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Campus leaders break down biennial budget needs in community discussion

By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Before an audience of faculty, staff and legislators, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank pointed out that none of the university’s revenue sources—like federal aid, tuition and fees and gifts—have grown as much as the state aid has declined in decades.

During the recession, states across the country struggled to support higher education, Blank explained. But when those other states began increasing their investment again, by about 4.1 percent on average, Wisconsin did not, placing 36th in the nation for state investment in higher education.

The chancellor was joined by Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller, Vice Chancellor for University Relations Charles Hoslet and Board of Regents President Regina Millner Wednesday afternoon in the Gordon Dining and Event Center for a presentation on the upcoming state biennial budget.

Each member of the panel called for the state to reinvest in the UW System.

Blank addressed several concerns that arose from the 2015’17 biennial budget, which dealt UW-Madison $50 million in cuts.

She stressed that although the university was able to handle the cuts

well, they are beginning to wear.

“Once a slide begins in reputation and quality, it is extremely costly and difficult to reverse,” Blank said.

UW-Madison also fought hard last year to retain top faculty, losing 420 in the last biennium—50 of which were actual layoffs.

Blank said all the new revenue the university has pulled in has gone to fill the holes left by budget cuts, meaning campus leaders have “slipped” in the past few years and not hired faculty as aggressively, while losing other members.

“Nothing saps the morale more among our faculty and staff than the loss of valued col-

leagues,” she argued.

Millner said that the regents intend to prioritize increased compensation for system faculty and staff this year, a goal she said is not just for superstar faculty members, but for all who contribute to the universities.

UW-Madison is also launching a few new campaigns to increase public awareness throughout the state about the importance of the university, Hoslet explained, like Faculty Hometown Engagement, a strategy that asks faculty members who are from Wisconsin to return to their communities and share the university’s work. Two dozen faculty have already com-

mitted to the effort.

Blank highlighted other key areas in which she’d like to see increased state investment, such as funding for maintenance and increased resources for highdemand majors like computer science and engineering.

However, she also detailed her own commitment to making sure the university does not constantly face budget crises.

“I need to get ahead,” Blank said. “I need to find the investment money that lets us reinvest in this campus, that lets us compete with our competitors, that moves us forward, rather than just keeping us in the same place.”

Anti-Semitic graffiti found in Sellery Anti-Semitic graffiti found in Sellery Residence Hall was reported to UW-Madison Sunday.

AccordingtoUW-Madisonspokesperson Meredith McGlone, swastikas were drawn on whiteboards on three different dormitory room doors.

“UW-Madison takes campus climate seriously,” McGlone said. “We are investigating to determine the

identity of the individual[s] responsible for this behavior. Anyone with information is asked to contact any Sellery Residence Hall staff member.”

The UW Hillel Foundation offered support to those affected and all organization members through an email sent Tuesday. The message called upon individuals to report any anti-Semitic occurrences.

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Diversion Work Group recently recommended initiatives aimed at reducing Dane County’s jail population.

County initiative aims to reduce jail population, foster system efficiency

By Carolyn Hamburg THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Diversion Work Group, a new component of the 2016 Dane County Budget, presented its report, focusing on reducing the number of individuals in jail and promoting a more efficient criminal justice system, to the Dane

County Public Protection and Judiciary Committee Tuesday.

The organization is made up of 11 appointed members from the community as well as county staff who were picked for their significant justice system experience and expertise.

The members of this group

have been charged with building upon three goals regarding incarceration rates in Dane County, per the Report of the Public Protection and Judiciary Committee: finding alternative to jail confinement, reducing the

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MPD continues investigating shooting near Memorial Union BASCOM HILL

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The Madison Police Department is continuing to investigate the shooting near Memorial Union on Sept.

4, according to an incident report released Wednesday.

“Detectives believe there are many witnesses who have yet to come forward in this case, including some who may be able to

identify a suspect,” MPD Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain wrote in the report.

In addition, DeSpain said in the release detectives are searching for a witness who provided information to the police moments after the shooting, but has not yet been identified.

“Detectives would like to have an

additional conversation with this witness,” DeSpain wrote.

A 22-year-old man was shot in the abdomen just after midnight at a party on the 600 block of Mendota Court.

Police have not released the name of any suspects nor provided any details on the victim. At the time of the shooting, he was expected to survive.

“…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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Documents link Walker to ‘questionable’ donations

By Ningyuan Ma THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Gov. Scott Walker solicited millions of dollars for a conservative group, according to documents obtained by The Guardian.

Scott Walker personally solicited millions of dollars for a conservative group throughout his election campaigns in 2011 and 2012, according to over 1,500 pages of leaked documents obtained by The Guardian.

These documents contain hundreds of emails and bank records obtained under subpoena by prosecutors in a 2015 investigation. E-mails show Walker met up with corporate donors prior to their donations to the Wisconsin Club for Growth. The fund, which is a third-party, tax-exempt, social welfare organization is not required to disclose contributions. They can accept more than the state’s maximum of $43,000 in donations because it’s not coordinated with a particular campaign.

Kate Doner, Walker’s fundraiser, explained the strategy in an e-mail sent in April 2011 obtained by The Guardian. She called it “issue advocacy efforts,” which raised $9 mil-

lion in six weeks to pay for political advertising in the recall races.

“This explosive investigative piece brings to light the incredibly questionable behavior by the governor and the Republican legislature.”

Peter Barca, D-Kenosha State Assembly

Many of the contributors are the most prominent right-wing donors in the country, like Sheldon Adelson, Carl Icahn and Stephen Cohen. Even Donald Trump wrote a $15,000 check to Wisconsin Club for Growth on the day he had a 45-minute meeting with Walker.

