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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
By Tyler NickersonThe Daily CarDinal
In an election being watched by the world, Wisconsin has become one of a handful of decisive political battlegrounds experts say could decide the election.
Wisconsin has proven a politically com-plex place. The state has not voted Republican in a presidential election since Ronald Reagan in the mid 1980s and just four years ago in 2008, Obama won convincingly by 14 points.
But that is only half the story. A series of high profile events over the last few years have Republicans seeing an opportunity for victory in Wisconsin.
In 2010, Republicans, riding a wave of con-servatism that swept across the nation dur-ing midterm elections, took a U.S. Senate seat, the governorship and control of state govern-ment from Democrats. Then came the historic response to Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill that, in the end, saw Walker and Wisconsin’s Republicans make a defiant political statement by coming out of the recall efforts against them largely unscathed, if not encouraged.
Now, where once stood “Fighting Bob” Lafollette and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold are nationally prominent Republicans like Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus who call Wisconsin home.
In just two years, Wisconsin went from undeniably blue to notoriously purple.
It is within this context that Wisconsin has become one of a handful of battleground states that experts say will decide this election.
“For the last week or so, Wisconsin has been probably in the top five states in terms of attention we’ve been getting from the national campaigns,” said University of Wisconsin Political Science Professor Barry Burden.
In the week leading up to the election, all four candidates on the Democratic and Republican tickets made campaign stops
here, Obama twice. Monday, the day before the election, Obama made his second trip of the campaign to Madison, and was joined by Bruce Springsteen in front of 18,000 support-ers. Friday, Romney held a rally in Milwaukee in front of thousands.
Also, the presidential and vice presidential visits are underscored by a flurry of cam-paigning by top surrogates from each party, from former president Bill Clinton on behalf of Obama to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for Romney.
“It really is a prime target for both parties,”
Burden said.However, despite the emergence of
Wisconsin as a breeding ground for con-servative all-stars, as well as the millions of Republican dollars being spent trying to sway what few undecided voters there are left, polls have remained in Obama’s favor.
“Republicans still think they have a shot here, but it’s an uphill battle just because the Obama campaign has generally has been viewed as the leader,” Burden said, adding that only after Romney’s inspired-or Obama’s uninspired-performance in the first presiden-tial debate and the choice of Janesville-native Paul Ryan as the Vice Presidential candidate did the polls show Romney even with Obama.
Wisconsin’s role in the election, evidenced by the flurry of in-person campaigning and unrelenting political advertisements, may be viewed as a state that could play a deci-sive role in the election, but to most political observers, including Burden, Ohio is “the real prize.”
The 18 Electoral College votes up for grabs in Ohio make it ground zero for both cam-paigns, and Wisconsin plays a still significant secondary role.
“For the Obama campaign, if they lose Ohio, they are still counting on Wisconsin and Iowa being in their camp,” said Burden.
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Wisconsin plays prominent role in close presidential
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if you are already registered to vote...
if you need to register, here is what you will need...
1) a photo iD is nOT required to vote Wisconsin’s Voter iD law which requires a valid photo iD to vote will not be enforced in this election.
1) Photo iD a Wisconsin driver’s license or state-issued iD number or Social Security number2) Proof of residence a physical or electronic document which includes your complete name and your current Wisconsin address.
if you forget to bring proof of residence…1) another individual can no longer vouch for you, as was the case in previous elections.
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Today:rainyhi 43º / lo 36º
WEdnEsday:partly sunnyhi 45º / lo 32º
So I do this thing some-times where the tiniest sound or odd thought that
creeps into my consciousness suddenly sends my imagination off on tangents envisioning the most unfortunate things that could ever possibly happen to me or really anyone, ever. You might call me creative; more would probably say paranoid. Allow me to elaborate.
One rainy night last spring on my walk home from a late study session I careful-ly placed my headphones in both ears and prepared for the chilly trudge home in my rain boots. Please keep in mind for the purpose of this story that society tends to ingrain a certain (read: absurdly high) level of fear in females when it comes to walking alone at night. As I awkwardly made my trek while unsuccessfully attempting to bob my head to Little Dragon at the same time, I heard through the sounds of Swedish synths a noise of slapping footsteps moving in syncopated time with my own.
Being a somewhat cautious individual, I paused to look behind me and make sure all was
well. The footsteps also stopped.“Ok, just a weird coinci-
dence,” I thought to myself, trying to stay calm since I didn’t actually spot anyone behind me. I began walking again at a slightly quicker keel. So did the footsteps. My inner monologue unleashed itself in a flurry of fear while I kept my feet moving at a rapidly increasing pace.
What the hell are those foot-steps? They sound like some-one’s wearing shoes that are too big for them, almost like clown shoes… Oh my God, I’m being followed by some kind of clown serial killer. I’m going to be murdered.
At this point I made a break for it, running as best as I could in my clunky rain boots, heart ready to explode with adrenaline and fear, reaching for my pep-per spray in the side pocket of my backpack. The footsteps still rapidly slapped along behind me, flat feet hitting the pavement hard like the sound of firecrack-ers. I ripped out my headphones to better hear my assailant, ready now to defend myself to the death when suddenly I realized… the slapping was not footsteps at all, but rather the sounds of my oversize men’s rain boots hitting the back of my leg every time I took a step.
GODDAMNIT, JAIME. This time when I looked around it was to make sure no one else had wit-
nessed this tragically embarrass-ing scene. I hate those rain boots.
You might think I’m crazy, but hey now, being stalked by a clown really could happen if Madison suddenly had an influx of carnies due to difficulties in the economy and polls suddenly revealing Madisonians have a penchant for Ferris wheels and throwing baseballs at weighted-down milk bottles, but like, I’m not here to predict the future.
The point is, overstressing about things that have yet to (and also probably won’t ever) happen has become a part of my daily routine. In my mind, every game of Ultimate Frisbee turns into a blown ACL and me writh-ing around on the ground in pain. Each time I step on a tread-mill (which is rarely because running inside has got to be equivalent to doing a lap around one of Dante’s circles) I wait for the moment when one misstep sends me shooting off the rotat-ing belt into the wall behind me like some bad exercise accident montage on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”
Now that I think about it, it’s a miracle I ever leave the house. Though if I locked myself inside, it would prob-ably turn out that I had asbes-tos in my room and I would get a lung disease and then when I went to the hospital they would give me the wrong person’s admission brace-
let and think I was someone named Henrietta McClasken and put me under for a sur-gery I don’t need. This would be bad enough as it stands, but Henrietta also has a different blood type, which they give me, leading to my accidental death by wrongful transfusion on the operating table. Also, I’m in Rochester, Minn. when this happens because they air-lifted me to Mayo Clinic while I was out cold on anesthesia.
