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Wisconsin junior guard Ben Brust (1) propelled the Badgers to a Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center. Brust hit a 40-foot heave in the waning seconds of regulation to send the game against Michigan into an improbable overtime. He went on to hit the go-ahead three pointer in overtime to give the Badgers the win.

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When Michigan’s Tim Hardaway Jr. sunk a three-pointer with Mike Bruesewitz in his face and less than three seconds on the clock, it appeared to be the shot of the game. But the Ben Brust Show had yet to complete its opening act.

With 2.4 seconds on the clock, Bruesewitz lasered a

pass to a cutting Brust, who took two steps and a dribble before launching a 45-foot Hail Mary at the basket that somehow found the bottom of the net. Michigan guard Caris LeVert tossed up his hands in disbelief and walked back to his bench.

“It was awesome,” Brust said of the shot. “Something I’ll remember forever and I’m sure a lot of people will.”

UW head coach Bo Ryan

credited Traevon Jackson — the other cutter on the play — for clearing out the defenders and said Bruesewitz’s pass was “right on the dime.” Then it was time to refocus, to end the short-lived celebration and prepare for overtime.

“If we lose this game, that shot just goes in SportsCenter Top 10 and then we kind of all forget about it,” senior forward Mike Bruesewitz said. “That was my thought

process, we just needed to get back and win it.”

After his teammates cleared the fl oor and overtime began, Brust pulled up and hit a critical three-pointer with LeVert again facing him up to hand the Badgers (17-7, 8-3 Big Ten) the 65-62 lead. Ryan Evans missed a critical free throw to seal the game but Trey Burke was off the mark on his own three-point try. Pandemonium ensued at

the Kohl Center as students stormed the court after unranked Wisconsin had taken down No. 3 Michigan (21-3, 8-3).

“We put Caris in for defense and he’s a very good defender, just happened to make a little bit of mistake,” Michigan head coach John Beilin said of Brust’s three-pointer in overtime. “Maybe the kid … takes a step-back shot, but he was not a guy you

want to give that type of room to.”

It was a remarkable turnaround from Hardaway’s own highlight-worthy basket that nearly kept Michigan from dropping its third game of the year.

The comeback may not have ever happened, however, without a ferocious

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Walker unveils budget proposal, aims to expand jobsGov. Scott Walker

proposed providing millions of dollars in credits and investments to attract and keep businesses in Wisconsin as part of his upcoming budget Thursday.

According to a statement,

Walker plans to provide an additional $75 million for the Economic Development Tax Credit program, which he said would encourage businesses to make capital investments, expand jobs and locate their corporate headquarters in Wisconsin.

“Continually improving our economic environment

will foster small business growth and encourage the creation of new businesses,” Walker said in the statement. “The majority of jobs created in Wisconsin will come from small businesses or employers who are just getting started. The initiatives contained in my budget proposal will support

entrepreneurship and innovation.”

According to the statement, Walker’s budget plans also include lifting the cap on the Angel Investment Tax Credit program to encourage private investment in start-up companies.

Tom Still, president of

the Wisconsin Technology Council that oversees the Wisconsin Angel Network, said in a statement the cap prevented “uninterrupted investment” in Wisconsin companies.

“This is welcome news for Wisconsin’s angel investor community and for the many emerging companies

that grow through angel investment dollars,” Still said.

Walker also plans to provide $10.9 million to support marketing programs for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and a $6 million investment to the WEDC’s Seed

Sean KirkbySenior News Reporter

Regents take on education issues

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents meetings focused on challenges in higher education, hearing from a UW System administrator on the system’s efforts in closing gaps and a national leader to give the national context.

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education, spoke to the regents Friday regarding the challenges American higher education faces. She said now is also a time to challenge conventional wisdom.

Conventional wisdom, Broad said, is an “iron triangle” of cost, access and quality, in which one cannot change without changing the other.

“The belief is you can’t improve quality unless you also increase cost, and you can’t expand access without increasing cost,” Broad said. “Well, I think that all of that

iron triangle issue is now being challenged in the face of all these pressures, and it’s precipitating some very interesting innovations.”

She said this is no longer a “business as usual” time for higher education and outlined three ways universities are innovating and improving education.

One of those ways is to bring “big data” to higher education and develop programs that would make recommendations to students based on patterns they recognize, she said. Another is to offer massive open online courses like Coursera and Udacity.

Broad praised the UW System for being a leader in using the third strategy, citing the system’s flexible option degree set to start next fall. Under that program, students can earn a UW System degree online based on assessments, where they can show prior knowledge from past courses

Polo RochaSenior Legislative Editor

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Gov. Scott Walker is seeking to include an investment for the UW System in his state budget proposal. This includes $20 million for economic development initiatives and $2 million for the fl exible option program.Jen Small The Badger Herald

In meetings, UW System offi cials address obstacles in retention, graduation rates

$22 million in works for SystemAs part of an almost

$100 million investment on workforce training, Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday he plans to invest $22 million in the University of Wisconsin System in the upcoming state budget.

Walker announced Sunday morning his proposed budget would include $20 million in economic development initiatives in UW System campuses. He will also include $2 million to begin funding the system’s new flexible option degree program that will give regular degrees to non-traditional

students who take online assessments.

“Overall, this is a very good set of initiatives for us in terms of what the governor has rolled out so far,” UW System spokesperson David Giroux said. “Obviously, there are a lot of details yet to be known, but we are pleased that we are going to see some

reinvestment in universities.”Rep. Brett Hulsey,

D-Madison, called the proposed investments a “drop in the bucket” of the more than $300 million in cuts the UW System took over the past two years. Those cuts came as the state had a $3.6

Polo RochaSenior Legislative Editor

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Council endorses online courses for creditFive nearly-free

online courses are so similar to their classroom versions students will now officially be able to take them for college credit, the American Council on Education announced last week.

These courses provided by Coursera, a California-based online education provider, are the first “massive, open online courses” — or MOOCs — ever to be declared eligible for credit.

ACE agreed to recommend four courses for credit, as long as course work is proctored, including pre-calculus at Univerisity of California, Irvine; introduction to genetics and evolution at Duke University; bioelectricity at Duke; and University of Pennsylvania’s single-variable calculus. ACE also endorsed an algebra course at UC-Irvine for for vocational credit.

The purpose of

MOOCs is to help students facing challenges affording college to enter college with credit and exit on time and on budget with their degrees, according to Coursera’s statement Thursday.

Aaron Brower, provost of the University of Wisconsin Extension and leading developer of UW System’s Flexible Degree program, said UW does not offer any MOOCs for credit yet, but is working to provide these opportunities for students soon under UW’s interim vice provost of teaching and learning. UW has already begun developing hybrid traditional and online methods of learning, according to UW Vice Chancellor for External Relations Vince Sweeney.

