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UW campuses vie for favorable tenure policy after language change In wake of controversial shift this summer, Board of Regents must balance demands of campuses, Legislature

by Teymour Tomsyck and Anne Blackbourn City and Campus Editors

The UW System policy on tenure and post-tenure review will feature diverse and competing interests as the University of Wisconsin proposes its first draft on the policy.

A task force charged with creating policy to regulate new powers granted to the Board of Regents by the state Legislature met this month to gather input from UW System schools.

Between now and April, the Board of Regents faces the arduous task of reconciling faculty, campus officials’ and lawmakers’ interests.

One member of the tenure task force committee, UW professor of plant pathology Patricia McManus, said the meeting started off a little slow. There was confusion at the beginning of the meeting, as many committee members came prepared to discuss the lay off part of the agenda and not post-tenure review.

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Photo ·UW presented its own plan for post-tenure review at a meeting earlier this month, which they hope will be used as a model by the regents as they form a plan for the entire UW System.

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald committee had approved Monday, Sept. 14th.

The policy was a good example of the possible ways the task force could write the policy, or at least help committee members decide how they should write the policy, McManus said.

Secretary of the Faculty Steven Smith said the draft policy presented by UW was strong and complied with both the American Association of University Professors guidelines and state law. He said the policy will have to be approved by the Faculty Senate and then sent to the regents for approval.

Smith said the hope is the draft policy will be used as a model by the regents when they write policy that affects the entire UW System.

But what may be important for UW is not necessarily as important for other UW System schools. Each school has their own important attributes, McManus said.

“What makes our task difficult is that the UW school system really has a different mission. For UW-Madison, research is extremely important, for others research is less important, but teaching is extremely important,” McManus said. “It’s a challenge to come up with some unified language that is going to be meaningful and yet encompass the diversity of the System.”

A key factor in drafting the UW System layoff tenure and post-tenure review policy

is the Legislature’s perception, according to David Vanness, assistant professor of population health sciences at UW. He said it’s important to take into account lawmakers’ intentions when granting the Board of Regents these powers.

Vanness said while the legislation granting these powers does not specify any intent, the rhetoric preceding it will likely pressure the Board of Regents to write policy that is not overly lenient with tenured faculty.

Vanness said the regents are appointed and confirmed through the Legislature and as such, lean towards the will of the Legislature.

“This is going to be great political theater because you have all the campuses, all the faculty, and they all want policy that is different for them,” Vanness said.

McManus said so far, the Board of Regents has been loyal to UW and the UW System.

Many of the regents are Badger alumni committed to UW and all other UW System schools, McManus said.

“The UW System Board of Regents did not have to seek input on this committee,” McManus said. “The reason they are seeking our input is because they want it and they respect it.”

McManus said while the current board may be supportive of the UW System schools, the problem lies in the years ahead when the Board of Regents may change. The primary concern is if the board members as political appointees may be influenced by their personal politics, McManus said.

McManus said in the next 20, 30 or 40 years, the Board of Regents may be entirely different than the one now, and without tenure written into law this could cause a lot of change.

Vanness said the dialogue among lawmakers regarding tenure seemed to parallel the fight against unions. The notion that tenure is perceived as a form of “union protection” or a “job for life” among lawmakers was echoed in the Sept. 17 meeting.

But Gregory Scholtz, associate secretary and director at the AAUP, said this is not the case and that tenure works to protect academic freedom. Scholtz said there is nothing to suggest faculty members who are incompetent or guilty of misconduct are protected under tenure.

He said AAUP provides recommendations for financial exigency when a university has extraordinary financial problems. But he said there are few instances of tenure being dealt with by state governments.

“There is nothing like the wholesale incorporation of tenure code into state law like we’ve had in Wisconsin,” Scholtz said.

Vanness said UW is still only in the early stages of drafting policy to address posttenure reviews. He said he expects the Board of Regents will finalize policy for both tenure and post-tenure review by April.

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More than one in four women sexually assaulted on campus Half of surveyed students reported witnessing an intoxicated person heading towards a sexual encounter, but most took no bystander action

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin released data Monday, Sept. 21, showing nearly 28 percent of undergraduate females reported experiencing sexual assault involving force or incapacitation since entering UW. Twenty-seven universities participated in last spring’s survey. All students were asked to participate, and the study captured more than 9,000 UW students’ voices.

Officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the Association of American Universities sexual assault survey’s results.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank said there are still far too many sexual assaults happening at UW. “Sexual assault concerns me deeply,” Blank said. “I want to state unambiguously that every student has the right to be safe. Sexual violence and misconduct is unacceptable.”

Blank said the data confirmed the presumption that sexual assault is a serious problem on campus. Not only is it an emotional and physical violation, Blank and other UW officials agreed it is also a problem that can endanger a survivor ’s

academic performance.

Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services, said undergraduate women were most likely to say they’ve experienced sexual assault, but added that sexual assault affects everyone despite their gender or sexual orientation.

The survey said alcohol is a factor 76 percent of the time when victims experienced nonconsensual penetration. Van Orman said an overwhelming amount of perpetrators were identified as male.

UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam said there are several alcohol risk reduction initiatives that have grown from a need to minimize dangerous drinking behaviors.

“In our prevention efforts, we all have a responsibility to be a part of the solution,” Berquam said.

Van Orman said about half of the students in the survey reported witnessing an intoxicated person heading towards a sexual encounter, but most took no bystander action.

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programs keep encouraging students to intervene and support each other through the trauma of sexual assault.

With initiatives like Tonight geared toward preparing students to speak up if they see a sexual assault occurring, task force member and UW student Valyncia Raphael said the results of the study are a call for students to be more engaged with sexual assault conversations.

“Reporting a sexual assault is a very difficult process,” Van Orman said.

Of the cases reported, UW Police Department Chief Sue Riseling said very few victims contact police. Last year, 15 of the 165 sexual assault cases reported to UW were directly reported to UWPD. Thus far in

2015, only six of the 136 reports made to the university have been reported to UWPD. Riseling said students can report cases of sexual assault to the Dean of Students Office, the Office of Equity and Diversity or the campus’s Title IX coordinator.

Investigations will be initiated by these offices upon report, but Riseling said she hopes students go to UWPD, who are preferable because of the thoroughness of a criminal investigation.

Berquam said she now fully realizes how underreported sexual assault is on the UW campus and encourages students to report assaults in any way they can. Blank said more progress needs to be made in addressing the issue.

“We can and we should be taking every opportunity to expand our efforts to address this challenge,” Blank said. “We’ve done a lot, but there is clearly more work to be done. Sharing what we’ve learned from this survey helps us bring our entire campus community into the conversation.”

Photo · The Association of American Universities’ survey showed results from 27 universities and more than 9,000 UW students.

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Chemistry building unable to meet growing student demand in courses

Undergraduates struggle to find seats; plans underway to reconstruct facility after 50 percent increase in class sizes in past decade

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Nepal earthquake impacts professor’s research on Sanskrit texts, images Due to damage, Gudrun Bühnemann was unable to study royal palace’s sculptures, but gained access to damaged artifacts

Photo · The department struggles to find seats, lecture halls big enough for those signed up for chemistry classes.

Photo UW researcher who analyzes Sanskrit texts and images was unable to visit ancient royal palaces, where she regularly studies decorative architecture.

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For years, the reconstruction of the chemistry building has been a top priority project for the University of Wisconsin to help keep up with the growing number of students enrolled in chemistry courses.

As more students are admitted to the university each year, there’s an increase in interest in science and technology, premed and engineering majors, all of which require chemistry.

In the past decade, the number of students enrolled in chemistry courses has increased about 50 percent, according to UW chemistry professor John Moore.

Due to the high volume of students enrolling in chemistry courses, many students have had trouble trying to take classes when they want, Moore said.

In recent years, students taking organic chemistry — which is comprised of two classes and one lab — have struggled the most in terms of trying to enroll in their lab, Moore said. “[Students] haven’t been able to take the lab at the time they would like to, so they take the lab and lecture at the same time which is not typically ideal,” Moore said.

Moore said students also try to solve this problem by taking organic chemistry at other UW campuses or through other institutions, which he believes is not ideal.

But Moore said trying to accommodate students taking organic chemistry labs isn’t the only struggle. The current size of the lecture halls has made it difficult to seat students in other popular chemistry classes like 103, 104 and 109.

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seats available in the lecture hall, Moore said.

Both students on the wait-list who are hoping to get in and students already enrolled struggle to find seats, Moore added.

Other classes, like Chemistry 103, have become so full that students can’t even switch into a new class if they realized they made a mistake while enrolling.

Moore said this creates a “gridlock” within the department.

“Students have been inconvenienced,” Moore said. “They shouldn’t have to be taking a longer time in the university to get into their courses, they should be able to get the classes when they want them.”

But the new chemistry building, which is currently in the design stages, aims to accommodate the growing number of students taking chemistry courses.

UW approved the chemistry building project for a budget of $107,006,000, WARF’s Capital Planning and Development project manager Peter Heaslett said.

The project, which received approximately $86.2 million from the state budget passed in July, still has to raise an additional $20 million, Heaslett said. “[Our budget] is still short of everything we want to do, but it is going to get us a long way to improving the instructional,” he said.

The project also includes building a new tower with instructional labs, lecture halls and labs. Additionally, the project will also remodel parts of the lower three floors of Daniels and improve the teaching labs in that area as well, Heaslett said.

Heaslett said if all goes according to plan, construction for the project will begin around spring 2017.

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by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin professor Gudrun Bühnemann conducts research in Nepal annually, but after two major earthquakes, her work was done under challenging limitations this past summer.

Starting at a young age with childhood dreams of living in India, Bühnemann was always interested in travel and adventure. She made that dream a reality when she lived in India for ten years from 1980 to 1990. Continuing her travels, she lived in Japan for three years doing postdoctoral research in Buddhism at the University of Nagoya and University of Kyoto before coming to UW. Bühnemann works on Sanskrit texts and images.

She’s interested in representations of divinities, gods and goddesses and how they relate to texts.

Bühnemann began visiting Nepal in 1979 and making annual trips since 2000 and said she finds the idiosyncrasy of her research fascinating.

But she faced major challenges conducting her research when she arrived in Nepal last July, after a historic earthquake severely damaged much of the region — and captured the world’s attention — in April of this year.

Bühnemann said the damage was not as bad as the media had made it seem in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal’s geographic and cultural capital. The first reports she received indicated 60 percent of buildings were damaged, but Bühnemann said that number was exaggerated, and the earthquake only damaged about 30 percent of buildings.

“It will realistically take five to 10 years to rebuild,” Bühnemann said. “Some buildings were completely destroyed and some were partially

destroyed. For others, it wasn’t clear and some were blocked off.”

