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Lack of affordable housing hurts local refugee resettlement efforts

Only two refugee resettlement organizations remain in Madison area, as rising housing prices have edged others out from the community.

Baun explained that Open Doors got its start after his wife hosted an event to bring awareness to the Syrian refugee Refugees, among other groups, are crisis, and many attendees wanted to finding it harder to resettle in Madison know how they could get involved to help. because of the city’s lack of affordable Since then, Open Doors has developed housing — and with only two refugee a strong relationship with JSS. Together, settlement programs left in Madison, the two organizations have been able to competition for available spaces is making garner community support and grow their housing increasingly more expensive success. for those who need it the most, refugee “Certainly finding affordable housing is organizations have said. a challenge, but it’s not an insurmountable Ken Baun and his wife founded Open challenge,” Baun said. “Working hand in Doors for Refugees in 2016, a non-profit hand with JSS, we’ve always been able to that helps resettle and welcome refugees find a place.” in Madison. He explained that his While refugees arrive with documented organization works closely with the other legal status, many do not have rental resettlement program in Madison, Jewish history, credit history, work history or even Social Services, to provide housing and a social security number until three or four other essential services, such as English weeks after their arrival, Flynn explained lessons and transportation.

— all of which greatly limits the number of JSS and Open Doors are now the only landlords who will rent to them.

Furthermore, many refugees do not have drivers licenses when they arrive, which makes public transportation essential, Flynn said.

Milwaukee has been more successful in refugee resettlement as their affordable housing options, unlike Madison’s, are connected by a more cohesive mass transit system, Flynn said.

To address this specific issue, Open Doors provides driving lessons to refugees, Baun said.

“Their certificates, their training, their credentials aren’t worth very much here,” Baun explained.

“People are starting over.”

Open Doors and LSS also provide job placement for refugees, although finding refugees employment is rarely an issue, as employers frequently reach out to LSS to ask if any of their refugees need work, Baun and Flynn said.

Baun said finding sustainable work is the real challenge because many Photo · While refugees arrive with documented legal status, many do not have a drivers license, rental hisotry or even a Social refugees who earn the Security number, which can greatly limit their rental options. minimum wage have to work multiple jobs to keep up with Joey Rueteman Madison’s rent. Flynn said The Badger Herald

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refugee resettlement programs in Madison though, as Lutheran Social Services was forced to close their resettlement program in early January due to a lack of affordable housing. However, the organization will provide services for refugees currently living in Madison for the next five years, Baun said.

Mary Flynn, the refugee resettlement manager at LSS, said that until about five years ago finding affordable housing in Madison was fairly easy, but the recent loss of housing options has made Madison’s housing market more competitive.

“We’re all competing for the same spaces,” Flynn said, “As housing markets have changed in Madison, the availability of more affordable housing to lowerincome people has really been a challenge.”

Baun agreed that finding affordable housing is the biggest challenge for refugee resettlement. However, he said finding such housing is easier if there is support

Madison is becoming more competitive, which encourages higher rents. Because refugees arrive in the United States with very few assets, they are often unable to participate in the competitive market until they have lived in the U.S for an extended period of time.

“Refugees and immigrants bring a diversity here that I think makes our community alive.”

Ken Baun Open Doors for Refugees founder

Baun said that excluding refugees from the community in this way is detrimental because of the diversity they bring.

“Refugees and immigrants bring a diversity here that I think makes our community alive,” Baun explained.

Baun said neighborhoods need to organize and make things more accessible to refugees. At a citywide level, he said Madison needs to develop more welcoming programs and provide bilingual support.

“As housing markets have

changed in Madison, the availability of more affordable housing to lower-income people has really been a challenge.”

Mary Flynn Jewish Social Services refugee resettlement manager

“If we can find safe, affordable and adequate housing, we can do almost anything.

But without that very fundamental basic shelter need, we’re restrained from doing more, and that really was the crux of our closing,” Flynn said.

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A closer look at Evers’ pledge to improve women’s healthcare Proposal was met with backlash from Republicans as Evers announced he would restore funding to Planned Parenthood

Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, was one figure who expressed opposition to the proposal.

“Republicans are not going to put one Gov. Tony Evers announced last month more nickel into Planned Parenthood,” Vos that his state budget proposal would include said to the Associated Press. “We have a near $28 million investment to improve done everything we can to try to make sure access to preventative care treatments, that we protect human life. promote healthier pregnancies I certainly think that giving and address racial disparities more money to the state’s in child and maternal care as largest abortion provider is not part of his “Healthy Women, something that I can ever see Healthy Babies” initiative, our caucus doing.” according to a press release.

Of the 359,400 services that “We can’t have healthy Planned Parenthood provided communities without healthy in 2017, only 4,128 were women and babies,” Evers said abortions, according to the in the press release. “That is Wisconsin Planned Parenthood why my budget will connect annual report. the dots and increase access The University of Wisconsin and coverage, as well as create is also striving to prioritize innovative programs to ensure women’s health. University quality health care for women, Health Services provides and healthy beginnings for our comprehensive and highchildren.” quality services that address In Wisconsin between 2014 each individual’s needs, and 2016, the infant mortality according to their website. rate for black infants was UHS provides services 14.2 deaths per 1,000 births, geared toward promoting compared to 4.8 deaths for women’s health. These services white infants, according to the include HPV vaccination, pap press release. tests and gynecology exams, As stated in the press release, according their website. the proposal will target this While UW provides issue by creating an Infant these services, American Mortality Program at the Civil Leadership Union Department of Health Services student president Ananda to help lower the barrier Deacon commented on on to healthy pregnancies for the university’s efforts in struggling families. forefronting the issue.

Furthermore, the governor ’s “In terms of promoting proposal will expand the women’s health, I don’t think Well Women Program and the university does a great support Planned Parenthood job promoting them,” Deacon as a trusted provider of health said. “As a university, they are services through an increase just not driving that to be in to the Women’s Health Block people’s mind.”

Photo · Evers’ $28 million proposal will support Planned Parenthood through an increase to the Women’s Health Block Grant and changes Grant and changes to the Title In the Planned Parenthood to the Title V and X eligibility.

V and X eligibility, the press Advocates of Wisconsin press release explained. release, Atkinson said the Badger Herald File Photo Sheldon Wasserman, health of all people is a priority chair of the American everyone can agree upon.

College of Obstetricians and of Wisconsin also voiced approval to provide lifesaving care to those who need Healthier communities and families start Gynecologists, said in a statement that the for the governor ’s proposal in a press it, Riis said. with ensuring women, regardless of their ACOG applauds the governor and is looking release. President Tanya Atkinson said According to Wisconsin’s Planned forward to working with him to advance the the organization applauds the governor Parenthood annual report, 50,752 women race, income or ZIP code, can get the care the need, she said. proposal. for championing women’s health and and 7,640 men were provided care in 2017.

“As the state’s oldest and most trusted “Women need to be able to go somewhere the lifesaving preventive care Planned Of the services they provided, 91,875 were nonprofit reproductive health care provider, where they can get birth control, where they Parenthood provides. for STI testing, 21,480 were patient exams we know these policies will positively can be checked for infections, where they Wisconsin Planned Parenthood and 15, 617 were pregnancy tests, the report impact our patients and are an important can be cancer screened,” Wasserman said. spokesperson Iris Riis expanded on the found. step in keeping Wisconsin safe, healthy and “Wealthy women have a very different type organization’s support of Evers’ proposal.

While the proposal has garnered support, strong,” Atkinson said in the release. of health care. They don’t need to worry “We are so excited to have a governor it also met some pushback. Assembly about their local Planned Parenthood, they

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can go to their private doctors, their parents, their OB/GYN doctor.”

Wasserman said ACOG supports and believes that low-income women have the right to make decisions about their own bodies, their lives and their future.

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who is prioritizing women’s health,” Riis said. “Access to preventative care — things like birth control, cancer screening — these are things there should be agreement about.”

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Underrepresented groups central to city’s historic preservation plan Committee used survey, photo contest to gain insight on community’s preservation priorities, which focus on marginalized groups

by Reina Werth Reporter

The City of Madison’s Historical Preservation Committee plans to make further efforts to protect and recognize historic landmarks and districts following community input that suggested the importance of prioritizing Madison’s history, according to the committee’s website.

As stated on the committee’s website, community involvement helped in deciding which historic landmarks and districts to recognize.

Programs like an online survey and selfie contest were used to understand the community’s preservation priorities.

Based on the data and community engagement received, committee member Oscar Mireles said the focus of the committee will be on previously underrepresented groups.

“We wanted to look at places or people or significant times where there’s some history that’s been lost,” Mireles said. “We wanted to make sure we had voices that could speak to not only things that we could see, but also at places that maybe served a different purpose [than one might expect].”

The committee aims to restructure existing ordinances regarding the protection and upkeep of historical places, designate new places that had not been previously recognized and create an “inclusive, complete and accurate” inventory of historical places in Madison, according to the

Madison Historic Preservation Plan Overview.

Kurt Stege, president of the Madison Trust, said the Committee’s focus on underrepresented groups may stem from a lack of easily identifiable physical spaces of historical significance within those communities. “[The preservation committee’s focus on underrepresented communities] is a good indication that historic preservation is now more focused on being inclusive,” Stege said. “I think it’s important that history is relevant to all groups in society, not just one particular group. The other side to that is that in many instances the best-built structures were often built by people who had money to build them.”

Native Americans have been a severely underrepresented community in Madison for several years. But the University of Wisconsin has started expanding efforts to offer recognition of the Ho-Chunk people and their land, which the campus sits on, by verbally recognizing native land during guided tours, naming a residence hall “Dejope” after the Ho-Chunk word for “four lakes,” and embedding Dejope Hall with reminders of the people who once lived on its land.

According to UW, Madison’s urban expansion led to many effigy and burial mounds being destroyed. However, after community members raised concerns over their destruction, the remaining mounds have been protected by law since 1966.

