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By Andrew Bahl and Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Live Free members Carter Kofman, Megan Dix and Cody Fearing (left to right) discuss plans for the upcoming year.

Live Free creates space for students in recovery Story by Peter Coutu Madison’s reputation as a party campus filled with harddrinking students has long served as a draw for incoming freshmen, and such was the case for nowsenior Carter Kofman.

However, following UW-Madison’s ranking as the top party school in the nation by the Princeton Review, discrepancies appeared between responses from university officials and many students on campus.

The university quickly issued a statement criticizing the “highrisk alcohol” use on campus by calling it “a pressing public health concern,” while many students celebrated the school’s crowning rank on social media.

“I don’t want students to have to choose between education and recovery.”

Cody Fearing community outreach coordinator Live Free

“I think it’s a thrill,” Kofman said.

“I could party here—all the time.

That’s why I chose it, it’s exciting.

Turns out, I wasn’t the right person to be here. I’m not the best fit for this environment because it just enabled me. But it was exciting.”

Kofman took time off from school during his sophomore year to refocus his life and seek recovery.

He returned to school in January

2015 and quickly became involved with Live Free, a registered student organization that focuses on student wellness and recovery. “[Live Free] is an additional resource, or the resource, that mitigates a student having to choose between continuing their education and their recovery,” said Cody Fearing, UW-Madison senior and Live Free’s community outreach coordinator. “For me, I had to drop out to get sober. I don’t want students to have to choose between education and recovery.”

While excessive drinking can adversely affect a student’s own physical or mental health, academics, relationships or legal standing, the drinking culture of UW-Madison can also affect students who choose to abstain from drinking or who choose to drink at low volumes.

The Color of Drinking was a study administered to undergraduate students of color at UW-Madison to determine how the university’s drinking culture affected these students’ experiences.

The survey, with 490 respondents, began in fall 2014, and was completed in spring 2015, though the results are still being analyzed and the survey is going to be readministered to the entire student population this spring.

‘Abstinence hostile’

The results show the campus’ drinking culture has negative effects even on communities who have significantly lower rates of alcohol use.

About 65 percent of participants said UW-Madison’s drinking culture has impacted their overall experience at the university. Fortyeight percent of students reported experiencing microaggressions from UW-Madison students who were intoxicated and 40 percent avoid specific areas of campus due to drinking culture. Of the students who said they avoided specific areas of campus, 52.7 percent said they avoided Langdon Street, while 32.3 percent said they avoided State Street.

Washington also helped examine social media posts from #TheRealUW, a social media move-

Fearing described the campus environment as “abstinence hostile,” a term that co-Chair of Live Free, Sophia Hill, agreed with. “[Drinking is] impacting everyone, regardless of whether you’re in recovery or not,” Hill said.

University Health Services Alcohol and Other Drugs Prevention Coordinator Reonda Washington said that although roughly 50 percent of all UW-Madison students are categorized as “high-risk drinkers,” around 60 to 70 percent of students of color or international students at UW-Madison either do not drink or are low-risk drinkers, as reported from AlcoholEDU findings. Highrisk drinking is categorized as five or more drinks in one sitting for men, or four or more drinks in one sitting for women.

UW System officials, policymakers, experts and students gathered Wednesday at James Madison Memorial High School to discuss the upcoming state budget and what it might mean for higher education in the state.

As the university and the state look to the upcoming biennial budget, concerns exist that the UW System could again be on the chopping block for public funding. Gov. Scott Walker approved a $250 million cut to the system’s coffers in the last budget, and while officials are more optimistic this time around, the last budget exposed a major ideological rift on the subject of higher education in the Badger State.

Walker also controversially attempted to alter the Wisconsin Idea, the state’s mission statement for higher learning, by striking the words “the search for truth” and replacing them with language about workforce needs.

“If all we’re talking about is how do we force the university to be more economically efficient with the workers that is its creative force, we’ve sort of lost the general idea of what it

means to be a great university,” said Dale Schultz, a former Republican state senator from Richland Center.

Schultz said “alarm bells” should be ringing after faculty at schools across the state passed no-confidence votes in the system when UW System President Ray Cross and the Board of Regents made drastic tenure changes early last spring.

He urged Wisconsin residents as well as legislators to play their part in creating better morale.

“It’s kind of obvious that GPA is not the sole factor in success in life.”

Mariam Coker vice chair Associated Students of Madison

Walker has also hinted that next year’s budget will include some amount of performancebased funding for the UW System. While the exact formula has yet to be devised, 30 states use a similar system weighing

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“This space allows them to feel like it’s fine to not be OK all the time. ” Pei Hsien Lee public relations Live Free

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Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Mariam Coker explained how GPA does not solely determine student success.

“…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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Common Council adds more early voting on campus

By Jake Skubish THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Madison Common Council adopted legislation establishing an additional early voting site on the UW-Madison campus for the November general election at its Tuesday meeting.

The legislation, presented

by Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, will establish early voting at the Student Activity Center’s Caucus Room on the 4th floor, weekdays Oct. 24 through Nov. 4. According to Verveer, the specific hours for early voting at the SAC have yet to be determined.

This additional location will supplement Union South and Edgewood College, which Common Council approved as early voting sites two weeks ago. Students can cast their ballot at any early voting location prior to Election Day. Early voting will also begin at Union South and Edgewood College Oct. 24. Verveer said he hopes to add more space to the Union South location, which

is set to have just six voting booths.

Outside of campus, early voting will begin in Madison Sept. 26, including locations at every public library, the city clerk’s office and a location on the east side. According to Verveer, finding early voting space on campus was more of a challenge.

“In the rush to find building locations and a lack of assistance on campus getting space we were only able to confirm one week of early voting at Union South in time for the last city council meeting,” Verveer said. “Through the assistance of ASM, we were able to quickly secure another early voting location on campus.”

In response to Verveer’s comment, UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said the university complied with what the city clerk’s office requested regarding early voting space, which was space for one week.

The city held a press conference at the Central Madison Public Library Wednesday to

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Madison Common Council passed an addendum that will allow for early voting locations at the Student Activity Center. announce the early voting locations and dates around Madison.

According to Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy, students will be able to both register and cast their early ballots in the same trip at the SAC. Students can

Legislators approve audit of troubled King veterans home

By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

State legislators voted Wednesday to authorize an audit of a troubled veteran’s home in central Wisconsin after reports of negligent care, funding issues and infrastructure shortcomings.

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved the review unanimously after a firestorm of criticism following a Capital Times investigation into the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King near Waupaca.

The reporting has shed light on alleged issues at the home, where substandard care resulted in the

death of at least two veterans living at the home. The state Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs the

“Rather than catching them doing something wrong, we’re going to catch them doing something right.”

John Macco, R-Ledgeview state Representative

facility, has denied the allegations and maintained that the home provides adequate care.

“It is our top priority to ensure that we provide the safest and best quality care to our nation’s heroes,” DVA Secretary John Scocos told the committee. “We have a lot to be proud of in this regard. We welcome an audit to help underscore our accomplishments at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King.”

But legislators pushed back on this assessment.

