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Funding for sexual assault programs decreases

Protests may require more permits

Two new policy changes announced earlier this week by Gov. Scott Walker’s administration would restrict open carry as well as gatherings and other events

on Capitol grounds. The decision made

Wednesday would prohibit the open carry of weapons in the Capitol and other state buildings, Mike Mikalsen, spokesperson for Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, said.

The Walker administration also announced Thursday citizens wishing to hold an event or rally inside the Capitol or on its grounds will be required to register for additional permits than

currently required under the law.

A Department of Administration statement said citizens seeking a permit may also be charged for damage, repair, equipment set-up, cleanup or any excess security costs. Any event where more than 100 people can be expected to be in attendance, or when loud speakers are used would need to have a permit under the new policy, according to the statement.

Under these stipulations, the spring’s collective bargaining legislation protests would have required a permit.

However, the new stipulations do give some leeway for some events because exceptions can be made for “spontaneous events,” according to the statement.

Another policy change, regarding open carry in the Capitol and in state buildings, debuted this week.

Mikalsen said the administration was concerned with potential disruption caused by fi rearms being in plain sight in state buildings. He added the decision was part of the process in preparing for the implementation of the concealed carry law.

“It is clear that they had to make that decision as part of the concealed carry process in public spaces and work spaces in public buildings,” Mikalsen said.

He said not all legislative

members are in favor of the governor’s decision. According to Mikalsen, Rep. Nass has heard citizens are unhappy about the decision because they believe they have the right to open carry based on the state constitution.

“I think you’ll see some concerns raised by some folks in the public,” Mikalsen said. “The overall question is how many people who could get

A public grant program which provides funding and help to victims of sexual assault in Wisconsin is scheduled for a significant cut in 2012, posing a threat to its available services.

According to a

statement from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault, the funding for the Sexual Assault Victim Services program will be reduced by 42.5 percent from current levels.

The cuts will create a drastic deficit in the state of Wisconsin, Pennie Meyers, WCASA interim executive director, said in a statement.

“SAVS and the local sexual assault service providers it funds are directly responsible for helping victims and are instrumental in efforts

to hold perpetrators accountable,” she said. “There is no substitute for SAVS in Wisconsin.”

According to the statement, SAVS is the only provider of funding for services that include advocacy and counseling services, 24/7 crisis telephone services, intervention and prevention education and services for at-risk or hard-to-reach victims statewide.

WCASA spokesperson John Keckhaver said the cuts will affect service providers’ ability to

provide staff, counseling and crisis hotlines.

Kelly Anderson, executive director of the Dane County Rape Crisis Center, said the cuts make it impossible for her agency and others to maintain their current level of services.

“We’ll be working with our board and our funding community of donors to do everything we can, but the reality is that you can’t keep providing the same level with fewer people,” she said. “Given our budget, less money means fewer

people.”Keckhaver said the cuts

could result in counseling staff layoffs and a decrease in crisis hotline availability.

Anderson called the cuts a “huge blow” to the Rape Crisis Center and all providers of sexual assault services statewide.

She added service providers had already shouldered a 10 percent cut before being hit with the latest round.

Keckhaver said the SAVS program is funded with a surcharge or money paid by people

who are convicted of crimes, particularly felonies.

He added, however, the money coming from surcharges has been going down, and it is an unreliable source of funding.

Supporters of the budget cut, which, according to Anderson, originated in the governor’s office, maintain that cuts to numerous state programs are necessary to keep the state’s economy on its

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A member of Madison Choi gives a jump kick move his all during the Tae Kwon Do group’s weekly practice at the Student Activity Center on Thursday.

Just for kicks Legal fees in collective bargaining suit unpaid

The state has yet to pay a Wisconsin representative’s lawyer for his work on a lawsuit concerning the passage of the collective bargaining bill last spring.

Bob Jambois, attorney for Rep. Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, has not yet been paid for his legal services for the case, Barca’s spokesperson Erik Greenfield said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Jambois said he submitted his bill in June and has been waiting since then to receive his

payment. He added he never

expected payment would be an issue. Because he works out of a “small mom and pop law offi ce” with his wife, Jambois said he would most likely take legal action, or perhaps other measures, if the Assembly refuses to pay his bill.

“[I would] sic my partner on them,” Jambois said. “Hell hath no fury like an unpaid legal partner.”

Greenfield confirmed all other attorneys in the case, including those for Secretary of State Doug La Follette and Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller have already been paid. Greenfield said only the Assembly Republicans have refused to pay all the legal bills.

Both Jambois and Greenfield explained

the Assembly is legally obligated to pay the legal bills.

According to Jambois, if a state representative is being sued, he can seek representation from the attorney general. If the attorney general declines, he can seek private council. This is what Barca did in the collective bargaining suit.

Michael Hintz, Wisconsin State Coordinator for Tea Party Patriots, said the Legislature’s inability to pay so far does not appear to be malicious or political.

“[The Assembly’s lack of payment] does not seem sinister,” Hintz said. “It’s just a matter of timing.”

It is the procedure of the Assembly that

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart speaks during Thursday night’s committee meeting. All charges MCSC made against the committee she leads were dropped, which may be the final chapter in the semester-long struggle.

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MCSC loses suit against student gov’t

A Student Judiciary decision released Thursday upheld the denial of a multicultural student organization’s funding eligibility, dismissing charges against a branch of student government.

In the complaint, the Multicultural Student Coalition contended the Student Services Finance Committee violated viewpoint neutrality by shifting the necessary criteria to be eligible for segregated fee funding.

Additionally, MCSC questioned whether SSFC was a co-equal branch of student government and charged committee members with misconduct.

All three counts were dismissed by the student court.

SSFC Chair Sarah Neibart stood behind her committee in an interview with The Badger Herald regarding the most recent SJ decision, stating she was confi dent of SSFC’s processes.

“I think that our processes were defended, and the way in which we have gone about deciding what is direct service versus what isn’t for the past couple of years was even further affirmed,” Neibart said. “I was confident after the hearing that we would be ruled in favor of.”

