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ASM passes controversial divest proposal in last meeting

By Maggie Chandler and Peter Coutu THE DAILY CARDINAL

After a month of debates, walkouts and lawsuits, UW-Madison’s student government unanimously passed wideranging divestment legislation Wednesday—but an amendment naming Israel was once again the main point of contention.

“I think that it’s important to recognize that we’re not necessarily taking a stance on issues.”

Omer Arain shared governance chair Associated Students of Madison

The legislation calls on the university and the UW Foundation to divest from a variety of companies, including specific arms manufacturers, fossil fuel corporations and banks that “oppress marginalized communities.” Proponents of the legislation championed it as a way to recognize and help oppressed groups.

“I’m glad that communities of color and marginalized students had their voices heard,” Associated Students of Madison Rep. Katrina Morrison said after the vote. “They didn’t allow themselves to be silenced. This was a really needed resolution and it said a lot of important things, and it raised awareness

to a lot of devastating issues.”

But while many in the room cheered the legislation and the added amendments, Rep. Ariela Rivkin—who walked out of the meeting early—said she felt blindsided when Israel was again brought up.

She said the amendments made the proposal too similar to the legislation that was indefinitely tabled a month ago, and this was the second meeting excluding the Jewish community.

“It was undemocratic to hold a vote knowing full well that people would not be there in attendance,” Rivkin said.

“Nobody on this body gets to decide at what point that information stopped being relevant to the Jewish community. Nobody.”

Morrison said she, ASM Chair Carmen Goséy and Rep. Tyriek Mack drafted a one-page resolution in a scramble to introduce different divestment legislation before the 23rd session of ASM concluded.

Most of the speakers at the open forum said they support divestment, but were frustrated by this “watered-down legislation.” They urged representatives to expand the one-page document.

Shared Governance Chair Omer Arain, co-sponsor of the legislation tabled at the March 29 meeting, agreed with the concern, saying the new legislation did not “accurately acknowledge ... the affected communities that are actually suffering as a

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Wisconsin School of Business admissions policy changes, including more direct admits and credit limits on applications, could have negative affects on transfer students.

Changes to business admissions could hurt UW transfer students

By Meredith Nesbitt THE DAILY CARDINAL

Competition for an acceptance letter from the Wisconsin School of Business is already high—the college is one of the top 30 business schools in the nation, according to Businessweek’s 2016 rankings.

But some fear changes to direct admissions and credit limits on applications could make the

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acceptance to university as a whole and begin specific classes as freshmen.

“One reason for us to increase the number of direct admits to the business school is for us to stay competitive with our peers,” Associate Dean of Undergraduate Program at the WBS Joann Peck said. “We lose

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State insurance proposal may come up short on cash

By Sammy Gibbons

In a lecture hall in Ingram Hall, the Associated Students of Madison passed contentious divestment legislation Wednesday.

competition extra difficult for transfer students.

In January, the Wisconsin School of Business Curriculum Committee voted unanimously to increase the number of direct admit students for Fall 2017.

These direct admit students—an increase of 200 direct admits compared to Fall 2016— are accepted to the business school simultaneously with

At the conclusion of the semester, the UW-Madison community will bid farewell to an administrator who lead initiatives for an inclusive and safe campus for all students in the thick of anti-racist movements.

Assistant Dean of Students Joshua Moon Johnson has accepted the position of Dean of Student Affairs at American

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To save state money and generate an estimated $60 million in revenue to successfully fulfill his K-12 funding plan, Gov. Scott Walker proposed to shift the way Wisconsin insures its public workers.

Currently, state employees, like UW-Madison faculty and staff, could choose from a range of plans in the Madison health-care market and the cost would be covered by their employer—the state of Wisconsin.

Under the new self-insurance proposal, instead of contracting out to different companies for coverage, the state would serve as the insurer and cover the cost itself.

Proponents of this change say that creating a large pool of employees makes it easier to share insurance costs. This means if use goes down, or the state is able to get better bargains, the state saves money.

But it also means Wisconsin faces the risk if costs are higher, according to UW-Madison economics professor Barbara Wolfe.

But others say self-insurance is too risky. Before the proposal was added to the budget, two separate audits were done to predict the financial impact this would have— one suggested it could save the state millions, the other it could cost the state much more.

“I think it’s fair to say this is one of those things in the budget that the governor just kind of throws into the budget much like spaghetti on a wall to see if it sticks,” said Sen. Janet Bewley, D-Ashland.

“It’s always a way to see if the governor could find a way to so-call save money, or find money that he would be able to apply to another portion of the budget.”

The move to self-insurance is not reinventing the wheel nor a controversial idea in and of itself.

Currently, 20 states self-insure all state employees, while 26 other states self-insure some state workers, according to the National Conference of State Legislature.

Wisconsin already self-insured dental and pharmacy benefits, and less than 5 percent of workers are in

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ASM passes bill requesting accountability from UWPD

By Lawrence Andrea THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Associated Students of Madison are demanding transparency and accountability from the UW-Madison Police Department, and calling for community supervision of the department.

Passed by a unanimous vote Wednesday night, their legislation said that UW-Madison Police Chief Kristen Roman “shall fully cooperate with the creation of a community accountability board that oversees the hiring and firing of police officers that discriminate.” The board will aim to hold officers accountable to the campus community.

“I believe that it is important that our campus community does hold our police department accountable,” Rep. Denzel Bibbs said. “Issues like these start at the local level. We are going to hold [our local officials] accountable so that our police department reflects the safety

that we want in our community.”

Prior to ASM’s session, UWPD issued a statement addressing the group’s legislation. The statement defended Roman, citing instances in which she has reached out to ASM encouraging communication.

