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From the desk of the editor: Continuing The Badger Herald ‘experiment’ Fall 2016 will bring continued innovation, creativity, partnerships to Badger Herald by Hayley Sperling Editor-in-Chief

“The Badger Herald is an experiment.” Anyone who has worked here will tell you these words are uttered around our office several times a day. But what does it truly mean to be an “experiment”? To start, let me welcome you to the pages of The Badger Herald; the University of Wisconsin’s leading digital-first, fully independent, student-run news organization. We’ve served as the rebel voice of campus since 1969 and have no plans of changing that anytime soon. This year, The Badger Herald “experiment” will take many forms. We’ve comfortably transitioned from a twiceweekly print product into a weekly and with that under our belt, we’re prepared to take our next and bigger steps. Our print product will continue to emphasize in-depth feature writing and our online content will bring you everything from breaking news to the best

bathrooms on campus. As students and independent journalists, we will strive to bring you not only stories you will want to read, but stories that have impact. The Badger Herald is more than just a newspaper. This year, we are making an active effort to connect with the campus and greater Madison community. We’ve formed partnerships with UW student organizations and Madison businesses. As a digital-first media organization, such partnerships are not just nice, but necessary. We’re lucky to keep former Managing Editor Briana Reilly on our staff in our newly-created community outreach coordinator position. Through this role, we will be able to connect with our community on a deeper level than just social media (though we will still be emphasizing and expanding our social media team this year). In its 47th year, The Badger Herald will do more than just exist. We will strive to innovate, create and, of course, experiment. Our highly-skilled management team will

help lead the Herald in this direction. Nina Kravinsky and Riley Vetterkind’s vast and diverse range of journalistic and professional experience will help bring this vision to life. The Herald staff is growing, and with that, so is our hunger for excellence. We don’t measure this success in awards (though we have won a few over the years), we measure it in impact on our community. Last year, we started conversations about sexual assault and racial diversity on campus, just to name a couple. This year, we want to continue these conversations as well as bring new issues to light. Whether it’s as a reader or contributor, join us as we continue our “experiment” this semester. We invite any and all students who are interested in getting involved at the Herald to stop by our offices at 152 W. Johnson St. for one of our new members meetings Sept. 8, 15, 22 or 29 at 7 p.m.

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University’s new campus climate initiatives draw skepticism Chancellor Blank says school will use only impactful programs, diversity experts warn cultural competency trainings are often ineffective by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

The University of Wisconsin and UW System are implementing initiatives to improve campus’ racial climates, but some experts harbor concerns. The UW System’s initiative, Fluent, requires all UW schools to develop cultural competency trainings, UW System spokesperson Stephanie Marquis said in an email to The Badger Herald. Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a press call UW is implementing several initiatives to address the campus climate — all of which will help meet the requirements of Fluent. The initiatives will include new trainings for incoming students, teaching assistants, house fellows, staff and faculty, according to the fall 2016 Campus Climate Progress Report announced late August. The new UW cultural competency training that is specifically for incoming students is called “Our Wisconsin.” Joshua Johnson, chair of the UW Hate and Bias Incident Team, said the program will pilot in four different residence halls. The goal is to have about 1,000 new students participate, then evaluate their feedback to see how effective the program is in promoting inclusivity, Johnson said. “People from no matter what background should feel like this is their campus just as much as anybody else’s,” Johnson said. Marquis said Fluent was developed based on feedback from more than 5,000 stakeholders across Wisconsin, who said employees need to be able to work as a team

with those from different backgrounds. But some experts question whether cultural competency programs like “Our Wisconsin” are actually effective. Mitchell Campbell, programming assistant and UW graduate student, who has been hired to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of “Our Wisconsin,” said many of these programs are actually counterproductive. Students tend to leave a diversity training with more negative attitudes toward those diverse groups than before they went, Campbell said. He said the university won’t be able to say conclusively that students who have gone through the program have a more positive attitude toward different groups. UW psychology professor Markus Brauer said in an email to The Badger Herald before these programs are implemented, the university should find proof they’re actually effective. Brauer said there is no evidence that diversity trainings lead to lasting changes in behavior. But Blank said the university is carefully considering which programs to implement. “We’re trying very hard to use the research literature about what do effective programs consist of,” Blank said. Brauer said he is also not convinced the programs will be evaluated rigorously enough to determine whether or not they will have an impact. For these training programs to truly be effective, Brauer said students’ perceptions of the campus climate would need to change, there would need to be friendships across cultural divides and minority groups would need to experience

Katie Cooney The Badger Herald increased acceptance and inclusion. Campbell said many companies are more interested in being able to say they are doing something to address the diversity than actually finding solutions to the problem. Willie Ney, executive director at the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, said he thinks cultural competency trainings are helpful, but for them to be effective, leaders who have actually experienced discrimination need to be at the forefront of the initiatives. “Those who have been on the trenches and the front lines of diversity work have to be at the center so it’s not just some faculty member who has done research on cultural competency,” Ney said.

Yet Campbell and others remain optimistic. Despite his skepticisms, Brauer said he is pleased the university is taking action to address the campus climate. Ney said there are “never going to be enough” efforts to address campus climate and hopes the new initiatives will have lasting effects. Though there are some doubts, Campbell said “Our Wisconsin” and Fluent appear to be a step in the right direction for improving campus climate and opening up a dialogue. “The tension that comes into play is that we want this program to be fully assessed so that at the end of it we can make specific and strong recommendations about what we should be doing in the future,” Campbell said. Emily Hamer contributed reporting to this article.

Proposed street median restrictions could prevent panhandling

Supporters argue a ban on entering highways would ensure public safety, but critics say main concern is protecting city’s image by Maija Inveiss City Editor

Madison residents — from panhandlers asking for money to students trying to sell car washes — would no longer be allowed to approach cars on the streets of Madison, if a city-wide restriction on entering highways is successful. Mayor Paul Soglin proposed a ban this summer, which would restrict people from entering highways for purposes other than driving or crossing the road. If violated, there would be a $30 to $300 fine. The proposal would limit all solicitation on medians and curbs along highways, effectively prohibiting panhandling in these locations.

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City Attorney Michael May said the main benefit to having restrictions on the medians is public safety and that the purpose is not to prevent panhandling. But Ald. Amanda Hall, District 3, and a member of the Public Safety Review Committee, said the proposal is less about public safety and more about protecting Madison’s image. Hall said she believes the proposal is designed to keep panhandlers away from the city and drive people in need underground. Bruce Frey, a member of the Public Safety Review Committee, said panhandling both in general and along highways is a “huge” public safety issue. Frey said since a panhandling ban ended in January of this year, there have been more panhandlers throughout the whole city and

at big mall intersections, in particular. Frey said he was driving through the East Towne Mall area and saw five or six panhandlers at every other corner. “I don’t think we as a city are doing this homeless population any kind of favors by allowing them to be at major traffic intersections, endangering themselves and others,” Frey said. An additional safety concern is that drivers could become distracted by people who are in the middle of streets holding signs, May said. Hall said there is a potential safety issue when it comes to pedestrians getting close to cars, but that shouldn’t be the number one concern. “A quick read of someone’s cardboard sign at an intersection is not really the

amount of distraction that people think it is, especially when you look at it comparatively to the rest of the things we have to distract us from driving,” Hall said. If the city was concerned about making sure drivers were not distracted, Hall said city council would launch other driving safety initiatives, like one that would ban texting while driving. “It’s easy to judge and to legislate against people, that’s the easy way out,” Hall said. “That’s not the Madison I know and that’s not the Madison that I am a leader in.” The city is currently working on a revised version of the proposal, May said. Hall said the proposal will be introduced to city council and then referred to the Public Safety Review Committee and possibly public forums and additional city committees.

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Profit from summer term helps address funding challenges UW spends at least $150,000 on campaign to promote summer classes, results in 20 percent revenue increase by Catherine Guden State Editor

Amid continuing budgetary challenges, the University of Wisconsin spent $150,000 to campaign for it’s summer term, resulting in both enrollment and revenue increases. The campaign to promote summer term at brought in $4 million in revenue — a 20 percent increase in revenue from previous summers, Sarah Barber, assistant dean of Continuing Studies and director of Summer Session, said. Additionally, overall student enrollment increased by 10 percent.

Driving forces in summer enrollment increase

UW promoted summer term in a variety of ways, including hosting events in residence halls and a summer term fair at Union South, Barber said. Sponsored advertisements on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter were also used to promote the summer term. The cost of these promotions was approximately $25,000, Barber said. In addition to advertising, UW expanded the number of courses offered to include 77 new courses, Barber said. One of the major changes in 2016 was to offer courses that were in high demand for students

during the academic year, such as Anatomy 328, Barber said. Additionally, more of those popular classes were also offered online. Barber said these efforts were the driving forces in the 10 percent overall enrollment increase as well as a 44 percent increase in online enrollment. “This growth is really positive,” Barber said. “We have gotten better at addressing student demand.”

Summer revenue adds ‘drop in the bucket’ for UW funding

The campaign comes at a time when the UW System has been experiencing budget challenges. In a letter sent to all heads of state agencies, Gov. Scott Walker said agencies should not request additional funding for the 2017-19 state budget and said he would be extending the UW in-state tuition freeze, meaning schools wouldn’t be able to get more funding by increasing tuition for students with in state tuition. UW System President Ray Cross, however, requested a $42.5 million increase in funding for the UW System in the 2017-19 state budget. Walker has considered performance based funding for UW schools and/or lifting the freeze, but his final decision for the UW System’s budget remains unclear. Noel Radomski, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, said the summer revenue generated

is a start to alleviating of some of UW’s budget problems. “The $4 million will help, but it is a drop in the bucket,” Radomski said. “It is under the larger goal of increasing summer enrollment to increase the revenue.” Summer term revenue is expected to grow each year, Radomski said. In upcoming years, UW may expand marketing for summer term from just undergraduate students to graduate students as well, Radomski explained. Radomski said UW will attempt to tackle the budget issues by seeking an overall enrollment increase for fall, spring and summer terms, particularly from non-resident international students, since their tuition is the highest.

Studies started investigating changes that could be made to the summer term, Barber said. Students expressed interest in having UW develop new courses and make certain courses available online to accommodate more students and reduce debt, Barber said. “The campus as a whole has been focused on rethinking summer term and UW wanted to be sure students were involved in the process,” Barber said.

Other motivations for advertising campaign

Barber said the summer campaign’s intent was to reduce time to degree. Taking summer classes can also lighten students’ course loads during the traditional academic year, which gives them the opportunity to search for internships and study abroad, Barber said. Barber said advertising was also important to make sure students were aware of the new changes that allowed for additional classes and online options. These changes were largely based on student feedback. In 2014, the Division of Continuing

Madison City Council seeks to mend community-police relations Alders create new subcommittee to improve MPD practices, give city residents a forum to discuss major concerns by Alice Vagun City Editor

After a contentious summer filled with debate over the Madison Police Department’s policies and procedures, the Madison City Council created a subcommittee in attempt to improve police-community relations. The council announced the creation of the subcommittee in early August. The city’s Organizational Committee approved it shortly after.

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There has been an unprecedented interest in MPD over the last several months, City Council President Mike Verveer, District 4, said. He said he believes most of the interest has to due with the use of force, past officer-involved shootings and the “dramatic” arrest of a young woman at East Towne Mall in June. In June, the council unanimously approved a $400,000 study into MPD’s practices, policies and procedures. Seven consultants have since expressed interest in conducting the study, Verveer said.

In addition to the new subcommittee and the $400,000 study there are two different groups: the Police Policy and Procedure Review Ad Hoc Committee and the Public Safety Review Committee, which are also evaluating MPD’s practices. Verveer said he hopes the subcommittee will work toward strengthening the relationship between MPD and the community.

Goals for the subcommittee

The group, officially named the Subcommittee on Police and Community Relations, will operate on four basic charges: 1. Create a forum for residents and council members to discuss police-community relations. 2. Look at policing policies and models used by other cities. 3. Share information about MPD training, data, trends and policies. 4. Develop short-term recommendations to bring to City Council. Overall, the subcommittee will function as a venue to hear community feedback and to have an in-depth discussion on current MPD and their interactions with the community, Ald.

Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, said in an email to The Badger Herald. The committee will schedule a public hearing session and ask MPD to present the alders with information and data on a number of policies and practices such as use of force, Bidar-Sielaff said. The members will then deliberate and develop a set of recommendations to address those issues, she added. Community members will be also be allotted time to give a public testimony at each meeting. Verveer met with MPD Chief Mike Koval in late July when he first came up with the idea. Verveer said Koval was “very accepting” of the idea and pledged MPD’s support. Capt. Jim Wheeler will serve as MPD’s liaison to the committee. Verveer said he appointed Alds. BidarSielaff, Denise DeMarb, District 16, Rebecca Kemble, District 18, Sheri Carter, District 14, and Marsha Rummel, District 6, to serve on the committee. Other council members are still allowed to attend and participate in meetings, he added.

Multiple evaluations of MPD could result in ‘redundancy’

Despite Koval’s support to participate in the initiative for a new subcommittee, Koval said in an email to The Badger Herald that he is concerned their objectives could result in “redundancy” and the possibility of the committee stepping too far beyond its original goals, because of the evaluations of MPD that already exist. “There is already a Public Safety Review Committee as well as an ad hoc committee that has been tasked to review our policy, procedures and culture,” Koval said. “It is my hope that the issues and the time dedicated to this subcommittee will be clearly established at the outset so that MPD is not simultaneously reporting to three different government bodies.” While the $400,000 study is being conducted and the ad hoc committee continues to meet. Verveer said he hopes the new subcommittee will not duplicate their efforts, but rather complement the work. The Subcommittee on Police and Community Relations will officially meet for the first time Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. September 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 7

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New financial aid director hopes to make paying for college easier Derek Kindle says UW will provide more outreach to students seeking assitance, emphasizes need for continued legislative support by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

With more than 30 years of experience with Derek Kindle, who was appointed to lead University of Wisconsin’s financial aid department this summer, said he’s devoted to helping students — but needs support from legislators. In order to address an increase in borrowing and future student loan debt, Kindle said the Office of Student Financial Aid looks to become more responsive and help students plan their finances better. He said members of the office will engage in more outreach for students seeking financial aid. “Our goal is to make financial aid more reliable for both prospective and continuing students,” Kindle said. According to a 2015 report by the Institute for College Access and Success, Wisconsin ranked third in the nation for number of college students graduating with student loan debt. Seventy percent of Wisconsin graduates

have debt when they leave college. Kindle said no two individuals will have the same needs when it comes to financial aid. He said UW students have a variety of needs that are based on factors like socioeconomic background, for example. “I think the need is varied, with some having a high need, some low and some none,” Kindle said. “It’s a spectrum.” Most students seeking aid do not fall in the high need category, Kindle said. He said he predicts more UW students will apply for financial aid over the next few years, whether it is through loans or scholarships. This brings greater student debt to the table, he said. Most financial aid awarded to UW students is need-based, Kindle said. He said UW will look toward accommodating a variety of needs through merit-based and other nonneed-based aid as well. Additionally, Kindle said one of his main aims as financial aid director is to reduce the stigma attached to receiving financial aid. Financial aid should be viewed as a “reasonable means” to assist in a student’s college experience, he said.