Yeah, you didn’t think that’s how I would have pre-dicted my death based on how that scenario started, did you? Welcome to my head, it’s a con-fusing and muddled place.
Do most of these situations ever actually happen to me? Of course not—I’m writing this column, not dead. But it never hurts to be prepared. If a pack of mutant Martians ever invades Madison on a blood-thirsty rampage due to the infusion of rain in the north-ern parts of Wisconsin with radioactive chemicals from that one meat plant on East Washington Avenue, you’ll know who has already pre-dicted it was coming and made a plan of action. I can tell you it involves celery.
Think that creepy clown that lives on your street might have killer impulses? Warn Jaime at [email protected] and give her many sleepless nights.
If you’ve been following my articles, which I can only assume if you’re a part of my family (hi mom!), then you
know that I have an insane (like historically insane) obsession with the Food Network. And the crown jewel of the network is “Chopped;” the holy mix of cooking, com-petition and crazy ingredients makes every foodie-fanboy weep. I decided that with my limited to no cooking expertise, I would apply to cook on the show and try to get on. Here is my application:
In a few sentences, please share your story: Tell us who you are and your current situation.
I was born in a log cabin in southeast-ern Indiana where I had no idea what the word “food” meant. When I was six I had my first bite of real food (candy corn), and it was an explosion of flavor unlike any other, so I started cooking. When I was 12 I decided to try my luck in the big city and become a professional chef in New York. Right? This is how these fluff pieces are supposed to go.
Why do you like to cook? Who do you cook for and how often?
I like to see how many different flavors of “burnt” I can make. I like to see how big of flames I can create. With these two defini-tions, I cook alllllllll the time.
If you are not a professional chef, list
any goals, past or present, regarding cooking professionally.
I want to cook for someone famous and see if they’ll be my first person not to die from food poisoning. I’m looking at you, Bono.
What inspired you to start cooking? Where did your interest in food begin?
Hunger mostly. I also was interested in food when I realized it would soon turn into waste, that’s pretty cool.
Describe your cooking style, ingredi-ents you love and any specialty dishes.
My cooking style is reminiscent of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. My spe-cialty dishes include EZ-Mac, Trader Joe’s shrimp stir-fry and scrambled eggs, extra scrambled.
What are you like in the kitchen when you are cooking?
I yell a lot. I cry if things don’t go my way (which they never do). And I’m pretty sure I’ll try to sabotage all of my competitors by tossing truffle oil into their dishes.
Discuss some of the results/rewards of your cooking, the ways your culinary work has touched others.
One time I performed CPR on a guy that was choking on a carrot I cooked for him, that was pretty touching.
How would your friends/family describe you?
An energetic dynamo that has the tenacity of someone that was raised by
wolves. Side note: does anyone know if the Badger Bus goes into the northern woods? I’m asking for a… friend.
Describe your greatest accom-plishment.
Being potty trained. Oh you mean cooking-wise? Um… being able to digest any of the food I’ve cooked.
What is something that we wouldn’t know about you by looking at you?
I steal souls of those that stare me directly in the eyes.
What would you do with the $10,000 “Chopped” winnings?
Buy 10,000 scratch-off lottery tickets. Wait, 9,999 scratch-off lottery tickets and use the other dollar to pay Ron Dayne to show up at my house for a music video I’m shooting.
In ONE sentence, tell us why the Food Network needs YOU on a spe-cial episode of Chopped.
I would be perfect for “Chopped;” I have a slipshod sense of smell, I cut myself frequently, I don’t look good in crocs, I think under-salting food is a good thing, I started a taco truck in Brooklyn with my fiancé who is a former investment banker but now she’s just a hipster, I know Aarón Sánchez hates spicy food, Amanda Frietag hates choco-late, and Geoffrey Zakarian loves when you make fun of his Hello Kitty bandag-es. I am your most perfect competitor.
I’m not going to be chosen… am I?Console Michael at [email protected].
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carnies, torn acls, asbestos, oh my!JaiMe Brackeenbracks on bracks on bracks
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Referendums cause UW students to vote absentee in Minn. By Aarushi AgniTheDailyCarDiNal
Despite the critical role of Madison voters in deciding which candidate wins Wisconsin’s elec-toral votes, many University of Wisconsin-Madison students who are also Minnesota residents have opted to vote absentee for their home state in Tuesday’s election.
Many students from Minnesota have chosen to use their vote to weigh in on the referendums on their state’s ballot, including the marriage amendment and Voter ID law.
If passed, the marriage amend-ment would change the state con-stitution to define marriage as an institution between a man and woman. The Voter ID law would require that all citizens present a valid photo ID in order to vote.
Mackie Prust, a UW-Madison sophomore who voted absentee for Minnesota, said although he felt his vote for the presidential election would count more in Wisconsin, he felt the need to voice his opposition toward the two amendments.
UW-Madison senior Marie Kumerow shared his sentiment. Kumerow said the phrasing of the marriage amendment is such that
its passage would negate future options for gay marriage.
“I know that my vote would have meant something for Wisconsin, too, based on the closeness of the current presidential election, but I thought this was a more impor-tant thing in the long term,” said Kumerow. “The referendum would be on the books forever.”
However, UW-Madison sophomore Megan Opperman said she did not feel conflicted about where she would vote. She said she felt loyal to her home in Minnesota and the referendums. She also said the passage of the Voter ID law would cut some youth and elderly out of the vot-ing demographic in Minnesota.
Hannah Goodno, a UW-Madison senior from Minnesota, who plans on voting in Madison tomorrow, said she still “felt torn.”
“I decided to vote in Wisconsin because it’s a swing state. I don’t know what would be worse for me–maybe [if the amendments passed] in Minnesota because it would have immediate implications for gay people there,” Goodno said. “But if Obama doesn’t win in Wisconsin, and Romney wins, then that affects gay rights across the country.”
Faculty Senate postpones vote on HR redesign planBy Tamar MyersTheDailyCarDiNal
The Faculty Senate voted Monday to postpone a decision on the controversial Human Resources redesign plan, citing concerns of insufficient details and a lack of communication.
Faculty Senator Sara Goldrick-Rab was among many professors who expressed frus-tration with what she sees as an incomplete draft of the plan. The Office of Human Resources has said it will make changes to the plan, but has yet to specify what those changes will be.