“[The Ho-Chunk Nation and the effigy mounds] were part of the conversation [about], ‘How are we going to acknowledge the effigy mounds and the land that’s no longer there? How do we

“I think it’s important that history is relevant to all groups in society, not just one particular group.”

Kurt Stege Madison Trust president acknowledge the long-standing history and the Hochunk nation in Madison?’” Mireles said. “There was a lot of discussion [regarding that topic].”

Daina Penkiunas, deputy state preservation officer at the Wisconsin Historical Society, said historical preservation is important because it helps a community see themselves in history.

Of Dane County’s 28 state historical

markers, only six of them are dedicated to Native American communities, and none are dedicated to any member of any other minority community. Additionally, as of the 2010 census, none of the markers exist in communities inhabited by predominantly people of color.

“I think everybody wants to see their past, and how important it is for people to say ‘Oh, this is the school that I went to,’ or ‘This is the church your grandparents attended’ or ‘This is the place where people used to go to listen to music,’” Penkiunas said. “I think being able to make those references, whoever you are, is really important to communities for people to feel a sense of belonging and that they have a past in this place.”

The creation of the planning committee is a step forward for Madison, Stege said, though he expressed some reservations regarding the committee’s $250,000 budget.

“I think the decision by the city to hire someone to prepare a comprehensive historic preservation plan is a very good one,” Stege said. “I’m not sure they’ve offered up enough funds to permit something that is as wide-ranging or as deep as might be most desirable. But is it a step in the right direction? Absolutely.”

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Madison Police Department works to increase community trust

Grant-funded program supports improving relationships between MPD and north side residents, with focus on youth involvement

by Maddy Phillips City Editor

In an effort to improve police-community relations, the Madison Police Department hosted a youth leadership event late last month.

The Police and Youth program, hosted on the north side of Madison, was a workshop created by the Zeidler Center to encourage casual and personal interaction between officers and residents.

MPD has launched several initiatives in the last year with funding from the “Safe and Thriving Communities” grant awarded to the department in 2017, according to Officer Dave Dexheimer.

Dexheimer said the funding from this grant has gone to community development spaces, such as the Kennedy Heights Community Center, the Madison Starlings Volleyball Club and the Vera Court Neighborhood Center.

“Maybe the best way to improve trust is to acknowledge there is distrust on both sides — accepting that this distrust has a basic reality, that it’s not crazy and that it’s probably not going to go away just if everyone smiles at eachother and asking if we can do something positive anyway. ”

Pamela Oliver University of Wisconsin sociology professor

The city allocated these funds to the Northside Safe and Thriving Community plan to improve police-community relations and reduce violent crimes on Madison’s north side, Dexheimer said. This specific plan and project runs in tandem with other community initiatives in Madison, such as “coffee with a cop.”

“One of the reasons [Zeidler’s program] fit so well with us is that the mission of the Madison Police Department is to actively look for ways to engage the community,” Dexheimer said.

The program made use of personal go away just if everyone smiles at each other the success of these programs, in addition experiences and tried to increase trust levels and asking if we can do something positive to surveying community attitudes and between youth and police with facilitated anyway,” Oliver said. behaviors. While the Zeidler Center and MPD communication, Dexheimer said. have reported enjoying the success of the YPI The Zeidler Center recently expanded to program, both have other goals for improving Madison after finding success with their work these initiatives.

We want to make sure we are in Milwaukee, according to the Zeidler Center’s “[Another way] we are always making associate director Julie De Brito. serving our participants the way improvements in our program is [by asking] De Brito said the program aims to get citizens participants themselves how they felt about involved by training them as communication they want to be served. the program,” De Brito said. “We look at what facilitators and by serving their community participants liked the most and what they want through the creation of local partnerships.

Julie De Brito to see changed … We want to make sure we are “Success [in these programs] is measured serving our participants the way they want to by human interaction — having a look at the Zeidler Center associate director be served.” atmosphere in the room the first day you start MPD has participated in several projects YPI [Youth and Police Initiative] versus the with the Zeidler Center, including YPI and last day of YPI,” De Brito said. “You can feel police-resident listening circles. Officer Oliver said measuring the success of Dexheimer said he is hopeful MPD will keep the discomfort in the room on the first day. programs like this is difficult because crime and working with the Zeidler center on these Because participants, both youth and officers, are willing to lean into discomfort and get to arrest rates can decrease for a variety of reasons. programs, and expand them across the city, know each other on a personal level, they are If arrest data for reasons that can be seen as rather than only having them on the north side. willing to lean into being vulnerable in front of discretionary to the police, like disorderly DeBrito said Zeidler and MPD will be conduct, remain high, then it can be assumed each other.” offering more programming over the next Officer Dexheimer said he also measured the that police are surveilling the community more, month and in the future, including another success of Madison’s YPI program by sensing which can stir feelings of distrust, Oliver said. youth police event and similar programming Oliver said data is important in measuring in late March. the initial discomfort of participants the first day, and comparing it to the open communication and established relationships seen on the last day.

Increasing the public’s trust in police requires a lot of systematic work, University of Wisconsin sociology professor Pamela Oliver said. There are structural reasons for the distrust that exists, she explained.

“The question is whether these kinds of ‘getting-to-know-you’ events can address the systemic issues,” Oliver said. “In an essay I wrote, I argued they are of limited use and don’t have a strong impact, especially if police officers in the department are behaving in trust-breaking ways.”

Oliver said that even if Madison’s police department treated everyone equitably, did not target people and did not engage in stop-and-frisk policing, such practices still exist in the larger society and would therefore still have an impact in Madison.

Oliver said the extent to which minorities in Madison believe they are being targeted by MPD plays a Photo · MPD has launched several initiatives in the last year with funding from the “Safe and Thriving Communities” grant major role in this distrust. awarded to the department in 2017.

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UW Health hotline to assist in treatment of addiction patients The hotline is the first in the nation to help primary-care physicians and other providers manage addiction patients

by Jackie Miller Reporter

In July 2018, the University of Wisconsin and UW Health designed the nation’s first hotline service to help primary-care physicians and other providers manage and support patients with addiction problems.

The UW Addiction Consultation Provider Hotline was made possible by funding from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and such funding will be extended for another year.

According to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the hotline is staffed by a team of experts who specialize in addiction for primary care physicians to call when they have questions regarding a patient battling addiction.

The service provides counsel for the full range of addictions, including alcohol, opioids, stimulants, marijuana and synthetics. It is available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For UW Health family medicine doctor Alison Miller, the hotline has been particularly useful.

“When I was initially treating patients I felt overwhelmed and isolated,” Miller said. “Now, I am more comfortable treating more patients in the office and managing difficult addiction patients [because I have] the ability to contact experts in the field of addiction. It really helps to streamline care while seeing the patient, rather than having them leave and not be able to follow up … To be able to give the care right then and there while they are still there is super helpful.”

Randall Brown, director of the hotline program, explained the program’s longterm goal is to provide necessary resources to help physicians become more comfortable and confident in working with addiction patients, especially if the physician does not have a background treating such patients.

Based on an influx of research and new information discovered in recent years, many general health care providers are not educated on the newer medicines used to treat addiction, Brown said. In some cases, he said they do not have the “formal exposure” necessary to confidently make a decision regarding treatment.

Furthermore, Brown said many lowincome individuals cannot afford to see a specialist, or simply do not have access to an addiction specialist in their community.

He hopes to address this in the long-term through the hotline.

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access to outside help such as an addiction bringing the expertise of specialist. a specialist care setting With the help of the hotline service, to a general medical people who normally do not have access to setting. or the requisite funds to see a doctor who The hotline service specializes in addiction can receive similar brings a sense of comfort care from their primary doctor. and confidence to “[Another long-term goal is] to get physicians who do not general medical settings familiar with specialize in the area these clinical issues, which is particularly of addiction and can important in marginalized populations help them make more where specialist treatment isn’t available informed decisions and where general medical settings can be a regarding the treatment resource for them,” Brown said. of their patients, Brown Barbara Wolfe, a UW health economics said. expert, said marginalized people generally “For some primary have less access to health care and certain care providers treating health resources. Additionally, those who addictions is daunting lack a means of transportation have a and the hotline gives harder time accessing health centers when more support and they are not nearby. comfort when treating “It’s important to distinguish issues opioid addiction in tied to where you live,” Wolfe said. “If a office,” Miller said. community health center is in reasonable walking distance, [people will have] more access.

There is less access to health Photo · The hotline’s long-term goal is to provide necessary rsources to help physicians become more comfortable and confident in centers that are farther away working with addiction patients. from people who don’t have cars.”

Daniel Yun Wolfe said primary care The Badger Herald physicians generally have a hard time providing adequate care for someone who struggles with addiction because they do not have the background knowledge or resources to do so.

The new hotline service will help to bring that level of expertise to the general medical setting, she said.

“We do much better on physical health in this country than anything outside of that,” Wolfe said.

“We don’t have enough access to begin with.

Addiction and mental health, compounded by people who have limited resources, just makes it that much worse.

Even though community health access provides good care, they are now able to do it at the level of a specialist.”

Brown, Miller and Wolfe agreed the hotline service is a step in the right direction to help eliminate some of the addiction problems and health disparities in the Madison community by

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Student playwrights, directors present original work at Légère Festival

28th Annual Marcia Légère Play Festival showcases talents of theatre students as five original shows presented in the Wisconsin Union Theater

by Eleanor Bogart-Stuart ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

This past weekend marked the 28th Annual Marcia Légère Student Festival, an event in which the work of talented student playwrights and directors are chosen and exhibited for two days at the Wisconsin Union Theater.

This year, five different plays were selected and performed from the nights of March 7 to March 9. The themes of the shows ranged from, “All The Reasons You Wake in The Night,” a play that focuses on what the hazy area between when you sleep and dream represents, to “Apologia Gnosi,” a piece that uses a malfunctioning android and two robotics students to reflect on the odd way in which humans think.

These plays were all formulated by University of Wisconsin students and appealed to themes which struck them.

