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Tuesday 3/13 Flavors of the World: Diversity Within Nordic Countries at Union South, 6:30-8 p.m., FREE

Datsik’s Ninja Nation Tour at Orpheum, 8 p.m., $25

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DEVLOPING EBOLA VACCINE

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University of Wisconsin experts lead $3 million effort to test experimental Ebola vaccine in Japan.

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UW researchers design mobile app to help people overcome addiction A-CHESS acts as self-assessment tool for individuals struggling with substance abuse, lowers amount of high-risk days during recovery

by Mackenzie Christman Campus Editor

A team of University of Wisconsin researchers have developed a mobile smartphone app proven to help individuals overcome drug and alcohol addictions.

Andrew Quanbeck, assistant professor of family medicine and a member of the Addiction-CHESS research team, describes the mobile application as a recovery support system for people with alcohol and drug use disorders.

Quanbeck described the app as a selfassessment tool and support system all in one.

“A-CHESS consists of tools and services, strategies for coping with cravings, lists of healthy activities, a GPS-based tool to warn users when they approach high-risk locations, such as a bar they used to frequent and methods for communicating with supportive others,” Quanbeck said.

A-CHESS was based on the theory of selfdetermination, Quanbeck said.

The app helps people achieve three basic needs designed to improve their adaptive

functioning. Those needs are being perceived as competent, feeling related to others and feeling internally motivated and not coerced in one’s actions, Quanbeck said.

It has proven to be a versatile and effective mobile health platform, Quanbeck said. It differs from other applications because of the extent to which the impact of its use has been studied.

The results of the app’s initial clinical trial were first reported in 2014 in the JAMA Psychiatry journal.

“Compared to patients in the control group, patients using A-CHESS showed a 57 percent reduction in risky drinking days,” Quanbeck said.

Throughout their studies, the team has been able to find results consistent with those of the initial 2014 clinical trial — the number of high-risk drug or alcohol days is significantly reduced among those that utilize A-CHESS to aid their recovery.

David Gustafson, emeritus research professor of industrial and systems

engineering, has been the principal investigator studying the effects of A-CHESS on its users.

A recent study of A-CHESS involved 300 people in residential treatment for alcohol or opioid addiction, Gustafson said. The trial was randomized, with half of the participants allowed to access A-CHESS and the other half not allowed access to the system.

“We use a combination of methods [to analyze results of studies],” Gustafson said.

“For most of the data that we analyze, we collect it through interviews.”

The study aimed to determine whether or not the A-CHESS system could help people stay on methadone longer. Methadone is a drug designed to treat narcotic addictions, according to WebMD. Methadone can make recovery from drug addictions easier, Gustafson said.

The study was able to reveal that providing patients with access to A-CHESS increased the likelihood that they will continue the use of their medication, Gustafson said.

“A-CHESS researchers will continue seeking

and hopefully obtaining NIH research funding to extend the reach of the program into other clinical areas,” Quanbeck said.

There are a number of plans for the future of the app, Gustafson said. He hopes to soon develop an app system similar to A-CHESS to provide a support system for partners of people struggling with alcohol addiction. Spouses go through a lot when their partner is addicted, Gustafson said.

UW has also given a license to a small startup company to market A-CHESS out in the real world, beyond the clinical studies, Gustafson said.

There are about 5,000 people using A-CHESS at this point in time, with a waitlist of about 30 new addiction treatment agencies hoping to install the app, Gustafson said.

“A-CHESS has proven to be a versatile and effective mobile health platform,” Quanbeck said. “It stands apart from many other applications in terms of the rigor with which it has been studied.”

Wisconsin meth rates continue to rise, despite efforts combating usage

Statistics show drug habits are increasing while production is decreasing, rural areas of the state remain most impacted

by Grady Gibson Reporter

While the focus has centered around the growing opioid epidemic on a state and national level, another drug has also proliferated through the state and plagued Wisconsin communities over the last few years — meth.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 58 counties have had at least one incidence of driving while under the influence of methamphetamines — up from 24 in 2012 — while the number of of people reportedly receiving treatment for meth use has doubled since 2010.

In 2015, around 897,000 people across the country self-reported meth usage, according to Wisconsin DHS. Though statistics suggest usage is on the rise, reported production has decreased.

While meth used to be produced in large quantities in parts of northwestern Wisconsin, the state has seen a 60 percent reduction in reports of meth labs since 2005. The meth that now comes into the state mainly originates in Mexico and is transported from California and other major states in the Southwest, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

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Madison Police Department spokesperson Joel DeSpain said. With areas of higher population not being exposed it, it can be overlooked.

“Meth use is mostly a rural problem,” DeSpain said. “We don’t see much of it in the city.”

Emily Johnson of Hope Haven, a nonprofit drug abuse rehabilitation organization funded by Catholic Charities in Madison, discussed how difficult it is to quit meth.

Symptoms of withdrawal can range from anxiety, depression, fatigue, confusion and insomnia, Johnson said.

As for long-term side effects of usage, the Wisconsin DHS reported these can include anxiety, paranoia and hallucinations. Meth can also rewire a user ’s dopamine system and cause them to be solely dependent on meth for positive feelings.

“Chronic meth users can experience violent behavior [and] psychotic features, including paranoia, visual and auditory hallucinations and delusions,” Johnson said. “Psychotic symptoms can last for months or years after the person’s last use of methamphetamine.”

Part of the problem with meth use is its accessibility when compared to other

typically harder-to-come-by drugs, such as cocaine or heroin. Also, it has great appeal to those prone to neuroses and impulsive behavior, according to Medical Daily.

“Methamphetamine is cheap, long lasting, highly effective and easier to find or manufacture than prescription drugs,” Johnson said. “It can be made out of household items. In fact, people can Google ‘How to Make Methamphetamine’

“Methamphetamine is cheap,

long lasting, highly effective and easier to find or manufacture than prescription drugs.”

and it will tell you.”

In a survey of law enforcement, nearly half of interviewed officials said they considered meth to be their primary drug problem, more than cocaine, marijuana and heroin combined. Though the number of meth cases is lower than other drug cases, officials still believe it poses a major threat

to public safety.

For now, the greatest challenge lies in combating the root causes of meth in Wisconsin, and shutting down sources of distribution, according to Wisconsin DOJ. For the past decade, the federal government has also been implementing measures to increase penalties and sentences for meth traffickers, and to fund local police departments for more training on meth-related investigations and lab cleanup, according to reporting done by PBS. On a state level, leaders such as Attorney General Brad Schimel and state Rep. John Spiros, R-Marshfield, recognize the importance of combatting meth. During a press conference last year, Spiros called on state legislators to help make Wisconsin communities safer.

“With the increase we’ve seen in meth abuse in our state, it’s essential that lawmakers start getting involved, looking to our law enforcement agencies for advisement,” Spiros said in a statement.

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UW faculty offers proposals to reduce economic inequality across U.S

Institute for Research on Poverty worked on anti-poverty solutions in light of devlopments in labor market, educational institutions

by Benny Koziol Reporter

In light of Wisconsin Republicans trying to overhaul the state’s welfare programs, University of Wisconsin faculty at the Institute for Research on Poverty published research in late February offering alternative policies to pull Americans out of poverty.

“Anti-Poverty Policy Initiatives for the United States” is a selection of anti-poverty proposals supporting new, experimental solutions for strengthening the American social safety net and reducing economic inequality, according to a UW press release.

Institute for Research on Poverty professor Lawrence Berger said the large-scale welfare policy reform of the 1990s marked the last time scholars paid significant attention to the social safety net. Berger, who was an editor of the volume, said the changes since to American labor markets, family structures and educational institutions warrant new anti-poverty research.

“We thought these things coming together really created a window of opportunity for new thinking and fresh ideas — based in what we’ve learned from the past — to be able to generate innovative solutions to poverty going forward,” Berger said.

Berger said some proposals were merely “incremental” changes to existing legislation which could, in turn, be made dramatically more effective.

A minimum target benefit and subsidy for Social Security could reduce poverty among the elderly and a modest increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits could improve food security for recipients, Berger said.

The volume also contains proposals for universal child allowance, a transformation of the current Child Tax Credit.

“Every family with kids would essentially be given a check from the government with a monthly amount per child to help defray the cost of childcare,” Berger said.

Berger said a universal child allowance is politically possible because reforming the Child Tax Credit continually resurfaces in the discourse of national think tanks and lawmakers.

This fresh anti-poverty research arrives as Wisconsin Republicans are trying to overhaul and restructure the state’s welfare programs.

Gov. Scott Walker laid out his goals for welfare reform in a January legislative session, including a new work requirement for parents of children on food stamps and a rise in the current work requirement for all other adults from 20 to 30 hours a week, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

“With more people working in Wisconsin than ever before, we can’t afford to have anyone on the sidelines. We need everyone in the game,” Walker said in a statement. “We want to remove barriers to work and make it easier to get a job while

making sure public assistance is available for those who truly need it.”

Some, such as UW School of Social Work professor Kristen Shook Slack, are skeptical of the Republican-led welfare overhaul.

Slack said the stigma around government benefits, and the presumption the nation must move toward getting people off these programs, is misguided.

Citing her research on family welfare, Slack argued that sanctioning benefits often causes more harm to a family’s well-being than motivation to work.

Slack also questioned whether these proposals have considered the state labor market and the extent to which viable employment exists to accommodate the rise in required hours. She said many individuals on SNAP face great difficulty finding jobs and the many who already work cannot maintain themselves and their families on a low-wage job alone.

“My problems with those policies is that they tend to just put the onus entirely on the individual with respect to work,” Slack said.

“Not on labor markets or employers or policies around minimum wage which also affect an individual’s ability to find a stable and livablewage job.”

Contained in “Anti-Poverty Policy Initiatives” is such a proposal taking these factors into account, calling for universal, guaranteed employment.

Berger called it a response to the perpetual shift since the 1990s to a work-based social safety net. If a worker can’t find a job, Berger said the government would create a job.

“The thought experiment is, if we only want to support workers, then let’s give you a 100 percent probability of getting a job,” Berger said.

In addition, UW School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies assistant professor Kathryn Moeller has published a new volume of research called “The Gender Effect: Capitalism, Feminism and the Corporate Politics of Development.”

The book addresses the theory that investment in girls’ education in recent decades will be a surefire route to reducing global poverty and catalyzing economic development.