The leaked documents were part of a John Doe investigation, which functions like a grand jury.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court terminated the John Doe investigation in July 2015, because

the conservative majority of the court ruled that targeted individuals were “wholly innocent of any wrongdoing.” The justices also ordered the prosecutors to “permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through the investigation,” according to the documents.

Prosecutors raised doubts about the impartiality of the state court, because two of the conservative judges who voted to halt the investigation may also be connected to the same illegal campaigning activities, according to The Guardian.

State Assembly Democratic leaders Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, and Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said the report raised serious ethical concerns.

“This explosive investigative piece brings to light the incredibly questionable behavior by the governor and the Republican legislature,” Barca said.

jail from page 1 length of stay for individuals in jail and addressing concerns related to the jail confinement and use of solitary confinement for individuals with mental health issues.

Additionally, the Diversion Work Group was instructed by Dane County to keep in mind concerns related to the disproportionate levels of incarceration of people of color.

The organization was also asked to review current adult and juvenile diversion programs, develop a framework to ensure access to existing diversion programs, identify barriers to enrolling and completing program, and develop a list of organizations that can offer services to benefit the clients enrolled.

Two key proposals came out of the Diversion Work Group’s research. The first was the need to increase the capacity and county-wide reach of the Community Restorative Court in order to effectively address the range of offenses committed by young adults. Many members of the group felt the CRC allowed an alternative to the formal court system while still maintaining a commitment to public safety.

The second recommendation advised an expansion of the Community Treatment Alternatives program, which would allow more staff to advise individuals with mental health needs that are at risk of recidivism.

The Diversion Work Group suggests that to improve decision-making and planning, the next steps should be to urge the Criminal Justice Council to consider expanding and supporting their committees to include diversion initiatives.

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The ‘UniverCity’ initiative will allow students and faculty to work on various urban issues such as housing and transportation.

Madison students, faculty kick off year-long partnership with the city of Monona to solve community problems

By Jake Skubish THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison kicked off a new program aiming to connect the campus community with the needs of cities in Wisconsin with a meeting Wednesday night at the Leopold Nature Center in Monona.

The city of Monona, which borders Madison, will serve as the pilot location for the “UniverCity” initiative, in which faculty, staff and students from UW-Madison will work with the city on projects in areas such as parks and recreation, transportation, housing and economic development.

The year-long program is part of the UniverCity Alliance,

a coalition of various institutions on campus focused on urban sustainability. Student participants will be drawn from more than a dozen classes at UW-Madison.

“This is a great opportunity for students to apply knowledge outside of the classroom and get more out of the classroom experience than they might otherwise,” said Jason Vargo, an assistant scientist with the UW-Madison Global Health Institute and a leader of the year-long UniverCity project.

UniverCity will also take students from a multitude of disciplines and bring them together on one project. According to

Vargo this can be beneficial to students who often spend most of their time with other students in their chosen major.

“With lots of people working in the same place, students will be able to learn from their peers in different disciplines on campus,” Vargo said.

The event in Monona Wednesday evening was intended to introduce the program to the community and generate excitement, Vargo said.

University faculty, students and community members all attended to show their support for Monona in the coming year.

Part of the reason Vargo says this opportunity is so exciting is

its scale: Students and faculty will be working to solve problems for an entire city.

“Part of the appeal of working with cities is there’s no shortage of projects,” Vargo said. “Cities are so dynamic, they’re always changing, and they’re always thinking about how to improve.”

According to Vargo the UniverCity Alliance will be asking for more proposals from interested communities this fall and has already had discussions with Fitchburg and Watertown for future coordination.

“Hopefully, this is the first of several continuing partnerships,” Vargo said.

Senate Democrats push Republicans to vote on legislation allowing students to refinance loans

By Andrew Bahl

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As Congress goes back to Washington for a brief fall session and students head back to college for the fall semester, U.S. Senate Democrats doubled down Wednesday on an effort to help students refinance their loans.

A trio of senators took questions from college reporters on several of their boldest reforms. One of the

“We’ve got to fix this to give hope to the next generation too.”

Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. U.S. Senator

authored by U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Elizabeth

Warren, D-Mass., and would help college graduates refinance their loans and re-up the number of Pell grants available.

“Our hope is of course to have everyone aspire to higher education and we’ve got to fix this to give hope to the next generation too,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin said that while components of the legislation could be crafted into stand-alone bills, they

would first attempt to pack the comprehensive legislation.

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, called on Republicans to schedule a vote on the bill, saying they brought no ideas to the table on the issue and that they were in denial a student debt problem even exists.

“The Republicans have no ideas,” Schatz said. “This is the equivalent of being climate change deniers. They deny a problem exists

and abdicate their responsibility.”

The bill, which was introduced in January, has been stagnant in the Senate Finance Committee, chaired by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah.

A committee spokesperson did not return any comments on the status of the bill, but Republicans have previously criticized the measure as being too costly.

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Snake on the Lake 2016 venue lacks inclusivity of past performances

By Reid Kurkerewicz THE DAILY CARDINAL

Trigger Warning from the writer: This piece mentions sexual assault.

Snake on the Lake 2016 was a great time for many, but lacked the inclusivity that should accompany a free student-run show.

I believe the students at WSUM successfully pulled off the mini music festival at last week’s stunning show at The Frequency. Each of the performances, from headliners like Whitney to the local talent of Trophy Dad, was intimate, exciting, free and therefore accessible to many students. The flaw was an obvious factor of the night, the space. The Frequency did not accommodate everyone who wanted to attend, and it bares discussion that the venue is a more dangerous place than other Madison locations for people who are vulnerable to sexual assault.

