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From extreme weather to a tight Supreme Court race and an all-female school board, Madison and the state of Wisconsin saw an exciting start to the new year. The following are the biggest stories of the spring 2019 semester. UW student Avra Reddy wins seat on Madison City Council In April, Avra Reddy beat out Matthew Mitnick to win a seat on Madison’s City Council representing District 8. Reddy received more than 53 percent of the vote to Mitnick’s 44 percent — both are UW freshmen. Both showed a commitment to representing students. They also agreed on the importance of addressing affordable housing in Madison, increasing public safety on campus, funding developments in public transportation and many other public service issues. Both advocated for the expansion of late-night bus services, supported the Bus Rapid Transit initiative, promoted medical amnesty laws and championed diversity in Madison and its government. Reddy had specifically proposed plans to incentivize housing cooperatives, protect tenant rights, support investment in Housing First policies and support high-density housing development. She ran to bring greater representation in city government to young people, people of color, women and students, according to her election website. District 8 hasn’t been represented by a woman since 1992, and it has never been represented by a woman of color. District 8 is made up of majorly UW students. Reddy will take over for Ald. Zach Wood, who was elected to the council in 2015 as a UW student himself. Associated Students of Madison rejects University Health Services 2020 budget proposal Concerned about the lack of funding allocated toward mental health services, the Student Services Finance Committee rejected University Health Services’ 2020 budget proposal. This move did not defund UHS, rather it demonstrated students’ growing concerns with UHS’ priorities and operations. While their proposal included a 1 percent increase in funds for mental health care, it was still 3 percent lower than previous years. The Associated Students of Madison brought a set students of concerns, as well as options they believed UHS could pursue to improve their budget. According to ASM’s press release, UHS 4 • badgerherald.com • April 30, 2019

could hire seven new mental health care providers in their current facilities, while their budget only allocated funds for one. Vice Chancellor of student affairs Lori Reesor commissioned a mental health task force to look into the budget and the issues facing students. With mental health visits increasing 30 percent, and an appointment wait time of three to four weeks, the task force hopes to explore solutions. They expect the task force to devise an action plan by fall 2019. Simultaneously, ASM formed a mental health subcommittee to work with UHS. At a Feb. 4 SSFC meeting, ASM Chair Billy Welsh voiced his concerns about UHS’ current operating procedures, and spoke about the importance of effective access to mental health services. “I have talked to so many students about the long wait times for individual counseling,” Welsh said. “It is hard enough to admit that you need to talk to someone in a world that stigmatizes mental illness and not getting the resources that people need once they get to this point is unacceptable.” UHS representatives said the difficulty of retaining students who seek mental health services, as well as limited space for their services, made expansion difficult. SSFC Vice Chair Zaakir Abdul-Wahid said it was in UHS’s best interest to hire someone to oversee the changes. With both the task force, the subcommittee and UHS working on the issue, SSFC and ASM hope for solutions in the coming months.

Polar vortex prompts university, city shut-down Freezing temperatures and -50 degree wind chill across the Midwest prompted UW and nonessential Madison city services to shut down for 48 hours during the last week of January. Forecasters predicted temperatures would hit life-threatening lows, with reports that wind chills would range from 20 to 34 degrees below zero Tuesday, Jan. 29, and fall as low as 35 to 55 degrees below zero Wednesday through Thursday morning that week. UW students encouraged administrators to cancel class due to the severe cold. More than 11,000 students signed a petition asking UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank to cancel class. UW spokesperson Meredith McGlone said the university had been monitoring the situation for several days. “Our practice is to announce any changes in campus operations closer to the affected time period,” McGlone said. “The university is sharing information with students, faculty and staff via our campus alerts site, the university home page and other channels.” For the safety of UW students and staff, classes and activities were canceled from 5 p.m. Tuesday until Thursday afternoon. Essential campus functions like University Housing and Dining, safety, essential research and animal care continued to operate, but non-essential employees

monitoring the situation for several days. “Our practice is to announce any changes in campus operations closer to the affected time period,” McGlone said. “The university is sharing information with students, faculty and staff via our campus alerts site, the university home page and other channels.” For the safety of UW students and staff, classes and activities were canceled from 5 p.m. Tuesday until Thursday afternoon. Essential campus functions like University Housing and Dining, safety, essential research and animal care continued to operate, but non-essential employees were directed not to report for work during those times. Non-essential city services including the Madison Public Libraries closed down for two days, and campus bus routes were scaled back to avoid overloaded buses.

Satya Rhodes-Conway beats incumbent Paul Soglin in mayoral race Satya Rhodes-Conway beat incumbent Paul Soglin in the April 2 mayoral race. Rhodes-Conway made history by becoming both Madison’s first openly gay mayor and second woman mayor. Soglin served three non-consecutive terms totaling 22 years in office. Rhodes-Conway spent six years on Madison City Council and has worked as the managing director for the Mayors Innovation Project for the past 13 years, which she said shaped what her key issues were. These issues included the equitable development of affordable housing, Bus Rapid Transit, racial disparities and preparing for climate change. Rhodes-Conway’s opponents ran on similar platforms. The race began with nine candidates, but by the primaries, only six remained. The other candidates were Nick Hart, a comedian, Raj Shukla, the executive director of River Alliance of Wisconsin, Mo Cheeks, former alder and executive for MIOsoft, Toriana Pettaway, the racial equity coordinator for the city of Madison, and incumbent Paul Soglin. Soglin and Rhodes-Conway advanced to the general election with Soglin securing 28.6 percent of the vote and Rhodes-Conway 27.7 percent. On April 2 Rhodes-Conway beat Soglin, securing 61.9 percent of the vote. Madison elects first-ever all-female school board On April 2, Madison elected Cristiana Carusi, Ali Muldrow and Ananda Mirilli to the Madison School Board, making it the first all-female school

board in Madison. Carusi, Muldrow and Mirilli won seats three, four and five respectively – each previously represented by men. All three candidates won on platforms that focused on closing achievement and opportunity gaps within the Madison Public Schools. A public education advocate and UW researcher, Carusi ran for seat three against Kaleem Claire, winning with 51.9 percent of the vote. Carusi focused on wanting to fix the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Muldrow, co-executive director and director of youth programming and inclusion at GSAFE, ran for seat four against Dane County Board member David Blaska, winning with 69.3 percent of the vote. Muldrow focused on creating a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ students, students of color and students with disabilities. Mirilli, Department of Public Instruction equity consultant, ran for seat five against incumbent T.J. Hertz, winning 58 percent of the vote. Mirilli focused on increasing school safety in Madison. The new members could mean a majority in favor of ending a contract with the city of Madison to place one police officer in each of the district’s four high schools. Carusi, Muldrow and Mirilli took their seats April 29. 2020 presidential candidates visit Madison to campaign This past semester, 2020 Presidential candidates, Beto O’Rourke and Bernie Sanders visited Madison to discuss key issues in their campaigns. O’Rourke, the unsuccessful 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S.senate visited UW mid-February for a student-only event. O’Rourke’s visit was organized by the Political Science Student Association and was one of many stops in his tour around the country. During his visit, O’Rourke addressed many issues, including climate change, corporate influence in Congress and immigration. He also discussed the border wall in Texas, saying while there are legitimate safety concerns at the border, supporting border patrol and investing in infrastructure and technology at the ports of entry would be more effective than the wall. O’Rourke said he included UW in his tour because he wanted to hear from its students. He also stated he wants to listen to everyone throughout his tour, particularly student voices to help him determine how to best help the country. While O’Rourke was only “thinking about” running for president at the time of his visit, he officially announced his candidacy in mid-March. Sanders, the unsuccessful 2016 Democratic presidential candidate visited Madison in mid-April at for a rally at James Madison Park.Sanders began his speech by saying President Donald Trump is

facebook.com/badgerherald the “most dangerous president in modern American History,” adding that Trump hasn’t kept his promise to defend the interests of the working class. Sanders laid out his presidential agenda, leading with his plan to guarantee healthcare for all as he believes it’s a human right. Sanders addressed the student population, saying nobody should be in debt because of their education, especially because today’s job market requires a good education. Sanders concluded by saying political change needs to be a collaborative effort, with a grassroots effort and people standing with each other. Both events were well attended. More Madison presidential candidate visits are to be expected in the near-future because of Wisconsin’s status as a swing state.

Brian Hagedorn wins tight Wisconsin Supreme Court race Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn emerged victorious after a tight race Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hagedorn had a 5,960 vote lead over his liberal-backed opponent Wisconsin Chief Appeals Court Judge Lisa Neubauer when votes were counted the Wednesday after election night, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. A total of 1.2 million votes were cast, with Hagedorn winning by a 0.49 percent margin. “This isn’t the outcome we hoped for, but it’s what our campaign for justice must now tackle - with the vote total neck and neck, it looks like we’re heading into a potential recount,” a campaign statement from Neubauer said, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. To pay for the recount, the Neubauer campaign began soliciting donations and volunteers “to make sure every vote counts,” according to a video on social media. The video said Hagedorn’s campaign was beneficiaries of “an unprecedented deluge of last-minute, outside dark money spending.” Despite the recount, Neubauer conceded to Hagedorn eight days later. Hagedorn had conservative support, and with Neubauer ’s concession, the conservative majority on the court will increase from 4-3 to 5-2 when Hagedorn takes the seat in August. In a statement, Neubauer wished Hagedorn well. “I called Judge Hagedorn today and wished him the best in his tenure on the state’s highest court,” Neubauer said. “Judge Hagedorn said that he was running to get partisan influences out of our courts, and I hope he lives up to his promise.” Gov. Evers’ budget met with Republican resistance Wisconsin’s state budget accounts for billions of dollars in funding for every state agency in a two-year period. So far, Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed 2019-2021 budget would decriminalize marijuana, increase minimum wage, expand Medicaid and increase higher education funding. Evers’ 2019-21 state budget — which has met resistance from Republicans — proposes a $150 million increase in funding for the UW System and a $2.5 billion capital budget for construction and renovations. The complexities of juggling bipartisan support for the bill are imminent for Evers and the Republican-majority state Legislature.

State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, who serves on the Joint Finance Committee, expressed frustrations that her Republican colleagues have not made any recommendations to the Committee yet. State Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, expressed similar frustrations but is confident in the Evers administration’s commitment to the people of Wisconsin. “Budgets are moral documents and represent the priorities of the people who are putting them together,” Sargent said. “We’ve had a Legislature and an executive who were making decisions prioritizing the wishes and the best interests of special interest groups who are often powerful people as opposed to ordinary people in our state.” President Trump’s executive order ties research funding to campus free speech policy President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 21, requiring colleges to protect free speech on campus or risk losing federal research funding. According to the AP, the executive order appointed federal agencies to make sure post-secondary institutions receiving federal research grants agree to promote free speech and follow federal rules on free expression. Colleges must agree to protect free speech to access more than $35 billion a year in research and educational grants. In 2017, the UW System Board of Regents approved a “Commitment to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression” policy. Its purpose aligns with the expectations laid out in Trump’s order. Although it was reported Trump’s order was met with widespread concerns over who would classify protected speech, UW law professor Anuj Desai said the order would likely bring about minimal change. “There’s really no change in anything with respect to the legal requirements that institutions of higher education would have to satisfy,” Desai said. UW journalism professor Kathleen Culver also suggested that, overall, the order will have limited impact. Culver, however, did raise the concern of other effects. “My main concern is whether our students will see it as a reason for them to censor themselves — that they’ll take it as some sort of cue that they should be behaving differently on campus,” Culver said. UW policy already requires suspension for a student who has been found responsible for disrupting freedom of expression twice and a third offense leads to expulsion, according to UW-System protest guidelines. While UW does not anticipate any changes to campus policies at this time, McGlone said the university values freedom of inquiry and intellectual freedom. When protests or counter-protests occur, she said, university officials work with organizers to ensure they are peaceful and don’t violate law or university policy.

