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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.”

Student Judiciary rules in favor of AFTER members

Walker lobbies for GOP Senators in Florida

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MIU awards $4 million in final round of grants to 19 departments

Struttin’ your stuff

• SchoolofNursing,TheFutureofCareProject;• DepartmentofPhilosophy;• DepartmentofFrenchandItalian;• DepartmentofEnglish;• TeachingAcademy,MadisonProgramforTeaching

andLearningExcellence;• DepartmentofCommunicationArts;• DepartmentofMathematics;• DepartmentofSociology;• SchoolofEducation,UndergraduateCertificatein

Education&EducationalStudies,and,• CollegeofEngineering,Campus-WideEngagement

of Undergrads in Society’s Engineering GrandChallenges.

• SchoolofEducation,Campus-wideSharedAdvisorNotesSystem;

• DepartmentofChemistry;• SchoolofEducation,DesignLab,adigitalcompo-

sitioncenter;• Division of Student Life, Building BRIDGES

AcrossCampus;• Division of Student Life, McBurney Disability

ResourceCenterTransitionServicesProgram,and,• Division of Enrollment Management, Common

ScholarshipApplication.—Scott Girard

in celebration of the 5th annual line Breaks Festival, First Wave, a student dance group on campus, performed at the Overture center tuesday night.

Republicans push override of Milwaukee paid sick leave ordinance through Assembly

A law voiding a Milwaukee ordi-nance,whichrequireslargebusinessesto provide paid sick days, passed thestate Assembly Tuesday with Gov.Scott Walker’s support before the itwasabletotakeeffect.

Republicansarguedtheordinancewouldhurteconomicgrowthbecauseitwouldcostbusinessesmoremoneyand create inconsistencies across thestate, making compliance more dif-ficultfororganizations.

“Itwouldbedifficultfor jobcre-ators in Milwaukee if they were anislandon this issue,”Walker said. “Ithink there’s grave concern from themayor,fromothercivicandbusinessleadersinthatcitythattheynotbeinapositionwhereit’sdifficulttobothretainandattractemployersthere.”

Democrats argued Republicansare hurting the ability of local com-munitiestomaketheirowndecisions

and are overriding the will of thepeople,whilesimultaneouslyhurtinghealthcareforworkersinMilwaukee.

“Youeitherbelieveinlocalcon-troloryoudon’t.Youeitherbelievein democracy or you don’t,” stateRep.ChrisDanou,D-Trempealeau,said. “The people of that particu-larmunicipalityspoke.Theyspoke.They made their decision. We’regoingtosecondguessthemnow?”

TheordinanceoriginallypassedinNovember 2008 with 69 percent ofthevote,buthasbeenheldupinlegalchallenges,endinginasplitvotefromthe state Supreme Court, as JusticeAnnette Ziegler recused herself.Thesplitvoteresulted inadefault totheappellate court’s decision upholdingthebill.ThestateSenateunanimouslypassed the bill while the DemocratswereinIllinois.

—Patrick Tricker

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State rep. Brett hulsey, d-Madison, opposed the state assembly’s overturning of Milwaukee co.’s paid sick leave ordinance.

Gov. Scott Walker spent thispast weekend campaigning inFloridaforFrontlineWisconsin.com,anationalonlinefundraisingeffortto support the Republican statesenatorsupforrecall.

During his tour on Friday,Walker made an appearance atNewsmax headquarters, a conserva-tive news company in West PalmBeach, Fla. In an interview withNewsmax.TV, Walker announcedFrontlineWisconsin.com’s creation, asite where citizens from across thecountrycancontributeupto$1,000tosupporttheeightRepublicansena-torseligibleforrecall.

Thedonationswillhelptheeightsenatorsgetthe“resourcestheyneed

togettheirmessageoutthatthey’rethe ones protecting the middleclass,”Walkersaid.Thesenatorsarenotgoingtodoitiftheyareoutspentbythe“biggovernmentunionbossesfromWashington,”Walkersaid.

When asked about stateunions’ assertionof the right tocollectivelybargain,Walker said“thisisnotaboutaright.Rightsare something we get from theConstitution, inherently fromGod,ourcreator.”

ScotRoss,executivedirectorofOneWisconsinNow,aprogressiveadvocacygroup,describedWalker’sactionsas“abominable.”

“It’s one thing to sell out themiddleclassofWisconsininorder

torewardhiscorporatedonors,butit’sawholeotherthingtotravelthecountrytoraiseevenmorecorpo-ratemoney,”Rosssaid.

Mike McCabe, executivedirectorofWisconsinDemocracyCampaign,anon-partisanwatch-dog group, said even though thisis not the first time a governorhasgoneoutsidethestatetoraisecampaign money, it still is anoffensivepractice.

“He’s supposed to be governorof Wisconsin and these out-of-statedonors aren’t his constituents andshouldn’t have influence over whatgovernmentdoeshere,”McCabesaidinane-mail.

—Samy Moskol

By Scott Girardthe daily cardinal

UW-MadisonStudentJudiciaryruledTuesdaynightinfavoroftheAssociatedFreeThinkersEnsuringResponsibility (AFTER), whosemembers were charged with themisuseofstudentsegregatedfees.

Chief Justice Kathryn Fifield saidthe judiciary unanimously decidedthere was not enough evidence toprove any wrongdoing by AFTERgroupmembers.

“No segregated fees had beenspent so no rules had been bro-ken,”Fifieldsaid.

Kyle VandenLangenberg, sharedgovernance chair of AssociatedStudentsofMadisonandapetitionerin the case, had argued the AFTERgroup, made up of student govern-ment members, intended to use thesegregated fees to pay for a political

advertisementinTheBadgerHerald.Matthew Beemsterboer, ASM

financecommitteechairandoneoftheAFTERmemberschargedinthecase, said the accusersmadeunsub-stantiatedclaimswithnoproof.

“I think the strongest evidenceinourfavorwasreallythattherewasverylittleifnoevidencetoshowthatweactuallyhaveusedsegregatedfeesinthiscase,”Beemsterboersaid.

