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City council candidates address sexual assault

By Lawrence Andrea THE DAILY CARDINAL

In a January city council candidate forum, a UW-Madison student raised her hand to ask a question that seemed to catch both Zach Wood and John Terry Jr.—who are vying for a seat representing campus—off guard: “What would you do to combat sexual assault?”

Addressing sexual violence in Madison hasn’t typically been a focal point in past Common Council elections, but after two high-profile cases involving numerous allegations of sexual assault and stalking shook the UW-Madison campus in 2016, students are putting the issue on candidates running for District 8.

Incumbent Ald. Zach Wood, who has held the seat since 2015, thinks sexual assault has always been a big issue on campus, but said more can be done now that people are talking about it.

“I think that now that it has a name, a lot of very good attention put on it and a lot of efforts to combat it, we are having a greater community-wide discussion about it,” Wood said.

Addressing sexual assault and combating it, he said, are two different things. Wood said that combating the issue is complicated, and that there are “a lot of different components” to it, but he has some ideas.

“There are a few [assaults] that happen in very public areas,”

Wood said. “I supported cameras in the State and Langdon area. This will help in a select few cases.”

Cameras would help identify assaults that happen in public areas, Wood said, but noted that “the vast majority” of sexual assaults happen behind closed doors, in dorms and apartments.

To address them, he said the number one thing we can do is to take survivors seriously.

“As a student who graduated in 2015, I know several [of my friends] have talked to me about their experience, and they are not necessarily taken seriously,” Wood said.

Along with having security cameras on the street and taking survivors seriously, Wood also emphasized the importance of collaboration between the city and the university.

“The city needs to work with the university, the students and the student organizations we have,” he said. “Everybody needs to play a part. It is such a complicated issue, and we only combat rape culture when everybody stays engaged and has this dialogue.”

John Terry Jr.—Wood’s challenger—is a former homeless man and a current Madison resident.

Terry decided to run for District 8 to bring his perspective of what it is like to be homeless to the government and make affordable housing more readily available to all residents.

Although Terry’s main focus is on helping the homeless and

providing affordable housing to community members, the candidate said he is learning more about sexual assault as his campaign progresses.

“About a month ago I had a debate with Zach Wood, and a question was given to me about sexual assault. I did not know how to answer that,” said Terry.

“I said: education, walk in pairs, do not become too intoxicated— things like that.”

Since his debate, Terry said he’s changed his views on the topic and how to combat it. After speaking to community members and contacting student organizations to gain more insight into sexual assault, Terry now says sexual assault is “a big issue” and “will not be tolerated.”

Terry proposed putting more cameras around the city, as well as having community groups patrol “high-risk” areas like Langdon Street.

Terry views fraternities as one of the main sources of sexual assault. To combat campus rape culture, Terry said he wants to institute punishments for fraternities with members that have been charged with assault.

“What I would like to see happen is that if a fraternity member is found guilty [of sexual assault], the whole frat house should be shut down,” Terry said. “The city needs to be more involved instead of just the university.”

The city council election is April 4.

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Some Wisconsinites are concerned that Enbridge Inc. will expand a pipeline that extends through part of Dane County.

Corporation says they won’t expand pipeline

By Meredith Nesbitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

Enbridge Inc.’s plans to expand its crude oil pipeline in Minnesota has environmental advocates worried it will translate to further pipeline expansion in Wisconsin, despite protests and promises earlier this year.

A $39 billion Canadian company, Enbridge owns all crude oil pipelines in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Some people have reason to believe that Enbridge is planning an expansion in Wisconsin, citing the need to support an increase in oil that will come with a line replacement in Minnesota, aging pipes in Wisconsin, legal changes and surveys from landowners.

“Enbridge is absolutely going to have to expand their Wisconsin

pipelines,” said Phyllis Hasbrouck, Wisconsin Safe Energy Alliance project leader.

Enbridge denies these claims.

“There’s been no decision regarding plans for a new pipeline in Wisconsin … besides, it’s a lengthy process and would take a considerable amount of time,” said Scott Suder, manager of State Government Affairs at Enbridge.

Additionally, Enbridge is a publicly traded company and would have to alert its stakeholders if it was moving forward with a plan, according to Suder.

Enbridge plans to build a replacement for the Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota and abandon the old one,

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UW-La Crosse employee fired for offensive, racist comments

By Nina Bertelsen THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Recent sexual assaults in the campus area have put the issue at the forefront of the city council election.

A former UW-La Crosse police dispatcher is seeking a settlement after being fired for telling a student employee that “all immigrants deserved to go back to where they were from.”

Kim Dearman was training an Asian student employee on Feb. 1 when she went on for five minutes about how immigrants don’t belong in the U.S., according to the student’s complaint. She then turned to the student and said “no offense,” contending that she was not racist.

Following a university employee investigation, Dearman was fired based on guidelines that do not allow for threatening or abusive language

and conduct unbecoming of a university employee.

During the investigation Dearman reportedly said, “It was nothing,” and “She better get used to it because it could happen to her for the rest of her life.”

Chancellor Joe Gow said that it is not OK for an employee to intimidate a subordinate.

“Most places to have policies you cannot insult people, particularly a student employee at a university in the workplace,” Gow said to WISC-TV. Gow added that the decision was a culmination of previous disciplinary action and Dearman was already under a performance improvement

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Terrace to add new events this summer

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

Earlier this semester, the first floor of Memorial Union reopened after four years of remodel construction with added open space and several new restaurants. In the next month, the Memorial Union Terrace will open for the summer season with some changes as well, including new events and additional services.

The Terrace summer schedule will feature new daytime entertainment, including many events centered around the arts, according to a Wisconsin Union press release.

These will consist of a classical music series which will take place every Sunday afternoon, as well as crafting activities such as “Paintaculars” at which attendees create paintings while being lead by an instructor.

The new artistic activities will occur along with returning entertainment, specifically the Terrace After Dark series. These events, which take place throughout the summer, will include outdoor film screenings on Mondays, as well as five additional films to be shown Sunday evenings, as part of the Lakeside Cinema series.

Musical performances will also be held on the Terrace stage as they have in past seasons—Wednesday will encourage audience participation

police from page 1 plan. He said if this had been an isolated issue the employee would not likely have been fired.

