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UW students, faculty react to campus carry bill Story by Elisa Wiseman

he national conversation on how to reduce gun violence has continued after more than 300 mass shootings in 2015, according to the Mass Shooting Tracker. In Madison, the debate has resulted in proposed legislation that would allow concealed weapons in university buildings. UW-Madison public affairs professor Donald Moynihan moved to Madison from Texas in 2005. He thought his move would be a step away from what he considered too lenient of gun laws in Texas. “I would see signs on libraries and coffee shops that said, ‘you can’t bring your gun here,’ and I thought it was a very Texas thing that seemed so odd to me at the time,” Moynihan said. “When I moved to Wisconsin, I sort of believed this would be a different kind of environment. But now we have those signs on our coffee shops and our libraries too.” According to a report by gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, Wisconsin is one of

six states to allow guns on campus grounds but prohibit guns in university buildings. Only two states—Utah and Colorado—actually allow concealed carry permit holders to bring their weapons in campus buildings. State Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, and state Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, formally introduced a bill in early October to allow concealed carry permit holders to bring firearms into university buildings. The bill is an expansion of similar legislation passed in 2011. The bill has gained five senate and 20 Republican Assembly co-sponsors, yet has not been voted for at a public hearing. “It’s reflective of the current policymaking process in this state, which is that legislators are just throwing out ideas when they haven’t consulted with the stakeholders who will be affected,” Moynihan said. “They’re driven largely by their ideological preferences, not any of the underlying evidence.” Moynihan is not alone in his opposition of the bill. A letter from the UW System police chiefs to Wisconsin legislators

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Bills allowing concealed carry in UW System buildings and banning fetal tissue research are among the proposals which could be taken up by the Legislature this month.

College affordability, gun bills among things to watch at Capitol By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

As students return from their holiday break, so do state legislators, who will wrap up their floor session in the coming months. Here are five things students should keep an eye on at the Capitol this semester.

1. College affordability bills introduced

In an effort to combat the rising cost of higher education, Gov. Scott Walker has made college affordability a major priority for the coming months, collaborating with legislative Republicans to roll out a series of bills designed to help debt-laden students.

The proposals would allow student loan interest payments to be tax deductible, require colleges to better educate students on financial matters and increase emergency financial aid. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, has said

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elcome back to campus, and welcome to an exciting semester at The Daily Cardinal. Whether you’re a longtime reader or just picking up our newspaper for the first time, you are joining us at a significant point in our 123year history. This semester marks the beginning of our two-days-per-week print schedule. After this week’s Welcome Back issue, The Daily Cardinal will hit newsstands every Monday and Thursday. Additionally, this Wednesday, Jan. 20, we will launch a brand new website to strengthen our web presence. Plenty of college newspapers have restructured their print production schedules in recent years, so we understand this is not a

Whether you’re a longtime reader or just picking up our newspaper for the first time, you are joining us at a significant point in our 123year history.

Despite reducing the number of days we put out a physical newspaper, we are not going digital-first nor are we diminishing our commitment to our print product. This move is about maximizing both print and online presentations. Our two print issues will explore the events surrounding our community in an in-depth manner. Our web platform will publish breaking news throughout the

week, ensuring that The Daily Cardinal will not lie dormant between print days. This new website will give us an independent online presence, better brand awareness and more control of our digital product, making dailycardinal.com a hub for campus-wide, citywide and statewide coverage. To expand on our dedication to long-form print stories, The Daily Cardinal will produce three special issues this semester that focus on separate topics of high importance. Each of these will explore various angles to fully flesh out these subjects. Keep an eye on our social media for more information regarding these issues. We’ve branded ourselves as The Daily Cardinal ever since our inception and we will continue to do so despite a shift in print production. Though our printing schedule has changed, we remain a “daily” in the truest sense of the word: We are here

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It is, however, a substantial opportunity to engage readers where they live today: on their cell phones and on social media.

To our loyal readers, this will still be the same Daily Cardinal you have come to enjoy. We will still produce strong student journalism and thought-provoking content, a claim validated by the numerous awards we win every year. Our commitment to “sifting and winnowing” will always persist. This is a momentous time in The Daily Cardinal’s long and distinguished history. No matter if you read our stories once a day or once a month, we invite you to become as enthusiastic as we are about this switch. Come join us.

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ASM, UW System respond to Walker’s proposed college affordability package By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Associated Students of Madison Chair Madison Laning called Gov. Scott Walker’s recently proposed college affordability package “very small steps in the right direction,” saying the measures do not go as far as ASM would have hoped. Walker introduced the package, comprised of six bills, at Waukesha County Technical College Jan. 11. He later discussed it at UW-La Crosse, also citing the four-year tuition freeze for the UW System as a part of his administration’s work to make higher education accessible and affordable for students. The package combines several different measures authored by Republican lawmakers. The bills provide a variety of possible solutions to student debt in Wisconsin, including reducing student loan interest, which would benefit approximately 32,000 Wisconsin taxpayers paying off student loans, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Other measures include creating grants for students with emergency financial needs, increasing needs-

based Wisconsin Grants for students attending technical colleges and increasing internship availability, as well as requiring all UW System schools to provide some type of financial literacy to students within their first semester on campus, according to the release. Laning said some of the proposed bills will not affect the general student population of Wisconsin and instead focus on a select few students, something she said makes the package not as impactful as it could be. She also explained the different factors playing into affordability for students, calling tuition the “sticker price” prospective students see when deciding to apply. “We want to make sure that anyone in Wisconsin can attend,” Laning said. “There isn’t much movement on what tuition looks like or investment in our institution, especially following the budget year we just had with the cuts to the university. It doesn’t help rebuild access and affordability.” College affordability and acces-

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While the campus shut down for winter break, the city of Madison did not miss a beat. The past month has seen variable activity, from community issues to governmental changes.

Gun issues

Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval held a press conference Jan. 14 that highlighted the importance of community assistance in reporting crimes involving gun violence. He referenced a Jan. 12 incident in which two gunrelated arrests were made possible through community cooperation.

“We cannot go it alone,” he said at the conference. “We must have people in real time, incorporating what they’ve seen, what they’ve heard, what they can produce and share it with us, so that together, collectively, we can create the sort of interventions that are meaningful and will prevent the kinds of violence we’re seeing taking place in our community.” Madison Mayor Paul Soglin also spoke out about guns in a Jan. 5 statement, which outlined his support for President Barack Obama’s executive action on gun control. “We have too many gun deaths in our country and I applaud his multifaceted efforts

capitol from page 1 it is a priority of his caucus to pass the bill by the targeted end of session in late February. This has rankled Democrats, who prefer their plan to create a state authority to help students refinance their loans.

2. The uncertain future of campus carry

The future of two bills that would allow gun holders to concealed carry at UW System institutions and K-12 public schools is more uncertain. Vos has said the concealed carry bills are not a top priority for his body but did not rule out a vote on the measures. The proposal that would allow concealed carry in state university and technical college buildings, authored by state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, has been touted by gun advocates as a way to increase safety on campus. Opponents of the measure argue it is unnecessary and creates an unsafe atmosphere.

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The Associated Students of Madison works for college affordability and accessibility, says Chair Madison Laning.

Last month in review: Gun issues, voter ID and alder resignation occupy Madison during winter recess By Miller Jozwiak

to make changes,” Soglin said in the statement.

Voter ID

In anticipation of upcoming elections, the Dane County Voter ID Coalition will be holding a voter education and registration event in Dane County libraries Saturday, Jan. 23. The event will have Special Registration Deputies to answer questions about new voter ID laws and register voters. The event is being coordinated with the support of the Madison City Clerk and Dane County libraries. “We want to make sure everyone understands the new laws

and is prepared to vote. These events are intended to engage with the community in a fun way,” Coalition Co-chair Ingrid Rothe said in a statement. “We’re here to help people not just understand the new voter ID laws and register to vote, but to be a continuous resource for them.” The next election is the spring primary Feb. 16.

