'Alternative Justice"- Issue 14, Volume 48 by The Badger Herald

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ALTERNATIVE JUSTICE An encounter with the criminal justice system often starts a cycle of arrests, but restorative approaches can offer a way out page 16 Design by Greta Zimmermann

From the desk of the editor: Returning to our roots In a time when the integrity of journalism is called into question, it’s on us to rise above doubt by Hayley Sperling Editor-in-Chief

This year, The Badger Herald will make a return to its roots. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, returning to our roots doesn’t mean we’ll be printing five days a week again. And it definitely doesn’t mean we won’t be perusing new ventures in the form of partnerships or technology. Returning to our roots simply means we will place an increased emphasis on doing what journalists do best: seeking the truth. For journalists, 2016 presented many challenges. From covering a presidential election unlike any other, to defending our work and integrity amid a flood of “fake news,” we faced our fair share of uphill battles. This semester, it is one of my goals as the editorial leader of this

organization to push the Herald staff to think critically, dig past the surface of stories and hold people accountable — whether that’s student government leaders, university administration or elected officials. Now, more than ever, the university community needs an independent voice to unapologetically speak the truth. Having remained fully independent since our inception in 1969, it should come as no surprise that we at the Herald are ready and willing to rise to the occasion. We will continue to produce journalism that has integrity and that resonates with our readers (so don’t worry, Craps on Campus isn’t going anywhere). I’m not typically a emotional person, but being a graduating senior, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic about my time spent at the Herald. Though this will be my last semester here, you can rest assured that I won’t be slowing

down now. The Herald will continue to provide daily coverage online, long-form stories in print and more multimedia projects. A superb managing team will ensure we keep our standards and ambitions high. I’m happy to once again be joined this semester by Nina Kravinsky as managing editor. Additionally, I’m excited to welcome Emily Neinfeldt to the management team, whose wide range of experiences and unique perspectives will bring a lot to the table. Working at the Herald has allowed me to make waves in a sea of 40,000 people. We invite any and all to join us as we dive into the new semester. If you’re looking to write, take photos, make videos or graphics or even code, stop by our new members meetings every Thursday in February. You can also contact me at editor@ badgerherald.com.

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State follows nationwide trend of shortage in health care-related jobs UW School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing look to develop programs to fill growing gap by Doha Awad Reporter

As more Wisconsin health care professionals retire, University of Wisconsin looks to create programs that will drive up health care enrollment and alleviate shortages around the state. Wisconsin Hospital Association’s 2016 Health Care Workforce report showed a shortage in several different health care fields — primarily because of increasing retirement rates. Elizabeth Petty, senior associate dean for academic affairs at UW School of Medicine and Public Health, said the report reflects a growing, nationwide problem. UW is looking to step in with preparatory programs encouraging students to fill the gaps, Petty said. “We’re kind of creating pipelines in educational programs that help our students gain the expertise to work in some of the areas where we have the highest unmet needs,” Petty said. According to the report, physician assistants are the highest in demand with a 10.8 percent vacancy, followed by certified nursing assistants with a 10.1 percent vacancy. Dietitians and nutritionists are at a 5.9 percent vacancy and pharmacists are at 3.1 percent, and Petty said mental health care also faces a

shortage. While Wisconsin’s rural regions have faced a shortage for a long time, increasing retirement rates are affecting all other regions as well. This is a particularly prominent trend among nurses and nursing assistants, UW School of Nursing spokesperson Sue Gaard said. To combat the shortage of nurses, the School of Nursing will launch an accelerated degree program in 2018. The program looks to shorten the path to practice for nursing students who already have a degree in a different subject. It will initially admit 32 students a year but will increase enrollment as the program grows, Gaard said. Gaard said the School of Nursing is also trying to train nurses using a preceptor model instead of its normal faculty-supervised model. The preceptor model will allow nurses to practice in a medical setting and teach, closing gaps in shortages of both nurse educators and general staff. UW School of Nursing and UW Health signed a historic partnership agreement in October 2016 in which both agreed to work together to advance nurse education and research and improve health outcomes, Gaard said. UW also partnered with other school systems of nursing in the Nurses for Wisconsin initiative in an effort to retain nursing

faculty in the state, Gaard said. Petty said the state economy plays a key role in the shortage as well. As Wisconsin’s economy improves, nurses who previously stayed in their jobs now have the financial means to retire or shorten work hours. This means people are retiring faster than they can be replaced. One way to counteract the state economy’s effect would be to increase state support for the kind of education training programs that UW offers, Petty said. This includes making medical school more affordable to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Other resources that can be used to provide scholarships and other financial incentives can also come from the state, she said. Petty said it is critical to continue investing in more residency programs and creating partnerships that will build long-lasting educational pipelines for students looking to join health care. She said having a mix of age groups working in the field will also be crucial to counteract the effects of increasing retirement rates. “It is important to figure out how a variety of health care providers can work together to build health care teams that would deliver the services that are really needed,” Petty said.

UW welcomes back Wisconsin native as new federal relations director

Michael Lenn plans on fostering closer relationships between university officials, members of Congress during tenure by Montana Leggett City Editor

University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new federal relations director, Michael Lenn, is a Wisconsin native, but he’s no stranger to Washington. A native of Sheboygan, Lenn attended UW-La Crosse for his undergraduate degree before earning his law degree at the George Mason University School of Law. After passing the Wisconsin Bar Exam, Lenn served on the House Judiciary Committee and later managed the Washington office of U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, as chief of staff. Lenn eventually moved to a position at the Insured Retirement Institute as the primary contact in Washington. These experiences taught him valuable lessons he plans to use in his new position,

Lenn said. From Sensenbrenner, he learned to put aside political differences to work for the greater good. Lenn said Sensenbrenner and colleagues like U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, did not always see eye-to-eye on every issue, but had to work together to create jobs in Wisconsin. As the federal and state budgets start to form in the coming month, Lenn said he plans to work with legislators on both sides of the aisle to continue the success of UW-Madison and find new ways to move the university forward. “I will follow that model and work closely with members of Congress regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum,” Lenn said. Ben Miller, the former federal relations director for UW-Madison, created many relationships with both Democrats and Republicans in Congress — relationships

Lenn said he hopes to cultivate during his time at UW-Madison. While Lenn said he does not know what to expect in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, he said working with Trump should have no more an impact on UW-Madison than working with other presidents has had. Regardless of the shift to a stronger Republican-controlled government, Lenn said he is optimistic UW-Madison’s federal relations will continue to remain strong. “The incoming Trump administration is a wild card, but I am confident UW will continue to thrive in this new environment,” Lenn said. The federal budget process will begin in February, shortly after the country transitions to Trump’s administration. In light of this transition, Lenn expects Wisconsin state legislators to do what is best for the university and their

constituents. He said he will be monitoring policy changes and working with higher education organizations to ensure UWMadison’s interests are taken care of. Despite having a prominently Republican background, Lenn believes his experience and background will play a stronger role than his politics in his position. UW-Madison officials like Chancellor Rebecca Blank and those in the Federal Relations Office have worked well with others regardless of political affiliation and he wants to lead through that example, Lenn said. He also said his job is to build on the success of those relationships and find new ways to move Wisconsin forward. “While there may be policy differences on both sides of the aisle,” Lenn said. “I would note, by and large, the delegation supports the university.” January 17, 2017 • badgerherald.com • 5

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City, county budgets seek to improve community with new projects Officials say funding for restorative justice court program, living wage take steps toward affordable, equitable lifetyles for all residents

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Projects in the 2017 Madison City Council and Dane County Board budgets are starting to become a reality as the new calendar year begins. The budgets provide funding for restorative justice and court mentoring programs, as well as a $15 living wage for county employees, which County Board members believe to be a preliminary step toward pay equity.

Alternatives to jail, court system serve to help community

County Supervisor Jenni Dye, District 33, and Ald. Zach Wood, District 8, both discussed the restorative justice program, a major item continued in the 2017 city budget. The program aims to help young criminal offenders rebuild damages and improve relationships with people in the community, Dye said. “We partner with other organizations… [to] create other alternatives for kids instead of just sending everybody to community court and then to a jail sentence,” Wood said. The city partners with outside organizations like the YWCA to create those

alternatives, Wood said. The court mentoring program was a prominent item in the 2017 County Board budget as it helps people navigate through the criminal justice system, Dye said. It also seeks to prevent issues for individuals in the system who may have suffered penalties because they lacked information on what they needed to do while in the system, Dye said. “We make sure people aren’t finding themselves in a bad position just because they didn’t know they needed to be in court on a specific day,” Dye said.

New living wage highlights county focus on pay equity

Another main focus of the County Board’s budget is pay equity, County Supervisor Hayley Young, District 5, said. The steps to create a $15 living wage for county employees will become a reality in the new year as it was incorporated and fully funded in the approved 2017 County Board budget, Young said. Many people who provide important services to Dane County — including students — will benefit from this wage increase, Dye said. Dane County Board passes $15 minimum wage for county employees The Dane County Board on Thursday

voted to increase the minimum wage for all county employees and people working under a ... “People who make Dane County work deserve to have a living wage that allows them to enjoy all of the great things about living in the Dane County area,” Dye said. The living wage initiative is just one part in a larger step toward pay equity, Young said. Cost-of-living adjustments for Purchase of Service contracts is another component in this step, she said. Dane County hires various outside organizations through POS contracts to provide critical services which help the community. One example of services through POS contracts is providing daily living skills assistance to individuals with disabilities, Dye said. The County Board budget will provide a 2 percent increase

in POS wages, Dye said. The POS contracts have not seen increases which reflect the rate of inflation, Dye added. An increase close to the inflation rate allows individuals to retain a level of buying power similar to what they had with their previous year’s wage. “Investing in making Dane County a better place to live, work and play impacts everyone,” Young said.

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Walker’s biennial budget proposal may cut tuition for in-state students University officials, state Democrats applaud governor for considering college affordability, ask him to invest in UW system by Nicole Ki Reporter

Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday at his seventh State of the State speech he plans to propose lowering tuition for all in-state undergraduates in the University of Wisconsin System. The plan, which will be presented in more detail in his 2017-19 state budget proposal, comes after four years of an in-state tuition freeze for UW campuses. The last biennial budget also cut $250,000 from the UW System over two years. “We are making college more affordable, and at the same time, the University of Wisconsin is thriving,” Walker said. Walker said in his speech tuition increased 118 percent in the decade before the freeze. He also touted investments in the Wisconsin Technical Colleges System and student loan refinancing rates

at Wisconsin’s credit unions and banks. But some UW System leaders say Walker ’s proposal puts them in a difficult spot in terms of funding after the last biennial budget’s major cuts. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a statement she, like Walker, wants UW to be affordable to students, but hopes tuition cuts will be countered by more state investment in the system. Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, didn’t express hope for additional funding in the face of tuition cuts. “The problem has been that he’s never funded the freeze, so I can’t imagine that he’d fund a decreased tuition,” Barca told reporters after the speech. Assembly Speaker Rep. Robin Vos, R-Rochester, told reporters he isn’t convinced cutting tuition for undergraduates is a priority for the Legislature, but he said he’s open to the option.

