Wisconsin
Wisconsin district bans pride flags from classrooms
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin college district’s resolution to inform bar workers from displaying homosexual pleasure flags in lecture rooms or from placing their most popular pronouns in electronic mail signatures prompted pushback from college students, alumni and others, whereas the superintendent mentioned it was simply reaffirming a coverage that was already in place.
Kettle Moraine College District Superintendent Stephen Plum just lately informed the college board the district’s interpretation of a coverage that prohibits employees from utilizing their positions to advertise partisan politics, non secular views and propaganda for private, financial or nonmonetary achieve modified following a authorized evaluation, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Plum mentioned academics and directors are prohibited from displaying political or non secular messages of their lecture rooms or on their particular person, together with homosexual pleasure flags and Black Lives Matter and We Again the Badge indicators. Employees additionally could not say in emails what their most popular pronouns are.
The district posted in regards to the resolution on its Fb web page July 27, drawing lots of of feedback, most in opposition to the transfer.
Trey Korte, who’s homosexual and taught English at Kettle Moraine Excessive College from 2009 to 2019, mentioned he was offended and unhappy in regards to the coverage disallowing pleasure flags.
“If you take away one thing that had been there awhile that represented a marginalized group, while you take that away, it does make individuals really feel unwelcome,” Korte informed The Related Press Wednesday.
Critics mentioned the ban conflicts with the college district’s motto “Studying With out Boundaries,” as promoted on its web site.
“We reside in a world the place politics are highlighted, and it places individuals in uncomfortable positions. I really feel the employees can absolutely help college students. I really feel that each employees member, custodian and instructor should know that it’s actually in the perfect curiosity of the scholars to look out for them and to have sturdy, wholesome relationships that develop therefrom,” Plum informed the college board at a July 26 assembly.
Kettle Moraine College Board President Gary Vose backed the choice.
“This isn’t a case the place we’re making an attempt to discriminate towards any group or teams for that matter, however relatively simply to carry readability to permit employees to know the place the road is drawn on these varied issues. It’s not a recognition contest. Regardless what we do right here, we’re going to have some which can be going to like it, some which can be going to hate it. No matter that, I feel it’s the correct factor to do. I’m absolutely behind it,” Vose mentioned.
Two college students at Kettle Moraine Excessive College, Bethany Provan and Brit Farrar began a web-based petition opposing the ban, which had generated almost 1,400 signatures by Wednesday.
The petition mentioned that pleasure flags may also help college students “really feel protected and supported” and that as an alternative of barring academics from utilizing their most popular pronouns in electronic mail signatures, colleges ought to educate college students what pronouns are.
“You utilize them in on a regular basis life. So is it a criminal offense for our academics to say what they wish to be referred by?” the petition mentioned.
Preview: Wisconsin Closes Nonconference Schedule Hosting Detroit Mercy
Detroit Mercy (5-8, 1-2 Horizon League) vs. Wisconsin (9-3, 0-2 Big Ten)
Date/Time – Sunday, December 22, 1 p.m.
Arena – Kohl Center (16,838)
Watch – Big Ten Network (Jeff Levering and Brian Butch)
Radio – Badgers Radio Network (Matt Lepay and Charlie Wills), Sirius 119 or 195, stream online on iHeartRadio.
Series – Wisconsin leads 3-0 (Wisconsin leads 3-0 in Madison)
Last Meeting – Wisconsin won, 68-42, on December 6, 2003, in Madison
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Betting line: Wisconsin -29.5
Projected Starting Five (Wisconsin)
Player to Watch: After averaging 2.4 points per game last season, Winter has improved to 10.6 ppg this year after scoring a career-high 20 vs. Butler. He leads UW in rebounds (5.6), offensive rebounds (23) and field goal percentage (.598).
Projected Starting Five (Detroit Mercy)
Player to watch: Leading the Titans with 16 points in Wednesday’s loss at Northern Kentucky, Lovejoy has been in double figures in nine of UDM’s 13 games. He leads the team in scoring, rebounding, assists, and steals (1.9).
