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UW-led research reports high level trust in science amongst Americans

According to report, confidence in scientists remained the same even on controversial topics such as global warming and nuclear energy

by Nicole Herzog Reporter

In a recent study conducted by University of Wisconsin professor Dominique Brossard and her team, Americans indicated a relatively stable and high trust in scientists over the years.

Confidence in scientists remained the same even on controversial topics such as global warming and nuclear energy, according to the report published in the Public Opinion Quarterly.

Through the use of public opinion surveys, Brossard’s team analyzed data from 1973 to the present in order to gauge the level of trust in scientists throughout the decades. According to a press release, level of confidence in scientists remained high in the past 45 years for both Democrats and Republicans, aside from Democrats reporting higher confidence than Republicans in 2018.

“Science has been part of Americans’ lives for a long time, and they encounter it in a number of situations, from their doctors, to engineers to build bridges,” Brossard said. “I think Americans have consistently realized that science has helped

improve their way of life for the last decade or so, and I think that explains why that has been pretty stable.”

After the 2017 March for Science, Brossard said she and her team decided to embark on the research due to the evolving rhetoric in the media regarding a “war on science.” Though the team knew trust in scientists was high based on previous studies, researchers wanted to see whether this level of trust had fluctuated in the last five years or so, Brossard said.

The “war on science” rhetoric emerged as people across the country protested Trump’s policies on climate change and vaccinations, according to the New York Times. Nevertheless, Brossard’s research suggests a war on science does not exist, as little differences were reported regarding the levels of trust in scientists among Democrats and Republicans.

“The media discourse that portrays that war on science is actually incorrect,” Brossard said.

“If you go more in depth and you look at the American public as a whole, this is not something that’s actually real. So I think it reminds us to be very careful and not to take at face value what

we see in newspapers — you need to go more in depth to see what’s going on.”

While the general American public demonstrated a relatively high and stable level of trust in scientists throughout the decades, the report showed a disparity between rural and suburban residents.

Thirty percent of rural residents expressed confidence in scientists, compared to 40% among American public and 50% among suburban residents, according to the release.

“It’s not because rural residents trust [science] less, it’s because the urban and suburban residents trust more,” Brossard said. “And actually, we’re going to do more research to see what’s going on, because everybody was surprised by that.”

Regarding future research, Brossard said she and her team plan on returning to the initial findings of the study and employing more refined practices to uncover data specific to individuals at a more local level.

While the original study used aggregate data to determine public opinion, it did not examine such individual aspects. Brossard said she and her team could potentially use data from the National Election Survey to aid in the process.

“We don’t have access to data that’s

attached to each individual,” Brossard said. “We want to get this individual data and find out the level of education, knowledge, trust, political ideology, and then we can do statistical analysis of this data we couldn’t [in the previous study] so we would like to do models that predict trust in science based on a lot of variables.”

Brossard’s study holds only partly true for UW freshman Christine Hou, who offered a differing perspective.

Though planning on majoring in a sciencerelated field, Hou said she does not completely trust scientists.

“I would trust scientists generally because they’re trying to help the population,” Hou said.

“But I don’t completely trust them because in the society we live in, a lot of things are based off profit, and [I feel] sometimes scientists develop [the] products that they develop for unreasonably high prices.”

According to the press release, opinions on scientists can affect how people interpret information regarding health and public policy.

Looking into the future, Brossard said she predicts the general public opinion will remain largely stable, but different factors can affect the public’s perception of scientists.

“I think it’s important to distinguish when we say trust in science, trust in scientists — there are a lot of different scientists and a lot of different types of sciences,” Brossard said. “So maybe when you move more granular that will fluctuate. But I’m confident that it’s going to stay pretty stable.”

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Evers signs Assembly Bill 52 that will assist homeless youth The bill allows 17-year-olds to check themselves into homeless shelters or transitional living homes, with legal stipulations

by Emily Ravet Reporter

Gov. Tony Evers signed in Assembly Bill 52 Nov. 19, which allows 17-year-olds to check themselves into homeless shelters or transitional living homes.

In order to check themselves into a home, two conditions must be met. First, the person seeking shelter must not be under the supervision of a social service agency, parent or guardian and second, a school homeless liaison must confirm that the person is unaccompanied. Social service agencies include the county department, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections and the child welfare agency. If a school wwhomeless liaison is not available to confirm the minor’s living status, an employee at the shelter or transitional program is able to confirm that they are unaccompanied.

“No kid should have to worry about where they are going to sleep at night, but the reality is that there are thousands of homeless and unaccompanied kids across our state,” Gov. Evers said in his press release regarding this Act. “This bill gives some of those kids the ability to access safe emergency housing when they are experiencing a crisis. With the cold winter months already here, I hope this is one of many bipartisan initiatives we can take to make sure folks experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity are able to be safe and warm this winter.”

A.B. 52 was first introduced Feb. 18.

During its creation, recommendations from committees were taken into consideration. In these recommendations, they reaffirmed that this bill would be helpful to the homeless youth population.

The Committee on Children and Families met to discuss the bill April 2, and the Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families did the same Aug. 29. During the meeting, the Committee on Children and Families recommended that a liaison confirm that the youth is homeless or unaccompanied and if no liaison is available, an employee of a shelter may confirm it as well.

During the meeting with the Committee of University, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, they concurred that this bill would be helpful to the homeless youth population.

Along with those recommendations, they referred to the Committee on Rules.

One representative that played a main role in the creation of this bill, state Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, said it was created to meet requests made within her district. Advocates for unaccompanied and homeless youth within her district wanted to give older teens more

assistance when it came to stable housing in order to complete their high school education. Along with that request, they wanted further help with youth and their access to work and mental health services.

“This bill provides a narrow option that respects parents’ rights and maintains the integrity of the juvenile court and justice system,” Loudenbeck said.

According to the 2018 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress reported that 20%, or 111,592, of those that were homeless were children under the age of 18. The National Coalition for the Homeless reports that 75% of homeless or runaway youth have dropped out of school or will drop out of school in the near future. They report that there are three categories as to why youth become homeless: family problems, economic problems and residential instability.

When Loudenbeck considered this bill, she said she did research on homeless youth. She found that the opioid and meth crisis have been causing strains on families, with jailed parents leaving behind their children. Loudenbeck said the bill has been created to help assist in situations like this, and noted that youth also need to be protected against abuse, human trafficking and exploitation.

The Road Home is a local Madison homeless shelter that focuses on housing families with children under the age of 18. The Road Home Dane County has been operating for 20 years under the mission of “every child deserves a home.” During this time, they have served 175 families and over 400 children. They offer resources for crisis housing but also work toward building skills, resources and relationships to set people on the path for long-term success.

Amber Thompson, a Rapid Rehousing case

manager at The Road Home, said they are not concerned about this affecting their particular organization too much. But overall, they believe it is great that this bill is bringing awareness to a group in need of it.

“Reducing barriers is always a positive thing,” Thompson said.

Thompson attested to the fact that there have been issues in the past of having to turn down parents who are under the age of 18 due to them being minors. With this bill being passed, their shelter is allowed to take in 17-year-old parents, as long as they meet the other criteria. They said this happens infrequently, around only three to four times a year.

“Local advocates for unaccompanied and homeless youth in my district asked me to help them find options for older teens without stable housing who want to complete their high school education,” Loudenbeck said.

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Wisconsin is key in 2020 election, say political experts, students alike Wisconsin was tipping-point swing state in 2016 that put Trump over the edge to victory, according to The New York Times

by Erin Gretzinger Reporter

Political experts say Wisconsin will be a key swing state in the 2020 presidential election, and different campus political organizations are rising to the challenge 2020 poses to student voters.

Wisconsin was a tipping-point swing state in 2016 that put Trump over the edge to victory, according to The New York Times. Wisconsin is once again under the microscope for the rapidly approaching 2020 election. Through examining Wisconsin’s unique political situation, political experts contended that Wisconsin will have the same electoral power in 2020.

University of Wisconsin political science professor David Canon said Wisconsin has been a vital swing state since the ‘80s. Canon said historically, many of the margins in state and presidential elections between Republicans and Democrats were even closer than the one that split the state in 2016, and that the same patterns will make Wisconsin a key indicator state in 2020.

“We’re just a very evenly split state and have been for decades, and so there are not many states in the situation,” Canon said. “That means we’re in that status of being a battleground state.”

While Democrats have historically managed to win by a small margin in most of Wisconsin’s tossup presidential elections, Canon said that changed in 2016 with an unanticipated increase in voter turnout from rural counties. The Democratic urban vote did not come out as strong for Clinton as it did for Obama in previous elections, which also contributed to the state flipping red.

Canon said the “urban-rural split” is a huge factor in Wisconsin with strong Democratic strongholds in Milwaukee and Madison conflicting with many of the rural and suburban areas leaning Republican. Canon also noted the Fox River Valley area from Appleton to Green Bay serves as “the battleground within the battleground,” and makes the area one of the most heavily saturated media markets in the country around presidential elections.

UW School of Journalism and Mass Communications professor Michael Wagner said Wisconsin’s “contentious” political situation is connected to the state’s media ecology. Based on research with the Communication and Civic Renewal research group, Wagner said Wisconsin’s information diet greatly impacts how Wisconsinites engage with politics.

“There’s over 80 hours a day of conservative talk radio that air in our state,” Wagner said.

“The social media network of conservatives is more local and it’s more locally driven by local politicians and local talk radio hosts, whereas the liberal network is more diffuse, it’s more national in its orientation.”

Wagner said this situation sets up the contentious environment revolving around alienation of opposing views through news sources and social groups Wisconsinites choose to converse with.

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Wagner added that studies of Wisconsin’s media diets also revealed that the voters who check out multiple news sources from different ideological viewpoints are more likely to split their tickets.

In the 2018 U.S. Senate and gubernatorial election, 12% of voters in Wisconsin split their tickets. Wagner said those split ticket voters are the ones who are most likely going to decide the election in 2020.

“It’s the ticket splitters that are really crucial in razor thin races like the one we might see in 2020,” Wagner said.

Additionally, the 2018 midterms showed a huge increase in youth voter turnout across the country, with voters from 18 to 29 making a significant impact. Both Wagner and Canon said this indicates a shift that could carry over into 2020. Wagner said the higher turnout shows stronger voting habits forming earlier, which could lead to a stronger political voice.

Recognizing the combination of a powerful Wisconsin and youth vote, many political student groups are jumping at the chance to register and persuade students to hit the polls in 2020. UW students Adam Fearing, chair of the College Democrats, Ryan Christens, chair of the College

Republicans, and Molly Doerrer, president of the bipartisan group the Millennial Action Project, capture different perspectives on the importance of Wisconsin.

All three groups are looking to engage student voters with different goals in mind. Fearing said the College Democrats are working closely with the national party with a “real sense of urgency,” saying liberals and activists have to take Wisconsin seriously going into 2020. Christens said both political parties recognize the state’s importance, and he believes the margin will be “razor thin” in 2020, leading the College Republicans to begin mobilizing “earlier than ever before.”

Fearing said the College Democrats are “standing by the values of the Democratic party” and putting them out to students to reach potential voters.

Christens said the College Republicans want to inform students on what “President Trump and conservatives stand for” to extend their message to the voters.

Doerrer of MAP said the number one thing she took away from the 2016 election was Wisconsin’s unique political makeup. She explained that, while

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Madison and Milwaukee have the power to win elections, the vastly different needs of rural and urban Wisconsin were heavily reflected by the 2016 election.