However, Dearman said she was not given due process before her termination, and following backlash UW-La Crosse offered her job back.

But for Dearman this was not enough. Her lawyer, Lee Fehr, asked for $250,000 in settlement and is asking the UW System Board of Regents to investigate if Dearman actually violated university guidelines and if Gow violated the same guidelines himself.

The situation began with a campuswide email from Gow about President Donald Trump’s travel ban placed on six majority-Muslim countries saying he was shocked and saddened.

“Like so many of you, the UW leadership team and I are shocked and saddened by President Donald Trump’s order prohibiting refugees and people from certain predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. Here at UWL we do not discriminate based on a person’s religion or country of origin, and it is very troubling to see the leader of

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The Memorial Union Terrace will open in April with new activities and events this summer season. during open mic night, bluegrass and Americana artists will take the stage Thursdays and jazz nights will be held Fridays. There will also be a tribute to drummer Clyde Stubblefield, according to Wisconsin Union President Deshawn McKinney.

McKinney said he hopes the new features will impact both members that traditionally visit as well as people that have not experienced the Terrace before.

“We also hope that the theme of newness can continue to spread into teh (sic) realm of ideas and creour country doing exactly that.”

Dearman said her remarks were made as comments on the chancellor’s email. She has appeared on national news outlets like Fox News and talk radio to call for an investigation of free speech on campus and chastise Gow for his remarks.

“Free speech and due process are the foundation of our country. End of story,” Fehr said according to WISCTV. “It wasn’t done right; it was done wrong, and the university should stand up to the plate and correct a situation they’ve created.”

Gow later rescinded the paragraph of the email. And while university guidelines are applicable to all employees equally, Gow says his comments were different from Dearman’s.

“I would say that my work, that’s ideas. What she said is an insult,” Gow said to WISC-TV. “It’s something that’s said to make somebody feel bad and it worked in this case.”

While no litigation is currently underway Gow and the university have stated they will not be paying the settlement.

The student who filed the complaint quit following the incident and Dearman is reportedly considering her employment options.

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A former UW-La Crosse police dispatcher is seeking a settlement after being fired for telling a student employee that “all immigrants deserved to go back to where they came from.”

ations that can help the Union do,” McKinney said in an email.

Additional outdoor recreational activities will also be available this summer. Outdoor UW will offer more water equipment for large groups to use. Visitors will have access to sailboats and Sailing Club members will be able to participate in lessons. Activities such as Terrace Yoga will be held as they have in the past.

The Terrace does not have an official opening date yet, but it will most like be accessible mid- to late April

pipeline from page 1 increasing capacity from 390 kilo barrels per day to 760 kilo barrels per day. A decision will be made on the project in April.

The Line 3 pipeline flows directly to the Calumet Refinery in Superior, Wis., where it is distributed across Wisconsin. With this increased capacity, residents believe a pipeline expansion in Wisconsin will be necessary.

The suspected expansion would come in the form of diameter expansion of Line 61 or a new pipeline in the corridor already running through the Northeast corner of Dane county, 15 miles from the state capitol.

The concept of a new pipeline in this corridor was substantiated by a published powerpoint slide shown at an Enbridge shareholders meeting in November 2016; it shows a proposed “Line 61 twin” in the Line 61 corridor as a way for “Growth Beyond 2019.” Following protests in Whitewater against Enbridge and a possible expansion this February, the slide was removed from the Enbridge website.

There are four main reasons driving the belief that Enbridge will try to expand.

Currently, there are 2,664.4 kilo barrels of unrefined oil per day coming in through pipelines to the Calumet Refinery in Superior.

There are 2,769.3 kilo barrels per day either being processed or leaving the refinery and traveling across Wisconsin through pipelines. If Line 3 is expanded, there will be up to 3,189 kilo barrels per day arriving at Superior.

That means 525 kilo barrels of oil per day will arrive at the tip of Wisconsin with nowhere to go.

Additionally, Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline is over 60 years old. It runs across the top of Wisconsin and through the Straits of Mackinac. It will soon need to be replaced, meaning there will be even more pressure for a pipeline with greater capacity.

Thirdly, in 2015 Enbridge hired

depending on weather conditions, according to the release.

McKinney said even though he will not be around to enjoy the Terrace this summer, he looks forward to seeing how new and old features “flow.”

“I’m excited for the terrace to be bustling with life again, and to see all of those people having fun and filling themselves and the space with joy, especially with the improvements to the first floor of MU that’ll allow for a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor spaces,” McKinney said. a lobbying firm and was successful in changing the wording in Wisconsin’s eminent domain law.

Previously, the law allowed “corporations” to seize land for building projects in the public interest; it was changed to read “corporations and business entities.” Enbridge is a limited partnership, which isn’t considered a corporation under the law—the “business entities” change allows them to seize land under eminent domain. According to Steiner, this change would not have been economically worthwhile unless Enbridge foresaw needing to use eminent domain for a new pipeline.

“This should alarm you,” Nate Borchardt, a UW-Madison alum whose family’s land is threatened

by Enbridge’s potential expansion, wrote in 2015.

Finally, pipeline expansion or creation could have severe effects on landowners. Enbridge has had over 800 spills since 1999, the worst being the Kalamazoo river spill in Michigan which released 1.2 million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo river.

Even one quart of oil can contaminate a quarter million gallons of drinking water and ruin the soil surrounding water sources and above water tables.

Suder said he promises that Enbridge is committed to safety.

“Our entire corporate culture is one of safety,” he said. The Line 3 expansion involves a larger pipe because it is the industry standard and works better with their monitoring systems, he added.

Skeptics of Enbridge say they hope their fears are untrue.

Andy Pearson of 350.org hopes Enbridge isn’t building risky pipelines.

“This pipeline is not about Wisconsin’s interests,” Pearson said. “Enbridge’s customers are not the individuals of Wisconsin—they already meet Wisconsin’s crude oil needs 10 times over—their customers are refineries. Wisconsin is just gullible enough to put ourselves at risk for their gain.”

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If anyone’s in a position to evaluate the success of this year’s graduating class, it’s head coach Mark Johnson, who won four national championships in six years before the seniors arrived on campus.

