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Blank, Berquam, Sims aim to promote diversity, inclusion with new initiatives

By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Members of the UW-Madison community can begin to take advantage this year of several new initiatives meant to foster more diversity and inclusion on campus.

A new Black Cultural Center, specialized training for faculty, teaching assistants and house fellows and more mental health professionals for underrepresented student populations are just a few of the resources slated for arrival this academic year, according to UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims and Dean of Students Lori Berquam.

Five of the initiatives were pulled directly from more than 100 proposals submitted by the university community last spring in hopes of

curbing the rising number of hate and bias incidents on campus.

Each of those programs, ranging from hosting bias literacy workshops led by the Women in Science and Engineering learning community to creating faculty liaisons who will implement

“I don’t think any of us here believe you actually have to choose between [free speech and inclusiveness].”

Rebecca Blank chancellor UW-Madison

diversity and inclusion topics into coursework, will be piloted or developed this year.

UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone also said two of the new University Health Services mental health professionals are already hired, with one still in process for a fall start.

The university has also launched the pilot project Our Wisconsin, a roughly $150,000 cultural competency program administered to 1,000 students this semester. Berquam said the students will engage in “constructive and courageous” dialogues about identities, differences and resolving conflict.

After the school year concludes, university leadership will evaluate the effectiveness of Our Wisconsin on the pilot group and continue to tweak and expand the program in the future, Berquam added.

To better determine attitudes toward diversity and inclusion on campus, Sims said the university will also launch a campus climate survey during the fall semester.

“Our intention is to stay the course and further cement our commitment to diversity and inclusion,” Sims said.

Several UW-Madison leaders took part in a day-long diversity and inclusion training in August, which Blank called “an incredibly rich time.” Faculty and staff in each department will have until the end of the year to take part in similar training, which McGlone said could be tailored for more specificity.

Blank said although the university is not likely to eliminate “ugly” incidents altogether because of its large population, she hopes to reduce those inci-

dents and give a voice to everyone on campus who needs one.

“Our intention is to stay the course and further cement our commitment to diversity and inclusion.”

Patrick Sims chief diversity officer UW-Madison

She also dismissed the idea that inclusiveness and free speech work in juxtaposition, saying that a community of inclusion and support gives everyone the opportunity to take “intellectual risks.”

“I don’t think any of us here believe you actually have to choose between those two,” Blank said.

“…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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UWPD prepares to expand building, update technology

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

Additions to the UW-Madison Police Department building begin this fall. The renovations will more than double the current space the department has, an expansion UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said they have wanted for nearly five years.

“We’re basically out of space,” Lovicott said. “Right now we’re spread throughout three different buildings on campus. It’s hard to get collaborative work done when we’re not all face-to-face.”

UWPD occupies rooms in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps building as well as the School of Nursing. At their main station on Monroe Street many employees are required to share offices with one or two other people.

One piece of the project will enclose the squad car parking area, known as “squad row,” and cre-

ate a garage for the vehicles. This structure will also have offices built above and behind it, allowing adequate office space for employees to be in the same building.

This garage space will be a secure area for UWPD to transfer individuals being taken into custody from a police vehicle to the building. Currently this transaction occurs just outside the backdoor of the facility with one guard keeping watch, but the addition will create a safe “sally port,” as Lovicott referred to it, and shorten that process.

“This will bring us into compliance with accreditation standards that are set that we haven’t been able to meet,” Lovicott said. “We are triply accredited by three different agencies. However, one of the standards that we consistently don’t meet is that secure sally port, just because of the way our building was built.”

Along with a new facade on the main entrance area of the building, UWPD will install a larger training space. This will be complete with new technology, which will also be updated throughout the building. According to Lovicott, these improvements are the first UWPD has made to its space since the building was built in 1990.

UWPD plans to break ground on the $4.8 million project in the near future; the department has met with the city’s Plan Commission and are only waiting on a signature of approval from Gov. Scott Walker, which they hope to receive within the next week.

“The goal is to have everything complete in about a year,” Lovicott said. “The running joke around here is, ‘Don’t worry, everything will be better in the new building.’

Now that that’s actually happening, folks are pretty excited.”

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Plans for the UW-Madison Police Department’s renovations include additional office space and enclosed parking garage.

Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson meet again in crucial US Senate race

By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

Each week until Election Day, The Daily Cardinal will profile a down-ballot race in Wisconsin, taking a look at the state and local candidates and their policy views. We begin the series with a look at the Badger State’s U.S. Senate race between Ron Johnson and Russ Feingold.

As Democrats nationwide try and take back the U.S. Senate, in addition to securing the White House, the crucial race in Wisconsin has a distinct feeling of déjà vu.

Democrat Russ Feingold is challenging incumbent Republican Ron Johnson after the Oshkosh businessman defeated Feingold in 2010. In doing so, he is looking to become the first outgoing senator in more than 80 years to take back his seat the election cycle after losing it.

Feingold seems well on his way to doing just that, leading Johnson in every poll conducted since he entered the race in 2015. In the most recent Marquette Law School Poll, Feingold led by four points. In a recent Quinnipiac poll, that lead stretched to 13 points.

But with the race now officially entering the home stretch, passing the Labor Day deadline

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Democratic challenger Russ Feingold is leading incumbent Ron Johnson in a rematch of the 2010 U.S. Senate race. when many begin paying attention to down-ballot races, both sides are bracing for a battle.

Democrats need to win back five seats to regain control of the Senate, and Wisconsin is one of their most promising avenues to doing so.

Trying to avoid this fate, Johnson is using many of the same tactics used in 2010: assailing Feingold’s record as too liberal and casting him as an outof-touch, beltway insider. That election was a perfect storm for Feingold’s defeat, as he fell in

a conservative-leaning midterm election which saw many voters push back against the record of President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats.

Feingold earned an iconoclastic reputation during his tenure in Congress. He was the lone mem-

ber of the body to vote against the USA PATRIOT Act in the wake of 9/11 and helped pass landmark campaign finance reform legislation which bears his name: the McCain-Feingold Act. In recent months, he has highlighted his foreign policy experience, serving in the State Department after losing his Senate seat, and has called for an authorization of military force in Syria to clarify the United State’s role in the region and in defeating ISIS. “Cut off their lifeblood,” Feingold said of ISIS in December. “Don’t be foolish and play their game, which is to send our troops over there without a clear strategy.”

Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security, has instead advocated a more active military presence in the region.

“What we have to do to defeat Islamic terror is to destroy them,” Johnson told Fox News after an attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando in June. “We have to destroy Islamic terrorists wherever we find them on the planet and defeat them. People do love peace. But that’s not ISIS’ profile. I don’t know why they do what they do, but they are

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Walker pledges tuition freeze, performance-based funding as budget process looms for UW System

By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

While most are focused on election season, the UW System is instead firmly focused on January, when the start of a new budget cycle begins and the fiscal fate of each of Wisconsin’s 26 public colleges and universities is determined.

Many were predicting another tough budget for UW, but Gov. Scott Walker has indicated that he is open to restoring some of the funding to the UW System after a $250 million cut in the last budget. This is despite telling state agencies not to expect additional

money in the next budget in a letter to agency heads last month.

“The decision related to tuition costs shoud be kept at the Board of Regents.”

UW System 2016 budget proposal

“To build on our commitment to student success, we must extend the tuition freeze,” Walker wrote in the July 25 letter. “This

will make our universities affordable and accessible. These two items will help our young people develop the skills they will need for career and life.”

Walker has also said he will continue the tuition freeze for in-state students which has been in place for the past four years and will push for performancebased funding for the UW System, which could drive further funding increases.

Performance-based funding is presently used in 32 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The mechanisms vary from state

to state but legislatures usually dole out more money if certain objectives are met. These goals are usually tied to graduation rates, student retention and job placement in highdemand fields, which are usually in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) areas.