Alder resignation

Ald. Chris Schmidt, District 11, announced his resignation from Common Council Jan. 7. The resignation will be effective Jan. 31.

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Legislative leaders have said they do not have the votes to pass a controversial bill banning research using aborted fetal tissue statewide, including at UW-Madison. Conservative groups have ramped up pressure on Republicans to hold a vote on the bill but Vos has said his caucus has not reached a compromise on the matter. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, is also skeptical of the proposal’s future, saying it has to overcome a “pretty wide gap” in his chamber to pass.

4. Rising tension between parties

Tensions have boiled over in recent weeks between parties and this battle could intensify as the session comes into the home stretch. Last week, Assembly Democrats took state Rep. Bob Gannon, R-Slinger, to task for comments he made about gun violence in Milwaukee. Gannon responded with a defiant statement before allegedly making an obscene gesture toward Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha. While Gannon later apologized for showing Barca the finger, more fireworks could be in store as the Legislature looks to pass a flurry of bills in the coming weeks.

5. Campaign season gets underway

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The Dane County Voter ID Coalition sessions will be held in libraries all over Dane County, including the Madison Public Library.

While the fall elections seem far away, legislators are already preparing campaign placards and practicing their handshakes. The elections represent an opportunity for state Democrats to chip away at the Republican stronghold in both houses. Key races could included the Senate seat vacated by state Sen. Richard Gudex, R-Fond du Lac, as Democrats look to reverse their 18-15 minority and take back control of the Legislature’s upper house.

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UW-Madison sophomore to run for county board By Katie Scheidt THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison student Angelito Tenorio is set to run for a position on the Dane County Board of Supervisors this April, challenging former UW-Madison College Democrats Chair Hayley Young. If elected, Tenorio would oversee District 5, which includes the UW-Madison campus as well as part of the downtown area. Tenorio said that despite his age he has a significant amount of political and leadership experience. Specifically, he has served as a Student Council representative and University Affairs chair with Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s student government. With ASM, Tenorio focuses extensively on mental health, sexual assault and other student issues, which he notes would remain his key initiatives if elected to the position. Tenorio said he is interested in bringing affordable student housing to the board’s attention. Noting the low tenant-vacancy rate in Dane County and the consequently unequal distribution of power to landlords, Tenorio said he doesn’t “think students should be taken advantage of.” He said he also wants to work with city government to address the “increasing number of luxury highrise apartments that [students] just can’t afford.” Additionally, Tenorio said he is interested in addressing the area’s

homelessness problem, specifically the increasing number of homeless people on State Street and Capitol Square. “From a fiscal perspective,[the city] would actually save money if [it] funded a shelter rather than sending [the homeless] to jail,” he said. “But from a human perspective, it’s freezing outside and these people need our help.” According to Tenorio, the homelessness problem leads into the county’s problems with racial inequality, especially in the criminal justice system and mass incarceration rates among blacks. “I think we need to focus on alternatives to arrest and incarceration,” he said. Tenorio said he also wants to increase the county’s environmental sustainability efforts. He specifically names agricultural and industrial runoffs into the county’s lakes and waterways as a key issue, which he said lead to “phosphorus entering our water systems [and an increase] in algae growth.” Tenorio first became interested in running for county government after meeting incumbent Leland Pan through ASM, whom announced in December he would not be running for re-election. In order to get on the ballot for election, Tenorio had to gather nomination signatures by personally canvassing the District 5 area, which he said was an entirely new and exciting experience for him. The election will take place April 5.

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Currently, concealed weapons are prohibited in UW System buildings. The proposed legislation aims to change that, by legalizing concealed carry in campus buildings.

carry from page 1 cited several reasons for their opposition to the bill, detailing that studies show a higher gun presence leads to more gun violence. It also said there has been no evidence that concealed carry on college campuses leads to greater safety. Some students and faculty are concerned that firearms in the classroom would affect their abilities to learn and teach. “If you’re teaching a policy class where people tend to have strong opinions, for example, politics of the Middle East or the politics of abortion rights, or even discussing general public policy where people might have ideological disagreements— having guns in a classroom would have a chilling effect on discussion,” Moynihan said. “It undercuts the potential for learning. I would feel incredibly uncomfortable in that environment. On the other hand, proponents of the bill state they have the right to defend themselves against attack by means of the Second Amendment. Zeph Ducheny, a UW-Madison senior and concealed carry permit holder, said

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Among the many issues UW-Madison student Angelito Tenorio aims to focus on if elected to the board is affordable housing.

package from page 3 sibility are at the root of everything ASM works on, according to Laning. She said as an organization, they would like to see the state investing more in UW-Madison and the UW System as a whole. UW System President Ray Cross also responded to the affordability package in a Jan. 11 statement, stressing the System’s commitment to pro-

viding affordable higher education for Wisconsin students and praising Walker’s and other state legislators’ leadership surrounding the proposed bills. “The UW System is a dedicated partner with these leaders and the many others working to help build a talent pipeline that fuels individual opportunity and Wisconsin’s growth,” Cross said in the statement.

Schmidt has served on multiple committees since first being elected in 2009 and served as Common Council president in 2013 and 2014. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as District 11 Alder for nearly seven years. Circumstances in my professional life have changed since I filed for re-election last fall, and my career in satellite meteorology requires my full attention,” Schmidt said in a statement. “Serving the City as Alder, itself a full-time job, has been very important to me, but being Alder is not my livelihood, and my livelihood must come first.” The Common Council Organizational Committee will review applications for the open seat and make a recommendation to the Common Council, who will

he believes trusting others with your safety is not enough in this day and age. “You can’t even bring a knife to a gunfight anymore,” Ducheny said. “Being able to fight back with a weapon is something that I believe should be an exercisable right.”

Ideological differences aside, proponents and opponents, Democrats and Republicans alike have indicated that the bill, as it is, should be modified. Some propose modifications which would include more extensive security screenings and mandatory training while others call for a step in the opposite direction altogether. UW Athletic Guest Services employee Mary Millon wishes for UW-Madison to become a gun-free campus.

According to Millon, as a receptionist in the Kohl Center, she feels less safe knowing people could enter the building armed. Millon describes her job as the “front line” of service where she must screen everyone who walks in. She said that she would feel unprepared to screen people who may be legally concealing firearms. With certain exemptions such as security or research purposes, Moynihan also said he would support UW-Madison in becoming a gun-free campus. The possibility is not completely out of reach. Three Wisconsin Democrats proposed a bill that would make carrying firearms on Wisconsin colleges and universities a class I felony, which could lead to fines up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment for up to threeand-a-half years. Official responses to the prospect of gun-free campuses are still unclear. “All I know is our leadership here—they don’t want more guns on our campus,” said UW-Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott. “We think that the law as it stands right now works, and is appropriate.”

make the appointment. The Common Council will also decide whether or not to hold a special election in November for the seat. If they

do hold an election, the winner will serve until the next planned election in April 2017, according to a statement from the city.

“We think that the law as it stands right now works, and is appropriate.” Marc Lovicott public information officer UWPD

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Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval (left) and Mayor Paul Soglin spoke out on gun issues in Madison.

