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Dane County Board stands up to hateful rhetoric against Muslims Recently passed anti-bias resolution affirms commitment to inclusivity, students say action shows leaders are ‘taking issue seriously’

by Alice Vagun City Editor

This can’t be real, University of Wisconsin junior Najeeha Khan thought to herself.

Khan and likely millions of other Muslims around the country thought it must have been a joke when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced in December 2015 that he would implement a ban on all Muslims entering the U.S. But statements like these aren’t something new in the Trump campaign, as the Republican nominee has made headlines for numerous other controversial remarks directed toward marginalized groups, such as Mexican immigrants, women and the disabled.

While the rhetoric he has employed has changed the national political landscape, certain local governments are standing

up to the contentious comments made against marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Just a few weeks shy of Election day, Dane County Board unanimously passed an anti-hate, anti-bias resolution Oct. 20 geared toward affirming their commitment to the Muslim community.

The opinion resolution is largely meant to re-affirm Dane County’s commitment to civil and human rights, Supervisor Hayley Young, District 5, said.

When Young introduced the resolution at an Oct. 6 meeting, Young said she wanted to publicly state what Dane County’s values are.

“The role of local government is to make everyone feel welcomed in their communities,” she said at the meeting.

With the resolution, Khan said she felt the Dane County Board was acknowledging Muslims as part of their community.

Khan said these resolutions also make her feel more comfortable reaching out to

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“It felt really good because [the resolution] showed they were taking this issue seriously and recognizing that this is something the Muslim community is worried about,” Khan, who serves as UW’s Muslim Student Association president, said.

Likewise, Omer Arain, a UW junior and MSA member, said he was appreciative of the resolution, and he felt Dane County was acknowledging a divisive issue.

After Young introduced the resolution, she reached out to UW’s MSA to ask for any recommendations or changes to the language used. That inclusivity, Khan said, was “really nice” and showed that Dane County was going out of its way to be sensitive to the issue.

As elected officials, members of the board have an increased responsibility to call out and condemn hateful and often violent rhetoric used toward Muslims, the resolution said.

Though Trump in December shifted from imposing a total ban on Muslims to “extreme vetting” of refugees — particularly those from Syria — his continued rhetoric surrounding Muslims has still been troubling for people like Arain. In the second presidential debate, Trump encouraged all Muslims to “report when they see something going on.”

Trump asked, so Muslims responded with #MuslimsReportStuff.

Arain said Trump’s request was a way of assuming that all Muslims are associated with terrorism.

“I don’t see anything,” Arain said.

“Not all Muslims are actually related to these people who are committing acts of terror.”

Similarly, Khan had nothing to

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In making these types of accusations, Khan said it leads people to assume there is automatically something intrinsically wrong with Muslims.

At a time when 43 percent of U.S citizens harbor some degree of prejudice toward Muslims, according to a December 2015 Gallup poll, it can sometimes be uncomfortable for Muslim students on campus.

On campus, hate and bias incidents have nearly tripled in the first half of 2016 compared to the last half of 2015.

For students like Khan, who wear the hijab, she often is put in the position where she is expected to be a “representative” for her people when speaking on certain issues such as the political climate, election or even Islamophobia.

“I think one interesting dynamic that plays out is that I can’t hide,” Khan said.

“If in the moment I don’t feel safe with my Muslim identity, it’s not something I can’t put away. I’m OK with [wearing the hijab] because I made this choice. But because of that, I’m expected more and more to be a representation.”

In class, she said she feels that because it’s easy to identify her as Muslim, she is automatically expected to say something when certain issues come up. While she said she doesn’t mind it, others might have a problem with being expected to speak up all the time.

Through this resolution, Young hopes to foster dialogue and create more cohesion between local government and its community so that every group in Madison feels comfortable expressing their concerns.

“I think this resolution is going to start conversation,” Young said. “One opinion is not going to do something by itself, but it’s a good starting point.”

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La Comunidad recounts victories, challenges on 25th anniversary City’s leading Spanish-language newspaper promotes political engagement for minority communities, pushes past stereotypes

by Dana Kampa State Editor

In the year of its 25th anniversary, La Comunidad News — Madison’s leading Spanish-language newspaper — is continuing to promote community involvement and political engagement for Spanish speaking Madisonians.

Publisher Dante Viscarra said the quarter century accomplishment is a major milestone for their team and a big step for the community.

“As an organization, we are very blessed to have survived that many years,” Viscarra said. “It feels good to move forward with the changes of the times, the demographics and the viewers and readership.”

Viscarra’s father, Rafael Viscarra, started La Comunidad in 1989 with a small typewriter, and has since become one of the most widely read publications by Latinos in Wisconsin.

The paper offers articles in both Spanish and English largely focusing on local stories about community events, sports, the justice system and political issues.

Viscarra said one of the political events he was most proud of covering was the “Dia Sin Latinos,” or “Day Without Latinos” protest.

La Comunidad joined a coalition of

organizations in February to organize a march of nearly 40,000 people to the Wisconsin State Capitol opposing anti-immigration legislation.

“Dia Sin Latinos” was an attempt to show the role of immigrants in the community.

Viscarra said seeing young people engage in the event and approach legislators was a validating moment for the publication as a conduit for political information.

In the 2016 presidential election, Viscarra said one candidate has singled out the Hispanic community in a “very stereotypical way” while overlooking their work in dairy, hospitality and other industries.

Their coverage attempts to push past these stereotypes.

“The paper has been able to articulate clearly an opinion of who we are and what we are not,” Viscarra said. “We’re not criminals. We’re not rapists. We’re part of this community.”

Hispanic people constituted 17.6 percent of the U.S. population in 2015, with approximately 55.6 million inhabitants, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This makes them the nation’s largest ethnic or racial minority. Hispanic people made up more than six percent of the Dane County population in 2015 and almost seven percent of the Madison population in 2010.

University of Wisconsin journalism professor Mike Wagner said it is important to

have information sources available in people’s first languages because it helps them feel connected to their new community and meet those who share their interests.

“If a news source is in your own language, it becomes easier to engage politically because it’s easier to be able to interpret the information you’re getting Photo · La Comunidad started in 1989 with only a small typewriter. Now about the issues in your it is one of the most widely read newspapers by Latinos in Wisconsin. community,” Wagner said.

Viscarra agreed that as the media, they are obligated to Photo courtesy of La Comunidad provide Madison’s Spanishspeaking community members educational anniversary has shown how La Comunidad information and news that directly impacts has adapted to new technology while also their lives. weathering the 2009 recession.

Because Madison has a population of Viscarra said one of the biggest challenges early arrivals from other countries for whom for the paper has shifted from making Latinos language can be a barrier, Viscarra said it is more visible to articulating the goals and important to provide a medium to help them tribulations of a diverse group of people. integrate into a cultural identity.

“We still have a lot of work to do because The paper has faced the same challenges we have a responsibility to empower many as many other news organizations in having other members of our community,” Viscarra to learn how to best utilize online and social said. “There’s a lot of issues that we need to media over time. Viscarra said this milestone address.”

Dane County Sheriff recalls deputies from North Dakota protests Officers pulled back due to concerns from Madison residents, alder at pipeline describes ‘hostile’ experience with law enforcement

by Nicole Ki Reporter

After sending 10 deputies to North Dakota Oct. 9 to aid with crowd control at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney has already recalled the deputies earlier than planned because of concerns from Madison residents.

The Dane County Sheriff ’s Office does not typically send deputies across county or state lines unless they are specifically requested to do so. But after the Morton County Sheriff ’s office in North Dakota contacted the U.S. Department of Justice requesting assistance for large scale crowd control, Mahoney answered the call to send trained officers to help assist in overseeing the protests.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a project that proposes to transport crude oil from the North Dakota into Illinois. It is approximately 1,172 miles long and would span four states.

Opposition toward the North

Dakota pipeline includes concerns over constructing and destroying tribal lands belonging to Native Americans and health issues, such as contaminating the water supply and limiting resources, that could negatively affect neighboring inhabitants, especially those of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Richard Monette, professor of law at the University of Wisconsin, said.

Along with highlighting the plight of Native Americans, the protests have also brought attention to law enforcement’s methods on mitigating and controlling protests.

Mahoney said the decision to send out assistance was with “good intentions” to protect the lives of both pipeline workers and protesters, several of whom were Madison residents.

“Our role was not to exercise our personal beliefs,” Mahoney said. “Our responsibility was to protect the rights of protesters and their right to assemble and exercise freedom of speech.”

But some Madison residents, particularly Ald. Rebecca Kemble, District 18, who was

at the protest, did not feel her rights were being respected.

Kemble said police officers who were at the protest — not necessarily Dane County Officers specifically — used “militaristic” and “provocative” tactics, grabbing and arresting her and 28 others without negotiation. She recalled the only thing law enforcement communicated to them at the time was “if we touch you, you are under arrest.”

“There are gross human rights violations happening, mostly with indigenous women and men,” Kemble said. “One woman was strip searched in front of three other male deputies.”

Kemble is facing four charges, including obstruction of evidence, inciting a riot, resisting arrest and criminal trespassing.

Kemble is not alone in her arrest. More than 100 people have been arrested since protests against the pipeline began.

While Kemble voiced her opposition on the frontline, other Madison residents back home expressed their concerns with how sending deputies across state lines may

financially impact county taxpayers.

After hearing widespread citizen input in opposition to keeping the deputies there, Mahoney pulled the deputies out of North Dakota citing that law enforcement’s first priority is to serve its community.

“Law enforcement needs to recognize their authority stems from the communities that they serve,” Mahoney said. “Our priorities should mirror the priorities of our community.”

Since her arrest, Kemble said she has gotten nothing but “love and support” from her colleagues, community members and the city of Madison, who had previously unanimously passed a resolution expressing solidarity with the Standing Rock residents and opposition to the pipeline.

In continuing in solidarity with the native tribes near the pipeline, Kemble plans to share her experience being arrested and what she witnessed, as well as advocating to stop the process of the pipeline until there is “meaningful consultation” about the land and water with the native tribes.

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New emergency room program aims to help addicts seek treatment

Former drug users serve as ‘recovery coaches’ for overdose patients, hospital staff say goal is to break cycle of dependency

by Dana Kampa State Editor

People struggling with opioid addictions will have more support options available following the Nov. 1 launch of a new program at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.

The Recovery Coach program, which will be the first of its kind in Wisconsin, will place on-call recovery coaches in the emergency department where overdose patients are treated.

A recently released report from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services showed a 70 percent increase in total drug overdose deaths from 2005 to 2015.

Doctor Kyle Martin, an emergency department medical director and University of Wisconsin alumnus, said in an email to The Badger Herald that the voluntary program for patients aims to provide resources and counseling to patients addicted to opioid substances like heroin, Vicodin and Percocet.

“Opioid addiction is a very powerful disease, affecting thousands of people in our community, from all walks of life,” Martin said.

The Recovery Coach pilot program aims to enroll 75 patients over the initial nine-month period, after which they will judge the success of the program.

Funding for the program will come from the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation and Dane County. Program planning falls to Safe Communities, an organization that coordinates county-wide efforts to improve public safety.

Martin said patients often are monitored in the ER but then discharged, enabling them to repeat the cycle of overdosing and continuing to use drugs without intervention.

The program will pair patients with trained counselors.