“For four years [they] have done so much to help our program grow and obviously won a lot of hockey games and created a lot of great memories for our group,” Johnson said.

“They’ve got great chemistry, they enjoy coming to the rink and it’s been fun to watch them progress and deal with those 82 of it adversities and come#out better people.”

Even after a loss in the biggest game of their careers, Johnson made clear what he thought of the seniors final season in Madison.

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By The Daily Cardinal Arts Staff THE DAILY CARDINAL

The film portion of South by Southwest featured daily film screenings, television premieres and keynote speakers. With genres ranging from action to comedy to drama, the program made for an eclectic and diverse viewing experience. Here are some of the highlights from SXSW Film:

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South by Southwest Music brought together bands and artists from across the globe. From rap to pop to alternative, multiple venues throughout Austin, Texas, hosted fantastic showcases from fantastic artists. Here are some artists to watch that performed at SXSW: The Lemon Twigs The Lemon Twigs is dramatic millennial glam-rock for current times and, like the best glam rock throughout the years, it comes alive on stage. I walked into The Lemon Twigs show as a casual fan with a gap in her schedule and left sold on them enough to bump to their 2016 album Do Hollywood to soothe the reality of returning from sunny Texas back to the icy midwest (it worked). I’d recommend watching their vibrant live performances to ease your way out of the post-spring break hangover with grace.

–Amileah Sutliff

but PWR BTTM takes the damn cake.

They showed Austin they know how to give a great show, all the while teasing new music off their upcoming album, Pageant. From a catchy banger about using gender-neutral pronouns called “New Trick” to a screamed poem about killing fascists, Ben and Liv proved they did not come to 2017 to play, and we all better believe it.

–Amileah Sutliff Girlpool Girlpool’s Cleo beamed at a midmorning, foliage-shaded audience and joked, “I feel like we’re all at summer camp right now.” But the further they got into their set, the more convinced I was that she was right. In true summer camp form, I hadn’t met anyone in the audience, but I wanted to hug them all while singing along to Girlpool. Girlpool’s music hits listeners right in the feels the way many other artists could only dream of, and their performance of recent single “123” was no exception.

–Amileah Sutliff

–Morgan Winston Hoops Hoops is a four-piece from Bloomington, Ind., with Drew (vocals, guitar), Kevin (vocals, bass), Keagan (vocals, keys, guitar) and James (drums). I met up with the band after their performance at FADER March 15 for some portraits and was able to go to their set at Cheer Up Charlie’s March 17. Their debut album, Routines, is set to be released May 5, and the band will be going on their first headlining U.S. tour this summer.

–Morgan Winston False Advertising False Advertising is a threepiece alternative rock band from Manchester, England. The band, comprised of Jen (vocals, guitar, drums), Chris (vocals, guitar, drums) and Josh (bass), pride themselves on being a DIY band and have gotten a lot of attention from BBC6 Music. I was able to meet up with the band Stateside for

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Anna Wise captivates the audience in an intimate performance at the Swan Dive Lounge.

Jay Som Just weeks after dropping the indie perfection that is Everybody Works, SXSW brought Jay Som just inches in front of me at the Pitchfork showcase. It just confirmed she’s the epitome of playful imagination with a hint of allure—the musical equivalent to standing in front of a massive gym fan, closing your eyes and becoming a runway model for a moment.

–Amileah Sutliff PWR BTTM I saw hours on end of jaw-dropping live music at SXSW this year,

The Britanys The Britanys are a four-piece indie rock band based out of Brooklyn, N.Y. The band is comprised of Lucas (vocals, guitar), Steele (drums), Jake (guitar) and Lucas (bass). I caught their first SXSW set at Kick Butt Coffee March 14. Although this set was strong, they were really able to showcase their true energy at the Barracuda outdoor stage on the last day of the festival. Lucas’ unique and gritty voice paired with steady chords in songs like “In Yer Time” drew in the new audience and the performance overall was one of the highlights of my trip.

portraits before their set at BD Riley’s.

During their performance, their high-paced songs commanded attention from those passing by on 6th St. Halfway through the set, Jen and Chris swapped positions to attain a different sound and energy. It is safe to say that these three extremely talented musicians have a lot ahead of them.

–Morgan Winston Lewis Del Mar Lewis Del Mar is an experimental acoustic pop duo from Queens, N.Y. Lead vocalist Danny Miller and drummer/producer Max Harwood

released their debut album Lewis Del Mar this past October. At SXSW, they were joined by a keyboardist, guitarist and bassist to round out their incredibly powerful live set. Miller’s eccentric stage presence makes their show a must-see. After a Live on King Street appearance in Madison last summer, the band is returning to Madison for a show on May 2 at High Noon.

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Hippo Campus Minnesota-based group Hippo Campus made their second SXSW appearance this year, fresh off the release of their debut album, Landmark, Feb. 24. Jake (vocals/guitar), Nathan (vocals/guitar), Whistler (drums/vocals) and Zach (bass) met at the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and began playing together as a band in 2013. I was able to attend a performance at The Blackheart March 16 and at the Radio Day Stage in the convention center March 17. These shows cemented my opinion that this is a group that has absolutely perfected their live show.

After a full U.S. tour, the band will be returning to Madison April 8 at the Majestic Theatre.

–Morgan Winston Post Animal Post Animal is a psych rock band from Chicago, Ill. It is comprised of Dalton (bass), Jake (guitar, keys), Javi (guitar), Matt (guitar), Wes (drums) and Joe (guitar), with all six contributing vocally. The band played a show in Madison, Wis., at Der Rathskeller back in January as a five-piece.

Although they continued with this reduced lineup for SXSW, Post Animal did not disappoint. Their enthralling set at Mohawk on the final day of the music festival included crowd favorites “When I Get Home” and “Goggles,” and their infectious and intricate guitar melodies both lulled and rocked the audience. It was a perfectly amazing end to a hectic week of music.

–Morgan Winston Trapo Eighteen-year-old Madisonfavorite, Trapo, does a flawless job of combining his unique flows with raspy, intense singing. He already released two captivating projects in 2016, and he’s got another on the way sometime in 2017 with Ford 4 Door.

He’s got unparalleled ambition that, combined with a voice mature beyond his years, make a recipe for success in the rap game.

