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Former US Sen. Russ Feingold revisits Sellery Hall while on campaign trail By Andrew Bahl the daily cardinal

Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., visited his alma mater Monday to help a family move into Sellery Hall and reminisce about his days as a Badger. As a freshman at UW-Madison 44 years ago, Feingold left his room at Sellery Hall to make way for a friend of his roommate. Instead of making the 40-mile trek back to his home of Janesville for the

weekend, he and a friend decided to stay in the lounge area, with mixed results. “We commandeered the entire lounge and barricaded ourselves in there,” Feingold laughed. “We were eventually overwhelmed by the other members of the floor but it was fun while it lasted.” Feingold’s campaign is similarly hunkering down for a 2016 rematch against U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., hoping that this time they will be victori-

ous in fending off the former Oshkosh businessman after losing to him in 2010. The Feingold campaign announced Monday that U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., will join Feingold at a campaign stop in Madison next month. Warren praised Feingold’s efforts to make college more affordable in a statement Monday. The event comes as part of Feingold’s campaign plan to visit every Wisconsin county. Feingold led his adversary

by five points in an August Marquette University Law School poll, although this gap is narrower than an April poll which gave Feingold an eight percent lead among likely voters. Feingold talked briefly about both the 2016 senate and presidential races and discussed his time at UW-Madison while helping a family friend move into the same hall that Feingold himself lived in almost 50 years ago. “Going here was one of the greatest thrills I’ve ever had,”

Feingold said. “The University is the foundation for what makes this state great.” He also took Gov. Scott Walker to task for instituting a $250 million cut to the UW System in the last budget and said that students need help in making college more affordable. “It’s hard to imagine the $250 million cut because … the UW System is one of our greatest assets,” he said, arguing the

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Independent report recommends county-wide race equity plan By Negassi Tesfamichael The Daily Cardinal

Dane County released a report investigating the county government’s practices and proposed a four-year plan to promote racial equity in various operations, from hiring practices to community outreach. The analysis, requested by Dane County officials in February and released Monday, surveyed 724 employees about their awareness of racial inequities in Dane County and the county’s efforts to alleviate those disparities. Race equity, which the report

defined as the principle that “race can no longer be used to predict life outcomes,” is something the report determines is difficult for some employees to recognize. “Sometimes when you hear the words ‘racial equity lens’ or ‘racial equity tool,’ people don’t know what that means, but it’s pretty fundamental,” said Dane County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Corrigan in a Monday press conference. “It’s looking at when you’re making decisions, and asking who benefits, who’s burdened, and what kind of unintended consequenc-

es the decision might have.” County Supervisor Shelia Stubbs, District 23, who spearheaded the effort to request the analysis, called the findings “a bold step to address the root causes of racial disparities.” The report found discrepancies in how county employees viewed diversity efforts in their departments. For example, 81 percent of managers were familiar with their department’s efforts to address issues of racial equity, but only 57 percent of non-managers could familiarize themselves

with the efforts. Subsequently, employees cited a lack of time and resources allotted to address racial inequities, despite two-thirds of employees reporting an interest in increasing their engagement. “It’s tough,” Corrigan said about the challenge of implementing the report’s recommendations with rank-and-file employees, a two-phase process that includes changes to internal procedures at the department level. “It’s not something they see every day or can relate to.” The independent report was

conducted by the New Yorkbased Center for Social Inclusion and the Government Alliance on Race and Equity. The Dane County Board Executive Committee will hear a formal presentation of the analysis during a meeting Thursday. Rob Chappell, a spokesperson for the report, said, “No action will be taken by the board yet.” Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said Tuesday the report “is a small part of our overarching goals to tackle the tough issues involving race. It’s great to have everyone on board.”

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

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Make this semester count By Maddy Heim The Daily Cardinal

There’s something almost unreal about the first few weeks of college. If you’re a freshman, you might be trying to attend as many parties as possible before class starts, pretending you know exactly how to do your laundry and nervously wandering Humanities hoping no one else has noticed how many times you’ve walked around the confusing third floor. If you’re not a freshman, chances are you’re meeting up with good friends you haven’t seen all summer, treating yourself to Babcock ice cream at the terrace while catching up with said friends or perhaps putting the finishing touches on some décor for your new place. No matter where you find yourself during this frenzied first week, you’re probably entertain-

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ing thoughts like, “I’m going to go to every lecture this semester!”, “I’m not going to wear sweatpants every day!” and “This is going to be the best, most fulfilling, most exciting year yet!” And yet, as the second, third and fourth weeks roll around, it’s easy to slip from that mindset into one more like, “I’m going to binge-watch ‘Friends’ so I don’t have to think about that paper due this week.” But this semester and year truly can be different. With a few key tips, your firstweek enthusiasm — all your cliché hopes and dreams about the school year to come —doesn’t have to fade by the end of September. First, find a class you’re genuinely excited about. Last year, for instance, I took Biological Anthropology and was constantly coming home to my friends, raving about the social behavior of monkeys and the evo-

lution of lemurs. Going to lectures and reading the textbook suddenly don’t seem so bad when you’re actually curious about the topic. As a bonus, if you can find the excitement in a class that’s not part of your major, you don’t have to worry about how you’ll use the information in your career someday and you can just focus on all the cool knowledge you’re picking up. Second, make a list of places you want to go around campus, events you want to attend and things you want to do in general. This way, when you’re bored of watching Netflix all night or tired of the academic grind, you have the perfect place to look for something to do. Whether it’s checking out the astronomy tower on Observatory Hill, trekking to Greenbush Bakery for the most amazing donuts in the world or going to

By McKenna Gramoll It’s hardly news to anyone that in the realm of art, the audience is oftentimes the most important factor. Knowing the audience is especially important in creative outlets like that of film, literature and even fashion. Within the sphere of fashion is the volatile existence of trends—items with emergent popularity in the fashion community. “Man repelling,” a term

coined by the innovative writer and blogger Leandra Medine, has offered feminism a space in this fluctuating world of trends. This intersection of social justice and personal style has brought the topic of feminism to a very accessible conversation point: the clothes we choose to wear each day, and why we choose what we do. For whom do we (meaning the population of those that identify as female) dress? For a long time, there has generally been two

answers: men, or other women. When it comes to dressing for men, this generally evokes the idea of the stereotypical Friday night going-out outfit. As in skirts that are uncomfortably tight or dresses that are ridiculously weather-inappropriate. Whichever choice is made — short or tight — it almost always lacks comfort or practicality. . On the other hand, when it comes to dressing for women, there are a few different reasons behind that, as well.

