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Last April, UW-Madison’s student government and administrators partnered to conduct a pilot program that would evaluate the cost and feasibility of permanently providing free menstrual products in campus restrooms. Now, the idea is spreading across the UW System UW-La Crosse Student Body President Jacob Schimmel spearheaded an effort to bring free menstrual products to their campus as well. After multiple meetings with school faculty, Schimmel plans to have the first menstrual product dispensers in both academic and nonacademic buildings throughout campus operating within the next two weeks. “Our administration was able to be pushed to do this because they are open-minded, and they went out of the way to understand what was going on for women,” Schimmel said. “Once the machines get here, probably in the next week or two, we will be putting those into the academic building bathrooms, as many as we can.” According to Schimmel, the push for free menstrual products on campus is gathering support at other UW System schools. He said groups from UW-Eau Claire and UW-Milwaukee have expressed interest in the program. “I think it has a good chance of spreading because our administration was willing to take on that fiscal cost alone, and I think that will help nudge other campuses toward doing something similar,” Schimmel said. UW-Madison’s Associated Students of Madison, the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration and Facilities Planning & Management are moving forward with their pilot program. According to Steven Wagner, the communications director for Facilities Planning & Management, ASM and UW-Madison faculty are working together to determine the effect
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Ken Adams is a senior at Horizon High School, a recovery school for teens with substance abuse. Nestled in a strip mall, the school acts a living, as well as learning space, for students.
New Horizons Recovery schools part of solution to end opioid epidemic By Lilly Price STATE NEWS EDITOR
Without Horizon High School, a recovery high school for teens with substance abuse, 17-year-old Ken Adams says he wouldn’t be alive. “It saved my life,” the high school senior said. Although Adams attends the school sculpted for teens recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, he’s never had an addiction problem. He does, however, struggle with major depression and anxiety and attempted suicide at age 15. “I hit my rock bottom and then I showed up here and fell in love with it,” Adams said. Horizon High School, which is currently the only recovery high school in all of Wisconsin, is a 10 minute drive from UW-Madison’s campus. It’s tucked away in the middle of a one-story strip mall of weathered Glass Nickel pizza stores, hot yoga studios and other businesses. But inside the small building,
the 15-student school changes lives. It’s equipped with all the staples of a regular high school: books, chalkboards, pens and paper strewn about. But it also acts as a living space where students lounge on couches, watch TV and enjoy each other’s company. For many students at Horizon, going to school feels like going home. While Horizon may be unique to Wisconsin, recovery high schools are not new to the nation. Schools emphasizing mental health and substance abuse recovery are cropping up around the country in an effort to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. There are around 40 recovery high schools across the country. Wisconsin is following the lead of other midwestern states that have successful schools for their residents. This year, the state Legislature passed legislation nearly unanimously to establish and fund a charter recovery school in Wisconsin. The location of the
school is currently in the works. The legislation calls for the Office of Educational Opportunity in the UW System to contract with a person to open and operate a new recovery school with no more than 15 students as a four-year pilot program. Those who have applied for the charter suggested co-locating the recovery school in an existing high school, using part of an existing mental health facility or leasing a space for the school. Taking a student out of a big school can mean they’re removed from their drug dealer or a friend group that uses and placed in a one-on-one environment. “We’re finding in the area of substance use disorders [recovery schools] are very effective relative to similar kids who have been through treatment and then went back to a regular school setting,” said Dr. Paul Moberg, a research professor at the UW Population Health Institute, who has studied implementation and effective-
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Gordon’s Flamingo Run began accepting food stamps this Monday — and they’ve already had their first transaction. Last spring, University Housing announced it would begin the process to make all dining halls and campus markets food stamp-accessible. While the Gordon’s convenience store is the first UW site, housing officials told The Daily Cardinal they plan to evaluate its success during the school year and hope to expand access across campus. For Garrett Pauli, a UW-Madison senior, food insecurity has affected his time on campus, as he often stretched loan money and relied on unhealthy — but free — options for food. This led him to apply for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, otherwise known as food stamps. “Food insecurity affects people in both subtle and dramatic ways,” Pauli said. “It can be as nuanced as not being able to eat when you are out with friends at a restaurant or going stretches of time without eating or only eating ramen.” On college campuses, students like Pauli aren’t alone — roughly 20 percent of students at four-year institutions have ”very low food security,” according to The National Campaign Against Student Hunger and Homelessness. Brooke Evans, a UW-Madison alumna, activist and a SNAP beneficiary herself, spearheaded the food stamp initiative on campus over the course of three years. After living as a homeless student at UW-La Crosse and UW-Madison, she wondered why she couldn’t use her SNAP benefits on campus. “I too want to eat next to my peers as a vital component of the campus experience and Wisconsin Experience,” Evans said last spring. She worked with faculty, staff, Union Council and others before
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Eight Democrats have already announced they are running for governor, and still more may enter the race at a later date. By Noah Habenstreit ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary is scheduled for Aug. 14, 2018. That distant date hasn’t stopped a flurry of Democrats from jumping in to challenge Gov. Scott Walker — but some insiders question whether any of them can actually beat the incumbent. Nearly 11 months out, eight Democrats have already declared their candidacies. Still others, including Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, are weighing a run and are expected to decide soon. The Democrats certainly aren’t lacking for quantity of candidates, but it’s possible the right candidate has already passed the race by. Well-known national figures, such as U.S. Reps. Ron Kind and Mark Pocan, said early on they would not run. Is Walker bound for a third term, as many GOP backers and some experts claim? Here are a few of the most viable candidates looking to buck forecasters’ predictions and oust the governor. Kathleen Vinehout: Vinehout, a seasoned state senator from rural western Wisconsin, is the most recent candidate to announce a run. She’s no stranger to gubernatorial races — she lost in the
