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

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Thursday 4/18 Michael W. Twitty Author Event at the UW-Madison Multicultural Student Center from 7-8:45 p.m.

Mac Lethal at The Frequency, doors open at 8 p.m., $25

Visiting Artist Colloquium Lola Brooks at the Conrad A. Elvehjem Building from 5-6:15 p.m.

Thursday 4/19 Hari Kondablu at The Comedy Club on State from 8:30-10 p.m., tickets starting at $5

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Midwest Horse Fair with Jim Masterson at the Alliant Energy Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tickets starting at $17

Saturday 4/21 Public Barn Tour at the Heartland Farm Sanctuary from 1-2:15 p.m., tickets starting at $5

Sunday 4/22 Active Bystander Training at James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation from 3-5 p.m.

Daddy Issues w/ Heavy Looks at Der Rathskeller, show starts at 9 p.m.

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JPEGMafia with CRASHprez at The Sett starting at 9 p.m.

Monday 4/23 A Place at the Table at the Multicultural Student Center from 6-7:30 p.m.

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UW student looks into how to make farmers’ markets more accessible

Wisconsin Idea Fellowship will fund junior Chloe Green’s study which will focus on markets in Dane, Milwaukee, Marathon counties

by Grady Gibson Reporter

A University of Wisconsin student recently won a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship for her proposal to help rethink farmer’s markets in an effort to make them more accessible to their surrounding communities.

UW junior Chloe Green, working with the UW Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces, proposed studying and evaluating farmers’ markets to help analyze how they can be more inclusive to those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and other assistance programs.

Values of accessibility could be questions such as asking people how they got to the market or asking whether they could feasibly get there every time, Green said. But unlike other surveys, the questioning will take place in what is called a “biased point,” such as at a stand which distributes these market dollars, instead of a neutral point like an entrance.

The study is going to be conducted this summer with specific markets in Dane, Milwaukee and Marathon counties. In addition to The Kaufman Lab, the Wisconsin Idea Project and REAP Food Group of Madison will also be helping the

research project.

“I think a lot of people view farmers’ markets as a privilege and they are expensive and that only certain people can go, but markets all across the country are trying to make them more accessible to people who cannot afford it or use SNAP benefits,” Green said.

Green touched on how daunting farmer’s markets can be to those without as much financial stability, referencing how Madisonians from the east side are not seen in as great of numbers at the market on Capitol Square.

Madison’s farmers’ market does not have a clear stand for people to redeem their SNAP benefits, which can feel elitist to those receiving benefits, Green said. Feeling they would be judged at a farmers’ market is a barrier for lower-income people to attend, Green added.

“My biggest hope is that ... in my interviews, I can get people to open up because that is going to be the most influential,” Green said.

The reason there are Market Dollars and other systems of providing assistance to those in need at farmers’ markets, Green explained, is not only to help those in need but also to help the producers see a larger volume of customers. The more people

attend the markets and actively participate in the flow of exchange, the more the local economy benefits, Green said.

Green said she has realistic expectations for the research project itself. She understands while it may not revolutionize the market overnight,

“I think a lot of people view

farmers’ markets as a privilege and they are expensive and that only certain people can go, but markets all across the country are trying to make them more accessible.”

UW junior Chloe Green

the hope is that people may be able to glean from the results news ways of thinking about farmer’s

markets to make them more welcoming to their surrounding communities.

Bigger problems, like bus lines not running late enough or not enough bike racks for people to ride their bikes to the market, could also be addressed, which Green said would be “huge” for increasing accessibility.

“I am hoping if I find some good research and correlations, people will consider it and that some markets will even be encouraged to run an hour or two later,” Green said.

Green is also focusing efforts on a Facebook page called Open Air Market Network to help shine a spotlight on markets all around the world.

Increasing awareness and attention is beneficial to the movement as a whole and the more people who take part in them, the more everyone benefits, Green said.

“People should go to the farmer’s market not just because it is an event, but I feel like there is an importance that a lot of people miss in handing your dollar to the people who are growing your food,” Green said. “You vote with your dollar and you are paying the people who are working all day and making the food.”

Nonprofit issues strategies for decreasing homelessness in Wisconsin

Paper published by Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness focuses on increasing access to affordable housing, facilitating discussion

by Benny Koziol Reporter

The Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness, a statewide nonprofit organization, has recently published a new paper of research and recommendations to address the state’s homeless population.

Founder and executive director Joe Volk describes the mission of the coalition as improving the awareness and resources for fighting homelessness through the state government. To carry out their mission, the coalition is currently collaborating and sharing information with state lawmakers in hopes of seeing necessary reforms in the next state budget.

One way the WCA is sharing information with legislators is through their new paper, the Hope Act, Volk said.

“Unfortunately homelessness in Wisconsin continues to grow both amongst single adults and families,” Volk said. “The Hope Act attempts to attack this problem.”

The Wisconsin Hope Act offers a variety of strategies to improve current state homelessness prevention strategies and increase access to affordable housing.

The paper also espouses the importance of financial literacy and long-term employment, providing a number of policy proposals to do so.

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with decent employment, preparing them for the current job market, providing appropriate supports so that they can focus on and keep their jobs, as well as developing basic personal finances and budgeting, will keep them out of the homeless system,” according to the paper.

A 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recorded approximately 5,000 recorded homeless individuals on a single night in Wisconsin. The Coalition estimates, however, there are nearly 20,000 people homeless on any given night across the state.

For Volk, the paper is the vital next step in improving state’s prevention and housing services. He calls for increased integration between government programs and officials in supportive housing with those of workforce development.

“Once you have the housing figured out, whether it be for a single individual or a family, they need to at some point be able to pay the rent,” Volk said. “In many cases, the rent assistance or support they are getting is timelimited so when that ends they need to have some kind of income, most likely employment.”

The Hope Act calls for increased funding for workforce development services like job coaching to help remove barriers to employment for homeless individuals. It also recommends the

establishment of a tax credit for state businesses willing to participate in an integrated program employing the homeless.

These strategies could be vital as the state continually struggles to help its homeless population adapt to the workforce. As referenced by the Hope Act, the State Homeless Management Information System records that 34.21 percent of non-disabled homeless adults are employed upon entering the state service system and just 37.24 percent are employed upon exiting.

Volk hopes the Wisconsin Hope Act and the work of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness can facilitate discussion and hopefully make an impact on the state budget ahead.

A report by the Wisconsin State Journal shows a number of lawmakers taking significant notice of the paper. Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch came out in support of the paper’s recommendations on employment, saying the state needs to partner with providers to ensure the homeless population has necessary skills to take part in Wisconsin’s economy.

Kleefisch also believes Wisconsin has the infrastructure to do it, as there are open jobs every day awaiting willing workers.

Meanwhile, research at the UW School of Education is taking a different angle on the

homeless dilemma in Wisconsin.

Professor Peter Miller has been researching how local public schools can play a role in helping homeless families. Miller’s work examines how community-based educational leadership and inter-organizational collaboration can be used in the fight against homelessness.

“If schools can be really good about sharing information about jobs, food banks and community programming and provide really solid early childhood education — those are the most effective ways of stunting the growth of homelessness, by intervening at the family level,” Miller said.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recorded 19,264 homeless students enrolled in state public schools for the 2016-17 academic year.

Miller explained these schools have a unique power to make contact and connect with homeless individuals and families simply on account of the schools’ universal, free and compulsory nature.

“There is probably no organization that is better suited to serve families than a great school,” Miller said. “By creating great schools where all kids can learn, where families are welcome, where people are thriving — we’re really addressing the homelessness issue.”

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UW scientist involved in research exploring possibility of life on Venus Aircraft designed to stay afloat in Venus’ clouds, gather data expected to launch for expedition by 2031 at the latest

by Abert Vang Science Reporter

Scientists have been searching for the possibility of life beyond Earth. In their pursuit, they’ve looked at Venus, which has recently raised speculation because of the possibility of life in its clouds.

Sanjay Limaye, a planetary scientist at University of Wisconsin’s Space Science and Engineering Center, said the possibility Venus has life in its clouds is very likely. Some models point out Venus once had a habitable climate with liquid surface water for at least 2 billion years, he added.

Limaye also noted it is unknown when Venus’ liquid surface water evaporated due to extensive lava flow that occurred over the last billion years, which has covered up or destroyed the planets terrestrial history.

“Venus [currently] has no seasons, no landocean contrast, no liquid oceans, no hydrology and a slow rotation rate,” Limaye said.

Venus’ surface temperature is known to go beyond 450 degrees Celsius, making it inhabitable, Limaye said. Venus’ clouds, though, show the potential for life due to its favorable physical and chemical conditions.

The chemical conditions include the presence of carbon dioxide, water, sulfur compounds and moderate temperatures, Limaye said.

On Earth there are microorganisms — mostly bacteria — that are known to be capable of being swept up into the atmosphere up to 41 kilometers high and were found alive, said Rakesh Mogul, a professor of biological chemistry at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

This is a theory that could explain the

possible lifeforms located in Venus’ clouds.

Mogul noted there are examples of microorganisms that can survive under very acidic conditions. These microorganisms can feed on carbon dioxide and produce sulfuric acid. This is important because in Venus’ clouds, there are dark patches that can’t be observed and no one knows what the patches are composed of.

“We don’t really know what these dark patches are composed of, but there are ideas,” Mogul said.

“Spectroscopy shows that the dark patches matches with things like iron, chloride, elemental sulfur, etc., but no one knows exactly what is in there. This is because things are floating and moving around, constantly changing.”

On a macroscopic level, the way the dark patches moved around and the different density they had made them almost look like they were algae bloom — like what is present in the ocean and certain lakes.

Grzegorz Slowik of University of Zielona Góra in Poland made Limaye aware of the notion of a bacteria found on Earth that had light-absorbing properties similar to the unknown lightabsorbing properties found in

Photo · VAMP is an aircraft designed to fly like a plane and float like a blimp, which will allow it to stay afloat in Venus’ cloud to gather data and samples throughout a year.

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Venus’ dark patches. Through the use of spectroscopic observations, it was determined the dark patches were composed of concentrated sulfuric acid and other unknown light-absorbing particles.

“We haven’t actually taken a microscope and seen what is located in the dark patches,” Limaye said. “Our knowledge right now of what’s located [in the dark patches] is from remote sensing.”

Because there is no actual photo of the cloud particles and the particles are below the diffraction limit, it is hard to observe, Limaye said.

To explore the possibility of life among Venus’ clouds, the idea of VAMP — Venus Atmospheric Maneuverable Platform — was introduced. Limaye explained VAMP is an idea that Northrop Grumman, an American global aerospace and defense

technological company, is working on.

