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Madtown refuses to slow down. Here are some upcoming events The Badger Herald recommends to keep you up to speed.

Glass Animals at Orpheum, 8 p.m., $25 in advance

Friday 10/9

Papadosio at Majestic, 8:30 p.m., $18 in advance

Mason Jennings at Majestic, 9 p.m., $20 in advance

A Very Special Evening With Joan Armatrading at Wisconsin Union Theater, 8 p.m., $35-$55 in advance

LVL UP at Frequency, 9 p.m., $10 in advance

Kevin Hart at Kohl Center, 7 p.m., from $37.50 in advance

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Wednesday 10/7 Kodaline at Majestic, 8:30 p.m., $20 in advance “Red Oaks” at Union South, 7 p.m., FREE

“Advantageous” at Union South, 2 p.m., FREE Titus Andronicus at Frequency, 9:30 p.m., SOLD OUT

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Thursday 10/8

Berniepalooza at High Noon, 3 p.m., $10 suggested donation

Welcome To Night Vale at Barrymore, 8 p.m., SOLD OUT

Stars at Majestic, 8 p.m., $18 in advance

Saint Motel at High Noon, 8 p.m., $15

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UW lab develops video game to reveal unconscious racial biases

Simulation puts players in shoes of minorities aiming to get ahead in STEM fields, creators say they wanted to ‘make a point’

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

Using game-based learning, University of Wisconsin’s Fair Play Lab confronts STEM racial disparities by placing users in the shoes of black graduate student Jamal Davis as he encounters racial bias en route to earning a Ph.D. Christine Pribbenow, associate scientist and director of the Learning through Evaluation, Adaptation and Dissemination Center said Dr. Molly Carnes received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop the game in 2010. Now that the game is running, two other grants were awarded from the UW System Administration and NIH for the dissemination of Fair Play to further its facilitation of workshops about bias.

“When someone is blatantly racist, someone can say, ‘Oh, they’re just racist, that’s their issue,’ and immediately know

to write them off,” Fair Play team member William Cox said. “But when someone does something and it’s not clear what the intention was, the ambiguity is more stressful.”

Clem Samson-Samuel, one of the game’s developers, said when it comes to microaggressions, their subtly and lack of overt racism has an effect that builds over time.

Implicit and unconscious sides of the bias are major contributors to current situations involving race, Samson-Samuel said.

But it’s something that needs to be better understood, which he said Fair Play is interested in investigating.

During the game, there is a time when Davis comes across a wall of professors in STEM fields that preceded him, but they are all white. Pribbenow said it’s an example of the environmental awareness of whether one belongs or not.

Samson-Samuel said the game tries to represent biases in as many ways as possible. The game isn’t strictly for those

who may show bias or have experienced its effects, because everyone can learn something through the gameplay. SamsonSamuel said he better understood his own views of tokenism after playing the game.

The ultimate goal, however, is for players to take on the identity of Davis and be triumphant in their attempts to overcome the struggles he encounters.

Samson-Samuel said, in regards to Davis’s path to becoming a renowned professor, “Things can get pretty rough.”

“A lot of the biases in real life exist, but don’t necessarily mean the end of the world,” Samson-Samuel said. “But there comes a point in the game where if you can’t deal with the biases, Jamal leaves.”

The game’s emphasis isn’t on surviving, but rather the player taking control and making Davis’s successes their own.

Samson-Samuel said the goals of Fair Play aren’t achieved easily, but neither is dealing with society’s views on video games.

Most people see video games as just fun, but he said they can have a huge impact because of the level of interaction that other mediums can’t achieve.

Pribbenow said the game’s development was initially challenging because there were so many other directions the game could’ve possibly gone. But in the end, they chose a specific one in Davis because they didn’t want the game’s message to be diffused. They wanted to make a point, she said.

Samson-Samuel said the game won’t inspire everyone, but everyone will have some sort of reaction.

He said some individuals, especially those who have gone through the experience themselves, are very “shaken up,” after playing.

“This isn’t just a game, it’s a window into what reality is like,” Samson-Samuel said. “As many people as we can get to see that, the better.”

Wisconsin lawyer says sexting law for minors can be too harsh According to law enforcement, as young adults become increasingly attached to technology, so does threat of sharing elicit images

by Margaret Duffey State Editor

One Wisconsin attorney says state lawmakers should look at bringing down penalties for sexting when two minors are involved.

Dave Stegall, Lawton & Cates criminal defense attorney, said unlike other states, Wisconsin currently does not have a specific statute to guide prosecutors in minor involved sexting cases. Instead, the state is left to decide whether or not to charge a person for child pornography, a “big time felony” that results in a mandatory prison sentence and registration as a sex offender.

Grant Humerickhouse, Madison Police Department detective, said under state statutes, minors who have taken naked pictures are considered victims if those pictures are under someone else’s possession.

That means that even if the pictures are exchanged consensually and law enforcement discovers them, someone 18 or older could be charged with a crime as severe as child pornography, Humerickhouse said.

Humerickhouse said the case goes to the district attorney’s office, where prosecutors determine the “validity of the case” and can sometimes choose to pursue lesser charges.

Still, there are often dangers to sexting,

even in a consensual relationship, such as a relationship ending and the ex-partner still possessing the ability to spread the explicit images, Humerickhouse said.

Humerickhouse said sexting can turn “tragic” when minors send nude photographs that are then used against them.

“People drop out of school because they feel like it can never be erased,” Humerickhouse said.

North Carolina, a state with similar statutes guiding minor-involved sexting cases, made national news in early September when two minors were both charged with child pornography after law enforcement discovered explicit images on their cell phones.

Stegall said he has encountered cases like the one in North Carolina. Though he has swayed prosecutors to decide against felony charges, those severe charges remain a threat.

Stegall said consultation calls from parents whose children are accused of sexting usually result in the parents being “blown away” by the possibility of a child pornography charge.

He said there is little awareness surrounding the dangers for both parents and children, but communication on the

topic between them would be beneficial.

Humerickhouse is on MPD’s Cyber Safety Team, which stresses the importance of considering the danger of sexting before engaging in it.

“It is easy to succumb to that pressure or to decide to share the intimate part of somebody’s life with somebody else,” he said. “But what we see a lot of times is ... that instant of ‘Is this a good idea?’ isn’t happening before the send button is hit.”

Stegall said he is uncertain whether or not the state government would ever consider passing a statute specifically designed to prosecute minors involved in sexting, but that it could be helpful for prosecutors dealing with the cases.

He said classifying it as a misdemeanor rather than a potential felony could make the process less extreme. He also suggested creating an affirmative legal defense, which already exists in some states, for someone who deletes an explicit image quickly after receiving it in order to protect people who did not want to receive it in the first place.

“A good amount of time, prosecutors don’t pursue [child pornography] charges,” Humerickhouse said. “But other times when they do, the consequences are pretty drastic, or certainly can be.”

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State, health professionals work to end psychiatrist shortage Professors push for initiatives to assist students considering careers in psychiatry; address areas in critical need

by Vidushi Saxena Contributor

As the demand for mental health care rises, a shortage of psychiatrists plagues Wisconsin.

The shortage particularly affects rural areas of Wisconsin, Michael Peterson, assistant professor and director of hospital psychiatric services at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, said. The wait time for new referrals is long there, and some insurance companies find it difficult to refer people to psychiatrists.

“I think that ends up creating a situation where people can’t get the kind of care that would be best for them,” Peterson said.

Peggy Scallon, child and adolescent psychiatrist at UW Hospital and Clinics, said the lack of psychiatrists creates a situation where primary care doctors, such as family practitioners and pediatricians, prescribe treatment for mental health disorders. This can be an uncomfortable experience for the primary care doctors, she said.

Scallon said the current wait time for children who are new referrals to a psychiatrist is seven-and-a-half weeks. Only 8,300 child and adolescent psychiatrists are working throughout the nation, she said, with many of them nearing retirement.

Peterson said a partly state-funded telepsychiatry program at UW could provide support for pediatricians in parts of the state where there are few or no child and adolescent psychiatrists. He said health care laws that treat and fund mental health care as much as other types of medical care are essential.

Angela Janis, director of psychiatry at University Health Services, said the psychiatric field can pose some challenges for medical students.

Janis said slots for psychiatry residency, a program medical students have to complete if they are pursuing psychiatry, is federally funded, but funding has not increased for several years.

“Those [residency funding] levels have been pretty flat for a while, so there aren’t necessarily more places for medical students to go once they like psychiatry,” Janis said.

Peterson said some people do not pursue psychiatry because they might have some misunderstandings and stigmas about mental illness. He said psychiatry is often not regarded as highly as other medical

specialties.