Democratic primary in the 2012 recall election and dropped out of the 2014 race due to an injury. A 59-year-old dairy farmer, Vinehout has served in the state Senate since 2006. There is reason to think she will be one of the leading contenders for the nomination, as she won the WisPolitics.com straw poll at the 2017 state Democratic convention with support from 38 percent of conventioneers. However, critics on the left point out that Vinehout has a somewhat mixed record on social issues, including a murky history on reproductive rights and a controversial vote to allow off-duty and retired police officers to carry guns in schools. If elected, she said she would aim to implement free tuition at Wisconsin’s two-year and technical colleges. Tony Evers: Evers, the recently re-elected state superintendent of education, is the only Democratic candidate on the ballot who has been elected to a statewide post. That may mean he has the best name recognition of any challenger on the ballot, although most of the candidates are relative unknowns. Evers’ message and background in education may resonate with voters who are upset with Walker over state cuts to
K-12 school funding throughout his tenure. He also has the advantage of having lived and supervised school districts throughout the state. He has labor backing, including from the powerful teachers’ unions, and executive experience. But like the rest of the Democrats, Evers has shown no sign of having the infrastructure to keep up with Walker’s fundraising prowess. In his recent bid for re-election, Evers raised roughly $440,000. In 2014, Walker spent $36 million. Dana Wachs: Wachs, a 60-year-old state representative from Eau Claire, has focused his campaign on his history of fighting for the middle class and average Wisconsinites both in the state Legislature and as an attorney. Wachs is another candidate from outside the Madison or Milwaukee metropolitan areas, which many Democratic operatives see as a positive. The last three Democratic nominees for governor have been from the largest and most liberal areas of the state. Wachs came in a distant second to Vinehout in WisPolitics. com’s straw poll at the 2017 state Democratic convention, earning 13 percent of the vote. He said if elected governor, he would invest more money in the UW System.
Paul Soglin: Soglin has not yet made a public decision on running, but for many Madison residents, he’s the most recognizable name on this list. The long-time Madison mayor has generally stayed out of statewide politics, but apparently had a change of heart earlier this year when he announced he was considering a run for governor. He still hasn’t made an official decision. Soglin has made it clear he sees himself cast in the same mold as U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Not only does Soglin share Sanders’ general aesthetic and demeanor, but, much like the senator, he also falls to the left of most Democrats on many policy issues. But critics say that while Soglin talks a big game about social progressivism, his actions haven’t matched his words — especially on the issue of homelessness. And furthermore, many statewide Democrats think nominating the mayor of Madison — seen by much of the state as “77 square miles surrounded by reality” — would effectively hand Walker the election. There are a number of other Democratic candidates who are running or considering running for governor. Visit www. dailycardinal.com for a more indepth story on the race.
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A Madison teenager was arrested Tuesday night after pulling a taser on an employee as a local sandwich shop, Cheba Hut.
A Madison teenager was arrested late Tuesday night for pulling a taser on two Cheba Hut employees after they attempted to kick her out of the sandwich shop. R’Mani D.S. Norman, a 19-yearold, became belligerent and attacked the employees, repeatedly biting one and pulling the hair of the other, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. The situation began when the employees booted Norman from the restaurant after she refused to leave the restroom she was occupying along with a male companion.
Norman then made a scene, throwing racks of potato chips and newspapers and yelling. When the employees followed the suspect outside the restaurant, she proceeded to “hack a fat loogie” in one of their faces, according to a witness. Norman then pulled out a “taser type weapon” while pulling the hair of the other employee. Eventually, one of the employees was able to subdue the suspect until the police reached the scene. Norman was arrested for possession of an electric weapon, battery and disorderly conduct.
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from charter page 1 ness of recovery schools. Under the law, the state willgrant $50,000 in start-up costs to the new recovery school as long as that amount is matched in donations. The state will also grant $8,000 for each student at the school, as they do for every charter in Wisconsin, for four years. By the fifth year, the school must be self-sufficient. “The big question for applicants is in year five, do you have the ability to fund that $8,000 [per student] that was initially state money?” said Gary Bennett, director of the Office of Educational Opportunity. Creating a state-funded charter recovery school is still in the early stages. Currently, Bennett is accepting applications from schools that want to operate the charter. A large part of his decision, which will be announced sometime in October, comes down to which com-
munity could support the school if awarded it. Horizon is not a charter school, but rather a private nonprofit that receives funding from Madison Metropolitan school district and makes up their deficit with private donations. The school is constantly fundraising just to keep its doors open. “They send us the kids [Madison School District] had no success educating,” said Traci Goll, director of Horizon High School. “It’s not because they’re not a great school district, but because it’s so big and overwhelming...so many of our students would slip through the cracks.” “Nobody skips [class] here. I know where they are,” Goll added, who is also friends with many students on social media. “If they’re not here I text them ‘where are you?’” In order to attend Horizon, students have to actively want to get clean and already be in addiction therapy. The same rule will apply at the new charter. Recovery schools
pair traditional academic curriculum with therapy and counseling sessions, drug testing and a commitment of living a healthy, happy and sober life. On Oct. 17 Horizon is holding an open house for the community to see the work they’re doing firsthand. Organizations in Wisconsin are interested in Horizon’s success, Goll said. Currently, there is talk about another recovery high school opening in Racine, separate from the state’s charter plans. For Adams, the close-knit, small school atmosphere was exactly what he needed to get his life back on track. Last December, his father passed away from a drug overdose. It was the hardest part of his life, he says, but Horizon helped him get through it. “We’re like a family.” Adams said. “We all care about each other. We all love each other. We’re all going to be there for each other when we need it.”