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Wisconsin sees significant decline in higher education funding Experts say state revenue dropped during Great Recession, resulting in greater emphasis on funding other state sectors by Ben Baker Reporter

A recent report highlighted the state of Wisconsin as having the fourth largest decline in higher education funding in the United States from 2013-2018. According to U.S. News and World Report, the University of Wisconsin ranked among the top 50 universities in the country with the university’s insurance, marketing, real estate and chemical engineering undergraduate programs all ranking well within the top ten nationally. The root causes of such a decline vary, stemming from as far back as the recession of 2008, according to UW professor Noel Radomski. “It took time for state revenue to return to pre-recession level,” Radomski said. “Wisconsin’s economy relies heavily on agriculture and manufacturing, and those industries are often the slowest to recover.” According to Radomski, pessimism regarding the state of higher education stems from the fact that university funding is very much a multi-layered issue. Higher education in the state includes both the UW System and the Wisconsin technical college system, which is funded with local revenue. Radomski added every state is unique in terms of what it considers revenue for higher education. Therefore, it is difficult to compare and rank states in order of decreasing higher education funding as the criteria to do so for each state is entirely different. The degree to which Wisconsin’s higher education funding has recovered from the Great Recession is unclear, simply because reports on the issue conflict with one another, as seen through two separate reports from the State Higher Education Executive Office. According to SHEEO, in 2017, Wisconsin’s investment in higher education had reached a level higher than before 2008, while a second SHEEO report published in 2019 has experienced a significant decline in educational appropriations. According to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, agriculture accounts for 11.9 percent of the state’s employment and every one agricultural job supports 1.46 other jobs in Wisconsin. As the agricultural industry was bludgeoned by the economic downturn of the late 2000’s, the result was a significant decrease in revenue for the state, Radomski said.

According to state Rep. Melissa Sargent, However, while Radomski remained Legislature are confident in the future of D-Madison, former Gov. Scott Walker is to optimistic regarding the future of UWhigher education in the state, according to blame for the decline in higher education Madison, he expressed concern for the Sargent. funding. trajectory of other schools in the UW System Yet, Radomski isn’t as hopeful in the “Gov. Walker didn’t prioritize investing in as well as that of the state’s technical schools. future of universities throughout the education,” Sargent said. “Gov. Walker gave Radomski added that UW-Madison is state, highlighting issues such as shifts $4.5 billion to Foxconn. He essentially gave different from other schools because of high in population as roadblocks to higher away money to corporations and wealthy revenue. UW-Madison has two endowments education. people in the community — now there is a of about $7 billion and a high international “My prediction is that it [higher education real shift.” student demand — other schools don’t have funding] is going to decrease due to The shift Sargent was referring to was the these advantages, he explained. demography. We have an aging population. recent election of Gov. Tony Evers and his As Evers’ administration moves to We will have to pay more into Medicaid. stated commitment to prioritizing education increase higher education funding while There’s no way around it,” Radomski said. funding at a variety of levels across the state. simultaneously addressing tuition costs “We could increase tuition but that obviously Recently, Evers held a budget listening for students, the Democrats of the state upsets people.” session in Oshkosh, Wisconsin during which he discussed higher education throughout the state, among a variety of other topics, The Oshkosh Northwestern reported. While in Oshkosh, Evers spoke of raising teacher salaries, funding mental health services and tackling rising costs of college tuition. The concept of actively seeking out and speaking with constituents has become a vital cornerstone of Evers’ political strategy according to Sargent. “It’s a matter of evaluating and valuing people in educational institutions … he’s putting more money into education as opposed to corporations,” Sargent said. “The government should be about listening to the people.” Proposed increases in higher education funding would come from allocating more of Wisconsin’s state tax revenue toward both the UW System and the state technical colleges’ central office. To address the cost of attending Photo · Higher education in the state includes both the UW System, and Wisconsin Technical College System, which is fueled by local university, it is likely that revenue. a tuition freeze will be put into place, according Kirby Wright to Radomski. The Badger Herald April 30, 2019 • badgerherald.com • 7

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Badgerloop unveils hyperloop pod with SpaceX competition in mind The student organization is unique from other hyperloop teams, as they focus on creating ‘unparralled’ learning experiences for students by Mary Magnuson City News Editor

Earlier this month, University of Wisconsin student organization Badgerloop revealed their newest hyperloop pod prototype — a sleek black vehicle they hope will launch them into the ﬁnals of SpaceX’s hyperloop pod competition. For the past few years, Badgerloop has worked to create futuristic hyperloop pods — small, one-manned vehicles — to send to the SpaceX competition. Last year they narrowly missed the cutoff to make it to finals, but this year, as president Mark Swartz said at the reveal, they hope to claim a top-three spot — and the opportunity to send their pod down SpaceX’s vacuum-sealed hyperloop tube in California. “I believe this group we have this year is special, and I’m continually impressed,” Swartz said. But the journey to the finals won’t be easy. Even though the team revealed their pod, they still have tests and modiﬁcations to go through in order to improve, and eventually finalize, their prototype.Sophomore and applied math, engineering and physics major Helena Van Hemmen is Badgerloops’s structural lead — she directs the team that designs the exterior of

the pod. Van Hemmen described some of the challenges the team has faced and will continue to face before the competition in July. One major challenge she noted was organizing such a large team. “We are a really big team, and we actually don’t have any sort of application process to be on the team,” Van Hemmen said. “That sort of sets us apart from a lot other hyperloop teams in the competition, and some other organizations on campus — that anyone can join — we’re just looking for people with enthusiasm for the project. That can make managing things sort of diﬃcult actually.” But Van Hemmen said the scale of the team and the absence of an application process also helps bring students with a wide variety of skills and interests together. She said while most students on the team study engineering, they also have members studying everything from communications to biology and sociology. Van Hemmen said the team’s variety of experience levels also complicated things, though it can enhance the experience of being a part of the organization. “We have seniors who join the team who have years of design experience, but we also have

freshmen with no experience at all, and we try to make it as available to everyone as possible,” Van Hemmen said. “One of our major goals as an organization is to create an unparalleled learning experience for students on campus, and that’s not engineering students, that’s students from all backgrounds.” Structural team member Zach Kimball worked with Van Hemmen on the exterior of the pod. He’s been on the team for two years, since joining as a sophomore. Kimball recounted his experience joining the team originally. He said while the project felt daunting at first, he’s extremely glad he stuck with it. “The first three weeks I was pretty nervous about joining the team, and I almost wanted to back out, just because we do so much in such a short time,” Kimball said. “Once I really got into the project, and once I really developed a passion for what I was doing, it just kinda seemed like a fun project to work on.” Kimball said the hands-on experience was unlike anything he’d done in the classroom. He said while classes might teach him useful information to bring back to the project,

there are some things he could only learn doing hands-on work through an organization like Badgerloop. Badgerloop mechanical director Mitch Wall spoke to the gathered crowd both about some of the mechanics of the pod and what it meant to put everything together. Like Kimball, he said the organization succeeds because of the knowledge they gain outside of the classroom. “One of the reasons me and my teammates get so excited about this team is that we get to solve problems nobody’s ever really tried to solve before,” Wall said. “As far as I know, there’s not really textbooks for how to build a hyperloop, so we just kind of make it up along the way.” Wall said the team works with UW professors as well as industry experts to perfect the designs and technologies that go into the pod, from its carbon fiber exterior to its engine and braking systems. Wall said he believes this year could be their best yet, with all the work they’ve put into the pod so far beginning to culminate. “We’re all very proud of this pod and how far we’ve come,” Wall said.

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Racial disparities in infant mortality rates drive groups to take action

Executive director of Harambee Village Doulas says unifying Dane County organizations is key to ensure adequate care by Anna Walters Campus News Editor

Micaela Berry moved to Madison seven years ago. The oldest child of four, she said her inspiration to go into birthwork came from witnessing the birth of her younger siblings. Berry is the executive director of Harambee Village Doulas, a collective of birth professionals who support women and families in south central Wisconsin with a specific goal to dismantle disparities along lines of race, class, gender and sexuality that lead to negative birth experiences, especially for women of color, women who face economic barriers, survivors of trauma, immigrant women, and LGBTQ and transgender women. This is an arduous goal, considering Wisconsin’s infant mortality rate for African Americans is the highest in the nation. The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness recently released a report that found that social and economic pressures have led to the racial disparities in infant mortality in Wisconsin. The report identified stressed black family systems, generational struggles for economic security and stability, and the impact of institutional racism and bias on black life and progress as root causes of low-birthweight black infants. Babies born to African-American mothers in Dane County are two times more likely than white infants to be born with low birth weights, a factor which puts the infants at risk of significant health challenges and higher mortality rates. Recent Public Health Madison & Dane County data show black infant mortality rates as high as twelve infant deaths per 1,000 live births during 2016-2018. Berry said she was unaware of Madison’s racial disparities when she first moved here. “I was very ignorant to things that were happening here, and once I became educated on it and understood, I wanted to make a difference, and I have used my doula certification to help the community,” Berry said. Having lived in nine different states at various times in her life, Berry said she has not experienced racism anywhere else the way she has in Madison. When Berry moved here, she was working as a teacher. She said several students were taken out of her class by their parents once they found out she 10 • badgerherald.com • April 30, 2019

was a woman of color. Her knowledge problems,” Dr. Deborah Ehrenthal, director plan on engaging campus researchers, and education have often been put under of the center, said. public health practitioners and communityscrutiny as well, she said. Ehrenthal is an associate professor in the based and government organizations across “What I have seen is systematic racism departments of obstetrics and gynecology Wisconsin. in the healthcare system, red-taping in and population health sciences at the UW As for Berry, she takes comfort in the communities and not allowing people of School of Medicine and Public Health. energy fueling her and those passionate color to buy houses in certain areas so they The overall goal of these centers is to about the issue. can live in healthier conditions,” Berry said. study how communities and individuals “Even though I deal with racism or I see She said the unfair job market and high can avoid risk for chronic illness. The initial these disparities, I don’t get sad because I incarceration rates of African American research project will focus on addressing know that there are more people with my males causes stress to families and pregnant postpartum depression in Wisconsin mentality” Berry said. “My mentality is women. mothers, improving the mother-infant not special, everyone can have it. If we just Tia Murray and Tamara Thompson relationship and infant development, treat each other with the respect and love created Harambee Village Doulas in 2015 to according to a press release. that we desire, I think that that is the first help address these racial disparities. Ehrenthal said their research aims to step to making things better.” Berry joined them with her experience improve the health of low-income women, working for Peace of Mind Nannies. Ever infants and families in Wisconsin. They since, they have provided doula and maternity services to primarily women of color and Spanishspeaking women in the region — in some cases for free. Harambee Village has also helped families and mothers find better housing by partnering with Common Wealth, a non-profit that aims to improve the housing and business climate of neighborhoods in Dane County through racial equity and community health improvement. Furthermore, doulas at Harambee Village advocate for women of color in the community by playing an active role in committees when decisions are being made that impact them, Berry said. “We’re really trying to change that systematic way of doing things,” Berry said. According to the Capital Times, none of the mothers cared by the Harambee Village Doulas have experienced a preterm birth, a leading driver of infant mortality. Berry said if all Dane County organizations can unify and ensure everyone is getting the care they need, it will make Dane County a better place for everyone. The University of Wisconsin will open the state’s first Prevention Research Center this fall, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Photo · Black babies in Dane County are two times more likely than white infants to be born with low birth weights, a UW is one of 25 academic factor which puts them at risk of significant health challenges and higher mortality rates. institutions to receive five-year funding from 2019 until 2024. Riley Steinbrenner “The center will take an The Badger Herald indirect approach to solving these