UW recently increased the number of annual residents they take in so more students can be trained in psychiatry, Peterson said.

“Hopefully, with people training in the state and getting familiar with it here, some of them will want to stay and practice in Wisconsin,” Peterson said. “That will hopefully relieve some of the shortage.”

Scallon said UW is taking a number of initiatives to increase interest in psychiatry.

For instance, psychiatry student interest groups have medical students meet practicing psychiatrists professionally and socially.

UW is also changing its curriculum so medical students have more exposure to what psychiatrists do in their clinics, instead of just in the hospital, Scallon said.

“We’re hoping that that will help with the recruitment and will make them see the clinic work might be more appealing than just hospital-based work,” Scallon said.

Wisconsin Psychiatric Association began a mentoring program allowing medical students to connect with practicing psychiatrists, Janis said. She mentioned other creative solutions involving primary care doctors, who would partner with psychiatrists to co-manage their mental health cases and reach more patients.

“We can talk to them and tell them all the wonderful things about psychiatry and why we love the jobs that we do,” Janis said.

Currently, medical students face student loan debts that can range from $200,000 to $300,000, Janis said. This often forces students to make a decision based purely on financial aspects. Psychiatry is also on the lower end of pay in comparison to other medical specialties, she said.

Since psychiatry requires a few more years of training after medical school, many students are in their early 30s and face pressure from these loans, Scallon said.

Scallon said UW is pushing for an initiative for medical school loan repayment that could reduce pressure on medical students.

But Peterson said the psychiatry shortage increases job security for potential psychiatrists because of the abundance of opportunities.

“I think [that is an] advantage that can make people aware and more likely to consider psychiatry for a career,” Peterson said.

Startup accelerator nurtures up-and-coming UW businesses

Gener8tor program helps promising entrepreneurs get started; offers guidance to those with high potential growth

by Teymour Tomsyck City Editor

Startup accelerator Gener8tor finished mentoring its first cohort of Wisconsin startups in its gBETA program this summer, and the startups’ founders said the mentorship has been invaluable.

The gBETA program only accepts five startups affiliated with a University of Wisconsin System school, and usually consists of tech-based startups, though the program does occasionally accept low-tech businesses.

The program educates founders, whose business idea they feel has high potential growth, on how to effectively manage a fledgling business.

As Gener8tor has grown to deal Photo · Organization co-founder, Troy Vosseller, said the increasingly with larger, more group has grown to deal with increasingly larger projects. mature startups from around the country, gBETA allows the accelerator to continue providing Courtesy of Troy Vosseller opportunities for Wisconsin-based companies, Troy Vosseller, cosaid he and his partner came out of gBETA founder of Gener8tor, said.

“Hopefully these startups will become better businessmen. He said while they had good candidates for Gener8tor itself or good technical skills, the program helped another accelerator or to be funded by them become more rounded.

“We learned a lot about pitching, an angel investor or venture capitalist,” executive summaries outreach, marketing, Vosseler said.

The program runs for six weeks and investor relations, a lot of the things we didn’t get through the [UW] engineering has three sessions following the academic calendar, Vosseller said. Unlike Gener8tor, program,” Fernandez said.

The mix of companies and institutions in gBETA does not invest cash or take any Madison provide a nurturing environment equity from the company. Instead, it teaches founders the expectations for a startup and with a good network for young startups, Fernandez said. He said his company holds them accountable to meet milestones, is currently acquiring its first batch of Vosseller said. customers and plans to launch their product He said gBETA’s full time staff consists of two people, Sarah Wolf Woldt and Maggie soon.

Saul Laufer, Wintermute co-founder, Brickerman, who work with the companies regularly through scheduled meetings with said gBETA helped focus the company on the most critical aspects of being a new Gener8tor founders. company.

Companies enrolled in the program must “There are so many things that so few relocate to the Gener8tor offices for the six people have to do and be concerned about week period, Vosseller said.

“The hope is that the companies are and [gBETA] helped prioritize and it was a working out of the office and benefiting really valuable thing they provided,” Laufer from the community of each other,” said.

Wintermute plans to launch in late fall.

Vosseller said.

While each of the startups this session The gBETA summer group included involve current or former UW students, EnsoData, which makes software for sleep clinics, and Wintermute, which provides Vosseller said the program accepts students smart phone software. These were selected from any public or private Wisconsin institution. He said gBETA is currently from a pool of 30 applicants. accepting applicants for the fall session.

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Wisconsin drivers’ licenses become most secure in US after changes State Department of Motor Vehicles redesigns identification with improved technology, cracks down on fraud, misuse

by Emma Palasz State Editor

Wisconsin’s driver’s licenses just got a little more secure — the most secure in the country, actually.

The Department of Motor Vehicles, through Wisconsin’s Department of Transportation, designed a new driver’s license because Wisconsin’s current vendor contract was expiring, and the department decided to upgrade, DMV director Ann Perry said.

“With a new vendor, we had the opportunity to upgrade the security features,” Perry said in an email to The Badger Herald.

“Wisconsin’s new [driver’s license] design will have the most advanced security features currently available in the United States.”

The security features include having black and white photos instead of color and having those photos integrated into a solid card instead of being “applied” in a top or middle layer, Perry said.

Perry said current Wisconsin IDs don’t have any specific security issues, but as soon as a card is distributed, fraud prevention becomes a problem.

Previous IDs were easier to tamper with, Perry said, because the photos were applied in that top or middle layer. On the new IDs, a laser will engrave the black and white photo onto a high-quality polycarbonate card, Perry said.

All in all, the process creates two highdefinition, high-contrast images.

“The black and white laser-engraved image helps to focus on key facial features without the distraction or distor­tion of color,” Perry said. “This makes the card much more difficult to counterfeit.”

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means fake IDs from Wisconsin will be even more difficult to produce.

But Madison Police Department Officer Mike Barcheski said they don’t often come across fake IDs from Wisconsin. “[The new licenses] might make it easier for some bar staff to identify what’s real and what’s not, but often times when I’m seeing people using fake IDs, they’re not necessarily using Wisconsin IDs,” Barcheski said. “They’re often from other states.”

Barcheski said even though the use of fake IDs is prevalent on the University of Wisconsin campus, it’s probably as common as it would be in any other college community.

Julia Sherman, coordinator of the Wisconsin Alcohol Policy Project through UW Law School, said she doesn’t know if the new licenses would deter students from underage drinking on campus.

“It may impact whether a youth decides whether they want to get alcohol from an establishment or drink socially,” Sherman said.

If students don’t use a fake ID, Sherman said, they may turn to someone who is of age to illegally obtain alcohol.

Barcheski said people under 21 are the main offenders of trying to use fake IDs in the city.

Other uses, like for identity theft or fraud for financial reasons, aren’t as common in Madison.

“I’m sure it happens, but it’s probably a lot less likely than people trying to pass themselves off as being of age,” Barcheski said.

Perry said the new licenses are being rolled out at service centers now, and all of them will be issuing the new licenses by the end of October.

Owners of the colored driver’s licenses don’t need to get the upgraded card until their current one expires, she said.

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UW graduate with muscular dystrophy reflects on campus accessibility Hayley Frieler, who has limited physical mobility, says her key to academic success was self-advocacy while interacting with professors

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

Hayley Frieler said the way she succeeded on campus despite having muscular dystrophy was through selfadvocacy.

“You need to advocate for yourself,” Frieler said. “It’s a lot of self-advocacy being on campus, but if you can do all of that, professors are pretty good. I had a really good experience here accessibility wise.”

Frieler, a recent University of Wisconsin graduate, originally wanted to attend college in New York to pursue a career in fashion and design.

Her parents thought it was too far, so after narrowing down her options to UW, Edgewood College, Northern Illinois University and DePaul University, Frieler chose to make Madison her home during

her undergraduate years. With accessibility being a top priority in her decision, Frieler felt out universities through conversations with their disability centers.

“If you talk to anyone that knows me or meets me, they would say that I’m the one that can get it done,” Frieler said. “My sisters and I were not raised any differently growing up. We had the same set of expectations, which really helped.”

Frieler was not fond of a majority of her freshman year, because she said college was big transition. Going from having her mom as her primary caretaker to eight different students with rotating schedules, it was difficult to make sure her accommodations were always met.

In some instances, Frieler said she waited four or five hours for assistance with tasks because her personal care staff came at specific times during the day, meaning when they weren’t there, Frieler

Photo · The textile and apparel design major said sometimes it was hard to get to class using her chair when there was snow on the ground.

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had to seek help elsewhere.

