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With the weather finally feeling like spring in Madison, some students are venturing into the outdoors to enjoy the new warm temperatures. This student in the Lakeshore neighborhood played with a dog to blow off some steam before finals.

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UW law student Scott McGowan tells the city’s Housing Committee he opposes a measure that would push back the earliest point a landlord can show an apartment.Matt Hintz Th e Badger Herald

Legislation has been stuck in city process since last year; would stipulate when owners can show units

After a slew of controversial commentary and testimony regarding a rental-showing ordinance designed to push back the amount of time before a landlord can show an apartment, a city committee concluded the long-standing controversial proposed ordinance needed further discussion.

Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, has several times gone before the city’s Housing Committee to propose an ordinance that would limit landlords’ ability to give residence tours to the second half of leases.

Currently, landlords are allowed to show properties after one-fourth of the lease has expired.

Maniaci’s ordinance was met with an immense amount of controversy among leasing officials

who felt limiting tours would cramp landlords’ business and add stress to students’ search for housing.

Since the January committee meeting when the committee last discussed the proposal, it has been revised multiple times; it is now in its seventh version. The current version differs immensely from the original, focusing on lease renewals.

The ordinance language passed by the committee Wednesday says a landlord may not offer a lease renewal to a current tenant until one-fourth of the lease period has passed. The tenant would then have thirty days to accept or reject the offer, during which time the landlord could not lease the property to another prospective tenant.

Housing Committee member Ald. Scott Resnick,

District 8, said the Council neither accepted nor rejected the proposal but sent it back to the Housing Committee to work on the issues and continue discussion.

“I honestly think we need to provide students more time to take a look at their lease and their

renting situation,” Resnick said.

In February, the Student Tenant Education and Mediation program was instituted — partly in response to concerns about Maniaci’s ordinance — to serve as an informational program to better inform students about the renting

process, both before and during their rental.

Bill White, one of STEM’s legal instructors, said he believed the problem at hand is localized and creating legislation in response to it would have citywide implications.

“Feelings run strongly

on both sides of this,” White said. “Students have as much right to live in quality housing as everyone else in the city.”

Scott McGowan, a University of Wisconsin law student, also opposed

Sasha HaymanCity Reporter

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Upset student government takes on appointments to committees

As members of the student government convened Wednesday night, a gridlocked council spent the evening debating one appointment and took up no new legislation.

Tensions arose before the Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting began as accusations of open meetings bylaws and claims of members feeling personally attacked for their role in the nominations process circulated.

While the meeting was scheduled to begin later than usual at 9:30 p.m. in the wake of Chair Allie Gardner not posting an agenda outside the ASM office on time, representatives ended up with a slim one hour and 45 minutes to only approve the Nomination Board’s Student Services Finance Committee appointments and take up no new legislation.

Cale Plamann, a member of SSFC, said the

agenda item to reconsider appointments to SSFC by the Student Council, made on Sunday, was not only illegal, but would also defy the removal process for committee members laid out in the ASM bylaws.

Representative Sarah Neibart added these new appointees have not served their terms and there is no just cause to remove them. She said these individuals also have the right to a trial in front of Student Judiciary.

As debate over the possibility of removing the item escalated, Student Council member Clay Thomas said he raised the original idea to reconsider because he was uncomfortable with the way representatives rushed through the appointment process.

“People didn’t know what was going on, this is not the way we’re supposed to do it,” he said.

Thomas also said it was inappropriate to close open forum and he had received personal threats relating to removing the item from the agenda.

The item was removed by a vote of over two-thirds of the council.

Controversy also flared when the council attempted to begin the process of approving the appointments for SSFC, Finance Committee and Student Activity Center Governing Board made by the Nomination’s Board three-day interview process.

Representatives questioned the board’s interview process when it was revealed several of the total nine members were not present for all interviews or votes, which members contended came as a result of stricter time restraints for the internal process.

During an interview with The Badger Herald, board member Johnny Koremenos said the group held meetings in the SAC on Monday from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., which violates ASM open meetings laws dictating that a meeting is considered closed after midnight.

Nominations Board member Tom Templeton said the group’s process did not follow the normally followed procedures and characterized

Katherine KruegerCampus Editor

Council passes only 1 item, passes no new legislation in session

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Proposal to regulate landlords postponed

Players speak out against women’s tennis coach

Several members of the University of Wisconsin women’s tennis team have come forward to The Badger Herald illuminating issues with the team’s head coach, saying his actions have put the players’ health at risk.

According to phone interviews with four players, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, head coach Brian Fleishman places strict limitations on what they eat and how they train,

which has forced several girls to surrender to unhealthy lifestyles.

“Honestly, we’re controlled through fear, which is a coaching mechanism that a lot of coaches can implement successfully, but the bigger issue here is that it has been decided on our team that [Fleishman] has issues with food,” one of the women said.

According to several members of the team, Fleishman has instilled fear into his players, which has afflicted serious physical and mental damage on many of them. Through his

behavior, certain players have battled with anorexia because of Fleishman’s constant focus on their diets.

Associate Athletic Director Justin Doherty

said the athletic department was not aware of the situation and that every head coach goes through a rigorous review process each year by senior members of the athletic

department. He also reiterated the university’s commitment to its athletes’ safety.

“The welfare of student athletes is and always will be one of our most

top priorities,” Doherty said. “That remains to this point.”

The players say several team members have sought out psychological treatment to heal the wounds inflicted on them and that players have started taking antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications due to the stressful environment created by Fleishman.

One member of the team remembers watching a teammate deteriorate right before her eyes.

“I saw emotionally how her relationship with Brian took a toll on her,” she said. “She started getting anxiety attacks after he sent her an email that her

game wasn’t up to par. He threatened that she had to do a lot of extra workouts and from that she got an eating disorder, she became bulimic and got worse and worse throughout the year.”

According to several members of the team, in addition to players, Fleishman’s actions have affected assistant coach Audra Cohen.

Members of the team approached Cohen after they had noticed a change in her health and appearance.

“She was going through a very difficult time dealing with how Brian was running the program,” one player said.

Cohen declined to comment on the matter.

Several players believe Fleishman himself has an eating disorder. They say he is “obsessed with working out” and that he won’t eat in front of the team on road trips. They insist, because they are around the coach and his lifestyle on a daily basis, that his eating habits are forced on the team.

“He’s always looking for someone to put in his doghouse,” one player said. “There was never a time when he wasn’t trying to go after an individual.”

The players say they

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UW Vice Chancellor Darrell Bazzell tells UW faculty and students the process to form a proposal for a new Board of Trustees was “a very sobering experience” when consulting with the UW system.

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UW explains model as crunch time nears

As public rhetoric surrounding the New Badger Partnership continues to dominate conversations on campus, Chancellor Biddy Martin and other University of Wisconsin officials offered the campus community another chance to voice their concerns with the new model.

Vice Chancellor for Administration Darrell Bazzell fielded inquiries about officials’ strategies for energizing donors to increase their gifts to the campus and the role that shared governance will play on the new governing board.

He contended the Board of Trustees, the proposed new governing board for the campus under the public authority model, would better serve the campus by addressing UW’s unique set of needs.

He added the status quo, in which the Board of Regents governs all UW System campuses, does not serve the Madison campus’ best interests.

“We need a board that will help us execute our mission, which is impossible to achieve with

a board focused on 26 entities,” Bazzell said.

The Board of Trustees would also achieve shared governance involvement with the inclusion of members of the faculty, staff and student body in the entity.

Cathy O’Bryan, a member of UW academic staff with DoIT, questioned what tactics administrators were pursuing to energize donors in what she characterized as an effort to promote minimal tuition increases.

Bazzell said officials were receiving feedback based on preliminary outreach efforts saying alumni would respond to the call for increased financial support.

Supporters of the public authority model also acknowledge the necessity of “changing our philosophy a bit,” he said, and were receiving “optimism” from a broader base of donors.

UW sociology professor Sara Goldrick-Rab asked if any effort was made to approach UW System officials to consider changing the policies to allow for additional flexibilities.

Major focus efforts on delegating responsibilities

Bazzell takes questions on New Badger Partnership‘s new governance structure at open forum Wednesday

were pursued several years ago at the system level, Bazzell said, calling the cooperative initiative “a very sobering experience.”

During the course of discussing possible methods for granting flexibilities to campuses, conversations turned to what other responsibilities the system should have, he said.

