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By Cheyenne Langkampthe daIly CardInal

David Ward first arrived on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the ’60s, and says he remembers fellow stu-dents taking on the civil rights movement and Vietnam War.

UW students, then and now, are “always exciting, a little dif-ferent and constantly reinventing themselves,” he said, adding it is the variation in each generation of Badgers that he sees as the spirit of Wisconsin students.

“It’s beyond the curriculum, it’s beyond the campus,” Ward said. “It’s something that we do for ourselves.”

Ward held multiple leadership

positions before taking on his first term as chancellor in 1993.

This initial chancellorship spanned seven years, during which he oversaw the expan-sion of campus facilities, as well as the creation of residen-tial learning communities and advising services.

In 2011, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly called upon Ward to fill the role again, after the departure of Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin.

Ward said it was his sense of loyalty that brought him back to the university.

“I got the feeling that they couldn’t use somebody on the

inside because it had been such a difficult time,” Ward said, referring to the campus division which resulted from Martin’s controversial initiatives.

In October 2011, Reilly extended the interim term to include a second year, which Ward said pushed him to be more than just a placeholder.

“That was when I said I can’t just hold the fort, I’ve got to keep the place moving,” Ward said. “That was good for me because it forced me to be energetic.”

In his interim role, he has emphasized the importance of implementing new learning tech-nologies, while also seeking new revenue sources for the univer-sity as state funding support con-

tinues to decline.But Ward’s second term has not

been free of criticism. His decisions on student organization funding and university labor contracts have prompted students, faculty and teaching assistants to take action on numerous occasions.

It is this environment he will pass on to Rebecca Blank in the coming months.

Ward said his word of advice to Blank would be to remember UW-Madison is a “complex and messy place.”

“I’d encourage her to never believe in the quick fix because of that complexity here,” Ward said. “It’s the mile, it’s not the hundred yard dash.”

Ward reflects on his past, present at UW

Dalai Lama promotes well-being, compassion during speaking tour

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the 14th dalai lama, tenzin Gyatso, addresses the Wisconsin state assembly tuesday, speaking on the importance of ‘inner value,’ unity and compassion among state legislators.

Dalai Lama talks ‘inner value’ at state assembly By Jack Caseythe daIly CardInal

The Dalai Lama stopped into the Wisconsin state Assembly chambers Tuesday as part of his Change Your Mind Change The World tour to deliver an approxi-mately 20-minute speech pep-pered with jokes and his distinc-tive chuckles, which hit on the need for unity and compassion among state legislators.

He is speaking in Madison, along with other leaders in neu-roscience, environmental policy, economics and health care, as a part of the Change Your Mind Change The World conference, which is designed to facilitate discussions that would help to “make the world a better place.”

The Dalai Lama, a promi-nent figure in Tibetan Buddhism, recounted his experiences as an exiled leader in India, where he fled after the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1950. He served as Tibet’s political leader until 1959 and used his obser-vations gathered during that time to offer advice to the legislators.

His speech’s central theme of equality and compassion drew from what he said is his belief that everyone is the same no matter what position they hold in society. He said politicians are not much different than himself or the citi-zens they represent, specifically saying that a homeless man is not much different than the state assembly speaker.

“They were born, they die, same. No differences,” the Dalai Lama said.

Additionally, the Dalai Lama emphasized the need to recognize self-worth and develop trust among legislators and their colleagues because “trust brings friendship” and he said people should be judged on their inner value, not how much money or power they have.

He emphasized the impor-tance of “inner value” by pointing at his heart.

In the spirit of his address, during which the Dalai Lama commented on his low opinion of formality in politics, he con-cluded his remarks with little flair, simply saying, “So that is my report. Thank you.”

The Dalai Lama is also sched-uled to speak Wednesday at two panel discussions at the Overture Center, 201 State St., at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

By Meghan Chua and taylor harveythe daIly CardInal

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, spoke at the Overture Center for the Arts during part of his two-day visit to Madison. The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center along with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute sponsored the Dalai Lama’s Overture panel as part of the Change Your Mind, Change the World tour, focused on a mes-sage that people’s minds can be trained just like muscles.