“I think veterans and their families, as well as legislators, need to know that funds are being wisely spent,” state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, said. “And that is the strength of the Audit Bureau, to be able to answer whether those

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also register to vote through a series of voter registration events hosted by the Associated Students of Madison throughout the next month at Memorial Library, Gordon Commons, College Library and Dejope Dining Hall.

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tax dollars are being wisely spent and how to improve.”

Others noted the audit was an opportunity to review how the state provides care for veterans and work with the facilities to bolster treatment.

“Rather than catching them doing something wrong, we’re going to catch them doing something right,” said state Rep. John Macco, R-Ledgeview. “The last thing we would want to do is shut a facility down.”

The review, which will be carried out by the state’s nonpartisan audit bureau, is expected to last upwards of six months.

budget from page 1 graduation rates, GPA and job placement to dole out funds. The state’s technical colleges already use performance-based funding.

“This is a rhetorical tool that has been politically popular across the country to justify increases or explain decreases in state support for higher education,” said UW-Madison professor Nicholas Hillman. “But tying money to some sort of indicator that has so many unknown quantities is a challenge.”

Associated Students of Madison Vice Chair Mariam Coker added that assessing performance based on measures like GPA may close off other more important factors that should be addressed before students are sent into the workforce.

“It’s kind of obvious that GPA is not the sole factor in success in life. We need to place less of an importance on it and more of an importance on interpersonaltype skills, because we are interpersonal people,” Coker said.

“We don’t exist in vacuums.”

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Clinton holds narrow lead with Wisconsin voters

By Ningyuan Ma THE DAILY CARDINAL

Hillary Clinton is clinging to a 2-point lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin, according to the Marquette University Law School Poll announced Wednesday.

The poll shows 44 percent of statewide likely voters supported Clinton, while 42 percent of them chose Trump. Another 12 percent support neither, say they are not voting or don’t know who to vote for.

In a four-way race bringing in Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, 41 percent of likely voters endorsed Clinton and 38 percent endorsed Trump.

In the previous late-August poll, with only the two presidential candidates facing off, 45 percent of likely voters supported Clinton and 42 percent chose Trump.

Democrat Russ Feingold leads incumbent Republican Ron Johnson by six points in the U.S. Senate race, according to the poll.

Feingold polled with 47 percent of the vote compared with 41 percent

for Johnson. Feingold led 48-45 in the last poll.

The Feingold campaign touted the result as a sign his campaign is resonating with Wisconsinites.

“Russ is maintaining a consistent lead in the polls because he’s prioritizing the concerns of middle class and working families across Wisconsin,” said Feingold spokesperson Michael Tyler in a statement. “Wisconsinites know that instead of protecting corporations and multi-millionaires like Sen. Johnson has done for years, Russ actually listens to Wisconsin’s families and will fight for their needs.”

The poll also surveyed public opinion on certain political issues.

When asked about U.S. military actions against the Islamic State, 30 percent of respondents agreed to limit involvement to air strikes only, 42 percent supported combat troops on the ground in Syria and 15 percent believed there should be no military action at all.

The poll surveyed 802 registered voters via cell phones and landlines. The margin of error is roughly five percentage points.

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Democrat Russ Feingold has a 6-point lead over Republican incumbent Ron Johnson in Wednesday’s Marquette University Law School poll.

UW-Madison sophomore crowned Miss Wisconsin 2017, prepares for Miss USA

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Sophomore Skylar Witte was crowned Miss Wisconsin earlier this month, after competing against 41 other women for the title.

live free from page 1 ment last spring that aimed to highlight UW-Madison’s campus climate for students of color.

Many of the movement’s social media posts displayed the overt instances of microaggressions and instances hate or bias students of color experienced on campus.

One out of five of the posts with the hashtag published on YikYak, Twitter or Facebook involved alcohol, usually being consumed by the aggressor, Washington found.

While UHS will attempt to address and change UW-Madison’s relationship with alcohol, Live Free is also planning on expanding the resources they provide to students during the upcoming academic year.

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UW-Madison senior and Live Free Event Coordinator Megan Dix said she wants to teach students how to live well in holistic terms and not

use substances to cope with stressors. She is planning wellness initiatives throughout the school year.

“A lot of people will go to alcohol or substances for a coping mechanism, whether that be stress from school, stress from family, stress from financial issues,” Dix said.

“One thing I’m trying to do is to reroute that way of coping with something healthy.”

To show people what overall wellness feels like, Dix said she is hoping to partner with UHS to have events for different areas of wellness.

In addition to a partnership with UHS, Fearing wants to expand beyond the UW-Madison campus.

“We envision a collegiate and secondary education mentorship program, possibly giving the ability of high school students to attend all recovery meetings or to attend a wellness initiative,” they said.

“Definitely expanding beyond just the university’s campus.”

Last Friday, Live Free hosted

UW-Madison sophomore Skylar Witte was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 2017 earlier this month after competing against 41 other women for the title.

Witte balances her job as Miss Wisconsin along with her academics she is double majoring in political science and communication arts with plans to go to law school as well as a full-time modeling career and writing for her blog.

Since she won Miss Wisconsin 10 days ago, Witte has travelled to various Wisconsin cities, including her hometown, Altoona. She plans to visit middle schools around the state during her term and serve as a role model for the students.

“Middle school is the most vulnerable age,” Witte said. “I’m excited to talk to them about the fact that there will be people trying to stand in their way but it’s around a dozen students from Horizon High School, a Madisonarea recovery school. Fearing is helping make plans for the students to visit the Live Free space again.

Live Free also hosts two weekly meetings that anyone is welcome to, according to Fearing. The meetings are not 12-step or faith-based, and Fearing described the meetings as a way to “just [be] all of who you are.”

They said the meetings focus on the “intersections of being a student and being in recovery or seeking recovery.”

Every Wednesday at 6 p.m. is a friends and family meeting, and every Thursday the all-recovery meeting is at 6 p.m. Both meetings are housed in Live Free’s new space in the Student Activity Center, in suite 4430.

A recovery space

This fall is the first time that Live Free will have a consistent space to host their weekly all-recovery meet-

about what you want to do and how you choose to live your life.”

Witte won first runner-up in the Miss Wisconsin Teen USA in 2016, which she says made her realize she wanted to pursue her Miss USA dreams. She will compete in the Miss USA 2017 pageant, the date and location of which is to be determined.

She said she is going to enjoy every day of being Miss Wisconsin, but is also preparing to walk across the Miss USA stage.

“I think every part of my life

is kind of practicing,” Witte said.

“Being interviewed and interacting with other people is getting me ready for Miss USA. But it’s really all about being you. Every aspect of competition is about giving the judges the essence of who you are. It’s so important to just be confident in yourself.”

Witte said she is most excited to represent the state of Wisconsin and her fellow Miss Wisconsin contestants throughout this year.

She also wants to fight the negative stigma toward pageants that she said she has experienced often in her past.

“I think there’s a lot of misconceptions in pageantry,” Witte said. “People see what’s on TV which isn’t always accurate. I’m hoping I can meet a lot of people in this state and be a positive embassador for pageants because they have done so much for me.”

ings. This is due in part to a Student Services Finance Committee grant that has provided funding for their space in the SAC and five paid student staff members.

