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Madtown Crier Tuesday 10/27 Old 97’s at Majestic, 8 p.m., $20 in advance

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

Shannon And The Clams at Frequency, 8:30 p.m., $10 in advance

Saturday 10/31

Wednesday 10/28

Freakfest on State Street, 7 p.m., $10 in advance

Wild Child at Majestic, 8:30 p.m., $15 in advance

Colin Hay at Barrymore, 8 p.m., $25 in advance

Thursday 10/29 Telekinesis + Say Hi at Frequency, 9 p.m., $12 in advance Emancipator Ensemble at Majestic, 9 p.m., $20 in advance The Midtown Men: 4 Stars from the Original Cast of Broadway’s Jersey Boys at Wisconsin Union Theater, 8 p.m., $17 for students

Friday 10/30 Halloween with Zedd at Alliant Energy Center, 7 p.m., $35 in advance Houndmouth at Barrymore, 8 p.m., $22.50 in advance

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80s vs 90s Halloween Costume Ball, 8 p.m., $5 in advance (21+)

Sunday 11/1 Barbara Furtuna at Wisconsin Union Theater, 3 p.m., $10 for students

Monday 11/2 Aspire: How to be your best self at Memorial Union, 6 p.m., FREE

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New bill strives to attract top scholars to Wisconsin public universities Critics say state should focus on improving higher education by increasing funding; best students pick schools based on quality, not cost

by Emily Hamer Contributor

While any scholarship is better than none, one legislator’s proposition on how to dole out cash to high school seniors has its ups and downs.

Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, proposed new legislation to make merit scholarships more desirable to top students in the state, but critics question how effective the changes would be.

The state awards the Academic Excellence Scholarship to the highest-ranked high school seniors who stay in state for college, Stroebel said.

Right now, the scholarship only covers about a quarter of the cost of tuition, Stroebel said. The new bill would double the cash award from a quarter to half the cost of tuition, about $5,500 per year, Stroebel said.

Scholarship recipients would also receive a tax credit for the other half of their tuition, to be received after completion of college within four years, if they choose to live and work in Wisconsin post-graduation, Stroebel said.

Stroebel said the bill will retain top students by making the Academic Excellence Scholarship more appealing.

“We’d be able to say to the best and brightest [students] that you can go to school in the state of

Wisconsin … without any cost to you,” Stroebel said. “That, I believe, will be an incentive that’s going to move more people to stay in Wisconsin to go to school, as well as live and work.”

To increase scholarship awards the bill would cut the number of recipients in half, from 900 to 450 students, Stroebel said.

But Drew Anderson, a researcher at Wisconsin Hope Labs, said even though the bill would make the scholarship more appealing, it’s still taking the scholarship away from people who would have accepted it.

“For there to be an impact, you have to weigh the increased attraction of offering larger scholarships with the decreased help you’re giving to people who are currently accepting the scholarships,” Anderson said.

Anderson said the new proposal might not be any better for the economy than the current program because of the negative consequence of decreased recipients.

Stroebel said he would prefer to keep the recipient pool at 900 and increase scholarship amounts for all, but the bill is not currently written to do so. Stroebel said he thinks the lesser of two evils is to decrease the number of scholarships to make the program effective.

Stroebel said when the scholarship was first created in the early 1990s, its intent was to

provide a full ride to students of high academic achievement. Stroebel said the system has been frozen in time and needs to be updated to reflect current college costs.

The problem with the scholarship system is the award is too small to sway top students to stay in Wisconsin, rendering the program ineffective, Stroebel said.

“It’s not doing the job it’s intended to do,” Stroebel said. “It’s not keeping the best and the brightest.”

Stroebel said right now, more than 90 percent of national merit scholars go to out-ofstate schools. Stroebel said Wisconsin is losing students who could boost the state’s economy by becoming entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders.

Anderson said even though he agrees it’s important to keep top students in state to enhance economic development, the bill poses a number of other issues.

For example, few students will be able to make enough to reap the entire tax credit benefit within the first five years out of college, Anderson said.

In order to gain back the other half of their tuition in tax credits, students would have to be making $71,000 a year right out of college, which is rare, Anderson said. Other students might not graduate in four years and would not get the tax

credit at all, Anderson said.

Anderson said for the bill to be effective, the increase in cash award has to be enough to sway top students to make a different college choice, but research shows scholarships are often not a factor.

In a long-running survey of college freshmen from the Higher Education Research Institute at University of California-Los Angeles, the highest deciding factor in choosing a college was the college’s reputation, not scholarship funds, according to a statement from the Wisconsin Hope Lab. Anderson said he thinks one of the best ways to attract students to stay in state would be to make Wisconsin’s schools better by funding higher education.

“If you’re thinking about broadly the topic of keeping the best and brightest in Wisconsin, one way to do that is to have the best possible university system by directly funding the system,” Anderson said.

Stroebel said he has high hopes for his bill because the issue of keeping top students in the state is too important to ignore.

Right now the bill has bipartisan support with Sen. Mark Miller, D-Madison, as a co-sponsor. If passed, the bill would take effect in the 2016-17 school year.

Voter ID debate continues, limitations could decrease campus turnout at polls UW promises to increase efforts to ensure all students have adequate identification to vote, but College Democrats, Republicans concerned

by Kiyoko Reidy and Anne Blackbourn City and Campus Editors

With concerns about accessibility, safety and lower voting rates at the forefront of the discussion, University of Wisconsin is facing pressure to make Wiscards voter ID compliant.

The College Republicans and College Democrats released a joint statement agreeing Wiscards should be modified in order to fit the requirements for voter ID. Currently, UW offers voter IDs that students can pick up from Union South.

The IDs are free and easy to get, Lori Berquam, dean of students and academic staff, said. Partnering with the Associated Students of Madison, Berquam said UW has been spreading the word through social media.

UW has been offering voter IDs since 2012, and have issued more than 1,100 voter ID cards, Susannah Brooks, a UW spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

UW will be taking additional measures to ensure all students who need a separate

voter ID acquire one, according to a UW statement.

All new out-of-state students will be given the voter ID alongside their Wiscard when they first get to campus, and there will be volunteers outside all polling places during election times to make sure students have all appropriate forms of ID, according to the statement.

Though the IDs are free and easy to obtain, the current voter ID requirements make it significantly less convenient for out-of-state students to vote, Kenneth Mayer, UW political science professor, said.

“There is no question that these requirements are intended to make it more difficult for students to vote where they go school,” Mayer said.

Both the College Democrats and College Republicans agree UW should change the current Wiscard into a form of identification compliant with Wisconsin’s voter ID laws. In a joint statement, both organizations called upon the university to seek an alternate option to voter IDs. But the two organizations have different opinions when it comes to the requirement of voter IDs.

Anthony Birch, College Republicans chair, said in a statement that the main focus of their group is making it easy for students to vote in a cost effective way — something he hopes the university administration is working toward.

“As College Republicans, we are for making it easy to vote, but hard to cheat. We believe that the Voter ID law in Wisconsin makes it hard to cheat,” Birch said.

August McGinnity-Wake, College Democrats’ spokesperson said College Democrats do not believe in the voter ID law.

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In the meantime, College Democrats and Republicans said placing stickers on the back of Wiscards to allow students to include their signature and expiration date would be an easier alternative for students than the voter IDs UW offers.

But Berquam said this idea could have

potential risks. Students use their Wiscards for multiple purposes on campus, like getting into buildings and buying food at the Unions — someone could steal the card.

Having all the required information on one card would pose a security risk to students, Mayer said.

“There are real security issues when you have a single card with all this information on it,” Mayer said.

Another concern with the use of Wiscards as voter identification is the fact the IDs would have to be renewed every two years in order to meet the voter ID guidelines, but Wiscards are good for five years, Berquam said.

This would place a financial burden on UW, with costs over a five-year period estimated at more than $2 million, according to the statement.

Though debate is ongoing, the requirements as they stand will likely cause issues in the upcoming elections, Mayer said.

