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WHAT’S IN A NAME? Black face competitions, mock Native American rituals and student organizations with links to the KKK all characterized a climate of intolerance and oppression at UW in the 1920s. A century later, campus struggles down the long road to redressing the past and creating an inclusive future — beginning with the removal of two names. pg. 16 Designed by Sam Christensen

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2019-21 requested budget to prepare UW students for workforce After receiving approval from Board of Regents, budget still must be submitted by governor, approved by state Legislature

by Mackenzie Christman Campus News Editor

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents recently approved an operating budget request for $107.5 million of state funds. The funding request must be approved by the state Legislature and governor before it can be officially instituted.

According to reporting from the Wisconsin State Journal, 75 percent of the funding would be allocated to campuses based on how adequately they perform in areas like student success and operating

efficiencies, among others.

UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank believes the budget will help push the university forward in a variety of different studentcentric ways. “[Priorities are] as always, focused on student success, preparing our graduates for excellent careers and promoting innovation and outreach across the state,” Blank said.

The 2019-21 budget proposal also strives to meet the demands outlined by the largely Republican state Legislature to hold universities more accountable.

According to UW System President Ray

Cross, the proposed 2019-21 budget would also increase state funding by $82.5 million for outcomes-based funding, which focuses on the support of goals related to student success and development in preparation for entering the workforce.

There would be a focus on developing more graduates and helping them complete degrees in a more timely manner through focusing on student services and academic support systems, Cross said.

“The budget proposal will increase student access to System institutions, enhance their progress towards a degree and prepare them for the Wisconsin

workforce,” Cross said.

Approximately $25 million of the newly requested funds would go towards capacity-building initiatives which would help the UW System accelerate programs that are part of high-growth fields such as nursing, computer science, engineering and technologically-heavy fields.

Educational and research work would also be prioritized, according to a UW news release.

“Capacity-building initiatives included in the budget proposal would give students access to more research opportunities and offer diversity in learning environments vital to both businesses and communities,” Cross said.

If the budget proposal is approved by the governor and state Legislature, Cross believes students would benefit from enhanced attention in the areas of student enrollment, [degree] progress and degree completion.

Blank said a continued monetary investment from the state would allow UW to retain its status as a world-class university.

“Education, health and research [programs] change lives and power Wisconsin’s economy,” Blank said.

The regents also gave their approval on a capital budget recommendation of $1.9 billion, 90 million of which would go towards the expansion of the UW School of Veterinary Medicine building, currently the only veterinary school in Wisconsin. Last year, the school served over 26,500 patients in a facility originally designed to help around 12,000 patients per year.

The UW System’s capital request focuses mainly on the renovation, repair and replacement of aging or unusable facilities. A large part of the buildings in the UW system were built between 1950 and 1979 with few changes made since their construction, according to a UW news release.

Operating and capital budget requests will be given to the governor, who will pass on a budget to the state Legislature where it will be deliberated in early 2019.

If the proposal can receive approval by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee and both houses, it will be returned to the governor to be made into law.

According to Associated Press, the budget request also asks Gov. Scott Walker to sign off on a variety of construction projects, including a new gymnasium for UW. Cross believes the budget proposal will aim to help a variety of people and organizations.

“The budget proposal responds to the needs of employers and communities,” Cross said.

Gov. Walker was not available for comment at this time.

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Major bills moved quickly through Legislature under Walker, report finds Analysis reveals legislation received shorter deliberation time during Walker’s first term, including Budget Repair Bill

by Molly Liebergall Print News Editor

A recent analysis of records and interviews showed bills began moving faster through the Wisconsin legislature after Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican legislators took office in 2011.

Teodor Teofilov, a graduate student in University of Wisconsin’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, conducted the study in conjunction with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism as part of a 400-level journalism course. Dee J. Hall, cofounder and managing editor of the WCIJ, taught the course and aided Teofilov in his reporting. “[We were] trying to figure out a way to quantify some trends I had noticed as a legislative reporter. I wanted to figure out, ‘well is this a trend, or are these anomalies?’”

Hall said. “What we found was it was, in fact, a trend that was most accelerated right after Walker took office, and has backed off since then.”

According to the findings, the largest increase in speed occurred during Walker ’s first term, as Hall said when average bill deliberation — the time between introduction and Walker’s signature — decreased by 40 days when compared to the 2009-10 session under Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

Between 1997 and 2010, the percentage of quickly-passed bills averaged 10.52 percent, according to the analysis. However, after Walker’s first term, where 25.87 percent of bills were “fast-tracked,” as the study said, speedy legislation in the 2013-14 term fell back down to 10 percent, and in the 2015-16 term to 10.97 percent.

“You want your government to be working fast and efficiently, but it comes to the point

where it might be too fast and something might be wrong,” Teofilov said.

University of Wisconsin political science professor David Canon took issue with the WCIJ article’s usage of “fast-track,” since its technical definition differs from its meaning in this study, he said. In national politics, fast-tracked bills refer to a specific type of legislation given an expedited pass, whereas the WCIJ analysis uses it to refer to legislation that simply moves quickly, Canon said.

Though the proportion of speedy bills dropped closer to the previous average following Walker ’s first term, several pieces of legislation passed quickly in 2011 amassed attention for backlash received from the public.

According to the analysis, Act 43, the 2011 redistricting plan, passed in 29 days, while the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill passed in only 24 and drew a crowd of 100,000 protestors to the Capitol.

Despite fewer bills being passed with shorter deliberation after the 2011-12 term, the study found that some major pieces of legislation were still moving quickly in more recent years. In 2015, the Right to Work Law passed in just 14 days, while the 2017 vote authorizing $3.2 billion in state taxpayer subsidy to Foxconn Technology Group took 48 days — which Teofilov used as the benchmark for determining legislation speed.

In an email to The Badger Herald, State Minority Leader Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh, expressed concern for bills like these that may move too quickly.

“The legislature must be accountable to the people of Wisconsin,” Hintz said. “When bills are rushed through the legislative process without time for the public to weigh in, we do a disservice to our constituency, the legislative process, [sic] and our democracy.”

Hintz was not alone in his assessment. In

the WCIJ article, State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, also criticized the speed at which some bills have been passed, stating legislation that moves too quickly and without ample public exposure is almost always bad for democracy.

In the same article, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, denounced the analysis’ findings and credibility, claiming it was politically-motivated and superficial and did not demonstrate a thorough comprehension of the intricacies of the legislative process.

Vos did not reply to three requests for comment.

Teofilov and Hall rejected the idea of political motivation, with Hall emphasizing that the technique of fast-moving legislation can occur when either party has control of the governorship and both chambers, referencing a brief period of Democratic control in 2009 when a controversial smoking ban was passed.

Teofilov further explained he began his research without looking for a certain outcome or knowing what the findings would indicate.

Instead, he conducted the study to find an answer to a question that had been mostly unexplored until that point.

“People always felt that bills were passing

fast, but there wasn’t anything concrete,” Teofilov said. “The main thing I was trying to convey in my story was just to show the facts. When I started doing this I didn’t actually know that the data would show me anything, it could’ve been erratic data, or it could’ve been a flatline.”

The study did not take into account whether the government was divided or united during a given term, the significance of the bill or several other contributing factors, which drew some criticism not only from Vos but Canon as well.

Canon suggested incorporating the partisanship of a given bill, its vote count and whether one party had control of all three parts of state government. By incorporating these factors, the study would have been able to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges, Canon said.

Regardless of any flaws, Canon still believes the analysis has value.

“I think that this is a really good first cut at a very important topic,” Canon said. “They may be onto something here...that there is less time being spent on important bills, but what does that show about the larger legislative process?”

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Dane County to implement new farming techniques, reduce runoff

Board looks ahead to cleaner future after setting goals aimed at minimizing phosphorus presence in Yahara Lakes

by Courtney Erdman Reporter

The Dane County Board recently established new goals aimed to reduce phosphorus runoff in the Yahara Lakes by improving farming techniques. These goals include supporting and encouraging conservation efforts, improving nutrient management, reducing runoff, improving regulations, developing new programs and supporting existing ones.

Although Madison’s tap water is safe to drink, according to research by the Environmental Testing Lab (Public Health), phosphorus runoff can cause huge algae blooms. An algae bloom is the rapid increase in the population of algae in water systems.

It takes just one pound of phosphorus, mixed with nitrogen and carbon, to create five hundred pounds of algae in water, according to research by Ron Struss, Water Resources Educator for the University of Minnesota Extension.

Sharon Corrigan, Chair of the Dane County Board, acknowledged the effort Madison has put into maintaining the lakes in the past.

“Over the years we’ve spent millions of dollars trying to clean the lakes and to keep runoff from coming into the lakes,” Corrigan said.

Phosphorus has multiple sources, including runoff from cities and construction sites.

However, the primary cause is runoff from farms, which correlates with the imbalance between crop uptake and nutrients in manure in the Yahara Lakes area, Rebecca Larson, an assistant professor in bio-waste, said.

Runoff is caused by the movement of manure and soil. Corrigan said using certain types of manure during different times of the

year, ensuring there is enough space for manure storage, creating buffer strips and planting cover crops to restore nutrients and prevent erosion are all key ways to reduce runoff.

“The nutrient management plan is something that farmers do to calculate how much [fertilizer] they put on their land,” Corrigan said.

This is also used to assess how many nutrients are being taken out of the soil during harvesting, and how many need to be put back to create a healthy balance. The goal of this plan is to prevent the overapplying of phosphorus and other nutrients, Corrigan said.

Teams of professors, scientists and students have been researching ways to reduce runoff and improve agricultural practices, Larson said.

The University of Wisconsin is directly assisting the public and farmers through research and other opportunities. UW Discovery Farms conducts research on water runoff from fields to see which nutrients are leaving farms and ending up in the lakes.

UW Extension Dane County performs cover crop and composting manure research with Yahara Pride Farms, an organization that aims to reduce phosphorus runoff through nutrient management, Jeff Endres, Chair of Yahara Pride Farms, said.

“Through cover crop research we try to find which crops are more effective and protect the soil through the winter months, and with composting manure we are learning ways to reduce nutrients from leaving the farm,” Endres said.

To improve manure management, farmers need to be aware of weather conditions and perform low disturbance manure injection, Endres said.

Students can get involved by attending

council meetings — which are open to the management plan, Endres said. public — where they can voice their opinions.

