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Cruz, Sanders vault into lead ahead of April 5 primary

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All remaining presidential candidates have stopped in the Madison area in recent days.

Presidential candidates swing by Wisconsin Hillary Clinton talks Supreme Court in campus visit Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton visited Madison Monday to discuss how the recent Supreme Court nomination should factor into voters’ decisions for the presidential election.

At Gordon Dining and Event Center on campus, the former secretary of state talked to invited guests about challenges President Barack Obama has faced after nominating U.S. Court of Appeals judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“The death of Justice Scalia marked the end of an era,” Clinton said. “There’s a fight over whether President Obama should nominate a replacement.”

Clinton said the Supreme Court “matters a great deal to our future.”

She told the audience that the next president of the United States will have influence over the Supreme Court’s future decisions for the next several decades since justices serve for life. Clinton noted that several of the current justices are over the age of 80, which is past their average age of retirement.

She criticized Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, for saying that allowing the next president to nominate Scalia’s replacement would let citizens have a say in the process via their vote for president.

Clinton disagreed, saying that those who elected Obama would be ignored if he isn’t allowed to nominate Garland.

“As one of the more than 65 million Americans who voted to elect Barack Obama, I’d say my voice is

being ignored,” Clinton said.

Clinton will campaign Saturday in Milwaukee ahead of next week’s April 5 primary. ­­—Emily Curtis John Kasich engages students in Madison town hall Ohio Gov. John Kasich spoke to a crowd of more than 100 supporters Monday during a town hall meeting at the Sheraton Madison Hotel.

Despite only polling 20 percent of Republican support statewide, Kasich touted himself as the best choice for president. He touched on the threat of terrorism worldwide, small business struggles and the growing national debt in his remarks.

The governor engaged with the many students in the audience by discussing issues such as college affordability and the economy. “[We need to] restructure loans, but that can’t be done until universities get their prices under control,” Kasich said. “As the [debt] goes up, students’ chances at getting a job go down.”

Connor Fuglestad, a freshman at UW-Madison, was among the students in attendance.

Fuglestad supports Kasich for the candidate’s fiscal beliefs and personal attributes.

“I think his economic ideas are the most sound out of every candidate,” Fuglestad said. “I also think he is a genuine person and I appreciate that he wants compromise.”

Kasich emphasized the need to compromise and join together in the effort to fight terrorism. “I want Arabs with me, right next to me,” Kasich said. “Their religion

has been hijacked by lunatics and we need to destroy them.”

Although Kasich hasn’t won a state besides Ohio, he remains confident in his battle for the GOP nomination, noting that he performs better in polls against Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

“I believe if students come and heard me, they would vote for me,” Kasich said.

—Lilly Price Trump supporters, protesters spar in Janesville Janesville’s hard-hit blue collar population sparred with protesters outside the Janesville Conference Center prior to candidate Donald Trump’s first Wisconsin rally.

“I am a teacher and I have seen this hatred trickle down,” said protester Erin Creed of Williams Bay. “I have to show that there are people who say that love is stronger than hate.”

Watching the protesters in mild amusement stood Trump supporter Michelle Risch. The stayat-home mother rolled her eyes as protesters chanted against the Trump campaign’s racially charged rhetoric.

“The ones that say you’re racist, them are actually the racist people,” Risch said.

In her view, the protesters are simply afraid of change.

“They feel scared and afraid of what Trump’s gonna do .... maybe they won’t get them welfare checks or their food stamps anymore.”

Other Trump supporters look to the mogul to revitalize American

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lead Wisconsin presidential primaries in a new Marquette Law School Poll released Wednesday.

The poll finds Cruz ahead in the Wisconsin Republican presidential primary race with support from 40 percent of likely voters, compared to 30 percent for business mogul Donald Trump and 21 percent for Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The poll also finds Sanders leading by a slim margin of 49 percent to Hillary Clinton’s 45 percent.

Results released in this new poll deviate from the previous poll results released in February, in which Trump led the Republican race with 30 percent, ahead of Cruz with 19 percent and Kasich with 8 percent. In the February poll results, Sanders led narrowly with support from 44 percent of likely voters compared to the 43 percent support Clinton held.

In the new poll, independents chose the Republican primary over the Democratic primary by 60 percent to 40 percent.

Wisconsin is an open primary, meaning undecided voters can elect to vote in either party race in the April 5 election.

Regardless of who voters respectively supported, a majority of Republican primary voters forecast Trump as the likely winner of the primaries, while the Democratic voters predict Clinton as their winner.

Republican primary voters who view Trump as the most likely to win the Republican nomination almost doubled from February. The number of Democratic voters who view Clinton as the most likely to win the Democratic primaries also rose.

In Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race Democratic challenger Russ Feingold leads with 47 percent of voters to Republican incumbent Ron Johnson’s 42 percent.

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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading in Wisconsin’s primary race.

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to public office.

“I have known Bernie Sanders for 40 years,” Soglin said. “He and I were involved in some collaborative efforts back in the late ‘70s which were designed to bring reforms to local and state governments with progressive leadership.”

Soglin was first elected in 1973 at 27 and “thumbed his nose at the establishment by naming as police chief a man who wore a ponytail,” according the New York Times.

Sanders was elected mayor of

Vermont’s capital Burlington eight years later by only 10 votes, according to Politico. The Rolling Stone called the democratic socialist, whom was elected six weeks after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, the “red mayor in the green mountains.”

For Soglin, Sanders’ fight against economic injustice is the most important issue in this campaign.

“He’s committed to fixing the most serious problem facing this

Despite concerns that recent changes in tenure could harm faculty research, UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health Robert Golden said the university will remain a top research institution.

Golden said “nothing could be further from the truth” in a March 21 Slate article by columnist Rebecca Schuman, in which she warns the UW System’s moves to weaken tenure and cut funding would lead to the demise of UW-Madison’s reputation as a nationally recognized research university.

In a university release, Golden refuted Schuman’s claim that UW-Madison will no longer be able to attract superstar faculty with its current tenure situation, saying that the number and quality of applications for positions in his department was still strong.

Golden also acknowledged that although the university

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represent the best this world has to offer and we must preserve it.”

For Fiorina, topics such as economic freedom are “women’s issues” and should be framed as such.

“As a woman I am insulted when the Democratic Party talks about ‘women’s issues,’” Fiorina said. “Every issue is a women’s issue. That’s a fact.”

When the candidate did speak, he didn’t hold back in his critique of the political status quo and said that change is necessary to restore America to its full potential.

“I’m proud to live in a land where people can start with nothing and achieve anything,” Cruz said. “We are fighting for this incredible opportunity for the next generation.”

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winds emerged Wednesday with the latest Marquette Law School polling numbers. The poll, released just hours before the rally, showed Sanders leading Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton with 49 percent to her 45 percent.

Sanders’ supporters were lined up in stormy weather well before the doors opened, promoting their views.

“I believe his message, he tries to speak for middle class and I’m 100 percent middle class and so I feel his support,” said Jessica Kleinert, a Sanders supporter.

If there is one takeaway from Sanders’ supporters it’s optimism. His unconventional campaign continues to rely on grassroots support in the race for the Democratic nomination.

