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STUDENTS IN THE SHADOWS Struggling to maintain a livelihood and succeed academically, students facing homelessness and food insecurity at University of Wisconsin confront social isolation and a lack of selfhood.

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Madtown Crier Tuesday 2/16 The Schwartzes at High Noon Saloon, 6 p.m., $5 (21+) UW Chamber Orchestra at Humanities Building-Mills Hall, 7:30 p.m., FREE

Saturday 2/20

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Majestic Theatre, 8 p.m., $35

Goodnight Moon at Overture Center-Playhouse, 1:30 p.m., $29.50

Wednesday 2/17

Distill America: A Celebration of American Distilling at Edgewater Hotel, 5 p.m., $55

The Rocky Horror Show at Bartell Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $20

Mike Stud at Majestic Theatre, 7:30 p.m., $25

Future at Orpheum Theater, 8 p.m., SOLD OUT

Sunday 2/21

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at Majestic Theatre, 8 p.m., $35

Thursday 2/18

UW Concert Band at Humanities Building-Mills Hall, 2 p.m., FREE

The Cultural Costs of Terrorism: Palmyra and Beyond at Chazen Museum of Art, 5:30 p.m., FREE

Dropkick Murphys at Orpheum Theater, 8 p.m., $35

El Ten Eleven at Majestic Theatre, 9 p.m., $10

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Monday 2/22 The Apollo Affair at Up North Pub, 7 p.m., FREE

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University’s update to current smoking policy sparks discussion about percent of student smokers, e-cigarette use

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After meeting with student government leaders to discuss changes to University of Wisconsin’s current smoking policy, UW officials look toward the future possibility of becoming a completely smoke-free campus.

An update of UW’s smoking policy leads to an inside look at UW’s smoking percentages and smoking resources.

Smoking on campus

As a whole, the number of students in college who typically smoke is considered relatively low in comparison to other groups of smokers.

At about 8 percent, students with undergraduate degrees who smoke count for about half of the amount of people within the general population who smoke, Megan Piper, UW Department of Medicine assistant professor, said.

As of 2015, the total number of people who smoke in the U.S. general population hit below 17 percent — a relatively low number compared to years past, she said.

Sarah Van Orman, University Health Services executive director, said the number of male and female college students who smoke varies considerably. A study conducted in spring 2015 revealed about 13 percent of male

UW students admitted to smoking within the last 30 days of taking the survey, while it was only about 7 percent of females.

Van Orman said UW research also shows smoking to be most common among international students.

But Van Orman said it’s important to note these percentages only account for students that have smoked cigarettes. Studies have only now begun to examine student use of electronic smoking devices.

“One of the challenges with [the percentages] is that the instrument we use [to measure the percent smokers] is a national instrument that is actually being updated,” Van Orman said. “It was really developed before electronic devices came to be, so we don’t really have any data either on our campus or really on college campuses nationally about electronic cigarette use.”

Cigarettes and electronic devices

According to data from the Center for Disease Control, the number of adults using e-cigarrettes from 2010 to about 2013 almost tripled.

Despite the recent trend in the usage of e-cigarrettes, university policy, city ordinances and even state law have all been silent on their use policies. Though UW has said e-cigarrettes are not allowed in university buildings, university policy plans to add them

to their new smoking ban list that should soon be approved, Van Orman said.

The administration and faculty are currently working to approve changes to UW’s smoking policy, Van Orman said.

Piper too said UW’s Center for Tobacco Research and Prevention is just starting to conduct studies concerning e-cigarrettes and the percent of people who use them.

Creating a smoke-free campus

With the new campus smoking policy updates being circulated around UW’s faculty, staff and administration, questions have been brought up as to whether UW will eventually become a completely smoke-free campus.

There are already about 1,600 colleges in the U.S. that have gone smoke-free, two of which include UW-Madison’s sister schools, UW-Stout and UW-River Falls, Van Orman said. UW-Madison’s medical campus is smoke-free as well.

Though many campuses have committed to becoming smoke-free, Van Orman said it’s a difficult and complicated process because of the impact and potential consequences it has on the community.

Van Orman said university employees and international students would most likely be affected the most if the campus went smokefree. But that doesn’t mean UW would want students or staff to have to cross the street just

so they could smoke either, she added.

“It’s really important that adequate resources are available for people who might be smokers ... [and] really understand who in the community are smokers to make sure they have access to work through all of those issues,” Van Orman said.

Though Piper has not studied the impacts a smoke-free campus may have on its surrounding community, she did say in businesses that went smoke-free, there was a significant decrease in the number of smokers and the increase in the level of health for employees who work at the business.

“When Ireland went smoke-free as a country, their emergency visits decreased dramatically, fewer people were having heart attacks,” Piper said. “You definitely see health effects when work places go smoke-free.”

With UW buildings already being entirely smoke-free, the health of the work environment is already improved, the question remains about what would happen if the entire campus went smoke-free, Piper said.

There are many consequences to consider before the university could ever become completely smoke-free, Van Orman said.

But she said it’s important to have the conversation.

“At this point I think it’s important that our campus just start that conversation,” she said.

City works to curb racial disparities, but officials say there is ‘long way to go’ Government, businesses have taken steps to promote equity at local, county level since release of 2013 report

by Teymour Tomsyck City Editor

Two years since the Race to Equity report shed light on racial disparities within Dane County, community leaders said progress has been slow but steady.

City officials said the report has gone a long way in creating a sense of urgency on the issue of equity. A Madison Urban Ministry official said community efforts have been more focused since the report.

Dane County Supervisor Leland Pan, District 5, said significant efforts to better understand the causes of inequity have been made since the report was published in 2013. Specifically, county work groups compiled a list of recommendations to direct county efforts to curb racial disparities within the local criminal justice system.

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achievement and juvenile and adult arrest rates.

At the city level, efforts to promote equity have stayed strong in the years following the report, Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said.

“Equity is something that has become more than just a buzzword in city hall,” Verveer said.

In making decisions, Verveer said city policy makers are now considering the potential impact on equity. Creating full time staff positions responsible for equity and looking at issues through an “equity lense” are some of the ways the city has hoped to make change, he said.

More recently, Verveer said the city is considering changes to the bus fare system designed with equity in mind. But he acknowledged the city still has a long way to go in terms of ensuring equity for residents.

Linda Ketcham, Madison Urban Ministry director, said her organization, which works on issues of social justice, was not surprised by the report’s

findings. Nevertheless, she said it served an important function in stirring the community. “[The report] brought attention and focus on what we like to ignore in Dane County,” Ketcham said.

While Kethcam doesn’t doubt the community has made progress, she said in some ways it’s still too early to tell what the legacy of the report will be. She said she remains hopeful and is encouraged by the work being done within the county.

In the time since the report came out, the Madison Urban Ministry has been more motivated to continue tackling issues, such as recidivism among former prisoners, Ketcham said. The organization has worked to ensure their own hiring practices reflect their commitment to inclusiveness, she said.

Ketcham said it’s critical for policy makers to understand the interconnectedness of every area disparities occur as they continue combating inequity.

“Housing, education, employment —

those things all intersect,” Ketcham said.

At the county level, progress continues to be made, including understanding how disparities are perpetuated, Pan said.

A lack of data continues to hamper county efforts to address equity, Pan said.

The county has responded, Pan said, by creating an equity analyst position within the county executives office.

Local businesses have also taken steps to fight inequity, Verveer said.

The Overture Arts Center now has an equity coordinator and has implemented programs to increase access among lowincome communities, Verveer said. One program, called Access for All, works with community organizations to provide event tickets for as little as $2.

Verveer said Overture has also hired an equity coordinator to assist the company in promoting equitable outcomes. He said Overture is just one of a variety of businesses that are now committed to equity, but much remains to be done.

“We are by no means perfect,” Verveer said. “We still have a long way to go.”

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Growing millennial population faces Wis. officials take varied approaches obstacles in Madison housing market to address human trafficking in state

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Lawmakers, prosecutors, organizations work to protect rather than penalize victims, increase attention to issue

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With bipartisan bills to combat sex trafficking and Attorney General Brad Schimel’s recently published opinion editorial highlighting the issue, Wisconsin stakeholders are working together to fight human trafficking.

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In light of recent housing trends and reports, the city is debating the possibility of creating new affordable housing to handle the influx of millennials in the Madison housing market.

Madison millennials have a predominant tendency to rent space rather than purchase permanent housing due to certain barriers to entry in the permanent housing market. This keeps rents high and makes the Madison housing market economically inefficient, Matthew Wachter, Madison’s housing initiatives specialist, said.

Madison has seen an appreciable increase in its millennial population in recent years. This may be attributed to the sizable and desirable companies like Epic Systems bringing recent college graduates to Madison to work, Timothy Riddiough, professor in Wisconsin School of Business’ Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, said.

But millennials may be deterred from moving to Madison because of a lack of affordable housing for their demographic, Wachter said.

“The lack of affordable housing options drives away a whole host of workers,” Wachter said.

“They see it as a barrier.”

Riddiough said consistent increases in income inequality coupled with an increase in highincome millennials’ renting space in Madison has made the housing market problematic for lowincome millennials.

As a result of high-income individuals affecting rents in the rental housing market and barriers to entry in the permanent housing market, low-income millennials are encountering difficulties entering the Madison housing market, Riddiough said.

“Madison now has affordable housing problems in a more severe way than they perhaps have ever had,” Riddiough said.

These affordable housing problems stem primarily from an increase in demand for scarce housing coupled with high construction costs, which disincentives constructing new affordable housing, Anne Morrison, an employee at Urban Land Interests in Madison, said.

Morrison said it is possible for the city to drive rents down and alleviate the affordable housing

shortage by increasing its supply of affordable housing, but the city will have to subsidize developers for this course of action to be feasible.

“To some extent, it’s not possible to build truly affordable housing right now without subsidies because construction costs are such that you can’t build at a price that allows you to make it affordable to people who are in the lower income bracket,” Morrison said. “It’s true today more so, but it’s true always that it’s difficult to build affordable housing without subsidies, if not impossible.”

Increased city intervention in the housing market may be a feasible solution to the issue, but city officials would have much to discuss before considering stepping up city involvement in the housing market, Riddiough said.

Madison has traditionally meddled in its housing market significantly less than other major metropolitan areas like New York or San Francisco, where city interference in the housing market is constant, Riddiough said.

“There’s certainly a strong case for the city to be involved,” Riddiough said. “I’m sympathetic to that, but on the other hand you’ve got to sort of try to get it right — in terms of not distorting things in other directions.”