Having a space on campus that is welcoming to students in recovery is vital to their ability to stay at the university and focus on their education, according to Fearing “All of the research that has come out on collegiate recovery programs says, of the top three things, space is there,” Fearing said. “It’s absolutely crucial to have a secure space.”

Since the group’s founding in 2014, they have been forced to regularly change where the meetings have been held because they did not have a set office space.

The locations have varied throughout the past two years, including Pres House, Memorial Union, St. Paul’s University Catholic Center and Aaron’s House, which is a recovery house in Madison where Kofman and Fearing currently live.

UW-Madison junior Pei Hsien Lee, Live Free’s public relations director, said the near-constant transitioning between locations has hurt Live Free’s visibility and their ability to be present for students when they mean to create a community.

“Live Free just brings them together on this road to recovery, building on each other’s strengths and supporting each other,” Lee said. “This space allows them to feel like it’s fine to not be OK all the time.

It’s fine to just want some time to heal, to grow on your own or with other people. We’ll do whatever it takes for them to recover.”

Fearing, who has been involved with Live Free virtually since the organization began, said that while the process to acquire a secure space for students was been long and taxing, it is critical to foster collective resilience within the recovery community on campus.

“It’s cool to have this here as a home for people to come to, finally.”

“I’m hoping I can meet a lot of people in this state and be a positive embassador for pageants because they have done so much for me.”

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Readers find ease in heart-starting work of staggering self-awareness

By Aaron Durlauf LITERATURE COLUMNIST

Last fall, I took the semester off due to increasingly serious depression. While I planned on doing something productive to help me recover, my days usually consisted of sleeping until 3 p.m., not getting out of bed until 5 p.m., drinking excessive amounts of pre-made iced coffee with added protein as if by being extra alert (read: anxious and jittery), I could make up for my oversleeping and contemplate my myriad of problems until around 2 a.m., when I would drive to the 24-hour Woodman’s on the other side of town to replace my empty carton of iced coffee. Once at Woodman’s, I’d circle the whole store a few times with a cart containing two or three items, avoiding the gaze of the people stocking the shelves while wondering what they thought of me. And of course, being the self-absorbed writer-type, I spent much of the time thinking about how I would turn this experience into a story (this isn’t it).

I’d imagine myself telling the story, but also telling people about imagining myself telling the story, until there was an endless regress of telling and imagining. Self-awareness is in, I thought.

It was after I returned from one of these late-night/early-morning coffee runs that I decided to pick up a book I’d read years earlier, but barely remembered: Dave Eggers’ semifictional memoir, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.”

The title is both ironic hyperbole and accurate description. Eggers recounts the death of both of his

parents from cancer a month apart from each other, while he was in college, and how he moved from Illinois to California with his eight-year-old brother, Toph, whom he’d raise. The book is tragic, beautiful, dark and, most of all, funny.

To give you a sense of this, the preface includes a list of “Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of this Book” mostly detailing the many parts that can be skipped. Such as: “4. Actually, many of you might want to skip much of the middle, namely pages 239-351, which concern the lives of people in their early twenties, and those lives are very difficult to make interesting, even when they seemed interesting to those living them at the time.”

Before the actual text of the book begins, Eggers also includes guides to symbols in the book, a flow chart of various thoughts relating to death, a list of his payment and expenses for writing the book and a random, Vonnegut-esque, now semi-iconic drawing of a stapler. Now if someone were simply describing this to me, I might think it was gimmicky, but it works. When I read it last winter it made me laugh out loud, which given how poor my mental health was, is saying something.

One of the book’s other strengths is how intense and charged the prose is. If I were to describe the writing in Eggers-like terms, I would say something like “electric” or “manic-depressive,” followed by some kind of self-effacing (perhaps parenthetical) aside letting you know that the writing (or the writer) is modest (but also tragic, youth-

ful, and flawed). Having Eggers’ energizing voice running through my head during my waking hours, while not exactly healthy, is still a step up from where I was before I started reading the book.

As foreshadowed, the greatest strength of “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius” is its selfawareness. Eggers uses a variety of narrative devices to this effect, such as times when his younger brother Toph breaks the fourth wall of the book to address Eggers the writer rather than Eggers the protagonist.

The best example is when Eggers interviews to be on MTV’s “The Real World.” When introducing the interview, Eggers responds to a comment about his hometown, Lake Forest: “Really?” I say, feeling a format change coming, one where quotation marks fall away and a simple interview turns into something else, something entirely so much more.

“It’s just a little suburb, about seventeen thousand people. I’m surprised

By inhabiting Eggers’ selfdevouring point of view for a few hours everyday, I was able to escape my own. that—” And that is precisely what follows. In the text of the “interview,” Eggers fully acknowledges its use as a narrative device and “[k] ind of a catchall for a bunch of anecdotes that would be too awkward to force together otherwise.” He goes on to say: “[T]his format makes sense … squeezing all these things

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Dave Eggers’ 2000 memoir combines dark humor and intense self-awareness to tell his movng story. into the Q&A makes complete the transition from the book’s first half, which is slightly less self-conscious, to the second half, which is increasingly self-devouring.”

And true to his word, it is.

The interesting thing is that by inhabiting Eggers’ self-devouring point of view for a few hours everyday, I was able to escape my own.

Eggers’ commentary on a generation’s self-obsession became a means of gaining a new perspective on mine. The irony with which he portrayed his pain, helped me to stop romanticizing my own. I got up a little earlier. I started reading again.

I stopped thinking about how to tell a sad story, and how to start living a happy one.

‘Sing Street’ proves cinematic brilliance still exists among today’s films, produces incredible, catchy soundtrack

By Sam Marz FILM COLUMNIST

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Although it’s set in the ’80s, John Carney proved that cinematic brilliance isn’t just a thing of the past.

The 1980s were something of a golden age for film. “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Princess Bride” and “The Breakfast Club” are only a small sliver of cinematic brilliance that came out of the decade.

It is difficult to pin down any one reason why the ’80s films were so successful, but I think it is because of the energy and precision the directors and filmmakers infused into their work. The narratives were airtight, the characters were well-developed and the quality of the films were unparalleled for their time. That same level of craft seems harder to come by in contemporary movies, so when I do come across such a film, the result is something incredibly special.

And my goodness, did I find something incredible with “Sing Street.”

Written and directed by John Carney, “Sing Street” is a film set in Dublin, Ireland in 1985, where protagonist Connor Lalor started a band, Sing Street, to impress Raphina, the mysterious girl who hung out every day across the street from Connor’s school. Upon first read, the plot sounds fairly generic, but this film is extremely far from that. The film already lends itself to a realistic and lively tone in Carney’s decision to set his story in the 1980s. One of the many

things I love about this film is that nothing about it ever feels forced.

Every arc feels organic, and much of that is credited to the actors involved. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Lucy Boynton are great as the two leads. Even when the subject matter gets heavy, they deal with it the way that a normal teenager would in that situation. Jack Reynor is another highlight in the film as Connor’s burnout older brother Brendan, whose story arc comes together in a very heartwarming way near the film’s close.