“Global health and Sustainable Well-Being”

Although the Dalai Lama and a group of experts who came together for Wednesday morning’s panel, “Global Health and Sustainable Well-Being,” brought different perspectives to the session, each returned to the idea that an individual’s men-tal well-being can have a posi-tive effect on his or her physical health, opening up the potential to create a global impact.

“More warm-heartedness [and] more sense of consider-ation of others’ well-being is the best way to achieve your own peace of mind,” the Dalai Lama said. “That way you get more healthy physically and healthy family.”

University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and neurosci-

entist Richard Davidson also noted the connection between happiness and physical health, citing a study that showed those who reported feeling a higher level of well-being experience lower health care costs.

“I think this has very impor-tant implications for our global health,” said Davidson, who incorporates meditation into his scientific research.

UW-Madison sophomore Emily Torres said though most audience members were there to see the Dalai Lama, their attendance “got the word out” for issues the other pan-elists raised.

“Obviously seeing the Dalai Lama and hearing him speak was awesome,” Torres said, “but lis-tening to the other panelists and hearing their point of view, when that’s not something I necessar-ily would have heard if he hadn’t been there, was really cool.”

“Conversations on Science, happiness and Well-Being”

Circled by journalist Arianna Huffington, two University of Wisconsin-Madison lead-ing experts in mental health and a fellow Buddhist monk and scholar, His Holiness the Dalai Lama bowed down to a standing, applauding audience Wednesday afternoon before participating in a discussion titled “Conversations on Science, Happiness and Well-Being.”

The conversation among the

renowned panelists, which took place at the Overture Center for the Arts, centered upon the healthy individual mind, which the Dalai Lama said has the potential to lead to mentally healthy families, communities and overall healthier societies.

“We need to think more holistically and compassionate-ly,” the Dalai Lama said before the crowd. “A better world is a more compassionate world, a more peaceful world; and it is everybody’s responsibility.”

During the discussion, Davidson outlined facts scien-tists have discovered about well-being in recent years, includ-ing that mental well-being is an acquired skill and one’s mind can be trained to be “well.”

He said mental well-being is inversely related to mind-wan-dering, adding research revealed 47 percent of the time the average American “is not paying attention to what he or she is doing.”

“During these periods, people report they are most-ly unhappy,” Davidson said. “Awareness makes people feel better, and then their overall well-being is higher.”

After Davidson made his remarks about mind-wander-ing, the Dalai Lama gave the audience a good laugh when he turned to Davidson to ask him what exactly “mind-wandering” meant. Davidson replied,“The concept is foreign to you because your mind is so steady!”

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Nev Singh grew up in Winona, Minn., but when it came time to choose a college she knew the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities was not for her.

“Right away, I knew I wasn’t going to the U of M,” said Singh, a University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore majoring in computer engineering.

After narrowing down her choices to UW-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the price tag ultimately determined her decision. The reciprocity agree-ment between Minnesota and Wisconsin allowed Singh to attend UW-Madison, paying about the same tuition as an in-state resident.

“[At] Illinois, I’d be paying out-of-state [tuition] and that’d be like $40,000,” Singh said. “So that’s kind of what it came down to.”

Singh had always wanted to attend a large university, and she said she considered UW-Madison and UIUC based on their engineering programs and the feel of each campus.

She eliminated the U of M as a choice because its engineering program was not as renowned as the other two schools’, and she wanted a university with more of a “college town” atmosphere than the Twin Cities.

The long-standing reciprocity agreement allows students from both Minnesota and Wisconsin to attend public institutions in the partnering state at a rate close to the in-state price.

However, the Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions and Financial Aid presented a suggestion to the Faculty Senate May 6 stating that ending the agreement would bet-ter serve Wisconsin residents and allow the university to bring in more tuition money.

If the committee’s suggestion moves forward, the two flagship universities, UW-Madison and the U of M, would end reciproc-ity and Minnesotans attending UW-Madison would pay the full out-of-state tuition. Reciprocity would still be maintained at all other public institutions in the two states, including schools such as UW-Eau Claire and U of M-Duluth.