The university isn’t responsible for the provision of personal care, Frieler said. But she said UW did provide classroom aids for her, since being a textile and apparel design major has physical demands, such as the measuring and cutting of fabrics.

The McBurney Disability Resource Center, which strictly meets living and academic needs, helped re-equip her dorm with an automatic door and lowered light switches. Frieler said when she began to use the Include, Respect, I SelfDirect program, which helps adults with disabilities live independently, she was able to have more control in her caretaking while on campus.

“I’m the boss,” she said. “I think I’ve hired 30 people in the last four years. I hire, set their wages, do their scheduling and am in constant communication with them. It gives me complete control over my own care and that, in and of itself, is

a huge independence thing for me that I really appreciate.”

She said the current state of campus accessibility is good, but accessibility in some of the older buildings could be better.

For example, if a handicap door button didn’t work, she was the one that had to report it.

But from an academic standpoint, Frieler said professors understood. During the Madison winters, Frieler sometimes wouldn’t be able to go to class because the cold could potentially damage her chair, or the snow and ice was a potential threat to her health and safety.

Frieler said she doesn’t use her disability as an excuse, but in times like these or any others where accommodations were necessary, professors helped due to her ability to simply ask for help.

“You have to be proactive, you have to go talk to your professors and let them know what’s up,” Frieler said.

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UNESCO case study shows how universities, communities interact Morgridge Center’s Elizabeth Tryon lead US portion of international project, worked with institutions worldwide

by Anne Blackbourn Campus Editor

All over the world, universities, community organizations and research centers are working together to share their knowledge about social and scientific issues.

To highlight the importance of these knowledge sharing networks, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization released a detailed case study report analyzing these community-based relationships from around the world, including the U.S. One of the contributing authors who lead the study from the U.S. is assistant director for Community-based Learning at the Morgridge Center for Public Service Elizabeth Tryon.

Partnerships between universities

and communities, otherwise known as community-engaged or communitybased research, allow researchers and communities to share ideas and problem solving solutions at the local, regional and national levels, Tryon said.

“These networks help highly trained academics, skilled at finding answers to questions in their disciplines, collaborate with those outside the academy with complementary skill sets and validated wisdom born of experience,” Tryon said.

For example, Tryon said junior faculty at University of Wisconsin trying to earn tenure may be interested in research that involves community organizations, but they don’t have the connections or time to work with these organizations.

That’s where Tryon steps in to help.

With the aid of Margaret Nellis, a manager of academic partnerships at University Health Services, Tryon and Nellis reach

out to community organizations in support of junior faculty members, or any faculty members, trying to engage in a partnership for their research.

“Really all the community is looking for in these cases are people following through with what they promised and honoring their insights and being inclusive of them when they set things up,” Tryon said.

Dadit Hidayat, a Ph.D. student at the Nelson Institute for environmental studies and co-author of the U.S chapter of the case study, said the Nelson Institute did most of the groundwork. Hidayat looked at all the key words across the country that had to do with community university research partnerships.

University and community partnerships are important to solving problems that are relevant to both sides. It is especially important that communities are really involved in the collaboration process

because they understand how research or studies may pertain to issues that they are having in the community, Hidayat said.

“They [communities] are the ones who know best about their problems, they know what is it that needs to be addressed, they have information that would help design the research to be more relevant to their problems. They are welcome to tell what they want and know,” Hidayat said.

The hope is that the case report demonstrates research institutions’ and universities’ desire in creating partnerships in which the institutions work with each other, Hidayat said.

UNESCO is trying to show how countries with national policies that encourage these relationships, or with local research institutions like the Morgridge Center, that they are important because the people at these centers do not leave, Tryon said.

UW data center provides critical information to campus researchers Census Bureau data helps social scientists gather facts about populations over time more easily

by Maddie Makoul Contributor

With the recent implementation of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center, University of Wisconsin officials hope to attract the best researchers despite recent budget cuts.

The FSRDC is a secure facility on the UW campus that provides microdata from the Census Bureau, FSRDC Executive Director Brent Hueth said.

Both people data, records observing humans, and firm data, records observing businesses, are examined at the FSRDC. Hueth said researchers can use the data to track people over time, though they cannot identify individual people by name.

Faculty members across campus have recognized the impending need for a research facility, such as the FSRDC, and the benefits the data provides for further research and education, Hueth said.

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researchers to campus, we have to have a center like this.”

Hueth said the resources available at the FSRDC allows faculty to be at the cutting edge of social science research. This also allows them to be more involved in policy discussions and use their experience in their classrooms, Hueth said.

UW public affairs and economics professor Timothy Smeeding, one of the faculty members who took the lead in fundraising to make the data center possible, said it is increasingly necessary for leading research universities like UW to have these data centers on campus.

This data allows researchers to have better insights on how to provide brighter futures for people without infringing on the privacy of participants involved in the surveys, Smeeding said.

“It provides a safe place in this facility by which you can use large confidential data sets,” Smeeding said. “The data is only used for purposes of research and to improve the quality of what we know about behavior. And that is the future, so this is something we need to remain a

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future of social science research is going to increasingly depend on access to this kind of data.”

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world class research institution.”

In a blog post, UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said out of 23 other FSRDCs across the U.S., this is the first to raise the money without funding from the National Science Foundation. The funding

was raised by faculty across six different colleges: Agricultural and Life Sciences, Education, Human Ecology, Medicine and Public Health, Letters & Science and Business, Blank said.

Smeeding said the fact the university could raise necessary funds for the data center, despite a time of fiscal stringency, is a testimony to how important the FSRDC is to UW. With the data collected, researchers will be able to better understand the important effects family background, location and education have on economic mobility and opportunity, Smeeding said.

UW was the 20th research university in the nation to establish a data center, and this is a trend that will continue throughout other research universities, Smeeding said.

“It is being able to use the latest and best information we’ve got to provide evidence so we have a basis for policy,” Smeeding said. “Increasingly, really good faculty want to go to places where you can have access to facilities like the FSRDC so that they can do top end research.”

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Bisexuality visibility needed to combat harmful stigma

by Meredith Head Hump Day columnist

Last week marked the 16th anniversary of Bisexual Visibility Day, an occasion social media and LGBTQ Pride organizations met with enthusiasm all over the world.

But while the pink, blue and purple colors of the bisexual pride flag waved high, bi folk continue to experience significant discrimination and erasure: they are twice as likely to experience depression, and are more likely to selfharm and attempt suicide. Accompanying stereotypes and the pressure to “choose” can be overwhelming.

Bisexual people experience romantic or sexual attraction to two or more genders.

Some people use the word “pansexual” to describe attraction to multiple or all genders, but both words may be used interchangeably to describe fluid attraction.

Along with heterosexuality and homosexuality, these identities exist on a spectrum. Contrary to popular belief, bisexuality doesn’t exist at the exact midpoint between heterosexuality and homosexuality — attraction is more

complicated than that. Bisexual people may be drawn to one gender more than others, or experience primarily sexual desire with one gender and primarily romantic attraction with another.

Understanding the definition of “bisexual” does not mean we can make assumptions about others’ identities; everyone’s sexual identity means something different to them.

Bi-furious about stereotypes Culture and the media are fraught with stereotypes about bisexuality. Bisexual men are often believed to be secretly gay, and bisexual women are often accused of merely wanting attention. Some lesbian and gay communities don’t view bisexual people as truly queer, and the common belief of bisexual promiscuity often results in people being reluctant to trust or date them.

LGBT Caucus Chair for the College Democrats of Wisconsin Danny Levandoski expressed his discomfort with this notion.

He said in an email to The Badger Herald bisexual individuals are often seen as fake LGBT because they can assimilate.

“My partner and I have been called out in the past for being ‘straight’ and

occupying an LGBT space,” Levandoski said. “People don’t want to acknowledge us.”

Coming out as bisexual invites all sorts of unwelcome assumptions. Because people often perceive bisexuals as incapable of monogamy or commitment, they presume bisexuality translates into a desire for threesomes or loose sexual experimentation.

Bisexuality is also perceived as a transition or experimental phase rather than a concrete identity, although several scientific studies have proven the stability of bisexuality as a sexual orientation.

These prejudiced views translate to discrimination easily. LGBT Campus Center Event and Accessibility Coordinator Taylor Mathewson said in an email to The Badger Herald the problem with many stereotypes is they delegitimize bi identities and enforce a binary of either straight or gay.

The doubt, disgust and dismissal faced by bisexual people can be daunting.

Working against these stereotypes and becoming conscious of our own prejudiced beliefs can lead us to a more accepting, inclusive community.