Series Notes
Wisconsin’s average margin of victory in its three prior meetings with UDM is 18.3 points.
The last time Wisconsin and Detroit Mercy met was Dec. 6, 2003, when UW claimed a 68-42 win. Devin Harris and Freddie Owens led the Badgers with 13 points, with Harris adding nine assists.
Wisconsin is 72-4 all-time against teams in the Horizon League. Under head coach Greg Gard, the Badgers hold a 9-0 all-time mark vs. Horizon teams.
The Titans are 30-123 all-time against the Big Ten Conference – 12-81 on the road – and have dropped 18 in a row against the league. The last win was at Michigan State, 68-65, on Dec. 13, 1997.
Wisconsin Notes
Wisconsin is 79-23 (.775) in regular season, non-conference games under Gard.
Wisconsin is 9-1 in non-conference play this season and has the chance to post double-digit out of conference wins for the first time since going 11-2 in 2016-17. The Badgers have tallied four non-conference wins over Power 5 teams, their most since 2018-19.
Wisconsin ranks 11th in the nation with an adjusted offensive efficiency of 120.1 per KenPom – through games played Dec. 18. This year’s adjusted offensive efficiency rating of 120.1 ranks as the school’s third-highest mark since KenPom began tracking in 1999.
UW is averaging 15.2 assists per game, its most since 1993-94, while turning the ball over 9.6 times per game. UW has never had a season in which it has averaged 15+ assists per game while remaining below 10 turnovers per contest.
Wisconsin leads the NCAA in free throw percentage, 84.8% FT (234-for-276) at the line. UW has nearly made more FTs (234) than its foes have attempted (237) this season.
Detroit Mercy Notes
With 11 new players on the 15-man roster, the Titans returned just 14.2 percent of their scoring, 12.9 percent of their rebounding, and 18.0 percent of their minutes played from last season.
The Titans snapped a 22-game road slide with a win at Ball State on November 20.
UDM posted four wins in November, the most in the month since going 4-3 at the start of the 2017-18 season
Detroit Mercy has owned the glass this year, outrebounding its opponents in nine of its 13 games. The Titans are 52nd in the country with 13.2 offensive boards and 74th in DI with a +5.4 rebounding average.
UDM has a 173-107 margin on second-chance points on the season.
Prediction
Calling out a play that involves Crowl getting an early shot attempt in the low post is nothing new for Gard. Off the top of his head, he estimates that getting the ball to Crowl in the low post within Wisconsin’s first three offensive possessions happens 90 percent of the time.
But after being publicly called out by his coach and pushed to be more aggressive by his teammates, Wisconsin intentionally made a call to get Crowl the ball near the low block on the first possession. Seeing him convert by being physical with his back to the basket, unleashing a spin move for an easy bucket was the positive response the staff was looking for.
Crowl’s season-high 18 points against Butler were a catalyst in breaking a three-game losing skid. He did it playing aggressively and in short spurts, playing in just 17 minutes (second-fewest of the season) and going 7-for-10 from the floor (second-most attempts of the year).
“It’s a credit to him,” Gard said. “The 17 minutes that he had, he took full advantage of those.”
The renewed play of Crowl and the growth of Nolan Winter could give Wisconsin a punch to the offense it hasn’t had through the first two months of the season. Crowl and Winter had only reached double figures in the same game once until last Saturday. The duo combined for 38 points and their play helped Wisconsin outscore Butler, 40-to-24, in the paint, its third-highest total for the season and the second-highest paint-scoring differential.
“They play and have pride in playing for what’s on the front of the jersey, knowing that the back of the jersey will get taken care of,” Gard said. “You really get individual accolades through team success. I don’t see a lot of MVP awards being handed out to an 8-25 team.”