“Interim Chancellor Ward embarked on a very comprehensive initiative called Education Innovation,” Sweeney said. “It’s moving at a pretty good pace and certainly we at the UW-Madison need

to keep an eye on the national landscape and what others are doing to change, adapt and adjust in new ways of teaching and learning.”

College classes are “fundamentally changing,” Brower said, because students now have access to basically the same information as faculty. Therefore, he noted instructors no longer have to spend as much time in class informing their students through lectures and note taking. Students are now expected to acquire that information on their own, he said.

The benefit of this system is that students in online courses can use class time to review and expand on what they have learned online, according to Brower.

Brower added online courses are not a new concept at UW, however. He said the university has provided such courses for approximately 40 years now. The difference is MOOCs are not monitored, so nobody is checking over the work

The ACE endorsed four “massive, open online courses,” showing the growing trend of online classes for credit.Jen Small The Badger Herald

students do, according to Brower.

“It’s important to distinguish online course from the MOOC,” Brower said. “Online courses are just as labor intensive as every other kind of course. In fact, there’s some evidence they’re even more hyper-intensive. It’s the MOOCs that you take them and put them online for everyone.”

Brower compared MOOCs to books you can check out of a library, browse through and then return for someone else to learn from.

Sweeney added the traditional classroom style of learning is not a dying phenomenon in spite of the recent gains in innovative ways of learning online.

“I don’t think it’s dying, but I do think it needs to adapt and adjust with updated tools and updated formats,” Sweeney said, adding the institutions capable of this will thrive and survive the best. “In my opinion, there will always be a strong place for traditional methods of instruction and learning on large campuses.”

Noah GoetzelHigher Education Editor

Officials propose veteran transit programVeterans will have

improved access to public transportation with the implementation of a new program proposed by county offi cials.

The Vets Ride with Pride program will work in conjunction with Madison Metro Transit to provide transit passes to Dane County veterans, according to Dane County spokesperson Carrie Springer. The Dane County Veterans Service Offi ce will issue the passes, she said.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and County Supervisor Erika Hotchkiss introduced the proposal because they saw a need in the community for this kind

of program, Springer said.Hotchkiss works at

the William S. Middleton Memorial Hospital, Springer said. Hotchkiss noticed a recurring trend among disabled veterans regarding public transportation, she said, saying she saw disabled veterans experienced difficulty getting to the services they needed when they returned from duty.

According to the statement from Parisi, the bus vouchers will make it easier for disabled veterans to access appointments, housing, employment and education. The vouchers will also allow independence for veterans over their own transportation needs, the statement said.

Madison Metro runs

similar programs to Vets Ride with Pride, according to Springer. They already have the technology in place to implement this new program, she said.

Springer said only certain veterans qualify for the transit passes. Veterans who receive service-connected disability compensation or non-service-connected disability pension will be eligible for the program, she said.

The veterans who qualify will be issued a Vets Ride with Pride card good for rides on all Madison Metro buses until the end of the year, Springer said. It is a swipe card similar to what University of Wisconsin students currently use, she said.

Funding for the program

was included in the 2013 county budget by Parisi, according to the Dane County statement. Additional funding for the program comes from a private donation, the statement said.

The Vets Ride with Pride program was one of several initiatives included in the budget to help returning veterans in the county, the statement said.

According to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, it is a good thing anytime the county and the city are able to provide additional resources to the disabled, veterans or other individuals in the community.

Resnick explained city and county budgets often have constraints, and other bus-related programs are

often the ones to get cut. He said he was glad to see donations supporting the program.

Springer added many people believe the new program is a service the community owes to their veterans.

“We need to help our veterans return back to the lives they left behind when they left to serve us,” Springer said. “We need to help them get to the services they need so they can transition back into their lives.”

According to Springer, the next step for the program is approval by the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Additionally, she said the county needs to work out a few things with Madison Metro.

Allie JohnsonCity Life Editor

Poll: Americans want lower tuition, credit for competency

The majority of the American public agrees higher education institutions should reduce their tuition rates and award students credit for competency instead of time, according to a poll released last week.

American adults overwhelmingly desire a new system of credentials that emphasizes the outcomes of competencies

of higher learning, rather than simply the 16 weeks students take classes each semester, according to the Gallup/Lumina Foundation for Education poll.

Out of more than 1,000 respondents surveyed in November and December, 87 percent said students should be able to receive credit for the skills and knowledge they gain outside of classrooms. Additionally, 70 percent said learning should not be based on time, but rather, students should be able to acquire credit if they show they have mastered the course material in less than the traditional 16-week session.

University of Wisconsin

Vilas Distinguished Professor Clifton Conrad said there needs to be a more efficient way to educate students than cramming hundreds of them into a single lecture hall.

“I think we can be prisoner of the traditional classroom format and I think we need to innovate it,” Conrad said. “At the same time, we suggest that just securing credit hours is good at all without having an idea of what a college education is and clear set of expectations for a college graduate.”

Conrad said he is optimistic UW is making a push for increased efficiency at reduced costs. He said he encourages use

of massive, open online courses and noted the UW System has taken a huge step in the right direction through the flexible degree program, if executed correctly.

About a quarter of respondents in the poll said the cost of higher education is affordable to anyone who needs it. Two-thirds said these institutions should decrease tuition and fees. The majority of Americans also believe state and federal governments should provide more assistance to those who want to go to college, according to the poll.

Conrad added UW’s tuition is higher than it needs to be because of repeated funding cuts

from the state. He said he thinks UW is heading in the direction of University of Michigan or University of Virginia and state funding will drop below 10 percent in upcoming years.

“Our tuition is relatively low for a world-class university,” Conrad, a higher education program quality expert, said. “Having said that, the costs have still gone up very dramatically in recent years. I think tuition has become too high.”

Conrad noted UW recently raised the rate of out-of-state students by 2 percent to increase the amount of money the university takes in from undergraduates.

Despite these calls

for change within the higher education system, Americans still agree having a college degree is valuable to getting a job and financial security, according Vice President for Policy and Strategy of the Lumina Foundation Dewayne Matthews.

“We would say the main takeaways are that the public overwhelmingly understands the need for the U.S. to significantly increase higher education attainment,” Matthews said in an an email in to The Badger Herald. He added 97 percent of Americans share the opinion that having more than just a high school degree or certificate is important to a person’s fi nancial security.

Noah GoetzelHigher Education Editor

Accelerator and Capital Catalyst Programs, according to the statement.

Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, said in a statement he was pleased to see Walker supported some Democratic proposals but was concerned about giving more funds to the WEDC.

“While it is imperative that we work to create more Wisconsin jobs, we must establish strong accountability and transparency within the failing Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation before handing them control of more taxpayer dollars after their history of losing track of millions,” Larson said.

Tom Thieding, WEDC

spokesperson, said accelerator programs provide the capital businesses need to start and to expand. He said they partner with local communities to provide matching funds directly administered to companies.