“We don’t know what this plan is right now,” Goldrick-Rab said. “It’s like a master’s thesis that’s still in progress.”
The Faculty Senate voted 104-55 to postpone voting on the plan until its December meeting with the hope that its details will
be clearer by then.The redesign plan would cre-
ate new criteria for processes such as hiring of employees, compensation, and shared gov-ernance, or the ability of faculty, staff and students to be formally involved in university processes.
Faculty Senator Chad Goldberg, who was the first to move for postponement, cited concerns that he said had not been sufficiently addressed, as well as worries that the plan might unintentionally harm hourly-paid classified employees.
“Our educational activities depend vitally on the contribu-tions, well-being and morale of all of the university’s employees,” Goldberg said. “None of us built this university on our own.”
Faculty Senator Pamela Oliver, who is also a member of the Letters and Science Staff
Climate Committee, said through her position on the climate com-mittee she has spoken with staff members and found that those who would be affected most by the proposal have received insuf-ficient information about it.
“There’s been, from the point of view of many staff, quite a low level of communication about just what’s going on,” Oliver said.
Other faculty senators who objected to postponing the plan expressed concern that the plan wouldn’t significantly change with a month-long extension and that putting off a decision could further harm staff members.
The Faculty Senate will vote on the plan Dec. 3. The plan will then pass to the Board of Regents for a vote Dec. 7 before continu-ing on to the State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Employment Relations for final review.
Obama rally security results in extra cost for city, boosts downtown businessBy Abby BeckerTheDailyCarDiNal
Although Monday’s rally for President Barack Obama was free to attend, the city of Madison will have to pick up the charges for much of the labor required to make the event possible.
While the Obama for America campaign will pay the city for some costs, such as street use permits, barricades and clean-up after the event, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the campaign does not pay for additional security.
Verveer said the greatest cost for an event such as a presiden-tial visit is the additional police presence required by the United States Secret Service.
“It is fully expected that the local police agency coop-erate if asked by the secret service,” Verveer said. “There
is no expectation whatsoever of reimbursement.”
In addition to Madison Police Department officers monitoring the event area on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and around Capitol Square, University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, Capitol Police, Fitchburg Police Department officers and Dane County Sheriff’s deputies were present at the rally.
Obama’s Oct. 4 rally on Bascom Hill caused over $100,000 in police enforce-ment costs and in 2010, addi-tional police enforcement for Obama’s visit to Library Mall cost the city $185,543.
To pay for these “extraor-dinary expenses,” the city utilizes its contingency and “rainy day” funds, which are additional funds set aside for unplanned expenses, accord-
ing to Verveer.Ald. Scott Resnick, District
8, said the presidential visit provided a “small economic boost” in the downtown area with many people from the rally spending money at restaurants and stores around the Capitol.
Downtown businesses such as Teddywedgers, 101 State St., and Starbucks, 1 E. Main St., reported an increase in sales because of the approximately 18,000 people in attendance at the rally.
“I just love it when he have special events down here like this,” Teddywedgers owner Raymond Johnson said. “It helps business quite a bit.”
Starbucks manager Scott Longley said although the store saw fewer of its regular custom-ers, the Monday rally increased business on one of its typically slower days.
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“So it provides a kind of safety net for them. The Romney cam-paign realized that if they lose Ohio, they’ve got to pick up other states, so they’ve begun to look at Wisconsin in a more serious way.”
But the presidential race is not the only Wisconsin election demanding national attention. The heated race between former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson and Democratic Madison congresswoman Tammy Baldwin for an open U.S. Senate seat could decide which party controls the Senate.
The race is by far the most expensive, and negative, sen-ate election in state history, with outside groups now having spent approximately $45 million.
Recent polls suggest a virtual
coin flip between the two candi-dates, but Burden said the presi-dential and senate elections are closely connected and whoever car-ries the state, Obama or Romney, will largely correlate with who wins the senate election.
In fact, Wisconsin has never voted for a Republican for senator and a Democratic for president in the same election.
The national spotlight in presi-dential elections is nothing new to Wisconsin. In 2004, Wisconsin was the closest of all the states in an election where “a tip in a few states would have made all the dif-ference,” according to Burden.
Time will tell whether Wisconsin lives up to the hype when voters head to the polls Tuesday, but there is no doubt the stage is set for an historic showdown.
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F ew entertainment fran-chises enjoy the wide-spread recognition that
“Halo” has achieved. The latest installment, “Halo 4,” marks a new era for the series as the first release from 343 Studios, the company charged with taking over for the legendary develop-ment studio Bungie. With this impending transition, it seemed like the perfect time to reflect on the history of this incredibly influential video game series.
When Microsoft decided to enter the console race in 2001 with the Xbox, they recognized they needed a blockbuster franchise to accompany their unproven product. Enter “Halo: Combat Evolved,” a title that began originally as a PC-only, real-time strategy (RTS) game. In the subsequent months after its launch, “Halo” quick-ly became the most important title in sustaining Microsoft’s fledgling console.
The game revolution-ized first-person shooter con-trols on consoles, a genre that thrived on PC but hadn’t yet translated successfully to con-soles. Industry standards such as regenerating health and an unhealthy obsession with space marines began with this first release from Bungie. The popu-larity of “Halo” even spawned its own sub-genre, “Halo-killers,” a moniker given to other com-panies’ attempts at creating a title that could compete with Microsoft’s runaway success.
It’s hard to overstate the per-vasiveness of “Halo” in gaming culture, particularly the bril-liance of its multiplayer option that spawned countless local area network (LAN) parties across the country. Although later releases utilized Xbox Live for online play, it could never quite match the magic of gathering a dozen sweaty ado-lescents into a dark basement for a 12-player death match, gorging on Mountain Dew for hours upon end… (obviously this is not drawn from personal experience).
In 2004, “Halo 2” had incred-ibly lofty expectations from
fans and delivered almost flaw-lessly. Although some cried foul over the surprise twist of controlling the Arbiter in the campaign (still my favorite character) and the cliffhanger ending, the multiplayer dem-onstrated Bungie’s impeccable quality en route to dominating the Xbox Live charts for two years until the release of “Gears of War” for the Xbox 360.
Gamers waited with bated breath in the interim years as Microsoft launched their new console, the Xbox 360, until the final conclusion to Bungie’s original trilogy, “Halo 3,” final-ly arrived on Sept. 25, 2007. Guiding Master Chief, Halo’s perpetually stoic protagonist, on his final mission to destroy the Flood he had unleashed in the first title, gave players the satisfaction they had sought for three years since “Halo 2” left them jettisoning into space.