Past Snake on the Lake venues were more inclusive due to both their locations and capacity.

The Frequency is known for having quality sound, and for being an intimate venue where Madisonians come extremely close to their favorite acts. It’s also known for having people collapsing from heat exhaustion.

While for some the space was exciting, others were left out, and more were prevented from enjoying the music because of the way its small space made their bodies more vulnerable than others. WSUM should consider these factors when booking a show that traditionally shows off Madison’s music scene to incoming freshmen, while drawing huge names like The White Stripes and Whitney.

Before Trophy Dad even played, a large man came out from The Frequency and told the fans who stretched around the block that

they could no longer let anyone in. They were already at capacity and there was a fire hazard. I was a few steps back from the door, and decided I would wait to see if anyone left. The usual line shenanigans, namely cutting, ensued.

People found friends farther up in line and jockeyed for positions, while others left with long faces.

As the night went on, it seemed that fewer and fewer people were able to stand the literal heat. More people were in attendance for the openers than for the actual headliners.

One could argue that the people left outside were not as dedicated as the fans who had the time to line up early to get in, but, I and many other people who showed up late had obligations. We had jobs, relationships, classes and general necessities of survival to take care of before we allowed ourselves the joy of live music. At past Snake on the Lake

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WSUM perhaps selected a not-so-inclusive venue for Snake on the Lake 2016. events, people could show up at the more public spaces like the terrace and James Madison Park as their lives allowed.

I trust that the students at WSUM made the best choice they could with the resources and information available.

WSUM is of course limited by its own financial constraints, and perhaps the Terrace was overlooked due to the construction.

Despite these factors, WSUM

should be aware of what is lost when a show takes place in a venue that is more exclusive to certain bodies and genders. The as-of-now undocumented, but apparent rates of sexual assault in small and dark music venues should not be dismissed for an aesthetic pleasure.

What did you think of this year’s Snake on the Lake? Let Reid Kurkerewicz know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

Lady Gaga re-enters music scene with creative new single

By Francisco Velazquez THE DAILY CARDINAL

It’s been three years since the queen of pop filled our speakers with another club banger and the wait is finally over with her latest release of “Perfect Illusion.” Gaga’s new single is co-written and co-produced by Mark Ronson, Kevin Parker, Tame Impala and BloodPop. Coined as one of the biggest pop stars of our generation, Gaga is back with a lyrical vengeance and few customized metal shorts to match.

“Perfect Illusion” is Gaga’s cliff hanging peak at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. It’s all the sweat of losing a part of you in someone or something that never truly held any space. At the edge, Gaga finds three minutes to give us all her freedom. She’s an excess queen in her own right, with five-minute singles, world-changing fashion, fourteenminute music videos and a voice to match her six Grammys; Gaga doesn’t waste a moment reminding us why her new single is just the commencement of a new era.

The wounded only fight harder and smarter. After being dropped from Def Jam Recordings in 2005, Gaga catapulted her career by defying the odds and playing in every club in the Lower East Side of New York City, until someone recognized her presence. Two years later, Gaga was signed as songwriter for Interscope Records because she didn’t “fit” the image of a commercial pop star. With a string of hits written for Britney Spears, New Kids on the Block and The Pussycat Dolls, Gaga made a full force debut with her album “The Fame,” spearheading hit after radio hit. Gaga’s presence in the music industry became a must-see extravaganza.

Gaga’s follow-up album, “The Fame Monster” solidified her return to the fantasy that the music industry has created around the ever-changing popstar. Lady Gaga has always been bizarre and beautiful between finding love and doubting all the reasons it ever happened.

She lives like her music, fearless and ongoing. Sure we can stay focused

of genres: a disco production, rock n’ roll vocals, in your face punk and still the newest pop power sound we’ve heard this year. It’s the falling glitter at the middle of the rave, or the moment of realization that maybe this time “it wasn’t love, it was a perfect illusion.” With a lineup of co-producers to head turn until the album release date,

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After three years of quiet brewing, Lady Gaga hits us with a bold new single. on the meat dress, or the fickle ways we find ourselves in her music, but one thing is for sure, Lady Gaga is back like a roaring warrior.

One of the biggest misconceptions that has centered Gaga and her career is the constant pressure from critics for the icon to top herself. Instead of looking at Gaga as an artist with the need for process and growth, she is placed into this realm of “not good enough.”

“Perfect Illusion” isn’t another “Bad Romance” or “Just Dance.” It isn’t meant to be.

Sonically, it’s a full-bodied and frenetic approach at honesty.

It wastes little time. Time isn’t a luxury we can take for granted, and while the song may be a 1985 flashback, it’s a good one, walking you through all the ways it went wrong and where to go from there.

“Perfect Illusion” is a mix n’ match

you can hear Mark Ronson’s disco influence, Kevin Parker’s frequency changing synthesizer and the queen of pop’s full force, unaltered vocals.

If there’s anything we know about Lady Gaga, it is that she can sing.

Her powerful voice fills the chaotic production with a lyrical message; that has always been classic Gaga.

“Perfect Illusion” is arguably Gaga’s most lyrically relatable song.