“The idea is to place someone who knows their situation,” WMSF Executive Director Eileen Wilson said. “These recovery coaches are people who are in some cases former drug abusers and just have a very intimate knowledge of what’s happening and can be a wonderful resource for guiding them through into treatment programs.”

Wilson said the purpose of the program is to catch people at the time when they’re in crisis, possibly after they have been revived from near death with the opioid counteractive drug called naloxone, commonly known as Narcan.

Skye Tikkanen, the Safe Communities drug poisoning prevention program manager, said patients will receive personalized paths to recovery.

Once hospital staff determine patients are medically stable, Tikkanen said the patients will be given the opportunity to meet with recovery coaches, who will use the motivational interviewing and basic counseling techniques they received in training to help the patients and provide them an opportunity to get into recovery.

Coaches determine appropriate treatment options and stay connected with the patient every day until he or she can get into a treatment system.

The person who has had the overdose is responsible for determining what they want that support to be. Tikkanen said the whole program is designed to be individualized to each patient’s needs.

“For people that have really high social anxiety, they might want texts every day because that’s what they’re most comfortable with,” Tikkanen said.

“For people who have less anxiety, they

might want to go to meetings, to get coffee or to get phone calls. We’re really leaving that up to the person.”

The foundation’s mission is to advance the health of Wisconsinites by supporting medical education and public health initiatives. Safe Communities applied to the foundation for a grant to fund the Recovery Coach program.

The program matches the foundation’s priorities to educate people and help with medical treatment. The Wisconsin Medical Society, a membership organization for doctors in the state, is also working to educate physicians on how to prevent people from getting access to the drugs, Wilson said.

Martin said he hopes the collaborative efforts of Safe Communities and St. Mary’s Hospital will help break the cycle of drug dependency and overdose.

“We believe that by intervening at a time when a patient has been close to death we will be able to break the cycle and treat their addiction,” Martin said.

Safe Communities’ healthcare taskforce, composed of representatives from all of Dane County’s healthcare systems, is looking

for ways to grow the program in health organizations across the city and state if it is successful.

Coordinators modeled the new Wisconsin program after Rhode Island’s “Anchor ED,” where 80 percent of patients followed up in treatment programs.

“This high of a success rate is incredibly rare and we hope to achieve the same level of success for our patients,” Martin said.

Martin added that he hopes the success of the collaborative pilot program will demonstrate the “great need for better access to life-saving treatment for those struggling with addiction in Dane County.”

Though Tikkanen said she wishes the program could have been implemented sooner, the attention being paid to the opioid epidemic is opening doors for additional funding and partnerships for improved treatments.

“In our own hospital we saw 180 opioid overdoses last year,” Martin said. “That averages to one every other day. We sincerely hope we can break this vicious, dangerous cycle and treat this disease.”

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Increased prevalence, easier access lead to rise in drug overdoses

‘Over prescription’ of legal opioids leads to dependency, abuse; dealers have created supply chain of illegal narcotics throughout Midwest

by Amos Mayberry Reporter

In the past decade, drug overdoses have been on the rise in Wisconsin due to a higher prevalence and easy access to powerful drugs.

A Wisconsin Department of Health Services report from September 2016 documented that drug overdose deaths have increased 70 percent in Wisconsin since 2005, with 872 people dead from drug overdoses in 2015. In Dane County alone, 80 people died of overdose in 2015.

The report found that 39 percent of overdoses were caused by unknown drugs, 20 percent caused by prescription opioids, and 16 percent caused by heroin. Other drugs that may have caused overdoses include cocaine, Xanax, Adderall and Ritalin.

Lieutenant Jason Freedman of the Dane County Narcotics Task Force said over prescription of legal opioids like OxyContin and other pain medicines have lead to unintended consequences for users.

Those exposed to these powerful drugs can become addicted and cause users to continue using drugs beyond the doctor ’s prescription.

Legal opioids are often over prescribed and illegal opioids are often easily accessed, causing them to be abused at a higher rate than other drugs, Freedman said. Opioids are also in every drug store and doctor ’s office across Wisconsin, and with this availability it is much more likely that people will become dependent.

“We have a culture that is very focused on pills or quick solutions,” Freedman said.

“The triggering event [of the problem] is the over prescription of opiates.”

Kris Murphy, director of development at Wisconsin United We CAN, said it is hard to point to a specific reason for the increase, but these drugs are more prevalent than before. Addiction to dangerous drugs can happen to anyone regardless of demographic.

Anyone can be prescribed a legal drug and end up addicted to that drug, especially if the person is predisposed to addiction, Murphy said. Today, if the

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patient’s prescription runs out and the person is addicted it is easy for them to find relief in illegal drugs like heroin.

For the past decade, these illegal substances have become more available, Murphy said. Through personal research, Murphy has talked to high school students who say it is easier to get heroin than it is to get alcohol. Since people have such easy access, they don’t understand the physical costs of using these drugs.

“I think often times people, kids run into it and they don’t realize that one bad decision can affect the rest of their lives,” Murphy said.

Murphy said this increase in availability can be linked to high profits that drug dealers can make from dangerous drugs like opioids and heroin. The price of illegal drugs can increase when taken from large urban areas like Chicago to cities and towns in Wisconsin.

High profitability in selling illegal drugs has created a supply chain throughout the midwest, Freedman said. This supply chain starts outside of the United States and is dispersed throughout the country.

Almost all heroin from North America originated in South America, Freedman said. An increased demand in the states creates a larger market to bring more drugs north. These drugs are transported to large urban centers like Chicago and distributed from there.

Increased demand has also encouraged the development of synthetic drugs, Freedman said.

Drugs that can be made cheaply in

laboratories have the potential to be much more powerful then organic versions.

Synthetic drugs like Fentanyl can be combined with heroin to create a more powerful drug.

Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent then morphine, another opioid, and can be lethal in very small doses.

Murphy said when people use these potent drugs it is harder to treat them if they overdose. Naloxone, a drug that treats opioid overdose in an emergency situation, is able to save people who have overdosed, but with the introduction of more potent drugs naloxone may not be enough, Murphy said.

Freedman said to combat this issue there needs to be substantial federal and state resources.

Improvements in drug use prevention and education have caused the number of new addicts to drop, Freedman said.

Doctors are controlling the amount of potentially dangerous drugs that are being prescribed to patients. This will decrease exposure to dangerous prescription drugs and help decrease abuse in the long run.

The largest anti-drug effort is to break the cycle of demand, Freedman said. Law enforcement policy makers and others have been involved in working with people who are suffering an addiction to get them the treatment they need.

“People need to demand it of their politicians and leaders that we take this on very strongly,” Freedman said.

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Tech on Deck UW researchers work to make rewiring brain possible, reverse damage

PoNS device that laboratory developed in 2007 uses electrical impulses to strengthen, stimulate neurons after trauma

by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

A University of Wisconsin laboratory’s inquiries into neuroplasticity prove that brain damage does not have to be permanent.

Researchers at the Tactile Communication and Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, founded in 1992, use the Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator device that they developed in 2007, known as PoNS, to challenge the notion that the brain cannot heal or adapt after brain damage or trauma.

The PoNS device stimulates and strengthens the brain after previous brain damage.

Dr. Kurt Kaczmarek, a UW electrical and biomedical engineer and second lead scientist, said PoNS stimulates the tongue by sending small electrical impulses, creating a vibrating, tingling sensation.

“We believe that the electrical stimulation

predisposes the brain to modify its function more effectively for rehabilitation,” Kaczmarek said.

Dr. Yuri Danilov, a neuroscientist in the lab, said these tingling sensations exercise the neurons, which transmit nerve impulses to the brain to keep it functioning properly after trauma. When the brain faces a challenge, it finds ways of meeting that challenge by rerouting signals in some way, forming new connections or changing the chemical environment surrounding the neurons, Danilov said.

The brain’s ability to reorganize in response to new information, needs and pathways is known as “neuroplasticity,” Danilov said.

“Neuroplasticity is the essence of our life,” Danilov said. “Humans are capable of learning because of neuroplasticity.”

New information is a challenge for people’s brains to learn, and “neuroplasticity” is one of

the reasons new information can be preserved in the brain.

The device has already proved its effectiveness on people with multiple sclerosis, who showed improvements in balance in comparison to those who received the placebo PoNS device, Kaczmarek said.

Kaczmarek said the TNCL uses “maximal challenge” tests where individuals practice a certain movement for about 20 minutes without frustrating them while they receive tingling sensations from the PoNS device.

Circuits in the brain that are responsible for controlling those movements will then improve their function as the PoNS device strengthens the neurons carrying that information to the brain.

“By using maximal challenge with 20 minute paradigm and combining that with the PoNS device we are trying to make this process as efficient as possible,” Kaczmarek said.

The TNCL is an interdisciplinary lab composed of a team of individuals ranging from biomedical, mechanical and electrical engineers, physical therapists, neuroscientists and student trainees.

In the past, TNCL has developed other devices for sensory substitution of touch and sight. If someone is blind, they can still get facial recognition through the sense of touch through the PoNS device, Kaczmarek said.

Researchers at the TNCL have also worked with victims of multiple strokes, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis.

The TNCL research and the PoNS device have the potential to change the lives of people who believed their brain trauma would inhibit their lives forever, Kaczmarek said.

“The overall goal of the lab is to help improve overall human performance in one way or another, particularly neurological performance,” Kaczmarek said.

Local barbershop seeks to address health disparities for men of color

Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association opens new center to provide education, services to black, Latino males while they get haircuts

by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

One Dane County organization is hoping to address health disparities for men of color by focusing their efforts in one unique location: a Madison barbershop.

The Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association, a Dane County organization that focuses on reducing health disparities, opened the Men’s Health and Education Center inside of the JP Hair Design Barbershop Oct. 4. The center will educate around 800 men of color who visit JP’s Barbershop each week on prevention and maintenance of chronic health conditions, healthy living, nutrition and meal preparation.

The center is sponsored by SSM Health and funded through RWLA’s Helping Dane County to be Healthy grant program. SSM Health’s threeyear grant is valued at $90,000.

Because communities of color often experience a lack of adequate housing, quality education, employment opportunities and access to health care, men of color are at a higher risk of having health problems.

African American men are 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease and 60 percent more likely to die from stroke than non-Hispanic white men, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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started as a way to reach more men of color.

“When we looked at the health disparity, we were not pleased with the progress we were making,” Perry said.

The Center is part of RWLA’s bigger goal of ensuring that residents living in underrepresented communities, who bear the heaviest burden of disease and poor health status, have the opportunity to live fuller, healthier lives, Perry said.

Perry said seven years of research kept leading them back to barbershops — a place where getting health information to these men would be easiest.

“The thought is that if men of color struggle to go to the doctor, we are going to bring the doctor to them,” Perry said.

Jeffrey Patterson, owner of JP Hair Design Barbershop, said there will be a doctor and nurses who visit the center once a month to conduct blood pressure checkups. There will also be expert educational pamphlets on cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental health, sleep, obesity, weight management and more.

“When we set out to do this we literally looked at all of the different health conditions relevant to black and hispanic men, and what we tried to do with the center is from A to Z get all of that information inside the barbershop,” Perry said.

Perry said RWLA is entering its second year.