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Mike Verveer and Paul Soglin have known Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders for years, respectively.

Clinton, Sanders have had ties to Madison officials for years

By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL

Soglin, Sanders go back 40 years Madison Mayor Paul Soglin introduced Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to a crowd of more than 8,000 at Alliant Energy Center Saturday.

But the two have a history that goes back to the 1970s when Soglin was the 51st mayor of Madison— he is currently the 57th—and before Sanders was even elected

candidates from page 1 manufacturing. John Bly worked at Janesville’s Lear Corp. plant which supplied carseats to the city’s General Motors plant until 2009 when both shut down. The former UAW member now works as a delivery driver for a fraction of his former wage. According to Bly, Trump is the only politician fighting for those affected by globalization and free trade.

“It started out with NAFTA,” Bly said. “They come over here, they take our jobs for a lower bid and they put us out of a job.”

“Trump’s gonna bring his negotiators and tell them flat out if you can’t do business with us at this cost we’re not gonna sell you nothing,” he added. “We can survive without anyone else.”

—Lucas Sczygelski Cruz takes different strategy in Madison visit Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rallied his Dane County troops Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel in Madison, appearing alongside his family in a concerted attempt to reach women voters.

Cruz was largely restrained in his remarks, a stark contrast from his normal rallies that mix Sunday morning sermon and Toby Keith concert. He deferred to his wife Heidi, his mother Eleanor and business executive Carly Fiorina to tout his policies and the values he has consistently emphasized: civil liberties, faith and national security.

Cruz’s hallmark talking points were still discussed at the rally, including a 10 percent flat tax for all Americans, the claim that President Barack Obama has shown poor leadership on Islamic terrorism and the desire to reduce government regulation.

“There is a real form of corruption in this country,” Heidi said. “We

Sanders rally calls on collective action Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., appeared in Madison Wednesday, holding a campaign rally at the downtown Orpheum Theater six days before the state’s primary election.

Sanders was consistent in the talking points that have been evident throughout his campaign. He talked about the increasing levels of inequality between corporate CEOs and everyday American workers, an overhaul of the campaign finance system, addressing the broken criminal justice system, taking on student loan debt and the challenge of climate change.

“It is not only a corrupt campaign finance system and voter suppression which we have to address, it is a rigged economy,” Sanders said.

He discussed economic policies that favor equal pay for men and women, paid family medical leave and breaking up big banks on Wall Street.

Though his rhetoric seemed to echo the rest of his campaign speeches, a shift in the political

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Candidates from both parties are making their appeals to Wisconsin voters ahead of next week’s April 5 primary.

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ASM Finance Committee to undergo changes to name, student grant bylaws

By Sabrina Abuzahra THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met Wednesday to discuss changes within the Finance Committee, including grants for registered student organizations.

Finance Committee Chair Ariela Rivkin proposed a name change to her committee, suggesting a transition to Grant Allocation Committee.

“Finance Committee is in no way representing student orgs seeking grants,” Rivkin explained.

Rivkin said she hopes this name change will encourage more student organizations to apply for funding through the committee.

She further introduced bylaw changes regarding space available for student organizations to hold events.

The previous bylaw only allowed student organizations to host events in UW-Madison buildings. The new bylaw, however, would allow the student organization to seek an off-campus location with a two-thirds vote of the Grant Allocation Committee.

“We just want to make sure that everything is accessible to the students because that is our main goal,” Rivkin said.

Rivkin explained that event grant limits are set at $11,000 per student organization, but the average stu-

dent organization only spends about $3,000-$6,000 on events.

She said she hopes to inform more student organizations of the travel grants available so that a wider range of groups capitalize upon the resources the committee offers.

Rivkin said she hopes to supplement more student organizations for travel experiences. However, she clarified that the committee cannot fund organizations to travel to large cities on networking trips.

“We don’t pay for job searches,” Rivkin said.

Furthermore, Rivkin discussed the importance of each student organization hosting one event per semester, as well as one travel event per year.

Also at the meeting, University Affairs Committee Chair Sally Rohrer discussed a recent ASM proposal to eliminate iClickers and TopHat in the classroom to make the classroom experience more affordable. The proposal was presented at a Faculty Senate meeting, where she said the committee did not react positively to this suggestion.

ASM Chair Madison Laning also announced at the meeting a $30-$40 tuition increase per semester in the next academic year to provide additional funding for UHS mental health services.

The council will meet next April 13.

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The Associated Students of Madison Student Council discussed changes to the Finance Committee, including bylaws for grants.

UW-Madison campus to host Relay For Life next week

By Hannah Malone THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison will host Relay For Life at the Shell next week, with teams continuing the tradition of walking for 24 consecutive hours to raise money for cancer research.

The activities at this year’s event will center on the theme “Cirque du Relay,” and will include dance performances, a hypnotist and a lip-sync battle.

“The entertainment makes it a very fun night that people really enjoy,” said Madeline Bireley, president of Colleges Against Cancer and Relay For Life at UW-Madison.

Relay For Life was founded in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt walked

and ran for 24 hours straight, raising a total of $27,000 for the American Cancer Society through support from donors and bringing awareness to the issue. The following year Klatt was joined by hundreds of participants, and Relay For Life has continued its mission to beat cancer ever since.

The event will take place on the track at the Shell April 8 and 9 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Team members walk together and take turns doing laps, and also participate in activities run

by Relay For Life volunteers.

Bireley said she hopes 1,500 students come to the event, helping to improve on the $110,000 the event raised last year.

“We’ve been raising a lot of money the past few years, so we’re hoping for the same thing this year,” Bireley said. “Our goal this year is to get between $130,000 and $150,000.”

The event kicks off with an opening ceremony followed by the first lap, deemed the “Survivor Lap,” where cancer survivors walk the track and celebrate overcoming cancer. The second lap is the “Caregiver Lap” for those who have helped loved ones battle cancer. After this lap, the relay opens to all participants.

The event will also include lighting candles during the Luminaria Ceremony to honor loved ones

who have lost the battle to cancer and those still fighting.

The relay officially ends with the Fight Back Ceremony, when team members and volunteers pledge to take action, spread awareness and promote cancer research and treatment.

Bireley said she believes the event can empower students to work against an intimidating issue.

“It’s important because it helps to give students a really good outlet to fight back against something that initially makes you feel really helpless,” Bireley said. “Relay For Life provides a community for people who have been affected by cancer.”

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Clinton-Verveer family friendship stretches decades Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton followed her Monday, Supreme Courtfocused speech by shopping on State Street with Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4.

Clinton spent more than $100 at Anthology after her “lifelong friend” Verveer suggested it to her, according to The Capital Times. But the Verveer-Clinton family friendship goes back before Verveer was even born.

Verveer said his parents, Melanne and Philip, attended Georgetown University as undergraduates with Bill Clinton. He said Philip and Bill were elected to student government together and have been friends ever since.

Years later in the 1992 race for the White House, Melanne worked for the Clinton-Gore campaign.

“When Clinton was first elected she was appointed as an assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff to the first lady,” Mike said. “Then ultimately my mom was promoted to chief of staff to the first lady.”

