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Big Brothers Big Sisters looks to give kids ‘social capital’ CEO says creating more community partnerships ‘crucial’ to maintaining organization’s broad reach

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

With nearly 50 years of service in Dane County, the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization takes on new leadership and looks for fresh ways to form connections in the community.

In June, Big Brothers Big Sisters appointed a new Chief Operating Officer, Sandy Morales, who will become their CEO next year. Morales hopes to create more local partnerships, including increased work with the Madison Police Department and the Madison Fire Department.

Morales has worked in various nonprofit positions in Dane County for the last eight years, starting at United Way as a marketing coordinator then moving to BBBS about two years ago.

The organization has been operating on a national level for more than 100 years, but came to Dane County in the late 1960s. In the early years, Big Brothers Big Sisters served primarily white, low to middle income children from divorced families, Morales said. But as Madison has become a more diverse city, the organization has shifted to mostly serving children of color from nontraditional or single parent households.

Morales said mentoring has the capacity to

help give kids who are living in poverty access to more resources and knowledge than they would have had otherwise. Increasing the number of partnerships is also crucial to maintaining the organization’s broad reach, Morales said.

“We want to develop a better relationship with the police and fire departments,” Morales said.

“We want to use mentoring to develop better relationships between our law enforcement and our children to build a safer community.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters runs two programs: a community-based program and a school-based program. The school-based program involves individuals coming from various schools during lunch or after-school time to interact with students for about an hour. The communitybased program is their traditional model, which is more involved, and exists outside the school setting, Morales said.

The organization serves about 650 kids annually, Morales said. Staff work hard to ensure the children are matched as ideally as possible with their mentors to encourage a long relationship, she said.

“We help pass on social capital — transferring knowledge and soft skills that kids might not have in their lives,” Morales said. “We are part of developing the workforce of tomorrow and

determining how our children will act in the workplace.”

Getting the opportunity to work with children has been an “awesome” experience, Tyler Hartman, University of Wisconsin junior and big brother, said.

Hartman is part of the school-based program, called School Friends. Every Friday, he visits his little brother at Lowell Elementary. He has been in the program for two years, and has been able to cultivate the relationship with his little brother over that time.

“We talk about things from girls to career goals to religion. For a fifth grader, we get in some pretty deep talks,” Hartman said. “My favorite part is getting to see how he has grown as a person. It really benefits both of us.”

Madison has become a more diverse community since the organization was founded, but Morales is confident it will continue to diversify quickly over the next few years.

Mentoring is an important in bridging the gap between all different types of people.

Morales hopes to provide more support and education to those who volunteer as big brothers and sisters in order to make sure they are aware of some of the difficulties the children participants may be facing.

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Legislators consider tolls, face hurdles in implementation As state borrows $350 million in effort to fund stalled transportation projects, leaders review whether tollways could increase revenue

by Emily Hamer Contributor

Wisconsin’s woes in finding adequate funds for transportation has some looking to tollways, but that option has many hurdles to clear.

State leaders have scrambled in recent weeks to find ways to fund stalled transportation projects, with the state’s Joint Finance Committee releasing $350 million in additional borrowing last week.

Still, the committee’s Republican Co-Chair, state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, admitted Republicans haven’t figured out a long-term solution for a significant shortfall for years to come.

That funding gap has leaders at the state and federal levels considering whether Wisconsin could turn to tollways to solve that funding gap.

The state, however, has to get permission from the federal government, an option U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Sherwood, is hoping to help with. Ribble recently drafted a bill that would allow all states to have tollways, but it failed to make it through the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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expand that option to any state that chooses to have tolls.

“We wanted the federal government to empower states like Wisconsin to toll, if they wanted to,” Ribble said in an interview with The Badger Herald.

“But that did not get through committee.”

Instead, the House Ways and Means Committee passed a pilot program last week to allow three trial states — Virginia, Missouri and North Carolina — to test the effectiveness of federal tolls over the next six years, Ribble said.

The state’s Department of Transportation, meanwhile, is exploring the tollways option as part of a widespread examination of transportation funding in the state, according to Patty Mayers, WisDOT spokesperson.

“The study will look at three major concepts: how and where tolling is currently being used in other states, how and where tolling could be implemented here and how much net revenue could be generated,” she said.

If Wisconsin wants to try interstate tolls, one of the trial states would have to opt out of the federal pilot test and Gov. Scott Walker’s administration would have to opt into it. But Walker has not advocated strongly for tolls, Ribble said.

Ribble said Walker currently has the power to toll state roads, but can’t place tollways on the federal

interstate highway system.

“There’s nothing that would prohibit any governor in the country from tolling any road that they want under state control,” Ribble said. “They just cannot toll the federal interstate system without permission from the federal government.”

Dennis Dresang, a University of Wisconsin public affairs professor emeritus, said the best place to put tolls in Wisconsin would be on the interstates, which would essentially be an extension of the Illinois tollway.

Illinois is one of the few states that can toll interstate highways because they initiated the policy before the federal government made it almost impossible for other states, Dresang said.

State Sen. Jerry Petrowski, R-Marathon, who chairs the Senate’s transportation committee, emphasized the state needs to find a way to fund its transportation system, noting roads that aren’t maintained now could face higher repair costs later on.

Part of the funding problem, Petrowski said, has come from decreased revenues from the gas tax, as people are driving more fuel-efficient cars and electric cars. People might also not be driving as much or registering as many vehicles, another way the state gets transportation money, he said.

Building and maintaining roads, meanwhile, is

getting more expensive, with concrete, asphalt, iron and steel costs all increasing, Petrowski said.

But Petrowski said while tolls might help solve some of the funding issues, the money Wisconsin would get would account for less than half of the funding shortfall.

“Some people think that [tolls] would solve our transportation problems, as far as not having enough money,” Petrowski said. “It would be helpful, but it would not solve the problem.”

Dresang said indexing the gas tax could be another source of revenue, an option Walker and many legislative Republicans have so far declined.

That option would allow the gas tax to be adjusted as inflation costs go up, he said.

Tolls also could have potential unintended consequences, Dresang said, as drivers might find alternate routes to avoid the tollways, decreasing potential revenue for the state. But he said one benefit of tolls is most citizens think they’re reasonable.

“Most people think that that’s fair because it’s just being paid by the people who use the roads,” Dresang said.

Mayers said WisDOT expects the agency’s toll study to wrap up next November. The broader examination of transportation funding is due to the Legislature in January 2017, she said.

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Campaign finance reform moves Wis. elections toward ‘Wild West’ Republicans say this is win for free speech, but critics worry it will give too much power to wealthy donors

by Margaret Duffey State Editor

A bill that will require less disclosure from donors and likely increase the amount of money in state politics is speeding through the Republicanrun Legislature despite strong opposition from Democratic legislators.

Barry Burden, a University of Wisconsin political science professor, said the bill would allow more money to flow into campaigns in more ways.

“It’s probably the most dramatic change to Wisconsin campaign finance laws in a generation or two, and it will change how campaigns are run,” Burden said.

Following the Senate passage of the bill, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said in a statement the government took a “long-overdue” step to update the currently cumbersome campaign finance regulations.

Fitzgerald said in the statement campaign finance might not be a “glamorous” issue and that that the legislation may disagree with current status quo, but it ensures state statutes remain in compliance with state and federal law.

Allowing coordination between issue groups and campaigns

David Canon, UW political science professor, said the bill includes three main parts that will cause the major change.

Canon said issue advocacy groups differ from other groups because they are able to raise an unlimited amount of money. Burden said issue groups cannot take an explicit side for or against a particular candidate.

Burden cited the Wisconsin Club for Growth as an issue group subject to recent attention, as it was a key player in a now-closed John Doe investigation looking into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election.

He said while it is officially a nonpartisan group and holds that tax status, it spends money on Republican candidates.

Burden said there are similar groups for the Democratic side, making the idea of total nonpartisanship in issue groups seem like a “sham.” He said he thinks most people view the groups with clear partisan agendas, doing everything but explicitly saying “vote for” or “vote against” a particular candidate.

Burden said prior to this legislation, issue groups and candidates could not coordinate advertising and staff hiring decisions. Canon said this change is possibly the most significant, since these groups will be able to coordinate with campaigns with unlimited funding.

But John Sharpless, a UW history professor, said he found in his experience running for Congress that unofficial coordination already occurs in campaigns, regardless of this legislation.