“The 2016 primaries were still pretty divided between Republicans and Democrats, but what was really interesting is that all the counties that voted for Bernie, most of them switched to Trump,” Doerrer said. “So to me, that demonstrates Wisconsin’s desire for an alternative politician to lead the country.”

Doerrer said this desire could largely manifest in the youth vote with the younger generation having “different expectations of their politicians” that she believes will be the catalyst to push many young voters to the polls from both sides of the aisle. Doerrer said MAP’s goal will be to get students to invest into formulating and challenging their opinions going into 2020.

“Part of the reason we are so polarized is because we’re identifying as so polarized,” Doerrer said.

“So MAP and bipartisan discussion, when your ideology doesn’t matter and it’s just your views and experiences as a person … that’s where the most growth takes place.

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Wisconsin legislature unlikely to legalize marijuana despite bipartisan bill Wisconsin one of few states in nearby area without its own concrete marijuana legislation outside of federal bounds

by Rachel Clark Reporter

The Wisconsin legislature introduced a bipartisan bill Oct. 18 proposing the legalization of medical marijuana, but the economic effects may not be as large as hoped, according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum.

Wisconsin is one of the few states in the area without its own concrete marijuana legislation outside of federal bounds, and three out of its four surrounding states have either legalized marijuana for medical use or for full use, according to The Cap Times.

In a statement to Milwaukee Public Media, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison said, “Many of the Midwestern states surrounding us are either medicinal or full legalization … it’s going to have a negative impact on the state of Wisconsin.”

Proponents of the bill, including Sargent, see this as a disadvantage for Wisconsin’s state revenues, as nearby legalization could cause residents to go elsewhere for their marijuana use in medical or recreational format, according to WUWM 89.7.

Wisconsin Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee said the recreational use of marijuana is not likely to pass in the Republican majority legislature.

“Until there is a shift in the number of Democrats in the legislature, recreational marijuana faces an uphill fight,” Taylor said.

Taylor said since it is more likely for a bill legalizing medical marijuana to pass over recreational use, it would be difficult for the state to expect to bring in revenues from this.

With medical marijuana legalization being the most likely route, the state would directly receive little to no tax revenues under Sargent’s plan.

“Under my legislation to legalize cannabis in Wisconsin, medical marijuana would not be taxed,” Sargent said.

“Therefore, the expected tax revenue associated with medicinal marijuana would be minimal.”

The Wisconsin Forum Policy report shows other states’ lawmaking processes.

The report shows with the passing of a medical marijuana bill, a bill legalizing recreational use often soon follows. That second bill is where marijuana could bring in more money for the state.

The report found 17 states out of the 33 that legalized medical marijuana did so through a ballot initiative, and nine of these states legalized recreational marijuana soon after.

Although the report provides limited projections, there is not much data to predict revenues Wisconsin might see from the possible

future legalization of recreational use.

As of right now, Wisconsin is looking towards states that have already fully legalized marijuana to use as examples, according to WUWM 89.7. This includes how the legalization may have shifted each state’s economic terrain.

Craig Levin, COO of Avitas Cannabis in Washington, said there were about 2,000 licensees to sell marijuana in Washington when legislation legalizing recreational marijuana passed.

“The cannabis industry in the United States has created around 220,000 [jobs] around the U.S.,” Levin said. “Not saying that everyone was unemployed before, but it gave people more opportunity.”

Milwaukee Public Media estimated that last year California brought in $345 million from

recreational marijuana. Colorado saw state revenues of $266 million and Nevada collected $70 million.

In an interview with WISN-TV, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he thinks “we’re seeing states like Michigan and Minnesota that now have embraced the whole idea of even recreational [marijuana]. I think it would be wise for Wisconsin to kind of sit back and see what happens in these states.”

However, the projections are often off, as the medical and recreational use of marijuana fluctuates with trends and other factors.

Milwaukee Public Media notes that Nevada’s revenues were 40% higher than projected their first year while California’s revenues were 45% lower than expected.

Politicians are quick to note that projected

figures for state revenues from marijuana across the board are much smaller compared to other substantial taxes, and even the tax on cigarettes.

“For perspective, revenue collected from cigarette taxes in Wisconsin in fiscal year 2019 totaled $514.3 million,” according to the Wisconsin Policy Forum.

This number surpasses even California’s total revenues from recreational marijuana. As Wisconsin projects much lower revenues from recreational marijuana than California, returns on marijuana would carry even less weight in comparison to other substantial revenue forms for the state.

“To unleash the true economic potential of cannabis, our state must pave the way for full legalization,” Sargent said.

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UW to raise minimum wage for full time employees, look to fill positions UW Housing Division has 50 vacancies to fill at current wages starting less than $15 an hour, according to press release

by Lila Szyryj Reporter

The University of Wisconsin announced it will be raising the minimum wage for employees to $15 per hour for all full-time employees.

But, UW is still having trouble filling fulltime positions. According to a UW press release, “the university’s Division of Housing has approximately 50 vacancies in positions with starting salaries of less than $15 per hour.”

According to Mark Walters, the university’s chief human resources officer, this vacancy problem is primarily because many of the other public entities in the Madison area, such as the Madison School District, pays more than $15 per hour for custodial work.

As a result, the university decided that it “really needs to move forward to raise the wages in this area [because] we noticed that we were out of whack with our local competitors,” Walters said.

Walters believes the university will be able to fill job vacancies and people will have more interest in applying for job openings, such as custodial or food-related positions, with the higher minimum wage.

The raise will be put into effect in January 2020, according to the press release, with the intent to benefit those working a full-time job. Walters added that the raise would help facilitate obligations to make a living and support a family. “[The city of] Madison is a pretty expensive place to live, and making less than $15 per hour makes it difficult to be able to raise a family in Madison,” Walters said. “We have many of our employees in this pay scale that are working two jobs, some working two fulltime jobs, to be able to live in the Madison area.”

Walters hopes with this change in salary, workers will not find themselves in need of working upwards of 80 hours a week, or more than one job, to survive financially in the city.

Walters said UW was planning on raising the minimum wage before Gov. Tony Evers’ announcement to raise the minimum wage for state employees, according to a Nov. 8 press release from the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

“We identified that it was a market issue and we certainly were having discussions with [the] state government about their problems filling these jobs, retaining employees in these [Madison] areas,” Walters said.

The university will be achieving the minimum wage of $15 per hour sooner than the state of Wisconsin. According to the press release, the state will implement the $15 minimum in January of 2021.

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disappointed to hear their wages will not change.

“Right now, we have a $10 an hour minimum wage for students. And we believe that the $15 [minimum wage] applies to full-time workers that basically are working 40 hours a week and that students, their primary responsibility is being a student, not working,” Walters said.

UW student and supervisor at Peet’s Coffee Brooke Nowak said it’s “unfair” full-time employees are receiving the $15 per hour minimum wage. UW did raise the student minimum wage in September from $9 to $10 per

hour, and Nowak said she was “very happy” upon receiving the raise.

Finding out the rest of the staff is receiving an even higher wage was “disheartening,” Nowak said.

Nowak said being a student employee significantly impacts one’s schedule in terms of school work and social life.

“It is definitely a struggle,” Nowak said.

“I think that if I didn’t have to work to pay for bills that it would be a lot easier to just focus on academics. It’s like if you don’t work enough,

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you’re stressed about money and if you work too much then you’re stressed about grades.”

Although work may not be the priority of some students, many have the financial obligation to obtain some sort of income. Student employees such as Nowak wish they were able to solely focus on academics but they also need to support themselves through the financial burdens that come with life as a student.

The university looks at making changes to the minimum wage at the beginning of every fall semester, Walters said.

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Mayor waives nearly $5,000 bill for youth climate protesters Costs to cover police presence, permitting process around event organizing remain ‘undefined,’ deputy mayor said

by JT Schultz Reporter

Youth activists and community members who organized a climate change protest Sept. 20 received a bill from the Madison Police Department totaling $4,631.66, according to The Isthmus.

The Youth Climate Action Team of Wisconsin organized the march and received the bill Nov. 8. Mayor Satya

Rhodes-Conway waived the bill, according to Max Prestigiacomo, youth activist and organizer of the march.

The bill includes charges for the police officers present at the site where the permit granted the activists to protest. The March started at Madison Gas and Electric company, located on Railroad Street and ended at the capitol building on Main Street.

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right to protest and was inspired by our work,” Prestigiacomo said. “But then we were hit by the bill and as a nonprofit run by high school students, we were not able to act in the way they wanted.”

According to MPD Chief Victor Wahl’s blog, permits are required by the city ordinance for any event reserving a Madison street, parking space, sidewalk or public space. Madison’s Street Use Staff Commission reviews requests for permits.

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order to establish a safe environment for all parties involved.

Wahl’s blog says the permit process includes an estimated cost of city expenses, which in most cases mainly includes the salaries of police presence required to control the event. The estimated costs are presented to the event organizers who are required to agree to pay before receiving a permit.

When organizers resist the charges as a testament to their First Amendment right to protest, the organizers are referred to the mayor ’s office who will occasionally waive the costs, Wahl wrote in the blog.

Costs can be renounced partially or fully.

Wahl encouraged event planners and organizers to work within the system to allow safe activities. Incorporating a waiver request into the permit application will further this goal.

“I feel strongly that as chief I cannot be the one to decide who is exempted from paying for police costs associated with an event,” Wahl wrote in the blog. “Nor should leaders from other city agencies be expected to make that decision for their expenses. It is more appropriate for that determination to rest with the mayor, rather than individual city agency heads.”

The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin represented the Youth Climate Action Team Wisconsin in their efforts to waive costs, Prestigiacomo said.

The ACLU is a nonprofit organization whose mission statement is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States,” according to its website. ACLU of Wisconsin is a community group from Dane County that supports local civil liberties issues.

Despite the difficulty following the Youth Climate Action Teams event, climate strikes will continue in Madison.

Prestigiacomo said an international climate strike will take place Dec. 6 in Madison.

Following this, the Youth Climate Action Team has already begun planning for a march that will coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day April 22.

Deputy Mayor Katie Crawley said that city staff have been working to change the system when it comes to protests, but it takes time.

“There has been a city staff working on this for several months,” Crawley said.

“It’s hard because police costs are high and must be compensated. This being said we want to protect the rights of everyone.”

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Human relations over cars make ‘Ford v Ferrari’ winning holiday flick Despite trailers marketing high-speed car-centered movie, ‘Ford v Ferrari’ carries superb acting, relationship-centered approach at its core

by Matt Fraga Staff Writer

Most of the time, trailers mislead the audience and give away too much. As is the case with the “Ford v Ferrari” trailers I am a firm believer that the trailer is one of the most important pieces of a movie. It is incredibly difficult to strike the perfect balance between showing the audience enough to pique their interest but not so much that you spoil the movie. Another difficulty is accurately conveying the movie’s tone.

Generally, I refuse to watch trailers because they often spell out the movie so deliberately that to see it would be a waste of $10 and two hours.

From the trailers, it would be fair to assume “Ford v Ferrari’s” central focus is around the 1966 Le Mans race, and the production of Ford’s GT40 race car leading up to it.

While this certainly is a focal point of the movie, at its core “Ford v Ferrari” is about the relationship between Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby.

Christian Bale plays Ken Miles and finally gets to use his native English tongue. Miles is a WWII veteran desperate to provide for his family. He also happens to be a savant when it comes to cars and can drive them better than anyone. His level of obsession with cars reminded me of his role in “The Big Short,” where he plays an obsessive Wall Street guru.

What surprised me most about this role was how funny Bale is. Much of the comedy comes from his character ranting inside the car. He is also quite hotheaded and not afraid to voice his opinion to anyone, which leads to some hilarious moments. This, no doubt, is Bale’s funniest role to date.

