On any other night, dressing up in superhero garb would be pretty conspicuous, but Captain America blends right in on State Street during this year’s Freakfest celebration. Matt Hintz The Badger Herald
If a lion holding a bicycle aloft was the strangest thing you saw this weekend, then you probably missed the dozens of other costumes like death metal rockers, werewolves and gruesome monsters.
John Lemmon The Badger Herald
Citations down from last 2 years; while event could be more popular, offi cials declare success
Saturday’s Freakfest was a success from a safety and security standpoint, but this year’s paid attendance was one of the lowest in recent years.
Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the event had approximately 25,000 paid attendees. An additional estimated 5,000-10,000 people obtained complimentary admission or arrived before 7 p.m, making total attendance close to last year ’s. Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, said the complimentary admission numbers include partygoers who snuck onto State Street.
Last year, approximately 35,000 people attended the Halloween celebration. In 2009, the event brought around 44,000 party-goers.
Verveer said although Freakfest is relatively popular among students, he would like to see its popularity increase.
“Saturday’s Freakfest was the quietest I’ve seen the festival since the late 1990s,” Verveer said. “I would really like to encourage a dialogue to make Freakfest more popular for students. Would students find Freakfest more popular if there was a higher caliber artists in exchange for higher ticket process?”
Initial reports from the Madison Police Department said there were 30 citations during the event, down from 43 arrests and citations in 2010 and 52 arrests and citations in 2009.
According to an MPD incident report, only one person this year was taken to jail.
MPD is expected to release more details on individual incidents today.
Madison Police Sgt. Linda Covert said the event was relatively low in crime.
“Overall it was a successful night because there were no significant events reported as of 2 a.m.,” she said.
During the night, MPD Cpt. Richard Bach said the event was going well.
“Things are going fine so far,” Bach said. “We expect something similar to last year ’s orderly crowd.”
Police were brought in from throughout the county to ensure the event was safe. In total, there were six different police departments.
Resnick said Freakfest was an overall fun and safe event for those in attendance.
“I thought it was a very positive atmosphere, as positive as it could be after a disappointing loss with Ohio State,” he said. “Frank Productions and the Madison Police Department had the number of units needed out there.”
This year ’s Freakfest featured a number of artists including headliners All Time Low and Neon Trees. The performances were largely well-received.
“Neon Trees were dressed in full costume and seemed like they were just another crazy drunk student on State Street,” University of Wisconsin sophomore Ben Gordon said. “Gotta love Madison.”
Several of the lesser-known groups also garnered excitement in the early hours of the festival. Quiet Corral of Lawrence, Kan., was a fan favorite.
“[They have a] cool mix of styles and instrumentation — hopefully they get bigger,” UW student Neal Behrendt said.
Much of the excitement throughout the night
Eliot MarkmanNews Reporter
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Under Wis. pay plan, no raises for UW employees
Employees at the University of Wisconsin, including classified and academic staff, will not receive any raises under the 2011-13 compensation plan for the state, but
benefits, including sick leave and parts of the health insurance plan for state employees, did not get significantly cut, according to documents from the Department of Administration.
Every two years, a new state compensation plan is released that shows the salary, benefits and other work place rules. The 2009-11 plan also did not grant raises.
“In fact, employees’ pay was reduced more than 3 percent due to
furloughs,” Academic Personnel Offi ce Director Steve Lund said.
Lund said the last compensation plan that increased pay for employees took place in the 2007-09 biennium, allowing a 2 percent raise in the first year and a 1 percent raise in the second year.
Transfer rights, increased discretion on starting salaries in some positions and the possibility of giving pay increases to individuals
based on performance have been discussed in the new plan as well, Lund said.
Lund added the conversion of unused sick leave to payment for health insurance premiums will remain in the new compensation plan.
Lund said the Office of State Employment Relations submitted this compensation plan to take effect during the biennium occurring between July 1, 2011, and
June 30, 2013. Approval by the Joint Committee on Employment Relations will be deliberated in the next few weeks.
If the plan is approved, it will become effective on January 1, 2012, according to a UW statement.
UW Faculty Senate member Bradford Barham said when the Compensation Plan came out, UW still intended to pursue the next year ’s improvements in compensation.
“There may be other
ways we can do it besides the state plan, so I don’t know whether they’re referring to that or not,” Barham said. “It’s a wide open discussion.”
The budget repair bill created a difference in this biennium’s compensation plan versus the previous compensation plan by altering the scope of collective bargaining in terms of wages, Lund said.
“Any sort of
Compensation has not increased in years, but benefi ts generally intactTara Hoff manNews Reporter
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As bills pass in jobs session, Dems question effectiveness
A month after its initial implementation, the Wisconsin Legislature’s special session on jobs continues to be a divisive issue between Republicans and Democrats.
The “Back to Work”
special session that Gov. Scott Walker called on Sept. 27 consists of 24 bills from both parties. The bills are directed toward lowering the unemployment rate, which has risen to 7.9 percent since Walker took offi ce.
The special session has so far passed four bills in the Senate and none in the Assembly, although both chambers have met in their regular session and passed legislation as usual.
Several bills from the special session will be dealt with in committee this
week, including legislation that allows an employer to fire or refuse to hire an employee who has been convicted of a crime regardless of its nature. The bills passed in the Senate earlier last week and are up for debate in the Assembly.
Walker released a statement on Oct. 27 that highlighted the special session’s accomplishments and said he hopes that more of the proposed legislation will pass.
“This productive special session proves that we are laser beam-focused
on making it easier for employers to create jobs in Wisconsin,” Walker said. “I am confident that more pro-jobs bills will make their way to my desk and become law, helping small business owners and employers put more people back to work.”
Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, criticized the loss of jobs under Walker’s tenure, citing monthly losses in private and public sector. He pointed to the state’s rise in the unemployment level while there has been
modest economic growth at the national level.
Larson said that the Legislature needs to not only create jobs, but also ensure that people have the training to fi ll the jobs that are already available.
“We also need to educate the workforce with skills that are needed right now for jobs that are open like welding and nursing. The technical schools got their funding cut by one third by the Republicans [earlier this year], and the big proposal I put forward was to restore their funding,”
Larson said.Larson said the special
session largely favors the special interests that support Republican legislators and does not represent the interests of the majority of people.
Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said the overall goal of the special session has been to improve the bottom line of businesses in the state and create an atmosphere that allows them to be
Critics say legislation not conducive to job creation; Walker says necessary for growthLeopoldo RochaState Reporter
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Arrests/citations
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City officials contest new shelter location
With Madison’s Central Library set to close next month for renovations, there is uncertainty about where the city’s homeless will be able to fi nd shelter during the winter.
Steve Schooler, executive director of Porchlight, Inc., is suggesting the former Don Miller properties on East Washington Avenue be turned into a temporary day shelter for the homeless people of Madison.
Mayor Paul Soglin said he is opposed to Schooler’s proposition.
“The zoning on the property is such that it could easily cost more than $100,000 and 6 months to prepare it,” he
said.Schooler said he will
meet with Soglin this Tuesday to find out more on why he opposes turning the vacant car sale showrooms into a temporary shelter, Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, said.
The city purchased a number of properties under a land-banking program, and three proposals are going to be looked at, Soglin said. The proposals range from housing to commercial usage, and it is likely that all will be developed, he added.
“City ordinances require that the property be brought up to current standards as it relates to landscaping and set backs,” Soglin said. “While the building could
be used as a day shelter for less than 100 people, the property would first have to meet these requirements,” he added.