Sharpless said groups work with candidates distantly and through hypothetical terms to create advertisements that highlight certain aspects of their campaigns. Because of this, he said the campaign finance reform package will not lead to more spending.

Canon said in their recent John Doe decision,

the state Supreme Court ruled this coordination allowable, but the law will contradict federal law regarding issue groups and campaign coordination.

As a result, he said the change in coordination will only apply to state, and not federal, races.

Large donors no longer have to record their employers when donating

Canon said any donation more than $100 is considered a large donation and currently requires its donor to include his or her employer’s name in addition to the donated amount. But under the new reform donors would no longer record their employers, just their occupations.

Canon said advocates for campaign finance reform argue this would have a negative impact on accountability when tracking campaign donations.

He said in the past, some businesses essentially forced their employees to donate to legislators in an effort to gain votes in favor of legislation that could help their businesses.

The reform would make it easier for this to happen because it eliminates any watchdog’s ability to track donations by employer, he said.

speech and aligns our statutes with court rulings on direction of the Wild West with fewer restrictions, political speech,” Vos said. fewer regulations and less openness,” Burden said.

The Senate approved its version on a 17-15 vote.

Canon said while Peace Corps is an experience like no other. legislators had about a half of a day of hearings, similar pieces of legislation would have listening sessions around the state and several days of hearings in the state Legislature to encourage questions and understand the substance of the bill.

“On something as big and complex as this piece of legislation, I think it is very important to have that open transparent process, and we simply have not had that with this bill,” Canon said.

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Canon said the bill also doubled donation limits for most groups, with the exception of PACs. Canon and Burden both said this will lead to more money in Wisconsin campaigns.

Sharpless said it takes money to promote issues citizens think are important so for the government to limit spending is to shield itself from criticism.

“We’re past an age where handing out leaflets changes anything,” Sharpless said.

“You need money to have a voice in modern technical society ... There is no way to change that and there’s no way it should be changed.

It’s just the way it is.”

Sharpless said currently there is anger toward Republicans, but Democrats construct campaign finance laws similarly. He said no politician would write campaign finance laws that would undermine them.

Assembly Democratic leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, said in a statement taxpayers want the government to address struggling schools, poor roads and the declining middle class, not increasing money in politics.

“Instead of working to improve economic security for hardworking people, Republicans are dead set on consolidating their power, making it easier for corruption and cronyism to go undetected,” Barca said.

Passage of legislation

All Democratic Assembly members recused themselves from voting on the legislation.

They claimed the bill would directly impact their campaigns and this conflict of interest could affect their voting decisions.

Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, called the Democrats’ decision “sophomoric” in a statement and said it caused more than two million Wisconsinites’ voices to go unheard.

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Controversial crystallized minerals used to fill in Earth’s past

Honorary UW professor Aaron Cavosie suggests inaccuracy of zircon dating, conducts research using high-resolution ion microprobes

by Cadence Bambemek Contributor

University of Wisconsin’s Department of Geosciences and visiting professor Aaron Cavosie from Australia are working together to develop new ways to accurately date Earthchanging events to fill in the blanks of the planet’s past.

Earth-changing events, otherwise known as cataclysms, have the power to shape the physical nature of the Earth’s crust and composition.

Scientists hope to learn the dates of when these cataclysms occurred due to their apparent coordination with important evolutions on Earth.

Geologists are specifically interested in dating what is known as the “late heavy bombardment,” a theoretical event when an incredible amount of asteroids collided with planetary bodies in Earth’s solar system.

This event is suspected to have created many craters present on the moon today, John Valley, a professor in the UW Department of Geoscience, said.

According to Valley, to date this and other events, geoscientists have been using one uncommon mineral known as zircon. These exceptionally durable minerals most commonly crystallize in granite or other igneous rocks and can be used to record conditions during the formation of Earth.

But there has been controversy as to whether these zircons are accurate enough to date the actual impacts of these events on Earth, Aaron Cavosie, a member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute said in an email to The Badger Herald.

Cavosie researches meteorite impacts on Earth, specifically one terrestrial impact in South Africa, and is looking to develop new criteria to date zircons.

Cavosie’s research has produced evidence

that the dating of some zircons reflect the time of the mineral’s initial formation in magma, discrediting the notion that zircons isotopes can be universally used to date geological events.

In his research, Cavosie found these lunar minerals lost important qualities when removed from the moon for study because they lack the contextualization from their environment.

Cavosie is using sensitive high-resolution ion microprobes to perform imaging to identify unbroken and therefore reliable zircons.

But UW geoscientist Shanan Peters said zircons are still considered the best because of their durability.

Never more than a few centimeters wide, these small minerals have the unusual property of capturing and recording the natural conditions around them at the time of their formation, Peters said.

Due to their various compositions and different crystalline structures, Peters said

the environment can still damage zircons on occasion. When the mineral is physically damaged, it can leak the record’s signature, distorting any valuable information that could have been derived from the mineral.

Valley said upon terrestrial impact, the special crystalline structure of zircons are believed to be shocked, resetting the mineral’s isotopic clock by shaking free the lead and retaining the uranium.

Valley said according to dates using zircons, the late heavy bombardment and the formation of craters on the moon occurred around four billion years ago, consistent with the period of time when life first formed on Earth.

While the jury is still out on whether these crystallized minerals are accurate enough to determine events like the late heavy bombardment, geoscientists at UW have been looking at other alternatives uses for zircons.

Recalling his colleague Valley’s favorite phrase, Peters laughed, “zircons are forever.”

UW professor uses insects for art in Smithsonian gallery Jennifer Angus creates exhibition with collection of 5,000 bugs

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin School of Human Ecology professor Jennifer Angus, who teaches textile design, makes patterns on wallpaper with an unlikely medium: bugs.

Angus will have an exhibition in the Smithsonian Institution, a feat which may not have been possible without the help of some small friends.

Angus’ passion is patterns and while she’s always enjoyed them, playing with her mother’s old dresses as a child piqued her interest.

She remembers a silk skirt with a butterflypatterned print, and the continuity of the butterflies around the dress intrigued Angus.

While conducting research on minority dress in the Golden Triangle region of Northern Thailand during the mid-1980s, Angus said she had a revelation. After stumbling upon a “cleaning shawl” from the Karen tribe, Angus noticed a fringe strung with beetle elytra, which is the hard outside wing of the insect.

The green and metallic nature of the wings resembled sequins, and Angus was amazed since she never imagined insects as capable of being so beautiful.

“I was impressed with the ingenuity of using what was essentially in your backyard — and that’s how I first got interested in insects,” Angus said.

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insect wallpaper was born.

At her very first exhibition, onlookers from outside questioned the artistic qualities of her wallpaper from a distance. But after they stepped closer, Angus saw viewers were taken aback upon seeing the insects that filled the patterns. Observing this reaction, Angus said she realized she had something powerful in her art.

With 5,000 bugs in her exhibit, Angus said she didn’t do the collecting herself.

Instead, she used specimen dealers. After an exhibition, she puts the insects on foam boards and into storage boxes to reuse all insects from showing to showing.

Some critics have expressed concern for the use of dead insects in her work, but Angus said she doesn’t use endangered species.

Angus said the problem isn’t her use of insects, but deforestation of rainforests the bugs inhabit.

“The insects are a renewable resource but their habitat, most of the species I’ve used, are from the rainforest,” Angus said. “The insects are ambassadors for their species.”

Her exhibit will be in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., and will be part of the gallery’s reopening after a two-year closing for major renovations.

Angus said the Smithsonian initially contacted her because of her ability to deal with the eccentricity of spaces. They asked

Photo · Textile designer Angus channels her passion for patterns into her wallpaper designs, which feature a variety of creatures, in the hopes people will think differently about them.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Angus her to send a proposal for an exhibition at the reopening, which they then selected.

Angus wants to make her wallpaper look original, like it was meant to be in the Renwick Gallery. She is aware most people don’t like insects, but she hopes people will think about them differently and will be able to coexist with the creatures. Ultimately, she wants people to be

in awe of her designs.

“I think in this day and age we don’t have many ‘wow’ moments. We’re a little jaded and we think we know everything,” Angus said.

“I think that we don’t have that wonder and amazement very often, so hopefully there will be that moment, and that’s most definitely one of my goals.”

