the massive void Melvin Gordon left at running back.

But given Wisconsin’s history of productive depth at the position and no clear backup through spring ball, three backs fought for the spotlight throughout the scrimmage.

Meanwhile, Clement remained on the sideline for the game’s entirety.

Redshirt freshman Taiwan Deal trotted out with the firstteam offense to start the game and his first two runs went for a combined 15 yards.

By halftime, Deal had rushed for 60 yards on 12 carries, albeit against the Badgers’ second-team defense.

“I just tried to take advantage of it and do what I can,” Deal said of his performance.

Deal finished the day with 15 carries for 76 yards.

Unlike Deal, redshirt senior Dare Ogunbowale struggled in the first half, getting bottled up against the first-team defense for only 11 yards on nine carries.

He would bounce back in the second half, finishing with 12 rushes, 89 yards and two touchdowns. The two touchdowns came on runs from 55 and 20 yards out.

“Obviously, the first

half was a little rough for me,”Ogunbowale said. “So it was making sure I kept pressing things and not moving away from anything that I’ve been doing all spring really. It was a good second half, and the plays opened up for me.

Redshirt junior Serge Trezy, a newcomer to the running back conversation since his transition from cornerback, carried the ball 17 times for 47 yards, with a long of 12 yards.

Perhaps most importantly, the running backs’ mentality Saturday was to compete not only on the scoreboard, but against each other.

“The running backs as a unit wanted to make sure that we were competing.

We all wanted to compete amongst each other, not only against the defense, but within the running back room,” Ogunbowale said. “I think we all looked very good, and we wanted to make sure that even though Corey wasn’t going. We still gave the fans something to cheer about. I think we did a pretty good job with that.”

Deal said the competition is something running backs coach John Settle instilled throughout spring ball.

“We competed a lot during spring camp,” Deal said. “I didn’t notice the competition because we just came out and had fun and did our best.

Coach Settle made it fun.”

Clement, observing from the sidelines, said that despite the unflattering numbers Wisconsin backs are accustomed to putting up, he was happy with the way his future backups played.

“I think they did great even with working with two offensive lines. Everybody made the most of what they could do,” Clement said. “I think Dare (Ogunbowale) and Serge (Trezy) are really in good positions to actually contribute to this offense. I’m excited to see what they can do in the fall.

“Dare said to me that he couldn’t wait for the second half. So, to actually get some more energy on our offense, you can kind of see it with the younger line. They were lacking energy and he kind of brought the focus back to where it needed to be.”

Boom Goes Bondoc One of the biggest surprises of the day was redshirt freshman safety Evan Bondoc.

The Madison native recorded a game-high 12 tackles and broke up two passes, one of which would have been ruled an interception if instant replay was in use.

“It was awesome to be out there,” Bondoc said. “I give a lot of credit to the guys in front of me. I’m not usually out there.

“I was just ready to go out there and play. We did a lot more base stuff today, which freed us up to go and make plays. It wasn’t more complicated. It was just fun to go out there and play.”

Obasih Busy in Backfield Redshirt sophomore Chikwe Obasih was flying toward the quarterback all afternoon, recording 2.5 sacks and four tackles. He also forced two fumbles and recovered one.

Obasih said slowing the game down and focusing on technique has been a point of emphasis for the defensive line this season.

“Last year we felt rushed to get there and make sure everything was ready to fit the scheme since we had a lot of new guys coming in to the front,” Obasih said. “This spring we took a step back.

We talked the techniques. We talked exactly what we need to do and what we want to do to ensure that we have success this fall.”

Offensive Line Repair With Obasih and his defensive line counterparts wreaking havoc in the backfield, question marks

still surround the offensive line, which has to replace the entire right side due to the graduations of Dallas Lewallen and Rob Havenstein.

Starting center Dan Voltz didn’t participate Saturday and presumed starting left guard Ray Ball was also held out.

That doesn’t concern left tackle Tyler Marz though, who said that guys will step up during summer workouts and fall camp, simply because they have no choice.

“Wisconsin has a tradition of just always someone stepping up. It was my duty two years ago when I was coming in here,” Marz said. “(Former Wisconsin offensive lineman) Ryan Groy might

Photo · Wisconsin’s defense had a field day Saturday, as it totaled 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss. Chikwe Obasih led the impressive effort with 2.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.