Schooler said he believes the Don Miller property would be a perfect location.
“It is vacant, it would come at very low cost and it is within walking distance of the downtown,” he said in an email to The Badger Herald. “It also is a fairly large space that could accommodate a number of people comfortably.”
Schooler said the loss of the library leaves something to be desired for Madison’s homeless.
“The downtown library and the Capitol basement, which formerly allowed persons to have a place to be during the day, are
closed,” Schooler said. “These were two spaces that significant numbers of homeless used to keep warm during the day for the winter months. Also, at the library they could access resources for employment and housing.”
According to the Porchlight, Inc. website, Madison’s 2008 homeless population rose to its highest level since 2000. Its largest increase was in families with children. In 2008, more than 3,300 people were turned away from shelters due to lack of space.
Maniaci said she would have been apprehensive about the proposition six months ago, but current circumstances have changed her mind.
The increase in
homeless people downtown, specifically outside the Salvation Army on East Mifflin Street, is alarming, she said.
Maniaci said her constituents have brought the increase of foreclosure-related homelessness to her attention.
Maniaci acknowledged the proposition’s potential, but she does not know how her neighborhood would feel about it.
“As we head into colder weather, we need to have something together,” she said.
She added she is willing to have a conversation to see what can be done.
“We need to pull together to fi nd a solution that will work for the community,” she said.
With winter coming, Madison leaders disagree if East Washington Avenue best spot for homeless population
Molly McCallCity Reporter
NCAA raises academic barUW confi dent about meeting new standards to maintain higher GPAs
New academic standards for student athletes adopted Thursday are tougher, but members of University of Wisconsin Athletics say the new changes will have little effect on their athletes.
The measure, adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Board of Directors, mandates eligibility to participate in postseason competition is contingent on a certain level of academic performance, according to NCAA President Mark Emmert.
“[These measures create] incentives for all athletic departments to make sure that they’re
doing the right things by their student athletes in terms of their education and their graduation rates,” Emmert said.
Emmert also noted the measures are intended to “make certain that student [athletes] are going to be students who happen to be athletes, not the other way around.”
The measure requires teams to maintain a minimum 930 Academic Progress Rate for participation in postseason competition, which is roughly a 50 percent graduation success rate, Emmert said.
New measures will begin phasing in during the 2012-13 school year, he added. Soon afterward, for the 2014-15 school year, teams that don’t achieve a 930 APR will be ineligible for postseason participation, he said.
The D1 board also passed a proposal increasing initial eligibility standards for incoming freshmen and transfer students. Under the proposal, immediate access for freshmen to competition is a 2.3 GPA and 2.5 for transfers, Emmert said.
“The change in GPA would not have a great effect on Wisconsin
athletics, because, historically, we have very few junior college transfers, and the vast majority of our entering student athletes have higher GPAs than the proposed minimum,” University of Wisconsin Athletic Board Chair Dale Bjorling said.
Furthermore, the board also adopted a new three-level penalty structure. The fi rst level reduces the allowed number of practice hours a week from 20 to 16, with four hours to be used for academic activities, Bjorling said.
The second level adds to the first in competition reduction, Bjorling added. The third level entails several penalty options like coaching suspensions, financial aid reductions and restricted NCAA membership.
“I think the three-tiered system is a reasonable way to start,” said Athletic Board Chair Dale Bjorling. “With anything of this sort, you have to see how this is actually applied before you can accurately judge.”
Under the new 930 APR, 17 teams in the FBS, 37 teams in the FCS and 99 teams in men’s basketball would be subject to penalties, Emmert said.
However, he said Wisconsin teams will not be subject to these measures, as all UW teams are above the 930 APR.
“Changes in APR requirements would have no affect on individual student athletes that hold the scholarship, but could affect the number of scholarships an institution is able to offer if this becomes one of the penalties for falling below the minimal APR,” Bjorling said.
Under the new measures, athletes can receive additional scholarship funds of up to the institution’s full cost of attendance or $2,000, whichever is less, Bjorling said.
“I strongly support measures that strengthen academic support for student athletes,” Bjorling said. “A very small percentage will actually make their living in an athletic-related field, and I believe the schools have an obligation to support their academic progress through graduation to give them the knowledge and skills to succeed in life, regardless of their career.”
Tahleel MohieldinNews Reporter
The Wisconsin state Capitol, both the symbol and setting for much of Wisconsin’s recent political drama, will now be one of the state buildings where individuals with permits and training can bring concealed weapons when the law goes into effect this week.
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Concealed carry permitted in Capitol, state buildings
Citizens who meet the requirements of the concealed carry law will be allowed to bring a handgun to most state facilities, including the Capitol, when the law goes into effect this week.
By making concealed weapons available in nearly all state facilities, Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said the original intention of the legislation is being upheld.
“The department has an obligation to uphold the intent and spirit of the law and, therefore, strong justification was required to prohibit concealed carry in state facilities,” Huebsch said in a statement released by the DOA Friday. “We looked closely at the wide range of services and programs the state provides, and have identifi ed a limited number of locations that weapons will not be permitted.”
The statement said concealed guns will
not be permitted in buildings providing services to individuals with disabilities or those with criminal histories. Buildings storing combustible materials will also be exempt from the concealed carry law.
The Wisconsin Senate will not allow firearms in its gallery on days the Senate is in session.
“The Senate currently has a number of rules for people,” Andrew Welhouse, spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, said. “Laptops, food and drink aren’t allowed in the gallery. This is going to be one more regulation that we add to that list.”
The statement said state employees will be allowed to carry a concealed gun if they have been licensed to do so.
According to Welhouse, whether the policy will take effect will be voted on Monday.
“The reason we passed the bill in the first place is to enhance a person’s ability to protect themselves,” Welhouse said. “Forty-eight other states have this same policy in place for their citizens, and we think it’s a reasonable ability to help people protect themselves.”
Julie Laundrie, spokesperson for Sen. John Erpenbach, D-Middleton, said both Senate and Assembly members will make their own decisions about whether concealed carry of a gun would be permitted in their respective offi ces.
Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, released a statement Monday in response to the DOA’s concealed carry policy.
Barca said in the statement that no elected official campaigned on the idea that concealed weapons should be allowed in the Capitol. He said Gov. Scott Walker’s focus should be on job creation.
Barca said in the statement that with regard to concealed weapons, Wisconsin has gone from being one of the most restrictive states to one of the least restrictive states. He said he supports the rights granted in the second amendment of the constitution, but said the lack of restrictions for concealed carry go to far.
Calls made to the office of the DOA, Walker, Rep. Stephen Nass, R-Whitewater, Rep. Kelda Roys, D-Madison and Mark Pocan, D-Madison, were not returned as of press time.
Senate will not allow guns; legislators can decide if weapons OK in their offi cesLeah LinscheidDeputy State Editor
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measures that strengthen
academic support for
student-athletes.”
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profi table.He said the Legislature
is creating an improved business climate by promoting regulation reform and tax credits. He said businesses must be allowed to be profitable in order to have the resources to hire workers, as well as to provide higher salaries and better benefi ts.
Mikalsen said one bill cannot magically create jobs in the state. State and federal Democrats have tried and failed using this method, he said, particularly with their stimulus bills.
Jay Heck, the executive director for Common Cause Wisconsin, said the special session as well as
the Legislature in general has not been bipartisan this year, calling the legislation that has passed this year “very one-sided.”