Although I consider “Halo 3” the apex of the series, the slow decline of my favorite franchise in gaming after this release was disheartening to watch. In 2009, “Halo Wars” released as the best-selling console RTS game to date, but the name “Halo” meant seemingly impossible expectations. Microsoft shut down the developer, Ensemble Studios, before launch.
Later that year Bungie put forth their weakest effort to date, “Halo 3: ODST.” Putting players in control of a regu-lar soldier in the midst of a Covenant invasion on Earth sounded intriguing, but the weaker protagonist and exces-sive backtracking made the title seem like Bungie had lost inter-est in their defining franchise.
As a subsidiary of Microsoft, Bungie was beholden to their contract and therefore forced to put out a specific number of “Halo” titles before becom-ing bereft of any legal obliga-tions. Fulfilling their contract, Bungie released their swan song, “Halo: Reach,” in 2010. In a one-off storyline, “Halo: Reach” tells the tale of a group of Spartan III’s who fruitlessly try to stave off the invading Covenant. The title represented a return to form for Bungie, with the most impressive entry since “Halo 3” and an over-hauled multiplayer featuring
loadouts and armor abilities.Despite these innovations,
none of the new entries had suf-ficiently piqued my interest and I continued to return to “Halo 3” when looking for the most sat-isfying “Halo” experience. This hollow feeling continued last year when “Halo: Anniversary” was released, overhauling the first title with a shiny coat of HD paint. Dismissing the title as a cash grab by Microsoft, it seemed that the last hope for the taxed-out franchise was the impending release of “Halo 4” by internal Microsoft developer, 343 Studios.
The company’s enthusiasm and decision to introduce new locales and enemies illustrate they may be the perfect remedy for a property that has gone stale in recent years. Perhaps nothing will ever match that perfect confluence of free time and rabid excitement that made “Halo 3” so special, but if 343 is able to rekindle even a tiny bit of that original ecstasy when I turn on my Xbox tonight, I’ll be happy.
Want to reminisce on the good old days and set up a LAN party with Adam? Schedule a date with him at [email protected].
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According to Paris, “Halo 4,” out today from 343 Studios, promises to bring forth new locales and enemies that “may be the perfect remedy for a property that has gone stale in recent years.”
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The SkinnyWhat: Halo 4
Where: The closest location for UW-Madison students to pick up their copy is at GameStop, located at640 State Street.
When: Just released! Midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 6
cost: $59.99
System: Xbox 360
Why you should care: Although some of its intermediate titles since the original release of “Halo” in 2001 have come off as lackluster, “Halo 4” promises an experience even better than the first title that sparked the series.
today’s the big day, and regardless of who you’ll be voting for, we’ll all probably have one thing in common: long lines. So lift off because the times, they are a-changin’, from the Blue ridge mountains to montana, and in this election the stillness of not voting counts as a move, too. So plug in your headphones and bunker down for a chance to hear good music while your voice is heard.
1. “Lift Off” —Jay-Z, Kanye West, Beyoncé Knowles
2. “Born in the U.S.A.”—Bruce Springsteen
3. “Small Town” —John Mellencamp
4. “Setting Forth” —Eddie Vedder
5. “That Western Skyline”—Dawes
6. “Daydreaming” —Middle Brother
7. “The Times They Are A-Changin’” —Bob Dylan
8. “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” —Iron and Wine
9. “World News” —Local Natives
10. “I Will Wait” —Mumford & Sons
11. “Blue Ridge Mountains” —Fleet Foxes
12. “The Place That I Call Home” —The Infamous Stringdusters
13. “My Country” —tUnE-yArDs
14. “USA III: Rail” —Dan Deacon
15. “American Boy—feat. Kanye West” —Estelle
16. “Going Up The Country” —Canned Heat
17. “Fragile Bird” —City and Colour
18. “Stillness Is The Move” —The Dirty Projectors
19. “Campaign” —Yellow Ostrich
20. “Montana” —Youth Lagoon
A playlist for the polls to get you in the patriotic spirit.
If you think you’ll be in line for a while today, don’t forget to
bundle up!
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“As a first-time voter, I really enjoyed the encour-
agement of the Madison community to get
involved to be able to make a difference.”
Vanessa Vosen,
Sophomore
“I think it’s important [to vote] because my
dad’s a small business owner and on paper he’s
a millionaire but after taxes his revenue is
nearly 50 percent of what it should be.”
Jordan Hamm,
Freshman
“The first election I ever voted in was in Madison so to do
so again as a senior makes me feel that UW-Madison has
defined my experience as a voter. One thing that has been
important is being from Illinois and voting in Wisconsin
because since Wisconsin is a swing state, it made me feel like
my vote was important and encouraged me to vote.”
Tori Schultz,
Fifth-Year Senior
“By volunteering for Obama’s campaign, I
felt like I made a difference just by registering
people to vote, not necessarily pressuring people
to vote for one specific candidate.”
Crystal Maciel,
Sophomore
“I think it’s important to vote in this election
because the person who is elected is going to be run-
ning the country when we become workers so they
will directly affect the outcome of our future.”
Megan Opperman,
Sophomore
“Make sure you get out to vote and plan
appropriately. Take time to vote or check
out the lines and make sure you’re
voting in the right place.”
Lori Berquam,
Dean of Students
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During his four years in office, President Barack Obama doubled funding for Pell Grants and created a college tax credit. He also set a goal to cut the growth of college tuition and fees in half over the next 10 years.
President Obama’s goal is to cut oil imports in half by 2020 by pursuing alternative sources of energy such as wind, solar, battery power and “safe and responsible” domestic oil and gas production. His administration has invested in tax breaks for alternative energy companies as well as training for “green jobs.”
Obama has touted the Affordable Care Act on the campaign, arguing his signature health care law expands coverage to millions of previ-ously uninsured Americans, requires insurance companies to cover patients with pre-existing conditions and allows children to stay on their parent’s health-care plan until age 26.
During his presidency, Obama championed the DREAM Act, which would allow young immigrants brought here illegally by their par-ents a path to citizenship by completing college or enlisting in the military. He has promised to make bipartisan, comprehensive immi-gration reform a priority in his second term.
Obama supports marriage between same-sex couples and believes LGBT men and women should be treated “fairly and equally.” He repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” during his presidency, and was the first sitting president to openly support gay marriage.
