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The plans for Madison’s new downtown library branch may halt due to Soglin’s budget concerns.Courtesy of Madison Central Library

Soglin funding plan could delay library

As the big hand turns to noon today, Madison will be greeted with a fresh management team as Mayor-elect Paul Soglin officially takes office and a new City Council is cycled in.

While Soglin said he has been hard at work throughout the past two weeks to ensure a successful transition period, city officials said some of the concerns the mayor-elect has expressed about recent city developments could set the clock back and delay some projects by several years.

Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said Soglin wants to see a guarantee of the $8 million in private

funding planned for the city’s Central Library renovation project before developers break ground — a move that could push back the project’s completion by three years.

Soglin has said he does not want to proceed with the previously agreed-upon terms for the city to front the money for the project and later be repaid by private fundraising dollars, Verveer said. Still, Verveer said this is a model that has worked well with other recent library projects.

The Sequoya branch and the South-side branch of the Madison Public Library System both recently raised significant amounts of money through the Madison Library Foundation to cover renovation costs.

Madison Library Foundation Executive Director Jenny Collins said if Soglin delays the

plans for construction, the city would face greater issues because of immediate need for certain renovations.

“If Soglin says he has to have the pledges or cash for $8 million prior to doing construction, it will still take me two-and-a-half to three years to raise that $8 million,” Collins said. “What’s being overlooked here is the cost of delaying this project — there are things in the Central Library that absolutely have to be repaired or replaced to keep that branch open.”

Verveer said one rainy day or warm summer day could cause serious emergency damage to the library, calling for urgency in renovations. He said the roof and Sequoya HVAC system are both “on their last legs,” and the elevator

Pam SelmanCity Editor

Mayor-elect says money should be secured before new building construction

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Vos: UW split from System not likely this legislative cycle

A lead member of the state’s powerful Joint Finance Committee said Sunday he thought the governor’s plan to allow the University of

Wisconsin to spin off from other state schools is a complicated issue that may require more than one budget cycle to decide.

JFC co-chair Rep. Robin Vos, R-Burlington, told Milwaukee television host Mike Gousha he agrees with giving additional flexibility to the state’s flagship university, but thought splitting the

campus from the rest of the UW System is a tall order for the Legislature to tackle.

“I’m positive we’re going to give some additional flexibility, but not go all the way to allow UW-Madison to spin off and set its own tuition and all the things without more oversight,” Vos said on Upfront with Mike

Gousha.Vos and the rest of the

JFC members finished holding the last of four public hearings on the governor’s budget this past week. His spokesperson Kit Beyer said testimony at the hearings, delivered by high-profile state educators like UW System chancellors and Board of Regents members, raised

concerns about the split.She added Vos had been

looking into the possible split before the hearings as something that needed to be examined more before making a stance. Vos, whose district ends just shy of UW-Parkside, wanted to make sure the UW-Madison split would not mean other state universities would be

treated as secondary.Despite Vos’ comments

to Gousha, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin, who spent part of Monday with Vos in his district, said she remains optimistic the split will be approved.

“This is not really a disappointment. The

Andrew AverillState Editor

Joint Finance Committee rep says legislation may not have sufficient votes in committee

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Six Wisconsin state senators now facing possible special elections

Another Republican Senator risks removal from office after a recall committee handed in the required amount of signatures Monday.

The Committee to Recall Luther Olsen filed their petition

to recall Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, with the Government Accountability Board after collecting around 23,000 signatures, roughly 9,000 more than they needed, GAB spokesperson Reid Magney said.

Olsen joins Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, and Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-LaCrosse, who have also had recall petitions filed against

them due largely to their support and approval of Gov. Scott Walker ’s controversial bill limiting the collective bargaining authority of public employee unions.

“Luther Olsen, like Dan Kapanke and Randy Hopper before him, is facing the music for casting his lot with Scott Walker,” Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate said in a statement. “The only

question that remains — who’s next?”

However, some recall campaigns seeking to remove Democrats from office due to their nearly month-long flight from Wisconsin have also been working on collecting signatures and expect to hand in the petitions soon.

The Jim Holperin Recall Committee has collected enough signatures to recall the Eagle River,

Wis., Democrat and will file the petition later this week, committee spokesperson Kim Simac said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Petitioners have also collected enough signatures to file against Sen. Robert Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, and plan to do so with the GAB later this week, Wirch recall committee spokesperson Dan Hunt said.

Incumbents who face recall have 10 days after a petition has been filed against them to challenge it, Magney said.

“Challenges usually occur when a candidate claims that so many people who signed the petition do not live in the district or if somebody gives the wrong address,” Magney said.

Sean KirkbyNews Reporter

Recall groups gather needed signatures for Olsen, Wirch, petitions for others imminent

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Students gathered on Bascom Hill Monday morning to join Bucky for free breakfast as a part of All Campus Party.Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

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SSFC denies CFACT funding for 2nd time

Despite Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow’s effort to prove it did not intentionally violate a student government policy, the student organization was denied funding eligibility for the second time this year at a hearing Monday night.

CFACT was denied General Student Services Fund eligibility by the Student Services Finance Committee early last semester after the committee found the group intentionally violated an Associated Students of Madison policy by failing to return equipment owned by ASM by its due date in 2009.

After an ensuing battle through Student Judiciary, CFACT won another eligibility hearing in front of SSFC.

CFACT President Joshua Smith addressed the policy violation and gave the committee a timeline of the equipment return process during the meeting.

“As soon as we had the list of all the stuff we had to turn in, we promptly returned it,” Smith said.

Committee members were not convinced CFACT’s policy violation was unintentional.

Several committee members raised concerns about a letter between the University of Wisconsin’s branch of CFACT and CFACT National, in which members of the UW branch were told not to return the equipment if they were not certain about who owned which items.

SSFC representative

Committee members say they believe group’s failure to return ASM equipment intentional, student org representatives deny allegation

Melissa HansonSenior News Reporter

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Resnick points out issues with redistricting modelsAld.-elect says 2 of 8 plans being considered would divide student voice, provide hardship for elections; officials say process still early, will listen to student concerns

The lengthy process of redistricting that has been at the forefront of City Council’s agenda has some alders concerned about preserving strong representation for the student body.

Alder-elect Scott Resnick, District 8, said at least two of the proposed preliminary redistricting maps are unacceptable because they would severely fracture the student voice by grouping students into two large districts and splintering

smaller pockets into non-student districts.

Resnick sent an email to the city’s Redistricting and Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee Sunday requesting a closer look be taken at the implications the proposed changes could have.

“It’s about preserving the student voice for the next 10 years,” Resnick said. “It really doesn’t exactly have to do with the alders in place on the committee but it’s making sure that we have quality student representation in the next 10 years.”

In his email to the city

commission, Resnick said the redrawn boundaries for student districts should conform to the University of Wisconsin’s Campus Master Plan.

Resnick proposed keeping the Spring Street neighborhood in District 8 and adding The Regent underclassmen housing complex to the district. He said if the changes are not made, students would be placed into districts with populations that do not match with student needs.

The email also addressed concerns about breaking up the State-Landgon Neighborhood

Association into separate districts because of the heavily-populated Greek community in the area.

“There are particular issues that solely impact the Greek community and should remain together, regardless of the district,” Resnick said in the email.

Ad Hoc member Brian Grady said the redistricting process is still pretty early-on and the committee has been working together to try to incorporate suggestions and make modifications based on any concerns the members or the public may have.