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Traci Goll, the director of New Horizons High School (left), is friends with her pupils on social media to hold them accounable. Kevin Adams, a student (right), said the school saved his life. from stamps page 1 inviting Director of University Housing Jeff Novak to meet with the Associated Students of Madison in March 2017. After the receiving approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Novak and his team worked to mark all eligible items so they could be read by an Electron Benefits Transfer at sale — each state has its own payment system and the university must invest in card readers in order to
accept food stamps as payment. As of now, the Flamingo Run in Gordon is the only campus location to join the program. Novak said going forward, each additional campus location needs to apply individually for eligibility. While all campus markets will be eligible, guidelines state that no more than 50 percent of food purchased with SNAP can be prepared on-site — disqualifying all dining halls. Besides University Housing, the Union also hopes to begin accepting food stamps sometime this year, according to Union Council member
Sydney Weiser. Union restaurants, like dining halls, would not be eligible, but they could implement a program in the Badger Markets. For Evans, seeing UW-Madison become food stamp-accessible is “by far” one of her proudest accomplishments. “This was one project of many to continue closing the gap in quality of life and experience between students of different socioeconomic statuses,” she said. “I will return to my institution and purchase food with my FoodShare next to my peers fortunate enough to not need its assistance.”
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UW student groups gather to support disaster aid efforts By Luisa de Vogel SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Students gathered in the crowded Multicultural Student Center Wednesday night for the Latinx Fuerte Fundraiser to show their support for communities affected by Hurricane Maria and the recent earthquake that struck Mexico last Tuesday. Organizations from across campus came together to raise money and share traditional Latin food in light of recent natural disasters in Latin America. “I think it’s really important to be there for other Mexicans because they also have family in the U.S,” Aracely Becerra, secretary of Lambda Theda Alpha Latin Sorority, said. “This is the only way we can help them all the way from Wisconsin.” Nahin Cano, a UW-Madison senior and Powers-Knapp Scholar, organized the event. She said was disappointed that “there wasn’t really anything that was bringing a ton of different orgs together on campus.” Many students expressed a desire to help with disaster relief in Latin America after being disappointed in the response from the U.S. government. “I want to support my friends and to support those affected in Mexico and Puerto Rico because it’s largely forgotten in the news media,” Max Vicher, a UW-Madison sophomore, said. Originally, Cano planned to
from menstrual page 1 and benefits of the program. “We are dividing up the duties,” Wagner said. “[Facilities Planning & Management] install the dispensers, stock them and keep track of what is being used. ASM publicizes the program, and is supposed to be collecting feedback from the students about the program.” The dispensers — found in the women’s restrooms in Helen C. White and Sterling Hall, as well as all the restrooms in the Red Gym — cost the university $3,070, according to Wagner. Since the pro-
host a movie night for the fundraiser. However, after over 150 people responded to the event on Facebook and dozens of student organizations volunteered to contribute, it was changed to a potluck where students could discuss the issues at hand. Prior to Wednesday’s event, Latinx Fuerte had raised approximately $150, but by the end of the night, the group had raised over $1,600. The money will be donated to United For Puerto Rico and a rural town in Mexico that was affected by the earthquakes. “Most of those areas [where the money is going] get neglected,” Jesús Deltoro, a UW-Madison student and member of the Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity said. “Most funds go to the Capitol, these areas are often the most affected but don’t get enough help.” Deltoro hopes this event can be the first of many to raise awareness and funds in light of the recent disasters. “Given the recent natural disasters, it is important to find a space to come together,” Deltoro said. “This won’t be the last event.” Latinx Fuerte will be collecting donations for the rest of the week on Venmo at @ Latinx-Fuerte. Non-monetary donations for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico are being collected in the Red Gym and the Microbial Sciences building until mid-October.
gram began, 767 tampons and 493 menstrual pads have been dispensed in Helen C. White. The student and faculty organizations involved will meet to determine the fate of the program once it expires at the end of the semester. ASM Chair Katrina Morrison — who has contacted other Big Ten schools with similar programs on how best to implement the program — said she is confident UW-Madison will adopt it. “Based on what we have been hearing, the program has been going very well,” Morrison said. “I have every confidence that it will expand to every campus building in some capacity.”