VAMP is an aircraft that is able to fly like a plane and float like a blimp, which would allow it to stay afloat in Venus’ cloud for a year to gather data and samples. Limaye said VAMP could include instruments like solar panels, spectrometers, meteorological and chemical sensors, and Raman Lidar, a groundbased laser sensing instrument that measures water-vapor mixing ratio, temperature, aerosol and cloud optical properties.

Currently, Limaye explained to get VAMP to Venus, it would need to be transported via rocket into Venus’ orbit. VAMP has a wingspan that spreads 20 meters across and would be have to be folded before being deployed. It would tunfold and gently float into Venus’ cloud.

Limaye said VAMP’s timeframe of when it will be launched for an expedition would be around 2028 or 2029, but by 2031 at the latest.

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The Lab Report: How bacteria understand environmental signals UW senior Karen Wong’s research is laying down groundwork to understand bacteria better, what happens inside cell

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.

Simon Gilroy Lab, Department of Botany A University of Wisconsin biology student is looking into the fundamental signaling pathways that dictate function in the bacteria E. coli.

Senior Karen Wong is conducting her independent research project within the Gilroy Lab with her mentor graduate student Richard Hilleary. The Gilroy Lab is broadly interested in how the environment affects physiological processes in plants, with a particular interest in the signaling processes in the plant that mediate environment-dependent physiological changes.

One way to activate signaling in plants is to infect them with pathogenic bacteria, Wong said. The Gilroy Lab is trying to understand the molecular components of plant immune systems and how they react to pathogenic bacteria.

These signaling pathways have been heavily studied in plants and animals, but there is very little research looking at the signaling pathways in bacteria, Wong said.

This is why her work began.

Wong is focused on a subset of signals calcium mediates. Calcium is involved in many physiological and cellular processes.

Her work uses GCaMP, a genetically encoded calcium indicator. These proteinbased calcium sensors fluoresce in the presence of calcium and are used to measure the changes in calcium concentration occurring within the cell, Wong said.

Wong is using this phenomenon to visualize and deduce whether calcium signaling plays a role in bacteria’s perception of chemicals in the environment.

Wong grows the E. coli with GCaMP in an incubator for about one day and then views it under a special fluorescence microscope which can detect and image the level of light emitted from the cells.

Wong first measures the baseline level of light emitted from the bacteria and then performs a treatment where she introduces a specific chemical to the bacteria. If the level of light emitted increases, calcium signaling is occurring within the bacteria, Wong added.

Using this method, Wong has already successfully detected calcium signaling in response to various chemicals like sugars

and amino acids bacteria use for growth and development.

“Since there is so little known about this phenomenon in bacteria, almost anything we learn could provide fundamental insights into biological processes mediating environmental perception of bacteria,” Hilleary said.

This project is basic research that is laying down the groundwork to understand bacteria better, Wong said.

Bacteria is present everywhere and contribute to so many natural processes, so it’s important to understand it, Wong said.

There are a lot of applications for the knowledge from this research once it’s understood exactly what is going on in the cell, Wong said.

If people can understand how bacteria translate an environmental signal into a change in behavior, then it’s possible to apply this knowledge for biotechnological purposes such as disease treatment and prevention, Hilleary said.

“These ideals are a long way away, but there is definitely the possibility that this research could have direct impact on our day to day lives,” Hilleary said.

After demonstrating that calcium signaling is important in E. coli, the next step is to determine if there are similar phenomena in other bacteria, Wong said.

There are several pathogenic and beneficial bacteria that would be interesting to investigate, Hilleary said.

“We have the capability to visualize calcium signals in plants and bacteria simultaneously, so it would be especially interesting to do this while these bacteria are associated with the plant,” Hilleary said.

Wong thinks this research has furthered her education. The handson work helped her understand things that were related to her research. It also gave her more confidence and showed her that she can use the same strategies researchers use in her textbooks.

After she graduates in May, Wong doesn’t think laboratory research is in her future, but she does think it has contributed to her growth and development.

“I learned to work independently and ask for help when I needed it, as well as developing good communication with my mentors,” Wong said. “It helped me hone in on a lot of skills that are useful no matter what I end up doing in life.”

Photo · Wong is part of the Gilroy Lab, a lab trying to understand molecular components of plant immune systems and how they react to pathogenic bacteria.

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Photo · Wong grows the E. coli in an incubator for about one day , makes obervations and views it under a microscope.

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State wellness programs lack changing long-term behavior, experts say UW professor suggests programs focus more on changing environment employees work, live instead of providing information

by Gretchen Gerlach State Editor

With the growing focus on health, nutrition and physical activity, workplace wellness programs are becoming increasingly offered by a number of Wisconsin companies to bolster healthy habits among employees. But as a fairly new option for employees, many wellness programs have a ways to go in order to increase participation and render long-term benefits.

The Well Wisconsin program incentivizes employees to complete signup and a health assessment screening with a $150 monetary benefit and provides a range of resources to employees, including digital health coaching.

Despite these efforts, the wellness program offered to state and local employees and their enrolled spouses resulted in only 30 percent participation in 2017.

Justin Sydnor, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Business, said these wellness programs are wellintentioned, but there is room for improvement.

“These programs, [like Well Wisconsin], aim to help people lead healthier lives by giving them incentives to engage with their health,” Sydnor said in an email to The Badger Herald.

“There are good intentions behind that, but there is mounting evidence that wellness programs like these may not be effective at changing behavior.”

Sydnor alluded to a large-scale experiment at the University of Illinois that tested a wellness program similar to Well Wisconsin on their employees.

No evidence was found that supported employees who participated in the program had any lower health costs or engaged in healthier behaviors a year later, Sydnor said.

The study concluded employees who were already healthy and regularly practicing healthy habits were more likely to participate in the wellness program than those employees who were generally less healthy “So a large part of the incentives ends up going to rewarding people who are already doing healthy things, but not toward encouraging much improvement in health behaviors for those who could use to improve,” Sydnor said.

Jonothan Morgan, a physical activity coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, also recognized the impact a monetary incentive could have if used effectively, but he does not see it changing long-term behavior.

Sydnor said rewarding healthy employees is not necessarily a bad thing, though. Some employers may be targeting healthy workers and these wellness programs could be useful

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for that cause.

Sydnor believes the greatest problem with wellness programs is too often they are focused on providing employees with information, rather than focusing on changing the environment in which employees live and work in.

“The problems are rooted in the struggle of getting yourself to actually do those behaviors in the face of temptation, social pressures and ingrained habits,” Sydnor said.

Robert McGrath, psychologist and coordinator for UW Health Services, said he finds changing behavior truly is a challenge.

Nutrition, physical activity and sleep habits are difficult to change in adults, McGrath said.

Photo · If implemented correctly, wellness programs have the potential to change employee health behavior, like decreasing health costs “A good wellness and increasing physical health and mental well being,. program that people follow up with can Courtesy of UW Department of Surgery / Photographer John Maniaci UW Health have a major impact on their lives, but getting people to pay attention and change But, nonetheless, Sydnor said the problems said. their nutrition and are difficult and multifaceted.

Those who participate in the Well Wisconsin health patterns is difficult,” McGrath said.

The consensus among the experts is wellness Program are subject to sharing their personal Currently, a number of comprehensive wellness programs offer health assessment programs have the potential to change health screening and assessment results in order to develop the best course of action to screenings and campaigns for employees to get employee health behavior, if implemented correctly and if changes are made. better their health, which is often times health involved in, Morgan said.

“The benefits can be pretty positive,” coaching offered through the program and But the real progress in health will be seen when work policies make it easier for Morgan said. “We could see a fair amount of insurance.

“There are some reasons to believe that employees to get active, healthy food choices decrease among health costs, an increase in effective coaching that helps people generate are offered in vending machines and during retention of employees, and better physical health and mental well being among users.” effective personalized strategies for changing meetings, and physical activity breaks are But Sydnor said this also means this could behaviors may be effective. But it’s also the encouraged throughout the workday, Morgan “be creating a differential benefit for people case that many people are reluctant to engage said. with these programs,” Sydnor said. “Finding “We need to find ways to make it easier and who are already doing healthy things.”

Many wellness programs, like the Well ways of making it more attractive for people more appealing and attractive to pick healthy foods instead of unhealthy ones,” Sydnor said. Wisconsin Program, are incorporating health to engage with wellness coaches may be a positive direction for wellness programs over “We need to make active lifestyles enjoyable coaching, which could be a definite step in the right direction to bolster program use, Sydnor time.” and easily embedded in daily life.”

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UW Sea Grant Institute recognizes projects exploring Great Lakes region Sixteen new projects focusing on importance of lakes to Wisconsin’s economy were funded through a grant competition in early April

by Sebastian Waldvogel Reporter

The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute awarded its 2018-20 grants in early April with a goal to increase awareness of the importance of the Great Lakes to Wisconsin’s economy as well as the quality of life.

These projects vary from research regarding E. coli presence on beaches to encouraging aquaculture growth within the state. Research is being conducted on eight different UW campuses across the state, including UW. The grants were awarded through a competition funded by the Sea Grant Institute. There were 16 new projects being funded as a result of this competition.

There are also three projects that are being continued, such as research at UW involving green infrastructure effects on coastal catchments in urban areas. These projects are connected to the Sea Grant Institute by annual reports which are sent to the Institute, as well as interactions with the Sea Grant Institute’s communication department.

The new projects are more oriented to research regarding the Great Lakes region, as the Great Lakes play a key role in Wisconsin, Jennifer Hauxwell, director for research at Sea Grant Institute, said.

“The Great Lakes region [also] supports 1.5 million jobs,” Hauxwell said. “This is in the shipping, mining, manufacturing, fishing, tourism and agriculture sectors.”

While being focused on the Great Lakes region, many individuals in central Wisconsin will still see the benefits from this research, Hauxwell said.

Since the U.S. imports 90 percent of its seafood, Hauxwell said looking for ways to promote healthy, local seafood is one of the Sea Grant Institutes goals. This is something that can directly benefit central Wisconsin, as many of the aquaculture facilities are located inland, she added.

One of the funded studies at UWMilwaukee is done in regards to E. coli presence on beaches, specifically the South Shore beach in Milwaukee.

This research is being headed by UWMilwaukee professor Sandra McLellan. While this study is focusing on this Great Lake beach in particular, McLellan mentioned how the information learned can be extrapolated to other beaches around Wisconsin, and the South Shore beach can be used as an example.

With beach closures being an issue for tourism along the Great Lake region in Wisconsin, the research being done can help management think about their beaches and explore their options. With this in mind,

South Shore beach can become a model beach for coastal beaches across the state, McLellan said.

The studies on the South Shore beach will be able to bring the consequences, whether positive or negative, of management decisions to light and allow people to make more informed decisions, McLellan said.