Matt Damon plays ex-Le Mans champion and legendary car manufacturer Carroll Shelby. Shelby is a confident smooth talker who knows more about cars than anyone, save for Ken Miles. It is also clear early on he is a savvy businessman in his dealings with Ford Motor Company.

Shelby cannot race anymore so it is only natural Miles steps in as the driver while he focuses on the developing the car. It is clear, however, that while Shelby’s focus is on dealing with Ford Motor Company, his heart remains in the driver seat on the racetrack.

Miles and Shelby form a tight bond because of their mutual love of cars.

Throughout the film, I could not help but think of the two as brothers. Their banter and fighting reminded me of my relationship with my brother. I did not expect the movie to focus on their relationship so heavily, but I am glad it did. I almost wish there were more scenes of the two together.

The relationships go beyond Shelby and Miles too. Whenever Miles isn’t in a car, he is usually with his wife and son. Miles’

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relationship with his wife is so sweet. They had great on-screen chemistry. There is a hilarious scene where the roles are reversed and his wife — Mollie Miles played by Caitriona Balfe — is behind the wheel.

Perhaps the most endearing relationship in the film is between Miles and his son Peter, played by Noah Jupe. Peter is a young version of his dad. He worships his father, going to every race, helping him fix cars, and drawing the racetracks. Besides the scenes with Shelby and Miles, my favorite parts were when it was just Miles and his son.

“Ford v Ferrari” was probably my favorite movie of the year in terms of the relationships between characters. Let me be clear, the movie is not devoid of spectacular racing sequences. Every time Miles is in the car my eyes were glued to the screen. It was incredible to watch. The movie really gives you an idea of how extraordinary these machines are and how much nuance goes into producing them.

While I really enjoyed the movie, there were a few problems I had with it. With a movie like this there is so much information,

Photo · Pictured is a Ford GT40, the same type of car raced in ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Courtesy of Creative Commons user sv1ambo The Badger Herald to include it all would be impossible. My main problem was the frequent time jumps.

They occur quite often, and sometimes it is difficult to pick out where in time it is taking place. I wish the creators had done a better job of distinguishing the differences in time.

Additionally, characters at Ford Motor Company are portrayed as being comically horrible people. I am not sure how true this is to the real people, but while watching, it was a bit distracting. Leo Beebe, a Vice President at Ford, has a grudge against Miles from the beginning that continues throughout the film. I never understood why he despised Miles so much but it seemed like it was added without much basis merely for cinematic effect. Beebe was so whiny and pompous it was hard to watch at times.

The portrayal of Henry Ford II was also caricature-like and over the top, and it did

not fit the tone of the rest of the movie My last critique is a small one, but one I cannot shake. Miles makes a decision at the end of the movie’s big race that did not feel true to the character. I understand this is a historical film, but I was frustrated by his decision. I soon forgot about this because the last few minutes, in my opinion, were the best bit of the movie. There is no dialogue, it is just a medium close-up of Carroll Shelby, but it was genuinely moving.

“Ford v Ferrari” is not the movie it is advertised as, but I think it is better as a result. Audiences seem to think so too, as it has a 98% audience rating on rotten tomatoes, which is quite rare. This movie has something for everyone. I highly recommend seeing it while it is still in theaters — you will not be disappointed.

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UW’s Mia Boulukos empowers women with nude photo art project

Where nude photos have been dominated by male lens, Mia Boulukos aims to empower women with inspiring SEND NUDES art project

by Georgia Ansley Staff Writer

Nude photographs have been a subject of human artistic pieces for centuries, but University of Wisconsin Art student Mia Boulukos’ project entitled “SEND NUDES” has uprooted the old practice of depicting women through a male lens and focuses on the positivity and power that can be harnessed from a single nude photograph.

Boulukos has surrounded herself with and studied art the majority of her life. She attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City and she knew this was something she wanted to continue coming to UW. Since joining the UW Art Department, Boulukos had an opportunity to hone her ideas through a variety of mediums including but not limited to oil, acrylic, wood, canvas, digital and most recently neon.

Boulukos’ SEND NUDES project came to life last fall, and since then, upwards of 80 women have chosen to participate, and over 40 works have been created.

Boulukos had no idea the degree to which this project would span social circles and generate attention, primarily over social media platforms.

“I started by wanting to paint female nude figures, and I had just asked a couple of my friends, and they were really interested in it and excited about the opportunity to send me a photo and be painted, and then I posted the progress of these paintings on my social media account where other people started sharing it and reaching out to me about what I was doing,” Boulukos said.

The timing of this project, however, was no accident.

“In a time of #MeToo and Trump politics, I believe it is important for women to remember that their bodies are their own, and have the right to portray themselves however they want,” Boulukos wrote on her website.

The project does not ignore the college setting and social media age in which it takes place. The name “SEND NUDES” itself nods to the youth culture which it both celebrates but also adapts with its feminist flare.

“Nudes and nude culture is pretty present in a lot of youth culture these days but never really talked about, and if it is, its talked about in a negative way,” Boulukos said. When women choose to participate in the project, they send a nude picture of themselves to Boulukos through her Instagram account @artbybobo. There are no requirements of these photographs, Boulukos recommends they take a picture however they feel most comfortable.

Boulukos does request the participant answers the question, why did you choose to participate in this project?

“That quote and the answers to that question became a big part of this project because a lot of women were telling me that they had either never taken a nude or that this project made them feel really empowered ... seeing a completed work of art and then having the chance to potentially purchase it, has also made people feel good,” Boulukos said.

Boulukos tries not to alter these photographs during the transmission from digital to her chosen medium.

“I just try to make something beautiful from what the person already sent me,” Boulukos said.

One alteration Boulukos does implement is the removal of traditional skin color from her subjects to focus on the individual.

“Color of skin and race doesn’t matter in this project,” Boulukos said, “I’m moving away from skin tones and more toward brighter colors.”

This project also challenges the way nude subjects have been taught and portrayed for centuries before its time.

“In art history a lot of traditional nude female portraits are done by men, so it’s obviously the male gaze and how a male perceives it, and I am a woman painting women,” Boulukos said.

According to Boulukos, some have criticized

her work as oversexualizing her subjects. Boulukos responds to these criticisms by saying this work is not for you, it’s for them.

Women choose their pose, background, angle to reflect their preferences on how they want to be depicted, choosing for themselves the degree of sexualization they are comfortable expressing.

SEND NUDES is always evolving as a project and adapting to different mediums. Most recently, Boulukos is exploring ways to incorporate the quote from subjects on why they chose to participate into more of a fine art medium.

“The quote is just as important as the painting, but that isn’t being expressed as literally as I could be doing it,” Boulukos said.

Boulukos has also started to explore digital mediums for the project “I was starting to come to the conclusion that these pieces were existing more successfully in the digital world because of the digital nature of the photographs anyway,” Boulukos said.

This digital platform is also better expressed through Instagram and other media in which a majority of Boulukos’ exhibiting and communication takes place. Boulukos also recently launched a website as a digital storage space for her work, among other things, in which she finds the balance between her fine art world and her digital world.

UW’s ‘Clybourne Park’ addresses past and present discrimination

UW cast members play multiple roles, give uncomfortable lesson on gentrification, discussion of race in University Theatre’s newest production

by Veronica Kuffel Associate

It’s not every day that a play sits its characters down to discuss the uneasy topic of discrimination.

For the past two weeks, the University of Wisconsin Theatre Department proudly presented “Clybourne Park,” which focuses not only on racism but also prejudice across the board.

Written by Bruce Norris, “Clybourne Park” centers around a fictional neighborhood in Chicago.

It’s considered a spin-off to “A Raisin In the Sun,” the infamous work by Lorraine Hansberry about a black family who decides to move into an affluent white community.

“Clybourne Park’s” first act, set in the 1950s, follows a group of white neighbors as they discuss an incoming black family to the neighborhood.

The second act, set in the present, contrasts its primer when a white family moves into the same neighborhood, now debilitated by the effects of gentrification UW’s “Clybourne Park” ran from November 1424, and used their lengthy rehearsal time to dig into their roles. The cast was led by Michael Cotey, who encouraged his actors to find personal depth and question their own views.

“Clybourne Park” was written to provoke...

asking hard questions about the assumptions fears and prejudices we all harbor, whether we’re willing to admit them or not,” Cotey said.

One thing that strengthens their performance, concurrently, is the external reactions they give their characters. A good example is Sam Wood’s character Russ, the husband who sold his house (unknowingly) to the black family in Act One. Wood charges his character with anguish—when he wasn’t speaking, he tensed his body, eyes wandering the floor as the actors around him lit the fuse. Eventually, the bomb goes off and he explodes in a fury of spit and reddening skin.

While Wood’s version of Russ tackled the art of showing his anguish, the characters of Karl Lindner and Steve faced a completely different obstacle— telling it.

Ethan Nimmer played two characters in each of the acts, but both fell under the stereotype of an offensive and ignorant white man. But Nimmer’s portrayals offer a different dimension, showing both characters as paranoid husbands and soon-tobe fathers, though their idea of a threat is extremely skewed.

We still don’t forgive Nimmer’s characters for their inappropriate language and other offenses, but we no longer see them as two-dimensional characters.

No performance, however, is as textured as Jasmine Kiah’s Francine/Lena. In the first act, Francine is a black maid forced into the white people’s racist discussion. They sit her down and ask her hypothetical questions about “different foods and hobbies,” dancing around racism. Kiah portrays frustrated submission in Francine, who can’t speak up because she’s employed by the people who taunt her. She does get her justice in Act Two, where her character Lena is able to argue with the white couple—or at least when they’re not interrupting her.

Through both interpretations, Kiah symbolizes the struggle of black persons throughout the last century. The discussions and arguments in “Clybourne Park” are underrepresented with a white majority of five and a black minority of two.

Act One consists of Francine and her husband, Albert (Brion Whyte), sitting uncomfortably silent as the white characters switch from city capitals to racial arguments. Lena and Kevin contribute to both topics when they’re repeated in Act Two, but they are still stifled by their five white counterparts and their opinions.

Both characters are silenced as the others discuss a topic that, as white people, they will never quite understand, whether it’s racism or its effects on real estate. While Francine and Lena have their unique

responses, both can be summed through Kiah’s line.

“Let them knock their brains out for all I care,” Francine said.

With that, it’s also worth noting how scenic Designer and Technical Director Rob Wagner crafted the setting for the play. Act One opened on a beautiful house with a fireplace, ornate furniture and expensive dishes. Russ and Bev’s moving boxes are filled with interesting and expensive trinkets, showing their wealth in the affluent neighborhood.

Act Two paints a different picture. During the intermission, the crew gradually took apart the house, replacing windows with plastic tarp and shattered glass. They scattered trash as the radio played songs by the decade to show time’s progress.

In this way, Wagner is attempting to show the effects of gentrification and how race affects the value of neighborhoods. In essence, “Clybourne Park” is an entire commentary on gentrification, one of the most common forms of institutional racism.

The two-week period of performances, as Cotey so elegantly states, “...provokes us to be better than the reality presented on stage,” and always be conscious of the conversations we’ve had and continue to have.

The UW Theatre Department chose wisely with “Clybourne Park,” and with its casting.

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Making Change: Rethinking student income in a modern economy

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Student entrepreneurs take on side hustles for profit, purpose

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Tucked into the eighth floor of a Lake Street apartment building, five women call a jumbled four-bedroom home for the semester. When we walked into the apartment, though, it was full of people. The Wisconsin-Purdue game played for an audience of droopy-eyed college students who only awakened for the best and worst plays. It was warm and welcoming, but not at all what you’d expect for a hair salon.