“My focus is on making sure that we have access so that students get to graduate in four years and that we have a reasonable price for tuition. So I’m open-minded, but I have yet to be persuaded that that is a priority for the Legislature,” Vos said. Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy called Walker ’s proposal a “great step forward” for making college more affordable. But she expressed concern for other costs rising as a result of a tuition decrease, and cited her own experience having to move off campus because of the rising cost of housing. “It is important to understand that cutting tuition cannot help students unless the state is willing to fund our public schools,” Goséy said.

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New, fixed model suggests possiblity of another ice age, ‘Day After Tomorrow’ scenario by Riley Steinbrenner Science and Technology Writer

Earth’s oceanic conveyor belt, responsible for transporting heat and warming continents surrounding the Northern Atlantic, may be at risk of collapse in 300 years, contrary to what current climate models predict. A University of Wisconsin professor and alumnus are trying to fix the bias in current climate models, which assume the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — a movement of water in the Atlantic which scientists compare to a “conveyor belt” — is stable with moderate climate changes as greenhouse gases, such as CO2, increase. Wei Liu, a UW graduate who is now a Yale postdoctoral research associate, led a study emphasizing the importance of fixing this AMOC stability bias in current models to better predict future climate change. The AMOC brings warm water up from the equator along Western Europe toward the poles where it makes a U-turn and sinks below cold, freshwater headed south along the east coast of the Americas. This circular motion is repeated as long as the warm, saltier water coming from the south is able to sink beneath the fresher water in the Norwegian Sea near Greenland, helping maintain the mild climate of Western Europe despite the continent’s high latitude. A complete shutdown of this conveyor belt would have chilling consequences for regions of the North Atlantic, Liu said. “AMOC stability is very important, not only in the past but also the future,” Liu said. “In the past we’ve had abrupt climate change which is associated with the AMOC change, and in the future [scientists] also wonder whether AMOC collapse will bring the earth into the next ice age.” But according to current models, a complete shutdown is unlikely, even in the distant future. These models predict there would only be a 15 percent decrease in AMOC activity after several hundred years of global warming, said UW professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and coauthor of the study Zhengyu Liu. Since the late 20th century, Zhengyu Liu said, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations’ climate body, has favored this “conservative” climate model. “In IPCC, all models are supposed to be

stable,” Zhengyu Liu said. “All of them show that the AMOC changes very slowly and very gradually so there is nothing very substantial happening. Most people think, ‘Ok, this may not be so dramatic.’ But what we found was that the current models are all over-stabilized.” The over-stabilization of current models means they fail to predict a potential AMOC collapse from the increase in carbon dioxide projected over the next several decades. To fix this bias toward over-stabilization, Wei Liu created a new model which more accurately measures AMOC stability. When Wei Liu ran both the current, biased model and new, fixed model for several centuries in conditions containing double the amount of CO2 found currently in the atmosphere, he made an eye-opening discovery. Contrary to the current model, which predicted a slower AMOC with insignificant change from doubled-CO2 conditions, his model predicted a total collapse in the AMOC after 300 years. A collapse in the AMOC could onset a 3.6 degree cooling effect over the Great Lakes region and Western Europe, Zhengyu Liu said, as well as “counteract” temperature increases induced by global warming overall. “So, theoretically, like ‘The Day After Tomorrow,’ if you say ‘a decade’ it could happen [over a decade],” Zhengyu Liu said, explaining that a complete shutdown of the heat-transporting AMOC doesn’t happen overnight. A southward shift

in the tropical rain belt, sea-level rise along eastern North America and expansion of sea-ice across the Northern Atlantic are also possible, Zhengyu Liu said, but an ice age that destroys life as we know it is unlikely. This doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere, however, is an “idealized” prediction given there are many other global warming scenarios that can occur over this period of time, Wei Liu said. For example, increasing CO2, and thus global temperatures, could cause increased melting of ice sheets. Most significantly, Zhengyu Liu said, the amount of ice-sheet melt water feeding into the Northern Atlantic from Greenland could actually slow down the AMOC. Since ice sheets are frozen freshwater, their melt water is too light to mix with the saltier ocean water. This failure to mix at this U-turn point in the AMOC process

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— where saltier water brought up from the south sinks underneath fresher water in the north — causes it to slow down, Zhengyu Liu said. The Greenland ice sheets, however, started melting even before humans roamed the earth, Zhengyu Liu said, so the AMOC has the tendency to “go on and off” in a natural cycle. By observing this fluctuation of AMOC stability in the past and further observing the AMOC’s freshwater transport in the North and South Atlantic, both researchers believe their model can help reduce AMOC stability bias in the future. “The model becomes crucial,” Zhengyu Liu said. “But the past does provide an understanding, and we can use that understanding to say what will happen in the future for climate models.”

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Aldo Leopold’s Legacy program aims to connect community with nature Six-month long lecture, workshop series will ask participants to use their art skills to describe their relationship with environment by Helu Wang City Editor

Through observing plants and hearing nature sounds in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, the campus community will now have the chance to follow the footsteps of Aldo Leopold and honor his legacy of environmental conservation. Running from January to June, the Aldo Leopold’s Legacy program will provide a series of classes, lectures and workshops focused on journaling experience with nature, creating artwork and reflecting on Leopold’s ideas of observing and documenting nature in the field. Leopold, no stranger to Wisconsin, served as a UW professor while maintaining his reputation as both an ecologist and a philosopher. Parts of the program would emulate the observation process so people can experience the historic approach to documenting nature, program director Jessica Courtier said. Leopold’s environmental idea is based on a long-term practice of observing nature changes, she added. The program’s other aspect is to engage Leopold’s idea of land ethic, which features human beings’ responsibility to manage natural sources with respect, Courtier said. The observation of nature allows people to slow down and contemplate exactly what they’re viewing, she added. As Leopold described in his book “A Sand County Almanac,” all ethics that have evolved thus far rest upon a single premise: The individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. The land ethic enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants and animals and, collectively, the land. The series will involve a multitude of resources including UW professors, arboretum staff and landscape architects. “Although the workshops and classes have different focuses, there is a connection between them — from observation to idea,” Courtier said. The program intends to put Leopold’s concept, originated 50 years ago, into modern day and figure out what it means for today’s environmental discussion. Calvin B. DeWitt, a former UW professor from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, highly recommended the program because it would be very helpful to refresh Leopold’s way of journaling nature. “The environmental support has put Wisconsin at the forefront of caring for the earth,” DeWitt said. “It would be vital for us to celebrate the involvement and also what is done in program is to review and

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The environmental support has put Wisconsin at the forefront of caring for the earth,” DeWitt said. “It would be vital for us to celebrate the involvement and also what is done in program is to review and refresh nature journaling.

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refresh nature journaling.” Dewitt considered Leopold as one of the top five environmentalist in U.S. history. As UW is surrounded by natural resources such as paths and arboretums, it is important to continue the environmental discussion with the community at large, Courier said. In the future, the program aims to inform the community on the urgency of environmental issues and help them learn how to manage the resources, she added.

“The workshops and classes would provide resources and tools for people to think about actions that they could take on afterward,” Courtier said. The first workshop, Writing Nature - Signatures in the Wild, is set to begin Jan. 25. All members of the Madison community at large are welcome to participate. To sign up for future workshops and lecture series, check the Aldo Leopold’s Legacy program page.

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Dane County’s Latino Chamber of Commerce opens startup center New facility hopes to increase current lagging entrepreneurial scene in Wisconsin, help Latino community move forward by Doha Awad Reporter

In hope of bringing Wisconsin out of its startup slump, Dane County’s Latino Chamber of Commerce opened a new center that would mentor and assist the county’s Latino community in starting their own businesses. With Wisconsin lagging behind national levels for startup activity, the chamber ’s executive director, Jessica Cavazos, said resource centers for startups specified for certain populations are in high demand. Latinos account for 54 percent of the nation’s population growth between 200014. Assisting this community in Wisconsin is an instrumental part of increasing the state’s number of startups, Cavazos said. Cavazos said the center ’s mission is to make the road to starting a business easier for Latino entrepreneurs. This process, she said, often differs from their home country and can be difficult to get used to without the right information.

“It’s the fact that you have someone motivating you and providing you with support,” Cavazos said. Brandie De La Rosa, one entrepreneur who is using the center ’s services for her new startup — which helps businesses respond to possible domestic violence cases — said one of the largest barriers to the success of new businesses in Wisconsin is lack of knowledge about the legalities involved. Many people want to start a business, but do not know about resources available to them. One of the center ’s key aspects is its multilingual services. Many of Wisconsin’s startup resources are only available in English, limiting access to non-English speakers. With the center ’s help, Latino immigrants can gain information in their own language if they wish to do so, Cavazos said. The center ’s services are also customized to a person’s startup, Cavazos said. The startup plan is thoroughly assessed before

advice on business requirements and further steps is given. The only limitation is startups older than two years cannot access these services. “Whether it’s a food business, a salon or a county firm, we do our research and try to customize the information to that person,” Cavazos said. “We really care that our businesses are successful.” De La Rosa said the center has mentored her and connected her with useful contacts in her field. Many of these connections have generated business for her startup. The center also provides workspace for entrepreneurs to rent. This includes workshop, meeting and office spaces, Cavazos said. Cavazos said the center is also open to students in the Latino community. Though no student startups have visited yet, the

center does not turn anyone away based on background. She said she hopes to start a new program in the future specifically for university students. “Our facilities are really beautiful and give you pride to want to come in and work for a day,” Cavazos said.

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What a Joke Comedy Festival raises funds in form of hilarity Founders Emily Winter, Jenn Welch aim to bring humor nationwide on inauguration weekend, benefit ACLU by Grace Ferolo ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

When the election results came in the night of Nov. 8, comedian and University of Wisconsin alumna, Emily Winter, sat in disbelief. Like many young Americans, she felt the overwhelming desire to put good into the world and fight back. This led to the What a Joke Comedy Festival. It’s kicking off its 83-show lineup in 33 cities, including Madison, to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union and bring a little humor to inauguration weekend. While the comedy featured throughout the festival will not be solely political, What a Joke will take place throughout inauguration weekend as both a fundraiser and a subtle protest. Winter’s newfound call to action prompted her to contact fellow comedian, Jenn Welch. “The day of the election, Jenn wrote a beautiful post about how she wore her grandmother’s lipstick to vote for Hillary,” Winter said. “I had never worked with [Welch] before, but she has a great reputation and I knew we could make something happen.”