Currently, most of the funding for financial aid comes from donations and fundraising, Kindle said. He said the Office of Student Financial Aid will seek to increase such funding and find more sources as well. State legislators also play a key role in deciding how much money goes toward aid in each biennial budget, Kindle said. Gov. Scott Walker ’s college affordability package signed this spring will give grants to students in technical colleges, provide emergency grants to students in crisis, increase student internship opportunities and require financial literacy education. Walker said in a statement making higher education more affordable is “one of the most important things” to Wisconsin students and families and would move Wisconsin forward. Republican legislators like Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, responded positively to Walker ’s affordability package and said in a statement that it will help students across the state better deal with college costs. Walker also recently wrote that he will write another tuition freeze, which has been

in place in the UW system for the last four years, into the next budget for at least the next school year. Whether or not he will suggest it stay in place for the 2018-19 school year is still in question. According to Walker, the freeze has saved students an average of $6,311 annually. But Democratic legislators said viable solutions to the student debt crisis are severely lacking in Wisconsin. Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, has said in the past that Walker’s affordability package won’t address the student loan debt crisis at all. Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, has said such debt inhibits Wisconsin’s future leaders. Democratic legislators have proposed policies that would allow students to refinance loans and increase need-based aid, among other proposals. So far, none of these have made it through the Legislature. Kindle said the Office of Student Financial Aid is always concerned about how any legislation will impact students. “We always look toward legislation that is supportive of student value and experience,” Kindle said.

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New UWPD chief encourages UW professor selected as deputy greater community interaction director of NASA research team Interim Chief Brian Bridges appointed after 25-year veteran Susan Riseling retired this summer by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

With more than 30 years of experience with UWPD under his belt, interim University of Wisconsin Police Chief Brian Bridges knows the value of community engagement. Bridges, who was appointed interim UWPD chief after UWPD Chief Susan Riseling announced her retirement this summer, said he looks to carry on Riseling’s 25-year legacy. While in his position as temporary chief, Bridges said he will continue to work with UW and Madison communities, as he did during his time as a UWPD officer. “What I get a reward out of is seeing how interactions with communities go and looking at things we can do for communities that are outside what we do,” Bridges said. But Bridges said he believes interacting with communities is more than just protecting people in times of danger. He said it is important to educate communities about the impact they can have on each other. Bridges said everyone needs to understand how their own personal beliefs and biases affect their perspectives and treatment of others.

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This need for understanding applies not only to the public, but to police officers as well, Bridges said. “We need to understand our implicit biases and make sure they don’t cross the lines of treating someone differently because of the bias,” Bridges said. Bridges said UWPD officers are being trained to reduce their personal biases toward each other and the community. Being part of UWPD demands that officers adapt to all kinds of situations and evolve their responses to change over time, he said. UWPD also looks to keep communication with the Madison Police Department consistent, Bridges said. He said MPD and UWPD already have a good working relationship, which he aims to keep alive during his time as chief. Bridges joined UWPD in 1984 and went on to become a captain and assistant chief. His son Ryan Bridges, who was born while Bridges worked for UWPD, is now an officer himself. Though he does not meet his son at work often, Bridges said watching his son grow and learn as an officer is a fulfilling experience. Bridges said “everything” about the UW community makes him proud to be a part of it. From students, faculty and staff to research and athletics, he looks forward to being more involved in keeping badgers safe. He advised incoming freshmen and other new students to use their time at UW to learn about and appreciate the differences in their environments instead of criticizing them. “We’re happy students are here and hope you have a safe, productive academic year,” Bridges said. “We hope that you will learn what’s different about this place from where you came from.” Currently, a nationwide search is being conducted to find a new chief, Bridges said. He said he wants to play a more advisory role and help other officers instead of being the chief. While Bridges plans to uphold the vision of UWPD during his time as interim chief, he said he might even retire after serving. The new UWPD chief will be appointed around December 2016.

Group of scientists will work together to create better solutions for climate change, air quality by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

University of Wisconsin professor Tracey Holloway will lead the second-generation NASA team tasked with using satellites to better understand pollution emissions. The team will use mathematical models to analyze data collected by satellites, which will allow them to detect airborne pollutants. Satellites could provide a viable alternative for monitoring areas that lack ground instruments needed to detect emission levels. “We have all this data [that] can tell us what is in our air, but it doesn’t tell us how it got there,” Holloway said. Holloway, professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, will lead the Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team as they take a closer look at the health and environmental effects of emissions in other distant areas. Holloway earned her Ph.D. in atmospheric and ocean sciences from Princeton University in 2001, and in 2011, she acted as deputy director on the NASA Air Quality Applied Science Team. Holloway will remain deputy director of that team while she leads the new team. The initiative is a three-year project, and the availability of funds from the federal government will determine the budget, Holloway said. New generations of satellites are capable of measuring the chemistry of the atmosphere from space. The satellites can also provide data about pollutants in areas where there may be no monitor to detect them. “For example, if a monitor in Madison detected smoke in the air, we would use the satellite data to figure out where the smoke came from,” Holloway said. “Using this data, we would be able to see that the smoke, for example, came from Canada where a big forest fire occurred.” Holloway and her team will use the information gathered from their research to develop better alternative energy strategies that can improve air quality. Holloway said she applied for the position through a grant proposal describing the research she would do and the questions she would ask if chosen. What’s different about this particular team is that NASA isn’t funding 13 different scientists to do 13 different things. Instead, NASA is funding the 13 different scientists to work together as a team, Holloway said. “Each individual on the team gets money to do their own thing,” Holloway said. “What we want to do is to collaborate and also form a group that makes it easier for the public and potential users of satellite data to have a one-stop shop for research and

information that connects the science with decision making.” It is pretty unusual for NASA to fund a team, Holloway said. But the idea is that the whole will be greater than the sum of the parts. Despite her future plans at NASA, Holloway is still finding time this fall to teach an introductory air quality class at UW, one of the hotspots for satellite research in the world. “I work with a lot of students in environmental studies and in environmental science and in other fields, and I think when a lot of students think about the environment they think about water and climate change,” Holloway said. “What I would really like to do is get the word out that air quality is really exciting topic within the environment and that there is a lot of cool work going on on campus.”

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New Day resource centers will offer assistance to homeless in Madison

Renovations set to start on permanent facility, local church, charity partner to open separate five-day-a-week center this winter by Maija Inveiss Campus Editor

As a way to help serve the thousands of homeless people living in Dane County, two day centers will be opening in Madison — one permanent facility and another for this winter only. The 2013 Annual Report on Homeless Persons Served in Dane County reported 3,370 people stayed at least one night in a shelter in 2013. There are many resources in Dane County that help homeless individuals get the help they might need, but the services are scattered, Hayley Young, the District 5 County Board supervisor, said. Day resource centers can take all of those services and house them in one central location. In July, the county purchased the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce building as the site for a new county day resource center. But renovations will need to take place before

the facility opens for homeless individuals, so it will not be up and running for this winter. The county day resource center will provide access to showers, storage space, laundry, warming or cooling spaces, a kitchen, a computer lab, telephones, a mail/message center, a day room and more. Besides basic access, the county intends to include private offices to connect community services with those needing assistance. The county also intends to add permanent housing, legal, healthcare, mental health, employment and drug addiction treatment services. A few years ago, the county purchased the Messner property that was going to serve a similar function, but Young said the new site will be less expensive, more accessible and better serve the needs of the homeless community. Young said the county has been looking for a site closer downtown for a while and until the commerce building went on sale, it had

not been able to find someone willing to sell a downtown location. “This is the biggest amount of progress that we have had in finding a site that adequately meets the decision of what we want this to look like,” Young said. “This has the potential to really impact our community.” The county still owns the Messner property, but has not determined its future use, according to a County Executive press release. The county purchased the chamber of commerce building for $1.75 million. According to a County Executive press release, the Chamber building will cost at least $500,000 less for both the purchase and renovation. To help fill the need for a resource center this winter, Bethel Lutheran Church and Catholic Charities are teaming up to create a warming center with support groups and some homeless resources. Pastor Scot Sorensen, the senior pastor at Bethel, said creating a winter day center

seemed like the natural thing to do since they are a church that cares about people and has a downtown location. Jackson Fonder, the president and CEO of Catholic Charities Madison, said the two organizations will be able to do the most if they work together. “We know there are a lot of great organizations in Madison helping the homeless right now,” Fonder said. “We just want to do our part. We know that when you talk about poverty, when you talk about homelessness, there are a lot of pieces to that puzzle. This is just one piece.” Sorensen said the winter day center will be open Monday through Friday beginning in November. He said the most important service the winter center will offer is relationshipbuilding, because many homeless individuals find themselves without community, friendships and support networks.

Wisconsinites travel across country to help Louisiana flood victims At least 40 local residents volunteered with Wisconsin Red Cross, flew to affected areas to provide food, housing, emotional support by Alice Vagun City Editor

Nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Wisconsin residents have headed back to Louisiana to assist victims of the southern floods. The southern region of Louisiana has experienced an equivalent of 7 trillion gallons of water in rainfall, and the Wisconsin chapter of the American Red Cross has sent a total of 46 volunteers to assist flood victims. Wisconsin volunteers in the area have offered a variety of different services and resources, such as going door-to-door to assess the damages in the affected areas and speaking to victims oneon-one, Tom Mooney, chief operating officer and chapter executive for the American Red Cross Southwest Wisconsin Chapter, said. When the tragedy first struck, Mooney said the response from the Wisconsin chapter was “unbelievable.” With a minimum deployment of two weeks, at least 15 to 17 residents in the area flew out to Louisiana within the first week of the floods, he said. While the volunteers can’t make the damage go away, they help make the heartbreak a little less, Wisconsin volunteer Barbara Behling said. Having helped with flooding in the northern Wisconsin area before, Behling was ready to help out in Louisiana when the Red Cross posted for volunteers. “When you go down there, you’re in the muck of the mud together,” Behling said. “When you finish your job, you feel rewarded and that you accomplished something greater than yourself.

You come back with new skills and friends for a lifetime.” Behling, along with other Wisconsin volunteers, were trained locally and have assisted in similar natural disaster cases around the state. From house fires to tornadoes, Behling said Red Cross provides citizens opportunities to help even back at home. This training came in handy in Louisiana, where there were hundreds of people in shelters in the first couple of days, Behling said. Within the first week, at least 10,000 people were living in 50 Red Cross shelters, Mooney said. A majority of the work has been focused on providing resources for the affected persons. Along with the shelters, volunteers help distribute food, clothing, comfort kits and cleanup kits, he said. Most importantly, however, Mooney said the Red Cross provides mental health related services to victims. “When you have a disaster, you lose physical things like your home, treasures, animals, life ... people have a hard time coping with the loss,” Mooney said. “Professionals will talk to them about loss — the emotional side of it.” Moving forward, Kenneth Potter, University of Wisconsin professor of civil and environmental engineering and expert on flooding, said it’s important to identify the vulnerabilities in these areas. Once these risks are identified, Potter, a Louisiana native, said it will be possible to come up with potential solutions. The Gulf Coast and Eastern sea board are vulnerable to hurricanes — it is simply part

of their geography, Potter said. Having served on a national research council committee after Katrina, Potter said we can’t solely rely on levees to prevent future flooding in that region. “We have the best capacity for understanding the elevation of lands than we’ve ever had,” Potter said. “We have all of the engineering tools in terms of computer models and information on elevations, so it’s easily within our engineering capacity.” While improving infrastructure in vulnerable regions is a potential solution, it is not the only one. For people living in at-risk areas, it’s ideal

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Tech on Deck New Madison nonprofit group aims to diversify tech industry

Maydm founder Winnie Karanja looks to provide more opportunities for girls, students of color in male-dominated field

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Diversifying the industry, however, requires a change in products when you have diverse people working on them — how it attracts attract girls and students of color. not just one group thinking very similarly,” Welson-Rossman “I think the more we break down the barriers, that’s how said. “You have other people who are thinking about [the we’re gonna be able to get more women and more people of product] from their perspective, which is probably different color,” Karanja said. from your perspective.” To break down some of those barriers, Welson-Rossman said there needs to be a shift in how technologists are represented in the media. Along with their male counterparts, Welson-Rossman said the media presents women techies with artificial stereotypes. “It’s always nerdy like Amy Fowler from ‘Big Bang Theory’ Computer or girls who are goth-looking like Abby Sciuto from [‘NCIS’],” Programmers Welson-Rossman said. “It’s not a representation of the real people [in these industries].” In addition to filling positions in the tech industry Computer and specifically, Welson-Rossman said it is also important to Systems analysts promote women in what are considered technology-enabled jobs. Other industries, such as health care and fashion, use Software Developers technology to create products and optimize their services. Welson-Rossman said providing more tech training for women allows them to succeed in such industries as well, not just traditional tech jobs. Computer Network Architects Moving forward, Welson-Rossman said she believes various industries need to adjust to a culture where women are supported in the workplace. To have peers who look like you and have the same interests as you, she said, is important Web Developers in attracting and retaining women. For businesses to thrive, she said, it’s important to have “all people at the table” because a diverse group of people Computer and will provide more insight to the communities to which they Systems are catering their products and services. managers “It’s great to have diversity because you create better