The scenes with Connor and his bandmates are also entertaining. Their musical abilities are initially questionable, at best, which makes for some hilarious practice rehearsals, mix tapes and music videos. There is a bit of a John Hughes vibe flowing throughout these dynamics. However, what grows out of this musical mess is amazing. It is enchanting to watch these characters go from amateur to quality musicians. This leads me to the biggest standout element in the film—the music. The original songs are catchy and upbeat, and I would be lying if I said I haven’t had the soundtrack playing on repeat on my Spotify. The on-screen performances are also elaborate, particularly toward the end when the boys play a gig at their school dance. The music is

the central chord that connects it all together, mirroring Connor’s character development as his voice starts out off-key, before becoming more confident and powerful. It is a true focal point in the film, and John Carney’s precision and attention to detail throughout all of this only adds to that quality.

The strong narrative also harkens back to the cinematic golden age. Surrounding the dynamic between Connor and Raphina are issues of family, poverty and abuse, all of which flow together naturally—another testament to Carney’s direction. Without giving anything away, the ending scene in particular links back to an important piece of dialogue from one of the characters which caps the film off beautifully.

“Sing Street” is one of the rare films today that really does have the whole package. The tone, characters and narrative coupled with the music and staging make for a remarkable result. It may only be set in the ’80s, but the way it all comes together makes it feel like it was plucked right out of that decade. For me, it’s undoubtedly the best film of the year so far, and it may be one of my favorite films, period. “Sing Street” is a true gem, proving that our current decade still has some great films to give.

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Margaret Glaspy, Bad Bad Hats prove raw talent

By Emily Gerber THE DAILY CARDINAL

Just shy of 200 Madisonians huddled into the The Frequency Sunday night to soak up the singer-songwriter stylings of Margaret Glaspy, accompanied by the Midwest trio Bad Bad Hats.

The venue, which could easily be mistaken for the basement of that one cool friend you had in high school, was the perfect setting for the young performers.

The ragtag group of fans—ranging from high school fangirls to middle-aged admirers—all packed in close, as if everyone was the performers’ biggest fan.

Originally hailing from Minnesota, Bad Bad Hats mostly kept to their recently released album Psychic Reader, though threw in some familiar songs from their 2013 EP. Frontwoman Kerry Alexander charmed the crowd all night, using her lovable awkwardness to almost set the crowd at ease—she wasn’t an unapproachable artist, but rather a close friend who just happened to be up on stage strumming the guitar.

In just a pair of high-waisted jeans and a T-shirt, Alexander really didn’t look too different from a majority of the crowd.

She shared throughout the set that inspiration for many of the songs came from experiences in her college life, including “Super America,” named for a Minnesota supermarket.

“Sometimes you just need to sit on your couch with a comfortable pant and a snack,” Alexander said before jumping into the convenience-store-themed love song.

The booking of these two acts together created a sense of narrativ.ith Bad Bad Hats, you get the carefree, giddy sounds of a young, naive girl looking for love wherever she can find it (as evidenced in the catchy “All-Nighter”). Glaspy, however, represents the postbreakup, no-nonsense woman, who’s seemingly found independence in spite of a less-than-perfect relationship.

From the moment she took the stage, Glaspy presented a more self-assured, assertive aura than Alexander. At one point during a guitar-tuning break, a restless concert-goer asked Glaspy if she had any jokes to tell. Without missing a beat, Glaspy calmly responded, “No, I have a song though.” Glaspy’s style wasn’t to make chit-chat; rather, she shared her personality through her songs, of which she had many.

She opened with “Emotions and Math,” which also serves as the title of her June-released album.

Glaspy stuck mainly to this recent repertoire, but also shared some covers (including Lucinda Williams’ “Fruits of My Labor” and Bjork’s “Who Is It?”) and a pair of unnamed new ditties.

Though Glaspy—who resembled more a third grade teacher than an angsty femme rocker— sang often of failed or troubled relationships, don’t be mistaken: She isn’t a Taylor Swift wannabe.

Her songs aren’t lyrical pinings for the man who did her wrong, but rather a warning not to be messed with and a realization of her wasted time. “Situation” told listeners to stop making assumptions, while “Parental Guidance” informed her man that it’s about time to start making an effort.

In “No Matter Who,” Glaspy displayed her incredible range, with her angelic high notes and Louis Armstrong-esque growl.

Glaspy didn’t just showcase her voice—on several occasions, the songstress broke out in incredible guitar solos, truly solidifying her frontwoman position.

During her slow ballad “You’re Smiling But I Don’t Believe You,” you could hear a pin drop. All ears and eyes were stuck on Glaspy, with members of the crowd even shushing fellow listeners when chatter began to creep up.

Glaspy is an all-around talent.

It’s hard to find an artist to liken her to, as she embraces her own style and presence. She’s like an American Amy Winehouse, with more articulation and control.

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Margaret Glaspy didn’t rely on gimmicks for her performance.

Williams of The Civil Wars, with her own independence.

But even those comparisons don’t do her talents justice: She’s just Margaret Glaspy.

She put her whole heart into each song—her face showed pain when singing the darker songs, her smile appeared during the lighter tunes. Her soul reverberated off the chords of her guitar, her emotions seeped out with each note.

Glaspy closed out the evening with “Somebody to Anybody,” and if Sunday’s show was any indication, she’ll soon truly be a somebody to a whole lot of music

listeners out there.

Both of these sets demonstrated the power of live music.

Too often today we see artists who rely on external factors— light shows, costume changes, back-up dancers, etc.—in order to excite and win over their crowds, and you can argue those things do have their own place in live performance.

But for both Glaspy and Hats, however, their strength was primarily in their voices. What you saw was what you got with each, and it was easy to tell that both these acts possess raw, extraordinary talent.

Sia creates moving video for ‘The Greatest’ in wake of Orlando shooting FRANCISCO VELAZQUEZ Music Columnist Sia has a way of making herself the canvas that lives in multiple frames. She’s become what the music industry has lost since the emergence of digital media, an artist who is willing to sacrifice the glam of fame for the appreciation of the art.

“The Greatest” is Sia’s latest music release with a chilling message that has haunted America since June. It’s heavy and whole; viewers claim that it’s connected to the mass killing of 49 people at

The use of innocent youths and the daunting message of mourning make the video arguably the best piece of musicrelated work regarding the Orlando shooting.

Pulse, an Orlando gay nightclub, that occurred this past June.

The power of silence is a holding scream, a vessel of breath that Sia has kept for herself since multiple interpretations of the video were posted online. Sia hasn’t confirmed the music video’s central meaning, but some of her performers have made it very clear what the video means, such as Matt Moseley who instagrammed a screencap of the video with the caption “Humbled to be a part of this video. Thank you @siathisisacting. 49 beautiful lives lost. This is for you.” It’s like a morbid dream, and Sia brings

it back to life. There are 49 young dancers led by Maddie Ziegler, the fighting frontier with rainbow paint on her face.

As the video comes to what looks like a never-ending nightmare on repeat, the dancers fall down as a bullet-shot wall lights through the background; maybe a symbol for the lives lost in the club that night, or the ones still living with this traumatizing moment; it hits heavy.

