'hammered out of their skulls'

Partygoers crowded the streets with beers in their hands for this year’s Mifflin Street Block Party, but one UW student is in the hospital after being stabbed six times at a house party on Mifflin’s 500 block. City officials have spoken out about their disappointment with this year’s event and a variety of violent incidents on Saturday afternoon.

This year ’s Mifflin Street Block Party ended on an unsettling note as the crowds swelled to record numbers, bottles and cases of beer flooded the street and police said two partygoers were stabbed.

While the stabbings were unrelated and occurred about two hours apart, both victims were sent to a local hospital.

The first stabbing occurred around 5:12 p.m. on the 500 block of Mifflin.

A 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student was hospitalized with multiple life-threatening stab wounds, according to a Madison Police report. His name had not been released Sunday.

At the time of the stabbing, three men were observed fleeing the scene, and police believed one of them to be the suspect. The 22-year-old suspect listed a Green Bay address and was later arrested along with the two accomplices who police found a block away with bloodstained clothing, said Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

“The extremely serious stabbing really cast a giant cloud over this year ’s event,” Verveer said.

Verveer said police told him late Saturday that the victim would fully recover from his injuries.

Another drunk

partygoer was taken to the hospital after being stabbed in the buttocks on the 400-block of Mifflin Street, MPD Lieutenant Dave McCaw said.

The victim told officers he was stabbed and police are still investigating, as there were no witnesses at the scene.

As of 9 p.m. Saturday, police made 160 arrests, the report said.

Despite the rough ending to the event, the day appeared to start off well.

The sky was clear, the sun streamed in and out and the thunderstorms students were dreadfully expecting failed to make an appearance.

Partiers older than 21 were allowed to carry open intoxicants in the street for the first time since the 1990s, as the event found a new sponsor with Majestic Theaters, which co-sponsored with Capitol Neighborhood, Inc.

Students carried cases of beer down the street while others took pulls from plastic bottles of vodka.

“This is the easy portion of [Mifflin],” McCaw said around 11:30 a.m.

At the beginning of the day, McCaw said MPD’s biggest concern was overcrowded balconies.

But as time continued and the alcohol flow increased, the arrests grew and police officers suffered more injuries than in recent years.

Verveer said three

officers were taken to the hospital and later released.

One officer received a black eye after being punched in the face when trying to stop a student carrying a bottle.

The MPD report said two other officers were injured while trying to apprehend a partygoer. One suffered bruised ribs and the other, a leg injury.

Verveer said overall he expects city officials to try to make major changes to the event, including potentially shutting it down.

“In no way can I see the city supportive of alcohol in the streets again at this event,” Verveer said. “It obviously did not work. It’s an experiment that failed.”

By early afternoon, Verveer said the event was the most crowded he had ever seen after attending block parties for many years, most likely because of the cooperative weather.

At that point, navigating the streets became a challenge for attendees, as stumbling students were packed shoulder-to-shoulder throughout Mifflin Street.

By mid-afternoon, McCaw said people appeared to be “hammered out of their skulls” after police broke up four house parties. He said officers had

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Students gathered in the hallway outside Chancellor Biddy Martin’s office in Bascom Hall Friday to urge the University of Wisconsin’s chief executive to plot an alternate course for the school’s future.

For more than an hour, Chancellor Biddy Martin fielded questions and criticism from students concerning her stance on the controversial New Badger Partnership and said the university would

not go to the high tuition, high financial aid model of private institutions.

Martin said the public authority model would promote tuition at the median level of UW’s peers with high need-based aid availability, a position she has promoted for nearly three years.

She also said should the status quo continue, tuition will go up as the same rate as other UW System institutions, and the university will not be able to hold students from low income households harmless from these

increases.Martin maintained

while the current political climate in the state may not be ideal and she considers it short-sighted not to invest in higher education, it is important to seize the opportunity for autonomy presented by the current proposal.

“It’s as if you think this not going through means things will get better,” she said. “Tuition would increase as much as under the new model but we would have the necessary tools.”

Associated Students of

Madison representative Leland Pan asked Martin why the Board of Regents would not support the proposal if it would actually strengthen UW’s relationship with other schools.

Pan also charged the public authority model would cause the homogenization of the student body and would promote a lack of diversity as a result of tuition spikes.

“All students I know

Chancellor Biddy Martin responds to accusations of raising tuition and racial disparity at a Friday afternoon students’ forum on the New Badger Partnership.

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Osama bin Laden, one of the most pursued and reviled enemies in modern American history, died Sunday nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks.

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BIN LADEN KILLED BY TROOPS IN PAKISTAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that murdered thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

“Justice has been done,” said the president in a dramatic late-night announcement at the White House.

A small team of Americans killed bin Laden in a firefight Sunday at a compound in Pakistan, the president said, and took custody

of his remains. American officials said they were being handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.

A jubilant crowd gathered outside the White House as word spread of bin Laden’s death after a global manhunt that lasted nearly a decade.

Former President George W. Bush, who was in office on the day of the attacks, issued a written statement hailing bin Laden’s death as a momentous achievement.

“The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done,” he said.

Obama said he ordered the operation after receiving undisclosed intelligence information.

Senior administration officials said the terrorist mastermind was found inside a custom-built compound with two security gates.

They said it appeared to have been constructed to harbor one high-value target and that for undisclosed reasons, officials became clear the hideout was bin Laden’s.

Officials also said they believe the death puts al-Qaida on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse, but there was no word on the whereabouts of bin Laden’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri.

The stunning end to the world’s most widely-watched manhunt came just months before the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, orchestrated

by bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, that killed more than 3,000 people.

The attacks a decade ago seemed to come out of nowhere, even though al-Qaida had previously damaged American targets overseas.

The terrorists hijacked planes, flew one of them into one of Manhattan’s Twin Towers — and, moments later, into the other one.

Both buildings collapsed, trapping thousands inside and claiming the lives of firefighters and others who had rushed to help them.

A third plane slammed into the Pentagon, defacing the symbol of America’s military night.

A fourth crashed in

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After months in limbo, voter ID bill will include university cards

After many students raised concerns Wisconsin college students would be negatively affected by voter ID legislation being debated in the Legislature, a substitute amendment was released Friday containing language that would include student IDs on the list of identification accepted by election polling staff.

The voter ID bill would require some form of photo identification to be shown to vote. The original bill did not include student IDs, but an amendment drafted by Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greendale, and released the day after a public hearing on the voter ID bill, would change that.

Under the amendment, students IDs would be accepted as long as they

have not expired and contain the date of birth, signature and current address of the person to whom it was issued. Current UW student IDs do not provide the current address of the cardholder and would not be valid for voter registration.

The change is welcomed by student representatives and advocates, who worried the voter ID bill would make it tougher for students to vote and eventually reduce the percentage of student-voter turnout.

“It’s absolutely a step in the right direction,” said Madison Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8.

Republicans had not shown any sign of including student IDs in the bill, but Resnick said there were a couple of things that could have changed their minds. The student population is transient, and requiring them to get updated identification from a Department of Motor

Vehicles every time they move could make it harder for them to have their voices heard.

Resnick also said including student IDs meant the state would not have to rely on mobile DMVs taking time and resources in order to register those who cannot get to a DMV.

Legislative Affairs Chair Sam Polstein said he too was happy with the amendment allowing student IDs, but would have to begin conversations with the proper UW and UW System officials to see how reasonable placing students’ current addresses on their IDs would be.

He also said despite the inclusion of student IDs, the voter ID bill is still a troubling piece of legislation.

“This is definitely a victory, but at the same time it’s a cautious victory,” Polstein said. “Voter ID is not a good bill overall.”

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been transporting people to detox all day, with more than 20 partygoers compared to the previous year’s five.

Verveer said the lifting of the open intoxicant ban likely led to unintended consequences, like partygoers feeling they could get away with

anything, including the stabbing, since the rules were relaxed.

City officials hoped allowing open intoxicants and the selling of beer would change the focus of the event from binge drinking to live music and food, much like the Taste of Madison.

However, allowing drinking in the street led

to a plethora of carry-ins and relatively little beer sold by the event sponsors, Verveer said.

“Our goal was to get the party out of the backyard,” Verveer said. “But we realized very early on that the crowd size was way too large for [Mifflin] residences to adequately hold all these people.”

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that support the New Badger Partnership are middle class and white,” he said.

Martin fired back that she, nor any other student, has any way of knowing the support for the Partnership demonstrates any particular divide down racial or socioeconomic lines.

She added groups that currently work for diversity on campus will be held harmless and Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funds granted to departments would be revoked if an effort to diversify the faculty with new hiring is not seen.

Damon Terrell, a member of the Autonomous Solidarity Organization, expressed discontent with Martin’s advocacy for a plan for increased flexibilities, instead of uniting with other UW System chancellors to oppose all cuts to education.

Martin responded that members of the campus community must deal with the hand they were dealt in the governor’s biennial budget.

“We were told to take cuts, period,” she said.

She added she also fears faculty will depart for institutions that can offer competitive pay plans and said the provost is keeping lists of faculty leaving campus and receiving offers from other universities, noting she hears from professors weighing departure on a daily basis.

Xander Gieryn, a member of Student Labor Action Coalition and UW freshman, criticized an email from Martin to the student body urging them to voice support for the proposal and questioned how shared governance was involved in hiring private lobbyists.

Martin said the lobbyists, who established the Badger Advocates organization, were hired by alumni and UW is not paying for their services.

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rural Pennsylvania after passengers overpowered the hijackers and forced the craft from the air — before it could hit its intended target in Washington.

The attacks set off a chain of events that led the United States into wars in Afghanistan, and then Iraq, and America’s entire intelligence apparatus was overhauled to counter the threat of more terror attacks at home.

A senior administration official says Obama gave

the final order for U.S. officials to go after bin Laden on Friday.

The official added that a small team found their quarry hiding in a large home in an affluent suburb of Islamabad.

The raid occurred in the early morning hours Sunday.

Administration officials offered some details of the operation.