In the decision, Fifield said ifthe court had found evidence ofAFTER using fees to pay for theadvertisement, the members wouldhavefacedpunishment.

Fifieldpointedoutthatwhilethisdid not happen, the judiciary didmakea clear rulingon the illegalityofusing segregated fees forpoliticalpurposes.

AFTERpage 4TheMadisonInitiativeforUndergraduatesgranted

$4millionto19projectsTuesdayinitsthirdandfinalround of funding. The funding includes grants forfaculty,studentserviceandacademicsupportprojects.

Provost Paul DeLuca Jr. said the MIU has mademany differences in the academic life of students atUW-Madison.

“The positions and programs funded by MIUhaveloosenedbottlenecksinhighdemandclassesandmajors,whilealsoaddressingimportantstudentserviceneeds,”DeLucasaidinastatement.

Greg Downey, director of the School ofJournalism and Mass Communication whichreceived MIU funding, sent an e-mail to under-graduatespraisingMIUandthankingthestudentsfortheirgreatworkintheschool.

“These are tough and uncertain budget times atWisconsin, but this MIU award demonstrates theuniversity’sunwaveringcommitmenttoitsresponsibil-ity to train thenext generationofmass communica-tion professionals—and audiences—for the global-izingworldofalways-newmediathatwearebuildingtogether,”Downeysaidinthee-mail.

Thefollowingdepartmentsreceivedgrants:• SchoolofJournalismandMassComm.;• DepartmentofPoliticalScience;

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E ver hear someone say a cheesy colloquialism and want to punch that person

in the face? Yeah, me too. In high school, I heard way

too many stupid “inspiring” quotes from coaches that it made me want to throw in the towel. Literally. Being a benchwarmer came with a territory, i.e. towels and water. What it comes down to is that most sayings just sound stupid or don’t make much sense. I’ve compiled a list of phrases that need the boot.

“You’ll miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”

OK, I get it, but sometimes you also miss the shots you do take, and usually those ones are super embarrassing. Like that time I played in a varsity bas-ketball playoff game for only 30 seconds and still managed to shoot an air ball.

The look on my coach’s face read, “You idiot, why the hell did you take that three pointer?” As a substitute came in for me, my nervous expression said in reply, “But coach, you said that we miss 100% of…” And his furrowed brow said back, “That didn’t apply

to you, benchwarmer.” Or that time I shot the ball

and got stuffed by a girl five inches taller than me. Not only did I get stuffed, but the ball ricocheted off her fat palm and clobbered me in the face. After needing to have plastic surgery to fix my broken nose, you can bet your ass I wish I had just bounce passed the stupid ball to someone else.

“As we grow older, it’s not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn’t do.”

I guess the sentiment of this quote is nice, but overall, it’s just not true.

Exhibit A Any person anywhere who has

ever thrown up in a bar probably regrets taking that shot and/or drink that put them over the edge.

Exhibit BIn “Dumb and Dumber,”

Lloyd sure did regret trusting a “sweet old lady on a motorized cart” to watch his “essentials.” Paddleballs and pinwheels are hard to come by.

Exhibit C After downing two churros at

Six Flags, I really regretted giv-ing into the peer pressure of my fellow seventh graders to go on Shockwave because it would be,

“Sooo much fun. Come on, Kath-a-leen, everybody is going!” Being almost 200 feet up in the air and puking = not fun.

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”

Prove it.

“Everybody is busy.”This is a phrase I’ve heard

before usually in response to me saying something along the lines of, “Uggg I’m feeling really over-whelmed and busy.” If whom-ever I’m talking to condescend-ingly replies with, “Everybody is busy,” I want to shout in their face, “Thanks for discounting my stress, you jerk.”

“I don’t have time for this.”In contrast to the last quote,

when people say they don’t have time for something, they usu-ally do. Ways to save time: A) Don’t bring a crossword puzzle into the bathroom with you. That 25-minute dump can easily be cut down to 10. B) Don’t go on YouTube. Trust me, I know from experience. You simply want to look up a 16-second video of a panda sneezing, but two hours later you find yourself watching Norm MacDonald interviews on David Letterman.

“Be a good listener, your ears will never get you in trouble.”

Never get me in trouble? Really? What about when I over-heard my older cousin say the Easter Bunny wasn’t real? Or the time Sally, the kindergarten bully, called me a “bitch” for not letting her eat my Dunkaroos? Both bad days for my ears.

“A penny saved is a penny earned.”

Pennies are, more or less, obso-lete. This quote needs to be updated.

“You can sleep when you die.”First of all, that’s morbid.

Second of all, what an assumption, buddy! How in the world do you know I can sleep when I die? What if when I get to heaven (fingers crossed), God says, “Okay folks, break is over. Get to work,” and he sends me to shovel snow for three years straight without rest? I can guarantee you I’d wish I had gotten all the sleep possible rather than staying out with you so I could be your wingman and watch you flirt with some dude.

“Don’t take offense, but…”Pretty sure there is zero chance

this one isn’t going to sting.

“I don’t mean to be a bitch, but…”

Actually, no, you most certain-ly do intend to be a bitch.

Are there any sayings that drive you nuts? Please share them with Kathleen at kqbrosnan@wisc.edu.

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Miami University professor speaks about Arab democracyBy Jessica PhanThe DAily CArDinAl

Professor Adeed Dawisha of Miami University of Ohio gave a lec-ture in Ingraham Hall Tuesday cov-ering the issues of the Arab world in regards to the uprising of democracy.

Dawisha explained how leaders of Arab countries are able to remain in power for long periods of time through coercion. His presentation explained “the winter of Arab dis-content which turned into the year of Arab revolution,” as they tried to achieve democratic development.

What happened during the French Revolution of 1789 is simi-lar to what is going on in the Arab world today, Dawisha said. He added liberation and freedom are harder to achieve under government control.

Still struggling to achieve its liberation, the Arab world is in

what Dawisha deemed a second awakening. In Egypt, as well as other Arab countries, leaders dis-miss freedom as irrelevant, he said.

“This is the first tragedy of the Arab awakening,” Dawisha said.