There has also been some debate over the degree of state interference that should exist in the Madison housing market, Wachter said.

Wachter said the city’s current strategy for advocating affordable housing relies heavily upon collaboration with the state and federal government.

“The state contributes a significant amount of the funds that we’re going to put up for affordable housing,” Wachter said.

The city has attempted to improve its housing market previously. Roughly a decade ago, the city distributed housing subsidies to low-income individuals so they could afford condominiums that would otherwise be out of their price-range, Riddiough said.

This program ultimately went nowhere due to insufficient interest in the condos, illustrating the difficulty of tailoring policies to the idiosyncrasies of Madison’s housing market, Riddiough said.

“It’s not always easy to set all the details right on the programs,” Riddiough said. “That’s the law of how unintended consequences work when you regulate.”

According to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, there were 50 cases of human trafficking in Wisconsin in 2015, 45 of which were sex trafficking, three of them labor trafficking and two of them both.

The number of people being trafficked could be much higher than these reported cases, Rep. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, said. It’s hard to know for sure how many people are being victimized because “so much of this is being done in the dark,” she added.

Part of the problem with how sex trafficking cases are handled, Subeck said, is that survivors of sex trafficking are often treated as perpetrators rather than victims.

She said many times victims are charged with prostitution rather than receiving help for their traumatic experience. Lawmakers should go a step further and allow those who were survivors of sex trafficking to have immunity from these sorts of prosecutions, Subeck added.

Liz Marquardt, community education and strategic initiatives director at Sojourner Family Peace Center, a domestic abuse treatment center, said many victims do not think the legal system will protect them, which makes it harder for survivors to find help.

“Trafficking survivors are very likely to not believe that the criminal legal system is going to be able to protect them,” Marquardt said. “And partly that might be true … if their experience is that the criminal legal system isn’t able to keep them safe, then it’s not the first place they’ll turn.”

Attorney general’s response

Sex trafficking occurs in almost every county in the state, according to 2013 Department of Justice numbers, Schimel said in his article. He said human trafficking is an issue that needs more attention throughout the state.

“Human trafficking is an insidious crime that isolates victims and exploits them for profit,” Schimel wrote. “It is happening right here in Wisconsin, in small and large cities, towns and villages, both urban and suburban — places that you might not expect.”

Marquardt said she thinks it’s great that

the “top cop” in the state is talking about the issue and that there are statewide efforts to address it.

Legislation in the works

A bipartisan bill Subeck coauthored would classify child sex trafficking as child abuse, allowing child protective services to be involved in the cases. Subeck said her bill is a step in the right direction for dealing with the issue of sex trafficking in the state because it would strengthen the processes of finding justice and promoting recovery.

“I want to emphasize that [this bill] is a really good step, it’s something that we absolutely should do,” Subeck said. “We absolutely should investigate these acts as child sexual abuse, but it really isn’t enough, and we really should do more.”

The Committee on Children and Families passed the bill unanimously Feb. 11.

Another bipartisan bill, proposed by Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, Sen. Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse, Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, and Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, would allow survivors to keep their private address confidential, so abusers can’t find them.

The four lawmakers said in a joint statement that it’s important for there to be a bipartisan effort to address this issue.

“While the four of us don’t always agree, there is one thing we can all get behind; the safety of survivors of domestic abuse, stalking and human trafficking,” Fitzgerald, Shilling, Kleefisch and Taylor said in the statement.

The bill passed unanimously in the Assembly, and was unopposed in the Senate Feb. 9 and now heads to Gov. Scott Walker ’s desk.

Recovery efforts

Marquardt said a multidisciplinary approach is the best way to help victims.

Health and social services, domestic violence agencies, crisis housing, faith-based organizations and law enforcement all need to work together to tackle this issue, she added.

Sojourner Family Peace Center provides help hotlines, shelters, legal advocacy, support groups and life skills training, such as resume help, Marquardt said. Other possible improvements include increasing financial assistance to victims so they can have access to legal services, crisis housing or clothing for a job interview, she said.

“We don’t believe that any one of us has the answer, but that we need to work together in a multidisciplinary way, so that people have a broad spectrum of things that they can access … and that they get their health and safety needs met as well,” Marquardt said.

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Equal pay for equal work: Wisconsin lagging in closing wage gap Lawmakers say more legislation is needed to address payment disparities impacting women, families, economy in state

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

Women’s earnings on average for every dollar their male counterparts make

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On the seventh anniversary of the federal Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, legislators are still working to address the importance of providing equal pay and reduce the wage gap in Wisconsin.

The Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is a federal law President Barack Obama enacted in 2009 after a woman, Lily Ledbetter, discovered she had been paid less than her male counterparts for 20 years, Rep. Lisa Subeck, D-Madison, said. Lebetter, a former Goodyear Tires employee, filed a lawsuit in the federal Supreme Court against the company, but was told her case was invalid. This was because she could only have sued for pay discrimination at the time she received her first paycheck and not 20 years later, Subeck said.

The act prevents such incidents from happening in that it resets the time period under which a person can sue for pay discrimination, Subeck said.

“Every time you receive a paycheck that is less than your male counterparts’, that time period under which you can sue will restart,” Subeck said. “So the act gives someone like Lily Ledbetter the ability to sue even if they don’t learn of the pay discrepancy when it had first started.”

But under the law, people can only sue in the federal Supreme Court, Subeck said. To make this process easier, states implemented individual equal pay laws based on the Lily Ledbetter Act that allow

people to sue in state courts instead, she said.

Wisconsin implemented its own equal pay act, which Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators repealed in 2012, Subeck said.

Wisconsin is one of only five states in the nation that does not have a state-level equal pay act, Subeck said.

“The [repeal of Wisconsin’s equal pay act] really took us backwards and set us apart from most states,” Subeck said.

Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said women in Wisconsin make on average 78 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. She said this ratio is even lower for black women, who receive 64 cents and Latina women who earn 56 cents for every dollar made by a white, non-Hispanic man.

Subeck said this pay gap negatively impacts Wisconsin’s economy because it reduces a woman’s ability to spend.

Shankland also noted many women are the primary breadwinners in their family and need equal pay for financial security.

“This is not only holding back our economy, but is also preventing women from investing in their dreams whether it’s starting a business, being able to pay their student loans or buying a house,” Shankland said.

In 2012, shortly before the repeal of Wisconsin’s equal pay act became law, Wisconsin Civil Justice Council released a statement against the act saying it made it unnecessarily expensive for companies to cover pay discrimination lawsuit costs.

Created in collaboration with other prorepeal organizations, such as Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Wisconsin Builders Association and Wisconsin Hospital Association, the statement said women could still sue in federal court with the repeal.

According to the statement, the number of cases filed for pay discrimination did not increase under the equal pay act. Even before the act existed, employees who were discriminated against could seek reinstatement, back pay for up to two years before discrimination and coverage of court proceedings.

The repeal maintains these benefits, the statement

said.

The statement’s authors called the act “unduly burdensome on Wisconsin employers.”

Subeck said there is more than one cause for the pay gap than just the lack of an equal pay law in Wisconsin. Allowing time off to take care of children or sick relatives, giving access to high quality health care and family planning services would go a long way in improving life in the workplace for women, she said.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold said in a statement much more must be done to ensure women “have every opportunity to succeed” and advocated raising the minimum wage and increasing access to reproductive health care in addition to creating equal pay legislation.

Shankland said other legislation could be helpful in reducing the pay gap in the state. One such piece of legislation is the

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12-Month Contraceptive Care Act, which would allow any woman who received an initial three-month birth control supply from her insurance providers to get a 12-month supply filled.

Subeck said she has also introduced a bill to make it easier for new mothers to return to work. It would allow them to breastfeed their children in safe and adequate places at their workplace without the risk of losing their health insurance, she said.

Restoring the Wisconsin Equal Pay Act would still be most efficient way to reduce the wage gap and improve women’s rights, Subeck said. The legislation, however, still needs Republican support, she said. Shankland said Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, has introduced the act twice and not received a hearing, but will keep trying in the future.

“We’ll keep on fighting for equal pay for equal work,” Shankland said.

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Wisconsin parents would no longer be able to cite “personal conviction” for a reason to exempt their children from required vaccinations under a new bill currently being circulated at the Capitol.

Rep. Gordan Hintz, D-Oshkosh, author of the bill, said he introduced his legislation in response to the rising number of people choosing to opt out of immunizations using the personal exemption reason.

“The reason that we’ve introduced this bill is because in the last 20 years, we’ve gone from 1 percent opting out to more than 5 percent. The national average is about 2.5 percent,” Hintz said. “We’re trending in the wrong direction.”

Hintz said Wisconsin has one of the broadest requirements for waiver reasons, making it easy for parents to opt-out.

According to the National Vaccine Information Center, required school vaccinations can be waived if the student or parent submits a written statement to the school, day care or nursery objecting to the immunization for reasons of health, religion or “personal conviction.”

Under the bill, health and religion would still be valid reasons for requesting immunizations.

But Michael Ramey, ParentalRights.org spokesperson, said it’s a parent’s right to make informed medical decisions for their children, and the government should not inhibit that right.

“These bills that would remove from parents the authority to decide what vaccines are best for their children and give that authority to a bureaucratic board that has never seen the child violates this fundamental right of parents,” Ramey said in an email to The Badger Herald. “It also violates the freedom of children ‘to be secure in their persons,’ per the Fourth Amendment, and it violates the fundamental medical ethic of ‘informed consent.’”

Hintz said “personal conviction” is often used by parents who run out of time to get their children vaccinated, but still want them to be able to attend school. He said parents just fill out the waiver instead of getting vaccinations done.

Stephanie Schauer, Wisconsin Department of Health Services immunization program director, said vaccines are one of the most effective ways to prevent against diseases.

“Vaccines are among the safest ways to go ahead and prevent disease,” Schauer said.

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licensure, as well as afterwards to make sure that they continue to remain safe.”

But Shane Ellison, who holds a master’s degree in organic chemistry, said in his blog that parents should not vaccinate their kids because vaccinations can lead to autism, seizures and nerve damage.

Schauer, however, said these sorts of claims are not scientifically supported. There have been some smaller studies that linked vaccinations to things like autism, Schauer said, but when the science behind these studies was investigated those claims were proven to be false.

Ramey said ParentalRights.org does not have a position on the safety risks or medical efficacy of vaccines, only parents’ right to choose.

Some of the most effective vaccinations is the measles vaccination, which is 98 percent effective in protecting measles, and HPV, which is 93 percent effective, Schauer said. The most common side effects of vaccinations include redness or swelling at the site of infection, which only lasts a few days, Schauer said.

