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MarketReady program supports diversity among entrepreneurs Business advisory program one of many in Madison helping marginalized business owners navigate difficult barriers

by Molly DeVore City Editor

When Josie Chu’s mother passed away and Chu inherited her cookbooks, she had no idea that an old recipe for sauce tucked in the back pages would soon become an entire business.

Chu now owns the condiment company Madame Chu Delicacies, and like many other entrepreneurs in Madison, has faced various barriers while building her business. But programs like The Food Enterprise and Economic Development Kitchen and MarketReady have given her the tools to navigate such obstacles.

FEED and MarketReady are both part of several organizations that work to support populations that face historic barriers to entrepreneurship.

Recently, Madison has been allocating more resources toward helping new

entrepreneurs with programs like the Healthy Retail Access Program, KIVA City loans and the recently launched Equity Business Initiative. All of these programs work together to address the issues new entrepreneurs face.

Chu began making her sauce at FEED Kitchen where staff helped her become a licensed vendor. She then applied to the MarketReady program and became one of 30 other small businesses selected.

MarketReady coordinator Ian Aley said the program was created after Madison conducted an equity analysis, and found a need for more diverse business owners.

The program was created to prepare potential merchants for the Madison Public Market that is set to open at the end of 2021.

The MarketReady program is 83 percent people of color, 63 percent females and 33 percent first-generation immigrants,

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according to the Madison Public Market website. Chu said this diversity is important because entrepreneurs of color often face a unique set of challenges.

“I would have to go into a grocery store with another white male to be able to get someone to talk to us,” Chu said. “If I were to go with another Asian business partner, I don’t think that we would be as successful.”

Entrepreneurs of color also experience discrimination when applying for loans, according to Aley who said that they are often asked for more collateral than white entrepreneurs.

Andrea Hughes, regional project director for the south central office of the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation said that accessing capital is a constant struggle for new entrepreneurs.

The WWBIC helps entrepreneurs that face barriers in accessing funds by coaching them and providing loans.

Hughes said because “you need money to make money” many entrepreneurs struggle to get their foot in the door.

“The people with a lot of wealth, they have Dad or they have somebody else to bail them out,” Hughes said. “But when you’re already starting low and you’re putting everything into it you don’t have as much backup, so the risk is really greater.”

When entrepreneurs are blocked by these barriers, cities’ businesses lack diversity, Chu said.

Aley said having diverse businesses and business owners is important because it provides representation for youth and provides stability in communities, allowing deeper issues such as racial disparities to be addressed.

This diversity also creates jobs, promotes innovation and “adds more fun to our community,” Hughes said. Chu said this diversity also improves the branding of a city.

“For Madison to call itself a diverse community

and for Madison to call itself a foodie city, it cannot always be just meat and potatoes,” Chu said. “It needs to bring in people from various cultures … because meat and potatoes are not representative of diversity.”

These support programs also encourage the building of wealth both for families and the Madison community, Chu said.

Entrepreneurs who receive support then find ways to help their community, she continued. Chu said they often hire community members and find other ways of giving back because they are so grateful, creating a “symbiotic relationship of you give, we give back.”

These programs work together to support entrepreneurs. Aley said they “complement their work rather than replicate it.” Hughes said while FEED and MarketReady provide culinary expertise, WWBIC offers economic expertise and KIVA City provides person-to-person loans.

Specifically, MarketReady provides resources for entrepreneurs, such as consulting, networking events, microgrants and other training. Chu said MarketReady provides the tools but the entrepreneur must have the passion to do the work themselves. By connecting entrepreneurs with retailers and banks, the MarketReady program has helped entrepreneurs with many of the barriers they face. But Chu said it is still very difficult to compete with bigger, wellknown brands.

“I’d sincerely like to thank the City of Madison, the MarketReady program, FEED Kitchen and everyone who supported Madame Chu in helping us at least touch the ceiling, not necessarily break it yet,” Chu said.

The city of Madison has funded the MarketReady program for one more year and after that many of its participants will apply to be vendors in the Madison Public Market, Aley said.

Aley said a big part of the MarketReady program is building a community between the different businesses so they can offer each other advice and he hopes that this collaboration continues at the public market.

“Every individual business is going to do a lot better if the market as a whole is drawing a lot of customers,” Aley said. “If the market is thriving, each one of those businesses is going to thrive.”

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Four UW faculty receive 2019 Hilldale Awards to honor research

One faculty member each from arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, biology selected based on service, teaching This year ’s recipients are Professor of Psychology Patricia Devine, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Dance Jin-Wen Yu, W.L., Professor of For Ellen Zweibel, the choice to study Comparative Biosciences Linda Schuler and astronomy was never a hard one. Her entire Zweibel. life, she said, has been spent looking up at For Schuler, who has been a professor the sky — using math and physics to figure in the School of Veterinary Medicine since it out. its beginning, the award is more than a “When I was a kid, I became infatuated recognition of her contribution to research. with the sky and the planets,” Zweibel said.

“It’s incredibly humbling because I work “For a while, I approached this kind of like with so many wonderful people and so a kid, but then I wanted to know more. And many dedicated people — so yeah, it’s quite so I tried to read higher level material and humbling,” Schuler said. got nowhere with it and then realized I was Schuler started at UW in 1983, researching going to have to study math and physics.” how hormones coordinate normal events And it turns out this was her true passion, like pregnancy in cows. From there, she as she actually became more interested in studied everything from lactation in cows studying the numbers than the sky. to lactation and breast cancer in mice. Each Now, after 16 years at the University of study tied back to implications for human Wisconsin and as the Kraushaar and Vilas disease.

Distinguished Achievement Professor of Schuler ’s research defined the genetic details of the normal control of milk production and later allowed her to discover that the milkproducing hormone, prolactin, also induces breast cancer.

Earning the award after starting from the ground up in the veterinary program gave the recognition a whole new meaning, Schuler said.

“Those were pretty exciting times in the beginning where you were starting to build things from the ground floor and develop a curriculum,” Schuler said. “It’s awesome because it also built really strong bonds between the people you worked with because you had such a common goal and motivation.”

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Astronomy and Physics, Zweibel’s studies focus on the plasma physics of astronomy.

Her research has advanced the understanding of cosmic magnetic fields and the formation of stars. And her work on the solar cycle and solar flares has helped scientists understand the symbiotic relationship these events have with the earth.

This research is also what helped make Zweibel one of four UW faculty to be awarded one of the 2019 Hilldale Awards — an award given out annually to professors for their distinguished contributions to research, teaching and service.

One faculty member from each of the areas of study — the arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and biology — are selected to receive the award and are chosen based on recommendations from department chairs.

the beginning of her career and has stayed because of the community she’s built here. “[UW] is an extraordinary university,” Devine said. “It has tremendous resources, it’s got the right values, the right approach that we’re going to focus on our research and our teaching as well as service. I like the Wisconsin Idea notion — which now has evolved into the Wisconsin Experience.

And so it felt like a really good fit and I’ve found over the years that I love teaching the students here.”

When Devine started her career, she was working on social cognition and person memory but wasn’t excited about it. She started to look for interesting things to think about and found studying stereotyping and prejudice to be her passion.

Now, her research focuses on prejudice through implicit bias. Devine’s research shows how even if people try to eliminate their prejudices, unconscious bias still persists and blocks them from fixing their harmful biases.

Devine has since developed an intervention program for people to realize and eliminate their implicit bias. This program, she said, has actually led to more women being hired in various departments at UW. Devine said she has always been interested in this, stemming from her childhood.

“I moved around a lot as a kid and as I moved from place to place, I noticed that people seemed to think that they knew a lot about people based on their last names,” Devine said. “I thought that wasn’t really very fair, they are making assumptions — now I wasn’t a social psychologist yet and I didn’t really know what these issues were, but it kind of troubled me.”

Devine said she continuously found these types of scenarios where people would assume something about someone without even knowing them, and she wanted to learn more about it.

Overall, Zweibel said she is overwhelmed and honored to receive this award because there are so many faculty doing important and interesting things at UW. She said education is something that has always been important to her and she loves surrounding herself with it.

“I really enjoy being here,” Zweibel said.

“I really like my colleagues and the students — there are a lot of really good students at UW.” The winners will each receive $7,500 in recognition of their work and will be honored at the May 6 Faculty Senate meeting.

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Budget proposal restores eminent domain for bike, recreational trails

University currently has no plans to utilize eminent domain to create more bike paths if budget passes, many paths not maintained by UW

by Caroline Li Reporter

Gov. Tony Evers’ 2019-21 state budget would re-grant local governments and agencies eminent domain for bike and recreational trails — granting it the rights to claim private property while compensating the property owners.

Under the current 2017-19 budget, local governments and agencies in Wisconsin are not allowed to seize private land and turn it to public use. Municipal leaders said such prohibition could slow down major construction work in the state and make it more costly to carry out developmental projects, The Associated Press reported.

Since the passing of the current budget in September 2017, the Wisconsin Active Communities Association has reported at least 17 cases where such prohibition either stopped projects from starting or halted progress, the AP reported.

One example is the construction of biking trails. As the AP reported, Jeff Currie, president of the Great Headwaters Trails Foundations,

said while his group is currently working on a construction projects aiming to connect Eagle River with the Heart of Vilas Bike Trail System, the largest obstacle for them would be claiming land from private property owners.

“With 20 property owners, we’re going to run into a few situations,” Currie said.

When asked how Evers’ budget would affect biking facilities on campus, Carolyn Wolff, UW Transportation Services communications specialist, said the university currently has no plans to claim private property for bicycle trails. They also added that many paths on campus are constructed and maintained by the respective municipalities, not by the university.

According to UW Transportation Services, bicycles are recognized as vehicles under Madison and state laws, and this grants bikers the same rights as drivers of motor vehicles.

According to Transportation Services, cyclists in Wisconsin are also allowed the full use of a travel lane if the lane is too narrow to accommodate both motor vehicles and bicycles, and cars need to leave bicycles at least three feet of clearance when passing by.

Madison is now among the five best

cities for biking across the nation and received platinum status as a bicycle friendly community, according to Wisconsin Bike Fed. UW junior Hongrui Chen said his biking experience in Madison has been great thus far and he enjoys the “beautiful scenery” while he bikes.