The Arab world has been under colonial subjection for many years, which Dawisha cited as an antago-nistic force when trying to achieve liberation and freedom.

According to Dawisha, the mili-tary ultimately diminishes democracy, as it is not concerned with protecting the liberty of its people, but rather public order and the political system.

“The military is essentially an authoritarian institution,” Dawisha said.

In regards to elections, Dawisha said ballot boxes are stuffed in an effort to silence opposition and allow the government to pursue its own interests. The election process is so rapid that private interests are the only ones served, he said.

Dawisha ended the lecture on an optimistic note, explaining the struggle for democracy is filled with more hope today than it has been in the past.

“It is now the people who will become the architects of their future,” Dawisha said.

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Professor Adeed Dawisha spoke about recent uprisings in the Arab world to fight for democratic governments. he said the history of military rule in Arab countries explains the current situations.

City committee continues to rework tentative drafts of aldermanic districts

Madison’s Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee continued to work through various tentative alderman-ic maps for the city Tuesday.

City planner Brian Grady present-ed eight drafts of possible aldermanic maps to the committee. Members worked through advantages and disad-vantages of the tentative plans.

Committee members looked pri-marily at the amount of minority participation, neighborhood associ-ations and, to an extent, the income of residents in the districts.

One of the primary concerns involved District 8, which would

absorb a large chunk of what now lies in District 5 in each draft. District 8 would then absorb Eagle Heights area and the surrounding area near that portion of University Avenue.

This would cause a drop from 38.8 percent to 12 percent in the amount of minority participation for District 5, Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, said.

“By segregating all students into District 8, I think that is the wrong way to balance the district,” Bidar-Sielaff said.

Bidar-Sielaff said she would like

Plans approved for first pedicycle company in MadisonBy Maggie DegrootThe DAily CArDinAl

A company wanting to pro-vide pedicycles in Madison moved smoothly through the first step in the city process when the Transit and Parking Commission unanimously approved of the plans to issue the company an operating license Tuesday.

Capitol Pedaler would provide pedicycles in the city of Madison if given an operating license.

The pedicycle is five feet wide by 17 and a half feet long by nine and a half feet high. The pedicycle used is a bicycle powered by 16 people. Pedicycles will be used for reserved group outings where the users are traveling a designated route for a specific timeframe.

Pedicycles can go five miles per hour, Linda Besser, owner of Capitol

Pedaler, said. According to her, the pedicyle would follow the rules of the road.

The pedicycle can hold up to 15 passengers and the minimum number necessary to move the vehicle is six to eight people.

Passengers would have the option to wear a helmet, Capitol Pedicycle’s Lourdes Fernandez said.

City transportation operations analyst Keith Pollock said there was a thorough review of the appli-cation and it has been through the many city departments, including the mayor’s office.

The pedicycle might cause a minor nuisance to buses, but nothing more than what Madison Metro has already encountered, Pollock said.

Madison’s traffic engineering division recommends the operat-ing licenses for Capitol Pedalers be

issued and the resolution approved, Pollock said.

Besser said the company wants to provide group-friendly entertain-ment in Madison. Passengers or driv-ers would not be allowed to consume alcohol while in the pedicycle.

“We want to be fun and enjoy-able without the boisterous drunk-en kind of behavior that tends to accompany people on State Street,” Besser said.

Committee member Jay Ferm said he was worried about whether the vehicles would be difficult to maneuver with the sometimes dense Madison traffic.

Besser said when the pedicycles have been taken out onto the streets of Madison, they would slow down, pull over and let traffic go around.

“We’re looking forward to bringing it to Madison,” Fernandez said.

Oshkosh Dep. Mayor King to face Hopper in recall

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Oshkosh Deputy Mayor Jessica King will challenge state Sen. Randy Hopper, R-Fond du Lac, in his impending recall election this summer.

According to Fond du Lac County Democratic Chair Rich Mantz, King will make her announcement

Wednesday at noon.

In 2008, King lost to Hopper by less than 200 votes, and the recall campaign against Hopper has already submit-ted the requisite signatures to the

Government Accountability Board.“I think Jessica King would be

a fantastic candidate,” state Senate Democratic Committee Executive Director Kory Kozloski said. “I think she’s done a lot for the com-munity she has been serving up there for the last few years.”

Kozloski said Hopper’s constit-uents are frustrated with his vote for the budget repair law and that he “forgot who he’s supposed to be fighting for.”

In addition to his vote for the

controversial collective bargain-ing law, Hopper has also recently been accused of living outside the district with his 26-year-old mistress while he and his wife are separated.

Hopper’s campaign was not available for comment.

With petitions against Hopper and state Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-LaCrosse, already filed with the GAB, Kozloski said the cam-paign against Joint Finance C o m m i t t e e Co-Chair and state Senator Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, is gaining ground.

“We have every reason to believe that we will be able to get her on a bal-lot as well,” Kozloski said. On the Democratic side, organizers in Green Bay say they are making headway on the petition against state Sen. David Hansen, D-Green Bay, who fled the state along with the other 13 Democratic senators.

—Ariel Shapiro

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waukesha County Clerk, kathy nickolaus, asked to step down, refuses to do so

The Waukesha County Democratic Party asked for Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus to resign Tuesday due to her handling of the Supreme Court election results last week, a request Nickolaus refused.

“What has happened as a result of this debacle is that confidence in the outcome of the entire spring election has been severely diminished,” WCDP Chair Victor Weers said in a statement. “We have become the focal point of

all people’s fears about their votes being accurately counted.”

However, Nickolaus, who has apologized for the “error” that caused the voting confusion, said despite people’s concerns, she will serve the rest of her term.

“Again, I am sorry for my mis-take,” Nickolaus said in a state-ment. “I have immediately begun the process of reviewing my pro-cedures. I will use the remainder of my term to restore the voters’ confidence in me.”

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to see Eagle Heights and Regent Neighborhood Associations back in District 5. The Regent Neighborhood Association was moved to District 10 under the current version of the map.

“Those two added would balance the number District 5 needs,” Bidar-Sielaff said.