It lacks all the drawn-out metaphors that many argued was her “downfall” of the “ARTPOP” era. Surface deep, “Perfect Illusion” is the lost love story, which perhaps developed with inspiration from former ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney. Nonetheless, it’s a grasp at reality and the morning after, coming to terms that the love we believed in, wasn’t enough reason to stay. “It wasn’t love, it wasn’t love, it was a perfect illusion / Mistaken for love, it wasn’t love, it was a perfect illusion,”

Gaga belts on the catchy chorus that fills up most of the song. While we may look at the lyrics as an approach at self-love and self-empowerment, Gaga has stated in her radio interview on Kiss FM U.K. that the song is about living in the era of social media. The song is bigger than the idea of relationships, it’s about the instagram illusions, ways that people try to edit and filter their lives to look polished and pristine. Many try to be the curators of their own perception, and become a double tapping tempo that isn’t honest and gets lost in translation. Gaga’s use of double meaning writing has been an open conversation that she’s used on past hits like, “Paparazzi,” “Poker Face” and “Marry The Night,” which have in return made her one of the greatest singers/songwriters of all time.

You’re your own worst critic or what critics try to make you. With a release just this past Friday, mixed reviews about the single suggest that it’s “underwhelming,” as if the post-modern diva hasn’t lived up to the standard of her past singles, but in actuality, she isn’t trying to.

Pop culture critic Richard S. He of The Guardian states in his recent review of Lady Gaga, “You’re only as good as your last single.”

Statements as this seem misdirected and an unfair criticism of Lady Gaga’s work. Why take artists like Rihanna, give her seven albums to find herself, and finally with “ANTI” dub her an artist? Why give Drake numerous failed relationships, turn them into hits, before being dubbed as one of the greatest rappers of our generation? Yet, Lady Gaga somehow deserves less? I think not. Lady Gaga isn’t here to sing about the drunk party nights anymore, she isn’t here to brand herself as a quick single for the next one to burn out.

This isn’t the Super Bowl Katy Perry tried headlining, she’s an artist. She’s returned raw and rippling, with her sound to match. Critics such as Richard, have suggested that the song is in search of a melody, but the entire song is centered around the core melody.

“Perfect Illusion” is Gaga’s vengeance. It’s everything we’ve always loved about the queen of pop—it’s danceable, it’s a metaphor, it pushes her vocal range in a new direction and ultimately presents that Lady Gaga is still the young girl from the Lower East Side. Gaga isn’t looking for the radio plays if it means that her vision will be compromised, which is the same reason why “ARTPOP” was not as radio friendly as her past albums.

Whether the song is a stronger lead single than “Born This Way,” or “Bad Romance” doesn’t matter.

If Gaga had written a hit meant for the radio, enough critics would have called it “too Madonna,” or said things like “she’s already done that before,” despite the fact that she’s not living in the past. Gaga is a creative muse who’s interested in expanding her vision past the quick pop-single competition.

Only the charts will tell if “Perfect Illusion” is her next worldwide hit.

As a fan and a fellow Little Monster, I believe in the success of her work as I did with all her past albums, videos and songs. Lady Gaga is a woman who works past the guilt that musical critics try to place on her. She is a woman in full control of where she wants her music to go. “Perfect Illusion” may have been a shot in the dark, but the last time someone took a shot on Gaga, she became bigger than all the artists she wrote for, and arguably still is.

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Scientists surprised to find perfectly habitable planet right under their feet

By Liam Hutchison THE DAILY CARDINAL

Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have definitively concluded their search for a lifesustaining planet after realizing that Earth itself met all of their requirements with flying colors, deeming their intergalactic search redundant and, frankly, quite silly.

According to research scientist Elisa Quintana, the real kicker is that, given their own existence, they should’ve realized Earth is lifesustaining long, long ago.

“Astonishing,” she says, “that

we spent so many years in the lab ‘pouring over deep-space models, eating, defecating and making love’ without ever connecting their inherently lively activities to other biotic life right here on Earth.”

“It’s like losing your glasses,” said Dr. Paul Hertz, director of NASA’s astrophysics division. “You spend months and years frantically searching for them all around the flippin’ galaxy only to realize that they were on top of your head the whole time.”

NASA admits this is a fairly obvious discovery, but sources maintain they are not at all dis-

pleased with their findings or the trajectory of their research process.

In fact, researchers are currently rejoicing at the prospects of exploring life on Earth. Civilians near the Ames Research Center in California filed complaints Tuesday saying a horde of people wearing only lab coats had been ecstatically running through local forests, screaming and copulating with one another out of sheer excitement for life on Earth.

A press release detailing NASA’s next project—a search for combustible carbon fuels under the Earth’s surface—is expected to be released sometime this week.

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This habitable planet named ‘Earth’ has been right under scientists’ feet.

Earth is entirely life-sustaining and a phenomenal discovery for astrophysics.

UW extends friendly reminder to fraternities to not kill any pledges this hazing season

By Dylan Anderson THE DAILY CARDINAL

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This group of fraternity brothers are practicing safe hazing by getting matching heart tattoos. Tattooing is far safer than branding.

UW-Madison sent a cordial recommendation via email to every active fraternity member on campus Wednesday to refrain from accidentally or intentionally murdering any of their new pledging members.

Adding that it would be really nice to avoid being embarrassed on a national level, the reminder mentioned that the university discourages hazing in any form but understands that it can sometimes be a

necessary part of brotherhood.

“Are guys going to get hurt?

Of course. But for minor injuries we might not even have to discipline the frats,” UW Greek Life Coordinator Tasos Padalakos told The Daily Cardinal.

During the pledging period, typically in the beginning of the semester, it is commonplace for the male Greek Life houses to subject newer members to a series of daunting tasks which involve emotional, sexual and physical humiliation. Some of the bonding rituals can be quite dangerous and violent in nature.

“It’s been more than decade since the last time my chapter killed

a pledge,” an anonymous fraternity member told The Cardinal. “I think we have a pretty good chance of continuing that this year as long as no one gets too carried away during the baseball bat activity.”