Chen also appreciated the availability of dedicated bike lanes on campus to improve safety. He frequents the lakeshore bike path and bike path near the Kohl Center — both of which are car-free.

UW senior Andrew Sternaman, who started biking at age five, shared a similar experience and said the availability of designated biking trails in Madison makes biking pleasant and convenient.

But, when biking on campus, Chen sometimes found himself riding side-by-side with motor vehicles, which, in his opinion, could be dangerous.

Chen referenced his biking experience on University Avenue. The bike lane there lies between the bus and traffic lanes, which could pose a danger to cyclists, Chen said.

“This means traffic comes from your left and buses come from your right, and there are

constantly cars trying to turn right,” Chen said.

“This means they will also intersect with your bicycling, which makes you feel quite unsafe.”

Sternaman also said that even as an experienced cyclist, it is sometimes still challenging for him to bike on campus, especially during busy hours, and the practice of self-awareness while biking is crucial.

State Rep. Rob Stafsholt, R-New Richmond, said the prohibition helps alleviate concerns held by his constituents, who were worried about government claiming their land.

“Somebody else’s recreational opportunity should not be forced on my property,” Stafsholt told the AP. Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty attorney Lucas Vebber also said acquiring land from private property owners goes against their will, and it makes little sense that legislators would consider re-granting the government such right to do so, according to the AP. According to the AP, state Sen. Devin LeMahieu said it could be both “alluring” and “dangerous” for the government to gain such right.

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Elders-in-Residence program aims to improve UW Native experience Initiative to strengthen ties between tribal nations, as university creates support system for minority students through Native mentors

by Lauren Henning Reporter

A new Elders-in-Residence Culture Keepers program provides resources for Native American students at the University of Wisconsin by hosting Native elders on campus for extended visits.

The visit begins with a talk to introduce the elder and a feast. From there, they attend events, give talks, sit in on classes and hold office hours for students to drop-in.

The initiative was created to strengthen ties between native tribes and the university, UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone said.

“We created the program in hopes of strengthening partnerships between tribal nations and the university, providing all students with access to crucial cultural resources and improving retention and recruitment rates for Native students,” McGlone said.

Statistics show that only 397 Native American students are currently enrolled at UW. Larry Nesper, director of American Indian Studies and professor of anthropology, expressed gratitude for the university’s support of the program. He said funding from the Nelson Institute aided in making the program possible as well as University Housing, which allocated an on-campus apartment to act as housing for visiting elders. This makes it easier to host a variety of elders in the future.

The concept for the program was born out of The UW/Native Nations Summit on Environment and Health in March 2015. Nesper explained that a large focus of the Summit was on environmental and health issues, along with what could be done by the university and Tribal Nations to remedy challenges faced by Native American students on campus.

The university is hoping to address the future of the children of Tribal Nations with the program’s arrival. Nesper said as Tribal Nations send their children to UW, they expressed concerns about the environment their children must face. Facing constant reminders of their minority representation and being made to feel ostracized are two common issues Nesper cited.

Nesper pointed out the irony of the situation, as many Native American students’ ancestors called this land their home long before anybody else. He stressed that UW is host to many archaeological sites and has a stronger connection to Tribal Nations than any other college campus in the world, which makes highlighting the Native American perspective even more important.

“We have effigy mounds on our campus that were built here a thousand years ago by the ancestors of people who sit in our classes,” Nesper said. “That’s a very strong reminder of the importance of Native Americans in our

presence.” have a positive impact on Native American Rice fondly remembers attending a “White Oneida judge Leland Wigg Ninham spent students. As a clan mother, Rice advises young Roots of Peace” conference at Union South last week on campus as UW’s second Culture women of the Ho-Chunk nation who reach while she was attending UW-Milwaukee. These Keeper. During his visit, Ninham said he felt out for guidance in their lives. Clan mothers were conferences led by Native Americans from his time was well-scheduled — he got the ensure these young women learn about cultural various communities who encouraged young opportunity to interact with students in a variety experiences and clan roles. people to remember the importance of their of ways. He met with several student groups, However, Ninham and Rice both have ideas culture and traditions. attended events, went to classes and held office as to how the program could be expanded and Rice believes hearing from a nonacademic hours. changed to have an even greater student impact. elder will have a similar impact on current Ninham hopes through this program As the past two visits have only lasted one week, students. and other efforts to help students overcome they both would like to see elders have a more “If they have a powerful message to deliver obstacles associated with reminders of minority permanent presence on campus. Rice suggested and inspirational words, that can really help representation. He recalled experiencing the perhaps a semester or academic year-long elder the student to be redirected and get their mind, same feeling during his educational career — the may better serve the needs of the students while body and spirit in alignment with what they feeling of being different than everyone else and allowing for a greater connection. want to do for the future,” Rice said. not having a support system in place.

“The main thing I experienced here is listening to the students relate to each other about their experiences, and enjoying being a part of it – actually going into a class and visually seeing these students doing this work,” Ninham said.

“It’s encouraging for me to see that as an elder, to see that we have all of these students out there studying to make Mother Earth a better place to live.”

Ninham hopes that through his visit he reinforced the importance of their culture and history and has made it more accessible. Ninham also expressed his wish for more of a focus on Native American history, as the truths often left out of history books — a worrying gap in the United States educational system.

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Research Symposium features work compiled by undergraduates Students offered unique opportunity to share research in collaborative, appreciative environment at UW undergraduate symposium

by Mary Magnuson Campus Editor

Colorful posters adorned the walls of Union South’s Varsity Hall Friday as businesscasual students, researchers and their peers discussed a variety of different topics — everything from medical science to virtual reality to textile design. The Undergraduate Research Symposium showcased the work of undergraduates involved in campus research and creative projects.

For many undergraduates, the idea of doing research alongside career scientists and professionals can feel daunting, especially for freshmen or underclassmen who have never been directly exposed to the fields they’re interested in pursuing. Freshman Tyler Wolter said in his field — mathematics — there are significant challenges to address before breaking into research as an underclassman.

“It’s very difficult to get involved in research very early on, it’s basically unheard of,” Wolter said.

“I found it has been a great program to dive right into research. ”

Amy Regenbaum UW freshman Wolter joined the Undergraduate Research Scholars program, run by the College of Letters and Science, in order to get some experience in a lab early on. He said the program was beneficial, and overall a very positive experience.

According to their website, URS is a two to three credit class that helps match students with a research mentor to work on a project throughout the year, coupled with a weekly seminar. Many of the presenters at the symposium were students affiliated with the program, including Wolter and freshman biology major Amy Regenbaum.

“I found it has been a great program to dive right into research,” Regenbaum said of URS. Regenbaum found out about the program at Student Orientation, Advising and Registration and decided to enroll shortly after. She said the program was valuable not only for the research experience but also for what it taught her about the challenges and rewards that come with being a scientist.

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was curious whether or not working with animals was the right decision for her.

“I wanted to see if I could handle working with animals as someone who is so scared of [them],” Regenbaum said. “I’ve realized now that I really can’t do animal research … and that’s okay. I’ve realized that I am definitely not going pre-med.”

While many presenters at the symposium were involved with URS, others sought out research opportunities independently.

Senior Quintin Gaus studies psychology. He works with the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team, and instead of joining them through a program like URS, he simply noticed that their work fit with the kinds of things he’s interested in, and reached out.

While Gaus had never been involved in research in his undergraduate career before, he said that his experience with the SMAHRT team made him more open to considering pursuing research as a career. He also said the experience of getting to run his own project while building community Photo · Symposium brings student researchers together to learn and share discoveries on various projects across disciplines. with his colleagues was invaluable.

Riley Steinbrenner “It definitely helps build The Badger Herald that confidence that you are able to build a study working on while being able to also share what and run it, and get the results and present it,” knowledge that I need.”

All three students said that their foray into I’m doing,” Wolter said.

Gaus said.

All three undergraduates said they Gaus said he would encourage any research was a very positive experience. Wolter undergraduate interested in doing research but and Gaus said this was in part motivated by the were interested in continuing to conduct environment and community it connected them research, either as a future career or as a way was unsure about how to proceed to simply to supplement the rest of their academic find a professor with similar interests and reach with, whether it be their lab or their peers.

Wolter said the symposium — and the experience.Regenbaum said she planned to out. continue working with her lab throughout her Wolter described some of the benefits URS program — was a positive environment beyond just helping run a research project because of the exposure it brought him to other undergraduate years. She said having the prior projects many of his peers were involved in on experience will help, especially when she takes that the symposium brought him.“Being able campus.

Biology 152, a class that requires conducting an to go and directly see what one of these fields “There’s a lot of different research going on, independent research project.“I will probably is like has been very beneficial,” Wolter said. stick through it for years to come,” Regenbaum “It’s also been good to be able to learn how to there’s a lot of different people doing research, read research papers and learn how to find the so it’s just been nice hearing what everyone’s said.

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Victor Wooten encourages audience to embrace music through nature

Wooten Woods Experience features alumni muscial journeys, lessons learned from their time practicing music in formative organization

by Emma Grenzebach ArtsEtc Staff Writer

The Victor Wooten Band and the Wooten Woods Experience brought energy, jazz and a lot of people to the stage of Shannon Hall on Thursday night in Memorial Union.

Victor Wooten, a renowned bass guitarist and five-time Grammy Award winner, took the stage to deliver his jazz-funk blend of sounds carrying one of his well-known Yin-Yang bass guitars. “[The Yin-Yang symbol] applies to all of life,” Wooten said. “We know that we can make choices in life, but to make a choice, you have to have something to choose from.”

This symbol and the principles it brings have guided Wooten in his music career since he began playing.Wooten has been playing music for more than 50 years with a lot of different groups.

“When I was born my brothers were playing [guitar], and they let me, just to use an analogy, ‘baby talk’ along with them,” Wooten said.

For a long time, Wooten has played as the bassist for the band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

Eventually, his contribution to the band led

him to teach.

“When [Béla Fleck and the Flecktones] started to become popular, I started being asked to teach,” Wooten said. “I had never taught anything and when I started teaching music I realized how much I loved it…I also realized that I had a different outlook from the norm when it comes to how to teach music.”