In order to eliminate reciproc-ity at the flagship campuses, both the state of Wisconsin and Board of Regents would need to pass legislation in favor of the change.

According to CURAFA’s report, UW-Madison loses between $42 and $52 million per year by giving Minnesota stu-dents reduced tuition.

CURAFA Chair Sara Goldrick-Rab, a UW-Madison professor of educational policy

and sociology, said she takes issue with spending money to keep tuition low for Minnesotans when the same money could be applied toward lowering tuition for Wisconsin residents.

“We’re not trying to end access for Minnesota students,” Goldrick-Rab said. “The issue here is increasing the revenue to the institution, so that all stu-dents will benefit.”

The report provides recom-mendations for the “ideal incom-ing class,” advocating for 60 per-cent of the incoming freshman class to be Wisconsin residents. The percentage of Wisconsin residents making up the fresh-man class has declined over time, from 64.3 percent Wisconsin residents in fall 2002 to 56 per-cent in 2012.

The report also states that eliminating reciprocity could help achieve CURAFA’s goal of increasing diversity within the state of Wisconsin. It stresses

a need to serve lower-income students and draw students from underrepresented areas of the state, such as small towns, rural areas and the city of Milwaukee.

Jessica Behling, Associated Students of Madison Diversity Committee chair, said she believes eliminating reciproc-ity at UW-Madison could be a disadvantage to lower-income Minnesotans who want to attend the school but cannot afford out-of-state tuition. Although she said she believes diversity from within Wisconsin is important, she said recruiting students from Minnesota and other places is beneficial to making the cam-pus diverse.

“Part of the Wisconsin Idea is preparing our students … for the diversity of the working world,” Behling said. “If we’re only exposed to the diversity of Wisconsin … we’re also missing

out on the diversity of other places in our nation and in our world.”

Provost Paul DeLuca told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Thursday he was concerned eliminating reciprocity would mean fewer Minnesotan stu-dents would be able to attend to UW-Madison.

Goldrick-Rab, however, argued Minnesotans are likely able to afford the out-of-state rate as on average, the state’s family income is higher than that of Wisconsin families. The average family income of Minnesota students is $105,000, compared to the $85,000 held on average by Wisconsin stu-dents’ families, according to the report.

“There’s every indication that their families are at least able to afford it compared to the Wisconsin-resident students,” Goldrick-Rab said.

DeLuca also said eliminating reciprocity would create more com-

petition for Wisconsin students because students would apply to UW-Madison who may have instead wanted to attend school at the U of M. He also said that although diversity of recruitment was important, the school needed to ensure that accepted students were able to succeed at UW-Madison.

Singh’s younger sister will also attend UW-Madison in the fall. The choice for her came down to the U of M and UW-Madison, and she chose UW largely because it would be logistically easier for her parents to have both daugh-ters attend the same school.

Wit h o u t r e c ip r o c it y, though, Singh’s sister would most likely have chosen to attend school in Minnesota.

Singh said she believes that like herself and her sister, many Minnesotans would decide not to attend UW-Madison if they had to pay the full tuition price.

“They’d probably lose a lot of [Minnesotans],” Singh said.

Campus responds to proposal to end reciprocityCommitteeproposestoendtuitionagreementwithMinnesotatoincreaserevenue

Top 10 News Spring 2013UW Regents appoint Rebecca Blank as next UW-Madison chancellor

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents appointed Rebecca Blank to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison this spring after a year-long search process.

Blank previously served as dean of the Gerald R.

Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, among other roles, and currently serves as secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

In a statement following her appointment, Blank highlighted two priorities for the univer-sity: educating the next generation of citizens and workers, and remaining at the forefront in nation-al and international research and innovation.

She also said she looks forward to working at an institution with “a great history, an enormous amount of promise and some real challenges in front of it.”

A special regents committee charged with interviewing and selecting final candidates recommended Blank over three other finalists: Michael Schill, Nicholas Jones and Kim Wilcox.