After years of working in the technology and nonprofit sectors, Winnie Karanja noticed something was missing: girls and students of color. Since 2014, Karanja has been developing Maydm, a nonprofit youth engagement group that connects young girls and students of color to technology opportunities. The program piloted this summer and debuted its work at a coding competition — Code Madison Forward — at Madison’s Forward Fest Aug. 18. The nonprofit offers classes ranging from programming in JavaScript and HTML to other needed skills like résumé writing. Karanja said if girls and minorities are exposed to more opportunities in the technical field early on, that can ultimately mean more diversity in the tech industry. “It was kind of a straight connection to me in that if you expose and provide skills and help build confidence among girls and students of color with the tech skills that they need, that translates to helping fill a gap in the STEM [Science Technology Engineering and Math] field,” Karanja said. As someone who worked in the tech field, Karanja said she had the opportunity to see the lack of female and minority representation first hand. Maydm, she said, became an intersection of her own background and work experience in the tech sector. From April to June, 82 students in the Madison area have participated in Maydm’s programs. Of those students, 76 percent were students of color and 40 percent were females, Karanja said. A 2015 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report revealed that while women comprise 57 percent of the total workforce in the U.S., but only 25 percent of women make up the workforce in the the tech industry. At tech giants like Google, their diversity demographic showed that only 2 percent of their workers are black and just 3 percent Hispanic — a trend Karanja said is reflective of the tech industry as a whole. “These tech skills are such a currency,” Karanja said. “[Maydm] is a way to address some of the challenges that communities of color face through the lens of technology.” Karanja said one of the biggest challenges minorities face is limited access to resources. The U.S Department of Education reports districts with a high minority population and low-income level have fewer experienced teachers and after-school programs, and significantly fewer college and career ready math and science courses available compared to white, affluent districts. By 2020, the Bureau of Labor projects there will be 1.4 million new tech-based jobs, but only 400,000 potential tech students to fill them. Tracey Welson-Rossman, founder of TechGirlz — a nonprofit organization that aims to connect young girls to tech opportunities — believes women could fill those openings. Karanja said if exposed to the opportunities, students of color are great candidates for these openings as well. by Alice Vagun City Editor

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THE OLD FASHIONED IS NOT JUST FOR OLD MEN

by Audrey Piehl What’s on Tap Columnist

Beer may flow freely through industrial tubes and keg pumps on Wisconsin game days, but after the battle is won at Camp Randall, beer and Solo cups are exchanged for glassware and brandy old fashioneds. Unfortunately, Wisconsin’s beloved (and uniquely crafted) cocktail often receives the Don Draper treatment in millennial minds — a heavy concoction stirred in supper clubs and served with a heavy dose of “when I was your age” anecdotes. For those ambitious Peggy Olsons out

there, however, an old fashioned spruces up a drinking routine ridden with Natty Light. With its rich history and infinite variations, it can also be the center of conversation while “Stranger Things” takes forever to buffer. From the fairgrounds to Russ Feingold’s hand A cursory investigation into the old fashioned’s origins is like searching for whoever first put meat in between bread. The United States’ oldest cocktail guide dating back to 1862 hints at recipes resembling an old fashioned — such as the enigmatic “Whiskey Cocktail” — but it wasn’t referred to by name

until the late 19th century. In 1936, definitive evidence of the drink’s popularity was published when a grumpy “old timer” penned a letter to the New York Times. He protested lackluster post-prohibition cocktails, and included a recipe for an “old fashioned,” complete with the usual accompaniments and an entire bottle of bourbon, with which the patron could “pour his own drink.” While old fashioned cocktails were spreading across the country, some have speculated that German immigrants stumbled upon brandy at the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, and kept the party going in the Badger state with what was then the new cocktail of the hour. While it can be difficult to extract truth from folklore, the stats show Wisconsin continued affinity for brandy. In 2012, Korbel, one of the most popular brands, sold just over 300,000 gallons of brandy to Wisconsin — the largest quantity, by far, of any state — contributing to the 168 cases of brandy sold per 1,000 Sconnies in that year. Though brandy and the old fashioned’s courtship is extremely prevalent in Wisconsin, the combination perplexes many outsiders, including a reporter who witnessed former Sen. Russ Feingold throw them back with fervor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “I mean, you go to the supper clubs all over the state and people are drinking brandy, and particularly these brandy old fashioneds,” Feingold said. “We’re a brandy state, amongst other things. Beer, bratwurst, cheese.” In reality, there is no wrong way to make an old fashioned, as long as it’s strong, drinkable and looks good on a coffee table procured from a Madison curbside. Don’t forget an ironic cocktail napkin Here is a recipe, with some tips and tricks, for a college-budget-friendly brandy old fashioned. Ultimately, however, mixology is about attitude rather than ingredients.

Everything from tequila to chocolate bitters have been dashed into this classic, so experimentation is encouraged — just don’t forget close-toed shoes. Most won’t be sipping old fashioneds in a dimly-lit restaurant with steaks costing double the heating bill. Happily, they are equally delicious when consumed while complaining about exam papers and eating a frozen Trader Joe’s burrito. 2 oz. of brandy Bourbon or rye whiskey are also excellent substitutes — Old Forrester is reasonably priced and works well — and typically compliment citrus flavors better if you’re seeking more orange than Donald Trump’s spray tan. A few dashes of Angostura bitters Bitters can be purchased at most liquor stores — especially Angostura, a popular orange variety. But you can always make your own replacement or even toss in some worcestershire sauce if feeling adventurous. 1 sugar cube Again, sugar cubes may not be lying around the apartment, so granular sugar or simple syrup (a easy mixture of half-parts water and sugar) can be used. 2 orange peels If looking to make a large batch of old fashioned-esque cocktails for a pregame or night-in, freshly-squeezed orange juice can replicate this citrus en masse, but watch out for the sugar content. Put it all together! Place sugar into an old fashioned glass and soak it up with bitters. Add fruit and muddle together, using a wide spoon, until sugar dissolves. Add in liquor, then stir. Add ice, preferably several bigger cubes rather than many small ones. Depending on taste preference — particularly sour or sweet — feel free to add soda water, Sprite, or more bitters. If looking to impress the Tinder date or just feel great about all that was accomplished. garnish with an orange peel. Semptember 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 13

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Kāmasūtra: much more than a sex position guidebook by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

While studying in India this past summer, a young woman working at a store recommended what would become my favorite souvenir: a deck of cards, each depicting a sexual position from Kāmasūtra. The problem with them is these cards is they perpetuate the western misconception that the ancient Indian Hindu text written on sexual behavior is merely a sex manual. In fact, the first five chapters provide an overview of life goals, priorities, knowledge and general etiquette. Only part two, “Of Sexual Union,” concerns copulatory acts. Parts three through seven involve everything from “Acquisition of a Wife” to “The Wives of Other Men.” The text as a whole is complex, specific and drenched in ancient norms.

Cultural Context “Kāmasūtra” is literally translated as “aphorisms of love.” Kāma is one of the four goals of Hindu life, desire, which includes sexual desire. “Sūtra” is literally a thread holding things together, referring to a collection of aphorisms. Far more than just sex, the Kāmasūtra concerns philosophies, faculties and theory of love in partnership. In addition, Hindu philosopher Vātsyāyana likely wrote the Kāmasūtra between 400 B.C. and 200 A.D. In other words, it is very old. Traditions and norms included in this text may appear conservative in nature for us, but at the time it was fairly sex-positive. One might scoff at the chapter “On the Manner of Living a Virtuous Woman,” but then experience surprise reading how Vātsyāyana prioritized female pleasure and included many different sexual interests.

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“Sixty-four” (Chatashshashti) Ten chapters exist on sexual union between lovers. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of intimacy, including embracing, kissing, use of nails, biting, congress (positions), striking (an ancient version of BDSM), mouth congress (oral sex) and how to begin or end sexual activity. Vātsyāyana wrote with precision, even modifying his instructions according to the size of one’s “lingam” (penis) or “yoni” (vagina). The original text does not include illustrations of any kind, but written descriptions provide plenty of instruction. Also, while the Kāmasūtra acknowledges the existence of a sexual script, Vātsyāyana thinks “that anything may take place at any time, for love does not care for time or order.”

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Kissing can be done almost anywhere for pleasure, types of kissing branching out into near-endless categories of pressure, positioning and body parts kissed. Perhaps the most charming option is the “turned kiss.” This takes place while one holds the other’s head and chin, turning their face up to kiss.

This style of kissing resonates well in tender moments, but also adds a drop of gentleness to rough sex or power play moments. Kissing in this affectionate way reminds partners of how much we care about them beyond sex. When one kisses a partner awake to seduce them, it is called the “kiss that awakens.” Waking up to someone wanting closeness can be a glorious sensation, and yellow morning light sets a lovely backdrop for sexy time. The Kāmasūtra offers a kiss for nearly any situation.

nails Of course, use of nails during intimate moments should be done with caution and consent. Indeed, the Kāmasūtra asserts use of nails is practiced in intense moments, such as “on the first visit; at the time of setting out on a journey; on the return from a journey; at the time when an angry lover is reconcile.” Those full of passion might practice “pressing with the nails” more frequently, according to Vātsyāyana. When pressing with all five nails close to one another near a nipple, it is called “the jump of a hare.” Applying pressure with nails not only produces a titillating response in an erogenous area such as the breast, but leaves

faint marks as a sexy reminder of past trysts. Vātsyāyana also recommends using the nails to gently trace over body hair without touching skin, creating shivering sensations all over the body. The Kāmasūtra recommends before sex a “pleasure-room,” is set up decorated with flowers and fragrant with perfumes. Not everyone has time to adorn their space with flowers and perfume, but the positions discussed for intercourse include simple, fascinating and challenging options. Some look as if only olympians could have done them, but the majority involve minute positioning and angle changes that create ripples of pleasurable change. In “full press,” for example, a receptive partner should bend their legs and place their feet on their lover’s chest to experience deeper penetration.

congress Among the more advanced is a position called “position of Indrani,” which should only be practiced by extraordinarily strong, flexible individuals. In the illustration on my playing cards, Indrani plays a sitar during the act, but this is likely an unrealistic goal for most. With or without the sitar, the receptive partner must sit atop the insertive partner, who holds themselves in a bridge and supports the receptive partner’s thrusting. This position appears dreadfully difficult and even dangerous, but could be downgraded with help from an ottoman. Placing an ottoman beneath the insertive partner’s back can take the pressure off of their spine and allow those untrained for the Kāmasūtra Olympics to participate equally in the pleasure this text has to offer. This is just the tip of the Kāmasūtra iceberg. The best way to get to know the text is to simply dive in.

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3rd Dimension have eyes set on blowing up, hearts set on Madison Once small local group, now emerging talents, are also pioneers, protectors of their generation of artists by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Editor

Four years ago, when The Badger Herald spoke to them last, 3rd Dimension had just begun making waves as a local hip-hop group. Since then, the group has grown not only as nationally recognized artists but also as leaders within their generation of Madison’s hip-hop scene. Nowadays, 3rd Dimension’s five members find themselves out of school, dedicated full-time to music and poised to break out, with festivals like Summerfest and collabotions with national artists such as Supa Bwe and Mick Jenkins under their belts. This success and publicity has recently tempted the group to move away from Madison, a move emcee James “Spaz” Golden said they haven’t decided on. Regardless, Golden and co-members Jacques “Half Breed” Wesley and Nick “Burn” Sampson emphasized Madison will always be the group’s home. They said they will continue to try and carve out more space for hip-hop in Madison, as well as place it more prominently on the map. “There’s a lot of dope people from Madison — whether you do hip-hop, sports, there’s people with great business ideas, and there’s all sorts of artists,” Sampson said. “That all motivates us a little to show people not to underestimate Madison.” Flashback to five years ago, when 3rd Dimension found themselves in Madison. The scene was quiet at the time. Artists mostly faded or moved on, and University of Wisconsin’s First

Wave wasn’t yet producing many musical artists — unlike the Rich Robbins, Smiley Gatmouths or Broadways of today. “When I came to college six or eight years ago as a freshmen ... I think our class kind of started it off,” Wesley said. “There was really nobody else [at the time] that was making noise or putting out projects.” Over the years, 3rd Dimension began to notice a disparity between the market for hip-hop in Madison and the space provided for it. They observed while there was a big fanbase for hiphop, both locally and nationally, neither had room to be appreciated. Wesley was quick to point out that even though Future’s Madison show sold out almost immediately, he was one of the only big-name hip-hop artists booked in 2016. He also mentioned how local establishments have told their friends and associates that are DJ’s not to play too much hip-hop. Golden said it’s always been difficult for them to book shows in Madison, despite their perfect track record and ability to draw in a large crowd. This leads Sampson to conclude the reason hiphop is relegated to a small space in Madison isn’t financial, or at least purely financial. Sampson attributed this to an “outdated mentality,” that if organizers play hip-hop at their venue, it’ll attract the wrong “type of person.” But instead of lashing out or moving to a different city, 3rd Dimension is intent on growing this space for artists and fans alike, mostly by

approaching their own art with professionalism not to leave Madison. But whether or not they and dedication. move, it can only be a good thing for hip-hop in Sampson said the hip-hop’s negative Madison, Wesley said. Either way it would put reputation in Madison only motivates them to be Madison on the map nationally and motivate more professional and dedicated. They produce Madison artists further. their own music top-to-bottom at the highest For now, they’re content to work on their quality and ensure people have a good time and new album Limits, but it’s clear, no matter what, spend money at their shows. Madison will always be a part of 3rd Dimension’s Their hope is that they can provide an example roots. for other artists in the city and prove that hip-hop can be financially viable and an accepted part of Madison’s culture. “We don’t have to change the face of Madison into hip-hop,” Sampson said. “We just want to be accepted.” 3rd Dimension has also worked to strengthen the unity between Madison’s hip-hop artists. They’re currently working on another show with UW-affiliated artist Rich Robbins, and see themselves as a facilitator between those two scenes. Artists will often reach out to them from one side to connect with the other, Sampson said. At least recently, it seems theirs’ and others’ efforts have been working. Madison appears to be slowly opening its arms to hip-hop again. Golden was caught by Photo · Members of 3rd Dimension are hard at work in surprise was when venues like the High their new project, booking more shows outside of Madison. Noon Saloon began booking shows with them since The Frequency briefly stopped Photo Courtesy of Jaeger Photography booking hip-hop shows back in March. For the members of 3rd Dimension, this comes back to the dilemma of whether or

Field Table curates homegrown produce for delicate, healthy cuisine Mifflin Street restaurant is place to be for experimental food enthusiasts craving fresh veggies, sizzling spices by Frankie Harmanek ArtsEtc. Editor