“Apologia Gnosi” playwright and PhD student Joshua Kelly, for example, found inspiration in fallibility.

“I was struck a couple of years ago by how fallible our ability to know things is, even such things are logically and empirically

sound,” Kelly said, “I was in the same sense struck by how, despite such fallibility, we can often have valid and true conclusions without being aware. This seemed to me like an elegant glitch in human thinking, and I wanted to hold a mirror up to it.”

“I also really admire the work

that directors do — I think a good director can breathe life into a production.”

Abi Priepke “Testament “ director

Kelly said he truly wants the audience to watch “Apologia Gnosi” with an open mind, as well as noting that some may find his work “pretentious” if they are not in the mood for the play. He hoped the audience would take time to reflect on what they have seen.

“The gimmick of an android’s glitch looking

very similar to human error was interesting enough for me to write about it — perhaps it will be interesting enough for them to think about it,” Kelly said. “More than anything, I hope [the audience] feels reflective.”

Some of the creators have a different approach to what they expected from their audience.

One of these was Abi Priepke, the director of “Testament.”

“I hope the end of ‘Testament’ brings about a deep feeling of being present, a certain awareness of the space you occupy,” Priepke said. “It’s not depressing — more so that you should feel so much for the pair of them even after it’s over.”

Although the plays and creators themselves vary, the minds behind the magic all share a love for the stage and the excitement of being selected to be part of the festival, with Priepke noting she was “ecstatic” to get picked as a director.

One of the most valuable parts about being a student involved in theatre is that there are so many areas within the theatrical world to explore, and the department gives students the freedom to explore many of them.

“I was an actor for a few years before I

went to college. I fell in love with the theater as a craft and wanted to experience it through directing,” Kelly said. “Some of the best directors I worked with were also scholars and dramatists, so I decided to take a PhD route in graduate school ... I still feel the need to flex the acting muscle and try to perform in at least one show a year.”

Priepke plans on using her experience as a launching board for a less direct kind of a theatrical career — theatre education.

“I’m a theatre major with a vague plan to go into theatre education in the future,” Priepke said. “In that vein, I want to have done as much theatre in as many capacities as I can in order to present personal experience to future students. I also really admire the work that directors do — I think a good director can breathe life into a production. I knew Marcia Légère was a relatively low stakes way to get a first directing experience, and it turned out to be a better one than I could’ve hoped for.”

If you couldn’t attend the twenty-eighth annual Marcia Légère Student Festival this past week, make sure to mark your calendar for March 29. This is the work of the best UW has to offer —and it’s not something you want to miss.

Beat the cold, winter weather with Madison’s local tea offerings

Local shops like Valentia, Indie Coffee utilize power of chai, cayenne pepper found in local teas to fight winter colds throughout changing weather

by Emilie Burditt ArtsEtc. Editor

There are many reasons why the winter weather is depressing, but there are also many ways to boost yourself up. Drinking a warm cup of tea is just one such way.

A cup of decaffeinated tea before bed can help you sleep, while a cup of caffeinated tea can energize you — a better, more natural option than coffee or energy drinks.

Coffee can have natural health benefits, but when sugars and excessive amounts of creamers are added to it, the drink becomes less nutritionally beneficial. Tea brings both caffeination and health benefits at the same time.

One caffeinated tea that can be great during the winter months is chai. David Hale, an employee at Valentia Coffee, said chai tea is his go-to during the winter months.

“I would probably highlight our housemade Masala Chai Latte,” Hale said. “We take a blend of organic assam black tea, organic ginger root, organic cardamom,

organic cloves, organic black pepper, organic star anise, calendula petals, cardamom essential oil, and cassia essential oil, and steep it in milk from Sassy Cow Creamery, which results in a warm, creamy and rich beverage that is perfect to get through the winter blues.”

Hale said 11 of the teas offered at Valentia Coffee come from 6&12 Tea, a local company.

Casey Thompson, an employee of Fair Trade Coffee House, also suggested that spiced teas, such as chai, are a great choice for customers during the winter months.

Chai tea is a type of black tea. All black teas have caffeine, so they’re not the best choice if you’re looking to relax or go to sleep within the next few hours. Black teas are also pretty earthy, and some people like adding milk or honey to sweeten them.

For a tea that doesn’t need any extra sugars, like honey, try Indie Coffee’s crimson spice tea. J.J. Kilmer, the owner of Indie Coffee, said their crimson spice tea is a fruity, red tea. The addition of cayenne helps wake people up, and adds a kick at the end.

Other fruity teas at Indie Coffee include

their hibiscus teas. They have both a hibiscus pomegranate tea and a saipon hibiscus tea.

Both are quite popular, Kilmer said.

“Coffee can have natural health

benefits, but when sugars and excessive amounts of creamers are added to it, the drink becomes less nutritionally beneficial. Tea brings both caffeination and health benefits at the same time.”

Kilmer also mentioned a variety of other teas that can be beneficial for surviving winter ’s coldest moments, especially if one is not feeling well. For example, Kilmer suggested the honey licorice tea for anyone

with stomach issues or looking to soothe a sore throat.

Meanwhile, the Irish breakfast tea is energizing, Kilmer said. Kilmer described this caffeinated tea as dark and “beautiful.”

Another energizing tea is the Kyoto cherry rose tea, a green tea that is seasonally produced every year in Kyoto, Japan. It originates from the spring cherry blossom teas in spring, but Kilmer said it’s still great for the winter. Indie Coffee offers the tea all year long.

For those wanting something more relaxing, Kilmer suggested the Indian spice tea. She said it’s a decaffeinated herbal chai tea made with cinnamon, fennel and cardamom.

As winter slowly transforms into spring, there are over 40 varieties of tea to enjoy at Indie Coffee, leaving something for everyone.

A great way to beat the winter blues is through exploring Madison. Spend some time trying out new coffee and tea shops.

You might just find your new favorite tea.

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The Revivalists weave genres, fluid instrumentation at Sylvee Eight-member ensemble ravishes Sylvee with varied styles, supreme musicianship, kick off ‘Take Good Care’ tour’s second leg on high note

by Angela Peterson ArtsEtc. Editor

Often, I arrive at concert and glance up at the set filling the stage — especially at The Sylvee, where the large, dull stage desperately needs items to fill it to appear like an exciting space. Typically, I see large murals and giant amps fill the space to give the dreary base of the venue some life. While aesthetically pleasing, this usually alludes to the lack of supple instrumentation for the touring acts.

The Revivalists didn’t require such a set to fill their stage on Friday, as the eight-member group occupied the entire stage with their assortment of instruments. The arrangements seemed to mirror the high level of production on their latest album, Take Good Care — yet even with the massive set-up, the band had to tweak pieces to perform them live, as keyboardist and trumpeter Michael Girardot noted. ”We do change a lot of stuff when we go and translate the songs to live,” Girardot said, “We’re playing the songs live in the room, so obviously we can’t have 16 vocalists when we only have eight guys on stage.”

The night’s setlist consisted mostly of

tunes off of Take Good Care, and provided a fresh sound for the audience. Their set did not rely too heavily on their tried-and-true songs to propel the evening forward.

Of particular note was the band’s latest single, “Change.” Showcasing the clever wordplay the band is known for with a snappy underlying beat, the song felt like a natural addition to any party playlist.

“When we go to any venue,

we’re trying to create an experience that involves everyone there.”

Michael Girardot The Revivalists keyboardist/trumpeter

Receiving aid from producers of various backgrounds and utilizing a couple of older songs in their catalog, the night’s setlist displayed nuanced styles throughout the evening. For example, the show seemed

to transport the audience to a nighttime, backyard party during “Chasing Fireflies” and “Celebration.” Produced by country producer Dave Cobb, the song was recorded with every instrument simultaneously, creating an easily transferable sound to the live environment.

This is quite a contrast to the popular single, “Wish I Knew You,” which takes a more traditional, adult approach. Riling up fans during the encore, this song, along with “Change,” have both earned earworm status from me.

While The Sylvee’s size allows for a greater variety of popular acts to come through Madison, there’s still something about the venue which doesn’t seem quite right. The standing room crowds are especially hard to maneuver during sold-out shows, therefore making the environment much more frantic than preferable most of the time. The impressive lighting capabilities of the venue allow it to make up some ground on its otherwise drab interior, which unfortunately serves to emotionally separate the audience

from the act. There were times during the evening, due in part to the wonderful musical production from The Revivalists, where I legitimately thought I was listening to an album, and not witnessing the intimacy of a live performance.

While the venue provided a roadblock to an entirely integrative concert experience, the band still achieved its desired effect on the audience. ”We try to play the same way for ten people as we do for ten thousand people,” Girardot shared, “What that means to us is when we go to any venue, we’re trying to create an experience that involves everyone there. The audience is a huge part of the show.”

This effect was particularly noticeable on the more stripped-down songs, like “I Got Love.” The Sylvee’s air seemed to shift to a more intimate environment, even though the music and lighting were the only things transformed.

The band will look to continue sharing these vibes throughout the rest of their tour.

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Postmadison art exhibit displays alumni work, shows UW influence Four UW alumni artists showcase passions, influences from their time spent as a Badger at Arts + Literature Laboratory in Atwood District

by Sam Richter ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Each day, the University of Wisconsin shapes and sculpts its students in ways that are both professionally and personally impactful. After graduation, some will leave and some will stay — but there is hardly any doubt that one’s college experience will prove to be deeply influential in navigating the world after this time is over. As such, the post-college lives of four UW graduates are currently on display in the Postmadison exhibition.

The graduates include Anna Campbell, Joey Fauerso, Chris Walla and Kristof Wickman.

Each graduated from UW’s art program and contributed two or more pieces to the exhibition, which is on view at the Arts + Literature Laboratory.

“It’s an expression of the range

of the program. It shows how people can take strands of what was critical for their degree time and how that is developed and grown in the interim.”

Anna Campbell Participating Artist

The Arts + Literature Laboratory is the perfect venue for this multimedia gallery. Soft light and white-painted brick in some spaces illuminated pieces, while other darker, more private spaces created the appropriate introspective viewing environment.

