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Monday, February 10, 2014

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Hoofers grinds out fifth Rail Jam Morgan Krause Herald Contributor

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It took twelve dump trucks full of snow, but Hoofer’s managed to transform Observatory Hill into a competitive ski run in time for their fifth annual Rail Jam event Friday.

Clare Bornemann, Hoofers assistant weekday trip planner, said the Rail Jam is a manmade snowboard and ski park with “two rails and a box.” The

event is put together to give local riders with an opportunity to show off their tricks in a welcoming atmosphere, she said. More than 200 observers and 60 competitors turned out for the event.

Hoofers Ski and Snowboard Club president Tommy Lindeman said the event has taken place for five years at a variety of locations, including the Memorial Union Terrace and Union South.

Club leaders are already

looking forward to next year and have their eyes set on Bascom Hill as a potential venue, he said.

Brady Ernst, Rail Jam coordinator, said the crew was “really happy” about the turnout.

“We had to cap the competitors because we didn’t have enough time. But those who were unable to compete were welcome to join the 200 spectators who showed up on a cold Saturday night,” he said.

Ernst said each year

Hoofers aims to put on an event that is fun for everyone and to create a venue of increasing difficulty as to “keep the sport progressing and keep things interesting for spectators as well.”

Last year all of the transporting snow and building course features was done by hand, Ernst said. This year the crew had access to additional equipment that allowed for more versatility in the park, letting them to set the bar a bit higher in

terms of competition and likeness to a typical rail jam event, he said.

Riders demonstrated their skills in 20-minute rounds and judges selected the top performers from each group to move on to the finals. Ernst described the level of riding as “through the roof,” and spoke to the creativity and skill of the riders that competed.

The winner of the snowboarding

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Initiative looks to root out racial inequalities Mayor, community groups partner to empower those below poverty line Eden Finer Herald Contributor The issue of race inequity in Madison has recently been put under the microscope, as Mayor Paul Soglin has begun spearheading new efforts to study and find solutions to the problem.

Soglin said the concern in Madison is that more money is put toward expenditures that favor the more affluent neighborhoods, further disadvantaging the needs and of the lower classes.

He said this affects neighborhoods on the south side, where there are a significant number of households below the poverty line, as well as a chain of neighborhoods

on the southwest side and Brentwood on the northeast side.

Soglin said one example of inequitable distribution of resources is wiring the city for highspeed internet. He said generally this happens in the most affluent neighborhoods because cable companies know those are the most profitable.

“There’s a limited amount of money that we can spend on capital improvements so we have to prioritize,” he said. “So let’s say we have a few million dollars available, should that money go to underground electric power lines in a middleclass neighborhood or should that money go for a community center in an area where most of the residents are below the poverty line?”

A group that has been involved in addressing the gap is the Wisconsin

Council on Children and Families, which hosts the Race to Equity Project.

Ken Taylor, executive director of WCCF, said the organization strives to collaborate with others to reach mutual goals of racial equity and the Race to Equity project’s focus is on collecting data.

Taylor said the group produced the Race to Equity baseline report in October and subsequently there has been a lot of interest and discussion.

He said the issue of racial inequity has been deeply rooted in American history and that it will take work to move out of it, but this initiative is the next step.

“We think that we can play a role in updating the baseline data, we think that we can play a role in continuing

INITIATIVE, page 2 Chris LottenThe Badger Herald Despite decreases in citations, UWPD has noticed a dangerous rise in student’s intoxication levels on campus.

Environmental job UW System highest in market promising drug, alcohol arrests Students see uptick in opportunities as energy technology becomes ‘hot spot’ Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor As the evidence for global climate change continues to mount, students are becoming increasingly aware that the implications of a more extreme climate are vast and, as are the opportunities for a coming generation to combat them.

In recent years, as environmental issues have become more central to the public eye, opportunities for students at the University of Wisconsin to pursue degrees in environmental sustainability have greatly increased, Tracey Holloway, an associate professor of

environmental studies, said.

In response to student demand in the past few years, UW has taken several steps to provide students opportunities in this field, Holloway said. This includes the development of two environmental studies majors, added sustainability tracks to degrees such as engineering and law, as well as the creation of the Wisconsin Energy Institute, a leader in clean energy research, education and outreach, she said.

Jim Miller, a graduate student advisor at the Nelson Institute, said he believes there is a rapidly growing job market for individuals with degrees in environmental studies.

“Careers in the environment are a hot topic right now, no pun intended,” Miller said.

“As the reality of climate change sets in, I think more and more people are going to have to pay attention.”

Tyler Huebner, executive director of Renew Wisconsin, said technological advancements in green energy are imminent and there is a huge demand for passionate, innovative people looking to improve and develop sustainable energy technologies.

Miller said energy technology is a job hotspot, adding an individual going into the energy sector with knowledge of environmental issues has a strong chance of getting a job right out of college.

However, Holloway said in Wisconsin the jobs are in environmental conservation, pointing to the Energy Center of

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Madison ranked 23rd as 10 system schools make list for drinking busts Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor As campus officials note the “bizarre” trend in students being cited with very high blood alcohol levels, the University of Wisconsin System topped a ranking for most drug and alcohol-related arrests at colleges.

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System schools, according to a report from Rehabs. com.

UW-Oshkosh was ranked number one for the most on-campus alcohol busts and UWMadison was ranked 23rd.

Marc Lovicott, UW Police Department spokesperson, said the rate of underage drinking citations are decreasing at UW but the level of intoxication students are being cited for is increasing, which police find “puzzling and concerning.”

Lovicott said a few years ago it was rare for UWPD to encounter someone with a blood alcohol level of 0.3 or higher, but in recent years it has become more common to find students with this level or higher on a daily basis.

Lovicott said he thinks UW has an alcohol problem on campus but UWPD is unsure why intoxication levels have been higher recently.

“Are students drinking more hard liquor? Are they drinking alcohol with a higher potency?

We don’t know. It’s a bizarre trend,” he said.

Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services, said UW is at the intersection of two factors which lead to problematic alcohol use — the cultures of both Wisconsin and college campuses.

“Multiple data sources demonstrate that young adults enrolled in college consume more alcohol and experience more alcohol-related harm than

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Activists in the Madison area were outraged last week when they discovered emails from to the petition site Change. org were being blocked by the City of Madison.

A City of Madison statement said the “high volume” of messages were delaying or blocking delivery of other email, so the Information Technology division made the decision to block emails from the site.

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was shot and killed by Heimsness after being mistaken for a burglar after a night of drinking.

Both the Madison Police Department and Dane County District Attorney ruled that Heimsness’s actions were legal, despite the fact that Heenan was unarmed.

“That petition itself ended up having such high demand that it ended up slowing down the city email service so emails to elected officials did not go through,” Resnick said.

According to Resnick, the issue is not the fact that these emails did not go through, but that for the past year, none of these emails relating to petitions were going directly to City Council members.

Brenda Konkel,

an activist and local government blogger, said there was only one petition from sites like Change.org that City Council addressed, while the rest were left unacknowledged.

“People thought that they were contacting their elected offi cials and now probably feel like they were being ignored instead of realizing they just never got the message,” she said.

Resnick said that as of now, he cannot confirm that these emails are going directly to City Council members, but the IT department is taking the necessary steps to rectify the situation.

Resnick said there was “outrage” among council members upon hearing this news and he said he hopes to see change take

place immediately so that citizens’ voices are not left unheard.

“It’s disheartening that we were not hearing from our citizens who had the expectation that we would listen to them,” he said.

Further steps have been taken dealing with the IT department and mayor’s office to permanently fix the problem, Resnick said.

Emails are currently being sent to a Gmail account and organizers of petitions are being asked to redirect signed petitions to this account where city staff will monitor it, the statement said.

Konkel said while the issue has been fixed temporarily, she thinks policies should be put in place to prevent this from happening again.

Audits show UW System overspending Reports reveal overspending and overpayment by millions of dollars Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor System glitches which have resulted in nearly $16 million in overpayments made to employees, causing private contractors to raise concerns about the University of Wisconsin Human Resource System’s security management.

In 2011, an outdated UW Human Resource System was replaced with a new automated system, system spokesperson David Giroux said. UW spent $78.6 million to implement the system but overspent by several million dollars in the payments of private contractors to assess the

HRS, Giroux said.

Two audits released last week by the Legislative Audit Bureau identify payroll inefficiencies within the UW System, showing that between 2011 and 2012, the UW system overspent $15.4 million in retirement benefits, bringing up continuing concerns from the Audit Bureau’s 2011 audit, Caroline Seidelberg, financial audit director for audits of the UW System, said.

Paul Stever, deputy state auditor for program evaluation, said despite these inefficiencies, the UW System had taken several major steps to reduce them.

Issues with the HRS security system have also been identified by the audit, which would create a risk of unauthorized payments being made, according to the audit.

Stever said the audit made several recommendations for the UW System to correct these security issues, to which they will be responsible for responding to in coming months.