“The track record of delegating flexibility by the system is really poor,” Bazzell said.

He added while advocates for the New Badger Partnership believe that in some cases the

system adds value to all campuses, certain policies add unnecessary expense and work for comprehensive campuses in the system.

Members of the audience also questioned the uncertain future for the proposal in the wake of several legislators saying publicly that the plan may be removed from the budget for consideration as a separate bill during a later budget cycle.

Bazzell said in considering the immediate future of the proposal for public authority, officials expect the measure to be

voted on within the next month and urged members of the campus community to remain engaged in the new developments of the legislative process.

The public forum drew fewer than 30 individuals to Union South. Before ending early because of a lack of audience questions, Bazzell said members of the administration have worked to sustain the sentiment throughout the process that the partnership would help ensure future competitiveness for the campus on the international stage.

Katherine KruegerCampus Editor

Prominent alumni, donors to speak at graduation

As graduating seniors prepare for their life after the University of Wisconsin, the school officially announced Wednesday that two alumni who have dedicated time and become some of UW’s most recognized donors will help ring in their commencement ceremony next weekend.

This year’s senior class officers selected two of the campus’ key benefactors, John and Tashia Morgridge, to address graduating undergraduate, masters and doctorate students at the ceremonies on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15.

The Morgridges were instrumental in the development of the Wisconsin Institute

of Discovery project, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation spokesperson Janet Kelly said. John Morgridge continues to be instrumental in the WARF Board of Trustees, she said, which was a major actor in the recent addition to

campus and owns two-thirds of the facility.

“The Morgridges have said what they want to do is spark interest among talented young people to pursue careers in science

and technical fields,” Kelly said. “They want to inspire the next generation of scientists.”

The duo has also played a significant role in making multiple contributions to other new UW facilities, Kelly said, including the UW School of Business, the UW School of Education and the Morgridge Center

for Public Service, which Tashia Morgridge helped to establish.

Kelly said one of the Morgridges’ most recent significant contribution included the initial $50 million commitment to the building of WID, a project which the couple remained extremely involved in through the project’s completion.

While at Stanford, John Morgridge became acquainted with a program that focuses on interdisciplinary collaboration in scientific research, Kelly said.

“The whole project came about because of Mr. Morgridge’s service on the WARF board and his role as a trustee at Stanford University,” Kelly said. “He saw a model at Stanford similar to WID that he liked, and he was extremely interested in

making that happen in his native state.”

After receiving a bachelor’s degree from the UW School of Business and a master’s degree from Stanford University, John Morgridge served on several boards for non-profit organizations and earned an honorary degree from UW.

Kelly said John Morgridge had hoped WID would encourage interaction among scientists from different disciplines

and of all ages.He is also

currently chair emeritus on the board of Cisco Systems, according to a statement from UW. Cisco Systems supplies networking equipment and

web-based network management.

Tashia Morgridge earned a bachelors degree from the UW School of Education

and a master’s degree from Lesley College in Massachusetts, according to the statement. After her career as a special education teacher, she is now a volunteer teacher for the learning disabled and a member of the UW School of Education’s Board of Visitors.

WARF is a private and non-profit organization which regulates and assigns patents and licenses for UW faculty developments, Kelly said. She said WARF also makes a financial contribution to UW every year, last year giving $44 million dollars.

Other speakers at the ceremonies will include a member of the Board of Regents and senior class officers, Secretary of the Faculty Joseph Farrenkopf said. He said a connection to UW is always a favorable criterion for a speaker, but it is not required for selection.

John, Tashia Morgridge both known for funding major projects like Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, new Education Building

Matt HuppertCollege Reporter

Republicans criticize professor for promoting petitions

A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh professor is under fire this week from Republicans after a recording of the professor discussing the recall campaign against a senator with his students aired on a radio station.

The recording included UW-Oshkosh professor Richard Stephens during lecture introducing two students who would be collecting signatures for the Recall Randy Hopper campaign. He told the

students that they would be seeing the petitions at more campus locations and 100 faculty members were working on campus to recall Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac.

Stephens told his students to go out of the classroom if they were going to sign the petition but did not require them to.

“I’m not asking you to do it; you’re not required to do it; it’s a free country,” Stephens said on the recording. “You can sign it or not sign it.”

Stephens went on to

explain his interpretation of the effects of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, which would limit collective bargaining rights for public employees and is currently stalled in the court system. He said to the students his wages would be cut by 8 percent, adding the bill would make it illegal to be in a union and unions would be decertified.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin received a report of the recording through its “recall integrity center” and said the recording was disappointing as

the professor was telling inaccuracies about the bill to the students.

“The fact is that he’s blatantly using class time to discuss the recall and certainly not in a factual way,” RPW spokesperson Katie McCallum said. “He left out a lot of things in front of the class to persuade the class to sign the petitions.”

McCallum also said she was surprised Stephens answered a student, who questioned if she could sign the petition even though she lived in Sen. Michael Ellis’, R-Neenah,

district, that she should sign the petition anyway and officials would remove her signature later.

Rep. Michelle Litjins, R-Oshkosh, issued a statement Wednesday condemning the professor for his abuse of position.

“The university environment must be one that fosters a students’ ability to develop his or her own set of beliefs,” Litjens said. “For a professor to use his position of authority to advance his own political agenda violates that basic principle.”

Republican senator facing recall calls out UW-Oshkosh academic for asking students to sign document asking for new leadership

Andrew AverillState Editor

the current ordinance. Similarly to Govin, McGowan said he felt the problem is isolated and is better off being solved via programs like STEM.

“Council should weigh the benefits and see if it really makes sense to implement legislation,” McGowan said.

Still, Maniaci said the current version of the ordinance is completely reasonable, pointing out that renewal offers after one-quarter of the lease period has passed is not different from current legislation.

“I believe there is a really good reason to be doing this,” Maniaci said. “I want to create an equitable market for landlords and renters.”

Resnick said the only time legislation such as the ordinance at hand should be brought forth is when there is a body that cannot voice the issue themselves, such as students renting in the campus area.

With opposition present, the committee motioned to move discussion of the ordinance to the first meeting in July and send it back to the Landlord and Tenant Issues Subcommittee.

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Joint Finance proposal could dissolve Regional Transit Authority

Republican members of the state’s budget writing committee voted to dismantle Wisconsin regional transit authority systems Wednesday, a move that went against the governor’s proposal and upset local officials in Dane County.

RTAs are public bodies run by a board of directors with the duty of operating or contracting a transit system. Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal would have required RTAs seeking to raise sales or

use tax revenue to hold a referendum in their jurisdictional area.

However, the JFC co-chairs made a motion that would not only negate Walker’s recommendation, but also repeal the provision within the last biennial budget that created RTAs.

The motion passed along party lines, 12-4, with Democrats sharply criticizing the move.

JFC member Rep. Tamara Grigsby, D-Milwaukee, whose district hosts part of the Southeastern transit authority, told her colleagues transit authorities would have spurred job growth and would show governmental

concern for the layman.“If we don’t make the

choice to help people get to work and to join the current century, you know we’ve already become a national embarrassment by turning away $800 million,” Grigsby said. “By keeping these systems it would show we’re not just paying attention to road builders and campaign contributors but to regular people.”

Grigsby made her own motion, but it was blocked along party lines.

Former Gov. Jim Doyle’s 2009 budget created four RTAs with the power to raise sales taxes within their jurisdiction. One authority was located in Dane County. Local

officials said Wednesday they were concerned with the JFC Republicans’ votes.

“The first reaction was disappointment — the majority in charge voted to dismantle the RTA and we saw it as a crucial economic development tool for Dane County and other local governments across the state,” County Executive Joe Parisi’s spokesperson Casey Becker said. “We had rural leaders on board, the county executive, chair of the Wisconsin towns association, chamber of commerce, the governor all on board.”

Becker called that support, which crossed partisan lines, “unique”.

The Dane County transit

authority would have expanded the current metro system so buses could drive to surrounding cities like Verona and Waunakee, but if the JFC’s repeal goes through the Legislature, buses will continue to only service nearby Madison alreas like Monona and McFarland.

Mayor Paul Soglin shared Parsi’s feelings, although he said he was not a supporter of the transit authority model.

“As someone who has serious reservations on the structure of the authority, I’m very disappointed in what [the JFC] did,” Soglin said.