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not have had the confidence in me coming out of that spring, but come fall I was a guy. And for me then, I just didn’t want to let him down. So the guys really need to feel that with me and Dan (Voltz), because that motivates you. You don’t want to let the guy next to you down.”

Four takeaways from spring game Biggest surprise: Evan Bondoc

Most improved: Taiwan Deal

Left to be desired: The offensive line

The little-known Bondoc had a coming out party on Saturday. He had a game-high 12 tackles (six solo, six unassisted) and had two pass breakups. The Madison native also nearly intercepted Bart Houston in the third quarter.

Deal came out firing on all cylinders Saturday, rushing for 15 yards on the first three series of the game with the first-team offense.

He finished with 15 carries for 76 yards after rushing for 60 yards on 12 attempts in the first half.

With a number of injuries and the departure of several key members, the offensive line will have a lot to improve upon before Wisconsin opens against Alabama in just over four months. The unit gave up 10 sacks which led to three fumbles on Saturday.

SWEEP, page 12 Wisconsin center fielder Maria Van Abel credited the Huskers’ pitching performances, especially from Jablonski, to the struggles the

Badgers had offensively throughout the weekend.

“She really worked her lanes, and she was really effective with her screwball to lefties. She mixed some curveballs, which kept us a little off balanced,” Van Abel said. “Nebraska is a really good team, and they’re facing great competition this year, so you can expect to see a good outing from their pitchers and they did a great job. Hats off to them.”

Game One The series opener, postponed after rain cancellation Friday, showcased an offensive clinic by the Huskers, bringing home nine runs in the first three innings against Stewart. Both teams displayed shoddy defense, as Wisconsin committed two errors and Nebraska had three

Question: Will Rob Wheelwright keep up the production?

The wide receiver unit desperately needs a playmaker to go alongside Alex Erickson and Wheelwright made those plays on Saturday. He caught seven passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns and he becomes a viable option for Joel Stave if his production level stays close to there.

of its own. Van Abel and Miller each had two hits for Wisconsin, but the Badgers’ lineup was no match for Nebraska, which had RBI’s from nine different players, including four from MJ Knighten in the 13-5 victory.

Photo · UW allowed 25 runs between its three losses this past weekend, including 13 and nine in its two mercy rule defeats. Wisconsin’s ace Taylor-Paige Stewart was responsible for 18 of the tallies.

Game Two A pitchers duel between Wisconsin’s Mariah Watts and Nebraska’s Jablonski showcased a low-scoring affair in the cold, windy weather with very little separating the two teams.

A two-RBI single from Wisconsin’s Marissa Mersch in the bottom of the third marked the first runs of the game, but Nebraska slowly chipped away at the lead with one run each in the top of the fourth and fifth innings.

Nebraska took their first lead of the game on a fielder ’s choice to second base, which conceded the runner on third as

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald Jablonski scored. With two more opportunities to get the equalizer, the Badgers came close in the sixth, but stranded Mersch on third.

A one-two-three inning in the bottom of the seventh secured the 3-2 victory for the Huskers.

The Badgers, who have now lost five straight games, will take on Minnesota (41-8, 15-3 Big Ten) in a doubleheader this upcoming Wednesday at Goodman Diamond with only five games left in the regular season.

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Badgers’ tennis seasons halted at Big Ten tournament Men’s team falls 4-0 to Iowa, Purdue drops women’s squad 4-2 as subpar campaigns come to close at conference championships

by Eric Goldsobel Tennis Writer

The Wisconsin tennis program found itself in familiar territory this past weekend at the Big Ten tennis tournaments.

For the fifth straight season, both the men’s and women’s teams fell in the first round of the tournament, a fate that has prolonged the development of a program in desperate need of a turnaround.

On the men’s side, the ninth-seeded Badgers dropped all points to the eighth-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes, falling 4-0 without winning a single matchup.

Four matches went unfinished en route to Iowa’s victory, including UW freshman Josef Dodridge’s, who had garnered second-team allBig Ten honors earlier in the week.

Dodridge, the Badgers’ No. 1 singles and doubles player, fell 2-6 in the first set of his singles match against Hawkeye senior Matt Hagan. Hagan came in after a strong regular season, and was named first-team allBig Ten this week.

In the second set, however, Dodrige came back to lead 4-2, but his match concluded early due to the “clinch rule,” meaning Iowa had already clinched the team win. The match ended as a did not finish and squandered the Badgers’ chance to win any

matchup.