These realizations, as well as the fact that Wooten had friends who were already running camps, such as Mark O’Connor, inspired Victor to form a bass camp of his own. The camp, called the Victor Wooten Center for Music and Nature, has since evolved to incorporate all instruments and is open to all ages.

This year is the Victor Wooten Center for Music and Nature’s 20th anniversary. The camp started as a way for Wooten to teach music in a way that incorporates nature and the outdoors.

“I learned that nature was a missing element in a musician’s life, as far as music curriculum goes,” Wooten said. “Musicians say lock yourself in a room and practice, and that’s not a natural process.”

Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the camps, Wooten decided to bring awareness to the camps by bringing some of his instructors and pupils out on tour with him. The Victor

Wooten Band consists of Victor Wooten himself, Regi Wooten - Victor ’s older brother and the person who taught him to play the bass, Derico Watson and Carlton Taylor.

Wooten is joined on this tour by some of the instructors at his camp. These guests included Steve Bailey, Dave Welsch, Bob Hemenger, Daniel Levitin and Richard Cleveland.

There are also campers that join Victor on this tour. Included on stage were Remy Feniello, now a bassist for her own heavy metal band in New Jersey, Divinity Roxx, former bassist for Beyoncé and now a solo artist, Kylie Gardocki, Dylan DeBiase and 16-year-old drummer Jake Rosen.

These campers showed the audience the sheer impact the Victor Wooten Center for Music and Nature had had on them.

Before bringing Remy Feniello to the stage, Wooten explained to the audience that, her first year at camp, Remy was “shy and fragile.”

Apparently, every time one of the instructors would ask Feniello to try something new, she would start crying. On Thursday night, however, she blew the crowd away playing a cover of Brick House.

One of the most memorable performances from one of the guest musicians came from

Bradford Ray Bailey, a jazz musician who created an instrument that he called “an abomination.”

This so-called “abomination” is half banjo, half bass guitar and was greeted with awe from the audience. Bailey played a cover of “I Want You Back,” and the combination of sounds that came from his instrument truly wowed the crowd.

The number of people that Wooten brought to the stage made the show feel like a party.

It was clear that all of the musicians that appeared on stage were there for their love of music and were having an amazing time, which contributed to the enjoyment of the audience.

The crowd clearly had an admiration for Wooten coming into the show. He was met with cheers of, “We love you Victor,” and, “I just saw God,” from the audience following his bass solos. His musical talent and the skill of everyone on the stage gave the occupants of Shannon Hall an amazing show.

Registration for Wooten’s camps this summer is still open and open to all ages and skill levels. Those interested in learning from highly decorated musical artists should consider signing up for one of the Victor Wooten Center for Music and Nature’s sessions.

Photo · Wooten played alongside various alumni of his musical education program.

Photo · Victor Wooten Band jam out together at UW’s Shannon Hall.

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Hatchie bonds with her fans through honest, heartfelt performance Joined by LA indie rock band Girlpool, the Australia native featured music showcasing her full self during her American tour stop in Madison

by Ashley Evers ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

High Noon Saloon filled up quickly on a Wednesday night for an evening full of emotional release. Bands Hatchie and Girlpool both delivered captivating performances at their mid-week show.

Harriette Pilbeam, best known by her stage name, Hatchie, brought her glow and dreamy vocals to High Noon Saloon. With honest themes surrounding heartbreak and desire, she was comfortable on stage and let her personality shine.

Pilbeam grew up in Brisbane, Australia, which had the small-town feel with a very relaxed, lowpressure vibe, she said.

This was important in the early stages of her career as it allowed her to meet the people she continues to work with now. Hatchie is enjoying her tour in the U.S. so far, getting an up-close and personal look at the country after completing two days of driving for a total of 30 hours.

Oddly enough, she loves it and enjoys the change of pace from her homeland. She explained that, back home, there are four major cities each 12 hours apart, and the drives are straight and flat, which don’t provide much scenery. The different landscapes and views she’s seen here maintain her excitement. Her most memorable moment of driving was from Vancouver to Montana, a scene

she described as a “winter wonderland.”

“Even if it gets exhausting and drives you a little crazy being in the van for that long, I do love the driving,” Hatchie said.

While Hatchie’s show was emblematic of the dream-pop and shoegaze genres, her personal music taste changes often.

Every six months or so, she goes through phases with what she keeps in rotation.

“I wouldn’t say that I listen to one type of music all the time,” Hatchie said. “It changes a lot but I’ve always loved pop music.”

Hatchie also mentioned that sometimes there will be an album she listens to for two weeks straight but then may never listen to again.

Overall, she is a forever-fan of pop music, especially songs with catchy melodies and memorable hooks.

Hatchie’s new album titled Keepsake is set to release June 21. When she was writing the album, she referred to a lot of 80s and 90s tunes. Her latest single “Stay With Me,” that came out earlier this year, holds the pulse of a track from this era, along with a rousing climax that really took shape on stage.

Hatchie said it is important for artists to have an open relationship with music and that they should try out multiple genres and styles.

In the future, she hopes to pursue and strengthen her career in songwriting. Hatchie greatly admires Charli XCX and all of the areas of the industry she is involved with, including writing.

“I’m obsessed with Charli XCX,” Hatchie said.

“She’s just leveled up almost everything she’s done ... I admire her and everything she does.”

Hatchie hopes to follow in her footsteps with her writing and full-circle career as an artist. But for now, she is living in the moment on this current tour and anticipating her album release.

She is most eager to release something very different from her EP. Pilbeam experimented with many genres on this new project, including some darker tracks like “Unwanted Guest” — her personal favorite.

“I do think there’s something for everyone on my new album,” Hatchie said.

Hatchie’s live show encompasses all of this passion and emotion into a musical experience.

Hatchie’s EP “Sugar & Spice” is a pure daydream filled with euphoria and lust. “Without A Blush” highlighted Pilbeam’s dreamy vocals and dizzying rhythms. A fan favorite, “Sure,” her first single, featured a catchy pop hook and whirling guitars.

Next up came an indie rock band all the way from Los Angeles.

Girlpool, comprised of Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad, closed out the night with their punchy riffs and surreal sounds.

The duo showcased their latest release What Chaos Is Imaginary, and have undergone major growth as a band in this new era. The group brought a balanced mix of slow & upbeat tracks to please the supportive crowd. Tucker’s vocals blended beautifully with their noisy guitar lines. In “Chinatown,” the two harmonized and created an effortless sound, which is resonant of their studio recordings.

“It Gets More Blue” was the most captivating, featuring surreal melodies and huge guitars. The group bonded with the audience over popular television shows and mentioned that this is their first real show in Madison aside from their WUD show on campus in 2015.

Their entire set was packed with many visual effects that complemented the group’s energy and kept their set fresh and exciting. A riveting encore was filled with angst that built up to a freeing chorus sung with the crowd.

The show was a pleasant night full of calming melodies and breathtaking stage presence. It was a truly enchanting evening with the two underground indie-pop stars.

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Taste of Sichuan continues tasty traditions of Soga Shabu Shabu Hot pot restaurant offers delicious main course meals with variety of cuisine that target mainstream customers, offer something for everyone

by Angela Peterson ArtsEtc Editor

Sometimes my status as a transfer students shows. When someone tells me they live by the old Jamba Juice or reminisces on a lost favorite hang-out spot, I typically smile and nod, though I have no clue what they’re talking about.

That being said, it has recently become impossible to ignore the changing atmosphere of State Street. Businesses on each block are rapidly shifting away from quaint occupations to modern approaches built to capitalize on University of Wisconsin’s student body. The changes recently have even spurred multiple franchise restaurants such as Glaze Teriyaki and Which Wich off Madison’s most iconic mile.

Likewise, when I saw workers swiftly cover Soga Shabu Shabu’s awning with one reading “Taste of Sichuan” one morning on my way up State Street to my 8 a.m. class, I immediately wondered if the block had lost its hot pot-filled

Pan-Asian restaurant.

Thankfully, my worries were calmed as soon as my party walked into Taste of Sichuan. The decor remains practically unchanged, with the signature Buddha statute and painted red beams on room dividers meant to resemble the Wisconsin “W.” The menu received a graphics upgrade and one key change.

The formerly center-stage hot pot selections are now found at the end of the offerings, with more Sichuan and Hunan-style dishes receiving top billing. The “American Chinese Food” section is also now much easier to find, but also is now slightly more expensive than prices prior to the change. Notably, the chopsticks are much less intuitive to reach for than the forks in the restaurant’s place settings.

To start off our meal, my friends and I split a Thai Tea. Due to the sweet nature of the drink combined with its creamy condensed milk, it is feasible to share this yummy delight with the whole table. This iteration is creamier than the Thai Tea found a block down the street at Sencha, so I would definitely recommend

saving the specialty for dessert and stick to water or Sapporo to compliment your meal.

Taste of Sichuan’s sit-down restaurant-style might scare some students into choosing a seemingly quicker, fast-casual spot as their lunch destination, but our main courses took about as long to come out as the line at Forage.

Attempting to reduce my gluten intake while thoroughly accepting soy sauce is surprisingly made from wheat, I sampled the rice noodles with shrimp. Given the countless times I’ve substituted Noodles and Company’s thin and long rice noodles into my mac and cheese, I was delightfully surprised to see noodles that looked like chow fun when my plate arrived.

The thick noodles paired excellently with the shrimp and veggies put into the dish. At just over $11, this dish is at a comparable price point to the noodle options at Dragon I, though the lack of a price increase at Taste of Sichuan for shrimp is definitely a plus in their column.

My dining companions both sampled fare from the “American Chinese Cuisine” menu section. Everything on this page of the menu

is fairly straightforward, with an egg roll and fried rice included in each meal and a fixed $9.95 price point for all dishes. The shrimp with broccoli featured a lovely mild sauce and large portions of shrimp.

Of course, these comments come with a caveat — none of us chose truly authentic dishes that are not found elsewhere around campus, which take up the majority of Taste of Sichuan’s menu. The signature hot pot is so far back in the menu and so expensive that many students may overlook the option.

Other delicacies like Spicy Pork Knuckle and Dry-Braised Bull Frog appear on the menu, but none of these options were considered by my dining group. It seems as though Taste of Sichuan has adopted the strategy of appealing to the mainstream with standard, Americanized fare and keeping authentic dishes available to those who wish to have them, even more so now than in its former identity.

