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

Thursday 9/29 Ben Folds — Night 1 at the Majestic Theatre, 9 p.m., $45 Troker at Madison World Music Festival at Memorial Union, 9 p.m., FREE

Tuesday 9/27 Fall 2016 Public Service Fair at Varsity Hall, 3 p.m., FREE

Wednesday 9/28 La cineteca italiana at L196 Education Building , 7 p.m., FREE

Thursday 9/29 Ben Folds — Night 1 at the Majestic Theatre, 9 p.m., $45

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‘Ghostbusters’ at the Marquee, 8:30 p.m., FREE

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Saturday 10/1 ‘Ghostbusters’ at the Marquee, 8:30 p.m., FREE The Artistry of Innovation: WARF Patent Drawings Through Time at Gallery 1308, all day, FREE

Ziggy Marley at the Barrymore Theatre, 8 p.m., $42.50

Sunday 10/2 ‘Comedy of Errors’ at the American Players Theatre, 6 p.m., $51 Photo courtesy of Malia James

Saturday 10/1 Ziggy Marley at the Barrymore Theatre, 8 p.m., $42.50 Jack and the Coax w/ Slow Pulp at the Terrace, 9 p.m., FREE

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Monday 10/3 Gin Mill Hollow at Up North Pub, 7 p.m., FREE

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MPD applications drop amid increasing police-community tension As 59th recruiting class is sworn in, department faces four-year low in applicants, public confidence in law enforcement also waning

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Only a few days into her internship with the Madison Police Department last year, Samantha Triny right away could sense their deep commitment to the community. As part of her criminal justice certificate program, the University of Wisconsin alumna was required to do an internship in the criminal justice field. She said she knew nothing about policing, but read peer reviews of internships with MPD and decided to explore one. “I fell in love with getting out in the community, meeting people and helping and talking to them on their worst days,” Triny said. “I felt like I could make a difference.” Triny is one of 23 MPD recruits who were sworn into the academy Sept. 12. Over the next six months, the 59th recruiting class will be trained to become full-fledged police officers. Now, two weeks into recruitment training, the current MPD recruit said she was surprised and impressed that everyone around her knew people in the community by their first names. Triny said she is excited to change the view the community has toward police. Despite excited recruits like Triny, applications for MPD were at a four-year low in 2016. Sgt. Tim Patton, MPD’s recruiting coordinator, said recent tensions between police and the community may have contributed to the overall drop in applications that MPD has experienced. Typically on the low end, the department sees a minimum of 500 applications per year, Patton said. On the high end, historical data has shown nearly 1,600 applications coming in. Since 2012, the number of applications has dropped more than 50 percent. That year, the department received 1,508 applications. Four years later in 2016, that number has dropped to 673. While part of the drop can be attributed to an improved economy since MPD is competing with an active job market for applicants, Patton also recognizes the current climate in the country as a potential factor. He said “non-traditional candidates,” who may already have established careers in other fields, are less likely to explore a career at MPD. “Recent calls for criminal justice reform, the significant attention to

policing and policing relationships — specifically with communities of color — may have an impact on the hiring of nontraditional candidates,” Patton said. Additionally, public confidence in police is dropping to its lowest level in nearly 22 years. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, only 52 percent of Americans have expressed either a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in police. Unsurprisingly, the amount of confidence varied between white and black citizens. UW sociology professor Pamela Oliver said this distrust is likely tied to officer-involved shootings of unarmed people. Oliver argued there have been longstanding patterns of aggressive and coercive policing in communities of color and distrust in the police among those particular communities isn’t something new. “Surveys 20 to 30 years ago showed distrust in the police as well, but recent news coverage of police killing unarmed people certainly reduces confidence in police and impacts the perception of police,” Oliver said. Many people are thinking twice about becoming a police officer as there is a growing potential to be charged for misconduct or use of excessive force for acting in a way they thought was appropriate in the given circumstance, Patton said. For Triny, however, instances like those have only motivated her to use her to join the force to change the view toward police. Using her communication skills effectively, she said, is important in deescalating certain situations and upholding a level of transparency with the community. But despite the drops in both application numbers and confidence in police,

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Patton said MPD is looking for candidates who have a desire to serve the community — not police it. “We want people with strong communicational, relational skills and that are service-oriented people that are ready to contribute to bettering the quality of life,” Patton said. Most importantly, Patton added, MPD is looking for a track record of engagement. Whether it being involved in one’s neighborhood or on campus, he said MPD values those willing to work inside and outside of their eight hours. Similarly, Triny said she hopes to use her experiences from UW to foster relationships with the community during her time at MPD. “Everyone works hard to keep it a positive atmosphere,” Triny said. “I hope to use my communications skills effectively so [the community and police] can be on the same level and understand each other.”

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Badger Advocates looks to bridge gap between university, Legislature Group of influential alumni seeks to increase UW’s financial stability, autonomy, provide political representation for staff, faculty by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

“Once a badger, always a badger” — that is the motto that pushed a small group of University of Wisconsin alumni to take issues affecting their alma mater into their own hands. More than 14 of these alumni in 2011 founded Badger Advocates, an independent group of politically active alumni that aims to inspire more stakeholders to participate in UW matters. Specifically, they hope to increase UW’s financial stability and give UW more autonomy. “We aim to be political advocates for the university,” Matt Kussow, executive director of Badger Advocates, said. “We are not connected to the alumni association or the chancellor but hope to benefit them

with our work.” Badger Advocates consists of UW graduates who have already made their mark in the world, such as those who have become highly successful working in government affairs and lobbying, as well as members from the corporate world. Members of Badger Advocates use their experience and clout to influence decisions affecting UW, which they hope will affect real change, Kussow said. Because of the group’s relatively new status in the community, Kussow said several aspects of Badger Advocates are still being developed, but that has not inhibited them from pushing for change. To make a difference, Kussow said Badger Advocates will continue to engage in lobbying efforts on different political levels. This involves directly interacting with lawmakers and the Wisconsin State Legislature as a whole.

Kussow said it is important that people understand the profound impact UW has on Wisconsin’s economy and overall financial well-being. “[The alumni] developed a deep understanding of not only Wisconsin’s economy, but the role UW plays in that economy,” Kussow said. “It is important for that story to be told.” Kussow said the Legislature tends to focus on more controversial issues and the “hot topics of the day,” like the biennial budget. This often makes them overlook more subtle topics, such as student participation and equity, that also have a significant impact on UW. Badger Advocates looks to bridge this gap and ensure lawmakers pay equal attention to all types of issues. Currently, Badger Advocates is preparing to lobby during the 2017-19 budget discussions that begin in January,

Kussow said. Badger Advocates also intends to be a secondary voice for UW’s administration. Kussow said the group wants to engage in conversations with Wisconsin’s political system that might be difficult for administration to have. Moreover, Badger Advocates looks to give a more “organized outlet” to faculty and staff to participate in the political process. Moving forward, Kussow said Badger Advocates also wants to work with students. He said there are many students who are aware of what is happening at the Capitol and want to participate. “A lot of times people say, ‘What can I do?’ and hopefully Badger Advocates is an organization that can provide them with opportunities to get involved in the political debate and overall welfare of the university,” Kussow said.

UW launches first OBGYN rural residency program in nation

One third of Wisconsin’s counties do not have active practitioners, School of Medicine and Public Health hopes to fill this gap by Cadence Bambenek Campus Editor

One third of Wisconsin’s 72 counties are without a practicing obstetrician or gynecologist — a figure that predominantly affects the state’s rural areas. It is a gap that the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is looking to fill beginning this November, when they will start interviewing medical students for the nation’s first-ever rural obstetrics and gynecology residency program. When interviews are complete, one student will be chosen for the program, where they will spend two-month blocks of time at rural training sites for six months per year. Given that UW’s six-student obstetrics and gynecology residency program has never had a rural resident, it represents a big step for the program. Dr. Brenda Jenkin of Divine Savior Healthcare in Portage, Wisconsin, who will be one of the physicians ultimately working with the medical students, said rural residency programs are key to helping medical students envision themselves working in a rural area down the road. “When residents do their residency, they’re in these urban [settings],” Jenkin said. “So, that’s what they’re familiar with. And for the most part they don’t get a chance to work in a rural community, so it’s kind of scary to think about

how different it is to work in a rural community.” The use of rural residency programs to supply rural areas with trained physicians is not new. But UW Obstetrics and Gynecology educational program manager John Street said the creation of a rural program dedicated to training OBGYN medical students in Wisconsin’s rural areas could be the first step in creating a pipeline for the shortage of OBGYN practitioners in rural areas across the country. If the shortage could be alleviated, it would mean a much-needed improvement in the lives of rural women. Currently, without obstetricians and gynecologists in rural areas, clinics must either place many of the OBGYN’s responsibilities, such as maternity care, birthing babies and C-sections onto the family doctor, or refer patients elsewhere. Jenkin said clinics also sometimes have limits on the types of patients they can accept, meaning they might not be able to take care of a higher risk patient. “The rural environments are underserved,” Jenkin said. “In lots of places the family medical doctors are doing deliveries and the general surgeons are doing the C-sections.” Street warned that requiring patients to travel long distances to access health is a formidable obstacle for them to receive the appropriate care on time, which can result in serious health problems.