The erasure of bisexual identities Though bisexual people slightly outnumber lesbian and gay people, bi identities are constantly ignored throughout history, literature, academia and the media. This phenomenon is called “bi erasure.” When someone expresses same-gender attraction, the assumption is they must be gay, never bisexual.

Important figures, including Frida Kahlo, Malcolm X, Walt Whitman and Angelina Jolie identify as bisexual, but their orientations are commonly passed over in textbooks and mass media.

It is essential to include bisexuality in our discussions of relevant figures, as we do with homosexuality.

“We are often left with just the stereotypes that are then perpetuated because of a lack of other representation,” Mathewson said. “People will also make the assumption that no one can actually be bi and choose to label self-identified bi people as either straight or gay.”

Without depiction of bisexuality, people struggling with their own bi identity may feel even more invisible than before.

Remember that the only validation required for an identity is to feel it deeply: you legitimize your own experiences.

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Conscious Carnivore strives to preserve animal dignity with organic cuts

Madison’s first humane meat processor educates customers with classes, fully stocked library

by Ali O’Rourke ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Walking into Madison’s Conscious Carnivore butcher shop is an anomalous experience. In addition to shelves lined with local honeys and crackers, the imposing glass case in the middle is furnished with cuts of beef, pork and whole smoked chickens, all from local vendors.

But the most impressive thing behind this shop is its message: “respect for every animal, on four feet or two.”

The Conscious Carnivore is the epitome of what a butcher shop in 2015 should be.

It boasts certified organic, grass-fed meats from local farms where all of the animals are healthy and humanely slaughtered.

Dave Gathy, the head butcher at Conscious Carnivore, started off helping out at the butcher shop of his friend’s father in high school. He now runs the successful retail outlet of the first humane-certified meat processor in the area.

The shop was originally part of Black Earth Meats, which was a series of small farms with pasture-raised animals. These animals had no antibiotics or pesticides and were part of a humane slaughter operation.

“When [Bartlett Durand] opened this place two years ago, I was brought on to be the butcher here,” Gathy said. “I was already thinking about moving away from what was going on at other places because of this [shop’s] message.”

While more and more “conscious” butcher shops are slowly starting to pop up, Gathy said the concept hasn’t completely caught on because it is much more expensive to do.

But, according to Gathy, the less stress an animal goes through, the happier it is and the better the product, something people are willing to pay more for.

“Most slaughterhouses have a rail system with a timed machine to slaughter, so it’s basically not caring about the animal. It’s about getting them in and getting them out,” Gathy said. “They don’t care about the stress it puts on the animal.”

The Conscious Carnivore is also able to help the farms that go the extra mile — raising their animals healthily and humanely — by selling their products at fair prices.

But they don’t stop there: They also continue to educate and integrate the community into their animal-minded process. Conscious Carnivore has a library that people are encouraged to explore, and patrons can read on-site at Conscious

Carnivore’s big, family-style table. In addition, Conscious Carnivore offers classes to the public on everything from butchering a whole lamb to a make your own bacon class.

“Bacon is the top class but the whole hog is also near the top,” Gathy said, smiling.

“We do whole animal and people come in and grab the knife and just break it down.”

These classes offer a hands-on look at butchering, and also leave participants with 15-20 pounds of meat to take home. In all, Conscious Carnivore offers classes on whole lambs, whole hogs, bacon and chicken, along

with turkeys around Thanksgiving and roasts around the holidays. You don’t have to be a master chef to take these classes, either.

“Some people just take the class, have a beer and leave with some good meat,” Gathy said.

The Conscious Carnivore has plans to expand their business and spread their admirable message in the future. A year from now, they hope to have two stores open and, after that, another processing plant to deal with more wholesale business.

Until then, they have plenty to keep the Madison community coming back for more.

Photo · Head butcher Dave Gathy originally joined The Conscious Carnivore upon realizing its unique approach to meat; now they are planning to expand their business and conservational message.

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Local band Lovely Socialite dabbles in vintage ads,‘Twin Peaks’

Founded by six University of Wisconsin music majors, jazz-rock collective talks collaborative process before Oct. 10 album release

by Tia Hagenbucher ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Deep within an art deco box, an idea was born. A fictional woman in long gloves by the name of Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps — embedded in a Mad-Men style cigarette ad — inspired more than just the beauty of smoking French cigarettes.

Shortly after Phipps was discovered, six University of Wisconsin music came together to form The Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps, a jazz-rock collective.

The band, now shortened to Lovely Socialite, has been experimenting with jazz and rock since 2009 while attending school at UW. Pat Reinholz and Brian Grimm, the band’s two cello players, met each other in the music school. Trombone player Corey Murphy said the rest met from their common attendance of concerts in basements.

Throughout the small music community in Madison, all of them eventually became connected and started exploring their strange tastes in music together.

It’s been about three years since their last studio album, which they recorded while all members lived in Madison. Now that they are spread out throughout the state, the recording process is more lengthy, but they’ve managed to fill in the gaps with a few EPs. Murphy and bass player, Ben Willis, usually do most of the song writing. For their upcoming album Toxic Consonance,

Photo · Inspired by a Mad Men-esque cigarette ad, Lovely Socialite strives to embody complex jazz rhythms with eccentric sounds.

Photo contributed by Corey Murphy however, they all took a turn at composing, making it more of a collaborative process.

“We don’t stop writing,” Murphy said.

“When we go our separate ways, we all write and then share and collaborate.”

Much of their inspiration comes from the Lovely Socialite’s collective desire to push the boundaries and develop an original sound. Combing traditional Chinese instruments with Abe Sorber’s vibraphone and Mike Koszewski’s drums may seem arbitrary, but the unique mix adds to their ever-evolving sound.

This experimentation also ranges from rubbing the back of their cello to get a funny noise, hooking up pedals to all of their instruments and playing with different guitar processes. Being that jazz is usually improvised, Lovely Socialite frequently adlibs at gigs as well.

Much of their inspiration for wanting to be perceived as unique is gathered from a wide range of artists who fit into the experimental long-form genre, including guitarist/composer Nick Moran, and even Radiohead.

“We’re kind of unique so when another band that is similar to us comes to town,

we end up collaborating and playing with them,” Murphy said. “Mark Petford is from Florida and he does a lot of electroacoustic.

He’ll put a platoon reed on his trombone. He has a group called Sinister Resonance who I’ve played with a couple of times.”

The distinctive and intricate instrumentals that help set them apart from other groups also helps connect them with other bands.

Performing in Madison has provided not only a loyal fan base, but the ability to collaborate and hook up with various bands who have a similar atmosphere.

“Madison is small so it’s easy to meet everyone. If you play out enough it’s easy to cross paths with a lot of other bands,” Murphy said. “We play with rock bands a lot, most of their shows we try and be more of a rock version of ourselves.”

Since the self-defined, experimental rock and jazz group is also largely inspired by Twin Peaks, they threw a Twin Peaks-esque Toxic Consonance release party at the Bright Red Studios Oct. 1. Eager listeners, however, can anticipate the early release of their album Oct. 10.

It’s a sign: Wis. studio takes over Madison with trademark displays Sign Art Studio founder Dan Yoder discusses lengthy Orpheum Theater renovation, memorable pieces for Bassett Street Brunch Club, Cento

by Lillie Wasserman ArtsEtc. Contributer

When strolling by Bassett Street Brunch Club or the conspicuous gap above Orpheum Theater, Madisonians unknowingly pass artistic work by a local institution: Sign Art Studio.

When founder Dan Yoder took a job at a sign shop, the then-19-year-old was unaware that producing sign art would become his lifelong passion. But the ability to craft something novel ignited Yodel’s creative fire and the foundation of his current company in 2005.

Yoder knew the Mount Horeb,Wisconsinbased Sign Art Studio needed to create signs that would surpass the signs from other companies.

“I saw a gap in uniqueness and quality in signs around town, and that is why I felt I

could start the company,” Yoder said. “Sign Art Studio puts a high emphasis on design quality, materials, construction, and hiring skilled people to make the best quality signs possible that last long.”

Yoder credits Karyl Lynn Bruckner, a project manager for Avante Properties, for kickstarting the company with their Fitchburg Technical Campus sign.

After gaining the necessary inertia from Avante Properties, Yoder has achieved the recognition and clout to complete the redesign of Madison’s storied Orpheum Theater sign.

The Orpheum redesign is the biggest single sign the company has ever developed. As for its look, the studio is interested in something more sentimental: a replica of the original design from 1927. “[The Orpheum job] is the one that will go down in the books,” Yoder said. “It was a

challenge to get it just right, because all of the old photos are in black and white or were not extremely high quality, but I think we got it.”