Jakhongir Jalalov dropped a highly contested match at the second singles spot in straight sets, 3-6, 4-6, to the highly touted Iowa freshman Lefteris Theodorou. Theodorou, a native of Greece, climbed the ITF rankings earlier in October when he ranked No. 134 in world juniors.

Dodridge’s doubles partner and fellow freshman Jose Carranza also dropped a close singles match in straight sets, falling 4-6, 4-6. With these three matches ending in losses for Wisconsin, their fate was sealed, and they exited the tournament without making much of a splash. Dodridge and Carranza also lost 6-8 in the No. 1 doubles pairing.

The match capped a disappointing season for Wisconsin, finishing with a record of 7-18 overall. With five freshmen, though, the men’s program will have the chance to develop a strong core over the next three years, with chances for better showings in the coming seasons.

Purdue halts women’s tennis season The women’s team fared better than the men’s squad, but still found itself with an unfortunately similar result.

The Wisconsin women fell 4-2 to No. 38 Purdue, dropping a costly doubles point and losing two singles matches in thirdset tiebreakers, which ultimately made the

difference.

Tenth-seeded Wisconsin lost both the first and third doubles matchups by scores of 3-8, winning only the second matchup 8-3. In a match that ended 4-2 in favor of seventhseeded Purdue, the lost doubles point proved to be extremely costly.

The Badgers’ top singles player Lauren Chypyha registered a DNF in her singles match, which lasted three grueling sets.

After taking the first set by a score of 6-4, Chypyha dropped the second set 5-7, losing her chance to finish off Purdue’s Daniela Vidal.

By way of the second set win, Vidal forced a third set tie breaker which was halted when Purdue won match point, enforcing the clinch rule. Vidal led 1-0 in the third set at the time of its conclusion.

Second and third singles also went to third sets in which Wisconsin fell flat.

Maria Avgerinos, Wisconsin’s No. 2 singles player, clawed her way back against Tess BernardFeigenbaum in the second set of their matchup. After dropping the first set 3-6, Avgerinos bounced back to win the second set 6-4. But with the matchup reaching a crucial point for the Badgers, she couldn’t win a much-needed third set to take the matchup, falling 0-6 instead.

Wisconsin freshman Ekaterina Stepanova also suffered a similar fate after

winning the first set of her match, 6-4. She then lost the second set 4-6 and the tie-breaking third set 2-6, effectively ending the match as Purdue gained the last point it needed to win the match.

With only three wins out of the nine matchups, it was not the showing

Wisconsin was looking for to end its season. The Badgers finished out the year at 10-12 and went 4-7 in conference play. Yet with two freshmen, no seniors and two incoming freshmen, the Badgers have plenty of room and time to grow for next year and beyond.

Photo · Jose Maria Martin De Oliva Carranza (above) and his partner Josef Dodridge fell in No. 1 doubles to Iowa, 8-6, as UW failed to win any matches in its season finale.

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Spring game showcases depth, defensive prowess Quarterback Joel Stave all but locks down starting spot, while first string defense has strong showing despite several changes in front seven

by Eric Kohlbeck Sports Editor

Saturday was the last chance for the Wisconsin football team to showcase what it’s accomplished in spring practice with the annual spring game.

After a convincing 35-7 win for Team Gasser over Team Dukan, the Badgers will hit the weight room for one more week before an extended break until fall camp begins in August.

There were plenty of storylines to watch throughout spring practice and now that the spring game has come and gone, we learned a few things about this Wisconsin team under new head coach Paul Chryst.

A favorite for the backup quarterback is emerging Joel Stave is the starting quarterback for Wisconsin and that’s not going to change anytime soon. But behind Stave, there’s no clear-cut favorite for the backup spot. However, after Saturday’s spring game, redshirt junior Bart Houston seems to be the favorite heading into fall camp.

Houston looked confident Saturday, taking over the firstteam offense after Stave played one series. Houston went 9-for-16 with 103 yards and a touchdown Saturday and looked to separate himself from his competition. His touchdown came from 20 yards out as he hit Robert Wheelwright in the corner of the end zone.

The redshirt junior seems to be rejuvenated with the head coaching change, and he proved that Saturday.

Redshirt freshman D.J. Gillins, who commanded the second-team offense against the first-team defense, played well, but appeared to pull the ball down and run too quickly at times. He did have some nice runs, including a 35yard scamper, but his passing numbers – 5-for-10, 50 yards – weren’t quite as impressive as Houston.