Based on statements given by U.S. detainees, intelligence officials have known for years that bin Laden trusted one al-Qaida courier in particular and they believed he might be living with him in hiding.

In November, intelligence officials found out where he was living, a huge fortified compound in an affluent suburb of Islamabad. It was surrounded by walls as high as 18 feet high, topped with barbed wire.

There were two security gates and no phone or Internet running into the house.

Intelligence officials believed the $1 million home was custom-built to harbor a major terrorist. CIA experts analyzed whether it could be anyone else, but time and again, they

decided it was almost certainly bin Laden.

Three adult males were also killed in Sunday’s raid, including one of bin Laden’s sons, whom officials did not name. One of bin Laden’s sons, Hamza, is a senior member of al-Qaida.

Obama spoke with Bush and former President Bill Clinton Sunday night to inform them of the developments.

Obama struck a less than boastful tone in his brief announcement, although he said the death of bin Laden was “the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al-Qaida.

“His death does not mark the end of our effort.

There’s no doubt that al-Qaida will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must and we will remain vigilant,” he added.

Moments after he spoke, American officials cautioned that the events could lead to heightened threats against the United States.

Officials said the U.S. would ensure that bin Laden’s body was handled in accordance with Islamic tradition.

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ASM newcomer Allie Gardner presides over her first Student Council meeting as chair.Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

Student Council begins 18th session, elects new leadership

With questions of representatives’ partisan leanings up for debate, members of the new student government voted in a new set of leaders for the new session.

In an appointments meeting spanning nearly nine hours, the Associated Students of Madison elected Allie Gardner as chair and Beth Huang as vice chair of Student Council for the body’s eighteenth session.

Gardner, a newcomer to ASM, said although she possesses less institutional knowledge of Student Council, she comes to the body with a different skill set gained through her prior membership in Student Labor Action Coalition and Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group.

She also highlighted the need for broad and overarching goals for all

ASM committees to pursue because the purpose of the body is to develop effective ways to best serve students.

“Council can’t be effective if we’re only addressing internal affairs,” Gardner said. “I also feel we’re a little behind other UW System schools in shared governance. If we’re called the flagship university then we should be leading in shared governance.”

Gardner, who ran unopposed, was elected the chair of the eighteenth session with a vote of 28 in favor and three abstentions.

Johnny Koremenos and Beth Huang were nominated to serve as vice chair of Student Council.

Huang, a University of Wisconsin sophomore, ran for the position on a platform of increasing issue-specific outreach to student groups and the implementation of a newly revamped shared governance plan.

“There’s currently a lot of bureaucracy that makes [ASM] hard for students to navigate,” she said. “One

major issue with external affairs is we’re not able to connect shared governance committee meetings with student organizations’ initiatives.”

Representatives questioned Huang’s assurance of promoting transparency as vice chair when it was revealed Huang and Gardner, along with other members who ran for election on a shared governance slate, had held a closed meeting last Thursday.

Huang maintained the meeting focused on evaluating the success of election tactics, which she said could benefit the ways ASM approaches outreach with the student body in the future.

Koremenos, the newly elected chair of UW College Republicans, said he anticipates the body as being highly divided on major issues in the new session.

To help foster an inclusive environment, he said he would work to promote the council as a place for civil

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Allie Gardner joins ASM as chair, SLAC member Beth Huang is vice chair

debate and his personal political leanings would not interfere with his work as vice chair.

While debate on the nominations painted Koremenos and Huang as nearly ideological opposites, both candidates vowed to forfeit their vice chair stipends if elected.

Huang won the seat by a 10-vote margin.

After discussion on a

number of issues, including the approval of the regular fall Student Council meeting schedule, lagged on with little consensus, committee chairs were approved as members curtailed time for questions and debate on nominations.

Tangela Roberts, who assumed the mantle of diversity chair for the last two months, received heavy endorsement from

council members before being appointed through unanimous consent.

The newly elected University Affairs Chair, Sade Johnson, was unanimously voted into the position after she said she would continue to address diversity on the committee, which she said continues to be a campus-wide issue instead of one tied solely to diversity groups.

Movements to recallMiller come up shortGroup from Monona could have used help from Utah organizer sending around own petitions; instead lacked about 200 votes

Two state senatorial recall campaigns could have combined signatures to force a special election of the Senate minority leader, but one campaign decided against collaborating due to irreconcilable differences.

The Recall Mark Miller campaign came up 268 signatures short of the required 20,352 necessary to trigger a special election. A separate recall movement launched by Dan Baltes, a Salt Lake City activist, had those 268 signatures, but the Wisconsin effort chose not to collaborate.

Baltes has been accused of being a con artist and was not trusted by the Recall Mark Miller campaign because he used conservative causes for his own personal profit in the past, according to Recall Mark Miller spokesperson Jeff Horn.

“He takes legitimacy away from honest people who really want to be a part of these recalls,” Horn said.

In recent years, Baltes created websites and PAC organizations with PayPal donation links, sometimes changing names in order to do so. Baltes profited off these sites and donated little or none of the contributions to the advertised cause, Horn said.

Baltes also has a

criminal record of forgery, fraud, grand theft and embezzlement, Horn said.

Outside groups tend to lack legitimacy when they influence recall efforts, University of Wisconsin political science professor Barry Burden said, and their lack of transparency

makes it difficult to justify their recall efforts.

“The Utah group appears to be little more than an individual with a website,” Burden said. “This sort of effort bears little

resemblance to what we think of as grassroots politics.”

Common Cause in Wisconsin Executive Director Jay Heck considered the campaign’s decision not to use Baltes’ signatures a smart move. The recall effort against Miller would have been scrutinized for having an out-of-state entity interfere in Wisconsin politics.

Heck added it would have put the legitimacy of the recall campaign in jeopardy.

Miller’s district is a fairly safe Democratic district, Heck said, and he was not surprised to learn they had not gathered enough signatures to qualify a recall election.

“Miller’s district holds a lot of public employees, many who were involved in the Capitol rallies,” Heck said. “Miller’s actions in the past three months probably only enhanced his popularity.”

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Court will allow extended campaign before June recall elections

After receiving recall petitions for eight state senators, the Government Accountability Board will have more time to review the petitions after a Dane County Circuit Court judge struck down a ruling Friday.

A Dane County Circuit Court judge Friday granted the Government Accountability Board more time to review recall petitions after the board requested an extension because of the large number of petitions

received.Nine total petitions have

been filed, but the court order would not affect the most recent petition handed in last Thursday.

The extension gives the GAB until the end of this month to validate signatures and determine which petitions trigger a recall election, according to a statement from spokesperson Reid Magney. The extension would also allow the GAB to better coordinate the election times, scheduling most or all of the elections to be held on the same day.

“Our goal was to have enough time to give the petitions careful examination for the people who signed them

and for officeholders to know that we have carefully considered their challenges,” GAB Executive Director Kevin Kennedy said in an affidavit filed with the court last week.

He added GAB does not anticipate recall elections or election recounts, and the volume of signatures would require more time and effort than the original deadline would provide.

Republican leadership supported the extension and said they believe it is an appropriate measure to protect fairness and trust in the state’s election process, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said in a statement.

“Nobody benefits

when confusion and misinformation stands in the way of an orderly, fair election,” Fitzgerald said in a statement.

Given the politically charged Supreme Court election statewide-recount efforts and the unprecedented nature of the recall elections, Fitzgerald said the verdict was a “fair compromise” that puts the focus of the recall elections in its proper place — the future of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Democrats, however, are outraged.

In this situation, the additional review time gives out-of-state special interest groups more time to “protect their investments,” Democratic

Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Graeme Zielinski said.

“The delay benefits [Senators] Hopper and Kapanke who are benefiting from out-of-state corporate cash,” Zielinski said.

Aside from money, many of the recall campaigns targeting Wisconsin Democrats are being run by an organization in Utah.

The DPW also expressed concern that delaying recall elections would allow Republicans in the Senate and Assembly to force bills suiting their agenda, like the Voter ID bill.

“Walker is about power; the Voter ID law is about power. If that was fast-tracked it would underline

a lack of ethics,” Zielinksi said.

The GAB’s plan is to schedule recall elections on July 12 for any of the eight petitions that meet the state statute requirements to force a recall.

Recall petitions have been filed against five Republican legislators and three Democratic legislators.

Friday’s ruling does not impact a ninth petition filed on Thursday against Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay. It also does not impact any future petitions.

Any petitions handed in after the ruling Friday will be handled through the normal process, the GAB said in a statement.

Ellen AneviciusNews Reporter

Voters will now head to polls simultaneously; GOP favors decision, Democrats oppose

City asks private donors for $2.5 million by Labor Day for library

Despite previous concerns the renovations on the city’s Central Library might not go through after Mayor Paul Soglin came to office, the mayor released a set of fundraising goals Friday and said he was optimistic the plan would be completed on time.

Officials from the Madison Central Public Library redevelopment team have projected a cost of about $29.5 million, with $8 million of the price tag from private funding. Soglin said achieving this goal would call for an aggressive fundraising campaign.

He said the first goal is to come up with about $2.5 million by Labor Day.

“What I’d like to do is explain what it is we worked out and

how we’re going to successfully do the wonderful job of raising the funds for the library,” Soglin said at a press conference Friday.

Soglin said he hopes the library receives funding from three main sources, including the city, new market tax credits and gifts made to the foundation.

As fundraising begins, Soglin said the project could go forward with construction despite his previous statements that $8 million in cash or bonds would need to be in hand before the project could move forward.

“Our goal is to get the library under construction on schedule and to be sure that we have sufficient funds to meet the requirements,” Soglin said. “We can either have cash on hand or letters of credit to guarantee the payment.”

Tripp Widder, president of the Madison Public Library Board, said the

board has been trying to match the funding with the obligation of the city.

He said library officials understand the task at hand is going to be challenging, but they remain hopeful the fundraising executives will be able to complete it.

“We are cautiously optimistic that we’ll be able to meet our fundraising goals,” Widder said.