The UW System and System President Ray Cross have both pushed for greater funding to help UW campuses cope after having their funding slashed in the last budget. The agency’s budget proposal, approved at a Board of Regents meeting earlier this

month, asks the state to end the tuition freeze and pump $42.5 million more back into the system.

“To build on our commitment to student success, we must extend the tuition freeze.”

Scott Walker governor Wisconsin

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Madison police announce officers in forceful Laird arrest will not be charged

By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL

Madison police identified last week Richard Friday and Andrew Muir as the officers involved in the forceful June 21 arrest of Genele Laird at East Towne Mall. Neither will be disciplined for the incident, which went viral after a bystander recorded a video.

“We will continue our commitment to dedicating training time in diffusing, de-escalation, and disengagement.”

Mike Koval chief Madison Police Department

A Use of Force review by both Madison Police Department’s Internal Affairs and the Dane County Sheriff ’s department found “under the totality of circumstances” that the use of force was “objectively reasonable.”

Those actions included “focused strikes” by Muir while Laird was both standing and on the ground. Muir also deployed aTaser, according to records released last Thursday.

MPD Chief Mike Koval also released a letter Thursday. In the letter, he noted that MPD responded to 55,599 calls to service from April 1 through June 30, and deployed use of force 56 times, which is less than 1 percent.

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The department also released the entire report of the incident, which totaled 76 pages, including 35 pages of email correspondence.

Muir’s and Friday’s commendation and complaint records were released with the documents. Muir joined the department in 2013, and has since earned one Lifesaving Award, eight commendations and two Use of Force complaints.

Friday has had three Lifesaving Awards, 17 commendations and three Use of Force complaints since he joined the department in 2008.

The June arrest of Laird caught national attention when bystander video of the use of force went viral. The incident also came as Koval was feuding with Madison Common Council over a review of the department that will cost the city approximately $350,000.

The officers were dispatched to East Towne Mall after Laird allegedly brandished a knife and threatened a Taco Bell employee for stealing her phone. She also had a dispute with mall security officers. However, according to the records, officers did not know Laird was armed before arriving on scene. Friday saw the knife sticking out of Laird’s backpack after the forceful arrest, according to the records.

She could have faced several felony charges, but Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne did not charge Laird for the incident, instead referring her to a

restorative justice program.

Koval noted in his letter that MPD will employ a “use-offorce” coordinator in mid-September after receiving a federal grant in 2015. The position will manage “best practices” in these types of situations, according to

for 2018 and beyond,” the proposal said.

Each state agency will draft and submit a budget proposal to the governor’s office, outlining its funding request. The

documents will be taken into account as Walker drafts the 2017-’19 biennium budget proposal, which he will unveil in a January speech.

From there, the legislature’s

Koval’s letter. To end his letter, Koval recapped what MPD has done to address concerns about use of force.

“We will continue our commitment to dedicating training time in diffusing, de-escalation, and disengagement,” Koval said.

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Domestically, the two have sparred over issues ranging from environmental protections to the state’s business climate. But no issue demonstrates the divide between the two candidates better than the issue of college affordability.

Johnson has said he is opposed to federal involvement in financing student loans. In a 2012 interview with The Daily Cardinal, he said he has “multiple problems” with how the federal government encourages students to take out loans for college, a position he has repeated since.

“A college education must be available to those who work hard to get there.”

Russ Feingold candidate U.S. Senate

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Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne will not charge Genele Laird or the officers involved in the June incident. powerful budget writing committee, the Joint Committee on Finance, will hear from state agencies directly, including the UW System, and receive feedback on Walker’s proposed budget.

“Why are we encouraging our young people to get into debt, first of all?” Johnson said. “Why is the federal government even making money off the loans? Why is the federal government even involved in the student loan program? … The federal government shouldn’t even be involved in granting student loans.”

Feingold disagrees, saying that the rising price of higher education is “a denial of the American Dream” and has advocated for a bill authored

by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to allow students to refinance student loan debt.

“A college education must be available to those who work hard to get there,” Feingold said last year at a rally with Warren. “Your parents shouldn’t have to be rich for you to go to college.”

Both candidates are doubling down on their rhetoric, with Johnson recently announcing a major ad buy to counter Feingold, who has been airing ads since April.

UWPD interim chief discusses plans for keeping campus safe this fall

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison Police Department bade farewell to their chief of 25 years, Sue Riseling, at the end of this past spring semester. Stepping into her shoes for the time being is Brian Bridges, an

officer in his fourth decade with the force. Bridges is no stranger to campus law enforcement, having worked at UW-Eau Claire before coming to UW-Madison. Bridges has no intention of remaining chief and will return to assistant chief status once a new one is

selected. The future permanent chief will be chosen by the university from a pool of applicants from all over the nation, most likely in November or December of this year. For now, Bridges will lead UWPD during the busy fall season of Badger game days and

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UW-Madison interim police chief Brian Bridges emphasized the importance of Badgers keeping one another safe in the UW community and his plan to continue pursuing campus initiatives.

Halloween. He sat down with The Daily Cardinal to discuss his plans for handling these events and other common occurrences, and what he expects from this semester.

Q: What are some of the biggest challenges that you expect to face as UWPD police chief?

A: I’ve been here for 32 years, and in that time I’ve spent the last roughly 15 in senior management. We’re doing a couple things; we’ve started a number of initiatives under Chief Riseling that we’re going to continue, things like public information with the “Tell Us” campaign and “Don’t Be That Guy,” which raises awareness for sexual assault and its reporting. We’re working with our partners in University Housing and University Health Services for the “First 45 Days” initiative, which seeks to educate incoming students, freshmen in particular, about the “dos and don’ts” on campus and living together as part of a community. I think we’ll also be working on how to make sure the community understands how to get

along together a little bit, how to be Badgers together and support those initiatives on the campus.

Q: What is something you want every student to know as you begin your position as interim chief of UWPD? A: As you see from events across our country, we need everybody to participate in making this a better and safer campus.

People need to learn about each other and take the time to develop a frame of reference and educate ourselves about the issues in society, what issues people personally have going on. It really takes all of us to support all of our students, support everyone. People bring different things with them, and most of it does not start the day they get here. We want to be a welcoming place to everyone, and people need to speak up for others, because some people can’t speak up for themselves. We need to be a welcoming, safe space for the exchange of ideas. That takes all of us.

Read the full interview online at dailycardinal.com.

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10 tips to navigate the first week

By Sandy Balan THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s that time of the year again.

Summer is officially over; students’ bank accounts everywhere are slowly being depleted due to pricey textbooks and school supplies.

Normal eating habits are ready to be thrown out the window. It’s the beginning of the school year. After a three-month break, the majority of students tend to find it difficult to get back into the normal school schedule. So here are some tips to help you get through the first week back at UW-Madison:

1. Find your classrooms

If you haven’t noticed, UW-Madison is a pretty widespread campus. The last thing you want to do on the first day of classes is get lost. So even if you don’t have time to physically go see where your classes are located, at least look at your schedule and plan a little route. Give yourself a couple extra minutes during that first week to get to your classes, just in case you do get lost.

2. Be prepared for class

College is not like elementary or middle school where we had a school supply list that showed us what we had to bring. It’s up to us now. Even if you haven’t received (or even ordered) your textbooks yet, it’s a good idea to just bring something in which you can jot down a few notes. You never know, something could be said in lecture that could be very important later in the course. Some professors might even start teaching the material that day, so arrive ready and alert.

3. Go to class

It may be difficult to wake up for that 7:45 a.m. class, but it’s important to physically go to classes. The syllabus may be online and may be self-explanatory, but there will be some things said in class that you shouldn’t miss. Plus, it’s best to start the school year off right by making the effort to actually attend classes.

Attendance is often a big portion of

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While some may see it as yet another mundane day of the year, others see it as a day that symbolizes hope­with opportunities to tackle, people to meet and resolutions to be accomplished. Whether you’re a freshman looking to embark on new adventures or a senior fulfilling your endeavors, there are always new lessons to learn and chances to better yourself.

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your grade, don’t jeopardize your GPA by hitting that snooze button.