Gillins showed vast improvement in his second year of spring practices, but for now, it appears as if Houston has a leg up on Gillins for a spot behind Stave.

Wisconsin could have three capable backs Junior running back Corey Clement has perhaps the most difficult task in all of college football as he takes over for Heisman finalist Melvin Gordon.

And much like quarterback, the backup spot behind Clement is up in the air.

Dare Ogunbowale came

into spring practices as the presumed backup, but redshirt freshman Taiwan Deal has made strides and after Saturday’s game, the running backs at Wisconsin appear to be just as deep as ever.

While the second-string back is still undecided, the Badgers seem to have two viable options in Ogunbowale – who rushed 11 times for 89 yards with two touchdowns including a 55-yard run – and Deal, who ran for 76 yards on 15 carries. Deal showed great patience on a few runs, getting the bulk of the carries with the first-team offense, while Ogunbowale stepped his play up, making guys miss before cutting across the field on his 55-yard touchdown run with the first-team offense.

Both should be at about the same level on the depth chart once fall practices begin. Should things continue the way they did Saturday, Wisconsin will have more than enough fire power behind Clement this season. Maybe even without a clear-cut backup.

The offensive line needs to get healthy Having to replace three starters from last season, the Wisconsin offensive line had some bad luck toward the end of spring practices with injuries.

Starting center Dan Voltz and starting right guard Ray Ball both missed Saturday’s game with injuries, forcing some reshuffling along both the first and second-string offensive lines.

Needless to say, the lack of continuity and experience showed, as the Wisconsin defense consistently broke into the backfield, either stopping runners in their tracks, or dropping the quarterback.

The defense recorded 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss in the spring game and forced three fumbles.

Chryst mentioned after the game that the offensive line depth needs to improve, and it will certainly be at the top of the list of things to improve upon in fall practice.

There’s hope at wide receiver Try not to read too much into Saturday’s spring game. It was, for all intents and purposes, a glorified practice.

But, with that being said, Wisconsin has been looking all spring for a reliable number two wide receiver behind top wideout Alex Erickson. The Badgers made positive strides toward finding him with the emergence of junior Rob Wheelwright.

Wheelwright, who dealt with injuries last season and earlier in spring practice this season, had by far the best day among the wide receivers, hauling in seven passes for 79 yards and two touchdowns. The first touchdown came on a nice backshoulder throw from Stave from 17 yards out, before Houston hooked up with him for his second score from 20 yards away.

It’s only the spring game, but it’s better that somebody stood out other than the receivers simply falling by the wayside.

Wheelwright certainly stood out.

Whether he can continue to and even add on to this performance in fall practice remains to be seen, but it was undoubtedly a step in the right direction.

Sophomore George Rushing also added four catches for 57 yards including a 34-yard touchdown pass from Austin Kafentzis toward the end of the scrimmage.

It may have been only one game, but there is certainly hope at wide receiver, which has to be encouraging for Stave and the rest of the Badgers’ offense.

The defense will carry the Badgers this season The Wisconsin defense was all over the place Saturday, especially the first-team defense against the second-team offense.

Ten sacks and 15 tackles for loss speak for themselves, showing just how efficient the top defense was in getting into the backfield and causing disruption.

The linebackers (see above) looked great, while the revamped, athletic defensive line caused havoc in the trenches. Defensive lineman Chikwe Obasih tied for the team-high with 2.5 tackles for loss and had a team-high 2.5 sacks. Alec James also added half a sack and half a tackle for loss opposite Obasih on the defensive line.

In the secondary – Wisconsin’s most experienced group – Sojourn Shelton, Darius Hilary, Michael Caputo and newlyconverted safety Tanner McEvoy held their own, showing no real signs of weakness Saturday.

With questions at wide receiver on offense, and the offensive line struggling, the Wisconsin defense will likely have to carry the Badgers throughout the season, especially if the offense were to fall flat. The defense last season was one of the best in the Big Ten and it appears to be trending that way once again for this upcoming season.

Photo · Dare Ogunbowale (below) led the Wisconsin rushing attack Saturday with 89 yards and a pair of touchdowns in head coach Paul Chryst’s (right) debut to Wisconsin fans after getting hired in December.

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Inside linebackers are ready to roll Wisconsin has to replace two of its top tacklers and defensive players overall from last season in Marcus Trotter and Derek Landisch.