Grady said students who have concerns similar to Resnick’s are invited to voice their concerns to the committee because the proposals are all in their preliminary stages.

“This process will result in deciding what district they’re in and who their alder is and who will represent them,” Grady said. “The other thing [to consider] is trying to keep the students together in some areas so there is less confusion when it comes to voting.”

Currently, the majority of students reside in Districts 2, 4 and 8.

Caroline Wittenburg News Reporter

Randy Bruce of Knothe and Bruce Architecture shows preliminary plans for a new building similar in style to Grand Central to the Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs committee.

Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

Leg Aff airs considers proposed high-riseCommittee looks at plans for building similar to, near Grand Central; members question environmental impact of building

Representatives advocating building a pricey student housing high-rise complex on University Avenue asked for student government officials’ input on the project’s preliminary plans at a meeting Monday evening.

The project’s consultant, Bill White, met with the Associated Students of Madison’s Legislative Affairs Committee in place of presenting their plans to a neighborhood association, because White said the area for the proposal — 1001 University Avenue — is generally unrepresented.

“We’re in the midst of trying to work with constituent groups, because the area is not part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan or the University’s Master Plan — it’s basically an area without a plan,” White said. “Still, in the city’s zoning code, it calls for the most intense residential development allowed for the area.”

White said the group plans to build a 12-story apartment building at the corner of Brooks Street and University Avenue at the current St. Francis ministry site. The current structure is composed of a historical house from the early 1900s, which would be preserved and relocated, and a 1965 addition that would be demolished.

White said the project would be overseen by the same development group that orchestrated the construction of the

Grand Central apartment complex, which sits on the same block. He said the proposed building would have similar characteristics.

The project’s proposer, Randy Bruce of Knothe and Bruce Architects, said the new development would be similar to Grand Central in its pricing, units and target market.

“The building would be housing targeted toward students, and we heard students voted Grand Central the best choice to live on-campus, so we would be targeting a similar audience,” Bruce said. “Similar to the Grand Central, we’re trying to make it more contemporary.”

Bruce said the building would feature a total of 255 bedrooms planned into 90 apartments that range from efficiencies to five-bedroom units. He said pricing would be similar to the higher-end lease prices at Grand Central.

Students serving on Legislative Affairs raised questions about religious affiliation with the building, given its generally religiously focused location, and also asked the project’s proposers what their plans are for creating an environmentally friendly structure that would not interfere with the surrounding buildings.

Although Bruce said contributing to the environment is important to the group, he said the group’s choice for how to address the issue is still unclear.

He said they are considering adding

a green roof on the stepped back floors similar to the rooftop terrace on the inside of the Lucky apartment building. He also said the housing would not be religiously affiliated, but said St. Francis could still potentially own some of the corner land that would be grouped

with the other religious buildings in the area.

Neighboring Luther Memorial officials have voiced concerns about the visual impacts such a tall building could have on the church.

Bruce said the group is working with the concerns to make sure enough light reaches the

building’s stained glass windows and maintains its visibility on University Avenue.

White said the group hopes to submit its rezoning application to the city either by the end of this week or in the very near future. The plan would then begin to move through the city process.

Bike summit to address cyclist vs. motorist legislationCurrent laws for cars hitting bicycles punish negligent drivers with fines, but further legal action not always pursued; facilities budget cuts also on agenda

Cycling advocates will express their concerns over the state’s bicycle laws with Capitol lawmakers today as part of a statewide bike summit held by the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin.

Tuesday will be the third time the non-profit federation has hosted the bike summit, and event organizers are expecting some 400 to 500 riders from all across Wisconsin to attend.

Federation Assistant Director Amanda White said an important aspect of the summit was lobbying lawmakers. Three items the federation has in its sights are Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to eliminate all money from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Fund, modifying bicycle access to land acquired through

the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program and vulnerable user legislation that would provide harsher penalties to motorists who injure or kill cyclists.

White said some motorists involved in automobile-bicycle accidents get away with a simple fine.

“There was an accident in the last year where someone was killed and the motorist was only fined,” White said. “We feel there need to be more penalties, like safe driving classes. Causing death or injury is a serious situation and we want to make sure that there is a proper and fair penalty.”

Samuel Weirick, 20, struck and killed Brett Netke, 42, while Netke was biking on Highway 18 in the Village of Summit on Father’s Day last year. Weirick received a $114

fine for driving too close to Nedtke — Wisconsin law demands a three-foot buffer zone — and a one-year license suspension because the crash caused a death, but no further criminal charges were issued.

University of Wisconsin Cycle Club members knew Netke, club President Ken Huxtable said.

Not speaking on behalf of the cycle club,

Huxtable said he would be supportive of the vulnerable user legislation the Wisconsin Bicycle Federation will be lobbying for during Tuesday’s summit.

“By upping the fine or even bringing more media attention to things like this will help,” Huxtable said. “I’ve seen cars passing sometimes only inches from a biker. It’s really scary, a car moving at a high rate of speed going inches from your body.”

Although Huxtable said he sees problems and accidents arising from both motorists and cyclists, he added it is not hard for a car or driver to move over into the other lane to pass a cyclist.

Huxtable said the bicycle federation’s summit was good for identifying cyclists’ needs and acting upon them. He attributed

two past laws to federation lobbying — legislation providing cyclists more protections from persons in parked cars opening their doors and striking a biker and mandatory bike shoulders on all roads repaved by the state.

Alongside vulnerable user laws, the federation is also looking to challenge Walker’s decision to eliminate $5.5 million for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Fund, effectively zeroing out the program. Huxtable said he could imagine the cut looks easy to make on paper, but there would be real-life consequences.

“My personal feeling is that cutting any funds that are there to build eco-friendly, people-friendly, exercise-friendly routes is a real cut to the quality of life of the people of Wisconsin,” Huxtable said.

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is currently staffed by library personnel at all times because of the risk of it breaking or not stopping at the correct floor.

Collins said she hopes the group will be able to continue the project as planned — breaking ground at some point this upcoming fall — but said that timeline will not be realistic if Soglin changes the proposed timeline for fundraising.

In an interview with The Badger Herald, Soglin said he is in the process of

setting up appointments to deal with some of the more immediate issues facing the city, including the development of the Central Library. He also said he will reexamine some of the concerns he has with the current status of the Overture Center.

City Council President Ald. Mark Clear, District 19, said Soglin had expressed some concerns about both projects, but said he hopes the mayor-elect will not take any actions that would drastically require the council to rework their

decisions.“I am waiting to see

what his specific actions are on those, but as far as I am concerned, those projects should move forward,” Clear said. “It’s possible the mayor will come down on them and halt them — but these are things the council struggled with and then ultimately made a very clear decision on. The mayor has a responsibility to be informed about those projects, but I certainly hope they’re not issues the council has to significantly reconsider or rework.”

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legislator has been preoccupied with other issues and they’re getting to the point of taking a stronger interest in our part of the budget bill,” Martin said. “I still have a

lot of confidence it will go through.”

Members of the JFC will begin meeting next week to discuss their findings from the public hearings, and Martin said she will be making a concerted effort to spread word of

the positive effects the split would have on UW-Madison and the state in general.

Rep. Pat Strachota, R-West Bend, and Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, could not be reached for comment.

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Sarah Neibart said the letter provided evidence CFACT intentionally kept ASM-owned equipment and knowingly committed an ASM policy violation.