But Street said this program is about more than just accessibility to OBGYN practitioners. For many of these rural hospitals and clinics across the country, practicing obstetricians and gynecologists would help generate revenue to keep the hospital and clinic doors open. Because of their success in establishing this new residency, which requires administrative approval and additional funding to pay the resident’s salary and education, Street said other residency programs interested in establishing a similar initiative have already started to reach out. It is this kind of interest, he said, that he hopes will inspire other residency programs across the country to establish their own rural residency programs. To increase awareness about the opportunity they are pushing the idea through major medical publications and conferences around the country. “We’re just really excited about the possibilities,”

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Street said. “We think that by being the first, we’ll help generate more interest in the topic and create a pipeline that will supply obstetricians and gynecologists in rural areas across the country. And with the projected physician shortage in the next couple of decades, it’s something that has to be addressed now.”

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Men’s Project encourages dialogue about masculinity, gendered issues

Six week program provides male students with opportunity to discuss emotional expression, stereotypes, relationship with feminism by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

When Ashley Viager was hired as a University of Wisconsin’s seminar coordinator in 2015, she realized something was missing: an outlet for men to talk about how gendered experiences shape their everyday lives. Viager, co-chair of the broader UW initiative Men and Masculinities, introduced the Men’s Project, a registered student organization that provides a forum for discussing masculinity, in fall 2015 to fill this need. Viager initially developed the project when she worked at Washington University in St. Louis then brought the program to UW. Viager leads the Men’s Project with her husband Robert, the other cochair. “When we came here we noticed there was a gap, and we wanted to be able to provide opportunity for this type of learning and engagement,” Viager said. The Men’s Project provides a space for any male identifying students to talk about gender stereotypes, emotional expression, feminism, gender-based violence and other issues, Viager said. Every semester the Men’s Project hosts two separate groups of men that meet for one retreat and six weekly sessions. Each cohort has 10 to 15 students and is facilitated by two faculty or staff members, Viager said. The program kicks off with an overnight

retreat to build a platform of trust that the cohorts continue to build on throughout the six-week project, Viager said. For many, this is the first time they are diving into their own definition of masculinity, and they have to trust others to support them, Viager said. Senior Dominic Ricci is one of the first members of the project, and he said the Men’s Project allowed him to be comfortable in his own skin while allowing him to define his own masculinity. “Masculinity is very broad, but you never get to have the conversation of masculinity with your friends,” Ricci said. “There is an emotional want to share with peers.” One of the major issues the cohorts discuss are the characteristics and actions that define men in American society, Ricci said. In media, there is a pattern of strong male characters who are violent, entitled, heterosexual, overconfident and ladies’ men, Ricci said. Men who don’t have those popular characteristics are typically the people who are marginalized and bullied, Ricci said. Adam Piasek, a fifth year senior at UW and one of the first members of the Men’s Project, said he was relieved to find other men who don’t relate to the normalized male gender stereotype. “I was starting to feel out of place with other men that were acting in ways I felt were inappropriate,” Piasek said. “Seeing guys actively hitting on girls at parties and bars, and girls being visibly uncomfortable and guys not picking up on that bothered me.”

One of the topics they focus on in their weekly sections is gender-based violence, power and privilege, Viager said. Aggressive acts of violence and power from men often stem from the image of men in movies like “Fight Club,” Piasek said. Male viewers forget those are fictional characters and not true representations of Photo · The Men’s Project looks to push beyond stereotypical masculinity, Piasek said. representations of men in media. Ricci said the biggest problem men have is they don’t Courtesy of Ashley Viager have an outlet to express their emotions, so they remain bottled up. Discouraging emotional women as well. Similar to how men are expression can lead to mental health issues and misrepresented in the media, women are potentially violent activities, he added. objectified and hyper-sexualized, Ricci said. “As a man, the only emotion I feel I can show By acknowledging this fact and empathizing is anger and happiness, but I can’t be sad or with women, men can better understand the depressed,” Ricci said. issues women deal with, as well as feminism Ricci said this could be why 98 percent of mass as a whole. Piasek said this sort of empathy is shooters are men and why men are 3.5 times necessary to foster understanding. more likely to commit suicide than women. “I want men to know that it is not just okay Providing a space that allows for vulnerable to be open, emotional and vulnerable, but it is discussions not only helps men better address essential to a happy life,” Piasek said. “Once you some of these issues, but it also advances gender are able to open up and start living with emotion, equity and social justice, Viager said. life becomes a beautiful thing, and the Men’s Ricci said it is important for men to Project is an incredible an avenue to get there.” understand how gender stereotypes impact

Faith-based program aims to heal racial disparities in Dane County Joseph Project, founded by one of Ron Johnson’s staff members, helps minorities find better employment opportunities by Nicole Ki Contributor

A local church on Madison’s east side will serve as a new site to improve racial disparities in Dane County through a faithbased employment program. The Joseph Project, which began in Milwaukee last year and will debut in Madison next month, is geared toward helping people find job opportunities in Wisconsin. The Joseph Project’s mission is to connect those in need of jobs with opportunities provided by local businesses in Wisconsin. The one-week program provides training classes including spiritual fitness, conflict resolution, stress management, goal setting, mock interviews and financial management to help equip its attendees with adequate skills to attain stable jobs.

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The project, founded at Milwaukee’s Greater Praise Church of God in Christ, was created under the leadership of Pastor Jerome Smith and Orlando Owens, a staffer working for Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to address unemployment and underemployment among people of color. Smith said the Joseph Project was first created in Milwaukee to employ those in need. In an effort to expand the impact of the Joseph Project outside of Milwaukee, Owens said they chose Madison to hold the employment program because of the prevalent racial disparities seen in the community. “The Madison area has one of the highest percentages of African Americans unemployed,” Owens said. “It mirrors Milwaukee in the sense that it has high levels of poverty and unemployment.” An emphasis on faith is an integral part of the program. Smith said the spiritual fitness class teaches people how they should conduct

themselves based on biblical principles, utilizing excerpts from the bible to support their curriculum. But the intersection of religion and social services can be complicated, Shawn Peters, University of Wisconsin lecturer in religion and law, said. Religious organizations that provide social services are important because sometimes they are able to provide social services when the government cannot, Peters said. But in doing so, separation between church and state is weakened. “It’s a hard ethical issue because on the one hand you want to help people, but on the other hand you don’t want to mess up the establishment clause in the First Amendment,” Peters said. “Controversies like this involve a balance between the needs of the people versus what the constitutional traditions are.” Smith, however, is optimistic about the future of the Joseph Project.

Though it is only one year old, the Joseph Project has already brought many jobs to people who have enrolled and completed the program. Out of the 140 people who have taken the class, 80 of them have gotten jobs and 30 are in the process of interviewing for positions, Smith said. “To see that 90 percent of the people that come through our door are black males who possibly have some criminal background are working, paying child support, paying rent and are able to buy books for their children — the impact is tremendous,” Owens said. Moving forward, Smith hopes to expand the Joseph Project in Wisconsin and to other states as well. Classes for the Joseph Project will be provided at Capital City Sanctuary Church of God under the leadership of superintendent Raymond Davis. Classes are slated to begin Oct. 3.

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Former UW football player quit game to start his own tech business

Hacknvest provides companies with website, app development in exchange for percentage of revenue, invests money in stock market by Gabby Ortiz

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Most people would think playing football at the college level is the epitome of athletic success, but Fred Willis knew he belonged somewhere else. Willis, a former University of Wisconsin football player, hung up his jersey in 2012 after realizing that playing football was not his true calling. Now 23, Willis is the CEO of his own web development and financial investing company, Hacknvest. Hacknvest, which was launched in June, is a company that creates software for other businesses in exchange for a percentage of their revenue, Willis said. Hacknvest then takes those funds to invest in Hacknvest itself or the stock market. But the path to starting his own company wasn’t always clear. Willis attended a private high school in Brookfield, Wisconsin, where he didn’t start playing sports until his junior year. By his senior year, Division I colleges and universities across the country were recruiting him to play football. Though the sports world was something completely new for Willis, he understood that the opportunity was huge. He decided he wanted to continue a sports career as a Wisconsin Badger football player. “I had been doing this just for fun as something I did after class, so when I got there I realized this was more of job,” Willis said.

But Willis began questioning his football career after sustaining multiple injuries, all while his teammates were dealing with concussions. Willis remembers a personal turning point when one of his coaches gave a pep talk in the locker room before the season opener against Nebraska. “He was basically saying everybody in the room had been waiting their entire life for this moment, and I was just thinking about how I wanted to go home and get some food and relax,” Willis said. In that moment, Willis said he saw how much more seriously everyone else in the room reacted to the coach’s words. After that Willis decided to quit and give up his spot to someone who would appreciate the opportunity more than he did. “It was really easy for me to walk away as opposed to someone who had devoted their life to football [for] the past fifteen years,” Willis said. After quitting, Willis returned to the math, science and computer programming skills he learned at a summer camp when he was in middle school. The technical knowledge he gained when he was younger provided him with a passion to teach himself even more about technology and computer programming — a platform from which he built Hacknvest a year ago. Willis knew he wanted to be his own boss from a young age. He said he loves making his own schedule and having reign over his business

ventures. “I’ve never really liked the idea of working for or being under the authority of anyone,” Willis said. “So I knew that whatever I ended up doing had to be my own business.” Willis spent time in what he calls his “free vaulting,” where he dug into everything he found interesting at one point in time. This ranged from small interests to big interests, Willis said. Willis researched each field of interest to get a grasp on their professional and personal lifestyle. Eventually, Willis came across programming and investing. These two loves of his sparked the idea for his startup company, Hacknvest. “Hack comes first because we sell our software first,” Willis said, “And ‘nvest’ because you need money to make money.” Willis not only creates software for other companies, but also for anyone on his team who comes up with an inventive idea. Willis said Hacknvest differs from many software companies in that it does not specialize in one product but many, depending on the client. “Ultimately, I would love to be able to invest in other people’s ideas, travel and see other inventions around the world,” Willis said. “My kind of dream is to help people out and travel.” Willis and his team are always looking for new ideas. Anyone with a cool idea for web development or anyone looking to form a partnership can fill out a form on Hacknvest’s website to become involved.