During the first year of RWLA’s Helping Dane County to be Healthy program, Perry said they saw an improvement in the amount of men doing physical activity.

They created a “black men running group” as part of the initiative where a group of 42 men run between one and six miles twice a week.

“We’ve seen men go from not running at all [to running every week],” Perry said. “We even had one guy do a half iron man and half marathon, and there have been numerous 5Ks.” This running group and other health educational programs have yielded a significant group weight loss. Perry said one man lost 60 pounds and no longer needs to take any blood pressure medications.

Perry said they are aiming to increase the number of men working out and losing weight during their second year by sponsoring a “Biggest Loser” contest.

“We want this to be the most significant weight loss for men of color that this city has seen,” Perry said.

They are still working out details, but nutritional guidelines and regular health check-ins with a health consultant will be part of the contest.

They are aiming for 50 to 75 men to participate in the 90 to 120 day contest, and they are even looking at rewarding the winners with two roundtrip tickets to a destination in the U.S., Perry said.

In addition, Perry said they are outlining a class on diabetes education and smoking cessation that will be taught at the center.

Perry said the concept of a Men’s Health and Education Center has never been attempted before anywhere in the nation. RWLA is hoping this

Photo · Jeffrey Patterson, owner of JP Hair Design Barbershop, says doctors and nurses will visit once a month for blood pressure checkups.

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“We have had screenings in the barbershop nationwide, but no one has taken it a step further and actually opened a Men’s Health Center in the barbershop,” Perry said. “We believe this model is something that can be implemented nationwide.”

The barbershop is located at 584 Grand Canyon Drive in Madison.

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Sexual assault test kits can give NEDA Walk in Madison highlights victims freedom, more control prevention of eating disorders

Wisconsin Justice Department processing nearly 4,000 backlogged kits, more than 500 people undergo exam annually, half under 18

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

Though the state delayed processing almost 4,000 sexual assault kits, Wisconsin Department of Justice is now starting to test them — giving victims more control and the opportunity to move toward healing.

Sexual assault kits or rape kits contain DNA evidence that a victim provides from their body after assault, Jaime Sathasivam, director of client programming at Dane County Rape Crisis Center, said. The kits, which are collected through a free forensic exam under the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or SANE, program, have been in place in Wisconsin for more than 20 years and can be useful to victims.

The SANE exam consists of checking the victim’s body to ensure they are healthy and do not have problems like sexually transmitted infections, Sathasivam said.

Julie Baisa, coordinator of UnityPoint Health-Meriter ’s Forensic Nurse Examiner Program said the exam can also record this information as evidence of assault and place it in a sexual assault kit.

Prior to 2011, law enforcement agencies were not required to test kits in their custody, Madison Police Department Detective Sam Kellogg said. This led to a backlog of 4,000-6,000 kits sitting in storage. The Sexual Assault Response Team Protocol, implemented in 2011, has required law enforcement agencies to test all kits since.

Kellogg said Wisconsin received $4 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to catalog and test the five-year backlog of kits in 2015. But because of a lack of guidance, law enforcement has only recently begun sending these kits for testing.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel said in a letter that the state did not test the kits because the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau did not give its approval to do so. Wisconsin recently received this approval and has begun testing kits.

Sathasivam said victims who go for a SANE exam are also given emotional support. This support can help them advocate for themselves, discuss the assault with family members and overall, help them through the healing process.

Victims are at complete liberty to decide whether they want to create a sexual assault kit, Sathasivam said. But there is a five-day deadline for recovery of evidence, she said.

Victims can also decide what information they want in their kit, Baisa said.

“What I want people to know about SANE exams in general is that they’re really in control and they take the lead,” Sathasivam said.

Over 500 victims undergo the SANE exam every year, Baisa said. Of those, almost half are under 18.

If the victim decides to approach law enforcement, the responsible agency will take their kit into custody and send it to a forensic crime laboratory to be tested, Kellogg said. The kit can be held indefinitely at the law enforcement agency until it is needed. If the victim is unsure of whether they want to report to law enforcement, their kit will be sent to a crime lab and stay there until the victim makes a final decision.

Sathasivam said most victims whose kits have been in the backlog likely do not remember that they are there or think they have been destroyed. But there could be some victims who believe their kits are part of the backlog and think they should still be processed. These victims should reach out to the law enforcement officials they worked with or Dane County Rape Crisis Center, Sathasivam said.

Kellogg said sometimes the kits are not even used because other evidence is present. Witness testimonies, for example, are often considered sufficient evidence of an assault.

Baisa said there is a ten-year period during which the victim can make this final decision, after which their kit will be destroyed. In a system implemented January, unsure victims are given a consent form that gives them information about how long their kits will be held and resources they can contact.

“It all depends on what [victims are] comfortable with,” Baisa said.

Once this period is up, the crime lab will destroy the kits without further notice.

Baisa said victims are not notified when the kits are being destroyed because it could trigger negative emotions associated with the assault.

Baisa said underage students or victims who are unsure if they were assaulted while drinking should know they will not be a given a drinking ticket. The Sexual Assault Amnesty Act of 2016 mandates this. If students are still unsure, they can choose to send their urine sample through the hospital to check for potential issues instead of undergoing a SANE exam.

People looking to get information on their sexual assault kits or to report sexual assault can call the Rape Crisis Center hotline at (608) 251-7273.

College students, athletes at increased risk of developing mental illness, organization raises $22,000 to heighten awareness

by Maija Inveiss City Editor

When dealing with stress and day-to-day struggles, the transition to college can cause many college students, especially college athletes, to develop eating disorders.

Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders.

Additionally, the prevalence of eating disorders among college students is increasing, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. A 2011 study found that at just one college over a 13-year period from 1995-2008, total eating disorders increased from 23 to 32 percent among females and from 7.9 to 25 percent among males.

Katherine Meier, a NEDA Walk committee member and a senior studying social work at the University of Wisconsin, said transitioning to college can be a huge trigger for eating disorders.

“It is just a big life change and transition or stressor and all this new stuff comes along with it,” Meier said. “Stress and stuff like that triggers eating disorders often.”

NEDA hosted a walk in Madison in early October dedicated to raising funds and awareness for eating disorder intervention and treatment.

More than 250 walkers from the area participated.

Paula Riesch, the Madison NEDA Walk chair, said they have raised more than $22,000 so far, beating their original goal of $20,000.

Meier’s work on the committee involves working with donors and sponsors to spread the word about eating disorders and build support within the Madison community. She said all the proceeds go to treatment services since there are currently few options in Madison. She said the closest in-patient location to the UW campus is in Oconomowoc.

Though University Health Services does not offer in-patient treatment options, Meier said they still have plenty of resources. Each student struggling with an eating disorder is matched with a therapist, nutritionist and medical provider as well as psychiatry services if necessary, according to the UHS website.

These types of service options are especially important since college and high school students — especially athletes — are at a higher risk for eating disorders than the rest of the population, Riesch said. “[Eating disorders] affect all genders, they affect a wide range of ages and races, but often eating disorders manifest themselves in the high school and college years,” Riesch said.

Riesch said athletes are often at a higher risk of having eating disorders since there is a higher focus on their bodies and their ability to perform

Photo · Every 62 minutes at least one person dies as a direct result of an eating disorder.

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Recently, a Penn State kicker, Joey Julius, opened up about his binge eating disorder on Facebook. Due to his eating disorder he was absent from the football team during spring and summer 2016.

Before joining the committee, Meier herself participated in the NEDA Walk. She said she had a past with eating disorders and wanted to participate to help other people who might not be in as good of a mental state as herself.

Riesch became interested in learning more about eating disorders after her daughter underwent intense treatment for anorexia. She said most people know very little about them because many people hide their eating disorders due to the negative stigma held against those suffering from them.

“Often the person who is suffering seems to be functioning quite well because they can become very skilled in masking their problem to the point where they are in denial themselves,” Riesch said.

Riesch said in her own community in southern Wisconsin they lost three young people to eating disorders in the last 10 months.

Though it is not an easy process, Riesch said recovery is possible as long as we remove the negative attitudes toward eating disorders so people come forward and receive treatment.

“We want people to reach out if they themselves are having a struggle or someone they care for is struggling,” Riesch said.

If you think someone might have an eating disorder, Riesch said it is important to investigate.

She said some signs might be an obsession with food, visits to the bathroom, unexplained weight loss and picky eating.

Those with eating disorders or who know of family or friends with eating disorders can contact UHS or take the screening test provided by NEDA to find out more information on how to get treatment.

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University Theater play offers light-hearted take on old classic Andrew Posner’s ‘Stupid Fucking Bird,’ seeks to revamp Chekhov story for younger generations

by Grace Ferolo ArtsEtc. Associate

University of Wisconsin’s University Theater ’s fall production of “Stupid Fucking Bird” is a light-hearted take on Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and offers a modern twist on a timeless classic.

Written by Aaron Posner, “Stupid Fucking Bird” tells the story of a young man’s quest to win the heart of his muse and childhood friend.

Along the way, hearts are broken, songs are sung and the ensemble is meant to shine as a collective unit.

Though the show is based off of “The Seagull,” the differences between the two are what will make “Stupid Fucking Bird” such a treat, according to its actors.

UW junior Jamie Herb, who plays the part of Nina, feels Posner ’s comedically edgy spin makes the show more accessible to audiences.

“Aaron Posner wrote SFB in modern, colloquial speech, which I think makes the

characters easier to digest and relate to for modern audiences than ‘The Seagull’,” Herb said. “There are fewer characters in this play than Chekhov’s, which streamlines the plot and allows for some sort of simplicity among the chaos of the play.”

The play itself may be chaotic, but the rehearsal process has been anything but. UW junior Maddie Wilinski, who plays the part of Emma, said the cast has worked well together.

Even after a recent change in the casting of Con, the character pining after Nina’s heart, the performers were able to embrace the change smoothly and grow as actors in the process.

For Wilinski and Herb, understanding their characters was a difficult yet rewarding process. Starting with the first read through of the script followed by constant text work, the characters came to life in an impeccably authentic way, Herb said.

“You can’t judge your character, so I had to learn to justify every choice Nina made even if I didn’t necessarily agree with it,” Herb said.

“She knows what she wants even if it’s not the

most practical thing, and she definitely follows her heart and emotions more than anything.”

Beyond the musical and comedic aspects of the play, “Stupid Fucking Bird” showcases myriad impactful lessons that audiences of all ages will connect with.

While Herb has been humbled by how the show examines theater as a tool for social change, Wilinski said the production will strike a chord with college students. “‘Stupid Fucking Bird’ has a refreshing take on the classic confusion and horrid unfairness of love and what it means to be oneself,” Wilinski said. “These are pretty quintessential of college and meaningful to any age.”

It is clear this cast is incredibly passionate about the show they have created together.

Aimed to be a kaleidoscope of laughter, music and raw emotion, Wilinski and Herb are confident “Stupid Fucking Bird” is a night of theater to remember.

“Stupid Fucking Bird” will be performed at the Gilbert V. Hemsley Jr. Theater from Oct. 20 to Nov. 6.

Performances on Thursday, Friday and

Saturday will be at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday performances at 2 p.m.

Photo ·Performance tells the story of a young man’s quest to win the heart of his muse.