He added WEDC marketing campaigns have successfully attracted business to the state.

“It’s been very successful,”

Thieding said. “We’ve established our In Wisconsin brand to promote a positive business climate. The additional dollars will help improve [our marketing campaign] and keep it going.”

According to the statement, Walker’s plans would allow the Department of Tourism to keep $1 million in funds previously contained in a budget lapse. His budget

also includes implementing marketing plans to grow international travel and attract more national meetings, conventions and sporting events.

Department of Tourism spokesperson Lisa Marshall said in the previous budget, Walker increased funding for the department by 20 percent, while previous administrations had cut it.

International visitors to the country have decreased due to restrictions passed by the federal government in 2001, although Marshall said travelers now face fewer restrictions. She said the department and industry leaders are currently researching ways to attract international visitors to Wisconsin, a plan dependent on additional funds.

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billion deficit and in a budget lapse months after. Walker has said the UW System would not get a budget lapse this biennium.

Walker also seeks to establish a core credit transfer system that would make 30 general education credits transferrable between UW System and Wisconsin

technical colleges. Private and tribal colleges have an option to participate in the system.

Given the roughly 17,000 transfer students in the system last year, a record number, Giroux said that proposal is something the UW System wants to pursue.

The budget process, set to begin Feb. 20 when Walker releases his budget, comes at a time of recent problems

at the UW System regarding overpayments.

Since the launch of a new human resource system in 2011, the system overpaid more than $33 million in benefit and retirement payments, about $20 million of which it has already recovered.

At a Board of Regents committee meeting Thursday, a UW System auditor

announced she has found $1.1 million more in other issues and could fi nd more problems as the system’s own audit and a legislative audit continue.

Giroux recognized the UW System has work to do in “build[ing] confidence” among legislators, who have to approve Walker’s budget initiatives. Giroux added the system’s transparency in dealing with this issue would

help in that process.“We don’t want anybody to

be left with the impression that we’re trying to downplay that or sweep it under the rug,” Giroux said.

In other budget measures, Walker seeks a $5 million increase in state aid to technical colleges and a new performance-based funding system for technical colleges. In K-12 education, Walker

seeks $11.5 million for a requirement that students take the ACT and its precursor tests to evaluate college and workforce readiness.

Walker also wants to invest $17 million in general purpose revenue for its soon-to-be required job training for able-bodied FoodShare recipients, as well as $22.65 million for rural health care access improvement.

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87 percent of adults say students should gain credit for skills, Gallup survey fi nds

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MCSC, student government quarrel goes to judiciary

The University of Wisconsin’s student government finance group denied allegations of viewpoint discrimination against a multicultural student group Friday at a Student Judiciary hearing.

After a decision to minimally fund the Multicultural Student Coalition, members of the Associated Students of Madison Student Judiciary heard MCSC’s appeal accusing ASM Student Services Finance Committee of a

viewpoint neutrality violation.SSFC voted in December

to give MCSC minimum funding. This $10,600 budget was meant to account for only basic supplies, student hourly wages and office space, SSFC representatives said.

At the hearing Friday, SSFC denied allegations concerning the viewpoint neutrality violation, but admitted to a procedural violation. Viewpoint neutrality, as defined by ASM, means a “funding decision cannot be based on a group’s point of view.”

Members of SSFC said the body awarded MCSC minimum funding because

the organization had not met the requirements for their requested budget. According to Student Judiciary Chief Justice Nick Checker, MCSC intentionally violated university policy last year by contracting Michael Franklin, who was fi red by UW.

SSFC denied MCSC funding last year, but Interim Chancellor David Ward remanded the decision to Student Council, which then approved MCSC’s eligibility by a single vote. SSFC then imposed a 52-week budget freeze on MCSC because of the unauthorized contract with Franklin, Checker added.

Along with the inaccurate

definition of a viewpoint neutrality violation, MCSC claimed minimal funding is an injustice and ASM bylaws are “extremely corrupt.”

Checker noted MCSC has argued the past few years ASM systematically discriminates against students of color and minority interest groups.

“One of their arguments is there is a conspiracy by student government leaders who are trying to undermine these student organizations that have these minority viewpoints,” Checker said. “That’s the crux of the viewpoint neutrality argument: that SSFC and the

student government is out to get them.”

SSFC Chair Ellie Bruecker said she does not see any validity to this argument. She noted SSFC regularly grants budget eligibility to social justice groups or groups representing minority interests while also denying funding from other groups unrelated to these issues.

“Our rules apply equally and across the board to everyone,” Buecker said. “I see very little basis to that claim.”

SSFC responded there was no viewpoint neutrality violation and they made known ahead of time there were only two options of

funding available: minimum funding or a budget if the group demonstrates it is deserving.

In regards to minimum funding, SSFC Chair Ellie Breucker said she recognized she made a “human mistake” by forgetting to announce the amount of the minimum budget a week in advance.

MCSC said it was inherently wrong to not announce this amount, and that by not announcing it, SSFC made a procedural violation, preventing SSFC voters to be able to properly make a decision without knowing exactly what they were voting for.

Tegan VailHerald Contributor

Segregated fees to fund sports facility revampVarious maintenance

repairs to University of Wisconsin’s recreational sports facilities will be required next year, causing an increase in student segregated fee funding, according to the Division of Recreational Sports.

Interim Director of Recreational Sports Joe Horn confirmed Sunday the need for an overhaul of the heating and ventilation systems, an upgrade to the electric system and a fix to plumbing issues at the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center, also known as the Shell.

Horn said Rec Sports is still waiting for facilities condition assessments on the Natatorium and Southeast Recreational Facility from the UW Facilities Planning and Management Department. Horn added similar system maintenance, including roof repairs to the SERF, would likely be part of the assessments for both these facilities, which he will receive in the upcoming weeks.

Horn will represent Rec Sports Feb. 18 during its budget hearing with the Associated Students of Madison Student Services Finance Committee. He said the maintenance repairs would increase

students segregated fees by $6 per student and amount to about 1 percent of total segregated fees.

However, ASM spokesperson David Gardner said SSFC’s approval of Rec Sports’ budget proposal will not necessarily increase the amount of money students pay for segregated fees next year. That figure will depend on total budget increases and cuts of all student and non-student groups.

Whether these upkeep repairs to all three Rec Sports Facilities is SSFC’s decision, according to Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning and Management Bill Elvey.

“If the seg fee is not

approved, they have very limited ability to deal with these kinds of things,” he said.

As is the case with all three of these facilities, Elvey said the building components are old and tired, and must be replaced as a result to maintain building function. There is only so much he and his Facilities Management and Planning staff can do to keep the buildings going.

The SERF was built in 1982 and the NAT was completed in 1961. Elvey noted systems have worn down and building codes have changed in the 30 years or more since the completion of these buildings.