SJ denied MCSC’s first count in the decision, stating SSFC acted within its allowance of discretion when determining

eligibility and that Rep. Cale Plamann used a viewpoint neutral methodology when creating a spreadsheet used in deciding this eligibility.

“The Panel finds that SSFC acted within the circumscribed allowance of discretion in evaluating MCSC’s eligibility request,” the decision said. “MCSC’s contention that Representative Plamann’s ‘pro-rating’ spreadsheet was capricious ignores the degree of discretion he and all members possess.”

The second count stating MCSC’s application was not reviewed fully due to individual members’ biases was also dismissed in the decision.

One reason was that MCSC was given time to discuss their organization

and direct services in an initial presentation and question-answer session and that several SSFC members accepted lobbying requests from the group.

“Given this concerted effort by SSFC members to ascertain a thorough understanding of the organization, it is apparent each voting member felt they possessed sufficient information to make an informed determination,” the decision said.

The court decision also affirmed SSFC’s autonomy, stating the body is equal to the Associated Students of Madison and not under it, dismissing MCSC’s third count.

SJ itself acts as a check

Selby RodriguezCampus Editor

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Open carry no longer OK in government buildings, concealed weapons permittedAdrianna ViswanathaState Reporter

Rape Crisis Center, other programs for survivors in state may be depletedAlly BoutelleCity Editor

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CRIME in Brief SHERMAN AVENUE

Drug Investigation

A 15-year-old student at Shabazz City High School was arrested Tuesday afternoon for drug charges, a Madison Police report said.

MPD spokesperson, Joel DeSpain, said the student was found to possess 16 grams of marijuana, 22 oxycodone pills, a scale and several baggies. The student claimed the drugs were for personal use, but would not explain why he had a scale and baggies.

“We have an epidemic with heroin and other opiate users,” said DeSpain. “These drugs are a rampant problem not just in Madison but in all of Dane County.”

TREE LANE

Overdose

On Tuesday, a 21-year-old Cross Plains man found another man lying in an apartment building parking lot not breathing, according to an MPD report.

DeSpain said the man attempted CPR and then called 911. Paramedics administered Narcan and took the man to the hospital.

The 22-year-old Verona man soon admitted to using heroin, the report said.

Additionally, the report also said two men knew each other previously. A police dog also found heroin in the 21-year-old man’s car.

According to the report, the two men’s roles were reversed last May when the 21-year had overdosed.

WEST TOWNE MALL

Retail Theft

On Tuesday a 23-year-old Verona man was caught shoplifting at Boston Store while attempting to steal more than $1,500 worth of jewelry, according to an MPD report.

The report also said the suspect was in possession of a plastic bag containing hypodermic needles, rubber tubing and other drug paraphernalia.

The man told a Madison Police offi cer he uses heroin every day and was stealing “because I need money, and I don’t have any,” the report said.

COTTAGE GROVE ROAD

Drug Investigation

According to an MPD report, an offi cer

discovered potential drug activity taking place inside a car by a Cottage Grove Road restaurant Wednesday afternoon.

Police approached the passengers of the vehicle, and one admitted he had just come to Madison from Beaver Dam, purchased heroin and was preparing to use it.

Two men in the vehicle were arrested, and the third was cited, the report said. A 24-year-old female passenger was not arrested because probable cause could not be established.

MPD is continuing to curb heroin use throughout the north and east side of the city, the report said.

EDGEWOOD COLLEGE DRIVE

Special Event

On Monday afternoon, MPD spoke with an 18-year-old Edgewood College student who wanted to report harm to a recall petition on Nov. 15, according to an MPD report.

The student had been volunteering for the Edgewood Young Democrats and obtained two signatures from fellow students hoping to recall Gov. Scott Walker, the report said.

The report said a third student then approached the 18-year-old student in a manner suggesting the student wanted to sign the petition. Instead, the third student took the petition, tore it in half and walked away with it.

The investigating offi cer plans to contact the Dane County District Attorney. It is up to the DA to decide whether a criminal charge will be fi led, the report said.

SSFC weighs group’s policy violation

Members of student government addressed a policy violation by a student group during a meeting Thursday, ultimately deciding to table the issue for members to clear up any confusion.

Student Services Finance Committee Chair Sarah Neibart reported to the committee that Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán had incurred its second policy violation in the area of advertising.

Neibart said the second violation occurred when MEChA did not hand in a co-sponsorship form for an event put on with Wunk

Sheek a required three weeks in advance but instead handed it in the day of the event.

She explained that in addition to this, the group did not pay for the event despite intending to because the entertainer of the event said they did not want to take the money because MEChA had experienced fi nancial trouble.

SSFC Rep. Tia Nowack said she was surprised the item was on the agenda because after talking with the committee’s staff, she believed it was more of a misunderstanding than a violation.

“I think that this was a giant miscommunication, if that,” Nowack said. “To file this as a second

policy violation would be wrong.”

Neibart said she felt the event was a violation and that when she spoke with the staff members after Nowack, they had come to a realization that a violation had occurred.

After more debate, Rep. Joseph Vanden Avond motioned to table the item to the next meeting as many members expressed confusion and a desire to look into the issue more.

SSFC also passed legislation to extend the sunset clause to remove General Student Services funding for Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group upon its attainment of contract status.

The committee had

originally set the date as Dec. 15 earlier this year, but members agreed this date would not be feasible. After debating the date of the sunset clause, the committee came to a decision to set it as May 18, 2012.

The committee also granted an exemption to a rule prohibiting groups from using GSSF funds to finance programing at off-campus venues to F.H. King, a student organization promoting sustainable agriculture.

F.H. King Finance Director Isaac Sinnott spoke to the committee about the request and said the group asks to use The Crossing — a venue on the corner of University and Charter streets — for a kitchen

to hold workshops and programming. He said there are not any adequate venues located on campus to fit the needs of the group.

Rep. David Vines said he felt it would be silly to debate zoning and deny the group’s request since the location is right across the street from what is considered campus.

The committee also passed the Student Judiciary budget of $48,758.70 in an 11-0-1 vote.

During the meeting, Greater University Tutoring Service also presented its budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year to SSFC. The committee will reach a decision Monday.

