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UW widens city segregation

Kirby Wright

Highly-educated workforce, upscale housing boom foster disparties for low-income residents Chantal Cowie

Herald Contributor While universities often boost commerce in an area, having a concentrated, highlyeducated workforce in a city can also cause stark economic segregation, an effect a recent study found shapes life in Madison.

In a recent study from The Atlantic Cities, Madison was listed as a city that suffers from high levels of poverty segregation.

The report looked at different factors in cities throughout the country that contribute to economic segregation, focusing on average wages, per capita incomes and economic output per capita.

The report found the poor face higher segregation in

more highly-educated cities, and segregation connected directly with the percentage of adults with college degrees.

The share of those employed in knowledge, professional and creative jobs, as well as the concentration of technology industries, were figures factored into the study.

Many of the cities that were found to have such segregation were university towns, home to Penn State, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin.

Housing prices are often indicative of income levels, so higher prices may leave little choice in where to live for poorer residents, reinforcing higher levels of segregation, Richard Florida, the report’s

author, said.

Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, said the economic influence UW has on Madison cannot be overemphasized. Within the past decade, the city has seen the construction of an abundance of new student high rises at the higher end scale of housing, he said.

Dawn Crim, associate dean for external relations at the UW School of Education, said many apartments are looking to students as the target renting population, and the rates are often out of reach for average working families.

The changes in the housing situation are too new to fully predict what the effects of it will be, she said.

“The affordable housing is really concentrated in several different areas throughout

the city, so if you’re trying to stretch your housing dollar, you’re trying to find one of these locations,” Crim said.

She also said the significant impact of having a university in a city is a condensed level of people who possess degrees in comparison to other cities.

As a result, Crim said when positions are posted for job offerings, regardless of the level of education required, there are many more individuals with degrees applying for the positions.

This leads to economic segregation in the city because it reduces the opportunities for those types of employment for individuals without degrees, and meanwhile, hired professionals are often overqualified, she said.

This economic segregation

becomes a negative barrier for the city in catering to all of its citizens, Crim said. It prevents diversity from growing in the city because there are few opportunities for many people without degrees to have selfsustaining jobs and to sustain their families.

Jim O’Keefe, director of the city’s Community Development Office, said Madison looks to create initiatives to connect people with jobs in underserved sectors, especially construction.

“There’s an acute shortage of labor in those areas and its getting worse, and those tend to be good family-supporting jobs so that’s another very specific initiative we’re about to work on,” O’Keefe said.

There are definite barriers,

including basic educational skills, access to adequate transportation and access to child care, that prevent certain groups of people from reaching full employment and overcoming economic segregation, he said.

Despite the report’s findings, Crim said the economic benefits of UW in Madison is overwhelmingly positive because of outreach to the local community with things like the Wisconsin Film Festival, the UW Geology Museum and the many speakers that come to town and give speeches that are free or low cost to attend.

“The more the university breaks down the barriers and creates a more open campus, the more people will feel welcome,” she said.

Burke endorsed by labor unions Nyal Mueenuddin Print State Editor

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald The University Bookstore has added 20 different Final Four items, almost triple what was available when the team made it in 2000.

Final Four boosts local stores Sales skyrocket on State Street; owners prepare for large crowds, higher demand Margaret Rotter Herald Contributor

March Madness has consumed the city of Madison, and as Badgers prepare for their first Final Four game in 14 years, State Street businesses have seen sales skyrocket.

Madison Sweets, a local shop that sells cupcakes, truffles and a variety of other sweet treats, is one business that has seen an increase in sales. Lee Zeuner, assistant manager of Madison Sweets, said the shop usually does well after local sporting events.

Many Badger supporters take to wandering up and down State Street, particularly when Madison wins, Zeuner said. Business was well above average last Saturday, and he said he estimated almost a 30 percent increase in sales.

Certain products have

been particularly popular this season, such as the candied popcorn called the Badger Mix, he said.

“We do an assortment of Badger-themed candies and popcorns. Any time we do things like that on game days, we basically sell out,” Zeuner said.

The University Bookstore has been extremely busy as well.

Angie Maniaci, the store’s collegiate clothing buyer, said the store has updated its merchandise for the big game, adding 20 different Final Four items.

The number is almost triple what it was when the Badgers made it this far in 2000, she said.

Maniaci said their most popular item by far seems to be Nike’s “Net Worthy” shirt. She said there has been a huge spike in interest for this product because it was the style worn by the Badger players after their Elite Eight win.

The store has seen much more business than it has in past March Madness years, and Maniaci said they have had a difficult time keeping up with demand.

The store is beginning to increase the store’s staff, and Maniaci is responsible for keeping up with the onslaught of customers.

“I keep reordering shirts and then they are gone right away. Some of the things we have not even been able to take out of the boxes,” Maniaci said. “We just put them on the ground and people dig in them.”

The shops of State Street are not the only ones affected by this sudden surge of customers. Many restaurants and bars in particular have also seen a huge spike in patrons.

Seth Blackstone, assistant general manager of State Street Brats, said the restaurant is busier

than he has seen it since football season.

This past weekend, Blackstone said the bar was almost entirely full and he thinks they nearly hit the fire capacity of 450 people. He said they anticipate seeing a similar crowd size for this coming weekend. The increase in business has also created a need for additional staff in the restaurant, he added.

“We also have more guys around for busing and stuff. We have to deal with the increase in demand,” Blackstone said.

With the great increase of crowds on Saturday, Blackstone said the environment becomes more rowdy at the bar.

However, he said fans were in good spirits last weekend because of the game and he expects a similarly positive crowd at the next game, especially if the Badgers bring home another win.

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As the race for governor draws closer, three of Wisconsin’s top public employee labor unions endorsed Democrat Mary Burke in her challenge against Gov. Scott Walker.

Shortly after the unions’ announcement, the Republican Party of Wisconsin pointed out the unions now endorsing the candidate, which include the Wisconsin Education Association Council, AFL-CIO and Madison Teachers Inc., have criticized Burke in the past.

Burke’s stance differed from the unions in their total opposition to Act 10, a controversial law Walker enacted that all but eliminated many unions’ collective bargaining powers. But the unions said Burke is the candidate that best represents unions members and that she supports collective bargaining.

Wisconsin AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale said Burke has made it clear she believes in the right for labor groups to bargain collectively for their interests.

“Burke has been very clear that she supports collective bargaining rights and she has said she will work to rework the parts of Act 10 that deal with workers having the ability to have a voice in the workplace through collective bargaining,” Bloomingdale said.

John Matthews, executive director of MTI, said following several meetings with union officials and the completion of an extensive survey regarding her positions on public sector labor relations, MTI decided Burke was their candidate of choice. Walker ignored invitations to meet and take the survey, he said.

Although Burke has not highlighted the issue of collective bargaining rights as a central focus of her campaign,

Matthews said he understands this and said it should not be the focus of her campaign.

“She didn’t say she would make collective bargaining rights a cornerstone of her campaign, and I completely understand that,” Matthews said. “I would not make it a cornerstone of my campaign either, and the reason is the right wing has proven to be successful in convincing the general public that public employees have it better than private employees.”

The Republican Party of Wisconsin noted in a statement the sudden “change of heart” among labor groups in regards to Burke.

Burke, a former Trek Bicycle executive, won a seat to the Madison School Board in 2012.

In that race, Matthews’ union backed Burke’s opponents, and Matthews called Burke a “1-percenter” who could not relate to low-income students in a Wisconsin State Journal story, the state Republican Party pointed out.

Joe Fadness, executive director of the party, said the unions’ change of heart could mean Burke is making private deals with them regarding Act 10.

“Big labor bosses have opposed millionaire Mary Burke from the start, which can only mean that she is making backroom promises on Act 10 and leaving voters in the dark,” Fadness said in the statement.

“Democrats are conceding their efforts by endorsing a candidate with a weak public stance on a signature issue.”

During the gubernatorial recall elections, many Wisconsin unions backed former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk in the Democratic primary, as she had pledged a full repeal of Act 10, unlike the eventual Democratic nominee, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who lost in 2010 and 2012 against Walker.

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Bills passed as Senate looks to elections

Oral chemotherapy, strip searches, medical malpractice sent through with unaddressed legislation likely dead Dan Kinderman

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The state Senate closed the legislative session Tuesday, sending a number of bills to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk, which included oral chemotherapy and expanded strip searches for individuals in police custody.

The Senate’s passage of an oral chemotherapy bill in a 26-7 vote came after receiving an amended version from the Assembly. Five Democrats and two Republicans opposed the final passage of the bill, which Walker has said he will sign.

Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, said the amended bill may not have been the bill everyone would have liked to pass, but the legislation to make oral chemotherapy treatment more affordable

for some patients was better than nothing, even with the changes the Assembly made.

A number of other bills passed narrowly or along party lines, including legislation expanding the number of strip searches permitted of individuals in police custody, limiting usage of doctor apologies in medical malpractice suits and refunding companies who pay sales taxes on customer debt gone bad.

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, was critical of the passed strip search bill in an interview with The Badger Herald. “[The strip search bill] violates individual rights from due process and searches and seizures … and I think it kind of takes a dangerous path for people, where they’re going

to have to give up personal liberty without knowing why, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they overturn this on constitutional grounds,” Larson said.

However, Larson praised the bill on sales tax refunds and said it provides parity, as refunds are given to larger credit card companies in the state and the bill will give small companies similar treatment.

Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, applauded the doctor apologies bill, which would prohibit doctors’ apologies in medical malpractice suits. He said many doctors are told not to apologize for loss in the case of a possible lawsuit and that there is “no sympathy at all, [doctors] don’t say anything.”

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“Democrats came to Madison this session ready to strengthen Wisconsin’s middle class with a bold, vibrant agenda ... but Republicans decided to ignore real people’s needs, priorities and long-term economic security for the sake of their partisan political benefit,” Assembly Minority Leader Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said in a statement.

Cowles countered the Democrats’ argument on lack of action on job creation in the state by Republicans and said the economy is improving.

He said Republicans did focus on job creation this session, offering his own bill as an example, which creates waste-sorting jobs in Wisconsin. The bill passed the Senate unanimously.

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providing cannabis oil treatment to children with seizures, limiting drone usage in the state and increasing funding for rural heroin addiction treatment.

However, other bills the Legislature did not take up are likely dead since the session is over. This includes legislation to raise the state speed limits on highways, limiting items that can be bought with food stamps, prohibiting sex-selective abortions, strengthening first-offense OWI penalties, grandfathering in sand mining regulations for existing mines, allowing some workers to work seven-day work weeks and repealing Common Core standards.

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One question drives a journalism professor’s campaign to end homophobia: “Whose life could you change with love?

Shawnika Hull, an instructor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, researches health communication and the effects of messages on attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.

After arriving at UW in 2010, she collaborated with a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee called Diverse and Resilient, as well as the AIDS/ HIV Program in Madison.

These experiences inspired Hull to create the Acceptance Journey campaign, designed to target homophobia.