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Gov. Scott Walker released his biennial budget proposal Feb. 20, which included initiatives to add flexibility to the University of Wisconsin System, to expand the state’s private voucher school program and reform the state’s Medicaid system.

In the budget, Walker pro-posed adding an additional $181 million in funding to the UW System. Most of the increased funding was designed to allow the system additional flexibility in pursuing programs focused on expanding workforce devel-opment training as well as to “preserve and expand access and quality in the UW System.”

Additionally, Walker’s budget proposed expanding private school vouchers to nine additional school districts in the state. The expansion, which has drawn heavy criticism from several state legislators and activists, would allow qualified low-income students who attend underperforming public schools

to use taxpayer money to attend higher-performing private schools.

Advocates for the expansion say it will allow students to access the best education possible, while critics say the expansion will

re-allocate public school funding to private schools, thus taking money from already struggling public schools.

A third controversial por-tion of the governor’s budget would redefine which low-income citizens could qualify for state Medicaid coverage. Walker’s plan would require any person with an income higher than the federal pov-

erty level to purchase their own health care from federally run exchanges, which are programs that provide citizens possible health-care options. Walker’s reformed program would also provide coverage for every Wisconsinite with an income less than the federal poverty level.

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After initial criticism of the idea, student leaders began plan-ning an end-of-the-year party, called the Revelry Arts and Music Festival, in December 2012.

Organizers, with a budget of $100,000, planned for the event to feature numerous artists across three stages, as well as host inter-active art displays and a foam pit.

“A group of hardworking, forward-thinking Badgers came

together to found Revelry, which is about creating a great year-end music and arts festival for UW-Madison,” Revelry Chief Executive Officer Sarah Mathews said on the event’s web-site. “They’ve put in unbelievable passion and effort into this.”

Following negotia-tions with numerous artists, Revelry lead-ers chose Toro y Moi, Hoodie Allen and Delta Spirit as headlining acts. Other performers included Phox, Chance the Rapper, The Mowgli’s, Julian Lynch and Oh Land.

Revelry organizers said they did not mean for the event to be an alternative to Mifflin, although many students thought that was the group’s intent.

The 44th annual Mifflin Street Block Party followed a pattern of decreasing attendance displayed over the past few years, but drew sizeable crowds considering the city’s announcement earlier in the semester of a more stringent

policing of the event, according to Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

The Madison Police Department abstained from officially esti-mating the number of attendees due to the statistic often being

inaccurate and misrepresenta-tive, according to Verveer, but he said “there were definitely fewer than [2012],” which was down 20,000 people from 2011.

MPD Chief Noble Wray announced in an April 11 let-ter to Mifflin residents a new “no tolerance” policy for ille-gal house parties and “strongly

[recommended]” Mifflin Street residents planning on hosting a party to “reconsider.”

The letter went viral, along with the inaccurate message the city “cancelled” Mifflin, accord-ing to Verveer. He said he was concerned the “crack down” would scare Mifflin residents from participating, but the turn-out was better than he expected.

“I was pleased to see that the majority of houses ... [kept] the tradition going,” he said.

The University of Wisconsin System drew criticism this semes-ter after multiple state audits brought public attention to its handling of funds in Human Resources overpayments and a large cash reserve built over the past year.

A January report from the state Legislative Audit Bureau first brought public attention to $33 mil-lion in overpayments to UW System employees for health and retire-ment benefits. Further research in

February revealed an additional $1.1 million in overpayments.

A second audit released in April revealed the UW System held a cash balance of over $1 billion as of 2012, with the majority of the funding com-ing from tuition. Approximately $200 million of the total was not identified as

having a projected use at this time.

Many state and campus leaders react-ed with outrage to the announcement, leading to a pro-posed tuition freeze and potential for a decrease in the origi-nal funding proposed for the UW System by

Gov. Scott Walker in the 2013-’15 state budget.

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form in Madison have one fewer venue option following The Frequency’s Jan. 29 announcement it would no longer host hip-hop artists due to a shooting outside the establishment earlier in the year.