Katie CaronCampus Reporter

During the Student Voter Coalition Kick-off, ASM Rep. Sam Polstein (left) asked other students if they felt outreach to student voters on campus was effective.

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UW voter registration coalition’s top priority

In light of new voting laws in Wisconsin, the Student Voter Coalition has taken on the task of registering students to vote, holding its first official kickoff meeting Thursday.

Co-founded by Associated Students of Madison Rep. Sam Polstein, Rep. Colin Higgins and Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Hannah Somers, the organization is dedicated to registering and motivating University of Wisconsin students to vote.

According to Polstein, the organization’s mission is to get students to the polls on election day by registering as many voters as possible and educating students on Wisconsin voter registration laws.

Polstein said this is especially important given the new voter ID laws, which require photo identifi cation at the polls.

UW will be issuing students without a valid form of identification a free supplemental ID card for voting purposes following a decision made last week, Polstein said.

“Students want to be registered and want to vote,” Polstein said.

Polstein added he anticipates voter registration will increase drastically next semester in light of the new free voter ID cards.

The Wiscard office in Union South will issue the cards starting Jan. 23, the first day of classes for the spring semester, Polstein said.

Somers said the Student Voter Coalition was a natural fi t for her.

“[It’s important] to make

sure students know about the changes in the voter ID laws and that things are different than before,” she said.

Over the course of this week, organization members and volunteers have been holding tables at Gordon Commons, Union South and Memorial Union, Somers said.

Students can register to vote and speak with volunteer Coalition representatives about voter ID laws, UW’s new free voter ID card and the organization at these tables.

The Student Voter Coalition has registered over 140 voters already, Polstein said.

“The 2008 Vote Coalition registered 1,000 voters, so I’d like to beat that,” Somers said.

Additionally, the organization is working on a number of initiatives to get people registered and ensure this goal is met, Somers said.

She added the

coalition is currently in the process of entering into a formal agreement with Rock the Vote, a national organization interested in the infl uence of youth in political and social change. It is also working on possible collaboration with other campus organizations, hosting musical events and deputizing more students, she said.

Polstein said what sets the organization apart from other campus organizations interested in promoting voter registration is its non-partisanship.

“We want to be where people can go regardless of their partisan affi liation,” Polstein said.

Students interested in registering or getting involved with the Student Voter Coalition are encouraged to attend the organization’s weekly meeting held at 5 p.m. in the ASM offi ce.

Students can also check out the organization’s Twitter and Facebook pages.

The coalition will be offering information from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. today in the Memorial Union outside of the Rathskeller.

Tahleel MohieldinNews Reporter

on the committee, the decision said, as court processes are meant to provide a means to safeguard groups wronged by viewpoint neutrality or procedural violations.

The decision comes on the heels of a battle surrounding both SSFC and MCSC that began earlier this semester when a waiver form was introduced for student organizations intending

to apply for a budget exceeding $250,000.

After turning in the form late due to confusion over the deadline, MCSC had to lower their original $1.27 million budget to $250,000.

MCSC appealed the waiver form to SJ in a prior case this semester, where SJ ruled the waiver invalid due to its timeline — but also upheld MCSC’s ineligibility for a budget above $250,000 since the form was submitted late.

Funding eligibility

for the group was later denied in a meeting where committee members deliberated over whether enough time was spent on direct services as to fulfill criteria and whether these services were comparable to others found around campus.

One MCSC leader declined to comment. Two other leaders did not respond to emails from The Badger Herald.

--Campus Reporter Katie Caron contributed to this report.

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City reviews Union renovation

Members of a city business group scrutinized a proposed design for remodeling the Memorial Union, a controversial plan that could alter the famed campus landmark and increase student accessibility.

Members of the Madison Central Business Improvement District met Thursday and received an update on the project.

Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union, gave a presentation on the Lakefront Gateway

projects, which he said aim to improve lakefront access for all, unify the lakefront with the Union Terrace and renovate the Memorial Union.

Guthier said the renovation project includes joining the Union and the alumni building by replacing the parking lot with an alumni park, which could provide spaces for holding large-scale events such as summer festivals.

Another proposed feature of the Memorial Union will be adding a lounge north of the theater.

Guthier said he had heard concerns over whether the new additional structure would block the view of the sunset from the Terrace, but added the new design would not affect the view in a signifi cant way.

He added the entrance on

the west side of the building will be modified in a way that visitors do not have to go up the stairs to reach the box offi ce.

At present, the theater balcony is inaccessible to students and faculty, as it is locked except when being used for private events.

“We also want to keep a balance with the model with handicap accessible parking,” Guthier said.

Guthier said phase one of the project is already funded.

“The phase one of the project will be covered by student fees, which are already built in in their tuition currently,” he said.

He added the following phases will be covered by fundraising.

BID member Maria Milsted called the proposal “a beautiful plan.”

The project has already

been approved by the Joint Southeast Campus Area Committee and was referred to the BID for an informational presentation.

Next Tuesday members of the university’s Union Council will meet and hear an update on the project at the campus level.

Proposed plans for Union renovation have been controversial on campus for months.

In late October, the Associated Students of Madison found that a majority of voters in the fall election were opposed to a proposal to add a glass extension to the existing theater at Memorial Union.

Students expressed concerns that the renovations compromised the architectural integrity of the original Union architecture.

concealed carry permits would prefer to open carry.”

Mikalsen said Rep. Nass is not totally supportive of the governor’s decision and feels it is a rollback of open carry rights.

Jeff Nass, a spokesperson for WI-Force, an NRA-chartered association, said there is no great extent of new safety concerns now that weapons are not allowed in state buildings. He said having open carry in state buildings is really a matter of people knowing who is carrying a weapon.

“Knowing who has a firearm is a benefit to criminals and citizens. Concealed carry is defense oriented,” Jeff Nass said.

He also said WI-Force is very much in favor of the rights of citizens in Wisconsin, including business, to not allow

weapons on their premises.

He added things will get more comfortable for Wisconsin as people get used to citizens carrying, just as they are in 48 other states.

“We’ve had a good month and a half of citizens legally carrying in the state, and as we predicted, there isn’t a problem,” Jeff Nass said.

Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, D-Madison, said she believes the governor’s decision may have stemmed from an acknowledgement that people don’t feel safer with guns in their state buildings.

Roys said despite the weapons laws in the Capitol, the thousands of people who go there to peacefully petition is a testament to the people of Wisconsin making their voices heard without violence.

She also said that the real focus in the Capitol should be on job creation.

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feet.This latest cut is one

of many intended to streamline Wisconsin’s spending and rebuild the sinking state economy.

In a speech earlier this year, Gov. Scott

Walker said he would make a $4.2 billion, or 6.7 percent, cut to statewide spending. That sum, he said, was necessary to counter the state’s existing $3.6 billion defi cit.

Part of this, he said, involves making cuts to state-funded programs.

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Controversial UW building project up for review from Madison offi cials

Andrea ChoiNews Reporter

attorneys are not paid until cases are filed, Hintz said, and this case did not get filed until Oct. 24. He said the Assembly is being true to its methods, and the delay is nothing new in the government.

In regards to Jambois being the only attorney not paid, Hintz mentioned that other attorneys are being compensated through different offices and different procedures. He said one cannot ignore the established methods of different offi ces involved.

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It’s worth itHerald Editorial

Pop quiz: What group or department comes to mind when someone asks you about sexual assault education and prevention on campus?

You likely answered Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment. Or maybe Sex Out Loud. But there is one answer you did not give — a university-funded administrative department dedicated to ending sexual assault on campus. That is because we are the only school in the Big Ten that does not have one.

Wisconsin and federal law require public institutions to fund and present interactive information on sexual assault prevention and support to all new students. Unfortunately, the university’s sexual assault education programs are both woefully underfunded and inadequate. This gives the impression that the University of Wisconsin is more interested in simply complying with the law than protecting their students.

This year’s only mandatory sexual assault education occurred during Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration when a Madison Police Department offi cer lectured

incoming freshmen and transfer students for 10 minutes. With the changes and cuts to SOAR next year, this event will now occur during Welcome Week, when no one feels required to go to anything resembling a lecture.

This year’s interactive portion of sexual assault education may have been more informative, but was far from mandatory. An ill-advertised online program showed students corny movie clips and asked them to take quizzes on what they had learned. Forty percent of students started the program, and only 13 percent fi nished it — most of them citing the fact that it is an hour and a half long.

The online program has also been cut, and the university has asked Ending Violence on Campus, the only university-funded division related to sexual assault, to create a replacement — without a program budget.

There are obvious steps the university must take to fi x this staggering oversight.

First, the university must create an administrative department to focus on education and prevention. This department will be critical in the next step,

which is creating some form of mandatory education for all UW students. This issue is simply too important to be left to dedicated student groups like PAVE, who could lose their funding any academic year.

If the online program is the only successful portion of UW’s sexual assault education, this department should be in charge of expanding it and seeing all UW students take it. After all, if you can have a hold on your transcripts for not returning a library book, surely UW administration can hold enrollment for students who have skipped their education on an essential, legally-required portion of campus life.

With the state of Wisconsin now cutting 42.5 percent of their funds set aside for the Sexual Assault Victim Services program, it is even more important that educational institutions like UW do everything they can to offer prevention education and support for their students. Creating and programming a new department may be expensive, but considering a quarter of women on college campuses become the victims of sexual assault during their schooling, it is worth it.

Expand, not cut MMSD program

The Madison Metropolitan School District has a dual-language immersion program which allows parents to opt in or out on their children’s behalf. According to the MMSD website, Leopold, Midvale, Sandburg, Chavez and Glendale elementary schools, as well as Sennett Middle School and Nuestro Mundo (a K-5 charter school), all offer dual-language immersion programs at some level.

According to MMSD, the goals of the program are to promote bilingualism (both verbal and literary) and to foster the development of cross-cultural understanding between students. These are undoubtedly noble goals, but statistics show that the program may be undermining the very cross-cultural understanding it hopes to promote.

Evidence shows that students in the program are much more likely to come from white or Hispanic, middle and upper-class families, and are less likely to have special education or behavioral needs. The district may consider cutting or reducing the program to assuage the concerns over inequality, yet despite these concerns, the dual-language immersion program is a positive thing for MMSD, and should not be discontinued only a few years after its debut.

The Directory of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Programs in the U.S. lists only about 400 dual-language immersion programs in the United States. As the United States continues to become more bilingual, this number will certainly increase.

Being able to speak both Spanish and English will be a major advantage in the workplace, and maybe even a prerequisite for employment in some parts of the country. MMSD states that it expects that students who begin the program in their early years will be profi cient in both English and Spanish by fi fth grade, bequeathing to them benefi ts for the rest of their lives.

In addition to potential fi nancial benefi ts, growing up bilingual can completely change a young person’s worldview. Foreign languages, in some sense, open us up to a new world. They certainly open us up to a new culture, and they help promote the idea that our differences should not just be accepted as necessary, they should be celebrated. Our differences are what make life interesting and worthwhile. Learning a foreign language at once enables us to understand and appreciate cultural differences, as well as to communicate with others and fi nd commonality.

All of this sounds wonderful, especially in a city like Madison, which has a large Hispanic population and prides itself on being tolerant of others and embracing all cultures. Where the problem begins is that this program, like so many others, seems to be

benefi ting the most those who need the help the least.

Students from higher-income families are already given myriad advantages their peers from less-advantaged families are not given. Furthermore, in many parts of the United States, white students are just not going to face the same obstacles their peers of other races will.

This raises the question: Is it OK for MMSD to run a program that benefi ts the most privileged students even more?

This clearly seems to be wrong. Some may argue

the program is justifi ed because parents are allowed to opt into the program. It’s voluntary, so if parents choose not to place their children into the program, that’s their fault. I would say that’s exactly right, if by “their fault” you mean the fault of the parents. It’s not the fault of the students, and at roughly fi ve years of age, they are clearly too young to be making these decisions for themselves.

Given the disparities between the students in the program and those not, the dual-language immersion program cannot be justifi ed by the fact that parents have the power to volunteer their child alone.

