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Total Madison arrests fall while racial disparities rise over the last decade Story by Miller Jozwiak
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n aggregation of the Madison Police Department’s annual reports from 2005-’14 shows the total number of arrests has dropped across every racial demographic, with a deepening disparity between black and white arrests. Total arrests dropped from 19,730 in 2005 to 9,726 in 2014, roughly a 50 percent drop. White, black and Asian arrests dropped, while Native American arrests stayed constant. Despite this drop, disparities have worsened. Although Asian and Native American arrests have both remained under 1.5 percent of total arrests, the white percentage has dropped while the black one has risen. White arrests as a percentage of total arrests went from 54 percent in 2005 to 48 in 2014, as opposed to black arrests, which rose from 23 percent to 33 percent. This could be attributed to changes in Madison’s racial demographics, for which data is not available. Dane County, however, saw a less than 1 percent change in the population of both demographics since 2010. Madison makes up nearly 50 percent of
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Although arrests across all racial demographics have decreased since 2005, the disparity between white and black arrests, as a percentage of total arrests, has deepened. Dane County’s population. Assistant Chief of Police Randy Gaber said there are many factors behind the data, but one he specifically mentioned is a 2010 policy change in reporting just arrests rather than all charges, which can vary. He also pointed to an increase of 30 MPD officers in 2009 to give all officers more “unobligated time.” During officers’ obligated time, they must be doing tasks like paperwork and attending briefings.
“In that unobligated time what we want our officers to do is be proactive,” Gaber said. “To be very engaged with community policing, with problem solving, to get in touch with the community to find out what’s important [and] do things that are preventative.” Madison’s total population grew from 223,440 to 245,691 during 2005-’14, a 10 percent rise. MPD Police Chief Mike Koval said in a 2015 blog post that as Madison approaches a
population of 250,000, more police will be needed. According to Koval, Madison needs to have 2.5 officers per 1,000 residents, as opposed to the current 1.83 ratio. According to Gaber, increases in officers allow for better policing and fewer arrests because they can be more proactive with a stronger presence in the community. He said MPD tries to instill a philosophy in its officers that they must be proactive and engage with the community to build trust.
Gaber pointed out that it’s hard to measure the effects of some department programs because they are preventing crimes that are never recorded. That proactive style of policing requires more officers, but Gaber noted it would be impossible to bring the number of commissioned officers to Koval’s proposed number in one year. MPD is, however, planning on meeting with city officials to increase the number of sworn-in officers. According to UW-Madison sophomore Tyriek Mack, not enough is being done to address racial disparities. Mack is also a leader of BlackOut, a group trying to figure out how to reduce racial disparities in UW System schools while working with university officials. “I think the Madison Police Department has to start putting more action behind the efforts regarding unconscious bias,” Mack said. “The actions that they’ve taken hasn’t necessarily [been] reflected in the policing. So I think that they need to put more effort into ensuring that what they say they’re doing is actually being accomplished.” UW-Madison sociology professor Pamela Oliver, who has been analyzing racial disparities
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Citizens hold two protests, vigil on one-year anniversary of Madison police officer killing teenager Tony Robinson By Ellie Borstad THE DAILY CARDINAL
Demonstrators marched throughout Madison over the weekend to commemorate the first anniversary of Tony Robinson’s killing and continue to fight for racial equality in the criminal justice system. Protesters young and old carried colorful signs and banners that read “Justice for Tony” and “Black Lives Matter” as they marched along State Street Friday, from Library Mall to the Overture Center for the Arts. Sunday, demonstrators gathered at the Social Justice Center and marched toward the Capitol. Robinson’s family also held a candlelight vigil Sunday evening outside the house where he died. Madison Police Department Officer Matt Kenny shot and killed 19-year-old Robinson March 6 of
last year after a physical altercation. Robinson was unarmed. Between repeated chants of “community control over police” and “this is what democracy looks like,” protesters stopped at major intersections to have moments of silence in memory of Robinson, often halting traffic. Madison West High School student Ciara Hart helped lead the chants. “What I would say we’re trying to achieve is just to get people to understand that we’re not done yet and that we haven’t forgotten what happened,” Hart said. For UW-Madison student Eric Upchurch, co-founder of the Young Gifted & Black Coalition, the events went beyond remembering Robinson’s life. He asked what protesters will do to prevent future police killings.
“Don’t you care about your life? And then what about my life? And then what about the life of the person standing next to you? Because it could be them too,” Upchurch said to the crowd Friday. “But what are we going to do about it?” Members of YGB and the BlackOut movement participated in the marches, as did members of Robinson’s family. Andrea Irwin, Robinson’s mother, thanked protesters for their support and urged them to continue to speak out against racial injustices. “If you sit there and say nothing, you are just as much guilty as those who are killing the babies in the streets. You have to use your voice to stand up. They have to make this stop,” Irwin said during the Sunday march. “It’s happened, and it will happen again.”
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Protesters marched from Williamson Street to the Capitol Sunday afternoon before holding a vigil the same night.