Through a Facebook conversation, the concept for the What a Joke Festival was born. Both women came to the consensus that they wanted to use comedy to raise money for a worthy organization that operated on a tight budget. Rather than doing a one-off fundraiser, like many others had already done, they wanted to produce something on a much larger scale. But they never imagined it would grow to a whopping 33 cities. Once Winter and Welch spread the word about their mission, the sheer mass of participants seemed to fall into place. “We chose the ACLU because with this incoming administration, essentially all of our civil liberties are being threatened,” Winter said. “The producers from the various cities were extremely committed to bringing on comedians who support the organization in everything that they do.” Though the 83 shows are meant to be cohesive as a whole, the producers in each city were given free reign in regards to their lineup of comedians to cultivate local talent and create a buzz within these communities. Across the board, the producers were committed to creating diverse

lineups and choosing outspoken comedians who were both performers and activists. In total, Winter hopes the festival will raise $25,000 for the ACLU through ticket sales. She believes this money will be used as more of a “protective measure rather than an attack measure,” and will be put toward necessary legal action throughout President-elect Donald Trump’s term. Throughout the process of putting the festival together, Winter said she has been moved by the outpouring of support What a Joke has received. With hundreds of comedians participating across the country, it is clear these performers are eager to use their talent to bring joy to those who need it most. “Whenever the bottom gets pulled out from under you, you want to grab onto something that makes sense,” Winter said. “A comedian’s job is to make sense of the world in a funny way,

which is what I think audiences need right now.” Anthony Siraguse and Alan Talaga are coordinating Madison’s What a Joke performance. The Madison show will take place on Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Majestic Theater.

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Lyrical genius Isaiah Rashad blurs line between poetry, rap Taking ‘resources’ from everyday life as inspiration, rapper breaks down walls between himself, listeners by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Isaiah Rashad, a rapper who also often sings, is finally able to take a breather after two difficult years of making and releasing an album. His breather is somewhat short, though, because soon enough he will be on tour, including a Jan. 21 date at The Sett. North Carolina-born Rashad said he’s spent the past two months enjoying downtime with his two kids during the holidays, while also preparing for his upcoming performances across the country. He’s completely cut out red meat, a move that he’s found has led to an unexpected boost in energy. Perhaps more than the widespread acclaim he’s received for his dazzling The Sun’s Tirade LP, Rashad is also psyched that his daughter has completed potty training at an early age. This calm after the storm, with another one looming in the near future, has given the 25-year-old some much-needed time to appreciate the present as well as take a look back and ahead.

While Rashad’s songs have a living, breathing quality that erodes the wall between him and the listener, he said a key process in making his two records, The Sun’s Tirade and 2014’s sleeper Cilvia Demo EP, was him adding a layer of separation between himself and his surroundings. As in his lyrics, Rashad was quick to offer a simile, comparing this process to being like a journalist. “I gather my resources. That’s what I mean as far as like, disconnecting,” Rashad said. “I can’t get away from everything. But I can take a step back from it and try to look at it objectively.” These “resources” are an interesting facet to Rashad’s creative process in their own right. He said he’s trained himself how to think in lyrics, which allows him to go through his daily life constantly in search for sequiturs, punchlines or whatever he needs to aid him in his professional life as an emcee. He’s now able to be in this state, he said, because of certain years at a young age where all he wanted to do, and did, was write.

“It came from always trying to keep rhythm to a rhyme, always trying to freestyle and writing in my head,” Rashad said. For a while everything kind of felt like it was a poem — I was just spitting all the time.” This focus on the everyday seeps from his creative process into his output. One only has to look at his “Free Lunch” music video for a prime example. The visual depicts everyday folk going to the laundromat to exchange cash, not for clothes, but for the objects that represent their aspirations, whether that be some groceries or a platinum record. He said the concept for the video came from his desire to show what thoughts and dreams lay below the surface layer of people’s everyday lives. Still, even though these “resources” are extracted from his everyday life, Rashad writes about them in ways that are relatable, but not generalized. His own struggles stand in for those of the listeners, his successes even more so. Rashad pointed to comic book writers as some of his inspiration for how he’s able to accomplish this. He explained that comics

depict complex characters and worlds in simple language so they are relatable and easily digestible for the reader. Rashad then emulates this method in his lyrics, he said, by placing a ton of thought into what he’s writing, his own complicated characters and situations, while keeping the literal wording as simple as possible. The process for The Sun’s Tirade also featured many firsts for Rashad in general. He got to release “Rope,” a song with no rapping. For the first time, he was much more hands-on in the post-production mixing phases, and he got to work with many more people than in the past due to gained resources and the ability to travel. If 2016 was a big year for Rashad, then 2017 is poised to be even bigger and better. He’s stoked for his show in Madison, and he affirmed his audience should be as well. In his typical concise, yet resonant style, he offered simple instructions to all of us in Madison. “Pull up.” 11 • badgerherald.com • January 17, 2017

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Conversation Starter FRZN Fest warms up Madison with three-day music binge Located at High Noon Saloon, event offers haven for live music lovers, focus put on variety of genres, rising artists by Kristin Washagan ArtsEtc Editor

Born out of the absence of music festivals in the dreary winter months, FRZN Fest aims to provide a much-needed three-day music experience at High Noon Saloon. Founded by Madison music event and band promoter Tag Evers of True Endeavors, FRZN Fest brings together a variety of debut artists and bands of numerous genres at one event. The Badger Herald talked to Evers about the birth and growth of this annual Madison festival. The following interview was edited for style and clarity.

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The Badger Herald: You’ve been with FRZN Fest since the beginning. How did you first come up with this idea and get involved?

Tag Evers: I started True Endeavors and I’ve been booking shows in Madison since the early ‘90s. The idea was to do something in the middle of January, which is generally a dead time. There’s another festival that’s always in the middle of January down in Chicago. It’s a multivenue festival called “Tomorrow Never Knows.” So we got the idea that we could essentially piggyback off of their bookings. One of the big challenges of booking a festival like this is that if you want to book out-of-town bands that are not necessarily on tour, it’s more expensive because you have to pay for their travel costs. If they’re on tour, their travel costs are spread out over the entire tour. If they were already planning on going to Chicago for the festival [TNK], we figured we could get them. So, we formed a relationship with the guys putting on that festival. That’s how it started out. These two ideas kind of conjoined — this was a dead time and we were looking to do something, and there was already this existing festival going on in the Midwest. The exciting thing about this is some really big acts have played at our festival over the years at a time when many people didn’t know who they were. Chance the Rapper played at our festival, and now he’s huge. We’ve had a bunch of different acts over the years that have gone on to big things. The idea is that over three nights there are 12 bands that will be playing. It’s a good guess that one or two of those bands are going to end up being pretty big. If you buy the three day pass, you’re paying $30 to see 12 bands for about $3

a band, which is a great deal if you’re into live music. It’s also a good cure for cabin fever. It gets you out during a time when everyone is feeling a little stir crazy.

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Can you tell me a bit about the headliners or other notable artists performing this year?

This year, the biggest act we have booked is called NoName. NoName has already been on national television just recently with Chance the Rapper on Saturday Night Live, so she’s getting some exposure. This is a good chance for people to see an artist that folks are raving about. There are lots of different media, blogs, music blogs, etc. that pick NoName as one of their favorite debut artists of 2016. Also, Big Thief, who’s headlining Thursday night, got a lot of props for their new record that just came out in 2016. We feel good that we’ve offered a really good list for people to enjoy.

FRZN Fest definitely has a huge focus on up-and-coming stars. Why do you think that’s important?

Not every single artist that we’ve had has been, but it’s partly due to the fact that TNK has a similar focus on trying to find cutting edge new artists. Let’s also face it — artists on this level are a lot more affordable. We’re trying to find artists that are hungry, who are eager to get established in their career and who we believe are deserving of the attention that we’re going to focus on. That’s the story we’re trying to get out there, and we really appreciate hearing from you and whatever you can do to help. It’s sort of a signature event that we hope to keep going. So, as long as people keep showing up and supporting us, we’ll keep putting it out there.

Can you tell me a little bit more about the venue, the High Noon Saloon? Has the event always been held there?

Yes, it’s always been held at the High Noon. We do a lot of our shows at High Noon and it annually gets voted Madison’s favorite live music venue. It’s a really artist- and audience-friendly venue. So, we’ve just formed a relationship. We started at High Noon and it’s thrived there, so we wanted to continue that. Maybe at some point we’ll expand and make it a multivenue festival. We’ll see — we’re open to that.

Can you tell me a little bit about why the specific genres that are chosen for FRZN Fest are selected? It’s very much based on who’s available. This year, the first day is a little more indie, Friday is more punk or kind of metal (underground with a harder edge to it) Photo · Festival included headlining artists Big Thief, Ceremony, Noname. and Saturday is hiphop. It varies from year to year and on Jonah Leurquin who’s available. We try The Badger Herald to mix it up and we try to be inclusive. In terms of being inclusive, it’s nice to have artists like High Noon for all of 2017. If you win, you can see NoName, being female and an artist of color. It’s dozens of concerts for free for the rest of the year. better than having just a bunch of white guys up there playing guitar. We don’t really set out “this How many people on average is the way it has to be,” we let who’s available attend FRZN Fest each year? determine the theme. So every year the festival is a little different. Oh, it varies. This year for sure we’re going to sell out the NoName Can you tell me a bit about the night. It depends on a lot of things, event’s sponsors? like if we have a football game to deal with. Generally, the shows do really well and Our biggest sponsor is Heartland we’re looking forward to that happening again. Credit Union. They’re a credit union that does a lot of business on You somewhat mentioned the near east side of Madison and this earlier, but how has FRZN have been very much supportive of live music. Fest grown or evolved since its We have Union Cab as a sponsor, WSUM is a emergence in 2011? In what ways media sponsor, as is Isthmus and WORT. There has it stayed the same? are several breweries that have gotten involved. Tomato Pies will be selling pizza by the slice at It’s getting the word out. It takes the event. Additionally, we’ll have a big container time for people to discover what of hot chocolate that will be provided by Cargo you’re doing or who you are. It used Coffee, which will also be a part of a signature to be years ago, but there used to be a lot more drink we have every year. things to do in the wintertime. There were many Then we also do other things, like we help the events that came and then went, but FRZN Fest people who run the Wil-Mar Center to restock has stuck around. We’re in our sixth year, and we their food pantry. Food pantries tend to get feel like it grows as people continue to find out depleted over the holidays and in the wintertime, about it and like the concept of it. The concept is so we try to help them out. So anybody who getting to see artists that very likely are going to brings a canned good or a nonperishable item be, you know, tomorrow’s next big thing. These will get entry into a drawing, the grand prize of artists are exciting, talented and they’re worth which is something we call a “golden ticket.” It is people taking the time to check them out. a pair of tickets to every True Endeavor show at