“Our goal is really to bridge science and policy,” McLellan said. “The more general citizens learn about the benefits of sustainability, beyond just the environment for the environment’s sake, I think they would be more willing to invest in or support those kinds of endeavors by the community.”

McLellan also said how the general population has become more aware of the environmental issues and how the base understanding of these issues has risen over the past decade.

It’s what’s in someone’s backyard that plays a role in what they care about, McLellan said.

Connecting the environmental problems to things that affect individuals personally is one of the ways to get individuals to become involved, McLellan said. It allows for individuals to see the issues as it affects them, and become more willing to learn about sustainability.

The Sea Grant Institute aims to increase awareness of the benefits the Great Lakes have for the state of Wisconsin, and why Wisconsinites need to be more aware of them. All of the projects are important to Wisconsin residents, as sustainability is key for maintaining our Great Lakes, Hauxwell said.

“We have a responsibility to protect these waters, and we have a lot of work to do,” Hauxwell said.

Sustainability has a strong impact on Wisconsin, as the water, especially the Great Lakes play a key role in our economy, as well as the Wisconsin identity, Hauxwell said.

As the population of Wisconsin increases, so do the issues with our water, so maintaining water sources becomes a shared responsibility, Hauxwell said.

“We owe it to future generations, we owe it to ourselves,” Hauxwell said.

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Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey share experience of filming psychological horror

Television stars credit movie’s success to Blumhouse’s creative decisions, risk taking while shooting innovative, frightening flick ‘Truth or Dare’

by Aidan McClain Social Media Coordinator

Starring Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, “Truth or Dare” is a Blumhouse Production project that puts a new twist on the horror genre by making each main character play the antagonist at some point. Hale and Posey explain their attraction to the script and their thoughts on Blumhouse’s creative decisions during a roundtable interview.

The following interview has been edited for style and clarity.

The Badger Herald: The movie is a horror, but it also focuses on the psychological aspects of that genre. What were your thoughts on going into that sub-genre?

Lucy Hale: For me, that’s what I found so interesting about this movie is that Olivia’s biggest fear isn’t doing something, it’s the secret that she harbors and has kept her whole life. So I thought it was really interesting that we all have something we’re afraid of or something about ourselves that we dislike or we all have secrets. And that’s ultimately what the game brings out of everyone. And I thought that was super relatable and a really interesting twist on a horror film.

Tyler Posey: I love psychological horror films more than big scares and gory stuff. I like when movies mess with your head — it’s creepier that way.

How much freedom did you have with the script?

LH: I think within this movie there’s so much running around, and our director Jeff Wadlow really did trust us with our characters and let us run free with whatever we wanted to do. I always try to pay respect to the writers and stick within … they wrote a really great script so we wanted to honor that but … we got to know each other so well and I think because our chemistry was so great we added some special touches, but the script was written so well that we didn’t need to add much to it because it was already there on the page.

TP: One thing we got to have a lot of freedom with though was the actual truth or dare game. I remember when there was the lap-dance happening, everyone was throwing out adlibs and we just kind of had a lot of fun with that game. It really did feel like we were playing truth or dare because we were always adlibbing stuff and trying to one-up one another and make each other laugh or something like that, so that part was really fun.

What made this specific film so enticing that you wanted to be a part of it?

TP: It was an offer for me and I’m a huge fan of Blumhouse and was immediately humbled and honored that they even thought of me to fill in the shoes of an actor who had dropped out of the project. This just fits right in my wheel-well of what I like to do. I love gory, fun, insane stuff — I like heightened energy, acting and I love being covered in blood and I had some blood on me this movie.

LH: For me — yeah, love Blumhouse. I love that they’re the people that really take risks on making these films because … you know like “Get Out,” nobody else wanted to make that movie but Blumhouse decided to make the movie and now it’s going to be a classic. I respect the people who are willing to do the weird things that nobody else is willing to do. It’s hard to make a good horror film and there’s a good mixture of comedy and thriller mixed in and I think that’s the reason why it works. It’s almost like at times we poke fun at the genre. And obviously I loved my character — I

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Photo · Lucas (Tyler Posey) alongside Olivia (Lucy Hale) try to deny their truth in ‘Truth or Dare’: One harmless game among friends turns deadly when someone — or something — begins to punish those who tell lies or refuse the dare.

Photo Courtesy of Peter Lovino thought Olivia was a badass and I don’t always feel like that in real life so I wanted to play one.

In most horror movies, the characters that make dumb decisions, but in this movie the characters make pretty rational decisions. Was the smartness of the script part of the reason you were attracted to the film?

TP: Yeah definitely. Just like you said, we figured out today that there’s not a lot of those moments in this movie where you’re like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’ The only moment that happens is the initial truth or dare game — the guy is charming, it seems like it’s going to be safe and fun and ends up not, but yeah that’s definitely one of the things that attracted me to this.

One thing that I love about filmmaking is making it look real and as believable as possible even though you’re dealing with

supernatural elements … that definitely had a lot of influence as to why I wanted to do this role and this movie because I do have an issue when movies seem fake and not that real — and it was going to be a challenge to make this as believable as possible as an actor.

LH: What I loved is that they incorporated social media which is so relevant in the time that we live in. Olivia’s a very bright girl, and the twist at the ending on how she figures out how to win over the game is really clever. And the use of social media through it is really smart. I credit that to the writers and to Blumhouse.

This isn’t your typical horror film. I think people will walk into it thinking it’s one thing, but it’s really not. I think they’re going to walk out and it being a totally different experience than what they thought.

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Varsity Band to celebrate Camp Randall Centennial in Spring concert

Event returns for 44th year — pairs tradition, modern spectacular for marvelous performance featuring popular, spirited music, special effects

by Erin Michels and Angela Peterson ArtsEtc. Staff Writer, ArtsEtc. Associate Editor

As the end of the school year approaches, students have come to expect exams, final projects, the Mifflin Street Block Party and the University of Wisconsin’s Varsity Band Concert.

This year is no different. Coming up this week is the 44th annual Varsity Band Concert, back and better than ever.

This year, the performances are focused on Camp Randall’s centennial. This milestone is not only an important moment in the University’s history — but the band’s.

The stadium that we all know and love was originally built in 1917. Camp Randall is arguably the oldest stadium in the Big 10 Conference, a source of pride for Wisconsin sports fans.

Throughout the years, many additions and changes have been made to the stadium but one factor remains constant — the presence of the University Band. Dating back to the 1885-86 school year, the band is older than the stadium itself. There has never been a time when the band was not a part of the Camp Randall experience.

This history continues to be important to current band members and lends a sense of pride to their work.

“To be a part of this tradition has been a life changing experience to say the least. It’s the most fun I’ve had in my entire life and I’m deeply honored to be a part of it,” William Roberts, a trumpet player and sophomore majoring in computer science and mathematics said.

Through the years, there have been numerous directors and musicians that have contributed to the tradition of the band we know now.

Currently, the University Band is under the direction of Mike Leckrone.

Leckrone started conducting the UW Marching Band in 1969, and since then, the band has exceeded everyone’s wildest expectations. His passion for both music and his students has made the UW Band a symbol of Badger spirit. In 1975, six years after his arrival at UW, Leckrone launched the first ever Varsity Band Concert, starting a spring tradition that continues today.

Leckrone’s spirit continues to inspire band members, even after open-heart surgery last year which prevented him from taking his usual flight in this concert.

“The intensity that Mike has is beyond what’s humanly possible for an 80 year old man. He’s been a role model for me these past couple years with his unparalleled work ethic,” Roberts said.

To clear up any confusion, the UW Marching Band and the UW Varsity Band are the same group. During the fall on the football field — it’s

the Marching Band. When not marching in the spring semester, it’s called the Varsity Band. No matter the name, this group of incredible musicians never fails to impress and inspire.

Even without the preceding four quarters of a football game, band members still love to have fun and interact during the “Fifth Quarter” segment of the concert.

“Most of the time in fall we are separated from the fans who are way up in the stands, but in spring we get to run off of the band staff and intermingle with the crowd while we play. I always get a huge kick out of seeing everyone laughing and dancing while we’re out there messing around,” Jack Mathie, a trombone player and senior majoring in political science and philosophy said.

The Varsity Band Concert is well known for its incredible music, surprise guests and visual displays. Audiences never know what to expect when in attendance. In years past, there have been an abundance of pyrotechnics and aerial stunts along with sophisticated video productions. Attendees can also look forward to an impressive bedazzled suit donned by none other than the legendary Leckrone. Although the specifics of this year ’s concert aren’t revealed, everyone can expect an amazing performance full of surprises.

Despite uncertainty in the theatrical aspects, audiences can expect to hear their favorites from the marching season, as well as arrangements of pop and musical theatre tunes.

“Besides On Wisconsin, my favorite number this year is probably West Side Story. It’s one of my favorite musicals and has a very distinctive style and tone that I think comes through very well in the arrangement. We’ve also got an ABBA medley that’s super fun to play, so I’m looking forward to that too,” Mathie said.

The three night spectacular will be held at the Kohl Center, starting Thursday April 19th, ending the night of the 21st. Each performance will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are still available for purchase online and at the McGinnis Family Athletic Ticket Office.

Tickets cost $23 per night for adults, and $15 for students.

If you want a break from studying, are too tired to party, love music, or are just bored, go check out this amazing concert.

Photo · Continuing under direction of Mike Leckrone, members of UW Marching Band are symbol of school spirit for students.

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Photo · After 43 performances during spring by UW’s favorite collection of student musicians, this year’s concert will continue tradition.

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The Library offers pleasant dining experience just off campus

Not officially within university territory, cozy Madison food spot has students flipping through menu while providing cafe space, impressive bar

by Talen Elizabeth ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Library is the perfect place to drink.

And though it’s not technically part of the university, their location is collegiate — on the corner of Campus Drive and Randall Avenue.

I went with two of my friends to check out the cafe and bar during happy hour, on a Friday, when $3.25 Long Islands were flowin’.

The restaurant is small enough for you to see the whole place from the front door — and it’s the definition of cozy. Books line the stone walls, there’s a fireplace base to a table and it’s lit well enough to curl up with a book.

You order right at the bar and I asked what their most popular eats are. We order their top three — Loaded French Fries, The Best Turkey Sandwich Ever and a Buffalo chicken wrap.

We tore apart the fries which are covered in cheese, Door County bacon, chives, all served with a side of ranch. The fries were

crispy, which I appreciate. Sometimes when you cover something in cheese you have to sacrifice a crispy fry and that’s just a terrible loss. While the cheese was gooey enough to pull apart, it didn’t compromise the crisp.

My friend ordered a mint latte, only because the barista told us they make their mint syrup in-house. Très chic. It was sweet, but their locally roasted, “bicycle delivered” coffee was nice and strong.