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CAREER GOALS: Eventually create a trend that actually sticks, stop failing at setting trends, get better at setting trends, improve his trend-setting abilities. PRIMARY FLAWS: Completely unaware of cultural norms, most people want to kill it with fire. SPECIAL ABILITIES: Can throw back triple-venti half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiatos like nobody’s business. PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Madagascar, or wherever the next trend is emerging so he can try and fail to set it. IMAGE COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
FULL REVIEW: It has obviously been a lifelong goal of mine to drink a cup of my favorite drink, a tripleventi half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiato, in every country. I’m getting close to reaching this incredible achievement but got sidetracked in Madagascar by a cheeky little animal called the aye-aye who sought to challenge my consumption of elaborate caffeinated drinks. Never in my life have I gone into a triple-venti half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiato unprepared, so I decided to review this peculiar specimen with the intention of seeking out his weaknesses and tearing him down. My adversary is an aspiring trendsetter who finds normal sleep schedules far too main-
stream—instead deciding to become nocturnal and grow a large middle finger. If you’re anything like me you might be wondering, “Why do large grotesque middle fingers and nocturnal tendencies go hand in hand?” According to biologists the two might possibly be, but are probably not, but could maybe be related. Contrary to popular belief, the massive middle finger was mainly intended to be the highlight of his annual Madagascar Road Rage convention speech but has been mostly used in foraging for little bugs who are marginally offended by the rude gesture before being slaughtered. The aye-aye is also able to tap on tree trunks with this horribly deformed finger up to eight times a second due
Final Score: 11/10 to his consumption of my favorite caffeinated drink of all time: the triple-venti half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiato. The aye-aye was not always nocturnal but decided to make the transition due to his horrible night terrors. A combination of his obsession with triple-venti half-sweet nonfat caramel macchiatos and horrendous night terrors caused him to develop his signature eyes, which have clearly seen some shit, man—like seriously you don’t even want to know what crazy shit this dude has seen. No, I’m not joking, don’t ask. Overall, this caused the animal to develop a deep interest in competitive caffeinated drinking to stay awake, a lifesaver in his eyes (pun intended).
Right before the drink off, the aye-aye realized just how mainstream triple-venti halfsweet nonfat caramel macchiatos are and backed out of the contest, switching his preferred drink to a fine dark-roast black coffee, thinking nobody would possibly want to drink that. I originally gave this ugly little primate a 10/10 because I respect my opponents and love failing trendsetters, but he’s a filthy quitter who hates my favorite drink. I love quitters with a deep, disturbing passion and forgave him for the drink thing so I bumped it up to 11/10. P.S. Bernie Sanders is a close friend of many aye-ayes and chose to model his hair after them. Wow! So interesting! Incredible political fact!
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Some four-year universities across the country have discussed incentivizing STEM majors, putting liberal arts at a disadvantage.
Incentives for STEM majors a concern for proponents of the liberal arts By Betsy Osterberger THE DAILY CARDINAL
The relative unemployability and uncertainty associated with degrees in the humanities has been a popular trope for decades. It used to be the business of the philosophy major’s parents to steer their child toward computer science, but now state legislatures are doing their part to influence students’ career choices. State governments incentivize institutions to produce a greater number of graduates with highdemand degrees through performance-based funding. Thirty-two states have adopted some form of this funding model for higher education over the past few years, according the National Conference of State Legislature. The new funding model has been in place at Wisconsin technical colleges since 2013. Peter Dettmer, robotics and automation instructor at Madison College, is familiar with the model and has seen growth in his program since its inception. “I think it’s a good measurement that will help different colleges to focus on certain areas so that they can get the funding they deserve,” Dettmer said. The performance-based approach works with the marketdriven nature of technical colleges, but some four-year institutions across the country are also beginning to be funded by this model. Governors in Kentucky and Florida have discussed limiting financial aid to students majoring in high-demand degrees, directly disadvantaging those in liberal arts programs. This national shift carries reason to wonder about the future of liberal arts at UW-Madison. “What bothers me about some of this is that people in positions of power are deciding what you should major in,” said
UW-Madison history professor John Sharpless. “It’s one thing to offer advice … but to actually have disincentives in place for people who want to study the humanities is just plain mean and arbitrary.” Dettmer agreed the model may not bode well at a place like UW-Madison. “For now, it’s more applicable to tech schools than it is for fouryear universities just because the focus there is not as much directed at immediate employment but more of a broader, often research-based approach,” Dettmer said. Traditionally, UW-Madison has provided students with an assortment of skills and knowledge so that they may not only become skilled workers, but also good citizens and lifelong learners. Mechanical engineering and computer science student Micaela Connors said having a background in courses like philosophy and English isn’t just beneficial for people on the liberal arts side of campus, but it is crucial for students in her major as well. “No matter where you are in your field—even if you’re really smart—if you can’t communicate what you’re thinking or what you want to do, you’re never going to be able to do it,” Connors said. Dettmer found that in presenting to students from this younger generation, the future of STEM education may be a more integrated approach, one that could help bridge the divide between arts and technical skills. “Right now there’s still a high demand for the true technical, mechanical engineering-based workforce,” Dettmer said. “But over time, I think it’s going to transition more into incorporating the critical thinking skills from the liberal arts side and other ways to help drive innovation.”
