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UW-Madison group encourages discourse on feminist activism

By Bailey NachreinerMackesey The Daily Cardinal

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Community members gathered for a vigil near the state Capitol to mourn the Nepali disaster.

Earthquake aftermath sparks local support

By Kelsey O’Hara The Daily Cardinal

More than 3,000 citizens died and entire villages crumbled into nonexistence after last week’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, according to the Red Cross. Despite the tragedy occurring roughly 7,000 miles away, recognition of the earthquake has crossed borders into Madison.

Community members came together Wednesday evening for a candlelight vigil to express their support for the families and friends impacted through the earthquake and its ongoing aftermath.

The Nepal Student Association and Nepali American Friendship Association hosted the gathering in hopes to spread community outreach for support for the victims and their families.

The vigil served as a place for anyone in the Madison community to mourn together.

NAFA board member Archana Dhakhwa said she understood the difficulty of facing the tragedy alone.

“I find it very consoling that everyone is together. It’s not just Nepalese community but people from all over the place,”

At the culmination of its first active year on campus, a UW-Madison student organization gave faculty, students and community members the opportunity to engage in conversations about feminism.

UW-Madison’s chapter of the National Organization for Women, as part of its Week of Empowerment, hosted two speakers Tuesday and Wednesday night to speak on an assortment of topics surrounding feminist history and activism.

Tuesday night, assistant professor in the Department of English Ramzi Fawaz led a discussion titled “Radical Feminism,” in which he offered a diverse background of feminist theory and a discussion of the audience’s perception of radical feminism.

Fawaz opened the floor for participants to offer their opinions on feminism, share their investment in the movement and

explore their preconceptions.

“I assumed, falsely, that the modifier of ‘radical’ in the title ‘Radical Feminism’ meant something drastic, like beating up men or radically violent,” freshman Helen Rottier said. “But it actually tends more towards the difference between reformative feminism and revolutionary feminism, which is something I believe in very strongly, so about halfway through I realized that I am, and always have been, a radical feminist.”

Wednesday night, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Molly Steenson shifted the conversation from theory to action and shared her history as a feminist activist.

Steenson also offered advice on ways to incorporate feminist ideals as students progress in their careers, including seeking mentors and leading by example, particularly in maledominated fields.

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Dhakhwa said. “It’s very important to feel that we are not alone, that everyone is supporting us.”

Members of the Madison and Nepalese communities told personal stories of how the earthquake affected them.

UW-Madison junior Danielle Kollpainter said the disaster impacts more than just the citizens in Nepal, hitting closer to home as well.

“I don’t think a lot of people in Madison realize the great diversity we have, and how this

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Businesses still unpaid for completed labor

By Jason Snyder The Daily Cardinal

Two state legislators sent a letter to Attorney General Brad Schimel Monday on behalf of several local contractors raising questions about a lack of issued payments for the construction of student housing at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County and UW-Marshfield/Wood County.

State Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, and state Rep. Dave Considine, D-Baraboo, signed the letter to the attorney general asking for an investigation into the matter. Constituents and other lawmakers remain hopeful for these companies to receive just compensation for their work.

Bluffstone LLC is the Iowa-

based company under fire for subcontracting with local businesses providing materials, service and labor and not paying for their work.

The company has a lease agreement between Sauk County and the city of Baraboo, which is represented by the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County Campus Commission.

The letter specifies UW-Baraboo is not listed on the lease, but is a signer to an operating agreement for the construction with Bluffstone LLC via the Board of Regents and UW Colleges, which had representatives sign the agreement.

UW-Baraboo/Sauk County has not directly intervened because they are not a party

included on the lease.

Students at both institutions are reaping the benefits of the finished projects while local contractors are frustrated with UW System’s position on the issue, explained John Nikolai of McMillan Electric.

McMillan Electric in Marshfield is one of roughly a dozen other subcontractors that have not been compensated for their labor. Nikolai was involved with the construction at both UW-Marshfield/Wood County and UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

“Everyone is happy except the guys that put in the work. It’s morally wrong. It obviously wasn’t

Protests: Misunderstood + OPINION, page 5

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The Scabbard and Blade flagpole, which has been outside the Historical Society for more than 100 years, was restored and then rededicated Wednesday. + Photo by Emily Buck

Switched-up style How consistency over power gives softball a new approach

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New legislation to battle gun violence

State Supreme Court majority votes to oust chief justice

A new bill introduced in the Wisconsin State Assembly Tuesday could impose mandatory minimum sentences for violent felons caught in possession of a firearm.

State Reps. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc, and LaTonya Johnson, D-Milwaukee, presented the bill as a solution for what they believed to be rising gun violence across the state in a press release.

The minimum mandatory sentencing bill is one of several recently proposed firearm reform bills, another of which would allow retired police officers to carry firearms on school grounds.

“I strongly support the rights of lawful citizens to carry firearms,” Kleefisch said in the statement. “However the recent wave

of gun violence reinforces the need to sentence and keep violent felons in prison so the revolving door of justice does not send them right back onto the streets.”

The two representatives did not disclose the length of the mandatory minimum sentence in the press release, but Kleefisch claimed it would have “a massive deterrent effect” and “keep violent criminals behind bars longer and keep our communities safer.”

Johnson said she hoped the bill would decrease violent crime in Milwaukee.

“Gun violence not only takes innocent lives, it erodes our quality of life and starves our communities of opportunities for economic investment and revitalization,” Johnson said in the release.