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The Yahara Watershed reaches around the city of Madison and its defining lakes. It’s a large stretch of land, spanning farms and forests and dotted by the occasional construction site that slowly reshapes and urbanizes its traditional farms and prairies. In the center are five lakes, each one fed by the rain that flows down the periphery of the watershed and into the Yahara River, ultimately leading through the rivers and streams that join the Mississippi and drain into the Gulf of Mexico almost a thousand miles away. In a Birge Hall lab seemingly isolated from that network of water that flows around it, Jiangxiao Qiu studied models of the region, observing data sets created from Department of Natural Resources mapping, UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology and other organizations. They were maps of phosphorous and nitrates, spread across the Yahara Watershed’s surface waters and the groundwater below. Qiu was looking at the layout of the land, how much of that land may have been farmland or wetland, how it was orientated and how all of those factors came together to influence the quality of the water that drained through the Yahara Watershed. According to Qiu, whose research was published recently in the journal “Ecosphere,” the arrangement of the land does influence that water quality. Qiu, working with UW-Madison Zoology professor Monica Turner, defined that arrangement of land according to the composition and configuration of the land. According to Qiu, the composition of the land, meaning the type and features of the land, outweighed the configuration in regards to impacting water. “If you want to improve freshwater benefits, just changing the configuration is not enough to actually see large freshwater benefits,” Qiu said. “You actually need to change the relative abundance, as well as the

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The Yahara Watershed is a drainage basin for rain and snowmelt. kinds of land cover, to enhance the hydrologic services.” In the context of the Yahara Watershed, that would primarily mean working with farmland. According to UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate Project, the Yahara Watershed covers almost 170,000 acres of farmland. “The biggest impact is from the agricultural lands, as well as the nutrient inputs,” Qiu said. “It’s those croplands, with fertilizer application and manure application.” According to a study conducted by the city of Madison in 2010, fertilizers spread on farmlands contributed greatly to the amount of phosphorous in the Yahara Watershed. That phosphorous, in turn, fed the blue-green algae blooms that make swimming dangerous and shut down beaches. While the composition of a landscape may contribute the most to water quality in the Yahara Watershed, changes to the configuration of the land can also have an impact, though small. Qiu’s study pinpointed several areas where those small changes could contribute greatly, areas where the amount of cropland and wetland approached a certain threshold. “If you target certain areas in this watershed, you can get a large benefit with the least amount of land changes,” Qiu said. “Those are areas where the amount of croplands are close to the threshold.” According to Qiu, rearranging these lands so there are more promi-

nent edges of forests, like the UW Arboretum or Lakeshore Nature Preserve, could improve surface water quality. “If you increase the edge of agricultural landscapes share with natural habitats,” Qiu said. “If you imagine where the water flows with more nutrients, those forests and grasslands can grab nutrients as the water passes through.” Smaller changes in urban greenspace can also have an impact. The addition of greenspace or rain gardens could improve the flow of water into the ground, improving the supply and quality of the groundwater aquifer that supplies Madison with 10 billion gallons of water a year, according to Madison Water Utility. Though Qiu’s study suggests that minor changes in the arrangement and composition of land could largely improve the water quality, especially in the targeted areas the study highlights, major improvements would take some time. “It’s going to be a long process that involves a lot of actors to participate,” Qiu said. “[But] the landscape can provide a lot of benefits to humanity. There’s a lot of ways you can protect or conserve the ability of the landscape to sustain those benefits.” The study was supported by the Water Sustainability and Climate Project, a program dedicated to studying the impacts of water quality in the Yahara Watershed. The WSCP is funded by the National Science Foundation.

Ask Ms. Scientist: windchill and chopping onions Dear Ms. Scientist,

Dear Ms. Scientist, How is the windchill index calculated?

Why does chopping onions make me cry?

Hana M.

Lucy K.

Welcome to UW-Madison, where the only thing colder than the Humanities building is the air outside during this polar vortex we have recently entered. It sure is chilly out there on these first few walks to class this semester and the windchill temperature is a useful number to reference before you bundle up and head on out. The windchill number is only indicative of how cold your skin feels, not the temperature it is or ever will be. In actuality, your exposed skin can only reach 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Therefore, by using air temperature and wind speed, meteorologists are able to calculate a perceived windchill index that will give those outdoors an idea of how cold their skin will feel when exposed to the cold gusts. In fact, the National Weather Service uses just those two values and a prototypical human face tissue sample, in combination with the body’s rate of heat loss, to create a chart that will provide windchill temperature values.

So now you are back at school and cooking for yourself again—good for you! But, cooking for yourself means doing all the dirty prep work. Especially chopping those smelly onions! Onions contain an enzyme known as the lachrymatory-factor synthase, which is released into the air when the onion is cut. This enzyme then converts the onion’s amino acids sulfoxides into sulfenic acid. This sulfenic acid then becomes syn-propanethial-S-oxide, which, in the air, eventually irritates your eyes! Since it stings so much, your eyes produce more and more tears in attempt to wash away the gases. Some have their “tried and true” tricks to beat the waterworks when slicing and dicing that ultimately may or may not work. At the end of it all, you’ll hopefully have a delicious meal to share with an empty tissue box.

Ask Ms. Scientist is wrtten by Julie Spitzer. If you have a burning science question you want her to answer, email it to science@dailycardinal.com.

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Cooking & College: Easy overnight oats By Ellen Brandt the daily cardinal

A week away from the start of spring semester, the morning hit me like a bag of bricks. Classes were starting again, textbooks needed to be bought, my ex-boyfriend’s things returned, a bus pass to get, groceries to buy—the list never seemed to end. On that particular morning, I heard my sister rustling around in the next room. I was hiding out in her apartment, more than three hours away from Madison, campus and obligations. My last few days there were spent gawking at her graduate student life, getting to know her girlfriend, making food and

watching Netflix. Between my moments of relaxation, I was on my computer wrestling with class schedules. As a very recent transfer student, my academic and personal life felt like an endless routine of trying to break through brick walls. Two part-time food service jobs are just the cherries on top of an already very full plate. Lying in bed with my spinning head, I thought of something: I’m not the only one going through this. I’m not the only one that just went through a breakup, doesn’t have a major, is still getting comfortable on campus, trying to find a place to live next year and starting

to find herself. I’m not the only transfer, sister, daughter, student, barista or hostess out there. I could not think of anything else so profoundly comforting. Along that train of thought, I considered where I was just last year: unemployed and floundering back at home. I was in a pretty dark place. It wasn’t until I pulled myself up by the bootstraps that I finally applied to UW-Madison and took my job search up a notch or two. After that big step, I was accepted and the successful job interview was not far behind. Elated, I commuted to work every day. I would drive 45 minutes and pay for parking just to sit at the Memorial Union and read. After work, I would run across the street to Trader Joe’s to daydream about owning my own apartment filled with my choice of groceries before heading home. And so, on that cold and difficult winter break morning, I did a task that, to someone not viewing the situation through my lens, would seem routinely simple. I got out of bed. My sister was in the kitchen; water was boiling for my tea. Out of the fridge she took two containers of overnight oats that she had whipped up the night before. We drizzled honey and sprinkled berries over our delicious, pudding-like breakfast and planned the day ahead. Thanks to my Pinterest-loving sister, I now have a super easy breakfast in my arsenal for those cold, rushed mornings ahead. And I am grateful—for more than just one reason.

Easy overnight oats

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These oats can be customizable with a variety of toppings.

These are fantastic, convenient, delicious, and healthy! I love a flexible breakfast using pantry basics that also accommodates whatever

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Overnight oats are an easy breakfast to grab before class. you happen to have in your fridge/ freezer. Serves one.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons chia seeds 1/3 cup regular rolled oats (aka old-fashioned oats) 3/4 cup milk (I used coconut) 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Honey or pure maple syrup, for topping/sweetness Fruit, nuts, coconut, whatever you desire to top off your oats

Directions:

Mix together ingredients in a

bowl, mason jar or container of your choice. Keep in mind that since chia seeds are light, they can sometimes float to the top (and do not absorb the liquid) so you can check on them about 10 minutes later and stir them again if necessary. Cover and put the bowl in the fridge to sit overnight. In the morning, top with your favorite toppings and serve cold. Enjoy your oats in the last few moments before class or on the go between free moments.

Maintaining new motivation for predictable resolutions By McKenna Gramoll the daily Cardinal

Perhaps one of the most dreaded and unoriginal resolutions of the new year, “working out” never fails to be revisited by tired adults everywhere in an annual attempt to get into shape. While the resolution itself might be predictable, your workouts don’t have to be. By trying something new, while being conscious of your motivation and money, your well-intentioned resolution doesn’t have to burn out by the end of February. Here are some tips for making sure your changes last long beyond when the snow melts.