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Mechanical engineering department home to revolutionary technology ROBONANO can cut in three dimensions with nanometer precision, has potential to change future of advanced manufacturing by Cadence Bambenek Campus Editor

The College of Engineering is now home to a machine that could represent the future of advanced manufacturing. The first of its kind in North America, the ROBONANO α-0iB is on a multi-year loan from a Japanese manufacturer to the laboratory of University of Wisconsin mechanical engineering professor Sangkee Min. Capable of cutting in three dimensions with nanometer precision, the ROBONANO provides Min’s laboratory with the opportunity to better understand how to cut at an ultra-precision level. They also intend to research how this advanced manufacturing method can potentially improve manufacturing for everything from toys to smart phones. “[We want to] try to understand actually what happens during the cutting at the ultra

precision level,” Min said, adding that a lot of theories at the conventional level of machining don’t work at the ultra precision level. To begin, Min and his lab work with synthetic sapphire, a material that could be useful for tablet and smartphone screens. Lijing Yang, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student in Min’s lab, said synthetic sapphire’s brittle nature makes it difficult to manufacture using conventional machines. Yang came to the UW from China for her graduate studies to work with synthetic sapphire for her research project. She said the chance to work with a ROBONANO, a technology entirely new in the United States, is what initially drew her to study in Wisconsin at Min’s lab. But Min’s lab is hoping to use the ROBONANO to tap into a more pliable version of synthetic sapphire, as it is capable of cutting about 100 times more precisely at the nanoscale than most of today’s advanced manufacturing machines.

According to Min, this is because many materials have different properties at the nanoscale, making them an entirely new type of object to work with. Min’s team will also be researching the ROBONANO’s ability to cut emerging materials. There are three classifications of emerging materials, Min said. The first are those synthesized in the lab. The second are materials that were not considered engineering materials because they historically have not been abundant enough, cheap enough or easily manufactured to make them a viable material for production. The third classification, which Min is most interested in, includes materials that are currently used in manufacturing, but that could benefit from advanced technology like ROBONANO. This may give these materials a second life through more precise machining. To illustrate this idea, Min pointed to Apple’s application of aluminum. Aluminum

was already a metal used in manufacturing, but Apple transformed its use as a metal body for computers — something that had never been done before. Before, computer bodies had always been made through injection molding, so other computer manufacturers built computer bodies from plastic. By using the ROBONANO to study properties of synthetic sapphire and emerging materials, Min hopes the use of existing materials can be expanded into other industries, similarly to Apple’s innovative use of aluminum in an industry where only plastic had been used before. “If some of the other manufacturing processes can create the same kind of the features that the other industries can generate right now, and with a different process which can handle different types of materials, then that opens up new opportunities,” Min said. “Something that wasn’t possible becomes possible.” September 27, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 9

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Fair Indigo brings environmentally sustainable clothing to Madison

Local company wins Green America’s People & Planet Award for their work in supporting fair wages, socially responsible initiatives by Maija Inveiss City Editor

Fair Indigo, a local clothing company located in Madison, was recently recognized nationally for its leadership in creating clothing through environmentally and socially sustainable initiatives. It was one of three national companies to win the Green America’s People & Planet Award, which is given to companies for their work in making the economy sustainable. With the award, Fair Indigo will receive $5,000. Robert Behnke, president and co-founder of Fair Indigo, said he originally got the idea for the business before fair trade was something people discussed. When Behnke was working in mainstream apparel, he went to Thailand as part of sourcing trips for his job. He said he went to a sweater factory and noticed a huge disconnect between the country itself and the product they were making. “We are in Thailand, a really tropical, hot

country and people are making sweaters,” Behnke said. “There’s thousands of people halfway around the world wearing these sweaters who will have never known where they came from, who made them, how they came into existence or the story behind them.” Fair Indigo uses a fair trade model that focuses on providing workers with fair wages and customers with sustainably-sourced products. Behnke said almost all of their clothing is made in Peru where the company works with small businesses and worker-owned cooperatives. With their prize money, Behnke said Fair Indigo plans to create mini-documentary style viral videos to connect consumers with the clothing creation process, focusing on the farmers and workers who actually make the clothes. To create their clothing, Fair Indigo uses organic pima cotton grown on small family farms and Oeko-tex certified dyes that are deemed safe for human skin contact. In addition to environmentally friendly

production processes, another way to promote sustainability in the clothing industry is by reducing consumption and changing consumer attitudes toward clothing purchases, Majid Sarmadi, Rothermel-Bascom Professor at the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin, said. Sarmadi said closets are bursting with items because people buy so many clothing items. To create clothing, each garment requires a lot of water. According to National Geographic, creating a single cotton t-shirt requires 766 gallons of water. Sarmadi said people can help the environment by reducing consumption, which consequentially reduces the amount of water used. “Any t-shirt that you don’t purchase, you save 766 gallons of water,” Sarmadi said. “Any one single t-shirt that you don’t buy if you don’t need it, you are helping the environment.” Behnke said as a way to reduce the amount of water used to grow the cotton for clothing, the family farms in Peru try to use

natural irrigation techniques from the Andes Mountains through melted snow. Still, natural products like cotton often require more electricity due to an increased amount of pressing or ironing, Sarmadi said. Additionally, the dyes used to make the clothing are often sent into streams and rivers, contaminating groundwater. Sarmadi said there are a lot of issues to discuss when deciding whether something is good or bad in terms of sustainability. Either way, Fair Indigo hopes to achieve social and environmental sustainability by focusing on reducing their environmental impact and providing workers with a fair wage. Behnke said Fair Indigo is also trying to create a bigger market for their sustainable products to reduce commercial manufacturing. “The thing that we do everyday is say to ourselves, instead of selling 1000 t-shirts, how can we sell 2000 t-shirts,” Behnke said. “For every organic t-shirt we sell, that means there might be one conventional one that wasn’t sold.”

Rec Sports’ renovations progress toward final designs of SERF, Nat Projects will result in $108 hike to segregated fees, SERF to be demolished, new building expected to expand space by nearly 50,000 sq. ft. by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin’s Division of Recreational Sports is moving on to the next stage of its renovations of the Natatorium and SERF after students in 2014 voted overwhelmingly in favor of having more open, spacious and eco-friendly recreational facilities. The changes are part of UW’s Master Plan, which involves the demolition of the SERF and the remodeling of the Nat, as well as updates to other facilities around campus. The renovations to the exercise facilities will primarily be funded through student segregated fees.

The major changes

Recreation Sports Director John Horn said phase one of the Master Plan is renovating the near-west playing field directly west of the Nat, which will be completed sometime in November. The other part of phase one is finishing the schematic design of the SERF. Horn said Rec Sports initially looked into expanding the current facility instead of tearing it down, but redesigning it from the beginning was actually the most cost effective option. “We researched all sorts of models over the last few years, but when it came back, the best option and most affordable one was actually to demolish the entire facility and reconstruct it,” Horn said. By the time they are finishing up the design for the SERF, they will begin the design process for the Nat sometime next spring, Horn said. 10 • badgerherald.com • September 27, 2016

At this point, Rec Sports is unsure whether the Nat will undergo a total reconstruction like the Serf or if it will be a renovation and expansion. Horn said Rec Sports needs to conduct the same kind of research it did for the SERF to make this determination. The hope is that the SERF construction will begin sometime fall 2017, and as of now, they are on schedule. Once ground is broken, the construction process will take around two years to complete, finishing by fall 2019.

Cost impact on students

The total estimated cost of the renovations on the fields and exercise facilities is $236 million. Horn said the specific construction cost for each building is not yet known, because designs and interior details still need to be finalized. Sixty percent of funding will come from students and 40 percent will come from other revenue sources. Over the course of the project, there will be a total $108 additional increase to student segregated fees, which is expected to return to previous levels after the SERF is completed, Horn said. The first $8 increase to student segregated fees, which was used to finish up the SERF design and the near-west playing field construction, was enforced during the current academic year, Horn said. Horn said their goal is to be transparent with the student body. “We hold town hall forums, and we meet with our student recreational leadership council every time we get done with a workshop.”

In addition to student contributions, the plan has received $50 million in gift money from alumni and other large donors and $18 million from UW athletics, Horn said. Rec Sports is also providing $7 million of their own revenue.