4. Stay organized

This is a big one. Organization is a key part of making sure the semester starts off smoothly. Get a calendar that you can hang up and put key dates on for reminders.

Put a reminder on your phone or get a planner and write down due dates. You may have the syllabus, but if that syllabus gets lost and the professor/TA doesn’t give constant reminders, you may be out of luck.

Know your schedule and you won’t run into conflicts.

5. Course requirements

This is similar to number four.

You normally find these requirements in the syllabus or in handouts. By knowing the course requirements, you might be able to understand what you’re actually going to be learning throughout the semester. It can help you pinpoint where your problem areas might be so that you can be prepared. The professor doesn’t ask you to read through a 10-page syllabus just to be cruel; it’s so you can get the most of the class and your overall education.

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The average college student walks about 10,000 steps a day, which is equivalent to five miles. Good shoes can go a long way.

You never know how helpful they could be for you and your future.

8. Go out and explore

You don’t have to write them down in a list. In fact you don’t even have to write them down at all, but you should know what you hope to accomplish this semester. Maybe you want to get all A’s, join more clubs or maybe just consistently go to classes. Whatever your goals may be, knowing them can help you figure out how you want to navigate your semester.

The great thing about this campus is that it’s located in such a great city with a lot of things to do. Don’t spend all your time inside trying to plan out your entire semester. Go out and explore State Street and see the many restaurants and stores that are down there. Visit the Farmers’ Market on Saturday and get some fresh food, or just sit on Bascom Hill for a little bit. Get to know the place that you’re calling home.

7. Meet your professors

9. Make new friends

6. Know your personal goals for the semester

You may be in a class of 300 other students, but it’s important that you’re not just another face to the professor. Take a little time out of your schedule and go to office hours. Make sure the professor knows who you are, especially if you’re very interested in the subject.

No matter how old you are or what year you are in college, you are never too old to make new friends. Meet new people in your classes; talk to people you normally wouldn’t. Making those friendships can help make this first week back a little bit more enjoyable.

Even if you don’t intimately bond with everyone you meet, make an effort to at least know your classmates’ names so you can benefit from swapping notes.

10. Relax

This is probably the most important tip. Relax about this first week of school. You’ll get through it. Don’t over think too much and you’ll make it. Get out there and enjoy yourself before the true hard work begins. Take lots of breaks and just breathe.

Remember, these are all just tips.

They can’t guarantee that you will have a great week, but they might help. You can follow all of them or some of them. Do whatever works for you to make sure that your first week back at college is a good one. If you start off on the right foot, chances are that the rest of the semester will be smooth sailing. Have a good first week, my fellow Badgers!

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If you look hard enough, you’ll see that opportunities are abundant. Don’t be afraid to say “yes,” you never know what taking a chance could do for you. In order to understand what you are capable of, you have to try things out, but also remember that the academic life can get busy and things can become overwhelming. As exciting as new activities can sound, sometimes you just can’t do it all— unless

you’re superhuman. That being said, don’t feel bad about occasionally saying “no.” Your mental health should always come first. Know that when one opportunity leaves, eventually another will come around.

Balance your stress

A healthy mind is imperative to living a prolific and productive life. While you are starting off the school year with a new niche, get rid of all the toxic relationships in your life. Don’t let past experiences hinder your blossoming. Learn to focus on the present. But even with your best efforts, you will never be free of stress and problems. They are an ineluctable part of life, especially for a student. Learning to balance your stress is an extremely valuable life skill. Running, yoga, good food and the right music can do a lot.

Foster confidence

The daily life of a student can be jarring and intimidating, which is why it’s important that you be confident, fearless and yet sensible in all that you do. Take risks, sit back and enjoy the ride. Walk with grit and

poise, but also understand that vulnerability isn’t a sign of weakness.

Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes, and that’s okay. Come to terms with your own weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Own up to them and embrace them. In doing so, you may find the strenght that was eluding you before. Remember that you aren’t always alone in your battles, and have the courage to acknowledge when you might need some outside help.

Build good relationships

In addition to being honest and true to who you are, learn to be respectful and honest with others.

Honesty will not always win you all the friends in the world, but it will earn you the right ones. Be faithful to your feelings and thoughts and the right people will appreciate you for them. Bid adieu to empty promises and lost time; make this year your time to shine.

Embrace spontaneity

In the midst of your organizing and life planning, remember not to get so caught up with achiev-

ing your goals that you forget to be spontaneous. Keep your goals in mind, but also be sure to live your life a day at a time. It is often during the most spontaneous moments that the most beautiful incidents can occur.

Plan for the unknown

Know when to accept when things don’t go as planned. There will be times when, despite your efforts, things just seem to fall apart. Just believe that everything happens for a reason, and though things may not always pan out the way you hoped, remember that sometimes little disasters can lead to much better things.

Above all, take good care of yourself. That is the single most important thing on this list. Nothing else is more vital to your happiness than your health and mental wellbeing.

At the end of the day, you are your own person with your own special flair for living. So here’s the most important mantra of all: Find your groove and live your life, and everything else will fall into place.

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Student debunks myth, wins challenge

By Julie Spitzer THE DAILY CARDINAL

A fourth-year biomedical engineering student at UW-Madison has won the grand prize of an international, GE sponsored, university challenge for his proposed technique to do the impossible.

Chris Nguyen debunked the myth that a bell can be unrung for GE’s first “Unimpossible Missions: University Edition” challenge.

“I kind of want to see what I can do in terms of innovation and making the impossible possible.”

Chris Nguyen student UW-Madison

The international competition asked university students from around the world to adopt a common idiom, such as unring a bell, and disprove it with GE technologies.

Out of the 575 entries from 375 schools, researchers at GE deemed Nguyen’s idea best, landing him a 10-week paid internship for the summer of 2017 at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna, New York and a scholarship of up to $100,000 to continue his education.

“When I decided to submit my proposal, I thought it was too simple to win … I didn’t think it would make a big splash,” Nguyen said, having learned of his award this past August.

While shopping for noise-cancelling headphones, the idiom came to Nguyen, standing out most prominently from his list of 10 to 15 other idioms. “Unring a bell just kind of stuck out because it was cool and you could see it without actually having to measure anything,” Nguyen said. He explained that if it worked, you could ring the bell and not hear a thing.

According to Nguyen, the concept is quite simple. When a bell is rung, it emits a sound wave. Nguyen took the inverse of that sound wave and combined the two in order to cancel them out.

With Nguyen’s winning proposal, GE has been running experiments proving a bell can be unrung at their research center in Niskayuna, New York. General Electric plans to film the process as part of a promotional video series, adding to GE’s three other “Unimpossible Missions” videos.

While GE has offered university students similar challenges in the past, this was the first in the “Unimpossible Missions” series.

“This was an amazing experience ... I kind of want to see what I can do in terms of innovation … and making the impossible possible,” Nguyen said. “I still have that list of idioms, so maybe I’ll continue digging for technology or let the technologies come to me as I continue studying.”

Nguyen plans to graduate this spring and attend graduate school after his internship with GE next summer. He hopes he can finish his education where it all began, here at UW-Madison.

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Jake Z. The short answer is: They’re the same! The alcohol that we drink at bars and parties, wine, beer, whiskey, you name it, is actually made from the exact same ethanol as ethanol fuel. The word “alcohol” is technically an umbrella term for all types of alcohol, including compounds like methanol and ethanol. Ethanol is typically made by yeast. Yeast ferments substances containing sugar or starch and produces ethanol as a product. For example, most beers are made from grains such as wheat or millet, which contain a lot of starch, and ethanol fuel is currently made from corn, which is very starchy and sugary. So, if drinking alcohol and ethanol fuel are made of the same thing, why don’t we see people trying to drink ethanol fuel? The answer to that lies in how pure the ethanol is. Drinking alcohol has a much lower concentration of ethanol than ethanol fuel. Beer is usually made of about five percent ethanol and 95 percent water, while ethanol fuel is almost 100 percent ethanol. Since ethanol is ultimately poisonous in large amounts, consuming pure ethanol would result in fatality.