“The timing of this legislation is disappointing, given UWPD’s history of openness and our willingness to listen to feedback and make changes,” the statement reads. “Chief Roman has consistently invited conversations about how to increase community involvement.”

UWPD emphasizes Roman’s participation in a February discussion with ASM in which she encouraged the group to reach out and meet with her to “keep those conversations going.” After receiving feedback from the group on the Feb. 27 Crime Warning, Chief Roman pledged to improve the Crime Warning process.

This is not the first time ASM and UWPD have clashed on the

issue of transparency. Student Council introduced a resolution asking UWPD to be transparent about the equipment they own last September and asked for these expectations to be met by the end of the month. UWPD met this deadline, launching a website listing each piece of equipment they own.

Although ASM members acknowledged Roman’s efforts to create an advisory board, they said this is not enough and that an accountability board would be more effective in engaging the community.

“This bill does an excellent job at highlighting the need for more accountability for our police, and also acknowledges the history of where [this issue] comes from,” Rep. Tyriek Mack said. “This is a fight that has been going on for decades. This bill is truly a testament to a lot of work that has been done on this campus over the last couple of years.”

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ASM passed legislation Wednesday demanding transparency and accountability from the UW-Madison Police Department and calling for community supervision of the department.

Man shoots, kills himself in downtown Madison eviction

By Claire Lancaster THE DAILY CARDINAL

A 57-year-old man shot and killed himself during an eviction from a downtown Madison apartment Wednesday morning.

Police deputies arrived at the 2 West Gorham St. apartment at 7:30 a.m., a spokesperson for the Dane County Sheriff ’s Office told the Wisconsin State Journal, to serve an eviction notice.

The renter refused to open

administrator from page 1 University of Malta. There he will oversee student life, specifically orientation, financial aid and enrollment, as well as career services and several other areas.

Johnson started his time at UW-Madison in 2014 as director of the Multicultural Student Center.

He also assumed the role as chair of the Hate and Bias Response Team in the midst of repeated anti-semitic incidents and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Being the MSC director at the time when Black Lives Matter nationwide was really rising up, when UW students were begin able to really challenge the institu-

the door before shooting himself, though it is unclear whether the deputies witnessed his death.

The tenant was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead.

The responding officers were not injured.

The man, who was not identified by name, refused to either move out or pay rent after his lease expired Feb. 28, according to the State Journal.

When he was served a summons for an eviction trial, he

agreed instead to an eviction stipulation that required him to leave by April 16. He did not leave the apartment. The landlord filed an affidavit of default the next day, to which the officers were responding.

The two deputies have been placed on administrative leave while Madison and Fitchburg police investigate.

The Sheriff ’s Office said they are treating the shooting as a critical incident.

tion, challenge their fellow students and challenge the state to really do better at providing services to students of color, I’ve been honored … to work beside those students,” Johnson said.

Our Wisconsin, which he said he hopes to install a model of at AUM. He will serve as the first dean of students at the new university, which will have a small student population of mainly international students. With Malta being a very Catholic country, he said he plans to spend much of his time ensuring students attending AUM from around the world have “the ability to interact within a different culture.”

“If we have every new student talking about social justice and service, that’s going to become normal for that campus culture,” Johnson said. “Hopefully starting a brandnew school we get to set the tone for what it means to be a part of AUM.”

“If we have every new student talking about social justice and service, that’s going to become normal for that campus culture.”

Joshua Moon Johnson assisstant dean of students UW-Madison

He was involved with creating the new diversity training program

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A plan, approved by the Wisconsin Building Commission, calls for the demolition of the SERF and constuction of a new gym.

State building commission approves plan to demolish SERF, construct new gym

By Noah Habenstreit THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s official: the Southeast Recreational Facility, better known to students as the SERF, will be torn down and replaced.

The State of Wisconsin Building Commission approved the project Wednesday, according to a governor’s office release.

The plan calls for the gymnasium to close permanently late this summer and be demolished in the fall.

The project, led by the UW-Madison Division of Recreational Sports, will create a gym with four times the fitness space of the SERF. Rec Sports hopes to have the new gym open in two years.

The proposal has been somewhat controversial because of the source of its funding. The project is expected to cost approximately $93 million, but none of that money will come from the state government. UW-Madison students will contribute $50 million through fee increases and the remainder of the cost will be shouldered by the school’s athletic department and

private donors.

Students agreed to the fee increases in a campus-wide referendum in 2014. Many students deemed it necessary to tear down the SERF because of its host of problems, including a leaky roof, limited studio space and lack of a regulation-size pool.

Rec Sports officials say they considered renovating the SERF, which opened in 1983, but realized the building was so small and inefficiently designed that a total demolition was necessary.

Not having the SERF for two years will undoubtedly cause disruption on campus. The university’s two other gyms, the UW Natatorium and Camp Randall Sports Center, are less conveniently located for many students and will likely be overrun in the absence of the SERF. Rec Sports officials said they would move some of the SERF’s fitness equipment to Ogg Residence Hall so that students can exercise nearby.

The Division of Recreational Sports did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

New Minnesota student fee opt-out mirrors former Wisconsin proposal

By Nina Bertelsen THE DAILY CARDINAL

While the opt-out proposal is off the table for Wisconsin schools, Minnesota students face a similar proposal for their fees.

Like the Wisconsin proposal in the biennial budget, the Minnesota version was attached to a broader $3.2 million bill for education funding and received negative feedback from students.

State Rep. Drew Christensen, R-Savage, proposed the change— a recent University of Minnesota graduate himself—argues this is a way to curb the rising cost of higher education. However, students say the $18 it saves students wouldn’t be worth it compared to the loss of student services, ability to recruit and student power over spending.