“My work challenges this assumption that investing in girls and women produces a silver bullet for solving global concerns from ending poverty and promoting economic growth, to fighting climate change,” Moeller said in a February press release.

Moeller argues movements like the Nike Foundation’s Girl Effect, an

Photo · Research arrives as Wisconsin Republicans are attempting to drastically restructure the state’s welfare programs.

Daniel Yun The Badger Herald international organization working to improve girls’ education in impoverished regions, do little to economically empower women and instead push them toward low-wage fields which limit their future possibilities.

As research on poverty and welfare persist at UW, Berger said he is hopeful about the direction his colleagues’ research can guide the national

discussion.

“Despite a lot of the discussion now being about lowering social welfare spending and contracting programs, this also is a time for opportunities to think about the future and how to improve the economic prospects low-income populations and workers,” Berger said.

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UW experts lead effort to test experimental Ebola vaccine in Japan School of Veterinary Medicine professor has goal of producing safe, effective vaccine against virus after visiting Sierra Leone in 2014

by Abert Vang Science Reporter

University of Wisconsin experts are leading a $3 million effort to create as many as 1000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine that will be tested during clinical trials in Japan mid-2019.

Ebola is a severe and often fatal human pathogen. There are periodic outbreaks of this disease in sub-Saharan Africa, including the epidemic that occurred between 2013 and 2016 in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, according to a Waisman Center press release.

Within humans, Ebola can be spread through close and direct physical contact with vomit, feces and bodily fluids from someone who is infected with the virus.

It can also be transmitted from eating meat from non-domesticated mammals, reptiles, amphibians and birds, contact with surfaces and materials contaminated with these fluids, and from the usage of contaminated needles and syringes.

The effort to bring this vaccine to the clinic is being led by School of Veterinary Medicine professor and global expert on Ebola and influenza Yoshihiro Kawaoka, with experts from Waisman Biomanufacturing.

Normally, an Ebola virus has seven genes that are needed to replicate.

The work Kawaoka and Waisman Biomanufacturing is doing comes from the discovery of Delta VP30, a form of the Ebola virus that isn’t infectious and is safe to work within laboratory conditions.

Delta VP30 was discovered by Peter Halfmann, a scientist in Kawaoka’s lab, more than a decade ago. Delta in genomics basically means deletion, so Delta VP30 is a Ebola virus without the VP30 gene, Halfmann said.

“Delta VP30 is just like an authentic Ebola virus, except that I was able to pluck out one gene,” Halfmann said. “That one gene [that I took out] was VP30.”

Because Delta VP30 is missing one gene, it cannot replicate or infect other cells.

Halfmann then developed cell lines with the Delta VP30 gene in monkeys, which resulted in Delta VP30 being present to compliment the replication-defective virus, in turn making the body naturally create a defense for the virus. The vaccine has already been proven to be effective when tested on monkeys.

Though the research was done on monkeys, Halfmann expects the results to be the same with humans.

“When applied to humans, it’s just a vaccine,” Halfmann said. “It won’t replicate or do anything. It’ll just give

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all the proteins to the immune system, so they could make antibodies in an efficient response.”

Since vaccines work by exposing our immune system to a virus or parts of it, Delta VP30 effectiveness comes from the fact that it is a whole-virus vaccine, Halfmann said.

This means unlike other Ebola vaccine candidates who use vector viruses to ferry a single Ebola protein — a surface antigen — in order to strengthen the immune system, Delta VP30 presents all the viral proteins to the immune system, Halfmann said. This can result in increased and broadened immune responses compared to vaccines that only use a single viral antigen, he added.

Both Kawaoka and Halfmann went to Sierra Leone in December 2014, where they were able to see the frightening effects of Ebola. In Sierra Leone, they had a lab in Freetown and access to a military hospital with 12 treatment beds. Because of this, they were able to continuously keep up with the patients and study the disease.

Being able to study the disease in person lead to Kawaoka determining his goal, which is to produce a safe and effective vaccine against Ebola virus for people.

In order to do so, Waisman Biomanufacturing, a specialized facility whose goal is to help translate scientific discoveries into early-stage clinical trials, will be working on producing the vaccine, the facility’s managing director Carl Ross said.

Ross stressed how Waisman Biomanufacturing’s goal is to help create the vaccine quickly, efficiently and cost effectively so it can move into clinical trials. Ross also hopes this experience will foster a relationship between Waisman Biomanufacturing and UW, so more work can be done together in the future.

“Right now, [the Waisman Center is] making the cell bank to produce the virus, as well as doing the process development to make the clinical product and develop quality control assays to release the product for human use.”

There is a scheduled meeting in April 2019 to talk about possibly starting human clinical trials for this vaccine in the U.S. The trials in the U.S. are tentatively set for late 2019 or early 2020.

Photo · The Ebola vaccine has already been proven to be effective when tested on monkeys.

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The Lab Report: Benefiting humanity by enhancing plant relationships UW plant pathology sophomore hopes his research will lead to future pursuits supporting food security in developing nations

by Jacob Otto Science Reporter

Every week, The Lab Report will feature a different undergraduate-research assistant on campus and their experience in the lab.

Ané Lab, Department of Bacteriology/ Department of Agronomy For the last three semesters, University of Wisconsin plant pathology sophomore Angad Dhariwal has been able to explore his passion for plant life by investigating the symbioses of plants and microbes through directed research in the Ané lab.

The Ané lab, led by professor Jean-Michel Ané, is part of the department of bacteriology and the department of agronomy. Its many projects seek to understand and manipulate the molecular aspects of beneficial plantmicrobe interactions.

Dhariwal’s study is focused on the interaction between mycorrhizal fungi and poplar, a woody plant. This work is guided by his mentor, National Science Foundation graduate research fellow and PhD candidate Kevin Cope.

Dhariwal’s research efforts are split between the Ané lab in the Microbial Sciences Building and the Ané greenhouse at Biotron Laboratories. He cares for poplar saplings in the greenhouse and perform analyses of the microbes associated with their roots in the lab.

“Mycorrhizal fungi are beneficial rootassociated fungi that provide their host plant with mineral nutrients and water from the soil in exchange for carbon-based compounds that the plant produces via photosynthesis,” Cope said.

Plant-mycorrhizal associations are complex, Cope said. This research looks at the molecular signaling pathways used to communicate between mycorrhizal fungi and the plants they colonize.

In particular, Dhariwal and Cope are interested in nutrient transporters in the plant and fungus to better understand nutrient exchange at the molecular level.

To explore this, Dhariwal is looking at one of the many poplar genes involved in the “common symbiosis pathway.” This pathway is present in woody plants and is needed to establish symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi, Dhariwal said.

The specific gene under investigation is important for developing mycorrhizal structure around the root, Dhariwal said.

“We want to see if this gene is absolutely vital to this role or if it is just there as a booster,” Dhariwal said.

The lab has already used a molecular technique to “knock down” this gene, meaning they reduced its expression. The reduced expression of this gene corresponded to a reduced colonization of the root by

mycorrhizal fungi, Dhariwal said.

They are going to study how disruption of this gene affects mycorrhizal fungi colonization. If the gene is absolutely vital to colonization of the root, its disruption should result in a complete lack of symbiosis.

Identifying the importance of the individual genes in the common symbiosis pathway is crucial to understanding the molecular basis of establishment and how the symbiotic association is maintained over time, Cope said.

“If we can understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate the establishment and maintenance of mycorrhizal associations, perhaps we can better manage crops to maximize yield and minimize inputs [fertilizers and water],” Cope said.

Improving poplar management strategies is important because poplar trees are commonly used as a source of wood paper production and finish carpentry, and are a candidate crop for biofuel production, Cope said. Improvements in their biomass yield will benefit these efforts.

In addition to enhancing techniques involving poplar, the knowledge gained through this research might be able to improve other crop management strategies.

This is because most plants that humans use as crops for food, feed and fuel naturally rely on mycorrhizal fungi to help them acquire the mineral nutrients and water that they need to survive, Cope said.

This is what Dhariwal finds most relevant to his future goals.

He wants to work to create food security in developing nations. Dhariwal thinks he might want to conduct research involving engineering food crops to be more drought or disease resistant.

Dhariwal is happy that his work with the Ané Lab has helped him learn about research at both the molecular and organismal level. He thinks he’s been able to gain experience that will aid his future pursuits in supporting food security.

Cope thinks undergraduate research is one of the best experiences for enhancing undergraduate education and gaining a competitive edge for obtaining future employment. He is thankful for Dhariwal’s work and the work of all of the other undergraduates in the lab.w “Undergraduate research is vital to the success of this project,” Cope said. “So far, over 20 students have contributed to one or more aspects of it while completing independent projects closely tied to the research goals.”

Photo · For his research, Dhariwal cares for poplar saplings in the greenhouses and performs analyses of the microbes associated with their roots.

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Photo · Poplar trees are commonly used as a source of wood paper production and finish carpentry, and are a candidate crop for biofuel production.

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Madison area may see economic benefit as GE Healthcare expands As plant begins manufacturing two infant health care machines, company will need more production workers, engineers

by Abby Doeden City Editor

The GE Healthcare Madison manufacturing plant has begun assembling two infant health care machines, which will add a new patient base to their plant and provide an increased number of jobs to people in Dane County.

As of Jan. 2, the company started manufacturing a baby warming machine called “Panda” and will be assembling an infant incubator called the “Giraffe” starting in the second half of 2018, Madison plant manager Mark Goyette said.

Communications senior manager for GE Healthcare Velia Tarnoff believes these technologies will benefit the Madison and Dane County area with more technology, which will help many in the community.

The reason for the job growth is that the company will be manufacturing more items, and as a result will need more employees. This is where the Madison community will see the most economic benefit, Tarnoff said.

“GE Healthcare expects to be producing thousands of these advanced systems in Madison and hiring to support these production efforts,”

Tarnoff said. “These developments represent production capacity added to the existing GE Healthcare manufacturing lines in Madison.”

In 2016, GE contributed $8.1 billion in direct, indirect and induced total production output in the state of Wisconsin. Additionally, GE’s economic presence in Wisconsin supports nearly 25,000 direct, indirect and induced full-time jobs.

These numbers are expected to only grow with this program, Tarnoff said.

The Madison GE Healthcare plant has been in the city since 1970 and has been making anesthesia machines and ventilators for years. These machines have been a part of the basic life-saving tools in operating rooms all over the world, Goyette said.