since 1999, noted police are not the only ones with implicit bias. “The police department does implicit bias training, they work on it a lot. Madison Police has really worked hard to diversify the workforce. They’re very conscious,” Oliver said. “It’s not just the officers’ decisions, a lot of the kind of disparity in who gets hassled by the police comes from citizen calls. White citizens call up and say ‘I think there’s a fight going on’ if a group of black people are standing around together.” Mack thinks the media plays a role in the community’s perception. “I think some of what else happens is that the media plays [a] really important role in perpetuating black people in a criminal way,” Mack said. “And once black people are seen in this criminal element it almost justifies the action that black people face as it relates to arrest rates.” Oliver agrees that more officers focusing on the community could be a possible factor in reducing arrests. While she also noted this could play a role in the overall decreases, it doesn’t account for the white drop. Oliver said community policing often refers to policing in poor and minority communities. The community policing initiative, which MPD started in 2008, could be a contributing factor to the decreases
dailycardinal.com among arrests of people of color. While the minority arrest drop may be related to community policing, Oliver believes the white arrest drop may have more to do with the offenses for which people are arrested. “The first hypothesis just looking at the trend is that they’re choosing to do fewer arrests of certain
“The first thing to recognize [when addressing racial disparities] is that there is no magic bullet.” Pamela Oliver sociology professor UW-Madison
types and in particular it looks like they’re doing fewer arrests of white people, which is probably disorderly conduct and drunkenness and other except traffic,” she said. “Disorderly conduct” and “other except traffic” are discretionary arrests, which means officers are often left with the decision of whether or not to arrest. On average, the black and white rates of arrest stayed consistent for those offenses. Another discretionary offense, which did not show consistency between black and white arrests, was liquor laws. The drop in white liquor law arrests is the single biggest of
any offense and race in all the reports—from 3,576 total in 2005 to 531 in 2014. This 85 percent drop accounts for nearly onethird of the entire drop in total arrests over the same time period. Black liquor law arrests, conversely, actually rose between 2005 and 2007 from 310 to 400, before trending downward to 162 in 2014. Starting in 2006, MPD changed how they approached large UW-Madison related events such as Mifflin and Freakfest. In the 2006, 2007 and 2008 reports, then-Chief of Police Noble Wray noted how these changes reduced arrest numbers and led to “reductions in cost, staffing and arrests.” Decreases in arrests at these events could be a contributing factor as to why the white percentage of total arrests has fallen while the black percentage has risen. There is perhaps an unquantifiable range of factors that could affect these trends, but Oliver said there are possible solutions to address them. “The first thing to recognize [when addressing disparities] is that there is no magic bullet, [we are] gonna have to work on lots of fronts,” Oliver said. “It can be done… [It’s] being aware and actively seeking to promote greater equality and justice in whatever sphere that you live in.”
Obama visits Milwaukee to praise city for large Affordable Care Act enrollment By Alanna Conley THE DAILY CARDINAL
President Barack Obama visited Milwaukee Thursday to praise the city on its increased enrollment in the Affordable Care Act program. In November, the White House invited 20 U.S. cities to compete in the Healthy Communities Challenge, which strove to register the most uninsured citizens for Obama’s health care plan before the latest open enrollment deadline. Proportional to its population, Milwaukee came in first place. “Milwaukee came out on top,” Obama said in his speech, held at the United Community Center in Milwaukee. “You get the bragging rights this year.” According to a White House press release, 38,000 new enrollees gained health coverage in Milwaukee since the challenge was introduced. Obama commended the communitywide effort that led to the city’s victory. Throughout the enrollment process, volunteers helped enrollees select the best plan for them through phone banks and in-person consultations, set up in libraries and other public spaces around the city. The city also partnered with Uber to provide rides to enrollment locations. These efforts were implemented to target minorities in the black, Latino and Hmong communities. “This city should be proud,” Obama said. “You did the best job of looking out for each other and taking care of each other and I’m here to say congratulations.” Obama also took the oppor-
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President Barack Obama spoke in Milwaukee Thursday to praise the city’s efforts to raise Affordable Care Act enrollment. tunity to criticize the conservative base that has vocally opposed his program since its inception, focusing on local leaders in Wisconsin. “By the way, Milwaukee, while you worked your tails off to cover enough folks to fill Lambeau Field, your governor still refuses to expand Medicaid in this state,” Obama said. “He’s denying Wisconsinites their ticket to health insurance, and it’s political.” He also called out House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R.-Wis., as part of the Republican establishment he says is spreading misinformation about the success of the ACA, while failing to provide any semblance of a viable alternative. Milwaukee’s success, President Obama said, is the evidence that the rightwinged outcry against his health care plan is only political. Including those that also renewed their enrollment, 89,000 Milwaukeeans are now covered under the Affordable Care Act.