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Local jazz band does away with genre conventions on new album Members of Major Vistas use diverse musical backgrounds, from rock to video game scores, to inform their songs

by Brian Vanden Hogen ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Local Madison jazz act Major Vistas is breaking away from genre limitations to give audiences a unique, live improvisational experience.

A Craigslist ad, posted by Vista’s pianist Mike Weiser, brought together the three members who have encyclopedic backgrounds in music, ranging from rock to klezmer to video game composition.

“When it comes to our musical abilities, we like the idea of everyone being a bit of a chameleon,” Weiser said.

Their expansive background is everpresent in their 2016 release of Minor Anthems, an album in which each of the 12 tracks seems to grow organically from the last, void of any direct ties to genre or influence.

Weiser is acutely aware of the deflection of genre in their mustic.

“The more I play music the more I realize — it’s all just music,” Weiser said.

“I feel like original music today isn’t necessarily trying to be entirely derivative.

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With the goal of creating music that is inherently unique, Major Vistas pays special attention to improvisation. Many of the artists the band cites as inspiration are those who excel in improv, like guitarists Pat Metheny and John Scofield.

“We created this band as a vehicle for improvisation,” Weiser said. “To me it is what makes music exciting, the element of not knowing.”

It becomes clear music is more than just a pastime for the band through a conversation with Major Vistas or a listen to their new album. Rather, music has been a lifelong endeavor for each member.

Each member of Major Vistas has gone through extensive collegiate-level music study and each has performed in various contests, solo productions and side groups.

Guitarist Chris Bucheit studied at the Berklee Music Online school and won Guitar Magazine’s “Homegrown CD award” for his solo album “Hand to Mouth.” Drummer Geoff Brady studied at three different music academies, including University of Wisconsin’s, and performed with klezmer ensemble Yid Vicious.

Photo ·The outfit released their LP ‘Minor Anthems ‘ this year. The project is noteworthy in its originality and organic style.

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Today, Weiser continues to live and breathe music even when he’s not on stage with Major Vistas. Outside the band, Weiser teaches music to kids in the area.

Weiser ’s mission to share musical experience as a teacher mirrors that of the Major Vistas’ mission. Weiser hopes to share new worlds of music and creativity

with everyone who attends a Major Vistas show.

“People often come up to me after a show and say ‘I don’t know what that was, but I like it,’” Weiser said. “[Major Vistas] opens people’s minds to the fact that things don’t need to be tied to a genre to be enjoyed.”

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Conversation Starter ‘The Boombox’ to bring hip-hop back to Madison’s airwaves

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Editor

Bumping a new spin on classic hip-hop, Derrell Connor, a local radio personality, is bringing a refreshingly familiar flavor to Madison airwaves with his new radio program”The Boombox.”

Airing on Sun Prairie’s 103.5 The Sun, Connor is showing the surrounding communities what nostalgia, good hip-hop and real personality sound like. The Badger Herald sat down with him to discuss the birth of this program and how it will altering the airwaves in Dane County.

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Your radio program, “The Boombox,” started essentially from a Facebook post, is that right?

Well, it initially started from a conversation that I was having with my program director at iHeartMedia. As a result of that, I just put out a post on Facebook asking if there was a desire for a classic hip-hop station or a station that played classic hip-hop at least part of the time. I was happy to see that there is a real, raw desire for that. The response that I got was overwhelming. We’re starting “The Boombox” Nov. 2.

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How are you trying to maintain authenticity on tour program?

When you look at Apple Music, Spotify or others, they do this already. You can already go there and get hip-hop records. The thing

that I wanted to do is first of all, give it a local feel. It’s an opportunity to support some local artists and things that go on in the community.

The biggest thing in terms of authenticity is we’re going to be playing music from the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and the early 2000s. We want to build a massive playlist where we’re playing stuff you don’t always hear on these other streaming sites.

When you hear Tupac on satellite radio or Pandora, you’re hearing basically the hits. We want to play some Tupac songs you don’t hear.

We want to play a lot of different classic hiphop artists like Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Grandmaster Flash — the guys and ladies who built the foundation for hip-hop.

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How have you worked from getting this idea to a radio show in just a few weeks from now? How have you planned and prepared for the new program?

First of all, it was a matter of having these opportunities in front of me and deciding whether or not to take advantage of it, or if it was something I pass on to someone else. I decided that I think we can do this and the greater Madison community wants us to do this. The next step was getting with some of the local hip-hop artists who are promoting local hip-hop and who enjoy classic hip-hop on a regular basis.

Once I got that, I went back to those entities who wanted to do this and said, “I’m in.”

It just became a matter of continuing to get together with people and determining how we were going to structure this. We had to come up with a name. My girlfriend came up with the name boombox just out of the blue after I

was struggling. I said, “You know what, that’s perfect.” There’s still a lot of work to do. I’m excited to get started.

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What kind of challenges do you face, like censorship or FCC regulation. How are you going to work around those issues, especially given the nature of some hip-hop music?

We’re going to have to play clean versions of stuff. One of our DJs has been putting together radio edits of songs the past couple of years. We’ll use some of that and some edits that already exist. Once the online stream comes up in summer 2017, we’ll be able to play basically anything we want in its original version.

The really cool thing about this is that with playing stuff from the ‘70s through the 2000s, there’s a lot of material that didn’t require the parental license sticker. There’s a lot of material to choose from where we won’t have that issue.

40s — when they went to college, this was the music that they listened to, regardless of color.

I think for that generation it’d be great because they will get to hear the music they listened to.

This is an opportunity to reach a wide range of people. There’s a real opportunity there, and hopefully it grows to allow us to bring some of these classic hip-hop artists in town to perform. That would be great, too. People want to hear this stuff.

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Where would you like to take “The Boombox” in the future?

We would like to be able to partner with folks in town and do shows, different parties or events. I know that over the years, it’s been tough in the Madison community when it comes to hip-hop. There have been issues with clubs and events in the past within the hip-hop realm. One of the things I hope we can do by playing music within classic hip-hop format is that we can bring in a wide range of people.

For most people my age — I’m in my mid-

Photo ·Local radio personality Derrell Connor is spearheading a new program on Sun Prairie’s 103.5 The Sun. Courtesy of Marcus Miles

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Sweet Tea offers up rare taste of regional American cuisine Restaurant hidden on State Street has generous, tasty portions of soul food, is deserving of wider recognition

by Ali O’Rourke ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Madison’s food scene represents myriad ethnic and international cuisines, but falls short in embodying the diversity of America’s own regional cooking.

Sweet Tea, which opened in 2010, delivers what was once a sorely missed cuisine in Madison: southern soul food.

Sweet Tea brings soul food to the heart of Madison in the most authentic way.

Distinct from barbecue or generic comfort food, soul food originates in the South and is known for being served in generous portions, not skimping on calories and keeping people full for hours.

Swet Tea is situated in front of The Fountain, a popular bar on State Street, yet few people know about it. That’s too bad, because Sweet Tea deserves much more attention than it is getting.

The recognizable dishes that Sweet Tea serves up are reminiscent of Wisconsin’s own high meat, high carb diet. But instead of brats or cream puffs, Sweet Tea brings pork chops and smothered potatoes to the city, along with many more southern dishes for Madison to try.

One favorite they serve is their baked chicken drumsticks, served shiny witgrease and flavor falling off the bone, pairing perfectly with their creamed corn, peppery and cooked to just the right soft consistency.

The restaurant also serves up classic Southern dishes like fried chicken, creamed corn, rice and gravy, and Mac amd Cheese.

The menu also changes daily to keep customers on their toes. For those who don’t like surprises, the menu is posted on their Facebook wall and written on a sign outside their door.

The food is cheap for the hearty proportions they dish up, and the Styrofoam boxes they serve it in are charming in a no frills way.

The restaurant itself fits only three tables and an essentially non-existent atmosphere, leaving its standout food to do the talking.

It’s easy to tell that the food is cooked the right way with no skimping on the flavor. Everything is made wholeheartedly and gives Madison a touch of what it has been missing in its food scene.

The food is rich and substantial enough to power a long night of studying or a jam-

Photo ·The eatery offers two sizes of meals at affordable price points.

One can get a full entrée, two sides and corn bread for $10.

Katie Cooney The Badger Herald packed game day.

The only current downfall of Sweet Tea is its lack of reputation, something that will change with time.

With food as satisfying as it serves, Sweet Tea should be a top destination for college students looking for a deal and anyone seeking authentic soul food.

Chicago-based band looks to make big impact at Freakfest The Kickback are set to return to Madison for infamous night of Halloween shenanigans, raucous noise-making

by Frankie Hermanek ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Kickback may be psyched to play this year ’s Freakfest, but even they admitted they have no idea what the night will hold.

It’s not the Chicago-based band’s first time in Madison, and it’s also not their first festival. But it’s safe to say that lead singer Billy Yost and his band have quite the adventure waiting for them during Madison’s infamous Halloween festivities.

“We were told we would probably get carried away in a mob of some sort,” Yost said. “So I imagine we’ll be sticking around at least for the night. As long as our manager has bail money, I guess we’ll be okay.”

After an intense bout on the road, or

what Yost dubbed as “the wilderness,” the indie rock band is reveling in their free time leading up to their Freakfest performance. Since the release of their debut LP in September 2015, Sorry All Over the Place, The Kickback has been gaining gradual success and recognition, having recently played their 100th show of the year.

Originally from South Dakota, Yost took to the Windy City in search of band mates.

After consulting Craigslist and connecting with other musicians and bands, Yost said The Kickback is a solid quartet with his vocals, Jonny Ifergan on guitar, Daniel Leu on bass and Ryan Farnham on drums.

Yost drew inspiration for the band’s name while taking a criminal justice course during the Enron scandal. When he learned

about the kickbacks, or bribes, involved with the corporation — he decided the word also aptly functioned as a band name.

The Kickback’s eclectic mix of influences — such as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Randy Newman, The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas and even Michael Keaton — is only one of several factors setting them apart from other bands in the indie rock scene. Their sound reflects their wide range of inspiration, which is what Yost described as “rock n’ roll dance music for really sad people.”

“If you want to straight up party, we might not be your band,” Yost said. “If you want some primal scream therapy, and also a reason to dance when you’re having conflicted feelings about your parents’ marriage, we’re definitely the band for you.”

Preparing to begin their second record, The Kickback has no intention of slowing down before they become full-blown rock stars — an achievement that seems all too feasible in the near future, given the praise for their live performances and one-of-akind rock n’ roll sound.

But Yost and his band mates are confident they’ll provide an exclusive, unparalleled space for Freakfest goers, an audience that Yost embraced as seeming to possess a “renegade reputation.”

“I think we’re able to press a lot of emotional buttons kind of all at one time,” Yost said. “It’s a fun show, but it also can get a little awkward and a little unhinged.

I hope we can be a cool space for people to be while the madness is happening maybe at some other stages.”

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Negative clown portrayals in the media shift public perception from amusing to fear inducing National terror may lead to a decrease in the number of people pursuing careers as professional entertainers in clowning industry

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A large red nose, floppy-looking feet and a face covered in white cream makeup are the features that both entertain children at birthday parties and devise the plots of horror movies.

Clowns, originally crowd-pleasing entertainers, have increasingly incited panic in people who catch a glimpse of a rubber clown mask.

Emerging from forests and chasing college students around campuses, clowns have startled and concerned people across the nation.

This phenomenon has hit close to home.