There are many, many parents who, consciously or otherwise, make poor decisions with regard to how to raise their children. Unfortunately, society cannot save children from every poor decision made by their parents, but with respect to education, we can do better than we are doing.

What ultimately justifi es the dual-language immersion program is its long-term benefi t to the district’s students. The program is young; it only began in 2004. It needs to be given time to expand and fl ourish, and eventually, if it is as benefi cial to its students as it can be, it will become mainstream and maybe even mandatory.

Moreover, the benefi ts of the program are not solely material. It is unfortunate that those students whose parents elect not to place them in it are missing out on these benefi ts, but the advantages of growing up bilingual go far beyond simply something one can put on a resume.

The program allows students to become better-rounded and facilitates expression of their individualism. These benefi ts do not put other students at any material disadvantage. Ultimately, the dual-language immersion program is good for MMSD, and rather than being cut, it should be continued and expanded.

Ryan Plesh (rplesh@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in philosophy and physics.

Ousted OU chancellor good for UW

If the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is willing to make necessary changes to its relationship with System leaders, the perfect candidate for UW’s next chancellor just became available.

Richard Lariviere’s story is a familiar one. As the president of the University of Oregon, a majority of his term has been swallowed by battles against deep cuts in state funding. Frustrated with the current constraints of working with the Legislature and state university system, he turned to alternate strategies to buoy UO’s chances for success.

As a result, his third year as president will be his last. The Oregon State Board of Education voted Monday to prematurely sever his contract, after what they considered to be the fi nal act of defi ance by Lariviere. At a special UO Senate meeting Wednesday, UO System Chancellor George Pernsteiner painted Lariviere as a

“passionate and brilliant leader,” but “a leader only for the University of Oregon,” according to Oregon’s Register-Guard. Board of Higher Education member Lynda Ciuffetti labeled him as a subordinate unwilling to cooperate.

It is easy to see why the board is unhappy with Lariviere. Even after he was told to stop, he continued to push a proposal to run UO under a separate governing board and fund operations via an

endowment created with state bond money and donations. When the governor and board told him to hold off on pay increases, he found a way to do so without using state money, which they took as an affront to their authority.

The superior-subordinate relationship has a place, but it is not the right dynamic for a state board and university leader. Tension arose in the cases of UO and UW

because the state boards refused to give university leaders’ ideas the weight they deserved. Lariviere may have become somewhat of a rogue administrator this past year, but he was forced into this role by a state higher education board unwilling to relinquish its own power to accomplish the greater good. His ideas had serious merit, but the state board was too busy focusing on itself to see that.

UW needs someone like Lariviere as its next chancellor. For this to happen, the Board of Regents must fi rst realign their relationship with System chancellors. Lariviere’s clashes with the state revealed the same problem that cropped up during former Chancellor Biddy Martin’s tenure: State university system governing boards tend to label overall system success as the only goal, instead of recognizing that freedom at the level of an individual school can lead to experimentation that benefi ts all.

The Board of Regents should jump at the chance to utilize Lariviere’s penchant for strengthening a university budget in a time of austerity. It certainly recognized the merits of Martin’s request for more

independence from the state when it proposed, and received, similar autonomies for all System schools.

If relations between Martin and the Board of Regents had progressed in the same way, I have no doubt the regents would have terminated Martin’s chancellorship. But as cuts in funding continue to roll in, I hope they recognize that would have been wrong. Lariviere represents a second chance at bringing innovation to the highest level at UW. Doing so will allow UW to seek its own successes that can then spread to the rest of the System.

The night the board fi red Lariviere, they went against a petition with 6,300 signatures supporting the renewal of his contract, according to The New York Times. Students, faculty and the University Senate president spoke highly of him and adamantly opposed the state’s reasons for letting him go. With the right support, Lariviere would be an unstoppable advocate for UW and, potentially, the System. And unlike Martin, he never stopped fi ghting.

Signe Brewster (sbrewster@badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in life science communication.

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When Finished, Consume Paper

Traditionally, role-playing games are of Japanese origin. In fact, up until recently, almost all quality RPGs were from the Land of the Rising Sun. In the past 10 years, however, one American developer has been edging closer and closer to perfection with its ongoing RPG saga “The Elder Scrolls.”

That developer is Bethesda Softworks. And, with the release of “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” it has come as close to RPG perfection as any American developer has before.

The “Elder Scrolls” universe was born way back in 1994. However, until the third installment of the series, “Morrowind,” the series gained only critical acclaim — not mainstream popularity. That all changed with “Morrowind,” and the commercial success ramped up with the next installment, 2006’s “Oblivion,” which was the fi rst to be simultaneously released on Xbox 360 and PC.

Fast-forward fi ve years: “The Elder Scrolls” has grown to a multi-platform, worldwide phenomenon.

The plot of “Skyrim” begins 200 years after the conclusion of the events of Oblivion. So, like all the games in the “Elder Scrolls” series, it is not a direct sequel but more of a spiritual successor. The story is set in the fi ctional province of Skyrim.

Gameplay will be old hat to anyone who’s played any entry in the “Elder Scrolls” series. For those new to the experience, the player starts out selecting between nine different races of characters.

Once the player is turned loose upon the province of Skyrim, they may wander anywhere and do anything.

Along the way, the player will encounter enemies such as bandits, wild animals, mythical creatures and more. When these adversarial encounters

arise, the player may fi ght

back with any combination of magic, medieval melee weaponry or archery.

Unfortunately, while an improvement on the past games, the combat in “Skyrim” is little more than a hack-and-slash affair. Certainly, it is more complex than “Golden Axe” of the ancient arcade days. But, in most cases, little strategy needs to be applied to win a battle. The sheer freedom of options between weapons, magic and even the shallow tactical approaches alleviates this problem somewhat, however.

As with any RPG, performing actions — archery, lockpicking, sneaking, etc. — repeatedly level up the skills that govern these actions. Eventually, the player’s overall level increases. This is where the new “perks” come into play.

Those who have played Bethesda’s “Fallout 3” or “Fallout: New Vegas” will understand perks from the get-go. But, put simply, perks allow you to pick an ability or an increase in stats toward making your character stronger.