Taking advantage of UW

Studying at UW-Madison gives students the lucrative “college student” status that expires after four, maybe even five, years of struggling between paying bills, writing papers and balancing millennial social life. Conscious of your struggles, UW often makes things easier for your wavering resolutions. The SERF and Natatorium are two prime locations for working out on the cheap, without sacri-

ficing too many amenities. There are full-service weight and cardio rooms at hours convenient to most students. Best of all, it only requires a flash of your student ID. Additionally, for $20 you can have full access to the “Group X” classes that give a little more structure to your routine, with scheduled classes ranging anywhere from spin to cardio.

ning but have no clue how to start, beyond trying for a mile and being disappointed at the results. The app “Couch to 5K” takes you through a simple plan consisting of a nine-week program, requiring only three days a week of commitment. At the end of the program, you should quite literally be able to speed over the span of three miles.

Digital accountability

Jumping into the deep end of your goal is one of the first reasons you could be likely to give up in the start of a new routine. Our bodies and minds need time to readjust. Pushing this process along too quickly means we might get frustrated and then give up quickly. Pacing your workouts is the surest way to avoid resolution abandonment. While scheduling by hand or researching plans to grow your stamina might be helpful, they are often tedious. Thankfully, there is a wealth of apps that are targeted to keep your workouts accountable, measurable and just more effective. Say you want to start run-

The SERF and Natatorium are prime locations for working out on the cheap, without sacrificing too many amenities.

The app “Nike+ Running” might be better for those with more workout experience, who want to keep a log and connect with the area online.

Human accountability

Another way to stay on top of your goals is to merely go the old-fashioned route. Ditch technology in favor of a friend or colleague who will

hopefully hold you accountable to your resolutions. Admit your goals up front to each other. When the time comes to collectively ditch your workout in favor of staying in, you both are responsible for cheating your system. Better yet, invite a competitive friend that will keep you energized and fueled, either by potential hatred for their constant comparison or desire to just keep up. If you go the competitive route, just be sure your friendship will pass the test of endorphins-filled sweat sessions.

services like Groupon. Check out Groupon’s Madison page to see heavily discounted offers for your first month or so of membership. Additionally, trying out new or specialized facilities that offer a new twist on the same old song and dance workout routine can keep you motivated. By keeping your interests up and diversified, there is a greater chance you’ll stick to that initial commitment.

New ventures

Admit your goals up front to each other.

As evidenced by our capitalistic rat race, money might be one of the best incentives to get something done. Specifically, we are motivated by getting our money’s worth. Going to a nearby or off-campus gym in Madison might seem too expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. Memberships at destinations like Cyc (spin classes), Inner Fire Yoga (heated yoga) or Pure Barre (pilates/ballet/etc) offer discounts for students and use

Despite the repetitiveness of it all, New Year’s resolutions don’t have to be something dreaded rather than welcomed. Your January-obligated commitment can last long beyond your first few new workouts and develop into an entire lifestyle change.

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New titles in 2016 to grace store shelves MAHAM HASAN lit columnist

f you believed 2015 was an embarrassment of riches as far as literature and book releases went, you’re not prepared for what 2016 has in store. It is not a simple feat to compile a list of the most awaited books that I believe should grace your shelves this year within the brief space of a welcome back issue. Nevertheless I shall try. The books of 2016 are serious business; regardless of the fact that I may say that every year. Dominating all lists is George R.R. Martin’s sixth installment of his beloved and insanely craved series, “The Winds of Winter.”

Readers will finally find some semblance of closure and peace with Martin’s vow to bring most cliffhangers from the last book to a resolution, as well as find more conflict and violence in the battles he’s been brewing. Emma Donoghue, author of the current book-adapted film “Room,” will return with another hard-hitting book that revolves around a child living in 1850s rural Ireland called, “The Wonder.” Yann Martel, who won hearts with his bestselling “Life of Pi,” will also return this year with “The High Mountains of Portugal” where he spins together a century-long quest of three different people living in different times that intersects beautifully. Don DeLillo also returns with “Zero K”, draw-

ing us to the beauty and starkness in the world we live in by weighing the darkness of death, natural disaster, the cruelty of men and the prevailing popularity of terrorism to the grace of humanity that can still be found, if searched for, in everyday life. Other notable mentions include “What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours” by Helen Oyeyemi, Herta Müller’s translated “The Fox Was Ever the Hunter” and Julian Barnes’ “The Noise of Time,” which happens to be a stunning collision between human nature, art and power. Do you like Maham’s choice of novels? What novels are you looking forward to in the new year? Let Maham know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

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entered the race of streaming original series with little hopes of reaching anywhere near the success of the ultimate online video competitor, Netflix. However, the future is looking brighter for the multifaceted company. Adding original content to their streaming service was ambitious, yet their hopes in bandwagoning upon Netflix’s momentum has proven to work in their favor, ultimately leading to success. “Transparent” was the initial series that demanded Amazon be taken seriously as a provider of quality original content. The show, created by UW-Madison alum Jill Soloway, has impressively accumulated two Golden Globes and five Emmy Awards already, with the series just finishing its sophomore season. It has received high praise mainly for its progressive subject matter, being the first popular fictional television series to focus on the life of a transgender

woman. Next came “The Man in the High Castle,” a high-concept series that set Amazon’s streaming record with the most views in the site’s history to date. The show imagines what 1960s America would be like if we lost World War II and Hitler dominated the world. Amazon has recently gotten the most attention from their two unexpected Golden Globes for “Mozart in the Jungle,” a littleknown series that explores the drama behind the curtain of the fictional New York Symphony. Amazon offered free viewing of the series for non-Amazon Prime members over the weekend to celebrate its success, as well as reduced the member price this month from $99 a year to $73. These strategic moves are proof that they have big plans for 2016. With more customers discovering the many benefits of Amazon Prime, as well as their multiple awards and honors as a noteworthy streaming service, it is apparent that delivery drones only skim the surface surrounding their revolutionary ideas for the future. Do you have a favorite new series on Amazon? Let Ben know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

New films inspire New Year’s resolutions SAMANTHA MARZ life on marz

he beginning of the year brings movies to the forefront of conversation. It invites fans and critics alike to reflect on the best movies of 2015 while looking forward to the new films in 2016. This year’s awards season is also well underway, with the Golden Globes already done and the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Academy Awards coming soon. From awards to actors to the films themselves, there is much to celebrate and anticipate in 2016. This past year’s biggest and greatest movies have already been heavily discussed, including films like “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “The Revenant,” “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “The Martian.” The compelling thing about these films, especially “Fury Road” and “The Force Awakens,” is their ability to combine action and thrills with an engaging story. These two films in particular infuse nostalgia that stems from these franchises’ previous films to create a film that is exciting for all ages. In addition to their impressive box office numbers, many of these films have received critical acclaim and Oscar buzz. The nominations for these prestigious awards have just been released, and “The Revenant” currently leads the way in nominations with 12, followed by “Fury Road” with 10. This year may also be the year that Leonardo DiCaprio takes home the Oscar, having been nominated six

times already. With a Golden Globe already under his belt, DiCaprio has started off 2016 on a high note. Also looking to gain more accolades this year are actors like Matt Damon, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Hardy. 2015 was filled with many successes for filmmakers and franchises that will not go unnoticed. Not only does 2016 gives us a chance to reflect on last year’s movies, but it also gears us up for the movies yet to come. One of the most anticipated films this year is “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Hot off the heels of the success of “The Force Awakens” comes a spin-off film that focuses on the time between “Star Wars: Episode III” and “Star Wars: Episode IV” that follows a rogue rebel team as they attempt to steal plans for the dreaded Death Star. Although fans still have to wait until 2017 for “Episode VIII,” “Rogue One” should keep us satisfied until then. In addition to this spin-off, 2016 is slated to be an excellent year for the superhero genre, with the highly anticipated films “Captain America: Civil War” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” coming out in the front half of the year. With exciting movies like these on the horizon, the cinema is absolutely the place to be in 2016. Both the awards ceremonies and the prospect of upcoming movies give us the chance to appreciate the film industry. This time of year is also ripe for creating New Year’s resolutions, and with all of these events happening now, incorporating more moviegoing experiences is an excellent way to start the year right. What fims are going to get you in the cinema in 2016? Let Samantha know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

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Dina Nina Martinez acts in one of many stage plays in Madison.