According to USA Today, one clown called “Gags” was spotted in Green Bay walking around at night carrying black balloons.

These clowns might not be breaking the law, but they still have inspired mass hysteria among college students at Pennsylvania State University and fear among residents in Wisconsin.

When rumors of a clown sighting at Penn State spread through social media at the beginning of October, hundreds of students on the campus took to the streets in search of the clown, according to Time.

Though it may seem unlikely that a single clown could cause a mass mob of students to crowd the streets, it is the clown’s common association with its distorted, horrific depiction in movies that has the power to incite fear, University of Wisconsin communication arts professor Joanne Cantor said.

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With rosy cheeks and big red noses, clowns have traditionally been intended for entertainment. Today, however, they are more likely to be a source of fear.

For some people, a clown’s overly friendly and harmless nature can actually emerge as threatening. This misperception is an anomaly in

the human psyche, Cantor said.

Clowns’ friendly faces are the epitome of good gone bad. Cantor said that although clowns act relatively silly, their image may appear scary to some, especially children.

“What frightens you is different at different ages,” Cantor said. “Particularly for young kids, something that looks sort of like a normal thing but is distorted in some way is really scary.”

Cantor said many people she interviewed for her research on the impact media has on fear have had bad experiences with clowns during their childhood. Those same people later reported they hate clowns as adults.

Deanna Loewenhagen, otherwise known by her professional clowning name of “Apple Annie,” has been an entertainer for 40 years.

She said clown phobia has forced her and fellow professional entertainers to learn how to read body language and determine if their presence is unwelcome. If a person appears afraid, Loewenhagen said she is careful not to overwhelm them.

Loewenhagen said when nonprofessionals dress like clowns, they often fail at appearing friendly because they don’t know how to properly wear a clown costume. Instead, she said, they look ugly and ultimately scary.

“We appear during the day, we don’t go out at night, we don’t jump out in front of people,” Loewenhagen said. “We don’t want to scare children.”

Loewenhagen said clown hysteria is resurrected every Halloween, but this year it is even more prevalent because of the various sightings of creepy clowns across the nation.

These sightings have made it increasingly difficult for professional clowns like Loewenhagen to come across as a harmless source of entertainment.

The fear of clowns and overall hysteria is saddening, Loewenhagen said, because it could lead to a decrease in the number of people who want to pursue clowning as a career and art form.

Prior to those movies, she said she rarely encountered someone who feared clowns and that some people even collected clown memorabilia.

Clowns like Bozo and Ronald McDonald used to be on cookie jars and were represented positively in the media.

The genre of horror films has the power to manipulate people’s fears, Cantor said.

While audiences don’t necessarily like violence, they find themselves innately attracted to it because it arouses their interest.

Visual images in horror movies can influence what people perceive to be scary. After watching the movie “It,” many people began to associate all clowns with their Photo · Horror films like “Poltergeist“ changed the prominent viewpoint on clowns from birthday perception of the killer party entertainers to terrifying masked figures. clown character, Cantor said.

Miguel Angel Aranda “Mass media in Flickr user general and literature too, visual images, are The horror attraction so important,” Cantor said.

“They really bring the clown The public’s increasing perception of clowns as scary figures can be connected to their prevalent portrayal as power, bring it to life and make it so memorable.”

Viewers escape their own reality when watching serial killers and stalkers in horror movies.

A fear of clowns is often caused by popular horror a horror movie and are confronted with an alternate reality with unfamiliar problems, Cantor said. People movies released during a viewer’s formative years, are attracted to the idea of forgetting about their own Cantor said.

Loewenhagen said the release of horror films like problems and distracting themselves with someone else’s.

This, in turn, relieves people because they can watch other “Poltergeist” from the 1980s and Stephen King’s “It” from the 1990s, where clowns are depicted as villains, was the people experience a “living hell,” she said.

“By incorporating violence, horror movies have been turning point in which the public’s fear of clowns turned able to manipulate people’s fears into an appealing into hysteria. portrayal, even if people don’t necessarily enjoy the

feelings horror movies induce,” Cantor said.

Horror films’ commercial success has increased as modern technology has become more advanced and the movies have become more realistic. Cantor said incomplete plot lines make horror movies easy to produce. In order to gain an audience’s attention, horror movies can simply depict a character having their throat slashed without ever having to present a solid plot.

While these movies may be attention grabbing, the graphic visual images may negatively influence viewers, particularly those with mental health problems. The powerful images in horror movies make those with mental health problems more vulnerable to reenact what they’ve watched, Cantor said.

Overcoming fear

Though people continue to see clowns as scary figures, professional clowns like Loewenhagen work to help people overcome the fear and negative stereotypes surrounding clowns.

Loewenhagen said professional clowns aren’t just sitting back and taking a hit from creepy clowns. They are taking action to prove that most clowns are friendly.

Clowns can combat negativity toward their image by joining a larger clown organization, such as the World Clown Association. Groups like this have strict rules for clowns to ensure people adhere to standards for good, clean clowning, Loewenhagen said.

Additionally, clowns can take preemptive measures by taking clown classes and understanding how to be courteous to people who have a fear of clowns, she said.

“I watch myself, [when] I go [out] in my clown costume,” Loewenhagen said. “If I have to go to the bathroom, I’ll [walk in] and say, ‘Clown is in the building, I’m a friendly clown,’ so that they know.”

Though people’s fears of clowns have been rationalized through their portrayal in the media, Loewenhagen said she still believes people should not feel this way.

Professional clowns know what they are doing and how to address people’s fear properly because they don’t want to frighten someone in the first place, Loewenhagen said. “[Creepy clowns] think it’s funny because people are now afraid and there is an association with killer clowns and robberies and murders and doing bad things to children — everything opposite that a clown would do,” Loewenhagen said.

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Toys and tips to help you monster mash this Halloween

by Ali O’Rourke ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Spooky seasons invite sexy movie nights featuring horror flicks. Sweethearts who watch scary movies together get their hearts and adrenaline pumping, sometimes leading to fantastically freaky sex.

In these films, the monsters rule: From creepy to crawly to cunning, each terrifies in its own unique fashion. We’ve compiled a list of sexy moves and toys based off these creepy creatures to get you in the mood this Halloween.

Whether you’re looking for a trick or a treat this Halloween, the following list of movie monsters as sexy moves and objects will bring thrills and chills.

Godzilla

If vibrators lived in cities, the Hitachi Magic Wand would stomp all over them just as Godzilla does in the Japanese classic. Not only is the Hitachi Magic Wand large (and therefore not terribly subtle), but it’s also powerful: This vibrator features two intense settings. Hitachi Magic Wands come in both rechargeable and plug-in models. Rechargeable wands are more mobile, but plug-in vibrators never run out of charge. Of course, the original Magic Wand is quite pricey (and the rechargeable version even more so), but many close imitations exist for slightly cheaper prices.

Count Dracula

Sexual symbolism abounds in almost every depiction of Count Dracula. Even the most popular location for biting, the neck, resonates with sensuality. Recreate scenes from the classics using leather gloves or even false fangs. Themes common in “Dracula,” especially holding someone captive and using a stake (or a stake dildo), have immense potential for sexy role play.

Biting can play almost any role in sexy time, from light nibbling to bites hard enough to leave faint teeth marks.

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Cyclops

Size queens and kings searching for the one-eyed monster of their dreams should start saving up for the cyclops dildo: a massive veined specimen measuring 10.25 inches in length with a 3.25-inch girth. Resist the urge to jam this creature inside all at once. Instead, use lots of lube and patience, working up to the entirety of the toy over time. The cyclops dildo is heavy enough to sit solidly on a surface for solo or partnered filledup fun.

While it might not work so well for mummies, live humans occasionally benefit from removing the sense of sight during sexy time. Using a blindfold intensifies other sensations and amplifies pleasurable suspense. In addition, blindfolds are easily found all over the house in the form of ties, scarves and sleeping masks.

Sulley (Monsters Inc.)

Not all monsters have to be scary. Sulley stands out among his peers at Monsters, Inc. partially due to his bright, shaggy coat of fur. Getting down and dirty on a shag carpet or another novel texture (silk sheets, granite countertops, hardwood floors, etc.) can change sensations completely — just watch out for rug burn. Remember that just like Sulley, sex can go from sweet to kinky and back again in a matter of minutes with ample consent, of course.

Frankenstein’s Monster

Pinhead

Pinhead’s creator Clive Barker took inspiration for the character’s appearance from punk fashion and S&M clubs, so it only fits to mention a particularly intimidating kinky activity: urethral sounding. Pinhead’s face is full of metal pins similar to those used for sounding, which involves inserting a slim metal rod into a penis to achieve stimulation of the urethral tissue, which is embryologically homologous to the labia minora.

The entire structure has sensitive nerve endings and even connects to the prostate. Folks interested in urethral sounding should perform ample research because sounding has potential to cause bladder infections and other troubles.

Dr. Frankenstein stitched his monster together using a fantastical mixture of alchemy and chemistry — lovers can easily do the same by creating a mashup of everyone’s fantasies or kinks. First, share creative desires, finding common ground and boundaries. Then, fashion a script of sorts, combining interests to create a scene or sexy session that works for everyone. For example, if one partner enjoys rope play and the other adores flogging, they might try a rope tie that leaves the arms and hands free for the flogger — such as the pentagram chest harness.

provide more stimulation to a receptive partner.

People with penises use cock sheaths for all sorts of reasons. Some because they have trouble maintaining erections and want to continue penetrating a partner or because they want to enhance their natural size to provide larger stimulation to a partner. Others because their partners enjoy the altered texture of cock sheaths.

Unlike many other penis sleeves, the basilisk cock sheath has an opening at the top to allow for stimulation of the tip.

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) The ferocious, raunchy plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” feeds on human blood rather than sunshine but helping out the environment in the bedroom requires no bloodshed. Leaf+ offers four 100 percent silicone, eco-friendly vibrator models (life+, fresh+, vitality+ and bloom+) designed in aesthetically pleasing plant shapes.

These toys are phalate-free and use rechargeable batteries, a better option for the environment than regular batteries. For the true tree hugger, try a solar powered vibrator — eight hours in the sun provides one hour of fun.

Werewolves

Basilisks

Meeting the gaze of a basilisk might turn witches and wizards to stone, but eye contact during sex has the power to make partners hard as a rock. Speaking of getting hard, Bad Dragon offers a basilisk cock sheath in two sizes. Cock sheaths add extra length and girth to a penis to

Howling into the moon every once in a while during particularly pleasurable moments reinforces our best moves in the bedroom. Wait until the roommates go out and let loose your inner wolf — chances are partners will then feel more comfortable being just as noisy. Feel free, however, to engage in fortissimo fornication whether or not the moon is full.

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Hip Hop Halloween: Three local artists to make their mark on Freakfest

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RICH ROBBINS is the type of artist that an entire genre’s community can be built around.

Aside from helping to engineer his peers’ work, the Madison-based emcee, originally from Chicago, is also an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin’s First Wave Program and helped in efforts to bridge the gap between UW’s rap scene and that of the greater Madison area.

He’s also a very talented rapper in his own right. Since the release of his acclaimed album All.This.Gold over the summer, Robbins has kept himself busy. Robbins said his main priorities have been improving his stage presence as an artist and experimenting with his music, both in terms of subject matter and lyrical delivery.