SSFC Vice Chair Michael Romenesko said CFACT’s argument the situation was a misunderstanding and that ASM made it hard for the group to comply with the policy was not an accurate portrayal of the situation.

He added groups are required to make inventory lists of items they borrow from ASM and CFACT did not maintain those lists.

SSFC representative Cale Plamann said the group received notice that if they did not return the items on time, it would be considered an

intentional violation.“I am forced to

conclude this was an intentional policy violation,” Plamann said.

Smith said in an email to The Badger Herald the committee’s decision ignored the context of the situation.

“I disagree with the decision and I definitely do not think that it is an intentional violation for us not to return their equipment,” Smith said. “At the time … CFACT and ASM did not know who owned what equipment.”

Smith said CFACT will consider appealing SSFC’s decision to Student Judiciary, but a final decision has not been made.

If CFACT does appeal the decision, SSFC would have two eligibility decisions floating in limbo as the end of its

session nears.Last week, SSFC Chair

Matt Manes said he had entered discussions with the UW Office of Administrative Legal services, in which they generated the suggestion to extend the current committee’s session to finalize the GSSF eligibility decisions for CFACT and Wisconsin Student Public Interest Research Group.

This week, the committee discussed having Chancellor Biddy Martin handle the last two GSSF eligibility decisions.

Manes said the decision would primarily rest on how Student Judiciary rules on the groups’ potential appeals.

“It is fluid right now,” Manes said. “We are continuing to weigh our options and assess the situation as it continues.”

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Kapanke has already filed a challenge against the petition brought against him, Magney

said.The GAB also plans

to go to court later this week to ask for more time to look over the signatures to ensure

all recall elections are synchronized and would happen at once, rather than one occurring every other week over the summer, Magney said.

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More than 1,500 people filled the seats in Union South’s Varsity Hall to hear former Poet Laureate Billy Collins read his works and comment on the world of poetry Monday evening.

Students, faculty and community members sat on the edge of their seats while two students also read their works — University of Wisconsin sophomore Jack Tangel and UW-Platteville junior David Stienmetz.

As part of the Distinguished Lecture Series and the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Lit Fest, Collins took the stage to thunderous applause and started the reading by cracking a joke that appealed to every Wisconsinite in attendance.

“Thank you so much … you love cheese and poetry,” he said.

Throughout the course of the evening, Collins read 20 poems and two haikus, interspersing comments and insights about the poems and poetry in general.

Collins writes about people and their relationships with their surroundings, which include horoscopes, Mondays, childhood crafts and pets, just to name a few.

The poetry Collins writes is characterized by irony and humor, but it still tackles serious subjects, such as his poem “Horoscopes for the Dead.”

He said he started writing the poem while glancing at the horoscopes one day. Like anyone, he started with his own and then moved to a good friend’s.

It was then he realized how futile it was to read his friend’s horoscope because his friend had died.

While Collins read “Horoscopes for the Dead,” audience members laughed at his parody, but became quiet when Collins read the pieces of the poem referring specifically to death, such as the image of his friend in a coffin.

Collins said he finds this subtle use of humor most interesting and effective.

“One of the things I do love about poetry is that you can mix the serious and the silly,” he said.

Where a poem ends up is also something Collins experiments with in his works.

He said one reason that people find poetry difficult is the action that happens from the beginning to the end and how stable it is.

“Many of the poems start out kind of straightforwardly and try to go somewhere,” he said. “And where they try to go is a less clear place, a less stable place — stuff like that interests me.”

According to the Library of Congress website, the poet laureate is chosen by the Librarian of Congress to raise the visibility of poetry and writing.

Former poets laureate include William Carlos Williams, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Frost. Collins held the position from 2001 to 2003.

Currently an English professor at the City University of New York, Collins has published eight works of poetry, the most recent of which was released last week.

UW junior Heather Sheets said she liked seeing so many people from campus attend the event.

“Billy Collins has humor and great

poignancy and I think that’s why all the seats were filled,” Sheets said.

“He can captivate the people who want to laugh and also the people who

want to think a little deeper about what’s going on.”

Former poet laureate reads works to campus community

Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins entertains a packed hall at Union South with his thoughtful works.Jacob Schwoerer Th e Badger Herald

SSFC representative Cale Plamann says there is evidence CFACT’s failure to return ASM equipment was intentional.Megan McCormick Th e Badger Herald

Jennifer ZettelSenior News Reporter

Billy Collins says juxtaposing humor, serious subject matter makes his poems interesting

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Palin’s visit a reminder no one drinks tea for substance

I’d like to personally thank Sarah Palin for gracing this fair city with her presence on Saturday, because her speech answered a few questions I had about her beloved Tea Party.

In the biting cold and stinging rain, in front of yet another crowd on the steps of the Capitol, Palin expounded on fiscal conservatism, labor and Washington politics. She struck all of the right chords with Madison Tea Partiers, congratulating the women’s hockey team and the Packers

on their championship seasons, claiming “this is where the line has been drawn in the sand” and reminding supporters that with Walker’s budget, “Your state won. Your beautiful state won.” It’s hard to blame her for enjoying herself a bit; for once, Tea Partiers have come out on top in a political battle.

Unfortunately, much of what Palin had to say was just washed-up rhetoric. Her comments on the way “violent rent-a-mobs trash your Capitol and vandalize businesses,” made it clear she is still a master of aggressive sound bites meant to fire up angry crowds. Some of her slogans were even downright witty, such as, “’Win The Future?’ W.T.F. is about right.” If Sarah Palin hadn’t gone into politics, she would have a promising career

in conservative talk radio. These snarky comments made up the majority of Palin’s rant, and she shared the blame evenly between Madison liberals, the GOP establishment, government deficits and President Barack Obama.

What is obvious is Palin and her Tea Party don’t stand for anything — they just defiantly stand up against everything. Palin was willing to admit this herself when she claimed, “The Tea Party Movement wouldn’t exist without Barack Obama.” She then set about lambasting his “big government agenda,” which she compared to rearranging deck chairs on the sinking Titanic (as opposed to Obama’s comparison last fall to a car in a muddy ditch).

The problem with the Tea Party in general is it has few principles of

its own to stand on, but relies on reactionary antagonism. Palin was right — without a common enemy of “big government” and an arch-nemesis in Obama, there would be nothing to unite fiscal reformists, social conservatives and right-wing extremists into any sort of organized movement. Because of this, the Tea Party exists purely in opposition. Thankfully, this is why it has been so slow to gain political credibility, because speakers like Palin verbally abuse not just Obama for his free spending, but also the Republican Party in Washington for their “capitulation.”

It’s about time America has a serious discussion about its new Tea Party. It has inspired a new wave of governors to make a coordinated attack on

labor unions, and this same sort of extremist, fiscally conservative ideology is paralyzing budget talks in Congress. Its stance on immigration is borderline racist. The Tea Party is also blocking “cockamamie, harebrained ideas like more solar shingles, more really fast trains,” and preventing the United States from moving forward with 21st century transportation and power. Palin’s idea to solve this energy problem is to drill into oil reservoirs in Arctic Alaska, arguably America’s last great wilderness, an idea that would make Teddy Roosevelt and Wisconsin’s own Aldo Leopold somersault in their graves. These ideas have gained a small following because there are people who are disaffected by our

government. Taken by themselves, they seem insane.