Natural and decadent may seem like an unlikely pairing, but one glance at the Field Table’s exquisite menu proves otherwise. Tucked away from the fast lane of college kid shenanigans and well-known businesses on State Street, Field Table is nestled just across from the Capitol on East Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Its location prompts a crowd not typically of young college students — but Field Table is for anyone looking for a unique take on Wisconsin produce. Field Table selects ingredients for their lavish dishes from a selection of fresh, seasonal and local produce, some of which is sold at their indoor farmers’ market, — a nice contrast to the restaurant’s dimly lit, yet stately dining area. Acting as a sector between the two is the Field Table’s

statement: the bar. Adorned with low-hanging lights and tall black chairs, nothing else speaks to the restaurant’s classic, yet modernized, aesthetic quite like its richly decorated bar. Its shelving extends to the ceiling, including far more than an impressive collection of liquor and spirits. Leather-bound books and large embellishing pieces and figurines enhance its chic nature and beckon to those inside to take a seat and take in the curious view. The Field Table’s menu is intriguing and ever-changing, due to the restaurant’s seasonal rotation of produce. But whether it’s brunch, lunch or dinner, Field Table goers should expect au naturale eats with unusual, but saliva-inducing combinations — the perfect opportunity for the experimental food enthusiast, particularly of the vegetarian persuasion. Due to its avant-garde nature, scouring

the menu will likely prompt periodic Google searches, as some of the dish ingredients listed are difficult to recognize for even a foodie. But seeing as the Field Table is far from conventional, restaurant goers should embrace the charred ramps, the sea vegetables, the star anise or the watercress chimichurri — and let their taste buds do the thinking. One look at the Field Table’s forest bowl can summon a raving appetite. The dish’s presentation is fully appetizing, each ingredient so specific and so delicate, they’re filtered out from any others in a grand competition of taste and style — and the resulting combination could not be any more delicious. At the center of the plate lies about half a cup’s worth of pureed sweet potato with lentils surrounding, salty sautéed collard

greens, roasted mushrooms bursting with flavor and a handful of toasted walnuts to satisfy any remote sweet tooth hankering. With the forest bowl coming in at around $14, the rest of the menu seems gently overpriced at a glance. The dish’s surprisingly sizable portions, however, balance out the cost, leaving a customer ’s belly full of rich produce well worth its price. The Field Table’s savory ingredients are tilled and tossed into a reasonable delicacy not likely to be replicated outside the restaurant’s walls with their signature homemade vigor. While customers may leave with a dent in their wallets, will exit with full stomachs, satisfied cravings and a desire for a second encounter with the ornate green cuisine — and maybe even that intimidating Semptember 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 15

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Conversation Starter With Matt Smith of Thompson Springs, The Sharrows

by Hunter Reed ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Badger Herald is pleased to announce the beginning of Conversation Starter, a new column for the ArtsEtc. section. The column will feature in depth Q&A’s with local artists and affiliates of local art scenes. We hope they will serve as a strong start of our new efforts to further integrate ourselves into University of Wisconsin’s and Madison’s art worlds. The following interview has been edited for length and clarity Some bands are set in stone, always thinking ahead to the next big gig. But for one local Madison group, taking it one day at a time keeps them levelheaded. Matt Smith took a small side step away from his Madison-based band, The Sharrows, to form his collaborative side project, Thompson Springs. Sitting down with The Badger Herald, Smith talked about the scene for new musicians in Madison and Thompson Springs’ debut EP, Artifacts.

Badger Herald: How did Thompson Springs meet and start off, and what made you all decide to move forward with the project?

Matt Smith: I played in a local group called The Sharrows that we started up back in late 2011. That’s been going on and still goes on. [Thompson Springs] is more of a side project that morphed out of that. I had a ton of songs backlogged I’d been wanting to do my own thing with, which is why [the EP] is called Artifacts — they’ve been kicking along for a while.

How did the other members of the group get involved then?

It’s a collaborative group — I kind of just lead the way with the songs, and then it’s whoever is around to play. I’ve got a pretty good core group of consistent guys who help with arrangements and offer advice on the songs.

So you’re saying it isn’t really set in stone? Yeah, it’s not always set in stone, which is pretty interesting. We’ve had all sorts of different lineups, so we’ve had to stay on our toes.

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How does this shifting nature of the band affect the creative process?

It definitely makes it more interesting because everyone plays so differently.

What about the live shows?

For the live shows, I like to play with two guitar players, and I’ve been having Isaac Young, he’s in [a local group called] Coyote. When he’s not there, I take on the solos, and when he’s there, I let him take them. He’s a great guitar player. Until you can pay people enough for them to be constantly available, you can’t blame people for doing other things, and having other gigs.

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Speaking of recording and working with other people, could you describe what it was like working with Rob Glasko of Kurt

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I’d been kicking around the idea of doing an album of just my songs, and I’d been listening to a ton of Kurt Vile. I’m like, “Where do I want to record this?” I then looked on the back of the [Kurt Vile] record and figured out that Rob [Glasko] does most of the engineering and tech stuff for Kurt Vile. He’s kind of like the glue that gets the album on the recording. I just kind of [reached out] to him and said, “Hey, here’s some demos. Would you be interested in doing something with them?”

What was it like working with him?

He kind of just let us figure stuff out, and if we needed opinions, he had them. But it was really the most relaxing recording experience I’d ever had in terms of trying stuff. I’d never worked with analog synths, and Rob really knows them well.

We also understand you had a special car ride during the trip?

I should mention we recorded one day in Milwaukee. Kurt Vile and the Violators were playing at the Pabst, and they had a day off. So we scheduled a recording session just to finish everything up. The day before, Rob calls me and says, “Our tour bus broke down

Photo · Matt Smith and co. got to return to their band name’s roots to film a music video in the actual Thompson Springs, Utah.

in Chicago.” And I was in Chicago. He told me they were at this roadside McDonalds, so I go. Rob walks out of the McDonalds — I didn’t know he wanted me to take the whole band. Then, the guitarist walks out, then the drummer, and then Kurt Vile walked out straight into my car. So I got to try and play it cool for two hours on the drive to Milwaukee.

at certain times in your life when you need it. I guess my goal is to be able to affect people with my music in that way. It’s hard, because it always means more to you than someone else. But if you can get that meaning across to other people, that’s a great accomplishment.

The music’s a bit on the airy side. The lyrics are kind of all over the place, kind of introspective, but they’re definitely more about myself. “Blow Over” gets into the whole girl thing, but you don’t want to stay in that realm for too long. It’s a “figuring shit out” kind of album. I’m at the age where you’re looking into yourself, figuring out what’s next, more than at any other age I feel like.

To shift gears, where does your name Thompson Springs come from?

Four or five years ago, I was backpacking with some friends in Utah, and we stumbled upon a ghost town named Thompson Springs. That was just when I was trying to write songs, so it stuck with me as a possible song title, album or band name. I don’t know if you’ve seen the music video, but I have some buddies out there with a film company. We went out to Thompson Springs to film the video. It was a big adventure.

Can you describe your sound and what you want people to get out of it?

Certain albums or songs I listen to, I get this indescribable feeling, like “Whoa, this is fucking cool.” And you want to listen to it again, and you go back to it

What are the themes throughout “Artifacts?”

What’s the next step for Thompson Springs? Are you starting to work on new stuff already?

Yeah, we are, there are some more songs I actually want to start recording pretty soon. It’d be cool to work with Rob again, too. Just start booking more shows and get out there more. You know, keep it going — but don’t want to get too far ahead of myself.

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Albums to watch of the new semester Lady Wood

Walls

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After becoming a household name via her first album and feature on Flume’s anthem “Say It,” Sweden’s Tove Lo seems poised to continue her blazing hot streak with her sophomore album. Titled Lady Wood, she has shared one single so far in August, “Cool Girl.” Over a grimy electronic beat, Tove Lo cooly disparages a boy’s unwanted advances. When she croons in the chorus, “I’m a Cool Girl, I’m ice cold, I roll my eyes at you, boy,” one would be hard pressed to disagree.

One of legendary rap group Wu Tang Clan’s most tragically underrated members, GZA (a.k.a. Genius) is allegedly planning to release his long-awaited album Dark Matter sometime in 2016. Having dropped a benchmark album with Liquid Swords, fans have been waiting for a proper follow-up to it ever since with 2008’s Pro Tools having gone slightly under the radar. “The Cowboy” was a non-album single he released back in 2015.

Three years ago, it seemed like Kings of Leon was one of the biggest bands on the planet. Nowadays, the Nashville alt-rockers still pack stadiums, but loyal listeners have grown restless for new material. Luckily for them, the band announced an Oct. 14 release date for the project, Walls, back in August. No singles have been released, but the band’s been very active on their Twitter as of late teasing what appears to be one of the album’s songs.

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Two Door Cinema Club

Photo Courtesy of Transgressive Records Indie Pop acts like Two Door Cinema Club, helped bring their brand of fun, atmospheric music to the forefront with their 2010 and 2012 releases, Tourist History and Beacon. Now, after four years, the band released two new singles over the summer, “Bad Decisions” and “Are We Ready (Wreck).” These tracks are noticeably sparser than previous releases, but are a tad more intriguing and still guaranteed to get feet tapping.

22, A Million Bon Iver

Photo Courtesy of Marissa Haegele The funny thing about Bon Iver’s new album 22, A Million, is that many people have already heard without a leak despite it not having been released. Helmed by Justin Vernon, they performed the record at his Eaux Claires music festival in August, and then played a recording of it at a press conference in Eaux Claires as well. While still rooted in the gentle folk Bon Iver has mastered, 22, A Million is a drastic departure from previous works, being heavily experimental, abrasive at times and featuring a large list of different instrumental parts. It’s all but guaranteed to make major waves. Semptember 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 17

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Some college students are bringing children’s drawings to phosphorescent life at the Madison Children’s Museum. In 2014, University of Wisconsin professor Bradley Corso and students from his neonsculpting course teamed up with the Madison Children’s Museum for the first time to replicate kids’ vibrant drawings. For the annual, yearlong Glow Show exhibit series, Corso and his students work with drawings in the museum’s art studio from kids ranging in age from kindergarten to early elementary, he said. “I’ve always enjoyed kids’ drawings,” Corso said. “They’re so honest and so indiscriminate. It’s a really good interface for my students to get into that mindset. So often as artists, or also just as adults, we tell ourselves we know what we’re doing — when that’s not exactly reality all the time.” One of the few neon programs in the country, Corso typically oversees between 10 to 15 students in “Neon: Light as Sculpture.” The class is only offered in the spring and UW relies heavily on donations for funding, Corso said. He said students may purchase additional glass

out-of-pocket to adhere to their piece’s color scheme. UW junior Ben Orozco, who was involved in the project and class this year, said the course maps out a series of three projects, each one emphasizing a critical principle of neon and glass. These include, for the Glow Show exhibit and final project, installing and transporting neon. An active, advanced medium, Orozco said neon art is a challenge for any new student. “Neon is like a game of snakes and ladders,” Orozco said. “Some days you might make some progress, other days your piece might break and you go back to the beginning. The entire process is pretty fun, and also a little dangerous — but I think the reward really pays off.” This year ’s exhibit was Orozco’s first year participating, and he opted for a drawing of a worm. He aptly translated the image into neon, thanks to its bold color scheme and linear qualities. The worm was one of many drawings created in a museum art studio guided by cartoonist, writer and UW art professor Lynda Barry. For the third Glow Show exhibit, Corso’s students selected from a pool of drawings

containing straightforward images drawn by kids per Barry’s instruction. Kids interpreted and drew images such as a pair of scissors, a bird or a house on fire, Corso said. Corso said she instructed the kids to draw these images for a reason. Describing them as “evocative images,” Corso said a component of Barry’s art research centers on comparing the way different age groups respond to and translate certain pictures. Corso said Barry’s project worked well not only for his students, as they grasped the challenge of neon art, but for the children — their drawings the groundwork for the exhibit’s electrifying pieces. “Everyone wins with this show,” Corso said. “My students get a yearlong show in a museum right in downtown Madison. The kids get to see their drawings turned into something.”

Photo · The scribbles ranged from straightforward scissors to more evocative ones, such as houses lit on fire. Photos courtesy of Ben Orozco

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Not just some joke, local comedy scene is blooming Anthony Siraguse, Stevie Leigh Crutcher, others are working to make Madison destination, not just traning ground for comics by Grace Ferolo ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

Madison’s comedy scene may be small, but it packs a punch. And it’s gaining prominence in the 608 and beyond. Home to the Comedy Club on State, one of the most well-known clubs in the country, Madison attracts talent from across the nation. What might go under the radar, however, is Madison’s buzzing local comic scene. That is until Anthony Siraguse, host of The Argus Underground Open Mic, and Stevie Leigh Crutcher, former host of the ‘Turning Up” Open Mic at Winedown, along with other Madison comics, have made a push for more independent shows as well as visibility outside of Madison. Siraguse has been pursuing comedy for four years. Since moving to Madison from Denver two years ago, he has been working alongside others toward expanding performance opportunities for local comics. Siraguse said one of the largest obstacles in growing the city’s comedy scene is the tendency for comedians to leave for greater opportunities in Chicago or New York once

they have honed their skills in Madison. “Chicago sucks away a lot of talent,” Siraguse said. Still though, Siraguse said as one comedian leaves the scene, a new-comer eager to make their start in comedy usually replaces them. He said many of these novice comedians get their start at local open mics while they’re still in college. With this in mind, Siraguse and his fellow comics have taken on the task of expanding the comedy circuit from the main open mic night at the Comedy Club to a series of new and exciting shows in the area. Siraguse hopes this will foster new comedians’ growth and the growth of the scene as a whole. The most visible of these opportunities is the Comedy Club on State, host to one of the biggest open mics in the country. But both Siraguse and Stevie Leigh Crutcher believe it is essential to a fledgling comedian’s development to perform at as many different open mics as possible. “To only perform at the Comedy Club is like having a T-bone steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Siraguse said. “You may think eating cereal is stupid, but you need

some so you’re not hungry anymore.” Similar to the volatility of the one-in, one-out nature of comedians in Madison, these smaller mics also suffer from a lack of stability, Crutcher said. She said further this instability can be attributed to various factors ranging from businesses shutting down to simply needing a change of scenery, but added someone has always stepped up to find a new venue and start a new open mic. Aside from open mics offering a space for the younger comedians to practice and get comfortable, they also provide spaces where more experienced comedians can give advice and feedback, which they are always more than willing to give, Crutcher said. Siraguse, for example, recommended young comics hone their skills in a variety of ways and personalize their jokes. Besides participating in the open mics and various shows in the area, participating in storytelling events, such as the Moth Story Slam, writing stories, making music or doing improv will only strengthen a comic, Siraguse said. In addition to stepping up the open mics, both Crutcher and Siraguse said comedians

are working to invigorate the scene in other ways as well. Crutcher said there is power in a comedian’s ability to network in other cities. By booking gigs and performing in open mics outside of Madison, specifically Milwaukee, Madison comedians are able to gain exposure by performing in a wide variety of shows and, in turn, encourage out of town comedians to perform in Madison. Siraguse said the new changes in the scene continue to impress those Madison comics who decided to move away when they come back to visit. New independent shows are constantly in the works. Siraguse and a number of other local comics, for example, currently host a movie night show where a film is shown and the performers share witty commentary for the audience’s enjoyment. Though the career of a comic may be unpredictable, through the efforts of people like Anthony Siraguse and Stevie Leigh Crutcher, Madison is quickly becoming a vibrant stop on a young comedian’s journey.