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a volleyball game, you can grab your friends and go explore all of what campus has to offer (and you won’t need to sit around for an hour deciding what to do first). Third, don’t be afraid to change things up. If you don’t constantly eat, study and hang out in the same places, you don’t have to worry about things becoming mundane or falling into a rut. Making an effort to try out new places every once in a while will definitely keep you fresh and enthusiastic about the year ahead. You might even discover a new favorite spot! So eat up all of what the first couple of weeks have to offer (literally, when it comes to the free food) but don’t feel like the excitement has to end. Although the weather will get colder and your life will become more routine, you can keep up the enthusiasm all year.

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Maybe it’s innocent, like making a friend appreciate your outfit when your go out to lunch, but perhaps it’s more extreme and is meant to invoke heady fits of jealousy and admiration in other women. Whichever end of the spectrum, dressing for other women generally means dressing to prove worth within an imagined hierarchy of popularity. The third choice, the idea that we dress for ourselves, is the most grounded principle in the “trend” of feminist fashion. At the forefront of this idea are items like overalls, culottes, turtlenecks and harem pants. These sexless and oftentimes androgynous pieces have positioned themselves as leading trends. More importantly they’ve brought feminism back into the art of fashion and have given women the chance to rethink the reasons behind some of the choices they make every single day. Dressing for oneself means breaking the notion that as women, we should conform to what men or other women say is attractive. At its core, the idea of dressing for oneself is meant to empower women as individuals. This is not to say that being an individual and dressing with only your thoughts in mind means being conservative. Absolutely not. Choosing a backless dress over a more modest option does not mean objectifying oneself when it is chosen in light of personal preference. Decoding the motivation behind our fashion choices that extend beyond the Tuesday morning lecture ensemble can reveal a powerful insight into the presentation of oneself in relation to the surrounding society. I encourage you to look beyond what your Instagram explore page or the potential date in your chemistry lecture say or don’t say about what looks good. Clothes can and should be a creative expression of oneself. Never let that statement be someone else’s words.

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Gov. Scott Walker has taken a hit in the polls in early primary states like Iowa, where he now holds fifth place according to one poll. By Andrew Bahl The Daily Cardinal

Gov. Scott Walker is ramping up his campaign in an effort to combat sagging poll numbers, including the results of one released Monday that places him fifth in Iowa. The governor, who announced his long-expected presidential campaign in July, recently unveiled healthcare and foreign policy proposals. He has gone on the offensive by attacking Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and establishment Republicans.

The results of Aug. 31 poll by Monmouth University indicate a big change from Walker’s Iowa track record. The governor led the state just over a month ago. Last month Walker branded himself as a leader among Republicans, saying he had to corral state Republicans into supporting his controversial Act 10 measure, which removed collective bargaining rights for public sector unions. “We need to step it up and remind people that we didn’t just take on the unions and Democrats, we had to take on my own party establishment, those who did not want to take

on the status quo,” Walker said in an August 17 conference call with campaign donors, according to The Washington Post. The day after the call, Walker became the first candidate to offer a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, saying he would institute a system allocating block grants for Medicare and create sliding scale tax credits based on age. Walker also took the Republican-controlled Congress to task for not replacing President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law. “We were told by Republican leaders during the campaigns last year that we just needed a Republican Senate to be elected to repeal Obamacare,” Walker said Aug. 18. “Well, here we sit … and yet there’s not a bill on the president’s desk to repeal Obamacare. On my very first day as President of the United States, I will send legislation to the Congress to once and for all repeal Obamacare entirely.” The plan met criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, with Louisiana governor and rival candidate Bobby Jindal calling the proposal a “new entitlement.” Walker has also been targeted by Trump, who has called out the governor on Walker’s stances on immigration and the state of Wisconsin’s economy. Nonetheless, Walker has said that he isn’t backing down from a fight. “I’m willing to stand up against anyone—including members of my own party—to get the job done,” Walker said. “We’re not intimidated.”

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feingold from page 1 cut would further increase the price of college tuition. Walker has said his proposals to freeze in-state tuition at UW System schools have and will continue to save students money. While Feingold declined to endorse a presidential candidate, saying only that he would support the Democratic nominee, he did note that the 2016 election would be a critical one,

especially for students. “It’s not just about me and it’s not just about my campaign, it’s about [students’] futures,” he said. “2016 is crucial for students coming to this university … as far as financing education. Candidates on the Democratic side are sensitive to that and frankly Hillary Clinton has a dramatic new proposal to get the federal government involved to get us to an era where we have more debt-free students.”