Soglin’s initial concern with the authority structure, he said, was

that he did not support a government structure that had the power to tax but did not have public representation of elected officials.

He said he agreed with Walker’s proposal to require authorities to hold a referendum to gauge public support for raising taxes, and thought the JFC members should have passed corrective legislation.

Walker’s spokesperson Cullen Werwie did not comment about the governor’s stance on the JFC’s move, but said in an email to The Badger Herald that Walker “would review the final version of this provision” once it arrives on his desk.

Andrew AverillState Editor

GOP cites waste of taxpayers’ dollar; boards govern differentsystems for Wis. metro areas

Political signs banned at city, county offi ces

Politically motivated signs hung in the City-County Building are no longer allowed under a new agreement among local officials.Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald fi le photo

After controversy over statements in wake of Capitol’s protests, local officials agree to bar window decoration

After both the City of Madison and Dane County received a number of complaints about political posters hanging in public building windows in wake of this year’s mass protests at the Capitol about the budget repair law, a liaison committee between the two municipalities effectively banned all hanging signage in public governmental buildings.

City Council President Ald. Lauren Cnare, District 3, said a committee composed of representatives that works in both the Madison Municipal Building and the City County Building agreed in order to avoid confusion as to what signs can be qualified as political, and to maintain the buildings’ aesthetic appeals, no materials should be permitted on the walls, ceilings or windows.

“This even means no frosty snowmen lit up during the winter holidays and no signs that say ‘I love Labrador puppies’,” Cnare said. “Similarly, people cannot hang signs on walls that says your ideas are stupid or great — this should be a neutral place for people to discuss ideas in a nonpartisan way.”

Throughout February and March, many state employees who work in

both buildings had hung signs in their windows either supporting or denouncing public unions’ collective bargaining rights, a move Cnare said brought some public criticism.

Still, Cnare said because hanging materials on walls and ceilings has always been against city and county ordinance, when individuals were found hanging such signs in their windows, employees generally complied.

“[This week] we added the term that you cannot stick stuff or hang decorations from your windows, and there are a slew of existing other regulations that say you cannot hang things because this is not your house,” Cnare said. “But, apparently when people did walk around and ask individuals to take down signs, everyone was cool about it — there were no fines issued or anything like that.”

Dane County Supervisor Melissa Sargent, District 18, said the committee also decided to allow for citizens to walk around the public building carrying signs or wearing shirts with their opinions on them — a privilege that had previously been mixed up with misconceptions.

The new provision would still not allow individuals to carry signs

into public meeting rooms at any time or near the county clerk’s office during election times.

“I feel pretty strongly that people be allowed to exhibit their rights to free speech; however, the fact that this is a public building that is paid for by taxpayer money by people with many different opinions necessitates

the need to be sensitive to the different peoples’ perspectives,” Sargent said. “But, we need to make sure the building is managed in a professional manner […] because we don’t want people to feel unwelcomed because they have a different opinion.”

Despite the changes being made to local municipality buildings,

Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said sign-posting regulation at the state Capitol building changes on a daily basis as the building sees various security regulations.

Roys said she has political signs hanging in her own office windows, but said until the Department of Administration changes

its own policies to follow a court order calling for greater public access to the building, she will not remove her signs.

“To the extent that there are rules, they are enforced in an extremely arbitrary and capricious matter,” she said. “I will take down the signs in the window when they start complying with the court order.”

Pam SelmanCity Editor

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deliberations as “frustrating.”

During the meeting, he said representatives raised multiple concerns about the appointment of Tony Falk as Chair of the SAC Governing Board.

Templeton said four members of the board sat in on interviews for both of the two candidates, with an additional two members each present for a different applicant for the position. While the vote originally stood tied, a final vote of 3-2 lead to

Falk’s appointment.He also said the body

typically only has the responsibility to select SSFC and Finance Committee members by the second council meeting and usually has around five days to make appointments.

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New ASM Vice Chair Beth Huang consults with Rep. Cale Plaman about appointments to student government committees. Many members of the council expressed serious concerns with internal appointees to SSFC.

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State study fi nds problems for MMSD gifted, talented programs

The Madison Metropolitan School District is under scrutiny following a series of complaints filed by parents questioning the legitimacy of the process to identify which students are eligible for the district’s gifted and talented program.

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction spokesperson Patrick Gasper said DPI received complaints from parents claiming MMSD was not compliant in a variety of areas including the gifted

and talented program, prompting further investigation by DPI.

DPI conducted an outside program which found four particular areas the district had failed to comply with, including not establishing a plan and designated person to plan and coordinate the program, not identifying gifted and talented pupils and not providing access without charge for tuition to students identified as gifted and talented. The study also found failure to provide an opportunity for parental participation in the gifted and talented selection process.

“From the investigation completed in March, we gave the district 45

days to request a public hearing, and if they don’t, our preliminary findings and report become final,” Gasper said.

Carole Trone, Program Director of the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth, said the statute requiring districts to identify students who exhibit exceptional ability pertains to five different areas of giftedness and then provides programming for these students.

The group of parents that filed the complaint believed the district was not adequately following these requirements, and the investigation DPI conducted gave the district a total of 90 days to respond.

The time frame is designed so that the district can appropriately respond to the parents’ concerns and discuss the requested corrections while simultaneously encouraging other members of the community to get involved and see for themselves what the program is, Trone said.

She said there is still a misconception among the public about what defines a gifted child and why he or she need programming as well as why that might even be an issue for some parents, and this investigation will provide a better understanding for the community.

“One good, constructive thing that can come

from this is that it raises the community’s awareness,” Trone said. “Hopefully there’s a better understanding in the community that all students, regardless of their abilities, should be challenged and all students deserve to have a curriculum that is appropriate and challenging and rigorous in the ways that they need.”

Still, MMSD spokesperson Ken Syke said the parents’ complaints came in the middle of the district already revamping the gifted and talented program, targeting June of next year to have the changes implemented.

As part of a strategic plan outlined two years ago,

the district was planning to improve the gifted and talented program regardless, with or without the set of parents who came forward to complain.

Now with the DPI investigation underway, the plan was accelerated to ensure completion within the 90-day designated time frame.

While the complaints stemmed from an accusation that the district was not complying with the statutes of the gifted and talented program, Syke said the district does still provide a variety of services for students who appear to be exceptional in a certain topic as well as services throughout all grade levels.

Outdoor enthusiasts upset over bill taking power away from DNR

A legislative committee on natural resources will hold a public hearing Thursday on a bill that would prohibit the Department of Natural Resources from making rules stipulating the beginning of the deer season, causing some outdoorsmen to say they

are concerned too much power is being given to lawmakers.

The bill would end the Earn-a-Buck program, which requires hunters to shoot an antlerless deer before shooting a mature male and restricts the DNR’s ability to establish a fall deer season beginning before Thanksgiving. The bill’s co-author, Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, said the bill was drafted to please hunters who were unhappy with the DNR’s

programs to manage the deer herd size in Wisconsin.

“Hunters have been saying for some years that T-zone [antlerless] hunts and Earn-a-Buck should end,” Tiffany said. “For whatever reason that translation did not go through the DNR, so [the other co-author] and I thought it was time to put together the framework.”

Tiffany said in 2009 all 72 of Wisconsin’s counties voted to end the October antlerless

hunts and Earn-a-Buck programs during the Conservation Congress, a body which allows outdoor enthusiasts the ability to choose rules for the upcoming year that are then decided on by the Natural Resources Board, which sets policy for the DNR.

For some reason it did not get done, he said.

But the Natural Resources Board voted this year to end the programs included in Tiffany’s bill, which

Sen. Terry Moulton, R-Chippewa Falls, co-authored.

Tiffany said he knew about the board’s vote, but the decision would only hold for a year and he wanted to use the power of the Legislature to cement the changes in law.

Some hunting enthusiasts think that is going too far.

“This gives [lawmakers] free reign to do whatever they want and it may not be in the interests of the hunting public,”

Wisconsin Deer Hunters Association President Mark Toso said. “They have outside lobbyists who aren’t hunters or experts and lawmakers aren’t scientists; they don’t get it when there are too many deer it causes long term habitat damage.”

Still, the bill does allow the DNR some flexibility to override the bill’s provisions in instances where an early hunt is necessary to stop the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.