However, since drinking alcohol is comparably dilute, our bodies can metabolize it and allow us to drink it.

Dear Ms. Scientist, Can you tell me why we have daylight saving time?

Henry C. Everyone has been there at one point. Cell phones might automatically change, but sometimes alarm clocks do not. Most people are aware of daylight saving (except Arizona, Hawaii and most U.S. territories), and almost everyone has been too early or too late because of this phenomenon. Just to ensure everyone is on the same page, daylight saving time is the process of moving the clock an hour forward in the summer months to relocate daylight from the morning to the evening. Daylight saving time was originally Benjamin Franklin’s conception. He suggested the idea to conserve energy and allow people to more fully enjoy the benefits of daylight. Individuals wouldn’t need to use lamps in the evening if it was light outside for just an hour longer. William Willett, a London builder, lobbied consistently for daylight saving time in the early 1900s. It was officially put in place in 1916 but met with great opposition and confusion. Agricultural interests preferred the daylight in the morning instead. Eventually, the benefits were recognized, and today, approximately 70 countries participate in daylight saving time. Besides Arizona, Hawaii and U.S. territories, Japan, India and China are the only major industrialized countries that do not observe some form of daylight saving. People around the world either appreciate daylight saving for its energy-saving benefits and longer enjoyable summer evenings or disagree with the darker mornings and lost hours of early productivity.

Ask Ms. Scientist is written by Maggie Liu and Jordan Gaal. If you have a burning science question you want answered, email it to science@dailycardinal.com.

NASA appoints UW professor to lead new initative

By Josie Russo THE DAILY CARDINAL

For the general population, satellites are simply there to help watch TV, text, for the conspiracy theorists, spying or for a Skynetesque takeover.

But for UW-Madison professor Tracey Holloway, satellites are a tool for improving peoples’ lives.

Holloway, a professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, was recently selected

by NASA as team lead for their Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team. HAQAST is a new project starting this fall made up of 13 members from institutes and organizations across the U.S., with Holloway as the team lead based in UW-Madison. It is a three-year initiative to make satellite data and other NASA tools and data more relevant to decision-making around health and air pollution.

“Nearly half of the U.S. population lives in places deemed unhealthy for air pollution by the EPA,” Holloway said. “America uses a lot of energy per person, much of which comes from coal, natural gas and petroleum. But why don’t we have bad air pollution like India and China? We spend a lot to have technology

to make exhaust cleaner for reactive chemicals that lead to asthma, heart disease and premature death. There is an increased focus on public health.”

HAQAST is a follow-up to NASA’s Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, which ran from 2011 to 2016. The new team is smaller than the original, which was comprised of 19 members, and focuses specifically on the public health aspects of air pollutants.

“This new team is making public health a much greater focus. It’s not just about getting data about air pollution, it is getting it directly to public health organizations,” Holloway said. “Our goal is to get the best science into the hands of people working on these issues.”

Most are using ground instruments, and those are the “gold standard,” according to Holloway.

The main problem with ground instruments is most of the U.S. doesn’t have ground monitors outside of cities, and they don’t record all air pollutants.

“There are no monitors over the great lakes or over oceans or over much of the U.S. outside of cities.

Satellites can see everywhere, and most pass over every day. We have snapshots of the whole earth every single day with an unprecedented amount of data,” Holloway said.

Satellites play a role in our day-to-day activities but are also a key component in advancing our knowledge of air pollutants and how they affect public health.

“It’s finding the connection and making the most of the collaboration.”

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“A lot of people don’t know about satellite data. We use it every day, from Google Maps to the cool images of earth from space.

Satellites can see particles in air invisible to human eyes. The air we breathe and chemicals we breathe can be seen from space, and that is exciting,” Holloway said.

The team’s overall message is there is this huge investment in satellite technology and keeping air clean in the U.S., but satellite data and other aspects of NASA science are not yet connected to decision making for air pollution and public health.

“There are some pioneers making that connection, but it is not yet [the] norm. We are trying to

make that the norm,” Holloway said. “We are looking at what are the questions users have that satellites can and can’t answer.

Where do we need to be advancing our technology to be able to answer new questions?”

One of the main objectives of HAQAST is getting this information and advanced data to decision makers.

“People don’t realize how many organizations are involved in air quality and public health issues,” Holloway said. “There is the EPA at the national level, and every state has an agency working on air issues, plus many huge industries, consulting companies, and nonprofits. Air issues, also, [are] part of the work at the Department of Energy, the National Park Service, the Department of Transportation and other organizations.”

Holloway’s job as team lead is to coordinate with all 13 members from institutions across the U.S. In Madison, she works with professor Steve Ackerman, professor Jonathan Patz and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientist Brad Pierce. She also works with collaborators from the EPA and a regional air quality organization the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium. “[HAQAST] will meet twice a

year, and part of my responsibility is to organize these meeting[s] and establish a social media presence to connect with the public,” Holloway said. “My job is to coordinate research to make sure person A, B and C can maximize their benefits by coordinating their strength. It’s finding the connection and making the most of the collaboration.”

HAQAST’s first meeting is this November in Atlanta, Georgia, the home base for the Center for Disease Control.

“The CDC is a big organization that is a potential connection. They already use NASA data for air pollution, and we want to see how we can build on these activities and support their work,” Holloway explained.

NASA regularly gives grant money to researchers at universities and labs to do research; it is not new for them to fund research. What is new is supporting researchers as a team.

“For something like this where you’re trying to make a change in the way data is used, you’re working with these bigger organizations like the CDC. Having a team makes for a more visible presence,” Holloway said.

“It’s more about coordinating the sum of the whole and not just parts.

A team means more research and work available. This is something that is really growing and it is a fun industry to be working in.”

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Start the semester in a local music venue

By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

Dear freshmen, transfer students and classmates who never had the chance to explore Madison’s music scene: Welcome to Madison, a city known not only for its top-notch university, but also dozens of amazing concert venues.

Growing up outside Chicago, I didn’t think Madison’s music scene stood a chance against a major city that’s home to major performers ranging from the Styx to Chance the Rapper. For once, I was glad I was wrong. If you’re willing to take a step out of your comfort zone and a few steps off campus, you’ll see there are opportunities to experience live music in Madison nearly every night (and no, that doesn’t count that annoying guy on your floor who brags about playing “Wonderwall” on his guitar.)

WUD Music: So if you don’t want to take any steps off campus to go to a concert, check out the

Wisconsin Union Directorate’s calendar. The Sett at Union South is the mothership of WUD concerts, at least while the Rathskeller at Memorial Union is under construction. It holds around 500 people, to a large student demographic and offers free tickets to students.

Members of the WUD Music Committee communicate with music agents to book a variety of musicians, including touring acts like Vince Staples and student bands. A short walk down State Street offers an even bigger selection of music.

State Street/Capitol Square Area Venues: The newly installed Orpheum Theater sign can guide you to the venue like an urban lighthouse dropped right on campus. It’s one of the oldest theaters in the city built in 1926, but after a total renovation it now houses a mix of concerts and comedy shows.

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Large venues like the Orpheum Theater on State Street host huge headliners and sizable audiences. almost every block. The Majestic Theatre in Madison features a set up great for both die-hard moshers and chill concert goers who sit at tables in the back. In the past, the Majestic offered a large variety of genres, such as EDM artists like Robert DeLong and Minneapolis hip-hop artist Lizzo. Throughout the summer the Live on King Street concert series draws in thousands of college and community members for free shows. The venue also hosts Brew ‘n View, featuring classic films like “Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Around the corner from the Majestic is the Frequency, that hosts local, national and international acts seven nights a week (and serves up

Emil’s pizza.) The Frequency partners up with the Majestic to bring high-quality music to Madison.

East Side Venues: OK, I get it.