The manufacturing of these machines was recently moved to Madison from a plant in Maryland. Though there will be more activity in the plant, it does not require any physical expansion to the current building, Goyette said.

Instead, there will be internal remodeling and repurposing the space.

Goyette said as a result of the additional manufacturing, the GE Healthcare plant in

Madison has hired about 25 production workers and several engineers, many from the University of Wisconsin. The plant expects the number to grow as well once the company sees where more help will be needed.

In addition to the UW Hospital, every neonatal intensive care unit in Dane County is currently equipped with some of these new GE products, so everyone in the community will be able to see the products currently being made, Goyette said.

While more indirect, an additional benefit to the community is GE Healthcare’s history of giving back to the local community with the money they make, Tarnoff said.

“In 2016, GE helped contribute $7.3 million in charitable donations in Wisconsin,” Tarnoff said.

“GE Healthcare Madison employees support numerous activities and events in the Dane County community, including the Breast Cancer awareness walk, food pantry drives and assisting families in need during the holidays.”

Many employees are also supporters of East Madison Community Center, Habitat for Humanity, Meals on Wheels, Project Backpack,

Red Cross Blood Drives, Ronald McDonald House, United Way Day of Giving and the Vera Court, Tarnoff said.

With the added number of employees, Tarnoff said the plant will be able to reach even more people in their charity efforts, benefiting the local economy even more.

UW will also experience some of the benefits of this expansion, as GE Healthcare is a strong partner with the university. This was seen most recently in their help with the engineering week-long camp for grade-school girls this past summer, Goyette said.

“Having GE Healthcare in Dane County and expanding our operation allows us to be a bigger part of the community,” Goyette said. “To have the opportunity to continue to grow and develop local talent that may ultimately find its way into GE specifically, or our suppliers, to invent, create and build these great new technologies we have.”

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Earthgang, J.I.D brought authentic hip-hop sound to High Noon

Powerful duo paired with openers from J.Cole’s Dreamville label created enjoyable, unique concert experience with emotional connection

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber Features Editor

At their co-headlined show at the High Noon, J.I.D and the duo EarthGang gave a textbook example of what a hip-hop show ought to be.

Growing from act-to-act, a connection was fostered between the performers and audience members. Instead of the usual transactional binary — audience members pay and artists perform — there was a sense that everyone at the show was working toward the same thing, something like a critical mass of hype and excitement.

The artists fed off the audience’s energy and vice verse, creating a positive energy feedback loop that exploded light right by the time EarthGang joined J.I.D on stage for the performance’s end.

But first, it started slowly. Including the headlining Atlantans, the concert encompassed five acts in total: local Lucien Parker opened alongside North Carolina’s Lute and the DMV’s Chaz French. The latter two are labelmates with J.I.D and EarthGang on J. Cole’s Dreamville label.

Your correspondent arrived just when Parker finished his set, but it was clear he performed his task well. The audience was warmed up, their hushed chatterings radiating the warmth of an engine beginning to rev.

After a quick DJ set, Lute came on stage to moderate applause, quickly digging into cuts

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off his new project West1996 Pt. 2. Lute, as an emcee, is the definition of solid. On tracks like “Still Slummin,” he spit quick, slick bars over jazzy beats. Though he is not doing anything groundbreaking, he has a knack for what made hip-hop great, to begin with.

As a performer, though, he shined. Aside from delivering his songs well in a live setting, Lute spoke to the younger audience between tracks the way an older cousin might speak to young kids. He spoke in grounded positivity, urging them to pursue their goals with the same urgency he has.

This kind of emotional connection is only possible in a live setting and is rare at that — just ask attendees of Tyler The Creator and Vince Staples’ show.

The next act, Chaz French, repeated a similar formula. His last show on tour, French promised to make this performance his best. His music, though, was also a bit more contemporary than Lute’s. His beats were more varied, featuring hand drums and rootsiness on “IDK” and synths and snares on “Squad.” French also had more flows at his disposal, especially in the hooks department.

Like Lute, French collaborated with the crowd, rather than condescended. He recanted a touching story of rallying from homelessness to a rap career and urged the audience to understand that being themselves was good enough as long as they were putting out love into the world.

Each performer had a knack for meeting the crowd on their level, rather than assuming audience members would feel that connection innately. EarthGang, comprised of Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot, took this to new heights.

Coming out to older songs off of 2014’s Shallow Graves For Toys and collaborations, Johnny Venus was dressed in a tank top and a ski mask (appropriate for the snow storm that was raging outside), whereas Doctur Dot was dressed in more conventional streetwear, with a polo hat to boot.

Venus was immediately hyping up the crowd, whereas Dot seemed to take a bit to warm up. Once each was in full swing, the partnership dynamic that makes EarthGang’s music so great flowed into their performance. Shifting fast and fluidly, while one of them rapped, the other controlled the crowd or served as hype man.

As the pair progressed through their discography, moving to cuts off of their Rags and Robots EPs, they also showed why many consider them to be the most talented rappers of this era.

Tracks like “Nowhere Fast” and “Artificial” fit the mold of hip-hop of decades bygone but integrate the present. Their ability to weave in genres like electronica, brandish their singing voices and craft lyrics with

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They are also real showmen. At one point, the pair not so much leapt into the crowd but casually strolled through while performing.

Usually, when a performer enters the crowd,

It was “surveying

more like two kings their kingdom or two farmers harvesting the crops they’ve cultivated.”

it is a chaotic and brief affair. But for Dot and Venus, it was more like two kings surveying their kingdom or two farmers harvesting the crops they’ve cultivated.

This is a hot take, and perhaps a lazy comparison given their shared region, but given their pageantry and performance skills, there were traces of OutKast.

After a brief pause, J.I.D. carried EarthGang’s momentum into his set.

And while J.I.D. is as talented an artist as EarthGang, he was not on the same level as a performer. The potential was there and the effort even more so, but as a younger artist it was clear he had some work to do in transmuting his recordings to a live

performance setting.

He was no worse a performer than the openers, but his performance took a hit from the expectations associated with being a headliner. Still, he took the time to thank and engage the crowd, and the inherent quality of songs like “EdEddnEddy” and “Underwear” off of The Never Story shone through.

J.I.D’s performance peaked and reached its full potential when EarthGang and the labelmates came out for “Mediate” and “Division,” two of the headliners’ collaborative tracks. Perhaps feeding off the energy of his peers and the crowd, J.I.D’s verses reached new heights on these tracks and his performance of his own songs “NEVER” and “Hasta Luego” immediately after.

To conclude the show, the DJ spun some tracks until the High Noon cut the sound.

Chaz French, not wanting the night to end, tried to start a chant to get the sound back on but to no avail. Still, each performer waited on stage to chat with fans and sign shoes or hats, J.I.D. more than anyone else.

Though there were no external augments, like set design or special choreography, EarthGang and J.I.D. were able to tap into the essence of hip-hop at their concert— community, a common cause and stellar songs and beats.

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‘An American In Paris’ tells true tale of love, heartache during wartime

Tony-award winner Christopher Wheeldon blesses Overture Center with beautiful rendition of classic play, bringing stage to life

by John Zack ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

“An American In Paris’s” debut at the Overture Center is a vivid, complex adventure that rewards its audience’s attention.

A startling reminder of my own inflexibility, “An American in Paris” concluded its run at the Overture Center on March 4, while dazzling the audience in a spectacular exposition of dance and song. With a cast comprising of nothing but triple threats and impeccable visuals, it accomplishes the act of bringing its stage to life in a way not many musicals can.

“An American in Paris” tells the tale of Jerry Mulligan, a soldier in post-war Paris, who finds himself entangled in an everelusive love quadrilateral as he pines for a timid Parisian.

The adage goes, “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry.” And this show holds true to it — while this show is often flashy, vivacious, upbeat and just plain goofy, it often catches you off guard with poignancy and deeply emotional scenes.

While Matthew Scott’s portrayal of the

“The

attention to detail obviously put forth into the show not only requires the audience’s attention, it demands it. “

renditions of their respective characters are magnetic. Each cast member brings zest and wonder into the troupe becoming nothing short of a dream team. Kirsten Scott’s performance as Milo Davenport, a rich American heiress, really personifies the weird in the show. Her flaunted eccentricity is expressed via bright colors and stage pieces that bring to life the emphasis on art that the City of Light has always maintained.

The chemistry between actors on stage is electric and complex. The three musketeers of the show, McGee Maddox’s Jerry Mulligan, Matthew Scott’s Adam Hochberg and Ben Michael’s Henri Baurel, demonstrate the inner workings of a complex group of friends in a way that shows how contrasting personalities can create strife and camaraderie alike.

Ben Michael’s Henri Baurel offers what is perhaps one of the most dynamic and compelling performances of the show.

Michael’s ability to play an anxious, faltering character that blossoms into confidence incarnated in his performance in “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” defines his impressive emotional range as an actor.

A sample of their dialogue includes:

“Why aren’t you free?”

“Because life is not like your American movies.”

The show’s culture-clash comments on themes of duty and what it means to truly be in love. The absolute range of characters and cultures presented in the show provides a number of insights to be made by its viewers, and its emotion in the show never supersedes its farcical nature, nor vice versa.

Dramatic irony abounds, providing no shortage of moments that demand the audience’s utmost attention. One scene in particular even provides a meta dance performance, the many moving parts of the show make it easy to get bogged down in the details. That’s not a bad thing, however.

The attention to detail obviously put forth into this show not only requires the audience’s attention, it demands it.

When the entire company of interwoven characters enters the stage, the cast displays the group’s elaborate dynamics extremely well. As the three musketeers’ relationships with one another change, their attitudes are expressed in an organic, truly understandable way.

“An American in Paris” pushes the boundaries of what the medium of a

stage can accomplish. By animating the backdrop stage, the show comes to life.

Moving pieces, lights, colors and their creative applications — like turning ensemble members into expressionist paintings — are what make “An American in Paris” a truly magical experience.

The lighting and backdrops of the stage often give it three dimensions in a way that put me in awe. In one particular scene, the projected Parisian skyline shifts cinematically into a street in which a scene begins to take place.

Pieces of the stage become inherent parts of song and dance and directly contribute to the quality of the show.

There’s a vast difference between a blackout after which a new scene has been created, and new stage pieces being danced, twirled and even scribbled onto the stage. It’s these exceptional transitions that define the show as one that kept my mouth agape more times than I’d like to admit.

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hilariously awkward Adam Hochberg is endearing — and his physical comedy is a rare treasure that highlights the show’s levity — the show often takes sharp twists and turns down a road of emotional turbulence.