Downtown Madison awaits new stage productions By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

’ll be honest, while I originally wanted to attend UW-Madison for its academics, throughout my last year and a half on campus I’ve become increasingly interested with the surrounding city, specifically the dozens of concert venues just down State Street. From the Orpheum to the Majestic, branching out to the Frequency and bars like High Noon Saloon, there’s live music nearly every night in Madison. I’ve had the chance to see some of my favorite bands perform just around the corner from my apartment, making me grateful that the campus and city life are so intertwined. While I’ll probably always spend too much of my (nonexistent) income on these concerts, I also think it’s important to spread some of my time to another form of art throughout the city: theater. While I’ve always been a fan of musicals, I’ve never fully taken advantage of all the stage plays right in Madison; the most theatrical thing I’ve done on campus is belt out songs from “Les Miserables” with friends. The great thing is you don’t have to be a theater buff or watch the Tony Awards every year to attend the upcoming plays in Madison. Both set in smaller venues, “Confessions of A Wannabe Soccer Mom” and “The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off” are coming to Madison this January. Students can celebrate the lack of homework during syllabus week on Thursday by attending “Confessions of A Wannabe Soccer Mom,” set at The Brink Lounge on East Washington. The one-woman show features Dina Nina Martinez, a transgender woman who shares stories of her youth in small-town Texas and the events and relation-

ships that brought her to Madison. Described as “a quinceañera on a city bus” on Martinez’s website, the show is returning to Madison for the second time, featuring new anecdotes and produced by Laugh Out Loud Comedy. Martinez is known for her work as a stand up comedian, actor, speaker, writer and producer, and previously performed at LA Pride and Chicago’s Zanies Comedy Club. I’ll try not to sound like an annoying infomercial when I say “but wait, there’s more!” If you’re still building up your theater appreciation and the Overture Center for the Arts is still a bit intimidating, check out “The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off” Jan. 30 at the Broom Street Theater. The play, written and directed by Malissa Petterson, looks at the Catholic religion and the idea of purgatory, the state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners before going to heaven. However, Petterson puts a creative twist on and takes a jab at Catholic traditions by placing the sinners into a purgatory set in a laundromat. While the characters try to clean their clothes of stains and their lives of sin, they look forward to the Salvation Swing-Off, a dance competition where the winners get a one-way ticket to heaven. The humorous and progressive themes of both “Confessions of A Wannabe Soccer Mom” and “The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off” seem to cater to the Madison audience. Take some time this semester to spread the love for all the arts right here in Madison. With relatively cheap ticket prices, you might as well throw it onto your bucket list, or rather your Bucky list, of things to do before graduation; I promise you’ll still have time to go skinny dipping in Lake Mendota or dare to run the field at Camp Randall.

ans of any sort of music in 2015 were greeted to one of the best years for music genres to date. Hip-hop enthusiasts were spoiled if they couldn’t recognize how fortunate we were to have Kendrick Lamar bestow a historical achievement in his first and second album. Those that wanted party rap were bestowed Atlanta trap music’s banner year, with a rainfall of mixtapes from the peach state. Rock fans in 2015 got tastes of several niche genres entering the spotlight with releases from bedroom pop superstars Girlpool and Alex G. Overall, it was a year for highly localized artists to make their voices known globally, through viral sharing or otherwise. While possible, it’s highly unlikely that all of these artists will carry on to have equally exciting 2016’s. In their place will rise a new breed of trendsetters, called forth by our society’s ravenous eyes for new content. While somewhat cynical, doing a pre-mortem autopsy of those struggling in 2015 is my way of making sense of the vicious cycle of hype which so many artists and consumers find themselves sucked into after it’s too late to escape. Atlanta trap isn’t going to necessarily fall off, it just might shake off some loose members. Future and Young Thug have already declared the city their kingdom, and others trying to jump-start their trap music careers in 2016 will have to wait in line behind hundreds of lackadaisically turnt MC’s. But when watching a video of Hillary Clinton dabbing and nae-naeing on Ellen, I can’t help but fear that the once-niche subset of rap will be mangled by white mainstream media on its rugged road to success. One exception to this prediction is

Awful Records, who seems to have swerved past the potential potholes of the bandwagon by finding their own path through Atlanta. The label is no longer comprised of only American producer and recording artist Father and friends as it appeared in 2015; Abra is fully coming into her own, her album Rose being one of the sleeper hits of last year, while Richposlim ditched the in-house awful beats for an album produced entirely by the prodigious Dexter. In 2016, the label might be capable of seeing a frontier for trap music beyond the throne of the established greats. While the hip-hop community seems to have purged itself of offending appropriators such as Riff Raff and Lil Debbie, 2016 seems to be the year that dance communities around the world fight against profit-driven club music. Last year was filled with not-so-surprising revelations about the overall seediness of the EDM industry, and 2016 might be the year we see the more offending stereotypes tossed from their thrones. Producers that are codependent on the EDM festival circuit, such as heavyweights Tiësto and Calvin Harris, are sure to see their listeners dwindle alongside the popularity of their haphazard and expensive venues. Last year’s horror story of stranded festival-goers sleeping in mud and under cars at TomorrowWorld festival foreshadows what could be the downfall of EDM as an industry over a genre. As raver-heads mature and wipe the ecstasy-laced glitter from their faces in 2015, we may see a more conscious consumption of electronic music in the year ahead. The increasingly tight-knit DIY network that is starting to span the globe will ensure that producers with nuanced localized sounds can push their music through labels with the savvy business mind of EDM giants and none of the questionable moral values. Labels like New York’s Purple Tape

Pedigree and Chicago’s Teklife have been making plays out of the limelight for years, and 2016 might be the year for them to push their sound to new global audiences. While EDM was under the bigger-equals-better mentality, these labels prefer to play in intimate DIY clubs and spaces at home and abroad, making meaningful connections with like-minded enthusiasts which will serve them incredibly well in 2016. I presume that Vaporwave will step into a musical world beyond forums and memes. 2015 saw some of the best releases of the genre to date, including albums by 2814 and Death’s Dynamic Shroud.wmv. The viral nature of the genre ensures that loweffort works end up being memes for the peanut crowd, but these albums combined the genre’s futurenostalgia aesthetic with beautifully composed music that would impress even the most skeptical of observers. Established artists like Oneohtrix Point Never and Arca carve out a place in history for artists that can tastefully implement themes of transhumanism and apocalyptic visions of digital wastelands into their work. But the real winners of 2016 will be the artists that avoid the addictive hype of the industry, hacking away at instruments and computers in blissful solitude while perfecting their sound. Their forward-looking eyes are void of dollar signs and screaming fans, instead carrying a gleam that will keep them content with themselves while the rest of the world flips every stone looking for the next big thing. In writing this column, I realize I am a human manifestation of this hype-addled society, desperately scouring the internet for my next fix. And so to the artists that I just described, please pay no attention to these words. What do you think 2016 will mean for new artists? Tell Jake at arts@dailycardinal.com.

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McCarthyism is resurfacing in politics THOMAS RADEMACHER Opinion Columnist

communist witch hunts, and Cruz says he would carpet bomb the Middle East. These individuals are doing essentially the same thing that Joseph McCarthy did back in the 1950s: They are instilling fear. McCarthy eventually crashed and burned and lost favor, but only after creating other problems and inducing substantial amounts of fear. I would like to avoid having chaos in my life and my country.

s a country, we forget what Franklin Delano Roosevelt taught us: “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” People are falling prey to the nasty fearmongering tactics of politicians and are forgetting that fear is the enemy. Some politicians seem to want to make us believe that certain minority groups are the enemy and that we as Americans should be afraid of the direction our country is going. This only distracts from the real issues. What we should fear are the scaremongers and their rise in popularity.