If the farmer scores high enough on the There are many research opportunities with assessment, they can become a certified Yahara different kinds of faculty, Larson said.

Pride Farms member. A new incentive is also “We need more people to get out there and in the works to add value to the products of understand the science and explain that to farmers who become members. others ... and that’s a great place for students to Farmers can make a difference by being get involved,” Larson said. involved and voicing their concerns. It can be The new goals and practices will not bear a hard to get agriculture’s point of view to the cost to farmers. There are other ways revenue public, as it’s often portrayed differently than it is being generated to support relevant research occurs, Endres said. projects and organizations, such as Yahara “The most important voices are the farmers,” WINS and the Yahara CLEAN Strategic Action Endres said. “They know what is best for their Plan. These costs are covered by a combination farms.” of the state, county, partnerships and grants, Corrigan said.

The Department Support for Women & Babies of Land and Water Resources is currently making a draft of changes to the current goals that will be introduced this fall, but the effective date may or may not be this fall.

The Department hopes that these changes will go into effect next year, Corrigan said.

Incentive programs are in place to encourage farmers and researchers.

Yahara Pride Farms has a certification program where a Conservation Resource Manager works with the farmer to analyze their field for high-risk areas of soil movement and erosion, while also developing a nutrient

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Police look to improve relations with LGBTQ+ community after Pride Following exclusion from Pride Parade, police revise standard operating procedures for interacting with LGBTQ+ individuals

by Hibah Ansari State News Editor

After uninviting Madison law enforcement, the OutReach LGBT Community Center hosted their annual Pride Parade Aug. 19 amidst tensions among marchers.

Madison’s OutReach LGBT Community Center formally uninvited Madison Police Department, University of Wisconsin Police Department and Dane County Sheriff’s Department from the parade in a letter posted to Facebook Aug. 10.

They came to this decision after some members of the LGBTQ+ community — particularly young, low-income people of color — expressed concerns that inviting the police as an armed group made them feel less safe, OutReach Executive Director Steve Starkey said.

Once uninvited, OutReach also received backlash from LGBTQ+ community members who wanted police to attend the parade, Starkey said.

“There was a protest a couple days before the parade last year,” Starkey said. “We’ve been talking to protesters and we’ve been talking to

members of the police department about trying to have some consensions that would be more acceptable.”

To appease both sides, OutReach and law enforcement decided police officials could march individually in plain clothing. MPD provided security for the parade, but protesters were still concerned about officials marching while armed, Starkey said.

For future events, OutReach looks to ban weapons for any parade attendee, including the police.

“I think the healing that needs to happen and the work that needs to be done is not between OutReach and MPD,” Starkey said. “It’s between these two segments in the community.”

MPD, UWPD and the Sheriff’s Deptartment are all intimately involved in building relationships with the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color, Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney said.

Mahoney, who marched in the parade as a Democratic Party member, said the three departments are part of a larger task force to address issues between communities of color and law enforcement.

“It’s a systemic issue beginning with arrests

by law enforcement, the prosecution decision in the District Attorney’s office, the bail decision in the court commissioner’s office and the court process in our circuit courts,” Mahoney said.

The task force’s work has been satisfactory, but there are still some lingering issues like the disproportionate incarceration of people of color and the overall impact of the entire criminal justice system, Mahoney said.

Chair of MPD Pride Jodi Nelson also said that while MPD holds a relatively positive relationship with the LGBTQ+ community, there’s still a lack of trust in law enforcement amongst some community members.

“We have a lot of support from the LGBTQ+ communities,” Nelson said. “But obviously with policing these days we’ve seen a lot of things on a national level — the questioning of the use of force by police, officer-involved shootings and unfortunately some of the different racial tensions and questions out there about trust in law enforcement.”

MPD and the Sheriff’s Department also contributed to a listening session with OutReach during Pride Week, where attendees were able to express concerns they had with the decision to uninvite law enforcement to the

parade.

Madison law enforcement has offered to help organize more discussions and workshops with OutReach in the future to facilitate cooperation in the community, Starkey said.

Starkey said OutReach will only host the Pride Parade again next year if they can resolve this conflict moving forward.

“I wear a Madison Police Department badge, but yet I serve our community,” Nelson said.

“OutReach is part of that community, our LGBTQ+ citizens are part of that community, the people who have concerns with the police are part of that community.”

A few days after the letter was posted, MPD released revised standard operating procedures on how law enforcement officials should interact with transgender and gender nonconforming individuals.

MPD Pride developed the new standard operating procedures in collaboration with OutReach. Nelson and other officers organized over 40 training sessions to train the entire MPD staff on the new procedures, Nelson said.

“We’re really trying to build that trust and we’re also here to not just listen but to do,” Nelson said.

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In junction with UniverCity, UW to offer classes to assist local communities Partnership between UW, Green County will offer opportunities to work on projects like health, housing in six different municipalities

by Abby Doeden Print News Editor

As another year closes on the UniverCity Year program, a new partnership between Green County and the University of Wisconsin was announced as a way to find practical solutions to community based-issues.

The UniverCity program was created with the Wisconsin Idea in mind to assist communities across Wisconsin and the U.S., according to a UW press release. Both the UniverCity Alliance and UniverCity Year program bring students, faculty and community members together to find solutions to long-standing problems.

This three-year partnership aims to find practical solutions to community-based issues throughout both Dane and Green Counties, director of UniverCity Alliance and the UniverCity Year program Gavin Luter said. “[The program will] bring a lot of interesting ideas on how to address the issues in Green County,” Luter said. “Since students are a little bit more removed, they can think creatively and are not bound by what’s always been done.”

For the UniverCity Year to work, classes are aligned with each project in the county, ranging from community and economic development

to health and housing throughout the county. Students will then find a solution and see that project through during the semester, trying to better Green County along the way, Luter said.

Luter said the project will bring 250 to 500 students into Green County to work on projects for six different municipalities. These include Brodhead, Browntown, Juda, Monroe, Monticello and New Glarus as well as running projects with the Brodhead Business Improvement District, the Green County Development Corporation and the Healthy Communities Commission.

The partnership will hopefully allow students and faculty to build a more knowledgeable student base that can speak to both urban and rural experiences.

“Green County will help us get out of the Madison bubble and really give us a sense of a different kind of county,” Luter said. “Green County is jointly urban and rural. I think this is going to allow us to expose our students and faculty to a completely different environment that is not the traditional city.”

To find the issues important to community members, UniverCity Year reached out to local officials and government workers to outline 80 issues in Green County, Luter said. From there, projects were established and UW classes were

assigned to each project and adjusted to fit into the UniverCity program.

For Luter, the program is a way to find possible solutions to an array of issues communities are dealing with, such as a lack of resources.

“People at the county level see [these problems] on an amplified basis and they really see the biggest challenges and problems,” Luter said.

“Often times the form of government doesn’t have the capacity to address those challenges, and so this is a way that we can help. A lot of people are thinking of solutions to real world challenges.”

The program also allows students to round out their education by giving them problemsolving skills and better prepare them to enter the workforce, Luter said.

Giving students the opportunity to participate in the UniverCity program also makes UW even more attractive to incoming students, as other universities don’t have options like it.

“Book knowledge is incomplete without real world perspectives. There are a lot of things that the local government and those local communities we are working with can actually teach us,” Luter said.

Green County Development Corporation, Cara Carper said other benefits of the program included the ability to create quick changes and

physically see the effort in the community.

Carper also said Green County sees more of a benefit in the potential growth and the program’s ability to bring new people into Green County.

“This is a great way UW students to learn to love Green County as much as we do,” Carper said. “Perhaps because of their experiences, they’ll come back someday to live and work here.”

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The connections that are made throughout the partnership will likely be long-lasting ones that will continue to further Green County, Luter said.

Luter said this partnership will help both Green County and UW in many ways, but the experiences gained far outweigh the other benefits.

“Green County communities are always looking for ways to improve yet, at a local level, change is often hard,” Carper said. “UW students bring a tremendous amount of creativity and desire to make change. They are learning best practices and the latest theories, and they can facilitate conversations in communities that are less threatening.”

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Yoga in the Barn features quaint environment for yoga lovers

Along with the yoga itself, the weekly event offers chance to get aquainted with the large array of animals including kangaroos, buffalo

by Tenzin Woser ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

You’ve heard of hot yoga and bunny yoga.

Maybe you’ve even heard of baby goat yoga.

One Madison family is starting a hot new Midwestern yoga trend, Yoga in the Barn.

The event itself is held on the grounds of Emily’s Ten Oaks Ranch, a popular wedding recital destination for its bucolic beauty and hospitality of the Wood Family. Yoga in the Barn became a reality after accomplished yoga instructor Liza Hahn saw an opportunity for people to immerse themselves in yoga in a refreshing environment.

“I feel there’s a long story and history to this property but I have always felt that the property is a blessing for us to have to be more of a community and it should help people,” Megan Wood, the property owner said.

The property certainly seemed blessed as I passed the threshold into the barn and was greeted by a kind company whose warmth was akin more to that of a congregation than a casual weekly yoga group. I couldn’t help but appreciate the quaint, spacious interior of the barn illuminated by a web of string lights. A pleasant surprise came by way

of a treat table, where a homemade version of basil lemonade or blackberry and strawberry tea were available for the taking.

On to the actual yoga. Our first pose was a simple criss-cross applesauce. While Hahn guided our eyes closed, I began to fully appreciate the comforting ambiance gliding in on the breeze through the doors and windows of the barn. The wandering bleats of goats, an occasional neigh from a horse, all accented by the soft chirp of crickets.

Hahn masterfully led us through each distinct pose all the while placing a firm emphasis on selfempowerment and individuality, characteristics she herself refined through her healing experiences with yoga. The poses she chose centered on finding balance and strength on the physical and mental level, none of which were too difficult to pick up on or couldn’t be corrected with a quick glance to the left or right.

The session seemed to come to a close too soon as a dry towel infused with lavender essence was slowly draped over each of our tranquil faces lying in savasana, or corpse pose.

Hahn believes that intimidation is what keeps individuals from approaching yoga.

“Yoga is not a competition. It’s a yoga practice for a reason. There’s no perfection and everyone’s different.

Find what you like and try it out,” Hahn said.