Robbins recently has found himself dealing with love, in all of its facets, now more than ever. Through his music he’s been exploring the meaning behind being in a relationship and attempting to endure all its ups and downs. With this, masculinity has also become a central part of his recent work. Robbins is seeking to rethink and redefine his own personal masculinity, masculinity in hip-hop and notions of what it means to be a man in general.

Musically, Robbins is experimenting with inflecting more vocal range, and

LUCIEN PARKER is the type of artist who wears his heart on his sleeve.

It’s a cliched expression, but it’s one that fully captures the kind of person and artist that UW sophomore Parker is. At the time of interview, Parker was heating up a philly cheese steak from his workplace, Pizza DiRoma, in his West Washington home. His presence exudes the same relatability and connectedness that his music does. We talked for a bit too long about the inherent quality of Pizza DiRoma before we even began to talk about his music, or his upcoming performance at Freakfest.

It’s easy to tell Parker’s output to date is by a person with a background in spoken word poetry. This combined with a childhood steeped in music would make for a perfect union when Parker decided to become an emcee. His music mixes the abstract, striking language of a poet’s sculpting, along with the melody of someone influenced by the music of yesterday.

Parker said this combination is also central to the appeal of his music. While Parker lets his experiences as being himself, a heterosexual black male, influence his lyrics, they present no barrier to the listener bonding with the music. Parker believes people are drawn to his lyrics because of the abstract way he describes his life, allowing everybody to see a part of themselves in the music.

therefore emotion, into his poetic, often storytelling vocals. While Robbins disparaged the notion of becoming a singer, he believes he at least “can hit a note or two.”

One of his new songs that he’s considering debuting at Freakfest tells the story of one of Robbins’ relationships, featuring his most personal lyrics and most versatile vocal performance yet.

Robbins said Freakfest attendees can also look forward to a dynamic performance packed with guests. At the center of his performance, Robbins intends to keep things hiphop. Sensing that many rappers shift to performing with a live band, Robbins will center his performance with the classic dual dynamic of a rapper and a DJ. “It’s [going to be] me and this DJ, and we’re going to rock out,” Robbins said. “We’ll do it in a way that is super versatile and super unpredictable.

Robbins said he’s especially excited for Freakfest because he sees it as a potential finale to the current arc of his career, as well as a gateway to bigger and better opportunities.

Robbins recounted watching Freakfest from a distance every year he has been in attendance. Each year, he felt he was getting closer to actually performing.

Now, this is his year, this is his spotlight, and Rich Robbins is not letting the opportunity go to waste.

Everyone can bond over drinking and smoking to escape life’s problems and celebrate successes.

Parker is also very excited for Freakfest. He and fellow performer Rich Robbins go back years — both were in First Wave. He’s also friends with Milwaukee rapper and Madison native Mic Kellogg who is performing, and is a huge fan of Trapo. He’ll also be performing on stage with his best friend and DJ, Djay Mando. Parker has so much faith in Mando that he says he would be fine with coming on twenty or even thirty minutes late, because he knows his trusted DJ would have the crowd going and ready. Mando, also present at the interview, savoured the opportunity.

Recently Parker said he’s been making music that might be more accurately labeled as R&B than Hip-hop. He said it’s some of his most personal stuff to date, having come at a time where he felt like he should be home helping out with family issues. Instead, he’s in Madison — the best thing that could’ve happened to him as an artist. Coming from his hometown of Minneapolis, Madison made him embrace his music as salvation.

With all of his familiarities having disappeared, Parker channelled this into the acclaimed LP Black Sheep. One can only wonder what he will do next now that he’s found his place in Madison.

TRAPO said, with the cool assurance of someone who truly believes his words, that he is he best hip-hop artist in the state of Wisconsin.

Those are bold words, especially considering he’s only 18 and has yet to graduate high school. But the thing is, he might have a point, as anyone who has listened to his music would tell you. Despite being young, Trapo imbibes his music with rap-sung vocals aged like fine wine, and lyrical subject matter with a timeless quality. At the center of most of his songs, often backed by smooth, funky production, is him, an object of his affection (ex or current) and the given scenario he places them in on each track.

It’s a simple formula, but its one that Trapo executes with consistent success and to devastating effect. His songs have a quality of being deeply personal due to the emotion the emcee inflects into his voice and the relatable nature of his lyrics.

Trapo described his next project, Shade Trees, as being similar to his release She from earlier this year, with the main difference being that everything has been kicked up a notch.

With each record, Trapo feels his sound has progressed into

richer forms. He said Shade will be no exception. He also stressed that it will have more of a album-feel, with a structured concept to boot.

He said the album will delve into themes of peace with one’s self and one’s surroundings. Trees stand in as a metaphor. He also stressed that listening to the album’s full length is crucial to understanding it fully. The album is due to drop soon, and if its lead single “Beg” is any indication, it should be great.

While Freakfest might be considered the pinnacle of performing for some local artists, Trapo is already looking toward the future. While he’s excited to perform, he’s disappointing in being placed at the festival’s lowest stage — he argues he deserves the uppermost.

He’s also thinking into his long-term future as well. While he has thought about college, he can’t imagine himself sitting in class or going into debt — not when he has proven to himself and others what he can accomplish at just 18. He’s also imagining a time where he might not be living in Madison. He speculates one day moving to New York or Chicago. He said that’ll come when he’s in a more financially secure position, and noted any major move now is not worth the risk.

When an 18-year-old says he is best at something, it’s usually met with batted eyes. When Trapo says it, however, it should command attention.

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Haunting images from Holocaust replicated in Syria 71 years later In admitting small amount of refugees, U.S. treats Syrian humanitarian crisis with same apathy seen during WWII atrocities

by Zariah Hammad Columnist

They said people make mistakes and learn from history.

They said America is the land of opportunities, the world’s leading superpower and the role model for less developed countries — the mother figure who takes in the struggling child who needs help when all goes wrong. Yet the U.S. has continually chosen to remain lethargic toward the Syrian refugee crisis.

Government officials continue to use security concerns as a means of keeping American lives “safe and secure,” as innocent Syrians pay the price.

You would think that a country as powerful and developed as the U.S. wouldn’t allow for serious atrocities to occur, especially given our past apathy during the Holocaust — yet here we are watching history repeat itself.

We’ve read in textbooks about the tragedy the world will never stop mourning. We’ve heard over and over again about the gas chambers and concentration camps that Jewish refugees were subject to.

Many of the refugees saw the U.S. as a safe

haven to build a new life in the land known for opportunity.

Of course, the Holocaust and Syrian refugee crisis are fundamentally different — the cause of the mass genocide of Jews in the mid-20th century does not mirror the reasons for the ongoing Syrian crisis. U.S. apathy in both instances, however, remains the same.

As the Syrian Civil War prevails, the amount of Syrian refugees looking for a way out rises. Since the start of the Syrian War, the U.S. has accepted a mere 1,285 of Syria’s nine million refugees.

Many in the U.S. argue that ISIS fighters might slip into the U.S. by disguising as refugees, just as we feared Nazi agents would pose as Jewish refugees during WWII, according to Max Paul Friedman, a history professor at American University. In an interview with Think Progress, Freidman said, “We have a very long tradition of exaggerating the threat that refugees might pose.”

In an attempt to keep America’s security in check, we have slowed the admission process for refugees coming into the U.S. Similarly, as refugees attempted to flee Germany during WWII, the U.S. immediately amped up its security system by only accepting a limited

amount of refugees.

The competition for getting a visa increased, and essentially started what we now know as the refugee process.

As we look to WWII with the lens of the Syrian Civil War today, it’s difficult to ignore haunting similarities between the two.

Today, refugee applicants to the U.S. wait more than two years for processing of their application, while in Germany, the process takes a mere 5.3 months, allowing them to accept more than a million more Syrian refugees in a timely manner.

U.S. lawmakers recently sent a letter to Obama claiming the “surge of admissions of Syrian refugees poses a high security risk to our country.” Officials believe that extremists could slip through the cracks.

But as the Obama administration attempts to dispel this fear-mongering, we must remember that in a few months, the Obama administration will no longer have this control.

Looking at the history of Syrian refugees allowed into America, not one successful act of terrorism has been committed by them.

We look at the polls and examine that in WWII, an overwhelming majority — 60 percent — of Americans opposed resettling

roughly 10,000 Jewish refugee children in the U.S. Looking at polls today, we observe that once again, more than 50 percent of Americans believe the U.S. should bring in less Syrian refugees.

And though we feel shame when we look to the Holocaust and regret that we chose fear over humanity, we continue to choose to allow civilians to die in the name of our security.

So like it or not, the United States has a history of turning away the people who need us most, making this a cornerstone of our foreign policy.

We choose to let nine million suffer to protect ourselves from the risk of one corrupt intruder, just as we did before.

The Holocaust was a tragic disaster the world doesn’t want to see again, and should have served as a lesson to maintain security without abandoning the values America stands for, but we are on a fast track to realizing this too late.

Zahiah Hammad (zhammad@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in political science and biology.

Ravings of a future stay-at-home dad: An open letter to the GOP Short list of everything Trump has done that should have repelled the Republican Party long ago

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber Columnist

Do you hear that?

It’s the collective sigh of relief from most progressives and sane-minded people alike that we’ve reached the beginning of the end of Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency.

With polls projecting either a victory or landslide victory for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and mainstream Republicans all but conceding that Trump won’t win, it appears we can all finally calm our minds knowing the next president will not be, among other horrible things, an under-qualified, self-admitting, then post ex-facto self-denied sexual assaulter.

Whether you like Hillary or not, it has to feel good knowing that.

With this relief, though, comes a tinge of anger and sadness. While progressives were busy choosing between the practical choice and ideal choice, Republicans allowed Trump to happen.

One has to wonder why members of the GOP had to wait this long to finally take be back their endorsement.

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Let’s actually go over some highlights since he announced his candidacy back in the summer of 2015, when Republicans could’ve and should’ve said, “Wait, hold up. What are your plans for the country?”

June 2015: Trump calls illegal immigrants rapists and murderers, plans to have Mexico pay for a wall to keep them out and would kick all undocumented immigrants out of country.

July 10, 2015: Trump still insists Barack Obama was not born in U.S. July 18, 2015: Trump insists Sen. John McCain is not a war hero because he was captured and tortured in Vietnam.

August 8, 2015: Trump stigmatizes and calls to attention the fact that Megyn Kelly is in fact a female-bodied person, and yes, has periods.

Sept 10, 2015: Trump doubles down on stigmatizing women, demands people look at Carly Fiorina’s face before supporting her.

Sept. 20, 2015: Trump is a vaccine conspiracist.

This is just the first few months, people.

Oct 2, 2015: Casually dismisses mass shootings as, shit happens.

Oct. 19, 2015: Trump doesn’t believe in climate change. Roughly 47% of Republicans do.

Oct 25, 2015: Trump backs ruthless, deceased dictators.

Only a whole year to go.

Dec. 8, 2015: Trump wants to ban all Muslim travel to U.S., is totally okay with profiling roughly 1.6 billion people.

Some other highlights of Trump include mocking a reporter with a disability, using a mass shooting to promote himself, getting cosigned by white supremacists at every step of the way and refusing to disavow their support and saying Obama created ISIS when clips of him have been used as an ISIS recruiting tool.