Padalakos said the reminder is sent out annually in an effort to maximize the rich Greek culture on campus, as another hazing death would probably result in at least a suspension for the offending chapter.

“We aren’t telling the frats not to have ANY fun,” Padalakos said.

“Just that if they are going to force their pledges to sit nude on a stove top, maybe turn the heat down from high to medium.”

Pack of local children assault area man mistaken DON’T FORGET YOUR STUDENT ID! for ice-cream truck driver

By John Joutras THE DAILY CARDINAL

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David Chandler, a 26-year-old Madison resident, was pulled from his sedan and beaten by a posse of hungry youngsters while driving down Wilshire Lane Tuesday.

Janine Thompson, loving mother of one of the young’uns, witnessed the assault.

“He was driving down our street playing the ice-cream song, the one that goes ‘dada-dum dum dee dee lada-dadadada,’ and my son Timmy, bless his soul, came inside asking for money. I gave him two dollars, I haven’t seen an ice-cream truck in years, Timmy was just so happy, so excited.”

Eight-year-old Timmy joined the other neighborhood kids until-sorecently frolicking about, forming a circle around Chandler’s vehicle.

“I went out to the porch to look, but it was really just an old, crusty Chevy Cavalier, not an ice-cream truck,” said Thompson. “At first it was only my Timmy and Susie from across the street, but then the other children appeared … Robby, Josie, Monica … he stopped the car and rolled down the window.”

The children were crushed to find Chandler was not, in fact, the

ice-cream man.

“I saw that beautiful smile, Timmy’s beautiful smile vanish. That glint in my Timmy’s eyes was gone … it was just, just rage,” said Thompson.

Before Chandler could flee, the pack of an estimated twelve pre-adolescents dragged him from the car.

“I just kept watching … I couldn’t look away. Who would do that? Build up kids’ hopes, just to smash them on the ground and melt them, like a double-fudge dipped vanilla swirl cone dropped in the street on a hot summer day?” said Thompson.

Incident report excerpts offer gruesome details but little sympathy.

“Chandler suffered a combination of adorable blunt trauma and moderate asphyxiation. Bruises on the torso and back match up with an orange wiffle bat found at the scene. A glittery pink hula hoop was used to choke him. A full-body MRI discovered several quarters, nickels and dimes ingested by Chandler in the struggle, as far down as the lower esophageal sphincter,” said the report.

It was later found the CD playing in Chandler’s car was a mixtape opening with the 2006 hit “Chain Hang Low” by Jibbs.

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Don’t let borders restrict your advocacy OLIVIA HUGHES opinion columnist

of us think Africa has everything to learn from us, when really we have so much to learn from them.

Most students have one pair of shoes, one pen, a cockroach-infested mattress and their dreams are

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here are memes all over the internet that poke fun at the situation when someone receives a holiday card.

Instead of reading the card, the recipient’s mind is focused on the subsequent gift. Memes are funny only because they’re relatable. However, to the children of Manzini, Swaziland, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Walking through a home for orphaned girls of Manzini Youth Care this past July, I couldn’t help but notice that the only thing most of the girls had hanging above their beds was a single card. These cards were made through a contest held in the high school I graduated from. The house mother informed me that the 13 girls and four young boys who inhabited the home read these cards daily. In fact, she said the cards had been keeping the kids happy for over six months.

It should also be our duty to advocate for all individuals, no matter how far away.

It is no secret that Africa is sensational. Big and gorgeous, with breathtaking natural beauty, it also unfortunately saddled with issues that possess no easy fix. However, this is not an anecdote attempting to condemn you for the things you may take for granted. Though it may seem a world away, there is a self-awareness achieved by helping, both in Africa and at home.

Said differently, there is a grave

We must still do what we can to cultivate global awareness and protest injustice.

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During my trip to Swaziland, I noticed the strong ambition of African young people even when faced with insufficient resources. importance to reaching beyond yourself. Sadly, many of our interactions in Africa are tainted with a disturbing colonial mind-set. We pride ourselves on a certain ethnocentrism, from which we sometimes hope to absolve our guilt.

There seems to be an attitude of one-upmanship among Western travelers in developing countries, we compare and discuss our hardship faced abroad. What a heartless commentary when people have no choice but to endure those circumstances. By 2100, Africans will account for nearly 50 percent of the world’s population. A middle class is manifesting, and economies are growing. Yes, Africa is irrefutably changing, yet we must still do what we can to cultivate global awareness and protest injustice.

Swaziland is a small, landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is slightly smaller than New Jersey, and about 66 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. It is also the country with the highest infection rate of HIV and AIDS in the world. Due to this disease, there are an estimated 70,000 orphaned children in Swaziland today.

My sister, my father and I belong to a non-profit organization called Swazi Legacy. As indicated on their website, Swazi Legacy strives to erase the inequities that exist among the children of our world by raising awareness and fostering social activism. All of us at UW-Madison are truly lucky to live and work in a supportive educational environment

that provides us with the tools necessary to succeed. It should also be our duty to advocate for all individuals, no matter how far away, to have that same right.

Together, as a group of students, teachers, friends, and family, we refurbished classrooms, painted murals, cleaned and rebuilt sleeping areas, but most importantly engaged with the students of the schools–reading, playing sports, and discussing our dreams and goals with them. As cliché as it may be, these kids are just like you and me. They want to be doctors, nurses, pilots, engineers. They asked us why we were there helping them when so many places in Africa were much worse off; they had clean running water and school, they explained. In the West, many

to help other people. I believe they just need the resources to get there.

All of us were drawn to the children. They, like many people of Swaziland, are bundles of joy and laughter. They are radiant, and they sing nursery songs beautifully.