Soglin releases his 2016 city budget proposal By Julie Spitzer and Negassi Tesfamichael The Daily Cardinal

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin presented the 2016 Executive Capital Budget Tuesday, which aims to improve infrastructure and drive economic growth while accommodating a diverse community. The budget totals $295 million and requires $133 million in borrowing. However, Soglin received $200 million in requests from city agencies over the summer, but only allocated $130 million worth of requests in his proposal. These cuts led to delays in the work on various construction projects, most notably the Midtown District police station. The police station, originally slated for completion in 2017, will now be on hold past 2021. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval cited his desire for the Midtown project to alleviate burdens on surrounding districts and improve response times, especially as Madison’s population grows rapidly. “We need to continue our efforts at decentralizing our agency and getting closer to the constituents we serve and those who are being underserved,” Koval wrote in a Tuesday blog post, noting he wants to build a new station to help the police force focus on their more immediate communities instead of increasing their overall workloads. Soglin attempted to mitigate some of the effects of the cuts by providing $1.2 million for upgrades to the public safety

radio system through 2021. Other projects receiving delays were a public market and new neighborhood centers. Soglin acknowledged the delays in many projects, but stressed the importance of balancing the budget without too much borrowing. “These projects are important but need to be balanced against the overall city priorities,” Soglin said. Major infrastructure and economic development projects did get funding in the 2016 budget, most notably the Judge Doyle Square project, a $200 million downtown proposal to build new office, retail and hotel space at the current site of the aging Madison Municipal Building and Government East parking garage. The budget allots $57.4 million in public funding to Judge Doyle Square, though Common Council President Denise DeMarb, District 16, delayed public testimony on the funding until the Council’s next meeting Sept. 15. Madison’s Housing First program, which helps the homeless with challenges such as substance abuse and mental illness, will also receive significant funding, as Soglin included $6 million for affordable housing. “Our biggest challenge is to tell the truth about the city’s commitment to affordable housing… in this year’s budget,” Soglin said. Further discussion in Common Council and public hearings will occur over the next two months, with the budget expected to pass in midNovember.

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From an ancient Mesopotamian plow to corroded engine parts, rusty remnants of past human life have long provided glimpses into worlds more colorful than their own reddish hue. But according to UW-Madison geologist Clark Johnson, human history is not the only tale etched in iron. He and his team are sifting through the rock record for more stories, with settings ranging from the distant past to distant planets. With the help of researchers Weiqiang Li and Brian Beard, Johnson has recently deciphered signs of ancient life forms in Western Australia’s Brockman Iron Formation. Much like humans, early microbes left behind artifacts of daily life. In this case, however, “daily life” meant something entirely different; these microbes recycled iron to produce energy. The artifacts they left are also much smaller than a plow. The bacteria produced unique iron atoms with distinct masses, also known as isotopes. These isotopes, referred to by Johnson as “signatures of life,” allowed the scientists to trace nearly half of the Brockman Iron Formation to microbial origins. The finding disproves a long-held idea theory that iron originated solely from volcanic vents along ancient seafloor. It also fills in some key blank spaces on the tree of life. “Iron metabolisms are very deeply rooted, but we don’t have a hard age on when that begins,” said Johnson. By sifting through the rock

records and dating samples that contain “signatures of life,” Johnson and his team are assigning time points to these major natural events. “It’s really pretty fundamental to biology,” he said. The UW-Madison team’s most recent discoveries in Australia, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, date microbial iron metabolism back 2.5 billion years. Samples from other parts of the world, however, could reveal even older starting points.

But Johnson and his team hope to connect their research to other worlds— literally. “From the practical perspective, all of our iron that we have comes from these banded iron formations,” said Johnson.“Since we can’t do anything with technology without iron, it’s kind of an interesting connection back to the ancient world.” But Johnson and his team hope to connect their research to other worlds—literally. “A lot of us believe Mars was habitable early in its history,” said Johnson. “Iron cycling on Mars is a huge thing, but we don’t know if there’s a biological component to it.” Armed with funding from NASA, Johnson and his team hope to expand their search for these isotopes, or “signatures of life,” to the iron-rich crust of the “Red Planet.” The research is all part of an exciting, multidisciplinary field called astrobiology. “The long-term plan is to

return samples from Mars,” said Johnson. “We would analyze them here, and compare them to what we saw on Earth and see if we could find parallels.” While the Mars rovers are capable of analyzing rock samples, they lack the precision of Johnson’s laboratory equipment. He and his team use “laser ablation” to harvest microscopic fragments from larger rock samples. Although sci-fi movies may depict a giant laser as a logical fit for a spaceship, the device in Johnson’s lab is simply too large to send to Mars. The samples must therefore make the long trip back to Earth. Unfortunately, return trips have been stalled due to budgetary cutbacks. “When we started in the ‘90s, we were going to have sample return in the mid 2000s,” said Johnson. “That’s now way off for at least another decade or two. Whether I’ll still be a researcher then or retired, who knows?” Despite these setbacks, Johnson takes solace in the opportunity to lay down the groundwork for future scientists to make their own miraculous discoveries. “Maybe it will be some hot shot young grad student in 2030,” he said. “That’s how science works, right? We build on each other.” Johnson’s words, like his research, reflect a certain selfless truth born out of wonder: Although we currently lack hard evidence of life on other planets, the curiosity that propels our eyes and intellect skyward is very much alive. “It would be incredibly exciting to find these signals on Mars,” he said in conclusion.

Ask Ms. Scientist: coffee and allergies Dear Ms. Scientist,

Dear Ms. Scientist,

Why does drinking coffee cause me to pee so often?

Why have food allergies become more prevalent in recent years?

Laura P.

Alex H.

Great question; I’m sure many college students have experienced this. Caffeine is the active ingredient in coffee that makes you have to use the bathroom so much because of its effects on your kidneys. Your kidneys are filtration systems that take waste and water out of your blood to later become urine. Caffeine dilates the arteries that feed into your kidneys. As more blood is flowing past, it makes sense that more fluid will be filtered into the kidneys and fill your bladder up faster. This is why you feel the need to use the bathroom more often when drinking coffee, or any caffeine for that matter. We may be tricked into thinking that we are hydrated because we are urinating so much. The truth is, we are not. We are actually losing more fluid from our bodies than we should be, which causes us to be dehydrated, much like if we sweat too much. Alcohol causes the same phenomenon, just in a different manner. Alcohol inhibits our kidneys from reabsorbing much of the water that they filter out, also causing our bladder to fill up faster.