If people choose to opt out, Schauer said, it puts these vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and the elderly, at risk of contracting the disease. She said a higher percentage of the population needs

to be vaccinated to prevent person to person transmission and another outbreak.

“Even if 10 percent of American parents choose to opt out of immunization we would see diseases like measles and rubella return,” Schauer said. “It’s really making sure that you’re protecting yourself, as well as your community.”

Vaccinations can prevent infections like the measles outbreak in Disneyland that happened in April 2015, Hintz said. Schauer said many of those who contracted the illness were not vaccinated for measles.

Hintz said his bill would put Wisconsin in line with the majority of the U.S. since 32 states currently do not have the personal reasons option. He said vaccinations are important to ensuring the safety of citizens.

“It’s the right thing to do,” Hintz said. “Public health is important and we should do everything we can to encourage as many people as we can to get vaccinated.”

Schauer encouraged those who have not done so to get their flu shot, and make sure that their immunizations are up to date, by checking the online registry.

The bill has circulated for cosponsorship, but has not yet been assigned to a committee or had a public hearing.

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Tech on Deck ‘Space screws up biology’: UW botanist helps NASA grow plants in space Madison professor, team preparing to send up third experiment to International Space Station later this year

by Cadence Bambenek Tech Writer

Taking his research and questions to space, a University of Wisconsin faculty member now works closely with NASA to study how environmental stress on earth affects plants.

For the last few years, botany professor Simon Gilroy and his lab have been studying environmental stress on earth.

In 2014, Gilroy’s lab sent 1,002 seeds up to the International Space Station to grow in the dark for eight days in Biological Research in Canisters, or BRICs. The seeds were then chemically preserved and brought back down to earth to be compared with the control seeds concurrently grown and preserved in Gilroy’s lab.

Once the seeds were back on earth, Gilroy and his team sent the seedlings over to UW’s Biotechnology Center to map more than 30,000 data points to record the genome of the plants.

Comparing the space plants with the control group will help the scientists create a fingerprint to be used to understand the impact of microgravity and radioactivity on seedling growth, Gilroy said.

Richard Barker is a postdoctoral research associate working in Gilroy’s lab. He made his way to UW from the United Kingdom to fill a research position with one of Gilroy’s fellow scientists. Barker arrived in Madison on the crest of a wave of the new technique known as RNA sequencing. Working in the Biotechnology Center with this technique helped Barker develop the skills to analyze the patterns found in genome sequences that lead him to Gilroy’s lab.

Understanding how the physical force of how gravity works, or rather, doesn’t work in space, is helping scientists on campus and at NASA learn more about growing seeds in space, Gilroy said.

“In the absence of convection in space, liquids and gases behave differently,” Gilroy said.

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to pull the flame outwards, and convection draws the little light to a point, reaching for the ceiling. This is the work of the lighter gases, hydrogen and carbon dioxide, tugging the flame up as they rise.

But, light a candle in space and in the absence of gravity, the force of radiation would reign dominant, reducing the flame to a simple, round ball of light. This is known as a diffusion limited flame, Gilroy said.

If fire becomes round in space, water becomes sticky. When gravity isn’t around to draw the liquid down through the soil to the roots of the plant, keeping the plants hydrated proves difficult.

Gilroy said watering the seedlings of his experiment requires feeding the plants directly through syringes to the petri dishes cradling the specimens. But because of water ’s sticky properties, the experimental space plants seem to experience something known as “flooding stress,” a response similar to drowning.

“Space screws up biology,” Gilroy said.

But it’s not just plant biology, Gilroy said, that takes a toll in space. It can also be very tough on people, both physically and psychologically. Gilroy detailed how caring for plants in space can improve mental state, recalling one astronaut, Don Pettit, who created a blog for the vegetable he grew in outer space: The Space Zucchini.

Gilroy’s lab will send their third experiment to space at the end of this year or early 2017 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Building on the complexity of the last experiment, the next batch of seeds will spend 12 days growing in space under artificial light, Sarah Swanson, who runs the lab’s logistics, said.

Just as Gilroy attributes his passion for botany to the great professors during his time in university studying zoology at Cambridge, he is serving as a mentor to students of his own.

“His enthusiasm is intoxicating,” Barker said. “It’s a great environment to work in and students have really succeed under Gilroy’s direction.”

In fact, Gilroy was just named one of UW’s

postdoctoral mentors of the year and one of his former students, Gioia Massa, is heading NASA’s endeavor to find the best ways to grow plants and produce oxygen in space for long-distance travel.

Both Gilroy and Barker agree that it’s amazing to be in a lab at UW and doing stuff that used to be science fiction.

Photo · Gilroy’s lab sent more than 1,000 seeds in 2014 to be analyzed and compared with seeds on earth to understand the impact a lack of gravity has on their growing process.

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What’s on tap: CAPITAL BREWERY GEARS UP FOR 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH FRESH BRANDS, REVIVALS OF LIMITED EDITION CLASSICS

by Bryan Kristensen What’s on tap Columnist

The new year brings new expectations, and the folks at Capital Brewery are more than ready to live up to them.

After a very successful 2015, Capital is prepared to release classic, new and old favorite recipes this year for their 30th anniversary.

Ashley Kinart, brewmaster for Capital Brewery, said since there are so many exciting brews Capital is rolling out this year, she can’t pick just one as her favorite.

“I’m excited about them all,” she said. “This is going to be a great year for us.”

Capital is bringing back some old, limited edition favorites, like the Dark Doppelbock, which just came back in 2015 after four years.

King George, a wheat scotch ale, is out this month in bombers, on draft and in six packs. In March, Capital will release the Blonde Doppelbock as well.

In the following months, Capital will release some great limited collection beers, like Jobu, a rumbarrel aged brown ale. Another is Vacation Request, Kinart’s own recipe, that brings something new for Capital.

“Vacation Request is made with Lemondrop and Mandarina Bavaria hops — something you don’t find out in the market too often, so this will be a real special brew,” Kinart said.

In addition to bringing more limited editions to stores, Capital will also release a slew of new barrel-aged beers.

Some of these beers are classic Capital brews that have aged in barrels, and some are completely new. Currently, Capital’s delicious Fishin’ in the Dark is available at

various bars around town, but the difference with this current batch of Fishin’ in the Dark, is that it’s been aged in bourbon barrels.

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Other classics now made in barrels include Capital’s Maibock, which has been aging in bourbon barrels for more than a year and they will release in April, Kinart said.

For the 30th anniversary, Capital is doing something special for long-time fans. When the brewery started back in 1985, two of their beers had quite simple names compared to what we see today in the craft market: Dark and Pilsner.

These two, while still in normal rotation year-round, will come back as special 30th anniversary editions with a little twist on their normal recipes, which Kinart refuses to spoil. She said people will have to try the beers themselves to find out.

Kinart said she is also working on testing some summer draft seasonals and has sampled a few flavors for their summer Lakehouse seasonal.

All in all, it will be a busy year for Capital, with some new concoctions and new experiments under way. For Kinart, it keeps her on her toes.

“Experimenting with beer spices up the job,” she said.

“Waiting patiently and discovering something amazing is always a fun prize.”

It’s a fun prize for her and us beer drinkers to see what else Capital’s got up it’s sleeve.

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CAPITAL DARK

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Roasted malt, slight hint of hops

APPEARANCE Chocolate-brown

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Sweetness from the malt, but great mixture of breadiness and cocoa as well with slight hop taste in the backbone

ROOM TEMP. TASTE

The sweetness fades, while the hoppiness becomes a little stronger

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It’s easy to see why Capital has always been successful with the Capital Dark. An all-around solid brew, I’m excited to see what changes the 30th anniversary edition has in store.

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Lizzo to unleash body positivity, feminism upon Majestic crowd Minneapolis-based alternative artist combines genres in latest album, ‘Big Grrrl Small World,’ with unwavering confidence

by Briam Vanden Hogen ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Arriving with a diverse arsenal of hip-hop, soul, rhythm and blues and possibly cookies, Lizzo is set to bring her genre bending and socially charged performance to Madison.

Lizzo is no stranger to the Midwest.

Though she grew up in Houston, she based her music career out of Minneapolis. While Lizzo does not see any Midwest cities ever comparing to major hip-hop cities like Atlanta or Los Angeles, she does think the Midwest offers its own unique platform for artists.

“The cool thing about the Midwest is there isn’t a strong industry presence here,” Lizzo said. “So there’s never going to be a norm for artists.”

This bodes well, considering the norm is never on the mind when Lizzo is making or performing her music. When it comes to her sonic output, Lizzo tends not to draw influences from any one facet of life. Rather, she draws from everything around her, be it music, her location or her family.

“We’re like sponges soaking up all these

influences,” Lizzo said. “And when it comes out, I’m not really conscious of where it’s coming from.”

This sum of influences gives Lizzo a sound that is hard to pinpoint or box into one genre.

On the surface, there are elements of hiphop, soul and R&B — but as one becomes increasingly familiar with her music, Lizzo appears to dabble with alternative genres.

This musical diversity has landed her on tours with bands such as Sleater-Kinney and Chvrches. Tour pairings like these may seem unorthodox at first glance, but Lizzo never feels hindered by genre labels when performing.

“The output we have on stage is energybased, not genre-based,” Lizzo said. “With the Internet connecting each other in so many ways, I feel like genre is not even going to be a thing anymore.”

Genre, however, is not the only label that Lizzo aims to do away with. She hopes to redefine social stereotypes with her messages of body positivity and feminism in her music and performances.

During her shows, these messages manifest

themselves through both lyrics and choreography.

“I have two women on stage with me,” Lizzo said. “They’re big girls, and they are beautiful dancers. People say that big people can’t move or big people can’t do choreography like small people, but to see big people on stage who love themselves so much and move so confidently and beautifully — that is an extension of my songs like ‘My Skin’ or ‘En Love,’ because people actually see it coming to life.”

When Lizzo comes through Madison Feb. 19, it won’t be the first time. She’s played here in the past at Yum Yum Fest and the High Noon Saloon. But this will be the first time the Madtown crowd will have the chance to hear tracks off of her most recent album, Big GRRRL Small World.

Returning fans can expect Lizzo will bring new music, new energy and new choreography — and potentially cookies — to the Majestic. Whichever city sells out first between Madison and Milwaukee will have fresh baked cookies served at the merchandise stand.