Giroux said university officials are “slowly but surely” locking down the system so people only have the access that they need.

The UW System has 2,000 people with access to the [payroll and benefits] system, David Miller, UW System’s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs said.

“We have to go through each one and evaluate their touch .... There are many steps to authenticating users and many ways to have internal controls built in that filter access and input and provide supervisory feedback,”

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to start a campaign and mobilize people all around the world for the goal of “making governments and companies more responsive and accountable.”

The statement said the petition site allows each signer of a petition to automatically share the petition with all of their email and social networking contacts, resulting in high internet traffic.

Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the initial reason for the volume of emails was because of the petition to remove Madison Police Department officer Stephen Heimsness from the police force, created by the friends of Paul Heenan.

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Herald Contributor Despite various bipartisan disagreements, Gov. Scott Walker’s $505 million income and property tax-cut plan has passed out of committee and is headed for the Assembly floor this week.

The tax cut proposal, also known as the “Blueprint for Prosperity,” was initially announced by Walker in his State of the State address and seeks to return roughly $800 million of the $912 million projected state surplus back to taxpayers in a series of tax cuts.

The bill is likely to be heard in a special

session on Tuesday, Kit Bayer, Speaker Robin Vos’s, R-Rochester, spokesperson, said.

Democrats have proposed an alternative plan, saying that the current tax cut proposal is irresponsible, as it could potentially increase the state’s structural deficit.

That alternative, introduced by Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, includes a $200 million deposit to the state’s rainy day fund, tripling the funding for job training and tax relief aimed mainly at the middle class.

Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, said he is concerned about the changes to the Wisconsin Alternative Minimum tax included in the proposal, which he said would give Wisconsin’s richest people the “lion’s share” of the tax cut.

Under the proposed cuts, Wisconsin’s wealthiest 5 percent of taxpayers will receive 18 percent of the proposed tax cuts, while the bottom 40 percent of citizens will receive 15 percent, according to a Legislative Fiscal Bureau memo.

“Cutting the bottom income bracket is good, but there are other pieces of the bill where the Republicans couldn’t help themselves and the rich get the biggest break,”

Larson said. “The richest of the rich in our state have been clamoring for this for a while.”

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is pushing for some changes to the bill to ensure the tax cuts do not negatively affect the state’s budget in the future.

Fitzgerald has suggested keeping the proposed $100 million intended for the rainy day fund in the state’s main account, which Walker and Assembly leaders have said they are willing to consider, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Bayer said Vos would like to see the money go toward the state’s rainy day fund.

“The speaker would prefer to have money put into the rainy day fund as the governor proposed, but if it comes to the point where these cuts will not be passed without those changes made it’s an idea he’d be willing to entertain at that point,” she said.

With the bill as it is, the average homeowner will receive $101 back on their property taxes and members of the lowest income tax bracket on average will receive $58, according to Walker’s website.

“It’s something the Republicans are committed to passing.

It will be the third [tax cut] this session and it’s already proven to help stir our economy,” Bayer said.

According to the article, Walker said he was willing to work with the Legislature to come to a compromise.

“Whether you do it through the balance through the rainy day fund or other ways, in the end we’re setting it aside for the future,” Walker told the Journal Sentinel.

Miller said.

HRS sends out around 1.2 million paychecks to 75,000 university staff across Wisconsin, according to an article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, criticized the UW System for these inefficiencies and said the new audits show UW’s continued inability to find solutions.

“This is just a classic example of why the UW System has shown they do not know how to manage taxpayer funds very well,” Mikalsen said.

Although there are still monetary inefficiencies, Giroux said they are the cost of “human management.”

Since the first audit, which identified the $15 million in overpayments, was released in 2012, the UW has reduced inefficiencies

by 90 percent, he said.

“Where we are today is that the errors that are being made are a fraction of what they were and they are being caught within a two month reconciliation window so that we can recover all of the money before its too late,” Giroux said.

Mikalsen said despite this reduction in inefficiencies, 10 percent of the original overspending is still in the millions and need to be further reduced.

Giroux said the separation of duties and security access issues within the system would be resolved by the end of June 2013.

“We welcome the findings to provide another outside, independent viewpoint as we take steps to improve the performance of security of HRS,” Giroux said.

INITIATIVE, page 1 to broaden discussion and in communication, and we think that we can play a role in coordination and collaboration,” Taylor said.

Soglin said this kind of data collection is very important at this point, as the focus is to review the decision-making and be very thorough in their review of “looking at expenditures through an equity lens.” He said they currently have not yet gone through budgets and divided up expenditures.

Another organization playing a role in the initiative

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young adults who are not college students,” Van Orman said.

Wisconsin is the number one state for binge drinking, not just on college campuses but also in all cities statewide, Lovicott said. UWPD has to re-educate a student body that has been immersed in Wisconsin’s drinking culture for most of their lives, he said.

“We try to teach responsibility,” Lovicott said.

“Students who are cited for underage drinking are required to take alcohol safety classes. We find we have very few repeat offenders because UW has set up its own consequences,” he said.

Wisconsin is home to several major breweries and a lot of smaller breweries, so it is easy to see why Wisconsin tops the charts for drinking related

is 100state.

Co-Founder Adam Braus said 100state has been collaborating with various other groups, and just last week visited a public school to brainstorm with students and teachers on why their Advanced Placement classes were so under attended by minorities.

“100state is different than other organizations, we help solve problems,” Braus said. “One of the biggest problems that Madison has is racial gaps. It’s way bigger than a lot of other cities. It’s been shown statistically that it is worse to be a black person in Madison than it is to be so in Detroit.”

topics, Van Orman said. This creates an interesting problem for UW’s campus, she said.

Lovicott said he is concerned about the proposed Responsible Action bill, which would grant amnesty to underage drinkers in case of medical emergencies if they call the authorities for help.

UWPD does not support the bill.

The bill may lead to an increase in underage drinking because it “lets students off ” without consequences and UW already has a responsible action protocol in place, Lovicott said.

UW allows amnesty for an individual with someone who has consumed enough alcohol to warrant emergency attention, Lovicott said.

Responsible Action allows amnesty for the individual who “drank themselves to that point” he said.

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Porchlight may host warming day shelter Previous daytime refuge averaged 160 people a day, demand remains Chantal Cowie Herald Contributor After the city’s permanent daytime warming shelter for homeless residents closed nearly a year ago, residents left outside during winter’s coldest months have relied on the service of other organizations to stay warm.

Porchlight’s Executive Director Steve Schooler said they have been considering selling Hospitality House, a daytime resource center program, to Dane County for use as a daytime warming shelter for the homeless.

RAIL JAM page 1 division took home a snowboard provided by Unaffiliated Productions while other snowboarding finalists took home gear from Focus Boardshop and Virtika Apparel.

The finalists of the ski division won gear from Virtika Apparel as well.

The Rail Jam was part of the weeklong Winter Carnival put on by all six of the Hoofer’s clubs, according to their website. Lauren Deriaz of the Hoofers executive board, who was tasked with coordinating many of the week’s activities, said the primary purpose of the Winter Carnival is to make the cold weather into something fun and enjoyable for campus and community members.

“We also want to bring the community and the university together,” Deriaz said.

“Everyone who loves skiing or snowboarding, whether [they are] five or 55, can fi nd common ground at the Rail Jam event.”

ENVIRONMENT, page 1 Wisconsin, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation and the many conservation consulting companies across the state as key employers.

Miller said businesses are increasingly paying attention to the environment and they want people in environmental studies to help them understand how environmental factors will affect the future of their businesses.

“In general, there is an upward tip in applications of students interested in pursuing careers in the environment,” he said.

Applications for graduate degrees in environmental studies are unusually low this year, down by about 120, Miller said. In the past five years his department has averaged about 300 applications a year.

Miller said a possible explanation could be an improving economy, which causes fewer graduate applications or the shifted application deadline for the degree. It could also just be a blip in the trend, Miller said.

Because Wisconsin is a state with large investments in agriculture, there is a demand for knowledge in sustainable agriculture and water resource management, Miller said.

Going green gives companies a competitive advantage in the marketplace, Holloway said. Consumers are increasingly mindful of the environmental impacts of their choices, so firms that make a point of prioritizing their commitment to the environment are more attractive, Holloway said, pointing to Madison’s Green Cab as an example.

“It is imperative for us as a university to be training the next generation to understand what the problems are and try to innovate solutions,” Holloway said.

Ald. Joe Clausius, District 17, said the biggest problem the homeless are facing during this time period is trying to stay warm in subzero temperatures.

Clausius said he is supportive of opening a permanent daytime warming shelter in Madison. He said the county is placing a lot of importance on finding a location as close to downtown Madison as possible for the new shelter.

Clausius said the issue that has been the most prevalent with purchasing a new location for the shelter is the amount of money the county has allotted to purchase it, which is around $600,000. He said the city has taken nearly a year to find a shelter because there have not been any suitable sites within the established

price.