It could be tragedy pop or intentionally moving. It’s a work of art that doesn’t derail the message with the overly exaggerated renditions like Interscope Records production of “Hands,” that features 24 artist aimlessly giving ways to cope and move forward, instead of just feeling in the moment. “The Greatest” has Sia all over it, and we hear every last note.

It’s Sia searching for the soul of the bitter war, a peak of vocals, a danceable chant, a meditating melody and its warm June night.

Although the song was cowritten by Sia and Greg Kurstin before the Orlando massacre, the chorus gut-wrenchingly fits: “I’m free to be the greatest, I’m alive.”

She belts like the gunshot after the last sprint. The video stands on it’s own as an aftermath of emotions, featuring Maddie Ziegler, this time, with a black wig. The video is a story with a shifting narrative.

Ziegler brings back to life the other young dancers, as they search for safety in this broken “home,” with a nightclub ending. The use of contemporary dancing to connect the moments of movement and her

vocals to the climactic points in the video fit like a portrait.

It’s terrifyingly beautiful.

Ryan Heffington’s choreography is impeccable. The use of separate movements that still synch

together like lava, the use of innocent youths and the daunting message of mourning make the video arguably the best piece of music-related work regarding the Orlando shooting that we’ve

seen. The video ends with Maddie Ziegler in tears; it’s powerfully moving and bizarre enough to remind us how tender life is, and how easily it can be taken without notice.

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It’s a treasure hunt. Buried around the Capitol are scores of golden peppers, emerald broccoli and ruby apples. A wealth of produce awaits you at the Dane County Farmers’ Market. Finding the treasure isn’t so chard, the Wisconsin Capitol marks the spot, you won’t bay leaf olive the deals you’ll find.

The Dane County Farmers’ Market is one of those places where you feel part of the Madison community. Wrapping around the Capitol building are stands, artists and swarms of customers wandering in circles hunting for the best produce our agricultural state has to offer. This enormous event is hosted in the backyard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and it happens every Saturday. So next weekend at 6:30 a.m. when your alarm starts ringing, don’t romaine in bed; peas get excited to turnip the beet and make your way out to Wisconsin’s most happening marketplace.

Cheese curds It’s breakfast time, so obviously cheese is on the menu. Since this is Wisconsin, and in Wisconsin, we love cheese. If you throw a stone at the farmer’s market it will land on a cheese stand. The cheese could be shredded, sliced, blocked or in everybody’s favorite curd form and samples are generous from stand to stand. Near King Street there is a vendor that samples fried cheese curds with flavors like pizza and bacon. Whether it’s cheddar, swiss, pepperjack or mozzarella any cheese is gouda.

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The Dane County Farmers’ Market attracts hundreds of visitors each Saturday to buy Wisconsin-grown produce and enjoy the Capitol Square.

Apple cider, apple pie, apple sauce, apple turnovers or just plain apples.

All of theses delights are around in full force at the farmer’s market. As the season changes so do the apples. This means the varieties of apples and the flavor of apple treats change too. Though often times orchards sell fanfavorites like the honeycrisp and galas, try to find the more unique varieties that the orchard carries. Often heirloom apples are the best for making pies and sauces. So dare to be different and pick out an apple you don’t recognize this apple season, like a gravenstein or a wolf river.

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flower power They’re bright, cheery, fragrant and just plain pretty.

Sprinkled throughout the square are stands brimming with colorful flowers that will light up any home. So buy flowers for your mom, a loved one or even treat yourself to a bouquet because between all of the options, there is one just for you.

While it may seem like the first bouquet you find is the one, shop around before making the commitment. Vendors carry flowers on all sides of the market and you don’t want to regret having botany too soon.

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Stella’s Spicy Cheese bread You enter the market and immediately jump into one of the lines that extend from all sides of Stella’s to buy a loaf of bread.

Yes, it sounds silly, but it’s more than just bread, it’s freshly baked with the melting taste of the gooey cheese infused in every soft bite with just the right kick of flavor from the spices. It’s a gift.

As you wait, mouth watering in anticipation for the the warm taste of the spicy cheese bread, you fail to come up with anything that makes you happier than the taste of the delightful carbs you’re about to eat. Though the line is lengthy, it moves quickly and when you take your first bite, it will be worth it.

Stopping at Stella’s is a staple at the market. While you wander from stand to stand you tear off a hunk to snack on, hoping it’s a cheesier bite. It’s also the perfect snack for sharing with friends since it comes in such a large package; or just eat it all yourself because it’s delicious. Stella’s is near the State Street entrance to the farmer’s market, you’ll know you’ve found it when you see a swarm of people smiling while they wait for their market-day treat.

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hey pumpkin As October approaches and pumpkin season says hello, pumpkins and gourds are the name of the game. Use them for baking scrumptious pies or scoop out the seeds to bake in the oven. They are also a great way to decorate your apartment— try painting, carving or even using fun props to make them look cute or spooky.

6 fresh tips for wandering the market Whether you’re a farmer’s market veteran or new to the square, these fresh tips help get the most out of your shopping experience.

1. Take two laps The first lap is to observe. The second is to make the purchase.

While taking in the initial scene compare produce quality to price.

The first deal you see is not always the best deal. Take note of which places have the best apples, cheese, berries or veggies and remember which stands to stop back on the second lap. This is also the ideal time to enjoy the atmosphere and take in the sites of the market—buying snacks to munch on while you stroll market is always a great idea as well.

During the second lap stop back at your predetermined favorite stands and fork over your cash.

While you’re making the purchase take the time to learn more about what you’re buying.

2. Get to know your local farmer Everything sold at the market was grown or produced in Wisconsin. This opens up a unique opportunity for customers to learn the story behind what we’re eating.

Most farmers will delight in sharing details about their farm, products and practices.

If visiting an apple orchard, dairy farm or pumpkin patch interests you, ask them where they’re located and if they welcome visitors.

3. Try some free samples Whether it’s freshly fried cheese curds, a spoonful of sweet maple syrup or a chip with salsa, the market is riddled with delicious free samples. Try it all, even if it is unfamiliar to you. If you like the sample, ask the vendor more about the product and consider buying it.

4. Bring your own bag Since you’re likely planning on buying all of the things, think about bringing your own reusable bag to the market.

Though many vendors do provide bags, they are often of the thin, plastic variety that break easily and hold little. Bringing your own bag is not only environmental, but also convenient.

5. Try something new It’s easy to fall into a routine when it comes to shopping for food. Though traditions like eating Stella’s spicy cheese bread while walking around the square are important, challenge yourself to try something new. Who knows, this could be how you start your new favorite tradition.

6. Don’t bring Buddy Despite the sense that this would be a great time to take your pup out for a walk, unfortunately pets are not welcome at the farmer’s market—it’s a safety concern, according to the market website.

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Sweet as honey It’s nature’s nectar and sweet as can be. Throughout the market, honey is sold in mason, bear and honeycomb jars in a variety of sizes.

Yet another product sold at many stands, take time to compare prices and sizes as you wander around the market. If you’re a honey lover and can’t wait for something sweet to sip on, purchase a honey stick for just some pocket change.