The fundraising plan set out by the board and the mayor pushes benchmarks to allow for more flexibility, breaking it into smaller pieces and deadlines.

The Library Foundation has been an active figure in Madison for several years and has more than 2,500 “generous donors,” said Jenny Collins, the executive director of the Library Foundation.

Collins said the board might be participating in some small fundraising events, but is mostly relying on face-to-face

Sasha HaymanCity Reporter

$29.5 million project will require aggressive funding campaign; foundation has 2500 members

gifts from the community.Ald. Larry Palm,

District 15, said Soglin appointed him to the library board 16 years ago, and he has since been a consistent supporter of the Central Library. He said it is a facility in desperate need of assistance and the fundraising efforts are the most responsible path forward.

“I will be delighted and

honored to participate in making calls, getting out into the public, and helping fundraising in any way,” Soglin said. “This is meeting two goals — one as a community to get this construction done and one to not sign contracts for funds we don’t have.”

Collins said the library already has about $1.5 million in place, but that leaves $1 million to be

raised by September 5.Soglin said if the

fundraising called for smaller amounts in different financial times, things might have been easier, but he said he’s confident the goals can be met.

He ended the conference by making his own donation to the foundation to set an example for other donors and community members.

Mayor Paul Soglin tells Madisonians he hopes to raise $2.5 million for the Central Library by September.Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

Athletics study says departmenthelps build Wisconsin’s economy

While the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department continues to draw name recognition for its sports programs, a new study found the body is also a major economic engine in the state.

In an Athletic Board meeting held Friday, a study spanning more than a year found the department contributes nearly $970 million in total economic impact and created 8,853 Wisconsin jobs.

The study, conducted by NorthStar Economics, Inc., also cited the construction of two new athletic facilities as significant economic contributors to the state.

David Ward, Founder of NorthStar, cited the issue that the department is revenue-based but does not draw on state tax dollars as an area for possible consideration moving forward.

“The Athletic Department serves a public and private service and attracts outside money to Wisconsin economy in the form of events and major gifts,” he said. “It’s not hard to see the economic impact of UW-Madison.”

Adam Gamoran, a board member and sociology professor, said under the

current model, Athletic Department funds are considered state funds and nearly $600,000 in funds were taken from the body and added to state revenue.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, Barry Alvarez, UW athletic director, said while he is unsure the study’s findings will influence debate concerning the New Badger Partnership, the report indicates that while athletics boosts the state economy and does not draw on state funds, they are still subject to having funds “swept” by the state.

He added the department would have the autonomy necessary to make good business decisions and allow the university to remain competitive for students on a national scale.

“We would not have to go through all the hurdles we have to go through now to get things done,” Alvarez said. “I’m not crazy about being swept… I’d like to have the money we’ve been able to make to run our program.”

Athletic Board representative Sheila McGuirk also presented on stricter NCAA academic eligibility standards, which Alvarez said could have a negative effect on student-athlete’s choices of coursework.

McGuirk said the changes will require football players who do not earn nine credits during

the fall semester to lose eligibility for four games during the next season.

Alvarez said the Big Ten committee tried to appeal the new policy, and said it “doesn’t make sense” to separate football eligibility from other sports.

He added officials from the conference are concerned the measure would force a greater focus on maintaining eligibility than on pursuing challenging curriculum, particularly early in their college careers.

Alvarez also said after a “tremendous” response for the Nursing School as the beneficiary of the spring football game, the Athletic Department would continue to pursue changes to promoting the game.

While he said officials would ideally look to fill the stadium, he acknowledged the event is hardly the only show in town.

Proceeds from next year’s game will go to the School of Human Ecology, Alvarez said.

After convening in closed session on personnel matters, Alvarez also confirmed women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson will be the nation’s highest paid coach among his peers.

He said Johnson was offered a position at Penn State, but UW officials were willing to make adjustments based on his valuable contribution to the program.

Katherine KruegerCampus Editor

Board also considers change to NCAA academic eligibility stipulations at Friday meeting

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Saturday’s Mifflin Street Block Party may have been more controversial than past years, but many University of Wisconsin students and many out-of-town guests still enjoyed the festivities on a surprisingly sunny afternoon.

The debauchery at Mifflin was at a fever pitch. Forecasts of heavy storms gave way to comfortable temperatures and partly cloudy weather that didn’t put a damper on one of Madison’s most famous traditions.

While Mifflin’s future remains uncertain after Saturday, students still took advantage of one last chance to get shitty before finals.

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Attack on New Badger Partnership fueled by partisanship

Apparently, I attend Koch University.

At least, that’s what a flier from last week’s protest of the New Badger Partnership atop Bascom told me. The flier also had a picture of Chancellor Biddy Martin photoshopped onto the body of Queen Elizabeth.

Students against the push for UW-Madison’s independence from the UW system rallied last Tuesday, and the tone was pretty harsh. Members of Student Labor Action Coalition and Teaching Assistants’ Association, as well as UW faculty and staff, held a mock auction of UW to corporate interests — their interpretation of what the NBP would mean.

So where does “Koch University” fit into this discussion? Frankly, nowhere. At least, nowhere

relevant to the merits of the proposal.

Much of the opposition to Martin’s proposed split from the UW System has become tainted with the polarizing political reactions to Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget repair bill, blurring a reasonable discourse.

The intense ideological divide over collective bargaining has spilled over into many tenuously-connected political areas. So when Walker showed he was willing to accommodate Martin’s plans — albeit not quite what her original vision consisted of — naturally many turned a distrustful eye toward her.

It seems almost forgotten that Martin has been framing her proposal for increased UW independence since before Walker was even elected to office. Martin first hinted at her vision for more independence as proactive steps she needed to take to ensure the continued high standards of the state’s flagship university while dealing with hard budgetary times.

Martin’s fiscal

concerns are by no means unfounded. Former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle brought UW System dollars to an all-time low in his last biennium budget — only 18 percent of UW’s funding came from the state. Education funding cuts are not as partisan an issue as one would think, so Martin wisely took initiative and began planning ahead.

Perhaps the most contentious parts of her proposed split from the UW System are the tuition increases and a lack of transparency, which lend themselves most conveniently to attacks that align Martin with Walker and his seemingly dictatorial approach to governorship.

Now, it’s perfectly reasonable for students to be concerned about tuition increases. Many students, myself included, will leave UW with a considerable amount of debt bearing down on them, on top of the stress of finding a job.

However, it’s important to realize tuition increases are inevitable with or without the New Badger Partnership. Walker, along with leading members of

the state Legislature, has already made it clear overall spending is going to be reigned in considerably in the new biennium budget. UW will see further cuts to its already-meager funding and will likely need to make up that difference though students.

At least with the increased freedom to decide where resources go, UW can try to make the best of a bad situation.

So how do I know many criticisms of the New Badger Partnership are more politically-based than content-based? The adversarial Board of Regents basically scooped up the proposal and slapped a new name on it to gain independence with administration, yet keep UW in the System. It doesn’t sound like they’re denouncing the merits if they want the same thing for other system schools.

As for Martin’s transparency issues, critics do have a bit of a point. When it was revealed she and Walker were in talks over how the New Badger Partnership would translate into the biennium budget, she saw a lot of

backlash: She was treated like a Walker crony making backroom deals and withholding just what the proposals would entail — specifically a split from the UW System and the Board of Regents.

Martin admittedly could have handled that situation better and divulged more information to certain parties. But I can understand why she didn’t go into detail about the specific proposals — she herself didn’t know exactly what they would look like.

A lot of the New Badger Partnership plans depended on what state government was actually willing to let Martin have, so naturally she didn’t want to speak about things that were still uncertain. Releasing details and proposals that were by no means finalized would have likely led to more confusion and misinformation than what is already being seen.

Yet since that misstep, Martin has made numerous honest efforts at reaching out to the campus community about the New Badger Partnership and its effects, hosting public forums and tweet sessions

to clarify her plans and respond to criticism.

In fact, Martin came out to speak to the impromptu Bascom protest last week despite the outright rude reception she received. I found their treatment of Martin completely disrespectful and not appropriate if they want to call themselves a thoughtful, intelligent opposition. You’d be hard-pressed to find other university chancellors who work so diligently to reach out to students. Former Chancellor John Wiley likely wouldn’t have batted an eye.

I chalk Martin’s difficulties in garnering support to a simple case of really bad timing; she’s trying to float a major change in university administration policies at a time where politics have become a volatile propaganda tool. Unfortunately, it seems Martin is becoming a martyr for the continued excellence of UW.

Alicia Yager (ayager@badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and French.

Alicia YagerEditorial Board Member

Damn. After four years of making sure the Herald’s opinion page gave fascism its proper due, I think it’s high time I surrender the remainder of my youth to corporate servitude. With any luck, it will feel like mere seconds before I’m coughing up some vital organ on a prime piece of Florida real estate, mumbling unintelligibly while watching my third wife add a hint of arsenic to the morphine drip.

And yet, I can’t help but feeling grateful — things could have been worse. College can take a lot of the

fun out of being our age, and I like to think of this column as a therapeutic experience.

But if there’s one convenient topic for a goodbye, it was the sensation, at every point in my long transition from creative writing to economics with an emphasis in math, of having been placed firmly in a new camp that was superior to all others.

I can’t count the number of times I’ve been greeted with a disgusted expression when I say I’m studying something with a minimum of analytical content. Conversely, I remember only too well the smugness of hard sciences students who frowned on my constantly changing array of humanities majors several years ago. The conceit is all the more poisonous because it is a lifestyle choice that allows

us over the course of four years to isolate ourselves from those with the potential to challenge it.

When I first came to the university, my opinion of analytical study was as cursory as it was pathetic — in a worldview where fiction was the true foundation of all that was good and pure in academia, mathematicians were troglodytes whose definition of beauty was nothing more than a series of irrelevant proofs and classical music in windowless rooms. There was no shortage of people who agreed. And when I began to study economics, I allowed myself to believe it was humanities students who were mired in unjustifiable hero-worship of dead people.