When President Barack Obama appointed Clinton secretary of state in 2009, she appointed Melanne and Philip to ambassadorships. Melanne now works in the School of Foreign Policy at Georgetown and Philip serves as legal counsel to the Federal Communications Commission chair.

Mike said he supports the Clinton campaign. He interned at the U.S. Capitol in high school, but after moving here his freshman year, he never looked back.

“I really love Madison and wanted to make it my home and stay here on my own,” Verveer said. “People made remarks like ‘Oh you’re probably going to move to Washington when Hillary is elected president and get a job there.’ And I said no I’m not I am going to stay here. I find my work in city hall to be very rewarding and so I certainly have no plans to give it up any time soon.”

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UW-Madison will host the annual Relay For Life event next week, where students will walk for 24 hours to raise money for cancer research.

has spent nearly $9 million on retaining top faculty who have received outside offers, it is not an uncommon practice for schools to “invest in the retention and continued productivity of its best individuals.”

The UW System has been at the forefront of national conversations surrounding tenure in public higher education, Golden said, and he said he feels the university will continue to thrive.

“I am convinced that when the dust settles, UW-Madison will continue to be what it has always been for more than 150 years,” Golden said in the release.

“A place that attracts some of the world’s most innovative and talented researchers and the outstanding students who will follow in their footsteps.”

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Friends, family of Hozier tired of him asking for rides to local church

By Noah Mack THE DAILY CARDINAL

Indie rock singer and devout Christian Andrew Hozier-Byrne is reportedly sick of asking for rides to his local church, “Faith Church for the Hip of Heart.”

Hozier is known for his 2014 hit song “Take Me to Church,” written as a literal request to his mom for a ride. Since then, he has performed the song hundreds of times, each time greatly desiring to be picked up from his current location and taken to church.

“I think everyone’s patience is wearing thin,” said Andrew’s mom, Raine Hozier-Byrne. “He’s a multi-millionaire and has had his

driver’s license for years. There’s really no reason for him to need rides so often. Last week he told me people should just know when he needs a ride and he shouldn’t have to ask every time.”

The musician couldn’t be reached for comment, but close friend and pastor Thomas Blank speculated that the main reason he always needs rides is because he has a drinking problem.

Hozier frequently sings his other hit song “Cherry Wine,” which depicts his love for the sweet-tasting alcoholic beverage, at most of his concerts.

“I applaud him really. At least he’s responsible enough

to realize he’s too intoxicated to drive. It really could be much worse, but I do wish he’d show up to confession sober at least once,” said Pastor Blank.

Hozier’s friends and family have lately been ignoring his entitled nature in an attempt at tough love. Only time will tell if this approach will be successful, but one thing is certain: Hozier is struggling to cope with the sudden abandonment. He was last seen learning about what Uber is for the first time in his life.

At press time the indie star’s patience had grown far thinner, singing the song on repeat at his past concert.

Pope Francis ‘missed a spot,’ claims woman who had feet cleaned

By Liam Hutchison THE DAILY CARDINAL

Following the Catholic tradition of priests washing the feet of their followers, Meryl Kilgore, a lifelong Catholic, expressed her frustration with the low-quality foot bath she received from the Pope.

Kilgore, who intentionally did not clean her feet prior to being visited by the Pope, had accumulated a week’s worth of sweat and grime all over her toes, and expected that they would be thoroughly cleaned during the ceremony.

“Fer a man in charge of the holy feckin’ Vatican you’d think he’d a done a half decent job a cleanin’ ma tootsies,” said Kilgore in a thick Irish accent.

Most of the other churchgoers, including famous musician Andrew Hozier-Byrne, gratefully accepted the symbolic gesture of equality and brotherhood from the church’s highest priest.

Mrs. Kilgore’s daughter, Mary, spoke to Cardinal reporters (from the paper, not the Vatican) about her mother’s ungracious response to the Pontiff’s gesture.

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Mrs. Kilgore wasn’t pleased with the Pope’s foot cleaning efforts.

“Part of me agrees with ol’ Mr. Pope on this one. I’ve seen ma’s feet before and it’d take a bleedin’ car wash to get ‘em all the way clean.

“However,” she continued, “if you’re gonna do something for someone you should do it well.

The disciples wouldn’t have been so keen on Jesus if he half-assed it

when he cleaned their feet.”

Religious historians have offered concrete support for Mary Kilgore’s position, citing that Jesus did, in fact, clean the disciples’ feet quite thoroughly on the eve of his last supper.

“As we know, the Last Supper was held in a very nice restaurant—probably an authentic Israeli place—and Jesus, being a conscientious guy, didn’t want his disciples’ dirty feet to mess up the carpet, so he took it upon himself to make sure they were all clean,” detailed Harvard historian Wanda Bendtner.

“As far as we can tell, that’s how the tradition began.”

Whether her qualms were out of respect for tradition or scorn for the ineffective cleaning of her bunion-laden feet, it was clear that Mrs. Kilgore was not happy with the way things were done during the ceremony.

The Pope has not been available for comment on the matter, despite repeated attempts to reach him through emails, phone calls, letters and heartfelt prayers.

Beloved imaginary friend abandons local child for hipper, funner peers

By John Joutras THE DAILY CARDINAL

Six-year-old Kenny Steidewaldt spent morning recess Wednesday completely alone, milling aimlessly around the playground kicking small rocks after his imaginary pal, Reggie—an invisible, intangible

talking dinosaur—abandoned him to fraternize with the cool kids.

The 60-minute period of mindnumbing loneliness is a stark contrast to Kenny’s usual routine of industrious hole-digging with his until-now loyal imaginary buddy.

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period leaning against the brick wall with class favorites and allaround cool kids Jay and Derek, comparing their respective Easter candy hauls.

Word on the playground has it Reggie is invited to Derek’s seventh birthday party. Derek’s mom and dad are reportedly “loaded” and all the kids at last year’s party went laser tagging and received plastic lightsabers.

Kenny, Reggie’s creator and inseparable companion of three years, was not invited.

Recess supervisor Katherine Jo was not surprised by news of the split.

“It’s something I see all the time. Kenny isn’t a very interesting kid in the first place. He can fart at will, but that’s been the lynchpin of his social status for about a year now and the novelty is starting to fade. It’s no surprise Reggie is moving on.”

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Hozier anxiously awaits his ride to church while singing his hit song “Take Me to Church,” much to the annoyance of friends and family.

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Since then, I went to the high school he taught at, Uplift [high school], that’s in Chicago uptown.

Ever since then, I’ve been slammin’.

DK: I’d like to learn a little bit about why and how you got involved as a First Wave scholar.

E: The reason why I’m involved as a First Wave scholar is my brother. He’s not here right now. His name is Jeremiah Perry [of] 7Co. He left because he had some personal problems. He told me one day, ‘I got into college, and I got a scholarship for poetry!’ I said, ‘you’re lying, I don’t believe you.’ He said it’s a four to five year scholarship that can pay for your college and you do your art. Ever since then, I wanted to go here for my art. If an institution wanted to do that for me, I want to go there.

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Hip-hop artist Eneale speaks his truth through his poetry.

Eneale shares inspirations from ‘L.I.F.E.’