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Behind Wisconsin’s effigy mounds Sacred Native American grounds’ rich history on isthmus, campus

by Frankie Hermanek ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The home of thousands of Native American effigy mounds, some as ancient as 2,000 years old, Madison has played a fascinating role in the story of the state and the University of Wisconsin campus.

Ancient history of the mounds Scattered across Wisconsin, effigy mounds are fragments of an ancient culture spanning from about 400 to 1200 AD. To the unobservant eye, they only appear to be elevated land. But the mounds are what archeologists believe to be Native American burial sites, shaped like spirits or animals and functionally placed.

Experts have identified the natives responsible for these mounds as, simply put, effigy mound builders of the woodlands people. They thrived on Madison’s ancient oak savannah, which has long since been replaced with the trees and woods on both the UW Lakeshore campus and at the UW Arboretum.

“I reimagine this landscape prior to it being radically transformed to this American campus that we consider one of the most beautiful campuses in America,” Aaron Bird Bear, School of Education’s interim assistant dean and director, said. “But I remind us that it’s been transformed and it had a different beauty and a different function for a different society just a short 180 years ago.”

Destruction to preservation On the drumlin, or glacial hill, we now know as Observatory Hill, a bird mound with a 109foot wingspan and water spirit mark the existence of the ancient woodlands people. Agriculture Hall, North Hall and Bascom Hall have buried more mounds beneath their foundations, but this

occurred before the institution of protection laws.

“Basically the mounds can’t be destroyed,” Molly Fifield Murray, UW Arboretum outreach programs manager, said. “If you’re building something or have a trail, it needs to be 25 feet away from a known mound.”

In addition, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 enforces stricter consequences for disturbing the mounds, such as fines and potential imprisonment.

Accepted by the Board of Regents in 1932 with federal wildlife protection funds, the UW Arboretum land belongs to the university and cannot be sold.

“There are numerous parts of the Arboretum that have been designated archaeological sites — they were investigated first by Charles Brown,” Murray said. “He was the head of the Wisconsin Historical Society at the time in the early 1900s and he investigated the number of mounds throughout the state.”

While other earthen mounds of various cultures exist in the U.S., no other place in the country can boast about effigy mounds like the ones found in Wisconsin, particularly in Madison. Through the late 1800s and early 1900s, people endeavored to investigate these products of ancient native society.

Despite the serious preservation efforts in Wisconsin today, many effigy mounds have been lost in the expansion of urban settlement.

“There were amazing mounds in Madison,” Murray said. “In between Lake Wingra and Lake Monona, there was a hill — it was called the dividing ridge. It was six stories high … On top of that [were] a couple dozen effigy mounds that were spectacular … Two different gravel companies purchased the land, took down the ridge and filled in around Lake Monona to build more city.”

Federal protection laws came into effect too late for another colossal effigy mound, spanning roughly three-fourths of a mile and 40 feet high.

Though settlers bulldozed this majestic showcase of antiquity for what we now call downtown Madison, a segment of that mound remains today.

In light of past atrocities, Photo · Ancient mounds are scattered across Wisconsin and integral to its past, but the university is their destruction on UW’s campus remains unknown to many. seeking further recognition for Marissa Haegele historical pieces The Badger Herald of land.

“We are be used because up until 1974, their languages and pursuing a nomination of the Willow Drive mounds so that cultures were criminalized and banned until the Indian Self-Determination Education Assistance they can be added to the National Register of Historic Places,” Daniel Einstein, UW historic and Act,” Bird Bear said.

Regardless of what we don’t know, there is no cultural resource manager, said. “In the course of that, the preparation of that nomination, there was question our campus is truly a magnificent stretch of culture. a new look taken at the historic record.”

“It’s why we’re the most archaeologically rich campus — we just have 12,000 years of humanity Significance Despite such an abundance of rich history, in this very resource-rich space,” said Bird Bear.

“Then in particular, we’re the center of this society historians are still searching for answers regarding the true significance of these effigy mounds. that flourished for 1800 years in this particular spot before the Americans arrived.”

But general theory suggests them to be ancient This chapter of our land’s history forces us to ceremonial and social sites, particularly where human burials occurred. Varying shapes of the face our past, which inevitably draws up conflict.

“We’re concerned more about what innovation mounds potentially represented leaders and their keeps going forward, and we don’t really roles within clan systems. interrogate the past and think about how long The discoverable truth may have been lost to the humans have really been here,” Bird Bear said. general public, but there remains knowledge and information among the Ho-Chunk community. “Globalization is forcing us to think about our own, full human history because we’re confronting They have yet to disclose it. people who have deeper histories in more sincere “They’re not certain how this knowledge will and connected ways.”

With Wii remote in hand, Robert DeLong to bring electro-pop to Madison Combining dance, indie influences, off-color Seattle native’s music best witnessed live

by Dan Chinitz ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

If dance music always finds its best self among the flashing lights and charged up audiences of live venues, Robert DeLong might as well move in permanently.

Taking advantage of a multitude of futuristic electronic equipment, this Seattle native knows how to suspend his audience somewhere between the ambiguity of the cosmos and the coordination of earth — at least for the duration of his show.

Deriving inspiration from Pink Floyd, Death Cab for Cutie and Radiohead among others, DeLong’s influences don’t seem to culminate into dance music.

But the originality of bands like Pink Floyd and Radiohead have encouraged DeLong to think

differently, like the addition of off-key tones and syncopation that separate his music from generic electro-pop.

Many don’t realize that creating danceable music only scratches the surface of Robert DeLong’s work — his live performances especially help to tell his whole story.

DeLong prides himself on riding the line of creating accessible, yet eclectic music that his live shows serve to highlight. But while it’s common practice for electronic artists to take a barrage of tech instruments to the stage, DeLong goes a bit further — he amplifies his performances with remote control steering wheels, Wii remotes and retro joysticks.

To alter his sound, DeLong has transformed video game controllers into MIDI remotes, and raises and lowers his pitch by octaves with the

touch of a joystick.

“To me, it’s fun — we all grew up playing video games,” DeLong said. “The interface is so much more natural for me than playing a keyboard. I’ve always been super interested in tech.”

While some artists tend to exploit the use of technology, cramming it down the throats of the audience, DeLong’s live performances reflect an appreciation and understanding of what technology adds to a live performance.

Cameras set to various angles will surround DeLong on stage, allowing the audience to view the intricacies of his show cast onto a jumbo TV screen.

“It’s a one man experience and I’m always doing something new,” DeLong said.

But his intrigue is not just for the stage — he brings his eccentricity to the studio to create these

extraordinary cuts.

On his new album In The Cards, Delong spans house and funk to construct creative electro-pop music. DeLong throws a number of curveballs with unusual loud drum hits, off-placed, yet banging synths and unexpected breaks.

DeLong’s indie background remains a heavy influence, but as he’s progressed, he’s felt increasingly comfortable wading into different genres. Similar to Talking Heads, DeLong strives for a balance of traditional and bizarre. Always thinking outside the box, In The Cards portrays a mindset of offbeat relatability.

The ingenuity of DeLong lies in combining the inflection of electro-pop with indie influences, leading into some cosmic grooves that only a live performance can produce.

DeLong will play at the Majestic Nov. 10.

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Equality in contraception: Advancements in male birth control

by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

For those participating in heterosexual intimacy, birth control is a huge concern. Particularly for college students, whose priority list probably doesn’t include reproduction, a reliable, equitable and manageable birth control method is essential.

But while female-bodied individuals are presented with a plethora of varied hormonal contraceptives, their male-bodied counterparts have drastically fewer choices.

Among female contraceptives are the pill, shot, ring, IUD, implant and patch, all which offer reliable birth control and work well in conjunction with non-hormonal methods, such as condoms, cervical caps, withdrawal and fertility awareness method.

But males are limited to vasectomy, condoms and withdrawal. Though vasectomies prove incredibly successful, they are underutilized due to their high cost, surgery requirement and permanent results. Insertive condoms, of course, remain an essential method of birth control and

Method

STI prevention, whether alone or used with other methods. Withdrawal, while extremely common and far better than no method at all, remains extremely unreliable — typical use results in a 22 percent failure rate.

Where in the world is birth control for male bodies?

Scientists across the world have taken steps to develop male birth control for decades, but developments in the U.S. have been slow to catch up. Jenny Higgins, a University of Wisconsin gender and women’s studies assistant professor, said pharmaceutical industries and culture are both responsible for slow progress in researching birth control for male bodies.