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The projects come at an extra expense to students, but the student body overwhelmingly Photo · The current SERF facility is outdated and overcrowded. New supported the measure in a structure will have open spaces, more windows. March 2014 referendum with 12,070 students voting in favor and Sarah Godfrey only 1,914 voting in opposition. Some main concerns for students The Badger Herald is that the new model not look like a “dungeon” and that there is large competition pool and larger courts in the enough space in the SERF and Nat to eliminate gymnasium, which a larger facility could house. overcrowding, said Ronnie Carda, faculty Students also want a dramatic increase in associate in the UW department of kinesiology. multi-purpose studios, which are used by “Space is the first thing that comes to mind student organizations, fitness programs and because facilities are crowded, especially certain classes, Horn said. The current SERF only has times of day,” Carda said. one multi-purpose studio. The current design Right now, the SERF is 191,000 sq. ft. The new includes six. building is forecasted to have around 240,000 sq. After the design development process is ft., but this number may fluctuate as design plans completed, specific details such as the finishes, are finalized. Horn said the SERF will feature an flooring types, storage rooms, shelving, “open atmosphere” with glass windows and a mechanical work, office spaces and the exterior view of the street. will be finalized, Horn said. Steve Wagner, UW Facilities Planning and The plan is to have the new SERF facility last Management spokesperson, said students also for at least the next 50 years, Horn said. approached Rec Sports with requests for a

Broom Street Theater play breaks with convention, explores grief Jan Levine Thal’s ‘Esther’s Descendents’ aims to make adult audiences rethink family dynamics by Grace Ferolo ArtsEtc. Associate

Jan Levine Thal is no stranger to the theater. But even as a seasoned theater veteran, she still considers herself a young playwright. Thal’s third play Esther’s Descendants, her second to be produced, has pushed her and her remarkable cast in ways she never thought possible. The show has found its home at Broom Street Theater on Williamson Street and has pushed the boundaries of dark comedy. The show begins shortly after Esther, the mother, has died. As her children and the police officer they have called wait for the coroner to arrive, the children shed light on who their mother being an alcoholic and psychopath. At the same time, Esther’s ghost, unseen by the children, roams the stage, telling her story to them.

“The original inspiration for the show was that I wanted to write about children of psychopathic, emotionally-abusive parents, but to the outside world their parents appear totally normal,” Thal said. “As I started writing the psychopathic mother character, she became someone totally different. She turned into someone who had no connection to anyone at all and she used that.” For two years, Thal worked on Esther’s Descendants and was able to receive constant, constructive feedback from her playwriting group. About seven months ago, Thal brought the play to the attention of Broom Street Theater’s artistic director Heather Renken as a potential option for BST’s upcoming season. With the reality of a fully produced Esther’s Descendants in sight, Thal completed a final draft in time for its first reading at the theater. “The feedback after the reading of the full play was unlike any feedback I had ever gotten before,”

Thal said. “To have people respond to particular moments was so helpful. I took the feedback from the reading, went into a crazy writing coma for two weeks and that is the show you see now.” To play such deeply dynamic characters would be no easy feat. Due to a low turnout of women at auditions, Thal decided to rewrite one of the sisters as a brother, Daniel, specifically for actor T.J. Spires. And after seeing Martha E. White at a Broom Street Theater reading, Thal decided to re-write the sister, Mimi, as an African-American woman who was adopted into a Jewish family. Thal’s enthusiasm for her cast has multiplied tenfold since the rehearsal process began. She is constantly floored by their emotional maturity, deep connection to the show and the continual support they supply each other with. “Not only are they all physically different, which makes a very interesting stage picture, but they’re all so nice to each other,”

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Hawaiian-influenced restaurant welcome change to local culinary landscape With its modern, tropical aesthetic, Miko Poké on Monroe Street graces Madison with new type of cuisine

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Miko Poké is a bright, modern restaurant that sticks out like a sore thumb in the land of fried cheese and dimly lit bars — but that is not to say Miko Poké isn’t a welcome change. The tropical chill décor of Miko Poké primes customers for what is to come — healthy, affordable food that until now, was all but foreign here in Madison. Poké, a traditional raw fish and rice dish, originates in Hawaii and has now made a home on Monroe Street where Bluephies once resided. This sort of sushisalad will be a shoe-in with sushi lovers, but also anyone who is a fan of food with Asian influence. The restaurant is set up much like a build-your-own fro-yo bar, and the food is equally as West Coast hip. Colorful fruits and vegetables line shiny trays while employees stand and wait for patrons to point at what fresh ingredient they’d like to add. Miko has the option to create your own bowl or choose a house favorite, combinations they have already planned out for the less decisive. The Hawaiian style is a classic combination of ingredients like ahi tuna and edamame, and is topped with traditional poké sauce along with other house-made sauces. Other less traditional bowls have flavors like coconut curry and teriyaki, all perfectly formulated by their veteran chef, Scott Harrell. The raw fish is high quality and flown in from the best sources, which is obvious after just one bite. Other options like marinated chicken and rock shrimp are an easy substitute for those who are not fans of the uncooked, while vegan and allergy conscious options are available. Miko Poké emphasizes making everything in-house and only using the freshest ingredients — a key part of poké. The restaurant also offers sides like

Hawaiian style chips and seaweed salad, along with Hawaiian shave ice, which can also be made into cocktails once they obtain their liquor license. As a new restaurant and the only of its kind in the area, patrons should try and avoid going certain lunch and dinner hours, as the restaurant can get backed up. That being said, Miko Poké does a fairly great job of keeping up and making sure the line is moving, working like a well-oiled machine. Miko Poké is not just another Asian fusion restaurant to put on the back burner until an orange chicken craving hits — it is an authentic Hawaiian restaurant that offers affordable meals that are actually filling. Miko Poké might seem a little out of place here in Wisconsin, but it also could be just the pick-me-up Madisonians need once winter hits and the sun goes into permanent hiding.

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Conversation Starter What’s up with Dough Baby’s ‘girl gang?’ by Frankie Hermanek ArtsEtc. Editor

Dough Baby just popped up on State Street, and all eyes are on the female trio running the show. Meet Kristine Miller, Kathryn Gullickson and Hannah Ancona — owner, manager and pastry sous chef, respectively. With a heartening story to tell, the Badger Herald sat down with Miller and Gullickson to hear it out. And the hook? — they’re just getting started. The following interview was edited for style and clarity.

The Badger Herald: What’s the story behind Dough Baby?

Kristine Miller: It’s kind of a concept we both [Miller and Kathryn Gullickson] had at the same time, thinking about what Madison needs as far as pastry and bakery. We’ve definitely been missing a small batch donut place that makes good quality donuts. Greenbush is awesome, but I think we’re ready to see the next level up.

Dough Baby is all female-run. Did you go into this business with this goal?

Kathryn Gullickson: I think it kind of just happened organically. We just wanted to work in an environment that really created a culture of teamwork and empowerment — just feeling good at the end of the day. We brought Hannah [Ancona] in as our baker, and she worked with us prior to [Dough Baby]. We became this trio, and it kind of just snowballed into this symbol of female empowerment — like a girl gang, as we like to call it.

Have you gotten positive responses to this?

We actually have. People look on our website and see what our team is. I didn’t think it would be that unusual to be honest, that it was a woman-run business — but apparently it is. It’s pretty cool that people noticed, and we get feedback on that.

Do you have a business mission?

We definitely want to focus on women and children. Dough Baby is named after my son, and it’s close to our heart. I feel like that’s a demographic that needs all the support it can get, and is kind of undermined in our society.

Kristine had been a pastry chef for years, and I think she saw a hole that needed to be filled. The thing that made me so drawn to the project was that she had this experience and she had the knowledge of local sources, and places where we can get really good ingredients. I think what a lot of people don’t understand is, yes, they’re donuts, but it takes a lot of time and it takes really good ingredients to make our product. I think it’s putting the integrity back into donuts and actually being really proud of the product that includes so many local sources. You feel good about it because you’re not only utilizing the products around you and helping out smaller businesses while you’re making you’re own product, but you’re also putting out this really great product that you can be proud of. You can feed your kid and be stoked to give it to him because the ingredients are true and real.

times people are in situations where they’re not necessarily getting that — and it is difficult. It’s a million hours a week, you never stop working, so you really need that backbone to get through the difficult process of opening a business. Obviously you need financial support, but I think [support] is almost bigger than the financial piece.

The support and the team and having a passion, and an overall goal and a clear vision [is important]. If you just keep putting in the energy and putting in all the good vibes, I feel like you’re manifesting something good to happen. Just put your nose down and grind.

What advice do you have to female entrepreneurs?