According to a police report, two men were fighting inside The Frequency during a hip-hop show Jan. 28. The brawl esca-lated and shifted to the sidewalk outside the venue, located at 121 W. Main St., before one shot was fired. There were no injuries, according to the report.

The Frequency owner Darwin Sampson claimed in a Facebook post the next day he was discon-tinuing hip-hop shows because he was unwilling to put his employ-ees or patrons in more danger.

“It is truly unfortunate that I cannot host an entire genre of music and artists because of the idiocy of a couple people and the ineptitude of the security company that evening,” he wrote.

The face of Madison will change in the com-ing years in light of new housing-development projects passed through the city’s Common Council this semester.

Two older apartment buildings on Henry Street and Iota Court will be replaced by a 72-unit, stu-dent-oriented development called “The Waterfront.”

The project drew criticism from

a number of students who organized a petition aimed at making the Langdon neighborhood a historic district. Had the Langdon neighborhood held this status, it would have been

more difficult to demolish historic buildings in the neighborhood.

Common Council also passed plans to demolish Stadium Bar, a longtime Madison staple, to make way for a 71-unit apartment

building in its place.Additionally, a redevelopment

of Dayton Square on Dayton and Broom streets was passed through the city Council, sparking a debate about the availability of affordable housing downtown.

All three complexes will be ready for Aug. 2014.

A faith-based housing project, at the site of the former Holy Redeemer School, was approved and will also open for Aug. 15, 2013.

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In late April the Student Services Finance Committee voted to adopt a $100,000 budget limit for student orga-nizations that request fund-ing from the General S t u d e n t S e r v i c e s Fund, cap-ping the amount for the first time.

G S S F o r g a n i z a -tions are stu-dent groups that provide “direct services” to campus.

In previous years, a number of student groups requested an amount above the new cap, including the Multicultural Student Coalition, Badger

Catholic and Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group.

The overall cap does not include money for professional staff and some graduate stu-

dent positions. However, SSFC also created a new $75,000 cap on those posi-tions. The new rules also place limits on how much organiza-tions can spend on travel, events and student hourly positions.

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker said she believes the new rules will prevent organiza-tions from over budgeting and returning unused funds to the GSSF reserves.

10 The Wisconsin state legis-lature and Gov. Scott Walker officially enacted a controver-sial mining bill designed to streamline the mine-permit-ting process in the state after similar legislation had failed in the legislature during the past two years.

The new mining bill, which Walker signed into law March 11, sparked intense debate among legislators.

State Democrats and state Sen. Dale Schultz, R-Richland Center, repeatedly expressed concern over the bill’s weak-ening of state environmen-tal regulations in relation to mines. They said the new bill would allow a mine to degrade the state’s wetlands and water-ways without the threat of punishment by the state.

However, Republicans said the bill would lead to a boost in job growth in the economically degraded northern portion of the state where future mines would likely be opened.

Northern Native American tribes and activists who oppose the new law previous-ly threatened to challenge it in court, however no significant progress has been made.

Two campaigns addressed by this year’s Associated Students of Madison student government are currently circulating in the state legislature for co-sponsor-ship and could be signed into law within the year.

The Responsible Action Bill aims to protect underage students across Wisconsin from receiving

drinking citations or university punishments when they call the police to report an emergency situ-ation or violent crime while under the influence of alcohol.

Although UW-Madison already has a responsible action policy in place, the bill aims to expand protection across the state. It also received support from the United Council of UW Students and student governments at other UW System campuses.

Additionally, the Student Regent bill would allow UW System student governments to each nominate one candidate for the student position on the UW System Board of Regents and require the governor to make a

selection from the list of 26 candi-dates. The bill has received support from Chancellor David Ward and Dean of Students Lori Berquam.

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Walker hits on education, health care in Feb. 20 biennial budget proposal

Student leaders plan inaugural Revelry Arts and Music Festival

Mifflin prevails despite ‘cancellation’

UW System criticized for overpayments, reserves surplus The Frequency announces end to hip-hop shows

City passes multiple campus-area high-rise apartments

ASM grassroots campaigns move forward in state legislature

Scott Walker, legislators enact contentious state mining bill

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SSFC passes $100,000 cap on student organization funding

Darwin Sampsonowner

The Frequency

“It is truly unfortunate that I cannot host an entire genre of music and artists because of the idiocy of a

couple of people .”