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PPP envisions to protect pollinators By Jordan Gaal The Daily Cardinal
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As a result of balancing selection, two different pigmentations of female fruit flies exist.
Female fruit flies adapt to male phallus By Margaret Liu The Daily Cardinal
The fruit fly, as intolerable as they can seem, is integral to studying and understanding genetics. John Pool, a UW-Madison assistant professor in genetics, studies population genetics primarily by using fruit flies. He looks at genetic variation to learn about how species evolve and adapt on a genetic and molecular level. A recently published paper of his lab dealt with the African fruit fly, Drosophila erecta. Drosophila erecta is quite aptly named; the male flies have the unusual feature of very large and serrated phalluses. This unique feature of the males is not quite always beneficial to their female counterparts, to say the least, and so it has been found that the females have evolved several characteristics to counter the male sexual organ. Amir Yassin, a postdoctoral researcher in Pool’s lab, previously discovered that female flies had evolved armored plates to prevent damage. In addition, Pool and his lab focused on the coloring of the females and males. Typically, male fruit flies have a darkly pigmented abdomen, while females have a light coloring. However, what they discovered in the African fruit fly was different from other fruit fly species. “In Drosophila erecta, females come in two very distinct forms,” said Pool. “Either they’re a light-abdomen female that look like females of other species, or they’re a dark female morph that looks suspiciously like the males.” Pool was curious as to what the genetic basis of this trait was at the molecular level. Through a genetic mapping experiment involving crossing fly strains of light and dark females and studying the traits that their offspring displayed, they connected the pigmented traits with the “tan” gene. Interestingly, the version of the “tan” gene that carried the lightpigment trait looked very different from the dark-pigment trait. But how long had these differences existed? It turns out there is a way to determine how long two traits have been diverging from each other. DNA mutations occur at an average rate through
time, and by comparing sequences of DNA, scientists can use the number of differences to determine how long ago two traits had a common ancestor. Using this method, known as the “mutational clock,” Pool’s team was able to estimate that the two different versions of the “tan” gene have existed for several million years in the African fruit fly. The astonishing longevity of the two versions of the “tan” gene suggested that “natural selection had actually maintained these two genes in the population… it was keeping both around,” according to Pool. This means that the different colors of the females were not random occurrences of mutation, but rather natural selection had determined the success of the females was dependent on having both dark- and light-pigmented females present in the population, a phenomenon called “balancing selection.” Without the light-pigmented females serving as a distraction to the males, the males would eventually learn that the dark flies masquerading as males were female and pursue them, regardless of coloring. The lab’s study also raises provoking questions about the molecular basis behind female and male characteristics. In Drosophila erecta, a gene sequence called an enhancer effectively “turns on” or “turns off” the “tan” gene’s production of the male pigment. However, with this new study, it is possible that “there could be a special kind of DNA sequence that has the capability to turn on this gene differently in males versus females,” according to Pool. “That could be an interesting thing in terms of understanding how is it that males and females come to evolve different traits?” Pool said, “How is it that males and females can end up with different traits even though they basically have the same genome? This special type of DNA sequence [in Drosophila erecta] can be an example of how that happens on a molecular level.” This illuminating study on the African fruit fly sheds light on various aspects of adaptive evolution, and is a step forward in further understanding how and why species evolve the way they do.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that honeybees pollinate 80 percent of the country’s insect crops. Agriculture is an extremely important industry in Wisconsin, and so are bees and other pollinators. In recent years, there has been a decline in pollinators due to many factors, such as changing landscape practices. A pollinator is an insect or animal that moves pollen from one flower to the next for reproduction. Pollinators are key to the ecosystem and the maintenance of agricultural and wild plant communities. There has been quite the buzz around the recent release of the Pollinator Protection Plan. The plan, envisioned by Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Ben Brancel, explores how pollinators affect farms, homes and properties in Wisconsin. The PPP started as an idea. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection thought, “What can we do to think about pollinators more broadly in Wisconsin and how they relate to agriculture?” The DATCP enlisted Claudio Gratton, a professor of entomology at the UW-Madison, and a number of other researchers to develop the plan. Their grant proposal was funded and Gratton brought in postdoctoral student Christina Locke. The goal of the PPP is to discover how the actions taken in agricultural and residential areas affect pollinators. It has been compiled as an
educational resource to a variety of groups in Wisconsin, and is similar to plans in other states. Eventually, Gratton and others hope the plan will promote the public understanding of science and urge changes in public policy regarding pollinators. The PPP provides best management practices for gardens and lawns, for beekeeping, for farms, and from prairies, roadsides and open spaces. The first part of the document urges people to diversify their yard or garden with a variety of flowers to attract pollinators. It also provides information on choosing which plants will best suit different types of yards and soil. The second section addresses beekeeping. There are many things to consider when keeping bees, such as habitat and nutrition. The document advises beekeepers to have a diverse mix of natural pollen and nectar needed to provide the bees with proper nutrition. The third section addresses pollinator health and pollination services on farms and is incredibly important to the state. According to the plan, “Over one-fifth of the land area of Wisconsin is farmland.” Diversity is the key to a good habitat for pollinators. Farmers are encouraged to add a diversity of plants for pollinators. In the first year, the PPP aims to plant a few flowers and eliminate weeds in prairie areas. By the third year, and beyond, the plan will work to plant many flowers, to work toward resembling a diverse tall grass prairie. This is part of the strategy for prairies, roadsides and