When our food came out, we were immediately reminded we had ordered cajun fries as our sides. They do not go easy on the spices and the payoff is so good.

Fair warning, while you’re eating them you will be inside a cajun bubble.

Their turkey sandwich is served on sourdough (a.k.a. bread of the gods). It’s simple — thick turkey slices, bacon, cheese and mayo, all tossed together on sourdough slices. Very crunchy.

Their Buffalo Wrap is served with ranch and a heaping pile of french fries. The tortilla lands on an open grill to give it the burned criss-crosses that make me drool. If you are not utilizing the tastiness of a carefully scorched tortilla, start today. I will literally

eat a lightly burned tortilla with butter and be perfectly happy about it. The chicken was well done and the Buffalo sauce was a spicy complement to the cajun fries.

Come 5 p.m., the whole place was crowded with people and Long Islands. Can’t wait to go back when it’s not snowing and I can sit on their outdoor patio *sunglasses emoji*.

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MSCR is looking for energetic, dedicated staff who love working with youth and changing the world one kid at a time!

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‘What Were You Wearing?’ exhibit strives to end victim blaming

Title IX Advisory Committee creates display, generates dialogue in step with national campaign, confronts misconceptions about sexual assault

by Kristin Washagan Community Outreach Coordinator

ASM’s Title IX Advisory Committee held an art exhibit entitled “What Were You Wearing?” between April 5-10 to address rape culture on campus for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. “[Survivors] get asked this question, ‘what were you wearing?’ — how can we shape that question and empower them when we ask it to them, and talk about why that question is irrelevant?” STIXA committee chair Megan Murphy said.

Inspired by Kansas University, “What Were You Wearing?” became a national campaign to tell the stories of survivors in an event centered on ending victim blaming.

Combining symbolic clothing and curated stories, the exhibit aimed to humanize the stories behind the statistics we often hear about sexual assault in college.

“So [the original creators] have a whole packet of information on how to host your own and how to make it individual and the other requirements and x, y and z,” Murphy said. “So we took that and ran with it, and created a UW specific version.”

All the stories depicted in the STIXA exhibit, except for one, were University of Wisconsin survivors’ stories — a fact that made the exhibit feel extremely personal

and close to home.

On the walls of the Class of 1973 Gallery in the Red Gym, survivors’ stories were displayed near hangers holding accompanying clothing — the clothing each survivor wore when they were assaulted.

“In nature, it was a very explicit space, there were stories on the wall of sexual assaults and there were people telling their stories,” Murphy said. “As much as it was an empowering space, it was also a very difficult-to-grapple space.”

Because of the potentially triggering nature of the exhibit, STIXA ensured that trained advocates from UHS’s Violence Prevention and Survivor Services and the Rape Crisis Center were present at the exhibit’s opening reception.

Murphy said it was vital to have professional advocates at the event, to make sure everyone felt comfortable and confident attending the space. While Murphy and her co-host, Jenny Torner, were both present, the committee decided to recruit extra help to ensure a safe space.

“And so as comfortable as I am with the issues and as comfortable as I wish I would be to talk to everyone about it, there are people who do this as a job in their daily life and are trained to talk to people about it,” Murphy said.

First-year student Dominique Maderal

curated the exhibit. Maderal had been creating dialogue with and hearing stories from survivors throughout the school year.

One story in the exhibit accompanied an empty hanger. The story attached described an individual who was having a consensual sexual encounter with their significant other, only for their partner to force them past their own boundaries of comfort.

“That one is really powerful for me, just knowing consent is a continuation and, even though they identified this person as their partner, and they identified them as someone they probably trusted and were really caring about, that even in the middle of that consent can switch when you are uncomfortable with something,” Murphy said.

In its five-day run, the exhibit attracted heavy traffic and valuable conversations due to its large community and university support, Murphy said.

Murphy said the committee specifically wanted to hold the event during SAAM because they knew the subject matter would already be heavy on the majority of students’ minds throughout the month.

Through awareness and diligence at the hands of the student body, Murphy believed the event represented a moment where

Photo ·ASM art exhibit addresses rape culture, sexual assault on campus.

Photo ourtesy of Megan Murphy students broke the silence surrounding sexual assault.

“There’s a lot of people doing a lot on campus and a lot of people who really care about this,” Murphy said. “So I think it’s a really trying time and I think it’s a really good time for people to be as active as possible about it.”

Get Baked: Funfetti fun to mix during final stretch of midterms De-stress with big batches of some good old fashioned box-mix baking batter to get desired treat for final push toward end of semester

by Peyton David Copy Chief

OK, let’s all agree that baking in a crunch is rough.

The second round of midterms are fast approaching and you need stress relief, but you also need an ample amount of time to study. In my opinion, midterm season is the perfect excuse to treat yourself.

So why not make yourself a cake? Yes, a whole cake just for yourself (don’t share with your friends, it’s no fun that way). Also, why make an untextured cake when you can add in everything your parents said you shouldn’t have?

Here are some fun(fetti) ways to spice up your boring boxed cake recipe.

For the sake of the pun, I used funfetti cake mix, but this “hack” works with any boxed mix.

The process:

Follow your recipe to the T. The funfetti mix says to use beaters or a hand mixer and to not mix it for more than a few minutes.

Otherwise, the consistency of the cake will be less fluffy. Here’s more information on where to get a hand mixer.

After that, you can unleash your inner child. For my cake, I used peanut butter M&M’s and semi-sweet chocolate chips, but feel free to be more creative than that.

First, I put the M&Ms into a bag and used all of my frustrations and pent up anger to crush them with the bottom of a cup.

on what size pan you use. Also remember to spray your pan before you put your batter in, otherwise the cake will stick.

To ensure your cake is baked all the way

through, stick a fork or toothpick in the middle of it and, when you pull it out, if nothing comes off then you have successfully made a cake! Decorate and enjoy!

Other tasty mixes:

1. A tablespoon of cinnamon and white chocolate chips 2. Reese’s Pieces, M&M’s and chocolate chips 3. Crushed Oreos and pieces of cookie dough (I’m not recommending you consume raw cookie dough but I’m also not not recommending you consume raw cookie dough) 4. Crushed pretzels and chocolate chips 5. Crushed potato chips (What?! Yes, I repeat: Potato chips), crushed pretzels, chocolate chips, Reese’s Pieces, M&M’s and Oreos 6. Melted peanut butter (this works best with either chocolate or vanilla cake) 7. Tears and shredded up pages of your textbook.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, depending

Photo · We’re getting hugry just looking at this. We suggest leaving M&M’s aside just for eating.

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With potential ‘blue wave’ looming, WI officials look ahead to stormy elections After Paul Ryan’s retirement, Democrats and Republicans train their sights for November

by Alice Vagun Editor-in-chief

It’s the beginning of the night at Plan B, a prominent gay bar in Madison. Attendees of the Democratic watch party raise their glasses to whom they believe will become the first female President of the United States.

Patrons donning “Pussy Grabs Back” shirts and Hillary Clinton pins dance to “Nasty” by Janet Jackson. They ignore the screens behind them, which are slowly turning red.

Yet another state turns red. The applause from states turning blue is replaced with groans and a sense of concern.

Around midnight on Nov. 8, 2016, it becomes clear: Donald Trump is going to be the 45th President of the United States.

Some patrons start crying. Others call their loved ones, shouting into the phone, “What are we going to do now?”

The next day, University of Wisconsin junior and chair of UW’s College Democrats Brianna Koerth knew what she must do. After taking a semester off from school to work for Clinton’s presidential campaign, Koerth knew there was still a chance her party could win elsewhere.

She joined a new program through the Democratic Party of Wisconsin that had campaign organizers on the ground starting as early as 2017. Across the country, millions like Koerth began to invest more into local and statewide elections, participate in rallies and protests and turn out to vote.

The results came soon after.

In Virginia’s 2017 gubernatorial election, Democrat Ralph Northam beat Republican nominee Ed Gillespie by the largest largest margin for a Democrat since 1985. The state also saw its highest voter turnout for a gubernatorial election in 20 years.

In Alabama, Doug Jones became the first Democrat to win a Senate seat since 1992.

In Wisconsin, Democrat Patty Schachtner won the special election in the 10th Senate District over state Rep. Adam Jarchow, R-Balsam Lake. The district, which Trump had one by 17 points, had been held for 17 years by former Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, R-River Falls. In a 56 to 44 percent margin, Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, beating out Sauk County Judge Michael Screnock.

As Democrats continue to flip seats and gain back power in special and statewide elections around the country, Republicans in Wisconsin and across the U.S. are beginning to fear a blue wave may be on the horizon.

An alarming retirement

After months of speculation, House Speaker Paul Ryan confirmed Wednesday he would not seek reelection following the fulfillment of his current term in office.

After nearly 20 years in office, Ryan will be retiring to spend more time with his family, leaving the majority party to face what he believes will be “a very bright future.”

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proud that is exactly what we have done and what we are doing right now.”

But the retirement of one of the GOP’s most prominent figures may appear as a warning sign to other Republicans, said Barry Burden, UW political professor and director of the Elections Research Center.

“I think it is somewhat demoralizing that the leader of their party, who is sort of the only person in the party who has a consensus of support among the different wings of the GOP will not be part of the team next year,” Burden said. “That’s got to raise some concern for Republicans all over the country.”

And it has. Less than a week after Ryan’s announcement, state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, announced he would not seek reelection after 14 years in office.

Though Ryan’s announcement suggests potential problems for Republicans in the midterm elections, UW associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications Michael Wagner said his decision to retire is more of a reaction to

“Dealing with this White House is just a constant barrage of difficult news items every day” — Barry Burden

the political environment — not necessarily something that will impact it.

If the Democrats were successful in taking over the House of Representatives and Ryan stayed in office, he could lose his speakership, Wagner said.

But this is not to say his retirement could not have negative ripple effects for the GOP. Ryan’s departure from Congress could make it harder for him to support the GOP by way of raising money for leadership PACs that he has close connections with.

At the moment, Ryan receives about $8.3 million in support and donations from various organizations.

Usually when politicians in Ryan’s position are raising money, people who donate are doing so hoping they can be rewarded somewhere down the line by that person, Wagner said. Since Ryan is going to leave Congress, he can’t reward people who give anymore, making it potentially harder for him to raise money.

Another possibility of Ryan’s exit, Wagner said, is it may further exacerbate the tensions in the GOP between more traditional Republicans who fit the Ronald Reagan mold versus a newer, growing set of Republicans who subscribe to a more extreme ideology.

In addition to Democrats potentially gaining House majority, Burden said the current administration could have also influenced Ryan’s decision to retire.

“Dealing with this White House is just a constant barrage of difficult news items every day,” Burden said. “The Mueller investigation, the raid on Michael Cohen’s office — those things are really just this week.”