Much like how we did not receive stereotypical fortune cookies after our delicious meal, the fate of the redesign is yet to be seen.

Photo · Thai Tea is a tasty treat great for sharing with friends.

Photo · Menu features Chinese American staples, while traditional options are still available.

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Through the courses they take, audtiors can engage with topics unavailable during their time as undergraduates, benefiting themselves and their community

by Lucas Johnson Managing Editor

When 70-year-old Jane Brotman arrived on the University of Wisconsin campus as a freshman in 1967, she was skeptical of antiwar protestors. During her adolescence in northern New Jersey, she didn’t pay much attention to politics — she even described herself as closed-minded in the years leading up to her undergraduate experience.

“I was very naive politically when I first came to campus,” Brotman said. “I wasn’t even against the Vietnam War. My mother was against [it] before I was, which was odd.”

Her political views up until that point had been predicated on what the government told her — she said she couldn’t understand the logic behind the sit-ins and walkouts that characterized a decade of American resistance. But on a brisk October afternoon, her mindset permanently shifted.

Brotman, as she’d done plenty of times before, took her regular route to French Literature past Ingraham Hall, then named the Commerce Building.

That day, however, things felt different.

Hundreds of students had gathered at the building’s entrance to protest the Dow Chemical Company recruitment interviews set to take place there later that day. Dow produced napalm, a chemical weapon designed to burn like gasoline and stick like glue, making it a disturbingly effective agent of death during the Vietnam War. Protesters aimed to bar prospective students from attending their interviews with Dow job recruiters by filling halls and overwhelming police officers there to maintain order. The demonstration began peacefully, but tensions between students, interviewees and law enforcement grew exponentially after attempted arrests and physical altercations ensued.

Police charged three protestors with disorderly conduct for blocking an interview entrance and put them under arrest. The students resisted and more protesters flooded the halls, prompting UW Police Department Chief Ralph Hanson to call every available officer to the scene. As the crowds grew, so did the threat of violence.

City officers arrived at the scene protected by helmets and armed with riot sticks. The threatening equipment insinuated an eventual confrontation, and as officers entered the building now filled with hundreds of additional students and demanded the protest cease, violence broke out.

Some demonstrators hurled rocks, sticks and pipes, among other objects, at officers, who responded by bludgeoning crowd members repeatedly with their riot sticks. After the demonstrationturned-battle moved outdoors, Madison Police Chief Wilbur Emery approved the use of tear gas to thin the crowds.

It was at this moment that Brotman, school supplies in tow, passed the Commerce Building.

And after witnessing police brutally apprehend her fellow classmates, Brotman was forever changed.

“It was a very powerful experience that lead me to be open to hearing alternative points of view about the war,” Brotman said. “I hadn’t been emotionally open to hearing those things prior to that moment. It changed me, it’s still very much with me in terms of trying to be active in the world.”

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first-hand the limits people were willing to push for justice, and wanted to learn more about the war that was driving people to such extremes.

Brotman’s biggest concern when she awoke that fateful day was her first undergraduate exam scheduled for the following morning.

But the day after the Dow demonstrations, she was among the more than 3,000 students who boycotted class to support protesters and demand the university permanently ban city police from campus.

The energy Brotman felt in 1967 as she marched down Library Mall, keen to learn more about the context of the war, still courses through her as she sits in the rear of UW classrooms today as a senior guest auditor.

“This university has had a major impact on my life, and being an auditor connects me to this place,” Brotman said. “[UW] turned me on to a passion for learning that’s never left me. As you can see, I’m still here.”

Brotman’s story is one of many shared by the grey-haired, bespectacled and soft-smiling UW senior auditors who are fueled by an insatiable appetite for knowledge. On campus and across Wisconsin at-large, unparalleled access to higher education is free to senior citizens, partially quenching their thirst and opening them up to topics that have arisen with changing times.

Freedom to explore In February 1905, UW President Charles Van Hise delivered an address to the Wisconsin Press Association in which he outlined his vision for the university’s legacy. Though the address predated the formal introduction of “The Wisconsin Idea,” his philosophies laid a clear groundwork for the school’s future.

language courses, to name a few.

But courses in history, religious studies, sociology and more are fully available to interested seniors. UW auditors may also freely access additional campus resources, including libraries and computer labs to round out their academic experience.

A senior guest auditor program is not unique to UW, but its financial model sets it apart from other Midwestern state schools.

Indiana state law requires its universities to offer classes to senior citizens at a 50 percent price reduction — which is discounted, but far from free.

Multiple Michigan colleges offer free or reduced-rate classes to senior citizens, but the state’s two biggest schools — Michigan State University and the University of Michigan — don’t have programs that offer classes to that demographic.

Iowa is home to two large research universities in the University of Iowa and Iowa State University, neither of which offer any discounts to senior citizens. In fact, the only Iowa school that does is Simpson College, a 1,250-student, liberal arts school which affords senior citizens the chance to take just one free, non-credit class per semester.

The privilege of attending classes for free at a school like UW — with its decorated teaching staff — is not lost on the auditors who take advantage of the opportunity.

Paul Baker is 63 and has lived in Madison since 1984. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in English literature from the University of Kentucky in 1977. In the time before he headed back to graduate school, he pursued jazz music as a drummer for five years, washing dishes and working odd jobs to help pay bills.

His future as a full-time musician didn’t pan out, so Baker re-

“For me, it’s a privilege to be on campus. This is one of the sacred places in the world where people come just for one thing — to teach and learn. These courses act as a prompt … It’s like sowing seeds in a garden — you don’t know when they’re going to [sprout], but they eventually will.”

- Paul Baker senior guest auditor

“The university is an institution devoted to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge,” Van Hise wrote. “The government of the state is devoted to formulating into written law and putting into practice this knowledge. I shall never be content until the beneficent influence of the University [sic] reaches every family of the state.”

Van Hise’s principles of inclusion and accessibility, adopted more than a century ago, were later reflected by Charles McCarthy in his landmark book, “The Wisconsin Idea.” McCarthy’s philosophies were nationally recognized for their progressive prowess and eventually became linked to UW’s commitment to public service.

The foundation constructed by the two is still at work today.

Wisconsin residents over the age of 60 are afforded free access to the majority of UW System courses, with the exception of classes characterized by high levels of activity. These generally include physical education, writing, math, performing arts, studio arts and

enrolled at UK and earned his Master’s in English literature in 1984 before moving to Madison for a career in communications within the UW School of Education. Before Baker’s retirement, his wife had audited history classes, and she encouraged him to do the same.

“I could tell when she came home she was all charged up, she wanted to talk about all she’d learned in class that day … She laid the groundwork for me,” Baker said.

For the last two years, Baker has taken a mix of history courses that play an integral role in his life. They’re mainly classes he wasn’t able to take as an undergraduate because they weren’t in-line with his academic path.

What’s more, he at times felt uninterested in his professional career, so the chance to re-engage with new material as he once did as a young college student feeds an appetite left unsatisfied for years.

“I’m just gorging, I feel like a kid in a candy story,” Baker said.

“It’s [all] very nourishing.”

Baker wouldn’t be able to interact with history in the way he does now were it not for the freedom to explore, guaranteed by the UW System class audit policy. He has no plans to stop taking classes — in fact, he’s loaded his schedule with four this semester.

With each class he takes, Baker said his appreciation for the program’s format grows. He’s not sure what classes he’ll take in the future, but he knows those he’s taking now will guide him there.

“For me, it’s a privilege to be on campus,” Baker said. “This is one of the sacred places in the world where people come just for one thing — to teach and learn. These courses act as a prompt …

It’s like sowing seeds in a garden — you don’t know when they’re going to [sprout], but they eventually will.”

From classrooms to careers Sixty-five-year-old Ron Luskin’s roots have been firmly planted in Madison since he was an undergraduate at UW in the early 1970s. After growing up two hours away in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he moved to the Isthmus where he majored in history and earned his Master’s in public administration.

Before retirement, his work within public relations, business development and fundraising worlds had ties to Madison and its improvement. While he’s technically retired, Luskin’s schedule doesn’t include daily tee times and early dinners.

Instead, Luskin has spent his retirement giving back to the community he knows all-too-well, working with Porchlight and The Beacon — both Madison-area homeless shelters and resource centers devoted to improving the quality of life for that demographic and eradicating homelessness in the region.

He also serves on the board of directors for Downtown Madison Inc., an entity which strives to enhance public transportation, foster economic development and improve quality of life in the downtown area.

If that wasn’t enough, he’s also involved with the Community Advisory Board for the Overture Center for the Arts, where he researches initiatives to boost board representation by recruiting people of lower socioeconomic means or people of color.

Volunteering his time in retirement is noble in and of itself, but Luskin felt he could be doing even more, so he’s been auditing classes for the past four years to compliment his non-profit work.

Namely, he’s studied the history of race in multiple contexts to better understand the systems of institutionalized racism and how they relate to widespread and deeply ingrained inequality. “[These classes] have been ways in which I’ve been able to better understand the experience of both African Americans as well as other people of color, and how the other elements of institutional racism evolved and unfortunately have been maintained over many years,” Luskin said. “History, for me, is like comfort food.”

His studies of the Atlantic African Diaspora, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction and race and ethnicity in the media have given him a toolkit of historical knowledge which he can reference to make informed decisions that benefit the non-profits he cares for.

Luskin said he knew that if he planned to devote himself to equity work, he wanted a solid base of contextual knowledge he hadn’t yet acquired — hence the four years of auditing.

“We all have opinions, and sometimes our opinions may or may not be formulated from substantive knowledge,” Luskin said. “So

for me, it was important if I was going to have a sense of purpose or pursue social justice work, I wanted to [do it based on] the new knowledge I was looking to acquire. As a leader, you have to drive one’s sense of purpose not out of subjectivity ... but out of objectivity, related to what substantive facts you have knowledge of to drive forward.”

Learning, for Luskin, is about more than curiosity and enjoyment. He’s chosen to capitalize on the university’s resources in a way that benefits the Madison community as much as it does himself. He’s even compiled a brief and easy-to-understand outline which enumerates the benefits of auditing classes for prospective senior citizens.