open spaces. Insecticides have been an area of controversy. Many groups have criticized the plan, saying it does not adequately address insecticides. “Just focusing on insecticide would be missing the point, pollinator health depends on a lot of different factors. Maybe it is insecticides, depending on where you are and what the conditions are, but really it is a multifaceted problem,” Gratton said. “Yes, there are agrochemical issues, but what about flowers and food in the landscape when crops aren’t around? There’s a lot of really important and intersecting issues here and I think one of the criticisms about pesticides missed that broader point.” The overall plan looks to educate people about the many different factors affecting pollinators in Wisconsin. The plan is unique because it is comprehensive and it was developed with input from a number of stakeholders. “One of the really neat things about the plan was the broad stakeholder engagement,” Gratton said. There were many different groups involved in the plan, providing important diversity. Some of the groups include the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and CropLife America. There is no argument that pollinators are not essential to Wisconsin’s ecosystem. However, with declining populations, the PPP is working to educate the state and provide a thriving environment for pollinators.
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Hip-hop in Madison fights to exist, again
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Actions by The Frequency have opened up conversations regarding segregation in Madison’s hip-hop scene.
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t had clearly been a long week for Michael Penn II. As we discussed The Frequency’s recent decision to place a moratorium on hip-hop shows for a year, the writer, rapper and activist laid sideways on a dilapidated couch, more out of necessity than comfort. “Too many old white people running this shit; it’s tiring,” he said, regarding the forces behind fiascos like recent events at The Frequency. And it is tiring—the fight to keep hip-hop alive in Madison is one that’s been fought too many times, and this latest iteration of the struggle has many members of the hip-hop community wondering why this exact scenario keeps hap-
pening, over and over again. On Saturday, Frequency owner Darwin Sampson took to the venue’s Facebook page to retract the ban. “I want to address the mistakes I made. I deeply regret putting a time frame on the temporary suspension of booking hip-hop.” For many commenting on the post, it had appeared that the issue was over. But some, including Penn, knew better than to trust a PR damage-control Facebook post. “It’s always about the money,” Penn said to me, still resting against a pillow as he did when I first arrived. That’s why he initiated a boycott titled “No More Parties On West Main,” which he announced on Tone Madison the same day that the ban went into place. The response brought a financial discus-
sion to the table: if The Frequency doesn’t want hip-hop, then hip-hop doesn’t want The Frequency. It must have confused some for Penn to come to this conclusion. Just a few weeks ago, The Frequency hosted his label Catch Wreck’s first iteration of Wipe Me Down, a hiphop dance party dedicated to the thudding 808’s and classic songs that built the foundation for a new era of hip-hop-dominated mainstream music. It was magical—faces of all colors and identities were dancing alongside one another, celebrating more than just Penn’s birthday, which coincided with the inaugural event; they were rejoicing together in the face of Madison’s historical segregation and racism. Even for just a night, we all felt that hip-hop in Madison was going somewhere
great, and The Frequency was hopping along for the ride. But, a single negative case soon drowned out the many positive ones. Sampson cited the evidence of a private hip-hop party at his establishment, where one of his employees was smashed over the head with a bottle by an attendee, as reason to issue a yearlong ban on hip-hop which, in a baffling PR move, was published on Facebook with very little information surrounding the circumstances that motivated the decision. Slip ups in PR and appearances are phenomenal outlets which often give the public the opportunity to show how they truly feel. What followed Sampson’s post was a torrent of livid Facebook comments, both against The Frequency and the hip-hop community. Before the statement was mysteriously erased, many got a glimpse as to how their show-going peers truly felt about Madison’s hip-hop community, something that almost never gets discussed in Madison music discourse. Some thanked The Frequency for making music shows safer, others claimed that Madison had bigger problems to deal with than a venue that holds 120 people. Most were disappointed that, yet again, an entire genre of music, an entire race, became the scapegoat for the actions of a lone individual. It’s typical Madison fashion to sweep these problems under the rug until the disgusting mass of troubled history begins to peek out from the side, only to be shoved back into invisibility by a few sharp jabs of a broom. Madison dominates travel and lifestyle lists for being both a great music town and a highly livable metropolitan area. But masked by soothing stats are the finer details of Madison’s existence, those that affect people of color more so than anyone else. Minority poverty, segregation and discrimination are all stats conveniently left out of city rankings. And while national tour-
ing hip-hop acts can easily book shows in Madison to beef up our music cred, local black hip-hop artists have trouble finding even a single space that will host their presence and ideas. When a black hip-hop artist from Madison needs a space to perform to those around them, what are their options? They could go the DIY route, but cops shutting down the show is always a lingering threat, especially more so if it involves black youth moshing and displaying the same tendencies that belligerent Wisconsin students exhibit on a weekly basis, a point that Penn touches on in the post regarding his boycott of The Frequency. It seems as if no show for a rapper in Madison goes without an asterisk which bears the weight of their race and the active efforts of a city to suppress their creative expression. “It’s obvious that so many mainstream institutions don’t want to see hiphop as a thing,” Penn noted. Some have pointed to the idea that establishing an institution dedicated to hip-hop would be a starting point for moving forward, but as Penn explains, that comes with its own asterisk as well. “I’d love a couple of designated hip-hop spaces for all genres… I also don’t want people to use designated hiphop spaces as a way to segregate even further to actually put another ‘Whites Only’ sign on the door and not have to say so… I see where that’s gonna go right now.” There’s no easy way forward; if there was one, we’d be moshing to local rappers every weekend on the Capitol Square, yelling cries of joy for all of the city to hear. But until that time, both music venues and the hip-hop community will have to find common ground to not just maintain the progress that’s been made, but to look ahead far enough to leave the roots of Madison’s segregation and racism in the past. Penn puts it plainly: “We’ve got a lot of fucking work to do; are y’all ready?”