On the bright side, because the Tea Party today is simply an angry, reactionary opposition, it isn’t here to stay. Real political parties are founded on ideas, not shared enemies. Saturday, Palin spoke on behalf of Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as the “wife of a union member” and the “daughter of a family full of schoolteachers.” She also reminded me not to lose sleep over the Tea Party. As the son of a true hockey mom and a dad who believed in Reagan, I’d drink a cup of imported Earl Grey to that.

Charles Godfrey ([email protected]) is a freshman with an undecided major.

Charles GodfreyStaff Writer

“I give up.” That was how Jon Stewart put it after delving into the taxation realities of America’s big businesses. And I’m going to shock some of my more regular readers and say I completely agree with him. Okay, so no surprise there, but I’m not here to lambaste the Republicans and praise the Democrats. Today I would like to say, succinctly, you all suck.

In this great budget-fixing world we live in right now, Madison has been ground zero for the Republican solution to the problem. Blame the greedy, lazy, selfish and all-around terrible public unions for, well, everything. Also, make sure to constantly lower corporate taxes or else all the businesses will leave the country, and you, progressive elitist, will most definitely be sorry.

The number being floated around indicated the United States had the highest corporate tax rate in the world at 35 percent and that it was crucial this be lowered to prevent the aforementioned business flight. This even sounded reasonable until the realities of corporate tax maneuvering came

to light. For example, GE had profits of $14.2 billion last year, and of that amount they paid no federal taxes. Not being a math major, I can’t be certain, but it does appear they managed to skirt our tax laws, and also that any argument for lowering the tax rate is moot, considering it is pretty hard to tax less than zero. But that is where I would be wrong, because along with paying no federal taxes, GE received a $3.2 billion tax benefit. All of this adds up to a stringent tax rate of -60 percent.

Apparently this is the norm in America, with two-thirds of American-controlled companies paying no corporate income tax. With President Barack Obama promising to go after these companies, at least we were going to address the problem. Of course, having the CEO of GE then chair your counsel on jobs and competitiveness when they have cut one-fifth of their workforce in America while stacking their tax department with former IRS agents might not exactly send the right message.

In a country where 400 individuals have as much wealth as 50 percent of the nation, politics remains business as usual. One side will be a bit more blatant with its attacks on the working class and defense of corporate interests. The other side, well, unfortunately I see a

lot of lip service toward corporate and wealthy tax reform but still find plenty of cronyism and concessions.

And why not? The U.S Census Bureau’s latest report shows 92 percent of individuals who made more than $100,000 voted in 2008, while only 52 percent of people who made below $20,000 and 56 percent of people who made between $20,000 and $29,999 voted. Couple that with

the Citizens United ruling and the reality of a system predicated on pleasing the wealthy is pretty unavoidable.

I don’t have anything against being wealthy, I don’t support “income equality” and I certainly can see the wisdom behind enticing businesses to invest in America by removing some barriers. But I do have a problem with a country facing a $14 trillion deficit that finds it easier to exact concessions from teachers than from billion dollar

companies. I do support acknowledging a severe income inequality that is a fundamental component of our budget issues. I have a problem with how easily the conversation slid from “How dare you try to increase taxes on the top 1 percent, you socialist” to “It’s about damn time the unions did their part and stopped being so selfish.”

I’m sick and tired of reading stories every day about teachers who clearly have a passion for inspiring and guiding the next generation but are contemplating retirement and other career choices in the face of increased scrutiny, dwindling pay and expanding classrooms. I’m sick and tired of never hearing about the dangers of the income disparity in this country. Let me say it again — 400 people have more wealth than half of America combined. That’s a ridiculous statistic, but it appears to be in the best interest of our leaders to ignore it completely. It seems absurd to try to fix a system like this with increased concessions from the bottom as the top continues to consolidate its position, while distancing itself from the economic middle. But if that’s how it’s going to be, fine, I give up.

John Waters ([email protected]) is a junior majoring in journalism.

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Both parties to blame for income disparitiesNew event unites UW service travel programs

Many students at the University of Wisconsin wish to travel and volunteer. Unfortunately, many do not know where to turn to find opportunities and often get turned off by the hunt. For the first time in recent history, all the service travel organizations at UW are being brought together to showcase the work they have done off-campus. The Inaugural Service Travel Symposium, hosted by WUD-Alternative Breaks, is meant to give students a chance to learn about the exciting ways they can get involved, travel and see what their peers have been doing.

From the students who venture to the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers on the weekends to clear invasive species, to the engineering students who design rainwater catchment systems in Rwanda during the summer, to the UW alumni who serve two years in the Peace Corps, all student groups are being brought together.

The timing of the Inaugural Service Travel Symposium could not be better. Interest in service travel has been on the rise. Particularly in lieu of the recession, service travel poses an opportunity for students to travel the world on a tight budget and experience it in a way they might otherwise never had. This spring, Alternative Breaks experienced a three-fold increase in applications and expects the number of applications to keep climbing.

“Volunteering and traveling

has certainly been coming into vogue in recent years. However, students are often unaware of all their options,” said Alt Breaks director Ali Loker as she poured over a record-breaking amount of spring break applications. “By hosting STS we hope students will become more knowledgeable.”

In addition to a massive list of co-sponsors — AmeriCorps, Peace Corps and the UW Landscape Architecture Department, to name a few — entertainment and refreshments are being provided to enrich the STS experience. Regional dishes and music from the area’s UW volunteers have traveled to will be provided to expose students to new cultures.

“We really want to make this Service Travel Symposium as much of a celebration as an informative event,” Jay Ekleberry, Alternative Breaks advisor, said after the committee meeting. “Students always want to get involved. This will be a great way for them to learn how.”

The Service Travel Symposium has already garnered much attention and was featured in the UW Alumni Newsletter, Morgridge Mail and a number of grant organizations. The Inaugural Service Travel Symposium will occur April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the newly opened Union South’s Varsity Hall.

Dorota Kopczyk ([email protected]) is a junior majoring in international studies and economics and is the assistant director for WUD-Alternative Breaks.

Growing barriers to social mobility threaten American prosperity

Last week, one of the doctors I was working with was talking about taxes, and mentioned the top 1 percent of taxpayers pay 40 percent of the income tax revenue. On the surface that sounds awfully unfair — why should 1 percent of Americans be footing 40 percent of the tax bill? It’s true, though; according to the conservative National Tax Foundation, the top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 38 percent of all income taxes in 2008 and 40.2 percent in 2007.

But tax rates for the wealthy are the lowest

they have been in years, so why are tax bills so disproportionate? It’s because taxes are based on one’s means to pay, and the top 1 percent of tax payers have means that far exceed those of the average American. Consider that the top 1 percent of earners took home around 20 percent of the national total yearly income in 2008. Disparities in total wealth are even greater, with the top 1 percent of Americans controlling 42.7 percent of total financial wealth in 2007, compared with the bottom 80 percent of Americans, who laid claim to only 7 percent of that money.

Of course inequalities in wages and wealth are nothing new, but the point is they have been growing by leaps and bounds for the past several decades. The

average annual salary in the United States rose only 10 percent from 1970 to 1999, while average salary for the top 100 CEOs in the nation increased $1.3 million (39 times the national average) to $37.5 million (more than 1,000 times the pay of an average worker).