—Eric Cummings

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the victims.

“I feel I should be going and helping out, but the only thing I can really do is give money to help those organizations that have a presence there and doing some great work,” Pokhrel said.

A speaker from NAFA said the next step into helping these impacted families within Madison is keeping their stories alive. He added that people shouldn’t forget about the shambles left in Nepal, even once they are released from the public eye.

A majority of the state Supreme Court voted Wednesday to replace Justice Shirley Abrahamson as chief justice, hours after a constitutional amendment authorizing them to do so was certified, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The four conservative justices on the high court elected Justice Patience Roggensack to be their leader. The Journal Sentinel reported Abrahamson, Justice Ann Walsh Bradley and Justice N. Patrick Crooks had not cast ballots by the time the majority had voted.

Justices may cast their votes for chief justice until Friday morning.

Abrahamson filed a pending lawsuit in federal court challenging the implementation of the amendment, which was passed by voters in the April 7 election. She argues the resolution should take effect when she is up for re-election in 2019.

U.S. District Judge James Peterson has twice declined motions from Abrahamson to block a potential vote to replace her while the matter is being heard. A hearing on the case is scheduled for May 15.

affects so many people here, across the world from where this earthquake happened,” Kollpainter said.

Speakers at the vigil emphasized that Nepal will not be rebuilt overnight, and that people will have to dedicate time and effort in order to help recover from the damage.

Ravi Pokhrel, a postdoc in the Chemistry department, said not everyone can take a direct approach to supporting

feminist from page 1 “I want to speak to something that was underlying what you’ve all said,” Steenson said.

“This question of ‘do I have to give up my ideals?’ The answer is absolutely not. The question is ‘how do you express them,’ and there are many different ways you will do this throughout your life.”

Attendees from a wide range of backgrounds affirmed the importance of having open events for students to discuss relevant

issues like these. Particularly, engineering student Carolyn Stone said, for students who are not exposed to these discussions in their coursework.

“It’s important to get people thinking about it in the first place because I’m not in a Gender and Women’s Studies class, and I just don’t think about these things because they’re not presented to me on a daily basis,” Stone said. “Even just throughout this week, going to these events, it’s been so cool to think about it and it’s been so awesome to have that food for thought.”

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Since construction finished on Library Mall, food cart owners say seating is better, but space and electricity are lacking.

City officials look to improve conditions for food vendors

By Dana Kampa The Daily Cardinal

The Vending Oversight Committee said Wednesday Madison’s food cart environment has improved since Library Mall construction finished, but more solutions are still being sought.

The committee compared this year’s planning around construction on the 700 and 800 blocks of State Street to what Street Vending Coordinator Warren Hansen referred to as last year’s “nightmare.”

“Overall, I think the redesign is very successful,” Hansen said.

“It’s more spacious, there’s much more seating and the seating is elegant … It’s just that everybody is crammed into one block now and that was not the case before.”

Vendors have experienced some issues with access to electricity and space, especially since the Wisconsin Historical Society vetoed having food trucks on the 800 block in the immediate future.

“It is tough getting in and out of there,” said Banzo food cart owner Aaron Collins. “But everybody’s adjusting.”

Collins described the difficulties carts deal with in competing with neighbors for electricity; some carts use generators while others connect to electricity poles.

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Journalism professor Molly Steenson told her personal story of feminist activism, despite fears of backlash from students.

run properly,” Nikolai said.

Despite completion in October, he and all other subcontractors that contributed their services are awaiting full compensation. The total outstanding fees between all unpaid bills amounts to $754,000.

That amount is based off contractors that filed liens, which ensure they have a right to keep the possession of property until their debt is completely discharged. Some contractors did

Hansen said the city tries to match the carts that need electricity to sites near poles, but there aren’t enough. He said he was previously told there would be enough electricity for everyone and no need for generators, but that is not the case. There are 20 vendors but only enough electricity for 15.

Collins said he still likes the changes.

“It’s much more inviting and seems to be, including for customers, a nice place to sit,” he said. “The flow is better.”

“Except for the flow of electricity,” Hansen joked.

Meanwhile, construction will soon begin on West Main and South Carroll Streets, displacing any vendors on that corner. A few vending sites will also be affected until September by construction in the southeast campus vending area on West Dayton and North Charter Streets.

Also in the meeting, Tim Sobota, a Metro Transit planner, presented a change to city ordinance that would allow more room between bus shelters and outdoor cafes for bus passengers to exit. While the change could be particularly helpful to wheelchair users, he said it would benefit everyone. not file liens, which means that amount is only a rough estimate and could very well be more.

An outstanding fee of $168,000 has not been paid for the services provided by McMillan Electric for the UW-Baraboo/Sauk County housing project. A remaining $2,500 is needed for the work performed at UW-Marshfield/ Wood County.

“Other legislators are pushing to look into this. People that did the work didn’t get paid and that’s a fact,” Nikolai said.

UW professor seeks to improve knowledge of Amish culture As a Mennonite, UW-Madison German professor Mark Louden said he is aware of the minimal understanding of Amish life and hopes to dispel stereotypes and generate knowledge about this unique culture.

Louden is organizing outreach efforts to Wisconsin’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite, or “Plain,” communities, according to a university statement released April 29.

Serving as the codirector of UW-Madison’s Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, Louden engages in various outreach efforts. He acts as an interpreter between Amish groups and medical or legal professionals, and visits schools throughout Wisconsin to address Amish history.