Heck said the special session is an attempt by Republicans to increase their electoral chances in the 2012 elections by showing loyalty to businesses.
“The Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald is running for the U.S. Senate, so I think he wanted to show the business community he was friendly towards them and not particularly interested in bipartisanship,” Heck said. “The special session has been about a lot of things, but it has not been about jobs at all.”
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compensation plan will have to spell out what the rules are, so we’ll no longer be collectively bargained,” UW Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell said.
The provision of more information to help employees understand the implications of the new compensation plan will take place in the near future.
The Office of State Employment Relations will start to brief some
of the affected agencies about the specifi cs about what is being presented to the Legislature, Bazzell said.
Bazzell said he is unsure whether UW is involved in the plan or not because the decisions are focused on state agencies, and the UW is not a state agency.
A meeting will be held this Monday with the administration to discuss the implications of the compensation plan and its restrictions, Barham said.
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surrounded the vast array of costumes. Some of the more common costumes included various members of the Packers, Occupy Wall Street protesters and people dressed as “The 1 Percent.”
One of the most popular costumes was that of Travis Miller of Duluth, Minn., who came out on State Street as the shower scene from Karate Kid. He wore a movable shower set that was attached to his shoulders and a bathrobe.
“I have probably had 200-plus photos and an interview with NBC,” Miller said early in the night. “ It’s been pretty popular.”
Charlie Goldstone of Frank Productions, the company that organizes Freakfest, would not comment on the event.
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SSFC denial of MCSC funding empty exercise of authorityThe Associated
Students of Madison’s Student Services Finance Committee decided last week to revoke the Multicultural Student Coalition’s eligibility for segregated fee-based funding.
This is the last move in what has become a trend of targeting student organizations who work to promote a more diverse and inclusive campus climate, including the Movimiento Estudiantil
Chicano de Aztlán, Wunk Sheek, Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group, Asian Pacifi c American Council and the Campus Women’s Center.
It is sad and ironic that in an establishment that praises itself for promoting the Wisconsin Idea and has embraced an offi cial diversity policy of “Inclusive Excellence,” the students’ elected government does not steer as the avant garde of such efforts, but rather attempts to hinder and reverse them.
Consider one example. As with MCSC, SSFC
had sought to deny CWC funding on the basis of insuffi cient “direct services.” As a result, the CWC staff spent more than 100 hours working on providing SSFC with documents for the lengthy hearing process. Surely these hours must have come on the expense of us, who use the center’s services, “direct” and “indirect” alike.
If this experience is any indication at all, SSFC might try to take MCSC through a lengthy process that exhausts all possible procedures, as well as the
organization’s valuable resources.
I can think of only few reasons to justify such an attitude.
One option may be that SSFC secretly promotes a hidden agenda of transforming all student activists into lawyers and accountants by forcing them to gain the precious expertise of dealing with countless hearings and appeals.
Alternatively, it could be the case that SSFC tries to prevent student organizations from fulfi lling their mission
statement by diverting their energy to tedious paperwork. But to be less cynical and more realistic, it is also possible SSFC simply does what every organization does best — preserving the grounds for its own operations in order to justify its existence. If this is the case, SSFC is more than successful, for it gradually establishes its superiority and tyrant rule over student life.
There is a crucial difference between leadership and technocracy. The SSFC majority have proven that they are
terribly good bureaucrats, but not much more than that.
They lack the visionary and out-of-the-box way of thinking that characterizes the best of our student organizations, such as MCSC. While they praise themselves as the guardians of our collective monies, they fail to guarantee our shared interests. And if an ASM body can’t do that, what is it good for?
No fl ash photography: silencer requiredHerald Editorial
Editorial Board opinions are crafted independently of news coverage.
On Friday, it became offi cial: Wisconsinites with a concealed carry permit can bring their guns in any public building they want, including the Capitol.
Members of the state Senate have said they will likely ban guns in the galleries, but Assembly leaders said they will follow the Department of Administration’s lead and allow guns at their meetings.
While this board sees no reason to need a gun while watching an Assembly debate, we recognize that this law is not entirely about
practicality. The Capitol is a destination,
and the notion that someone needs a gun at that destination strikes us as problematic. However, the Assembly has chosen to value the right to have a gun nearly anywhere, including their gallery and fl oor. But, if we are going to be throwing around phrases like “personal freedom,” we need to apply it to more than just deadly fi rearms.
A rule passed earlier this year banned from galleries cameras, microphones, video equipment,
ringing cell phones, signs and a number of behaviors deemed disruptive in both houses.
The new limitations — almost certainly passed in response to the wave of protesters making their descent on the Capitol — were reportedly meant to keep distractions to legislators and citizens at a minimum.
To be sure, waving signs and shouting during debate is going to be problematic to both those participating in and watching the session. Silent video recording and non-fl ash photography,
however, does nothing to alter the fl ow of the meeting, especially considering almost all meetings are already being recorded and photographed by various media outlets.
Clearly, Wisconsin Assembly members value the right to bear arms. But if they think the freedom to carry a gun outweighs any safety threats that may arise, they also need to amend the rule and allow non-disruptive forms of recording, including video, microphones and non-fl ash photography.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I think it’s now become an event that we don’t have to be embarrassed about.”-Joel DeSpain, Madison Police Spokesman
Much to the chagrin of Madisonians with romantic notions of Halloween’s gone by, this year’s Freakfest was relatively tame. Though roughly 40,000 revelers drunkenly stumbled along State Street, a mere 30 citations and one arrest were made over the course of the night. While no storefronts were smashed and no tear gas was deployed, no epic tales were told either. With All Time Low on the main stage, the night’s entertainment rested in watching cartoon characters, sports stars, barefoot nurses, cops and school girls weave about guessing each other’s costumes. Though obviously safety is essential to a successful Freakfest, the happiness of the police force does not an awesome party make. Here’s to hoping a balance can be found between tame and mundane for Freakfest 2012.
Students have right to critical review of F50LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Wisconsin State Statute 36.09(5) asserts, “Students in consultation with the chancellor and subject to the fi nal confi rmation of the board shall have the responsibility for the disposition of those student fees which constitute substantial support for campus student activities.” When the merger of the University of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State University systems happened in 1974, state statute 36.09(5) guaranteed students direct purview over their “Student Activity Fees,” institutionalizing students’ role in shared governance.
Our argument that UW System Financial Policy 50, or F50, contradicts existing statutes pertaining to student fee autonomy does not revolve around whether or not the Board of Regents is a state agency, as was suggested in an Oct. 17 editorial, “Tread Softly on F50.” Clearly they are: The Board of Regents
is directly appointed by the governor and is considered to be a state agency, just as the individual UW institutions and campuses are.
It is clear to students across the state that F50, which makes the distinction between how and who spends student fees, contradicts the spirit of student participation in shared governance, not to mention volumes of state law, case law and UW System policy.
What we are asking is not for students to be the sole reviser of F50, but for the Board of Regents to form a committee with student involvement, and to hold a comprehensive review of F50 that would clarify these many contradictions and which would then be promulgated under UW System administrative code.
The administrative rule making process is the only means that the System may use to re-interpret a Wisconsin State Statute. This
process is clearly laid out in state statute 227.01(13). The reinterpretation of F50 fi rst took place in 1978 when university administration made the distinction between allocable and non-allocable student fees. This was an unilateral decision by university administration that was eventually made into an overarching System policy in the 1980s. It is clear that now is the time for another reinterpretation.