“We think homophobia is a really important link between your everyday social circumstances and whether or not you are experiencing poor mental health outcomes or poor physical health outcomes,” Hull said.

In 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a significant increase in HIV infection among young Black gay and bisexual men in Milwaukee, Hull said. Diverse and Resilient works to promote health and wellness in Milwaukee’s LGBTQ community, she said.

Ultimately, Hull said the goal of the campaign is to see a decrease in health issues, including HIV transmission, homelessness and mental illness.

The Acceptance Journeys project involves sharing personal stories of acceptance.

“These are people who are putting their lives front and center on story cards, on billboards, on newspapers, in bus stations, on the sides of buses … these are people’s lives, and they are saying that one of us here is lesbian, gay, transgendered or queer, and the other one of us here accepts that person for who they are,” Hull said.

The campaign has put a lot of effort into identifying possible mixed reactions from the published stories, Hull said. They have been careful about not putting people in harmful situations and the program evaluates how people are responding to the media, she said.

“One of my apprehensions was: Do we know how to do this without causing harm?”

Hull said.

The campaign uses focus groups to start discussion and discover common beliefs and attitudes about the LGBTQ community to generate effective, persuasive “taglines” for the media, Hull said.

In the most recent round of focus groups, Hull said

they discovered people put contingencies or boundaries on acceptance. In response, the campaign designed a tagline for the media focusing on the true meaning of acceptance.

The campaign has received funding from UW through 2016 and Hull said she would like to see it continue growing for as long as possible.

Hull’s personal favorite story is “Kingston and Ronnie,” which is about a boy who accepts his gay uncle for the person he is and becomes more aware of the judgment and discrimination against LBGTQ individuals.

Kingston decided to take a stand against homophobia, and Hull said she remembers the final powerful and insightful words that ended his acceptance story: “It’s a hurt person hurting another person.”

In 2004, Hull received her bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Arizona. She received her master of arts and Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

Hull’s work has been published in a number of journals, including the Journal of Sex Research, Health Psychology, Journal of Communication, Journal of Health Communication and Cancer Education.

Studying how bodies decompose could prove critical to solving murder cases, although there are very few sites in the world that conduct this research.

While the effects of sub-zero temperatures on decomposing human body parts is a topic that has been left largely untouched, forensic researchers at a small Wisconsin technical college seek to change that.

The researchers have taken initiative by creating a body farm aimed specifically at studying the effects of the extreme cold on human cadavers. The bodies come from donations.

In a two-acre outdoor research facility within a larger public safety facility at the Fox Valley Technical College, the body farm will allow a space for forensic scientists and law enforcement specialists to bury human cadavers at varying depths, observing the effects of cold weather and insects on decomposing bodies, Fox Valley Technical College spokesperson Chris Jossart said.

“The forensic training field will be part a forensic science associate degree program,” Jossart said. “It will also be used for forensic scientists to engage in continuing their education in their field of expertise.”

Until recently, little was known about the way that bodies decompose, Joe LeFevre, FVTC forensics science department chair, said. The first body farm was established in Tennessee in the early 1970s, studying the process of human body decomposition. The Fox Valley cold weather body farm will be the seventh in the world and the only one of its kind, LeFevre said.

“All of those climates don’t hit sub-zero temperatures like we do, ” LeFevre said.

“When humans are outside decomposing in sub-zero temperatures, we start to see mummification. What we want to look at is the decomposition process including insect and scavenger activity.”

LeFevre said there are many unanswered questions regarding the ways human bodies decompose after death, and the body farm will aid in police investigations.

Body farms often attempt to replicate crime scenes to gain additional information into the circumstances of individuals’ deaths.

Research in this field can give investigators better approximations of the time and circumstances of a death, LeFevre said.

“Oftentimes experimental design is driven by real cases,” he said. “If the investigator had more data, would they have had an easier time answering some questions about their investigation?”

There have even been incidents where officers and investigators have reached out to body farms and ask if they can replicate a crime scene and they realize it is going to be months before they have an answer, but they still want an answer, LeFevre said.

Researchers will also look at more general causes of death that are not connected to crime scenes such as deaths from drowning, hypothermia and other accidental deaths.

To gain more general information, LeFevre said researchers will construct props such as swimming pools or a tent at the facility to see how the bodies decompose in them. Most information would come from human observation and researchers routinely checking on cadavers, he said.

“It’s mostly good old fashioned human observation, where at regular time points you go in and look at it,” LeFevre said. “But with technology we are aided by having cameras set up too so that if we miss an event we can look back at the footage.”

After the bodies are done being used for research, the facility will cremate them and return them to the family, LeFevre said. They will start experiments on body decomposition with pig carcasses to ensure the reliability and safety of the study before moving on to human cadavers, he said.

Employment increases for disabled following initiatives Alex Arriaga

Print State Editor Dane County and Madison agencies are seeing gradual but steady growth in employment numbers of disabled individuals following recent investment in a number of social programs.

In 2014, Dane County has spent $12.5 million people to serve 1,180 people with disabilities, Doug Hunt, developmental disabilities program specialist at Dane County’s Department of Human Services, said. Additionally, $235,000 was spent on serving 98 to 100 people with mental health problems, he said.

The county puts in $16

million county funds into adult mental health and developmental disability services overall, including employment services, Fran Genter, division administrator for Dane County Adult Community Services Division, said.

One of the initiatives the county has started involves training students with disabilities at the University of Wisconsin and Middleton Memorial Veteran hospitals to promote job training for the health field, Hunt said. This collaboration is “especially innovative” because it gives students the opportunities to practice in real hospitals, he said.

A reason the county has made such gains in the employment of individuals with disabilities is because of partnerships with UW’s Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Psychology, Hunt said.

Genter said disabled workers will often have unique advantages in certain lines of employment.

“They often work routine tasks with a lot of repetition,” Genter said.

“Employers will tell us that people with disabilities do the task better than non-disabled employees because they are not distracted, they enjoy their work. They tend to stick around longer, it’s an interesting match.”

Hunt said employers often say work morale increases with the hiring of individuals with disabilities, as they bring a positive attitude to the workplace and add vibrancy to the culture of the workplace.

The county has made commitments to promoting employment for those with disabilities, despite limited capacities and funds, Hunt said. For example, the county partnered with Madison schools.

If the school assists a disabled student with obtaining employment, the county will continue to provide support services for maintaining the employment, Hunt said.

In doing this, Hunt said

the county adds 50 to 60 new people with disabilities to the workforce every year.

Sarah Cutler, executive director of Community Works Services, said her agency helps people with developmental disabilities to obtain and maintain jobs in their community after they graduate from high school.

Community support services vary depending on the individual needs of the client with a disability, she said.

“Some need one-on-one support where they need a job coach on site with them while others need a lot less support where we just spot check to see how things are going although the client can pretty much do

the job independently,” Cutler said. “The amount of support we provide just depends on the individual and the needs that they have.”

Cutler said clients with disabilities see numerous benefits from these services along with their coworkers, employers and communities.

The clients get a great sense of belonging, they know that they are working and they have a sense of accomplishment, Cutler said.

“The coworkers get so much from our clients, in terms of the relationships and their work atmosphere, their sense of humors,” Cutler said. “For everybody involved, it’s a great thing.”

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Veteran view brought to Regents UW, MMSD to align strategies Appointee Nicolas Harsy plans to enhance student experience on campus in new role Austin Grade

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Bringing experience from his years of training and combat in the Marine Corps, Nicolas Harsy plans to help address veteran needs on campus during his term on the Board of Regents.

Harsy, a University of Wisconsin junior and Marine Corps veteran, was appointed to serve as the non-traditional student representative on the UW System Board of Regents

by Gov. Scott Walker.

Harsy achieved the rank of sergeant after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2008 to 2013, which included two tours in Afghanistan.

“Nicolas has proven dedication to service and his natural leadership skills will make him a valuable asset to the Board,” Walker said in a statement.

Harsy said his goals include enhancing the student experience, lowering tuition, addressing veteran needs and staying informed on Board of Regents issues.

“Tuition increases is obviously a big thing.

It has built up in the past couple decades a significant amount,” Harsy said. “I would say if there is one way that I could try and reduce that, and make it more affordable across the way, I think that would be a good place to start.”

Harsy said when he looks back to his own personal experiences in school and problems at home, nothing could have prepared him for the obstacles he faced in the Marines.

The leadership positions he earned in the military helped make him qualified for appointment as student representative, he said.

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Partnership will tighten relationship, induct more teachers into city, diversify workforce Alex Arriaga

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Photo Courtesy of Nicolas Harsy Harsy served in the Marine Corps for five years and will begin his two-year term on the Board of Regents in May.

tours in Afghanistan.

I have led Marines through combat.

I have been through the most unimaginable situations as far as stress, as far as adversity.

All the odds are against you, and you still have to perform,” Harsy said.

Harsy served as a headquarters platoon sergeant, infantry squad leader and squad pointman. He has also received several awards including the Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal and

the National Defense Medal in his time in the Marines, according to the statement.

One of the more difficult squad leading courses he was required to take involved a high stress environment, where each person experiences minimal sleep and minimal food, but the expectations for level of performance are perfection, Harsy said.

Harsy said he tries to remain bipartisan in terms of politics and

evaluate each subject individually.

“I want to set up an environment that is better for future students, that they will have a better education and time spent at UW than previous generations,” Harsy said. “Now where that lies exactly, that’s an adventure that is going to take some time for me to figure out.”

Harsy’s appointment was approved by the state Senate and he will begin serving his twoyear term on May 1.

To better align the University of Wisconsin School of Education’s curriculum with the Madison Metropolitan School District’s approach to education, the two have formed a partnership.

The first phase of the partnership, called the Forward Madison Initiative, will involve a comprehensive induction strategy. This involves a new teacher induction, instructional coaching and a principal leadership induction.

Beth Giles, UW education and outreach partnerships spokesperson, said the school district and the School of Education have been longtime partners, and this initiative will further tighten their relationship in their approaches to education.

The program is a comprehensive five-year plan which aims to maintain key teachers in MMSD while continuing their education strategy developments, Giles said.

“The UW School of Education is consistently ranked number one in the country. We do an incredible job preparing the best teachers in the country,” Giles said. “The teacher induction program will assist the new teachers in the MMSD be inducted into the community of teachers in MMSD and will assist teachers in a successful transition into the classroom.”

The partnership will eventually aim to increase the involvement of socially and culturally relevant topics into the curriculums of Madison schools, Giles said.

As a research institution, she said UW plays a big role in incorporating these subjects in the curriculums.

The teachers, coaches,

administrators and people working in the district have great ideas and are really grounded in research and practical application, she said.

Giles said the partnership is mutually beneficial in bringing together research expertise and practical applications. The teachers and administrators already have a great knowledge base and are looking to create something that blends their knowledge and builds something stronger, she said.

“Madison has great teachers already, but this project puts in place a pathway to bring the two together,” Giles said.