Louden also serves on the advisory board of a project to improve newborn screenings in Amish communities.

“My role on the advisory board for this project is to bridge the gap between the Amish and outsiders, by explaining mainly to outsiders who the Plain people are and how their faith informs their everyday life and culture,” Louden said in the release.

Through this work, Louden hopes to have a positive impact on these communities.

“I see this work as upholding the Wisconsin Idea,” Louden said in the release.

“One of the most important aspects of my job is the opportunity to do public outreach.”

—Jake Skubish

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Top 100 songs influence Speedy Ortiz

By Cameron Graff The Daily Cardinal

It’s been a hot minute since Speedy Ortiz last hit Madison; or, more specifically, just a few months short of a year since they demolished Live on King Street, opening for tUnE-yArDs. The appearance felt like a bit of a victory lap after the release of 2013’s triumphant Major Arcana and 2014’s equally massive “Real Hair” EP, but it wasn’t the first time they had played the city.

“That was a really cool festival, with tUnE-yArDs, but we also played [in Madison] one time in some type of college dorm type thing … Minor Threat or Hüsker Dü had played there at some point, I think, in the 80s,” drummer Mike Falcone said.

He couldn’t quite recall the venue, but the more he described it, the more it sounded like Speedy Ortiz—and either Minor Threat or Hüsker Dü before them—had eviscerated Sellery Hall at one point in the past. “On the bottom floor there was a big room with a piano in the corner,” Falcone added, “and we spent some time there trying to figure out Wu-Tang songs on piano.”

The band recently added Devin McKnight to their lineup while guitarist Matt Robidoux takes a hiatus from playing. He’s a new element, but his frantic Spiral Stairs-esque style blends perfectly into frontwoman Sadie Dupuis’ anxious song structures—not surprising, since he’s been a fan since the beginning.

“I just remember when Speedy started being a band and I started seeing [them] around Boston more, and [2012 EP] ‘Sports’ came out, and I bought it, and it was great,” he recalled, laughing.

a mess of intricate and cryptic songwriting over snaking indie rock—it wasn’t surprising, then, that Falcone noted Elliott Smith’s ’90s band Heatmiser as a large influence.

of hear the pop elements come out in the songwriting—there’s a lot of singy, big R&B hooks,” McKnight said, which explains the roots of the permeating pop in thier music.

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Speedy Ortiz return to Madison Friday for the first time since their August Live on King Street show.

With McKnight on guitar the band recently recorded and released their third album, Foil Deer, another rock-solid entry in the band’s catalog in April. As always, the record is

Maybe more than ever before, though, the record demonstrates the band’s investment in pop music. “We listen to a lot of ’90s R&B, a lot of hip-hop, both bad and good, so whenever you kind

The pop influences permeate all parts of Speedy Ortiz, as even on tour it makes up the majority of the band’s listening habits. “I like to bring CD-Rs on tour, where you burn, like,

the Billboard Top 100 from like, random years, like 2005 or 1995 or something,” said Falcone.

“And if we had a really long drive, like seven to eight hours, we’d just listen to the whole thing. We’d end up skipping maybe 30-40 [songs] because a lot of them are really bad.”

“I was actually really surprised,” McKnight added, “I really hated ‘Fergalicious’ and ‘My Humps’ and ‘London Bridge’ when they were new, but they don’t actually sound that bad however many years later. They’ve actually aged very well, which is something I hadn’t expected.”

On the subject of pop music, I had to ask about the band’s feelings regarding Taylor Swift, espoused via early single “Taylor Swift” (featuring the impossibly great line “I got a boy who likes to fuck to Can”).

“A lot of people really get defensive about it. ‘How dare you make fun of her…’ and it’s like, I don’t know, I don’t think we’re making fun of her, this is just objectively what a lot of her songs are about,” Falcone said. “I liked Red a little more than [1989].”

Finally, when I asked the two what would make Friday’s Speedy Ortiz set particularly special, Falcone paused, and then answered, “A crowd that feels a little more intimate is always nice, there’s not as much separation between the stage and the people when you’re playing. And I would say, things like there being… dope beer in the back or something.”

With TV in limbo, it’s time to present some mid-year awards Jake Smasal smasaltov!

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he school year is almost over, and spring TV is just heating up. In the limited amount of time we have left together, I figured I would write a totally arbitrary awards column, partly because there’s not really any new TV happening this week. What follows is a number of awards I’ve given to shows throughout the year: Awards named after my favorite examples from other shows. Look, the point of this exercise is not to reinvent the wheel—or the awards column—just to bestow awards to those I deem deserving.

The Tony and Carmela Soprano Award for Most Distraught Leading Couple: Honestly, this could go to any two

characters on “Game of Thrones.”

Jaime and Cersei Lannister, Littlefinger and Sansa Stark (shudder), Daenerys Targaryen and Daario Naharis 2.0, the options are endless. In the end, I had to give it to this season’s odd couple, Brienne of Tarth and my boy Podrick Payne.

Like Arya Stark and the Hound last season, they’re rudderless, hopeless and generally distraught. I’m really excited to see where this storyline— which has already changed from the books—goes this year.

town of Alexandria. The conflict here is that Rick wants to defend the town, and Michonne just kind of wants everything to be normal and not all apocalypse-y. Seriously.

That’s it. Nobody wants anything from these two except a bunch of kick-ass zombie killing. Much like Jack and Sawyer fighting over Kate, and literally everything else, for the first couple seasons of “Lost,” Rick and Michonne really need to get back to the task at hand, or that task will literally eat them alive.