Wow, we’re so new. But it’s really surrounding yourself with a supportive team. We’re obviously friends, so we support each other on a friend level. Our partners at home — boyfriends and husbands — have total support. I think a lot of

Local band circles back to origins in anticipation of new album out Sept. 30 Gin Mill Hollow takes their next big step at Up North Bar, establishment they will always call home by Celeste Benzschawel ArtsEtc. Associate

If having a drink named after oneself is any measure of success, then the band Gin Mill Hollow has attained it. At the Up North Bar in Madison, where the group grew together, the “Hollow Bomb” consists of gin, Redbull and other poisons. Gin Mill Hollow, two years into their journey, consists of three members: Dan Plourde, Josh “Juice” Giudice and Mark Norman. Plourde and Norman have known each other since high school, and even shared the same guitar instructor. The distance between their colleges separated the pair until Norman returned to Madison. They finally reconnected in 2014 when they were matched-up together for a last minute gig in a stroke of fate. From that show on they continued working together. They finally became a trio when Juice fell into the picture

after showing his mastery of the mandolin. Over the past two years they have booked shows all over Madison and the surrounding areas, and in doing so have gained traction and have built up a following. The Up North Bar in particular holds a special place in their heart — it is where they came together as a band and honed their skills together. It has also become a platform for them to share new ideas and try new songs. A lot of friends gather there to hear them play, and they have a close relationship with the staff, Plourde said. Their music is acoustic folk rock delivered through various stringed instruments, but Plourde said it is hard for them to adhere to any one genre. They began as a cover band, inspired by artists like the Allman Brothers Band, The Wood Brothers and interestingly even Norah Jones and Steppenwolf, to name a few. As they grew as a group, however, ideas

for original songs began to surface, and each member started to bring his own creativity to the table. Eventually they ended with a handful of songs and decided to create their debut, titled Love Is King, featuring a track donning the same name. Their creative process for the album was jumbled. Each member contributed a foundation and the others contributed their own thoughts and ideas. Yet with this came an unintended consequence. When looking at their finished product, the band discovered that the combination of their songs projected certain unified themes. “A lot of the subject matter is hopeful and positive, with the idea that love is superior, [that] love is absolutely the most important thing,” he said. “Ultimately it wasn’t anything that was by design.” Coming full circle, Gin Mill Hollow is releasing Love Is King at the Up North Bar. Plourde said the opportunity to release their

album back at square one “is really special.” Building on the momentum as a new album release, they have also been entered in a competition for breakthrough artists, hosted by the Madison Area Music Association, which will take place in early November. After the album is released, the band will continue a tour around the local area. But even after such a big year for the band, Gin Mill Hollow is not ready to rest. “In October, November, we will be pushing the CD pretty hard and promoting that, and I’m guessing by winter months we will be ready to get back into that creative writing,” Plourde said. Gin Mill Hollow’s impressive start has led to what many bands can only hope for in such a short amount of time. With stringed instruments in hand, and Hollow Bombs waiting, Gin Mill Hollow is ready to reveal their debut, and further, themselves.

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Music fans of all backgrounds step outside established Madison venues and into alternative concert spaces by HENRY SOLOTAROFF-WEBBER ArtsEtc. Editor

When Hannah Frank started at the University of Wisconsin in 2013 as one of thousands of freshmen, she was looking for a place to belong. She found a home in a nontraditional place. It does not have a set location, require official membership or have a singular purpose, but it gave her a sense of stability. Frank, along with many other UW students and Madison locals, found belonging in DIY concerts and dance parties. “There is a bunch of history of me not feeling like I fit in, and for the first time [at these shows] were alternative people, and before I never knew where to find them,” Frank said. “I ... just really wanted to feel this way all the time, and feel accepted by that group.” While each DIY event is different, they all are curated to fit the audience. People discover the logistics of the event through a Facebook invite or word of mouth. Then small clusters of people make their way, not to music venues, bars or clubs, but to basements, co-ops, warehouses, parks and sometimes even a train with one purpose in mind — to enjoy art in close company with passionate fans and artists. DIY concerts and dance parties unite music lovers with the artists they love, and serve as a bedrock for the creation of inclusive safe spaces for marginalized communities.

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DIY concerts offer a nice change of pace to a weekend consisting of bars and Badger games for many people, but Christian Robinson believes they take on an extra level of importance for artists. Robinson, a recent graduate of UW’s First Wave Urban Arts Program and a hip-hop artist under the name Rich Robbins, said DIY shows give artists opportunities that established, mainstream venues typically do not.

Robinson said barricades and elevated stages at established venues divide the audience from artists while DIY shows purposely engage audience and artist. “It’s just you on the floor and an audience and everyone is sweating and breathing on each other,” Robinson said. “There’s this intimacy that’s just awesome.” This isn’t limited, either, to the shows where Robinson performs. It can be seen at many DIY venues and for any genre of music. Madison local Kiki Schueler doesn’t just host concerts in her home, she gives rock, pop and folk artists a place to stay at Kiki’s House of Righteous Music. “I cook for them, buy them beer, soda or whatever they want to drink and let them crash and leave whenever,” Schueler said. “I do this because it can be rough as an artist on the road.” Schueler said the gratitude artists show for her hospitality can be surprising because she feels like she’s the one who benefits from the artists performing and staying in her home. Not all DIY concerts are thrown without incident, though. Robinson said he had to shut down one he threw his junior year when the crowd became too unfamiliar. “It got to a point where it was so many people we didn’t know were inside our house,” Robinson said. “It definitely started off as all is love, but then we had to be like ‘Love y’all but y’all gotta bounce.’”

The Vault

One of the most well-known Madison DIY spaces was The Vault, an underground concert venue that operated in a Madison warehouse basement and began booking shows in 2008. The Vault ceased operations due to impending code violation charges in early 2016.

Elijah McCloskey used to help book shows at and run the semisecret venue. On posters and social media The Vault would often embed the letter “V” to symbolize it as host. It was the kind of place where guests had to know someone, or at least know someone who knows someone, he said. While The Vault no longer operates as a venue, McCloskey now books shows at Lothlorien Co-Op. Mcloskey said he aims to carry over some of The Vault’s best practices to Lothlorien in a way that’s more sustainable. His motivation for working at The Vault, and now Lothlorien, is fueled by a desire to help artists and a love of music. He said his favorite thing about The Vault was that it hosted concerts for genres that could not be found anywhere else in Madison. Artists who typically hosted at venues like The Vault and Lothlorien struggled to get booked at established venues for different reasons. For genres like noise music, it was due to obscurity, McCloskey said. And for hip-hop — a genre with a troubled relationship with the city of Madison — The Vault was one of few Madison locations that would book those shows. It is a practice he now continues at Lothlorien. “What we’re trying to do is provide a space for musicians that for whatever reason are not able to get more mainstream bookings,” McCloskey said. “And until there is a place in Madison that books local and regional hip-hop, I’m going to try and work with people to make sure that happens.” McCloskey said that while the DIY spaces where he’s worked evoke a sense of community, and thus are self-policing, there were standards set in place to ensure a welcoming environment. This ranges from hiring paid security staff trained in de-escalation

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tactics, to the guidelines of “no racism, no sexism, no bullshit.” He said at Lothlorien they are doing a better job of communicating with neighbors, ending events earlier in the night and watching capacity. They are also working on getting licensing to become a venue, something The Vault never had, McCloskey said. They are even considering making a permanent shift to matinee events, a move he observed has worked well for other groups.

as spaces unwelcome to marginalized communities, Bee said. One venue owner a few years back called her a “loose cannon DJ” for attempting to play hip-hop, a genre predominantly by and for marginalized groups, she said. Bee said Queer Pressure maintains a strict guest policy for its underground events. Attendants must be a member of a marginalized group or a direct invitee of a member. She said she hates to be exclusionary, but the underlying reason is to preserve the culture. Bee said a few years ago, there was a party series named Indie Queer that became too popular to the point that it was no longer purely a space for queer people. Queer Pressure hopes to mitigate this by separating their events into different categories. Some, like an event entitled “Loose Cannon,” will be held at more established venues and open to a general public while others will continue to be held underground with strict invite-only policies. They are also expanding to include another event called Night Shade, which will be geared more toward people of color as well as the LGBTQ+ community, she said. “When we work with a mainstream venue, we make specific requests about who is working behind the bar even,” Bee said. “If their staff looks like all white, straight dudes, we bring in our [own] bartenders.”

For members of marginalized communities

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Photo ·Local artits DJ Boyfrrriend (left) and Rich Robbins (right) connect to their fanbases through the opportunities that DIY concerts provide within nontraditional venues.

While many attend DIY concerts to hear a variety of less popular music, marginalized people go to them to find community. Joey Bee is a local DJ under the name of DJ Boyfrrriend and one of the brains behind Queer Pressure, a collective that plans and runs events in both DIY and established venues for Madison’s queer community and people of color. For Bee and the rest of Queer Pressure, DIY shows are essential because they allow for something impossible in established venues — complete representation of marginalized groups in every part of the planning process. This representation is crucial because it establishes a common understanding between the event’s organizers and those who attend them. Bee said the members of Queer Pressure understand how to allow members of marginalized groups to have fun and feel safe at their spaces because they themselves are members of those communities. Though managers at established venues can aid in representation by booking artists from marginalized groups, Bee said they cannot completely understand what makes marginalized groups feel uncomfortable because they are not marginalized themselves. Some venues seem to go out of their way to market themselves

DIY moves to traditional settings

Though DIY concerts traditionally refer to events held in unlicensed, unestablished venues, the DIY aesthetic of inclusivity, representation and community is spreading to established locations. For example, Robinson held the Nimbus 2.0 concert at the Memorial Union Play Circle, a project where he repurposed his

Photo · DIY concert promotional posters vary in design based on genre and artist preference to draw members of the Madison community to their performances. Photo courtesy of Shelby Kahr debut album to incorporate many local hip-hop artists. The once-in-a-lifetime assortment of local hip-hop helped bridge the gap between UW artists and hip-hop artists who live in the greater Madison area. “A DIY show is [where] everybody comes together for one purpose, and that’s what the Nimbus show was,” Robinson said. Bee said an event Queer Pressure held at the Majestic Theatre last semester was a success and that the venue was very receptive to their extensive list of best practices. Frank said her exposure to DIY events inspired her to help organize shows, both underground and through Wisconsin Union Directorate Music. Frank said WUD Music have exerted a great amount of effort to create a safe environment with diverse representation. All of their shows at the Sett are free and compliant with American Disability Association standards. By booking artists with different styles and backgrounds, WUD Music attracts a wide range of people. Frank said WUD Music sponsored her and two others to go to the music festival South by Southwest to attend talks and conferences on how to make concerts more accessible and welcoming for all. “I think with the university it’s very easy to have it be accessible [for many people] because of course we want all people to come,” Frank said. “But the university isn’t always the safest area for all people, so we’re definitely trying to make this section of the university safe for all people.”