Disparities in wealth have grown as well. The net worth of the top 10 percent of families rose 69 percent from 1998 to 2001, while the net worth of the bottom 20 percent climbed only 24 percent. The ratio of median wealth between the top 10 percent of income earners compared to lower-middle income families went from 12 to 1 in the 1990s to 22 to 1 by 2001.

Wealth inequality has been recognized by economists as a potentially destabilizing

influence. Alan Greenspan — former chairman of the Federal Reserve — testified in 2005 before Congress that income inequality “is not the type of thing which a democratic society — a capitalist democratic society — can really accept without addressing.” But six years later, after the Great Recession, after the jobless recovery, with unemployment above 9 percent, little has been done to address the issue.

Some amount of financial inequality is necessary as a driver of the economy. However, the large and ever-widening gap between the rich and the not-rich is bad for the United States and bad for us.

For one thing, it is unhealthy. We know low socioeconomic status is a risk factor for bad health, but several studies also

found higher levels of financial inequality exacerbate this effect. And because access to health care is unequal and often dependent on financial resources, illness can have a far greater financial impact on those lower on the socioeconomic ladder, which only serves to worsen inequalities.

The presence of profound — and increasing — inequality also calls into question the basic principles on which our nation is built. We have long taken it for granted that hard work, ambition and education are the key ingredients to financial success, that people earn money on the basis of effort and ability. But when a corporate executive earns hundreds — or a thousand — times more than an engineer who works just as hard and has just as much

education, we have to wonder whether or not income really correlates with effort.

The success of our economy depends on the promise of rewards inspiring hard work, creativity and productivity. If invisible but unyielding barriers are erected that separate the laborers from the masters, what incentive is there for trying hard? Ted Turner, George Sorros and other investors have worried the widening wealth gap risks transforming our meritocracy into an aristocracy with its rigid social classes, absence of upward mobility and resulting economic stagnation.

Geoff Jara-Almonte ([email protected]) is a fourth-year medical student going into emergency medicine.

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This column, at the behest of both readers and editors, is all about lists. Five songs that obliquely reference the Cold War? Got it. The six songs Elvis Costello requested at his friend’s bar mitzvah? No problem at all. Four songs for that feeling you feel when it’s rainy outside but you’re experiencing major schadenfreude because the rain brings out the pollen the guy who stole your girlfriend has a slight allergy to? Yeah, there are songs for that mood.

All these unorthodox, eclectic lists are fun to make and hopefully fun to read, and they definitely have their place. That being said, I think music fans are frequently more concerned with relevance than they are with songs that capture a specific mood, place or what have you.

This is a newspaper and while we can’t be as cutting-edge as your favorite blogger because we don’t stay up all night combing publicists’ Tumblrs, we can definitely deliver something timely. So, in the most conceptually simple column I’ve written yet, the following is a wrap-up of notable releases from the first trimester of 2011.

Smoke Ring for my Halo — Kurt Vile

It’s been a humble year in music thus far. Aside from The Strokes — who we’ll get to in a moment — not many big names have dropped albums. Kurt Vile’s fourth album perfectly exemplifies the year’s modesty by doing a lot with very little.

Ostensibly a simple singer-songwriter album, the gravel and ire in Vile’s voice, as well as his admirable abilities as a lyricist, make this one worth listening to.

Key tracks: “Peeping Tomboy,” “On Tour,” “Baby’s Arms”

Bible Eyes — EgyptrixxGirl Unit had an

enormous hit with their track “Wut” last year, combining southern drums with rave, juke and electronica to create a massive banger that was giving partygoers fits. Label-mates Egyptrixx are taking center stage this year, and while their music works with the euphoria of a night out, it can just easily soundtrack a study-break zone out. Disco meshes with house and dubstep to create a sound that’s both spacious and ephemeral.

Key tracks: “Bible Eyes,” “Liberation Front,” “Fuji Club”

Return of 4Eva — Big K.R.I.T.

At first glance, Big K.R.I.T. is reminiscent of a young Kanye. A talented producer whose rapping has yet to catch up, he tells soulful stories of struggle and poverty with a distinctly regional feel. However, where Kanye represented for the ultra-metropolitan Midwest, K.R.I.T. is from Mississippi, and this comes through in his music as he channels UGK and 8 ball, with trunk rattling soul anthems and enough bangers to keep speakers feeling the after-effects for hours.

Key tracks: “Dreamin,’” “Sookie Now,” “Highs and Lows,” “King’s Blues”

He Gets Me High — Dum Dum Girls

The Dum Dum Girls’ debut I Will Be was an unabashedly pop record, but low production values kept the fuzz meter on high while allowing them to piggyback on the low-fi trend. It’s a new year and

bands are cleaning up their sounds (see: The Smith-Westerns, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Kurt Vile), so it’s the perfect time for bandleader Dee Dee and her crew to come out with a cleaned-up EP that’s as irresistibly poppy as the album was.

This is the best release of the year, and, as it only contains four songs, will take you the shortest amount of time to digest.

Key Tracks: “He Gets me High,” “Wrong Feels Right,” “There is a Light that Never Goes Out”

On a Mission — Katy BThe hegemony of

the female pop artist is inescapable right now, as Rihanna, Katy Perry, Gaga, Britney, Ke$ha and Nikki Minaj rule the radio. The trend exists on the fringes of pop music too, as Adele, Robyn and, now, Katy B are all making significant and significantly danceable contributions to the canon.

Katy B is particularly audacious, singing over wild dubstep tracks from her native South London. She’s got a pretty voice and the admirable ability to subdue her backing tracks — no easy feat when singing over the powerful shifting bass of dubstep.

Key Tracks: “Katy on a Mission,” “Why You Always Here,” “Witches Brew”

Go Away Badlands — Dirty Beaches

The world has been inundated with bands about beaches, including Beach House, Beach Fossil, Wavves, Best Coast and others. Yet unlike many of their ilk, Dirty Beaches doesn’t go in for the delightful sounds of summer, nor the dream-pop anthems of yesteryear. Rather, these guys traffic in the currency of cool, making grungy rock songs that sound like they were written by a junkie time-traveler who just returned from the fifties.

Key Tracks: “Speedway King,” “A Hundred Highways,” “Lord Knows Best”

Hotel House of Balloons — The Weeknd

R&B is back in a major way this year, and The Weeknd is spearheading the charge, with its modern take on the classic sounds of Jodeci, R. Kelly and D’Angelo. Don’t get it twisted, though — even though these songs are chock-full of love stories and slow songs, there’s an edge to the production, and the lyrics can be as twisted as anything Odd Future is doing.

It’s not advised that you throw this on before embarking on anything intimate. This stuff can be disturbing.

Key tracks: “What You Need,” “The Morning,” “The Party and the After Party”

Angles — The StrokesI don’t envy The Strokes.

Arguably the most hyped band of the last decade, The Strokes made two classic albums, then experimented a little on the third and were slammed for it. Five years after First Impressions of Earth made such a bad impression on, well, Earth, they’re back with Angles, which was met with mixed reviews. Which, to me, is ridiculous.

This is a fantastic album, stacked from top to bottom with classic Strokes-y songs and some new experiments, ones that actually work this time. Hype and anticipation often blind critics, but it’s surprising just how far that’s gone with one of the best bands of our generation.

Key Tracks: “Under Cover of Darkness,” “Two Kinds of Happiness,” “Games,” “Life is Simple in the Moonlight”

Jonah Bromwich ([email protected]) is a senior majoring in English.