Most players choose to play from a fi rst-person perspective. However, in a fi rst for the series, it is possible to play in third-person and not feel ridiculous at how the animations look.

The real beauty of “Skyrim” is not in the combat, the quests or the interactions — with approximately 1,000 non-player characters. The beauty of “Skryim” lies in how all of this fi ts together, in combination with the amazing world of Skyrim itself.

Bethesda has built an incredible, gorgeous 16 square miles of territory ripe for exploration. Although this is the same

size as Oblivion,

the world is infi nitely more diverse, and, as a result, beautiful.

Never before in a game could one spend time traipsing through the forest without any particular goal in mind than to admire the scenery. The real world has a run for its money in Skyrim.

This all sounds amazing, but it may leave those on the fence wondering: What can I do in Skyrim? An easier question to answer would be: What can’t I do? The game affords you the opportunity to be a member of an elite assassination guild, the chance to be part of a thieving ring, the challenge of choosing a side in the Skyrim civil war and leading it to victory, the “prospect” of drinking entirely too much and having to search for your possessions à la “The Hangover;” the list goes on and on.

“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” is not perfect, however. There are bugs here and there, though Bethesda is usually quick about fi xing them. As always, when playing a Bethesda-made game it is important to save often, especially since the game allows you to save anywhere at any time. Some animations are a bit awkward, some textures could use work and the voice acting is spotty at times.

These fl aws, however bothersome they may be, are not game-breaking, and the sheer brilliance value of Skyrim makes the fl aws negligible.

In its fi rst week of release alone, more than seven million people entered into the mythical realm known as Skyrim. Anyone left out should now be convinced if there is one game to buy this holiday season, it is” Skyrim.”

While there are fl aws, they are few and unimportant enough to be hardly worthy of mention. Skyrim’s creators promise it offers 300+ hours of gameplay; if one does the math, that is one dollar for every fi ve hours of beautiful, fun, immersive and addicting gameplay. A better deal would be hard to come by.

Regen McCracken is a junior intending to major in journalism. Questions, comments and Skyrim intervention help (or addiction awareness) can be directed to rmccracken@wisc.edu.

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Cast promises more ‘beautiful’ than ‘beastly’ musical

Enjoy a “Tale As Old As Time” as “Beauty and the Beast” comes to the Overture Center next week. This Broadway musical, which has been touring since January 2010, will perform eight shows during its fi ve-day run.

The same creative team that worked on the original “Beauty and the Beast” Broadway production in 1994 originally directed the tour playing in Madison.

This touring cast has also worked with the original Broadway director, choreographer, costume designer, set designer, musical arranger and musical supervisor.

Although the tour started last year, most of the cast members joined the show within the last few months and very few of the originals remain. According to Michael Haller, who plays Lumiere in the show, the addition of new actors to the cast has enlivened the performance and boosted excitement and energy levels.

“It’s flown by — absolutely,” he said. “It’s been such a blast. The great news is that it never gets old. It’s an absolute joy to do every night.”

Haller joined the cast in March of this year and has already had over 200 performances. He said playing the part of Lumiere is an exciting opportunity.

“I grew up watching the movie, of course, and I feel like all the little girls wanted to be Belle and all the little boys wanted to be Lumiere. So, it’s really kind of unreal to be able to play this part that I loved so much as a kid.”

Old favorites from the movie, such as songs “Be Our Guest” and “Beauty in the Beast,” will make an appearance. But the stage version, which is roughly two hours long — 45 minutes longer than the film — also includes songs like “Human Again,” “If I Can’t Love Her” and

“Home.”“‘Human Again’ is a

big Act II number,” Haller said. “[The song] originally was supposed to be in the film, even up until the first release. … If you get the DVD you can actually see they completely animated this number and everything. They were ready to put it in the movie, but at the last second they pulled it out.”

Haller explained how the live factor of the production gives some integrity to the show.

“The fact that Belle can get up there and sing those songs night after night is just an amazing thing, and it’s really fabulous,” he said.

Audiences should be reassured the musical

won’t be completely different from the movie, Haller said. By dint of discussing his own character, Lumiere, he said the beloved Disney characters’ attributes are still present in the live musical production.

“[His] qualities are inherent in the script, so all I have to do is do my job and be that character,” he said. “Lumiere is the funny, sexy, suave guy that kind of talks a little too much and is a little conscious of appearances. All these things that are exactly what we remember from the original movie, and they translate well onto the stage.”

Although many people saw Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” film in younger

days, the musical is meant for all ages. Haller said he encourages everyone to come view the show in order to accept the onstage characters’ invitation of: “Be Our Guest.”

“Parents will love it because there’s some humor that’s geared toward them, that completely goes over the kids’ heads, but the kids absolutely eat it up as well,” Haller said. “It really is a show for everybody.”

“Beauty and the Beast” will run in Madison Dec. 6-11. Tickets cost between $40 and $80 and can be bought online at www.overturecenter.com, over the phone at (608) 258-4141, or in person at the Overture Center on State Street.

Madison-bound show utilizes Broadway’s pro creative team, director for its nationwide tourAmanda O’ConnorsArtsEtc. Reporter

Fifth game in ‘Elder Scrolls’ series boasts impressive fantasy plot, brilliant visualsRegen McCrackenHerald Arcade Columnist

Yeah, yeah: I know how horrorshow (cool) it is to watch a movie or read a story with dark themes and pessimism presented in a cheerful manner. I’m a big fan of dark comedies — or anything dark in general — as are many others my age. As young people begin to grow older, more independent and educated by life’s experiences, some pessimism can leak in, making these all the more satisfying.

So I understand how the movie adaptation of “A Clockwork Orange” naturally appeals to many people, with its omission of the novel’s fi nal chapter. Alex, the anti-hero, has his wickedness “cured” by the government, literally restricting him from doing or thinking anything wrong. But he reverts, and to make a long story short, the movie ends with a stirring image of Alex having sex with a woman in front of an applauding crowd — as Beethoven lends splendid background tunes. “I was cured all right,” he says in the narration, and you can just picture his sneer unraveling as he says it.