The Jack and Sawyer Award for Most Pointless Conflict between Two Main Characters: This was maybe the easiest award to give. By a landslide, it goes to Rick Grimes and Michonne for their roles in season five, part two of “The Walking Dead.” Definitely the two best at kicking zombie ass, both characters spend the majority of the fifth season’s second act playing sheriff in the once-peaceful

The “House of Cards” Award for Most Potentially Disappointing Second Season: This one hurts, because I really like this show, but I have to give it to “The Last Man on Earth.” This is possibly my favorite new show this year, but in recent weeks has become increasingly formulaic in order to advance its plot and get its kicks. Will Forte’s Phil Miller is the only character for just the pilot, with

Kristen Schaal, January Jones, Mel Rodriguez and others being added as the season continued. I like these actors and their characters, but the show keeps adding new ones to the point where I honestly had to think about how many there were. The premise for the show is solid, but it has the unfortunate habit of boxing itself in unless it continues to add new characters to goose the plot. I’ll be watching season two, but I will be wary.

The “Whitney” Award for Worst Show on TV this Year: Easily “House of Cards.” I know it’s technically on Netflix, but this one was not even close. The second season wasn’t great, but this was a whole new level of stink. Somebody pulled Frank Underwood’s teeth and nobody told him. Claire Underwood was a shell of herself.

There was no one storyline that was relatable without being preachy or entertaining without being unfea-

sible. If this show is going to keep going, something has got to give.

The “Arrested Development” Award for Show that Starts in the Summer: Tie between “Rick and Morty” and “True Detective.” Both start in late June, and both had excellent rookie years that totally exceeded expectations. “Rick and Morty” continues to careen around with cartoonish, meta madness and on-point humor, and is definitely worth viewing. “True Detective,” already a notoriously serious program, has reloaded with a new all-star cast including Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn. It could also be the beginning of the Vaughnaissance, a term that could totally be everywhere by this time next year. Just remember who coined the phrase.

Was Jake wrong about any of his pseudo awards? Let him know at smasal@wisc.edu.

‘Legally Blonde’ stays faithful to the movie, provides excellent laughs

By Owen Desai The Daily Cardinal

“Legally Blonde: The Musical” is taking center stage in Shannon Hall at the Memorial Union this weekend. I had the opportunity to see an early dress rehearsal performance and I was thoroughly impressed.

Almost 14 years ago, the beloved “Legally Blonde” was released in theaters and took America by storm. I loved the movie, the story and, obviously,

the beautiful Reese Witherspoon.

With small memories of the movie in the back of my head, I was ready for this fresh-faced musical by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin to remind me of everything I loved about the original.

As I was sitting in my seat waiting for the show to begin, I was fascinated with the simple yet effective set the crew put together.

Throughout the rest of the show, the props and backdrops were used wonderfully. Dropping

a sign from the ceiling was very useful for making me feel a part of every scene. There stage overhangs around the pit, which the cast used many times, almost breaking the fourth wall, and I was captivated with the way Director Pam Kriger decided to use this space.

The costumes, designed by Chrisa Lewandowski, were also fun and flirty, appropriately dressing the cast in current apparel and making the characters seem very modern.

Being a college student watching

actors play college kids was a semiout-of-body experience, making me question, “Do I really act like that on campus? Do I dance that obnoxiously at parties?” Either way, this cast was very genuine in the way they acted.

Megan Hofschulte, the lead actress, is phenomenal. I have seen plenty of high school musicals, and have endured numerous off-key and sub-par solos done by 16 year olds, but this performance was next level. Hofschulte’s voice

is radiant, dynamic and had quite a lot of personality. I was beaming every time she was onstage because she really won me over as an audience member. She was charming and natural and she perfectly fit this role. Her brunette-ness did not impede her ability to put on a wig and play a true blonde.

“Legally Blonde” runs through the rest of this week, with shows on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee on Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m.

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By Brett Klinkner the daily cardinal

Not-so-secretly homesick biology major Allen Markhoff, 19, committed a devastating error Tuesday afternoon, as—for the fourth time this semester—the anxious sophomore audibly, albeit inadvertently, referred to his professor as “Mom.” Several close passersby caught this verbal gaffe, chuckling and pointing as the downright agonized culprit scurried out of class in horrified shame.

Markhoff was intending to approach Organic Chemistry

professor Dr. Anne Becker—and address her as such—following class to ask a simple question regarding the upcoming midterm.

Alas, now the rightfully embarrassed little boy who is evidently not mature enough for the big college stage will have to pay the social, academic and possibly professional price of his fuck-up, through to the end of days.

“I mean, there’s just no way that kid gets laid anytime soon…

I’ll tell you that much,” classmate, former friend and fellow sophomore Jacob Lawrence told

The Daily Cardinal. “He should just pray that this campus forgets about it by Fall semester.”

There was no word from the distressed man/boy himself, but it would be no surprise if Markhoff’s immediate move was to run straight home, cut all ties with the university and proceed to “get the hell out of Dodge,” as the old adage goes.

However, we were able to catch up with the other side of the equation—Professor Becker—who attempted to shed some light on the vocal blunder heard ‘round the world.

“It’s actually very understandable… I’m a figure of authority to these kids, and some of them are 18, 19 years old and missing that maternal figure that they cherished for so long,” Becker told Cardinal reporters. “Sure, Allen may get called a ‘pussy,’ or a ‘wimp,’ or any other such variation for the next few months, but it’s all the natural course of things.”