UW does not leave an identical mark on all of us, but the breadth of its impact is appreciated by Fauerso and Campbell. For Fauerso, she reflects on the people.

“A lot of really great teachers’ input has continued with me, and equally as important as them are the people that I met in graduate school,” Fauerso said. “My colleagues and fellow graduate students from that time have continued to be some of my closest friends and collaborators.”

Campbell, who is now a UW gender and women’s studies associate professor, echoed a similar appreciation but reflected more on the technical experience UW offered her. “It was a really transformative experience,” Campbell said.

“It was an opportunity to focus deeply on my practice, to acquire a lot of new skills, and to get

a sense of what it would be to be a professional in the art world.”

Campbell’s piece “Chosen Family, Chosen Name, Separatist, Safe Space, Expat, Invert, Homophile, Homestead” has roots that may not be immediately apparent in her academic work. The piece is a composition of a few things, including scaffolding, a bar top with wood inlay and what appeared to be cordial glasses littered atop. It was commissioned after the Pulse nightclub shooting, and reflects on the role of bars as queer safe spaces.

“It’s an influence that spans queer culture, theory and contemporary sculpture,” Campbell said.

Other pieces also encouraged examination, like Wickman’s untitled works. Initially, I walked right past one, thinking it was a rolled-up car mat discarded in the corner. Upon further inspection, it was a car mat, but made of an unyielding aquaresin cast.

His other work included a series of prints, focused on neutral-colored coolers packed with ice and Oscar Mayer meat products. The coolers were organized in the shape of the letter V, similar to how birds organize when they fly together.

Both pieces were nondescript, almost muted, but intriguing in a way I didn’t anticipate.

Walla’s contribution was also fascinating. Long strings of metallic beads were cut at exact lengths and hung from colored disks so that, at an angle, a word was spelled out. It looked as if trails of water were frozen mid-shower. Most of the pieces focused on absence — one spelled “GONE,” another, “DEAD END.” Fauerso was hesitant to name a favorite piece, but she mentioned the expansiveness of “Guadalupe-After Images,” a series of saturated and striking paintings. Originally, 850 paintings comprised the project.

“It was over a year in the making, so it’s exciting to be able to show it in Madison,” Fauerso said.

While talking to Campbell and Fauerso, I slowly started to understand the depth of time and thought that goes into these pieces.

I wondered if the intimacy that creating art demands made things difficult when it came to sending the pieces across the country — like shipping your kids off to camp for the summer.

Fauerso admitted it is not without its logistical difficulties, but these did not detract from the enthusiasm of showing her work.

Fauerso said “it is exhilarating and it is exciting,” as people who have never seen her work before will now get to see it in person.

My amateur eyes found the exhibit to be cohesive, but ultimately the strongest common denominator underlying all the pieces was the bond of the alma mater. Each of the artists wore the same cap and gown, but ultimately embraced and pursued different artistic opportunities. Given the talent Postmadison is bathed in, it worked out

Photo · One of Anna Campbell’s sculptures on display at the Postmadison exhibit.

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Campbell articulated the relationship between the Postmadison exhibit and the post-Madison experience.

“It’s an expression of the range of the program,” Campbell said. “It shows how people can take strands of what was critical for their degree time and how that is developed and grown in the interim.”

Postmadison is displayed at Arts + Literature Laboratory until April 6.

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Lack of access to academic support, inhospitable campus climate hinder academic success of students of color UW students of color turn to building community, relationships in response to institutionally unaddressed, neglected concerns

by Hibah Ansari State news editor

As Rishard Bournes enters Grainger Hall to attend his business classes, the mere sight of numbers — clocks indicating the time of day across the world — floods him with an eerie feeling, if only fleetingly.

Seeking “achievement in every endeavor,” the Kappa Alpha Psi member pushes this feeling to the back of his mind as he diverts his attention to his personal finance classes. Cognizant that this eerie feeling is not just attributed to time but classroom and campus climate, Bournes navigates through his fourth year at the University of Wisconsin as one of 1,559 African American undergraduate students.

The rigidity of the business school climate and the rigidity of the coursework in his major was just the beginning of Bournes’ struggles as a student of color. Like other members of the first black Greek organization in the state, Bournes found success in his endeavors — but limited support.

While his POSSE advisors and cohorts provided the Chicago native with the academic and social support needed to get the most out of his college experience, Bournes often felt like the supplemental support he received was what he ultimately had to seek for himself.

But unlike Bournes, many students of color are left too drained to take those extra steps as they understandably struggle to get by academically and socially.

The Center on Wisconsin Strategy reported in October that while diversity in Wisconsin is increasing, so are racial and ethnic disparities — especially in terms of access to UW. But while efforts to diversify the student body are underway, enrolled students of color struggle to anchor their academic efforts at a primarily-white institution to which they feel disconnected.

Resource drought Every student’s first-year experience looks different, but students of color feel especially underprepared for the UW experience, Associated Students of Madison Equity and Inclusion Chair Agalia Ardyasa said. As a Student Orientation, Advising and Registration advisor, Ardyasa noticed first-year students of color have a particularly tough time transitioning from high school to college.

“I realized we have academic support, but sometimes the issue is how do we let the students know and how do we make sure they they’re utilizing them,” Ardyasa said.

Ardyasa added that students of color often miss out on resources because they either don’t know about them, they lack the motivation to take that support or such resources are understaffed.

The Center for Academic Excellence, the Multicultural Student Center and the Center for Educational Opportunity are a few of the many units on campus Ardyasa cited. While these are just some ways the university shows it cares, Ardyasa said they shouldn’t stop there.

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the same program and are not an accurate reflection of the campus at-large.

Because of that disconnect, Ardyasa said first-year students need further support.

Regardless, these scholarship programs address both the need of the university to close racial disparities and expand access. They make the university more accessible to students of color throughout the nation and in Wisconsin while also supporting students’ needs once they get here.

Bournes was able to make decisions about his field of study because of guidance from his POSSE advisor. If he weren’t in POSSE, Bournes said he would have had to go the extra mile to seek out that same support. Just knowing people through POSSE as a first-year student was very helpful, Bournes said.

As an incoming freshman, UW junior Fuad Ahmed knew he wanted to do something hands-on for a career. He was able to access tutoring for additional help in his engineering classes, but Ahmed suggested UW could provide more outreach to future students of color when it comes to things like picking a major and prepping them for the college experience.

Sherri Charleston, a UW assistant vice provost who focuses on diversity and inclusion, said CAE, CEO, the Learning Communities for Institutional Change and Excellence and various scholarship programs provide resources to students of marginalized identities.

“Diversity is our strength here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but it’s really a noun. It just describes sort of who we are,” Charleston said. “The act of creating inclusive environments — that’s action.”

Charleston said the UW Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion could provide centralized accountability for improving campus climate. Created eight years ago, Charleston said the division’s work is informed by cuttingedge research on campus diversity and inclusion.

The division works to increase diversity in many ways — socioeconomically, regionally, politically, religiously as well as by race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, Charleston said.

Roopa Rawjee, the assistant dean of international student services, said the academic success of firstyear international students often reflects their different educational backgrounds. But the impact of political, social and financial stressors can be magnified for international students.

As an international student, Ardyasa felt some of those struggles throughout her first year, causing her grades to suffer. The rigorous curriculum, class sizes and competitive environment came as a shock for Ardyasa who came from a small school in Indonesia.

After receiving that wake-up call, Ardyasa put in the extra work to turn her GPA around during her sophomore year by seeking out campus resources. Now, as a member of ASM, she advocates for students of color who faced similar difficulties — especially other international students, who Ardyasa admires for their ambition.

“One thing that I knew is I wanted to make an impact,” Ardyasa said. “Getting involved with something you’re passionate about is a really easy way and really practical way to feel comfortable and welcome on campus.”

UW senior Riley Tsang also found community through his advocacy work at the MSC. But when he first started taking classes for his major, hoping to find a more diverse and representative classroom what, he was met with disappointment.

In his early days at UW, Tsang felt comfortable addressing his concerns over course content with his professors, many of whom were white — but such repeated conversations resulted in little action.

“As a result I think as a senior, I might say something once or twice to a professor,” Tsang said. “But I’ve noticed that a lot of my fellow students of color just don’t even try anymore because they know that the educational curriculum isn’t designed for them.”

“If these white people are in class and they’re reading about how your communities have been oppressed or excluded or marginalized in this way or that, they’re only going to think of your communities in that regard — as opposed to the traditions, the strengths, and the community that we formed.”­

— Riley Tsang UW senior

Small talk Arthur Rainwater, a UW educational policy and leadership clinical professor, said diversity is fundamental to the higher education experience.

“I have to be able to understand that you look at the world through different eyes than mine — and that the way you look at the world is just as okay as how I do,” Rainwater said.

Over the last decade, students of color have increased from 12 to 16 percent of the student body, according to the 2019 campus climate progress report.

Still, white students comprised 73 percent of UW’s undergraduate class of 2017.

“The schools, the people who provide the services, the classroom represents the campus,” Bournes said.

As classes, services and even jobs reflect the majoritywhite campus, Bournes said white people will remain at the forefront. The campus, the culture, the classes — they weren’t built for people of color, he said.

According to the campus climate survey, respondents

recommended the university focus on improving and creating more inclusive classrooms. While students generally felt respected by instructors in the classroom, only 65 percent felt their comments were respected by other students in class.

On top of that, 25 percent of students felt expected to represent their identity in class at some point — an experience described negatively by most students of color.

“We have to think about making sure that we’re creating inclusive classrooms as well,” Charleston said. “We’re excited that many students are experiencing certain spaces in the university inclusively, we just want to raise that number overall so that all students are having the same experience.”

Sofia Khan, a UW sophomore majoring in computer science and political science, said she experiences a majority-white classroom in different ways, depending on which of her two divergent majors the course falls under.