The Honey Man is a farmer’s market celebrity with his beehive hat and bright yellow outfit. If you ask nicely, this local star might even say “cheese” for a photo with you.

If you carrot all about finding the best deals, you’ll have to start looking at the fresh produce around the market.

Onions, peppers, broccoli, chard, kale and more are bought in large quantities at bargain prices. Buying carrots that are colors of the rainbow, not just neon orange, is just another way to make the market experience special.

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UW-Madison fraternity to host legendary ‘Shots for Tots’ charity night

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Hoping to spur positive discussions about philanthropy and child welfare, UW-Madison fraternity DSD announced Monday a brandnew event on campus, set for the 24th of September. The event, titled “Shots for Tots,” will be a social event for students on campus to not only dance the night away, but also create important dialogue about child poverty in Madison and the U.S. Dawson Miller, local chapter president for DSD, said that this event was the idea of many

new pledges.

“Yeah, in the midst of having the freshmen drink two gallons of orange juice each for their initiation, we realized that many children living in our own country don’t even have access to orange juice, let alone other things. It was then that we said we had to do something,” Miller said.

The event will take place at the DSD Fraternity House on Langdon Street, and will feature many different activities to help foster honest conversation about the state of our nation’s youth. Event organizer and DSD member Zeke Trenton told

The Daily Cardinal that “All Solo Cups distributed throughout the night will have the face of a small child looking up longingly with an empty bowl saying, ‘Don’t let me go hungry tonight.’ In addition, for each second someone successfully completes a keg stand, DSD will donate 10 cents to Boys & Girls Club of America.”

Also featured at the event will be a flip-cup table with handwritten letters from homeless children and a snack table complete with updated statistics about childhood hunger.

Admission is only $5, and will go toward the cost of the event.

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This little tot hoped to benefit from the philanthropy event ‘Shots for Tots.’

Upcoming iPhone 7s rumored to do away with battery completely

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This leaked photo of the iPhone 7s shows two UW-Madison students very busy snapchatting and texting on the new revolutionary phone.

Following the iPhone 7’s Sept.

7 release, rumors have already surfaced that the iPhone 7s will lack a battery or any form of electronic capability.

The rumors were born after Apple CEO Tim Cook was interviewed by The Daily Cardinal reporters and asked about the new specs coming in six months.

“Oh, you’ll love it,” said Tim, giggling like a little school girl.

“We at Apple pride ourselves on imagination and ingenuity, and

what screams imagination more than texting from a dead phone?”

The idea to do away with batteries is believed to stem from an intern by the name of Jim-Bob whose girlfriend broke up with him earlier in the year.

“He just looked so heartbroken,” said Tim Cook, “Sitting there, reading the long essay she sent him through iMessage, I just thought: Hey, what if little Jim-Bob never even saw that text? What if he saw a friendly reminder to brush his teeth from Mom? We can save so many people from being sad or upset just by taking out that pesky battery… oops, wasn’t supposed to say that, it’s top secret.”

The reception of this announcement has been overwhelmingly positive, with many considering it to be the greatest breakthrough in Apple history. Sexually frustrated waitress Kelly Liken is especially looking forward to snapchatting her boss

on the new phone. “Oh, I can just imagine it now… some candles, nice music, incense and a little notification that says ‘John has sent you a Snapchat,’” remarked Liken, a flushed look coming across her face.

Samsung’s CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon sat down with Cardinal reporters earlier in the week to get his thoughts on the new development.

“I really don’t know how we’re losing to these guys anymore.

Did I tell you guys we have wireless charging now? WIRELESS CHARGING MAN. I’ve got nothing left to give… they buy anything that Apple makes,” Kwon said.

Despite his complaints, sources say Kwon was investing massive amounts of money into Apple prior to the 7’s release.

At press time Tim Cook could be seen slyly looking at the camera and slowly unscrewing the case of an iPhone 7, giddy with anticipation to announce the 7s.

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“I don’t think he realized that anyone talking to him over the phone would have heard Kanye

West playing in the background,” said a field reporter.

“It was a mess,” another correspondent stated. “Aside from mispronouncing ‘psychology’ three different times, he kept reaffirming how useful his lanyard had been in the past couple of weeks.”

“It was really annoying,” said Matt’s roommate Paul, “getting a call from [Matt’s] parents, asking if he was doing something stupid. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that he’s always doing something stupid.”

Eyes on the scene reported that beforehand, Matt had been following his only friend at the party around “like a lost puppy.”

However, according to his 76-second-long Snapchat story, Matt Baker found the experience “LIT AF.” The next morning, when asked about how he felt the phone call went, Matt’s only words were “I am never drinking again.”

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Tuition freeze misses intended goals HAE RIN LEE opinion columnist There are many downsides of the wide-scale economic recession, and one of them happen to be the increase of the tuition costs in higher education. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, the national average for tuition at public four-year institutions saw an increase from $3,486 in 1990-’91 to $9,139 in 2014’15, which is a roughly 161 percent increase, after being adjusted for inflation. In order to continue to offer educational opportunities to increasingly demanding student bodies, one of the common practices some public universities— including UW-Madison—have adopted is a tuition freeze.

By definition, a tuition freeze is a mutual agreement between institutions and their respective states to not raise tuition for a certain period by receiving the increased support from the state. Such practice may serve as a temporary fix for a certain time period but would never become a permanent one that may resolve the institutional cost with long-term affordability plans. And, is the tuition freeze really serving its intended purpose to the fullest?

First, does it provide more affordable education for in-state students? The answer is no. The tuition and fees shown in the website of the Office of the Registrar states the cost of 12-18 credits for a resident in the fall semester of 2014 was $5,205.12 and $5,207.88 in fall of 2015. And this Fall 2016 semester, it has risen back to $5,244.24.

The cost for in-state students at UW-Madison continues to rise— $10,930 in 2014, $11,484 in 2015 and $12,066 in 2016.

The tuition freeze policy is not

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UW-Madison has lost more than it has gained as a result of the mandated in-state tuition freeze. working to combat the rising cost of an education for out-of-state or international students.

Second, does it maintain the number of students and faculty intact with quality education?

Even though UW-Madison saw an increase of enrollment from 42,865 to 43,064 from 2014-’15 to 2015’16, UW-Milwaukee observed a decrease, therefore decreasing the total enrollment head count among the universities from 70,878 to 70,183. There was a general trend of decrease on the enrollment rates throughout the UW System. Also, the tuition freeze on in-state students increased the tuition rates for out-of-state and international students, hampering their ability to apply and attend the university, possibly contributing to the overall decrease in enrollment rates.

The attack on tenured professors and budget cuts have also encouraged many experienced fac-

ulty members to move away from the state. The tuition freeze resulted in stagnating revenues in the system, which had to cut spending on research, grants and other administrative expenditures in order to compensate. Therefore, it has not helped to secure the number of students in place, but also discouraged faculty members from staying.

Third, will the UW System in general receive more active funding from the state in the mutual procurement of quality education?

According to a June 3 article by the Wisconsin State Journal, Gov. Scott Walker is interested in adopting a performance-based funding increase for the institution. It seems like a powerful incentive by the state to force institutions to become more efficient in educating and shaping young people. However, I predict a problem will be that key criterion focuses too much on the job-placement rate of students.