“My expectation is that in 2016 we will see a detectable drop in voter turnout amongst students,” Mayer said. “And I think that is a pretty bad thing.”

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Photo · October traditionally brings in a wide range of concerts to the city. Last week featured shows from Mac Miller (top right), The Oh Hellos (top left), Cherub (lower left), and Neon Indians (lower right).

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Ghanaian coffin designer makes statement on guns in US with new artwork Eric Anang said though topic is sensitive, he wants to address issues as an artist, raise awareness of what he sees as societal shortcoming

by Gerald Porter Campus Editor

Designing coffins seems like a gloomy task, but Eric Anang — who is completing a residency this fall at University of Wisconsin — uses the family art form to make a statement.

Anang said his grandfather ran the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Ghana until his death in 1992. Anang’s father and brother then took over the shop, which then led to his exposure to the creative art form.

Anang first started working on coffins at age 12, when he began to join the apprentices in the shop after he would finish his day at school.

But Anang said being a coffin designer in Ghana isn’t an easy profession. Once a family chooses a coffin, he only has between a week and a month to finish the project — leaving little time for creativity.

“We have to work quickly to make it go fast, so I only have the opportunity to build things on my own in a different way when I have residencies like I do now in Madison,”

Anang said.

In his latest project, Anang will be constructing a coffin in the form of a broken gun, an idea he had after his first experience with a firearm, in addition to the school shootings across the country. When Anang’s friend took him to a gun range last year, his friend purchased around five to eight guns.

Scared, Anang said it made him aware of how easy it is to obtain a firearm in the U.S. Then, after hearing about the death of Tony Robinson, Anang said he was inspired to dedicate his latest project to the slain teenager.

Anang said when he’s finished, he wants to organize a parade with the Black Lives Matter movement to showcase the piece. He will also be making a list of school shootings that have happened in the U.S. since 2000 and putting them on the broken gun.

Anang said he’s crafted more light-hearted coffins in the past, but as an artist, he feels it’s his responsibility to address “the issues.”

“It might be a little sensitive, but sometimes you need people to press that red button first,” he said. “And that’s basically

what I’m going to do here.”

Comparing his time in Ghana to places in the U.S. where he completes residencies, Anang said the environment greatly impacts his work. In Ghana he has to work under high demand and tight deadlines, but in Madison, he is able to take his time.

He finds that working when he’s relaxed and in a good mood makes him more productive, but he said a friendly environment isn’t always a given circumstance.

Anang, who worked in Philadelphia last year, said he had difficulty adjusting to the city.

Philadelphia has a large black population, but Anang’s excitement to be around those he could identify with was not matched by black citizens in the city of brotherly love.

In Madison, however, Anang said the tone is different and he finds the hospitality and welcoming nature of UW more positive, which has allowed him to find a second home here in Madison.

Photo · Anang said Madison, where he is completing his residency, is less stressful than his family business in Ghana and more friendly than other American cities.

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Trans-Pacific Partnership could lead to increase in dairy exports

Wisconsin would follow only one other state in campus carry law

Experts say impact on US will likely be small, but free trade agreement is ‘step in the right direction’

Just Utah has statute specifically prohibiting public colleges and universities from banning guns on grounds, in buildings

by Margaret Duffey State Editor

An international trade agreement may expand trading opportunities for America’s dairyland, but some experts say the total impact will be minimal.

The American dairy sector exported $7.1 billion in 2014, with 11 countries accounting for $3.6 billion of those exports. Negotiators from 12 countries created the TransPacific Partnership, and now international representatives are seeking approval from their respective countries’ governments.

According to a summary released by the United States Department of Agriculture, the TPP would lift tariffs and increase quotas on many American dairy products going to Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Brunei and Canada within the 25 years following passage.

Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin agricultural and applied economics professor, said in an email to The Badger Herald it is important to note the U.S. currently has free trade agreements with its two biggest TPP partners, Canada and Mexico, but some of its biggest Asian trading partners, including China, Korea and Taiwan are not TPP signatories. He said 50 percent of total Wisconsin imports already go to six TPP countries with free trade agreements.

But it will become easier for Wisconsin to do business with Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam, Coxhead said. While the impact on trade between Wisconsin overall will most likely be small, he said significant barrier removals by Vietnam will greatly increase foreign ability to participate in the country’s domestic market.

Mark Stephenson, UW director of dairy policy analysis, said the Wisconsin dairy industry is currently in a healthy state and that the TPP will most likely have a small impact but function as a positive step forward by increasing access. “[Wisconsin] has been growing milk production year over year over the past several years and productivity, milk per cow, has been growing as well,” Stephenson said.

Brian Gould, a UW agriculture and applied economics professor, said the U.S. dairy industry is becoming increasingly dependent on international trade because its rate of growth — production now exceeds domestic demand. He said the sector’s growth industry is international since modern technology enables greater dairy production than US citizens can consume.

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but this year the strength of the U.S. dollar is causing a return to average. While 15 to 16 percent of milk solids were exported last year, exports have fallen to about 11 to 12 percent this year.

Gould said he thinks the TPP agreement will be most important in trade with Canada.

According to the USDA summary, Canada is America’s third biggest dairy export destination and is opening up its available domestic dairy market from zero percent to three.

“The biggest impact I think is going to be with respect to the Canadian developments since we have such a location advantage in relation to other countries,” Gould said.

Gould said New Zealand’s presence in the international dairy market is “huge,” exporting about 95 percent of their dairy products, but under the TPP, all tariffs on imported goods will be eliminated, opening the doors for more imports from around the world.

He said the impact to the U.S. — which did not give up its tariffs or increase its quotas — will be minor compared to New Zealand.

U.S. Senator Mark Pocan, D-Wisconsin, blasted the bill in a statement, pointing to a lack of transparency on the negotiators part throughout the development of the agreement.

“These negotiations, which have been conducted almost entirely in secret, are even more concerning given our apparent adherence to political timelines with little regard to the interests of U.S. workers,” Pocan said.

Coxhead called international agreements “special” since there are a lot of components up for debate, but said a significant amount of trust is placed on U.S. trade negotiators, which can be unsettling.

In the end, Coxhead said the U.S. economy is massive compared to the other TPP countries, so its effects on America will be minimal. He said the biggest impact will most likely be felt in the smaller countries, which currently have high trade barriers.

Gould also said the agreement is “interesting,” but probably will not have a major impact on the U.S. dairy industry. But he said getting rid of politically motivated barriers is not bad from an economic standpoint.

“Looking at this from an economic theory perspective, the freer the trade, the more optimal trade pattern would result,” Gould said. “The overall welfare of the country would be improved and theoretically you can show that.”

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A proposal from Republican legislators would make Wisconsin the second state in the nation to allow complete concealed carry on their public college and university campuses.

Jeff Nass, legislative affairs liaison for Wisconsin Force, said the campus carry act would give a person on campus the ability to protect him or herself from someone who chooses to misuse their size, gender or any form of a weapon. He said the act promotes student safety.

“Being able to defend yourself is 100 percent safety oriented,” Nass said.

According to a statement from the National Conference of State Legislatures, if the campus carry bill is passed, Wisconsin will join just one other state, Utah, in having a statute specifically naming public colleges and universities public entities.

This title prohibits the institutions from banning concealed carry and gives anyone with appropriate licensure the ability to carry weapons on their property.

Chuck Stellmacher, secretary and treasurer of the Central Wisconsin Gun Collectors Association, said many recent shootings have occurred in gun-free zones. In these cases, law-abiding victims and bystanders did not have the ability to protect themselves from the armed threats he said.

Currently, some states allow concealed carry on their college campuses while others do not, Stellmacher said.

“I’m in favor of the fact that you would be able to protect yourself if the need arises,” Stellmacher said.

Ray Cross, UW System president, and UW System chancellors said in a joint statement they could not support the bill because of significant concerns and questions regarding its safety.