There are many theories as to why more children have food allergies, however none have been definitively proven. It is believed by many researchers that the cause of more allergies is our society’s higher use of antibiotics and hygienic practices. Bacteria have a very important digestive role in our intestines and differ from person to person. Studies have shown that some bacteria can prevent allergens that we ingest from reaching our bloodstreams. Overuse of antibiotics and less exposure to bacteria can remove or prevent us from having these beneficial bacteria in our microbiota (your body’s entire population of bacteria). Another explanation for the increase in food allergies is our progressively poorer diets that contain less components needed for a functioning immune system, such as vitamins and antioxidants. Although food allergies can be developed over time, they can also be hereditary. Due to both the ability of allergies to be passed from parent to child and the lessening of beneficial bacteria that we are exposed to, it makes sense that food allergies have noticeably increased among today’s children.

Ask Ms. Scientist is wrtten by Emily Koethe. If you have a burning science question you want her to answer, email it to science@dailycardinal.com.

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The notorious ‘dad bod’: revisited Sergey Fedossov Opinion Editor

othing manages to draw as many chuckles as it does frowns as the infamous ‘dad bod.’ Quietly entering the lexicon of college students everywhere last year, it is used to describe a blanket body-type that bridges the gap between the guy with a beer gut who discovered the gym a few months back. The idea of the dad bod is a fun topic of debate at parties, and it seems like I hear a new reason to love it or hate it every time the term comes up. Now that the steam behind a new member of the repertoire of college slang has died down, I felt the time was ripe to finally take a critical look at this phenomenon. Nobody knows where the phrase itself began, but historians have postulated that the phrase crossed the Greek-GDI (‘god damn independent’, for those of us who aren’t Greek) divide at some point last year, and found itself being used

when swimsuit season rolled around. After cresting the initial hill of resistance from lifting bros and women claiming absence of reciprocity in body positivity, the dad bod enjoyed a steady growth period. Some conspiracy theorists claim this was the result of a series of female shills in support of the dad bod as a joke or through brainwashing, but none can

Nothing manages to draw as many chuckles as it does frowns as the infamous ‘dad bod.’

be certain. By late May, any major news and clickbait hub from The Economist to Buzzfeed had dipped their finger into the pie, and the dad bod was beginning to collapse under its own cheese curd and PBR weight. Debates popped up on long-faced topics such as the exact parameters of a dad bod, the potentially misogynistic nature thereof or the future

implications of heart disease that dad bods brought along with them. My beloved dad bod that I had recently grown jokingly fond of was falling under fire. Like many of my fellow dad bod owners, I watched an ironic cultural staple to the collegiate male turn into a pejorative that took the wind out of my doughy sails. The good news is that there is something to be salvaged from the ashes of the dad bod’s meteoric rise and subsequent re-entry into the atmosphere. The dad bod stands as one of the first and only examples of mainstream attention to body image in men. I can’t think of any recent causes that have been more widespread in bringing up a dialogue of body positivity in men, despite increasing pressures for young men to look a certain way in our hyper-masculine society. From the star power and mainstream knowledge of the dad bod, we can breathe new life and bring a renewed fervor to feminist topics and the patriarchy. The dad bod showed me that men were willing to take

a stand for an issue that affected themselves, and I’m a firm believer that, with the faintest of introductions to basic feminist ideology, some of these very same men could rally behind the same causes for women. Before you burgeoning dad bod owners crumple up your paper in anger at how a men’s issue can become a women’s issue, think about how patriarchal society has created unrealistic expectations out of

Instead, I hope for a newfound understanding between the sexes, and how feminist issues aren’t limited to women.

both men AND women. Through the media, a collective thought process of disgust towards people who don’t fit the mold created in television, films and celebrities has been born, regardless of your sex. By helping to dismantle the power structures that tell us how to look or dress in

respect to our bodies, men can stand with women in creating a more positive outlook for everyone’s future, regardless of personal beliefs of image. Unfortunately, the momentum the dad bod provides could also be used to descend further into the self-congratulatory orgy found only in the likes of fedora-clad Men’s Rights Activists on Reddit. It can be used as ammo to continue the hilariously wrong narrative of men being constantly exposed to sexist discrimination, and worse. Instead, I hope for a newfound understanding between the sexes, and how feminist issues aren’t limited to women. The bridge won’t be built overnight, or through one opinion piece, and the onus is largely on the men to take interest in feminist causes. What do you think about Sergey’s take? Are you a fan of the ‘dad bod?’ Do you think it represents just another societal allowance granted to men that females aren’t privy to? What are your thoughts? Please send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Clinton is still feeling the effects of her email scandal Kevin rennie Letter to the Editor

iven 100 guesses as the year began on how Hillary Clinton might transform her second presidential campaign from coronation into catastrophe, a furtive home-brew email network would not have been one of them. The shadowy operation is unsettling on its own. The former secretary of state put herself in the center of a deadly minefield each time she used her secret email account to conduct official business. Clinton’s risible claim to have been “dead broke” when she and Bill Clinton left the White House in 2001 and her unseemly fees for brief appearances on college campuses all seem like quiet overtures to the email disaster that continues to engulf the embattled Democratic frontrunner.

The shadowy operation is unsettling on its own.