Andrew AverillState Editor

Proposal would give legislature power to regulate deer hunting season; ends current program

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Madison schools facing mandatory changes to system after DPI results

Genetics researcher selected for spot on national science group

A University of Wisconsin professor was elected Wednesday to a highly acclaimed national academy that honors schools working in scientific and engineering fields in honor of his research on campus.

The National Academy of Science is honoring Ching Kung for his research dealing with the sensory information of microbes. Kung found a way to monitor ion channels in paramecium, yeast and E. coli.

UW professor of genetics and molecular biology and NAS chair Michael Culbertson said he believes Kung’s area of research is a strong field of study at the university.

“Kung works in the broader field of neurobiology [and]

genetics. UW genetics is particularly strong in this area,” Culbertson said in an email to The Badger Herald. “Kung has always been interested in molecular gadgets that control the flow of small ions in cells from outside to inside and between internal compartments.”

Becoming a member of NAS is a high honor bestowed upon a selected few, Culbertson said. While there are currently 2,113 members, the society added only 72 new members in 2011.

Culbertson said many universities feel honored to have just a few members appointed into NAS, but UW currently has five. UW professors and graduate students Jerry Yin, Barry Ganetzky, Aki Ikeda and Kate O’Conor-Giles have all become members of the society.

Kung said he feels honored to join the prestigious society and encourages others to look

into his research and the purposes of organization.

“I am delighted and humbled,” Kung said.

In order to become a member of NAS, an individual has to be elected by an existing member. Once members are elected, the researchers are granted a number of opportunities to further their studies.

Culbertson said the expansion of opportunities presented to the scholars aids the university in its research opportunities.

“With five NAS members who could go anywhere to do their research but elect to stay here, it says something very positive about the department,” Culbertson said. “This codifies our long term strategy of hiring the right people and nurturing them to success. Kung is an example of that, having come to the UW at an early stage in his career in the 1970’s.”

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Poverty primary issue in Madison

“Despite your claim that we no longer have troubled neighborhoods in Madison, we know from our personal experiences that we still do,” wrote Selena Pettigrew, president of the Allied Dunns Marsh Neighborhood Association. Her quote comes from a letter addressed to then-Mayor Dave Cieslewicz in response to comments he made at a Mayoral Candidate Forum weeks before this spring’s elections.

Poverty has continued to grow as the number one problem facing Madisonians of all racial and family backgrounds, though it has for too long been obfuscated by the general sense of affluence so clearly observable to those of us who seldom venture out beyond campus and the downtown core of the city.

Newly-elected Mayor Paul Soglin latched on to this issue in the final weeks of his campaign as his emphasis on improving city processes — though much needed — lost some of its luster in the weeks following his primary victory.

Soglin’s passion and perceived sincerity on socio-economic issues were illustrated plainly in the election night results. Where many of the city’s more well-to-do West side residents contented themselves with the development-centric status quo, the city’s historically working class East side went overwhelmingly for Soglin.

Their votes were cast, it would seem, less out of a desire to see more transparency and professionalism out of City Hall, but more so to see city leadership return to the issues most pressing for city residents in an age of burgeoning austerity measures, foreclosures and shattered dreams at the hands of the greatest economic depression in generations.

Over the past decade, the poverty rate in Madison (defined as a family of four making under $21,800) has jumped from 15 percent to nearly 18 percent. One in 6 residents now lives below the poverty line. The situation of our city’s children is even worse. Twenty years ago, 1 in every 5 children enrolled in the Madison Metropolitan School District qualified as low-income for the purposes of a subsidized lunch program. Today, 1 in 2 students qualify. According to a recent study by the Brookings Institution, the poverty rate in the City of Madison is raising at a rate nine times that of other U.S. cities.

All is not cream and roses for our city on a hill. Given the avariciousness of our elected officials at the state level, impassioned efforts need to be employed to prevent this situation from getting any grimmer. In the third Wisconsin Poverty Report released yesterday, researchers concluded that expanded tax credits and food assistance programs guarded the state’s most vulnerable residents from the bitterest indignities of

the economic catastrophe.Gov. Scott Walker has

made it clear on repeated occasions that he intends to systematically attack the programs and services that keep the heads of the poor and their children above water. He intends to raise taxes on the lower and middle-classes by cutting the earned income tax credit for Wisconsin families. By privatizing the services that determine who receives food assistance in the state, a violation of federal law, he will be forgoing $20 million dollars in federal assistance for these programs. All this proposed in the name of saving us from ourselves, or more accurately, to pay for over $80 million in tax cuts to businesses and the wealthy.

In the added context of Walker’s proposed cuts to Badger Care and funding for public education, it should be clear that his administration, in concert with a hard-line conservative agenda sweeping the nation, has issued a declaration of civil war on Wisconsin residents of humble means.

Where do we go from here and how, specifically, can Madisonians and our elected officials combat this desultory assault on our values?

We must start by repelling the wedges so carefully placed and driven over the years that encourage us to isolate and self-segregate ourselves from our community. An insult to one is truly an insult to all.

As Lincoln might say again today: “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The accruing of astronomic wealth by a privileged few cannot forever be built on the backs of an increasingly poor majority. As students who are privileged relative to our fellow city residents, much less the vast majority of people worldwide, it is incumbent upon us to use our fortunate position and the influence and power it portends to fight for our downtrodden brothers and sisters.

We can start immediately by paying attention to the homeless population and fighting for services that bring them shelter and educational programs that provide rungs for grasping toes.

In the coming months and years, we must wake up to what is truly meant by “affordable housing” — it is not simply nice condos for those with freshly printed degrees, but rather comfortable housing that fits the budget of those living near and below the poverty line. We must challenge our city leaders to not simply advocate for white-collar jobs in the city but also, for those without college degrees, jobs that pay living wages, give benefits and offer the opportunity to live a fulfilling and comfortable life. Strengthening job training programs at technical colleges like MATC must also be a priority.

Justice only comes to those who demand it. Business as usual is not enough to make Madison a better place, and now more than ever we need to band together and fight for a brighter future where care for one’s neighbors is synonymous with care for oneself.

Sam Stevenson (sbstevenson@wisc.edu) is a professional student in public health.

Sam StevensonColumnist

I was hesitant to write this article. It’s on a complex, dense issue — which means I’m going to be berated for whatever I say. But over the past year and a half I’ve been writing for The Badger Herald, it’s been the insightful comments (many of which have disagreed with me) that have meant the most. I’m writing about the New Badger Partnership this week, and I’ll start off by saying that I’m incredibly ambivalent about the proposal, which makes it both a wonderful topic to write about and an incredibly intimidating one.

There has been so much debate and contention over the New Badger Partnership that the substantive discussion over the content of the proposal has often been lost.

Bitter accusations are spewed by both sides, and it’s hard to know just what the effects would be. It’s practically impossible to find outside sources; pretty much everything is coming from the university (see http://budget.wisc.edu/ for info). What both sides can, I think, agree on is that $250 million dollars are most likely going to be cut from higher education in the 2011-2013 budget. And $125 million of that is going to come from Madison’s budget.

That’s practically

an incomprehensible amount of money. The University has to deal with those cuts somehow, and Chancellor Biddy Martin has settled on the New Badger Partnership. Martin’s NBP was changed by Walker in the budget — under his plan, Madison would be a public authority school — but Martin is defending the change, the most contentious part of the entire package.

Proponents of the NBP stress the added flexibility the school would have in terms of allocating its money and securing funds. Opponents argue that the NBP will reduce diversity on campus, contribute to increasing tuition and start Madison on the slippery slope to privatization.

When I first heard of the NBP, one of my biggest concerns was the replacement of the Board of Regents with the Board of Trustees, 11 of 21 of whom would be appointed by the government. But I then learned that, in order for the institution to be a public school at all, a majority of the board has to be appointed by the state government. By the end of his term (pessimistically assuming he’s not recalled), Walker will have appointed a majority of the Board of Regents. But, Regents have to be confirmed by the Senate; the Trustees wouldn’t have to.

The other concern that is often expressed is that the NBP will reduce diversity on campus. This is a very serious concern, as this campus already suffers from a lack of diversity and a weak commitment to inclusion. These concerns ought to

be more fully addressed before the NBP is passed. If we do want to remain a “world class institution,” we need to have a plethora of ideas and backgrounds represented in the student body.

According to one analysis, the NBP would potentially increase racial/ethnic diversity, but decrease socioeconomic diversity. I’m not endorsing this analysis as it’s based on rather non-transparent logic, but it is an interesting conclusion, and one that should be thoroughly explored.