Any yogis attending Wood’s event are more than welcome to acquaint themselves with their large array of animals, including buffalo, kangaroos, ducks, chickens, goats and horses.

“If you’re intimidated, you get to pet a kangaroo,” Wood said.

The Yoga in the Barn event will be hosted by Emily’s Ten Oaks Ranch every Wednesday from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. until Sept. 19.

Can’t make it? The hosts are hopeful that this will become an annual tradition with a possible feature of baby goats during next year’s classes!

The event is free of charge with a suggested donation of $10, every dollar going toward a different non-profit organization in Dane County each session.

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Frutta Bowls brings acai bowl West Coast trend to State Street While other Madison restaurants that serve acai bowls have not lived up to their hype, Frutta Bowls finally brings superb acai to city

by Melissa Simon ArtsEtc. Associate Editor

As a Los Angeles native, I am surrounded by thousands of acai bowls places around my hometown. The acai trend is becoming increasingly more popular, almost as the “norm.”

The food I was going to miss most when moving to Madison after my senior year of high school was undoubtedly acai bowls.

Luckily, I discovered Bowl of Heaven and the few restaurants, such as Forage and Salads Up, which serve acai bowls as well.

However, I was not particularly impressed because they did not live up to the remarkable taste of the acai bowls I was used to in L.A. When I found out Frutta Bowls was opening in a prime location on State Street, I could hardly wait to try it.

Frutta Bowls is located in 13 states, Wisconsin being the 14th. The chain’s uniqueness stems from not only serving healthy and tasty food, but also by involving themselves in the larger communities that surround each location. As described on the website, “Each Frutta Bowls franchise strives

to get to know the surrounding community on a deeper level, creating relationships and focusing on giving back.” Frutta Bowls strives to serve as an important aspect of each community.

I walked into Frutta Bowls my first day back on campus from summer break. I was eager to see if it would live up to my expectations, and it was my last hope for superb acai in Madison.

The place looked cute and trendy. There was a large array of toppings ranging from bananas, strawberries, kiwi, blueberries, coconut flakes, peanut butter, Nutella and more. The acai bar was decorated with bananas and pineapples, which were lined up on the counters. The bright colors of the artistic photos of fruit and the signature acai bowls made the place pop with vitality.

I ordered the Frutella Bowl, which contains a base of organic acai mixed with banana, topped with blueberry granola, banana, strawberry, Nutella, peanut butter and coconut flakes. When my bowl was ready, I took it around the corner to the room next door that had a bunch of high top tables. The place has plenty of room for seating, as there was also a room full of tables upstairs.

I had low expectations, but when I took my

first bite, I was pleasantly surprised by the particularly sweet and crunchy granola and frozen acai. The combination of Nutella and peanut butter made it taste like a dessert, but the fruit evened it out to make it seem slightly healthier. The topping to acai ratio was perfect because there were enough toppings so that I was not just left with acai at the end.

The other bowls on the menu include the Frutta Bowl, unique for the addition of kiwi and honey, the Muscle Up Bowl, known for hocolate whey protein mixed in the base, the PB&J Bowl, topped with granola, blueberry and peanut butter, the Naked Bowl, which is only topped with peanut butter and granola, and the Superfood Bowl, unique for its base that contains Kale, acai, pitaya, pineapple and Almond Milk. Aside from the seven acai bowl options, the menu also offers various pitaya, kale and oatmeal bowls. Frutta Bowls also serves smoothies and offers Gluten Free, soy and dairy-free options.

I highly recommend trying Frutta Bowls. It is a light and nutritious meal; the acai imported from Brazil is rich in fiber and antioxidants. There are a plethora of options that will satisfy anyone’s desires.

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Yum Yum Fest still worthy of title, features meals from around world

In its fifth year, annual staple put on in a joint effort between Breese Stevens Field, Madison Area Chef’s Network continues to be a deliciously sound success

by Talen Elizabeth ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

With all the babies running around barefoot on the turf, picnic blankets set up in front of the live band and acrobats, it seemed like the perfect location. A huge bounce house dominated the kid zone, while all of the food and beer lived at the other end under pink and blue tents.

Breese Stevens Field felt a perfect place to host Madison’s Yum Yum Fest.

Hosted for five years by the Madison Area Chef’s Network, Yum Yum Fest is a foodie function involving some of the most delicious cuisine in the area.

The joint effort between the Madison Area Chef’s Network and Breese Stevens Field goes beyond satisfying local palates. In 2017, Yum Yum Fest raised more than $10,000 for the Community Action Coalition Double Dollars Program, an effort to develop economic and social capacities of individuals, families, and communities in Dane County and surrounding areas, and The River Food Pantry, which offers free groceries, meals, mobile lunches and clothing to those in need.

Proceeds from the Aug. 19 event will

benefit the CAC Double Dollars Program and Sunshine Place, a single point of access to social services for Sun Prairie residents who need to support themselves in times of need — particularly following the gas explosion on July 10.

Each restaurant featured one dish to show off. With plates between $4-5 and drinks around the same price, $20 got you a long way.

Closed since May when a car crashed into the restaurant, Ha Long Bay made a revival appearance at the festival. The representatives at the festival emphasized they would be opening within a couple of weeks. Honestly I could’ve left right then. I was on a future-pho high.

But then I would have missed out on some pretty cute food-covered babies, and that just would not do.

Considering the conditions, no one should have been surprised at the amount of fish dishes featured. One of the prettiest dishes came from Merchant’s tent. Tuna and pickled watermelon crude — the very Italian cousin of sashimi, with cucumber, Greek cheese graviera (a cheese from Greece) and spiced pistachio topped with key lime aoli. Refreshing, salty, saucy. The only problem was that I was now in dire need of something to drink.

But as I was sippin’ away, two kids walked passed with lemonades that were bubbling and smoking. Some of the best use of dry ice I’ve ever seen. And it wasn’t just kids partaking in the magic dry ice lemonade. I had to keep from smiling seeing so many grown men with beards and tattoos enjoying bubbling juice through brightly colored straws.

There were countless tents that deserved lines of hungry Badgers, including Lucille with their Peruvian Tamale made with chicharrones (fried pork), egg, botilla olives, salsa criolla (onion relish) and aji verde — a Peruvian green sauce finally applied to more than tortilla chips. Salvatore’s Tomato Pies made their presence felt at Breese Stevens with Sal’s Seafood Roll. The New England style roll was filled with shrimp, crab, smoked whitefish, mayo, tarragon (a European herb), parsley, chive and micro salad.

Sweets were within arms reach at all times.

Dough Baby Bakery featured a chocolate glazed doughnut with marshmallow cream, graham crumbs (not crackers), tart cherry and a chocolate drizzle. Madison powerhouse L’Etoile offered two choices of ice cream on a sunny day. Vegans could partake between the two options. Whether it was the magic coffee

ice cream with sweet cherries and candied cocoa nibs or the buttermilk ice cream with blueberry verbena compote (a naturally sweet plant) and amaretti crumble, your sweet tooth would be satisfied.

I grabbed a few more snacks, including another Bun Cha Gio from Ha Long Bay (Vietnamese rice vermicelli, with egg rolls doused in sauce) and parked myself in the midst of everyone soaking up the sun by the live band.

The “most delicious day of summer” could not have picked a better day.

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After investigating racist past, UW grapples with creating an inclusive future University study group finds two student organizations with ties to the KKK in the 1920s. Almost 100 years later, culture of intolerance persists.

by Aly Niehans Print Features Editor

“History is what makes us people. It’s what legitimizes our culture, what says who belongs where and who contributed to what.”

Christy Clark-Pujara spoke openly about the job that laid before her and a robust team of UW scholars and Madison activists.

Commissioned by University of Wisconsin Chancellor Rebecca Blank last year, the university study group was tasked with investigating UW’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and with suggesting ways to rectify the culture of intolerance that allowed for it’s open and outward presence on campus.

Founded in 1866, just one year after the end of the Civil War, the KKK embodied the post-war sentiment of a white man in jeopardy of losing his majority status in the south and, along with it, his ability to rule the region with a cruel, racist hand. With zeal, the group swept across states reestablishing and reiterating the supremacy of whites over the recently emancipated black population.

Although the group’s activity and prominence waned towards the end of the 1800s, white Protestant nativist groups reinvigorated the Klan’s activity in the early 20th century, reaching a membership of between one and four million by the middle of the 1920s. Rallies, the burning of crosses and marches vilifying immigrants and minorities once again were fronted by the white hoods of the KKK. While the KKK is inextricably linked with the South, the Klan and its mission traveled much further north than the Mason-Dixon line.

Many northern states, despite fighting against the South in the Civil War, became home to monuments honoring Confederate soldiers and racist organizations. Wisconsin was no exception.

In October 2017, following the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Blank charged a study group with examining UW’s colorful and controversial past with the KKK in order to protect “the values the campus currently strives to maintain,” increase diversity and create a more equitable campus community.

What’s past is prologue After its creation, the study group met numerous times to review documents and scholarship from this period of the university’s past, and to discuss how to move forward as an institution in a more conscientious manner.

Chaired and led by UW history professors Stephen Kantrowitz and Clark-Pujara, as well as president of 100 Black Men of Madison Floyd Rose, the study group was tasked with examining two student organizations that existed at UW at the beginning of the 20th century and their lasting contribution and commemoration on campus.

According to the Isthmus, the first of the student organizations, an honorary interfraternity society for juniors and seniors called the Ku Klux Klan, was founded in 1919. The second, a housing fraternity called Kappa Beta Lambda, code for “Klansmen Be Loyal,” was founded in 1924.

While the views of the first organization were more ambiguous and did not have a direct link to the national KKK organization, Kappa Beta Lambda was explicitly a white supremacist organization founded after the national KKK began recruiting members on campus as early as 1922.

Kappa Beta Lambda’s membership was restricted to elite white male students, many of whom held prominent roles on campus during their years at UW. Two of the most recognized members of these organizations were Fredric March — then Frederick Bickel — and Porter Butts.

March and Butts left impressive legacies, both at UW and throughout their professional lives.

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After being featured in the 1921 Badger yearbook official photo for the campus KKK, March left UW for the bright lights of Hollywood, where he won an Oscar and became deeply involved in activities that suggest a progressive shift in his political leanings.

These activities included co-founding the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League in 1936 and hosting a benefit for the NAACP in 1964. On campus, March’s legacy was enshrined until recently in the lettering above the Fredric March Play Circle in Memorial Union.