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Salted Root Coffee House may be latest craze with lattes, baked goods Though Regent neighborhood bids farewell to Froth House, fresh shop is stellar replacement

by Meghan Horvath ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Since Salted Root Coffee House opened in December, settling into the former home of the Regent neighborhood’s beloved Froth House, it has offered an inviting space for both students and locals.

Located at 11 N. Allen St., Salted Root fills a niche for a quaint coffee shop that satisfies Madison’s enthusiasm for sourcing locally.

In fact, a map of the state with marks where Salted Root sources their products hangs from a side wall.

The shop’s brews of choice are Just Coffee Cooperative and Cha Cha Tea, both locallyowned coffee producers in Madison. For an added bonus, on their Facebook page, Salted Root promises 25 cents off coffee if you bring your own mug.

They’re certainly on top of traditional coffee beverages and chai teas, but Salted Root also steps into newer territory with a

bomb matcha latte. The description of the drink touts matcha’s antioxidant, vitamin and fiber power and a boost of energy without the jitters or come-down from coffee. Science and nutrition aside, the drink is brilliant in both its deep, luscious green color and its velvety, slightly sweet taste.

The adorable Salted Root monogrammed mug doesn’t hurt either. The latte accommodates any type of milk, but I chose almond milk — and I would deem this the best option. The almond milk choice provides a light nuttiness without the overbearing creaminess of dairy. Sorry, Wisconsin.

At Salted Root, customers can easily satisfy their food cravings as well. The shop features baked goods from a hearty handful of area bakeries, including Batch Bakehouse, Silly Yak Bakery and Greenbush Bakery. More substantial food options for the hungrier include Gotham Bagels, and also breakfast and savory sandwich options served on Madison Sourdough bread.

The location of Salted Root adjacent to Madison West High School means the adventurous high schooler isn’t far from a cozy space to study and chow down on quality sandwiches. The friendly staff matches the welcoming vibe of Salted Root for an overall inviting atmosphere.

The coffee house amps up the previously dark interior that distinguished the late Froth House by allowing more natural light to flood the rooms and liven up the space. Woodaccented walls and vintage-themed décor add to the more updated feel of the shop.

The works of local artists also adorn the walls at Salted Root, showcasing talent and serving as eye candy to further color the coffee house. Light music plays in the background and coloring books lie along a back counter so that patrons can relive the carefree days of childhood.

Matcha lattes, local baked goods for days and a smiling staff — Salted Root is Madison’s latest coffee house gem.

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Two-man band El Ten Eleven places great value in essence of live music Post-rock duo emerges from under radar, utilizes variety of instruments for quality performance sound

by Sam Cleveland ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Madison won’t have to wait until late March to see a pair of superheroes team up to take on the world. They’ll be able to see it much sooner — Feb. 18, to be exact.

While they aren’t exactly Batman and Superman, Kristian Dunn of the band El Ten Eleven said that is the favorite way to describe the live show he and bandmate Tim Fogarty put on.

El Ten Eleven fits the broad categorization of a post-rock band, matching that description in the sense they are instrumental and use guitars in new and interesting ways. During live shows, the band heavily utilizes live looping, both with guitar and drums.

Fogarty, the drummer, uses both acoustic and electronic drum sets while Dunn plays a double neck guitar, which is a combination of a six-string guitar and a bass. This is quite the endeavor, but El Ten Eleven doesn’t back away from a challenge.

In fact, Dunn described their live show as “two guys making the music of five guys without the aid of a laptop or anything prerecorded.”

According to Dunn, the impetus for keeping the band at two members rather than expanding to include more members lies in his “control freak” tendencies —

that and his desire “to be a dictator, so to speak.”

Despite this, Dunn hinted he would soon be ceding some creative control. He said El Ten Eleven was currently working on some tracks with outside vocalists, and the vocals would be traditional rock, sing-along vocals rather than anything too experimental.

Though they have been a band for nearly 15 years, El Ten Eleven has remained relatively under the radar. Despite making complex, interesting music, the band has no entries on Pitchfork and yield no results on Metacritic. Dunn doesn’t seem to understand the lack of recognition.

“I wish it was [explainable],” Dunn said.

“We’ve been trying to figure it out and our agents have been trying to figure it out. It seems like all I can do is scratch my head and chalk it up to [lack of] luck.”

That isn’t to say the band isn’t happy with where they are. El Ten Eleven embraces their hard work on the road.

Recently, they’ve witnessed high volume ticket sales for smaller theaters.

For one who hasn’t been to an El Ten Eleven show, Dunn insinuates it would be indistinguishable from a Mensa conference.

“I think our audience is smart,” Dunn said. “I think the average IQ for an El Ten Eleven show is higher than that of other bands. Every now and then, we go to other

shows and we think, ‘Wow, there are a lot all live,” Dunn said. “We both agreed if of dumbasses here.’ I think we draw [in] we went [to a show] and saw two people smart people, and I’ll admit I’m a little making good music that was technically proud of that.” impressive because it was looped live, it For certain audiences, a disconcerting would blow us away. So we said, ‘All right, part of some shows is the presence of a let’s do that. Let’s try.’” backing track, which dulls the experience and essence of a live Support for Women & Babies show. The case is different for El Ten Eleven — they are fiercely dedicated to putting on a fully live concert.

Dunn said what some bands do is “essentially lipsyncing,” and after watching a recorded performance of an offending group, he thought it was rough — particularly if it’s just “two dudes jumping around [and] pretending they’re playing at a cool light show.”

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UW’s homeless students struggle to succeed Despite ASM’s efforts to provide resources, student leaders call upon university administration to formally address campus homelessness

by Briana Reilly Managing Editor

For Brooke Evans, nightfall marked the start of a new day.

She could barely sleep at night. Instead, her moments of unconsciousness would come during the daylight.

In the mornings that she awoke with a roof over her head, and when she did find the motivation to get off the floor or couch — wherever she was sleeping at the time — she rose as early and as quietly as possible, so as not to disturb her various hosts, to shower and get dressed.

She didn’t have cupboard or fridge space when she was couch surfing, so meal preparation was a challenge. She carried cans of soup with her: cream of mushroom, cream of celery — the kinds people donate to the food pantry after purchasing them and realizing they don’t like them. She would eat them with her singular utensil, which combined a knife, spoon and fork — a handy purchase from Goodwill years ago.

And in class, she put on a front. She would often face judgment from fellow classmates. They would ask her why she didn’t have a coat, boots and more clothes. Often, because of her inability to sleep at night, she would find herself napping through lectures.

Outside of class, as time wore on, she found herself unable to meet homework deadlines. She felt aimless, unable to work toward a goal of a better future self, one worth investing in.

She was merely a shadow of herself, barely existing to minimally inconvenience everyone that had invested in her by providing housing, food, showers and time.

This homelessness and insecurity lasted for Evans, a University of Wisconsin undergraduate philosophy student, for five years.

Resources on and off campus

While Evans never sought help from administration, as she didn’t know it existed, Associate Dean of Students Kevin Helmkamp said anyone expressing issues of food or housing insecurity should go to the Dean of Students Office. But, he added, the “university in and of itself doesn’t have a lot of solutions there [in the areas of food and housing insecurity], so the efforts would be to connect with community resources the student could access.”

Inside the university, Helmkamp pointed to the Student Crisis Loan Fund, which provides an emergency loan of up to $500 to student applicants who experience any unexpected circumstances that require financial relief. Students have to pay back this loan within six months, but can re-apply for it

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as needed once the loan is repaid, Helmkamp said.

To obtain a loan, students must first submit an application explaining their need for a loan, and a preferred loan amount, before meeting with a Dean of Students Office staff member to discuss their application, Assistant Dean of Students Kathy Kruse, who works directly with crisis loans, said. If approved, the Bursar’s Office will issue a check to the student applicant the following afternoon.

Of the 94 crisis loans issued to students from Aug. 1, 2014 to Aug. 21, 2015, 75 went to students for reasons involving rent or living expenses, according to data provided by Kruse. From Sept.

1, 2015 to Feb. 5, 2016, 46 crisis loans were issued to students, and 32 of the applicants cited reasons involving rent or living expenses.

Noreen Siddiqui, student assistance specialist for the Dean of Students Office, worked with crisis loan applicants from September 2014 until January 2016. In her experience interviewing students who had applied for the crisis loan, she described the importance of ensuring whether the student’s need for a loan was a one-time situation, or a “chronic poverty issue that might be coming to a crisis point now.”

In the case that it could be a “chronic poverty issue,” Siddiqui said if students were interested, she would refer them to resources such as local food pantries, local government agencies or nonprofits.

In terms of further university resources, Helmkamp said from what he has seen in areas of food insecurity and homelessness, these issues have a “tremendously negative impact on a very small number of students.”

“It’s kind of that age-old dilemma, when you have limited resources, what’s more important — to address the issue that impacts 10,000 somewhat, or impacts 10 tremendously,” he said.

Scope of student homelessness and food insecurity

Before beginning to determine the scope of homelessness, defining homelessness, Evans said, is a challenge.

Evans, prior to securing housing at UW, couch surfed for five years. Since November 2014, she has found herself involved within the inner workings

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are allotted 30 points weekly to use on food items or toiletries. Points are allocated to food items based on their serving sizes, and toiletries based on the container size, Montenegro said.

Overall, she said the pantry would be useful in meeting and further assessing students’ needs.

“This food pantry will be really helpful in helping to calculate where the need is coming from, and ensuring those people are getting the resources they need,” Montenegro said.

Because individuals accessing the pantry need to fill out an intake form, outlining demographic information like year in school and address, Helmkamp is hopeful the data collected from the food pantry will help UW administration better understand the scope of food insecurity, and potentially homelessness, within the student body.

“Learning more about the scope of the individuals who go to the food pantry who provide this information will allow us to then go, ‘Oh, OK, this is what we have. Now let’s look for the solution to these issues,’” Helmkamp said.

A call for administrative action

of UW’s student government, particularly as they try to tackle issues of food and housing insecurity on campus.

In her experience with homelessness, Evans, while filling out her FAFSA and attempting to prove she did not have a home, realized there were a variety of ways to consider the situation of being homeless.

On the FAFSA, Evans said, the definition for homelessness is narrow, only including individuals who had stayed or are staying in a shelter, meaning she did not qualify.

“I had no home, no mailing address, but I wasn’t in a shelter,” Evans said. “[When survey makers or organizations] don’t define homelessness as anything other than ‘Are you staying in a shelter?’ you feel perhaps something is wrong with you — if you haven’t gone to a shelter, then maybe you don’t have it bad enough.”