Why would you want to bus across town during an impossibly cold Wisconsin winter night to go to a concert? I bet that frat guy’s rendition of “Wonderwall” is sounding a lot better right about now. But to get the full experience of the Madison music scene, it’s worth the trip. The Brink Lounge and High Noon Saloon are located in the same building on East Washington. High Noon’s rustic music hall offers not only a large bar, but a stage that supports local musicians.

If you keep heading east up the isthmus, you’ll eventually run

into the Barrymore Theatre, which draws in national musicians and comedians alike.

Now I completely understand the first-day-of-school “I’m going to get straight A’s and make the Dean’s List” optimism that might make you hesitate spending time walking around the city going to concert after concert. But if you want to cling onto that last glimpse of summer, then I’d encourage you to venture out this semester. Grab some friends and head over to the amazing concert venues just down the block. With cheap-to-nonexistent ticket prices, you might as well blow off some steam and learn about new artists.

Youthful literature creates space for honest self-discovery

By Aaron Durlauf THE DAILY CARDINAL

This past summer I took a creative writing class, during which my professor told us that fiction about college is often unsuccessful because publishers and audiences often regard college experiences as somewhat childish or ordinary.

Everyone gets their heart broken, everyone experiences the fear and thrill that comes with newfound independence, everyone changes and grows when surrounded by new and different people and ideas and everyone (more or less) makes it out on the other side, or so the thinking goes.

I had made a few attempts at writing fiction myself, which were mostly so embarrassingly autobiographical that I had already found rereading them practically unbearable, and hearing my professor say this made the constant knot of self-consciousness in my stomach become tighter. And then it occurred to me that this is much the way I thought about young adult fiction in high school. I had eschewed reading YA books or writing anything of my own growing up because I didn’t want to feel or be seen as immature or angsty, although I was both of those things. As the new school year starts, I’ve been thinking a lot about how incoming college students are in a tricky middle ground—they’re not quite children and they’re not quite adults, but they are still stuck with the condescension that they’re

the former and the expectations that they’re the latter. And they’re stuck in this middle ground surrounded by people who will take every opportunity to invalidate their experience.

There’s a book by an author who was a college student that outright rejected this view on youth and writing. “The Opposite of Loneliness”

by Marina Keegan, is a collection of essays and stories that Keegan wrote while she was in college. In the introduction, Keegan’s English professor writes, “Many of my students sound forty years old. They are articulate but derivative, their own voices muffled by their desire to skip over their current age and experience, which they fear trivial, and land on some version of polished adulthood without passing go. Marina was twenty-one and sounded twenty-one: a brainy twenty-one, a twenty-one who knew her way around the English language, a twenty-one who understood that there were few better subjects than being young and uncertain and starry-eyed and frustrated and hopeful.”

Keegan’s writing often centers on college students. In the span of a single story she will intrigue you with her language use, make you cringe, laugh and cry. Besides the pieces published in this collection, Keegan had written and acted in several plays, interned at The New Yorker, been a political organizer and had written many other pieces before she graduated magna

cum laude from Yale in 2012. Five days after her graduation, she was killed in a car accident. Her friends, family and professors collected the most finished drafts of her writing they could find and published them.

The title essay of the book, “The Opposite of Loneliness,” was published in the graduation issue of the Yale Daily News. In it, Keegan described the feeling she had about college and the future: “It’s not quite love and it’s not quite community; it’s just this feeling that there are people, an abundance of people, who are in this together. This elusive, indefinable, opposite of loneliness. This feeling I feel right now.”

This is a feeling that most freshmen will find during their time here.

But probably not right away. For all the people who are elated bonding over illicit shots of cheap vodka in a dorm room, there is another person who is probably feeling alienated because they don’t drink. For all the people bound together by their passion for political activism, there are people whose experiences haven’t prepared them for the discussions their peers are engaging in. For all the groups of people pulling allnighters in College Library, there’s someone sitting by themselves, and not because they need to focus.

So yes, there is togetherness, there is isolation, there is love and heartbreak, there is friendship and betrayal, there is success and failure. And perhaps we don’t always

handle these things with great maturity; perhaps they’re ordinary and par for the course. But don’t let anyone tell you that that makes these experiences trivial. Be open to new experiences and new ideas.

Engage with your time here. And perhaps even write about it. I’m not going to pretend like these are the

most important years of your life, but I think you’ll want to remember them, and maybe even share them one day.

Have you read any good literature that doesn’t shy away from a youthful tone? Let our new lit columnist Aaron know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

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We’re back, and so is Frank Ocean, after four years, with the most hyped album of the year

By Francisco Velazquez THE DAILY CARDINAL

ALBUM REVIEW

Blonde Frank Ocean Four years after his recordbreaking Channel Orange , Frank Ocean returns with two new releases that find him writing his feelings alive and helping us cope with ours.

Frank Ocean has always been the best storyteller, but this time around, we found him being the story—a muse for all our shifting views and free-flowing ideals.

Ocean’s music can very well be the ways we come to perspective on the ways we love and live.

Using race and gender-breaking binaries to keep a place for the rest of us, using his music as a barrier between the industry and himself, a fleeting falsetto to a dark joy, Ocean has returned to us in waves.

Channel Orange was the first date, the night of the first kiss.

Ocean left us wanting more. How he could give us new beginnings in just four minutes? The way he created a new world with our lives drawn into his music, waiting four years felt like a lifetime.

Blonde, or Blond—the spelling of which is up for debate, and some say the spelling can be an underlying message of his bisexuality; the french female spelling is blonde and the male spelling is blond— is Frank Ocean’s latest release. Frank’s opening track, “Nikes,” takes on a faded ride down the third-eye perspective and is arguably one of the best tracks on the album.

Blonde is something familiar, a longing that we haven’t felt since the first day of summer. In its own way, Blonde is Ocean’s bravest approach at self-reflection. Our experience throughout the album is filled with thoughts of love, feelings of loss, dependency and unfiltered emotions.

Boys Don’t Cry, which was released along with the album, features screenshots of Internet histories, naked bodies on his sports car and unaltered interviews, giving us the honest truth behind his art and more reasons to coin Blonde a new classic.

Endless is Ocean’s visual release. With entirely new music aside from Blonde, Endless features 46 minutes of demo to demo songs that play seamlessly.

Endless isn’t as exciting as we’d hope for, but it still touches on the rawness of what it means to put the art before the artist. In a way, the visual representation of Ocean building a spiral staircase is used as a concept of anti-promotion; the dullness of Endless

is the art of the music, and the challenging concept to put the art before the press. Endless fulfilled Frank’s label contract; Blonde is a self-release, both exclusively released on Apple Music under his Boys Don’t Cry record label.

The soul hasn’t left music yet. Frank captures our hearts from the beginning, “I’m not him, but I’ll mean something to you,” tears us open. A mellowed goodbye leaves the instrumental track and brings something new, “Ivy.” Those late night feelings before things became complicated, take us back to the softer side of Ocean’s nostalgia. “I thought that I was dreaming when you said you loved me,” leaves us wondering where things went wrong with that quick first love on impulse.

Blonde features impeccable transitions. “Pink + White” is the first time jet skiing. It’s a thrill; it’s tough, but it’s worth it.

The song aims at happiness and the reliance of loving someone else. You could say it’s ironic that “Be Yourself ” is the complete opposite. A voicemail message from “mom” leaves you questioning how scared parents are to watch their son or daughter grow up. Many of Ocean’s tracks are a stoner’s paradise, emptied instrumentals about rolling solo.

“Solo” solidifies the existence of heaven, hell and harmful love.

Ocean has this way of making peace a verb. “Nights” is a personal favorite. The midtempo beat flows like melting chocolate. The song reminds us about the actuality of life, the work that must go into everything you do and the reality that some people don’t wish the best karma for you. It’s one of the album’s centerpieces; “rolling marijuana, that’s a cheap vacation” is one of the most relatable lyrics for our generation.

Dirty south came stronger than ever with the only feature from Andre 3000. “Solo (Reprise)” is a jaw-dropping verse you’ll probably have to play twice. Andre’s verse looks back on his 20 years in the hip-hop industry and the lack of art discipline from the current frontrunners now, particularly Drake.