Typically, Sign Art Studio spends about four to eight hours on design and 60 to 90 days on manufacturing. The Orpheum sign’s design time, however, has reached 60 hours, becoming the longest duration of a project in the company’s history thus far.

Despite the lengthy production, the public will likely be able to admire the new Orpheum sign before winter. But, Yoder is ensuring the time is taken to make the sign up to the company’s standards.

“First and foremost we want to make sure the sign is built properly. Want this sign to last another 100 years,” Yoder said.

Not all of Yoder ’s work is as timeconsuming or historical. The studio has been creating signs for Madison restaurants for seven years, and one his favorites for Food

Right Restaurant Group adorns Cento Italian restaurant.

“We wanted it to look vintage and modern at the same time. The blue and yellow colors are vivid, and the gold hand painting is beautiful; it really catches your eye as you are walking or driving past. It’s glorious,” Caitlin Suemnicht, a managing partner at Food Fight, said.

Other unique signs Yoder fabricated are the Bassett Street Brunch Club sign and the DLUX sign. The studio has been creating signs for Madison restaurants for seven years.

The signs truly are all around — and are evidently quite magnificent to read. The time and effort put into these signs certainly enhance the urban decor in Madison, with the new Orpheum sign highlighting just how important a sign can be for a company or monument.

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Horses as law enforcement

But Sasso said horses are more than just a community link.

“A horse can equal 10 ground troops if you need them to in a crowd control situation,” Sasso said.

Sasso said sometimes the gates can get a little “pushy shovey,” which is when she and her partners go in and regain control of the situation.

Additionally, Sasso said the horses have “a presence” about them which can help officers escort difficult fans off the property if they have been ejected from the game.

Horses, like vehicles, can move faster than ground officers, but can also maneuver in crowds. This makes them ideal for something like a football game, Sasso said.

While not every experience with every fan is positive, Murphy said she knows that she and Ranger are helping keep students safe.

One time, a few years ago, Ranger and Murphy had to expel someone officers identified as too intoxicated to enter Camp Randall. Three years later, the man’s friend approached Murphy and thanked her and Ranger for helping keep his friend safe.

Experiences like this, Murphy said, remind her how much of an impact mounted officers can make.

UWPD’s biggest, hairiest agents stand guard on game days Trained horses in law enforcement connect to campus community, control crowds at Camp Randall

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Ranger ’s game day ritual isn’t a beer in the shower or mimosas with the roommates.

Instead, he eats a bale of hay and poops outside the police department.

Ranger is among the small team of police horses that stand guard outside Camp Randall, hoping to keep order during one of the most exciting — and potentially dangerous — traditions of the season.

After hearing complaints last year, the team now has a paid high school freshman who moves horse feces to discrete locations before and during the game.

The officers and equines come from nearby departments in Shorewood Hills and

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Jefferson County Saturdays to help University of Wisconsin Police Department keep order during Badger games.

Training

Ranger and his fellow equine patrollers looked unfazed as running children and intoxicated undergraduates swarmed the area, and were at ease when some came in close to interact with them.

But Anne Murphy, an officer with Shorewood Hills Police Department and Ranger ’s owner, said not all horses are cut out for policing.

Murphy trains her own horses at her farm.

She’s been riding at Badger games for almost 19 years and uses her horses for other events in the region as well.

Throughout the day, dozens of Badger

Photo · At large events like football games, horses are accustomed to approaching game attendants. fans of all ages approach Ranger and the other horses, who stay calm as people touch their faces, necks and shoulders.

“They have to go from sometimes violent confrontation to having people pet them again,” Murphy said.

The amount of time it takes for a horse to become ready to patrol an event like a Badger game varies greatly, Murphy said. Ranger, for example, likes interacting with the public, but isn’t as good at the “law enforcement” side of the job, she said.

Horses who do this kind of work have to be able to tolerate “basically everything,” Murphy said, such as intoxicated students who occasionally throw things at the horses, who are instinctively flighty animals.

Murphy said she prepares for situations like this with a “positive reinforcement” system.

Sometimes, when horses she trains are eating, she’ll throw Styrofoam balls at them. This helps them associate being assaulted with food, which could help in a real-life incident, she said.

“People laugh when they see what I do with my horses,” Murphy said.

She also helps her horses get ready for the unexpected by approaching them from behind to desensitize them from other potentially

startling situations.

Kari Sasso, UWPD assistant chief and a mounted officer, said the key to getting horses ready for games is breaking the training up into parts.

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Horses as ambassadors

Once the horses are ready to patrol large events like games, they can serve as a link between law enforcement and the community, Sasso said.

“When’s the last time you asked to pet a police officer?” Sasso joked.

The horses, Murphy said, also help mounted officers establish a connection with the community, as the horses encourage kids to come up to them.

Children might not otherwise have a positive interaction with a police officer, Murphy said.

And the benefit is two-fold, since people are also having a positive interaction with a horse.

“I deem a day a success if I can get someone to pet him who’s terrified of horses,” Murphy said.

While Murphy said not every interaction game day partiers have with the force is positive, sometimes having a horse there can make a tense situation more manageable.

Photo · Police horses are trained to tolerate interactions from potentially aggressive intoxicated students.

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MATC PROGRAM PREPS AMATEUR BEER LOVERS FOR BIG -TIME BREWING

by Bryan Kristensen What’s On Tap columnist

There’s something brewing over at Madison Area Technical College, and it ain’t just a fresh batch of a lager.

MATC has begun offering a Craft Brewing Certification through the college, allowing beer lovers the opportunity to learn more about the brewing process, and even potentially find a job in the industry.

The certificate consists of three courses: two in the classroom, and one that gives the students a hands-on opportunity to work with brewers from one of the top local craft breweries, Ale Asylum.

Kevin Appleton, the director of the MATC program, is a chef by trade, but has always been a huge beer fan and uses his experiences to try and build the program.

“My brother-in-law is from England, and I’ve had the opportunity to travel to England and enjoy the pub crawls with him to experience the culture,” Appleton said.

“I’m no expert in beer to say by any means, but in developing this program, I’ve tried my hardest to bring in top experts for our students.”

That’s exactly what Appleton has done for these students, as they work hands-on with the brewmasters over at Ale Asylum.

Students don’t just have access to top

industry professionals, but also to some of the best equipment possible, including four stainless steel fermenters that can produce five gallons of beer at a time, Appleton said. “[The fermenters] are nowhere near the same size as fermenters used at big breweries, but they mimic the equipment and give our students an opportunity to work with the best equipment possible,” Appleton said.

Students also work in small groups of four in the brewing process, giving each the chance to gain a firsthand experience.

Of the two “classroom” classes students take, one is on the science and microbiology behind the fermentation process. Taught by Adam Ronchetti, a home-brewer since his graduate school days, he said the science of brewing was what drew him to home-brewing in the first place.

While Ronchetti admits the class may not give students the opportunity to physically brew beer, it teaches them something they have to know if they want to have a career in this field: the importance of sanitation.

“These students have to understand that something that is pivotal to the brewing process is always sanitizing your equipment after each and every use,” Ronchetti said. “It’s the single most important thing in the process, and can be the biggest difference between an average brew and a high-quality batch.”

The program is still in its infancy, with just

their first batch of graduates finishing up the program this spring. But that doesn’t mean their students haven’t already seen success.

“One of our graduates is already working on the team at Ale Asylum full time, and we have another one who is working as an assistant brewer at another craft brewery in

the state,” Appleton said. “We couldn’t be happier to give students this opportunity from this program, and can’t wait to see what our other graduates will do.”

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SuicideGirls empowers alternative women with pop-culture burlesque Since 2001, founder Missy Suicide has brought ‘confident,’ ‘intelligent’ girls into positive, international community

by Audrey Piehl ArtsEtc. Editor

Before the advent of Instagram and Kat Von D lipstick lines, an online community in 2001 began inviting alternative women to share their stories and photos. Some doubters quickly denounced the idea: “No one is going to want to put their thoughts and feelings online.”

But 14 years later, SuicideGirls has celebrated sexy and smart women from all seven continents.

Their equally popular pop-culture-inspired Blackheart Burlesque show is coming to Madison, bringing with them a mix of silly and sexy to the Majestic Oct. 8.

The Portland, Oregon-based community was born before the Internet age and when the world — and its conception of beauty — was much more compartmentalized, founder Missy Suicide said.

Women were forced to choose between two restrictive and blonde types of beautiful: stick-thin Kate Moss or silicone-enhanced, buxom Pamela Anderson, Suicide said. This toxic environment propagated by the media and culture did not reflect what she saw around the Northwest.