Rodney Thomas, special assistant to the superintendent at MMSD, said the collaboration with the university also aims to eventually increase workforce diversity.

An aspect of the initiative is an early exposure approach in which high school students will be taught about various professions in education and encouraged to explore those options, Thomas said. Reaching out to the diverse high school populations could eventually have the longer term results of diversifying the workforce, he said.

“Teachers are closest to our students,” Thomas said.

“We’re extremely excited about the program and about the partnership and we’re looking to expand and grow along with UW in this partnership.”

Giles said the program seeks to encourage high school students to explore careers in education by instilling the role of a teacher as someone in authority figure for social change in the education of social and cultural issues.

The next step in the initiative in the upcoming months is for the project design team to work in the specifics of social justice and cultural responsiveness into the plan, Thomas said.

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Professor helps students achieve their passion ‘Startup coach’ seeks to connect campus to companies, create more opportunities Rachael Lallensack Print Campus Editor

Looking to launch the next hot startup? A dedicated University of Wisconsin staffer is here to help.

Going on 13 years at UW, Allen Dines tries to turn students’ passion into their profession by connecting them to a vast network of entrepreneurs, investors and researchers on campus.

Dines, assistant director for new ventures at UW’s Office of Corporate Relations, helps create connections to corporate entities and supports many organizations that provide outreach to students with big ideas.

Dines is an organizer for Startup Weekend, which takes place this weekend and is a compressed exercise in how to launch a new venture.

“In a way, I serve as a coach for helping faculty, students, staff form companies,” Dines said. “You have a softball coach, a soccer coach, a football coach and now we had a startup coach.”

Dines began working at UW in 2001 as assistant director for business development, which was a new position at the university at the time.

Dines founded, operated and sold three different startups. He said UW was searching for someone who had firsthand experience at all stages of working with startup ventures including negotiating with investors, meeting with customers and selling a company.

One of Dine’s biggest responsibilities is helping to build relationships between UW and both large and small companies. He said the benefit from his work comes from fostering connections with these industries as a way to help UW commercialize research and help companies train entrepreneurs.

This widespread network allows him to expand resources for UW at both an industrial and collegiate level, he said.

In 2002, as a way to connect with leaders from other universities for support and collaboration, Dines co-founded the Midwest Research University Network, a coalition of research schools from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.

The network is distinct in its location between the coasts, which are already well-established venues for entrepreneurship, Dines said.

“My sense was if you create a venue that brings a lot of smart people together, they’ll probably come up with something clever to do on their own,” he said. “And

Courtesy of Allen Dines Dines is an organizer for Startup Weekend, which takes place this weekend and is a compressed exercise on how to launch a new venture.

I thought what better place to do this than a university setting.”

Dines said making the university system the central point of the organization was ideal because students are smart, patient, eager to make the world a better place and still in the process of making their goals concrete.

In the last decade, there has been a general movement toward raising awareness about the feasibility of making one’s own ideas a reality, which prompted him to adopt the same efforts on campus through his management role for the Wiscontrepreneur program.

From 2007 to 2012, the

program worked to create widespread access to students interested in identifying problems that need solving and building their own career around it through startup opportunities, Dines said.

Dines said the experience of Startup Weekend is not necessarily about creating the next big idea, but rather

learning about the process and getting excited to do more.

“The concentration of bright people and interesting research provides a fertile environment for doing some of these creative things, and when you combine that with startup cultures, a lot of cool stuff goes on here,” he said.

UW alumnus talks US-China relations Ye Jin

Herald Contributor Rapid urbanization and a shift away from being the world’s “assembly line” will characterize China’s future growth, an economist said in talk on campus Wednesday.

After spending almost 20 years studying the climb of the Chinese economy on a global scale, University of Wisconsin alumnus Stephen Roach spoke about the economic comparison between the United States and China.

Roach’s talk was the first of the 2014 China and Global Economics Lecture Series organized by the Wisconsin China Initiative.

Roach earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at UW. He has worked as a former chair of Morgan Stanley Asia and served as a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, according to a UW statement.

Roach said he had intended to major in engineering until he took a history course on South Asia, which sparked his interest in economics.

“I was fascinated by economic models built to solve development problems,” he said. “But

at that time, there was a cultural revolution in China.

Therefore, there was no model of China, so I thought about building one when I was pursuing my doctoral degree.”

After analyzing the confusion surrounding the Asian economic crisis in 1997 and 1998, Roach said he was curious to find out why China’s economy had not suffered as much as other nations like Thailand and Indonesia.

Roach developed a passion for understanding the cross section between the U.S. economy and Chinese economy, and furthermore, he said, the intersection of China and the world.

“I call the economic relationship between China and America an ‘unsustainable codependency,’” Roach said.

“It’s an unhealthy reliance on both partners.”

The problem in the U.S. is that consumers spend more than they earn and the country is facing massive deficits, Roach said.

He said it was important for the United States to change the way it views China as the world’s “assembly line.”

“It was all about industry

and manufacturing.

However, it was the image of old China. The next China is about brilliant services,” Roach said.

Roach quoted China’s former prime minister, saying China looks strong on the surface, but its economy is unstable, unbalanced, uncoordinated and unsustainable.

However, China is changing, Roach said.

They are now remaking, rethinking and redirecting and have shifted the model of producer and consumer, he said.

Besides increasing technological services, Roach said China is also going through rapid urbanization. It is reforming its policies to guide the economy for the future, he said.

When U.S. is facing a rising China, it needs to rethink its strategy for economy, Roach said.

“While China is transforming the growth model, U.S. is still using the old strategy — the invisible hand. But it doesn’t work now,” Roach said. “We need to learn to rethink about our economic strategy. Maybe America needs another plan or strategy because China is going on a different path.”

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald Stephen Roach described the economic relationship between the U.S. and China as having “an unhealthy reliance.”

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Two ASM representatives proposed creating a list of criteria on human rights violations regarding the divestment plan.

Divestment plan may marginalize students Austin Grade

Herald Contributor After raising concerns that the divestment plan may marginalize students from countries that produce fossil fuels, the University of Wisconsin’s student government continued debate on the Boycott and Divestment Bylaws and heard a presentation on OpenBook Wisconsin Wednesday.

The Associated Students of Madison also reviewed changes to the Student Services Finance Committee’s Internal Budget and the Training Budget Transfer within ASM. Boycott and Divestment Bylaw Rep. Andrew Stoiber raised concerns that cutting ties with countries producing fossil fuels could affect students from those countries on an individual level. He said he wants to make sure ASM is conscious of potential marginalization of students from these places because divestment would cause these nations to lose income leading to economic distress.

Reps. Lila Greenberg and Sarah Neibart said ASM’s passage of the Divestment Plan warrants careful consideration of the student body’s diverse background as they proceed. They proposed creating a list of criteria on

the premise of human rights violations.

“I think this holds us to our principles, taking into account many different voices from our community,” Greenberg said.

The Student Council will vote on this proposed divestment bylaw change at its next meeting.

OpenBook Wisconsin Martha Kerner, assistant vice chancellor for business services at the University of Wisconsin, conducted a presentation on OpenBook Wisconsin, a searchable website the Department of Administration created containing all state agency expenditures including operating expenses and travel costs.

Kerner said all UW expenditures are on the website, and it currently only has one of the three phases of data DOA hopes to have complete by the time the site is fully developed.

Phase one, which is currently online, shows all the operating expenditures of the institutions within the UW System, she said.

However, all of the data is presented as single figures rather than broken down by individual school, Kerner said. Some of the data on this site is not entirely reliable, and work is being done to make the website more accurate, she said.

“We have all spent a lot of time on this campus trying to redact this misinformation, so that we can protect the confidentiality of our staff, our faculty and our students to the greatest degree,” she said.

Only two inquiries have been made on the site since it went live in January of this year, Kerner said.

She said the minimal amount of traffic was shocking to the DOA, but they expect traffic on the site to increase when the final two phases are complete.

The second phase would update employee salary, including the agency, class and gross pay of an individual in a certain fiscal year, Kerner said. The third phase would allow grants or other contracts including capital projects to appear on the website as well.

SSFC Internal Budget Approval and the ASM Training Budget Transfer The Student Segregated Finance Committee Internal Budget change will cut out legal council and accountability liaisons.

The Training Budget Transfer will create an opportunity for future ASM leaders to receive comprehensive training from Angus Johnston about the statewide student organization, SSFC Chair David Vines said.

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OPINION

Editorial Page Editor Briana Reilly breilly@badgerherald.com

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State prohibition on marijuana must come to an end Aaron Loudenslager Columnist Before closing out the legislative session, the Legislature passed a bill that would legalize cannabidiol, a marijuana by-product, to treat seizures, sending the bill to Gov. Scott Walker’s desk. It is certainly true that this bill would help people, specifically children, who have certain medical conditions. Regardless, the bill does not go far enough because it does not end Wisconsin’s failed policy of marijuana prohibition.

It is currently illegal to possess cannabidiol under Wisconsin law. This is because cannabidiol is a type of cannabinoid that is found in THC — one of the main chemical components of marijuana. But unlike THC, one can’t get “high” off cannabidiol. Even so, the Legislature has not yet legalized cannabidiol.

What explains this? After

all, it’s not like it’s exactly a new discovery that different chemical components in marijuana may have medical benefits. That’s why California legalized medical marijuana in 1996. Since then, 19 more states have made the wise choice to legalize medical marijuana. For example, the federal government in 2003 permitted cannabinoids to be patented as “antioxidants and neuroprotectants.”

Further, a study conducted by researchers at Harvard University on rodents found THC “cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread.”

Many members of the Wisconsin Legislature, like many across the country, have been resistant to legalize medical marijuana or isolated chemical components of marijuana, such as cannabidiol, because of their rhetorical support

In past advisory referendums, Dane County showed strong support for the legalization of marijuana.

FALL 2010: Medical Marijuana Advisory Referendum — 75.49 percent supported SPRING 2014: Marijuana Legalization Advisory Referendum — 64.5 percent supported

for “get tough on crime” measures.

Once state legislators legalize medical marijuana or isolated chemical components of marijuana, they are explicitly or implicitly acknowledging that marijuana does have accepted medical use — the opposite finding of Congress when it enacted

the Controlled Substances Act. Thus, to prevent themselves from being branded as “soft on crime,” many state legislators oppose measures to legalize medical marijuana or isolated chemical components. But this decision by legislators hurts the many people whose lives could be improved

drastically by the chemicals in marijuana.

Some state legislators don’t just oppose efforts to legalize medical marijuana or isolated chemical components in marijuana though.

Instead, some state legislators are trying to intensify this country’s failed but pervasive drug war. Just last fall, the Legislature passed a bill that, according to the Associated Press, “would allow for municipalities to enact ordinances prohibiting possession of any amount of marijuana and give them the authority to prosecute second offenses.”