The previous temporary warming shelter, which was visited by as many as 160 people a day, closed in March 2013. The shelter lacked necessary amenities such as laundry and showers, a priority for the planned permanent daytime shelter.

Clausius said churches and various service organizations have picked up the slack in providing resources for the homeless in the absence of a permanent daytime warming shelter.

“Obviously, we would hate to depend on that forever,” Clausius said.

Clausius said the city is not opposed to finding a new daytime warming shelter and would like to see a new shelter established within a year.

Mark Wilson, director of homeless support services for Bethel Lutheran Church, said the demand for daytime warming shelters in Madison has reached a level of extreme importance. Wilson said the Madison Public Library, Bethel Lutheran Church and Hospitality House are currently locations that allow homeless individuals to come and spend time indoors on a daily basis.

Wilson said Bethel has been providing these services for the last five years, averaging 100 people a day and about 2,000 to 2,200 people a month during the winter months.

Wilson said an important and necessary aspect of Bethel Lutheran Church’s program is that it is not just a place for the homeless to come and sit for eight

or nine hours a day. He said the individuals that choose to come to Bethel have access to services that help them build their resumes and search for jobs.

“We are building relationships and helping them help themselves instead of doing it for them,” he said.

Wilson said at Bethel, homeless individuals are not

just pushed through the doors but instead they establish trusting relationships, he said.

He said although Bethel does not provide meals every day, a high number of individuals come in and out of their doors every day because they feel they receive safety and respect, as well as the chance to take the streets off their back for a few hours.

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Renovations continue as Der Stiftskeller reopens Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor Students will be greeted by a newly-renovated space on campus as the doors to Der Stiftskeller reopen today after four months of construction.

Mark Bennett, project coordinator for the Memorial Union Reinvestment, said Der Stiftskellar will open again for public use Monday after a fourmonth restoration period.

The Der Stiftskeller renovations were part of MUR’s Phase I plan, for which the budget was $52 million.

Gift funds came in to cover two additional pieces: an expanded orchestra pit and a new orchestra shell for the Wisconsin Union Theater and

the Sunset Lounge, bringing the total to $55.2 million, he said.

Der Stiftskellar originally opened in the old billiard room of Memorial Union in 1962, according to a UW statement.

Der Stiftskellar has been reconfigured slightly, Marc Kennedy, Wisconsin Union spokesperson, said.

The renovations added more cash registers and an extended bar for faster service, he said.

Additionally, Der Stiftskellar will now feature two windows to serve the Terrace as opposed to the single window previously used, Kennedy said. The previously opaque windows are now more transparent to allow sunlight into the space, he said.

Murals painted on the walls

by Kurt Schaldach in 1978 were destroyed and reconstructed to make room for an elevator that makes the west end of the building handicap accessible, Isthmus reported.

The west section of the building was previously inaccessible for handicapped individuals due to a large number of “level changes,” Kennedy said. This stage of renovations improves the accessibility of this side of the building for handicapped individuals, he said.

Several murals in the bar were originally mounted to allow for them to be moved in the future, Kennedy said. The other murals had to be redone by a contracting company, he

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald The renovated Der Stiftskeller bar will feature several more types of beer and a handful of new microbrews.

said.

“This contractor specifically is trained to do this type of work, and they have done an excellent job,” Kennedy said. “They have taken great care to recreate every brush stroke done by Kurt Schaldach in 1978.”

Bennett also said while the space has been upgraded, it will still be a familiar place for students when they return. This is an important and historical space for students, staff and the community and it

is important that it feel the same for its patrons, he said.

The bar will now serve several more typesw of beer as well as a handful of new microbrews, he said.

The 75 beer steins that have been displayed in Der Stiftskellar since 1964 were removed during the construction phase to ensure their safe keeping, the statement said. The steins’ positions were recorded to ensure they will be returned to their exact positions for the opening of

the bar.

The next step of renovations will include Der Rathskellar, Kennedy said. The target start date of this phase is summer 2014 but concrete dates will not be available until after the project is reviewed by the State of Wisconsin Building Commission in March, he said.

If the project begins on time, the estimated completion date is in summer of 2016, Kennedy said.

Madison’s food culture: more than brats, beer Alex Arriaga Print City Editor When out-of-towners think Wisconsin food, they likely think of brats, cheese and beer.

However, University of Wisconsin community members say the food culture in Madison goes far beyond those staples and has more to do with farmers’ markets and local produce.

Makie MatsumotoHervol, a food intern and representative at UW’s Greenhouse Learning Community, said she reaches out to the Madison community to bring foodinvested speakers to share food and food knowledge with students.

Matsumoto-Hervol said something that speaks to the presence of a food culture in Madison is the diverse food-related organization both on campus and off. She said F.H. King Students for Sustainable Agriculture and Slow Food are two examples of organizations that work toward bringing local and interesting food to the community.

Matsumoto-Hervol said F.H. King allows students to learn about producing and growing, whereas Slow Food gets students in the

kitchen to bring flavors, chefs and people together.

The presence of UW in Madison and the fact that people from all over come into the community with their own food ideas is something that contributes to the diversity of food in Madison, she said.

“There’s this shift of a space that might be tied to particular foods or tastes, but people that come in or flow out may bring or take with them that geographical space. So the identity of food [is] fluid,” Matsumoto-Hervol said.

Jack Kloppenburg, professor of community and environmental sociology, said the food culture in Madison is principally defined by Dane County Farmers’ Market and the wealth of sustainable and alternative farmers in the area.

“I think that is the single most iconic characteristic of this area’s food culture,” Kloppenburg said. “All the appreciation for those farmers and what they produce and by the flow of food form those producers into many restaurants throughout the city.”

Kloppenburg said REAP Food Group also works to develop sustainable food systems in the Madison community. He said REAP

connects eaters and chefs to farmers and also has an important farm to school program in Dane County.

He also said the food culture in Madison is not strictly about the sustainable and local, but also the unique and eccentric, and that it was important to draw from a variety.

“It isn’t just ‘hey, the only thing you can do is fresh, local and organic.’ Come on, nobody does that,” Kloppenburg said. “What we should be looking for is a variety of fresh, local, just, eclectic, processed.

Make it interesting and buy from small, decentralized facilities wherever they are.”

He said there are opportunities to buy unique food around town, pointing to Asian Midway Foods and Willy Street Co-op, various ethnic restaurants and from a variety food producers like RP’s Pasta, which makes fresh pasta, or Just Coffee, a fair trade coffee organization.

“Food is a portal. It isn’t an end in and of itself. It is a portal into the community, a portal into the world around you, a portal into justice, a portal into sustainability,” Kloppenburg said.

STI rates remain steady Rachel Jones Print Campus Editor Even though rates for positive sexually transmitted infections tests has remained relatively constant for the last decade, safe sex advocates on campus say promoting more consistent condom usage is still a major priority.

Condom use on campus is currently around 51.5 percent of those who are sexually active, according to a campus survey conducted

by University Health Services in 2013. “Good” condom use is defined by the survey as those individuals using condoms always or most of the time.

Craig Roberts, manager of the sexual health clinic at UHS, said if students and staff alike were more “faithful” in their condom use, the number of positive sexually transmitted infection tests would decrease. UHS has seen an increase in the number of STI tests that are conducted, but the number of positive test results range from 5 to 7 percent, which has been relatively constant for the last decade, he said.

Chlamydia is the most commonly tested for STI on campus with 6,529 tests administered in a year, the UHS study found. The positive rate for these tests was 3.5 percent in 2013, according to the survey.

Gonorrhea followed in second with 3,335 tests administered and a positivity rate of 0.9 percent survey said.

The Human Papilloma Virus is the most prevalent STI, Roberts said. Because there is no “good” lab test for it, HPV often goes unknown or untreated, he said.

“Many students unaware that there are HPV vaccines for both men and women,” Roberts said. “You hear a lot about the female vaccines, but rarely do you hear anything about the male vaccine. Few men have gotten the vaccine.”

The vaccination was first recommended for women in 2006 and later for men in 2009, but the best way to prevent the spread of HPV is to use condoms regularly and correctly, Roberts said.

Roberts said there are many resources on campus for students and staff alike.

Sex Out Loud, the University of Wisconsin’s peer-to-peer sexual health resource, offers free insertive condoms, receptive condoms and sex dams, Sam Johnson, Sex Out Loud’s program coordinator, said.

Sex Out Loud has purchased 80,000 safer sex supplies this academic year and Johnson, who is also a columnist for the Herald, said she anticipates they will distribute about 110,000 free

safer sex supplies by the end of the school year.

Sex Out Loud also offers eight different programs designed to educate students about different aspects of sex, Johnson said. Sex Out Loud served 13,000 students last year through programs, campus events, counseling and dissemination of sexual health information, she said.

“We received 87 workshop requests in total last semester, the majority of which were Safer Sex workshops,” Johnson said.

“Our spring line-up tends to include more of our Pleasure, Advanced Pleasure, Healthy Relationships and Kink workshops.”

Roberts said consistency in the use of condoms is important.