There is true need for this review, the major reason being that it is inconsistent with most other practices we operate under.
Recently, U.S. Federal District Judge Lynn Adelman wrote in an opinion concerning UW that “decision makers have had trouble determining what Policy F50 means,” “Policy F50 [is] not a model of clear draftsmanship” and “even Chancellor Martin has expressed dissatisfaction with Policy F50.” When a federal
judge feels the necessity to weigh in on the contradictory and confusing nature of a policy there can be no doubt about the necessity for change. F50, it’s time to go.
The dangers of amending UW System fi nancial policy described by the Herald display a basic misunderstanding of the differences between amending a policy, creating an administrative rule and amending state law.
Our campaign is to require an illegal policy to be vetted through the rule making process and brought up to code with the rights guaranteed to students under state statute 36.09(5). The Legislature and governor are only minimally involved in the rule making process, and at no point does this process allow for amendments to state law, from which students derive their rights.
We are confi dent that despite the current political climate students have a strong
case for correcting an illegal policy that has already stood for too long.
If successful, students will be charged with the task of creating an infrastructure to properly manage and distribute these fees, and as the Herald points out, this will not be easy.
The warning, however, that we ought to be careful what we wish for because we might not be ready for the responsibility, does not make us shy away from this. Rather, it reminds us that in times like this we need to rise to the occasion and assert that we, the students, are ready and able to restore student authority over our money. We’ve got a plan, and we’re ready to make this happen, because if we tread too softly, we just might sink.
Sarah Neibart ([email protected]) is a sophomore majoring in political science and international studies. She is the chair of SSFC.
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3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.What? You still don’t get it? Come, on, re-ally? It’s not calculus or anything. Honest-ly, if you don’t know how to do a sudoku by now, you’ve prob-ably got more issues than this newspaper.
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I know, I know. Kakuro. Looks crazy, right? This ain’t no time to panic, friend, so keep it cool and I’ll walk you through. Here’s the low down: each clue tells you what the sum of the numbers to the right or down must add up to. Repeating numbers? Not in this part of town. And that’s that, slick.
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Hungover Is a Nice Way of Putting It
There are many similarities between Kemp and Thompson — both are journalists with a penchant for drinking and shenanigans — but Kemp’s character lacks the dimension needed to carry a hit film. Kemp is not the stereotypically good journalist who just wants to tell the honest to goodness truth, nor is he
the charismatic bad boy you secretly root for, a la Frank Lucas in “American Gangster.” He is shy and somewhat pathetic, but not pathetic enough to garner the audience’s sympathy. In other words, Kemp is not a likeable protagonist, but he is also not an unlikeable protagonist. He’s just there.
In addition to having a protagonist who lacks charm, “Rum Diary” cannot decide what it wants to be. Like a badly mixed highball, it is one part critique of American capitalism and imperialism, one part love story and a long dash of alcohol-induced antics.
Although many Hollywood films weave
several story lines into one cohesive narrative, this is not the case with “The Rum Diary.” The movie as a whole is disjointed, uninspiring and difficult to watch in its entirety.
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‘Rum Diary’ pours low proof, tasteless concoction
“There’s a thin veneer between the dream and the reality. You wake ‘em up and people might ask for their money back.”
These cynical words come from a weary editor who cautions journalist Frank Kemp (Johnny Depp, “Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides”), from reporting on hard-hitting issues that might shatter illusions of the American Dream among the “vividly average” readership of a mediocre newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1960.
While this quote is meant to highlight a central theme of Johnny Depp’s new movie based on a Hunter S. Thompson novel, it is also laced with irony, because movie-goers might ask for their money back after seeing “The Rum Diary.”
The film depicts the conflict between the American businessmen like Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart, “Battle: Los Angeles”), who see the island as a real estate
opportunity and the native Puerto Ricans, who seem to want nothing to do with the vacation home-owning “gringos” who have taken over their beaches. Sanderson needs Kemp to be the invisible force behind his success by writing stories that will portray his plan in a favorable light.
The two are also linked because Sanderson’s girlfriend, Chenault (Amber Heard, “Drive Angry”), is the sexual object of Kemp’s desire throughout the fi lm.
The film has all the elements of a captivating story — booze-fueled escapades in an exotic setting, eccentric supporting characters and a critique of the American Dream — but “Rum Diary” tries and
fails to be too many things. What results is a sub-par film that feels at best like a crappy watered-down version of something you’ve seen before.
This is the second time Depp has starred in a film that pays tribute
to the infamous Gonzo journalist, which partially explains why the movie lacks originality.
However, unlike “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” Depp does not portray Thompson directly. Instead, he plays Kemp, the main character from Thompson’s novel on which the fi lm is based.
At 12:20 on Sunday morning, a cheer swelled from the crowd of sweaty, costumed coeds at Segredo. The ghosts, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, slutty fill-in-the-blanks, kandi kids and club-goers stopped churning for a moment and looked up: Wolfgang Gartner had finally arrived.
The Top 100 DJ opened his set with obvious technical skill, whirling
the knobs and pressing the buttons like a concert pianist plucks at the keys. The crowd’s attention, however, was on different matters. The audience of roughly 500 was bobbing, fist pumping, grinding and shoving, only coming up for air in the few moments of silence before a build.
Those who were listening to more than the persistent thump heard a set filled with unreleased remixes, Wolfgang classics and transitions with varied degrees of seamlessness. Wolfgang Gartner has a reputation for playing unexpected sets, and this weekend was no exception: His single “Forever” with Will.I.Am was absent, but a split second flirt with
Swedish House Mafia’s ”Save the World” found its way in.
The set dragged initially, lending credibility to complaints that Wolfgang’s tracks all sound the same. While the show picked up as it went along, there was a moment where it actually was the same: The DJ slipped one track in twice. Yet while there were certainly moments of monotony, tracks like “Illmerica” and “Wolfgang’s 5th Symphony” shone through and set the crowd spinning.
Armed with flashing LED foam sticks, the crowd jammed the dance floor and spilled out into the bar space around the stage. Yet besides the writhing bodies, there
wasn’t much for them to look at. Wolfgang’s visuals were nonexistent, something likely keeping
him in the bottom half of the Top 100. While he had video, it was a short loop flashing his name with blinking shapes, an effect more commonly found among openers rather
than main acts.Wolfgang typically
has a light show to make up for his video, but the elaborate lights seen at festivals and larger venues were absent from Segredo, as they are for most small clubs. The black light, laser-like spinners and dizzying strobe light in the club were impressive for a venue of Segredo’s size but a bit lackluster for those accustomed to meticulously orchestrated light shows.
For his part, Wolfgang did seem to put more energy into this show than shows past. While the DJ stayed firmly rooted behind his controls, he led the crowd in claps, did his own version of a fist pump and sang along to “Get ‘Em,” his recent
collaboration with Eve, and his remix of The Ting Ting’s “Hands.”
After just more than an hour and a half, the final chords of “Animal Rights” were ringing, the crowd was gasping for more and Wolfgang made his exit. After its less-than-inspired beginning, the show ended on a high: Wolfgang tweeted the night was “unbelievable,” the crowd was left with a Deadmau5 collaboration they actually knew and the boys at Segredo and Electronic Dance Madison had their video footage of a party done right. As the crowd shuffled out of the club and into the reality that is University Avenue at bar time, one thing was clear: Madison is ready for more electronic.