It is vintage Stanley Kubrick, a champion of the darker genres. With his adaptation of the tale, he paints a giant, foul grin of an ending — while, in the book, author Anthony Burgess culminates with a happily-ever-after close instead.

Burgess’ fi nal chapter contains a richer message than the omitted version seen on screen. In his ending, the government returns Alex’s free will, but — rather than return to his old life as a sadist — Alex recognizes his faults and opts for a virtuous life. In this way, the novel’s message is given an extra kick.

The fi lm’s standout message is that an individual is better off free and immoral than determined to be good by a higher power. However, the novel works as a musing on what it means to be good while keeping present themes of free will.

At one point in the novel, Alex is coerced into being good temporarily. But later, after regaining total freedom, he chooses this lifestyle for good. This explicitly makes clear Burgess’ view that it is only worth being good if one is good voluntarily. This is a universal thought even Plato toiled over with God as the backdrop.

Remove the redemptive chapter and the story’s refl ections on free will vs. morality become lost in a glorifi ed image of the macabre. It’s a drastic, even unexpected, turn for a novel that thrives for so long on a darker tone, but it is, at heart, a coming-of-age tale anyway.

Alex is merely a teenager in the story; he has plenty maturing to do, and the extent of his evil is necessary for Burgess to get his message across effectively. The ending he chose, which Kubrick decided to omit, deserves no appypolly loggy.

A Clockwork Orange is one of the most depraved pieces of fi ction created in our modern world. Our humble narrator Alex DeLarge spends a majority of his time onscreen beating or molesting innocents for the fun of the old ultraviolence — and even when he’s not, he’s usually talking about how he wants to.

That’s the charm of the world Anthony Burgess created in text, and Stanley Kubrick brought it to life on screen. So when our dear Alex redeems himself at the end of the book, he takes a jarring step far outside his natural self.

Alex spends his days lying to his parents and fucking women and his nights committing drugged-up acts of brutal violence for fun, all set to the music of Beethoven. Then his lovely droogs (friends) betray him, landing him in jail where he pretends to redeem himself.

Then he is subjected to the Ludovico Technique — a method of curing violence. It forces people to watch extremely depraved scenes of rape and murder, while giving them drugs to make them feel sick, thereby associating violence with sickness. During this process, the doctors also force him to listen to Beethoven’s music, the one pure thing he ever loved.

After the treatment, Alex can no longer hit a man, perform the old in-out-in-out with a woman or even listen to his favorite symphony without feeling violently sick. But let’s be clear on this: His fi rst instinct is to revert to his old ways. He is forced to stop by physical illness, but this in no way makes him want to be good.

After all this, should Alex be good, something he has never expressed legitimate desire to be? When doing good has only ever brought him despair, pain and loneliness? Or will he go back to the life he loved — a world of ultraviolence and drugged-up milk purchased from the nipple of a statue?

Both the book and the movie serve as brilliant analyses of free will and the dichotomy of good and evil within human nature. But what the fi nal chapter ignores is that some people are simply evil to their cores. And Alex, either by nature or as a result of the world he knows, is one of those people. For me, the snarky end of the fi lm vastly trumps any joy I feel from the impossible redemption presented in the book.

Is an involuntary good really good? Burgess’ point — that it is not — is not lost in the fi lm. But Kubrick’s creation makes the point without tacking on an ending that feels cheap and whitewashed.

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Queer as the final chapter?Guest columnist Hughes asks: ‘Orange you glad Burgess included the fi nal chapter in his coming-of-age novel?’

Round up some droogs, scramble a few eggywegs, enjoy Stanley Kubrick’s classic macabre fi lm as-is

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Two minutes later, wide receiver Keshawn Martin took a double-reverse 35-yards for a touchdown that brought MSU to within 14-9. After a 35-yard pass from Cousins to wide receiver B.J. Cunningham on a 4th-and-2 at the 1:20 mark, Michigan State’s special teams unit blocked Wisconsin’s Brad Nortman’s punt and recovered it in the endzone for a touchdown with 37 seconds left in the first half. That gave MSU its 23-14 halftime lead and began what would become a season-long struggle on special teams for UW.

“The reverse they scored on, the fourth-down pass they scored on and the blocked punt all stand out to me,” Borland said. “I think a lot’s made of that Hail Mary, but if we didn’t make those

mistakes, it’s a different game. Give credit to them, they capitalized.”

Wisconsin also struggled mightily on third downs, allowing Michigan State several chances to keep its offense on the field and wear down the Badgers’ defense. The Spartans held the ball for only three minutes longer than the Badgers, but MSU converted eight of its 16 third downs (UW was 4-for-9), a mark that was heavily aided by the six penalties committed by Wisconsin that resulted in 40 yards.

“First off, you’ve got to give credit to them,” defensive end Brendan Kelly said. “They’re one of the best third-down conversion teams in the league right now. Secondly … as far as D-linemen go, we personally have to do a better job of getting to the quarterback. We had

four sacks that game, but we’ve got to one-up that to win. If four’s not good enough, we need five. If five’s not good enough, we need to get six.”

So despite dropping two of their first four Big Ten games, reaching the conference championship brings the Badgers to within one game of returning to the Rose Bowl, where they lost to Texas Christian 21-19 last year.

First, though, they’ll have to conquer the Spartans. In the 10 games the two teams have played since 2000, each has won five games. On neutral territory at Lucas Oil Stadium, it seems only fi tting that tie will be broken.

“They’ll be ready for us, and we’ll be ready for them,” Borland said. “It’s not going to be tricks and gadgets this game, it’s going to be bone-on-bone, Big Ten football.”

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Big Ten thrives with newfound parity in 2011

The Big Ten could not have asked for a better season under its new format with multiple upsets, primetime games and a budding rivalry between two revenge-minded teams who are set up for the rematch of the year.

But before either Michigan State or Wisconsin even clinched their respective divisions, an unprecedented sense of parity in the conference throughout the course of the season became apparent. And it’s a good thing.

Only two teams in the conference fi nished below .500. Michigan State,

Michigan and Wisconsin all fi nished with a 10-2 record. Nebraska and Penn State fi nished at 9-3, while Iowa was the lone 7-5. Indiana and Minnesota rounded out the bottom-feeders at 1-11 and 3-9, respectively, while everyone else (Northwestern, Purdue, Ohio State and Illinois) fi nished at 6-6.