Only when University of Wisconsin junior Jackie Cofsky brought out her shears, comb and barber ’s cape was it evident that this was Cofsky Cuts, a hair-cutting business owned and operated by Cofsky and a friend, created to serve the stylistic needs of broke college students.

With college becoming more and more expensive, students are more dedicated than ever to trying to make an extra buck. That dedication, when applied seriously, can turn into creative solutions that help students satisfy their needs and achieve their goals — all in the form of side hustles.

Approximately 44 million Americans maintain a side hustle of some sort. Side hustles are flexible sources of income usually to supplement a full-time or part-time job. They can come in many forms, including freelance work, resale work and even starting a small business.

The internet and social media have been huge factors in the proliferation of side hustles — first with eBay and Facebook Marketplace, and later with social media platforms such as Instagram as fast replacements for word-of-mouth marketing.

Hustling for cash

This popularity is pronounced among college students. The freedom and relative newfound ease of marketing in a social media-minded age means side hustles lend themselves particularly well to this busy, media-savvy demographic.

University of Wisconsin junior Annaliese Duerr, owner of Just the Dip, a dip powder nail business run out of her apartment, said the freedom to set her own schedule was one of the biggest draws to having her own business rather than working a traditional job. “[In a traditional job] you have to work when your boss says you have to work,” Duerr said. “And that can be really hard, especially when your schedule isn’t always the same. Like on exam weeks, you may still have to work just as much as you have to work on any other week, which makes it hard to study more. And so by doing a side hustle or doing your own business, you can create your own schedule.”

Duerr and her business partner, fellow junior Amanda Jackson, who runs social media for Just the Dip, work 10 to 15 hours per week on their business, which now turns enough profit that Duerr was able to quit her traditional job. Duerr said since she is able to set her own schedule, this number is not necessarily set in stone. This way, during exam weeks she might only take four to six appointments, when usually she schedules around 10.

But there are other elements that make side hustles preferable to traditional jobs.

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Jackie Cofsky, owner of Cofsky Cuts, an underground, pay-as-you-see-fit hair cutting business, said being able to make money on a flexible schedule and being her own boss are her favorite elements of working a side hustle.

Her business partner, UW junior Annabelle Shultz, added that the social aspect of their work is also very rewarding.

“Cutting so many people’s hair and everything … you just meet so many random people,” Shultz said. “No clue who I’m posting half the time and I’m like, ‘Where did we find this person?’”

And yet, the conversations and relationships that emerge with their customers are very rewarding. Both women were excited about their ability to connect with their clients over moments large and small because of the conversations that happen during the haircuts.

Cofsky said sometimes this means sending a ‘good luck’ text before a client’s exam, but sometimes there’s an opportunity to celebrate an accomplishment.

“I hear fun things about them,” Cofsky said. “Like one of the boys just ran the New York Marathon and killed it.

And so I texted him and was like, ‘I’m so proud.’”

one great resume builder,” Shultz said. “But also … at this point, I’ve figured out that I’m decent at marketing stuff and just kind of feeling like I can run something myself. … So although it has really nothing to do with my major in that sense, I don’t really want to go into just sitting at a desk coding all the time. I really want to make sure that I can always be talking to people and everything. And I think this obviously helps because we’re meeting so many people.”

Cofsky agreed that the ability to talk with anyone about anything, which she learned largely because of Cofsky Cuts, will stay with her throughout her career. Additionally, Duerr and Jackson also noted that Just the Dip had helped refine their people skills.

Duerr is a nursing student and Jackson is majoring in communication sciences and disorders, but they both felt that holding conversations and working with strangers on a daily basis would help them navigate communication in professional — as well as personal — settings.

Side hustles do more than bring income

Having your own business and working for yourself can be tough, but facing those challenges can teach valuable lessons.

Duerr explained how her side hustle changed her habits as she learned better time management.

“Time management, I feel like has been huge for this,” Duerr said. “… Especially now that I’m putting the signup sheets two weeks in advance online. That means that I have to know exactly what I’m doing for homework that week, what I have due and what I’m doing, and how long it’s going to take. And then when I go to do my homework, I have to make sure that I’m being productive because I can’t cancel the appointments that I have, but I still need to get my work done.”

One common challenge among student entrepreneurs is the time spent on aspects outside of performing the service or creating the good. Advertising, communicating with potential clients, running social media accounts, accounting and research are some of as tasks that had to be balanced alongside everything else.

Lambright estimated that she plans for about eight to 10 hours of work in and on her business each week, though very little of that time is spent baking.

“Honestly, more of it is the external work as of now,” Lambright said. “… Even if I don’t have orders, I’m still going to do that time. It’s like, you know, contacting people, emailing, doing my accounting, social media and trying to get new customers. And then the baking, I would say, during the school year, I get, like, three to four orders a month.”

There was also a universal willingness to learn and improve their respective crafts before they ever started charging for them.

Cofsky Cuts originated with Cofsky and her friend cutting each others’ hair in the Witte Residence Hall bathrooms. Later, she became known for giving free haircuts and started charging even after that. This freeof-charge period gave Cofsky time to become more confident and upgrade from kitchen scissors to a pair of

A side hustle may also solidify a career path, rather than make profit right off the bat.

UW junior Deirdra Lambright, owner of Sweets 4 Dayz, a cookie, cupcake and cakepop bakery, runs her side hustle while still a student because she wants to be able to turn it into a full-time career after college.

“It’s my own money,” Lambright said. “Whatever I make I just put back into it. I don’t take any of its profit right now. Honestly, I’m working to grow it and not really to make money from it.”

Lambright said she’s wanted to have a baking business for years and debated going to school for baking. Eventually, however, she decided to teach herself and dedicate her academics to learning how to actually run a business.

Lambright said she applies the lessons she learns at the UW School of Business to running her own. Her work over this past semester included a presentation she created about working in versus on your business, she said.

“I enjoyed this year a lot because I feel like I’m actually taking classes that help me with my business … like being able to do that presentation of working in your business versus working on your business was a lot of research just on my own to realize, ‘wow, there’s some things I could be doing differently to … make my own business better,’” Lambright said.

Additionally, side hustles teach lessons through hands-on experience that will last a lifetime. The experience with networking and communication is especially applicable outside of the work they currently do, Jackson said.

Shultz is a computer science major and wants to work in cyber security, but she still feels the experience Cofsky Cuts has given her will be helpful in that work, she explained.

“I’m fully putting this on my resume, straight up …

Time, effort and a learning curve

hair shears and a buzzing kit.

Similarly, Lambright spent countless hours trying to perfect each recipe in her repertoire. And Duerr practiced the dip powder technique on herself and her friends for a whole summer before starting up her business. As demand grew, she realized the business potential of her nail kit.

“I decided I could actually make some good money off of this,” Duerr said The learning doesn’t end when the business starts up, however. To keep their businesses moving, side hustlers often learn on the job, Lambright said. They become proactive about searching out more information to solve problems, meeting new customer needs and looking for ways to expand their business.

In order to continue this learning process, social media is a main source of research for student entrepreneurs.

“I’ve done a lot of personal research on just ways to do dip better,” Duerr said. “[On Facebook] they have a lot of tips and tricks on there of how to do things better — make it easier, make it go faster. … I’ve watched YouTube videos on how to use the products, more just [to] improve the results, like how long the nails will stay.”

Duerr also wants to learn new techniques, such as ombre and color blocking to expand her line of services.

Cofsky Cuts has recently expanded to include layers and bangs in their services, both of which Cofsky learned to do on YouTube. Additionally, after developing a sort of cult-like following, they decided to make merchandise. The beanies read, “Sorry we fucked up” to make it seem like customers who wear them are doing so to cover a bad haircut.

Lambright also uses YouTube to discover new recipes and techniques. She said that someday she will have a consistent set of recipes, but in the meantime, she tries to find and perfect new ones to see what customers like, develop her own skills and find what works. She also works to develop her brand through her blog and social media accounts.

“I decided I could actually make some good money off of this.”

Annaliese Duerr, Owner of Just the Dip “You have a certain item that you’re selling to people but if you’re not a good person, they don’t like you,” Lambright said about branding yourself. “They’re going to be less likely to buy. … You can even see people — they don’t have super great products, but if their brand and their person is … good enough, then people will still buy it.”

The driving forces

In order to continue fulfilling their goals, whether they be to make a little profit for themselves or to build

a business for their future, the student entrepreneurs each explained specific motivating factors that made their work manageable.

One common motivator was the work itself. Whether it was baking, cutting hair, running social media or doing nails, the side hustlers did what fit their interests and passions to keep themselves satisfied with their work.

Lambright, for example, has had a passion for baking since she was young. “[In Girl Scouts,] we’d have these Christmas bake sales every year,” Lambright said. “And we would literally bake on weekends for like three days straight.

And half of us would stay and bake and half of us would go and sell … and I was like, ‘I think I’ll stay and bake.’

So I just got really into baking during that time and realized that I think that’s what I want to do.”

Another motivator was the support of friends and family.

“I told my parents and they were just like, ‘I don’t understand,’” Shultz said. “I was like, ‘No, it’s great.’

And they’re like, ‘Okay, sounds good.’ But my brother ’s out there, and I told him and he was like, ‘Sure, whatever makes you happy.’”

This sentiment was echoed among the other entrepreneurs, whose friends and family were either very supportive or bewildered, but still respectful.

In fact, some went beyond that. Lambright’s parents are both entrepreneurs and were able to offer advice along the way. Duerr ’s mother is an accountant and plans to help Duerr file taxes for Just the Dip.

“Just do it”

Side hustles are becoming more popular for college students for a reason. These three businesses show that with the right circumstances, a little luck and some good time management skills, side hustles are often a viable option for achieving one’s goals in college. They can aid in building one’s career, help make a little money on the side or even replace a traditional job altogether.

The women of Just the Dip, Cofsky Cuts and Sweets 4 Dayz had some words of advice to anyone looking to become their own boss and start their own side hustle.

“Make sure you have friends that support you,” Duerr said. “Honestly, when I was first starting out … I would do [my friends’] nails and they would post it all over Instagram. Even though when I was first starting out they didn’t look that great, they were supporting me … You will get clientele if you really work for it and if you’re good at what you do.”

Cofsky recommended maintaining a friendly environment, having a nice place to work and building up a decent reputation before starting to charge for services. After all, she started out in a Witte bathroom with a pair of kitchen scissors, and it would be years before she would take the business to where it is now.

Shultz agreed with Cofsky, and added that jumping in before you might feel ready can actually be a great option for starting a side hustle.

“Just do it, honestly,” Shultz said. “Even ... if you don’t think it’s going to be crazy big or anything, if you really enjoy what you’re trying to do with it, it doesn’t

hurt to try at all. … And don’t take it too seriously.”

Keeping a lighthearted attitude about the business has made Cofsky Cuts the success it is, Shultz said. It keeps the work fun, which makes it manageable and allows

“I feel like the Nike sign – just do it. Like, if yoiu’re scared or nervous about not feeling totally prepared, learning along the way isn’t always a bad thing. So if you really want to do it, then just startit and learn from there, as well as try to prioritize your time in the best way possible. ” Deirdra Lambright, Owner of Sweets 4 Dayz for the women to be creative about expanding their business.

The idea Shultz also mentioned of jumping in and learning on the go was common. Lambright reiterated some of this sentiment in her words of wisdom.