Mike Verveeralder

District 4

“I was pleased to see that the majority of houses ...

[kept] the tradition going.”

Sarah Mathewschief executive office

Revelry

“They’ve put in unbeliev-able passion and effort into

this.”

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Summer festival season is nearly here

By Jon ShapiroThe DaIly CarDInal

Music festivals are a staple of the live music scene. More than just a single-night concert, fans see two, three, four days and nights of music. Road trips are taken, alcohol is ingested and someone in every group comes home with an embar-rassing story. With the sun finally beam-ing and students coming out of hiberna-tion, music festival season is here.

Lollapalooza—Chicago, Ill., Aug. 2-4

Lake Michigan on one side and the Michigan Avenue skyline on the other, Lollapalooza’s placement is essential to

the experience. It’s in the heart of the city, yet there’s more than enough room to breathe—until you make your way to one of the eight stages.

Headlined by ’80s and ’90s rockers The Cure and Nine Inch Nails, new wave pop bands The Killers, Vampire Weekend and Phoenix, as well as Grammy-winning superstars Mumford & Sons, Lollapalooza does a nice job avoiding becoming a one-trick pony. The punk and grunge scenes that used to take a back seat in the media, but dominate Lollapalooza’s lineups are no longer, and are now replaced by an eclectic list of bands that get regular radio play. This includes an increasing number of electronic and hip-hop acts, such as

Steve Aoki and Kendrick Lamar. Although Lollapalooza is a purely

music festival, unlike some other sum-mer festivals that bring in comedians or film, it in one way or another caters to just about every music fan, which makes for a crowd almost as entertaining as the music. A full-fledged ho-down took place last year, after the Midwest monsoon wreaked havoc on the festival (I took refuge in a parking garage along with a man named ‘Blaze’ who had more body hair than cloth-ing). Walking from stage to stage you pass armies of snap-backed bros, as well as nostalgia-struck 40-somethings.

If you can stand Chicago’s humid August heat—and have upwards of $300

to spend on the now sold-out tickets—it’s tough to have a bad day at Lollapalooza. Find your niche, be it bro, hippie or head-banger, and plan your day. Even when you can’t seem to find a band that suits your fancy, grab a surprisingly cheap slice of Lou Malnati’s pizza and take some time to sit in the grass and lose yourself in the atmosphere.

Summerfest—Milwaukee, Wis., June 26-30/July 2-7

Summerfest puts people in a weird position. General admission is just $15, but to get to the main, headliner stage, it’s

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an extra $40. Thus begins the game of deciding if the headlin-ers are worth it to you. Fun., Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, John Mayer, The Eagles and others will be playing on the main stage. Are they worth the extra toll?

If not, there’s still not much to complain about. You can still see any of the other shows on the grounds over the two week period. Outside the main stage, Summerfest is mainly hosting bands with the “one song on that one album” tag, with no clear headliner, but a few bigger names will be there. AWOLNATION, Imagine Dragons and Atlas Genius, dreamy experimental bands MGMT and Silversun Pickups, as well as seven-hour-set jam bands O.A.R. and Guster will be in attendance.

Unlike Lollapalooza, drunk high schoolers are a rar-ity at Summerfest—replaced by drunk Sconnies. Though devoid of the intrinsic drug scene found at most music fes-tivals, Summerfest is overflow-ing with beer taps.

The concrete setting and high-quality stages also give Summerfest an atmosphere dif-ferent from other festivals. It feels a little more structured, a little more mature and a little more like you need to behave yourself.

Bonnaroo—Manchester, Tenn., June 13-16

During the four days of Bonnaroo, the city of Manchester’s population grows tenfold, as more than 80,000 people find their way to the fes-tival. And it’s for a good reason.