–Logan Rude

Frontman Danny Miller of Lewis Del Mar performs at the Pandora Stage at The Gatsby.

GGOOLLDD Also representing Wisconsin is GGOOLLDD, a synth-pop band based out of Milwaukee. Never before in my life have I had so much raw, uninhibited, energetic fun from simply watching a band perform. Their high energy shows mixed with extremely danceable instrumentals layered under passionate vocals make them a force to be reckoned with. Synths play a leading role in the band’s sound which is so infectious, you won’t be able to stop dancing along.

–Logan Rude Koi Child Koi Child, a nu-jazz hip hop group based out of Perth, Australia brought together the sounds of trombones, saxophones, keys, synths, drums, bass and rhymes in a live show that dazzled the crowd. The seven-member band brings a new flair to hiphop, pulling from inspirations across the musical spectrum.

–Logan Rude Woodes Woodes, a young singer, songwriter and producer from Melbourne, Australia, is an artist who uses her haunting voice to paint a picture of a dream world untouched by the evils that plague earth. Her music is pure and innocent and she’s a beautiful storyteller whose youth shines through her lyrics with a sense of eager anticipation for the future.

–Logan Rude

an invaluable way to garner attention from massive audiences. Maggie Rogers is one of the latest to receive the praise of a star in the music industry—when Pharrell stumbled across her last year, her videos went viral.

This led her to release an EP of folkinspired synth-pop with a tinge of tropical bliss. The way she melds such abstract sounds into an immersive scene so seamlessly is a testament to her vision as a musician.

–Logan Rude

eventually arrived and blew the audience away. Lizzo brings an entire experience complete with backup dancers, bold moves and unabashed lyrics. Her anthems have the power to energize anyone in the room, cementing her status as the true queen of self-love and having a good time. Ending the performance with a few bangers off her new album, Coconut Oil, she left the audience wanting more and, more importantly, feeling “good as hell.”

–Ben Golden

Her’s Her’s, a duo from Liverpool with music oddly reminiscent of both 80s pop-rock and 60s surf-rock, is about as fun as two guys can get with just their voices, two guitars and a computer. They are spunky and loud; though a little older, they resemble two quirky misfits from a 90s teenage flick who just want to have a good time.

Keep an eye out for their album Songs of Her’s due out later this year.

–Logan Rude

The Japanese House Twenty one-year-old brit Amber Bain graced the Austin Convention Center stage timidly, holding her guitar upside down to fit her left-handedness. Her presence creates a sense of uncertainty as to what will come and what sounds will soon fill the room. What follows is unexpected and melodically surreal: an otherworldly, synthetically trippy, beautiful sound that creates the sense of floating in a calming pool of water.

Some songs keep your feet tapping, others have you swaying from side to side in a reflective state. Altogether, it is a strangely pleasant experience that ties in sounds of the past and future to surface a fascinating collective whole.

–Ben Golden

Lizzo Minneapolis-native and hip hop talent Melissa Jefferson, aka Lizzo, really knows how to work a crowd.

Despite the midwestern snowstorm delaying her travels to Austin, she

Anna Wise She’s often been described as a Kendrick Lamar-collaborator, but she is so much more. Anna Wise is an artist who addresses the bias and hypocrisy of the modern world. Her lyrics over dark, booming bass and ethereal synths make the listener look deep inside themselves while moving uncontrollably to the music.

–Logan Rude Maggie Rogers Cosigns from major artists are

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Noname wows at The Onion’s showcase in The Mohawk.

Baby Driver Director and writer Edgar Wright’s passion project “Baby Driver” premiered before a sold-out Paramount Theatre the second day of the festival.

Wright said he conceived the idea for the film over 20 years ago, and it was a joy as an audience member to see it come to life. “Baby Driver” focuses on Baby (Ansel Elgort), a getaway driver for robbers and criminals. The film incorporates a fantastic blend of classic songs that literally drive the narrative forward. Wright said he wrote the script around the soundtrack so that the actors could then time their movements and actions to the beats of the songs. The directing, editing and performances hit the note across the board. Ansel Elgort delivers a breakthrough performance as Baby, and Lily James adds depth to her character Deborah, Baby’s love interest.

Fueled by passion and charm, “Baby Driver” was my favorite screening by the end of SXSW. –Samantha Marz

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Emily Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani co-wrote “The Big Sick.” success in the film industry. Edwards started in visual effects, working on projects like “Seven Wonders of the Industrial World” on BBC and “Perfect Disaster” on the Discovery Channel.

His big break in directing came after the success of his independent film “Monsters,” which premiered at South

By Southwest in 2010. Edwards wrote, directed and created the visual effects for the film.

Edwards offered advice and encouragement to aspiring filmmakers.

“Anyone who actually went and did something, who went and made a film—you’re a f-ing success,” Edwards said. “If you do anything in life, what’s your dream, you’ve succeeded. It doesn’t matter the outcome.”

–Samantha Marz

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The cast of “Baby Driver” answer questions at the Paramount Theatre.

The Big Sick Directed by Michael Showalter and produced by Judd Apatow, the romcom depicts the real-life love story between Kumail Nanjiani (as himself), a comedian who comes from a traditional, Muslim Pakistani family, and Emily Gordon (Zoe Kazan), a therapist who meets Kumail at one of his shows. Their relationship faces cultural and physical challenges after Emily contracts a life-threatening infection, causing Kumail to question what he wants and what he believes. With witty, organic writing from Nanjiani and Gordon, who cowrote the script, combined with great performances from Nanjiani and Kazan, “The Big Sick” blew me away with its compelling narrative. The film offers a balanced blend of comedy, romance and realism while also incorporating larger themes of religion, culture and discrimination, resulting in one of my favorite screenings from the festival.

–Samantha Marz Gareth Edwards Director Gareth Edwards hosted a keynote speech at the festival, giving an inspiring talk about his journey as a filmmaker. Edwards is best known today for directing “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” However, long before he brought the latest story from a galaxy far, far away to life, he struggled to find

American Gods Based on the densely-paged Neil Gaiman novel, the new Starz television series faces extremely high expectations. With rich, deeply inventive literary material to excavate, Starz made the correct call to invest in potentially the next high-budget, high-spectacle television series on its hands. The show follows Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), a convict facing heartache and grief after a fresh release from prison, and his introduction to the hidden world of the gods. The show’s special effects are jaw-dropping, and the cinematography is breathtaking,

cohesively melding fantasy with reality, adding textual layers to the mundane and thrilling the senses. Sex, blood, guts and gore will most likely adorn the series in the way premium channels exploit and fetishize. However, the show’s content is riskier not because of these conventions, but with its subtextual commentary on our current political climate.