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An (ST)Investigation: Molluscum Contagiosum by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

Despite sounding like a Harry Potter spell, Molluscum Contagiosum is neither as well-known nor as whimsical as its name may suggest. Most people know about high-profile sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, HIV/AIDS and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), but have never heard of Molluscum Contagiosum. In fact, doctors primarily diagnose Molluscum Contagiosum in children under ten. Children run around touching anything they can get their hands on — toys, dirt, towels, each other and themselves, and consequently develop Molluscum Contagiosum. But children grow up, become sexually active, and begin touching genitals instead, hence the evolution of Molluscum Contagiosum from a skin infection shared between children to an STI passed along between adults. The most common route for sharing Molluscum Contagiosum between adults is through skin-to-skin sexual contact. Though condoms are only moderately effective at preventing Molluscum Contagiosum due to the infection’s ability to circulate to non-genital areas, they still provide excellent protection against this and other STIs. If one shaves or pops the Molluscum bumps, the material inside may be transferred to another part of the body, spreading infection to other regions on the skin in a process called “autoinoculation.” Molluscum may also be passed along via inanimate objects such as towels or clothing that infected persons have

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handled, allowing the virus to be shared in non-sexual contexts, for example, the gym or pool. Unlike Herpes Simplex Virus, which has an asymptomatic shedding period allowing the virus to be shared even without physical symptoms, Molluscum cannot be passed along once the lesions disappear. Though the symptoms of Molluscum may be unsightly or uncomfortable, symptoms are generally mild and easy to resolve. Folks often worry about confusing Molluscum Contagiosum with pimples or ingrown hairs, but the growths associated with the virus look somewhat different from the average pimple. Molluscum bumps are small, raised, and usually white or flesh-colored with a dimple in the middle as opposed to the rounded top of a pimple or ingrown hair. Often the growths are pearly, smooth and firm, ranging in size from the size of a pinhead to a pencil eraser. Usually Molluscum is painless, but the lesions may become itchy, sore, red or swollen. If you spots growths matching this description, seek treatment from a healthcare provider or University Health Services clinician right away to avoid passing the infection along to others. Since Molluscum Contagiosum is a virus, no cure exists. Luckily, bodies with a strong immune system can usually resolve the infection themselves over the course of nine months to two years. But immunocompromised individuals, such as people who are HIV positive, are more at risk for such infections and may require additional treatments. For those uncomfortable with the appearance of Molluscum Contagiosum, several treatment options are available. Do not attempt to pop, scratch or shave

the lesions off; this will likely result in the infection transferring to other parts of the body. The lesions may be physically removed by freezing with liquid nitrogen, scraping the tissue away or utilizing laser therapy. These treatments are efficient, but may result in temporary discomfort or scarring following the procedure. Growths may also be removed more gradually by using oral therapy, which is less painful and lowers risk of scarring. Finally, topical therapy might be prescribed to treat the bumps individually using anti-tumor medications or other active ingredients. According to UHS, Molluscum Contagiosum is one of the most common STIs on UW-Madison’s campus and should not be dismissed. Still, it is important to remember that STIs do not measure morality and should be destigmatized as much as possible to create less shame around infections as a result of sexual contact.

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Why Nigel’s #BlackLivesMatter tweets should be on this week’s reading list If your biggest frustration is that his stance on racial divides clutters your Twitter feed, it is time to reevaluate priorities you hold by Yusra Murad Opinion editor

I am not a sports writer, but I need to write about a few athletes today. Colin Kaepernick, Bronson Koenig and Nigel Hayes are my top three draft picks for fall 2016. For the last month, my Facebook feed has been filled to the brim with GIFs, thought-pieces and videos centered on the story of an NFL quarterback in Green Bay sitting through the national anthem. For the last two weeks, I’ve listened as classmates have expressed pride, annoyance and excitement over their buzzer-beater hometown hero Koenig driving to North Dakota to protest the Dakota Pipeline. During the last several days, I have published two stories from two different students about athletes and protest. Last night, I listened as my coworkers frantically put together a news story about our star basketball player ’s Kanye-esque Twitter takeover on #blacklivesmatter. each of these three instances, an immediate stampede of boisterous criticism followed — “It’s not their job to speak on politics. They’re athletes. They need to focus.” We have reached a point where we cannot tolerate a prominent person of color in America expressing their anger after watching their own brothers and sisters die on the streets without first attempting to either correct their strategy, critique their medium or paint them as a crazed, tabloidseeking celebrity. I can’t understand how it is so hard to grant people of color the same freedom as everyone else — the freedom to be a person with layers of emotion, to shoot a basketball really, really well, while also being aware that “racism towards black people isn’t getting ‘worse,’ it’s getting filmed and shared for all to see what actually goes on.” Among the many disgruntled tweets directed at Hayes last night, one follower called reading his Twitter a “bummer.” Nigel Hayes is a black man living in a country with one of the highest rates of police brutality and murder in the developed world. Since the day Kaepernick chose to stay put during the star spangled banner, 15 black Americans have been

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killed by the police, the most recent of which is Terence Crutcher. Video footage has proven more than a dozen times that officer-involved shootings are happening when hands are up, when pockets are emptied, when they comply, when they speak, when they are 12, when they are wearing a hoodie, when they are silent. When they are black. Though I cannot speak for Nigel, I do believe that his tweets make one thing clear — he knows it could be him next. And that’s a huge, huge bummer. In the face of loss, theft and tragedy, people of color are expected to remain logical, concise and controlled. Most importantly, they must not stray from their roles in society or in entertainment. Beyoncé must not “politicize” herself by advocating feminism. Kim Kardashian must not “soil her brand” by tweeting #blacklivesmatter. Kanye West tweeting about the inequality of black artists in the industry makes him a raving, celebrity lunatic. Their words of pain are slapped on tabloid covers, twisted and pulled like a wad of gum before being spat onto the pavement and stepped on until they disappear. You’re more annoyed that your beloved Nigel is a buzzkill on Twitter tonight than you are over young black boys having mothers who hold their breath every time they go to the gas station alone? Every time they drink Arizona alone? I’ve heard a lot of people saying with a lot of confidence that Kaepernick choosing to sit was useless, that he wasn’t standing up for anything, that it doesn’t make a difference. I’ve heard that Bronson protesting a pipeline is a waste of time, that protestors “just sway people from their cause” by harassing the public, that Martin Luther King Jr. would never block a highway. Now, I’m hearing that Nigel “ranting” on Twitter is just going to “lose him fans.” First of all, in the face of such immense violence and hatred, do you really, truly think Nigel’s top concern is his fanbase? Second, and more importantly, what exactly are you doing that’s making a difference? Quit finding every reason to continue ignoring the underlying pulse of bigotry

Photo · Hayes’ words make one thing clear — he knows his name could be next on a long list of victims of police brutality. Eric Brown The Badger Herald pounding in the veins of this country. Maybe you don’t like that Nigel chose 44 tweets, Kaepernick chose his knee or Bronson chose a picket sign, but they’re doing it for a reason. You’re better off spending your time figuring out what that reason is, than whining about how it’s cluttering your Twitter feed. Each form of protest is distinct, necessary and valid. If you really don’t believe it’s making a difference, guess what

— you’re thinking about it. You’re reading about it. You can try to plug your ears, but this nation is having a conversation about it, and so are you. Yusra Murad (ymurad@badgerherald. com) is a junior majoring in business and psychology.

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College Democrats: Clinton, Feingold call for inclusive policies

In light of the recent terrorist attacks taking place last week, America’s national security has become an even greater priority in the upcoming elections. The attacks and tragedies that have plagued other countries over the past few months — the terror that the average American has observed from a distance — is no longer a far away threat. The danger of radical Islamic terrorism has arrived in America. To address the immediate danger, action must be taken. With consequential national and state elections less than two months away, it is crucial that millennials elect leaders who will protect the people of this country from the danger of terrorism. Leaders like President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have failed to take initiative. Both Obama and Clinton hesitated to recognize ISIS as a source of imminent danger. They opened our borders without being cautious about terrorist infiltration, and proceeded to channel billions of dollars into Iran — an unstable country — to fulfill the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal. While campaigning for president, Clinton has addressed our country’s national security concerns by calling for more gun control laws, encouraging more open immigration policies and advocating for diplomacy before military force. Clinton’s weak proposals on national security will never be enough to combat terrorism and protect American citizens. The Benghazi attacks serve as a testament to Clinton’s refusal to protect Americans against terrorist threats, resulting in the deaths of four Americans. ISIS does not appear to have any intentions of establishing diplomatic relations with the U.S. or Clinton. Instead, our country deserves a president who will be fearless and bold in the face of terrorism threats. Trump is a leader who understands that a nation is not a nation if it is without borders and laws, and refuses to serve its own people. To combat radical Islamic terrorism Trump believes in empowering our military