While March left his mark in Hollywood, Butts chose to stay in Madison as director of the Wisconsin Union from 1928 to 1968, where he built an environment that has been described as an “open place” that included people from all walks of life — a sentiment that current Wisconsin Union director Mark Guthier echoed. Butts’ name

“We didn’t want the conversation to become only about names and that is often what happens. We’re not saying that names aren’t important, but redress is also important.”

Christy Clark-Pujara

Professor of Afro-American Studies, Co-Chair of UW Study Group

was found, until recently, above the Porter Butts Gallery in Memorial Union.

“Butts led the way [in establishing] the union as a place that was open to all students [regardless of] class standing, background, socioeconomic status; he really led the way for a lot of those things before words like diversity and inclusion existed,” Guthier said. “He was the one saying that the union was here for every student no matter who they were.”

However valuable the contributions both men made to UW may be, Blank and the study group pursued their investigation not only into the two student organizations, but also into the broader prejudicial and racist climate cultivated at the university during the 20th century.

The history revealed in the study group’s report is one of exclusion and racism that made campus a place to be “endured” by students of color — a place where white students performed black face competitions and mocked Native American rituals as a part of homecoming festivities.

“Our conclusion from reviewing the history is that the presence of Klan-named groups on campus was not the cause of the culture of intolerance in that era, but was rather a symptom of the culture of intolerance in that era — not unique to UW, but nonetheless present on this campus,” Kantrowitz said. “What needs addressing is not the actions of a few individuals, but rather the culture of that era and it’s legacies down to the present-day.”

Clark-Pujara explained that “the climate on campus during the 20th century refers to things like black face shows on campus being normative and unchallenged by students, faculty, administration and the community.”

While students of color did speak out against these performances and other racist activity on campus, Clark-Pujara reiterated there was no one within the administration or the majority white student body willing to put an end to the oppressive behavior.

Recommendations for redress In addition to exploring the university’s history of racism and oppression of marginalized groups, the study group’s report contained two major proposals for the university as it looks to rectify past mistakes: to recover and acknowledge the history of exclusion on campus, and to recommit resources to a more inclusive present.

With the first of the two initiatives — acknowledging the history of the university — the study group suggested the creation of spaces and the encouragement of research devoted to telling the stories of students who were oppressed under the culture of racism and intolerance found on campus.

This process could take several forms, Clark-Pujara said — everything from oral testimonies to going to the university archives.

“It is very important for myself and those on the committee that students of color and non-majority students not be spoken of just as victims,” Clark-Pujara said. “They reacted to what happened to them and they pushed back. This period of the university’s history should be presented and understood from that point of view.”

The second proposal is the commitment of more funding and resources to departments, programs, recruitment and retention of students of color and increased fellowship opportunities.

UW ranks last in the Big Ten in percentage of African American students attending the institution, according to the study group’s findings.

And although African Americans constitute 6.6 percent of Wisconsin residents, only three percent of the student body and two percent of the faculty identify as African American. The university also ranks in the bottom half for the percentage of the student body identifying as Asian, Hispanic or international.

One area of the university that would receive more funding under the second initiative are programs devoted to ethnic studies.

The Department of Afro-American studies at UW is the only department dedicated to the study of minority experiences out of the four ethnic studies units on campus. The other three — Asian American studies, Chican@ and Latin@ studies, and American Indian studies — are programs, meaning they receive less funding

and wield less power than academic departments.

Clark-Pujara, herself a professor in the Department of AfroAmerican studies, explains that, even though these programs are lacking funding and resources, they have an enormous role in the ethnic studies requirement at UW, as well as an important role in the experience non-majority students and students of color at the university.

“These programs do some of the heavy lifting with the ethnic studies requirement,” Clark-Pujara said.

“They do things like have discussion sections with their courses, so students aren’t just taking in information — they actually have to sit and talk to people about these issues in a social context in a racially, ethnically, religiously mixed room.”

Clark-Pujara said using the aforementioned programs and departments to work towards understanding and redressing the university’s past of exclusion is beneficial for all students, not just minority students.

Ethnic studies classes have been found to increase racial understanding, bolster a sense of community and commonality among students of different ethnic and racial backgrounds and challenge students, especially white students, to move outside preconceived notions with a generally high rate of success.

“Students need to have the capacity to discuss difference in a respectful and comfortable manner.

All you have to do is turn on the news today to understand that most Americans cannot do this. This department and these programs work to change that.”

What’s in a name?

The study group, as previously mentioned, was commissioned in a moment charged with questions about race relations in America and about how to reconcile the country’s racist past, venerated in monuments and institutions bearing the names of Civil War veterans or white supremacists, with social progress.

The study group at UW stopped short of suggesting the university remove March’s and Butts’ names from the spaces they occupied on campus, a decision that diverges from how some other comparable institutions dealt with similar situations. This was a decision that opened a necessary conversation on campus about the power of names and the power of reconciliation.

“We didn’t want the conversation to become only about names and that is often what happens,” Clark-Pujara said. “We’re not saying that names aren’t important, but redress is also important.”

Rather, Clark-Pujara said the study group wanted discussions on campus to focus on questions about rectifying and redressing the culture of intolerance that plagued and still plagues UW’s campus, and for that discussion to drive necessary cultural change and financial investment.

But Adan Abu-Hakmeh, a former UW student and former Wisconsin Union Directorate vice president, strongly disagreed with the group’s decision to not call for the removal of Butts’ and March’s name from their prominent display on campus.

“Students asked the UW administration to remove the names, and this study group [suggested] ‘alright, we’re commissioned to go and investigate all of the history and see why this was even something that happened,’” Abu-Hakmeh said. “That’s great, and they did that, but I think they then disrespected the fact that the only thing students asked for was removing the names by not recommending their immediate removal.”

Abu-Hakmeh, then a UW student, filed a hate and bias report against the university following the release of the April report.

Her report, supported by more than 400 students, charged the university leadership with contributing to “active harm towards students, alumni, faculty, staff and Union members by disregarding the urgent removal” of the names of Butts and March from campus spaces.

“The overwhelming positive response from students was really incredible because there were a lot of people who — because of their job, position at the university or financial aid — were not able to put their own name on the report, but they wanted me to know I had their support,” Abu-Hakmeh said. “I knew I wasn’t the only person [affected by the university’s decision] and I didn’t want to silence any other voices.”

But not everyone supported the removal of those names or was happy to see them go. A flyer circulated throughout campus and the wider community expressed “outrage” at the Wisconsin Union’s decision to remove Butts’s and March’s names from their display.

“When the reputations of two decent men can be smeared by false charges of racism, it’s time to stand up to those who assume they deserve to be the moral arbiters for the rest of us,” the flyer read.

But the removal of the names notwithstanding, the study group’s focus was on taking steps to rectify the culture of intolerance at UW which allowed for these organizations’ presence on campus in the first place.

So what’s next?

At the beginning of August, the Union Council, citing AbuHakmeh’s hate and bias report in its deliberation, voted to remove the names of Fredric March and Porter Butts from the spaces they previously occupied within Memorial Union.

Their names will remain in the building in some capacity, most likely as part of a historical

exhibit outlining their professional contributions to the university.

“The new information [about Butts or March] will appear somewhere else: maybe in a corridor somewhere with a really well done historic piece telling what Butts’ contributions to college unions were,” Guthier said. “Ultimately it’ll be an individual choice whether to read it or not to read it: You won’t have to engage in that space or choose to honor them.

“This was an example of students today wanting to [condemn] what happened in the past and asking for some evidence that [UW administration and Union officials] are listening to them. I hope this serves as a moment that teaches students that positive change is possible, that they can impact the history of the university and the story the university tells,” Guthier said.

The removal of the names from the popular spaces, however, is not the end of the long road to redress which the university must walk.

According to the results of the campus climate survey released in the fall of 2017, only half of students of color at UW reported feeling as though they belong at the university — compared to 75 percent of white students.

A similarly low 50 percent of African American, Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern students reported feeling generally respected on campus, in comparison to 83 percent of white students.

With the exposure of UW’s history of exclusion, these survey results challenge the progress the university has made since the early 20th century, and asks the age old question: What power lies in a name?

“Our history is a bit more complex, it’s going to take some understanding and some learning and people are going to have to be willing to do that. It’s going to tax people’s ability to pay attention and to really unpack the complexity of the racism that existed here,” Clark-Pujara said. “But to ignore someone’s history is to deny them personhood.”

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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. Below are brief introductions to this semester’s Editorial Board.

Lucas Johnson

Board Chair, Managing Editor Hello! My name’s Lucas and I used to edit too many opinion columns at once. This year, as Managing Editor, Editorial Board Chair and Wisconsin Football Beat Writer, I will be highstrung and gradually shaving years off my life expectancy! But! Not without leaving behind work I’m proud to call my own.

2018 marks my junior year studying journalism and mass communication. I know I won’t be paid much later on, thanks for the reminder and nose crinkle.

Here are my favorite personal facts.

I love Minnesota like I love my own heart. My future career as a journalist has the potential to be derailed by a midlife crisis in which I decide to open my own restaurant; string lights included. If you’ve got upscale cheese in your fridge, send me an address.

Our editorial board is not an exclusive, behind-closed-doors-only group. We want our collective voice to represent our paper and the community it reports on. As such, we need to hear from you. People unlike ourselves will help better inform our stance on the biggest headlines of the future. Please flood my inbox at lucasjohnson@badgerherald.com to join our paper and get your name inked above the work you’re proud to call your own.

Matt O’Connor Editor-in-Chief

My name is Matt O’Connor and yes, you can touch my eyebrows. And yes, they’re real.

I’m the designated New Guy on the editorial board, but I’m also the editor-in-chief so you can forgive any embarrassing New Guy Moments that may transpire within these pages. The reason I’m new to ed board is because I cut my metaphorical teeth on the news desk, where I could always be found screaming at my computer. This is my third semester at the Herald, but our motto isn’t “‘“‘“bh4lyfe’”’”’” for nothing. So I guess I’ll be here for a few more semesters.

I’m a junior majoring in political science and journalism. It’s an interesting time to be studying those things, all things considered. I’ll leave it at that.