During the Q-and-A, the show’s creators describe the series as a “big immigration story.” It is rare to find a show that indulges in the fantastical while connecting with reality. “American Gods” is multifaceted, rich with potential and weaves a relevant message within its complex narrative: Our beliefs are what bring us together.

–Ben Golden The Disaster Artist “The Disaster Artist” is a film that is crazy enough to become a hit. The film is inspired by the reallife 2003 independent film, “The Room,” which gained a massive cult following for being known as the worst film ever made. James Franco and his brother Dave play Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero, the eccentric duo that create and star in the movie, tracking the zany behindthe-scenes process of the outrageous characters. Franco is also the director of “The Disaster Artist,” reinforcing his Hollywood reputation for juggling multiple jobs at once. James emphasized that the film is a dedication rather than a parody of the original, giving context to its cult adoration. It gently pokes fun at the hardships of breaking into the film industry by introspectively poking fun at Hollywood itself. James’ commitment to the project and the role of Wiseau takes the hysterical film to an entirely new level of comedic brilliance.

–Ben Golden

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Seth Rogen, Dave Franco and James Franco at “The Disaster Artist.”

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Finding school-life balance remains vital NIHAL VORUGANTI opinion columnist

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UW-Madison’s system of majors and certificates is outdated and needs to be revamped.

Certificates should be more strictly defined SEBASTIAN VAN BASTELAER opinion editor

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he most popular majors at UW-Madison are, according to U.S. News & World Report, economics, biology, political science and psychology. Thousands of students each year graduate with degrees in these fields. Exactly zero students graduate with certificates in them.

Most universities offer students the option to major or minor in certain subjects.

UW-Madison, which calls minors “certificates” instead, has two disparate lists of subjects that can be studied.

Although there is some overlap between the lists, there are some huge differences.

Although many fascinating options are offered as certificates, many of the most popular majors in the schools don’t have certificate options.

It’s understandable why there isn’t a perfect overlap between the major and certificate lists: Some certificates (I’m looking at you, pilates) aren’t broad enough to warrant being a full-fledged major. But there’s no reason why the opposite isn’t the case­—if you can major in something, why can’t you take fewer classes and get a certificate in it? Why can you major or get a certificate in mechanical engineering, but the same doesn’t hold true of material science and engineering? Who decides what’s worthy of a certificate? When was the last time the list of certificates was altered? The presence of certificates, and the obvious absences of vital subjects from the ranks of the certificate programs, leaves many questions unanswered.

Many schools like to tout that students can “create their own major” if they so choose.

UW-Madison, I believe, offers this option—but the fact that I, as an opinion editor and campus tour guide, don’t know for sure, speaks volumes. If this is true, is it possible for certificates? Can

we create our own certificates?

Why aren’t subjects like history, political science and economics offered as certificates?

Students who are mildly interested in a field, but don’t have the time to major in it, are left out to dry. I’ve taken several political science courses during my time at UW-Madison, but don’t have the option to get a certificate in it and don’t have the time to add a third major.

As a result, all these courses, which collectively help improve skills and knowledge in specific areas, are thrown into the “elective” pile and given the same value as any other class I could have taken. UW-Madison students are forced to accept having many classes go unnoticed at the end of the day because of a certificate system that is, at its best, confusing, and at its worst, fundamentally flawed.

This issue becomes more important when one considers certain phenomena taking place at colleges nationwide. As described in a Washington Post article titled “Meet the Parents Who Won’t Let Their Children Study Literature,” many students are majoring in subjects that they don’t have much interest in. A large number of them are coerced into becoming STEM majors, seen as more conducive to long-term financial success, even if they’d rather take more classes in the humanities.

These students could conceivably pursue said major, but also get a certificate in something that genuinely interests them. But if they take classes that society deems less valuable, and also have nothing to show for it, why would they?

This further discourages students from taking courses in other fields—it’s either get a major, or get nothing.

Students who struggle with indecision—a massive portion of the student population—also are placed under more pressure by this system. Those who decide to switch majors,

even after taking a significant amount of credits in a different field, are out of luck. If they were able to secure a certificate in their original major, they would at least receive some return from their investment.

The inability to do so for many majors, however, can force students to stick with majors they don’t love, because they don’t want to completely alter their academic path with nothing to show for it.

Granted, it would take some effort to design new certificate programs. But it wouldn’t be too difficult to examine the majors currently offered, pare them down to have less strict requirements and hand students a certificate for their efforts. This would give students the credit they deserve for focusing their efforts on certain areas, even if they didn’t completely fulfill major requirements.

The university likes to talk about certificates as a way of reinforcing the uniqueness of the school—having certificates, rather than minors, makes us different. But what practical reason is there that some majors inexplicably don’t have certificate counterparts? This practice only discourages students from taking classes in fields that they’re interested in and sows confusion.

There needs to be more clarity as to why certain subjects are (or, more importantly, are not) included in the list of certificates. Even if students don’t have a say in what is chosen, they should at least understand why certain subjects are offered as certificate programs and some inexplicably aren’t. Until then, the university continues to waste both our efforts and our time.

Sebastian is a sophomore majoring in history and environmental studies. What are your thoughts on the certificate program at UW-Madison? Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

One of the biggest things college kids have to adjust to is the need for more effective time management skills. Without having their parents around, students have to learn to find the balance between doing school work, going to class, running errands, eating healthy, sleeping enough, socializing, exercising and participating in hobbies. Nobody is there to take care of you anymore or tell you do to your homework.

Nobody cleans after you or makes you food, something most of us are used to our parents doing for us back home. It is important to strike this perfect balance between everything in your life, while adding frequent breaks to do the things you love or just take time for yourself.