According to William Dammann, Government & Legislative Affairs director for the Minnesota Student Association, the money would likely be made up in tuition money, which is controlled by administration, not

student leaders.

He said that most of the student lobbying effort has been one-onone communication with leaders through calls, letters and emails. He added that they have reached out to other University of Minnesota campuses, with smaller populations than the large Twin Cities campus, to bridge the rural-urban divide.

The proposal stipulates that students could still be required to pay fees relating to academics, health and administrative services. Dammann said this language makes the potential impact unclear, as some services like University Recreation could be considered health services and not student activities.

The bill passed through the Minnesota House of Representatives with the proposal included. However, the state Senate passed a version without the additional proposal, and it was sent back to committee to rectify the two versions. Students will testify at a hearing Tuesday afternoon before deliberation begins.

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business from page 1 top undergraduate business students due to uncertainty whether they will be admitted after their freshman year.”

In a previous interview with The Daily Cardinal, Chancellor Rebecca Blank echoed the need to stay competitive and added that UW-Madison is, “quite unusual compared to our peers in that many of them [direct] admit pretty much the whole class of the freshman year.”

Brooke Evans, a transfer student and representative of the Associated Students of Madison, thinks this is a “foolish” justification.

“People forget we are part of a system, so unique to the state of Wisconsin. [UW-Madison] is so different from other Big 10 Schools who aren’t part of a system,” Evans told The Daily Cardinal.

Evans said she feels that UW-Madison should be dedicated and accessible to students throughout the UW System and UW-Madison—where 1 in 5 is a transfer student.

She said potentially compromising the number of spots for transfer students is contrary to this idea, as well as UW-Madison’s commitment to diversity.

But Peck said there are multiple benefits to the increase of direct admits. She also cited faster graduation rates as a reason to increase the number of direct admit students.

“We have looked at the data comparing direct admits to

Weekend, April 27-30, 2017 students admitted through the pre-business process. While both groups perform equally well, the direct admits graduate sooner,” Peck said.

According to university officials, there is a direct correlation between finishing college on-time and taking on excess debt. In some cases, direct admission to schools can help students get classes and get to graduation earlier.

Pre-business students are students currently attending any school in the UW System or the Wisconsin Technical College System that can transfer directly into the UW-Madison’s business school.

Contrastly, transfer students from schools outside of the UW System need to first complete 12 credits at UW-Madison before applying.

Evans also disagrees with the faster graduation metric.

She claims that UW System transfer students—who are prebusiness—are more likely to graduate from WSB than direct admits who may switch to a different major.

However, the changes could have been more drastic.

This increase comes after a failed proposal to raise the percentage of incoming students to 85 percent direct admits. This would have meant that only about 180 students would be admitted as pre-business or transfer—down from 800.

These decisions are made by a board of faculty governance at the WSB, where two of ten

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members are students. This committee debated the change, according to Peck.

“After a faculty staff meeting where we presented information on the proposed direct admit increase, we collected comments from all those present. Then each point was discussed at the curriculum committee,” Peck told the Daily Cardinal.

Evans became involved in this issue because staff at the WSB reached out to her anonymously, with frustration that they were unable to have a say in this decision.

“Why did this go through 2 committees and the Dean, and nobody stopped it?” Evans asked about the proposal.

According to Evans, there are rumors that officials have floated a proposal to lower credit limits for transfer students.

Currently, if a student has more than 86 credits at another institution they are ineligible for acceptance at the WBS. Lowering this limit would make it even more difficult for transfer students, especially as the WSB has only one round of applications yearly.

Peck denied that there has been no discussion about lowering the credit rule, and said it would have to go through the faculty governance system before approval.

For now, admission policies remain steady and new proposals will be guided by Anne P. Massey, who enters her new role as the next business school dean this August.

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a self-insured medical plan, according to Wolfe. This shift would selfinsure the whole program.

For the UW System and UW-Madison faculty, benefits are not expected to change. But Jack O’Meara, leader of the faculty’s lobbying group, said comments made about Wisconsin’s high benefits compared to other states could indicate plans for future cuts.

Although the basis for the shift is the creation of $60 million in revenue, there is a fear that the revenue won’t materialize, leaving the state with more costs to pay and state employees with less coverage.

Additionally, some say that the Joint Finance Committee can find other ways to fund K-12 education even if the state does not switch insurance models.

“We can afford to do whatever we believe is the most important thing. If schools are more important than something else, you find a way to fund it,” said Bewley “You don’t

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This was not a uniform opinion among the body, though. The amendment that included Israel in the divestment resolution not only led to Rivkin leaving, but also Rep. Diego Villegas.

“On a personal note, I think from watching what happened in that room tonight, it was quite obvious that they had individual targets, myself included,” Rivkin said. “I felt like my Jewish identity didn’t count—for anything. I take great pride in my Jewish identity. I definitely felt targeted as

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“Just because we’re not going to

do self-insurance doesn’t mean that there’s not another way to get funding for schools. You find it. You find it somewhere else.”

a Jew in that room, and that’s pretty shameful.”

University officials quickly released a statement after the vote, strongly condemning the legislation and emphasizing that it “will not result in a change in [the university’s] approach” for policies or practices.

“We are concerned that the actions taken tonight appear to violate a ruling of the Student Judiciary; Jewish members of student government, who raised this issue with the Student Judiciary, walked out of the meeting after expressing concerns that the process was undemocratic and not transpar-

ent,” UW-Madison officials said.

Although many, including the university and Rivkin, viewed the divestment as a politicized issue, Arain argued that the legislation does not mean that ASM is taking a stance on any of these.