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Poll ﬁnds support for police body cameras, but City Council is unsure

After a proposal to fund police body cameras was rejected, City Council members want more research before supporting new proposals by Molly DeVore City News Editor

Madison District 16 Ald. Michael Tierney did a police ride-along early one Sunday morning when only 28 Madison police officers were on patrol. He said this small number of officers means it is inevitable that some police will have to take action without backup, which can lead to many unclear situations — situations where police body cameras could improve understanding. However, body cameras are not a simple issue, Tierney said. The controversy surrounding police body cameras can be seen throughout Madison’s City Council. This past fall Ald. Paul Skidmore proposed an amendment to former Mayor Paul Soglin’s 2019 operating budget which included funding of $104,000 for approximately 47 bodyworn cameras, related equipment and training. But funding for the project was removed by Common Council Capital Budget amendment #6. While some City Council members believe cameras would improve police relations by increasing transparency, others are concerned about privacy protection with the cameras. Tierney said he is open to the body cameras but he has yet to see a proposal that “has his vote,” because he is concerned the cameras could put bystanders and victims at risk. “There needs to be some modification made or some amendment made so that if we have body camera footage that would include minors, witnesses, that sort of thing, if we can have a policy in place that can safeguard privacy, that’s important for me,” Tierney said. Under current state open record law, Tierney is not sure what level of privacy can be ensured. He said before he would vote in favor of a proposal he would need to discuss these privacy concerns with the city attorney staff and outside groups that are dedicated to the preservation of public information. Tierney said that, while he does not think Madison is ready for cameras yet, he does think they have the potential to verify police reports. Newly-elected District 2 Ald. Patrick Heck said this verification is not always reliable. “They can be problematic and they’re by no means a panacea to solving issues related to any kind of unwarranted violence by public safety officers,” Heck said. “They don’t really necessarily show the absolute truth.” Body cameras are not as effective as many have hoped they would be. A recent study on body cameras in Milwaukee found that, while officers with cameras made fewer stops and were less likely to receive citizen complaints, cameras had no impact on their use of force. There is room for improvement with regard to trust between Madison police and citizens, according to Heck, who added that increasing community input on police policies and

procedures could help this relationship. The Madison Police Department has a long history of racial disparities. A 2013 report, Race to Equity, found that in 2010, black youth in Dane County were six times more likely to be arrested than white youths while nationally, black youths were a little more than twice as likely to be arrested than their white peers. This report also found that in 2012, black adults were eight times as likely to be arrested as white adults in Dane County while nationally they were two and a half times as likely. Madison police are implementing several new programs to establish trust. One such program, the Madison Police Department Youth Academies, offers summer activities so youth stay out of trouble over break. Tierney said these programs are important because they prevent youth from getting into trouble in the ﬁrst place. Body cameras should be used along with these other trust-building programs and, while they may not a detriment to these programs, they are also not a complete solution, Tierney said. “You can’t just say we’re just going to have

body cameras and not do anything else, I think that we have to have an overall, holistic conversation about policing,” Tierney said. “I can support body cameras but I also want to see things in place that enable our police department to have the resources to engage in trust-building activities.” This allocation of resources is a big part of the conversation surrounding body cameras. Storing the data from cameras is costly, Tierney said. This money might be better spent on a police officer with mental health training, according to Heck, or in more youth programming, Tierney explained. Tierney said Madison should do a cost-beneﬁt analysis to see if the savings from avoided lawsuits from reports of officers not following procedure would outweigh the cost of the cameras. Public support for body cameras is already high. According to a recent poll conducted by the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, 94 percent of respondents said they favored the use of body cameras. Heck said these results might not truly represent all the details of the issue.

“I think that people probably are not familiar with some of the research that shows that body cams are fallible,” Heck said. “I think that a poll, which doesn’t typically include a lot of subtle aspects of a problem, can give results such as that.” Tierney said that a lot more research needs to be done before a decision is made regarding body cameras. Improving relations between the police and the Madison community is a complicated issue that will require an “overall approach,” he said. For now, police body cameras are oﬀ the table. But they have been proposed and rejected in the past according to the Madison Police Department Policy and Procedure Review. With regard to future decisions on body cameras, it is important to include the voice of the Madison community, Heck said. “For complicated issues like this it takes a community engagement and community conversations to get people aware of why complicated issues like this are worth discussing in greater detail,” Heck said.

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The semester that was: Concerts we loved, restaurants we’ll miss Concerts like Mumford and Sons, Noname rouse Madison, while departures of Glaze, Roast from restaurant scene will leave locals hungry by Angela Peterson and Molly Miller ArtsEtc. Editor and Staff Writer

With our first full semester with The Sylvee nearly in the books, the number of amazing shows in Madison increased considerably. In addition to underground hits we are accustomed to hearing in Madison, well-known acts now have access to a venue that will allow them to perform here. Additionally, continued use of large arena venues like the Kohl Center and Alliant Energy Center keeps high power acts coming back to Madison, and this semester was no exception. Here’s a look at our favorite shows from the spring semester. Noname (Jan. 26) The Sylvee’s semester started out strong with a near-sold-out performance by Noname. The Chicago-based artist seamlessly blended rap, song and spoken word to give an amazing performance. The concert served as a point of unity for many returning students, as the high number of young attendees led to many familiar faces in the crowd. Indeed, Noname’s intimate show provided a great backdrop to kick-off the semester, and hopefully the Sylvee will provide a great venue for any of her return stops to the Isthmus. Mumford and Sons (March 30) With the basketball season over, the Kohl

Center pivoted to its role as a concert venue and welcomed international sensation Mumford and Sons to its friendly conﬁnes. Host to a large crowd, the alternative band did an amazing job engaging everyone within the audience. Long-standing hits like “Little Lion Man” and “The Cave” filled the arena with energy, keeping spirits alive after spring break ended. Weezer (March 31) The jam-packed weekend continued over at the Alliant Energy Center with Weezer’s stop in Madison. While The Pixies were a rather underwhelming opener, Weezer mustered an amazing performance of throwbacks and covers, seemingly time-traveling in the process. Highlights of the evening included a barbershop quartet version of “Pork and Beans” and a Rivers Cuomo acoustic cover atop a sailing “S.S. Wheezer.” The concert was able to swipe away any allergyinduced blues to kick-oﬀ spring. Mitski (April 3) Right before The Sylvee took a brief hosting hiatus, Mitski curated an amazing environment at the hardened venue. A dramatically crafted performance, Mitski delivered raw emotion throughout her entire set. Songs like “I Don’t Smoke” and “Two Slow Dancers” resonated throughout the audience as they jammed along to

Photo · Noname kicked off an amazing semester with a stellar performance at The Sylvee. Quinn Beaupre The Badger Herald

Mitski’s emotive pieces. But it wasn’t all rainbows and sunshine in Madison this semester.

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you could be enjoying cheese curds at your favorite restaurants one day and banging down its forever locked door the next.”

Restaurant closure is no stranger to State Street. As Badgers know all too well, you could be enjoying cheese curds at your favorite restaurants one day and banging down its forever locked door the next. But like every semester, we lost some good ones this spring. Here is a round-up of the restaurants that closed this semester to help you remember what used to be after more Poke restaurants open in their place. Which Wich (2012-19) “It was like Potbelly but better,” Bailey Thomas, University of Wisconsin junior, said. I loved the vibe. It was so much easier to customize your sandwich than other places, and I always got my food really fast.”Hearing praise like Thomas’s was not uncommon. Unfortunately for Which Wich, it wasn’t enough. Their restaurant was further away from campus than other sandwich shops, which may have done them in. Whatever it was that forced them to close, Madisonians will now have to travel to one of the chain’s other locations or to other sandwich shops nearby to get their sandwich ﬁx. Glaze (2016-19) Possibly the most devastating loss of this semester was Glaze. Madison’s teriyaki restaurant located on the 500 block of

State was a great place to grab take out or stay and eat. The offered a few meat and vegetarian options, as well as salads and Asian sides. They also had an ice cream machine that blended vanilla ice cream with your favorite cereal. This closure was also likely the most shocking. They were usually bordering on too busy. Sometimes it would take a long time to get your food, but it was all worth it for that delicious honey lemon dressing. Luckily for out-of-state Badgers, Glaze has locations in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Roast (2012-19) The loss of Roast was a tough pill to swallow as well. Roast served American food at an affordable price — except for the nine dollar cheese curds, which was just offensive — and was a great place to enjoy a good meal with friends. Though Roast was loved by many UW students, its closure was not as surprising as Glaze’s. They changed the menu often and they were really only busy around dinner time. In fact, I found myself there among just three other people on more than one occasion.

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Leckrone leaves podium for last time at Concert Band performance

In all aspects of UW’s musical culture and beyond, Leckrone leaves lasting impression, embodies Wisconsin Idea throughout his career

by Angela Peterson ArtsEtc. Editor

While the masses are often swept up in the grandeur of the Spring Varsity Band Concert, Mike Leckrone’s final note was a tad more sentimental as he conducted the Concert Band Spring Concert this Sunday inside Mills Hall While the somewhat dated facility is by no means glamorous, the opening of the Hamel Music Center this fall is expected to replace it as the go-to concert venue for the Mead-Witter school of music. This concert was likely one of the last for the ensemble inside the facility, which was a fitting way for Leckrone to end his time with the UW program. While band transcriptions of excerpts from Italian opera and frantic symphonic poems seem far away from the popular tunes played by the march band, Leckrone’s final program was a fitting tribute to “beginnings and endings.”