Why is the Legislature trying to, as a practical matter, have more people arrested for possessing marijuana? This country’s failed anachronistic drug war has led to an incarceration crisis, with the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world. Not only that,

this incarceration because of drug possession is having a disparate impact on racial minorities. In fact, Wisconsin has the highest incarceration rate for black men in the country. Instead of trying to end failed marijuana prohibition, a prohibition which has had a disparate impact on racial minorities, state legislators have tried to further intensify marijuana prohibition.

It is true that the legislation the Legislature passed will greatly improve the lives of many people with certain medical conditions. Even so, this legislation should have been enacted years ago. Moreover, it is time for the Wisconsin Legislature to critically assess the state’s policies on pot. In doing so, it should be evident that marijuana prohibition has got to go.

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

Sexual violence a reality on campus Allie Ebben Columnist When my friend asked if I wanted some coffee this morning, I responded with a simple “no.” When I went to the store and the cashier asked me if I wanted my receipt, I responded with “no, thank you.” When my brother offered me some fruit, I responded with “nope.”

Did this mean that I wanted coffee, or that I wanted my receipt or that I wanted the fruit that I was offered? No. NO does mean NO. The absence of NO does not mean yes.

I thought about writing on this topic for quite some time now, something that I feel passionate about, but I found that I wasn’t quite ready for the extreme comments I might have received. However, I feel as if the time has come for me to say fuck it.

Rape culture does exist. Jokes about sexual assault, victim blaming and glamorized views on sexual violence are just a few of rape culture’s elements. Rape culture can be defined as a culture in which rape is prevalent and pervasive and is sanctioned and maintained through fundamental attitudes and beliefs about gender, sexuality and violence.

In other words, sexual violence is normalized and accepted by our society, media and pop culture. Regardless of the comments that I read on David Hookstead’s letter to the editor stating that rape culture doesn’t exist, or articles that claim that “women asked for it,” I chose specifically to write about this topic because of some unfortunate events that occurred recently at our university.

A former University of Wisconsin football recruit was charged with felony sexual assault. On the morning of December 14, 2013, a student was raped in one of the residence halls here on campus. The recruit had consumed a large amount of alcohol prior to entering the victim’s room.

The incident occurred during an official campusrecruiting visit.

The victim later explained to police that the sex was not consensual by any means.

When I think about the fact that these incidents occurred in one of our residence halls a few floors below me, it

makes me sick. I feel for this young woman. I have come to know her roommate quite well and hope to build a further friendship with her. Her unfortunate experience constitutes the reality that rape can happen to anyone and it does happen to people you know. It is not this un-tangible, foreign concept that we see so often on the news or in the media. It is prevalent on our campus, and has happened many times in the past, continuing relentlessly to today.

My intent for this article is not to explain that male perpetrators are the problem. Men have raped women, and women have raped men. Rather, the point is to focus attention to the issue of sexual violence on campus.

This critical lens examines the choices of rape victims as opposed to those of the rapist, which can be as painful as the violent act itself.

Rapists are rarely the scary men who jump out of the bushes and grab a woman. About two-thirds of assaults are committed by someone known to the victim, making education about sexual violence and the goal of prevention even more important.

I personally applaud this young woman for her bravery in coming forward and for all other victims who have come forward. It is not easy to stand up to society, but this is something we must move away from. We must stop accepting rape as inevitable and making it shameful for victims to share their story with authorities and others.

If it was your daughter, brother, wife, son or friend, would you rather they demand justice regardless of accusations of lying or “deserving it?”

Damn right you would.

We need to stop pointing fingers and start moving forward as a community and a society. We must stand up, not only to rape and its cultural norms, but all issues that promote victim shaming.

Letters like that of David Hookstead demonstrate the simple ignorance of some students on campus.

However, being aware of the problem is no longer enough; we must move forward and take action.

Allie Ebben (arrebben@ wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in nursing.

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald Student-athletes around the nation, which a labor board recently decided can form unions, are being used and robbed of a future by the NCAA.

NCAA exploits student-athletes Abigail Zemach Columnist The Badgers are on the way to the Final Four for the first time since 2000. Our football team has played in four consecutive BCS Bowl Games, including three Rose Bowls. The women’s hockey team played in the NCAA Frozen Four this spring.

The United States has tremendous interest in collegiate sport, which involves tremendous revenue. ESPN will pay $470 million a year to broadcast the football playoffs once it starts.

CBS is paying $10.8 BILLION to broadcast the NCAA basketball playoffs for 14 years. In sum, collegiate sports are a money-making machine, with students as the cogs it easily dispenses.

This past week, the Northwestern University football players petitioned and were granted the right to form a union.

Essentially, these players were asserting they were not studentathletes — not even “student”-athletes — but employees of Northwestern University.

An employee is identified as someone who in return for payment provides a service under contract and under the employer’s control. Peter Sung Ohr, the director of National

Labor Relations Board Region 13, judged the proceeding between Northwestern University and Kain Colter, the quarterback of the team, who had to prove all of the above to grant the football players the right to unionize.

By diagramming the strict schedule of time that players were assigned and the regulations set by the university, including living situations, Colter was able to show that players were not students but moneymakers.

Ohr said players were employees because they received scholarships as payment by providing games as a service that produces millions of dollars to benefit the school. The letter of intent, signed by a high school senior, is a contract, and players are under control of their employers, who are the coaches, according to Ohr. As a state school, this ruling does not apply to University of Wisconsin, which is not subject to the NLRB, but is subject to state labor laws. What is more concerning, however, are stipulations on studentathletes.

Studentsathletes are employees at UW and productive ones at that. In 2013, the UW Athletics Department made $93.5 million dollars in

revenue. This is enough money to provide more protection for athletes injured in practices or other sport related events, which are often not covered under NCAA contract and lead to the termination of the player and loss of their scholarship. The NCAA contract is so tight, in fact, that the players no longer own the right to their own image, which may be used in anyway the NCAA sees fit (such as video games or promotional material, without the knowledge of the player). Players in the NFL have an average career of six years, 9.3 years for a first-round draft pick.

Assuming they perform and graduate with a usable degree in four years, he or she is out of a job at 28 with a career earning of $6.1 million. NBA players on average have a career of 4.8 years, meaning they are actually out of work by age 26 or 27.

This might not seem so bad considering, on average, a NBA player makes $24.7 million in their career. However, the odds a college player goes pro is 1.7 percent. The highest of any sport is baseball with 2 percent. These students enter college with a whole career ahead of them. One injury freshman year, if the team decides to drop them, strips them of everything: sports

career, scholarship and all. While the professional national organizations are trying to offer more coverage for injuries suffered during an athlete’s career, the NCAA offers scant coverage.

The NCAA is robbing students of their future.

These students give up control of their lives to institutions that tell them they will educate and protect them; for many athletes this gives them their only medical insurance. All of this can be revoked due to an injury. In many cases, the NCAA treats students as commodities, leaving them without the marketable skills or future they hoped for.

Pushing the sports and allowing students to scrape by on eligibility turns four valuable years of their lives into a dead end. The NCAA needs more regulations designed to protect the students and their futures by encouraging them to be studentathletes and not another cog in a machine that only cares about them while they are hitting threes.

The NCAA exploits students the same way child stars like Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears were exploited.

Abigail Zemach (zemach@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in food science.

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DIVERSIONS

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#BHSHOUTOUTS The Badger Herald | Shoutouts | Thursday, April 3, 2014 | 9

TURN UP MADISON!!! #FinalFourBound

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HSO to Thursdays. They might be the only reason I haven’t dropped out of school yet.

SO to shotgunning beer in the middle of state. Epic.

SO to being a Badger. Even when school gets tough and you feel like a failure, take a step back an realize you’re a Badger. That’s something to be damn proud of.

SO to shirtless crowd surfer jumper man on state. You okay, bro?

SO to State Street. SO to Badgers. SO to basketball. SO to booze. SO to WISCONSIN In other news, the real KK (Karaoke Kid) is at compactly. #FinalFour #Badgers Meghan Krueger @meg_krueger

So many frat guys in pastel colored shorts and sperrys around campus....must be spring We run these streets!!! #badgers #finalfour Short Stack Eatery, 301 W. Johnson St., plans to start serving Thursday (tomorrow) at 9 p.m.

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JUST GOT FINAL FOUR TICKETS. ARLINGTON HERE WE COME!!! @Ryan_R_McGuire @burgles23 @MorganSchlundt Alex Anderson @AA_715

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HASO to accidentally buying a plane ticket from Madison, Alabama to the Final Four. I knew that price was too good to be true. Fuck.

ASO to my roommate for signing a subletter that is neither a man nor hot. YOU HAD ONE JOB ASO to my ex insisting we sign a lease together next year, and breaking up with me two months later. Everything about you was a bad idea.

HMFSO to my roommates for being the best people I know, delivering me pie and ice cream when I’m having a terrible day. I love you all and owe you so many drinks this weekend.

DIRTY DUBS BACK TO MADISON #dirtydub #badgers #FinalFour Alex Anderson @AA_715

Bought Game Day Bibs! I’m officially a #Badger, and OFFICIALLY EXCITED FOR THE FINAL FOUR

ASO to getting my ass royally handed to me on a tapeworm-infected platter on that parasitology exam. Did I just contract sudden-onset Swiss cheese brain or do I have cerebral worms for-real?

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Hey frat boys it’s too early to wear those pastel short shorts Bethany Annen @bethany_annen

ASO to my roommates for thinking locking my door from the outside was a funny April Fools joke. HFASO to them then proceeding to leave for class, forgetting said joke before I woke up in the morning.

April fools I have 3 big tests on Monday to study for.

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SO to catching Meowth at Camp Randall!

ASO to the frat star who asked me if I would blow him in the bathroom at the kk. Absolutely not, you are gross, but I will happily take the free drink.

Congratulations to @McCabe19 on signing with Buffalo. It’s been a pleasure coaching him since TW U16’s & at the UW. #badgerhockey Gary Shuchuk @gshuchuk

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RSO to #684. Sounds like you need to work somewhere else. HSO to recsports.

Best staff you will ever find.

ASO to my professor expecting me to write a 4-5 page paper on a 15 line poem that repeats the same line three times.

THERE’S A MEOWTH AT CAMP RANDALL Alex Anderson @AA_715

#Trophies Wisconsin Basketball @BadgerMBB

Then and now. State Street after the last two times the #Badgers have made it into the #FinalFour.

Follow our shoutout account at @BHShoutouts.

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10| The Badger Herald | Thursday, April 3, 2014 Students happy about victorious sports match...UW student determines April Fools’ Day most convenient time to ask girlfriend if she’s into “butt stuff”...

Which Wich’s menu comprised of homophones After only one business day on State Street, the sub shop Which Wich was forced to reevaluate its entire ordering system due to confusion regarding the heavy use of homophones in the restaurant’s menu.

The previous system required customers to order their sandwiches by speaking with an employee.