In the current presidential race, the field is flooded with candidates, but two stick out on top: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

This, I think, is a real reason to be afraid.

Joseph McCarthy, a Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin, served from 1947-1957 and was a perfect example of a fearmonger. He served in the Senate during the beginning of the Cold War, at which time communism was a real threat to America. McCarthy instilled fear into the American people and offered himself as a solution to the communist threat by portraying himself as a fighter who would expose communists working within our government. By doing this, he gained a following nationwide, giving him a platform where he falsely accused hundreds of people of being communists. McCarthy caused huge amounts of grief and anxiety across the country and ended up exposing zero real communists.

McCarthy was completely irrational in his communist witch hunts, and Cruz says he would carpet bomb the Middle East.

Upon McCarthy’s death, the anti-communist movement lacked a leader, and Robert Welch soon came onto the scene to carry the flag. He founded the John Birch Society in 1958 to continue the fight against communism. Since the ‘50s, the organization has shifted its focus from anti-communist rhetoric to other issues with more relevance today. Although the content of the group’s message is different, the delivery remains the same. For example, the group believes that “the UN is at the hub of a global network working to submerge the independence of all nations in a world government controlled by the elites.” In addition, they “advocate abolishing the Federal Reserve,” believe that America is “the playground to foreign espionage and subversion” and that pro-socialist conspiracies are “working against the independence of the United

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Sen. Joseph McCarthy is the creator of McCarthyism, which is still prevalent in modern day politics. States.” These quotes are taken straight from their website and reflect a few of their opinions on certain issues. The John Birch Society, based in Appleton, Wis. (also the birthplace of Joseph McCarthy, no coincidence there) still exerts influence to this day in the Republican Party. Although its power is not as great as it once was, it is growing. This, I think, is a real reason to be afraid. An organization founded based on the principles of a madman currently exerting influence in today’s elections is a scary thought. To drive this point home, one of the founding members of the John Birch Society was Fred C. Koch, the father of Charles G. and David H. Koch and the founder of Koch Industries. Koch Industries is now owned by Fred C. Koch’s sons, who donate millions of dollars to libertarian and conservative think tanks, climate change skepticism groups and Republicans campaigning across the country through the Koch Family Foundation. This is just one example of the influence that the John Birch Society still has on politics today.

McCarthy caused huge amounts of grief and anxiety across the country and ended up exposing zero real communists.

In the current presidential race, the field is flooded with candidates, but two stick out on top: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Trump is currently at 34.5 percent of the popular vote

nationwide, and Cruz is second with 19.3 percent of the vote. Both Trump and Cruz represent the politically paranoid and have similarities to McCarthy. If peo-

ple didn’t agree with McCarthy, he called them communists. If people don’t agree with Trump, he calls them stupid. McCarthy was completely irrational in his

We must learn from our history and avoid the same mistakes again. Trump, McCarthy and Cruz are very similar in their political rhetoric, and history has shown us that Joseph McCarthy was a disaster; Trump or Cruz would be too. McCarthyism caused more harm than good. Let’s not find out about how much damage Trumpism or Cruzism would do. Do you think we need to be worried about fearmongering in the upcoming election? Do you agree with Thomas? Please send all comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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The Upper Peninsula is a strip of land that extends off the state of Wisconsin. The peninsula is legally owned by the government of Michigan, and is connected by a five-mile bridge.

The Upper Peninsula belongs to Wisconsin SEBASTIAN VAN BASTELAER Opinion Columnist

he state of Wisconsin, with its unmistakable shape, is ubiquitous on campus. It can be found on bumpers, on water bottles and on t-shirts. Look at a map of the Midwest, however, and the state’s unique figure is obscured by a strange little appendix, the sparsely inhabited land known as the Upper Peninsula. As an out-of-stater, I’ll admit that I’m hardly a connoisseur when it comes to the geography of the Great Lakes states. Ask even the most knowledgeable Wisconsinites, however, and even they won’t be able to answer this simple question: “Why is the Upper Peninsula considered part of Michigan?” The answer lies in an 180-year-old treaty from the

end of the Toledo War. Ohio and Michigan (which was still a territory at the time) had a territorial dispute over the Toledo strip region, leading to a “war” that resulted in a grand total of one injury and zero deaths. Michigan ceded its claim to the area, and in exchange was awarded the Upper Peninsula in 1836. Very few people today could tell you when the Toledo War was fought, or even between whom. Yet its effects still reverberate every time someone opens a map of the region. As a proud (albeit green) resident of the state of Wisconsin, I can’t help but question why this antiquated geographical boundary still exists. No other state is divided in two, and aside from a 200-year-old treaty in a virtually inconsequential

war, there’s no real reason the Upper Peninsula doesn’t belong to America’s Dairyland.

As a matter of fact, some citizens of the Upper Peninsula have already made it clear they want out.

The current geographical layout doesn’t benefit the people of the Peninsula either. Residents who attend the University of Michigan, or want to go to Detroit for a Lions game, have to traverse Lake Michigan in order to do so, and then have to travel almost 300 miles. These loyalties to Michigan institutions come from the naturally-

bred state pride that’s found in every state but is nevertheless difficult to uphold. The Upper Peninsula would also be aided by an influx of tourism if it became part of Wisconsin. Northern Wisconsin, known for its vast forests and natural beauty, would also suddenly contain the Upper Peninsula and its lakeshore areas, bringing in more tourism. This would come from the fact that it’s easier to cross into the Upper Peninsula by car, rather than paying for a ferry. As a matter of fact, some citizens of the Upper Peninsula have already made it clear they want out. There’s been a secession movement active since the 1830’s (around the time of the Toledo War) and has been brought up as a serious idea as

recently as 2012. Though being annexed by Wisconsin probably wouldn’t completely satisfy their demands, it’s certainly a step in the right direction. To those used to living in the region, Michigan’s possession of the Upper Peninsula seems illogical. For the sake of the people of Wisconsin and the Peninsula itself, as well as casual observers unfamiliar with the Toledo War, it’s time to right this wrong. Sebastian is a freshman majoring in environmental studies and journalism. Have you ever traveled to the Upper Peninsula? Do you think the land should belong to Wisconsin? Do you disagree with Sebastian? Let us know what you think. Please send all comments and questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Setting New Year’s resolutions is a fad that needs to end LILLY HANSON Opinion Editor

dents from accomplishing this goal is the second there is a slipup, they stop. You don’t do the reading before discussion (hint: if you haven’t thought of a New Year’s resolution, or new semester resolution here is a good one) means “Well, I gave it a try, but who even does the readings?” Or you forget to smile at someone new while walking to class (hint: this is also a good resolution for those of you searching for something new to do), which has you thinking “Who smiles in negative 17-degree weather, people must have thought I was a creep.”

rban dictionary, the esteemed online dictionary, generally defines a New Year’s resolution as “a goal that you propose then forget the next day.” One definition goes into further detail, saying “[an] assessment of, and often delusional attempt to correct, one’s shortcomings; given the arbitrary nature of the date and the sudden change of lifestyle demanded by most resolutions, it should not be surprising that most resolutions are abandoned by the start of the next year [. . .]”

Hopefully, everyone appreciates the idea of a fresh beginning at the start of the New Year.

Early on, I began the New Year with the typical resolutions (the generic ones you are given in elementary school as an example that you keep using to fit your non-generic life): eat healthy, work out more and stay positive. Basically, I gave myself goals that were unattainable for the simple reason that once I failed at said goal, I could go back to my daily habits. A week into the New Year had me eating fistfuls of cookie dough out of the refrigerator instead of munching on anything green, and I was nowhere near a treadmill. Instead of trying to right myself back onto my new

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New Year’s resolutions have become a social norm in the lives of many Americans. Studies show that only 46 percent of people maintain their resolutions past 6 months, with 25 percent giving up in week one. found way of life, I ditched the resolutions and went back to living my life. Hey, if what I was doing worked for 2014, it would work for 2015. And what I did in 2015, would work for 2016 (you get the picture). I was in an endless cycle of bad resolutions and, frankly, bad attitudes as well. But then I realized something at the start of 2016. Resolutions don’t matter. Hear me out on this argument, as I’m sure your planner filled with daily tips to “drink more water,” “smile more often” and “go to the gym, NOW” begs to differ. Resolutions don’t matter, because there is nothing about a difference in the ending number of a year to make you do something different. People always

use the saying “new year, new me” when describing their New Year’s Resolutions, but why not “new month, new week, or new day, new me?” How come it takes 365 days to have people resort to changing their personalities for the better?