Various faculty members have publicly declared their support for the NBP, and while I do not base my decisions on the opinions of others, I hold a lot of respect for the professors I have had who have signed on to these expressions of support. The points raised are valid, and I find them compelling. Tuition is going to increase because Madison is facing a $125 million budget cut. How much will be largely dependent on how well Madison

is able to adjust its expenditures, and the NBP will increase this flexibility.

Opponents of the NBP have called for Martin to oppose all cuts to UW System schools, promise

not to raise tuition and to remain in the UW System.

Pragmatically, these demands are simply impossible. But they’re also very emotive. The NBP is an emotionally charged issue, and it’s a proposal that affects constituencies across the state. Other UW campuses believe they will be more affected than Madison by the changes to the system, and they have waged an effective campaign to erode legislative support for the proposal.

Steve Nass, a powerful Assemblyman from Whitewater, has proposed delaying any decision on the NBP. Democrats won’t vote for the NBP because it came from Walker (a sentiment I understand, if I don’t necessarily like), and Republicans’ constituencies are more powerful than the governor’s office. The chances of the NBP passing are pretty slim. Whether that’s good or bad, the fact is the debate dealt more with exaggerated fears than substantive questions.

I hope you have an opinion on the NBP, and while I may be leaning towards support, there are definite concerns that need to be addressed. There’s no rule that says the NBP can’t be amended. Instead of rejecting the call for reforms, we should make sure the reforms are actually going to contribute to the longevity of our wonderful school.

Elise Swanson (ehswanson@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and English.

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Analysis of the New Badger Partnership

$250 million dollars are most likely going to be cut from higher education in the 2011-2013 budget. And $125 of that is going to come from Madison’s budget.

Amanda Cheung Th e Badger Herald

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For many of my fellow students, the thought of spending 30 dollars for an entrée is simply ludicrous — that’s like two 30-cases. Yet that’s what you can expect to pay at L’etoile or Harvest, arguably the best restaurants in Madison. Both are hailed as gems of the Midwest, both have been recognized by Gourmet Magazine and both are known for using local ingredients. While not everyone can afford to dine on Wisconsin Grass-fed Beef Co-op’s grilled flat iron steak with chickpea fries,

harissa, pickled red onions and mint (or, frankly, have any real idea what that is), the dish is just one that Madison foodies rave about.

But just because students aren’t always willing or able to shell out $16.50 for a five-cheese cheese plate with dinner doesn’t mean we can’t experience the delights of local artisan cheese. And just because we can’t always eat our organic spinach with Cornmeal-crusted fluke doesn’t mean we can’t taste a Wisconsin-grown green. For students looking for flavorful local ingredients without price tag of a fine meal, look no farther than the Dane County Farmers’ Market.

While most of us have been to the farmers’ market, few are drawn to more than the flowers and cheese bread. This is a travesty. As the largest producer-only farmers’

market in the country, the Dane County Farmers’ Market hosts sellers of all kinds of produce, baked goods, meats and cheeses, and many vendors stock some of Madison’s favorite restaurants. Otto’s, Brasserie V and The Old Fashioned (among many others) serve Hook’s Cheese, which has won national acclaim and is made in Mineral Point. The El Dorado Grill and L’etoile use Willow Creek Farm free-range pork raised in Prairie du Sac. The Tornado Room, L’etoile and several restaurants in Chicago all covet Snug Haven’s spinach and other vegetables from Belleville. These are just a few of the vendors at the farmers’ market.

With 150 vendors every Saturday, the farmers’ market gives Madisonians the opportunity to taste the fruits of fellow Wisconsinites’ labor. By

buying the local ingredients featured in the city’s most elegant dishes, market-goers not interested in the sometimes pompous fine dining experience can make their own high quality meals in the comfort of their own homes. Because the market is open until 2 p.m. on Saturday and on Wednesday nights as well, even the most hungover student can pick up a hunk of aged cheddar, a bag full of cucumbers or a few free-range chicken breasts to make a truly satisfying meal.

Some students, I’m sure, remain unconvinced of the benefits of ingredients used by yuppie-frequented restaurants. The push for consumers to buy local has caused many an eye roll, and the word “sustainability” is written off as a buzzword for leftist greenies. Yet, the farmers’

market isn’t trying to shove an environmentally-friendly doctrine down your throat — it is trying to sell you good food.

Produce from the farmers’ market is often cheaper than it is in the grocery store, stays fresher longer and has more flavor and nutrients. The farmers’ market also supports local farmers and the Wisconsin economy, but if you don’t particularly care about those things, focus on the food.

As a restaurant addict, I’ve dined at every restaurant mentioned in this column. While I appreciate the quality of the food, I honestly prefer making my own meals with local ingredients to being served them on an expertly plated dish. The food is simply lacking to me without the experience of visiting the farmers’ market and buying it myself.

I’ve been visiting the farmers’ market my entire life, and while I didn’t always care about much more than the cow cookies, I always marveled at the colors, smells and overall buzz of those Saturday mornings. You don’t have to be a foodie or even a cook to appreciate what the farmers’ market has to offer. Sometimes a carton full of fresh blueberries is really all you need, but that shouldn’t prevent you from taking a stroll around the Square and enjoying a sample or two (or four).

So if you haven’t yet this year, grab a friend and some cash this Saturday and head to the farmers’ market, where all kinds of good things await.

Allegra Dimperio (adimperio@badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

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Show memorializes pitch-imperfect star

‘Souvenir’ brings audiences back to the 1940s, when viewers flocked to see Florence Foster Jenkins sing her outrageously tone-deaf arias. Photo courtesy of Madison Th eatre Guild

Conserve cash, eat in with sustainable, farm-grown ingredients

An injured bird? A yelping puppy? No, it’s the sound of Florence Foster Jenkins, an opera singer famous for her extreme lack of talent and hilarious attempts at singing. Back by popular demand, the Madison Theatre Guild will present a second run of “Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins” at the Bartell, opening Friday.

“Souvenir” tells the life story of Jenkins (Terry Kiss Frank), who became a cult phenomenon through being a terrible singer with no sense of pitch, tone or rhythm. Set in the 1960s, the play is told in flashbacks by her faithful accompanist, Cosme McMoon (Taras Nahirniak).

Jenkins’ career culminated in 1944 with a sold-out performance in Carnegie Hall. When she sung technically difficult arias typically performed by singers with extreme precision and beauty, she butchered them completely with a lack of pitch and rhythm ability, and the

audience roared with laughter.

Google “Florence Foster Jenkins” on YouTube, and the first hit you’ll find is Mozart’s “Queen of the Night” at the top of the page. Click play and you’ll notice she has no capacity for melody or tempo, and the piano frequently slows down or speeds up to keep up with her. It’s sometimes difficult to distinguish whether the voice you hear is that of a human or strange noises made by animals. Much worse than any “American Idol” audition gone ugly, she is definitely worth a listen.

“[Her voice] makes your face sort of scrunch up when you hear it,” director Betty Thompson said.

Frank, who is in fact an established singer with Madison Opera, will be singing in the unique style of Jenkins.

“She is quite capable of singing beautifully and … not,” Diamond said.

The play largely explores the relationship that evolved between McMoon and Jenkins as McMoon got accustomed to her musical

fallacies and became fond of her.

“Their relationship is tender … eventually,” Diamond said.

“Souvenir” played at the Bartell last season, and Diamond said those performances completely sold out. Word about the play got around in similar fashion to the way people found out about Jenkins herself.

“There were people that were coming back two or three times to see [Jenkins’ 1944] show,” Diamond said.

Unlike the upcoming set of performances, last year’s

“Souvenir” did not get a full run, due to the show sharing the stage with “Forever Plaid.”

The cast and direction are the same as last year’s production, allowing the cast to rehearse less and more efficiently in a period of a few weeks.

“What’s really nice is that … after the first week of rehearsals, [the actors] were back at the level they were last year, so we could really focus on fine-tuning things and getting to different emotional levels,” Diamond said.

Despite the description of

Jenkins’ voice and a typical reaction to her singing, the play isn’t 100 percent comedy. Although a first reaction to Jenkins’ voice elicits laughter, and maybe a headache, the play doesn’t try to make a spectacle out of her.

“It would be so easy to simply make her a joke,” Diamond said. “And what the play does is make her a human being that you actually come to care for. So it is as poignant as it is wildly funny.”