T.J. Edwards and junior Leon Jacobs will be Trotter’s and Landisch’s replacements, and those two, like the rest of the defense, dominated on Saturday.

Edwards and Jacobs combined for 17 total tackles including 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks. Jacobs also had one of the defense’s nine pass breakups and his 2.5 tackles for loss were tied for the most on the team.

Along with Vince Biegel and Joe Schobert on the outside, the Wisconsin linebacker unit should be just fine come the start of the season.

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Trio of offensive backups emerge in spring game Wheelwright, Houston, Deal highlight of scrimmage between Team Gasser, Team Dukan as first stringers dominate afternoon

by Nick Brazzoni Football Writer

This year ’s annual Wisconsin football spring game wasn’t like most spring games, when the Cardinal would typically play the White.

Instead, it was Team Dukan against Team Gasser, as the two former men’s basketball players — Duje Dukan and Josh Gasser — served as opposing honorary coaches for their teams Saturday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium, with Team Gasser walking away with a 35-7 victory.

Gasser ’s team was made up of the first-team offense and the second-team defense, while Dukan’s consisted of the first-team defense and the second-team offense.

Fifth-year senior quarterback and presumed starter Joel Stave was the first one out on the field under center for Team Gasser, and he was as impressive as he has ever been in his lone drive of the afternoon. After three consecutive running plays, Stave hit fifth-year senior

Alex Erickson for a 38yard gain and followed that up a little later with a 17yard back-shoulder throw to junior wide receiver Robert Wheelwright for a touchdown.

Redshirt junior Bart Houston had the best day for quarterbacks, completing 9-of-16 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown, while early-enrollee freshman Alex Hornibrook went 5-of-13 for 58 yards.

Redshirt freshman D.J. Gillins completed 5-of-10 passes for 50 yards while another early-enrollee freshman Austin Kafentzis was limited in his on-field action, but still completed all three of his passes and threw a touchdown pass late in the game.

In terms of who the quarterbacks were throwing to, Wheelwright stood out for the Badgers’ offense, as on top of his touchdown catch from Stave, he made a catch in stride from Houston in the back corner of the end zone to give him his second touchdown of the day. He finished the day with seven catches for 79 yards and the two touchdowns.

Beyond Wheelwright,

sophomore George Rushing finished with four receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown, while fifthyear senior and top wideout Alex Erickson had just two catches for 50 yards.

Redshirt sophomore Jazz Peavy added three catches for 28 yards.

But despite some solid performances from a position that has been a major question mark for this Wisconsin team coming into the season, Wheelwright and the rest of the receiving core still have their work cut out for them.

“We still got work to do,” Wheelwright said. “We all need to get better and continue to listen to Coach Gilmore and Coach Chryst.

We all help each other to get better, and I really appreciate those guys. We all work and when fall comes around, we tend to do more.”

For the running backs, junior and starter Corey Clement sat out, which allowed redshirt freshman Taiwan Deal and redshirt junior Dare Ogunbowale stake their claims for the second running back spot behind Clement.

To start the game,

Deal went up against the second-team defense while Ogunbowale went up against the first-team defense.

In the first half, it was Deal who had the more impressive performance, carrying the ball 12 times for 60 yards with a long carry of 15 yards while Ogunbowale had nine carries for just 11 yards.

But in the second half, the script was flipped, as when going up against the secondteam defense, Dare broke out two touchdown runs of 55 and 20 yards in the third period, and he finished with a total of 11 carries for 89 yards.

Deal didn’t have as strong a second half but still finished with 15 carries and 76 yards, while redshirt junior and junior-college transfer Serge Trezy put in some solid work at running back, totaling 17 carries for 47 yards and a two-yard touchdown run of his own.

Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst, in his first season at the helm of his alma mater, is feeling more comfortable in the development of the depth for the running back position behind Clement.

“I think that [Deal] had

a couple runs where he showed really good patience and vision,” Chryst said. “As he gets more comfortable with the offense and maybe with himself too, that will help. “[Ogunbowale] is a guy that has been around it, a little bit more mature, a guy that I think can contribute in a number of different ways and certainly had a couple big runs today and did some good things.”

Defensively, players were bringing the heat all game and pressuring quarterbacks into uncomfortable situations in the pocket.

In total, the defenses racked up 10 sacks, 15 tackles for a loss and nine pass break-ups. And while some drops prevented them from recording an interception, they did force three fumbles and recovered two of them.