By Daniel Kershner THE DAILY CARDINAL

Eneale Pickett is ostensibly a hip-hop artist on his new mixtape L.I.F.E., but he’s quick to denounce any intention of sounding, posturing or circulating as a rapper. The freshman First Fave scholar from Chicago’s south side has been a lover of hip-hop and poetry alike since early on, but it wasn’t until he was thrown into the mix of slam poetry in his middle and high school years that he felt sure of his artistic stature and purpose in the spoken word vein. The latest chapter in Pickett’s journey proves that he’s no live-performance purist either.

Pickett’s new mixtape demonstrates how his appetite for spoken word finds a modern, propulsive energy in the studio. His rhymes dance and juke in acknowledgment of cadence, flow and musicality, but his poetry isn’t bound to these creative devices, nor is his poetry bound to the hip-hop and jazz instrumentals which accompany it.

At its core, L.I.F.E. is an ambitious and perceptive black student’s challenge to higher institutional impediments, both conspicuous and not.

Pickett speaks about institutional inequities, which so often limit underprivileged urban youth from scholastic improvement. He also speaks about need-based scholarships, which often brand standouts like himself with an affirmative asterisk next to their name, leaving students open to unjust scrutiny and judgement from the greater collegiate masses. L.I.F.E. is an impassioned and tactfully delivered statement that serves as both an acceptance an affirmation of his unique, exceptional place at a large public institution. I recently sat down with Eneale to talk candidly about his beginnings as an

artist, his growth alongside fellow First Wave scholars, and his crucial position in promoting social justice on campus.

DK: I’m wondering...where did the impulse to write poetry come from?

E: I was inspired by my father’s death. My father died when I was two years old, so me coping with my father’s death was through writing. For years, the reason why my mixtape is called “L.I.F.E.” is because I lived in a ferocious environment most of my life, Chicago is not an easy city to make it out of, so anybody that can make it out of Chicago here is an extraordinary person Not having a father...not having a male presence in my life...I saw poetry for that. Poetry was an escape. I started writing when I was 12 [my fault] and I started slamming when I was 13, and that’s when I got my male influence who helped me out a lot which is my mentor to this day Zayn Bulli. I slammed with Uplift slam team which is heavily associated with Kuumba Lynx...a huge Chicago poetry organization, it’s a non-for-profit.

DK: So this was a scene that you came into because it was prominent where you grew up?

This mentor, was he established in slam?

E: No, he was actually a math teacher, but his wife, [who] runs Kuumba Lynx, she’s the leader of an organization that was founded in 1996. I met him through her poetry slam, which is called Half Pint Poetics. I did a poem about my father and it was really personal to me. After that, he walked up to me and said, ‘you’re actually really talented and I really want to work

DK: You’ve had almost a full year of this structured program, how has your time in the First Wave changed your artistic process?

E: I don’t think First Wave actually kinda did anything, I believe it’s my cohort who is constantly inspiring me every day and pushing me every time. When I need to read pieces to somebody, I read it to my cohort brothers and sisters.

We’re always pushing each other to new limits. We’re in the process of making a new show around #TheRealUW. We’re trying to bring everybody’s stories together.

We plan to tell everybody’s stories about their experiences on campus through our art. We’re going to do it onstage.

DK: Whose stories in particular are you telling?

E: Minority students who have difficulties being at this oftentimes racist institution. My cohort sister Synovia [Knox], she was spat on by an Asian student, and after he spat on her, he said, “I will sue you.” He said everybody on scholarship is poor. There’s plenty of stories, the silent stories on Facebook, we’re [telling] those stories.

Right now, I’m writing a poem, to this [Yik Yak post], ‘There’s this black girl on my floor constantly bitching about oppression, bitch I score twelve points higher than you on my ACT, yet you have a full ride and I got zero scholarships #checkyourprivelage.’

DK: Has your work always served as a means of personal growth through coming to terms with your experience? What are some other motivating factors behind your art?

E: Justice. To bring awareness to an issue. Most of the time, I don’t even write about my own experience. I write about what I see going on in the world, or what’s affecting somebody that I know, or telling somebody else’s story because they won’t tell it themselves. Ever since I’ve been at this university, I’ve been writing more about what’s happening [at UW]. People have tried, but they’ve been silenced. Since I’ve been given this platform in First Wave, because I’ve been given all of these resources, I want to make everyone aware of what’s going on.

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Socially conscious rap is in no great shortage these days with guys like Kendrick and Chance the Rapper coming out with high profile acclaimed projects in the last year or so. They’re each bringing their own styles, sounds and experiences to music that is coming from different hubs of hip hop in Los Angeles, Chicago and others.

But they’re representing similarly afflicted communities. On the other hand, you hear artists like Future, YG and Migos to name a few, who are unashamed of street traditions and street vices and about thriving in spite of those pressure cookers, but also wearing them as a badge of honor. What do you think about the coexistence of these two traditions, do you think that they are equally important to Hip Hop culture?

E: I love hip-hop so much. One thing about hip-hop that I love is that it’s not one-dimensional. I hate when people make a separation of conscious rap and like Migos and those guys. People are so fascinated with making conscious rap a subgenre. Why? That was hip-hop.

That is hip-hop. Knowledge? That’s a key element. And hip-hop has a fun side. Yeah, Migos and others are the fun side. That’s not anything I’d like to listen to at a protest, but I’m going to listen to it because that [too] is hip-hop. Hip-hop is not one-dimensional and it evolves all

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You can’t criticize a culture that criticizes itself all the time. It always checks itself. You have artists like J Cole, who is misogynistic, and he knows he is, and he checks himself all the time.

DK: So you’re a lover of hip-hop, but your a slam poet first. With this tape, you record your poetry over instrumentals, some prominent ones like [Kanye’s] “New Slaves”. Where do you see yourself sitting on the spoken word/hip-hop spectrum? Is this an important consideration for you?

E: I’m trying to do a new industry with spoken word. Before there was hip-hop, there was Gil Scott Heron, there was The Last Poets.

That was poetry and they influenced hip-hop a lot. People took their styles, their flows and transitioned them. They were doing it over a beat too, but at that time, it wasn’t called hip-hop, just spoken word over a beat.

That’s one thing I see myself as doing, that I’m contributing to hiphop, because hip-hop, in a sense, is poetry. I want to make a new genre, no not even a genre, an industry for myself, because I’m not a rapper.

But I’m a poet. A beat doesn’t contain me, I can go outside the beat and do my thing.

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nly a few weeks into my first social welfare classes, I was already the angry Black Bitch. Since my sophomore year of high school, I knew that I would major in social work. Even after disappointing my mother, sister and teachers all saying, “There is no money in social work,” and “You are so much smarter than that,” I stuck to my guns. I loved helping teenagers, I loved community organizing, I was interested in mental health and wanted to go into clinical social work.

To me, social workers were superheroes and there was so much freedom in the field. I knew I would make a great social worker. So this past fall, I declared social welfare as a major with the intent to apply to the social work program.

The only time I ever doubted my place in the major was when I started taking classes for it this past fall.

The issue was not the class content.