DJ’s Segredo set wows enthusiastic, costumed crowdWolfgang Gartner weaves obscure, popular in frenetic weekend concertAllegra DimperioArtsEtc Writer
Online program eliminates ‘guilty pleasure’ from music vocabulary
Admit it. Just admit it. You never liked the Mars Volta. Or Architecture in Helsinki, Theophilus London or Animal Collective, for that matter. All the T-shirts purchased and concerts idly attended to seem cool have been a big waste of time and money. And the bigger agony is — once the realization hits — you have an iPod full of meaningless songs and nothing to replace them with, since you haven’t spent any time developing your true musical tastes.
Luckily, you’re alive in 2011 — during the age of Spotify and Facebook — which are making it a lot easier to reject an endless cycle of conformity. Spotify is
an international music-sharing program that was made available to the U.S. this summer, and has now become mainstream via its partnership with Facebook. Spotify is not a music downloading program, rather it allows users to search for a single song and listen to it from their computer multiple times, whenever they choose. When a Facebook user signs up for Spotify, it will ask for permission to display users’ activity (every song they listen to) in Facebook friends’ newsfeeds. The reaction so far is that most users agree to these terms, and thus the music listening process becomes much more transparent among people than it ever was with iTunes, Pandora, etc.
This partnership works to recording companies’ advantage, since it extends consumer discussion about music to a whole new level, which could lead to more outside music purchases. But even more so, it’s helped music enthusiasts get in touch with their
own musical identities. The knowledge that everyone can see what a person is listening to eliminates any pretense of cool ennui they might have previously entertained. Spotify, in one sense, could be the very thing to make music posers shed their shroud of faux musical taste and give in to some real listening. This could become an era of “Everybody knows I only listen to Sublime anyway, so why should I give a fuck?”
They can see what their friends actually listen to, which is an honest and utterly refreshing experience. They might fi nd they like the same music by going to Spotify and listening to it on their own time, which is made even easier by the physical record of sorts to be had by Facebook’s history. It’s far less intimidating than previously, where an unknown band might be brought up in conversation and then forgotten. That feeling
of inadequacy can be easily eliminated by a few minutes spent on Spotify.
Of course, there are
those for whom the problem will only be amplifi ed by Spotify and Facebook. They could choose to be super strategic, opting only to play songs on Spotify they think others will approve of. To each his own, but that would almost be neurotic to do all of the time, like
untagging photos has become for some people. It’s always a possibility, but I do not foresee that being the norm.
Plus, Spotify is such a useful tool that it would be a shame to censor oneself, and thereby limit its functionality. The thing that makes it unique from Pandora and Grooveshark is that it’s not practical for constant music listening, but it is one of the most effective programs out there to instantly fi nd, among its vast music library, an individual song; what you really want to listen to at that moment. I fi nd it hard to imagine very many people letting that unique technology go to waste, even if it means all their friends will see they’ve been listening to the “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” soundtrack.
On a related topic, right now my No. 4 most played song on iTunes is “Hot” by Avril Lavigne. It’s not the fi rst thing I’d bring up around someone I want to impress, but
I’m comfortable with that fact. It’s gotten right around 60 plays, and I can’t wait to blast it even more times on my Spotify account so all the world can witness my undying love for the pop-punk princess; kind of like how Arts Etc. Content Editor Lin Weeks’ man-crush on Jay Z should be announced to Facebook friends any day now, thanks to Spotify.
So, fi nally, you can be honest with yourself and everyone around you. The fortunate thing is: If you’re at the point of being Facebook friends with someone, they should already know you enough to be accepting of your music choices. The time you spent building up that self-image of a Mars Volta die-hard could have been better spent exploring music you actually might enjoy, so why not start now? There’s a lot of it out there, and nothing could help your street cred more than having a wide range of (genuine) musical interests.
Sarah WitmanArtsEtc. Editor
Johnny Depp stars in director Bruce Richardson’s lackluster adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s semi-autobigraphical novel. Set in Puerto Rico, the fi lm is trite in parts and boring in others.Photo courtesy of GK Films
Depp’s famous face can’t save confused story, weak cast of characters in fi lmHolly HartungArtsEtc. Writer
THE RUM DIARYBruce Robinson
There are many similarities between Kemp and Thompson — both are journalists with a penchant for drinking and shenanigans — but Kemp’s character lacks the dimension needed to carry a hit fi lm.
The ghosts, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, slutty fi ll-in-the-blanks, kandi kids and club-goers stopped churning for a moment and looked up: Wolfgang Gartner had fi nally arrived.
The music listening process becomes much more transparent among people than it ever was. ... Spotify, in one sense, could be the very thing to make music posers shed their shroud of faux musical taste and give in to some real listening.
Continuing the critical, repeated miscues himself, Wilson once again was called for a crucial intentional grounding penalty. Last week in East Lansing, Mich., the call was undeniable, as Wilson dropped back deep into his own endzone to pass and was forced to get rid of the football. Grounding was called, and since the penalty was committed in UW’s endzone, a safety was called.
Saturday night’s call was much closer, but it came on the first play of the fourth quarter (last week’s was in the second). At Wisconsin’s own 21-yard line, Wilson rolled right beyond the right hashmark to avoid the Buckeye pass rush, curled back to his left and crossed back over the hash in doing so. He appeared to simply throw the ball away again, toward the OSU sideline, though it seemed Wilson might have been outside the pocket.
“Yeah, I definitely thought I was out of the pocket on the intentional grounding,” Wilson said. “Plus, we had [wide receiver Nick] Toon coming across the field, so I was trying to throw it to him or get it near him. He was on the hash, if not past the hash. It’s just one of those things, I thought it was not intentional grounding, but they called it and you can’t do anything about it.”
As if a vital Big Ten loss on the road — along with all the miscues — wasn’t painful enough, Bielema evoked some of the horrors of Michigan State once again with his timeout usage late in the game. In East Lansing, the Badgers had all three timeouts
remaining with less than two minutes remaining in the game. Bielema used all three on MSU’s last drive, which began at the 1:26 mark with the score tied at 31-31 and the Spartans beginning from their own 25-yard line. The last timeout was called with 30 seconds left and seemed to allow a Michigan State team content to let the clock run out into overtime with another chance to eek out a win, as it eventually did.
Against Ohio State, Wisconsin carried two timeouts into the final quarter. Trailing 26-21, Bielema called both while OSU began from its own
20-yard line with 3:48 left on the clock. The first came before 3rd-and-5, which the Buckeyes eventually failed to convert after committing a holding penalty that the Badgers declined. After that play, on 4th-and-1, Bielema called UW’s final timeout, with 2:49 left on the
clock and a punt pending.Doing so gave Wisconsin
ample time to score the go-ahead touchdown at the 1:18 mark, but that also ultimately proved too much time to give Miller and the Ohio State offense. The Buckeyes scored for the final time with 20 seconds left, and though the Badgers were able to scamper as far as OSU’s 45-yard line in that time span, it was ultimately not enough.
“You have to win on the road,” Henry said. “Unfortunately for us, we haven’t been able to do that the last two weeks. But believe me, we’ll get it right, and we’ll get it together. It’s back at square one, and we’ve got to do the things that we know are necessary and put us in a great position to win.”
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just something he was trying to create, and that’s what he did.”