Alex Hummel, UW System spokesperson, said System officials and chancellors are discussing specifics of the bill and how it would impact Wisconsin students with the authors of the bill, Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum and Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg. They are also looking at how Wisconsin would compare to other states if the act is implemented.

“It’s pretty early obviously, but we’re having a good discussion with all the authors,” Hummel said.

Reps. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, Chris

Taylor, D-Madison, and Terese Berceau, D-Madison, proposed a bill which would have the opposite impact on UW campuses.

The college campus dangerous weapon ban bill would completely prohibit concealed carry of deadly weapons on public campuses, Sargent said. There have been over 40,000 incidents of gun violence in the United States, which has made it an “epidemic,” she said. Nineteen other states have outlawed concealed carry, she said.

“We do not live in a Mad Max world,” Sargent said. “We need to have some gun control.”

Sargent said an increase in opportunities to use guns would not lead to safer learning environments. Taking a concealed carry class and getting a permit does not make one capable of handling a firearm in a crisis situation, she said.

Taylor said campuses are some of the safest places for students because they do not allow weapons. Alcohol consumption that often occurs on college campuses mixed with a firearm could increase the risk of gun violence, she said.

Taylor said the U.S. has the highest homicide rate among all industrialized nations.

“If guns reduced violence, we’d be the safest nation in the world, and guess what we aren’t,” Taylor said.

Nass said criminals have no regard for the law in any case so passing a bill to extend concealed carry would help innocent people defend themselves. He said if someone wants to hurt another person, a sign that says”no firearms” would not stop them.

Nass said law-abiding citizens should be allowed to exercise their rights in any public place. He said restricting concealed carry rights is to the detriment of citizen safety since it can prevent their abilities to defend themselves.

Nass said the campus carry act is important because other self-defense mechanisms may not be as effective. He cited mechanisms like martial arts are only effective if the user practiced them for a long period of time prior to encountering a threat. A firearm is a simpler tool to use for self defense because it is easier to master and often makes one superior to their attackers, Nass said.

Stellmacher said while the act has support, there are still people who are completely against any gun ownership and may impact the progression of the bill.

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UW graduate dances way into career in science, looks to engage kids

Jeffrey Vinokur travels to perform for students; looks to fill educational show void since end of ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’

by Anne Blackbourn Campus Editor

and they all like science at that age [under 12], but that dies when they get older,” Vinokur said. “They lose that wow factor, and the wow factor is what justifies taking the time to learn why that worked and how that worked.”

It’s been 23 years since an educational science show for kids, like “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” has been on television for kids to enjoy. There has been nothing in that space of time to lead the next generation about science, but Vinokur hopes to change this.

As part of his goal of reaching out to kids with his traveling performances, Vinokur hopes to one day bring it to television where it will reach a much broader and larger audience.

Along with Vinokur ’s gig as The Dancing Scientist, he also owns a company and is currently attending the University of California-Los Angeles as a Ph.D. candidate.

At UCLA, Vinokur ’s works with enzymes, or proteins that assist chemical reactions.

Mixing in a few explosions and a couple loud bangs, a University of Wisconsin alumnus and dancing scientist performs an everyday balancing act as a traveling showman, researcher and owner of a company.

Jeffrey Vinokur, otherwise known by his stage name, The Dancing Scientist, has spent years working on combining his love of science and dance in order to educate and inspire young children’s minds.

A 2012 graduate of UW, Vinokur ’s interest in science and dancing predates his undergraduate days at Wisconsin.

Vinokur began dancing in high school and would post videos to Youtube. With millions of views of his dancing videos, Vinokur was invited to audition on America’s Got Talent, but he didn’t make the cut to premiere on the show.

So Vinokur decided to pursue an idea he had been mulling over for a long time, combining his two interests of science and dancing into one act. Promising a higher level of entertainment, Vinokur returned to America’s Got Talent with his new act with much greater success.

Since his debut and success on America’s Got Talent, Photos · Right: “The Dancing Scientist” looks to Vinokur has appeared on engage children and show them there is no magic to The View, Rachel Ray Show what he does. and the Today Show. Vinokur Below: His original success came from an appearance has also traveled to schools around the world trying to on America’s Got Talent, he has since appeared on The promote interest in science.

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“I interact with tens of thousands of kids every year Photos courtesy of Jeffrey Vinokur

After taking an interest in biofuels at UW, Vinokur ’s finding of new prehistoric bacteria could be used by taking the proteins and understanding their uses to make a new fuel, otherwise known as Isopentyl.

“I thinks it’s important for students to understand there is no magic here; it’s not like I was just on my way and someone

called me,” Vinokur said. “Each of these steps was a year of working day and night and not having the weekends to go out.”

Vinokur said he’s pitched his act to about 30 shows, 20 of which didn’t take him on.

But the 10 that said yes were some of the biggest shows on television.

“For every success there are multiple failures,” Vinokur said.

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What’s on tap: MOB VICTIM GHOSTS RISE FROM TUNNELS AT SPOOKY MADISON BARS

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by Bryan Kristensen What’s on tap columnist

It’s a highly disputed topic: Are ghosts real? Many people say yes, and many people say no. Whether you like to believe it or not, they’re all over town, at least according to one of the directors of Madison Ghost Walks, Matt Huberty.

Huberty, an expert on local folklore relating to the supernatural, knows where people can expect to see a supernatural spirit. One thing that may be surprising is that spectres can be at a lot of local bars.

Ohio Tavern The Ohio Tavern, located at 224 Ohio Ave. on the east side, has had a presence of hauntings for quite some time. Huberty said that the bar used to be a popular hangout on for factory workers of the area, and now their spirits haunt the establishment.

Kim Matz, a bartender for Ohio,

confirms that this is indeed true.

“Doors that are closed will fling open, pool balls will roll across the tables when no one’s playing [and] you can even feel someone brush up against you when not a single person is around,” Matz said.

Matz said there are as many as five ghosts that haunt the Tavern, and she even has a name for the one that is always with her during the day: Ollie.

But, she insists, they’re completely playful, and mean no one any harm.

Wonder Bar The Wonder Bar Steakhouse, near Alliant Energy Center, has quite the stories behind its paranormal activity. Huberty said that the Wonder Bar used to be called the Bar Next Door, and in the ‘20s and ‘30s was the location of a speakeasy.

From this time period, Huberty said, there are allegedly tunnels that run underneath the establishment to the lake, and this is the source of the hauntings.

“The spirits of people murdered by members of the mob down underneath the speakeasy supposedly haunt it to this day,” Huberty said.

But, Brent Vinney, the Wonder Bar manager, said he’s never seen anything in his five years in working at the establishment. Despite this, he has heard all of the stories, and thinks that they are indeed true.

“I had a media friend come in one time — without telling him about the supposed spirits — and I took him to the

Photo · One patron at the Wonder Bar experienced a close encounter when, upon entering the basement, he felt like he was being choked — just another ghostly experience in Madison’s bars.

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basement to check it all out,” Vinney said.

“When he stepped on the third last step, he immediately fell against the wall and said he felt like he was being choked.

The weird thing is, there has always been a story floating around of a woman who was murdered on those stairs back in the ‘30s.”

Another story that Vinney has repeatedly heard from customers and other workers is the story of a ghost of a man in a long trenchcoat, counting money.

While he’s never seen any of them himself, Vinney said he definitely thinks they exist and they’re out there in the bar.

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Great Dane The Great Dane Brewing Company’s downtown location near Capitol Square wasn’t always the Brewpub it is now.

Huberty said the location was first a hotel in the 1850s, and eventually was also used as office space too. It was when this office space was opened, he said, that weird activities started.

“There have been reports that back when these office spaces opened, phone calls would come from rooms that didn’t exist anymore,” Huberty said. “What made this really weird was that in those times, you had switchboard operators connect the caller to whomever it was they were calling. So, if the room didn’t exist, the switchboard operator wouldn’t even connect the calls from these rooms.”