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ISTHMUS BEER AND CHEESE FEST RETURNS TO CURE SYLLABUS WEEK BLUES

by Ali O’Rourke What’s on tap Columnist

Isthmus’s eighth annual Beer and Cheese Fest— Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Alliant Energy Center— is the perfect way to celebrate making it through a grueling four-day syllabus week. Jeff Haupt, an owner of both Red Card and the Isthmus magazine, knows the Madison population well and aims to make the fest a laid back, fun event for beer aficionados as well as the average Joe. “We don’t want to be a stuffy beer festival. We really try to be inclusive to everybody, so it’s just people who love beer and want to try as much as they can,” Haupt said. The fest started out in just one section of the Alliant, but now takes up the entire 100,000 square feet of the main exhibition hall and then some. This year, a new cask ale area will be added on to the many returning attractions. There will be about 400 different beers, as well as cheese carving, Haupt said. There will even be a “grilled cheese school,” where attendees can learn about matching grilled cheese and beer. In addition to those events, there will also be dueling pianos, a silent disco, graffiti artists and a cheese pairing school. With 105 breweries present and 20 cheesemakers, there will be plenty to keep patrons busy throughout the afternoon. The fest now includes nearly all the breweries in the state, as well as a handful from around the Midwest, such as Surly from Minnesota, and a few from as far as California. Isthmus hopes to continue to expand and include even more breweries in coming years. “I think our goal is to always continue to make sure we’re very inclusive of all the Wisconsin breweries, and then try and continue to get everyone’s favorite breweries from around the country that don’t necessarily distribute here,” Haupt said.

The event will host as many as 5,000 people, making it one of the largest fests of its kind in the Midwest. To keep the center from looking like a cheese-feeding frenzy, the Isthmus team has worked hard on the logistics of the event to keep the fest comfortable for drinking and snacking all day long. There are 1,000 VIP tickets available for beer aficionados and selfproclaimed beer snobs who want an additional two hours to sample and talk to brewers in a more personal way. The fest’s later-than-usual date overlaps with the end of University of Wisconsin’s winter break, giving students a better opportunity to attend than in past years. The fest is a great chance to do something other than binge-watch HBO Go and eat cheap Chinese on Saturday. “For students who often don’t venture too far out of the bubble of campus, this is a really great opportunity to have fun. It’s a great party,” Haupt said. Free shuttle rides are also available throughout the day, from locations like Great Dane Pub and HopCat, making it even more accessible to students and community members. Isthmus is committed to “enhancing the brewery culture,” as Haupt put it, and the Beer and Cheese Fest is their first opportunity of 2017 to do that. Craft beer and local cheese could be exactly what UW needs to start the semester on a high note.

When: Saturday, Jan. 21 Where: Alliant Energy Center General Admission: $50, 2 to 6

p.m., unlimited sampling of beer and cheese VIP: $85, noon to 6 p.m., an additional 2 hours of tasting, t-shirt, free meal at food court

Photo · The event features more than 400 beers, 105 breweries and 20 cheesemakers. Photo courtesy of Ilian DeCorte

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Lo- fi glam band Disq wows local venues despite young age Continuously changing musical influences inspire the group to aim for wholesome, less polished sound by Celeste Benzschawel ArtsEtc. Editor

Disq’s sound as they opened for Whitney at the end of University of Wisconsin’s fall semester hinted experience and their stage presence was laced with style. A listener would hardly be able to tell they’re in high school. They’ve proven their age doesn’t do anything to hinder their talent. In fact, they have managed to land countless shows at some of our favorite Madison venues, and their ’s as well. These include The Majestic, High Noon Saloon and The Frequency, where they say they love its “small, kind of grubby, punk environment.” So, who are the musicians behind the music? That would be Isaac DeBroux-Slone (guitar and vocals), Raina Bock (bass), Zoë Dennis (guitar and synthesizer) and whoever they can find to play on drums. The Badger Herald spoke with DeBrouxSlone and Bock, both of whom are the founders and frontline of the Madisonbased group. They founded this “lo-fi glam” band in 2014 and released their first eight-track album just last year. DeBroux said he usually starts their creative process. He creates a “skeleton version” of the songs, and in turn, the rest of their musical team works on it. From there, the other members will give their

input on top of his tracks. This seems to be the general pattern between bands who don’t live in the same hometown. This is the case for Disq, though they don’t live too far apart. DeBroux-Slone lives here in Madison, while Bock resides in Viroqua — a twohour drive away. Disq doesn’t let distance affect them too much. They still manage to create music, based off of shared yet different musical influences. DeBroux-Slone said he finds inspiration in artists like Tame Impala. Admiration for Tame Impala’s collective and wholesome sound has influenced Disq’s goals. The Beatles have also had a significant impact. Disq prefers lo-fi, in the moment recordings, rather than the polished, glossy sound of other types of music, DeBroux-Slone said. Their inspirations are always changing though, and Bock said she can tell when DeBroux-Slone has been listening to new music, because those influences tend to seep into his work. With one album under their belt, Disq is already moving on to new ideas. DeBroux-Slone “very speculatively”

hopes for new work in the next year and a half. DeBroux-Slone and Dennis aren’t far off from graduation — both are seniors this year. Bock, though, is a junior, but she hopes to get most of her school work done early so that they can focus on music.

As far as college goes, they are putting it off to see where Disq takes them. As any band would, they hope for success. But they’re already well on their way after opening for some bigger bands, namely Whitney.

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War between ‘La La Land’, ‘Moonlight’ overshadows award season This year’s battle for Best Picture confirms universal acclaim isn’t guarantee for a win, other factors rule it out by Peter Culver ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

As we look back on the Golden Globes and ahead to the meat of awards season, the favorites are beginning to pull away from the pack. As expected, “Moonlight” and “La La Land” both won their respective categories, squaring up for a rematch in February on Oscar night. Looking ahead, odds are good one of the two will take Best Picture next month, but there’s other things to look at going forward.

“La La Land”

While Best Picture will almost certainly be a horse race between “Moonlight” and “La La Land,” there’s speculation that “La La Land” will swipe the prize despite more universal acclaim for “Moonlight.” Hollywood loves movies

about the creative process and musicals, and “La La Land” is both. The fact Damien Chazelle’s musical beat out Barry Jenkins for Best Director at the Golden Globes does not bode well for Moonlight, seeing as Chazelle is likely to beat him again at the Oscars. The fact that “La La Land” waltzed out with a myriad of other awards also speaks to a growing sense of momentum, with leads Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling winning their respective categories of best actress and actor in a musical or comedy.

“Moonlight”

To put it bluntly, “Moonlight” is just better than “La La Land.” The acting is better, the cinematography is better and the concept is better, and the story of a gay black man is more useful in today’s climate than a white guy mansplaining why white jazz is so much better

than anything else.

“Manchester by the Sea”

Gosling probably won’t win at the Oscars thanks to Casey Affleck’s tour de force performance in “Manchester by the Sea.” Despite talk of continuing sexual harassment allegations against Affleck, he got his Globe. The buzz around his leading status aside, he seems primed to be the only big win for “Manchester by the Sea,” and rightly so. It was not a bad film, but it was also not a great one. Affleck was excellent, but the plot surrounding him was conventional to say the least. It’s reminiscent of “Brooklyn” from last year: a solid film, but not exceptional in any noticeable way. Much like the rest of 2016, a lot of the film industry was a tidal wave of crap, so the awards-worthy movie pool was pretty shallow.

Those films forgotten

Many of the early contenders, such as “Birth of a Nation” and “Jackie” were talked up for months, and then mostly fell under the radar. “La La Land” and “Moonlight” stole the spotlight from any other relevant Best Picture contenders, and they are developing into a “Birdman”/”Boyhood” rivalry. There’s actually a pleasing amount of parallels: A revolutionary coming-of-age story fights against an inferior movie about the performing arts, featuring Emma Stone. In the long, checkered history of the Academy Awards and its peers, just being better is rarely a guarantee of winning. Just ask “The Social Network,” “Pulp Fiction” and, of course, “Citizen Kane.” Until the nominations come out and provide greater clarity, all we can do is speculate. Or curse Emma Stone if we like.

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New year, new sex life Electricity isn’t just for lightbulbs by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

Since the birth of electricity, people have sought different ways to utilize power for both practical and entertainment purposes. As early as the 1800s, electrical belts were advertised as cures for impotence: tools the American Medical Association would later investigate and find to be “more or less mechanical masturbation.” Electrostimulation has long been associated with BDSM (Bondage/Discipline, Domination/ Submission, Sadism/Masochism) practices, as it provides potentially painful sensations, but “electrosex” can range in intensity from a tingle to shockingly intense. Although electrosex originally found its place in the BDSM community by enhancing medical and pain play, the practice appears to be rapidly moving into the mainstream, electrifying couples who consider themselves “vanilla.” Mystim, an online provider of high-quality e-stim devices and toys, even posted a cute animated video explaining and destigmatizing erotic electrostimulation.

Power up for pleasure

Before the growth in popularity of erotic electrostimulation, individuals or couples interested in something shocking simply used medical TENS devices (originally used to treat muscle pain) or electrified muscle toners popularized in the 1970s. Given human beings’ propensity to investigate their genitals using whatever tools they can, it might not shock the reader to know that people experimented by sticking electrodes on their genitals. The sensation accompanying electrostimulation is distinct from vibrators and other sex toys — electrotoys produce a shivering tickle as currents pass through the human nervous system. Electrosex sparks tiny electrical signals in the nervous system network, prompting powerful sensations. In fact, these electrical signals are constantly in use — and a necessity for feeling hugs, handshakes, kisses or sex. Skin conducts 15 • badgerherald.com • January 17, 2017

electricity, so when partners connect via wires, they experience a cool pulsing sensation unlike what vibrators and spankings provide. TENS units send gentle electrical impulses to the spinal cord, ensuring there is no room left for pain input. This means positive sexual arousal processes more quickly and intensely in the body. The beauty of electricity is its spectrum of intensity. Electrosex might sound extremely kinky, while the result can feel indescribably gentle. But folks interested in rougher electrosex play might enjoy devices focused on BDSM, such as electrified cock-and-ball torture toys.