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There’s something for everyone at the Farmers’ Market. On any given Saturday during the spring and summer, a stroll around Madison’s Capitol Square leads to a number of discoveries. Who knew you had a hidden taste for kale? Who’s to say portobello mushrooms can’t hit the spot just as well as the next type of fungus? And why not take the plunge and buy that sweet gallon of honey?

This is where Gentle Breeze Honey takes center stage. As of last weekend — when the Dane County Farmers’ Market finally returned from its winter hibernation — honey-buying season is officially underway.

Although it was founded in 1965, the idea for Gentle Breeze was unearthed years earlier.

“I came down to the University of Wisconsin ... for a farm short course,” Owner Eugene Woller said in a recent interview with The Badger Herald. “I found this class on beekeeping and thought, ‘What the heck?’ By the end of the first week, I was

hooked.”After years of working

for other companies and keeping bees as a hobby, Woller and his wife, Donna, decided to turn their pleasant pastime into a full-time profession.

“We just got a little bigger, and a little bigger,” said Woller. “Until Donna and I realized we were working around the clock. That’s when we finally decided the draw was too strong.”

However, the hives are hardly considered work to this industrious family. Woller is extraordinarily passionate about his bees and brings that enthusiasm to the Farmers’ Market every week. Located on the west side of Capitol Square, Gentle Breeze’s stand is one of the first crucial stops on any lazy Saturday morning loop around the Market.

Education is a top priority for Woller, as he attempts to quell customers’ misgivings about the bees themselves. He, as well as other family members, have taken the time to give presentations at local daycare centers and preschools, in an effort to nip honeybee fears in the bud. His

endeavors have paid off.“During the summer,

we have the observation hive [at the Market],” Woller said. “It’s like a magnet for the kids. You can hear them coming three or four vendors down, tugging on their parents’ sleeves, shouting ‘Hurry, hurry! Let’s go see the bees!’”

That is the kind of energy that attracted Woller to the Farmers’ Market in the first place, and it’s what keeps him coming back every year.

“We enjoy having people stop by,” Woller said. “We’re not up there just to sell product; we’re up there to enjoy sharing bees and sharing our knowledge. … First you do a good job, and then the money will come.”

Modest as he may be, this businessman knows more than a thing or two about the honey industry. After the sweet stuff was put up for sale in several states across the Midwest, the word about Gentle Breeze spread far and wide — for good and delicious reason.

But Woller clearly senses a connection with the local Farmers’ Market, and pledges his loyalty. Although

he sends his breeding stock of honeybees on a winter vacation to sunny Florida, Woller himself does not take time off from Wisconsin, or from his bees.

“You have to remember that they’re still livestock,” Woller said. “If you don’t take care of them, they don’t do well. You have to monitor them, even in the winter.”

As chilly a vocation as it can be, Gentle Breeze Honey is a family affair for the Wollers, one in which the children have been intimately involved. While his sons and daughter have taken their own paths in life, Woller is optimistic the pull will be too strong and will naturally bring them back home to their parents — and to the bees.

Family members learn from each other, and for the Wollers, these Madisonian honeybees have officially become part of that tight-knit tribe.

“The bees have been so good to us,” said Woller. “I was once told, ‘If you take care of the bees, the bees will take care of you.’ And I’ll tell you, I’ve never had a day with them that I haven’t learned something new.”

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The Australian-born singer Lenka released her sophomore album today, aptly titled ‘Two,’ giving mixed signals regarding a signature musical style.Photo courtesy of Epic Records

Lenka misguided in electro-pop dabblingAustralian singer succeeds most on latest release ‘Two’ by capitalizing on naive-art strengths, falters on overproduced dance tracks

Three years ago, the world was drawn to Australian-Czech singer Lenka and her self-titled album. Lenka’s initial appeal was a distinct retro, European style of music, and her global recognition was exponentially aided by the hyper-frequent use of her songs in advertisements. Her big hit “The Show” — seen in an Old Navy TV ad, an episode of “90210,” an “Ugly Betty” promo and an “Easy A” trailer — is highly representative of the entirety of this first body of work, which featured a majority of naive, art-style, buoyant songs.

For Two, which comes out today, Lenka plays it safe by keeping to this same crafty sound for a few tracks — even “Sad Song” is surprisingly upbeat — but unfortunately fell flat for the few in which she took a risk. For example, in “Blinded by Love,” a person could easily imagine a “Grease”-era Olivia Newton John singing this to Danny Zuko, not in a good way. If a listener had to base

his or her impression of the artist solely on this song, the result would be one less Lenka fan. That’s a dangerous move for a singer who has yet to entirely break out from the commercial music scene.

For “You Will Be Mine” and “Shock Me Into Love,” layered sounds and dancey, ambient pop beats do not conceal the overly simplistic nature of the music. They almost seem as if they were written for an immature audience. The intended audience for “Shock Me Into Love” definitely peaks at high school age, especially with her reminiscent chorus of “No, I never knew that I could feel this way/ No, I never had it running through my veins/ No, I never thought that it could be enough/ Suddenly you, you shock me into love.”

It’s funny, Lenka looks physically like an Adele or even A Fine Frenzy, but the songs she wrote for Two are a more sugary brand of pop than one remembers from “Trouble is a Friend” and can sound over-produced. This is heard especially in “Heart Skips a Beat.” Where is

the subdued, vintage style that has always made Lenka unique? Her individualism is often hard to locate on the album.

However, Two is still a valuable asset to a music collection. A Lenka fan just has to know which tracks to skip over, or neglect to purchase digitally, to get to hear the girl they know and love. The titular track blends Lenka’s voice with guitar and piano well, and has a tasteful bouncy rhythm.

Favorites are sure to include “Here to Stay,” and “Roll With the Punches.” The latter sounds more of “The Show”’s caliber — a song that listeners will want to play to cheer up a friend (which they can do by sending the video electronically on her website). It’s catchy but not boring or repetitive.

“Everything’s Okay” is another one to keep in mind for a rainy day. This track has the sounds and beat typical of a musical, but without Vaudeville eccentricities. It is especially good if you can find a slower version she performs live, which is far more real.

Lenka would be

better off in the future continuing to channel artists like Lykke Li or Leslie Feist rather than over-produced styles more reminiscent of Ke$ha. She actually managed to capture the vibe of Feist’s music video for “1234” in the harlequin, carnival-esque visuals in the “Everything At Once” video, but lacks the sonic spontaneity seen in songs like “The Park,” recorded outdoors.

Two is an album someone with a taste for talented female artists could listen to quite often, without feeling tiresome. Yet, listeners will find themselves wishing she took more risks with recording her sophomore effort.

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Buzz builds as honeyvendors return to Farmers’ MarketGentle Breeze Honey’s local stand signifies sweet taste of an impending summer

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receivers, but the timing, the patterns and stuff are really inconsistent and that can mess with a quarterback as much as anything. He’s been good, and with a pretty good defensive line coming down his throat, too.”

Lines shaping upWith holes to fill on both

offense and defense, players are shifting around and attempting to find comfort in new positions.

On the offensive line, redshirt junior Ricky Wagner has transitioned into right tackle and redshirt sophomore Travis Frederick has moved inside, as well.

“[Wagner has] been pretty seamless in that,” Bielema said. “It’s a totally different feel for him, but he adapted pretty quickly. [Frederick],

he’s one of the smartest kids on our team, one of the strongest kids on our team, but he just didn’t play competitive football last year. It’s been fun to watch him get in the mix.”