But if we were really serious about holistic education, we would make introductory statistics and

calculus 2 mandatory for everyone. Simultaneously, we would enforce a far more rigorous English language requirement. Foreign language credits for studying abroad would be premised on marked improvement in spoken and written language skills after the trip. We would either dispense with the ethnic studies requirement or make it more difficult, so that its coerced attendees leave with something more than a bigger vocabulary with which to castigate 16th century Europeans.

This is not a discussion with any larger ramifications for the future of education in this country — the actual task of redefining the way we learn will be waged in state halls and kindergarten classrooms and by people far more intelligent than myself.

But if we really want

to provide an experience that meaningfully changes us, it should be obvious college is quickly becoming a rip-off. Sure, lip service is paid to the idea of a broad education, but that platitude means nothing without the intellectual rigor to enforce it.

Like the many goodbye columns that have preceded it, this one will mean absolutely nothing in the scheme of things. So what the hell — I love this place because I’ve never felt so constantly unprepared, incapable and ready to admit it as I did during Hans Adler’s discussion of what defines the word Kafkaesque, or later, Ananth Seshadri’s many-part series on crowding-out effects. At its best, college can teach us to see elegance in what other people choose to love, and that no endeavor is small or unworthy unless it fails

to challenge us to the extent that we deserve.

As for me, and the three people still reading (I love you too, Mom), I had a sort of belated “eureka” moment that nicely tied these fragmented parting thoughts together several weeks ago. I had just finished reviewing a particularly brutal proof and was riding my bike down Observatory Drive, enjoying the wind and wondering how my instructor could have so flawlessly reduced a jumble of symbols and rules to a working model of growth in animal populations. I kept going over those 10 minutes of frenzied scribbling, but the only thing I remembered was how good it felt to be there.

Sam Clegg (sclegg@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in economics.

Sam CleggEditorial Board Chair

A Badger Herald goodbye from Editorial Board Chair Sam Clegg

Don’t silence student voice

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It appears student testimony against the proposed voter identification bill moving through the state Legislature has not fallen on deaf ears.

The bill’s author, Rep. Jeff Stone, R-Greenfield, capitulated Friday and drafted an amendment allowing for the use of student ID cards as an acceptable form of photo ID when registering to vote.

Some of the opposition to the bill stemmed from the requirement of a driver’s license, state-issued ID or military ID to register at the polls — forms that would likely disenfranchise many out-of-state students across the UW System.

However, there is one caveat to the amendment that gives us pause: Stone said student ID use is

contingent on the ID including the student’s current address on the card.

This provision will undoubtedly lead to a huge headache for university staff and students alike, as student addresses typically change each year. Constantly replacing cards will also place a considerable cost on students just for their right to vote: Currently, new Wiscards are $25 a piece.

Given our doubts about the necessity of a voter ID bill in the first place, we urge Stone to reconsider the address requirement on student IDs. Despite its billing as a solution, requiring a new card so often is just another form of Republican legislators disenfranchising college voters who typically lean Democratic.

From the desk of the future editor

While today kicks off the last week of production at The Badger Herald for the spring semester, I would like to take a moment to look forward to the fall.

My name is Signe Brewster, and I am the incoming editor-in-chief at the Herald. I am a Minnesota native, life sciences communication major and general wonk when it comes to journalism. I have spent the last three years learning nearly everything there is to know about this paper, and I look forward to putting that knowledge to use in the coming year.

But enough about me; here are a few things you should know as a reader of the Herald.

Join our staff I remember the first time I

walked into the Herald’s office. It was the new writers’ meeting early in the fall of 2008, and the editorial room was filled wall-to-wall with interested students.

I found myself wondering how I would compete with so many creative people to make a name for myself. In the years since, I learned what a silly thought that was. With so many ways to put individual skills to work, there is a niche for just

about anyone at the Herald — it’s just up to you to find it.

I urge you to take a hard look at your relationship with this paper. It does not matter if you are not a journalism student; if you like to write, design, opine, make videos, conduct polls, etc., chances are we have a role for you. In the process, you will become a part of one of the most vibrant groups of people to be found on this campus we call home.

So head over to badgerherald.com/about/employment.php to check out current opportunities to join our staff. I promise it’s one of the best choices you can make to deepen your roots in Madison.

TransitioningThe last week of production

at the Herald is always bittersweet with the impending loss of our senior staff members.

There are too many people here to thank for the usually thankless work they put in, but I would like to single out Kevin Bargnes, the editor-in-chief, and Adam Holt, the managing editor, for the hundreds of hours they put in to ensure the paper ran smoothly. Their leadership and dedication, along with their patent brands of humor, will be sorely missed.

Luckily, the Herald has a strong team lined up for the fall. News Editor Carolyn Briggs will take over as managing editor, and I will be handing the editor-at-large title off to former Opinion Editor Jake Begun. I have an enormous amount of faith in them, but I also know the three of us will owe any successes to the rest

of the staff. For a full list of incoming editors, check out the online version of this column.

The multimedia experiment

The Herald is called a lot of names. Some are good, some are ugly.

Like many Herald leaders before me, I like to call the Herald an experiment. The 2011-12 year will be one of constant innovation for this paper, and just from watching incoming editors begin to lay the groundwork for the fall semester, I know it will be one of the strongest in our history.

You will continue to find high-quality writing on our pages, both print and digital, but you will also notice a jump in the amount and variety of online content. This means more videos and photos, but also a new community of bloggers, renewed commitment to social media and a hard look at the purpose of The Badger Herald Wiki.

An improved multimedia presence is only the beginning of the changes that are in store. But the Herald needs your help to ensure we are working toward producing the highest quality student newspaper in the nation. I encourage you to send any constructive suggestions, thoughts and criticism you have to sbrewster@badgherald.com. We have a fresh start coming our way, and I plan to use the next three months to ensure we make the most of that.

Signe BrewsterIncoming Editor-in-Chief

Signe BrewsterEditor-at-Large

Adam HoltManaging Editor

Kevin BargnesEditor-in-Chief

Sam CleggEditorial Board Chairman

Michael BleachEditorial Board Member

Alica YagerEditorial Board Member

Signe BrewsterEditor-at-Large

Kyle MianulliEditorial Page Content Editor

Allegra DimperioEditorial Page Content Editor

Jake BegunEditorial Board Member

Sometimes, when you stop to think about it, the content of a Beastie Boys album is a little perplexing. On the one hand, it’s totally understandable that the three emcees from New York City would use the unique nature of their group as a selling point. You would expect some amount of pointing out that, yes, they are indeed three emcees, all rapping at once, all sharing the same mic, all talented at their job, all committed to partying, uninfluenced by the monies of their careers. But on the other, they’ve been rapping since the early ‘80s. We already know what they’re all about.

Really, how many times can MCA, Ad-Rock Mike D say their names on a track without reaching Mike Jones-like levels of repetitiveness? It’s perhaps a testament to their lyrical skill that they avoid that plight. Still, when Mike D slips into French for a few lines, you’ve got to wish he’d use that opportunity to say something more entertaining than “Je m’appelle Michel.” You might wonder if that’s the only thing he could think to put into Google Translate. After all, it’s probably exactly what the line would have been in English anyway.

It’s ironic that the Beastie Boys titled their new release Hot Sauce Committee Part Two (Part

One was delayed and will be released at a later date) because the album feels half-finished and lacks spice. Part Two opens strong — really strong — with “Make Some Noise,” a self-referencing update of past Beastie Boys singles. The track starts off with a winding, modulated synth-organ intro, which drops into a familiar old-school beat. It’s the perfect backing for the buoyant playfulness of lines like, “Leggo my eggo/ While I flex my ego/ Sip on Prosseco/ Dressed up, tuxedo.”

The group leans hard on that same electronically distorted sound throughout the album, to diminishing returns. It works well early on, especially on the tracks “Nonstop Disco Powerpack” and “Too Many Rappers.” The former uses a funky, laid-back groove with a complex percussive background. The latter is a compelling hybrid of the techno sound that’s suddenly so in vogue and a heavy, bumping bassline. That track, which features fellow New Yorker Nas, is a legitimate album highlight. Though his time on the mic is limited by the fact that he’s sharing it with three others, the guest shows his hosts a thing or to about how to navigate a beat.

But maybe Ad-Rock tips his hand from the very first line of “Make Some Noise,” by opening the album with the phrase “Yes/ Here we go again,” because the tendency toward that sound quickly grows repetitive and dull. It’s so numbing that the tracks begin to run together, even after multiple listens.

An especially egregious example comes in the song “Tadlock’s Glasses,” which is at best some sort of deconstructionist experiment and at worst an unlistenable mess of random beeps, boops and self-promotion. The whole thing is washed over to sound alternately gritty and echo-y, and the hook is so inexplicably distorted that no actual words can be discerned.

True, the Beastie Boys have always been interested in messing with the sound of their own voices, and there’s no reason to expect anything different here. The difference is, though, that on too much of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, it seems like they just wanted to get something, anything, on the vocal track so they could have their fun in production. If it’s intentional, that’s a cynically lazy approach to music-making. But it’s probably just an indication the boys from Brooklyn are getting kind of old.

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It’s only been a year, but I can’t believe my Herald love affair is over.

I know as we propel forward to graduation and grow an inch more nostalgic with each passing day, sentimental opuses like this get old quickly, but when graduating from The Badger Herald, a reflection — albeit cliché — is necessary.

It seems weird now thinking back to the day I first set foot in the office junior year and how different it looks now. At the time, through my credulous eyes, all I saw were a bunch of hard-working college kids who seemed so comfortable in their surroundings compared to the throng of new, nervous writers who snaked throughout the office hallways. It amazed and intimidated me at the same time.

Now I see something completely different.

The Herald feels like home. Sure, most of the time the trash cans are overflowing, there may or may not be fruit flies swarming and chances are the chair you’re sitting in is broken or torn in some form, but it’s like a favorite old, smelly shoe you can’t part with. In all of its idiosyncrasies, the Herald is family. I know it’s been said before in saccharine columns just like this, but it’s true.