“Looking around in Portland, the girls that I knew I thought were some of the most beautiful girls in the world, and I thought that they should be celebrated for being such,” Suicide said. “They had so much to share with their personality.”

Upon SuicideGirl’s launch, several area women began submitting their stories and photos. Suicide wasn’t necessarily surprised by local interest; in a town with the most strip clubs and bookstores per capita, the brand appealed to

a wide variety of Portland folk, she said.

But the once-small project suddenly began reaching across states and oceans. Aspiring “suicide girls” from New York, London and Italy began requesting access to the project.

Suicide was overwhelmed with the response; she sent out instructions on how to take their own photographs, resulting in hundreds upon hundreds of submissions.

More than a decade later, the site currently boasts 2,805 “suicide girls,” and a massive social media fan base; more than 6 million Facebook fans attest how the project tapped into an eagerness to connect, before Mark Zuckerberg had even graduated high school. “[SuicideGirls is] about bringing those people together and finding a place for them to share and get to know each other,” Suicide said. “It’s really an amazing thing because if you feel like an outsider and alone your whole life, and you realize there are people who share your own experience, it makes the world so much smaller and makes you feel not so alone.”

One of the keys to its success is an unapologetic approach to female empowerment. The site’s use of pin-up imagery — often associated with the male gaze — was rebranded by Suicide and others to take control of one’s own body.

She was particularly inspired by female 1940s photographer Bunny Yeager and her photos of famous model Betty Page; Suicide wanted women to be shot with the same sort of respect and without the pressure to put on “airs for a man,” she said.

This mentality translates to Blackheart Burlesque, SuicideGirls’ ultimate

Photo · The original Blackheart Burlesque incorporated “Planet of the Apes” with Disclosure. In this show, a dancer poses as Lara Croft.

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demonstration of female empowerment.

Beginning several years after the site’s initial launch, the show was punk rock and free form at first, Suicide said. During their initial tour, the girls opened for everyone from Guns N’ Roses to Courtney Love.

After a long hiatus, Suicide has brought back the popular performance. Blackheart Burlesque, however, had stepped up its game since the first tour; they needed something different, and of course, salaciously “suicide girl.” Suicide then approached the choreographer Manuel SaulsAddison with the following: “I want to do a ‘Planet of the Apes’ number with girls in silver bikinis and monkey masks, and one girl in a Barbarella-style silver swimsuit with the bowl-head space helmet, coming out to Disclosure’s ‘When A Fire Starts to Burn,’ and during the talking parts I want to have Simpson’s ‘Planet of the Apes’ opera,” Suicide said.

Sauls-Addison was originally — and, perhaps, understandably — skeptical, but after auditions produced 25 talented girls, the number was completed to Suicide’s remarkable approval.

Now Blackheart Burlesque is back on the road,

having brought franchises such as Star Wars and Harry Potter to the stage.

The show’s international acclaim — the 2014 shows in the U.S., Australia and Canada sold out — reflects a social media culture more accepting of the “suicide girl,” and increasingly, different types of women.

“We have Kim Kardashian, who is like the third type of beauty, which is like revolutionary in mainstream media,” Suicide said. “It’s highly unattainable, for most of us, but it’s a huge step forward. I feel like the Internet has definitely helped to expand our definition of beauty, [and] expose us to so much more.”

But for the many women who still feel ostracized by mass media’s conceptions of beauty — and its seeming inability to pair with intelligence and personality — they need not look any further than themselves to become a “suicide girl.”

“A ‘suicide girl’ [is] confident, comfortable with her body [and] … really unapologetically herself,” Suicide said. “[She’s] not afraid to express herself through her image and her words.”

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Letter to the editor: Tenant Resource Center helps renters avoid unlawful fees In place of landlords, Madison organization provides free advice on rights, crisis management to apartment owners

Photo · Approximately 35,000 Badgers pay rent to thousands of Madison landlords. Too often, ignorance of the law has kept students from using their rights.

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Student tenants are a huge economy in Madison. After tuition, rent will be most students’ single largest expense, and for most renters in the U.S., this will be at least one-third of their income.

Around 35,000 Badgers rent apartments in Madison, and the cash flow from student tenants comes to around eight figures per month for thousands of landlords in the area.

In return, students get a roof over their heads, a safe space for studying and socializing and a guarantee that if they do what they’re supposed to do, their contract (and the law) will protect them.

At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Trouble is, as with so many things, what you don’t know can’t help you.

When something threatens a tenant’s home (or their bank account), the first and most authoritative solution they hear is often from the landlord. Suffice it to say, the last person you want explaining your options is the other party in a

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dispute.

And while landlords have some control over how they choose to do business, every person paying to live somewhere has rights on the federal, state and local levels. Unfortunately, these laws don’t go around teaching themselves. Without this information, students are an extremely vulnerable — and lucrative — population.

After three years of major changes to rental laws in Wisconsin, it’s more important than ever that students get accurate and impartial education on their rental rights and responsibilities.

At Tenant Resource Center, this is what we do — all day, every day, for the last 35 years. We have an office in the Student Activity Center to provide services by phone, email and on a walk-in basis.

Our work is never done. Every year another 1,000 students sign their very first contract, and the list of things that can go wrong only seems to keep growing.

Most of our clients come to us with some crisis at hand: Raccoons living in their walls, the

maintenance guy showing up when they’re just getting out of the shower or a $10,000 bill from when they turned off the heat over winter break and the pipes in their apartment froze.

All too often, we find simple ignorance of the law kept a student from using their rights, or got them in trouble for not doing what they were supposed to.

Sometimes we have great news for people: “Wait, you’re saying the landlord flat out refused to get wild animals out of your house? Here’s the number for the Building Inspector! And please call Animal Control, like, yesterday.”

Other times we might have to deliver some bad news, which we promise to do as nicely as possible: “Oh, you’re from Texas. Yeah, you gotta keep the heat set above 55 here. I don’t suppose you have renter’s insurance … ?”

Sometimes there’s just no simple solution and we usher you into the hands of the Dane County small claims court. We can’t give legal advice or enforce the laws ourselves, nor can we stop your

roommate from putting your dirty dishes in your bed out of retribution, though we might refer you to an attorney or our Housing Mediation Program.

As for that landlord who came in without notice, there’s not a ton you can do about it after the fact — except warn the landlord (in writing of course) that you know your rights about landlord entry and will use them in the future! (Hint: This could result in huge fines to the landlord, so it can be a pretty persuasive threat.)

In most cases, our clients tell us they never would have known what their options were or how to approach their landlord without our help.

That education is critical: The way the laws are designed, tenants must take it upon themselves to assert their rights.

This can be anything from informing the landlord the late fees they’re charging are illegal, or suing the landlord for unlawfully taking $2,000 from a security deposit.

For most students these remedies aren’t just about the money (although $2,000 is still $2,000).

It’s also about fairness, and protecting the next person from a landlord who’s abusing their power.

Additionally, forfeiting a hundred bucks for routine carpet cleaning might not seem like a big deal, until you learn that it’s illegal, and you could get double your money in court.

A lease is one of the most important contracts a person can sign, and student renters have a lot of skin in the rental housing game.

Their home, their money, their credit and their safety depend on landlord following the laws, all of which were written because landlords weren’t doing these things until we told them they have to.

If students do nothing with these protections, they are an easy racket. But if they learn their rights and take action, they become a force to be reckoned with. So ask yourself: Do you know what your landlord can and cannot do?

Anders Zanichkowsky (anders@ tenantresourcecenter.org) is the UW Campus Coordinator for the Tenant Resource Center and a Special Student in the art department.

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McBurney Center ‘levels the playing field’ for students with disabilities UW’s disability center aims to make education accessible to all, regardless of any obstacles

by Hannah Fricke Columnist

A large amount of students attending University of Wisconsin have heard of the McBurney Center. Most students recognize it solely by name or from the vague description at the end of every professor’s syllabus.

But McBurney, UW’s student disability center, is a multifaceted organization dedicated to making campus a universally accessible community, a big and complicated task to undertake.

According to their website, the ultimate vision of the center is to create “a community that fosters the full participation and contribution of every member, with individual accommodation needed only in unique or uncommon situations.”

They also work closely with their students to help them access every opportunity a non-disabled student would have, as well as advocate for the disabled community and correct the misconceptions about disabilities themselves.

Cathleen Trueba, director of the McBurney Center, has been in the position for the past 28 years.

When approaching the McBurney Center and the diverse culture of students represented there,

Trueba says the first thing to focus on is what all of the students have in common.

This means managing the features of each unique disability and to “level the playing field” for students who may face obstacles that most never encounter.