I loved everything I was learning and could actually see myself as one of these heroes I looked up to. My

mind opened up to opportunities and avenues that social work could take me down. While in awe of this thing I sought for so long, I was so angry at the same time. Even though I found value in everything I learned, I hated class. The most discrimination and hostility I have faced while being a student at UW-Madison was within the social work department.

It all started with a discussion on poverty that included very white savior-like and very privileged comments such as, “We shouldn’t be worrying about iPods and iPhones because people are starving every day,” like poor people cannot own these things, and, “I feel bad for kids in poverty. They know what their parents are going through,” as if their pity can help impoverished families.

I was shocked that the professor was not checking these comments, so I had to do her job for her. I raised my hand and said, “We shouldn’t be talking about poverty like this. We are talking about it as if people who grew up in poverty cannot be in this room and that they are in need of saving. I grew up in poverty. It’s not

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Mariam Coker works for the dignity of those in need of social work assistance. such a far-off thing.” Then some old, white man had to make an irrelevant comment saying, “Then you need to go out and fix it.” I got pissed and screamed, “How!? If it’s that simple, it would have already been fixed!” and stormed out of the room with 10 minutes left in class. And where was the professor during all of this? She was holding her head in panic, and pacing the room while this whole altercation happened. She was unfit to mediate a classroom argument. A few days later, in the discussion class I overheard two white girls saying, “If she is so poor, how can she afford a Mac?” I wished I had responded, “By having a job.” Instead, I turned my trap music louder and waited for discussion to start.

Being a Black, Muslim womyn, I knew that no matter what major I went to, I would face some sort of hostility because of how overwhelmingly racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic this campus is. But, I expected more respect out of a school dedicated to making the world a better place. In the first few weeks of that social work class, we were basically

taught how to not be a shitty person!

But I digress.

A good chunk of these people in my classes want to essentially work with kids and teenagers who grew up like me, with all of the boxes checked: lower-income, first-generation college student, minority, first-generation American, etc. But, they won’t treat me with dignity or respect—two morals of the National Association of Social Work code of ethics, ethics that drive the social work profession.

The School of Social Work is filled with very well-intended white women who do not understand white saviorism. Both faculty and students ostracize students of color and have no repercussions for it. The School of Social Work cannot keep students of color because of this.

Students who want to and should be in this program continually have to defend themselves in a program that supposedly preaches understanding.

Can you sense the hypocrisy?

After that incident I cursed out some white classmate talking shit about me, I had a series of meetings with professors who nodded

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without listening and I endured more gossiping, a few times hearing “Black Bitch.” If social welfare was this bad, I can’t even imagine actually being a social work major. But, in the wise words of DJ Khaled, “They want you to quit.” Social work was founded by white women wanting to help people they felt sorry for (imagine my disappointment). It is still very much so that, but has grown since then, and is changing. Some of the strongest, most amazing people in my life have been social workers. And in this field, I can directly help all kinds of people in the most unconventional ways. I feel like I can go anywhere with this major, and I love that option. This is why I refuse to leave the school. What I am learning, I care about. Despite what I went through, despite the label of Black Bitch that I will carry to graduation and probably into the field and despite this school not calling white saviorism what it is, I need to be here. I need to be in this school for future people like me, who are constantly told they do not belong there. I need to help pave a way.

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The GOP is to blame for Trump’s primary success TOMMY VALTIN-ERWIN guest columnist

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ou may have heard that Donald Trump is the front-runner to win the Republican presidential nomination.

Now, aside from the fact that that reflects terribly on the United States, it’s also just about the last thing the Republican Party wants.

While Trump may be ahead in most polls—as he’s told us in many a debate—establishment Republicans can’t stand the idea of Trump being their candidate. Unfortunately for them, they may have missed their best shot at stopping him.

Trump’s campaign has been all about momentum. This is a guy that, a year ago, wasn’t even mentioned in the polls. His candidacy began at around 4 percent, where it hovered for a little over a month. But then he started getting louder, and people started listening.

His support nearly quadrupled in a month, and he shot into the driver’s seat of the race. Ben Carson’s mysterious three months of glory overtook him for a few days, but Trump’s reign atop the Republican polls has been essentially uncontested. Of course, for a while, that wasn’t saying much.

In a race that literally needed two debates to accommodate all of its participants, being in first doesn’t mean much. With so many candidates receiving votes in the polls, Trump’s “lead” was far from a majority. In fact, he didn’t receive even a third of the vote share until December, and he still doesn’t hold a majority.

That means there was still plenty of room for the establishment Republicans to beat Trump. Part

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On Tuesday, crowds of protestors gathered in Janesville, Wis., to protest GOP candidate Donald Trump. of the reason so many pundits discredited Trump’s chance at getting the nod was his inability to win over the more moderate Republicans from whom candidates like Marco Rubio and John Kasich get most of their support.

And that was probably true, too.

Rubio and Kasich’s rises and falls in the polls have been almost inextricably linked; when one lost support, it was almost always because his voters left for the other. Very rarely were moderate voters ditching their candidates for Trump.

That meant that the GOP had a prime opportunity to unite their voters under one candidate against Trump and practically run away with the nomination—once. But now they’ve missed their chance.

Candidates waited way too long to drop out of the race, allowing Trump to rack up both delegates and support. Get this: Although Jeb

Bush’s campaign had lost all hope even before he started begging his supporters to clap for him, he didn’t formally suspend it until Feb. 21. By that time, Trump had already won 68 of the 93 available delegates.

Bush’s hesitancy to leave the race is representative of the rest of the candidates, too. And it wasn’t just delegates that were the issue. When candidates began slowly dropping out, Trump had a commanding lead in the polls. And the thing about public polls is that they affect people’s decisions when voting.

Republican voters, be it those that haven’t picked a candidate or those that have, see the polls and see Donald Trump way ahead and think one of several things.

First, there’s a sentiment in the political realm that once a candidate is far enough ahead, it’s not worth voting for anyone else because it would be a “wasted vote.” People

want their vote to be worth something, and no one likes voting for someone that loses. And when even a 10 percent lead can be several million votes, Trump’s largest lead of nearly 20 percent probably seems insurmountable, which leads people to jump aboard.

Other voters see that high vote share and figure there must be something to the candidate that they didn’t see at first. If a lot of their peers are voting for someone, many people tend to soften their view of that candidate.

We can be fairly sure that fully half the GOP voters don’t agree with Trump’s policies and demeanor, yet he has nearly half of their support.

There must be other factors at play.

The establishment Republicans needed to pick their favorite candidate and unite their support around him or her long ago, when Trump’s campaign was just comedic relief.

Because of Trump’s reliance on momentum, cutting this momentum off before it began was key in preventing his rise.

That candidate probably would have been Rubio, who would have only needed the supporters from a few other establishment candidates to surpass Trump in the polls back in November. That would have severely hindered Trump’s meteoric rise, and essentially halted the bandwagon effect that he’s benefitted from recently.

But now it’s too late. Trump has nearly 50 percent of the vote share, almost 11 percent ahead of second-place Ted Cruz (who the establishment hates just as much, for what it’s worth). He leads Cruz by 273 delegates and is closing in on the 1,237 needed to win the nomination outright.