Miller ’s last rushing touchdown, with 4:39 remaining in the game, gave the Buckeyes a 26-14 lead and seemed to put a dagger in the Badgers’ hopes of a comeback.
Instead, it only invigorated it.
Wilson responded with a four-play, 66-yard drive in just 51 seconds that was capped with a 17-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jared Abbrederis.
Wisconsin’s defense then stopped Ohio State in three plays and forced a punt, giving the Badgers the ball back with 2:36 left on their own 36-yard line.
Again, Wisconsin went the distance, marching the 68 yards in four plays and 1:18 with the drive culminating in a 49-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to a wide-open Abbrederis.
That was followed with a pass to running back Montee Ball for an extra two points, giving the Badgers a 29-26 advantage.
But that gave the Buckeyes 1:18 to score as well — and they did, in 58 seconds.
“We knew we had to get our offense the ball back, and they put it in the endzone — and we had the lead this time,” defensive tackle Patrick Butrym said, clearly frustrated for the second consecutive week. “We convert the two-point conversion for the field goal [lead] and what do you know, they scored a touchdown.”
Wisconsin got the ball back for the game’s fi nal moments, but couldn’t summon a miracle fi nish of its own.
The two teams entered the locker room at halftime with Wisconsin up 7-3 and the two defenses dominating. Ohio State received the ball to begin the second half, and from its first
snap, the momentum began to swing in favor of the Buckeyes.
Herron ran up the middle and down the field for a gain of 57 yards that put the Buckeyes on the
Wisconsin 18-yard line. Four plays later, Miller juked past UW defensive lineman Brendan Kelly for a 1-yard touchdown, and the Buckeyes took a 10-7 lead.
But OSU struck again soon enough when it
forced UW to punt after three plays. The punt never quite fully lifted off, however, as defensive back Corey Brown blocked Brad Nortman’s punt, which was then recovered at the 1-yard line.
“I thought we got it off in a good time, and I think the only way someone would have got to it is if they had come free,” punter Brad
Nortman said. “It was surprising they got there (for the block).”
Three plays later, OSU increased its lead to 17-7 when running back Jordan Hall took it around the trenches and plunged in for the score.
Wisconsin held Ohio State to 104 yards of offense in the first half, but opened up in the second to allow 253 more. The Buckeyes also converted 11 of 20 third-down conversions, as well as another fourth-down try.
Although the Badgers eventually made a comeback, the Buckeyes simply made more plays, according to Henry.
“The thing about the defense is you can have 70 great plays, and if there’s 75 total plays and you let five of them get away from you, that can definitely cost your team the game,” Henry said. “For the most part, we played some good snaps on defense. But it was probably about four, five, six plays that got away from us. It was definitely unfortunate, because that didn’t reflect on how we played.”
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“I know we’ve got great kids, and unfortunately this is a learning experience that the only way you get it is to go through it.”
Bret Bielema Head Coach
“The thing about the defense is you can have 70 great plays, and if there’s 75 total plays and you let fi ve of them get away from you, that can defi nitely cost your team the game.”
Aaron HenrySafety
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WW: Waking up to assorted wigs, ban-danas, lipstick on the wall and in-numerable bottles of gin and schnapps and a broken toilet on Saturday morning in my apartment and taking approximately 45 minutes to fi x and clean everything to pre-party status.
WW: Deciding not to study for an upcom-ing midterm on Sat-urday afternoon, and instead attend-ing a Kegs and Eggs
party resulting in a long day of drink-ing and mischievous activity. Got home at 1am, past out until 2:30am, con-tinued the Hallow-een festivities. The real win was waking up Sunday alive and with a functioning liver.
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and alone. The fi rst runner sprints up and tackles Bucky. He knocks the head loose. The second runner successfully takes the head off and is off to the races with a crowd of drunken frater-nity boys giving chase. The wasted frat rats are no match for our gal-lant runners and Bucky’s head proudly resided on their coff ee table for the rest of the season. Win.BadgerHerald.com
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Aggressive checking, multiple fights and high scores were the trademarks of the Wisconsin men’s hockey games this weekend at the Kohl Center, from the drop of the first puck on Friday until the fi nal horn Saturday night.
Wisconsin (4-4-0, 3-3-0) and Nebraska-Omaha (4-4-0, 3-1-0) clashed for only the eighth and ninth
times in history, but there looked to be no love lost between the two teams who split the series, the Mavericks taking game one 5-4 and the Badgers winning game two 6-3.
Wisconsin got off to fast starts both nights, but Saturday the Badgers were able to hang on to their 3-0 lead in the first period. The first goal game came on Wisconsin’s second shorthanded goal of the season. Tyler Barnes was able to hold UNO goalie John Faulkner long enough on a 2-on-1 break for Mark Zengerle to convert Barnes’ last-second pass into a goal before Faulkner could recover.
Matt Paape scored the first goal of his collegiate career just more than six minutes after a series of rebound attempts that Faulkner was unable to control, and 25 seconds after that, Zengerle scored his second goal of the game off another last second pass, this time from Justin Schultz, to make it 3-0.
The Mavericks were able to find their way onto the scoreboard in the final three minutes of the period. UNO’s leading goal scorer, Terry Broadhurst, found the back of the net to make the score 3-1.
The Badgers were able to answer in the final 15 seconds of the period
on a power play goal by Frankie Simonelli, his fi rst of the season, to give Wisconsin a three-goal lead.
Wisconsin managed to outshoot Nebraska-Omaha in the fi rst period 14-10, but the Mavericks would put incessant pressure on Badger goalie Joel Rumpel the rest of the game. UNO would outshoot UW 15-4 in the second period and 17-6 in the third.
“I think a lot of it is trying to get quality chances,” Zengerle said. “A lot of the shots they got today are shots we are going to give them by just keeping them on the outside and letting whatever goalie is in net see it.”
Despite the large disparity in shots, Wisconsin managed to keep pace with Nebraska-Omaha, each team scoring two goals the remainder of the game.
UW’s Ryan Little was able to knock in a rebound 3:03 into the second period and UNO added two power play goals in the third period, one by Alex Hudson, the other on a 6-on-4 advantage after the Mavericks temporarily pulled Faulkner from the goal with 5:05 remaining. The Badgers refused to yield again in the final five minutes and added an empty net goal with 1:38 to play to seal the game at 6-3.
“The mindset going into tonight’s game was that we defi nitely wanted
to jump out and have the same start as we did last night, which we did,” Simonelli said. “We sharpened up our penalty kill a little bit and cracked down on the details and had more success tonight.”
In the words of Wisconsin head coach Mike Eaves, the two
games were eerily similar. Game one had an even faster start with the Badgers’ Derek Lee scoring an opening-minute goal to put Wisconsin up 1-0, and just more than three minutes later, Barnes was able to fi nd the net off a fantastic spinning pass from the left circle by Zengerle to make it 2-0.
Less than 30 seconds later, aggression hit
its peak for the series when UNO’s Zahn Raubenthheimer put a devastating back check on Wisconsin’s Ryan Little, leading to his ejection from the game and several punches thrown between the teams near center ice.
The Badgers were awarded a power play after a lengthy delay to determine the outcome of the play, and the Badgers cashed in, increasing their lead to 3-0 less than six minutes into the game.
From that point forward, the game was all Nebraska-Omaha. The Mavericks would outscore the Badgers 5-1 over the final two periods, three goals in the third period alone. Four of UNO’s five goals were of the power play variety, the last of which came with 21 seconds to play, capping off a furious comeback to give UNO its fi rst lead of the game and the win 5-4.