According to the campuswide survey, 22.5 percent of the student body surveyed uses condoms rarely or never.

Condom failures, either breakage or lack of use, is related to students being under the influence of alcohol, Roberts said.

“I think the biggest obstacle for safer sex on campus is the fact that students indulge in alcohol frequently,” Roberts said. “Students go home with someone they normally wouldn’t haven’t gone home with sober. The intention rate is much higher than the implementation rate.”

Editorial Page Editors Briana Reilly and Garth Beyer breilly@badgerherald.com, gbeyer@badgerherald.com

OPINION The Badger Herald | Opinion | Monday, February 10, 2014 | 5

Stressed? Turn to yoga instead of desserts Chloe Butler Columnist Although the semester is just under way, the stress from classes and extracurricular activities has already taken a toll on students. It’s not easy to transition from sitting on the couch and watching Netflix all day to back-toback classes and hours of uninteresting work and assignments. I’ve already found myself saying, on numerous occasions, “I just can’t handle this.”

Luckily, I know I’m not alone.

A few weeks ago I decided to take my very first hot yoga class at Inner Fire Yoga. I decided I was going to be proactive about my stress and find something to do early in the semester that would allow me to clear my mind.

The second I stepped into the heated room I was surrounded by students who were hoping to do the same. I had never done any form of yoga before, let alone hot yoga, but had heard from many people that it’s a great way to alleviate stress and sync the relaxation of your

body with your mind.

After the 60-minute Power Flow class had ended, I immediately knew I was hooked.

I returned three more times that week and have been going almost every day since. I have tried numerous classes, each of which has a different focus, whether it is strengthening the core, burning calories and weight training or simply flexibility. Regardless of the focus, the benefits are undeniable, such as the reduction of heart rate and blood pressure and the alleviation of depression and anxiety, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Additionally, every class is taught by experienced teachers who have each completed more than 200 hours of workshop training and love what they do. The room is spacious and overlooks University Avenue, which allows you to truly see the separation of the hustleand-bustle of college life with the stillness of the yoga studio.

Since I could hardly consider myself a “yogi” when I began I was

definitely intimidated by the idea of having absolutely no idea what I was doing, while everyone else appeared to be an expert in my eyes. But my fears and anxieties were eased soon after the class began. The teachers always emphasize to do only what you feel comfortable doing and they partake in the class with you so they can show you how to do each move. I also found myself learning from the people around me and I caught on much quicker than I expected. I now enjoy going with a group of friends just to prove to them that it’s not all a myth — yoga is actually an excellent stress reliever.

There are many locations on campus that offer this beneficial activity. Aside from Inner Fire Yoga (which costs $30 for the first month for unlimited yogaing), there are classes available at the Southeast Recreational Facility and the Natatorium. Yoga is a great way to get a workout in and distract yourself from the week that lies ahead or the one you left behind.

Courtesy of Inner Fire Yoga These “yogis” understand the health benefits associated with doing yoga regularly, including the reduction of stress.

Students can benefit greatly by taking an hour out of their day to focus on their mental health and wellness. Plus getting out of the cold and into a heated room

isn’t the worst thing. It is an excellent detox for both the body and mind.

And if yoga isn’t for you, then find something that you truly enjoy that simultaneously allows you

to clear your mind and relax.

Chloe Butler (chloejbutler@gmail.com) is a freshman majoring in communications.

What each party is doing for American women College Republicans As a conservative woman, I have always been offended by the political classification of “women’s issues” as if my gender and my body are the only things that define me.

Of course I agree with many women on several different issues, but women in the United States make up more than half of the voting population, and I do not agree with all women on every issue.

I am proud of the fact that I am living in the greatest country in the world. I am not a secondclass citizen in America and I have never felt that way. I realize that prior to women’s suffrage in the United States, circumstances were different, but this country has made tremendous progress regarding women’s rights.

Many people in today’s society tend to classify women’s political issues solely as free birth control, abortion and equal pay.

As a woman, I find this problematic because women are concerned with more than just these issues. Every issue is just as important to women as they are to men. I do not feel comfortable when certain issues are singled out as only being a concern for women, when in reality they affect us all equally.

While many claim that Republicans are declaring a “war on women,” they are actually facilitating positive change for everyone.

For example, the Republican-controlled state of Wisconsin from 2011-2014 rebounded from an unemployment rate of 7.7 percent to 6.2 percent. Like Wisconsin, the state of Florida, under Republican Rick Scott’s control, recovered from a rate of 11.3 percent to 6.7 percent. Similar stories can be found in many

Republican-controlled states including New Mexico and Oklahoma. If you do not think that the issue of unemployment affects women, consider thinking again. A state’s unemployment rate does not only reflect the number of unemployed men — rather, it reflects the number of both unemployed men and unemployed women. Therefore, an improvement in the number of jobs in a state is an improvement for both men and women.

As a woman, I consider availability of jobs to be an imperative aspect of a woman’s ability to be financially independent.

Just as Republican governors are working to make sure that women have a salary, they are also working hard to ensure that women are able to keep their salary.

Going back to Wisconsin, Gov. Walker recently proposed a $505 million tax cut which will further relieve tax burdens on Wisconsin women. Likewise under Walker, personal income for Wisconsinites grew by 4.4 percent. Clearly, this would make women just as pleased as men.

Along the same lines, in Michigan, Gov. Rick Snyder also proposed a tax cut designed to save $75-$200 for 1.3 million Michigan residents who make less than $60,000 a year. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, Gov. Chris Christie has been talking about a possible 10 percent tax cut for all the people of New Jersey. I can imagine that women in these states are just as happy as I am that Republican governors are working for us by tackling the issues that matter to everyone, men and women alike.

Not only do Republicans recognize women’s abilities to be financially independent through job

creation, but they also recognize the need for women to be independent from an overreaching government. Allowing women to keep more money from every paycheck that they earn is a huge step in the right direction.

As a hardworking young woman, I believe that I should be able to keep as much of the money that I earn in my own pocket, and that is why taxes should be as low as possible. Some politicians have called for an equal pay law which they believe will put extra money in my pocket; however, I take offense to the idea of an equal pay law. Why should politicians have the ability to regulate my salary to be equal to a man’s? I find it insulting that certain people in this society today do not think I am worthy or capable of making just as much, if not more, than a man on my own. I think that pay should be determined by one’s work ethic and skill, and not by one’s gender.

All in all, Republican efforts to focus on job creation, lowering the tax burden and opposing an equal pay law are benefiting women. To think that the only issue that women care about involves having free birth control is both offensive and inappropriate. The real “war on women” is assuming that the economic initiatives and policies implemented by Republican governors across the country are not as important to women as they are to men. It is now time for all politicians to stop classifying women as one homogeneous group defined by body and gender and start treating us as equal to men.

Courtney Mullen is a member of the College Republicans’ executive board.

College Democrats In 1920, under Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, women were granted the right to vote. This began the long tradition of the Democratic Party’s support for women’s rights. Today, issues such as equal pay, access to comprehensive healthcare and prevention of violence against women are a priority for the Democratic Party. In the words of President Barack Obama: “I believe when women succeed, America succeeds.” This belief is what separates Democrats from Republicans in 2014, because while we believe the success of women is what will drive the success of America, Republicans continue to act as if America can succeed when half of its population is treated as second class citizens in the workplace, at the doctor’s office and at home.

In 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, further continuing the party’s tradition of pursing equal rights and equal opportunity for all Americans. The Ledbetter Act allows an employee to sue her employer for wage discrimination after each discriminatory paycheck is received, rather than only being able to sue after the first paycheck.

While Ledbetter would eventually pass, it did not do so without staunch Republican opposition, further demonstrating the GOP’s attitude toward equality in the workplace.

Along those same lines, in 2012, Democrats attempted to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have stopped companies from retaliating against workers who asked about pay disparities, and would have allowed employees to sue if a broad difference existed between men’s and women’s paychecks. Simply put, Democrats wanted

to create an environment where an employer could not punish a woman for only demanding the same pay as her male counterpart. Unfortunately, this legislation did not pass, as Republicans again rejected equality in the workplace by voting against the Paycheck Fairness Act. Pay discrimination is not limited to the federal level as Wisconsin’s own Gov. Scott Walker repealed Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which allowed employees to sue for punitive damages when discriminated against. The original passage of the act was instrumental in making Wisconsin jump from 36 to 24 in gender parity earnings. This then allowed Wisconsin women to earn 78 cents to a man’s dollar, also earning the state a place on the rankings that demonstrated we clearly weren’t ready to overturn this legislation (not that any ranking warranted overturning it). In regards to equal pay for women, there is a clear partisan divide on the issue; Democrats sponsor bills aiming to create workplace equality, Republicans vote against them.

Equal pay is not the only issue where the GOP, especially in Wisconsin, has let women down.

Our own senator Ron Johnson voted against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), along with many other Republicans in 2012. The legislation created and expanded federal programs to assist local law enforcement agencies in aiding the victims of domestic and sexual abuse. While VAWA is yet another excellent example of how Democrats approach women’s rights as human rights, it doubles as another example of how the Republican Party has attacked women’s rights.