As a Muslim student in the political science class “Islam and Politics,” Khan sometimes feels pressured to talk about topics like the War on Terror. When it comes to moments like these, Khan chooses to take the backseat during discussion.

“It’s not my duty as the one person of color in the room to educate everyone else here about some type of topic,” Khan said. “Just because I know about current issues that doesn’t mean I’m as well-read or qualified to talk about it as the TA in my class should be.”

She feels that being a Pakistani-American Muslim does not mean she should adhere to tokenized roles and discuss issues wrongfully associated with her identity simply for the sake of representation.

Most of Khan’s TAs for her political science discussions are white, and because they discuss current events, there is a disconnect between their perspectives. While she does not expect her discussion leaders to agree with her, Khan feels less inclined to engage with them when they hold a majority point of view that does not align with her own experiences.

“It’s like a leap of faith — is the TA going to back me up on this, or are they thinking the same way that everyone else in this classroom is thinking?” Khan asked.

More often than not, Khan — as one of the few people of color in her discussions — chooses to participate and get the most out of her academic experience. But sometimes, she feels she is compensating for the silence of her “scarily apathetic” white classmates.

Khan said her white classmates — which, again, make up the majority of her discussions — are either silent on issues or hold monolithic views, especially when it comes to nonWestern matters.

“Their viewpoints on it are really unaffected — and because of that, they’re very unwilling to talk about things,” Khan said. “I’m not asking them to have the same viewpoint as me, but rather to just be able to engage in it, and they don’t.”

This not only takes an emotional and mental toll on students of color, but also negatively affects their academic experiences, Khan said. In discussions, she feels like she is just talking to herself.

Tsang attributed this phenomenon to the fact that a

lot of the material students of color are learning in class are not designed for them, but rather for white students.

Elementary topics like how to work with communities of color or how to be culturally competent are issues students of color are already engaging in at an advanced level through their own personal experiences.

“As a result of there not being a lot of faculty of color at our university, and as a result of the way that we structure the ethnic studies requirement in our university — I think that a lot of the material institutionally in the sociology area about working with populations of color is pretty elementary, which leads to a lot of students disengaging,” Tsang said.

Because Tsang’s sociology classes are mostly presented from a white perspective, he said he felt the agency of communities of color is entirely erased from the curriculum.

Viewing your own communities in a deficit-based manner and only learning about how they are oppressed relative to white people can negatively affect the mental health of people of color, Tsang said.

“If these white people are in class and they’re reading about how your communities have been oppressed or excluded or marginalized in this way or that, they’re only going to think of your communities in that regard — as opposed to the traditions, the strengths and the community that we formed,” Tsang said.

Coming together Tsang said while communities of marginalized identities continue to fight structural racism at the university level, the administration still fails to provide those communities with the support they need.

“National discourse always features education as the key to undoing racism,” Tsang said. “Even if we buy into that a little bit, I would hope that at an educational institution like UW, I would be learning about … working to fight structural oppression against … communities of marginalized identities.”

He hoped that in his formal education he would actually learn how to better serve and advocate for his own communities. Unfortunately, that isn’t the experience he’s paying for.

For Tsang, informal educational spaces such as the MSC, as well as his own experiences in organizing to establish new cultural centers at the Red Gym, have taught him more about advocating for his own communities than his actual classes.

Luckily, Ahmed said he has been taking a lot of classes for his major with the same 20-30 people. As a result, he’s developed better relations with students in his major.

However, this was not the case early on in his academic career, as he struggled to find community. Eventually, the MSC community was able to meet Ahmed halfway.

Ardyasa also reconciled any discomfort she felt in the classroom as a student of color by connecting with her TAs of color, who are often also international students. Because she shares this identity with them, she feels comfortable reaching out to them about both academic and social concerns alike.

“It makes me more comfortable to approach him or her or them. So I think identity matters, even if I don’t realize

it matters,” Ardyasa said. “I feel more comfortable, and our conversation can go on outside of classes. I think it’s a privilege for me.”

Likewise, while Khan feels a disconnect in her political science discussions, she feels a sense of camaraderie with her computer science TAs of color — especially since the majority of them share her South Asian identity.

But Khan admits that her South Asian identity provides her with that privilege, whereas black or Hispanic students in her computer science courses may not have that same opportunity.

Khan said the university passively supports students of color in that they provide a variety of resources. Ultimately, however, she said it’s on the individual student to access those resources, because no one will actively reach out to minority students — whether for academic support, or simply to just check in.

Beyond the classroom, Ahmed found that fellow students of color have been able to create their own communities.

“A group of us have developed tighter relationships because we’re just so few, and that has been good,” Ahmed said. “From my experience, I’ve seen a community develop.”

Instead of simply providing these communities with downstream support — extra advising, mental health support, etc. — Tsang suggested upstream support from the university that would focus more on changing the structure of how the university creates curriculum that negatively affects students of color.

“I’m always a fan of getting more mental health professionals of color, more faculty of color, more staff of color, getting more funding for spaces like the MSC,” Tsang said. “All these things are important and necessary, but we also need to talk about giving students of color power over their own academic experiences.”

To do so, Tsang urged the university to ensure students of color a seat at the table, but also power at the table.

Listening to — and more importantly — engaging with students of color to design curriculum and programming that recognizes their needs, concerns and experiences can better address inequities occuring at the university level.

Through collaboration, Bournes added the university administration can get a sense of what students of color on campus really need. More direct communication with spaces like the Black Cultural Center, the MSC and student organizations can revamp a campus culture that only caters to white people, Bournes said.

“I feel like we need spaces where people can not only collaborate but also provide services where we have people who look like us,” Bournes said.

Bournes added that just knowing 40 or so people through POSSE as a first-year student was very helpful in finding community, and places like the Red Gym offer spaces where marginalized students can come together.

But for Bournes, students of color on campus are so much more than just one building. And while students of color remain a minority and disparities in higher education access continue to exist, the eerie feeling of not belonging on a majority-white campus will never really go away, because — for Bournes — that is the essence of the school.

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Back to basics: Would a $15 minimum wage really benefit Wisconsin?

Evers’ proposal to raise the minimum wage in Wisconsin might not have the intended positive impact on employers or employees

by Andrew Stein Columnist

In his 2019-2021 executive budget proposal, Gov. Tony Evers recommended a one dollar increase (to $8.25) to the statutory minimum wage by January 1, 2020, followed by a $.75 increase for each of the next three years, bringing the hourly wage to $10.50 by 2023.

Following these wage hikes, Evers recommended tying the minimum wage to changes in the consumer price index for each year thereafter. Evers has also requested the creation of a task force to study the feasibility of a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour.

These proposals are almost guaranteed to fail in the GOP-controlled state legislature — but maybe governmentcontrolled wages aren’t as good as they seem.The movement toward increasing the minimum wage has been sweeping through state and local governments in recent years. For instance, eighteen states started 2018 with increased minimum wages, thanks to previously enacted legislation.

More recently, and a little closer to home, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law SB 1, which will increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $9.25 in 2020, followed by steady increases that culminate in $15 by 2025.

But intertwined in the Illinois bill is an acknowledgement of one of the negative effects of minimum wage laws — in this case, the inability of small businesses to afford increased wage costs forced upon them by the government. Illinois created a nonrefundable tax credit for businesses with 50 or fewer full-time employees, which would decrease yearly until 2026.

Supporters of minimum wages explain that it is necessary to protect unskilled or uneducated workers, and that the current minimum wage is not a “living wage.” But an increase in the minimum wage would not lift these unskilled workers as much as desired, if at all.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), only 2.3 percent of Wisconsin workers 16 years or older earned an hourly wage at or below $7.25 in 2017. Nearly half of minimum wage workers fall between the ages of 16 and 24.

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noteworthy is that the median hourly wage in Wisconsin is $17.81, and the 10th percentile wage is $9.19 — meaning only 10 percent of Wisconsin workers make less than $9.19.

So, the argument follows that these low wage workers would see an increase in earnings and thus see an increase in living standards. However, this may not be the case. Rather than seeing an increase in wages, a low-skilled worker is more likely to be let go, making their new hourly wage $0.

This is the effect of a price floor.

Less educated and unskilled workers get pushed out of the labor market and are no longer an effective or efficient use of a company’s resources.In 2017, Photo · According to basic principles of microeconomics, implementing a government-mandated minimum wage would increase cost of Wendy’s CEO Bob living for residents, negatively impact Wisconsin companies and even cause some workers to lose their jobs.

Wright outlined the company’s three Kiyoko Reidy options to offset The Badger Herald the rising wage costs. They could If companies don’t pay decent wages cut profit margins, but they’re already effect, as costs would also rise, negating the wage increase touted as a benefit to to their employees, or if competing at a slim 8 percent. They could raise the companies raise their wages, they lose prices of their products, but consumers low wage worker.

There are better ways to improve the good, hard-working employees. The labor typically respond negatively to price market is driven by supply and demand, increases, especially on low-cost products. lives of low wage workers. For one, there are many jobs available that pay well and competition between firms. The best Finally, they could cut hours, fire staff and above the minimum wage. Walmart starts way for wages to increase is to allow innovate. at $11 per hour, Costco and Amazon pay market forces to increase wages — not As such, Wendy’s cut 31 hours per week at each of their locations in 2017. $15, the University of Wisconsin and the government mandated wage hikes.

City of Madison start at a “living wage” of If you don’t like the wages and benefits McDonald’s plans to implement automated $13.27. you’re receiving, there are firms out there kiosks at all stores by 2020.

All these employers and many others are which pay better. They’re looking for Another problem is that for those with increased wages, the cost of living rises. constantly hiring new employees. Due to good employees, and they’re more than Wisconsin’s extremely low unemployment willing to pay the premium to get better As incomes rise, and demand for goods increases, the costs of goods and services rate of 3 percent (as of December 2018), employees. also rises. Combine that with rising labor there is a growing labor shortage — as this Andrew Stein (andrew.stein@wisc.edu) costs, and the price of a dollar menu burger shortage grows, businesses may respond by increasing wages and attracting labor to is a senior majoring in political science and may soon be the “3- or 4-dollar menu.” economics.