Similarly, the older children were creative, innovative. After one of the work days, we left some supplies behind so we could use them the next day. The following morning, we walked up the street to the school to see boys named Trevor and Randy running on the grounds with bamboo sticks tied to the paint rollers we had left behind, using them as toy car contraptions.

I looked around to see other children playing with exquisite cars they had made with leftover wire, engineering them to have seats, doors and a driving wheel. Standing there and standing all over Swaziland and South Africa, I was astounded by the beauty and the innovation presented before me. Even in a continent whose future is uncertain, the people are taught to have an astonishing amount of optimism, something we could all learn from.

Olivia is a sophomore majoring in computer science. Send all questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Millennials should strive to find balanced news coverage SAMANTHA WILCOX opinion columnist

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n today’s media world, the news can often be intimidating, dense and boring. If readers don’t make it a point to constantly stay up-to-date, they can feel lost in the swamp of names, places and events.

This fear of reading the news is the beginning of a vicious cycle where people remain uninformed about current events because they fear it is too hard to understand, or too much work to remain in the know.

According to the American Press Institution, 85 percent of millennials report that it is important for them to be upto-date on the news. However, only 40 percent report that they pay for a specific news subscription. The way news is being consumed and delivered to younger generations is massively different from the way our parents or grandparents get their news.

According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, 24 percent of homes in America no longer have cable television, and 16 percent of young adults under the age of 30 have never paid for cable, relying exclusively on paid streaming services and free online entertainment.

Many mainstream news sources, such as the New York Times, make it a point to remain as impar-

tial as possible in their reporting.

However, not all millennials rely on them for the news because it is not easily accessible. News subscriptions cost money, and this cost can be a barrier for youth. As a result, we millennials often get our news from free sources. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials report that Facebook is their primary source of political news.

But how does the medium we use affect the quality of news we consume? Well, this topic is debatable. When people get their news from social media, it is usually shared by their friends or news outlets they have specifically chosen to follow. Facebook’s media ecosystem therefore allows us to create a very insular, narrow scope of opinions and content we consume. By subconsciously sheltering ourselves from media or news that doesn’t necessarily align with our views, we millennials are running the risk of being uninformed. We only know the side of the story that we choose to read or follow.

The same can be said about the multimedia news we consume.

News programs such as “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah or “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver provide viewers with political and other news commentary in a funny and bite-sized format. While these shows do erase a lot of the fear

and intimidation many people feel when it comes to covering heavy news topics, it could also cheapen the content of the news they are consuming. They do not painstakingly attempt to erase any visible bias from their content like many major and respected newspapers, but instead flaunt their opinion and incorporate it into their coverage.

These programs are famously left-leaning in their reporting and it is clear from the content they choose to cover. Their segments often go viral on social media, with Oliver’s famous episode about Donald Trump where he urged his viewers to #MakeDonaldDrumpAgain boasting an impressive view count of just under 29 million on YouTube.

While it is important to be involved and informed about current events, relying on these sources alone for news is putting millennials in a place where they are only seeing their side of the story.

We also cannot exclusively rely on news that is easy or fun to consume. For example, I never see any articles praising Donald Trump while scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed; however, he routed his competition in the primaries and is currently blazing a potential trail to the White House.

In order to be able to hold your own while debating current events with others, you should know both sides

of the argument.

Samantha is a sophomore majoring in journalism and communication arts. How important is it to you to keep up-to-date with current

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Young players seize opportunities in blowout games

By Andrew Tucker THE DAILY CARDINAL

Unless chaos abounds, the Badgers should handily defeat the Georgia State Panthers this Saturday. Just like in the game against Akron, UW will be ahead by a lot in the second half, and again they’ll give a number of second- and third-stringers some playing time.

The reasoning is twofold: it protects starters from getting injured, and allows younger

guys to get experience in case a starter goes down, or, more long term, graduates.

Against Akron, a number of freshmen got their first playtime with the Badgers, and even more had their first standout performances. Many of the more intense Wisconsin fans remember the names from past recruiting seasons, but for the casual fan, it’s a first glimpse at who they will be seeing for years to come.

For example, take quarterback

Alex Hornibrook and running back Bradrick Shaw. Both were high-profile recruits who redshirted last year, and will be the faces of the Wisconsin offense sometime soon. They didn’t see the field in UW’s win over LSU; however, neither could complain about getting on the field against the Zips rather than the Tigers.

“It was just good to finally get in the game,” Hornibrook said.

“Obviously it wasn’t a high-pressure tie game or anything like that

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Running back Bradrick Shaw has made a big impact in limited minutes, and will be a factor soon.

when I went in, but it’s still playing football against a different team.”

Hornibrook went 5-for-5 for 61 yards and a touchdown, while Shaw ran for 74 yards and a score, so obviously the young offensive duo was clicking. Neither of them is totally content with what they did, though.

“I’m still not satisfied, I think there’s room to improve … but I was happy with my performance Saturday,” Shaw said.

Both Hornibrook and Shaw scored their first career touchdowns in their first games. That is something not many players are able to do, but neither seemed like they were particularly fixated on finding the end zone.

“I went out and tried to complete every single pass, I wasn’t trying to do too much. If you’re completing passes, sometime one’s gonna end up in the end zone,” Hornibrook said. “I wasn’t really focused on that when I went in.”

While receiver Quintez Cephus didn’t light up the stat sheet the way Hornibrook and Shaw did, he was able to snag his first career reception, which he thinks is an important step in his development.

“It takes some off your plate for sure,” Cephus said. “Now, you move onto catching the ball and running to get extra yardage … you move on from not just catching the ball, but doing stuff with it.”