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stopped, either. Huberty said when he’s spoken with workers from the establishment, many of them have told him they hate closing alone, because they always hear doors opening on their own, even ones that are supposedly locked.

There’s also a room in the basement of the Great Dane near the restrooms that Huberty refers to as “The Spooky Room,” which is something that people just have to find out for themselves.

No matter whether you believe in the supernatural or not, it’s worth checking these places out. Who knows? Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to see a ghost.

Seeing as it’s Halloween, I thought I’d need to try a fitting beer for the season, and luckily got my hands on one of 3 Floyd’s best beers: Zombie Dust.

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Bringing Halloween fantasies into the bedroom

by Meredith Head Hump Day columnist

As Halloween approaches, costumes become the talk of the town. For one magical weekend, anyone can become anything — spooky, sexy or something in between.

But there’s no reason to restrict our wildest fantasies to Halloween — role-playing offers a chance to explore sexuality from different perspectives by taking advantage of power dynamics. Role-playing with partners presents an opportunity to let go of inhibitions and introduce creativity to sexy time.

Setting the scene Sharing fantasies with partners may seem daunting at first, but a healthy sexual

relationship includes understanding what turns our partners on. That said, role-play isn’t for everyone, so one should respect a partner’s refusal to participate. Once obtaining consent for the role-play, partners can discuss the actual roles. Role-playing scenes may be taken seriously or not depending on the players involved. Scripts can range from elaborate to makeshift and take place in person or online.

Though certain role-playing fantasies get more heat than others, essentially any role can become the basis for an excellent erotic experience. Mainstream role-playing scenarios often depict heteronormative, vaguely sexist scenes, such as an executive and secretary

or teacher and schoolgirl. But these roles can be played by all genders and partner combinations, preserving the setting while eradicating sexist overtones.

But some people find nothing wrong with following traditional gender roles in their brand of play, though plenty of scenes exist beyond the clichéd norms.

Dressing up Wearing costumes to fit the role helps get into character. Even wearing one accessory — an eye patch, firefighter hat or wrench — can put one in the mood to play someone else.

Mix and match leftover Halloween costumes

with your sexiest underwear, and add cologne or perfume that personifies the role.

Costumes may be intricate or simple; the important thing is to feel comfortable, confident and sexy. For those who can walk in them, heels may add an element of domination. The material of a costume can alter sensations as well. Silky smooth fabrics feel amazing on the skin, while rougher materials may emulate the scene better and provide some interesting friction.

Once you dress for the role, it becomes much easier to play the part.

Use the following scenarios as a jumping off point to create the perfect role-play:

Doctor/Nurse/Patient: “Don’t worry, I have an extra-large tongue depressor right here.”

Firefighter/Rescue: Sometimes when things get hot, the best response is to use a hose and get wet.

Sex Worker/Client: One partner assumes the role of an escort being paid for sexual services.

Masseuse/Client: Break out some massage oils and rub each other down before a happy ending.

Executive/Assistant: Power dynamics and professionalism mix for a steamy fantasy encounter. Extra points for including a desk.

Repair-person/Client: A little overdone in pornography, perhaps, but still a great starting point.

Characters: Reenact a steamy scene from your favorite book or movie.

Criminal/Cop: A great opportunity to break in those handcuffs.

Strangers: Arrange to meet somewhere and pretend you don’t know each other.

Master/Slave: Elements of BDSM come into play as the slave must do everything the master orders them to.

Porn Stars: Whether or not you choose to actually record the encounter, pretending to perform can be incredibly titil-

Photographer/Model: Get behind a camera to take some sexy nudes until no one can resist each other.

Pirate/Captive: Just be careful with that hook.

Stripper/Client: Channel your inner Channing Tatum and bring plenty of $1 bills.

Teacher/Student: No matter how good our grades are, in this role-play scenario we really want the D. Extra points for including an apple.

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Behind the curtain of Madison’s music venues, the undead put on their own performance

balcony and he looked up and saw a man with extra long arms that went down to his feet,” Van Buskirk said. “As he was looking at him, the man waved his extra long arm over his head and put it back down, which very much freaked [the employee] out.”

This ghost is believed to go by the name Joe, the spirit of a Vaudeville performer who hung himself in the green room in the 1920s. Van Buskirk cites numerous other ghastly occurrences at the Majestic, such as disappearing men spotted in the balcony and performers receiving well wishes before their show from mysterious voices.

Rumors of paranormal presences chill the Orpheum, Majestic and Frequency

by Aaron Hathaway Banter Editor

For many of Madison’s theaters and concert venues, drama isn’t limited to the stage.

Through more than a century of operation, countless staff and performers have passed through Madison’s many venues. While many of these people may be long gone, it is said some of their spirits remain.

When the curtain falls and the concert halls have been cleared of all guests, Madison’s theaters begin to stir with hints of otherworldly occupants. For years, patrons and employees of theaters and dance halls all over town have whispered of these paranormal experiences.

These venues’ subwoofers might not be the only things going bump in the night.

The Frequency

Situated in the shadow of the Capitol on West Main Street sits The Frequency, a notable local bar and music venue.

The building’s connection with the paranormal decidedly predates its current role as a music venue.

For some years the building housed a mortuary, and for many years it was partitioned into private residences, owner Darwin Sampson said.

“We have apartments up above the venue, and I’ve had two residents pass away since I’ve been in here,” Sampson said. “It takes a special person to actually live above a live music venue with music seven nights a week. You kind of have to be a night owl to live up there so we’ll get drug dealers and addicts, stuff like that.”

The Frequency’s staff reports many mystifying incidents, often happening after hours when most people have left the building.

One night a few years ago, the staff were closing up the building and had made sure all the guests had left. As employees were tidying the bar, a young man who appeared to be a student walked into the bar from the dance floor and asked the staff if they had seen his friend.

The young man was unresponsive to any questions and left through the front door, unlocking it with remarkable ease. The employees on staff that night swear the building had been

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emptied.

The front door lock also operated inversely and was notoriously sticky, baffling employees how the stranger had operated it with such ease.

The Frequency’s basement is the epicenter of paranormal activity. It houses a boiler room, which one might expect to be very warm.

But employees report feeling sudden strange drops in temperature when working there and experiencing the feeling of a mysterious figure running toward them.

“There’s been a couple times when I’ve left at 4:30 in the morning and it’s really dark and I’m shutting the place by myself,” Sampson said. “I kind of [felt] a presence in the backroom and it doesn’t feel necessarily friendly.”

Sampson said his wife, who is a very religious person, has felt a presence come home with him after he’s worked a late night. Now when Sampson leaves he tells the spirits they have to stay at The Frequency.

The Frequency’s sound engineer, Dustin Boyle, relays a haunting incident in the basement bathroom some years ago.

It was late at night, and he was closing up shop. Boyle had just finished using the bathroom and was going to return to the main floor.

“As I tried to open the door, it felt as if someone was pushing against the door,” Boyle said. “I couldn’t turn the doorknob, and then the whole door started shaking. I even let go of it, and it was still shaking. I pushed to open the door and it opened, and nobody was there.”

The Orpheum Theatre

The Orpheum is the most haunted building in Madison, according to Van Buskirk.

The theater is home to numerous spirits, which are most likely manifestations of past employees, Van Buskirk said. One is a shadowy figure often seen seated in the theater’s house, who is believed to be the ghost of an usher who died after falling off the upper balcony. Others report

seeing a floating mass of red mist.

The most active resident is known as Projectionist Pete, believed to be the spirit of a former projectionist who committed suicide in the theater. Van Buskirk relates the story of a night manager’s run-in with Pete, which started when he walked into the projection room late one night to find everything mysteriously thrown about. “‘Oh my God, can’t you leave me alone for one night?’ he yells at the ghost. Then it gets really really quiet, like the ghost is right in his ear. He feels hot breath on his face and spittle, but he hears nothing,” Van Buskirk said.

The manager ran out of the room and downstairs to the bar, where he had previously arranged all the clean dishes.