In past years, Bühnemann said she studied sculptures at the royal palace of Patan and at the Hanumandhoka Royal Palace in Kathmandu. But due to the damage from the earthquakes, she was unable to enter the severely damaged palace in the capital. The city of Bhaktapur took extensive damage to private property, which also meant the city’s museum was partially closed.

Bühnemann initially had appointments with Nepali scholars to discuss her work, but was unable to because of the museum closures. Her resources were limited, but Bühnemann said she was able to make connections with scholars in the Patan museum, where she was able to gain access to damaged artifacts that were being stored in the museum. She was also able to access a storage area in Bhaktapur where sculptures from destroyed temples are kept.

“It was very disappointing to go there and find out everything wasn’t open,” Bühnemann said. “I was only there for two weeks, but I usually stay longer. I wasn’t sure what the situation would be and I felt it might be a big risk for me, so I didn’t want to stay too long.”

While she was there she experienced an earthquake in the night that registered at a 4.0 on the Richter scale.

Bühnemann is currently working on a book documenting and analyzing the iconography of the late Malla period in Nepal, she hopes to study the Sanskrit texts she collected throughout the rest of the year. Despite the current damage, Bühnemann said she hopes to return to Nepal next summer.

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Student org combats sexual assault by turning spotlight on men Club looks to reverse ‘victim-focus,’ take action, spark male dialogue on violence against women Photo · Group co-founder Hasan Nadeem said changing the way society views gender is the first step toward progress when it comes to violence against women in college, which is one of We’re Better Than That: Men Agaist Sexual Assault’s primary goals.

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by Freddie Hermanek Contributor

While sexual assault awareness on college campuses may be increasing, one group of University of Wisconsin students decided it wasn’t enough — too many men were missing from the conversation.

We’re Better Than That: Men Against Sexual Assault was founded by 14 UW male students in August in an effort to address an issue prevalent on university campuses throughout the nation. After its first meeting, membership grew from 14 to 75 members.

Inspired from Jackson Katz’s book “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help,” the group took initiative to make their perspective become reality.

Co-founder and senior Hasan Nadeem said they got the initiative to found this group after realizing the absence of organizations that provide a platform for men to address sexual assault.

“A lot of these [other] organizations focus on empowering women, but we couldn’t even think of one where the whole focus is on men,” Nadeem said.

While not all perpetrators of sexual assault are men and not all victims are women, the group finds it important to tackle the issue of male-on-female crime: sexual assault’s most rampant form.

Their focus thus far has embraced a male dialogue — something they feel has been missing from the movement.

Janet Hyde, a UW professor of gender and women’s studies, said a focus on the role of men is vital in combatting sexual assault.

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pathos for men, Nadeem said. While We’re Better Than That recognizes the existence of rape culture as a real and scary thing, he said they want to avoid using this terminology out of fear of driving away the male demographic.

But not everyone working to prevent sexual assault believes these terms are problematic.

“I think it’s validating the people that have suffered violence because of the culture that allows for rape to happen,” said Sophie Nielsen, chair of UW’s chapter of Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment.

Still, Nielsen introduces a new term, “consent culture,” which affirms the idea stressing the importance of “yes means yes” as opposed to “no means no.” She said this new term might help prompt conversation while straying from the negative imagery surrounding the term “rape culture.”

Since multiple large organizations already exist to bolster sexual assault awareness, We’re Better Than That prides itself with its focus on action, Nadeem said.

But, Nielsen said awareness still needs to consistently remain a part of the conversation, even for an action-based group.

“I think as long as people are still being assaulted, there needs to be more awareness,” she said. “Action implies awareness.”

For their first project, We’re Better Than That has teamed up with Wisconsin Athletics to create a video call to action and will work with athletes to help promote their message, Naughton said.

sexual assault is a tall order, Nadeem thinks it’s important to focus on its origins.

“In the reading I’ve done, a lot of [sexual assault] comes from entitlement to or disregard for someone else for one reason or another.”

The first step toward progress, Nadeem said, is to begin changing the way society views gender.

“If you don’t believe these random, made-up markers signify one thing or another, then you’re not going to have a reason to sexually assault someone else,” he said.

Beside taking a fresh look at gender, Hyde said education about more commonplace factors, such as alcohol, play a crucial role in preventing assault.

Joe Naughton, another co-founder and senior, said the organization’s efforts toward change also target ending the use of what they see as problematic terms and phrases.

“We do not like the term ‘rape culture,’” Naughton said. “As the young men of [We’re Better Than That] have observed, the use of this phrase only perpetuates the vicious cycle of victim focus.”

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assault is not women being more careful, but men stopping assaulting,” Hyde said.

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Local partnership aims to decrease racial, gender gaps in IT industry Program aims to train its students to develop in-demand skill sets, eventually do paid internships with area tech companies

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

A partnership between two local organizations has resulted in a program designed to decrease disparities in information technology fields.

The Madison YWCA and local software consulting firm, Adorable, have partnered to form the YWeb program. The YWeb program is designed to decrease the gap in the IT industry for women and people of color, Brandi Grayson, YWeb program director, said.

The program is a 400 hour class that teaches front-end webpage development, focusing on the three main computer “languages:” HTML, CSS and Javascript, Adorable founder Jim Remsik, said. If the student completes the 400 hour program, they are given a computer and placed in paid internships in local technology companies that partner with YWeb, he said.

“We expect that the internship is an extension of their learning. They come out with a bunch of new skills, and will have worked with other professionals in the industry,” Remsik said.

While the target age for the program is 17-25 year olds, the program has received participants ranging from 17 to over 60-yearsold, Remsik said.

The program took on its first class of students in October 2014, after securing grant-based funding in summer 2014. The program was designed to span eight months, so participants who began in the fall 2014 graduated in May 2015, Grayson said. After the initial eight month class, the second class was an intensive, 11-week class that went from June through Aug. 29.

The first class had 26 people initially, with nine graduates at the end of the program.

The second class recruited 23 people, with 16 graduates, Grayson said. Aside from the change in pace, there were several other

changes to the program made between the first and second classes that could have contributed to greater long-term success, Grayson said.

The second class of students received support regarding how to deal with working in a field that is largely dominated by white male employees, Grayson said.

Participants in the program are sometimes facing homelessness, joblessness or other challenges, so meeting individual needs can help make the students more productive in the workplace, she said.

“It’s hard to focus in the classroom if you’re homeless,” Grayson said. “A lot of our students are struggling with all kinds of barriers. We give them the hard skills, but what makes folks successful is learning how to navigate through white space.”

The program is currently only providing instruction on racial justice issues to students, but Grayson hopes that soon YWeb will be able to provide racial justice training for the

IT partners as well.

Additionally, YWeb is currently engaged in negotiations with the Madison Metropolitan School District concerning a potential partnership, according to Remsik. Creating this partnership would allow YWeb to provide this training to students who “might not fit into school perfectly,” he said.

Remsik knew when he graduated high school that college was not for him. But, he engaged in a printing apprenticeship that gave him a skill set that allowed him to be successful. Providing participants with a valuable skill set at the beginning of their careers will allow small changes to have a big impact on their futures, Remsik said.

“This has been a really good partnership with the YWCA,” Remsik said. “The YWCA isn’t used to providing IT training, and we are being introduced to all sorts of situations that we aren’t exposed to all the time, which is making us more aware. It has really stretched both of us.”

UW professor’s innovation led to breakthroughs in cancer treatment Thomas Mackie created more precise radiation beam to target tumors, treat complicated diseases older therapies could not Photo · Mackie and some of his colleagues developed a treatment planning system for UW, which was successful and they were encouraged to commercialize it.

Photo courtesy of Thomas Mackie.

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

Starting with an idea for better radiation therapy in 1988, University of Wisconsin professor emeritus Thomas “Rock” Mackie’s work in the health industry has affected millions of lives.

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he learned about radiation therapy while measuring radiation levels in people’s homes. After completing his undergraduate education, he decided he wanted follow the path of radiation physics.

“This was during an era of relatively primitive radiation therapy where you didn’t even use a computed tomography scanner to image the patient,” Mackie said. “But I was in it early enough where there wasn’t any treatment planning system.”

So Mackie said he and some colleagues developed a treatment planning system for UW. This was good enough that they were encouraged to commercialize it.

In 1992, Mackie and business partner Paul Reckwerdt founded Geometrics Corporation.

Mackie said General Electric funded the corporation, but left the radiation therapy business in 1997, leaving Mackie’s research high and dry.

Then they received funding from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to keep their project alive.

With the experience of starting one company in Geometrics, Mackie and Reckwerdt started TomoTherapy, and a 14-year journey building a multi-million dollar company.

“We spent so much time in radiation therapy making the beams uniform, and a Swedish investigator said if we could computer plan it, the beams should be specifically tailored to the individual patient,” Mackie said. “Then you can do an even better job. But there was no way to deliver such a machine. So TomoTherapy was all about us asking how we could make a nonuniform beam.”

Focusing on calculating the radiation dose needed to attack tumors with TomoMachines, Mackie said during the early stages of computed tomography, larger margins caused radiation to hit healthy tissue surrounding a tumor. With a more precise beam, TomoTherapy can treat complicated diseases that older CT therapies couldn’t, also avoiding complicating side effects.

For example, in prostate radiation therapy, there are less rectal and bladder side effects.

Mackie said if a patient has multiple myeloma, which is a type of bone cancer, TomoTherapy

can treat all the bones and spare the sensitive structures like the lungs, thyroid and breasts in women as best as possible.

“The days are over when you build treatment planning systems for use in your own hospital,” Mackie said. “And I don’t think people realize the importance of companies in medicine. They think it’s all about doctors and hospitals, but it’s also about the people that deliver the drugs and the devices.”

With machines in hospitals across the U.S. as well as over thirty countries, Mackie said TomoTherapy was sold to Accuray, a California company, in 2011. But because it was too expensive to manufacture in Silicon Valley, Accuray moved its manufacturing to Madison.

He said Madison is a better place to manufacture because it’s centralized and most of the part suppliers are in the Midwest.

Accuray is now selling around $300 million of product per year.

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Local task force drafts plan to protect region’s pollinators Group seeks to take early action to preserve native plants, diverse habitats for bees, butterflies in county

by Kiyoko Reidy City Editor

The Dane County Pollinator Protection Task Force has a simple mission: be stewards of the region’s vital pollinating insects.

But protecting these pollinators isn’t so simple. After seven months of work, the task force is preparing to deliver their report to the Dane County Board of Supervisors.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency website, many types of plants, including fruit and vegetable crops, depend on pollinators, like bees, ants and butterflies.

The Pollinator Protection Task Force has been putting together a report on the current state of pollinators as well as recommendations on how best to move forward since March, Christina Locke, chair of the task force and research associate in the University of Wisconsin entomology department, said.

North Dakota was the first state to create a pollinator protection plan, which established it in efforts to balance agriculture and development with the health and proliferation of pollinators, like honey bees.