Very few pharmaceutical companies invest in new contraceptive development because of high costs. Higgins said like medications for heart disease which offer a “best option” only for some people, no single birth control method works for everyone. This makes development cost ineffective and elaborate, especially since hormonal mechanisms involving sperm production can be so complicated, Higgins said.

How does it work?

How effective is it?

suspensories

Warming of the testicles negatively impacts sperm production.

100 percent effective if worn consistently with a rubber ring to hold the testicles.

external heat

Warming of the testicles disrupts sperm production.

100 percent among men tested

by Dr. Martha Vogeli.

risug

Injection partially blocks the vasa deferentia and disrupts sperm that pass through.

Plug blocks the flow of sperm.

injected plugs

The future is now: Vasalgel Finally in 2010, the nonprofit U.S. Parsemus Foundation purchased a patent for Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance invented in India during the 1970s by Sujoy Guha. This lowcost, minimally invasive, reversible procedure shows potential for being an effective temporary male birth control method, according to some studies.

How is it delivered?

Specially designed briefs that hold the testes closer to the body, raising temperature.

The 15-minute procedure involves injecting a small amount of synthetic gel into the spermcarrying vas deferens just outside each testicle.

After injection, the gel sets in the tube, filtering out the sperm while allowing fluid to pass through. The injection lasts 10 years and can be reversed with a simple injection of baking soda to dissolve the gel, restoring fertility. The Parsemus Foundation call their version of India’s RISUG “Vasalgel” and believe it could be on the market in the U.S. by 2018 or 2020.

Vasalgel, however, does not protect against STIs, and still costs approximately as much as a flat screen TV. Indian clinical trials saw great success with RISUG, but the FDA does not recognize overseas research and the studies must be completed in the U.S. with sufficient sample sizes before approval is possible.

Millions of dollars and careful testing must be accomplished before we have any hope of seeing Vasalgel as a birth control option. In the meantime, use condoms regularly, discuss birth control openly and encourage political leaders to prioritize birth control availability for everyone.

What are the side effects?

is it reversible?

Chafing during hot weather.

Fertility restored after 12 to 18 months for one year trial.

116°F 45 minute sitz baths.

Unexplored.

Full fertility returns two to six months after ceasing the sitz baths.

Very effective.

Sixty milligrams injected into vasa deferentia using a noscalpal procedure.

Readily reversible after Slight swelling of the testes several months using without pain. baking soda and water.

Depends on material; medicalgrade polyurethane is 98 percent effective.

Plugs injected in liquid form, then harden in place.

Pain at the site of injection and swelling of the epididymis.

90 to 100 percent.

Device (flexible silicone plugs or flexible urethane tube) inserted Pain, tenderness around into vasa deferentia using nosite of the procedure. scalpel procedure.

Reversal rate higher than vasectomies, but affected by time lapsed since procedure.

Lean muscle weight gain, increased acne, changes in Shot every two to three months. mood.

Completely reversed within four to six months.

intra vas device

Implants block the flow of sperm.

hormonal

Block or severely reduce production of sperm by stopping 99 percent, varying with secretion of reproductive different formulas. hormones.

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Additionally, underlying cultural assumptions surrounding sex harm progress the U.S. in researching birth control for men. Particularly stifling is the belief that even if birth control were made available to them, men would not use it, Higgins said. She said the stereotype that women are solely responsible for birth control also prevents research.

These cultural norms fail to recognize the importance of both partners’ role in birth control.

Only one body can get pregnant, but both bodies involved hold responsibility for prevention of pregnancy. Anyone should have access to contraceptives to feel autonomous control over their sexuality.

Slow but steady: two to four years in research.

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‘Gender Pains’ delves into identity’s ever-evolving nature Beloit College graduate Nathan Fritz translates amorphous gender through soft sculptures, collages on display at Memorial Union

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

When Nathan Fritz was too young to know the importance of what he was doing, he got his first lesson in gender roles. He was playing with Barbies in class and his teacher told him not to.

This small dose of conservative gender dichotomies would lead to a long and arduous path of gender confusion.

Fritz has manifested these feelings physically and artistically in his collection “Gender Pains.”

Tucked away on the second floor of Memorial Union, the new Class of 1925 Gallery contains a tangled road map through Fritz’s evolving and amorphous gender identity.

The road began in a small town where Fritz said he struggled with his own identity, but the struggle was muted.

Because there was so little he could do without being ostracized, he said he ignored his inclinations.

Fritz describes the attitude of his town with the refrain, “It was simpler times, when men were men.”

In that vein, his “Gender Pains”

collages depict his youth by harking back to the “simpler” times when the gender dichotomy was celebrated. He uses mostly old magazine images of women in the home or men at work to play to these gender roles.

“I was raised with a gender perception that I can see is more in line with what I see reflected in ‘50s through ‘80s media — pretty dated perceptions,” Fritz said.

“So when I see those magazines, it’s sort of a comforting sentimental reaction. It’s comforting in that sort of conservative way, knowing where you ought to stand.”

Each collage plays to the traditional characteristics of men and women in ‘50s society. The men are black and white, chiseled and inaccessible. The women are polished and demure. When they interact in the same piece, they are disparate and untouching.

The collages are large and come out of the wall, looking like they could morph into another shape at any moment. They reflect the fickle nature of Fritz’s own ideas about what gender should be.

“It’s loud, busy and psychological,” WUD Art Committee Director Anais Reyes said in an email to The Badger Herald. “Each collage has so much to

Photo · Nathan Fritz’s exhibit, making use of the stricter gender dichotomies in ‘50s through ‘80s media, reflects the inability of many to remain fixed in any one role.

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look at, you just get pulled in. At the same time, however, they are made with such complex intensity that they refuse to easily give up any real answers.”

The path begins to narrow as the exhibit moves from the collages on the wall to the soft sculptures in the middle of the floor.

Though they only add to the fettered ideas of gender, the sculptures delve more into the personal side of Fritz’s identity.

When he went to college at Beloit, those previously stagnated questions of identity came to a head.

“Freshman year was one of the most volatile nature because it was all fresh,” Fritz said. “I was in a new context where things were much more open and I was being presented with much more images, other possibilities.”

Fritz identified as a woman for most of college, but never completely settled into one side of the binary. His work reflects that inability to remain dormant or comfortable in any role. His soft pieces seem like they could shape shift like the inner workings of Fritz’s brain.

Now as a teacher in the city of Chengdu in China, Fritz must conceal any element of his gender identity that doesn’t fit inside the boundaries of Chinese culture.

Because he wants to travel and work internationally, Fritz said he can’t express himself as anything other than a man for fear of violence and misunderstanding.

At this point, a year after he submitted his collection, he continues to feel these gender pains of having a dysphoric identity. But Fritz said he is beginning to feel more comfortable in being unsettled.

Expressing these feelings through art is not a cure-all for Fritz, but he said it helps.

“It is a relief to have [my artwork] out there, to give a lot of energy, all of feelings and ideas a discernible, real, physical shape,” Fritz said. “So I can easily quantify it and see it and look at it over there in real space, instead of some pent up confusing tangled mass in my head. In that way it is a relief; it gives a lot of shape to things I don’t quite understand.”

Fritz’s “Gender Pains” will be open through Dec. 1.

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When it comes to Badgers recruits, UW Admissions gets final word University looks to mirror student-athletes’ on-field success in the classroom Gary Andersen shocked the entire state of Wisconsin and his team Dec. 10, 2014 when he bolted from Madison to become the head coach at Oregon State.

Just three days removed from a humiliating 59-0 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game, Badger fans were dumbfounded. In spite of that thumping, Andersen had won 19 games and a Big Ten West division title in his first two seasons at the University of Wisconsin helm.

No one saw this coming — not even Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez. There were layers to this and they began to peel back.

Five weeks after Andersen jettisoned to Corvallis, where he’s the head coach of a team that serves as the little brother to Oregon and consistently finishes in the bottom half of the PAC-12, he divulged to CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd one of the main reasons he left UW: he couldn’t get the recruits he wanted into the school.

“It’s been well [documented] there were some kids I couldn’t get in school,” Andersen said in the article. “That was highly frustrating to me. I lost some guys, and I told them I wasn’t going to lose them.”