“As he came down the stairs he heard a crash,” Van Buskirk said. “He looked back and it looked like somebody took their arm and knocked all of the dishes off the bar.”

Admittedly, it is difficult to verify each and every one of these encounters. But these tales of the supernatural continue to surface across Madison.

So next time the crowd is feeling the music at one of Madison’s venues, it might be more than sound waves.

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The Majestic Theatre

Each weekend, hundreds of Badgers line up outside The Majestic Theatre to watch their favorite artists holler into a microphone and sweat on them. But what many aren’t aware of is that The Majestic hosts a show of paranormal incidents on a nightly basis.

The Majestic has encountered resident ghouls since its origins in 1906 as a Vaudeville theater, Lisa Van Buskirk, tour guide for Madison Ghost Walks, said.

Van Buskirk said the balcony is home to most of these spooky events, including a noteworthy encounter from an employee in the 1980s.

“He said he was picking up the floor in the

Oh my God, can’t you leave me alone for one “‘night?’ he yells at the ghost. Then it gets really really quiet, like the ghost is right in his ear. He feels hot breath on his face and spittle, but he hears nothing.

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Indie-pop Wild Child proves opposites attract Kelsey Wilson, Alexander Beggins step into spotlight to head Texas-based group

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While sensory and inspiring, music also possesses the power to bring even the most contradictory of entities together. It is thanks to this property that two individuals have found their voice and created their own musical entity: Wild Child.

Based out of Austin, Texas, Wild Child is an indie pop group whose lead singers, Kelsey Wilson and Alexander Beggins, stem from a former band, The Migrant. Wilson and Beggins never expected to take the limelight, having always felt comfortable as supporting musicians. But, among their four fellow bandmates in Wild Child, the pair have emerged as frontmen.

Wilson said it was her chance friendship with Beggins that gave rise to their music. Despite persona differences, within the first week of exclusively creating music together, they wrote everyone song on their first album Pillow Talk.

“Alex and I are very different people and we would never hang out if it wasn’t for the music,” Wilson said.

“We’re pretty much polar-opposites. And we never realized we had anything to say or sing about until we met each other … but it’s been flowing ever since. It’s natural.”

In a way, Wild Child was the only option for Wilson

and Beggins. The energy of the music they create helps them transcend stage fright. They are reminded everyday that the music is truly in the lead, not them, and as long as they have each other, Wild Child can harvest a powerhouse of soulful, meaningful lyrics to give them continual success.

Though their journey has been a colorful and authentic string of twists and turns, the sense of relief that accompanies having a producer, tour manager and booking agent has now given Wild Child the liberty to do what they do in a concentrated form, and it shows.

Wild Child’s next stop in Madison Oct. 28 will be one for the books. They’ve graduated from the Frequency’s intimate venue to the Majestic, a smart move given their isthmus audience has doubled every time their tour stops through.

“Madison has been a crazy stop for the tour,” Wilson said. “We usually come towards the end of the tour on Halloween and people definitely turn up and get rowdy … But Madison is a cool, vibey place. It’s worth it to see our work pay off with such a supportive crew every time.”

Even if Wilson and Beggins may not have meshed elsewhere, music serendipitously brought them together in Wild Child for listeners everywhere to enjoy.

“It worked,” Wilson said. “We don’t know why, but we’re not questioning it.”

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College Works Painting scams university students, homeowners Company recruits employees, claims to have ‘dream’ internship, but misrepresents itself; should be removed from campus Photo · A former employee said he was instructed to put one coat of paint on houses when owners paid for two and was paid on average $4 less than the original agreement.

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by Luke Schaetzel Opinion Editor

Ten thousand dollars in one summer — that’s how much money I was told I could make. That’s a shocking thing to hear as a college student, but it’s what a representative for the company Summer Management Program told me that night.

This company, actually known as College Works Painting is a company that claims to offer a dream internship of owning your very own small business — a paint crew. The student is responsible for all aspects: hiring painters, paying painters, paying for equipment, making sales and promoting his or her paint crew.

College Works is a scam and shouldn’t be allowed to conduct business on our campus.

Line of credit College Works holds numerous informational sessions in Grainger Hall where they hand out pamphlets explaining the internship. It was in this pamphlet I learned “College Works Painting will

arrange a line of credit” to supply equipment for the interns. They don’t want you to “pay out of pocket for equipment” so they have the student pay the company instead.

Inquiring about this line of credit, I got a response of, “What are you talking about?” The representative shrugged it off saying it was easy to pay off — a great non-answer to my legitimate question.

Flying under UW’s radar When you look up Summer Management Program you find two things: they are a Canadian company and they only mention painting once.

Searching for College Works Painting you mostly find social media posts on how it is a scam or pyramid scheme.

University of Wisconsin has policies for employers recruiting on our campus. The policy states, “All position postings and requests for oncampus interviews are reviewed and approved by individual career centers.”

The policy continued, stating any employer who requires “up-front costs,” such as

membership fees or the purchase of tools, will not be allowed to conduct on-campus interviews at UW. Sounds like a line of credit would fall under that description.

I contacted Letters and Sciences Career Services to find out how a company like College Works can conduct business on campus. Recruiting Coordinator Greg Iaccarino explained that for a company to get reviewed and approved, they have to contact career services and set up a BuckyNet account.

Iaccarino had no knowledge of College Works and whether or not they had gone through the proper channels, so he guided me to BuckyNet. Low and behold, College Works was nowhere to be found.

I asked Iaccarino about the line of credit and if that would disallow College Works from conducting business on campus. He said it’s “always a red flag” when a line of credit is involved and anything like that would need to be reviewed

Misrepresenting amount of pay and work Many former College Works interns will tell you they made great money and had a great experience. That said, they misrepresent the amount of work involved. Student managers flood into freshmen heavy lectures, speak vaguely of “a dream internship opportunity” and sway wide-eyed young students, who are desperate for internship experience, into giving them contact information.

But they fail to mention the job requires more than 70 hour weeks in the summer and 40 percent of your profits go to the company. You are left with 60 percent to pay back the line of credit, pay your employees and pay for the gas you use driving from job site to job site. And don’t forget spending 20 plus hours a week during the spring semester training, getting a business plan together and getting painters to work for you in the summer.

The interns do a great job at persuading people to work for them, too. Doug Neu, a sophomore at UW, worked as a painter for College Works and held the crew chief position.

“During the interview I was told I would make from $12 to $15 an hour if I got the ‘crew chief’ position,” Neu said. “I got the position and was never was over $10 an hour.”

Other corners were cut as well. “I would work until 6:30 p.m. and get paid until 6 p.m,” Neu said.

Although the painters seem to be getting the worst of it, homeowners are feeling the brunt of it.

“I’m not sure if this is just a thing that my manager and his district manager does, but almost every single house that paid for two coats got one,” Neu said. “We were instructed to just ‘put one thick coat on.’”

College Works is a scam for the homeowners, and currently indirectly associated with UW because of their unsolicited use of UW facilities like Capital Café in Grainger Hall.

College Works has gone under UW’s radar and avoided Career Service’s review because they know as well as anyone, they should not be allowed on campus.

On the pamphlet I got from the informational session and on their website, the company lays out their values. One of them is, “Work Hard, Play Hard, Have Fun!” To their credit, they uphold this value. They work hard to make you think this is a dream opportunity, play the homeowners into paying for two coats and have a lot of fun with the money they scam you out of.

Luke Schaetzel (lschaetzel@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science.

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POINT COUNTERPOINT Reforming Government Accountability Board College Republicans: “Nonpartisan” board did not complete election reviews, failed to assess fines for most election violations

College Democrats: Split board is response to Walker investigation, another attempt to stop accountability

The Government Accountability Board is a joke, but the idea behind it isn’t.

The GAB was set up on good intentions. It was created to centralize the oversight of elections and campaign finance law in Wisconsin under what were supposed to be non-partisan judges on a government panel. Its goal: to maintain the electorate’s faith in the electoral process.