McGee Maddox’s Jerry Mulligan is a fantastic commentary on the American culture of persistence that exists in romance and proves itself an anomaly in the show. The clash between McGee’s standardly American tenacity and Allison Walsh’s lack thereof as Lise Dassin creates a strange, novel dynamic onstage.

As stereotypical behaviors emerge from within characters, it begins to become apparent that this is entirely intentional, and allows the audience’s expectations of each character to be fulfilled. The show brings out these stereotypes to reinforce as well as subvert them — whether for better or worse.

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Danielle Nicole to debut emotional release ‘Cry No More’ at Frequency Kansas City native explores new, unique sound, delivers words of wisdom from personal experience now as solo artist

by Chase Byington ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Danielle Nicole will visit the Frequency Saturday while promoting the debut of her second studio album, Cry No More.

The album debuted Feb. 23 and is accompanied by a tour across the U.S. Nicole was previously in the band Trampled Under Foot (named after the Led Zeppelin track of the same title, off the album Physical Graffiti), with her brothers Nick and Kris Schnebelen.

Nicole looked back on Trampled Under Foot fondly.

“It’s funny because when we first started playing as Trampled Under Foot we didn’t do any ‘Zepplin.’ In fact... people would come up to us and say ‘you’re good, but you didn’t play any Zepplin’,” she said.

From Kansas City, Missouri, the bassistsinger-writer holds a steady rhythm on the bass while singing in key. As an artist, Nicole has been progressing with each new project.

With Wolf Den, Nicole describes most of the songs as being influenced by her time with Trampled Under Foot. But, then on Cry No More, she answers what many fans hope for,

and fully breaks into her own sound.

“With this record, I branched out as much as I possibly could, that’s why ‘Bobby’ sounds like nothing I’d ever written before,” Nicole said.

Which is true, Nicole can honestly say that she has found her style — her niche in the vast chasm that is music.

Nicole can honestly say that she “has found her style — her niche in the vast chasm that is music. ”

And she’s right. It is apparent on “Bobby,” which is a ballad about the life of her late father, that Nicole has found her style.

Nicole explains how she came upon the motivation behind the highly emotional track.

“The story of Bobby is about his childhood

and not having a father and trying to fill that role somehow and not knowing how to,” Nicole said. “Who he was as a child [had] conditioned him to be who he was growing up. And recognizing that… you can let it define you or you can move on and take a different path.”

While there were hints of resentment in Nicole’s voice describing her history with her father, she is not callous to just how important her father was to her.

She even acknowledges a parallel between the relationships of her and her father as well as the relationship between her father and grandfather.

“Coming from the pain of what our childhoods were, but [also] coming from a different perspective of compassion for him and how difficult his [childhood] was and it kind of changed him into becoming that person,” Nicole said.

She completely understood where her father was coming from, and she attributes that as one of the reasons why the song took her so long to write.

Who can blame her? It’s hard to open yourself up to the ruthlessness that is the music business. But Nicole does this effortlessly and delivers a story sure to strengthen any bond between father and child.

“What am I going to say? It’s very cathartic when I sing it too, it’s hard,” Nicole said.

Nicole understands what she is doing is not easy, and leaves us with very sound advice for anyone wanting to pursue their dreams.

Nicole has a strong belief in following her gut. That’s what she’s always known. She doesn’t mistake an instinct for being scared.

She knows herself in a way that only she can.

“If you have a burning desire to do something and you feel positive about it then do it. Follow your gut and be a good person,” Nicole said.

How many rockstars when asked point blank about advice has ever told anyone to be a good person?

The show at the Frequency starts at 6 p.m., and will be for a 18+ crowd with tickets starting at $10.

Sixth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival showcased talent, passion

Nine short plays were featured at Hemsley Theater, featuring talented graduate students tackling larger social issues throughout

by Morgan Grunow ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

What can you do in 10 minutes?

Take a power nap? Walk to class? Make a quick dinner? Or (hopefully) finish that assignment?

These are some basic things that many of us do every day, but this past weekend, students at the University of WisconsinMadison presented a play in 10 minutes at the Hemsley Theater, accompanied with passion, emotion and evidence of hard work.

Earlier this month, the Theatre and Drama Graduate Student Organization presented its sixth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring nine plays written, directed and acted out by UWMadison students. While each play had its singular theme separate from the others, one commonality throughout was the audience’s ability to use his or her imagination in interpreting the message.

“Garfield’s Calamity,” written by Wesley Korpela and directed by Bridgett Vanderhoof, brought viewers back to some fond and not so fond memories: high school, and more specifically, high school drama. The play centered around a Garfield Fan Club of three students, where the inevitable drama of “who likes 12 • badgerherald.com • March 13, 2018

whom” surfaced.

Yet a bigger message may have been present here — the media’s influence on young adults and mental health.

One discussion included the day’s comic strip where Garfield is described as telling another character, John, to commit suicide, a message interpreted within the club as something the members should do.

This play in particular played on a familiar high school scene, adding a twist of the influence of media, also something many are familiar with now and has become more prominent with younger ages.

The third play, “Joe’s Meditation,” written by Danny Crowley and directed

by Daniel Crowley, also presented a known scenario to viewers. Character Average Joe, played by Dan Crowley, is meditating as the all-too-familiar angel versus devil scenario was played out by two other actors.

With the internal discussion showcased for viewers to see in a dramatic manner, the play ended anticlimactically with Average Joe walking off in a seemingly peaceful manner. This depicted the overall conflict individuals may go through in making a decision and the ability to keep the conflict internal.

Written by Steffen Silvis and directed

by Joshua Kelly, “Anaheim ’79” drew on a recognizable instance that audience members may not recognize in themselves. Tom, played by Ben Jaeger, is trying to live up to his late father ’s talent and occupation: male stripping. As this opening scene adds comic relief for what occurs later, the commonality of living up to past loved one’s talents and names is certainly something many can relate to.

However, it may take the entirety of the play to reach this message.

For a majority of the play Tom is talking with his passed father, Arthur, played by Thain Emrys, yet it is not necessarily known that this is a dream for Tom until another character enters the stage without acknowledgment of Arthur.

Other plays featured were “The Last One Home,” “Lost and Found at the Hotel Mogador,” “The Oak Tree, Soft Light Creeps in from Stage Left,” “Fifteen Scenes about Forgetting” and “72 Days.”

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Cooking Sucks: Corned beef spring rolls to satiate this St. Patty’s Day

by Jonathan Sogin ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The greenest, most Irish leprechaun-themed day of the year is coming: St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17th. Though historically rooted in the religious celebration of some saint (maybe Patrick?), it turned into a broad celebration of Irish culture.

Through the power of cultural appropriation, it has further morphed into a marathon day of drinking. I’ll refrain from commenting on whether that is for better or worse.

Madison embraces St. Patrick’s Day with enthusiasm displayed by green outfits, green beer, Guinness, Jameson and Bailey’s Irish Cream. It’s almost like a green game day minus the animosity towards an opposing team. Personally, I think the city should dye the lakes green to mimic Chicago, but that may be pushing it.

Formerly known as Feast Day during the 17th century, it is fitting that St. Patrick’s Day is the topic of this column. However, when I think of Irish food, not much comes to mind besides cabbage, potatoes, corned beef, shepherd’s pie and Irish soda bread. And to be honest, none of these foods really spark my interest, especially after drinking a few beers. Nevertheless, keep reading for the diamond in the rough, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow recipe to keep you standing this St. Patrick’s Day.

Reuben Rolls

The Reuben is a sandwich made with corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, rye bread and thousand island dressing. It isn’t Irish at all. The sandwich was first sold by a German immigrant in New York City, but the sauerkraut (containing cabbage) and corned beef make it feel Irish enough to pass.

Nevertheless, eating a Rueben is a messy endeavor. So, rather than making sandwiches, this week’s recipe stuffs Reuben toppings into an eggroll paper and deep fries them. I guess that’s cultural appropriation in action, but America is a melting pot, right?

Directions

Ingredients (12 rolls, 30 min prep) 12 egg roll wrappers, defrosted 8 oz. sliced corned beef 16 oz. sauerkraut 10 oz. swiss cheese 1 qt. vegetable oil 1 bottle of Thousand Island dressing, for dipping

1. Finely slice the corn beef into strips.

2. Drain and press the sauerkraut so it is not too wet.

3. Finely shred the swiss cheese.

4. Place oil in a small, heavy bottom pot and heat on medium high; to test heat, a drop of water should vigorously boil when dropped into oil.

5. To make eggrolls, place swiss cheese followed by sauerkraut and then corned beef on one eggroll wrapper, and then roll according to package instructions.

6. Fry eggrolls in oil until they are golden brown, about 5 min.

7. Cut in half and serve with thousand island.

Voila!

As always, hit me up with questions, comments, or concerns.

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recent mass shootings loom over gun control stalemate As politicians continue debating Second Amendment, Madison community, students prepare for unthinkable

by Margaret Duffey Staff contributor

the past few years and been “moving in the wrong direction.”

She said the political system is rigged to favor the voice of the rich and powerful who are backed by groups like the NRA. If legislators in Wisconsin, regardless of party affiliation, are interested in representing their constituents, they should move forward with common sense gun policy reform, Jeri Bonavia, executive director of Wisconsin Anti-Violence Educational Fund said.

“The corporate gun lobby, including the NRA, has been pushing hard to normalize people carrying guns in public places,” Bonavia said. “Research is clear that increasing the number of people carrying guns in more places does not make us safer.”

Like Wisconsin, the Florida House of Representatives, Senate and governor are all Republican. Despite this, Florida increased the minimum buying age to 21, extended its handgun waiting period to include long guns and made bump stocks illegal. Only hours after being signed into law on March 9, the NRA filed a lawsuit against the state.

Rep. Scott Allen, R-Waukesha, does not think contributions from the NRA increase U.S. violence. On the contrary, the NRA could be a strong ally for solutions in the future, he said.

But Allen, as chair of the Committee on Constitution and Ethics, does believe that some degree of regulation is appropriate. He said, just as the First Amendment right to freedom of speech is regulated to ensure public safety, so should the Second Amendment.

“What are the reasonable restrictions that we would put in place for purposes of public safety?” Allen asked. “That’s where we have a wide divergent array of opinion about what is reasonable in restricting our Second Amendment right.”