Heralders are an extraordinary pocket of wonderfully unique people, and they could not be more accepting of your oddities. I have truly never encountered anyone like the individuals who reside within the champagne-stained walls of 326 W. Gorham St., and I’m not sure if I ever will again. In the office all inhibitions are gone, you can be yourself and no one questions it. For that, I am eternally grateful that I’ve had the opportunity to be part of such a forgiving atmosphere every day.

It’s strange, but when things come to an end it’s the quirky things you remember.

When I went into the office this summer to help clean (yes, sometimes it’s trash-free) I found a note of encouragement left by the previous arts editor,

Cailley Hammel. It was on a Post-it note stuck to the calendar with the words “Good luck!” scrawled across the month of June. As a continual affirmation of her confidence in us — Sarah and I — we kept the note and hung it in the arts corner.

Cailley used to intimidate me as a strong-willed, confident editor who could, and still can, cut through any hints of bullshit. A year ago she was drafting the same column I am writing to you now, after having spent five semesters occupying the arts corner, and everything

she mentioned I now understand and cherish so much more after surviving the small taste of it I’ve been able to experience just in these past two semesters.

Cailley and her partner in crime, Tony Lewis, provided the perfect dream team arts mold for Sarah and I to fit into and shape to be our own, and without their support I don’t think two doe-eyed people like us could have carried on their initiated standard of success in the section.

But if Cailley is my mentor, my arts fairy godmother, then Sarah is surely my sidekick — my levelheaded confidant and instigator of many a gigglefest. I am continually stunned by Sarah’s maturity and talent, and I can only hope that some of her quiet boldness has rubbed off on me in some small way. I know that along with the incoming ArtsEtc. content editor, Lin Weeks, Sarah will continue the arts legacy and hopefully brandish the notion that her ethereal cuteness really does result from being biologically part bunny.

It was at a regular Sunday writers meeting when I first met Sarah. Her quietness annoyed me, and as

a fellow introvert I didn’t appreciate her timid demeanor. She volunteered for an interview with Ben Folds and wrote down her story assignment on an old gum wrapper. I would soon find out (and later appreciate as a sign of her genius) that this is Sarah’s working methodology — to scribble notes on random torn pieces of paper and later forget about them.

But beyond the generations of dynamic arts duos and the fair share of lessons my co-editor has taught me, it’s the tenaciousness of the Herald news team that continues to surprise and inspire the inherent journalist in me with their unfaltering reporting skills.

Of course, the outstanding memory that fails to leave my mind is when the news team sang “Happy Birthday” to one of their fall associates, Gillian Losh. Echoing from the conference room and reverberating throughout the office all the way back to the arts corner on a September afternoon, their harmony sounded sweet as only something like that can. Welcome to the Herald family — it may be dysfunctional, but it’s loving.

When things like this end, it’s difficult to remember what you were like before it all began. From a bout with deranged David Archuleta fans, to now affectionately reflecting back on a year spent occupying my beloved spot in the arts corner, I can’t imagine this experience going any other way.

So, as I blast Vitamin C’s “Graduation (Friends Forever)” through my ears, I keep my fingers crossed that David Archuleta will end his heinous music-making hiatus he’s been teasing us with and craft a graduation song. If he can deftly tackle Christmas tunes, then he can surely compose a graduation ditty.

But in all seriousness, I’m so excited for Sarah and Lin, and I can’t wait to see where the section goes next. Borrowing words from Billie Holiday, I’ll be seeing you.

Ann Rivall is a senior majoring in journalism. She hopes Sarah Witman will write this moment down in her journal of memories. Care to wax nostalgic with Ann and rock out to Vitamin C, or just want to bid her good riddance? E-mail her at arivall@badgerherald.com

Ann RivallArtsEtc. Editor

Originally titled ‘Tadlock’s Glasses,’ the latest Beastie Boys album leaves fans wondering if perhaps the beloved NYC hip-hoppers have lost their license to musically ill with experimentation gone wrong and shameless self-promotion.

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Ch-check it out: Beastie Boys back with fresh beats

Lin WeeksArtsEtc. Reporter

‘Hot Sauce Committee’ tastes more like unflavorful gravy, despite talented guest artists

It’s probably best to get this out of the way immediately: “Fast Five” is not going to win any awards for excellence in filmmaking. It isn’t a life-changing movie by any stretch of the imagination. This fact doesn’t matter, however, because it never tries to be a movie like that. “Fast Five” knows exactly what it is: It’s an adrenaline-charged action movie filled with eye candy in the form of its actors, actresses, cars and stunts — like all of its predecessors — and it does an excellent job at being just that.

The action begins right away, with recurring characters Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker, “Takers”) and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”) breaking

resident badass Dominic “Dom” Toretto (Vin Diesel, “Babylon A.D.”) out of a prison bus on the way to serve his sentence. O’Conner and Mia flee to Rio, the location where they agreed to meet Dom. Once there, long-time fans of the series get a treat of their own: Vince (Matt Schulze, “Extract”), a character from “The Fast and the Furious,” is down there waiting for them. He turns Mia and O’Conner on to a job stealing three cars from a moving train.

What ensues in this operation are some of the coolest stunts/scenes in the movie. Dom shows up with the heist team, and the four “Fast” veterans double-cross their Brazilian comrades by stealing the cars themselves and heading back to hiding in Rio — where the viewer learns what was hinted at earlier in the film: Mia is pregnant with Brian’s child. This sentimental turn of events brings about some of the biggest faults with the

movie. When Walker and Diesel are attempting to show their excitement and care for the pregnant Brewster, their acting is somewhat awkward and stilted.

In order to combat the ever-dangerous fugitives, the U.S. calls in a specialist: a Diplomatic Security Service agent named Luke Hobbs (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson). He is quickly portrayed as an all-business jerk. Hobbs is accompanied by Rio police officer Elene Neves, who is played by Elsa Pataky. Pataky does her best impression of a pretty cardboard cutout throughout the movie and is easily the biggest flaw in the otherwise solid movie.

In double-crossing the

Brazilian criminals, the Torettos and O’Conner realize they are in the crosshairs of criminal

kingpin Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida, “The Burning Plain”) and need to get out of Rio — Vince double-crossed our anti-heroes and was kicked out of the group in a scene reminiscent of his outburst in the first

installment in the series. Those remaining decide the best method of doing so would be ripping off “Ocean’s 11” and assembling a team of past actors and actresses of the series in order to steal $100 million from Reyes.

This team assemblage is only the first page out of the “Ocean’s” book. What follows is a series of preparations for a

heist that is taken almost directly from “Ocean’s 11,” down to finding a duplicate vault to use in the heist. Even the music and camera angles are in the style of the Steven Soderbergh trilogy. This blatant imitation is not a fault with the movie, however, as it makes for a very fun ride.

When all their sneaky tactics fail, Dom and the gang switch to the brute force tactics that served them well for four other movies, which leads to the final climactic car chase involving two flat-black Dodge Chargers dragging a vault through Rio’s streets. Needless to say, this is a very exciting scene.

“Fast Five” is nothing more than a thrill ride, but it is a very fun ride for all viewers. The movie is predictable throughout, some acting is awkward and much of its ideas are taken from “Ocean’s 11,” but none of this holds it back entirely — due to the strength of its action,

stunts and Vin Diesel’s incessant badassery. In context of the rest of the series, the quality of the movie can be slightly increased. Before going into the movie, viewers should know that the plot takes place before “Tokyo Drift,” but after all the others in the series. It is also important to stay a bit after the credits for a teaser at the next movie in the series (yes, there’s already a next one). For a fun night at the theater, you can’t go wrong with “Fast Five.”

Regen McCrackenArtsEtc. Writer

Regardless of unoriginality, newest ‘Furious’ film offers action, scantily clad ladies

‘Fast Five’ carries on legacy, prepares for 6th installment

FAST FIVE

Actors:VIN DIESEL

PAUL WALKER

JUSTIN LIN

Heralders are an extraordinary pocket of wonderfully unique people, and they could not be more accepting of your oddities. I have truly never encountered anyone like the individuals who reside within the champagne-stained walls of 326 W. Gorham St., and I’m not sure if I ever will again.

It’s an adrenaline-charged action movie filled with eye candy in the form of its actors, actresses, cars and stunts — like all of its predecessors — and it does an excellent job at being just that.

SPORTS

Mike Taylor put it during a Rose Bowl pep rally, he went to UW because “that’s what Wisconsin kids do.”

All that pride comes together in Madison on game days.

Close to 90,000 people fill Camp Randall each and every Saturday. The Badgers sold out every men’s basketball game at the Kohl Center this year and led the Big Ten with over 17,000 in the crowd each night. And when it comes to hockey, the men’s and women’s teams are always atop the list in attendance numbers.

But you can get an even greater appreciation for Badger pride once you venture away from Madison.

As a beat writer, I’ve done my fair share of traveling.

From football in Las Vegas to Frozen Four action in Detroit, I’ve hit the road for countless hours with colleagues and friends to watch Wisconsin compete.

Of course, we weren’t the only ones.

Badger fans travel everywhere. Walk into a bar in hostile territory and it won’t take long to spot a group in red.

Like the group of middle-aged men in an Iowa City bar who talked at length about their mission to attend a Badger football road game each year over a few pitchers.

Or the friendly couple tailgating in the TCF Bank Stadium parking lot who wanted to know everything about our work covering the Badgers for the student paper.

Anywhere I went there was someone to listen to. Some group of fans that just loved their Badgers and wanted to talk about it.

I learned quickly what Big Ten country and lifelong Badger fans were all about.

Then the Rose Bowl happened and I learned more.

The night before the game, while enjoying the media party at the ESPN Zone in the downtown

Los Angeles, the UW band showed up for an outdoor performance at LA Live/Nokia Plaza.

10 minutes later, there was a sea of Wisconsin red. Lakers fans looked out from the Staples Center balcony to watch as thousands of Badger fans sang and danced to their favorite songs — the songs you suddenly know all the words to after a few seasons.