In Siddiqui’s experience, students do not tend to identify themselves as homeless, housing insecure or food insecure. This, she said, makes identifying the scope of students who face these issues difficult.

“I have definitely personally talked with students just this past semester in the fall who were dealing with food insecurity or homelessness,” Siddiqui said. “None of those students would have used those words to describe themselves. That’s where

it becomes so hard to quantify [the number of students who are food-insecure or housinginsecure].”

Sociology Ph.D. student Katharine Broton has been working with the Wisconsin Harvesting Opportunities for Postsecondary Education Lab since fall 2010. Through its research, the Wisconsin HOPE Lab looks to improve the equitable outcomes of students in higher education.

While data regarding food and housing insecurity collected from UW has been included in the Wisconsin HOPE Lab’s statewide research, HOPE Lab researchers don’t publicly share the rates of individual campuses due to confidentiality reasons, Broton said.

A Wisconsin HOPE Lab data brief published in January surveyed low and moderate-income students at colleges and universities across the state, including UW. The results showed 28 percent of respondents at four-year institutions reported going hungry, and 4 percent of respondents at four-year institutions reported they were unable to pay rent.

Overall, Broton said, aggregate results of housing and food insecurity at two and four-year colleges across the state show the number of students experiencing these issues appears to be increasing.

“We’re not saying this is a brand new problem, but it is getting increasing attention, and it does

appear to be increasing, especially as more and more people enroll in college,” Broton said.

Student government steps in

While Associated Students of Madison is working to provide resources for students struggling to obtain food or shelter, student government members are currently unaware of the scope of student homelessness and food insecurity on campus.

2014-15 ASM Vice Chair Derek Field criticized UW administration for not collecting data on these issues, calling it a “failure on the university’s part in assessing these kinds of challenges among the student body.”

“The university not checking to make sure we’re not food-insecure or housing-insecure demonstrates that they don’t really have an interest in providing any kind of support in those areas,” Field said.

In November 2014, Field and then-ASM Chair Genevieve Carter worked to amend a food pantry line into ASM’s budget. Almost $23,000 was allocated for the pantry, and the majority went to two student hourly positions, which were filled in August by Alison Montenegro and Samantha Arriozola. ASM’s food pantry, “An Open Seat,” opened Feb. 5.

In accessing the food pantry each week, students

Field believes UW should have addressed issues of housing and food insecurity “before it became a problem.” UW should not be relying on student government to step up and fill the need, or for data collection purposes, he said.

But he added that “because [food and housing insecurity is] a problem ... I think it becomes imperative that student government do what it can, especially because student government does have the capacity, the resources and clearly, the drive.”

Meanwhile, for students struggling with these issues, assistance cannot come soon enough, Evans said. As a formerly homeless student, she said she has often felt a lack of support from administration, faculty and staff as she works to obtain a college degree, with some suggesting she drop out.

While Broton has also heard objections that students struggling with food and housing insecurity should not be enrolled in colleges or universities, she disagrees.

“As a sociologist, I’m interested in stratification and mobility, and we know that one of the best ways to break the cycle of poverty is through higher education,” Broton said. “I think supporting students through their college career is a very worthwhile short-term investment that has the potential for a much stronger long-term payoff.”

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PUT AWAY SEX TOYS, GET KINKY WITH FREAKY SENSATIONS INSTEAD Exhibitionism, body worship, erotic humiliation, among others excellent alternatives for unconventional sex

by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

Often the word “kink” brings to mind plenty of tools used to create intense sensations: ropes, paddles, floggers, nipple clamps — the list goes on. But kinky moments hardly require an entire

dungeon full of materials.

In fact, the internal experience can categorize many fetishes and kinks rather than objects utilized. As the most powerful sex organ, the brain contains fantasies, desires and psychological elements of sexuality.

Though sex may feel entirely external, most of that pleasure manifests inside of the psyche.

ex h i b i t i o n i sm The desire or act of displaying genitals in a public or semi-public space qualifies an individual as an exhibitionist. Unfortunately, this particular erotic interest has the potential to negatively impact others.

Any eyewitnesses present at an exhibitionistic moment must be consenting adults, rather than innocent bystanders being subjected to unwarranted genitals.

Exhibitionism, however, can happen without offending others or demonstrating problematic behavior. Luckily, creating the illusion of a public space titillates an exhibitionist without subjecting others to their actions. Locate a window many floors above street level or facing a brick wall — this option allows one to feel the vulnerable thrill that comes with being seen, but without

disturbing others. Consider getting it on in front of a camera to expand on that “being-watched” feeling.

Exhibitionist acts range from mooning and streaking to flashing. “Anasyrma” describes lifting a skirt to reveal one’s self not wearing underwear, while “reflectoporn” consists of photographs with nude figures reflected in mirrored surfaces, such as TVs and toasters.

While hardly innately pathological, exhibitionism may resemble a disorder if it results in harm to the self or others. Treat this particular subset of desire with care to ensure that exhibitionism remains contained and does not disturb others. Exhibitionism can easily become criminal, and remember consent of all parties is necessary for any sexual activity.

S e x ua l den i a l Also known as orgasm denial, erotic sexual denial consists of maintaining a heightened state of sexual arousal without orgasm. Orgasm control is commonly practiced in BDSM and sexual bondage communities and often includes a chastity device to prevent any genital stimulation whatsoever.

Dominant partners may tie down or handcuff submissive partners to prevent further movement.

The titillating experience of being teased and finally allowing the experience to culminate in orgasm can be intoxicating for many kinksters.

Generally, three types of sexual denial exist.

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(blue balls, anyone?), but creates feelings of intense arousal. If orgasm occurs after this period, kinksters sometimes refer to it as a “ruined orgasm,” since they are often less intense than normal orgasms.

Tie and tease consists of restraining the submissive partner, escalating the sensation of helplessness induced by bondage and orgasm control. Total denial avoids genital stimulation altogether; this is where the chastity belt or device comes in. Sexual denial can be a tool to control others, since it often produces psychological dependency.

Practice with care to avoid a potentially abusive experience, and always negotiate the event carefully beforehand.

Bo dy wo r s hip Listening to a partner gush over body parts — hips, lips, nips and everything in between — enhances confidence and bonding between partners. Body worship may occur in order to praise one’s physical form, or it may take more aggressive forms such as face-sitting or spanking.

Body worship may take the tone of BDSM if the dominant partner reinforces the sub’s inferiority. The submissive partner may lick or stroke the worshipped body part while the dominant partner remains aloof.

Vagina and penis worship are both common, often including the submissive partner in a kneeling position in front of the genitals while engaged in oral contact. Foot worship exists as a subset of foot fetishes, one of the more common fetishes in existence.

Body worship may extend into non-physical aspects of a relationship. Be sure to stay within the boundaries of body worship discussed beforehand.

voy e ur is m Voyeurism is the flip side of exhibitionism — voyeurs experience arousal when spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors such as sex, masturbation or undressing. Beyond observing, some voyeurs may create videos or photographs of the event.

Just as with exhibitionism, voyeurism presents the dangerous possibility of non-consenting participants. Those interested in voyeurism should create role-play scenes to experience the kink without disturbing others. Simply arrange a time and place for partners to undress or

pleasure themselves, then spy away without any harm done.

Creating photographs and videos to share later might also satisfy voyeuristic urges.

Never, ever watch or photograph individuals without their awareness or consent — to get off on this material without conscious, informed participation would be wrong.

The trick to these potentially problematic interests is to create the illusion of an exhibitionistic or voyeuristic situation without truly violating anyone’s privacy.

e r o t ic humil iat io n Consensual sexual humiliation defines a surprising number of kinks and fetishes.

A submissive partner who gleans sexual arousal from humiliation may get off from pretending to be a dog loyal to its master (the dominant partner). Other forms of verbal erotic humiliation include degrading name-calling, disparaging comments on physical appearance, requiring the sub to ask permission for everyday activities and forced flattery.

Physical erotic humiliation encompasses ejaculating on the face, servitude, deprivation of privacy, discipline, being forced to dress a certain way, objectification and a submissive partner asking permission to orgasm.

The key to enjoying erotic humiliation

without sidestepping into abuse is consent.

The submissive should desire these activities completely and discuss specific boundaries and safe words beforehand to prevent any possible discomfort or triggers. After all, erotic humiliation mimics actual embarrassment very closely and this experience can be intense.

Submissive partners may be completely comfortable with certain insults, but react badly with others.

Those that engage in 24/7 master-slave relationships live in constant power dynamics by telling submissive partners what to do. Just as with gender and sexuality, kinks operate on a spectrum and can be up for all sorts of interpretation.

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Letter to the editor: Republicans offer more diverse field

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In Iowa, 60 percent of vote went to minority candidates, compared to Democrats’ two old, white contenders

by Zachary Walters

In Iowa, history was made. No, I’m not talking about Donald Trump finishing second, though that was the story coming out of the mainstream media. I’m actually talking about something the media barely touched. For the first time ever, an American of Hispanic ethnicity won the Iowa caucus.

But because he was a member of the Republican Party, the media did little to cover the story.

In fact, demographically Iowa is one of the whitest states in the country, and yet on the GOP side, Republican voters gave 60 percent of their vote to two Hispanic candidates and a black man.

That’s right. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, came in first with roughly 28 percent of the vote. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, placed third with 23 percent. And Dr. Ben Carson finished fourth with 9 percent of the vote.

Meanwhile, the Democrat vote was split between two old, white candidates.

Oh, and one other white candidate got 1 percent. That’s right, the so-called party of diversity has offered exclusively white candidates as viable options for their party’s nomination.

Cruz is the first Hispanic person to win any presidential primary at all, but most Americans will never know that. The mainstream media doesn’t like showing the diversity of the Republican field.

They’d rather cover the weekly Donald Trump reality show.

In order to report on this story, the media would have to see the Republican Party for what it truly is, a party full of opportunity. Instead of demonizing differences, the Republican Party strives to utilize these differences to come up with the best solutions for everyone — not just the solutions that will get you more votes.

Photo · In Iowa, demographically one of the whitest states in the country, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, recieved 28 percent of the vote, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, received 23 percent and Dr. Ben Carson received 9 percent.

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the sodiversity, has offered exclusively white candidates as viable options for their party’s nomination.

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Julian Bradley, former candidate for Wisconsin secretary of state, summed up this new idea for the Republican Party quite nicely during his Shattering Stereotypes tour.

In this tour, he referred to the GOP as the Great Opportunity Party, not the Grand Old Party of stale ideas.