The NRA is critical, Jeff Nass, former executive director of Wisconsin Force and owner of Nass Consulting LLC, said.

Calling it the oldest civil rights organization in the country, Nass said the NRA’s strength is in its ability to rally law abiding citizens to vote.

While conservatives claim that the NRA does not impact policy making, it is important to note that the NRA contributed $3.5 million to Governor Scott Walker’s 2010, 2012 and 2014 campaigns combined.

To David Pelikan, press secretary for University of Wisconsin’s College Democrats, the NRA pushes the vote of legislators in favor of its interests and against the desires of their constituents.

“In Congress, we usually can’t even get a vote on these things that have widespread public support,” Pelikan, a first-year

student said. “It’s because there’s so much money coming from the NRA’s PAC that contributes directly to the candidates. If we can’t move past that then the political landscape for gun control is difficult.”

For others like Abby Streu, chair of UW’s Young Americans for Freedom, gun control actually threatens the safety of Americans.

Authoritarian regimes can use gun control to stop citizens from fighting against tyranny, she said. The Second Amendment is meant to prevent this from happening in America and that’s why limiting gun control policy is important, Streu said.

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Mass shootings have become a norm in America.

At a Las Vegas music festival in October 2017, a gunman killed 58 people and injured more than 480.

At a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas barely a month later, a gunman killed 26. At a high school in Parkland, Florida on Valentine’s Day this year, a gunman killed 17.

A week after the Parkland shooting, Quinnipiac University reported public support for stricter gun laws increased to 66 percent. Some of the loudest voices in support of gun control come from citizens who can’t even vote yet — including many of the Parkland students. On Wednesday, March 14, Madison students will join thousands in a national walk out for gun control.

Still, simply saying the word “gun” unleashes a firestorm of opinions. Despite majority support for stricter gun laws, many outspoken opponents remain.

At the center of debate is the Second Amendment. While some believe the right to bear arms should go unchecked, others argue it should be highly regulated.

In a state like Wisconsin, gun culture is relatively strong. Just this past November, the Republican-controlled government lifted the minimum age requirement for hunting. Less than a week after the Parkland shooting, the State Assembly rejected a universal background check bill. During the same session, it passed a bill to fund grants for arming school security guards.

Residents of Wisconsin, too, are relatively lukewarm on gun control. A recent Marquette Law poll found that 57 percent of voters think gun laws would have no effect at all in preventing mass shootings.

Despite political polarization, law enforcement and communities across the country are preparing for the possibility that the the unthinkable could happen to them as well.

Do campaign contributions control gun policy?

Mass shootings have evoked strong reactions in the form of finger-pointing and frustration on both sides of the aisle. One issue of contention is whether the National Rifle Association impacts the passage of gun control legislation.

Conversation about gun control is difficult because interest groups like the NRA have a seat at the table, Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, said.

As a result, Wisconsin has relaxed gun safety regulations in

Preparing for an active shooter

While politicians debate the Second Amendment, Madison Police Department and local schools have started training programs and drills in an effort to decrease the number of casualties in these events should an incident happen locally.

While the violent crime rate is essentially at an all time low in the U.S., mass shootings are an exception because they’re actually on the rise, MPD officer Matt Magolan said.

“Even though you’re about as likely to be struck by lightning as you are to find yourself in an active shooter event, it is still a very high impact event in the lives of the people who they affect,” Magolan said.

Magolan noted that often times the only emergency training people receive are for fires and tornados. While the fire response — running to an exit — is good for an active shooter scenario, ducking and covering for a tornado makes people sitting ducks.

When people stay still in hopes of being seen as dead or for the shooting to end, they are typically shot at more, he said.

About three years ago, MPD partnered with a group from Texas State University-San Marcos to implement the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training model. The statistics-based program draws from past shootings to maximize survival, and the FBI named it the premier civilian training program for active shooter scenarios.

ALERRT aims to empower people through facts which dispel false narratives. The program includes three portions: Avoid, Deny and Defend. If an active shooter event occurs, the first step is to avoid the shooter completely. Magolan encourages people to run or crawl away from the gun shoots and toward an exit.

“A lot of these events begin and end very quickly — so quickly that they even end prior to police arrival,” Magolan said.

“So training civilians is really important because you can train the police all you want but if these things are over with before we even get there then the civilians are the ones who need the

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If the shooter is close by, deny access by locking doors to prevent becoming a target. Finally, if the first two steps fail, Magolon said to go on the defensive using whatever means necessary.

Training can be requested for any Madison venue, including businesses, schools and religious centers.

Sargent said her 7-year-old son came home from school and described a “code red drill” to her in which they put tape over classroom windows, lock the doors, close the curtains, put furniture in front of the doors and hide in closets or under desks in silence.

“It’s disgusting, quite frankly it’s disgusting that this is the reality that we are living in,” Sargent said. “It’s very hard not to be paralyzed by it.”

Political divide over best route to public safety

When it comes to a solution for mass shootings, there are many opinions but little consensus, especially given the political deadlock on gun control.

When talking about gun violence solutions, people often compare America to other countries where mass shootings are far less frequent. In 2016, America had 3.85 violent gun deaths per 100,000 people while Canada had .48 and the United Kingdom had only .07. This gun violence rating places America barely better off in terms of gun violence than Iraq, which had 4.28 deaths per 100,000.

Given the correlation between strong gun control and lack of gun violence in other countries, Pelikan said “inaction is embarrassing.”

“If we can’t have common sense regulations in place then we’re never going to have the same amount of public safety with regards to mass shootings as these other countries,” Pelikan said.

Shortly after the handgun waiting period was repealed in 2015, an individual in Madison purchased a gun and killed someone the same day, Magolan said. Due to the experience, Magolan said he doesn’t think there should be much debate regarding whether or not the waiting period can be a positive safeguard.

Bonavia also said there are multiple gun control approaches that could be taken which “would not be in any way offensive to gun owners” and could “coexist with a vibrant gun culture.” She suggested using risk factors historically associated with violence as a way to weed out dangerous individuals as potential gun buyers.

But some reject the practicality of the measures all together.

Streu said to decrease gun violence, America has to shift toward a more responsible gun culture. Through promotion of respect when dealing with guns, overall safety could increase.

Allen said background checks already exist in Wisconsin and that they’re appropriate but not a solution. Federally licensed dealers must initiate a background check on buyers in Wisconsin, but not private sellers. In many mass shootings, a background check would not have stopped the shooter, he said.

“If our objective is public safety then we ought to focus on what is going to produce the greatest likelihood of public safety,” Allen said. “And background checks have shown not necessarily to be reliable in terms of [weeding] out those who have caused harm.”

Allen added that if gun control is the answer, Chicago, which has high gun regulation, would have one of the lowest homicide rates in the country but it does not. He said the issue is “more pervasive than simply legislation of who has access to guns and how it is controlled.”

When the Chicago Police Department traced the origins of recovered guns from 2013-17, though, 60 percent came from outside of the state, from places with more relaxed gun laws like Indiana or Wisconsin.

Do more guns make us more safe?

Disagreement on gun control can be split on the claim “more guns make us more safe.” Calls to arm teachers fall in the category of support while those looking for an assault weapon ban and other restrictive legislation oppose it.

Rep. Terese Berceau, D-Madison, pushed back on the idea that arming more people would improve safety. If an active shooter were to appear nearby, more armed people in the area would make identifying the shooter would be more challenging by authorities.

In light of the Assembly’s approval of legislation which would issue grants to arm school guards, Pelikan said if guns were not getting into the hands of children to begin with because of weak regulations, there would be no reason for armed security guards.

“We’re already under-funding our schools so then to put money into putting armed guards in the schools, instead of putting money into public education is something that [College Democrats] think is wrong,” Pelikan said.

But Nass argued that if an active shooter knew someone would shoot back, they may reconsider carrying out a mass shooting. The gun-free status of schools and other buildings takes away that possibility though.

Nass stressed that even if one does not want concealed carry, they are safer because someone near them may be armed and able to come to their defense.

Allen said legislation really only affects law-abiding citizens because when it comes to “those who willingly break the law — there’s no law written that can stop them.”

Mental health, mass media and mass shootings

There are, though, two areas with some overlap in reform support from conservatives and liberals alike — mental health and media.

Nass said solutions should address mental health, not the law abiding citizen through more regulation. He said most people can agree that mentally ill people shouldn’t have access to guns, but added that barring them would be tough because they are still entitled to their rights.

Pelikan said improving mental health services so treatment

options are more accessible is necessary, but regulating gun access so that mentally ill people cannot access guns is also important. It cannot be treated like a one or the other issue, as some Republicans are trying to depict it as, Pelikan added.

Allen said the public needs to do a better job of identifying individuals who are suffering from mental health issues, like the Parkland shooter, and make an effort to get them help.

Berceau, however, expressed frustration toward the idea of placing the focus on mental illness. While mass shooters often have some issues, the majority of mentally ill people are not violent, she said.

Many liberals, conservatives and law enforcement officials also see violence in media as an area that needs to be reassessed.

People get shot in television shows, movies and video games but they are able to get up and walk away. Children’s toys come holding guns and it’s all seen as normal in American culture, Sargent said.

Allen reiterated that video games can make the use of guns feel “surreal” because if a player dies, they can just restart the game.

Magolan cited media coverage of mass shootings themselves as an issue. He said law enforcement finds that some perpetrators actually commit mass shootings to achieve “their ten minutes of fame.”

The frenzy of 24/7 coverage that follows most shootings fulfills this desire. As a result, the ALERRT program proposes that the media not disclose the names of shooters. It could deter some people from copying past shooters if they know they won’t gain personal coverage, Magolan said.

There needs to be consensus between the press, community, government and regulators on how to safely report on shootings, Magolan asserted.

“Let’s just talk about the facts of the case and move on from there,” Magolan said. “And we should focus on the victims … because these are lives that are cut short tragically. And without any rational reason generally.”

Bonavia said as horrific as mass shootings are, Americans also need to acknowledge that they form a small percentage of U.S. gun deaths.

Instead of focusing on what could have prevented an isolated mass shooting, she said people need to look at gun violence as a “broad and multifaceted problem.”

While each mass shooting brings news coverage, the conversation needs to include that people die on a daily basis from preventable gun violence, Pelikan said. It needs to extend past the victims of each mass shooting to include victims of less visible gun violence.

“It’s not just about [mass shooting victims], it’s also about every other person who dies from gun violence who shouldn’t have to,” Pelikan said “It’s a continuing problem. It doesn’t go away just because it’s no longer on the news.”