In a rare occurrence, ASM dips into reserves to fund website, lawyer By Maggie Chandler COLLEGE NEWS EDITOR
In a rare occurrence, the Associated Students of Madison will dip into their reserve fund — a pool of leftover money that gets used for one-time expenses — to pay for a new grant website and an additional lawyer after the reserve board approved both requests earlier this week. Revamped website Registered student organizations looking to apply for funds to take trips and host events
will now be able to more easily access and use the Travel and Event Grant Application. Rachel Widra, Chair of the Grant Allocation Committee, said their website hasn’t been updated since 2002. Given the many problems that users deal with, the committee has known for a long time that the website needed some changes, she said. “The application times out after ten minutes or people just get random ‘error’ messages. It’s really not working on a fundamental level,” Widra said. “It was just a really daunting proj-
ect — there were so many things people wanted to change and it was going to be so expensive and we couldn’t find a really good software developer that would make exactly what we wanted.” For over a year, the committee searched for a contractor that could build the website. DoIT was eventually chosen since they could do the specifications the committee needed. The project will cost $45,000. The committee hopes to do a few pilot programs with about five organizations this year and have the website ready by the
time the grant opens, Widra said. New lawyer ASM’s judicial branch, Student Judiciary, will have a third General Counsel position, or student lawyer, for $2,000, in order to reduce the risk of a potential conflict of interest with cases that get filed. Vice Chief Justice Ben Smith said the increase from two lawyers to three will allow for greater transparency especially in the event that one has interests in an organization. Before, Student Judiciary told the law-
yers to do the best they could to handle cases in a professional manner, which Smith said he thought they did. “Now that we have three, they can be assigned to avoid potential conflicts of interest and to allow for a more manageable caseload as we have seen a small uptake in cases filed within the last three to five months,” Smith said. The application for the new position has yet to open, but it will soon now that Student Judiciary has the funding, Smith said.
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Crime thriller ‘Wind River’ intermingles riveting neo-noir with political commentary By Christian Memmo THE DAILY CARDINAL
Acclaimed screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has become synonymous with the art of tension in the dramatic thriller. His collaboration with Denis Villeneuve on 2015’s sleeper hit “Sicario” swiftly drew attention to his gritty, realist style that brings fans of the neo-noir flavor into contemporary, practical settings. The former “Sons of Anarchy” actor wrote and directed the recently-released crime thriller “Wind River,” in which Academy Award-nominee Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker,” “Arrival”) portrays a skilled tracker who discovers the murdered body of a young woman on an American Indian reservation. Elizabeth Olsen (“Age of Ultron,” “Ingrid Goes West”) co-stars as the sole FBI agent who is sent out to investigate the supposed homicide. The narrative swiftly follows the pair as they delve deeper into the trail leading back to the perpetrators in a fiery blend of classical Hollywood tonality and Sheridan’s own inflections of intensity in a gut-wrenching story. An avid fan of the formal noir techniques myself, the first hint of professionalism to be found in “Wind River” is its consistency with Sheridan’s previous features. Despite having not seen “Hell or High Water,” there is an overt parallelism to “Sicario”’s focus on the implications of characterial morality and motivation. Whereas Emily Blunt’s Agent Macy may refrain from questionable actions unless under extraordinary circumstances, Olsen’s performance assimilates into the reservation’s toughened lifestyle, acclimating to the harsh Wyoming climate. However, both Olsen and Blunt’s arcs mimic one another. While the scale of
what’s at stake may vary between the two, both characters come to acknowledge the importance of “breaking the rules” in order to achieve their desired goals. In “Wind River,” this stems from arguably the most intense scene of the film: Olsen and Renner have traced the victim’s last whereabouts to an isolated oil drilling site. The armed operators there seem to flank the protagonists and police force in tow. Here, it’s uncertain what the operators’ motives are and what they are attempting to conceal. What ensues both questions the viewer’s expectations of the supposed macguffin and reveals the harsh reality of the film’s prime mystery through the lens of an uncomfortably graphic flashback. Unlike the 20th century approach to film noir, Sheridan’s protagonists do not evoke the vulnerable and dangerous femme fatale of paradigmatic conventions. Rather, they are given vulnerable and genuine traits that connect with the typical moviegoer. This might be visualized through Olsen’s trauma from when she disposed of a hostile threat, or her pronounced weakness after succumbing to injury. “Wind River” contains no Deus ex Machina, and instead forces its characters to properly earn their reward, which rests on a fine line between staying alive and solving the case. There is an additional obligation of praise to Sheridan for a masterful grasp on the technicalities of production. The unobtrusive lighting and set design are painfully delicate, as if they are literally shooting on a whim at locales they find intriguing, as opposed to a carefully crafted film set. This attention to silent detail is only matched by the discordant and emotionally provocative score,
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Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen star in screenwriter Taylor Sheridan’s latest crime thriller. invoking tones of dread and despair in the context of the remote western landscape. The camera moves fluidly and tacitly, motivated by distinct pacing and motivation depending on the scene. The product that results at the combination of this triad is an effective bridge between the broad, sprawling styles of the classic American Western and the haunting actuality of crime that is present even in modern society; an authentically chilling rendition of present day violence is attained. Once again, this becomes the telltale style of Sheridan’s aptitude for not only forming organically unraveling tales of allure, but executing them in a visceral and almost documentaryesque style. However, the thematic core of the film still remains. It is revealed (SPOILER) that the murdered woman is a member of the
reservation, and was in fact close friends with Renner’s daughter, who was previously killed in an unknown fashion. Large chunks of the film contain dialogue of grief and loss between the two pain-stricken families. The film ends on a lingering shot of Renner and the victim’s father (“Kimmy Schmidt”’s Gil Birmingham). A final wall of text burns into the screen, acknowledging the fact that Native American women are the only demographic for which there is no kept record in the Missing Persons Directory. Have no doubt, “Wind River” is a compelling crime drama throughand-through. However, Sheridan injects substantial themes of loss, familial strife and controversy through the depiction of the dismal Wind River Reservation. While a majority of the film focuses on the aspect of American wilderness, the reservation remains in a dismal state, wrought with drug addiction, sexual
assault and poverty. These crises are indistinguishable from the true-to-life factors which leave reservations in a state that’s in much need of attention. While the film may appear hyperbolic about these representations, it serves as a call to attention on the very existence of these issues, and does so in a captivating, horrifying and empathetic manner which “Sicario” so apprehensively conveyed. A prime, tertiary installment to Sheridan’s crime drama trilogy, “Wind River” is a poetic and riveting contribution to film, bringing appraisal for both its contributions to the modern film noir and commentary on the neglected aspects of the political system. At the time of viewing the film, it was present in a mere 2,095 theaters nationally. This is a shockingly limited release that still surprises me, as this film is well worth the time and attention of the curious viewer.