This plan was created in 2013, and several other states have followed suit since then, Locke said.

The county resolution that followed the creation of the Pollinator Protection Task Force follows both the city of Madison and the state’s footsteps, Locke said. A key goal of the report is to offer potential opportunities for outreach and education on pollinators, she said.

The task force includes members from a wide range of backgrounds, including UW employees and bee experts, Locke said. The task force also represents a collaboration between the Food Policy and Environmental Councils, she said.

Dale Marsden, a Dane County Beekeepers association member, has been beekeeping for 52 years. When the Pollinator Protection Task Force was being assembled, Marsden volunteered to join given his experience and ties to pollinators in the area.

The report requests additional funds to perform further studies on how best to protect the local pollinators, Marsden said.

Plantings in public areas with signs and brochures, the addition of more roadside

wildflowers and a decrease in pesticide use and mowing will all be recommended within the report, he said.

“We need to leave more rough areas for pollinators,” Marsden said. “You see a lot of fields with solid soybeans or solid corn, but leaving a good flower mixture is important.”

Planting native plants in the area is also crucial, and will result in a better habitat for the pollinators and less need for pesticides, Susan Carpenter, Wisconsin native plant gardener and ranger unit coordinator at the UW Arboretum, said.

To develop the report, the task force used expertise from within the group and drew on outside knowledge, Locke said.

Various county departments were brought in to present how they currently address the presence of pollinators in the area and how they might be able to better those practices in the future.

In October, the task force will attend an additional county meeting to encourage officials to create a new resolution, Locke said. This resolution will state that the county agrees to adopt the report developed by the task force, and will refer

back to it in the future for guidance, she said. A standing committee will be in charge of overseeing the implementation of the suggestions made in the report, Carpenter said.

Wisconsin is not currently in a state of crisis over the state of pollinators, Locke said.

Carpenter said early action will help ensure the county is making significant progress toward pollinator protection before any major issues arise.

“It gave me a lot of confidence that our county is already on its way to caring for pollinators,” Carpenter said. “We are starting for a good point, and I think we will be able to make a lot of good progress.”

Photo · Academics, beekeepers and agriculturalists joined forces to offer potential opportunities for outreach and education on pollinators. The team will encourage officials to create a new resolution in October at a county meeting.

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New skate park opens after 14-year grind After delays due to funding, design issues, facility sees hundreds of skateboarders

by Anne Blackbourn Campus Editor

The Erwin A. and Robert D. skate park located in Central Park is now open after several years of raising funds and design delays.

The skate park had been an idea Patrick Hasburgh, a member of the Madison Skatepark Fund for nearly 14 years when he used to skateboard with his friends, had for years.

“We were tired of being chased by the police out of places and getting tickets,” Hasburgh said. “We thought we should at least make an effort to make a public place for skate boarding that everyone could use. Once we started, everyone looked toward us to help finish the project.”

But the park could not have been possible without the many people and organizations who donated and helped raise funds to build it, Hasburgh said.

The city of Madison, which had been interested in building a skate park for several years, was one of the first contributors to the project in 2012 — donating $300,000 towards the parks fund, Madison Parks spokesperson Ann Shea said.

Other major contributors to the skate park included several foundations like the Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Foundation that the skate park was named after, local businesses like Willy Street Co-op and several families, Hasburgh said.

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“It was wonderful and truly magical to see a day that we had all been waiting for to happen.”

Patrick Hasburgh years to get from the Dane County Partners for Recreation & Conservation provided another $200,000 towards the project, Hasburgh said.

While raising funds for the park took time to accomplish, another delay in the skate park’s building was its design

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Hasburgh said.

“The design process of the park took a while because many people had different perceptions of what a skate park was, and some had no idea at all,” Hasburgh said.

But with the help of a former professional skateboarder Camden Russell, who now works for a skate park design company, a free preliminary design gave contributors and designers an idea of what a real skate park looked like, Hasburgh said.

Though the design Photo · Several different groups and organizations process caused a twoyear delay it allowed contributed to the park, including the city of Madison, for more money to be which donated $300,000 to the project. raised to fund the project, which in the end came Marissa Haegele to a grand total of $1.2 The Badger Herald million for design and construction of the skate Hasburgh said since its opening, park, Shea said. the park has been packed with people But after what had been a long journey of raising funds and designing “shoulder to shoulder.” Estimates of the number of people who have since gone the skate park, the park’s opening on Sept. 10 was a great success, Hasburgh to the skate park have been around 500 people he said. said.

“Everyone looked like they were About 150 to 200 people showed up on opening day. People who came to having lots of fun, it was great to see,” celebrate the park’s opening included Hasburgh said.

Additional modifications to the donors, skateboarders and many others, surrounding area of the skate park are Hasburgh said. going to make the park more accessible “It was wonderful and truly magical to see a day that we had all been waiting for people to enjoy before the end of November, Shea said. for to happen,” he said.

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What’s on tap: OKTOBEERFEST TO BRING GERMAN FLAIR TO ISTHMUS

by Bryan Kristensen What’s on tap Columnist

America’s dairyland natives love three things: beer, cheese and sausage. This coming weekend, Oktobeerfest will cater to all three staples of the Wisconsin palate.

Madison’s Isthmus newspaper will host the festival on Saturday, Sept. 26, which will feature more than 45 breweries and 20 artisanal sausage and cheese makers, giving the traditional German-style fest a

STYLE Oktoberfest, 5.5 percent.

AROMA Sweet and light malt smell with notes of toffee and caramel, with a faint earthy hops presence.

APPEARANCE Medium orange-brown body with a solid white head.

TASTE Sweet malt comes through initially, with grainy hoppy flavor dominating after hitting the palate.

ROOM TEMP TASTE Fainter malt taste; hoppiness is more powerful throughout.

CONSENSUS A great take on this classic style.

Capital knows autumn beer.

RATING: 4/5

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Chris Winterhack, spokesperson for Isthmus, said the combination of events like Hammerschlagen games and polka and modern music at Oktobeerfest will bring the German tradition to Madison, but with a local twist.

Most of the breweries that will appear at the event are local, and will highlight their fall seasonal offerings. Oktobeerfest seeks to give local institutions a platform to showcase their products, Winterhack said.

One of the larger local breweries setting up at Oktobeerfest is Karben4

Brewing Company. Meena Dayal, Karben4 Brewing’s director of operations, said events like Oktobeerfest are an important component in promoting their brewery.

Dayal said the local beer scene and its supporters have been integral for Karben4’s success, melding them into the company they are today.

“We love beer festivals, especially the local Madison ones,” Dayal said. “It’s a great chance to reach out and interact with beer lovers, and gives us a chance to gauge what people really think of our products We love that we can get outside and really

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communicate with the customers.”

Karben4 will feature last year ’s fall seasonal, Oaktober Ale, at the festival. The beer has 5.5 percent alcohol by volume, with 23 international bitterness units.

Dayal said the ale is made with American and French Oak that are soaked in whisky.

These are fermented into the beer, giving it a distinct flavor.

Oaktober Ale will make its second fall debut Sept. 25, the day before Oktobeerfest.

In addition, we’ve decided to try some other local beers that will share the stage this weekend.

STYLE Oktoberfest, 5.6 percent.

AROMA Faint aroma of spicy, fruity hops with yeasty bread notes.

APPEARANCE Deep amber-orange color with a dark cream head.

TASTE Slight initial sweet caramel taste, but with an overpowering spicy, hoppy flavor. Features a slight malt backbone.

ROOM TEMP TASTE Hoppiness comes through even stronger, with caramel taste nearly disappearing.

CONSENSUS Another great take on Oktoberfeststyle beer, but a little fainter taste that doesn’t sit on the palate quite as well as Capital’s. Still a solid fall seasonal that’ll satisfy Oktoberfest lovers.

RATING: 3.75/5

Oktoberfest, 5.67 percent.

AROMA Toasty warm notes dominate this brew, with a faint hint of caramel coming through.

APPEARANCE Deep amber coloring with a white head.

TASTE Toast flavor comes through strongly along with caramel and nutty notes.

ROOM TEMP TASTE Caramel and nut flavors taper off as the beer begins to sit, but overall flavor stays fairly uniform.

CONSENSUS Another solid seasonal out of Steven’s Point, but not as strong of a flavor as either Capital or Wisconsin Brewing Company. It’s more bland than the others but still has some great initial tastes out of the bottle.

RATING: 3.5/5

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by Meredith Head Hump day Columnist

Dildos are the oldest and most widely used sex toys known to paleontologists, dating back to the Paleolithic era.

While historians have debated whether their purpose was sexual or religious, nowadays folks of all sexual orientations and gender identities utilize dildos for satisfaction with partners or on their own.

Sex toy companies can fulfill nearly any dildo desire, including a casting system that captures the exact shape of someone’s penis, animal dildos and a combination dildo-pipe (the Peter Piper Pecker Puffer Glass Pipe Dildo). Just be sure to research sex toy sources thoroughly; the U.S. government doesn’t regulate sex toys.

Choosing a dildo Dildos come in so many different sizes, shapes, colors and materials that it can seem overwhelming to shop for one. But, the beauty of these options is that people can easily find whatever toy suits their fancy.

When seeking the right wand for the wizard, it’s better to browse dildos in person rather than online. Online sites usually don’t show an item’s scale, so one could end up with a dildo the size of their arm instead of what they thought was a beginner’s toy. Visit a sex toy shop (such as A Woman’s Touch in Madison) to experience various textures and girths in person.

When choosing between materials, there are generally several, including: Silicone — a favorite among sex toy manufacturers because they’re non-porous and non-absorbent, meaning they’re odor-

DilDOs »» DO clean dildos frequently and in between uses. Silicone and elastomer can be completely disinfected by boiling them in water for approximately four minutes. Soft vinyl toys cannot be disinfected, but should be cleaned using antibacterial, fragrance-free soap and water. Inexpensive jelly sex toys are difficult to clean, so be sure to use condoms during use. Glass and metal dildos should be cleaned with antibacterial soap and water, and Pyrex glass can be boiled. »» DO switch condoms for every dildo or orifice change. The bacterial ecosystems of the vagina and anus should be kept separate and, if mixed, could cause infection. »» DO use sex toy compatible lube. »» DO test out different temperatures. »» DO test a dildo first when engaging in temperature play to make sure it’s not too hot or cold.

free. They’re easy to clean, non-toxic, smooth and excellent conductors of heat and vibrations. They last longer, but cost more than other materials.

Soft Vinyl — these toys are soft, flexible and carry vibrations well. High quality vinyl is less porous and outlasts jelly toys, but cheap vinyl, which is porous, increases risk of infection.

Plastic — these dildos are hard and smooth, but if cheaply made, they contain sharp seams that could cut genitals.

Jelly — a common sex toy material due to its low cost and ability to be formed into almost any shape. These pliable toys come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors. Plus, they contain phthalates, a chemical agent known to cause health issues in laboratory studies.