Obama is pro-choice, and said he would continue to protect a woman’s right to choose with respect to abortions. Throughout his presidency, he opposed attempts to terminate Planned Parenthood funding from the government and has worked to ensure insurance companies cover contraception for women.
Obama promotes the fact that 4.6 million private sector jobs were created over the past 30 months. Now, he intends to revive domestic manufacturing, and hopes to create 1 million new jobs by next year. He said he would eliminate tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas to provide incentives for companies to create domestic manufacturing jobs. Obama would promote domestic natural gas production which he says could create an estimated 600,000 jobs by 2020. Obama has also said he would increase teaching jobs in public schools as a part of his larger plan for education.
In his second term Obama will strive to put forth a budget that balances spending cuts and revenue increases with the end goal of reducing the nation’s deficit by more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years. This plan calls for a $2.50 cut in spending for each dollar of added revenue. Obama’s approach would aim to bring discretionary spending as a proportion of the total economy to its lowest level in 50 years while reinvesting in American manufacturing, education and infrastructure.
Obama has pursued a strategy of working with global allies to enforce strict sanctions on Iran in the hopes the nation will abolish its nuclear program. During his term the president officially ended the war in Iraq and has started pulling troops out of Afghanistan, marking 2014 as the target date for complete departure of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s plan to combat ris-ing tuition and student debt consists of reworking the financial aid system, inviting private sector participation in higher education and focusing on competition by replacing regulations.
Romney wants to utilize the nation’s oil, gas and coal to attempt to create jobs and stimulate the economy. Romney’s plan is to limit envi-ronmental regulations, which he says hinder the development of oil and gas. He hopes to lower the cost of energy for Americans by mak-ing the United States more competitive in oil production and reducing dependence on foreign oil.
Romney pledges to fully repeal the Affordable Care Act, which he has said is overly expensive and decreased funding for Medicare. He would like a more market-based solution without an individual man-date that still requires coverage of patients with pre-existing condi-tions and allows individuals to remain on their parent’s health-care plan for as long as they would like.
Romney believes illegal immigration must end and aims to enhance border security by installing a high-tech fence and ensuring an adequate number of officers are on patrol at the border. He also plans to develop a mandatory employment verification system to ensure employers know they are hiring legal workers. He says he would grant any foreign student who obtains a degree in math, science or engineering at a U.S. university permanent residency.
Romney seeks to “preserve traditional marriage.” He believes it is “critical for the well-being of a civilization” and plans to appoint an attorney general to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. Romney also plans to pursue a federal amendment to the Constitution that would recognize marriage as between one man and one woman by law.
Romney is pro-life and believes life begins at conception. He hopes the United States Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, which would give states the ability to determine their own abortion laws. He also supports the Hyde Amendment, which discourages federal funding toward abortions, and would end federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
Romney wants to reduce taxes on small businesses in an effort to cre-ate jobs. He supports free enterprise and would support states that allow workers to choose whether or not they want to join a union. Romney says his energy plan would increase domestic energy pro-duction, thereby increasing the competitiveness of industries and creating 3.6 million jobs by 2020. Romney also wants to end China’s currency manipulation in an attempt to prevent China from attract-ing otherwise American businesses. According to Romney, his plan would create 12 million jobs over the next four years.
Romney would aim to cap domestic spending at 20 percent of GDP by the end of his first term, while also immediately reducing non-security discretionary spending by 5 percent. The Romney’s budget intends to do this by repealing the Affordable Care Act and defunding subsidies for federal arts, humanities programs and family planning programs, like Planned Parenthood.
Romney has said Obama hasn’t taken a strong enough stance against Iran, but has not provided specific details about what he would do dif-ferently. While he agrees U.S. troops should pull out of Afghanistan, he says naming a specific date is dangerous. Also, Romney has said he would call China a currency manipulator on the first day of his presidency, something Obama will not do.
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Pocan, Lee hope to represent 2nd Congressional DistrictBy Adam Wollner and Tyler NickersonThE Daily CarDinal
There will be a changing of the guard in Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District tonight as someone other than U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., will represent the district for the first time since 1998.
As Baldwin pursues a spot in the U.S. Senate, state Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, and Republican Chad Lee have been vying to succeed her in the traditionally liberal south central Wisconsin area. In separate interviews with The Daily Cardinal, the two candi-dates outlined their plans for Congress if elected.
Pocan, a member of the state legislature for 14 years, said he wants to first tackle unemploy-ment by providing more capital and increasing the amount of loans available to small busi-nesses, while also investing in research and technology and encouraging fairer trade deals.
“I clearly want to make sure
I can take my experience from the legislature and running a small business when it comes to issues like jobs and the econ-omy and I want to be able talk about those right off the bat,” Pocan said.
Meanwhile, Lee, a Mount Horeb native who lost to Baldwin by more than 23 percentage points in 2010, said balancing the budget is a top priority, but that he is willing to reach across the aisle to accomplish that goal.
“If you look at my back-ground in business, it’s not just being able to work with people from different backgrounds and different ideas, but I also have to balance budgets with-out printing money,” Lee said. “We need to send people to Congress who understand the dynamics of that.”
Lee said he opposes any tax increases for at least the next year given the current eco-nomic situation and supports the full extension of the Bush tax cuts. However, Pocan said he would like to see the Bush
tax cuts expire for those mak-ing $250,000 because they failed to create jobs as promised, but wants to keep them in tact for everyone else.
To make college more afford-able, Pocan said funding for Pell Grants and student loans needs to stay in place but also reduce loan rates so students are not paying them off years after graduation.
“No one should not be able to go to the UW just because they can’t afford to,” Pocan said. “If you’re talented enough, you should be able to get in.”
Rather than focusing on loans and grants, Lee said the govern-ment can work with universities to keep tuition down.
“We have to get to a point where universities and really the government can come up with some kind of solution where we make college affordable because we have tens of thousands of dol-lars in debt and half of them can’t find a job in the industry in which they studied,” Lee said.
As for health care, Pocan said
he wants to keep the Affordable Care Act in place, while Lee wants to fully repeal President Barack Obama’s landmark law,
arguing the law will not lower health-care costs, but increase taxes on the middle class and regulations on businesses.
Energy:Tammy Baldwin supports the development of wind, solar and biofuels as a means to decrease the nation’s fossil fuel use. She places emphasis on using these cleaner energy sources, as well as using less energy overall.