Post-punk band Protomartyr returns to Madison as headliners By Michael Frett The Daily Cardinal
On the track “Why Does It Shake?,” Protomartyr reaches into a viscid haze, where orthochromatic figures waltz with acrylic stills. Singer Joe Casey moans into a microphone, letting waves of thoughts stream out like syrup. Meanwhile, the band crackles between steady thoughts and mental breakdown; a bass guitar tumbles along before a buzzsaw guitar rips it in twain. Casey slips into paranoia, interrogating the abyss. “Why does it shake?” he asks before trying to answer his own question with “the body, the body, the body…” The first time I saw Protomartyr, I had no idea what to expect. It was your standard three-band show at the High Noon Saloon. The crowd was cooling off after local heroes Fire Retarded burned through their set, and everyone was waiting for Cloud Nothings to take the stage. Watching from the balcony, a friend and I looked over the stage as an older man in a blazer took the mic. Filling in behind him were a gang
of garage punks complete with Nots T-shirts, faded jeans and draping hair, all looking significantly younger than the singer. The singer, who I now know is Joe Casey, a man whose enigmatic persona has won him dedicated Tumblr pages, began growling through the first song as the band around him tore around the stage. Between songs, he adjusted his blazer or twirled his drink, which was never far away; he even kept it in hand during some songs, tossing it gingerly in his fingers. Their stage presence matched their music. At any point during the show, Casey would prattle into a deadpan psychological breakdown or command the mic with a forceful howl. Greg Ahee would let his guitar rumble or cut across an empty airspace with a barrage of sharp chords. Alex Leonard and Scott Davidson would conduct a slow rhythmic march or they would explode into a torrent of snares and bass, guiding whatever chaos forms behind Casey. Protomartyr’s current spring
tour will take them through Madison on March 13, this time as headliners at The Frequency. They come in swinging, running off a rider’s high from their third album, The Agent Intellect, in which they’ve progressed deeper into disturbia since that first stand at the High Noon. Where they may have seemed paranoid before, Protomartyr now sounds compulsive and downright manic. Since that first High Noon show, I’ve caught Protomartyr live a second time. This was the same Protomartyr of “Why Does It Shake?,” the Protomartyr that teased The Agent Intellect and came across as both more acerbic and surrendered. Behind them, a projector flashed some forgotten horror movie. The production quality pitched it somewhere in the ’70s or ’80s as a puppet alien lunged between hosts. It was a disorganized camp, the kind of B-grade horror movie schizophrenia that I immediately associated with Protomartyr during that first High Noon show,
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Protomartyr will headline after the 2015 release of The Agent Intellect. and the same kind that swirled through the speakers and blasted at eardrums so forcefully that second night. Protomartyr comes to The Frequency with Chicago-based
noise punks Luggage, a threepiece band of shoegazers, and Fire Retarded, the barn-burning cowpunk champions of Madison’s garage rock scene. Doors open at 8 p.m.