No matter the position, getting

into the game to get experience is necessary for a backup, even if the player doesn’t get a single number on the stat sheet. Especially for players who have redshirted for a year and haven’t really played in a game for some time, having a few plays under your belt and knowing what the speed and atmosphere of the next level is like is invaluable.

With all the nerves and inexperience, it’s inevitable that freshmen will make mistakes on the field (even the 5-for-5 Hornibrook wouldn’t call his game perfect).

Thankfully for them, they’re surrounded by players with vast amounts of knowledge who have already made those same mistakes, and can help them move past it.

“T.J. Watt and Vince Biegel, they help me with my game; they watch me just as much as I watch them.

They’re always helping me and critiquing my game as well,” freshman linebacker Zack Baun said.

No matter if they’re making mistakes or scoring touchdowns early on, these freshmen backups have plenty of time left to develop their skills and get their heads straight before the spotlight is truly on them. By then, Shaw assures they’ll be ready.

“I was a little nervous at first. I still get nervous every time I go in right now, but I think as the time goes by I’ll get over it. It don’t affect me none.”

Volleyball

Loss to North Carolina helps Badgers prepare for physical weekend of games in Texas

By David Gwidt THE DAILY CARDINAL

Fresh off its first loss of the 2016 campaign, the No. 6-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team will travel to Texas with hopes of redeeming itself against No. 16 Texas A&M (6-3) and No. 2 Texas (7-1) this weekend.

Set to square off against some stiff competition, Wisconsin (6-1) cannot afford to take either of its upcoming opponents lightly.

The Badgers’ first stop in the Lone Star State will be in College Station, where they will pay a visit to the Texas A&M Aggies this Friday night.

Then, in a highly touted clash between two national heavyweights, UW will face one of its toughest tests of the season in a Sunday afternoon meeting with the Texas Longhorns.

The Aggies enter this weekend riding a 12-set win streak behind the magnificent play of 2015 SEC Player of the Year Stephanie Aiple.

UT, on the other hand, features great length throughout its entire roster, an imposing physical advantage which enables them to play with great tenacity.

In terms of developing a game plan, the Badgers are actually using last Friday’s loss to North Carolina as a frame of reference for what they might expect to see this weekend. Much like UNC, the Texas teams benefit from an incredibly physical style of a play.

As a result, a great deal of this week’s practice time has been spent trying to correct the things that went wrong against the Tar Heels as the team prepares for a similar opponent.

“We were told Texas A&M has

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The Badgers have been ravaged by injuries this year. Among the afflicted is Lauryn Gillis, a junior transfer from USC.

the same physicality as UNC, so we’ll see that again,” junior Kelli Bates said after Tuesday’s practice. “We know Texas’s game. We know they have a bunch of huge hitters, huge blockers, and it’s just kind of gonna be a bunch of repeats of UNC … Now that we’ve seen the look of that size of a block and how hard they swing and how dynamic they can be, we’ll be able to use the loss to UNC and be able to adapt better to the teams this weekend.”

Another major point of emphasis for Wisconsin this weekend will be defense. With the Longhorns posting the second-highest hitting percentage in the Big 12, the Badgers’ ability to dig opposing swings on the backline will weigh heavy on the outcome.

“I’m preparing for a strong, big team, so we’re gonna have to play a lot of defense and coverage and be active in the back row,” freshman M.E. Dodge said. “We’re focusing on getting after everything in the back and just taking control.”

Aside from the obvious challenges that come with facing formidable competition, Wisconsin must shoulder the additional burden of a lineup compromised by injury. Since the injury bug first hit in North Carolina, head coach Kelley Sheffield has been forced to shake up the starting rotation.

Bates moved from libero to outside hitter in place of senior Lauryn Gillis, while M.E. Dodge took over at libero.

Although injuries can definitely

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Kelli Bates has become a leader for UW this season. Despite switching positions, she is playing better than ever. complicate things, Bates isn’t at all worried about them heading into the weekend.

“I’ve never personally experienced the lineup changes like this, but the best part about this team is that there is people that can jump in wherever you need, and they’re gonna do a good job,” she said.

“You can always count on them because you know that they’ve studied our scouting report and you know they’re gonna do what they need to do to get better.”

Eager to play elite programs,

Bates believes the type of intensity on display in Texas will help them down the line.

“Playing teams like that is great because we see teams like that in the Big Ten. Penn State is one of them, Illinois is one of them, so we’re gonna see teams like that all the time. Playing this kind of competition is only gonna benefit us.”

The first match against Texas A&M will start Friday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m., while the match against Texas will begin Sunday, Sept. 18 at 12 p.m.

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Year of the Badger: UW sports poised for runs Bobby ehrlich Thursday thoughts Let’s put the cart way before the horse, just for the fun of it.

Could this be the best year ever for Badger athletics? The football team is No. 9 in the country and Ken Pomeroy has the basketball team at No. 7 in his preseason power rankings. 2016-’17 has the potential to be the season in which both teams compete for a national title.

We’ll start with best-case scenario first. The Associated Press is under the assumption the Badgers are in the top 10 after the shocker in Green Bay and a throttling of feeble Akron. The jury is still out on how good Wisconsin really is, but any reasonable judge would rule that

their defense is fantastic.

The linebacking corps comprised of Vince Biegel, Jack Cichy, T.J. Watt and a now healthy T.J. Edwards has a case as the best in the country. They shut down Leonard Fournette, supposedly the next Adrian Peterson, and then didn’t surrender a touchdown against the Zips. They are talented and fast and have shown the capability to contain the nation’s best.