He has bromanced with Putin, indirectly told Second Amendment supporters to shoot Hillary Clinton, said Ted Cruz’s dad shot JFK and insulted his wife. He was almost banned

by Great Britain, encouraged his supporters to violently deal with his protestors and switched on many of his stances multiple times.

He insulted the family of a deceased U.S. soldier continuously, used the death of Dwayne Wade’s cousin to try to secure black voters, likely has not paid federal income taxes for the past two decades and, oh yeah, bragged about sexually assaulting women.

The last of these was the straw that broke the backs of many Republicans, including Paul Ryan, but what the hell took so long?

You had so many outs to put a stop to this,

but you didn’t. Why did it take Trump doing something as reprehensible as sexual assault to finally withdraw your support? Was it because you could only truly see the man’s evil and bigotry when you could conceptualize it affecting your wives and/or daughters and granddaughters?

Or is it because you saw that Trump excited your voting masses like never before, ignoring the problematic truth that so much of your constituency is excited by a racist, xenophobic bigot?

Neither reason is good, and both signify that the GOP is a political party that will happily throw their own morals away if it means they will get elected.

It’s something myself and other progressives have always thought, but now know for sure.

Thanks for sucking GOP, enjoy your busted party.

The only thing I worry about is what will rise in the ashes of Trump’s demise.

Henry Solotaroff-Webber (hsolotaroffwebber@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in English and Spanish.

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Come Nov. 8, remember to fulfill democratic obligation College Republicans: Use your conscience when voting

College Democrats: Why Clinton should be next president

This election season has been one of the most highly contested races in recent history.

Many say that the two presidential candidates are unqualified for the job, and that they are disappointments limiting the potential of their parties. So many people have given up on their party’s candidates, and they’ve surrendered to the idea of staying home on Election Day. Sitting out the election is not an option. It is crucial now more than ever to get out to the polls.

America has a long and outstanding history of being the greatest country in the world.

It’s a country of freedom and prosperity, and a country where the economy is prosperous and hard-working individuals have found success. America has been the envy of the world because we’ve allowed people the freedom of opportunity and thought and the freedom to truly be successful. America allows its citizens the freedom to control their lives and the freedom to control their government.

This is still the America we know and love today. But in order to preserve our country and its extraordinary legacy we must elect leaders who represent America’s traditional values.

We are living in a time when polarization has exponentially increased, resulting in a country torn apart, unable to unify under the basic American principles. We need leaders who value our country’s legacy, and will once again unify the nation.

Take a step back. Step away from the political rhetoric that flanks both sides of the aisle.

Distance yourself from the press coverage and the perceived judgments of your peers.

Look at the actual policies behind each candidate. Do their policies benefit the American people, or do they aid corrupt politicians?

Think not only of yourself. Think of your friends, your family and their future. Think of the world as we know it, versus a world where freedom has been lost.

On Nov. 8, vote for candidates who will

Just two weeks from today tens of millions of people around the country will be lining up to cast their ballots and determine the future of our country.

Many students on our campus and campuses around the country will be voting in a presidential election for the very first time.

I am proud to say that my first presidential vote will be for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

I am not just voting for Clinton because she is my party’s nominee or because she will be the first female president — I am voting for her because I know she will fight for every single American.

Her platform is the most progressive in the history of the Democratic Party and she will not rest for a second during her presidency to implement her plans.

Even Donald Trump had to admit that she never gives up.

There has never been a candidate more qualified for our nation’s highest office than Clinton.

She has proven time and time again that her competence and capability are not to be underestimated.

As first lady, she worked to provide health insurance to over 8 million children.

As a New York senator she worked to raise the minimum wage, increase veteran’s benefits, provide access to proper reproductive healthcare for all women, close the gender pay gap and ensure that 9/11 first responders received the medical care they needed.

As secretary of state, she visited more countries than any of her predecessors (112 to be exact), made the case for the mission to eradicate Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda counterparts, helped

protect our freedoms as Americans. Vote for candidates who value the different cultures that diversify America, but who also desire to protect Americans from the threats of terrorism.

Elect leaders who want to protect our freedoms: the freedom to choose our own religion, the freedom to choose whom to marry, the freedom to own a gun and the freedom to criticize our government.

It is crucial that we elect leaders who will once again unite this country and instill patriotism in Americans so we can once again respect each other and respect those men and women who have sacrificed so much for our freedom.

This Nov. 8 we need to elect leaders who value our Constitution and the principles our country was founded on — not leaders who want to rewrite it and limit our freedoms through overarching government regulations. We need to elect leaders who value the people and their basic American freedoms.

This election you cannot sit on the side and convince yourself that by not voting you won’t be to blame. As an American it’s your civic duty to participate in the government that was created for you. Vote not based on the distorted image the media paints of the “correct” candidate, vote not based on fear of others’ judgments. Instead vote in confidence that you are improving the future of this country. It is your responsibility.

That means voting for the candidate who best represents your interests, American ideals and the principles of freedom.

This Nov. 8 get out and vote for candidates who will preserve America’s amazing legacy founded on freedom. Not every country allows its citizens the freedom to participate. We live under a government that was created for the people by the people. As an American citizen, it is your duty to make a decision and vote on Nov. 8.

Emilia Rohl (gopbadgers@gmail.com) is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts.

craft and maintain the sanctions against Iran’s nuclear stock, tirelessly worked with the global community to combat climate change and continued to work to promote gender equality and expand opportunities for women and children.

That’s what I call stamina.

It says a lot about a candidate when such an exhaustive list of accomplishments barely scratches the surface of the incredible work they have done. But there is barely time to focus on Clinton’s past achievements — she has a plan for the future.

Not only does Clinton have a plan, she has a plan for that plan.

Her ideas for America are not made in vague terms and empty promises — she has more than 40 detailed policy proposals on her website and has gone across the country listening to the issues every American faces.

Clinton does not base her positions off of outlandish ideas and divisive rhetoric.

She hears what Americans need and makes a plan to address it.

Clinton will protect all the progress that people like President Obama, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., made.

We cannot risk jeopardizing health care access, environmental protection and minimum wage increases.

Now is not the time sit on the sidelines or walk away.

There is too much at stake. Americans deserve the best. Commit to vote for Clinton — she knows America is great because America is good.

Eliana Locke (elocke2@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science.

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Soglin’s report undermines accomplishments of Race to Equity Small sample size makes findings unreliable, unable to adequately assess city’s racial disparities

by Aaron Reilly Opinion editor

Mayor Paul Soglin’s response to the 2013 Race to Equity report has finally arrived, essentially absolving Madison of any blame for Dane County’s rating as one of the worst places in the nation in terms of racial disparities.

His findings, released Oct. 5, aim to show that while the situation is still not ideal, there are obvious improvements in the living situation of Madison’s African Americans.

These findings, of course, offer a much rosier view of Madison than Race to Equity’s 2013 report.

Though Soglin did not directly state his findings were a response to the 2013 report, his repeated concerns with those findings indicate he at least had some interest in proving them wrong. His report could be his means to do so.

When Soglin seemingly conflates his report and the Race to Equity report, another problem arises.

These two measurements have different goals — Race to Equity report examines the racial divide of poverty in Dane County while Soglin’s fnidings tries to put Madison’s racial disparities in a national context.

The Race to Equity report states, “The one inescapable and pivotal finding that arises from all the numbers we have collected is the extraordinary degree to which poverty and ‘disadvantage’ in Dane County have become correlated with color — or, to put it in even more stark terms, the extent to which economic deprivation has become profoundly racialized.”

While the Race to Equity was a heavily data-driven finding, Soglin’s report is the opposite.

The report itself has this disclaimer, “Note: City of Madison data is unreliable due to small sample size.”

Soglin’s treatment of these findings as fact is not only misleading, it further marginalizes Madison’s poor and black communities.

What this report means to poor people and people of color is that they should be content in knowing that other places in America are worse than Madison.

In January 2016, Race to Equity released a report of all the measures adopted by the city and county, as well as efforts made by nongovernmental organizations, to help bridge the racial divide.

Instead of focusing on bridging

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Photo ·In the past three years, the effort has helped lead to programs in Dane County and Madison that have addressed inequalities.

Erik Brown The Badger Herald this divide, most programs at the city level focus on creating a more diverse government in hopes of creating more equitable legislation in the future.

While this is a good start, it’s obvious more can and will be done. As this report states, “The hope is that it will serve as a useful resource to: track progress as a community, identify areas that need further attention, and, most importantly, hold the community accountable for making sustained progress toward real racial equity in the county.”

Soglin releasing his “findings” undermines this progress. If our mayor truly wanted to end the racial divide for altruistic reasons, he would have accepted the original Race to Equity reports.

Instead of wasting time on compiling

his report, he would be more than content with measuring Madison’s progress based off Race to Equity findings.

But it would be unfair to suggest that Soglin does not realize there are racial divides in Madison.

He does.

In an Oct. 3 meeting with department heads, he said, “Some people make this tremendous leap that you’re now denying that there’s inequity in the community.

That’s not the case.”

But recognizing a problem and actively supporting steps to end it are completely different phenomena.

The Race to Equity knows this. In a press release on Oct. 13, they stated, “Our report does not allow us to describe experiences with racial discrimination: what it feels

like to be the only, or one of a few people of color in the office; the anxiety of feeling profiled, as well as the myriad of other lived experiences of people of color not articulated in the report. At best, it is an important, but incomplete picture.”

In 2017, the Race to Equity is set to release an updated version of their original findings, offering a glimpse another snapshot of the racial divide in Madison.

It will not matter if this city has the worst racial disparities in the nation again.

It matters that these disparities exist, we recognize it and we do something about it.

Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in social work and economics.

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Sportsmanship real winner at Cardinal vs. Herald football game Though they fell short 56-35 in Vilas Park, superior quality of content, spirit of comraderie lead Gentle Clowns to No. 1

by Tes F. Michael Daily Cardinal reporter

Four more years.

No, it’s not possible to have four more years of President Barack Obama, but it is certain that The Daily Cardinal will continue to dominate flag football and student journalism for another four years after decimating the Gentle Clowns 56-35 Saturday afternoon at Vilas Park.

For the Cardinals, who jumped to a 42-7 lead on the heels of quarterback Ethan “Jamarcus Russell was good in college” Levy, the day was just another on the job, even with new members on the team.

“This was my first game and I think a lot of people underestimated how great I am,” said Megan “Ottoman Empire is back” Otto, the game’s undisputed MVP. Otto came up big on both sides of the ball, scoring a receiving touchdown and also making the first interception of the game.

“It’s sort of like déjà vu,” said defensive back Andrew Tucker. “We were the Herald’s top receivers, getting more interceptions than they had completions, which happened

a few years ago too.”

The game was over before it even started.

Sports Editor Tommy Valtin-Erwin won the chug off in a world-record 2.76 seconds. At press time, Badger Herald Editor-in-Chief Hayley Sperling was still trying to finish her cup.

Valtin-Erwin and Arts Editor Amileah “We’re going to take out their teeth and eat them for breakfast like a cereal,” Sutliff fired up the rousing crowd of Cardinalistas by paying homage to the house built by Grandpa Jim Dayton in their pre-game speech.

“We must protect this house and this office, which we got to keep rent-free when the university bought our land,” ValtinErwin said. “We’re more independent than a clown will ever be.”