Cyberskin — it feels similar to human

skin, but is difficult to clean. These dildos may also contain phthalates. One can prevent them from collecting lint by dusting it with cornstarch.

Glass — Glass dildos are smooth, retain temperature well and are non-porous. No phthalates are involved. Warm a glass dildo in heated water or chill it in the fridge for enhanced pleasure.

Metal — they’re often used in BDSM play and are safe if they’re seam-free and unpainted.

When selecting a dildo size, use a hand as a comparison and remember that very large toys often require time and plenty of lube to get used to. There are generally two camps: anatomically accurate or more offbeat. If a penis isn’t appealing, plenty of other options are available for insertive fun!

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12th annual Madison World Music festival expands cultural horizons Wisconsin Union helps deliver ‘unfamiliar’ genres — from African dance to European jazz — to isthmus’ eager ears

by Sam Sklar ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

In the shadow of construction cranes, muffled by the sound of drills, stilt-walking women with eyelashes as long as fingers ushered excited patrons into Memorial Union for the 12th annual Madison World Music Festival Friday, Sept. 18.

Since its establishment in 2004, the festival has sought to foster a unique and educational cultural experience through world music, dance and cultural workshops.

“We want to bring great world music to Madison,” Artistic Selection Committee spokesperson, Esty Dinur, said. “A large part of our mission is to bring in stuff that is unfamiliar, that will hopefully expand the

horizons of attendees in the most enjoyable way possible.”

To carry out that mission, this year ’s lineup included top-notch acts hailing from across the globe — Niger, Georgia, South Korea, Algeria, Ethiopia, Israel and Cuba. The event not only included cultural balance and diversity, but balance and diversity in all aspects to ensure there was something for everyone in attendance.

“We want our acts to have gender balance and regional balance,” Dinur said. “We want a mix of genres — we don’t want it all to sound the same.”

In order to make this precise musical equilibrium a possibility, the festival’s planning and booking process is long and intensive, taking about a year.

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to make sure several points of view and cultures are represented, from Eastern European brass bands to African dance music, Wisconsin Union Theater world stage coordinator, Ellen Hebden, said.

On top of the Madison-specific Artistic Selection Committee, the Madison World Music Festival planning involves a consortium of 11 other regional world music festivals, all of whom have teamed up to bring these top-notch international acts to the US. When Madison began development, only Chicago and Bloomington, Indiana had world music festivals, Dinur said.

Now, over a decade later, they can draw inspiration from a wide body of fellow creators.

“None of us have a big budget, so

standing alone, none of us could really bring artists to the country or pay them what they deserve,” Dinur said. “However when all 12 of us work together, artists can play groups of six shows, and we can make it happen.”

And with the Willy Street bloc party adding a second day of festivities — with Wild Rumpus Circus stilt-walkers and bustling vendors — the event not only brought the world’s music to Madison, but brought all of Madison together.

“It’s the concept of ‘bringing the gown to the town,’” Dinur said of the Madison Music Festival-Willy Street Fair partnership.

“It’s taking this great stuff that the university has been doing and sharing it with the community, making it possible for the community to enjoy.”

Photo · When the music festival was first conceived, it was one of only three in the nation.

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Willy Street Fair finds ‘universal beat’ for east side community In its 38th year, the annual bloc party combines electronic music with stilted performers, local vendors

by Selena Handler ArtsEtc. Associate Editor

As a student, Beatrice Hadidian found it hard to leave University of Wisconsin’s campus. But, Hadidian knew that just beyond the Capitol lay an annual festival deeply entrenched in the tradition of the east side with the essence of an international fair.

For 38 years, the Willy Street Fair has brought jaded students like Hadidian out from the cultural abyss of campus life, to join a close-knit community just east on the isthmus. This year was not much different from Sept. 19 to Sept. 20, as stilt-walkers and retro cars strolled down the strip.

Now as the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center’s program director, Hadidian works to keep the tradition alive.

“It feels like a classic from the ground-up, crunchy granola street fair,” Hadidian said. “Like you’re going to see every different type of walk of life. It’s the classic street fair. There are new vendors this year and vendors that have been there for 20 years.”

Wil-Mar’s focus on community programming has led to three local festivals, including La Fete de Marquette, Atwood Fest and of course, the Willy Street Fair. The latter closed out the festival season with a two-day event featuring the largest community raffle, more than 200 vendors and seven live-music stages going all day.

In its oddball tradition, Willy Street Sunday was thick with locals blading, boarding and perusing the wares by foot. Older men with Packers caps and jerseys skirted around teens in vintage blades and bright fuchsia shirts.

Vendors hawked ethnic foods, clothes and jewelry and subscriptions to Wisconsin State

Journal and Madison Roller Derby, the festival truly capturing the essence of Willy Street culture.

Henna, crafts, beer, wine, various pickled goods and other common festival favorites line the rows of vendors yearly, but the Willy Street Fair channeled the distinct quirkiness of the neighborhood with glassblowing demonstrations for Fat Pinky’s Glass, aura readings and a giant pumpkin weigh-off that sees several hundred pound gourds.

But, one of the highlights of the event blasted from the stages. In addition to the World Music Festival, which travelled from Memorial Union where they played the night before, the Willy Street Beats offered interesting tunes.

Started by Madison Music Review five years ago, the electronic stage includes DJs and performers with international origins, hip-hop and jazz influences and house intentions.

MitU, a Colombian duo, made their Midwestern debut as Willy Street Beats’ headliner. A hybrid of instrumental and electronic, the up-and-coming band was a departure from the local musicians that marked the lineup.

Foshizzle Family — a music and arts collective — was one of those local acts. Max Wasinger inadvertently created the Foshizzle brand working in a sign department; when he left messages for his coworkers, he would sign off by writing “foshizzle” in the white space of print rolls. He decided to print them on stickers, and when they began to spread across the city, a few DJ friends used them to promote a party in James Madison Park.

Now Foshizzle Family partners with Madison Music Review to put together Willy Street Beats each year. They added a danceable element to the event.

“There’s kind of like a universal beat that

everyone seems to understand to a certain extent,” Wasinger said. “And when you put it in the right context it makes people want to dance.”

But, despite the worldly bangers and other bizarre festivities, Willy Street Fair is truly about supporting local programming.

Wil-Mar and their partner Commonwealth Development are staples of the near east community. The Wil-Mar Center has existed for 45 years and serves more than 100 people each Saturday, while also providing after-school programs for low income families, Hadidian said.

Commonwealth Development provides affordable housing and life skills training for Dane County. All the money the fair raises goes to these community programs.

“We have more than 800 people walking into the Wil-Mar using it for meeting space,” Hadidian said. “A space to work out, a space to dance together, to play music together, a space for people to meet for [Alcoholics Anonymous]. All the proceeds from the festival go back into letting us do that.”

Photo (below, top and bottom right) · Willy Street Fair, featuring ethnic foods, eclectic jewelry and international music and dance, captures the quirky essence of its neighborhood.

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In crowded GOP field, Walker drops bid in effort to ‘clear the path’ Governor second to back out of presidential race; pundit says it’s ‘stunning’ former front-runner won’t make it to Iowa caucuses

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Following a rapid decline in the polls, Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he’ll drop his bid for the 2016 GOP nomination to “clear the path” for a “positive conservative” to rise to the top of the field.

Walker said he was “immediately” suspending his campaign and emphasized it was “fundamentally important” Republicans nominate someone with a plan, rather than someone who simply opposes President Barack Obama’s policies.

“I believe that the voters want to be for something and not against someone,” Walker told reporters at a brief news conference at Madison’s Edgewater Hotel.

Walker’s announcement came a day after a CNN/ORC poll showed him with less than 1 percent nationally among GOP voters. That followed weeks of declining poll numbers and reports his donors were concerned over the direction of his campaign.

Walker, who announced his bid in July, became the second Republican to stop seeking the nomination. His campaign lasted only 71 days.

“It’s really stunning that he is not going to make it to the Iowa caucuses,” University of Wisconsin journalism professor Mike Wagner said. “On paper, he’s somebody that we should’ve expected to be in the top three or four. He probably wasn’t going to get the nomination, but he certainly should’ve been more competitive than he was.”

Walker’s donors expressed concern after a lackluster performance at the first GOP debate, and pundits agreed his second debate performance last week wasn’t much better.

“I suspect that fundraising was a major hurdle for him and that contributions for him really dried up after the first debate,” UW political science professor Barry Burden said.

During the second Republican primary debate last week, Walker spoke for only 8.5 minutes, landing him dead last in the field of 11 candidates on stage. That amounted to 10 minutes less than Donald Trump, who spoke the most and is currently leading GOP primary polls.

Walker’s poll numbers dipped — along with other leading GOP primary candidates — during what some have deemed the “Summer of Trump.”

Trump’s candidacy, Wagner said, pushed Walker out the public eye.

“Once Donald Trump got in, and he was so different from everyone else, it was easy for him

to get attention, which I think really made a challenge for Walker and Rick Perry and other people like that,” Wagner said.

Perry, the former Texas governor, was the first to drop out of the GOP race earlier this month and had been one of Trump’s toughest critics, calling him a “cancer on conservatism.”

Walker also implicitly criticized Trump during his announcement Monday, as he called for a number of other GOP candidates to drop out and give a better chance to a “positive” alternative to Trump, though he didn’t mention him by name.

“I encourage other Republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current front-runner,” Walker said.

Democrats, meanwhile, continued to slam Walker for his policies. Martha Laning, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, said in a statement Walker’s policies as governor “divided our state all in the name of promoting himself for president.”

“Once people saw he had the same plans for the nation that he used in Wisconsin, his support evaporated to zero,” Laning said. “The damage Governor Walker did to our state while running for president is real and will take a long time to repair.”

Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, also said in a statement Walker’s policies have harmed public schools and infrastructure in Wisconsin.

“Gov. Walker has pushed far right wing policies through Wisconsin hoping that extreme element of his party would propel his presidential campaign to win the nomination,” Barca said.

Labor unions also joined in the criticisms. When Walker jumped into the race in July, the national labor union AFL-CIO released a brief statement saying, “Scott Walker is a national disgrace.” But when Walker exited the race Monday, the union’s president, Richard Trumka, said he’s “still a disgrace, just no longer national.”

In a statement, Democratic National Committee spokesperson TJ Helmstetter maintained that regardless of who’s leading the GOP pack, “voters will ultimately reject the Republican nominee’s jaw-dropping determination to cater to the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.”

Even before he formally announced his campaign, Walker’s verbal stumbles made headlines, including a comment while he was in England that he’d “punt” on a question on whether evolution is real.

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Other comments seen as stumbles include a recent comment on NBC that building a wall on the Canadian border was a “legitimate issue,” or saying he wasn’t a “career politician” despite spending much of his adult life in elected office.