And while Nahirniak and Frank will give emotionally piquing performances as

their characters’ relationship evolves, Frank’s imitation of the performer dubbed The World’s Worst Opera Singer will be most unforgettable.

“It’s really funny; and in these trying times, I think we need a laugh,” Diamond said.

“Souvenir” runs May 6-21 in the Evjue Theatre at the Bartell, 113 E. Mifflin St. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door or at www.madisontheatreguild.org.

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Art fi lm set in 1950s captures ‘ghost’ of years gone by

They say there’s no better way to learn something than to try it yourself.

That’s what University of Wisconsin senior-turned-film-producer Matthew Mandarino discovered firsthand when he and his childhood friends — a group self-dubbed “The Teenage Head” — decided to make a film.

The final product would be “The Ghosts,” a nearly 15-minute long “teenage fever dream” that tells the story of a girl who falls in love with the leader of the new, cool gang in town: The Ghosts. Told from the point of view of the girl in question, we witness a brief, highly stylized story featuring ’50s imagery, black and white footage, dreamy music, leather jackets and a sinister plotline, all of which come together to “tell a full narrative story in a short 15 minutes,” as Mandarino said.

The inspiration for the film came from a drawing created by Mandarino’s friend, Eddie O’Keefe, who attends graduate school at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and would direct and appear in the film as a non-speaking member of The Ghosts. The doodle was of a pile of trash with a hand coming out of it.

“He envisioned that hand being of a guy in a leather jacket,” Mandarino said. As it turned out, that very image would appear in the film, and it would indeed be the hand of a greaser emerging from a

pile of trash. From that idea a script was born, which would be finished in the summer of 2009.

Mandarino described “The Ghosts” as a film full of Americana, especially ’50s and ’60s material. And while that resonates with him, it’s also the rebellious nature of the film that stood out to him.

“I think everybody once upon a time wanted to be in a gang with their friends and cause ruckus in the neighborhood,” he said.

One of the distinguishing marks of “The Ghosts,” one that has been getting publicity from the LA Times and blogs around the internet, is the music in the film. The team asked the help of friends, including Luke Lukas and Greta Salpeter of Gold Motel, to write original music for the film. The result is a juxtaposition of modern yet eerie-sounding indie rock against retro imagery. And as it happens, Mandarino and his friends acquired all the music before filming began.

“That was huge. … The music really helped us envision and move forward with the shoot,” Mandarino said.

Essentially anyone can get that far in the filmmaking process — it’s the money that stops them from going further. But Mandarino and his friends went to Kickstarter, a website that hosts artistic endeavors and allows people to pledge funding for them. Through Kickstarter, Mandarino and his friends raised $4,000. With the help of friends and family, the budget went above five figures. As producer, it was Mandarino’s job to

maintain that modest budget.

“We were able to get a camera from a friend and get a really great deal on lighting equipment,” he said. “We had a lot of extras that were family and friends, so it was a big, big summer of asking favors and having everyone you know sort of supporting the project.”

With money in hand, The Teenage Head took to Mandarino’s hometown of Elmhurst, Ill., for the 17-day shoot in the summer of 2010. “The Ghosts” is shot digitally in high-definition, though you’d never know looking at it. Initially, the team hoped to shoot on actual film, 16mm film in particular, but its budget didn’t allow for it.

“We ended up aiming for 16mm reversal look. … It’s a lot of grain and filters on top of HD film, which just looks awesome,” Mandarino said. “There’s a lot of scratches and imperfections added in.”

Saving that kind of money allowed the crew the luxury of footage surplus. By the time shooting wrapped, the crew had more than 30 hours of footage — which, again, would be whittled down to just 15 minutes. However, once Mandarino and his friends finally had their film in hand, they realized: What now?

“It’s sort of hard to market a black and white, grainy film nowadays when everything else is super crisp, super high definition,” Mandarino said. “People want action sequences, and we sort of took it the other way.”

The solution: Take it to the internet. The crew put the film on its website and submitted it

Cailley HammelArtsEtc. Staff Writer

UW senior’s film ‘Teenage Fever Dream,’ has garnered thousands of Youtube hits

to blogs around the web to resounding success: Within the first two weeks, the film had 30,000 hits. In a month, almost 60,000.

However, this is a risky proposition. While putting the film online exposes it to a wide potential audience — Mandarino said they have hits from around the world — it closes the door on other opportunities, like film festivals. Mandarino said he encountered some film festival organizers who refused to take “The Ghosts” because

of its availability online. Yet, Mandarino and his friends see it differently.

“The internet is going to be so crucial in the future of films; with Netflix and streaming online, it’s going to be so important,” he said. “We just wanted to throw it up there and see what would happen, and it’s definitely exceeded our expectations.”

Given the importance of music among The Teenage Head — members have drifted in and out of bands — and in the filmmaking process, it makes sense that

Mandarino explains the appeal of “The Ghosts” in musical terms.

“It’s a three-chord movie, meaning it’s simple — you don’t need to be all that technically crazy … just simple, raw, rock n’ roll, punch-you-in-the-mouth kind of feel to the film. I think we’ve captured that in a certain sense.”

“The Ghosts” was screened last night at Union South as part of the 2011 Hollywood Badgers Film Showcase. You can watch it anytime at www.TheGHOSTSfilm.com.

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Matthew Mandarino’s film ‘The Ghosts’ appears to have been shot on grainy, black and white 16mm reversal film, however the film was completed with his crew, self-titled The Teenage Head, a mere two years ago.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Mandarino

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2nd chance to Madison: You’ve got one week to shape up your weather. Cmon, the terrace and I are lusting for each other.

SC to the handsome/mysteri-ous/knee brace-wearing boy. While I enjoy spending more time outside exercising, it is always nice to know I will see you at that 7AM time slot if I opt for the SERF. Jamba juice sometime? -Girl who you held the door open for this morning

SC to the hot male runner on the track last night around 5:30. Let’s take advantage of the next two weeks and go on a run together? You took my breath away.

2nd Chance to my buddy at hawks easter night. why do you build me up buttercup, just to let me down? get my num-ber from your friend and call me, you know you want to.

2nd Chance to Polar Pam. You set the bar way too high. RAWR

TC (third chance) to the red-head girl who works the cafe in the education building on Thursday mornings. I bitched out last time and its about time I grow some nuts and get your number. Drinks on me for be-ing a poon?

SC to the sexy brunette working at the Red Gym on Thursday. Meet me at the place you pointed to on the campus map? ;)

SC to my “Z” in words with friends. I had you all set up for a triple letter in a triple word, but my opponent took too long so I forgot and used you on a double letter. Please come back to me? I promise it will be different this time..

Second Chance to my Kate M. I may not be a prince, but I promise I’ll give you a Royal Wedding

SC to the A’s fan in my ILS discussion. Our small conversations every Thursday manage to make my long ass day a little better. Thank you for being a genuinely awe-some person to be around this semester. See you next week for our last discussion. -Brew-ers fan

SC to the guy wearing jorts on a Mifflin balcony yesterday. Although I questioned your sense of fashion, I still thought you had the most gorgeous blue eyes I had ever seen. -The girl with the tattoos

SC to the guy I danced with at a party on Breese last night after Mifflin. I saw you watch-ing me for a while. I thought you were extremely attractive and was sad when you left. I know the guys who live at that house so inquire about me--unless I just had something on my face.

SC to Chris with the blue eyes with the house on mifflin who let my friend and I come in and use the bathroom. After the free beer, talking to you for about a minute, and your com-plete sexiness, we decided we should have a threesome, but then you were off mingling. I still want your body. ~Kelly aka chick with the blue eyes you noticed and that allowed us into your humble abode

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SPORTS THE BADGER HERALD, page 13THURSDAY, MAY 5, 2011

Badgers battle through rebuilding year Men’s tennis program has bright future; Michalicka selected to compete in NCAA singles competition

Coming off of a record-setting season, the 2010-11 Wisconsin men’s tennis team had big shoes to fill. In 2010, the University of Wisconsin was selected to enter the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight season, a school-record, and managed to make it to its first-ever sweet 16 appearance.

When the 2011 season started, head coach Greg Van Emburgh knew it was going to be a rebuilding year for his young team. The Badgers went from three seniors and three freshmen on their 2009-10 roster to a 2010-11 season where the team was predominantly freshmen.