The Gentle Clowns decided to show up despite a nationwide fear of clowns in recent months. Madison police were on high alert all day Saturday, but the Cardinal made sure to keep Vilas Park safe for the greater good.

The Herald had an impressive 10 staff members at the game. Sportswriter Ben

Photo · Levy and high-powered scoring attack proved to be too much for Hayes and limited defense.

Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald Pierce was not in attendance, however, likely because he was busy wearing a Wisconsin shirt inside the press box at the Badgers game.

The Cardinals flew off into the sunset

following the victory, and are expected to migrate back to Vilas Park in the spring to defend the park once again for the softball game.

No. 4 Badgers suffer sweep at No. 1 Nebraska, rebound 3-0 at Iowa UW loses third game of season, second loss in 10 days, to top-ranked Cornhuskers but recovers in dominant win at Hawkeyes

by Ben Cross Sports Editor

The No. 4 University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team had another back-and-forth weekend as they went 1-1 with a brutal 3-0 loss at No. 1 University of Nebraska and a rebound 3-0 win at the University of Iowa. The weekend marks the end of a three game road streak in which UW traveled to then No. 23 University of Michigan, the Cornhuskers and the Hawkeyes.

The Badger ’s (16-3, 8-2 Big Ten) 25-21, 25-22 and 25-15 loss to the Cornhuskers (17-1, 8-1 Big Ten) was their second sweep of the season and came just nine days after their first at home loss against No. 3 University of Minnesota. Despite the final score, the first two sets were very even and Wisconsin’s inability to pull ahead left them frustrated for the rest of the match.

The Badgers’ loss ultimately boiled down to the hit percentage battle in

which UW struggled with only .179 to the Cornhusker ’s .330. Wisconsin has struggled in high profile games to get their big hitters going at the net and that storyline continued on Friday as they also lost in blocks, 10-5.5 on the match.

Even with another disappointing performance at another top tier Big Ten school, the Badgers did what they have done all season and responded with a resounding win in Iowa City, 25-15, 25-20 and 25-23. While it wasn’t easy, Wisconsin outhit Iowa .339 to .217 and outblocked them seven to one.

Freshman phenom outside hitter Molly Haggerty and All-American senior setter Lauren Carlini returned to form against the Hawkeyes and led the game with 13 kills and 39 assists, respectively. The usual performers stepped up for UW and forced Iowa into 17 errors in the Badgers eighth win on the road this year.

Head coach Kelly Sheffield was proud of the way they battled back and applauded

Carlini for her great vision in her sets.

Sheffield said of all the teams he’s coached in his 14 years, Wisconsin’s performance Sunday was the best he’d ever seen against the Hawkeyes.

On a different note, the loss to Nebraska was a polar opposite compared to when Wisconsin won their first ever game in Lincoln a year ago in thrilling fashion. The atmosphere and frustration were too much, and the team has another large road block to get around this year.

Despite championship aspirations this season and the program’s first ever No. 1 ranking two weeks ago, this year UW has struggled against top five opponents.

Outside of the team’s miraculous comeback from a 2-0 deficit to win in five sets at thenNo. 2 University of Texas, the Badger ’s two deflating losses in-conference in recent weeks put them worlds behind Nebraska and Minnesota.

That being said, the Badgers are still only one game behind the two and can

recover in a rematch at Minnesota to finish the regular season at the end of November.

With one of the toughest schedules in college volleyball, it will be interesting to watch how the mentality of this team changes in these next few weeks.

In what has become the norm for this Wisconsin team this year, there is little break before they return home for a top ten matchup against No. 9 Penn State University. With 10 games left, the PSU game marks the first of seven ranked teams left in conference that they will have to play to finish the year.

The Badgers now sit at third in conference behind the Cornhuskers and a surprisingly undefeated Nittany Lions in conference. Wisconsin faces the top team Penn State at home in the Field House on Friday in their annual Pom Pom game.

The game will tip off at 8 p.m. CT and will air on BTN.

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Badgers struggle to overcome new NCAA rule changes Wisconsin’s traditional defensive strategies challenged by modifications to NCAA men’s and women’s hockey rule book

by Kristen Larson Beat Writer

With the NCAA penalty rules undergoing such dramatic changes in both men’s and women’s hockey this year, the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team find themselves in unfamiliar territory when it comes to penalty definitions.

The NCAA released an official statement on ncaa.org, stating that one of its goals for the 2016-17 season was to clean up the sport to define a new style of play. With this announcement, the NCAA pointed out four target areas that they would like to refine in the upcoming year: •

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Offensive players moving through the neutral or offensive zones being unfairly or illegally held-up while making a legitimate attempt to get or remain open for a pass from a puck-controlling teammate.

Offensive players moving through neutral or offensive zones being unfairly/illegally held-up while they attempt the legitimate pursuit of a loose puck.

Players along the boards, on or away from the puck, being unfairly/illegally restrained.

Puck carriers being impeded or losing legitimate opportunities by the illegal use of sticks on hands, arms, hips or other areas that compromise their ability to control the puck and create offense. (Note: The loss of possession is not required for a penalty to be called.)

Most of these changes are directed toward men’s hockey, however, since men’s and women’s college hockey share the same rulebook, this also means that women’s hockey is affected by this new reformation.

These changes have already begun to take their toll on the Badgers, who have amassed a grand total of 26 penalties within the first six games this season. The 4.3 penalties per game average has risen a whole penalty from the 3.3 average that the Badgers recorded in last year ’s campaign.

The Badgers are seeing less five-on-five play now with these rule changes, and are having to adjust to playing more with special teams than with full lines. During their home opener, the Badgers spent just over half the game on either a power play or a penalty kill.

With these rule changes, Wisconsin needs all the help they can get to keep pucks out of the net. One of the biggest ways the Badgers are planning to overcome these penalties and keep control of the puck is by utilizing the one player who is always on the ice — their goaltender.

Ann-Renée Desbiens is a stunningly accomplished athlete who has broken numerous records over the last year. Throughout her career with the Badgers, she has been considered one of the best goaltenders in not only the WHCA, but also in the NCAA. Having a goaltender like Desbiens on the ice in situations like these allows the Badgers to gain a third, or second, defenseman when they’re a player down. This prevents icing calls, players chasing pucks across ice

and gives the team a chance to keep momentum up during penalty kills, which Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson knows is a huge asset. “[Desbiens’ style of play] is a big asset for a lot of reasons,” Johnson said. “When the opposition dumps the puck in, she can act like a third defenseman.

It makes it harder for teams to generate offensive pressure.

“A couple of times she connects with one of their players and people get nervous because there’s no goalie in the net and the puck’s flying around,” Johnson said. “It’s a good weapon to have, and she does well with it.”

Desbiens — a consistently prolific team player — is always looking for any opportunity to help out her fellow Badger teammates on the ice, especially the defense. This type of play is something that she has been Photo · Stricter rules in college hockey help offenses get better opportunities but crack down on defensive working on since January of holding. this year, Johnson said.

“We came off Christmas Elliott Moormann break [last season], and [Desbiens] took her game and The Badger Herald focused,” Johnson said. “She stepped up. I think as you’ve watched us play [the past season], you’ve noticed that her ability to play the puck is a big asset. Her ability and her connection to her defensemen, that’s a big, big plus to have.”

Desbiens helps play the puck so her teammates don’t have to waste energy skating after loose pucks.

“I feel like [my teammates] like [me playing the puck] because they don’t have to skate back, because I know it’s a lot of energy to skate back that far,” Desbiens said.

“With time, we’ve just learned how each other works and what we like, so it just makes it easier now.”

Eventually this Wisconsin team will get the hang of these rule changes, and the penalty ratio per game will fall back to the normal level. Until then, Desbiens is standing by, waiting for her chance to keep helping her team anyway she knows how.

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Men’s hockey: Badgers edge U.S. Under-18 team by one Wisconsin takes break from non-conference play to host U.S. Under-18 team in home exhibition game Friday night

by Peter Tongas Beat Writer

The last time the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team faced the U.S. Men’s Under-18 team, the Badgers were defeated at the hands of their current team captain, sophomore forward Luke Kunin.

Before Friday’s match, Wisconsin was 3-1 all-time in games against the U.S. Men’s Under-18 team, with the most recent meeting in 2014.

Kunin helped lead the U.S. Men’s Under-18 team claim their first victory against the Badgers in that match, netting a goal against his future team en route to a 4-1 final.

This time the Badgers had Kunin on their side of the ice for Friday night’s game, and the captain made it count for UW. Now the face of the Badger offense, Kunin’s newest mission was to ensure none of the brave young U18 recruits were able to repeat his previous accomplishments Friday night. The U18 squad featured a total of three Wisconsin recruits eager to impress on their soon-to-be home ice: future Badgers forward Sean Dhooghe, and defensemen Tyler Inamoto and Max Gildon.

With three UW recruits representing the Under-18 men, Wisconsin’s total is only outnumbered by Michigan’s four future skaters.

Alongside Kunin, Wisconsin boasts three other former Under-18 players. Among them are junior Ryan Wagner and freshman pair JD Greenway and Trent Frederic, with the latter two coming off of goal-scoring performances against Boston College.

Frederic added three assists on top of his goal in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles, marking the first four point game this season by a Badger. The electrifying performance also helped earn him recognition from the Big Ten as one of men’s hockey’s three stars of the week.

On the defensive end, the Badgers are coming off of a series against No. 6 Boston College where they gave up nine goals in two games, including eight goals in a loss two Sunday’s removed.

Excluding exhibition games, Wisconsin has now allowed 17 goals through four games this season and looks to shore up their defense before their non-conference schedule picks up again.

“I just think our team defense needs work, obviously,” head coach Tony Granato said. “You give up six even strength goals in a game, that’s way too many.”

The U.S. Under-18 team remains winless through five games of their NCAA slate so far, being outscored 318. Before Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the Badgers, their closest match came as a 5-2 loss to Harvard University. Even

Photo · Kunin, UW take another promising step in the young season against an even younger national squad.

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though the Under-18 men are 0-5, four losses have come to top 15 opponents. The Badgers were the first unranked foe that the U.S. Under-18 team has fallen to thus far this season.

Granato looked to use the exhibition match as an opportunity to shake up Wisconsin’s lineup and experiment with different players.

“We’re gonna experiment a little bit.

We’re gonna move the lines around a little bit. We’re gonna play some different people in different situations,” Granato said. “It’s a good practice week for us on implementing some things that we haven’t been able to with it being early in the season. Things won’t be exactly the same when it comes Friday night.”

The Badgers already proved that they can compete with some of the best talent in the country in their game against Boston College, and Friday night’s 4-3 result over the Under-18 team was no different.

“I think our mindset has to be that the challenges that are in front of us are good ones because we’re a good team,” Granato stressed. “I don’t think — as a coaching staff or as a program at the University of Wisconsin — we should be happy saying we got a split,” Granato continued. “Yeah, that’s a good team, but I think we can play with them.”

Wisconsin has seen strides of improvement under Granato already, working their way back to the national powerhouse status the program has held in years past.

After taking care of the U.S. Under-18 team, the showing should help further improve recruiting for the Badgers in hopes of achieving success that perennial powerhouses Minnesota and Boston enjoyed earlier this year.

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