Foreign Policy:In a heated second U.S. Senate debate, Baldwin claimed Thompson owned stock in companies that do business in Iran, including one that helps mine uranium. Thompson quickly responded, saying he sold the stock that morn-ing and was unaware of what the companies did. Baldwin supports continued sanctions against Iran as a method to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons and troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Jobs:Baldwin supports increasing infrastructure projects in an effort to provide immediate job opportunities that she says would allow American companies to grow. She sup-ported legislation that aimed to help small businesses gain access to credit, in addition to supporting tax cuts for small businesses and allowing them to write off their first $500,000 of investments. In an attempt to bring more manufacturing jobs back to the country, she supports ending incentives for companies to ship jobs overseas.
Deficit/TaxesBaldwin supports ending tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans, ending subsidies for big corporations and bringing troops home from Afghanistan to lower the deficit. She supports extending Bush-era tax cuts on working and middle class families, whose annual income is less than $250,000. But Baldwin believes extending Bush-era tax cuts for those who make more than $250,000 a year is irresponsible.
Energy:Tommy Thompson wants to build the Keystone Pipeline and expand oil and natural gas drilling in U.S. territory in an attempt to spur economic growth and decrease dependence on foreign oil. He also wants to limit the influence of orga-nizations such as the EPA, which he says place restrictions on oil companies.
Foreign Policy:In the same heated debate, Thompson alleged Baldwin has accepted campaign funds from groups that oppose sanctions on Iran, a claim Baldwin refuted by saying she was unaware of the group or its stance on the issue. Thompson also supports continued sanctions against Iran as a method to prevent the country from obtaining nuclear weapons and troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Jobs:Thompson supports developing the Keystone Pipeline, an oil pipeline trans-porting oil from Canada to the United States, which he says would immediately create an estimated 20,000 construction jobs. He supports a corporate tax pol-icy that would reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent to encourage growth. Through a hands-off federal government and extension of Bush-era tax cuts, he would attempt to help expand the private sector.
Deficit/TaxesThompson wants to boost the economy by making the Bush tax cuts permanent, which keeps tax rates low for individuals and corporations. He would aim to eventually institute a flat tax of 15 percent. Thompson also backs Rep. Paul Ryan’s, D-Wis., plan to balance the budget, which would limit domestic spending to 18 per-cent of the GDP, and supports lowering the corporate income tax rate to 25 percent.
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T oday, millions of individu-als will enter ballot booths across the country and cast
their vote for the next President of the United States. Women and men of all ethnicities will vote, as will the rich and poor. And so will Democrats, Republicans and Independents. With a few exceptions (e.g. convicted felons), every American citizen has the right to vote, no matter their race, sex or political ideology. Voting is the great equalizer. One person,
one vote. That’s the promise of American citizenship.
Unfortunately, it hasn’t always been this way. In 1868, the 14th Amendment granted all white males voting rights. African-American men and other non-white men gained the right to vote two years later through the 15th Amendment. The 19th Amendment extended
the franchise to women in 1920, less than one hundred years ago. And finally, it was extended to all those over the age of 18 in 1971 by the 26th Amendment.
In their book, “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,” Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson explore the source of America’s unrivaled prosperity. Their book—
along with a whole host of politi-cal science and economic scholar-ship—suggests that the economic prosperity of a country is highly dependent on the country’s politi-cal and economic institutions.
I’ll borrow an example from their book to illustrate the impor-tance of political and economic institutions to a country’s success and prosperity. On the Mexican-American border, “the City of Nogales is cut in half by a fence.” On the United States’ side of the fence, the average household income is about $30,000, most resi-dents have at least a high school diploma and the government offers programs like Medicare to provide financial support to the elderly in retirement. On the other side of the fence, the citizens of Nogales, Mexico, have an average house-hold income that’s about one-third of their American neighbors’ income in Nogales, Ariz. Crime is rampant, and workers with at least a high school education are scarce. What’s more, there’s widespread corruption in government and the infant mortality rate is high.
So, what’s the cause of the great disparity in the standard of living and economic prosperity between these two cities? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not the people. Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico, share the same culture, geography and, essentially, the same people.
It turns out that the political and economic institutions within a county are far more important than geography and culture in determining the economic pros-perity of that country. The United States has political institutions that prevent the government from arbitrarily expropriat-ing land or stealing a business’ profit. The U.S. government also provides quality sanitation, infra-structure and educational insti-tutions. Nogales, Mexico, under-provides these services to its citi-zens, resulting in a less educated, healthy and efficient citizenry, and lower economic productivity.
Countries with inclusive political institutions—that is, political intuitions that pro-tect all citizens’ civil liberties in addition to affirming all-inclusive voting rights—are more successful, as measured by prosperity, and well-being indices. That’s why the United States has experienced so much success since its founding.
Those who vote have their interests represented. Those who don’t vote don’t have their rights represented in Washington. It’s as simple as that. It is our moral responsibility as citizens of the United States to cast our vote today. Not just to have our voice heard in Washington but to affirm this nation’s inclusive political institutions.
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T he election is finally here. It’s time to pull out the trum-pets, drop the streamers,
wave the flags and lock the doors so volunteers can’t get in to ask about your voting status. Regardless of the electricity in the air for the election on Tuesday, it is time I stop berat-ing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on his policies and focus on the future.
While I have spent the last few weeks writing for a liberal agenda, there is one policy that I do not agree with in the liberal ideology: welfare. While I believe liberal Democrats have the right idea in regard to gov-ernment intervention in healthcare and efforts towards affordable edu-cation, I have to disagree with the efforts in favor of welfare. This is primarily due to the fact that I am best defined as an advocate of “big-government” (something I would
consider m o d -e r n - d ay s o c i a l -ism), rather than a left-wing nut-case.
I know that being too far left is equally as bad as being too far right. So sure, nationalize health-care, nationalize education (which is already kind of true), but don’t try to feed the poor, too. I agree that homelessness is horrible and the poor deserve equality, but the government should act as a crutch, not artificial lungs. Welfare would not be a problem if it weren’t for the fact that a decent portion of welfare
benefactors simply collect money from the government because a fac-tory job would not pay as well as a government hand-out. The prob-lem with welfare is that it gives an alternative to work. Why would someone work hard for a job that pays just enough for home and food when one could just lie around and let the government take care of these problems for them? The government made a mistake when it decided to make charity into a
tax-sponsored program. The only ones who
deserve to be pro-vided for by
the govern-ment are
the elderly and the
h a n d i -capped. T h o s e who do not fit in either
of these g r o u p s are fully c ap ab l e
of work and should not need the government’s help in order to get through a financial strait.