However, customers who

had ordered the “Colonel Carrot” were surprised to receive the “Kernel Carat” instead. In response to issues caused by Which Wich’s quirky menu, innovative employees of the restaurant designed a written ordering system, which ensures that every customer who orders a “Serial Rye” does not instead receive the “Cereal

Wry.” Which Wich store manager Harold Herald agreed the restaurant’s new system, which involves checking off sandwich toppings on a list, is a more efficient manner of ordering.

“I should have known this would be difficult.

Other stores have been reporting these same

issues. You can’t expect people to know the difference between ‘steak’ and ‘stake,’ just like you can’t expect middle school classmates to ignore that your first name is the same as your last name,” Herald said.

When asked if changing the sandwich titles may have been a more effective way to avoid confusion,

Herald said, “When I went back to school to get an associate degree in restaurant management, I didn’t think I was going to get stuck in a job like this that echoed all of the ways kids taunted me when I was younger. But when my mother-in-law sent me this job opening, I knew I needed the money.”

“I guess we could have

used multiple homophones to name a single sandwich, rather than using one set of homophones to name multiple sandwiches.

For example, our ‘Chili Maze’ and ‘Chilly Maize’ sandwiches could be the ‘Chilly Chili’ and ‘Maize Maze.’ Then again, my parents could have just named me Gary,” Herald said.

HBO show ‘Thrones’ unites all affluent kids The critically acclaimed and popular HBO television show “Game of Thrones” has cut across all cultural lines and united all University of Wisconsin students whose parents have HBO subscription, study finds.

“While UW students may be divided by gender, majors, hometowns, class or favorite bachelor contestant, all UW students love this show, at least those whose parents have an HBO subscription,” college administrative assistant Colleen O’Neill said “Game of Thrones,” described as “‘The Sopranos’ in MiddleEarth,” concerns the many noble families of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, a land beset by decades-long winters and civil war. Also there are dragons, zombies, child assassins, incest, badass princesses, Hodors and boobs.

“It has something for everyone,” said English professor Nat Bundren.

“Whether you love spectacular violence, explorations of human sexuality or merely the true nature of power, the show has a plotline for you, you whose parents have an HBO subscription.”

UW junior and political science student Greg

Hengert said, “Everyone should watch it. Never has a series so nakedly explored the creation of a society, so ravaged the standards of what can be aired or so vigorously penetrated beneath the facade of justice and honor.”

Shortly after, Hengert executed his former best friend and confidante Wesley Connors with a gruesome sword-cleave to the throat.

“I kept saying he should watch the goddamn show, he said. “But he told me he couldn’t. His parents didn’t have an HBO subscription.”

“Students are able to discuss the newest problems of the Stark family or the quips of Tyrion Lannister over beer or coffee, providing a much-needed conversation topic in a world devoid of human connection,” psychology student Amy Bollson said. “Everyone loves it! At least those whose parents have an HBO subscription.”

Lord Benjen of House Rossvil dramatically said, “This Sunday at 8 p.m., brace yourself, for winter is coming for those of you whose parents are wealthy enough to pay $12 a month for an HBO subscription on top of their regular $40 or $50 a month cable bill.”

This Day In Badger History 1971: Bucky returns home from Saigon, doesn’t want to talk to anyone

Former ambassador to China, candidate for president and fatherly sex symbol Jon Huntsman will speak at spring commencement.

Students conflicted over ‘silver fox’ Huntsman Following last week’s announcement that Jon Huntsman, former Republican candidate for president and teenage hearts, would be speaking at spring commencement, students across campus expressed conflicting opinions about the contested, sensual pick.

Instead of hearing a popular comedian or athlete, senior Abigail Olsen said the pick offers a refreshing appeal for students who would rather listen to a business leader and political player like the chiseled, khaki-handsome Huntsman.

“With the choice of Jon [handsome, sexy-grey] Huntsman, this school shows it would rather inspire its graduates than entertain them,”

Olsen said, neglecting to mention Huntsman’s pearl-white teeth or little-rascal dimples. “As a Republican myself, it’s also nice to see the University of Wisconsin encouraging all viewpoints.”

Olsen said she is not certain what his speech would entail, but regardless looks forward to listening to Huntsman, who looks a lot like Kristie’s dad who everyone practically drooled over at Kristie’s sleepover in ninth grade.

While some students look forward to hearing the former ambassador to China and current DILF, others oppose the choice based on the Mormon man-candy’s politics. Senior Jessie Lieberman said the pick

is another testament to a statewide shift away from Wisconsin’s progressive history.

“Since Gov. Scott Walker was elected, this school has been more open to conservative economic policies like privatization,” Lieberman said, saying nothing of Huntsman’s crystal blue eyes. “It’s just another move by the UW towards right-leaning politics.”

Lieberman said he suspects Huntsman will run for president in 2016, and his commencement speech may be part of an attempt to gain a greater public presence, a great possibility for those of us who appreciate experienced masculine beauty and “Let’s go to Cabo for your birthday” charm.

While she does no’t completely agree with everything Huntsman says [presumably except “I love you”], senior Jennifer Schultz said he represents a more moderate end of the Republican Party and that she is excited to her him speak.

“He’s spoken in favor of marriage equality and worked under President Barack Obama’s administration,” she said, utterly dismissing the way his gray slacks accentuate his buttocks when he walks.

“Regardless of politics, you have to admire the guy.”

As of press time, UW administration had not responded to what Huntsman will be wearing at the ceremony.

Misnomer April Fools hijinks ‘huge success’

Kathleen Mallett Packages of Sex Out Loud condoms made from renewable materials will be distributed to students to be used and then returned.

Sex Out Loud ‘going green’ with reusable condoms for UW phalli In an attempt to celebrate Environmental Awareness Month with their brand of sexual education and activism, Sex Out Loud will pass out renewable condoms to University of Wisconsin students during April.

Made from a thin hemp-based canvas, the dishwasher-friendly condoms give students an earth-conscious alternative to wasteful latex, Sex Out Loud spokesperson Kerri Bernstein said.

“Renewable condoms allow consenting adults to explore and discover the joys of a healthy sex life while not contributing garbage to landfills,” Bernstein said.

“Now students have a chance to give back to the environment while giving it to each other.”

Students may choose to keep reusing the green condoms, which can also be found for purchase at the Willy Co-op, or may choose to return them to the Sex Out Loud office, Bernstein said.

Returned condoms are always washed and cleaned in warm, soapy water to prevent sexually transmitted infections, Bernstein said.

“Plus, if you don’t wash them they get crunchy,” she said.

According to a report commissioned by Sex Out Loud, practically none of the free latex condoms available for students are

returned once they are used.

This is frightening, Bernstein said, because it means students are using a new condom every time they have sex.

“Think about how many used condoms are just floating around in the environment, polluting the drinking water and inflecting the air we breathe,” Bernstein said.

“Americans eat around 50 pounds of meat per year, and when our cows are fed feed unsuspectingly made from used condoms, that’s an untold amount of dried ejaculate we’re all putting in our bodies.”

Sunbeam Co-op resident River Virginia,

who has been using a condom he made out of a reusable shopping bag for 18 months, said reusable condoms are an eco-friendly alternative as well as a good substitute for anyone with a latex allergy.

However, he said reusable condoms do not offer the smooth sexual experience of a latex barrier.

“There’s definitely more chaffing with a reusable condom,” Virginia said. “It’s like rubbing your genitals on a carpet for 30 minutes.

But I would happily rub my genitals on a carpet forever if that’s what it took to save the earth.

And because I’m into that.”

Celebrating the zaniest holiday of the year, the Madison Misnomer staff engaged in all manner of silly shenanigans across the University of Wisconsin campus.

Armed with rubber chickens, joy buzzers, squirting flowers and artificial dog feces, Madison’s favorite journalistic goof troop reveled in the opportunity to get its laugh on.

“We’re pretty wacky people,” Interim Editor-inChief Kathleen Mallett said, while placing a whoopee cushion under the seat of an unsuspecting College Library visitor. “And this is the one day when we can really work in our medium.”

No one was safe from the Misnomer’s impish tomfooleries. Even Badger basketball star Frank Kaminsky was duped by a cleverly prepared hoodwink.

“I cannot believe I have been deceived so shrewdly,” Kaminsky said, “The Misnomer staff members are indeed masters of jest.”

Now that April 1st has come and passed, it is back to the drawing board for the Mavens of Mishap, until next year’s Fools’ Day rolls around, at

which time the student body should expect “even wilder “mischiefs” from the Sultans of Silly.

“We’ve got some big things in store for AFD 2015,” Mallett said. “I don’t want to spoil anything, but let’s just say the cat’s out of the bag! Who let the dogs out, you know?”

She then exaggeratedly winked, skipped towards the College Library circulation desk, and threw a pie into the librarian’s face.

“April Fools!” Mallett said.

The Misnomer was not the only student organization hilarious enough to participate in madcap trickery on Tuesday.

Eighty percent of registered student organizations reported creating fake Facebook events, hanging misleading posters around campus or photoshopping outof-place Microsoft Word clip art onto their websites. One group, however, might have gone too far.

“I’ll be the first to admit, it was a huge mistake,” UNICEF UW-Madison President Emerson Morton said. “We said we would donate $1 trillion to Ugandan child refugees. We don’t have $1 trillion. Haven’t figured out how to tell them yet.”

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WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL MUST-SEES Itʼs finally here, ladies and gentlemen. Starting today, the Wisconsin Film Festival will bring 150 films to seven theaters until April 10. The lineup is full of delights, from conventional narrative Erik Sateren features to illuminating documentaries to unorthodox experimental films. Hereʼs a list of recommendations to get you started on your film fest experience.

ArtsEtc. Editor

APRIL 6, 8:15 P.M., MARQUEE THEATER

APRIL 4, 9:45 P.M.; APRIL 7, 9:15 P.M., SUNDANCE CINEMAS

APRIL 4, 11:30 A.M., SUNDANCE; APRIL 6, 5:30 P.M., CHAZEN

20,000 Days On Earth (2014)

The Sacrament (2013)

Stray Dogs (2013)

Nick Cave is one of rock musicʼs greatest treasures. His constant ruminations on murder are the perfect complement to his post-punk tunes. The artistʼs 20,000th day is captured in this documentary, which bends the tenets of the genre by staging unscripted events to capture his creative processes.

From acclaimed director Ti West (“The House of the Devil”) comes another suspense-ridden thriller. “The Sacrament” follows a Vice Magazine crew as they document a secretive cult. The director is a master at 70s-style horror, and this film allows him to tackle found footage as well as tropes of Viceʼs immersive journalism.

“Stray Dogs,” from acclaimed Taiwanese director Tsai Ming Liang, follows two homeless children and their father as they venture throughout the city. The simple story is told in a sparse style, with long takes galore (the last shot lasts 14 minutes). It is sure to be one of the more emotional films at the festival.