So if you don’t eat healthy today, there is always tomorrow to eat a salad.

This is why I think resolutions don’t matter: There is nothing different about the upcom-

ing 365 days and nothing new from the past 365 days you just experienced. A bit of a buzzkill, I know. But for the sake of the argument, there is also nothing different about the upcoming 30 days, seven days or one day and nothing new from the past 30 days, seven days or one day you just experienced. What is different is your mentality to increment every little thing and push yourself to make each thing better than the next. Why wait 365 days to become more positive or more proactive with homework, when you can start right now? With second semester starting, everyone is prepared to make this semester better than the last (at least, I know I am). But I think one thing that stops stu-

I was in an endless cycle of bad resolutions and, frankly, bad attitudes as well.

Hopefully, everyone appreciates the idea of a fresh beginning at the start of the New Year. But as a friendly reminder, you also get a fresh start each semester, month, week, and day. So if you don’t eat healthy today, there is always tomorrow to eat a salad. Lilly is a sophomore majoring in communication arts and journalism. Do you set a New Year’s resolution? Do you often give up on your set goals? Do you think it’s worth setting a New Year’s Resolution? Let us know what you think. Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Syllabus Week Bingo Fall off of Bascom Hill

Just say “no” to ISIS

Harvest acorn bounty

Debut the new you!

Cool professor references binge drinking

Vomit profusely during lecture

Sit in back of class with cool kids

Receive all syllabi

Hit the Jim

Stick it to the man

Pick up The Daily Cardinal (you got one!)

Nothing is free at this school

“Plagiarists will be drawn and quartered.”

Read between the lines

Call Mom

Legalize marijuana

Spread the plague

Realize life is meaningless

Remove shoes before entering dojo

Fall off of Bascom Hall

Sharpen mechanical pencil

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“How was your winter break?”

Turn up then transfer

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The tangled web we weave: Dormcest dos and don’ts ANNA WELCH sex columnist

This week we’re talking about dormcest. It’s way less creepy than incest, but there is also

less famous literature about it (“As I Lay Dying,” anyone?). When bunches of young adults looking to “find themselves” are crammed in the same living space for nine months, dormcest becomes inevitable. Context clues probably make this obvious, but “dormcest” is a made up term

(not by me, by someone who is not me) that refers to the hooking up of individuals who inhabit the same university dormitory (in the biggest dorms, the term “floorcest” is more fitting). As budding young freshmen taking on campus for the first time, more than one of us most likely

Do • Establish some type of friendship prior to removing the many layers of clothing this frigid season demands. Being on steady ground with someone as a person before interacting with their genitals is always a good idea, but especially in this setting. Meeting someone at a party leaves the option for never interacting again, but taking the train to pound town with an individual who frequents the same living space means maintaining a certain level of maturity. Many a college kiddo stumbles upon the situation of hooking up with someone and later realizing their personality or general presence is not that pleasing; running into that someone every day will only reinforce feelings of regret. A dorm hookup doesn’t have to be “the one,” but the thought (or sight) of them shouldn’t induce wincing, either. • Have a conversation about what to say when everyone comes asking. It’s hard to be discreet when it comes to kicking people out of rooms or not coming back to one’s room for the night. Getting sexy with a dorm buddy doesn’t have to be the whole dorm’s business, but being on the same page with said hookup will minimize rumors

as much as possible. If one person tells people “we’re just friends” and the other tells people “we’ll be betrothed by Wednesday,” there are bound to be whispers. Establishing clarity in the relationship, even if all that means is agreeing to keep things casual, is important for everyone involved. • Set up a system with roommates for what happens when one or the other of you is looking to get lucky. Bringing it up ahead of time, rather than springing it on them in the moment, is much more considerate and, like Granny used to say, “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” If asking a roommate for the room for the evening is out of the question, cross those fingers and hope that sweetie has a more understanding bunk bed buddy. • Tread carefully when it comes to hooking up with more than one person from the dorm. There’s nothing at all wrong with it, but as mentioned before, people talk. Word will most likely get around and that could create sticky situations with past flings. Unintentionally hurting other’s feelings is sometimes an unfortunate fact of life, but if it can be avoided it should be.

dreamed of meeting a special someone in our dorm or on our floor. It’s hard not to fantasize about the convenience and charm that would come with casually running into a cutie pie whilst wrapped in a towel (*gasp* so embarrassing and unintentional, *wink, wink, giggle, giggle*), or exchang-

ing glances while studying in the den. But, what started as flirting and fun can sometimes transform into constant avoidance and hurt feelings. There is no reason not to get jiggy with fellow dorm dwellers, but there are a few tricks of the trade to help avoid turning dorms into walk-in skeleton closets.

Don’t • Constantly sexile a roommate. Sexiling is a term, again made up by someone other than me, that describes the experience of one roommate booting another roommate out for the night so sex stuff can happen. When it happens once or twice, a rommie might be pretty understanding and willing to sleep on a friend’s futon, but they should not be expected to do this all the time. • Get too comfortable and decide it’s okay to try to be “sneaky” and have sex while a roommate is still in the room. Dorm rooms are not very big and those sounds are unmistakable (restraining moans is not good enough). Regardless of whether a roommate is a light sleeper sure to be traumatized, or a rock who doesn’t wake up for anything, it is never okay to have relations without the consent

of everyone in the room—even if a third party isn’t actively participating. I very rarely recommend keeping things in one’s pants, but if no other private location is available, it is an unfortunate requirement. • Let a hottie from down the hall hold you back from doing you. Having a consistent friend with benefits can be nice and fun, but if it is getting in the way of school or friends or anything else, it isn’t worth it. College is a time of self exploration, which means diving into academics and clubs, making new friends and generally doing one’s own thing—if things are going well but simply taking up too much time, ask for a little space. Living in such close quarters can be overwhelming enough on its own, there shouldn’t be pressure to constantly hang out with someone just because you’ve seen them naked.

Flirting and hooking up with people from dorms is oftentimes a super fun part of college experiences, but remembering to communicate in order to stay on the same page will save many a dramatic falling out. Being considerate of roommate’s space and privacy is important to keep the hostility to a minimum. Most importantly, never forget the sage advice of one Justin Drew Bieber by remembering to “love yourself.” Wondering how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Anna has no clue, but she does know a lot about other sexy topics and would be happy to talk about that at sex@dailycardinal.com.

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Badgers topple No. 4 Michigan State at home By Matt Tragesser the daily cardinal

After losing five games by three points or less this season, Wisconsin (10-9 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) finally received a break as it upset No. 4 Michigan State (16-3, 3-3) 77-76 in a thriller at the Kohl Center Sunday. Redshirt freshman forward Ethan Happ gave the Badgers their final lead with a contested reverse layup with just under 10 seconds remaining. “I knew he was going to finish it,” junior guard Bronson Koenig said. On the previous possession, Happ played stout defense on Michigan State guard Eron Harris, who turned the ball over to UW with 22.7 seconds remaining and allowed Happ to

make the winning layup. “Ethan, it’s no secret, is growing and learning,” head coach Greg Gard said. Happ contributed 14 points and 8 rebounds, but Koenig’s and Nigel Hayes’ offensive efforts truly propelled the Badgers Sunday. The duo combined for 52 points and six 3-pointers, and Koenig’s 27 points were a career high. As a whole, the Badgers put on an efficient effort, as they knocked down 44.7 percent of their shots and had their highest scoring game in four games. Despite MSU going on a 12-2 run to start the second half, neither team led by more than six points and each team traded leads for nearly the entire duration of

the game. Despite out-rebounding and having a better shooting percentage than Wisconsin, the Spartans struggled with fouls, as their 28 fouls gave the Badgers 36 free throw attempts. UW hit 29 of those opportunities, a season high. “There’s a saying that goes if you hit more free throws than the other team, then you usually win,” Hayes said. Michigan State All-American Denzel Valentine looked healthy after missing three weeks with a knee injury. The star scored 23 points, dished out seven assists and drilled four 3-pointers. Up next, the Badgers will fly to State College, Penn., where they will face Penn State Thursday.