Elvey added the SERF and NAT are the current priorities for Rec Sports facilities, with the Shell a distant third.

“The Shell is in a category of itself,” Elvey said. “It’s on life support. The Shell is pretty much in the end of its useful life. My impression is they’re doing the absolute minimum to keep it going until somebody can come up with a long-term plan for what they want to do with the building.”

Horn said Rec Sports would “love” to conduct a major building project to renovate any of these facilities, however he will need student funding support for that goal to be accomplished.

The primary sources of funding for Rec Sports are segregated fees from students and private investments since the state no longer provides 50 percent of facility maintenance projects since last year, Horn noted.

He said he understands UW’s Rec Sports facilities are not quite up to par, but there is little he can do to upgrade them without more money.

“We know we’re not meeting the demand of the students in terms of space on campus,” Horn said. “When comparing ourselves to peer institution in the Big Ten, we’ve a little behind fallen behind.”

Noah GoetzelHigher Education Editor

or work experience, she said. “It incorporates many of

the emerging innovations that are enabled by technology, competency-based education, self-paced learning, modular coursework, customizing the learning,” Broad said. “These tools are enabling the

delivery of the highest quality educational experience and do so at a more affordable price.”

Broad reminded regents of the much talked-about issue of declining state funds leading to increases in tuition. She said more than ever, universities depend on tuition more than any other

revenue source, although she cautioned simply raising tuition is “not a sustainable strategy.”

System official addresses success data

Mark Nook, the UW System’s top academic affairs officer, reported the system has made progress on reducing gaps in graduation

and retention rates between minorities and non-minorities. Between high and low-income students, however, the gaps have worsened, he said.

Between minorities and non-minorities, the UW System reduced the gap in retention rates from an 11 percent baseline to 8 percent

today, and the system is on track to reduce that to 5 percent by 2015. Nook said the improvement can be attributed a number of diversity plans the UW System implemented in 2005.

However, the retention rate gaps between Pell grant students and non-Pell grant students has increased from

the 5 percent baseline to 7 percent. The gap between both groups in six-year graduation rates increased as well, from the 12 percent baseline to 15 percent in 2006.

The reason why the gaps have grown is the yearly tuition increases that began in 2005 and the 2008 recession, Nook said.

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Media struggles to explain Wisconsin

Newspapers cover anniversaries too often. This is a painfully common sentiment among media critics and the paper-reading public; at some point a momentous event becomes impossible to eulogize or commemorate without seeming repetitive.

This week marks two years since the beginning of “the protests that changed Wisconsin forever.” The occasion does not demand the kind of coverage it did last year, but I suspect our friends at the Capitol — most likely Democrats — will send a few press releases marking the moment Thursday and Friday.

I suspect some news outlets, many of them national, will take the bait and write a nice feature about how Wisconsin has changed over the last two years. I suspect they will also frame our troubles as a microcosm of the country’s political divisions — the failure of one of the major political parties or the long-term success of another. I suspect people from Wisconsin, continuously desperate for media attention, will share these features as proof The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or another major organization cares about what happens here.

I suspect the fi rst paragraph of most of these stories will read something like this:

“MADISON, Wis.: The residents of the capital of this heavily-divided Rust Belt state continue to feel the effects of intense partisan division two years after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker introduced legislation to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees.”

Or this:“MADISON, Wis.: John

Doe and his wife, Jane, are a rare sight in Wisconsin. They are a cross-partisan married couple.

‘Some of our friends broke off their engagements when the protests happened,’ John said. ‘We were some of the only ones we know who stayed the course.’

The Doe’s story is rare in Wisconsin, a state where partisan divisions have destroyed families and wrecked cooperation in the state Legislature.”

These ledes are so easy to

predict because variations of them have been written since the dawn of the recall movement, when marriages actually were dissolving because of the political divisions. I hope I’m proven wrong this week, and I expect some of the better news outlets will do just that.

But some of them haven’t. Last month, Esquire Magazine’s website ran a piece on its politics blog entitled “How Wisconsin stopped being Wisconsin.”

At last! A piece that would tangibly describe the intangible feeling of living in post-recall Wisconsin, complete with interviews with people who have lived in the state for years and could put a fi nger on what exactly has changed in Wisconsin beyond the severity of our political divisions.

Instead, the piece was riddled with common phrases and names like “Koch Brothers,” “where…progressive politics was born” and “Robert LaFollette.” They’re nestled into a piece about taconite

mining and how Republicans have curtailed the ability to protest or document proceedings from the legislative galleries.

I fi nd these issues just as concerning as any out-of-state writer who parachutes into Madison to interpret what’s happened here for a national audience. And I respect their effort to do the parachuting.

But with two years gone, it’s time for some form of media — be it literature or journalism — to bring Wisconsin to a deeper understanding of what happened here.

What we have endured is much less serious and consequential than the dictatorships or wars that lead to the best literature and the most insightful journalism.

But Wisconsin has lost its energy and Madison has lost some of its soul. Our story is just as tragic as it is politically relevant; the divisions that were wrought here haven’t just taken away the progressive tradition whose loss half the state persistently mourns.

I’m not a capable enough writer to put my fi nger on the deeper change I’ve felt in this state. But someone out there is, and I hope we can break free from the formulaic interpretations of what it means to live in Wisconsin now and begin to understand the historical meaning of what we have experienced.

Ryan Rainey (rrainey@badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and Latin American studies.

Ryan RaineyEditor-in-Chief

UW must reconsider animal ethicsLETTER TO THE EDITOR

I was dismayed to learn the University of Wisconsin is still tormenting cats in cruel and useless “sound localization” experiments. Cats used in these experiments have steel coils implanted in their eyes, holes drilled into their skulls and electrodes implanted in their brains. Sometimes, they even have their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened by having a toxic chemical applied to their inner ear.

They are then deprived of food for several days in order to coerce them to look in the direction of sounds during experimental sessions in which their heads are immobilized by a bolt screwed to their skulls.

This is not an issue of academic freedom, by the way. This is an issue of extreme abuse, torture and horrifi c, inhumane violence toward sentient

living creatures. The faculty, staff and

students, as well as the Board of Regents at UW, should be ashamed violence against animals is being perpetuated on

campus. In an effort to spare UW’s good name, these experiments should be banned permanently. Otherwise, the school will continue to look like the cruel, inhumane, uncaring and violent place it is.

By the way, I do not appreciate — nor do many caring people globally — UW scientist and spokesperson Eric Sandgren is often angry when the United States Department of Agriculture notes problems with UW’s animal experiments, but will use the USDA when the mood fi ts to attack and marginalize good people who want to see change, especially people at UW or in the state of Wisconsin who see such animal experimentation as intolerable.

Even if you support animal experimentation, the federal animal welfare laws by which scientists are supposed to abide are woefully inadequate. Thankfully there are scientists in various fi elds, both at UW and elsewhere, who disagree with Sandgren and his colleagues and their use and support of non-human animals in experiments.