The majority of students who have McBurney accommodations have access to extra time on exams. Other test accommodations include small group testing, assistive technology and further services to cover the spectrum of impairments students may face.

Surprisingly, the majority of students with the McBurney Center have disabilities that aren’t obviously physically apparent.

Trueba said only about 20 to 25 percent of students have an impairment that is apparent.

And this statistic is why the face of disability is so diverse and what can make the advocacy and acceptance of disabilities difficult.

For many with disabilities, the recognition of an impairment isn’t always straightforward.

There’s a level of vulnerability involved with disclosure about certain disabilities such as depression or other mental illnesses. This divulgence is only made possible by entrusting another person with that information, which is sometimes a difficult thing to do.

For some struggling with a disability, they

see it as part of their identity, but for others, it’s merely a small aspect of their lives.

According to Trueba, the biggest misconception about the McBurney Center is one has to be very disabled to seek assistance.

When the term disability is used, the majority of people automatically think of something physical, such as someone who is blind or in a wheelchair. This often prevents people from seeking help for a less obvious disability, such as learning disorders, diabetes or mental health, which are still impacting disabilities.

According to Trueba, the biggest obstacle people face with seeking help from the McBurney Center are the thoughts, “If I come into this office, I don’t belong here” and “I shouldn’t need that help.”

Unfortunately, seeking help for a disability often isn’t straightforward. A large part of the battle for the disabled and advocates alike is ridding themselves of personal biases and

stereotypes.

As a final point, Trueba says the one takeaway she would like people to have is the final objective. “Our goal — above all — is to find people solutions,” Trueba said.

Most of the time, McBurney can help find these solutions. Sometimes, it involves creativity, but that’s the fun part about it. It’s the small things that make a difference and these can make or break the college experience for a student with a disability.

Members of the student body, including staff and faculty, should become advocates for disabled students and the McBurney Center.

We should be more aware and receptive to what the McBurney Center does. Without it, many students wouldn’t have access to the same UW experience.

Hannah Fricke (hfricke@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in microbiology.

Photo · A variety of students are represented at the McBurney Center, which focuses on what students have in common.

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The Cornhuskers are coming off a 14-13 loss at Illinois Saturday, Oct. 3, a game in which they led 13-0 heading into the fourth quarter. Nebraska allowed the go-ahead touchdown with 10 seconds left for a heartbreaking loss in its Big Ten opener.

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percent of his passes and thrown six interceptions.

Last season’s game between the Badgers and Cornhuskers had significant implications for the future.

Melvin Gordon set the single-game rushing record (which stood for only one week) and Wisconsin’s 59-24 win at Camp Randall propelled it toward the Big Ten West title.

It also began the downfall of former

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Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, Wisconsin is 3-1, but Nebraska won the only game played in Lincoln.

The matchup marks the second time the Freedom Trophy will go to the winner of the game.

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In the time between the start of the 2015 season and Saturday’s trophy matchup against Iowa, UW players and coaches were throwing around words like “optimism” and “confidence” to describe the overall feeling of the Wisconsin football team’s progress.

Redshirt running back Taiwan Deal, who has taken on a much bigger role with tailback Corey Clement recovering from sports hernia surgery, had been growing more confident as he becomes more productive on the field.

This was especially the case following his performance against Hawaii last weekend, when he rushed for a career-high 147 yards and two touchdowns in the 28-0 victory.

“It raises my confidence through this week of preparation, just getting to go up against a Big Ten team now,” Deal said. “But the [Hawaii] game really did boost my confidence a lot.”

But while Deal was confident and ready heading into his first real test as a featured back Saturday, it looked as if Iowa was even more ready, as the stout rush defense held the redshirt freshman to just 59 yards and 15 carries.

But it was not just Deal that struggled.

Junior running back Dare Ogunbowale could not get anything going on the ground either, finishing with just 28 yards on 11 carries.

And as the running game struggled, so did the passing attack.

Fifth-year senior Joel Stave appeared to have regressed a bit in the progress he was making, completing just 21 of his 38 pass attempts for 234 yards, with no touchdowns and two interceptions. On top of that, the quarterback also had two fumbles on the day.

“There’s going to be games where you’ve got to win it running the football and you’ve got to win it throwing the ball,” head coach Paul Chryst said. “I didn’t think we were consistent enough at either one today to really be as good as we needed to be.”

And while consistency is obviously a concern following a performance like Saturday’s, a potential lack of the confidence that was oozing from this Badger team just a week ago may be an even bigger concern going forward.

Even in defeat to Alabama, Stave looked confident and poised in the pocket, as he made sharp, accurate passes throughout the game.

Saturday was a much different story, as Stave against Iowa looked like the old Stave.

He was missing targets, throwing ill-advised passes and simply not completing passes when his team needed him to do so the most.

But despite the struggles, Stave remains positive.

“I felt good,” he said. “I don’t think

Photo · Stave threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles in a forgettable performance against Iowa at Camp Randall Saturday.

Joey Reuteman The Badger Herald anyone on the sideline really wavered at all. It was a good team that were playing out there and they played us really tough.”

Stave will have an opportunity to redeem himself next week when he takes on a Nebraska pass defense that ranks dead last in yards per game allowed in the conference.

And with the Cornhuskers’ rush defense statistically the best in the Big Ten, Wisconsin will likely lean on Stave to drive the offensive attack.

Leaning on Stave, however, may not be the most ideal situation for Wisconsin going forward, as not only are his old habits potentially resurfacing, but he is currently without two of his favorite weapons in the passing game.

Top-target Alex Erickson left Saturday’s game with a potential concussion and tight end Austin Traylor was sidelined in a sling with a potential arm injury, reducing Stave’s on-field help. Players who have not made any sort of impact this year may have to do so sooner than expected.

“It is not ideal for us, as we like having [Erickson] in there, we like having Traylor in there,” Stave said. “But everyone knows their role and everyone knows where they’re supposed to be and what routes to run.”

On a day when the UW defense dominated for nearly 60 minutes, Stave and the offensive attack were in a prime position to take advantage, but they were unable to do so.

Deal attempted to simplify the situation.

“Iowa came out and made more plays than us,” he said.

But for Wisconsin, it goes beyond that.

Between the various injuries and costly mistakes, there is real reason for concern, and in the Big Ten conference, it only gets tougher.

Miami (Ohio) isn’t showing up on the schedule again, and neither is Troy nor Hawaii. UW doesn’t have a cupcake matchup to help them rebound and regain their confidence.

For this team, it is now or never. And now, following Saturday’s abysmal performance, Stave and this Badger offense owe it to this defense to stay on the field, make plays and most importantly make both of their jobs a heck of a lot easier.

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confidence in me, and knowing where I tend to put the ball — giving it to them at the right time. Every single match we’re getting better, gaining momentum with each other and just getting confident.” Wisconsin’s three game losing streak began with a

Question marks surrounding the Wisconsin volleyball program swirled for a week.

The Badgers had suffered two losses to conference rivals Penn State and Ohio State.

Our demise has been Then, on Wednesday, Sept. greatly exaggerated. Not 30, then-No. 7 Illinois came to the UW Field House. A sure what that means. I loss would have dropped the Badgers 0-3 in conference heard it one time. play, and could have potentially demoted them Kelly Sheffield out of the top 25 rankings for the first time in nearly two years.

“Our demise has been greatly exaggerated,” head five-set loss to Arkansas, followed coach Kelly Sheffield joked by a sweep at No. 1 Penn State after the match. “Not sure and ended with another five-set what that means. I heard it loss to then-No. 12 Ohio State. one time.”

Players described the agony in What demise? Wisconsin each of the three matches, only to handled the Illini in four then sit with loose smiles on their sets en route to their first faces after beating Illinois, and conference victory of 2015. reminisce over the lessons they’ve But more importantly, the learned, coupled with the joy of Badgers proved they can winning. still hang with the most elite It’s those lessons that Sheffield teams in the nation, despite hopes his team can build from and their youth and inexperience. find a solid identity.

The win took 48 assists If anything, the win over Illinois and 13 digs from Lauren shows that the Badgers are coming Carlini, a career-high 15 closer to finding that identity. Like kills for Romana Kriskova, the teams of 2013 and 2014, they 12 and 11 kills from Haleigh are growing into a more cohesive Nelson and Lauryn Gillis unit with a drive that makes them respectively and 16 digs each a championship-style team. from Taylor Morey and Kelli With a solid identity, the Bates, not to mention a team Badgers can ditch their young and total of 12.0 blocks. inconsistent persona for one that But as these stats show, the exudes maturity heading into the Photo · The Wisconsin volleyball team dropped three straight matches, including the first two of conference play, but a four-set win match was not a comfortable thick of Big Ten competition. ride. The Fighting Illini over Illinois showed why there should be no reason to worry about the Badgers just yet.