While Republicans have managed to block or overturn advancements in equal pay, the GOP has not been able to overturn the passage of the Affordable Care Act (despite more than 40 wasted attempts at repeal), which has already made major improvements to the quality women’s healthcare. Prior to the passage of the ACA, women’s premiums could be as much as 150 percent more than a male counterpart, and 42 states allow insurance companies to charge more based on gender. Consequently, Democrats have once again striven to create gender parity.

Unfortunately, access to basic health care has been rolled back in the state of Wisconsin under Walker.

Walker’s defunding of Planned Parenthood has shut down clinics across the state and has blocked 12,000 uninsured women from receiving preventative care. Planned Parenthood offers breast cancer, cervical cancer and ovarian cancer screenings, as well as other basic women’s healthcare. These services are especially important to uninsured women in more rural areas of Wisconsin Republicans describe passage of equal pay, or change in healthcare premiums as invasive or unnecessary when, in reality, Democrats are attempting to create a level playing field. By ensuring equal pay, providing adequate healthcare and providing domestic abuse services, the Democratic Party shows how it views women’s rights as human rights. Furthermore, the Democratic Party’s actions in regards to women’s rights demonstrate the party’s views at large; that all Americans, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation deserve equal protection, respect and opportunity.

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Neutral Milk Hotel brings classics to Madison Indie gods wow audience with transcendental, beloved anthems Erik Sateren ArtsEtc. Editor The Cult of Jeff Mangum was in full force at the Orpheum Theatre Saturday night. Anxious fans waited outside for up to 10 hours, eagerly awaiting the appearance of a band that released one of the most critically-acclaimed indie albums of all time in 1998 only to split up the following year.

The mythology surrounding Neutral Milk Hotel is fervent.

Despite its tiny oeuvre — two albums and two EPs

— the band is heralded as gods among men, effectively making its reclusive lead singer, Jeff Mangum, its Jesus Christ.

And Jesus Christ, can these guys perform. The sold-out show came in the middle of a huge reunion tour, and the Madison tickets sold out in two days, so those lucky enough to have filled the Orpheum to capacity stood in the giant crowd with a hushed anticipation.

Openers Elf Power — like the headliners, a part of the Elephant 6 collective — shared a similar style to Neutral Milk Hotel, and their freewheeling, lo-fi aesthetic flooded the theater with positive vibes. The band left the stage and the crowd grew restless during a half-hour set

change. Finally, a voice came over the speakers, asking the audience to refrain from taking pictures of the band throughout the performance.

It was a message that would be repeated by Jeff Mangum midway through their performance. He didn’t want people taking pictures. He didn’t want people on their phones. He wanted everyone to be in the moment, to experience the music together.

This collective experience flooded with euphoria when Mangum walked onstage alone, carrying an acoustic guitar and sporting a long beard, a hat that shielded his eyes from the spotlights and a sweater that can only be described as magnificent.

He launched into In An

Aeroplane Over the Sea’s “Two Headed Boy,” and the crowd was not sheepish when it came to singing along. “I am listening to hear where you are!” the crowd shouted. To an outsider unfamiliar with the band, the scene might have appeared as some sort of strange, cultish party. But to us diehard fans, it was confirmation of everything that makes the band great — strange lyrics sung in unpretentious, unpolished voices — and the crowd was happy to contribute their own voices. As the song drew to a close, the band made its way out and segued into the emotional instrumental “The Fool.” Accordions and brass instruments were in full force and played with the same kind of emotional intensity

that makes Aeroplane such a vulnerable, evocative listen.

The band was careful to choose from their entire discography, picking songs from their EPs and their first, underrated album, On Avery Island. While the audience sang loudest to the Aeroplane cuts, the crowd still happily took in deeper cuts like “Ferris Wheel on Fire” and “Engine” — the final song of the night — with smiles and bobbing heads.

Mangum and the rest of the band looked truly grateful for the audience’s positive reception of their tunes.

“Thank you,” Mangum would often repeat, his hand placed on top of his heart.

Multi-instrumentalist Julian Koster — who wore a hat that made him look like

a character from “Adventure Time” — jumped around onstage with a huge smile plastered across his face.

He effortlessly switched instruments and played all of them with gusto, especially his “singing saw,” which provides the strange backbone for many of Neutral Milk Hotel’s songs. (He seems like a legitimately awesome guy, too, as he bought coffee for the people waiting in line in the cold Madison temperatures.)

It was a beautiful night.

It’s a blessing to have Neutral Milk Hotel back playing music, especially considering so many fans thought they’d never play again.

The band’s Madison show was a testament to everything that makes them awesome: above all, it was just plain fun.

Emblems turn art to product When it comes to fashion, brands take away from clothing aesthetics Phebe Myers & Mekea Larson The Showroom Columnists

Courtesy of Bailey Fine Arts, Toronto Kent Monkman’s 2010 painting “Kiss the Sky” is one of many pieces of art in “Changing Hands” that takes from Native American cultural traditions.

Exhibit fuses tradition, modernity Penny Peng ArtsEtc. Writer “Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation 3,” an exhibition of Native American contemporary art open at the Chazen Museum of Art from Feb. 7 to April 27, presents viewers with a huge swath of Native American cultural traditions while exploring their contemporary creativity and innovation.

The exhibit’s artists, all from the United States and Canada, utilize a variety of art forms, ranging from wood, beadwork, basketry, textiles, metalwork and stone carving. In addition to these more traditional arts, these artists also exploit modern technology, such as photography, video and performance.

The exhibition starts with the utilization of traditional techniques on modern themes. The most well-done and representative works utilize traditional methods of exquisite beadwork, a technique that uses glass and plastic seed beads and cotton thread to compose beautiful and

meaningful patterns. By fusing this art with iPods and iPhones, the artists captured the nature of modern technology and proudly used their own culture to demonstrate it.

Entering the main room, I immediately was stunned by a net-like object called “Cell,” made

by Frank Shebageget. It’s made out of dozens of white nylon square nets, the end of which are fixed in a square aluminum frame hanging from the ceiling. Each of these nets is transparent, and one could see clearly through it if there was only one of them. However, when they placed tier upon tier, so closely and neatly, it became this hazy cube that looked like a pure cloud. Suddenly, I realized that this work actually portrayed the old and mysterious Indian culture, which people could never really see through it and pronounce that they “understand” this rich and deep culture.

Besides its depiction of splendid Indian culture, I felt like “Cell” should have another profound meaning. The end of nets was fixed in aluminum frame and hang on

the ceiling. To me, it demonstrated the fact that Native Americans were restrained by white people within certain areas in the past or maybe even today. It was a work that attempted to connect Native American and NonNative Americans through the historical event.

Many of the art works in this exhibition were created to question the myth and stereotype about indigenous people and their culture, among which, the painting “Kiss the sky” of Kent Monkman gave me the deepest impression. The scene happened in a canyon with the background of grand mountains and flowing clouds. There was a Native American, wearing a huge Indian headdress made of pink feathers and a pair of pink high-heeled mules, with “his” left arm reaching the sky, collecting falling feathers, and right hand holding a feather. By “his” side, there was a LV bag filled with feathers. On the sky, there were two white men with wings, their bodies twisting together, indicating the intimate relationship between them. I am not sure about

the Native American’s gender because “he” looked masculine, but with feminine costumes, and “he” wore thongs with a long pink strip in the front, covering “his” lower body, which made “his” gender unclear. This painting reminded me the “berdache” people in Indian culture that their body manifested both masculine and feminine spirits. These people were special but important because they held specifi c roles, such as healers, foretellers, matchmakers, and so on. My questions just kept popping out when I saw this painting.

Did Monkman attempt to challenge the diverse but repressed sexuality during colonial period?

Did he want to clarify the real meaning granted to “berdache” people? Did he try to use this painting to inspire people who were marginalized by social norm to speak out and gain the power for their community today? Did he try to unite white people and indigenous people to fight together for the same goal? Work likes this kept my toes, illustrating the provoking reality, but with a promising future.

What happens when a brand’s name becomes bigger than the brand itself?

We don’t want to admit it, but each of us obsesses over brands, buying into a store or label’s identity.

Items with labels etched across them have launched faster than Ben & Jerry’s ice cream will sell out on Valentine’s Day. But why are we so interested in wearing an item of clothing covered in someone else’s name?

Fashion’s recent obsession with name-calling can be dated back to the beginning of Marc Jacobs’ tenure at Louis Vuitton, when he made the brand high-end rather than outdated. Walk around any street in Madison and chic women carrying bags covered in the iconic LVs will dart past you. Yet according to urban legend, only 1 percent of all the Louis Vuitton bags in the world are real.

One percent. Even though we know that, seeing a woman or man with this pattern brings to our minds unequivocal ideas of luxury and status.