Every week, every day, Burden said there has been something coming out of the administration that’s unexpected and distracting — something he believes to be a source of frustration for Ryan since Trump was a candidate in 2015.

Despite a couple of policy successes — mainly around tax cuts and the federal budget — Burden said Ryan has mainly been fighting fires, which is something that’s simply not fun for a party leader.

While many speculate his decision to retire stems from the unpredictable nature of the current administration, UW sophomore and College Republicans spokesperson Alesha Guenther believes Ryan’s decision is independent of current events and stems from wanting to spend more time with his family.

Though Guenther said College Republicans will miss his leadership in Congress, she believes he has accomplished “so much” in the House, the biggest being the GOP tax reform.

“A lot of our members grew up with him as a representative.

Coming from Wisconsin, he always represented such a big ‘policy part’ of the committee. … He was really looking at the policy, and about discourse and debate off of that,” Guenther said. “For us in Wisconsin especially, it was great to have such a great example to look to for those issues.”

Despite the notion of an impending blue wave, Guenther believes the races are only getting started. She said College Republicans will be looking forward to helping make sure their party maintain their majority.

Crests and crashes

It’s not uncommon for the party’s president to perform poorly in the midterm elections, Wagner said. What is somewhat unusual, however, is the amount of fervor and energy that those opposing the president have maintained since Trump’s election in 2016.

“It looks like [Democrats] might be able to sustain that energy into the midterm election, which might make the wave larger than usual,” Wagner said.

Burden said this anger has done great things for Democrats in seeking candidates at the congressional and state legislative level.

Essentially, Trump has mobilized his opponents.

“The Women’s March, #MeToo movement, the March for Science and what looks like the year of the woman — these are all direct responses to the Trump administration,” Burden said.

The Women’s March and the March for Our Lives — created in light of the February Parkland shooting — have been movements that have lasted the longest and have had the greatest depth of emotional buy-in from participants, Wagner said. These efforts are likely positively correlated with more women running for office than is usual and with more Republicans retiring than is normal, he added.

A lot of this activism, Koerth added, is also coming from

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“What the party is trying to do is empower people who feel they have not only been left out in the Trump administration, but also persecuted by the administration and hurt by its policies,” Koerth said. “Now that we’ve lived under the administration, we actually know that everything that we thought would be threatened and everything Trump talked about in his speeches is becoming a reality, which I think will activate a new part of the campus community.”

“If young people get involved in 2018 like they already have been getting involved, we can make sure the people in power represent us” — Brianna Koerth

Though some aspects of the Trump administration tend to polarize campus, Guenther said some of the movements, such as March for Our Lives, have allowed members across the political spectrum to engage in conversation, consider different perspectives and observe what the majority of Americans want.

And with students at the root of some of these movements, their votes in upcoming elections may be what propels a potential resurgence in the Democratic party.

A race to the Capitol

As the gubernatorial election approaches in the fall with a heavily crowded Democratic field, many wonder whether the blue wave will bring in smooth sailing for one hopeful Democratic candidate, or peeter out before reaching shore.

The evidence on whether this crowded primary will help or hurt a candidate is mixed, Burden said. Ultimately, it depends on how the Democratic candidates engage with each other.

“A robust primary campaign could help the eventual nominee gain name recognition, hone their campaign skills and develop better arguments against the other party,” Burden said.

“But a tough primary can also be expensive for campaigns and reveal the nominee’s weaknesses.”

Because of the high level of energy on the Democratic front, Gov. Scott Walker expects an expensive and hard-fought campaign, and even warned of the possibility of a “blue wave” following the election of liberal judge Dallet. Despite his previous two statewide victories and winning the recall election in 2012, Burden said 2018 doesn’t look as favorable to the Republicans as in election years past.

Just as Ryan has been successful in moving major bills through the House, Walker has been effective at cementing major proposals into law. His most recent term, Burden said, has focused on more funding for public education and combating the ongoing epidemic. Despite the success in landing a contract with Foxconn to build a facility in Racine County, Walker has also faced difficulty tackling the deterioration of Wisconsin roadways.

Overall, his legislative record has been a bit less consistent since his presidential campaign ended in 2015, Burden said. But, voters’ views on his biggest accomplishment — Foxconn — will be an important deciding factor for the upcoming election.

“People who see it as a significant job creator will give Walker some of the credit while those who are concerned about public payments to the firm and weakening of environmental projects will blame him,” Burden said.

Replacing Ryan

Ryan’s retirement leaves a glaring vacancy on the Republican ticket for Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District and the potential for a contentious election similar to the upcoming gubernatorial one.

At the moment, only Paul Nehlen, an avowed anti-Semite and white nationalist, and businessman Nick Polce appear to be gunning for a seat on the Republican side.

The two contenders could not represent the current divide splitting the Republican party any better.

Polce, a U.S. Army veteran and small business owner, embodies the traditional conservative ideals that focus on individual freedom and liberty. Nehlen’s track history of bigoted remarks and close ties to the “alt-right” movement led the Republican Party of Wisconsin to disown him and even get him banned from Twitter.

Polce isn’t a career politician. In fact, his entire platform is based on the idea that Washington doesn’t need more of them.

And while his platform is more reflective of the traditional Republican favored by the district, his ideas and policies are often overshadowed by the furor attracted by Nehlen’s campaign.

“I think the reason [Nehlen] was the only contender was because no traditional Republican was going to run against Ryan,” Wagner said. “Now that Ryan is out, we should expect at least one more, and probably more traditional Republicans to enter that race.”

But since Ryan’s announcement to step down, no major Wisconsin GOP figures have offered to throw their hats in the race.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Burlington, former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and most recently state Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem, have all declined to run to replace Ryan in Congress. UW Board of Regents member Bryan Steil is left as one of the last remaining established Republicans to consider running for the seat.

Should Steil choose not to run, the most reasonable outcome in a traditionally conservative district should then come down to either Polce or Nehlen. Enter Randy Bryce and Cathy Myers.

Bryce — most commonly known as “Iron Stache” — is a union ironworker. Myers is a longtime Janesville school board member and high school English teacher. Both are running on the Democratic ballot, and both have the potential to add to the swell of Wisconsin’s potential blue wave.

Despite failing to win a state Legislature seat on two separate occasions and a school board race, Bryce’s campaign has garnered nearly $4.8 million through grassroots efforts since the beginning of 2017. Though much of that sum comes from out-ofstate, it is an indicator of Bryce’s ability to grow support in the traditionally conservative district.

Looking to gain support from the white working-class families that turned Trump in 2016, Bryce’s campaign efforts may pose a possible challenge for Republicans running in the 1st district.

Meyers, while having not caught fire across the internet like “Iron Stache” and being considered an underdog, has a similar grassroots appeal and has positioned herself as a proud member of the growing influx of female candidates.

Ryan’s retirement may be a pivotal moment for Wisconsin’s upcoming elections. Though Wagner said it’s dangerous to “read too much into the tea leaves” at this point, the evidence thus far suggests a good election year for Democrats.

Many have called Nov. 8, 2016 a disgraceful day in American history, others believe it is a day Americans chose to break the status quo and start listening to those who have had their voices silenced on Capitol Hill.

One thing many can agree on, however, is that Nov. 8, 2016 has cast many ripples in U.S. politics. And now comes a wave.

“If young people get involved in 2018 like they already have been getting involved, we can make sure the people in power represent us,” Koerth said of Democrat’s chances. “And if there are people in power who have very different interests from the young people demanding change, then they are not going to stay.”

WI officials react to Paul Ryan’s retirement

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

“Before I was elected to the Senate I served with Paul Ryan in the House and have spent many years working with him on behalf of the people of Wisconsin. We know each other well and while we have different views on policy, I consider him a friend and have a lot of respect for him as a person and a public servant.”

Gov. Scott Walker “While Paul leaves behind a far-reaching, reform-minded legacy and a long list of achievements in Congress, I believe this is just the beginning for him.

State Rep. David Bowen (D-Milwaukee) “The pushback Ryan has received for political games during his time as Speaker of the House has been pivotal in ensuring today’s announcement. Thanks to the efforts of Wisconsinites like those of the 5o Miles More students, Ryan will no longer hold one of the highest ranking offices in the country. “

Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) “When I met Paul Ryan in 1998 during his first run for Congress, it was obvious he was someone of incredible talent and amazing ability. Now 20 years later, his record and accomplishments speak for themselves.”

State Sen. Alberta Darling R-River Hills “Wisconsin has a long history of producing great leaders, and Paul Ryan is one of its greatest. Paul always answered the call when his leadership was needed, yet never lost track of his roots. He worked tirelessly to represent his district and Wisconsin.”

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI)

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Sinclair scripts which decry fake news inherently hypocritical National media corporation preaches commitment to objective reporting, but their message ironically contradicts itself

by Lucas Johnson Opinion Editor

Let’s address local media as though it existed to serve all our most ideal expectations. The reporting would be timely, relevant, wholly accurate and presented in a completely unbiased manner. In essence, it would exist in its purest form — every goal strived for as a news outlet would be met seamlessly.

Debates over bias would be nonexistent and consuming news would only require the viewer to digest its content, not question its validity.

This utopian media environment would be perhaps most important in the local news sector, where 37 percent of Americans say they often receive their news, nearly 10 percentage points higher than cable news and 11 points higher than network television news. Even further, local news consumption is higher in America than virtually any other source.

This means more people get their news from local news than newspapers, news websites, social media and radio.

Essentially, local news is the premier source of news for the average American, and, as such, handling its content should be of arguably paramount importance.

No other source reaches more consumers, so if its content is botched, it affects the widest population. Any slip up in coverage or agenda-pushing content will have sweeping effects stemming both from how many consumers come in contact with the media and the overwhelmingly high level of trust in local news outlets.

Recently, Sinclair Broadcast Group, a media corporation who owns 173 stations and 81 broadcast networks nationwide, aired a promotional message labeled as “must-run” content on their channels preaching the importance of journalistic integrity and unbiased reporting. The message begins as a well-intentioned promotion of the given network’s dedication to producing balanced and quality journalism, noting the pattern of one-sided reporting that has plagued our country. Rather quickly, however, the message reverts to an unproductive and problematic tirade clobbering national media outlets.

“The sharing of biased and false news has become all too common on social media,” the message reads. “More alarming, national media outlets are publishing these same fake stories without checking facts first. Unfortunately, some members of the national media are using their platforms to push their own personal bias and agenda to control ‘exactly 16• badgerherald.com • April 17, 2018

Photo · For a media corporation with ownership of a startling number of local news stations to preach the importance of accurate and factual reporting, they must display a commitment to the facts themselves Courtesey of Flickr User A Ricci what people think’ ... This is extremely dangerous to our democracy.”