Photo · The Big Deuce Open Mic Night at The Comedy Club on State Street is most well known around town, but there are plenty of other options to choose from for laughs — including The Argus Unerground and “Turning Up” at Wine Down. Jonah Leurquin The Badger Herald

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Eviction shown to impede community stability, breed violence New data from Milwaukee sheds light on under-researched issue of poor Americans being kicked out of their homes by MARGARET DUFFEY Features Editor by EMILY NEINFELDT Features Editor

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As images of Milwaukee riots made the national newscasts, so did one often-cited statistic: Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, is one of the most segregated cities in the country. Some striking numbers on poverty and incarceration also made headlines. More than half of black men in their 30s and 40s in Milwaukee have been incarcerated and more than 40 percent of people in central Milwaukee live in poverty. But one issue that, until now, hasn’t garnered as much attention is eviction and the role it plays in destabilizing communities. When riots spread across Milwaukee’s north side after a police officer shot and killed a black man Aug. 13, people around the world asked why the particular shooting resulted in such a violent response. State Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, called Sylville Smith’s shooting the “straw that broke the camel’s back,” and said the protests that followed in the Sherman Park neighborhood were the result of a breaking point following the build up of traumatic events. “The hopelessness that exists for some people because of the trauma on trauma, the lack of opportunities on lack of opportunities, has created a ... pressure point that created [the riots] and if we don’t fix that, we are going to have the same problem again,” Taylor said. Until recently, a link between eviction and crime was impossible to back up — academia in America had all but ignored the study of eviction. That changed when sociologist and University of Wisconsin alumnus Matthew Desmond stepped in. In an interview with The Badger Herald, Desmond said eviction threatens community stability and vulnerable citizens living in poverty in Milwaukee. “When you thwart the possibility of a community becoming a community, through evictions, it can really breed an environment for heightened crime and we found that in Milwaukee,” Desmond said. Desmond first began researching eviction while completing his dissertation at UW. He received his doctorate from UW in 2010 and now works as an associate professor of sociology and social studies at Harvard University. During his time at UW, there was only one person besides Desmond in the country studying eviction at that time, Tim Smeeding, UW professor of public affairs and economics, said. “There were a lot of people studying foreclosure, people losing their homes that they own because they couldn’t pay their mortgages,” Smeeding said. “But there was very little on the

process by which renters are tossed out of their homes.”

Telling the ‘American story’ of eviction

Desmond’s research resulted in “EVICTED: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” a novel that follows eight families and their experience with eviction in Milwaukee. It was chosen as UW’s 2016-17 Go Big Read book. UW alumnus’ ‘Evicted’ chosen as UW’s next Go Big Read book Desmond lived in Milwaukee for more than a year, first in a trailer park then in a boarding house in the inner city, to conduct research for “EVICTED.” Desmond also followed the experience of two landlords in Milwaukee to capture a broad picture of housing insecurity. “I knew that to really understand the dynamics of the low income housing market, to really understand what was going on out there in some of our poorest communities, I needed to get the landlord’s perspectives too,” Desmond said. By including the landlords’ experience Desmond said he can ensure people won’t fall back on “simplistic narratives about tenants being lazy or landlords being greedy.” Desmond decided to research eviction in Milwaukee because it represented what people of moderate means were going through in cities across the country. “I wanted to understand the role that housing plays in creating poverty in America and the role it could play in reducing poverty and social suffering in our cities,” he said. “‘EVICTED’ is a Milwaukee book, but it tells an American story.”

is a Milwaukee book but “it‘EVICTED’ tells an American story ” Matthew Desmond Harvard University associate professor Milwaukee is extremely segregated, Smeeding said, and race and socioeconomic status work together to contribute to frequent evictions. Desmond found that among Milwaukee renters, more than one in five black women have been evicted in their lifetime, compared to one in 15 white women. “In poor black neighborhoods, what incarceration is to men, eviction is to women: a common yet consequential event that pushes families deeper below the poverty line,” Desmond said in a statement. “Poor black men are locked up; poor black women are locked out.”

Community instability

Desmond said his book attempts to answer whether neighborhoods with more evictions have more violent crime the following year. Through his research in Milwaukee, Desmond found this to be the case. Eviction and

incarceration do not just impact individuals, but have consequences on communities as a whole. When neighbors work together they can drive down crime in their community and organize to address problems, Desmond said. But many neighbors remain strangers due to housing instability and the power of community becomes diluted. “Eviction really threatens the social fabric of a community,” Desmond said. “We don’t let those communities reach their full potential. If we want more community stability, if we want more community engagement, we need fewer evictions.” It is important to place the recent riots in a broad historical and sociological context, Desmond said, and the lack of affordable housing and the history of housing instability is part of that context. Taylor believes the issue of eviction in Milwaukee is linked to the high rate of incarceration because when one person is incarcerated part of a household’s income is taken away and the burden of paying rent then falls on a single income. Taylor said traits like high incarceration rates, low literacy rates, high unemployment rates and infant mortality rates comparable to third world countries make Milwaukee “own the label of the worst place in the nation to raise a black child.” Taylor said the problems persist because they are happening to the “economically poor who are voiceless.” “We have to own what our truth is,” she said. “We are the most segregated city in the nation. We have some of the greatest disparities that exist in the nation.”

An under-researched field

Eviction is so under-researched across the country that basic questions about the topic don’t have answers yet, including whether Madison’s eviction rates are comparable to Milwaukee’s, Desmond said. While Desmond was living in Milwaukee and listening to tenants’ experiences with eviction, he was also conducting a study that collected and analyzed years of statistical data about poverty, housing and displacement. Often, landlords don’t make their evictions legal because it requires getting a lawyer and the legal process takes time, Smeeding said. Legally, a tenant in Wisconsin can only be forced to leave their home after a court date where the judge rules in the landlord’s favor, according to the Tenant Resource Center ’s website. Landlords cannot change locks or remove a tenant’s belongings and a sheriff is the only person who can physically remove a tenant from a property. Landlords go about illegally evicting tenants in two ways, Smeeding said. “A good landlord will say, ‘I’ll give you a hundred bucks to be out by the end of the week,’” Smeeding said. “A bad landlord will

say, ‘If you’re not out by the end of the week, I’m gonna unscrew your front door.’” Desmond’s study of Milwaukee encompassed both legal and illegal evictions. Because so many evictions happen illegally, it is difficult to find true eviction data on cities across the country.

We have to own what our truth is. We “are the most segregated city in the

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Desmond has recently examined eviction data in Cleveland, Kansas City, Missouri, Chicago and New York City. National eviction data shows that renters in more than 2.8 million homes think they’ll be evicted soon, Desmond said. “The kinds of numbers that we saw in Milwaukee are sadly the kind of numbers we’re seeing in other cities,” Desmond said. “And it means that if we want more family stability we have to have fewer evictions.”

Strengthening communities through public housing

Most Americans spend 30 percent of their income on housing, according to Desmond’s research. But the majority of poor renting families spend more than half of their income on housing. At least one in four of those families spend more than 70 percent of their income on housing. “Evictions, which used to be rare in this country and draw crowds, have become a normal and regular part of living below the poverty line,” Desmond said. Public housing helps combat eviction and housing instability to an extent, because landlords are guaranteed their rent will get paid, Smeeding said. In public housing, a tenant’s rent is consistently 30 percent of their current income, he said. Finding public housing in a “less concentrated poverty area” improves living conditions for children and improves opportunities for parents as well, Smeeding said. Unfortunately, there are not enough public housing vouchers for everyone that needs one, Smeeding said. For every four or five people who are eligible for a public housing unit, there is one unit available, he said. “We have to come to terms with both the promise and the peril of a city like Milwaukee,” Desmond said. “That kind of dual face comes to characterize the city and captures the texture of America and that should give us hope.”

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Meet the Editorial Board: Fall 2016 The Badger Herald Editorial Board intends to highlight issues that are most important to the University of Wisconsin student and faculty body. We meet regularly to debate issues pertinent on the university, state and local level. The board welcomes any comments, criticism, topic suggestions or alternative viewpoints. Feel free to reach out to us at edboard@badgerherald.com. Below are the members of this semester’s Editorial Board.

Editor-in-Chief Hayley Sperling I’ve never been in the Opinion section and I’m not quite sure how this all works, so let’s just roll with it. Hi, I’m Hayley. I’m a senior majoring and journalism, and though this is my fifth semester at the Herald, this my first on the Editorial Board. My time at the Herald has consisted of covering news, news and — you guessed it — more news. I’ve had the opportunity to report on everything from City Council meetings to presidential debates. I’m incredibly honored and excited to lead the Herald this year as commander editor-in-chief. In the few moments of the day I’m not at the Herald, you’ll find me working at the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, scrambling to finish an assignment in Vilas, at home buying concert tickets or on the internet tweeting. Follow me if you feel like it @hksperl. I’m interested in mental health, women’s rights, social justice and Russian politics. So if you’d like to chat about this, that or any other thing, send me a message at editor@bagerherald.com

Editorial Board Chair Briana Reilly As now one of the longest-serving members of The Badger Herald, I’m losing relevance fast. This is my seventh semester at the Herald and my sixth on this board. What initially drew me to the Herald first semester freshman year was the opinion section, so you could say that my position as perpetual fixture of the Badger Herald Editorial Board is helping me get back to my roots. I’m a senior majoring in journalism, and that pretty much sums up who I am. I’m obsessed with all things news media-related, I love AP Style, I overuse words like “brand” and I procrastinate down to the last second something is due. I also like ‘90s grunge music, but I suppose that’s a personal defect (and, I assure you, not a characteristic of all reporters). I’m interested in social justice issues, international affairs, especially concerning China, politics and the dynamics of local government. Chat with me about these things — or anything really — by reaching out at breilly@badgerherald.com or @briana_reilly on Twitter.

Associate Opinion Editor Phil Michaelson “Oh Bio? Yeah, I took a biology course last semester.” “Why do you? … ” Oh, this thing again. Well, here we go. This is now my fifth semester with the Herald. I spent my first three as a writer for the Opinion section, and now this is my second semester as a member of this Board. I’m currently a junior majoring in biomedical engineering. I was born and raised in the land of dairy farms and country music: the little old town of Seymour, Wisconsin. In my naïve and innocent youth, I used to stick to griping about various things I noticed at UW that just seemed a little off to me, but recently, I’ve cynically been divulging into the ever-intriguing short falls of Wisconsin state politics and policies. All-in-all, I’m just a voracious napper with a constant hankering for Netflix who is pumped for the new Bon Iver album and also enjoys discussing the happenings of life around us. So if anyone ever wants to chat about which movie is the greatest of all time or how silly our Legislature can be at times, slide into my email at pmichaelson@badgerherald.com or find me on Twitter @phmichaelson. 22 • badgerherald.com •Semptember 6, 2016

Opinion Editor Aaron Reilly

I am Aaron Reilly, writing this bio for a second straight semester. Just like last semester, I do the opinions, support the Milwaukee Bucks and enjoy criticizing Gov. Scott Walker. Hailing from Chilton, Wisconsin, I went back to my roots this summer and found myself a new favorite cheese flavor: buffalo wing jack. It summarizes my opinion philosophy well — smooth but with an unexpected kick. When I’m not writing very important opinions on the most pressing issues in Wisconsin, you’ll find me trying my best to look like Ernest Hemingway, gazing over Lake Mendota, pretending to know how to do sports or getting tea at Sencha. If any of you would like to contact me, shoot an email to areilly@badgerherald.com.

Opinion Editor Yusra Murad

It’s me, Yusra. No no, not Ursula — there’s no L. You literally just added that for fun. Y-U-S-R-A. It rhymes with the word “juice” — no, not juicera, it’s Yus. Never mind. I write about things that make me smile hard and that make me cry hard, because I love that my life is an emotional rollercoaster. Actually I don’t, but I’m strapped in tight and having a hard time getting the seat belt off, so while I’m stuck up here I figure I may as well write something. This is my third semester at the Herald, and first on Editorial Board. My first semester was spent as an on-and-off writer until I got lost in space, found my way to planet Banter and served as an editor until my co-editor said, “dude four months later, you’re still not funny” and kicked me over to Opinion, which makes a ton of sense because I have a lot of things to yell about. My dad makes me send him my Facebook statuses before I post them to edit out abhorrent language and other things that would ensure no employer will ever hire me. Speaking of my parents, they’re from Pakistan, which is awesome and a huge part of the reason I’ll be writing a lot about racial injustice, systematic oppression and life as a person of color in the great state of Wisconsin. But I would rather publish your thoughts on that than my own because your voice really matters and it’s devastating that we don’t hear more of it. If you want to chat, write, get groceries or give me $1,000, ymurad@wisc.edu is a sure thing.

Managing Editor Riley Vetterkind

I’m Riley, and I’m back at it again as managing editor in my fifth semester at the Herald. I started out reporting on campus news, have dabbled in arts and had a great time going deep on campus and city issues as a features editor. When I’m not Heralding, I’m giving my best shot at classwork for my two majors: journalism and Russian language. The latter took me on a brief stint on the other side of the world in Kazakhstan last summer — a far cry from the unincorporated speck on the map of beautiful northern Wisconsin that I’m proud to call home. Working as a student journalist for nearly two years has bred within me a sense of restraint on even the issues I care most about — let’s let facts speak for our opinions and never rush to judgement. I’m most interested in following the volatile politics and international relations of the U.S., socioeconomic inequality, education and the state of the media. Hit me up at rvetterkind@badgerherald.com if you care to chat. I guarantee you our conversation will probably lead us to the docks of Lake Mendota.

At-Large Member Madeline Sweitzer

Are you there Herald readers? It’s me, Maddie. This is my seventh semester at the Herald and fifth on Editorial Board. I began my illustrious Herald career with a year as an Opinion contributor before spending two sleep-deprived semesters as an Opinion section editor. Now, in my third semester as an at-large member, I get to have a seminormal sleep schedule, while still getting to turn up at Herald parties. I’m a Wisconsin native majoring in political science, history and journalism. When I’m not at the Herald you can find me leaving angry voicemails for institutions I feel have inadequate protocol for dealing with sexual assault ... you know, the usual. I’m fresh off a summer studying and interning abroad in London. My time across the pond broadened my interest in minority issues as I was there for exactly a week before Brexit happened and everything went to xenophobic shit. If everything goes according to plan, I’ll be graduating in May … so that’s terrifyingly exciting! Tell me what to do with my life by emailing msweitzer@badgerherald.com or tweeting @mcsweitzer.