This is one of the rare Hillary Clinton controversies that has nothing to do with her preoccupation with making a fast buck. The exploding email scandal goes to a different theme in the nation’s quarter-century drama with the Clintons. This is the more pernicious one that arises out of Mrs. Clinton’s profound mistrust of the public. That’s right, you and me. In 1993, Clinton damaged her health care takeover proposal from the start by insisting that it operate in secrecy. She has never believed that

sunshine is the best disinfectant, the street the best cop. When Clinton became secretary of state in 2009, she doubled down on deception and established an email network for herself and her closest aides that was housed, she says, in her Chappaqua, N.Y., estate.

She gambled that the public would not discover her deception.

The sensitive nature of some of those emails is at the center of this Clinton crisis. The nation’s former top diplomat looks to have been reckless in what she received and sent on her Chappaqua server. Clinton decided at the start of her tenure as secretary of state that the public and press using the Freedom of Information Act to read some of her messages was a greater risk than the harm she might do to the nation with an amateur email setup at home. She gambled that the public would not discover her deception. Then she doubled down on explaining the arrangement away as a matter of convenience. Carrying two email devices would have been too cumbersome. She made broad claims—reckless, in retrospect—in the spring that the messages were mostly personal, touching on yoga, family wedding plans and her mother’s funeral. Clinton will never be typecast as gentle and domestic, so that fell flat.

Her favorite villain, the vast right-wing conspiracy of yesteryear, enjoyed a brief revival until nonpartisan national security officials began a searching investigation into Clinton’s email practices and appear to have found some messages that ought not to have been on the server. The public may not know the difference between top secret, classified and sensitive, but it understands Clinton had to have known she was disregarding the national interest when she launched that server. The public, as it often is, understands the gravity of the latest emerging Clinton scandal better than much of our political class. Voters are turning on Clinton at a time when she and her galleon of a campaign organization thought she’d be embraced by the multitudes. Even if Clinton knew how to deliver a joke, her server crisis would prove resistant to a dismissive funny line.

The public, as it often is, understands the gravity of the latest emerging Clinton scandal better than much of our political class.

Her thin bench of defenders has failed in claiming that Clinton’s two predecessors did the same thing. They did not. Condoleezza Rice did not use email. Colin Powell had no private server. Politicians and activists can be a cynical lot. They are probably not much troubled by Clinton’s email arrangements.

Polls, however, showing the public’s mistrust of the New York fabulist have alarmed professional Democrats. Great swaths of voters, who may quarrel over many issues, are reaching a consensus that Clinton is neither honest nor trustworthy. This hour of danger for Clinton’s presidential prospects revealed itself last week in astounding polls from two reliably Democratic states, Pennsylvania and Michigan. She loses both to Republican Marco Rubio, and not in squeakers. Even the nation’s

new vulgarian in chief, Donald Trump, makes a competitive contest of it with Clinton. You can lose sensitive emails to foreign hackers. You can make the slippery truth a moving target. But you had better not lose Pennsylvania and Michigan. What do you think about Kevin’s perspective? Do you think Hillary Clinton’s email scandal is still a relevant issue? If so, do you think it will continue to influence the decisions of potential supporters? Tell us what you think. Send comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Now that school has started, it’s time to get serious about things like how to spend your free time and money wisely. Enjoying free entertainment is all about knowing where to look, and what’s nice about this campus is that there is a smorgasbord of options for anything from free concerts and movies to arts and crafts. On a Friday night when you’re looking for some live music, but your wallet is looking a little too empty to pay for a ticket to see a band you only kind of know at the Majestic or the Orpheum, just know the campus has some options— even if the Terrace is closed for the year. So, here is a list of places that offer free, or mostly free, arts and entertainment events on the weekly. Catch a flick Every weekend, the Marquee on the second floor of Union South shows free movies including some that were just recently released, sing-along nights and classic favorites. In special cases—including next week with “The Visit”—the Marquee shows sneak previews of movies that are yet to be released in theaters. This week WUD Film presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” with the first showing at 9:30 p.m. Thursday. They will also be showing “Ex-Machina” and “The Room.” Dance at a concert The Sett and Der Rathskeller at Union South and Memorial

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because you didn’t want to spend the money. This is also an opportunity to get to know some of the local music scene. Plus at the end of the performance, there is almost always an opportunity to meet the band or artist.

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class—there is a simple project that takes about 20 minutes for anyone to comwe in and make. Free Art Friday takes place the first Friday of each month, with a beginners craft in Der Rathskeller and a more intensive project in the studio. There is equipment for pottery, metals, printing and more, and it is free to use so long as you know how. And if you don’t know how and would like to learn, Wheelhouse offers classes at an affordable price for students. Peruse some art The Chazen Museum of Art is the home of more than 200,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs and decorative arts. Located next to Humanities, it’s the spot on campus to appreciate art. It is also the home of Sunday Afternoon Live at the Chazen where a classical concert is held in the museum’s Brittingham Gallery III once a month. This Sunday, the Chazen will bring a quintet titled Black Marigold to the stage at 12:30 p.m. Have a laugh The Comedy Club on State, though not free, hosts Open Mic Night each Wednesday at 9 p.m. with $2 admission and $2 drink specials. This is when new comedians can sign up to show off their best jokes to the crowd. Thursdays also offer half-priced admission to students with ID for College Night. Check The Daily Cardinal each Thursday to find out what to do for entertainment in Madison each weekend. Hint: We like things that are free.