In that moment, you knew you were witnessing something special, something rare. It was as if Madison briefly relocated to downtown LA.

It said what the Badgers mean to people in a way words simply could not.

And it was why J.J. Watt and his teammates were so heartbroken after that loss to TCU.

Watt’s tears weren’t so much a result of the realization that he wouldn’t ever personally own a Rose Bowl championship ring, although there is no question that was part of it.

Watt broke down when he thought about the fans, when he thought about the 70,000 Badgers who came to Pasedena hoping for the victory he worked so hard to give them.

“We know how much this means to everybody, to everybody involved,” he said.

After four years at this university, you understand how much it means.

Sports unite people on this campus. They are an integral part of the school’s identity.

Years ago I sought out a college town that was just as passionate about sports as I was. I wanted a school with an athletic program I would be proud of. A place that would give me four years I would never forget.

I found it in Madison.

Max is a senior majoring in journalism. If you couldn’t already tell, he’s going to miss this place. But he’ll be back. Any final thoughts you’d like to send his way? Send them to mhenson@badgerherald.com

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up in the air.”This also means teams

can’t always go after the top recruits, because a coaching staff must try to project how long a given kid will stay. Sometimes a team needs to sacrifice talent for a four-year commitment. Whether it’s an undersized kid or someone who hasn’t grown into his frame yet, or even someone with good character, Eaves and his staff are mixing and matching proverbial blue-chip prospects with what he referred to as some red- or white-chip prospects as well.

A shining example of the pitfalls of recruiting top talent is Don Lucia’s program at Minnesota. The Gophers won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. From 2001 through 2007, UM finished no worse than fourth in the WCHA. Then came the effects of the new NHL collective bargaining

agreement in 2005. From 2008-2011, the Gophers finished fifth twice and seventh twice. Minnesota has missed the NCAA tournament the past three seasons, after missing it just three times between 1985-2007. All despite rosters that have regularly featured between 10 and 20 NHL draft picks.

The Gophers have lost 19 underclassmen since 2003, including five players who went one-and-done. From 2006-2008, Minnesota saw 11 underclassmen leave early for the pros. It goes to show that experience and chemistry, something that isn’t always as strong when players are always leaving, is a big part of the equation.

But that doesn’t stop the hunt for those sure-thing NHL prospects, either.

“You’re still going to need talented people to win. That’s one thing that you learn early as a coach, you don’t turn a tortoise into a hare,” Eaves said.

“If you’re going to go to a championship game and you’ve got Bus A and Bus B, and Bus A has more talent than Bus B, you’re going to go with Bus A.

“We’re going to need those guys that have magic, the things that you don’t teach, that can make something out of nothing.”

Added to the fact is most of these kids are 15 or 16 years old, and coaches need to try to recruit them before they can decide to play major junior, all the while trying to project how the player will be when he’s actually on campus. How much bigger or stronger will the player get? Will he be the same or better four years from now?

And as financial dealings get tougher around the NHL, the pressure to fill around stars with cheap, young prospects is affecting more schools than ever before.

Boston College head coach Jerry York gained a

reputation for recruiting small, speedy forwards considered undersized by NHL standards. Because they aren’t being pursued by pro teams, they tend to stay for four years. And it has worked, as BC made the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 national title games, winning in 2010.

But even for York, that’s beginning to change. BC has lost three players to early departure this offseason alone, matching its total from 2003-2010. York called Eaves to ask his advice on the matter.

“Now [York is] saying, ‘How are you doing it?’ He’s never had to do that before because his recruiting has kind of been, he was always trying to get four-year guys, guys who were going to stay, smaller guys that maybe weren’t NHL guys,” Eaves said. “He’s dealing with that for the first time. I said to Jerry, ‘Jerry, it is a gray area. I don’t have definitive answers for you.’”

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NHL PLAYOFFS2011

NBA PLAYOFFS2011

MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade knew his regular-season numbers against Boston were lacking.

He also knew that wouldn’t matter in the playoffs.

And Game 1 — which seemed more like Round 1 — of what’s already an emotionally charged series went to Wade and the Miami Heat.

Wade scored 38 points on 14 of 21 shooting, James Jones set a Miami postseason record with 25 points off the bench, and the Heat beat the Celtics 99-90 on Sunday to open their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

“We’re going to have to fight for every inch, every game we get,” Wade said. “Right now, we won Game 1. We’re supposed to. We’ll go back and focus on winning Game 2. We’re at home, we have home-court advantage. They’re just trying to come in and steal one like they’ve done in the past. So it’s our job to come out with the same mentality in the next one.”

LeBron James finished with 22 points, six rebounds and five assists for Miami, which led by as many as 19 before a fiery finish that saw plenty of players jawing at each other — more than that in some cases. Paul Pierce was ejected with 7 minutes left, after picking up two technicals.

HEAT 99, CELTICS 90

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Zach Randolph and the Memphis Grizzlies powered their way to another playoff upset — not that he considers it one.

Randolph had a playoff career-high 34 points and 10 rebounds, Marc Gasol added 20 points and 13 boards, and the Grizzlies outmatched the Oklahoma City Thunder inside for a 114-101 victory in the opening game of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday.

“We believe,” Randolph said. “We definitely believe. Our confidence is up high. I tell the guys we can compete and play with anybody.”

Just as they did in a first-round upset of top-seeded San Antonio, Randolph and Gasol provided enough punch to give eighth-seeded Memphis a road victory in Game 1.

Randolph and Gasol each scored 20 points in the same regular-season game only once this season, but did it in Game 1 against the Spurs and again to negate the Thunder ’s home-court advantage right from the start.

GRIZZLIES 114, THUNDER 101

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Defensemen Ian White and Niclas Wallin scored their first goals of the postseason and Antti Niemi made 33 saves to help the San Jose Sharks take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series over the Detroit Red Wings with a 2-1 victory Sunday.

White scored on a power play in the first period and Wallin extended the lead early in the third period as the Sharks put together two of their best back-to-back games to jump on top of the Red Wings for the second straight year.

While Detroit could blame a lack of rest for falling into a 3-0 hole to San Jose a year ago following a seven-game first-round series, the Red Wings were well-rested this year after sweeping Phoenix. But that made no difference against a determined Sharks team that has won 10 of 12 games against Detroit.

Jimmy Howard was again strong in goal for the Red Wings, making 35 saves, but he got little help from his teammates. The Red Wings hope to change their fortunes when the series shifts to Detroit for Games 3 and 4 starting Wednesday night.

SHARKS 2, RED WINGS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vincent Lecavalier did Alex Ovechkin one better. Now Lecavalier’s streaking Tampa Bay Lightning are halfway to eliminating Ovechkin’s top-seeded Washington Capitals.

Lecavalier scored his second goal of the game 6:19 into overtime, and the fifth-seeded Lightning beat the Capitals 3-2 Sunday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Tampa Bay appeared headed for a much simpler victory, leading 2-1 in the third period, but Ovechkin forced the extra period by

scoring with 67 seconds left in regulation.

Dwayne Roloson made 35 saves as the Lightning won their fifth consecutive game — and their fifth in a row on the road.

The series now shifts to Tampa for Game 3 on Tuesday, followed by Game 4 the next night.

On the winning goal, the Lightning caught the Capitals in the middle of a line change. Tampa Bay defenseman Randy Jones — playing in his first game this postseason because of an injury to Pavel Kubina in Game 1 — sent a long pass to Teddy Purcell off the boards. Purcell then slid the puck across the ice to Lecavalier, who flipped it over rookie goalie Michal Neuvirth to end the game.

LIGHTNING 3, CAPITALS 2

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Badgers swept by Wolverines

The Badgers were looking forward to a series where they could compare themselves with the best of the best.

Going against a team ranked No. 2 in the country on Sunday, Wisconsin battled with Michigan until the very end, but came up short 2-1 in a classic showdown between two elite pitchers.

Wisconsin started the game on a promising note defensively, as freshman pitcher Cassandra Darrah struck out three Michigan batters in the top of the first, while freshman Mary Massei led off the Badgers offensive effort with a double. After a pitch struck senior Jennifer Krueger, Karla Powell hit a single. However, a base-running error by the Badgers provided the Wolverines with their first out of the inning, as the Badger base runners got caught in a three-runner pickle. It was one of a handful of mistakes on the base paths for Wisconsin on the day.

“You can’t make errors against a team like Michigan,” head coach Yvette Healy said. “No mental errors, no bad reads, no little mistakes, and against a good team like Michigan every little thing will cost you. It really shows how much this game is a game of inches.”

Wisconsin took the first foothold of the game, chasing Michigan pitcher Stephanie Speierman from the game after Powell’s hit, as Michigan head coach Carol Hutchins decided to remove Speierman amidst her pitchers early struggles. The next at-bat, the Badgers scored their only run of the game on a sacrifice fly to center by sophomore Shannel Blackshear off of reigning Big Ten pitcher of the year Jordan Taylor.

From that point on, Taylor seized control of the game and never gave it back.

Taylor pitched the rest of the game, going six plus innings fanning eleven and only allowing four hits. After the RBI sacrifice fly by Blackshear, the Michigan pitcher befuddled the Badgers with a combination of corner-paving fastballs and a terrific changeup. Taylor gave the Wolverines all the time in the world to mount their comeback, as the All-American breezed through the Badger lineup, tailoring her way to earning the win in the game.

“She’s a great pitcher,” junior Karla Powell said. “She brings the ball so well inside and outside.”

Powell and sophomore Whitney Massey combined for three of the four hits

that Taylor allowed on the day, providing some of the only resistance the Badgers would be able to mount offensively throughout the game.

“We just tried to get runners on,” Massey said. “We chased Taylor’s changeup a lot today; we weren’t really pitch selective as a team in our at-bats. I just stayed in my zone against her. Last year she got me with a riser inside and I just sat and waited on that pitch.”