Choose your charge

Particularly given the recent increase in electrotoy sales, a wide range of electrostimulation toys are available. Gadgets include electrified butt plugs, cock rings, masturbatory sleeves, urethral sounds, vibes, nipple clamps and more. E-stim kits transform partners into a circuit, with shivering electricity passing between bodies. Some people enjoy hands-free orgasms using electrosex toys, primarily repackaged TENS and EMS units marketed for erotic use. Electrodes placed in the spinal cord can induce

pleasurable sensations leading to orgasm in order to treat “orgasmic dysfunction.” Exploration can truly recharge a sex life, but interested parties should research electrosex as much as possible before playing. Electrosex is also difficult to experiment with on a budget — many toys cost hundreds of dollars, and especially high-quality items can put a college student out. But educating oneself never hurts, just in case that lottery ticket comes in handy.

Shocking safely

For many people, electricity and genitals sound like punishment rather than pleasure. But electrosex uses a safe amount of electricity harmless to humans when used correctly. Those interested in electrosex should only play with toys and devices designed for use during sexual activity. Homemade electrostimulation devices can deliver an excessive shock, resulting in burns, damaged nerves or even death. Load up on surge protectors to prevent injury and stay below the waist — currents passing through the heart area can lead to ventricular fibrillation, cardiac arrest and other heart complications. Folks with pacemakers or heart conditions should avoid electrosex altogether, the sensation is rather delightful, but not worth a heart attack. Toys intended for use above the waist — such as nipple clamps — require additional protective measures, such as fully isolated outputs. Without fully isolated outputs, current dangerously flows between outputs. Use of this sort of device on the nipples would create current flowing past the heart, even with special bipolar clips. Electrified nipple clamps are safe to use if they have fully isolated outputs, one only stimulates a single nipple at a time or one uses two separate devices —one for each nipple.

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Expanded restorative justice programs offer young offenders an escape from life behind bars Alternatives to traditional sentencing aim to reduce recidivism, racial inequities in justice system by Maija Inveiss Features Editor by Teymour Tomsyck Features Editor

For most young people, the changes associated with coming of age can seem daunting, and when combined with the instability that comes with an arrest, it can become unmanageable. Restorative justice systems help youth stay away from a path of repeat offenses while introducing positive influences. Restorative justice programs like the TimeBank’s Youth Court Program and the Dane County Community Restorative Courts work toward reshaping the traditional criminal justice model. These programs allow victims and offenders to interact with one another and help repair the offender’s relationship with the community. Photo · Community Restorative Courts Coordinator Ron Johnson said interaction between In Dane County, the Community Restorative Courts act as an alternative the victim and offender is a critical part of the justice process. to the judicial system for first-time offenders who are 17 to 25 years old. Courtesy of Ron Johnson Using funds from the Department of Children and Families, Madison has also expanded the reach of its youth peer courts in the past year. Any person between the ages of 12 and 16 who receives a municipal violation may now “opt-in” to one of the restorative justice courts run by the YWCA, Briarpatch or TimeBank. Jonathan Scharrer, director of the Restorative Justice Project through the University of Wisconsin Law School, said restorative justice programs allow crime victims to get many of their lingering questions answered. These types of interactions decrease the victim’s fear toward the offender. “When a serious offense occurs it dramatically impacts people’s lives in a way that is substantially altering from the day that it occurs, really, for the rest of their life,” Scharrer said. In comparison to the traditional system, Scharrer said victims can feel better when given the chance to discuss how their lives may have changed from a crime. Before these discussions, most offenders do not have a full understanding of what their actions caused the victim to experience or how they impacted others in the community.

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A community partnership

About two years ago, the Community Restorative Courts were established in South Madison as a pilot program. Today, the program has spread to not only the entire city of Madison, but to all of Dane County, dealing primarily with charges of simple battery, disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer, theft and community damage to property. Ron Johnson, the coordinator for the program, said originally the charges were part of the pilot launch, but they intend to widen the charges as the program continues to grow. Johnson said Dane County wanted to give the traditional justice system another tool to tackle the same issues through a different lens. “We work with people that have been affected by the crime, the communities that have been affected, to help restore the balance,” Johnson said. When a case is referred to the Community Restorative Courts, Johnson said there are no longer police, courts or a jury involved. The process involves the victim, the offender or respondent, Johnson and a group of community member volunteers called peacemakers, who go through a 16-hour training on restorative justice and policing. Throughout the process, Johnson said the peacemakers speak to the respondent to learn about their background and who they are as a person outside of their case. The peacemakers help determine the proper action, whether that is an apology, community service or alternative assignment. Once completed, all charges and fines are dropped and the respondents are not put in the Circuit Court Access System, which is open to the public. “We discuss not only the case, but who are you and what brought you to this point in your life,” Johnson said.

Preventing a cycle of arrests

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, within three years of release, about two-thirds of offenders were rearrested. Within five years of release about three-quarters of released convicts found themselves back behind bars. Restorative justice programs work to reduce these numbers through victim and offender dialogues and less punitive approaches sentencing for minor offences. Scharrer said restorative justice programs help reduce recidivism and that there is a correlation to reduced crime severity if former participants in the program commit a crime again. To date, there have been more than 60 participants in the Community Restorative Courts program. Only one person did not complete the program and two others chose to pay fines instead of joining the program. Johnson said examining the exact reoffense data of the participants is a 2017 project. “We want to be able to hold the respondent accountable for what they did … but also provide them with support systems that will prevent them from reoffending,” Johnson said.

During the summer, the controversial arrest of Genele Laird at East Towne Mall sparked a renewed conversation on the restorative courts after a video of her arrest went viral. Though her case was originally ineligible, the District Attorney Ismael Ozanne decided to transfer her to the program. Ozanne said for Laird, it gave her a chance to reduce her risk to reoffend. To have her charges fully lifted, she needed to complete all the terms of the program. But Laird’s arrest met criticism from activists like Alix Shabazz, a member of Freedom, Inc., who said Laird’s referral to the restorative justice program was not enough to address unequal treatment of black citizens. Many said Laird shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place.

Expanding the reach of youth courts

According to an internal progress report, 81 percent of people between the ages of 12 and 17 were referred to the Municipal Diversion Program youth courts. Of that 81 percent, 70 percent successfully complete all portions of their agreement. Those who do not must go through the traditional juvenile justice process. Youth courts are unique from other restorative justice methods in that they involve youth of the same age to come up with a plan appropriate to each case. Kris Moelter, a program facilitator and former criminal attorney, said the process requires only minor support from adult coordinators who occasionally step in during the informal proceedings and to offer advice when the young jurors deliberate. The restorative plan for each offender is tailored to meet their specific needs and take advantage of their interests, Moelter said. Lorrie Hurckes, a member of the Dane County TimeBank and a youth court coordinator, said this allows kids to get involved with something positive while also fostering a positive relationship with a member of the community. “If someone is interested in becoming a lawyer they may have to do a bit of mentoring with a lawyer in the TimeBank,” Hurckes said. “If someone is interested in music they might have to do a few music lessons through the TimeBank as one component of their agreement.” A central component of many of these agreements is the community-embedded exchange system created by the TimeBank itself. The nonprofit offers a way for community members to exchange goods and services with each other using service hours instead of money. The system is free and serves to bring community members closer together. The system further entwines the community with peer courts while also incentivizing jurors to take part in the system since they receive hours for hearing cases. Hurckes said the system also benefits from a host of community members and

organizations that are always interested in employing or working with young people. “The idea is you help your community, your community helps you,” Hurckes said. Even though cases the peer courts hear can include charges of stealing, fighting, drug use and vandalism, Moelter said the students and youth she deals with are pretty well-behaved. Often, Moelter said the incidents in question are simply mistakes which any teenager might make and she rarely encounters a student reoffending after an agreement is reached and completed. Moelter, who has worked in restorative justice courts since 1999 in and outside of Dane County, said she is continually impressed by the maturity and insight jurors show. Still, she is working with teenagers, so she said she’s learned to be flexible. “I’m pretty much just there to facilitate … sometimes I can help by asking questions but that’s rare,” Moelter said. While the program has been successful for the most part, the report also outlined several areas for improvement. Not all officers communicate the restorative justice option to offenders when issuing tickets and staffers encountered difficulty contacting youth who went through the process.

Restorative justice and racial equity

Programs such as these also aim to curb the negative impact of the juvenile justice system on communities of color by offering alternatives to traditional punitive sentences. According to Madison Police Department data, 75 percent of the 861 municipal citations issued to those ages 12 to 16 in 2014 were to people of color. In September 2015, Dane County Criminal Justice Workgroups were asked to make recommendations to improve the criminal justice system in a resolution focused on racial disparities and mental health challenges in the jail. One of the suggestions was expanding restorative justice as an alternative to incarceration. Before the report came out, the Wisconsin State Journal found black people were arrested at a rate more than 10 times higher than white people. One of the goals of restorative justice

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is to eliminate racial disparities within the criminal justice system. Scharrer said in restorative justice some of the disparities fade away when people are looked at holistically, through a more complete picture of the person’s background and factors that led to the crime. “When we look at this person in a more complete picture you can help, hopefully help, eliminate some of the implicit bias or some of the bias of the traditional system,” Scharrer said. “Some of those disparities tend to fall away when you look at people as people.”