“I feel like the Nike sign — just do it,” Lambright said. “Like, if you’re scared or nervous about not feeling totally prepared, learning along the way isn’t always a bad thing. So if you really want to do it, then just start it and learn from there, as well as try to prioritize your time in the best way possible.”

Lambright also highlighted consistency as a way to maintain that initial momentum.

Finally, as a bonus, Lambright shared advice her father had given her which inspired her to become her own boss.

“He said, ‘Well, when you’re working under someone else, you can only push yourself as far as that business is going, but when you’re working on yourself, you can decide for yourself how far you want to go,’” Lambright said.

For further information, these fellow Badgers can be found online in the following places: Just the Dip — Annaliese Duerr, Ama nda Jackson Instagram: @just_the_dip Cofsky Cuts — Jackie Cofsky, Annabelle Shultz Instagram: @cofsky_cuts Sweets 4 Dayz — Deirdra Lambert sweets4dayz.com Instagram: @ddsweets4dayz Want to meet the women behind these businesses?

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The ugly truth about racial parity and being black in Wisconsin Increase in hate crimes, continuing racial disparities in policy, education show Wisconsin has long way to go in racial equity

by Saron Setotaw Columnist

When you think of the midwest, or more specifically, Wisconsin, you may think of the hospitality or the great beer. You’d probably even agree that it’s one of the safest, most habitable regions in the country. The real question, though, is for who?

Could it be possible that our cheese-loving state, home of the great Wisconsin Badgers and Green Bay Packers, is the furthest thing from a safe home for those who don’t exactly fit the midwestern look?

The answer is a resounding yes. So much so, in fact, that while across the country, hate crimes have slightly decreased between 2017 and 2018, in the country, during that same time period, hate crimes have risen in Wisconsin.

When I first told people I’d be going to Wisconsin for school, the first question I always got was why. It still is. Not because it’s not a

great school, but because it’s not necessarily the melting pot people imagine when they think of where I’m from, D.C., or even our nation as a whole.

In reality, Wisconsin, including Madison, is terrifyingly homogenous, both ethnically and geographically. This means that not only do we attend a predominantly white institution, but also are around a majority of people who have grown up in Wisconsin towns with limited exposure to diversity in any form.

While this explains many’s lack of awareness regarding racial issues and discomfort, and even ignorance in the form of microaggressions, it doesn’t excuse purposeful acts of hate against people of color, specifically the black community.

It’s concerning that for many students here, Madison is the most diverse city they’ve ever been to, but it’s even more concerning that the issues black people face within this “liberal hub” are completely disregarded as a result.

In other parts of Wisconsin, the black

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communities face similar obstacles, with Milwaukee and Racine ranking as “among the worst cities in the United States for African Americans to live.” This can be attributed to a variety of factors, from high rates of unemployment and poverty, to high rates of mass incarceration and wrongful conviction.

I’ve noticed how often “high rates” is used to describe oppressed and marginalized groups in this country, but sometimes we forget that these aren’t just statistics. They’re reflections of the everyday battles people face, many of which stem from institutionalized racism that never went away.

When we look at our prison systems, for example, it strikes me as odd that although the violent crime rate fell 51% between 1993 and 2018, the incarceration rates in the U.S. are still among the highest worldwide. And although the number of people imprisoned has decreased by 10% in the past 10 years, this is largely a result of a 2014 decision by the U.S. Sentencing

Commission to reduce sentences for drug crimes, rather than the lowered crime rates themselves.

President Nixon’s war on drugs was initiated in 1971 and came as a direct target to the black community, by placing mandatory sentences on non-violent drug offenses and holding unequal views on sentence types.

According to the Center for American Progress, “Black Americans are nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated for drug-related offenses than their white counterparts, despite equal substance usage rates.”

This is a root cause of an incessant cycle of black people cycling through an already unjust system. These rates also explain the unemployment and poverty patterns that plague many families, since incarceration often hinders any chance at a decent-paying job — a reality which is complicated by being a person of color.

This has caused alarm in many parts of the country, drawing policy makers together to find a solution, but Wisconsin has long turned a blind eye to its big elephant in every room.

That is, at least up until November of this year, when Gov. Tony Evers and fellow Democratic legislators decided to implement policies to address discrimination within the state.

“We’re the worst in the nation as a place to raise a black child, to be a black American,” said State Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee. “We need this more than, I think, anything.”

Taylor said it best when recognizing the need for such a change, but pointing out that it’s not a call for celebration quite yet. It’s just a start, and a great one at that.

As young, educated individuals on a college campus, it’s our responsibility to use our privilege to become advocates for one another.

We might not be able to make legislative changes throughout Wisconsin, or even Madison — at least not right this moment — but we can help foster a better community for all students on campus.

It shouldn’t be uncomfortable to say that black people don’t have the best experiences here because that’s just the truth. In her book, “Woman at Point Zero” Nawal Saadawi quotes a young woman who has lived a long life. “I am speaking the truth,” she said. “And the truth is savage and dangerous.”

The truth isn’t meant to start a never-ending blame game that victimizes or attacks different groups of people. It’s meant to be accepted and used to act. The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 and we’ve come a long way since then — there’s no denying that. But the racial disparities that existed 55 years ago still exist today, in 2019, and that should concern us all.

Saron Setotaw (setotaw@wisc.edu) is a sophomore studying psychology.

A year in review for UW political organizations College Democrats: 2020 will bring new challenges for Dems College Republicans: WI will play a major role in 2020 election 2019 has been a year of great accomplishments and promising change for the Democratic party. With a majority in Congress and the most diverse freshman class in our nation’s history, Democrats hit the ground running, spending the first 100 days passing laws on the issues that matter.

The For the People Act, the Equality Act, and laws to combat both America’s gun violence epidemic and the growing challenge of climate change are all signs of the party’s commitment to giving solutions to the problems our country cares about, and a preview of what we could accomplish with a Senate majority.

As the 2020 general election grows closer and closer, the Democratic party’s position is growing stronger and stronger.

A recent ABC News/Washington Post survey showed the top five candidates in the Democratic presidential primary all beating Trump by at least 9 and as many as 17 percentage points.

Down the ballot, prospects are just as promising — in Louisiana, the Democratic governor won re-election, and in Kentucky a Democratic challenger ousted the incumbent Republican. Nationally and locally, we’re fighting for progressive values at every level of government.

To understand this growing strength, though, you need to look at more than just the polls. You can see it in a room full of Democrats, new and old, painting pumpkins to celebrate Halloween, or getting up early on a windy November Sunday to knock on doors and talk with voters about the change they want to see.

It’s not just about the Mueller Report, it’s that students right here at the University of Wisconsin had their research cited in it.

It’s every fresh face showing up for pizzas, speakers, and camaraderie at College Democrats meetings, and every student who does their non-partisan civic duty working at polls, registering voters and exposing the truth.

With this grassroots power behind them and a majority of poll respondents supporting beginning the impeachment

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process, Democrats in Congress have been fearlessly committed to holding President Donald Trump accountable. In May, Democrats gained access to the full copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller ’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, vindicating those who called out a persistent assault on our electoral process.

In September, a whistleblower revealed a brazen and cynical attempt by the President to extort U.S. ally Ukraine for personal political gain. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Maryland started the impeachment inquiry, the Democratic party showed it wouldn’t betray the trust of the allies who put their faith in America or the Americans who want a government free of corruption.

With a federal judge ordering former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before the House of Representatives, we see an administration failing to hide behind paper-thin claims of broad immunity to Congressional oversight.

While an astonishing amount of corruption is being laid out by the President himself for the nation to see, voters can trust that the Democratic party will make sure the President won’t be able to hide the truth from them going into the 2020 election.

Yes, we have plenty of work to do — the impeachment investigation is reaching full tilt. From the halls of Congress and the courthouses to the streets and the dorm hallways, we need people standing up for fair government and equal opportunity.

But while politics can be a high calling, it also can be a lot of fun.

College Democrats of UW-Madison isn’t just looking back on a year of making a difference, but a year of making memories and making friends. Whether it’s the start of the year or midway through, fall or spring semester, it’s never too late to join.

A year from now, when we’re reminiscing about how we threw out Trump, we don’t just want you to say you did something, but that you had fun doing it.

Ethan Carpenter (emcarpenter2@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in political science. He is the press secretary for the College Democrats of UW-Madison.

It’s no secret all eyes are on Wisconsin for 2020. President Donald Trump will need to win Pennsylvania, Michigan or Wisconsin to retain the White House in the next election. This election could very well come down to Wisconsin, and it could very well come down to who is engaged in the electoral process.

Building the groundwork necessary to re-elect President Trump is going to take a lot of work, but luckily, the College Republicans of UW-Madison, the Wisconsin Federation of College Republicans, and the Republican Party of Wisconsin are already putting in the work necessary to make four more years a reality. Election victories don’t happen overnight, and 2019 was filled with successes for the Republican Party which will help us in 2020 and beyond.

This spring, Brian Hagedorn won his race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Despite untrue and personal attacks on Hagedorn’s character, Wisconsin voters decided they wanted a Justice who would uphold the rule of law on the Wisconsin State Supreme Court.

Despite unprecedented attacks, Trump is working and winning for the American people. Under his administration so far, Wisconsin has added more than 40,000 jobs and the average Wisconsinite received an average tax cut of $1,411 per year.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party has been so focused on tearing down Trump they are ignoring their promises to the American people. For example, despite having enough votes for passage in the house, Democrats refuse to bring the United States—Mexico—Canada Agreement to a vote. The USMCA is crucial for Wisconsin, as its passage would add $68.2 billion to the U.S. economy and create 176,000 new jobs, while leveling the playing field for American workers, farmers, jobs, and businesses.

What’s more, our newly elected Democratic Governor ’s first year in office was devoid of actual accomplishment.

Under his leadership so far, he called an illegal special election, he refused to hand over public records to the media, and he signaled he was open to mandatory

confiscation of firearms. Last but not least, we shouldn’t forget his Lt. Gov. refused to answer questions about not paying his property taxes in an interview.

Wisconsin also faces another battle this spring as we prepare to elect Justice Daniel Kelly to a full term on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. Kelly is a Justice who upholds the rule of law and applies the law as it was written, not as he wants the law to be. His opponents have already been travelling the state advocating for activism from the bench.

As for me, this will be my last Point Counterpoint for College Republicans and my last semester of my undergraduate education. In my three and a half years here, I could not even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been asked what it is like to be a conservative on a college campus.

Admittedly, there are times when it was difficult. For an institution that claims to value “sifting and winnowing”, the amount of backlash conservatives face on campus is astounding. Over time, I’ve realized being a conservative on a college campus is a tremendous gift. I’ve had my views challenged, defended my views and learned how to represent my values best on campus.

I truly believe facing such challenges prepared me for life after graduation more than most other experiences on campus.

Having the opportunity to fight for what you believe in is such a tremendous gift, and I am so grateful that College Republicans gave me that chance.

2020 is going to be the fight of our lives.

Don’t sit at home and let this election season pass by without making an impact.

Get involved in College Republicans, make calls, knock on doors, and ensure that when we wake up on April 7 and November 3, we know we did everything we could to ensure a win on Election Day. Trust me — you’ll only regret staying home.

Alesha Guenther (aguenther2@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and journalism. She is also the strategy director of the College Republicans of UW-Madison.

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New bills cracking down on drunk driving will be beneficial for Wisconsin

Stricter penalties will proactively dissuade intoxicated drivers from getting behind the wheel, reducing rates of OWIs

by Katie Hardie Opinion Associate Editor

Sobering realities are on the horizon for people willing to drink and drive as the Wisconsin Senate passed three bills this month which aim to crack down on drunk drivers.