The lack of experience seemed to be the Badger’s achilles’ heel.

In January, the Badgers began their season with two wins and three losses before losing their first conference match against Minnesota, the team that would end their season months later in the Big Ten Tournament.

After its first conference match, Wisconsin seemed to hit a high note with two

wins against Marquette and UIC, 6-1 and 7-0, respectively. However, the happiness was short lived, as the Badgers struggled to continue their winning ways.

Throughout the season, consistency seemed to be a major problem for the Badgers as a whole. They would win a game, and then lose two. Lose a game, and then win two. Not once in the season did they win more than two consecutive games.

When March rolled around, Wisconsin ended up claiming the No. 6 seed for the Big Ten Tournament. With a win against No. 11 seed Penn State, Wisconsin was able to continue tournament play against No. 3 seed Minnesota. But their tournament play was short-lived, as Wisconsin fell early to its conference rivals.

Although they struggled as a team, Marek Michalicka, Billy Bertha, Rodney Carey and Fredrik Ask proved that individually it was a different story.

The seven freshmen that played as Badgers this season gained valuable

experience that is needed for the success of their future seasons. Two of the freshman, the doubles duo of Carey and Ask, worked their way into the UW system perfectly and ended their season by working their way to the No. 2 doubles slot.

Bertha, a sophomore, is known for his passionate, fiery play and will lead next year’s team. Bertha and Michalicka played the entire season at the

No. 1 doubles spot and together they gained the lone win of the day in the Big Ten Tournament against Minnesota, ending their season with an 18-5 doubles record together.

Whether in doubles play with Bertha or singles play, Michalicka led his team by example with his experience. Optimistic

and focused, Michalicka was spoken very highly of during his time at Wisconsin and ended up earning Big Ten honors for his play. His team-high record of 17-6 in the No. 1 singles slot and his 8-2 record in Big Ten play earned him a spot on the first team All-Big Ten team as well as the recognition of being a Badgers’ Big Ten sportsmanship honoree.

While his time at UW is coming to a close, Michalicka’s tennis career is still booming. On Tuesday, the NCAA selection show aired and Michalicka looked to get his third-straight NCAA singles berth. Ranked No. 57 in the nation, UW’s senior captain got what he wanted and was selected as one of 64 singles players to compete in the 2011 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Tennis Championships.

Although the season has come to a close, with such a young team, you haven’t seen the last of many of these Badgers. Van Emburgh is proud of his team and how far it has come and looks forward to his growing future with such a young team.

are afraid to reach out to university officials in fear they might lose their scholarships, especially because Fleishman has demonstrated that he is not afraid to dismiss players from the team.

According to one player, Fleishman kicked a player off the team for failing to cheer on a teammate and that Fleishman has revoked another player ’s scholarship for failing to pass a fitness test.

“We were devastated that we were losing part of our team,” one player said. “We did not talk about it to Brian because he’s very unapproachable. … We didn’t have a whole team meeting about it, but the general consensus was we weren’t happy.”

“In most programs, you’re told when you’re recruited that the only way you lose your scholarship is by breaking a serious rule in terms of stealing, drugs, doing something illegal,” another member of the team said. “But he’s created a rule called ‘the zero tolerance policy’ that can get anyone off the team in a second, and in this fearful environment, he has 100 percent control over everything we do on a daily basis.”

Players say the situation became so ridiculous that one player created a comic book for her teammates depicting the lifestyle

Fleishman leads.The comic, which ends

with Fleishman’s daily itinerary titled “Brian’s Schedule,” includes Fleishman’s many “policies,” his controlled lifestyle and the way he “yells” at certain members of the team on a regular basis. The comic also included satirical meal suggestions given to the players, such as “three pieces of lettuce.”

The creator of the comic recounted how Fleishman had once talked to one of her teammates.

“He actually commented to her about her weight and threatened her with it. He used anything that he saw her eat against her in the future when she’d lose her matches.”

Fleishman has been head coach at Wisconsin for four years. Prior to being hired at UW in 2007, he was head coach at Wake Forest from 1999 to 2005. He coached four individual national champions there and was named the 2000 ACC coach of the year, 2002 Wilson/ITA national coach of the year and the 2011 Big Ten co-coach of the year. Fleishman resigned from his position at Wake Forest in 2005.

Kyle Gibson, one of the team’s trainers, declined to comment on this matter due to confidentiality laws. Several calls made Wednesday to Fleishman were not returned.

SPEAK UP, from 1

productive season for UW this past year. As a top-line forward, he scored 18 goals and had eight assists. He led the Badgers and the WCHA conference with 12 power play goals.

Head coach Mike Eaves has plenty of

young options to turn to as replacements on the top line. Center Craig Smith and winger Mark Zengerle are set to return. Options for that third forward spot include sophomores-to-be Tyler Barnes and Michael Mersch, who both saw action on the second line this past season.

MURRAY, from 14

Wisconsin. Be it snow days, protests, the Terrace or a good old-fashioned ass-whupping of Ohio State, Madison provides memories that created the phrase the “good ‘ol days.”

Just make sure you are there to see it.

Michael is graduating

with a degree in journalism and history. For those who still are curious about the View From The Bleachers, check out his new home at Paulbunyansaxe.com. For your favorite memories of Madison, email Michael at bleach.michael@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @michaelbleach.

Thanks for reading over three years.

BLEACH, from 14

Morgan Bradley Men’s Tennis Writer

runner Abby Gregory to advance to third base. Then, with two outs, sophomore Kendall Grimm hit a clutch RBI single to tie the game.

“We had a lot more energy in the second game,” Powell said. “In the first game we were really down the whole game. There was no energy in the dugout; it was really unlike ourselves.”

The story was more of the same in the next two innings, as the Badgers jumped Phoenix pitcher Katie Cooney for four more runs in the next two innings thanks to RBI’s from Powell, Blackshear and freshman Mary Massei.

“We just swung the bats better,” Healy said. “They made adjustments and were able to hit the curveball. People put the

ball in play and that’s what we challenged them to do. Green Bay had done the same thing in the first game with two strikes on them and made plays. We just told them to not make it so easy.”

In the first game, Wisconsin fell victim to a letdown.

Things looked promising for Wisconsin to start the contest, as Darrah started the game going three up and three down versus the Phoenix. Jennifer Krueger reached first base on an error to start things off offensively, stealing second and third right away to give the Badgers a base runner in scoring position. After Massei went down swinging, Blackshear popped up a bunt that escaped the third baseman to score Krueger as Wisconsin took the lead 1-0 in the bottom of the first.

But in the top of the third, the Phoenix responded. With none on and two outs, Phoenix second baseman Amanda Omahen drilled a double off Darrah to the gap in right center. Green Bay shortstop Sara Junion drilled a 1-0 pitch up the middle the following at bat to score Omahen from second, tying the game at one a piece.

The Badgers took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to an RBI double by Grimm, scoring freshman Michelle Mueller from second. However, this last piece of hitting would be the last run the Badgers would score in their opening contest with the Phoenix.

“It’s not that we played that bad; they were just better,” Healy said. “They did a really nice job. They’re kids have a lot of fight and talent.”

In the sixth inning,

the game unraveled for Wisconsin, as an error and shaky fielding allowed the Phoenix to tack on three runs of their own and seize the lead and the eventual final score of the game, 4-2.

After a leadoff single by Phoenix batter Danielle Peerenboom and a single that resulted from a throw that hit Peerenboom on her way to second, a Badger error allowed the bases to be loaded. The Badgers could not leave the inning unscathed, as two infield hits scored two Phoenix runners before the Badgers got the final out of the inning.

“We should’ve played like we did against Michigan,” Mueller said. “Today we were just flat. We didn’t see the ball well at all. That woke us up; we came out for the second game with more of an anger not to drop both games.”

SPLIT, from 14

Although the youthful Wisconsin squad struggled throughout the season, Greg Van Emburgh looks forward to the team’s future.Jacob Schwoerer Th e Badger Herald

but Mary [Massei] in the one spot is tough because she has that triple threat and she brings her power. You have a kid like Mary, who has the potential to go yard. If you are going to get one more at-bat we want it to be someone who has the chance to put it over the fence.”

Stephanie Peace committed a costly error in the first game loss, her 16th of the season, and was switched to second base before the second game. However, Peace’s struggles in the field may have been due to injury,

according to Healy.“Steph [Peace] got a

little hurt and got a little banged up,” Healy said. “It was hard for her to attack balls, limping a little bit out there.”