This November, our country has a choice. In the age of globalization, we are more interconnected with the world than ever before. We must choose how we will present ourselves to a world that now watches our every move. Are we going to be welcoming and inclusive or isolationist and hostile? Will we stay true to the principles our country was founded on or shut ourselves off and give in to fear? We cannot give in to the racist, Islamophobic and fear-mongering rhetoric the man at the top of the GOP ticket promotes. America is better than this. Leaders like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold believe in taking swift and forceful action to protect Americans both at home and abroad, without resorting to tactics fundamentally contrary to American ideals. Clinton and Feingold believe in targeted military efforts as well as strengthened diplomatic relations to bring stability to the global community. They also know our foreign policy does not begin and end with combating ISIS and barring all immigrants from our country. They realize inclusivity and diversity is what makes the United States great. Both the Feingold and Clinton campaigns have put forth plans that encourage Americans to volunteer abroad to build bridges and promote mutual understanding. Our greatest diplomatic dilemmas will never be solved if we refuse to listen to the advice of the international community. Republican nominee Donald Trump has criticized the UN, praised the antiimmigration motivation for the UK leaving the EU and threatened to remove the United States from NATO. We need a president who understands the

with additional funding and more resources. Trump understands that to destroy ISIS we need more troops on the ground in the Middle East. Trump also values the lives of American citizens. In the face of radical Islamic terrorism, Trump is not afraid to protect Americans by suspending all immigration from countries that have been compromised by the threat of terrorism. He understands it is truly impossible to properly vet each immigrant who arrives from an unstable country. Sen. Ron Johnson is another leader, running for re-election, who values the safety of American citizens. He too has devoted his time in the senate to strengthening our military and defeating ISIS, unlike his opponent, former Senator Russ Feingold. Feingold has paralleled Clinton on many issues, especially on a weak national security stance. Feingold supported the Iran Nuclear Deal, while simultaneously acknowledging that Iran was not always a “rational actor.” While Clinton and Feingold have made little progress in protecting our country by supporting the opening of our borders, continuing the Iran Nuclear Deal and valuing diplomacy before our military, the lives of American people have been put at stake. As Election Day approaches, I urge millennials to think about the next few years. The person you elect as U.S. Senator and President of the United States may either jeopardize our safety at home, or protect us from the danger of radical Islamic terrorism. On Nov. 8, keep in mind that radical Islamic terrorism is no longer a distant, foreign threat — it’s here within our borders. Vote for leaders who will destroy ISIS before it tries to destroy us. Vote for Republican leaders on Nov. 8. Emilia Rohl (gopbadgers@gmail.com) is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts.

importance of international institutions. What better representative to the global community than a woman who has already served as our top diplomat? With all of the focus on terrorism centering around ISIS and other dangerous threats abroad, it’s easy to forget that the biggest threat to the security of American lives has nothing to do with our foreign policy. According to the Center for Disease Control, 91 Americans, on average, are killed with guns every day. No politician can claim to fight for the safety and security of Americans but not fight for restrictive gun legislation to help safety on the homefront. A majority of Americans believe universal background checks should be necessary when buying a gun, and passing this common sense legislation would do more than simply improve the safety of the entire country. It would also show that our Congress actually votes based on the opinions of the people who elect them. Clinton has a comprehensive gun safety plan that will improve the lives of all Americans, while Trump listens only to lobbyists from the National Rifle Association. So in this election, we must choose. Our options are between Trump, a candidate who has repeatedly advocated for war crimes, and Clinton, someone who has long worked with the international community to solve our greatest problems. We need someone with concrete plans to address this nation’s security concerns, not someone who simply incites fear with no solutions in sight. Eliana Locke (elocke2@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science.

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If you’re anything like me, you probably have friends blowing up your Facebook feed on an almost hourly basis sharing and liking anything and everything political. If that happens, then I would guess you have seen or heard the rantings

of Tomi Lahren. Frankly, I would be surprised if there were any students on our campus who haven’t heard of her given her recent comments on Colin Kaepernick as well as previous remarks on the Black Lives Matter movement. But if you haven’t, good for you. Stay away. Her commentary is toxic, and trust me, you

aren’t missing out. Lahren hosts a segment called “Final Thoughts” on Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze,” where she “discusses” current events and hot topics in American politics. She has achieved some slight level of internet (and hard-right-wing) celebrity status through her minutes-long rants about injustices she argues aren’t happening. For example, she said about Colin Kaepernick’s protest, “[The First Amendment] protects your right to be a whiny, indulgent, attention-seeking crybaby.” She did not stop there. In continuing her rant on the subject, she said, “Aren’t you half-white? Didn’t two white parents adopt you after yours weren’t willing to raise you?” Somehow for Lahren, having only one parent of color should mitigate his perception of racial injustice in America. She doesn’t present actual facts, nor does she consult experts on any subject she discusses. Her rhetoric is filled with anger and hatred, and she doesn’t seem to have a clue how wrong she often is, nor how offensive and truly foolish her words are. So Tomi Lahren reminds me in many ways of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But frankly, Lahren is just the latest in a long line of conservative commentators who seem to enjoy whipping their followers into a frenzy far more than attempting to present logical, thoughtful or practical solutions to what she perceives to be our problems. In essence, she’s a problem-creator and a problem herself — not a problem solver. What alarms me about Lahren is that she is

spreading a new “conservative” trend where it seems that facts and statistics don’t matter. Her opinions boil down to hardcore nationalism, irrationally high levels of rage about problems right-wingers often caused and an unwillingness to even consider the idea that Democrats and liberals also love our country and want to work together to fix it. The only purpose Lahren serves is to incite more anger in her followers. She and people like her are pot-stirrers. They say controversial, and often delusional, things just to garner a reaction. She’s a waste of your time and a waste of a Facebook “share.” The point is simple. To my generation: stop listening to garbage like Lahren and start paying attention to the real problems we face. Be a part of the solution, not the problem. The two sides already disagree on enough issues that if we want to solve them, we don’t need to have someone who knows nothing make us so incredibly unhappy with one another. As much as people hate the “mainstream media,” in all likelihood, they aren’t lying to you. Even if they put all the spin in the world on their reporting, they are still reporting news. But people like Lahren aren’t. She’s lying to you and giving her warped perspective in the hopes that if she says it with enough incoherent rage, people will keep tuning in. Be smarter than that. Be smarter than Tomi Lahren. Connor Touhey (ctouhey@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and history.

Vos, assembly Republicans smartly advocate for transportation funding

State lawmakers will need to implement unpopular measures to keep Wisconsin’s crumbling roads driveable by Aaron Reilly Opinion editor

Wisconsin’s roads are in need of an urgent makeover. A lack of funding has led to some of the worst quality road systems in the nation. According to UW Department of Transportation records, 71 percent of Wisconsin roads are in “poor or mediocre condition,” the third highest percentage in the country, trailing only Illinois and Connecticut. Solutions to this problem have merely been to delay projects and borrow money due to an opposition to additional taxes and fees to pay for roads, leading to the transportation budget accumulating a $1 billion deficit. Last year, Gov. Scott Walker wanted to borrow $1.3 billion to finance these delayed projects, but the Republican Legislature only approved $850 million in bonding. This is the path Gov. Scott Walker wants to continue down in his proposed 2017-18 20 • badgerherald.com • September 27, 2016

transportation budget. The proposal would cut $447.4 million from state highway programs but transfer some money to maintenance efforts and local governments to fix up the roads. But some state legislators are finally speaking out against Walker’s disastrous budget proposal. Members of the Wisconsin state Assembly unveiled September 7 their plan for the upcoming legislative season. Called the Forward Agenda, this collection of proposals contains broad goals for a range of topics, including transportation. I am extremely proud of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, Majority Leader Rep. Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, Joint Finance Committee Co-Chair Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette and Assistant Majority Leader Dan Knodl, R-Germantown, who called out Walker for this disastrous proposal. They said in a joint statement, “This budget request falls short of addressing the long-term funding crisis in our transportation budget. It is a political solution, not a real solution.” Real solutions, if you’re wondering if anyone in Wisconsin’s state government has them, are

found in the Forward Agenda. Vos and the other Assembly Republicans who authored this document have recognized that recklessly borrowing to fund roads is only going to lead to problems for future Wisconsinites. What’s going to fund our roads in the future is an increase in the gas tax or establishing a tollway, like Illinois. All public agencies in Illinois are bleeding except for one state agency that is posting record high profits, the tollway. Illinois’ toll system generated $1.4 billion in 2015, with this money going to repairing major roadways and bridges. This record-setting number has allowed for that state to continue with huge road projects, like the tollway’s 15-year, $12 billion program renovating some of Illinois’ most used roads. Yes, Illinois’ roads are terrible, but that is because of the ineptitude of their state government. The point is that tollways can generate a ridiculous amount of money, and money is what is most needed at this point in time to help repair Wisconsin’s roads. The other option to fund our roads is the gas

tax, which is long due to be raised. Wisconsin’s drivers pay, on average, a 61 percent lower gas tax than our four neighboring states. Recent history suggests that a tax on oil wouldn’t put too much of a burden on consumers. The price of oil has precipitously dropped since June 2014, when a barrel of oil cost $105.54. The price of a barrel of oil in August 2016 was $43.98. No gas tax would ever raise prices to those 2014 levels. In fact, it would only cost the average Wisconsinite $10 for the entire year. That $10 would actually saving you money, given that the average Wisconsin driver currently spends $281 annually for extra vehicle repairs and operating costs due to driving on roads in need of repair. Though these are proposals that must be implemented, I doubt they will be. The fact of the matter is that Walker is completely opposed to raising taxes in any way, even if it’ll benefit all of us in the long run. Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in social work and economics.