These new bills provide a proactive approach to decreasing the number of drunk driving incidents in Wisconsin.

Right now, the state’s level of incidence ranks 29th in the U.S. for operating while intoxicated deaths, an impressive status given Wisconsin’s casual laws.

The present system of handling OWI offenders in Wisconsin has problematic elements to it. In a nutshell, OWI arrests are treated way too nonchalantly.

Currently, Wisconsin is the only state that considers a first-offense drunk driving arrest as a simple civil violation.

This allows the offender to opt out of appearing in court in exchange for paying a fine — a nonsensical concept when OWIs are so dangerous. The easy treatment

given to offenders has produced ethically questionable circumstances.

This past August, a drunk driver landed a woman from Kenosha in the hospital with a coma and serious injuries. The driver had a 0.11 blood-alcohol concentration (BAC), but since the crash constituted his first offence, he spent little time in custody, was released quickly to his mother and kept his privilege to drive.

See the problem? The current penalties for drunk driving aren’t nearly stringent enough to deter drivers from breaking the law.

Imagine the state directed a night in jail and fine as punishment for homicide charges — that’s crazy. Yet that’s basically the deal we have now with drunk driving.

This is why these new bills are so important for Wisconsin. They add strength to the relatively weak penalties currently in place.

The first bill, Assembly Bill 15, mandates OWI offenders appear in court, taking away the privilege to opt out if they want to. This puts a fail-safe on the charge, because if the person fails to show up,

they’ll automatically be convicted for the applicable penalties, along with a $300 fine for disobeying the court.

The second bill, AB 16 corresponds to Assembly Bills in the past. It elongates the amount of time fifth and sixth offenders have to spend in jail after an arrest. The time changed from 6 months to 18. This new mandatory minimum provides heavier penalties to drivers who drive drunk.

The third bill, AB 17, mandates a five year prison sentence for homicidal OWI crashes. This is extremely important, since OWI crash fatalities are just as significant as homicides not related to intoxication.

According to Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon, who authored the bills, all of this work to crack down on drunk driving aims to create leverage in the government with OWIs where there isn’t any.

“The punishment should meet the severity of the crime,” Ott said, in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio.

These bills will greatly aid efforts currently being discussed by policymakers.

Instituting constant street patrolling,

sobriety checkpoints and ignition locks in vehicles have all been pursued as options to decrease drunk driving incidents.

While everything but the checkpoints have yielded unfavorable results, the introduction of stronger governmental penalties might boost their usefulness.

With stronger incentives to not drink and drive, people will start refraining from doing so more often. This concept appears to be true from results of placing regular sobriety checks on streets, a tactic which provides potential drunk drivers with the constant threat they’ll be arrested.

In all, Wisconsin is already on its way to decreasing OWI tragedies. Even with the current laws in place, Wisconsin’s OWI fatality count decreased by around 40% from 2007 to 2016, making it the eighth largest decrease in the country. Now with the new bills in place, those statistics should only get better.

Katie Hardie (khardie@wisc.edu) freshman studying nursing.

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Science is not a liberal conspiracy — politicians must recognize this Public trust of scientists is on the rise, but political divide in science reveals dangerous implications for progress, development

by Samiha Bhushan Opinion Associate Editor

A recent study from Pew Research Center found American public trust in scientists is on the rise. This year, 86% of adults report having either a great deal or a fair amount of trust in scientists, compared to 76% in 2016.

But the study also revealed a strong partisan divide. Of American Democrats, 43% reported having a “great deal” of confidence in scientists, compared to only 27% of Republicans.

This highlights an issue which not enough people think about: the growing politicization of science.

Issues such as climate change are considered controversial — just 56% of Americans believe protecting the environment should be a priority for the President and Congress. But more than 97% of scientists studying climate change agree that human activities are responsible for the alarming trend.

This huge discrepancy between scientific consensus and public opinion is a product of how science is treated in the political sphere.

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whims of political figures including legislators and the government itself.

In a perfect world, science and politics would be two very different things with no relation to one another. In reality, the fact remains science and politics go hand-in-hand, from government funding of scientific research to politicians’ portrayal of various scientific issues.

People rarely consider the impact the elections have on scientific funding, but the government controls the vast majority of the science we see produced today. From the beginning of his term, President Donald Trump has targeted scientific research by proposing large cuts to U.S. spending on scientific progress. He has proposed a 13% cut in the National Institutes of Health’s budget and a 12% cut in National Science Foundation. This pairs with a steep increase in military expenditure.

Trump’s proposed plan would severely limit America’s advancement in science and worse — leave the U.S. vulnerable to public health crises.

As federal programs’ budgets are ruthlessly cut, one of which includes the Epidemiology and Laboratory Program, whose already modest budget is dedicated to preventing outbreaks along the lines of Ebola and the Zika virus.

Trump’s budget cuts reflect the attitudes of Republicans, as they inflate the importance of military spending and consider scientific research optional. From the way Americans perceive science, it is clear Republican rhetoric affects the American public.

Public trust in science is a reflection of public trust in leaders — both political and scientific.

In 2016, Trump hired known climate change denier Scott Pruitt to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Following numerous queries into his actions as leader of the EPA, including the likes of traveling first class on planes and soundproofing his office, Pruitt resigned less than two years later. During this time, Pruitt lost the respect of many EPA agents, and the highly publicized scrutiny Pruitt was put under further placed Trump’s judgment of scientific appointees into question.

The entire Pruitt fiasco begs the question: how can we report “a great deal of confidence” in science when the figureheads themselves — the President and previous head of the EPA — reported believing “global warming was created by and for the Chinese?” The anti-science conspiracy theories do not end there, as the antivaxxer movement grows.

Fortunately, anti-science attitudes are generally not reflected under Gov. Tony Evers in Wisconsin. On Nov. 19th, Evers signed bills to make vaccines more accessible. His plans include supporting Wisconsin’s pledge to support the Paris Climate Change Accords.

Similarly, the University of Wisconsin has aimed to mitigate climate change by signing the Resilience Agreement, which will address climate change in collaboration with Second Nature, a nonprofit attempting to reduce UW’s carbon footprint.

UW’s aim to reduce the effects of climate change are in direct conflict with the Republican agenda. If Evers is a reflection of how Democrats treat science, then Democrats must be voted in for legislative and presidential positions to advance scientific development.

This means those who want scientific progress to be a focus of federal and state governments — and those who care about public trust of science — must seriously consider Democratic leaders for future elections, including the upcoming 2020 election.

Samiha Bhushan (bhushan3@badgerherald.com) is a freshman studying neurobiology and English.

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Let football bring us together — give Kaepernick another chance

Kaepernick’s protest was for something truly American — freedom. He deserves to be on the field, playing and protesting

by Harry Quick Opinion Associate Editor

Colin Kaepernick has been excluded from the NFL for three years. It’s not because he was a bad player — in fact, Kaepernick was a great quarterback who made it to a Superbowl, and two NFC championships. There are plenty of quarterbacks less deserving of a starting spot than him. It’s also not because he got out of shape.

Someone close to Kaepernick said, “He’s been working out five days a week at 5a.m. for three years.”

It’s because of his politics. Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest the pervasive racism in America.

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” he said.

His kneeling coincided with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, and his protests gained more traction with the election of Trump, who has been quoted calling white nationalists “very fine people.” Kaepernick quickly became a figurehead for activists nationwide.

The protests were bad for the NFL’s business.

Many fans saw his protest as un-American and disrespectful toward the flag many soldiers had fought and died for. Some even elected to boycott NFL games, which reduced the owner’s profits.

It made financial sense to owners to leave Kaepernick as a free agent, but it makes no sense morally. Are we to live our life by money or by what we believe in? By numbers on a page or what we know to be right and wrong in our hearts and minds? Kaepernick chose to be a free and unabashedly loud advocate for meaningful and needed change.

Because of that, he has been called unAmerican, and football has become a battleground for what qualifies as an American value. On one side, Kaepernick is protesting because he believes, even after the Civil Rights movement, white and black people are still not equal. On the other side, his detractors are upset because he is rude toward those who died to fight for freedom.

Essentially, they’re upset about the same thing — freedom. Kaepernick believes people of color in America have not had the same benefits of that freedom, while others believe Kaepernick is ungrateful because he already has the same amount of freedom.

It is made very clear in the documents of our founding that the most important American value is freedom, and every other right and privilege granted to Americans was granted to protect that value. In that way, both sides are as American as it gets.

Everyone came at this issue with what is quintessentially American in mind — a deep

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My perspective is that Kaepernick has a point, and his story is symptomatic of problems evident in football and in America. These symptoms include free speech being impeded by notions of politeness, and people of color being punished unfairly.

The biggest argument against Kaepernick’s protests is kneeling during the national anthem is disrespectful.

Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 students and injured 17 more and was taken into custody unharmed by the police. 12 year old Tamir Rice was immediately shot by a police officer for playing with a toy gun.

What separates these people? Those who didn’t get shot on sight were white and the ones who did were black. This happens far too often for it to be a series of accidents and misjudgments.

The justice system in the United States is not the same for white people and people of color.

Kaepernick is exercising his right to free speech

to advocate against this injustice. But rather than focusing on protecting innocent lives, people are concerned with how this might disrespect soldiers.

If the status quo is less than ideal, as America’s justice system is now, change is needed. And some amount of disrespect is necessary when working toward changing the status quo. And as Kaepernick is fighting for freedom too, I think his disrespect is completely understandable.

Regardless his protests have caused him to receive punishment worse than he deserves.

Kaepernick was being civilly disobedient, decided to become a free agent, and has been treated like he has the plague ever since. No team will take him because of what he has done.

NFL lineman Richie Incognito has a history of bullying and foul play. He has even threatened to kill workers at a funeral home for not letting him take his father’s head for “research purposes.”

But regardless, he has never been banned and currently plays for the Oakland Raiders.

Is kneeling equivalent to anti-social, borderline criminal behavior? Even if it was, that behavior

wasn’t punished by the NFL for so long. What makes Kaepernick any different?

He was never suspended. He can be signed, and he can make a difference. The NFL has tried to continue repressing him because he is bad for ratings, but what’s worse for ratings is keeping good players out of the league. He can perform, and he is hungry to showcase his talents. Why not let him? If the owners of NFL teams have a single shred of moral fiber in them, they should give him another chance.

Football, and sports in general, has the ability to unite people and communities. It’s so much more than a game. The stadium, or even just the couch, are places where people put all differences aside to support their team. The NFL should use the power of sports to help people come together, regardless of the money they lose in the short term. If it doesn’t, the League is complicit in keeping America fractured along racial lines.

Harry Quick (hfquick@wisc.edu) is a freshman studying economics.

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Boxing: A legacy revived: how boxing reclaimed its spot at UW In its just six years of existence, UW’s club boxing team has exploded in membership, created new opportunities for growth

by John Spengler Sports Editor

Boxing is a peculiar sport. It has the potential to both fly remarkably under the radar and create some of sports’ grandest spectacles. The excitement surrounding the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is something few people can forget. And yet, a large portion of its observants most likely went on not caring about boxing by the very next week.

But for some, boxing is much more than yet another spectator sport to use as an excuse to throw a watch party. Specifically, those who choose to spend their time at the UW Natatorium as part of the UW club boxing team take a deep dive into the world of competitive boxing. Club president Samuel Parmentier described the dedication it takes to be a part of the competition-level boxers on the team.

“You have to watch your eating. You have to be exercising everyday. You have to be training every week,” Parmentier said. “If you slip up for one weekend — which is really easy to do in college — then you lose it all.”