Even with 14 classes under his belt, Luskin’s eyes are set firmly on the horizon. He said his course record will continue to grow as he searches for the next topic to feed his academic addiction.

“To be able to go into class, listen to professors and see what’s happening relative to students and their learning — I enjoy that tremendously,” Luskin said. “The intellectual stimulation is somewhat addictive.”

The joy of learning Charlotte Thompson and Virginia Yamada have UW to thank for their newfound friendship. Thompson, 72, and Yamada, 75, became close friends after they repeatedly enrolled in the same classes.

Thompson, who grew up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, but has lived in Madison for the last 40 years, can’t always rely on the online course guide to build her semester schedule. She finds that, sometimes, the best place to choose a class is between the shelves of the University Bookstore. She’ll peruse the aisles, read textbook titles and make mental notes of the classes which correspond to the books she likes.

If that doesn’t do the trick, she knows her friend Virginia would enjoy her company, so they take the same classes.

“It’s great fun,” Thompson said. “We pretend we’re teenagers again. It’s an adventure. It becomes as much a social experience as it does a learning experience.”

The two often spend their time after class buying lunch from the food carts on Library Mall or finding a table at the University Club. By every measure, they’re as sweet as the cookies Thompson dug through her purse to retrieve after our interview, which she’d baked me beforehand. But connecting the two women beyond the classes that attracted them and the friendship that bonds them is their shared love of learning.

Thompson’s relationship with education had followed the common pattern before she embarked on a two-year journey to Chile to join the Peace Corps. She’d majored in art as an undergraduate at St. Olaf College, a small, liberal arts school in rural Minnesota. Following the Peace Corps, she planned to attend graduate school, where she’d study architecture and urban planning — eventually aiming to work on corporate design projects.

But her time in Chile exposed her to the realities of unequal wealth and resource distribution. The disparities she witnessed there while working on a self-help housing program showed her “how poverty really [is].” From that moment, she knew a career in corporate design wasn’t the kind of impactful work she felt responsible to undertake.

“I wasn’t going to come back and design banks, [so] I’ve worked for non-profit housing agencies ever since,” Thompson said.

The Peace Corps piqued her curiosity in an alternative career path, and she sees the classes she takes now as another valuable tool in determining what she wants to do next. Recently, she enrolled in a Chinese history class ahead of her trip to a country she knew little about. The course material, she said, made the visit “all the more meaningful.”

“It broadens my world. It’s the joy of learning. I may not remember it the next day, but it’s still fun to do.”

- Charlotte Thompson senior guest auditor

Most of her classes now are chosen out of curiosity, and while she may not have a distinct path lined up just yet, she’s deeply enjoying her time.

“It broadens my world,” Thompson said. “It’s the joy of learning.

I may not remember it the next day, but it’s still fun to do.”

Yamada is as much a world traveler as her friend Charlotte, and she uses UW courses as an abstract travel guide for her future adventures. She, like Thompson, took an Islamic art history course before her recent trip to Morocco which she said enhanced the experience in an unexpected way. She knew little about the subject prior, and the new cultural lens through which she saw the country connected her to its people.

While some choose classes for practical applications, Yamada isn’t ashamed to admit she’s simply enjoying the low-pressure atmosphere afforded to senior auditors.

“I can sit in class now and give full attention to the fact that I can just absorb all the lectures like a sponge,” Yamada said. “I’m not worried about tests, discussions, timeframes, time limits. I get to choose which class I’m interested in — it makes a whole lot of difference. I sit back, relax and just listen.”

Accompanying the privilege of attending classes for free, however, is the reality that time can be fleeting for people of Yamada’s age. While their schedules may be less constrained by a nine-to-five, they simply can’t do as much as they used to.

But time in the classroom is an activity Yamada can both partake in and enjoy.

“Time is getting a little shorter than it was when I was 18, 19 years old,” Yamada said. “There are some things you realize you can’t do that you used to be able to do, and maybe you can escape that through learning.”

Whether it’s to reconnect with the university that changed their life, to absorb complex societal concepts which weren’t taught when they were undergraduates, or to spend time with a new friend in a unique history class, UW’s senior auditors are capitalizing on the fortunes of knowledge at their immediate disposal.

And for Yamada, after nine years of classes, she has no plans to stop.

“Do we ever stop learning? I don’t think so.”

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Wisconsin should follow the money toward clean, renewable energy Clean energy less expensive than coal, would create valuable surplus of jobs, among other benefits for Wisconsinites

by Adam Ramer Columnist

A new report co-written by energy policy think tank Energy Innovation and Vibrant Clean Energy found that completely pivoting to solar and renewable energy is around 25 percent cheaper than continuing to use and depend on coal. The country is at a “cost crossover” or, more plainly, entering a crossroads where the operating and continual costs of relying on coal are more expensive than the ever-decreasing cost of solar and renewable energy, the report said.

Within Wisconsin, five coal-powered plants cost more to operate than renewable energy costs, and by 2025, two more plants will pass the same threshold. In general, fossil fuels in Wisconsin cost the state around $14.4 billion, according to a study by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Slowly, towns and cities throughout the state are starting to invest more in these alternatives due to their lower cost and net-positive environmental impacts.

The University of Wisconsin has set carbon neutrality goals for the coming decades, which is an ambitious effort coupled by a far-off goal of 2050. Madison proposed two years ago a plan to adopt a completely renewable energy system by 2030. Both initiatives point to the possibility of change on the horizon.

To date, Wisconsin has adopted an adhoc approach to dealing with fossil fuels and the increased opportunity to focus on renewable sources.

But that is not enough.

For a long time, many opponents of renewable energy hid their climate denial behind a veneer of purported fiscal responsibility. But now, there is absolutely no reason or excuse for why any state and any city shouldn’t make strides for a full and absolute transition away from fossil fuels.

Both in economic and environmental terms, a full and absolute transition to renewable energy sources is the best thing for the state of Wisconsin.

From an economic perspective, moving away from coal is in the best interest of the state. As for the billions of dollars spent on fossil fuels, many of it is going to other states, who ship and distribute these dirty energy sources into the state from across the country. And since Wisconsin is so reliant on out-of-state methods of these energy sources, pursuing in-state renewable energy projects could have astounding annual effects for Wisconsin.

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Photo · Transition to 100 percent renewable energy would not only create jobs for Wisconsinites and help the environment, but also show that Wisconsin is willing to take a stand on climate change issues.

Ella Guo The Badger Herald Over an estimated $500 million in annual tax revenue could be made by this switch. Additionally, this switch would mean statewide development, installation, construction, maintenance and management jobs. Some estimates suggest there could be double the amount of energy-related jobs currently within the state, boosting the total to around 162,000 positions.

Additionally, clean energy sources are dropping in price and becoming more affordable to use. In recent years, the price of solar energy has dropped over 65 percent, and wind energy prices have dropped 15 percent. The trend points toward a continual drop in renewable energy, and pursuing

a full transition aligns with a forward thinking economic policy, while also serving the best interests of our environment.

There’s no question that fossil fuels and non-clean energy sources pose a dangerous and existential threat to the health of our world’s climate and to the lives of those who work with them.

President Donald Trump often pontificates on the idea of “clean coal” — an absurd and crazy thought. Using coal as an energy source is remarkably harmful to the environment and its inhabitants. Those who work in coal mines and plants report respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Mining and refining coal is extremely

dangerous. The pollutants from coal wreak havoc on the surrounding communities, ruining the soil, causing smog and spewing dangerous metals like mercury, arsenic and lead into the air.

The transition to clean energy serves the interests of every Wisconsinite. Pursuing a transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy gives Wisconsin an opportunity to not only create jobs for thousands of families, but also put our state on the map by taking a bold stance in tackling climate change.

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

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Model legislation does not truly represent people of Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s laws should not be vehicles for politicians to create reputations without advocating for needs of constituents

by Ethan Carpenter Columnist

In 2017 of October, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents passed a policy on free speech with the alleged purpose of protecting freedom of expression on campus. The main concern seemed to be protecting students from themselves, mandating increasingly harsh punishments for students who “disrupt” others’ speech, with expulsion being mandatory on the third offense. While its provisions protecting speakers from protest were ironclad, its protection for protestors left something to be desired. It didn’t have any.

Professor Howard Schweber, a member of the University of Wisconsin’s political science department and a specialist in constitutional law, gave a talk that highlighted the policy’s flaws — specifically pointing to the language being overly broad.

The policy itself was preemptive of another bill introduced to the state legislator

by Wisconsin House Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, with identical provisions forcing the university to punish and expel protestors and an identical goal — protect speakers from student dissent. While Vos’ bill never passed, its message reached the Regents loud and clear — students should shut up and listen, not stand up or speak out.

To all wondering where Vos got the idea, a recent exposé created in collaboration with the Arizona Republic, the Center for Public Integrity and USA Today has the answer.

A March 2017 email from Vos requested that a law be “drafted as written,” attaching a copy of the Campus Free Speech Act, a piece of model legislation written by the conservative Goldwater Institute. The model bill has nearidentical provisions to a proposal from another conservative think-tank, American Legislative Exchange Council.

Did the Speaker ask university administrators, groups on all sides of the dispute, students and locals what they think? Why bother, when he can get all his important decisions made about 1,700 miles away in Arizona? Why ask when it’s as easy as “draft as written?”

Vos’ copy-pasted malpractice is a symptom of a larger problem — at least 10,000 bills introduced in the past eight years were almost completely copied from model legislation. Of these, around 2,100 were signed into law — and the most effective users of model templates in legislating are conservatives and large business interests.

The problem, however, is not that model legislation exists — as long as the substance of American laws and their wording are clear and public, anyone can write a model bill. The crisis of the legislative-industrial complex is a moral one: our statehouse and state Senate are brimming with rubber-stamps for out-of-state think-tanks’ salvos in a mass-media culture

Photo · Model legislation gives think tanks, single-interest groups and corporations power over state legislation, which cheats voters of representation by their elected official.

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war. The law, ideally a tool for promoting a just, prosperous Wisconsin, is instead a thumbscrew to keep power.