Thus, increases in wages have no true their companies.

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A million-dollar idea: Supporting workers, keeping taxpayers informed

Large incentive packages which entice businesses to maintain jobs in Wisconsin will help Wisconsin workers, taxpayers

by Lianna Schwalenberg Columnist

In light of the Kimberly-Clark, Marinette Marine and Foxconn deals, Gov. Tony Evers said the state must revisit its discussions on large incentive packages to entice businesses that create or maintain jobs in Wisconsin.

In a new plan released by Evers late last month, “private companies receiving millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies would be required to notify state officials of any significant changes to projects for which they are receiving state investments,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

These subsidies generally take the form of conditional, refundable tax credits.

There are risks associated with large taxpayer-funded subsidies — for example, farm subsidies tend to prop up large agribusinesses. But there are also benefits — incentive options can help protect our environment.

Unlike issuing bonds or giving out nonrefundable tax credits, straight subsidies and refundable tax credits are shouldered by all taxpayers, who tend to be wary of every little risk but nonetheless deserve to know where their money is going. In these deals, the money will give a leg-up to both old and new industries.

The origin stories of these large incentives packages are often overlooked.

The industry grew out of geographical endowments and everyday Wisconsin workers seeking to grow their company and innovate.

Wisconsin’s first paper mill, KimberlyClark, was founded in 1872 in Neenah, Wisconsin. Its first product was newsprint made from linen and cotton rags. In 1914, the company developed a cotton substitute called “cellucotton,” used by the U.S. Army during the first World War to treat wounds in place of scarce surgical cotton.

Today, the company is a multinational personal care corporation specializing in paper-based products. Their most well-known brands include Cottonelle, Depend, Huggies, Kleenex, Poise, Scott and Kotex.

Former Gov. Scott Walker reached a deal worth up to $28 million of refundable tax credits in exchange for the company to keep all 388 employees through 2023 and make at least $200 million in investments at the facility over the next five years.

Marinette Marine is a shipbuilding firm on the Menominee River, a tributary to Lake Michigan in Marinette, Wisconsin. It was established during WWII to meet the Navy’s growing demand for constructing littoral combat ships to be transported to the Atlantic.

At the end of 2008, its owner, Manitowoc

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Evers will be seeking $31 million of stateissued bonds to help the shipbuilder expand its shipyard infrastructure and compete for a lucrative federal shipbuilding contract.

Finally, Foxconn — the Taiwanese manufacturing company and the world’s largest contract assembler of electronics — announced last year it would be opening their first major US plant in Wisconsin. The factory will produce liquid-crystal display panels and will cover nearly 1.6 square miles of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a small village near Racine.

As with the other major Wisconsin industries, access to the Great Lakes water supply is crucial. According to the “pay as you grow” contract signed in 2017 by Walker and Foxconn’s Chairman Terry Gou, the company

will only earn the maximum amount of tax credits, $2.85 billion, after it has created and maintained 13,000 jobs and invested $9 billion.

“These million-dollar contracts

are interesting because collectively, they attempt to both save very old Wisconsin industries and also brace for the future.”

Evers, however, has been skeptical over these multi-million dollar incentive packages.

“I want Kimberly-Clark to be successful,” Evers said. “I want Marinette Marine to be successful, but at the end of the day, can we continue to carry on this path? I think it’s an

important discussion to have as a state.”

Evers said his budget sheds light on private companies receiving millions in taxpayerfunded subsidies. The plan moving forward is currently a vague nod to transparency and accountability, especially at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp, who witnessed and approved the Foxconn deal.

These million-dollar contracts are interesting because collectively, they attempt to both save very old Wisconsin industries and also brace for the future, providing a safetynet for local economies while also anticipating what jobs will look like for the next generation of Wisconsin workers.

As indicated, Wisconsin has an incredible advantage with its abundance of lakes, rivers, and access to the Great Lakes. Large businesses are the ones who make this region of the country highly profitable.

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Natural Light’s unnatural solution to the student debt crisis

Natural Light, other private companies generously aid with student loan repayment — but is that a solution for this problem?

by Keagan Schlosser Columnist

Natural Light — the Anheuser-Buschowned company more infamously known as Natty Light — is the face of frat parties and cheap college drinking.

The inexpensive, stereotypical king of collegiate beers has assisted many students, from freshmen to super-seniors, with parties and tailgates.

Now, Natty is assisting college students in a different way. The company recently announced that they’re distributing $10 million over the next ten years through their College Debt Relief Program.

Similar to Natural Light’s 2018 contest, entrants have until May 18 to post a video to social media sharing what inspired them to go to college, use certain hashtags and feature Natural Light’s limited edition green-tabbed cans. In the end, 70 students age 21 or older will win either a $10,000 or $40,000 prize.

While this contest is a genius marketing strategy, it also shows corporate empathy.

Daniel Blake, senior director of value

brands at Anheuser-Busch, acknowledged that Natty’s core crowd overlaps with the very same people experiencing debt crises.

“This was really born out of our dedication to our fans,” Blake said. “We know how deeply this impacts them so we created this program to help address the issue for as many people as we can and hopefully call more attention to it on a national stage.”

Natty Light isn’t the first company to help college graduates with their debt. In 2018, businesses such as Chegg, Staples and Random House offered their employees yearly benefits to help pay off their student loans.

These are great initiatives, but the fact that big businesses are swooping in to assist students with crippling debt speaks more about America’s issue with higher education affordability than it does corporate philanthropy.

While it only takes a few hours to pay off the debts of a throbbing hangover, it takes the average loan-payer 21 years to pay off nearly $37,172 in student loans. With that money, you could buy 66,910 cans of Natty

— almost enough to tailgate for a game against Minnesota.

As cost of attending both private and public institutions continually increases, the number of students taking out loans has risen by 157 percent over the last 11 years.

These numbers are scary. While lowering these debts should be on everyone’s minds, the University of Wisconsin System has yet to find a solution. In fact, the UW System regents approved raising graduate and out-of-state undergraduate tuition at several UW campuses just last month.

While these increases are meant to “maintain quality and to expand the opportunities available,” higher tuition will only serve to decrease higher education accessibility.

In theory, getting a college degree allows graduates to get a higher paying job and, in turn, pay off their student loans. But that’s not what’s happening.

Finding a job post-graduation is becoming increasingly difficult with less employee training, more on-demand hiring, and ever-changing technology

development and globalization.

Additionally, post-college life often involves buying a house and saving for retirement — nearly impossible tasks while simultaneously struggling to find a job that pays enough to pay off student loans.

There is no way to cover up the fact that Americans seeking an education are being failed by the government and university programs. While some see loans as a right of passage, they’re more or less a social experiment gone awry. The value of a higher education should last a lifetime, but it’s hard to see the promised benefits with a loan statement blocking the view.

Struggling to pay off student debt post-college shouldn’t be the normalized phenomena it has become. This issue is one that very clearly needs to be addressed by policy-makers — not a beer company.

In the meantime, though, cheers to Natty for at least sparking a much-needed conversation.

Keagan Schlosser (kschlosser2@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in communications.

Funding constitutionality: Sixth Amendment and public defender pay

Insultingly low pay rates for public defenders corrode constitutional right to a fair and speedy trial for Wisconsinites

by Courtney Degen Columnist

A key component of the US justice system is the right to a fair and speedy trial. After all, the Sixth Amendment to the US Constitution promises effective representation for those that cannot afford it.

But in January, six Wisconsinites filed a class-action lawsuit after they felt these rights were violated in the Western District Court of Wisconsin. According to their attorney, these six people sat in jail for anywhere from 21 to 75 days before a lawyer would take their case.

Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon event in Wisconsin. At $40 per hour, the Wisconsin State Public Defender ’s Office offers the lowest compensation for attorneys in the nation, making it extremely difficult to find public defenders to take on cases.

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defenders to take on cases, as the current low pay rate is extremely discouraging to defenders in Wisconsin.

“[Evers’ proposal would] enable

all of us in the criminal justice system to work together to protect Wisconsin’s communities and guarantee the constitutional rights of individuals.”

Kelli Thompson state public defender

Raising pay to a more comparable rate is extremely important in protecting the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees one’s right to an attorney and a speedy trial. Without an acceptable pay rate, public defenders

refuse cases, and situations similar to those six people who spent over three weeks in jail will continue to occur.

State Public Defender Kelli Thompson said this proposal would “enable all of us in the criminal justice system to work together to protect Wisconsin’s communities and guarantee the constitutional rights of individuals.”

Truthfully, the question is not whether this type of pay raise is necessary, but rather why it has taken so long to implement, especially considering that the Wisconsin Supreme Court raised its court-appointed attorneys’ hourly pay from $70 to $100 an hour in May of last year.

While this reform is important to protecting citizens’ rights to effective representation, it seems that this is a common-sense improvement that should have been proposed a while ago. Though the proposal was introduced by Republicans, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers seems to be on board.

As Evers’ spokesperson Britt Cudaback explained, the governor feels criminal justice

reform should be a bipartisan issue. Evers has already met with stakeholders and plans to include the pay increase for public defenders in his upcoming budget.

Since many attorneys are used to earning a minimum of $70 per hour, this proposal will hopefully ensure that the number of public defenders in Wisconsin will increase, and the Constitution’s guaranteed right to a speedy legal process can be upheld. In a state as large as Wisconsin, however, one has to wonder why it took so long for this to be proposed.

Considering that the issue led to a lawsuit from six people, it is clear that a shortage of public defenders is a major problem being ignored by the state government. With the implementation of a pay increase, though, public defenders will likely see an incentive to take on cases, and Wisconsin courts can ensure they are maintaining fair and ethical trial processes.

Courtney Degen (cdegen@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and journalism.

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On seeking political compromise, bipartisan cooperation and progress

As political polarization becomes increasingly stark, both parties need to develop more moderate, cooperative policies Moreover, when term-limits are imposed, society loses a sense of history and established institutional knowledge Columnist of how government should operate.