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What’s percolating on the columnists’ back burners Literature With the fall of summer and the dawn of another fall, how many books did you read? There will be less judgement than usual if the answer was mostly a disheartened realization of not as many as we always wish going into summer. There simply can never be such a thing as having read too many books, and 2015 has been rife with those that shouldn’t be forgotten on a list, gathering dust. The literary tragedy of summer 2015 was what many hailed as Harper Lee’s legacy, “Go Set a Watchman,” but upon release, turned out to be merely an echo of the author’s masterpiece that publishers should have left alone. The

controversy that surrounded it didn’t dull fans’ furor or prevent it from being on the best seller’s list, but it’s undeniable that the book was no more than a first draft for the true genius Lee was capable of. David Lagercrantz returns as the author of the fourth installment in the “Millennium” series, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” as a continuation of Lisbeth Salander’s tale. Apparently it was decided back in 2013 by publishers that Lagercrantz would write the first posthumous novel for Stieg Larsson’s bestselling “Millennium” series. While initial critics are objectively acknowledging the stellar writing and more-than-

Movies above-average portrayal of such masterfully crafted characters, they’re still wondering whether eight years was too soon to continue the series. Inspired by, and in the wake of, the Black Lives Matter movement and the events of Ferguson, fantasy author N. K. Jemisin penned a new novel, “The Fifth Season.” She writes of a world that is ending both literally and metaphorically, and she does so without any semblance of hopelessness in it, because the end is sometimes not the enemy, but the saving grace from the world when it has become terrible. I suggest you start reading. - Maham Hasan

Video Games Welcome back to school, game kids/squids. If you’ve enjoyed your summer of splatting fools left and right in Nintendo’s family-friendly cephalopod shooter “Splatoon” in between sunset-to-sunrise nights of monster hunting in CD Projekt RED’s “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” then you’re probably hungry for a few new games to carry you through the winter. The one the largest audience would care about will be “Star Wars Battlefront,” a new game in the PlayStation 2 squad-based shooter series. The old ones were developed by Pandemic Studios, people who made mediocre games like “Destroy All Humans!” and “Mercenaries”; the new ones are developed by DICE,

people who make better games like the “Battlefield” series and “Mirror’s Edge.” That’s not to say this game will necessarily be better than the old ones, but it’ll probably be easier and more fun to control and shoot with your stormtroopers. Previews show this’ll be one of the best-looking games ever made, so we’ll see if that holds true. Then there’s “Fallout 4.” There’s every indication that the follow-up to Bethesda Softworks’ foray into the postapocalypse will be just as big a hook into our lives. Both come out in November, so until then, we’ll feast ourselves on games like “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” and an experimental line-up from Nintendo. - Alex Lovendahl

We are on the cusp of the fall film festival season, which is going to bring a tidal wave of great new films to the public eye. And there’s so, so much good stuff coming. At the top of my personal list is Todd Haynes’ “Carol,” a love story between (the absolutely untouchable) Cate Blanchett’s wealthy urbanite housewife and Rooney Mara (who’s like, one of Blanchett’s heirs apparent) as a department store clerk. Adapted from “The Price of Salt,” Haynes’ return to feature filmmaking after eight years (he did “Mildred Pierce” for HBO in 2011) promises to be one of his best. And while I’m—as a rule—against trailers, the breathless and wordlessly mesmerizing minute and a half

teaser currently out for the film sells it better than I ever could. Very quickly, “Beasts of No Nation” is directed by “True Detective” season one’s helmer Cary Fukunaga and will launch simultaneously on Netflix and in theaters, so that’s a game changer. Johnny Depp looks to make a comeback in “Black Mass.” “The Danish Girl” and “Suffragette” offer transgender and feminist history respectively. Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” and (reigning champ) Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” are both still shooting. And, finally, come December there will be new “Star Wars.” Keep it locked. - Austin Wellens

Music Festival season is over, and after music enthusiasts have finally finished cleaning mud from day two of Bonnaroo from their cuticles and purged the multitude of festival drugs from their systems, they will be eagerly awaiting what the latter half of 2015 has to offer in terms of new music. The first half proved to be a tough act to follow, with Los Angeles seeing a renaissance in G-funk and astral beats that have made artistic and political waves across the country. Lyrics from Kendrick Lamar’s already classic album To Pimp a Butterfly have been chanted during protests against police brutality and college parties alike, and Kamasi Washington’s The Epic per-

fectly fused the current landscape of hip-hop with longform jazz. So what do the coming months have up their sleeves for releases? With certainty, we’re getting new albums from Deerhunter and Alex G, two bands that have reignited energy in rock music. Both albums have singles out showcasing a sneak peek of great music to come. With less certainty, we’re getting new efforts from Kanye West and Frank Ocean, two artists that are notoriously mysterious when it comes to their studio and release timelines. But with Yeezus focusing on his new fashion line with Adidas and Ocean focusing on being just a beautiful human

being, we might have to wait another semester for some album drops. With all the new coming in, what can we see on its way out? For one, Migos and the rest of the Atlanta crew will have to step up their game if triplet flow and trap beats are to survive in popular music. ILoveMakonnen has a new album on his way, but the breakout star might not have what it takes to keep a scene afloat that thrives on song hooks going viral. Hopefully, the reign of festival EDM will come to an abrupt end. No matter what happens, the last half of 2015 is looking to be just as wild of a ride as the first. - Jake Witz

Kanye West monologued, Miley Cyrus flopped at MTV’s lowest-viewed Video Music Awards By Conor Murphy The Daily Cardinal