NBC’s ‘This Is Us’ premieres an equally emotional season two By Monique Scheidler TV COLUMNIST
You know how some people have an album they can put on whenever they need a good cry? The album just somehow digs deep inside of you and the tears just start flowing? The television equivalent for me is “This Is Us,” and I know I’m not alone. Whenever I talk about this show with other people — and by other people, I mostly mean my mom — we all agree it’s a guaranteed cry by the end of the episode. Well, the Pearsons are back for season two and it looks like nothing has
changed. I thought I was going to make it through the episode with just tears welled up, but by the end of it, I was crying into my duvet cover, just like last season. Season two is diving right into the storylines they laid out for us last season: Randall wants to adopt a child to honor his own childhood, Kate is going to follow in her mom’s footsteps and pursue a singing career and Kevin is in LA shooting a feature film (Oh hey, Ron Howard) and making the long distance relationship work with his ex-wife/new girlfriend. But all three members of the Big Three are realizing that it’s not going to be so easy. L a s t w e e k , Sterling K. Brown took home an Emmy for his performance as Randall and his performance this week served to remind us all why he deserved it.
He stole every scene last season and, if this premiere is any indication, that’s not going to change this time around either. The chemistry between him and his TV wife, Beth (played by Susan Kelechi Watson), was pushed to another level as she was struggling with the idea of adopting a new baby. In one of the most touching scenes of the episode, she brings Randall to his biological father’s favorite place, and tells him that if they’re going to do it, they should adopt an older child who “no one else in the world is going to help.” I really love how they keep William’s presence alive on the show, and not just through the flashbacks. Sprinkled throughout the premiere, we heard him reciting poems from the book he wrote for Randall, creating the perfect soundtrack to the episode. The premiere also brought us right back into the conflict between Jack and Rebecca — a bittersweet return to the big fight we saw play out last season. Layers continue to be added onto their “perfect” marriage, making it one of the most genuine and realistic depictions of a relationship. With Jack staying with his friend Miguel, Rebecca shows up one night to make a grand gesture — one similar to Jack’s many ges-
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Catch the second season of “This Is Us” every Tuesday on NBC at 8 p.m. tures last season — asking him to come home. It’s then that he reveals he’s been hiding his drinking from her for years and he needs to get better before he can come home. But just when we thought the scene was over, she’s knocking on the door again and telling him to come home so they can get better together. The biggest reveal of this episode was a giant clue to the mystery of Jack’s death, something we’ve been dying to know about since last season. In a devastat-
ing last scene, we see Rebecca driving down the road with a bag of her husband’s things to pull up in front of their home, which has been burned down. Now, we still don’t know exactly how that’s related to Jack’s death, but actress Mandy Moore told us in a recent interview that it’s “a piece of the puzzle.” I’m sure we’re going to be given more pieces of the puzzle this season and, judging by the premiere, it’s going to be just as beautiful and heartbreaking as the last.
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Athletes should not let fear of retaliation sway their decision to kneel CHELSEA HYLTON opinion columnist
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Focusing on prevetion and support for those suffering with opioid addiction is key in solving the crisis.