In this way, the Republican Party works to

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald provide everyone with an equal opportunity to succeed in life. An equal opportunity allows every man, woman and child to pursue his or her dreams to the fullest, and ultimately leaves the outcomes up to each and everyone of us to determine for ourselves. We believe the most happiness is achieved when individuals seek to fulfill their own desires, not those given to them by the mighty hand of the government.

For further proof of this ideological divide, take a look at the where the current candidates for president stand on creating opportunity. Almost all of the Republican candidates for president have presented new tax plans that will stimulate the economy

and create more jobs where they are needed the most.

If you really want to see a plan to reinvigorate the economy, check out Marco Rubio’s plan. His plan not only allows for tax reductions, but also tax code simplifications.

While the “Great Opportunity Party” is busy providing economic solutions to problems in our society, the so-called “party of diversity,” also known as the Democratic Party, is focusing on the same old rhetoric.

Instead of letting the economy bring people out of poverty, they want to stifle the economy and opportunity with new regulations and taxes. Their message has hardly changed from the hope and change

they were plugging eight years ago. There may have been a lot of change, but we are still waiting on the hope.

I’d challenge you to question which party offers new, fresh solutions. This is the side of the story that mainstream media will not cover. Even though Republican leaders are providing solutions every day, all we see is Trump bloviating on every news channel. Trump is not the only person in the Republican Party. Let’s stop talking about these “viral news stories” and focus on the issues that really matter.

Zachary Walters (zwalters@badgerherald.com) is a senior majoring in business and Spanish.

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The bane of Gov. Walker: Fostering job creation Aiding startups, instead of poaching out-of-state businesses, key to economic success in Wisconsin

by Aaron Reilly Opinion Editor

Jobs seem to be the bane of Gov. Scott Walker ’s time in office. On the 2010 campaign trail, Walker promised to create 250,000 jobs during his first term in office.

He fell 100,000 jobs short. This was due to Walker ’s plans on job creation, which emphasize the making of a businessfriendly environment.

While creating a utopia for businesses seems like the best way to get employers to come into the state, a recent study suggests pandering to businesses is a waste of time because 87 percent of new job growth occurs from businesses already in the state.

This message is counter to Walker ’s ideas on the economy and businesses.

According to his website, Walker wants a friendly business climate, which has happened — Wisconsin has moved from 41st in 2010 to 24th currently, according to CEO Magazine’s Best States for Business list.

This would be great news, but this type of attitude only targets businesses located outside Wisconsin. A more balanced approach, like one that both helps startups and attracts new businesses, would be preferred. But Walker has given all of his political favor to attracting outside

businesses, a Kauffman Index study found, showing that Wisconsin is last in the nation for startups.

But that is just for new startup businesses. Small businesses already exist in Wisconsin. Walker ’s plan, as per his website, for them includes “reducing the overall tax burden in the state, passing aggressive tort reform legislation and cutting red tape in order to get government out of the way.”

Luring businesses in this way, through tax cuts and closures of loopholes, isn’t that effective. The Center on Budget and Policy Proposals’s startup study found these types of policies hurt small businesses because income tax cuts generally mean less money going to education, leading to an unprepared workforce for the businesses’ needs.

Given that most jobs are created in-state, Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature should shift focus from appealing to outof-state businesses and implement policies proven to foster in-state job growth.

While there isn’t a clear consensus as to what most effectively fosters startup and in-state businesses, there are two possible alternatives that can provide a means to this end.

The first is providing early-stage capital to startups and small businesses.

Early-stage businesses are falling into a “financing gap,” where banks are not willing to loan to new businesses (seeing them as risky assets) and venture capitalist firms have moved investments from funding startups. The government can fill this role by debt financing, which is providing high-growth firms with a variety of financing schemes such as loans from individuals and banks as well as selling bonds and the extension of credit.

The other is a shift from top-down funding — the government handing out capital to businesses — to a collaborative culture of funding. Research shows local connections are better for small, new businesses if they receive a combination of the government expertise, venture capital (capital invested into a risky, new or expanding business project) and physical accommodations like office space and the businesses themselves. Having a forum that would pair investors with entrepreneurs could positively affect job growth.

This calls for a shift on what is considered a friendly business climate.

Instead of focusing on poaching businesses from other states, self-investment should be embraced. Maybe to rekindle positive feelings with Wisconsinites, Walker should invest in Wisconsin’s businesses.

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a freshman majoring in comparative literature and Russian.

Letter to the editor: Fetal tissue crucial for medical advancements Knee-jerk reaction to Planned Parenthood videos threatens stem cell research, a long studied field at UW

by Ryan Prestil

When I chose to enroll at University of Wisconsin four years ago, my reasons were mostly linked to going to Badger football games. What I soon discovered, however, was that we have a great research institution stemming from a long history of advanced biomedical discoveries.

While I have been lucky enough to join a lab and receive training that will allow me to become a scientist in my own right, I have been disheartened to see repeated attacks on our research that have chipped away at our international reputation.

The latest is a Wisconsin Assembly bill, proposing to ban the use of “fetal body parts” for experimentation, a direct and wholly unnecessary assault on our biomedical research. Hundreds of promising studies on this campus alone use fetal tissue and cells derived from fetal tissue to develop the next generation of treatments and cures, and this bill, if passed, would derail the future of medical 18 • badgerherald.com • February 16, 2016

research across the state.

Existing law already bans the sale of human organs, including fetal tissue, so the bill is specifically banning any research use of a “cell, tissue, organ or other part of an unborn child … who is aborted by an induced abortion.” Suggesting that researchers are somehow callously experimenting on baby parts is completely incorrect.

In reality, aborted fetal tissue is used sparingly and respectfully as a critical source of cells for research on everything from HIV to birth defects and cancer, which no other model system can provide.

Additionally, this bill ignores the reality of how fetal tissue is actually sourced.

Options for what to do with fetal tissue is only discussed after a woman chooses to undergo an abortion, and all tissue used in labs is freely donated by women who are informed of its use. To put it simply, women voluntarily choose to help make a difference by contributing to research that could save lives.

For years, UW has been a pioneer in medical research, and as the president of the Student Society for Stem Cell Research, I strive to share the incredible discoveries made on this campus with the public.

The first ever human embryonic stem cells were successfully grown

by UW researcher James Thomson, an accomplishment that cemented our place at the forefront of science in the 21st century.

Stem cells are now used around the world for critical research on human disease and development, and while the bill does not restrict the use of stem cells specifically, the bill denies us the opportunity to continue to meaningfully contribute to the fast-paced field.

There are plenty of things wrong with this bill, but its worst offense is that it comes as a knee-jerk reaction to the Planned Parenthood video controversy, rather than from an actual need to regulate and fix some wrong. It is truly a dark day in Wisconsin when viral videos, shown to be heavily edited, are able to influence

public policy.

To be clear, fetal tissue research has been happening at UW for a long time and has been a key part of countless medical advances. It is under strict university and government regulation and is funded with millions of dollars in federal research grants. This bill would put our research funding at immediate risk and force scientists to leave UW to continue their work, at a time when the state is also failing to adequately fund state higher education.

If this bill becomes law, students like me will not have access to research opportunities that make UW so great, and countless human beings will not have access to the medical treatments and cures fetal tissue research enables. I therefore personally stand opposed to the bill, and I urge my fellow Badgers and my Wisconsin state lawmakers to oppose it as well.

Ryan Prestil (rprestil@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in neurobiology and mathematics.

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POINT COUNTERPOINT Trimming the field: Two candidates, two sides of establishment Coming from family of refugees, Rubio embodies Amercian Dream

Kasich preaches togetherness, bridging partisanship

As I look back on the night of the 2010 midterm elections, it is not the astounding wave of Republican victories that comes to mind, but instead the victory speech a newly elected senator and son of two Cuban immigrants gave.

As a high school freshman, I knew nothing about this young man’s political stances, or anything about his history.

To me, and to much of America, he represented a political rarity in that moment. A blank canvas. As he spoke, his words wove a beautiful image on the canvas of past overcome adversities and new dreams, and for me, the hope for a better tomorrow.

United States Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, did not lay out the details of how we would achieve these dreams, or how exactly tomorrow would be better, but it didn’t matter. As just another teenager sitting in front of a TV, soaking in words of hope and passion, I couldn’t help but believe in what he so fervently preached.

Today, Rubio has established himself as one of the most notable faces in politics.

As a voter who tends to lean left, I am no longer ignorant of the differences in our beliefs on policy. But my first thought when I think of Rubio remains his speech from 2010. No matter how much I disagree with his beliefs on the economy, on foreign policy or on social issues, I can’t help but find him inspiring.

His inspiration is more than words and actions. It is tangible and easily summarized. Rubio embodies the American Dream. Growing up as the son of two Cuban immigrants in a community of Cuban exiles, he represents a slice of America where success is not given, but earned.

Instead of receiving an Ivy League education like U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Donald Trump, Rubio spent part of his collegiate career at a community college before graduating from the University of Florida. He continued on to the University of Miami for law school, and by the conclusion of his education, was swimming $100,000 deep in student debt.

Early on in the 2016 presidential race, which ironically started in 2015, Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, was in the minority of his party. He was one in a field of many and was the butt of jokes within the media.

Early on, it seemed he had as good of a chance to win as former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, or former technology executive Carly Fiorina.

But Feb. 9 changed that. Kasich pooled all of his resources in the hope of a strong finish in New Hampshire. There he finished second, breaking away from others contending for Republican establishment support. This finish and the momentum he will gain from New Hampshire are signs of promise in a previously bleak campaign, not to mention the campaign donations he will surely get from his strong performance.

But there is another reason Kasich has a chance. While Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, preach hate, wanting to wall us off from the rest of the world, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, preach about the great things going into more debt can do, Kasich’s idea is a lot simpler, a lot more doable and a lot more American.

He wants us to slow down, to take a step back and reflect.

“There are too many people in America who don’t feel connected, they’ve got victories that no one celebrates with them and they have defeats and pain that sometimes they have to absorb themselves,” Kasich said in his speech after the New Hampshire primary. “We’re all made to change this world, we’re all made to be apart of the healing of this world and if we just slowed down we could help each other and build a community.”

In a time when the country is polarizing and working together seems impossible, Kasich preaches togetherness. He wants to slow down and actually listen to the problems of every American. The 106 town halls he held in New Hampshire are evidence of his commitment to that ideology.