This non-partisan common sense idea has since been shown to fail at its basic functions and has instead been a tool for partisan politics.

In 2014, the Legislative Audit Bureau released a report on the GAB that gave it a big old “F” for a grade.

The audit showed, among other things, the GAB failed to meet its statutory requirements, like reviewing its voter files after every election.

These audits are supposed to occur to ensure everyone that is voting is doing so legally — a basic requirement of elections to ensure a legal vote isn’t canceled out by an illegal vote.

The audit showed that between 2010 and 2014, the GAB did not complete a single review of its voter files even though there had been 16 elections in that time.

S-I-X-T-E-E-N. The audit showed the GAB completely failed another statutory requirement. This statute made the GAB responsible for assessing penalties for late campaign finance reports.

The audit found the staff of the GAB didn’t assess penalties for 655 of 674 violations. Of the 19 fines the GAB assessed, all 19 of them were inconsistent with GAB’s own manual that it created for itself on how to do this.

Ok, so we’ve established that the GAB was very bad at its job. But at least it was nonpartisan, right? Wrong.

Remember the campaign for governor in 2014?

Remember Mary Burke? (It’s understandable if you don’t.) Well, emails reviewed by the Wall Street Journal revealed, among other partisan things, that Shane Falk, a former GAB attorney, sent an email during the campaign ridiculing a statement by the GAB because it would hurt Burke’s election.

“If you didn’t want this to have an effect on the election, better check Burke’s new ad,” Falk wrote. “Now you will be calling her a liar. This is

The Government Accountability Board is a crucial organization, which bears the responsibility for ensuring we have fair and balanced elections.

In the wake of a 2007 scandal in the Wisconsin Capitol, in which top officials from both parties were conducting campaign work from their state offices, the previous body responsible for election oversight was disbanded and the Legislature formed the GAB. The nonpartisan board is comprised of former judges and has since been held up as a model for other states seeking to enforce fair elections.

Now the Republicans in the Legislature attempting to ram through a bill to split up the GAB into two different, partisan boards — a return to the exact same ineffective model that led to the top-tier scandal and creation of the GAB less than a decade ago.

Republicans unveiled a bill Wednesday that would split the Government Accountability Board into two bipartisan bodies. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and ...

The change from a nonpartisan commission to a partisan board to monitor elections is a dangerous idea.

The boards would supposedly be made up of six people — three Democrats and three Republicans — all nominated by the governor and approved by the Senate, both of which are in Republican control.

These split boards will make it impossible to reach agreement and will perpetually be stuck in deadlock.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Rick Hasen, an elections expert at the University of California-Irvine School of Law, called the proposal “a deliberate attempt to doom effective enforcement of Wisconsin election laws.”

The idea that a partisan board will be able to be more nonpartisan than a nonpartisan board is an astounding contradiction.

Republicans are using the John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker as proof the GAB exceeded its bounds.

The investigation was concerning the fundraising of Walker during the 2012 recall election. The state Supreme Court ordered the investigation to cease. The court has a heavy

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a no win. I encourage you to roll with it, or tone down the press release a bit.”

Not partisan? Ok. This was also sent from Falk: “We said from day one on Nov. 8, 2012, that the election had already started.”

Mr. Falk is the same guy who, six months before joining the GAB, urged the board to “get around the constitutional right to free speech.”

One more #GABfail. Ever heard of the John Doe investigations? They were the partisan investigations by Democrats that let prosecutors use SWAT teams to barge into Wisconsinites’ homes while telling them they can’t tell anyone anything about what is happening — even an attorney.

The Wall Street Journal reported the GAB worked with the rogue prosecutors to “subpoena and intimidate the major conservative players in Wisconsin politics.”

To recap: The GAB failed at its most basic statutory tasks like voter list upkeep and assessing penalties.

The GAB worked to make Burke look good, and make Gov. Scott Walker look bad.

The GAB held staff that encouraged the board to “get around” free speech.

The GAB was molded into a tool to coordinate attacks on conservatives in Wisconsin.

The idea behind the GAB is noble in theory, but in reality, it turned into a partisan attack dog for liberals against conservatives. When something fails, it needs to be reformed. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and still expecting the same results.

If Wisconsin really wants to stand for electoral integrity and a transparent government, then we need to reform the GAB. If you disagree with everything I said, but believe in the U.S. Constitution, then you still agree we need to reform the GAB. Because, Mr. Falk, we don’t think it’s time to just “get around the constitutional right to free speech.” Instead, we think it’s about damn time we get around the partisan politics of the “nonpartisan” GAB. Anthony Birch is a senior majoring in political science and strategic communication.

conservative majority in line with the ideology of Walker.

It is, however, the job of the GAB to investigate allegations of misconduct. But the moment the GAB began an investigation into serious allegations against a governor of their party, Republicans decided the system was broken, calling for more control in the hands of the Republican Legislature and governor.

Republicans took their bitterness over this investigation even further when the Assembly passed a bill — along partisan lines — banning John Doe investigations into political crimes.

Republicans didn’t like Walker being investigated, so they simply got rid of the ability to investigate political crimes at all. During the debate of the bill, Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-New Berlin, went so far as to compare the investigations of Walker allies to Nazi Germany home invasions during WWII. When we begin comparing investigation of political crimes to Nazis, we are heading down a very dangerous path.

The polarization of today’s political climate is even further evidence of the inevitable dysfunction of partisan elections and ethics boards. The GAB was approved nearly unanimously in 2007, but the current proposal is set to be a party line vote, with no Democrats voting in favor of the bill.

Even if the Republican narrative that the GAB needs fixing were true, which it isn’t, the way to fix a nonpartisan commission is not by replacing it with partisan boards.

This is a recipe for corruption in Wisconsin politics.

Republicans are trying to protect their current glory days with full control of state government.

Overall, Wisconsin has always been a state with a proud history of clean government.

Walker’s divide-and-conquer strategy in Wisconsin has ushered in an age of extreme polarization that continually culminates in the passage of harmful legislation. This is yet another example of Walker’s Wisconsin.

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

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Smith serves as ringleader of boisterous Badger bench Despite limited playing time, freshman stays focused on match by pumping up fellow reserves

by Zac Hepps Volleyball Reporter

In the Badgers 2015 recruiting class it’s easy to find high school All-Americans and highly ranked players, but one new face knows that though she isn’t a part of the current rotation, she can help impact the team in a variety of ways.

Maddie Smith, a freshman walk-on from St. Germain, Wisconsin is not only a future Badger standout but a character the team relies on to help get them through their midseason lulls.

“She reminds me of Olaf in ‘Frozen,’” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “When he is sitting there and singing about summer, that is Maddie Smith.”

While she isn’t the sidekick to the ice princess, Smith is carving out her own role on the team.

Though she has only seen action in one game this year, Smith is integral cog of the Badger machine and brings the energy from the sidelines.

“I was nominated cheer captain by the team,” Smith said. “I like to be cheerful and

energetic — that is the way I stay engaged in the game, by bringing the energy.”

That energy ignites the team not only in games but also in practice. Fellow freshman Tionna Williams knows that though Smith isn’t making a huge impact in the box score quite yet, the team’s chemistry would be unbalanced without her.

“Maddie is one of a kind,” Williams said.

“She is full of energy and she is one of those teammates you want to be around all the time. She always has a smile on her face and just brightens your day up.”

Check the sidelines after any Wisconsin point and you can find Smith in the middle of a well-rehearsed routine.

“We call it the block party,” Smith said.

But Smith’s story doesn’t end as the cheer captain, she has a legacy to uphold not only for the state, but also for her family.

The 6-foot-1 outside hitter and defensive specialist is Wisconsin’s only in-state player and the responsibility that comes with representing the Badger state is not lost on Smith.

“It is an awesome feeling knowing that I get to represent my home state,” Smith said.