After the game, Eaves pointed out that an upper-body injury to junior Derek Lee was a huge loss for Wisconsin to overcome on the fl y.
“The lead was early, it was 3-0, then 3-1,” Eaves said. “I think the turning point was when we lost Derek Lee; we lose a junior, center iceman. It was on a power play and penalty killing. In the second period we are trying to find the right mix and who can play with who, and it took us out of our rhythm a little bit.”
UW splits high-scoring, penalty-ridden series with UNO
Mark Zengerle netted two goals Saturday night, leading UW’s offense. Zengerle ended the series with six points, adding four assists to his two goals.
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Badgers lose early 3-0 lead Friday night, hold on to 3-goal lead Saturday for the winBrett SommersStatistics Editor
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Agonizing losses seem to come in bunches.
With 20 seconds to go in the game, the Badgers were in need of a score after giving up an early lead. Wisconsin couldn’t create any offense to secure the win and faced a heartbreaking loss. Luckily for the men’s hockey team (4-4-0, 3-3-0 WCHA), they had another game to even things up with the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (4-4-0, 3-1-0 WCHA).
On both Friday and Saturday night, Wisconsin took an early 3-1 lead over Nebraska-Omaha. While they were unable to protect such an advantage Friday night, losing 5-4, the Badgers held on Saturday night, winning 6-3.
A total of 18 goals were scored in the entire series — of which only one goal was scored in the second period per game by the winning team — the amount of goals was minimal when compared to the multitude of penalties.
In the two game series both teams combined for a total of 33 penalties. On Friday night alone there were 19 penalties, 15 of which came in the first period. For a comparison, Wisconsin only managed 22 shots on goal in that
game.Friday night, six of the
games nine goals were power play goals, four of which were in the favor of the Mavericks.
Head coach Mike Eaves attributes the loss to UW’s poor penalty kill.
“When you give up four power play goals yeah,” Eaves said. “We blocked some shots, we did some
decent things, but the details in the end allowed them to score some goals that’s what we have to shore up.”
“In college hockey, there’s a lot of special teams that comes into play. … [Friday night] we didn’t kill off enough penalties, and that resulted in a loss,” sophomore defensemen Frankie Simonelli said.
Saturday night the special teams play swung in favor of the Badgers, as sophomore forward Mark Zengerle started the night off with a shorthanded
goal 7:52 into the fi rst.Simonelli netted the
Badgers lone power play goal of the night with 15 seconds left in the first, putting UW on top of UNO 4-1 with two periods of play left to go.
“We play with, ‘You go if you got the ice,’ and we got the ice,” Zengerle said. “It was going to be a one-on-one, and [Tyler Barnes] kind of jumped it. He did a great job selling the D-man and the goalie too there, and he put it right on my stick and I put it in the 6-foot frame or whatever it is.”
Much like Eaves wanted, those little details were executed in a more consistent and stronger way Saturday night with Zengerle and Barnes leading by example.
“We started doing rehearsals on who can do penalty kills for us,” Eaves said. “Mr. Zenegerle and Mr. Barnes — above and beyond scoring the short-handed goal — they did a very nice job of showing that they understood what the scheme was when we’re killing penalties. They were willing to block shots, and I thought they really stepped up. They got some serious minutes added to their game because of that fact. That was a real pleasant surprise.”
Youth is no excuseAt the beginning of
the season, with all his Badger cubs in tow, Eaves would have been more than happy to end the fi rst month at .500.
Now that he’s seen what his team is capable of doing on the ice and the amount of goals they’ve scored — 28 goals in eight games — and multiple moments of tough play beyond their years, Eaves believes his team was capable of more than just an average month.
“I think if somebody would have said that before the first month started, I think we would have taken it, especially considering the youth that we have, the untested goaltenders and all of that,” Eaves said. “ … We’re learning quickly. It’s nice to get some wins in all the things that we’ve been going through because it gives us good motivation to stay on course.”
As for the players, they’re trying to shed the youthful image. Rather than using it as an excuse — which was one thing even Eaves cited during Friday’s postgame press conference — the players want to move beyond it.
“We’re trying to get rid of that right away,” Zengerle said. “We don’t want the term ‘young’ to be an excuse for us. We want to grow and get as good as possible. We’re trying to swipe that label off us as we speak.”
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grace normally would provoke questions regarding the leadership on this team, but even the most brief look at Wisconsin’s four captains seems to debunk them. Wilson, though far from perfect against the Buckeyes, put the Badgers fi rmly in the national title picture and very nearly avoided this midseason collapse with two stellar late comebacks on the road. Bradie Ewing, reliable as ever, played one of his fi nest games in Columbus, providing a tremendous safety blanket for Wilson in the passing game in addition to usual well-rounded contributions. Aaron Henry and Patrick Butrym continue to lead as necessary and produce without much fanfare, though they’ve clearly
anchored their respective positions.
Perhaps a different picture has unfolded behind the scenes, in the locker room, than the one that’s been painted under the spotlight of the
media. Speculating any further is an injustice to a team that nevertheless has put itself in position to have something to play for in November and December. With some
help — and/or further chaos in the Big Ten — a trip to the conference title game in Indianapolis is indeed still possible, though the Badgers absolutely must win the remainder of their games.
So many questions were born Saturday night, and a few more answers likely would provide a little relief for a fan base that is aching for some. With that said, the most concrete takeaway from this weekend is obvious. For all the promise this season appeared to hold, the Badgers were just not for real.
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“The mindset going into tonight’s game was that we defi nitely wanted to jump out and have the same start as we did last night, which we did. We sharpened up our penalty kill a little bit and cracked down on the details and had more success tonight.”
Frankie SimonelliDefenseman
Badgers, Mavericks combine for 33 penalties, 18 goals in physical WCHA matchupKelly EricksonAssociate Sports Editor
Wilson, though far from perfect against the Buckeyes, put the Badgers fi rmly in the national title picture and very nearly avoided this midseason collapse with two stellar late comebacks on the road.
“It’s nice to get some wins in all the things that we’ve been going through because it gives us good motivation to stay on course.”
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For the second week in a row, one of Brad Nortman’s punts was blocked, leading to seven points for the respective week’s opponent. Nortman has 25 punts this season for 1,019 yards, an average of 40.8 yards per punt. Nortman has only punted half as many times as UW opponents, who have punted 51 times this season.Zhao Lim The Badger Herald
Similar horrors strike Badgers in OhioRECAP
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For the second week in a row, torments continued for the Wisconsin football team: a blocked punt and a late comeback squandered by a last-second touchdown pass upheld upon further review.
Ohio State freshman quarterback Braxton Miller threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Devin Smith with 20 seconds remaining to defeat Wisconsin 33-29 Saturday night at Ohio Stadium.
For the second week in a row, the Badgers lost a road game on a touchdown pass of 40 yards or more with just seconds left.
“It was another heartbreaking loss for us,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “Our kids never quit. They’re
going to be tested in an unbelievable fashion after the last two weeks. I can’t describe the feeling of having to face those guys after all they’ve put in.”
While last week’s loss to Michigan State nearly ended all hope for a national championship, Saturday’s defeat puts Wisconsin (6-2, 2-2) three games behind first-place Penn State in the Big Ten Leaders Division. The Badgers also share that spot with Illinois and Ohio State (5-3, 2-2).