However, Bidar-Sielaff, added

that would create the need for more balance for District 8.

Ald. Satya Rhodes-Conway, District 15, said instead of completely disregarding the maps, the committee members could take parts out that they like in order to help create a new map.

The committee will meet again to narrow down the options and discuss issues April 27.

—Maggie DeGroot

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“The court did want to emphasize that the use of seg-regated fees in campaigning or advertising in elections is not appropriate,” Fifield said.

VandenLangenberg said even though the decision did not pun-ish the defendants, his goal in filing the case was met because of that clarification by the judiciary.

“It’s more important to be a protector of the appropriate use of segregated fees than it is to simply punish a bunch of people,” VandenLangenberg said. “What we really did here is we protected people from abus-ing segregated fees.”

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committee members were presented eight variations of drafts for the new city districts. they will continue to narrow down the options.

Kyle VandenLangenbergshared governance chair

associated students of madison

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thanitistosimplypunishabunchofpeople.”

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Fossil fuels have been the life-blood of the energy industry since its infancy. But in this day

and age, fuels such as oil, coal and nat-ural gas are simply not good enough to meet global energy demands while complying with the growing demand for a more environmentally safe means of production.

The American political system, as a whole, has long advocated for alternative energy production. In response, the U.S. government has funded the development of wind, solar and hydro electric generators. While these seemingly new ven-tures into alternative energy sourc-es have cut into the dependence on fossils fuels, they are not enough.

The reason for this may be that these energy sources are not new at all. What the world needs is some-thing truly new for our advanced global society. That new alternative power source is nuclear power.

However, with the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, and the so-called nuclear crisis unfolding at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, anti-nuclear sentiment is once again racing across America.

The amount of radiation that leaked from the Fukushima nuclear power plant was not even enough to cause significant

short- or long-term health prob-lems. The worst case of radiation reported from the leak was found in a worker from the plant. This worker received twice the limit allowed by law for an American nuclear plant worker in one year.

Now, that may seem like a lot, but it really isn’t. At this level of radiation, the worst short term health effect is a decrease in white blood cells. This drop-off is no more than one sees when they fall ill with the common cold.

The worst long-term effect is a 0.5 percent increase in the chance of cancer. Considering that today the average American has a 40 percent chance of being diagnosed with cancer, this amount is insignificant.

The U.S. currently has 104 nuclear plants in operation, and two of them —the Kewaunee plant and the Point Beach plant—are in UW-Madison’s backyard. These two plants have three reactors between them and are separatd by only a few miles.

So what should America do with regards to its energy demands? Repeal all legislation that limits nuclear research and development. Nuclear power is the answer to the energy crisis of today’s world, and all anti-nucle-ar power laws only hinder the U.S. and puts us farther behind the rest of the world.

What really hurts America is not being able to build any new generation IV reactors. To put things into prospective, the Point

Beach and Kewaunee plants both use generation II reactors.

If legislation barring any new reac-tors from being built was lifted, the U.S. would benefit greatly. We would gain even more if we were to build thorium high-temperature reactors and light water breeder reactors. The advantages of these reactors are that they utilize thorium. Thorium reac-tors have the unique benefit that they produced less radioactive waste com-pared to other nuclear reactors.

Thorium itself is not fissile, meaning it cannot produce ener-gy alone. What it is capable of doing is absorbing slow-moving neutrons to breed uranium-233, which is fissile and has a half life much longer than the more com-monly used uranium-235. Once the uranium-233 is irradiated, or burnt up, the reactor can be

unloaded and any excess thorium can be fed back into the reactor and reused.

Thorium-232 is also more abundant than uranium-235 in the Earth and nearly all of the mined thorium can be used in a reactor compared to uranium, which only 0.7 percent is usable.

Another distinct advantage is a reactor that utilizes thorium can be set up in a way that would

make it more efficient than any current or near future reactor that uses uranium. Theoretically, a thorium reactor could produce 40 times the amount of energy per unit mass than uranium-235.

The use of thorium-232 is the future of nuclear power and energy generation in general. It produces less waste, is more abundant, more efficient and can be reused multiple times.

The answer is right in front of our eyes, but there is a wall between use and thorium’s potential, and that wall is the America’s current legislation regarding nuclear power.

For more information about nuclear power in the Madison area visit the Enineering Physics Department’s website at: http://reac-tor.engr.wisc.edu.

Nuclear power plants: The future of energyWhy the United States should seriously consider this alternative energy source, in spite of the Japanese crisis

By Michael LeitchTHE DAILY CARDINAL

Dear Mr. Scientist: In chem-istry labs we’re never allowed to wear contacts. My TA says that chemical fumes could cause contact lenses to fuse to your eyes. Are there actually chemi-cals that can do this?

–Carrie D.

Not really, but if your TA says no contacts allowed in lab, don’t wear contacts in lab. Back in the day contacts were made of a dif-ferent material and it was thought that the lenses would absorb chem-icals and hold them against the eye.

Nowadays contacts are made of hydrophilic (water-loving) polymers with absorption char-acteristics similar to the cornea so anything a contact absorbs, the cornea will also absorb.

Also, any chemical capable of fusing your contacts to your eyes would also severely damage a naked eye. That aside, always wear goggles in the lab!

Dear Mr. Scientist: If it’s true that hot air rises, how come mountain peaks are so cold but places like Death Valley so hot?

–Sarah K.

Places of low elevation have a lot of air above them which increases the air pressure, and as pressure increases, so does the temperature. On mountain tops there is less air overhead so the pressure is lower and, in turn, so is the temperature.

Another explanation is that at higher elevation, the air is less dense. Since the air is less dense there are fewer air molecules to collide, which is how heat is transfered. Therefore, the temperature will be lower.

With regards to the notion of hot air rising and colder air fall-ing, this is only true when the air pressure is the same for both places of interest. This of course isn’t true when comparing the summit of a mountain like Everest with Death Valley.

Dear Mr. Scientist: How do photons push a solar sail forward if photons don’t any mass?

–James F.