Corey Clement looks like he has returned to form after his injuryriddled 2015 campaign and Dare Ogunbowale is a more-than-solid change of pace in the backfield.

Troy Fumagalli played a fantastic game against LSU and then Jazz Peavy showcased his ability in the receiving game the following week.

The bottom line is this: The Badgers are better than most people expected. If they can take two of

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Nigel Hayes will lead a crew of veterans for a Wisconsin team that is high on everyone’s preseason watch list.

three between Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State (which doesn’t seem so crazy anymore) and knock off Iowa in Iowa City, they will be headed to the Big Ten Championship. With another crack at Michigan/Michigan State/Ohio State at a neutral site, they could win the Big Ten and punch a ticket to the College Football Playoff.

Then there’s basketball.

Wisconsin returns virtually its entire team from a squad that reached the Sweet Sixteen and really should have been in the Elite Eight if it weren’t for a last-minute collapse. Nigel Hayes figures to be one of the top players in the nation; Bronson Koenig will enter his third year as the starting point guard; Ethan Happ is the reigning Big Ten Freshman of the Year; Zak Showalter is a rich man’s Josh Gasser; and Vitto Brown was hands down the most improved player on the Wisconsin team, carrying the Badgers to several wins last year.

And that’s just the starting lineup.

Charlie Thomas is a big body who surely will have developed from last year. Jordan Hill is an athletic point guard who can come in and move Koenig to shooting guard, which would allow Koenig to (obviously) shoot more.

Speaking of athleticism, Khalil Iverson is the best athlete on the Badgers and can play valuable minutes, as well as provide a spark, off the bench. Alex Illikainen is a lights-out shooting option as well.

Oh, and they also have Andy Van Vliet, who had to sit out last year due to an NCAA violation, but still stands at 6-foot-11 and could be a huge factor down low.

Wisconsin will have no trouble making the tournament and has the firepower to make a deep run.

With the projected depth of this team and with the star power at the top, the Badgers’ squad definitely has a shot at the Final Four and all the marbles.

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With Corey Clement finally returning to his pre-injury form, the Badgers are in excellent shape to make a push for the playoffs.

But, like I said earlier, this is putting the cart about a mile in front of the horse. It’s possible the football team really isn’t that great. LSU may have been seriously overrated (an SEC team overrated at the beginning of the season, say it ain’t so!), and they still have a long way to go in an absolutely treacherous schedule. Bart Houston is not a stellar quarterback by any standard and if he keeps making some of the throws he’s made in the first two games, Wisconsin will be in for a long day when they travel to play both Michigan schools.

The injuries the defense continues to sustain could catch up to them. They could lose three out of four, or even all four, to MSU/ Michigan/OSU/Iowa, and all this hype could be for another trip to the Outback Bowl.

A similar scenario could be seen for basketball. Koenig could forget how to shoot again and Showalter may not have gotten any better at not firing a line drive at the basket. Hayes’

scoring woes may pick up right where they left off. Brown and Happ could prove to be one-hit wonders.

The bench may not be as talented as once thought if pressed into a larger role. If a combination of these things happen, Wisconsin could be looking at nothing more than an early exit from March Madness.

Until these worst-case scenarios start happening though, it’s time to believe in the Badgers. Neither team has given us any reason to think they aren’t national title contenders, so why should we think otherwise? Until one of the teams slips up, Badgers fans should enjoy this time because it’s not often both football and basketball at a major D1 university are both (potentially) this good.

What a time to be alive.

Do you think the Badgers have a real shot at a national championship this year? Do you think they’ll stumble and fall short of their potential? Is Zak Showalter really a better player than Josh Gasser?

Let Bobby know at bobby.ehrlich@ dailycardinal.com.

Women’s Soccer

Badgers looking to shut down Lindsay Agnew, Buckeyes

By Kelly Ward The daily cardinal

The Wisconsin Badgers (3-23) are riding a two-game win streak to open Big Ten play on Friday against No. 19 Ohio State (6-2-0) at the McClimon Soccer Complex. After taking down South Dakota State 1-0 in double overtime last week Friday, the Badgers traveled to Loyola on Saturday and shut out the Ramblers 2-0.

At Loyola, two players, freshman Grace Bahr and junior Sydney McGinnis, scored their first career goals as Badgers and added more momentum to an already hungry team right before the Big Ten season. Junior goaltender Caitlyn Clem notched her fourth shut-out of the season, and extended her streak of

clean sheets to two.

Ohio State is coming off an extremely painful 3-0 home loss to No. 7 BYU on Monday. The Buckeyes had many chances to score and even outshot the Cougars, but BYU goaltender Hannah Clark proved too much to handle.

The Badgers had a similar loss to No.1 Stanford earlier in the season, so it will be interesting to see how these two teams will match up. Both Ohio State and Wisconsin have had prolific offensive production, often outshooting their opponents even if the score is not in their favor.

Where Ohio State has the advantage on paper, however, is finding the back of the net.

The biggest key for either team to win is to shut down

the opponent’s top-end senior player—in Ohio State’s case, that would be Badger midfielder Rose Lavelle, a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team. She is head and shoulders above the rest of the Badgers team in total offense, even though she does not lead the team in scoring. For Wisconsin, finding an answer to Buckeye forward Lindsay Agnew is imperative, as she has found the back of the net fairly consistently throughout the season so far, and the Canadian’s intricate shots should be a challenge for Clem.

The game starts at 7 p.m. at the McClimon Complex and includes a “student night” promotion for free scarves with a valid Wiscard. It will also be televised on BTN Plus.

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Rose Lavelle, who was recently called up to the U.S National Team, is the biggest offensive threat for the Badgers.