Photo · Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne transfered Genele Laird’s case to the restorative courts following her high-profile arrest, which sparked protests . Alice Vagun The Badger Herald

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Nasty women did not need your vote: Why I didn’t report my assault Victims continue to be silenced in a world where sexual harrasment allegations are not an obstacle to the White House by Letter to the Editor

Editor’s note: The author of this piece chose to remain anonymous due to the sensitive and personal nature of its content. In 2016 “grab ‘em by the pussy” unfortunately took it’s place as one of the most common phrases in popular culture. Even more disturbing is the phrase’s origin is the lips of the future President of the United States. It is extremely hard to deny rape culture is an integral part of our society’s fabric when the president-elect can say and do things to objectify women and make light of sexual assault. If the person meant to represent my country and its people, along with its morals and values, perpetuates rape culture and victim-blaming, why wouldn’t anyone else? Why wouldn’t I? I was sexually assaulted at the beginning of my sophomore year. As an avid feminist, sexually liberated woman and someone many friends referred to as a “mom,” I never thought it would happen to me, and if it did, I believed I would take the utmost steps to fight back. Instead, until about a month after, I completely denied to myself that I was sexually assaulted in the first place. This is when I realized how deeply I had been influenced by rape culture. Yes, I was drunk. Yes, I thought he was cute. But I said no. I said no when I told him I didn’t want to do anything past kissing because I was on my period, but he pulled out my tampon for me. I said no, but he tried to go inside me, so I offered a condom. It wasn’t until he tried to take the condom off when he finally listened to my no, and left. My first thought the next morning was confusion. Why was I upset when I enjoyed hooking up with guys and partying? Then I looked in the mirror. I saw the bruises all over my body and I knew this was different. I felt violated, but I also thought it was my fault. I danced with him, so I was asking for sexual attention. Objectively, I know these thoughts are pure victim-blaming, but that didn’t stop them from happening. Rape culture is so deeply embedded in to my psyche that I couldn’t see how much it influenced my own thinking. Because of this, for fear of being

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humiliated and blamed, I did not want to report the incident, though the thought was always in my mind. Then came election night. When Donald Trump became president-elect, I was scared and upset for many reasons. I could not, however, stop the feeling of relief when I thought about my decision not to report my sexual assault. Now, even the president wouldn’t take me seriously so why would any part of government, including the court system? A court system with an already shoddy track record, one which sentenced Stanford student Brock Turner to only six months in jail for a rape with hard evidence and two witnesses? It is sickening, but I believe going through a court case would do more harm than good for me, my friends and my family. It wouldn’t be worth the mild punishment for my assailant. I know rape culture exists and it has such Photo · President-elect Donald Trump has faced multiple accusations of assault and misconduct, and came under fire for leaked a strong hold on all of footage of misogynistic remarks, yet somehow none of it made a difference on Nov. 8. us that rapists and sexual assailants never face the Marissa Haegele consequences they deserve, while the victims pay for their The Badger Herald actions. Personally, I felt the only school systems — including the University Sexual assault, rape and rape culture effective way to punish my assailant at the of Wisconsin — and we need parents and education would be much more effective it time while protecting myself and fellow teachers to know how to curtail harmful was more engaging and personal. women was to take action within the rhetoric at young ages so rhetoric doesn’t “Grab ‘em by the pussy” is not fraternity he belonged to. I was able to get turn into belief — which turns to attitude, meaningless locker room talk. It is the him kicked out of the fraternity and start a which turns to action. president’s rhetoric. It is the belief of that conversation about sexual assault within its If the most important adult in America frat boy and of too many others on this members. doesn’t understand rape culture, then adults campus. The court system undoubtedly needs to be are in dire need of education on the topic as All I can hope for now is that something fixed and I hope in the near future reporting well. does change. sexual assaults will be the right choice for Education shouldn’t stop in high school, Change starts with each person. everyone in their personal situation. but needs to continue at the university level, Not being afraid to explain to a friend But fixing the court system will not make including UW, by ramping up efforts like why their comment about women was rape or rape culture go away. Education the Tonight program. harmful or speaking up against hateful will. It is hard to connect to actors on a rhetoric in our own lives will surely but Boys and girls must be taught not to computer screen and actually take the slowly help to educate others and hopefully rape. They must be taught that humans are program seriously, especially when it is stop the epidemic of rape culture. not sexual objects. They must be taught summer time and the quizzes are easily Talking about non-consensually grabbing that victims are not to blame for any acts passed with minimal attention to the someone by the pussy is not funny, committed against them. material. especially when it happens to you. We need better sexual education in our

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Trump’s foreign policy vision is stronger than it appears at first glance Rebuilding relationship with Russia, tearing down ISIS, protecting military budget will be crucial in coming months by John Graber Columnist

My first column for this newspaper, written during election season, was about my concern for American foreign policy with the two candidates provided. In short, I saw former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as incompetent and dishonest because of how she conducted herself at the State Department. When it came to President-elect Donald Trump, lack of experience concerned me. One semester later, I’m hopeful the president-elect will rebuild the military and engage more forcefully than President Barack Obama has in order to protect the American people and our allies. Trump’s campaign rhetoric was contradictory. On one hand, he wanted to be an interventionist when it came to battling ISIS, declaring his generals will have “30 days to submit to the Oval Office, a plan for defeating ISIS.” On the other, he’s sounded isolationist

on topics like NATO, saying the U.S. “can’t afford to do this anymore.” In this election, foreign policy took a backseat as both candidates preferred a more personal, negative approach. That is all behind Trump now. He is going to be the president, like it or not, and here’s what he needs to do. Trump has the ability to soften tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but at the same time he must remember the famous Ronald Reagan quote: “Trust but verify.” It’s no secret Putin wants to expand Russian influence and power at the expense of the U.S. A new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has revealed Putin directly ordered the hacking of the Democratic National Committee, and the Russians clearly preferred a Trump victory. Deal-making with Russia isn’t the problem. President John F. Kennedy made an

imperative agreement that helped avoid global nuclear annihilation in 1962, when the Soviets and Americans pulled missiles out of Cuba and Turkey. In 1987, Reagan signed a treaty with the Soviets that eliminated large swaths of missiles, significantly de-escalating the Cold War. What matters are the details of these deals. Any agreement must ensure some containment of Russian power. When potential agreements arise, Trump must make sure America’s global interests will benefit. The U.S. has an obvious strategic advantage over Russia. The Russian budget is suffering from a widening deficit since they are highly dependent on falling oil prices and the value of the ruble is tumbling. It is easier for America to contain Putin’s influence than for the Russians to contain Trump’s. It’s too early to indicate where treaties and bargaining could start, but the Middle East is on the minds of both countries. Yes, I do think we need to destroy ISIS. Trump has said, very colorfully, that he intends to bomb the enemy more severely than we are now. I applaud him for realizing this immense threat does not fall under traditional limits on military affairs. He is right to ask the Pentagon for a plan to defeat the enemy, but there’s more to war than merely destroying an adversary. The Middle East has many actors involved and Putin has spheres of influence in Syria and Iran. Currently, the U.S. and Russia are balanced in their degree of power in

the region. It is important to maintain this equal power until new opportunities arise that allow for American expansion. Putin’s aggressive foreign policy will keep his allies in power. Trump should counter with bolstering American allies in regions like Israel and Saudi Arabia. That means reversing course from Obama’s Israeli policy, which ended with his decision to not veto Resolution 2334 at the United Nations. The resolution has weakened Israel’s position in the Middle East while Syria has grown stronger. As for Syria itself, the destruction of the city of Aleppo by Russo-Syrian forces is the last chapter of the Obama administration’s failed policy against the tyrannical regime of Bashar al-Assad. Had a Trump administration existed even a year ago, American intervention could have been more fierce in destroying ISIS, supporting our own rebel forces and toppling Assad from his throne. With Assad stronger than ever, the U.S. has to deter him from threatening our interests in the Middle East. As for ISIS, additional American firepower will easily push them out of allied territory. The military will then have be to be vigilant to stop any other insurgencies. Trump’s opponents might attack him for risking a massive budget deficit if he goes on a military spending binge, but that doesn’t have to be the case. The Pentagon has attempted to hide a report that revealed $125 billion in bureaucratic waste over the last five years — its total budget is $580 billion. Trump could slash away Department of Defense waste and use the additional funds to reinvest in the military more efficiently. There’s no reason America can’t stand as the leader of the free world under Trump. It’s up to him to decide whether he wants to keep our country in that role or not. John M. Graber (jgraber3@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in history and political science.

Photo · The president-elect is sure to change the U.S. narrative on Russia, and his promise to protect the military budget should comfort us all. Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald

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MEET THE EDITORIAL BOARD: sPRING 2017

It may be a new year but The Badger Herald Editorial Board’s mission remains the same — we strive to represent the student voice as we weigh in on campus, local and state affairs. If there is a topic that we should cover, or if you’d like to respond to anything we write, drop us an email at edboard@badgerherald.com. Below is this semester’s Editorial Board.

Editor-in-cHIEF: Hayley sperling

O shit, waddup. It’s me, the EIC. But you can just call me Hayley. It’s my sixth semester at the Herald and my second on Editorial Board, and just as I’ve started to figure this whole thing out, I’ll be forced to leave it all behind after graduating this May (lol what?). I come from the land of 10,000 lakes but I’ve been honored to call Madison my home for the past four years. You may have guessed that I study journalism here at the University of Wisconsin, and during the few hours of the day that I’m not at the Herald office, you can find me working at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism or enjoying a long island at Plaza. I’d love to talk with you about mental health issues, social justice, existentialism and any kind of dog. Send me your thoughts at editor@badgerherald.com or slide into my DMs on Twitter, @hksperl.

Editorial board chair: Madeline sweitzer Hi.

I’m a senior majoring in political science, history and journalism. I’m also a bit of an out-oftouch Madison insider ... I mean a veteran, as this will be my sixth semester on Editorial Board and eighth semester at The Badger Herald. (But don’t worry, the Herald swamp will be #drained as I’m – hopefully – graduating in May.) My greatest Herald hits include two semesters as an opinion section editor and a threesemester stint as an at-large member of this board. In addition to part-time opinion shenanigans this semester I was sucked back into full-time Herald life as copy chief. So, for the ~5 minutes a week I’m not at the Herald, in class or working other jobs, you can find me going through a delayed angsty music phase and, inevitably, turning up at Plaza on Long Island Thursdays. As for postgrad life, I’m just not gonna go there … ever. Send or tweet me your favorite meme at msweitzer@badgerherald.com or @mcsweitzer.

Managing editor: emily neinfeldt

Hi, I’m Emily, and this is my fifth semester at the Herald and my first on the Editorial Board. I spent my first two semesters here writing for news, my second two semesters writing for features, before making my way here — as managing editor. I’m a journalism and political science major and graduating in May, or so they say. My passions include looking at pictures of animals on Instagram, informing the student body and procrastinating. I’m interested in social justice issues, politics, racial injustice and women’s rights. If you’d like to chat, email me at eneinfeldt@badgerherald.com or find me on Twitter @emneinfeldt.