APRIL 5, 12:45 P.M.; APRIL 7, 4 P.M.; SUNDANCE CINEMAS

APRIL 5, 1:45 P.M., CHAZEN MUSEUM OF ART

APRIL 6, 6:15 P.M., UNION SOUTH; APRIL 8, 6:45 P.M., SUNDANCE

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) When many think of the French New Wave, they think of the anti-establishment nature of Jean-Luc Godard or the poetic realism of François Truffaut. Jacques Demy, despite his involvement in the movement, was interested in the brightly-colored musical. “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” is perhaps his best work.

Vertigo (1958) The UW Cinematheque decided to honor one of the greatest filmmakers of all time with a retrospective of his films across the spring semester. Alfred Hitchcockʼs “Vertigo” is among his most essential works, and it was chosen to coincide with the festival. It will be shown on an original 35 mm mono-sound print.

Visitors (2013) In 1982, Godfrey Reggio collaborated with Philip Glass to create one of the most hypnotic works in all of cinema history, “Koyaanisqatsi.” The two are back together with “Visitors,” a slow-moving film that investigates humanityʼs relationship with technology.

The film is composed of 74 shots and is sure to be as hypnotic as “Koyaanisqatsi.”

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Mac Demarco continues ode to slackerdom Selena Handler

ArtsEtc. Staff Writer The Canadian artist Mac DeMarco is not a man. He is a prickly and mud-colored kiwi with a soft and sweet inner fruit. Wait, no ... He is neither man nor kiwi; he is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

He is everything and he is nothing. More specifically he is a hodgepodge, an amorphous mix of tryingtoo-hard hipster attire and not-trying-at-all “slacker” strumming of his jazzy guitar. He is …

This has to stop. None of this is accurate. DeMarco doesn’t resemble a kiwi and is most certainly not shrouded in an enigma. He and his music are more akin to a peach: sweet, simple and satisfying but the same throughout and best enjoyed in a lazy state of being.

Following a naïve and romantic notion that nothing is exactly as it seems on the surface, I went searching for any sign that DeMarco was more than a slacker.

I sought, overturning every rock and pebble, a piece of proof that DeMarco was secretly and truly more than the persona he gives off. But no, it’s all much simpler than my complex fantasy of the man; his life narrative matches his music, which aligns itself perfectly with his lyrics.

This sentiment is perfectly embodied and fully realized in his second full-length studio album, Salad Days.

The phrase itself refers to a youthful time marked by inexperience, idealism or indiscretion. A title so

uncaring and simple, it could only be topped by the apathetic title of his previous LP, 2.

It must be conceded at this point, without any further derision, that the album is great for its niche.

It’s a head-bobbing, humalong type of music that lifts your spirits and makes you laugh. It’s fun to listen to.

Its slow, jazzy vibe can be listened to for hours on end.

The rhythm of the guitar is distinct from the milder background percussion and offers a smooth melody checked by deep vocals that glide through each track.

The lyrics, although slackeraffirming, are still catchy and at times funny, like the ending track which includes two-and-a-half minutes of tight production full of atmospheric synths, twangy guitar and rhythmic bass.

When the music ceases, the lyrics are spoken and comprised of only four short lines, “Hi, guys, this is Mac. Thanks for joining me. See you again soon. Buh-bye.”

It’s succinct, fun and utterly Mac. “Let Her Go” has a simple guitar progression that sounds like your basic love ballad until you give the lyrics a second listen. Rather than advocating for love, he advocates for letting love die. “Let My Baby Stay,” a love ballad in the more conventional sense, is about his Canadian girlfriend of five years who is essentially an illegal immigrant in the United States.

One of the highlights from Salad Days is “Passing Out Pieces,” the jazzy, fasterpaced single from the album

Photo courtesy of flicker user justine-reyes Mac DeMarco’s second studio album, Salad Days, continues the sun-tinged aesthetic he’s pursued previously, this time with more mature themes and less jokes.

about his sordid past and his relationship with his mom, extremely common themes in his writing. “Chamber of Reflections” spices up the guitar melodies with metallic sounding synths and stronger percussion. A good friend of DeMarco’s, Tyler, The Creator has said

the track is his favorite.

If you’re looking to Salad Days for fresh musical innovation and to challenge your perception of the man behind the music, you should keep looking.

But if you’re looking for a solid album that’s fun and light, or if you’re looking

for something to affirm the inner lazy, apathetic strummer that exists in all of us, Salad Days is the right pick.

The truth is DeMarco is nothing more than an apathetic guitar strummer who sings smoothly of freaking out

the neighborhood with his lack of motivation and disappointing his mom with drug addiction and unemployment. But it all makes for great music.

SALAD DAYS MAC DEMARCO

Hold Steady’s ‘Teeth Dreams’ so half-hearted it hurts Mekea Larson

ArtsEtc. Staff Writer Somewhere between middle school and high school, I was introduced to The Hold Steady for the first time. I hated this Minnesotaborn band because I couldn’t understand how Craig Finn could be a “lead singer” if he wasn’t exactly singing. I came around with age, eventually realizing that storytelling and lyrical artistry more than made up for an inability to croon like a nightingale.

Being one of the youngest

attendees at a First Avenue show in Minneapolis and getting the first taste of my brother’s approval didn’t hurt either. At the end of the day, however, it was an appreciation for the characters Finn painted as he sang-spoke and the way the band’s different instruments came together like a funky post-party jam session.

My early crime against the band made me want to like its latest album Teeth Dreams as a sort of retroactive apology for my initial disloyalty. It’s not a bad album and it’s

recognizable as one by The Hold Steady. It has the expected shout-outs to the Twin Cities and follows characters through different points in their lives, all filtered through the band’s recognizable, signature style of storytelling.

Yet all of these elements are a little bit muddled.

I can still recall my first positive Hold Steady listening experience with Boys and Girls in America; the quirky lyrics that jump like Finn’s dance moves, Charlemagne the pimp and an unmatched bombastic mix of everything from keyboard to guitar. With Teeth Dreams, I can’t

pull out anything in particular to take away.

The instruments seem to blend together; there are no guitar licks or joyfully erratic bounces from one rhythm to the next, just a generalized sound that is recognizable as The Hold Steady.

The lyrics don’t stand out either – surprising considering how truly uniquely the Hold Steady tends to tell its stories. As with the music, the lyrics are not bad and they aren’t inauthentic, but they’re not memorable either.

If the music is a halfhearted muddle, the lyrics are equally directionless.

“Spinners” tells a woman

to get back out there, postheartbreak, while “Wait a While” disagrees and says to “wait a while” instead.

The album goes out with a nine-minute-long song that only underlines the problems with the album.

It’s as though it’s admitting that the songs lack differentiation, so why bother making three threeminute songs and coming up with new names?

In many ways, this feels like a different band taking a stab at being The Hold Steady. It checks the boxes of their sound but lacks the heart. When I think of The Hold Steady, I think of the wiry keyboardist alive with electric energy.

I think of Craig Finn halfsinging, half-shouting and constantly in motion as though he can’t take the time to sing in case he forgets what he’s saying. I think of parties bigger than raves and heartbreaks out in the suburbs, junkies and pimps and the desperation for connection. I couldn’t find any of that in this new album; it was only going through the motions. It left me without a reason to dislike it, but without a reason to play it again.

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TEETH DREAMS THE HOLD STEADY

Short Stack serves awesome cakes Katherine Krueger ArtsEtc. Contributor

How was Madison getting by without a late night breakfast place near State Street?

Rolling into Sunday morning brunch at 11 a.m. unshowered and overtired is one of my weekend rituals. This means that I’ve essentially been everywhere.

It’s not a humblebrag; Madison just doesn’t have nearly as many spots as the people are clearly clamoring for, as evidenced by insane wait times each weekend morning.

But in a sea of unchanging established brunch spots in the city, Short Stack Eats looks to fill a need we didn’t even know we had — pancakes, milkshakes and biscuits and gravy long after bar time.

It seems like the business perfect plan: serving

breakfast food non-stop from 7 a.m. Thursday to 11 p.m.

Sunday. The place is also located on the corner of West Johnson and North Henry Streets, absurdly close to a certain student newspaper office. Needless to say, I was faint with excitement when I got word of the restaurant’s soft launch, held last weekend.

When you enter Short Stack, you’re greeted with the quaint-meets-IKEA vibe of the space. Flower pots and other whimsical things adorn the windows facing State, and the large picture windows around two walls of the restaurant make the space feel sunny and light — basically the best possible setting for a weekend brunch.

My next thought: Damn, this place is going to be mobbed. It’s a fairly small space, and even though the soft open wasn’t widely publicized, we ended up

waiting 15 minutes to be seated and another 30 minutes for our food.

My companion and I were greeted at the door and handed a “limited menu” for the soft brunch (the full menu will be available starting this weekend) and wandered toward the cash registers like lost, uncertain children in a brave new world. In an attempt to cover as much ground as possible in a single visit, I ordered the Trio – where you choose three dishes from a short stack of pancakes, eggs, breakfast potatoes, meat, toast and mixed greens. I opted for a stack of blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs and breakfast potatoes because toast is so, so boring.

There’s not really a bar or dedicated waiting area where you can cool your jets while waiting for a table, so you end up hovering awkwardly somewhere near the kitchen doors.

When we were seated, my expectations were high.

I had just shelled out $15 for coffee and my meal – a bit steep for breakfast (although free refills on coffee that turned out to be good is always a nice bonus).

When our food finally arrived, the smallness of the portion sizes was evident — my batch of scrambled

eggs, while nicely seasoned with pepper, looked so lonely next to the scoop of breakfast potatoes on the expansive white plate.

Despite the small portion for the price, the breakfast potatoes were awesome: topped with cheddar cheese and onion and served with a visionary side sauce, Frank’s Red Hot sauce and sour cream. Use it on your potatoes. Use it all. It is lifechanging.

The real star was the restaurant’s namesake dish.

My blueberry pancakes arrived piping hot, with a healthy amount of blueberries sprinkled around the stack. The cakes were soft and fluffy with a light but not overpowering buttery taste. After a little searching, I found the blueberries in the middle of the stack, and it was so good.

After Short Stack works out the new business kinks (and beefs up their portions for the price), this place will be a downtown gem.

The food is good, down-toearth breakfast food, with interesting departures like pulled pork and cheesy grits and sweet potato oatmeal pancakes on the menu.

Next, I’ll have to test whether a short stack tastes even better at 3 a.m. than they did at 10 a.m. If so, Short Stack is a shoo-in for best new kid on the block.

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Departure leaves vacancy, new opportunities Loss of wide out Jared Abbrederis makes for unique chance for youth Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor He might not have been the tallest wide receiver to ever play for Wisconsin, but when Jared Abbrederis took off his gear after his final game as a Badger following January’s Capital One Bowl, he left behind him some rather large shoes to fill.

Abbrederis might also not have been the flashiest or the most athletic wide out to make his way through the Badger program, but with his persistent hard work and dedication, he will graduate as the second-leading receiver in Wisconsin football history, leaving a daunting task for those that remain.

“You want to start off small because, Abby, that’s a big role to fill,” wide receiver Kenzel Doe said.

Doe finds himself at the forefront of the daunting task of replacing Abbrederis as the lone senior who has seen game time in the past.