At some point this season, every team beat at least one other conference team, with the exception of Indiana.

Before the season started, two things seemed clear: Wisconsin and Nebraska were going to control the battle for the conference title, and Minnesota was going to be the sad, forgotten, red-headed step-child of the Big Ten.

But once the season was underway, it was clear Nebraska was not quite the hard-hitting, dominating team everyone expected,

Wisconsin had special teams issues and was easily foiled twice by a Hail Mary pass, and Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill could do more with a riff-raff team than anyone thought possible.

No one expected the Big Ten race to be as close

as it was and still is.While Michigan State

was still expected to be one of the conference’s best and few but The Badger Herald’s own sports editor Mike

Fiammetta expected the Spartans to win the Legends Division. Even I had my doubts.

Questions surrounded the Badgers’ offense as to whether transfer quarterback Russell Wilson knew the playbook well enough, but before long, much of the nation was touting Wisconsin as a potential national championship team.

Analysts expected Nebraska to seamlessly transfer into its new conference and instantly dominate. Before anyone knew it, the Big Ten race was frighteningly closer than anyone imagined.

After toppling the Badgers, the Spartans could not recreate their offensive magic after devastating Wisconsin as they fell to Nebraska the following week. Wisconsin allowed blocked punts in back-to-back games, leading to their demise twice over.

After opening conference play at Camp Randall Stadium, Nebraska gave up a huge upset at home to Northwestern.

And while the expected frontrunners struggled, the middle-of-the-road squads came up with key wins to keep things interesting.

Lowly Purdue took care of business at home and outplayed Ohio State in overtime for a 26-23 win.

Michigan surprised everyone, handing Nebraska and Ohio State a loss each.

Defensive-minded Penn State outplayed Ohio State in the Horseshoe and even had a chance at a birth into the conference title game.

But all of this is a good thing.

Having two or three teams control a conference doesn’t bode well for the entertainment value of games. Sure, it’s fun to see your team win week in and week

out, but constantly winning against a lack of competition does not say much for a team.

This new level of competition — or rising level — that developed this season only indicates a stronger Big Ten conference next year.

While individual teams are currently not all that strong, if they keep trying to work up to the level of the leading squads, forcing those upsets, the conference overall will get more competitive.

The Big Ten has already started to move in that direction this year with the amount of upsets and progress that took place. Now more teams need to be more formidable than simply resting at .500.

Kelly is a junior majoring in journalism. Were you surprised by this year’s Big Ten conference play? Let her know at kerickson@badgerherald.com or tweet her @kellymerickson.

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Having two or three teams control a conference doesn’t bode well for the entertainment value of games. Constantly winning against a lack of competition does not say much for a team.

Back in October, Wisconsin and Michigan State combined for 842 yards of total offense and 68 points. The Spartans’ big-play ability ultimately doomed the Badgers in that fi rst contest, though UW has proven its explosiveness all season long. Here’s how the two offenses compare:

One more chance

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011SPORTS

C H A M P I O N S H I P

For the past month, all the Wisconsin Badgers asked for was another chance. Saturday night in Indianapolis, they’ll get it.

In the Big Ten’s inaugural conference championship game, the No. 15 Badgers (10-2, 6-2) will get a rematch against No. 13 Michigan State (10-2, 7-1) at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts.

After its 45-7 win over Penn State last Saturday, Wisconsin wrapped up the Big Ten Leaders Division. Michigan State had clinched the Legends Division a week earlier after routing Indiana 55-3, and followed that up with a 31-17 win over Northwestern.

But the principal theme of Saturday night’s rematch will be the Badgers’

quest for redemption after losing one of the most exciting games of the entire college football season Oct. 22 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. The Badgers trailed 31-17 entering the fourth quarter but managed to build a furious comeback, tying the game with 1:26 remaining after an eight-play, 87-yard drive.

That was ultimately enough time for Michigan State’s offense, as quarterback Kirk Cousins led the Spartans down the field after a short kickoff, and with four seconds remaining, chucked a 44-yard Hail Mary to Wisconsin’s goal line. The pass was defl ected in the endzone back toward the one-yard line, where MSU wide receiver Keith Nichol caught it and fought his way back over the plane. Nichol was initially ruled down at the one-yard line, but an officials review determined he had indeed scored as time expired.

The loss ruined Wisconsin’s perfect season, and after another last-minute loss the next week at Ohio State, its national title hopes were shot. Since those two losses, though, the Badgers have trounced their four opponents by a combined score of 177-54 and put themselves in position to gain vindication Saturday night.

“I think about it every day, probably,” middle linebacker Chris Borland said of the MSU loss. “I think about the Ohio State loss every day, too. Those things stick with me. It’s a motivator for our preparation, and we don’t want to go through that again.”

Michigan State also lost the week after the Wisconsin game, falling on the road to Nebraska 24-3. Since then, the Spartans have won their last four games.

Both teams, naturally, will bring slightly different teams to Indianapolis this weekend. The Badgers will likely go up to kickoff without knowing if starting center Peter Konz will play

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ack in October, Wisconsin and Michigan State combined or 842 yards of total offense and 68 points. The partans’ big-play ability ultimately doomed he Badgers in that fi rst contest, though W has proven its explosiveness all

eason long. Here’s how the wo offenses compare:

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as he continues to recover from a dislocated ankle suffered Nov. 12 at Minnesota. Konz hasn’t played since, and Travis Frederick, who slid over to center from left guard in the second half of the Nov. 19 game at Illinois, will do the same if Konz is unable to play.

“I could play right now, and it would just be discomfort,” Konz said. “But I want to be 100 percent. Every day, I’m hoping it loosens up a little bit.”

Although the final Hail Mary ultimately was the game’s defining moment, the Badgers suffered several other miscues that erased their early lead and dug a hole too deep to overcome in the second half. Beginning early in the second quarter, Wilson dropped back to pass inside Wisconsin’s own endzone, was pressured and threw the ball away. Intentional grounding was called, however, giving Michigan State a safety.

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