More efforts need to be made to solve the opioid addiction in our nation HAE RIN LEE opinion columnist
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ne of the rising problems regarding drug abuse is the misuse of opioids. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states in its 2015 report that death rates for synthetic opioids from 20142015 increased 72.2 percent. The noticeable increase in adverse effects raises several questions: What are opioids? Why are they problematic? And most importantly, what can we do to help people cope with the problem? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, opioids belong in a class of drugs that includes heroin, fentanyl and many legal pain relievers available by prescription, like oxycodone and morphine. They are used mostly for relieving patients suffering from intense pain related to cancer, injury and trauma. They relieve pain by chemically interacting with opioid receptors on nerve cells in the body and brain. However, there is a powerful side effect in these drugs that causes people to become extremely happy due to the release of a neurotransmitter that offers a sense of pleasure. Even taking regular doses prescribed by doctors can often lead to increased reliance on the drug. What is so dangerous about opioids besides death rates and disorders? It damages people’s health quite easily. According to the 2014 NIDA article written by Nora D. Volkow, MD., because it is available in many legal prescriptions, people become dependent on its use due to its strong rewiring of the reward region of pleasure in the brain, and its tendency to build up people’s tolerance. Thus, people will need to use a higher dosage or combine with
other drugs to manifest similar effects they have experienced before, which may cause more severe side effects. What can be done to help people suffering with addiction? There are many options available, such as rehabilitation centers, therapies and counseling. But I think the most important thing is informing patients about the use of opioids before they take them, making facts more readily available to public in a less technical way, and individualizing the treatment care. Not everyone will be able to understand the bulk of technical terms or knowledge, therefore it is critical that we allow people to process the information regarding treatments in a more comprehensible manner and give alternative options to individual preference. Each person has different backgrounds and conditions so more individualized options would work better for most people. As much as efforts in prevention could be made, I think equal or more attention should be demanded in creating solutions for those already suffering from addiction. I believe making the issue more public and less of a social stigma should help to increase the discussion about the topic and produce a diverse set of solutions. Just like how being more open about mental illnesses like depression has made it easier for people to seek help and get treated, I believe the same could be done for addiction. If this topic is considered a great stigma, then more people will suffer behind the scenes and receive less help. One example of breaking the stigma and adopting gradual progression could be opening safe injection sites where people can inject themselves with
opioid substances or medications that help to slowly recover from addiction under supervision. It has proven to be quite successful in other parts of the world. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction stated that supervised drug consumption facilities found selfreported reductions in injecting risk behaviour, such as syringe sharing and risk of HIV transmission or drug overdose. Most importantly, people were given more hygienic, safe guidelines in using drugs, which not only reduce the risk of becoming more ill but would also provide them an opportunity to seek medical help with readily available sources regarding their drug reliance. Overall, this should help people to recover from the adversary of addiction if not completely free them from it. Gradual progression should be the key in this crisis because it is like learning to run a long distance. I wouldn’t be able to run three miles without learning to find my pace running slowly in a shorter distance, with gradual increases in speed and distance. To solve a problem, I think it’s better to accept the existence of the problem, acknowledging it, and making a more public and steady recovery. The opioid epidemic is a difficult hardship for many, but with sufficient public attention and efforts, it could be made more manageable and less severe. Whatever solutions there may be, I think we can all agree that it should be a combination of everyone’s efforts to solve this issue. Hae Rin is a senior majoring in history. What are your thoughts on the opioid epidemic? Do you know someone who has struggled with addiction? Please send all questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
ho would have ever thought that the President of the United States and the National Football League would be butting heads. It’s absolutely incredible what has happened in sports this past weekend. You scroll through Twitter seeing endless videos of football players, coaches and general managers joining in on the #TakeAKnee movement. Are they wrong? Or are they right? I sat in my Gender and Women’s Studies class learning about the women’s suffrage movement and my professor asked the question, “How do you resist in a way so that people can hear you?” That question instantly brought to mind Colin Kaepernick. How does an athlete with a platform that reaches so many resist in a way that makes a statement and also makes his voice heard? If athletes take a knee then they are slammed for disrespecting everyone who has sacrificed, or is currently sacrificing, for our Stars and Stripes. But if they remain quiet they are still slammed for having a platform and not taking advantage of it. I read something on Twitter from user Katie Hubbard that shocked me. It read, “My husband died for your right to #TakeAKnee. He would have supported you; I support you. Sincerely, a military widow.” A widow whose husband made the ultimate sacrifice for his country is standing behind all the athletes who have decided to kneel during the National Anthem. The largest opponent of this movement is undeniably President Trump. With a series of tweets and speeches he has made it clear he does not support anyone who kneels during the National Anthem. He has said, “Courageous Patriots have fought and died for our great American Flag...The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country…” Many would disagree with the president and say that the movement is about race. It’s about the oppression of people
of color and it’s about time action is taken. People will not stand behind a country or its national anthem if they feel that it does not respect them. In order for your voice to be heard you sometimes need to take extraordinary measures. You can’t be passive with your complaints. If kneeling is the only way to get someone’s attention then kneeling it is. If the athletes made a simple statement at a press conference before or after their game, do you really think people would be talking about the problem? I don’t think they would. They’ve tried that numerous times. If a press conference wasn’t going to change anything, then maybe a knee would. I’m brought back to the question of how you resist in a way so that people can hear you. If it means being called out by the President of the United States, would you do it? This movement has several different sides. There are many who agree with the president and many who agree with the athletes. I took this question to the streets of UW-Madison where I asked students about their opinions on this topic. I received similar reactions from most of the students: they agreed with the athletes’ decisions. One student said, “Donald Trump’s response is outlandish.” But another student who agreed with the President said, “Our President is just trying to bring respect back to our country.” Whether it’s boycotting riding the bus, marching through the streets, or taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, resistance is resistance. There will always be someone who doesn’t agree with your form of protest. That’s why it’s called protest. It’s up to you if you will let what other people say stop you from standing your ground or if you will rise above in resistance. Chelsea is a freshman intending to major in journalism and spanish. Do you support athlete’s kneeling during the national anthem? Send all questions, comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Trump blows off economic advisors, champions return to archaic, longabandoned gold standard in 2017 By Patrick Hoeppner THE DAILY CARDINAL
“It makes sense,” President Trump tweeted Tuesday, amidst declarations of open aggression toward belligerent Southeast Asian nations and tirades against the NFL, “that our nation’s economy be centered around the most valuable metal around!” “He really likes the color gold,” a Treasury official said. “He said that he is willing to donate a portion of the gold lettering from his two Trump Towers to bolster the coffers of the Federal Reserve in New York.” “Analytically, it doesn’t make sense,” a junior economic analyst at the White House said. “The return to the gold standard in the 1920s, opposed by John Maynard Keynes, plunged
every participant nation into the worst depression of the modern commercial era.” Stock analysts in McGraw, Norton, and Pearson’s Wall Street Office claim that their holdings in gold will skyrocket as a result of the new executive actions. “Since the gold standard rests on the value of an arbitrarily valued and easily mined metal, this volatility will really do wonders for our bonuses,” a junior trader, fresh from a toptier Ivy League school, said. “I was going to pull in three million before bonuses last year, but Trump’s actions make it look more like four or five.” Other Wall Street firms are less optimistic. “It doesn’t make much sense to ignore the advice of every economist since the Roaring
Twenties,” said a UW-Madison economics professor. “In our opinion, it’s a load of shit.” Aides confirmed that Trump had been locked in his room with a copy of the James Bond classic film Goldfinger in preparation for the upcoming executive action. “Mr. President really likes the character of Archie Goldfinger,” a secret service agent said under oath. “Even though he won’t be contaminating Fort Knox, his advisors thought it prudent to recommend the film as an educational feature about the price of gold, and how it goes up and down.” Plans to bolster the United States’ gold coffers include an appraisal of the entire Fort Knox and New York Federal Reserve inventories and small-
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Trump forgot to remove his helmet after appraising a gold mine. scale CIA invasions of gold-rich nation-states such as Tanzania, Ghana and South Africa. The chart behind the podium justifying the action was both mistitled and misspelled
as Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the news official to the nation. “It’s evident that the gold standard is the best way to peg our currency, and we hope our economy can handle it.”