The governor’s office hinted that the criteria would be similar to the outcome-based funding for technical colleges that ties a growing percentage of their budgets to how well they perform in categories such as graduates’ job placement and the number of degrees colleges award in high-demand fields.

It is good to see an attempt to increase funding to the UW System, however, one key component missing in the plan is the possibility that quite a number of students in the institution are not directly focused on getting immediate jobs after graduation.

In contrast to technical colleges, the education at this university is not entirely focused on specific job training. As such, not all students may be interested in pursuing steady employment after graduation, possibly thinking of going to graduate schools or other professional schools to get addi-

tional training. Thus, potentially directly focusing the state funding based on student job placements is a rather hasty decision to make, ignoring the meaning of true quality education—students are limited to fields of study they may pursue and may not land a job in fields they’re actually interested in.

If students are forced into fields they may not want to pursue, would it truly benefit society and increase job performance rates? Probably not. In addition, many students understand that because there is an increase in the number of college students seeking jobs, job competition may be fierce, even for those who receive a world-class education.

So simply judging the university’s performance based on job placement is a seriously misleading factor that ignores the nature of the current job market. This suggests that perhaps the state should consider basing its funding to the institution on slightly different criteria than those it places on the technical colleges in order to make education more efficient.

Unfortunately, the intended goals of the tuition freeze at UW System aren’t being achieved.

Universities, whether public or private, all serve the same purpose—extending the benefits of education to the largest population possible at the best quality.

If the university is not doing its best to achieve that purpose, then some adjustments should be made to ensure a better future.

Hae Rin is a junior majoring in history. Should the state legislature pursue other options to ensure that all students receive the best eduation possible? Send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Students need to strive for balance in everyday college life LILLY HANSON opinion columnist There are 43,193 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. These 43,193 students are trying to complete assignments on time. These 43,193 students are attempting to attend all the club kick-off meetings they signed up for at the Student Organization Fair. And these 43,193 students enrolled at UW-Madison are trying to find the perfect balance between school and their social lives.

There is nothing more educational than learning it is OK to sit alone and eat lunch.

“The best four years of your life” is a phrase synonymously associated with your experiences in college. But how can a student make sure they are having the best years? Do they immerse themselves in homework, do all the readings assigned and receive the best education possible? Or do they fill their calendar with social opportunities and make friends that will last a lifetime (sorry, cliché number two about college)?

The first two years of my

Wisconsin experience were filled with meeting new people and going to random events because, “Hey, they’re going to have free food there.” I wanted to make my college experience exactly like the ones I had seen in the movies. I was taking the lackadaisical viewpoint that education in the classroom was important, but there was no better learning opportunity than forcing myself to go to as many Facebook events as I could. My Snapchat list of friends grew substantially, as did my pile of readings that I hadn’t gotten around to doing. But I was living the college life, wasn’t I? Now in my junior year of college, my viewpoint on the purpose of college has changed. I find myself more proud when I finish all 67 pages of a textbook chapter than when I make a friend who I will spend the rest of college awkwardly nodding at when I pass them at the crosswalk at the intersection of Park and University. Perhaps it is that I am tired of clicking that “I’m interested” button for another “free taco” Tuesday event that will result in me slyly grabbing a soft shell as I dodge talking to the club organizers. Or maybe it is the small shadow of internships, job experience and post-graduate life that has begun to grow at the small of my back.

I’m not saying the freshmen of

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UW-Madison students devote time to both their social lives and education in their four years in school.

Madison need to put on a full suit, head down to the Career Fair and secure an interview with a company.

I know I didn’t even bring a dress shirt to wear my first semester.

‘The best four years of your life’ is a phrase synonymously associated with your experiences in college.

But I am saying it is important to always remind yourself the reason why you are pursuing four years of higher education.

There is nothing more educational than learning it is OK to sit alone and eat lunch, or the life skills you acquire after a week of living without your parents. And part of college is becoming confident with who you are as a person. But use the information you learn in class to help you. Become an amazing person, but also an amazing student.

As students at UW-Madison, we must find a balance in our education here at college. While we are here to have fun, we are also here to work hard. I know there is nothing worse than being assigned homework right before the weekend, but there is also

nothing worse than being granted the opportunity to educate yourself further and not taking it.

You don’t have to go to every single one of your professor’s office hours, but just make sure that you don’t choose going to a “free T-shirt for the first 20 students” event over going the extra mile with your studies.

Lilly is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts. What balance do you think students should strike between socializing and studying? What life skills have you learned in your college experience? Please send all questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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WEEKEND, SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2016 DAILYCARDINAL.COM

Men’s Golf

Frozen tee: UW golf seeking prominance Despite the cold climate, golf has found a home in Madison

By Ben Pickman THE DAILY CARDINAL

Junior Eddie Wajda stepped into the first tee box at the Indiana Intercollegiate Invitational last April hoping to play three high-quality rounds of golf. Mother Nature, though, had other ideas. Rain and hail had already caused the Badgers’ normal Saturday practice round to be canceled. With temperatures hovering around 35 degrees and hail and snow sprinkled throughout the golf course, Wajda and the Badgers were informed Sunday afternoon that they would not have to battle the putrid weather conditions for three rounds this week, but instead only two.

The Wisconsin golf team is used to bad weather, however. Wajda’s attitude, “adapt and be an athlete,” is a mindset that is shared throughout the team. The Badgers know that their Midwest climate isn’t the same as Florida’s or Arizona’s. Bad weather is not an excuse, and for UW, it’s barely a hindrance. No matter what the wicked Wisconsin winters have to say about it, the Badgers are working to build an elite program in a state that is surprisingly full of elite golf courses.

“You saw the guys playing [major tournaments] and thought that someday, maybe you could do that.”

Andy North professional golfer

The biggest key for the Badgers to combat the Wisconsin cold is their pristine indoor training facility.

Renovated in 2012, the Badgers are able to practice indoors at the UW Golf Training Center at University Ridge, its home golf course, for much of the winter. The facility has a large chipping and putting area and multiple heated bays so UW can hit balls out on the range in the middle of a blizzard or rain storm. Such facilities are now standard in the Big Ten, as Midwestern schools have realized that to build elite golf programs, they need to make sure their golfers can practice year-round.

Andy North, a two-time US Open Champion and Thorp, Wis. native, didn’t have such high-quality indoor facilities accessible to him when he was growing up in this state.

As a result, when it was time for the Wisconsin golf legend to make his college decision, he went to the University of Florida, trading snowballs for sunshine.

“I thought at that point in time if I was going to try and compete at the highest level I probably needed to go to a school where the weather was better,” North said. “They didn’t have indoor practice facilities or all the wonderful facilities that have been created in the past 20 years around the Big Ten.” North, like so many other Wisconsin residents, grew up frequently playing golf in the Wisconsin snow, something he said was necessary if you wanted to be competitive in the Midwest. The winter months

also served as North’s break from golf, though, and became a time to play other sports, which might not have been such a bad thing for the major champion.