While Taylor hung up the Badgers at the plate, the Wolverines struggled to find a way to produce a single run on another terrific outing from Wisconsin ace Darrah. The freshman once again went the distance for the Badgers, throwing her 16th complete game of the season on her way to protecting the Badgers 1-0 lead through four innings.

“It’s awesome having a freshman pitch the way she’s pitching,” Powell said. “It’s amazing knowing we have someone who is mixing her pitches up constantly and keeping people off balance all game.”

The Wolverines showed the signature of an elite team by not giving up, getting to Darrah in the fifth for two runs, scoring all they would need to escape Goodman Diamond with a 1-0 win and a series sweep.

Unlike the game Sunday, the first game of the series Friday was a blowout, where the Wolverines tagged the Badgers for nine runs. While only giving up two earned runs in the game, Wisconsin freshman pitcher Amanda Najdek took the loss, while once again Taylor took the win for Michigan in their 9-1 trouncing of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin gave up seven runs in the fourth, as a throwing error and a ground ball that went between an infielders legs kick started the Michigan throttling in the inning.

The lone run of the game was driven in by Powell, scoring Krueger in the bottom of the fourth for the only Badger run of the game, as the team was mercy ruled in the fifth.

Wisconsin did lose both games on the weekend, but through four innings of the first game and the entire second game the Badgers proved they could compete with Michigan, a very heartening sign to Healy.

“I like where we’re at,” Healy said. “We got started the right way today, we bounced back from yesterday. Our team could have hung their heads and gotten rolled over today, but they have no conscience or memory, they reset for today and that’s a big deal.”

The Badgers swung and missed often against Michigan pitcher Jordan Taylor, who only allowed 4 hits in over 6 innings of work Sunday. Jacob Schwoerer Th e Badger Herald

Wisconsin keeps it close but eventually falls to No. 2 Michigan in game 2 after blowout loss in series opener

Nick KorgerSoftball Writer

The Wisconsin softball team received publicity in all forms Sunday as the game was broadcasted live on the Big Ten Network. What was even more impressive was the fan support.

The attendance was a season-high 664, nearly triple the amount at Saturday’s game, which can mostly be blamed on the annual Mifflin Street Block Party.

“It was the best crowd support I’ve seen all year,” head coach Yvette Healy said. “It really made a difference in how the team played and it really bolstered them.”

“It was exciting,” freshman pitcher Cassandra Darrah said. “I love when a ton of people come out and watch.”

Most coaches would be nervous putting a freshman like Darrah in the circle against the No. 2 team in the country, but not Healy, who has continued to show all the confidence in the world in her young ace.

“Going into the game we just told her, look, you’re going to face Michigan for four more years,” Healy said. “Yes, they’re ranked No. 2 right now, but battle and let’s figure out how to beat them,”

Darrah fed off the crowd and her coach’s confidence from the start, holding Michigan scoreless with only three hits through the game’s first four innings.

“I thought I did well,” Darrah said. “I felt really good, and I just wanted to come out and throw one of my best games for my team.”

Darrah nearly did just that, as she posted eight strikeouts, second-most in a game in her young career, and no walks in a complete game, which was her 18th of the season.

“I’m super-proud of Cassandra [Darrah],” Healy said with enthusiasm as the freshman walked by. “She did a really great job. To have a freshman play like that, she really battled and got herself out of some jams. What a great effort she put out

there. She really gave us everything she had.”

Unfortunately for the Badgers, the dominating pitching performance by Darrah was outdone by Michigan pitcher Jordan Taylor, who came in for relief of starter Stephanie Speierman and threw eleven strikeouts, giving up no runs, no walks and only four hits in 6.2 innings of work.

“[Jordan Taylor] is tough,” Darrah said. “We did well, but we came up short.”

For a freshman, not only has Darrah shown off her impressive talent in the circle, she has displayed maturity beyond her years. Sunday was no exception, as Darrah refused to get down on her teammates despite a few fielding mistakes and a lack of run support (one run scored Sunday).

“[The lack of run support] is not frustrating. I know they’re trying, I believe in all of them,” Darrah said. “[The fielding mistakes] happen. I don’t let it bother me.”

Darrah was adamant about making no excuses

for the loss. She wouldn’t even admit that the wind, which was up to 31 mph at one point, was much of a factor.

“[The wind] wasn’t that bad,” Darrah said “I didn’t really notice it as much. I was kind of worried at the beginning because it was blowing out completely. But, it didn’t affect us.”

Worried or not, the strong wind blowing out to center field would have been a huge advantage for Michigan’s power hitting lineup, had Darrah allowed it to be. Though she gave up 12 hits on the day, Darrah was able to keep the ball on the ground. Impressively, all of the hits she gave up were singles.

Darrah saw a glimpse of consolation in her team’s close battle, but, like any competitor, she was ultimately disappointed that it ended in a loss.

“It’s encouraging at one point, because they’re the No. 2 team,” Darrah said. “But, it’s also frustrating because we should have had it. We were that close.”

Badgers’ freshman ace Cassandra Darrah keeps her composure, pitches complete game on big stage

Justin Mertes-MistrettaSoftball Writer

right guard while Kevin Zeitler was injured, and then filled in as a tight end in short-yardage and goal-line situations. Nagy capped his final season in Madison with an honorable mention All-Big Ten Conference selection, one of six Badgers honored. The Cowboys seemed to be prioritize strengthening their offensive line in order to better protect quarterback Tony Romo, as Nagy was their third lineman taken in this year’s draft.

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Senior Marek Michalicka has an outside chance to make the NCAA singles individuals, but UW isn’t expecting to make the tournament as a team.Zhao Lim Th e Badger Herald

Big Ten tourney run ends for UW

An emotional end to the Big Ten season leaves the Wisconsin men’s tennis team with little hope for a spot in the NCAA tournament.

The Badgers started the weekend off looking very strong against No. 11 seed Penn State. They were able to knock them out in the first round with a 4-1 win. But their run ended with a 4-0 loss to third-seeded Minnesota Friday.

The Gophers got off to an early lead by grabbing the doubles point. First to fall for UW was the No. 3 doubles pair of Ricardo Martin and Petr Satral. They were unable to withstand the aggressive play of the Gophers’ Tobias Wernet and Bendan Ruddock, as they lost 8-2. The Badgers’ top doubles team of Marek Michalicka and Billy Bertha brought things back to even with an 8-4 win over Phillip Arndt and Sebastian Gallego, but the fate of the doubles point was left up to freshman pair Rod Carey and Fredrik Ask. They were unable to get the win, giving the doubles point to Minnesota.

“They are a team that jumps on you pretty quick,” Bertha said. “They scream and yell and have high energy. The hole we got in was too big, and we couldn’t dig out of it.”

After the devastating doubles loss, the Badgers reconvened and decided not to go down without a fight.

“Everyone was pretty upbeat after that, and we wanted to rally,” Bertha said.

Unfortunately, the confidence boost wasn’t enough to stop the Gophers’ momentum. Five out of the six Badgers’ singles courts lost their first set, leaving Wisconsin with a huge deficit to make up. Carey was Wisconsin’s first singles loss, followed closely by Alex Robles, who lost 6-2, 6-4 to Julian Dehn. Bertha was the next Badger loss, which sealed the win for Minnesota

and ended Wisconsin’s tournament run.

“[Rok Bonin] played really well,” Bertha said. “He wasn’t missing many balls, and nothing I was doing was that effective.”

Despite the loss, assistant coach Joe Bates was pleased with the team’s overall effort.

“We were a little bit down and disappointed after doubles, but we raised our energy and we wanted to take that momentum into singles,” Bates said.

Second-round play wouldn’t have been possible if it wasn’t for a successful first round. To get to Minnesota, the Badgers had to make it past Penn State for a second time this season.

Wisconsin jumped out to an early lead by winning the doubles point from the

No. 1 and No. 2 positions. First to finish were Michalicka and Bertha, with an 8-6 win over Eddie Bourchier and Russell Bader. When Bertha struggled from the net, Michalicka stepped up

like a true senior and took over the match. Despite the early struggles, Bertha was able to close out the match with a sweeping last serving game ending in an ace. Ask and Carey got the win that earned the doubles point in a close victory over Jason Lee and Christopher Haysn.

“I almost thought we were going to let it slip away from us, but Fred did a good job of keeping me focused so I give him a lot of credit for that,” Carey said.

The Badgers kept the momentum from the doubles win going throughout the majority of their singles matches. Michalicka was the first of the singles players off the court with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Penn State’s Eddie Bourchier.

“I tried to stay focused because once you get four, everything stops,” Michalicka said. “You want to stay on the court and focus on every point.”

After his win, Michalicka watched hopefully from the sidelines as Ask and Satral followed in his footsteps,

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As the school year comes to an end, seniors begin to look back at their time in Madison. Among those graduating this spring will be Marek Michalicka, the lone senior on the UW men’s tennis team, whose collegiate career may have just come to a close.

As Wisconsin played host to the Big Ten Tournament, Michalicka was able to play potentially his final match at home.

But Minnesota’s Tobias Wernet proved to be a difficult opponent, and Michalicka admitted he had trouble keeping his composure.

“My mentality was off; it was hard to stay focused during the big points,” Michalicka said. “Especially when it was 5-1 and I was serving and I gave him the break then couldn’t break back. Staying focused during those big points is always hard.”

Unfortunately for the Badgers, Michalicka wasn’t the only one who struggled with No. 3 seed Minnesota, and they ended their season with a 4-0 loss Friday. Seeming gloomy, it was obvious the always-smiling Michalicka

was having a hard time coming to terms with reality.

“You always think it might be the last match playing for the Badgers,” he said. “For me it was hard to try to stop those thoughts in doubles and singles. They kept distracting me while I was playing, hard to think that this might be it.”

A Czech Republic native, Michalicka grew within the UW system and could not be more respected by his teammates and coaches

“It’s been great to coach him. Like I’ve said in the past, he’s one of those athletes that gives it his all no matter what area it is, whether he’s in the classroom, tennis court, conditioning or practicing. It’s been a pleasure to coach him, and I wish him the best. Hopefully he’ll make the NCAAs and have some more tennis left,” head coach Greg Van Emburgh said of his only senior.