The questions swirled. Why, suddenly, were admissions affecting the recruiting process? It’s a narrative that came to a head during Big Ten Media Day this summer and will likely continue well in to the future, because for now, no one really knows the definition of these standards.

by Chris Bumbaca Sports Editor

The admissions process

UW is an academically reputable institution. Year after year, it checks in as one of the top public research universities in the nation and even the world. Forbes ranked UW the No. 11 public university in 2015 and U.S. News & World Report ranked Wisconsin 41st overall.

UW accepted 49.8 percent of its applicants in 2015, according to U.S. News & World Report.

When reviewing applications, all students are held to a similar high standard, even student athletes, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Sarah Mangelsdorf said in a statement to The Badger Herald.

UW uses a competitive and comprehensive admissions process with the Admissions Office, Athletic Department, faculty, schools and colleges working together to ensure they take a fair and consistent approach to admissions, Mangelsdorf said.

The holistic approach reviews academic preparation, life experience, leadership and volunteer activities, along with special talents and other factors. This approach is applied consistently to all students, including student-athletes, she said.

The phrase “special talents” is key to understanding the athletic admissions process, as it’s a term often repeated by fellow university officials.

Athletes at UW fill out the same application every other student does. They send their ACT and SAT scores, their grade-point averages and answer the essay questions.

Admissions doesn’t necessarily know every applicant applying to UW, but the Athletic Department — and several other departments, like the Music Department — sends a list of recruits, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a previous interview with The Badger Herald. Then admissions sends back the list of candidates with the office’s decision.

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Department officials can request a conference with the Admissions Office to review an application’s status. “[They] talk about the case and what this individual will bring to campus and sort of basically plead their case,” Blank said.

The process may seem ambiguous, but Blank made one important aspect clear: the final decision lies in the hands of the Admissions Office.

Acceptance and denial

Joe Schobert had his car packed, his roommate picked out and was fully prepared to begin his collegiate career at North Dakota.

Four summers ago, the Badgers had hardly looked at the Waukesha West standout, who broke John Clay’s state high school record for rushing yards in one game. Finally, then-head coach Bret Bielema offered him a walk-on spot. But he hadn’t applied to UW during his initial college search and needed to get his application in as soon as possible.

So Schobert, a solid high school student, applied. He waited, patiently at first, then anxiously.

He got a call from Bielema the night before he was set to embark for North Dakota, saying there shouldn’t be a problem with his application. “[The application] wasn’t even through by then, but [Bielema] said he had gotten word that it shouldn’t be a problem, so I would get in,” Schobert said. “So I was like, ‘OK, take a leap of faith.’

But hey, it worked out.”

Schobert’s admissions experience is unusual. Any student who has applied to UW knows the admissions decision rarely comes in the matter of weeks. Even more of an aberration is the fact Schobert applied during the summer, well past the Feb. 1 deadline.

The coaching staff recognized Schobert had an exceptional football talent that could potentially benefit the university — so far in his senior season, the senior linebacker ranks second on the team in tackles (53) and is tied for third in the nation in sacks (9.5) — and solid grades, so the Athletic Department and the Admissions Office got to work.

Photo · Despite some differences in opinion during recruitment, UW Athletics benefits from student-athletes who meet the university’s academic standards.

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It’s a cohesive process between the two departments, Doug Tiedt, senior associate athletic director for student services, said.

“We work together closely,” Tiedt said. “We monitor student applications and just [keep] up to date on when they have all the information in.”

Senior Associate Director of Admissions Andre Phillips said the Admissions Office has two goals when admitting any student to the university.

The first is the student will excel academically.

The second, which could pertain to athletics, is the applicant will contribute to the Badger culture — they’re going to make a difference here on campus and beyond.

“I think there’s a shared understanding of what we do,” Phillips said of the two departments’ relationship.

Special talents do not absolve poor academic performance, Phillips said.

Admissions looks to see if students have had a solid academic foundation, which would allow them to succeed on campus.

Despite the symbiotic relationship between the departments, tensions obviously arise. Sometimes, potential student-athletes are denied admission to the university. The university rejected four-star running back Jordan Stevenson’s application in July. He wound up at Nebraska and will compete against Wisconsin for Big Ten West titles.

Tiedt said regardless of how coaching staffs feel about recruits, they have to respect the Admission Office’s decision because they’re the experts.

“Are there instances when admissions and Athletics disagree on the potential of a student? Of course there are,” Tiedt said. “But those instances [are] ones in which admissions makes a decision, it’s their decision, they’re the experts in determining whether the student is an appropriate fit for the university and if it’s determined that

he or she isn’t, then that’s the decision.”

Academic success

The Wisconsin football team has reached a bowl game every season for the last 13 years, but the Badgers have also found tremendous success in the classroom.

The NCAA released its Academic Progress Rate rankings, which measures the academic success of student athletes at every Division I institution.

Over the past three years, the UW football team ranked first, coming in front of other notable academic institutions like Stanford, Duke, Northwestern and Michigan in that time span. The football team is one of just six schools to finish in the top 10 percent of APR rankings over the last three years.

Last year, UW football and men’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s tennis, women’s golf, women’s hockey, softball and volleyball all achieved perfect APR scores.

Tiedt said recruiting academically strong athletes makes coaches’ jobs easier.

“It doesn’t do Wisconsin coaches any good to have students who they recruit who aren’t successful and they aren’t here after a year or two,” Tiedt said. “You don’t win with teams like that.”

That thought process can be seen in the way the UW basketball team plays under Bo Ryan. Ryan’s style requires a mental aptitude to grasp the basics of his offensive and defensive schemes. Recruiting kids who may have superior athletic abilities but won’t be able to run the offense doesn’t benefit the Badgers and it doesn’t benefit the athlete.

The system works, too. The banners hanging from the rafters in the Kohl Center prove it, including back-to-back Final Four appearances.

UW football head coach Paul Chryst said he doesn’t want to recruit prospects that won’t succeed because then he’s setting them up for failure. But Chryst, speaking at Big Ten Media Day just a week after Stevenson’s denial, remembers sitting in on meetings with admissions officers during his tenure as an assistant coach at Wisconsin (2002, 2005-11).

“No one’s got more of a vested interest in our studentathletes who we’re recruiting to succeed than us,” Chryst said. “We know these kids and I know and love and appreciate and respect this university. I’m not going to put the university in a bind ... But I do think it’s right if we can speak on behalf of [the student-athletes].”

But that process changed in between Chryst’s departure to become Pittsburgh’s head coach and his return to Madison. Assistant coaches are no longer present in these meetings, advocating on athletes’ behalves.

Alvarez wishes the university would return to that process, not because a coaches’ appearance can magically change an admissions decision, but because it offers a different perspective from the guys who have recruited the student — who have met his family, visited his home and got to know him — than those simply looking at a sheet of paper.

“That’s what we tried to emphasize,” Alvarez said. “Our coaches understand the profile of our incoming studentathletes, the profile of the students who are on campus.

And they feel that certain people will have success or have a chance for success and they can present that case because they know and have researched these individuals to the individual colleges.”

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POINT COUNTERPOINT Ryan appointed Speaker of the House; question remains if change will occur Congressman falling into same partisan trap, already announced he will not take up immigration reform

New speaker’s work ethic, ability to unite party indicates path toward successful speakership

Two weeks ago, Congressman Paul Ryan officially took over the speaker’s gavel from John Boehner.

“The House is broken,” Ryan said in his speech following his election. “We are not solving problems. We are adding to them.”

We can only hope his rhetoric is transformed into meaningful change in the House of Representatives.

Unfortunately, judging by the behavior of the Republican caucus in recent years and the newly anointed speaker ’s statements, this seems unlikely. Republicans in Congress have been spiteful and immature ever since they gained control of the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014.

The attitude that began with Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell declaring the main goal of Congressional Republicans was to “make [President Barack] Obama a one-term president” in 2010 has only continued.

The 2012-13 and 2013-14 sessions of Congress are the least productive back-toback sessions on record. Talk about a donothing Congress.

Just last week, Ryan already signaled his speakership will be more of the same obstructionism we’ve seen from Republicans: he announced he will not bring an immigration bill to the floor during the remainder of Obama’s presidency.

Republican obstructionism has only been intensified with the fracturing of the Republican caucus itself. In the last few election cycles, firebrand Tea Party conservatives descended on Congress.