For those who carry on the boxing tradition here in Madison, that competitive drive to succeed is unceasing. And carry on a large tradition they must. While the last official NCAA boxing championships were held in 1960, Wisconsin cemented itself as the greatest collegiate boxing competitor in American history. They currently hold eight national boxing titles. The next closest school, the University of Idaho, has just three.

Even with such a storied tradition of collegiate boxing in Madison, the club team is an extremely recent revival of the sport on campus. In fact, the team got its start in just 2013.

“Our program started back up in 2013.

We had a student here at the university who realized there wasn’t a boxing club and knew about the rich history we had in boxing,” Parmentier said. “So, he ended up starting the club back up.”

The boxing legacy of Wisconsin lives on with the club boxing team even if the team is still early in its stages of growth. But even in a short time frame, the team has been extremely successful in revamping the program to begin to compete on the national level.

Parmentier described that the first time they were able to send boxers to a competition against other schools was a year or two ago. Even as the team enters its early stages of national competition, the interest in and participation with the club has grown at an astounding rate. Club Secretary and sophomore Jerry Ding described how the club has changed since he first joined.

“When I first joined, that was first semester of freshman year, I’d say it was maybe a little less, but there was still a lot,” Ding said.

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new plans moving forward, especially as club those who choose to train with them are team makes an appealing offer to those who officers.” experienced enough to enter into the ring if seek to find a competitive spirit while in In fact, the club has grown to an they choose to do so. Team members must college. With membership in the hundreds, it astronomical 300 members in just the follow a rigorous, established process to certainly seems to be an effective offer. six years it has existed. An explosion in reach the point where they can spar with This team has big shoes to fill given the membership of that scale is driven by the teammates, let alone compete against other legacy of Wisconsin boxing. In their just six club’s ability to both effectively promote schools. years of existence, they have established itself as well as offer a unique look into the “[Sparring] is at the intermediate level and themselves as a force to be reckoned with world of boxing for those who are often that’s after the first semester. That’s when, if in the landscape of collegiate athletic entirely inexperienced in the sport. you want to get in the ring, you can get in the competition here in Madison and are on their Hector Aviles, a current club member ring,” Aviles said. way to filling those shoes. and competition boxer, touched upon how Even if you want to spar with another The NCAA will most likely never recognize everyone who has even a slight interest in member of the club — which itself is less boxing as an official collegiate sport again, boxing is welcome to come and see if the club intensive than competitive boxing — you but the team seems to be doing quite well is right for them. There is no requirement to must first undergo a full semester of practices without the benefit of scholarships or any of compete if that’s not what a member wants to and training. That semester includes learning the other perks that come with being a varsity get out of the club. the fundamentals of boxing to ensure each sport on campus. But they don’t need any of “One draw that we have, well, besides the and every member is prepared to step into those things. For the dedicated members of competing boxers such as myself and Sam, the ring. the club, it’s the competition boxing provides is you don’t have to compete. If you want “First, it’s obviously learning all of the that keeps them coming back. to just learn how to punch and just get good basics and then the most you can do at the Ultimately, it’s the camaraderie forged in cardio in, you can in boxing. We don’t force end of the semester is dutch. [Dutch] is the ring that drives members to push their anyone to compete,” Aviles said. “If you just similar to sparring but with minimal power. bodies and their minds to the limit in order to love the atmosphere there is no problem with You’re definitely very prepared after the first triumph over an opponent. that.” semester,” Ding said.

Boxing is a pure sport, and those who With a ballpark 300 members participating With a wide variety of skill sets joining practice it as a member of the UW club team but only a dozen maximum competition to train as well as plenty of opportunities do so for the purest of reasons. fighters, it is clear the interest to train in for regulated competition, the club boxing boxing is there. Even if these participants don’t compete with fellow boxers from other schools, learning the sport and developing a love for it is just as valid of a reason to join up with the UW club boxing team.

While the majority of their members may be non-competition trainees, the team is currently in the process of developing its ability to compete across the nation.

“I think we’re really trying to transition towards being more competition oriented,” Parmentier said.

“But I never want to lose the aspect of the club that allows people that don’t want to compete to be a part of it.”

Even with a still-forming competition aspect of the club, the dangers of boxing are certainly still present.

In the final edition of the NCAA championships, a Wisconsin boxer, Charlie Mohr, collapsed and died due to a brain hemorrhage one week after the competition.

Photo · Head Coach Mauricio Vasquez warms up Club President Samuel Parmentier prior to fight in Iowa State’s home The legacy of Wisconsin’s tournament accomplishments in the sport remain, but so does its legacy of danger.

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Wrestling: Catching up with No. 7 Badgers as conference play begins After Badgers get off to hot start with 6-0 record, further play in highly competitive Big Ten conference looms in near future

In the Badgers’ bad second-most recent competition against Utah Valley, the Badgers traveled to Orem, Utah to take on the No. 18 Wolverines. There were two marquee matchups and the Badgers were The wrestling team has dominated all victorious in both. season, standing at 6-0 before visiting The first was top-ranked Seth Gross Iowa City this week. They wrapped up against the Wolverine’s Taylor LaMont.

November with their last non-conference Not currently ranked by Flowrestling, dual for the month against their first LaMont is an accomplished international ranked opponent, Utah Valley. The Badgers wrestler in the Greco-Roman discipline began their Big Ten schedule Sunday as of wrestling where he has a Junior World they traveled to Iowa City to take on the Championship medal. Gross recorded a first-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes. convincing 11–3 major decision.

The seventh-ranked Badgers knew they The other matchup pitted top ranked might be in for a tough night against the Tate Orndorff(UVU) against third ranked first-ranked Hawkeyes. The dual looked to Trent Hillger(UW). Last year, Hillger be a very interesting one, with five ranked picked up a 9–7 overtime victory against matchups scheduled.

Orndorff, and this year ’s matchup also The dual started with a dominant second needed the extra periods to be decided. period tech-fall by Iowa’s returning twoTied 1–1 through regulation as each time national champion and top ranked wrestler was only able to score one escape, Spencer Lee of Wisconsin’s Michael the bout headed to overtime. The first Cullen. The Badgers looked to turn things minute-long sudden-death period wasn’t around with the main event of the evening, sufficient to decide things as it was still featuring the No. 1 ranked Badger Seth tied heading into the first tiebreakers.

Gross against the No. 2 ranked Hawkeye Hillger managed an escape, and then a Austin Desanto. takedown that put Orndorff straight to his Gross seemed off as he gave up three back where he picked up the fall at the 8:18 point of the match.

This sealed a resounding 31–13 victory for the Badgers, where four other Badgers picked up bonus-point wins. 11th ranked Tristan Moran picked up a 12–2 major decision. 14th ranked Cole Martin picked up a fall in 0:50. 3rd ranked Evan Wick picked up a 15–3 major decision and Johnny Sebastian managed an 11–2 major decision as the Badgers dominated across the board in a 31–13 team victory.

The week before, the Badgers were out of action, but that didn’t slow down Gross.

Gross traveled to New York to compete in the Bill Farrell International, the first opportunity to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Trials. Gross competes in the 57-kilogram (125.2-pound) weight category.

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takedowns to Desanto and lost a 6–2 decision. Next, No. 10 Tristan Moran dropped a close decision to No. 8 Max Murin, 3–2.

No. 15 Cole Martin faced No. 3 Hawkeye Pat Lugo, and lost a close decision 5–3.

Garrett Model looked competitive at 157 against the third-ranked Kaleb Young, but lost a 12-6 decision.

In the second-highest ranked matchup of the night, No. 3 Evan Wick from the Badgers faced No. 2 Alex Marinelli. Both wrestlers have bested each other on separate occasions, but Marinelli prevailed this time, winning via a 4–2 decision.

Jared Krattiger gave up a fall to No. 3 Michael Kemerer at 174. In the only matchup of the night without ranked wrestlers, Wisconsin’s Johnny Sebastian went to double overtime against Cash Wilcke, where he picked up the 7–5 victory in the Badgers’ first victory of the night.

No. 4 Jacob Warner for the Hawkeyes took down Taylor Watkins 5–2. In the final match of the night, No. 3 Trent Hillger was upset by No. 12 Anthony Cassioppi 3–2. The Badgers ultimately lost their first conference dual 32–3.

crown in 2019 for Rutgers University — who he beat astonishingly with a lastsecond back exposure to give himself the 3–2 lead. Gross would go on to win 4–2 after a Suriono challenge failed.

Gross then recorded a tech-fall (12–1) to Darian Cruz who won the 2017 125-pound title for Lehigh University. With the win, Gross advanced to the finals where Nathan Tomasello — the 2015 125-pound NCAA Champion — awaited him, and who he bested via tech-fall 11–1.

Gross’ achievements didn’t stop there that week. He was awarded USA Wrestling’s Wrestler of the Week honors.

The Badgers’ second most recent competition was in Saegertown, Pennsylvania against the Edinboro Fighting Scots. The Badgers had quite a pin party, as Gross, Moran and Wick all recorded falls. Martin also added a major decision, as the Badgers took down the Fighting Scots 28–15.

The day before that, the Badgers battled the University of Buffalo at “Mayhem on the Mainstage”, an event that featured a competition in an auditorium.

Wisconsin native and 157 pounder Garrett Model recorded a 19–1 tech-fall of his Bull opponent. Gross downed 16th ranked Derek Spann 6–3. Moran, Martin and Hillger all added major decisions as the Badgers dismantled the Bulls 34–3.

The Badgers’ first day of competition was Nov. 1 in San Diego, California at the Battle on the Midway.

The Badgers’ first two duals were on Broadway Pier against Fresno State and Army, respectively. The final dual of the day was against Navy on the flight deck of the USS Midway.

The Badgers first took down Fresno State 31–8. The victory featured a match between two Wisconsin natives at 174, Jackson Hemauer (who transferred from UW to Fresno State last year) and Jared Krattiger.

Hemauer picked up the 6–5 victory with a late score in the third period. Gross and Hillger picked up falls in their first matches of the season. Wick managed a technical fall in a return to his home state.

Michael Cullen and Johnny Sebastian both won by major decision.

The Badgers’ next match was a closely contested one, as they barely managed to squeak out a 16–15 victory against Army.

Gross picked up the only bonus-point win in the match. Hillger came up clutch with a resounding 7–0 victory as the Badgers were trailing 13–15 going into his match.

The Badgers finished the day on the flight deck of the USS Midway against Navy. The trio of Gross, Martin and Wick all picked up major decision victories as the Badgers downed Navy 24–12.

The Badgers are in action for the first time at the UW Field House Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. All rankings referenced are from flowrestling.

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Men’s Basketball: Micah Potter’s limbo state shows NCAA’s short falls

Transfer from The Ohio State University remains ineligible through late December following failed appeal to NCAA

by Will Whitmore Staff Writer

The 2019 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is off to a 3-1 start. While the team has had moderate success on the court, they are doing so without key newcomer Micah Potter.

A redshirt junior from Mentor, Ohio, Potter was a highly touted, four-star recruit from Montverde Academy, a prep school that has produced NBA All-Stars in D’Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons. After finishing his high school career, Potter stayed home and attended The Ohio State University.

At OSU, Potter struggled to find playing time.

Although he appeared in 59 games in over two seasons with the Buckeyes, he only averaged 10 minutes per game his sophomore year, a fourminute decrease from the 2016-17 season.

Potter decided to leave the OSU program before the 2018-19 season, transferring to Wisconsin. Potter began practicing with the Badgers last December, but the main problem was getting him eligible for the 2019-2020 season. The problem was the NCAA’s strict and

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confusing transfer rules, which have held Potter out of action in 2019.