Opinion editor: yusra murad

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I’ve spent the majority of this school year incessantly messaging whichever opinion writers have been foolish enough to share their contact information with me and hiding in the Herald bathroom, trying to wash coffee stains off my jeans. I am a glamorous woman. When it comes to this section, I do not play hard-to-get. I want you. I want all of your opinions. So bad. I was drawn to the Herald three semesters ago, and this is my second on the Editorial Board. There is a range of opinion at this school that truly might blow your mind. Even if I wanted to live in the echo chamber I lived in before, it would be impossible — the variety of opinions I’ve been exposed to in my short time here has changed the way I think as I’m sitting in class, the way I look at UW and my general worldview. It’s important to disagree, and disagree often, so I hope you find things to fight me on as we attempt to put back together the broken shards of 2016. Until America can get its shit together — special shoutout @men @whiteppl — I’ll have a lot to write about. So there’s a silver lining. What you want, when you want it: ymurad@ badgerherald.com

Opinion editor: connor touhey

Hello. How ‘bout that ride in, huh? Guess that’s why they call it sin city. ...I’m Connor and this will be my first semester on the Editorial Board, but my fourth semester of writing for the Badger Herald. I hail from the mighty metropolis of Hales Corners, Wisconsin, a small suburb of Milwaukee. I’m currently on track to complete my senior year this spring, with a victory lap still to come. As a student of journalism, strategic communications, political science and history, my focus is primarily on state and national politics, though I am always happy to complain about other areas as well. When I’m not writing and/or editing the opinion section you’ll probably find me quoting obscure movie lines with my weird roommates or planning trips around the world I’ll never actually get to take. If you want to send me an angry email or maybe just say hi, feel free to email me at ctouhey@ badgerherald.com or find me on twitter @Connor_ Touhey

Opinion associate: aly niehans

Hi, I’m Aly Niehans, and this my second semester writing for The Badger Herald, my first writing for the Editorial Board. I spent the previous semester writing for the opinion section about the current mess that is American politics. I was born and raised in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home of Oshkosh B’Gosh children’s clothes and not much else. I spent a year abroad in Denmark, and that year taught me the wonders of public transportation, free healthcare and education and healthy food: all things the U.S. is severely lacking in. I am currently a freshman hoping to double major in international studies and journalism, but, as adults are prone to pointing out, I’m young and indecisive and will probably continue to change my major until UW forces me to stop. If anyone ever wants to chat, recommend music and/or quality TV shows or fund my borderline addiction to online shopping, feel free to shoot me an email at niehans@wisc.edu.

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Wisconsin remains one of the worst places for minorities in the country

For a state whose motto is “forward,” Wisconsin certainly has not made any forward progress in bridging the gap between minorities and white people. With the University of Wisconsin under fire from both students and faculty for internal issues regarding racial inequality, it is easy to lose sight of the state’s battle with a similar problem. According to a COWS report titled “Wisconsin’s Extreme Racial Disparity 2017,” Wisconsin is one of the worst states when it comes to racial equality. Wisconsin ranks near the top in almost every category used to measure inequality: unemployment, median income, educational opportunities and performance and rate of incarceration. For every one white family in Wisconsin living in poverty, five black families fall below the poverty line. White high schoolers in Wisconsin are almost 30 percent more likely to graduate high school than their AfricanAmerican counterparts. The most egregious example of this divide is

Stop trying to make ‘campus carry’ a thing If at first you don’t succeed at enabling the proliferation of guns on college campuses, try, try again. That seems to be the thought process of Wisconsin Republicans when it comes to a proposal, dubbed “campus carry,” that would allow concealed carry of firearms throughout the UW System. After the original bill failed to pass, there’s already been talk of a round two as the next legislative session begins. And this time around the Legislature is an even deeper shade of Republican red (perhaps thanks to that gerrymandered Assembly election map). When the Legislature considered the original bill in 2015, this board opined the idea was dangerous and ignorant of campus shootings across the country. Today, we stand by that assessment – allowing more firearms in an alcohol-infused environment is still as ill-founded an idea as it was one year ago. UW students, administrators and campus law enforcement systemwide have all spoken out against the bill, but it’s unclear whether state government will listen.

found in Wisconsin’s largest city: Milwaukee. Boasting the largest unemployment gap between black and white people in the country, and the second highest income gap, Milwaukee is the epicenter of the race divide plaguing Wisconsin. While the city itself is densely populated by African-Americans and Hispanics, the surrounding suburbs are almost entirely Caucasian. Not only are the unemployment and income gaps staggering, but the blatant segregation, whether conscious or or not, is equally as alarming. Looking ahead, cities such as Milwaukee will need more funds, more resources and more attention to alleviate the societal and economic strain created by the seemingly inescapable, yet ignored racial disparity in Wisconsin. But with a Wisconsin Legislature that boasts a grand total of six black representatives at the helm, it remains unclear whether this longstanding issue, which deserves more attention, will be a priority.

Academic freedom under threat

If you’re still shook by the idea the constructs of whiteness and masculinity can be, and often are, used as weapons, the world is moving on without you to have that discussion. Sorry about that. This spring, University of Wisconsin is offering courses addressing these specific problems, much to the disdain of state senators, faculty and Midwestern dads alike. Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, has called to block such courses at the university, as he considers them nothing but politically correct spew of the “liberal administrators” and further, a “war on men.” What’s more, Rep. Dave Murphy, R-Greenville, also called for the instructor of one course under question to be dismissed from the university. Without even getting into how wrong Nass is when it comes to these issues, his frustration reveals more than just weakness, fear and bigotry. Academic freedom is under serious threat when a university has to fight its own state government to offer completely optional courses.

UW System funding saga continues As the spring semester begins, the UW System’s future is in limbo. 2016 found the UW System in some peril, with the $250 million in budget cuts Gov. Scott Walker initiated taking a toll on every UW campus, including ours. In an interview with The Badger Herald last semester, Chancellor Rebecca Blank linked faculty retention issues and declining academic and research rankings to lower state funding. Just last week in his State of the State address, Walker proposed lowering in-state tuition throughout the UW System, leaving Wisconsin legislators on both sides trying to figure out how lower tuition would be compensated for and how it may affect the System. The simple fact of the matter is that during his tenure, Walker has cut funding to a system badly in need of monetary support. Even when he does seemingly “helpful” things like freezing tuition, he hasn’t come up with a means to pay for it, leaving the System quite literally at a loss. But things have … changed? Walker told reporters he would fund the cut using general purpose revenue and that the System could possibly receive additional funding, albeit through “performance-based measures.” While PBM has a sketchy-at-best track record at improving outcomes, this move is still a far cry from the governor we know and love who doesn’t seem to allocate state funds to well … anything. All things considered, this biennial budget could be a turning point for UW.

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Even more ironic is the very same people losing sleep at night over their perceived threat to freedom of speech – “everyone gets so offended these days!” – are the loudest and proudest proponents of the shutdown of such courses. Academic freedom concludes that any professor should maintain the right to communicate ideas. Warning: you might not like that idea. But if we allow ourselves to lose respect for academic freedom, we threaten the only defense we have against division and ignorance – education. While calling for the professor to be fired, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Murphy stressed he didn’t want to manage the university. In that case, we implore him and Nass to leave it to the professionals and stay out of our classrooms.

Madison’s homeless face mixed bag in city politics Homelessness has been the city of Madison’s white whale for years now – somehow, the problem always manages to fall through the cracks. With a long-awaited day resource center set to open this fall, progress toward ending the chronic problem might actually be near. As exciting as it is that Madison’s homeless population may gain a resource it’s long needed, hesitations still linger as the project, years in the making, has been pushed back before. And even if the shelter opens, it doesn’t mean all of the city’s homelessness problems, stigma among them, will cease to exist – especially with Mayor Paul Soglin in charge. Soglin is no stranger – and not exactly a friend – to the homeless.

Soglin’s overarching philosophy on the homeless seems to be, “If you’re gonna be homeless, be homeless where people will see it.” His greatest hits include trying to ban homeless people from the City-County Building in 2013, proposing a time limit for sitting on benches in 2015 – a measure which earned him this board’s “Get Off my Bench Award” that spring – and trying to ban panhandling. Now, Soglin is back at again – this time reviving an oldie but a goodie as he works to ban sleeping on downtown sidewalks during specified times. As Channel 3000 reported, Soglin claims the measure is not aimed at the homeless but rather is a way to enable city maintenance to clean streets, which are being treated like “dorm room bathrooms.” Soglin proposed the same idea in 2015 and July 2016, and told reporters this month he would continue to reintroduce the ordinance until it passes. So while Soglin may ultimately be the mayor who oversees Madison getting a day shelter, the city’s homeless face lessthan-ideal conditions in more ways than one. January 17, 2017 • badgerherald.com • 21

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For 2017 to truly be a new year, we need to focus on enacting solutions It’s easy to feel hopeless after pushing through 2016, but even smallest acts of empathy will carry us forward by Gwynna Norton Columnist

The natural reaction here is guilt and ‘Tis the season of New Year resolutions, defensiveness, because it’s hard to be change, struggle and growth, and this wrong and feel like you should have done particular year has come with more change something differently. than most. The thing is it’s not really about us. If we In addition to a new year and a new semester, we will shortly have a new focus on making ourselves feel better, we run the risk of taking an easier way out. presidential administration — one that is The desire to reconcile actions with unprecedented and, frankly, disturbing. opinions is strong and too many people As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, many of us are still end up justifying or ignoring injustice because they don’t want to feel guilty. scrambling to figure out what to do and reeling from discovering truths about our Instead let’s try being honest with ourselves. We’re here now, so what can we country we hadn’t noticed before. The realities of systemic inequality and do? Since we obviously can’t solve all the oppression may not have hit home for you — or me — until the people you care about started speaking up and speaking louder, until they told you they were scared or until you got scared. The racist rhetoric, anti-trans legislation, armed anti-Semitic marches, possibility of losing access to healthcare and other discriminatory measures affect and threaten many people. As last year came to a close, “screw 2016” became a slogan for explaining away every small injustice and every great calamity. But it’s no longer 2016. And we cannot let ourselves have another year follow in its footsteps. It’s clear that we need to act, but what’s often less clear is where to start. It’s easy to get discouraged or feel like nothing will be enough. On the other hand, you might expect now that so many people are getting involved, or now that you’re getting involved, there must be some spectacular turning point after which change will come easily. Honestly, I hope so, but the reality is that we’re just now starting to take part in struggles and causes that have been around for many decades. For those of us determined to start to help keep our friends and neighbors safe, there are some hard realities here. Photo · Mending large divides may seem like a daunting task, Things were not fine before. This was just the threshold. This, right now, is how bad it had to get before we did something.

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world’s problems at once, we’ll have to start somewhere. As students, we often don’t have much time or money to spare, and it can be hard to travel for volunteer work or donate to charities. But this community and your fellow students need you. We can look out for each other in small ways every day. You can vocally support marginalized students, walk someone home to protect them from harassment on a night where you’d rather just be rushing back to your own bed, call someone on their racist jokes

— even if that person is a friend — or tell someone you’re there for them and then really follow through when they ask for help. You might be able to give rides, pick up groceries, drop off a package at the post office or help someone get to University Health Services. We can use our libraries and classes to educate ourselves, and join student organizations or attend their workshops to learn and get involved. On a larger scale, we can call our representatives, protest, educate others and join organizations with good causes. It’s certainly intimidating, but the good news is there are people who know what to do. Before we all try to do everything all at once, let’s step back a moment and again think about what we can do, as individuals. Think about what you can do, not what someone else could do. What are your skills and areas of knowledge? What are your limits? Not everyone has the same abilities, and that’s okay. There’s no need to feel guilty about what you can’t do. Sometimes you’re just surviving, and your life and your health are always worth it. Similarly, you can make this easier for others by respecting their needs and limits. Our best chance of getting everyone through whatever comes next is if we all pitch in, and stay conscious of the fact that we’re all just individuals doing what we can. Please don’t give up hope, and don’t let guilt stop you. Stand up for what you believe in while refusing to push others away. Don’t get in fights in the Facebook comments section — instead, gift that frustrating, racist uncle of yours a book you feel he might need. And with our best efforts, 2017 will have a legacy of positive, community-driven but in reality it merely starts with rebuilding relationships with change. those around you.