What is most sad about Sandgren is he is an animal experimenter. To have him comment on UW’s policies is akin to having the fox guard the hen house.

Joel Helfrich, Ph.D., (helf0010@umn.edu) is a visiting faculty member in environmental studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Madison is no stranger to severe weather, especially blizzards. However, the economic ramifi cations of this sort of weather are more complex than one might expect.

Taylor Frechette The Badger Herald

Severe weather not always a drainAs the Northeast digs

itself out of the recent snowstorm, the National Weather Service warns of a blizzard heading for the north central U.S. Wisconsin is likely to be included in the periphery of the weather event. Southeastern Wisconsin is expected to get mostly freezing rain, which would make travelling diffi cult but not impossible.

Most people dread extreme weather, except maybe students whose classes get cancelled. On a societal level, though, severe weather adversely impacts economic activities. However, the economic effects of dangerous weather are more nuanced than a simple prevention of economic activities and destruction of value.

People cannot go to work or go shopping, fi rms cannot fulfi ll orders, fi nal goods cannot be transported and travel plans (especially by air) have to be cancelled. However, an extreme weather event forces people and resources away from production in addition to delaying underlying demand. When the weather clears up and people and fi rms return to work, they simply have to take up the backlog of tasks and orders. Truckers have to transport the extra load that should have been transported during the extreme weather

event. Similarly, air travelers whose travelling plans are cancelled will eventually need to return to where they came from.

Eventually, economic activities average out over the time during and after an extreme weather event. In fact, it can be said they average out even before it. For example, people always hoard groceries before a snowstorm in preparation for not being able to shop during the blizzard. What is not done during a blizzard is compensated for by what is done before and after it.

Of course, there are things deferred during a blizzard that will not be done after it. If you buy a cup of coffee every morning on the way to work, you certainly will not be buying extra cups every morning after the blizzard.

Extreme weather events do not entirely sap economic activity, but mostly displace it. There is evidence of this pattern throughout the world. When Britain suffered a heavy snowstorm in the fi rst quarter of 2010, its gross domestic product grew by 0.3 percent. In the quarter after the blizzard, its GDP grew by an unusually high 1.1 percent. The statistical offi ce estimated if it were

not for the blizzard, GDP would have grown by the same amount smoothed over those two quarters, according to a report by The Economist.

This is not to say that severe weather is not undesirable in longer time frame. Snowstorms frequently kill or injure

people and destroy property. Extreme weather is also a disutility by itself simply because it is an unpleasant experience. In this sense, blizzards and the like are a pure loss. Severe weather induces expenses like cleaning up in the aftermath — in the case of a blizzard, this would include things like plowing streets and shoveling driveways. An expense like this is necessary but not intrinsically desirable.

Some may point out activities like snow clearing are not that bad because they provide jobs. This kind of view overlooks the fact a person clearing snow during or after the blizzard could have been doing something else during normal weather, especially an activity that generates previously nonexistent value rather than correcting damages.

Furthermore, even the mere displacement of activities brings about disutility, even though they are not

cancelled. This is especially true of time-sensitive production. For construction companies, pausing work and continuing after a blizzard is not the same as working continuously because whenever a construction site lies idle, the construction company is accumulating interest on its debt.

Another way displacement of activities degrades value is by delaying celebrations that require being outside or people coming together. For some people, being forced to celebrate an event like a birthday after a specifi c date simply feels less authentic. Even delaying classes and exams in the middle of the semester is not without loss, because pushing exams or classes to before or after a blizzard makes the other part of a course more compressed — although some students may like this.

From this perspective, a blizzard is not like a war, at least not exactly. Some value is destroyed and some activities are merely displaced, while not all displaced activities are the same as the original. By being aware of these nuances can we avoid exaggerating the impacts of a temporary severe weather, something familiar to Wisconsinites.

Heikal Badrulhisham (badrulhisham@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in economics.

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“This is not an issue of academic freedom, by the way. This is an issue of extreme abuse, torture and horrific, inhumane violence toward sentient living creatures.”

“What is not done during a blizzard is compensated for by what is done before and after it.”

“ ... at some point a momentous event becomes impossible to commemorate without seeming repetitive.”

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Samba Brazilian Grill

Elise Romas

If you’re looking for a classy, fancy and sophisticated place to take your sweetie this Thursday night, and have a carnivorous at-titude, then Samba Brazilian Grill (located at 240 W. Gilman St., directly off of State Street) is the place for you. It costs $36.95 per plate for adults, but this splurge is worth every penny. You are of-fered seven different types and cuts of meat, as well as grilled cin-namon pineapple for vegetarians.

Dobra Tea

Colin Kellogg

If you want to show your date your intellectual, mysterious side, take him or her to Dobra Tea. The romantic, luxurious inte-rior will transport you to the Ori-ent, where many of the exquisite teas offered originate. Lounge on plush pillows as you share an inti-mate conversation across the table and gaze into each other’s eyes.

Dobra Tea’s offerings of high-quality tea and light fare are perfect for a low-commitment date, or for beginning or ending a complete night of dinner and drinks. Dobra Tea’s knowledge-able staff can make a sugges-tion for you and your date from the array of exotic teas offered. Any choice is sure to arouse the taste buds before you take your date home for a late night affair.

West Side Story

Elise Romas

After a delicious dining expe-rience, take your date to a show at the Overture Center (located on State Street near the Capi-tol). “West Side Story,” the clas-sic musical written in the 1950s based off Romeo and Juliet, is now playing through Sunday, Feb. 17. With catchy tunes such as “Tonight” and “I Feel Pretty,” you’re bound to enjoy not just the company you’re in but the enter-tainment as well. Student tick-ets are on sale now for $25. The production begins at 7:30 p.m., a perfect source of entertainment between dinner and dessert.

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For after-dinner desserts and drinks with a luxe touch, cozy into the low-profi le tuxedo striped leather nook at Opus Lounge on King Street. Your Wis-consin date night will transform into something out of a New York metropolitan jazz-themed romance twilight, complete with the candlelight and spar-kle. Known for their vast selec-tion of stylish specialty martinis, you’ll hardly be able to settle on one of their unique concoctions. Save your close second for round two. The scene is hip enough to draw an intimate buzz, but still low enough for your whis-pered sweet nothings to carry.

But what’s extra special is the delectable fondues. You get a plate of rich pound cake and sweet, fresh fruit to dip in your choice of warm creamy cara-mel or dreamy Belgian choco-late. Better yet, Opus’ daily specials include 25 percent off dessert fondues Thursdays, a perfect coincidence this year.

Kilwin’s Chocolate Shop

Colin Kellogg

If the average heart-shaped box of chocolates just isn’t good enough for your special some-one, go to Kilwin’s for gourmet, homemade treats. Kilwin’s has everything to satisfy any sweet tooth, including fudge, truffl es, caramel apples, caramels and toffee. Your date will be amazed when you come to the door with any of these sugary surprises.