One of my friends recently told me that he had a panic attack because he just got extremely stressed about grades and because of his tendency to excessively study without properly balancing the other things in his life. I felt bad for him and tried my best to give him advice on how to avoid it, because even though we didn’t share that experience, I had struggled with similar incidents. The only thing that saved me was some of my closer friends reminding me that college isn’t just about grades and getting into medical school.

I remember one weekend last semester when I finally realized this fact because I hardly did any homework that weekend. I toured the Capitol, went to a party and attended a dance the weekend before Thanksgiving. At the end of that weekend, I had no regrets because I had learned that it was OK to take a break from school when I needed it and not study some days because schoolwork could do me more harm than good. I told this to my friend who had the panic attack and he decided that it was time for a change in pace in his lifestyle.

Yes, grades are very important and every student should work hard in school because coursework and experiences in college will help build toward a future career. But, at the same time, that shouldn’t come at the expense of one’s own health. You should take regular study breaks and spend time with friends, exercise and do what you enjoy. There are no set rules on how to study. It is about the quality, not quantity. College is a time for to prepare for the future, but also to forge

lifelong friendships and discover more about themselves and their passions. It is a time of intellectual, emotional and self growth. People have said that college is the best four years of life, because you have the freedoms of an adult, but not quite as much responsibility.

I am starting to learn how to balance my social and academic life along with my health. This year, I no longer study for a designated amount of time. I don’t follow any “rules” because I now know that the key to getting everything I want out of college is balancing everything the right way and doing things when I really want to do them and not forcing myself to study when I know I will hate doing so. I plan on taking the time this year and in the remainder of my time in college to do things on my bucket list like go to a concert for one of my favorite bands, attend a Badger basketball or football game and maybe even go on a spring break trip with just my friends. I will do all this while doing everything I can to help myself get ready for medical school and do the best I possibly can in my coursework.

The idea of the Wisconsin Experience stresses that UW-Madison is different for everybody. That is definitely true because like everything else in life, college is what you make of it.

Finding the time to take care of your mental and physical health while working hard in classes is something every college kid should try to do. This comes in different forms for different people.

It might involve spending time watching a favorite Netflix show or just sitting in Memorial Union eating ice cream by the fireplace, or just having a deep, intellectual conversation with a close friend.

Whatever it may be, balancing studying with enjoying college will make you healthier and more likely to perform better in your classes. Everyone should take the time to learn how to do that. To paraphrase a famous song by the reputably poetic David Guetta, it’s important to remember to play hard—whatever that means to the individual—as well as work hard.

Nihal is a sophomore majoring in biochemistry. How do you find a balance between school and your other pursuits? Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Students should strive to find better ways to manage their time.

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Let’s TALK about sex!

SYDNEY THOMAS sex columnist

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efore I start this article, I want to begin with a consent caveat.

Everything discussed in this article is clearly pointing to all sexual activities between consenting partners. A full definition of consent given by Sex Out Loud states “Consent is the clear, freely-given, informed, enthusiastic, continuous presence of a yes and not the absence of a no.”

In my mind, sex is sex; just another part of life, another activity almost everyone I know is engaging in quite often.

I’m not going to lie to you. As you can assume, being so open about sex all the time does not come without judgment from those surrounding me. While I originally was nervous to post and share my articles on my social media due to being friends with older adults as well as past teachers, I found that a lot of the people who were hesitant at first to click my links were more of my college-age connections.

Comments like, “What Sydney? You just talk and write about sex all day?” and “Wait but what does your family think?” consistently have surrounded me since I first took over this column. While I wouldn’t say my dad particularly loves that his daughter is a sex columnist, I also wouldn’t say it is the bane of his existence (also if we’re talking even older; my grandfather recently informed me that he shares my articles with his colleagues because he’s proud of me, regardless of content, so take that, Judgmental Judies). Whenever I have a new article published and I feel that twinge of nervousness in my stomach after sharing it on my Facebook feed, I have to check and ask myself, “why?”

When I am reposting other articles about various topics like politics, beauty, life, etc., I never am nervous about what my followers will think. However, when it comes to my own very open articles about sex, I have a fear of others’ comments.

This alone reminds me exactly why I have chosen the path that I have—sex is still such a weighted topic in our society due to the way we have socially constructed certain connotations surrounding these activities. Sex is taught to the public to be taboo, something you will most likely engage in during your lifetime but something you should not speak about unless behind closed doors. This hush-hush

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mentality, and thus a lack of education on the topic, has led to a plethora of problems including high rates of STIs, high rates of sexual assault and rape as well as unwanted pregnancies.

To me, sex has never been a topic I have feared speaking about. While I know there is a time and a place deemed appropriate for certain speech (something about social cues and filters I’m supposed to have??), I have always been able to talk openly with my mother, as well as with my friends, about sex. In my mind, sex is sex; just another part of life (like exercising, going to a fun class, etc.), another activity almost everyone I know is engaging in quite often. I have observed, often in large groups, people become super shy when sex is brought up and others boast about how great their sex lives are while silently shaming others in the room if they aren’t experiencing the same type of sex. However, behind closed doors, those people have also been the first to ask me certain clarification questions and admit they told lies when surrounded by others.

Why do we feel the need to make every sexual experience into something bigger than it is? Countless times my girl friends have come home after a hookup and relay how amazing it was and then a couple months later talk about that same experience negatively, claiming “whiskey dick” ruined the sex or something else (I am not excluding myself from this behavior FYI, I have definitely fluffed up a sexual encounter due to pressure I’ve felt from others). But why do we do this? Where is this pressure coming from? If we have had a sexual encounter that wasn’t something to write home about, why are we telling our friends the opposite? And, vice versa, if we consistently engage in mindblowing, incredible sex (props to us), why do we feel the need to push that in the faces of others when they discuss their own experiences quite differently? In my opinion, we need to place an emphasis on normalizing sex as a part of conversation, instead of treating it like a dangerous taboo, and in turn we will eventually see a dramatic reduction in rates of STIs, sexual assaults and hopefully an increase in positive, educated dialogue amongst parents and children as well as teachers and students in sex education classes.

Seems like we’re all doing it, let’s not be afraid to discuss it.