Redshirt sophomore Chikwe Obasih led the way defensively, as he was relentless in his pursuit of the quarterback, recording 2.5 sacks and four total tackles.

Obasih sees the growing confidence in himself as a way to not only better his

own game, but the overall performance of the team.

“As long as I keep on correcting myself and getting better and not dwelling too hard on the things I mess up on, I feel like the sky is the limit for all of the things that we can do together as a team,” Obasih said.

Redshirt freshman Evan Bondoc recorded a teamhigh 12 tackles, while fellow redshirt freshmen T.J. Edwards and Ryan Connelly each counted for nine tackles on the afternoon.

Overall, Wisconsin saw solid performances from a wide range of positions, but it is only spring ball, and with over three months before the season is in full swing, Chryst and his team know they still have a ways to go before they are ready for the daily grind of the regular season.

“We appreciated the way the group worked this spring, and I think it was important for all of us coaches to get to know this team,” Chryst said. “There is still a lot of getting to know them and getting a feel for who they are, but it was fun this spring being with this group of guys.”

Huskers silence Badgers’ bats in Senior Day shutout Nebraska throttles Wisconsin 9-0 Sunday to sweep three-game series with two by way of mercy rule at Goodman Diamond

by Jamie DeGraff Softball Writer

Looking to avoid the weekend sweep on Senior Day after a pair of Saturday losses, the Wisconsin softball team dropped its Sunday afternoon game against Nebraska, falling 9-0 in mercy-rule fashion at the Goodman Diamond.

Game Three With a sellout crowd of 1,612 and concession lines stretching beyond 50 feet, Nebraska (29-19, 15-5 Big Ten) swiftly showed they are an NCAA bubble-team with something to prove.

Taylor-Paige Stewart took the mound for the Badgers in an attempt to rebound

from her Saturday outing, one that saw Nebraska score nine times on five earned in just three innings of work.

The Huskers instead picked up right where they left off, putting four runs on the board before Wisconsin (1928, 3-14 Big Ten) could even pick up its bats.

After allowing an RBI single to infielder Alicia Armstrong, cleanup hitter Steph Pasquale broke the game open with a threerun bomb over the right field fence to make it 4-0.

Wisconsin prevented any further damage in the opening frame, but failed to respond with any runs in the bottom of the first. With Kelsey Jenkins on third and just one out, a grounder to

second by Chloe Miller sent Jenkins home, but she was thrown out on a snap throw to keep Wisconsin off the board.

After both teams exchanged empty frames in the second inning, the Huskers got back to business offensively in the top of the third. After a single from Dawna Tyson to load the bases up with one out, pitcher Kaylan Jablonski helped her own cause with a two-RBI single that extended the Nebraska lead to six. With two runners still in scoring position and just one out, Kylee Muir was able to send the ball deep enough into the outfield to drive in the inning’s final run on a

sacrifice fly.

Wisconsin’s last legitimate scoring opportunity of the afternoon came in the bottom of the third inning, after a Kelsey Jenkins walked and Miller got hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second with two outs. Ashley Van Zeeland stepped up to the plate trying to put the first runs on the board for the Badgers, but a diving catch in foul territory by Nebraska’s Kiki Stokes ended the inning in an abrupt and highlightworthy fashion.

With Jablonski leading the charge for the Huskers, it was an afternoon dominated by Nebraska’s formidable offensive lineup

and defensive prowess.

While disappointed with the outcome, Wisconsin head Coach Yvette Healy believed it was more about Nebraska’s capabilities and sense of urgency as an NCAA tournament bubble team.

“Top to bottom they’re stacked. They are an impressive program.

I wouldn’t say it was us playing down as much as them playing up,” Healy said. “Our team is doing the most with their talent right now. So we’ve got the effort and the heart, I just think we were overmatched.”

With two outs and the bases loaded for the Huskers in the top of the fifth, Armstrong drove

in another run on an RBI grounder to left field to make the lead 9-0. Pasquale nearly found the gap in shallow left field to drive in her fourth run of the game, but Wisconsin’s Katie Christner ran it down with an impressive basket catch to retire the side.

Entering the bottom of the frame, the Badgers needed to score at least two runs to avoid the eightrun mercy rule after five innings and keep the game going. Jablonski continued to show no mercy, however, mowing through Wisconsin to solidify the victory, the series sweep and the two-hit shutout performance.

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