Walker also received criticism from some pundits for flip-flopping on topics like immigration.

Campaigning on a platform based on tax cuts, reducing the size of the federal government and staunch conservatism on social issues, such as gay marriage and abortion, Walker also faced trouble distinguishing himself among an unusually crowded Republican field.

Wagner said it was hard for Walker to differentiate himself, especially after Trump, an outspoken businessman and entertainer who stands out from the pack of senators and governors, jumped into the race.

More recently, other candidates who are political outsiders — Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina — have improved their standing among GOP voters.

“They [senators and governors] all looked more or less the same with some strengths and some weaknesses here and there,” Wagner said.

Many Walker supporters were hopeful he would be able to unite the GOP’s establishment and grassroots factions, wrote Kyle Kondik from University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. But that proved not to be

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the case as his poll numbers dipped.

Instead, Kondik wrote, Walker’s more conservative stances on issues like same-sex marriage and immigration made him seem perhaps too radical for many establishment Republicans. In June, a New York Times headline declared Walker’s “hard right turn in Iowa may hurt him elsewhere.”

In turn, non-politicians like Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump have attracted the party’s grassroots, Tea Party sects, according to Kondik.

“Walker could claim to be an outsider against the likes of a Jeb Bush, but that trio of candidates with zero elected experience made him seem like an insider by comparison, given that he’s spent almost his entire adult life in elective politics at the local and state levels,” Kondik wrote.

Walker, however, still got support from top Wisconsin lawmakers. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., called him a “man of true integrity and courage,” while Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said in a statement Walker’s reforms have “greatly” benefitted the state.

“Governor Walker has an amazing story to tell about turning Wisconsin around,” Vos said. “It is unfortunate that the bluster of candidates overshadowed his substance.

I look forward to working with Governor Walker on additional reform measures throughout his second term in office. The nation’s loss is truly Wisconsin’s gain.”

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Photo ·Martha Laning, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin chair, criticized Walker saying once people saw he had the same plans for the nation that he used in Wisconsin, his support deteriorated to zero.

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Freshman DJ Melvv lays tracks for thousands of Soundcloud listeners Jeffrey Melvin — who found music in his dark times — says ‘art creates life’

by Jenna Wroblewski ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Most college-bound students don’t start their academic careers with 30,000 Soundcloud followers. Jeffrey Melvin, also known as Melvv, is an exception.

Melvin is both a University of Wisconsin freshman, and a rising music producer and DJ, with an affinity for creating uplifting electronic music.

Music as Melvv’s escape For new listeners, Melvin’s music can be loosely defined as electronic and houseesque; he describes his sound as “happy,” “light” and “cute,” with quick melodies infused with nature sounds.

Today, tracks like “Glide” and “Vibe” have thousands of shares and plays on Soundcloud.

His unique sub-genre stems from a darker time, Melvin said.

“I was very depressed for a while, so I basically wanted to make myself happy,”

Melvin said. “Making happier things made me happier. I would listen to it to cheer myself up.”

Creating music became the fuel for Melvin to keep his spirits high and perspective optimistic. But, like many upand-coming producers, his beginnings were humble.

overcome the obstacles that accompany every artist’s beginning.

Before long, Melvin began to pull his own weight via an addictive sound. But, despite laying tracks in nearly every state for thousands of onlookers, Melvin’s musical journey has taken a surprising turn toward UW’s campus.

How it started Growing up in Cedarburg, Wisconsin outside Milwaukee, Melvin found his passion for music at age 12 after watching Daft Punk’s live performance “Alive 2007.”

“I loved the light show, the mixing,” Melvin said. “All the equipment they used was insane. I was so young and just getting into music. It really connected with me because I knew that computer music was accessible too. So right then I knew I wanted to learn.”

The next Christmas, Melvin received the program Logic 9, which would be his mixing companion for the next five or six years. Melvin locked himself away that following summer and worked hard to

Madison as a springboard Melvin never planned for his music career to take hold in Madison, but his parents have made it clear there will be no financial support for artistic endeavors.

Subsequently, Melvin is struggling to find a balance between his dreams and a college education.

But, Melvin sees plenty of opportunity in both Madison’s music scene and his classes.

“I went to a really small private high school, so I always crave a big audience and big schools, lots of people to talk to, networking and marketing, that kind of

thing,” Melvin said. “So this school is kind of perfect for that. The huge student body is amazing too because there are lots of people to throw parties with so I can play different events.”

After the first few weeks of the semester, Melvin has already booked one show for December 5 in Milwaukee with fellow performer, Mija, with more shows to come.

If there is one piece of advice Melvin wishes to instill in his fellow Badgers, it’s to discourage “passive listening.” He believes music is more enjoyable if listeners stray from the Billboard 100, and analyze the elements within more complex songs.

Melvin himself did not appreciate music’s true potential until he started making it himself.

It’s through music that Melvin expresses emotion, to both himself and his audience.

“In my opinion, art creates life, because I wouldn’t really enjoy life if art didn’t exist,” Melvin said.

Photo · Inspired by Daft Punk, Melvin has been interested in music since age 12, using Logic 9 to create his first tracks. He sees opportunity in bringing his “happy” sound to UW’s large audience.

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UW alum Zola Jesus’ journey from apartment studio to international tours Singer-songwriter Niki Danilova talks Madison music scene, childhood ‘up north’ before return to Wisconsin Union Theater

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

Amid another brutal winter in 2009, then-University of Wisconsin student Niki Danilova established a recording studio in her apartment, where she recorded her first album, The Spoils.

Not long after, Danilova, popularly known as Zola Jesus, emerged as a promising underground artist, attracting the likes of Jamie xx from The xx and later M83. Her success may have propelled her music to the international stage, but she will soon return to a more familiar one: the Wisconsin Union Theater, for a free show Sept. 24.

Despite Danilova’s unique Madison experience, her upbringing was not dissimilar to that of many UW students: raised “up north” in Merrill, Wisconsin, she developed an early interest in singing to pass time.

“Growing up in Northern Wisconsin, without a lot of cultural opportunity, you have to make opportunities for yourself

and you also have to entertain yourself a lot more,” Danilova said.

Her affinity for singing led to opera — a conspicuous influence on Danilova’s powerful vibrato — but the singersongwriter felt restricted by the classic style’s technicalities and tradition. She left the practice, seeking a greater outlet for her craft.

This would not be her only divergence from tradition. The name “Zola Jesus” emerged in high school from Danilova’s non-conformity; it draws inspiration from author Emilé Zola — she had just read his famous novel “Nana” — and Jesus Christ. She hoped to give the latter a “new meaning” in a Wisconsin area permeated by seemingly omnipresent Christian morality and culture.

When it came time to attend college, Danilova originally attended UWMilwaukee to study business. To the unsure teenager, it seemed like a practical skill for someone without a clear career path.

But, in true Zola Jesus fashion, she quickly discovered that a “set trajectory” was neither necessary nor fulfilling. With

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a craving to create, Danilova transferred to UW-Madison to study philosophy and French. Her studies would later be integrated into her music.

“I make music because I have questions, and, you know, music is my way of being able to ask those questions and to come up with answers,” Danilova said. “Philosophy has a lot of answers as well; it’s the study of questions.”

The artist’s influences transcended campus, citing Madison as an incubator for musical expression, something she couldn’t find in Milwaukee or elsewhere.

“Because [Madison is] smaller, if you make music, you are already part of some sort of minority, and so matter what you make, you all come together,” Danilova said. “You end up learning so much about different types of music ... and there is more of an openness to the music scene [in Madison], and that was really a good help to me because the music that I make is always in-between a lot of groups and a lot of genres, and it felt like a really easy place to exist musically.”

Unfortunately, balancing touring and

producing with academia became too much, and Danilova was forced to leave UW. Though Danilova regrets compromising her education, she cites music as her “greatest passion.” Last year, the now-26year-old released the album Taiga, featuring hits like “Dangerous Days” and “Hunger.”

She described it as her most challenging work to date. “[For] this newest album, it’s so much about forcing myself to confront things that weren’t at the top of my head before,” Danilova said.

But, even after five studio albums and multiple tours, Danilova still calls Madison “home.” She recalls her time at UW as a period of self-discovery, whether within her apartment’s makeshift studio or as a WSUM DJ, where she incidentally met her husband.

“If I could go back I would,” Danilova said. “I’m excited [to return to Madison] because that’s where my career started and I feel like I owe a lot to the city and I owe a lot to the state of Wisconsin … That’s my identity and that’s truly who I am and where I’m from, so it does feel so natural and I feel so at home to be back there.”

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Letter to the editor: Take advantage of UW’s business resources that for every dollar we spent, we would get more back in return, we were ready to scale out The experience of growing a of Madison to the entire company has been a rewarding Midwest, and then the challenge; there are many lessons nation. and resources I wish I could relay Doing that, however, to my past self. would require years As juniors at University of and years without any Wisconsin, Alex Wyler, Matt investment dollars to Howard and I started EatStreet, jumpstart the process. a company that provides online The Madison and ordering to 15,000 restaurants.

Milwaukee-based One of the most important startup accelerator things I’ve learned is Madison gener8tor invests capital and the university have created in a company while a vibrant startup community helping them refine with fantastic resources that their business, forge anyone starting a business should good connections with explore. potential partners and We didn’t immediately seek raise follow on capital. help or mentorship starting and They invested in us scaling our business. If we had in 2012 and have been a known about these resources, great partner ever since. we could have avoided a lot of The acceptance process unnecessary work and growing into the gener8tor pains. program is competitive; I’ve put together a list of a few they only select five programs that helped us in our companies from first few years of existence. hundreds of applicants.

The program did Student business contests wonders for us: we Starting an online business made it to 15 cities under costs money, from incorporating their mentorship and a company to paying server costs eventually raised almost to advertising. Everything comes $13 million worth of at a price. subsequent investment.

Photo ·Business competitions are a great way to expand, Martell said. EatStreet won $10,000 from the Burrill Business Plan Competition, but That was the primary Recently gener8tor beyond the prize money, judges offered valuable feedback on how to scale the business up. motivation for us to enter business launched gBETA, an competitions at UW. accelerator for college The most significant Marissa Haegele students in Wisconsin. competition to our company’s The Badger Herald This accelerator does history was the Burrill Business not invest any money and Plan Competition, hosted at does not take any equity,

Merlin Mentors. the business school. Though this contest is but it provides access to the entire gener8tor The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic These people volunteer to help new currently on a hiatus due to lack of funding, network of resources and mentorship.

Legal services can be pricey, and as firstcompanies with their strategies and it was still a great resource.

With gBETA, you get great mentorship, We entered after four months in business time business owners we were unfamiliar challenges. The insights we learned saved us office space and a good shot at a future to jargon like Partner Agreement, Articles of hundreds of man-hours by keeping us from and didn’t win anything, but we picked up acceptance to gener8tor.