His verse touches on his feelings and disappointment to those rappers who don’t write their own rhymes. “I’m hummin’ and whistlin’ to those not deserving/I’ve stumbled and lived every word/ Was I working just way too hard,” could very well haunt those rappers that forgot the art and let the fame takeover.

Nostalgia looks good on Ocean, especially when he’s fighting to remember himself. “White Ferrari” is a dark spirit, and Ocean is not letting him win. The song is a triumphant fight against despair, and it’s painted alive with an aching bitterness. At least Ocean didn’t settle, or what “Seigfried” suggests, “two kids and a swimming pool” gives us Frank at his most vulnerable. The song moves from his own thoughts to the nature of his

thoughts with himself, God and a lost lover. “I’d do anything for you, in the dark” can be an underlying message for his rumored love affair with male model Willy Cartier.

“Godspeed,” tiptoes like gospel mornings. He stays grounded in prayer and knows what broken love looks like; either with childhood, family, friends or lovers, this song takes on the spiritual journey of what it means to live present in the world and spread love to those around you. “Futura Free” is an honest Ocean. “I should be paying them, I should be paying ya’ll honest to God” is a closing conversation, and the best way to let us know the wait was worth it. The album concludes with old interview with some of Ocean’s friends. A keyboard plays faintly in the background while chatters fill the room. It’s a carefree kind of love and a sudden static sound takes over, like flashbacks in time. Ocean gives us another kind of light. A heartfelt yearning for the earlier days of our youth. A bittersweet and reflective outro. Ocean is still the story, the muse and the narrator of his own power. For us, this is a warm hello at Frank’s new music, and also a whiplash of reality that it might be another couple of years before Ocean gives us some muchneeded clarity and meditation.

Blonde will go down as one of the best album releases of 2016.

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Protest votes cause more harm than good SEBASTIAN VAN BASTELAER opinion editor

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s an ardent and vocal environmentalist, I have always been drawn to the ideas and candidates espoused by the Green Party. In 2014, I cast some of my very first votes for Green Party candidates, in the hopes of seeing environmental stewardship come to the forefront of local politics.

This election year, however, my environmental streak will take a backseat. Despite the flaws of the two-party system in the United States—and there are plenty—the way to introduce new ideas from other parties is to do so gradually.

The stakes are far too high this year, and the impact of “protest votes” could decide the fate of our country.

Those who clamor for an alternative to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have a right to do so. The extremely low popularity ratings of the two candidates are unprecedented, and have opened the door for Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, of the Green and Libertarian Parties respectively, to earn more votes than usual.

The need for fresh, new ideas in the political sphere cannot be understated—and is a big reason for Bernie Sanders’ remarkable rise in the Democratic primary nomination process. Sanders’ impact on politics will linger for years to come, and the voices of those who believe in ideas other than those put forth by the two predominant parties will only grow louder.

Despite the clear need to introduce new parties into our system, this year is not the year to do so. Though the two candidates put forth by the Democratic and Republican Parties are unappealing to many, the impact that socalled “protest votes” could have is unparalleled. The election of Trump would usher in a new age of fear, xenophobic nationalism and instability in the United States. Much of the fault for the consequences of his presidency would fall on the shoulders of those who voted for huge underdog candidates, rather than the only person with a real chance of stopping him.

An abnormally popular Green Party candidate, Ralph Nader,

won a significant number of votes in the 2000 election, aiding George W. Bush to win the presidency over Al Gore. The ironic thing about that outcome was that many Nader supporters— who sought to effect environmental change—would have benefited far more from a Gore presidency than a Bush presidency.

Gore’s environmental views, as articulated in “An Inconvenient Truth,” coincide with the views of many Green Party voters.

While Bush benefitted from Nader’s popularity, his presidency was hardly as disastrous as a Trump presidency would be. Though Bush made several errors, his temperament and qualifications for the job were unquestioned. Trump, on the other hand, lacks the experience, level-headedness and grace that the job requires. If Stein or Johnson receive enough votes to tip the election in Trump’s favor, third-party supporters may very well end up regretting their decision.

Third parties also lack the foundation necessary to earn the presidency. Of the 535 current members of Congress, only two belong to neither the Democratic nor Republican Parties: Sanders and Angus King, I-Maine. In order to gain popularity and credibility, third parties need to build up from the bottom, rather than try to topple the two-party system in a general election.

The need for fresh, new ideas in the political sphere cannot be understated.

If the Green and Libertarian Parties (as well as their various counterparts) want a shot at electing a president, they need to first send officials to state and national legislatures to prove that their ideas work when put to the test.

When Theodore Roosevelt failed to capture the Republican Party nomination in 1912, he helped found the Progressive (or “Bull Moose”) Party to oppose the Democratic and Republican

Parties. Despite the widespread popularity of their candidate, the Progressives were soundly defeated by Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats, and withered away soon thereafter. This shows the difficulty that third parties—even those with highly beloved candidates—can have in altering the two-party system.

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Thoughtful discourse with peers is an invaluable tool in learning.

In order to gain popularity and credibility, third parties need to build up from the bottom.

Open dialogue is key to politics, learning JACK KELLY opinion editor

Candidates for president from the Green or Libertarian Party are valuable in their ability to expose people to new ideas, but these parties and their voters need to understand that in order to truly challenge the order of politics in the United States, they need to build up, rather than attempt a Hail Mary every four years. By putting forth likable, hard-working candidates at the state and local levels, the parties could more effectively spread their messages and convert disillusioned Americans.

Alternative parties should play a larger role in politics than they currently do. No one in their right mind would believe that having fewer ideas is better for our national approach to government.

This year, though, the stakes are too high and the potential consequences are too grim to vote for candidates with no practical chance of winning. Until alternative parties make significant strides in gaining widespread, consistent popularity—rather than the underwhelming support they receive every four years—the nation needs to continue to decide between the two choices it’s given.

In November, that choice is as clear as can be.

Sebastian is a sophomore majoring in history and environmental studies. How do you think third parties should try to impact the political conversation and increase their impact? Please send questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Gary Johnson’s high polling numbers as a third-party candidate may pose a problem to those seeking to prevent a Donald Trump presidency.

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he year 2016 has, so far, proven to be an extremely difficult one. Through the first eight months we have witnessed horrifying terrorist attacks both domestically and abroad, a civil war that has left millions in a state of crisis, an attempted military coup, an Olympic games in a politically torn nation and great political and racial tensions here in the United States.

We still have four months to go.

In this year that has seen so many influential events, the final four months of 2016 very well may prove to be the most important ones. We are going to say goodbye to a two-term president and vote in an election for our new one. Perhaps more importantly, we will also be voting in extremely tight races for the Senate and the House.

As Americans, it is important that we engage fully in these elections. Simply showing up at the polls and casting your ballot is not enough.

Everyone should be informed as to whom they are voting for and why they are doing so.

We get to make the decision about this event, when so many other influential ones are out of our reach. Making a conscious decision is infinitely more important than making a split-second one, and the consequences of being uninformed could be dire.

Returning, or just arriving, to UW-Madison is the best opportunity that you will ever have to become an informed and conscious voter. Here at school you are, for the most part, free of influences or people that may have impacted your thought processes in the past. You can find yourself as a person. You can find what you believe in.

These are things that only you can discover. No one is capable of telling you.

Now, how do these things tie into voting? Well, you very well may find that what you believe in is no longer in line with what your friends or family do. This is OK. Your beliefs and opinions are no more or less right than anyone else’s: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and this is a right that I encourage you to exercise.

This is an idea that extends beyond just the voting polls.

Become involved here on campus. Meet new people and get to know them. Make the effort to understand them: who they are, where they are from and how their path to UW-Madison may be very different than your own.

These may seem like daunting tasks on a campus that is home to 40,000-plus students, but putting in the effort to do these things is well worth the reward.