If you’re not sure what he or she will like, take your sweet-heart there before or after dinner and treat yourselves to decadent, rich drinking chocolate or classic hot chocolate. Whether your rela-tionship is a blossoming romance or has soul mate status, Kilwin’s is the perfect place to show your Valentine you’re sweet on them!

Forever Yogurt

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Couples on the broke college student budget can fi nd qual-ity dessert options at Forever Yogurt on State Street. A light, hip atmosphere surrounds cus-tomers as they choose what fro-zen yogurt and toppings to pile into their bowls. Sharing a fruity concoction with vanilla frozen yogurt will only set whoever’s paying back about $4. For about a buck more, go for gold with tons of chocolate yogurt and de-lectable chunks of brownie bites.

Forever Yogurt is opened until midnight, so no worries rushing from the play on over to your fi nal destination; you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy a nice ro-mantic walk down State Street.

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DATE

Happy Valentine’s Day! Well, not quite yet, but it’s time to plan for the big day this Thursday. We’ve a great night lined up for any student budget with dinner options, a show and something for the sweetest of teeth. We guarantee any date will enjoy a night away from campus at any of these excellent date spots.

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dunk by Wisconsin big-man Jared Berggren. With 31 seconds left and the Badgers down three, Berggren drove through the paint before taking off and sailing over Burke, hitting the and-one free throw to tie the game.

Having just enough lift to make it to the hoop, he tumbled to the hardwood with the crowd roaring.

“I took a few threes before that, so I knew [forward Mitch McGary] was coming hard on the close-out, probably expecting me to shoot it,” Berggren explained. “I saw an opening, attacked the rim and was just able to finish the play.”

Brust — who managed only three points in the first half — led UW’s effort with 14 points (4-

of-7 from three-point range) as the Badgers shot 43.9 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from long range.

Burke scored 19 points but had only four assists, well below his season average of 7.2 per game. After shooting just 37 percent from the field in the first half, Burke took the Kohl Center floor with renewed fury in the second, scoring 11 points on a combination of pull-up jumpers and deceptive moves through the lane.

“He hurt us a little bit early on coming off those ball screens and we talked about just squeezing toward him, making him throw it to someone else,” Berggren said. “He hit a couple of those little runners or floaters in the lane. We just tried to make the shots as difficult as

possible for him.”Burke did miss his two

three-point attempts in overtime and Michigan managed only one basket in the extra five minutes.

Playing with surprising flashes of speed at points given UW’s notoriously slow pace of play, Sam Dekker energized the Badgers with nine quick points in the first half. The Badgers picked up a few baskets on fast breaks as the Kohl Center grew louder as the home squad bolted out to a nine-point lead with 7:54 left in the opening period.

But Michigan climbed back as halftime neared. The Wolverines went on a 15-5 scoring in the final 7:54, enough to carry a 29-28 advantage into the locker room.

The two squads traded leads for much of the

final 20 minutes before a 10-2 run put Michigan up by six — its biggest lead of the half — with 6:34 left in the game. It was a three-pointer that came from the Energizer Bunny himself, Dekker, that reversed the momentum.

From there emerged one of the most exciting finishes in recent Kohl Center history, a game that will forever be tied to the unbelievable heave from Brust, a game immortalized along with upsets over Duke and then-top-ranked Ohio State in the last several years.

“That one wins by far, by a long shot actually,” Brust said when asked if it was the best shot of his career at any level. “Then to be able to win the game in overtime makes it that much sweeter.”

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Beilein said. “That was the instruction coming out, ‘We have two fouls to give, go foul.’ He turned the corner on Caris and he couldn’t get it done in time.”

“We definitely wanted to foul and keep everybody in front of us but [Brust] turned the corner on him just enough where he couldn’t foul him and that was the whole idea. With Caris’s quickness we thought he could get there but he didn’t.”

Ryan decides to gamble on Evans

With his team up by three in the final seconds of overtime and set to inbounds the ball under its own basket, Ryan decided to make a surprising move that drew the groans and ire of many fans inside the Kohl Center.

Ryan pulled out offensive

weapon Sam Dekker in a sure-fire foul and free throw situation for a struggling Ryan Evans, a player who entering the game was shooting just 42 percent from the line and had already gone 1-of-4 from the charity stripe against Michigan on the day.

Evans was promptly fouled after catching the inbounds pass and proceeded to miss the first of a 1-and-1, giving the Wolverines an opportunity to tie the game.

Ryan, who asked Evans upon inserting him in the Iowa game this past week if he was ready to go in and shoot free throws, didn’t have a conversation with his forward. He simply said, “Go make them Ryan.”

“I can’t have him so brainwashed to believe he’s not going to make them,” Ryan said pass on the inbounds play).

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season averages early on as she hit a quick three-pointer just two-and-a-half minutes into the first period. That was all she could muster, however, as the Badgers spotlighted her throughout with Paige and similarly quick guard Nicole Bauman.

“What we really worked on in practice was not letting her get open looks because she’s a very, very strong three-point shooter,” Paige said. “I think we missed one assignment and she ended up with that open three, so I think we did pretty good.”

Sinclair saw a lot of Paige (the two players never saw the sideline), and was forced to a meager 1-of-7 shooting performance.

“Morgan did a good job

when she was assigned to her fighting over the top of ball screens or underneath ball screens,” Indiana head coach Curt Miller said. “[Aulani] looked a little tired tonight and passed on some shots she’s capable of taking.”

The job of defensive stopper is one Kelsey attributes to Paige, but her team also needed her on the offensive end. Paige won the battle with Sinclair on both ends as she limited her opponent to just three and tallied herself a game-high 17 points. Paige made four three-pointers on the night, many times creating shots for herself.

“For Morgan to play defense like that and score, that’s a lot on her,” Kelsey said. “For her to do it on both ends, that says a lot about Morgan.”

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on the ice. Bemidji State maintained their momentum, outshooting UW 7-3 in the third period, but Wisconsin found a way to escape the Beavers’ last-minute surge to come away with the win.

Friday night’s tie was a similar story as the Badgers saw each of their leads erased by an equalizing Beaver goal.

Freshman forward Nic Kerdiles capitalized on a power play 11:55 into the first period. A shot through the crease by Woods left Kerdiles shooting at wide open net for a 1-0 Badger’s lead, but Beavers’ forward Phil

Brewer found the back of the net with Badger goaltender Joel Rumpel out of position, tying the score halfway through the second period.

However, Rumpel and the Wisconsin defense regained momentum, successfully defending a two minute five-on-three Beaver power play after Woods and junior defender Frank Simonelli were handed cross-checking and tripping penalties, respectively.