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Football: How changing stretches revitalized Jazz Peavy’s career Redshirt junior wide receiver has found a way to stay healthy, Badgers are finally reaping the rewards by Chris Bumbaca Senior writer

Jazz Peavy did not want to be that guy anymore, the type of player who is always hurt, whom the talent-recruiting analysts will look back at and say, “If only he had stayed healthy.” For Peavy’s first two seasons with the University of Wisconsin football team, it appeared the redshirt junior wide receiver would pan out that way. But Peavy refused to let this be the case. When he went home to Kenosha, Wisconsin this summer he made sure to implement the same strength and conditioning program he used a summer ago. That way, he could perform at an optimal level upon his return and minimize the risk of the bruises, sprains and strains that plagued him during his first two seasons. “The last thing I wanted was to come back and be that guy that wasn’t doing his part,” Peavy said. Peavy, the ninth-ranked recruit in the state when he joined the team, began to do his part and more. Following a redshirt season in 2013 where he played in just two games, Peavy crept onto the scene last season behind receivers Alex Erickson, who is now with the Cincinnati Bengals, and Robert Wheelwright, the fifth-year senior wideout. Peavy said the biggest factor in maintaining his health is constantly improving his flexibility, with an emphasis on his hamstrings. “It was just one of those things you just have to make sure you stay on top of all the time,” Peavy said. “You take a week, two weeks off, it’s hard to just jump back out there and go full speed. That’s how I kept getting injured, doing things like that. Now, I’m always stretching.” For the first time since coming to UW, Peavy was finally at full health last season. He played in all 13 games and started three last season, finding an expanded role when Wheelwright missed the final four games of the regular season. As the Badgers’ third receiver and usually fourth or fifth option in the passing game, Peavy caught 20 passes for 280 yards. That stretching has paid off this season, too. He caught a career-high seven passes

for 100 yards along with his first two touchdowns as a Badger against Akron. Wheelwright also hauled in 99 yards, and for the first time in several seasons, the Badgers have a real chance of developing a one-two punch at wide receiver (see Toon, Nick and Abbrederis, Jared). This year, however, Peavy feels the receiving corps is deeper than it has ever been during his time at Wisconsin. “I feel like we have more options,” Peavy said. “I feel like we got more guys in more spots being involved in the offense.” Peavy said the strongest part of his game is route-running. He became aware of that early on, and worked to make it his biggest strength. But he also said there is still plenty to work on. Right now, he said making catches in traffic is something in need of the most improvement. “Making sure I’m focusing the ball all the way in,” Peavy said, “Not having any drops on contested catches.” UW wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore has watched Peavy’s development from a front-row seat, and agreed that Peavy’s strong suit is running routes. Gilmore said it is obviously important to get open and Peavy understands angles and pushes routes to do so. “Part of him getting open is him getting better at looking at the defense,” Gilmore said. “He’s gotten better at looking at the coverages and understanding where he needs to be, where the voids are.” Gilmore added Peavy frequenting the weight room has helped keep him on the field and an increased muscle mass has allowed him to fight through aches and pains, as well as to absorb the blows he takes during games from opposing defenders. Through the first three games of 2016, Peavy has 12 receptions for 174 yards, and it appears he is well on his way to having the best season of his career. “I feel like my confidence is way up right now,” Peavy said. “It’s been growing every day. Working on that all the time, Coach Gilmore let me know [I’m] doing a good job. I’m here. I’ve been doing my thing. I just got to keep growing.” And keep stretching.

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Wisconsin returns to the ice in 2016 claiming top position in nation, but the Badgers still have to go through Minnesota first by Kristen Larson Sports Staff Writer

Despite falling short in the NCAA Frozen Four last season, the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is starting the 201617 season on a high note, earning the No. 1 ranking from USCHO.com. While Boston College and the University of Minnesota were both finalists in the 201516 National Collegiate Athletic Association Frozen Four championship game, Wisconsin’s dominant 35-4-1 (24-3-1 Big Ten) season proved too strong to ignore and helped them earn the coveted top spot in this season’s first polls. The Gophers fell to No. 2 in both polls, despite defeating the Badgers in the Frozen Four while on their way to securing the national championship over the Eagles.

One of the biggest reasons for Wisconsin’s first place ranking is its star goaltender, AnnRenée Desbiens. The UW senior was on fire last season, finishing with a NCAA record of 19 shutouts, a .76 average for goals allowed per game and an impressive .960 save percentage. With the record-breaking junior year, Desbiens established a new level of play in the NCAA and made the Badgers one of the sport’s most intimidating squads. Another large stake in UW’s success in recent seasons is owed to head coach Mark Johnson, who fosters a strong team dynamic. With four lines of unstoppable forwards and three lines of powerhouse defenders, the team’s Badger name has become synonymous with winning. While Wisconsin achieved the top spot in this year’s preseason, last year the team had to fight its way into earning the No. 1 ranking. The Badgers started off last year with the No. 3 ranking, and needed almost two months to

rise to the top spot in the polls. But Wisconsin’s long history with Minnesota had many people believing that the Badgers weren’t yet on par with the thenNo. 3 ranked Gophers. Critics believed that for the Badgers to truly become the best team in the nation, they would have to go through Minnesota. The Badgers would go on to silence all doubters at the end of November, however, when they swept Minnesota in a weekend series at home, a feat that had not been done since 2009. This feat confirmed that the 201516 Badgers’ team was the best in the nation, not only to critics, but to the team members themselves. “[The USCHO.com first place ranking] really didn’t mean that much to us until we beat [Minnesota],” senior defender Jenny Ryan said after defeating the Gophers. “There are no questions now. We know that we are a very good team and we just proved it.”

The top pre-season ranking definitely sets the bar higher for the Badgers this year, especially considering that they are ranked above the current defending NCAA champions Minnesota. The Badgers once again find themselves needing to prove critics and fans alike that they belong in the top spot. Having the bar set as high as it is this early in the season would normally cause panic among some teams unable to deal with the pressure. Johnson, however, likes the fact that the bar has been set so high for this team right out of the gate. “I don’t mind having high expectations,” Johnson told UW Athletics. “I think that’s good. It keeps everybody sharp. It keeps everybody focused.” With a great start to their season, the Badgers are on track to make the 2016-2017 season another record breaker.

Volleyball: Badgers finish home stand in back-to-back sweeps No. 3 Wisconsin extended its winning streak to five after defeating the Terps Saturday night by Ben Cross Senior Sports Editor

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After returning to the top 5 in Monday’s latest polls, the University of Wisconsin volleyball team continued building their case as a true national contender this weekend. In yet another dominant display of strength, the No. 3 Badgers (10-1, 2-0 Big Ten) swept a competitive No. 19 Ohio State University Friday night, and needed only three sets to send the Terrapins packing, 2512, 25-19 and 25-21. “Maryland is a program that really values hard work and we knew they were going to put pressure on us,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “I thought we bent, but did not break and rebounded really well. It was a really good effort match from our team.” The blanketing victory in the UW Field House was partially due to the steady hand of senior middle blocker Haleigh Nelson, who led both teams with 11 kills on 17 total attempts and also led all players with a .529 hitting percentage. “Things definitely got a little rough in the second and third set,” Nelson said. “That happens sometimes in a match, but I thought the effort never left us in those late sets and we got a good win.” Senior setter Lauren Carlini and freshman

outside hitter Molly Haggerty held down the fort on the back end and did just enough to anchor the sweep. “I thought our kids stayed with it tonight and stayed in the fight,” Sheffield said. “We stayed in the battle and this was a really good win for us.” With eight teams in the Big Ten ranked in the top 25, Wisconsin will take any win it can get whether at home or on the road. This weekend goes a long way in cementing the squad as a serious conference and national title contender with 18 games left to play in the regular season. The Badgers’ clinical play over the weekend helped them secure their fifth win over a ranked opponent this season, while putting them atop the Big Ten conference standings alongside Nebraska, Minnesota and Illinois at 2-0. “Every game matters as much as the one before it and the one after it,” Carilini said. “In the past, we’ve never really gotten off to a good start in Big Ten play and each win like this builds momentum going forward.” The Badgers will travel down to Indiana next weekend to take on the No. 10 Purdue University Boilermakers Friday, followed by a showdown with the University of Indiana Hoosiers Saturday.

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If you ever have to ask if I’m drunk just look at my hair because the messy bun definitely means wasted and I mean business so drink up Katlynn wirag @KatlynnWirag

Keep sleeping on Wisconsin...... His hair? WHACK. His gear? WHACK. His jewelry? WHACK. The way he doesn’t even like to smile? WHACK. Badgers? They’re TIGHT AS FUCK. MC Sammer

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Vince Biegel @VinceBiegel

GODDAMNIT @BadgerHerald !!!!!!!!! Crooked Claude @Claire_Stevens

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Photo · Senior forward Nigel Hayes and his teammates came through on Hayes’ promise to hand out one Greenbush donut for every student holding season tickets if the Wisconsin men’s basketball student section tickets sold out in less than five minutes. Alice Vagun The Badger Herald September 27, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 27