The idea of going out and introducing yourself to new people and ideas may seem counterintuitive in your attempt to discover your own beliefs, politically and otherwise, but I believe that it is the most important thing when doing so. Without exposure to new ideas, one cannot truly grow as a person. It is in the moments that you have to stop and think about something that you have read, heard or witnessed, that you are truly learning.

The year 2016 has been an extremely difficult one, but it has been full of learning moments. With just four months remaining there is no way to be completely certain of what is to come, whether good or bad. However, I am certain that the opportunity to learn from new experiences will be present. Whether this comes in the form of a horrific international event, or from a simple conversation, the opportunity to learn will always be there.

These learning opportunities are exactly what we hoping to provide here at the opinion desk of The Daily Cardinal. Our mission is to serve as a medium for thoughtful discussion, and to encourage open dialogue on issues that we face both here on campus and beyond. On behalf of my co-editor, Sebastian, and myself, I would like to welcome you back to campus for the Fall 2016 semester. We are extremely excited to carry on production of the opinion desk, and we hope that you take every opportunity you have to learn from new experiences.

Jack is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science. Do you place value in hearing multiple opinions?

What have you learned so far in 2016? Please send all questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Colin Kaepernick’s gesture ignites race conversation SAMANTHA WILCOX opinion columnist

vs. Chargers preseason game, with other athletes such as United States Women’s National Team soccer player Megan Rapinoe, who took a knee at her most recent game in Chicago. While Kaepernick’s first sitting anthem was ill-received, now it is inspiring other people to spread awareness and potentially change the conversation when it comes to police brutality in this country.

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aving grown up in San Francisco, I have been a 49er fan my entire life.

This was a hopeless fandom for decades, until the star who is Colin Kaepernick burst onto the field and into the hearts of 49er fans everywhere. However, during his short career, Kaepernick has traveled a road of highs and lows. In 2013, he was pulled off the bench only to lead his team to a Super Bowl that same season. A national sensation for his dynamic playing style and skill, Kaepernick continued to start for San Francisco until last season, where his talent began to fizzle and he lost his starting position midseason.

Fast forward to today, Kaepernick is fighting for a spot on the team that he brought to football’s most important game just three years ago and is sparking fireworks of controversy on and off the field. At the San Francisco versus Green Bay preseason game, Kaepernick infamously sat for the national anthem, angering people across the country. Fans burned his jersey and the media slandered him, calling him un-American and demanding the 49ers remove him from their roster as punishment.

Although it is blatantly disrespectful to refuse to stand during the anthem, does Kaepernick truly deserve the flak that he is getting? When hit with the massive backlash, Kaepernick stated that he chose to sit for the anthem to protest recent incidents regarding police brutality and racial inequality saying, “I am not going

It is undeniable that police brutality is a current issue Americans are facing.

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Colin Kaepernick’s actions politicized the Star-Spangled Banner and elicited harsh responses. to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color…

There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”

It is undeniable that police brutality is a current issue Americans are facing, especially African Americans or other people of color. According to a recent census analysis conducted by the Chicago Tribune, African-Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be killed by police than white Americans.

While Americans express their outrage and frustration toward this

disparity after a police shooting goes viral, these events are unfortunately forgotten about faster than they should be, and people’s determination to change the system goes away with it. However, Kaepernick’s protest is keeping the awareness on the subject.

The utter hatred and disgust that Kaepernick has gotten in response to his choice to sit during the anthem is overwhelming.

Although I do not condone his choice, I understand that he is fighting for a valiant cause and is not making a choice out of ignorant rebellion. He is using

his status and platform to help the lives of people across the country. Free speech is one of the core pillars our country is built on; our troops fight for our ability as Americans to say what we believe without fear of being persecuted for our beliefs.

Kaepernick’s protest is not hurting anyone, so why do we care so much what he chooses to think?

Now that the dust is beginning to settle regarding Kaepernick’s anthem antics, he is gaining some support. 49ers teammate Eric Reid knelt alongside Kaepernick during the anthem at the San Francisco

While I personally would never sit, kneel or even choose to keep my hand away from my heart during a national anthem, I cannot judge people who choose to make a different decision than me.

While some people may consider Kaepernick’s choice to kneel disrespectful, we must remember that everyone has the right to share their views in this country, even if they are counter to what our country believes as a whole. What some people consider to be antiAmerican, others consider to be the rebellious spirit that brought our country to the place it is today.

Samantha Wilcox is a sophomore majoring in journalism and communication arts. Do you think that Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem was justified, or an unpatriotic act? Please send questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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The Atretochoana eiselti is a shriveled, wormlike creature that possesses no gender or reproductive organs. It also has no lungs, legs, arms, eyes, ears, nose and generally just no face. It lacks personality or purpose and has no motivation to do anything in life ever.

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Carlini, Badgers vying for national title

By Jacob Hams THE DAILY CARDINAL

Wisconsin started the 2016 season with high expectations after earning a No. 4 ranking in the AVCA Coaches poll. It only took three games for those expectations to rise even higher.

The Badgers kicked off the season by only losing one set in three matches at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. These wins were impressive enough to move Wisconsin up to number two in the AVCA Coaches poll, raising the hopes for a national championship.

Senior Lauren Carlini has been crucial to the success of the Badgers over the last three years and will once again be important to the success of the team. She is the one who sets everything up for the Badgers’ offense, leading the nation in assists per set with 13.3.

But, she needs to have players to get kills after she sets them up.

That’s where junior Lauryn Gillis

and senior Haleigh Nelson come in. Gillis led the team in kills last year with 3.16 per set and Nelson was third on the team with 2.62 kills per set.

A new addition to the team that could have a major impact is freshman Molly Haggerty, who hails from Glen Ellyn, Ill. She has led the team in kills for two of the five games this season. These four players will need to continue performing well if Wisconsin is to get through their tough schedule and make it to a national championship.

The Badgers have key matchups that will affect the national landscape beginning next weekend in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Wisconsin will take on No. 12 North Carolina and No. 21 Louisville. The schedule gets even tougher after that, with matches against No. 14 Texas A&M Sept. 16, No. 3 Texas Sept.

18 and No. 11 Ohio State Sept. 23.

While those matchups are against highly ranked teams,

the biggest match of the season will come Oct. 21 in Lincoln, Neb., against currently No. 1 Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are the only team ranked ahead of the Badgers and are defending a national championship. If Wisconsin can win that match, it would likely be the No. 1 ranked team, and would prove it has a realistic shot at a national championship themselves.

In order to have success for the 2016 season, the Badgers will need to win most of their 12 matches against ranked opponents. They will also need their star players to continue performing as well as they have been to start the season, and will need production from their role players.

While a national championship is a possibility for the Badgers this season, they will still need to play up to their full potential if they are to capture the first volleyball national title in school history.

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Wisconsin must fix scoring woes to see success in 2016

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Junior Tom Barlow will look to spearhead an offense in need of drastic improvement this year.

By Jake Nisse THE DAILY CARDINAL

After a season that saw Wisconsin win only five of its 19 games, the Badgers have reason to be cautiously optimistic heading into the 2016 campaign.

Christopher Mueller, Tom Barlow and Mark Segbers all return to the team after impressive sophomore seasons, with all expected to progress and shoulder more responsibility. After posting at least three goals apiece in the 2015 season - Mueller led the team with five - these juniors are ready to spearhead a potentially exciting attack whose cohesiveness and fluidity should only increase with time.

In defense, the Badgers will

also welcome back two major contributors in Sam Brotherton and Matej Radonic. Hailing from New Zealand and Croatia respectively, the two have both seamlessly transitioned to NCAA Division 1 soccer, becoming regular and reliable contributors for the Badgers at the back. While Radonic will look to end his senior season impressively, Brotherton will be looking to build on his stellar freshman campaign.

Head coach John Trask will hope to see some of his new recruits adapt in the manner Brotherton and Radonic have, as three of the team’s 10 incoming freshmen are from overseas.