With good competition on both sides of the ball, Bielema is also seeing more aggressive football out of his defensive line.

“The one defensive line in particular [is] a little more confident and aggressive than they were a year ago,” Bielema said. “I think we have aggressively blitzed a little bit more this spring than we ever have before.”

Borland can’t stay stillAfter missing the majority

of last season, linebacker Chris Borland is still taking it easy and rehabbing his shoulder. However, that hasn’t kept him off the field.

Borland has been studying schemes and film throughout spring while also helping out where he can. After playing outside linebacker his first two years at UW, Borland will be moving to the middle linebacker spot vacated by the graduated Culmer St. Jean.

“He does a great job out at practice, he’s like another coach out there,” Bielema said. “He’s always got a script and communicating what the calls are. Every time I turn around he’s up there watching film, doing a nice job. Chris is one of those active guys.

“I doubt he’s ever in his room. He missed a class and we found out he missed it cause he was part of the demonstrations down there on campus. He’s just one of those active kids.”

the NBA has remained a “big man’s game” in the heads of most basketball scholars.

One game won’t change that, but the performances by Rose and Paul weren’t just single games. They were indications of how good these players have become and how good they can be at the top of their games. For instance, Rose was a .332 3-point shooter this year. For his career, he’s shot .309 from behind the arc. Saturday, he was 0-for-9.

The Rose-Paul tandem (or Paul-Rose, in the spirit of maintaining diplomacy) is on the verge of being the best since Magic Johnson-John Stockton, and no matter how bold that might seem, it’s time to start welcoming the idea.

Memphis has arrived…L.A. and Boston are

still in fine shape after their opening games, but they were both clearly exposed. The Lakers were shocked (at home, no less) by the Paul-led Hornets Sunday, 109-100. Boston, as expected, showed its age that night against New York but pulled out an 87-85 win at TD Garden. The Celtics only led for 60 seconds in the second half and needed a stunning 3-pointer from Ray Allen with 12 seconds remaining to take Game 1.

Also on Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies upset the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed, the San Antonio Spurs. The 101-98 victory was exceptional for a variety of reasons — Zach

Randolph scored 25 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to justify his newly earned contract extension, reportedly for four years and $66 million, while Marc Gasol dominated Tim Duncan and the Spurs’ big men with 24 points and nine rebounds.

Yet, none of them top the fact that the win was Memphis’ first playoff victory — ever. The Lakers, despite their struggles, very well could go on to win the series. Heck, they could

sweep the next four. But now, after their surprise opener and perhaps shedding their “cheap” label with the Randolph extension, the Grizzlies have emerged as a viable threat in the West. Mike Conley (13.7 points, 6.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game) has finally emerged as the point guard Memphis thought it drafted three years ago, while O.J. Mayo, Shane Battier and Sam Young provide valuable depth. When star forward Rudy Gay returns from injury, the Grizzlies will boast a deep, balanced squad that can contend in the West for much of the decade.

…To challenge Oklahoma City for supremacy of the young guns

As they emerge in the West, the Grizzlies

could stand to follow the model set forth by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Essentially the darlings of professional sports, the Thunder is in the process of building a powerhouse around Kevin Durant (league-high 27.7 points with 6.8 rebounds per game) and Russell Westbrook (21.9 points and 8.2 assists per game).

OKC general manager Sam Presti and head coach Scott Brooks have brought Jeff Green, James Harden and Serge Ibaka along to flank the two stars, and the results have been mind-blowingly impressive. After acquiring Kendrick Perkins from the Boston Celtics before February’s trade deadline, the Thunder added another big man to pair with Ibaka and give OKC one of the most athletic frontcourts in the league.

The Thunder began the playoffs with a 107-103 win over the Denver Nuggets. Durant scored 41 points on 13-for-22 shooting (12-for-15 from the foul line) and recorded nine rebounds, while Westbrook contributed 31 points and added seven assists and six rebounds. In beating Denver, Oklahoma City took another step toward what very quickly is becoming more and more inevitable — contending in the NBA Finals.

Mike is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts. What did you enjoy from the opening weekend of the NBA Playoffs? Let him know at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @mikefiammetta.

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wood on people, he’s definitely going to be known for his tackling, just being in the right place making plays. I think midway a lot of people are going to start recognizing that.”

Johnson does, indeed, have modest size. He stands at six feet and is listed at 186 pounds. Henry, by comparison, stands the same but weighs nearly 30 pounds more.

It’s easy to forget a safety’s responsibilities spread beyond the passing game. While usually lining up 10 yards off the ball, safeties do line up and make plays all over the field over the course of one game, be it downfield, at the line of scrimmage or in the backfield.

They can function as an extra linebacker at times, situating themselves five yards off the line of scrimmage and sometimes even closer. And that means taking on the monsters of the game, where a 300-pound offensive lineman can target the safety. But that doesn’t worry Johnson, no matter his size.

“Oh yeah, it’s a part of

football,” Johnson said. “It’s the game I love. I like making plays on the ball. I like it all, it’s my job.”

Valai dealt with a few nagging injuries last season, which opened the door for Johnson to test the waters as the team’s safety. He started one game last year, against Minnesota, where he recorded three tackles but came away unsatisfied with his performance.

Safeties are counted on to fill in the gaps on rushing plays, especially the ones that go outside. They’re expected to meet the running back at the line of scrimmage, despite having to run 10 yards to get there, and they can’t afford to hesitate.

But safeties also can’t afford to guess wrong on a play-action, since that would remove them from helping out a cornerback on a deep pass.

This read-and-react balancing game is something Johnson says he struggled with against Minnesota.

“I think mostly it was a confidence issue, like I had a lot of opportunities to make plays on the ball where I might have hesitated for a second

and then that basically took me out of the play, but allowed the other team to make a play,” Johnson said. “So I just think being quick on the trigger will help me a lot more.”

“I know I hesitated a lot last year so I’m just trying to believe what I see, just go after it, just make plays this year.”

Confidence is where Henry says he’s seen the most improvement in Johnson since last fall. He said the uncertainty of whether Johnson would receive playing time at safety for the oft-injured Valai might have affected Johnson’s mentality.

But now that Valai has graduated from the program the job is all for the taking, and Johnson can finally focus on being a strong starting safety.

That has Johnson smiling at the idea that he can make some more memorable plays.

“I’m just trying to make a lot more of those ASU tackles — not just on special teams obviously, but on defense,” Johnson said. “I’m just out here trying to make plays so hopefully [the fans] notice that this season.”

“I’m just trying to add on to that résumé.”

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the future and I wish him nothing but the best as he moves on to a new chapter in his life.”

Schuman, a 2009 inductee into the Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame, guided the Badgers to the NCAA regional tournament in both 2007 and 2008, the first time that occurred in back-to-back seasons since 1990-92. Schuman also coached Badger Dan Woltman to second-team

All-Big Ten honors in 2008 and 2009. Woltman qualified for the NCAA championships in 2007 and 2008.

“I would like to thank all of my players, fellow coaches, and everyone involved with Wisconsin Athletics for their support over the past eight years,” Schuman said. “I look forward to the challenges and opportunities of opening up a new golf academy here in Madison. I believe this position will

help me continue to grow as both a teacher and player, while at the same time allowing me to help in the development of players for our golf programs.”

The Badgers will take part in the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio, before heading to the Big Ten Championship at the Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ind., at the end of this month.