While I am by no means saying that everyone should always be having sex or must always want to engage in sexual activities (we need to welcome and

acknowledge our asexual friends, our abstinent friends and also educate ourselves on certain age restraints and laws put in place to protect us), I am just saying that the way sex is discussed in general needs to shift. When we talk about sex, when we cancel out the negativity surrounding it and instead educate those with pleasure-inclusive curriculum, we then can lessen all of the “hoopla” surrounding this activity. The less we look at sex as an activity that can only be performed by certain people, at certain times, in a certain way, the more potential we have to educate those around us about the basic human right to enjoy our lives.

We need to place an emphasis on normalizing sex as a part of conversation, instead of treating it like a dangerous taboo.

The way most of us are taught to talk about sex growing up can directly correlate to a lot of young peoples’ tendencies to lie about their sexual encounters.

Whether we are lying about the number of partners we had or have not had, how frequently we are having sex or when talking about the things we like in bed, at some point in our lives we will find (or already have found) ourselves fibbing about something. For example, I know a lot of young sexually active women that lie to their gynecologists about the number of partners they have had due to embarrassment of that amount being deemed socially “too high.” I also know a lot of young sexually active men that talk with their guy friends about any sort of anal play in bed, deeming it as a negative activity and using the words “that is so gay” when in reality they love a good finger (or toy) up their butt in private.

These two examples bring up sexual myths we love spreading that could be stopped if we encourage open dialogue about sex. For the first example, the number of partners a person has should not be something we use to judge others for.

There is no legitimized standard set for the limit to the number of people you should be having sex with. You set those limits for yourself. If you are happy with yourself and genuinely enjoy having a lot of different partners, good for you! If you are more comfortable only having sex with a few people in your life that is also awesome! What we define as too many or too few partners should be something only we have a say in. The second one points to the myth that if a person with a penis engages in any sort of butt play during sex they are automatically gay (one caveat before I debunk this, what the fuck is wrong with being gay?). Regardless of

whether you are having sex with same gender or opposite gender partners, this myth needs to be debunked. Everyone has a butt and it can be pleasurable for everyone as long as you are educated on what you are doing, being hygienic and using lots of lube. A heterosexual man that enjoys his female partners playing with his butt does not need a label on him staking him as “gay,” if he is simply just a person with a penis enjoying sex as is his right just like it is everyone’s right that wants it. You would never hear a gay man negatively claiming that sex with a vagina is “so straight” so think about what you are saying before you say it.

If you cringed once while reading this article or identified with some of the examples I threw on the table, this shows exactly why the quality of sex education needs to shift greatly for the generations below us. Many of us in our 20s and older received abstinence-only sex education, no sex education at all or basic sex education which was non-pleasure inclusive and focused on anatomy. For some, these types of sex-education made sex seem like a scary but intriguing and appealingly bad behavior we were tempted to engage in as young people, similar to exploring with alcohol and drugs. We were told we shouldn’t be doing it, which made a lot of us want to do it more. Like I said before, this rabbit-hole explains high rates of STIs on college campuses and high rates of sexual assault among young people as well. If we can shift the way sex is taught to young people and make it sound less scary but place a higher emphasis on open dialogue and education, the generations below us will be able to condone their sex lives in a much smarter way than we did.

Sex is still such a weighted topic in our society due to the way we have ... constructed certain connotations around these activities.

Long story short, let’s stop making sex weird. Instead, let’s be able to talk about sex in the same breath we are using to talk about an interesting class we went to or a fun museum exhibit we visited. Seems like we’re all doing it, let’s not be afraid to discuss it.

Did this piece make you question how you discuss sex? Are you considering being more open about sex and want someone to talk about it with?

Maybe it sparked a discussion between yourself and some of your friends?

Have any thoughts or comments? Even any ideas for future sex columns? You can always shoot Sydney an email at sex@dailycardinal.com.

An elegy

by Eliza Weisberg when i kissed a boy with your same name: 1. cigarettes hung on my clothes and the scent of lilacs lingered in my pores 2. deception on my lips but I can still remember the blood on your hands 3. your fingernails raked across the surface of my brain and my mind screamed a chorus of no’s 4. we warmed each other with our bodies but your name still feels like ice on my tongue

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Badgers’ March run cut short by buzzer beater Four seniors end careers in heartbreaking, chaotic classic Badger defender in his path, and tossed up a prayer at the buzzer.

NEW YORK—While the Senior guard Bronson Koenig Florida Gators (27-8) were cel- turned his back to avoid watchebrating their 84-83 overtime vic- ing the Gators’ celebration. Hayes tory over the Wisconsin Badgers took one final glance at Florida (27-10) mere feet from the spot of as he walked to the rest of his Chris Chiozza’s game winning teammates, stunned in disbelief on 3-point shot, Ethan Happ walked the sideline. Senior forward Vitto over to Zak Showalter, pulled him Brown stared motionless from away from the Gators’ jubilant the bench, where he watched the scrum and put his arm around final 12:10 of the game after foulShowalter’s left shoulder. ing out with just over seven minutes remaining in regulation. Head coach Greg Gard’s hands fell to “What hurts most is that we his knees. And the Wisconsin fans at Madison Square Garden—who had those multiple chances seconds earlier had been euphorto kind of put the game out ic—fell silent. of reach.”

The Badgers led by five points with 1:08 to play in overtime. A Vitto Brown mere 68 seconds separated UW’s senior forward UW men’s basketball senior class from its third Elite Eight in four seasons.

Instead, the winningest senior “I told him that it was good,” class in the history of Wisconsin Happ said. “I saw both the clock basketball will be stuck on 13 and his feet behind the line, so NCAA tournament victories.

I just told him to [keep There will be no uplifting his] head up to the locker encore or cheery reprise room. He had such a great for this Wisconsin team. career, you don’t want “What hurts most is him to walk off the court games won by that we had those multithe senior with his head down.” ple chances to kind of put class.

Showalter tried to fight the game out of reach,” off the tears as he headed to Brown said. “We just the locker room, wearing didn’t get it done.” straight his Wisconsin jersey for UW missed five free Sweet 16 the final time. But when throws in overtime, all appearences. he saw assistant coach Joe five misses coming in the Krabbenhoft, his emofinal 3:26 of the game. The tional dam broke and tears Badgers also finished with Final Four started to fall from his face.