At press time, a rattled Markhoff was probably laying safely in his room, Skyping his [real] mother back home for a bedtime story and virtual tucking-in.

Senior still held back by first year in Lakeshore

By Liam Hutchison the daily cardinal

Although he is now six semesters and three single apartments removed from University Housing, UW-Madison senior Kyle Hinckley still feels highly disadvantaged because of his freshman dorm location in UW’s Lakeshore area.

Says Hinckley on the dorm’s lasting effects, “When all the Sellery kids were out there honing their interpersonal skills and meeting

people, I was just locked in my dorm room masturbating and playing Minecraft.” Hinckley added, “Nobody was outgoing; I hardly saw a soul except in the hallway every so often. Everyone else was just so quiet, ya know?”

Hinckley admitted that he probably should’ve joined a few student groups at some point in his college career, but cited Lakeshore’s remote location as a barrier to extracurricular involvement of any kind. “I was

interested in some stuff, maybe college politics or music or something, but I just never had time to make the trek downtown.” Hinckley said, “It’s still barely worth the hassle to go outside.”

Although college is oft thought of as an enjoyable and defining four years, Hinckley is adamant that he has experienced nothing of the sort, “because of stupid Lakeshore.” Hinckley maintains that “Everything would’ve been

different if I’d been in Southeast and actually made some friends, but instead I just worked on 10,000 piece puzzles of sea animals and read a couple of crime novels.”

At press time, 22-year-old Hinckley was struggling to put together a halfway decent resume while angrily muttering something about “UW’s stupid selection process… fucking seventeenth choice... fucking forty minute walk… fucking stupid bullshit.”

Students become best friends on their way to detox

By Lindsay Briggs the daily cardinal

Two UW students became best friends after meeting in an ambulance en route to Meriter hospital for detox Saturday night.

Brandi Bunbar and Nikki Soarensen were at the same house party but had not met before their unforgettable and transformative ambulance ride.

“I’d say we connected when we found out we both blew the same BAC,” said Bunbar. “.29. What are the chances? It had to be fate.”

Madison Police officer Becky Teetcowzkey said normally multiple people do not ride in the same ambulance.

“We had too many people going to the hospital that night,” Teetcowzkey said. “We did what we had to.”

Bunbar says this was another event that can only be explained by kismet.

During the 15-minute ride, Bunbar said she and Soarensen discussed their respective turbulent childhoods, their darkest fears and their career and life aspirations. Paramedic Dean Yung insists he was not eavesdropping but that he could not help but overhear the conversation nonetheless.

“The two of them would not shut the fuck up,” Yung said. “I’m surprised they could even understand each other at all, given all the slurring that was going on. It was also kind of rude that I was sitting right there with them, and they didn’t think to include me at all.”

The meaningful conversation had such an impact on Soarensen that she did not want to leave Bunbar’s side for the rest of the night.

“We became so close on a deep level in the ambulance,” said Soarensen. “We wanted to be close on a geographic level too, so we

requested adjacent beds when we finally got to the hospital.”

Although they did not receive adjacent beds, Bunbar and Soarensen said they are confident they will stay lifelong best friends.

“I love [Brandi] like a sister,” said Soarensen, as Bunbar smiled and nodded in agreement.

Another student, who would only identify himself as ‘Party Andy,’ said he saw Soarensen and

Bunbar at the party.

“I don’t know for sure if it was them,” said ‘Party Andy.’

“But it probably was them because both the girls I’m referring to were drunk.”

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sometimes wonder at night just what America could accomplish if we diverted all of the manpower spent viciously and unflinchingly defending the actions of police, or jumping at the chance to criticize the protests of black lives that make the evening news. I have not seen a more dedicated, faithful and active group of people on social media (less so in person) than people who seek to justify the actions of law enforcement officers. At best, and at worst, they seek to denigrate the position of anyone protesting or questioning the case. I don’t see people willing to have a dialogue about the frustration between blacks and the American justice system, I see people demanding the cessation of the one thing that an oppressed minority have to get the attention of the disinterested majority.

After Freddie Gray suffered fatal spinal injuries from an encounter with the police, Baltimore, Md., erupted into protesting and rioting, receiving widescale media attention. Coverage naturally favored the sensationalist spectacle of rioting. People on social media showed that racism was alive and well when they called for the culling of the ‘thugs,’ which has been a popular term

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standing in for a very particular racial epithet. However, nobody wants to talk about how protesters didn’t want the demonstrations to get violent. Protesters are faulted with the actions of those breaking the law, who do not represent the majority of those protesting, and everybody is determined to portray the groups of people reacting to demonstrations in an outdated and ridiculous fashion. Ultimately, people want to talk about the isolated incidents of rioting, but nobody wants to figure out the cause behind them, or talk about the loss of black lives.

The issue with the media focusing on the question of looting and destruction of property is that of weighing goods over human life. When critics of the protests in Baltimore disproportionately report on isolated incidents of groups of protestors smashing through store windows and robbing them of their livelihoods, several facts are ignored. There are few, if any, mentions of how people have also been stealing goods to keep themselves and their families afloat. I have only seen a handful of tweets on how the looting is not a race issue, with white people performing the actions as well. People don’t want to mention how these same marginalized and oppressed protestors have been seeking to clean up these stores that have been brutalized by these isolated cells of lawbreakers. By comparing a few stores and cars being

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Protests in Madison over the death of Tony Robinson lacked riots, but faced similar criticism. destroyed (which should have some form of insurance, guaranteeing the security of neighborhoods that might be threatened by the protests), we are assigning a worth to black lives that are lost, which is unacceptable.