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ment would have to be the fact that I think I got the approval of my wife at the time [to direct the Wisconsin Bands] ... It was a very difficult life for her because band directors aren’t home a lot. For her ... to say ‘keep doing what you’re doing,’ that made me very proud” Mike Leckrone Retiring UW Band Director

While Leckrone told the audience this was the theme of the concert, I could not help but think of truly how autobiographical he made his final turn at the podium. His ability to blend genre was on high display throughout the afternoon, a skill he owes in part to his alma mater, Butler University. ”I could do a lot of different things,” Leckrone said, “There was nothing where you had to limit yourself to playing in the jazz band or playing in the concert band. I could play in everything and I did.”surprising as Glaze’s. They changed the menu often and they were really only busy around dinner time. In fact, I found

myself there among just three other people on more than one occasion. Leckrone began the concert with a tribute to the man whose legacy he continued, Ray Dvorak. Known for programming many John Phillip Sousa marches, Dvorak led the UW Marching Band for more than 30 years prior to Leckrone’s tenure. Fittingly, Sousa’s “The Pathfinder of Panama” began the concert, with Leckrone still paying homage to the man that came before him. The next few songs of the concert became highly personal, although this may not have initially been apparent to some in the audience. Leckrone took some time to explain the basic storyline of Andrea Chénier to the audience and note how he and his father used to love to listen to Italian opera together. Andrea Chénier paints a tragic love story between a French revolutionary and his lover, Maddalena, who chooses to put her name on the executioner ’s list when he is condemned to death. With repeated mentions of his late wife Phyllis throughout the afternoon, it wasn’t hard to suppose perhaps Leckrone placed Phyllis in Maddalena’s shoes in his mind. This sentiment carried over to his next pick, Percy Grainger ’s “Australia Up Country Song,” which he said was one of his wife’s personal favorites. A simple folk tune pervaded in the piece, and its beauty was noticed and appreciated. Leckrone still holds her dearly in his life, and she is central to many of his proudest personal moments. ”My proudest personal moment would have to be the fact that I think I got the approval of my wife at the time [to direct the Wisconsin Bands]” Leckrone said, “It was a very difficult life for her because band directors aren’t home a lot. For her at a moment to say ‘keep doing what you’re doing,’ that made me very proud.” After a couple of lighthearted numbers by Camille Saint-Saëns and William T. Purdy, the penultimate tune served as the climax of the performance. After a reading of “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Elliot del Borgo’s tune inspired by the poem filled the rafters of Mills Hall. Simarly, an energetic rendition of Henry Fillmore’s “His Honor” capped off the official program. With remarks from Susan Cook, director of the Mead-Witter School of Music, and professor Scott Teeple, Leckrone’s embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea was heavily stressed. By circulating UW’s

Photo · Mike Leckrone conducts UW Concert Band in “His Honor.” Angela Peterson The Badger Herald music throughout the state, Leckrone made Wisconsin his classroom and continued to craft a legacy for his program beyond Madison’s confines, extending the values of the university to all who heard them play.

“By circulating UW’s music throughout the state, Leckrone made Wisconsin his classroom and continued to craft a legacy for his program beyond Madison’s confines, extending the values of the university to all who heard them play.” I recalled as I listened that I was first introduced to the university not by friends, family or a college search engine, but rather listening to the marching band play at a parade when I was 10. That was likely the moment that solidified my desire to be a Badger. I was probably not the only

person in the audience with a similar story, as I saw at least four generations of Badgers come to see Leckrone conduct one more time. To its credit, the Concert Band did a great job executing Leckrone’s picks. While definitely underrepresented in our coverage from time to time, ensembles like this exist in abundance at the music school, and free concerts are available almost every weekend. While the announcement of Leckrone’s successor, Corey Pompey, is too recent to determine which, if any, other ensembles he will lead, Pompey is certain to build off and expand Leckrone’s tradition much like Leckrone did with those of Dvorak. The venue and faces might change, but the vitality of Wisconsin’s music will continue to thrive. After three encores, ending on a reprise of “Australia Up Country Song,” Leckrone stepped off the podium for the last time. A standing ovation lasted at least a minute before the audience started to file out. “The Badger fans always express their appreciation,” Leckrone said. “And that makes you feel good.”

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Hippo Campus, Samia both exceed high expectations in Sylvee set

To wrap up spring semester, both acts bring exciting, new twists to alternative rock, provide amazing entertainment for packed Sylvee show by Emilie Burditt ArtsEtc. Editor

Hippo Campus started off their performance at the Sylvee with their hit song, “Bambi,” which is also the name of their tour. As soon as they started running onstage, full of enthusiasm, the audience cheered for them. The band filled the night with their alternative rock jams, and the audience loved every bit of it. Opening for Hippo Campus Friday was Samia, an artist who takes ahold of her music and her sexuality. I loved the free spirit Samia portrayed onstage, her outfit and her lack of shoes. Playing barefoot while swinging around her hair and moving her hips made for a light-hearted performance with sincere lyrics. Samia played while grabbing her breasts, bouncing on stage, kneeling in front of the other musicians on stage, and kissing her female guitarist at the end of the performance. After reading poetry in sixth grade, Samia became obsessed with playing music. Her lyrics reflect this. Their meaning goes deeper than that of typical pop songs. Samia writes at her most emotionally distressed, which

makes for honest music. “I would say that I try not to take myself seriously, but I definitely take the song seriously,” Samia said. I loved this about her performance. Her free-loving vibe mixed well with her sentimental music. And besides her overall attire and movements, Samia has a great voice. At the concert, she could easily drop from a soft, high note to a deep, low note. She primarily played her own music, but she also covered the song “Barracuda.” Samia said she’s having a great time on tour with Hippo Campus. In fact, she said Hippo Campus is treating her better than she ever expected. “[Hippo Campus] is so nice and incredibly accommodating, which is not necessary of a headlining band” Samia said. “They don’t have to be so cool and welcoming, which they are, which means the world.” After Samia’s performance ended, the audience waited during a long break for Hippo Campus to perform. Making up Hippo Campus are lead vocalist/guitarist Jake Luppen, lead guitarist/vocalist Nathan Stocker, bassist/ keyboardist Zach Sutton, percussionist/ vocalist Whistler Allen, and trumpeter

DeCarlo Jackson. Throughout the concert, the band members maintained a high energy level. The lighting in the show helped emphasize their rock music. On many dramatic notes, the lights would flash or pop at specific beats. It flashed at words like “love,” “say” and “want.” While musicians like Stocker or Sutton would be featured in a song, the lights might dim on Luppen. But right as his lines came on, the lights would flash onto him as he’d loudly sing into the microphone. In the song “South,” for example, Stocker had the spotlight to himself as he rocked out. Although most people were singing along with the band, it wasn’t a concert one needed to know the lyrics to. The band was extremely engaging, and they held the audience’s attention for the entirety of the show. Their music is relatively upbeat. It has the same fast-paced beat for the majority of it, but each song had a different meaning based off its lyrics. They did play “Monsoon,” however, which was a much slower song. I thoroughly enjoyed the performance. It was easy to dance to, especially in the

heat of the mob. Not only was the energy of the band high, but also the energy of the audience. Stocker even directly engaged with the audience. Judging the Sylvee’s interior, Stocker divided the group into three sections. He told the upper section to yell “we” on command, the section behind the mob to yell “love” and the mob to yell “you,” as he pointed to each section. The audience excitedly participated, and all together the separate groups told Hippo Campus that they’re loved. Luppen was jumping onto the drummer ’s set in songs like “Suicide Saturday.” The band’s energy raised the crowd’s enthusiasm and kept them engaged throughout the threehour show, including Samia’s performance. After the band walked offstage at the end, the audience shone their phone lights, begging for one more song. Hippo Campus agreed, after a long pause backstage. I expect a great concert when I go to the Sylvee, but Hippo Campus and Samia exceeded my expectations. The crowd turnout was great, the music was fantastic and the bands were marvelous.

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From the chancellor's chair: Blank on this year’s biggest stories, what’s next for campus As 2018-19 school year draws to a close, Chancellor Blank addresses issues surrounding sexual assault, campus climate, mental health With the end of the 2018-19 school year approaching, The Badger Herald interviewed University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank on a range of issues, including higher education funding, the campus climate and UW mental health services. Below is a transcript of the conversation, which has been edited for style and clarity. The Badger Herald: The 2018 elections saw Democrat Tony Evers win the governorship. Known as the “education candidate,” Evers campaigned in support of increased public education funding throughout the state, including for the UW System. Such rhetoric comes after former Gov. Scott Walker’s notorious cuts to UW’s funding throughout his administration. The governor recently unveiled his proposed budget, which includes a $150 million boost for the UW System. In light of these developments, how would you describe your relationship with the new administration? In your eyes, what does the future hold for the UW System under Gov. Evers? Rebecca Blank: “Gov. Evers was a member of the Board of Regents by default in his previous role as the superintendent of schools in the state, so I’ve known him since I arrived [at UW]. And of course, he’s a three-time alum, and it’s always good to have alumni in senior state positions. I very much appreciate the governor’s support of higher education I think one of the most important aspects of what he’s done as governor is that literally, almost every time he stands up, he talks about the importance of education to the state. And you often talk about higher education as a piece of that, you talk about UWMadison, and that’s just really important to us that our senior elected state officials talk about the value of our institution and other related institutions to the state’s economics pathways, as well as just to the citizenship of the state. It is still unclear exactly how the split government between the governor and the legislature is going to proceed. I think they haven’t quite worked out where they’ll be able to cooperate and where they won’t. So these next several months, as they’re working on the budget, there are a lot of uncertainties as to what will come out of this. The governor’s proposed state budget is really not very different than the budget the regents asked for, and I’m cautiously optimistic that however they end up resolving — and there’s some difference between these two — that we’ll end up in a good spot (i.e., no budget cuts, potentially a little bit more money). We’re hoping we’ll have a reasonable compensation increase for faculty and staff — all of that would be nice.” BH: A recent report showed that Wisconsin had the fourthhighest decline in per-student higher education funding over the last five years. What factors are at play behind this report’s results? Do you have plans to collaborate with the new gubernatorial administration to reverse this trend? If so, how do you plan to accomplish that? RB: “One of the things Gov. Evers has talked about is that he wants to put more money into the [UW] System in part as a response to the comments we’ve received, so that’s some of the reasoning behind his budget, but that was also the reasoning behind the Regents’ request as well — and as I say that, those two aren’t actually very far off from each other. So, it’s an interesting question. 16 • badgerherald.com • April 30, 2019