Instead of reaching to government as the first option, he believes it should be the last resort. In his speech after New Hampshire,

In lieu of pursuing higher-paying, private sector jobs, which may have alleviated his overwhelming student loans, he instead chose to dedicate himself to public service. In 2000, he was elected into the Florida House of Representatives, and for the next 10 years would serve in roles including majority leader and speaker of the house until 2010, when he was elected into the U.S. Senate.

There is a certain irony in the fact that the son of Cuban immigrants embodies the American dream more than any other candidate, during an election cycle where the idea of banning immigrants has garnered populist support. Sixty years ago, when Rubio’s parents immigrated to America, our great enemy was communism. Communist Cuba’s proximity to America represented a great threat to our country.

Today, the Republican Party has deemed our great enemy to be Islamic extremists with the Syrian refugees as the great threat. Rubio displays what can happen when we accept the refugees from a regime representing our enemy with open arms instead of prejudice.

The president of the U.S. has two main responsibilities. The first lies in guiding the policies that the American government will pursue during his or her term in office. The second lies in a much different place. The second responsibility of the president is to lead the people of America. As the leader of the U.S., the president must create a feeling of safety in the citizens of America and inspire the next generation.

In this second responsibility, Rubio would sparkle. When America’s greatest fear is refugees fleeing from our enemy, nobody can make the people feel safer than a child of refugees from our old enemy. When the next generation looks to the president for inspiration, with Rubio in office, they would see the American dream shining back at them.

Connor Allen (callen7@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in economics, history and marketing.

he explained the the need for people of this country to slow down. He said one should not rush out of their driveway, but talk to their neighbor; not rush out of the grocery store, but stop and hug your old friend you may see there. He believes our best times as a country are when we put aside our individualistic tendencies and work together.

And though he believes government to be the last option, his compassion compels him to do anything to help those most in need, even if it means going against his own party.

As governor going around his state Legislature, Kasich expanded Medicaid using the Affordable Care Act. He was chastised by fellow Republicans and his own supporters. Instead of wasting an opportunity to help the worse off in his state, he acted in an American way, not a Republican way.

What gives me hope in Kasich is his belief about gay rights.

“Guess what, I just went to a wedding of a friend of mine who happens to be gay,” Kasich said. “Because somebody doesn’t think the way I do doesn’t mean that I can’t care about them or can’t love them. So if one of my daughters happened to be [gay], of course I would love them and I would accept them.”

That is a message of togetherness this country is built on. On Kasich’s website, there is a quote from a past speech that reads, “Some say the American Dream is over, that we can’t recover, that the flame is beginning to flicker. That is wrong. We may have a crisis of spirit, but our strength endures and our strength comes from pulling together.”

As an Independent, Trump’s brashness pulls you in, Clinton’s experience pulls you in and Sanders offering free everything makes you think. But Kasich stands alone as the candidate who can pull our nation together and be the shining example of positivity and community this country so desperately needs.

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

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This week in Wisconsin men’s basketball: Michigan State, Illinois

When it rains it pours

Michigan State has one of the most potent offenses at its disposal this season. The Spartans have the 35th best scoring average in the nation (79.5 ppg) and the best point differential in the Big Ten (+16.0 points), making them a difficult opponent to stop. While the Badgers won a thriller in Madison back in January, repeating the feat will be no small task, especially in East Lansing.

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Michigan State The Spartans will be looking for revenge when the Badgers visit East Lansing Thursday after UW handed them a heartbreaking one-point loss in Madison in mid-January. They’ll be coming off one of their most impressive wins of the season, as they crushed Indiana 88-69 Sunday.

Michigan State continues to be led by their superstar Denzel Valentine, who is serving as the best all-around player in college basketball this season. He is currently averaging 19.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game this season, and is coming off a masterful 30-point, 20 • badgerherald.com • February 16, 2016

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Wisconsin’s recent trend of hot shooting has propelled them on a seven-game win streak. But Illinois has seen no such success in the same time frame, dropping four of their last five. This stretch of play helped Wisconsin’s rotation players find a rhythm, which has been a large contributing factor to the disparity between the Badgers’ and Fighting Illini’s recent shooting. Illinois will have to dig deep to buck this trend against Wisconsin.

Key Resrerves - F Michael Finke (8.5 P, 4.0 R, 1.1 A), G Jaylon Tate (2.2 P, 1.4 R, 2.7 A), G Aaron Jordan (4.0 P, 1.0 R, 0.6 A)

Illinois 13-assist performance against the Hoosiers.

Wisconsin’s Nigel Hayes will likely be matched up with Valentine throughout the game, as two of the Big Ten’s best square off.

As a team, the Spartans boast a conferencebest scoring margin of plus-16, thanks in large part to their third-best scoring offense and second-best scoring defense.

With Michigan State currently just a half-game behind the Badgers in the Big Ten standings, this game will hold major conference implications, as both teams look to fight for a top-four spot in the conference by season’s end.

Losing four of their last five games, the Fighting Illini continue to slide, as they boast a 3-9 conference record and an 11-14 mark overall.

Illinois’ struggles come despite the team having one of the best backcourts in all of college basketball, consisting of Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn. Hill and Nunn have averaged 18.4 and 16.5 points per game respectively and are the only players on the team averaging more than 25 minutes per game on the season.

The two guards have given the Fighting Illini plenty of offensive firepower from

the perimeter all season.

Where the team struggles, however, is on the defensive side of the ball. Not only does the team have the second-to-worst scoring defense in the Big Ten — giving up 75.5 points per game — but they also have the first field goal percentage defense, as they are allowing opponents to shoot more than 46 percent this year.

The Badgers are currently shooting the ball better than they ever have this season from the field, and will look to take full advantage of their opponents’ porous defense in this matchup.

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Tennis finding success under former Badger First-year head coach, UW alum Danny Westerman has Wisconsin holding 6-0 start, ranked first time in two seasons

by Eric Goldsobel Sports Content Editor

Some 18 years ago, a young man walked onto the University of Wisconsin campus unaware of just how connected his life would come to be with the university.

He would play on the men’s tennis team for four years, embarking on one of the most prolific careers in school history and winning numerous accolades. These accolades would include becoming the first Badger to win the ITA Midwest Regional tournament, a rigorous collegiate-level tournament, and the Big Ten Medal of Honor.

He met his wife at the Nielsen Tennis Center, a UW women’s tennis player herself, whose father and brother each played hockey for the Badgers.

He even earned business degrees in marketing in 2002 and an MBA in 2005 from the Wisconsin School of Business.

For Danny Westerman, the man who fits this description, UW has been a large part of his adult life and in his own words, he’s a Badger at heart.

That sentiment, so profound in UW alumni, usually fades away for most graduates as they never get to experience this university again. But for Westerman, it’s all coming back.

The former No. 1 singles player for Wisconsin men’s tennis was named head coach before the start of this season and was ready to make an impact in the city and at the school he holds dear far beyond the first serve of the 2015-16 season.

“It’s an incredible feeling to be back in Madison,” Westerman said. “Some of the best memories of my life were as a student and athlete here, and getting the opportunity to come back and coach my alma mater is pretty special. My experience here as a tennis player led me into this profession, so it’s amazing to now have my dream job.”

After posting a 7-18 record during the 2014-15 season, Wisconsin men’s tennis needed a change, which came in the form of hiring Westerman as head coach.

For players who needed a jolt of energy, they required someone who could understand exactly what they were going through and only the former Badgers star would suffice.

“He was the men’s assistant coach and he graduated from here so he knows the system well, he knows Madison well,” senior Alexander Kokorev said. “He knows how it can be tough here, how the city handles you. It’s good to have someone who knows all of that.”

But even for a fit as good as Westerman, one would expect there to be a delay in mutual understanding between the players and the new coach. They would, however, be mistaken.

It is as if players on this team had been coached

by Westerman for multiple seasons, for the ease to which they’ve taken to this coaching transition is uncanny.

But as convoluted as many make out sports and the psychology behind them to be, Westerman finds a simple approach to such a puzzle.

“Really, it’s just coming to practice and putting in 100 percent,” Westerman said. “If you can’t hold that of yourself and you can’t hold that of your teammates, then what are we doing this for?

That’s the first thing that comes to mind, really. It’s effort-based and I’m not a stickler for a lot of little things. If the effort is there, the desire to prove is there; that covers a lot of things.”

The new coach’s mantra has made the transition easier for everyone involved.

Players feel more comfortable learning from their mistakes as they’re afforded opportunities by Westerman to learn from them, as long as they’re accountable and work toward correcting them.

As an individual sport, tennis requires a significant amount of self-confidence in order to be successful. And with Westerman’s approach, players, like sophomore Joe Dodridge, feel all the more comfortable trying to up their game while knowing their coach will reward their hard efforts.

“I’ve dealt with [the transition], personally, fairly well,” Dodridge said. “It can always be difficult playing an entire year and then switching coaches because each has different ways of doing things. But I feel like Danny has made it easy for the players … He’s set out his rules and made it clear what the expectations are and what’s expected of us.”

And because it never truly is as simple as laying out expectations and demanding results, that’s where Westerman’s experience comes in.

As a former Badgers’ player, he knows just how strenuous the sport is as well as the rigors of attending the university itself. His roots have afforded him a common bond with his players, and helped foster a fast mutual understanding.

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Plagued with suspensions, Badgers question consistencies of NCAA rules Eaves, Wittchow bring up dangers of concussions, implications on state of hockey today

by Ben Cross Men’s Hockey Writer

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team has had a rollercoaster-type season thus far.

The young Badger squad has gone from wins over the nation’s best teams to tough losses against teams normally not thought to be competitive opponents.

But despite all the inconsistency, the real learning curve for the team has come in the penalty box.

Three key players over the last few weeks have received at least onegame suspensions from the NCAA for dangerous hits: senior alternate captain Eddie Wittchow and junior wingers Jedd Soleway and Aidan Cavallini. Wittchow’s three-game suspension for a hit to the head against Minnesota was a particularly brutal blow for the team, as he was forced to sit out an entire series against Alaska and one game against Michigan.

“I obviously understand the suspension and you hate to see someone get hurt,” Wittchow said. “I had no intent to hurt on that play and I thought the league was a bit lofty in giving me three games.”

Wittchow questioned the consistency in some of the suspensions, citing how punches have been thrown and the players responsible have seen reduced penalties since he was suspended.

Head coach Mike Eaves said the

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situation is unfortunate, seeing as a lot of NHL guys like the physicality and toughness Wittchow brings to the ice, but the senior is still learning how to tame that aggressiveness. “[Wittchow] is a physical player and this isn’t the first one of these [suspensions] he’s had,” Eaves said. “But he has to learn to walk that fine line because he is such an imposing defenseman.”