Throughout the year, this board will be writing its collective thoughts on the big news of the day as we try to make sense of the nonsensical. So as this year progresses, even if you disagree with the opinions of this board, I hope you’ll respect our right to hold them. And for those reading, dissenting opinions in the form of a letter to the editor go a whole lot further than Facebook comments and Tweets.

So as this board delivers it’s own opinions, I’d love to hear yours. And if you’re looking to get involved in this experiment in student media — as a writer, graphic designer, photographer, videographer, coder, etc. — shoot me an email at moconnor@badgerherald.com or message me on Twitter at @ moconnorBH.

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Abby Steinberg Opinion Editor

What up, I’m Abby, I’m 19 and I never fricken learned how to read.

In the words of the great Bianca Del Rio, I’m an expert on nothing with an opinion on everything, and I’m so lucky to have found a place at The Badger Herald to share my unsolicited, yet important thoughts.

I’m a sophomore majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism. When I’m not at my second job of being The Badger Herald office rat, I’m probably trying to get Matthew Gray Gubler to follow me back on Twitter. Matthew, if you’re reading this, know that my passion for you is only seconded by my passion for this paper and the gentle clowns that work here.

This is my third semester with the Herald and my second as opinion editor. It’s been hot minute, and I feel as if I have a good gauge as to what makes you people tick. But if I’m wrong (and I quite often am), I want to hear from you. Write for the Herald, submit a letter to the editor, email at asteinberg@badgerherald.com, Tweet me @abbyrsteinberg or message me on JDate.

That’d be a funny story.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall once said, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” The pen, or the keyboard in this case, is mightier than the sword. Let these words, and the words of the Editorial Board, be the weapon we choose to fight the good fight.

Aly Niehans

Print Features Editor Hey there, I’m Aly Niehans and I’m this semester ’s print features editor, which basically makes me a huge deal. I have some pretty strong opinions about coffee, politics and the infamous oxford comma, as well as mashed potatoes.

I am a junior majoring in international studies, which means that most STEM majors will tell me I won’t ever be able to find a job, but that’s okay.

I was born and raised in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home to the single most disgusting music festival in the world: Country USA. I can sort of speak Danish because I got to live in Copenhagen for a year, which isn’t as cool as it sounds because the language makes even the most eloquent person sound like they’re choking on a potato.

If anyone ever wants to chat, recommend music and/or quality TV shows, fund my borderline addiction to online shopping or write super sassy opinion columns for us (because we always, always, always need new writers!!) feel free to shoot me an email at aniehans@badgerherald.com

Aidan McClain

Director of Public Relations Hey there, I’m Aidan McClain and I’m at senior here at the UW. Originally from Chicago — not the suburbs — I came to UW because of its great journalism program. Fun fact: I went to the same high school as Chance the Rapper and walked past him on the streets, so be careful when you meet people — you never know who you can end up being friends with. I obviously didn’t take advantage of that opportunity because here I am suffering in school and not hanging out with the now rich and famous.

This is my sixth semester at The Badger Herald and my second on the editorial board. In the past, I was one of the ArtsEtc. editors and this year I’m the PR director. Although I’ve never written about opinion topics for the paper, I’m excited to expand my knowledge about the issues that affect our campus, city and state.

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After KKK study group, what’s next?

Following a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville last fall, UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank commissioned a study group to investigate the UW’s history of inequity and exclusion. The report issued by the study group in April of this year revealed a racist and exclusionary campus climate during the 20th century, as well as the existence of two student organizations on campus during the early 1920s with differing degrees of relation to the Ku Klux Klan. Members of these organizations included influential alumni of UW, including Fredric March and Porter Butts, the latter of whom was the director of the Wisconsin Union for 40 years. Both men, until August, had student programming spaces named after them within Memorial Union.

Although the study group neither advocated for the removal nor supported keeping the names in the union, the Union Council voted at the beginning of August to remove Butts’ and March’s names from the spaces previously occupied after students, faculty and members of the community expressed discomfort with their presence. The report suggested a number of ways the university could begin to rectify its troubling history, including increasing funding for certain programs and departments, increasing recruitment and retainment at the university for non-majority students and faculty, and creating spaces on campus where students can interact with and learn from the university’s past.

Looking forward to the fall semester, the responsibility to enact meaningful change, make progress in addressing UW’s racist history and improve the current experience of non-majority students on campus rests on the shoulders of university administration, faculty and students.

Opioid Epidemic In October 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency to address the national opioid crisis. This crisis has stemmed from misinformation spread by pharmaceutical companies 1990s. The companies reassured medical professionals that opioid pain relievers were not addictive, so healthcare providers began prescribing them more frequently.

Consequently, misuse of prescription and non-prescription opioids soared before it became apparent they were highly addictive, leading to the public health crisis we know today.

Wisconsin was not spared from opioid-related fatalities. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported that 827 Wisconsinites died from opioid-related deaths in 2016. Since 2000, the number of deaths related to opioid abuse in Wisconsin increased by 600 percent. This growth has not gone unnoticed — as of November 2017, 28 pieces of bipartisan legislation have been signed into Wisconsin state law in order to fight this public health crisis.

On a local level, the epidemic is far from over. The Madison Police Department discovered a bad batch of heroin August 26. Eight reported overdoses in 48 hours suggests the batch may have been contaminated with fentanyl, a narcotic up to 50 times more potent than heroin. However, hope is not far off. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., proposed and is awaiting passage of the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act. The SOFA Act would make it easier for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to intercept and ban fentanyl-related drugs. Although public policy may not be the sole way to end the opioid crisis, many hope to see an improvement after the passage of the SOFA Act. The fate of opioid users, however, remains to be seen.

Implications of conservative SCOTUS After nearly three decades on the Supreme Court, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his abrupt retirement June 27. The longtime justice had aligned more closely to the political right, but often represented the swing vote in a split court — notably including the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling which legalized gay marriage across the country.

Less than two weeks later, President Trump announced Brett M. Kavanaugh, a U.S. District Court judge, as his nominee to replace Kavanaugh. Widely regarded as a well-connected member of Washington’s conservative legal community, Kavanaugh, if confirmed, will likely shift the court’s collective ideology considerably to the right.

A conservative Supreme Court will have sweeping implications for landmark cases, including Roe v. Wade and Affirmative Action, both of which could impact students directly. While it’s speculative to suggest the court will overturn either decision outright, there is concern that, through a series of cases, the court could chip away at the legitimacy of past decisions, granting states the right to make their own decisions on previously resolute rulings.

The latter scenario is far more likely than an explicit overturning, but potentially just as consequential.

The gradual dismantling of both abortion rights and measures to provide historically underrepresented groups greater access to higher education are very real possibilities should Kavanaugh be confirmed. A long-time push to establish a conservative majority in the Supreme Court could hit students and young women harshest, a possibility creeping toward reality with Kennedy’s retirement.

Midterm elections Election year is upon us once again, and this year the entire state Assembly, half of the state Senate, the governorship, the entire U.S. House delegation and one U.S. Senate seat are all up for grabs.

As a swing state, Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, between Democratic state Education Superintendent Tony Evers and incumbent Gov. Scott Walker, and U.S. Senate race, between incumbent U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and state Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Brookfield, are receiving considerable national attention.

Baldwin is one of ten Senate Democrats fighting for re-election in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016. In the Republican primary, businessman Kevin Nicholson and Vukmir, the eventual victor, were participants in the most expensive Senate primary in U.S. history — close to $37 million spent when all was said and done. And with the general election in full swing, these unprecedented levels of spending are bound to increase.

Since Walker’s first win in 2010, he has since won a recall election in 2012 and reelection in 2014. With Wisconsin Democrats having lost races for the U.S. Senate twice since 2010 and with Trump’s victory in the state in 2016 — the first time a Republican presidential candidate has won in Wisconsin since 1984 — national strategists have pointed to 2018 as a political testing grounds for the state. If Baldwin loses her seat and Walker retains his, many believe any hopes of Wisconsin remaining a “purple” state will be lost.

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Quintez Cephus trial

University of Wisconsin junior wide receiver Quintez Cephus was charged Aug. 20 with two counts of sexual assault after an incident which allegedly occurred in April 2018. Also implicated in the case was sophomore and fellow football player Danny Davis.

According to the official complaint, one woman initially notified police the morning of April 22 about the alleged incident. When officers arrived on the scene, they noted a strong smell of alcohol and one woman was barely able to lift her head and did not open her eyes for the entirety of her interview with police. One woman identified Cephus to police and said she remembered waking up in the middle of the night to Cephus and Davis standing over her laughing and taking pictures. The second woman claimed she was so intoxicated the night quickly became a blur. She claims to not remember arriving home, visiting Cephus’ apartment or having sex with the accused, all of which the first woman informed her of.

Cephus was charged with second and third degree sexual assault of two intoxicated women. Cephus and his defense team have both vehemently denied the allegations. Cephus released a statement on Twitter proclaiming his innocence. His defense lawyers have named surveillance footage the night of the incident and text messages between Cephus and one of the women as key pieces of evidence they believe prove the women were sober enough to provide consent.

Cephus announced a leave of absence from the team two days before charges were filed. After the release of charges, Wisconsin Football coach Paul Chryst suspended wide receiver Danny Davis for two games for his alleged involvement in the incident.

Cephus is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Sept. 11. In the wake of former University of Wisconsin student Alec Cook’s brief, three-year sentence for the sexual assault of a multitude of women, the decision in Cephus’ case weighs heavy as it progresses.

Madison Mayoral election Madison will bid farewell to longtime mayor Paul Soglin next year, who announced this summer he will not seek reelection.

Soglin, who has served as mayor for a grand total of 22 years since his first term in 1973, was a candidate in this year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, but lost decisively to state Education Superintendent Tony Evers this August.

According to the Madison City Clerk’s Office, the race to replace Soglin has already seen seven officials announce their candidacy. The most prominent among them at this stage includes Alder Mo Cheeks, former Alder Satya Rhodes-Conway, former Alder Brenda Konkel and Raj Shukla, an environmental activist and executive director of the River Alliance of Wisconsin.

Soglin has faced criticism in the past for his handling of homelessness and economic inequality in Madison, points which many of the mayoral candidates have latched onto as key issues in this race.

The race will likely see more candidates announce their intention to run as the Feb. 2019 primary approaches. The eventual winner will advance to the April 2019 general election.