Out-of-state freshman to suspect that all other students’ hometowns are ‘just outside of Milwaukee’ By Dana Brandt THE DAILY CARDINAL
It’s finally that time of year; freshmen are flooding the campus, football ticket prices are soaring, house fellows and TAs are dusting off their favorite icebreaker games, and students everywhere are attempting to make new friends. In these first few weeks, these new students will be forced to participate in many icebreakers and answer getto-know-you questions. Out of all of these questions, the most common one is probably the classic “Where are you from?” The hope is that through sharing one’s hometown, an unbreakable bond of instant friendship will be forged, withstanding four years of football games, parties, classes, and financial instability. However, at least half of the time, out-of-state students struggle to conceptualize where small Wisconsin towns are located. The next clarifying question then becomes, “Where is that?” and a nearby landmark city is provided. More often than not, this landmark city is none other than Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Over the course of this tedious process, freshman Fargo Bunyan, hailing from the dense wilderness of northern Minnesota, soon began to recognize a pattern. “Now, I don’t know a lot
about Wisconsin,” Bunyan told us earlier in the week, “But, it’s like, everyone I talk to says their hometowns are ‘just outside of Milwaukee.’ I’m beginning to suspect that it’s some kind of conspiracy. Milwaukee must be expanding in area, absorbing other nearby towns into its suburbs. It’s going to take over the state of Wisconsin! We can’t stand for this.” When asked to elaborate, Bunyan provided us with a list of towns he’s been told are “just outside of Milwaukee.” This
list includes Whitefish Bay, Pewaukee, Kenosha, Appleton, Green Bay, Sun Prairie, the Wisconsin Dells, Chicago, and even the east side of Madison. “I didn’t realize how broad of a term ‘just outside of Milwaukee’ was,” Bunyan went on to say. “I guess we’re all from ‘just outside of Milwaukee,’ in a way.” Bunyan’s most recent statements encourage fellow students to help him fund the construction of a wall around the city of Milwaukee.
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A geography lesson might be in order for the incoming UW class.
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Pictured here is the soon-to-be home for another timeshared log cabin in Door County.
Millennials’ refusal to build log cabins is killing the deforestation industry By Matt Van Ommeren THE DAILY CARDINAL
Twenty-four year old Madison resident Collin Sanders flashes his key past a small gray device before entering the door of his residence. He continues through the lobby and into the elevator, where he presses a button before disappearing behind the silver doors of the vertical chariot that will carry him to his abode. Collin’s experience represents a trend among young millennials across the U.S. Lamentably, Collin’s residence differs from traditional living styles in two important respects: he did not build it himself, and it is not a log cabin. Young adults are at the forefront of a troubling trend away from selfbuilt log cabins that is having devastating effects on the economic wellbeing of people in what millennials have coined the “deforestation industry”, says David Boar, who founded Forest2Field Inc. in 1946. “Young people just don’t support family-owned businesses like mine anymore,” Boar said in an interview. “I haven’t talked to my son since he
told me he was purchasing a home near Milwaukee two years ago. I always thought he would build a big old cabin right next to mine.” While Boar is a small player in the log cabin industry, deforestation giants like Peace Trees are also feeling the economic impacts of young people’s refusal to build their own log cabins. People in their twenties don’t understand how their behavior impacts the world economy, says Kelly Tinn, professor of economics at the University of Colorado. “These kids are getting out of college and deciding to just live in an apartment,” she says. “Their laziness is killing the worldwide economy. I used to see hundreds of log cabins popping up around Denver every year, but now I’m lucky to see one.” When asked for his own reasons to opt for apartment dwelling over constructing his own log cabin, Sanders shrugged and said the thought of building his own cabin had never crossed his mind. When pressed, he admitted that he didn’t even know how a log cabin was constructed.