The 2015 MTV Video Music Awards stormed onto prime time Sunday, with Taylor Swift taking home two major awards and Kanye West receiving the Michael Jackson Vanguard Video Award. Miley Cyrus came back after her 2013 performance as host, but her tasteless jokes and awkward cutaways left much to be desired. In a summer where Donald Trump dominated the news cycle, it seems only natural that another headline-grabbing celebrity would host the VMAs. Miley Cyrus, who has transformed from appropriating black women to drag queens, was uninspiring as host to an event where she was supposed to be the most outlandish part of the evening. While not a well-respected awards show by any means, the VMAs have been a staple for MTV, once the apex of popular music. The show is a relic of an era before the all-encompassing force of social media and reality TV, and when MTV only announced five awards during the telecast, they lost the distinction of being an awards show. The paltry 5.6 million people who tuned into the telecast, according to Variety, may also show that the VMAs are on their

way out. MTV knows, however, that the awards aren’t why people are watching. MTV is smart, and has been around long enough to know what makes good television. This year’s winning formulas included Nicki Minaj opening the show with surprise guest Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj then calling out Miley Cyrus for Cyrus’ “white feminism” response to Minaj’s complaints about who was nominated and mediocre performances from artists whom the 14- to 25-yearold audience adores. Nicki Minaj had a great performance, performing two songs before Taylor Swift decided to pop out of the floor and “squash” their beef. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis continued their train ride though mediocrity with a catchy, yet visually unappealing, performance of “Downtown.” Demi Lovato may have taken a cruiser missile to her career with the dreadful performance of “Cool for the Summer,” featuring a 30-second cameo from Iggy Azalea. The two surprising performances were Vine-star Tori Kelly’s emotional “Should’ve Been Us,” and Twenty One Pilots and A$AP Rocky’s lively, energetic send-off. Justin Bieber channeled Chris Brown in his performance of “Where Are Ü Now” and “What

Do You Mean?” While Bieber has spent the last few years being Public Enemy No. 1 for many music fans, his emotional breakdown at the end of his set seemed to demonstrate that he’s trying to prove himself again. But then the camera cut to Miley Cyrus in a tinsel coat and the show snapped back to reality. The Weeknd, save for some vocal issues, gave a sexy performance of “Can’t Feel My Face,” and Pharrell Williams’ performance of “Freedom,” was fun to see, but the awkward transitions throughout the night felt like whiplash between each commercial break.

The indisputable high point of the show was Kanye West’s 15-minute, rambling, bizarre and inspirational acceptance speech for the Michael Jackson Vanguard Video Award. Part presidential announcement speech, part undressing of the winner-loser binary of award shows, Kanye proved why he’s such a powerful force in the industry as an entire audience waited on his word. While Taylor Swift got to announce the award—because, MTV is smart and loves celebrity feuds—Kanye was easily the most deserving winner of the evening. Cyrus ended the show performing a new song, announc-

ing her joint album with The Flaming Lips’ lead singer Wayne Coyne and performed with 30 drag queens in what I can only assume was an acid trip that ended on Fire Island. While not the best part of the night, at least everyone knew when the show was over. MTV once again made entertaining television out of little substance, and Miley Cyrus continued her shtick of making everyone think she’s crazy. I’m not holding my breath, but let’s hope next year MTV wakes up from this fever dream and decides to actually have an award show.

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Wisconsin is known as an offensive line factory, and that factory has been working overtime leading up to the Badgers’ opening game against Alabama. Injuries have been a big issue for this unit, and it has forced a ton of shuffling up front. Wisconsin returned only two starters from last season, redshirt senior left tackle Tyler Marz and redshirt junior center Dan Voltz and the other three starters continue to be somewhat of a mystery. “I think we’ve got three guys that really made it through camp pretty healthy in Tyler [Marz], Dan [Voltz] and Michael Dieter,” offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Joe Rudolph said. “ [redshirt junior guard] Walker [Williams] made

it through a lot of camp. I like what he was doing in camp so it’s great to have him back …. [redshirt sophomore tackle] Hayden [Biegel], it was good to have back. We lost him early in camp. I think [redshirt freshman guard] Micah Kapoi was a real surprise of camp and really competed his tail off.” On the depth chart the Badgers released ahead of the season opener, Williams was listed as the starter at right guard, Biegel the starter at right tackle and Kapoi as the second string right guard and center, but Rudolph emphasized that the right side of the line is not settled. “Out of those three [Williams, Biegel, and Kapoi], there will be two of them in, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw all three of them play,” Rudolph clarified. Whoever ends up starting

and playing on the right side of the line will have a very difficult task in front of them, taking on an Alabama front seven that is one of the strongest in the country. The Crimson Tide brought back almost their entire defensive line as well as a number of linebackers, and it is a group up front that tends to dictate the flow of the game for opposing offenses. “It’s tough,” Dan Voltz said. “They’re a very sound defense. They don’t make a lot of mistakes, and they have really good personnel. That’s going to fall on our laps, you know, watching film and taking practice very seriously. We have to make the most of it and be prepared come Saturday.” The offensive linemen have had a lot of time for preparation, but with guys moving in and out

Tuscaloosa talk: Q&A with an Alabama sports editor By Zach Rastall The daily Cardinal

Wisconsin kicks off its season this Saturday with a highly anticipated matchup against the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Daily Cardinal caught up with Tyler Waldrep, assistant sports editor for the University of Alabama’s student newspaper The Crimson White, to discuss this weekend’s showdown in Dallas. Q: Nick Saban has left the door open to playing more than one quarterback in the opener against Wisconsin. Who do you expect to start and get the majority of snaps? A: Well I do think it’s interesting because when you look at the guys that are competing with Jake Coker for that job — obviously Jake Coker has been the consensus favorite in the national media’s eyes — Alec Morris has always been kind of a guy that’s perceived as a reliable backup. ... If Coker looks

overwhelmed or if for some reason Alabama jumped out to a huge lead, I could see Saban rotating in Cooper Bateman or Alec Morris, depending on which guy is the No. 2 and a good fit in this opener. But I would say that Jake Coker is going to get the majority of the meaningful snaps Saturday, if I had to guess. Q: From talking to players, do you have a sense of what their perception is of the Big Ten? A: When the players are asked about the Big Ten, they have said that they respect the conference. More so, the players focus on Wisconsin and this game. The general consensus among the team is that they do respect Wisconsin. They’re not looking at this as “this is a Big Ten game and this is an easy win for us”. The defense has been very complimentary of what they’ve seen from Wisconsin’s ground game and they’re expecting a fight in the trenches, and the