So, what should voters look out for in this race? One obvious question is how these candidates plan on differentiating themselves from each other in light of strikingly similar policy platforms. In a city like Madison, which is widely regarded as one of the most progressive in the country, will the tension playing out on the national stage between the old-guard, moderate Democratic Party center and the party’s more progressive wing play out in this race? badgerherald.com • September 4, 2018 • 19

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Failure to process SNAP at farmers’ markets hurts low-income households

Losing SNAP benefits at farmers’ markets wasn’t a change in policy, rather fueled by a lack of technological resources

by Abigail Steinberg Opinion Editor

There is nothing quite like a Saturday at the Dane County Farmers’ Market.

A stroll through the booths on Capitol Square, surrounded by the vibrant colors of fresh fruits and vegetables is a privilege Wisconsinites take advantage of every week. But for the nearly 40,000 Dane County residents that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits each month, trips to the farmers’ market are virtually inaccessible. As of Aug. 31, thousands of farmers’ markets across America have lost the ability to process SNAP benefits. Surprisingly, this misfortune is not the result of a change in policy, but by a lack of technological resources.

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Ben Feldman Wisconsin Farmers Market Coalition used the Mobile Market+ app, provided by the software company Novo Dia, to process SNAP benefits. The app works by conveniently swiping an electronic benefits card on an Apple device. But the finances behind the app are much less simple. SNAP transactions are highly regulated and require more security measures than credit or debit cards, making them more expensive to regulate. Markets and even individual farmers’ process the micropayments, which could be as little as a few dollars, making the app’s profit extremely small. The frosting on the cake, however, was when the United States Department of Agriculture decided to work with another company rather than Novo Dia and the Mobile Market+ app.

“Once it became clear that we were not going to be part of it, we knew we would not be able to scale in a manner that allowed us to be profitable or even sustainable,” Josh Wiles the founder and president of Novo Dia said.

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Photo · For many Wisconsinites, a lack of updated, cost-effective technology means SNAP benefits cannot be processed, and thousands must go without fresh food Katie Cooney The Badger Herald equipment from the previous program.

Given that summer is the busiest time of year for several farmers’ markets, a disruption in SNAP payment processing threatens the prosperity of farmers and prevents underprivileged households from accessing affordable, healthy produce. “ ... that blow would be lessened by the ability of markets to receive equipment through the federal program,” Ben Feldman of the Farmers Market Coalition said. “Unfortunately, that program is not up and running yet and that obviously is a problem for our industry.”

This technological and financial oversight shows how out of touch Washington is with underprivileged Americans.

In the period of time it takes to change programs, at least for the farmers’ markets that can afford to make the change, thousands of Americans will be robbed of the simple liberty of choosing what to feed their families. Fresh produce is already inaccessible to many low-income households at traditional supermarkets, so this gap

in service could increase food insecurity and further deepen the socioeconomic health inequality. Some have questioned whether people underestimate how much underprivileged households rely on fresh produce — it would explain how this situation came to be. But the very question stigmatizes SNAP recipients. A low-income household is comprised of human beings, just the same as any other income level. Of

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This technological oversight shows that Washington would rather stigmatize aid recipeints than make the aid accessible.

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course, low-income households rely on fresh produce — every other household in America does. Who wouldn’t want fresh food for their family?

New restrictions and requirements surrounding SNAP benefits have been

around since the program’s inception. Should there be mandatory drug tests for those who receive aid? Scott Walker believes so. Should SNAP recipients have the freedom to shop like every other American and choose what food is best for their family? White House budget coordinator Mick Mulvaney said no.

But these politicians have been asking the wrong questions. There is no point in adding requirements or restrictions to receiving aid if recipients cannot even have their benefits processed. This technological oversight shows that Washington would rather stigmatize aid recipients than make the aid accessible. A lack of affordable, effective technology being the barrier between health and stigma is ridiculous. The bottom line is all Americans should have access to healthy food. Without it, there is no way America can be the great country that so many believe it is.

Abigail Steinberg (asteinberg@badgerherald. com) is a sophomore majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism.

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President’s low approval rate may endanger Vukmir’s chance for victory

Although a presidential endorsement is usually beneficial, Trump’s divisive politics could alienate centrist, undecided voters

by Courtney Degen Columnist

Over a year and a half into his first term, it’s clear President Trump’s legacy will leave an impact unlike any president before him.

This trend is becoming apparent in the 2018 midterm elections. Democratic politicians have been using their disdain for Trump to convince anyone not in support of him to vote for them. But the effect of Trump’s

presidency on Republican candidates may not be as positive.

The Republican party is at a very pivotal point in history. The Washington Post reports that although a number of Republican politicians do not support Trump’s policies as president, many are too afraid to speak against him. Republicans must either support the President’s decisions, quietly disagree or even choose to leave the party because of Trump’s divisive and harmful rhetoric.

Trump’s effect may soon reach Wisconsin elections, as President Trump called Republican Senate nominee Leah Vukmir to congratulate her on her win in the GOP primary. He also discussed potentially visiting Wisconsin to support

Photo · President Trump has repelled many Republicans from their own party, so his effect on Vukmir’s campaign may have a similar effect.

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her campaign. In addition, President Trump tweeted about Vukmir ’s win in the primary election, giving his “complete and total endorsement” of Vukmir and claiming her opponent, Senator Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, “has done very little” as a senator. Vukmir has accepted the president’s offer, but no locations or dates have been decided.

There are essentially two possible outcomes from the president’s endorsement.

Either Vukmir strengthens her following by gaining the support of the nation’s Republican leader and wins the votes of Trump supporters in areas like northern Wisconsin, or she alienates centr\ist voters and conservatives who stand against Trump, even if they do it quietly.

Trump’s popularity in Wisconsin is mediocre at best. His narrow win in Wisconsin contributed a great deal to him receiving more votes than Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College. In most circumstances, the president’s endorsement of a politician of the same party does wonders for their campaign, and they usually end up winning the election overa candidate who does not have the president’s support. With that said, however, Trump is

not like most presidents.

His Wisconsin approval rate has shifted between the high 30s to low 40s — not terribly high, but not too low either.

However, his disapproval rate consistently rests at more than 50 percent. President Trump is a polarizing figure, causing a rift between political parties, making it difficult for voters to choose a party without feeling like they must stand on a certain side of every issue. Since Trump is such a controversial president, it’s more likely his endorsement will discourage voters from supporting Vukmir, turning away those who are frustrated with Trump’s presidency.

As Wisconsin has the chance to be enveloped by a blue wave come November, it’s important the Republican party remain unified if they want to remain in power.

Unseating an incumbent is never an easy task, but if Leah Vukmir is serious about unseating Tammy Baldwin, associating with someone as divisive as the president is not the way to go.

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

UW should add history requirement to improve sparse civic knowledge

An American history course requirement would encourage a more complete understanding of current political climate

by Adam Ramer Columnist

According to a recent study from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, vast majorities of college students could not correctly answer basic questions on civics.

From identifying protections outlined in our Bill of Rights to knowing certain founding fathers, knowledge on civics seems to be waning.

The University of Wisconsin is not without fault in this drop in knowledge. UW history majors are not required to take an American history course. Universities should require all students to be well-versed in a thorough civics education.

History majors are required to earn a breadth requirement within the major — a process that requires taking four courses among a list of themes. By this rule, it is not technically required that one takes an American history class to graduate with a history major.

It’s not only history majors who would benefit from an American history course. All

prerequisites serve a purpose, they not only give way to a broader education, but give us ways to expand the ways we think. Simply put, they offer lessons beyond just their syllabus.

That’s exactly what history and American history courses accomplish. History courses are about seeking truth and retelling stories buried by time. In these stories are numerous warnings, motivations and lessons waiting to be uncovered.

A history course teaches lessons in critical thinking — they do more than just teach facts to be memorized. No history class I have taken has been based on regurgitating facts — they all include essays focused on understanding motivations which led to certain events, not the events themselves.

These courses are more than learning rudimentary dates or placing a congenial timeline of who conquered whom — history is a vehicle of humanity and of understanding the world. To understand and to study history is as inherently about the future as it is about the past. If we want to understand the present

climate of our political institutions, we have to look back in time at how societies have reacted, how the society has morphed and how history has played out.

In the past few years, it’s becoming more evident our country has swayed drastically from the guiding principles once fought for at its inception. People are frantically looking towards the past in an effort to connect history to the present for answers or clarity.

It’s cliché to suggest history repeats itself.

Of course, history does repeat itself — history is nothing more than the culmination of decisions made by people over years. History is not a singular entity, it’s palpable and capable of being shaped. The best way to change history is to understand it. A very simple and tangible way to achieve this would be by making an American history course a general requirement for all UW students before they graduate. Taking a history class expands past the factual basis of our country’s birth or political and social factors that flowed and motivated

revolution — it allows for one to better understand the shaping of history and to better understand the shaping of society.

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

Photo · A deeper understanding of America’s past may help students build a better future for America.

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William J. O’Brien’s Reliquary exhibit a must-see at MMoCA Contemporary art showcase all about perspective of personality, ponders interpretations of everlasting spiritual world coming to life

by Lena Stojilikovic Copy Associate

Modern yet primitive, unique and one-of-a-kind, it’s hard to miss William J. O’Brien’s Reliquary art exhibit when walking through the front doors of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Viewable from State Street, the concealed tent of intricate brushstrokes holds a wide array of sculptures emanating a personal touch of a man whose personality glows within his works, and can only question what inspired him to create such unique works.

Immediately greeted by his canvases, they lead to the main room, where closing in on the tent sends bursts of adrenaline through your veins, and upon entering — hoping to find the answers being sought after.

A statue waits for an arrival, guarding the tent. Viewed closely, the glittering paint holds attention, and it serves as an introduction to the highly anticipated experience we’ve all been waiting to feel.

Meant to serve as an everlasting spiritual world, the delicacy of each artwork draws

upon O’Brien’s elaborate personality, as each brushstroke on the tent has a purpose ingrained down to the most finite detail. His ideas come alive with the canvases surrounding the tent, replicating the designs of the sculptures onto a twodimensional space, and the exquisite details leave museum-goers wondering how long such a complex exhibit must take to make.

Entering the mysterious tent makes it difficult to focus on only one piece of work, as every one of them bursts with aberrant skill — yet concurrently, each sculpture draws eyes into a world of wonder and creates a disconnect from reality. Silence overtakes the room, and even to try and disturb the peace feels offensive to the talent speaking throughout the exhibit.