We had some very deep cuts in the 2013-14 budget and the [20]15-16 budget. If you look over the last ten years — I go back to right before the recession, [up until] around a year ago — our cuts overall aren’t that different from many other states. What is different is the timing of our cuts. Many other states took larger cuts closer to the recession. We didn’t have as deep of cuts then — we took cuts later. So, if you look at the last five years, we look very bad. Those were difficult years. If you look over the last 10-15 years, all public institutions have seen cuts of about the same size. There’s nothing particularly unique about Wisconsin that jumps out if you take a slightly longer viewpoint. Now, having said that, these sorts of cuts to public education seriously compromise the ability of our institutions to work. I’ve got some other levers that I’m pulling to try and create institutional investments and dollars, but I don’t think we’re going to get a lot of additional money from the state over the year ahead. [Between] their demands for Medicaid funding and for roads and transportation and for prisons, every state of this country [is] facing enormous demands on their budgets. Higher education has been a loser in that, and that’s true in the red states and that’s true in the blue states. So, the issue is: How do we advocate for the value of higher education and at least the absence of further cuts, much less a little more investment, in any state where we find yourself in this rather partisan, divided political environment? That’s where we are. The last budget put small amounts of money back into the system. This next budget potentially — again if you go to the Regents’ request or the governor’s budget — would put a little bit more.” BH: How has this decline in per-student education funding affected graduate research students’ stipends? Consequently, what does this issue mean for the future of UW as a research institution and for higher education more generally? RB: “I’d say just the opposite. In fact, we, even in the bad years, put money into graduate students. When I arrived, our graduate student stipends were at the bottom of the Big Ten, and I remember saying, ‘That’s just unacceptable.’ So, even in the midst of cuts, we put more money into graduate student stipends. We’ve gone from being in the bottom to being above the median, which is where we ought to be given the quality of our graduate programs. There’s been a 42 percent increase … [over] the last six years in graduate student stipends, which has moved them up substantially. That is out of a commitment to the fact that we do want to adequately fund graduate students and we do want to attract high quality graduate students. Another initiative we’re trying to implement is transitioning away from year-to-year graduate awards when admitting new graduate students. So, if you came in, you might be given one year of funding, but you have no idea what’s going to happen the second year. Most universities are now doing four and five year funding packages when you arrive. Seventy-six percent of our departments are now offering some four and five-year funding packages, and we hope by the end of next year we’ll be at 100 percent. So … we put more money into graduate students, in terms of increasing [funding], at a time when faculty and staff were getting no compensation increases at all because we just needed to do

that. I know that there are issues around graduate students. The right way to handle this is to make the basic stipends at the right competitive level, not to exempt anyone from a fee structure which all the students pay and which supports basic structures and basic services — like buses, the health service, childcare for students (which is almost all used by graduate students) … We’ve made enormous commitments here, and I think we’ve been quite responsible about that.” BH: A February, student-led research project reported that Hmong students feel excluded and unwelcome at UW. This report’s findings are complemented by the creation of new cultural centers on campus, such as the APIDA and Latinx Cultural Centers. However, these centers have been dubbed “startup spaces” with perceived impermanent status, which has created a cause for concern among students that these spaces might be revoked or suffer under a lack of resources. What are your impressions of these developments against the backdrop of the campus climate report? What is your role in chancellor in creating a welcoming and inclusive campus? RB: “So, we have explicitly created a number of those centers precisely in response to concerns that there aren’t places for people with some shared common identity to gather [or who] feel a little more isolated on other parts of campus. I’m not sure what the comment on start up centers is — I don’t know what that comment is or who made it or [in] what context. We have been starting up some of these new centers. I don’t think there’s any sense that this space is impermanent. It’s in the Red Gym, it’s where we do student programming, it’s where I expect we will continue to do student programming. We have renovated those spaces to make them appropriate for these centers, so this is a pretty strong commitment that we’ve put a substantial amount of renovation money behind. It’s not temporary. BH: In the last year specifically, how has your administration worked to address the concerns that have come out in light of the campus climate report? What are your plans going forward? RB: “The campus climate report was not the first thing that suggested the concerns that you’re all aware of. These concerns have emerged over the last five to six years — particularly five years ago, when there was a death here in the city of a young black man shot by the police. That really — and for similar things happening around the country — [caused] this surge of concern about inclusivity, diversity and isolation of students of color. We have been taking on an agenda over time, and one of the things I’ve been quite clear about is that rather than saying, ‘Well there are 20 things we need to do, we need to do them all,’ [focusing instead on taking] two or three things a year and getting them started and doing them well and then saying, ‘What’s next?’ So for instance, one of the first things we did … is the Our Wisconsin program [four years ago]. We’ve been tweaking that in a number of ways ever since to try and do more as students come onto campus to talk about inclusivity and multiculturalism, and how you work with people who come from different backgrounds, and how that’s important. So that’s one of the things we’ve tried to implement. This past year, we rolled out a program called Targets of Opportunity, which is aimed at faculty hiring. The idea here is

to incentivize departments to look for targets of opportunity of people who they might be able to hire from underrepresented areas in their department. They have to make the argument of what underrepresented means. There are departments where underrepresented means, ‘We need to hire more women.’ In many of our departments, of course, underrepresentation would be of people of color. There are few cases where people have made arguments about particular perspectives on discipline and on the world in certain experiential backgrounds they want people to have. And so people are making these proposals. I think we have certified 36 hires. These are often hires to people who are highly competitive and successful individuals, so we’ll see what our yield rate is this first year. We have eight acceptances, and 12 of those offers are outstanding. If we’re able to hire 15 to 20 people off this program, we made a five year commitment to start with. We’ve put a lot of money into the program, paying a lot of the resources centrally. If we can, over the next five years hire 15 to 20 people out of this program on a regular basis, that will change the complexion, the visibility and the face of our faculty on this campus in many places. I’ve been delighted at the responses of schools and colleges. We’ve had proposals across campus. A number of places are telling us they’re not making proposals this year, but what they’ve been doing is strategically trying to identify targets of opportunity, talk to them, and invite them in for a seminar and set this up for another year to offer then. That’s one of the things we’re doing. That’s this year, and the year before one of the big things we’ve started was Bucky’s Tuition Promise … aimed at ensuring low income families from Wisconsin can come here. Part of diversity is having kids from dairy farms as well as kids from suburbs as well as kids from urban Milwaukee. Bucky’s Tuition Promise has people from 65 of the 72 counties, and you see rural Wisconsin, you see small town Wisconsin, you see Madison and Milwaukee all wellrepresented. It says something about how well our admissions office has marketed this, that we’ve really drawn in quite a swath of people. My hope is that those effects will build over time as more and more people hear about this and know that if your child is a strong student, they should be thinking about coming to UW-Madison, and we’re going to work with you to make it possible to be affordable here.” BH: Students have repeatedly expressed concerns over the university’s mental health services, which are perceived as lacking in space, cultural competency, and accessibility and availability, among others. However, UHS is also regularly rated as one of the best university health services in the nation. So how do you square that disconnect and what measures has your administration taken to bridge that disconnect? RB: “The context here is important, and both indeed can be true. The demand for university health services has soared at every university across the country. Everyone is sort of feeling like they’re running a little bit behind. We have historically had very good health services and I think we still do. But we have not kept up with demand, as has every other university. We’re all a little bit behind here. The fact that we had an interim [director] and a failed search last year didn’t help us either. We now have a new director of the University Health Services arriving May 1. I’m very excited about

this individual — they have the right background to take this over. One of his charges is to think about growth … There’s going to be some student fee money in this. We’ve said we will front end as much as necessary to hire 10 new professionals here. As I suspect you know, Vice Chancellor Lori Reesor has appointed a mental health task force to look at what we do, what the needs are and to make recommendations. I asked that they make some shortterm recommendations at the end of the semester. I’m expecting to receive those by the middle of May. But this is going to be a six to eight month process getting a fuller set of recommendations … It’s a really good task force with students, faculty, staff and a few outside people as well involved in it. There’s some things here that are obvious low-hanging fruit, such as trying to do some evening hours [for counselling]. There are other things that are much more difficult, [like] trying to figure out how we serve students effectively in multiple models. Many people have a model that includes coming in and spending an hour with a counselor. What I will tell you is that neither we nor any university in the country can meet that level of demand right now. And so we’re really trying to think about group counseling for some types of anxiety or depression, [where] group counseling can be as effective as one-on-one counseling. There’s some peer counseling models and peer mentoring that have been effective on other campuses. For certain types of issues that students come in with, there’s certain technology prompts and apps that people have done some pretty serious evaluation on. That can be useful — again, it depends on each students’ issues. There are obviously some students for whom sustained counseling relationships are very important. Part of this is doing this sort of triaging and decision making when a student first presents themself, to identify what the issues are and what the appropriate response is — rather than just assuming, ‘Let’s just put everyone into a scheduled counselor visit,’ because we’re just not going to be able to do that, at least in the near future. That doesn’t mean we can’t serve a number of these students reasonably effectively. So thinking about those alternative models, this has to be evidence-based, we have to be looking at things that really have been evaluated and that we know work. We’ve got a real agenda to work on here. I think we have a really good person coming in to lead this. We’re going to have some good recommendations coming out of this group. It will be an ongoing challenge.” BH: The Student Title IX Advisory Committee recently reported that the university decided not to implement Callisto software, which was determined to not meet student needs on campus. What did that review look like? How will the Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey results inform UW’s decisions to enhance sexual assault reporting on campus? Though the results for the survey won’t be available until fall 2019, are there any insights that can be given now? RB: “Let me start with the sexual assault survey. We, three years ago in conjunction with 27 other major, big research universities, all collaborated through the American Association of Universities to run the same surveys of sexual assault on our campuses. The ability to run a survey that we can then compare ourselves to similar schools is important, because you had schools who were doing completely different surveys. You had no idea if your number looked anything

like anyone else’s number because they were based on different questions and different surveys. This was an effort to get comparable data that we could all look at and draw baselines from. That data was not pretty. It looked on our campus like it looked on many campuses. You had close to a quarter of women reporting that, in some form or another, they had experienced sexual assault. That runs from everything from rape to groping — it’s a wide range of behaviors and problems. The number is way too high. That survey gave us information we had not had before, and we did a number of things based on it. For instance, I think all of us were surprised by the level of issues raised by graduate students, which had been a non-discussed issue here or anywhere else, so we have implemented a whole number of services, training, education — as we do with incoming undergraduates — that’s aimed at graduate students as well. We’ll see whether that moves the needle. We’ve tried to improve our service outreach. There’s certain populations and locations that jumped out in that survey, particularly in the dorms, where we have a lot of control over what happens. I will be very interested in seeing whether there’s any sign of moving the needle between that survey and the next survey. The other thing that came out of that survey which I was deeply appreciative of is that it mobilized a lot of student response. We had a number of student groups who said, ‘We have to take this on.’ I have to say, at the end of the day, sexual assault is going to go down because students are saying, ‘This is not acceptable’ — not because I’m standing at the top of the hill yelling, ‘You down there, don’t do that.’ We can do some things that are about education and bystander intervention and making sure that we’ve got the right services, but this has to be a cultural shift as well. So we’ll see what happened out of that survey, and it’s a reason to do the next benchmark. There are 33 schools in it this time, so there are even more comparisons. I don’t know what’s going to come out of that. I wish I could say, ‘Well I’m sure we’ve made a huge improvement.’ I’m not sure we have. This is an endemic problem across society. I would really like to see the numbers go down a little bit, but I’m going to remain skeptical until I see that data. I just encourage all your friends to participate in that survey — because the more people that respond, the more useful it is to us. On the Callisto software — this was a company that is basically trying to sell its product at universities. Their model for how to do this is to provide a certain number of years of free service with the hope that you’re then locked in and will keep doing it. We did a serious evaluation — that’s a nice offer, you want to look at that. Our student services staff’s response was that this was not the best technological solution for some of the things that happen on this campus. I agree with that assessment from what I know about it. I don’t think that reflects any lack of attention to this issue on this campus. I think it reflects the fact that we’re doing a number of things, and this particular approach didn’t mesh very well with both what we saw our students saying and some of the other ways which we’re approaching the issue. Read the rest of our interview with Chancellor Blank online at badgerherald.com. April 30, 2019 • badgerherald.com • 17

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2019 SPRING HEADLINERS At the close of each semester, The Badger Herald Editorial Board awards those people, proposals and policies which have dominated the news cycle across the University of Wisconsin campus, city of Madison and state of Wisconsin. Below are your Spring 2019 victors. The Editorial Board serves to represent the voice of the Badger Herald editorial department, distinct from the newsroom, and does not necessarily reflect the views of each staff member.

‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back’ Award: Progress, Failures for the Campus Climate Entering 2019, the FBI reported an increase in hate crimes for the third consecutive year. By many measures, Americans across color lines have observed an exacerbation of racial relations: 56 percent of all adult Americans Pew Research Center surveyed earlier this month said they believe racial relations are getting worse, and 65 percent believe it’s now more common for people to express racist views. This sentiment resonated especially with people of color, and this tension raises a cause for concern at the local level, including on our campus. In 2018, The Princeton Review ranked the University of Wisconsin as the eighth “Party School” in the U.S. — but not everybody feel comfortable being a part of that experience. A study conducted by University Health Services found, compared to their white counterparts, more students of color abstained from drinking and avoided areas where drinking occurred due to concerns about others’ alcohol use. It’s a feeling that resonates with students of color outside of nightlife as well — this sense of discrimination and alienation runs day-to-night. A research project led by a partnership between the the student-led HMoob American Studies committee and the Center for College-Workforce Transitions revealed in February that all Hmong American student participants felt excluded and unwelcome on the majoritywhite campus that has seen a continuous decline in HMoob American enrollment in recent years. Though all participants reported experiences with bias — including both macro- and micro-aggression — less than half among them reported the incidents to 18 • badgerherald.com • April 30, 2019

the university, some citing distrust with how the administration handled such cases. Even spaces expressly designated for students of color, namely the Multicultural Student Center, received mixed review from HMoob student participants. Presumably, the official opening of the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Cultural Center earlier this year would provide a safe space for improving the experiences of HMoob students — as would the Latinx Cultural Center for Latinx students. But concerned with the lack of full-time staff and lack of visibility of their locations, student founders of these centers have decided to label them as “startup spaces” in hopes of securing more resources for their cause in the long run. Additionally, at the same time the APIDA and Latinx cultural centers are advocating for more support from the university, the American Indian Student and Cultural Center, as well as the Chicanx cultural space MEChA House are facing the prospect of demolition under the current campus master plan. UW asserts that “diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation” for the school. But where we see as spaces for intellectual exploration, personal growth and leisure, we also see the color of spaces manifest itself — drinking spaces that prove to be a source of discomfort for students of color, as well as campus spaces that prove insensitive to their experiences. And where they can find comfort — spaces of their color — they feel are under-resourced, even threatened at times. Perhaps the politics of cultural spaces on campus is quite black and white after all.

Photo · Despite official opening of the APIDA Cultural Center and increased support for the Latinx Cultural Center, many students at UW still feel unwelcome, and many cultural spaces lack the support they need. Joey Rueteman The Badger Herald

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‘Who Run the World? Girls’ Award: Women Win in Spring Elections Following months of campaigning, the city of Madison and the state of Wisconsin elected a ticket of new leadership — one which is comprised of mostly women. Former District 12 alder Satya Rhodes-Conway was elected Mayor of Madison, defeating Madison’s “Mayor for Life” Paul Soglin by a margin of nearly 25 percent. After serving on City Council for six years and working at the Wisconsin Center on Strategy as managing director of the Mayor ’s Innovation Project — an organization which collaborates with mayors nationwide in an effort to improve city policy, Rhodes-Conway ran a mayoral campaign centered around issues of climate change, affordable housing accessibility and bus rapid transit in Madison. Rhodes-Conway and her accomplishments are noteworthy in their right, but to add to the success, RhodesConway’s election is a win for diversity — she is the city’s second-ever female mayor and first openly gay mayor. UW freshman Avra Reddy won the District 8 City Council seat, coming out ahead of fellow UW freshman Matthew Mitnick. After running a campaign focused on student housing, student safety and climate change, Reddy will be the district’s first female alder in more than 20 years and the first woman of color to ever represent the district. Vast female representation also extended to the Madison School Board election. With the elections of Cristiana Carusi, Ali Janae Muldrow and Ananda Mirilli, the board will, for the first time ever, now be comprised entirely of women. After the 2018 midterms, which saw the election of

more women to U.S. Congress than ever before, including the country’s first Native American congresswomen, first Muslim Congresswomen and youngest ever Congresswoman, one thing is clear: Women are here to stay in politics. Madison is no exception. As our country becomes increasingly diverse, the importance of catching up with that trend in our political representation cannot be overstated. Electing a panel of representatives which accurately reflects the diversity of our citizen is vital to the health and integrity of our democracy. This is so important, in fact, that we need to actively choose diversity. It is simply not sufficient to decide to be “colorblind” or to “not vote based on gender.” In a system which has historically always silenced the voices of minority groups, any decision that is not identity and diversityconscious, will inherently favor the political majority. In this spring’s elections, the voters in Madison made it clear that we are committed to diversity in politics, as well as electing qualified, intelligent officials who will have a positive impact on this city — crazy how one of those commitments does not preclude the other! Women are here to stay in politics, and they are here to make waves. Let this election be not a finish line, but a starting line. These elections are just the beginning of what is sure to be a new area in Madison politics — and perhaps this momentum will pick up in the rest of Wisconsin and the country.

Photo · The spring 2019 Madison elections in Madison saw a diverse panel of highly qualified politicians win office. Jill Kazlow The Badger Herald

‘Woe-Is-Me’ Award: College Free Speech Executive Order

Photo · Trump’s free speech executive order is the latest in Republicans’ self-victimization — a topic which has been all-too-familiar to UW. Dan Chinitz The Badger Herald

When President Donald Trump signed the college free speech executive order, which requires colleges to protect free speech on campus or risk losing federal research funding, little changed on the UW campus. In fact, the executive order will result in little change in actual policy, as the order only reiterates existing law. On our campus specifically, the order ’s effects are even more limited thanks to UW’s student free speech and protest policies. In 2017, the Board of Regents approved the Commitment to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression policy, which affirmed UW’s commitment to academic freedom and freedom of speech. The policy also outlined punishments for students who infringe upon these freedoms — a student who disrupts the free expression of others will face suspension for up to two separate instances and a third offense would result in that student’s expulsion. There is certainly evidence of issues regarding free speech on campus, most notably an instance at the University of California-Berkeley, where a conservative activist was physically assaulted. However, there is little evidence free speech on campus is a nationwide, problem, let alone one deserving of presidential attention. Data from the Niskanen Center, a center-right think tank, shows the number of incidents with the potential to threaten free speech is declining. As of 2018, campus speaker “disinvitations” are at their lowest numbers in ten years. Faculty firings over political speech is also down,

with around the same number of liberals and conservatives being dismissed. Even in years where these incidents are at their highest, the numbers are still relatively low — between 20 and 40 incidents among the country’s roughly 3,000 fouryear colleges and universities. Though campus free speech is an issue, statistics show it is not under attack the way many on the right believe. So, perhaps the most noteworthy similarity between Trump’s executive order and UW’s policy is not in the tone or the details — it is that both are a fight for cultural control and political power over America’s college campuses in the guise of a crusade over free speech. UW is no safe haven when it comes to free speech — conservatives can be underrepresented in political discussions on campus — but a few issues do not warrant the amount of panic both UW and Trump have placed on campus free speech. The UW campus climate survey even reported conservative students were significantly more likely to feel welcome and respected, making both efforts largely unnecessary. Trump’s executive order simply shows how important universities are to the cultural imagination of America’s right. It shows conservatives’ dedication to a mythology where radically left-wing students and professors are responsible for all of America’s ills. Even though the order changed little for UW as a campus, it is only another reminder of stark political polarization that plagues our campus and the entire country. badgerherald.com • April 30, 2019 • 19

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A comprehensive guide to Medicaid: What it is, and what it isn’t

While work requirements seem counterproductive to Medicaid’s objectives, they promote self-sufficient lifestyle, financial independence by Lianna Schwalenberg Columnist

Medicaid is the single largest source of health coverage in the U.S., and it ’s gaining a lot of traction in Wisconsin news, specifically the revenue losses related to non-expansion and the work requirements. Opinions are better founded on facts — so what are the facts? Medicaid is often confused with Medicare because both were created in 1965 under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Title XIX amendment to the Social Security Act. While Medicare is a national health insurance plan for everyone over the age of 65, Medicaid is jointly operated by the state and federal government and was originally intended for low income families, pregnant women, people with disabilities and people who need long-term care. In 2014, the Affordable Care Act, designed to alleviate the high uninsured rate, took effect and required all states expand Medicaid coverage to childless adults all the way up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line (about $12,140 for singles). While the Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional to force states to accept this expansion, the federal government does heavily subsidize the effort and they require states to be innovative if they don’t expand.

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not about keeping as many people as possible in the program — rather, it is about providing affordable health coverage to people who wouldn’t otherwise have it. ” In 2014, Wisconsin, under Gov. Scott Walker, did a “partial expansion,” filing a five-year Section 1115 demonstration waiver, expanding coverage to childless, non-disabled, non-pregnant, non-elderly adults up to 100 percent of the FPL, but only 100 percent — meaning the state was ineligible for federal funds. Because the waiver was set to expire this year, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services filed an amended extension, approved

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in October 2018. Had the extension not been approved, it’s estimated about 178,000 childless adults would have lost their coverage. This renewed waiver has a controversial requirement for its enrollees: all nonexempt adults between the ages of 19 and 49 must work or receive job training for at least 80 hours per month. They have 48 months to be compliant, after which they become ineligible for the program for six months. If the injunction on the lame-duck legislation remains in place, Gov. Tony Evers might have the chance to remove this work requirement. First of all, the work requirement makes a lot of sense. “To create an effective incentive Photo · Medicaid misinformation is everywhere, but a comprehensive understanding of it and its requirements is essential. for beneficiaries to take measures that Marissa Haegele promote health and The Badger Herald independence, it may be necessary for states hospital services, there just won’t be any to attach penalties to failure to take those paperwork. Medicaid’s central objective is not payments.” measures…” the federal agency overseeing about keeping as many people as possible They estimate losses of up to 15 percent Medicaid says in their approval letter. in the program — rather, it is about of Medicaid revenue in Wisconsin. But Holding a job puts you on track these losses assume a significant number to financial independence and the providing affordable health coverage to opportunity to receive employer-provided people who wouldn’t otherwise have it. of people will fail to file the necessary The work requirement is trying to weed paperwork and then drop out of the healthcare. People may say this begs the question of which comes first, good health out people who would otherwise have healthcare system altogether. One solution or a having a job? Thinking about what it — it fixates on all the people who are might be to make the paperwork as easy as compassion warrants us to do, the best able to work. Many people are exempt possible. from the work requirements: people with As a final note, Medicaid is not free thing government can do for a person is disabilities, elderly people, people with money. People who work and pay taxes to empower them, set them up for success mental illnesses, students, participants of help fund the program. Medicaid is meant and give them the chance to be selfan alcohol or drug abuse program, just to to be a payer of last resort, not someone’s sufficient. name a few. None of these people have to lifeline or a hospital’s source of revenue. Second, it is not likely many people If you are an able-bodied, non-student, will lose their insurance as we may think. fulfill the work requirements. One recent argument against the work childless adult, then working part-time According to statistics from the Kaiser requirement is it harms hospital revenues. and filling out the paperwork within four Family Foundation, about 62 percent years is easy compliance and it will wean of Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund brought this to fruition. you off dependence on government money. are already working, so requiring them “If people lose their Medicaid coverage, to work seems pointless — we are not Lianna Schwalenberg (lschwalenber@ setting them up for success, but failure. hospitals will see reduced revenue,” Randy uwalumni.com) is a recent graduate with An unintended consequence might be that Haugh, the author of the study said. many of these people would lose coverage “They’ll see increased uncompensated degrees in communication arts and philosophy. care because these people still need because of the increased red tape and