Some of them even were elected through primary defeats of establishment Republicans, most notably Dave Brat’s stunning defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

These fresh faces unabashedly scoffed at any notion of compromise and even bucked their own Republican leadership if they felt they were working too closely with Democrats. These “Republicans” broke off into their own caucuses, fracturing the power and influence of the House Republicans and especially Boehner. They wore Boehner down, leading to his ultimate

For the first time in history a representative of our state is the Speaker of the House. Of course, that is Paul Ryan: the vice presidential nominee in 2012 and, before he was elected speaker, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.

At 45 years young, there is no one better for the position of Speaker of the House than Ryan.

Whether it’s his commitment to his family, the fact he decided to run for speaker in a deer stand (so Wisconsin), the fact he plans to still sleep in his Capitol office in order to be as efficient he can or because he has an awesome workout routine — it’s easy to love Ryan.

Why else is he the perfect speaker?

Well, he didn’t want to do this for the “next position.” He didn’t want to do this for any type of personal gain. In fact, he didn’t even want the job at all. But he was called on by his colleagues as well as many other conservatives across the country to unite the Republican Party in Washington.

Those around him saw he was the right leader, the one that can unite moderates, freedom caucus members and everyone in between to get the job done.

Ryan has been a model public servant for more than a decade and a half now, and it’s about time conservatives across the country see in him what many of us here in Wisconsin have known for so long.

He’s ready for change. In his first speech as the youngest Speaker of the House in more than a century, Ryan said, “This begins a new day in the House of Representatives … Tomorrow we are turning the page. We are not going to have a House that looks like it looked the last few years. We are going to move forward. We are going to unify. Our party has lost its vision and we are going to replace it with a vision.”

For too long, so many Republicans in the House have run on promises they

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resignation.

The abrasiveness of these members has been so off-putting that Republicans could not find a single member of their caucus who wanted Boehner ’s old job — it took weeks to cajole Ryan to begrudgingly accept the job.

This new brand of conservatism sees compromise as weakness, rather than a strength that quite literally built our country, and Democrats as enemies, rather than colleagues who represent interests of the other half of Americans. The extremism of these members of Congress has forced Obama into a box for the majority of his presidency as Congress became increasingly dysfunctional.

It becomes deeply hypocritical when these Republicans criticize Obama for taking executive actions while they simultaneously refuse to pass anything in Congress. It is because of these members of Congress that government in Washington is broken.

That said, we all are watching Ryan assume the speakership in hopes he will turn the page. He has turned out to be the only Republican in the House of Representatives who a majority of the fractured Republican caucus would get behind, but is already faltering under pressures from the right to continue the obstructionism we have all grown so tired of.

“The people of this country have done all of us a great honor. Now, let’s prove ourselves worthy of it,” Ryan said in an appeal to bipartisanship and cooperation at the end of his acceptance speech.

As a fellow Wisconsinite, I challenge Ryan to prove himself worthy of this opportunity. I challenge him to stand up to the extremism that has seeped into the Republican caucus, recognize Democrats in Congress as colleagues rather than adversaries and actually work towards enacting meaningful legislation to improve the lives of the American people.

August McGinnity-Wake (a.mcwake@gmail. com) is a sophomore majoring in political science and environmental studies.

haven’t kept, votes they haven’t had and laws they haven’t passed. Ryan is ready to keep those promises.

While the newly elected speaker is excited to get to work and make changes we haven’t seen in the House in a long time, he is also ready to be realistic with the American people and not make false promises he can’t keep.

On things like immigration reform, Ryan has already said he will not tackle the issue until after President Barack Obama has left office, since it’s clear any law passed by Congress will not be signed into law by the president.

He’s been leading on certain issues people may not be all too familiar with.

Issues that people may think aren’t “Republican.”

Ryan has been working with a group called Opportunity Lives to raise awareness of how people around this country are pulling themselves out of poverty.

He has been teaming up with people like Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, and NFL Superstar Deion Sanders to showcase how individuals, not the government, are the reason people can escape poverty.

This is exactly the kind of leadership the Republican Party and the country needs at a time when Washington D.C. has failed so many. Ryan knows, and we know, it is individuals, not government, hard work, not handouts and American ingenuity, not Washington bureaucracy that makes our country successful.

We can’t wait to see what a Ryan speakership looks like. We are confident it will be positive, productive and reform-oriented.

We’re proud of Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan becoming speaker.

Anthony Birch (gopbadgers@gmail.com) is a senior majoring in political science and strategic communication and Alex Walker is a junior majoring in economics.

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Letter to editor: Under Armour deal shows lack of student voice

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Global apparel trade oppressive, dangerous for workers in supplying countries

by Student Labor Action Coalition

The apparel industry is intentionally opaque; brands do everything they can to hide where they produce the products and conceal the work conditions. This makes it all the more crucial that we be vigilant and deliberate when signing multi-million dollar deals with companies like Under Armour. Instead, the decision about who would manufacture the new University of Wisconsin Athletics uniforms was made behind closed doors and announced after the fact.

The Adidas logo on the equipment of the Badger teams has been a hallmark of UW sports and bookstore gear for the last five years. But UW has now ended its contract with Adidas and begun a relationship with Under Armour.

The questions the Student Labor Action Coalition wishes to raise are not over which brand looks cooler or is more popular, but rather how we decide who we want to sponsor our university. The key question is who runs our community?

UW has had a proud tradition of shared governance, the idea that students, faculty, workers, administrators and the chancellor should collectively decide the fate of the university. This is because what happens here affects all of us, from the freshmen all the way up to the chancellor. Therefore, everyone should have a say in almost all of the decisions.

The students have an elected body, the Associated Students of Madison, whose duty it is to represent student interests, and

students have fought side by side with other members of campus to establish policies to get our voices heard.

For example, the Labor Codes Licensing Advisory Committee is a group of students, faculty, staff and administrators whose job it is to collectively decide on these matters.

But they heard nothing of this Under Armour deal until after it happened.

The question of where we get our clothes is not a trivial fashion choice. The global apparel trade is one of the most oppressive, exploitative and dangerous industries right now.

In 2013, more than 1,100 factory workers in Bangladesh were killed in a single building collapse, even though employers knew the building was unsound. This happened at the same time that all the major apparel brands fired workers and moved factories from Indonesia to Honduras and the Dominican Republic, leaving behind unpaid wages, unemployment and more poverty in their pursuit of ever-increasing profits.

They abandon profitable

factories simply to chase even greater profits and increase their own wealth.

Nowhere in the Wisconsin Idea is there any support for the wage theft, exploitation or greed that occurs within the apparel industry.

If we hope to have everyone’s values represented in the decisions the university makes, then we need to have everyone’s voices represented in those decisions. When the chancellor and university administrators make decisions unilaterally, the principles of the university are compromised and we’re left wearing sweatshirts made in sweatshops.

The Student Labor Action Coalition is student organization dedicated to informing students of workers struggle for justice.

Photo · Apparel agreement completely disregards UW’s idea of shared governance with students and staff.

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Line-item veto streamlines lengthy amendment process

With partisan gridlock grinding legislation to a halt, allowing governor to speed up process is right thing to do

by Nichalous Pogorelec Columnist

Wisconsin is famous for the partial veto, which grants unprecedented power to the governor. In the state, the governor can cross out sentences, dollar amounts and even singular letters to alter legislation when it lands on the governor ’s desk for a signature.

Not even the president has this authority, as it was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1998. Technically, Wisconsin voters passed an amendment in 2008 to ban the procedure as well, but in 2011 Gov. Scott Walker brought the line-item veto back from the dead.

The line-item veto gives the executive branch unprecedented authority to amend bills, a responsibility designated to the legislative branch. But — and this may sound crazy given Walker ’s unpopularity

— the voters of Wisconsin made a mistake ending this controversial policy.

Though many see the line-item veto as giving the executive dictatorial powers, it in fact streamlines the amendment process. In the Legislature, amending bills can be time-consuming and often spur bickering between the opposing parties or factions. With the line-item veto, the elected statewide executive can finish the amendment process in a matter of minutes.

For the short two-year period President Bill Clinton had the power of the line-item veto, he used it to benefit the economy.

Though Congress overrode 38 of his vetoes, his use of the line-item veto saved the government more than $2 billion in wasteful spending.