“This was really about transparency. We didn’t really know what UW foundations invest in and that’s first and foremost what needs to be done. It was kind of mentioned, if we’re invested in it, then we’re complicit,” Arain said. “I think that it’s important to recognize that we’re not necessarily taking a stance on issues.”

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Comedian Hari Kondabolu will bring personal style to town

By Allison Garcia THE DAILY CARDINAL

One of Hari Kondabolu’s earliest live stand-up comedy shows was at UW-Madison, where he made a baby cry.

“I remember I was talking about sex, it was a joke about sex, and all of a sudden I heard a baby crying, because these parents had brought their kids to the show, which I did not notice,” he said. “And it was just, initially I tried to ignore it, but eventually I was just like, ‘Is that a baby?,’ and the crowd just erupted. They walked out when I started talking about Obama, and I just remember thinking, ‘You kept the baby for filth, but as soon as I mention Obama you’re out?’”

This show came right after Kondabolu had finished graduate school and decided that comedy was going to be his life and career.

He has fond memories of the show and the city, and looks forward to coming back this weekend.

He will be in Madison for performances at the Comedy Club on State for five shows Thursday through Saturday.

Kondabolu’s acts typically contain conversations about social commentary. He takes topics that can be serious and makes them funny in ways that not all comics can. His jokes address racism, sexuality, feminism and more.

“To me, this stuff is just observational,” he said. “When I see racism, it’s not like, ‘Let me think about this, is this racism? What are the things to use to analyze whether this is rac-

ism?’ Nah it’s just racism. That to me is interesting. The first thought that’s in my head is, how can I break this down and try to expose this? Or, how can I make this funny or useful or new? Certainly my heroes have been people who have done similar things who had something to say.”

For his show in Madison, however, he’ll be taking a different approach—making jokes about his family, living life in Brooklyn and a lot of stories from his life.

“I’ve been talking about racism and sexuality and feminism,” Kondabolu said. “Those big themes are going to be there, but I’m also talking about family a bit more. I’m talking about some more things about my personal life, about living in Brooklyn. There’s new things, which I’m proud of, that I think are expanding my palette which I think makes things more personal. Historically I haven’t really done as much a personal stuff, but that’s a lot of what I think about and care about. So this is actually a me thing, that is like this is who I am and I like it.”

While he’s in Madison, he’ll be taking tips on where to spend time during his stay. He’ll be around after shows to chat, and maybe you’ll even see him around State Street.

“I think stand-up is kind of an incredible art form, and I like what I’ve been writing and what I’ve been experimenting with,” he said. “It will be a fun weekend.

Madison’s a great town and I’m really excited about these shows.”

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HBO’s “Vice” discussed Saudi Arabian fast food and Nigerian film.

New ‘Vice’ episode indulges viewers with fast food, film

By Edgar Sanchez THE DAILY CARDINAL

HBO ran its eighth episode of “Vice News” last Friday.

Last week’s mini documentary covered the skyrocketing fad of fast food in Saudi Arabia as well as the booming movie industry in Nigeria.

The first half of the episode is covered by Gianna Toboni on her investigation of American fast food chains that have been altered for a Saudi audience. From the frantic 20-person staffed kitchen line of a Domino’s pizza to the equally extra large call centers for delivery, Toboni presents informative coverage. Comically, while dressed in Domino’s employee attire, Toboni accompanies a Domino’s delivery driver on a few runs to get a feel for the consumer market. Viewers will quickly realize the Saudi fast food industry has evolved into an even larger and more efficient model than its American counterpart. Eventually, the documentary shifts from the business side of the industry to the consumer side.

Saudi Arabian law prohibits the consumption, production and distribution of alcohol, making one of the social scenes for cultural gatherings not a bar, but rather, a restaurant. Toboni explains that the affordability of fast food creates additional appeal for an already successful market.

Furthermore, this makes the food court of shopping centers the place to be.

However, the direction of the documentary begins to take clear steps toward depicting fast food’s growth as a negative one— but with good reason. It’s important to note that at this point, the documentary is no longer acting as a medium of information.

To no one’s surprise, as fast food consumption has grown exponentially, so have health taboos like diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. Due to the rapid spread of fast food’s popularity, 40 percent of

Kuwaitis are obese. To depict these Kuwaitis, Toboni follows the health stories of a family that suffers from all of the negative consequences from the overconsumption of fast food.

It concludes with a debate over whether the fast food industry should take responsibility of these flares in health issues.

By featuring an interview with a Saudi business professor who compares the fast food industry to big tobacco, “Vice” presents the opposing side of the aforementioned debate.

Afterward, Toboni sits down for lunch with the former CEO of CKE restaurants to discusses the personal responsibility that individuals need to take when consuming fast food.

The second documentary switches to “Vice” writer Thomas Morton as he covers the expanding growth of Nigerian cinema, dubbed “Nollywood.” From casting calls, acting and distribution of these films, Morton provides an in-depth look at this interesting take on the film industry. The process is similar to Hollywood’s; however, viewers will be caught off guard at a few of the cultural influences that have shaped the system.

Morton even goes as far to get casted in one these Nollywood films. Due to Morton’s endless awkwardness, the documentary offers almost as many laughs as it does information. Regardless of whether this was the intention of “Vice,” the onscreen interaction during the casting call and filming of the movie clearly shows a journalist out of his comfort zone.

In its concluding interviews, the documentary points out the benefit that this growing market has had in developing a middle class for Nigeria.

Though the first documentary favored a negative depiction of fast food’s impact on Saudi Arabia, both features serve as informative publications that viewers can learn from.

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College Library is often more of a social outing than quiet study. It is easy to get distracted because often your friends will also be there. It is, however, a great place to do group work since there are no rules on talking.

Memorial Library

Are you a fan of the “Harry Potter” series?