The other problem is the perspective in which rioting is seen.

No deaths have been claimed in the unrest in Baltimore (or Ferguson), whereas riots over sporting events can’t claim similar results. Why is it okay for mobs dominated by white people to run amok whenever a sports team wins (or loses)? Why do critics of the protests in Baltimore play with the dirt at their feet and look sheepishly towards all of the other stupid reasons white people have started riots, but fervently

defend their right to call those in Baltimore or Ferguson an isolated group of extremists that most primary groups of protesters have shunned? It is because they’ve built a society where they’ve replaced the language of Jim Crow and ‘separate but equal’ with a new outlet for discrimination. These critics have stopped openly deriding black people with racist language and actions, and have gone for a subconscious war on how black people should dress, act, speak and who they should associate with in order to prevent themselves from getting killed by police or be called ‘thugs,’ instead of putting the onus on our justice system.

We cannot go forward as a society when we are tripping up

on the actions of a minority of violent criminals that are using the protests as an excuse to commit criminal activity. We instead should be focusing on the big picture of systematic oppression of black people. It is easy to try and take the wind out of the sails of protesters by writing bullshit quotes about pacifism (taken from people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi) on social media, instead of trying to put yourself in the position of the protestors, or worse yet, the disproportionate population of people of color arrested, abused at the hands of the law or even killed.

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UW-Madison student employees deserve higher wages Megan phillips Letter to the Editor

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ay Day is Labor Day everywhere in the world but the United States.

It’s International Workers’ Day. To commemorate this day, I want to talk about the workers right here workers at UW-Madison.

The University is the biggest employer in Dane County.

At the last meeting of this ASM Council term, we passed a resolution supporting the efforts of workers across the country fighting for higher wages and expressed our sup-

port for higher wages for all workers on this campus, including student hourly workers. We as students cannot pretend we are disconnected from the struggles and obstacles workers across the country and the world are facing.

We also cannot be disconnected from the other workers on this campus that allow this school to run and allow us to get the education we want.

With the continuous budget cuts this University has faced, many campus workers, especially the lowest-paid ones, have not seen a raise in a decade. Our teaching assistants are eligible for many public assistance programs.

We have academic staff and adjunct faculty teetering on the edge of poverty. What does this tell us as students the value of our education if these jobs that

require a higher education will never come close to allowing us to pay off our massive student loan debt? In this context going to college seems more and more like a scam.

Speaking of student loan debt, the exclusion of student hourlies from any sort of living wage is another major problem.

How can students expect to pay off tens of thousands of dollars in tuition when we make $8.50 an hour (the median wage for student workers)? The University claims that our first priority should be our education, not work. I absolutely agree. That’s why we need to be paid enough to not have to work every hour of the day.

In this context and the context of over a decade of budget cuts to public education comes the coup de grâce to this University and its workers in

the form of an additional 300 million dollar cut. Yet another excuse for this University to keep its workers in poverty, to keep college too expensive, and to lay off those most in need.

When we cut 400 positions, will they be from administration or classified staff ?

We have academic staff and adjunct faculty teetering on the edge of poverty.

The University is the biggest employer in Dane County.

These budget cuts are really just the most efficient way to throw as much of Dane County into poverty as possible, from

students to 30 year veterans of the workforce. It’s clear that University administration’s attempts to play nice with the state government, to be on the defensive, to reluctantly accept the austerity compromises will only result in an emboldened government. It’s time for the best paid people at this University to make the case of why every element of our University needs to be properly funded and is a boon to the broader community. It’s either that or those well-paid administrators should think about giving up their salaries so those that really run this University can get paid.

Megan is a sophomore and is an ASM Student Council Representative. What do you think of her view on university employees? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Some exchange students feel nostalgia for high-tech toilets of days gone by Yukako Hirakawa Opinion Columnist

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hen I came to the States for the first time in my life last September, what I missed the most was not sushi. Not even close. I realized that there is no Washlet at UW Madison. I was almost screaming in the middle of the campus.

Washlet is a system that employs a bidet, shooting warm water from a nozzle under the toilet seat. The seat itself is also special. It has features that allow

it to be heated and comfortable in winter.

Originally, the concept of Washlet was made in the U.S. for hemorrhoids patients. Then, a Japanese toilet company called TOTO applied the technology to household commodes and added some features. Now 70 percent of Japanese houses and buildings use this high-tech toilet and even bathrooms at train stations have adopted the technology.

Thus, when I came to Madison for the first time, I naturally thought there would

be Washlet systems in the states too.

Looking back at the experience, I might have been presumptuous in assuming that almost everything is the same in the U.S. and Japan. However, I was not the only one who missed Washlet—our high-tech toilet. Other exchange students strongly agree. Akira Nakamura, an exchange student from a university in Tokyo said, “I feel painful, especially in winter, without Washlet!” He misses it more than I do, and he did some

research about Washlet in the U.S. Nakamura sadly told me that the Japanese toilet company once tried to sell this system in U.S., but it did not spread as much as it has in Europe. The reason might have been that American culture hesitates to talk about the restroom or toilets, he said.

However, you spend a combined three years of your life in the restroom. Three years is not short enough to ignore. You choose a car by looking carefully at how it functions. Why not do the same for a toilet?