Incorporation, LLC or C-Corp, Terms of Use making preventable mistakes. an unexpected resource: mentorship.

In five years, EatStreet has scaled to and Privacy Policy.

The judges in the competition gave us employ over 100 people and sell millions of The Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic is Capital Entrepreneurs valuable feedback to scaling the business dollars of food every week.

Being an entrepreneur can be lonely. up. A year later, we came back and won the a service offered by UW Law School that We grew based on hard work and, provides free legal services to selected new Implicitly by walking a path less taken, there entire thing, a $10,000 prize. admittedly, some great luck, but also because companies.

All of the legal work for our first are moments where it’s hard to find other Looking back, the money made a huge of our access to fantastic mentors and difference by allowing us to expand, but the year of operation was done by the clinic, and people who relate to your experiences and resources along the way. saved us thousands of dollars. can provide support and camaraderie. advice was just as valuable by making our We learned what our strengths and We joined Capital Entrepreneurs a year company successful. weaknesses were and found great individuals Merlin Mentors after starting, and found an entire club of EatStreet also participated in the Good mentorship is the single biggest like-minded individuals. Sometimes it’s nice and organizations to help supplement our UW Computer Sciences NEST software shortcomings. reason EatStreet has survived and flourished to grab a beer with another startup founder competition. We did not participate in — If you’re considering starting a business, I over the past six years. and talk about the high points and low points but have heard great things about — the can’t speak highly enough of these resources.

After participating in the business contest, of building a company.

Qualcomm Innovation Competition and we were connected to a group of local Innovation Days.

Eric Martell (eric@eatstreet.com) is the cobusiness leaders and entrepreneurs with gBETA and gener8tor founder of EatStreet. significant success under their belt through Once our company could demonstrate

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Gerrymandering in Wisconsin killed electoral democracy The redistricting of northern WI is evidence Republicans have unfair advantage in elections

by Nichalous Pogorelec Columnist

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but in the state of Wisconsin, genuine electoral democracy has died, or at the very least is on life support.

The state of democracy in America’s dairyland did not come to this point naturally; it was pushed off the cliff by the state’s Republican lawmakers for their party’s personal gain through a method known as gerrymandering.

A study by Stanford professor Simon Jackman stated that Wisconsin’s current gerrymandered districts will always have a disadvantage toward Democrats.

This is not surprising considering the shitshow that occurred after the 2010 elections where Republicans swept the Legislature in Wisconsin, giving the party unmitigated control of the redistricting process.

Legislative voting districts, both state and federal, were heavily altered. Take for example Wisconsin’s 7th congressional district, which has been represented by Congressman Sean Duffy, R-WI, since 2011. The district covers most of Northwestern Wisconsin, and had a tendency to swing between the two parties during elections.

In fact, prior to Duffy’s victory in 2011, the seat was represented by Congressman David Obey, D-WI, since 1969. This is what

the 7th district looked like prior to the 2011 redistricting.

Republicans ensured Duffy an easier reelection bid by excluding left-leaning cities from the district, which were historically part of it, and including conservative areas which had never been in the district.

The college town of Stevens Point was completely drawn out of the district, as were the northern areas of Eau Claire and its surrounding area.

Newly included within the district were Vilas, Florence, Forest and the past-excluded parts of Oneida and Langlade Counties, areas where support for the Republican Party is strong. Here’s a map of the 7th district after the Republicans gave it a makeover.

These policies were exacerbated when applied to state districts. Some were “packed,” which means voters who favor a certain party were packed into one district, making the surrounding districts more competitive.

Others were “cracked,” which means voters who favor a certain party were spread between multiple districts, wasting votes that would’ve been valuable to the opposition in a competitive district.

Packing and cracking assured the Republicans would be the favorites in all legislative elections for the next 10 years.

In 2012 — the first election with the new districts —Wisconsinites favored the Democratic Party in the state legislative elections by 168,000 votes over the Republican

Party. But Republicans still retained their majority in both houses, with a 63-36 advantage in the Assembly, and a 19-14 advantage in the Senate.

It’s odd for a party who fervently supports an economic system based on competition to be adverse to competition in democracy.

The point of elections is for the outcome to be unknown before the counting of the votes, but in Wisconsin this is not the case when it comes to legislative elections.

Competition is as good in politics as it is in economics. It forces the parties to come to the middle and make agreements, it weeds out zealotry and it ensures the political crème de la crème become the lawmakers of our state.

Without it you get the status quo, a state gripped in partisan deadlock. Luckily, democracy can be revived from its death, but without help from the Supreme Court, it is hard to see

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

College Republicans: Candidates vying for nomination embody best of party I’m excited to be a Republican this election cycle because my party has put forth the best set of candidates in a long time.

Following the 2012 electoral defeat the Republican National Committee released an autopsy to try and come to grips with why they lost two presidential elections in a row.

One take away from the autopsy encouraged the party to embrace the idea of the GOP as the “Growth and Opportunity Party.”

This is quite different than the traditional understanding of the GOP as the “grand, ole party.” The Republican candidates vying for the nomination embody the best our party has to offer.

If you have not been paying attention to the primary process so far, let me give you a quick rundown of the phenomenal lineup of candidates that are running in the Republican primary. These candidates represent an incredibly different Republican party than most voters have come to expect.

Ben Carson, a black man who grew up in dire poverty and eventually became the

director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who knows first hand the problems our generation faces, has released an innovative plan to reform higher education in America.

Rand Paul, the libertarian-leaning candidate in the race, has reached out to voting blocs that traditionally don’t vote Republican by speaking at well-known liberal campuses, such as University of California-Berkeley and meeting with black leaders in Ferguson.

Carly Fiorina, now rising in some polls, served as the first female CEO of a Fortune 20 company by working her way up through the corporate ladder after starting as a secretary.

I don’t have the space to go through each individual candidate, but all the candidates including Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Chris Christie represent a new, vibrant Republican party that is poised to succeed in the future — no matter who becomes our nominee.

The vision of all these candidates remains

the same, but each one of them brings new, necessary solutions to the problems our country is facing.

Meanwhile on the Democratic side, the party elites and the donor class have rallied behind scandal-ridden Hillary Clinton.

Presumed to be the nominee, she has continually seen her poll numbers drop as more and more Americans, including Democrats, view her as untrustworthy and dishonest.

After four years as President Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, she still cannot seem to name a single accomplishment.

The Obama-Clinton failed foreign policy has led to a more defiant Russia, an increase in Islamic terrorism and an increasingly awful Syrian refugee crisis.

Aside from Clinton, the only other viable Democrat running is self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders. Sanders seems to think he can win the Democratic nomination by promising the electorate everything under the sun.

His socialist, big government proposals have

recently been estimated to cost an astounding $18 trillion dollars. Both of these candidates are running on platforms that would produce the same disastrous results as the Obama presidency.

As Republicans, we have the choice to elect a party of diverse candidates — minorities, women, older, younger — who faced our problem of student debt and candidates who pulled themselves up from poverty.

Or, America can elect a party with retread candidates who promise everything, deliver nothing and who grew up facing none of the problems we face today and can’t seem to follow the law.

The Republican candidates represent the Republican Party I am proud to support; a party that believes the American people are at their best when the government gets out of the way and lets the ingenuity of the American people prosper.

Charlie Hoffmann is a senior majoring in strategic communication and economics.

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UWPD’s ‘Don’t Be That Guy’ not right campaign to prevent sexual assault Cliché saying trivializes seriousness of rampant issue, alienates male population; not as socially respectful as ‘Badgers Get Consent’ motto

by Phil Michaelson Columnist

University of Wisconsin Police Department’s latest campaign against sexual assault leaves the male student population chewing on the provocative, but elegantly-simple motto, “Don’t Be That Guy.” A couple days before classes started, I was on the bus and found myself surrounded by UWPD’s new slogan posted on multiple signs around the bus.

“Don’t Be That Guy:” cool, fresh, hip, new-aged, cultured and something all of us young, intellectual college students can really relate to.

Nope. Until I see members of UWPD walking around wearing salmon shorts and ending every statement with “bro,” this slogan won’t really do much for me.

By no means do I ever aspire to be that so-called guy, but this campaign just seems like another clichéd attempt for the older

generation to connect to the younger one.

It’s just like when parents try to pick up on their kids’ lingo and use it in conversation with them. It comes off as tacky.

I get what UWPD is trying to do. I have to admit some of the posters are rather powerful, but I honestly do not think flooding the campus with the words “Don’t Be That Guy” is the best way to prevent sexual assault.

First of all, these posters quite literally alienate the entire male half of the population.

Sure, it’s true a vast majority of sexual assault cases include women as the victims, but we shouldn’t speak in social absolutes on an equality-striving campus notorious for amplifying the voice of the minority.

That’s a bold move to say the least.

“That Guy.” Who is “That Guy”? The stereotypical frat-star douche who’s been

Photo · While some of UWPD’s posters are powerful, we shouldn’t speak in social absolutes on an equality striving campus.

Photo courtesy of UWPD. sipping a glass of water at a party, claiming it’s Grey Goose, and hitting on very inebriated girls who can barely stand, let alone give consent.

This motto kind of puts anyone with the XY chromosome on the same level as that frat-star douche.

Apparently they get we’re guys, but they’re asking us not to be “That Guy,” whatever that means. How about “Don’t Be That Person”?

It doesn’t flow off the tongue as smoothly, but it’s definitely not the worst alternative.

Further, I can understand the utilization of a common phrase to get a point across, but I don’t know if “Don’t Be That Guy” is a good one to associate with an issue as serious as sexual assault.

There are many instances where being “That Guy” is something as insignificant as bumping into the beerpong table at a party. I’m no expert, but putting sexual assault on a similar

Photo ·The slogan seems like another tacky attempt for the older generation to connect to the younger one.

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level as the average party foul is probably not the best idea.

What really sets me off is UWPD thought this slogan was so clever they decided to make it this year ’s battle cry against sexual assault.

What happened to the “Badgers Get Consent” slogan? That called for unity amongst all Badgers against the social issue that is sexual assault. There’s no alienation of one gender and no tacky, cliché saying. That is something I can get behind.

But like I said, I understand what UWPD is trying to do and I can appreciate it. I just don’t think “Don’t Be That Guy” is the right choice as the battle cry against sexual assault.

I do, however, think the theme of the posters has its time and place, but as the main slogan of a campaign striving for social respect, it leaves a lot to be desired.

Phil Michaelson (pmichaelson@wisc.edu) is majoring in biomedical engineering.

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Let’s make a Deal: UW running back excelling in Clement’s absence Redshirt freshman entered regular season third on depth chart, continues to take advantage of unexpected opportunity to play Photo · Deal has shown consistent improvement on a game-by-game basis, rushing for a careerhigh 84 yards on 16 carries in Wisconsin’s 28-3 win against Troy.