“When you give up a bit of a weak [goal] you want to make up for it in a way and kind of give you team a chance to get back,” Rumpel said.

Momentum from the penalty kill allowed

Wisconsin to again take the lead, as junior forward Sean Little scored with 59 seconds remaining in the second period, slicing a shot into the upper corner of the net.

Though it appeared Wisconsin was ready to add to its lead, it was the Beavers who took back the momentum and UW’s chance for a win, as a shot from inside the left circle by sophomore Danny Mattson tied the game with just under 14 minutes left of play in the third period.

Junior center Mark Zengerle failed to convert a one-on-one situation with Dugas off a pass up the center by

Kerdiles with seconds remaining, sending the game to overtime.

“I think their D overcommitted and one slid a little and I just got down the middle,” Zengerle said. “It was a great play by Nic [Kerdiles] but no finish there.”

The five-minute overtime period saw little opportunity for either team, ending the game in an unsatisfying tie.

“These are the dog days of the second half of the WCHA and this weekend was one of those,” Eaves said. “We got three out of four points and now we need to get back to some basics in our own area.”

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Wisconsin triumphs over last place Indiana 65-53

If anyone failed to stop and look around while at the Wisconsin women’s basketball game Sunday afternoon, they might have missed it.

In one of the shortest games in recent memory — taking only an hour and a half from start to finish — the Badgers got off to a quick start and held off Indiana late, defeating the Hoosiers 65-53.

Wisconsin (11-13, 3-8 Big Ten) has struggled a great deal this season with a short roster, but so too has Indiana (10-14, 1-10), which only has seven scholarship players. Despite Indiana getting 20 points from its bench, the Badgers’ eight

players who saw time outperformed the Hoosiers’ eight in a battle of short benches.

A breakout performance by Wisconsin’s Cassie Rochel keyed the victory for UW, but Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey is still waiting for her key players to all make a mark in the same game.

“There is always somebody stepping up,” Kelsey said. “We know they are capable. We just want them all to [step up] at the same time. That would be nice, in the same game.”

Rochel totaled 12 points in the game — her sixth time scoring in double figures this season — but more importantly grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds. Rochel’s contributions didn’t stop in those two categories either, dishing off five assists to tie her career-high while blocking four shots and tallying three steals.

Even with the well-rounded, impressive stat line for Rochel, she was

still quick to credit her teammates and coaches for their part in her stats.

“I know I can play like this all the time,” Rochel said. “One thing that I kind of struggle with is consistency, and I know that. But it’s a team sport. The assists come from my guards cutting hard.”

“My rebounds come from my coach telling me every day in practice that [the other team] shouldn’t get an o-board. Blocks, she’s been telling me how to time my jumping, so each of these are accredited to someone else.”

In the first half, Rochel was not the only one scoring or handing out dimes. With some impressive passing and team play, Wisconsin put up 44 points in the half.

The Badgers shot nearly 53 percent from the field and made six threes en route to their 14-point halftime lead. Morgan Paige had 14 and Jacki Gulczynski chipped in another 11 to lead the Badges in the half. The two players finished

with 17 and 15 points, respectively.

Kelsey was content with how the ball was shared and moved throughout the game, leading to 16 assists in the game and a season-low 12 turnovers.

“Having 16 assists is really nice,” Kelsey said. “That means a lot of different people are scoring. Cassie [Rochel] had 5 [assists] on her own.”

“I think when we do share the ball we look really good. It gets a lot of people involved and that’s what you

want. You don’t want one person dominating the ball.”

In its loss at Ohio State Thursday night, Wisconsin was dominated on the boards, one of the key deciding factors in the decision. With the 15 boards by Rochel Sunday, Wisconsin had the advantage 38-32 in overall rebounds and more importantly 13-9 in offensive rebounds, which led to 16 second-chance points for the Badgers.

After the loss to Ohio State, Rochel and the Badgers concentrated on boxing out in practice, which was quite evident in the win Sunday.

“It all comes down to every little thing in that game,” Rochel said. “Ohio State, they killed us on the boards. That came down to a rebound at the end, so we’ve really been working on that in practice.”

“Rebounding, you have to have heart to do it. It’s not something you really get recognized for, but tonight

I was not going to let too many [offensive] boards go.”

After the first half Wisconsin’s offense slowed down drastically, only totaling 21 points in the second half and eight in the last 12 minutes. But Indiana was unable to capitalize on the door left wide open by the Badgers.

The Hoosiers cut the lead to 10 with nine minutes left in the game, but could not get any closer the rest of the way.

Even with the extreme lack of offense in the second half, Wisconsin found a way to close out the game and avoid falling into a last place tie in the Big Ten standings with the Hoosiers.

“The new slogan is finish strong,” Paige said. “You’ll be seeing that a lot. Today, maybe not the greatest finish in the game, but we got the ‘W.’”

“We’re really looking forward to these next games and taking every opportunity and doing the best that we can with it.”

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“We’re really looking forward to these next games and taking every opportunity.”

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MEN'S BASKETBALL SIDEBAR — UW BEATS UM 65-62 (OT)

Late in the second half after being fouled on a high-fl ying dunk, senior forward Jared Berggren made a critical free throw to keep the game within reach. Berggren added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers in their stunning victory over the Wolverines.

Kelsey Fenton The Badger Herald

Michigan fails to foul before shot

Déjà Vu of Alando Tucker 2005

You might be a little too young to remember, but the play you saw Ben Brust convert a last-second miracle on was actually used successfully once before.

The date: Mar. 12, 2005. The place: The United

Center and the semifi nals of the Big Ten Tournament.

The opponent: Iowa.With 3.7 seconds

remaining in the game and the score knotted at 56, point guard Kammron Taylor cut hard inside looking for the inbounds pass. However, Taylor didn’t receive the inbounds pass. Instead, it was star forward Alando Tucker on the secondary-option cut, driving the ball down the right sideline the length of the court, beating defender Adam Haluska and hitting a leaning three pointer, banking in the shot and giving the Badgers the victory.

In reference to the shot, Tucker said following the game that, “We practice situations like that all the time to prepare for situations like this, game

situations.”Apparently, practice

hasn’t changed much in the past several years, as Saturday afternoon senior forward Mike Bruesewitz inbounded the ball in a very similar set play.

“That was not the first time I’ve made that pass,” Bruesewitz said of his inbounds pass to Brust. “We’ve done that in practice before, we practice stuff like that. It does a good job of preparing us.”

“I knew where we were going with the ball.”

Good thing to, considering the fi rst option on the play, sophomore point guard Traveon Jackson, was blanketed by a defender and would have caught the ball much deeper on the floor than Brust.

“Trey [Jackson] cleared the traffic out but the best thing was Mike’s pass,” Wisconsin head coach Ryan said. “Right on the dime, on the run, (Brust) didn’t have to reach back for it, he was able to catch it all in one motion.”