Washlet might be unfamiliar and sound weird for you.

However, remember that new things always seem silly and weird the first time you use them.

You should all try Washlet just once to realize how comfortable it is. It will give you an amazing toilet experience.

Yukako is a freshman writer for The Daily Cardinal. What do you think of her perspective?

Would you try using a Washlet?

We would like to know what you think. Please send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Big MLB contracts are not automatically disastrous jack baer baer with me nithin charlly/cardinal file photo

What Rob Havenstein lacks in speed, he makes up in size, which could push a team to take a chance on him in the draft.

draft from page 8 tackle Rob Havenstein is expected to be picked in the middle rounds of the draft, and guard/center Dallas Lewallen has a chance to sneak in the late rounds.

Havenstein is a 6-foot-8 inch, 333-pound monster of an offensive lineman who may have to move to guard in the NFL because of his lack of speed. He has a strong punch, and can step and seal blocks on the edge in the run game.

Lewallen played both guard and center for the Badgers, and

miller from page 8 the high-average Miller shows up, she will be one of the only two-year starters returning to the team, putting her in a clear position as a potential team leader.

“With the big hitters last year, and of course the three seniors this year, it’s kinda hard to be in

that versatility should only help his chances of being drafted. He was consistent, but didn’t really stand out in any areas. He may end up following a similar path as former UW guard Ryan Groy, who signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent and ended up starting three games for them this past season as a rookie. As Wisconsin offensive linemen, both display excellent technique.

There aren’t a whole lot of Wisconsin players in this draft, but Melvin Gordon will make it worth watching for Badger fans. that leadership role,” Miller said.

“But I think coming off of a year like this, someone needs to take it, and it’s up for grabs.

Regardless of archetypical positional roles, Miller has had a solid sophomore campaign, and could provide a long-term glimmer of hope a team that has struggled all season long.

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bvious statement: the Angels regret giving Josh Hamilton $125 million. They paid a king’s ransom for three mediocre, injuryplagued seasons and a whole lot of (semi-deserved) bad press.

Pro tip to Arte Moreno: Don’t “Mean Girls” a recovering drug addict while trying to use a contract clause that doesn’t exist to recoup money you freely gave to him knowing the risk associated.

You’d think they’d teach that in billionaire class.

But the refrains also came in.

“Big contracts are bad!”

This is a problem unique to baseball and its competent players’ union, where team owners give hundreds of millions of dollars to 30-year-old stars and see a slightly-to-severely disappointing return on their investment. Recent-ish examples include Hamilton, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Albert Pujols, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera in two years, Prince Fielder, Rodriguez’s other contract, Max Scherzer in four years and I’m just going

to stop now before I reach the Ervin Santana zone.

This feels frustratingly obvious for fans, screaming into an oblivion while wondering what is going through their owner/ president/general manager’s mind as the reports come in from Ken Rosenthal. They don’t know why he’s doing this. And that’s the point.

The slightly buzzed 19-yearold sitting in his dorm room yelling at SportsCenter does not know more than the career executive with full communication with his piggy bank and access to medical records and stats you’ve never even heard of.

The idea of that feels as strange and stupid as launching a gazelle to Mars, yet we’ve all done it at one point.

Sure, some contracts are especially mind-boggling, but at some point you have to know that owners are doing this because they want to. Maybe they’re like Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and want to see a title in their lifetime, or maybe they just have f*** you money and want to use it (hi Dodgers!).

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And now, something completely different

This is my last column as a Daily Cardinal sports editor.

Working at the Cardinal has been the most rewarding, entertaining and helpful experience of my life. I can’t really go into more detail, because putting what I’ve gotten out of here into words would require the space of the halfpage ad below here, and our managing editor tells me I can’t get rid of it because money is fun to have.

I could also spend 394 words ridiculing a rival newspaper while explaining how I’m above the conflict, but there are far better uses of everyone’s time.

All I have to say is this: This place rocks, and stop by the office if you have even an inkling of an interest in what we do here.

Sports, news, science, annoying Jonah Beleckis, anything. My single biggest regret in college was that it took more than three semesters for me to realize 2142 Vilas Hall was where I belonged.

Of course, feelings like this probably transcend almost any student activity or organization.

Basically, go do stuff in college. If that happens to be the Cardinal, you won’t regret it.

Will you miss Jack’s columns of snark and sarcasm? Bid him adieu at jack.baer@dailycardinal.com.

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New approach bringing hits for Miller

By Andrew Tucker the daily cardinal

When it comes to archetypes, sports are chock-full of them.

There’s the tall but slow center in basketball, the loud, team-leading middle linebacker in football and the low average, power-hitting catcher in softball and baseball.

Last season, freshman Chloe Miller was filling her role as the team’s stereotypical catcher. She batted .295, which is not exactly low, but it was fifth on the team and 80 points lower than team leader senior outfielder Mary Massei. She also led the team with 12 homers and was tied for second in slugging at .617. Then, in the offseason, something changed.

“In the fall me and [sophomore] Sara Novak, we were hitting doubles, and that’s what we were trying to do. We were just trying to up our batting average and get on base more, become well-rounded, whole players,” Miller said.

Now a sophomore, Miller has broken out of the traditional catcher’s role. She is batting .362,

about 70 points higher than last year, and is second on the team behind only senior outfielder Maria Van Abel at .384. Miller is also second on the team in on-base percentage with .491, an often more accurate indication of offensive value.