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Republicans have no excuse to reject the Violence Against Women Act

If Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation chooses to prioritize party platform over safety, women will be at risk

by Courtney Degen Columnist

The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to extend the Violence Against Women Act for another five years. The Violence Against Women Act was originally created in 1994, with its goal to fight domestic violence and sexual assault. The bill’s renewal would continue to fund programs to prevent gender-based crimes and help the victims of these crimes recover through expanded housing and jobless benefits. The bill also works to improve services to children who are exposed to domestic violence and more. Wisconsin’s congressional delegates split their votes almost directly along party lines, with all Democrats in favor of the act’s renewal and all Republicans against it except for Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Janesville. The reasoning behind this is generally unknown, however, one part of the bill is definitely more controversial than the others. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, “The bill prohibits persons convicted of misdemeanor stalking or dating violence from possessing firearms.” Republicans are known for their adverse attitude to an increase in gun control, so this

part of the bill may be one of the reasons most of Wisconsin’s Republicans voted against it. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Hayward, has even gone on records claiming that Democrats are bent on eradicating the Second Amendment. The statistics that describe the relationship between firearms and domestic abuse paint a terrifying picture — 19 percent of domestic violence involves a weapon. Furthermore, the presences of a gun in a domestic violence situation increases the risk of homicide by 500 percent. The National Domestic Violence Hotline conducted a survey of people whose abusers had access to firearms. Of the respondents, 10 percent said their abusers had fired a gun during an argument and 67 percent believed their abusers were capable of killing them. These statistics should be reason enough to approve an extension of the Violence Against Women Act. But these numbers represent real people, real lives in danger of being lost. Relieving abusers of their right to bear arms is worth saving the lives of the vulnerable. Another notable action of the bill is that it also requires shelters to “admit transgender individuals in their acquired sex,” which could be a point of concern for Republican lawmakers who often fail to accept and respect the transgender

community. No matter their reasoning for rejecting the bill, however, Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen need to open their eyes and realize the Violence Against Women Act is absolutely necessary to combating sexual assault and domestic violence in the U.S. today. In the U.S., one in five women will be raped at some point in their lives. An average of 20 people are physically abused by an intimate partner every minute. Furthermore, women ages 18 to 24 are the most commonly abused by an intimate partner, and nearly 27 percent of women in college have experienced unwanted sexual contact. Regardless of one’s feelings on firearms, there is no denying these statistics. Protecting U.S. citizens, specifically women, from their abusers by making sure they do not have access to guns is completely just and necessary to keeping U.S. citizens safe. Furthermore, the Violence Against Women Act ensures that rape prevention and education programs are properly funded and continue to take place on college campuses. With University of Wisconsin’s own multitude of sexual assault cases over the past few years, this funding is necessary to addressing the major problem of sexual assault on UW’s campus and elsewhere in the U.S.

If the part of the bill about admitting transgender individuals in their acquired sex is truthfully considered a problem, then perhaps Republicans need to rethink their values. Just how far is one willing to go to disrespect a community? Transgender individuals should always be recognized and accommodated by the gender they identify with, especially in a case as serious and personal as a shelter. Though we can only speculate what caused this rift among party lines, the reality is that the reasoning does not matter. Keeping U.S. citizens safe from domestic abuse, sexual assault and the potential of firearms in the wrong person’s hands should take priority over all other trivial controversies. While this is only one case, it seems there is a general pattern of Republicans voting against common sense laws because of small aspects that turn them off. Especially when it comes to something as serious as domestic abuse and sexual assault, however, Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen need to realize the importance of safety over opinion. Courtney Degen (cdegen@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in political science and journalism.

Leading by example: Wisconsin makes progress in clean energy industry Despite national decrease, Wisconsin continues to add more jobs in renewable energy, establishing good foundation for further progress

by Mitch Rogers Columnist

Wisconsin has been making solid strides regarding the clean energy industry. According to the most recent Clean Jobs Midwest report, in 2018 Wisconsin added 1,786 jobs in the clean energy industry, which is a 2.4 percent improvement from 2017. Wisconsin Public Radio noted that the majority of these jobs were being generated in the energy efficiency sector. This sector includes jobs such as manufacturing energy efficient appliances and installing efficient lighting and heating systems. The overall purpose of the sector is to reduce energy use to save people money on those costs while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This may come as a surprise, but the Midwest actually has a thriving clean energy sector. As traditional fossil fuel jobs are beginning to phase their way out of the economy, the renewable energy sector has seen a great deal of growth. Arjun

Krishnaswami, a Natural Resources Defense Council policy analyst said the clean energy economy is much more than a coastal phenomenon. It’s remarkable to see Wisconsin taking the initiative and leading by example to transfer our economy from non-renewable energy, such as coal, to alternative sources of energy, such as solar power. While the growth in the clean energy sector is encouraging to see, it is worth noting that this growth is incremental. At least for the past few years, there have been small upticks in the percentage of jobs added in the clean energy sector. This is a sustainable way for our state to gradually shift into clean energy without displacing the job market much. Wisconsin currently has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. A massive increase of jobs could actually overwhelm our state’s economy. While it would be ideal to be using 100 percent renewable energy, we don’t live in a utopian state, and this outcome simply isn’t realistic. As such, it’s refreshing to see Wisconsin take

a level-headed, yet committed approach to bringing in renewable energy as a primary source of energy. We must also consider the implications regarding jobs lost from nonrenewable energy. In economics, changes in the labor force or shifts in the economy due to technological advancements, in this case renewable energy, are defined as growing pains. But to everyday families, losing a job is defined as being laid off, and having to find another means of putting food on the table. Despite this, it has simply become cheaper for companies to use renewable energy rather than fossil fuels. A recent study about global coal power found that in red and blue states alike, the cost of building new wind and solar plants is less than the price of running existing coal-fired power plants. Globally, 42 percent of coal capacity is unprofitable. If the U.S. closed coal-fired power plants, they could save $78 billion while also falling in line with the Paris Climate Accord’s climate goals. Mankind has rarely gotten anything right

on the first try. Embracing the shift to clean energy has taken decades to become at the forefront of political issues, but it is getting there. People have been hesitant to accept the fact that we are responsible for a great deal of the mess on Earth. Despite the best efforts of some legislators and corporations, it appears that the simple cost-benefit ratio of sustaining fossil fuel plants will eventually lead to their extinction. While that’s great for our environment, it is important that we don’t forget about the blue-collar workers who were employed at these factories. Our legislators should look into funding programs that can retrain displaced fossil fuel workers into jobs involving renewable energy. If things continue on this path, Wisconsin will be a role model in the Midwest for years to come, as a state that has gradually shifted our economy into one that relies primarily renewable energy. Mitch Rogers (mrogers9@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in economics. badgerherald.com • Apirl 30, 2019 • 21

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Football: Badgers poised to reclaim elite status within Big Ten With new blood at special teams, Jake Ferguson returning at tight end, Wisconsin has wealth of talent at its disposal by Ben Kenney Staff Writer

The final positional preview with the spring practice season now in the books turns focus to two unheralded, yet pivotal positions to Wisconsin’s success on the football field — special teams and tight ends. Many of the questions coming into the spring about Head Coach Paul Chryst’s team were about who will follow in Alex Hornibrook’s footsteps at quarterback and who will fill the holes left at linebacker, on the offensive line and at defensive end. One positional unit being overlooked right now, though, whose performance was detrimental to the Badgers’ success a season ago, are the specialists. Special Teams Rafael Gaglianone and his 58.8 percent field goal conversion rate are gone from Chryst’s specialist unit. One thing Gaglianone was good for last season, however, were attempts within 30 yards — his five makes in six tries within 30 yards were good for an 83 percent conversion rate.

“Chryst finding consistency at kicker would be a crucial step forward from last season where games were lost due to Gaglianone’s inefficiency.” But from beyond 30 yards, Gaglianone was only 5-for-11 on field goal attempts, including an unforgettable 42-yard miss at Camp Randall against Brigham Young University that sealed the Badgers’ first loss of the season. With much to be desired in the kicking game going into the 2019 season, redshirt sophomore and former walk-on Collin Larsh is the frontrunner to take the job going into the season. Larsh didn’t play during the 2018 season, but was listed No. 2 on the depth chart behind Gaglianone before the season and is known to be more than capable beyond 40 and even 50 yards. Larsh talked to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel before the 2018 season.“I’ve

been waiting for this opportunity, kind of following Raf’s footsteps,” Larsh said. “He has been teaching me since the day I got here, how to handle every situation.” Chryst finding consistency at kicker would be a crucial step forward from last season where games were lost due to Gaglianone’s inefficiency. The rest of the special teams unit is shaping up to have senior Anthony Lotti and redshirt Connor Allen work as the primary punters, redshirt senior Zach Hintze as the kickoff specialist, Adam Bay as the long snapper and Aron Cruickshank, Jack Dunn and others as kickoff and punt returners, respectively. Tight Ends The tight end position looks straightforward entering the 2019 season. After seeing Troy Fumagalli go to the NFL last April, Jake Ferguson stepped into the role and played well as only a redshirt freshman. Now a sophomore, Ferguson will look to build upon the 36 catches, 456 yards and four touchdowns he had a year ago. Behind Ferguson on the depth chart will be redshirt junior Luke Benzschawel, redshirt junior Gabe Lloyd and redshirt freshman Cormac Sampson. Season Preview and Prediction I’ve spent this spring diving into each positional unit on the team, trying to project how each group and team as a whole will look come August. Now, with the season about four months away, here are some predictions — bold predictions, as some would say — on where I think the Badgers will rank when next season is all said and done. 1. Jonathan Taylor is a Heisman Trophy finalist but falls second to Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Taylor has demonstrated Heisman-like talent and production during his first two seasons. The presence of Jack Coan, Graham Mertz or another candidate under center should help Taylor immensely and could further vault him into the Heisman conversation. 2. Coan surprises everyone and finishes the year as the second-most productive quarterback in the Big Ten behind Justin Fields of Ohio State. Coan has low expectations coming into the year with Mertz right behind him. I can see a situation where Coan takes a massive step forward from last year and leads the