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Walker, Regents fight to make college ‘affordable’ In spring, Gov. Scott Walker rolled out a plan to make college more “affordable.” Now, that momentum is being carried into this fall as the UW System Board of Regents has recently released their 2017-19 budget proposal with college affordability as one of its top priorities. In this pursuit of affordable post-secondary education, Walker and much of the state government seem to have settled on the theme of shortening the time a student spends in school in order to reduce the amount of debt these student will inevitably accrue. But the

issue is Walker and his partners in crime haven’t been able to agree on the best way to achieve this goal. While the UW System is requesting $42.5 million in state funding and the thawing of the tuition freeze, Walker’s steadfast in his fiscal plans. Thus, the stage is set for the battle between Walker and the board of regents for the future of the UW System. Only time will tell who the winner will be, and hopefully, the students of the UW System won’t lose out.

Soglin must stop ignoring homeless population

Madison has a history of trying to hide its problems with homelessness. In early 2016, after taking heat from ACLU of Wisconsin, the city backed off its controversial four-year-old panhandling ban, which effectively prohibited panhandling on Capitol Square and State Street. Then in August, while citing safety concerns, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin proposed a ban on panhandling on street medians around the city. Soglin was also behind a 2015 policy that banned Madison’s homeless from staying in

front of city buildings, particularly the City County Building — an ideal location for some because of the building’s overhang, which offers protection from the elements. While these efforts are helping to remove visible evidence of homelessness in Madison, they are doing little to help the people in need. Though it’s encouraging to see the city and county finally making progress on securing a site for a homeless day shelter and resource center — a saga years in the making — more needs to be done to address these issues rather than sweeping them under the rug.

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Minority students on campus have long known of the University of Wisconsin’s diversity problem because they’ve lived it day-in and day-out. In part, due to increased media coverage and in part due to minority students’ own vocal efforts on social media, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for more privileged members of campus to ignore the struggles of their classmates. 2016 has been a tumultuous time for UW students. From the swastika pasted on the door of a Jewish student in Sellery Hall, to the anti-Semitic graffiti found around campus, to stereotypical war chants that disrupted a healing event for Native American survivors of sexual assault, racism can no longer be ignored

Police arrest three anti-Semitic graffiti suspects The University of Wisconsin and Madison Police Departments Wednesday arrested three people in connection with several instances of anti-Semitic graffiti found ... Through efforts like #TheRealUW, minority students on campus have made their voices and demands known. The entire student body must continue to inform themselves of topical issues, because with student turnover each year, it becomes easy for that progress to be lost. This campus must continue the dialogue, but more than that, it must move forward with action. This starts with the individual.

Women’s health is fleeting in Wisconsin

Since Gov. Scott Walker cut Planned Parenthood funding in 2014, Wisconsinites have watched as a total of six clinics have been slashed off the map, with the Appleton clinic’s shutdown delivering the most recent blow. Walker’s lack of commitment to maintaining reproductive rights will continue to have serious ramifications for women’s health in Wisconsin. Despite the fact that abortions are completely legal throughout the United States, Planned Parenthood continues to fight battles at every turn on behalf of women everywhere. Often, they are forced to withhold an array of reproductive health services to protect the safety

of their own employees. In the case of Appleton, the clinic has buckled under threats of force and the removal of this clinic leaves only three abortion facilities in the entire state. Planned Parenthood is a saving grace for uninsured and underinsured patients, many of whom happen to be low-income women of color, who are bound to be hit hardest by this decision. Research proves that barriers to abortion do not lead to a decline in abortion rates, but rather an increase in women seeking unsafe and illegal methods, so losing one of the few reliable abortion providers left in Wisconsin is nothing less than a serious public health crisis. Semptember 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 23

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‘Bernie or Bust’ goes against everything Sanders stood for

Even though he isn’t Democratic nominee, he started conversation about college affordability, minimum wage reform by Aaron Reilly Opinion Editor

April 5 doesn’t seem too long ago. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., won nearly every Wisconsin county, with only Milwaukee County selecting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as Democratic nominee for president. Take it from someone who voted for Sanders in this primary. That night was affirmation that dreams could come true, the underdog can win and, just maybe, Sanders could make an incredible run and secure the Democratic nomination. Well, reality had other plans. But that doesn’t mean Sanders isn’t throwing a wrench, unintentionally, into the general election between Clinton and the Republican nominee Donald Trump. The former political darling is becoming a threat to throw the presidential campaign to Trump. Sanders officially endorsed Clinton, but many of his supporters, in a completely bigoted act, continue to strive for a non-Clinton president. This so called “Bernie or Bust” movement is representative of the massive privilege some in the Sanders’ camp have. No one has the right to throw a tantrum after the Sanders defeat. Crying foul or calling the election rigged is what is expected from Trump, not the supporters of the candidate who embodied

a logical, progressive approach to solving today’s problems. There is no use in pouting about Sanders’ loss — it isn’t even what he’s been doing. The number one concern Sanders has had is defeating Trump, which is what makes the “Bernie or Bust” crusade so misguided and dangerous to the United States as a whole, it represents a threat to throw the presidential election to Trump. Mic. com interviewed six die-hard Sanders supporters and several profound misconceptions among this group of voters. First is the belief that while Trump is terrible, Clinton just isn’t the answer for America. This attitude is summed up in one quote in the Mic article: “It’s difficult to reconcile my extreme opposition to Trump and my unwillingness to support Hillary,” Brett Gerding, Sanders supporter, told Mic. I empathize with this feeling. But simply not liking Clinton is no reason not to vote for her, especially when the next option is Trump. Comparing Clinton’s platform to Sanders’, this unwillingness should immediately dissipate. Clinton and Sanders agree on exactly 90 percent of the issues, and the only qualms between the two candidates seem to be in the exact details, such as the case for raising the federal minimum wage. Sanders wants an increase to $15 an hour, Clinton advocates for a lower raise to $12 an hour. The same

minor disagreements arise in health care, criminal justice and Wall Street reform. Still though, this unwillingness leads to the thought that Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential nominee, is the same progressive champion as Sanders. While she does advocate for a $15 minimum wage and free college tuition, there are parts of her platform that are simply unrealistic. From moving to 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030 while ditching nuclear energy and putting a moratorium on GMOs and pesticides, Stein’s platform moves from one unattainable, unrealistic ideal to the next. Furthermore, unlike Sanders or Clinton, she hasn’t had any experience in actually formulating policy. Even though Sanders isn’t the nominee, many of his ideals have become incorporated into the Democratic platform or are at least now major talking points coming into the general election. Sanders has changed conversation from strictly foreign policy and economic issues to a conversation which includes domestic issues as well. People will be expecting to hear Clinton’s and Trump’s plans for making college more affordable, raising wages and Wall Street reform. I don’t see that conversation ever happening without Sanders. Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in social work and economics.

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On policy, experience, personality, presidential candidates are poles apart So much more than last resort, Clinton champions equality, foreign relations while Trump is blatantly racist, bigoted by Connor Touhey Columnist

This presidential election is almost unbearable, but not because both candidates are bad. It’s a poor election because one candidate is clearly far more knowledgeable and qualified for the job, yet millions refuse to vote for her because of years of slander from the right and one lie about an email server. This is not an election forcing you to vote for the lesser of the two evils. If you are an American who believes in equality, fairness, justice, kindness and compassion, you should already know Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are not even close to the same, and Clinton is not evil in any way, shape or form. As young voters and Wisconsinites, let’s stop buying into this garbage. Let’s look at the two candidates and decide who displays the values we hold and who does not. Clinton is a moderate Democrat who has adopted a party platform based on equality and a fair shot for all. She supports a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, freedom of religion and equal rights for all. Her foreign policy experience is 24 • badgerherald.com •Semptember 6, 2016

impressive. She has spent more than a dozen years in and around the White House, with two of her greatest political and personal allies serving as president of the United States. She has legislated, negotiated and fought for policies both foreign and domestic, which improved the lives of Americans and citizens of the world alike. She has brought about positive change for decades and she will continue to do so (despite Republican obstruction) as president of the U.S. In embarrassingly stark contrast, Trump is a businessman from New York City. He has driven his companies into bankruptcy multiple times and has had 3,500 lawsuits filed against him. His greatest political claim to fame was as the leader of the birther movement, a group that refuted that President Barack Obama was a natural-born American citizen. Trump has continued his rhetoric on this issue despite the fact that Obama’s birth certificate was released. Trump has adopted some odd mix of hardcore conservatism and white nationalism as his ideology, paired with a disturbing need to insult everyone and anyone who disagrees with his constant lies. He is blatantly racist, misogynistic and bigoted. He has not released a single

competent policy plan on any aspect of foreign or domestic policy. He refuses to release his tax returns and he has spent a great deal of his presidential campaign discussing the excellent leadership of dictators like Vladimir Putin. Just on policy and personality alone, Clinton should be winning by 50 points. But maybe it’s not their policies and experience. Maybe it’s about their rhetoric and ability to tell the truth. That’s the prominent idea, right? Clinton is supposedly just an epic liar? The thing is, all evidence points to the contrary. Just look at the difference in their Politifact rating. Seventy percent of the statements on whic Trump has been rated are on the false side of the spectrum. In fact, 35 percent of his statements are outright false, while another 18 percent of his claims have been rated “pants on fire” — and this just the claims Politifact has chosen to rate. The fact of the matter is, when Trump talks, he is flat out lying. Not bending the facts, not saying things that are partially true. He is just making things up. That’s really troubling, even for a politician. But what about Clinton? She has all those scandals, right? She must be right up there. Nope.

Clinton, with all of her years under media scrutiny and the public spotlight, is not even close to the liar that Trump is. Only 27 percent of her claims are on the “false” spectrum. Certainly, 27 percent is too high, but compared to Trump she looks like a damn angel. At the end of the day, the argument that these two are similar holds no merit. There is no discernible similarities in their personalities, their platforms, their rhetoric or their ability to tell the truth. If you want a president who lies to your face almost three quarters of the time, is openly racist and bigoted, has questionable ties to Russia and has no clue how to solve any of our countries issues, vote for Trump. If you want a president who may not be perfect (is anybody?) but will fight for equality and fairness, tell us the truth when it matters and has the temperament, backbone and experience to be president, you should vote for Clinton, regardless of your party affiliation. Connor Touhey (ctouhey@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in journalism, political science and history.

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Victim’s mental health records should not be relevant in sexual assault Shiffra/Green case law looms at intersection between two social injustices: Rape culture, trivialization of psychological illness by Yursa Murad Opinion Editor

If you’ve found yourself asking what exactly rape culture looks like, the Wisconsin state courts may have painted another picture for you. This July, in State v. Patrick L. Lynch , the state of Wisconsin rejected the chance to rid of a case law known as Shiffra/Green. Dating back to 1993, this law permits the defense in a sexual assault case — the alleged rapist — to explore the mental health records of the victim. Further still, if the victim refuses to give consent to this abhorrent shattering of their privacy, they are stripped of the opportunity to testify in court — a sick and twisted response when in the majority of sexual assault cases, the victim is the lone witness. So barring them from the stand effectively ensures the trial cannot move forward. This is why out of every 1,000 sexual assaults, only six perpetrators end up in prison. This is legalized oppression and systematic injustice. In a word, while the rapist is innocent until proven guilty, the victim is deluded until proven sane. Though not specific to any sort of trial, Shiffra/Green surfaces most often in sexual assault trials. Here, it looms at the intersection between two glaring societal injustices: rape culture and the trivialization of mental illness — invalidating the lived experiences of sexual assault victims while simultaneously suggesting mental illness causes instability and dementia. Effectively, Shiffra/Green drowns the cries of a victim by suffocating them with the burden of proof. The case of State v. Shiffra , which gave birth to this law, involved a woman who had suffered immense PTSD in the wake of her assault and as a result could not recount details of the incident in court. I imagine proponents of this case law will make the same argument. The word of a delusional victim, unable to discern truth from lie, must not be taken without appropriate context before hastily imprisoning someone who is innocent. But mental illness is not delusion. Shiffra/Green may be warranted in extreme circumstances, if the victim suffers a serious psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia, but this should be the exception, not the rule. As it stands, victims with bipolar disorder, depression or anxiety are trapped in the same net, forced to watch as their condition, an inescapable piece of their person, is bastardized, vilified and used as a weapon against their own body. Jill Karofsky, director of the Office of Victim Crime Services at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, explained one of the many rights of the defendant is the right to exculpatory evidence, which absolves them

Photo · Currently, this case law is merely forwarding the concept that those who are raped are to blame for the personal violation. This leads to a more present, worsening complacency toward rape culture. Anne Blackbourn The Badger Herald from blame. The state is mandated to turn over this evidence in trial. But the problem, she said, is that mental health records are not the property of the state, rather they belong to the victim and their mental health providers. While this may seem comforting, Karofsky reports the threshold for gaining access to these records is so low that in the majority of recent cases, the defendant has simply resorted to using the victim’s PTSD as some sort of hint at a longer history with mental illness. The fact that the emotional response of a victim can be used in court to prove delusion and pry into personal history, means the Wisconsin state courts have an limited and warped idea of mental illness. I humbly

suggest they refrain from passing laws on the subject until they’ve taken an introductory psychology course. Karofsky said the use of Shiffra/Green in sexual assault cases is not unusual, but more interesting still, is we don’t see it in other cases. Yet when a victim speaks out on their assault, there comes a knee-jerk reaction to prove they must be mistaken. If they have a mental illness, they must be crazy. As it stands, nearly 50 percent of mental illnesses go undiagnosed, and many people resist seeking help because we have made it something to be ashamed of. But when patients do obtain psychiatric therapy or medication, they do so under with the assurance that any documentation will

remain confidential. This law peels that away. Rape culture is present, violent and persistent — it does not shout in encouragement, but croons a silent tolerance. As if the list of excuses used to shift blame away from the perpetrator didn’t already stretch miles — her bold hemline, her Blood Alcohol Content, her sultry smile — Shiffra/ Green tacks on mental illness. Until this law is modified it speaks volumes about the way Wisconsin courts view mental illness and sexual assault, and this view should concern each one of us. Yusra Murad (ymurad@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in psychology and business. Semptember 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 25

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Cross, Walker fail college students Ryan is face of conservatism in Wis. Inconvenient truth is tuition freeze doesn’t help affordability by Phil Michaelson Associate Opinion Editor