According to the NCAA website, students are required to spend one year at the school’s institution before becoming eligible to play. The NCAA also adjusted a law that stated a student is eligible to play immediately if an incoming freshman has enrolled in summer classes and their coach departs before the first day of fall classes.

While this new adaptation of the transfer rule is a small step forward toward advocating for the rights of student-athletes, flaws still exist in the NCAA’s transfer portal system, particularly in the case of Potter.

The point of the NCAA’s transfer rule is to get the new student comfortable with the environment at the University before participating in athletics. In Potter’s case, the rule does not hold up. In his short time at Wisconsin, Potter has already seemed to fit in at the school, practicing with the team and earning a 3.3 GPA in his spring semester at Wisconsin.

While Potter appears to have become pretty comfortable with the environment in Madison,

the NCAA declined his appeal for a waiver to become eligible. Even with letters of support from the OSU Athletic Director Gene Smith and Head Coach Chris Holtmann, the NCAA still denied the waiver, forcing Potter to sit.

Potter’s case raises serious questions about the NCAA’s transfer portal system. If a player is not enjoying their current school and makes the decision to switch, then excels at their new school in the classroom and with their team, why shouldn’t they be allowed to play? Even though Potter is clearly fitting in nicely at UW, the NCAA continues to declare him ineligible.

Even more frustrating, the NCAA’s fraudulent transfer system is representative of their lack of consistency. Unlike Potter, the NCAA has granted waivers to transfer students that allow them to play immediately, even to some that haven’t sat out even a semester before transferring to their new school.

Nine games into his sophomore season at the University of Kentucky, Quade Green elected to leave the program in December and transfer.

Now at the University of Washington, the NCAA granted Green a waiver, making the sixfoot guard immediately eligible for the 2019-20 season.

Even though Green never sat a year or spent at least two semesters at his

university, he is allowed to see the court while Potter continues to watch the Badgers from the bench. Green’s case is one of many to show the inconsistencies in the NCAA’s new rule.

As of right now, Potter is forced to sit until the end of the 2019 fall semester. The NCAA announced Thursday that Potter will be ineligible until Wisconsin’s Dec. 21 matchup against UWMilwaukee. While the Badgers have held their own without him thus far, his return will help boost the Badgers as they enter Big Ten play.

Wisconsin fans, players and alumni should be frustrated with the NCAA’s decision, as their inconsistencies seem to target certain studentathletes over others.

While Wisconsin desperately wants to return to the NCAA Tournament in 2019-20, it becomes more difficult to get resume-boosting non-conference wins without Potter, a 6’10” center that could provide a key impact in these matchups.

The Badgers hope to get a boost from Potter sooner rather than later. In the meantime, Wisconsin’s mindset shifts towards preparing for their final few games before the return of Potter in a couple of weeks.

Holes exist in the game of the No. 22 Tigers — it’s up to the Badgers to both have a chance to compete against them and then find a way to exploit these weaknesses. While this potential matchup is certainly not a guarantee, it is the last chance for Wisconsin to capture a win against a ranked opponent before conference play.

A win in this scenario could give legitimacy to a team that, for all intents and purposes, had been counted out as a team that could consistently challenge the upper echelon of college basketball.

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Volleyball: Badgers capture outright Big Ten Title as Penn State falls

UW finished with 18-2 record in Big Ten regular season play after surprisingly slow start to non-conference competition

by Colton Mosley Staff Writer

Minnesota and then-No. 6 Nebraska.

That streak ended with the Nittany Lions.

The progression of this Badger team is evident from the start of the year. Both as individuals and as a group, UW has improved in all three aspects of the game.

According to Head Coach Kelly Sheffield, this team relishes that improvement.

“There’s still a lot of opportunities to grow

In their first loss to Washington, the Badgers dropped a set after leading 24–20 which would have tied the match at 1–1.

The team’s ability to close out crucial sets seemed to change in a pivotal match in Lincoln against Nebraska. In a raucous environment, UW rattled off set-winning runs of 9–4, 11–5 and 6–2 against the top defense in the Big Ten.

second set with two kills in the final three points. To close the match, right side hitter Madison Duello provided two kills and an Aspirations were high for the Wisconsin emphatic block on Nebraska’s Lexi Sun. volleyball team this year. They returned Looking ahead to the NCAA Tournament, three All-Americans in Dana Rettke, Sydney the Badgers will likely host two games Hilley and Madison Duello. They added following their loss to Penn State. A win an experienced defensive specialist in over the Nittany Lions likely would have Minnesota transfer Lauren Barnes. given the Badgers a top-four seed and Then, they started the subsequent the year 4-4 against opportunity to host a brutal slate of nonfour games. conference teams. Their The Badgers will losses came against rely on their varied Marquette, Baylor and offensive attack as Washington twice — all tournament time teams currently ranked arrives. Their offense in the AVCA top 10. is seventh in the They used it as a country in hitting learning experience percentage and setter and rallied to a Big Ten Sydney Hilley, a top Championship.

The candidate for Big Ten Badgers had just one Setter of the Year, is Big championship in currently third in the the last 17 years after country in assists per consecutive titles in game.

Ten 2000 and 2001.

Rettke, the twoAfter their loss to time AVCA first-team Penn State Friday All-American, will night, Wisconsin likely add another swept Rutgers and selection as well as a watched as Minnesota shot for the Big Ten topped Penn state 3-1.

Player of the Year.

Penn State’s loss to Their defense Minnesota gave the has been steadily Badgers the top record improving since the in the conference. start of the season. At Since their second the start of the year, loss to No. 10 five of the Badgers’ Washington Sept. 21, first eight opponents the Badgers ripped recorded hitting through Big Ten play percentages above with a 18-2 record, .200. including a 12 game Since then, only winning streak with four of their last seven against ranked 20 opponents have teams. eclipsed .200, and the They have also Badgers won three of played the toughest those four matches. schedule among the Lastly, UW will top teams in the Big look to regain Ten. Wisconsin has their prominence Photo · Wisconsin captured their first Big Ten Title since 2014, capping off nearly perfect season of conference play amongst highly competitive opponents faced Minnesota at the service line. twice, Nebraska twice In their last eight and Penn State twice, Justin Mielke games, the Badgers’ all three of whom are service errors have The Badger Herald ranked in the top 10 outnumbered their of the AVCA rankings. service aces.

Since that night, the Badgers have closed None of those teams faced each other more individually and as a team,” Sheffield said.

UW’s service aces either matched or “Winning is fun, but there’s no better feeling sets furiously with the exception of the loss than once. outpaced their service errors in 10 of their to the Buckeyes. Also, different Badgers have first 18 games. Freshman Izzy Ashburn gave Their two conference losses came against than the feeling of getting better … that’s where the real confidence comes from.” pioneered game-ending runs.

The Ohio State University Buckeyes, a midthe team an unexpected boost at the service Their confidence has grown not only On the road in the 3–1 win over Minnesota, line and could be a key contributor in the tier team in the Big Ten, and Penn State in a from winning but from closing out sets in outside hitter Molly Haggerty closed out the five-set heartbreaker. serving facet of the game. crucial games. In their loss to Marquette third set with back-to-back kills and finished The Badgers responded emphatically An NCAA championship is a legitimate the match on a personal 3–0 run. following the loss to Ohio State. They early this season, UW had six match point goal for this team. All three phases of the opportunities and failed to capitalize each In their second sweep of the Cornhuskers, dropped only one set in their five wins since game are necessary to accomplish that goal. middle blocker Danielle Hart closed the the loss, including wins over then-No. 5 time.

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‘OK Boomer’ floods its way out of Gen Z mouths this holiday SZN

Quick quip riles many elders around holiday tables, Gen Z takes hold of cultural relevance in high linguistical terms

by Katie Hardie Opinion Associate

It’s just in time for the holidays, as if you thought New Zealand couldn’t be more cool, lawmaker Chlöe Swarbrick retorted “Ok Boomer” back to an unsuspecting male in parliament Nov. 7 when he scoffed at her speech about a potential climate change bill.

Indeed, Kiwis are breaking this world into a new dawn, just as Harry Styles would’ve liked it. The recent event in New Zealand draws a perfect illustration of the rising international movement of age-targeted catchphrase technology.

“Ok Boomer,” in its eloquent simplicity, is a weapon of the new age. It’s perfect for family gatherings where old people reside, especially occasions like this past Thanksgiving, a holiday that has facilitated unnaturally inclusive dinners since its invention.

If you want to dominate these conversations from now on, there’s some information on your greatest ammunition that you should know.

The iconic clapback initially activated in January 2019, when it got used as a response against an older man’s derision claiming Millennials and Generation Z have the Peter Pan Syndrome. I know what you’re thinking, there was no reason to bring Peter Pan into this bloodbath, but here we are and now you know Boomers have no respect for boundaries.

Fast forward to November 2019, and ‘Ok Boomer’ has been reinvigorated and relaunched, now by an army of meme pioneers hated yet respected by everybody— TikTok users. The uptake form TikTok spread to other forms of social media, and eventually into real life, day-to-day vernacular.

Now, Millennials and Generation Z primarily use this response in their daily lives to counter distasteful, retrograde comments made by older, out-of-touch, people, usually Baby Boomers.

Ah yes, Baby Boomers— the generation that makes any developed country’s population graph look like a curvy female.

They overtook the US when the influx of returning WWII soldiers caused a surplus of children. Now, after j-chilling through the 20th century, this demographic has set down their AARP magazine, ripped off their cheetahprint reading glasses and turned full X-Games mode on divisive issues.

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paragraphs on iMessage. But now, they are known for much more serious things, like invalidating younger generations on their worries for things like climate change and the economy.

“Ok Boomer” arose as a simple quip, but it’s become much more than that. It’s now about efficiently shutting down ignorant arguments that younger people just don’t have patience for anymore.

You might say the phrase is too light a comeback, especially when an old and bitter man says you have Peter Pan Syndrome, but the phrase is more powerful than it looks.

Indeed, when a young person quickly shoots an ‘Ok Boomer’ over to an old person, that Boomer goes silent and their eyes go black with dilating shock— that’s true, that happens.

The phrase has just the amount of compelling honesty and quick wit. It starts off with ‘Ok,’ to trick the Boomer into thinking

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you agree with them, but then quickly hits you with that slick ‘Boomer’ which is hurtful and belittling to the Baby Boomer since that’s only half of their name. The sly curtness of the reply proves to the Boomer you only need two words to completely destroy their argument.

The phrase is also pervasive and omniscient, as all Millennials and Generation Z kids have mobilized it to be the ultimate roast for people older than them. It’s truly everywhere— online, in classrooms and written on the streets.

It’s also reached UW. Students on campus use it constantly, by either replying with it, or by writing it on public property, in true revolution form, as pictured above. The movement is truly unstoppable, and students have united to make sure it stays that way.

For example, the other day I saw ‘¡Viva la Boomer!’ on the side of a bridge I’m pretty sure a gang of freshman from Sellery made

that person disappear.

Now, keeping all of this in mind as the holidays are upon us, you have to understand the sanctity and history of this iconic comeback. Remember the kids who came before you, remember the confused look they got from the first Boomer who they used it against. That’s power, that is strength.

At various family dinners, you will come across family, friends and comments that will genuinely upset you. But, you must be prepared to assert yourself as the most capable person at the table. No matter how your stunned older relatives react to this change in power, don’t forget this is your time.

Now you know, if you hear anything problematic from someone who has the most remote gray hair on their head, you have the means to conquer them. An argument is nothing when face to face with the beast: “Ok Boomer.”

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