While the average has gone up, Miller’s power has decreased.

With only three games left on the year, Miller has only one home run, a significant drop-off from last year. She leads the team in slugging percentage with .515, despite her percentage dropping about 100 points from last year, showing just how little power this year’s Badger squad has had.

Just hitting homers isn’t the end-all, be-all of offense, and that is true for Miller and the Badgers this year. Miller has 43 RBIs this year so far after having only 37 during all of last season, with seven more games played.

Miller’s shift has been parallel to this year’s UW team as a whole. The team has hit about 40 less home runs this year, yet averages more runs per game

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due to the success of head coach Yvette Healy’s small-ball philosophy that centers around getting on base and stealing rather than swinging for the fences every atbat. Healy believes Miller’s style switch is less about what she’s chosen to do, but about the team around her.

“She’s just not surrounded by other home run kids. You graduate three seniors that are all AllRegion, they’re all double-digit home run kids, so you get more pitches,” Healy said. “But [Miller’s] the only real power threat on our team, so I think next year when she’s surrounded by more power hitters, it’ll come back.”

With another year’s experience under her belt, the still young Miller has plenty of time to continue to develop. Next season, her power numbers should bounce back up after a year of being the only power threat due to injuries to Novak and junior Stefanni LaJeunesse. Regardless if the power-hitting Miller or

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Though her home run total has dropped, Chloe Miller’s batting average has risen from .295 last season to .362 this year.

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Wisconsin bats fall silent as Badgers get swept by Gophers

By Jacob Hams the daily cardinal

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Melvin Gordon could become the third Wisconsin running back taken in the first round and first since Michael Bennett in 2001.

Gordon headlines UW prospects in NFL Draft

By Lorin Cox the daily cardinal

The 2014 NFL Draft was the first since 2010 that did not feature a Wisconsin Badger walking across the stage in the first round.

Melvin Gordon should be able to put the school name back in the spotlight Thursday, like he did all season on the field.

It is easy for Badger fans to see why NFL teams love Gordon.

He is a dynamic, explosive runner who is a home-run threat on every play. His field vision is excellent, and he works very well in tight spaces, making quick moves through the hole before bursting into the open field.

Gordon is the perfect fit in a zone-blocking offense in the NFL. Zone blocking, the scheme Wisconsin runs, sets up the running back with one hole to cut through and take off. It is the great

initial blocks by the Badger offensive line that get Gordon to the second level, and then he can use his elusiveness to make defenders miss and break off huge runs.

There is a reason he gets compared to Jamaal Charles.

Almost every NFL team could use a 22-year-old Jamaal Charles on its roster, and it is very likely that some team adds Gordon to its roster in the first round.

The Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens, Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots have all been projected as landing spots for him in mock drafts.

Gordon is not the only UW player who will be drafted though.

Two Badger offensive linemen could potentially hear their names called this weekend. Offensive

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The Wisconsin (3-16 Big Ten, 19-30 overall) offense struggled once again, but this one might have hurt a bit more. The Badgers got swept and mercyruled in their final home series of the season at the hands of rival Minnesota (17-3, 43-8).

The first game of the doubleheader saw the Badgers fail to generate much offense. Other than senior Maria Van Abel scoring a run in the first and freshman Kelsey Jenkins hitting a homer in the fourth, Wisconsin’s bats were mostly silent in the loss. Minnesota’s star pitcher Sara Groenewegen gave up only two runs on five hits.

The pitching was strong for the Badgers with freshman Mariah Watts on the mound, though she struggled to find the strike zone early in the game.

“I had a hard time settling my tempo and how I approached the game” Watts said about her early game struggles.

After giving up four runs in the first two innings, Watts found a groove and went four scoreless. When asked what helped her cruise through those innings, she said, “I was more confident in my changeup and my defense was the biggest thing, the trust was there.”

The game was close heading into the seventh inning with the Badgers down 4-2. Then, the Gophers score another three runs to push their lead to 7-2, which was the final score of the game.

The Gophers continued their momentum into the second game, scoring five runs in the first two innings of the game. Groenewegen hit a home run in the second, her

first of two in the game, to push the Gophers’ lead to five runs. Junior Taylor-Paige Stewart got roughed up in the game giving up eight runs in just 3.2 innings. Freshman Annie Davis was brought in for relief but didn’t fare much better, giving up a run to the first batter she faced, then another three runs in the fifth inning.

The Badgers offense continued to struggle in the doubleheader against Minnesota junior Nikki Anderson, who held the Badger offense to just four hits in the game. Wisconsin couldn’t manufacture any runs until the bottom of the fifth inning and the Gophers completed the sweep with a mercy rule win of 12-1.

While the offense of the Badgers struggled, there were individual performances that stood out. One was Jenkins, who hit a home run in the first game

and batted in the only run of the second game. Van Abel was the other standout in her last game at Goodman Diamond.

“You never really leave the field happy if you play well and don’t get the win because that’s what we are here to do,” Van Abel said.

This doubleheader concluded the home games for the Badgers, and the second-winningest class in school history. When asked about what was running through her mind in the last inning and if she was thinking about all of her experiences in that field, Van Abel said “Being out in center that last inning was a weird feeling. There are a lot of good memories out there and that is what I will hold onto.”

The Badgers will finish their regular season against Rutgers May 1 in New Brunswick, N.J.

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Other than a home run from freshman Kelsey Jenkins, the Wisconsin offense was mostly stagnant against the Gophers.