This quiet sanctuary situated on State Street is the perfect destination for a student with a lot to do. Lock yourself in a cage and ace your finals the next day.

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Business Library

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Do you live near Camp Randall?

Grainger Hall has all of the best amenities. Eveything there is new, shiny and clean. There are also great computers to do work on.

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Walking through the doors of this beautiful old library is like stepping into Hogwarts. It’s a great place to find a cozy corner and spend the day studying around old leather-bound books.

Journalism Reading Room

Do you live in the Lakeshore area?

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Physics Library

Ebling Library

Tucked away in a quiet room of Vilas Hall is a small library with just a couple of computers and few visitors. Normally you can grab and armchair and it’s a great place to comfortably write and study.

Most days it will feel like you have this library all to yourself with only a few other students around.

Nestled near the School of Nursing, this is a nice spot to go and study around people in their graduate years. Often the library is pretty empty and you have your own space.

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Steenbock Library

Located next to Union South, this library is a nice nook for people who live in the Camp Randall area to study at.

This library has different floors that vary in how loud students can be. It’s a great location for people already in the Lakeshore area who don’t want to travel.

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utside on the third floor of Union South is a beautiful shady patio. With outlets, this is the perfect spot for outdoor studying. he D.C. Smith Greenhouse is a warm place to study surrounded by the life of plants and trees. Being there will remind you that there is life after finals.

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op floor of Van Vleck has some of the best views of Madison and typically no people. Recently they also set out furniture for students. n Washburn Observatory, there’s a large conference room perfect for studying in. There’s also a small kitchen where you can get warm water for tea.

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ndie Coffee can be crowded but between it’s hippie vibes and continuous flow of coffee, it’s the perfect study spot for someone looking to leave campus. he Discovery Building has tons of little nooks for studying and a little coffee shop. There are also live plants all around to look at.

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College athletes are not invincible, need self-care NICK COLEMAN opinion columnist

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Wando’s Bar & Grill filters hip-hop music, along with several other bars in Madison.

Censoring hip-hop in bars is racist, does not promote student safety view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

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ome campus-area bars don’t like black people or black music.

No bar owner or manager specifically said this statement outright, but there is no doubt that places like Wando’s Bar & Grill and The Double U filtering hiphop music from their TouchTunes players sends that exact message to the campus and greater Madison community.

Jay Wando, one of only a few to respond to interview requests from Cardinal reporters, said he doesn’t want “gangster hip-hop” because it might draw in a crowd “not driven

by UW-Madison students.”

He further defended his policy of filtering hip-hop music by claiming it to be a safety issue.

“It’s just because we want UW students to be safe in a bar environment,” he said. “I’ve been on campus for 29 years, and I’ve seen both sides of it.”

Our Editorial Board vehemently disagrees with this assertion.

Listening to Lil Wayne or Drake does not create an unsafe environment. Furthermore, hip-hop is an interest of UW-Madison students despite our predominantly white campus, and that should be reflected in the city’s nightlife.

Students of color are already alienated in Madison due to Wisconsin’s drinking culture.

In the 2015 Color of Drinking Survey administered by University Health Services, 48 percent of students of color said they experienced microaggressions from intoxicated UW-Madison students.

Additionally, 40 percent of these students said they avoid specific areas of campus such as Langdon Street and State Street due to the large drinking culture.

There is wide consensus among researchers and law enforcement that there is a link between the

prevalence of alcohol and violence, according to a 2006 report prepared by the National Center for Alcohol Law Enforcement for the U.S. Department of Justice.

Many campus-area bars have filtered hip-hop music specifically citing its connection to safety issues.

However, no similar consensus exists connecting the two.

Earlier this month, Madison Police Department Lt. Jason Freedman said during a Public Safety Review Committee meeting that MPD doesn’t track disturbances by genre of music.

“We certainly have had issues that came in from venues from time to time, but we focus on what the behavior is … we don’t track it by genre or anything like that,” Freedman, who oversees the Central District, said. “Other things tied to the licenses that establishments, bars have that kind of thing, but it’s not really by music taste.”

Shifting blame onto hip-hop music negates the problematic nature of having, on average, 245 outlets serving alcohol within a twomile radius of campus, a statistic noted in a study published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal in 2015.

This is not an argument for prohibition or that any of these bars should close. However, the reasoning bar owners have used to filter hip-hop music is not supported by empirical evidence. If Wando’s wanted to keep UW-Madison students safe, they shouldn’t serve alcohol, especially by the fishbowl.

Excessive alcohol use plays a larger role in violence than any hip-hop song ever will.

The notion that hip-hop is violent and not safe for young people to listen to is heard far too often without much to back it up. Consider Armando Saafir, a resident DJ at Liquid—a nightclub on University Avenue—who goes by DJay Mando.

“Since I’ve been young, there’s a stigma that hip-hop is violent and sexual and full of drugs, and that black people are bad,” Saafir, who started DJing as a hobby in high school, said. “The older generation, they were always saying the same things that bar owners were saying, so it doesn’t really surprise me that this is happening.”

Saafir is one of the few DJs in Madison emphasizing hip-hop in his work. He has developed a following that is diverse and his sets are well-received.

“With hip-hop, there’s diversity within the music, and it brings diverse people together … it doesn’t surprise me that me playing hiphop had made me one of the most popular DJs in the city,” he said.

Hip-hop has a place in the UW-Madison community, and it drives the interests of many students. To deny that is to deny the work of First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, which is the first university program in the country that focuses on hip-hop culture. Crowds at recent concerts put on by artists such as Lil Wayne and Future featured UW-Madison students from a variety of backgrounds. Is this not the same crowd that bars should be drawing in?