The Campus Free Speech policy addresses a nonexistent problem — the Campus Climate Survey shows conservative students as more comfortable expressing their political opinions in a student environment than their other peers. But the current Republican party can profit by furthering an empty narrative of leftist dominance on college campuses and use that as a pretext to crack down on protest. When their ideology makes no distinction between the University of California-Berkeley and UW, why should their policy?

These representatives and senators have a nationalized ideology, where any state or district is interchangeable. Rep. Dave Murphy does not address Greenville, Wisconsin’s needs when he grouses about the UW course syllabus he misreads. He addresses only the fear that somewhere in the state, there is a place where his party’s narrative is not dominant.

Model legislation is making it harder to sue abusive businesses in the name of being “probusiness.” The “victim’s rights” campaign of the bipartisan Marsy’s Law undermines due process in our already over-carceral justice system is just another symptom of politics placing narratives over people.

The lawmakers thoughtlessly signing off on these bills do not know what they want to do. Rather, they know who they want to be.

They want to be “pro-business,” they want to “support crime victims,” and they are offered a way to show that by groups with narrow interests and concrete proposals to back their glittering generalities. Our laws are not vehicles for their ideas. They have no ideas save what their committees give them. Our laws are vehicles for their vague notion of self.

The solution is in front of us. When the voters no longer tolerate this behavior, it will change. Outrage is the best tool to move the people to the polls — the Democrats’ outrage at former Gov. Scott Walker’s flagrant corruption won them the state’s executive branch, the Republicans’ outrage at that loss and their desire to cement control over the judiciary put Judge Brian Hagedorn on the Supreme Court.

When a candidate thinks our needs can be addressed via fill-in-the-blank, when we are told about a glowing, fuzzy picture and not about our needs being met, we are being treated outrageously. We must remember that we deserve better.

Ethan Carpenter (emcarpenter2@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science.

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A year in review for UW’s political organizations College Republicans: Reflecting on a year of accomplishment

College Democrats: Looking forward to continued success

As I sit here reflecting on my final year as a College Republican, I am reminded by how proud I am to be a part of this organization. I joined this club when I was a freshman, and four years later, I can honestly say joining was the best decision I made in college. I would not be where I am today without this organization. I made some of my best friends through attending meetings, social events, and trips. I would not trade my experience as a member of College Republicans for the world.

This year in particular I have been extremely impressed with my peers. This year has been difficult. Despite losing leadership positions in Wisconsin, we still have control over the legislative body, allowing us to help ensure Gov. Evers does not destroy what we’ve built. With record-low unemployment, and other indicators of the strength of Wisconsin, it came as a shock to us all that Gov. Walker lost. But we cannot do anything to change the past. All we can do is look towards the future.

In my four years as a College Republican, conservatives always had complete control of the leadership in state government. I never realized how fortunate we were and how many opportunities we received as a result, until we suddenly lost them. I was worried that we, as a party and a college organization, were going to crumble. I wasn’t sure how we were going to proceed from the losses in November. But as a party, we were able to come together and persevere.

Recently, we managed to win a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, a surprise to many. This victory reaffirmed the Republican Party’s strength. It also has reaffirmed the fact that despite who won in November, Wisconsin is nowhere close to becoming a blue state.

It is a solid swing state — one that will be a battleground in the 2020 election. I am proud that we were able to unite and work together to defeat Judge Lisa Neubauer. This victory has helped reignite our party as we move into the 2020 election year, a year that will be extremely important to not only retain the presidency, but also to retain the Senate, and hopefully take back the House.

As a college organization, we continued

The College Democrats at UW-Madison have had a great year. We revere progressive values such as unity, inclusion and equal opportunity.

We believe healthcare is a right, no human is illegal, every woman should have the right to choose, climate change is real and everybody deserves the chance to succeed in life. We work hard to promote these values and elect leaders who will defend them, and this past year has shown our commitment to doing so.

We started off strong by restoring Democratic control to all five statewide constitutional offices in the State Capitol. Young people, including college students, made the difference during the fall elections. College students around Wisconsin, and especially at the University of Wisconsin, worked tirelessly knocking on doors, making phone calls and sending text messages in support of our amazing candidates. These candidates came to our campus because they recognized how important students are to their electoral success.

Our events included a pancake breakfast with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a Packer game watch party with Gov. Tony Evers, pumpkin decorating with Attorney General Josh Kaul and ice cream at Memorial Union with Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes. It’s critical that young voices are heard and prioritized, and we’re excited to see these candidates representing Wisconsin students moving forward.

When we elected Gov. Evers, we finally ended Gov. Scott Walker’s unpopular and detrimental reign. With the leadership of Gov. Evers, Wisconsin will be able to provide healthcare to thousands of residents who have gone without because of Walker’s refusal to accept federal funds to expand Wisconsin’s Medicaid program.

Our polka-loving progressive governor will restore Wisconsin’s education system to its former glory, create jobs for Wisconsin’s middle class and fix our state’s crumbling infrastructure.

We have also seen a surge in women’s leadership both locally and in the state legislature. Women make up nearly half of the Assembly Democratic Caucus and the Eighth District of the Madison Common Council elected the first woman to hold the seat since 1992. Our endorsee, Avra Reddy, is a progressive champion and will bring the values that College Democrats promote to create change in our city. We also helped make history and elect Madison’s first

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to grow. We held numerous social events, including a State of the Union Watch Party and attending a Brewers Game. We also had countless speakers, such as Sen. Dale Kooyenga, Speaker Robin Vos and former Gov. Tommy Thompson. We had events including the debate with the College Democrats and an Internship/Career Fair where students were able to learn what political opportunities are available to them currently and upon graduation.

This semester proved that, as an organization, we are anything but diminished. In fact, the losses in November strengthened College Republicans. Students realized the importance of volunteering and advocating for Republican candidates.

November was a wake-up call for all of us and instead of hitting snooze, we have jumped at the opportunity to get involved.

This year has been one of learning and rebuilding, and I am extremely proud to have been a part of it.

Looking forward to next year, it is wimportant we remember what it felt like to lose in November and win in April. With 18 Democrats currently vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, it is clear they will stop at nothing to take back control. It is vitally important we come together as a party to stop the Democrats from ruining our strong economy.

My parting advice as a senior to all College Republicans is that you have the power to make a difference. The youth vote is an incredibly important one. Defy the stereotype and advocate for conservatives. Don’t be afraid to speak up in class, because it is very likely two seats down from you, there is a fellow conservative too afraid to let their voice be heard. There are more College Republicans out there than you think. And to my friends on the other side of the aisle, please feel free to reach out. Start a conversation — let’s have a discussion. That’s how we, as Americans will continue moving forward.

Kennedy Borman (kborman2@wisc.edu) is a graduating senior studying Political Science. She is also the vice chair of College Republicans.

LGBT female mayor, Satya Rhodes-Conway.

Our members campaigned hard to bring representation to Madison, and we’re happy to see these efforts pay off.

This year we have strengthened our coalition of like-minded people, progressive warriors and change seekers — our College Democrats. We don’t have an “offseason.” Even after elections are over and ballots are counted, we are still working hard to create progressive change in our state. We have met with legislators, community leaders and our peers from other College Democrats chapters in order to continue learning and growing.

Our membership has been connected to internship and volunteer opportunities with state Legislature offices, nonprofit organizations and advocacy groups. We have also cosponsored events on campus this year with other organizations, building relationships while promoting events to increase student engagement in democratic politics.

While we’ve been working hard, we’ve also formed strong relationships within our members through the host of other events we’ve held this year. In October, we hosted an Early Vote Slumber Party and all voted together the following morning. For International Women’s Day, we hosted a panel of women in office who shared the ways in which it has impacted their careers. Finally, we’ve ended the year with events like “Professional Development and Resume Workshop” and “2020 Trivia Night.”

We’re happy to hold events like these and form stronger relationships within the organization.

We’ve had an impressive year, building membership and riding the blue wave of our 2018 victories. We look forward to building on our successful year while gearing up for the coming elections in 2020, as we continue advocating for progressive values. We can’t wait to see what this upcoming year will hold for us, and we’d love to have you be a part of the movement.

Eliana Locke (elocke2@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science. Claudia Koechell (ckoechell@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in political science and history. They are the Chair and Vice Chair of the College Democrats of UW-Madison, respectively.

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Civics classes are not sole answer to increasing voter turnout Focusing on civics education alone distracts from the social, economic contexts of political participation which deserve attention

by Sam Palmer Columnist

To most high school students, civics class means a chance to daydream through some positively arid lectures on the finer points of American governmental structure. To researchers at the University of Wisconsin, however, it might mean a key to increasing political participation. The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism recently laid out this case in its interview with the author of a 2005-2009 study which suggested that students who received a high-quality civics education were more likely to vote in subsequent elections.

While Wisconsin integrates some civics knowledge into its social studies curriculum, unlike most other states it does not require a stand-alone civics class. As the study’s author said, “the time may be ripe to start [the] conversation” about how a dedicated civics course could increase political participation.

The case laid out in the study is simple.

Better civics education leads to more participation in elections. End of story.

The purpose of civics or the meaning of political participation in American society is not interrogated. It is assumed that these vague concepts are palatable to and desired by everyone. Let’s not accept that at face value however — let’s think about what these things mean in America.

My contention is that focusing on civics education leads one to miss entirely the economic, social and political context of “political participation.”

As many a cynical high schooler has noted, the civics class is really about teaching you to conform, man. And though adults don’t often like to admit it, sometimes cynical teenagers are on to something. It isn’t that civics classes mold kids into automatons. It’s that civics classes represent the last chance for the liberal democratic state to directly make the case for its own legitimacy. Mandatory political education is the final time citizens will be forced to sit down and listen to a description of American political structures in what even the teachers acknowledge is a transparent attempt to make them care.

It is interesting that this step even needs to be taken. One would think that if our democracy is so worthy its value ought to be self-evident. Apparently not, though.

The path from civics education to voting is as straight as an arrow, according to the researchers. In the more traditional classes, students learn about the formal

Photo · Civics classes often teach how government is supposed to work, but ignore the reality of America’s current and complicated political environment.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald structures of government and how they work on paper. In the more modern courses, students are encouraged to engage in “rich discussions about controversial political issues.” The purpose of the latter curriculum appears to be cajoling kids into seeing political discussion as worthwhile in and of itself. Evidently, allowing students to decide on their own whether electoral participation will change their lives for the better is too crass. Or perhaps, too risky.