Photo · Jake Ferguson’s emergence in 2018 was one of the team’s better story lines in what was a disappointing year. With Ferguson back, along with last season’s receiving corps, the Badger passing game has a solid foundation to provide its new quarterback. Daniel Yun The Badger Herald Badgers to a season comparable to 2017 — that is, a lot more winning than 2018. 3. A.J. Taylor becomes a first or second round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. A.J. Taylor has all the talent in the world to play in the NFL. Now, with a quarterback under center who can stretch the field and who doesn’t lock on to receivers, he should have an amazing year. I can see him getting drafted early next year. 4. Jack Sanborn leads the team in tackles. Sanborn was a highly-touted recruit in last year ’s recruiting class. Everyone is raving about him replacing T.J. Edwards in the middle of the defense and I see a huge year

ahead for him. 5. The Badgers either lose against a good South Florida team week one and end the season 8-5 again — with their other losses coming against Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State — or they win the Big Ten West with a 10-2 record and face Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game. Final prediction A 10-2 record with losses at Ohio State and home against Michigan. Wisconsin wins the Big Ten West but falls to Ohio State, once again, in the Big Ten Championship Game. April 30, 2019 • badgerherald.com • 23

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Mertz madness: Fans in awe of Kansas high school football sensation

The 6-foot-3 product of Mission, Kansas enters UW with perhaps the highest expectations of any incoming player in program history by Colton Mosley Staff Writer

Oohs and aahs filled Camp Randall Stadium two Saturdays ago. The Badger faithful shuttled around the bowl following the quarterback group wherever they went. But, they didn’t want to see the quarterbacks. They want to see the quarterback. After an Alex Hornibrook era that saw Wisconsin’s winningest season in program history in 2017 and perhaps its finest threeyear stretch of all-time, Badger fans were often left scratching their heads due to the subpar performance from their starting quarterback. Enter Graham Mertz. Mertz, a 6-foot-3 product of Mission, Kansas, ranks as the highest-rated quarterback to come to Wisconsin in the online scouting era. He might also rank as the player with the highest expectations in Wisconsin football history. Mertz struggled early on in throwing drills prior to the scrimmage portion of practice, which was open to the public. Quarterback counterparts Jack Coan and Danny Vanden Boom hit receivers in stride nearly every pass, while Mertz threw several errant passes behind and over receivers.

“For all the expectations placed on an 18-year-old, Mertz may be one of the only people his age able to handle it. In fact, he’s handled the big stage fairly well in his young career.”

As spring practice shifted to the scrimmage portion of the afternoon, Mertz appeared much more comfortable in the pocket in a more realistic game setting. The four quarterbacks took turns captaining the offense early, but Coan eventually transitioned into more of a coaching role to aid his young teammates under center. Mertz welcomed the fans with a stunning 14-play, 98-yard drive completing all three of his passes for 39 yards. He later led a 51-yard drive that 26 • April 30, 2019 • badgerherald.com

ended in a 15-yard touchdown strike to wide receiver Adam Krumholz. He passed his first test in front of Wisconsin fans, but something tells me he would have passed that test regardless. Badger fans cheered and hollered for every single play by Mertz. A check down to a cutting running back elicited eruptions. Even simple, basic reads and throws led to fans nudging each other and saying one of two things, “I can’t believe we get this guy for four years,” or “Hornibrook couldn’t have made that pass.” These are not fictional quotes. These are words that were tossed around Camp Randall as often as Mertz made a positive contribution on the field. Coan and Vanden Boom, on the other hand, received no such applause during their time on the field. For all the expectations placed on an 18-year-old, Mertz may be one of the only people his age able to handle it. In fact, he’s handled the big stage fairly well in his young career. In January, Mertz dominated the All-American Bowl, throwing for 188 yards and a game-record five touchdowns. As a high school junior, Mertz led Blue Valley North High School to a Kansas state championship. He seems to thrive on the big stage which only balloons his expectations. Despite the hype, Mertz wasn’t the only player being tightly watched on the field. Fellow freshman running back Brady Schipper wowed the fans with impressive field vision and his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield. In his redshirt season last year, Schipper shifted to a wide receiver role before returning back to his home at halfback. Those receiving skills out of the backfield are something that the Badgers have lacked for years. Don’t expect Schipper to garner a huge amount of carries, but he could resemble more of a Dare Ogunbowale role in the passing game. Krumholz, a Stoughton, Wisconsin, native, also impressed with a slew of catches from Vanden Boom and Mertz. Unfortunately for Krumholz, the Badgers return all of their core receivers from a season ago. But his chemistry with Mertz could mean more opportunities if Mertz gets the starting nod. Senior tackle David Moorman saw consistent time at left tackle with the firstteam offense. Moorman has really impressed coaches during winter conditioning and now in spring practice as well. The 6-foot5, nearly 300-pound Moorman has played in all 41 games throughout his first three

Photo · Graham Mertz may have the highest ceiling of any quarterback currently on the Badger roster, but he will face steep competition from junior quarterback Jack Coan, who has impressed both coaches and observers during spring practices. Dane Sheehan The Badger Herald years, but only on special teams and as a reserve. With the departure of four-fifths of the Badgers’ offensive line from a year ago, Moorman is one of the many linemen seeking a spot. Cole Van Lanen looks to be the assumed left tackle come fall, but Moorman could slide to left guard or right tackle. His flexibility is a huge plus given the injuries that generally plague offensive lines. Sophomore tight end Jake Ferguson looked like his usual self in the passing game. The 6-foot-5 security blanket will provide whoever ends up behind center with a quality receiving option. Prior to the practice, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez spoke of Ferguson (his grandson) and what it’s like to watch his grandson play at Wisconsin. “Jake’s a playmaker and always has been,” Alvarez said. “He can catch the ball. I’m upset with the quarterback every time he throws and doesn’t throw to Jake.” Alvarez held a town hall Q&A session

in the University of Wisconsin Field House adjacent to Camp Randall. Questions concerning a variety of sports were asked, but the majority of them returned to football as that is Alvarez’s specialty. He spoke of his wish to expand the College Football Playoff, upcoming non conference opponents and some questions skirting around the topic of Mertz. Alvarez never mentioned Mertz or any of the quarterbacks when asked about what kinds of things Head Coach Paul Chryst looks for in a quarterback. Another question about how hard it is for a true freshman to start in his first year clearly invoked Mertz. The Badger faithful are used to winning, and last year ’s five losses felt like an incredible disappointment with such high expectations. Alvarez chided fans saying that “winning is hard” and that “sometimes people take winning for granted.” Perhaps, Mertz and the Badgers can make last season an anomaly.

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Reflections on the semester that was in Wisconsin athletics

Spring semester featured National Championship from women’s hockey team, NCAA Tournament berth for men’s basketball by Harrison Freuck and Ben Kenney Staff Writers

The spring of 2019 saw a blend of success and disappointment in Wisconsin athletics. Women’s hockey captured its fifth national title. Swimmer Beata Nelson gave an unfortgettable performance at the NCAA Swimming National Championships, and runners Morgan McDonald, Olli Hoare and Alicia Monson pad their resumes during the indoor and outdoor track seasons. Ethan Happ was named to his second All-America team as a Badger. But two of Wisconsin’s marquee programs — men’s basketball and men’s hockey — saw their once promising seasons come to disappointing ends. With summer fast approaching, we asked two of our writers to offer their reflections on the semester that was for the Badgers and provide their thoughts on what’s to come in the fall. Harrison Freuck The University of Wisconsin’s spring sports teams showed success and promise throughout. The women’s volleyball team finished their spring season while losing in just one set over the course of their three matches against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last fall. The men’s tennis team showed that they

have a rising star in freshman Jared Pratt, who won his last eight regular-season matches in Big Ten play. The football team has shown improvement after a disappointing season, as the quarterback battle rages on between freshman Graham Mertz and junior Jack Coan. Among several other teams, these performances show that despite a disappointing year in some areas, the UW Athletics Department as a whole continues to trend in the right direction. This summer, I expect to see the quarterback battle continue to heighten, as Coan looks to solidify himself as the starting quarterback despite tough competition from Mertz. I also expect to see the Badgers track and field team to ride their success after promising performances across the board, in both men’s and women’s events. The men’s basketball team will also look to find their way after a poor performance at the NCAA Tournament in March. The team will also hit the reset button as they learn what their new identity will be with the loss of AllAmerican Ethan Happ and the maturation of the backcourt. Lastly, I expect to see the Wisconsin fall sports teams gear up for another grueling season with preparation over the course of the remainder of spring and summer to get back to the top in their respective sports.

Ben Kenney Many would agree that this was a down year for Wisconsin’s biggest programs. From an 8-5 football season to the men’s basketball team’s first-round NCAA Tournament exit, to the men’s hockey team struggling to find footing in a strong Big Ten Conference, the sole bright spot in Madison was the women’s hockey team winning the National Championship. Looking forward, two of the three men’s programs mentioned above have a positive outlook going into the 2019-20 school year. The third, not so much. The two teams who will take steps forward next year are the men’s hockey team and the football team. Head Coach Tony Granato’s men’s hockey team was extremely young this year. Specifically, five of Granato’s top six point producers on the team were underclassmen. Going into next year, Granato returns much of his production on the ice and welcomes in a freshman class of 13, four of which are projected to be drafted to the NHL in June. This combination of incoming and returning talent should lead to success next winter. On the gridiron, where Head Coach Paul Chryst said goodbye to his starting quarterback, four starters on his offensive line and a majority of his defensive talent after last season ended — though saying goodbye to now-Florida State Quarterback Alex Hornibrook was probably for the best.

What Chryst does have for him going into next fall is year three for star running back Jonathan Taylor, the presumed breakout of sophomore linebacker Jack Sanborn and the presence of Kansas high school sensation Mertz. A more stable quarterback situation — sophomore Jack Coan or the freshman Mertz — paired with Chryst’s team only playing just one truly challenging road game at Ohio State, points toward a successful season after a disappointing one a year ago. The team who will most likely regress next season is Head Coach Greg Gard’s men’s basketball team, though recent news has opened a potential lane to success. Since Gard has been at Wisconsin, he has struggled to bring top-level to Madison. Yes, Nate Reuvers and Brad Davison were the No. 2 and No. 3 2017 recruits from Minnesota, respectively, but even with them at Wisconsin, it’s been clear these last two years that Gard’s recruiting classes lack the star power that Bo Ryan was able to bring to Madison. One reason for this was losing out on ex-Kentucky Wildcat Tyler Herro and exMarquette Golden Eagle Joey Hauser. It was announced two weeks ago, however, that Joey Hauser and his brother Sam were transferring from Marquette, and listed Wisconsin as one of their possible destinations. If Gard wants to have success in the coming years, he needs to land the Hauser brothers. Without them, it’s hard seeing his basketball team succeeding in the near future.

Photo · The Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s National Championship run was perhaps the greatest achievement in Wisconsin athletics this semester. Head Coach Mark Johnson led his team to its fifth title in program history after a dominant Frozen Four performance that saw the Badgers not allow a single goal.

Photo · Despite an All-America campaign from senior Ethan Happ and a return to the NCAA Tournament, the men’s basketball team’s season came to a disappointing end in a first round loss to Oregon. Life without Happ may prove to be the greatest challenge of Greg Gard’s tenure as head coach so far.

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