She also knows what it means to don the red and white, as her mom was a member of the 1990 Big Ten championship team at UW. Despite the large shoes to fill, Smith welcomes the comparison.

“ I like to be cheerful and

energetic — that is the way I stay engaged in the game, by bringing the energy. ” Maddie Smith “I really wanted to follow in my mom’s footsteps and felt that it was an awesome opportunity to do that,” Smith said.

Even with Badger in her blood, Smith nearly didn’t make it to UW, and was

the last member of the 2015 class to join the team. After committing in January, it didn’t take long for Smith to build a close connection with her future teammates.

With seven newcomers on the team, the foundation has been set in stone for the future, and Sheffield sees the freshmen progressing.

“They are all developing at different rates and all of them are having a different level of impact in the gym,” Sheffield said.

“They are all really nice kids. I like them all and all of them are learning what it takes to compete and play at this level.”

Smith knows that she may not be counted on in pressure moments this season, but she will be needed in future years to help keep Wisconsin near the top of the standings.

Because of this, she views practice as her games to prepare herself for her inevitable moment in the spotlight.

“In practice I try to bring my best out,” Smith said “Every opportunity I do get to play, I try to do my best and stay energized.

Even if I am not in a drill, I will just cheer on the team.”

"Know Your Rights Presentation" With Defense Attorney Tim Kiefer

Hosted by the ACLU Student Alliance of UW-­‐Madison Science Hall Room 360 on UW-­‐Madison Campus Wednesday, October 28th at 7 P.M.

Many Americans are unaware of the Rights granted to them by the Constitution. This presentation highlights the Constitutional Rights that many Americans are unfamiliar or unaware of. Learn how to properly interact with police while getting your questions answered by an expert in the criminal defense field.

The event is completely free and pizza and soda will be provided!

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Rutgers endured their most devastating defeat of 2015 a week prior to their matchup against Wisconsin, a 49-7 home loss Oct. 24 to Ohio State, in which it took Rutgers 59 minutes and 47 seconds to put any points on the board.

That said, the Scarlet Knights (3-4 Overall, 1-3 Big Ten) truly have nothing to lose against Wisconsin, needing a win against either the Badgers, No. 15 Michigan or Nebraska just to become bowl eligible.

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It’s a lofty goal for a team that has suffered heartbreaking losses to Washington State, Penn State, coupled with a sevenpoint loss to No. 6 Michigan State and now a blowout at the hands of No. 1 Ohio State.

Glaring inconsistencies have nobody in Piscataway fooled, and it’s obvious that this Scarlet Knights team can be dangerous, but lacks the consistency of an elite team, having so few of the pieces to the puzzle solved.

The running-game is one of those solved

pieces though. A trio of running backs, Robert Martin (480 rushing yards), Josh Hicks (439 rushing yards) and Paul James (381 rushing yards), have each combined to make Rutgers the fifth most effective rushing attack in the Big Ten (185.6 rushing yards per game).

Sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano is another player that has shown his ability to be an elite passer despite a lack of receiving options and propelled Rutgers to the top

of the Big Ten in passing efficiency (148.9 QBR).

Together, they’ve combined to make the Scarlet Knights fourth-best in the Big Ten in total offense (426.6 yards per game), and gave an unprepared Michigan State quite a scare in early October.

Defense has hindered the offense though, and proved to be Rutgers downfall in most of their losses. The Scarlet Knights allow opponents 458.9 yards per game in 2015.

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Delayed arrival doesn’t deter Victoria Pickett’s confidence; finds support, mentorship in fellow countrywoman Kinley McNicoll

by Jamie DeGraff Women’s Soccer Reporter

After missing the beginning of the 2015 season, freshman Victoria Pickett faced an uphill battle to prove herself as a reliable starter in the Big Ten’s most talented midfield.

Pickett didn’t sign her letter of intent to play at UW until Aug. 25, and didn’t even join the team until after the second game of the season.

Between the team’s slow start to the season and the pressure to quickly learn the Badgers’s system, there was little margin for error by the time she first took the field in early September, making her first start of the season at Loyola-Chicago the fifth game of the season.

Working in Pickett’s favor, however, was the mentorship and support from senior midfielder Kinley McNicoll, both a former teammate with the Canadian national program and longtime friend. As teammates in 2014 for the U-20 World Cup and the 2015

Pan-American Games, the two shared some memorable victories, reaching the knockout stages in both tournaments.

But surprisingly enough, Pickett said McNicoll wasn’t a factor in her decision to join the Badgers. Instead, it was a completely different scenario, and one she laughs about when looking back.

“I didn’t even know she was attending here before I committed, but once I did visit, it made my decision that much easier because I’d know a fellow Canadian,” Pickett said. “It was really nice knowing I have a friend to rely on if I’m ever homesick, and I can talk about stuff back at home because I have Kinley there.”

Pickett, who played defensive back during her time with U-20 Canada, said she was thrilled to transition back into her natural position of midfielder upon her arrival to the Badgers. In addition to McNicoll, she had two other all-conference caliber midfielders to help her get reacquainted with the position in Rose Lavelle and McKenna Meuer.

As a result, Pickett wasted little time

making an impact on offense, earning her first assist just 55 minutes into her University of Wisconsin career and netting her first goal two games later, a second-half equalizer against in-state rival UW-Milwaukee.

Despite her early success, Pickett hasn’t lost sight of the progression still ahead of her, or the help of her teammates.

“I’ve been getting more comfortable in the position, but I still have tons to learn,” Pickett said. “Players like Rose and Kinley and everyone else have really helped me adjust.”

Either way, the points kept coming for Pickett, and often during crucial moments of Wisconsin’s current eight-game winning streak. She was especially valuable during the team’s recent road trip to Iowa and Nebraska, when she netted three points on her way to earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors.

Pickett’s contributions have only magnified the efforts of the Badgers entire midfield on offense, a unit that has scored 75 percent of the team’s total goals (18 of 24) as of Oct. 19.

After years of playing the facilitator role to her star forwards up top in Cara Walls and Kodee Williams, McNicoll relishes the opportunity to take more shots and show her abilities in an attacking role.

“I like how the midfield this year has a bigger emphasis in the attack, because ever since I was little, my coaches had told me that it’s not just strikers who score goals; the midfielders can too,” McNicoll said. “The midfield is the workhorse, and you have to work just as hard on defense than you do on the attack, so I do like having a bigger emphasis in the attack.”

It’s a necessity that Pickett and the rest of the midfield have taken with open arms, especially senior McNicoll.

But with Pickett in the mix, head coach Paula Wilkins believes the offense is peaking at the right time.

“I think we’ve found the right combination of players and they got played in with one another,” Wilkins said. “Pickett was a late add and I think she’s been a serious offensive threat that’s caused some problems with other teams.”

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As students at University of Wisconsin celebrated Homecoming on campus, a Wisconsin men’s soccer player celebrated a different type of homecoming — by playing a match in the city where he first learned the game.

Tom Barlow returned to his hometown of St. Louis as the Badgers took on St. Louis University, and the young striker provided the game-winning goal in double overtime for the Cardinal and White.

Barlow played his first game in his hometown since joining the Badgers nearly two years ago. The striker said it was a special feeling to play in front of loved ones and people he hadn’t seen since coming to Madison. Even more so, Barlow thought it was cool to showcase how much his talents have improved to his onlooking high school coaches — the individuals that helped him reach the college level in the first place.

“Being able to play in front of [my old coaches] again was a cool moment,” Barlow said. “It was a lot of fun to see a bunch of them, and my high school coach came over

and told me ‘great goal’ after the game was over.”

Barlow scoring in his return to St. Louis is a story in itself, but for him to net the winning goal in a highly contested, double overtime match? It really couldn’t get better than that, and Barlow agreed.

“Getting [the goal] in St. Louis was a really special moment for me,” he said. “It didn’t hit me at first. It was just so surreal, and I’m really happy that it happened when it did.”