The civics teacher and their backers are indeed facing an uphill battle. In a longstanding American trend, more people did not vote in the 2016 presidential election than voted for the winning candidate. The demographics of those that do not vote skew hard towards the poor,

the non-white and the young. Those are the people civics education is supposed to reach. Is it that they’re uneducated or that they see something the rest of us don’t?

Frankly, using civics education as a lever for increasing electoral participation is putting a Band-Aid over the chest wound of American civil society. It is to dismiss out of hand the notion that white and rich people have an iron grip on the direction of this country. Or worse, it is to acknowledge those problems and take the vulgar stance that a 20 percent bump in voter turnout would fix it all. I have no doubt that someone will reply to this article saying “the only way to change things is to vote, see!” I don’t want to get into it here, future Concerned Reader, but you’re wrong.

So if we expanded our civics curriculum in Wisconsin, kids would spend more time learning about how our government and our society are supposed to work. But almost everyone who has held a job or read the news in the last decade or so feels at least some cognitive dissonance with those myths. After a while, how many people still believe what they were taught in high school civics?

That’s the question we should be talking about. But who cares, as long as people vote, right?

Sam Palmer (spalmer4@wisc.edu) is a recent graduate with a degree in biology.

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Football: Last year’s top receivers return as quarterback battle rages on Coan, Mertz continue to compete for quarterback job as both players gel with experienced receiving corps returning all starters from 2018

by Ben Kenney Staff Writer

This week’s Wisconsin football spring preview shifts focus to the wide receiver unit and the position everyone is talking about: the quarterbacks.

Plenty of storylines can be written about why Head Coach Paul Chryst’s team struggled a year ago. One such reason is the significant drop-off in the passing game.

The 2017 Badgers went 13-1, averaged 192 yards through the air and almost two passing touchdowns per game with a completion rate of 62.8 percent.

The 2018 Badger offense — a unit which returned almost everybody from the previous year minus tight end Troy Fumagalli — only averaged 158 yards through the air and 1.5 passing touchdowns per game with a completion rate below 59 percent.

These statistics came with ex-Badger Alex Hornibrook under center a majority of the time.

But now Hornibrook’s time at Wisconsin is over and the Badgers will look to adjust in more ways than one.

Yes, it was a three-year stretch full of a lot of winning, the highest winning percentage of all time for a Badger quarterback to be specific. But it was a three-year stretch leaving Badger fans wanting more, and wondering how far the team would’ve gone had someone else been under center.

Here’s who will take the helm heading into the 2019 season. Spoiler: the answer may surprise you.

Quarterbacks This offseason marks the first season since 2016 — a year which saw Hornibrook take over for then-senior Bart Houston — where there are questions about who will lead the team under center during the spring practice session.

Spring can be a time where depth charts start to get filled and the projected starters at various positions begin to gain experience with the firstteam offense and defense.

But Chryst has said several times that the quarterbacks on the roster will share reps during these spring practices.

“There aren’t depth charts in the spring,” Chryst said.

Quarterbacks on the spring roster include junior Jack Coan —who started four games a year ago — redshirt freshman Chase Wolf, redshirt sophomore Danny Vanden Boom — who played in three games a year ago — and true freshman Graham Mertz.

Many Badger fans expected Mertz — the 2018 Gatorade Kansas state football player of the year — to win the starting job outright as soon as he signed with the Badgers as Mertz quickly showed why he was the No. 5 quarterback in the 2019 recruiting class.

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old true freshman — someone who is young enough to still be in high school — be ready to start at a high-level program like Wisconsin as soon as he arrives on campus.

Especially in an athletic program where it’s rare to see a true freshman anywhere.

Though, Mertz has looked impressive at times during the spring practices and throws one of the

“I definitely feel more comfortable coming into this year,” Coan said. “I feel like you get more comfortable as you get more playing experience.”

While Coan doesn’t throw a deep ball close to the level of Mertz, he has looked comfortable under center and has looked more refined passing-wise than he did a year ago.

Additionally, Coan is the most athletic of the

Photo · Competition for the starting quarterback job is alive and well, but it may be Jack Coan’s to lose come fall Dane Sheehan The Badger Herald cleanest and most accurate deep balls Wisconsin has had at the quarterback position in quite some time.

At other times, however, he has looked his age.

Mertz has sometimes had trouble with the fastclosing throwing windows which come with the speed of the college game.

The quarterback who has looked best this spring is Coan.

Coan took over for Hornibrook a year ago when the starting quarterback was sidelined with a concussion. While Coan didn’t overly impress during his four starts — throwing for 515 yards, five touchdowns, three interceptions and a completion percentage of 60 — the playing time gave him valuable experience coming into the 2019 season.

quarterbacks on the roster and has shown an ability to be mobile and pick up yards with his legs, something Hornibrook and various Wisconsin quarterbacks in the past were not able to do very well.

Quarterbacks Coach Jon Budmayr has liked what he’s seen overall out of the quarterback room thus far this spring.

“They’re competing,” Budmayr said. “They want to be the best them. Jack certainly has the most experience of the group and I’ve loved his approach. Graham, he doesn’t have to think too much when he throws. He’s an accurate passer and the ball goes where he wants it to go. Now it’s just a matter of adjusting to some of the speed, some of the windows that get a little bit tighter at this level.”

While Coan has taken many of the first-team reps during spring practice scrimmages, he has mentioned the relationships the quarterbacks are building as the spring has progressed.

“I feel like we all have a good relationship in our room,” Coan said. “We all bounce ideas off each other and ask questions to each other. It’s always open communication.”

My guess as to who will be under center when the Badgers open their season against South Florida August 30 is Coan. But, Mertz could be close to the job depending on how he progresses this summer and how Coan performs early in the season.

Wide Receivers The wide receiver unit returns all of their talents from a year ago.

The projected starters at the position are senior A.J. Taylor — the team leader in receiving yards a year ago — junior Danny Davis and redshirt junior Kendric Pryor.

What will be important this spring and summer is how the quarterbacks mesh with the receivers and whether the offense can find the vertical passing game it lacked a year ago.

Taylor has looked impressive during the spring session as the No. 1 option for whoever is under center.

He and Mertz have connected on some impressive deep balls in individual drills and Taylor has shown an ability to consistently separate from defenders during full-squad scrimmages. He should benefit immensely from Coan or Mertz — both more refined passers than Hornibrook — under center this season.

Davis, unlike Taylor, has been sidelined a bit this spring. He will look to build upon the rapport he had with Coan last year where he was his No. 1 option during Coan’s time under center.

The trio of Taylor, Davis and Pryor should make the eventual quarterback’s job easier and should help bring the passing game back to where it was in 2017.

The one struggle for this receiving corps is not knowing who will be under center. Focusing and adjusting to multiple options during spring and summer practices could prove deflating compared to the teams that focus on one quarterback and his relationships to his receivers alone.

Other names to watch at the position as the season approaches are redshirt junior Jack Dunn, sophomore Aaron Cruickshank, redshirt junior Adam Krumholz and redshirt freshman Taj Mustapha.

All four have contributed in the past and will be valuable depth pieces to the receiving core.

The final spring position preview will feature the specialists — minus the missed field goals of Rafael Gaglianone — and tight ends.

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Forward Madison FC: Flamingos looking forward to first home opener After notching inaugural franchise win, Forward Madison FC welcomes Greenville Triumph to Breese Stevens Field

by Harrison Freuck Staff Writer

The Forward Madison FC Flamingos (1-20) mounted an impressive comeback victory against Orlando City B (0-3-1) Friday night in the Flamingos’ first win in franchise history.

After an impressive showing in a scrimmage Tuesday night against the University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team at Breese Stevens Field, the Flamingos were able to get on the scoreboard for the first time ever and hold on for the win over the Badgers.

With the win Friday, the team got their first real taste of victory — accentuated by their first home field appearance — after several wins in pre-season scrimmages.

In both of the Flamingos first two regular season games, the team lost by a score of 1–0, including a heartbreaking loss in extra-time to North Texas SC April 13.

The Flamingos came out the gates firing away versus Orlando, looking like they were on the verge of scoring quickly. The best opportunity came from Josiel Núñez, who was able to get off a shot just wide of the post during the 16th-minute

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of play after escaping a jersey tug by a defender.

Unfortunately, Forward Madison FC fell to a 1–0 deficit after a foul in the Forward Madison 18-yard box resulted in a penalty kick conversion

by Orlando’s Koby Osei-Wusu.

The goal from Orlando was the Flamingo’s second penalty kick goal allowed in two games.

After trailing at the half, the Flamingos showed what separates them from the rest of their opponents — grit. A game-changing save by goalkeeper Ryan Coulter on a breakaway by Orlando striker Luc Granitur in the 52nd minute turned the tides in favor of Forward Madison.

To follow, in the 58th minute, Núñez made history by scoring the first goal in Forward Madison regular season history.

With defenders closing in on him, Núñez took a shot off the inside of his right foot. The ball curled away from the Orlando goalkeeper, who reached out an arm but was only able to graze the ball with his fingertips as the ball came to rest in the back of the net. The game was tied at one all.

Then, in the 70th minute, Núñez took a free kick from just outside the penalty area. He put a nasty curve on the ball, but the shot just missed and bounced off the left post near a diving

goalkeeper. The rebound traveled to Flamingo defender Shaun Russell, who took advantage of the spin that directed the ball right to him and knocked it in for a 2–1 Madison lead.

After two Don Smart yellow cards resulted in a red card for Madison in the 81st minute, the short-handed Flamingos managed to hold off Orlando in the remainder of regulation and five minutes of stoppage time.

Forward Madison secured their first franchise win, taking the weight off of their shoulders as they return to Wisconsin for their inaugural home opener of the regular season at Breese Stevens Field. The win also puts Forward Madison in a tie for 7th place in USL-League One. During post-game interviews after a homeopening win against the Wisconsin Badgers Tuesday night, forward Brian Bement expressed the excitement building up inside him and his fellow teammates as they awaited their first home game of the regular season at Breese Stevens Field April 27, when they take on Greenville Triumph SC. “Myself and the other guys are buzzing for the regular season to come back here,” Bement said.