Since Cruz would need to win 82.1 percent of the remaining delegates to reach that figure and Kasich physically can’t, the establishment’s last chance to stop Trump is a contested convention, in which no candidate receives a majority of the delegates.

They’ll desperately hope that Kasich can pull a rabbit out of a hat and win at a contested convention, but that’s not exactly a sure thing. There was a time once when the “Trump Train” could be slowed, but that’s about ten stations back. It’s full steam ahead now, almost certainly right to the general election in November.

Tommy is a sophomore majoring in Middle East studies. Do you think it’s too late for other Republican candidates? Send your comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

The United States needs to act against terrorism OLIVIA HUGHES opinion columnist

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adrid, London, Paris and Brussels…will it ever end? Last Tuesday, innocent civilians in Belgium were terrorized as horrifying attacks killed dozens in a Brussels airport and a subway station.

As Americans, we nervously gaze across an ocean to a continent that feels even more vulnerable than the U.S. at this juncture. However, that is not to say that we are not all precarious. Just the other day I was on the New York City subway with a friend

and she casually stated, “Scary to think this subway car could blow up any moment. It’s just wild.” The truly scary thing, however, is that it is not completely wild. These unspeakable crimes are becoming all too common—almost regular events in the news, engraved into our classrooms, our conversations, our cognition.

We are left to ask ourselves questions like “how could this happen?” and wonder why security failed.

Ultimately, it is of the utmost importance that Belgium and Europe as a whole stay calm, and focus on the values that Europe prides itself on.

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Europe and the surrounding world should stand in complete solidarity and total empathy for the victims of the attacks.

President Barack Obama took the right stance last Tuesday when he pledged to “do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally Belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible.”

It must be noted that many Americans and citizens around the world have an obscene and incorrect ideology that clumps the 1.6 billion Muslims of the world together as dangerous terrorists that bear

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reasons for suspicion. These ideas are ugly, and anti-American. We need allied Muslim forces to oppose terrorist forces and extremists all over the world. As Americans, we cannot let all Muslims be alienated in this conflict against extremists.

They are not scapegoats.

This attack highlights the imperative nature of a united effort across nations to stop the Islamic Extremist State. As Obama put it, as his aversion to military action in the Middle East is halting, it is time to “degrade and ultimately destroy” this Islamic State. Like the President of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft said, “It must be condemned in the strongest terms.”

The UN is correct in strongly condemning terrorist bombings in Brussels as “an attack on all of us,” and reminds us again that “we are facing a global threat that needs to be addressed globally.”

These are the words of Taleb Rifai, the UN World Tourism Organization secretary-general.

As Americans, we nervously gaze across an ocean to a continent that feels even more vulnerable...

So what do we do now?

There is no simple or easy way to go about this. Terrorism on a global scale is only getting worse, and the consequences for everyday citizens in terms of security are

inevitable. The most fundamental duty of government is to keep its people safe. As Western democratic countries, we must find a way to destroy these extremist groups that damage and take advantage of our freedom. Our governments and the UN must continually support and reinforce the democratic system as the best possible system.

Even if this sacrifices complete safety at moments.

In an attempt to fortify and cultivate safety, however, citizens and countries alike must take new precautionary measures. This being said, cooperation and partnership across nations will set the groundwork for more protection, meaning tightening security at airports and on the streets. As Olivier Guitta, managing director of an international security consultancy, said: “We have entered an era in which we are going to have to change our way of life and take security very seriously.” Nations must be more careful about knowing how people move between countries, and how many people are moving across borders. Security must be less predictable. Countries should not be enabling individuals to cross borders without governments knowing their true identity.

Although these views seem severe, I believe they are steps toward progress. We cannot make progress if we do not take action.

Olivia is a freshman. What do you think needs to be done to prevent further attacks? Do you believe the only way to defeat the Islamic State is with a united force? Let us know at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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n Monday, March 23rd 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Six years later, I’m so thankful to be one of the 20 million people who have gained quality, affordable healthcare coverage as a result.

Growing up, my health insurance coverage was spotty at best.

My father and I lived off the grid in Pahoa, Hawaii, washing our dishes with catchment water and bathing in water heated on our camp-stove. My dad did various mechanic and carpentry jobs, but was never employed at a position that gave him benefits such as health care. As a result, he never had health insurance and I only had coverage when the state deemed me young enough to receive it. When I was about 6 years old, I can recall going into a physician because I wasn’t feeling well and finding out I had three different types of parasites.

This type of easily preventable health problem is something most people assume only happens in developing countries, but for America’s poor it is more common than one would expect.

In my teen years, the state of Hawaii completely took away the health insurance I received as a child. During this time, I took on a serious amount of autonomy and covered my own medical expenses so as to take pressure off my family’s financial situation. When I got sick, I would go to the urgent care unit. If doctors prescribed me medicine, I would look at the price and determine whether or not whatever illness I was coping with was worth the cost of paying out of pocket. I was more concerned about the cost of medicine than I was about recovering.

I have seen first hand how the Affordable Care Act has changed lives for the better.

My lack of insurance also made it extremely difficult to access affordable birth control. I would sometimes visit the local free women’s health clinic, but their average wait time was typically several hours and as a high school student working multiple

jobs, I usually didn’t have time.

This was a challenge faced by many of the girls in my class, and it is this sort of dilemma that contributed to the high rate of teen pregnancy in my community.

I was more concerned about the cost of medicine than I was about recovering.

After getting to college, I decided to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. I submitted my application on healthcare.gov feeling dubious about the results, but in just a few short weeks I received a letter in the mail with a health insurance card. It was the first time I had health insurance coverage in years, and my insurance card was tangible proof. I was so happy I called my dad to tell him the great news. Since getting covered under the Affordable Care Act, my birth control bill each month has been $0 and I look forward to going to the doctor.

I was so happy with my coverage that this past year, I convinced my dad signed up as well.

After a few phone calls, his application had been submitted, and within a few weeks he too was insured. My father, who is in his 50s, now has health insurance for the first time in his life. As his daughter, nothing could give me a greater sense of relief and ease than to know he has access to quality, affordable healthcare.

I have seen first hand how the Affordable Care Act has changed lives for the better. My Obamacare success story is just one of millions. Today, 5.7 million young adults under 26 are able to stay on a parent’s’ health insurance plan and up to 129 million Americans can no longer be denied coverage for having a preexisting condition. My dad and I have peace of mind and are no longer forced to choose between going to the doctor and paying for other basic necessities. This November, I know I’ll be voting for a president who will protect and expand Obamacare, not one who will take our coverage away.

Phoenix is the Chair of College Democrats of Wisconsin. What do you think of the Affordable Care Act and the coverage it provides? Please send comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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From the student section to signal-caller After earning a spot with Wisconsin as a walk-on, quarterback Dunn is savoring his lifelong dream Story by Jake Powers

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obby Dunn’s favorite place to sit in Camp Randall Stadium is Section M. You can get a nice tan up there. On second thought, maybe it’s Section O. Locking your fingers together and contorting your body into a makeshift vowel is pretty cool. Hold that thought—Section E’s the best. You get to sit right behind the Badgers’ bench, close to the dizzying flurry of activity that dominates Camp Randall for seven Saturdays every fall.