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Despite shooting 42 percent from beyond the arc, senior guard Nicole Bauman’s solid effort fell short against Illinois.

Poor shooting, loose defense dooms UW By Ethan Levy the daily cardinal

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Throughout the Badgers’ (2-4 Big Ten, 6-10 overall) season, when the team finds itself trailing, it usually finds a way to wage a tenacious and heartfelt effort to climb its way back into games. However, despite Wisconsin’s frequent comeback attempts, it often comes up just short. The Badgers’ game against Illinois (1-5, 9-9,) Sunday, their sixth Big Ten matchup of the year, was a microcosm of this season-long trend, as they fought their way back into the contest but ultimately lost 71-65. Almost immediately after tipoff, the Fighting Illini grabbed an early lead. Just a couple minutes into the game, Illinois had a 10-0 advantage and the Badgers looked completely out of sync. Still, after head coach Bobbie Kelsey took a timeout, the Badgers rallied off seven straight points, and were right back in the game. After that point, the Fighting Illini started imposing their will, and they took a 12-point lead into the final quarter. Illinois led by as much as 15 in the final frame, but the Badgers found a way to rally and cut the lead to just five with a couple minutes to go. However, the Badger’s struggles at both ends of the floor allowed Illinois to create too large of a lead for the Badgers to overcome. Defensively, UW struggled to defend the 3-point line throughout the middle chunk of the game. In the second quarter, when the Badgers switched to their 2-3 zone, the Fighting Illini took advantage of the loose perimeter defense and seemingly could not miss from behind the arc. Even when the Badgers switched back to man-to-man defense in the third quarter, Illinois continued to hit from behind the line. Illinois eventually started to cool down from behind the arc, but its ability to hit the deep ball in the middle of the game created too large of a gap for the Badgers to rebound from. Offensively, the Badgers

struggled from all over the floor. The team shot just 36 percent from the field in the game and 26 percent from behind the arc. Instead of driving to the lane and moving the ball to get open, highpercentage shots, the Badgers continuously settled for contested 3-pointers. The Badgers continually shot 3’s from well-behind the arc with time remaining on the shot clock. Even more concerning, the Badgers’ dependable shooters were the ones continuously missing the mark throughout the contest. Senior guard Nicole Bauman finished with a misleading stat line. Even though the team leader finished with 17 points and 42 percent shooting from beyond the arc, she continuously missed shots in the second and third quarters when Illinois created its largest leads. Bauman did make two consecutive 3-pointers at the end of the game, but she did not do enough in the middle frames to keep the game tight. Similarly, senior guard Dakota Whyte did not put up her best effort either. Whyte has been the Badgers’ best player in conference play so far, averaging over 15 points per game, but against Illinois, Whyte could not get to the lane and finish with her right hand at the basket like she normally does. She finished with only eight points on the night. Despite the poor effort from the more dependable players, sophomore guard Cayla McMorris continues to improve with more playing time. The young guard kept the team in the game, making big shots when the Badgers needed it. McMorris finished with a strong 16 points on nearly 60 percent shooting. In their next game, the Badgers take on Maryland, which is 16-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten. If the Badgers want to pull off the upset, they will need their stars like Bauman and Whyte to consistently knock down shots and continue to get big performances out of their younger players like McMorris.

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Changing of the Gard: Swing offense, bench play have Badgers improving By Zach Rastall the daily cardinal

From the moment he took over as interim head coach, Greg Gard has been fighting an uphill battle. Taking over for a coach as iconic as Bo Ryan was always going to be tough, but replacing him in the midst of the Badgers’ worst start in 14 years made his task all the more difficult. A radical shift in philosophy was never going to be on the table for Gard, who spent 23 years as an assistant under Ryan, but there have been significant changes in the way he coaches this team when compared to his predecessor. Of these changes that Gard has made since taking over in late December, none have been more pivotal than the switch back to a swing offense and an increased reliance on the bench. For years, the swing offense was a staple of Bo Ryan-coached teams. Whether it was at Platteville, Milwaukee or Madison, the swing offense was the bread and butter of each of his teams. But recently, the Badgers had deviated from the swing, instead altering their game plan to focus on getting the ball in the hands of players like Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker as much as possible. With so much personnel turnover from last year’s team, a return to the swing seemed like a smart move given the amount of inexperienced, unproven players that

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The same starting five has taken the floor every game this season for Wisconsin, but Greg Gard has utilized the bench far more than Bo Ryan. Colors within the black borders in the above graphic represent bench players. Games that UW won by 15 or more points aren’t included. Wisconsin would be relying on this season. Instead, the Badgers were overly dependent on Nigel Hayes and

Bronson Koenig on the offensive end, resulting in plenty of stagnancy and struggles on that end of the floor.

But under Gard, Wisconsin has once again implemented the swing offense in the hopes of getting more movement and fluidity on offense and less standing around and waiting for Hayes or Koenig to make a play. The Badgers still have their fair share of struggles on offense (it’s a seemingly predestined fate for a team this young), but the offense as a whole has looked better and Hayes’ efficiency has improved without the weight of the team resting on his back. In the 12 games this season under Ryan, Hayes shot 35.9 percent from the field. In the seven games since Gard took over, he’s shot 44.4 percent. As a team, UW shot 41.2 percent under Ryan compared to a 45.5 percent mark with Gard at the helm. While Hayes has had a couple of poor performances over the past month, including a twogame stretch against Rutgers and Indiana that saw him go 5-20 from the floor, he’s clearly benefited from the offense getting greater contributions from a wider variety of players, including some that rarely saw the floor under Ryan. Despite Hayes and Koenig being the only returning starters from last season’s team, Ryan mainly relied on a rotation of seven or eight players this year, with freshmen Charlie Thomas and Khalil Iverson being the only two to see significant playing time off the bench. Gard, on the other hand, has been more reliant on his bench, with the main benefactors being freshman forward Alex Illikainen and sophomore guard Jordan Hill. Whereas Illikainen appeared in 10 of 12 games and averaged 4.8 minutes per game under Ryan, he’s played in all seven games of Gard’s

tenure while averaging 16 minutes per game. Meanwhile, Hill played in just seven of the 12 games Ryan coached this season, averaging only 3.9 minutes per game, but has played in all seven games under Gard and has averaged 20.7 minutes per game. Even redshirt sophomore forward Aaron Moesch, who mainly served as Bo Ryan’s human victory cigar, has seen some playing time under Gard, including 12 minutes in Sunday’s win against No. 4 Michigan State, which his coach attributes to his mastery of the swing offense. As a whole, 19.18 percent of the team’s minutes came from the bench during the 12 games coached by Ryan, while that number has risen to 27 percent with Gard patrolling the sidelines. If you remove games where Wisconsin won by 15 or more points, those numbers change to 16.38 percent with Ryan and 26.5 percent with Gard. Though the Badgers have only registered a 3-4 record under Gard, their average margin of defeat is 3.75 points and came against a quartet of Big Ten foes (Purdue, Maryland, Indiana and Northwestern) that have combined to go 62-12 this season. And they finally broke through Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center, pulling out a 77-76 win over the Spartans thanks to a late bucket from Ethan Happ. Whether or not that victory proves to be a turning point in the season for the Badgers as they look to reassemble the pieces of their tattered NCAA Tournament résumé remains to be seen. But with Gard’s emphasis on the swing offense and getting major contributions from the bench, they appear to be trending in the right direction.