Barlow, who came into season ranked as the 98th-best player in the country, according to TopDrawerSoccer, got off to a slow start to the campaign, managing to produce only one assist in the team’s first seven games.

That’s not the type of production the coaching staff wanted from their top goalscorer from a season ago.

But as of late, Barlow’s fortunes have started to change. In the past seven games, Barlow has racked up three goals and notched one assist, putting him into second place on the team in points (eight). Barlow said he attributes this turnaround in his performances to the unity of the team, something that wasn’t really there in the early stages of the season.

Photo · Barlow (11), who led the Badgers in goals in 2014 (five), has three goals and three assists this season on a much-improved Wisconsin squad.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald “I think our team is starting to come together more and you can feel it in practice,” Barlow said. “Now I feel like we’re not gonna give up a goal. We’re passing better, which helps open up spaces for myself to get in behind [the defense], allowing us to get better looks on goal. Things are starting to click more for us.”

“Getting [the goal] in St. Louis was a really special moment for me. ” Tom Barlow Sophomore forward

Photo · Barlow (11) became a standout prospect at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis, earning Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year honors in 2013.

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Barlow became a household name during his time playing high school soccer in St. Louis at Chaminade College Prep. During his junior season, the striker was named the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year following a campaign that saw him score 27 goals and tally 17 assists to help lead his team to the state championship. The accolades Barlow picked up during his senior season are even more impressive — he received the award for the St. Louis

Soccer Hall of Fame Rising Star, as well as the Larry Hughes award, in addition to his All-American recognition.

Barlow added to his long list of awards after his first season with Wisconsin when he was named to the Big Ten All-Freshmen team following his five-goal, three-assist campaign for the Badgers in 2014.

Part of the reason Barlow settled into the team so effortlessly, he said, was due to the relationship he already had with fellow St. Louis sophomore forward Mark Segbers.

The two grew up playing club soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher, and then both ended up donning the Wisconsin jersey.

It’s this unique partnership that has given Barlow and Segbers a huge advantage against defenses, Barlow said.

“We just kind of understand what kind of players we are — he knows my strengths and I know his,” Barlow said. “We just kind of know where each other is going to be, and we try our best to throw off defenses using this. It’s nice having someone that I know pretty well playing up their with me.”

Barlow certainly made the most of his homecoming opportunity in St. Louis.

Except this time, he left Missouri as Wisconsin’s homecoming hero.

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“Cult-like” college sports worship draws university’ s attention UW researchers claim past human rituals may shed light on rationale for savagery A 25-foot-tall effigy of Bucky Badger built by University of Wisconsin students for ritualistic, game-day purposes has drawn the attention of UW scholars and historians alike. With behavior described as “pre-monotheistic” and “to the likes of savages,” some UW researchers have connected the college football fandom to that of mysterious, ancient cults, claiming this could be a groundbreaking step in understanding the customs of preChristian peoples.Inline image 1 “It’s like observing an ancient religious initiation — like nothing anyone would ever expect in this age ... something we rarely even have information about in

present texts,” UW anthropology professor Catherine DeFrambo said. “These acts may fill in a huge part of the anthropomorphic story we’ve been missing for millennia.”

Such game-day ceremonies begin every fall. The festivities along Langdon Street attract many young worshipers, while Regent Street features “tailgating” enjoyed by an older demographic.

Celebrations typically begin every Friday after sundown and continue into the wee hours of Sunday morning, calling for large quantities of alcohol to be consumed by all.

Students clad in red clothing and smeared in paint ritually consume and spill offerings of alcohol while aggressively

chanting; “Eat shit, Fuck you,” asking Bucky to bring victory to the UW football team. DeFrambo said this behavior mimics many initiation and sacrificial practices of ancient cults.

“With these gifts to Bucky, the followers hope to win the mascot’s favor for upcoming games,” UW classics professor Clay Sartovsky said.

The party-goers’ state of mind becomes more wild with the flashing lights and intense bass. Sartovsky compared these celebrations to the Cult of Dionysus. The followers of this ancient sect, known as Maenads, would become so impassioned that their ceremonies turned violent.

“In this way we can explain the terrifying state of downtown before and after football games,” he said. “All of this is done in tribute to Bucky.”

UW’s sociologists, classicists and anthropologists alike plan to combine their observations to release groundbreaking research theorizing how these traditions were passed down to the modern Western World.

“Football fans are the closest modern comparison to these ancient religions,” DeFrambo said. “The evidence suggests that what sports fans call ‘pre-gaming’ and ‘tailgating’ actually evolved from ancient traditions.”

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and this seems like a problem we should all deerly care about.

13 Years Old. Madison native Skylar Stecker recently signed a record lable Cherrytree Records/ Interscope and released her debut album, This is Me. Her single, “ That’s What’s Up” is her hit song so far. But let me tell you something about society, missy, you have no idea what is up in this country full of flaws and problems if your album is called This Is Me. Go to school instead.

Three Percent. In a recent Quinnipiac poll out of Iowa, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker took a meager 3 percent of the vote — which puts him in 10th place for the Republicans’ caucus. Make of that what you will.

1,955 pounds. Early federal estimates from this past July reported that the average Wisconsin cow produced 1,955 pounds of milk in July alone, 40- pounds more than California cows.

This competition between Wisconsin cows and California cows has been turning for years with no end in sight. Except for if your lactose intolerant, because then you know where the 1,955 pounds always ends up.

One in 77. Oh deer, oh deer, oh deer. According to State Farm Insurance, the odds that a driver will hit a deer in the state of Wisconsin are 1 in 77.

Compare that with the national odds of 1 in 169

$1. The new Milwaukee Bucks owners are paying $1 to buy anearly 10 acre area located in the Park East corridor of downtown Milwaukee.

Or in other words coming from a New Yorker, the greatest real estate deal in the history of mankind.

1,500 Bones and Teeth. Last week countless researchers, including some from Unviersity of Wisconsin brought to light an unprecedented amount of hominin fossils belonging to a new Homo Naledi family. It’s a shame Homo Naledi was unable to comment on the discovery as they say with great age comes great wisdom.

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40 Deer. In mid-September 40 deer were killed by a hunter in the town of Mondovi, Wisconsin in what was being called a “thrill killing,.” I don’t know what of person enjoys killing 40 deer, but he just wasted a lot of perfectly good Thanksgiving venison. Just remember to hold the margarine.

3 Percent. In a recent article by Motherjones. com, the publication reported only 3 percent of Donald Trump’s last 3,917 tweets came from his fingers. That means the other 97 percent came from either his celebrity apprentices or naturally golden blonde hair.

19 haircuts. Former GOP presidential candidate and Wisconsin governor has tweeted about getting his haircut 19 times. But comb on, that’s expected from a guy whose running against the man whose hair has been compared to an ear of corn, the aforementioned Donald Trump.

27 Million. Cargill, a major manufacturer of beer, announced in late September that it will spend $27 million to expand beef plants in Butler, Wisconsin and Fort Worth, Texas. The additional plants are being built so the company can cook

meat in its factory which seems neither sanitary or particularly healthy. $100,000. When Scott Walker dropped out of the presidential campaign in September, he reportedly was receiving just one percent of the vote and owed several vendors more than $100,000. Or in other words, the amount of money the university is making from the stupid increase in out-of-state tuition.

Two Snapchat Accounts. After the Kevin Hart comedy show in early October, an incident occurred surrounding intoxicated people at a nearby comedy club as they were watching some of Hart’s warmup acts. Snapchat was the cause of the fight. That’s not a story I’d like to be apart of.

18 Days in a Kayak. Earlier this month Ruth Oppedahl, a Wisconsin resident embarked on a 18day trip along the Wisconsin River. While the river is cleaner than it was 25 years ago, there’s probably still a lot of pee in the river. And speaking of pee, how did she relieve herself?

Second Home. Larry the Cable Guy said last week Wisconsin is his second home. First, there is Scott Walker, then the voice of a tractor in cars and a lead character from Tyler Perry’s Madea Christmas movie.

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