For those unfamiliar with solar sails, they’re like a stellar sailboat using energy from the sun instead of rockets to move. While photons (particles of light) are massless, to move an object all you need is a little bit of momentum.

Looking at the classical equation for momentum p=mv (momentum equals mass times volume) it seems like a particle without mass shouldn’t have any momentum, but these pho-tons are traveling at the speed of light so that equation goes out the window.

In the massless case of the pho-ton, the momentum is defined as p=E/c where “c” is the speed of light and “E” is energy. This explains how a massless photon generates enough energy to move the solar sail.

To send your questions to Mr. Scientist feel free to email Michael at mleitch@wisc.edu.

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What the world needs is something truely new for our

advanced global society.

The American political system as a whole has long advocaed for alternative energy production.

If legislation barring any new reactors from being built was lifted, the United States would

benefit greatly.

The nuclear power plant in Kewaunee. This reactor would recieve an upgrade with new nuclear policies.PhoTo courTsey sierra cLuB

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A solar sail in orbit pushed by particles of light called photons.

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Krauss back with high-flying ‘Airplane’

On her new album Paper Airplane, Allison Krauss creates vocal magic, staying truthful to her bluegrass roots. Her lyrical legacy lives on in the 12th album, but does it foreshadow musical changes in Krauss’ future?

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It’s a name that your parents are probably more familiar with, but one that our younger gen-eration shouldn’t just shove aside: The commercially and artistically successful Alison Krauss. Whether recording solo or with her band, Union Station, Krauss is the god-dess of modern bluegrass music (not an oxymoron, I promise). She has the distinction of being the singer who has won the most Grammy awards of any artist, and she owes three of those (and her subsequent hop over Aretha Franklin for the honor) to the collaborative album with Robert Plant, Raising Sand, which took home Album of the Year among others in 2007.

Her follow-up, Paper Airplane, is no disappointment. Working again with Union Station, Krauss delivers her sig-nature silky vocals accompanied by soulful strings. The tracks range in style from lilt-ing and beauti-ful like her 2001 single “The Lucky One,” to haunt-ing like her duet with Brad Paisley on “Whiskey Lullaby” (the 2005 CMA Song of the Year). Three tracks don’t feature Krauss’s vocals at all, relying only on the tal-ents of Union Station. Highly reminiscent of music found on the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, these tracks (“Dust Bowl Children,” “On the Outside Looking In” and “Bonita and Bill Butler”) are true to bluegrass, but are less likely to end up on my iPod. Without Krauss’s recogniz-able notes, they fail to retain her cross-genre appeal.

The tracks that do feature her angelic voice make the album more than worth a listen. The title track, “Paper Airplane,” opens the album with uncharacteristic sweeping gusto in Krauss’ voice, showcasing her range and vocal prowess right away. Topically, it’s odd to begin an album with, talk-ing about a love that is ending: “Almost over now / Our love is like a paper airplane / Flying in the folding wind / Riding high, dipping low.” Subject matter aside, it’s beautiful.

Similarly, “Lie Awake” is a song with haunting opening chords more recognizable as Krauss’ sig-nature. Never hesitating to sing about real issues (like the gam-bling addiction in “The Lucky One” and suicide in “Whiskey Lullaby”), the lyrics reveal some-one on the verge of depression. It’s a look at stagnation, someone with no reason to go on, just the knowledge that one should.

“Lay My Burden Down” features a point of view that seems to be from beyond the grave. Echoing the voice in “Lie

Awake,” this person is restless but without reason. She is in heaven—shouldn’t life be perfect? Yet the voice still has one foot in the real world, looking at what feels like an eternity without the one she loves.

Next is “My Love Follows You Where You Go,” and the title really says it all. My second favor-ite on the album next to “Paper Airplane,” this one is about let-ting go while continuing to love someone who leaves. The lyrics suggest this person is a child: “Future like a promise / You’re a city of gold . . . Seeing you stand there / Staring at the unknown / I won’t pretend that it’s not kill-ing me / Watching you walk away slow.” As sad as the lyrics sound, a more upbeat tempo and a heavier drum balance the melancholy feel with a celebratory one, making it a gorgeous number that is sure

to bring tears to any mother’s eyes if played at her child’s graduation or wedding (hint).

In “Dimming of the Day,” the background music shifts to a sol-emn tone and the beat becomes dimmer, giv-

ing its title physical significance. It discusses long distances and how lives become intertwined in a relationship and then have to tear apart once that relationship crumbles. It’s sad, but Krauss pulls it off without becoming too sappy. “Sinking Stone” is yet another new voice and talks about breaking free from a relationship that is going nowhere, about getting out before the drowning commences.

“Miles to Go” is a commen-tary about life and the distances it takes you, but says it in a light, pleasant medium. Its lilting vocals give it a gypsy-like effect: “Another memory is another slamming door . . . petals start to fade / Near the picket fence just another shade / Of miles to go.” Someday, it will make great background music for a movie scene in which a girl drives down a highway in a car at dusk. Stereotypical? Yes. Still a great song? Of course.

The final track, “My Opening Farewell,” showcases how time passes while you aren’t looking and how it’s so hard to leave a relation-ship when you truly care about the other person: Krauss sings, “We’ll soon be gone / ‘Tis just as well / This is my opening farewell.” The lyrics are poignant, the topic a difficult one and Krauss’ vocals still shine, but is there a greater significance to the words? Could this album be the beginning of the end of Krauss’s collaboration with Union Station? Or of her nearly 30-year music career?

Is this Alison Krauss’ “opening farewell”?

I hope not. I always look for-ward to seeing new music from Krauss and Union Station, not because I know it will be ground breaking or innovative, but because I know it will always be a wonderful showcase of all the best of the bluegrass world: Great musicians, well-written lyrics and the signature heavenly vocals that make Krauss the bluegrass god-dess of the last three decades.

Working again with Union Station, Krauss delivers her sig-nature silky vocals accompanied

by soulful strings.

Also look for a slew of interviews on the plate for the rest of this

week and next week, including the Whiskey Farm, ezra Furman and the Harpoons and Zion i. All of these performers will be rolling through Madison in the next two weeks.