Regardless of Dunn’s seating preferences, he won’t have much of a choice this upcoming season: He’ll be on the sidelines, next to head coach Paul Chryst, his shorts and t-shirt swapped out for shoulder pads, a form-fitting Cardinal red jersey and a white helmet with the motion “W” affixed to each side. Dunn, a sophomore, is now taking snaps at Wisconsin’s spring practices with Bart Houston and Alex Hornibrook, having earned a walk-on spot on the team after an impressive showing at a tryout in late February. The tryout was necessitated in part by Austin Kafentzis’ transfer to Nevada last summer, D.J. Gillins’ transfer to Pearl River Community College in Polarville, Miss., after the Holiday Bowl and Joel Stave’s graduation and subsequent foray into NFL waters this past winter. Early enrollee Kare’ Lyles’ left hip injury is also keeping him out of spring camp. With Houston and Hornibrook as the only other active quarterbacks on the roster, Dunn is taking full advantage of his opportunity.

“It’s been really good so far,” Dunn said at a recent spring practice. “Bart’s been around for—this is his fifth year, but he’s been with a bunch of different coaching staffs, but he knows how to transition and how to help me kind of jump right in, and Alex has been with this coaching staff for—this will be his second spring. Even though Alex is a year younger than me technically, he’s almost like a veteran to me because he knows the offense, he’s learning it a lot faster.

They’re just helping me transition pretty quickly.”

While the past few weeks have been challenging for Dunn, who last played in a football game when he quarterbacked the Madison Edgewood Crusaders in their 23-19 first-round loss in the 2013 WIAA State Tournament, his transition has actually been a long time in the making. When former head coach Gary Andersen left the Wisconsin football program in December 2014 and was replaced by Chryst later that month, Dunn knew it was time to get back into football.

The Chryst name in the Dunn household has a very special meaning. Dunn’s father and Chryst go as far back as grade school at Blessed Sacrament School in Madison, having met before Chryst’s father, George, became the head coach at UW-Platteville in 1979. Since elementary school, Chryst has been a “lifetime friend” to the family, and his hiring at UW prompted Dunn to reach out.

“So, about a year ago when coach Chryst first got here, I wrote him a letter and said, ‘is there anything I can do to help the team? Help with the staff, be a manager, anything like that?’” Dunn said.

His correspondence was quickly rewarded, as he leveraged both his ties to Chryst and his deep love for Badger football to earn a spot with the program.

“And that led to an internship with recruiting and kind of as a coaches’ assistant up in the offices,” Dunn said. “So, last year I did a lot of recruiting work, on game days, kind of in between games, helping build the 2016 and ‘17 class a little bit.”

Dunn’s experience as an intern with the recruiting office allowed him to learn about the inner workings of administration in college football while further building relationships within the program.

That paid off in a surprising fashion when Andrew Marlatt, the Badgers’ recruiting director and Dunn’s “boss” in the football offices, informed Dunn last fall that a spring tryout was imminent.

Thus, fall 2015 turned into Dunn’s training camp. He worked relentlessly to get back into football shape, seeking guidance from Brian Bott, a former UW strength coach and current trainer at Sports Advantage, a “youth-to-pro” athletic training facility in Verona, Wis., who Dunn has worked with since 2012.

“I just kind of got reconnected with [Bott] this fall, and he still trains a lot of college athletes, so he’s in the business now of training kids to get ready for tryouts and get ready for college football,” Dunn said. “I went back and trained with him this fall and just got ready with him. I’ve been training with him a long time, so I just felt comfortable with it and he did a great job.

He’s worked with a lot of strength coaches who are here right now, so he kind of knew what the program would be like so he got me as ready as I could have been.”

After testing well at the tryout and demonstrating proficient quarterback skills, Dunn was immediately worked into the Badgers’ offensive system. He’s picking up the playbook quickly and has looked solid at spring practices despite his noticeably slim 5-foot-9, 197-pound frame, but he understands his role on a team where he will likely serve as the fourth-string quarterback.

“When you’re a kid like me who’s just here as a walk-on, you weren’t recruited out of high school, just do whatever you can to be a part of something,” Dunn said. “I’ll hold extra points and hand signals for three more years if that’s what it takes to be on the team.”

In fact, Dunn, a frequent user of the infrequently seen #TeamHandSignal hashtag on Twitter, is elated to stand next to Chryst during games and help signal in the plays.

“I am so excited to be the hand signal guy,” Dunn said. “I’ve been watching—when I used to come to games [when I was younger] we used to sit right in Section E over there, so I mean you’re looking right down over the bench and

you see there’s three guys every game with backwards hats on and a headset signaling, and I never knew what they were signaling or what it meant.

“That’s something I’m really excited for. Just anything I can do to be a part of this and to help the team out. I’ll be the best hand-

signaller in the Big Ten if I have to. Whatever will keep me on the sideline over there.”

Offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph has a lot on his plate this spring, having to replace a threeyear starter in Stave and his favorite target, wide receiver Alex Erickson, while bringing along an offensive line

that is still very raw. But he’s been intrigued by what Dunn has brought to the offense during camp.

“I think it’s cool. He’s jumped in, kind of proved he’s willing to do anything and work his tail off, which is No. 1,” Rudolph said at a

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Sophomore Bobby Dunn hasn’t played football since high school, but after training in the fall and a successful tryout this spring, he’s taking snaps with the Badgers’ offense at Camp Randall.

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In retrospect: An ode to the memorable 2015-’16 Wisconsin Badgers MATT FERRIS walk-on, wisconsin

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ust like that, it’s done. All the early mornings, late nights, road trips and long practices reduced to a teary-eyed and gloomy locker room with embraces available from all.

Endings suck.

Athletes at all levels know the feeling. It feels like a sucker punch straight to the gut as the final buzzer sounds, a constant reminder that the season has concluded. As you peer into the eyes of the family next to you, you come to the realization that next year won’t be quite the same because, well, it never is.

Fans marginally understand this feeling. They may feel disheartened for their beloved group of athletes, but that disheartenment vanishes as quickly as they can order another round of drinks. The majority will move on within an hour or two.

The athletes are different.

Only the athletes feel the end’s finality. Only the athletes set their alarms for 6 a.m. every morning in the summer for lifting sessions. Only the athletes felt their lungs and legs burning during conditioning hill runs in 80-degree weather. Only the athletes amassed thousands upon thousands of hours honing their craft during never-ending practices. All of that dedication comes crashing down as that final, horrid buzzer sounds.

Approximately three months ago, in the middle of January, one annoying question resurfaced in virtually all my conversations.

Sometimes it was disguised to be polite, other times utterly blunt: “So…are you guys going to make the tournament?”

At that time, this question was rightfully warranted. After all, our legendary head coach retired a couple weeks earlier. We had just lost to a mediocre Northwestern team, leaving us at a 9-9 record with a 1-4 start in the Big Ten. On top of that, the toughest stretch of the schedule was coming up. Things looked anything but promising.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, we began to win games. Lots of them. That talk about making the tournament? Vanished. We won 11 of

12 games, cementing ourselves into our 16-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

Not only did we make the tournament, but we had a successful run. As a seven-seed, we defeated 10-seed Pittsburgh and then upset the second-seed Xavier to make it to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time in the past six years. Pretty decent for a team who wasn’t supposed to be there in the first place.