What’s alarming about this message is not the suggestion that national media corporations are seemingly publishing stories without a care, but how inherently biased and downright harmful this message is by nature. The hypocrisy is utterly clear — “be wary of news sources that encourage you to think a certain way, but also here’s how you should think.” The message suggests an unbiased mindset while preaching a message that suggests national news corporations are misleading viewers, an inherently Trumpian perspective and one riddled with bias.

Any news source that publishes criticism of our nation’s president is immediately deemed either as false or met with childish backlash on social media.

The story was much the same when the Sinclair controversy aired.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter immediately, supporting the promotion while simultaneously tearing apart news sources which have held him accountable for his actions.

The quarrel to address here, however, doesn’t lie between Sinclair and Trump.

Instead, it lies with local news sources and their willingness to air such a promotion.

It’s within their rights as a station to decline airing the message, which is precisely what Madison’s own FOX 47 News chose to do.

In a statement, FOX 47 responded with, ironically, a much similar message to that which Sinclair pushed, saying their focus was on Madison storylines only. The main distinction between the two is that FOX 47’s message revolved around the station’s commitment to timely and proximal news instead of suggesting national news corporations are out to mislead the public.

But here’s the kicker: FOX 47 did exactly what the right-leaning Sinclair group has advocated for — they’ve stood up against misleading and unproductive information reaching the American public. Instead of complying with Sinclair ’s demands to regurgitate a singular storyline, they chose to stay committed to the news they know to be of relevance to the Madison public.

If Sinclair has a problem with stations embodying the corporation’s supposed guiding principles, as they were with FOX 47’s actions, perhaps it’s time they reevaluated their validity.

Lucas Johnson (ljohnson52@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in journalism and strategic communication.

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Student loans are not meant for cryptocurrency investments Studies suggest more students participating in dicey, unstable use of student loan funds to invest in cryptocurrency

by Eric Hilkert Columnist

A recent report from The Student Loan Report has found that “21.2 percent of current college students with student loan debt have used financial aid money to fund a cryptocurrency investment.” If this statistic doesn’t scare you, it should. To understand why, it’s important we take a step back and look at the history of using borrowed money to invest.

People borrow money to make investments — it’s partially the reason banks loan money in the first place.

However, in this case, investment does not refer to a security that can be bought and sold on financial markets like a stock or bond. I’m using the word “investment” to refer to any expenditure of money that will provide continued utility down the road.

Taking out a mortgage to buy a house is an investment. Student loans to pay for college are investments. Every investment carries risk.

Student loans are already a risky

investment. Students can go hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt to earn finance degrees, only to fail to find high paying jobs after graduation. A recent study from The Bureau of Labor Statistics found among recent college graduates “nearly 46 percent work in positions that don’t require a fouryear degree and fall into the category of ‘unskilled labor.”

Students who choose to use their excess loan money to invest in cryptocurrencies may think the money to be made in the markets can help offset the risk of postcollege underemployment, but, in reality, they are doubling down on a poorly dealt hand. If the cards bust, they can not only hurt their own economic positions, but our entire economy.

Investing in cryptocurrencies is inherently high-risk, high-reward. While I don’t doubt the underlying technology behind coins like Bitcoin and Ethereum could one day reshape banking as we know it, investing in such coins is still extremely risky — for a few reasons.

First, cryptocurrencies have no real value

at the moment. All currencies are speculative investments at their core, as they provide no future cash flows like a stock or bond. Those investing in these assets in an attempt to get rich are just hoping that the value will increase. While these currencies may have value in the future, the current day-to-day prices have been all over the place, meaning their usefulness as a traditional currency is still a long way away.

Second, there is still very little regulatory oversight regarding cryptos. The lack of regulation has made crypto trading a breeding ground for price manipulation from shady actors such as “Spoofy,” a single entity which effectively dominates the price of bitcoin. These unethical strategies can harm investors who jump into financial markets without prior experience or knowledge, things many college students lack.

As a reader, you may be wondering how it’s possible for students to use loan money to invest in markets. The answer is that student loan borrowers can use excess money from their loans to finance their

“living expenses” while in college. The money they use on these living expenses is not heavily regulated, therefore it can end up being used to finance risky investments like BitCoin.

I want to reiterate this article is not meant as an indictment on cryptocurrencies. The technology is extremely interesting, and has widely applicable uses in our society.

Unfortunately, the technology is also extremely complex and years away from implementation within our financial system.

Speculative buying in the hopes of a quick buck only hurts the public perception and respectability of these coins.

I’m begging student borrowers to not invest in cryptocurrency with their loan money. It is an extremely risky investment.

I know low interest rates make borrowing seem like a prudent move, but in reality going into debt is rarely smart. Going deeper into debt to invest in risky securities is even less smart.

Eric Hilkert (ehilkert@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in finance.

Trump doesn’t understand sustaining environment will sustain economy

UW’s continued commitment to environmental preservation in the face of presidential disregard encouraging, integral

by Juliet Dupont Columnist

Congress has restored $76.5 million in funding for the Sea Grant program, a national network dedicated to conserving coastal, marine and Great Lakes resources with the ultimate goal of creating a more sustainable economy and environment.

The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute has taken the support of the program one step further by dedicating $2.8 million to 19 different projects to preserve the Great Lakes, which “fuel our economy and enhance our quality of life,” according to Sea Grant director of research Jennifer Hauxwell.

President Donald Trump’s administration has expressed interest in eliminating the Sea Grant program, making these efforts to preserve Sea Grant that much more admirable. Not only does sustained funding demonstrate the limits of Trump’s power as president, but it also communicates consistent dedication to the environment under an administration that doesn’t seem to care.

This is by no means the first instance in which the Trump administration

has demonstrated indifference to the environment.

Last December, the administration reduced the size of the Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent and the Grand Staircase-Escalante by about half. According to The New York Times, this was a move intended to decrease restrictions on the land and encourage development. “We will usher in a bright new future of wonder and wealth,” Trump said.

But if decreasing the size of national monuments for economic gain will “usher in a bright new future of wonder and wealth,” why has the Trump administration shown such blatant disregard of the Sea Grant program?

Preserving coastal, marine and Great Lakes resources offers long-term benefits to the section of the economy that depends on those resources — particularly in Wisconsin.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the water in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior is extremely important to the success of manufacturing businesses. The lakes themselves are assets to Wisconsin’s tourism industry and recreational boating industry and are

important shipping ports in Green Bay, Milwaukee and Duluth. These shipping ports connect the Midwest to the global market, with more than $7 billion worth of cargo moving through Wisconsin ports annually.

The Trump administration needs to get their story straight. They cannot slash the sizes of protected monuments to stimulate economic development but then turn around and threaten to cut funding for a program attempting to preserve valuable resources that will sustain the part of the economy dependent on coasts, oceans and the Great Lakes. The only consistent aspect of the Trump administration’s actions about the environment is the blatant disregard of it.

Taking away national funding for Sea Grant would threaten the Great Lakes, as well as the Wisconsin manufacturing businesses, tourism and boating industries the lakes sustain. Luckily, the potential risks for the economy and the health of the Great Lakes have in no way been taken lying down, as illustrated by congressional funding and additional UW funding for Sea Grant.

Congress and the UW Sea Grant

Institute funded Sea Grant against the Trump administration’s direct wishes, showing not only is the Trump administration’s word not absolute, but there exists dedication to the environment and the natural resources that can sustain the economy.

Trump is known for making impulsive and often volatile announcements and it is encouraging to know that Congress and UW are willing to make decisions independent of the administration’s partisan legislative priorities. Congress and UW acknowledge the importance of the environment, sustainability and the economy resting on America’s natural resources, and this should be a source of reassurance for Wisconsinites and all Americans. The environment — which is already stressed by American industry and relaxed regulation — needs to be protected and it is comforting that groups refuse to be passive in the Trump administration’s continued efforts to diminish it at every turn.

Juliet Dupont (jdupont@wisc.edu) is a freshman intending to major in political science and journalism.

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Inaccessibility to women’s healthcare makes second-tier options attractive

Direct-to-consumer cancer screening exciting, but reveals shortcomings in ease of access for women’s healthcare

by Cait Gibbons Associate Opinion Editor

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration authorized genetic-testing company 23andMe to provide the first ever direct-to-consumer genetic test for cancer risk.

The test screens for three types of mutations on the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes, which are two genes found to be associated with risk for ovarian and breast cancer.

23andMe’s $199 test kit allows people to mail in a saliva sample to be tested for mutations. Although the test is simple and inexpensive, the Sarah Lawrence College genetic counselor specifies, “[The test] is not an inexpensive way to get your testing done more cheaply.” Rather, it is meant to provide some information about your risk of developing cancer, in the same way risk questionnaires assess risk based on some basic information about family history and lifestyle choices.

23andMe makes this clear, specifying a positive test result can mean a 45 to 85 percent chance of developing breast cancer, which is quite a large range that ultimately doesn’t really stipulate anything certain.

A negative test result also doesn’t really mean anything either, which 23andMe has been clear about. In the past, they have emphasized, “most cases of cancer are not caused by the genetic variants in this report.

A person could have a variant not included in this test, or could develop cancer for other reasons.”

With neither result providing particularly definitive answers, the purpose of this test is really to give women a clearer picture of their potential for developing cancer that ideally will provide a starting point off of which to base future, more concrete tests with a doctor or genetic counselor.

Critics of the test have lambasted its potential propensity for leading women to take drastic, unnecessary steps based on the results.

Shelley Luedtke, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was diagnosed with the BRCA-1 gene 15 years ago. Her doctor prescribed a relatively extreme treatment plan, which included a necessary hysterectomy, but her fear about this test is people may jump immediately to that solution.

“People get a test result and then immediately want to fix it,” Luedtke said. “If I wouldn’t have had a genetic counselor to talk to about what do I do now, I don’t know where I would’ve gone.”

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test results before taking any drastic steps.

“If you’re a patient who gets a 23andMe test that comes back positive, you then have to go to your physician and have them repeat the test by a certified laboratory to make sure it’s in fact correct,” Barroilhet said.

Despite its shortcomings, however, this test is an incredible medical and technological advancement that allows women to have a greater understanding of their health and health risks — something this country is dangerously lacking.

But what does the necessity of tests like this say about the accessibility of legitimate, comprehensive healthcare for women? Why is it not this easy to get a simple screening from a primary care physician’s office?

Under former President Barack Obama’s flagship Affordable Care Act, Medicare and most private health insurance companies were required to cover the entire cost of cancer screenings. This stipulation led to a 5.5 percent increase in the number of women on Medicare seeking mammograms, a particular type of screening for breast cancer.