But although he has some experience in games, Doe has been relatively untested as he heads into his senior season with only one career start and just 25 career receptions.

But even without a great deal of experience starting in games, Doe has put the onus on himself to be the one who steps up to fill the void, both as a leader and as a pass catcher.

“Me personally, I’ve been feeling like I’ve done pretty good [so far,] but it’s that time. It’s my last year. It’s that time for me to come out,” Doe said of his upcoming final season as a Badger. “You want

MCCABE, page 16 said. “That starts with the coaching staff and it carries on to our strength coach Jim Schneider. With the teams that we have and the amount of skilled guys that helps as well. You get to play on good teams and that just goes to show that we are one of the premier programs.”

McCabe is expected to make his NHL debut almost immediately when the Sabres take to the road to play against the St. Louis Blues Thursday, less than a week since he played his last college game.

Wisconsin’s season ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament last Friday against North Dakota as McCabe finished the year with 25 points, second to Frankie Simonelli for most by a Badger defenseman.

In his career, McCabe tallied 58 points on 14 goals and 44 assists, but as an assistant captain this year, his value extends much more beyond his offensive production and, according to Faust, his leadership will certainly be missed next season.

But for a player with a skill set as balanced as McCabe’s, the decision was bound to happen at some point.

“His hockey sense is just as good as just about anyone else’s.

I think he moves the puck really well. He’s a good skater. Those are some of his biggest attributes. He’s a very strong guy. He’s not afraid to be physical and he’s a really tough competitor and he puts that whole package together. That’s what makes him a good player,” Faust said.

Although McCabe was not available for comment, he posted on his Twitter account

to throw to Abby just because he’s that guy and this year I want to be that guy. Whatever I have to do to prove to the coaches that I want to be that guy, then that’s what I’m going to do. That’s what I’m trying to start off in spring ball and then let that lead up to fall camp … just to get that respect.”

The only returning wide receiver who has more experience than Doe is redshirt junior Jordan Fredrick, who has started 10 games over the course of two seasons, making 27 catches over the two years.

Unfortunately, Fredrick sustained an injury during spring practice and will sit out for the rest of spring, and with injuries to a handful of others, the already depleted wide receiver group has been downsized to only four as of practice Tuesday.

But with such a young group, having only a few receivers able to compete during spring practice has allowed for a lot of growth for the younger, untested players.

“It’s hard just because you have four guys and each guy is taking like 40 reps a day. It’s been hard, but from what I see and what the coaches have been telling us, we’ve been doing pretty good,” Doe said.

Wisconsin was actually so short on receivers with only three that were healthy, which forced redshirt junior safety AJ Jordan to make a return trip to the other side of the ball.

Jordan began his Wisconsin career out at wide receiver after playing the position all throughout high school, but this past season switched to defense and saw some time at safety.

After practice Tuesday, Jordan said he was developing a passion for

Wednesday afternoon as he prepared to join his new team.

“Thank you everyone for the overwhelming support! Want to also thank UW for the best 3 years of my life, very excited for this opportunity!”

McCabe was the first player this season with

Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Among the nine receivers currently on the Badgers’ roster are (from left) Jazz Peavy, Kenzel Doe, Robert Wheelwright, AJ Jordan, Lance Baretz and Alex Erickson.

the defensive side of the ball, but as Badgers’ head coach Gary Andersen commented after last Friday’s scrimmage, Jordan has proved his worth to Wisconsin not just in his ability, but his dedication and versatility.

“AJ was excited about the opportunity to move back. He embraced the situation. He understands that we need him to be there. He’s in a good spot, too. He’s going to help this football team whether it’s at wide receiver, safety.

We all know he’s been a very good player on special teams,” Andersen said.

Of all the injuries that have hampered the wide receivers so far during spring camp, sophomore Robert Wheelwright’s injury has probably been the most notable.

Wheelwright came into Wisconsin this past fall

eligibility left to sign a pro contract, but joins seniors Michael Mersch and Tyler Barnes, who have also signed pro deals.

However, McCabe will be the only one playing in the NHL. Wisconsin will now return just three of its six defenseman for next season.

as a fairly highly touted three-star recruit out of Ohio and the No. 70 rated wide receiver in his class, according to ESPN.com Wheelwright chose not to redshirt during the fall, and although he saw limited time, with Abbrederis and Jeff Duckworth both gone, he has the potential to inherit a key role in the Wisconsin offense.

But having been sidelined so far this spring, it is unknown just what is in store for Wheelwright, although he is slated to make his return to practice in time for the spring game, according to Andersen.

With how youthful Wisconsin is at the position, the more experience the players can get at this point, the better.

“This spring was so important for him and no

one wants to be out there more than Robert, so hopefully we can get him back,” Andersen said.

Included in the four players who have remained healthy throughout spring is redshirt freshman Jazz Peavy, a Kenosha native.

With the lack of depth along the frontline, Peavy saw time with the first offensive unit along with Doe at practice Tuesday, hauling in several balls throughout the course of the portion of practice open to media.

The lack of depth during spring has given Peavy, along with the lone other healthy receiver Lance Baretz, a clear path to impressing the coaching and garnering experience they might not have gotten with a star like Abbrederis around.

Wisconsin brings in five freshmen recruits for

next fall, which includes the top wide receiver recruit Dareian Watkins, who played quarterback during his high school years but is expected to make the switch to wide receiver. The other four receiver recruits are Krenwick Sanders, Chris Jones, George Rushing and Natrell Jamerson. With a plethora of recruits coming in and when the other players get healthy before fall camp, the Badgers will have 14 receivers on the roster.

So there will certainly not be any shortage of wide receivers, but it’s left to be seen who and how they will fill the shoes of Abbrederis, which for now remain empty.

“That just leaves a spot open for us. Someone has to fill the spot. Whether it’s me, someone else — someone’s got to do it,” Peavy said.

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New season, different outcome for softball After winning Big Ten tournament title last year, UW off to a slow start as conference play begins in earnest Meghan Eustice Softball Writer

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald File Photo After starting last season with a 27-4 record, Wisconsin has just a 16-14 record so far this year through 30 games due in part to a tougher schedule.

Last year, they won the Big 10 Tournament, beating out Northwestern, Michigan and Minnesota, but this year has been a whole different story for the Wisconsin softball team.

A season ago, the Badgers finished with an overall record of 44-13, shattering the previous record for wins in a season and, along the way, earned statistics of 283 runs (247 of which came from RBIs), 47 home runs and five batting averages well over .300.

Clearly, last year was a boast-worthy season if the Wisconsin women’s softball team has ever seen one. But a new season brings new questions, and teams that break records and win championships never can tell what the season will holds until it gets there.

So far this spring, UW has been struggling to find the momentum that carried them through the previous one.

The team is about halfway through its schedule and currently sitting at a record of 16-14, which is significantly less lopsided than last year’s midpoint of 27-4.

With this in mind, it’s hard not to wonder – what’s so different from last year to now?

Head coach Yvette Healy explained while last year’s successes were not just a stroke of luck, it was not the kind of season that’s so easily replicated.

“Last year was one of those seasons where everything fell into place,” Healy said.

“When you shatter the school record in wins and win the Big Ten, those are years that are special and everything went right.

And this is one of the years where we have to earn every ounce of it. There’s really not the momentum behind us.”

And when considering the talent that graduated from the team last May, it’s not hard to see where some of that momentum might have gone.

Three key seniors from a year ago, Kendall Grimm, Whitney Massey and Shannel Blackshear, were major contributors to last spring’s statistics sheet, with Grimm sporting a batting average of .350 and scoring 37 runs for the team, Massey leading in homeruns (12) and RBIs (49) and Blackshear earning high numbers across the board as well.

But losing key players is something every team

experiences at the close of the season, and this year’s UW roster isn’t about to let it keep them down.

“We lost a lot of great seniors from last year, so that hurt us a little bit,” senior shortstop Stephanie Peace said.

“But we’re fighting through, we’re sticking together as a team, we’re trying to scrap some wins here and there.”

“There’s a couple new positions and we’re starting to learn how to work together,” added senior pitcher Cassandra Darrah.

Darrah’s been the starting pitcher for the Badgers since she arrived her freshman year and has been a key player over the years.

During the 2013 Big Ten championship season, she kept her earnedruns-average down to 1.82 and fanned 172 batters.

While this season’s numbers aren’t quite as ideal, Darrah isn’t letting that discourage her and went on to point out this spring’s team can’t expect to see the same numbers as last year due to playing a much tougher schedule.

“This year feels different from last year,” Darrah said.

“This year we play a ton of ranked teams and it just prepared us better for the Big Ten. Even though we haven’t performed as well in the Big Ten now, I still think it’ll catch up with us and we’ll continue to get better.”

And now is as good of a time as any to see if that proves true.

This weekend, the Badgers will head up to Minneapolis to matchup against the Golden Gophers in a threegame series. Minnesota (27-4) has been having a season similar to the one Wisconsin had last spring and hasn’t faced the Badgers since last year’s Big Ten tournament, when Wisconsin walked away with a 9-3 victory.

“I’m sure Minnesota has a bull’s eye on our back,” Healy said.

The Badgers’ head coach mentioned Minnesota is both a strikeout team and one that racks up the runs on every opponent, and not many other squads have been able to consistently put the ball in play against the Gophers or keep them at bay.

But battling through intimidating situations is what Wisconsin has been doing all season long, and Healy suspects they might have a breakthrough game in the near future.

“I feel like we’ve seen a lot of tough stuff, and it just makes the team better,” Healy said. “We haven’t really hit our stride yet, we haven’t peaked and from a timing standpoint that’s a good thing. You don’t want to peak too soon, and we certainly haven’t.”

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Final Four dreams now reality worth cherishing Eric Kohlbeck Kohl’d Hard Truth Last Monday was arguably the most joyful Monday in University of Wisconsin history.

The 65-degree weather certainly helped, but undoubtedly the Wisconsin men’s basketball team, advancing through the West Regional of the NCAA tournament and into the Final Four, was the reason for the exuberant faces of many UW students.

It was the reason why, in the first two minutes of my Monday morning lecture, that 400 people cheered when the professor simply said two words: “Final Four.”

Yes, the Badger basketball team did it.

They made it to the Final Four.

With the team landing in North Texas Wednesday to begin its quest for a national championship, Badger fans and students should soak in these next few days. The Badgers have only made the Final Four two times prior to this season, in 1941 and 2000.

That’s a 59-year gap. More than 50 graduating classes never saw the Badgers advance to a Final Four, and now in 2014, we’re lucky enough to be a part of one.

The men’s basketball team can lay claim to 1941 as the lone national championship it has won, and that win is a source of pride. But even that came in a year when there were just eight teams in the tournament.

Not to undermine the accomplishments of that team, but I doubt that many of us here on campus hold a close personal connection to that win. Even in 2000, when the Badgers pushed into the Final Four as an eight seed, the majority of us were only in grade

KAMINSKY, page 16 “He’s growing into his body, mentally, physically, socially,” Ryan said.