This could help Wisconsin considering it has a balanced budget amendment, making it illegal to pass a budget that forecasts a deficit. But the line-item veto can trim down

proposed budgets, speeding up the process to a balanced budget and freeing up extra money for government programs.

It’s important to look at the reimplementation of the line-item veto through a nonpartisan lens. If you are a Democrat, you may be thinking giving Walker this power is a bad idea. But there are two important things to consider.

For one thing, Walker has already used this power even though it was revoked by Wisconsin voters via referendum.

Also, Democrats should not forget they could use the line-item veto to their advantage in the future. Wisconsin is not Wyoming, and there is no doubt a Democrat will once again take a seat in the governor ’s chair in the near future. What isn’t clear is when Democrats will have majorities in both houses of the state Legislature.

The districts have been badly gerrymandered, and because of this the

Republicans are favored to keep their majorities at least until the redistricting in 2020. If the legislative branch and the executive branch are controlled by differing parties, the line-item veto can be used to the advantage of a Democratic governor.

While the line-item veto may seem like a radical expansion of power in principle, its positive outcomes are something to be considered. At a time when our state is deeply divided politically, it would be responsible for the elected executive of our state to be granted with powers that would allow him to deal with a paralyzed Legislature.

Given the slow recovery of our economy, a governor with the power to enhance legislation could put Wisconsin ahead of the game.

Nichalous Pogorelec (nichalouspogo@gmail. com) is a junior studying sociology.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Bo Ryan reloads 2015-16 roster

After losing four starters, UW welcomes in fresh crop of talent

by Chris Bumbaca Sports Editor

After two consecutive banner-raising seasons, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team will embark on the 2015-16 season Friday night against Western Illinois.

The Badgers will have to adjust to the loss of five players from their rotation last season, including National Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Duje Dukan to the NBA. But between signing five freshman and welcoming two walk-ons, the Badgers have assembled a young crew to complement the already-established juniors Bronson Koenig and Nigel Hayes.

Get to know the new faces for UW:

Charlie Thomas

Highland, MD

Considered a late bloomer during the recruiting process, Thomas’ figure leaves no room for that characterization. Standing at 6-foot-8 and weighing 253 pounds, Thomas has the physical build to make an impact right away at the college level. Out of all the freshmen, Thomas will probably get the most playing time in the season’s early going, something he looks to take advantage of.

“When you see all those guys that left, it’s just a big gap for opportunity,” Thomas said.

Khalil Iverson

Delaware, OH

Along with Thomas, Iverson is the other freshman who has positioned himself for decent playing time. Iverson has a knack for contributing in all phases of the game, and thrives on getting to the rim and creating opportunities for his teammates with his exceptional passing.

“I just try to do what I can,” Iverson said. “Play defense, rebound the ball and not turn it over. All the coaches said that’s the easiest way to get onto the court, just the little things.”

If he can do that, he’ll fit right into Bo Ryan’s system.

Alex Illikainen

Grand Rapids, MN

Along with Thomas, Iverson is the other freshman who has positioned himself for decent playing time. Iverson has a knack for contributing in all phases of the game, and thrives on getting to the rim and creating opportunities for his teammates with his exceptional passing.

“I just try to do what I can,” Iverson said. “Play defense, rebound the ball and not turn it over. All the coaches said that’s the easiest way to get onto the court, just the little things.”

If he can do that, he’ll fit right into Bo Ryan’s system.

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Brevin Pritzl

De Pere, WI

Pritzl has drawn comparisons to former Badger Ben Brust for both his size combined with his long-range shooting abilities. Pritzl broke his foot on Aug. 1 and hasn’t been able to do much thus far, so it’s quite possible for Pritzl to grab a redshirt for this season and get a full, healthy offseason under his belt before contributing to the Badgers.

Andy Van Vliet Antwerp, Belgium The final member of the 2015 recruiting class is Van Vliet, a 6-foot-11 forward/center from across the pond. Van Vliet’s eligibility for the 2015-16 season is currently up in the air due to NCAA eligibility issues. The Badgers are appealing the NCAA’s decision, which rendered Van Vliet ineligible for this season because he didn’t sign with UW within a year of his high school graduation.

If Van Vliet is eligible for this season, he’ll have to improve his physical stature. He’s not built enough to battle down low just yet, but a full year in the U.S. could help him bulk up so he can see some floor time in the future.

Will Decorah

Waunakee, WI

Decorah was a student-manager for two seasons, and when Ryan approached him with the idea of walking on, Decorah jumped on the opportunity.

Decorah said it’s been an interesting transition from manager to player, but his teammates have helped him out.

Regardless, he will probably see little-to-no playing time this season.

Jackson Bax

Frankfort, IL

Bax walked on to the Badgers when the team held its open tryouts in October.

He was the only person selected from the tryout to make the team and fill out Wisconsin’s roster for this season.

Bax is a left-handed, 5-foot-11 point guard who was first-team all-conference at Lincoln-Way East High School.

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Despite comeback, valiant Gentle Clowns fall short to devil Dirty Birds After trailing 21-0 in first half, Herald battles back with 21 unanswered of its own before losing 35-28

by Emile Gerbils The Daily Cardinal

The 1980 U.S. national hockey team. The 1996 Chicago Bulls. The 1927 New York Yankees.

Each of these teams are etched in history, but as of Saturday at 2:15 p.m., one more team has established itself in the rankings: the 2015 Cardinalistas.

The Mighty Birds soared into a well-deserved 35-28 triumph over The Badger Herald in the annual flag football game, while also defeating their keg, copious bottles of wine and all other kinds of alcohol imaginable in the meantime.

After last year’s photo finish, Jim “I Rode A Mechanical Bull Once” Dayton beat out Herald editor-in-chief Aliya Iftikhar at the chug off, proving he was unphased by the subtle and softspoken attempts at smack talk.

Dayton continued to lead the charge throughout the day, assuring concerned parties that his spike in energy was not due to cocaine use, but rather “a nice glass of orange juice” that morning.

“Bruh, it’s just grit,” Dayton said. (Your guess is as good as ours to what that means.)

Quarterback and MVP Ethan Levy surprised everyone present (including the group of stragglers that increased as the game went on) with his speed, agility and the fact that he literally did a front flip into the endzone. Guys, like, that actually happened.

Kara “Nothing Phases Me” Evenson, despite having recently broken/twisted/sprained her ankle, joined Jen Wagman, Ellie Herman and

Kaitlyn Veto in representing the female faction of the team.

“Oh this?” Evenson said, pointing to the bone sticking out of her ankle. “That’s nothing, you just gotta drink until you don’t feel it.”

Defensive lineman and resident hype man Maxted Lenz had a busy day himself, after getting a sack, proclaiming for the next 20 minutes that he got a sack, then explaining to Emily Gerber what exactly a “sack” is.

Color commentary was a new feature this year courtesy of Theda Berry, who assured spectators whenever “a thing just happened” and engaged all by asking “how many numbers ahead are we now?”

Dylan Anderson joined in on sideline morale, serving as the unofficial mascot of the day in his red octopus onesie.

The victory did not come without sacrifice, however: Tommy Valtin-Erwin spent his post game tending to a broken thumb, while Jake Powers (less vocally) spent Saturday nursing a bruised finger. Both, however, assured all with a wink that “women love scars.”

Will Chizek left the game needing a neck brace, but doctors are uncertain whether the injury resulted from the actual game or the excessive twerking in the post-game dance off.

Bri Maas, Conor Murphy and Jonah “I’m Still Relevant” Beleckis also contributed to the dance off, proving that not only do Cardinalistas dominate at football, they are pretty kick-ass dancers, too.

At press time, Dayton was still talking about the arms he was bearing.

Photo ·Despite coming up short on the the football field, the Herald showed up when it really mattered and went undefeated in postgame flip cup action.

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Highly-touted recruit Tionna Williams makes difference in middle Freshman from Indiana takes her game to next level as Wisconsin volleyball team’s Big Ten slate wears on

by Zac Hepps Volleyball Reporter

Freshmen usually learn the hard way what it takes to compete at highest level of collegiate athletics, but one new face on the Wisconsin volleyball team has stepped onto campus and taken the conference by storm.

Standing at 6-foot-2, freshman sensation Tionna Williams is an imposing threat that strikes fear into the eyes of her opponents.

Those that have attempted to challenge her this season have seen little success, and she is one of the major reasons why Wisconsin is looking to make another deep NCAA tournament run.