But accessibility for such tests is under attack at the hands of President Donald Trump and his American Healthcare Act. While the AHCA maintains the requirement for private health insurance plans to cover preventative cancer screenings, it repeals the requirement for Medicaid to cover such screenings.

Brown University associate professor of medicine Dr. Amal Trivedi expressed his concern AHCA will reverse the Obama-era progress.

“If the cost-sharing provisions are repealed and health plans reinstate copayments for screening mammograms, fewer older women will receive recommended breast cancer screening,” Trivedi said. “That could harm public health.”

The Trump administration’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood is yet another assault on women’s healthcare that has led to the necessity of the 23andMe test.

According to their 2016-17 annual report, Planned Parenthood provided 660,777 tests related to cancer screening and prevention last year. For 75,040 women, Planned Parenthood managed to detect cancer early, and that figure doesn’t even include the number of women who received accurate information about cancer risk. Defunding Planned Parenthood would inevitably lead to decreased ability to perform these tests which would, again, harm public health.

The 23andMe test, which gives women an opportunity to have a greater understanding

Photo · While 23andMe offers groundbreaking diagnostic information, its wider context reveals a wide gap in access to necessary female healthcare.

Ella Guo The Badger Herald of their health, is an impressive step forward.

But at the end of the day, this shouldn’t really be necessary, and its existence brings our country’s shortcomings in terms of women’s healthcare into the limelight. These same shortcomings come to light in other, more objectively detrimental ways.

Take crisis pregnancy centers as another example. These centers bask under the guise of providing women with comprehensive information about pregnancy, parenthood and choices for pregnant women. Many centers even have the word “choice” in the name.

In reality, these center are abrasive, often religiously-affiliated, clinics which dish out false information about the efficacy of birth control and the dangers of abortion. These centers essentially guilt women into carrying pregnancies to term they may not be able to, but also fail to provide sufficient resources for women while pregnant and for mother and baby once the child is born.

Crisis pregnancy centers exist in the thousands because places like Planned

Parenthood, which actually provide comprehensive healthcare, are in endangered numbers. The U.S. has more than 3,000 crisis pregnancy centers, while there are only around 650 Planned Parenthood clinics in the country.

These centers are able to take advantage of the inaccessibility of women’s healthcare and exploit women to push their own anti-women agendas.

Women need complete healthcare. That’s just a simple fact. If the government is not going to provide appropriate access, then women have to resort to secondtier, incomplete resources, which is often dangerous. Women deserve better than incomplete healthcare. Women deserve comprehensive, easily accessible, easily affordable, government-sponsored healthcare.

When that is lacking, women’s health is at even greater risk.

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

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Senate elections: Is Tammy Baldwin fit to represent Wisconsin again?

College Republicans: Vukmir, Nicholson best options for Senate seat

College Democrats: Baldwin’s track record proves ability to lead

Higher taxes, liberal special interest money and a strong disregard for military veterans and hard-working families. These are just a few of the peachy things that highlight Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s leadership in the U.S. Senate. The 2018 elections are no longer approaching they are here and it’s crucial that voters know the truth about their elected officials, including Taxin’ Tammy.

Baldwin’s first major offense? Voting in favor of higher taxes and fees more than 400 times.

As a U.S. Senator, Baldwin’s got money on her mind — and all she wants is yours. Baldwin was also strongly opposed to President Trump’s tax reform plan that has saved hard-working Wisconsin families thousands of dollars already.

Wisconsin, if you like your pockets empty and your money going towards the federal government, make sure to vote for Baldwin.

Second, Baldwin’s treatment of our men and women who’ve selflessly served our great country is egregious. In 2014, Baldwin’s office received a whistleblower report which revealed issues over the treatment of veterans at the Tomah Veterans Association, yet her office ignored these reports. The Union President of the Tomah VA Medical Center had tried to bring the abuses to the attention of congressional Democrats for months, yet Democrats like Baldwin ignored these alerts and didn’t address the issue until after the death of a 35-year old Marine in 2015. Our men and women who have served deserve the greatest respect for their sacrifices — they don’t deserve to be left behind by corrupt politicians like Baldwin.

Third, Baldwin has stood by one of the biggest policy disasters of our time, Obamacare. Even as Obamacare was failing, and major insurance companies were pulling out of different markets all across the country, Baldwin continued to vouch for Obamacare. After health insurance premium rates skyrocketed in Wisconsin over the past year, it’s predicted that Obamacare premiums would increase by another 36 percent in 2018. In addition, Baldwin has stood by liberal extremists like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, on a single-payer governmentrun health care plan that would be even more disastrous than Obamacare.

As we address all these issues, we look to Republican leaders in hopes of finding a reliable replacement. Lucky for us, Republicans have two great candidates to choose from.

Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, is a daughter

More than 100 years ago, Robert LaFollette delivered Wisconsin’s greatest gift to the world — American Progressivism. Since then, our state has produced legends such as Robert LaFollette Jr., Gaylord Nelson, Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold — leaders who fought for every Wisconsinite, for every American and for the future of this country.

On Nov. 6, we hope to cement the legacy of another member of this tradition, someone who has stood up and continues to stand up for the people of our state — Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.

Baldwin started her political career right here in the University of Wisconsin’s Dane County Board district. As a supervisor, Baldwin established and chaired the Dane County Task Force on AIDS. At a time at which the concept of AIDS was met with rampant homophobia and misconception, Baldwin fought fear with compassion, helping patients reach the services and assistance they needed.

In 1992, Baldwin joined the Wisconsin State Assembly, again representing downtown Madison and the UW campus. There, she helped protect whistleblowers who reported elder abuse, she extended collective bargaining rights to state public defenders and took on predatory actions by life insurance companies. She effectively put an end to exploitative practices in elderly assistance, employment and insurance on behalf of everyday people.

By 1999, Baldwin had become a U.S. Representative and Wisconsin’s first woman in Congress. In the House, Baldwin championed legislation that helped disadvantaged Americans receive vital healthcare access. She expanded free breast and cervical cancer screening for uninsured women, she improved treatment for disabled veterans and she offered support for victims of spinal cord injury.

Through the Affordable Care Act, Baldwin pushed an amendment that allows young people to remain on their parents’ healthcare plan until age 26, helping lift a burden off of young people looking to create a life for themselves. Baldwin also worked on legislation to combat climate change and to further civil rights protections, while working to lift Americans out of the Great Recession by assisting local communities, supporting small business and encouraging job creation across our state and our nation.

In 2012, Wisconsin recognized Baldwin’s achievements as a public servant and as a voice for all by electing her as a U.S. Senator, making her the first openly gay senator in American history.

Baldwin immediately continued her work to protect

of immigrants, a military mom and nurse who first got involved in politics after becoming concerned with a teaching practice in her daughter’s classroom. This involvement led her to run for the state legislature, where she continued to stand up for Wisconsin parents and their families. While serving as a state representative, she stood for the right to work, school choice, frozen University of Wisconsin tuition, tax cuts and the sanctity of life. On the federal level, Vukmir plans on building upon these accomplishments by repealing Obamacare, supporting small government and defending our Constitution. Vukmir has strongly criticized Baldwin for standing with elites in Washington and aligning herself with the most liberal wing of the Democratic Party instead of supporting policies that support Wisconsinites.

Kevin Nicholson is a Delafield businessman, a father to three and a former U.S. Marine who served combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. As a military veteran, Nicholson understands the importance of valuing and honoring our military men and women, unlike Baldwin. In addition, Nicholson’s military experience gives him insight on how important it is to strengthen and invest in our military all while improving our national security.

Nicholson’s time in the private sector also sets him apart from career politicians like Baldwin, and gives him a respect for hard-working families.

Wisconsin needs a junior senator who will stand shoulder to shoulder with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, to stand up for policies that will help Wisconsinites build their American dream.

We have a fight on our hands, it’s time to get voters energized and unite against liberal special interest forces. Spread the word and help us work tirelessly to get Tammy Baldwin out of the U.S. Senate.

Emelia Rohl (erohl@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism and mass communications. She is the Communications Director of College Republicans of UW-Madison.

Alesha Guenther (aguenther2@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in journalism. She is also Deputy Communications Director for College Republicans.

and advance the lives of all Americans. In the Senate, Baldwin has fought to end gender-based wage discrimination, to stop corporate tax loopholes, to protect Dreamers, to guarantee due process and governmental transparency and to slow income inequality in this nation.

Since she was first elected to the Dane County Board, to the end of her first term as U.S. Senator, Baldwin has put people first, every single step of the way. Everything she’s done has been on behalf of those she represents, regardless of whether they live in Madison, Rhinelander, La Crosse or Cedarburg.

She’s furthered the idea that government should be controlled by voters rather than by businesses and lobbyists — an idea passed down by Robert LaFollette, a creed we know today as the Wisconsin Idea. Baldwin represents the best our state is — a state that leaves no one behind.

But, this year, Baldwin, the Wisconsin Idea and people across our state have been put under attack by a small, privileged and powerful few. Outside groups have spent millions in support of two Republican senate candidates, Kevin Nicholson and Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield. Nicholson has been backed by Dick Uihlein, an Illinois billionaire.

Vukmir is supported by another billionaire, Diane Hendricks. Both candidates are propped up by dark money organizations such as the Club for Growth and ALEC, organizations that have continuously pressured lawmakers to fight back against nonpartisan redistricting, public healthcare access, criminal justice reform, environmental protection, and just about any policy that might improve the lives of Wisconsinites. These candidates, and the dark-money worlds that control them, contradict every principle that defines a faithful public servant.

On Nov. 6, Wisconsin voters will have a choice between a dedicated public servant who has continuously advocated for citizens of all genders, ethnicities, classes and backgrounds and a candidate who follows the orders of private prisons, drug companies, private insurers, for-profit schools and loan sharks. This is our moment to stand up for each other and to support a leader who has, like so many before her, spent her life supporting us. This is our moment to re-elect Baldwin and to show the world what it means to be a Wisconsinite.

David Pelikan (dpelikan@collegedemsuwmadison. us) is a freshman studying political science and economics.

He is also Press Secretary for UW College Democrats.

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UW psychiatrist discusses complex nature of mental health in athletics

Sports psychiatrist Claudia Reardon believes mental health stigma has declined in recent years as more athletes being to speak out

by Will Stern Sports Editor

Our sports heroes are invincible.

Their feats become legendary. They hit harder and run faster. Simply by the virtue of their physical prowess and the investment so many of us put into the games they play, they become infallible heroes.

The problem is, that is not how the athletes themselves feel.

Dr. Claudia Reardon is an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin Department of Psychiatry and is the Badger Athletics consulting sports psychiatrist.

Reardon sees athletes from many of the sports on campus and has a unique view of the challenges and stigmas faced by student athletes.

Reardon divides her patients into three categories.

The first are student athletes with mental health issues that run parallel to their lives as athletes and are completely coincidental.