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Wisconsin’s defense seeks aggressive start in matchup with Northwestern By Lorin Cox The Daily Cardinal
The Wisconsin Badgers (0-0 Big Ten, 3-0 Overall) haven’t allowed a single point in the second half of any game this season. That’s not to say they start slow defensively, but clearly halftime adjustments have been critical to shutting teams out for the game’s final 30 minutes. As they prepare for the Northwestern Wildcats (0-0, 2-1) following their bye week, the Badgers’ defense wants to get off to a faster start against a team that has struggled with slow starts themselves. Week 1, Northwestern found themselves down 17-7 to Nevada at the half, and the Wildcats lost Week 2 to Duke after falling behind by 18 points in the second quarter. The Badgers have been able to digest all that tape during their week off, and they’re antsy to get back on the field and pick up where they left off after their first three games. “I think in the beginning of the year, it’s a little bit tougher just because you don’t have as much film from this year on a team,” redshirt senior defensive end Alec James said. “But now that each of us have three games under our belt, we can see what they run and scheme for them early instead of just relying on halftime adjustments more.” Northwestern has done a very good job of keeping its redshirt junior quarterback Clayton Thorson well protected. According to Pro Football Focus, he’s been
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Wisconsin’s defense only has two first half sacks this season. It is looking to get off to a better start against NU. under pressure on just 20 percent of his drop backs, the second-lowest rate in the Big Ten this season. The Wildcats have mixed in some drives of fast-paced offense to add another dimension to their attack, but Thorson has been successful on slow developing plays too. “They don’t do it all the time, but they have that ability to go up-tempo,” defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard said. “It’s great
that you have two weeks to kind of prepare for it, and early on this season, we’ve seen a lot of it, so we’ve got good reps at it.” Thorson has had plenty of time to scan the field when he needs to, finding open receivers to keep his offense moving. Wisconsin will try to change that this week, early and often. Agressive early play has been the hard part, though, for the Badgers this season, as their
opponents have come out moving the ball quickly to try to neutralize their pass rush. Wisconsin’s defense has eight sacks on the season, but only one has come in the first quarter and two total have come in the first half, both against Florida Atlantic. Northwestern’s offensive line has grown together with experience as it returns three starters from last year, forming a smart group that does a good job handling whatever
opponents have thrown at it. “They communicate very well. So, it’s not a team that, you give them a couple of different looks and they panic,” Leonhard said. “It is going to be a chess match a little bit as far as trying to get to the quarterback, knowing that they are that group. They’ve done a great job, and the quarterback also does a good job of getting the ball out of his hands when he needs to.” While Leonard is early in his young coaching career, the Badgers’ third defensive coordinator in as many years is no rookie. Leonard has drawn on his past experiences to dial-up some exotic blitz packages, particularly on third downs, that free up pass rushers to put opposing quarterbacks in checkmate. “I don’t like to let offenses dictate the entire game, so you want to give multiple looks. You want to makes offenses go to the sideline and scratch their head a little bit and try to find the answer,” Leonard said. “You’ve got to try and get the ball out of the quarterback’s hands, and you’ve got to try and give offensive lines some troubles.” Giving Northwestern’s offensive line some trouble will be key to slowing down Thorson and the Wildcats. Wisconsin has done it in the second half of games this season, but in order to step-up for the start of Big Ten play, Leonhard and his Badger defense is going to need to bring it for four quarters. Kickoff is 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Camp Randall Stadium.
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Koenig signs with Chicago Bulls, Hayes opens training camp with New York Knicks By Ben Pickman The Daily Cardinal
Former Wisconsin guard Bronson Koenig signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Bulls Wednesday, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. After going undrafted in June’s NBA draft, Koenig signed a twoway contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. But after an unimpressive summer league stint, in which Koenig averaged 5.2 points on 29.4 percent shooting for the field, the Bucks waived Koenig last week giving the former Badger guard the freedom to sign with another team. Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg actually recruited Koenig out of high school when Hoiberg was the head coach of Iowa State. Koenig would go onto be an All-Big Ten conference player at UW in his last two college seasons, shooting 39 percent from three for his college career. But
his NBA career has gotten off to a shaky start. He is expected to be one of a half dozen players competing for the Bulls’ last two remaining roster spots. Former Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes also faces an uphill battle to make an NBA roster. Hayes, like Koenig, went undrafted in the most recent NBA draft, but was invited shortly after to compete on the New York Knicks’ summer league team. Hayes averaged 5.2 points and five rebounds, shooting 41.4 percent from the field in five appearances this summer. Hayes, though, impressed the Knicks enough to sign a partially guaranteed deal with New York. The Knicks clearly liked Hayes’ performance in NBA summer enough to keep him around for training camp, but it is unclear if he will grab the Knicks’ final roster spot.
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After four years at Wisconsin, both Bronson Koenig and Nigel Hayes are looking for stable situations to begin their NBA careers. Hayes is currently a New York Knick and Koenig recently signed with the Bulls.
Taylor named starter for Badgers against Wildcats It didn’t take long for true freshman running back Jonathan Taylor to be named Wisconsin’s starting tailback on its official depth chart. But Taylor, UW’s breakout star during nonconference play, is listed as just that heading into the Badgers’ first conference game. After a productive debut against Utah State in Week 1, Taylor starred
in Week 2, running for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns. Sophomore running back Bradrick Shaw missed UW’s game against FAU, giving Taylor one less teammate to split carries with and Taylor took full advantage of. Taylor was listed as the co-starter with Shaw and running back Chris James up until Monday, when James
and Shaw were listed as co-starters. The freshman back from Salem, N.J., appeared to be UW’s fifth choice in the backfield heading into fall camp, but after a strong close to camp and a prolific start to his Wisconsin career, appears to be the Badgers’ back of choice for the present and also the future. By Ben Pickman