-UW Athletics

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himself locked in a foot race with Johnson, who came sprinting from the other side of the field with Dezmen Southward.

Southward dove from behind and slowed Middlebrooks for a moment, allowing Johnson to gain a half step. He leaped for Middlebrooks’ torso and twisted him downward. Middlebrooks tried to extend his arms as best he could, but he came up one yard shy of a touchdown.

Time expired and the Wisconsin sideline happily exited the field for the locker room.

The Badgers went on

to escape with a 20-19 victory — the game-winning play came off a blocked ASU extra point in the fourth quarter. Had Middlebrooks scored on that kickoff to give the Sun Devils a 17-13 lead, the dynamic of the game would’ve been changed for the second half and UW might not have escaped with a victory.

In the months between then and now, though, Johnson has gone from the special team’s savior-of-the-day to the defense’s new starting strong safety opposite second team All-Big Ten free safety Aaron Henry. And he’s looking to give

Badger fans more reasons to know his name.

Johnson’s predecessor, Jay Valai, earned a bit of a reputation as a hard-hitting safety for the Badgers, and if you ask Henry how fans will know Johnson best, it will be as a hitter as well.

“I don’t know where he generates all of it from, I guess it’s his center of gravity, but he is extremely explosive,” Henry said. “The guy probably weighs 180 on a good day. A guy being that small, that skinny — he definitely lays the


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Badgers mixing up lineups for spring game

Playing the first lines against one another, Bret Bielema hopes to get a better idea of how his squad is progressing through the spring.

Stephanie Moebius Th e Badger Herald

Get ready for change: Wisconsin football is mixing things up this year.

With the annual spring game Saturday, head coach Bret Bielema revealed at his Monday press conference he will pit the first-string offense against the first-string defense in this year’s spring game.

“One of the changes that we’re going to make this year to the spring game, kind of spice it up a little bit and give a true assessment of where we’re at, I’m going to play ones against ones, first team against first team,” Bielema said. “Put our number one

offense out there against our number one defense and let guys compete and it’ll be a cleaner game and really give us an understanding of where we’re at.”

In recent years, the Cardinal squad consisted of starters and key reserves, while the remainder of the team played for White. Bielema hopes switching things up and playing the ones against the ones will help make the game more competitive and bring out the best in his players.

Not only does the matchup figure to result in a more competitive game, but it also likely will change the mentality of the players before fall season and give UW a better idea of what it’s capable of.

“Ever since I’ve been here we go ones/ones the entire spring,” Bielema said. “If

I’m an established player … and know I’m going against twos, it’s not as competitive as we want it to be. I’d like ones working with ones, against ones, to get a realistic picture of what can happen.”

Not only do the Badgers want to get a sense of what they’re capable of, but they also want to give the fans a taste of what next year might hold.

“That’ll be a little bit of a different twist and give us a better-quality game and give fans an outlook on one of the better teams in the league competing out there, one of the best offenses, one of the best defenses in our conference going head-to-head,” Bielema said.

For the first time, the spring game will charge for admission. The proceeds from the $5 ticket sales

will go to the School of Nursing’s campaign for a new building.

Budmayr continues to grow

With Scott Tolzien moving onto new — and potentially bigger pursuits — redshirt sophomore Jon Budmayr has been chosen to step in behind center to lead the Badgers offense Saturday.

“[Budmayr] has continued to get better every week,” Bielema said. “I really like some of the things he’s doing, being really sound with the football, making good decisions. He’s been taking snaps from three different centers all spring. Not only a young group of

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Point guards, young teams make playoffs

As the doom and gloom clouds gather over the National Basketball Association — yes, it’s likely lockout-bound, as well — there still remains reason for optimism.

In fact, there’s more than one.

With free agency trending more and more toward superstar conglomeration — à la LeBron James and the Miami Heat — the NBA has entered arguably its most riveting period in history since the 1980s. Free agency figures to be a contentious and polarizing issue in the ensuing labor talks, but make no mistake — this NBA season has been remarkable.

The playoffs began Saturday, and if the first weekend was any indication at all of the type of postseason play the Association has in store, then one thing was made abundantly clear: You absolutely need to watch the NBA Playoffs.

The top point guards are the best since…

Saturday, the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose scored 39 points. He was 10-for-23 from the field, 19-for-21 from the free-throw line and also pulled down six rebounds, contributed six assists and blocked three shots.

Simply put, he blew everyone’s mind. Monday night, he did it again. Rose scored 36 points and recorded eight rebounds and six assists while shooting 11-for-25 from the field and 12-13 from the free throw line as Chicago extended its lead over Indiana to 2-0.

Sunday, Chris Paul scored 33 points. New Orleans’ point guard also contributed 14 assists, seven rebounds and four steals. He was 11-for-18 from the field and 9-for-12 from the line. Conspirators said Paul’s performance was a blatant “I’m still here!” exclamation reminding everyone lost in the Rose hysteria that at the beginning of the season it was Paul who looked like the Most Valuable Player candidate. Hornets fans said Paul is just the better point guard. Most rational people just said the two of them played as top-tier point guards do.

Regardless, a very significant statement was made this weekend. It wasn’t that Paul is better than Rose, or that Rose is better than Paul. Rather, it was that with these two point guards at the top of their game, they’re guiding the NBA through a paradigm-shifting postseason.

Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo, Baron Davis (on a good night) and of course Steve Nash have shown for the past few years the talent level of point guards in this league is absolutely ridiculous. Yet,

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After his first career tackle saved a touchdown, expectations are high for Shelton Johnson in 2011.Stephanie Moebius Th e Badger Herald

Johnson looking

for greater role

If you asked fans of the Wisconsin football team what they know about redshirt junior Shelton Johnson, they would probably all refer to a specific play from last year ’s duel with Arizona State in Madison.

Quarterback Scott Tolzien had just found Lance Kendricks in the end zone before halftime to give the Badgers a 13-10 lead over the Sun Devils, but UW left one second on the clock and was forced to kick off to ASU one more time before the teams could head into the locker room.

The Sun Devils had already run a kickoff back 97 yards and returned a punt for a touchdown — although the latter was called back for an illegal block. Badger fans braced themselves as the special teams trotted onto the field once again.

ASU’s Kyle Middlebrooks took the ball from inside the three-yard line and sprinted right through a hole in UW’s coverage. He turned outside to sprint down the ASU sideline and appeared to be heading toward a last-second touchdown.

But suddenly, Middlebrooks found

Kelly EricksonAssociate Sports Editor

Playing No. 1 offense with No. 1 defense, UW eager to watch more exciting final scrimmage

Men’s golf head coach to resign following end of 8th campaign

JOHNSON, page 7

Jim Schuman, head men’s golf coach at the University of Wisconsin for the past eight years, has decided to resign following the 2011 season, UW Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez announced.

A search for Schuman’s replacement will begin as soon as possible.

“I’m very appreciative of all the time and effort Jim has put into our golf program,” Alvarez said. “Jim is truly a class individual, a good person, and our program, as well as University Ridge Golf Course, is better as a result of Jim’s involvement over the past eight seasons. He has given us a good vision for

After tenure with UW, Schuman steps down to open local academy

RESIGN, page 7 Jim Schuman was the Wisconsin men’s golf head coach for eight years, but he announced Monday he will resign after this season.

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After significant contributionsas reserve last year, redshirt junior eager to be playmaker

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