In the magnificent world O’Brien’s exhibit has created, each sculpture holds its own story. While one may be transferred to a mystical world of wondrous color, another one may allow reflections on past life’s experiences. Bursting with creativity, a single sculpture is connected to the other.

After exiting the tent, looking back becomes imperative, just in case an important detail had yet to be found in the crevasses of the work.

While the black and white detailed tent holds his intricate sculptures, painted with eyes watching for any movement, the artwork hung on the walls surrounding the area compose a visually stimulating experience when viewed up close. Fabric is sewn onto the canvas, and the picture he creates has an ebb and flow leading to wandering eyes across every inch of the work.

At first, each piece of fabric may seem randomly placed, but when further investigated and having prior experience with his sculptures, you can only imagine how and why each fabric is placed accordingly.

O’Brien’s energy radiates throughout the exhibit. A rush of warm and cool air follows the colors of the artwork even though the air is still. Brushstrokes echoing in the room as if he’s there, painting and sculpting beauty into an empty space.

Not limited to the small room, O’Brien’s artwork is displayed across the museum floor, even upon leaving. More canvases, more sculptures — but this time, the statues of what seem like guardians of an unknown treasure. Placed at the pointed end of the museum, the statues gaze upon

pedestrians, watching the passersby go about their busy lives.

Though not everyone will stop to appreciate the work displayed in the window, there will be an occasional wanderer whose eyes will catch the statues, and draw them into the museum, immersing themselves into his extravagant world.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but the artwork displayed in the exhibit has more than a million. An ineffable experience, words hold only a temporary definition to the everlasting spiritual world he has created. Available until Nov. 11, even finding five minutes to pass through the exhibit will leave a divine presence after viewing. Even now, I can still feel the power of the artwork, and it overtakes me.

I can only wonder what his next chapter holds.

Experiencing O’Brien’s work will leave an everlasting impression, and that is essentially the point. His work truly is oneof-a-kind, and it could inspire someone to delve into their own artistic endeavor.

Impressive, complex and mysterious, O’Brien’s exhibit is on display until Nov. 11. It’s not one not to miss.

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Basketball: Trice overcomes injury, revitalized with new perspectives UW sophomore guard is now eligible to play three more full seasons after injury thanks to medical redshirt status

by Will Stern Sports Editor

Sometimes you come across a story that typifies a platitude so faultlessly that you don’t even feel cliché, and you know you just have to go for it.

That being said: D’Mitrick Trice’s injury early into last season was a devastating blow to Wisconsin basketball and contributed to their worst season in two decades, but every cloud has its silver lining.

Back in December of 2017, Trice was sidelined with a right foot injury that required surgery, rehab and eventually held him out the entire rest of the year. Trice was a breakout player in his freshman season in 2016-17, playing in 37 games and factoring in as the Badger ’s top bench player. Coming into his sophomore year, Trice was slotted as the starting point guard and was projected to be a leader, on and off the court, for the young Badgers rotation.

Trice would start the first ten games of the season before his injury, which happened just in time for Trice to preserve his eligibility and be granted a medical redshirt for the season.

“I think the time the injury happened was a blessing,” Trice said. “Honestly if it happened any later I wouldn’t have been eligible for the redshirt and I would have lost a whole year. I think things happen for a reason.”

During his rehabilitation, Trice found support in those who have gone through similar injuries, like Kyle Ahrens who plays basketball for Michigan State University.

Ahrens succumbed to a foot injury as well, and the two western Ohio natives talked frequently about their shared obstacle.

Wisconsin Basketball Assistant Coach Joe Krabbenhoft also served as an adviser for Trice, as Krabbenhoft fell victim to the same injury during his own basketball career.

Trice dealt with his disappointment by maintaining a positive attitude, and “not being too down in the dumps.”

“Other than not being able to play and be out there with my teammates I tried to keep in high spirits, I can’t really complain,” Trice said.

Though that’s not to say Trice was the type to sit idly by for a season and simply wait for his body to heal.

In the meantime, he trained himself to

have a new, more positive mindset.

“I think that I learned a lot from sitting on the sidelines and getting to take in different perspectives, more as a coach than a player,” Trice said. “I had to find different ways to lead and get guys involved and be a leader from the sidelines.”

He said he was able to glean more from the expressions of his coaches – what they see and what they’re talking about – than he would from his normal view when he’s playing. Trice could see from his coach’s views how different players take criticism and how they apply it to their games in their own ways.

Even though it was only a limited time that the 22-year-old guard played the role of quasi-coach, Trice said he thinks it has changed his teammates’ perceptions of him.

“Guys look at me differently now than they did last year,” Trice said.

With this new experience, it’s hard not to think Trice has a career in coaching ahead of him. For now though, Trice said he’ll stick to playing.

Since he got back to 100 percent last spring, Trice said his main focus has been on his body this off-season. He’s gained ten

pounds and set new personal marks bench pressing and squatting.

“I think it will translate on the court having more confidence and not being able to be pushed around by those bigger guards,” Trice said. “I finally have that big point guard body where I think that will be important later in the season where that ten pounds I didn’t have last year will prevent me from getting fatigued.”

As for this upcoming year, the Badgers and Head Coach Greg Gard are going to have some tough decisions to make regarding playing time in the backcourt.

With King and Trice coming back from injury, last year ’s freshman phenom Brad Davison returning for his sophomore season, and newcomers transfer Trevor Anderson and freshman Tai Strickland, there is certainly more talent than the single-faceted rotations the Badgers were stuck with last season.

These are good problems to have, and Trice looks forward to intense practices before the season gets started this fall.

Now, Trice heads into the 2018-19 season with a new perspective, a healthy body and another shot at his sophomore season.

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Football: Breaking down UW’s strength of schedule conundrum

What’s the likelihood of a top-four finish for the Badgers?

by Matt Ernst Associate Sports Editor

A No. 4 AP preseason ranking comes with a lot of excitement, and with that high expectations.

As it stands now, the University of Wisconsin football team is currently in position to be one of the four teams to qualify for the College Football Playoff.

The team was ranked here last December as well, only to come up just short in the Big Ten Championship once again to The Ohio State Buckeyes. This loss ended up leaving the entire conference out of the College Football Playoff, which is something I’m sure Wisconsin has thought about all off-season.

Coming off yet another frustrating late-season loss, this Wisconsin team is looking to finally prove they are playoff material. The AP voters seem to concur by giving them this high ranking, but the team will have to prove it on the field this year versus a schedule featuring a number of difficult matchups: especially on the road.

After the dominant 34–3 victory against Western Kentucky, Wisconsin starts the year facing two more non-conference opponents at home in Madison, which should be an easy start to the year for the defensive powerhouse. In years past, Wisconsin has had a tendency to hold nonconference opponents at home to single digits while running up the score with their impressive ground game. With running back already Jonathan Taylor putting up 143 yards and two touchdowns in the first game, look for him to continue these huge numbers in these next two games as Wisconsin tries to run the clock on their opponents as much as possible.

After this easy opening slate of games, Wisconsin travels to Iowa, who received two AP points in the opening preseason poll. Iowa is known for their tough defenses and has given Wisconsin some trouble in the past. Iowa forced two interceptions returned for touchdowns against

Wisconsin quarterback Alex Hornibrook in their game at Camp Randall last November and managed a top-five scoring defense in the Big Ten last season. Wisconsin will still be a heavy favorite to win this matchup, but this will be one of the tougher ones all season.

Next up, the Nebraska Cornhuskers come to Madison. They typically manage to play Wisconsin close but have had little success of late as Wisconsin has won five straight against them.

Following that game is Wisconsin’s first big test of the season against Michigan at the Big House in Ann Arbor. Wisconsin managed to shut Michigan down for a win with their defense in Madison last November but had some trouble generating any offense in Ann Arbor back in 2016 in a 14–7 loss.

If Wisconsin can get Jonathan Taylor going in this game, they should be able to pull out a victory, assuming their defense maintains its Big Ten best form from last season. Beyond the Michigan game, the only frightening matchup left on Wisconsin’s schedule is a November 10 game against Penn State at College Park. This stadium of 100,000 is known as one of college football’s toughest places to play and will be the test of the season for Wisconsin. Last time they played was the 2016 Big Ten Championship, a game in which Wisconsin blew a 28 point lead and lost to an impressive passing attack from Penn State.

For Wisconsin to prove they are College Football Playoff Material, they will need to be able to win at Penn State as well as following that up with a Big Ten Championship.

Wisconsin may only have two ranked opponents on its regular season schedule this year, but that does not mean they won’t be tested. If the Badgers want to break into the College Football Playoff they will need to earn their trip.

Photo · Junior quarterback Alex Hornibrook has shown growth already in the young season and will need to continue to play well in order to make up for the absence of his two top recievers.

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Football: Game Notes from Friday’s decisive 34–3 win over WKU This is Badger’s 40th consecutive victory against non-conference foes at Camp Randall, fifth longest streak in FBS

by Will Stern Sports Editor

Takeaways from the game:

Camp Randall has never been short on tradition.

“Jump Around,” “Varsity,” “Build Me Up Buttercup” and being drunk and disorderly characterize football in Madison with sentimentality more akin to a family reunion than a spectator sport.

Perhaps as familiar as any of Camp Randall traditions, is the persistent echo of a dominant Badger home opener, one which took place once again Friday night.

The 34-3 takedown of Western Kentucky University marked the 23rd consecutive season in which Wisconsin has won their home opener.

Taylor is still good at running fast and far with the football (but fumbles still an issue)

Yes, perhaps you may have heard.

Jonathan Taylor, an early front-runner for the Heisman Trophy, is as good as anyone in the nation.

Friday was the 11th time in his 15game career Taylor eclipsed the 100-yard milestone. He finished the night with 145 yards and two touchdowns.

“Keep churning out yards, keep churning out yards,” Taylor said after the game of the offense’s steady performance.

Taylor ’s performance was not only a familiar refresher of last season because of his dominant stat line, but also because of a seemingly clumsy fumble in the second half. Taylor said the ball was knocked out from behind him, though it looked like a momentary lapse. Keeping custody of the ball has been an issue for the sophomore running back and was something he worked a lot on in the offseason.