Yet again, Bonnaroo’s lineup has trumped just about every-one else’s. Aside from booking many of the same great acts as Lollapalooza and Summerfest, including Mumford & Sons, Tom Petty and Kendrick Lamar, Bonnaroo has raised the bar with their other acts. Along with a stellar rap lineup (Wu-Tang Clan, R. Kelly, Nas), a killer comedy troupe (Daniel Tosh, David Cross, Weird Al), as well as a phenomenal alternative cast (The National, Wilco, Animal Collective), Bonnaroo saw it fit to bring in Paul McCartney, if you’re familiar.

Even the lesser-known bands would get a prominent billing at many other festivals. Japandroids, Portugal. The Man and Tame Impala—three bands with bright futures ahead of them, also found themselves on the bill.

But what about the vibe, man? Bonnaroo maybe draws the biggest horde of hippies of any summer music festival. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but fair warning: Leave your glow sticks at home. You’d be outnum-bered. Bonnaroo is also not for the uptight. Be prepared to sleep by bearded strangers dropping acid in the tent next to you at your campground. Fortunately, everyone seems to respect the sanctity of the music and the festival remains peaceful.

The lengthy walks from your campground to Centeroo—the festival’s vending hub—can be a bit deflating, especially at night after a long day under the sun. But if you can handle the environment, and if you can buy into the camaraderie, Bonnaroo’s music and comedy lineup is too good to pass up.

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Sports DailyCarDinal.ComSpring CommenCement iSSue 2013

top moments of the spring semesterBen Brust hits half-court shot to force overtime against No. 3 Michigan

In a season full of instant classics, Madison was fortu-nate to play host to arguably the best of the bunch Feb. 9 as junior guard Ben Brust nailed a 3-point shot from half court as time expired, sending the game into overtime and allowing the Badgers to defeat would-be No. 1 Michigan, 65-62.

Michigan had a one-point lead at the half, and after a back-and-forth first 10 min-utes of the second half, it

appeared Michigan would coast to a tight victory, leading by as much as six in the final seven minutes and holding a three-point lead as the game entered its final minute.

That is precisely when the drama began. UW redshirt senior forward Jared Berggren drove straight to the basket, dunking it home over national player of the year, Michigan sophomore guard Trey Burke, and tying the game on the ensuing free throw. Despite having three fouls to give, Wisconsin allowed Michigan junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. to get off a deep shot that fell with just 2.3 seconds left to apparently give the Wolverines a memorable victory.

The Badgers, however, were not done yet. Senior forward Mike Bruesewitz hit Brust in

stride on the in-bounds pass, preventing Michigan fresh-man guard Caris LeVert from giving one of Michigan’s two fouls and allowing Brust to get off a shot that never left its intended line, falling in and setting off an earthquake of pandemonium inside the sold-out Kohl Center.

Brust wasn’t done put-ting his mark on this instant classic. After a hard-fought first few minutes of overtime, Wisconsin took over out of bounds with the game tied at 62 and just over one min-ute left. Guarded once again by LeVert, Brust noticed the freshman was giving him a bit too much space and promptly pulled up to nail another triple that gave UW a 65-62 lead it wouldn’t relinquish.

—Max Sternberg

Meghan McIntosh records two no-hitters

Senior pitcher Meghan McIntosh capped off her final season as a Badger by breaking into the UW record books. McIntosh threw her second no-hitter at Cowles Stadium in Minnesota, a feat that had previously occurred only once in school history.

The first time a Wisconsin pitcher has recorded multiple no-hitters was when Andrea Kirchberg accomplished the feat in 2001. McIntosh recorded eight strikeouts and five walks in the team’s only victory of the series.

This was also the first time

in school history a no-hitter has been thrown against a Big Ten opponent, let alone against a competitive Gopher squad. McIntosh’s first no-hitter occurred earlier this year against Eastern Kentucky in the Salsaluki Invitational, where she had eight strikeouts and only three

walks. Despite the series loss in

Minneapolis, McIntosh has undoubt-edly left her mark at Cowles Stadium.

So far this season, McIntosh has a 2.15 ERA and holds a 12-6

record. Even though the lefty will not be back next season, the senior

has left her mark on the growing UW pro-gram, and she will be

a key contributor in its postseason run.