“Being put in those situations, didn’t hand the Badgers the if we had just stuck the match to win, but forced them to work Joey Reuteman Illinois without any fight, sure we for nearly every point. would’ve gained confidence in our The Badger Herald The level of play the abilities, but that doesn’t really train Badgers elevated themselves us for other matches where maybe The team that reminds fans that it is, after at the start of the season burdened by the to in the match points to glaring we aren’t doing as well,” Nelson said. “In all, a rebuilding year, and the team that can amount of chemistry they’ve needed to inconsistencies observed over the course of the set three and four, they’re coming back end the night with a stat line similar to the forge with eight new players on the roster, and we have to have that confidence and the season so far. six of whom are freshman.

The victory against Illinois makes one above. that stability.”

“We’re working through things together,” Yet after the victory over Illinois, it losses to Western Kentucky (3-1 loss) and It’s games like these that show Wisconsin Morey said.

“That’s what’s going to make seems the Badgers are working out the Arkansas (3-2 loss) all the more puzzling is ready to take those steps toward for a team that has beaten No. 7 Illinois the difference in the long-run. Making little imbalances which have plagued the Badgers consistency, and that they are a legitimate and previously No. 18 North Carolina, and adjustments every day, listening to coach throughout much of the beginning of the contender. For now, the No. 19 Badgers and we’ll just keep getting better.

There’s a season. narrowly lost to then-No. 12 Ohio State, will have to repeat against their upcoming long road ahead.”

“Every single game I’m building more opponents, and only time will tell if this alongside six swept matches on the season.

Veteran leaders such as Carlini, a junior, and more confidence with my hitters,” At the risk of sounding cliché, it’s truly signifies the end of the learning curve for a been a tale of two Badgers teams in 2015. and Morey, a senior, saw their workload Carlini said. “I think the hitters are gaining young, talented team.

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Badger Hall of Famers credit Wisconsin roots for professional success Lessons Jim Leonhard, Devin Harris learned in Madison stay with pair throughout past decade

by Chris Bumbaca Sports Editor

When Jim Leonhard and Devin Harris earned induction into the Wisconsin Hall of Fame Sept.

11, the similarities between the two jumped out, despite inherent differences.

Sure, they played different sports. But the impact both Leonhard and Harris left at University of Wisconsin is everlasting.

Leonhard’s story is the classic Wisconsin football model. A small-town kid works his butt off to earn a walk-on spot, and then a scholarship.

For Leonhard, the next step was a prosperous 10year NFL career.

Harris, a Wauwatosa, Wisconsin native, came to the Badgers basketball team highly regarded and started every game during his three years at UW. Harris left school a year early, skipping his senior season for the Badgers, to become the No. 5 overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft a few months removed from being named the Big Ten Player of the Year.

And it can be said that both of their programs achieved future success because of their contributions.

For Leonhard, he feels his 2004 team, which won nine games, set the foundation for the next generation of Wisconsin football.

“To see where this program has moved in the last 10 years, it means a lot to me and my teammates,” Leonhard said.

And Leonhard’s teammates mean a lot to him.

He went so far to suggest he felt like he shared the Hall of Fame honor with them.

“There’s so many guys that should be here before me, but it’s cool,” Leonhard said. “It’s such an amazing honor to go in this young too and have my whole life to be a UW Hall of Famer, that’s very special.”

The All-American safety has called Madison home since he embarked on his professional career. Every time Leonhard has come back, he said, he is amazed by the upgrades to the university and the athletic facilities.

It never crossed Leonhard’s mind to form roots elsewhere, even between all of the moving and travel during his 10-year NFL career that spanned six organizations in Buffalo, Baltimore, New York (Jets), Denver and Cleveland.

“The energy in this city is amazing,” Leonhard said. “It’s infectious. It’s something that you don’t

Photo · Voice of the Badgers Matt Lepay (left) and Harris (right) reflect on the point guard’s time at UW, where he scored 1,425 points in three years with the program.

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want to leave.”

Leonhard hosts a football camp back at his high school in Tony, Wisconsin, every summer. He’s always maintained a relationship with the UW program to give back by meeting and working out with current Badgers.

No matter where Leonhard went, others noticed the values and lessons he learned at Wisconsin were apparent in him.

“It means a lot to say I’m a Badger,” Leonhard said. “And that carries a lot of weight all across this country.”

Harris has traversed the entire country throughout his NBA career. The guard began his career with the Dallas Mavericks, the team that currently employs him. In between his stints in Dallas, Harris played for the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks.

The work ethic Harris established under Bo Ryan has led to his longevity in the NBA, Harris said.

“I’m still playing today,” Harris said. “I think [Ryan] has a lot to do with that.”

Out of all the accolades Harris received during his time at Wisconsin, his favorite memory is elevating UW basketball to the level of consistency it’s seen year in and year out, ever since he left.

“The fact that we took the program from kind of an unknown and built the foundation and made it into a powerhouse [is what I’m most proud of],” Harris said.

Had Harris stayed another year, he would’ve been on the 2004-05 team that advanced to the Elite Eight.

Leaving early hasn’t been easy on his conscience, since he knew what he was leaving behind.

“That was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make,” Harris said.

The life of an NBA player is hectic and busy, so over the years, it’s been difficult for Harris to get back to Madison. He realizes his career is winding down, though, and hopes to return to Madison more often in the future than the decade since his departure has allowed him to.

And he’ll come back as a Wisconsin Hall of Famer, an accomplishment he holds in high regard.

“It’s up there,” Harris said. “Being from the state and staying home and doing things that I thought were never possible, kind of projected me into professional life. I couldn’t do it without coming here first.”

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What the freshmen walked into was a bit different.

“We literally were required to talk to at least twenty people,” freshman Tricia Tanaka said. “There was like a checklist and everything. I only met like one interesting person, and that’s only because he knew where I could get alcohol.”

Another freshman, Johnny King, said, “There wasn’t even any free food. All they had were the lame white chocolate Reese’s bars and a punch bowl filled with that shitty Kickstart stuff from Mountain Dew. We couldn’t even get any of that unless we completed every talking point on that stupid list.”

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King and Tanaka were not the only freshmen to complain about this ‘social initiator checklist.’

Several freshmen were even loudly verbal toward the student advisors running the event about how

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“We thought the ‘social initiator’ would help people get to know each other on a more personal level,” advisor Katherine McBoyd said. “Our thought was that nobody ever knows what to say to each other at these events, so the checklist would be a kind of social lubricant. And, I don’t know what they’re talking about. The white chocolate Reese’s bars are the best candy ever.”

Some of the talking points on the list included icebreaker questions like, “What is your major?”, “What religion do you think is best?”, and “Would you like to talk about a recent personal trauma?”

The ‘fun networking event,’ according to several anonymous sources, eventually turned into a threehour long series of awkward silences occasionally interrupted by ‘special reminders to socialize.’

Despite student complaints, the university has announced there will be another similar networking event at the same time next semester.

“This semester’s networking event was actually quite successful. 299 of the 300 students that attended stayed for a whole five minutes on average,” McBoyd said. “There was only one girl who stayed for the full three hours. She fell asleep.”

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Local juicemaker attempts to steal competition from Fresh Cool Drinks, customers unsure what constitutes juice Grant Baumstark has faced a lot of backlash this week after several students identified him as regularly yelling “Hey! Come taste my juices!” to people outside of Fresh Cool Drinks on Library Mall.

“I went to Thailand last year and fell in love with fresh mangosteen juice. I’m just trying to share it with my peers,” he said to University of Wisconsin campus police chief Susan Riseling. “I don’t know why

people are not patronizing my business.

I’m a nice guy and I know a lot of girls, and guys, who say they like my juice. What’s the problem here?”

In an effort to stop what some customers claimed was “questionable language,” Riseling approached Baumstark at his home this past weekend to dicuss the matter.

Riseling is currently spearheading a committee on campus to promote safe juice consumption and to end perpetual, systemic denial of inappropriate juice production so many like Baumstark engage

in everyday, plauging many campuses like UW. “We’re doing all we can to make campus more conducive to sound juicing practices and consumption,” she said. “We should be able to accomplish that. If someone seeks out Baumstark’s juice, they need to know what they are getting into.”

Much to her surprise, Baumstark was quick to show her the up-to-standards juice bottling station in his basement. They allegedly shared a laugh as Baumstark offered the chief a taste of his juice.

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