Getting to 8-25 would be a huge step forward for Detroit Mercy, which opened last season with a 26-game losing streak and finished 1-31, the worst record in Division-1. Hiring Michigan State assistant Mark Montgomery, who has coached with Tom Izzo on two different occasions, the Titans run some patterns similar to the Spartans in addition to executing three-quarters court pressure and zone.
The Titans also have a good player in Lovejoy, as the transfer from Eastern Michigan is one of 10 Division 1 players who averages 13.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.9 steals per game. Detroit ranks 54th nationally in rebounding, averaging just under 40 per game. The problem the Titans are facing is health, as the Titans have three rotation players averaging at least 8.9 ppg out with injuries. The Titans played 10 student-athletes at NKU, six of those were freshmen who accounted for 101 of the 200 minutes as well as 38 of the 60 points and 22 of the 34 boards.
Wisconsin should handle an undermanned unit, as long as the Badgers aren’t overly rusty from finals week.
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MADISON – It appears that the Wisconsin football team will have almost a completely new quarterback room next season.
Mabrey Mettauer, the last scholarship player left at the position on the roster from this season, is expected to enter the transfer portal, according to 247sports. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound true freshman from The Woodlands, Texas, was a consensus four-star recruit coming out of high school.
This season he served as the top backup to Braedyn Locke after Tyler Van Dyke suffered a season-ending knee injury against Alabama. Mettauer appeared in one game and completed his only pass attempt.
He maintained his redshirt status and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Mabrey’s departure was the last domino to fall from the firing of Phil Longo as offensive coordinator. Like Van Dyke and Locke, Mettauer came to Wisconsin with the idea that he would play in Longo’s pass-friendly offense.
Locke’s brother, Landyn, a member of the 2025 recruiting class, was also recruited by Longo. Landyn Locke has been released from his letter of intent and has re-opened his recruitment.
After 247sports broken the news of Mettauer’s expected departure he reposted the post on his X and Instagram accounts.
The loss of Mettauer means Wisconsin has three scholarship quarterbacks plus walk-on Milos Spasojevic on the roster for next season:
* Billy Edwards Jr., who started this season at Maryland and threw for 2,800 yards. He has one year of eligibility left.
* Danny O’Neil, who started at San Diego State as a true freshman and threw for 2,000 yards this season. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
* Carter Smith, a four-star prospect from Florida, will enroll early and participate in spring practice.
Wisconsin
14-year-old killed in Wisconsin school shooting shared gifts of music and art with many, friends say
MADISON, Wis. — Rubi Patricia Vergara was a talented young teenager who often handcrafted gifts for others and shared her musical talents with many, family friends recounted at funeral services held Saturday morning.
Vergara, 14, was a student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was shot and killed by a fellow student Monday. Teacher Erin West, 42, was also killed in the attack.
“She was a quiet, gentle spirit who cared deeply for others,” City Church lead pastor Tom Flaherty said. “But Rubi also had a faith beyond her years.”
Vergara’s services were held at City Church, which is adjacent to the school. West’s funeral is set for Monday at Doxa Church in Madison, according to her obituary.
Two other injured students remained hospitalized Saturday in critical condition but were stable, UW Hospital said.
A family friend, Dawn Moris, spoke about Vergara’s compassion and empathy. Vergara made personalized birthday cards for loved ones with digital artwork, origami and had started crocheting. Moris showed those in the congregation a small crocheted smiley face potato crafted by Vergara.
“She applied a caring and creative approach to everything she did,” Moris said.
Vergara played keyboard in a family worship band and could hear a song and pick it up on the piano, Moris said. As a singer, she had a special talent of harmonizing and “sang like an angel,” Moris said.
Vergara’s aunt played her niece’s favorite song, “Shoulders” by for King & Country, on the guitar during the service. Her uncle, Andy Remus, thanked the people of Madison for supporting his family this past week.
Police say the shooter, 15-year-old student Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow, shot herself at the school and died at a Madison hospital. Police have said she was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was planning to attack a government building. Rupnow’s motivation for the attack remains a key part of their investigation.
Volmert reported from Lansing, Michigan.
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