The Democratic Party has hit an Experience and wisdom is just as essential ideological crossroads. It appears that as youth and energy in keeping a country it must decide whether it wants to push as vast and complex as the U.S. up and further left or drift toward the center. running. Like all things, government According to a Pew Research study, requires balance. “millennials lean to the Democratic Party If districts were drawn by independent to a much greater degree than other commissions instead of generations.”

Among many reasons, politicians, we would this can be explained by see more moderation greater diversity and the from both sides. An fact that millennials face independent commission unprecedented economic would be committed to and social burdens. fairness, not partisanship.

Regardless of what one This not only balances may believe, it is clear out the country, but rids that millennials lean left, us of the gerrymandered and this trend shows no signs of slowing or districts currently reversing. plaguing the nation.

But in pursuit of Wisconsin exists progressiveness, as both a swing state Democrats risk creating and a gerrymandered an inability to achieve state. We are home unrealistic goals or to one of the most compromise with the conservative districts other side of the aisle. in the country under Our democracy was built off of pragmatism. If each Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, party continues to sprint R-Menomonee Falls, and to the edges of their one of the most liberal side of the spectrum, districts under Rep. Mark Congress will no longer Pocan, D-Madison. The be able to make effective idea that these problems legislation.

Rather, don’t lie at our front one party will just do doorstep is terribly everything it can to misguided. gridlock the other until the next election.

In a democracy, it is If Democrats hope important that all voices to succeed in the 2020 are heard. Those who presidential election, a align with the far left more moderate candidate play an important role in stands a better chance shaping the dialogue for of winning the hearts of this nation, as do those on undecided voters than the far right. an extremely left-leaning Nonetheless, moderate Photo · As extremism in party politics fluctuates with time, politicians must consider how to be productive in the face of uncooperative constituents, candidate does. This, and incremental steps colleagues. then, poses a dilemma towards progress will for members of the get America a lot further Marissa Haegele Democratic Party — do than trying to take The Badger Herald they prefer ideologically massive and unrealistic purity, or do they prefer leaps. Our nation faces moderately. This of course can frustrate current setup. to win elections? an abundance of problems, but none of more radical members of either party, Simply imposing Congressional term them can be solved if our politicians can no Politicians across the aisle face the same problem, as several swing seats in the creating the predicament Democrats limits would be ineffective, and would in longer come together and compromise.

House determine the fate of elections. Both find themselves wrestling with today — fact have severe consequences. Members parties trade wins, but the more moderate namely, where is their party heading? To of each party would fight to protect their Mitch Rogers (mrogers9@wisc.edu) is a the left or to the center? party, and outgoing members would senior majoring in economics. candidate from either party will usually An often forgotten, yet crucial point is be tempted to curry favors with new emerge victorious. members.

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problem just happens to lie with the Democrats. The fundamental nature of a swing seat means that moderates hold more vulnerable seats than members from deep-red or blue districts.

Given the vulnerability they face in elections, moderates’ voting records tend to be closely aligned with the interests of their constituents. Simply put, an elected official in a hot seat will likely vote

spent several years accumulating voters.

As time progresses, we have seen this contribute to political extremism. When an incumbent retires or is challenged, Democrats will run left and Republicans will run right. Over time, this has hyperextended the far left and far right, thereby minimizing the middle.

This problem can be addressed, but it will require significant change to the

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Football: As he leaves UW, a closer look at Alex Hornibrook’s record

Hornibrook’s 26-6 record is best of any quarterback in program history, yet his performance has often contradicted team’s success

by Ben Kenney Staff Writer

Hornibrook’s 26-6 record is the best for any quarterback in program history, yet his performance often contradicted team’s success. Now, ex-Wisconsin quarterback Alex Hornibrook is officially headed to Tallahassee, Florida to play his final season for Head Coach Willie Taggart at Florida State University.

With Kansas high school sensation Graham Mertz coming to Madison in the fall, a new era of Badger football is underway. But with Hornibrook gone, it’s time to address what narrative will surround Hornibrook as the years go by, and as his time at Wisconsin becomes a distant memory.

One may look back and see a quarterback who failed to illustrate a game-winning drive against Ohio State in the 2017 Big Ten Championship, or who benefited greatly from weak competition in the Big Ten West, or who didn’t need to do much but hand the ball off to Jonathan Taylor and get out of the way.

In total, these narratives drive a similar sentiment — it was impressive how much he won given the numbers he produced.

But how much did Hornibrook actually win?

He ended his Badger career with a 26-6 record — good for the highest winning percentage in Wisconsin football history.

It’s worth noting that Hornibrook’s tenure at Wisconsin was replete with luxuries — he played under the nation’s best offensive line, and could hand the ball off to one of the greatest running backs to ever play at Wisconsin.

But despite his subpar performance at times, Hornibrook was a winner at Wisconsin.

Hornibrook came to Head Coach Paul Chryst’s team as a three-star recruit from the Philadelphia area in 2015. After redshirting the 2015 season, he battled senior Bart Houston for the starting position as a freshman and led the Badgers to an 11-3 overall record.

Hornibrook’s freshman year was a microcosm for his career at Wisconsin — generally subpar quarterback play, with flashes of greatness, but a lot of winning to show for it.

Hornibrook finished his freshman season with a 58.6 completion percentage, 1,262 yards, 7 yards-per-attempt, 9 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, leading the Badgers to the 2016 Big Ten Championship Game and a No. 9 national ranking to end the season.

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in the NFL last season completed less than 58 percent of their passes. Their combined record was 12-25.

Hornibrook’s sophomore season — his first season as the full-time starter — followed a similar trend. In the 14 games he started, Hornibrook completed 62.3 percent of his passes, threw for 2644 yards, 25 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

The Badgers went 13-1 in what was arguably the greatest season in program history. If it weren’t for a questionable holding call on the Badgers as they marched down the field late in the fourth quarter of the Big Ten Championship Game against Ohio State, they would have likely been Playoff bound.

Still, Hornibrook made his mark at the 2017 Orange Bowl, where he was named the game’s MVP after throwing for 258 yards and four touchdowns in a 34–24 takedown of the Miami Hurricanes. It was the seminal moment of Hornibrook’s tenure in Madison.

While Hornibrook was pivotal to the Badgers’ success that season, eight quarterbacks in the NFL last season completed 62.3 percent of their passes or fewer. None of them had a winning record.

Through two seasons in Madison, it seemed like Hornibrook had taken steps to become one of the elite quarterbacks in the country, especially after his Orange Bowl performance. The progress was evident into his third season — five weeks into his junior year, Hornibrook was the 5th-highest graded quarterback in the nation by Pro Football Focus and sported a passer rating of 122.5 when he had a clean pocket.

But after week five, the team went 2-2 with him under center. In those games, he had a completion percentage above 60 just once and threw six touchdowns to nine interceptions.

So, Hornibrook’s junior season didn’t break the trend — in reality, it was eerily similar to his freshman campaign. He finished the season with a 59.5 completion percentage, 1,532 yards, 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in just nine games played.

And it bears repeating — only three quarterbacks in the NFL last season completed less than 58 percent of their passes. Their combined record was 12-25.

Hornibrook ended his Wisconsin career with a 60.5 completion percentage, 5,438 yards, 47 touchdowns and 33 interceptions — good enough to rank 21st all-time in the Big Ten in passer efficiency rating, and 23rd all-time in the Big Ten in yards-per-attempt.

And, of course, good enough to win 26 of 32 games.

But with four-star quarterback Graham Mertz coming to Madison next season, and

Jack Coan playing well at times in relief of Hornibrook, it seems Hornibrook made a smart choice to play out his final season elsewhere. What’s surprising, though, is where he’s going.

Hornibrook has transferred to battle for the starting job at Florida State University, an almost polar opposite team and school than Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is a cold-weather team, premised around dominating the game on the line of scrimmage, running the football and playing tough defense. FSU, on the other hand, is a warm-weather team, one

which relies on skill-position players to get out into space and make big plays. It will be interesting to see how his final season plays out, and whether he can continue to play winning football.

For Badger fans, Hornibrook’s career was a series of ups and downs. Those fans should hope incoming freshman Graham Mertz brings success with him to Madison, or they’ll wish they still had Alex Hornibrook — check-downs and all — under center.

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Women’s hockey: Why the women’s hockey team deserves more clout Despite winning four NCAA titles in last 12 years, a lack of engagement and interest from students persists this year and beyond

by John Spengler Sports Associate Editor

The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is undoubtedly one of the most successful athletic programs on campus. With four national championships in the last 12 years and a chance at a fifth this year, there is no denying that the team has achieved success beyond that of other programs which receive more attention.

“The university gives equal representation in media, and even went as far as providing the women’s hockey team their own venue to play at. It follows, then, that the main source of this lack of interest in the team lies with the student body.”

Despite the team’s widespread success and ripe conditions for consistent interest and student body engagement, many students are still either unaware or disinterested in the team.

Overall exposure for the team on social media is greater than that of the men’s hockey team.

Over the past week, even as the teams have played an equal number of games, the women’s Twitter account has sent out a total of 60 tweets, while the men’s account has sent out only 29.

Furthermore, in terms of publishing articles, the Badger sports website is on the exact same schedule for both teams. With previews of games, analysis and recaps, the university does not play favorites when it comes to the teams they support and highlight through digital media.

But despite there being equal exposure online, community interaction is anything but.

A strong gauge of overall interest in the teams is the number of people who interact with their Twitter accounts. The men’s Twitter account has over twice the number of followers and a much higher rate of interaction when compared to the women’s page — a clear indication of divided community interest.

So, why this discrepancy between the women’s and men’s teams, given that the women’s team is more successful?

A conventional answer to this age-old question is that women’s sports are not as fast-paced or exciting.

But this dated rationale does not apply to the distinct hockey programs in Madison, as the women’s games tend to be both higher scoring

and result in more wins. The women’s team has a higher average of goals scored per game and a far better record of (30-4-2) compared to the men’s record (13-16-5).