“You can’t expect it to never happen — you hope and you work for it to never happen. You look at the film which is what I’m going to do and you gotta learn from it,” Taylor said.

O-Line shows depth, though

Both long touchdown runs from Taylor were behind the prescient downfield blocks of offensive linemen senior Michael Deiter and sophomore Cole Van Lanen.

“Those two guys work well together,” Taylor said. “They were blockin’ their tails off and I commend them for that.”

Van Lanen played much of the second half at left tackle, shouldering redshirt junior Jon Dietzen’s workload.

“There’s no difference between [Van

Lanen] and [Dietzen], which is nice,” Deiter said.”If ‘Dietz’ is hurting at all we can get fresh legs in for him and [Van Lanen] will do just fine.”

Despite the two breakaway runs by Taylor, the Badger run game was simply fine. Surely nothing to complain too much about, but it often looked like Taylor was being sent up the middle to seek out gaps that didn’t exist.

Hornibrook also took a few hits throughout the game, which, against an unimpressive WKU defensive line, is not insignificant, though not necessarily something to sound the alarm about just yet.

Big Ten passing dissonance

Badger football is getting a little too big for its britches. Throwing the ball downfield? Finding receivers in the back of the end zone? Who are these people?

Despite Wisconsin losing two top receivers due to sexual assault allegations, quarterback Alex Hornibrook was able to go for 257 yards on 17–29 through the air, including two touchdowns.

The highlight of the night for the aerial attack was a Hornibrook-led 75-yard twominute drill heading into the half that culminated in a beautiful dime to Kendric Pryor, who showed expert body control bringing in the pigskin.

was there, and she’s still here.”

The Badgers will need to tighten some things up in future games in order to justify their No. 4 AP Poll ranking, namely their interior run blocking and containing the opposing quarterback in the pocket, but this team looks complete and will only improve as the season chugs on.

This Saturday Wisconsin will host New Mexico State at Camp Ramp Randall.

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We will be hearing from Scott

Freshman safety Scott Nelson was electric in front of the Friday night Camp Randall crowd.

He was everywhere on the field, credited with seven tackles (one for a loss) and two pass break-ups. On one early play, Nelson jumped a route and seemed destined for the first pick-six of his career, but he didn’t hold on and merely broke up the pass.

Nelson sprinted 15 yards down-field in an apparent frustrated, energetic fervor and let Badger fans know what they have in Nelson is a playmaker with energy to burn.

The young Badgers are

The first game of the season meant the first games of quite a few careers and speaking with some of the new blood after the game the excitement was contagious.

“I don’t how to describe it, it was so much fun,” Nelson said. “Three-and-outs were kinda frustrating ‘cause you just wanted to play. You never want them to get a long drive but it was just so much fun you just wanted to stay out there.”

“It was a dream come true,” sophomore cornerback Caesar Williams said of the first start of his career. “Having my mom there and having her see me do what I love to do ... even when tickets were ten dollars and nobody was coming to see me play she

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Soccer: Rhodes reflects on team’s high expectations, challenges Badgers start young season 4–1 but lose only ranked contest, leaving questions about how season will progress

by Danny Farber Sports Editor

The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team came into the 2018 season with significant expectations alongside a slew of obstacles the team will need to overcome.

They came into the year ranked No. 5 out of the 14 teams in the Big Ten. Wisconsin also boasted three Preseason All Big Ten members in Dani Rhodes, Cameron Murtha and Victoria Pickett.

Now veterans on a very young roster, Rhodes and Pickett both earned the preseason honor before the 2017 season as well while finishing the year on second and first-team All Big Ten respectively.

Rhodes, a junior forward, has been a fixture in the Wisconsin lineup leading the team in both goals and assists last year.

Pickett may not put up the flashy numbers of her striker teammates but the midfielder has been a spectacle to watch on the field for years. Perhaps the senior ’s most impressive individual accolade came last season when she made All Big Ten First Team, the only Badger to do so in 2017.

Murtha, on the other hand, is newer to the spotlight and is making a name for herself within the Big Ten in just her second year with the team. After the Badgers went to a more front heavy lineup at the end of last year the forward shined, scoring three goals in the last six contests of the regular season.

But Rhodes realizes these accomplishments would not be possible without the strong team she has around her.

“I think that [preseason awards] just show that we have some well-rounded players that are returning and also just respect for our team because obviously, no one does that alone,” Rhodes said. “But I think it motivates us to get more honors or excel our team forward more.”

While the Badgers boast an impressive 4–1 record to start the year, these wins come with mixed levels of competition in Marquette, Kentucky, Washington and Portland.

Marquette, who the Badgers beat in their first game, has yet to win a match this season. The Badgers traveled to Kentucky who was 3–0 before the game versus Wisconsin but have now dropped their last three contests.

During their West Coast road trip, Wisconsin took on both Washington and Portland in Seattle for the Nike Husky Invitational winning both contests 2–1.

While Washington finished last year in the

latter half of the Pac-12, they still play in an excellent conference that boasts four nationally ranked teams this year.

Portland has been less than impressive in recent years finishing dead last in the Western Coast Conference in 2017. The team finished with 5–13–1 with a 2–7–0 conference record.

But Wisconsin fell short in their toughest challenge to date against No. 20 Florida State. The Seminoles shut the Badgers out 3–0 in a game defined by errors and missed opportunities.

Despite the tight score, Rhodes felt that UW failed to live up to their potential in the matchup.

“Florida State’s a great team and they’re ranked but I think we lost that game for ourselves,” Rhodes said. “We had a few moments where we broke down and we gave them a few goals. They only had six shots and they scored three of them.”

On top of the three goals allowed, there were several other close calls for new keeper Jordyn Bloomer who was forced to make several quick decisions after some gaffes by the Badgers’ backfield.

Though these kinds of mistakes will come with having a younger team, Rhodes feels the energy that comes with newer players can outweigh some of the mental errors the team must work through.

“We have a lot of young players coming in,” Rhodes said. “Whether they’re on the bench or not they’re pushing everyone and that’s the big thing is our bench makes us better.”

Despite setbacks, Rhodes said she’s seen improvement in the outside midfielders, where where sophomore Maia Cella has inserted herself into the lineup.

When asked which players had improved most in the off-season,

“ I think that the [preseason

awards] just show that we have some well-rounded players that are returning and also just respect for our team because obviously, no one does that alone” Dani Rhodes

Rhodes glowed about Cella’s tenacious attitude both on the field and in practice.

“I think that [Cella] stands out to pretty much the whole team and I think that she’s given everyone a run for their money in practice,” Rhodes said. “She’s just nonstop.”

Looking forward, Wisconsin’s next challenges will be finishing up their nonconference schedule at home versus Illinois State Thursday and Loyola Chicago Sunday. But the Badgers’ biggest challenges may come with the start of Big Ten play.

Wisconsin’s Big Ten schedule begins

against Northwestern, one of the four teams polled ahead of the Badgers in the conference, at home Sept. 14.

Penn State, Ohio State and Rutgers are the other teams currently ranked ahead of Wisconsin in the Big Ten. The Badgers play Ohio State and Rutgers later on but will have to wait until the Big Ten Tournament for a potential matchup versus the Nittany Lions who Wisconsin upset 2–0 in the end of regular season last year.

With a roster that will only develop more as the year goes on, the 2018 season looks to be both promising and exciting for the women’s soccer team.

“ I think that [Cella] stands out to pretty much the whole team and I think she’s given anyone a run for their money in practice.”

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Colors, number of points inform football fans how to cheer Students use advanced techniques to pretend to know how a football game is played

by Angela Peterson Banter Editor

Sportsball is often confusing with its many incarnations. Some have bats, some have cleats and some have ridiculously swaggy wooden planks that players beat around the sportsball with. Currently, our fine academic institution is best at football, a breed of sportsball known for shiny helmets and a ball that is slightly harder to shape into a cookie than most balls.

Despite the seemingly definitive ways to describe football, there are many more rules and strategies involved in winning a game. With the season underway, it’s impractical to try to learn all of the facts now. It is, however, important to know how to act like one knows what’s going on when they’re unsure of the difference between a punter and a kicker.

First, it’s important to know what colors to cheer for. If the team wearing red and white all of a sudden is getting more points, that’s usually a good time to cheer. Now, this can get confusing if we are playing Nebraska, or Rutgers,

28• badgerherald.com • Sept. 4th, 2018

or Indiana, or Maryland, or New Mexico or Western Kentucky. Luckily, we claim cardinal as our shade, and as long as one can sift through the minutiae of different shades of red each game, they’ll be golden.

It is typically pretty clear when it is “First and Ten Wisconsin,” as most of the stadium erupts in this weird macarena-esque movement. However, understanding what “first and ten” means requires knowledge of football rules, which we are attempting to avoid. Just know that this means we get the ball for longer, so hold off any cheers of “De-fense” and holding up signs of fences.

Most of the time, when the ball is thrown and caught, that is a good sign and cheering is more than appropriate. From time to time, a player from the other team will catch the ball though. While often hard to distinguish which team the catcher is on, it’s usually a bad sign if they start running in the opposite direction. Frustrated grunting and booing are appropriate at these times. While three is the magic number, unlike Canadian football, there are four “downs” in NCAA play. When the jumbotron says fourth down, do not immediately

throw a fit when the punter kicks the ball away. Now is the time to pull out those white picket “D-Fence” signs and start booing the other team. While tempting, do not confuse the defense with another type of sportsball called fencing, which actually involves swords instead of balls. Even though swords are pretty dang cool, they do not mix well with the tackling involved in football.

Over the course of an offensive drive (the drive does not involve the golf carts on the side of the field), it is likely that one player will run through the middle of the field while a lot of players from the other team block them. Most people who don’t know what’s going on will question this play and its place in helping the Badgers get all of the points, but trust a sportsball expert and know that it is ok and helps us get all of the points sometimes.

Speaking of points, we can score 1, 2, 3 or 6 points at a time. This means if we are up 24 points with five minutes left in the game, one can begin zoning out and start loudly cheering regardless of what’s happening on the playing field. This also

means if we are behind 6 points with 2 minutes left to play and we have the ball, pay attention to every little thing happening. Chances are we can pull out a win in this scenario, or be disappointed by a tragic case of the other team catching our ball.

As long as one follows these tips and wear their Badger best on game day, it’ll be smooth sailing even if their football literacy is not up to par (that’s a golf term, not a football term).