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The first time Wisconsin football fans got to see redshirt freshman tailback Taiwan Deal in action was the team’s 2015 spring game, where the power runner impressed as he ran the ball 15 times for 76 yards.

The buzz surrounding the running back was positive, but given that Deal was expected to run behind both junior Corey Clement and redshirt junior Dare Ogunbowale coming into this season, it was thought that would be the last time Deal would play a featured role in 2015.

That expectation changed week one when Clement left the Badgers’ season opener against Alabama with a groin injury he suffered from in practice the week before. Ogunbowale wasn’t able to shoulder the load on his own, so Deal was called upon to make his UW debut sooner

than he or anyone else expected.

His performance was subpar, as the Wisconsin running game couldn’t get anything going against Alabama’s front seven and Deal finished with just 14 yards on six carries.

But the takeaway for Deal was not the numbers he put up.

Instead, he focused on the learning experience he gained after facing one of the nation’s most vaunted defenses.

“Through practice, coaches always just say relax, come out confident and just build on your performances every week,” Deal said.

And now, after week three of the regular season, Deal is running with more confidence and has instilled it in his coaches and companions that he – despite his freshman status – can help alleviate the depth issue in the backfield while UW’s

lead man is sidelined.

The biggest part of his game the redshirt freshman had to work on was his patience, according to head coach Paul Chryst.

Through Deal’s first two games, he had a tendency to try and run through the tackles, rather than between them. As a result, he would get stuck at the line of scrimmage, unable to make a play.

After the performance against Troy, where Deal ran for a career-high 84 yards on 16 carries, it’s clear to Chryst the running back is starting to put the pieces together.

“He’s just starting to get it right,” Chryst said. “The good runners have a patience to them, and then let the play develop.

It seemed like there was a little bit more patience with [Deal].”

A key factor for Deal within the offense is the offensive line’s development, who, as

a unit, has been dealing with an array of injuries as they look to continue to build on-field chemistry.

Despite redshirt junior lineman Walker Williams being out with an ankle injury Saturday, the offensive line feels they put up their most solid performance of the season so far, and for sophomore lineman Hayden Biegel, the only way to keep improving is to continue doing your job.

“As an offensive lineman, we just focus on our blocking assignments,” Biegel said. “We just try to do our jobs and that’s to give the backs the best look we can.”

And when the offensive line does their job, it makes it easier for Deal to do his.

“This week with the offensive line we had a little different scheme and we knew where to hit the holes and where they’d be,” Deal said. “So just sticking with the schemes, sticking with the plan was key.”

Deal proved Saturday he can be more than a short yardage back, as just a week ago against Miami (Ohio), Deal was almost exclusively used in short yardage and goal line situations.

Now, in gaining more experience as a runner and with the offensive line steadily improving, Deal showed he has the ability to be an any-down back and the Badgers will need him to continue to exert this kind of effort for at least one more week, as Clement is not expected to return until the team’s Big Ten opener against Iowa.

But for now, Deal will continue to help carry the load out of the backfield with Clement serving as his advisor. “[Ogunbowale and I] are used to it in practice now, with he and I taking most of the reps,” Deal said. “Corey is on our side at all times telling us what we can do on this play or that play, but we will continue to take the load until he comes back.”

And the more reps Deal takes, the more the tailback will continue to improve and move in the right direction.

Saturday was a big step in that direction.

“I feel like I got better today and I can continue to get better,” Deal said. “Moving forward, I just need to build on what I did today.”

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Hawaii OFFENSE Saint Juste

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Since the last time Hawaii played Wisconsin back in 2009, the Rainbow Warriors have gone 24-40 (.375).

They’ve also gone through two head coaches, five offensive coordinators and four defensive coordinators, including current Badgers’ defensive coordinator Dave Aranda.

The instability led to rather lackluster seasons the past few years for Hawaii, who haven’t seen a bowl game since 2010 when they were unsurprisingly invited to the 26 • badgerherald.com • September 22, 2015

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Hawaii Bowl.

Fourth-year head coach Norm Chow, former mastermind behind the offense of the early 2000 USC Trojans team, hasn’t seen much progress since taking over in 2012.

Wins over Colorado and UC-Davis already have the 2015 Rainbow Warriors past 2013’s win mark, a season in which the team went 1-11, and halfway to last season’s mark of four wins.

Hawaii is 2-1 in 2015 with 38-0 loss to No.

1 Ohio State in week two giving them their lone defeat thus far.

Junior running back Paul Harris is averaging 6.2 yards per carry, 261 yards and one touchdown that came by way of a 95yard run last weekend against UC Davis.

Troubled fifth-year senior quarterback Max Wittek is another victim of instability.

After an unsuccessful three years at USC, Wittek transferred to Hawaii to try and assert himself as a consistent passer.

Designed by Julia Kampf Written by Eric Goldsobel His glimpses of talent are shown in his 540 passing yards, where he averages 180.3 yards per game, and five touchdowns. But his inability to remain a consistent passer is highlighted by four interceptions thrown and a 50 percent completion rate through three games.

Chow’s team will have to boost efficiency tenfold against a Wisconsin defense that’s similar to teams who’ve averaged three turnovers a game on the Rainbow Warriors.

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Former UW standout returns to sidelines to help coach men’s soccer Aaron Hohlbein brings experience, recruiting edge, vision back to Madison to take on his ‘dream job’

by Matt Foster Men’s Soccer Reporter

It’s not every day a former player receives the opportunity to come back to their alma mater to help coach and mold the current crop of players. That is, unless, you’re Aaron Hohlbein.

Hohlbein, a member of the Wisconsin men’s soccer team from 2003-06, is the newest addition to the 2015 season coaching staff, acting as an assistant to an already solid coaching staff.

After a vacancy for the assistant coaching position opened up in the offseason, head coach John Trask gave Hohlbein the call, and the Middleton, Wisconsin native jumped at what he described as the “perfect opportunity.”

“It’s kind of my dream job after I stopped playing,” Hohlbein said. “It’s a place I always wanted to be.”

Hohlbein said he made some of his best memories at the University of Wisconsin and is excited to be back in Madison. He looks forward to getting involved with the men’s soccer program to help the young team in any way possible.

In his time playing as a defender at UW, Hohlbein was named third-team All-American during his senior season, putting him among unique Wisconsin company. Hohlbein is one of just seven former Badgers to receive All-American status.

His college accolades don’t stop there.

Hohlbein was also selected to the firstteam All-Great Lakes Region in his final year as a Badger. He started all 77 games during his career at Wisconsin, netting six goals and notching seven assists during that span.

Adding to Hohlbein’s decorated career, he was named first team All-Big Ten twice, second team twice, was selected to the College News All-Freshman team in 2003, and also picked up Big Ten all-tournament honors in three of his four seasons.

Hohlbein was also a team captain during his junior and senior seasons.

Hohlbein said he’s pleased with the way Trask and other assistant cxoach Keith Tiemeyer have worked to get the Wisconsin program to the next level. “[The program] has changed, but at the root it’s still the same program, which is really cool to be a part of,” he said.

Hohlbein went on to play in the MLS, the highest level of professional soccer in the U.S., following his standout career for Wisconsin. He played three seasons in total for the Kansas City Wizards, but a

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Photo · Aaron Hohlbein (left) offers a word of advice to sophomore midfielder Nikola Atlija (14). During his playing career at Wisconsin, Hohlbein became one of just seven All-Americans in program history. After his time as a Badger, Hohlbein went on to enjoy a three-year professional career in the MLS for the Kansas City Wizards.

Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Athletics knee surgery ended his career. Playing in the MLS, from traveling across the globe to playing against some of the best players in the world, was amazing, Hohlbein said.

“It was my dream as a kid growing up,” he said. “To achieve that and to do that was special.”

Now, Hohlbein has turned his sights to coaching and trying to help current Badgers achieve the same dream of playing professional soccer. According to Trask, 10 to 12 current players have their sights on continuing their soccer career by playing in the MLS. Hohlbein’s experience offers a unique opportunity for the young Badgers team to learn from a player who has already gone through the process, Trask said.

Professional experience isn’t the only special thing Hohlbein brings to the table, Trask said.

“He’s helping us in so many different ways,” Trask said. “Recruiting is massive, because he knows things about this school that [Tiemeyer and me] — not being student-athletes here —just don’t know.

It’s been a win-win all the way around.”

Trask is pleased to finally have an accomplished alum as part of the staff, he said. Hohlbein is considered the most successful player to come out of Wisconsin because of what he was able to accomplish professionally.

The next player who could emerge as a Badger great is freshman defender Sam Brotherton, who’s playing style reminds

Hohlbein of his own. Hohlbein had nothing but praise for the New Zealand recruit.

“He’s just steady,” Hohlbein said. “You know what to expect from him every time he walks onto the field. He’s very good in the air, and I think that’s one of his best attributes. I would just say the manner that he leads through example reminds me most of myself.”

The Badgers hope Hohlbein can leave a lasting impact on the current players in the program, just as he did in his illustrious career at Wisconsin.

“It’s great being back and working these guys and sharing my experiences to help them along their process and their learning,” Hohlbein said.

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Under the lights: Top 5 most memorable night games at Wisconsin For the majority of the student body, Saturday night’s game against Hawaii will be the first time University of Wisconsin students experience a night game. Here are five memorable night games in UW football history to refresh your memory: 1. Oct. 17, 2010: Wisconsin 31, Ohio State 16 No. 18 Wisconsin took control of the game from the very start, as David Gilreath returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown and put quarterback Terrelle Pryor and the No. 1 Ohio State in a hole before they could even blink. The Buckeyes never recovered, as UW was able to pull

away with a victory behind running back John Clay’s 104 rushing yards and two touchdowns.

But what made this game most memorable was the scene afterwards when the entire student section stormed the field following the upset the lights of Camp Randall shining down on them.

2. Oct. 2, 2011: Wisconsin 48, Nebraska 17 It was a game of firsts. Not only was it quarterback Russell Wilson’s first true test of his lone season as a Badger, but it was also No. 8 Nebraska’s first Big Ten game since joining the conference.

No. 7 Wisconsin did not give the Cornhuskers a very warm

welcome — behind Wilson’s 225 passing yards and two touchdowns on top of 151 rushing yards and four scores from Montee Ball, the Badgers steamrolled Nebraska with ease. It was a win that kickstarted one of the more memorable seasons in Wisconsin football history.

3. Sept. 16, 2012: Wisconsin 16, Utah State 14 Gary Andersen coached his first game at Camp Randall that night, but for the visiting team.

A week after the then-No. 13 Badgers lost to unranked Oregon State, they came back home ranked No. 22 in the nation.

After a slow first half that ended with the Badgers trailing 14-3 to the Aggies, Kenzel Doe energized the Badgers with

a 82-yard punt return for a touchdown, followed by a 17-yard Montee Ball run for a score that set up the dramatic final seconds of the game.