Filling in for Peace at shortstop was freshman Michelle Mueller, who turned an impressive double play in the sixth inning that all but sealed the game for the Badgers.

“You know when you make those defensive changes, the ball is going to get hit at those kids,”

Healy said.“Michelle did a nice

job of helping [Meghan McIntosh] out,” Healy said. “We made that same switch [on spring break] and Michelle gave us a little burst of energy.”

The Badgers bounced back from their tough loss in the first game and came to play at the plate and in the field. However, it was the dominant pitching from sophomore McIntosh that gave Wisconsin the biggest edge.

“We easily could have gotten swept after Cassandra [Darrah] loses the first game, but Meghan [McIntosh] did a phenomenal job of holding them down,” Healy said.

McIntosh gave up an earned run in the first inning but was able to get in a groove and hold Green Bay scoreless for the rest of the game. The southpaw pitched a complete game four-hitter, striking out six batters.

“I worked on really moving the ball more outside and not giving them any balls to hit good contact on,” McIntosh said.

In her second year with the Badgers, McIntosh has learned she doesn’t need to do it all by herself. All season long she has been able to trust her defense to get her out of tough spots.

“Everyone does their job in the field, I pitch the ball and they hit it to my defense and let the defense work,” McIntosh said. “That’s how it’s supposed to be.”

ADVANTAGE, from 14

Van Emburgh is proud of his team and how far it has come and looks forward to his growing future with such a young team.

Everyone does their job in the field, I pitch the ball and they hit it to my defense.

Meghan McIntoshPitcher

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SPORTSSPORTSSports Editor:MAX HENSON, SPORTS@BADGERHERALD.COM

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UW fi ghts back for split with Green Bay

Freshman Mary Massei went 2-for-4 at the plate in the second game, scoring two runs and one RBI.Jacob Schwoerer Th e Badger Herald

Head coach Yvette Healy and her team needed something to change after losing their opening game to University of Wisconsin-Green Bay yesterday, 4-2.

So in the second game of the doubleheader, Healy decided to shake up her lineup, hoping a different look would reenergize the Badgers.

Putting pitcher Cassandra Darrah at first base, utility player Whitney

Massey behind the plate, traditional shortstop Stephanie Peace at second and first baseman Michelle Mueller at shortstop, Healy looked for her team to respond, and it did.

Backed up in an early 0-1 hole, Wisconsin rallied for five runs to best Green Bay 5-1 in the nightcap and earn a series split.

Bolstered by sophomore Meghan McIntosh on the mound and two RBI’s from junior Karla Powell, the Badgers took care of business with steady run production throughout the entire game.

“We’ve done switches like this before,” Healy

said. “We did it on spring break. Shortstop is a big position to handle for a freshman. We have asked a lot of [Peace], and with her banged up we wanted to give her a break. We weren’t trying to send a message but let her know we were behind her and have someone else handle the load, and Mueller did that.”

In the bottom of the second, sophomore Shannel Blackshear led off with a walk. Two sacrifice efforts by Peace and Massey allowed pinch

Nick KorgerSoftball Writer

Badgers fall 4-2 in series opener, respond with 5-1 victory over in-state rival

SPLIT, page 13

As has been the case all season long for the Badgers, the underclassmen stepped up in a big way in a game two victory against Green Bay Wednesday.

Continuing her torrent pace of late, freshman Mary Massei, went 2-for-4 in the Badgers’ second game, recording two runs, one RBI and boosting her season batting average to an impressive .333, which is second on the team.

Both of Massei’s hits went for triples, tying a school record for most in a game. Even more impressive, she now stands alone as the all-time leader in single season triples with six this season.

“It felt great to be able to [get those triples] for my team,” Massei said. “We were just focusing on making the adjustments on the first pitcher since we had to see her in the second game. It was great that we made those adjustments.”

Massei, who batted second in the first game loss to Green Bay, proved she can hit from anywhere into the lineup as she was

switched to the leadoff spot after the first game.

“I’m comfortable hitting anywhere in the lineup,” Massei said. “You’re really only in [the leadoff] position at the very first at-bat.”

Massei is a versatile hitter, who can hit from anywhere in the lineup. However, after her record-setting performance Wednesday, Healy will be hard-pressed to take her out of the leadoff spot going forward.

“I like [Massei] in that leadoff spot,” Healy said. “We are trying to tweak it,

Justin Mertes-Mistretta Softball Writer

McIntosh, Massei step up and give Wisconsin advantage in 2nd game

ADVANTAGE, page 13

Jordy Murray is the second Badger to leave early this offseason as classmate Jake Gardiner signed a contract with the Maple Leafs.Zhao Lim Th e Badger Herald

Murray set to start pro career in Switzerland

Jordy Murray has officially left the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey program.

The Fairbault, Minn. native elected to forgo his senior year season, signing with the Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the Swiss National League A. According to UW, Murray has a brother (Brady) and sister (Sarah) who are currently playing

in Switzerland.Andy Baggot of the

Wisconsin State Journal reported earlier that Murray was likely to sign with a Swiss League team due to potential rule changes within the league regarding import and non-import players.

According to Baggot, since Murray registered as a hockey player in Switzerland — where his father was coaching — he attained non-import status, which

has its advantages for Swiss teams, but those rules could change in the coming year.

As a result, Murray — who has not been drafted by an NHL franchise — felt some pressure to leave Wisconsin a year early and jump for the pros while he could.

“My three years here with the team and coach Eaves have been great,” Murray said in a statement. “I’ve really developed as a player

and a person and I think it made me ready to take this next step in turning pro. I’d like to come back, but it is a great opportunity.”

Murray joins fellow-junior Jake Gardiner as 2010-11 Badgers who elected to turn pro early. Gardiner signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the end of the season.

Murray had his most

UW junior forward skips senior season at Wisconsin to play professionaly in Swiss National League A

Max HensonSports Editor

In Madison, all youmust do is show up

Hall of Fame columnist, Badger alum and occasional University of Wisconsin professor Len Shapiro utilizes a rolodex of maxims when teaching his sports journalism course, and in my final column for the Badger Herald, one in particular comes to mind.

“You will be rewarded for showing up.”

Now, Shapiro was making the point that a good journalist will always make the extra phone call, drive 50 minutes to see the high school game and in

general just not take the easy way out. Good solid advice for any career, really.

But it might apply to Wisconsin students even more prominently.

As any good SOAR leader will tell you, this university and city has just about anything that an incoming freshman would like to try. We have three revenue sports at the top of their game, a plethora of clubs for all interests and, yes, two daily student newspapers.*

*Mandatory pitch on behalf of the BH: This place really is awesome. I am trying to avoid the heartfelt farewell column that you, the reader, don’t really care about. But seriously, if you have any interest in writing,

expressing your opinion or just generally pissing people off, come to the Herald. You will not regret it. I love you guys.

All you have to do is show up. Several examples from this year alone prove it.

For the Ohio State football game, tickets were being sold online for $300-$400. It was enough to pay for a student’s entire season ticket package.

Theoretically, I can understand the temptation to cash in one game to pay for the rest.

Practically, those who sold their OSU tickets are abject morons.

From the very first kickoff — bless you David Gilreath, you finally brought one back — to the rushing of the field, it was the most exciting UW sporting event since … well … ever. No one in attendance will ever be a part of 80,000 people simultaneously enjoying that same level of euphoria ever again.

Unless you are one of the vultures buying tickets solely to sell them — dare I make a “Worst People On Campus Joke Here?” — what was the point of buying season tickets if not hoping for just a chance to be a part of a moment like that.

And all you had to do was show up.

For basketball, the story repeated itself. The No. 1 undefeated Buckeyes came to town, and scalping prices skyrocketed. For those who missed the game, all Jordan Taylor did was submit THE greatest performance of a Badger basketball player ever. And I mean ever-ever.

If there is anything to learn from Ohio State besides the jersey-to-tattoo monetary scale, it is just come to the damn game. In 10 years I will still remember taking down No. 1 Ohio State twice. I wonder if the scalpers will remember the cheap beer they bought with their haul?

The tour guide speeches of limitless opportunity don’t lie when it comes to

Michael BleachView from the Bleachers

MURRAY, page 13

BLEACH, page 13

As any good SOAR leader will tell you, this university and city have just about anything that an incoming freshman would like to try