The label says more than just the words Louis Vuitton. It says, “I am everything Louis Vuitton empowers me to be.” Other people see that and read into the heavily calculated idea of identity that those LVs market.

What draws people to the Tory Burch “Reva” flat — a ballet shoe with an enormous “T” — as opposed to a less recognizable piece?

Sure, the shoes aren’t cheap, but a knock-off can say the same thing, and more expensive shoes exist without a label. Money is less of a draw than the name: it’s more of a statement of membership into a club. Take the Alexander McQueen skull scarf; it’s an iconic piece, but those who don’t know the designer will see you as the weird girl with the goth scarf. Buying these pieces is not

merely a symbol of wealth or status, but a pledge of allegiance to an image.

We live in an era where image is everything: celebrities get picked apart for wearing the wrong color and it has become a step in a relationship to be “Facebook official.” But is our obsession with labels ruining the idea of a unique identity?

Having a wallet with a label people recognize becomes more important than agreeing with the designer ’s aesthetic.

If brand knowledge increased and everyone stalked the runways before buying a piece, would this change the trends? Perhaps our buying trends would allow the fashion houses to design purely to realize a vision, to create fashion as art rather than merchandise. It is an unrealistic, utopian idea that fashion can exist without business. This exists in realms other than just high-end fashion. We shop at stores that we think fit our identity, buying into the preconceived notion that Urban Outfitters means we look hip and cool. Of course it might be the case that we find clothing we love more at one store than an other, but we should stop buying items simply for their label.

Although some of this label-obsessing has to do with proving a status or symbol, much of it is showing that you’re in the know, aware of the trends.

We have to stop caring. It doesn’t really matter if people recognize the designer wallet you are wearing if you are rocking one from Target that you love. Our culture is obsessed with these recognizable labels because, in a world driven by social media presence, touting a Michael Kors bag becomes one more way to show the world who we are. We need to stop this obsession, and realize that brands are not everything.

Look for what you like, not what the world might approve of.

The Badger Herald | Sports |Monday, February 10, 2014

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Big 10 Men’s Basketball Scoreboard

Michigan falls for 2nd time in conference play STANDINGS Big Ten

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Michigan State

9-2

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Michigan

9-2

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Iowa

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Ohio State

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Minnesota

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Indiana

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Purdue

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Illinois

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Penn State

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No. 10 Michigan 67, No. 17 Iowa 85 Iowa’s Roy Devyn Marble scored 22 points in the first half to put the game in hand before Michigan even had a chance. The Wolverines’ leading scorer Nik Stauskas was held to just 10 points. The win gives the Hawkeyes its second win over a top-10 team for the first time since the 1990-1991

UNDERCLASSMEN, page 10 them down. for a few games,” Dekker said. “I got a few quick looks in the first half where they sagged off me a little bit and I was able to put them up and knock

“That’s really big for your confidence, not only for yourself but for the team.”

Dekker connected on one more three in the second half, finishing with 11

Nebraska 53, Northwestern 49 Nebraska guard Terran Petteway, who scored a game-high 17 points, nailed a three with 22 seconds left to make it a two-possession game and put it out of reach for the Wildcats. The Cornhuskers overcame a season-low 16 points in the first half to pick up its fourth Big Ten win of the season.

points on the day. Across the scorer’s table, Michigan State was looking to rely upon an underclassman of their own.

Harris’ struggles plague MSU offense With senior point

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Freshman forward Nigel Hayes (10) led Wisconsin with 14 points and had a game-high 12 free throw attempts.

SHOWCASE, page 10 they once were, which Wisconsin assistant men’s hockey coach Gary Shuchuk explained in an interview this past week, yet there is still a connection between the college hockey programs and the NHL players that make up the Olympic teams.

“It takes an elite athlete and hockey player to play in the NHL now, so the guys that come back here that are alumni that play in the NHL—they’re elite athletes. One, they’re a great time here in Madison.

They’re dedicated hockey players. They do their stuff in the summer. They train,” Shuchuk said. “I can’t just say because they’re Olympians, but because they’re NHL guys and playing at that high level that’s what makes it special.”

The four former Wisconsin hockey players include Ryan Suter, who played with the Badgers in 2003-2004; Joe Pavelski (2004-2006); Ryan McDonagh (2007-2010); and Derek Stepan (2008-2010). Those four ex-Badgers playing in the Olympics are the secondmost Wisconsin has had in one games behind the 1984 Sarajevo Games and the 2002 Salt Lake Games, both of which saw five former Badgers compete and the latter with Dany Heatley playing for Team Canada.

Despite the Sochi class of Badgers comprising their second-largest, Wisconsin

has had a long tradition of sending hockey players to the Olympics. Minnesota has the large edge here, with 54 Gophers having played hockey at the Olympics to just 23 for Wisconsin, so there’s no dispute with the “state of hockey” notion on that statistic. Still, Wisconsin has had its fair share of Olympians, fourth-most all-time behind Minnesota, Boston College and Boston University.

And although Wisconsin might have less Olympians, those that played for Wisconsin and then went on to the Olympics were some of the more memorable athletes. The one that stands out is Mark Johnson, member of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team that surprised the Soviet Union and the world when it won the gold medal. Johnson was at the forefront of that effort, leading the United States in points during the tournament. There’s also Chris Chelios, the iron man defenseman who played in four winter games, his first and last games 22 year apart.

And throughout all these performances from former Badger standouts, the one thing that stands out from them is not necessarily how they play, but who these Badgers are as people. For the 11th straight Winter Games a player who once donned red and white for Wisconsin will sport the ‘A’ or ‘C’ patch on his sweater for Team USA. This year

Purdue 49, Ohio State 67 Purdue and Ohio State traded scoring runs in the second half allowing the Boilermakers to hang with the Buckeyes until Lenzelle Smith Jr. took control of the game from three-point territory, going 4 of 7 from long range and racking up 16 points in his 100th start with OSU. The Buckeyes have now won three straight after dropping four in a row.

Ryan Suter will serve in one of the captain roles for the United States men’s team as an alternate, while former Badger Meghan Duggan will captain the women’s team.

Wisconsin high school hockey may never be on par with what Minnesota has to offer and the Wisconsin men’s and women’s hockey teams might not always sweep the Gophers, but the Badgers have a proven tradition of producing excellence on and off the ice.

“It’s also bragging rights for those guys,” Shuchuk said. “When they get to Sochi, there’s four of those guys hanging out, ex-Badgers. They can tell their stories about living in Madison and stuff. Where the one or two guys … whether they’re from Maine or wherever they’re from — they can [only] tell their stories to themselves. So it’s a bragging right. It’s a pride thing.”

That bragging right isn’t just limited to the players. Whether you know everything about hockey or even if you’ve never watched a game in your life, the chance to watch a fellow Badger on the world stage as they represent this university is something very few other students and alumni of other schools have the luxury of doing.

As the world draws together to celebrate sport, we can all have a great sense of pride knowing we get to celebrate some of our own.

Indiana 60, Minnesota 66 Minnesota didn’t own a lead until there was less than 11 minutes left in the game. Then it was the Gophers’ DeAndre Mathieu who scored 10 secondhalf points to lead Minnesota to a win. Mathieu had a game-high 16 points, while Noah Vonleh picked up a double-double with 12 points and 12 boards.

Illinois 60, Penn State 55 It was a back-and-forth battle between Illinois and Penn State with each team holding a nine-point lead in the 40 minutes. The Illini’s Kendrick Nunn scored 11 points in the second half to help Illinois take down Penn State on the road and snap its eightgame losing streak.

guard Keith Appling injured and missing just the second game of this career at Michigan State, it was Harris, the Big Ten’s leading scorer that was looked upon to provide much of the offense.

In sum, Harris had a rough day.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore struggled shooting the ball for much of the afternoon, going just 3-for-20 from the field and 0-for-7 from beyond the arc. Yet without Appling — second in the Big Ten in assists — Harris continued to be the focal point of the Spartans offense, leading the team with 36 minutes played. He simply couldn’t put the ball in the basket.

“He didn’t take the best shots and I think he got a little frustrated,”

MSU coach Tom Izzo said. “There were times when we just didn’t have anybody else in there that could make shots, so the ball got stuck in his hands a lot.”

Harris was 0-for-8 at halftime, but as all shooters are trained to do, he kept firing away.

A couple of loose balls coughed up in the Wisconsin frontcourt led to a pair of back-toback breakaway dunks for Harris. He had been flanked by Josh Gasser all afternoon, but just like that his quick four points had the Badgers guard thinking.

“He got those two fastbreak dunks. I was kind of thinking to myself, ‘Uh,oh, he’s going to get going here,’” Gasser said.

But he didn’t. Instead, he missed his next seven shots and failed to convert a jumper until less than 30 seconds remained in the game.

Ryan noted that’s how Gasser normally plays, but that his teammates helped him out as Harris was chased around countless screens, on and off the ball.

“I just tried to force him to my help and my guys did a good job of helping me out, forcing him into some tough shots,” Gasser said.