“They tell me he’s funnier than he used to be, and his eyes are more wide open now. Last year I thought at times his eyes were closed, then I realized that’s just his eyes. If you see him sitting sometimes you think, oh, look, Frank’s asleep. He’s not asleep. But he’s got that sleepy look. But he’s matured in every aspect because he’s worked hard.”

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school and probably paid little attention to college basketball.

Growing up in Wisconsin and cheering for the Badgers my entire life, I still don’t remember watching the 2000 tournament team and could barely tell you anything about the 1941 team other than their shorts were ridiculously short.

But now it’s 2014 and we can hold claim to this Badger team that has made it to the Final Four. For the rest of our lives, we’re going to be telling our kids, family and friends about the year the Badgers went to the Final Four as we cheered them on as part of the student body. We can tell them about Frank “The Tank” Kaminsky taking over the tournament, the record-breaking threepoint shooting of Ben Brust or the silky smooth jumper from freshman Nigel Hayes. The list goes on, all the way down the Badger bench.

We’re also going to remember last Saturday night, running from wherever we were down to State Street and celebrating in the streets with fellow Badgers after the intense overtime period against Arizona finally came to a close with the Badgers on top, 64-63.

So soak this in Badgers: This trip to the Final Four is one we’ll always remember.

And realize that this is truly one of the best teams that we will ever see don the Cardinal and White. If you want to understand how a team should work together, just watch this Badger team and try to explain how this bunch isn’t one of the most unselfish groups of guys playing the game. Not a single one has aspirations to be a star. They simply want to win. That selflessness is something unique in today’s basketball world and makes them enjoyable to watch.

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field goal percentage in the Big Ten this season, Kaminsky became a firstteam All-Big Ten honoree.

He was the only Badger to earn a first-team selection this season.

Kaminksy’s versatility has been a big part of why he has been successful this season. With the ability to stretch defenses out to the perimeter and a quick first step to the rim, he presents a mismatch for most opposing teams.

“Frank’s the man.

I know that some of the guys say that I’m a mismatch nightmare, but Frank is really even a better one in the fact that

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald After winning the first 16 games of the season, the Badgers were picked by several analysts to go to the Final Four and did so for just the third time in history.

basketball have been lucky. For the past 15 years, Wisconsin has made it to the illustrious NCAA Tournament, and it has been something to almost expect out of any Badgers team going forward. But out of those 15 teams, just one other team has made it this far in the tournament.

There had been growing conversations that simply getting into the tournament wasn’t enough and that the Badgers needed to make a real run in the tournament one of these years.

And now they have.

But don’t forget the man who has led the Badgers to the Final Four this season.

This will be the first year that Bo Ryan won’t be at the Final Four with his late father, Butch. You can tell the players want to win for their coach just as bad as the coach wants to win for his players. It’s the bond

between Ryan and the players of the 2013-2014 team that has gotten them this far.

So always remember, Badger fans, that we’ve been fortunate enough to watch our team under the direction of one of the best coaches in Wisconsin history. And that is something we will always have with us when we remember our time at UW. Much like students in the 1990s and early 2000s can say about going to school when Barry Alvarez was head football coach, we can say that we were students when Ryan led the Badgers to his first Final Four in 2014.

No matter what the outcome may be on Saturday night or hopefully Monday night, simply enjoy the ride that has gotten the Badgers to this point and realize that we’re one of the luckiest

classes in Wisconsin history.

Remember watching the games with friends. Remember the final seconds when the clock struck zero and the Badgers beat Arizona.

Remember the ensuing party on State Street and the feelings that ran through your body throughout the following days.

It may be easy to get caught up in all of the Final Four madness that has happened this past week and that will continue on to Saturday. But whether you’re in Madison or you’re loading up the car or bus with friends to head to North Texas, simply take a moment to realize how lucky we are as Badger fans. Because for just the third time in school history, the Badgers have made it to the Final Four, and we’re a part of it.

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a part of the Final Four and have the eyes of the nation on them, but remember what the Final Four means. It means that the Wisconsin Badgers are two wins away from winning a national championship.

And that right there is something that will result in an all-night party in the streets of Madison. A national championship would put the cherry on top of an already unforgettable and amazing season that we, as Badger fans and students, will remember for the rest of our lives.

Do you think this year is merely a fluke in the scope of history for Wisconsin basketball or is this just the start of good things to come under Bo Ryan? Let Eric know your thoughts or how you’ll be celebrating Wisconsin’s run to the Final Four by tweeting him @eric_kohlbeck.

when he’s guarded by perimeter, if he just puts a true the ball sevenon the footer ground “ Last year I thought at times it’s it’s almost always his eyes were closed, then illegal a foul for him I realized that’s just his because to play eyes. If you see him sitting they against can’t sometimes you think, oh, them,” slide Hayes with him. look, Frank’s asleep...But said.

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score anyway he wants.

That’s just Frank being Frank.”

But it has been his emergence in the NCAA Tournament that has caught the attention of the country and has even put him in the conversation as a possible NBA prospect.

In Wisconsin’s four wins in the tournament, the junior is averaging 18.5 points per game and six rebounds per game while shooting 54 percent from the floor.

That pales in comparison to his performance in the West Regional final against No.1 seed Arizona, where

he scored a game-high 28 points to go with 11 rebounds to send Wisconsin to its first Final Four since 2000.

Kaminsky’s 28 points was the second-highest scoring total by a Badger in the NCAA Tournament, behind only Michael Finley who scored 36 points in 1994, earning him the Most Outstanding Player award in the West regional.

“We always knew Frank had it in him, we just had to get it out of him,” sophomore forward Sam Dekker said. “He’s been carrying us this whole season.”

are no where near as good as Frank’s, so when he’s out on the

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald Kaminsky, pictured here cutting down the net, scored 28 points against Arizona to lead UW to the Final Four.

footwork, he can get you up off of the ground and

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Firing on all cylinders After quiet start to his career, ‘The Tank’ has hit his stride in time for Badgers’ Final Four run Spencer Smith Sports Editor Before Frank Kaminsky helped lead Wisconsin to a Final Four, was named the most outstanding player of the West Regional, was a first-team All-Big Ten selection or broke a 48-year old scoring record, he rode the bench.

Much like many Wisconsin players before him, Kaminsky had to bide his time behind upperclassmen while developing in Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan’s system.

“You scold to mold. You praise to raise,” Ryan said in a press conference in Anaheim, Calif. during the Sweet 16. “You have to be honest with them.

You can’t tell that kid sitting with the remote on the couch eating potato chips bag by bag and telling him he’s the greatest thing that ever lived without kind of mentioning that maybe you ought to get off the couch.”

Coming to Wisconsin from Benten Academy in Lisle, Ill. Kaminsky stood at 6-foot-10, still growing into a frame that would eventually top out at 7-feet.

A late growth spurt allowed him to play the guard positions in high school where he was able to develop ballhandling skills and a soft touch.

Picking up these skills would prove to be key traits in his success later on.

“He had passing skills, pretty good foot work, things like that,” Ryan said of what he saw in Kaminsky in high school. “So to get to be 7-feet tall and then still have those skills, that’s helped us.”

During his freshman and sophomore seasons, Kaminsky averaged just nine minutes per game while sitting behind forwards like Jon Leuer and Jared Berggren.

Learning behind players at his position that received All-Big Ten team selections during their careers at Wisconsin gave Kaminsky a strong foundation to his development as a player.

“He had a chance to play behind some other guys that he learned from in Jared Berggren and in a lot of practices with guys like Keaton Nankivil, Jon Leuer who is with Memphis now,” Ryan said. “So he’s had a chance to be around some guys that could help him. He listens.”

Heading into the 2013-2014 season, the junior forward looked to be next in line to take over the Wisconsin front court with both Berggren and Ryan

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You can’t tell that kid sitting with the remote on the couch eating potato chips bag by bag and telling him he’s the greatest thing that ever lived without kind of mentioning that maybe you ought to get off the

couch.

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Although he was primed to become the starter and would soon embark on a season that would make a mark on the Wisconsin history books, Kaminsky was still a relative unknown.

“I had no idea who Frank was coming in because he was playing behind [Berggren] who was a great player for them,” freshman forward Nigel Hayes said. “But, I knew Frank could shoot the ball and I knew that he was skilled. But Frank is actually a lot better than I was told.”

With an opportunity finally presenting itself for Kaminsky to make contributions to the team, he was determined to make the most of it.

“I knew that this year there would be an opportunity for me to go out there and play a lot of minutes, and I

just wanted to do anything I could to be a big factor on this team,” Kaminsky said.

It wouldn’t take long for him to become a “big factor” as he would lead Wisconsin in scoring in a three-point win over UWGreen Bay in the third game of the season, which he followed up with a 43-point performance against North Dakota to put himself in the program’s record book and on the national map.

In the 33 games after his record setting performance, Kaminsky has failed to reach double digit scoring or rebounding just seven times.

In Wisconsin’s last 13 games, Kaminsky has averaged 17.9 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.

Ryan attributes his 7-footer’s success to his growth both as a player and a person.

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McCabe jumps ship early, signs with Buffalo Wisconsin’s junior blue liner inks deal with NHL’s Sabres, will play Thursday Dan Corcoran Sports Content Editor It’s a reality in college hockey and has become a forgone conclusion for Wisconsin: At least one player will give up his remaining eligibility to take a shot at the NHL at the end of this season.

This year it was junior Jake McCabe’s turn.

With already nine seniors that will graduate from this year’s Badger squad, McCabe compounded the mass exodus when he signed a three-year entry level draft contract with the Buffalo Sabres, which was announced Thursday

afternoon.

Joe Faust, one of the nine seniors and McCabe’s defensive partner for most of this past season, said that despite the fact McCabe had a final year left of eligibility, the decision to leave early hardly caught Faust by surprise.

“Obviously all of us growing up playing hockey that’s a dream to play college, but to play in the NHL it’s certainly a huge dream too,” Faust said. “I couldn’t be more happy that he has this opportunity. I think he deserves it. He’s worked hard. He’s a very good hockey player.”

With McCabe’s departure, a Wisconsin player has left early from the program in each of the last nine seasons. He follows in the footsteps of former Badger players

now in the NHL like Joe Pavelski (2006), Derek Stepan (2010) and Ryan McDonagh (2010). Like McDonagh, McCabe joins a long legacy of blue liners in the NHL who formerly wore the Cardinal and White of Wisconsin.

Speaking directly to that legacy, McCabe will actually join former Badger Jamie McBain on the Buffalo blue line.

Although McCabe, who played in exactly 100 career games for UW, came in as a highly touted recruit as the 44th overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, he has since developed in the tradition of the Badger hockey program.

“I think it just goes to show how well they develop their players here [at Wisconsin],” Faust

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Kirby Wright The Badger Herald Jake McCabe signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Buffalo after 100 games in a Wisconsin uniform.

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