Nolan Ferlic The Badger Herald

Gwynna Norton (gwynna.norton@ gmail.com) is a senior majoring in math.

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Wilcox departure signals larger problem for UW football Inability to hold on to defensive coordinators could lead to downfall of Wisconsin tradition, change is needed by Ben Cross Sports Editor

For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin football team will enter spring practice with a new defensive coordinator as Justin Wilcox accepted the head coaching job at the University of California-Berkley Friday. Wilcox accepted the five-year deal with Cal after only one year at the helm of the Badger defense, a move that was far from surprising, but will have ramifications deep into the tenure of second-year UW head coach Paul Chryst. Recent Wisconsin football teams are known for their gritty defense that takes in walkon players as freshman and turns them into future NFL standouts. The past two season have been no different as the Badgers finished in the top seven in total defense both years, including a second-place finish in scoring defense in 2015. That identity, however, is now in question as a secondary with more vacancies than consistent starters, the departure of arguably its two best linebackers and the loss of leadership for the second straight year will undoubtedly weigh heavily on the UW defense. For the 14 returning defensive seniors next season, they will have to now answer to their third defensive coordinator in three years. Dave Aranda, who preceded Wilcox as UW’s defensive coordinator, left UW for the defensive coordinator position at Louisiana State University less than 11 months ago, citing money and the promise of SEC football as his reason for departure. While UW will never be able to control the allure of a large SEC school or a promotion to head coach in the PAC-12, the question going forward will be whether the school can manage to hold on to a defensive coordinator for even a single recruiting class. UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez has frequently said he believes the head coach should yield most of the power over the team and has demonstrated that over the years through not just delegation of authority, but salary. While Chryst ranks 43rd in highest paid head coaches at $2.7 million a year, Wilcox ranked a measly 100th in highest paid assistants at $500,000 a year, 36 spots behind Joe Rudolph, Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator, who rakes in $574,800 a year. What’s most shocking about those salaries, however, is the stark differences in production between the offensive and defensive side of the ball for the Badgers,

especially when considering Chryst is one of the few coaches in college football who calls offensive plays. The Badgers ranked 89th nationally in total offense this season, and even though Wisconsin is know for the slow, time-crunching run style offense, it was the defense that lead to Wisconsin’s signature wins this season. Outside of the immediate future for a Wisconsin squad currently ranked No. 9 in ESPN’s Way Too Early College Football Rankings for 2017, the problem of undervaluing the defensive coordinator position could start to deteriorate the reputation of the Badger defense and mark a significant downturn in the program. With signing day less than three weeks away, another vacancy at the defensive coordinator position could cause Wisconsin’s already 38th-ranked recruiting class to plummet as defensive recruits begin to question their commitment. Snagging Wilcox last offseason was seen as an unexpected but welcome surprise for the Badgers as he had just served a relatively successful stint in the same position at the University of Southern California. Now Alvarez and Chryst must hit the grindstone again to find a replacement who can develop a new group of Badger defenders, before the senior leadership of the old ones slips away. A potential solution lies in Alvarez’s tendency to hire within the program throughout his 12 years as athletic director. With the news of Wilcox’s departure still in its raw stages, no big outside coaching names have been rumored for the position, but a few inside names including defensive back’s coach Jim Leonhard and outside linebacker’s coach Tim Tibesar are at the top of the list. If Alvarez continues his stance on paying assistants on the lower end of the spectrum in the national picture, then hiring internally could be the answer to the potential downfall of the tough Badger tradition. Leonhard and Tibesar are unproven as big-time assistants, but have been around the program long enough to be able to replicate some of the recent defensive success and remove the worry of variability in an outside hire. Regardless of who Alvarez hires for the position in the coming months, the defensive players will once again be asked to be the vocal leaders on a tough Badger front. Even without Wilcox, the defense enters spring practice as the focal point of the Wisconsin team.

Photo · With signing day less than three weeks away, another vacancy at the defensive coordinator position could cause Wisconsin’s already 38th-ranked recruiting class to plummet Jason Chan The Badger Herald

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Wisconsin has made NCAA Tournament 17 consecutive years, 2016-17 season could be eighteenth by David Hayes Sports Editor

With four conference games down and 14 more to go, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team is sitting at No. 17 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten. The Badgers (14-3, 3-1 Big Ten) are off to a solid 3-1 conference start in the chase for the Big Ten regular season title and a halfgame back from No. 25 University of Maryland at the top of the standings. While four games out of an 18-game test is a rather juvenile progress report, establishing consistency through the first handful of challenges can set the tone for an entire conference slate to come. At this point last season, Wisconsin was 1-4 and found itself looking up from the bottom of the Big Ten table as questions continued to flurry around Greg Gard and his abrupt integration into the team as head coach following Bo Ryan’s departure. Despite his team’s rocky start last year, the Badgers rallied to a 12-6 conference finish, complemented by a Sweet 16 run and Gard has done a phenomenal job translating that late season momentum into this year’s start.

Leading performers

Wisconsin has developed a strong balance in both scoring threats and production on the court this season. Unlike many

other teams that run offensive schemes through a key scorer or star shooter, the Badgers boast a different leader in all three of the major statistical categories. Senior guard Bronson Koenig is the team’s leading scorer with 14.4 points per game, while redshirt freshman forward Ethan Happ leads Wisconsin in rebounding with 9.2 boards per game. Happ also averages 12.9 points per game thanks to a dual threat relationship in the paint with senior forward Nigel Hayes, whose 3.2 assists per game are the most by any Badger this season.

Areas of dire improvement

So far, all three of Wisconsin’s losses have come to teams ranked in the Top 25 both at the time of the matchup and in the latest Week 11 AP Poll. The trio is comprised of No. 9 University of North Carolina (16-3), No. 7 Creighton University (17-1) and No. 21 Purdue University (14-4, 3-2 ACC). While this seem to be a perfect excuse for their lone three faults, there are two ways to process these results. One interpretation is Wisconsin is in great shape considering all three of the Badgers’ losses have come to competitive, and perhaps favored teams. Another is the losses are an ominous gravestone that marks a futile tournament exit at the first sign of top 25 talent come March.

It’s easy to pawn off Wisconsin’s blemishes to strength of schedule, but if UW can’t compete with Sweet 16 or debatably Elite 8 talent, then it’s going to be impossible to reach those heights.

Key remaining games

The Badgers already pocketed a quality win against then-No. 25 University of Indiana on the road in Bloomington in early January, but UW also dropped a key game to Purdue. With only one clash with the Boilermakers on the schedule, a head-to-head loss may come back to haunt Wisconsin at the end of the season. With the surprising emergence of the University of Minnesota (15-4, 3-3 Big Ten) this year, expect both matchups with the Golden Gophers to be tough ones down the stretch, especially the March 5 clash in Madison in the final game of the season. UW’s first game against Minnesota is this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. in Minneapolis. Similar to its scheduling against Purdue, Wisconsin has only one shot at current conference leader Maryland (16-2, 4-1 Big Ten) this year, which is set for Feb. 19 in the Kohl Center. Assuming junior star guard Melo Trimble and the Terrapins continue their hot start through the next month, February’s meeting could showcase the deciding factor between No. 1 and No. 2 in the standings come March.

Photo · Ethan Happ’s 9.2 rebounds per game have been an key source of second-chance points. Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald

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Freshman D’Mitrik Trice’s success at UW thanks to confidence First year point guard’s path wasn’t smooth, but is paying off for coaches, player now by Chris Bumbaca Senior Sports Writer

If he could lead an offense of 11 guys on a football field with ease, University of Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard thought, then he can definitely command an offense on a basketball court even better. The quarterback in question here is D’Mitrik Trice, the freshman point guard for the Badgers, who has translated

his preps success on the gridiron and hardwood to a solid first season in Madison. Obviously, Gard and the rest of his staff saw significant basketball promise in Trice, but his complete athletic background made him all the more appealing. “He was a really good high school quarterback,” Gard said. “He knows how to lead. He asks the right questions. I thought he’d be a good player here. To have the impact he’s had this soon …” Gard’s voice trailed off — perhaps he

couldn’t believe this so-called diamond in the rough is already panning out for him. Trice has played in all 17 games for UW, averaging 6.3 points per game. He is shooting 54.1 percent from three (20 for 37) and his assist-to-turnover ratio is nearly 2-to-1. If it seems Trice appeared out of nowhere, he basically did. Trice signed with the Badgers late in the recruiting class for 2016, having completed a year of postgrad at IMG Academy in

Florida. Before that, he was a two-sport standout at Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio. There, his father, Travis Sr., was his basketball coach. But scholarship offers were far and few between, and Trice felt under-recruited. “I just stuck with the game plan, the process, trusted it,” Trice said. “I talked to my dad all the time, my older brother, prayed about it. I just trusted that God had it in his hands and I’m here now.” The older brother Trice confided in – Travis Trice – should sound familiar to Wisconsin basketball fans. Travis Trice led Michigan State to the 2015 Final Four before losing to Duke, which defeated the Badgers in the national title game two nights later. After going underrated, Travis Trice ventured overseas to pursue professional basketball and now plays for Cairns Taipans in Australia. Travis Sr. developed a relationship with Gard and UW during the recruitment process for his eldest son. So when Wisconsin came knocking for D’Mitrik, a certain comfort level had already been established, which was important in pushing D’Mitrik toward Madison. “I take my dad’s words very wisely and him saying that Coach Gard is a great guy and a great coach, and he knows that I’d fit in well here, really helped my decision to come here,” Trice said. Before UW, though, Trice said the year at IMG helped him on and off the court. He learned to operate like a college student, juggling a full class in addition to practices and games. “That was as close to as college as you can get,” Trice said. His time at IMG also allowed him to improve his quickness and add bulk to his 6-foot, 178-pound frame. Now, Trice has the confidence to compete against players at the collegiate level even in his first season of college ball. That confidence comes from a variety of places, Trice said, like the encouragement of his father and brother, but also from within himself. Gard and the rest of the UW staff have noticed, much to their delight. “He just makes everyone around him better,” Gard said. “He does what good point guards should do: make people around you better … He makes his coach happy.”

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