Well, here we are. Back again for another semester at the University of Wisconsin, and back again are the thoughts, or should I say concerns, of how we’re all going to afford this crazy thing called college. But if you weren’t already aware, students this year aren’t the only ones worried about the price of an education at UW or any of the other UW System schools. Flashback to last spring: The country was feeling the Bern of the democratic socialist, then-potential presidential nominee Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., with his prophecies of free post secondary education. Our boy Gov. Scott Walker had hopped on the bandwagon by signing a bunch of college affordability bills into laws with hopes to keep prices of school reasonable. Nowadays, as the state biennial budget deadline rolls in, UW System Board of Regents President Ray Cross has also had college affordability on his mind, among several other topics. The new 2020FWD: Moving Wisconsin and the World Forward plan Cross and company have developed partially focuses on the idea that the less time a student spends at a university, the less debt they will inevitably accrue. If this theme of less time as a student means less student debt seems familiar — it is. This same idea was part of Walker ’s game plan last spring when he was signing his college affordability package into law So it appears both Cross and Walker want just about the same thing: To make the UW System a place where students can find affordable post secondary education by turning it into somewhat of a workforce assembly line, pumping out employees to fill the jobs powering the Wisconsin economy. Now why anyone would want to create an education system with the purpose of serving the economy rather than create leaders of tomorrow is beyond me. But the fact of the matter is that Cross and Walker seem to be butting heads when it comes to achieving this goal. It’s no secret that Walker hasn’t been the most generous governor when it comes to the education spending. Apart from continuing his tuition freeze for the next couple years, he also has declared that he will not be providing any extra funding to the UW System throughout the 2017-19 state

budget. On the other hand, Cross is asking for a measly $42 million to fund his 2020FWD plan as well as calling for an end to Walker ’s iron-fisted grip on tuition. In all honesty, I’m a little miffed as to what Walker ’s big game plan is here. He’s going to keep in-state tuition at a standstill, but at the same time, not help the UW System make up for the money they lose in the freeze? Now don’t get me wrong, it’s pretty cool that I don’t have to worry about my tuition rising for the next couple years, but this frozen tuition is going to have to thaw eventually. Remember that thrilling Al Gore documentary that came out a few years ago? Well it’s not too hard to imagine that when this tuition freeze finally gets removed, the “Inconvenient Truth” will be that students will be drowning in the flood as tuition levels rise in order to make up for these past few years. This tuition freeze can only be a temporary solution to the question of college affordability, and when it finally expires, it does not bode well for the students who will be forced to pick up the slack. Walker cannot rely on the tuition freeze alone to make colleges in UW System schools affordable. He has to do something to make up for all the lost funds that would have come from the tuition levels fluctuating if he wants to protect students for when the tuition freeze ends. Phil Michaelson (pmichaelson@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in biomedical engineering.

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Paul Ryan has milder political form compared to Trump by Teresa Turco Columnist

A few years ago, at General Mitchell Milwaukee airport, I saw Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., sitting in a fancy airport restaurant waiting for his flight. He was easy to spot because he was surrounded by a crowd of the classic well-meaning Wisconsinites, buzzing with excitement and nervously creeping their way up to his table to ask for a photo. To this day, I have a photo on my computer of my friends and me with Ryan’s arms around our shoulders. Behind Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Bucky the Badger, Ryan is one of the most beloved public figures in Wisconsin today. Wisconsinites couldn’t be prouder of producing the speaker of the House. They support his agendas without much of a second thought, applaud his speeches and look to him for guidance in a chaotic political landscape. For Republicans across the country and in Wisconsin, Ryan has become the face of conservative America. He is known for propagating conservative ideals, emphasizing the importance of the family structure, praising the American Dream and stressing the need for limited government. Ryan is known for being level-headed and for attempting to keep peace within his party. Ryan embodies a sort of decency and a brand of uplifting conservatism. But there’s a new face of conservatism. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee and emerging figure-head of American conservatives, seems to be Ryan’s antithesis. While Ryan’s speeches are safe, towing the line of political correctness while maintaining an air of professionalism, Trump has gained national notoriety for his brash, offensive and inflammatory remarks, never backing down from a fight. Trump has been hailed as a fighter and warrior, refusing to admit when he is wrong and avoiding apologies like the plague. Conversely, Ryan publicly apologizes for controversial statements, and is repeatedly willing to change his stances on issues to best suit the needs of his constituents and his party. The two have butted heads time and again. Even in Ryan’s endorsement of Trump, it became painfully clear he was forced to bite his tongue, trying all too hard to steer the focus of his speeches to Trump’s conservative policies rather than addressing his inflammatory comments. At the same time, Trump seems to crave opportunities to humiliate Ryan on as many public a stages he can find. The state of Wisconsin has voted blue in every presidential election since 1984, but reflects a red hue under the leadership of Gov. Scott Walker. Wisconsin Republicans are passionate and fiercely loyal to Ryan, but face a serious dilemma this fall — they certainly won’t vote Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, but even more certainly, they

aren’t Trump’s Republicans. Top Republicans in the state skip Trump rallies, Walker tweeted in support of Ryan after Trump withheld his endorsement of him and Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos expressed embarrassment about Trump. Trump’s platform is based on fear mongering and prejudices, all under the guise of being refreshingly honest and transparent. He has attempted to garner working class white support by alienating women, immigrants, minorities and about half the outside world. Ryan has been somewhat frantically attempting to save the face of the Republican party by preaching inclusiveness and decrying many of Trump’s most offensive statements. In short, Trump and Ryan represent two separate factions of conservatives in America today. Trump supporters view him as the strong, anti-establishment and business-minded leader that will shake up Washington D.C. They listen in awe to his xenophobic, racially prejudiced and sexist remarks and hear echoes of their own opinions. They feel relieved because Trump’s loud, dogmatic rhetoric has allowed them to feel justified in their own views. Ryan practices a much milder form of politics. He plays by the system, endorsing Trump because he was his party’s elected nominee despite his own opinions. He preaches optimism and inclusiveness, focuses on the issues and steadfastly supports conservative ideals. Trump and Ryan’s current uneasy, feudlike truce is an uncomfortable climate for Wisconsin’s Republican community. The two seem to dance around each other, aware they have different goals but resigned to their situation. As the two most prominent conservatives in America today, Trump and Ryan personify the divide within the Republican party. The nation is weathering this uncertainty and unrest inside the GOP, but Wisconsin voters are decidedly Ryan Republicans. They supported Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., over Trump in the primaries in April, they felt outrage over Trump’s remarks in support of former Republican congressional candidate Paul Nehlen who challenged Ryan in the congressional primary. Though Wisconsin is a swing state — with its urban liberal pockets separated by large conservative suburbs and rural areas — its conservatives will die for Ryan. They support rational, policy-minded debate rather than rash, emotional fluff. Wisconsinites unwaveringly stand behind their favorite congressman. With Ryan and Trump leading opposing factions within the GOP, the future of rightwing politics remains uncertain. Teresa Turco (tturco@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in psychology and economics.

Five sports all freshmen should see

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SOFTBALL

As one of the few outdoor sports that takes place during the spring, heading out to a softball game is a nice way for any Badger to take a break from strenuous studying for finals. Sitting with a view of Lake Mendota at Goodman Field is a nice way to unwind and enjoy one of America’s favorite pastimes.

The team performed well last year, posting a 28-24-1 record on the season. Considering their record of taking down Big Ten rival Minnesota in a complete weekend sweep, as well as scoring major wins against Illinois, Northwestern and Michigan State, fans are always in for a worthwhile game.

Wisconsin is a scrappy, predominantly young team that has some maturing to do, but that keeps games interesting. Plus, the girls always manage to pick some killer walk music, so there is always a chance you’ll find a new song to add to your library.

VOLLEYBALL

In case you prefer an indoor venue to an outdoor one, volleyball might just be the Wisconsin sport you’re looking for. The Field House is a great place to take new friends to support the volleyball team. This year is going to be an exciting year for the team, as the Badgers try to make it back

to the NCAA Tournament in December. The leadership and play of Lauren Carlini has brought the Badgers far over the past few years, and in her final season in Madison the future U.S. National Team setter is hungry for an elusive championship. She is joined by a veteran group of hitters in Haleigh Nelson

and Lauryn Gillis to get the job done. Last season Wisconsin made it to the Regional Semi-Finals and is determined to make it back to the championship for the first time since 2012. It’s sure to be a very exciting season for volleyball.

3 WOMENS HOCKEY

With 23 shut-out games last year, 21 of which happened with Wisconsin star goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens in net, there is never an absence of excitement at a women’s hockey game. This season is sure to be a smash for the Badgers, as they come off of their fantastic

2016-2017 season. There is no telling what this team will do, and you’ll want to be a part of the celebration. The Badgers finally beat Minnesota for the first time since 2011 and posted two win-streaks which lasted for 18 and 12 games respectively.

There will always be goals to cheer on given the firepower on Wisconsin’s roster, and plenty of jaw-dropping saves to revel in. So put on your warm Badger gear and get ready to shout “Ann-Renée is bae” with all your school mates.

If there is one sport that is quintessential to completing your freshman sporting experience, it is men’s basketball. Attending a men’s basketball game during your first year should be a degree requirement. Thankfully, the Badgers didn’t lose star guard and funny man Nigel Hayes, which

really would have put a damper on this season from the beginning. We all get to enjoy his ball and comedic skills for one more year, which should lead to a great season for fans and an abundance of Vines. The team then returns all of its starters which makes this an exciting season.

Badger freshmen need to experience the celebration that comes with Wisconsin Basketball, whether that means cheering in the stands after a big win, or flooding State Street after making the NCAA Tournament finals. There is always something to celebrate when it comes to men’s basketball.

It should be illegal to go to Wisconsin and not see a football game, especially during your freshman year. Seriously, attending a football game is one of the biggest perks you get from attending a Big Ten university. There are so many memories that can be made while attending a UW football game.

Whether it is the fourth-quarter “Jump Around” or watching the Badgers take the axe away from Minnesota again (12 years and counting), there are plenty selfie-ready moments for all fans to capture. The Badgers are fresh off of their season opener win against LSU and can truly defy

expectations this season. Plus, there’s two night games on the schedule. So get your calendars out and start penciling in games. By the end of the year you’ll have five sports crossed off your list and memories that will make you proud to be a Badger.

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Long journey leads to Houston’s first start in five years

New first-string quarterback is grateful for hardships, experiences that led him to starting job as fifth-year senior by Chris Bumbacca Senior Writer

A film session beckoned Bart Houston, but he needed to make a quick phone call first. Bart Houston dialed his parents back in his hometown of Dublin, California, to tell them the news: In nine days, he would start as quarterback for the University of Wisconsin football team against Louisiana State University at Lambeau Field. His mother, Inge Houston, shrieked with excitement. His father Guy Houston, a local politician, reacted more diplomatically, along the lines of, “you have this opportunity, now go out there and do it.” The fifth-year senior made his first start at quarterback Saturday since he led his team to a state championship his senior year of high school, where he was ranked a four-star recruit. It appeared then that Houston would have a smooth transition to the college game and would make an impact for the Badgers early in his career.

The opportunity never arrived. When Gary Andersen took over the program for two years, he relegated Bart Houston to backup punter, in charge of kicking the ball rugby-style. “You always think you can do it earlier, but just wasn’t in the stars,” Bart Houston said. “I’m glad it happened.” None of that mattered Saturday, though. Bart Houston ran onto the field like Odysseus returning to Ithaca — he had finally made it home. Bart Houston is named after Packers legendary gunslinger of the same name (you’ve heard this already), so call it a homecoming for him. “It makes it very special,” Bart Houston said of his first start coming at Lambeau. “It’s a great opportunity to play in front of our fans for this team and show what I can do.” Just like his first four years in Madison, it wasn’t easy securing the starting role. He and redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook engaged in a tight quarterback battle, with no one truly emerging until Bart Houston over the final week or so of fall camp. UW head coach Paul Chryst had to make a

difficult decision. Initially, it appeared Chryst would have no choice but to press Hornibrook into action. He was the better quarterback when camp first opened, and Bart Houston’s throws were often erratic and inconsistent. “The first week I was pressing,” Bart Houston said. “I was trying to get there too fast, but it’s a process … I just took a step back and played my game. I didn’t overdo it and try to make too many plays. I just let it happen.” His coach saw the same progress. Bart Houston’s performance at Illinois last season (22 of 33, two touchdowns and two interceptions) also allowed Chryst to feel comfortable putting Bart Houston under center for Week One. At the same time, Chryst said, he’s improved since then. “I think he definitely has a better grasp of what we’re trying to do,” Chryst said regarding Houston’s performance against Illinois. “I think he also, through the number of reps he’s had, understands his strengths and weaknesses. I think both of them came out in that game. I think he

did that early in camp. He was pressing, and that was good for him to have to go through and deal with it. I think he does have more knowledge of what we’re trying to do, and I think he’s got more knowledge of himself.” On the other side of the competition is a young, disappointed quarterback in Hornibrook, who by no means played himself out of the job. It was a tough pill for Hornibrook to swallow, but he praised Bart Houston’s perseverance in reaching the starting role after years of waiting on the sideline. “Obviously, for the fans and everybody, to see a kid that went through everything [Bart Houston] did and stick with it through different coaching changes, it’s good for a kid like that to get his chance,” Hornibrook said. Bart Houston also said the competition was beneficial for him but that it didn’t matter anymore. He has a job to do now. “What we’re trying to do is get this team and get this offense to win games for us,” Bart Houston said. “It’s over.” September 6, 2016 • • 27

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Wisconsin men’s tennis builds team one recruit at a time

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Blue chip prospect Chase Colton could be missing piece Wisconsin needs to reach forefront of college tennis by Eric Goldsobel Sports Editor

Situated on the far west side of the University of Wisconsin campus is the Nielsen Tennis Center, home of the Wisconsin men’s tennis program. The stadium is far from downtown and remains largely unattended by Wisconsin students. Unlike its football and basketball counterparts, it barely feels a part of campus. Whether it is because of the location or results on the court, the program has been an afterthought for both students and recruits over the years. Wisconsin has never been known for tennis. But with the additions of new head coach Danny Westerman last season and assistant coach Scoville Jenkins two seasons ago, combined with the efforts of their underdog team and a few new faces, the label slapped on Wisconsin is slowly peeling away. “I see us being a top 15 team in the next few years with the way we’re going, the kids we’re bringing in, the culture we’re establishing,” Jenkins said.” Everybody is being accountable for their actions, there’s no excuses.” That is the buzz surrounding the program these days. It is the same program that finished the 201415 season with a 7-18 record and was nowhere close to being ranked. Yet in just one season —