It is very possible to see my prog-nosis as immoral but the fact of the matter is welfare is a program that will do little more than add to the national debt. It is ineffective to sup-port a costly liberal social program while also being one of the strongest capitalist economies.
In our economy, it is best to encourage as much of the popula-tion to work as possible in order for the system to work properly. If people are unemployed there is a drop in the work force and a drop in demand because the gov-ernment does not provide enough money for splurging. Therefore, if there are more government hand-outs, there is a smaller work force and a smaller demand for goods. The only way a welfare-like pro-gram would be effective would be in a society where there were no markets, which would mean that it really wouldn’t be welfare, it would be communism.
There are enough holes in the government’s purse as it stands now. In order to start to hack away at our debt, we are going to have to start sealing up holes that are not helping the country. Welfare has been so misused that it’s time the government mends that hole and stops allowing the money we don’t have to spill out.
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T he current trend for political campaign ads is bringing an average per-
son in front of the camera. They’ll talk about their values, how their favorite candidate matches them perfectly and then they will open-ly criticize the opponent.
And while it is sometimes effec-tive, this technique is utterly annoy-ing to anyone and everyone who has to watch the commercials run on repeat during election season.
Candidates might find more success if they just left us alone. If they quit the commercials, people might be forced to do their own research. They would get their facts straight from the source and form opinions based on reality, rather than the tainted testimony of a citi-zen whose incredibly circumstan-tial experience has brought them to a particular view.
In the case of the landmark res-taurant Bill’s Barbecue in Richmond,
Va., an anti-Obama advertisement misrepresented the conditions under which the restaurant failed. The small-business owner, Rhoda Elliot, blamed President Barack Obama for her hardship in a pro-Mitt Romney commercial.
The cause of the restaurant’s failure was not the Obama regime. Locals cite poor service and dated design as the source of the restau-rant’s death according to an AOL.com report, all things which have nothing to do with Obama or his policies. In addition, several of the restaurant chain’s locations have health code violations with criti-cal citations dating back to 2003. Clearly, this could not be the fault of our president.
It looks like Elliot wanted someone to blame for her lack of success, and who better than the man in charge? Give her a camera crew and some makeup, and a few days later her story has reached millions of people.
Crazy political ads dominate every form of media: television, radio stations, YouTube and more. It makes sense that campaigns are devoting time, money and energy into distributing shocking videos,
but involving the general popula-tion in deceiving and underhanded schemes is unacceptable.
This is not to say Republicans are the only ones pushing forth mis-leading advertisements. Democrats have also created ads that smudge the facts and both parties frequent-ly use a specific set of circumstances to make a general statement.
What is really striking about the Bill’s Barbecue incident is the restaurant owner’s willing partici-pation in the deception. If democ-racy is to take place, the voters must be properly informed, and to do this we must stick together. Maybe blaming the economy made Elliot look better, but using Obama as a shield and ignoring her own faults has affected voters and, through them, the future of our country.
Unfortunately, we’ve come to expect this of the presidential campaign season. The continu-ous barrage of “he said, she said” and “the government took my money!” is now commonplace, and usually ignored.
All I can say is I’ll be one happy camper on Wednesday morning.
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By Ryan P. HughesUW-MadisoN College RepUbliCaNs
President Barack Obama visited Madison yesterday for the second time in a month. This visit also marked the third time he appeared in Wisconsin in the five days leading up to the election, a time candidates only spend in states that they realize are highly contested in the election. After winning the state by a 13-point margin in 2008, the Obama campaign has reason to be concerned because polls now show that the race is dead even in Wisconsin. Obama has a Wisconsin problem and Mitt Romney has been gain-ing momentum in the state. Wisconsinites have clearly come to realize that President Obama isn’t all he said he would be when we elected him in 2008. We gave President Obama four years to produce an economic recovery. However, 23 mil-lion Americans are still strug-gling for work. Nearly one in six Americans are now living in poverty and nearly 47 mil-lion Americans now receive food stamps. Wisconsinites are not better off than they were
four years ago and neither are our students. Obama has left us an economy where half of recent col-lege graduates cannot find jobs in their field of study and he has added $5 trillion in new debt for their gen-eration to pay off. President Obama can visit Wisconsin as many times as he wants to, but he cannot hide from the fact that we are not bet-ter off as a result of his policies. Our nation is at a turning point. America gave Obama a chance in the last election and he has failed to produce the results he promised us. Americans can’t afford another four years like the last four years under President Obama’s failed policies. Four years ago, President Obama overwhelmingly won the youth vote based on his promises of hope and change. Today, young Americans in Wisconsin and across the nation will realize their priorities and vote for Mitt Romney because he will work with Democrats and Republicans, put the interests of the American people first, and deliver the real recovery President Obama could only promise.
Ryan is the Public Relations Chair for the UW-Madison College Republicans. Please send all feedback to [email protected].
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badgers prepare for big week aheadby adee Feinerthe daily cardinal
FootballWith the bye week behind
them, the Wisconsin football team (3-2 Big Ten, 6-3 overall) is looking to get back on their feet as they head to Bloomington, Ind. this Saturday to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (2-3, 4-5).
With redshirt freshman quar-terback Joel Stave out with a shoul-der injury, head coach Bret Bielema used the week off to decide which quarterback will take his place. But for those eager to find out who that will be, Bielema isn’t giving any-thing away.
“I will say this: I think [redshirt senior quarterback Curt Phillips] and [redshirt junior quarterback Danny O’Brien] both last week knew that everything was being watched and being monitored,” Bielema said.
Noting the occasional lapse in an otherwise strong system that didn’t finish the way he would’ve liked against Michigan State, Bielema mentioned that “closing out games would probably be the number one thing.”
Previously injured offensive lineman Rick Wagner practiced with the team Thursday and all day Sunday, and Bielema expects him to be ready to go this week.
Women’s basketballThe Wisconsin women’s bas-
ketball team won both of its exhi-bition matches last week, and look to continue that trend as the regular season gets under-way Sunday with a game against Milwaukee at the Kohl Center.
Head coach Bobbie Kelsey was pleased with her team’s perfor-mance. “The kids played really well,” she said. “I thought we had some areas we could have done better, but I was pleased with some of our freshmen that really
came out and played really well.” The exhibition games offered
a chance for Kelsey to improve upon a few things, including box-ing out and rebounding. With a strong mix of players, including seniors Tiera Stephen and Taylor Wurtz and freshman Nicole Bauman, Kelsey is ready for a season full of tough opponents.
men’s SoccerThe Badgers men’s soccer team
is in the No. 6 spot in the Big Ten Tournament, and will face No. 3
Michigan Wednesday afternoon. The Badgers defeated Michigan
in a 2-1 match in Madison back on October 13. After a 0-0 tie against Ohio State on Sunday, head coach John Trask is feeling confident heading into the match.