Miller finished the game, completing seven of 12 passes for 89 yards
and one touchdown and also ran for an additional 107 yards and two scores.
UW quarterback Russell Wilson completed 20 of 32 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns, while the Wisconsin backfield was held to only 89 yards rushing. It was the first time Wisconsin was held to less than 100 yards rushing since Nov. 21, 2009, against Northwestern, who capped the Badgers at 99 yards.
Miller, on the other hand, contributed to an Ohio State rushing attack
that accumulated 268 yards. Running back Dan “Boom” Herron led all rushers with 160 yards on 33 attempts (4.8 yards per carry) in his second game back from a six-game suspension.
On the game-winning play, Miller avoided two potential sacks as he scrambled toward the right sidelines. Just before crossing the line of scrimmage, Miller heaved a deep pass to Smith, who had slipped past the UW defense and caught the ball in the middle of the endzone between defensive backs Marcus
Cromartie and Aaron Henry.
An official’s review confirmed that Miller never crossed the line of scrimmage.
“I was to the field, so I really didn’t get a good look of who was on the backside,” Henry said, referring to Smith, who had crossed over into Henry’s half of the field on the play. “I was just kind of quartering up my zone. … Braxton Miller threw back across the field — across his body, scrambling — and it was
SIDEBAR
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Halloween weekend was truly horrific for the Wisconsin Badgers.
For the second consecutive week, a last-second heave to the endzone felled No. 15 Wisconsin (7-2, 3-2), as Ohio State (5-3, 2-2) freshman quarterback Braxton Miller evaded the UW pass rush, rolled right and lobbed the football to a wide-open Devin Smith,
who easily caught the pass for a 40-yard touchdown with 20 seconds remaining in the 33-29 Buckeyes victory.
The stunning loss comes one week after the Badgers lost to Michigan State on a 44-yard Hail Mary as time expired. That game was heartbreaking in its own right — Wisconsin’s national title hopes were dashed, quarterback Russell Wilson’s Heisman Trophy hopes were essentially ruined and the Badgers’ perfect season was annihilated.
Saturday night in Columbus? Heartbreak only begins to describe what happened to Wisconsin.
“I guess we always believe that everything
happens for a reason, and these things are just so overwhelmingly negative,” head coach Bret Bielema said. “I know we’ve got great kids, and unfortunately this is a learning experience that the only way you get it is to go through it.”
Cruel and unusual as Ohio State’s final score seemed, Wisconsin should have seen the writing on the wall.
For the second consecutive week, the Badgers’ opponent blocked a Brad Nortman punt that resulted in a touchdown shortly after. Wilson, though his final numbers of 20-for-32 passing, 253 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions painted an impressive
picture, struggled with his accuracy, missing many more throws than he had in any other game to date. Running back Montee Ball, despite finishing with a healthy 5.0 yards per carry average with 85 yards on 17 carries, took a while to truly get going — along with the rest of Wisconsin’s rushing attack.
For the first time since the Nov. 21, 2009, game at Northwestern, Wisconsin was held under 100 rushing yards. Ohio State, despite its unranked status, was buoyed by the seventh-highest crowd in Ohio Stadium history (105,511) in stifling the nation’s No. 5 scoring offense (47.4 points per game).
“You can tell Ohio State’s
pretty good. Defeating some blocks, it was tough to get the edge on them all day,” Bielema said. “We tried to get some plays going inside and outside, and they were very, very good. They’re a solid football team defensively.”
Also similar to the Michigan State game was how Wisconsin began the game, winning the opening coin toss and electing to receive yet again. Against MSU, UW scored a touchdown on its first drive. Saturday, the Badgers were stifled after a four-play, 27-yard drive. After stopping Ohio State on its fi rst drive, Wisconsin developed an eight-play, 69-yard drive that culminated in a 22-yard pass from Wilson to Ball.
Ohio State did not score until 2:25 remained in the second quarter, on a 39-yard fi eld goal from kicker Drew Basil. Wisconsin was fortunate to take a 7-3 lead into halftime but clearly disappointed with its lack of offensive production.
“I think that they came out with some big stops,” Wilson said. “In terms of lacking urgency, you don’t want to go too fast all the time. You want to make sure that everybody’s clicking, everybody’s on the same page — especially when you’re playing away, you want to make sure everybody’s understanding everything and what’s going on the fi eld.”
Enthusiastic postseason hopes simply illusions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wisconsin’s fi rst trip to Ohio Stadium since 2009 was so cruel to the Badgers that you’d have to wonder if some sort of karmic revolt conspired to shatter the hearts of Bret Bielema & co. one more time.
In the span of one week, the Badgers have plummeted from a team with national title aspirations, and a quarterback with Heisman Trophy hopes, to one
wondering how far it can sputter with the wheels fallen off and the season having taken the worst possible turn.
But for all the misery that, for whatever reasons, struck a team and a fan base so gosh-darn happy to fi nally have a seemingly elite squad that would once again carry Wisconsin to the BCS promised land, there are very clear reasons why it was all a fl ash in the pan. The Badgers, for all their sheer brilliance through the season’s fi rst six games, are simply not as good as everyone thought.
It was absolutely so exciting for Wisconsin to get behind Russell Wilson and drive the RussellManiaXVI Heisman campaign, and the fact
that a Rose Bowl berth was suddenly designated as Plan B is a resounding testament to the progress this program has made over the past two years.
And while a return trip to Pasadena remains scarcely feasible, the Badgers’ fi rst two true road tests of the season proved that this team just wasn’t ready for actual upper-echelon status. Calling them “fraudulent” is likely a bit excessive — they did fall by a combined 10 points in two of the toughest environments in the country — but the Badgers showed over the past two weeks that all the illusions of grandeur envisaged in Madison really were just illusions.
The statement reeks of
cliché over-simplifi cation, but to a great extent, it’s true — legitimately great teams win on the road. Squads “destined” for postseason greatness do not allow two blocked punts in back-to-back weekends, on the road in the heart of the Big Ten schedule. Teams that fi nish atop conference standings and computer rankings follow up on quick starts; they don’t get outscored 26-0 in the second quarters of two games after opening the fi rst quarters with 21 unanswered points.
The realizations discovered Saturday night in Columbus are harsh, and the numbers only bolster their sting. Wilson fi nished 20-of-32 for 253 yards, three touchdowns and zero interceptions, but
he missed more throws than he had in any game (as a Badger) to date. Montee Ball, despite fi nishing with a 5-yards-per-carry average, was held to just 85 yards and one touchdown rushing and receiving respectively. Wisconsin’s rushing attack as a whole mustered only 89 yards, the fi rst time the Badgers have failed to eclipse the 100-yard mark since Nov. 21, 2009, at Northwestern.
Wisconsin even exited Ohio Stadium with a plus-one turnover margin, though its greatest miscue — the blocked punt in the third quarter — proved more critical than any negative play from Ohio State. The blunders committed by the Badgers over the past two games
have been so monumental that it’s a wonder they were able to mount desperate comebacks not only once, but twice.
That speaks to the unmistakable talent on this team, but it also highlights a sizable void that, until it’s fi lled, will bar Wisconsin from maximizing its potential. The Badgers lost so much following the Rose Bowl — J.J. Watt’s mesmerizing ability to produce in the biggest moments and his sheer willpower, as well as the aggressive leadership on and off the fi eld of Gabe Carimi and John Moffi tt — that it’s kind of a wonder national title hopes once seemed so genuine.
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