Be sure to check in later this week for coverage of record

Store day, coming up this Saturday. The daily

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TV on the Radio has evolved leaps and bounds in the last 10 years, from a duo self-releasing long, dirty-sounding jams to a conglomeration of artists releasing critically acclaimed albums. Following four albums—three studio and one self-released—Nine Types of Light is a record that draws on the influences of jazz, hip-hop and rock, among other things.

The album opens with “Second Song,” a cut that starts with minimal instrumentation and vocals, new territory for TV on the Radio. When the drums and guitar cut in after three-quarters of that critical first minute, the record’s already got you hooked and the chorus that starts at halfway through the second minute is more than infec-tious enough to hold your attention.

When the first song ends the band thrusts you “Keep Your Heart.” The drums at the start make this song feel quick, and the guitar is interesting enough to get your attention, but until the chorus comes in at a minute and a half there’s nothing to really keep you listening. If you can make it through that first chorus though, the song gets exponentially more interesting, with the addition of another keyboard line and a more present bass sound.

This is a theme with TV on the Radio, even on some of their early releases. The songs might be intrigu-ing and different, but sometimes they seem to drag on.

When TV on the Radio picks up the tempo and features the gui-tar a little more, even their long songs end up catchier. The first song where they give us a taste of this in the new album is “No Future Shock,” which features a faster beat and a lot of keyboard, but the gui-tar is present on the right side of the mix. The lyrics aren’t especially complex, but the vocal line is inter-esting, especially the bridge, which also throws in a little dirty bass for good measure.

The mixing on Nine Types of Light is superb, even with my headphones on, I still felt like I was in a con-cert hall watching these guys live. The directionality of the music is nearly perfect, highlighting and accenting the other parts much better than on most records I have heard recently. This is not a record that is mixed to sound

loud—the dynamics are very impor-tant and contribute to the overall emo-tional feeling of the album.

Dear Science may have had more get-up-and-go to it, but listening to “Killer Crane,” I can’t say I missed the speed, even as this slow jam clocks in at 6:16. Maybe I’m just growing up a little, and my attention span is finally longer than 30 seconds, but I think it has more to do with the fantastic layering on this track.

“New Cannonball Run” kind of surprised me, with a blues-esque vocal and great syncopa-tion over an awesome beat, this is probably the most interesting song on the album. The vocals and beat are the focus of this song, and rightly so, as both are amazing.

This album is a bit of a grab-bag and not quite as solid as I think it should be by now. Luckily, the second half performs much better than the first. The superb mixing makes it worth at least one spin, and there are some tracks that make it worth a second listen. The things Nine Types of Light does well, it does really well—but there’s no deal breaker on this record.

Dim Light flickers on TV on the Radio’s latest album

tV on the radio’s latest album, Nine Types of Light, brings together blues and jazz with classic hip-hop beats in an altogether hit-or-miss collection of tracks, disappointing after their last release, Dear Science.

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I n many cases, the Associated Students of Madison is the tar-get of undue criticism, even

from us. But there’s no doubt the recent actions of a few high-profile ASM members warrant a critical eye.

Despite last night’s student judiciary ruling in favor of the Associated Free Thinkers Ensuring Responsibility, a registered student organization headed by prominent figures in the ASM community, the recent controversies surround-ing the group give cause for con-cern. When AFTER ran ads in The Badger Herald urging the student body to vote against a spring elec-tion referendum, its leaders knew they couldn’t use student segregat-ed fees to pay for the transaction—a move that undoubtably requires heavy restitution.

AFTER’s primary contact person, Matt Beemsterboer, was repeatedly called to defend the group’s exploits during a student judiciary hearing Sunday. Aside from creating the ad and pur-chasing a spot in the Herald, Beemsterboer also chairs the Finance Committee that awards operations grant money to student organizations like AFTER.

While Beemsterboer denied the group intended to pay for the ads with segregated fees, he never specified where the money would have come from otherwise. When asked why the ad included the ASM logo and disclaimer—which typically indicate it is being paid for through segregated fee fund-ing—Beemsterboer said he wanted interested students to contact the group through ASM. To anyone who has attempted to navigate ASM’s dysfunctional website, his response hardly holds water.

Just one day after a former ASM student council representative filed a complaint against the group, AFTER was scheduled to pres-ent its 2011-’12 operations grant request to the Finance Committee. Curiously, the group chose not to present the request, which indicated AFTER had spent all $4,056 of its current budget, including money

designated for advertising in the Herald. During the student judicia-ry hearing, however, Beemsterboer told the panel the group hadn’t spent any money at all.

We know members of ASM hatch shady backroom plans all the time. The fact that former ASM chair Kurt Gosselin made the trip back to Madison to defend his AFTER friends is a statement in itself. And we also realize AFTER is not the first group of individuals who attempted to abuse segregated fees.

Carl Fergus, a member of AFTER, accused last spring’s politi-cal slate Madison People Organizing for Wisconsin Education Rights of also abusing segregated fees for campaign purposes in a recent blog post. Unfortunately, identifying one group’s misconduct doesn’t excuse your own.

But to say the very least, AFTER’s leaders know better. Its members are more familiar with ASM rules and regulations than anyone on campus, and it’s obvi-ous to us they tried to beat a sys-tem they helped create.

When it comes to segregated fees, ASM needs to hold groups like AFTER more accountable. As lead-ers in student government, AFTER’s members were supposed to protect our dollars, not take advantage of them for more power on the ballot.

Regardless of the judiciary’s rul-ing, overwhelming evidence against AFTER calls for someone to take responsibility. Either Beemsterboer lied to the judiciary when he claimed AFTER hasn’t spent any of its funds, or he lied on AFTER’s operations grant application that his Finance Committee is respon-sible for managing.

Before he graduates, Beemsterboer should step down from his role as Finance Committee chair. We can’t have leaders in student government who exploit student money for political power. It would be a symbolic step in the right direc-tion, and hopefully it would deter individuals from devious plots in the future.