“By getting rid of hip-hop, you’re not only isolating the minority community, but are also lessening the amount of pleasure you can bring to all the white people, because white people like hip-hop too,” Saafir, who is black and Latino, said.

We agree. Bars and Madison’s nightlife scene already alienate people of color. Denying the validity of hip-hop perpetuates a sense of fear and division. Others may claim that filtering out hip-hop music isn’t racist, but that objectively denies the history of hip-hop and its importance to many marginalized groups, especially students of color at UW-Madison who for so long have been structurally dismissed by the university.

What are your thoughts on the proposed ban? Send your questions, comments and concerns to editorialboard@dailycardinal.com.

elf-care is about identifying one’s own needs and taking necessary steps to meet them.

Self-care is something that is necessary for every thriving adult to practice in order to maintain a healthy mental and physical well-being. It is something that serves as a constant in our lives that we’re able to fall back on when stressful times start to take a toll on our minds and bodies.

Self-care isn’t always an elaborate process, but rather can be found in simple, yet intentional acts. This could be reading a book, watching a movie, taking a walk or even merely spending some alone time playing video games or listening to music.

Simply put, self-care is the time one spends focusing on themselves, not worrying about other things such as the following day’s tasks or how much money is left in their bank account. We are so easily consumed by daily tasks and stressors that we forget to take time to do things for ourselves.

The college students with the busiest, most stressful schedules lack the time and resources to practice self-care. According to the NCAA, student athletes are at a higher risk for mental health issues and burnout.

The U.S. has a very prominent sports culture, and this has molded large universities into factories for producing top-tier athletes. Don’t get me wrong. I’m as much of a sports fan as the next Badger, yet I worry that student-athletes are portrayed as invincible athletic machines rather than everyday human beings.

They are embedded in a culture that leaves no room for vulnerability, that sees weakness as a detriment to the player. This may hurt their selfimage of being a colossal, indomitable athlete. No fear, no weakness, no emotions are what we teach athletes, and sadly this has been the message that many athletes have received since they started playing.

Human emotion and mental wellness are things that need attention and must be nursed when they are not well. Due to the factory culture of college athletics, student-athletes are viewed more as machines even by themselves sometimes, allowing their basic common needs as humans to frequently be unmet.

Succeeding academically at a rigorous university such as UW-Madison comes with a large amount of stressors which is exacerbated by the demands of being a Division I athlete. This is more reason why adequate self-care opportunities and recognition of mental health needs are essential for student-athletes to process the demands of their dual identities.

A common outcome from the lack of self-care includes self medicating and coping through alcohol and other drugs. Furthermore, the inability to find healthy ways to cope with stress can lead to a host of mental illnesses such as depression or severe anxiety, according to Psychology Today. These conditions are extremely debilitating and easy to mask, causing them to persist and worsen—especially when ignored or left undiagnosed.

Every human being deserves to experience joy and the current culture of college athletics is not modeled in favor of student-athletes experiencing true joy. Due to both

their own self-image and the extreme expectations from these athletes that have been deemed acceptable, I gather that mental wellness is not as much of an area of focus within college athletics as it should be. This deprivation is caused and perpetuated by both the dominant sports culture and, in part, the athletes themselves focusing mainly on their athlete role and not tending enough to their basic human needs.

Not too long ago, Montee Ball, a former Denver Broncos player, opened up about his alcohol abuse during his college years and NFL rookie season. This made me wonder—is this a common way to deal with stress and pressure among college athletes?

While pondering this issue, I came to the same conclusion that my own struggles with mental wellness helped me reach not long ago: Addressing mental wellness head-on is the most effective way to deal with stress.

Since I am not an athlete, I am able to freely control my schedule in order to ensure that I incorporate self-care activities into my daily schedule. I am also able to embrace vulnerability to most effectively deal with my problems without confronting criticism from the culture I am surrounded by.

However, for student-athletes, this isn’t the case. They are given a strict schedule that they must obey, and they cannot manipulate the schedule even if that’s what is best for them. How, then, are studentathletes supposed to cope with daily stressors when they are absorbed in a sports culture that looks down upon vulnerability and thedon’t have sufficient time to practice self-care?

I believe that within the athletic departments of all universities, there must be ongoing conversations and embedded support structures emphasizing the importance of selfcare and mental wellness; the simple verbal acknowledgement of these topics is not sufficient. In addition, I suggest student-athletes be consistently given more time to practice self-care activities.

Just as stretching is vital for any athlete’s body, practicing self-care is a way for one’s mind and body to decompress and wind down. In order for a lasting change to be made, I believe that the dominant sports culture must become more focused on the overall well being of athletes, not just how they are performing when it comes to game time.

In beginning to break down the hypermasculine wall built around athletes that shuns vulnerability, ongoing support structures that emphasize overall wellness of student-athletes may be effective. I think that this will begin to chip away at the much larger issue of mental wellness deficits among college athletes, but many additional measures must be taken in the future to eliminate this issue.

Student-athletes are humans and must be able to practice self-care, a necessary step in ensuring full mental and physical well-being. Let’s not just make “get your head in the game” a slogan during game day, let’s make it a life motto rooted in genuine care for student-athletes’ well being.

What are your thoughts on selfcare, specifically for college athletes?

Send questions and comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Madison bar owner slips up, calls hip-hop ‘black people music’

By Patrick Hoeppner and Marc Tost the daily cardinal

In a story that continues to develop amid controversy, local bar owner Ray Blando has been overheard referring to popular hip-hop tracks as “black people music.” Students on the scene report that he continued to say, “Future and Migos bring an atmosphere that, while lit, could bring a far more inclusive party environment to our establishment, and that’s something we are not yet comfortable with.”