“Sometimes he makes [them], sometimes he doesn’t. Fortunately tonight he didn’t.”

Whatever it was, it worked as Harris scored just six points and Michigan State lost sole control of fi rst place in the Big Ten.

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Defense shuts down Minnesota attack is a riddle and there’s no textbook answers, and the riddle tonight was how to win this game in the third period with [Jake McCabe] out of your lineup,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “We had good growth and found a way to win a game. Those are very positive things.”

Working without what Eaves has described as his “defensive workhorse” in McCabe, Wisconsin held its ground after giving up a tying goal off the stick of Gopher junior winger Seth Ambroz on the resulting five-minute uninterrupted power play in the second period. UMN went on to outshoot UW 14-9 in the final period of play, but an all-around dominant effort

by UW in the back held Chris Lotten The Badger Herald strong.

One skater that caught Jake McCabe netted the game winner Thursday with 6:13 left in the game, but was ejected Friday for contact to the head. the eye of both his coaches teammates was Badgers’ defense stepped up with the fast-paced and up big in the Thursday- Minnesota (19-4-5, 8-2-2 Big defenseman Kevin Schulze. sophomore was Friday series, firing on Ten) offense while down to The all cylinders to send the just five defensemen in the awarded the game puck in the locker room following Gophers back across the last 31 minutes of play. border without a win.

A spine-crunching, Friday night’s win for what While Wisconsin’s top open-ice hit by junior Eaves said was Schulze’s line took over the score defenseman Jake McCabe best performance of the Caroline Sage board Friday night with in the ninth minute of the season.

Men’s Hockey Writer “I think everyone sophomore left winger Nic second period sent him stepped up back there.

Kerdiles and freshman to the locker room for the Offense wins games, but We had guys playing big right winger Grant Besse remainder of the game defense sweeps archrivals combining for a goal and after being handed a five- minutes that they’re not and top-ranked opponents. assist each in UW’s 2-1 minute major for contact used to and they did a hell That’s how the saying victory, it was the UW’s to the head and a game of a job back there. One goes. Well, at least for the guy that really stepped up defensive performance that misconduct.

Wisconsin men’s hockey stole the show in the border “Between the second tonight was Kevin Schulze,” team. battle. and third, we talked senior defenseman and En route to its first home Wisconsin (16-8-2, 7-4about this with our team captain Frankie Simonelli series sweep of a No. 1 1 Big Ten) worked to keep before, is that every game said. “He’s not the biggest opponent in 10 years, the

Badgers allow two goals, Rumpel grabs 59 saves in sweep of Gophers

JACKSON, page 10 end of the first half,” Izzo said. “We didn’t score in six minutes and they went on an 11-0 run. We just had so many guys on the bench in foul trouble and some guys in there that couldn’t guard this table. That’s disappointing.”

Other than Payne, the Spartans struggled to find any rhythm offensively as Travis Trice was the only other Spartan to hit double fi gures while sophomore guard Gary Harris, who leads the Big Ten in scoring with 18.2 points per game, went 3-for-20 from the field and 0-for-7 from beyond the arc in a 6-point effort.

Harris entered the second half having not made a shot and was 0-for -10 from the floor before he made back-toback transition dunks in less than 30 seconds with just over 17 minutes left

SWEPT, page 10 8-1-2-0 with 26 points), and held them off the scoreboard for the first half of the game. But a key exchange and costly penalty by the Badgers let the Gophers back in the game.

Coming into the Badgers’ zone alongside the right wing boards with just under 11 minutes to play in

Winning this series “helps us grow to the be the team that we want to be at the end of the year.

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Mike Eaves Men’s Hockey Coach

the second period, Minnesota’s Kyle Rau jetted over the blue line with a head of steam.

However, Wisconsin defenseman Jake McCabe was right there to meet Rau and steamrolled him to the ice, making most of the contact with Rau’s upper body and head.

The hit led to a skirmish between the two teams and eventually a fiveminute major and game misconduct to McCabe for contact to the head, forcing him to sit in the locker room for the rest of the night.

Minnesota received two penalties for roughing on the whistle, causing the game to be played four-on-four for two minutes before the

in the game. But, that would be the highlight of Harris’ day as he struggled to score for the rest of the game.

It was a different story for Wisconsin who has two players trending up in terms of recent offensive performance.

forward Nigel Hayes that was the epitome of consistency on the offensive end for the Badgers, hitting mid-range jumper after mid-range jumper and drawing fouls around the rim, prompting coach Ryan to proclaim

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ways and get that little mojo back in the Kohl Center.

Sam Dekker Wisconsin Forward Sam Dekker, who struggled with his shot before netting 16 in his last outing against Illinois, hit the first shot of the game with a shot from outside the arc.

From there Dekker went on to put up 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting from three-point range.

But it was freshman

Gophers went on the power play.

On that ensuing man advantage the Gophers’ Seth Ambroz shoved a rebound past Badgers’ netminder Joel Rumpel to bring the score even at one at the 12:03 mark of the second. The goal marked the first time in 22 penalty kills that Wisconsin yielded a power-play goal.

Even after giving up the game-tying goal and missing one of their most important for the rest of the night, the Badgers defensive corps regrouped led by sophomore Kevin Schultze, who ended up getting rewarded with the game puck by his teammates and coaches.

“We had guys playing big minutes that they’re not used to and they did a hell of a job back there. One guy that really stepped up tonight was Kevin Shulze,” defenseman and team captain Frankie Simonelli said. “Just like [Eaves] said in the locker room, I think that was the best I’ve seen him play since he’s been here. He’s not the biggest guy out there, but I don’t think he lost one battle all night and that’s just awesome.”

Once again like Thursday, neither team scored in the remainder of the second period, and the curtain opened on the third and final period with the score deadlocked.

Enter Kerdiles. Just over four minutes into

we want to be plus every night. We’re relied upon to be consistent defenders and to let Joel down like that, it’s never a good thing as much as he bails us out every game,” McCabe said.

“I guess to get him one back actually felt good.”

Rock solid throughout the series, Rumpel recoded 59 saves on the weekend and allowed just two goals in the series, a season-low for the Gophers.

“It’s kind of a weird feeling for goaltending.

You just get in a groove and the puck just seems bigger, reading plays before they happen,” Rumpel said.

“Just being on the ice more, battling hard in practice towards the end of the season helps a lot.”

Sitting in second place in the Big Ten, just four points behind the Gophers, the Badgers will look to carry over the growth they found on the weekend into the upcoming series to close out Big Ten play, with just four conference series remaining in regular season play.

“It was awesome to be a part of and a memory everyone on this team will remember forever,” Simonelli said. “No. 1 team comes in town, we get the sweep. It helps us in the standings, we get six points.

It means a lot to us and that’s big for our team and in the locker room it means a lot.”

a little bit of “mojo” back to his team that has been reeling for the last couple of weeks.

“It was a pretty sour taste,” Dekker said of Wisconsin’s three-game home losing streak. “You take a lot of pride in

playing in from of [the fans], and you want to go out and perform as well as you can for them, and we weren’t doing that. So this is big to get back to our winning ways and get that little mojo back in the Kohl Center.

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This is big to get “back to our winning

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“Nigel is pretty special.”

Wisconsin’s win over Michigan State snapped a five-game losing streak to the Spartans and a threegame losing streak at home.

Dekker knows the win over the Spartans will give

guy out there, but I don’t think he lost one battle all night and that’s just awesome.”

Game one of the series Thursday night was a much less impressive showing for the Badgers, who were outshot 32-19 on the night and struggled to match the tempo of their rivals despite coming away with a 2-1 victory. It was the defensive squad — who recorded 10 of UW’s 19 shots — that spared the team a third-straight loss to the Gophers.

“We definitely didn’t play our best hockey out there but when you can find ways to win like that, it definitely helps out. Sometimes going through the season, you’re not going to have your best game every night but if you can come out of the game with a win that’s definitely a good thing,” Eaves said.

Simonelli netted a powerplay goal with more than five minutes remaining in the first period. McCabe then notched the gamewinning goal with under eight minutes to play, one he said he owed junior goaltender Joel Rumpel after losing a puck behind the net allowing freshman Taylor Cammarata to put one away for UMN. “After the first, I sit next to Rumpel in the locker room and I said I owed him one. That’s definitely my fault completely …

Me and Frank especially,

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the third period, Besse worked the puck off the left half boards to Kerdiles in the middle of the slot.

Kerdiles gained control of the puck, flipped around and blazed a wrister on the net that went flying past Wilcox as the sellout crowd of 15,359 erupted into pandemonium.

Rumpel made Kerdiles’ goal stand up as the gamewinner with his play over the final 15 minutes and change in the fi nal frame, making the big saves when the Badgers’ needed him most and recording 28 saves total to improve to 13-3-1 on the year.

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a minute left, but the Badgers cleared it out of the zone multiple times and forced the Gophers to ice the puck with only seconds remaining. The final 1.7 seconds ticked off the clock following a faceoff in the Wisconsin offensive zone as the horn sounded and the sellout crowd reached a fever pitch.