Alejandro Estrelles Hernanz, originally from Barcelona, will hope

to bring some flair to the Wisconsin attack. He is coming off a season where he was directly involved in 21 goals for his club team, the FC Stars from Massachusetts.

Noah Leibold comes from Wiesbaden, Germany as a transfer student, and is looking to get the chance to showcase his experience and poise for the Badgers.

The midfielder/defender groomed his skills in the academy of first division German club FSV Mainz.

Wisconsin is getting a good player and perhaps one who could become great in time.

Finally, Nicolas Dutil of SaintGeorges, Quebec, Canada, joins Trask’s squad. The 6-foot-3 true freshman will add depth at the goalie position for Wisconsin.

The answer to the Badgers’ recent woes probably isn’t to be overly careful with the 10 freshmen, or contrarily throw them into game action right away. Rather, Trask will likely look for a happy medium, giving chances to worthy youngsters while still remaining loyal to those who have proven themselves in recent years. That means players like Brotherton and Barlow should have little to worry about.

If the team’s more experienced players continue to make strides, and a few of the freshmen acclimate quickly, then perhaps Wisconsin will be able to tame its difficult schedule.

The Badgers’ fixtures include dates with conference foes Maryland and Indiana, both currently ranked in the top 10 of the NSCAA Top 25. After being comfortably beaten 4-1 by the Terrapins last year, and losing two 1-0 heartbreakers to the Hoosiers, the Badgers will be hungry to gain back some Big Ten respectability.

Also on Wisconsin’s schedule are Saint Louis, Ohio State, Rutgers and Penn State. All of these teams received votes in the most recent NSCAA Top 25, and

should prove to be stout opponents for the Badgers.

Ultimately, the Badgers will need to increase their scoring output this season to give themselves any chance of improving.

Although the defense was not blameless in the 2015 campaign, 19 goals scored in 19 games is a rather paltry sum that makes it extremely difficult to win games in a conference as strong as the Big Ten. Wisconsin’s scoring woes have carried over into the current season, as the Badgers currently stand with one goal scored through two games. After splitting the first two games of the season (a 1-0 win vs. Santa Clara, and a loss at FIU by the same score,) the Badgers can at least point to a respectable record for now. However, a meager seven shots on goal in two games shows the Badgers still have a long way to go to reach legitimate offensive potency.

The Badgers’ next game, home vs. Michigan, will signal the beginning of conference play and an arduous stretch that will reveal the type of team Trask truly has on his hands.

No turning back now.

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Lavelle, the No. 1 player in the country, leads young but talented squad

By Kelly Ward THE DAILY CARDINAL

The defending Big Ten Champion Wisconsin Badgers (1-2-3) are primed for another successful season, despite their relative youth. Although they have won only one game, the outlook for the season is bright.

Having the No. 1 player in the country, senior Rose Lavelle, is a huge boost for head coach Paula Wilkins, who is in rebuilding mode after losing six seniors, all start-

ers, to graduation. Lavelle, who has played with the U.S. Women’s National Team, leads the team in shots and shots on goal through six games. Last season, Lavelle led the team with seven goals and three assists.

Also returning for the Badgers is junior goaltender Caitlyn Clem, who has been stellar so far making 22 saves to this point. The native of Okemos, Mich., started all 20 matches in goal last year and at one point in the season held a six-game

shutout streak.

Junior midfielder Alexis Tye is back with a vengeance after missing the entirety of last season with an injury. She has already proven that not playing for a whole season hasn’t slowed her down, as she has started all six games and recorded four shots on goal.

There are also plenty of new faces for Wisconsin, as Wilkins welcomed a large 11-member freshman class this summer. Dani Rhodes, Allie Winterfield and

Camryn Biegalski lead this group.

Rhodes, a two-time high school All-American, leads the newcomers in goals, shots and shots on goal so far. The forward has started five out of the six games she has played in, and has played a significant role on the team from the minute she stepped foot on campus. Winterfield, a midfielder, has started in all six games and has tallied six shots to start the season.

Biegalski is an aggressive defender who has started all five games she

has played in, and has stepped up in crucial moments.

Schedule wise, the Badgers look to have a few challenges throughout the remainder of the season, as three of their Big Ten opponents (Ohio State, Minnesota and Penn State) are currently ranked within the top 25. Although they have had a slow start, it is important to remember that Wisconsin’s only losses have come to teams that are currently in the Top 25: No. 1 Stanford and No. 25 Notre Dame.

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Gallery: UW leaps past LSU in Green Bay

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Gaglianone kicks Badgers to upset win on emotional day

By Jessi Schoville THE DAILY CARDINAL

It was early evening in Green Bay, Wis., and it had turned into a cool late summer night, but inside a packed Lambeau Field things were beginning to heat up.

The Wisconsin Badgers were down 14-13 to an opponent they had lost to in a similar situation just two years earlier. It is a loss the juniors and seniors still remember quite clearly, along with the Badger faithful.

After establishing a 13-0 lead over No. 5 LSU, Wisconsin allowed two scores in just over a minute of game clock and just like that the Tigers had taken control. It appeared a bad case of déjà vu was just over a quarter away and the Badgers’ players and their fans would be left discussing the “what ifs” of the season yet again.

That is, until No. 27 stepped onto the field.

“I saw Rafael make three solid field goals today with a lot of pressure,” defensive captain Vince Biegel said. “I think he was the unsung hero in this game.”

“Our offense played well, our defense played well, our special teams played well, but give Rafael a lot of credit for making big-time kicks in big-time moments, and we’re going to need that the rest of the season from him.”

Rafael Gaglianone has had a difficult offseason. He, along with the rest of the college football uni-

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Gaglianone was clutch Saturday.

verse, tragically lost a friend and respected colleague this summer.

The tragedy prompted Gaglianone to change his jersey number and to dedicate the season in honor of his fallen friend.

Sam Foltz, Nebraska’s incumbent punter was killed in a single-vehicle auto accident in July while returning from an offseason kicking program that took place in Wisconsin. Foltz and Michigan State kicker Mike Sadler both suffered fatal injuries, while the LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye survived with minor physical injuries.

Delahoussaye regained consciousness when the flames began licking his legs inside of the wrecked vehicle. Had he not, the accident could have easily claimed a third life that day.

The kicking world is a tightknit community, and Foltz and Gaglianone were close. The two Big Ten legs spent many offseasons together and became much more like family to one another.

Gaglianone has repeatedly stated that Foltz is a great football player, but he’s an even better friend.

“From the day I met you I have looked up to you, not only for what you could do on the field but mostly for the person you were outside of it,” read Gaglianone’s recent Instagram post.

Although Foltz is physically no longer here, Gaglianone believes he is still very much by his side psychologically, especially when he needs him.

Having already drilled field goals of 30 and 48 yards in the first half, Gaglianone trotted out onto the field with 47 yards between him and the crossbars that could give the Badgers the lead in the final minutes.

Badgers head coach Paul Chryst was confident in his kicker in those final moments. “The confidence level, I think we played to it,” he said. “Once we felt like we were in field goal range we were going to put it in his hands.”

With the wind in his face and standing right near that 50-yard

mark, Gaglianone knew it wasn’t going to be automatic, but he also realized he wasn’t back there alone.

“He was with me on that last one, that’s for sure,” Gaglianone recalled while wearing his “SF” wristbands.

The ball left Gaglianone’s foot and seemed to hang in the air for a brief moment before the wind let up and Foltz carried it through the uprights for Gaglianone and the Badgers.

“Sam had to have an eye out for me from above, holding back the winds a little bit for that one to go through,” he said with a smile.

Meanwhile, as Badger fans were thanking Foltz for his divine intervention, hundreds of miles away Nebraska had called out their punt team, lining up one man short. The Cornhuskers just stood there in formation pointing to the sky, with

little more than a memory lined up at punter.

They never snapped the ball.

They took the delay of game in honor of Sam and Fresno State declined the penalty in show of support, a touching tribute in the “every play matters” culture of college football. These are the moments that remind us that life is much bigger than a game.

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