These reports have contributed to significant backlash from students and Madison residents alike. Sophomore Katerina Watersmith went as far as to say that she would consider drinking gallons of blue alcohol out of fishbowls in her own apartment to protest Blando’s comments.

When interviewed in response to the controversy,

Blando doubled down on his previous stance, “We like exclusive environments because they help our patrons feel privileged,” Blando said. “Lyrics such as ‘Pipe it up,’ and ‘Imma make it look sexy,’ contribute to an environment which is jubilant and inclusive to other demographics, and that’s just not what we’re looking for.”

The absence of hip-hop was initially noticed by two UW-Madison students, who were driven to the bar by non-UW students. When they approached bar-owner Blando about the situation, he allegedly replied, “gangster hip-hop won’t be allowed in my environment, because I don’t want high rollers rolling in with their whips.”

Other bar owners in the State Street area have enacted similar policies, but backed up their actions in different ways. When the proprietor of area bar Whiskey Dick’s was

questioned about the lack of popular hip-hop at his establishment, he cited security reasons. “We were seeing too many people pile onto the dance floor without warming up to R&B. People pulled hammies, and one guy even broke his ankle. We needed to make a change.”

When asked if he had strategically deleted hip-hop tracks from his interactive music players, Blando denied any tampering with the system. “I don’t even know how to operate this newfangled technology,” he said. “I still use a Nokia.

Touch screens confound me.”

When interviewed by Cardinal reporters, Blando asserted that despite backlash, his managerial skills had resulted in higher profit margins and increased patronage from the Madison area.

“It’s in my DNA,” Blando mused, “just like that Kenny guy said.”

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Ray Blando, local bar owner, staring at his rows of alcohol and listening to something that’s not hip-hop.

Madison startup re-invents the wheel, disrupts auto industry

By Patrick Hoeppner the daily cardinal

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An image of Peter Pan in 2017. Pan and six of his gang, the Lost Boys, were arrested and charged with criminal trespassing Saturday.

Peter Pan arrested by police, charged with criminal trespassing

By Noah Mack the daily cardinal

Peter Pan, permanently age 10, was picked up by police around 3:30 a.m. Saturday outside a U.S. Naval facility in Maryland and charged with first degree criminal trespassing.

Pan, notorious for his agelessness and care-free attitude, has racked up an astounding number of charges in the 32 years since he left Neverland.

Vandalism, disorderly conduct, assault and even drug trafficking are just a small portion of the mischievous boy’s extensive criminal record.

Local police have also had problems with Pan, including Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, who had a run-in with the boy just last week.

“I dispatched a team to deal with a report of underage drinking. Pan and his group of Lost Boys were drinking grog from a barrel in a public park, claim-

ing pirate law permitted them to do so,” said Davis. “We’ve never been able to get him, because he always flies just out of reach.”

Protesters of the nationally publicized arrest voiced their opinion Monday night in the form of a widespread “Save Pan” T-shirt campaign. The shirts depict a flying Peter Pan holding a can of Pepsi—a manifestation of the cola company’s recent approach to activism. The protests put massive pressure on the jury, leading to Pan’s acquittal.

The boy was released Tuesday morning after Pan’s lawyer claimed he should be charged as a minor, claiming ignorance of the law and lack of parental supervision were responsible for the delinquent behavior. All charges against the defendant were dropped.

“I never wanna grow up,” said Pan. “The last lost boy to grow up was Johnny Manziel, and look what happened to him…”

Madison-based startup company Squared revealed a cutting-edge innovation Monday which promises to disrupt the automotive industry on a scale unforeseen since Henry Ford unveiled the Model T in 1908.

The new wheel is designed to optimize a number of inefficiencies and setbacks in the conventional wheel design, some of which harken back to the advent of the wheel itself in the Neolithic Age. “When it comes to the wheel,” said Travis Matnick, a head designer for Squared, “not much thought is put into the traction coefficient beneath the wheel. But with a square design, the tire uses more surface area in contact with the ground, and the wheel outperforms its rounded counterparts.”

“I don’t understand the significance of traction and rotational forces with this design,”

a mechanical engineering professor at UW-Madison said, as he pored over the blueprints.

“These idiots literally made a square wheel, and it’s the most pointless thing I’ve ever seen.”

“The new wheels outperformed conventional wheels by a factor of nine or 10.”

Martin Roller distribution manager Squared

“The redefined parameters by which we designed this wheel allow for more efficient tire change, air fill, and storage,” a distribution manager at Squared said. “During our wind tunnel testing, puncture tests, and initial road runs, the new wheels outperformed conventional wheels by a factor of nine or 10.”

Proponents of the square wheel design argue that the new wheels encourage driv-

ers to follow speed limits, use turn signals, and fasten seatbelts—as driving a convertible equipped with Squared wheels without a seat belt is likely to result in ejection from the vehicle.

“It is becoming clearer to us that the best option for the environment and economy comes in the form of square wheels, which encourage people to drive less and make the ride less comfortable while they do.”

Cars tested with engine outputs under 100 horsepower failed to turn the square wheels a single time. When asked about the exclusive power requirement to use the wheels, the engineers at Squared declined to comment.

“This design is the worst thing since blown tires,” a joint statement from Firestone, Goodyear, and Bridgestone said. “We sincerely hope America avoids this new product.”

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Young Wisconsin athletes hope to fill vacancy left by departing senior class Story and Graphic

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idway through the first half of the Badgers’ November matchup with Chicago State, D’Mitrik Trice buried a three and pounded his chest in celebration. The shot came in the midst of a 19-0 run that helped UW overcome a slow start in which Trice scored or assisted on 11 of those 19 points.

It was an uncharacteristic show of emotion from the normally reserved freshman guard, who sometimes looks robotic on the court. He goes about his business, makes the right pass, takes a few shots per game and doesn’t try to play outside of himself.