Looking back, it would have certainly been easy to throw in the towel and live for another season. After all, programs consistently experience down years and, after back-to-back Final Fours, it appeared as though we were having one.

We had all the excuses imaginable: five integral players of last year’s team gone, eight freshmen on the roster and a coaching change halfway through the season. It would have been completely adequate to finish the season with a .500 record, miss the tournament and title it a “rebuilding year.”

But we didn’t let that happen. We figuratively (and literally) rolled up our sleeves and got to work. Some important person once said that excuses are the nails used to build the house of failure. And we had absolutely zero interest in that type of real estate.

Looking back, this season demonstrated the outstanding character in our basketball program. From the coaches down to the players, not a single soul settled for mediocrity, but instead strived for greatness.

Although we fell short of our ultimate goal, the season proved an impressive success for the Wisconsin Badgers. The preparation for next year begins now, as we ceaselessly work for future success.

So, for now, I bid you adieu.

Until next year, Badger fanatics.

As always, Walk-On, Wisconsin.

The Daily Cardinal would like to thank Matt for contributing to the sports page this semester. The Cardinal has appreciated his honesty and transparency, and hopes his columns provided a unique look into the life of a Wisconsin Badger basketball player.

Have any parting thoughts on UW’s 2015-’16 season? Did the Badgers exceed your expectations, or are you still bitter from their Sweet 16 loss to Notre Dame? Let Matt know at sports@dailycardinal.com.

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The men’s hockey team made a splashy hiring Wednesday, bringing in former Badger Tony Granato.

Coach Tony Granato: ‘Badger hockey has never left my heart’

By Bobby Ehrlich THE DAILY CARDINAL

Complete with a few band and spirit squad members, Bucky Badger and an open invitation to the public, Athletic Director Barry Alvarez welcomed head coach Tony Granato and associate head coaches Don Granato and Mark Osiecki back to Wisconsin hockey.

“I wanted to come home. When someone said, ‘Why would you leave the NHL?’ I said, ‘Because I’m going back to Madison.’ And that was an easy answer,” Tony said in his opening remarks.

Alvarez began the presser by quoting Badger legend Bob Johnson, saying, “It’s a great day for hockey.”

“We’ve got a long and storied history of success and championships,” Alvarez said after quoting Johnson. “I’m very confident that we’ve taken the right steps today in re-establishing the dominance of our hockey program.”

Tony, who is currently an associate coach with the Detroit Red Wings, along with Alvarez, highlighted the tradition of Wisconsin hockey. He also emphasized his Wisconsin roots and deep ties to Madison.

“A lot of you have said you’re happy to have me back. I want you guys all to know I’m happier to be back,” Tony said to begin his comments. “I think from the moment I left campus, always in the back of my mind and in my heart was ‘please someday end up back in Madison.’”

Tony then talked about how important the Badger hockey program continued to be for him, despite being away from it for nearly 30 years now.

“Badger hockey has never left my heart,” Tony said. “We have a special bond, a brotherhood, a fraternity, that is really hard to leave. It’s been with me since the day I left and to be back here and representing that group as the next head coach means

football from page 10 recent spring practice. “And then he jumped into the walk-on tryouts and he busted his tail and I think it’s great. I think he will definitely bring a passion to it if nothing else and I think he’ll do some things to really help this team function better, he’ll make this team better by being a part of it.”

Dunn’s long-term goal is to get into coaching, as he hopes to someday work at the collegiate or

a lot to me.”

He said Alvarez called him about two weeks ago seeking advice about what direction to take the program.

Alvarez then hinted at him possibly becoming the next head coach.

Granato said “absolutely,” but only if he could bring his brother Don and Osiecki with him.

“These two guys are head coaches.

They are two of the most respected people I know in the game of hockey,” Tony said.

The chemistry between the three was evident throughout the press conference. All three talked about how easy the decision was for them and how excited they are to be uniting forces.

Don said the three had often talked about coaching together on golf outings and fishing trips and texted “non-stop” once they had found out about the opportunity.

“The conversations [about coming to UW] were short and quick and to the point,” Don said. “This is not a job that you turn down. We had pretty good jobs. When Tony called Mark and I, never mind those pretty good jobs. This is a great job.”

Added Osiecki: “There wasn’t a decision to be made. This athletic department feels like family. I’ve known these guys for over 30 years.

They’re family. The thing we talked about is how much fun is it going to be to pull up to the Kohl Center each day?”

From an operational standpoint, Tony said Osiecki will handle the defense and Don the offense.

Additionally, Tony is finishing out the season with the Red Wings, who are currently one point short of a playoff spot. Osiecki is also finishing his duties with the Rockford IceHogs, the Chicago Blackhawks’ AHL affiliate. Don will run the dayto-day operations of the team until Tony and Osiecki complete their respective seasons. even the NFL level, so he’s focusing on picking up any intricacies and skills he can glean from rubbing shoulders with Rudolph and Chryst on a daily basis. However, he’s keeping his short-term goals grounded, a reflection of his openminded approach to accepting the fact that he’ll likely not see the field in his three years of eligibility at Wisconsin. One of his primary benchmarks heading into the spring game, interestingly enough, is to be sporting a full mustache on the sidelines.

The three placed a heavy influence on recruiting as well. Osiecki is widely regarded as a recruiting superstar and was part of the staff that assembled the 2006 National Champion Badgers. Don has been the coach of the USA development team and has a multitude of connections to the talented youth.

“It’s gonna take work. But we’re going after the best recruits and we’re gonna get ‘em,” Tony said.

Freshmen Luke Kunin and Matt Jurusik both expressed excitement about the new coaching staff after putting together successful freshman campaigns.

“I couldn’t be happier with this group of guys coaching us,” Kunin said. “I think they’re legends.”

Added Jurusik: “I’m really excited for the way this program is moving and the way the guys can take this to the next level.”

Kunin, who is projected as a first-round draft pick, said the coaching change hasn’t affected his thought process about potentially jumping to the NHL. “If anything I’m more excited to come back here,” Kunin said. “This is a place I want to be as long as I can until I’m ready to make the jump to the NHL.” By all accounts, this is a splash of a hire that has the potential to reinvigorate a dead fan base. Granato takes the job with extremely high expectations and is not afraid to make those clear.

“We’re gonna be back like we were in the Bob Johnson and the early Jeff Sauer years and the early Mike Eaves years,” Tony said.

“When we weren’t just winning, but we had a product on the ice that when the building was jammed and Mike Leckrone’s band was going nuts, there was energy, there was passion, the community was behind us, the students were behind us.

And that’s what our goal is.”

“I would just tell everyone to watch out, by the spring game I might have a nice mustache going to go with the hand signals and the backwards hat and the headset,” Dunn said.

While it might not be immediately obvious, the mustachioed hand-signaller Badger fans will see on the sidelines this fall has been working his entire life to earn the chance to don the Cardinal and White, and he’s not about to take that opportunity for granted any time soon.