Westerman’s first year on the job — the team doubled their win total to finish 2015-16 at 14-9. Despite ending the season with a six-match losing streak, there was plenty to admire. The team gathered five ranked wins, starting off 13-1 and reaching the program’s highest-ever ranking of No. 30 in the country. “All of us, for the first time, were playing for something bigger than ourselves,” Westerman said. “We all felt the urgency of trying to play for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. We shifted our focus towards that rather than playing in the moment … we’ve all learned from it.” Players have been hard at work back on campus, making up for the missed opportunity last season. Yet all of the effort was not a wash, for it attracted what the program has been lacking its entire existence: top recruits. Enter Chase Colton, a Florida native who has been on the radar as one of the top recruits in the class of 2016 for some time now. Colton is a blue chip prospect, the highest ranking a player can receive, and one of just 28 graduating seniors nationally to hold the ranking. The incoming freshman is also the first blue chip recruit in Wisconsin history. “It’s very special, and I hope it shows the types of players that we can attract here to Wisconsin,” Jenkins said. “Chase really embraced that he could

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be the first to break down the door and start up our program. He absolutely loved that and has been great so far.” The UW coaches have praised his work ethic and drive as a player, but also the draw that signing him creates. Colton signed before the spring season in November 2015, which turned many heads toward Wisconsin. The Colton-effect this April ended up attracting fellow Florida native Daniel Soyfer, a talented four-star recruit ranked No. 53 in the class of 2016 who boasts a 30-14 record against ranked opponents, and gained plenty of experience playing in Europe this summer. Signing two players of their caliber is an accomplishment not to be overlooked. But it also indicates another, more subtle notion about Wisconsin tennis as a whole — the Badgers were able to recruit two warm weather players. Many of the best players are from warmer regions that have longer outdoor seasons. Those players typically like to continue in those same places, which is why schools like University of Southern Califonia, Stanford Univeristy, University of Califonia-Los Angeles and University of Georgia have historically dominated college tennis. Signing the two athletes is not only a big step for the program, but also sheds the label that

Wisconsin is not a choice destination. As junior Lamar Remy put it, UW is just as much of a tennis school as any other. “Our facilities rival those of any of the other powerhouse schools,” Remy said. “I had the opportunity to see a few other great tennis schools while be recruited, and I feel we’re right there with them. With our coaches, they’re really helping kids with potential to break through and make us competitive.” It has taken 95 years of play to get to this point, but if all goes according to plan, the Badgers will rank among the top 25 teams in the country for the first time in program history by their 100th season of play. At least that’s the goal of Westerman and Jenkins at the moment. The gate is open and Wisconsin may not have to be the scrappy underdog anymore. “When we signed Chase we had a lot of top kids, especially in Florida where he’s from, have a lot of interest in us because they know how good of a player Chase is,” Jenkins said. “He really knows the game and a lot of the kids know this about him, so when he signed it brought about their interest. To get a player like him, they must see us going in a really good direction.”

Men’s basketball seeks to break historic trend Badgers’ recruiting class for 2017-18 ranks among best in the country Photo · Typically forced to do more with less, Wisconsin won’t have to as it sits poised to bring in possibly its best recruiting class in school history. Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald

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By the looks of the 2017-18 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball recruiting class, UW’s recruiting identity appears due for a massive overhaul as the program takes a historical leap in the new head coach Greg Gard era. While many recruits are still uncommitted, as of this week 247Sports.com has the Badgers pegged firmly as the nation’s fifthbest recruiting class for 2017-18. While gathering a top 10 recruiting class is itself an achievement, what makes this feat most remarkable for Wisconsin is its potential to be the strongest recruiting class in the school’s history. Most Badger fans would agree that when it comes to UW-Madison’s recruiting résumé in men’s basketball, it’s no secret the team has made a living through player development, not by immediate talent acquisition. As far as recruiting classes over the past decade, Wisconsin hasn’t managed a top 10 or even top 30 ranked class over that stretch. But the Badgers’ history of recruiting compared to the program’s success is exactly what makes the 2017-18 class so intriguing. In fact, the 2017-18 recruiting class rank is already the best UW-Madison has amounted since 247Sports.com began ranking NCAA Division I basketball talent in 2003. Its superiority is by no slim margin either. Next season’s incoming commitments are currently headlined by four-star recruits Kobe King and Nathan Reuvers, and three-star recruit Brad Davison. While college recruiting is known for its sudden, unexpected decommitments between a verbal commitment and national

signing day, if all three commits wind up as Badgers come 2017, it will mark the first time Wisconsin lands two four-star recruits in the same class in over a decade. Reuvers is perhaps the centerpiece of the Badgers’ 2017-18 recruiting class. Reuvers, a member of ESPN’s Top 100, is listed as the 86th best overall recruit by the publication (70th best by 247Sports.com), and the 15th best center/power forward in the entire country. The 6-foot-10 rising senior excels in the paint by using his 220-pound frame to command his presence beneath the rim. The second four-star recruit in Wisconsin’s trifecta of 2017-18 commits is shooting guard Kobe King. Hailing from La Crosse, King is pegged by 247Sports.com as the thirdbest recruit in Wisconsin, as well as the 31st best shooting guard in the nation. The most recent commit from the class of 2017 is three-star recruit Brad Davison. Weighing a sturdy 190 pounds and standing at 6-foot-3, Davison is ranked by 247Sports.com as the 27th best overall point guard of his class. Keep in mind that the last three-star point guard recruited by Wisconsin was the Badgers’ starting point guard Bronson Koening, who has the same frame and stands just one inch taller than Davison. Despite the firepower the 2017-18 class already boasts, the excitement doesn’t end there — it could get even better. Landing King was a major victory for Wisconsin, but the four-star recruit was only one of Wisconsin’s two top targets for the 2017-18 class. Four-star recruit Justin Smith is one of the final remaining at-large recruits for the Badgers. Similar to Reuvers, he is a member of ESPN’s Top 100 recruits for the 2017 freshman class and ranked the 80th best overall recruit in the

country. There is fierce competition over him, however, with Stanford, Illinois and Indiana hot in the mix as well. But even if Wisconsin is unable to sign the prized recruit, it shouldn’t be a hindrance to success. Over the last ten seasons, Wisconsin’s recruiting classes have averaged 58th in the nation overall and ninth in the Big Ten. Despite less than stellar recruiting grades off the court, the Badgers’ success on the court has given fans more than enough reason to trust the program’s system. During this same 10-year stretch overall, the Badgers have averaged a third-place finish in the Big Ten regular season standings, a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament through ten appearances, and a 0.746 winning percentage. If UW-Madison can successfully combine the precedent Gard set for Badger recruiting with its history of honing lesser-known recruits into nationally-acclaimed stars, Wisconsin has the potential to unlock some of the greatest basketball the Badgers have ever seen. Only two years ago, during the same season that Wisconsin reached the NCAA national championship game, the Badgers’ 2014 recruiting class was ranked 120th in the country — seven spots lower than UW-Green Bay. Yet, the single three-star recruit from the Badgers’ 2014 class, Ethan Happ, went on to be named the 2016 Big Ten Freshman of the Year after becoming an integral part of UWMadison’s starting lineup in just his first season on the court. Given Wisconsin’s track record of developing players such as three-star recruits Frank Kaminsky III or Ethan Happ, the new head start Gard’s recruiting ability provides could be the last missing step to adorning the Kohl Center with national championship banners. September 6, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 29

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Building culture comes before basketball in Tsipis’ plan After turning George Washington University into a contender, new coach is taking first steps to do same for Wisconsin Photo · Eventually Tsipis would like to ease his players into a new transition system. But for now building chemistry is his chief concern. Marissa Haegele The Badger Herald by Ben Cross Senior Writer

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The Wisconsin women’s basketball team will tip off the 2016-17 season with a new face at the helm: former George Washington University head coach and 2015 Atlantic-10 Coach of the Year, Jonathan Tsipis. As a coach who has done it before, Tsipis is looking to turn around a struggling Badger program and create a family atmosphere that lasts longer than his players stay. “I think what we need to be focusing on as a program is making sure we’re getting better every single day,” Tsipis said. “I don’t think that mentality is going to change after year one or year five. I learned a lot of great things at George Washington and I think a lot of those things apply here at Wisconsin, building off of the things that a lot of the coaches did here before me.” The former Colonials head coach comes to Wisconsin after four years in the nation’s capital, which included two A-10 championships and three 20-win seasons. Tsipis spent eight seasons before that as an assistant coach and then associate head coach at Notre Dame under legendary Hall of Fame coach Muffet McGraw. The Fighting Irish reached the NCAA tournament in each of those eight seasons and made two appearances in the championship game. Yet Tsipis is not resting on his laurels and insists that no aspect of a team is too small to commit time and energy to. Instead of rigid drills, the new coach is building his team’s chemistry off the court — an aspect team members felt had been lacking in previous seasons. “With Coach Tsipis we’ve been doing a bunch of family bonding activities and having almost an open circle type atmosphere,” fifth year senior forward Avyanna Young said. “We are finally making the effort to get to know each other and that’s going to help us on the court tremendously.” Any change is good change for a Badger program that finished last in the Big Ten in 2015 with an overall record of 7-22, their worst mark since 1987 and third-worst loss total in program history. During her tenure

former Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey was unable to finish above ninth in the Big Ten, an already struggling conference, during all of her five lackluster seasons in Madison. Badgers Athletic Director Barry Alvarez recognized an opportunity for a change and turned to Tsipis with the hopes of developing young talent already on the team. In a news conference this March, Alvarez said he wanted to leave the program in the hands of someone who has built up a program before. “He knows what it takes to play at a championship level, and then you go out and do it on your own,” Alvarez told Andy Baggot in March. “I liked the fact he went out and took his own team and built it.” Tsipis is ready to answer Alvarez’s call and said he would like to eventually turn to a high pressure, high intensity system that focuses on fast paced transition. He realizes, however, that doing so will take time and doesn’t fit the current personnel. Tsipis’ desired system would be a significant change of pace for Wisconsin, which averaged 64.3 points per game with a losing margin of -8.1 last season. In order to one day implement it, building chemistry will be paramount. “It’s not as if we weren’t close under coach Kelsey, but we’ve really become closer with coach Tsipis,” redshirt junior center Malyna Johnson said. “I think we’re all ready for a big change and we’re buying into whatever coach Tsipis is putting in, even if it’s something that we’re not use to seeing.” The Badgers recently concluded a successful preseason campaign in Canada in early August, finishing 3-0 and exploring the British Colombia countryside during a week long vacation. While still months away from the season opener against Winona State in November, the brief stretch of games left many players and coaches feeling like success isn’t so far off. “Canada was great because it gave us a chance to not only simulate the basketball part but also gave us a look at the change in culture that we’ve been trying to instill,” Tsipis said. “We were able to get our players out of their comfort zones and I think that’s why it’s really important to go on a foreign trip.” Tsipis said he hasn’t made any final decisions as far as lineups go, but that the team made tremendous strides this offseason and continues to improve with only a few months of preparation left. That view is not unique to him either. “I see this program going nowhere but up,” Young said. “We have a young team but we don’t play young. Everyone’s bought in and I definitely see this program taking the steps towards greatness.”

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Wisconsin vows to never again feel heartbreak of last season Behind Lavelle, promising group of young players are ready to rebound after missing 2015 NCAA Tournament to be changed this year.” Part of that preparation comes with setting team goals. Head coach Paula Wilkins said she wants her team to focus its effort on games and practices. Wilkins stresses the importance of getting results through determination. “We don’t want to lose a game because of a lack of effort,” Wilkins said. “I believe if we compete hard and we have our effort in the right spot in every game, then the results will come.” With the 2016 season underway, the Badgers haven’t gotten off to the start they wanted. Playing without seven starters from the previous season seems to be a hindrance. Despite the team’s lack of Photo · Losing seven starters to graduation hasn’t helped the team early on this season, but the Badgers are optomistic that some new faces experience, Wilkins can help get them back on track. sees potential from returning players as well as the freshman Marissa Haegele class and praises the The Badger Herald positive attitudes among all players. That streak propelled the team to its first “I see a lot of kids who are willing by Nolan Beilstein Big Ten regular season championship since to learn,” Wilkins said. “They’re very Women’s Soccer Writer 1994, but it wasn’t enough for an NCAA disciplined, coachable and we have some tournament berth. The disappointment Between Sept. 20 and Oct. 24, 2015, the of last season is something the team vows talent. I think the strongest part for these Wisconsin women’s soccer team did not won’t happen again, sophomore forward guys right now is they defend together as a unit. These guys really want to do well and lose a game. Steph Fabry said. you can’t ask for more than that as a coach.” After tying once and then winning “It was deafening silence in the room Wisconsin will look to senior midfielder, eight games in a row, the Badgers found when we found out that we didn’t make Rose Lavelle, to be the root of their success. themselves with a record of 11-4-4. Losing the NCAA tournament,” Fabry said. “We all Earlier this month, TopDrawerSoccer. only the final regular season game against made ourselves promise that we wouldn’t com named Lavelle the No. 1 player in the Northwestern University and the first game feel that again. Everything we’ve been country for women’s college soccer in its of the Big Ten Tournament against Ohio doing in preparation is for that moment women’s national top 100 rankings. State ended the impressive run.

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Last season, Lavelle led the team with 17 points, scored a team-high seven goals and recorded three assists. While she acknowledged the loss of seven starters as well, Lavelle said she thinks the team is supplied with a ton of depth. “I think we’re deeper than we have been [in past seasons],” Lavelle said. “This year we have a lot of people that can rotate in at different spots. I think that’s definitely going to be a strength moving forward.” As a senior midfielder, and named the No. 1 player in women’s college soccer, Lavelle knows she must serve as a leader to the rest of her teammates. “[This season is] different,” Lavelle said. “It’s a new role and one I’m trying to embrace. It’s kind of weird, but I like it and I hope I can lead this team to accomplish our goals and have the best season yet.” Lavelle played a large role for the Badgers’ offense in 2015, which possessed a +8 goal differential. During the team’s eight-game winning streak, Wisconsin outscored their opponents 15-2, something redshirt junior goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem hopes to continue into this season. “One of our core values is always on offense,” Clem said. “We want teams to say, ‘we’re playing Wisconsin, we need to be ready for this game.’” Though not a direct part of the offense, Clem knows what the team strives for on that side of the ball and the reputation they hope to make for themselves. Clem enters her second straight year as the starting goalkeeper. As a redshirt sophomore in 2015, Clem recorded nine shutouts and 59 saves while earning a 0.756 save percentage. With a year of experience under her belt, Clem feels more at ease in the net in comparison to the previous season. “I feel much better [in net],” Clem said. “There’s always new stuff to learn and my job is to be consistent for my team and I think I feel a little more comfortable in my shoes this season.” The disappointing end to the 2015 season certainly left a sour taste in the Badgers’ mouths. But the coaching staff and returning players feel this year ’s team posses the tools to have success and build off of last season’s successes. Saying they’re going to learn from the disappointment is the easy part for Wisconsin. Already two games into the season, it’s now up to the Badgers to show it on the field.

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