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Planned Parenthood: Worthy of America’s economic support?

College Republicans: Abortion clinics do not deserve our support

College Democrats: Women’s health is human health

Planned Parenthood’s abortion services put women and children at risk every day. This all while they vie for power and influence among Democratic legislators who continue to line their pockets.

In its 2016-17 fiscal year alone, Planned Parenthood received about a half billion dollars, or 36 percent of its total revenue, to run its operations through donors and grants. When you add in the money from the federal government given to them, it becomes a billion-dollar business operating under the façade of a women’s health facility.

While federal money, mainly from Medicaid, cannot fund abortion services because of the Hyde Amendment, it is contrary to everything this country stands for that taxpayers are forced to fund an organization as reprehensible as Planned Parenthood.

The Hyde Amendment also does little to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding abortions. Chris Conover, a scholar at Duke University, estimates 24 percent of abortions are taxpayer funded. Medicaid does allow government money to fund abortions in restricted cases.

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood spends millions lobbying officials to keep their funding instead of putting their money to use helping women. Just last week, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund announced its “biggest-ever push to try to top the balance of Congress and in key states.” Wisconsin even made the list of states that will be targeted with a budget expected to exceed $20 million dollars.

Although it may boast about other services offered, Planned Parenthood provided less STI diagnoses than abortions as well as less pap smears than abortions in its clinics.

To make matters worse, the organization has come under fire for regarding certain cases related to sexual abuse. In a summary of their failings, the Alliance for Defending Freedom writes, “Planned Parenthood has been directly sued for failure to report sexual abuse or to notify parents of minor children seeking abortions.”

Speaking in Nashville Feb. 27, Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd of antiabortion activists “how proud” he was to cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate for a bill that allows states to defund Planned Parenthood.

The pleasure Pence took in harming an organization that provides healthcare to millions of Americans may seem odd, but his statement is nothing new for conservatives.

Planned Parenthood has been vilified by right-wing lawmakers for years, when in reality, the organization provides necessary, affordable services to men and women across the U.S. In the past, these threats to defund the group were largely tripped up in the courts or blocked by the Obama administration. But the Trump administration has launched new attacks that may prove fatal.

From 2016-17, Planned Parenthood had 2.4 million patients and provided 9.5 million services. Of these services, more than half a million breast exams and pap smears were conducted in total. For 75,040 women, these tests detected early-stage cancer or identified other abnormalities.

Almost half of the services provided were for STI testing and treatment (for men and women), allowing 222,365 patients to get STI treatment.

It’s obvious that Planned Parenthood provides necessary services, and it has also been proven that defunding Planned Parenthood is a bad idea for Americans everywhere. Prohibiting Planned Parenthood from using public funds punishes those who require access to affordable care. This is demonstrated in states like Texas where Planned Parenthood has already been defunded.

In Texas, a recent study shows that after the State Legislature excluded Planned Parenthood affiliates from the state Medicaid fee-for-service program, there was a 35 percent reduction in the use of long-acting reversible contraception.

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Perhaps Planned Parenthood needs to focus more on women’s health and less on money and political clout.

Thankfully, there are still organizations in this country that will fight for not only life but for the dignity of women while providing health services. In Madison, organizations like the Women’s Care Center provide the same cost-free services as Planned Parenthood, aside from abortion. Women’s health can be protected and served by taxpayers while not funding this organization.

Planned Parenthood is a disgrace to women’s healthcare as it disregards the state of women in its pursuit for financial gain and political influence.

Bailey La Sage (blasage@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and Spanish. She is also the Media Director for UW College Republicans.

Conservative lawmakers often argue that other healthcare providers — health departments, federally qualified health centers — can provide the same services as Planned Parenthood, but another study shows that Planned Parenthood health centers offer more same-day appointments with a shorter average waiting period. The same study finds that 26 percent of women surveyed at a Planned Parenthood site said it was the only place they could obtain the services they needed.

A lot of the controversy with Planned Parenthood stems from their status as an abortion provider. Even though abortion made up only 3 percent of the services provided by the organization between 201617, it is important to remember that the right of women to seek an abortion is protected by the 14th Amendment as upheld by the Roe v.

Wade Supreme Court case in 1973.

And the reality is, making abortions illegal won’t prevent them from happening.

It is estimated that in the 1950s and 1960s, between 200,000 and 1.2 million illegal abortions were performed per year. What’s different now is that women, even women in lower-income communities, can get abortions from safe providers.

Additionally, attempts to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood often avoid mentioning that federal funds cannot be used to fund abortion procedures as outlined by the Hyde Amendment. Federally defunding Planned Parenthood as posed in the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2017 would only mean that millions of people would lose access to cancer screenings, STI testing & treatment, contraceptives and other necessary healthcare services.

Brianna Korth (koerth@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in political science. She is also Chair of UW College Democrats.

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Sen. Vukmir’s blind loyalty to conservative party harms Wisconsinites Senator blatantly cares more about catering to GOP than she does about passing useful, necessary legislation

by Cait Gibbons Columnist

On Feb. 1, six female Wisconsin State Representatives of published a letter highlighting the ways in which Gov. Scott Walker and his administration have left women behind by passing extreme antiwomen legislation and leaving women out of his political processes altogether.

The representatives cited an increase in health care limitations for women as well as the repeal of Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which prohibits pay discrimination based on gender.

Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, later published a response reproaching the group, “The column was full of delusions from the left, claiming to be the voice for all women ... classifying us as a group that needs to be spoken for.”

She spends the bulk of her column attacking liberal women for having different opinions and then closes her article with a disingenuous ode to the importance of recognizing diversity as a population of women, “Women are courageous and diverse. Instead of embracing our differences and enabling us through expanded liberty and individual responsibility — liberals want us brainwashed and indebted to them ...

Women are empowered and succeeding. To say otherwise is false, and I won’t let my Democrat colleagues perpetuate these lies.”

Vukmir ’s column and political stances in general are teeming with contradiction.

Within her column, she asserts that Wisconsin women actually are not left out, and are very much included in the political conversation. But throughout her article, she repeatedly targets all liberal women as not deserving to be in the conversation.

“Liberal women speaking out that government ought to be the sole protector for women is not new — we of course should be so grateful for their superior enlightenment.”

Her sarcastic attitude toward other women is not only rude and unprofessional, it directly contradicts her original assertion that all women should be included in these proceedings.

Vukmir ’s political record has shown she is willing to do whatever it takes to maintain a reputation of being fiercely conservative, even if it means contradicting her own. Before Vukmir began her career as a politician, she worked as a pediatric nurse for 25 years. Once she took office however, she supported Walker ’s infamous Act 10,

Photo · Politicans must be held accountable for prioritizing party allegiance over needs of constituents, as Vukmir has done repeatedly.

Courtesy of Flickr User Michael Litscher which instituted decimating provisions on labor unions. The bill had significant negative impacts on the salaries, working conditions and lives of Vukmir ’s own colleagues — nurses. Despite this, Vukmir has always offered her full support for the bill.

She has a history of prioritizing the business interests of insurance companies and business lobbying groups such as Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce over the health of patients. She opposed the Mental Health Parity bill, which would require insurance companies to cover costs for mental health treatment. She opposed a bill that would require insurance companies to pay for cochlear implants or other hearing devices in hearing-impaired children. Somehow, she found the moral strength to dismiss her multi-decade career as a health professional and support groups and policies that are detrimental to patients.

Vukmir ’s pattern of constantly contradicting herself indicates she is one of many politicians, not just Republican politicians, who allows her party affiliation to govern her political agenda more so than actual beliefs and values.

Much of Vukmir ’s campaign for

U.S. senator has been driven by her publicization of her political career as a proven conservative: “I am the only clear, consistent conservative in the race.” Vukmir has an unwavering devotion to be seen as a Republican politician, regardless of the kinds of legislation that affiliation requires she support.

She used to be a nurse, but now that she’s a conservative politician, she has to support Act 10, an anti-nurse piece of legislation. She is a woman arguing that all women need to be included in the political conversation, but because she’s conservative, she has to trash liberal women.

This willingness to flip-flop her stance on important issues is, quite frankly, terrifying.

How can voters be sure that she will fight for their best interests if she is clearly so willing to give up on her own personal beliefs? How can a state trust that she will stand up for what’s right if her perception of what’s right is dictated by the relative opinions of other politicians?

This is potentially the most dangerous aspect of the two-party system. You have to first pick a party, then convince yourself that you agree with all of the party’s

policies. It’s okay to change your opinion on a topic, and it’s okay to redirect your course of action in an issue. But too often, we see politicians allow their political affiliation to govern their agenda, instead of the other way around.

As voters, it is imperative that we hold politicians accountable for hypocritical and contradictory actions. Do research on your legislators — how committed are they to their professed ideals? Do their histories instill confidence that they will fight for their beliefs?

In her column, Vukmir claims that “liberals want us brainwashed.” I would implore Vukmir and other politicians to investigate how they may be allowing their own parties to brainwash themselves, and consider how they may insure that their values are their own — not just the values of those who fund them.

Cait Gibbons (cgibbons3@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in math with a certificate in Chinese.

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Arming school guards unprodutive, unethical, not solution to violence Legislation initially intended to expand background checks twisted to serve GOP gun agenda, NRA-funded politicians

by Adam Ramer Columnist

In light of the Parkland shooting — which seems to have initiated a different type of enthusiasm over the quasi-taboo debate over gun regulation — states across the country have been taking to their assemblies and senates to voraciously debate something which shouldn’t be difficult to solve. Background checks have been a common iteration of debate swelling up over the past few weeks — Wisconsin is no different.

But instead of working on a bipartisan measure that would actually indicate a step in a positive direction, state Republicans, and 11 Democrats, have somehow jumped backwards, twisting a legislative measure that would increase background checks into one advocating for the arming of public school security guards. By doing so, legislators are in an endless cycle, pursuing legislation which has nothing to do with stopping mass shootings.

Enchained by the fetters of the partisan paradigm — one which has only grown in intensity over the past few decades — we as a society have completely failed to come together to think of our future, of the lives of our citizens and of anyone who calls this country home.

Advocates for the bill, mostly Republicans, dodge debates over gun regulation due to the influence of organizations such as the NRA, opting instead for proposals that may sound neat and tidy on paper, but fundamentally solve nothing. This bill solves nothing.