—Blake Duffin

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the Wisconsin men’s hockey team won three games in three days en route to the program’s first Wcha title in 15 years.

Badgers rip through Wcha to win conference tournament

In November, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team was 1-7-2, missing two of its top scorers and struggling to close out games.

The Badgers rolled through the rest of their final year in the WCHA before joining the Big Ten hockey conference in its inaugural season next year, putting together a 21-5-5 run over the next 31 games.

Four months after their less-than-satisfactory start, the Badgers were holding the Broadmoor trophy, given to the champion of the WCHA’s Final Five conference tournament.

Every season has a story, according to head coach Mike Eaves. ‘Comeback’ might be a good word to sum this one up.

Wisconsin opened up Final Five play at the Xcel Energy Center

with a resounding 7-2 victory over Minnesota State. Embracing a new motto—‘Keep rolling’—the Badgers continued the trend against St. Cloud State, sending the Huskies home after a 4-1 win.

The Badgers came out on top in a high-energy champi-onship game against Colorado College, holding a one-goal lead through the third period behind the stellar play of soph-omore goaltender Joel Rumpel.

Freshman forward Nic Kerdiles, who missed the first 10 games of the season due to an NCAA eligibility violation, was named the tournament MVP after accumulating three goals and three assists in the Final Five.

Junior forward Tyler Barnes scored four goals over the course of the weekend, putting a cherry on top of a 14-goal tournament for the Badgers.

With the win, Wisconsin received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where it lost to the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

—Brett Bachman

drew teduits wins Ncaa championship in 200 backstroke

Sophomore Drew teDuits arguably had the most impres-sive performance of any UW athlete this spring with his 200-yard backstroke victory at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Ind.

The Fitchburg, Wis., native broke a 54-year drought, becoming the first Badger men’s swimmer to win a national title since 1959, when Fred Westphal placed first in the 50-yard freestyle.

The 1:38.27 posting was good enough for third-best in NCAA history and broke the previous UW school record, which teDu-its set earlier in the season. Stanford sophomore David

Nolan was teDuits’ closest challenger, finishing with a time of 1:39.31.

TeDuits was appro-priately named a NCAA first-team All-American selection in the 200-yard backstroke. He also earned a spot on the 100-yard backstroke All-American second team.

Wisconsin recorded its fifth-best team finish at the NCAA Championships,

finishing 13th out of 40 teams.—Vince Huth

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Junior guard Ben Brust is mobbed by his teammates after his buzzer-beating 3-pointer forced overtime against Michigan. the Wolverines would go on to play in the Ncaa title game.

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Wisconsin captures first Big ten tourney championship

The best season in school his-tory wasn’t complete—not yet.

Coming off a 9-3 upset win over No. 8 Michigan Saturday to advance to the Big Ten champi-onship game Sunday, the Badger softball team (16-7 Big Ten, 42-11 overall) had one last chance to cement this season in the his-tory books.

With another 9-3 win over the Gophers (14-6, 45-17) Sunday

in Lincoln, Neb., Wisconsin did just that, claiming its first-ever Big Ten title and putting a cher-ry on top of the best record in school history.

Junior pitcher Cassandra Darrah was named tournament MVP after pitching consecu-tive victories, allowing only six runs on eight hits through 14 innings.

Darrah joined fresh-man third baseman Stefanni LaJeunesse and sophomore outfielder Maria Van Abel on the all-tour-nament team.

Minnesota drew first blood in the third inning after a pair of scoreless frames, going

up 2-0 on a leadoff walk fol-lowed by a home run from Minnesota sophomore infield-er Tyler Walker.

Wisconsin tied things back up in the bottom of the inning and added five more runs in the fourth, leaving the score at 7-2.

A pair of UW errors and a hit gave Minnesota another run in the sixth inning, but the Badgers retaliated with two in the bot-tom of the set, putting

Wisconsin up 9-3.After a scoreless seventh

inning, the celebrations could finally start.

—Brett Bachman

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