Both teams botch foul situation in waning seconds of regulation

One of the questions Ryan was faced with by ESPN color commentator Dan Dakich following the conclusion of Wisconsin’s overtime win was the classic of a late game situation.

“Why down the stretch were you not fouling?”

Dakich was referring to

Michigan’s final possession of the second half, where the Wolverines’ Tim Hardaway Jr. hit a contested three-point jumper in the face of Bruesewitz to give his team a 60-57 lead with just 2.4 seconds remaining.

With Michigan’s Trey Burke holding the ball for the fi nal shot in the waning seconds, Ryan elected not to foul and disrupt the Wolverines’ set, even though his team had three fouls to give. Burke stopped and handed it off at the right wing to Hardaway, who used a screen from freshman forward Mitch McGary to get just enough separation to hit a three right in Bruesewtiz’s face.

“Mike (Bruesewitz) actually reached in,” Ryan said in the postgame press conference. “If you look at the replay Mike reached in on the handoff, no call and [Hardaway Jr.] was still able to hit that three. That was a tough three.”

Just a second later Brust caught the ball and heaved up his desperation three, beating Michigan defender Caris LeVert to the right sideline to escape with just enough room to release the shot.

It was a play Michigan head coach John Beilein wanted his team to foul on, since they had two to give before Wisconsin reached the bonus.

“We were trying to foul,”

Wolverines’ head coach Beilein cites lack of execution to cut off right cornerNick KorgerSports Editor

MICHIGAN, page 7

Although the wins have come few and far in between, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team has always seemed to have one final trump card in their pocket: the Kohl Center.

Entering Sunday’s afternoon game against Indiana, Wisconsin had won 10 games on the season with nine of them coming on their home floor. Following an exhaustive double-overtime loss at Ohio State Thursday, the Badgers were glad to return to their homey confines and a crowd of just more than 4,700 spectators as they topped the Hoosiers 65-53.

The Badgers jolted out to a blazing start shooting more than 52 percent in the first half and extending their halftime lead to 14 points. The second half saw that lead fluctuate up and down, but the result rarely wavered in a ho-hum final 20 minutes.

The smaller facets of the game were far from ho-hum, however.

Whyte effective in first start

Wisconsin was already working with a depleted roster when Tiera Stephen injured her left knee in the Badgers loss to the Buckeyes. Freshman Tessa Cichy filled in for most of Stephen’s minutes against Ohio State, but head coach Bobbie Kelsey’s substitution of choice Sunday was fellow freshman Dakota Whyte.

In her first start for Wisconsin, the Canada native played a near-perfect first half. With her teammates finding her as the outlet after each defensive stop and rebound, Whyte ran the point in an up-tempo style, forcing the issue on an Indiana team that struggled to score in the

latter part of the first period.“[Dakota] doesn’t walk

the ball up, that’s not her,” Kelsey said. “Sometimes that gets her in trouble … but I like that about Dakota.

“She is learning to be a point guard and read the situation in front of her. If she has it, push it, I don’t mind that.”

Whyte has learned well. She tallied four assists in the opening half, with two of them coming in back-to-back minutes as Wisconsin extended their lead to 11 at 35-24. It wasn’t until the last minute of the first half that Indiana forced Whyte into her first turnover.

Although Stephen started and played most of the second half for the Badgers, Whyte still saw an increased role from her 11.7-minute average throughout the season. Her 17 minutes were progressive news for a Wisconsin roster that has been working with essentially a 7-player rotation as of late.

Even though she only garnered two minutes of time in the second half, it was the final stretch of the first half where Whyte was the lead guard and helped the Badgers construct the lead that they would eventually win by.

“I was a little nervous with Tiera not being able to play the whole game,” Kelsey said. “But I think Dakota did a nice job out there.”

Sinclair shut downOn the other side of

the floor, Wisconsin also received a gutsy performance defensively, this one coming from junior guard Morgan Paige. Paige drew the defensive assignment of guarding Indiana’s leading scorer Aulani Sinclair.

The Hoosiers’ senior forward entered Sunday’s affair averaging 16.8 points per game overall with her 12.5 scoring average in conference games good enough for 17th-best in the Big Ten.

Sinclair looked well on her way to meeting those

Sean ZakSenior Associate Sports Editor

PAIR, page 7

Junior forward Mark Zengerle had the chance to give UW a win Friday late in the game after he found himself open in front of the net with seconds remaining on the clock, but he was foiled by the goalie.

Jen Small The Badger Herald

UW still in conference title hunt

Wisconsin pair key in victory

Badgers tie Beavers 2-2 Friday, win 3-2 Saturday to earn valuable 3 points in WCHA

In striving to find their way to the top of the WCHA standings, the Wisconsin men’s hockey team battled for a crucial victory against Bemidji State Saturday, winning 3-2 after a disappointing tie Friday night.

The Badgers (12-9-7, 9-6-7 WCHA) now sit tied for fifth place in the WCHA with 25 points — after earning three of four possible points this weekend — but are just six points back from first place. While Saturday’s win showed improvement from Friday’s 2-2 draw, the team struggled to remain consistent throughout the game, seeing a 3-0 lead become a one-goal game.

“I think the mood after the game was we got the two points, we landed a wounded plane, if you will,” head coach Mike Eaves said. “The fuel engine was on fire we got it on the tarmac which is a good thing. We’ve had a couple of storms here.”

Both the Badgers and Beavers (5-17-6, 4-13-5 WCHA) came out Saturday with an intensity and energy unseen Friday night. UW got out to an early lead, scoring two goals in the first 13 minutes of play.

Junior forward Keegan Meuer found himself with a wide open net 6:24 into the game after Beaver goaltender Mathieu Dugas found himself out of position behind the net and the puck heading for the back of the goal.

Sophomore forward Brendan Woods followed up with a goal in the twelfth minute off a pass by junior forward Michael Mersch across the slot that Dugas did not have time to adjust for.

Freshman defenseman Kevin Schulze brought the Wisconsin to a commanding three-goal advantage halfway though the second period.

However the Beavers showed no signs of defeat and found themselves on a power play late in the second period after a tripping call on senior forward Derek Lee — who returned to the ice Saturday after missing the previous three games with a concussion. Senior forward Aaron McLeod quickly punished UW, getting the last touch on

a lose puck in front of UW goaltender Landon Peterson just 15 seconds into the power play.

“We had the wind behind our back the first two periods I’d say, and we kind of let it slip away from us in the third,” Woods said. “They got a little spark.”

After starting the third period on the penalty kill due to a holding call late in the second, the Beavers successfully fended off a Wisconsin power play and brought their deficit to one just 3:14 into the period.

The absence of sophomore defenseman Jake McCabe due to an ankle injury and junior forward Tyler Barnes — who was sidelined for the game due to internal reasons — was apparent

Caroline SageAssociate Sports Editor

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