same goes for the offensive line. The offense, they expect to have to work if they’re going to run the ball on Wisconsin. So I don’t know necessarily how the team perceives the Big Ten as a conference, but from what they’ve told me and what they’ve told the other media members, they expect this to be a game that they’re going to have to fight for. Q: Lastly, what are your thoughts on how the game will turn out? A: I think especially early, the game could be close, but in the end I do expect Alabama’s front seven to maybe limit Wisconsin’s run game not completely, but limit its effectiveness more than Wisconsin can shut down Alabama’s run game. And I think in the end, Alabama literally runs away with it. Check out the rest of Zach’s interview with Tyler, at dailycardinal.com.

of the lineup on the right side, it has been difficult to build continuity and chemistry. This is something that Alabama’s defense is going to attack, testing the communication between whoever lines up at right guard and right tackle with different stunts, blitzes and twists to try to force mistakes. It has been up to the rest of the offensive linemen to help their teammates work through it and get these younger guys to step up against an opponent like the Crimson Tide. The Badgers are relying on their leaders along the line to get the unit up to speed. “I think trying to keep them calm, even though it is a big game, is helpful,” redshirt senior left tackle Tyler Marz said. “I make sure that I’m with them in the books and in the film room,

making sure that I’m answering any questions that they might have because obviously, I’ve been through a couple of big games like this.” Wisconsin likely won’t reveal who ends up starting on the line until we see them line up on the field Saturday. It will be the first career starts for the two who take the field on the right side, regardless of the combination of Biegel, Kapoi and Williams. Last year’s starters are gone, and it’s time for the offensive line factory to churn out another set of quality blockers. They have a very tough task ahead of them, but as we have seen so many times before, the Badgers seem to find a way to keep them coming. Kickoff will be Saturday at 7 p.m. at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

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Wisconsin (2-1) came into last weekend’s matchup against Western Kentucky ranked 5th in the country, but a season-opening loss to the Hilltoppers shocked UW and swiftly taught it to not take any opponent for granted. “We're learning how hard you've got to play to be an elite team,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said at a press conference Monday. “I told them afterwards, there wasn't a loss that necessarily happened that day, that loss happened over the previous two weeks.” As the Badgers prepare for this weekend’s upcoming ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Sheffield stressed the need for junior All-American Lauren Carlini to step up and lead. “We're trying to encourage her to stop looking around, said Sheffield. “She likes to defer a little bit in the practice gym... but there's not a lot of older kids on this team anymore, so we're trying to get her to be confident in being able to communicate.” UW rebounded and took back to back three-set victories against Colgate and College of Charleston Saturday to round out opening weekend. The No. 13 Badgers look to build on that momentum against No. 18 North Carolina and

unranked Louisville in the opening rounds of the tournament in Louisville, Ky. this weekend. The ACC is on the rise, and its leaders hope to make some noise against Big Ten juggernauts such as UW. “The ACC might be the most improving conference in the country,” Sheffield said. “They've always had some teams that were pretty good. They've always had two, three teams that were around the top 25. The past couple years they've had two or three teams right around that top 10, top 15 – teams that are legitimate Final Four-caliber teams, North Carolina being one of them.” Sheffield identified the tournament as an opportunity to prove the loss to Western Kentucky was merely a hiccup in what should be another successful season. “This coming weekend we've got a heck of a challenge with a North Carolina team, one of the top programs in the country, and then Louisville, who we are expecting to be another elite team,” Sheffield said. “We have the first weekend under our belt, we got to learn quite a bit about where we're at and I thought we got stronger as the weekend went along.” UW’s weekend begins with a matchup with the Tar Heels Friday at 3:30 p.m

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Wisconsin seeks first win in Santa Clara By Jason Braverman The Daily Cardinal

Through two games, the Badgers (0-2-0 overall) have yet to find the back of the net this season. As they embark on the first match of a four-game road trip, they’ll look to both get on the board and get in the win column Friday against a Santa Clara (0-20) squad that is also scoreless in two games. Despite the disappointing result its last time out, Wisconsin played No. 19 Xavier (2-0-0), a team that advanced to the Elite Eight a season ago, close for the entire 90 minutes in an encouraging match for the young squad. “We have great players. I think there's no question that it's a talented group of players,” head coach John Trask said after the loss. “It's just this continued maturity that we need to promote

within the group.” While the Badgers are led by a group of four seniors, they’ll need to rely on the growth of 12 sophomores to improve on last season’s 3-12-3, 0-7-1 Big Ten finish. The trio of All-Freshman team selections from a year ago, midfielder Mike Catalano as well as forwards Tom Barlow and Mark Segbers, headline that group of young contributors. The Broncos are also looking to rebound this season after going 6-9-4 overall in 2014-’15. On the defensive end, they’re led by senior goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh, a 2014 All-WCC Second Team selection who has already recorded 12 saves on the season. The Badgers will also have to contain sophomore forward Carlos Delgadillo, who paced the Broncos last season with four goals and five assists for a team-leading 13 points.

Though Wisconsin has yet to break through offensively, Catalano is off to a strong start thus far. The sophomore has led the Badgers in shots on goal in each of the opening two matches after notching just five on net all of last season. The Badgers will stay in California for a match against UC Davis before flying across the country to open up Big Ten play against Rutgers next week. It may take time for it all to come together this year, but Trask is hoping the Badgers can figure it out over the two-game west coast swing. “We really feel like this team is going to come together, hopefully by the time we start Big Ten play," Trask said. Kickoff is slated for 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4. UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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