But with the winningest senior class in school history now gone— along with 62.7 percent of the team’s shot attempts—Trice will have to take on a significantly bigger role in a rotation chock full of fresh faces.

He’ll be thrust into a leadership role long occupied by upperclassmen like Nigel Hayes, Frank Kaminsky and Jordan Taylor.

The young IMG Academy product wasn’t expected to play much in his debut season, but he impressed the Badger coaching staff in the fall and carved out a nice sixth-man role for himself. Next year, he’ll be called on to carry the team alongside Ethan Happ.

In his one season in Madison, Trice says he learned a lot about being a role model from the departing seniors.

“I’m just learning the leadership qualities, how to talk to certain guys,” he said.

“I’m especially learning a lot from Bronson [Koenig] and Nigel specifically. On and off the court, they’ve always been there mentoring me in every way possible.”

Trice’s transformation into a leader hasn’t come e x c l u s ive l y by way of his teammates, either.

He’s constantly on the phone with his brother, Travis, a former Michigan State standout who led the Spartans to the Final Four as a senior.

“I really can’t explain how much I’ve learned from him and how much I can take away from him,” Trice said. “He’s always had my back.”

Now he’ll have to bring what he’s learned to the court to take the reins from an unparalleled senior class. And while he’s never had higher expectations, he’s never been more ready.

Ready to Roque and Roll Just next door to the Kohl Center, where Trice will be developing into a figurehead on a national powerhouse, there will be a gaping hole in LaBahn Arena and the roster of the women’s hockey team.

Ann-Renée Desbiens has minded the net for the Badgers since 2013 and just closed out perhaps the greatest career in collegiate hockey history. Desbiens, a twotime First-Team All-American who set numerous NCAA records in her time at UW, will graduate along with Sarah Nurse, another All-American.

Stepping in to fill those skates is Abby Roque, the WCHA Rookie of the Year. She spent her freshman year under the guiding gaze of Nurse and says she still has a lot of work to do to be prepared to jump into the leadership r o l e left

behind their run to the National Championship Game this year, though she’d never let on how important she is to the program.

Roque is too focused on contributing to the team’s long tradition of success to worry about individual accolades. And above all, she wants to be remembered by the Badger Faithful the same way her mentors will be.

“I want my legacy to be that I came in and I did everything I could do for the team.

Hopefully I have a lot of little

Finding Redemption All the way across campus sits the UW Field House, where Lauren Carlini set countless records for the volleyball team and will leave behind a storied career as a bona fide superstar.

Carlini was named to the All-Big Ten team in each of her four seasons, the only Badger to ever accomplish that feat. Without her presence, UW will turn to its crop of young players, led by freshman phenom Molly Haggerty, for leadership.

Haggerty burst onto the scene early in the season when she smashed the school record with an a s t o n- ishing 27 kills

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by Nurse’s departure.

“I need to do a lot to continue to improve,” Roque said. “Make sure you’re always improving, because if you’re not improving you might be getting worse.”

That modesty is par for the course for the young forward.

Roque tallied 28 points for the Badgers and was a driving force

fans who cheer me on,” Roque said. “They all love Ann, they all love Sarah because they see how great they are on the ice and they see how great the are to the fans … That’s the kind of legacy I want to leave is for the fans to miss me when I leave.”

in a dominating sweep of then-No. 16 Texas A&M. It was that performance that gave her the confidence to feel comfortable on the court, both as a player and as a leader.

“It was just cool to see that, even though I’m a freshman, I can still impact the game,” Haggerty said.

“People kind of underestimate or don’t really respect freshmen as

much. Not everyone, but some, and it meant a lot to me that people started respecting me.”

With that newfound confidence, Haggerty is ready to lead the Badgers to a Final Four or even a National Championship. The team’s collapse in the Elite Eight last season has only added fuel to her fire and pushed her to fine tune her already nearly-perfect game.

“I don’t know how many times I’ve watched our Stanford match and seeing how close we were,” Haggerty said. “We definitely have a lot of hunger for this upcoming season, and I know that the incoming freshmen also do.”

Chasing Legends The biggest burden of all, though, lies squarely on the broad shoulders of Bradrick Shaw. He’ll take the field at Camp Randall in the fall shadowed by the ghosts of renowned Wisconsin running backs.

There is a long tradition of running back success in Madison, one that Shaw is well aware of. He is spurred on by the gaze of a fanbase that has borne witness to two Heismanwinning rushers and two more finalists. There was a time not long ago that Badger backs held NCAA records for yards in a game, yards in a career and career touchdowns.

But despite that intimidating expectation, Shaw won’t back down from the spotlight. He sees this as his opportunity to join the list.

“I definitely use it as an inspiration, knowing that those guys came through this program and were successful at running back,” he said. “I have a chance this year to really try to make a name for myself like they did.”

In his first year on the field, Shaw showed glimpses of what’s to come. He rushed for 457 yards on 5.2 yards per carry and five touchdowns. His most notable moment came in the first quarter of Wisconsin’s marquee matchup with No. 7 Nebraska.

Shaw burst through the line of scrimmage and raced past everyone en route to a 21-yard touchdown. In just a few short strides he had hit top speed. You could see the power in his legs—the power every memorable Badger rusher has had. For a split second, the image of Shaw sprinting to the end zone merged with the image of Melvin Gordon’s unforgettable recordbreaking touchdown two years prior.

But that isn’t necessarily something Shaw wants. He feeds off the legacy of those that came before him, but he won’t try to emulate them. It’s his own name he wants etched into the facade of Camp Randall, not his predecessors’.

“Those guys are all known for something,” he said. “I just want to be different.”