Given their high-scoring games and steady success, it’s evident that keeping up with the women’s team is a more rewarding experience than following the men’s team. But the unique pull of the women’s team does not manifest itself in attendance.

Part of this is because the women’s team plays in LaBahn Arena, as opposed to the Kohl Center — a considerably larger venue. LaBahn is regularly packed with dedicated fans for the more competitive games on the team’s schedule, but their attendance numbers pale in comparison to even an early season game at the Kohl Center.

The construction of an intimate arena for the women’s team is a sign that they have the university’s full support, even if they are not as recognized by the greater student body and Madison community as the men’s team.

Their games are higher scoring, their seasons more successful and the enjoy equal exposure from the athletic department — yet the women’s hockey team has significantly less recognition on campus.

This phenomenon is not unique to UW, as more successful women’s programs have long been underrepresented in media and received limited support.

Perhaps the best example of this is the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. They have succeeded at the highest level of competition possible, winning multiple World Cup trophies over the past decades.

Yet their salaries are less than the men’s team players’ and overall interest in the team is significantly lower.

Problems with gendered attention discrepancies within the same sport are nothing new. But this certainly does not mean that nothing more can be done on campus to shed light on what is arguably our school’s most successful sports program.

The university gives equal representation in media, and even went as far as providing the women’s hockey team their own venue to play at. It follows, then, that the main source of this lack of interest in the team lies with the student body.

When speaking with students on campus, it becomes clear that people would take an interest in the team if they were more aware of its excitement and success. To raise student awareness of the team and grow its fanbase, a general shift in the campus culture surrounding women’s hockey is necessary. Much like football is the center of fall weekends and men’s basketball games are big events Tuesday nights, women’s

hockey games can become a cultural staple in Madison on winter weekends.

The obvious problem with this is that men’s hockey often competes on the same days as the women’s team, and increasing attendance at one event would decrease attendance at the other. Yet, with the difference in success and overall excitement in games, a compelling argument exists to have a more equally shared interest between the two teams.

While this may not be a realistic proposition, it remains clear that the remarkable achievements of our women’s hockey team are deserving of the student body’s full support, just as they have received the full support of the university.

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Forward Madison FC: Carl Schneider on expectations for UW exhibition

April 16 exhibition at Breese-Stevens Field between Forward Madison, UW brings together Schneider’s past and present a redshirt, even the coaches would admit that they’d be surprised that I’m coming back as a professional player. This game is an opportunity to show that I’ve really Carl Schneider can’t seem to shake grown as a player since I graduated.” free from his hometown. He was born The exhibition will take place April 16 at and raised in Madison, played four years Breese Stevens Field and will be quite the as a defenseman and midfielder for the spectacle for Madison’s soccer community.

University of Wisconsin men’s soccer The game provides the first opportunity for team, and now he’s an inaugural member fans of Forward Madison to see the team of Forward Madison Football Club, the in action, as all of their earlier exhibition professional soccer team that will take the matches will be either closed to the public field this spring. or away from Madison.

Before his days as a Badger, Schneider “We are very excited for the opportunity gained notoriety as a local soccer icon. As a to play Forward Madison,” UW Head senior at La Follette High School, Schneider Coach John Trask said. “This match will was named the Wisconsin State Journal provide us the opportunity to expose our Player of the Year on his way to leading current student athletes to another level of La Follette to a 21-2-1 overall record and soccer. We look forward to an entertaining its first-ever Big Eight Conference title. and challenging game, and will be thrilled A three-time La Follette MVP and fourto see UW alumnus Carl Schneider potentially representing Forward Madison.”

Forward Madison will also be hosting an exhibition against their Major League Soccer affiliate — Minnesota United — June 25 at Breese Stevens Field. The match marks the first time since the Chicago Fire visited Milwaukee in 2005 that an MLS team will play in the state of Wisconsin. As Forward Madison’s affiliate, Minnesota United will also be loaning players to them throughout the season.

So far, Forward Madison has played in two exhibition matches, one against Indy Eleven and another against St. Louis FC. Both teams compete in the United Soccer League Championship division, one tier above Forward Madison, but the team scored a 1–0 victory against Indy and battled hard in a 1–0 defeat at the hands of St. Louis.

“As a whole, I was really impressed with us. I felt that to not only win but to hold our own possession-wise and defending, that’s a good sign for us heading into the season,” Schneider said, discussing the win against Indy Eleven.

Schneider also approved of how Head Coach Daryl Shore has approached the team thus far, saying he’s built them up instead of Photo · As Madison soccer community convenes April 16 at Breese-Stevens Field, Carl Schneider has an opportuknocking them down. nity to share a moment with his former team.

“So far, it has been more of a buildup to the season,” Schneider said.

Courtesy of Forward Madison FC “Slowly learning all of the principles

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year All-Big Eight Conference honoree, Schneider took his talents to UW in the Fall of 2011, where he redshirted his freshman year before becoming a starter by his redshirt sophomore season.

Schneider was a strong presence on the field as a defender at UW, allowing him the opportunity to move to the professional level after graduation. He went on to play for a low-level professional Swedish team before returning to the U.S. in the fall of 2018 to pursue a career with Forward Madison, where he will once again be playing defensive back.

The La Follette High School graduate expressed excitement in playing against his former team in an upcoming exhibition match between the Badgers and Forward Madison.

“It’s awesome,” Schneider said. “I think when I look back at my sophomore year as

that coach wants us to play with: pressing, attacking shape and possession in general.

It’s been a work in progress, but we are learning something new every day.”

With the regular season set to begin on the road April 6 against Chattanooga, Forward Madison is in full-on preparation mode, getting ready for a grueling 28-game regular season. The season features a few additional exhibition matches, including those against UW, Minnesota United and another against the Green Bay Voyagers in early June. There is also the potential for more exhibition matches, depending on scheduling conflicts.

“This

game is an opportunity to show that I’ve really grown as a player since I graduated.””

Carl Schneider

After the regular season concludes in the first week of October, the top four teams in USL-League One will head to the postseason in a single elimination bracket.

With only ten teams in the league, there is a high chance that Forward Madison can make the postseason. There will be a total of three postseason games, two semifinal matches and the final.

In a previous interview, Shore said he believes his team has what it takes to win the league in its inaugural season.

Shore said he expects to be “holding up a trophy, hopefully in front of a home crowd, as well as a parade down State Street.”

Needless to say, as we approach the spring soccer season in Madison, it is evident that the team and fans alike are excited to begin a new era of professional sports in the city.

Carl Schneider is no stranger to the Madison soccer community. But Forward Madison FC has provided him a unique opportunity that did not previously exist — playing professional soccer in the city he loves.

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Lost coat haunts local residents

Eye-witnesses report coat belonged to Canada Goose family

by Angela Peterson ArtsEtc. Editor

While whistling down Wilson Street and breezing through Breese Terrace, a strange apparition has begun to knock down University of Wisconsin students on campus sidewalks.

Some may say ice is a more logical explanation for these spills, but I know the real cause.

The shape of the ghost reveals its true nature and basis in reality. A strong and wide core meets two sleeve-like portions on the ghastly being that I have seen pushing my peers and I to the ground all over town. A small circular logo peeks on the side of the being, faintly showing its apparent relation to a flock of Canadian geese.

Yes, you heard that correctly — a coat is

Coats most “final resting

often find their places in the throes of random parties with hundreds of people. ... This coat, deserted by its owner after one cup too many, took it upon itself to avenge the wrongdoings done to all lost coats before it.

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haunting Madisonians in this tragic life.

While the origins of this coat-ghost at first seem unclear, they quickly become evident with just a little sleuthing. Coats most often find their final resting places in the throes of random parties with hundreds of people. This coat, deserted by its owner after one cup too many, took it upon itself to avenge the wrongdoings done to all lost coats before it, especially those which sit unused atop refrigerators for months in the hopes of being reclaimed.

The apparition got a few upgrades to its form once it became a vigilante for justice. The Canada Goose logo started to transform into ghost-like, yet nonetheless real geese. That’s right — a whole flock can flap its way right off the ghost into the backs of poor pedestrians.

These transformative geese are thought to be the root cause of the evil done to those falling on sidewalks county-wide. Precious eternal flames now spark off the hood’s old faux fur rim, leaving the new, immortal coat to again look like a furious beast.

I took to the streets for comments because I’m a journalist and I use the term “took to the streets for comments” a lot, but I’ve yet to learn how to steal a street — so I was unsuccessful.

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did have a couple of people tell me their opinions on the Creepy Canada Goose Ghost.

One such observer, after instructing me that I will definitely injure my back if I try to lift up an entire road, found the ghost to be of utmost danger in this society.”

This totally explains why I slipped last week,” they said as they moved their flip-flopped-feet about the pavement. “We must do whatever we can to prevent the ghost from attacking again. I can’t afford another injury after I wrecked my tailbone there. ”This observer understands true fear and stands with me in the fight to avoid sensible footwear in the winter months.

Another passerby did not agree with my hypothesis at first, but after swiftly being pulled to the ground by the coat’s forces, they changed their tune. ”I can’t believe this pure evil,” they said. “I mean, I’m not one for superstition. Astrology is just about the only wacky thing I believe in.

I’m a Pisces after all, so I am quite idealistic and sensitive. Regardless, ghosts always seemed so foolish in comparison. I now know I must fear these terrifying beings to be spared. I am considering starting a cult of the Canada Goose, so if anyone would like to join, feel free to hit me up on LinkedIn. ”While most around me laughed at my quest, I knew my investigation was making great progress in paying the dead jacket the respect it deserves.

It’s no wonder slipping considerably slowed today, which I am confident was due to respects paid towards the coat ghost. I am certain it had nothing to do with the change in weather.

I now know I must fear “these terrifying beings to be spared. I am considering starting a cult of the Canada Goose, so if anyone would like to join, feel free to hit me up on LinkedIn.

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