Republicans like Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, are criticizing Democrat pushback, positing the outrage over the bill is simply Democrats playing politics, stating, “I think it’s really sad and it’s really cynical because [Democrats] are preying on the fears of some Wisconsinites and using it for their own political purposes.”

But if we break down the thought process of such a preposterously weak argument, things only become more vividly ridiculous. Of course it’s political, but that’s not because Democrats want to somehow harness tragedy in exchange for political capital. It’s fundamental that, overwhelmingly, Democrats advocate for more gun control and increased regulation to stop bloodshed.

Also, if we look into the implications of arming security guards, we find out it’s just as flawed as any other Republican-inspired plan that doesn’t actually aim to regulate guns.

Those vehemently defending the bill are proposing half-assed sentiments, such as “it’s going to protect the kids,” followed by a loose logic that those carrying the guns would be impregnable to wrongdoing or making mistakes — let alone suggesting this strategy would even be effective.

All of this just falls apart when you start peeling back the clumsily layered arguments coming from the right.

More likely to occur would be that a student — most likely low-income or of color — would get shot because a security guard didn’t somehow feel safe, saying later on that they feared for their life. The school will offer its thoughts and prayers and subsequently fire the security guard to appease the public, only to hire a new one some weeks later. It’ll boil down to the same rhetoric commonly used by cops.

Similarly, arming security guards does little more than just increase the quasiincarceration state alarmingly growing in this country and Wisconsin.

Additionally, is this conducive to a successful school environment? It’s going to disproportionally fall upon students of color and on low-income students, who are already marginalized within schools.

There’s no evidence at all to suggest

increased security does anything to lessen crime or prevent mass shootings.

Columbine had an armed officer and so did Parkland. What about non-school settings? Are we even going to begin to argue that Fort Hood, a military base, didn’t have guns? If a good guy with a gun prevents a bad guy with a gun, surely a military base would be in prime position to defend against mass shootings — but no.

It’s not increased security that’s the issue, it’s not that we need bullet proof backpacks or clipboards.

We need less guns, and we need to better control them, now.

Bills such as this, which so blatantly stray away from the original goals of gun regulation, are deplorable and solve nothing. If we want to stop gun violence, we all need to come together and work on measures which actually address our societal plague — we don’t need more armed guards, more security or any other right-wing cop-out. We need gun control.

Adam Ramer (aramer2@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in history and political science.

Concerted civilian discourse only way to combat congressional gridlock Corporate pressure coupled with looming election cycles have dictated government action, it’s time to speak up

by Emiliana Almanza Lopez Columnist

The March 5 deadline President Donald Trump set for DACA in Sept. 2017 has come and passed — thus the program has been put on the back burner. Without a new deadline in place, DACA faces an uncertain future due to the lack of pressure on current legislators.

Congress works best under pressure, best illustrated by their history of last-minute legislation approval — often on the eve of a deadline. With court rulings which have blocked President Trump from ending the program, all Congress member’s motivation to find a solution for DACA has vanished.

But, even when DACA was the hot topic — accompanied by a push for action — nothing tangible was ever accomplished. Without a time crunch, DACA supporters wonder whether anything will ever happen on Capitol Hill to save the program.

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group, has launched new ad campaigns across the nation. In Wisconsin alone, they have put out ads in 27 districts targeting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.

The ads have slogans like “It’s not fair for dreamers to lose the only home they’ve ever known,” and “The party of family values should not separate families.” In essence, these ads are designed to encourage voter action, manifesting in calls to their congress members as well as Ryan’s office in order to preserve DACA. This six-figure campaign is money wellspent — fighting for the lives of 700,000 Dreamers is a noble cause. By creating such an ad campaign, organizations like iAmerica Action are creating a valuable platform of civil discourse and civilian engagement.

A functioning democracy is meant to encourage its citizens to engage politically and advocate for legislation important to them. This forces representatives to listen to those who have brought them to power. The U.S. government runs on checks and balances, but lately, these “safety features” have been suppressed as corporate

interests have taken over those on Capitol Hill.

It is possible the fear of losing the next election is the only form of motivation that will penetrate the overwhelmed minds of Congress.

If representatives felt consistent pressure and passion from their constituents to take action and pass supported legislation, it may actually happen.

Celebrities, political figures and even campaign funders have supported the continuation of DACA. Just look at the Koch brothers, who alone have donated millions to the Republican party. In the upcoming midterm election they have a $400 million budget to help keep the GOP in power.

These two men have the Republican party under lock and key, but they have also supported DACA. Additionally, speakers from companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Twitter have shown their support for Dreamers.

If big names and deep pockets are not influencing the speed and efficiency of saving DACA, then it is up to the voters to speak out.

Voters have the right to speak out against

actions their representatives are or are not doing.

By voicing their opinions, Wisconsinites can push politicians like Ryan to take action.

If enough of the voting populous engages in political discourse, then the checks and balances of the U.S. government will be restored. The current government tends to ignore the voices of those who disagree with their actions, defending them to oblivion. Even further, this pattern is reinforced if such voices are few and controllable. If the voices become too loud, and there are enough passionate citizens to clearly show that power resides with the people, Capitol Hill and the president will have to listen. The fear of losing in the upcoming 2018 midterm election has the GOP on its toes.

This call for action needs to come from voters — and it can start here in Wisconsin.

Emiliana Almanza Lopez (almanzalopez@wisc. edu) is a sophomore majoring in sociology and environmental science.

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While weed brings opportunity to some, minorites remain behind bars Wisconsin factories which capitalize on legal production of drug apparatuses reveal hypocritical stance on marijuana law enforcement

by Julia O’Donnell Columnist

To put it bluntly, the history of marijuana law enforcement in Wisconsin is shameful.

In 2013, African Americans in Wisconsin were almost six times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession. Wisconsin has the fifth highest racial disparity in marijuana arrests nationwide, and this glaring inequality increased by 153 percent during the years 200110.

In Milwaukee, only a quarter of the population is black, but a full 86 percent of those arrested for marijuana-related charges in 2013 and 2014 were black.

In Dane County, home of liberal Madison, black drug offenders were a whopping 97 times more likely to be sent to prison than white drug offenders, as of 2002.

These statistics are more than just numbers — for a black man, a run-in with the criminal justice system can cost you your entire future.

More recently, change is coming, albeit slowly.

Many Wisconsin cities have been easing up, decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession and limiting penalties for first-time marijuana offenders. The prospect of legalized marijuana is more popular than ever, with 59 percent of Wisconsinites supporting it, according to a 2016 Marquette Law School poll. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has said he supports legalization, and even a Republican lawmaker introduced a decriminalization bill last summer.

Our Midwestern neighbors in Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota have beat Wisconsin to creating medical marijuana programs, and Iowa plans to roll one out in 2019.

One Wisconsin business has already begun to capitalize on the nation’s booming marijuana industry. Pope Scientific, a company in Saukville, sells high-tech distillation apparatuses that enable clients to produce stronger, purer cannabis products. Despite the fact that weed is still illegal in Wisconsin, the firm is not shy about its new customer base. They advertise their stills at cannabis industry trade shows, in marijuana magazines and on a separate website and social media account created specifically for their weed-loving customers.

Dean Segal, vice president for sales and marketing at Pope Scientific, told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel when the firm started selling stills, models priced at around $40,000 were flying off the shelves. Now, as Pope Scientific’s new products gain popularity, the firm is selling stills for up to $500,000 to clients all over the world.

Segal said Pope Scientific has profited “very significantly” from trying their hand in the marijuana industry.

Meanwhile, hundreds of black and brown Wisconsinites are sitting in jail for doing the exact

same thing.

Nationwide, people are unable to get jobs, vote or receive government benefits because they’ve been branded felons for using the same substance white women claim makes them better mothers on their blogs and white men across the country are cashing in on. Countless people have been isolated from their families and communities, as punishment for “crimes” that are no longer even criminalized.

“After 40 years of impoverished black men getting prison time for selling weed, white men are planning to get rich doing the same things,” Michelle Alexander, a civil rights lawyer, advocate, scholar and author of the disruptive best-seller, “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” said.

While no official statistics on race and cannabis business ownership exist, a Buzzfeed investigation estimated black people own less than 1 percent of legal U.S. marijuana dispensaries. Many of those affected most by the drug war are now systematically barred from cashing in on the legal industry because of

marijuana felonies or pricey licensing fees.

So much pro-legalization rhetoric is centered around the health benefits or economic gain to be found by legalizing marijuana, rather than acknowledging the harm caused by the war on drugs.

After destroying countless communities and tearing hundreds of families apart, it’s not enough to simply decide marijuana isn’t so bad after all. For justice to be served, the success of the legalized cannabis industry needs to be used to help repay the communities still ravaged by the aftermath of the war on drugs.

The idea of reparations for the war on drugs is not as unheard of as one might think. In Oakland, at least half of new cannabis business permits go to “equity applicants,” those who earn less than 80 percent of the city’s median income and have either lived in a community disproportionately targeted by drug law enforcement or have been sent to prison for marijuana within the past 20 years.

When Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana, they were the first state to include a

measure specifically requiring the participation of communities impacted by the war on drugs and was the first state to not prohibit felons from participating in the now legal industry. Portland was the first city to designate a portion of the industry’s profits to give back to communities hurt by the drug war, followed by San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Along with slavery, sharecropping, segregation and countless other injustices, the war on drugs has caused immeasurable harm to communities of color. Today, no movement for drug policy reform that doesn’t include reparations for those most harmed by the war on drugs is complete. As conversations about legalizing marijuana take center stage, it’s up to Wisconsin to change course and decide which side of history we want to be on.

Julia O’Donnell (julesyann19@gmail.com) is a senior majoring in journalism and strategic communication with a certificate in gender and women’s studies.

Photo · Authorizing the legal production of marijuana-related apparatuses while Wisconsin prisons are full with inmates convicted of petty drug crimes is a glaring contradiction that needs addressing.

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Men’s soccer: Badgers looking to reload, not rebuild this year Spring season already underway in Madison after men’s first home game last week versus UW-Green Bay Phoenix

by Samantha Elfus Sports Writer

After ending last season on such a high note, the University of Wisconsin’s men’s soccer team is coming into this season with the utmost confidence.

The team ended the 2017 season 12-5-5, the best record they have had in years. Winning the Big Ten Tournament against Indiana in a penalty kick showdown near the end of the season left the players satisfied as they move forward to train this spring.