Next, there is the case in which the sport is actually helpful for their condition.

“They were drawn to the sport as a selftreatment for the mental health issue,” Reardon said. She gave the example of a long-distance runner, who found the sport

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helped keep their anxiety at bay from a young age. “It is well known that exercise has anti-depressant effects or antianxiety effects.”

Lastly, Reardon noted often their issues can stem from their sport or the related stress of being a student athlete.

Sports like lightweight rowing or wrestling can cause eating disorders, but every sport has enough stresses to affect an athlete’s mental health.

“These athletes essentially have two full-time jobs. They take a full academic load and, for many sports, must be traveling out of town every weekend,” Reardon said.

Sports psychiatry also faces unique challenges when it comes to the types of medication prescribed to the athletes. For example, Reardon must be careful to adhere to the NCAA Banned Drugs List.

There are also prescriptions, Photo · For many student athletes, a culture of toughness exists which forces them to put mental health on the backburnerr. like lithium for bipolar disorder, that could be dangerous if Riley Steinbrenner given to an athlete. Reardon The Badger Herald said lithium becomes poisonous Reardon also spoke about the culture of first began seeing athletes as a psychiatry in the bloodstream sports, and how it affects the mental health resident in 2008, she believes the stigma has when the patient grows of the athletes. Already there exists a stigma decreased. dehydrated, something for mental health. For athletes, this stigma “It’s gotten easier and I think it is so athletes are obviously is even stronger in the world of sports, helpful when individual high-profile prone to.

Reardon said. athletes share their stories,” Reardon said.

Reardon noted every Along with a heavy stigma surrounding Last month, Cleveland Cavaliers forward drug has side effects, mental health, Reardon added a “culture of Kevin Love published an article in the but there are some toughness” is inherent in many sports Player ’s Tribune outlining his recent inthat would be simply “It’s hard for athletes to go from you not game panic attack. He received widespread incompatible with being able to show any sign of weakness support from the NBA community and athletic performance. on the field to saying ‘Hey, wait a second, I many lauded him for bringing the issue of “If I prescribe a actually don’t feel right’,” Reardon said. mental health in sports into the nation’s 100-meter sprinter One of the factors that can push an consciousness. a drug with the side athlete to ignore the stigma and seek out It can happen to any athlete, in any sport, effect of drowsiness, help is if it is affecting their performance, at any level. Slowly but surely, thanks they could lose one-one Reardon said. This makes it easier for them to those like Love speaking out and the hundredth of a second to think about it like nutrition or game increasing availability of mental health care on their time,” Reardon planning. It becomes more of a performance for student athletes, the stigma of mental said. “For the average optimizer and helps break down some of health in sports is melting away. person, that really their resistance to seeming weak. doesn’t matter.”

But there’s a silver lining. Since Reardon

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Badgers represent U.S. women’s hockey at Team USA Awards next week

Brianna Decker, Hilary Knight, Meghan Duggan, Alex Rigsby took home gold in this year’s Winter Olympic Games in South Korea

by Danny Farber Sports Editor

After winning gold in February, former Badgers Brianna Decker, Hilary Knight, Meghan Duggan and Alex Rigsby could take home even more hardware in the Team USA Awards on April 26 from Washington D.C. The U.S. Women’s Hockey Team is nominated for the Olympic Team of the Games award against the U.S. Cross-Country Skiing Team and U.S. Olympic Men’s Curling Team.

Team USA’s victory in women’s hockey came over rival Team Canada in a 3–2 shootout win. Though the game-winning shootout goal came from ex-Minnesota Gopher Jocelyne Lamoureux, Wisconsin was still well represented in regulation.

As part of a veteran-heavy first line, Knight had five shots on goal with one hitting the back of the net in the first period with an assist going to her college teammate, Decker. While Duggan was relatively quiet in the game, she also recorded a shot on goal. Rigsby did not play in the gold medal game but was on call to back up the 20-year-old phenom goalie Maddie Rooney.

All four of the former Badgers are familiar with championship success dating back to their time at Wisconsin when they were all teammates on the 2010-11 National Championship team.

But winning at the collegiate level cannot be compared to an Olympic gold medal, something each of these women have worked towards for years.

“The gold medal in the Olympics is something I’ve strived to do my entire life and our team has strived to do their entire lives as well,” Decker said. “You look at the many championship teams I’ve been on — this is definitely the top one in the sense of it being a lifetime goal for me, but that doesn’t take away from any of the championships that I have won in the past. The National Championship that I won at college in Wisconsin in the Frozen Four and having the opportunity to win is something that’s very hard to do.”

Team USA funneled many of the players on the current roster from when they were in high school, with Decker, Knight and Rigsby all getting involved during their teenage years.

Like many of her teammates, Decker has had her eyes set on making the Team USA

women’s team since she was a child.

But the path to that became clear when she made the Under-18 team as a 16-year-old.

“I think the dream became a reality when I made the first [Under-18] team for the USA,” Decker said. “You go to your first came and you realize the expectations that the staff members have for each player. Then given that first national team back in 2008 when I was really young but making the national team consistently since 2010 I think the expectations are there every single day for us athletes. I’m thankful to be part of the program for as long as I have been so far.”

During her early years on the national team, Decker first came across her future coach at Wisconsin Mark Johnson, who was the Team USA coach leading up to and during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Johnson, along with his record of success at Wisconsin, won a silver medal as a coach in 2010 and a gold medal on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” team versus the Soviet Union.

But Decker says Johnson rarely shared these experiences and wanted to focus on the development and play of the team at hand. “[Johnson] was always about making sure us girls get better every day to hopefully have that same dream come true,” Decker said.

Decker doesn’t get to come to Madison often, as she currently plays for the National Women’s Hockey League’s Boston Pride, but Decker says she still makes a point to stay involved and reach out to some of the current players on the Badger team.

She specifically enjoyed following the Badger’s Frozen Four runs the past two years.

Wisconsin fell 3–4 in a nail-biting double overtime match to Colgate in this year’s Frozen Four.

“In crucial times whether it’s WCHA Finals or Frozen Four and stuff like that I just like to reach out to those girls to know that us alumni have their backs and are following them,” Decker said. “I was pretty nervous obviously watching the game. Pretty nerve-wracking and I followed the Frozen Four last year as well. I think as I said, it’s a hard thing to get

Photo · The Badger-filled gold medal team doesn’t seem to be anywhere close to slowing down .

Photo Courtesy of USA Hockey there in the first place and to be able to win a national championship is even harder. So I follow those girls I love supporting Wisconsin sports and especially the women’s team.”

With all the Badgers in this year’s Olympics, it would be unsurprising if some of Wisconsin’s current players to end up playing on the international stage for the U.S. While Decker is a fan of the team as a whole one of her favorite players on this year’s team was senior Claudia Kepler.

“I really like Claudia Kepler,” Decker said.

“I know she’s a transfer from Ohio State, but to come in and redshirt one year and the next year she’s a senior and captain of the team, it just shows you the type of character she has and the type of leader that she is, so I admire that about her and I like the way she plays too she works hard every shift and gives it her all. I respect that a lot.”

After playing in her final year at Wisconsin, Kepler will join the professional team HV71 in Sweden on a one-year contract.

But Decker’s influence extends beyond her alma mater. Now that she has reached the pinnacle of her sport, Decker realizes her accomplishments position her and her teammates as role models for the next generation women’s hockey players.

When asked what she would say to young girls looking to get involved with the sport, Decker encourages them to “go for it.”

“If you’re enjoying the game and you love the game and want to play and be on the ice, I think it’s an opportunity for anybody to take advantage of,” Decker said. “Looking back to 1998 when that team won gold, those were the girls that we looked up to and I think us winning this year is an opportunity for younger girls to look up to us — and we’re willing to help give back in any way we can to grow the game.”

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Football 101 teams up with Carbone Center to sack cancer

Event teaches women fundamentals of game while raising money for breast cancer research, this will be ninth annual event

by Adam Blackwell Sports Writer

Football 101 for Women will return for its ninth edition — this time, in an exciting new partnership with the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center.

Football 101 provides women with the chance to learn about the game, rub shoulders with Badger players and coaches and help assist the UW Carbone Cancer Center in the fight against cancer.

Attendees will have the opportunity to get out on the field and participate in drills with UW coaches and players, have a questionand-answer session with players and a tour of Camp Randall Stadium.

Football 101 for Women has been a great success in its first eight years, selling out each time. Last year’s event saw 300 women participate and more than $54,000 raised. This year’s event will be held Wednesday, June 20 at Camp Randall Stadium and registration is currently open with tickets available for $90.

It’s an annual event many eagerly mark down on their calendars, and not only the women. It excites many within UW football and the wider community as well.

“This has become something our players and staff look forward to every year,” UW head coach Paul Chryst said when speaking to UW Athletics. “It’s a fun time for everyone, but what really makes it great is the chance to team up with Carbone to make a real impact on people in our community who are affected by cancer.”

UW Carbone Cancer Center Outreach Specialist Danielle Falcone said Chryst had a big part to play in the formation of this partnership.

“Coach Chryst and his wife Robyn are the two that are spearheading it, and they’re just looking to keep the funds in the university and build the relationship with another university organization,” Falcone said.

The UW Carbone Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in the state of Wisconsin. This means they are involved in a wide range of aspects relating to cancer. Some of their work includes outreach and fundraising, patient treatment and care, as well as research such as clinical trials and pilot programs, which are conducted by their physicians and researchers.

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Photo · This year’s Football 101 event will be held June 20 and will look to top last year’s $54,000 mark.

Photo courtesy of Football 101 first non-twin bone marrow transplant Dr. Fritz Bach conducted in 1968.

“So even though the money is staying local, and feels like its just helping local people, it really has a global impact on cancer research,” Falcone said.

In addition to the support and fundraising it will provide for women’s cancer research, Carbone sees other benefits in forming a connection with UW football.

“It’s appealing to us because they have such a wide reach, it’s a demographic we don’t usually get to tap into,” Falcone said. “Hopefully, it draws us a younger demographic.”

As is the case for most fundraising events, sponsorship is at the center of the effort.

Football 101 for Women needs the support of local business to push the fundraising drive.

Business can be involved at different levels of sponsorship and Falcone said there have already been many businesses reaching out to be involved.

“It’s been an overwhelmingly positive response about sponsorship so far,” Falcone

said.

Along with the sponsorship from local businesses, this year will also see individuals encouraged to do their own fundraising for the first time.

“We really want the attendees to gauge their networks and get a couple extra bucks to go to the Cancer Center and hopefully that will raise the bottom line for us a little bit,” Falcone says.

With just more than two months to go before event day, there have already been more than $8,000 raised, a sign Football 101 for Women is on its way to another successful installment.

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