“This was incredible and I can’t even imagine

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how incredible it will be next weekend.”

Greenville Triumph SC will prove to be a tough battle for Forward Madison, as they won two straight matches before falling on Saturday.

Of these two wins, one comes against Lansing — who is tied for second place in USL-League One — and Chattanooga, who beat Forward Madison in the first game of the season.

Greenville’s Jake Keegan leads the team this season with two goals, having scored one in each of the team’s two wins. Gómez has assisted on both of those goals, putting him in the lead with two assists on the season for Greenville.

A limited number of tickets for the home opener are still available online, but the majority of the seats have already been filled thanks to the already dedicated Forward Madison fanbase nicknamed “The Flock.”

Breese Stevens Field — which is projected to be nearly done with construction on time for the weekend — will be a loud and rowdy environment, hopefully giving the Flamingos enough energy and support to come away with a win. The game will take place Saturday, April 27, with kickoff scheduled to take place at 7 p.m.

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Softball: Young Badger players look to leave their impact on program True freshmen Ally Miklesh, Jolie Fish detail their transitions to Division I softball, their expectations for their careers as Badgers

by Jessie Gutschow Staff Writer

The 2019 University of Wisconsin softball team (31-8, 8-5 Big Ten) has already had an outstanding, record-breaking season that’s put Madison back on the map within the NCAA softball world.

As worry from fans grew after last year’s team lost so much of its leadership and seniority, within the program, a quiet, calm confidence began to grow.

This belief grew not only in the leadership that emerged from new upperclassmen but in the trust Head Coach Yvette Healy had in her incoming young core of freshmen and sophomores.

As a whole, Wisconsin athletic teams are not ones where fans can expect to see a lot of true freshman or underclassmen take the court or field. The idea of earning your spot and training under a leading scorer has always been the mentality of Wisconsin athletics.

But Healy’s lineup seems to break from that norm as she consistently starts two true freshman and three sophomores in her regular lineup.

The young Badger team made their presence known in the opening tournaments of the season where they posted a 17–2 record that included upsets over then No. 9 Texas and No. 15 Arizona State.

Ever since their opening tournaments and since entering Big Ten play, this young core’s firepower has only intensified, and their confidence continues to grow.

Much of this young core’s success falls onto the shoulders of freshmen Ally Miklesh and Jolie Fish.

Miklesh is a true freshman center fielder from Stevens Point Area High School in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She routinely finds herself in center field due to her canon of an arm, speed to burn and unwavering will to win.

During her high school career, Miklesh led the Wisconsin Valley Conference in hits, batting average, runs scored, stolen bases and triples in 2017. Goodman Diamond is also a familiar place for the center fielder, as she led her high school team to two state appearances and one state title in 2016 — she regularly attended camps to catch the eyes of the Badger coaching staff.

Though Miklesh found success in high school, the transition to Division One softball can cause trouble for incoming freshmen.

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that helps her a lot that she really knew our offense and our defense coming in.”

Miklesh said the philosophy that sometimes grit and hustle outweigh talent was one thing she took from her high school career into her Badger career. Coming from and in-state high school also meant a lot to the transition and passion Miklesh carries with her each game.

“I just really want to be a part of this team,” Miklesh said.

As a Badger, Miklesh has posted a .289 batting average with 26 hits in 90 plate appearances. She currently has the fifthbest batting average on the team and has outperformed many of her seasoned teammates as she acts as the turnover in the lineup, batting ninth.

“My personal goals are just keep producing, keep turning over for the top of the lineup and doing my job,” Miklesh said.

“I really think the sky’s the limit for this team.”

Humility radiates from Miklesh when you meet her but in the field, she takes no prisoners. She does not hold back, she does not stutter and she credits many of her characteristics to her coaching staff at Wisconsin, especially the coaches who have helped develop her as a contact hitter.

Miklesh also sports an impressive .333 slugging percentage and a nearly perfect .947 fielding percentage. But while her talent is undeniable, Miklesh isn’t the only freshman Wisconsin has up its sleeve.

Fish is a true freshman from Carl Albert High School in Oklahoma. There, Fish was a part of four state-qualifying teams and stole more bases than any of her teammates for four years straight. As a junior, she was named AllDistrict Offensive Player of the Year.

“Jolie has speed, power, and athleticism,” Healy said. “She can hit for average and put the ball over the fence.”

As a Badger, Fish has already notched a home run under her belt and has a respectable .245 batting average with 23 hits in 94 plate appearances.

Along with being a freshman and going through the transition of high school to Division I softball, Fish has also had to make a position adjustment due to a change in rotation to make up for a hand injury to senior catcher Melanie Cross.

Due to Cross’s injury, sophomore Taylor Johnson has taken over behind the plate for the Badgers which moves Fish from a comfortable middle infielder position to the hot corner of third base.

“She’s got double the learning curve because

Photo · A humble but confident Ally Miklesh looks poised to assert herself as a cornerstone of Wisconsin softball for the next several years.

Daniel Yun The Badger Herald she played second base and then had to switch over with the injury to Mel Cross to play third,” Healy said. “She’s just up for learning and she’s a kid that doesn’t get down on herself.”

But, making that transition to third and earning a starting sport off of injury didn’t change the mentality that Fish brought to Wisconsin.

“I just wanted to come in and make an impact,” Fish said. “Growing up in Oklahoma, I always saw teams coming and playing in the world series, and I always knew I was going to come back and win a world series with this team.”

Fish currently has nine RBIs as a Badger and had an impressive showing against Iowa where she tallied three hits — two of which brought runs home.

Most impressive, Fish has posted a .955 fielding percentage even after her position transition.

Both Miklesh and Fish are extremely humble even amidst great success and contribution to the winning Wisconsin softball team. Both freshmen have stepped up tremendously to fill the shoes of the players who came before them.

Wisconsin has three other freshman — Tyra Turner, Savanna Rainy and pitcher Maddie Schwartz.

Schwartz holds a 1.38 ERA on 18 appearances for the Badgers. Turner is a reliable pinch runner and outfielder when called upon and had totaled seven stolen bases on the season.

After losing Cross to injury, the Badgers have only two contributing seniors in Kelly Welsh and Stephanie Lombardo in the usual lineup.

As both are major contributors, Welsh and Lombardo’s shoes will have to be filled by the underclassmen and future freshmen to come.

It truly is an exciting time to be a Badger — as the true freshman athlete is being redefined

by Wisconsin softball, Fish and Miklesh are setting the bar high for those to come. What a freshman is expected to accomplish to be a part of the Badger program grows every day as Fish and Miklesh improve.

While the next four years hold a lot of questions and variables that could influence the Badger softball program, it is clear that Miklesh and Fish are ready to lead the way.

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True meaning of Mifflin unites all Who’s to say if Mifflin is greatest event of all, the debate rages on

by Angela Peterson ArtsEtc. Editor

As some students traveled home to be with their families or dined in the festive halls of Gordon Dining & Event Center to celebrate the spring holiday season, many more students neglected to celebrate these holidays to prepare for the most sacred day of the year, the Mifflin Street Block Party Indeed, a sense of festivity is already in the air for this most drunken of occasions.

Wreaths made of Naturdays cans can be seen on almost every Witte door, with garlands of red solo cups strewn between the blocks of State Street. ”Mifflin is the one culturally unifying holiday we have,” one student said. “I know that the person sitting next to me in geography class might not have the same traditions as me, but we both certainly love wandering into a bunch of different living rooms of houses we’ve never been to before wondering where the beer is.”

While some may define this tradition as breaking and entering, devout ‘Mifflinites’ see this as a form of festive caroling.

Inevitably, someone is going to sing along to “Africa” by Toto somewhere with the same harmony they learned in their high school a cappella group. That’s certainly caroling.

Also, look Wisconsin a cappella groups! We spelled a cappella with two “p’s” and two “l’s.”

Aren’t you proud of us?Sales records from Fresh Madison Market indicate beer sales escalated far past sales for their reasonably priced hot bar throughout the weekend.

Eye witnesses reported seeing tears running down the cheeks of shoppers when the last 40 pack of Natural Light left the premises, as if by flight. Even Triangle Market, the superior grocery store of the Madison metropolitan area, noted a significant downturn in shoppers due to their lack of alcohol sales.

In kitchens across overpriced apartments and communal dorm floors, several people observed the preparation of a traditional Mifflin feast. Consisting of a family sized bag of Doritos, a lukewarm pizza from the Domino’s on Gorham and whatever sad amount of mixer that is left over from drinking shots of peach Svedka, the meal stands for all pillars of the holiday and instills communal blessings to all who take part in the feast.

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Mifflin feast. ”I mean come on, I just spent my whole weekend with my family celebrating our cultural traditions and that’s cool and all, but now I’m really behind on practicing my chugging skills for Mifflin,” one student said. “My team needs to win flip cup this year, I have a lot riding on it.”

The “flip cup,” as some ‘Mifflinites’ call it, is probably the most important thing involving cups in the month of April, nay, the calendar year.

Participants in this ritual spend weeks perfecting the trajectory of their Solo cups to win the privileges afforded to those deemed superior at the festival’s main event.

“It’s just us all letting out our inner horse girls and going ‘oooh pretty pony’ when we see ten police officers mounted atop majestic horses.”

Despite the fun and games, many often lose sight of the true meaning of Mifflin. While many think it is about getting as drunk as possible without getting a drinking ticket or being arrested, the true meaning lies within our hearts. Really, it’s just us all letting out our inner horse girls and going “oooh pretty pony” when we see ten police officers mounted atop majestic horses.

Some may still voice dismay of the erasure of thousands of years of cultural celebrations, but the bud of Mifflin spirit warms even the coldest of hearts. ”I get that Mifflin is fun, but there literally were so many important cultural holidays that could have been celebrated this weekend,” another student said. “We really need to consider what’s import — OK, yes, I know I can chug that can of Hamm’s faster than you and I’ll prove it right now.”

Until Saturday rolls around, remember to put all your laundry quarters under your pillow so the Mifflin Bunny can award you with supreme inebriation and newfound skills at baggo and darts.

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