With the Badgers leading 16-14 in the final seconds, the Aggies lined up for a 37yard field goal. Josh Thompson pushed it just wide-right and the Badgers held on for the win in dramatic fashion.

4. Aug. 23, 2002: Wisconsin 23, Fresno State 21 The No. 25 Badgers held off the Bulldogs, who had beaten the Badgers in Madison the year prior.

Matt Allen kicked a game winning field goal from 34 yards out with 2:05 left in the fourth quarter.

Jim Leonhard made his first

career start for the Badgers, and had two interceptions and a gamesealing pass breakup late in the fourth quarter.

Anthony Davis rushed 36 times for 184 yards and fullback Matt Bernstein found the end zone twice in the victory.

5. Oct. 10, 1998: Wisconsin 31, Purdue 24 The No. 12 Badgers withstood a strong performance from thenBoilermaker quarterback Drew Brees, who tied the NCAA record that night with 55 completions, and threw for 494 yards.

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Brees four times that night, though, including one each by freshmen cornerbacks Mike Echols and Jamar Fletcher, who took his pick all the way for a score. The win put the Badgers at 6-0 on the season, a campaign that would end with a Rose Bowl victory.

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Ready Orr not, here he comes True freshman linebacker makes impact in first season as a Badger, initially supposed to contribute on just special teams second quarter and the Badgers leading only 7-3, Orr matched up with a receiver on a third Getting thrust into down near midfield. Troy the thick of the action quarterback Brandon is something Chris Silvers tried to hit the Orr had to deal with receiver for a first down, early in his Wisconsin but Orr made an athletic football career. play to break the pass up On just the third and get the defense off day of training camp the field. this August, inside The play stood out linebackers T.J. to UW head coach Paul Edwards and Leon Chryst, who had high Jacobs went down with remarks for his freshman injuries. linebacker.

That opened the door “I thought [Orr] did for Orr, a true freshman, some really good things. to take some snaps He showed up in the with the first team. He run game, and I know made the most of those he made a big stop on reps, earning the trust a pass break-up on a of his teammates and third down, and it was defensive coordinator good for him,” Chryst Dave Aranda because said. “This week he of his understanding of was able to, because of the game. circumstance, played a “For that to come lot. He showed up and it naturally to you is such was good I think.” a great asset,” Aranda And when Orr points said. “It puts you light to the reason for his years ahead.” success, he attributes it Not just light years to the time he got with ahead of his fellow the starting defense class, but light years throughout training ahead of opposing camp. offenses, too.

“It helped me a lot This much was to be honest,” Orr said. evident Saturday, Sept.

“That was a big shocker 19 at Camp Randall, Photo · Orr made the most of his opportunity filling in for Leon Jacobs at inside linebacker, recording a team-high 11 solo tackles, one of which was for a coming in. I didn’t when Orr was once loss. While Jacobs is set to return Saturday, Orr’s performance makes the competition at inside linebacker one to watch, and at the very least, provides the expect those guys to go again thrown into the Badgers with more depth at the position. down on the first day fire. Jacobs had just of pads, not even full been ejected due to a pads, just half pads ... ya Kirby Wright controversial targeting know, being thrown into The Badger Herald call. And while the the fire, just respond to referees may have adversity.” snatched one player ’s The wildest part is that game away from Orr entered the game with less than six seen Orr ’s capability from the moment he just more than a month ago, the possibility him, there was no way they were going to minutes remaining in the first quarter. By stepped in during training camp. of Orr contributing on defense seemed take Orr ’s first chance to show the Badger the time the whistle blew to end the quarter, “I thought he did a great job, stepped distant. faithful what he could do. he had four tackles. in naturally,” Schobert said. “He’s an Orr said he came into his freshman season And boy, did he show them.

The DeSoto, Texas native said there were instinctual player, he showed that all camp. setting himself up for future time on defense Orr finished with a game-high 14 total no deer-in-the-headlights moments for him He was able to use that today ... I was proud by handling special teams assignments. That tackles, 11 solo and three assisted, including during the game. He squashed those when of what he was able to do.” all changed when Jacobs and Edwards went one tackle for a loss. Not bad for a guy the Badgers played Alabama on one of the There was simply no evading Orr on that down, though, and Orr hasn’t looked back. playing in just his third college game. world’s biggest stages at AT&T Stadium and Saturday afternoon. Wherever a Trojan tried “I wasn’t expecting to play this much at “There’s always room for improvement against Miami (Ohio) in Wisconsin’s first to scamper away, there was Orr, charging linebacker,” Orr said. “I’m glad it worked but I think I played good overall,” Orr said. home game in 2014. and mowing down any player that had out the way it did. I’m just glad to play “I think it came down, more so, to us as a Wisconsin outside linebacker Joe the misfortune of carrying the ball in his football.” unit, all 11 of us doing our jobs and trusting Schobert, who knows a thing or two about vicinity.

But did he expect to have this much of an each other, allowing me and my other playing linebacker (six tackles, a sack Orr showed his versatility in pass impact early in his career? teammates to make those plays.” and a forced fumble Saturday), said he’s coverage too. On the first drive of the “Not like this,” he said with a smile.

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Game day: Timeline for misguided, overzealous freshman New UW student not quite sure of Saturday plans, creates own schedule in attempt to have ‘perfect Wisconsin game day’ 7:02 a.m. — OK, this is the day that I have planned out for months now. Every time that I have mentioned The University of Wisconsin last year, someone pulled up the “I’m Shmacked” video; so I need to prove that I am having THE BEST college experience.”

7:03 a.m. — Check the phone battery. See that I’m at 88%, quickly frazzle to find cord because I CANNOT have a dead phone. I have gotten lost up Bascom Hill too many times this week to save data for snap chat today.

7:42 a.m. — Alright, I’m all dressed and ready. Luckily I’ve spent hours on Facebook this summer stalking my old camp counselors for outfit ideas. I have the high top converse, red Wisconsin socks, cut off jean shorts, “Drink Wisconsibly” tank top, a cheek tattoo and a bow in my hair.

7:57 a.m. — after scrolling through my Instagram feed a second time, it’s time to start. I nonchalantly walk down to my water fountain in order to see what people on my hall are doing. It is dead quiet so I go back to my room. Even my roommate is asleep. I don’t get it! This day is a rite of passage! How can you be still be asleep?!

8:01 a.m. — I sit down and stalk my sister’s boyfriend’s cousin’s Bat Mitzvah pictures from 2006.

8:11 a.m. — I decide to wear sunglasses with my outfit.

8:12 a.m. — I decide sunglasses look dumb.

8:13 a.m. — I put sunglasses back on.

8:14 a.m. — I text the friends I met at SOAR to see what they are doing. They are still sleeping.

8:24 a.m. — I head over to Gordon’s because I know that if I can’t find anything here, I will definitely overhear something in the line.

8:30 a.m. — Shit, everyone is still in their pajamas. I am coming on as SUCH a freshman.

My worst nightmare is unfolding. I quickly run back to my room to see people getting ready, so I casually go in and ask if they think this outfit is okay (I’m confident it is, since I planned it out last May).

9:07 a.m. — T-minus 113 minutes until kickoff; but is it a freshman move to get to Camp Randall right when the game starts? Do we even call it Camp Randall or am I just new?

9:12 a.m. — I head over to Langdon Street to go to all the Frat houses. I look around, but as I

turn, a huge senior boy falls right next me and nearly knocks me over. Shit. He spills his beer all over me. I did not account for this. Every time I see a friend from my hall, we make eye contact but quickly lose each other in a sea of red and unbelievably loud music. This was not that.

10:43 a.m. — It seems like every citizen that lives in the state of Wisconsin is heading down to the stadium. Completely lost in the crowd, I just put my head up and ignore the stench of my completely ruined Converse from that frat guy’s beer.

10:57 a.m. — I see my SOAR friends. We run into the stadium. Not even completely sure about how the game of football works, I wait for the 5th quarter for Jump Around. That’s when it is, right?”

12:45 p.m. — Jump Around is starting.

SHIT! My phone is frozen. I have saved all my battery in order to story this one moment.

I barely even vsco’ed my Instagram because I realized how this story would really prove how great my freshman year is.

2:54 p.m. — The game is over. I was told to stay for the “fifth quarter.” What? That

already happened. I’m not gonna stay on my first home game! I would look like such a freshman.

3:00 p.m. — As I head back to Witte, I try out a few more edits and finally arrive on the perfect Insta, but now what caption?!

3:01 p.m. — How about “Drink Wisconsibly”? That way it’ll seem like it’s the time of my life. Wait... but my tank already says that, so I’ll sound unoriginal.

3:02 p.m. — Maybe just go for a classier look and just have the location?

3:03 p.m. — Post Instagram.

3:04 p.m. — Delete Instagram…I need to have a caption.

3:06 p.m. — Check out some snap stories.

3:08 p.m. — I will just do the emoji “w” and follow with “isco.” Perfect.

3:09 p.m. — Posted photo.

3:09 p.m. — Shit, no one is liking it.

3:12 p.m. — OK, we are fine. I have a comment already.

3:23 p.m. — Lying in bed. Wow, I cannot believe I had my first game day. I think I need to go back to the bookstore and get more apparel to prepare for next weekend.

Student shocked to learn ‘having two dogs’ deemed interesting icebreaker Trying to get to know class, teaching assistant allows claim to pets as passable tidbit, other students don’t care During an otherwise typical first day of discussion section Monday afternoon, UW sophomore Natalie Schneider was stunned when fellow classmate Brad Handler announced during an ice breaker that something interesting about him was he “has two dogs.”

“At first I thought our TA would make

him pick a different fact,” Schneider said. “I couldn’t believe it. No way could that be the most interesting fact about this kid. Maybe if he had, like, a weird amount of dogs. Like if he had seven or something, but two? Yeah, just like my parents are divorced and my grandma is a racist.”

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Handler never spoke again, despite class participation composing a significant portion of his overall grade.

“I’m not sure who this kid thinks he is,” Lathan O’Connell, 20, said, who also witnessed the event. “No one likes these stupid activities, but thinking he can just half-ass his way through the warm up and not say a word for the rest of discussion? Unbelievable.”

“I guess it could have been worse. At least it was better than that chick who rambled on about how she’s traveled all over the world.

Like, we get it. Your privileged life has made you cultured and your respect for authentic

pad thai is unparalleled. Great.” O’Connell concluded.

When reached for comment, Handler stated “I don’t know why we have to do these stupid icebreakers anyway. And why do you even need an ethnic studies class for an accounting major anyway? Whatever, man, I’m gonna go catch Sportscenter highlights before I have to pick up that case of Hamm’s from my roommate’s cousin.”

At press time, Schneider expressed her frustration with her classmate stating he “should have just made something up on the spot like the rest of us.”

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