“They didn’t have indoor practice failities or all the wonderful facilities that have been created in the past 20 years around the Big Ten.” Andy North professional golfer

“I think one of the neat things about growing up in the state of Wisconsin was that you had the opportunity to get away from the game so that when you had a chance to play you were so geared up to play and gung ho that you really worked hard to play,” North said. “I think over a long period of time that probably made me a better player.”

Wajda, a Brookfield, Wis. resident, echoed North’s sentiment.

“Something that a lot of people don’t realize is when you play golf it’s very easy to get burnt out so having those winter months, you have the ability to kind of recharge your batteries and rest up in order to get ready for the spring,” he said. “And then once spring comes and you can get outside you’re so excited that it’s easy to work hard as you’re itching to play real golf instead of just hitting balls indoors.”

But another key for the Wisconsin golf program in their battle against Mother Nature is not actually staying in the Midwest or indoors for much of the winter. Coach Mike Burcin says that three or four times a month during the winter, the Badgers take trips down South or West to mitigate the cold weather issue.

Such practice trips not only keep the Badger golfers fresh, but are also a good selling point to recruits around the country.

Burcin says that regardless of what institution you are at, you have to sell two things from a group of three keys.

“Academics, athletics, and program,” Burcin says. “We’re not missing anything and at the end of the day recruiting goes back to who are you gonna target.”

Burcin has a clear philosophy on who exactly he targets, one that he’s fine-tuned in part thanks to the coach of another elite UW program: Greg Gard.

“You know, Greg Gard has a great line which I’ve piggybacked on: ‘don’t chase rabbits,’” Burcin says. “Don’t chase kids you don’t have a connection to or don’t have a strong interest in you.”

The Badgers are confident they can build an elite program in the Midwest. The University of Illinois has done just that as they sport a topfive program nationally year-in and year-out. And while the University of Wisconsin might be known more for its football and basketball teams, the state as a whole is also nationally known for its elite golf courses, something Burcin sells as a differentiating

factor for his program compared to other Big Ten schools.

“From kind of the central Midwest to the north Midwest there is no other state that gets as much national or international coverage for their golf as Wisconsin based on their professional events,” Burcin said.

“Whether it’s the PGAs at Whistling Straits, the U.S. Open at Erin Hills or the Ryder Cup at Erin Hills in 2020, the golf in Wisconsin is as good as it gets for any state in the country relative to our weather and the golf conditions that we have.”

The Madison fan base was even able to show off its passion for the game this past June, when the Champions Tour hosted a tournament at the Badgers’ home golf course at University Ridge.

“We had 60,000 people come to the Champions Tour event that was at our golf course this summer,” Burcin said. “It was the highestattended event on the Champions Tour which is unbelievable in Madison, a town of 300,000.”

Of course, while just having major championships and the Ryder Cup in the state is a major recruiting selling point for the Wisconsin program, practicing at such courses rather frequently is an even bigger advantage.

“I think our coach Mike Burcin is the first one to say that having those sorts of events inside of the state, getting to say that we get to play tournaments at Erin Hills or take day trips to Whistling Straits is definitely a recruiting tool because every golfer would love to play [at] those places,” Wajda said. “It’s something we have the ability to do right here at Wisconsin.”

When North was a kid growing up in Wisconsin, the state routinely hosted the Greater Milwaukee Open, but that was it. No Majors. No Ryder Cup.

“The golf in Wisconsin is as good as it gets for any state in the country.”

Mike Burcin head coach Wisconsin Men’s Golf

“As a kid, that was what you sort of looked at. You saw the guys playing them and thought that someday, maybe you could do that,” North said.

But today, kids growing up in Wisconsin watch the best players in the world play at world-renowned golf courses that are within driving distance of their homes. The Wisconsin golf program isn’t a national powerhouse just yet, but the current group of Badgers thinks that they can go to NCAA’s this season.

It took only one tournament for the Badgers to feel as if this team is better than last year’s team.

The elite golf courses are available. The recruits are interested. And whether indoors or outdoors, in rain or sunshine, the Badgers golf program is improving as well.

So if you rain or snow or hail on their parade, it won’t matter. This program is coming on strong.

JESSI SCHOVILLE/THE DAILY CARDINAL

Ann-Renée Desbiens will lead a Badgers team that has all the tools to win a championship for the first time in five years.

Johnson needs to stand and deliver for Badgers this season BOBBY EHRLICH Thursday thoughts

Mark Johnson and Carl Spackler, Bill Murray’s character in “Caddyshack,” have something unusual in common: Gophers are their kryptonite.

For Murray, it was a pesky gopher digging up the golf course that he was supposed to be maintaining. For Johnson, it’s a gopher of the golden variety, one that resides about four hours north of Madison.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers have ended the Wisconsin women’s hockey team’s season the last three years.

And since the Badgers won it all in 2011, Minnesota has ended their season four out of those five years. The Gophers have become an insurmountable hump for Mark Johnson’s squads.

A year ago, Wisconsin lost just four games. Three of those losses were to Minnesota. Wisconsin did not drop a contest at home, going 21-0, including beating the Golden Gophers twice at LaBahn Arena early in the campaign. The Badgers then beat Minnesota again in the championship game of the WCHA Final Face-Off. But it wasn’t the win Wisconsin needed. Two weeks later, the Golden Gophers ended the Badgers historic season with a 3-2 overtime win in the Frozen Four semifinals.

Johnson, never one to sugarcoat, is well aware of his team’s struggles against their archrival.

“Certainly disappointing to be in the same situation three years in a row and we haven’t been able to get over the hump,” Johnson said after last year’s loss.

Over the five years since they won the title, the Badgers are 4-19-2, a .160 winning percentage, against Minnesota. And three of those four wins came last year in a season where it looked as if Wisconsin had all the tools to get over the hump.

Ultimately though, they could not, and the pesky Gophers got the last laugh again.

If last year wasn’t the year for Mark Johnson to finally vanquish the Gophers, then this season has to be. Wisconsin returns its two best players, senior goalie AnnRenée Desbiens and junior forward Annie Pankowski, both of whom are capable of being the top player in the nation at their respective positions.

Desbiens was named the USCHO Player of the Year after breaking NCAA records for single-season shutouts, save percentage and goals-against average. Pankowski led the team in points for the second straight year, scoring 22 goals. Oh, and they also return leading goal scorer Sarah Nurse, as well as Emily Clark who finished second on the team in goals.

Johnson’s job is most definitely not on thin ice. After all, he’s won four national championships and has been to nine Frozen Fours. But after three years of the same failure, Johnson must figure out how to mentally motivate his team to beat Minnesota. There were years that Minnesota was simply the better team. But last year this was not the case: The two were about as even as could be, but Wisconsin couldn’t get the job done on the big stage.

The Badgers will have their strongest team in the past five seasons this year. The time to beat Minnesota and add another national championship trophy to their collection is now. Johnson, an intensely competitive coach, certainly knows this. He also knows that to cement his legacy as one of the best Badgers in history, Johnson will need to get his team over the hump. If he doesn’t, he will (sadly) suffer from the Les Miles/Nick Saban effect: Even though Johnson consistently captains a stellar program, the lack of recent championships could haunt him and his legacy.

He’s led his team to the apex before. It’s time to stand and deliver once again.