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UW-Madison must bring back baseball sebastian van bastelaer opinion columnist
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ew things are a more recognizable harbinger of spring than the return of baseball. As Major Leaguers show up to camp in Florida and Arizona and teams made up of players of all ages dust off their old mitts, people around the country know that at long last, winter is coming to an end. In Madison, however, the first few weeks of March are devoid of these joys. The satisfying sound of a baseball connecting solidly with the sweet spot of the bat, the sounds of joyful organ music and the tempting-yetslightly-nauseating smell of hot dogs are nowhere to be found. They’ve been absent for almost 25 years. now is the time to bring Badger baseball back for good. The history of recent college sports is one of huge profits, record attendance numbers and lucrative television contracts. Last year, around 28 different universities had athletic departments with revenues of more than $100 million. These astronomical figures give hope that schools will be able to build new facilities, field teams in a wide variety of sports and give more scholarships to student-athletes. The reality has been quite the opposite. A vast majority of athletic revenues come from two sports: football and men’s basketball. These teams bring in the biggest crowds, get larger TV audiences and make more off of ticket sales than their less popular counterparts. As a result, the smaller sports programs rely on the two giants to stay afloat. When basketball and football don’t make enough money to support the other sports, some have to go. In 2012, the
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Two women utilize the makeshift baseball facilities UW-Madison had available to students in 1928. University of Maryland was forced to cut seven teams, including cross country and swimming, in order to compensate for losses that weren’t being offset by the football and basketball teams. In the 1990’s, the University of Wisconsin was forced to make the same decision. There were several reasons why the athletic board decided to cut the baseball program. First and foremost, money was an issue. The program—as was the case with many other programs, and still is today— was losing far more money than it earned. The athletic department was $2 million in debt and needed to make cuts. Another reason for the discontinuation of the program—the reason that is most commonly cited today— is Title IX regulations. The athletic program did not have the 50 percent male, 50 percent female division required by the landmark addendum
to the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972. The easy solution to this problem was cutting the all-male, cost-inefficient baseball team. Lastly, the team hadn’t been particularly good in a long time. In its final seven years of existence, the team had a winning percentage of .355 and hadn’t won a Big Ten title in 41 years. Cutting the team at one of its lowest points made more sense than allowing it to lose money (and games). Now, however, times are different. The renaissances of the basketball and football programs have turned the tide for the UW athletic program. In 2012-’13, it ranked second in the country in athletics revenue, ranking behind only Texas. Deficits have turned into surpluses, and the call for the return of the baseball program has only gotten stronger. An obstacle commonly cited by those who justify denying the return of UW baseball is the lack of a sta-
dium. They say that building a new facility would cost a lot of money, just as the team playing in it would. However, the wide and generous base of donors that support Wisconsin athletics would be likely to give substantial help to make it happen. Although the team wasn’t very good before its discontinuation, a bad team is better than no team. At the time, the football team wasn’t much better—in the same seven-year span before the cancelation of the baseball team, they went 20-58. They, however, weren’t cut—they had a resurgence under Barry Alvarez, and the entire athletic program has been better off ever since. There are reasons to believe the baseball program could be successful if reinstated. Wisconsin relies on an extremely loyal fan base and consistently boasts superb attendance at athletic events. The existence and—albeit sporadic—suc-
cess of the Milwaukee Brewers ensures that there’s already a considerably large pack of baseball fans in the state that would relish the idea of a return. The talent base would be there too: Several successful professional players have come from the state’s ranks, namely pitcher Jordan Zimmermann. The athletic department had sufficient reason to cut the baseball program two decades ago: Both the team and the department as a whole were losing money, and something had to go. Since then, things have changed. The fortunes of the department have improved to the point that even if it did lose money, they could still avoid falling into financial ruin. Sports have always been a huge part of the culture of UW; they’re one of many aspects of the school that make it so great. The prospect of spending my Saturdays at Camp Randall and my winters with the Grateful Red was a huge reason I chose to go to school halfway across the country from where I live. Depriving the loyal and passionate Badger fan base of one of America’s four major sports feels not only wrong, but downright unpatriotic. If you want to argue that the team wouldn’t win games or make enough money, go ahead—but that misses the point. Bringing the team back would be a gamble, but if it does make a return, I know one thing for sure: This diehard Badger fan will be right there in the stands at every game, enjoying the warmth, chowing down on a frankfurter and rediscovering all the joys of America’s pastime. Sebastian is a freshman majoring in environmental studies. Email us at opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Americans need to see through Donald Trump’s pageantry Samantha wilcox opinion columnist
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he race for the Republican nomination has offered the American people endless hours of entertainment since their campaign started last year. From nonsensical debates to defamatory sound bytes, the nominees have brought their mudslinging into the media in a way the American public has never seen before. However, we are no longer able to shrug off the Republican candidates and their antics. Now that the general election is rearing its head and primaries are beginning to stack up, the race for the official nomination is becoming
frighteningly real. While many of us have been able to laugh at the seeming insanity behind many of the GOP candidates, it is partially because their antics seem anything but presidential. Personally, I have been waiting for Donald Trump’s dropout speech ever since his hateful comments about Mexicans when he announced his candidacy in June. But despite his doctrines of hate and increasingly immature behavior on the campaign trail, Trump is squarely in the lead of the GOP delegate count, with 382 delegates. His closest competitor, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has 300 delegates, with Sen. Marco