With strong goaltending from freshman Chase Rau, who was named the Big Ten defensive player of the week for the second consecutive week, the team can continue to put forth a strong defense during the tournament.
After making it to the semi-
finals the last two years, Trask is ready to move past that mark. “Hopefully some of that experi-ence will show this year,” he said.
Women’s Cross CountryThe Wisconsin cross country
team will host the Great Lakes Regional Friday at the Zimmer Championship Course.
Following a fifth place finish in the Big Ten Championships, the women’s team is look-ing to place at least fourth and earn an invitation to the NCAA Championships. “We’re healthy, ready to go, and look-ing forward to it,” said head coach Jim Stintzi, who is excit-ed about hosting the NCAA tournament in Madison for the first time since 1978.
Despite what Stintzi called an “exceptional” performance by his top three runners, the same gap issue occurred at the Big TenTournament as in the Adidas Invitational. But he’s not letting that be an issue.
“Workouts indicate and our earlier races indicate that we can bring that gap down to 40 or 50 seconds. If we do that, we’ll be fine. If we don’t, we’ll be on the outside looking in.” The women’s race begins at 12 p.m. Friday.
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fans will have to wait a few more days to learn if danny o’Brien (pictured) or curt phillips will be starting under center for the Badgers when they take on the indiana hoosiers Saturday.
Student section at Camp Randall not living up to hype this season
T radition is at the heart and soul of college foot-ball and it is embod-
ied across the country in the student sections of different schools. Watching raucous crowds at Notre Dame and LSU try to will their teams to victory last weekend (to vary-ing degrees of success) is what Saturday football is all about. But sadly, here in Madison, this has taken a turn for the worse.
The student section at Camp Randall just isn’t what it used to be. I’ve been attending this university for over four years and in my time here I have seen some of the highlights of what the student section used to be.
The pinnacle moment came on Oct. 16, 2010, when the Badgers hosted No. 1 Ohio State. That night, the student section was truly Wisconsin’s 12th man. Every single fan came together to make Camp Randall the most intimidat-ing environment in America, and the end result was a 31-18 Badger victory that remains the greatest spectacle I have ever seen firsthand in sports.
But I’ve also seen some of the lowlights—many of which have come about recently.
This season particularly, it seems that football has taken a backseat at Badger games. Fans act as if the game is only back-ground noise, tuning in only occasionally when a touchdown is scored or a third down is
stuffed. Badger games used to be about football, not about stay-ing until “Jump Around” and then leaving early in the fourth quarter. The environment—the feel—that used to make games at Camp Randall so enjoyable has not been there this season.
This was especially on dis-play when Wisconsin hosted Michigan State last month. When Badger quarterback Joel Stave went down with an inju-ry early in the third quarter, boos began to rain down on his replacement Danny O’Brien. Is that what a good student section does?
Yes, he has had his struggles this season, but no matter what you think about O’Brien, he was entering the game cold and trying and to win for his home crowd—does anyone really think that booing him is going to make that easier? Wouldn’t it be more beneficial to try and help your quarterback get settled in by cheering him on?
I was watching that game from high up in section K until the end of the third quarter. Seconds after “Jump Around” ended, fans headed to the gates in droves. I was able to move down some 20 rows towards the field because of how many people left—in a one-score
game with our most bitter rivals of late.
Not surprisingly, when Michigan State did march down the field, right into the heart of the student section, there was little help offered in the way of distracting the Spartans. The energy was gone. The noise was gone. The crowd was gone.
What happened, Madison? That is the exact type of game where the student section should be going bonkers. In overtime, Spartans quarterback Andrew Maxwell shouldn’t have been able to hear himself think, but instead he was able to call plays and make audibles with ease.
Excuses can be made—it was cold out, the team has under-achieved this season, conference games don’t matter as much this season because of Ohio State and Penn State’s ineligibility. None of that matters. I don’t care if the Badgers are 10-0 or 0-10, the student section at Camp Randall should always be loud.
This past weekend Fox Sports analysts (and former college football greats) Eddie George and Joey Harrington said that Camp Randall was the loudest place they ever played in. Ten or 15 years ago, that may have been the case, but not anymore.
We have one last chance to turn the student section around this season when the Badgers host Ohio State Nov. 17—let’s make the most of it. Let’s bring the tradition back to Wisconsin.
Do you feel the student section has underwhelmed this year, or do you think it is as strong as ever? Let Matt know at [email protected].
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Badger quarterback Joel Stave is not going to hurry himself back to action this season after breaking his collarbone.
Stave not forcing comebackby ryan Hillthe daily cardinal
Injured Wisconsin redshirt freshman quarterback Joel Stave made it clear Monday that he is not pushing a comeback in any way, despite his status for the team’s bowl game still being up in the air.
“If I could [be the starter for the bowl game], I would really like to be,” he said. “I don’t want to do anything stupid and press it and get back before I’m ready. If I get a chance to, I’d really like that. But if not, that’s fine.”
Stave broke his collarbone when he was sacked by Spartans junior defensive end William Gholston in the team’s 16-13 overtime loss to Michigan State last weekend.
Stave did say, however, that the injury is already healing pretty well and that he has an X-ray Monday to check exactly how well the injury has been healing.
“It doesn’t ache like it has,” he said. “It’s really coming around pretty well I think.”
He also shared that he knew it
was broken even before the doctors told him that it was on the field.
“Right when I got tackled I could kind of hear it,” he said. “I was able to touch it and feel a little bit of a lump there.”
“[Gholston] kind of picked me up and drove me,” Stave added. “Really big, strong guy. With the way I landed on it, [I knew] it was going to happen.”
Despite the setback, Stave sees himself as the starter by the time spring camp rolls around but isn’t eliminating the possibility of having to win it back.
“I just have to keep telling myself I’m in a good position to compete for it again.”
Stave still says he learned plen-ty and that transfer redshirt junior quarterback Danny O’Brien and redshirt senior quarterback Curt Phillips were always eager to lend a hand during games.
“We’ve always kind of done that,” he said. “[We] work together and try to make whoever is out there play as well as they can.”
This season particularly, it seems that football
has taken a backseat at badger games.
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