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A s the clock ticked toward midnight and the federal gov-ernment narrowly avoided a

government shutdown Friday night, both Democrats and Republicans boasted their accomplishments and claimed legislative victory. In addi-tion, political pundits and talking heads have attempted to analyze back-room deals and negotiations, trying to decipher the exact source of our two parties’ irreconcilable differences in regards to the federal budget.

But in reality, there is no win-ner. When our paid representa-tives come within an hour of being unable to pay 800,000 workers or offer government services, everyone loses. And unfortunately this inabil-ity to cooperate has become all too common. As each party becomes more polarized, our federal govern-ment becomes more inefficient and increasingly counter-productive. It’s as if Major League Baseball was reduced to just the Red Sox and the Yankees: With every game the hatred grows deeper. But more importantly, the fans are sick of watching. A 2010 Gallup Poll revealed that 58 percent of Americans feel that a third major political party is needed, and when broken down by political ideology, the percentage varies only marginally.

Yet the common misconception that the United States was designed to accommodate a two-party system continues to rear its head. We tend to forget that political parties didn’t exist in their modern form during the formation of the constitution, and that James Madison and George Washington argued vehemently against the formation of “factions” that might serve as a source of corruption and minority rule. We also tend to forget third parties played a significant role in previous elections—former Wisconsin Gov. Robert La Follette, for example, carried Wisconsin and 17 percent of the popular vote in 1924 as the Progressive Party candidate in the presidential race.

So why do we only have two major political parties in the U.S. today? Many attribute it to our “winner-take-all” electoral system, in which the first candidate to get more than 50 percent of the vote wins the election. But in an article for the Washington Post, UC-Berkeley Professor Pradeep Chhibber and Michigan Professor Ken Kollman argue that instead of focusing on electoral rules of the constitution, the real culprit is the centralization of the federal government since the 1920s. Most specifically, according to the pro-fessors, the creation of a national income tax and Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

The idea is actually pretty sim-ple—political efforts and financial support naturally gravitate toward sources of power. When the gov-ernment becomes more centralized, and federal power grows at the expense of states, the efforts and finances of major political parties are better spent at the national level. In the pre-New Deal era, when the government was far more decentral-

ized and states wielded significantly more political power, various parties had more of an incentive to focus on regional and state interests and voters were more motivated to care about who represented them at state and local levels.

Upon further research I found countries that granted more power and independence to states, like Spain, Great Britain and Italy, have a greater number of active politi-cal parties. Additionally, accord-ing to political science professor Mark Franklin’s 2001 study on Controversies in Voting Behavior, voter turnout in parliamentary and legislative elections from 1960-1995 were 90 percent in Italy, 76 percent in the United Kingdom and 73 percent in Spain. The United States came in at a dismal 48 percent.

Is it possible that the increas-ing centralization of power in the hands of the federal government is to blame for our lack of third parties, and perhaps even our declining voter turnout at state and local elections?

Perhaps the best way to con-ceptualize the theory is to think of political parties not as ideological factions, but rather as competing businesses. This is actually a pretty realistic interpretation, as parties are in no way addressed in the constitution, but rather work as independent entities that operate within the law. In this sense, the Republicans and Democrats have a pseudo-monopoly on government, and any attempt to create a third party of any relevance is much like a local business competing against Walmart. The established domi-nance of the two major corpora-tions feed off the continual flow of political power to the federal level, and unlike a normal business, the Republicans and Democrats have the power to pass legislation to increase that flow.

Thus, the nature of American government, specifically the central-ization of federal power, discour-ages the creation of third parties. However, this doesn’t necessar-ily suggest more power should be deregulated and granted to states. Rather, it’s simply recognizing a possible correlation between the dis-tribution of government power and the creation of political parties.

It also doesn’t imply that more political parties would make our gov-ernment run more efficiently. In fact, it seems counter-intuitive to think that an American political system with five or six competing parties could agree upon a federal budget more quickly than two can. But what it does suggest, albeit very theoreti-cally, is that if power was decentral-ized to the states the concentration of political effort and finance would decentralize accordingly.

People react to incentives, and if the structure of our political system made the creation of third parties a realistic investment, then we would have more than just Democrats and Republicans. More parties would undoubtedly provide far more opportunity for localized representa-tion and a wider range of legislative perspective. If decentralization can make that more possible, then per-haps it’s a theory worth considering.

Miles Kellerman is a sopho-more majoring in political sci-ence. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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In addition to instilling an attitude of always playing hard, head coach Yvette Healy has emphasized the need for the play-ers to quickly transition from the classroom mentality to the athletic mindset when playing mid-week home games.

It is anyone’s guess as to which Wisconsin pitcher will step up Wednesday, as the team has had solid contributions from every-one on the staff all season. This past weekend, freshman pitcher Amanda Najdek starred, keep-ing the Badgers in their even-tual comeback victory over Northwestern by only allowing two runs in five and two-thirds innings of relief.

Sophomore pitcher Meghan McIntosh was also impressive in relief over the weekend, pitch-ing four and one-third innings of shutout softball in relief of Najdek in the second game of the Northwestern twinbill. Unfortunately, McIntosh was not rewarded with a victory, as the Badgers’ offense was unable to provide her with any run support.

South Dakota State is not an

opponent that strikes fear into the hearts of the Badger players, but the team knows it still has to play hard no matter who the opponent is.

“We just want to come out and

play our best ball. Play well and improve every game,” Peace said.

The first pitch of the doublehead-er against the Jackrabbits is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Goodman Diamond.

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Not to beat a dead horse, but a few months after saying he was “up,” he used the erectile dis-function excuse to explain away a positive test. You can’t make this up.

Anyway, the Dodgers signed him for two years and $45 million—enough to get anyone up—and that was the beginning of the end.

If anybody since 1993 had the game to get away with being eccen-tric, sporadically engaged in the game and driven by money, though, it was ManRam.

The dude went nine seasons between 1998 and 2006 where he never hit fewer than 32 home runs, or drove in fewer than 102 runs. That includes slash lines of .333/44 HRs/165 RBI in 1999, .351/38/122 in 2000 (despite missing 45 games) and .292/45/144 in 2005.