Ranked No. 57 in the nation for singles play, Michalicka was not only a role model on the court, but off as well. Being at the top of such a young team is not easy, but Michalicka made it seem so.

“I think he’s been a great role model,” Van Emburgh said. “I don’t think I could ask for a better leader, captain, role model to have on

the team. He gives it his all. It really matters; everything matters to him. It really hurts him today to lose, and I wish him the best. You couldn’t ask for a better leader.”

So, with the Big Ten tournament over, what does the future look like for the Badgers?

As far as NCAAs go, Van Emburgh doesn’t seem too confident, but he’s proud of how far his team has come.

And what about the soon to be graduated, Marek Michalicka?

“Well, it’s still open if I play NCAAs. If I won today I probably had a better chance to get in, but I didn’t so it’s not up to me now. I just have to wait,” Michalicka said. “After I graduate? I don’t know. I’ll probably go home, play some tournaments during the summer then maybe go back to school. See if I can get in a program and get my master’s.”

Whether the NCAAs are within his future or not, Michalicka is proud of the legacy he’ll leave behind at Wisconsin.

But saying goodbye won’t be easy.

“I really enjoyed it. It’s been a lot of fun. If I had the choice again today I would choose the UW all over again,” Michalicka said. “When I’m back home I’ll definitely be thinking about Wisconsin.”

Morgan Bradley Men’s Tennis Writer

Lone senior Michalicka coming to grips with endof his collegiate career

After 4-0 loss to border-rival Gophers Friday, Wisconsin men’s tennis team likely out of NCAA tournament picture

Erin BarneyMen’s Tennis Writer

securing the dual win for Wisconsin and sending them into the next round. Satral defeated Bader 6-4, 6-4, and Ask finished off the day with a 6-3, 7-6 victory over Bryan Welnetz.

The season-ending loss to Minnesota leaves the Badgers with little hope for a spot in the NCAA tournament as a team. However, the coaching staff is keeping their fingers crossed for some individuals.

“We probably won’t make the tournament, but hopefully Marek will make the singles individuals,” Bates said.

The hole we got in was too big, and we couldn’t dig out of it.

Billy BerthaUW Sophomore

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Mike Eaves and his coaching staff must balance blue-chip talent with developmental prospects each recruiting cycle. Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

Mike Eaves’ office is tidy and spacious. It’s a nice room, befitting the all-time leading scorer in Wisconsin hockey history, a man who coached the Badgers to their sixth national title and got to the cusp of a seventh.

So as he sits at a table in his office and talks about the dirty work his job entails (recruiting), there’s a stark contrast between his work and where he works. He calls the recruiting board he and his coaching staff uses a “can of worms,” explaining how complicated and messy the process can be.

“Because you open that thing and you look at it — and you could spend all day in there,” Eaves said. “And after a while, you almost say, okay, it’s been an hour, we need to close this thing back up. Get all the worms back in there, take a break and step back. Things happen on their own, they evolve and you open it back up again, you get back in there.

“But it is an interesting beast.”

The beast reference was directed to the recruiting board. But it might as well apply to college hockey recruiting in general as well — a process constantly made more difficult when players leave early for the professional ranks.

Unlike college basketball

or football, hockey players are not usually coming to programs straight from high school. Most NCAA hockey players have played at least a year or two of junior hockey, a catch-all term for various North American leagues that feature competition for 16- to 20-year-olds. The United States Hockey League is the only top-tier amateur junior league in the U.S., while there are several provincial leagues in Canada.

Twenty of the players on UW’s 2010-2011 roster played at least one year of junior hockey prior to joining the Badgers. Only three came to UW straight from Minnesota high schools, while the other three not to come from juniors or high school came from the U.S. National Team Development Program.

There’s both an advantage and a downfall to this system, however. On one hand, players can play junior hockey for a couple of years and grow bigger and stronger, which can be necessary since some NCAA hockey seniors can be up to 24 years old if they played juniors before college. It also allows a recruit to stay committed to a program even if there isn’t immediately a spot on the roster; coaches can essentially stash recruits by having them commit two or three years before they’re

actually going to join the team, which also allows for flexibility to get the player on campus sooner or later, depending on need.

The downfall is, a team might lose a recruit to another school that has a

more immediate opening. Or maybe he decides to play major junior in Canada instead. And depending on if players leave a program early or stay longer than projected, there sometimes isn’t always scholarship

money to go around.“We always talk about

plan A, B and C. And D is probably worst-case scenario: What happens if we lose all these kids?” Eaves said. “Well plan A, if he leaves, who gets his

money and can we frontload him or backload him? It makes our job — instead of juggling three balls, we’re trying to keep four or five

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PART 4 of 5Mike Eaves referred to it as a ‘can of worms.’ It’s called recruiting, and it can be a tricky process.

Adam HoltManaging Editor

Taking it to the Max with one last column

Camp Randall Stadium and the Kohl Center — those were the two places I had to see during my first visit to Madison.

The college sports town environment was something I wanted to experience. The massive tailgates on Saturdays, the band, the ridiculously long lines to get a front row seat, the thousands of people all wearing the same color.

Like so many of you, that’s what I wanted, and that’s exactly what I got when I enrolled at UW (lucky for us, at a time when Wisconsin athletic success is at an all-time high).

But after a year on campus, I realized I wanted even more. I wanted to write about the Badgers — specifically the football and men’s hockey team. I wanted to interview the players and coaches. The Badger Herald provided that opportunity of a lifetime.

For the past couple years, I’ve used this column to give you everything I’ve got to offer regarding the Badgers. What I saw, what I heard, what I felt — all of it.

And I’ve got a simple final thought to pass along: Madison and UW athletics are pretty special.

This isn’t news. You’ve heard that said quite often by a number of people — most notably ESPN personality Scott Van Pelt, who claimed Madison is the greatest college town in America (something he reaffirmed after UW’s victory over No.1 ranked Ohio State this past season).

But what is it that

makes Madison and its love for the Badgers so different? What makes the sports scene on this campus so special?

I’ll do my best to explain with a couple moments that have stuck with me.

Walk around Madison on a football Saturday or take in a game at the Kohl Center and you’ll feel the energy and excitement. Watch the Badgers beat the top-ranked Buckeyes and you’ll see something otherworldly.

But there are tons of college campuses across the country that can offer incredible game day environments. Schools like Texas or Florida or North Carolina come to mind. You know, those schools with “followers” nationwide. Those few schools whose apparel is layered on a table at every single Foot Locker or Champs across the country.

Wisconsin doesn’t usually come to mind when you ask the average sports fan to name the top college athletic programs — although that may change thanks to continued success in football and basketball to go along with an already-legendary hockey program.

But that doesn’t matter to the people in this state. Sure, they want the wins and the national respect, but Wisconsin is their team regardless. Fans, students and alumni relish the uniqueness that is Madison and the often-overlooked Badgers.

The Badgers have all of Wisconsin’s attention (except a segment of basketball fans who root for Marquette). In the fall, Badger football captivates the state, and it’s something that’s difficult to understand unless you actually live it.

As junior linebacker and Ashwaubenon-native

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Th ree more Badgers taken in NFL Draft

NEW YORK — J.J. Watt and Gabe Carimi stole the headlines Thursday night, but three other Wisconsin Badgers still found their way to the National Football League this weekend.

Tight end Lance Kendricks, offensive tackle John Moffitt and offensive guard/center Bill Nagy were drafted in the final two days of the 2011 NFL Draft, giving the Badgers five more alumni in the NFL.

Kendricks, a runner-up for this year ’s Mackey Award, given to the nation’s top tight end, was drafted by the St. Louis Rams with the 15th pick in the second round (47th overall). Moffitt, who formed arguably the nation’s most talented left half of an offensive line alongside Carimi, was

taken one round later by the Seattle Seahawks, with the 11th pick in the third round (75th overall). Finally, Nagy, a versatile offensive lineman for the Badgers, was taken by the Dallas Cowboys with the third-to-last pick of the entire draft at the 51st pick in the seventh round (252nd overall).

Kendricks and Moffitt were largely expected to be drafted, but Nagy represented a bit of a surprise given the other prospects UW had in the draft. Quarterback Scott Tolzien, Wisconsin’s starter for the last two years, was considered a late-round prospect, but was never taken.

In St. Louis, Kendricks will provide second-year quarterback and reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Sam Bradford with another solid receiving option in an offense that continues to develop.

The 6-foot-3, 243-pound Kendricks was a well-rounded tight end for the Badgers, exhibiting excellent pass-receiving skills (43 receptions for 663 yards and five touchdowns last season) and strong blocking ability. Kendricks figures to be more of a receiving threat in St. Louis, though he will figure in to the Rams’ plans in pass protection and run blocking.

Moffitt was widely considered a mid-round prospect who didn’t quite have the athleticism of Carimi. Nevertheless, he did earn Associated Press first-team and consensus first-team All-Big Ten honors in 2010 after starting all 13 games at left guard. The Seahawks selected him in the third round to help solidify an offense that could be undergoing a makeover, as quarterback Matt Hasselbeck seems

unlikely to return. Moffitt, listed at 6-foot-4, 319 pounds, could start immediately on the Seahawks O-line once mini-camps and training camps are planned following the resolution of the ongoing labor dispute.

In Dallas, Nagy will bring the versatility UW head coach Bret Bielema touted live on the NFL Network shortly after his former player was drafted. Bielema was a guest on the network’s draft coverage and discussed how Nagy worked his way back from frightening foot and wrist injuries following a scooter accident prior to his junior season in 2009. Last season, Nagy appeared in all 13 games and started eight. He started the first four games at

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Moffitt, Kendricks, Nagy get the chance to represent UW in the pro ranks while Tolzien and Clay go undrafted

Mike FiammettaSports Content Editor

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John Moffitt3rd RoundSeattle Seahawks

Lance Kendricks2nd RoundSt. Louis Rams

Bill Nagy7th Round Dallas Cowboys

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