With two Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards already under her belt, Williams ranks third in the conference in blocks, averaging 1.4 per set, and is the focal point of a Wisconsin freshman class looking to set the foundation of the program over the next four seasons.

Coming in as a top-ten recruit, Williams is aware of the hope the Badger nation has thrust upon her shoulders.

“There is definitely some pressure [on being the highest ranked recruit] but there

is pressure on everyone here,” Williams said. “I don’t necessarily view it that way because we all have important roles on the team.”

If the pressure is mounting, no one has noticed, and that pressure may be turning her into a diamond that the Badgers will look upon come tournament time.

“I wouldn’t say I expected to have success, it was definitely a process though,” Williams said. “I knew it came with hard work and competing every day on the court so I wasn’t really expecting it.”

And that work has paid dividends.

As most freshmen seem to hit the proverbial “wall” this time of year, Williams is only getting stronger as the season moves along.

She has recorded five or more blocks in ten of her last eleven matches and has improved to 1.52 blocks per set during conference play.

During that time, she has also recorded a career-high seven blocks, four separate times.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield has noticed her sustained performance.

“She is getting better as the second half of the season is coming along,” Sheffield

said. “She is getting stronger when a lot of people her age start wearing down at this time and I don’t see that at all from her.”

Her increased productivity on the defensive end has also opened opportunities for her to become more of a force on the offensive side of the ball.

Williams has averaged 2.11 kills per set.

The Badgers have increasingly been looking to attack through the middle as conference play wears on, Williams said.

“We have been emphasizing a lot on our defense and we are taking care of the ball really well and passing it really well,” Williams said. “Because of that, we are able to run the middles more often and that opens up all of the hitters along the net too.”

Williams was a highly-touted recruit out of Concordia Lutheran in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Sheffield began recruiting her back when he was the coach at Dayton, a process that started during Williams’ freshman year of high school.

Expectations were high, and despite the slow start, her partner in the middle, junior Haleigh Nelson, never wavered in her confidence of the young freshman.

“Tionna got off to a rough start,” Nelson said. “But I always knew she had

the confidence and competitiveness to grow into a powerful hitter. I never really worried about her.”

This relationship between the pair of middle blockers has instilled a sense of confidence amongst the Wisconsin front line and has opened a variety of options for the offense to flex its muscle.

But Williams knows she shines brightest sending balls back from where they came from.

“It’s definitely important [leading the conference in blocks], it’s not my main goal…but individually it is my goal to lead in that because I take a lot of pride in blocking,” Williams said.

Whether or not she becomes one of the only freshman in history to lead the conference in blocking, Sheffield knows that the freshman will be a gem on the court for years to come.

“She has the ability to lead the league in blocking as a freshman,” Sheffield said.

“That is pretty cool in this league and she is not too far off of it. The exciting thing with her is that she is capable of having a bigger impact, even this year. The middle position is really hard in this league. The offenses are really fast and you have so many things coming at you.”

From leisure activity to competition: Wisconsin Fishing Team is reel deal Student organization formed in 1990s competes against one another while still supporting fellow members, emphasizes community

by Nick Brazzoni Sports Content Editor

This game of patience may be seen as punishment for some, but it’s a regular occurrence and seen as sport for the Wisconsin Fishing Team.

The fishing team is a student-run organization that has been around since the early 1990s, and by combining both competitive and recreational aspects of the sport, the club provides an opportunity for fishermen of all skill levels to hit the water.

The organization focuses on two main activities each year.

First, there are the competitive bass fishing tournaments that take place five or six times a year, according to co-president Michael Dircz. These competitions are aimed at the more serious and talented fishermen, and the collegiate events pit not only schools against other schools, but teammates against their own teammates.

Each team has two people in one boat, and the number of boats varies from each team. The boats are then sent into the same wake for eight hours and look to bring back their five largest fish. The fish are weighed and those with the highest weights win the majority of the payout.

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Even though the individual fishers win the prize money rather than the entire team, there is still a strong sense of support between teammates.

“It’s great because even though it’s just that one boat that gets the money, everyone will congratulate each other if they win,” public relations chair and four-year member Hunter Cochran said.

Most think of fishing as a leisure activity, and people may find the concept of competitive fishing difficult to grasp. But for a small group of people on the team, the competitive spirit comes naturally.

For Cochran, her competitive nature stems from fishing with her dad, and always wanting to catch a bigger fish or the most fish. For Dircz, it’s simply about wanting to be better than those you’re competing with — as is the case with all sports.

“You are always going to be comparing yourself to your own partner and the other fishers on the water,” Dircz said. “You always want to catch the most and the biggest fish.”

And while the competitive nature of fishing is important for a handful of people to the club, the fishing events aren’t the only opportunities the club provides to its members.

The organization also offers a variety of

socials, opportunities for more recreational fishing and different guest speakers to learn more about fishing.

In fact, according to Adam Knowles, threeyear veteran of the club, the competitive side of the team is secondary to its social side and emphasizes community.

Despite having more than 200 members signed up on their email list, the team is always looking for new participants of all skill levels to take part in the unique experience the organization provides.

Anyone can join the club, regardless of their fishing experience.

“We really pride ourselves in being able to take people within the student body and being able to help them along,” Knowles said. “We want to show them different ways to make use of the fishing waters that we have here in Madison.”

The open and welcoming environment is what makes the club a more unique experience and makes it special, Knowles said.

“I think that’s the beauty of the club, because you can be as interested as you want,” he said. “I think all of those actually gain something from being a part of the club. And that goes back to having a sense of community.”

Photo · Adam Knowles sports a freshly caught catfish on frozen Lake Mendota Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Fishing Team

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Asshole boyfriend spoils ‘The Walking Dead,’ assaulted ‘You gotta do what you gotta do to teach them,’ says woman who ‘rides or dies’ for popular AMC television series Local woman Brittanie Ayers has been convicted of attempted murder of long-time boyfriend Tim Crenshaw after he had spoiled too many episodes of the popular episode “The Walking Dead.”

“He told me everything that happened on last week’s ‘Walking Dead,’” Ayers said. “He knew that I had to work on Sunday nights, and he’d been tormenting me about it ever since the new season started. Last night, he told me every spoiler just as I sat down to watch it, and I just lost it.”

Since the incident, Ayers has pleaded guilty to repeatedly beating her boyfriend over the head with their Walking Dead Season 5 DVD box set and attempting to choke him with their cable cord. Judge Maria Voroni said she was not surprised by the incident in the slightest.

“Brittanie has been in my courtroom before,

and she’s had some trouble with boyfriends in related incidents,” Voroni said. “Last year, I sent her to county jail for six months for throwing a knife at her former boyfriend.

He had accidentally told her the ending of ‘Breaking Bad.’” Despite this history of violence, Ayers was still only given a six-month sentence for nearly killing Crenshaw.

“To be honest, I think it’s partially justified,” Voroni said. “Nowadays, in our busy lives, we don’t all have the time to watch TV shows right when they air. Anybody who gives spoilers deserves a little beating. Was death justified? I mean, potentially.”

Ayers was allegedly seen using methamphetamine in her Bratz-themed mansion in Calabasas, California. She has yet to comment on her sudden change in appearance.

Student sees future self in drunk alumnus at Camp Randall While most students in section M row 32 were repulsed by the drunken profane 40-yearold, sophomore William Berg saw himself in the screaming swaying man.

“It was a real moment of truth for me,” Berg said. “Honestly, I have been aiming a bit too high, I just didn’t have an alternative direction until now.”

Berg identified not only with the irrationally high level of public intoxication, but additionally with the way the man hit on the girls surrounding him in a manner that disgusted them.

While Berg found inspiration in the student section crasher, others in the row had a different reaction.

“I’m pretty sure I heard him say a racial slur at

the other team’s mascot,” said junior Larissa Brown.

“And it wasn’t just the obesities. I had to stand by and watch as he ate three full brats covered in a grotesque amount of relish and onions.”

The man was earlier seen wandering Lathrop.

He reportedly was challenging students to drink offs, and calling them “god damned pussies” when they declined.

Berg, a lover of sexual slurs, remains undeterred in his future goals.

“First thing first, continue my drinking habits after graduation, get divorced in my early 40s, and gain forty pounds,” Berg said, who is self-decidedly ready to start the transition from mediocre student to an alumni stuck in the glory days.

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