Of course, the question is wheth-er any of that matters now that he’s tested positive for PEDs three times and—most people will presume—he’s been juicing his whole career. Do his numbers count? Does he deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?

My answer is as imperfect as any, but I don’t really see a problem with letting him in the Hall. Put an asterisk next to his numbers, add the number of positive tests to his plaque in Cooperstown, do whatever. But let him and the rest of the steroids-era players in if their numbers warrant it.

The Hall of Fame is baseball’s historical database. I know about the disgusting numbers Babe Ruth put up, I know Reggie Jackson couldn’t be stopped in the clutch and I know about Nolan Ryan’s strikeout rates, but I don’t have a full appreciation for

their achievements because I never saw any of them play.

I’ve watched Manny play, and to call him a hitting machine is a com-pliment to machines. Same goes for Barry Bonds. Roger Clemons scared the shit out of hitters—even the ones who were also on steroids. The Hall preserves careers so future gen-erations that never witnessed them in person can appreciate them for what they were. I don’t see how this will be any different.

Manny is a career .312 hitter. He has 547 dingers to his name. By our standards, those are Hall of Fame numbers. We know the stories about Ruth being a bit of a booze hound and a womanizer just like future baseball fans will know Bonds is a pompous ass. The integrity of the game will survive if Major League Baseball lets them in. It may even give the league a chance to control the message.

All of this is not to mention the fact that we live in the 21st century, where everything is archived on the Internet. Speaking of that, check out the “This is Sportscenter” commercial featuring Manny and Jay Harris. You’ll want him in Cooperstown, too.

Do players from baseball’s steroid era like Manny Ramirez deserve a place in Cooperstown? E-mail Parker at pjgabriel@dailycardinal.com.

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The Wisconsin men’s hockey team will have 11 former players in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, which begin Wednesday night, the most among any NCAA men’s hockey program. The Badgers that will be skating for a chance to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup are: Joe Pavelski and Dany Heatley (San Jose Sharks), 2010 Hobey Baker Award winner Blake Geoffrion and Ryan Suter (Nashville Predators), Derek Stepan and Ryan McDonagh (New York Rangers), Brian Rafalski (Detroit Red Wings), Kyle Turris (Phoenix Coyotes), Brad Winchester (Anaheim Ducks), Jake Dowell (Chicago Blackhawks) and Davis Drewiske (Los

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Stephanie Peace, currently on a four game hitting streak, will look to stay hot at the plate against a sub-par Jackrabbits pitching staff.

Do whatever. But let [Manny] and the rest of the steroids era in if their numbers warrant it.

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Amanda najdek (left) and Whitney Massey (right) will try to help Wisconsin close out its homestand with two wins as they take on South dakota State in a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon.

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Despite his drug use, Manny deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame

I n a strange way, it makes sense that this is how the career of Manny Ramirez

comes to an end. It’s safe to say we aren’t com-

pletely done dealing with the hyper-talented hitter from the Dominican Republic, but the final chapter of his big league career reads much like most of his career. It elicits a combination of head-shaking, wonderment and amusement that is so commonly summed up with the now-stan-dard “Manny being Manny.”

After earning a 50-game sus-pension in 2009 for a positive performance-enhancing drug test, Ramirez announced his retirement last week likely upon learning he was about to be sus-pended 100 games for another failed test.

In 2009, Manny said his posi-tive test came as an inadvertent side-effect of an erectile-dysfunc-tion drug he was taking. He may have problems with the lan-guage barrier like many Spanish-speaking players, but I have to imagine even Ramirez knew he served up a hanging curveball with “performance-enhancing drug” scrawled across it.

This time, he didn’t bother with an outlandish excuse or even wait for official word of the

suspension to come down. He just up and quit. It’s the perfect ending for Manny. Not because he’s a quitter, but because he’s always cared more about the length of his locks and the depth of his pockets than about what fans think of him or what will be written in baseball’s annals with regards to his reputation as a bad teammate.

This is the guy, after all, who ran himself out of Boston by completely shutting down once he grew complacent with his contract in 2008. Yeah, that contract was eight years old, but it was also worth $200 million.

Then, after getting traded to the Dodgers, he said he would become a free agent so he could see who would pay him the most. I’m all for players lever-aging the system and finding maximum dollars—it’s within the rules and they’d be stupid not to. However, along with that decision came quotes like, “The price of gas is up, and so am I.”

Not to beat a dead horse, but a few months after saying he was “up,” he explained away a positive test by saying it was an erectile dysfunction medicine. You can’t make this up.

Anyways, the Dodgers signed him for two years and $45 mil-lion—enough to get anyone up—and that was the beginning of the end.

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The Wisconsin softball team will look to close a seven game homestand Wednesday on a posi-tive note with an afternoon double-header against South Dakota State at Goodman Diamond.

The Badgers have won three of five games in the homestand so far, including an impressive come-back victory over Northwestern last Saturday. Wisconsin faced a 6-0 defi-cit in the second inning of that game but rallied for a 9-8 victory. That win is tied for the largest comeback vic-tory in Badger softball history.

Wisconsin (2-4 Big Ten, 20-15

overall) has not been daunted by deficits this season. In fact, 11 of the Badgers’ 20 victories this season have been comeback wins, a statistic that freshman left fielder Stephanie Peace said reflects the team’s “never quit” mentality.

“We have a lot of heart,” Peace said,” We believe in ourselves as a team and we have the potential to come back and play great ballgames.”

Peace has been successful at the plate recently, and hit a 3-run homer last week against North Dakota. She is currently on a four-game hitting streak, and will look to keep that going against a Jackrabbit pitching staff that has struggled this season,

posting a 5.46 team ERA.South Dakota State has

been the complete opposite of the Badgers when it comes to comebacks, sporting a dismal 1-17 record when trailing after two innings. Still, sophomore infielder Whitney Massey said Wisconsin is committed to play-ing its best softball no matter the caliber of opponent.

“This team is always amped up to play any game,” Massey said. “We’re going to go after it and try to get as many runs in the first few innings as we can.”

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