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Rubio, R-Fla., and former Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, trailing with 128 and 35 delegates, respectively. Shockingly, the nomination is Trump’s to lose. However, despite his cult following among voters, will Trump live up to his campaign slogan and “Make America Great Again?” I find it hard to believe that the man who alludes to his impressive penis size on national television is going to be the calm and collected world leader we need, considering the president has ultimate control of many life-or-death situations around the world. Trump’s rash decisions and extreme views are not only frightening when it comes to the future of American policy, but also when you consider the fact that he could potentially be in control of nuclear missiles for the next four years. It seems that Trump’s success in the polls has even divided the GOP establishment. Many of the party’s leaders and influential members, such as former Republican nominee and Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, have openly called for conservative voters to support another candidate. Regarding Trump, Romney called him a
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As the primaries draw closer, the number of GOP candidates drops. “phony” and a “fraud” during a press conference he delivered last week. However, Trump was quick to counter Romney’s attacks with his usual below-thebelt comments, citing Romney as a “failed candidate” and alluded to the fact that Romney “would have dropped to his knees” in order to gain Trump’s endorsement for his 2012 campaign. It is to the American public’s horror that Donald Trump is leading in the polls right now. Unfortunately, his charisma and bluntness have been viewed as charming by many of his supporters, who admire his gusto for standing up to the traditional politicians. However, we cannot
live in a country where a reality TV star is our leader. Not only would he not “Make America Great Again,” but he would lead us to be a country that is against many of the building blocks that have made us what we are today. Under President Trump, we would be a country that is against free trade, immigration and many progressive social issues. Trump is not what this country needs, and even his supporters are beginning to realize this. Samantha is a freshman planning on majoring in journalism and communication arts. Please send all comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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‘We walk out of this building the WCHA champs’ Badgers blast way through conference tournament, claim 1-0 victory over archrival Minnesota By Jessi Schoville the daily cardinal
MINNEAPOLIS — “We walk out of this building the WCHA champs,” said head coach Mark Johnson. The Wisconsin Badgers women’s hockey team (34-3-1), led by stellar defense and unworldly goaltending, took down the Minnesota Golden Gophers (32-4-1) Sunday afternoon in the WCHA Final FaceOff by a score of 1-0. “We didn’t score and when you don’t score it makes it really difficult to win and credit them for that,” Minnesota head coach Brad Frost said postgame. “I know it’s a simple statement, but it’s true.” This is nothing new for the Badgers, who have been led by defense this year, having both the No. 1 scoring defense in conjunction with the No. 1 goaltender in the nation. The high level of talent on each unit’s roster made for a very entertaining and highly competitive matchup. It seemed as though each time one team gained any semblance of momentum, the other responded abruptly with an answer. It truly was a game of runs, sometimes swinging with each and every substitution shift. “You know, that’s the fun part of the game,” Johnson said. “Our players get excited to play as well [and] I’m sure the Minnesota players and the coaches, the atmosphere, it’s just great for our sport to watch these games happen.” The first period was a scoreless frame that saw each squad feeling out its talented counterpart. Wisconsin seemed to control the tempo for the majority of the first period, outshooting Minnesota 12-8, including a near-goal that everyone in the arena thought had went in. Upon review, it was determined the shot hit the pipe but did not cross the line. Frost and team captain Hannah Brandt noticed their team’s lack of energy at the beginning of the matchup, but could not figure out why. In the second frame however, the Gophers came back swinging, outshooting Wisconsin 13-7. “All of a sudden we started finding our legs a little more and we started playing better,” Frost said. After an interference penalty on junior defender Mellissa Channell near the 10-minute mark, it seemed
inevitable the Gophers would eventually find the net, but Wisconsin’s record-setting junior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens and the Badger ‘D’ came up big again and kept the net clean. A few minutes later, Wisconsin answered the call when junior forward Sydney McKibbon took an assist from Sarah Nurse and put it past Minnesota goaltender Amanda Leveille to put the Badgers up 1-0. The opportunity came off a rebound from the back wall, which McKibbon hacked at until she lit the lamp for the Badgers. Though Leveille played an outstanding game in net for the Gophers, she was focused on the one that got away. “It came off the backboards really quickly and popped out front. I didn’t see the shot,” Leveille said. “It hit me and I had no idea where it was and then it was just a scramble. They got a bounce and it went in the net.” The Badgers survived a tough third period in which Minnesota controlled the puck and had numerous chances. Desbiens came up big again and had not only her teammates, but also her competitors, singing her praises. “Desbiens played another tremendous game and the Gophers are such a talented team that if you can keep them off the board and get a shutout you really are good,” Leveille said. “So congrats to her and the entire Wisconsin team.” “Desbiens has been unbelievable this year and hopefully we get another crack at her,” Brandt added. Desbiens viewed it, again, as a team shutout. “I remember one sequence in the second period I think there was 10 blocked shots back-toback and I’ll be honest I had no idea where the puck was,” Desbiens said. “All I saw was players diving everywhere. In this kind of game you have to do whatever it takes and hats off to my players for putting themselves in front of those pucks.” “It’s huge for us. We have been 2-2 against them this year and this was the tiebreaker,” McKibbon said. “It is definitely a confidence builder going into next weekend.”
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After outscoring its opponents 16-0, UW claimed its second-straight WCHA tournament championship.
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