Not only did the win help Wisconsin move within four points of Minnesota for first place, but it also helped the Badgers develop more fully as they battled for their first series sweep of a No. 1-ranked team in almost exactly 10 years when they swept North

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“They’ve always had good teams. It’s a tough task,” Eaves said of sweeping Minnesota, which the Badgers haven’t done at home since 1999. “Winning this series helps us grow

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to be the team that we want to be at the end of the year. If we want to be a team that’s contending for something then we need to win series like this, so it was good growth for us this weekend.”

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Jackson lifts Badgers over Spartans Traevon Jackson hits a jumper with 2.1 seconds left to beat No. 9 MSU Spencer Smith Sports Editor If there were ever any doubts about who would take the final shot for Wisconsin they were put to rest Sunday afternoon.

It was Déjà Vu at the Kohl Center as, just like a week ago against Ohio State, Wisconsin would have the final possession with a chance to win, but that was where the similarities ended.

This time, Traevon Jackson got a clean look off of a screen, took his patented lefty-jumper from the elbow and lifted Wisconsin (19-5, 6-5 Big Ten) over No. 9 Michigan State (20-4, 9-2) 60-58.

Though Jackson didn’t find success in a similar situation last week and he had only made two baskets before Wisconsin’s final possession, head coach Bo Ryan still had confidence in his junior point guard to make something happen.

“He’s the guy that earned

that spot and he proved it last year with some big plays,” Ryan said. “His decision making has been a little sporadic at times, but in a last second situation if it starts in his hands, I feel very confident we are going to get something.”

For Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo, there was no doubt as to whom he thought was going to take that shot for Wisconsin.

“I’ve watched two years worth of Jackson making game-winning shots, so I put my best defender on him and give the guy credit. He made another one,” Izzo said.

The Badgers were forced to take a gamewinning shot in their final possession because Michigan State’s Adreian Payne hit a three at the top of the key with just 10 seconds left.

With some key players out for the Spartans — Keith Appling and Branden Dawson who both average over 10 points per game — Payne was forced to carry the brunt of the load offensively for Michigan State. In just his second game back after missing seven-straight games due to an injured foot,

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Wisconsin guard Traevon Jackson took just five shots against Michigan State, but his last shot gave the Badgers a 2-point win over their Big Ten rival.

Payne responded with a game-high 24 points in 32 minutes, but none bigger than his long-range basket in the waning seconds.

“We executed that last 3-pointer as well as we’ve executed any play in 10

years,” Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo said.

“Give Payne credit. He hit a big shot being dead tired.”

Before things tightened up in the final minutes, Wisconsin was able to

build an eight point lead (30-22) heading into halftime after Michigan State failed to score in the final 6:49 of the first half and allowing Wisconsin to go on an 11-0 run.

The Spartans’ offensive

drought gave the Badgers a cushion that proved to be the difference at the end.

“I think the game was more or less lost in the

JACKSON, page 9

Underclassmen come up big for Wisconsin Nigel Hayes and Sam Dekker drive offense in upset win over Michigan State Sean Zak Men’s Basketball Writer For most of the game Sunday, Wisconsin held the lead over Michigan State, but while the Badgers may have had more points on the scoreboard, they were never quite in control.

Not when Frank Kaminsky hit a threepointer — his first in his

last eight tries — putting the Badgers up five with 29 seconds left in the game. Not even when Ben Brust — a 94 percent free throw shooter on the season — walked to the free throw line, up three with just 19 seconds left.

Wisconsin (19-5, 6-5 Big Ten) wasn’t fully in control until Traevon Jackson turned around and stared at the crowd with 2.1 seconds remaining, having hit the game-winning pull-up jumper over Spartan guard Gary Harris.

Michigan State (20-4, 9-2) guard Travis Trice made it almost too interesting

when his half-court heave just moments later clanked off the side of the rim and Wisconsin got their first home victory in a month, topping Michigan State 6058.

And though Jackson and Kaminksy — a pair of juniors — made the big shots for Wisconsin in the final minute, it was a pair of underclassmen that carried the Badgers for much of the game.

Hayes, Dekker lead the way For the second-straight weekend, it was Nigel Hayes as the offensive spearhead

for the Badgers.

The 6-foot-7 freshman racked up 27 minutes, his second-highest total on the season, grabbing just one rebound but leading the Badgers with 14 points. His four fouls became an issue in the final minute, but it was actually his ability to draw fouls from Michigan State big men throughout the game that became a bigger story.

Both Matt Costello and Alex Gauna had two fouls by halftime increasing the need for a winded Adreian Payne on the floor. By the end of the game, Costello

had four and Payne had three as well, many of them at the hand of Hayes.

“As I’ve said many times, for those who care to listen, Nigel is pretty special,” UW coach Bo Ryan said. “He’s really given us a big boost.

He’s done things his way, where he just works.”

Hayes converted eight of 12 free throw attempts, his best rate in more than three weeks. His running mate in the scorer’s book for much of the game was fellow underclassman Sam Dekker.

Dekker’s first touch of the game found him on the right wing not even 10 seconds

after tipoff. It seemed like he never thought twice about shooting, hoisting his first attempt and swishing the Badgers into a 3-0 lead. His second attempt came seven minutes later, swishing the Badgers to a 12-all tie.

Dekker had made just two of his previous 18 threepoint attempts entering the week, but after going 4-for7 against Illinois and 3-for6 Sunday, it’s fair to say his confidence has returned.

“I’ve never looked at myself as not a good shooter, but it was just a slump I was going through

UNDERCLASSMEN, page 7

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Chris Lotten The Badger Herald Freshman winger Grant Besse picked up a goal and an assist in the second game Friday, helping the Badgers sweep Minnesota for the first time since 1999.

Gophers swept out of Madison Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor A sign in the student section said it best: “Back in the Nic of time.” In his first series back after missing six games and part of another, Wisconsin men’s hockey sophomore forward Nic Kerdiles returned to the lineup just in time for a highly anticipated home series with No. 1 Minnesota.

And what a return it was.

With a game-winning goal and the primary assist on the other, Kerdiles propelled the Badgers to another 2-1 win Friday

night and an enormous series sweep over the topranked Gophers, who had a 14-game unbeaten streak heading into the series.

“The best way to describe him, he’s a thoroughbred,” Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves said of Kerdiles. “He can go. He’s got a great work capacity as an athlete.

“He hasn’t played in four weeks and he logged a lot of minutes and there was times that I thought ‘He can hardly get off the ice,’ but he recovered and he was able to get out there.

And you can see how dynamic he is. His ability

to get from point A to point B, his understanding of the game, and his skill set. He adds a lot to our team.”

Not only was it the exact same fi nal score, but through the game’s first two periods, the back-andforth action resembled much of what took place Thursday evening at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin (16-8-2 overall, 7-4-1-0 with 22 points in Big Ten play) opened the scoring with only 20 seconds left in the first period on a great effort by Kerdiles. After falling down in the slot and losing possession,

Kerdiles, using a sweeping motion of his stick, somehow managed to brush a pass over to Grant Besse, who was left unattended at the right side of the net. Besse, a freshman from the suburbs of MinneapolisSt. Paul, promptly fired a wrister over the right shoulder of Minnesota goaltender Adam Wilcox (25 saves) to give the Badgers a 1-0 advantage going into the first break.

Unlike Thursday, Wisconsin stuck right with the Gophers (19-3-5,

SWEPT, page 9

Coming off a border battle weekend in men’s hockey and heading into another border battle showdown in women’s hockey this coming weekend, the urge to compare the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota based simply off the sport of hockey is nearly irresistible. Unfortunately, I’m not going to tackle the subject of analyzing the overall merits of each state.

However, when it comes to hockey, there’s quite a bit at stake in terms of bragging rights as evidenced by this past weekend. And although Minnesota claims to be the state of hockey, perhaps Wisconsin isn’t too far behind, and that goes a lot deeper than the sweep this past weekend by the Badgers at the Kohl Center.

Of the 25 players on the United States men’s hockey Olympic roster, four are former players of a certain Midwestern university, and no other school has more than three of its alumni playing for Team USA. What college hockey program am I referring

to? It has to be Minnesota, right? Shockingly, it’s not.

After having two players on Team USA four years ago in Vancouver, this time around in Sochi four former Badgers will lace up their skates for the red, white and blue. That might not seem like a grand accomplishment, but in comparison, Minnesota and North Dakota are the only two other hockey programs that have more than one of their ex-players competing for Team USA in the Sochi Games.

It used to be that college players were direct representatives of their universities, bringing the Disney movie “Miracle” to mind. The college athletes flocked to Colorado Springs, sporting their college gear for the tryouts and basing their associations with the other players on what college they were from or were currently attending.

But the times have changed and the associations between the players on the Olympic teams as of late have a lot more to do with what NHL team they are playing for, although only five of the players on Team USA didn’t play any college hockey.

The athletes, too, are much different than

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