This chronic issue of being too aggressive on defense has plagued Wisconsin all season, racking up more than 12 penalty minutes per game and 118 minor penalties.

The penalty minutes per game stat for the Badgers is almost an entire minute higher than the NCAA average of 11.4.

These numbers are in direct opposition to the ongoing trend that penalties are rapidly declining in college hockey.

“It’s on the defensive player in today’s game,” Eaves said. “You can’t lead with your head and you can’t hit a defenseless player. Back in the old days this wasn’t the case, but this is a new era and we have to adapt.”

What is most alarming for Wisconsin is the three worst offenders in penalties have been all upperclassmen. Out of only six upperclassmen, four of them are the most penalized players on the team.

This development puts the issue of big hits on the forefront of the team’s agenda in

practice.

“You hate to see this issue come up, but we’ve been doing a drill that is designed to get players to think about these kind of hits,” Eaves said. “In meetings and on the ice, it’s been addressed.”

Even with the pretty serious fall in total penalty minutes in the NCAA from 15.7 in the 2002-03 season to only 11.4 this season, the NHL has dropped even more in the same time period (14.1 to 9.5). While some believe the dip in calls simply stems from a new breed of less strict referees, many around both leagues believe players are adjusting to meet the standard of cleaner hockey.

The Wisconsin team isn’t extremely worried about what they’ve seen.

“No player is going to complain about the NCAA trying to protect the us,” Wittchow said. “I’m a player too, I’ve had a concussion before and I have no problem with them cracking down.”

In 2014-15, men’s college hockey players self-reported the second most concussions of any sport. Even though concussions in men’s hockey haven’t amounted to the head injuries epidemic present in women’s hockey, the NCAA has made it a point of interest to crack down on any hits on or around the head.

But for Eaves, he hasn’t noticed much change in how games are being officiated,

Photo · Upperclassmen Eddie Wittchow, Jedd Soleway and Aidan Cavallini were penalized this year for severe hits.

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald and doesn’t see that any change is necessary.

“I haven’t really been noticing any changes this year,” Eaves said. “It has been the way its been since about five to six years ago when they started calling more hits from behind. Every year we have about one or two suspensions and we don’t see it as a huge problem.”

Whatever the fix may be, the Badgers need to tighten up on penalties and hope some nagging injuries like the lower body injury to freshman Paxton Sexton heal up in the final stretch of this season.

With a difficult Big Ten schedule remaining and an NCAA tournament bid far from reach without a conference championship, Wisconsin needs everyone to step up, regardless of the impact the rules are having on them.

“All I know is that when I start thinking about what I can and can’t do in a game, that’s when I get into trouble,” Wittchow said. “Our motto this year has been rest, recover and improve — and that’s what I’m doing.”

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From Camp Randall to Oval Office: Andy Katz making waves at ESPN UW alum meets annually with President Obama to fill out March Madness brackets, which will be enshrined in Smithsonian

The story starts the same. A sports fan from a big city has dreams of one day converting his immense sports knowledge into a career covering his favorite teams and heroes.

For most, the story usually ends with an uneventful culmination writing for their school paper before storing away their typewriter and taking a more stable career. But one former Badger isn’t a typical journalist.

Andy Katz went from Bascom Hill to the White House with lots of color in between.

Katz has built a career on thinking outside the lines, spring boarding a job as a beat writer for the Wisconsin men’s hockey team into working for ESPN and becoming President Barack Obama’s senior executive on all things March Madness.

After writing for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel his senior year at UW, Katz seized an opportunity to become the beat writer for the New Mexico Lobos basketball team.

“It was a total gamble, but I wanted to challenge myself, which is much in the same way that I chose Madison,” Katz said. “I knew that if I succeed at a Big Ten university then I could succeed anywhere and I used that as my own barometer. If I can stand out there and be successful, then I could do it anywhere.”

Though that gamble paid off, Katz had a

rude awakening for how things operated in Albuquerque. The young writer had the uneasy opportunity of traveling with the very person he replaced at the paper.

Katz had to deal with the horror that came with living with someone twice his age who was incredibly bitter about losing his position to a younger writer. The roommate still worked for the paper but was demoted, making the situation all the more unpleasant.

“That was a nightmare,” Katz said. “Here is a guy twice my age, very bitter, not the cleanest of people. I literally used to dread going back to the room. I would hide in the lobby and when it was time to go to sleep he would try to work me. ‘You don’t really belong here. You should go back.’

Total mind games on me.”

Despite the challenge, Katz was able to persevere and spent five years in New Mexico before moving to Fresno, California, where he was able to bide time and use his talent to catch the eye of an upstart website, ESPN SportsZone.

Based in Seattle at the time, SportsZone was far from the behemoth that ESPN.com has become today. On a trip to Washington to cover the NCAA tournament, Katz made his case to the website and after impressing the editors with his basketball acumen, he was asked to contribute to their growing college basketball section.

Over the next few years, Katz rose

through the ranks and embraced a new TV-based role where he became one of the lead analysts for ESPN’s college basketball coverage and a backup host for Outside the Lines.

After settling into his dual role at ESPN, Katz truly came across the opportunity of a lifetime.

As he was interviewing then-U.S. Sen. Obama for a feature in Outside the Lines, by luck’s chance, a speech change gave Katz an hour of unscripted face time with the soon-to-be president and he suddenly had a golden idea.

“I had an epiphany,” Katz said. “I said, ‘If you win, how about I come to the White House and fill out the bracket with you.’ And he said, ‘Great.’

So I looked at David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs, who were his top advisors at the time, and said, ‘You guys heard that right?’”

Eight years later, they have done much more than just humor his idea.

Katz and Obama have an annual date each year in March to fill out an NCAA tournament bracket. In addition, Katz was recently notified his unique idea will be enshrined in the Smithsonian as they will be placing his and Obama’s “Barack-etology” in an exhibit on

American Pop Culture.

When asked if Katz, originally from Newton, Massachusetts, ever thought he would end up in the Oval Office, all he could do was laugh.

“No. Never ever ever … I was just that kid that loved reading the Boston Globe,” Katz said.

“My dream was to write for the paper that got delivered to my door step.”

Though he has yet to achieve that dream, he has certainly accomplished quite a few others.

Despite his success, however, he still has some regrets from his time in Madison.

Because Katz was offered a position to cover the football team as an underclassman, he missed out on the opportunity to truly experience life as a fan.

“I wish I had a little bit more fun,” Katz said.

“I jumped right into it and I never experienced being a fan. All my friends are going to the fifth quarter and I am in the press box. So that’s my regret.”

Even though he missed his opportunity to Jump Around and party during the fifth quarter, he’s enjoyed the spoils of covering the “Big Dance” with the president.

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Twelve-month Contraceptive Act titillates some, infuriates others Experts predict extreme arousal resulting from bill will initially cancel out effects of increased contraceptive availability Wisconsin lawmakers recently proposed the 12-month Contraceptive Act, which if passed, would allow women to fill a 12-month prescription of oral contraceptives in a single visit to the pharmacy.

Marla Danog, 22-year-old Madison resident, said she supports the bill. She said instant access to a year ’s worth of oral contraceptives would empower her by allowing a sense of sexual freedom and comfort currently hindered by her current meager three-month supply.

The representatives who authored the bill said it would drastically reduce the likelihood of inadvertent pregnancies and abortion rates among female Wisconsinites.

Danog, a lifelong Madison resident, shared her plans for the upcoming year in the event that the legislation is passed.

“I intend to embark on a year-long sexcapade,” she said. “I hope to find sexual enlightenment in the bathroom of the new 7/11 or an orgy on Langdon without the risking unintentional creation and termination of a fetus.”

Those who oppose the 12-Month Contraceptive Act question the benefits of annual birth control prescriptions.

As a self-diagnosed sufferer of early onset Dementia, Danog said she believes that if passed, the bill would bring her “endless benefits.”

“I could take all my pills in one sitting, which would diminish any chance of my mental condition interfering with my

sexual health,” she said. “I’d be guaranteed protection for an entire year, so I could go through an entire frat house without worry or interruption.”

Even some sexually inactive residents like Rebecca Flinders are looking forward to the bill. Flinders has calculated twelve months worth of birth control should last prudes like her an entire lifetime. She will now only have to make a trip to the pharmacy once, rather than once every 25 years.

State representative Creed FonDelle claims the act is unfair and unnecessary.

“I don’t see why any lady whose physical condition allows her to copulate shouldn’t be expected to take a trip to a pharmacy four times a year,” FonDelle said. “I have to stop at Walgreens every three weeks for a new 36-pack of Trojans.

Where’s my legislation?”

Danog responded to FonDelle’s statement, vehemently opposing his position.

“Men like [FonDelle] are one of the many reasons this act is necessary,” she said.

“Without proper access to birth control, that chauvinist pig could easily inject a piglet into the womb of some unsuspecting hussy.”

The bill is presently waiting for cosponsorship. Representatives hope to reach a final decision in the upcoming weeks.

In the meantime, Danog and her fellow conquistadors will have to take a cold shower and sit tight.

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Chipotle apology inspires students to give second chance to chain Romantics across campus once again able to sacrifice $7 plus tax, few days of bad gas for unconditional love After temporarily closing all of its restaurants nationwide Feb. 8, fast food giant Chipotle has offered free burritos to all customers hindered by the shutdown.

Students across campus are welcoming this apology with open mouths.

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better company and apologize,” University of Wisconsin sophomore Meghan Minran said.

“Our relationship isn’t completely mended, but this is a step in the right direction.”

For many UW students, Chipotle had been the one fast casual Mexican chain that was “always there,” remaining a mainstay on State Street. Chipotle, Minran said, “knew me so well, especially in times of need.” The chain’s offer to give away free burritos has sent a lot

of patrons questioning their feelings, and if they can ever feel the same way again, Minran said.

UW junior Frank Halnting planned to eat lunch at Chipotle on the day of the closure, but like many other heartbroken students, found himself eating a burrito at Qdoba instead.

“I was so mad at Chipotle,” Halnting said.

“I thought it would always be there for me. I feel bad about cheating on my favorite chain,

but what was I supposed to do? I just want things to go back to normal.”

These closures come just months after an E. coli outbreak caused 500 illnesses at restaurants nationwide. Chipotle executives have assured customers this was a one time mistake and urge them to remember all the memories they have together. They also hope customers will agree to restaurant relationship counseling.

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