Reaching the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament was another big accomplishment for the men’s team. Beating a team like No. 12 Notre Dame in the second round was extremely exciting for the Badgers as they hadn’t even participated in the tournament since 2013.

The team was so sought after last season that four of our key members were drafted into Major League Soccer (MLS). Two players, Chris Mueller and Mark Segbers, were chosen in the Top 10 of the MLS draft, a huge deal for Wisconsin athletics. While this looks positive for the school and athletic department, it leaves a ton of weight on the shoulders of the returning players.

Head coach John Trask, who was inducted

into the Wisconsin Soccer Hall of Fame last week, gave us the inside scoop on how the players have been preparing for the upcoming season.

“The guys have been working very hard this spring, both with our strength and conditioning staff and our soccer staff. We just finished the first of five spring contests with a good hard fought result (3-3) against UWGB who won the Horizon League regular season,” he said. “We improved during the match and many younger players gained valuable experience — which is the key during the spring.”

The games played during the spring are just a sneak peak of the action we will get this fall.

Because the team played so well last year, the players are hoping to prove themselves again this season. They want to come back from the offseason raring to go, with some new fresh faces added to the mix.

The first few games will be non-conference matches, leading up to the first Big Ten game against Indiana. This game is crucial after winning against the Hoosiers last season down to the wire, as well as for the rest of the Big Ten season.

There are some players Trask said we should keep our eyes on.

“While losing some exceptional talent, some returning guys, like senior captain Isaac

Schlenker, Robin Olofsson Elan Koenig will be counted on to lead the team this coming fall,” he said. “The partnership of Mitch Guitar and Noah Leibold gives us dominant center midfield and … quite a bit of experience in the back half.”

It seems as though the coaching staff is ready to tackle the season with both seniors and newbies on the field. With the leadership of the older players and the enthusiasm of the younger ones, the team is ready to take the NCAA by storm.

While some might worry that this is going to be a rebuilding season for the Badgers, Coach Trask is sure the 2017 season left them wanting more. The 2018 season is a season of “reloading” rather than rebuilding for Wisconsin, and is the perfect opportunity to show the rest of the country what they’ve got.

The next spring game to catch will be versus University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee April 8 at the McClimon Complex. The Milwaukee Panthers ended last season 10-54, so the Badgers hope to defeat them in their next home match-up.

After a remarkable 2017 season, the Badgers are back and stronger than ever. They are ready to take on their next four exhibition games this spring, after having time to rest and prepare. With months of off-season training,

the players are determined to make this year as memorable as last.

Photo ·Men’s soccer will need to adjust this year after losing their two best players to the MLS Draft.

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Selection Sunday sets stage for action packed NCAA Tournament With Badgers out of contention in March Madness this year, who should you pick to cut down the nets in the final game?

by Danny Farber Sports Editor

After a down year for basketball in Wisconsin, the streets will be unusually quiet in Madison this March, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying the most exciting month for college sports all year. The selections committee released the field of 64 — or 68 including play in games — Sunday.

With so many decisions, there are bound to be some who feel slighted and others experiencing relief upon the release of the tournament seeding. While many pundits will claim you should listen to their insider experience to win your March Madness pool, with so many teams from completely different parts of the country coming together for a single elimination tournament, the results are often a crapshoot at best.

That being said, let’s go through how to get a perfect bracket in this year ’s tournament since I know exactly what I’m talking about and break the bracket down region by region.

South

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this year ’s SEC powerhouses Kentucky and Tennessee. Throw Cincinnati and Arizona into the mix and it seems the NCAA rewarded Virginia for their stellar regular season with a murderer ’s row of opponents in the tournament. With potential No. 1 pick DeAndre Ayton leading the charge, Arizona takes the South region.

West

The West is not as powerful as the South with a weak No. 1 seed in Xavier and a UNC team that has struggled at times this year as the two seed. But Michael Porter, Jr., the projected No.1 overall pick in the NBA Draft just a year ago, will play for Missouri in the tournament after missing nearly the entire year to a back injury. This makes the Tigers much more dangerous than the typical eight seed in the tournament.

Also, No. 4 seed Ohio State could be the strongest team out of the Big Ten this year, as Keita Bates Diop exploded onto the scene this season becoming a finalist for the John R. Wooden Player of the Year Award. Vegas also has No. 3 seed Michigan with the fourthbest odds to take home the whole thing after winning the Big Ten Tournament, but after seeing Rutgers make a serious run in that tournament, don’t hop on the Wolverine bandwagon too quickly.

Overall, there simply isn’t enough in the region to take down the blue chip UNC team as they will return to the Final Four for the third straight time after winning it all last year.

Midwest

The Midwest has some formidable competition in No. 1 Kansas who recently took home the Big 12 Championship on the back of star player DeVonte’ Graham. The No. 3 seed is Michigan State, who struggled mightily against Big Ten competition at the end of the year despite eking out close wins in most of these games.

It’s tough to root against No. 2 Duke in this region though. Or as a Badger fan, maybe it isn’t.

Despite being a two-seed Duke can compete with any team roster wise. One of the strongest coaches in Division I basketball history Mike Krzyzewski leads one of the best prospects to ever come out of Duke, Marvin Bagley III, as well as senior Grayson Allen, one of his most consistent — albeit controversial — players in recent Duke history.

East

One of the better regions in this tournament, the East boasts No. 1 seed

Villanova as well as No. 2 Purdue. Purdue also struggled late in the year versus the Big Ten as when their outside shot isn’t falling the team is weak aside from their center Isaac Haas. There are also a few other teams that have performed well against top competition like Florida and Texas Tech. Though they had a disappointing year, Alabama boasts top prospect Colin Sexton as a nine seed as well.

Villanova and Mikal Bridges’ dominance in the Big East Tournament show the Wildcats should be the favorites out of their division.

Who will win it all?

Though not a conventional favorite to take home the hardware, Arizona’s DeAndre Ayton and veteran shooter Allonzo Trier will bring home Arizona’s second National Championship this April.

Aside from Ayton’s dominance on the inside this year, he and the team are playing with a chip on their shoulder. Amid allegations of NCAA violations, the Wildcats have only played stronger, dominating their competition in the Pac-12 Tournament with Ayton racking up an incredible 32 points and 18 rebounds in the championship game.

Don’t miss any of the action as the tournament begins March 15, with games streaming all day on CBS, TBS and Tru TV.

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Women’s Soccer: Spring season in full bloom for Badger women

Wisconsin’s spring season starts next month after already playing first exhibition game in Illinois versus Chicago Red Stars

by Adam Blackwell Sports Writer

While some may say categorize the short spring women’s soccer season may as a taste test for what’s to come in the main fall season, the games still have pertinence. Players will get the chance to dust off the winter cobwebs and get some valuable game time under their belts before a growing list of new recruits to join them in the fall.

“[The game versus Chicago]

taught us not to take anything for granted.”

Wilkins

This past Sunday, to kick off their spring season, the University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team headed down to Rockford, Illinois

to face the Chicago Red Stars, a National Women’s Soccer League team. While the results were not released to the public, the game was a useful pre-season hit out for both sides. The Red Stars season starts on March 25, and the Badgers spring season a few weeks later on the April 15.

Though the Wisconsin women were up against pro competition, head coach Paula Wilkins saw the game against Chicago as an opportunity for growth.

“Well I think it was a bit eye-opening for us in many different ways,” said Wilkins. “What it taught us is to not take anything for granted — that our preparation for next year has to be super focused and that we have a lot of spots that we still need to get better at in general. A new goalkeeper in goal with Jordyn Bloomer.

Sorting out the back line again because of some injuries that we had. I think that gives us a place to start. And looking at it moving to play Notre Dame in a couple weeks, I think it was a great learning tool for sure.”

Though high usage players like Dani Rhodes and Lauren Rice will return this year, as Wilkins noted, the Badgers are looking for a new goalie to replace longterm starter, Caitlyn Clem. Jordyn Bloomer, the only keeper on the roster with any in-

game experience, is currently leading for the position.

Following this pre-season match up the team will be turning their eyes towards games against Notre Dame, Marquette, Missouri and Milwaukee.

If past results are anything to go by, the Badgers will be looking to turn the tables on

“Any time you get a chance

to play in these high-pressure games you learn something about yourself and you also build a little bit of confidence.”

Wilkins

Notre Dame, having won only twice in their 17 previous meetings.

But they have enjoyed more success against Marquette and Milwaukee with seven previous wins over Marquette and 21 wins over

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Milwaukee, having played them 14 and 33 times respectively.

Missouri is the most unfamiliar opponent of the spring games with the two sides having not played each other since 2006, with the bragging rights currently shared at one win each all-time.

Speaking in a more recent context, of these four opponents the Badgers only came up against one of them last season, playing Marquette in an exhibition match early on in the schedule. That matchup resulted in a 4-1 win for the Badgers, a performance they will be looking to replicate when they meet again on April 20.

This slate of four games in April makes up the UW women’s soccer spring schedule for 2018. Two of the games, vs. Marquette and Milwaukee will be played at home at the McClimon Complex.

The McClimon Complex has been a field of great success for UW women’s soccer in recent times, only being beaten once in 10 games on their home turf this past season. A season which saw them finish with a record of 14 wins, six losses and two draws but finished with a tough one-nil loss to number one ranked South Carolina in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Though the Badgers fell short, Wilkins was happy that her team could stay competitive in high-pressure games versus top competition.

“Any time you get a chance to play in those high-pressure games you learn something about yourself and you also build a little bit of confidence. We walked away from that game saying we can play with a team of that quality and that’s the era where we want to get to. So every time we get to play those teams it’s just exciting for me because you can see players just raise their levels and that’s related a little bit to training,” said Wilkins.

Considering last season’s results, the amount of returning players and the exciting new group of talent that will be joining in the fall, the outlook is positive for the upcoming season.

Especially with the news that the team will continue to be guided by six-time Big Ten coach of the year Paula Wilkins. It was recently announced that Wilkins’ contract would be extended three years, meaning she will remain at the helm until at least 2021.

Since taking over as the head coach at Wisconsin in 2009 Wilkins has guided the women’s soccer team to more than 100 wins and six NCAA Tournament appearances.

Wilkins holds an impressive career coaching record of 240-91-45 and has claim to the highest win percentage all-time among Big Ten women’s soccer coaches with 10 or more years of experience.

Wilkins and the Badger women will look forward to their next game April 15 against Notre Dame in South Bend.

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