16 turnovers, which transappearances Despite Showalter’s lated into 20 Gator points. powerful emotional Wisconsin, though, display, the script was barely even got the nearly flipped just seconds before game into the extra session.

Chiozza’s shot.

Showalter’s one-legged, runWith four seconds remaining ning 3-pointer with 2.5 seconds in overtime, senior forward Nigel to play in regulation tied the Hayes made a pair of free throws game at 72, erasing what was a to seemingly seal a win for UW 12-point Gator lead with 5:23 to yet again, just days after scoring play in regulation. the game-winner against Villanova.

Wisconsin trailed at halftime, But in the waning seconds, Chiozza 34-32, after squandering an early raced up the floor, evading any 10-point cushion. The Badgers led

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for only 22 seconds in the second half, and instead were in a constant game of catch-up.

“To win in the tournament, you need to be good and you need to be lucky,” Hayes said.

“We got lucky to send it into overtime and they one-upped us to win the game.”

Hayes led the Badgers with 22 points, but the senior forward from Toledo, Ohio, missed seven free throws, and his early foul trouble helped spur the Gators’ first-half comeback.

Happ finished with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting and collected six rebounds as well. Showalter scored all 14 of his points in the second half. Brown added ten points, and a cramping Bronson Koenig limped to the finish line of his Wisconsin career with 13 points on 4-of-13 shooting from the field.

“He had such a great career, you don’t want him to walk off the court with his head down.”

Ethan Happ on Zak Showalter sophomore forward UW men’s basketball

“I can’t thank those guys, specifically the four seniors, enough for their time and dedication and commitment that they have made to our university and our program,” Gard said. “This is a tough way for them to go out.”

As Wisconsin’s seniors walked off the court, two wins shy of their third Final Four appearance, Happ, the player who will be tasked next season with carrying the torch lit by UW’s outgoing senior class, found Brown, his frontcourt partner and roommate.

The duo, for one final time, walked back to the locker room together.

“Thanks for showing me the ropes,” Happ said.

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Wisconsin suffered yet another March Madness heartbreaker, losing on a buzzer beater in overtime.

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The 2017 senior class led a phenomenal era for UW basketball.

‘What-ifs’ will remain, but senior class UW’s greatest zach rastall make it Rasty To have the greatest four-year stretch in Wisconsin basketball history end the way it did Friday night feels unfairly cruel and yet, almost heartbreakingly appropriate at the same time.

The departing senior class of Nigel Hayes, Bronson Koenig, Vitto Brown and Zak Showalter will hold a special place in Badgers fans’ hearts for years to come given the crucial role they played in the program’s success over the last four seasons. They compiled a 115-35 overall record, a 52-20 mark in Big Ten play and a 13-4 record in the NCAA Tournament. They made four consecutive Sweet 16 appearances (no other school has an active streak that long), had two Final Four trips and appeared in the national championship game.

During that time, they have also been instrumental in helping create March Madness moments that will live on forever in Wisconsin lore—the overtime win in the Elite Eight over Arizona in 2014, ending Kentucky’s quest for a perfect season during the 2015 Final Four, Koenig’s buzzer beater to beat Xavier in last year’s tournament and knocking off topseeded Villanova to advance to this season’s Sweet 16, just to name a few.

But for each incredible NCAA Tournament run over the last four years, there has been an agonizing ending for the Badgers and their fans.

Three years ago, it was Aaron Harrison’s late go-ahead 3-pointer to knock the Badgers out of the national semifinals. In 2015, it was a blown nine-point lead in the second half of the national championship game against Duke.

In last year’s Sweet 16, it was a late-game meltdown that saw a three-point lead with 20 seconds remaining turn into a five-point loss to Notre Dame. And now, it’s Chris Chiozza’s off-balance overtime buzzer beater to deny the Badgers a shot at another Final Four appearance and end the illustrious careers of their four seniors.

As with any game that is decided by such a thin margin, UW players, coaches and fans will spend a lot of time thinking about all the little things that could have changed the outcome.

The five missed free throws in overtime, four of them by Hayes, really stand out. Khalil Iverson was unable to finish a fast-break dunk or a layup late in OT that could’ve sealed it. Florida scored 20 points off 16 Wisconsin turnovers. If the Badgers don’t foul

a struggling KeVaughn Allen on two 3-point attempts late in the first half, maybe he never goes off for a career-high 35 points.

While the Gators’ win allows them to forget about things like the overtime possession where they missed a trio of 3-pointers, the Badgers are left agonizing over every miscue and missed opportunity.

Having yet another NCAA Tournament run end in such a soul-crushing fashion cast a dark cloud over the chance to celebrate the four Wisconsin seniors and all they accomplished one last time.

They deserved better than such an abrupt, unceremonious exit.

Of course, March Madness doesn’t lend itself to many happy endings, as Wisconsin has learned time and time again.

Koenig was hampered late in the game by a hamstring injury or cramps. Brown could only watch everything unfold from the bench after fouling out with seven minutes left in regulation.

Hayes, who had been so crucial to the Badgers’ resurgence over the last few weeks, will be left thinking about those missed free throws. Showalter’s miraculous, game-tying 3-pointer—followed by the Aaron Rodgers championship belt celebration in the presence of the man himself—could have been an all-time March Madness moment. Instead, it will join Rodgers’s Hail Mary against the Arizona Cardinals from the playoffs a couple years ago in the “what-if” Hall of Fame.

The last four seasons have been the very best of the golden era of Wisconsin basketball, but with every player who logged meaningful minutes on those back-to-back Final Four squads now gone, Wisconsin now heads off into a somewhat uncertain future under Greg Gard.

Next season will be a rebuilding year (by Wisconsin’s standards), but there is cause for optimism. Ethan Happ is back and will likely be the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten Player of the Year. The incoming recruiting class of Kobe King, Nate Reuvers and Brad Davison is arguably the best in school history. The Badgers look well positioned to build off their recent success, and that’s thanks in large part to the departing group of seniors.

They helped launch the program to new heights and show that Wisconsin can in fact contend for national titles.

However, there is always the chance that this stretch marks a high point for Badgers basketball that they will never quite reach again. That’s what made this senior class and the last four years so special, and it’s what makes the latest in a line of NCAA Tournament heartbreakers such a tough pill to swallow.